Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

High Point Raceway • ~ I By Davey Co ombs , A , l MT. MORRIS, PA. MAY 7J record -breaking crowd of m or e th an 1200 you th, a mateur a n d Pro-Am competitors attended the 1995 Tea m G reen Spring N ationals a t H igh Poi n t Ra ce w ay . The a m a teu r event, which attracted best motocrossers and h are scram blers (and seven d u alsporters) to the southwestern comer of Pennsylvania, wa s held on the eve of the 19th annua l High Point 125/250cc Pro Motocross Nati on als. Among the field at the Racer Productions-promoted eve nt where practica lly every p romin en t amateur p ilot in the Eastern U.S. Multi-tim e amateur champion Ricky Ca rmichael ma d e the drive no rth from his Florida home to com pete in the mini cycle divisions . Th e 14-year-old Carmichael won all four of his motos on Saturday at High Point. In t he 85 cc 0 4- 15) class th e Kawasaki pilot pulled away fro m longtime sou t he rn rival Sha e Be ntle y t o record the overall, while Suzuki-mounted Mik e Barto ran 4-5 in two motos for thi rd ove rall. Carmichael then climbed aboard his big wheel SOcc Kawasaki to ma tch u p wi th 125cc amateur champion Nicholas Wey in th e Schoolb oy cla ss. Carmichael prove d his ve rsati lity b y running down Wey in the second mota on th e bi g g er b ike to claim anot h er ove ra ll vict ory; Wey was seco nd both t im e s au t while Ben tley kep t b ot h cha m ps hon est while holding third all d ay long. Matt Wa lk e r a n d Tra v is Pa strana each scored mini-class wins befor e facing off in the Super Mini class. Walker' s win ca me in th e 33-r id er 85 cc U -13 class, wher e he won both motos against local favorite Branden Jesseman and Jeff Gibson. Pastrana, from the neighboring state of Maryland, rode away with both 29-bike 85cc 7-11 minicycle mot a wins. H e was trailed by Ben Riddle and Josh Summey in the ove rall tally. The Walk er -Pastrana d u el for Super Mini suprem acy ended wi th Pastrana on top by technical knockout. After d efeatin g the Kawasaki 'rid er in the first heat, Pastrana was left to rid e alone out front wh en Wal ker had so me problems in the early goi ng of the race an d was relegated to 23rd in the mota . That left seco nd ove ra ll honors in this class to Gibson, while KX SO-mou nted Jeffrey Ryan was thi rd. In the littl e kids' classes, Gene Stull , another res pected local gr ommet, won bo th mo tos in the 65cc 00-11 ) class with fellow Ka w asaki rider Gavin Gracy k second and young Mike Sigmund third . In the even yo u nger 65cc (7-9) group, Jimmy Ch appel ou t-pointed firs t mota winn er Bradl ey Ripple a n d visiti ng Floridian Jam es Stewart, who won the seco nd mota after settling for seventh in the first race. Th e top 50cc (7-9) rid er at Hi gh Point was Co bra -m ounted Chris Lazzare tto , w ho finis hed 14th in last yea r's Amateur N at ionals, bu t look s like a real threat th is time ar ou nd. Lazzaretto split mota wi ns with another highly-regarded Pee Wee pil ot, KTM-mounted Bro c Hepler , but w on the overall by virtue of his better seco nd race performance. The Cobra of David Millsap occu pied third overall a t th e end of th e day. KTM rider Trey MOTOCROSS '1995T eamGreenSpringNationals Thompson had the best score in the 50cc (4-6) class, finis hin g first and seco nd in h is two m o to s for the w in a head of Yamaha-m ounte d Adam Drabek a nd up-and-coming West Virginian Jo sh Stanl ey. The top girl at High Point w as rising amateur star Amber Hughes, who blasted around the Hig h Point track with the speed and sty le of any top Int ermediate rid e r . H u gh es won both mot os whil e Melanie McConne ll se ttled for seco nd a n d T a n ya Robe rts pl a ced third . McCon nell' s t wi n siste r Jes sica was fourth on the day in this clas s. n (Abov e) Big Wheel Kawasa ki KX80mo unted Ric ky Carm ichael ran down 125 rider Nick Wey fo r the 125cc Schoolbo y class win. (Left) Shan e Lawson wo n the opening 125cc A class moto, but a smashed pi pe held him to fourth In the second go-roun d. (Below) Travis Past rana (199) aced the 85cc (7-11) class, while Matt Walke r (27) was the 85cc (12-13) class winner. (KTM); 3. Da v id Millsa p s (COB); 4. George Ba ke r (COB); 5. Ch ris Stuck ev (KTM). 65 7-9: I. Jimmy 'C ha pp ell IK.w); 2. Bra d Rip ple (Kaw): 3. Jam es Stewart: 4. David Mill sa ps IKaw): 5. Nic ho las Ad ams (Kaw). 6$ 10-11 : 1. Gene Stull (Ka w ): 2. Gavin Gracyk (Kaw): 3. Michael Sigmund (Kaw); 4. Luke Kurtz (K.lw); 5. Chris Hanshaw CKaw) . 80 7-11: 1. Travis Pastrana (Suz); 2. Ben Riddle IKaw) ; 3. Joshua Summey (Ka w ): 4. Jam es Stewa rt; 5. Gene Stull (Suz). 80 12 -1 3: 1. Matt Walker (Ka w): 2. Branden Iesseman (Suz); 3. Jeff Gibson (Ka w): 4. Paul Carpenter (Hon ); 5. Jeffrey Ryan ( Ke w). 80 14-15: 1. Rickv Carmichael (Ka w ); 2. Shae Bentlev (J(.aw); 3. MiChael Barto (Suz); 4. Randy Valade (Y.tm);.5. Aaron Day (Kaw). S/ MI!'.'1: 1. Trav is Pastrana (Suz); 2. Jeff Gi~m (}(aw); 3. Jeffrey Ryan (Ka w): 4. Justin Guthrie (Kaw); 5. Joshua Summey (Ka w ). SCH8Y : 1. Ricky Ca rmi chael (Ka w): 2. Nicholas W~y (}(aw); 3. Shae Bentley (Kaw); 4. Ja-.on Th0D'41! (Hon); 5. JdSOnMcDonald (Suz). CLC BY: 1. Charles Bogard (Suz) ; 2. Vincent Kamow (Kaw); 3. Johnny Onisko (Hon); 4. Karl Scott IHo n); 5. Jeffrey Baker (Yam). WM N : 1. · Amber Hughes (Suz ): 2 . Mela n ie McConnell (Sua): 3. Tanya Roberts (Suz); 4. Jes s ica McConn ell (Yam); 5. Sarah Klanfoth IHon ). VINT: 1. Jeffrey Buttermore (Ya m ); 2. Arthur Ma z ze i (Ho e): 3 . Mi c h a e l Phill ips (S uz) ; 4 . Paul Galen tine (MA Il. High Point Raceway Mt. Morris, PA Resu lts : May 27, 1995 12SA: 1. Ja m es Evans (Kaw): 2. Sha ne Laws on (He n): 3. Joshua Swea t (Ka w); 4. Andy Bowy er (Kaw): 5. Pa ul Currie (Kaw) . 2SOA: 1. Joshua Sweat (Kaw): 2 Jam es Evans (K.'l w); 3. Vince Karnow (Kaw): 4. Jaso n Sybert (Suz.); 5. And y Bowyer (Kaw). OPE N A: 1. Larry Gessner (Hen): 2. Fred Bash or (Hus): 3. Dean Aue n (Hen): 4. Fred Merva u (Hen): 5. Kerry Puffinburger (Hus). 2SA... 1. Earl May (Kaw) ; 2. Ch ris Craft (Yam); 3. : Gay lon Dickso n (Yam); 4. Larry Gess ner IHon); 5. Jeff Gro ve (Yam). 3OA+: 1. Earl Ma y (Kaw); 2. Jam es Knisley (Suz); 3. John Lundy (Ho n); 4. Charles Thom pson (Han); 5. lee Mcll vaine (Yam) . 40+ : 1. Joh n ny Borders (Kaw): 2. John McCon nell (Yam); 3. Greg Ma..h (Hon); 4. Guy Longwell (Kaw ); 5. Iohn Miller IHon). t25B nrv t : 1. Brock Sellards (!(aw); 2. Jon Boruff (Hon ~ 3. Karl Scott (Hen): 4. Jeremy Booker (Kdw); 5. Marcus Hedrick (Suz) . 125 8 DIV 2: 1. Nicholas Wey (Kaw} : 2. Eric Nepodal (S~z); 3. ~ntonio Maga ro (Kaw); 4. Chuck Green tSuz);~. Travis Maho ney (Suz). 1258 DIV 3: 1. Robbie Ho rto n (Kawk 2. Ronnv Robinson (Su z): 3. Thomas Barron (Suz); 4 . Ch ris Torrance (Kaw); 5. John Schneider IHonl. 2508 DIV 1: 1. Brock Sellards (Kaw); 2. Robbie Horton (Kaw) : 3. Ronny Rob ins o n (Suz); -I. John Schneider IHon): 5. Mitchell Hodges IKaw). 250 8 DI V 2: 1. Ma rcu s Hed rick (Suz); 2. C hris Torra nce (Kaw); 3. Micha el Stelmack (Ho n); 4. Mich.le1 Clen denin (Kaw): 5. WaIter Mahoney (Suz). Op en B: 1. Edward Mihoces (Han); 2. Mike Russell (Ho n): 3. Scott Yochum (Hen): 4. David Fox (!ffrey Hursh (Ho u): 5. Ronald Moore (He n). 30. B Dl V t : 1. Dennis Olliv er (Suz); 2. Bink Gross (Suz ); 3. Steve Kiesler (Ka w): 4. Iam ey Johnson (Yam); 5. Bob Hearth (Kaw). 30... B DIV 2: 1. Richa rd Elias (Kaw): 2. Raymo nd Nie be l (Suz): 3. Shay Fis he r (Hon ): 4. Bart Newma n (Yam); 5. Micha el Donella (Yam). 30+ B DIV 3: 1. Edward Mihoces (H us); 2. Geo rge Baker (Hon); 3. Rand y Hale (Suz); 4. Chris Kriebel (5=); 5. Ralph Mundell (Kaw). USC DIV 1: 1. Kevin Austin (Suz); 2. Mdtt Newlin (Suz); 3. Todd Collim (Suz); 4. Ryan Pus karich (Suz); 5. Kelly Weber (!(aw) . USC D IV 2: 1. Br ia n DeF og gi (Han); 2. Bri an Kam ow (Suz); 3. Chri s Kakas (Hon); 4. Jonathan Barber (Kaw); 5. Daniel Ki.

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