Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

. Br.iefIV~ .: , - , ' ting out ,tha, last twosupercross 'events to ' " 'Ihe' San .Jose Supercros's, Cast llto was ', and 'several 'thousand speCtators,"Man: 'I heal: Among those that were not in etten' forced to sit ou t the Budds ,Creek race ' · thought he was dead." said a ve.ry serious .due to the most severe hotel room jnjury " dance at Budds Creek due to,injury were ' McGrath ; who admitted to not be able to : t.2Scc' private.er Bu d d y A nt u nez ; who' , concentrate on riding the last lap for fear . . .since Mike "Craig's Doc Martens-induced ' , " , knee twea~ ollast spring , ' .. ' , ' , ',: broke his jaw at Mt. Morris last month , of his teammate. "I have,never, ever seen ' The winners otthe Smokln'.'Jo e;slSkoal ' Team Suzuki's Craig Decker (back) and .scmecns j ump that high ," said McGrath: ,Bandit 'Pr ivateer Cha llenge' were New , .. Team SplitFire/Pro Circuit's Casey John.The most spectacular' crash since Eve r , "We go to ·the dunes and the ,cliffs allthe Yorker Scott Sheak in the 12Scc class -tirne and I've never seen someone fly like , , so n '(leg): Also , Honda of Troy's Br la n . ' Krlievel' s Caesar's Palace'gig has to go to and ,Californ ia,' s' Br ian Ma nl!"y i n the Team Honda's Doug' Henry, The'two-t ime ' that. Man, it was' one of the scariest things ' Swin k and Mik e Crai g sat outthe Budds , 2S0cc divis ion .. Each rider rec elved .a Creek race with aches and pains, Swink' " .: 125cc National MX Champion hit the tnrot·1ever saw iri my 'life: The' latest word on cl)eck I or $50() ,at the trophy presentation Henry i s 't hat he ' ha s ' '10 ' pennanen t ' , , may very well miss the rest of the season 'l ie on t he app roach t o one of Budds and points towards the yea r,end ,$5000' after ha~ing knee,surgery performed earn" Creek's steep downh il i sk ijumps and ' , ,:, inju'ries. Howev er, Hen ry did suffer two ' privateer prizethat .qoes to the highesterthlsweek. SuzukI's Ezr a Lusk is still launched his Honda into orb it. There is ' cr ack ed vert elirae and is expected to plac ing ov era ll priva iee r: Sheak wa s " , undergo su rge ry in th e next couple of . out with a brokenwnst. . .sp ecu lat i c n that , He nry's arms, had , eighth overall in the .125cc class aboard a days to stabilize his back, He will either ' . . 'pumped up and he couldn't backoti th'e Suz uki while Manley 10th in Ihe 2S0cc ' The freak 'accident at the ,week award (if ' ',' throttle: With Mike laRocco right In front have' a pin ptacedln .rus back or be put in crass on' a Yamaha . Ii was the first time ' we have one) goes to strugg'.ing privateer , ' of him, and teammate Jeremy 'McGrat h a full body cast. As of Monday. June' 19, ' ' .for either,rider to .cla im the prize. ' . .. , . Davey Castillo, The Kawasaki rider made " . right beh ind him at the end of the first Henry was ,still in 'a hospital in the, Washmota, .Hanr y rocketed Inio the a ir and , . the trip from Santa Barbara, Californ ia'to ' .' ington D.C. areabut .w lu most likely be ' Among th ose 'coming off , the un offici al , the East Coast In,search !>f his first 2S0ce: ' .landed twice as far down the hiU as any- . transferred -to' another hospital very soon.' injured reserve tlst for BuddsCreek were, " National Championship points ' of the seaone had all day long. The violent tanding , According ' to ,a' Honda spokesman , Henry defending 2SOCc National Champion,Mike . son. But when 'tiylng to get out of bed on will be laid up for' at least 'three 'months. ,that did finaily take place came almost on , LaRocco and Team:Yamaha's 125cc title Satu rday mO,rning at h is ' notet room the flat ground at the bottom of the .steep , ,Cards' and letters can b,e sent to Henry via ' .hopefut Kevin Windham. Also , ,12Scc title drop and the,impact b ounced:Henry over, ' Douq -Henry, cI~ Team Honda, 1919 Tor- , co ntenders Steve Lams on , of 'Tea m · ' , , Castillo ' reached out across tlie night stand with.his arm .to pull himself up and , the handlebars.-and into a spectacular , ranee Blvd., Torrance, Ca lifornia" 90501., Hondart -BOO-Collect/F ox, and Kawasaki's ' . separated the !\yo ribs he .had injured , at , .somersault, mucn to the horror of McGrath, Rabble Reynard ware both back after sit-' .Ttl am Kawasaki was back at full 'strength at Budds Creek with Mike LaRocco and : Rabbl e ,Reynard' healthy .a garn, but the squad was ' forced to 'use back- up trucks for .support. .Accordin·g ' to 'driver George Ellis ; a brand new' seml-hau ler . is sti li , S E E 'Vc>UR A.UTHC>RIZED TRIUNIPH DEA.LER .: b ei ng pain t ed . ,,"We ' re' ,us in g :Te am, Green 's trailer to r. a "lw ' weeks' wlt ti a ' The Motorcycle Shop Cycl. Ride,.. Aetlon Sport. 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