Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

.O F O . .. F ·R AD .. Best in the Desert Silver Stale series . Round 3: E Gran Prix ly ment coming right back into town. So it p robably looke d like I led th e w hole way, but I didn't. "He (Krause) pitted at the end of the third lap. On the fourth lap I could see him behind me. On the fifth lap we were just bar to bar the whole way. It was an awesome race ." "Tha t ga mblin' little guy," Kra use exclaimed wi th a smile . "I pitted on the third lap . I was pretty confi dent I could go four , bu t I didn't wan t to risk five. At the end of thr ee we were right together, and I thought, 'Okay, he didn't pit. I'll go in n o w a n d r eally rid e h ard th e fourth lap to ca tch him, an d then he's gotta pit: "We came through close (on the last lap), and we came around the corner, By Mark Kar iyaID irt Ride r ELY, NY,JUNE 3 m e cons ider it ironic t hat t hose w ho live in Las Ve gas en era lly don't gamble much; hey leave it to the millions of visitors who leave millions of dollars behind in the city' s casino s. That doesn't mean they don't gamble, thou g h . Sc o tt Mo rris to o k a chance while lead ing the Dura lube/Ely Gran Prix. He figured that the 4.5-gallon fuel tank h e rigged for last ye ar's Nevad a Ra lly wo u ld be eno ug h to go all five laps in a nd arou nd t he town of Ely, located in th e mountains of the H u mbold t Na tional Forest. . Tea m Gree n-backed Morris guessed correctly beca use w hen it ca me right down to it, fellow KX500 racer Pa ul Krause needed to pit and ended up losing by one second, 1 minute and 41.09 seconds to 1:41:10. Another 48 seconds back was 250cc winner Jim Gray on his KTM, followed by Yamaha YZ250mo un ted Oakley Lehman in 1:42:26 and XR600R-mounted Four-Stroke w inner John ny Cam pbell in 1:42:48. Krause, another Team Gr een rider, got th e jump off hi s th ree-rid er line , trailed by Jeff Lundgreen (w ho wo uld go on and finis h fourth Open Pro in 13th overall) and M orri s . Th e La s Vega n, however, quickly went by the two ou tof-staters and assu med the lead , though Krause continu ed to hound him. "On the third lap, he got around me in the trees back there," Mo rris recall ed. " I overshot a tu m ...an d he got around me. But I passed h im (b ack) on the pave- S 46 (Above) Scott Morris stretched his fuel consumption to the limit and pulled off the overall win at the ElyGran Prix. (Right) Paul Krause ended up losing to Morris by just one second. (Below)A thlrcklVerali finis h gave Jim Gray first place in the 250cc class. bu t he kept on going," sai d Krause . "I couldn't believe it. All da y I wa s faster up th e mou nta in , a n d h e was fas ter down the mountain. I knew I had to get by him going up - I ate a lot of Scotty's rocks going up that hilI. It was awesome - no d us t, the ground wa s wet and perfect (from a storm the perv ious mo rning ), the trail was fun . It could've been l:X longer: ' Ely Gran Prix Ely, Nevada Results: June 3, 1995 Olk I. Scott Morris (Kaw ); 2. Paul Krause (Kaw ); 3. (KTM); 4. Oakley Lehman (Yam); 5. Johnn y Jim Gra y Campbell (H a n); 6. Edward Sorensen (KTM); 7. Ma rk Lundgreen (KTM); 8. Destry A b bo tt (Ka w ); 9. Brad Christensen (Yam); 10. Bryan Bruning (Yam), OPEN PRO: t . Scott Morris (Kaw); 2 Paul Krause (Ka w ); 3. Ma rk Lundgren (KTM). 250 PRO: I. Jim G ray (KTM); 2. Oa kle y Le hman (Yam); 3. Destry Abbott (Ka w ). 125 PRO : 1. Tr oy KaHna (H on ); 2. Charlie Kline (Ho n). 4-STRK PRO: 1. Johnn y Ca m pbel l (Ho n); 2. Sean Steele (H bg). 30+ PRO: 1. Daryl Folks (KTM). OPEN EX: 1. Edward Sorensen (KTM); 2. Sam Key IKaw): 3. C. Sna ke No rth rop (Hon ). 125 EX: I. Danny Linne" (Hon ): 2. Lance Bemadot (Yam); 3. Corey J. Houston (Hon ). 4-STRK EX: 1. Brad Ca mero n (Hon); 2. Marc Lewi s (KTM); 3. Bob Jones (Hon). 25+ EX: 1. Glenn Tay lor (KTM); 2. Jus tin Lundin lKTM ); 3. Todd John so n (H a n) . 30+ EX: 1. Richard Wil k (KTM); 2. Scott Satterlee (Ha n ); 3. Cory Ayers IH on) . 35+ EX: 1. Jeff Fegert (KTM); 2. N ick Collin (Kaw l; 3. Bill Swenson (Kaw). 40+ EX: 1. BiII Maxim (Kaw): 2. Steve Pitts (ATI(); 3. Gena Christenson (Ha n). 48+ EX: 1. Dennis Prescott (Kaw): 2. Howar d Larso n (Yam) . . 250 AM : 1. Jason Mor gan (KTM) ; 2. Juan No riega (Ka w ); 3. N ick Griffith (Ka w) . 125 AM : 1. An gel o Bias i (Ho nh 2. Jaso n MaHey (Han ); 3. Mike Agu ilera . O PEN AM: 1. Mike Moyer (Han ); 2. Ja vier Ua ma (Han) ; 3. Paige Nobles (Han ). 251" AM : 1. Kyl e Kra u se (Kaw): 2. Mik e Kir by . IKa w); 3. Mike FumeU (Hnn ). 4-STRK AM : 1. Mike Bryant (Ha n); 2. Ki rk Kalko ws ld (H e n): 3. Jel f Barber (Suz). 35+ AM: I. Mark Franks (KTM); 2. Knby E. Kischer (KTM); 3. Mike PaW (Han). 40+ A M: 1. John Reo (KTM); 2. Michael Sivak (Suz ); 3. John Morros (Han). 48+ AM : 1. Jerry All en (Yam ); 2. John Wh eel er lSuz); 3. Id cn Wilken (Hen). 80 EX: 1. Monte Mon tagu e (Ha n). 80 AM : 1. Ad a m Miner (Ya m) ; 2. Tommy Conte (Yam); 3. John Maland (Kaw). 80 NO V: 1. Robert Marshall (Kaw ): 2. Brian Jones (Kaw); 3. KeUon Walch (Ka w ). 60 EX: I. Ky le Kischer (Han). 60 NO V: 1. Dani elle Finney (Ka w ). 50 EX: I. Dennis Jonon (KTM). 50 AM: 1. Jesse Ca nepa (Yilm ). SO NO V: 1. Jeramie Romero (Yam); 2. Cory Ayers (Yam ); 3. Rhett Viseth (Yam ). . :B.r iefly··.:~· :~ : The. fatal:accident to Naiional Har~ & . Hound Champion Danny Hamel at the Baja 500 .w~ighed heavily on th~ minds·of . many of the 17 0 entrants as well 'as pit ·.crE!ws and friends. Many .racers. wrote a . smaller version ot.his number,.1X, ontheir front number plates in tribute. Paul Krause and Johnny Campbell sported small Stick: 'ers iii his honor. SCott Morris' and several .othe r Nevada race rs wore sportsman Cycle .bibs ttia,t read ·"This .on·e.'s ·for . Hamer -on the backs. "It was a fun race; 'other than Irying to shake off wh'at "hap- . pened to Danny,"sa id Morris. . Whe!) NatePearsoJl craShed ·on lhe firSi . tap ; knocking himself out; three fellO Wracers stopped and stayed w~h him 15 min- . utes un til hel p arri'!ed: Daryl Fo lks , Aaron Huntin gton and brother Nick Pe arso n. Best· in the Dese rt's 'Casey .Folkswitl.present thosa three withsp~ial . sportsmanship plaques at the next senes '.event in Tonapah. Nevada, Sept ember . 16.. .. ' . . . ·COlorado·'s Jim c;,:ay·did.well t.or" his first time at Ely, winning the ·250cc Pro class . and getting·third .overau,.Not that it went Completely smoothly. though. ·"My ·biggest rmstake .toda y was I didn 't-have a steering stabilizer," he sa id: "I forgot it at home. . '.Going up those sa nd washes and stuff" it -wasa lt ove r the ·place -. It was preity , scary:" . .

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