Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Left) The champ: J immy Gaddis styled his way to victory in Saturday's 250cc main event to retain the series points lead. him relentlessly, with Chester, Woolsey, Yezek and Buehl m akin g up a tigh tly formed group of leaders. By the end of lap two, Yezek and Buehl had gotten by Woolsey for fourth and fifth while tryi n g to catch t h e le a d e r s, who were beginning to get away. Jones decided to put a move on Gaddis and took the wall line down through the whoop section. They came across the big jump toge ther with Jones being ab le to force the inside line on Gaddi s, s tripping hi m of th e lead. Jones then opened up athree-second lead tha t Gad dis couldn't overcome . " I don' t like m aking excuses, but 1 was lo si n g m y clu t ch and that w a s th rowi ng m y timi ng off," a disa ppoi nted Gaddis said later . Buehl s li p ped by Yezek for fou rth and tracked do wn Ches ter, takin g third away fro m Ch est er but proceeding no fur ther up in the finishing order. "I felt goo d toni ght in both classes," Bueh l said. " I think I could ha v e imp roved in the 250s, bu t I was rid ing a little bit too ten tatively and let the l eaders ge t away. 1 learn ed my lesso n. Next tim e, I'll pu ll th e ho les hot and fo rge t abo ut it." "I hope to be back tomorrow night," winner Jones said . "I' m sore now, but we'll see." SATURDAY Buehl mad e Saturday's 12Scc main event look much the same as the previous night when he ripped the holeshot and p roceeded to set the pace for the race . At one point early on, Jones made a threatening bid in the whoop section, but Bue h l s taved off the charge and pulled ou t ahead to avoid another confron tation. Behind the two front-runners were Yezek, Ga d dis, DeH oop and th e Kawasaki o f Sh awn Morgan . DeH oop wo uld relinquish his position to Morgan before the ha lfway point. Buehl opene d u p a six-secon d lead ove r Jon es and Yezek, who themsel ves h ad a four-second lead over Gaddis. Mor gan see me d to be ' con tent with fo llowing Gaddis but cou ld not close down to threaten anyway. Yezek made various attempts to get by Jone s but was denied as Jone s slammed the d oor shu t each time. Bu ehl e n ded up cr ossi n g th e li ne with the secon d of h is b a ck- to- b ac k 125cc w ins for th e weekend. Jon es and Yezek filled ou t the podi um. "That sta rt helps a lot," Buehl sai d. "I got ou t there an d I wa s having a good time and kept telling m yself to race to win, and it seemed to work out p retty goo d for me." "I would have liked to ha ve wo n the main event, bu t it is really hard to make up time ou t there," Jone s said. "I weigh 190 pounds, and [erom y goes about 170, so that really helps him." The Kawa saki of Missouri KX piloted by Dou g Stone surprised the competition by taking the holeshot an d bein g chased by Gaddis and Buehl into the sand trap. Sto ne's limeligh t was shortlived as Gaddis woul d complete lap one as the lead er. Stone also gave up positions to Jon es and Bueh l befor e lap tw o w as d on e . DeHoop strip ped Stone of fourth on lap three, but he was able to reg ain it a few laps later. Ju st before the mi dway point, Buehl cras he d whil e t ripling th e fir st th ree jumps of th e d ouble-d ouble portion of the track. "I came over the triple, an d I th ink 1 caught a rut on th e b a ck si de of th e triple, " Bu ehl said . "It h a p p e n e d so quick, be fore 1 knew it, 1 was on the ground," he said . Bueh l's problems were compounded (Right) Despite a rough weekend In the 250cc class, Buehl Is still In the hunt for the se ries champions hip. With just two rounds remaining, the pressure Is on. (Be low) Fresh face : Jones cond ucts a post-race Interview after his victory on Friday night. Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio Resu lts : February 16-17, 1996 (Round 10 of 12) when hi s b ike w ou ld n't rest art due to dirt bein g pac ked int o his silencer. Stone found himself in thi rd once again only to have Del-loop, Carsten and Morgan sto rm by. Carsten ap p lied pressu re to DeHoop late in the race and forced his way by to secu re third. Gaddis ac cu m u late d abo u t a fourse co nd lead on Jones an d came hom e with the win. Carsten filled ou t the last trophy pl ace with DeHoop and Morgan ro unding out the top five. "I felt good," Gaddis said. "I got out fro n t an d d id n' t look back. 1 kept m y head on and won the race. I was happy." "I give all the credit in the world to Jimmy," runner-u p Jones sai d . "He's a good friend of m ine, and if 1 can't win, it would definitely be him 1 would want to wi n. You can't make up any time out there. He had four or five bike len gths on me, an d he held it right to the finish." Buehl may have been able to na rrow the point differenc e between hi mself and Gaddis had it no t been for his poor finish in the last 250cc race. As it stands, Buehl is ju st 28 points away from tying Gaddis, an d there are still two events I~ remaining. Fri day 125 PRO: 1. je re my Buehl (Ka w); 2. Tod d De l-loop (Suz ); 3. Mike Jones (Suz ); 4. Jim my Ga ddis (Kaw); 5. Davey Yez ek Jr . (Suz ); 6. Andy Atkins (Ka.....); 7. Brad Woolsey (Ka w ); 8. Tr ey O wens (Kaw); 9: Grayson Goodman (Suz); 10. Charley Dunaway (Ka w); 11. Josh St~1 (Su z);.12 . Barry Carsten (Suz); 13. Jim Ch ester (Suz ); 14. Shawn Mo rgan (Kaw), 15. Jam es Eickel (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Jon es (Suz ); 2. Iim m y Ga d dis (Kaw); 3. jere my Buehl (Kaw); 4. Jim Chester (Suz); 5. Davey Yez ek Jr. (Suz ); 6. Tre y Owens (Ka w): 7. Barry Cars ten (5 uz); 8. G ra vso n Goodman (5 uz ); 9. Brad Woolsey (Kaw ); 10. DOug Stone (Kaw); 11. Carl o Com (Yam); 12. Sh awn M org an (Kaw): 13. An d y Bowyer (!

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