Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EVENTS', .' ".' .Edited by Scott Rousseau ' (Abov e left ) Clayton Osh ita negotiates the ru gged ter rain of Hawaii 's Waimea Canyon State Park dur ing the Kauai Pres iden ts Day Trials . (Above) Walt Bennett soa red at Californ ia Racing Club 's Bandldo Grand Prix In Palmda le, California, taking top honors In the 250cc Begin ner class. . (Left) Scoll Myers (98) chases SOOcc Pro winner Ric k Ryan (93) at round fou r of t he GFI California Winter Series . Myers wo uld fi nish third. Higgins king of Kauai Trials By Valerie Barretto.()shit a Waller roars at Bear Creek Enduro By Randy Presthus KIRBY, AR, MAR. 3 George Waller Jr. defeated all comers in the 13th Annual Bear Cree k End ur o presented by the Texarkana Dirt Rid er s in forests su rrou ndi ng Lake Greeson. Rusty Reyna ud came of reti reme nt to ea rn first in the AA class, two po ints off Waller' s pa ce in this SERA/BJ EC eve nt that dr ew 400 riders fro m 12 sta tes , The t rail s cons is ted o f ti gh t woo ds section s ch ar a cte r iz e d b y e nd less exposed roots, b roke n up by stee p up h ills lit- ' tered with jagged rocks the size of soccer balls. The shor t cour se went 71 miles, the long course 93. Numerous resets broke up the tough .trail sections, making the event extremely enjoyable. Good tr ail marking coupled with sp o t- o n m ilea- ad d ed to th e ov er all su cces s o f the ge event. Results 0 / A: 1. George Wa ller . AA : 1. RU!lty Reyn au d; 2. Vincent Da vis; 3. Steve Tra vis; 4. Nolan Knight; 5. Je ff Pisc he r. 200 A: 1. Nathan Knip; t; 2. Daren Og den: 3. Ga ry Wal kup; 4. . h Rick Ow ens; 5. Bra d Hilke r. 250 A: 1. Mike Monroe ; 2. Pete r Boredes: 3. Allen Hay nes ; 4. Ma rk Ken da ll; 5. Jim Ingram . O PEN A: 1. Mike Shown; 2. Wesley King; 3. Jimmy Ward; "" . Steve Underwood; 5. limbo Mitcht'li . L"IT A: 1. Gregg Co gle n; 2. Kevin Mille r; 3. Steve Fo w; 4. Gary Little; 5. Tony Ligon. SR A: 1. Wayne Beindorf; 2. Rocke Weave r; 3. Har old Compton; 4. Ron Shreve; 5. Terry Brumley. SR SPTSMN A: 1. Randy Presthus ; 2. Rick Robin ett; 3. Luther Stem; 4. Ken Th ompson; 5. Tony Wood . S /SR A: 1. Darrell Jud y; 2. Ronni e Ciero; 3. CharUe Burke; 4. Q>rald Pearso n; 5. Bob Pike. YTH A:. 1. Mike Oirner; 2. jared Jackson; 3. Jon Shoalmire; 4. J('5S(" Fa uJstick; 5. Danny Whit e. WAIMEA CANYON, HI,FEB. 19 Arthu r Higgins ru led th e Expert class at the Kaua i Annu a l Pres id ents d ay Tr ial s at th e Waime a Canyo n State Park. Clerks of th e co u rs e Clayton O sh it a and Rodn ey Sonoda laid ou t eigh t sections each for Beginner, Novice, In terme d iate and Advance classes, and nine for the Experts..The section s were ridd en in a loop three tim es. Sections for the lower classes were very tight and technical with a lo t of off-ca mbers, stee p hill sid es an d 'small steps . The up per -class sections contained large boulders strewn about the red dirt of the washo uts. Expe rt section nine was ridden exhibition-style at .the end of the d ay. Six riders made the trip from Oahu. Beside the tria ls even t, they were treated to an entire weekend of trials riding by the guy s from Kauai, Results BEG: 1. Robin Dua rte; 2. James Marsha ll. NOV : 1. C ayton Silva; 2. Joh n ROl\i'lrio ; 3. Robb y Stone ; 4. Rand y Weir; 5. Tho mas Ch ing. lNT : 1. BiUShepa rd ; 2. Gayton Oshita; 3. Kenny Seigler ; 4. Robe rt Taw hn.'J; 5. Patri ck Kaihera. ADV: 1. Rodney Sonoda;2. Stu a rt ClUeres ; 3. Pete r Erwin. EX: 1. Arth ur Higgins; 2. John Domke; 3. Marvin Osh ita; 4 Rus se ll Andra de; 5. Warwi ck C ray ; 6. Phill Ov e lan d ; 7. Johnny Ups ha w. 4-STRKLONG: 1. Kevin Boyle; 2. Darren Jerome. 2: 0 B: 1. Matt Joachin; 2. Mark Phillip!! 3. Dale Lee Recto r; 4 0 ; Ch ad Belcher; 5. John Welsch. 250 B: 1. Blake Plo nsky; 2. Brian Hudson ; 3. James Eliff; 4. Bobb y Joe Stults; 5. Davi d Gerbes. tNT B: 1. Mike Higu era; 2. Phil Cocharan; 3. Steve Undem , 4. Scott Duncan; 5. David Jon es. SR B: 1. Royce Wyatt ; 2. Royce Guidry; 3. Larry McCle llan; 4. Dan WyHe; 5. Stev e Pierce. . 5 /SR B: 1. Phillip McMillan; 2. jod y Coleman; 3. Ray Melt on; 4. Carl lvey; 5. Larry Kno tts . YTH B: 1. Chase Dunn; 2. O in t Golnn; 3. Cody Fo w; 4. Aaron Willis; 5. Clint Carr . 5 / 55: 1. Za hn Lew is; 2. Clarence Bonafadus; 3. Marv Donald so n; 4. Jim l.etcUicr; 5. ,ad McCu tcheo n. 4-ST RK SHO RT: .1. Jon Ya rbro ug h; 2. Mike Wylie; 3. Nea l · Da ley Jr.; 4. Wayne Cros by; 5. David Mullens . 200 C: 1. Matth ew Glen n; 2. R~ Com eaux ; 3. Tyler 5tl'e le; 4. Jami e Mathew~ 5. Robe rt Stuc kert . 250 C: 1. Lucas Co mea ux; 2. John G. Hunt; 3. Dennis Stan ley; 4. Stew a rt Hale ; 5. Daniel Sandridge. . O PEN C: 1. Tim Edward!>; 2. Joh n Fagan ; 3. Dav id Milh' r; 4. Josh ua Cook; 5. Wayn e G rantham. INT C: 1. Tim C.m; 2. Charlie Ellis; 3. Mike Barn es; 4-. Jimmy Ratliff; 5. Elston Moo re. 5R C: 1. Danny Steven s. 2. Rick MJ.rT; 3. Mike Chu dy; 4. Le s Blizza rd; 5. Neal Gag le. WMN : 1. Donna Moo re; 2. Katrina RoY"h>r 3. Lilla Yo ther; 4. ; She rry Co meaux . Barlow, Bennett blitz Bandido GP By Greg Robertson PALMDALE, CA MAR. 3 , Mike Barlow and Walt Bennett rode to impre s-sive wins in the 125cc and 250cc Beginner classes resp ectively during California Racing Club's Band ido Gra nd Prix held at Los Angeles County Raceway. Fourt een -yea r-old Cha z Smith roos ted the pack of 125cc Beginners through the first tum, Ever t Smith held d own second ahe ad o f Ben Stue lke and Clint Ewing. Barlow had trou ble firing up hi s b ike at the d ead-engi ne star t and rounded the first tu rn 10 second s behind the field . By lap two, Chaz Smith ha d a 6-second lea d ove r Eve r t Sm ith . Barl o w w a s slici ng through the pack and was already up to fourth place. Barlow passed Ewin g, then railed around Evert Smith to take overthe runner-up position a lap later. Barlow put it in overdrive and wi thin anothe r circuit of the sand track had Chaz Smith in his sigh ts. When Barlow sta rted showing Smith hi s fro n t fender, Sm ith turned it up a notch to keep him at bay. A frustrated Barlow cut undernea th Smith up on land ing off the finish-line jum p and set himsel f up wi th the inside . line in the following tum to grab the lead, Barlow finished with a 20-second lead . Evert Smith got pas t Cha z Smith to finish in second place, A three-way battle for the lead eru p ted right from the start of the 250cc Beginner race among Bud Lewi s, Joh n Bevan and Benne tt . Bennett emerged on top after a coup le of lap s with Lewis fighting off Bevan. Bennett app eared to have the big sandy berms mastered as his lead grew with each pa ssin g lap right up to the finish. Bevan . pa ssed Lewis for second, but Lewis never gave up and after 30 min utes got the break he needed when Bevan tipped ove r in a slow tum to hand second to Lewis. Results P /W YAM (0-6 ): 1. Dre w Gosst-Iaar (Yam); 2. Cha rles Messer (Ya m ); 3. Ni ck Ro b e r tson (Ya m); 4: Shaw n Butler (Ya m ); 5. William Luna (Yam). P / W SISTI< (

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