Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

, j: EVENTS · sanctioned vintage mot ocross held at Wood land Motocross park. Hart, a former Nationa l number holder, wo n both Over 30 mo tos , bea ting riva l Joe Casey, who like Hart, rode a 1973 Ho nda CR250, and Richard Sipp , the seco nd- an d thi rd-place Expert finishers. Picking u p wins in the com bined Interme diate ana Ama te ur classes were Yamaha ride r john Ziegler an d CZ-mounted Greg Mattoon, respectively. Casey grabbed the lead in th e first 250cc Expert moto and quickly broke awa y from the pack, leaving Hart, who ga ted poorly, to fight through traffic to challenge Casey for the lead . Despite the potential challenge, Casey prevailed at the end of the moto. Hart bounced back in moto two, getting the no d a fter another tough battle to fin ali ze his two- class sweep for the day. Casey took second on 1-2 scores ahe ad of Sipp'53-3. Riding a 1976 Montesa 360, Shawn Brown · roosted his wa y to the overall in the Almost Vintage cla ss , b eating Yamaha-mounted Mon ty Price. Despite tw o flat tires in the second moto, Price d id all he could to keep the Montesa ride r in sight. Third p lace we nt to top Intermed iate finisher Troy Harris. Brown the n set out to do uble h is success on the day with a run in the Expe rt Gra nd Prix held at the com pletion of th e regular program . This time riding his Rickman Montesa, Brown fough t o f furious challenges from form er AJS/B u ltaco teamster Do ug Grant, to ta ke horne top honors. Grant, who ear lier won the 40 Plus Expert class, ne tted seco nd , we ll ahead of third- place finisher Ron Fish. G et re~dy for a weekend of excit ing mot orcycle racing at the Toyota Challenge of Laguna Seca A MA National Championship Motorcycle Road Races.Th is will be t he fir st race of the seaso n on the new, expanded, I I tu rn, 2.238 mile ro ad course. Headlining the weekend will be t he highly competit ive Superbike Series. See the factory teams fro m Smokin' Joe's Honda,Vance and Hines Yamaha, Muzzy Kawasaki and Yoshimura R&D Suzuki.This act ion packed weekend includes road races, sidecars and more! Do n't blink or you'll miss all t he non-stop act ion! FEATURED RACES • ROTTEN ROBBIE SUPERBIKE • 2S0cc Grand Prix • Teamline 750cc SuperSport Results • HP4 600cc SuperSport o r EJj EX: 1. Ron Fish (Yam ); 2. Doug Gr ant (A JS); 3. Craig '\ Farn s worth (Mai). OrEN INT: 1. Jolm Mor gan (Yam). OPEN AM: 1. Reid Saar io (CZ ); 2. Grt:'g Mattoo n (CZ ); 3. Brand on Brow n (SUL). AM (40+) : 1. Dou g Gra nt (AJS); 2. Cha rlie Brow n (Ric ); 3. Craig Farns worth (Mai). A M (40+): 1. Steve Sp rague (Bu l); 2. Rick Downing (Bul). EX (30+ ): 1. Grayson H art ( Ho n); 2. Joe Ca sey (Hon); 3. Richard Sipp (Ya m ).I (NT (30+ ): 1. John Zi.',:; ('r (Yam); 2. John Morg an (Yam); 3. . Bill Brown (SU:l). AM (30+): 1. Greg Mattoon (CZ ); 2. Brian Slusher (Yam ); 3. Bob McDa niel (Hon) . . 250 EX: I. Grayson Hart (Hon ); 2. JOt' Cesey (Hon); 3. Richard Sipp (y am). 2S0 INT: 1. John Ziegler (Yam ); 2. bill Brown (Ric); 3. John Morgan (Yam). I 2SO AM: 1. Dave Ande rso n (Mail; 2. Dal e Iaeovys (Hon); 3. Rob McDan i(>1 (Hon ). 125 t N T: 1. John Ul ve r ( Ka w ); 2. Ch ris Ca st le (C - A); 3. Richard Sipp Jr. (Hon). 125 AM: 1. Ch ris James (Ka w); 2. Mike Eve land (Su z); 3. Jeff Gleason (Hon) . .50 1. Ken Burnin gham Cam); 2. Cecrge Eadit"(C-A ); 3. Tom +: McFar land (But). PRE· '70 EX: 1. Allan Moore (A'S); 2. Todd Gla ss (BSA); 3. Mitch Magon (fri). PRE·'7 0 II'\. / AM : 1. Robert Bor g (CZ); 2. Tom Mcfarland 'T (Bul); 3. Steve Spragut"(Bul) . . WMN : 1. Debbie WeUl'r (p uc); 2. Lorain e Cra ft (Du e); 3. Ann Price (Yam). HACK : 1. Robe rt Rorg /Quinton Quimby (Yam); 2. Rob Roy Neil§ffi / Bill Qu imb y (y am) . 2.';1 BMBR tNT : 1. M.ll1 Schwe itze r (Ho n); 2. Steve Kauffman ( (KTM); 3. Jack Rua (Hon ). 2S0 BMBR A M: 1. Kirk Will ia m s ( Hon) ; 2. Mik e Siebert (Ho n); 3. Jeff Gleaso n (Os s). O PEN BMBR EX: 1. Shawn Brow n (Mon ); 2. Mon ty Price (Yam). OPE."'J BMBR INT: 1. Trey Hari s (Yam ); 2. Jack Rua (Ho n); 3. • Performance Machines SuperTeams Challenge • Progressive Insurance Harley-Davidson SuperTwins P L US ! • Side Car Races • Vintage Bike Display • Autograph Sessions • Free Paddock Access • Free Grandstand Seating • Free Parking Ake11~ (AGUNAT M eeSECA RACEWAY Mick Reed (Cl ). OPEN BMBR AM: 1. Dal e Hodson (Mai ); 2. Mik e O lso n (Yam ); J . Andy Du navant (y am). f,()+ : 1. Bob William s (CZ ); 2. Nale Hou se (CZ). TOYOTA Wilhelmy pounds Plover Ice Race By Tim McBr ide .w VIDEO .RELEASES Now Available Through Cycle News Video Theater "TERRAFIRMA2 11 ('120A) The worthy follow-up freestyte MX video from Fox Racing is here! You'll see incredible footage of Supercross champ Jeremy McGrath pulling the biggest nac-nacs of his life and Superman-air jumps at the private supercross track at Castillo Ranch, Califomia; Doug Henry and Jeremy McGrath flying up vertical cliff jumps at DeAnza, Califomia; 1995 Nationals footage with all the season's highlights; Steve Lamson and Robbie Reynard railing the hills at Washougal, Washington; sick air lunatic Mike Metzger pushing the limits in a crash-filled launch-fest at White Sands, Califomia; John Dowd and Robbie Reynard in an insane sand-blasting performance at the Southwick MX National track in Massachusetts; Ezra Lusk and Ricky Carmichael play-riding at a private practice track in Georgia; Pedro Gonzalez flying the 'Kamikaze' cliff j ump at Reche Canyon, California; and the late World Champion Donny Schmit's icy Supercross track on a frozen lake in Minnesota. Music soundtrack by Mad Season, Face to Face, Corrosion of Conformity, Pennywise, Sprung Monkey, & Down by Law. 45 minutes from Fox Video. To Order Videos, Call (310) 427·7433 - Charge to PLOVER, WI.MAR., 2 General Engineering's jerry Wilhelmy record ed o vera ll victories in Se nio r Pr o and O pe n Pro classes w he n the Plover / Wh iting, Wi scon sin, Lions d ub hosted the Cen tral Wisconsin Ice Raeing Association's event on Lake Pacawa. Although the ice ra ces were held on a typical d irt tr ack style qu art er-m ile oval, the CWIRA featured a motocross- type scoring system. Nev erthe less, Wilh elmy mad e it easy for the scorekeep er s by winning all fou r of his "rnotos" d uring his da y of dominan ce. Wilh elm y pulled tw o perfect starts during h is tw o races in th e O pe n Pr o cla ss and was n ever headed . Honda mounted Roy Na fzge r record ed a 2-4 m oto tally to'earn runner-up he nors. Class favo rite Cliff Eckes tu rne d in a 5-2 performance to finish third. Th e fir st Senior Pr o-cla ss moto was a carbon -cop y performance for the de fending class cha m p ion. Bu t a bad start in th e sec on d race saw Wilhelm y way in the back of the pack. Roy Na fzger was ou t front with jerry Thrune, Dan Zitur, W ilh el my and ja ck Pot ter in tow. Wilhelm y imm ediat el y we nt to work by passing Zit ur on th e back chute an d then racing past Thrune on the su cceedi ng fron t stra ight. Wilhel my was soon in pos~tion to per form a text-

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