Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

'E EScott Rousseau ' VN TS' , Edited by of the moto, but in step ped Lady Luck. Fisher was fir s t to be d amned by th e damsel as he bogged to a halt w ith a fuel line pulled loose over one of th e man y tabletop jum ps, Doughty moved to second. Half a lap later Carter stalled with a lack of elec trical cu rr en t g oing to his s pa rk plu g . Dou ghty m oved to fi rst , 500cc Master and Lew is to first 250cc Master. While both Ca rter and Fis he r recovered to rejoin the fight, only Fisher was within s triki ng di s tance, The 20minute moto had sa pped his s treng th, though he hou nded Lewis all the way to the checkers, Resu lts Evolution of Motocross S rie Round 3 e s: Doughty, Lewis hammer Hollister Hills Motocross By Helen Wheale s Photo by Ste ve Da rsey HOLLISTERHILLS, CA, APR 14 he essential ing redients for w inning races are one part skill, one pa rt preparati on and a d as h o f luck, a nd the recipe wo rke d for Rick Dou ghty an d Rand y Lew is a t r ou nd th ree o f th e Evolu tio n of Mo tocro ss ' series held on the gra nd prix circuit a t Hollister Hills OHV pa rk. Doughty had the 500cc Masters-class second-mo to win and the series po ints lead serve d to hi m on a silve r plat ter w hen Greg Carter's Maico temporaril y lost spark. In the 250cc Masters division, Lewis was the recipient of a similar gift as Da ve Fis he r was sidelined w ith a . fuel-su pply problem . The Evo lu tio n cl a ss p o st ed th e largest field one the d ay, so things got busy when the pack funneled into turn o ne d u r i ng the fi rst of th e two 20minute motos. Rick "Darwin" Doughty led w ith G reg Ca rter a tt e m p ti ng a n extreme ou tside move tha t left Car ter wi thou t any real es tate to call his ow n. Carter qu ickly recovered, d ropped two positions. Meanwhile, Dave Fisher took T Rick Doughty (2) leads the pack on his way to cl aim the SOOcc Masters-class win at round three of the Evolution of Mot ocr oss Series , held at Hollister Hills OHV Park In Califo rn ia. 250 SPTSMN: 1. Da rry l Cully (Suz) . 250 MSTR: 1. Rand y Lewis (Me n): 2. Da ve Fishe r (Suz) : 3. Ron Melton (Oss): 4. Bill We st (Oss). 500 SPTS M N: 1. Phil Reye s ( H us ): 2 . Gerald Mau ricio (Mail. 500 MST R: 1. Rick Do ug h ty (Mai) : .2. G reg Ca r ter (Mai l, Brewer blasts Elizabeth City Motocross By Mark Ingersoll fu ll ad va n tage of Ca rter ' s miscue and slip pe d into second . Fis her soon ha d reason to qu esti on the wisdom of his ea g e rness as he was ass a u lt ed b y a never-ending barrage fro m Doughty'S rear wheel. Tr y as he mi g h t, Fis her could not effect a clean pass. After several laps of th is abuse he hand ed th e front line over to an adr enalin-pumped Gr eg Carter, w ho so ld iered on in th e face of the flying debris. Cart er's efforts also would be in vain as his brake-ped al adjus ter backed off, pulling in the reins on his Maico. Fisher in herited second but was some d istan ce back and not in a position to challenge for the lead. Content to cruise in as first 250, he got a sec-: ' ond w ind as he realize d Rand y Lew is was reeling him in. Fisher pu lled clea r ' of Lewis in the closing lap s. When the gated dropp ed on the second rnoto, the field greedil y consu med the 100-yard starting straigh t with Greg Carter at the helm . Dou ghty, meanw hile, was mired midpack. In theMasters class it was Ca rte r, Fish er , Lewi s, Dough ty and Melton that comprised the top five on lap one. Darryl Cully and Phil Reyes had a firm grip on the Sportsma n d ivisi on. Carte r slowly pulled away fro m Fisher, wh o did the same to Lewis and Dou ghty. This high -sp eed freight train railed arou nd th e be rrn ed circu it in much the same orde r for four laps before Dough ty blocked-passed Lewis for third , Carter and Fisher were now some 10 seconds clear and it d id not appear there would be much drama for the remainder ELIZAB ETH CI Y, VA, APR. 14 T Troy Brewer walked home with the lion's share of the cash at round four of the U.S. Eastern ProAm Series at Competition Par k. In the first 250cc A mot o, Dwi gh t Fraser grabbed the holeshot and commanded the first la p before Brewer a nd Chris Anstead passed him by triplin g throu gh th e whoop sec tio ns, Anstead stayed tigh t with Brewer for a few laps before coming up short on a tri ple and pu tting him self out for the day. Brewer cam e back in the second moto to make it a clean sweep of 250cc A racing, Scott Shipley took secon d overa ll. as well as cleaning house in both the Ove r 25 and Ove r 30 A clas ses, Shipley is 35 yea rs old a nd gets faster every yea r. In Senior Mini action, brothers Jsha and Josh Wood swept first and second .lsha and Josh tookthe track with a veng eance, often ove rjumping many of the double jum ps and casing ou t on the triples. Lap times for the first three riders we re only a couple of seco nds off the 125/25 0cc lap ave rage. Hona rab le men tion s go to Unlimited BI C rider Danie l Dailey, the only rid er to successfully ju m p four who ops at a tim e as Pros wer e going down tryin g to clear three, Donnie Alford was bounced off his bike whi le trip ling thro ugh a whoo p section. Alford landed on the side a t a run and jumped back on, staying in the race as if nothing unu sua l had happene . d Results 250 A: 1. Troy Brl;' l;' (Ha n); 2. Soott Shipky (Ho n); 3. Don w r ald Alford (Yam ); 4. Donnie Mill er (Ho n); 5. Pot ter Payne (Hon) . 2Sfl B: 1. Robe r t Tol son (Ho n); 2. Rob ert Ta lbo tt (Yam) ; 3. James Sc ha u ba ch (Ya m) ; 4. Kd l h Ne wto n (He n ): 5. Ric ha rd Pttschc e de (H un). r Hon); 2. Kyle Richard so n ()(a w) ; 250 C: 1. Brand on William s C 3. Chester Tu cker (H on j: 4. DoUK Ch a ppell (Hon); 5. Paul Baber (Ka w ). 250 D: 1. ja so n Ja rv is (Ha n) ; 2. Willia m La ckey (H o n j: 3. Ma r ty wttson (H o n); 4. Willi am Spru ill (Ka w ); 5. Jo hn C hum (Kaw ). 125 A: 1. Tro y Brewer (Ho n); 2. Tere nce Kennedy ~ Hon}; 3. Robert McWhort er (Ho n); 4. Mar k Will iams (Ho n); 5. Tony Rice (Y. m ). 1 125 B: L Da nie l Da ile y (H a n); 2. Ro ger Ca rri co (He n): 3. Du stin Flo yd (Ho nl ; 4. Kei th Newlo n (Hc n l. 5. Randy Jordan lHo nl, 125 C: 1. Barry Shiver {)(awl; 2. Donald Ha yes (Ka w ); 3. Wn- . ley Kit e (Ho n); 4. Tra vis WL'St (Ho n); 5. Michal.'!Neal (Ya m ). 125 D: 1. William Lackey (Hon); 2. Van Etheri dg e (Hon); 3. Fran k Cn rche tt (Ha n); 4. Tomm y Anderson (Hon ); 5. David Sellars (Hen). S/ MlN l: I. Isba Wood (Ho n); 2. Joshua Wood (Kaw); 3. Josh e Dc'IJl'r (Kaw); 01. Ricky Wilso n (K.1 W); 5. Row Brown [Kaw]. SR MIN I: 1. Jos h ua Wood ( Ka w) ; 2. Is ha Wood (Honf 3. jos hua Dexte r (Kaw ), 4 . Cory Gho lso n (YAm); 5. Ric~'1Td Da rk (lion). JR MINI: 1. SWven Da ill'Y (Ka w ); 2. Chase Shumate CH on); 3 Lance Tri bble (Ho n); 4. C hri stopher Sla ug hler (Kaw) . 80 0 : 1. Ja mes Hill (y am ); 2. Jo hn Rl>id (1(.. W); 3. BL Vogel l 'I\ (Ho n); 4. Lance T ribble (HQn); 5. Jilse.,n Whay (Yam). 60: 1. Steven Daill'y (Kaw) ; 2. Chase Shu ma te U(a w); 3. Dean Day UG.1W); 4. William JonL (Kaw) ; 5. Mar k Brown (Kaw}, 'S 50 (4-6): L De vo n Pilking ton (KT M); 2. H a ile y Ca rde lla (Y.1m) . 50 (7-8); 1. Tyler Sh uma te (Cob ); 2. David Mitchell (KTM); 3. Du s tin Shiv er (KTM ); 4. Jer emy Ochel tree (KTM). O PEN AM; I. J" y Hauser (Hon);·2. Jam es G ress (Ha n). U/ L B/ C: 1. Da niel Dailey (Ho n); 2. Wl'Sk'y Kite (Honh 3. Dway ne Th ompso n (Ho n); 4. Rand y Jordan (Ho n); 5. Nevan Rush· ing (H en ). 25+ A: I. Scott Shipley Ulo n); 2. Robe rt Mcwhorter (Ho n); 3. Do nald Alfo rd (Hon): 4. Jo hn Ed .....ard s (Ha n); 5. Pott er Payee ( Hen). 25+ B: 1. Robe rt T<11OOtt (Yam); 2. Tho mas Jenn ings (Hon) ; 3. Pa ul Hu d gi ns (Ho n): 4. Ia mes Sloe t (Hnn); 5. Pau l W~ t (Ho n). 30+ A: 1. Scott Shipl ey (Ho nl; 2. Ja y Ha user (Ho n); 3. John Mon k (Ya m ); 4. Brad Crouch (Hon ). 30+ B: 1. Thoma s Je nn ings (Hen): 2. Joh n Price (Kaw): 3. Willia m Hobson (Yam); 4. Pau l West (Hon) . 30+ C : 1. Davi d Yo Wer (Ho n); 2. Kenn y Putt IHon ): 3. Br~ T ribb le (HOIl); 4. BiUy Wyatt (Hon); 5. Alvin fk' ndL (Ho n). 1' 35+ A : 1. So nn y Mitchell (Ka w ); 2. John Mo nk (Ya m ); 3. Brickey Hu ghe s (Ho n); 4. Ch arles Carlto n C Hon); 5. Bria n Tribble ( Hon ). 40+ A : 1. Sonny Mit che ll (}<.lw ); 2. Greg Dri !lCOII (Hon) . Keith clobbers Gold Beach ST By Clay Light GOLD B EACH ,OR, APR. 13 Husqvarne-mo unted Cliff Keith continued his im pres si ve pe rforman ces to to p the Open A main a t the next to last indoor short track event at the Curry Coun ty Fairg rounds Expo Arena , Keith thumped to a win in the first of two Open-class pre limi naries where he bea t Hon da rid er Ed Derda , Hea t tw o we nt to Ca liforn ian C liff H el m, who rod e a 600cc Ho nd a-b ased machine, while Bob Klum edged last year's class , Cham p ion Bob Ingle for second . The IO-rid er , 20-lap Open A main featu red two rows of top Oregon a nd Northern California rid ers, Keith p ut his Hus ky 510 out in fron t of Helm , In g le, Po r tla n d -a rea rid er Ke nn y McCann a nd Der da on the opening lap, Keith opened up a big lead early in the race, leaving a se co nd- p lac e sh oot o u t bet w een Hel m a nd McCann, who carved to third ou t of tu m two. H elm e ve nt ually sepa ra ted him self from McCann while in search of lead er Keith, who by the midway stages had built u p a cozy lead, one he wo uld maintain to the finish. Helm secured secon d p lace, w hile a battle for th ird between McCain, Derda, Klum and Ingle was shapin g up in McCann 's favor. McCann , however, lost two position s on the final lap to both Klum, who inh erited third , and Derd a, the four th-place fini sher. Th e surprise performance belonged to l l-year-old Sean Ligh t, ridi ng an BOcc Suzuki, earlier winner of the 80ce A main, who followed McCann across the finish for sixth ahead of Ingle, Results O PEN A; 1. Cliff Keith (H us ); 2. Cliff Helm (H a n); 3. Bob K1um (Ho n); 4. Ed Derda (Ho n);5. Kenn y M(Cann (Yam). 250 A: 1. Bob Klum (Ho n); 2. Sean Ligh t (Ya m). 125 A: 1. Sean Ligh t (Yam ); 2. Jesse Adams (Yam) . HO A: I. Sca n Light (Suz ); 2, Brandon Zerbach (Ka w ). Win a new TOYOTA T-100 Truck or SUZUKI GSX-R1100! Racein the TOYOTA 'GOm CUPUnlimited Road Race the 3rdSunday ofeverymonth Manufacturer contingency programs include Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Honda, Dunlop, Metzeler, EBC, Pro-Tek and more! WSMC provides race classes for all Production classes, as well as Twins, Singles, Novice, Superbike and Saturday Night Solo series, WSMCpresents a-Neui RacersSchool every month, please callfor info. 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