Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Kev in Windham pulls o ff a heel-clicker on h is way to the fifth 125c c S u p e rc ross v ict o ry o f the se ason. "I' ve had a good couple of week s, getting third in the 250's last week and then winning here tonight," said Windha m. "Th ings jus t couldn't ha ve went bett er and it was just a grea t weekend from the sta rt. I've got the greates t team in the wo rld a nd 1 th ink it shows ou t there." , A pa tien t Dobb was able to secu re second after up-an d-com ing East Coas t star N a th an Ra m se y fe ll a nd th en Honda-mounted Brian Deegan mad e a few late-race mistakes. "I came into this race with a w ho le new a ttit ude, " said Amer ican Suzuki / O' N ea l /Qu ick silve r-b acked Ja m es Dobb, w hose second-place finish wa s his bes t of the year. "I went home and spoke with my pa ren ts and tried to help myself ge t my head togeth er. This year has be en r e ~1 tou g h o n m e a nd I'm BrieflVil1 .- A 8 ~ ~ proud of myself that I've come this far, having go ne throu gh w hat I've ha d to so far. I'm not being paid any mo ney (by Suzuki ) but I was pu tting pr essu re o n myself as if 1 wer e ge tt ing paid a million do llars to race. I just d ecided to d o my best and have fun. Tonight I had al mos t as mu ch fu n as possibl e a nd I ended up second . That' s pret ty good for a Satu rday night. " Dobb has a slim sho t at the 125cc West Region title bu t would require a total collaps e by Wind ham to g e t e no ug h p o in ts fo r t he cha m p ionship. ·In hi s second podium finish e ve r, th ir d -p lac e N a t ha n Ramsey se cu r ed third in the final 125cc East Region SX standi ngs behind Pichon and Dowd. "I had a pretty good start an d worked my way to second , but then my hand came off ove r a jum p a t ab ou t the m idway I'm not 'going to do that." C raig willbegin competing in the 125cc Nationals next weekend at Sacramento and should tie a real threat to win. . S t. Louis has never ho st ed an A MA Superc ro ss Among the visito rs in t he press box at the brand-new event before. but i«!n'sas City . on the other side of Trans Worl d Dome was Bob b y Cox. the manager of Missouri. has hosted a few. From 1981 to '83 Team the Worl d Series Champion Atla nta Braves baseball Suzuki's Mark Barnett won the Kan~as City three team: Cox was on hand as his club participated with straiqht times. In 1980 Kent H owerton wo n the ' the hometo St. Louis Cardinals at Busch ~tedium wn first Kansas City SX. also on a Suzuki. In the 19705 right down the road. Co x appeared on the ESPN telethere was an AM A N ational trac k in St. Peters. In . cast with 'Art Eckman and David Bailey. though ' Eck1978 Bob Hannah won the 250cc class while Yamaman alrriost had to do the show himself . It appears ha teammates Rex Staten and Broc Glover won the that Bailey was stuck in an elevator for more than an SOOcc and 1250 c ' classes . respecti vely. In '77 Hanhour without any '01 the Seals Communications broadnah a 1250" National here while Marty Smith won the casting crew 's knowledge . They finally Ireed Bailey 250cc class: And in 1976 Honda rider Pierre Kars'five nii.~~tesbefore the show was to begin: . makers won the 500cc class. Th e only other National list ed at this track was a 1972 500cc race wo n by The .usual suspects came out at St. Louis to try their . " Bad Brad Lackey, hands at qualifying in both classes. b ut no one made the cut lor both main events , Among those attempting , By winning Seturdeyniqht's main event Jeff Em ig to serve doubte duty on Saturday night were Pennsylgave Team Kawasaki a 250cc 'main-event win in the venia's St eve Herman . Kansan J eff Hedden. . AM A Supercross Series for the 13th straight year. It Minnesota' s Heath Voss . New 'Jersey joumeyman Barry Carsten: Oklahoma's Ken ny Bartram and . w as ironic that Emig 's win came on a night when the Missoun s own Doug Ston e . None of them were · th ree -man team was only at one -th ird strength Ryan Hughes is out wi th the broken jaw he suf- .. successful. i hough H edden did somehow manage to . make the 250cc main but not the 125cc main, fered at the Chadott eSx, while Damon Huffman is still recovering fro m a knee injul)' he suffe red at ., the Tamp'a ro und. Hughes had surgeI)' on his l ace Jeremy McGrath was again on his own in the last week and will miss at least four wee ks of actio n ' Honda/ 1-800-Collect/Fox Racing pits because team-' whil e Huff man's mechanic Brian Lunniss explained mate Steve' Lamson is still on the mend from his Damon was ankle--twi sting crash at the Houston 5X . Lamson is that Huffman 's status is wait·and-see. M suppose d to see a doctor from Co lorado to deterriding again and 'is a go for the Hangtow n Nationals mine the extent of the knee injul)' this weeke nd. and near Sacramento. Calilom ia. this weekend. Lamson. we're going to make a decision from there. That will the delending seri es cha mpion. lead s the ' 125cc give us three opinions and t his is the last one_ If we National Championship poinl s standings after winning let it go (without surgel)'l it will be a whole month the open ing round of the ser ies at Gainesville in befo re he even rides. OthefWise, he's out for the rest March . ' of the season.' A p'ractice crash on a tripte jump in St. Louis ended t he 1996 SX Se r ies for Honda of Tr oy's Mike M ike Craig was ~porting an odd-looking crew cut Brown and, more unfort unately. damaged his 125cc at St. Louis. Odd because of the holes in his head from a previous experience with a n~ck ·stabilizing . title hopes . "W e le lt that Mike,was going to be a title threat along with Lamson and Mickael Pichon: said halo: - Last wee k my boss Phil Alderton told me that I Honda of Troy boss Phil Alderton'. " He's got a hairwas the only guy 'on the team who' hadn't shaved his head yet this year.' Craig said alone of the hidden line hraclu re of his right wrist. We know he'5 going to miss at leas't two rounds now , so it's going to" be pressures o f riding .for H on da of Troy. " Phil said. hard wo rk to' come bac k fr o'm 100 poi nts down. ' 'Here's a hundred bucks to shave your, head,' I said no, that it wa'sn't enough. He goes, Two hundred? Brown finished third in the series-opener, Honda of. Three hundred?' I worked him up to $SO and he jus t O Troy still has Mike Craig, Jeff Willoh and. at select ed threw it on my lap. pulled out the razor and shaved rounds . Casey Lytl e for the 125cc Nationals., Larl)' me bald. ' 'As fo'r the Frankenstein look. Craig admit·" Ward arid Brian Swink are going after gold in the 250cc class. ted he probab ly looked a littl e odd , ' Having holes drilled in your head will catch up to you one day. but now Phil wants me to carve '666 ' into my head but Also missing at action at St. Louis while healing from point and 1 hadto come from way back agai n, " sa id Su z uki of W in st on Sa le m i Performa nce En gineerin gbacked Ram sey. "I needed to beat Scott Shea k fo r third in th e s ta ndi ngs a nd now I' ve locked up top privateer, so I' m goi ng to be do ing so m e cel ebrat in g tonight." "I rea lly scre wed up because I had secon d w ra pped u p an d then I s tarted casi ng stuff w ith abou t four lap s to go and it took all my energy: ' said Deegan , a native of Ne b ras ka w ho rid es fo r Team Cha pa rral. "I started to get wind ed fro m all the near-misses a nd I jus t lost m y rh y th m . Those guys go t m e wh en th ey should not have go t me. I had the speed bu t I just d idn't hav e it the w hole race." Dowd and Picho n raced up throu gh the pack toge the r, th ou gh Pichon did not look like he was rid ing a t 100 percent. Dowd ma naged to pas s Team Xtreme/ PJl / Ato mic 22's Cory Keeney for fifth w it h two tu rns to go. Pichon strolled across the line seventh, followed by the Suz u ki of New Jersey p riva teer Barry Car sten, Mexican hero Gon zale z a nd Team F&S Su z uki / JT Ra cin g ' s Davey Yezek. 0 Trans World Dome St. Louis. Mi sso uri Resu lts: April 2 7, 19 9 6 (After 14 o f 1 5 rounds) . 12S ee HE AT 1 (6 laps, to p 9 tran s fer) : 1. Ca sey. Johnson (Kaw): 2. Cory Keeney (Yam ); 3. Rusty Ho lland (Kaw ): 4. Kev in Win d ha m (Yam); 5. C harley Boga rd (Suz ); 6. Scott Sheak (Suz): 7. Ton y Lo russo (Han); B. Michael Brandes (Suz) ; 9. Ja mes Eicke l (Han); 10. Ped ro Go nza lez (Hen): 11. Doug Sto ne IKaw ): 12. Ryan Clark (Suz) ; 13. Hea th Vos s (Han); 14. Jef frey Baker Jr. (Yam ); 15. David Kra tz (Suz ): 16. To m Clowers Jr. (Su z): 17. supercross wo unds are Team SplitFire/P ro Circuit' s . D avid P i n gree (femurl and Team Suzuki' s Tim · . "er ry (k nee). Ferry will be back for the outdoor nationals this wee kend; Pingree is hoping to retu rn : later this summer. . Little know fact: Robbie Reynard . the wo nderfully talent ed but woelully unlu ck y Oklahoma kid. has been riding since before the Gainesville Nationals in preparat ion to corrie back in .t he 125 cc Nat io nai S er ie s next week at Hang t o w n. ' T he Pr im al Impulse/Fox Racing/ Pro Circuit -back ed pilot is said to be vel)' strong . very fast. and: mo st importantly. vel)' healthy. ' If the kid's in one piece. he 'll be a contender.' said one member 01 the Honda camp. Beynard will 'join Pedro Gonzalez and Australian import Kim Ashkenazi,this w eek afte r s itt ing out the entire · 1996 Series wi t h a brea k of the numbe r-one and number-two verteb rae in his neck: Reynard suffe red the injury at an arenacross in January. With M cGrath's winning streak now over . Fox Racing will have to come up with some new puns and playson-words to be stitched into the seat of M cGrath' s · riding pants. John Fox has been in charge of J.er8my's backside billboard this season and has ente rtained many in the pits with his catchy sayings. ''After ' J eremy won his seventh race we put seven slashes o n his butt like the movie posters fo r t he f il m 'Seven," said Ft;l . " Next.' we put :STR8·· on him: like x eight straight, Alter nine wins we put '9 u ves' just like the cat·food logo. Ten wins was 'Hang Ten' 'just like the surf company. His 11th win also meant the championship. so we put '4-time' on his butt for that one and rolled eleven with some crap dice on his hip. Last weekend was 'V 12' as in 12 Victories. and then this weeke nd he has the .'Friday the 13th' logo from the movie." When Fox isn't b~sy with his seWing mac~ine he work s on the company' s videos. C heck out the just-released 'FLY' videa Jeaturing ' most of the Fox stable of stars: McGrath. Lamson . Bradshaw. Windham. Dowd and superb flyer Mike Metzger. W ith the series winding dow nano 'everyone gett ing · ready to jump into the ,new wate rs 01 ari outdoot series. there wasn't much goss ip or pit buzz going on in 51. Louis. We can, how ever, remind you to watc h the final event in Denv·er on' May 18 closely f or what · should be an all-o ut w a r for t hird-p iece in the final standings. J ust nine points separate four riders Ezra Lusk. Mike laRocco . Damon Bradshaw and Phil' Lawr ence - from fo urth-place rig ht no w; a nd with , Ryan Hughes defi nitely out. one of those guys is going to make the top thr ee in the final standings behind McG rath and Emig. Adam H umph rey (Suz ): 18. Joh n Dowd (Yam ); 19. Gre g Schnell (Suz); 20. Sha un Perolio (Kaw). T ime: 6 m tn ., 17.340 sec. USce H EAT 2 (6 laps, top 9 transfer): 1. Mickael Picho n (Kew ): 2. Jam es Dobb (Suz): 3. Nat han Ramse y (Suz) : 4. Kim Ashkenazi (Hen ): 5. Brian Deega n (Hen), a 6. Grayson Good ma n (Su z): 7. Robbie Ska ggs (K.. w): 8. Bar ry Ca rsten (Suz): 9. Da ve y Yezek (S uz ): 10. Jeff Will oh (Ho n) : 11. Jeff H edden (Suz) : 12. Rya n Du ff (He n): 13. Ste ve H erman (Suz) ; 14. Brad Woosley (Kaw): 15. Mar celo Hu go Sanche z (Suz ); 16. Clifford Adopta nte (Hen): 17. Ken ny Bartram (Suz) : 18. Ja mes Povoln y Jr. (Kaw): 19. Ieromy Bueh l (Kaw ); 20. Travis Pres ton (Suz).' Time: 6 m in., 2280 sec. 125cc LeQ (4 lap s, top 4 tr ansfer): 1. Heath Vos~ (Han); 2. John Dow d (Yam); ~" Pedro Gonzalez (Hen): 4. Brad Woo sley (Kaw); 5 . [eromy Bue hl (Kaw): 6. Jeff W ill oh (Hon): 7. Clifford Adopta n te (Han); 8. Ja mes Povolny Jr. (Kaw): 9. Marcelo H ugo Sanchez (Suz ); 10. David Kratz (Suz); 11. Steve Herman (Suz): 12. Ryan Clark (Su z); 13. Ken n y Ba rtra m (Su z): 14. Ryan Du ff (H an ); 15. Je ffre y Baker (Ya m); 16. Doug Sto ne (Kaw): 17. Jeff" H ed d en (Suz ): 18. Ad a m Hum ph rey (Suz) : 19. To m C1owt..'TS Jr. (Sux) ; 20. G reg Schn el l (Suz) : 21. Travis Preston (Suz ); 22. Shaun Perolio IKa w ). Time: 4 m in ., 12.560 sec. 12See MAIN (22 riders, 15 la ps): 1. Kevin Windh.1m (Yam ); 2. Jam es Dob b (Suz): 3. Na than Ramsey (Suz): 4. Brin n Deegan (Han ); 5. Jo hn Do wd (Ya m ); 6. Cory Keeney (Ya m ); 7 . Mickae l Pich on (Ka w ): 8. Ba rry Ca rs te n (Su z): 9. Ped ro Gonza le z (Ha n ); 10. Da vey Ye zck (S uz): 1 1. Casev Joh n s on (Ka w ): 12 . Ki m Ashkenazi (Ho n): 13. Robb ie Skaggs (Kaw) ; 14. Micha el Bra ndes (Suz ); 15. Cha rley Bogard (Suz ); 16. Sco tt Shca k (suz); 17. JamL'S Eickel (Han); 18. Brad Woosley (Kaw): 19. He a th Vos s (Han); 20. Tony Lo ru ss o (Hon): 21. Rusty Holla nd (Kaw): 22. Grayson Goodman (5u z). Timer 13 m in., 15.760 sec . 12See WEST REGIO N PO INT STAN DI NGS IAf t.r 7 o f 8 ro u n ds ): 1. Kevi n w indham (145/5 win s); 2. Jam es Dobb (I2J); 3. Greg Schnell (97); 4. Kim As hkenazi (79); 5. Michael Brandes (71); 6. Casey Johnson (65); 7. PedrQ" Gonzalez (57) ; 8: David Pingree (52); 9 . Jeff Willoh (46) ; 10. Rusty Hol land (41); 11. Tra vis Presto n (25); 12. Sha ne Tri ttle r (22); 13. Ca me ro n Ta yl o r (19); 14. Ryan Clark (18); 15. Tra vis Hodges (17); 16. Mike Met zger (15); 17. Rya n H uffm an OS); 18. Do na ld Up ton (14 ); 19. Jaso n McCormick (3); 20. Du ston Nelson (12). FINAL 12See EAST REGION POINT STANDINGS: 1. Mi cka el Pic hon (232 /6 w i ns) ; 2. Jo hn Dowd (207 /2 w in s); 3. Na tha n Ra msey (67); 4. Sco tt Sheak (137); 5. Brian Deegan (36); 6. Tim Ferry (28); 7. Cory Keeney (109) ; 8. Davey Yezek (06); 9. Barry Carsten (91) ; 10. Sha u n Pero lio (79); 11. Robb ie Skaggs (78); 12. Jeff Cu rry (75); 13. Tommy Clowers Jr. (60); 14. To ny Lorusso (54); 15. Jim Neese (54); 16. Cha rley Bogard (37) ; 17. Grayson Goodman (37 ); 18. Je ro my Bue h l (26); 19. A d am Humphrey (26); 20. James Eicke l (24). 250cc H EAT 1 (8 laps, top 4 tra nsf er) : 1. Jeff Em ig (Kaw): 2. Doug Hen ry (Yam ); 3. Brian Swi nk (Hen ): 4. Jimm y Button (Ya m ); 5. Mike laRocco (Su z); 6. Bud d y A ntu ne z ( Ka w) : 7. G re g A l ber ty n (S u z) : 8. Todd Del-loop (Suz); 9. Jos h Stee l (Suz ); 10. Jeff Hed den (Suz); 11. Ty Wallac e (KTM); 12. John Fesler (Yam ); 13. Billy Fosn ock (Suz) : 14. Ronni e Ford (H CIn); 15. Tra vis Trieb (Han) ; 16. Chad Rh ine (Ka w ): 17. Br ian Marko v ic h (Suz) ; 18. Kevin Crine (KTM ); 19. Dav ey Casti llo (Ka w): 20. Steve Herman (Suz). Ti me: 7 mi n., 37.830 sec. 250cc H EAT 2 (8 la ps, top 4 tr .ansfer): 1. Jer emy McC ra th (Han); 2. Phil Lawrence (Ka w) : 3. Mik e Craig (Han); 4. Ezra Lusk (Suz) ; 5 . Damon Bra dshaw (Yam); 6. Larry Wa rd (Ha n ); 7. Kyle Lewi s (Yam ); 8. Cliff Palmer (Su z); 9. Gene Naume c (Ya m ); 10. De nn y Stephenson IKa w) : 11. Rich Taylor (Hen): 12. Doug Stone (Han); 13. Iea n-Seba stie n Ro y (Hen): 14. Jo n Hed de n (Han); 15. Kenny Bartram (Suz) : 16. Bria n Stone (Han); 17. Mik e Sta h lman (Han) ; 18. Barry Ca rs te n (5 u7.); 19. Kart er Busse (Suz) ; 20. Heath Voss (Hon). Ti me : 7 min., 39510 sec . 25 0ec S EM I 1 (6 lap s, top 5 tra nsfer) : 1. Mike laRocco (Su z); 2. Buddy An tu nez (Kaw): 3. Josh Stee l (5uz ); 4. Tod d Del-loop (Su z) : 5. Jeff Hedden (5uz); 6. D av e y Cas ti llo (Kaw): 7. Jo h n Fes le r (Ya m); 8. Ty Wall a ce (KTM) : 9. Bri an Ma rk ov ich (Su z): 10. Ron nie Ford (Han); 11. Cha d Rhine (Kaw); 12. T ravis Trieb IHon): 13. Steve Herman (Su z) : 14. Kevi n Crine (KTM); 15. Greg Albertyn ISuz) ; 16. Billy Fos nock (Suz) . Ti me: 5 min., 50 .800 sec. 250cc SEM I 2 (6 laps, to p 5 tranl"fer) : 1. Larry Ward (Han); 2 Da mo n Brad sha w (Yam ); 3. Kyle Lewis (Yam); 4. De nn y Ste p henson (Kaw): 5. Cl iff Pa lmer (Suz) ; 6. Ge ne N a u m ec (Ya m); 7. Rich Tay lo r (H on): 8. Doug S lone (Kaw): 9. [e a n-Se be stien Ro y (H a n ); 10. Bria n Sto ne (Kaw ): 11. Jon Hedden (Ha n); 12. Mike Stahlma n (Han); 13. Karter BusSC' (Suz); 14. Kl--nny Bartram (Suz); 15 . a."my Cart."tCJ\ (Suz) ; 16. Heath Voss (Han). T im e: 5 min., 43.150 sec. 250ce LCQ (6 lap s, lOp 2 Irans fe r): 1. G reg Albertyn (Suz); 2. Rich Ta y lor (H o n); 3. Gt-ne Na umec (Yam); 4. Kev in Crine (KTM); 5. Doug Stone (}(.lW); 6. Ty Wallac e (KTM); 7. Hea th Vo s s (H on); 8. Jcan ·Scbastien Roy (Han) ; 9. Da vey Castillo (K.1W) ; 10. Jon Hedden (Han); 11. Brian Stone (Kaw); 12. Steve H em ,an (Su z); 13. Mike St ah lman (H a n) ; 14 . Joh n Fesler (Yam ); 15 . Kenny Bartram (Suz) ; 16. Tra vi"l Trieb (Ho n); 17. Chad Rhine (Kaw); 18 . Karter Busse (Sux); 19. Ronnie Ford (Hon); 20. BiJlv Fosnock (Suz); 21. Brian Markov ich (Suz); 22 Barry Ca rt>en (Suz) , Tim ~ 5 min., 52.380 sec . 250cc MAIN (20 laps, 20 rid ers): 1. Jeff Em ig (Ka w); 2. Jeremy McCrat h (H o n ); 3. Mike laRocco (suz); 4. Mik e C ra ig (Ho n ); 5 . Ph il La wrence (Kaw); 6. Larry Ward (Han); 7. Ezra Lusk (H an); 8. Damon Brad shaw (Yam ); 9. Jimmy Button (Yam); 10. Bu ddy Antu ne z (Kaw); 11. Brian Swink (Ho n); 12. Greg Albertyn (Suz); 13. Kyle Lew is (Yam); 14. Dou g Henry (Yam); 15. Tod d De H o op (S uz) ; 16 . C lif f Pa lmer (S u z) ; 17 . De nny Step he nso n (Ka w) ; 18 , Ric h Ta y lo r (Hon); 19. Jef f H ed d en (Suz ); 20. Jos h ua Steel (Su z). Ti me: 19 m in., 30.530 sec . ZSOee S U P ERC RO S S SE R IES POI N T STA NDIN G S (A ft e r 14 of 15 rounds) : 1. Je re my McGrath (347 /13 wi ns ); 2. Jeff Emig (220/1 wi n); 3. Rya n Hu ghes (202); 4. Ezra Lusk (193); 5. Mike laRocco (190); 6 . Da mo n Brad sh sa w (187 ); 7. P h il Lawrence (184); 8. Dam o n H uffma n (172); 9, Larry Ward (162); 10. Bria n Swi nk (153) ; 11. Mike C ra ig (122) ; 12. Jim m y Bu tto n (109); 13. Steve Lamson (07); 14. Mike Brow n (100); 15. Greg A lbe rt yn (90); 16. Kyle Lewis (811; 17. Do ug Hen ry (71); 18. Kev in Windham (70); 19. Buddy An tu nez (69); 20. Denny Step he n<>on (42).

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