Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/127783
Davis Tops B & L Supercross
By Bret Eckert
SA
CRAMENTO, CA. AP 26
R.
Scott Davis held off a hard-cllarging Jeff Brownlee of Modes to for the Pro-dass honors at B & L
Racing Promotion's Frida y Night Supercross at
Sacramento Raceway.
Davis took the holeshot and led every lap of
the firs t Io-lap Pro m ota. Brownlee ke pt his
Suzuki close but couldn't make a pass stick and
had to se ttle for second. Davis repeated his starting-line mastery with an other pe rfect holeshot
in moto two. Brownlee again followed in second
an d made his wa y past Davis on lap four. "This
w as short-lived , however, as Da vis retaliated
an d made his way back into the lead on lap six.
Scott Davis rod e hard an d he ld on for the checkers ah ead of the rest of the very fast pro field .
Brian Foster traded moto wins with Micha el
Curce in the highly competitive Pee Wee class.
Fos ter's 1-2 mota scores were good enough for
the overall, wi th Curci getting the nod for second.
Robe rt Ferreira's last-minut e win in mo to
one of the 125cc Beginner class combined with
his well-deserved win in mota two assured top
honors . Seventeen wild-eyed beginners left th e
line in the first moto w ith Cory Bunse emergin g
from the first tum wi th the lead . Ferre ira's midpac k start ca use d so m e hard wo rk for the
Modesto rider. Bunse was able to hold off Ferreira and h is Yamaha of Modesto & Independent Racin g Sp ons o red Yamaha fo r five la ps
until Ferreira made his move on the las t lap .
The secon d moto was all Ferreira with a
start-to-finis h mota win. Bunse was mired with
a midpack start an d could do no better than fifth
at the checkers. Jesse Dawson used consis ten t &4 finish es to put his Honda on the podium for
third o verall.
Results
50 (U) BEC: 1. Brian Foster (Y.am.; 2. Midwd Curci (YiUlt); 3.
)
Tyson Sh.Iwc:rolt (Yam); 4. Bobby Howard (Y.a 5. Jes Hubbn!
rn);
(K"TM);.
SO(7-9) BEG: 1. k yl,r Rrid ev. m); 2. fun 8rnlri9m (Yam~
60 (4-8) BEC; 1. RocmCun:i (Lw); 2. Kyle MJcRlaon (K.Awl.
60 (9-11) BEG:1. A I. Pnez ~w); 2. Kmny Ing.alls (X.w ); 3Qvis Budd (K.Iw ); 80 (7. 11)
BEG: 1. A.). Prn!z (K.Jw ); 2. Kyle Manal1a (Suz); 3. Cam
n.
m- (Ka w); 4. Cody Briden bl kcr (Suz); s. Allen Kenyon (Suz).
80 (12. 14) BEC: 1. ~ P.~ ev.am) 2. Jo Hun. (Y.un); 3.
;
Col e Bridenb.ker (K.aw ); .. Tunoth y Gibbons ~w); 5. Mich.eI
c...,.cY...).
80 NO V: I. ~u Ointon (K.l w),; 2. J-!liwson (Han).
125 BEG: 1. Robn1 FftTrira (Yam); 2. Cory BW1R (}Ion); 3.
Jesae o.wso n (Hon ); 4. Pa ul B.arur (Suz); S. Frederic Lrrellier
(Hon).
125 NOV : 1. Jim B~ (Bul ); 2. Om FmIey (Suz ); 3. Ry an
Fl'ft"fIUIn (Sw: ); 4. Brian B.aI ud (Hon).
L
125/250 EX; 1. ScuttDa ~ (K.1w); 2. Jlrff Brownleor (Suz).
2SO BEG: 1. Man Fowler (Ka w) ; 2. C rai g Nilsson (H on); 3.
Da v id J.acobs (Hon); 4. Cory Bur\*' (Hon); S. Auon I..ucero(Kaw).
2SO NOV : 1. Mark Vandf'W. lle (Hon); 2. Da ve Highfill (Kaw) ;
3. Jordan Whiw (H on ); 4. Je ff 1Jt.'Trin~r (Suz).
250 lNT: 1. Sha wn Pa rks (H o n); 2. Jason MusseD (ya m ); 3.
Jrrnny Cade (Suz).
VET BEC: 1. Bob Mitchell (Yam); 2. Clark Plummer (Ron); J.
Louis Webb (Hon); 4. Mark FoIlter (lCaw ). ,
VET NO V; 1. Roger Newman CH ); 2. !livid Harvey (Yam );
on
J . Peter Crowell (K.ilw); 4. Gerry Wood.ill (Kaw); S. Da vid 8orrol!lo
(Suz ).
Watkins masters Honda
Hills Motocross
by Rupert F. Pellett
LlNVlLLE.OH,APR.21
Thirty-five-year-old Sco tt Watkins showed th e
younger guys th e fast wa y aroun d this Central
Ohio course, sweeping all fou r motos of the A
classes and strangely avo iding the Vet classes in
fa vor of money cJasses.
Beautiful sunny weather and mi ld tem peratures we re in sto re for the Honda Hills seasonopener on their red es igned tra ck. The first 250cc
A-d ass mota would see Watkins stage an other
of his us ual ho leshots as Jon Schmitz gave chase.
Watkins q u ick ly estab lished a lead as the
smoo th-rid ing veteran led to the finish. Schmitz
hel d off a ha rd-charging Billy Demastry third.
The 125cc A class was another showplace for
Kenton, Oh io' s Wa tk ins, as the Kawsaki pilo t
wo n bo th mo tos convincingly, leaving the dicing
to the rest of the field. Christopher Beny would
tally a seco nd and Jason Frecker snagged third
overall afte r cruising to a fifth in the first moto,
an d turning on the fuel in moto tw o, jamming
his way to seco nd -place, Columb us Ohio 's Joey
De va u lt wa s _
the master o f the 250cc B cla ss,
fighting off all cha llen gers for the overall wi th 2I mota finis hes.
Results
50 (