Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EVENTS (Left) Series rivals Jamey Parker (28J) and Paul Stoffers battle during 250cc Beginner racing at the fin a l round of Amp racing's '96 spring serie s In Turlock, Texas. (Abo ve ) Lee Fa lre finished first In the PreModern A class and third o ve m ll at the BROS Vintage GP at Pecan Creek in Texas. (Be low) Gary Hicks won both Scratch and Handicap main events at Costa Mesa Speedway In Southern California . 80 JR; 1. Andy Wi llnd (H un ); 2. Ch ri§ \\'hi ta&ft (Yiilm); 3. Michu l Willa rd (Hon); 4 . Chris Lead bett e r (H a n ); 5. Dillo n ROOadoi'S (Hon ~ 80 SR: I. Dav id " 'hiteraft (Yam); 2. Derek Sturgell (K.l.w); 3. To m Kf'lIy (H on ); 4. Colvin Gracy k (K4Iw) ; 5. Justin WebPI' (lUiw). SCHBY : 1. Shaun Kuchl er (Hon); 2. Scott Kucn.lt'f (H on); 3. David Wh itcraft (yam) ; 4. T.. ae Kt'lly (Hon); 5. Jake Ma ttlww!l ; (H un). 2.. 1. Jon ~mitz (Suz); 2. Donni Urban (Suz); 3. Gerry Ben....; net t (Hon); 4. 1.0_11 MatiOf'l (Yam) ; 5. Don Barclay (Suz). 30+ : 1. Jon Schmitz (Suz); 2. Tim Peck (Suz); 3. Gerry 8ennt'tt (Hon); 4. Kirk Jl"l fr~ (Suz); 5. Phil Pummell (Kaw). 4().0.: 1. Ct.'TT)' f\mnt'tt (Hon ); 2. Larry Sh uma ker (Hon) ; 3 ~ Bob Wilo;on( Kaw); 4. ' oe Co llin.. (KTM) ; 5. Bill Hartshorn (H,m) . . 12.'; A: 1. 5cr't t Wa tk ins (K,)w); 2. Chris Bt'ny (Hon); 3. ja son t Frec ker (H on) ; 4. Billy Dem ast ry (Hon); 5. Troy Sw artz (Suz) . 250 A: 1. Scott Wa tk ins (Kaw ); 2. Jon Schmitz (5uz); 3. Billy Demastry (Ho n). 12.. R: 1. joshua Dnh n (Su z ); 2. Ada m Sm ith (Hon); 3. Ch arlie '; Lay mo n (li o n); 4. Sha u n Kuc h ler (Hu n); 5. Lan e Teate r (yam) . 2..0;(} B: 1. JO '}' De vau lt [Hon ]; 2. J.e . C ra ven s (Yam); 3. Gn-g I:' Hu bbs (He'lll); 4. Ma rk M.iltht'i s (Yam); 5. Jam t's Ch apman (SU7.). 125 C: 1. lay Jus tice (Suz); 2. Nick Ko wal ski (Suz); 3. Je ff Ricker (H on ); 4. Jet.c:m Castt!'rline (Ka w ); 5. Evan Bro wn (Suz). : 250 C: 1. Robbi St ien (Suz); 2. Ch u ek Bin gh a m (Han ); 3 . Sh a wn Sim s (Yilm) ; 4. Ma t thew M.l thi a s (KTM ); 5 . Peter Rapol (K.1w ). • O PEN B: 1. Scott Thu mP'lotl (H an); 2. J~ Collins (KTM ); 3. Michat'l Co m bs (Htm); 4. larry Sh umakt'r (Hun ); 5. Mar k Laughlin (Hlm ). 4-STRK: 1. Bra d Beery (Yam); 2. Michad Stebe lton (H a n); 3. And y 8a shore (KTM); 4. 8nott McKt't"\·l!'f (Suz ); 5. Shane H ym.. (Hu n). Stoffers stuffs Turlock MX By Dick Arche r lURLOCK, CA, APR. 28 Pau l Stoffers came fro m behind to win both motes and the series overall in the 250cc Beginners div ision at the fifth and final round of Amp Racing's '96 Spring Series in Tu rlock. Stoffers led series-long nemesis Jamey Parker by a mere one point going into moto one . As the stamped e left the gate, Parker jumped ahea d of Stoffers, Chris Ribeiro, Joe CampiJIi and Bub Monaco. By lap thr ee Parker and Stoffers had raced away wit h the lead. Wh eel-towheel they crossed the finish-line jump with one lap to go. Stoffers tracked Parker's lines, keeping w ith h is every m o ve . Th en Parker ever-sobriefly bobbled and Staffers was there to capitalize . He slipped by Parker and da sh ed to the chec kered flag. Parker tried to reel h im in but cam e u p shor t by a few seconds . Moto two was a d o-or-di e situa tion as "they bot h neede d the win to take the series overa ll. The gate drop ped and off they went. Cresting the first turn first were Par ker and Stoffers in an elbow-to· elbo w frenzy o f speed , a nd ju st beh ind , Ca m pilli, Ribeiro, and Dan Mend oza fighting for third . Parker took off with the lead but Stoffers ag a in stayed d anger ously close, lea"ing Par ker very litt le breathing room . Lap after lap Stoffers poun ded away at Par ker, challenging him in every corner. Finally Stuffers got by Parker, only to be repassed in the next comer. But Sto ffers plowe d by him once agai n in the following corner and took the lead for good . Stoffers moto red on for the win and the series overall. A crestfallen Parker took second, and Ribeiro finished third. Dustin Bloom field split victory in the 125 and 250cc Pro divisions with series rival Pat Gomm winning the 125cc class on 2-1 finishes. The two were all over each other throughout both motos, but Bloo mfield kept up a furio us pace in moto two that Camm could do nothing abou t. Gomm won the 250cc class with a dubious second -mota victory. Bloomfield won the first moto, and led moto two all the way into the last comer when Gomm made his move. Using Bloomfield as a berm, he railed off him and mad e the pass as Bloomfield went tumbling head over heels to the ground. Gomm took the win, Bloomfield quickly remoun ted and finished second. Bloomfield's secon d in the 250cc class and win in the 1255 gave h im the well-deserved series wins in both di visions. . Resu lts 50 BEG : 1. An thony H..rnand.. z (KT M); 2. Cody Wood§ (..... IM); 3. J.J. Akanld r (Yam ); 4. Kirti ~ But ey (KTM ); 5. Cou rtnt"Y Ristrum (L EM). 50 NOV : 1. Pa u l Ulwrence (KTM ); 2. Dolnnv RundoU (Suz). zo 60 BEG (O·R): 1. Ja rt'd Morrisun (Kaw ); 2.. jam i"!O leon (KdW); 3 . Pau l Ldw rt>nct' (K aw ); 4. Ja rrod M t'rl e ns (Ka w) ; 5. Stt' ve n MeWatf(·rs (Kaw). 1'0 BEC (9-11) : 1. Er ic Sto",," (Kaw ); 2. Ryan Mont~umt'ry (Kaw); 3. Jdf Fajardo (Kaw) ; 4. Sco tt Mckinnon (Ka w ). • flO NOV (9 -11); 1. S leven H .. rnd nd e z (Kaw ); 2. Co ry McDaniel (Kaw ); 3. Da vid Dal'St'y (Kaw ). rw 80: 1. Jake Bliekwood (Ya m); 2. Kyle Bell (Ya m). HO BEG: I. StPV Maf1t'ns (Hon ); 2. Nick G ib (Suz) . 125 NO V: I. Craig Tru g lio (Ka w ); 2. Ryan Mc>r i. ..(Yam l; 3. a. KE"'lmY Ht'otos.. (Suz ); 4. M ikfoAiplkl ( ~w); 5. Dolnny Onwws (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Aarun Cht'sel s lt. (Suz) ; 2. Pa u l Trmme rman e (Su z ); 3. Holrold Hap:~n (H (m); 4. A UAAie RodriJ;Uf"Z (Hon); S. Ron ~(Suz ) . 125 PRQ 1. Pa t Gom m (Suz); 2. Du stin BklOmfie ld (Yam); 3 . Just in Quinn (Kiiw ). 250 BEG: 1. Paul StuffM"S (Yam); 2. Jarney Park.t-r(Kaw); 3. Jue Ca m pt Jli (H on); 4. Ch ne Rlbeiro (yam ); 5. Bub Murwoo (Suz). 250 ~OV: 1. Ph il 5t'gundo (Hon); 2. Jon Dullum (lion); 3. Jim Copel.m d (Hun); 4. MikfoWen strand (Suz ); S. Tony OJ.,; (Yam) . 250 I:'\oT I. Jeff BrownleE' (Suz) ; 2. Dav ..,. Du artf' (Hun); 3 sPan LuUor (Ka w ); 4 . L-\; GPmwn (Ht m); 5. Stll"Ve )t!'f1Jo.m; (Hon). 2SOPRO: 1. Dustin BkJomfit>ld (Yam ); 2. Pal Co(m m (Y am); 3. l Kt'Vin Cord ua (Hunt 4. Ben Sh dn k (Hon); 5. Dan Pdl;td1J10 (Yam). U/L P'RO / ~'T: 1. Due Duarte (H(m); 2. Levi German (Hon); 3. Da v e Lun d in (Hun). U/L NO V I BEG: Denni5 Ja~ (Hem). Is. BEG: 1. John Verellas. (Hon); 2. Jon P(1t'l"!l (Kaw); 3. Tony J.:umt' (K.1w); 4. Jam iv Chandl.... CH ; 5. Alan Wilson (I-t(m). on) 25+ ~OV: 1. Albert Correia (}(a w); 2. Da \-id Cox (J-ton). 2. ~ L '\'T: I. Jim Dt.-mpo;ey (Hon); 2. Dav.. Lundin (H on); 3 . Rick Mattos (Yam). 30+ BEC: I. Rob Dubato (Kaw ); 2. Bub MtIOaCO(5oz); 3 . Kt>ith MeWattl"" (Ka w ); 4. Rick [ew ell (Yam); 5. Johnny Chilvt'1: (Hon ). 30 + NOV : 1. Davi d Adau (H on); 2. Mark Da wson (Kaw ); 3. '1tfand (Suz ). Chri s Co w d l (Hon); 4. Rick JO!>t (Hon); 5. Mike Wl'f1. VET PRO: 1. Mike John~m (5u:r.); 2. IWndy Mt'dley (Suz ); 3. Robb Forsbt-r~ (Hon) 35+ BEG: 1. Stt'Ve Hall (Kaw); 2. Rand y Grren (Yam); 3. Ton y Tom'S {Hun ); 4. Rand y Lync h (Yam) ; 5. Qui...Sch landf'T (Stlz) 4fI+ BEG: 1. Tim Donalstm (K.t w ); 2. Dan Ri"trom (yam); 3. Joh n Pit'rC't'(Ya m); 4. Bub Kosovi lka (H on ). 40+ NO V: 1. l... ro y Smit h (Su r.); 2. Bob b y Lyn ch (Yam) ; 3 . Kt'tlny Wa lke r (Hon); 4. Kt>it Drakf' (Suz ). h • -i + INT: 1. Alan McGeht't> (Htm). H BEG: 1. N ick McKinn un (Ya m ); 2. O.lITt'II Burr (H on); 3. l(lhn n y Chavez (Hon); 4. Tom Su lli van (Su z ); 5. Bt,b Ku ruc!t. (Ka w ). NOV : 1. Rob Wlle hr l.. (Htm ); 2. 0011(' Ma thtmi (KTh t ); IM); 4. M.lrty Lankford (Su z); 5. Rid Jew t'll 3. Wa yn e Matht'ny (..... orne ornc (Yam ~ orne 1m: 1. A lt'lt Cht>lIew (Y;r,m); 2. Alan MC:(;(Oht'e ; 3 Dilv e Harrell (S u z); 4. Da ve Wes t (Ka w) ; 5 . Matthf' w Lo n ~o (KThII · EX: I. Hufft'f {Yam ); 2. Mik~ Wf'nstrand (Suz). orne Terry Everyone winsat BROS Vintage Grand Prix By Scott Ohlemeler DENTON, TX,APR. 20 All p art icipants a t th e BestRat e O rg an izers Sou th west Vinta ge Onl y Off-Road Grand Prix Scrambles had a cha nce to go ho me as prize win ners, as th er e w ere m ore th an e nough awards for the han d ful of riders who sho wed up at Pecan Creek Motocross Park. A small band of excited moto rcyclists were treat ed to a co mbi nation tr ail ride and race wh ich afforded.entra nts a chance to ride without the competitive pr essure of a po ints race. The 3.25-miIe course was one-fourth motocross and supercross and three-fourths trail s, field s, and trees . Although comfortabl e to ride, the ancient terrain was dry and peppered with fossil rock s. Several narrow creek-bank area s looped over and aro u nd h igh blu ffs and beaver-gn aw ed stu m ps. Nea rly one mile of the loop weaved th rough more than 600 scatte red med ium to hu ge sections of concrete culverts and drainage tubes discarded by highway construction workers . Part- time road racer Ot tis Lance haul ed his battered 1982 Suzuki RM250 out of the corner of his shop in Dento n, pulled on h is leathers and pr omptly ove ralled the one-hour-plus-one-lap eve nt. Lance com pleted 10.5 laps in 66 minutes, avera ging abou t 31 miles per hou r en route to the Decade-cla ss (1982-1987) win . A rel axed , glidin g sty le enabled Lance to cover some laps in unde r seven minut es ~ the only ride r to do so all day. Second overall was Expert motocrosser Rany Brown, who roared th roug h every chec kpoint seconds behind Lance on a beau tiful yellow Penton. Fin ishi ng second in Decad e wa s Tod d Evans on a 1984 Honda CR25O. Results 0 / A: 1. 0tt:i5 Lance (Suz); 2. Randy Brown (Pen ); 3. Lee Fait1" (M ai). DEC: 1. Otti. Leece (Suz); 2. Todd Evan.~ (H on ). , PR.\iDN' A: 1. Lee Fait1"a--t.J.i). PRMDNB: 1 . ~Squires (Yam ). HIST A.: 1. R.md y Bro wn (1" ). ("11 H IST B: 1. Terrv Smith (Su I); 2. Juhn Bradford (Bul). HIST C: 1. Michat-I Valant (M a i). MINI B: 1. Shane Squires (Ka w ). Hicks doubles at Costa Mesa Speedway By Ela ine J o nes COSTA MESA. CA, APR. 16 On ly three weeks into the seaso n at Costa Mesa Speedway, Gary Hic ks has already posted a do uble, win ning both the Scratch and Han dicap main even ts. Joinin g Hicks on the line for the Scratch, the richest ride of the nigh t, was Shawn McConnell, celebrating his birth d ay in th e po le position . Jerry Black, in his first Scratch main ride this season, was in slot two, with Hicks in the center of the, track. Brad Oxley was in fourth and far outside was John Aden. Hicks read the gate to perfection and was out on top with McGonnell second and Black third. As they came aro und on the second lap, Black went in too hot and lost it. McConn ell was practically riding d ou ble with Hicks, and as th ey head ed for the chec kered McConnell hooked up way too much an d hit Hicks from behind, causing both to go down. Since the race was more tha n half completed. the

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