Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EVENTS E dited by Scott Rousseau (Above left) Larry Jackson (24) d ices with Marlo Painter (121) in the 250cc Pro class during the Wild West Nationals at Hot Springs Raceway. Jackson took the 250cc Pro w in on Sunday. (Left) TIm Shepard splashes through a stream crossing on h is way to winning the Team Hare Scrambles Championship with teammate Duane Conner. (Above) Cody Starek took home t h e overall Amateur trophy at the Rim Bender CC in Texas. Wild West MX keeps growing By Mark Hopkin s OGDEN, UT, APR. 27-28 A record breakin g 827 riders participated in the o pe ni ng round of the Br id g estone Ti re s / MSR /Tucker -Rocky / Ans w er /KB C Wild West Nationals at Hot Sprin gs Racew ay. This four-state series continues to grow, and with the addi tion of Yamaha and Suzuki contingency mon ey this yea r, it attracted ride rs from six weste rn sta tes . Hot Sp rings Race wa y will a lso h ost the second round before the series hea ds to Elko, Neva da. for round three. "This is a fun track with a great view of the Rock y Mountains," Ca lifornia -b ased M ik e Chamberlain said. "Bu t livin g at sea leve l. I definitel y need time to adjust to the altitude." The 250cc Pro class was first up on Sunday with Yamaha ride rs Chad Wallw ork and Larry Jackso n sharing the holesh ot d own the long start straight followed by Hond a rid er Mar lo Painter. But it was Wallwork and Painter emerging 1·2 after the th ree-d oubles following the first tum. Pa inter se t up W allwork by ge tti n g a better drive down the inside of the whoo p section and block-passed Wall work in the followin g righ t hander. Jackson passed Wallw ork for second at the beginning of the second lap . jackson then used a unique line thro ugh an"ess-tu rn a few laps later to pa ss Pain ter and mov e into the lead. Jackson and Paint er traded paint for the next lap before a bobb le by Jackson le t Pain ter back into fir st . Painter held the lead for the remaining tw o laps wit h onl y a bike leng th separating the two riders. Jackson pull ed a clean holeshot in the second 250c Pro moto and qu ickly put some distance c between himself an d the three-way battle for second between Wallwork, DeMars, and Yamah a rider Du st in Head man. First-m ot e winner Marlo Painter was ou t with a br oken collarbo ne from the first l 25cc Pro Moto. Headman left the throttle pinned through th e rockers, p assing DeM ar s and almost getting Wallwork in the process. Wallw ork still held onto second wi th Headman g lu ed to hi s re a r fe n der in thi rd. Headman's hard cha rge end ed when the pain from a moto-on e shou lder injury forced him to back down and circulate to the finish. This left Wal!work to defend second over a hard-charging DeMars with bo th o f th em five seco n ds behind jackson . Moto two ended wit h jac kson out front follow ed by Wa llw ork, DeMars and Mortensen, Results Sam SJlrurdJlY so(0-6 ): 1. Braden Buttdfiekl ; 2. Eric Barlow; 3. Tra vis Leavitt; ... JU !'tin Johnson; .5 jsce ~n. . 50 (1~): 1. Bt.-ni William!J; 2. Jake Wt'imer; 3. Nicholas last;". Cody Snow; S. Nick Nelson . 60:: 1. Tf!IOIl Herna nd ez; 2. Chad ~el'iOR; 3. ~ichol .." I..a!.'t,; ... Jarrid Lafferty ; 5. S ilki Brown . 80 BEG: 1. Ca rl Sund~trom; 1. Tyson Land; 3. Davi d Gifk'5; "'. Au stin Snow; 5. Doliniel w ood weed . 80 (12-15) BEG; 1. Brad Thombur lC 2. Brandon Barnes; 3. Steve Pril\Cl"; "'. Josh O ilton; .5. Tim Syme!l. 80 INT: 1. Da ryl Axar ; 2. Jimm y Nelson; 3. Tyler Barney . wer; 3. Ro~ Burgen; 4. 125 BEG: 1. R.lndy Blt-,;gi; 2. Man Go Chri !lCook ; .5 Robt>rtRt>fint' r. . 125 JR: 1. Jason Panz er; 2. Korey Smith; 3. Jeff Kretchmer; 4. Bfl'tt Bam ey; S. Dolan Phelps. . 125 INT: 1. Larry lra vin ; 2. Jake Co ribbon; 3. Ty Carson ; "'. J~M' Lund; S. JOlih Bo~t'!l. 125 PRO : 1. Mike Ch ..mberlain ; 2. Ma rlo p ..iner; 3. Kipp PO!t")' 4. Ry..n Ragland; 5. Robb F1 ; oth. 2..'iO BEG: I. Ryan Og den ; 2. Uoyd Beck; 3. RlL~.;e1l Pie~; 4. Ma thew Warren ; 5. Rex Kt'lIt'r. 250 'R : 1. Brett Bamt'y; 2. Jason Panzer; 3. Ju sti n ~pf; 4. Brian Allen ; .5 Ryan COolU. . 250 INT: 1. Larry lk.. vitt; 2. jd,<;e lund; 3. Cole Wallwork; "'. Kris PJlpwo rth ; S. Mitch CYP"'B250 PRO: 1. Mulo P..intn; 2.. Larry ,..dr.5on; 3. Kipp PoItey; ... Chad Wallwork.;5. Sam M~ • 2S+JR: 1. Arnie AlN; 2. Rjd; l.inenw\; 3. Owd. BI«hert. 2SO: 1. Jeff Ander'!tDn / Robbie Jt"f\ks 2. BI)'..n W.AloIa' lJamie ; l ~ 4. S~wn Belville/ Jerem y Jarvis; 5. Doug Giffo rd / Ma rk Gillu m. OPEN : 1. O.. n ie l Bry .. n /Bnd lt' y 5t'lI s; 2. ~b rtin Keh inrier /W.. yYW Perdue; 3. Mike Gr an ey /Mike M.. toq},i a; 4 Tim Seymour/David Polin g; S. Jeff ~, / IYndy Cabs/ Robert Thompson; 3. Jeff Hupp / William """u. 25+ L'\IT 1. Mar k Buh ler; 2. Brad ler Simcox; 3. Ceratd wem : 30+ JR 1. Set h Butterfield: 2. Tom Shiver" 3. Sil Je ppso n; 4. Rick [olley : 5. Ken Jt"T1sou. 30+ (1\0'1: 1. Rudn er Reyn old ..; 2. Chris Durs t; 3. Ben Willia ms . 30+ PRO 1, Brad Boltm; 2. Mike Birdsley . oW+ JR l. [oe Pratt . Su nda y . 50 (0-6): 1. Justi n John so n; 2. Na tha n Last; 3. Brad en But teffit,jd; 4. Eric Barlow; 5. Jeff 8u ~t'5S. 50 (7-8~ Beni William s; 2. Jake Weimt!1' 3. Nicho lu Last; 4. ; N ick Ne lwn; 5. Cody Jennin~ 60: 1. Chad ~el'lOn; 2. Ben.niWilliam s; 3. T~ Hl'1T1.. ndn. SOBEG: 1. David Gines; 2. Daniel Woodard; 3. Jasen Engle; 4. AU!itin Snow ; S. Cawy l.ane . 80 (12 -15) BEG: 1. Brad lbombu rg; 2. Bra ndo n Bam~; 3. ChJIuncy Call; ... ShaN>Snow ; 5. l uu Eva ns . SO(8-11) JR: 1. Richte lUiWno; 1. Tod d Pran; 3. Brand on John - 1 : ..... 80 II\'T: 1. Daryl Apr; 2. AMon Mon tros.s; 3. Tyle r s..'nwy. 12$ BEG: 1. Chri s Cook; 2. Rogff Burgt'tt; 3. Jm J o1 ~J"'r"IIOn; 4 Brmt Sintll. : 125 JR 1. Jim Kun tz.;2. 5ky1eT Ha rri s; 3. JOPih It'nty:: 4. JoI.!;lIlt' lund; " . Ty CaI"!iOfl; S. lMTy u.vin. 125 PRO: 1. Miu Chambt"rl.llin; 2. Jeremv om; 3. eNd Wanwork.;4. Bob o..M.t rs; 5. Ja..r; 5. 0.1)'1 Com.... IJI!ff Uuth. o; r L /W: 1. ~ e remy Berw an ger / H t'ath Benne tt ; 2. Ma rk Mohler/SNwn fulley; 3. P..uI Chantoy / NriJ Brague . AM l /W: 1. Ridi McAt~/Mi('hael H. fer; 2. Keith Vermillion /Craig Da vis; 3. Cha r lie Pa!'k in s lJ..mi e Smith; 4. J..rob Matthew5/ Patric k Sta ley; 5. Jolm Ha mmond / A.ron Dar"'t AML /W : 1. Ma r k Abdt'lIa lJu on Ja rv is; 2. Er ic Robson / Mark Kinnison; 3. De vid F~ /Mi~1 FOAAin; 4. Ron Wend /Scott Joyce; 5. Rick Macrf Mark TalbottVET: 1. Wall y WiI!iOnIJ irn Rob f;On ; 2. Ca ll ie Ward /T om Parfitt; 3. Dorrell Har din / Stev t' H.rdi n; 4. ROX"" Nic:hol / Stt've Gifford; 5. Mark Safl't"ed/B ill Allen . 4-STRK: 1. Barty B.. rnt' !I/Rodne y Jud~on; 2. Richar d lann ing / Je ff Corn; 3. Tho ma s Ga ittm /Willia m Walters ; 4. Jurgen . Rob1lon/ CeciJ Rose; 5. Jeff Paul / Noah Akt'l"I FTHR / SO N : 1. Gu y Sp enC:t'r /Terr y S p e nc e r; 2. Sco t t Me eh / Greg Meek ll; 3. Brad le y Sm it h / Ron Smi th; 4. Patric k O'f\:a il / H om e r O' Na il; S. Jim Miller / William Miller . Benton hammers Rim Bender Cross Country By Darryl Smith M ONTAGUE, TX, APR. 21 Round five of the Texas Cross Country ser ies returned to the Whitaker ranch near Mont ague where Irving Yama ha /Team Pract ice Racing 's Gary Benton dominated the AA Expert class. The start was held in a deep sandy field with a quick left-hander follow ed by a jump. Benton continu ed his d ominance of the start by round ing the first tum in front of the other 11 AA riders . Benton and Tom Rob in son had lined up wa y to the ins ide in more solid grou nd and it mad e the d ifferen ce as the tw o swept into the lead. Robinson edg ed by Benton tw ice in the first tw o straights, but th at was the only time Benton would be challenged . The Rim Bender course ge ts its name from being brutally fast and rough, bu t you could tell Bent on wa s having fun 'as he tripled throu gh whoop sections and stretched ou t a tw o-minute lead before he had to pit. At the end of the five 1D-mile loops, Benton took the checkers three minutes ahead of Robinson, who rod e alone in second while David Cu lpepper earned third one minute behind Robinson. The 30+ Expert rac e and ov era ll win were decided by a little bad lu ck. Dan a Wrigh t got the jump at the start whi le David Koontz wo rked up from back of the pack. For three laps they were never more th an a few seco nds a pa rt. Koontz mad e a pass on lap three but Wright blew back by him imme diately . Koontz began to fade late in the race, stiB suffering from th e effects of a sore wrist from a crash at the previous rou nd. Wright enjoyed a 3D-secon d lead head ing into the final lap, bu t that ended two miles from the finish line whe n his Suzuki RMX ran out of gas. A surprised Koontz rod e by as Wright was refueling. The class win and Overall Expert honors were handed to Koontz while Wright got his bike started in time to hold onto second.

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