Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

G FI CMC /Sunstar Sprockets Sprin g Classic at Sacramento Racewa y Park. Quinones began his triumphant day by grabbing the holeshot in the Over 30 Intermediate (30+) class. Thoug h Greg Pennington and Gary .Plaatze made valian t efforts , the race belonged to Q ui nones bo th times out. Quinones e mp loyed si m ila r tactics in the Over 25 Amateur class. taking the moto wins over Pennington in each moto session. In the 250cc Intermediate class. some riders sh ow flas hes of brilliance; Donovan Mitchell shines like a supernova. In his first tum on the track, Mitch ell conti nued to domi nate his class as he has thro ug ho ut Northe rn California competition in recent mon ths . After a great start in th e first combined Proll n te rm ediate moto behind the only two 2SOcc pros , Rick Ryan and Ju sti n Tiea mey, Mitch ell rode with poi se and confidence behind the more experienced riders . Ryan and Tieamey wen t on to place 1-2 in the rno ro, followed closely by Mitchell. Second Intermediate was Mike Hodges, earning runnerup on ly after an impressive ba tt le wi th Jo hn DePaw. In the second moto, Mitchell holeshot , then ra n out in front of the entire fie ld until Rick Ryan passed him for the lead abo ut three-qu arters of the way throu gh the moto. A few turns lat er, Tiea rney also slipped past Mitch ell, b ut Mitch ell still ma in taine d a hu ge lea d over th e other Intermediates. Ryan raged on to take the Pr o wi n, with Tiea mey second a nd Mitchell, third , for first Intermediate. Round ing out the top racers we re Mi ke Ho dges, John DePa w, Jesse Bath and Kevin Roach. The 125cc In termedia te class was com bined wi th the Over 25 Master class, gi ving the fans the first tes t o f hot l2Scc pil ot Jeff Northrop head -to-h ead against a Wily p ro like Rick Ryan. The first mota was exciting but the second moto had th e crow d on its feet as No rth ro p got the · holes ho t and held off Ryan for a number of laps before Ryan go t do wn to bus iness and pu t yet anot her, young charger in h is place. Ryan ran off with it from the re, followed by Northrop, but the battle wa s intense in the 125cc Intennedia te class for second throug h fifth place. John DePaw eventually emerged with seco nd, followed by Hawk Whi te, [ar rad Fisher and Jesse Bath. Results 25.. M~;TR; 1. Rk k Ryan (suz). 25 + AM : 1. Richa rd Qu inonl'S {Suz l. VET INT: 1. Richard QuinoN.-s (5uz l; 2. Cary PWtte (Yam); · 3. Kevin Mc Ma ha n C Hon): 4. Ma rk PeteTs (H on ); 5. Gnog Pl"nni ngton (Suz). VET JR: 1. Richard Foll (Yam ); 2. Dan Spt.'J"ICPI' (Kit w) ; 3. John Cummings (Suz); " . Patrick Scull en (Suz); S. Robert H.im n ($uz) . se VET BEG: 1. O.lvid Kra wth (Hon); 2. N.-d Wight (Hon): J. Bria n Bathem (Ya m). 250 PRO: 1, Rick Rylln (SuZI; 2. Justin TiCOilmcy (Yam) . 250 INT : 1. Donova n Mitchell (Yam); 2. Mike Hodges (Suz ): J. John Dt-Pa w (y a m); 4. In.... 8.Jth (Ho n); 5. Kt"\Iin Roach (Han ). 250 JR: 1. Rick Crenshaw ( Ka w) ; 2. Ste ve Viton e (Suzl; 3. [eremy Eva ru; (H nn) . 250 BEG: 1. Lou Lopez (Kaw); 2. Mil"" Cc rdone (Yam) ; 3. Cory BURse (Honl . 125 PRO; 1. Rick Ryan (Yam) ; 2. Ju stin Tiea me y (Yam) ; 3. Scott Davis (K.1w) ; 4. Kmn y Lash (Suz) ; 5. Cliff Cook (Hon) . J25 INT: 1. Jd f Northrop (Ka w); 2. John nePaw (Yam ); 3. H.Jwk White (Ya m); 4.. larrotd Fi:JJer (Suz ); 5. J~ &th (Hon) . 125 1R: 1. Jason Stu rdev a n ($uz); 2 u lvin Andit'v« I~; 3. Ad.tm Portue (Sw: ); 4. A.ron BurTUi(Hon) . 125 BEC : 1. C ory Bumoe (Hon); 2. Trnis Mac[)ona,ld (Hon); 3Seth Martinelli (Suz ); 4. Aaron Bowman (Yam); 5. Ja!lOl'l Cyerkee (Hon ). . 80 (1.t16 ): 1. Mw' M.1!iOf1 (Hun ); 2 Kenny Bell (Yam ); 3. Bob Begpee (Suz) . 80 (12-13): I. Sea n Hol blin (Ya m); 2. Daniel Blair (Hon ); 3. m J~ Ol son (Hon); 4. Josh ua Hansen (Yam) ; 5. Mikic Nort hr op (Suz). Proudly presents the For inf o call GFI (909)653-4 0 42 ~~\ ~ ~~~~~\\~ ~' ~ I»'"- G~~C co~1\~~ yv..oG YAMAHA & KAWASAKI we lcomes back the "GFI AT NIGHT ~ MOTOCROSS SE·RIES" WARM-UP ROUND OF A 10 RACE SERIES· ON SATURDAY, JUNE 8 Kawauld lfr Yamaha Contingency Available· Thirty GT Mountain Bikes Available To Wlnl GFI Members Earn Points to WIN a ~ Blcyde! GT Bike Drawing from Top five In allSportsman Classes! \ ,.~'•• . '.\ .;:f .\ · "' , • "FIRST MOIO" ON EXTENDED "DAY" TRACK GFI AT NIGHT MX SERIES WARM-UP JUNE 8 "SECOND MOIO" ON "NIGHT"TRACK 'to , ; ;.' ~. ~ , " ROUND 1 JUNE 15 ROUND ROUND ROUND ROUND ROUND ROUND ROUND ROUND ROUND JUNE 22 JULY13 JULY20 JULY27 AUG 3 AUG 10 AUG 17 AUG 24 AUG3 .." " " " " 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 " Yamaha Contingency Events "" KawaSaki Contingency Event R iders To Make A Classs First-TImers DO NOT Earn Series Points GAlES OPEN: 4 PM " PRACTICE'. 5 PM 6 lSI RACE: 6 PM ALLGRNIGHT EVENTS WIll BEHELD ATPERRIS RACEWAY FOR INFO .CA LL GFI RACING a t 909 653-4042 • 80 (7-11): 1. Eric Nyc (lCaw ); 2 Vincen t Blair (Suz ); 3. N ick Ja~t(Hon ). 80 BEC: 1. Sec" 5M ~r (Suz ); 2. Kyle Ma rs.lll.t (Suz); 3. A.J. perez (Suz ); 4. Jeremiah Carrer (Ya m); 5. Stev en Paye (Yam). S / MINl: 1. Mlk Mdson (Hoo ); 2. Jl"S5e Olsen (Ho n); 3. Km ny Bd I (Yam). 60 19-11): 1. A.J. Pl"ft."Z (K.w). 60 (().81: 1. Ada m Kawalzyk (Kaw) . 50 (7..1) : 1. Ky li' P.l rino (lEM). 50 (0-4): 1. Yogi Howard (Ya m). Kady, Anaya win Dunestown opener By Greg Robertson PALMDALE. CA. APR. 2B The opening rou nd of California Racing Clu b's 19th a n n ual Dunestown Se ries drew a la rge turnou t of riders to do battle on the sandy Saddle Glen course at Los Angeles County Raceway. Consistency literally paid off for Ty Kady as he picked up first-place cas h in the 250cc Pro class with a pair of seco nd -p lace finishes while Andy Anaya s hared mo to wins wi th Bria n · Swe a ny to claim 250cc.lntermediate overall honors. YZ250-mo unted Tim Telfor d slid t hrough the firs t tum ahead of Kady , D.J. Swea ny and Bill Sau ro as the first 2S0cc moto go t started . Telfor d quickly pu lled a one-tum advantage on Kady as Sauro overtook Sweany and started to close in on Kady. Sauro stuffed his front whe el ove r a big sandy berm, coming to an abrupt halt, What's at the leading edge of motorcycle news? Cr.de News Online! Now you can access instont race results and the lalest breaking stories in the worldof motorcycling, withCycle News' home page on the WorldWide Web. 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