Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EVENTS (Left) Larry Brown (11) fin ished second overall in Over 40 Masters-elass rac ing at the Idaho Oldtlmers Associatio n Motoc ross In Boise , (Abo ve) Chad Albritton (15) won the Youth class over Buck Schuler (725). Schuler came back to win the 125cc C class at Road Atla nta MX. (Bel ow) Scott Nicos on (369) topped the Masters clas s at Wisco ns in's Aztala n Cyc le Par k. Oldtimers gather for Boise MX By Phil Zemaitis BOISE, !D MAY 11-12 , Mo re than 120 of the senior sta tes men and women of motocross came from as far north as Canada and as far south as Los Angeles for the eighth annu al Idaho Oldtimers Association Motocross at Owyhee Motorcycle Park. The format is simple: two days of racing. four or five motos per class aver agin g 18 min u tes each real motocross ..the wa y it used to be: As the ga te dropped Saturday for the first moto of the 60+ Expert class, Fred Sessions rocketed into first place with Sonny Neff and Duane Spence hot on h is tail. Sessions wa s able to hold off the challengers for th ree laps , but by th e hal fwa y flag he began to fade, allo wing both Neff and Spence to gel by. Neff finished way out fro nt, Spence took second and Gene Hrobsky ran a distant third. The second moto saw Tony Armada grab the hol esh ot with Neff again on the gas. The first two rid ers diced for more tha n five laps with Neff un able to gel by the determined Armada. At the checkered flag it was Armada and Neff, followed by Spence. One of the best rides of the day had to be that of Craig Schulz in the Over 40 Master class. Schulz swept all three motos challen ged only by local ride r Herb Nachti gall. Nobody know s the track bette r t ha n Na chtig a ll as h e is th e gro u nds keeper for the park. Cooler wea ther gree ted the weary but enthusias tic group riders for day two. Neff pu lled the ho leshot in the Over 60 Expert class and wa s never really cha llenged . The second moto was basically a repeat of the first as Neff again took the checke red flag and the overall for the weekend. Armada finished second overall with Duane Spence rou nding out the top three . Over 40 Master-cla ss rider Craig Schulz swept both of Sunday' s motos. A hard-charging Nachtigal1 was just not able to catch the smooth Schu lz, who wound up winning all five motos scoring one of the best point totals for the weekend. Onl y Jayme Butler in the Over 30 Interm ediate class scored as well, winning his class. Results > 50 70+; 1. Wf'S Bradw~lI . f,().o. EX: I. Sunny N~ff; 2. Tony Armada; 3. 0uaJ'Il"Spmt-e; 4. Fred s,-'iKJIlS; 5. c~ Hrobsh y. 60+ AM: 1. Waynt! Young; 2. Tom Ha~ 3. Fred Parsm; 4. Nate Hou~; 5. Wes Brad w~lI . 50+ MSTR; 1. Bub Krah; 2. Jim Lamkin. 5().0. EX; 1. Dnn Toch t'T; 2. Bob Jac kson ; 3. Bart Kell~ 4. uurt'nC\" St. Plerre; 5. Don R~rnol dlil. 50+ AM: I. L.1rry How~1 1; 2 Mik~ Bunl/:ay; 3. John Fost.-r; 4. Richard I...ewis; 5. Je rry Re redch. 50+ NOV : 1. Ted M i ron~; 2. Frosty Brook.;. 40+ MSTR: 1. Crai ph u!z; 2. Herb Na ch tigal1; 3. Dou g Nel!iOrt 4. Rand y Van Dyke; 5. Bub Bland . ; 40+ EX: 1. Scott Thomas; 2. Larry Brown; 3. Stt>w Pre!> ley; 4. Rubert McLean ; 5. Rick Kelly. 40+ AM: 1. Al Whippl~; Z. Rona ld Hudson; 3. Dav~ Helm s; 4. Go rdo n Skin ne r; S. John Dirick!lOn . 40+ NOV : 1. Wayn~ O"Blenes ; 2. Bob Van der Slui !l; 3. Ma rk ' McAttoe . ' 30+ EX: 1. A n d r~ w Tudor; 2. K~vin F~r p;u son ; 3. Ti K~ r Wingt'l1;4. Ch ri!l Hu tulman . JO.t.INT : 1. Jaym~ Butler ; 2. Tim Kubitscht-k; 3. Susan Smith; 4. J~ff YC'Ung; 5. Bill Ballard. 30+ NOV: 1. Jim Ralph ; 2. Bill Kaillt'l'; 3. Doug Downum; 4. Davr W~lIs; 5. BmJud y. SUP A:. I. Dennis Ran de ll. SL"PB: 1. Mike Skinner; 2. Joe Brooks. SL'P C: 1. Dalla s St ewart; 2. (TIE) Chri!l Burch / TUn!1 Burch . Aztalan MX marks 25 years By Andrew Bussen LAKE MILlS,WI. APR. 27-28 Th e Azt alan Cycle Park kicked o ff its silver anni versary seaso n with a No rth-Ce ntral Area Qu alifier for Loretta Lynn 's Amateu r Na tiona l Championships. A total o f 695 rider s ente red 39 classes of competition during the two-day event, resulting in competitive racing action at all age and ability levels. Chad Johnson was the talk of the pits on Saturday, taking' overall wins in 85cc Stock (12-13) and 125cc Stock (12-15). Brad Modjewski wo n fou r motos on Saturd ay,taking the overa ll in 65 Stock (10-11) and 85 Stock (7-11). Sun day' s event drew 555 of the 695 entries, for this was a local district race and a qua lifier for Mod ified Oasses and age-bracke ted classes. The 125cc A Mod ified Oass was one of the faster an d more competitive 125cc A classes of re cent memory. Twent y-s ev en rid er s w e re attempting to qualify for the Amateur Regional Qualifier. Minnesota' s Pa t Don ah o holeshot moto one, followed by local rivals Eron Ezerins and Jason Warner. [erominski , Ezer in s, and Nicoson utili zed their famil iarity w ith eac h other and the track to pa ss Donaho. Donaho held down fourth at the fin ish , followed by Warner and Ryan DeGroot. The second moto was mired in controve rsy as a restart forced riders who thought they had a good start and a trip to Tenn essee to take a free lap and resume their po siti ons at the gate. It appeared that Donaho had the faster line to the first tum, bu t Nicoson managed to rail the inside line and carve under Donaho, tak ing the lead followed by Jerominski. Donaho, Chet Hodges, Ryan DeGroot, and Ezerins. While Ezerins was making things difficult for himself by picking off rider s, falling in a ha irp in, n<>-brainer tum. then moving back through the same rid ers ag ain, Nicoson and Jerominski were in a world of their ow n, swa pp ing positions throughout the moto while sampling each other's roost. Jerom inski held on for the moto w in and the overall, followed by Nicoson, Ezeri ns, Donaho, and DeGroot rou nd ing out the top five for the second moto and the overa ll standings. Results Sat" f'd.ty 125 A STK: 1. Pat Donaho; 2. Roy Natz~ 3. CN 1: Hod ges; 4. Danny Ph ilhpll; S. Michael Eth'svold . J25 8 STK.: 1. Tom Hoffmaster; 2. Du5tin Kl"Untjes 3. Bryan ; Kmnt'T;4. Chad Joh no;on;5. Dal~ Na.fzger. 125 C STK: 1. Luke Rich; 2. b et. 0nTy; 3. Ru5!id Hod ~; 4. la mE')'Gros!it'T;5. Ryan Tow . 125 STJ( (12-15): 1. C1ud Joh n!;on; 2. Du.o;hn ~n ~; 3. Zilch 0nTy; 4. K.-vin Phillips; 5. Kt"ith DeG rand . 250 A 511<: 1. BNO! Gate; 2. Roy Nmgrr; 3. Jad:.rarenteau; 4. Kri s Klappt'rich. 250 8 STK.: 1. RyUl B~h ton,; 2. Steve SchmeTbach; 3. Lyle Block; 4. Tom Wolf; 5. Rob Er.ichm. . . 51 AMA STK (406 ): 1. Jo hn Hl"inJ~n; 2. Cody So ko li k; 3. J.a.mes Anderson;". Jake Ericbon; 5. Jot' Lazzaretto; S. Jon Natzkr . 51 AMA STK (7-8 ): 1. Ryan C.a ~ 2. Ju.~tin Rumpca; 3. jeremy Lnder;4. Justin Ha ger; 5. Louis Gei lM\feIdt. 65 STK (7-9) : 1. Ch ris Lazun.-tto; 2. Matthew Hopkins ; 3. Keuntjes; 4. Scott Zont; 5. Jason Johnson. 65STK (10-11): 1. Brad Modjt'wski; 2. JOIlf'J' EttHvo ld ; 3. h Patrick Profita; 4. Teddy Mo1ier; 5. Tyler Smulders . 85 ST K (12-13): 1. Chad Jo h nso n; 2. Ben Ma ier ; 3. Shaun Miller; 4. Jeremy R iesenber~ 5. Ben Kmnl"T; 6. Denok Osterbt.-rg; 7. Kurtis McCabe; 8. Na t ha n BrouF;hton; 9 . GI't"K N il('fl; 10. Robert Wojcicki 85 STK (14-15 ): 1. Darby Fow l~r; 2. Ryan S ind t; 3. G reg Huchmuth; 4. Johna tha n Mallett; 5. Todd Coplien. 85 STK (7-11): 1. Brad Modrwski ; 2. RO!IIl Martin; 3. Chri ~ La7Z.art'tto; 4- Tedd y Mawr; S. Patrick Profita. . WM N : 1. Wen dy Mod"'wski; 2. An gpla Kl!'Untjes. Sun day P /W JR; 1. Cody Soko lik; 2. Zachary Fulton; 3. J~ Dn>tz ka. 4. Tyler Lr; kness;5. Jod y Wal br. ; P/ W SR: 1. Robe rt Loi re ; 2. Lou is Gei lM\ f~ l dt; 3. De n nis Ruuoohia ; 4. Cory Raddif~; S. [)a yjd Wal k!'. 125 MOO (12·15) : 1. Du"' in Kl!'\1ntjes; 2. Zach Derry; 3. Keith t OtoGrand ;4. Wmdy M od~!OO; 5. KIP'Vin Philli p!'. S / MlNI~ 100(12·15): 1. RyanSindt;2.Jt'ftmyR~ VET A (30+ ): t. J~H [.oj!; 2. Thomas Dmzu; l . Erib &erins; 4. ROOm RaJuenz; 5. [im Nelson, VFT B I (30+): 1. Anthony Bu Ue r; 2. Bill Ofttni! ; .1. To m O'"Donnd; 4. Jeff PuUry; 5. Danil'l Jackson. VET B 2 (30+ ): 1. Duaf'll!' Martin; 2. Midwd UI'I!"W; 3. Gary Philbrick; 01. M.lrk Schellin","'rf'; 5. Tim Smith. MINI JR MOD: 1. Ben Mait'T; 2. Kurtis McCa bt"; l . Chari" Banrtt; .a B~ Modjl!'wslr.i; S. De1Yk OsmbeTg. . MINI 60: 1. Mattht.-w Ho p kin s; 2. Tyl~r Sm ulders; 3. [ared KrunijN; 4. Robm loire; S. Scott loot MINI SR MOO: 1. Ryan Sindt; 2. 'onathan Mallt"tt; 3. AndI'l!"W Foltz; 4. Srott Smith; 5. Greg Ni les. Vim: 1. Scott Palmenhein; 2. Jf'ff PUlley ; 3 . Tom Anglin Jr.; 4. Gary Philbrick; 5. Edw a rd Dom inick. MSTR (25+ ): 1. Scon N icown; 2. Thomas Dt"t'tzka; l . J.lrt'ld HolfN'5 ; 4. Chuck Melcher; 5. Jeff Blaha . WMN: 1. An gela Ku~ntjl!'1l; 2. Kin trn Ra~miKh; .3 . Ju dy Twt'edy; " . Jes.. .;ia Busch . OrEN: 1. Jeff Lois; 2. Tim Bares; 3. Eriks Ezerins; 4. Robt"rt Radum%,; S. Tom M~. SR (40+ ~ 1. Tom McSha ne; 2. Judd Kot"nitzer; 3. EWn Decker; 4. Charlell Collins; 5. Joh n 5trot"beI. . MSTR (50+ ): 1. Terry Woosley; 2. Rona ld Geo rge ; 3. William Terry; 4. Dave Arva; 5. Michowl Midwli. 125 A MOD : 1. Brad Jerominski ; 2. Scott N icoso n; 3. Ero n EzeTintl; 4. Pat Donaho ; 5. Rya n DeGroot. 125 B MO D; 1. Ro b Er.;c hen; 2. Q U!ltin K~u n tj"!I; 3. J e !lll~ Williams; ·t Jeff &'I1n..tt; 5. To m Wo lf. . 125 C MOO 1: 1. RU !\M'II Hudll;l"S 2. ' am ey C ro!lS(' ; 3. Skip ' ; r Sch neide r; 4. Ryan To w; S. Mark Komll"}' . 125 C MOD 2; 1. Andy Walt e rll; 2. Rona ld LaM'll; 3. Lyn n Weber ; 4. Brian Cl ad; 5. Jam es Kieper. . 125 C MOD 3: 1. Zach Dtorry; 2. TN:! Pt"tttgout,; 3. Jeny Wal . ton; 4. And y Ti plo n; 5. ' a ml:"'9 Kiept'1' 1.'iO A MOO: 1. Brad Jemmin.o;ki; 2. Jun ior Jack!llm; 3. Scott NiC'O&lrt; 4. Jaso n Ht"indl; 5. Ton y Pod ewil s. 250 B MOD: I. Rya n Broughton; 2. Stev~ Schmerbach; 3. Gregory Oswa ld; 4. Tom Wo lf; 5. Lyle BI~ . 250 C 1: I. Ronald P~ak~ Jr.; 2. Jeff Oakrs; 3. Ra ndy Scott; 4. Jt>ffnoy Loyd; 5. Joel Bayer l 250 C 2: 1. Ryan To w; 2. J~ff Pu lley ; 3. J..U Moo re; 4. Eric Smtt h; 5. MiU Rice. '"M:l. Albritton aces Road Atlanta MX By Gary Crider BRASELTON, GA. MAY 4 Chad Albritton scorched the Road Atlanta MX course en rout e to triple class wins in the Senior Min i, Super Min i an d You th di visions. Shae Bentl ey, the only other ride r to win more than one class for the day, was victori ous in 12Sc B e and Unlimited Ama teu r racin g. The even t was round four in th e SportStar -p romo te d AMA Trans-MX Series. Albritt on seemed to have no troub le switching back and forth between h is SOcc and 125cc mounts as he swept his three classes with perfect scores. Earl y in the first Youth rnot o, Freew he eling Hond a-bac ked Albri tton w as challenged b y Cycle Sp eci alt ies' Buck Schul er . Schuler had to settle for runner-up spot here but returned to win the 125cc C di vision. Series leader Rusty Bufford held on in 250cc C acti on for a pa ir of moto win s after a fierce three-wa y ba tt le in th e final m oto. Bufford grabbed the checke red first wh ile Keith Rider edged Waylon Weeks for second in a close finish. Rider' s efforts earned runner-up honors in a tied score over Weeks . Mike Ham ilton won the Over 25 B/C class witha hard -earn ed perfect score wh ile Chris McDonald kep t the pr essure on from second spot both times. Tony Lee was a close third . ' Lee and McDonald sq uared off again in Over 30 B/ C action where Lee held the edge for the wins in two close finishes. McDonald was second over series leader AI McEver. The BOcc Beginner contest was a heart-breaker for Jon ath an Ja rr ard as he le d every lap, . except the last lap, of the final moto when South Carolina's Derek Halford wen t by for the moto and overall win. £:\" Results VINT: 1. Randy To mli n!On (Bul); 2. Larry Gibbs (Su z ); 3. Hon ); 4. Michael Barkl'T(H us). Robert Phillips C 50 (4-6): 1. Daniel Lya utey (LEM); 2. Jordan Pittman (KTM); 3. Bran don Largt> (lEM); 4. Ethan Podgurski (Yam); 5. Parke r Ja rrard (KTM). 50 (7.s) : 1. Loga n Bell (Cob); 2. Jo hn Naleske (LEM); 3. And y O'R e ill y (LEM); 4 . Justi n Lan ca ster (LEM ); 5. ju st in Barfield (KTM ). 60: 1. Jos h Da vis (Ka w ); 2. Ja M' Lewis (Kaw); 3. Andrew Bo u rn e (Kaw ); 4. Joan th a n Waldl'fl (Kaw ); 5. Eale Ch apman (Kaw ). 80 0 : 1. Derek Hdlford (lion ); 2. Jonathan Jarard (K..w); 3. Bryan Lee (Kaw ); 4. Jam l!'ll Bowling (Hon); S. Tra vis Dean (Hon). JR MINI ; 1. Michael Si!t!lrto l'l!' (Su z); 2. Luke Bun zendahl (5uz.); 3. Josh Davis (Ka w); 4_Dall b Wrill:ht (Suz ); S. Nicholas SeIk (Kaw). SR MI NI : 1. C h a d A lbri tton (Hon) ; 2. Ca !lt'y Bullin gton (Yam); 3. Robert Chambers (Hon); t . Michael. Alexander (Kaw ); 5. 'ames Bowlin g (Hon ~ S / MINl 1. dud Albritton (Hon); 2. C&.'Ie)' Bullin gton (Yam); 3. Robert Cha~ (Hon); t . Michae l Sisemore (Suz. ); S. Daniel Mil ~(K.aw ). _ YTI-I: 1. 01.ad Albritton (Hon); 2. Buck Schule1' (Suz ); 3. JO!ih Whitmire (Suz); 4 . Ja ktoH..mhn (Suz); 5. ,,"th G raha.m (Suz ~ 125 0 : 1. Ronni~ Baxlry {Hon); 2. G"'8 Armour (Kaw); 3 _ Ch ris Powell (Suz); 4. Bill AmutmnK (Kaw); 5. Tf'n')' CNmb ll")' (Suz~ 250 0: 1. Allm Rucker (Kaw ); 1. John Mer cw (Han); 3. G~ Annour ~w ): 4. Robbi~ GE-rrin (Hon); 5. Chris topher Howell (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. Buck Schuler (Suz); 2. Ja ktoHamlin (Suz ) 3. Paul Bellanc.a (Hon); 4. Lee Branton (Kaw ); 5. M.1rk Ju~el (Han ). 2SO C: 1. Rustv Bufford (Hon); 2. Iy(Ka w ); 2. Shane McElwanl"l'" O-lon); 3 . Jd f Kill i an ( Han) ; 4. Go rdon Waggon~r ( Kaw); 5. Muk Palmisano (Hon). 25+ BIC: 1. Mi~ Hamilton (Hon); 2. Chris McDonald (Yam ); 3. Tcmy Lre (Yam); 4. Ma rk Palm isaoo (Hem); 5. Grt'g Mau (lion) . 25+ A:. 1. Ross Joh nston CHon); 2. Jon Kri"Se r (Kaw) ; 3. Duk~ Rl'eie {Hlm ). 30+ B/ C; 1. Tony lee (Yam ); 2. Chris McDonald (Yam ); 3. AI McEver (Hon ); 4. St.'" HonK (Hon); S. Aa ron Pr ath E'T (Yam). 35 +: 1. St~ve Ho rvat h (Suz); 2. G re p; Tywr (Ho n ); l. Jim Crea!ly (Hon) ; 4. Pa ul Bellanca (Hon) ; S. Ran d y Po well (Yam). 40+: 1. Kenny Hall (Hon) ; 2. Dal~ Df'alon (KTM ); 3. Randy Tom linso:m(Hon); 4. Sieve Corl.... (Ho n); S. Ca ry C ro we' (Hlln ). . 125 A: 1. Christ ophe'r BallI')' (Ho n); 2. Matt Sh ue (SU7.); 3. David Dishman (Suz) ; 4. Tom my Boyd (Hon); 5. Robby B arg~tt"dt (Suz) . 250 A: 1. Ma tt Shu t>(Yam) ; 2. Christop her Bailey {Ho n); 3. Ross Jon nston (Hon ); 4. David Di!lhman (Su z); 5. Tommy Boyd. SPCl O PEN PRO: 1. Jtmy Bu«hlt!1(Yam); 2. Braxton Bragg (Hon ); 3. lane Coil~ (Hon). SPCL O PEN 25+ : 1. La ne Coi lr (Ho n ); 2. B n~ ton Brag J; (Hon); J.Je ny Bul'Chler(Yam~ SPCL O PEN AM : 1. ' ohnny Co m (Hem); 2. Russell Pow ell (Hon); 3. Norm Quinn (Han); t . Ga ry Dunn (Hon) ; S. Derek Na!lh (H on ).

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