Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

racing in a long time for the 40-year-old, also celebrating his 25th year of racing. Mike VanLiendon was tops in the Modem 750 class on his BSA, while many others were crashing. Bryan Romero rode one of his dad's creations and finished fourth in his first try against the likes of Stu Cardott, Cochran, Joe Carrera, Davis and Dunlavey. A good contingent of Bombers saw Larry Andres win on his ITSOO over Steve Hall and Eric Weisler. Rod Spencer had to work hard to get around Paul Iwanga for the F-1oo Pro-class win with Bill Arbogast taking second after lwanga crashed. Frank Nye Jr. won the Under 16 F-1oo division over Jesse Vankel and Brad Spencer Jr., while it was the Ingolla family fighting for the Over 16 F-1oo division with Jim taking the win over Dorey. Dave DeCamp came in third. Results (Right) WIllie Musgrave (94) topped Pete Murray (7) In the Vet Pro class at round three of the Racing Enterprises Summer Series, held at Carlsbad Raceway In Carlsbad, California. (Below) Andy Tresser (91) held off fierce attacks by second-place finisher Dsn Stanley to take the Expert-Class victory at the Sturgis Pro Short Track in Sturgis, South Dakota. MORN VINT 250: 1. Rod Lake (Han); 2. Butch Cochran ,(Hon);3. Cary OavLS (Hon). SR: 1. Danny Smart (Hus); 2. Hank COL!lcio (BuJ). CLSC 300-750: 1. Bulch Cochran (Tri); 2. Herb Wolff (Tri); 3. Cary Davis (Tri). VET: Rod Lake (Hon);2. Scott Dunlavey (Hon); 3. Butch Cochran (Hon). MORN 750: 1. Mike VanLiendon (BSA); 2. Scott Dunlavey (Yam); 3. Stu Cardott (Tri). F-100 PRO: 1. Rod Spencer (Hon); 2. Bill Arbogast (Han); 3. 250: 1. Roger Hayden (Rot); 2. Ray Rees (Hon); 3. Zach Palmer (Hon). 500: 1. Roger Hayde.n (Rot); 2. John Clark (Yam); 3. Zach Palmer (Hon). 600: 1. Nicky Hayden (Rot); 2. Dennis Williams (Rot); 3. Charles Chisman (Rot). OPEN: 1. Nicky Hayden (Rot); 2. John Clark (Tri); 3. RoSer Hayden (Rot). DASH: 1. Nicky Hayden (Rot); 2. Roger Hayden (Rot). S". Spence< (Han, F-100 «()"16): 1. Frank NyeJr. (Hon); 2. Jesse Vankel (Hon); 3. Orad Spencer Jr. (Hon). F-100 (16+): 1. Jim Ingoliil (Hon); z.. Oorrey Ingolia (Hon); 3. Dave DeCamp (Han). F-IOO VET: 1. Rod Spencer (Hon); 2. Paul Iwanoga (Hon); 3. Joe Carrera (Han). BMBR: 1. Larry Andres (Yam); 2. Steve Hall (Yam); 3. Erik Weisler (Yam). Steelman strong at Daniel's Ridge Supercross By Mark Walker Musgrave muscles Carlsbad Motocross TAYLORSVILLE, NC, jU1.Y27 By Seymour Beltys CARLSBAD, CA, AUG. 3 Round three of the Racing Enterprises Summer Series held at Carlsbad Raceway saw Willie Musgrave smoke to the win in the Vet Pro dass with a double mota sweep. In mota one, Musgrave hal to contend with the advances of Suzuki lester Pete Murray, who recently returned to action after suffering a broken tailbone. Murray was able to match Musgrave's pace for nearly half of the mota before his arms pumped up and caused him to drop off the pace. Murray aimostlucked out when Musgrave struggled to pass a lapped rider from the Over 25 Intermediate class. When Musgrave went left, the lapper went left. When Musgrave went right the lapper went right. After making contact with· the moving roadblock, Musgrave finally made a dean pass at the bollom of the uphill and motored away to a safe win. Murray was second and No Fear's JeH Surwall was third. In mota two, both Murray and Musgrave got stuck in the gate and h~d to come from behind. Murray could be heard laughing as he raced through the first turn, and the two teamed up to slice through the field with relative ease. Murray held the lead for much of the race, but could not match Musgrave's mastery of the hard-packed Carlsbad terrain. Musgrave went on for the moto and overall wins ahead of Murray and Swwall. In the Vet Intermediate dass, Taylor Marcell scored the win with consistent 3-1 moto scores. Steve Reeves turned in a brilliant come-&ombehind ride to win the first mota, but was relegated to eighth in the second race. Ron Wilshire was second overall with 2-2 finishes, while Gaton's Ken Wilson thundered to third overall aboard a Honda XR400 with 4-4 scores.. Results 80 BEG: 1. Richard Albach (Yam); 2. Brad Wright (Kaw); 3. Nathan lones (Yam); 4. Sean McClure (Kaw); 5. Tiffany Holtman (yam). 8O]R: 1. Beclcy Kukla (Kaw); 2. Ointon Pierce (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Joshua Tupa (Hon); 2. Nicolas Paredes (Hon); 3. Ritchie Quack (Hon); 4. Frank Chang (Suz); 5. Steve March (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Steve Fry (Hon); 2. Cmlg Rood (Kaw); 3. Rob Healy (Hon); 4. Ryan Mauhili (Yam); 5. David Murinchack (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Cohn Couto (Yam); 2. Cohn Eberly (Hon); 3. John Nelson (Hen); 4. Ryan Pursley (Suz); 5. Manny Arias (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Fretwt':1J (Suz). 2SO BEQ 1. Russ Prior (Suz); 2. Shad Ramsdell (Suz); 3. Tom Fitzgerald (Hon); 4. Marcus Havins (Hon); 5. Joel Miner (Yam). 2SO JR: 1. Joe Kempp (Hon); 2. Bob Zingg lr. (Suz); 3. Grq Taylor (Yam); 4. Cohn Yates (Suz); 5. Steve Phillips (Hon). Shay 500 BEG: I. Bob Uoyd (Hon). 25+ BEG: l1ulio Mayen (Kaw); 2. Kevin Knoll (Kaw). 25+ JR: 1. Frank Aragaki (Kaw); 2. David Murincheck (Kaw); 3. Shane Leyden (Suz). 25+ INT: 1. Ken Mallow (Kaw); 2. Darin Nishimura (Yam); 3. Oann Maeda (Yam); 4. Alan Peters (Suz); 5. Steve Alley (Hen). VET BEG: 1. Bob Morules (Kow); 2. Russ Prior (Suz); 3. David Reynolds (Ka~); 4. Don Cayo (Hon); S. Dave Ram (Kaw). VET lNT: 'I. Taylor Marcell (Kaw); 2. Rob Wilshire (Hon); 3. Ken Wilson (Hon); 4. Steve Ree.ves (Han); 5. Richard Anaya (Yam). VET JR: 'I. Bryan Daniel (Suz); 2. Jeff Van Camp (Yam); 3. DanIel Davalos (Suz); 4. Terry Sechler (Kaw); S. Ted Kuk.t.: (Suz). VET PRO: 1. Willy Musgrave (Hen); 2. Pete Murray (Suz); 3elf SwwaU (Him; BMBR B: 1. Steve Holtman (Hon); 2. Robert Albllch (Hon). 40+- JR/50+ SR: 1. Dennis Rosenberg (Kaw); 2. Ken FeuIner (Kaw); 3. Steve Holtman (Hoo): 4. John O'Bril!n (Hon). 40+ lNT: 1. Robert Zingg (Suz): 2. Al King (Kaw); 3. Tom Eberly (Hon); 4. Mark Moore (Suz); S. Bob Barnelt (Kaw). 40+ EX: 1. Paul Vogelsang (Yam); 2. Willie Amaradlo (Hon): 3. Gary Scoff (Suz). 40+ MSTR: 1. Alan Olson (Kaw); 2. Ron Rut (Han); 3. Tom Moen (KTM); 4. Ray Pisarski (Kaw). .50+ MSTR: 1. Horst Leitner (Kaw); 2. Chuck Minert (KTM): a. Jody Weisel (Yam). Results EX: 1. Andy Tresser (W·R); 2. Dan Stanley (Rtx); 3. Russ Yamamoto (W·R); 4. Steve Mayfield (W·R); 5. John Hlebo (Ra). PRO-AM 600: 1. Nick Daniels (W-R); 2. Billy Berger (Hon); 3 Tim Sears (Ra); 4. Randy Coughlin (RIX); 5. JOlih Currey (Rtx). PRO·AM 250: 1. John McClelland (Yam); 2. Dusty Faulds (Hon); 3. Jacob Latimer (Yam); 4. Jamie Vollmer (Yam); 5. Chris Curda (Suz). Lee Steelman remained cool under pressure as he won the Senior Pro division at the new Daniel's Ridge Supercross track in Taylorsville, North Carolina. Steelman took control from the holeshot to the checkered flag. But he did not win the race easily. Nicky Baker on his '76 Honda and Jay Taylor put the pressure on and stayed within feet of Steelman's back tire the whole race. Just as it looked like Baker would take charge of the lead on the last lap, Steelman's '88 Suzuki went through the whoops as if they weren't even there. Lee Steelman's professional riding ability shined through as he fought off two of the best to take the checkered flag and his first Senior Pro win at DRS. Results Tresser takes Sturgis Pro Short Track win Haydens Blast Bardstown HM By Russ Wiltinghlll 50 (4·6): 1. Madison Hambnght (KTM); 2. Nash Stegall (Yom, By Clay Light BARDSTOWN, ICY, jU1.Y17 50 (7-8): I. Derek Brown (Hon); 2. Justin Johnson (Han). 60: I. IGrk Dagenhart (Kaw); 2. DustIn Smith (Kaw~ 3. Casey Stegall (Yam). JR MINI: 1. Willy Baker (Kaw); 2 Josh Foust (Suz); 3. Chris Stamey (Hon); 4. Jnmes F.rankie (Yam); 5. David Culver·(Yam). S/MlNl: 1. Malt Blevins (Hon). SR MINI: 1. Matt Blevins (Hon); 2. Brandon Silvers (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Niclcy 8aker(Honl; 2. Lee Steelman (Suz). 125 0: 1. Michnel Moody (Suz), 2. Jerry Pennell (Hon), 3. Eric Turner (l-Ion), 4. Brandon Biggerstaff (Suz); 5. Jared Bums (Suz). SR PRO: 1. Lee Steelman (Suz.), 2. Nicky Baker (fion); 3. Randy Roberts (Su.t). ENOR: 1. Scott Robinson (Yam); 2. Ron Anderson (Hon). STIJRGIS,SD, AUG. 6 Andy Tresser continued what was most .likely the most phenomenal week of his racing career . by ca pping off his Peoria IT win with a win in the Expert main event at the I.e. "Pappy" Hoel Short Track. A full house of spectators was on hand to witness the exceptional race action, kicked off by qualifying. Four Expert heats took the top two riders from each heat directly to the main event. Dan Stanley and Rex Fisher finished 1-2 in heat one, but the mother of all qualifiers came in heat two, won by Russ Yamamoto. Steve Liberty and Tresser had the second-best battle of the everting, which eventually went Tresser's way. Jamie Agular and ,",annie Kopp won heats three and four. Two semis fuiaJized the Expert field, granting John Hlebo and Eric Rickman tickets to the $1000 final, while Mark Larive and Georgie Price put on a heated battle for the lead in semi two, which went to local Sturgis rider Larive. Eight of the 12 riders in the 20-lap Expert main event held national numbers. Tresser led Aguiar, Stanley, Rickman, Yamamoto and Fisher on a dusty opening-lap parade and was pulling away before Stanley displaced Aguiar and closed. in on Tresser. Tresser held off Stanley's charge to pick up a win. Third went to Yamamoto, who got around a surprisingly fast Rickman on the last lap. Rickman's fine ride ended when he tangled with Price, allowing Steve Mayfield to take fourth ahead of Hlebo, Kopp and Price. John McClelland, who dominated Pro-Am action earlier in the week, did a similar disap· pea ring act to win the 250cc Pro-Am main. McOelland beat Dusty Faulds, Jacob Latimer, Jamie Vollmer and Chris Gurda to keep his streak alive. Nick Daniels led the 600cc Pro-Am main event from start to finish, maintaining a healthy advantage throughout the race while things mixed up behind him in a battle for second between Billy Berger, Randy Coughlin and Tim Sears, the spot eventually getting picked up by Berger. Sears displaced Coughlin for third, while Josh Currey carved his way to fifth place after a second-row start. Nicky and Roger Hayden dominated Eastern Kentucky's only half-mile dirt track motorcycle. race since the Louisville Downs National in 1993, Roger Hayden taking victorIes in the 250cc and SOOcc class while Nicky Hayden triumphed in the 600cc, Open and Dash dasses at the Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, Kentucky. The highly talented Hayden brothers dashed with John Oark in every race that they entered. Clark rode one of his signature crash-or-win rides in the Open class heat race, putting on a wild, scintillating, crowd-pleasing six-Iapper, his open exhausts breaking china a mile away at 10,000 rpm. In the SOOcc final, the Hart-Rotax of Roger Hayden revealed its acceleration advantage over Oark's Yamaha when Hayden surged three bike lengths ahead on the back straight. A desperate, crossed-up, low-groove allack by Oark put him briefly ahead of Hayden, but no amount of bravado by Clark could erase the straightaway speed'of the Rotax. The crowd loved Clark's allacks, but it was Hayden with the victory by three lengths. In the 600cc final, Nicky Hayden was a jet, stylishly lapping the field all the way up to second-place Dennis Williams, who is not a slow rider. Hayden floated the Rotax's front wheel over the finish line. The Open-dass feature was the final showdown between the Hayden brothers and Oark. Clark gated Uke a scalded cat, leading down the back straightaway. When the Triumph suffered an attack of not enough sparks, Nicky Hayden steamed qulckJy by Oark on another run down the back straightaway. No amount of heroics by Clark in the turns could compensate for the blatlering Triumph on the straight, and NIcky Hay• den methodically pulled away. Roger Hayden had a good seat from whIch to watch the action, sitting in a comfortable third position. At the finish line it was Nicky Hayden with the win, followed by Clark in second and Roger Hayden in third. Results 80: 1. Ow-Ue Italla (lion); 2. Travis Sprong (Hon); 3. Natalie WarMJ' (Yam). ~200: 1. au.rlie ltalia (Hon); 2. Trnis SpronS (Hon); 3. Natalie Wamft'(Yam). Pearson takes Caliente GP By J.C. Martinez CAlIENTE, NY, jU1.Y6-7 The Caliente Grand Prix attracted nearly 200 racers to the small Nevada town for the ann.ual event hosted by the Groundshakers M.e. of the Motorcyde Racing Association of Nevada. Racers lined up for a motocross start that gave spectators an opportunity to see each class fire off the line into a moist U-turn and an immediate dive into a creek. The racers then hopped out of the creek into a wide wash that allowed the field to spread out. By the halfway point of the 30-mile loop, racers went through water crossings, open roads, wid.e-open washes, and tight trees along the water. The second half . of the loop took racers under Highway. 95 twice before working their way back to town. Motorcycles and racers were £lipping in the air as a hill claimed its share of victims next. From there, racers had to cross over the creek on a bridge made of pallets to the pits on the paved streets. After a brief pit stop, the racers were sent to the rolling hills surrounding Caliente only to level out in the creek. Racers traveled through an overgrown water jungle that had room enough for one rider at a time, no room for passing and definitely no room for falling. KTM Support Ride~ Nick Pearson made qulck work of the experts, whipping his KIM 300 around the course for three laps. Nick's brother, Russell Pearson, got second ove~alI, first 250cc, also on a KTM. The wins for each Pearson increased their points lead for the season. Nick went into the

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