Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Arenocross '9& 1005/5 /lena field made it to the first turn. Willoh got the holeshot ahead of Lewis, Holland, Johnson and Tiearney, all battling for second and third. Many riders had mixed results on the whoops, which were deeper than last year, making it harder to skip across them. Johnson moved into third in the early laps, while Lewis stalked Willoh. Riders were having fun doing a~ria1 maneuvers over the triple and finishline jumps, which kept the crowd in awe. The battle heated up as Lewis dived under Willoh on lap five ill the sharp left-hander before the triple and took the lead. Next, Johnson tried his moves on Willoh, sending him to the ground in the whoops after tagging his back tire. Johnson quickly remounted behind Holland, running in third. Out front, Lewis had it all dialed. "1 like this event," Lewis said. "I come every year. On Trac puts together a great track and the competition is always tough. 1'm confident to make it a sweep tonight." The confident Lewis went on to take the win ahead of Willoh. Holland got a podium finish with third place, while Johnson finished fourth, ahead of Perolio. Perolio grabbed the holeshot in Sat- By Joan Tiearney RENO, NY, NOV. 15-16 merican Suzuki's Kyle Lewis was victorious, winning three out of our main events at the sixth annual Arenocross held under the roof of the Livestock Event Center. Team Kawasaki's Casey Johnson won the 250cc main event Friday night for a total of four wins in the West Coast Challenge between the San Francisco Cow Palace and the Reno event. The sixth annual Arenocross, with its $10,000 Pro purse, drew talented riders from as far north as Washougal, Washington, down to the best of the best from Southern California. Even Tommy Shibayama from Japan was on hand to mix it up with the best. The event raised over 1,000 coats for needy kids in northern Nevada, as well as featuring a fund-raiser for the support and research of neurofibromatosis and matching the local Fireman and Police Benefit Fund. Lewis, Johnson, Jeff Willoh, Justin Tiearney, Rusty Holland and Ryan Huffman set the stage for Friday night's 125cc main event. The top heat winners were joined by Terrance Malam, Greg Schnell, Ryan Terlecki and Mike Healey from the semis and Scott Davis and Shaun Perolio from the LCQ. Lewis nailed the holeshot in the 12Scc maip with Johnson, WiJloh and Huffman on the charge. SplitFire's Johnson and new Team Noleen rider Willoh battled throughout the race in second and third positions. Willoh took second over Johnson in the early laps and held his lines on the tight stadium track. Huffman was running behind Johnson and was on the charge until lap 10, when he traded paint with Perolio after the tabletop finish jump. Huffman got the worst of it, crashing out and breaking his collarbone. Holland was making up time over the jumps, moving to fifth place after A (Above) Kyle Lewis took three out of four main-event wins at the sixth annual Arenocross In Reno, Nevada. (Right) Casey Johnson (32) scored a 250cc victory over lewis at the Arenocross. suffering a midpack start. Schnell, Terlecki, Scott Davis and Tiearney rounded out the top 10. . Meanwhile, out front with a comfortable lead, Lewis styled for the crowd, leaving the battle for second to Willoh and Johnson. Willoh held second for most of the ;race as Johnson tried every way to get around the Noleen rider. On lap 12, Johnson and Willoh were side by side in the whoops and over the jumps. The crowd went crazy as Johnson stole to the inside of Willoh on the large sweeper turn and took charge of second. Johnson set his sights on Lewis but to no avail. Lewis took the checkered, with Johnson second, Willoh third, Perolio fourth and Holland fifth. Holland took Friday's 2S0cc mainevent ho1eshot with Perolio and Japan's Shibayama following. Positions changed drastically by midrace' as Johnson passed Perolio and Holland to take over the lead. Johnson kept the lead while Lewis moved into second by the finish. Perolio finished an impressive third over Holland and Terlecki. Saturday night's show included a jump contest in which 16-year-old Jiri Dostal won over Johnson, Willoh and Jake Windham. Dostal performed magnificent aerial heel-clickers and can-cans over the triple jump. The 12Scc main event Saturday was held in front of a sellout crowd. Lewis, Johnson, Willoh, Terrance Malam, Scott Davis and Healey transferred to the main from the heats, while Tiearney, Holland, Perolio and Terlecki transferred from the semis. Kris Keefer and Nick Hansen advanced via the LCQ. The gate dropped as the 12-rider urday's 250cc main ahead of Johnson and Lewis, and he led for five laps of the race. Missing from action was Willoh, out with bike problems after his heat' race, and Healey, lost to a first-turn crash. Holland had his boot in the door, running fourth behind Lewis. Johnson took over the lead from Perolio on lap six, but Perolio fought back to regain in the seventh lap, leavi.ng Johnson and Lewis in second and third. Lewis had passed Johnson, who was in second behind Perolio. On lap eight, Perolio crashed out, giving Lewis the lead. Hol- . land advanced to third with Tedeck' charging in fourth. Perolio had dropped. to eighth, where he stayed for the remainder of the race. Davis advanced from ninth to sixth by midrace. Johnson and Lewis banged bars down to the wire, side by side. On the

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