Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

comfortably cr u ise u nder the checke red Flag ahead of U pi ra. "The sta rt was hard," co nfessed the Freeland, Maryland. Honda rider, "but then J went outside and it worked!" a Jason lsennock and Z chery Ca lcutt finished third and fourth. Lip ira earned his ow n w ary in the 125cc B main. The 1 5--vear~ld Honda rid er from Street, Maryland, t~k charge at the green and battled wi th Joey Tyeryar until the fina l laps, w he n Tyeryar was forced to defend second from a threate ning Louis Zerwitz. From there , Lipira extended his lead wi th every lap until he took the checkered flag. "I just tried to hold on to the lead ." said Lipira. who ad ded a thank-you to his gra ndfather, Jim Rittenhouse, for sponsoring and suppo rting him.. Th e Over 30 winner, Nick Tay lor, had loca l fan s ch ee ring as he a nd hi s Yama ha ba tt led wheel to wheel with Dave Sm ith's Honda un til the final lap. when Smith crashed in turn on e. " H e (Smith ) wa s on me the wh ole time - he even bumped. me thr ee times," said the Nick-O. Time -spon sored w inner. Taylor. " He (Sm ith ) was d oin g well W1tiJ the end . I just stuck to th e insi de and held it." In th e combined 250cc A / B race , Smith ruled the A rid ers whi le Tyery ar ha ndled th e B rid ers . Sm ith trailed Tyeryar u ntil th e final lap, when he blas ted by Tyeryar on the back straight as they headed for the checkered. flag. N was ju st p la ying a n d wa i ting fur my J time ," Smi th sa id . "Whe n the time came that I saw I (Qu id get him ITyeryar), I got him." Bill Boram topped the 60()c-c B ra nks, an d Mark Miller ea rned the win in th e 600cc Pr o clas s. Boram g ra bbed the- h ole-shot and ne ver looked back. "T he re w a s no co m pet itio n here fur me tonight. Boram boosted aft er his easy win. N Resutts 50: 1. ' III\" 'y 00t.«1u. 50 OII.-[Nl I. RJ. tun; 2. Anclrww SmIth; J. Bobby Wnr, (. JoryP.,b. 80 B: 1. Eky.... ~ Ulural; 2. Nid lip"'. (l bd; 3. J-.. ~ f.z...:hny~tt . 12S B: 1. N Id. upua Uionr. .2.}oryTyuy.ar;J . Lou.. ZrrwJtz.. 25CIA , 1. o.vkl Snnth (Iionl. 250 1. .10"" Ty.ryil1; 2. sm.rt Soov.l; 1. Ridu. n1 L..ndu.-r;" a l.ooui3lcTwi.tz.. 600: 1. M.vk Mill«tH ·Ul . 600 B: I. BtU Bonm (Ya m ) 2. RJdl,ard J..oduwf. J().: I . :'>liclw.lI.,.T.y1<.. f"r' m l.. 2 Mk'h;orl KN - : 1 na~ .. Smilh (HonI. 4U+: I. J,una ChaprN-n UH J); 2. Robnt s.bcnd< ; 3. Mtdwtd ....... (Right) Travis Crowell (414) w on the 125cc C cl ass over Casey Bu llington (31) at Parad ise MX in round eigh t 01 the AMA Georgia Champio nship MX ser ies. problems in the second m oto tha t held him to an cvcntu..l third overall. In a last-lap, winner-ta keall duel for the lead in the fina l mete, Jake Hamlin edged Travis Crowell to ea rn the Yout h-class hon ors. Re s ults 50 (4-f»: I. J""h tlumphri.... 'Cobl; 2. Ty kof' Hom.. tCob ); 3. R"bM CnKhy (Co t» ; . C. m~ A1lm (Cob); 5. T~I r~Relt (Cobl. 50 (7-8): I , Ricky R('nncr ( Act); 2. Jord rittlThln (Cobt 3. • .n w lon tuWI\Ii (K1'Ml; " . JOIIq'h MIU (Cob); 5. J.J. Ma loke (Cob) . 60 (1A)~ I. Bfftll CArd...n (1<.1 ); 2. Ricky Reru\e r (!CA w); 3 . G r..gn ry R"ho·rl .. (lUI"' );" J.a 1. He..... I; 5. Tr \'}' B..-nn r t ... (l<.,w) . 60 (JIH )) : I. Cory CON:' (K. w); 2. Richard Shcnff (K.twl ; 3. z.d:. Lundy ( K;o... J; 4. J\I8bn unk ( K;ow); 5. Ho-nry Winstup (I,,"w). PRIl·TFFN60/ 1lO: 1. Ar>d~ ManDel< C5uzl 2.luN Bunz..; d.h1 fSuU ; J. Rub W.....Jrn (Y..... ); ... Tun... Strirftlwu (Hom); 5. BrftIt Cardo:1l (l<.I l . w JR MINI : I. J.mft ~_.rt tk,.,w) ; 2. Sh.lnr l.usk (Hon); 3. And",w ~.bru",k ( m ); 4. Ju. tin Applt'WNIl' CHon)~ 5. D.C. l1Jum.t.... oc..wl. SR Mll'-OI: I. Durid F~ r5w;); 2. Ry.... o. viA ( K,i w); 3. WiI1u ... W.lion,t \Sud; f . MIidwd ~ (Suz); 5. 8fttt Hutv ( lion). . 5 /\.11:"011 Hn 1, "rnn ~.m (I ,,"w); 2. Ryan [);om (l'.Iw); J . WillWm W..tford &.d; f . MidJM.lS-......... (Sud; S. OoT . FWJ. rid CT(Suz ). YTH; 1. J.-b Whumil'(' (Suz); 4 H.m>lm (Suz); 2. T,._ Crowfli (tr,.,w );'3.,Ioatl C..wy Bullington (Yun); , . Wfttin lft lSuz ). 115 A; 1. \UtI W.. l~ (Hunl;:1:- M..n ShuooC5w':);3 st-o ,,",1- Ic-y CK.tw f , 0uUt0phcr e.iky Ob.); 5. Brian R.iymood. &orl. ); 125 8 : 1. Jooh WMnll"" (Suz); 2. GonIon W ~ uc.w); 3. lu.... MontgOUM'T)' (Su.z); .. . , ...... Hllmlan CSuzJ; 5. TI'('}I J>o,.·t'U (H " . j 125 C 1. Ttn . Ctuwdl O:: .... I; 2. e-ry BunmglfXl (Y.m); 1.. 8S'andon lMnpton (Van); f . WeI:ln Martin and May pound Paradise Motocross By Gary Crider MAaJN.GA. OCT. 12 Local ace Tommy Martin and Earl MolY of Aori- da baHIt"d all day at Parad iS(" MX in round eiKht of th e n inth ann ua l AMA Ge org ia Ch a m p ionship MX St."Til:'S. Their excitinK six·muto clash featured long d uels and numerou s lead changes . The end rt."SuIt was a points tie in tw o cla s~: May's 2-1 tally edgt.>d Martin in the Over 25 contest , w hile Martin's 2-1 ht.>sted May in the Ov er 30 cla ss. Martin and May retu rn ed in 250cc A racing, wh e re th ey fi ni s hed t h ird and fifth. ~pectiVtc'ly. Co m pe tition W.1S very close in nearly every class. and only tw o rider s man aglo!d to pull off d ouble wins fu r the d ay: Te am Cr een /FM F~ backed Jamt.>s Stewart of Aorida aced. both th e J u nio r Min i a nd Super M in i cl asses, 'w h il e Honda of Troy / AXD' s M.1ttWal ker came ou t on top in bot h A di vision s. Answer/ Tuc ker Rocky·backed Joh n Lundy of Aorida topped the Over 35 ~s .tfter sharing mot o wins with runner ·up Kevin Bru le. Lundy's 1 ~2 sco re moved him into the series poi nts lead, unsea ting Paradise trac k owner Donny .Banh, who finisht.'d 2-5 on the day. Travis Crowe)) roc k..ted to bo th 125cc Cmoto wins aboa rd his new KawaS.11d. ahead of Ca~ Bul lingt on and Brand on Livings ton . The dose series p oints batt le in t h is class saw BullinKton ta ke the l ~ad away from Billy Rich, who had a poo r showing for the day. Rorida's Ricky Renner pu t on a cha rgp in the final 50cc (7-8) moto that saw him ev entually take the lead away fro m Jord.1n Pittman. Re nners mo to win nettt"d the overall honors in a tied score over series leader Pittm.l.n. Rt!'nne r ret urned in 60cc (7-9) act ion, where he dashed with Brent Carden. This time it was Ca pito l C ycle / FMF-bac ked Ca rden who had the win ning 2~ 1 tall y. Renner had to st>HIt> for th e runne r-up s pot o ver se ries lead er G rego ry Roberts. SYD· backed Josh Whitmire had no tro ub le winning both 125cc B mot~, but in the Youth d ivi si on, Whitmire had appar ent mechanical """'. L« lSuz); S. Kn-in RoJbmon . 125 0: I. ' OIUIthuI JUTar'd lSuLl; 2. J-on Ba..nton (Horl); 3. R.. b...rt 81•...Jworlh ( k .. w ); 4 , _ A 1f>.... nd.r (Sud; 5. Bbk. 0hIstr0m (Yam). ~ A : 1. Mall W.I1oO' Qion); 2. Moill Sh_ (Suz); 3. Tomm y M.J.i1u'1 (5uzJ; 4. Bn.m R..ym<-:l I.'oW! l; 5. brt M.ly l",",w l. m 8 , 1. luk(' Montgornny CSuU 2. John W.. tkiN. lK..w); J. ; AuMin Gomr.r. 3. Brc:tl ; Slatu (Cob); f . z.ch cw.on..- ( K'TM). 50David Finr (Cob). 00 (1-9): 1. Jo.hu.. [);O"" (Kro wl; Z. JUltl.n SIpc:. ( lC;ow); 3 . A.uon Nol kJnI; (Jc. w); " . Jrn'y Wat'l'!'.....m p ( 1(., .... ); 5, ChHto B«k l (Jc.w ). 60 no.11); 1. Awun..tn lJun l("l" (Kro wl; 2. ShaM O'8.miotJ (IY w); 3. Omstophcr Chc:snc:e (Jc. w); • . M.>tlht-wSmi th ("," w); 5. k (I(.,w). MO (7-111: 1. Dlovon Ht'd rick (Hon> ; 2. Ha tch ~ { Kdwl; 3_B-J Hll nbirJgn L 'iuz); " . Rtlbrrm (Jc.w); S.}uoJJ.... o..vioo ( Ki w ). 80 (12-13); 1. ' oahu. Su m lnC'y ( K.aw ); 2. Ad..m OvlM"("u h (Suz l; 3. RKN rd Gimes lSuz) ; f . Ryan Stpo (lc.wl; 5. Terry BLake' Jr. (!Colwl . flO (\ ....15), 1. J.R. Ctort....(I(., w); 2.J ..mw Halrwr l Kilw); 1_Molll GRTnt:' (J Ion );", Anlhony BnnU~')' ; 5. J u.~ti n Ju n.... (Yam) . 125 6: 1. IJcn Kldd h: llClo w); 2.'Otihua c.pps ()(.awl; 3. llaniel T....h ( ~"TM ). ". 51"",.. H..... ley (Hon); 5 . J~ Blade (Yam) . I25C: 1. M.te F.~ ('luz);2. O.... R F.dn..(Su :z) . 125 D: 1. Ch r" U......... (lion); 2. JO!th Sn..n a-to n); 3. TfilVUo Skllun (Y. m) ; ". J)a l'c:("k K~ (Su.r.); 5. R(')'bm M('lknn (Sw:). 250 B: 1. 8m Riddk (IY w); 2. JOl'ohlW c..pp- ( I<;ow ); J. o.nicl TOPIlh \K'fM):", W-wy McCoy (Stu); 5. Alkn ~(Honl. 250 C: 1. kmn BlMock (Y.m) ; 2. A. ron EU burg (Su%) 3_ .... ; Chria H tg i,. ("," w) ; 4. MarkuU (Suz); S. Hmry CHon). 25().5lX! 0: 1. J.-.nUn c.u.. rr (lion); 2. Dam Bridge . U/l AM: I. }oahu. Upp" (1,," w ); 2. BnItJ F.dward~ (5uz); 1_ Wnlry ~'kCoy (Suz), ... S1rvll" H r n..ky U lon); S. D.ni..1 T....h (laM). U /L C /O: 1. A.. ron M dntyT'l' (Suz); 2. M.rk HuntAn~ .... (Stu); 3 .)wry St,.nllll" (Y.m): ... T"'"'Y llJ..b l KT'M); S. DIorTll"ll l 1t>nr!l (Ht..l EXMI\"Y I . Tun tLnvtht.nr (K. w) ;2. BriIIn ~ GIon );3. : ,,"AtMn MiUd' (Yam ); f . RodwonJ W. bofI (Suz); 5. Adam V.ughn Holmes by a nose at OTHGNational MX By Ch ris Sanc h irico PERRIS. CA. OCT. 12-13 Perris RaCCWd Y was the site for the fourth and fi na l rou n d of th e Ove r T he Hill Gang Motocr oss Na tiona ls lor 1997. an d San Fran ciscan Ph illip Holm es wo n the Novice A class wit h a 2-2-3-1 sco re on the weekend. More than 170 OTHG riders came from all parts of California and Nevad a to co ntest the two-day, fou r-mote event. It wa:\ a Vf't'Y tough win for Holm es, wh o fou nd hi m self in .1 three-way tie with Ed Simms and Brett Flor y, ae all three had accum u lated eight poi nts after fou r motes. Ho lmes was a ble to cli nc h the victo ry with a crucia l last-moto win . On Saturday, Ao ry took the win in the firs t mote, followed by Holm es and Simms. The second mo ta saw Simms tab the win , with Holmes and Amy in tow. On day two, the track was run in th e opposite d irection an d sligh tly changed, which ma de for exciting racing. though th e new track di d little to affect the hattl e between the three amigos. In Su n day's fir st m o to , Flory to o k th e holesbot an d put some distance between himself and seco nd ·plaecd Rock y H.1sh, w ho was t'n tre nch ed in a battle with Jim Enos. Holmes wa !l in fou rt h an d pursuing the leaders, wi th Sim ms mid pack. Enos passed Hash but went down soo n after, an.d Holm es moved up to second . S i mm ~ ~ tf'Pped up the pace and moved up to Holm es to fight for seco nd . Again. Holmes .tnd Sinuns chopptc'd away at fl ory's huge lead and m ovt>d into po"ition to pass. On the las t lap, Flo ry looked tired , but he turned it up wh en Holmes sho wt.'d him a front wh t.'el. Mean~ w h ilf' , Si m ml'l m o v ed ar o u nd t he bloc kin g Holmes to tak e seco n d beh ind Flor y at the chec kers . Moto fo u r w as th e fi ercest ba tt le o f th e wt.ekend, as all thr ee rid ers despe rately wanted ' the overa ll and we re very close in points. Flory agai n put his RM ou t frunt, with Hulmt.'S on hi!> ta il. Si mm ~ made an unbe lieva ble charge from d ead last to d ice it out wi th the leaders as the top th ret' se pa ra ted themselves from the res t of the pack to se tt le their differences. H olmes made hi. pal'l~ for the lead on Ro ry, but al ~t , en ded up on his head in .1n endo. Simms th en moved up on Flory likt' a !>hark, an d th ~ tw o were har to ba r going through the do u bles section before making the pa ss. Simms pu lled out alI tht' stops and made a last-ditch effort to get by HolmE""i. but his efforts were thwarted and Holmes was victorious. With the last-mo to win, Holmes took the class win. followed by Simms (3-1-2-2) and Aory 0 -3-1-3). (K.iow ) . 1. foahu.-upp 'Ic...... 2.Jft'I!d BIOlck {Y. m );3. tul'tl I f'oO.....t (H...I; " Srort Cr.,,", (Y.rn); SoDa nio'(T"", (JCTM). 2S+ A_1. M. IUww Crown Ik,.,w l; 2. Bobby W ibon 01oN; 3. Rodnc:y UrricT (1CTM} .f_ Bry an Mc~ (Yam); S. W"'-nf< H;o,... ; 5CH BY~ ft!OOft (Hcm). 25+ B, t. Jft't'I"OJ'" (Jo::..w); 2. fll"ff FIonr (Suz); 3. ARoat McCay ocn.n;" ~ J-IoorWry .t); 5. flo Marl

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