Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EVENTS rictory Sports Indoor WinterM cro oto ssSeries, Rounds 5-6 '. ;" By Barbara Williams Photos by Loren Willi ams. ASHEVILLE NC, DEC. 26-Ll , u cas ville, Ohio's Cha rlie Dun'l away exp ected to do well a t the '-- .....' po st -Santa round of the Victo ry Sp orts In d oo r Wi n te r Series, but th e Honda of Jackson rider d idn 't foresee ge tting "cold -con ked" during Frida y's 250cc A ma in event. But Dunaway recov- placed by Shue. FMF/ Bridgcstone/ Scottbacked Scott Gr aves of Westmor eland, Tenn essee, powered hi s new Yama ha in to third , fo llowed by Dunaw ay a nd Wilso n. Dun away began fadi ng on the secon d la p and all ow ed Wil son a n d Neese to pa ss, dropp in g Du naway to sixth. While being chall enged by Raymond, Dunaw ay crashed in the whoops and did not get up. TI1e race was slowed considerably, as the Honda rested upside Madiso n Ha mbrigh t's Frid ay n igh t cru ise in the 50 (4-6) class resu lted in a nice win; he wa s followed by D.J. Ellis and Bradley Bunc h. On Saturd ay night, Hambright took the holeshot and looked p oi sed to win a g ain, but th e C ob ra mounted rid er crashed in the w hoo ps, hand ing the lead to Ellis. While Mad ison remou nted, Ellis found hims elf in a battle roya l w ith McKinnon Welborn, Ryan Ivers of Ohio, and Bunch. Busy with rid- (Left) Char lie Dunawa y (99) won Friday 's 125cc A class, crashed his bra ins out in the 250cc A main , and ret urned on Saturday to take a second and a fourth in the 125 and 250cc A classes, respectively, at the fift h and sixt h rounds of the Victo ry Sport s Ind oor Winter Mot ocross Series. Jim Neese (42) rode well , earn ing a win, tw o seconds and a fourth throughout the weekend . (Above) Madiso n Hambright (102) wo n the 50cc (4-6 ) class on Friday nigh t, wh ile Bradley Bunch (15) took t wo third-plac e fi nish es at the Victory Spo rts Ind oo r Winter Mot ocross Series . 36 ered nicely, wi nni ng th e 125cc A class and collectin g the $140 for the second pl ace ca sh in th e Winters Marketingsp onsored jump contes t. On Satu rday, Dunaway returned and took second in 125cc A, fourth in 250cc A and third in the jump contest, ignorin g the stitches in his chin and a nagging head ache. Asheville's WNC Agricultural Cent er hosted mor e than 400 riders each night from 10 sta tes and Cana da for Victory Spor ts' af te r- C h r is t m as racin g. Th e arena' s Larry Ha rr ison -p repar ed track was read y, and so were the riders - and their dad s. Du na way, Kingsport KTM/Winters Marketin g-ba ck ed Jim Neese a n d William Wilson go t tangled in turn one . of Frida y' s 125cc A qualifier. Dunaway shook off tha t 10th-place finish and went ou t to race the main event. . Qu alifi er w inner Robby H orton, newl y mounted this year on Kingsp ort KTMs, holesh ot the 125cc A main, but Duna way took ove r early in the first lap. Georgia ' s Brian Raym ond hovered in thir d, wit h Neese peering over his shoulder. With two lap s to go, Horton we n t for th e lead and crashed bot h hi mself and Dunaway . Th e fro nt pair had put lapped traffic between them and the du o of Raymond a nd Neese, so Dunaway was able to recover first to maintain the lead . Ra ymond had to s lo w to avoi d other bikes, putting Neese in second, but Raymond still held on for third . Kingsport KTM's Jon Boruff holeshot the 250cc A qualifier, with Layton Suzuki's Matt Shue, Suzuki!Amway/ Winters Marketin g-backed Marcus Hedrick and Dun away on his fend er. Boruff looked to have a lock on the win, bu t a bad exit from the whoops sent him directly into the bull fence tha t su rro u nds the WNC are na, rattling his brain s an d hand ing Shue the lead. Hedrick led Dunaway for second until Dunaway ducked insid e in turn one to stea l the p osition with two laps to go. H edrick pulled the holes hot in th e 250cc A main event, but was qui ckly dis- . d ow n, b lockin g the right side of the track, and Dunaway was face down between whoops on the left side. At the end of the evening, Dunaway was able to walk around and discuss the wreck. "We we re ha vin g trouble with th e cl utch o n th e 250," Du n a w a y sa id . "Maybe that's what made me fall. I don't remember wha t else it could have been." Duna way escaped with nothing but a • heada che, stitches in his chin, and some scrapes and bruises. On Saturday, F&S Suzuki / JT/ Pro Circuit' s C reg Ra n d ma d e the tri p from Ohio to dominate 125cc A class. After finishin g sixth in the qualifier , Du na way hitched his wagon to Rand and followed him for the whole main event to second place. Shue, Neese and Ho rton rounded ou t the top five overall. Rand appeared to have a lock on the 250cc A main as well, jumping ou t front on the start and leading Neese, Shue and Dunaway for nine laps. Suddenly, Neese saw his chance and ducked insid e in turn one to take over the lead . Rand answered ba ck, but comi ng th rough the who ops Neese and Shue sandwi ched his Suzuki, dropping Rand to thi rd . Du naway and Hedrick stayed close in four th and fifth to take ad va nta ge of a ny furthe r mistakes, thoug h non e occurred . "I fee l okay," Du na w ay rema rked abo ut his return to racing on Saturday. "I wish it hadn't happened, but during the race I di d n' t ev en th in k abo ut it - just concentra ted o n rid ing. And it d idn' t happen again . That' s a good thing." There were enough en tran ts in bo th 50cc classes to force more than one qualifier ea ch n ight. On Fr id a y, nati ona l champion Brand on Large easily handled th e 50 (7-8) co mpetition , inciden ta lly do ubling th e mid field jump - the only 50cc rider to make it. On Saturday, Zach Osbourne bette red his runner-up po sition from the night before with a satisfying win over Easton Hankins and Davin Price. ing offe nse / d efense, Ellis wa s s low ed enoug h for Hambright to blast through the p ack a nd ca tch u p to th e lead ers. Fina lly, on th e last lap, Madison took over for the lead once again . Then, on the very last turn, wit h the chec kered flag in sig h t, a la pp ed ride r went down , taking Hambright and Welborn along wit h him to the ground . Ellis tip toed pas t to take the win, followed by Ivers, Bunch, Na than Heskett, Welborn t~ and Ham bright. WNC Agricultural Center Ashev ille, Nort h Carolina Results: December 26-27, 1997 Frid ay SO 14-6): 1. Mad ison Ham bri g ht (Cob ); 2 D.J. Ellis (Co b); 3. Brad ley Bunch (Cob ); 4. Ryan I V("TS (Cob); 5. McKinnon Welbo rn (Cob) , 50 17 -8): 1. Brand on large (Cob); 2. Zach Osbourne (Cob ); 3. Davin Price (Lem): 4. Aus tin Stro upe.' (Cob); 5. Easton Hankins (KTM). 65 (7-9), 1. Zach Ames (](aw) ; 2. Logan Bell (K.,W); 3. Davin Pri ce (Ka w): 4. Mich ael Sla ter (Kew): 5. Austin Stroupe (Kaw l. 65 1. M ichael Willa rd (K a w): 2. Aa ro n Nations (Kaw ): 3. Phi lip Ivers (Kawf 4. Da lton Terrel l (Ka w ); 5. Ste en Kyle Cla rk (Ka w). v 800 BEG : 1. Ty Con way (Ya m) ; 2. Fre d dy Ro we (Ho n); 3. Nicholas Pass (Suz) ; 4. Jason Belins ky (Yam); 5. Jos h ua Hol lis (Yam). • 8 5 (l 2-13 ): 1. Cavi n G racyk (Ka w ): 2. A n d rew Willard (Su z ); 3. Do ugla s T hom ason ( Kaw ): 4. Jason Tucker (Ka w ); 5. Jared Burrell (Suz). 85 (J4-15): 1. Joshua Su m mey (Kaw): 2. Just in Jones (Yam); 3 . Brad ley Robertso n (Yam); 4. Da niel Tes snee r (Yam); 5. Benjamin H inso n (Yam ). JR M I NI : 1. C hris To d d (Kaw) : 2. Ti m o th y Hollenbeck (Han); 3. [a mes Lang (Han); 4. ChaseWhitten (Kaw): 5. Aaro n N atio ns {Ka w). S/M INI: 1. Joshua Su mmey (Kaw); 2. Cavin Gracyk (Kaw ): 3. Justin Jon es (Yam); 4. Jos hua Davis (Kaw): 5. Jared Burrell ISuz). 125 A: 1. Ch a rles Du na way (H e n ): 2. Jim N eese (KT M ); 3. Brian Raymond (S u z) ; 4. Ro b b ie H orto n (KTM); S. William Wilson (Yam ). 125 B: 1. Da niel Tesh (So2); 2. Pau l j ustu s (Suz); 3. Ton y G ra h a m (Ya m) ; 4. R.C . Pond (KTM ); 5 . Tr a v is Reagan (Yam) . 125 C: 1. Evan Owensby (Suz) ; 2. Aaron Ellen burg (Yam); 3. Sha u n Hen so n (H en) : 4, Shaun Hest er (Hen): 5. Matth ew Whiteside (Yam) . 125 D D· 1, 1 . jarred Davis (Hen): 2. Dallas Eckard (Suz ); 3. Kev in Ro y (Ka w ): 4. Ga rnett Tu ttl e (H a n); 5. Rusty Barnette (Ya m). 125 0 0 -2: 1. Clay Robbins (Kaw): 2. Da niel Dicken s (Kaw ): 3. Jes se Bak er (502) ; 4. Da vid Rea ms (Ka w ): 5. Jeremy Madd ox (Hen). 250 A: l. Ma tt Sh ue (Suz); 2. Jim Neese (KTM); 3. Scott Graves (Yam); 4. Marcu s Hedrick (Suz); 5. Willia m WiL n (Yam ). ..;o 250 8 : 1. Dan iel Tesh (Su z); 2. Paul Just us (Suz ): 3. Dere k Smith (Ka w) : 4. Ch ri s Rigg ins IKaw): 5 . C ary Hinkle (Yam) . no-m . 250 C: 1. Aaron Ellenb u rg (Suz); 2. Bobby Sanders (Suz); 3. Brya n Davi s (Hon): 4. Matt MYL'TS (Kaw): 5. Jon Tyu s (Yam ). 250 0 : 1. Don Sk iles (Ya m ); 2. Rickey Smi th (Suz) ; 3. David Graham (Suz); 4. Ricky Al ley (Kawl; 5. Greg Clark (Kaw). 25+ : 1. Mi k e Padg ett (Yam ); 2. G a ry H inkle (Ya m ); 3 . Jeff Tom lin son (Ya m ); 4. David Eller (Ka w ): 5. Ch ris Bedd ing field (Suz ). 30+: 1. David Eller (Ka w ): 2. Craig [o hnso n (yam); 3. Da nie l Travis Bell (Suz ); 4. Jeff Tomli nson (Yam ); 5. Edd ie Par ham (Han). UIL AM : 1. Travi s Reaga n (Yam ); 2. Evan Owensby (5uz); 3. Brannon Ferguson (Kaw): 4. Anthony Bubba Orr (So2); 5. Daniel Tesh (Suz). OIL C/O: 1. Aaro n Ellenbu rg (Suz); 2. Sha un H enson (Han); 3. Davi d Bridges (Suz): 4. Ada m Patt erso n (Yam); 5. Charles Cassad a (Hen) . Saturda y 50 (4--6 1. D.J. Ellis (Co b); 2. Rya n Ive rs (Cob ); 3. ): Bra dl e y Bun ch (Co b) ; 4. Na th a n H e s k e tt (Cob ); 5. McKinn on Welborn (Cob). SO(7"s): 1. Zach Osbourne (Cob ); 2. Eas ton Hankins (KTM); 3. Davin Pri ce (Lem): 4. C h ristopher Pittman (Cob); 5. Mason Ca ldwell (KTM). 65 (7·9), 1. Bret t Sla ter (Kaw): 2. Chase Beck(Kaw);,3. Zac h Osbo u rne (Kaw) : 4. Log a n Bell (Kaw ): 5. Davin Price (Kaw). &S (]()..11 ): 1. Aaron Na tions (Kaw ): 2. Philip Ivers Jr. (Ka w ); 3. Micha el Willard (Ka w); 4. Ad am Lester (Ka w ); 5. Jerry Mashburn (Kaw). 800 BEG: 1. Nicholas Pa ss (Suz): 2. J.e. A ll ison (Suz): 3. Curtis Dye r (Suz ): 4. Fredd y Rowe (Hen): 5. Ma tt Nelson (Suz). 85 (12-13): 1. H u tch Lee (Kaw): 2. Zachary Miller (Suz) ; 3. Jared Burrell (Suz) ; 4. An d rew Willa rd (Suz); 5. Ty Co nway (Yam) . 85 (14-15): 1. Brad ley Robertso n (Yam); 2. Jus tin jone s (Ya m); 3. Dan iel Tess neer (Yam) ; 4. N icholas Pass (Suz ). JR MINI : 1. Mich ae l W ill ard (S uz ): 2. Rand y New k irk II (Su z ): 3. Ja m e s La n g (Hon) : 4. Ti m o thy Hollen beck (Ho n); 5. Casey U ·CJoh nso n (Hen}, S/MIN I: 1. a rcd Burrell (Su z); 2. An d re w Will ard (Suz); 3. Josh ua Davis (Ka w ): 4. Da niel Tes sn eer (Yam); 5. Ca'~""Y johnson (Ho n). 125 A: 1. G reg Ran d (Su z ): 2. Cha rles Dunaway (Ho n); 3. Matt Shue (Suz ); 4. Jim Neese (KTM ); 5. Robbie Ho rton (KTM). . . 125 B: 1. Paul Just us (Suz) ; 2. Da niel Tes h (Suz) ; 3. De rek Smi th IKaw) , 4. Tra vis Reaga n (Yam); 5. Brannon Ferg uson (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Aa ro n Ellen b u rg (Yam) ; 2. M a tthew Wh itesid e (Yam ); 3. Evan Owensby (Suz) ; 4. Tim Cunter (H en), 5. Cha rles Cassada (l-lon). 125 0 : 1. Ja r rod Davis (H a n) ; 2. Da n ie l Dic k ens (Ka w): 3. Clay Robbins (Kaw): 4. Matthew Bun ton (Yam); 5. T.J. Fairbanks (Hen) . 250 A: I. Jim Neese (KTM); 2. Matt Shue (Suz): 3. G regory Ra n d (Suz); 4. C h a rles Duna w a y (H on ): 5. Ma rcu s Hedrick (Suz) . . 250 8 : 1. Pa u l Jus tu s (Suz) ; 2. Dan iel Tes h (Suz); 3, Derek Smith (Kaw ): 4. RC, Pond (KTM); S. Gary Hinkle (Yam ). 250 C: 1. Aa ron Ellen bur g (Suz) ; 2. Da vid Bridges (Suz ); 3. Dallas Norman (Ka w): 4. Ma ti Myers (Kaw): 5. j ason Row e (suz). 250 0: 1. David Gra ham (suz ); 2. Greg Cla rk (Kaw); 3. Ja mie Stat on (Suz); 4. Rodney Brooks (Suz); 5. Tomm y Brisse y (Hen) . Ul L A: 1. Dan iel Tes h (Suz) ; 2. Ios he Clar k (Hen): 3. Eva n O we nsby (5uz); 4. Matthew Wh ites id e (Yam ); 5. Brann on Ferguson (Ka w). U/ L C/ O : 1. A aron Ellen burg (Suz); 2. Ma tthew White sid e (Ya m ); 3. M icha el Mahaffey (Kaw): 4. T.J. Fairba nks (l-lo n): 5. Terrell Co llins (KTM). 25+: 1. Mike Pad get t (Ya m ); 2. Gary Hin kle (Yam ); 3. David Eller IKaw): 4. Jon Tyus (Yam); 5. Jeff Tomlin son (Yam). 30 +: 1. Davi d Eller (K.1W); 2. Jeff Tom lin son (Yam) ; 3. Dan iel Travi s (Suz); 4. Sam Reese (So2 ); 5. Rand all Rowe (So2 ). r Ben

• Cover