Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

CMC Golden State Nationals North, Round 1 By To ny Alessi . SAN JACINTO, CA, JAN. 18 eammates N ic Wey an d Billy Payne w ere jus t to o m u ch to han d le for the 125cc Pro ride rs who turned out for rou nd tw o o f th e CMC Su n s tar Sprocket s Golden Sta te Nationa ls at Com petition Par k. Weyand Payne scored a 1-2 punch to knock ou t the competition. The first 125cc Pro race saw Pay ne in the lead fro m the drop of the ga te, wi th Hond a of Troy's Casey Lytle an d Michigan 's Wey in tow . Th ese th ree rid er s separated themse lves from the pack and se t th e s tage for a n a w es ome battle , w h ic h ra ged fo r the fir st h a lf of th e mot a . Ly tle was th e first to ma ke hi s move by passin g Payne for the lead . "I had bad lines in the beginn ing of the race," Payne sa id. "Actu ally, he (Payne) had better lines than me :' Lytle di sagreed . "I hop p ed int o his lines during the firs t few laps because mi n e were not as good as his; then I was able to keep the pressure on and make a pa ss." IT A few mo me n ts later, Payne lost second to Wey, wh o had more speed in the rocker s. " I jus t wa s n ' t co mfo r ta ble in the rockers ," Payne said . . Payne fell off the pace and held on to third , w h ile b oth We yand Lytl e mot ored a way for fi rs t a n d seco n d , respectively. Th e secon d moto saw Payne o nce again in control, with We y a close second . First-mo ta w in ne r Lyt le flipped ove r th e bars ea r ly i n the r a ce a n d would be forced to come from last. Meanwhile, up front, Payne began to pull aw ay, but just w he n it looked like Pa yn e wo u ld b e a run a w ay wi n ne r, things came apart for him with two laps to go. "1 go t stuck behind a lapper and lost my m omen tum," Pa yne sa id. "Th en, after that, 1 just got scr ew ed up in the head ." Wey closed in qui ckl y and then, on the last lap , he made his move on Payne. "I knew Billy was having tro uble in the rockers," Wey said . "I knew I could get by him there." Wey made the pass and then roosted away for the mot o and overall victory. Payne took second, ahead of Donovan Mitchell, Jerry Aleman and Keith Johnso n. Nic Wey (67) bested the 125cc Pro class, while Doug Dubach (8) took the measure of the 250cc Pro class at the second round of the CMC/Sunstar . Sprockets Golden State Nationals South Series , held at Competition Park in San Ja cinto, California. Lytle came back and salvaged ninth d espite riding with a badl y bent set of handlebars and a bru ised bod y. Michael Young cam e out on top after a close race wi th Team Yamaha's Bryan McGavran in the hig h ly co m peti tive 125cc Interm ediate div ision. Young and Team G reen's R.J. Th ompson had a n awesome battle in thei r qua lifier, with You ng coming out on top. "R.J. took the holeshot, but I had better lines than him," Young said..of their qualify in g battl e . "Aft er that , h e got tired and got squirrelly in the back secti on . I took a dvan tage o f t ha t and jumped by him. " Young wen t on to post th e victo ry and would get first pick on the starting line for the "all or nothing" main eve n t. Young see med up to th e cha lle nge a nd p ull ed the h oles h ot at th e s tart. Young's lead w as cu t short by Bryan McGavran, who made a quick pass in the rockers. " H e go t b y m e in the wh o ops," You ng said . "I went d own th e mid d le a n d he went on the insid e - it w a s a faster line." McGavran began to pull away on the first few lap s, while Se an Hamblin moved into third . Young got his secon d win d late in the race and began to pull away from Hamblin and close ground on McGavran. Durin g th e last few la p s, Youn g became a factor in the race for the win . "1 just kept telling myself 1 could do this," Young said. Young caug ht, pressured and passed McGavran for the lead bu t almost fou nd himself on the ground two turns later. "After 1 passed him, he stuffed me and go t me back," Young said . On the white-flag lap, Young set up McGavran and execu ted the pass which would ultimately win the race. "It really felt great to see my dad with his ha nds ra ised - he was rea lly happy," Young sai d of his win. Co le Seely and Don Kearne y con tinued to re ig n in th e 50cc division af te r sweeping all four mot os for the second week straight. Seely topped Chad Gores and Buddie Bru ner, w hile Kearney took the measu re of Alan Jiron, Marcus Ca rillo, Richard Sterling an d Kyle Sm ith. Br ian Manley was king of th e Vet classes a fte r pos ting v icto ries in two se pa rate classes - the Over 25 and the Over 30 Pro d ivisions. Man ley also competed in the 500cc Pro class and finished seco nd to Dou g Dubach. Duba ch , th e r ei gn in g Vet W orld cham p, shu t d own the young guns in th e 250cc Pro cla ss on a YZ40 0F aft er close r a ce s with Pay ne a n d We y. Du bach never let the kid s get under his s ki n, d espite los ing th e fi rs t moto to teen-ager Payne. Dubach retu rn ed to post the second moto victory to lock up th e overall for l~ the da y. Competition Park San Jacinto, California Results : January 18, 1998 SO 0·1 (4-6): 1. Don nie Kearney (KTM ); 2. Ala n Jiron (Cob); 3. Marcus Caril lo (Lem): 4. Richard Sterling (KTM); 5. Kyle Smith (KTM). 50 0 -2 (4-6): 1. H a yd e n Co m m an s ( KT M) ; 2. Matt hew Darma ck (KTM); 3. Ga rrick Noble (Co b); 4. Jam es Merrill (Cob); 5. Du stin Pipps (KTM). 50 0 -1 17-8): 1. Co le Seely (KTMI; 2. Chad Gor es (Lem): 3. Bud dy Bru ne r (Cob); 4. Mike Meade (Cob); 5. Cha pman Fiene (KTM). 50 D~2 (7· 8): 1. An d rew Co u to (KTM ); 2 . Bill Ball ester o (KTM); 3. Danny Gon zalez (Co b); 4. Scott Nob le (Cob); 5. Justin Carmod y (Cob ). . 60 (0-8): 1. Jeff A less i (Ka w) : 2. Wes ton Peick (Kaw ): 3. Cole Seely (Kaw ): 4. Bud dy Broner (Ka w): 5. Tra vis Chris tense n (Kaw). 60 (9-11): 1. Mike Alessi (Ka w ); 2. Joshu a G ra nt (Kaw ): 3. Cas Swift (Ka w ); 4. Buck Gu lley (Ka w ): 5. Rya n Brown (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. C hase Mein e ke (Yam); 2. Sp e ncer Mein ek e (Ya m ); 3 . Alvi no Garcia ( Ka w ): 4. Brian Melsheimer (Yam); 5. Michael laPag lia (Suz ). 80 (1-11): 1. Kyle Pa rtri dge (Suz ); 2. Sco tt Simon (Su z): 3. Mike A lessi (Ka w ): 4. Cha rlie Morri son (Yam); 5. Bobby Wood s (He n). 80 (12-13): 1. Shane Be ss (5uz); 2. Mich a el Blose (Ya m); 3. Sea n Collier (Ka w ): 4. Jason CiarJetta (Yam); 5. Kyle Mace (Suz). 80 (14-16): 1. Jona than Shim p (Yam ); 2. Ross Garcia (Ya m); 3. Billy Lanovich (Yam); 4. David Booth e (H en ): 5. Brian H ulsey (Yam). S/MINI: 1. Jona tha n Shimp (Yam) ; 2. Sha ne Bess (5 uz); 3. Ross Garcia (Ya m); 4. Michael BIOS(.· (Yam); 5. Billy Lanovich (Yam). 125 IT" : 1. Sca n Ha mblin (Yam); 2. Michae l Young (Ya m); 3. R.J. Thompson (Ka w ): 4. Kevin Joh nson (Yam); 5. Jason Dubin (Su z) . 125 BEG: 1. Ces ar Sago nti (Yam); 2. Bryan Frost (Yam ); 3. Brad La n gsr on (Suz ): 4. Th under Wes sels (Ya m); 5. Kur t Nelson (y a m). 1 25 JR D-1 : 1. Br ia n Mo r g a n (S ua) : 2. Da n iel Bagwell (Suz ): 3. Rich ard Wickham (Su z): 4. Trav is Frink (Kaw): 5. Ma tt Condo n (Yam). 125 JR D-2: 1. Landon Pack (Hen): 2. Coil;;" Sleeter (Ya m); 3 . Brian Ter ry (Ya m); 4. Brad Terry (Yam); 5. Ryan Shemaman (H en} . 125 IN T D -1: I. Micha el You ng (Ya m ); 2. Bryan McCavra n (Yam ); 3. Sea n Ha m bli n (Yam) ; 4. Ha w k _ Whi te (Suz): 5. Kevin Johnson (Yam). US INT D-2: 1. An d rea u Labrado r (Ya m); 2. David Re e gs (KTM) ; 3. Th oma s Be ge nec (S uz) : 4 . Dustin Ja meso n (Yam); 5. Tyson Taylor (Honl. US PRO: 1. Nic Wey (Ka w ): 2. Billy Payne (Ka w ): 3. Donov an Mit chell (Ya m ); 4. Keith Johnson (Ya m); 5. CilSCY Lytle (H an). . 250 BEG: 1. Christian CuUino (Yam) ; 2. Ren Stam pfi (Suz ): 3. John A twood (Ya m); 4. Mike Watt. (Han); 5. Jeff Ha rper (Kaw). 250 JR : 1. Rand y No r ma n (Ya m) ; 2. Nikla s Gra ns tro m (Kaw): 3. Jas on Ma rcu s (Yam); 4. Nathan Iones (Yam); 5. Scan Pe r (Yam). e 250 INT: 1. Ron Gil bert (J(,l W); 2. Jason Dubin (Suz); 3. George Me rry (Ka w): 4. Tod d Ca mp bell (Ka w) ; 5. Jesse Bath tSuz). . 250 PRO: 1. Do ug Dubach (Yam ): 2. Billy Pay ne (Ka w): 3. N ic Wey IKaw): 4. Keith John son (Yam); 5. Ta kama sa Takayi (Kaw). 500 AM: 1. J. Scanlo n (Yam); 2. G ary Dogge tt (Ya m); 3. Joe Root (Ya m); 4. Pastel! (Ka w ): 5. Da n McClin tock (Ya m). 500 PRO: 1. Dou g Dubach (Ya m); 2. Brian Manle y (Ya m); 3. Jon Nelson (Ya m); 4. Terry Fow ler (Ha n); 5. Geoff Woods (Ha n). 25+ AM : 1. Scott wllktnson (Ka w ): 2. Randy Danylo (Kaw ): 3. Kenny Za h rt (Yam); 4. Jaso n Mar cus (Yam); 5. Chris Rad zinski (Ka w ). 25+ MSTR: 1. Craig Ca noy IKa w): 2. Darrin Hoeft (Suz ); 3. Dan Berg (Suz): 4. Jon Za hrt (Ka w); 5. Todd Mitchell (Suz). • 25+ PRO: 1. Brian Manley (Yam); 2. Gordo n Ward ITM); 3. Mark Easley (Yam); 4. Tim Sharp (Yam); 5. Bill Phelps (Yam). 30+ BEG: 1. Rocky Hash (Hon): 2. N I A (Kaw); 3. Manny Do m ing ue z (Kaw): 4. Mil to n (He n ): 5. Larry Ward ro p (Kaw). 30+ J R: 1. Scott Scarbo rough (Su z): 2. To m Bell (Suz): 3. Joh nny Posca (Suz); 4. Robbie James (Yam); 5. Vic Walker (Ho n). 30+ INT: 1. Todd Ca m r.be ll (Kaw) : 2. Ga r y • De llega ne (Ya m) ; 3. Scott Wilk inson (Suz ): 4. C uy Giffin; 5. Eric Casas (Suz). 30+ PRO : 1. Brian Manley (Suz); 2. Gord on Ward (TM); 3. John Gree nwa y (Hon); 4. Jon Ne lson (Ka w ): 5. Willy Musg rave (Suz}, 30+ MSTR: 1. Craig Canoy (Ka w): 2. Damn Hoeft (5uz); 3. Jon Zahrt (Ka w ): 4. Dan Berg (Suz): 5. Ron Ruff (Suz). 40+ AM: 1. Cam p be ll Pryor (5uz ); 2. Jeff Gian ni (Suz); 3. Phillip Taboa da (Yam); 4. Bob Cla rk (Yam); 5. Skip Cristy (He n). . 40+ MS TR: 1. Ron Turne r (Yam ); 2. Perry Klassen (Yam); 3. Chet Maht o (Ho n): 4. Kenny Zahrt (Yam); 5. Tim Marsh (Ho n). WMN: 1. Jennifer Ca puto (Ho n); 2. Dawn Roge rs (Ha n); 3. Tricia You ng (Yam ).

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