Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

28 TURLOCK, CA, JAN. 25 . - ith the Super Bowl d ominating t he te le vi si on sc re e n, Tyler Evans took the op portunity to d ominate the 125cc Pro cla ss as th e Salinas resid ent p ut on a su per ride to take the win at the second round o f th e GFI Ca li fo rn ia Win ter Motocro ss Series North. The five -r ace se r ies, w hic h wa s p lagu ed b y tw o straight wee kend s of race-canceling bad weather, finally got back und er way and the AMP-op er a te d Oatfield Racewa y was once agai n the place to be as more tha n 260 ride rs left their televisions at home and op ted for some motocross fun. Evans, wi th a middle ga te position, challenged the 12-rider field to the first turn, but it was Trevor Meagh er w ho took the ho leshot. Right on Meagher ' s tail was Rick Ryan , but not for long, as he and his Su zu ki went down. As the pack cleared the firs t turn, the running o r d e r w as Mea gh er, Dan Pa la d ino aboard a Yamaha , Evans, Jeff Northrop and Na than Woo ds . Meagher s howe d good speed as he held off the charge of Evans and Paladin o for the firs t few laps . With a singl e 15-minu te-plus-tw olap mo to, good speed and excellent conditioni ng wo uld be key factor s as the laps wo re on. On lap fou r, Eva ns finally reeled in a nd passed Mea g her on th e back stra ightawa y. How ever, Meagher would ha ve none of that , an d he immed iately re took the lead on the exit of the following turn. Eva ns co ntin ued to follow closely and, on a hairp in turn, made an amazing outsid e / insid e mo ve that left Meag he r hel ple ss as he w a tch ed th e Suz u ki rider vanish over the doubles. "I to o k a nd sq ua re d off the tur n before the dou ble section and jus t blew by him," Evans later commented . Me anwh il e, Ka w asa ki-mo u n ted Northrop, who had just recentl y turned Pro, passed Paladino for third and wa s quickly gaining on Meagher. As the two made their way throu gh the whoop section, Northrop looked like a seasoned ve teran as he tract ored his Kawasaki through the rockers and came ou t in second place. U p fro n t, Eva ns h ad checke d o u t wi th a blistering pace and opened up a 10-second lead over No rthrop . However, behind No rthrop, a battle for third was be g inning to d e velop as a fas tcharg ing Wood s joined Meagh er a nd Paladi no. Wood s firs t passed Paladino over a tough uphill d ouble for fou rth and the n quickly passed Meagh er for third . Meagher must hav e had flashbacks of -how Evans had blown by him earlier in the race, because he promptly repassed Wood s over th e bi g step- u p jump to regain th ird. Wood s took the repass per sonally, and he once ag ai n hunted d own Meagher and passed him over th e specta to r d ou bl e. Th is tim e, Woods made it stick as he slow ly putted away from Meagher and Paladino. Things appea red stable as the end of the race neared . However, Ryan , who ha d gone d own a t the start of the race, had silently mad e his way through the field and, as the w hite flag came ou t, 50 STK BEG (7-8): L Ryan Marti n (KTM); 2. Britn ie Joh n son (KTM ); 3. De rek W hite (KT M); 4. Ga r re tt Ada ms (KTM); 5. Cody Jackson (KTM). 50 M OD BEG (7 -8) , 1. J.D. M oore ( Le m) : 2. Ma tth ew Kent (Act) . 50 OPEN «()..S): 1. Brandon Reyna (Cob); 2. Mathew W illia ms (L em ): 3. Jo nat ha n Sp ra gu e ( Le m ): 4. M att Frezet te (Lem): 5. Chris G ilbe rt (Yam). Mai n Track 60 Fff: 1. Der ek Whit e (Ka w). 60 BEG: 1. Den ver Ed wa rds (Kaw): 2. Greg Fouts (Ka w): 3. Tyler Freeman (Kaw): 4. Bobby Fo uts {Kaw): 5. Ma rcu s Bradsha w (Ka w). 60 NOV: 1. jarred Mert en s (Kaw ): 2. Ryan Ferris (Ka w); 3. Kyle Bergantz (Kaw), 4. Kurtis Batey (Kaw): 5. Kyle Ken t (K.:,W). 60 INT : 1. Nick Da vis IKaw), 2. Dani el San i (Kaw). 80 BEG : 1. Ju stin Godoy (Yam) ; 2. Mike Robbins (Suz): 3. Raymond Na va rro (Kaw ): 4, Rya n Fern s (Suz): 5. Rory Rado vich (H en). 80 NO V: 1. Nic k Da vis (Ya m); 2. Eric McCrummen (Yam); 3. Cory McDaniel (Yam) ; 4. Kyle Rytter (He n): 5. Bre tt Markarian (Yam) . 80 INT: 1. Ryan Mora is (Yam); 2. Matt McCrummen (Yam); 3. Steve Mert en s (Yam); 4, David Boothe (Ho n): 5. Nick Jarret t (Han). 80 S/M INI: 1. David Boo the (Hen): 2. Steve Mertens (Ya m); 3. Ma tt McCrummen (Yam); 4. Eric McCru mm en (Yam); 5. Mike Robbins ISuz) . 125 BEG : 1. Josh H o yt (H a n ); 2. Rya n Au g u s t (Yam); 3, Den nis Ja mes (Yam) ; 4. Da nny Fyna ut (Yam); 5. Ada m H u ffe r (Suz) . 1 25 N OV: 1. M ike Hun ter (Suz); ·2 . Lo gan Masterson (Yam); 3. Michael Hern andez (Ka w ): 4 . Mike No rthrop (Kaw); 5. J.R. Arch utowski (H en). 125 lNT: 1. Harold Ha geman (Suz): 2. Cra ig Trug lio (Kaw): 3. D anny Smit h (Yam); 4. Jere my San toro (Kaw): 5. Na tha n Tieamey (Suz). 125 PR O: 1. Ty le r Eva ns (Suz): 2. Jeff No rthr o p p u t on a n in cre dible charge. Firs t he passed Mea gher, wh o had gone down, an d then he cau ght u p to Paladino, who was now running in fourth. Ryan aired it ou t over a tabletop and in one swoop . ma de the .pass on Palad ino and Wood s to take over the third positi on . Paladino also got by Wood s and, when the checkered flag finally came ou t, it was Evans with a con vi ncin g win , followe d b y Northrop, Ryan, Paladino and Woods . "I saw Ryan go down right in front of me a t th e s ta rt," a n ex hausted Eva ns said . "There were a bun ch of ru ts in the tu rn and he mu st have cross-rutted or some thing." Wha t mad e the w in specia l for Evans was th e fact th a t he had just finis he d 16th in the Ph oe nix , Arizo na , AMA 125cc Wes te rn Reg ion al Su pe rc ross, . leaving Phoenix at mid night and arriving at Oatfield at 9:30 a.m. "I didn't even get a chance to go ou t for a practice lap tod ay," Eva ns said . "I' rn pretty tir ed a nd th ink I' ll tr y to catch some of the Sup er Bowl." In th e 250cc Pro class, it wa s Ryan taking an easy victory. Ryan jumped out to an early lead, and the only rider who a ppe ared to be able to catc h h im was Evans. However, as Evan s was w ithin s triking d ist an ce, he wen t d own a nd was never able to re m ount a se rious charge, en ding up seco nd . Aa r o n Cheselske pu t in a fine ride aboard his Kawasaki to finish third , whil e Palad ino mad e a co me -fro m-beh ind charg e to tak e fourth. Also aboard a Ka wasa ki a n d r ound ing o u t t he top fiv e wa s Orangevale native Scott Myers. In th e 250c c Int e r m ed iat e ra ce , Craig Tru glio put in an imp ress ive 1-1 sco re for the ove rall w in ove r v id eo sta r Turtle Wikoff. H ow ever, Mer ced Power s p o rts-ba ck ed Corey Morais, wh o finis hed third, made Tru glio wo rk hard for th e seco nd -mo to wi n, as th e duo challenged ea ch other the en tire race. In the 125cc Novice race, DH Cycles-: (A, ove) Tyl er Evans b drove nonstop from the Phoenix Supercross to win the 125cc Pro class at the second round of the GFI Winter Series North. (Right) Rick Ryan won the 250cc Pro class. backed Mike Hu nter squeaked ou t an overall win over Logan Masterson. Masterson mad e it interes ting in the second moto by stealing the win from Hunter. Hun ter appeare d to have the wi n, bu t Masterson made a gu tsy ou tside move in the tu rn before the finish-line ju mp. As the two crossed the finish line, it was Masterson with the win by about a half of a front w hee!. Jus tin God oy held off the cha lleng e of Mike Robbins for the win in the 80cc Begin ne r cla ss. With a 15-rider fie ld , spectators were able to catch a glimpse of some of the future racing stars in this class. Over on the Pe e Wee tr ack, it was Joshua Greco on a KTM ov er Ruben Hernand ez in the 4- to 6-year-old Beginner class, and Ryan Marti n over Britni e Johnson in the 7- to 8-year-old Beginner class. 0 AMP Oat/leld Raceway Turlock, California Results: January 25, 1998 Pee Wee Tra ck 50 FfT (4-06): 1. Antho ny Rod rigu ez (Yam); 2. Lacey Perales (Yam ). . 50 t rt (HI), I. Eric Rud i (KTM). 50 STK BEG (<\-6), I. Joshua Greco (KTM); 2. Ruben Hernand ez (Ac t); 3. Ryan Bowen (Ya m) ; 4. Mich a e l Flores (KTM ); 5. Ma tt Ha ze l (KTM ). (Kaw ); 3. Rick Ryan (Suz), 4. Da n Palad ino (Yam); S. Na than Woods (Yam ). . 250 BEG : 1. Ke it h Rhod e'S (Ka w ): 2. Je ff Ma rsh (Hen): 3. Ton y Jaime (Yam); 4. C h ris Cis mon di (Ya m); 5. Mick Lan gston (l-ion). 250 NOV: 1. Kelly Qu inn (Suz); 2. C ra ig Hu m p hre y (Yam); 3. Russ Hemi ng (Ka w) : 4. Levi German (Ya m); 5. Michael Hernandez (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Cra ig Tru glio (Kaw); 2. Tu rtle Wikoff (Kaw); 3. Cory Morai s (Ya m), 4. Jeremy Santoro (Kaw): 5. Danny Smith (Yam). 250 P RO: 1. Rick Rya n (Suz) : 2. Tyler Eva ns (Suz); 3. Aa ron Cheselsk e (Kaw ): 4. Da nn y Pa ladino (Yam); 5. Scott Mye rs (Ka w ). 25 + BEG : I. To ny Jai me (Ya m); 2. C a se y Fo u ts . (Ha n) . 3, Jeff Serra no (Ho n). . 25+ NO V: 1. Joh n Moore (Kaw) ; 2. R.K. Field (Suz). 25+ INT : 1. Sha ne Ve rd in (Ho n): 2. Kevin Wise (Yam); 3. Judd Hou ck (Kaw): 4 . Rick Ma tto s (Suz ). 25+ EX: 1. Trev or Mea gher (Kaw): 2. Jeff Brownlee (Suz) . 30+ BEG: 1. David Rose (Suz); 2. Robert Woeh rle (Ha n): 3. Da vid Evans (He n): 4. Sco t Schu ltz (He n): 5. Ray Kee no m (Kaw). 30+ NOV : 1. David Ha rvey (Ka w ): 2. Terry Hu ffer (Suz): 3. R.K. Field (Suz): 4. Mike Wen stran d (Ya m); 5. Ma rtin Mark e (Ha n) . 30+ INT : 1. Sha ne Verd in (He n ): 2. Ron Sharp (So2 ); 3. Ra ndy Medl ey (Suz): 4. Skip Guin n (Su z), 5. John Moo re (Kaw). 30+ EX: 1. Jon Nelso n (Kaw): 2. Steve Lucente (Suz); 3. Rick Hollenbec k (Suz). 35+ NO V: 1. Jim Enos (5 02 ); 2. Rand y Lynch (Yam); 3. Rick Jewell (Yam ); 4. Dav id Eva ns (H e n) : 5. Chris Kiphest (Ho n). 35 + tNT: 1. Ro n Sha r p (Suz); 2. Ra nd y Medl ey (Suz): 3. Hank Armendariz (Suz ); 4. Terry Huffer (Suz): 5. John Ha ndeIin (Suz). 40+ NO V: 1. Dave Harre ll (Su z): 2. Ron Rudi (Bon); 3. John Town er (H e n): 4. Tina Ha ndeli n (Yam); 5. Bobby Lyn ch (Yam ). 40+ INT: 1. Te rry Huffer (Suz ): 2. John Ha ndeli n (Suz); 3 . Jos eph Go nz a lez (Ma D; 4. Al an McG ehee (Yam); 5. C le n Prait (Han).

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