Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Catch the world's original extreme sport in all its high-flying. gravity-defying glory! See th e planet's top riders pushed to the edge of t heir abilities by 75' junPS. led the field into tum one, with Jorgensen and Emesto Fonseca following. Fonseca moved by Jorgen sen on the ope nin g lap, and KTM-mounted Dave Kratz was running fourth. The' top four places stayed the same until there were just two laps to go. Jorgensen slipped by Fonseca for second and Lorusso held on for the win, some six seconds in front of Jorgensen, Fonseca and Kratz. Fifth went to Barry Carsten, who started the . moto in ninth place. BSY-backed Fonseca chargedinto the first turn with Jorgensen and Dutchman Ryan Voasp to start moto two. Lorusso started fifth and quickly worked his way into third by the end of lap two. Fonseca, Jorgens en and Lorusso freight-trained around the long course until Lorusso had bike problems. With. Lorusso off the pace, Carsten motored into third . Jorg ensen pressured Fonseca until three laps from the finish; that's when he made his move to take over the point position. Jorgensen, on his O'Neal/Smith-backed RM, crossed the finish line to score the win over Fonseca and Bromley Suzukibacked Carsten. Johnson and Kr a tz rounded out the top five spots. Chad Shepard shot out of the gat e to start the first 250cc Pro moto as Lorusso, Keith Bowen and Jo h ns on trailed behind . Bowen dropped out on t he opening circuit as Lorusso and Johnson closed in on early leader Shepard. On lap two, Lorusso and Johnson mo ved into the top two positions as Carsten started to reel in Shepard for third . Lorusso and Johnson battled for the lead for two la p s until Joh n so n finally slipped by. Johnson quickly opened up a lead of a few seconds, which he held to the finish line. Lorusso and Carsten finished second and third, respectively, with Shepard pu tting in a strong ride to finish fourth in front of Kratz. Lorusso rocketed out of the gate to start moto two, with Jason FInk, Bowen and Matt Crown d odging his roost. Lorusso quickly made good use of the clear track and opened up a big lead on the res t of the field. Johnson was working his wa y up after a bad start a nd sliced his wa y into seeond on lap five as Bowen had bike problems again. By the time Johnson rea ched second, Lorusso had a 13-second advantage. Johnson cut in to Lorusso's lead but it was too little too late. Lorusso sco red the moto and over all wi n, ahead of Johnson, Kratz, Carsten an d Shepard. Johnson and Carsten both raced in the 250cc A and Over 25 A classes, with FMF/ Pro Action-backed Johnson winning both m otos in each class over Carsten. Carsten later returned to top both Over 30 A classes over Matt Crown and Pat Barton. Suzuki/FMF-backed Travis Pastrana scored the hat trick of the weeken d as he topped all three classes he entered. Pastrana first topped both 250cc B mo tos in his firs t class, b ut not without a fight from YZ-mounted Buddy Duffy. In the 125cc B division, Pastrana had to pass BSYrider Tyson Hadsell in the final corner before th e finish line to claim the o pening-moto win. In moto two, Pastrana led wire to wire for the victory . In the 125cc You th class, Hadsell scored the first- mo te win over Pastrana, w ith Pas trana rebounding to win the second moto and overall win . Min i ace James Stewart topped two cl as ses this w ee kend. The Tea m Green / FMF/ HSKS-bac ked pilot won both 80cc (12-13) mo tos and use d a 1-2 tall y to win the Supermini division on an 80cc machine. Dan Truman scored the second-moto win to finish second in front of Ryan Davis . a 70 mph straight- aways, hairpin tums and whoop-de-doos, all jarnrned into a 3/4 -mile man-made d irt track! It's all part of th e 1998... ® TOYOTA TRUCKS p~ _ ;; JWS S e , /es ~ !t'!I!T!\ Featuring... @7;t1iP Jeff B'riig KevinWindham Jere ' IYI\,I)::Grath Ricky C a r m ichael & many mo re! Round 7 - Sat., February 2/ st, 7:30 P.M. Georgia Do me -Atlanta, GA Gates Open 6:00 p.M. Action Passes available at TIcketmaster locations . and participating Subway locations. TIckets available at the Georgia Dome Box Office and all TIcketmaster O utlets. Charge by phone: (404) 249-6400 TIckets $ I 0 and $25. Fortickets, call Ticketmasteror your local tid

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