Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

s po ns o re d Malt Shu e, Ho n da of T ro y / P r o Circuit / Si nisal o ' s M ark Burkhart fini shed -six t h, f ollowed b y Kawa saki o f M e xi co /Tecate /Th or' s R y an C l ark, On e I n du stri es / P ro Cir c u it /S i nis alo's R y an Du ff a n d Dr . Med sker /C ycl e Sh ed / KTM ' s Jam e s Povolny [r., wh o gra bbed the fi nal transf er in nin tho N eese w on the last-e ha nce qualifi er i n fron t o f Smith, St re ils M otorsports / RP I/Thor-sponsored Jason Thomas an d M oto XXXer Paul Currie, w ho h ad the transfer sp o t handed to him w hen M oto Pl anet /King spo r t KTM / FM F' s Robbi e Hor to n b obbled be fo re th e finish line. MAIN L orusso pi ck ed up t he 1-900-PRORAC E Holeshot A ward i n the main w ith h is seco n d h olesh o t of th e night's prog ram, followed by Currie (o n his Nic Wey loaner Pro Circuit KX125 - see Briefly ...), eese, Carmichael and Ska g gs . B y th e m idd l e of t h e fir st la p, C arm i ch a el h ad t ak en the lead from C u rrie an d was simply gone . H e h ad six seconds on S kagg~ by lap two and exten ded it to 15 secon ds b y th e finish , H i s win l o o k ed effortless although h i s aer ial disp la y ' w as a bit su b dued - h e o n ly to ok h i s h ands off th e b ars a few ti mes. M ean while, Skaggs h el d o n to seco n d, b ein g closely pur sued by Neese, w ho actually p assed Sk agg s for second o n lap 11 b ef ore immediately taking a d i g g er on the b ig triple an d falling back io sixth. Cars ten , Currie, Povolny, Lytle, Lorusso and Clar k were all in the mix for top - 10 finishes, while Reynard charged as h ard as h e co uld from d ead la st. The m an o n th e m o v e in the r ace was Sm ith, w ho never s to p ped goi ng fo rw ard until th e checkered fla g .told h im to stop . When h e l ook ed b ack, h e r eali zed he ha d p assed the d o wned Skaggs fo r second ju st b ef o r e the fi nish li n e. Skaggs h ad p ut up a valiant effort until th at point t o h old seco n d, but was ex h aust ed and threw it away about 50 f eet f ro m f in i sh . H e was still able to gather himself u p for third . C arsten ro de a steady pace to nab fourth ahead of Lytle, Neese, L orusso, Revnar d •. Clark and Povolnv in 10th. " J -. Brieflv... Team Kawasaki's J eff Em i g earned the 1,900,PRO ,RA CE Holes hot Awa rd in the 250cc class and picked up the $1000 prize. that comes with it. ' The starts are the only thmg I can seem to do right now,' Emig told the crow d. In the 125cc class, It was Team F&S Racing/Factory Connection / JT' s Tony Lorusso grabbing the $500 check for bealing everybody to the first turn. Lorusso also nailed the holeshot in his heat race, During Thursday's practice sessions it was noted that the r e d clay on the Georgia dome floor was rutting up more than usual. making it extremely technical. So track builder Dirt Wurx dumped BODO pounds .of pow dered ce ment on Ihe critical parts of the track - like the fadn g and landing areas of the jumps and in the corners. "The.cement will do two things." said Dirt Wurx's Rich Winkler. ' II will help take up some of the moisture in the clay. Then it will selinto a layer of crust on the surface." The track still rutted up as . expe cted , but the co nditions were bette r on race day. One of the riders enjoying the ruts on Saturday night was Suzuki' s Larry Ward , ' I like the ruts." Ward said after the main.· ' It separates a lot of people. Ruts make you real tired and you have to ride them a little differently. You have to know how to conserve a little bit of energy and stay loose, I seem to be able to ride the ruts all right. Sometimes they kill me, but tonight I got through pretty good.- Ward finished fourth in the main. _ .~ Georgia Dome Atlanta , Geo rg fa Resu lts : February 21, 1998 (Round 2 of 8) 125 HEAT 1 (6 lap s, 1-9 tran sfe r to ma in ): 1. Robbie Rey nard (Sua) : 2. Robbie Ska gg s Yam) ; 3. C ha rley Bogard Su z); 4. Shae Bentl ey' (Kaw) : 5. Casey Lytle (Hon); 6. Tom Clowers (Hon); 7. Jeff Dement (Yam); 8. Cory Keeney (Yam); 9. Barry Ca rsten (Suz); 10. Robbi e H or to n (KTM); 11. To m WeIch (Suz): 12. Br and on Robert s (Kaw); 13. Ty Wallace (Yam); 14. Jim Neese (KTMl ; IS. Ch ad Sa nner (Kaw); 16. Doug Dehaan IHon): 17. Jason Thomas (}(aw); 18. Jeff Giese (Ha n); 19. Ronnie Renner (KTM); 2(1. Mar k Cul ton (Suz) . T ime: 6min. , 2.430 sec. 125 H EAT 2 (6 la ps. 1-9 tra ns fer to m.1lin ): 1. Ricky Ca rmichael IKaw): 2. Shaun Pe rol io (Su z) ; 3. Brock Se llards (Han); 4. To ny Lorusso Su z ); 5. Man Shue (Suz); 6. Mark Burkh art (Hon) ; 7. Ryan O ark (Ka w): 8. Rya n Du ff (Han); 9. Jam es Povolny (KTM); 10. James Eickel (Kaw) : 11. Brian Deegan (Suz) ; 12. Paul Cu rrie (K."Iw) ; 13. Jacob Mart in (Suz); 14:Stev e And rich (Yam); 15. Jon Boru ff (5uz) ; 16. Brian Stone (Ka w): 17. Danny Smit h (Ho n) : 18 . Jo sh u a Swea t (Su z ); 19 . C h a rl es Dun aw ay (Hon): 20. Brian Thornburg IKaw). Ti me: 6min ., 15.960 sec. 12$ LeQ (4 1.11ps. 1-4 tran sfer to m;lin): 1. Jim N~ (KTM); 2. Danny Sm ith (Hen): 3. Jaso n Thoma s (Ka w) ; 4. Paul Cu rrie (Kaw): 5. Robb ie Hort on (KTM); 6. Brian Dee gan (Su z ): 7. Ja cob Martin Su z); 8. Ja m es Eickel (Kaw): 9. Charles Dunaway (Hen): 10. C ha d Sanner (Kaw): 11. Steve Andrich (Yam); 12. Tom Wells (Suz); 13. Brian Stone (Ka w): 14. Brand on Roberts (Kawk 15. Joshua Swea t (Suz); 16. Ty wallace (Yam); 17. Jeff Giese (Han); 18. Ronnie Renner ( KT M); 19. Doug Dehaan (Ho n); 20; Jon Boru ff (Suz ); 21. Mark Culto n (Suz); 22. Brian Thornburg (Ka w) . T ime: .. min ., 8.530 sec. !~ ~t~rN \1 } ~~~~: l . ~j~~ Cart'!'!j~h1'l~1 chance qualifier. ' team manager Paul Undsey reported .' ' His Xrays came back negative so he'll be out for just a week,' Since they didn't have a 250cc rider (Pedro Gonzalez is still out with injuries), the team brought in Canadian Jean, Seba stien Roy to ride for them. Roy finished 16th in the main. It was also reported that Spanish jumping sensation Edgar Torranteras will be join ing the revolvinq-door team at next week's roun d in Tampa, Flori- da.. Team Moto XXX riders Brian D e ega n , Paul C 'urrie and James Eickel had a rude awakening on the morning of the Atlanta Supercross when they realized their bikes had been stolen from a secured parking lot of their hotel. the Fairfield Inn, Stolen from the box van were the rider's three 1O< 125s, gearbags. tires, w heels. spares and persona l belongi ngs. etc . The entire te.am was able to race when Pro CircuitiSplitFire/Kawasaki let Currie use W estern Regional rid er Nic W ey' s bike , forme r ATV Nati onal Cham pio n Donnie Banks of Cap ital Cycle loaned ' a KX125 to James Eickel, and Bria.nDeegan secured an RM 125 from privateer Mark Easley, Gear for the entire team was also a charity rKaw ); 2. (Abo ve left) Fast-starting Tony Lorusso (31) stole the holeshot ln the ma in , bu t it was Danny Sm ith (125) who charged up to take second place by the fi nis h. (Above) Robbie Skaggs ran se cond for most of the ma in . He still got th ird after crashing u nder the pressure applied by Sm ith In the last comer of the main. Danny Sm ith (Hon k 3. Robbie Skaggs (Ya m ); 4. Ban')' Ca rsten (Suz); 5. Casey Lytle (Ho n); 6. Jim Neese (KTM); 7, Tony Lorusso (Suz); 8. Robbi e Reynard (Suz); 9. Ryan Cla rk (Kaw); 10. James Povo lny (KTM); I I. Ryan Duff (Ho n): 12. Jeff Dement (Yam); t3. Shae Ben tley IKaw) : 14. Mar k Burkhart (Han); 15. Sha un Perolio (Suz) ; 16. Brock Se lla rds (H an); 17. Jason Th o ma s (Ka w): 18. Cha rley Boga rd (Suz); 19. Tom Clowers IHon ): 20. Cory Keen e y (Yam); 21. Ma tt Sh ue (Suz); 22. Pa ul Cu rrie (l(a w). . Tim e: 15 min ., 43.440 sec. Margin of vict ory : 5.009 St.'C. 125 EASTE RN REGONAL SU PE RC RO SS S ER IES POI NT STA ND INGS (Aft er 2 of 8 rounds): 1. Rickv Carmichael (50/2 wins) ; 2. Casey Lyt le (36); 3. Robbie Reynard (35); 4. Barry Carsten (29); 5. Ryan Oark (25); 6. Brock Sellards (23); 7. -lim Neese (20); 8. Robbie Skaggs (20); 9. Tony Lorusso (14); 10. James PovoIny (13); 11. Ni c Wey (12) ; 12. (T IE) Pau l Currie /Tom O ow ers /Mark 'Burkha rt (10); 15. mE) Matt ShuelJeff Dement (9); 17. Shae Bentley (8); 18. (T IE) C ha r les Du na w a y / Co r y Keene y (7 ); 20 . (T IE) Jeffrey Baker /Jason Thomas (4). Upcoming Rounds: Round 3 ' Tampa, Florida, February 2B Round 4 .. Daytona Beach; F!Q,!d

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