Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Left ) Brando n Hil eman (08) snags the holeshot in the 80cc (7-11) class , but it was Fred Karr le (52) wh o came bac k to win the class at Red Bud Track and Trail in Buch anan , Mich igan, (Below) David Gaylord won the 250cc A class at a motocross held at the Dutch Sport Park in Bloo mingdale, Mich iga n. By Larry Witm er B UCHANAN, MI, JUNE7 Joe Oehlhof took his REP/ Fast Cycles /Pirell ibacke CR into the winner's circle of the highly d co mpe titive 250cc Expert d ivisi on a t a motocross he ld a t Red Bud Tra ck an d Tra il. It was Tum H ofma ste r wh o p il ote d h is Ba n zai Racing /THOR / Torque Ce n ter-backed RM to the ove rall win in the 12Sec Expert class. The ope nin g 250cc Expert moto sa w Oeh lhof tak e th e hol eshot , with Sco tt Kirkpatrick. Jeff Moore a nd Ban zai Racing /MX Tech ' s Ero n Ezerins in tow . Ezerins was on the mov e ear ly. pas sing Moore for third go ing up the Mon za Wall with an insid e line. Ezerins wasn't done yet, passin g Kirkpatrick for second in the left-han d cor ner go ing toward la Rocco's Lea p . At the completion of the open ing lap. Oehlhof had a tw o-second lead over Ezerins, w ith Kirkpatrick third , Tom Hofmaster on the move in fourth and John Baker in fifth. Oehlhof kep t his pace and held Ezcrins in chec k to earn the openin g-mote win. Ezerins d id a nice clicker over the finish-line jump to card second . There was a grea t battle for th ird . with Holmaster ba rely bea ting Lake City Hond a / AXO/Oa kley-backc>d Baker. The seco nd- mo to ho lesh ot wen t to Oehlhof aga in, follow ed by Ezerins, Brad [erom insk i on his Great Escape /Paint Can-backed Kawasaki a nd Baker. Ho fmas ter was in th e sixth spo t and try ing to move up on the first lap. but he we nt dow n in the swi tc hbacks be fore th e Mon za Wall. The cras h for ced him to play catch-u p for th e e nti re mo ta a nd h e eventua lly fi nis he d 11tho Up fro nt, it was a four-way battle for the .lead. Oe hlhof was holdi ng off the advances 'of Ezerins, w hile Baker got an excelIen t drive up the Monza Wall to go outside of Jerominski for thi rd . Th e third -la p action saw Ezerins co me under a ttack from Baker , and Baker motored by him in ' th e same spo t wh e re he had pa ssed [eromi nski a lap befor e. Oehlhof had a two-s ec- the 125cc A and the Ove r 25 Expert divisions at I the Dutch Spo rt Park. It wa s "Mapl e City mad ness" as the Kaw asa ki sho p hel ped jus t about every body out , a nd Mike la Rocco Sr. sho wed up to give a bike-setup semina r. The opening moto of the Ove r 25 Expert d ivision got under way wi th Mapl e City Kawasaki's Da vid Gayl or d p ull in g the holesh ot, ahead of , VZ4OOF-moun tcd Aim Sherlock. O'Nea1/FMFJFactory Connection's John Sier, Todd F1ickenger and then DeHoop . DeHoop wasted little time in ma king his run to the front, takin g on three riders in the sa nd sw itchbacks to move into th ir d on the d opening lap . G aylord controlle the ope ning lap , w hil e Sie r m o ved pes t She r lock for se co nd . Del-loop started showing Sier his front wheel on the seco nd la p, makin g the pass on a tig ht lefthand co mer wi th a bett er line. Sier held on to third until a crash took him out of contention. On the fou rth lap. Del-loop found a way past Ga ylord by takin g his line away but got tan gled up '. a nd lea d over Baker at th e comp le tio n of the thi rd lap, with Eze rins , Jerom in sk i a nd Kir kpa trick rounding out the top five. Baker wa ited. fo r th e las t la p to za p O ehlhof in th e Vall e y Jum p area a nd tak e over th e lead . Oe hl ho f only ha d to finis h second to claim th e overa ll for the da y an d he let Bakt~r ha ve th e win . "1 knew I had the ove rall win once I knew it was Ba ker press urin g m e," Oe h lhof sa id, add ing. "Man, tha t Hond a is so fast it tired me ou t. I couldn ' t hold on to it in the closing stages. ' It still has the Supt-TCrOSS suspension on it, so it's harsh over the small bumps. "The tr ack was awes om e today," Oe h lhof contin ued . "I love that big tablet op with the second step-d own jump. Its hu ge! Much thanks to my mom and dad for their suppo rt. I can' t wai t for the Pro Nati onal here at Bud!" Results: AUTO ( (.6): 1. Devtn Burks (Co b); 2. Mikl· Ross (Cob); 3. Devon Adair (Act) ; 4. james Schnaus (Cob ); 5. Jacob McCrant'r (Cob). AUTO (7-8 ): 1. Iva n Ha ys (Cub); 2. Bmt WaJ;neI" (Cob); 3. Mol t Spa rks llt."m); 4. Tom Fish" (Cob); 5. Stl"YenSquire (Cob ). t AUTO (4-8): 1. Zacha ry Ha ys (Yam); 2. jart>d Ha ys (Yam ); 3. Matt Fozo (Yillm); 4. Bob jo hn so n (Yam); 5. Cody Da vis (Y.-. ) . m no: I. Bob loire ( Kl'M); 2. Sha ne Sew ell (Kaw ); 3. Steven Carnaha n (Kaw); 4. Larry Part in (Kaw ); S. Jerry Lorenz ( Ka w) . • 80 (12-15): l . N ick Va ug h n (Ka w ): 2. ' o n Log a n OCaw); 3. Dan ny Be ckett (Ho n); 4. ROSl> M.1rtin (Su z ); 5. Milch Dervi n (y;lm). &1(7-11): 1. Fred Karrl e (Ya m); 2. Brand on Hil eman (Ya m); 3. jare Keu ntje..os (Suz); 4. joe Penrod (Kaw ]: 5. Ierry Lorenz (Ya m ). d OCkl"lt (Ho n); 2. Dublin Pulle y (Kilw); 3. tlOO PEN : 1. Da nny Bt. Ross Martin (Suz) ; 4. Mitch Sluder (Suz) ; 5. Bria n Schu neman (Kaw ). 80 C: I. Kyle BaJ;Ladi(Kaw); 2. Kevin King (Ho n); 3. Ad d ison Colt' (Yam); 4. Kyle Wulff (Ho n); 5. Tyler W~lon (Kaw). 125 (12· t5): t. jo hn Penrod (Yam); 2 JOly Sly (!-Io n); 3. C..-dd y ' Kame (Yam); 4. Anthon y Milks (Ho n); S. lames Taylor (Yam) . t 25 A: 1. Tom HOfmaStl'r (Suz); 2. Eren Ezerms (Suz); 3. Jot' Ol'h1hnf (Hon ); 4. Na tha n Mtlll'T Ol on ); 5. Dustm Kt-untjes (Suz). t 25 B: 1. j aso n McDo nolold (Suz ); 2_john Pe nrod (Ya m); 3. Keith St-t.oger (Hu n); 4. Ken Garcia (Hen); 5. Ja mil:" 8t'ch.-tt(Suz). 125 C: 1. ju d d & glad i (Kaw); 2 Todd Trowbri d ge (Hon); 3. [ohn Crews (Yam); 4. Tal Wo lfe (Hen); S. Owd Brackett (Yam) . 2SO A: 1. JoeOe hlho f (Ho n); 2. jo h n Baker (Hen): 3. Eron Eu-rins (Suz); 4. Bra d jerominski (Kaw); 5. Scott KirlI.patriclr. (Hon). 250 C: 1. IYndal Nelson (H o n ); 2. JOI:" Reasoner (Hon); 3. Au s tin Henderson (Y;lm) ; 4. Jill o n Ashby (Suz ); 5. jo hn S mi th s tSuzl . 1~24 : 1. Jolo~ vtenoe(Yolom); 2. N;lthdn MilUl' r (Han); 3. Gn-g FoMer(Kaw); 4. Russ DombroWlioki (lC.l ); S. Kyle Kohler

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