Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Above) Norberto DeBernardi finished th ird in the 250cc Intennediate class but came back to win the 125cc Intennediate class at a Saturday night MX held at LACR in Palmdale, California (Left) Matchless-mounted Beno Rodi was the only rider entered in the Premier HeaV1Weight Novice class at the Road America AHRMA vintage trial in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin; he won. McEntee wasted little time twisting the throttle on his Southland Cycles-sponsored RM, pro pell ing his bike into the lead . McEntee then managed to put a little d ista nce between himse lf and the field. A batt le for third ensued between Piattoni and YZF400F-mounted Alle n. The battle was short-live as Allen spun out not once but d twice in th e moto o n the extre mely sli p pe ry track. Allen did manage to salvage fourth in the moto. Mea nwhile, u p fron t, McEntee look ed over his shoulder and saw the hard-charging KX of Sanchlrico dosing in. The two battled fiercely for the remaind er of the moto, swapping paint and plastic. The riders, who are friends, were loving every block-passing minute of it. With two laps to go, Sanchirico took th e lead from McEntee with an aggressive block-pas s in a hairpin turn . As th e tw o rid ers a p p roa ch ed th e white flag. McEntee turned up the wick and the pass for the lead ov er the step-do w n tabletop . Sanchi rico tried to retaliate over the doubl e, but McEntee took his line away and Sanchirico settled for second. Piatton i fin ished third. Sanchirico gra bbed the holeshot aga in in the second moto as Todd Broussard, Piattoni, McEntee and Stephen Watso n gave chase. " I n e w Mc En te e w ould b e co m ing," Sanchirico said. "We bo th wan ted badly to bea t each other, so I went as hard as I could to esta blish a big lead. " McEntee mad e qu ick wor k of both Piattoni a nd Brou ssard as he held th e throttl e ope n to claim secon d in hot pu rsu it of the leade r. Shock Therapy ow ner Pia tto ni be gan to pressure Broussard fo r th ird a nd then ma de the pass. Brous s ard w ould fi nis h the mo to wit h a res pectabl e fourt h. Halfway through the m oto, McEntee began to fade . "I could see him charging hard , and then he was n' t ther e," Sanchirico exp lain ed . "I had the speed a nd was ridi ng well, but with all the rain th is year, I'm not used to the heat and I hit the wall, too." McEntee was forced to pull off the track, too ex h a us te d to ca rry o n. Sanchirico to ok th e chec kers first and ea rned the overall vic tory. Piattoni claimed second and got second overall, while McEntee mana ged to hang on to the final podium position . Results 52 38+ BEG : 1. G reg Bur row; 2. Fra n k Da rb y; J . Ca t he rine SfInchiri co; • . Maryann Hob bs; 5. Vicki He nn, 38+ NOV: I. Mik... FOl,'m: 2. Lee- Eva ns; 3. Jim Pan ty; 4. Jamt'5 Ho lm.tn ; 5. Rya n GKN. 38+ lNT: 1. Jon Lundberg; 2. Carl Foley; 3. Phil Beckman; 4. Ch ris C umbo; 5. G~ Wh itfidd. 38+ EX: 1. Gn.'S G ~; 2. Rick Pu rcell; 3. Rich Winkl er; 4. Jeff Mason; 5. Rob Townl~. BEG: 1. Ritchie Thorup; 2. Rdy Valenz uela : 3. George Col len l: . _Jeff McEn tee ; S. Chuck EN. NOV: I. Watt Bt. ·rmet; 2. Tod d Bersby: J . Sa m Rodri~z; • . Ma rk Jo~ 5. Dou glas Lovett. lNT: 1. Jeff Scott 2. Mick e Marrin; J. Dan l.t'a hy; 4. Dua ne Quak; 5. Dan Townsend EX: 1. Chris Sanch irico; 2. Seeve Piattoni; J.. Tim McEn t~; 4. Todd Bou~rd; 5. Ste phen Wa tso n. PRO : t. Dan Be rg ; 2. Mark Si ro t A 3 . Jim. Henn; 4. To n y ; RodrigueL SUP A: 1. Mark Jones; 2. Kir k Sch rader; J . Mike Machu j;<\ 4. ; She un Foley; S. Je n>my MalKln. • SUP B; 1. jtm Henn, 2. C hri s Sa nc hirico ; 3. Mark Siro ta; 4. Greg G n.'t"n; 5. Rob Tow nley. Reindl reigns at Road America vintage trial By Matt Hilgenberg ELKHART LAKE, WI, JUNE 7 Pennsylvania 's Joe Reind l rode his Suzuki RI250 to the Modem Oassic B-class win at round eight o f the America n Histo ric Racin g Mot orcycle Associa t io n /Speed & Spo rt Na tio nal Trials Series, held at the bea utifu l Road America roa d racing circuit. Reindl carded just 10 poi nts while negotiating the nine-section loop three times; that effort gave him the best score of anyo ne riding the "2" line, regardless of machine or rider classification. Th e sections we re lai d out "by co m mi ttee," with in p ut from a num ber of AH RMA membe rs ; th e d a y prod u ced sco res highe r than usual for an AHRMA event , proving that the traps were qui te challenging. Making t he lo ng tr ip from Ari zo na w as David Boyds tun , who pos ted a 13-point tally to finish second in Mod em Classic B behi nd Reindl , while fellow Yama ha rid er Ken Eftink was third . Premie Ugh tweight A riders had a wild da y. ... Triumph Cub-mo u nted Brid Caveney took the win with 22 points, d espite spe nding .some time upside down in section six. Mike Atkins, riding his BSA CIS for the first time in over a year, also managed a head-plant, but ended up second with 24 points. Third went to AHRMA executive director Jeff Smith, whose da y was equally eventful, as he got hun g up in a tree the first time through section six before cleaning it the next two loops. The d ay's largest class, with 11 entries , was Mod em Classic C, where the victory went to the Os sa of David Gustafson, followed by Ryan Davie and then Bob Augustine on a Bultaco. Results Cl..SC INT: I. Dennis Jont"ll(Pen ). MO D ClSC BEG: 1. Ed Van Sickle (BSA). MOD CLSe EX: 1. Joh n Ce lliscn ( Ya m); 2. Kei th Dunl op (lUIw); J . Mike Hyslop (Yam). MO D ctsc INT : I. Joe Reindl (Suz ); 2. D.1vld Boydstun (Ya m); J . Ken Eftin k (Yam) ; 4. Duwayne Conno lly (Bu)); 5. James Smilh (Honl. MOD CLSC NOV ; I. David Gu"Otatson (~); 2. Ryan Da vie (Han); J . Bob Augustine (Bul); " . Rona ld Easto n (Yam) ; 5. Richa rd Smi th-Moore (Yam). PREMH/W EX; 1. Ma lt Hilgen berg (Ari). PREM H /W INT ; 1. Ron Wingl't (BSA). PREM H /W NOV ; 1. Bt.'RO Rodi (Mat) . PREM L/W EX: 1. Brid Ca veee y (Tri); 2. Mike A t kin.~ (BSA); J . Jeff Smith (85A) ; 4. Kurt Baue (Tri). PREM L/W INT : 1. Rand o lph Sto ike (BSA); 2. Den ni8 Brown (Gre ); J . Ctaudc McElva in (BSA). PREM L/ W NOV ; 1. Doug Shepherd (Gre); 2. Jim Ca meron (USA). CRC Night Motocross accolades to Armstrong By Greg Robertson PAL'-IDALE, CA. JUNE 6 Zeb Armstron g went 1-2 under the Los Angeles Cou nty Racew ay lights to earn the 250cc intermed iate-class w in du rin g Ca lifornia Racing Club's Burger King-sponsor ed round of Saturday Night Motocross. Armstrong mad e taki ng the first- mo te wi n look almos t easy as he took the holeshot aboard his O'Neal /Holley Racin g-ba cked YZ250 and never looked back. Ch ris Tocco got aro und Robbie Dunham and was able to close to withi n a few seconds of Armstrong before his YZ400 F started ma kin g fu nny noises on th e fina l lap. No rberto DeBernardi put a last -lap pass on Dunham for third, with Kris Biomd ahl coming back from a first-lap fall for fifth. Dunha m quic kly opened up a thr ee-second • lead on Armstrong and DeBernardi when the gate dropped in round two. By lap two, Dunham had his hands full with Arms tro ng and Debernardi. DeBerna rdi mana ged to pu sh Armstrong back to third, only to have Armstrong return the favor a few turns later. This went on for a couple of laps, just off the back fender of Dunham. Dunham took the wh ite flag with DeBernardi in his shad ow. When Dunham bobbled in the whoops, DeBernardi shot into the lead . DeBernardi's lead was shortlived, how ever, as he messed up in a comer, and Dunham was right there to take advantage of it. Arms trong also slipped past DeBernardi when he bobbled, and with half a lap remaining he pressured Dunham all the way to the checkers . Dunham's 4-1 topped the 3-3 of DeBernardi for the second-place troph y. DeBernardi returned to pick up th e 125cc Intermediate first-mote win after trailing George La Monte up until the last lap. Eric Anderson held off Bobby Hall for th ird . The second moto was a wire-to-wire romp for De Be rna rd i e n rou te to the class victory. Anderso n a nd La Mon te mix ed it up pretty good over the runner~up position, with Anderson prevailing this time out to earn second overall. Results P/W BEG : 1. G regor y Da hn (Lt>m l; 2. Ca le S u mmerfo rd (KTM); 3. Brad Pace ocrM); 4. Keith Robinso n ( K1"M) ; 5. Wa de Morgan (KlM). P / W STK:1. Cod y Dahn (Yam) ; 2. D.1vid Pedcer (Yam). S/srK (4-6); 1. Sha wn Rhindwrt (l...eml. s /srx C7 1. Pres ton Lundin (KThn . -Q); 60 BEG: 1. Shana Rhint.' hart (Kaw); 2. Shawn BUller (Ka w ); 3. BrocStewart (Ka w ); 4. Caml"f'On Cad.sby (K.1w ). 60 (0-8) : 1, Pres ton Lundin (Kaw ). 60 (9-11): 1. Tye Ha~ ( Ka w ); 2. Dou glall> Carte r (Ka w ); J . Ttm my Ritzlt-' (K.l w); 4. Brandon Zet> (Ka w ). ' T k 80 BEG: 1. c.J. ~hon (V" m) ; 2. Bret t Crivin (lYIw); 3. Ryan Ha ppy (Kaw); 4. Ryan ~linas (HoN; 5. Timothy MdJ.niel (Yam ). 80 (7-1 H: I. Ryan Roybal (Ho n);2. Dave Carter (Kaw); 3. Randall Hall (Ka w) ; 4. Chris Cordos (Suz). 80 (12-13): 1. An thony &rbaawi (Yam); 2. Chm NOIT (Suz); J . Garrett Warren {lYIw ); • . Mike Eps tein (Ho.d. WMN; 1. Ca therine Sanchirico lK.Iw) . 125 BEG: 1. Bill Dillmherger (Hoo); 2. Ben Stu e lke (Suz); 3. y Corey Mu rphy (H on ); • . Ch ris Epper (Ya m); 5. Brian T4I g art g (Han). 125 NOV : I. Chris Elliott (Yam); 2. Rob Hopkins (Ka w ); 3. C hris Clark. (K.Jw); 4. WilHam Klein (Ka w); 5. Donnie DuI'TIM' (Ya m). 125 !NT: 1. Norbertn Dt.'fkomardi (Yam); 2. Eric And e rson (Ya m); J . Geo !'K Lor. Mon te (Hard; 4. Bobby Han (Ya m). e 250 BEG: 1. PoSSha Afshar (Ya m ); 2. Dennb Wagol\ft" (Yam ); 3. Stephen Craig (Suz l; 4. J~ Ca ve (Suz); 5. Dyl.an Baca (Kaw ). 250 NOV : 1. Jon Merrifield (5uz); 2. Brad Pietro (Suz). 250 L"IT 1. h ob Annstrong (Ya m ); 2. Robbie Dunham (Ya m); : J . Norberta De Bernard i (Yilm) ; • . Kri"O Blomdahl (Su,. ); 5. M ol" Brvan (Yam) . • 500 BEG: 1. Mike CYOonnt"II{Kaw) . 500 NOV : I. Steve-Clark (Ya m); 2. Norm Sch iel (Ho m . JR vcr BEG; l . Shy Mosh e (YAm); 2. GcTold Morgan (Suz ); J . An~1 Rodriguez (Ha n); MacM iller (Soz). • JR VET NOV: 1. Bob Co r ma n (Ya m) ; 2. Da nny Bat ta glia (Yam); J . Dina Ca tuog no (Hon); 4. C hris Sa nchiricc (Kaw); 5. Ga bi Abeyou (Ho nJ. VET BEG; 1. John MacM ilIer (Suz ): 2. Kirk [anko (Yam ); J . Kelly Webb (Yam) ; 4. Andy Rum (Yam); 5. JI,. G rabon (KTM). 'IT)' VET NOV : 1. C hristopher Heckman (Ya m): 2. Rand y Tweedy (Han); J . ' o n M~'TI'ifieid (.;uzl: 4. JOE' Ca!ldKJ'a nde (Yam); 5. Chris ' Sa nchirico (Kawl . VB INT : 1. Joe Ho pki ns (Ka w ); 2. Mik e Lici tra ( Kawl ; 3. Randy WiI\dru; (Suz); • . Leo.Saul (Yam); 5. Jad: Pea rson (Ha n). VET EX-PRO: 1. Jon Zahrt (Ka w) ; 2. Fran k Costanzo (Hon) ; J . Merl e Ha mm er (Kaw) . SR B EG~NOV: 1. Ma rk Neal (KT M); 2. Sco tt McOo n nall ( H o n ); 3. Bob Du n ham (Ya m) ; 4. Larry H ip p ( H o n ): S. l os e Rod riguez (Ka w ). SR INT-EX: l. Edwardo Trippo (Ho n); 2. John Ferro(Hon); 3. Steve Cark (Yam); 4. Norm Schid (Hon ). ""CAry

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