Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Above) Chris Tocco (shown) split moto wins w ith Norberto DeBernardi to win the 125cc Intermediate c lass at a CRC Saturday Night MX held at LACR In Palmdale, California, (L eft) Brian Burch rode to the 600cc Sport sman wi n at the Distr ict 37/38 San Diego ':Jat Track Associat ion eve nt he ld in Temecula, Californ ia. Flat Track is back By Fred Windum fj - a TE MECliLA.CA,jU 'E21 For th e fir s t time in -many yea rs, AMA-sanctione fla t-track raci ng has returned to Districts d 3i a nd 3H in Sout he rn Cali fornia on a regularly sched uled basis. The San Diego Aat Track Associa tio n recently w ru ng th e w at e r o u t of their new home tr ack in Tem ecu la and b roke it in wi th a full prq ,.ram of Vinta ge, Sportsman a nd Pro racing. The Fath ers ' Day program highlighted handling over horsepo wer on the virgin 3/8mile ov al. providing a var iety of cha ng ing su rfaces o n which to race throughout the da y. Vin tage 250s were the firs t to launch in to turn o ne in th e new tr a ck' s fir st main event. Ch uck Cla yton led fro m flag to flag. followed by Jim McMurren . Chris Apple overcame a bad start to take third fro m Tak e Mit sunori. . Mit sunori used th e lessuns lea rned in the Vintage race to g ra b a nd ho ld the lead in the 250cc Sportsma n race. Chad Morse pulled a textbook slide job on Matt Fisher in tum two o n the w hite-flag lap to snag the runner -up pos itio n. Speed legend Don Vesco took th e point in th e C la ssic 500ce ra ce o n a beaut iful Ro yal Enfiel d un til the bike mys teri ously slowed on lap two (as it tu rn ed out, the float bowl ha d ru n d ry ), hand in g the lea d to Rick Rockhold o n a Triumph twi n . Vesco, w ho had ea rlie r joked that he n eede d someone to bou nce off of to get a ro u nd a co rner. fou nd the problem a nd got bac k u p to s peed to g rab seco nd in front of Cla rk Edgi ng ton , Gord on M en zi e (o n the twin to Vesco's Enfie ld ) and Tom Hens ley (o n a ha ndshift Ind ian). Many of the dass.ic bikes looked like m USf..'Urn pieces. bu t they are, after all, rac ing moto rcycles . Th e 600cc Pro race was the last of th e day, and by then the track had grooved up in the co rner entra nces . Jim Kesler was first in to tum one, ahea d of Perry Proielle, but bo th found tha t the tum-tw o s urface had not developed like the firs t tu m a nd s pun th e tires o n their Wood-Rotax ma ch ines . Th is a llowed th e Ya maha of Robbie Nolin to mov e by and he held the lead to the chec kers, while Kesler and Pro iette fell in lin e as the rest of the pa ck so rted itself out. jim Steel's Yam aha ba rely stayed ahead of A .j . Herrera's Wood-Ro tax, as HL-rrera looked for a way by as he, ton, fo ug ht w heels p in o n th e four-va lv e machine. The rid er s o n th e old Yamaha racer s cou ld gel on the throttle earlier an d carry more speed o n the co r ne r ex its - a case of slo wi ng d own to go fas t - but a ll of the Pro rid ers were squea ling tires o n th e co rne r entra nces. Keith Brddford too k over the sixth spot w ith the las t pass of the da y, driving undernea th No nn Fran cis in the tum-two dip. Nolin carried on to the wi n, w ith Kes ler. Pr o iett e, Stee t, He r re ra a nd Bradford in line. Results m vim 2SO: 52 1. GlUck CLly to n (Yam) ; 2. lim McMulT\'n (H·D); 3. Clu"i1' Arrlr lBulI; 4 Take Mi hJunori (Hon). vim 7SO: I. Jd f )ohnMm ITri); 2. Dun ~ (Viu n) ; 3. Rick Rft'd ITri) ; 4 . Oyde Dmnt-!' (N od ; S. Bob Cobb (V.m). SM'S MN 25U: I. Tak Mllsunurl (Hon) ; 2. eNd Mur"'C'(I-lon); 3 . M.l1I Fisht-r(Bu ll . Sf'TSMS 400; 1. Dt'n Frau,--nt.TJ;l"r (Vam); 2. Vino.· C r..ves (Bun; 3. r ilul Tl"rnlin.o;on (Sw;). SMSM N bOO: 1. Bri.m Burch (Rtx); 2. H.trl und 'uh"-,,,JO Ulun); 3. EUlUtt Iver.oon (W ·R ); 4. Jim C.rd ner (Yam); 5. Stl"V" Mohr (y4m ). C LSSC VINT 250 BRKLSS : I. Viner C rnn (Bu ll ; 2. Ji m McMum.-n (11·0); 3. Jdf Appk muD; 4. 1.o."fIny RoJripoz CBSA 5. ); Jue r apt" (H · D ). Cl5SC 500 BRKlSS: I. Rid. Rodhuld (fro; 2. Don v escc (R· E); 3. CLlrk Edgmgk'" {Tri);4 Gurdon MmM (R-E); S. Tum H~ k.Y (lnd). ' BMBR: 1. Robbi e Nolin (Va m ); 2. Ricl.. Schrot.-dtT (W-R); 3. Bob Cobb (VoIm) ;.&. JimGan!nt.or{Yam); 5. Juhn RuJdlT (Dull. EX 250: 1. Ryan Fishlor Ulon); 2. Run Glra. (Y.m); 3. Richard Pollock (KoIw); 4. Marvin MOUI"\" (Y .1m); S. C U"l n Gin..'Y{V..m ). !o VET 35+ : 1. JloffJllhn!llJl'l ( Kl"M); 2. IUch.ud Pollock (V...m ); 3. Rick Rt-""c.I (W-R); 4. Jim 5tl~ (Ya m); 5. Kl"I h 8 r.lIifnnl (Y.' m). t SR .so...: I. Rich.trd Fo x (Ya m); 2. Jim Mc Mur n.-n ( H·D); 3 . Cec il O!aw. ld (T ri); 4. Sa m G rey (Hu n); S. Ma nah.lll Jc'n ni n~, (Ya m ) rRO bOO: I . KOObi.' Nolin (Yam); 2. Jim K..-N.T (W-R); 3. 1'tTry Pmi O!ltl' (W-R); 4. Jim 5tt'-'l>l (Ya m); 5. A.l. li l"l'11.or (W-R). a Brouha rd . Brouhard mainta ined the lea d fo r tw o laps before heating up his rear tire. A mista ke by Brouhard in tum four a llo wed Faulds to regain the lea d a nd begin building a n e ig htbike- length lead . Meanwhile, back in the pack. And erson ex p lod ed his mot o r and pulled o ff the track. Wenz was being pressured by Ilevin g a nd Pete Ta p ke n . Ta p ken slid by Beving and atta cked W enz for th e remaind er of th e ~ CC . Brouhard su rre ndered second to a s moo th-rid ing Hofmeister o n lap six. Fau ld s held the lead fo r the ne xt nine laps a s Hofmei st er s lo w ly closed th e gap . Co m ing o u t o f turn four, Hofm eister slid to the ins ide of Faulds as they headed for the w hit e flag. Hofmeiste r secured th e top spot in turn two and hel d it to th e checke rs. A disappointed Fau lds took second, with Brouhard, Wenz andTa pken round ing o u t the top five . Results Hofmeister hauls at SVCC ST By Brall Let cher SIOUX FAllS,SD,1UNE13 Billy H ofmeister ca me fro m behi nd to wi n the Open Pro class during round th ree of the SVCC Sho r t Tr a ck se ries, held at Sa d dleback Race Pa rk. Th e blue-groo ved t ra c k pro v id ed th e fastest action of the season in all of the classes. The main events kicked off wi th the Open Pro IT class slidi ng in to tum o ne. Mike Joh nson took t he lea d , wit h Dus ty Fa uld s a nd Bra d Letcher close behi nd . johnson and Faulds battled for several laps, M th Ld cher lu rking a few b ike le ngt hs ba ck . johnson p u ll ed clear of Faulds to take the win a nd st retch his poi nts lead . Faulds came across in seco nd , with letcher third. Ellio tt Po w er Spo rts/ MS R /FMF -ba cked FauJds wa s d et ermined to re bo und and pla ce first in the 250cc Pro class. Faul ds ju m ped to .the lead at the d ro p of the green. M th She ldon Wenz a nd Mike johnson close behind . On the seco nd lap, M idwe st Li n e -X /Pa la ce Motos po rts/Fi rs t C lass D es ign -b a c ked Le t ch er pa ssed Johnso n o n the o u tside to take o ve r third. c.j. Bevin g passed johnson the follo M ng lap and began. hounding Letcher for th ird. Up fro nt, Faulds wa s holding off the hard-<:harging Wenz as the la ps qui ck ly clicked by . Beving too k ad vantag e of a miscu e by Letcher in tum three o n th e fifth lap a nd slid int o third. johnson found hi s usual line along th e wa ll and inched up o n the battle fo r third . As Let ch er worked on reg aini ng third from Beving, Johnson s n uc k a rou nd o n th e high sid e. Jo hnso n a lso· go t by Bev in g o n th e la st lap tu s~c u re th ird behi nd sl.Cond-plared Wenz an d winner ' Fau lds. An ex tr eme ly fast track g ree ted th e Open Pro riders for the last race of the evening . On thl! star t, Fau lds ' Rotax too k ove r the top spot, followed by Eric Brouhard, Hofmeister and Wl.""IlZ. Wenz, rid ing a bom,wed 600cc Honda, droppLod into a battle with Bob Anderson ea r ly in the race. Up front, Faulds dropped to seco nd behind Reynold s Printing / Trackstar / Bie ffe -bac ked MINt 50: I. luke umbn.'Cht (Suz); 2. And"my BdUlor (H un); 3. Gl'\"g Nordqui<;t (Suz); 4. Ak.>JI Jo rgl"fl. (lion); 5. Rill")' John'lOf1 Wn (Suz). MINI hi ): 1. To ny Bi!<.-.et (J(aw); 2. Cu ltun Trende (Kaw); 3. JdCOb Ah l U<.tw); 4. Jcs......' Frot;t (Yam); 5. C d eb Su llivan ( K.t w). MIN I KO: I . Ryan J?cij;hton (I tu nl; 2. Ton y BI!Mit!1 (Kaw ); 3. JoJ'CSe frit.~ before th e moto a nd they ki nd of just sa t in m y s to mach and I got cra m ps and I could n't hold on in the co mers," said Tocco after his ru nn er-u p fin ish just ahead of Thompson and Eide. Th e second- mo te hol esh ot belo nged to the Mid Ci ties-ba cked CRI25 of Eid e, wi th Thompson. Tocco and George laMonte in tow . Thompson went d o w n o n th e o pe n ing lap, moving everyone up a position. Tocco the n pa ssed Eide fo r the lead, and by lap th ree he bad a five-second advan tage un til things took a turn for the worse. •... m trying to go a little faster in the co mers. and I went too hard int o a comer and it just sat the bik e up and I missed go ing up the over -and under sec tion," Tocco ex p lai ned. "T he n I was ge tting bac k on the track and I tried doiog the triple before the finish line a nd I slid out." While Tocco was having problems, laMont e had s tu ffed Eide in a tum to tUn out fron t. Tocco was up in third and was ha nded seco nd place when Eide had an off-the..track excursio n of his own. The battle for the lead ca me do wn to the last lap, w ith Tocco houndin g L.,Monte and finally ju m p ing to th e inside o f hi m a t th e e nd of a w hoo p se ct io n . To cco won t he d a sh to th e checkers on hi s O' Ne a l/S mith/Sty lin Motor sports-sponsored YZl 25 to sew u p the o ve rall. DeBerna rdi pu t a surprise last-lap pa ss on LaMo nte to earn seco nd overall. Results P/W BEG: 1. C., lt· Su m mr rfnrd (KTM) ; 2. Ch"M' Li pr'f' (KTM); 3. Ky- t Kolb (Lend ; 4. Chrito Iko (Lcm); 5. Chris Why1f' I n (KTM) . P/W S1"K 1. Tummy Aq uino (V",m). : r/w MOD: 1. Clwncc l..ippie (Vol ml . s/ r / w (4-6): 1. Tummy Aq u inu (KT M) ; 2. C h a ?ol.' Lirpie IKTM). S/ P / W 1 7-9): 1. Prl'Sto n Lu nJin (KT M) ; 2. Tyl er Trujillo (KTMI. (,0 nf : 1. Sha w n Butler (Kawl; 2. z..ch.lry Brown (Ka wl ; 3. :G Ty le r Trujillo (Ka w) ; 4 ; C h.u li.. Blin K ( Ho n) ; Heath Rowlan d (J(aw) . 60 (H): 1. rn.~h1l'\ Lundin (Ka w). NJ (q..l I ); 1. BranJon brk (K.1 wl. SO BEC : 1. Ryan liarry ( K.t w ); 2. (" 1m-II h'bl-rle (Ya m); 3. .. Jimm y So liz (Vilm) ; 4. Siumn Kirby (Stu); 5. Tye Harnt.-, tsuz ). M (1· 11): 1. Ryan Ruybal ( Hon); 2. R.lnd.-.U H.lUlK.lw)' 80 (12-13) ; 1. Anthony B.ubanwi (Y.m) ; 2. Ro b by WOc.>d!ll (HonJ; 3. c...rm: 1 WMn'I'I UCaw);4 _8Ll~ Mughrim (y.,m). Han4·1M; I. TorJd ~r (H(ln); 2. S.m Scanlon (Hon). B/W: 1. Ctk-b Gt~l.wr (Ii\JI'l) ; 2. Louir s.nti.l go (H on); 3 ; Mike- Ef"'Irin clS,l UI (Va m). VET EX· I'RO: I . Ion Zlhrt (N W); 2. Bryan Ndsun (Y am); 3 Jimm y RobtTtlI (K.1w); 4. Tudd (.l.'h nn. , nn (Vam). SR BEG- NO V: I. RU!18 McAh.....(I-Ionl; 2. To m P4Itlon (Yam); 3 St.-tnJ,- Kirby. y SR lNT-EX: 1. f"dW .

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