Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Mayfield magical at Lodi 51 By Mike Law WDL CA, MAY23 Nationa l numbe r 38, Steve Mayfield, powered his Mayfield Brokerage-sponsored Wood -Rotax to two wire-to-wire sho rt-track victories in ProAm and Open A classes over a mul titude of dirt track talent at the Lod i Cycle BowL Eight rid ers lined up for the Pro-Am ma in eve nt on ly to see a green light an d then a red nag as Jesse Sanchez jumped the start. The second green light was a go, with May fie ld timing the sta rte r perfectl y and scoring th e holeshot a head o f San chez and Rob Da m ro n. With one lap in the boo ks, Dam ron hooked up his ha u ling H usaberg and b umped his way in to secon d . Da mro n closed to within a bike length of Mayfield on severa l occasions. bu t the national rider sim ply rode perfectly and made no mistakes to take the chec kered na g by several bike len gths . '" got a good start for a change:' Ma yfield sai d . " l tried to stay smooth an d not make any mistakes. Rob (Damron) was pretty close to me through the race. and I rode real smoo th and got the win." The "Battle of the Tony s" eru pted in the Pro Sportsman Short T rack main ev e nt between Tony Meiring and Tony Souza. Meiring wo n the drag race to the first turn, with Souza in hot pursuit. Meiring's top-end speed dropped Souza to five bike lengths back a t the end of the straigh tawa y s, bu t Souza's a weso me corner speed would close the ga p to within one bike length in the turns. With two laps to go, Souza slipped a little wide in the north tu rn and d ropped back for good as Meiring ma inta ined his smoo thness d finished first. Pacifica's Danny Casey rode the best race of is caree r as he easily wo n the combined 250cc , B and C classes in the short-track ma in event ver some of the bes t 250cc riders in No rth ern lifornia . Suzuki-mounted Casey made the big ump into the 250cc c1ass from the hotl y contestBOa: class, and a pparently he has found his iche . While Casey took the boleshot, national u m be r 56, Lon nie Pa u ley, had a less- the nem orab le start and beca me mired in traffic in he fifth position. Paul ey quickly made up for is sta rt as he hooked up on the straightaway nd performed a beau tifu l slingshot pass aro und riders in one sh ot, bri nging the large Lodi rowd to its feet . Pauley d id everythi ng b u t unch the bike int o the air as he chased the flyng Casey, wh o rode perfectly. Pau ley made sev01 moves to the outsi de of Casey, but the fearess Casey held his gr ound until Pa u ley was a rced to ret ire wi th mechanical woes. • With MindSpring You'll Get: • • • .• • Free knowledgeable, friendly 24-hour tech support Flexible pridng from $6.95/month to $19.95 for unlimited access Local phone access in ove r 320 cities nationwide 56K connection available in many areas No-ris k 30-day money back guarantee Short T l'M'k pp; 1. UW'ft1 W. Il0J0P (Suz); 2. Rcb«a U1W (Y.un) . P/W S1lC 8 (6-6) ; I. Anl hon y FDng (y.m); 2.. Ky~ An5d.mi Y.am ). PfWsn::C(0-6): 1. Ryan I...aw (ya m). PfW MOO A : 1. BobbyFong(Act). P /w MOD C; 1. BT.andon H~I (KTM). PfW STX 8: 1. Fr.lnkiec..rri.l (Youn ). P/W sn:e: I . u urrn Walt.c. (Suz);2. ~ uW (Y4IIm ); Rorw.Id Robnts (Puc). 60 A: 1. Otorrid ronton (Kaw). 60 C: I. BobbyPong (lU w); 2. 10-' Henwndez (Kaw). 80 A: 1. Br.ndon I nde rb i l ~ n (Hon); 2. [a red McWhirt er B on ); 3. Strw ,lIrt &rbn (Hml,). .. 8OC; 1. Mi tt Tucknt (Hon }- Call toll free a 1-8 8 8-M - S P RIN G (6 77-7 4 6 4) M indSpr ing· www.mindspring.com D irect To The Internet 0 1 998 ~ ~1nc. 100 A: 1. COfTY EAton (H on ). 100 C: 1. Fr.ddy Poli (HoII). 250 A: 1. Con-y~ton (lion); 2. Lonn~ P.IluWy (Y.am.). 2SO 8: 1. o.nny CAwy (Suz).. 2SOC: 1. Chris ~ilfus (Yam); 2. Derrick.Ohls (Suz); 3. Reid (~w ). sa> AlB: 1. Stew HaD(Y.un); 2. J,imI!s t.-is (Y MIl ). 500C 1. MictYd DrHoyos (Y.amJ; 2. o.vid Worthrn (VoIm ); . 'IX uno (Y.m ); 4. Guy KinS (V.m); S. D.vid Sundstrom Va m). VET A:. 1. John Gnnt (Rtx ). VET B; 1. p",w Sandbum. Vl NT A 40+ : 1. Jc-t' Kftoyling(tlont 2. Tom Booth (Hon). VlNT B/ C 40+ : 1. KaIph u.-(Tri); 2. John Dobon (Han). V1NTk I. _ """.... (Hon~ V1NT.. I. ..,.,. em. (Hon~ VINT C: 1. o.ryl MUlIto (Hon ); 2. joe Hoogtomyde (lim); 3. Mon'is (Y. m). VINT lW: I. J ohn Eidw-h.ugh (Yam); 2. R.1lph Lee (Tri ). KNBY: 1. 1M CArrington (K.aw). 0f>EN A: 1. ~ M. yfitokI (W·K); 2. Rob Dlmron (Hbg); 3. KMlk OiSiIlvo (W· R); t . Joh n Cr.nt (Rb); 5. kvin Bricm Y.lIIm). O PEN 8 : 1. PoIU) Sa ndbum (Rtx); 2. M.lrty We DJer (Rtx); 3- my HiLes (y ..m ); c. ~ tt Proto ev.llm) ; 5. Michael COt'dOZ

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