Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Abo ve) Billy Jan nl ro ma kes th e wi n ni n g pass o n Robe rt Curry in the Handi c a p main at Fa st Fridays S peedway, held at the Gold Cou nt ry Fairgrounds in Auburn, Califo rn ia . (Left) Assaf Alush won th e Juni or Vet Novice c la ss at a CR C S a t urd ay Night Motocross h eld at LACR in P a lm da le , Ca lifornia. Results so (4--6) : 1. (;a,f Lockledyr; 2 Devi n Da v is; 3 . Robert Rloddcll. 50 (7.-9 1. Cary Stacey. ): so KTM (4--6) : 1. Chri5 Plouffe. 50 KTM (7-9): 1. Ta nn er Alcxandt.-r; 2. Ethan Fl~; 3. Sht>ri CruSt.". 60: 1. Ro~ 1 Memoli; 2. Cole Seely; 3. Trent Pugmirle 4. ; una' Coury; S. Jon SUins . 80 BEG: 1. C I. M.ljon; 2. JO!Ih Bagge; 3. Bn.-nRolhas; 4. Kenny C.w tThill; 5. Garrett Eberts. 80 NOV <7 -111: I. Robert Memoli; 2. Til~ Misia!iZek; 3. Kyle Fort; 4. Brett Moun t...in. SONOV (12· 16): 1. Matt Go m..z; 2. Dani el Pt't~; 3. Ad am , Tilki . S / M I~Ol: 1. Bobby Stdfa~ 2. Mall Gomez; 3. Ad am r aki; 4. Tate Misia!lZ 5. Kyle Foyt. t'k; 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Rambo ldt; 2. Jo e l Swanson; 3 . David Mct:arthy; 4. Jt"!iSC Ring; 5. Leo Matthews. 125 NOV: I. Colin Monison; 2. L.uill Va!iqut.~ J . N ick C" Ii; 4. Che Hatch ett; S. Jimmy Stewart. 125 INT: 1. Damn Hoot; 2. Nick Scott; 3. Rafael MeaM; 4. M,," Armsercng: 5. Damon Bl\lt"T\II. 125 PRO: 1. Andreu lAbrador. 250 BEG: 1. Ted McTohi ridge; 2. lid ! Ram bold l; 3. Chr is Cona ha w; 4. Damon POdo ln y; 5. Matthew Alba . 250 NOV : 1. Mike Embry; 2. Mike Mead ows; 3. Ja:KmMafCWI; 4, Tom Bell; 5. Chns Cla rk. 250 lNT : 1. Chri s Hannold; 2. Damn Hodl; 3 . Damon Bivens ; 4. Norberta Ddwrnardi; 5. Rafael Mea ns . 250 P RO: 1. Andy Ellis ; 2. M.lI B~teman ; 3 . r aul Kellen ; 4. Jllson O laf!lOl\;5. Dustin Lund e. 500 PRO: 1. J~ Root . JIl: VET BEG: 1. Ma rl Fi.elds; 2. David McCarthy; 3. Man Milstcin; 4. Dean Baur; 5. Ricky DiMa rco. JR VET NOV : 1. Ja so n Peltier, JR VET INT : 1. Tony Sulli; 2. Rand y MOllSk'y ; 3. C hu ck Kobe r; 4. Eric C a!kl!l 5. Ma rty Estes . ; VET BEG: 1. Mike H am L 2. Kip Co nl:n!rali; 3. Sea R Ireland; "!; 4. Edd ie Hatch; 5. Cary McConnell. vcr NO V: 1. Tom &'11; 2. b ck Bt."Iln et; 3. Andy G.Uger; 4. Jim Ca rlL 5. Melt on Morales . . ,.; VET lNT : 1. Ton y Sulli; 2. Scol Hoffm a n; 3. Ch uc k Barrt'n; 4. M,:mny De Ca m po ; 5. Eric Ca!kls. 40+ BEG: I. Jeff Po llard; 2. Mike Bauder-Inn ; 3. Gary Zweifel; 4. Reid Franks; 5. Mike Sch u. . 40+ NOV: 1. Jack Neves . 2. Ma rk Broneau ; 3. Bob Are llano ; 4. Paul BrOddy; 5. Doug Cave. 40+ EX: t. M ike Ha lp in; 2. Willie KL 'f\mody; 3. JOt' Rou t; 5. Mikt·Webb. Alush on top atCRC Night Motocross By Greg Robertson 56 r ALMDALE, CA,JUNE 20 . Assa f Alush sp lit moto wins wi th his friend and ri val Ga b i Abayo u to cla im t h e J u ni or Vet Novice-class overall win at Los Angeles County Racew ay 'd uring the Mot orsports Ne ws-spon· sored round of California Racing Club' s Saturday Night Motocross. Rick Knox was quickest out of the ga te to lead the firs t-mo to charge ahead of Aius h, Dino Ca tuogno an d Glen n Ardaini. Knox started feeling heavy pressur e from Alush by the thi rd lap, wit h Ca tuogno a nd Abayou joining in . Alush hounded Knox for a couple of lap s before knifing un de r him just after the FMF Tower to ru n out front. Knox stuck wit h Alush bu t had to settle for second at the checkers. The battle for th ird went do wn to the wire, with Ca tuogno prevailing ove r Abayou by a bike length . Alush grabbed th e ho les ho t in th e seco nd round, but Abayou hammered through a whoop sectio n to con trol the ICJd on lap one. From that po int on , the race belonged to CR250-mo unted Abayou as he slowly pulk-d away for the win . Alush co u ldn 't catc h Abayo u but was in no thre at of being caught from behind by Catuogno and earned the overall honors with his runner- . up finis h. Knox an d Ca tuogno argued over third until Knox sta lled in a corne r, allowing Catuogno to secu re the position with 3-3 rid es. Jose Rodriguez took hi s KX2S0 to a tw omoto sweep of the Old Tim ers Amateu r class. Bob Breac h kep t Rod rigu ez hone'St througho ut the firs t moto en route to his secon d-place finis h ahead of Jeff Hawthorn e an d Ken Beach. While Rodri guez ra n away with the seco nd mo to, Ha wthorne and Beach had 'a good d ice ove r second . Beach finally man aged to make his pass stick going up the over-and-under section with a lap rem aining to take seco nd place with his 4-2 score. Ha wth orne (3-3) came out on top of a poi nts tie wi th Breach (2-4) for third overa ll. Results P / W BEG : 1. C a lc Su m merfo rd (KT M ); 2. C h as e Li p p le 3. Keith Robinson (KTM); 4. w ade Mor ga n (KTM). P / W STK: 1. Mitch Staben (Ya m ); 2. Mich,lel Stewart (Yaml ; 3. Dillon Ku ntz (Ya m ); 4. C ary Stacy (Yam ); 5. Ty Pennln g tcn (Yam ). P / W MOD: 1. Ch.ance Lippi e (Yam). S/sn< (~): 1. Cha.w Uppi c (K'Thtl. S/ STK (7-9) : 1. Pn.':'lton Lu nd in (KTM); 2. Ca lt' Su mmerfo rd (KTM l. flO BEG: 1. Sh awn Butl er (Ka w); 2. Da vid Mt-dina (Kaw); 3 . Zachary Bro wn ( Ka w ); 4. 5hana Rhind'l.nt ( Ka w ). 60 (.J.8 ): 1. Preston Lu nd in UYw). 60 (9-111: I. B.J. Kun tz (Ka w); 2. Brando n z...ek (Ka w); 3. Sh fT' t' ri Cru S (K1"M). 80 BEC: 1. Tye Ha m es (Suz); 2. Ga rre n Ebt'rle (Yam) ; 3. Kim Cordova (Sw: ); 4. Tim oth y McDaniel (Yam l; 5. Chris Co rd es (Suz). 80 (1-11): i . OaV'e' Ca rt..,. (Kawl ; 2. R.1ndall H all (Kaw) . 80 02-13): 1. Chri s NOrT

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