Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

EVENTS Glenn Bates (5) flew past Greg Lass iter (251) to win the Over 30 class at the-Aonla Pass MX in Washington, Georgia, 50 Oll.-INJ; i . E\'&n Bat:r (Ya m) ; 2. BrteU rugh (Va m) ; J . &bby Wri r (Yam); 4. R.I. Hart (Ya m); 5. Michao.1 OiHntdl"rih-r · (Y~lInl . 50 (4-6) : I . Ev., n Bae r IAct) , 2. Bryan o.,.Mu ro (Actl; 3. Andn!w South (A ct ); t . Cony ~ (Act); 5 . Brett Pu~ (l...l.-ml. 50 (7-S): 1. Jdf H.dd .'fl\dn Clem); 2. Br-and RobiWo(ln (ActJ. on b5: I. J.lhn ~,,~ l)(aw); 2. Bra ndon RubU\.<;On (Ka w) ; 3. 250 NOV; 1. Kevin C.fwn C Hon) ; Z. Robbie' Rl"Ynuld lio tHurd . 125 B: 1, Chri~ Klinrirltrr (Ho i'll; 2. [a eed ~t"n (Hoi'll; 3. DougL,.. (Hun); " Bra nJun G n'l'1\ (Yam) ; 5,"itly Llod 0 101'1). . 250 A: 1. Don Mul~ CU ); 2. Bob SW1."eh.'n {film); 3 . "Rk h on M.·lhngl,."l' (Y ",m); • . Jim Had!!( Ka ,,'); 5. Joe Zydin.qy ( tU"lft ). 2SO&. I.JarN M"-"!> (Hun) ; 2. J•.-y Tyeryar ( K.1w); 3. itl y 1...kod (Yam) ; oJ. ScottSL-.de (}ton ); 5:SnJC'(' Miller (lion) . (Yam). 250 L ,.: 1. 8umbn" Hl.-mandt·z (Ya m ); 2. Chrn. B.lJ"n'1't tSuzI: .... 3. Bret MiLlIR (Yam l. PRO: 1. Jo..h Tarantino (Ya m ); 2. 5hmichi K.lt:;a lHonl; 3. JobOn Dubin (Stul; -4. Jimm)" 8<1*-..., (K"wl . 25..- BFG : 1. A kll uP'lla (Yolm) ;:!. Brya n urton (Ya m); 1 Drenni!> Ma nzo (Suzl; 4. Jerry M(ln~ (Hlln); 5. Ri ~ [...ront.Ji~ Bry,," 500 2·V ALVF ..;1. DotVC' Smith (Ya m ); Z. u ( Ka w). Z5+ NOV ; 1. W. Da..·td TI'OI.JM (Ya ml ; 2. Beau G oI""n. (Yaml; oJli (lU w); ~ . G.uy W'"'I (K.iw l; 5. Gilford S mith (H· D). SP1"SM~ ; 1. Rick Wi n'Ot"l1 (Rbi); 2. f'h il lib h.trt (Rbtl. (Y~ m l . 30+ BF 1. JO Il Ruft" (Suzl ; 2. Mikc Bnyd (Hon); 3. Jnhn lom.G: bard (Hon l; 4 . Wavl'll.· BK"W -r t K.!wl ; 5. Rick Smith (K.1w l. !'tIt JO+ NOV : 1.'RI>b..-rt BriKP (Ka w); 2. Mik,' L.tDiro tHo n); 1 Golry Thom pson (Yam) ; -I. C.T. Falk (Ya m }; S. C lo:n n Dauneh (Ho n). JO.+ L"''1': 1. [erry Hl"n. ..ley (Y., m ); 2. Rand y o.,oylo (Ya ml; 3. C raig Ml"C'alJ(K.tw l. 40-+ ro.;OV: 1. Ton)' Sdtu ll'" (Va nd ; 2 . o..m itoJ S m ith (lion); 1 Tim WiIlidms (K.1W) . Maassberg masters Vegas MX Lindsey triples Aonia Pass Motocross By Dick Goodwin LAS VEGAS, NY JUNE 20 , Red Carpet's Carl Maassber g brought his Honda By Gary Crider o ut to the Las Vega s Mot or Speed way on Satur- WASHL'JGTVN, GA, JUNE Zi day night and proceeded to lay an old- fashioned whip pin' on the') 25cc Novice class. The Hend er- Aa ro n Lindse y sw e p t to tr iple class w in s in rou nd five of the Sunoco Fuels AMA lrans-MX Series, held at Aon ia Pass MX. BSY/ Axo /Pro Circui t-backed Lind sey won the 12See Schoo lboy, 12Scc B and Un lim ited Ama teur classes, whil e Honda of Troy's Matt Walker won both of son hots h ot!' used h is Bar ry Hill Sus pensiontuned ma chin e to good advantage, wi n ning bot h motos wi th ease. Mo to o ne saw Sean Ki nshel la leading fellow Novices Jason O'Connor and Maassberg aro und the track. Maassberg had his red machine on full the A d ivis ion s ove r Matt Sh ue. Th e Sc hoo lboy co ntest sa w Li ndsey r un away with both mota wins while Ouis Addingto n cla imed r u n ne r·u p h onors a boa r d hi s P)l / Thor/ Motions-backed Suzuki. Lindsey wo n both l2Scc B motos while Gord on Wagg on cr kept th~ pressure o n from sec- ond spot both times out. Add ingt on, meanwhile, fini shed th ird . In the Un lim ited Amateur class, Kevi n Robison was the runner-up behind Lind · sey, who t.,llied a perfect )-) mota score. Robison returned in the fie rce ly co n tes ted 125cc C d iv i!'ion, where he squared off wit h ~erie ~ poi nt lea d er Dwa y ne Bro w n . Capitol Cycle-b.lcked Brown took contra! of the lea d early in the first mota whi le Suzuki /Y amaha of Dalton' s Ro bison m o ved past Ju s tin H ol1ida y and Kyle adorn to fin ish a dose second . At the s tart of m ot u m 'o, Bro w n su ffered ,1 br ief sp ill as Robb on g rab bed th e lead. Brown charged throug h tra ffic and, on the final lap, dropped Hollid.1Y to third. Brow n was una ble to ca tch Robison, howt'ver, J.nd had to settle for g L1ssi ter ran away wi th ooth moto \\;ns in the Ovt"r 35 class, a nd Glen n Bates d id like\\;se in the Over 25 divbion. Lao;,siter and Batl.""S then matcht.'li whet'ls in thl' Over 30 conh.. t, in ~ wh ich the\" took turn~ at th e lead in a clo~ cun ar tes t. The t{ d -ch arging a.,tL"S prevailed, \'\innin~ bt.... th motos over Lass iter . Bobby Smi th. riding his first M X in more tha n 10 years, turned in .l strong pt.orf'orma ncc to net thi rd overall. Results \ '1:\'1': I. D., mtn \-l.I..ll'f' (Hurd 50 Oll· I~J : I. C L1Y Hunru cu tt (Y.u n l; 2. Kt-1."in SmIt h (YoIm) . 50 lol. ) ; I. Fth.m Q!.a·hl (Y,lm\ . .b 50 (7oMI; 1. G r" nt R..11v.ddl (tem l toO: 1. Bn'nl C,u d l' n l Ka lYl ; 2. H.lT, is A!tm.,n tKT .\-tl; 3 . Thuma~ B ldC~!Ot(>C L. l Ka w l; -I. Kvh.· I'l'rry ( KT ~ ); 5. Br.l d J,' nll'" (K., w) .• tiD YTH /'J·12); 1. Anliro:w \.I,ltu S(·k (S u z); 2. Billv C n'l'n (Y. m ); 3. L.mcc Huw(·r.. (Suz); 4. Terr y Jun,~ (Ya m); 5: Chol ll"lO 1 r A"Wl-n; (Hlllll. · "D 80 0 : I. Jurd'ln M,, rt."liith (K.l wl; 2. Tim MVt. /H un ); 3. Aldn Hdwkin.. (t lnn l; 4. Kl'ilh Murph y l i ionl; 5. Ju.-.tin Dune.1n 11<.1 .....). JR MISI : 1. AnJn'w ~dtu~ 'k (Suz I; :::. Brl;"nl Card cn (Kawl; J . Lm ct· A<,wM'!> (Su z); -I. AI.m H,lwkln.. (Hun); 5. Bt.-n J(l~ (Hon) SR MINI . I. D.C, 1llom.\SllR (l<.1 w I; 2. MdU Huward (Hun); 3. 1.1m" ~i.n·~'"Y (Yam); 4. T"r ry JllRl'!>(Ya m l; 5. D.1Vid Rlt.'kml'ln (Yaml . S / MINI 100; I. D.C. Thflm"!oOn ( Ka w ); 2. Ma tt Howard (H l ,n l; 3. Noah H.lr po: (H unl; -I. ~i.att l- lJ. y~ (Kdw l; 5. David Rkk· r ma n (Ya m ) 125 SC Ii BY: 1. Aa ru n U nd!leY (Ya m I; 2 . ChTl!> Ad dln J;ton (Suzl ; 3. Smu ll!;, J .lm t~ (Ya m ); ol l a ~ C um mins (Ka w) ; 5. Lv i,.,. . 5.md\"nl 38 (Ka wl. . 125 A: 1. M.1U W" I"'l"l'(1i.1Il1; 2. Mdl t Shu,' (Suzl; 3. Jo..h Whi t· mire (Ya m); 4. Dunny 8.mb (Y., m). song. howev er. and worked his way in to the 125 8; 1. A.l ron U ndxy (Ya m ); 2. Gordon Wa ~ (k.1w l; J. Quillo Addi ngton' tSuz); ~ . Kdt h GrWm tsuzl; S. Chris Ci~ (Yam). 1~ C; 1. k:nin R.obi3OIl (Suz); 2. Ow_y.... Brown (Ya m) ; 3. 'ulloll n Ho llida v ( Ho n ,; .1- Pa tri ck Abe rna l hv (K. \lo' ); 5. JO'lh H.Jyrnn (Suz) • • 125 D: 1.Andy I"I;"Iln" (Ya m ); 2. ~i ldwU D.tvi~ (Ho n); 3. Ch~ Hall (Ka w); -4 Mike Wi~ (Hi m) ; 5. M"tk Ri.. hl (Su.d. . · 250 A: 1 . M ol" Walker (H .. n ); 2. M.lt{ Sh m' (Suz); 3. JOfoh WhIt· mi ~ Ol\ (Suzl; 3. Kt"ll h Graham (Suz); 4. Robe~t Brown IH.. n l; C;. j..... l H aY",t'" 1 (Suz ). • 25+ : I. Glt'n o 8.ll cS (Kdwl ; 2. ~t;\rl.. Palmi"" no (K"w); J. A nJl'l:"w G.llt'\Y""ki t K.l wl; -I JUM' Hl,\·ia lK.1W). J( I~ : 1, G lo: n Ba. l~ (1(., .....); 2. C reg L b !>.ilt'l" UC.lw l; 3. B..--.bby n SmIth (li nn); 4. Rflbl,y R.lr~lt."l.lt (Yaml; 5 J( · lk w ' O(..lw l. .... J$+ : 1. Gn~ l.l!l!II It"l'(Kaw); 2. Robe r l Slalun l Kaw l; 3. D,llt' Dl'ahln (Hu n); -I. M.mfr"d Zuch ling (Suz ); 5. Bill Arm stwllg (i(..IW ), -1 : t . SteY'"tl Two mbly (Yali'); 2. Dalt" Dt.·,ll\'l\ (flunl ; J. Kipp 0+ Unl it· (K.1WI; -I. R,'ll T.....illey (HI'n); 5 RanJ v TtlM,hn ~.. n (Y,lm) Sr F.CIA l O r EN r RO : 1. BJ . 5<-tlt... (H u nl. · s r l;CII\L OP EN AM : 1. DIlIl(.m C n lh 'no.l' n IY,lm) ;:!.. \1io:"llh l RtI't8 (Hun);] Chuck Denard tlt onl ; 4. ~hke Go roll .ki (Suz) ; S. . William Cmtrdl (Ho nl. Ryley held off Reid to collect the ove rall w in lead by lap three, Kinshella held down second as o n his 2-1 ri des. Secon d overall w en t to Rc id , Ja son Derscha n b rought hi s Kawa sak i u p to with Wes t picking up the third -place tro phy. Moore (5-1) and I aylor (l-8) rounded oul the top five. AC Racing-backed Dann y Gonza lez had a challenge O'Co nno r for the number-three spo t. good ni gh t, w innin g three ou t of fo u r m o to s entered for the 50cc (7-8) Stock and Open classes o n h is Cobra. - Jake Hulett picked u p the first SOcc O pe n mota win ov er Nic PJl uzzi and Gonzalez. Hul ett was a no-sh ow fur th e ~o n d m oto, and Pal uzzi went down and co uld o n ly muster an 11th -p lace fin ish , w hile Go nz., lez led every lap to ~ w up the overa ll. Go nza lez dom inJ.led the fir st Slack-class moto ove r ~lake Harber and Jake Ca na da . Gan· za lez go t a ro u n d fa~ t s ta r ter Richard Stl'r1ing ea rly in the seco nd ra ce to sweep tht, cl.bS . H" r· ber we nt 2-3 for seco nd overa ll. Results !'o FI T (4-"" I. Rp,n Mangol d (Ydm l; '2. Ry .,n Sh or ro",", (Y" ml ;3. ~ic~ Rumero (Yam) : 4. C m !>-.... BUfhl"!<"o (Ydm\ ; S. ZdL..m.11l Ch.1"'~ (''I"lm l . 511 FIT (i.~) : I. C hn"lt' pht.... ValJl'z l llllll); 2. Ju n"tho, n Hnr· l :"" IKJ'IIl I. 3. K~'in Hu......-v tY.lm l; 4. Bryn- Elkt"lbt-rger (L;:m); 5. Consistency pays for Knauss at GFI Motocross By Greg Robert son ~IORENO VAUEY ,CA ,j U:'\E 13 Starwl..>:-;t Supt'rcross Park played host for round two of tht:" GF I .1t Nigh t mo to cross ~eri e~ , in which oJv Knauss used consisten t J.2 ride:-; to walk away· the 12Scc .Novi ce-class overall w in· ner o Sedn O 'Connor was untou chable in t he llpl' ning round a~ he dominatt.~ the other 19 125cc ;\1ovict"S in a win..·t o·wir~ romp on his ra uLna Ikw" {\'a m l. 5l.1 ~ Th BEG (4-b) ' I. Xa\l,.. Stok_Arn.. . (KnU; 2. Ju..tm J.1· r , tt."'" l .... i l; J . l(idieT ~ \'d n -I la"'l;" ~1+mJl-nh. 11I (KTM I; 5. Pa ul Sibol (K1'7\.II !'IISTI( BFC (7~): I C.>d\' Tl>thllf l......r~tl ; ~ Ryan WlInT\il1h IY"ml; 3 M"rcu.. Carnlll>(I.l;"ffi\ . 'W; l sn.:14--6 1 . :\IC PalUZZI.(Cobl; 2. BMI D!'wnt")' {Cobl;.l. )' Awn IInJR fCob); 4. arvC\.' Stl'W,lrt j .... nh. ~I ~" (7· r\l: 1.' D" nn)' C(' r\Z4l le z ICo b l; 2. Bld ke H .u be r (Cob); 1. KlchanJ '">tl lin~ (KT \ Il; -I. Jullnn y Jd,tl'rlb t KT \ -lI; S ... Chn'l Br... ~llaw C d KT\i 1 ucr "tJ; 50 ~tOD DEC H--t>l; I. Mm jd J l"TddI KT\h o StJ.\t o B~G (7~ ); 1. ran-I'" F.dmdn (COO); ~ lWy ()l,,·m,ey\'f. 50 OPE~ ' I. Dannv CllnLa l~z (Cob!; 2. Johnm' Jddl'rd " 1K'T\ 1);.l Pa rh '!"Eckman '(Cubt; -I ( hri... lk aJ .. h.n...I I< \ O; 5 Al.tn T Jinm lCob J hI1 F/T . 1. Adrum ~ull, ... ( ~ wl; 2. JdM-Gib!loon l t....l w l flt' 8EC : 1. ea-,.. Hun d.,,· ( w ); ~ Shol\o\'T\ Il.1V\. cK.o....·I. 3. ... Phill ip Aubt- ( M wt; 4 ~r.-dl • B.tqui.tl (K,awl ; 5. Mjd~__oj Ra m,... .y ( w i. joho Burr Cycles /l MS /Pro Ci rcu it- bac ked YZl25 . Rod Ha mby and Knauss gated ~l"Cond 60 '0 \" I 8r", rll'~ and third , res pt..~ti ve l y , and would hold their positions until the finis h. David SuIlins p,lSSt.-d Jo hn Stice Jt the halfway po int for fou rth . Stice gra bbed the seetmd · m oto lead , .lheco nd o vera ll. Third wen t to O'Co nnor, w ho fought his wa y up to seven th befo rc running ou t of tim e. Ty slln Ta yl or held off fell ow Hond a ridl'r Dustin Rvlcv fo r the 125cc [n ter mt... J i.l te firs tm o to wi~. Lev i Re id ca me ac ross for th ird, ah ead o f Jo shu a West and Jeremia h Moo re . Ryley absconded with th e ho lesh o t in the s~ond mo to , w ith C hris Sprenkcl, Reid and Taylo r in to w . Sp ren kel and Taylor ended up o n th e g ro u n d and a t the ba ck o f th e pack as ~ r...,.., m l K........ I I'ttl l!'l:T· l. Brandon Hill\.'r tK.aw ). fJ(1(lrf ' 1. R,-a"rt .\l' ''muh (Kaw l. 140 F(T I. Td~' lur Moo' t Hl m); 2. BOOKt.'t · Cll'nlh) lYam \; h Ian .\f«AJfl."l"tv l ~w ). ~ 8F.G: I. Anlh"n v Ch., n' lfl' tY" ml ;:!. k n.'m y Kul'l' rb lY"m J; 3..Idl Vaull:hn lYd,J",",orth (lI l1n), 2. D.l\I iJ Kd ll'Y lK.\w); 3. Kt.,\·in Rl.... IK.,w) ; 4. Kru. Bt.l_·r~ l Ho n); 5. 1 ' ''' '''1 Ckht~l "LI " (SuzJ. 12.j BEG [).. Z; 1. Scull \.1.110:.1011'"11'" (Y.,m); 2. \ !llch ubun.t ti < U(.lw l; J . RU~""'II Ddapp (Y.l m ); -I. GoIr,' ~fobl'lo1~o:n lYam ); 5. Brt"lt Swlo:v(l-hml . 125 ~OV : 1 C'tdy I (Suz); 2. 1000h She.. (t lon) ; 3. Sloan O'Connor (Ya m); 4. B~tt Ha Yoll (Ydml ; 5. !Jnric S" 'mf.lrJ (K.IWI. 125 1:0-.'1': L Du..bn Ryk.y (H.m); 2. ~'V1 Ro:id (Ya m ); 3. Jt>!loht..W Wtosl (Yaml; ol . ' t'n"l1\idh Moun.' (Hun) ; 5. TV>tlm T.wlur (H Im). 2.';0BEG: I. 5 h.m,·(""liIlli tY. m); 2. TOoi yThi d 'lHl> 3. G.l m1 l n); Mdtllt"W~ (Him ); -I. Miko: MMtin o: (Yam); 5. Mike Ryo:r (Su z t Z As Maass berg and Kin sh ell a bla sted acros the fin ish linc to wrap up the firs t two s lo ts ) O'Connor aod Derschan 'battled back aod forth throughout the la s t lap for " s h o w" ho nors." Finally, Derschan eme rged the victor for th ird place in a close contest. Derschan used h is mome ntu m fru m the first race to snap up th e ho le->hot in r.lee h\-'o. Maas~ be r g wa s right be h in d h im and flas hed pa5it ht..>fore the tirs t lap was ovc r. A hot battl e for secon d SOO I~ develo ped bt!hind lca der M a a ~ sberg among Dersch an , Davl' Munoz, O'Co nno r and Bri.1n LopL'z , Mu n oz so o n cras he d and Lo pez a ls o ra n into trouble, g iv i ng Ders cha n so m e bcct a tick bt>hind, a~ was "\Jicholas Renzi , mount· ed lin d wild-loo king all·gn..'t."n Lcm. Rl..--'Clam TS were nuse to ta il. until Goodwin went do w n in a ba ck ('o r ne r. Th.lt'~ all Lea\'itt n~ied dnd ht" rod e to the win: with Siblev a ......Iid ..eco nd . Good w in rl'CO\·crt...ad for third . . Race tw o \;' ·itS a n in ~t.m t repla y. w ith the L and M-sponSCln'li Lca\;tt It.''lding Goud ......in, Sible\' and Ren zi on to the ('o u r ~t." . Goodwin nklde th~ p.1S... for tht.' lead , only to pro p it J few turns la te r .l nd ha n d i t bac k to Lea v itt . Good\vin picked it u p and ch.uged back up into th e leold, o nly to loSt!it onc.... mo re after the ca nyo n. Lea\itt too k fu ll ad\'a nt age and m oto red on to th e t"a~-y w in a nd th e o ve ra ll Pel' Wt>e 7· to S-ye .u -old cro wn. Sibley raced a fast and s tel1dy p.lce and w rapped up St:'Co nd plan' (.lI1d fir.-t 4· to 6-yt..·ar· old Pee We e ), Good w in ca p tu red third in the ra ce a nd s("cond overall in th ~ 7- t o 8-vear--old cltlSS with Rl.ozi and IO\'ino fin ishing th ird and , , fou rt h o ve ra ll. Results P/W 14-f>1 B: 1 [», ·1.11l r",,! (Y"m ); 2. Z.lcharv FLl.Oi",·U (KT~n; J. Ca!lef Mdlo flt-ml ; 4, Rikkl ~littwl"l1l' ( u "tl'Il ; 5. ·' Il!>hU.1 nY\ll~I(l1l ( Lem). r /w (7-8) B: 1. D.lnid Ch.' rmal\ (Lt-m); 2. T"'nner KralK"1l· t>uhl {KThlI; J . Jt""''ot" KromrTtt' (KTM I; 4. ThUlll.l\, r ,odftt.-v (~"1l'\ ) ; 5. Kavlia na Brt,.....n (A ctl. ' . r / w (4.fl1 A: I . C u ry Sibl~' 1K'Thf1.

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