Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

for a mistake . It a lmost ha ppened on the eighth lap , when the pa ir caught Alan Zueh lke in tum three . Seyfferle tried to go by on the insid e but sna gged Zuehlke's clutch cable. Seyffer le stood on the bra kes and Zuehlke we nt down in fron t of Wolf, who went to the fence to avoid Zue hlke. Seyffer le aga in got thelead and led Wolf to the checkered flag. Nick Hummel returned to the track for the first time this season a nd went wire to wire for h is firs t feature w in in the 250cc class. Jo e l Br o w n rod e to a so li d seco nd . (o ll owed by Davi d Wolf an d Lis.' Hiler . Cov Matthews held third for most of the race until~he lost the front e n d in turn three, a llow ing H iler ta ke ove r. Matthews go t up im med iately . bu t the mis hap drop ped him back to sev enth at the finish . Joe Garrison, [oey Ratz and Kris Williamson Tan off and hid fro~ the r est of the field in the SOcc feature. Willi.lmson had looked s tro ng in his heat race, but a monster w heelie a t the start let Garrison and ~1tZ ge t into tu rn one first - se t- ting the order for the finish. In the 50cc fea ture, 7-year-old Tyler Pitma n charged into the lead and lapped almost eve rybody on his way to the win. Brandon Dietric h cond a nd Lindsey Staten looked ran a strong se good on her wa y to third. The trio pu t a huge ga p between themselve a nd the rest of the field . s Th e Over 50 featu re was won b y Jo e Matthews Sr., followed closely by 68-year-old Jam es Beck WiUia m 'M (Yam); 4 . Danid Wu t!'himt!" (H o n ); 5. Jolm it' D!t"nt'f JR (Ho n) . . 250: I. :-':id.. Hummel < m l; 2. Jut'! Bn;.wn (Hun) ; 3. o. vki Ya Wolf (H..>n); 4. Liw Hilt"l" fHon ); 5. Shawn roult'!' (Hon). OPEl' A: I. rhil Wolf tfionl; 2. joe \tolltht-Wl>Jr .l Hon ); 3. lutho.-rA lit" t H(lI\); 4 AlhcMLawt' Sr. (Hon); 5. John Whittenbut'j; (H on l. bOO rRO-AM I. rat Ikhrle (Ru l; 2. ~m luw~ (H u n) ; 3. T",",my H t,,~k.,. (Hem); 4, Jot" 5c'y fft-rk (Rh:); 5. Kn-in Hil bnt. 30+: 1. joe St-yfft"l"wl Rh); 2. Phil Wulf {Hu n ); 3. Jor M.1tthrwt Jr . (Hon); 4, Cu rt Snclhng C n ); 5. Barry&."flIum (!io n) . Ho 50+ : I. Jo. M.1Uho.·W ll s.. (tlnn); 2. Jame!l Bt-clr. (Rh:); 3. J-kT-· . !oChe1 Bmkl"T1 (Hon); 4, Lou Kram..-T (f lo n). 50; 1. Tyk"!' Pi tm.m (Y~ m); 'loCVSta ten Harper, Rowland hammer Hurricane Hills Motocross By Ji m Sanderson CLIFFORD, PA. jULY 12 Larry Harper an d Lance Row land too k top hon ors in the Vet Expe rt an d Vet No vice classes, respectiv ely, at Hu rr icane Hill s Sports Center. Racin g began u nd er c1l.'ar skies with just under 250 ride rs coming out to race in 27 class es. Harper nailed th e h o les h o t and n e v e r looked back in the first Vet Expe rt moto. Trail ing Harper we re Rob ert N udy, James Fis he r, Ja rr ett N ew by a nd Will iam Che ney. Throu gh the technica l Whoo p section , N udy got ou t o f shape but man agt.ii a grea t save. Newby got by ' Fisher (or third , w hile Che ne y held on to fifth. The ba ttle for the lead began "to hea t up on lap two when Nu dy a lmost landed o n Harper off the sing le jump tha t mar ks the begin ni ng of lhe long straighta way a t the back of the ra cPCOu r~ bu t Ha rper ma naged to hold Nu dy o ff. Nudy beg a n to mak e mistakl.'S on lap th ree, allowing Harper to put some distan ce be twee n hims elf Larry Ha rp er (276) n ail s t h e h o le s h ot in th e first Vet Expert mota at the Hu rricane Hills MX in C lifford , Pe n nsy lva n ia . a nd his pursue r. Harper took the ch eckered flag firs t, fo llo we d by N ud y, Newby, Fish er a nd Che ney. Ne wb y snagged the holes hot in moto two, wi th Harper, Fisher, James ud y a nd Robert N udy in tow. Robert Nud y got by his brother Jam es o n la p tw o for fourt h place. The top five we re well-s paced-ou t for the res t of the rno to, with th e only rea l battle being the one a t the very front. Harper finali y got by Iewby on the las t lap in the 'big swee pe r nea r the sta rt area as ewby took the out side line while Harper chose the quicker inside route. The mota fin ished with Ha rper lea d in g ho me Newby, Rob ert Nud y, . Fisher and James Nudy. Joe Man gra vito grabbed the holeshot in the first Vet Novice mo ta. Trailing him through the first tum were Bob Lonni, Rowland, Tod d Waiters a nd Loyd McLa in . Row la nd had sec o nd place by the time th e pack cleared the tech nical Whoop sectio n, and he ha d the lead by the threeq ua rt er ma rk of lap one . An d he d id n 't stop ther e: Row land' s lead was some seven seconds a t the start of la p two . Mean wh ile, there was some sw a pping going on behin d Rowland ; Walter s moved up to secon d, Mangr a vito dropped ba ck to thi rd , Matt Avery moved up to four th and Lonni dropped to fifth . Rowland was way out front, leading by 20 seconds after two laps. He won easil y, bes ting Walters, Avery, John Truesdale a nd Man a gravito. Le nni blasted th rough the pack to take the ho les hot in the se cond Vet No vice moto, Iollowed by Rowland , Avery , Man gr avil o, a nd Truesdale. Rowland, however , led by th e tim e the y got to the end of the whoo p section. In a pattern simila r to the one he set in the first mot o, he instantly started to distance himself from the --rond field . Truesd ale, mea nw hile, took over Sl. place by the specta tor tripl e; he was followed by Lonni, Avery and Mangra\ito. The rest of the moto was a snoo zer as the top five we re quit e spread out. Rowland took the win with a lead of ~me 20 secon ds over Tru esda le. Avery, Lonni and Mangravito rou nded out the top five. Results VET A\t: 1. Ch uc k rottll (KT'M ); 2. Mkh.-.el Gagarclr. (5uz ); 3. D.lVt"Ga~a tt:'k (la M ); 01 . Ht"f y Lucio \ l ol t in ich io (H o n .; 5. Ty ln V.m KOY w r (Ka w). KO (14... 5): I. r .,!P1'Tot h (Suzl; 2. Jd frey Mou nt (K.. 1 1W); J . Raym ond MII.'lOlr. y (Ho n) ; 4. R.' . fk"Tgamino (Ka w). 12.5 BEG : I. Rich Ydlt· (fl o n) ; 2. Jo hn Tru t.....Jollt· (V.1 m );.3. C..,r· rl"t1 Pa yne (Hun ); 4 , Jo hn H e ndrick son (Suz); 5. S tt' p h e n Bu. " (Y",m). 125 NOV : 1. JOre m y ROlOl"n lr.rdn " ( Kawl; 2. Frl"d M,, tz /l:l"r ' · (H o n); 3. Domi nir 1r. Citt... lno l"uz); 4 Dovid 8rocavich (Ya m) ; 5. d J.·remy Vaf;~ki (Hun). 125 AM : 1. T im 1... (Ka w ); 2, He at h Wol hd rm (lion); 3. jed _ d Sc hapPi..rt {l Ion); 4. Eri c McAndn'w ( Hun) ; 5 . Aolrtln l .ambo.·rt (Hon). 125 EX: 1. I'au l Carpcn n-r ( Ka w) ; 2. !\.likt., Fin n."!'ty (Hon); 3. 5<-011 Roc k w ell (Suz); 4_ Ted Ro blnscn (H o n) ; 5. Tud J~ Burd li (Honl . 2StJ BEG : I. Scu ll M.l rzd (KTMI; 2. lan Burk e; 3 . C h ri" Sm ith (Yam) ; 4 , Thom.u. Hritz (Yam ): 5. Louis Wo lf (Hon!. 250 N OV : I. Ch ris top he r Murra y (Ya m) ; 2. Pred Met zg e r fH on); 3. T im o th y Harris (Kaw); 4. Ca r l Sny d l'r ( Hon ): 5. Eric Sm ith (Suzl. 2..·.0 AM : I. Jtod Sc h.:1 ppt'rt (Yam) ; 2. John H.t rk. - (Kaw ); 3. . Scot t Smi th (J(.,w ); 4, [ason w ocni eki (Suz ); 5, Lu~f' Sch.lpp...rt (Yolml. 250 O rEN EX: 1. r aul Ca rpe n te r CKawl ; 2. OIoR BOyl"'!Wn tSuL.l 3. Srott Rockwdl (Su.d: 4 . JCll1 8oM-r CHon); 5. Joey V.g1Oll1r..i ; (Yam l. 25+ AM : 1. C h u c k rolls CKTM ); 2. Sco tt Sm ith ( K.. w l; 3. Str-v~ Gcno"C"'4.' O-lo,d; 4, Ht-nry Lucio (KawJ ; 5. Carl Elrid lin~lor (Yolml. 25+ EX: I. Dag BlJyt'~m (Stu ); 2. Jon fk)lC1\L~ki i ISuzI. SR: 1. J.u n-t t :,\;,-.y,·by ( Hon ); 2. Jo-;eph YilglO!>ki tSut.}; 3. Ja mes FISher I K"TM ); 4. C..ry Stra.-.-r (Kn.fl; 5. WilliolmFt-rry(KiM). S ON-euR: t. Ch"" Murray tSuz); 2. Dlvid 5mbch (Knot ); 3. Got", I-LLLdl tsuL); 4. ltJU~ Wolf ( Hon). ... . WM. : t. Dm.il Norton (Ka w l. Conlon conquers Budds Creek Motocross By J e rry At hey BlJ'DDS CREEK. MD. JULY12 Suzuki rid er Jason Co nlon flew to ove rall w ins in the 125cc A and Unlim ited A clas ses, and fin· ished second in the hotly contes ted 250cc A class at roun d nine of the District 7 Expert Motocross Series, held a t Bud ds Creek MX Park in Ma ryland . The hard· charging Pro·Am rid e r fro m Mount Airy, Maryla nd , scored five out of six mot a wi ns on the day , narro wly mis sing th e ove ra ll in th e 250cc A cla ss by virtue o f a n uncharacteristic fifth-p la ce finish in the first mot o. Althoug h Conl on came back to tak e the seco nd- mota wi n in co nvinci ng fa~hi on , Tom We lch , th e defending cha m p ion, wa s abl e to hold on for th e overa ll with his 1·2 rid e. In the 12Sec A d ass, it wa s JT Motor sports / Boyesen / Axo/Spectro-backed Conlon rocketing to the first-moto holesh ot , follow,od by Suzuki rid er Na than Juergens, Yamaha-moun ted Billy Schlag, C,,,,il Willia ms (on a KTM), a nd Edgar Davis (on a Yamaha ). Conlon wasted no time in pu lling a way from the pack as he continu l"t:J to build his lead stead ily throughout the mote . On the seco nd la p, Schlag made an agg ressive pa s~ on Jue rge ns for second in one of the track's tigh t hairpin tums, d ropping the fast-start ing Suz u ki rider to third . At the ha lfway point, it wa s Con lon solid ly o ut fro n t, follow ed by Sch la g , Ju e rg e ns , Wi ll ia m s a nd Shenandoa h H o n d a / Tu ck er Rocky-bac ked Ryan Jones, who mov ed into the top five after d isplacing Da vis on the prev ious la p. With one lap to go and the top two positions firml y established , Williams force his Thor / JT d Mo to rsp o rt s / Boyese n -ba cke d KTM a ro u n d Juergen s to secure the third spo t, TIle moto finished with Con lon taking the deci sive win, followed by Sch lag. Willia ms was third , followed closely by Juergens and Jones, who rou nd ed out the top five. Eager to mak e up for his sixth- place finish in th e first mote, JT Mot ors ports /Sm ith / Factory Connection/Bieffe-backed Tom Welch blas-ted to the holesh ot in 125cc A mote tw o, follow ed closel y by Jue rgens, Schla g, William s and Conlon , Conlon mad e quick work of Willia ms a nd Schlag and then flew pa st Juergen s on a high speed do wn hill double jump to take the runner up position before the end of the first I" p. With lea d er We lch now w ithin his sigh ts. Conlon bega n to up th e pace, leaving Juergens to fight 'SSa ttack of Schlag for th ird . off the relentk On the ne xt lap , Welch, wh o led Co nlon by just a few seconds, mad e a rostly mh.tak e on a nt' o f the track's stee p o ff-cam be rs, d ro pping the hard-cha rging Nati onal-level Pro from Cha rlotte Hall. Maryland, to fifth . Con lon went on to tak e th e mot a w in a n d th e overall. fo ll o w l"d by Welch , who cha rged ba ck ag gressivel y to take second . Schla g was th ird , followed by a consistent ride from Juer gen s. Willi am s ro lll"t:J in to take the fifth spo t. After also ~o ri n g a command ing 1- 1 overa ll win in the Unlimited A class , Conl on w ent on to take the seco nd-moto win and seco nd overa ll in the ultra-com pctitive 250cc A cla~ s . Welch 's 1-2 score was good for the ove rall, followed by Con a lon' s 5-1 ride. Kemp' s Ra cin g-backed Ho nda rider Jay Rassa was third ove ra ll with 4-3 finish· es, followed by Pete's Cycle-spo nso red Kawasa ki rider Michae l Moor e, who wen t 3-4 for fourth ov erall. First-mot a runner-up Schlag rounded o u t the top fiv e o vera ll with h is 2-6 pe rfo rmance. Results 50 (4.. ): 1. Th mt"' '' Mu d gct t Jr. (Cob ); 2. G.m·t Toth (Cob); 3. 6 Gdry RilJ ford Jr . (C ob ); 4. J"JI'o h DoI"IS (C(lb ); 5. Brolooun S...i hold IKn.t:). 50 (7-8 ): 1. Kyl... Wl"n\t.·r (Co b); 2. A .J- Ku ...:hallr.ol ICo bl ; 3. Bobby Boh r < Cob); 4. Tra m Rudd (Cobl; 5. Marlr. o..\'L (Cub ). ~ 6O n~l l): 1. Polul K.am!M:h (K.aw); 2. Mid l.ol€' G n ""n l lC.l ); 3. 1 w Tra,,'is Martin (K.Jw) : 01 ' nI

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