Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

" • SUZUKI. AViI AIlmeCAT· ~ ~ ~' CiS> ~." m WJ /'AN1'A'# l. )-A.ZI/P J ~ PRO RACING r,.' (Y.Am); 3. Ch ris Cumbo ('{a m); 4. M. rk Hesse ('(.A 5. Ress Denm); son (Hon). SR INT/ EX: 1. Bdwardc Tr lp po (Hon); 2. Steve Will iams · (Hon); 3. Jim Diyo rio (Yam) ; 4. No nn Sch,It) (Ho n); 5. BiD Sch ultz.. Horton hauls it home at Costa Mesa Short Track c5{!~«O. ,.~~- -~~ LC. Wild Creatio~ '-'"'~ ® /UN{/I.u Uk.i!!' [f!!II.__ ~1 SCOTT Action Photos - BINGHAMTON H 0 NDA e-. ride wIJJI .. III _ .#DUN~OP By Fred Windum COSTAMFSA,CA,/ULY12 To m H orton brought a tra iler-load of bikes to the Orang e Co un ty Fair and took home a load of w ins, as the San Diego Flat Tra ck Assoc iation a nd the Oxley family b rou ght vintage racin g to Ora ng e Co un ty in sty le. C las sic Ind ia ns, Triump hs, Norto ns, Harleys and more thu ndered aro u n d Cos ta Me s a Speed wa y, givi n g t he Orange Co unty Fair' s visitors a glimpse of days go ne by, wh en cou nty fairs were synonymous wi th flat-track motorcycles. Don Frauenberger 's Yamaha led the Vintage 250cc riders into the first ma in of the nigh t, wi th Horton, Manley Crommet and Bruce Reyn old s hot on his w hee ls. Crommet and Reynolds both stuffed insi de Ho rto n, dropping him to fourt h. Fra ue nbe rger low- sided in tum two , slowing Reynolds, and Horton slipped aro un d, working up to second an d gaining on Crommet, the new lea der. Reynold s trailed in third , joined by Pa t Dwyer an d Ch uck Cla yton. Ho rto n hu gged the pole in one and two, sliding ahead of Crommet to take the top spot Dwyer sta lled in three and four, se tting the fin ish o rde r of Ho rt on, Crommet, Reyno lds, Clayton and Loren Bj rkman, w ho was o compe ting in his first race in quite a while. Horton, switc hing to a Honda, also took top ho no rs in t he Vin tage 600cc class, ahead of Fra ue nberger, Brad Spen cer and Richard Pollock, who , with Spence r, narrowly missed a pileup when Jim Gardner lost traction while chasing Fraue nbe rger. Gard ner careened in to the wa ll a nd collected Br u ce Reyno ld s . Both ride rs walked away, w hi le Ho rton , Fraue nberger, Spencer and Pollock took the checkered flag. The trend for the even ing continued as Horton climbe d on his Ossa and led the brakeless C lassic 250cc ra ce, a head o f Jim Mc M u r ren, Vince Gra ves and Rich Trai t, who shot u nd er Graves and McMu rre n befor e losing traction an d sliding out d irectly under McMurre n. The inciden t put both riders o n the ground ha rd , br inging o ut the red flag, They were up and ru nning shortly, with a rep lay of the first start. First Graves and then Trait pa ssed McMur· f en and latched on to Horton's fender, the trio r un n ing nose to tail to the fin ish , t railed by McMurre n and Ceci l Oswald. . During a break in the program, speed wa y racer Eddie Cast ro, on Bob Nichols' beau tifu l 1940 Indi an twin racer, had a matc h race w ith speed legend Don Vesco, who was aboa rd Gordo n Menzies ' immacula te Royal Enfield sin g le. Cas tro had a bit of trou ble w ith the backward ha nd -s hif t / foot-d utch di rt tracker, givin g th e sta rt to Vesco. Castro ca ug ht up and made it a race, jus t as Vesco low-sid ed in tu m one. On the restart, Vesco once agai n go t the u pper hand, but Cas tro was soo n pushing him and passed w ith a classic slide job in turn two to take the lead . Castro then slid wid e, a llowi ng Vesco the , eded to reta ke the lead and hold on roo m he ne for the w in . 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Pro Qualifiers , Women's League Championship • Mazda TrucklAMA 125/250 Pro MotocrossNatlonals CJ,Jallfylng10a.m. , PractIce 9 am. , Racing 1 p.m. Mon, Aug. 31 Office: 717·222·9290 Track: 607·849·4438 John Dowd Larry Ward Steve Lamson Phil Lawrence Dag Boyesen Ryan Hughes Greg A1bertyn MickaelPichon Scott Sheak TIm Ferry Ezra Lusk Blair Morgan Doug Henry Jeff Emlg NlckWey PLUS OVER 100 OTHER PROS! • Tony 0 MX School 9 am. uilMER/Cil'S (;REIITEST SPECTIITfJ/i CfJ(JRSE" • NO PETS ALLOWED • www.broome.tioga.com Cycle News VINT 250 : 1. Tom Hor ton (Y.lom ); 2. Manny Crommet; 3. Bruce ~ynolds; 4. Ch uck Clayton (Bul); 5. Loren B;orkman (Ya.m). VlNT 600: I. Tom Horton (Hon); 2. Don FrllUl'nb.oorger (Yam ); 3. Br.u.15pc.onrer;4. Richard Pollock ('{am). VINT O PEN : I. Manny Crommt-t; 2. Clyde Denew (Nor); 3. Pa ul Toml inllOn(Suz) ; 4. ChrisW;lkuu. (Tri). ClSSC 250 : 1. Tom Hort on (Os s); 2. Vince G ra ves (Bull; 3. Rich Tr a it (Oss); 4. Jim McM urren (H-o); 5. Cecil Os wa ld (But) . C15SC 7SO/ OINO: 1. To m Ho rto n (TTl); 2. Rick Rockhold (BSA); 3. Chris Ca mpos (Tri); 4. Gerry Dulwcilll"l'; 5. Jeff Tulinius (llSA) . SR 50+: 1. Dick foil (Hon); 2. Jarnt.'SCon no lly; 3. Jim McMur-fen (H-D) ; 4. Cordon Mmzie (R-E); 5. Cd Oswald . ; VET 35+ : 1. Tom Horto n; 2. Brad Speecer (Y.Am) 3. Elliott Iverson (H· o ); 4. Keith Brad ford (Yam ); 5. O ydc Derew (Nor). BMBR: J. Richard Pollock (Yam); 2.. Tom Ferguson (Ya m); 3. Dick Fox (Hon); 4. Paul To mlinson (Suz ). PRO SGL: 1. Brad s pencer (Y.lm); 2. Brad O xley (Yam ); 3. Don Frauen berger (Yam); 4. John Dup ree (Suz); 5. Richard Po llock (Yam) . • PRO TW: 1. Tom Horto n erri ); 2. Ken Thie ba ud (Tri); 3. Rick Roc khold (BSA); 4. Wa y ne Wa r ring ton (T rl); 5. C hris Campos (Tri). Now Available Through Cycle News Vi deo Theater ,."r 1997... ~~fj:J.~---'~14~~~'~ 8~1~ ~ ~~~~ , S el"le~ RevieW' To Order Videos Call (714) 751-7433 . C ~arge to Prieto again at Moroso By Lisa Theoba ld " VISA ~ fA WEST PALM B EACH, FLJUNE 28 Shane Prieto wo n the Shootout at Moroso again. Th is wi n mar ked his nin th in a row, tying the reco rd held by the late-Donald Jacks . With on e more victory, Priet o w ill set a new record for w ins a t Moroso Motors ports Par k. Prie to claimed his latest victory in the last two laps afte r being led aroun d the course by Manny orLd 7 12 See MX 1111 • Chalfl.plO- ~hlP • ".. Th is rel ease $34.95. inclu des shippi ng . Order Videos On-Line at . www.cyclenews.com/product.video.html (#2 104) Twice wo rld champion ~ le~ Pu zar a lo ng wi th A les io C hiodi returned to .the 125 cl ass for 1997 to co mpete aga inst a crop of young French and Italian riders. Britain' s Jamie Dobb ret urned fro m America w hile 19 96 world No 2 Paul Malin was desperate to wi n a wo rld ti tle . Th e rac ing wa s inten~e as rivals rac.ed whe~l te:> whee l to ga m va luable pomt s, Chi odi nd~ ng the factory Yamaha wo n the o peni ng roun d !n Indonesia and he !T!anaged to rnamtam a slender lead for StX months. In the Dutch sa nd the Ita lian put the d isa ppo intm en t of f inishi ng second behind Moo re in '94 and Puzar in '95 beh ind him. Ame rican Bob by Moo re who ca me to Europe as a 17 year old to fulfi ll a lifetime ambition. reti red afte r 12 seaso ns and in his seco nd language con gratu late d and inte rviewed Ch iodi for Mo to Vision. 90 minutes from White Star/D uke Video . 00 0\ 0\ rl u) ..... CIl ;:l 00 ;:l < 57

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