Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Far left) TIm Sharp (714) leads John Sere ika (58) and Jose Polasek (475) out of turn one du ring 250Cc Pro-class actIon at Gle n Helen Raceway in Southern Cal ifornia. (Left) Bill y Payne won the 125cc Pro class and finished second in the 250cc c lass at the Lancaster Supe rcro ss in Lancaster, California. o ped in vol vin g Kann , Voss an d Lu oma , as the three were pa~s ing back and forth. At the finish, Keencv cut Povolnv's lead to just over one second but ra n ou t of la'ps to challenge him for th e lead . Keeney ha d to settle for second. wit h Voss gerttng by Kann and Luoma for th ird . Luoma too k fo u rt h, and jump-contest winner Kann took fifth . In o th er action , Scott Steinle continued to r u le th e Vet divisi on on h is Throttle jockey/Dale 's Performance-backed CR 500. Bill Tilford again won on his KX250 in the 250cc Trophy class, a, di d Jake Cottas in the 12."'e Trophy class, Results \Ofl R O C ~t1 NI 50: 1. Jo hn He in lein III, 2. Kyl ,' O h loln..t, 3. Elliot Kd..I"'-"T 4 , R,·.1n Mill l"'; 5. Drew ; "ThI.'lfl'W~ r / W. I. Juhn i-Jeinlein Ill ; 2. Ryan Du n!"'}'; 3 , ~~ G ..... key : 4. Kyle Ohl."\l:J,5 . Sem Thl' \!'> . 1'0: I Ad"m 0..011; 2. Bre tt O h l.md; 3. Tvler Z"l''!'>l'; 4. lUMlbl'i!/o; S. Tun\' Tra llll"T VET ; I:Scoll Sldnil'; 2. Jay \o{l'reilf ; 3 , Mdrk Ded i. 4 . Ron WVJZi.lk; S, Ja'MmWh ith.1m. 125: 1. J.lke Golta ~; 2. N.l lh.1TI BrUuF;hton ; 3. Courtnt."Y Sdmpson : 4. Jun Sr r.. ~t'; 5. O.lyton Ca rlso n. 250: I . Bill Tilford, 2. Cou rtney 5.tmf'!'On; 3. Jon Spr Ajo;ul'; 4. . . .\ like B.1kl't"; 5. M.lrk lA·oIl rRO : I. J"m l"S r tlvolny ; 2. Co ry K''l'ney; 3. Hl'iIth VO!'>!i; 4. Mikl' Luuma ; 5. Mikl' K.l nn . jUMT FF: I. Mikl' K.lnn ; 2. H l'at h VII!'>!I; 3. A.lnlll t lurJ."l·Tt. ·..Q Seaton stomps out win .at Midway Motocross By George and Karen Hodkinson !\.II!\ I SIi: (14-15 1: 1. li m Pa u l. 2. Levi Qu.mJ"hl; J Tr.wi.. I'arnow: -I, 1"'><'f1Go,-.....kev; 5. la eed Lemm . • o rE ; ' M ISI no.. s,: 1. Jim raul; :!. Ju..h Rolt-Il"l:ki. 3. Levi l Ql'and.lhl. 4. Tr.wi!'>P.lmow; 5. Jon r.,u!. 'ITt"! : I. J" n.'d Lewis : 2. "".lt t ru w t·,..,; J \tln Judmd.: 4 . JO!>h ; Ca rl.... ; 5 . BrAd GUt"tIl'T m . 16-201 A 1. \o1i k luum.\; 2. jav Sch.'T'bnn~ 1t>-201 B I , JUI1ol th.ln 5pr"~t"; ·1. Kn" Ru......1t-r 3 la·... n Knloll ; It>-o2-I C 1. RlCholrd l':'h '>lll"T; 2. And""",' F1.I.....ht-nnem•.l Tlmy Rolx't"l'>l>n; 4 I" "o n Juhn..on.: 5. Ch.sd .. obl'n 2...:;' A . 1. Chul: k Thompown; 2. To. ld u.'1lt.l; 3. Ru"ty S.,TCT1"l'Tl. 25- 8 : 1, o. lTIid SI...t ll-1 2. Bnan Vu!z ; 3 , Gl'('lr~' I indkin:;';>n. I ; 2."i. C I. \.lI ke Flatl.tnd; 2. J.' y Juhn.... n; 3. o..mct. UIlll Il1".t; 4. Eric C'.am.-v=5 '\,;al R\ !-"T . vrr A ; 1. Chud.. 1bom~'n; 2. So," Stt"lnk . "TI 8 1. o..md SkAIll't;2. ThomA" r e tl.'1"'ll.1f\. VFT C : 1. \ohkt- F1at4nd; 2 . Tim \htd\dl. '\. Roh'rt l ...n~e; -I O,lmck Undqu i..t; 5. Sll''''' r.ol..er. l SR -Ilh A ; 1. Fred Fn·drick!tOn; 2 Da v e Henci r: 3. J ~' rry Sch ultz. SR 40. B. 1. Rll.oIn Cole. 5R 4/1 C; 1. Mdr k GooJ nch; 2. Jo hn J~"""'l'; 3. \Obi.t·s"undeJ'S; .. 01 . C Il.':; Voli h . t 5 /SR 50. : I. Jim Dt.·TIl...-an . \-V~ !\ : I. Tif fa n y Rumpca. 2 . S.,mAnlha H' >K Y; 3 . l..n Tll t·r f Bru nett e . 125 A : 1. Mile K.tnn . 2. Eric Ko w dlik.; J. 'vIiM' Luonlo1 4. J.lY ; SchL ri n);: 5. Mike Ewn!l< ln . 'rb 125 B: 1. jamre F"hrendholz ; 2. l ~>Il d l h.l n Spr.I"; U\~: 3 . K n ~ Ri.ll~..ler ; 4 lu~h Ca rl!l< m; 5. \hll PUWl"T'!>. ril'1'll 3. M"11 Ju J ; 125 C I . Jolred Lewis: 2. Andrew f1""I("tll'n nick ; 4. k ..",' C' ,olld rich ; 5. Tun y R0bt,rt ..on . 250 A: 1. t:n c Ko.....alik ; 2. Mike l uo m.l; 3 . Sl:ulI Stemlt·. 250 B: I. Bri.l n Vult; 2. Gt'Org e Hookin.·.un . 250 C : 1. J"",m Jo hnsu n ; 2. Chold john."I("Jn: 3. C hild Nnbl'n; 4. Eric G.lr w y ; 5, JdMln Albt.·rs. • High heat at Glen Helen MX By B. LaR ock 'SAN BERNARDINO. CA. JULY 18 KELLOGG. MN. JULY 4 At Mid way MX, Cole Seaton took the win in the Mi cr o M ini SOcc rw cla ss, which is th e clas ~ d esi gn ....d for th e sh. ft--d riv e mod els su ch .1S the a Yamaha rwso and Suzuki JPSO, as well as fo r beg in n ing racers aged .j to 8 years old . Th e Saturda y race. held o n th e Fourth o f Ju ly. st ill man .lged to br in g o u t m ore than 200 ra cers w h o s ki p ped th e trad iti on al holid ay fes tiv iti es in orde r to enjoy their hobby. Du e to the holiday, a race th e next d ay, a nd a delay , the d a y' s progra m was held to o ne mot o. The Micro 50cc classes were run at th e l'nd o f . th e program, \,.·hen track co nd itions wer t:> great following a lo t of rain, an d it was Sea ton all the way as he went th m ugh the fint turn in the lead o n his PW50 . Mik e Lentz, a lso ri ding a P\ V50, ran in second pl ace. Seaton an d Lentz w ould end up in first and second , respectively, at m oto·... end. N icolas Brackett \"'ou ld move into th ird pIM'e, ahead of Matt Lore tz, Christopher Pautz ke, Jam es McCo r m ick, Brad Burt , Casey Erickson .l nd \Villi.1m Drusch. . In the Youth cJa ~ s, M,ltt Powers took the lead on his C Rl 25 after ea rly It:'ader Jared Lewis we!.!.t dow n. Powers iL·(.:f the pack un til the sec ond lap , when Ll.·wis retoo k the lead an d raced to the finish with the win . Powers took seco nd and Matt Judnick took thi rd . Josh C,lrlson finished fourth , 1h • e~ld of Brad Guetter and Jesse Goo drich. Results 54 MIC RO MIN I P / W: 1. ('olt· St'.lton ;o2 \-tik\, U'Tlt7 3. '\Jichnl".. . '; t Hr.l('"k\' ll; 4 MoII Lordz; 5. ('h n .. r .lu tz ke . ~lIC RO . t IN I (4-6): I . EIliut Ka..ttwr ; 2. Spe nCt.'T Ro.· n t~ '"' " \HCR O MI NI (7.~): I. Juhn Hloi lein Ill ; 2. !ak l' Erid<.~.un ; 3 n Jotl C hold Schmidt ; 4. Ky ll' 0 111.,nJ. 5. Cllry V,II1 PI\\' : I. G'Ll ,' Gilmure; Z. lo hn Hd nldn III; 3. 5o:.tt Ehlt1'\otdJI; 4 JL'!>.... Gc....k.,y; "i C h••J F ' · ..lrI\". \11'\JI Iii: (7. ll )~ 1. Cody Gilmon.·; 2. k"",,' Go-.klj;:1. Anthony ' udmck 4 IU~hn Rum pca ; 5. 1l'f'l my G lunt · MI:'I.;I JR 0 2-131: I. Jo"h Rolbi cck.i; 2. lu n raul; J. Luk\' ~ 4 . Tun~' AhllT.>; 5. Ca~~' Tu lld""n. Ra c~rs at Gt ~n Hele n Ra cew ay put on a g reat show during the fina l rou n d o f tht.· 1998 Yam ah a Dea ler's Series, ""rith both riders and spt.octators , overco mi ng the heat and un expected humidity to t.'fljoy tht. excitemen t. · Th irty-year~ld Gary Lacy, racing in the Vet Nodcc d ass , was bdck in act ion after a lO-vea r layo ff, finishi ng second in the second round of the se ries and improvin g in evcry rou nd since then. John Burr Cy cles-b.lcked Lacy started. strung in the first moto o f the Vet race, with Philip Ta baad co mi ng aro u nd the corner in sccond place. Tho,e two he ld their positions on th~ opening Llp. but by the S<.' last st.'Cond Aq uinelos wo rked his wa y pJ~ t (or the w in. Thl.' 125cc Begin ner o vc rall \\'~nt to jaso n Oliva , who has b...'en racing for ab out a year. Tht' Yan",h,l of Cuca mo nga-backt'd O liva S'l Y ~ that Glen Hdcn is h i~ favu rite tra ck 1.x'Cau~t;' he "likes .lll the sand\-' corners. " 'At'e ll, O liva showl.·d his stuff by b'ol ttling th ro ug h .1 pa ck of 30 riders to ta ke the overallYl the d"y via his perfect 1-1 moto tall y. 'O\ice Angry 250cc Pro rider John Sereika was out for revenge th is week. "I flatted the las t th ree munds ," he said , "Tv Kadv nailed m e p re tty har d las t week, so I'~ going to rub it in his face . He 's not even goi ng to be byrne." Tru e to his wo rd , Sereika took the holes hot a nd an early lead over Tim Sharp in th e first moto. Halfway through the first lap, it was Sereika in the lead . with Sha rp seco nd and Jose Polasek in third. Kad y made h is move d uring lap fou r to ta ke over second. but he wa sn ' t able to catch Sereika . Sharp g rabbed the holeshot in the second motu , but bv the ti me the riders had clea red Animal Leap, it was Sereika in the lead - again. Kady made an a ttem pt to ca tch him b ut threw his chain over the d ouble and was d on e for the dav. Sereika looked like he had the race locked up' until he fell in front of the gra ndstands. Thi s gave Sharp the o pportunity to take the lead an d the w in. Sereika to ok th e overall with hi s 1-2 ta lly, ho we ver. Results bO ({)·Kl: 1. An..tn.'W Johnson (!(a wl ; 2. Nolan Shultz (K" w) ; 3 , Kyll' Buh.lnnotn (Y.l m). - hO (Q·Il): 1. Bran d o n Spencer 1K.' .....); 2. M.lt th l'W Tl'd Jl'r Jr . I Kawl ; 3 . Cody Boha n nan; 4 A ndn·w VMnd l (K,l W); 5. Jimmy VanLllnd (Yam). ~ !tEe: I. o.mny Gi .Jnnin i (Yam ); 2. Wl'!>ton r d ck (Suz); 3 ); S\.',1TI Florkl'nhdgen (K.1W 4. M.ich .w! SI:rratll (Y.l m ); 5, Sco tt C. C ar llt"ll (Ya m ). NO NO V; I. Un knu .....n; 2. C h ri" Ml'!).lTIl'! n lunl; 3. Nicholas i Hl'n"ky (Votm); 4. Jeff Ull'r (Y" m) ; 5. JUl.odMillOI' (Hu nl. . 1'1 Il\. (1 T 1. N id A lv,,1't"7 (Hu n); 2. Erik \o1l'yer (Ya m) ; 3 , D:m · nitl G n tto n O(..1w); 4 , M.lIl''U U Ml~a (Y.l m) ; S. Br" ndon Schll-ru;j~ (K.1wl. .~Il EX; 1, Ri. <;Garriol (Y.lm) . 1S. 125 BEG ; 1. J.bOn Oliva lIi u n ); 2. 8 udl,' y Hu th (Ya m ); 3. D.!n ny rorter (H o n ); 4 , Ja m>d. Hl'n !'>lum d (Y,Im '; ~ Stt"VelIern.tndu tH on ); 5. o.m ny Pudy (Yam I 250 =,"OV 1. ~;n Ga hAll (Yam) ; 2. Wl'!i Burr (Yam) ; 3. J........ : Sou (Hord; 4 . Greg urdt"l\a. bl.Tt MuruZZl (Ho n l; 2. tlota n Bro1Vl't" (Yam ); 3. Tony C lru to ( H u~); 4. Stl'ye Wuu r l...y t Ho n ); 5, r"lIl rll·I.... IHun ) IR VET BEG , 1. St('n- 8mu~..... d (H u n l. 2. Dolnll: Hr rr ..ro r t ~ UT.); J \l.11I \1 org ol < u zl 01 , Da\'ld ACl" '("lll; Y.lm ell n ·.lm); J. \o1.lttTeddL·r(Hun l. ~R .\,; ) \': I. la .."n "Odo.·dW.1 (Y.\m ); 2 , Phillip Til t-o nda ' ( tYa m l; 1. \ ti ch,wl l..h n"' lll (Hu n): -I.ll'll S\·w",.ln {Y,lm ); " RI.bt.T1 Rlp l.·\' (Y.' ml. SR 11\'T 1. Stl...·\· Dalt .. n (Y,1ml 2. J,m ~f"'1~ hl (Y.lm'; J . Kirk : B.l..",1t IY.lml; 4 Tim H" lm (Y" m l. 5. 5h.... Donaldsun (Yam). ·l· SR EX. 1, Ron Tumer {Y"m l; 2. Rob \1a xwd l (Y,l m); ] OMlTII~ Boulwltn.· (Y" ml . W\t.,, : I. Shotv G.tn· w, Ulntll; 2. Ambt-r Pickett (Su&);3. Kdl y Rm..h.....· (K.aw); 4. LJurll BudeU (Su ZI. vrr Behrle repeats at Lawrenceburg By Jo hn Spu rrier LAWRENCEBURG. I),/,IULY24 On an even ing that saw most of Law r enceburgs .. better amateu r riders opting for a half mile race in Bellefo ntaine, Ohio, Pa t Behr le elected to get th e s ho rt-track pra ctice in prepa ra tion fo r a pl an ned trip to Peoria next week. Behrle rode in the Open A class. taking his se cond win in .1 row. Behrle , though, finis he d second in the hea t race be hind Phil Wolf. who got the holesho t and went wire to wire for the win and his first vi ctorv over Behrle. w olf seemed poised to d o it aga in i;" the feature, as he go t the bcl cshot and le Behrle d o n to the ba ck st re tc h, Behrle, ho we ver, g ot 01 hu ge d rive off tu m two an d blew pa s t Woll to take the lead - an d it wa s a lea d he w ould n't relinquish. Wo lf end ed up seco nd , wi th Tommy Hennsl er third , follo wed by N icky Sterling and Luther Allen . It was Sterling 's first ap pearance at the Lawrenceburg 0\'011 in sev~ ra l ye ars . Joe l Brown w o n th e 250cc heat and fea tu re race, wi th Dave Wolf cam pl.li on his re.lf wh ee~ ' in both rac~ , Travi s Bu rnett finished th ird , fo llowed by Coy Ma tth ew s. Phi l W olf dn m inl' (H on ); 5. K..;th MdAAolrd ( Suz ) 2;0: I. Joel 8ro\o''lIII I"n). 2. D""kJ Wolf (H unl; J. Tr.l~ Bur· nett (V.ml; -I Co-. M..t1Iww!'> t Hlln l; 5. Shawn Puu ll"l'" (Hu n) O I'E. f A ' 1. ra t Ro.·h rl,· (H u n l; 2. Phi l Wulf I) Ion); 3 , Tomm,' H''Tlnsl,' r (i lo nl ; 4. l'\il"kv Stl'rling nlu nJ; 5. lu th~"I'" AlI, 'I1lHonl . . ]0+ : 1 Ph il WIll! (Hun). ~. Sh" wn r n u l"r (Bon1; J B.'rr\' Benke rt il ion);" I\ll' \.1,lIth\·.... Sr (H .. nl ; 5 . G., I')' C otrpL ll"r ·.. 'n (" a wl. 50. : I. JOl' \ol.ltth .."".. Sr . (lIu n); 2. Gllry \ koo.'Clwl (Hu n), 3. u m i!'> r..: rilml'r (H\ lIll; 1 Hl'T!'>("hd lkni.l·rt (llu nl ; 5. Alan l udkl' (Hun L • No Payne, no gain in Lancaster Supercross By Greg Robertson LAl'CASTER. CA. JULY 17 Suzuki-moun ll'd Tra vb Prt:':-ot0l1 t"asily walked away with tht" 2S0cc Pro-class win, while Team Gn..'eJl 'S Billy P.1ync did likl'wi:-oe in the 125cc Pro cl,lSS during round three of Fu ll Blown Promotio m: A.V. Stadium Cross Nig ht Scri~ - J series

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