Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Left ) Bob Hicks (ri ght) moved ahead of Bart Bast (left) off the start and took the Scra tc h main-event win at Auburn 's Fast Fridays Speedway, (Above) Eventual race winner Bob Herman (72) gets the jump on the fi el d in th e Stock Frame class during dirt-track racing action at the Isanti Co unty Fairgro unds in Cambridge, Minnesota. ' Hicks, Janniro go at Fast Fridays Spee~way By M. Sobe r ' Phot o by Gen Moore AUBURN, CA,JULY 31 Bob Hicks, w ho wa s by far the mo st consistent ga ter for the -No r th in las t we ek's Ci vil War of Speed way, dominated the night's final race, tak ing a wi re-to- wire win in the Scratch main at Auburn' s Fast Fridays Sp eedway . Billy "The Kid " j an nirc mad e a la te-la p p a ss o f Robert Curry to claim the Ha nd icap main win. The Second Division finale went to Scott Olney , and the Third Division trop hy wen t to Brian Leve nton. No less than four ride rs lined up on the 50ya rd s tri pe for the star t of the Hand icap main : Bobby Hedden, Na tional Champion Mike Faria, ..... [JJ ;:l eo .~ 46 Bart Bast and Jim m y Sise mo re. Ten yards -ahead, on the 40, sa t Billy ]anniro, and o n the 30 was Rob er t C u rry . Ju st moment s into the ra ce, the red fla g ca me o u t whe n Fa ria and .H e d d en atte mpted the sa me lin e in turn tw o, w ith bo th riders goi ng down hard a nd remain in g on the tra ck. Faria was eventually helped off wi th an apparent injury to his collarbone . Hed d en w as also u nable to co ntin ue, having ben t the litt le finge r on his right hand into the shape of a " Z ." O n the re start, Curry took the ea rly le ad ahead of [anniro , Bast an d Sisemore, in that order . In tur n three of the fifth lap, [annirc go t aro und Curry, just as he ha d done tw o weeks prior, and had himself another Handicap mai n wi n a board h is Rick 's Tow ing / Reed A u to Body /Pat Berry-backed [awa . Curry ma nage d to ho ld Bast off and cla imed seco nd place , while fourt h we nt to Sise more. Hicks s tarted the Scra tch main from lane two, w hich beca me the inside sta rting po sitio n w hen Tom my Hed den drew gate three, and Bast drew number fou r. The po le was left unoccupied when Far ia ha d to wi thdraw because of his injury . H icks cu t a p e rf ect ga te as th e s ta r t in g tape s flew u p, with Bast and To mmy He d d en fa lling in b eh i nd hi m o n th e in c onsi st ent groov e . Bas t im me d iat ely se t off a fte r H ick s and w as keeping pa ce w hile lookin g for a way arou nd, but th en his ch an ce s for ta kin g o ver the lead slipped away. Bast go t too mu ch tra ction com ing ou t of turn tw o o n th e second lap and had th e front end lift on him, cos ting him se ve ra l bike len gth s to th e flawl essly d ri ving Hicks. "I kn ew tha t if I could ge t ou t in front and keep my self on that dirt line, I'd be oka y," Hicks said . . To m my Hedden had ev en mor e prob lems, ending u p agains t th e turn-tw o boards on the third lap , A lap later, Hicks had his first wi n of 1998 on his Showgi rls/City Limits/Offbeat Productions [awa . "Finally - it's about tim e," Hicks said after the cus to mary podium cham pag ne bath. "I' ve been runnin g behind all year long , My new bike was lat e getting to me, and it seems like I'm just now ge tting comfortable on it: ' In the First Division Junior main event, Pen ryn 's J.j , Martynse held off Eric Carillo and A,J, Jon es to tak e his first win of the season. In Sec- ond Division action, Scott Olney held on to the front-runnin g spo t an d the vic tory, finish in g just a head of Harl an Bas t Jr. and ea rly rac elea der Dennis Cass id y, who held off George Snodg ras s for th ird place. Bria n Leven ton wo n the Th ird Divisio n fi na le , besti ng"Gle nn Scott a nd th e Chipman 's Danny and Bobby. Results for me d by Jim Bu llis is beginn in g to pa yoff. Bu ll is ra ced to the ch ecke rs in a Flag-t o-fl a g ro m p in the 500cc Amateu r class. Mark O lson co ntin ued his wi n ni ng wa ys by racing to a n un con tes ted wi n in th e 200cc A m a te u r fi nal ahead of jeff Hatch, Richard Sorem , Cand y Ray and first-yea r racer Ed Mar kel. Results SCR: I. Bob Hicks (Jaw); 2. a ut B.~st (jaw ); 3. Tommy Hed den (J.1W); 4. Mike Faria (GM) . 1 C r : 1. Billy ]anniro OdW); 2. Robert Cuny (Jaw) ; 3. Bart -ID 80 l (Jaw) ; 4. Jimmy Sisemore (G M); 5. Bobby Hed den (jaw), ls 0 -1 ] R: 1. J. . Mar tyn se (Jaw); 2. Eric Ca rillo (Jaw) ; 3. A.I. J j one (Wet» ; 4. Bryan Yarrow (Wes). s 0 -2 I. Scott 0 1l\L')' 2. Ha rlan B.ls t (Wes ); 3. Den nis Cassidy; 4. : M IN I JR: 1. Cole Ft'a ly; 2. Ior y Mo rris ; 3 . Nick Mataya ; 4. Neta s ha Waschl'k; 5. jamie ja mes . MINI SR: 1. Mike Mal ache sen, bO: 1. JOli Koch; 2. Jacob Ma ta ya ; 3. Tr av is Wolsc ek; 4. Kev in h h Andt.'t"!lOn; 5. Jere m y And erso n. tlO I. Shaun Burr ; 2. Troy Joh nson; 3. Josh Koch; 4. Ch ris Lar: son; 5. Travis He nrichs. 125: 1. Ad. lm Ht> nrich5; 2. WilliI.' Bro tt.ll ; 3. Tro y Joh nso n; 4. ' Mart y Mat a ya . 2.<;0 B: 1. Will ie Bro ten : 2. A d a m Ho;o nrichs; 3. Do n Bettis. 4 . Tro y Johnsun; 5. joe l Schlt'icher. VINT SGL : 1. Paul Koch; 2. Pat Fa rgen : 3. Bob Herman; 4. Richard Waschek; 5. Cllry S olnitsky . VINT TW ; 1. Buzz Arndt; 2. Bbb Becker . edin, 2. Marty M'lt .l ya; 3. Richard Wa 5l:hl'k ; 4. 30+ : 1. Mike L Tim McBridt': 5. Doug Su llivan . 40+ : 1. Dun Bettis: 2. Pau l Koch ; 3. Marty Ma taya ; 4. Dave Ko h: 5. Pa t Farge n . c 50+ : 1. Buzz Arn d t; 2. Dave Koch ; 3. Joh n Sut he rlin . STK FRM: 1. Bo b Herman; 2. Pat Fargen: 3. Richard WaliClll' ; k . 4. Eric Berg; 5 . Bob Be ker. c O P EN B; 1. Lee Feel y: 2. Don Bettis : 3 . Joel Sch le ich e r; 4. Richard Wa!>Chl'k ; 5. Co ry Solnnsky. o r EN rRO: 1. Eric Brouhard : 2. Kur t Boehlk e. C,,-'orgl' Snodgrass. 0 -3: 1. Brian Leven ton 2. Glenn Scott ; 3. Dann y Chip man; 4. B<.l~by Chipman. Ledin takes Cambridge ST By Tim McBride CAM B RIDGE, MN, )ULY25 Mike Ledin piloted his Eric Brouhard-sponsored Rot a x to his firs t big win in th e Over 30 main event as the Dirt Track Riders Association hosted round six of th e AMA District 23 Cha m pi onsh ip Series at the Isanti County Fairgrounds . O ve r 30 heat- ra ce ac t io n saw Tracksta r Mc to rsports ' Marty Mataya la nd the win over a hard-cha rging Ledin an d the rest of the pack. At th e sta r t of the eight-lap ma in even t, Mata ya aga in used his ca tlike reflexes to take the lead at the flas h of the g reen lig ht of ra ce s tarter Jim East lee, Ma taya wa s at the poin t of wh a t turned out to be a heat ed th ree -w a v ba ttle between himself, Richa rd Wa sch ek and Ledin , As th e race reached the halfway poi nt, Ledin decided to m ak e h is mo ve and h e darted past b ot h Waschek a nd Mataya a nd into the lead , Led in th en raced to th e checkers while s till heavily pressured by Ma taya and Waschek, Led in w a s loo kin g for a rep e a t w he n he lined up for the Ov er 40 final, As the race go t und er wa y, it was Pat Fargen a nd Don Bet tis ou t front in the early go ing, with Buzz Arn d t. Led in, the Koch brothers (Da ve and Paull , and the res t of the pa ck in to w . Unfo rtu na tely, Ledin tumbled down the fron t straight after at tempting a dari ng bid for the lead . Fortu nate ly, the ride rs follo w ing him were able'to avo id the carn age. " I d id th at o ne a ll b y myse lf," Ledi n explained later. "Nobody touched me at alL TI,e bik e just got rea l sideways a nd pitched m e off the high sid e: ' Bettis bolted into the lead at the restart, with Arndt, Paul Koch, Mataya, Dav e Koch and Pat Far gen running in the top six. On lap six, Arnd t pull ed off the track w hen his Rota x ex plode d, whil e Bettis raced on to his first big win with Paul Koch, Mataya, Dave Koch and Fargen in tow , You co u ld ha ve ca ll ed it " fa m ily d ay " a t Cambridge today because there w ere fat her / son victo rie s to be celebrat ed . Lee Fea ly' s Open A victory was chee rfully compounde d wh en his 6year-old so n Cole Fealy wo n his seco nd consec uti ve Micro Mini ma in event. And Vin tag e Single rac e wi nn er Paul Koch celebra ted wi th his son Josh Koch in the pits after his 60cc mainevent wi n. . Th e e xtensiv e off-sea son prepara tion p er- ing in hard on Smi th. On the sixth lap , Kann mad e a clean inside pas s on Smi th right before the first do uble, whe re Smith originally took the lead early in the race. Once past Smi th, Kann cru ised along in seco nd, a long way behind Povolny. The finishing stages of the race saw Povolny crui se his KTM out front wi th ease , as d id Kann in seco nd , while Smith had all he could handl e holding back the lat e cha rges of Luoma , w ho wen t down a co u p le tim es bu t cha rged an d caught Smith a t th e fin ish. Sm ith clung to third , w ith Luoma fou rth and Read y fifth. Vet winn er Scott Ste in le wa s si xth on h is Sin isa lo /S cot t / CTI CR500. Results M IC RO MIN I CHA IN·DRIVE: 1. John Heinlein III; 2. Kylo;o Ohland; 3. Elliot Kast ner ; 4. Ca lvi n Wolff; 5. Spencer Bentson. MIC RO MIN I SHAFT: 1. Blake Du ngey ; 2. Kurt Ohnsorg: 3. Dy lan H ,mcYi 4. Jo h n Schnl>id l'r; 5. Kyll ' O hn.'I(lrl; . r /w; 1. John Heinlein 111; 2. Ryan Du ngey; 3. Kylc Ohlend. 4. Bryce Bcm loeh r: 5. Ellio l Kestner. tltI: I. Brett O hl.l nd ; 2. Ad a m Dl"aT; 3. Luk e Th ei s ; 4. Tyler N......'M:' 5. Jad e Du nge y . ; 125: I. Ja ke Go U. l;; 2. Na than Bruu j:;hton; 3. O .ly lo n C ar lso n; l 4. Dave Vo n Wa ld ; 5. Derek Os terberg. 250: I. Cr,l ig Sch warz ; 2. Coe Millet; 3. Jdf Wom d dnrf. nl' VET: 1. Sco tt Sll'i nle ; 2. C one Miller; 3 . Mark Dea l; 4. Ca ry Joh nson ; 5. Ron wodzta k, PRO ; 1. ja me I'ovolny: 2. Mik l' K.m n; 3. Rick Sm ith; 4. Mike s Lu oma: 5. Pat Read y. Povolny takes another at Budweiser Supercross Musgrave masters REM Glen Helen MX By Geo rg e and Ka ren Hodkinson By Rocky Hash JORDAN, MN, JULY22 James' Povo lny of Me ndo ta Heights, Min nesota, again too k the wi n in the high ly competi tive Pro class at the jord an's Budweiser Supercross. taking ho me the lion's sha re of the $1000 purs e and upping his reco rd to two for two a t the fourth of six races he ld on the Jorda n's Sco tt Cou ntv Fairgro unds. ~ The Wed nesda y nig ht race, run a t the ope ning of the Sco tt Co u n ty Fair, bro u ght out 200 en trie s, a nd the blea ch er s w ere holdi ng nea r th eir ca pacity, as 1500 s pecta to rs ca me in to watch the action. In Pro-cla ss racing, usual fron t-ru nners and Nationa l-ca libe r pros Co ry Keeney and H eat h Voss were absent from the program d ue to other racing co m mi tments, giving Povol ny a great shot at taking hom e the gold , Povolny piloted his Dr. Medsker / Moto Pla net/ KTM 250SX to the win in both the heat race and the m ain event, which was extende d from the usu al eigh t laps to 12. Po voln y shot in to th e firs t tu m in the lead , but at the last second he backed off the gas and d id n' t dou ble-jum p the first double in turn on e. Rick Smith , riding a North Sta r Sport s KX 250, d id , however, and sho t past Povolny a nd the rest of the pack into the lead . But Povolny quickly showed why he finished seve nth in the AMA 125cc Eastern Regi ona l Sup ercross Seri es, as he re pass ed Sm ith on la p one th roug h the double rhythm sectio n. Th e running ord er after lap o ne wa s: Pov oln y, Smith a nd Mike Kann on a Pro Action / LBZ/ Pirelli-backed YZ 125 in thir d, followed by Pat Read y and Mike Lu oma , By the fourth lap it wa s clear that Povolny was pulling on the rest of the pack, as Kann wa s clos- SAN B ER.\lARDlNO, CA, AUG, 2 M ot ocr os s Action' s "W ild " Wi ll y Musgrave u sed consis tency a nd de term inat ion to take ho me the top money in the Vet Pro class with his overall win at rou nd four of REM's Summer Series at Glen Helen Raceway Park. Whe n moto o ne left the line, it was Yama ha pilot Mik e 'Beyer s howing everyone the fast way to and aro und the first turn, as he g ra bbed the h ol e sh ot. Ri g ht o n h is re a r w h ee l was th e Kawas aki of Billy Frank, with Musgrave in the third spot. Yama ha rid er Da vid "D uckbill" Sari an h eld fou rth, w hile Ma tt Tedder settled into the fif th position . Whe n they ca me arou nd to com p lete lap o ne, it was Beyer s till ou t fro nt , with Fran k in seco nd and Mu sgr ave in third. The next few laps saw Beyer pu t a little space on the rest of the pa ck, as he scra tched ou t a thr eesecond lead. Musgrave, meanwhile, had closed on Frank in seco nd and was applyi ng the pressu re and looking for a way aro und. Sarian was keeping th e fro n t-runners honest as he he ld o n to th e fourth pos ition, not far off the pa ce. Just before the ha lfw ay sign al, misfort un e struc k Bey er , as he crashed in the back c. nyo n section of the course . 1 Fran k in heri ted the lead and took ad va ntage of the clear track, and he was able to put about five seconds on Mu sgra ve, who now occu pied second. Beyer remo unted quickly and was no w third. Frank' s lead be ga n to shrin k w he n Beyer caught Musgrave, and the tw o began a furi ou s battle that pushed them toward th e fron t. For two laps the Musgrav e ....Beyer clash was an epic, as the two rid ers swa pped the second po sition back and for th and w er e nev er more than a bike len gt h apart . Whe n Frank received the two-laps signal,

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