Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

in g-ba cked Devin Wenz in th ir d . It would no t take Bevin g lon g to di sp ose of Deigh to n a nd ta ke the lead. Wen z wo u ld a lso pass po ints lead er De igh to n as he chased th e lea der. Jes se Sch lager a nd Nic k Feis t were battling behi nd Deigh ton for fo urt h. This w as Bevin g 's night. a nd sh e pu lled away fro m the field . Wenz w as a lso -von" to nigh t, a nd he took th e checkered flag beh ind Beving. Deight on wou ld finis h in thi nd after lead ing ea rly . With 13 riders lining up for the Open A IT, it wa s a possibility that the situa tio n in the tig ht point race betw ee n Scott Stu der an d Cha d Johnso n might drastically cha nge bef o re th e nig ht was ov er . Pa la ce Mot oSpo rts-b a cked S tu der took his YZ400F to the fron t at the d rop of the g reen flag. w ith jo h nson, Jo n Se ig n and Rick Dougherty all ove r h is re a r fender . Greg Do ug her ty was in fif th - o n hi s bo y's KX80! Determi ned to kee p his points lead , Studer put his head down and turn ed co nsistent laps. [ohnson was dose, w hile Rick Dougherty ha m mer ed o n Seig n. Rick Doug her ty slipped into thi rd a nd began a two- lap assa ult on Johnson. Positio ns throug ho ut the field wer e cha ngi ng on every lap behin d the top five rid er s. Sco tt Ge rates ca me from ba ck in the pack to pa ss Greg Dou gh ert y fo r fif th wit h o n ly a fe w circui ts le ft. Rick Doug herty finally got pas t Johnson, but Stu de r was o u t of reach . Studer flip ped on the YZ's head lig h t as he took the checkered flag, fo llo w ed by Rick Do ugherty, Jo hnson, Seign and Greg Dougherty, w ho passed Cera tes o n the last lap . Th e Open A class had a s tacked field of regula rs rea d y to take on hea t-winning newcomer Alan Regi er. Dennis Me lcher s n a tche d the ho les ho t from th e field a nd led the first la p. Regier was in second, ahead of Mike Lalley and Chuck Bcvt ng . Regier muscled hi s Kawasaki past Melch er and too k the lea d before the seco nd lop co uld be co mplete d . Melcher would hold his position as Lalley, Beving and Charlie Langland took shots at hi m. Regie r pu lled a way fro m the four- rider battle for second a nd co unted down the laps. Melch er and Lalley started to pu t a littl e di s tance betwee n them sel ves and Bevin g. Regier took the chec kered flag. and Lalley pulled by Melcher on the last lap to tak e second . Bevi ng took fourt h, and Lan gland held off a hard-eharging Studer for fifth. Results MIN I 50: t . Alex Jorgt.'1\."l.-"n (HoR); 2. Luke lambn'Chl (Suz); 3. Dt-'f'I."k Schla gl' f (Ka w ); 4. Derik LolddU!law B.Ull'f" (I<.lwl. ( Kaw) ; 5. Anthony MIN I bO: 1. Tony BiS/it"lI (Kawl ; 2. J<&COb AhJ U(a w); 3. Ca leb Su ll iva n (K.l. ) ; 4. Pt.·n·" 5c h l.lg c r (KolW); 5 . [h'rik La ddu$olw w (Ka w l. MINI 110: 1. TllOY Bi!\. (J(.,W); 2. Dt-vin We rtz (Suz); 3. Rya n o;cll l Dl,-'igh ton (Ho n ); 4 J ~ SchJag er (Kaw l; S. Ca k'b Sulli van ( K.1w ). SM ENG : I. Dani eJle fkYing (Kawl ; 2. Devin Wt"1lZ(5uz); 3. Ry.ln Dt'ighlo n (Ho n); 4. J C'!l!it' Sch lage r (Kaw l; 5. Nick FCL'I t (Yam) . 250 A: 1. Al a n R.. ;icr (}(.a l; 2. R..'J;er Wasson ( Kaw ); 3. 5cl;l tt , w Stude r (Ya m ); 4 , Rick Dou gnmy (Ho R); 5. Jo h n ScteR. 250 PRO; 1. Shddo n Wt·nz (Su z); 2. Dus ty F.luld :.l(H un); 3. v Br;ld Let cher (H u n l; 4. c.]. Bt-' in g (Kaw); 5 . Ve r lo n Langland (Ho n). O PEN A IT: 1. Scott Stud l' r (Yam ); 2. Rick Doughl-rty (H o n ): 3. C hild Jo hn.>;lln (Ydm ); 4. Jon Sei~ 5. G n..-g Dou~herty (Ka w ). O PEN A: L Ala n Rlogi" r (Ka w); 2. M ike lall..Y (Ydm); 3. !:Nn' nis Mdehl'f; 4. Chuek Heving (Hon); 5. Ch .u he Langl and (Due) . OPEN PRO TT: I. Dwity Fa u lds. (Hon l; 2. Ver lo n LanKla nd (I'' ''n): 3. Brad lc1ehl'f (Hu n);·1. C.J . lk"Vi n~ (lCdw). OPEN PRO : I. Drnoty Faulds (Ho n); 2. Bob Anderson tH onl; 3. CoJ. o.ovlng (I l~m); 4. Sh d don Wenz (Suz); 5. Pew Totpkin (H.m ). Pederson, Palmer split purse at Washington Motocross By Bob Jones Photo by Ed Eklu nd WASHINGTON, MO. AUG.9 00 0\ 0\ ..\.0' ..- ... OJ ..0 E OJ ...... c.. OJ (J) 74 The record cro wds .1t th e an n ua l Washingto n To wn & Coun try Fair had to \\'ait until the final da y of th is very succ~sful co mm unity event to see motocr oss act ion. But th e wa it w as definitely wo rth it, as they saw a classic battle bt.-hv een the ex pe rts for a sh~re of the $8000 purse. A to tal of 243 riders co mpe ted befo re 10,000 en th usias tic specta to rs . In th e five years si nce this even t started , the crowds, th e rid er turnout and the pUTSI.'" have grown. The 125cc Expert ma in ev e n t sa w C liff Pa lm er on his Carrollto n Kawasaki n ail the hole~hot , followed clos e ly by C had Pederson. Every lap , Pederson s talked Palmer, nev er more than' a bike len g th behind . Palmer's K~Hv a s a ki see med to houk u p be tte r out of the whoops, but Ped en;o n wa s fast er on the starting-line straightaway. Ped t'rsun It.·t his rear wheel d rift ou t too far at the end of the rh yt hm st~tjon a nd never made it bac k up . 2..c;{)cc Pro-Am main-event action aga in saw a classic battle s ha pe u p, but this time Chad Ped erson pu t his C ha pa rral Yamaha out front for good. Brya n Emig wa s seco nd out of the start corner, but he was passed. in the air by Jero m y Buehl. Th e running o rder at the end of lap o ne read : Pederso n. Bueh l, Emig, Palmer. Pal mer Chad Pederson leads the 250cc A main event at the annual Town & Country Fair in WaShington , Missouri. passed Em ig th ro ugh th e whoops, ta king over thi rd on the seco nd lap . He then set his sigh ts on Bueh l. Meanwhile, Ped erso n was stre tching ou t his lead on sec o nd p lace . Pa lm er fina lly made the pa ss on Bueh l w hen Bue hl sli d out goi ng in to the s tart-line stra ight. Results PjW JR: I. C o h on N m; ; Z. [am es C r,tw to rd ; 3 . Jl'H rl'Y W. Ca rv..f : 4. BI ,l k~· Shilling; 5. Broc Ridenhou r. ' " r j W Sit; 1. Da mon G.tbbert:; 2. Kirbv lif"'>mdnn; 3. Jo1 m.. "1 Yea g~-r; 4 , To n y G rotno p in to; 5. Joh n Fetch. . l tlO: 1. M.lf k G raddy; 2. Jao;on H u ssey : 3. D.J. Wa t'lnn ; 4. f),mi l'! Gi fford ; S. Da mnn G.:Jbbt."I1 . ItO JR: I. Ry"n Ho~; 2. M,u k Graddy; 3. Cody rl~ 4. Jilkt" Patl'DlJn; 5.0.1 W" t:;on. . KO Sit; t , Brian Ikh n..-n; 2. Ad am You nfl;; 3 . Ry.ln Brow n; 4. Marry Ingr am ; S. Kru. Cav a ness . 125 A: 1. C liff Pdlmer; 2. Chdd Pederson: 3. Bria n Stone;-I . IlliI h Joh n,.un; 5. J"'fOmy Buehl . i.l 125 8 : I. Bria n Ikhnen; 2. M ik Y(llInf';; 3. ~btl :"I:. ,.,.bt-ny; 4. .. Jun.l lh.tn Foor; S. Ryan ~UrrOCt'O. 125 C: 1. Ron W" rhoover; 2. Chad Vula v,,; 3. Du:.1in liunleT; 4. Chris G ra h.tm; 5. Eli Tho mJ'"'Oll. 250 A: I. C h.td Ped erson; 2. Oift ralmer : 3. Jt"f1.URV Buehl; 4. ~ Bridn Stone; 5. Brya n F.mig. 250 B: 1. Ja",,-~ Rudd; 2. Ryan MMrocco; 3. Wdde G.!.P"'~ 4. Tom Su m mer"i; 5. Jerry Seiter. 250 C: I. Ray Nold; 2. J ~!fn. D;Jvis ; 3. Tim Ed W.:lnU; 4. Eric Bra nd t; 5. Kri...tofcr Wi ld"-, . 25...: I. C h.td PaJeDOn; 2. Cliff Palm er ; 3. Ie ro mv Bue hl ; 4. Brya n Emig; 5 . Mark MolTi!>. . 30+ : 1. Mark Morris; 2. Paul WiUi5; 3. Tom Su m ml"n; 4. L.ury Ye-oIgt"r, 5. Pa ul White. Burkhart wins Honda Hills MX By Mark Bliss L1NNVILLE, OH, AUG. 21 For th e 10th on d fin al round o f th e H o nd a Hills /Cycra /Pro Actio n /Tirem an Offroad /Miracl e C ust o m s/ La ncaste r Spo r t Cycles Fr iday N ig ht Series, track promuter Scott Ca ld w ell sweetened the pro purse by on additionol $1000. Honda speedster Ma rk Burkhart became the primory be neficiary by wi nning the 125cc A a nd 250cc A classes. After e xperi en cing trouble wit h h is ow n CR250, Burkhart borrowed ano ther C R and won th e 250cc A cla ss by s pl itting moto wi ns wit h Suz uki speedster Tommy Collier. After w inn ing the first mo ta , Co llier tried to keep u p the hea t in the seco nd mota , but Bur khar t's spt.. and Col · 't.'d. lil.~ s own bike troubles in the seco nd mo to relegated. Co llier to fo urt h overa ll. In a scene rt.'I11ini sce n t o f Rya n Hu ghes' 125cc da ys , Collier pushed his bike uphill to cross the finish line and no t DN F the ra ce . Suzu ki p ilo t C h ris Be rry nabbed second ov erall by pu tting in ins p ired rid es in both mot os, while Troy Swart z finisht>d third. Burkhart. on his own CRl25. stonned to double mo to wins in the 12Sec A class by gra bbin g the ho leshot in both m oto :-o an d roosting aw ay from the rest of the pack. Co llier finished seco nd , followed by John Sim s ond Berry . Rod Hook . on his RM25O, continUl'd his rt."Ct.'1lt . domin.. ce of the Vet class by sto nning off to dou m ble moto victories . The Yam.,has of Mark Matheis and BiIll.eake gaw chase but could not match the pa ce set by Hook. Mathei s was able to do much the sam e in the Over 40 class, taki ng the holt..-shot in both motos an d roosti ng awa y to \rictory, m uch to the chagrin of the other d ..s.... compt:'titors . l YZ pil o t Tr a vis H arts horn dom ina te d the Schoolboy ~l n d 125cc B cla :-o~es , ga rne ring a victory in eac h class by virtu t' of double mot o w ins. In the p< few ro unds o f th~ Frida y Ni gh t lst Se r ie s, H art s h o r n h a s dem onstrated h is motocro:-os prowess. In bot h classes on this night , the YZ rid er. jum ped out fron t and set ,) blish.'ring pace that was un ma tched by an y of his co mpet itors . The batt les be hind Hartshorn, how ever, are defin itely wort h a mention. In the 125cc B class, Suzuki·mounted Tom Moore wa s able to keep Hartsh orn in his sights but was unable to reel him in , and he finished seco nd uver all. James Ch apma n p ut in an inspired rid e, figh ting off the adva nces of YZ-mounted Larry W (Yam); $. A.J. Rilt... ko ort>..."Ck (Ya m ). min Da nfor th ICtJb>. SO(44.) : I. Ryan K...'rT (Cob) ; 2. Bt.onj.a 50 (7-8): I. Krntopht.., :-.J..·l>;lm (Cob) ; 2. Zac h Whl...1dn,J (Cob) ; 3. tire n! Naylor (C ob ); -I. And y Kin nison (C ub ); 5 . A u~t i n Bun d t KTMI . 65: 1 ~ Ju...;h Roy ce (Kaw); 2. Ty lt>f Fowers (K,aw); 3. Ha ven n Ho ld emft ( K.1W); 4. Brandon Burg ..", ( KoIw ); 5. An thll n y Bond (K.lw). ~II"' I JR: 1. Chri!> lop h~'r Ch14r (Y.m); 4. Trav is. WoIrd (Him); 5. N. thoin Wil l.. '.cob (Suz). 16- 24 : 1. Ter ry C o lli ns (S ud; 2. Brando n S h ull (Suz); 3. Tommy Layma n (H un): 4. Barry Ta ylo r (K. Av.. ." (Ya m l; 4. Tom Moore (5uz.l ; 5. Dav e 5tun..-bum..>f(Yam ). . 30+: I . Rodne'Y Hook (Suz ); 2. Mark Mathe-is (Ya m); 3. Jim Willi am.>;lm (Hon) ; 4. Bill Leak e (yam); 5. Shawn Sims (Suzl . 40+: 1. MoItk Molthe~ (Ya m ); 2. Jim Willi"Jrul(m (Hun); 3. [o e COllirul ( K1"M); 4. Dall' Whydl' (Kaw) . 125 A: 1. Mark Bur kh a rt (!-Iu n); 2. Ttl mmy Cullil" (Su zl : 3. Ju h n Sim.'1(Yam ); 4. Chris B...'TT)' (Suz). 125 B: 1. T ra v is H;lrt shom (Yam ); 2. To m Moure (Su z); 3. J ", ml~ Ch.' pman (Hon ); 4. Larry Wa lke r (Ya m l; 5 . Rob Bing m;Jn (Su z). • 125 C: 1, Brad Wa rd (Suz ); 2. Bri.ln Bid d l.. (Y;Jm ); 3. An dy Saxton (Ho n ); 4. Brian B..."Ck hold (Hu n ); 5 . O int Gnoy (Suz) . 250 A: 1. M;Jrk Bu rkhart (li o n); 2. Ch m Berry (SuzJ; 3 . T roy •Swartz (Kdw ); 4. Tom m y Co lli"r (Su z ); 5. D.III.IS Awry (Suz) . 250 B: 1. Terry C olli n!! (S uz) ; 2. Bra n don Sh u ll (Su z ); 3 . To m my l..l ym o n (H'on J; 4. Ro b Mifildc (Yam ); 5 . Ja m.. Cholpm.ln ~ mon). 250 c: 1. B.m)' Ta ylor (KdW); 2. Ik n Bok... (Suz ); 3. Tom Debm.mn (Kaw ); 4. Brian ru rd y (Ya m I; 5. Rob M inIon (Kawl. O PEN : I. Ca rl [)av is (Ydm) . WOS: 1. C0 N"Y T read w ay (Ho n ); 2. OilV", Sto nl·bu ml'f (Ya m); 3. Stace y Snead C n): 4. Tra vh Su lliva n (Yol ): 5. Eamie WlllT'" Ho m I.md (Yam) . 2-STRK B: 1. Br.:ld ~lrt (Suz ); 2. Enon Da rnet4 (H un); 3. Ben lno m p!iC.ln (Hon) ; 4 , Ca ll." (]ar b ton (Ho n); 5. Ru. .ty Fry (H un ). . ol- TRK: 1. D;Jve Stoneburn er (Ydm); 2. Scott Morri:;(ln (I-Ion). S ol- TR K 8 : 1. Ja!'On Luburgh (H un ); l. G I'\.'g Fishe r (H un) ; 3 . S Solll Willi. (Hu n); 4. Shane H ym e (H. m): 5. $h.-.wn l lotrdy (l ion) . Johnson and Sellards win at Frozen Ocean Arena-Cross third p lace, leaving Poco robba in fourth, trying to hold bac k Barry Carsten . Johnson, w ho w as slowed by a lapped rid er , was th en pa ssed by Sellard s in a set of huge triple jumps. Johnson recovered during the nex t lap a nd mad e a grea t pass in the rocker section . The nex t lap brought out the white flag. and Johnson held off Sella rds for the w in. The 125cc Dash For Cash was a replay of the 125cc hea t race, with Pocorobba get ting ou t front ea rly and hold ing on to ta ke the win in the sixlap ra ce. Th e 250cc he a t had Poco robba o ut fro n t ag ain. Sellards battled past Carpenter for secon d pla ce. Ty w all ace a nd Barry Ca rsten we re p i ck~ ing up the pace during the hea t race, foresh ad owing a potentia l for w ide-open race actio n in the main. The 250cc mai n begu n w ith Ca rlo Coe n gra bbing th e hol es ho t, but with Sella rds d o gg in g him hard on lap o ne. By lop tw o, Sella rds hod mo ved int o the lead , followed by Oe hlho f, Carpenter and Davey Yeza k. Ca rpe nter picked up the pace to leap into second p lace a nd set the stage for his run a t win ning the $1000 first-p lace mon ey. For a wh ile it loo ked like the young local pro was making believers of the h uge crowd, melting Sellards' lead from 3.5 se o nds to 1.5 c seco nds. By mldm cc it had become evident that th e young rider could not hold the pace. During the la st two la ps, Cars te n closed in a m id lapped traffic to ma ke d pass on the race- worn Carpenter. Ty Wallace rod e hard to earn a fou rth-p lace finis h. Sellards gathered in his $1600 s ha re of the $6000 p urse with the win. In his postrace intervie w , Brock said it was worth the long trip from Ohio to make new friends an d fans in New York Sta te. In other race action, Bob Kiniry co ntin ued his great run in the 80cc class wi th a win. Young M ike Case had a great ra ce, wi nn ing his hea t an d ma in races in the 50cc class . Bob Butler took the 125cc Beginne r heat and mot o wi ns . Results 50: 1. Mik e CJ~ (Cob) ; 2. Cody Spann (Cob); 3. 'otk Beebe (Cob); 4. M.11tFumi.:l(KTM); 5. Davi d Shortslec-ve (K IM). 60 : 1. C h a d Du nni n g ( Ka w ); 2. Brandon Meier (K,aw l; J . Mich ael Ti ppmi (Ka w ); 4. Frank Burrn;(Kaw l; 5. Mike Case (Cubl. 80: l. B....b Kiniry (lCdwl ; 2. Gene Ni~hmil n (Ka w ); 3. Zacholry Eastman (Kaw l; 4. Michael Ab r.lm s (SuzJ; 5. Ma tt East m.ln (K.1 wl. 125 BEG: 1. Bobby Budt'T (K.lw) ; 2. Rob..-.nNarosky CKaw); 3. T.J. Bell (Suz); 4.J .:lml't'lJl'ky(K.1W); 4. Jem.ooJ Peel<(Han); 5. Joe Alo i (Ho n). 250 O P EN NO V: 1. M.:l lin Iiou.'> ton (Ya m); 2. ' os h Bur ton r (K.1W ); 3 . JOt"tkl.lhunt (Su z); 4. G.,ry Ddahunl ( ~ w ) . 250 O PEN AM : 1. Kl'v in Brown (Ka w); 2. Thoma s Pardee (Kaw); 3. Rick Rotnutc'8 u ("'I M ); 4. Joh n H o1f~'1 (Kaw ). 2SO EX: 1. Broc k 5e lla rd:> (H o n); 2. B.:t rry C" rs le n (Suz J; 3 . Pau l Ca rp .-nwr (Kawl; 4. Ty W.1UaCt" (Yam ); 5. D.w t")' Yeze\. (Su zJ. SR : 1. Dd vi d Bu rg l"r (Y.l m ); 2. Bo1 r t Luea!! (Hon); 3 . Gen e Nig hman (Ka w); 4. Chotrli...Co lem ot (laM ). n Jenson lands last win at Putnam Park Road Race By Debbie Parine llo By David Denman AUBUR'i , NY. AUG. 22 Casey )o hlL o;on held u p under the scrutiny of th e brig ht lights at Fmzen Ocean Motocross Park 's Pr o Nigh t Are na -e ross ra ce, tak in g cha rge to w in the 125cc Pro class ahead of an im pn."Ssive field of riders. In th e 125cc h e a t , Florid a ' s An t ho ny Po co ro bba jum ped into t h e le a d ea r ly and pulled away from the pack. Casey Jo hn son a nd the other pro riders we re looking fo r the fas ter lines wh ile doing battle with the fast local riders. Brock Sell ard s, Casev Johnson, Jiri Dos tal an d yo un g local pro Paui Carpente r had a fren zied battle as they rod e through the pa ck, wooing the crowd wi th lon g leap s throu Kh the trJ ck's huge triple jum ps . Pocorobba, a past Pro Night race winner, pulled away a nd cn lised .to a heat win by fou r seconds. In the 125cc mai n, it seemed as tho ugh Brock Sellards was about to take charge. Sellards sho t Ollt ah ead of Casey Johnson. Jn d it loo kl.'ti like it might be his nighi. On lap two, Sellards saw di saster strike, whe n he blew th ro ugh a hu ge berm a nd los t hi s two-second lea d . Casey Joh nso n inht:'rited the lead, w ith Sellard s now in St.'Cond . Joe l Oe hlh of in th ird , Pocorobba in fourth a nd the hard -cha rging Carpen ter in fifth . By mid race, Car pen te r had mo v ed up to M OUNT MERlDiAN, IL. AUG.8-9 The rain held of f a t Putnam Park for the running of the sevent h ro und of a c tio n for th e G LRRA , a nd the la s t im pression of th e race weekend tha t s pectators ree eh'ed w as mad e by Tom jens on . Th e A ma te u r H ea v yw ei ght Superspo r t ra Ce was t he las t eve n t to tak e place here th is yea r, and jen son, a second -y ear rid er out o f O xfo rd , M ich igan , wa s g rid d ed next to Ma tt Ames. Ames kno w s how to use elbo ws, kn ees and bikc~ to win races, and up to thi s po int he had four w ins fo r the week · end . At th ~ drop of the flag, it wa s Jenso n ge tting ou t fro nt and a ro und the bend first , with Eric Tw igg and Ames in pu rsuit. Twigg gave chase for the first lap, with Ames s hado wing him . Lap tw o saw Ames mov e around Twi gg, and lapped traffic gave Am es a chance to ge t a closer loo k a t jenso n. Ames \Vent high Jnd J cn~on we nt Inw , and Ames sho rtened the gap between himself an d jenso n, but Jenson h,ld too m uch mot or and was able to take the w in . ..Ac cu te c Ca rbo n Fib er Mo tor Works, Jeff Vos an d Jamie McNoug h ton d o 011 my mo tor work," Jenso n glea med . "This track is smooth and fun to rid e, bu t I ca n on ly get a co u ple of ra ces o u t of a tir e. My favori te track is Roa d Atla nta."

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