Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Pocorobba first at Frozen Ocean MX By Melissa Threadgill Fri. 9/ 11 8pm est. FIM Grand Prix 250 - Czech Rep ublic Fri. 9/11 9pm est. AMA Supersport - Pike's Peak Sun. 9/13 6pm local AMA Superbike #9 - Pike's Peak Tue .9/15 7pm est. Bike Week ~ ,-.. .-------.. . -----.. . . . . . . . . _u. . .--------.. .--.. . --.. . --.. -------'Check your local listing for air time on your regional sports network " ' RS T A UTO S P O RTs T E L EVI SION Sponsored by l! m "';&,' 1'-' M'." 1-888· 22SPEED ~HONDA 1-800-831-222 0 Suzuki, Kawasaki, _ Honda, MMI Give a Gif t That K e eps on Giving 76 Cycle World, Your family and friends will get a weekly reminder of your thoughtfulness each time Cycle News is delivered to their door. Plus, you don't have to worry about sizes, colors or styles,Cycle News is perfect for everyone. Subscribing is as easy as one phone call. 50 issues $38 9100 a .m. • 5100 p.nL p.s.T . iWSA I AUBURN, NY, AUG. 16 An thony Pocorob ba went 2-1 in the 201-0pen Expe rt class a t Fro ze n Ocean Mo tocr oss on A ugust 16 to win the ove ra ll. The 201-0pen Expert class proved to be high ly con tested and filled with many gr ea t ba ttles. . In the fir s t moto, Po corobba gra bbe d the holesho t. followed by Don Schmidt, Ken Shee rer a nd Pa ul Carpenter . Carpen te r imm ediat e ly ma de his bid for thir d an d qu ickly passed Shee rer . Desperately tr ying to ge t arou nd the side of Sch m id t, Carpe nt er flew h igh on th e big triple wh ile the res t of the class did the doubl e. Th is was a n o- go, bu t in the next co rne r Sch mid t washed o ut , a n d Ca rpen te r mad e th e p a ss . Mean while, Pocorobb a had taken this opportun ity to open up a lead and was about five seconds in fron t of th e rest o f the pack . As Ca rpe nte r wo rked o n dosing th is gap. Shee rer stalled his bike an d fell off the pace back to sixth . He was pa sse by Rand y Barke r. Greg Mee er and Don d d Schmi d t. Schmidt, who was sta r ting to make his way ba ck thro ug h the p a ck, soon pick ed off Barker and Meed er and fou nd him self all alone in third. By th is time, Carpenter ha d effe tively c dosed the gap on Pocoro bba an d was challenging for th e lead . He made the pass and p roceed ed to open up a to- seco nd lead . In the meantime, Casey Hig gins wa s comi ng to life, an d he had wo rked his wa y pas t Shee rer in to sixth . On the big triple - he and Ca rpenter were the onl y riders to'attempt the jump - he dosed the gap on Meeder' (w ho was then in fifth) a nd mad e the pa ss on th e insid e line of the next comer. On the last lap, Hi ggin s wen t for big ai r on th e sec ond se t of triples and made the pass over Barker, w ho had doubled the jump. Ca rpe nter wo n, followed by Pocorobba, Schmid t, Higgins and Bar ker. In th e se cond moto, Pocor ob ba once again got the holeshot . followed by Schmid t and Bart Lucas. Carpenter went down in the first corner a nd fo u nd himself ha vi ng to play ca tch-up . Po corobba wa s un tou chable a nd re main ed in the lead , un chall enged for the rest of the race. Schm id t also distanced himself from th e rest of the pack, w h ich left th e real action to take place m idpa ck. Lucas was still in third , follow ed by Sco tt Ghid iu , H iggin s and Car pe nte r, w ho had immed iately started mo ving up in the pack. Ca r pe nte r m ad e q ui ck wo r k o f H iggins a nd Ghid iu a nd had sta rted to challenge Lucas for third . He was just abo ut to make the pa ss w hen he was d own aga in, a nd he fell back to abou t ninth . As Carpe nter tried to get back up to speed. Lucas fell back to fifth , w hil e H iggins passed Ghidiu to ta ke ov er third . As they near ed the halfway po in t with Pocor obb a still comma nd ing the lead an d Schmid t still in second, Ca rpe nter had mana ged to work his wa y up yet aga in and wa s in fourth, pres suri ng Higgins. Ghid iu bega n to fad e midmo to, and Lucas was up into fifth. Carpenter go t around Higgins , and he began to close th e ei ght-seco nd lead Schmi d t had over him in second . By the last lap, he had it do wn to two second s. He closed the gap on the big tripl e, and even more on the set of trip les that followed. He mad e the pas s on the next com er. He tried to open it up but ended u p sta lling the bike in a cor ner. He man aged to get the bike going in time to (barely) maint ain second, and he too k the check ers follow ing Pocoro bb a, w ho wo n th e race . Schmid t too k third , and Higgins took fourth. . In the 16-24 Combined class, Ca sey Higgin s won both mot es, going start to finish. Matt Pat terson we nt 2-2 for second ov erall, w hile Jam ie Robin son end ed up w ith third ov eral l. Results 51: I. C h ris Law rence (Cob); 2. Co lton H arr ison (KTM ); 3 . Jeff Brig ha m (Cllb); 4. M.llt G ui lfllil (Cob); 5. And rew Car lso n (KTM1. b(); 1. Cody Dunning ( J(.w .' ); 2. Chad Dunning ()(aw ); 3. Alex Sijo;ismo nd i (Kaw) ; 4. Bran d on Meier (Kaw ); 5. Fran k Bums (K.W) . , , JR MIN I: 1. Matt Eas tma n (K. wl ; 2. Alex Sighim un d i (K.twl; J. Brand on Meier (Ka w); 4. William Reece (Yam ); 5. Richa rd ' ',It't h (Ho n). SR MIN I: 1. Gent' lii~hmal1 C Kaw ); 2. [es se Cilbrith (K., W). 3. Z acha ry Eas tm a n (K.lW); 4. Do na ld Tay lor (Ka w l; 5. [ac k Carpt 'n. tcd )(a wl. MINI CO MB: I. jes se Ci lb r ith (Ka w); 2. Ge ne Ni g h ma n ()(a w ); 3. Jack Ca rpe nter (Ka w ); 4. Oan Philli ps (Suz ); 5. Zac ha ry Eastma n (Ka wl . • 125 SC B BY: I. Jim m v Mint'" (Ka w ); 2. Ma rshall McFarland (Kaw): 3. B o bby Bu t lL (i {o n ); 4. B,tp t ist t' '1uhn (He n): 5. N ick 'r Brow n (Yam). 16·24 COM B: 1. C,lSCy H i ~g i n s (Ya m ); 2. M.lt t Pa tter son (Ya m ); 3. jamie Rcbm so n (Kaw ); 4. Ad am Burn ey (Ya m ); 5. Jordan [a ckso n (Ho ll). 25+ A: 1. Don Sc h m id t (He n): 2. Mik e Finnerl y

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