Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Carbondale HS kind to Klimm By Sharon Jones (Left) Eric Cox (396) set s his s ight s on Doug Ear ls (40) in 125cc Bracing action at the flnal round of the Ball zee Grand Championship Series , held at Birch Creek. (Ab ove ) Willy Musgrave leaps over the last hill on his wa y t o a first-place finish in th e Ope n Pro c lass In Carl sbad Motocross Racing act ion at Carlsbad , Califo rn ia_ By Jay Hauser DANVILLE, VA, AUG. 23 As he boro. North Ca ro li na , rider Eric Cox may have just come to terms wi th B-class motocross racing in the Sou theast. Cox piloted his Yamaha YZl25 to a co uple of hard-fou ght overa ll victorics at the fina l ro u nd of th e Ball ze e G rand Cha m p ions hi p Series in grand sty le. Cox advanced earlie r in the se ason a nd has bee n stead ily ch ipping a wa y a t th e co m petition wi th a m ot a win h er e a nd th er e. On this d ay, w hich was mad e for racin g, he put it a ll together and to o k top ho nors in the 125cc B cla ss with a double moto s w ee p . Cox w ould ba ck it up w ith the Unlimited B/ C ove rall wi th his ta lly of 1-2. Whil e Co x worked hard for his 68 Unlimit e d win , h e d id ca tch a s m a ll b r eak w he n sec o n d - m o to w i nner Ja so n Bal d w i n stru ggled so me in motu one, posting a finish of sevent h. Cox 's co nsisten t rid in g wo u ld-prove to be th e key to his tak ing the win. Baldwin too k th ird overa ll beh ind the ever- p rese n t Jason Lapla nte. Cox's ha rd work to gain speed pa id off as he best ed yo ung Su zuki rid er Doug Earls in bo th mo tos of 125cc B ra cing. La p la n te was right ba ck in act ion against Cox in the 125cc B con test but allowt.-d Earls to spli t them up. Co x would hav e to make his way pa st more than a fl'w riders in both ou tin gs of 125cc B action, but he fo un d his wa y to the fro nt each tim e. Earls never ga ve up a~d would recor d a pair of sec ond- p lace rid es, pu sh ing Lapla nte to third with a pair of threes. Th e rema ining field of 125 B rid er s w.as anything but co nsistent, a s Jam el Hassell nabbed fourth " ; th a scor e of 6-5, besting the DNF-4 score served up by Brian Hu nsucker. Pr o action was tota lly d o m i n a te d b y Grt..-ensbo ro , orth Ca rolina 's fas tt:"St son, Jim Neese. Many loca ls are looking to Neese to sto p H o nd a of Tro y ' s M ike Br o w n wh e n ne xt month's Fall Clas sic kicks off its series her e at Birch Creek. With his smooth per formance on this day, he may be in a good pos ition to ma ke Ihe grade. While eese was in tota l contro l at the hea d of th e field in 125cc a n d 250cc Pro ra c ing t h ro ughout the d a y, t he ba tt le fo r st"co n d Ma rne a d ogfight in a ll four Pro motos between the sa me two riders. Tri-City Yam aha / Sitec Racing 's Brandon Turli ngton mat chL up aga inst JT -d. Moto rsports' Jason Co nlon ou t of Maryla nd for four intense mo tos. The tall an d slende r Turlington USl.-d his fluid rid ing stylt:' to cap tu re St.."Cond place in bo th 125cc Pro mo tos, ju st ~dg i ng out Co nlo n in th ird both times. Co nlon, howeve r, retu rn ed th e favo r a boa rd the 250cc ma chines a nd scored the runn er-up spot to Neese .in bo th outings , pushing Tur lin gton to third . Young Zach Osborne out of Abingdo n, Virginia, was q ui te im pressive as he pulled off a co py cat perfo rmance of N eese's , postin g fo ur domin.1ting moto rid es in mini racing. Osborne took o n all comers and walk~ away with bo th mo to wins in the SOcc (7-8) class ove r Broc Tickle and Tavlor Futrell. Osborne came ba ck in the bOcc (7-9) d ivision and pulled another di sapp earing ac t to ca ptu re both moto wins, bestin g Ryan Fitzwa te r and Tickl e. Results 50 (4-6): 1. Ia n Tret te l (Cob); 2. Rvan Smith (KTM); 3. Jurd .m D avid ICob); 4 . Ryan Zi mmer (Cob); 5.·Damon Coin (lCTM). StI17oS): 1. Za ch Osborne (Cub ); 2 . Broc TIcklt. ICo bl ; 3. r "ylor · Futft'U (Cub ); 4. C W. Brim ( KT'MJ; 5. Tylt.-r a uk (Cob). 110 (1-91: 1. Zilch Osborne Ov.w); 2. Rvan Fitzwatn- ()(a w) ; 3. Brcc Tickle.'( K., W) ; 4. CL W illett (J(.,w J; 5: Brad H.l.U ( Ka,w) . w hOn o-l 1): l. Ky lt. clar k. (KT'M); 2 Ga rry Ca n n (J<.,w); 3. Po1U· Ins Fra nd s l Kaw) . RO(7- 11): I. Da vid w alls (Yi'lm) ; 2. Sdm Fitzwater (Su z ); 3 . Du slin Oa u (Kaw); 4.kb wskilJ (K.tw l; 5. Da lto n Tem.-ll (Suz l. .. SO112 -15): I. Stl"f'ht"Tl Shoaf (S uz l; 2. 81,tk(" Hovis (H u n); 3. Ztch Ku rschcnko (Su z ); 4. Chris G mburke (Yam ); 5 . Sco tt SarroriU!l(i(aw). RO0 : 1. Ryan Kersey (Ho n); 2. Andrew Sctrtu rl u!' ( Ho n l, 3. Robbie Rcyn otds (Ho n ); 4. Robert C ru n],.'y (5u z ); S. Dav a no Brim , ml'r (K. w). S/M INI : 1. Ja su n Bry an t (Ya m ); 2. Ste phe n Shoaf (Su z ); 3. m.lke Ho vis (Hu n ); -I. Zach Kutschcnko (5u z); 5. G in " C im hur ke {Yam]. ~H BY : 1. Brand on ungdon (Ya m); 2. J,' ~10 Bry"nt (Ya m ); 3. A.lwn Sta ncil (Ya m l; 4. Do ug Earl s (Su·z ); 5. Bri;Jn lI u mm d a ' r (Su z) . 125 A: 1. Jim N,-"I!M' (I Pe. -rkirui.(Suz). ] 0 + B/ C: 1. Tod d Mitnoh.d l (H un ); 2. Russ Pkl.e. (Ya m); 3 'tt Larry Ste p hens (Ka w) ; 4. Rand y Bea!iole y (li on); 5 . Rick Ne l.ll n 'im (lUJw). 3.') 1. Ricky Joyre (KIM I; 2. David Hobooon (Yol ); 3. Shove +: m Smith (Kaw); 4. A.C. Bruce lKa w); 5. Thomas Pn-kin.. (Suz.l . 40 +: 1. A .C. STU ( Ka w ); 2. o..'n ald Mays (Ho nl ; 3 . C n-g re Dr iKo lJ (Suz); 4. Wt Ca rtit' r OI o n ); 2. Foo1lt.hry Fay cal (Suz); 3. J~h H url ey (Yam ); 4. Ryan ~If{lur (Ho n); 5. Brt(Suz) ; -I. G reg Ca rt,- I'(KTM I. " WM1\l NOV : 1. Sharlin Burnrh~ (Suz); 2. M.arya nn Hobb!< (T<.1 w ); 3. Tiffany Hol tm itn (T<.1 w) ; 4. A im N. Bau kn,--ch ( K., W) . ' t 30+ BEC ; I. Zilch Undbt-org (Yam ); 2. Stewart Fie. ll'f (Ya m); 3 . 'h J" mt"S H a yn,-io (Hon); 4. Ma rti n Ryde.r (H ur;.; 5 . MU CU H.w iru; '! · ) Io (H on l. 31 NO V; 1. Eric C ripp. t (Hu n); 2. RuS-... rryor (Ya ml; 3. 1-. Ba rtll")' (KTM); 4. Bria n Hob bs; 5. Bill JustiC't" (Yam). 30+ t NT; 1. Vic Wa lh'r (Ya m I; 2. Ro n La wso n (Yam ); 3 . N.l tha n Pil tm.l n (!ion l; 4_Tim Theod u re ntu n l; 5 . J"ml"5 De Riut>r (Yam) . 40+ NO V: 1. Ztck Lindbt"rg (Ya m); 2. Jim Myt'T'SO n t- g (Yam); 2 Chuck Ruu SO,' (y am ); 3. r BNCt" Co rne ll (K.tw ). 50 EX: 1. Joh n Kni,;tJ1(Yaml . 50 M5TR : I. Ek t Jo hoo1rulson (Yoo1 m) ; 2. De n nis Mid dl et un'" 'ng C n ); 3. R..y Pi-.arki (Hu n); 4. Jod y Wri <;('! (Y.tm) . Ho < CARBONDALE, KS, AUG. 16 Ridin g a bo rr owed bike, Tom Klimm to pped round five of the Kansa s Hare Scrambles Championship, tak ing his th ird win of the seri es . Sha ne Di Pasqu al e mov ed up to th e AA class and led the cha rge on his Santa Fe Cycle Gas Ga s. Jim Bra wn er of w ich ita ran second while Klimm climbed u p through th e pack a fter s ta rt i ng la st o n a borrowed YZ4 00F. DiPasquale pulled a co m fo rta b le lead w hile Klimm got by Brawner and tried to settle into a fast pac e. " l sold my KX last week and J'm waiting o n my new bike - p roba bly a KTM," Klimm said later . " I was h Ying trouble getting used to this 400, but by the end of the race I felt pr etty comfortable on it." As the final laps of the two-ho u r race app roached . Klimm whittled away at Dif'asqu ale's lead . With half a lap to go, Klimm slammed the door on Dif'asqua le going into the woods , taking over the lead for the n.. of the race. est "1 wan ted to w i n. that ra ce rea l bad ," Di Pasqua le Sol id , "bu t I was just too tired to hang on a t the en d ." Another strong performan ce came from Bw class points lead er Larry Barger . Aaron Hall led the class with Barger in tow for mos t of the race. Both rid ers mov ed past the A-class rid ers in their heated bat tle. Barger made a daring pass going into the scoring area, with onl y a I.1p to go. Barger sec u red th e lead and the win, finishi ng fifth out of all the classes for the day, "I thou ght we wer e o n the last lap, " Barger explai ned , "so I ma d e'a banzai pass at the finish. It turned ou t we had ano the r lap to go, so I had to really push to stay ahea d of Hall." In a season-long battl e with riding pal Mark Brunk, Topeka Cycle's Kevin Long came away with the 2.. E;()cr-class win . On the start. Rvan Weidner grabbed the holcshot. Long block-passed Weid ner in a turn heading into th e woods. Soon after, Brunk pa ssed Weidner, reeling in Long and pushing hard 10 the last lap . Brunk tipped ove r, lett ing Long cru ise in for the win ~ and the edge.in the series point cha se. Results AA ; 1. Tom Klim m (Yam); 2 ShaOl" DiPa

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