Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

CMC Trans-Cal Series South, Round 2 (Above) Mike Young, riding in the 125cc Pro class, had the comeback ride of the day and ended up fin ishing second. (Left ) Tim Langdon maneuvered his bike t o the top position in the 125cc Pro ciass at round two of the Trans-Cal Nationals South, held at the Badlands Raceway in Victorville, California. ( By Tony A lessi VICTORVILLE, CA, SEPT. 20 or the seco nd straight week, Team Kawa saki's Damon Huffman w as victori ous in the 250cc Pro ranks, thi s- time posting a per fect se t of moto wins for th e overall v ic t o ry duri n g ro u nd two o f th e SunSta r Sprocket ssp onso red Trans-Cal Nationals, he ld at the Badla nd s Racew ay. CMC' s Marc Pete rs put in many long da ys and nights designing another masterpi e ce o f a r ace tra c k . " Ju s t a d d w ater," said one en th usias t a bo u t th e Na tio nal -level racecourse that wa s cu t out of the desert sand . For -Damon H u ffm an , tod ay' s ra ce wa s just anothe r smalls tep in the right di rec tion for the fall en factory s tar as he all but do mi na ted b ot h 25 0c c P ro motos. " Da mo n is o n th e co meback trail," sai d Huffm an ' s per sonal train er , Mike Rossi. " Da mo n is a n amazing a thle te. His reco very is d ue mostly to his ow n perso nal d et ermin ati o n'. He has been sw im m ing, m ountain- bikin g and running most every day." . Hu ffman handled Spud Walt er s in both mo tos of com petition by keep ing the "new dad " at bay fro m the d ro p of th e gate to the finish line in both 250cc Pro mo tos to score the overa ll w in. "Wo rld Tra veler" Mat Bat em an flew int o town to score a we ll-deserved th ird pl a ce fin ish on h is FM F / Del A rno ba cked Suzuki, w hil e Beau Baron, Jer em y H eil a n d W is e co -ba ck ed Mik e Gibso n rounded ou t the top six. " Yo u n g G u n " M ik e You n g wa s a runaw ay w inner a board his Sampso n Wear-backed Yamaha in the firs t 125cc Pro moto. Tim Lan gd on wo rked u p after a less- F R 8 ~ ~ 00 0\ 0\ ,....,. t--.,' -5j .g .... o U 40 th an-d esi rable sta rt to capture second , w h ile Hawk White, Dus tin Ryley and Ryan Orr ro unded out the top five. Th e seco nd mo to saw Young fall in the second tu rn and pu t in th e co meba ck rid e of the d ay o n h is FMF- p repared YZ125. Hawk White led for a while and then fell near the start area , giv ing the lead to Tea m Gr een rider Tim Langdon . Young cha rged th ro u gh th e p a ck a n d cha llenged Langdon for the lead during the fi na l fe w la ps bu t co u ld n't mu s ter enoug h speed to ge t by. " I was tr ying to m a ke th e m ove," Young said . "So m etimes I tried going insi de , o the r tim es th e outsid e, bu t Tim was rid ing good and I jus t could n't get by." In the end, the d ay we nt to Lang don by way of his 2-1 finish es, which topped Young' s 1-2 and Riley' s 4-3 finis hes. . R.J. Th omps on sea le d th e th ird Kawasaki victory of the da y by follow ing in the foot step s of his Green Tea m cou nterparts Huffma n and Lan gdon by sco ri ng th e o v erall wi n in th e 12 5cc Intermediate d ivision. Thompson ba ttl ed Tea m Tho usand Oaks Yama ha 's Jonathan Shim p during the first moto but snowplow ed his front end an d drop ped back to th ird . "I ran in to his back wheel and tip ped over," Thom pson said . Shimp went on to score the w in, followed by Pro Circuit rider Sean H amblin and Thompson. Thompson ran awa y w ith the second m ot o o n his Tea m G reen /Pro C ircu it machine while Sean H amblin ga ve chase in seco nd. First- moto winner Shi mp fell at the start but go t u p and passed more than 20 riders to fin ish fou rth beh ind Chris Nei tzel and Mik e Co llier. Hamblin w as issued a "no sco re" for participating o n an in eligible ma ch in e and was denied his ru nner-u p posit ion. " My b ike w a s w re ck ed a f te r t h e Schoolboy ra ce, so I borrowed o ne fo r th is rac e, b ut I g uess so m eone co mplained," Hamblin sa id . Eve n thou g h H amblin' s sco re was pro test ed , he proved his worth by ru nning close to the pointpositio n all day long . In short, Ha mblin rod e a nearly perfect se t of races . T ea m Th o u s an d Oa ks Ya ma ha back ed Ross Ga rci a was th e d ay's top mini p ilo t, p os tin g three a u t o f fo u r wins in both the 80cc 04-16) an d Supermini d ivisions. Ga rcia ' s on ly m ota loss ca me at the hands of l1 -year-o ld Bran d on Layton, who scored the second -moto victo ry in the Su pe rmini d ivision. Layt on also topped his age di vision (7-11) by posting th e overall win, topping Mike Ales si and FMF rid er Ed ward Herring. l~ Badlands Raceway Victorville, California Results: September 20, 1998 (Round 2) . so (.1-6): 1. Cody Farra r (KTM); 2. Tom m y Aquino (KThI); 3. Brett Downev (Cob); 4. Chris Plouffe (KTM); 5. Dyla n Pem bert o n (Cl~). 50 17-8): 1. Dan ny Conzal ez"(Cob); 2. Tylor Hemme (KTM); 3. Matthe w Do rrnack (KTM); 4. Jak e Ca nad a (KTM); 5. Chapman F ie (KTM). ne 60 (0-8): 1. Co le Seely (KTM); 2. Trav is Chris tense n (Kaw): 3 , Ch ad Cores IKa w ), 4. Bill Ballestcro (Kaw): 5, Lance Co ury (Kaw l. 60 (9~ 111 : 1. Mi ke Alessi (Kaw ): 2. Jd f AIC'Ssi (Kaw ), 3. Tye Ham es (Ka w): 4. Ma rk Prosccll e (Kaw ): 5 , Jami e 1..., n7,."1 (Kaw). . 80 BEC : 1. Sea n Bo r-kenh a g e n ( Ka w) ; 2, Er i k Fau scette (Hen): 3, Micha el Bcinyea (Ho n ): 4, Ste ve n Hoy le (Yam); 5. Ch ris N ish im u ra (Hen). . 8.0 (7-11): 1. Brandon Layton (Yam ); 2. Mike Ales si (Ka w): 3. Edward Herr ing (Kaw) : 4. jar red Bro wn e (Yam ); 5. Michael Pa rke r (Hen). 80 (12-13_ : 1. Da ten Be a ve rs (Kaw): 2. A n t ho ny' Bru scclla {Yam); 3. Sea n Co llier (Kaw): 4, Kelly Tedder (Suz); 5. Vince n t Rhoads (Yam ). 80 (l4 -16 );~ 1. Ros s Garcia (Ya m ); 2. Ky le Ma ce (Ya m ); 3. Erik Meyer {Yam ); 4. Tyler Dunca n (Ya m); 5. [amie Klein (Hem). S/M INI : 1. Ross G" ro,) (Ya m); 2. Bran don Layton (Ya m ); 3. Sea n Co llier ( K..,W); 4, Kcllv Ted der (Suz) ; 5. Jarred Browne (Ya m). . J SC HB Y: 1. jonat ha n Sh imp (Yam); 2. Sea n Hamblin (Ya m ); 3. Ju stin MaC'(' (Kaw) ; 4. Tu rbo Rcif (Hon ). 125 BEC ; 1. Joe Fe lts (5 u7.) 2. Stev en See ba (Ya m ); 3; ; Woody Stah l (Kaw ): 4.}t-n ni fer Capu to (Ya rn): 5. Robert Skin ner (Yam), 125 JR: 1. Da niel Bagwil l (Suz ): 2. Ma rk Valco re (Yam ); 3. Steve Sta ling (Ya m); 4. Chris McDani el (Yom): 5. JOt'Y'Lanza ( K.. W ). 1 l 125 ( N T : 1. R.J . Th om p s o n (Kn w ): 2. Jonat ha n Sh imp (Yam ); 3. Michal'! Co llier (Kaw ): 4. Ch ris N eitze l (Ya m ); 5. Gerrit O rdel ma n (Yam ). , 126 PR O: 1. Tim Langd o n (K.1W); 2 Micha el You n~ (Ya m); 3. Du stin Ryl ey (Ho n): 4. Ryan Orr (Ya m); 5. Levi Reid (Ya rn ). .,t 250 BEG: 1. Dennis Wa go ne r {Yam); 2. Jim Salin g (Ya m ); 3. De me n Adams C n); 4. Michael Ze ld a (Ya m); Ho 5. Jeff Haugh (Ya m). 250 JR: 1. Mi ke Embry (Yam) ; 2. Edd ie Laret {Yam); 3. Chay Sm ith (KTM) ; 4. Stev e Sali ng (Ya m ); 5. Mike M oye (Kawr. ~ 250 (NT: 1. Jeremiah Moo n."(Ho n); 2. Chris Neitzel (Yam); 3. Todd Mitchell (Suz) ; 4. R.J. Th om pson (Ka w ). 5. Mike Collier (Ka w). 250 PR O : 1. Damo n H uff ma n (Ka w) : 2. S pu d walters (Yam); 3. Mat Bat e man (Suz) : 4. Beau Baron (Yam ); 5. Jeremy Hei l (Yam) . 500 lNT: 1. D.J. Humphries (Yam). 25+ AM: 1. Ch uc k Kober (5 uz); 2. Lan ce White (Suz) ; 3. Tom Bell (Suz): 4. Du stin Lunde (SU2); 5. Jim Kronk (Hon). 2S+ MST R; 1. Tod d Mitche ll ISuz) : 2. Dillle Hoeft tSuz): 3. John Za h rt (Suz ): 4. Bob Sh i m p (Ya m) ; 5. Martin Klossner (Vam) . 25+ PRO: 1. Spud Wa lters (Ya m); 2 Mat Bateman (Suz); 3. Paul Keller (Yam); 4. Jack Hell er (Ho n); 5. Brett George {Yam) : 3 0+ I NT: 1. Jef Ha rr iott (Ka w ): 2. Jo hn ny Pos ca (Suz); 3. Robbie Jam es (Yam ). 30+ M STR: 1. Jon Za hrt (Suz ); 2. Martin Klos sner (Yam ); 3. Ron Rum ($ 02); 4, Da m n Hoeft (Suz); 5. Bob Shimp (Yam ). . _, 30+ PRO : 1. Pa u l Keller (Yam); 2. C n.·S Cra w ford (Ya m); 3. Micha el Lopez (Su..-;); 4. Bret t Geo rge . 5. ja ck . Heller (H en). VET BEC : 1. Don nie Ball'S (He n ): 2. Ma jor Alfo rd (Suz ); 3. Stew a rt Fid ler (Yam); 4. Wal ly Cras s (Ho e ): 5. Jerry Iack so n (Hen ). l VET JR; 1. To m &·11 (s u z); ,2. Jon Merrifield (Su z): 31 Vic w alk er (Ya m ); 4. Ma n ny Domi ngu e z ( Ka w) : 5; Randy Co mmans (Yam ). J OffM X NOV: 1, Fra nk De rby; 2. Ph il Blackburn : 3. John Frid lu nd . ~ OrrMX AM; 1. Barry H.lle. J orrMX EX: 1. Robert Ruder; 2. Jim McConnell. J WMN: 1. Je nn ifer Ca p u to (Yam ); 2. Da w n Rogers (Yam ); 3. Pam Clem on s (KTM) ; 4. Trish Young (Yam); 5. Michelle Ros s (Ka w). .' orr A M: 1. Steve Wiltiaml> (Ho n): 2. Doug Huil (}(aw); 3. Jim Maste rs (Kaw): 4. Bra d Kelley {Ho n). / ..orr MSTR: t . Ro n T u rner (Ya m) ; 2 Ief Ha rri 6tl (Kaw): 3. Ron Rul f (5u%); 4. Bob Shimp

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