Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Larry Witmer took f irst overall In the Over 40 Ex pert class wi th a 1-1 moto w in atthe Aztalan Seniors Motocross Championsh ips in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. m eeti n g, p a rap h ra s in g-a q u o te fro m Ter r y Woosley: "Yo u ' re we lco me here w he ther yo u ca me just to have fun or ca me to kick some ass." Results 25+ T : 1. C a r l H e in: 2. [am e s Kru 5e; 3. Jim N eupert ; 4. NT Jdmes Ricci; 5. Jllson Wrigh t. 30+ EX: I. Scott Stein le; 2. Tom Dretzka; 3. Jeff Loi s; 4. Roy N a fzg~; 5. Tod d Sdunitz. 40+ INT: 1, Da ve An to la k; 2. Erik Adel~; 3. Harold Gooch; 4. Pete DeG ra nd ; 5. Larry Gibson. 25+ WMN : 1. Susa n Sa lsman; 2. Ma rsh ly nn Me eha n ; 3 Ta mm y Ogle; 4. Juli e Schultz; 5. Ca ro l Becker. 25+ EX: 1. Cory Keeney: 2. Mar k Wr ight; 3. Brent Stev t.·n:lOn; 4. Tom Dretzka ; 5. Mich ad Luoma. 45+: 1. Ha ro ld G<.X )Ch; 2. Je r ry Bumgardner: 3. Brian MI.'Namara; 4. Loren Cook; 5. Jo hn Meeh ..n. 35+ INT: 1. Terry Hah n; 2. Scott Kazmil'rcz.ak; 3. Joe Nosek ; 4 Ron Mauer; 5. Rick Zemlicka. 40+ EX: 1. Larry Witnwr; 2. Ronald Dow nen ; 3. Jim Nelsen; 4 Kris Kla p peri ch ; 5. Kelly Bowen. 60+: 1. Mich ael Mic hel i; 2. Jim Denevan ; 3 . Robe rt Brotz ; 4 Martin Hom: 5. Denny Boblin . 30+ INT 1).1: 1. Jim Neupe rt; 2. Joe NOSt'k; 3, Mike Rice ; 4 To m Niel se n; 5. Da vid Hein. 30+ INT 0.2: 1. Tm'}' Hahn; 2. Fra nk Wei.'\s; 3. ea rl Hei n; 4. Michael Cowe; 5. Eric Smith, 35+ EX: 1. To m Dre tzka , 2. Roy Na fzgcr; 3. Ron Downen; 4. Jim Nelson: 5, Kelly Bowen. 51l+: 1. Bill Van vugt; 2. Elden Housinger; 3. Ted Co p licn; 4. William Ha g ar ; 5. ]erry Boyd . Edmondson rocks to overall atStoney Broke HS By Heathe r Greer ClSSC 250 : 1. Vince Gra ves (Bun . , - BMBR: t. Robbi e No lin (Ya m ); 2. Richa rd Pollock < m); 3. Ya Bill Formby (Ya m ); 4. Steve Ku kl a (Ya m) ; 5 . Brt an Burkhalte r (SUi!:). 25() PRO-SIT: 1. Jo hn Du pree Gi nn) ; 2. De nnis Briggs (Yam ); 3. Rich .uu Pol lock (Y..m ); 4. JOt.' SU n (Ydm ); 5. Don Frnll ~nbl...g'ffto er{Y a m). _ SR 50 +: I. Richard Fo x (Ya m) ; 2. Bill Silverthor n (Ya m); 3. Warrt"n Adams ITn); 4. Cecil Os wa ld (Tri) ; 5. ]o1Ck Neeley ( Ka w ). VET 35+: 1. Jo hn G ilrci a (W· R); 2. Rick Re ( W~R); 3. Jdf ed John son (lIon); 4. Dtm1ililBri gg 5 (Ya m ); 5. Richa rd Po lloc k (Ya m ). SPTSM N 400: L Don Prnu c n bcrg e r (Yl'lm); 2. Joe Steff a n (Ya m); 3. Richard Polh,lCk (Ya m ); 4. Mark Aragon (Ho n); 5. Ma nn y C ru m m e t (Bull. CLo;sc 500/750 : 1. O ..rk Edgi ngto n (T ri); 2. Matt Ca m pht.·11 (T n) SPT$ MN fHX); 1. Ellio tt JW J':'I(Jn (W-R); 2. Sha ne Scott (Rt x); 3 . Pa t Dwy er (H e n ): -l. Jd f Ho saka (Hu n); 5. Bill Silwrt hn m (Yam) . 750 1W : 1. Sal I'eluso (T ri); 2. Don Frl'luen bt.-r er (Ya m ); 3. g Dav e Jo hnson (T ri ). 600 PR(). SrT: I. John G arcia (W-R); 2. Jim Kesler (W-K); 3. Robbi~ No lin (Yam); 4. Ryan Fish er (Han); 5. Rick Schroo.. k·r (W- R). , Keeney, Dretzka Consistent at Aztalan Seniors MX C'ship By And rew Bussen 00 0\ 0\ ,...... -:t" ,...... I-< Il) .n o ..... u o 82 LAKE MILLS, WI, SEPT 12 . Th e Azta lan Cycle Park was pleased to host the sixth ann ual "Dirty Old Blasters" No rth Am erica n Se nio rs M X C h am p io ns hi p ev e n t, which d rew 272 entries from va rio us states and Ca nada. The event, organized by loca l Vet rider Mike Micheli , is spo nso red by Torque Cen ter and TUF Racing, SunStar , and Silko lene. Killer trophies and s po nsor products we re given out to the top 10 riders in each class, wi th a d d iti o na l ca s h going to those in the Exp ert cla sses. Th e mo st cove te d aw ard , w hich w as being chased a ll d a y, was th e Terry Woo sle y Memoria l Pri ze : a $10 0 gift ce r tifi ca te fr om Torque Ce nter, to be given to the rid er w ith the high est to ta l point score on the day - a true tt.. est of the ultima te "iron man" rider and represent ative of the Terry Woosley approach to racing. The initial p r e~ ra c e favorites for the Ter ry Woosley Mem oria l Priz e ha d to be Larry Witmer, To m Dret zka and Roy N a fzge r - ea ch of them top con tenders in three Expert classes. In the spo rt of motocross, anything can happe n and it usually does - as was the cas e w ith the ebb and flow of the mot o action througho ut the day. Cory Kee n ey , disp la yin g AMA Nationa l number 96 and ba cked by Gary's Racing Pro du cts, Xtrem e, Pr o ~ A c t i o n , FMF, Su ns ta r a nd Pirelli, displaye d the spee d and consistency one would expect from a nationa l~calibe r rid er by taking t he hole sh ot a nd lead in g bot h motos uncontested to the finish in the Over 25 Exper t class on his fou r-stroke Ya ma ha . Free po rt, Illinois' Mark Wr ig ht was a consistent second in both motos, but he co uld n' t mat ch the speed or pa ce of the Minnesota rider . Behind these two riders, the scoring wa s mixed up, w it h Brent Stevenso n (on a tapped -out YZ125), Tom Dretz~ ka a nd Mike Luoma ro und ing o ut the top five overall. Aft er being plagu ed with problems in the Over 25 Expert class, Scott Steinl e - backed by Larson Cycle, Throttle jockey, CT!, Scott, FMF an d Rick Blei Performance /Pro-Acti on - put _ together two cons istent mot o wins in the Over 30 Expert class to take the overall, ahead of D retzka , Jeff Lois, and Freeport Hon da / Kawasakibacked Roy Nafzger. Af ter the first set of mo tos , La r ry Wi tme r '" was in a comma nding positio n to claim the covete d Terry Woosley Memorial Prize . However, after finis hin g third in th e first Over 30 Expert mot e. th e Lo retta Lyn n ' s 19 9 7 ~98 Amateu r Na tio na l Cham pi on in Ov er 40 A (backe d by An swe r, FMF, Boyesen , Ma xim a, Power Bar. Forward Moti on / Max Power Cylinders , Clas sic Racing Trailers, a nd Pro-Action Suspensi on ) la nd ed on a lapped rider ov er the ga tor-p it double whil e pu tti ng in a consistent second moto . Battered an d bruised , Witmer maintained his po ise when as ked abou t the situa tion. " He (the o ther rid er) felt really bad a bo ut coming acr oss into my line, but I'm just relieved he's okay and I'm oka y," witmer said . "It co uld have been a lot worse for both of us ." Witmer rem ounted to back up his firs t-mote win in th e Ov er 40 Exp ert class with a ha rd foug ht seco nd- mote wi n over Ron Down en and Jim Nelson. Nelson was pumped for the opportuni ty to compete aga ins t the Na tiona l Champion, but he cou ld only pu t togeth er a consisten t 3-3 finish for the day. "In the first rnot o," sa id Nelson, " I pa ssed him (Witmer) in the bac k section a nd then he got m e ba ck . I'm ju st h avin g o n e of th ose d a ys w he re th in g s jus t a ren ' t cl ic k in g li ke t hey should ." With Witm er out of the ru nning for the Terry Woosley Mem orial Prize, Tom Dretzka, backed by Torque Center a nd Joh nn y V's Cafe, was in a position to take the awar d . The only one left to potentially challe nge him was Roy Na fzg er, if Dretzka wer e to have major problems in the last Ov er 35 Expert-class moto. Na fzge r ma y have won the ba ttle by wi nnin g the St. "'Cond mo to, but Dr et zk a wo n th e wa r and too k the Terr y Woosley award . "I've missed so me races and it' s bee n an upa ri d~ d o w n y e a r," Dr etzka sa id , o b v io u s ly pwnped , "bu t tod ay I fina lly put togeth er good, consistent mo tos." A few other Vet rid ers dom inat ed their class es by co nv inc ing ly acing both mo tos. These included ' Mike Miche li in Over 60, Jim Neupert (backed by,Bob Barr Kawa saki) in Over 30 Intermedi ate (Division On e), Bill Vanvug t in Over 50, TUF Racing's Dave Antolak in Ov er 40 Intermediate, Susan Salsman in Over 25 Wom en , Harold Gooch in Over 45.and Freeport Honda /Kawasaki' s Terry Ha hn in Ov er 30 Interm ed ia te (Division Tw o) and Over 35 Interm edia te. T h e Seniors MX C h amp ionshi p s d r aw s seni or rid ers togeth er for their own eve nt , and clearly has a mor e laid-back atmo sphere. Mike Micheli su m med it up bes t du ring the rid er s' M IDDLEBROOK, VA,SEPT. 20 fn the mid d le of some the most bea utifu l pa stor al country of the Blue Rid ge mou ntains lies Stoney Broke farm , and around 200 adrenalinehungry VC HSS rid ers took off on it s dust y , rocky tra ils for the 11th round of th e Virginia Cha m p io ns hip Ha re Scramble s Se rie s, s p o n ~ so red by Tucker- Rock y, Bell a nd Hav oline. FM F /Whi te Brothe rs / Mai re-s po nsored Stephen Edmo ndson led th e AA clas s in it s cha rge up th e s tart hill , fo llowe d by Moto r Imports / An swer z'Scott-ba cked Kawasaki rider Dan iel Mo rrison. Closing in on Morr ison wer e Mark IV Kawa saki-spo nsored Tom my Hand y a nd Ca se y Cycle C ity / Ch ick-fil -A/ Re gin a backed Ho nda rider George Greer. Lap afte r lap, Edmondson set a blistering pace, and at th e barrels he grabbed. his first series overall win. within a minute, Morrison came into the fini sh for second. pla ce overall and th e clas s win . Mea nwh ile, Ha nd y was holding on to third, until he washed out in an off-camber downhill turn, giving Greer th e o pportuni ty to pas s for secon d place w hile Hand y recovered to slide into third . Atlas Honda rider Tommy Reynold s wa s a streak of red goin g up the start hill, pu shing his H o nd a p a st t h e Ka w a saki s o f Casey C ycl e City / Pa in t by Paul /W orm s Racing Enginesspo nsored Andrew Williams, Dean Ingram and CPMR /S mith / Bruc e' s Suspension-backed Chad Pa r ke r . Will ia m s g rabbed the le ad b y t he halfway poin t of the first lap and domi nated the 200cc A cla ss throughout th e race to ta ke th e chec kers. Settling into a q uic k, stead y cadence, In gram came in seco nd, and Parker came in third at the ba rrels . Jimm y Cycle Sales-spo nso red Glen Holcomb showed the crowd wha t a Yama ha YZ400 can do on lon g, gras sy hills. Holcom b sprinted into the wo od s ahead of the 250cc A-clas s pack. Wayn e Cycle Shop-backed Brian Blacka edged his Hond a pa st Glen Holcomb on an insid e line com ing out of a hard , rocky tum . Blacka kep t a hea d of the chase a nd stayed red -hot u ntil he pu t his tir es through the finish . Holc omb held on to second , with Valley Kawasaki /Mac Tools-sponson.~ Jon GeiITh.1n rid ing an exceptional race for third. Resul ts 0 / A: Stl' p ht.'n Edm ondson (Kawl. AA : 1. Da n id Morriso n (Kaw); 2. George G reer C nl ; 3. Ho To mm y H an d y (Kaw) . lOll A: 1. And r ew W illiams (K<.w ); 2. £A"lln In gr am (K.1w); 3. C had Pilr kl'r (Kaw ); 4. T(lffim y Reynold s (Ho n ). 200 B: 1. Brian Mo rga n (KTM I; 2. Warren Stim p llO (Y am); 3. n Josh Elliu t (K<'Iw); 4. Ch ris Kite (Ka w ); 5. Du s tin Staton (Ya m). 2lXIC: 1. Michael Kt.'t'Sl.'e {Yam }; 2. Mich.iel l..Jnca, ter (Kdw ); 3. Don ny H a rd m an (Kawl; 4. Jod y COI.1W (Kawl; 5. Keith Md~uid · dy (Kaw) . 250 A: 1. Brian BIJcka tilt (Kaw); 3. Travis Fre lst at (Ho n);·4 . Brian Land on (H o nl; 5 . Tim m y T hompsen (Y.l m ). . P /W FIT: 1. Cas ey Harrte ( KT MJ; 2. Ste ve n Lo unsbu ry (KTMI; 3. G.lbri c1 Tot h (KTM I; 4. Haile y Go 1rn" r (Ya m ); 5. Cod y Sum mi t (Yam). p I W STK (O-6): 1. Dakot a Ga r ner (Co b) ; 2. C hris to p her Lounsbury (Cob); 3. A us tin Ballard (I•.l 'm); 4. Cody Trot ter (KTM); 5. Dy lan Schmoke (KT M). P/ W STK (7 -8): 1. C lay to n Murillo (C o b ); 2. M ichae l H.I[] (Co b); 3. Jus tin Mor gan (C ob ); 4. Trevor Rcis (Cob l; 5. Ch ri. .topher . C ha mbers (Cob). P/ W MO D (7~8) : 1. C lay ton Mu r illo (Co b) ; 2. T re vo r Rd s (Cob ); 3. Jus tin Mo rg an (Cob); 4. Knstopher Ch a mht.-rs (Cob). c JR C YCLE: I. M ich... l llall (Kaw); 2. Terren O' Dell (Ka w ); 3. Cu r tis Perkins (Kaw ); 4. Ky le Hu ltz (KTM); 5. Sa ntiago Aceves U-n (Ho n); .. 3. Tyle r Roberts (Yaml; 4_Ma tt Wald o {Ya m}. 1'10 INT: 1. Dustin Wa tson (5u,z); 2. Josh No1 va r ro (K.1 W) 80 STK (7· 11): I. A n tho ny C h a re tt e (Ya m) ; 2. La rry I~eese (Ka w); 3. Ch.1Sl' Taka cs {Yam}; 4. T re n t l£w i ~ (Ya m); 5. C m d iuMOb hagl' n (Yam) . S/ M IN l: 1. Bill y L.lninovich (Ya m ); 2. Dus tin Watson (Suz); 3. Josh Navarro (Kaw) ; 4. Joey Na varro (Kaw ); 5. Bran d on E1 11ing!iC 1l (Ha n). 125 BEG: 1. ]l~<;C' Bram cr (KdW); 2. Rad ov iln Pa nt o v ich (Yam); 3. Ryan Robcrb (KT M) ; 4. Sll've n Cla ba u gh (Kaw); 5. Mi k"eH",rl.i· hy{Ka w ). 125 NO V: 1. Brilnd on H am lett (H on ); 2. Da \i.d Fo",- (Yam); 3. ' 1 Co ry e ris.>; (Yam); 4. P{"tt.f Scu lly (Yam); S. C h ad G.l b. Ugh (Y" m ). 125 INT : 1. W i1~on N icho ls {Ho n); 2. Mi ke Fo x (Ya m ). 125 (12-15): I. Pl'tc r Scully (Ynm ). 125 (16·25): 1. Ra d ov nn Pan to vich (Y.l m); 2. Jam es M~ rr ics (Yam ); 3. Ryan Robem (KTM ). 12S OPEN : 1. Kyllo' Yost (Yam ); 2. Gra nt O .l bilUgh (KdW). 250 BEG: 1. Joh n Du ffy (Y,l m ); 2. Ky lt." Yos t (Yam ); 3. Kyle Bentl ey (y am); 4. Jo hn Ma the l'!l(Hnn ); 5. Dca n Shilrpc (Yam). ' 250 NOV : 1. By ro n Kuk la (Kaw); 2. Jt.S,<;t.-e Sh a rpe (Su z ); 3. Ricky G raws (l'ln n ); 4. Kid Mattson (Ho n); 5. G r.ln t O aba u gh (Kaw). 250 (NT: I. Da niel Nichol!> (K.1W) 2. Dan Norm .l n (Hcm). ; VET BEG: L Do ug Co n ne lly (Ya m ); 2. Pau l EIling~n (Hon); 3. Tim Du nawa y (Yam); 4, Dea n Hlo'TT'l'f < (Suz); 5. D.I W l'O n l ..... ach· l m a n (Suz ). VET NO V: I. Jo hn W illi ~ (lion); 2. R lll1 Ho w ell (Suz) ; 3. Pe tl'r Neu m u d lo r (Ho nl . VET T NT: I. Chris Swift (Yam); 2. Sco tt LaRosh (H em).

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