Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

(Above) Eric Christiansen (111) was the IIrs tto greet the checkered flag in b oth the Four-S tr oke Novice and Ope n Novi ce c lasses a t round four of CMXR's Sum mer/Fall Series in Carlsbad, California . (Left) Ch a rlie Co le ma n (781) gets me holes hot ove r the rest of the Vet Amateur c lass d uri n g New York S tate MX Championship a c tio n at Broome -Tio g a , Carsten blasts Broome-Tioga MX By Jim Sanderson B INGHAMTON, NY,SErf. T1 Barry Carsten, Ch arlie CO ICl1kl n an d Mike Leavitt too k to p "ho no rs in th e Sen ior Expe rt, Senior Amateu r a nd Mini Com bined classes. res pective ly, a t t he 16th a n n ua l Ka w a sa ki Te a m Grec n / Pire lli Tire New York State Mot ocross s Champio nships, held a t the Broome-Tioga Sports Center. Just fewer than 500 riders came out to race the full Pro National track in 24 classes. The weather wa s warm an d sunny in the morning , but seve re t h u n d e rs to rms moved through the region in the afternoon a nd huge downpours left the race co u rse u nder wa ter . Promo ter Tom Hurd d ecid ed to cancel the sec- on d half of the progra m due to un safe co ndi tions . Trophies and pro pay-outs were awarded based on a one-mote score. Ca rsten nailed the holeshot in the first Vet Expert mo ta an d ne ver looked back. Trailing behind him were Jerrv Kuh n, Dennis Baldwin, Tom Bruno and Gene ighma n. At the ski jump , it was Carsten, Ku hn, Bruno, Nig hma n a nd Ted Robinson . When the top five came off the national hill , Ca rs ten alrea dy had a sign ifica nt lead , whi le Bruno had mov ed up to s-econd . Kuhn dropped to third while Nighman and Robinson ro un d ed out the top five. Cars ten's lead W dS some eight seco nds by the end of the first la p. The top five rema ined un cha nged thr ough the first half of lap two unti l Bart Lucas got by Rob inso n for fifth . Ca rst e n was gone b y th e third L wi th more than 20 seconds on second ap place. On the last la p, Lucas got by Nighman for fourth. The moto wen t in the books with Carsten bea ting Bruno, Kulm, Lucas and Nighman. Charlie Colema n got holeshot hon ors in the first Vet Amateur moto, wi th Rand y Gar d ner, Phil Dowe ll. AI Ci fone lli a nd Da vid Car ma n roundi ng ou t the top five thro ugh the first tu m . Wh en the lea d ers ca me o ff th e national hill, Co lema n still held the point pos ition, followed by Ga rd ner, Dowell, Joe Mackey and Cifonelli. Ne ar the end of the first lap, Ga rdner pa ssed Coleman for the lead on the off-<:amber d ouble on the back hill and then crashed in the following tum a nd dropped ou t of the top five . The lead ers at the beginning of lap two were Coleman , Dowell, Mackey, Cifonelli and Rick Tozier. Coleman came off the nati onal hill on lap two with a 14-second lead . Mackey got aro und Dowe ll fo r seco n d , d roppin g Dowell to third . Cifon elli was a consisten t fou rt h, with Tozier fifth. Cifonelli then gol past Dowell for third. On the last lap, Tozier passed Dowell on the national hill for fourt h. Coleman took the checkered flag. followed by Mackey, Cifonelli , Tozier and Dowell. Bob Kiniry nabbed the holesh ot in the first SUl"' r Mini moto. Off the na tion al hill , it was Kiniry, Charles Ellis, Gene Nighman, Ton y Zen zillo and Mike Leavitt . Leavitt got a round Zen zillo for fourth just befo re the 9O-foot Broom eTioga dinner table, with the top five all makiog the hu ge jump. On lap three, Jam es McNeil took fifth fro m Zenzillo a nd Nig hma n took second from Ellis just before the dinner table. Kin iry cras hed some where on the na tional hill and remounted in seventh. When the leaders cam e 'off the na tional hill, it wa s Nigh man ou t fro n l, follo wed by Leavit t, Ellis, McNeil a nd Zenzi llo. Just before the checkered flag. Leavitt mad e a d a rin g pass for the lead ove r the off· camber double and man aged to ma ke it stic k. The fina l order was : Leavitt , N ighma n, Ellis, McNeil a nd Zenzi llo. # , ...... N I-< Il) .g ..... o U 54 Results rr«. I. N icholas Lu u ; 2. Chri!l Brockwa y; 3 . R,I. Bl'ck ; 4. MolrkCo.ir; 5. Alt' x Ikvolfd . 50 (4·ft ); 1. M ik e !o.h erman; 2. Nic k McPrt-c; 3 . Z.,c h" r y ·it RO!oCh; 4. Ju hn Ve rg alito; 5 . Ryan BliUolrd. 50 (7·8) : I. Mike Stryker ; 2. Mik e c.'w; 3 . T im Su ll ivan; 4. Jlorry Ze nz illo Jr .;5. Cd m. 'l:W il.... n . j liD JR MINI : 1. M itch DouF;herty; 2. I'hillip Nicoll'ln; 3. Iusrin &nwy; 4. Colin Carman: 5. Mike Ca-e . KO 'R M INI ; 1. Mit.:h Dougherty; 2 . JAY WdllT; 3 , Brandon Ku hn ;o4 Ry..n Wih on; 5. ' ay Niedzialko_ki . . SO S IC MI NI : I . Bob Ki n ir y ; 2 . Gel'll.' !'ligh m.m; 3 . J.lm" Mc!,:cil ; 4. JOIlhua Pilu. ; 5. Ton y zee c · au IWSR MI~I NOV: I. COrt·y Sm ith ; 2. Andrew p... ter""k; 3. ~ ItJ!Jl d Il ine; -4. Justin Deemil"; 5. Joh n Rnom. U S / ~UNI: 1. Mil... l.e. V1t t: 2. G.'hC ~ ;;hJJ1b (Ka w ) bs . 12.'iBF : I. Kick L."!glcr fKa w l; 2. AnJn"W Wlu tlock ( K.t w ); J . .G JOt' Htu"ley (Ya mJ. 125 NOV: 1. r.Jl-n Rhl-tcs (!<.aw); 2. Kl-nny Sil'Vl"l'S(Ya m ); 3. Kirk Cha ndlt'" .';on ). 12511\. 'i.• • ~ Fitchdman (Ya m ). 'T: 250 8FG: 1. Kyll' Rutlt.-d~I.' (Suz); 2. ' a'lOn St.-ba.~ti.lni tH un); 3. Don Deitm~y er (H o n ); 04 . Elto n Odo rlCu (Su l'); 5. AI C db r iol.ll (H un ). 2.lJO NO V: 1. TOOd Ary Rich.l rd hon (Suz) . 250 A : 1. JU ua §Wellt (Suz l; 2. Jam t.. EWlIu ()(a w l; 3. 8.trry lih . Ca rs lt."I1 (Suz) ; 4. Da vey Yezd.. (Su z); 5. ViOC't"flt Karnow (Suzl. 250 B: I. JU5tin r a m lSuz); 2. ROMI 8.t rt lett (K.aw); 3. ' a j;fJR McHugh (Suz); 4. ' O!Ihua D...hn (Suzl; 5. Kl"l\ n~th Kt!.lItnlI (Suz). 250 C: 1. Rich. rd Dicluto n (Ka w) ; 2. Jt. S " i'leClIlver t (Ka w) ; J. Ben Co rcetti (Suzl; 4, Aaron C l'Iasc h i (K. w ); 5. Denny St ilw ill (Vol-mt OPEN B/ C: 1. Jam tl' HdJ (H on ); 2. J,"i(.n Stobm {YamJ; J. ~ Fi.o;her (KTM); o4. Jeff Fo.. (Hbg); 5. D "" id Fox ( Ka w). SC H BY: I. D

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