Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Malmquist takes Plonkers Trial (Ab o ve left ) Ol i Thorda rson wo n t he Masters c lass du ring ATA t rials action at Big Bear, Californ ia. (Above rig ht) James Cop pedge put together 2-1 m oto scores fo r the overall wi n In the OTHG Over 38 Expert class at the S unrise Raceway m ot ocro s s . By Bill Markham BIGBEAR. CA. SEPT. 20 Just back from serving as a mindcr for the U.s . team at the Tria l des Nations, Jared Ma lmquist was able to put togeth er what he learned to w in the Expert class on his Beta with only 4S points. Second pla ce wen t to IS- ye ar-old Geor ge Smith IV, with 62 points. John Robertson was II points ahead of Smith after the th ird loop , but Robertson had a flat on the first loop and wa sn 't able to start the fourth loop in time. Thc Experts had to rid e four loops, whil e all the others rode three - each of which was abou t seven miles lo ng. Oli Thordarson mastered th e Ma s ters clas s with 23 points, riding a new Scor po . Mean while, Rick Jenkins and his Gas Ga s dabbed in to seco nd pla ce with 31 poin ts. The Advanced A class had a tie afte r the seco nd loop be tween Kevin Geyer and Barret Deck. both of w ho m were rid ing Gas Gas mo to rcycl es. Geyer, however, got hot a nd took the win. Both Geyer a nd Deck were competing for the first tim e in the Ad va nced A class. Advanced B a lso had a tie a fter the third loop. which was broken by Tom Mcbride. who rode his Mont esa to five clea ns (to Cha rlie Rowlett's one clean ). John Bourd eau used a smoo th thro ttle on his Yamaha to win the Intermed iate A class. Chuc k Hult s go t his first win wit h his Gas Gas in Interm ed ia te B, a n d in Novice A ac tion, Bob Eschwege and Art Ha ll 'we re tied after th ree loops. Eschwege, though, locked it up with 28 cleans to Hall's 22 cleans . Results EX : 1. JarnJ M.lmqui...t l Brt ); 2. Coftlf);iI' Sm ith IV (Mu n); 3 . "'-"Vln No rt o n (G-Gl ; o4 . Steve Va rnell ( Bet); 5 . Jo hn Robe rbon (G-Gl. MSTR: I. Oli ThunL"-.,.)I1 L~); z, IUd J~1r.iruo (G-C); 3. Marl OI.-t..r (H uot) -I. M.ltt Pritrllard (Sro); 5. Pil'tl·CtOft (MOld . ; ADV A : I. K.:vm G.ryn (G-G); 2. Barret Dmi. IG-G ); 3. TooJd Rum",-)' (G-C); 4 Kdly Bcllm.v tG-C): 5. Wa ~ Anders (e.G). ' ADV 8 : 1 Tom Mc8nd p (MOIl) 2. Chilrlit' RtlWlt't l t Bt.-t); 3. ; I.lc~ H t-m ingway 1G-Gl ; 01 . Kt...in ReynolJs (Mont · . ~ .. t:..:: ~ ~ ·00 0\ 0\ ,..... l:"lll A: 1. Juhn BoU rdil'OIU (Ya m) : 2. 'Ma tt Par~...n.' (54.·tl; 3 . :\.loIr MiHff l Bod); o4. Dennll. Thompooon IG-G); 5. A w n ~loIlmqulM k IRt-t). L"lT 8 ; 1. Chuc ~ Hults tG-C); 2. C riliJ; Smith < G-G ); 3. Rid. Tt-nbn'l"k (G-G); o4 . leff Nid~'tI (y olm); 5. Lowdl Bdli't tiolin P.. rri!>h;3. Scott Zd t..rs. f>5: I . Levi Ki lbillbtT; 2. Eric W Ot... ; 3. N .ltha n &twolrds :h 110 (7-11); 1. Tyler Bowen; ::' Eric W{>(••h ; 3. David Ditch-·r. rill H 2· 15) : 1. C olv in G racy k : 2. Philip E chtd; 3 . Andrew k Hydl."T. SCHHY: 1. Da vid Hill ; 2. Ga vi n C r,ll),k; 3. Chri, r ola nd . 125 PRO: I. Broc k St·l1ard s; 2. Ton y Ruh in. 311+: 1. Tl-rry B.t rrlt's : 2. Gc.-rry Bc ncn: 3. J.1Y Coven try . n 40 +: I. Gt"rry Bt·tm t"tt; 2. Bill Rri l". I 3 . I back, Le";S gu ara ntt. t.od him that he wo uld stay ou l front and win just to kc Sims' CZ shiny. ..,p Sure enoug h, Lc"; s showoo him. .elf to be a man of his wo rd : He got the ju mp on the field and IL'C! from wir e to wire. It is noteworthy that Sims has len t ou t thi s CZ 400 on several prio r occasi ons and , to dat e, it has never to~t a moto

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