Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

so CHAIN : 1. M,ltth t"WDown!! ;2..Cand; Hil ... 'Y' tIl.l: 1. Just m l li l tle; 2. Brock Schw arzenb.xm'f'; 3. a ' ytl .n Rig4. Da niel MiIIl'r ; 5. Jdlo.e Tolbert. 1'\0: I. ju sti n H i ttle~ 2. m" k,' Yo u ng. 3. Bn1('1o. Sch wa ru n b.lc h"I'; 4. Darren c.u lt ·r; 5. Clay tu n RiAAI . e 125 : 1. Rob Pea rson: 2 . 1 · n Kmght; 3 . Ch ip Pe rry: -I. AI " n J.. BoUT; 5. C h ris McD. ·vi lt. 2(111 1. Da vid AII"n ; 2. 11.1 . ; 11 25U: 1. J ~h Toun gl·tt; 2. Nic k Wil liam!!; 3. Ro b P.....arson : 4. Ken Willuu ~hby; 5. non Mort o n. ~ Ill: 1. Da vid A llen . SO I. Nick W iIIiilm s; 2. Mich. ll'! G rieff; 3. C h ris Ha lh .lw ilY; 4. U: J",. d an Knigh l VFr 30+: I .Jd ), Amllld : 2. Rid, A nd ers ; 3 . M,ulo.H.l m ·11. SR -I{~ : 1. J<.'if MiII"r ; 2. D.m il'! Wri ch t; 3. ~ ichad G ril't f; -I Mike Sl.cd lon; 5. Plot.... B.trnaolo.v . ... 5 /5R 50+: I. Lc-, E. ling l·;; 2. 8th Co llil'f . 250 PRD-SPT : 1. Dl>Ru),h.· ; 2.. MdYO. r noo PRo-SP'T: 1. Bn.'n Shirl..·),: 2. DcRu ytl'r ; 3. Knigh t. ~c; Burton's in at Inman MX By Scooter Be ll Photos by Craig Co le INMAN, KS,OCU • Galen Burto n came from behind to wi n the Vet Ove r 30 cl as s a t th e la s t ra ce of th e yea r at Inman, Kan sa s. In the first mot e , Tom Norris took the lead in the first turn. Burton was seco nd and Ron Hard ey third . No rr is and Burton pu lled away from Hardev, an d th e ra ce cl earlv came down to them. Going into the third lapBurton came u p short on a double ju mp and Norris pu lled away to hold on for the first-mote wi n, with Burton second and Hardey third . In th e s eco n d m ot e , H a rde v to o k th e ho lesh o t, w ith o rri s in second a nd Burton find ing himself in third . Hard ev he ld off orris until the seco nd lap but ga ve ';p the lead . Then (Above) Galen Burton (714) outdiced To m Norri s (90) to loc k up the overall win in the Over Vet 30 cla s s at the Inman MX in Inman, Kansas. (Left) Shawn McCon nell (left) hel d off Brad Oxley (ri ght) to w in the fi nal Scratch mai n of the season at Cos ta Mesa Spee dway, bringin g promoter International Speed way 's 30th su ccessful season of cla ss- A mot orcycle racing t o a cl ose. co 0\ 0\ ,.-< 00 N l-< C1J .n o .... u o 44 Burto n charged ha rd and took the second spot a way from H ard ey . Th e w h ite flag ca me out wi th No r ris sti ll in th e lea d bu t w ith Burton pr essurin g fo r the mo ta win. Th e p ass was mad e in the second -to-the -las t tur n, wit h Bu rto n w inn ing th e second moto and the overa ll with a 2-1 finis h. No rris too k the seco nd spot with a 1-2 fin ish, and Hardey we n t 3-3 fo r thir d . In the fast Open Outlaw class, Shawn Jones pulled aw ay with both mo tes to win the overall. Ryan Dirks an d Dayn e Eaton ba ttled for seco nd , with Eaton taking a 3-2 for second and Dirks a 23 for third. Will Smith and Fra nk Sell Jr. finished up fourth and fifth. Results r /w : 1. Kim ber Ii ar d t'y ; 2. Ga be Mo ore; 3. Ja ke Haa s: 4 IMrrv Gifford ; 5. Au stin xus....ell. "no: 1. Robert Spo..·. f; 2. Tudd Webb; 3. Jake H.ldS; 4. Tyler 6dlc; 1 5. Bla ke Ward . 1'\0 JR; 1. Dusty Herring Jr .; 2. Todd Webb ; 3. An d y Will iam !> ; 4_Trevor Sm ith ; 5. Rulx"'I1 Spc.'a r. HO SR: 1. Bldke Dunn; 2. Ja mi e Bro wn; 3. Kyle Smi th ; 4 , Jl"f"e'o m y Ll g"-"':"; 5. Bridn 8lmcwid l. SCHB V: 1. Du sty Herring Jr .; 2..St.. -v n Boe!ikl"f"; 3. Jeff WalleT; - .... 4 Brett M.tckey; 5. ~t.1I tt Brit!t.'n. OrE.. OUTLAW: 1. Sh.l wn Jon~; 2. D.!. ne Ea to n; 3 . Ryan 'IJ y Dir ks; 4 . Will5mi~ 5. Frank So..·U Jr . 125 A: 1. Matt Smi th; 2. to.t..rc G ifford; 3. MMk Cyre . 125 B: 1. Will Smith; 2..Ry.m Dirks; 3. Dd~ Eat on; 4_DtTTick C~ 5. Steve ThomF"'O"- 125 C: I . S!.HtI St.-wns; 2. JL'f"lmy Hit schmann : 3. KL'i Shope; · ' 4. Jef f Waller; 5. A ndy Pauls. l5U A : 1. Ma rc Giff ord; 2. M..rl e yre . 2.<;0 8 : 1. To m m N o rri!!; 2..Billy Bard in . 2.<;0 C : I . Sco tt St..-VI"OS 2. Fra n k s -u Jr.; 3. p ave Thit"S!i('1l; 4 . ; Todd Dick e; 5. Chm Strawn. VET 30+: I . Colle n Burton; 2. Tom Norn:lo J . fUm Hardey . ; VET 40 +: I . Rob Lam be rts . 2.. ' im Pr att ; 3 . Rick Bachman; 4. Daryl WaJtt!r; 5. Mdr lin H ibich ma nn . VET SO 1. Tom Hunt. ....: 1'OST.V1!\o +5: 1. jo na s He'Ck'1': 2. ' ol on Holm ; 3. Da vid AJI'T e s ; m dn ; 4. JUsh n Ande'T'5On 5. Jo hn BriSCOt'. . POST-\'ll\'T +10: 1. Rick Bach man; 2. C lcn Burt o n; 3. Ju..nn AnJ L'f"SI,m; -I. Rogl'T Wa rd ; 5. Ron SchroL "I..lI'!'. \ 1 NT : 1. Eric Webb; 2..An thony Hil l. Mullen's the man at Trail-Way ST By Len Breech eral Ne w Jerse y-based rid ers wer e at a pair of mon ey races in New Yor k thi s weekend, thus givi ng Mullen free rein. In the 250cc A final, Mullen ju m pe d in front of Jim Haas, Nathan Davis, Raun Wood and Co rey Harm es. The race wa s re d -F gged o n th e third lap w he n H aas la high -sid ed hard in the second turn a nd so rnehow was missed by the rest of the field . On the restart, it was Mullen agai n in front, this time wit h He rm es, Dave Smith, Wood and Haas followin g. Tha t ord er stay ed the same to . the end , with Mull en winning by a straight. The tlOOcc A cont est was simi lar to th e 25O s, with Mullen quickly in front of Will Russell Ed Hyd e and a than Davi s, who moved into third off the second turn on lap two . The real competition came in the Sportsman final, which offers a wa y for the Pros to race for more mon ey, but is open to anyone who wants to try his or her skill aga inst the best in the area . After falling w hile lead ing the 600cc Pro main, Rick Winsett sto rmed back to cla im th e lead befor e the com pletion of the first lap and pull e d away to a fairly easy win ove r Phil Libhart a nd Mike McKee. Mull en looked to be o n anot he r ro ll, as he grabbed the lead from McKee, Winsett and Libhart, Bu t Wins ett started his cha rge by ge tting pa st Mckee off the fourt h tu rn on the o pe ning la p a nd pr essu ring Mullen . Winse tt slip ped under Mulle n com ing off the seco nd tum on the third lap , as the front three traveled the track in close formation . The racing got a little too cl ose , a s McKee and Mullen tou ched while coming off the fourth tum on the fifth lap. McKee w ent down a nd was unable to make repairs. Wh en t he ra ce re su m e d , t he orde r rem ained ba sicall y the sam e, with Winsett 13k· ing the wi n over Mu llen. Results 50 (4-6 ); 1. Eva n B.llT (A ct ); 2 . John Lo n g (l....rn ); 3. Br yan · [A' Muro (Act); 4. Jt"!I.' Il' Wa ite I'!!(L.·m ); 5. Michael CI.uk (KTM). 50 (7· lil : 1. Jd f Haldeman tLem): 2. Me gan ' am c·s (Act); 3. )I>C P.lrkll (lo' m ); 4. Bubby Wl·i r (Lt.· m) ; 5 . Bran d on Ro b in!!tJn Y (A ct ). HANOVER, PA, SEI'f. 12 Led by Don Mullen 's pa ir of w ins in the 2S0cc a nd 600cc A classes, thr ee other riders also left Trail-Way Speedway w ith a pair of wins: Evan Baer took his usual 50cc Oil-injected and 50cc (46) class wins, wh ile Joey Tye rya r topped th e 250cc and 600cc B classes , and Rick Winse tt won the 600cc Pro and Sportsman mai ns. Althoug h Mullen didn't need the help, sev- 50 OIL-IN] ; 1. Ev,l n B.w r (Y.lm) ; 2. Bobb y Wei r (Va m ); 3 . Mid 1<'1l'1 DiffL'Tldcr fl"r (Yaml ; 4. Mitch H arvat (Yarn ); 5. Bre tt Pu gh . 65: I. Bran d on Roh in:;(IIl (Ka w l; 2. Jeff Hdldeman (f lon ); 3. ' M..~ ...n Jdrnt'S ( Kd (Y;lm); -I. I.a rry Hoffm an Jr. (Yaml ; 5. B'ltry Bigi:' (Ya m ). (,IM A: 1. Du n Mullen (Rtx); 2. Will RU.!l~1l (Rl..); 3. Na tha n l Dav is (Rtx ); 4. Hill Hro mlcy (Rtx) ; 5. Ed Hyde (Rlxl. 60(1 B: 1. J,.....y Tycr var (Rlx); 2. Bill Stilwell (Rtx); 3. Gi l Sm ith (H on) ; 4. Bill M,·n.. , '!> (1(. .....). , 600 I'R O: I. Ricky W in.';l·tt (Rtx l; 2 Phil Libh.l rt (Rtx); 3. MiiU" M cK~ {R txl. 750 A : 1. :\lic k Ta vtor (Ya m); 2. Bill All en (Ya m); 3. Mik r-' Keant"(Yam). • 31)+: I. John Henderson (Rt..); 2. Bill Bromle v ~ R t:r,); 3. Ed Hyd e (Rtll.) 4. S iclo. T.1Vl r (Yam l. ; o • 40+: I. Bruce Mill....r I H on); 2. Bill Sl.lde (l 1"n); 3. DOIve Ih ggi~ (Rtx); 4 , Bill Alli:ft (Vdm ); 5 . Milo. Kc.ollll· (Ka w l e SPTS MN: I. Ricky \\ 'iruodt ( R ~); 2.. Don Mull l'1l fRtJl.); 3. Phil Ubha rt (RM; -I. Will RU!i!ol.·1I (Rb:); 5. Mike McK« (Rtxl. McConnell picture perfect at Costa Mesa Speedway By Ela ine J ones Photo by Mik e Bas so COSTAMFSA. CA, SEI'f. 26 Shawn "Mad Dog" McConnell got dialed in for th e 1998 Coo rs Light United States Nat io na l Speedway Championship, and he wen t four for four in the final ni gh t of International Speedwa y's 30th season of racin g a t the Oran ge County Fairgro und s. The nignt featured an all-Scra tch program as a wannup for the Ll.S. Na tiona l Championship. McConnell wen t und efeated thr ough all of his preliminary rides to take his pla ce in the Scratch . mai n a lo ngsi d e th e other qua lifiers: Bobby Schwartz , Brad Ox ley, An dy Nort h ru p a nd Dukie Ennolenko . Everything was going McCon nell 's way , as he drew the pole for the mai n. Schwa rtz was in tw o , a n d Ox ley had dra wn th e t h ree sp ot. No rthru p and Ermolenko were on the outside in fou r an d five . Th e guys who liked the insi de we re o n the insi de and the boys w ho liked to pl ay g u t in the dir t we re on th e o u ts id e. The question was, Which line woul d work the best? The an swer was quick in coming: McConnell cut a gre at ga te and wo n the race to the first corner. He wa s d own on the low line, and O xley was right with him, tryin g to get a wheel underneath so tha t he cou ld move McConndl off the gr oove. It didn' t work, and the four laps went by very qu ickly. Schwa rtz picked up third , with Northrup fourth and Ermolenko fifth. Three teams mad e the ca ll for the Sidecar mai n, and it was su re a good thing tha t they're friends off the track, becau se th ey sure l ik~ to rub on one ano ther on the track. Off the line, it was th e tea m of Duane CarmOIlt a nd Rich ard Tailin g tha t got the call and took their stro ngru nning Ho nda to the fro nt. The team of Steve Morrow and Mik e McDon nell ca me righ t back o~ the ir Suz uki and got the dri ve out of four to take the lead o n the seco nd la p . Carmont an d Tailing were n' t having a ny of th at, a nd th ey ca m e ri gh t ba c k a nd p a sse d Mo rro w a n d McDonn ell in the same spot - and this time they m ad e su re they ha d the d o or d osed as th ey came out of fou r and won th e d rag race to the

• Cover