Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Oatfield Raceway Turlock, California Results: October 11 (Round 4) (Above) Tyler Evans (66) leads the way at Oatfleld Raceway for round four of the GA North Winter Series. (Left) Honda-mounted Rusty Holland was the top Pro, taking wins in both the 125cc and 250cc classes. By Jim and Valerie Enos TURLOCK, CA, OCT. II USty Holland took his sixth consecutive win of the GFI California Fall MX North Series, domi nating both th e 125 and 25 0c c Pro classes. Having swept rounds one and two of the series, Holland mis sed round three due to an inju ry sus tained at a race in Fresn o, but he ret urned to the Oa tfield Raceway in top for m . Along w ith the usual p ro cojnperition in a ttend a nce, Holland had to contend wi th the return of loca l Supercro ss and National co mpetitor Tyl er Eva ns. Howev er, Evan s, who wa s still recovering from in juri es sus ta ined during th e National season, couldn't keep up the pace of the speedy Holland. Perfect fall wea ther g r ee te d th e crowd , as well as the more than 275 rid ers who took to the AMP-prepped track. The day s ta rted off with the 125ccclas s event , and Evan s took the holeshot, followed by Jeff Northrop, Jeff Pestana, Holl and and A uggie Rodriguez. Evans looked like his old self as he roosted his wa y through each tum of the technical track . Holland, however, made qui ck w ork o f Pestana and Northrop and wa s soon right on the tail of Evans. Holland made a move for the lead over the triple jump, but he just couldn't outaccel erate Evans, and he tucked back in behind him. R 00 0\ 0\ ,..... .."j<' l-< ClJ ,n E ClJ > o z 34 Pestana went down in th e back secti on of th e tra ck , a n d N orthrop, in th ird, ran into a little trouble as he 'go t hung up in a rut-infested left-h ander. Yamaha -m ount ed Rodri gu e z t o ok advanta ge o f N orth rop' S mis ha p to temporar il y tak e o v er t hi r d . As Rodrigue z a nd Northrop ca me o ve r the finish- line ju m p, Northrop kept it w ide o pe n to beat Rodrigu ez t o th e ne xt turn to r e s e cur e t hi rd . Mean wh ile, up fr ont, Evans and H oll an d ope ned up a littl e cu sh ion on the field and continued to battl e turn af ter turn. O n lap three, Holla nd made his move on Eva ns . The two entered the tr icky lef t- ha nder after th e finish-line jump wh e el t o wh e el. H o ll an d h ad th e insid e lin e a nd Evans wisely took no cha nces, le tting H oll and scoot b y to take the lead . As he has in the past, Holland qu ickly worked his d isappearing act and he slow ly began to pull away. With a 20minute-m oto form at , Eva ns had h is work cut ou t for him to keep a hold on seco nd, as Northrop began to gain a little ground in eac h turn . Al so o n th e move was Yamaha pilot Du stin Bloomfield , who made a hor sepower pass on Rodriguez on the back stra ightaway to take over the fourth p os it ion . As th e race wound d own, Holl and was on his way to another well-earned victo ry, and Evans appeared to have second locked up. However, Northrop, not content with third, pressured Evans, and it paid off when Evans lost the front end in a righ t-hander. " My a rms pumped up and I h ad tro uble holdi ng on," Evans said . " I jus t gra bbed too mu ch front brake and wen t down." No rt h ro p cru ised b y a n d Evans remo u nted qu ickly: The checkered flag w aved H oll and in with th e w in , followed by a hard -work in g N orthrop. Evan s took third , followed by Bloomfield with an impressive fourth, while Pestana rounded out the top five. "1 wasn't su rprised to see Evans up fro nt , but I kn ew he was s till a little b ang ed up, " C la wso n Motorsport s backed Holland said . "1 was actually a little worried about Jeff (Northro p); he's rid ing really good lately." "1 go t an a ll-rig h t sta rt," N orthrop sa id. "1 caug ht up to Evans in the midd le of th e r a ce a n d th en lost so me grou nd . I just kept trying and it eventu-: ally pai d off." The 250cc Pr o-class race s ta rted off with o r t h ro p takin g th e fi rs t- tu rn ho leshot. Ta ili ng N orthrop were Hoiland, Evans, Pestan a and Da n Palad ino. Evans was on.a bo rro wed bike after d iscoveri ng during practi ce that his own bike had clu tch probl em s, and he had a hard time trying to ru n down orth ro p and Ho lland. In fact, Holland took over the lead with a pass on Northrop in the left-ha nd sweeper and opened up a 15bike-len gth lead . "Rus ty came into the tum wide open, an d I thou ght he was going to take me out whe n he passed me," Northrop said. Evans mad e his way up to Northrop and was join ed by Pestana as a threewa y battle for seco n d d ev eloped . Nor thro p seemed to have th e edge in th e wh oop s, whil e Ev"a ns a p pea re d fas tes t in the turns. Pestana, however, kept his patien ce a nd finall y made his way past Evans on th e back s tra ig h taway to tak e over third, and he set his sig hts on Northrop. But Northrop was riding s tro ng and , at first, he was the o n ly rider doing the long d ownhill triple. As the race progressed, Holland continued to expand on his lead , while been PIW 50 FfT (4~6): 1. Locey Pl'T"' !l"S (Yam) ; 2. Casey Bernntz (Suz ); 3. Ada m Hamrner bcc k (Yam); 4. Dylan Fer na ndes (Yam) ; 5. Elric Flory (Yam) . 50 ST K BEC (4-6): 1. cj , Barha m ("1M); 2. Mikcy Colsto n (KTM); 3. Christian Stamh.. s (Lcm): 4. Ma ri sa r Bradshaw (Yarn). . , 50 Frr (7-8): 1. Auliya Flory (Hen ). 50 ST I< BEG (7-8): 1. Co rey Ray Bcm at z (KT M); 2. Jake Barald i (KT M); 3. Richie Th oma s (Co b); 4. Rvan Bowa n (Cob ); 5. Ca rv Kotows ki (KT M). • 50 MOD BEC ·(7· SI, I. Da v id Slu m p (KTM); 2. Cu rte, Lab riola (Act). 50 OPEN (D- 1. Chris Gi lbe rt (Yam) . S): 50 STK (4-6): 1. Scott y Craven (Lem): 2. Jo shu a Greco (Knl). 50 STK (7-8): I. Eric Po lh (Cob); 2 Cody Ia ckson ( K TM ); 3. Br andon Re yna (Cob); 4. Ja co b Bremen ( KTM). bO BEG : 1. T yl e r Freeman (Ka w ); 2. Joey Harris [Kaw ): 3 . a than Holl is te r ( K it w); 4. Ro s s Pach e co (Kaw); 5. Marcus Bradshaw (Ka w ). 60 NOV: 1. Brya n Perry (K4I w ); 2. Matthew Spencer (Ka w ); 3. Kurtis Batey O.. 'TM); 4. Casey Hinson ( K.Jw); S. Kyle Ken. (l:Th!l. so FfT: 1. Ju st in Sa nti no ( Ka .....); 2. ick Kn e isl y (Yam); 3. Stephan Tarpley (Yam) ; -lor Ryan M.trtin (Ya m ). J SO BEG 0 · 1: 1. T ys on Enz w eil er (S uz): 2. Se a n Hampt on (5uz); 3. Dann y Harris ( Ka w) : 4. Rory Radovich (Hon); 5. Ch ris Co nley (Kaw). ') 80 BEG 0 · 2: 1. Co lt o n Ro s s (Ya m ); 2. Scott A' McKinno n (Yam); 3. Aaron Clawson (Kaw): 4. Tre vo r Doniak (Su z); 5. Kyllo' Co met ta (Yam). 80 NOV : 1. Ju stin C od ay (Ya m) ; 2 . Steven } Hernand ez (Yolm); 3. A.J. Perez (Suz ); 4. Brett Markarian (Ya m) ; 5. Matt Fernandes (Ya m) . 8 0 IN T : 1. Ma t t M cCrummen (Yam) ; 2. Eri c "" McC ru m mt'n (Yam) ; 3. C harlie Morrison (Yam); 4. Tyler ) Kalisiak (Yam) ; 5. Co ry McDil nicl (Ya m ). 80 OrEN EX: 1. D.1Vid Booth e (H o n). d 8 0 S /MIN1 : 1. Dav id Boo t h e ( Ho n): 2. Matt McCrummcn (Yam) ; 3. Tyler K.... lisia k (Yam); 4. Charl ier! Morriso n (Yam) ; 5. Da niel Sa ni (Su z). 125 BEG: 1. Tyler Luick (Yam) ; 2 Jos h weather ly ft (Suz); 3. Loren Thomas (Kaw ). 4. Joh n Good by (Ya m ); 5. Don 8.li lev (Yam ). 125 NOV : 1. Steve Mer ten s (Su a ): 2. S im o n ' Te mmer man (Su z) : 3. Ada m Baca (Ka w): 4. Ma rk Verbougst raeee (Suz) ; 5 . Dy lan Vicha (Ya m) . 1 125 INT: 1. Jeff Baldwin (Su z ); 2. j es se Ke tcha m (S uz): 3 . Craig T~uglio ( Ka w) : 4 . Loga n Mastersorr j (Yam); 5 . Turbo Relf (Hen). 125 PRO: 1. Rusty Ho lla nd (Hon); 2. Jeff Northrop ? IKaw): 3. Tyler Evans (Suz); 4. Dustin Bloomfield (Ya m ); 5. Jeff Pestana (Suz). • 250 BEG : 1. Jason Cameron (Hem); 2. Ale x Wilson (He n ), 3. Joh n Lewi s (Kaw): 4 . Josh Whicker (Kawt: 5. Abe Johnson (Ya m ). 250 NOV: 1. Chris Loredo (Yam); 2 Josh Co ffma n (Suz ); 3. Scan Rapinsk! (Ha n); 4. j ustin Sprugasci (5uz). 250 INT: 1. Kell y Quinn (Su z); 2. Jeremy Santoro (Ya m) ; 3. Turtle Wikoff (Kaw): 4. Dieter Tem merman (Su z); 5. Chris Vcndlcy (Suz). 1 sty Holland (Hon); 2. Jeff Northrop 250 PRO, 1. Ru (Ka w); 3. Jeff Pes tana (Y.am); 4 , Tyler Evans (Suz ); 5.• 0 .10Paladino (Ya m) . 500 PRO: 1. M.trk Wo rkentinc (Yam ). 25+ BEG: 1. Ale x Wil son (Han); 2 loren Thomas ( Ka w); 3. John U.1UL<;. (Ka w ); 4. Robe rt Becvar (Ya m); 5. Edward whitecoeton (Kaw l. 25+ NOV: 1. Dav e Lowt (Ka w); 2 Mike Wt"llo;trand t (Suz ); 3. Tim Alva rado (Kaw). 25+ tNT: 1. Mik e Hodge-s (5uz)~ 2. Tro y Ca edi e (Suz); 3. Shane Verdin (Ha n); 4. Mike Besemer (Hon): 5. Matt Miller (Yam ). 30 + BEG: 1. Frank Sa nc h ez ( H o n ): 2. Jo n Cibb (Kaw); 3 . David McCandlt~ (Hen ). 30+ NOV: 1. Bre tt Flo ry (Suz); 2. Da vid Harve y (Kaw): 3. Dan DcNuzzo (Honk 4. Darin Powell (K..lw); 5. Pat Leforge (Suz ). 30+ INT: 1. Sh.lOC Verdi n (Ha n); 2. Mi ke Hod g e s (Suz) ; 3 . Skip Gu in n (Kaw): .4. Patrick Sparks C Hon); 5. Miltt Mill er (Yam) . 30+ PRO: 1. Je ff Pe st.. na (S u:£) 2. Te rry Bosta rd r ; (Ya m) ; 3 . Jo n Z.t hrt (Y.l nt); 4. M ike Johnso n (H us) : 5 . Greg Pennington (Suz ), ) 35+ NOV: 1. Dave Harrell (Suz ): 2. Geo rge Pritche tt IKaw): 3. Randy Lynch (Ya m); 4, Jim Enos (Suz): 5. Pat Sauga r (Ya m) , 35+ INT: 1. Terry Huffer (Suz); 2. Mik e New man (Ka w ): 3. Tim Alvarado IKa w) . 40 + NOV: 1. Bobby Ly nch (Yam); 2 . N ic k McKinnon (Yam); 3. David McCand les.. (Hen): 4. Cra ig ) 'io Bostard (Yam); 5. Nic k Lan gston (Han). 40. INT: 1. Terr y Huffe r (Suz ); 2 . Je r ry wohlgemueh (Han); 3. [osep h Gonzalez (Yam). 4. Dave Ha"..,11 (Suz); 5. Keith Co mctta (Hon). 40.. [X, I. Joe Roo. (Suz). WMN: 1. Ht-idi Ht.fU)' (Yam) . '

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