Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

80 (7· 11): 1. Chris Bit&' (Yam). 80 (12-13): 1. Sca n Shel ton {Kaw): 2. Jake Ale xander (1<. 1"\'); 3. Da vid Pensk i (Hem ); 4. Mik e Beav er (Suz). 80 (l4 -16) : 1. Mi chael Blo se (Ya m); 2. Bran d on Sch lens ig (Ya m); 3. Matt Madden (Ka w ); 4. Robby Bolan ( Ka w): 5. j.e. Keenum (Ka w ). 80 OPEN : 1. Michael Blose (Ya m); 2. Br a n d o n Sch lcnsig (Yam) ; 3. Ch ris Blose (Yam) ; 4. Matt Madden (1(.1\',.); 5. Robby Bolan {Ka w). WMN: 1. Tamra Madden IKaw) : 2. jenny C la rk (Yam ); 3. Tarrah jo hnso n (Yam) . B/BK NEVER TROPHY, J. Bra d Pugh (Yam); 2. Kyle Danielson (Yam); 3. Jim Mitchell (Ho n); 4. James Scherman (H o n): 5. Charlie Danielson (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Chri s Pederson (Ka w ), 2. Chris Moon (Yam ); 3. Joshua Reed (Yo1 m); 4. Joshua Schuette (He n ): S. Robe rt Sco lli (Yam) . 125 NOV: 1. Ry a n Ha mman (Ha n) ; 2. Jeremy Lastovica (Ya m) ; 3. IIan G ro ss man (Kaw): 4 . Justin Myers (Yam); 5. Brian Scho tt (Yam ). 125 I N T : 1. N ick Beave r (S u z ): 2. S haw n Schwa nbec k (Yam); 3. Andy Clark (Yam ); 4. Jaso n Burt (Kaw): 5 . Josh Wagn pr (Yam) . 250 BEG : 1. Stev e Hendrix (Ha n); 2. Nei l Kot elman (Suz ); 3. John C ar ro ll (Yam); 4. Kod y Klinger (Ho n): 5. Kirk Den t (Yam). 25 0 N O V: 1. Je re m y Las tov ica (Ya m); 2 . Mark Mort en s en (Ya m ); 3. Lu p e A gu a y o (Yam ); 4 . Ti m WI.."Sthafer (Suz); 5. Andrew Barry (He n). 250 INT: 1. Nick Beav er (Suz) ; 2. Kar l Ad a ms (Hen): 3. Jos h Wag ne r (Yam). 250. PRO: 1. TI..-d Ca mpbell (Suz); 2. Rya n Morten sen (Yam) ; 3. To m St uckey (Hun ); 4. Ray Pen ski (H on ); 5. Ju stin McM urri ch IKaw ). O PEN BEG : 1. Todd Scoggins (Hen): 2. Bran d on Fickett (Yam) ; 3. Jason Hickman (Ho n ). 25+ VET NOV: 1. Steve McFer ri n (Ka w); 2. Troy Lang (Hen): 3 . Soren Mo lina (Ya m); 4. Andrew Barry (Ho n): 5. Kenny Po rter (Hon). 30+ SR BEG : 1. Jo h n Car ro ll (Ya m ); 2 . Ja ck Smi thson (K,aw) ; 3. Terry Smi th (Yam ); 4. Ignacio Rivera (Suz). . 30+ SR NOV, 1. Scott Hollenbeak (H e n) : 2. Rich Scbauwecker (Yam ); 3. T. Carlson (Kaw ); 4. Paul'Ounne (KTM); 5. Richard Miller (Kdw). 30... SR INT: 1. Kar l Adams (Ho n); 2. Todd McRI.."C (Ka w) : 3 . Doug Goodman (Hon); 4. Tom Franz (Hen). 30+ S R PR O: 1. jennie Deremo (Yam) . 40+ : 1. Cha rles Quiro z (Hon ); 2. Tom Franz IHo n). BIBK O PE N: 1. Kory Tayl or (Ya m); 2. Tyson Brown (Yam ); 3. Ryan Hamman (Hen): 4. Lu re Aguayo (Yam ); 5. Jus tin .\ fyI..TS (Yam ). M DlFreeRid otocross C pio C eM ham nship Jones clears 10 grand By Bubba Matthews Phot o by Gary Briggs COSTA MESA,CA, OCT.24 MP rid er Mik e Jones whipped his Kawasaki to the top of the podium as he collected $10,000 for winni ng the S (Above left) Insane air tricks - like this full Cordova by Clifford Adoptante - were the order of the evening at the MCD/FreeRide Motocross Championship at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Mike Jones wound up pulling the biggest check from the S50,OOO purse, (Above right) P.A. Allen (12) grabbed the holeshot at the start of the 25OcclOpen A class during the opening round of the Mid-South Winter Series in Greenville, Kentucky. ina ugu ra l MCD /FreeR id e Mo tocross Championship at the Orange County Fairgrou nds. The Malibu-based LXD gro u p produced the event , which featured a land mark $50,000 purse, and brough t ou t the legends o f the burgeoning freeriding mov ement. The podium positions were filled out by SMP's Clifford Adoptante, who picked up $7500, and Fleshgear' s Carey Hart, who collected $5000. LXD is the same compa ny that has produced the FreeRid e Sno wb oa rd C hampi onsh ips and the Vans Trip le Crown of Snowboardi ng . Atte ndance nu mber ed around 6000 - a near-capacity crowd at thi s facility, which is normally known for weekly speed way mot orcycle events during the summertime season. Using a new three-discipline format featuring a flattest-whip contest, a stepup competition, and a F'reeRide expression sess io n, the rid ers showed th ei r skills on a multi-jump cou rse de signed by former AM A 125cc Na tio nal MX Cha mpion Micky Dymond . The evening go t off to a flaming start as Trigger Gumm climbed a jump in the center of the arena to spew flames from his mou th. As the well-worn recording of the national anthem lu rched to a premature stop, Mike Cinqmars was the first of 18 riders to a ttempt to qualify for the FreeRide final even t later in the night. The step-up finals featured eight ride rs qua lified from earlier in the day. Jumping from a small take-off jump up over a larger vertical dirt wall, a bamboo bar was added, to be raised incrementally until the last rider could no longer clear it. After th e sixth "raise," Jeff WiIloh, Mike Jones and Chris Rourke were eliminated, leaving SMP /F&S Su zuki 's Tomm y Clowers to collec t the $1750 bo nus for winn ing the step-up competition. The flattest-whip event also brou ght ou t eight p requa lified riders, w ho would have th e opportunity to shock the crowd wi th th ei r insane, upsid edown whips over the arena's big jump. Each rid er took tw o ru ns, wi th crowd response de termining the winner. After . some truly sick attempts , Hart collected $2500 for the flattes t wh ip ; with Doug Parsons collecting $1000 and Jones collecting $500 as bonuses . The FreeRide Finals provid ed th e cha nce for th e top 20 rid ers to collec t their s ha re of the big $50 ,000 purse, which paid down to 10th position . After Willoh, Ronnie Fais s t, Cinqmars, and Rourke thr ew down the gau ntl et, the biggest moves were yet to come. Adoptante showed he was the master of the fu ll Cordova, pulling off the move twice in his routine. Mixing in a couple of Superman Air moves, lan ding a Front Fender Step, and getting in a Heel Clicker, can-can, and a big Rear Fe n d er Grab e ns u re d t h e " Flyi n' Hawaiian " second place on the podium and $7000 for the night. Ha rt put in a s tro n g performance , starting wit h a Fender Grab and including two No-Hand er/No-Footer moves, a Saran Wrap, a One-Handed Whip and a No-Handed Land er , an d fin ish ing off with a new combo Su per ma n /Fend er Grab. Tha t was good fo r th ird place overall and a 55000 check. The winning ride of the nig h t was also the last. Jones exp loded with a big Cliffhanger, a One-Ha nded Whip, tw o Superman Air moves, a Heel-Clicker, a No-Footed Whip, a Front Fender Grab combined with a No-Handed Lander, another huge Whip (leaving the wooden laun ch ramp already sideways), and finished with an endo over the ba rs at the step-u p jump. All this add ed up to the fat $10,000 pri ze for the likable former World Supercro ss Champion from Export , Pennsylvania. l~ Orange County Fairgrounds Costa Mesa, California Results ; October 24, 1998 WH IP FINAL: 1. Ca rey Hart (Kaw) 87.9; 2. Doug Parsons (Yam) 86.3; 3. Mike Jon es IKaw ) Sh.1. STEP-UP RNAL: 1. Tommy Clowers (5uz ); 2. (TIE) Jeff Willoh (S u z) / M ike Jone s (Ka w ly C h ri s Rourke (KlMl. FREE RIDE FINA L: 1. Mik e Jon es IKaw) 90.4; 2. G iffo rd Ado p ta n te ISuz) 88.4; 3. Carey Hart (Kaw) 88.3; 4. Mike Ci nqrnars (Hen) 85.2; 5. C hris Rourke (KTM) 83.1; 6. Tommv Gower'S (502) 82.3; 7. jeff Wil10h (Suz) 80.8; 8. Ro nnit> Fa isst (Hon) 79 .6; 9. Kris Ga rsa wic k (Yam) 77 .1; 10. Doug Parsons (Yam) 76.5 . AMA M id-South C Winter HS Series,Round 1 'ship Ricketts takes Mid-South Winter HS By Debb ie A. Alle n GREENVILLE, KY, OCT. 1 he early-morning su n w elcome d the AMA /Pirelli /Pa rt s Unlimited / Moose-s p ons ored Mid -South Champion sh ip Seri es int o its 19th season, wi th 274 participan ts en tere d in th e firs t round . Peopl e tra veled fro m Mich igan , Ohio, Illinois, Ind ian a, Mississipp i, Tennessee, Alabam a, Georgia, New Mexico, and home sta te Kentucky to ge t a ju m p -st art on th e 12- ro u n d series, bu t it was Modern Tire Bridgesto ne/Cycle Path-backed Shad Ricketts w ho clai med the victory over Steven's Sport Center's Blair Ber'sano and Great Dave' s MSR/ TM's John Maschino in the AA class. Ricketts took the lead at the end of the second lap and maintained it to the finish . "I just wan ted to finish smooth and consistent without getting hurt," Ricketts said. When the green flag waved for th e AA class, Great Dav e' s /MSR /Silkole n e / Maxxis Tire / Pro Taper / TMbac ke d Mike Sampson grabbed th e holesh ot by a half a bike length . One m inu te la ter, Sa rge's Cycle /Oa kley 's P.A . Allen took charge of the 250cc / Open A start, an d Sarge's Cycle's Robert Patte rson too k t h e lea d over th e Vet/ Four-S troke A field . Allen and Patterson continued to lead to the finish . Sam pson con tin ue d to lead the race T ,...... ,...... l-< a; .c .- t:: a; :> o Z 39

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