Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Currie no chicken in Livestock AX By Kyl e Myers .Glen Helen SXa howler By'B. LaRock Olson tops REM Glen Helen Motocross SAN BERNARDINO. CA, OCT. 31 B B By Roc ky Hash Not ev en th e "G rim Reaper" co u ld keep Jas on Dubin from sweeping the 2.. ;Qcr Pro class at th e . SA:-i BERI\ARDIl\'O. CA, :"\OV IO IMS/Glen Helen Racewa y-sponsored su percross event on Halloween night. In th e 125cc In terme d iate, 125cc Pro and 250c c Pro co m b in e d first moto , IMS /FMF / 0 ' eill-backed Dubin fell-back to third after captu ring the holeshot . Tha t put 125cc Pros Don ovan Mitchell in firs t and Jose Po lasek cl os e behind in seco nd . On lap two, Polasek took the inside of the fourth turn , wh ich put him in first, where he quickly developed a five-b ike-length lead . Dubin put pressure on Mitchell and pa ssed him in the back section of the track on lap three. Dubin 's next target, Polasek, cu t to the inside of a tight turn, clipped a hay bal e and opened the doo r for Dubin to ta ke first. Dubin finished in first in the 2..liOcc Pro class, and Polasek cla imed first in the 125cc Pro class. In the second mota, 250cc Pros Brad Frampton and Steve Liedbcrg held the top tw o po sitions in the first turn . However, by the end of the second lap Dubi n ha d charged hi> way from third to first , passing Frampton on the insid e of the fifth turn. Dubin continue d to rid e strongly, developing a comfortable six-second lead. B.1Ck in the pack, a determined Polasek picked up tw o positions, which placed him in third . With his sig hts set on the lea der, Polasek then passed Frampton in the second tum a fter the specta to r ju m p . Polasek closed in on Dubin, but Dubin stayed smooth and held the lead to the finish . "I felt better the second rnoto ," Dubin said . "I di d n't get as"tired. " John Burr Cycles' Frank Wrig ht did n't seem to be spooked by the track, as he was focused on winning the Vet Beginner class. Wright had competed in the White Brothers World Vet Championship held earlier in the day, an d he still looked strong in supl"rcross action. Wrigh t's main compe tition in the Vet Beginner class Glme from Bonnie \'\farch , who startL-d ou t ahead of Wright. " I smokL>d her somewhere around the back half , an d I d id n't see her anymore:' Wright .. id. , As it turned o ut , Wa rch 's mo u nt had suffen 'lJ severe mechan ical p rob l e~s and s he was unnble to complete the race . . "She' s a good rider, though: ' Wrigh t said . "She's beat me one time before." Results 40 J ason Dub in (7) claimed the win in the 250cc Pro class at Glen Helen' Racew ay 's Halloween su percr oss . P/W: 1. C.m ic k Nubl .. ICo b); 2. Mid.ey C UT (KTM); 3 . Scu tt Nublt.·. "(I(~-1 1 l : I. Andrew Yaml.·11. 12i, BEG : 1. BJ h,i HUlh (Y.lm ); 2. A.uon Sch nl'id l. r (Y.1m l; 3 .. · Tv Rl"1lI>haw (Ka w ); 4. Boruue Warch (Y" m ); 5. Rubt-rt M.IY (Ya m ). • 125 NO V: 1. Ja"' lIllJ\·""Ch.m ( K.J,w ). 125 Il\.T 1. Co ry G ib bu n, hTriwtlt' (Ka w ). 60 (1 {~ 1} ) : 1. Andn-w Numw.n (Ka w ). KO U I . ALm fl,;otm.\ n t K., w); 2. Sc111t NI1!1T1,1n (Sur ). SR MI:"IiJ: 1. Scut t No rm. m (Su z ). S/ MIN I: I. AIl..n No mMn (Kawl . 125 D: 1. A I~x H. lld en (Suz) ; 2. Mdtt Kokl·nl."S (K.lw) ; 3. T1l.·n· ni . Simnon. . (Y am ). . . 2.'iO D: 1. Ros.... Pd the eightrider field into tum o ne, with Ronn ie Ren ner. Ja rr ett Tippin g, Jason Fink and Jaso n Tho ma s trailing be hind. Fink bo bbl ed ex it ing the first tum and Th omas and Tyson Hadsell slip ped by. Cu rrie a nd Renn er pulled a way from the pac k as Th o m a s and Had se ll p ressured Ti pping for third. Tip ping the n mad e a mistake as Thomas, Had se ll a nd Fin k ra ced by . C u r rie no w controlled the race an d looked good on his first outin g o n the RJv1. He sailed over the finis h-line triple to sco re the win ahead of Renner, ThOIll.1S , Hadsell and Fink . As the 250cc final lined up, it was between heat winners Currie and Thomas. When the rubber ba nd s napped , Currie sho t out into the lead , with 111Omas, Renner, Kenny Yoho an d Hadsell following . Currie mad e good use of the clear track in fro nt of him a nd scored the ea sy win. Renne r, Yoho a nd Hadsell rounded ou t the top five positions. On Saturday night , Thomas swept bot h cl.1SSes, taki ng hom e $800 in purse money. In the 12.X-C main, C u r rie led the field into turn on e, with Th omas, Renner , Hadsell an d Tipping in tow . d - Currie bobbled off the triple as Thom as moto re by, but C u rrie the n cha rge d ba ck a nd pushed Thomas wid e exiting a tum, forcing both riders off the tra ck. Tha t allowed Renner to grab the lead . Currie cras hed o ut of the mot u and d idn 't fini sh . Th oma s, ho we ve r, re-en tered th e race beh ind Renn er and just in front of Had sell. The th re e fro nt-ru nne rs ba ttled for the wi n, wi th Thomas passing Renne r late in the race to ~lkc the . win . Renner finished .second, wi th Had sell, Tipping and Fink rounding out the top five pI.,C<...'S . Th omas pick ed up where he lef t off in th e 12Scc final by leading th e l1- man 250cc main int o tum on e, wi th Renner, Jer emy Shuttleworth, Kirk Layfie ld and Tipping fo llow ing. Thomas and Renner qu ickl y di s tanced themselves fro m the pack . as Shuttl eworth had his hands full with Tipp in g a nd Hadsell. Thomas, on hi s Pr oA ction /Thor-backed YZ, opened up a three-second lead over Renn er th.lt he would hold to the finish . H ad sell slipped by T ip p ing and Shu ttlewo rth to fin ish th ir d . Tip p ing passed Shuttl eworth with tw o laps to go to cla im fourth. Results Fri ,by 12.<; rRO : I. P.\ u l C u m .:; 2. Ronnu- Ren ner: 3. laso n Thum .l s; 4, T'ysou I-Ild sdl; 5. J.N," Fi l1 ~ . . 251.1 ,r RO: I. r ,llIl C u rrie: 2. J.1' n " 'm,l s; 3. Ruu rue R.'nlw r; ''''' ~ , Ken ny Yuhu; 5. Ty...m II

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