Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

INN U'I l P/W, I. Ken McMahan (Yam); 2. Ian Washburn (Yam); 3. }06h Long (Yam). 80: 1. Btet Sowders (Hon); 2. Danny Eshck (K.w); 3. Tommy Wast\lngton (Hon) 125: 1. Danny Eshck (Bon); 2. Brd Sowdl..'TS (Hon); 3. Jeff Bostic (Hon). 250: I. Ben Brewt'f' (Hon); 2. Randall Gillette (Kaw). OPEN~ 1. JetTy Post (V.m); 2. Randan Gillette (Yam); 3. JUlUOf'" Smith (Yam). VL'IT: I. Jerry Hinds ev"m); 2. Fr;tnk &rd;u-o (8SM; 3. Junior 5auth (Yam). OPEN EX·l. 8randon CartwrIght (Rtx); 2. Joe Duv.lllATJO; 3. Mike Hinds (ATK). Coster crushes REM Glen Helen Motocross By Rocky Hash ncms:"CE: $fl. RICE DAY: $Ii ....ce11clelS. &ale It select H.a IlrleJ-Dnlll_lellers 1l11maIe. PlrdcllllllS leeein FREE "mtsslOlti Pre -lid lice Dr Seld Checll8lN-TRACI PRllmllS PO B012999.lJrde Beacll, SC 29518-2999 THURSDAY, MARCH 4 a Complete Amateur ABRMA Program On the Dirt Track· s- ... Up Starts at 1:30 AM . SUrf's Up for Dayt_ B8re week on , . . . , . . ....ss; ~ 11IM.""'. _"".,. lIfE...., 8 CIMJIASf.." IMII.Y fIIIMJB . . . ...,... . . . . . . . . . .,.., * Thursday, March 4: (2:10 pm till 4:20 p.rn EST) Interstate Batteries' Race for the Pole MBNA Superbike Qualifying for the Daytona 200 * Friday, March 5: (starting at 2~20prn EST) Lockhart-Phillips USA 750Cc SuperSport (15 laps) 250cc Grand Prix heat races (five laps each) Pro Honda Oils 600cc SuperSport (18 laps) 2 7 r * Saturday, March 6: www.cyclenews.com (~caerro ies 12:~ EST) Daytona Supercross by Honda (8:30 pm EST) Heats begin for the AMA Daytona Short Track * Sunday, March 7: (11crn EST) 2fu: Grcn:l Prix FnaI (Noon ESn Progressive Insurance Pro Thunder Final (1 :15pm EST) 58th Annual Daytona 200 by Arai SAN BERNARDINO, CA, FEB. 6 Heavy midweek rains made for treacherously slick and rutted race conditions, but Steve Coster was up to the task, and he topped the always-eompetitive Vet Novice class at Racing Enterprises Motosports' weekly Saturday motocross, held at Glen Helen Raceway Park. When moto one blasted off the line under gray clouds, it was the YZ2S0 of Doug Butcher out front with the holes hot. Jim Naegle stuck his Kawasaki into the second slot, while Carl Foley ran third. Z Racing's Keith Stoner positioned his KTM SX250 in fourth, and Douglas Lovett was fifth as the pack completed lap one. Butcher set a blistering pace out front, but this tactic would prove unwise in the greasy, muddy COnditions. Just after going through the scoring section to complete lap two, Butcher lost the front wheel and bailed off his machine. Naegle took advantage of the situation and took over the lead. To make matters worse, in his haste to remount, Butcher crashed again about lS yards from his first miscue. Meanwhile, Yamaha rider Kelly Sa.rry was moving up on his YZ400 thumper, and he joined Stoner and Lovett in a tussle for the third position . Coster gated poorly, and in the muddy condilioos it was taking him quite some time to work his way up in the pack. He held down the ftfth position at the halfway mark. Out front, aegle opened up a bit of room for himself, as he stretched out a three-second lead on Foley, who ran second. Stoner took control of third, but that was short-lived, as he crashed in the back section. Foley was the next victim of the snotty mud, as he crashed in the same section that had claimed Butcher earlier. When the white flag came out, it was Naegle out front, with Barry in second and Coster in third. aegle survived the last lap unscathed, and he took the first-moto win comfortably. Coster rn.:,de a last-lap pass and took the second spot away from Barry, wbo finished up in third. The start of moto two saw Coster grab a big holeshnt on his Yomaha YZ400F. Butcher put himself into the second position, while Barry held third. Foley ron in the fourth slot, and Stoner was fifth. First-moto winner Naegle came around to complete lap one in the seventh spot. Aided by a good start the second time around - and by the fact that some of the mud had been scraped off the track between motos - Coster simply pulled a disappearing act. By the time the moto had reached the halfway point, he was 10 seconds out front and pulling away. Butcher rode comfortably in second, and Barry seWed into the third position. When the white flag came out, Naegle had managed to move up to the fourth spot. At the checkers, it was Coster taJ

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