Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

YZl25 into the second spot, w'hile Blackwell ran third on his CR250. Skinner held fourth, and Boulware, who gated a little better this goaround, rode fifth as the pack came through the scoring section for the first time. Dilkey cut a couple of dean laps and opened up a three-second lead on Scott, who still held second. First-moto runner-up Hall was involved in a first-lap crash and was in ninth. Boulware was again moving up, as the Yamaha rider put the pass on both Skin~er and Blackwell and moved into the third spot. Scott dropped off the pace after crashing, and Boulware moved into second just before the halfway mark. The b.,ttle for the third spot was a three-way affair, as BlackweU, Kukla and Skinner diced hard for the position. Meanwhile, Boulware had sliced into Dilkey's lead, and soon he was only one second back. Dilkey held strong. and Boulware shortly began to tire and drop off the pace. Blackwell got the best of the battle for third, and when the two-laps signal was given, he was right on Boulware's rear fender. When the checkered flag came out, it was Dilkey cruising in for the win. Blackwell made a last-lap pass and took second, while Boulware rode in for third. Kukla finished in fourth, and Skinner came in fifth. On the day, Dilkey's 1-1 score earned him the overall win. Boulware's 3-3 finishes placed him second, while Blackwell's 62 tally put him in third. Kukla came in fourth with 4-4 rides, and I-Iall filled out the top five after posting 2-6. Results 125 BEC; 1. Chris Avery (Yam); 2. Orlando Olvera. (Yam); 3. Kurt Kelker (Yam). 125 JR: 1. j~rome Mage (Yam); 2. Scan Seprovic (Han); 3. Kelly Frank (Suz). . 125INT: I. Josh 5tJct" (Yam); 2. Olf{ Jenmnss (Yam); 3. Ke\'U\ jennings (Yam). 250 JR. I. Denny Da~ow OOJl (Yam); 5. Dave Jacobus (Yam). Martinez masters Moroso RR By Lisa Theobald WEST PALM BEACH, FL, MAR. 21 Marco Martinez and Gabriel Henning went head to head during the Moroso Road Race Shootout, the two swapping positions for the lead on almost every tap. ]n the end, Martinez ,code his ZX9 to victory, with Henning just a couple of bike lengths back on his GSXR750. Martinez grabbed first place early in the race and kept his machine out front as he charged down the long straightaways. But Henning was on an incredible ride of his own. At the drop of the green flag. he charged through the turns and maneuvered his machine in between Martinez and Manny Manusuthakis for the lead. As they ran toward the start/finish line at the end of the first lap, Martinez had moved his way back to the front. Henning swept through turn two, again choosing an inside line that enabled him to slip underneath Martinez and retake the lead. They ran side by side until Martinez pulled a draftslingshot pass, which just barely worked. With Martinez back out in front, the race for the lead was intense. As they worked their way around the course, the leaders powered their machines down the front straight and lined up for battle ~hrough turns one and two again. Each completed lap was marked by Martinez in the lead, as Henning continued to demonstrate that he had turn two wired as he cut a narrower path to retake the lead in t1,e two-man battle. With the field dosing in behind them, Martinez drafted past Henning again down the back straight, determined to gain the victory. In third place, Joseph Fletcher was dosing in, but he still had about a second and a half to make up before he could join the two-way battie for the lead. Meanwhile, a battle for fourth place between Manusuthakis, Pat Weekley, Shane Prieto, Colin Gilbert and john-O Bowman was going on behind the leaders, who were turning times in the low 1:24s. FREE CYCLE NEWS STICKERS! For 2 free Cycle News sticl(ers, send a self-addressed, stamped legal-sized envelope to: Cycle News Free Sticl(ers Offer P.O. Box 5084 Costa Mesa, CA 92628-5084

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