Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Expert, Tra cy, wh o easily won . Holt 's fro nt in the 85cc DTX final, but class titl e came by a scant three-point this time, th e Redmond , WashlTlargin . ington, rider Fay was mo re than Oth e r impr es s iv e p er fo rm ances the Californian, McWhirter, throu ghout the week includ ed ATK could handle. Th e impress ive rid er Tyler Meade's sw eep of the 50cc Fa;c had been so d ose to victory Jun ior cl ass, e arning the Lon g v iew , all week long, finally getting his Washington, rider a trophy much taller opportunity wh en he put a large than he. Ragsdale carded a perfect 1-1-1 gap between h imself a n d tally in the 250cc DTX class, making up McWhir te r for th e win. somewhat for his disappointment in the McW hi rter had both Oghe and 250cc class. Mik e Harritt was also perBarber to contend with to the fect , with a win in one of th e premier fi nish, barely holding off the cla sses, the Vintage Twin cla ss, w he re third- and fourt h-p lace finishing he won over Triumph riders Tony Thorn ta ndem ; La ne netted fifth. and Gary Beach. McWhirter's second-place finish Vince Holt (1) won the hotly contested Over 40 title. National n umber 35 Price was also Holt used consistency, in the form of se veral runne r- gained him hi s seco n d class flawless , card ing a clean sweep of the cro wn. up finishes during the week, to liftthe crown. Expe rt class ahead of h is a rch rival Schnitzer, wi nner of the 65cc Simonsen, and Rickman . Beau Z. Brown class crown, had tough cornpe tiwon the Pro Spo rt series title w ith 4-2-1 tion d urin g all th ree rounds in finishes. CN Wh e n th e 12 5cc m a chines hit th e the form of Bobby Fon g, Ellio t Oqu ist, sta rting grid for their ma in even t, th e Chr is Celo rie a n d Ty le r T ho m pso n . Elma Speedway cons tant d rizzle had turned to a steady Fong, tho ugh, had prior committments Elma, Washington rai n. Han sen put his Honda ou t fron t of a nd w a s unabl e to make th e Sund ay Results: June 19, 1999 (Round 1 of 3) the lO-rid er fin a l rega rd less, riding a stayov er, a huge d isappointment for the 50 JR : 1. Tyler Mead e (ATK ); 2. Quinn Simpson (KTM ); 3. E.). Bushnell (Yam). co nserva ti ve race until th e Ya ma hase ries-opener w inner. Schnitzer beat SO S R: 1. J.D . Bea ch (LEM); 2. Tanner Anderso n mounted Mead e forced Hansen to turn Th om pson to the line to wi n th e cla ss (Cob); 3. K en an Duncan (KTM). u p the th ro ttl e a bit. Hansen then put with his 2-1-1 ta lly, tra iled by Celo rie, 65: 1. Bobby Fang (Kaw) : 2. Brenton Sch nit ze r (Kaw): 3. Chris Cel ort e (Ka w ): 4. T yle r Thompson the hammer d o wn to win h is seco nd Eric Brown and Oquist. IKaw): 5. Eric Brown (Kaw), . consecu t ive m a in even t in th e cl ass, Ha nse n's brillian t week was capped 85: 1. Ja red McWhirt er IHon): 2. Andy Fay (Ho n); 3. Frankie Lane (Suz); 4. Stewart Barber Jr. (He n): 5. Nick ahead of Mead e, Pearce, Pru czinski an d o ff by his third conse cu tive wi n in the Ohge Gj on). Rosie to hold a commanding po int lead 125cc class . Hanse n jumped ou t front at 85 OTX: l. Ja red McWhir ter (Ho n); 2. And y Fa y (He n): 3. Ste wa rt Bar ber Jr. (Han) ; 4. Derick Oq u ist into the fina l round. the unleashing of the 'l O-rider final and (Han); 5. N ick O hge (H o n). The fi na l race o f the evening was led it start to finis h, altho ug h he need ed 125: 1. Jerry Hansen (Ho n); 2. Am y Pru cztnsk i held in a downpour. The Over 40 cononlv to finish seventh to wi n the class (Yam); 3. Mitch ell Pearce (Suz); 4. Chris Mead e (Yam); 5. Jaso n Rosie (Hen). testants had their wo rk cut out for them, titl~. Ha nsen wen t o u t with a bang, 250: 1. Kyle Ragsda le (Ka w): 2. Na tha n Wharton as the track beca me too sli ppery to make how ever, as he led Pruczinski, Mea de, (H a n); 3. Scooter Vern on (A TK); 4. Nick Sellers (Hon) . 250 OTX: 1. Ky le Ragsdal e (Ka w): 2. Kell y Thomas much p rogres s, a lt hough Pow er did Pearce and Powell to the finish to secure (Ha n). find the pe rfect line an d overtook Ho lt his sweep. OPEN: 1. Scoo ter Verno n (ATK); 2. Robert Loose (Rtx); 3 . Larry War d (H o n ); 4. Danny Casey (R tx); 5. on the fifth lap to post a victory. Power Heartbreak and triumph w ere the Hisa teru Tan gu cht (Han ). used the outside line, w hile the ot hers stories in the 250cc class , as fou r riders 30+ 250: 1. Shane H uggi ns (Yam). op ted for the inside, to take the win over en te re d th e d ay with a ma thematical 30+ O PEN: 1. Kir k Stro ng (Ya m ); 2. Da n Kir k (Yam ); 3. StE'Ve Power (H en); 4. Mike Marthaller (Yam); Hplt and Loose, to tighten up the points cha nce of taking a series win. Rister, 5. Frank. Mock.(Yam). battl e at 39-39-38 in Power's favo r over Ragsdale, Wharton and Vernon all had a 40+: 1. Bob Loose (Rtx ); 2. Vin ce Holt (Rtx); 3. Steve Powe r (Ho n): 4. Bob Casey (Rtx): 5. Do ug Cough try Elma wi nner Loose, and Holt. Tra iling shot , although thr ee riders were quickly (Yam). Loose were Dou g Co ughtr y and Bultashot d own in flam es, as Ragsd ale, who VINT 250: 1. Brett w es ton (H a n); 2. Jim Rose th co-mounted Todd Tracy, the fourt h- and was tied w ith Rister for th e fifth-place finis hers. p o int lead , cras hed w hi le ru nni ng second to Rister' s ' CASTLE ROCK RACE PARK Yama ha . Rain wo uld again wreak havoc at the Th is was after Wh arton' s Cas tle Rock TT ro u nd, as th rea tening C R refused to refi re on the skies dum ped a great deal of precipi tation start grid . Thi ngs worsene d jUst as the small-d isplacemen t machines w hen Ve rnon and Sellers w ere involved in a horrible go t u nder way for qua lifying. It was then decided by the Mount St. He lens Moto rcra s h . Vernon would no t cy cle Club that th e ev ent would be make th e res tart , a lthou gh resch edul ed fo r th e fo llo w ing d a y, th e d iminu tive Sell ers d id . spread ing the series out to an eigh t-day Rist er le d e ve ry la p o f th e span. Racing resumed on Su nday, again chaotic even t, pi ckin g u p a under threaten ing skies, althou gh no rain win wi th his 4-1-1 p lacings. fell during the lengthy program . "I' ve waited 10 yea rs fo r The d ominant McWhirter su ffered an thi s," sa id the 39~yea r-ol d upset def eat in qualifyin g, as Oh ge beat Rister. "This is grea t. N ow I h im to th e lin e in th e fir st of th e tw o can afford to go back to Indy and show them w hat I'm all 85c c- cl ass qualifi ers . An other u pset came in the second heat race, as Hansen about. Dirt track ha sn 't seen Kyle Ragsdale swept the 250cc OTX clas s, with wins at had his best su ccess in his short racing the best of me yet!" Elma, Rainier and Castle Rock. career with a heat-race win over Fay. Trailing Rister at the finish McWhirte r still s how e d his TT w ere Sell e rs , Ro sie, Ja cob prowess by grabbing the lead in the SScc Currey and Jethro Halbert. (Han); 3. Sea n Peterso n (Yam); 4. Brva n Dotso n (Bun ; 5. A main eve nt , ahead of Oghe and Fay, Vernon shook off the effects of the Lukas Olsen (Yam). . VIl'.l.1W: 1. Mike Hart-itt (Ya m ); 2. Pa ul Peiroli bu t w hen a mid pack pileup occ urred, horrible crash by coming back to win (Tri); 3. C a ry Bea ch (Tri) ; 4. C a ry Ht te (H D); 5. DIck racing came to an end. McWhirter shot the Open-class final, bu t in order for the Slus her (No r). PRO SPT: 1. Kurt Hawk (W-R); 2. Sha wn Rag gio to the head of the pack on the rest art, Olympia, Was hington , rider to acheive (Rtx): 3. Bria n McGoni ga l (Rtx): 4. Beau Z. Brown (Rtx): and the n put huge ground on the field . his ul tim ate goal - a wi n which would 5. Geo rge Pri ndi ville IRtx). B';!t that w as only until Fay, who this sent hi m to Indy - it was a must-win sitEX: 1. Eli Price (W R); 2. John Paul Simonsen (Rtx); 3. Er ic Rickman (Rtx): 4 . Bea u A . Br ow n (W· R); 5. time go t off to a poor start, caug ht an d ua tion for the ATK rider. Verno n tra iled Ch ris tian Vernon (Ano. d ispla ced O gh e, th en sliced in t o Or egon' s Tim Ricketts for severa l la ps Rainier Bowl • McWh irter 's lead wit h eve ry circuit. Fay be fore Ricketts lost the lead . Loose, the Rainier, Washington p o in ts lead er' comin g in to th e fi n a l challenged McWh irter at every turn, bu t Resu lts: June 23, 1999 (Round 2 of 3) M.cWhirter held up under th e p ressure round, got sen t to the back of the field 50 JR: 1. Ty ler Mead e (ATK); 2. E.J. Bushnell (Yam); for the win . Fay, Ohge, Barber and Lane after jumping th e sta rt, aidin g Vernon 3. Quinn.5impson (KTM). . fill ed ou t the top fiv e in th e 12-rider in his qu est for th e win and the series 50 5R: 1. Ev a n Ar onson; 2. J.D. Beach (Le m); 3. final. title. ja cob Lehman n (Cob). 65: 1. Brent on Sc hni tzer (Ka w): 2. Elli ot Oqu ist .' "Th is h elps o u t o u r prog ra m so Loose was also in conten tion for the (K."Iw ); 3. Bob by Fang (Kaw ); 4. Chris Ce lorie (Kaw ): 5. m uc h," s ai d Ja r ed' s fa ther, Howard Ov er 4D-class title, tied with Power. Holt Eric Brown (Kaw l. 85: 1. Jared Mcwhirter (Ha n); 2. Fran kie Lane (Suz ); ~cWhirter, bea ming wit h an ear-to-ea r got the luck y break he need ed , as both 3. And y Fay (Hen ): 4. Eric DeBoer (Ya m) ; 5. De rick giin. 'This makes it all possible to go to Pow e r a n d Loo se r a n b ehind 'h i m, Oquist (Honl . Ind y, as w ell as (wit h) all the hel p we 85 OTX: 1. Fran kie Lane (Suz); 2. Jared McWhi rter although Loose d id give it all he had to (Han); 3. And y Fa y (H e n ): 4. Ni ck Ohge (Ho n) ; 5. get from Rod Lake and Red line." overta ke H olt , who was con tent with Kenn eth Ha nsen (Han ). McWhirter darted ri ght back o ut second place behind th e former AM A 125: 1. Jerry Hansen (Ho n); 2. Chris Mead e (Yam ); 3. Jeff Rister failed to even make the 250cc podium at the Elma Half Mile round of the series, but came back with a vengeance, scoring wins at Rainier and Castle Rock for the 250cc championship. Mitchell Pierce (Suz ); 4. Amy I'ru czinski (Yam); 5. Jason Rosie (Hen). 250: 1. Jeff Rister (Yam); 2. Scoote... Vt..'1TIon (AM; 3. Na tha n Wharton (Han ); 4. Ky le Ra gsd ale (Kaw ): 5. Jason Rosie (Suz) . 250 OTX: 1. Kyle Ra gsd ale (Kaw): 2. Ni ck Sellers IHo n): 3. Mitch ell Pi erce (Suz); 4. Bran d on Bedna r (A 5. Kelly Thomas (H on). O PEN: 1. Na tha n Wha rt on (Rtx ): 2. Micke y Lan e IRrx): 3. Robe rt Loose (Rtx): 4. Tim Ricketts (Ha n); 5. Ray DeF<:>rd (Rtx). 30+ OPEN: 1. Kirk Str ong (Yam); 2. Sha wn Pettis (Ya m); 3. Ch ris Kucklick (Hon); 4. Steve Power (Han); 5. Dan Kirk (Ya m). 40+: 1. Steve Power (Han ); 2. Vince Holt (Rtx); 3. Bob loose (RIx ); 4. Do ug Coug htry (Ya m ); 5 . Todd Tra cy {BuD. VINT 250: 1. Tod d Tra cy (Bul); 2. Bry on Dotso n (But>; 3. Jim Roseth (Hon); 4. Sea n Peterson (Yam); 5. Bre tt Wes ton (Ha n). VI NT OPEN: 1. Jesse Va n kol (Ya m) ; 2. Ron Predmore (BSA ); 3. Rand a ll Wolter (Yam ). VINT TIV: 1. Mike Harrill (Yam); 2. Son ny Burres (T ri); 3. Tim Wi lliams (Ya m); 4. Ton y Th orn (Tri ); 5. wry Beach CTri). P RO SP T: 1. Aa ro n West on (Ha n) ; 2. Bea u Z. Brown (Rtx); 3. Eric Beers (Rtx); 4. Kurt Hawk (Rtx): 5. Da rren And erson (Rtx). EX: t . Eli Price (Rtx); 2. Eric Rickman (Rtx); 3. David And t.rson C ); 4. Troy Rose (Rtx ); 5. Tony Souza (Rtx). · Rn no; Castle Rock Race Park Castle Rock, Washington Results: June 26-27, 1999 (Round 3 of 3) 50 J R 1. Tyle r Meade (AT K); 2. Quinn Simpson (KTM); 3. Alex Bergma n; 4. E.J. Bushn ell (Yam). 50 SR: 1. Evan Aro nson; 2. J.D. Beach (urn) ; 3. Alec Johnson; 4. Ta nn er An d er son (Cu b); 5. Jaco b Lehman (Co b) . 65: 1. Brenton Schnitze r (Kaw ): 2. Tyler Thompson (Kaw ): 3. Ch ris Cel orie (Ka w ): 4. Eric Brown (Kaw): 5. Elliot Oq uis t IKaw). 85: 1. Jared Mcw hirter (Hen): 2. Andy Fay (Ha n); 3. Nick O hge (He n): 4. Stew art ; Barber IHon ): 5. Fra nk ie L.1I\t. (Suz ). ~ . 85 OTX : 1. A ndy Fa y (Hen): 2. Ja red. McWhirter (Hen): 3. Nick Ohge tHo n): 4. Stewart Barber (Hon]: 5. Franki e Lane ISuz ). 12 5: 1. Je rr y Ha nse n (Hon): 2. Amy Prucziu sk i (Ya m); 3. Chris Mead e (Yam); 4. Mitchell Pierce (Suz): 5. D.J. Powell (Ka w ). 250: 1. Jeff Riste r (Yam ); 2. N ick Sellers (He n): 3. Jason Rosie (Su z) : 4. Ja cob C urre v (Han) ; 5. Jethro Halbert (Han) . • O PEN: 1. Scooter Vern on (ATK); 2. Tim Rick et ts (Ha n); 3. Jesse VankoJ (Yam ); 4. David Wirt he n; 5. Rav Deford (Rtx). • 30+ OPEN: 1. David Wirthen; 2. Steve Power (Hon) ; 3. Mike Ma rthaller; 4. Dan Krk (Yam); 5. Jaso n Bowman ISuz). 4ll+, J. Tod d Tracy (Rtx); 2. Vince Holt (Rtx); 3. Bob Loose (Rtx); 4. Stev e Power (Hen ): 5. Bob Casey (Rtx). VINT 250: 1. Brett West on (Ho n): 2. Jim Ros e th (Ho n); 3. Lu kas Olsen (Yam ); 4. Tod d T ra cy (Bu\) . VINT TW: 1. Mik e Harritt (Yam); 2. Ton y Th orn

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