Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~. \ .' (Lett) George Roeder (66 ) cont inued his seven-year w inning s treak, ahead of Chris Evans (15) , in t he 750cc Expert class at the OldTime Ne wsie s c ha rity eve nt for muscu lar d ys t rophy. (Right) Win n in g th e 250cc Pr o c la s s , Jason Du b in wa s in a c lass of his own duri ng ni ghtti me moto c ro s s action a t Glen Helen Race way Pa rk. Roeder spins to seventh win at Dayton Half Mile By Bert and Tyler Shepard DA¥rON, OH,JUNE 5 The "Q ues t for Sev en " is no w co m p le te a nd th e O h io Tr ip le C row n is n ext fo r Geo r ge Roed er . Steve Morehead said it best abo ut the 750cc Expert main : "G eorge is the man o n this kind of track." The "Find lay Flyer" was ref er ri ng to Roed er's unden iably forceful w ill on roug h pea-gra vel In the five-rid e r, five-lap Dash For Cas h, Evans kept Roed er honest, but Roeder still won , pock et in g a n ex tra $50 00 . Evans, Da vi s a nd Varn es followed. Results 250 PRO -SP'T: 1. C ory Ro th (Ho n); 2. Shant' Living sto n (lion); 3. Brian Vince n t (Ho n); 4. Brian M ayo (H o n); 5. Ray Rees (H on). 600 EX: 1. Bret Beyer (Rtx); 2. Da n Sta n ley (H·D); 3. Sha wn D a rk (H·D); 4. Jnt' Kopp (Rtx);5. Ken Clx Jlbt>l: h (W· R). 000 PRO-SIT: 1. Cory Roth (Rtx); 2. Jason Coodwin (Rtx); 3. JOt' Zyd insky (Rtx); 4. Tom M~-Gran ~ (Rtx); 5. Sh.lIw Livings ton (Rtx). 750 EX: 1. Ceoegc Reed er (11-0); 2. Chns Eva ru (l1-m ; 3. Steve .. M(ll'1:'hl'ad (H-D>;4. Stev e [k'.ltti t' (Ii -D); 5. Kt>vin ve r ne, m -D ). M8J: I. Gary R~t'rs: 2, Bre t [ko y"r; 3. Kevi n Hilbert; 4. Kyle Lo n g; 5. Billy Meyers . tr acks. m m m ~ 44 "It's tim e for this old d og to walk aw ay," sa id Mo re hea d , phi losophical in defeat. " I've had eno ug h. I ca n' t bea t Geo rge here. I ha ve been here since 1972, won six times and had 10 other podium finis hes. If Pa rker and Ca rr and At herton we re her e, they cou ldn' t bea t him." Morehea d la ughed a nd added that the 32year-old Roeder will be 43 somed ay. The 29th Old -Time Newsies chari ty event for muscular d ystrophy an d the Big Brot hers and Big Sisters of Dayton was do minated by Roeder for the seven th time. The race wa s the second event in the Triple Header Cha rity Weekend . O n Friday nig ht, Dayton ho sted a bike show and da nce o n the court squa re . Sunda y capp ed off the weeke nd w ith the 28th an n ual motorcycle ride for m us cula r dystrophy . The $1.8 milli on raised for chari ty over the years is a testament to the tireless work of ma ny peo ple in the mot orcycle industry, spea rhea ded by KK Supply. Roe der mad e the difficu lt a nd demandi ng Mon tgo mer y Co u nty fai rg rou nds facili ty look easy. "You ca n' t le t th is p la ce intimi da te yo u," sa id Roeder abo u t the tra ck. "Th ere is a lo t of race tracks that guys d on't use . Three and four are easier than one a nd tw o. There is ju st o ne line off of tw o." Hot Shoe series poi nt leader Will Davis finis hed seco nd to Roed er in the fir st hea t. Dan Butler, Kevin Va rnes and Gary Rogers follow ed Roed er and Dav is. Morehead took con trol of the second heat after d ispo sing of Steve Beattie and Chris Evans . Beattie's chance of beating Roed er took a blow w hen a clam p hold ing o ne of the carburetors broke. "1 though t, 'Man, I am not go ing to make the ma in ,"" sa ida d isappointed Bea tti e . " I just pushed the carb back on and held it with my leg." Beatti e recover ed quick ly e no ugh to finish four th, behi nd Eva ns a nd Dave Rayb urn. The hand writing was already on the wa ll, as Roeder's hea t-ra ce time was mo re tha n five seconds faster than Morehead 's. Waterford, Michigan's Dan Butler led the lOman 750cc Expert field in to turn o ne a t the sta rt of the ma in. Roeder wo uld not be den ied , and he we nt to th e w all on th e Schaeffer 's Ha rley Dav id son /La s Ve ga s H a rl ey -Da vi d so n / KK Su pply XR for the lead . Butler, Morehead a nd Chris Evan s ba ttled the trac k and each other for p osit io n . Bu tle r fell in th e difficu lt tu rn tw o, w h ich left Moreh ead a nd Evans to fig h t ove r second place. Evans took con trol of the seco nd spot, thou gh not withou t pa ying a price. "In 1981, 1 fell a t Hamburg, New York, and was pa ralyzed for two w ee ks," said Evans. , I " recover ed , but th e vertebra injury in m y neck causes m y right arm to cra mp. Tonight I cou ld get in to the com er as hard as Roeder, bu t I had trouble turning the bike," Beattie recovered fro m a second-row start to finish fourth, in front of Kevin Varn es and Will Da vis. Roede r beamed as he collected the $6000 in conti ngency . "Wh en I was yo u ng and w ild , I co u ld n' t w in," said Roed er . " I have to pa ce m yself to win, I would really like to finish off the Triple Crow n wi th wins at Lima and Eldora." McClure, Sullinssuper at GFI Motocross By Greg Robertson SAN BERNARDINO,CA, JUNE 12 Rou nd th ree of GF I Ra cin g ' s GFI at Nig h t Mo tocross Series traveled to the su percross track at Glen Helen Raceway, wh ere Jeff McClure and David Sullins dom inated the 125cc Beginner and Novi ce classes, respecti vely. Chris Hu nsinger gra bbed the 125cc Beginner firs t-m ot e lead an d ran ou t fron t for the firs t three la ps befor e McClure wa s able to ca tch and pass him . Dav id Dymond alm os t gated las t, bu t by the halfway point he was around Hu nsing er for seco nd place. Dym ond ran ou t of time in his a ttem p t to reel in McCl ure and had to settle for second a t the checkers. An tho ny Ibarra and Scott Magd a len o argued over th ird d uring the final few la ps, wi th Ibarr a preva iling . McClur e pu t his Whit e Brot her s /John Burr Cycles YZI 25 at the h ead o f the field right fr om th e d ro p of th e ga te in m o ta two an d w ent the dista nce for the wi n an d a sweep of the class. Dymo nd wo rked his way u p through tr a ffi c for a no t h er r unn e r-u p fi n is h . O n ce again, Iba rra a nd Magd aleno we re insepara ble, w ith Ibarra jus t slight ly fas ter today, earni ng third overall. Dav id Vald ez absco nde d wi th the hol eshot in th e firs t 125cc Novice mota , a head of Danny Mo hr a nd Sullins . It too k Sulli ns less tha n a la p to pus h Mohr back to second and se t out af te r Va ldez . Su lli ns w as a ll over Va ld ez for the next few la ps bef ore making the p ass for the lead . Once out front, Su llins pulled aw ay for the win. Mo hr passed Valdez for se cond, w he re he wo uld finis h, w ith Bill Wall s co ming a cro ss in fo u rth, The second moto was a Sullins benefit , as he es tablished his lead righ t from the drop of the gate and nev er looked back . Mohr finished the eig ht-lap moto right w her e he sta rted: in seco nd place . Wa lls we n t 4-3 to top th e 3-4 of Va lde z for third . While Joshua Brown led both 80cc Beginner motos a t one time , it was the YZSO w ith Nathan Salgad o aboa rd tha t led whe n it cou nted most: o n the las t lap 'of each race. Bro wn finis he d a close seco nd both times o ut , over Joh n Dubois and Joey Dobson , Results 50 STK (4-6): 1. joshua M.1S St·y (KTM) ; 2. Ch ristia n Liccia rd i (Cob). 50 5TK (7 -8) : 1. Scon N \lbl" (Cob); 2. MdX Lad ieu (Ct m). 50 O PEN: 1. Max Ladleu ICob) ; 2. [os hua MdS!ieY(KTM). FIT : 1. Sco tt Noble ( K.1W). 60 BEG: 1. Andrew Salda te (Kaw); 2. Ferre n O'Del l (Ka w); 3. Da niel Bro w n (Kaw); 4. We bb Masse y (Kaw) ; 5. J.D. Myerscou gh eo (K.1W) . 60 INT : 1. Tre n t P ugmi re (Kaw). 00 OPEN: 1. 'tcrren O 'Dell (Ka w ). HO FIT: I. Ryan Ma!l;deno vski (Ka w); 2. Matt hew Rich ard so n (Kew ): 3. An d rew Sald a tc (H o n ): 4. Thom as Sa ld e te (H o n ); 5. webb Ma sse y (He n). 80 BEG: 1. Na tha n Sa lgado (Yam) ; 2. Jos hu a Brown (Ka wj: 3. Joh n Dubois (Ya m); 4. Joey Dobson (Kaw). 80 NOV : 1. Mdtt Wal d o (yam); 2. Justin 'ree st (Ho n ). 80 INT : 1. Robb v Wood s (Bon). 125 BEG: 1. Jeff M ~-etu re (Ya m); 2. Dav id Dymond (Yam) ; 3. Anth o ny Iba rr a (Yam); 4. Scott M.lJ;d aJen o O'a m); 5. Ch ri" H u ns inge r (Ka w) . 125 NOV : 1. David Su llins (Yaml ; 2. Dan ny Moh r (Y. m); 3. l Bill Wa lls (Kaw); 4. Dav id Valdez (Yam) . 125l!".T: 1. Mich.lel Fox (Ya m); 2. Bra ndo n M ilstead (Suz). ' 250 BEG: 1. N.l tha n Ramsden (I·lon ); 2. Lee Holton (Hon ); 3 . Dav id Buyse (Ya m). 250 TNT : 1. Brand on Mibtead (Suz ). 250 P RO: 1. Jason Dubin {Suz l. Breckon weeds out wins in Cumberland Motocross By Rusty Lowry CUMBERLAND, MD, JUNE 11 Isaacs takes two at81 flat track By Mike Zb rozek WICHITA,KS, JUNE1I A la rge rider tu rno ut in a ll classes mad e fo r clo se ra cing a ll ni g ht a t r ou n d four of th e VDTRA All-Sta rs Flat Track series, held a t 81 Spe ed wa y. Johnny Isaacs co ntin ued his dominance in th e Pro 600cc class, sliding his 500cc Yamaha across the rip pled day track out in fro nt in both his heat races a nd the main. Isaacs did enco u nter some challenges, how ever, as the race w as s topped when his closest pu rsu ers, Scott Raine and Roge r Sterling , cam e together o n the back s tretch, se nding Sterli ng to th e g ro u nd o ff tu rn two. Fortunately , Sterling wa s able to walk off the track after the incident and a long delay, w hich in this case included an accid ent repo rt made to the co un ty sheriff at the sce ne . Wh en the race was restarted with a single-file sta rt, Isaacs agai n made his wa y into the lead, with John Jeffries, Ricky Piscel and Blane Fo re in hot p urs u it. Isa a cs hel d h is g ro u nd, thoug h, as Todd Ra tli ff took adva nta ge of t he du e ls in fron t of h im a nd made a mo ve into fou rth, passing Fiscel after havin g worked his way up from eighth in the early going. On lap sev en of the eig ht -lap contest, Fore w as ab le to pres s his cha rge past Jeffr ies in to seco nd a nd then hold on until the race came to an end. Jeffrie s, Ratliff and Raine filled ou t the top five spots in this thri ller. In the Pro Masters class, Isaacs aga in fou nd hi s way to th e fro nt from th e start lin e, this t im e follo wed by Bill Sny de r, Jo h n Jeff ries, Roge r Ste rjeng a nd t he XR Ha rley of Steven McGee . By lap tw o, the top fou r remained in t he sa me o rd er ; the n, s u d d e n ly M cG ee wa s passed by th e three- man tra in of Mike Menden hall , John Fike a nd Dav id Barkley, a nd on la p five Jeffries worked by Snyder into seco nd, with Ste rlin g co rning up fast on Sny der's rear wheel. As the race ca me down to the final two laps, Fike race pas t Me ndenhall into fifth and d Sterl ing slid past both Snyder an d Jeff ries to co m ma nd th e seco nd s po t a t t he c he cke re d flas , leavi ng the fina l o rd er Isaacs, Sterling, Jeffries, Sny der a nd Fike. T he Pr o-Twin fea tu re e ven t wa s a no the r goo d con test, as Triumph-mo unte d Ricky Fiscel held back the challenge of Dallas Babcock's XR Harl ey to ta ke the main-even t w in. The two pu t on a great s ho w for the fans as Babcock caugh t the fleet Fiscel seve ra l tim es in the eve nt bu t could not work pas t hi m befor e the chec kere d flag. Dave Barkley rolled pas t Mike Zbrozek in the earl y laps, hol di ng his posi tion with relative ease for th ird . Results 250 A M: I. Rdndy Hale (H un) ; Z. Bob Snyd er (Bu ll; 3. G reg Jo hns to n (Bull; 4. Roy Haines {Bull; 5. De nnis Ho ffman (Bull. 600 A,\.t 1. Jef f G.J, r1ach (Yam ); 2. Creg Juh nston (Yam) ; 3. Roy Davis (ya m); 4. Ear l E. Sm ith (yam); 5. J,e. D .uk (Yam) . 'S O PEN TW AM : 1. Ken Slota (Tri ); 2. Russe ll Bri~ (Y,lm); 3 . Le Osanlow slJ. (H- D); 4. Bob Sn yd er (Yam ); 5. Bill Ste p hens (Tri). o SR 40 +: 1. ken Slo ta (Tri ); 2, Mik e Kons hck (Yam) ; 3 . Ear l E, Sm it h (Y.1 ); 4. Jdf C ar lach (Yam ); 5. l e. O Mk (Yam) . m MSTR AM: 1. Mike Konshak (Yam ); 2. Greg Joh nston (Yilm ); 3. Jt'TTY H ind s (y a m ); 4. Cha r lie Raper (Ya m ); 5. Leo Osa n lowski (H -D). PRO 600: 1. Johnn y Isa a cs (Ya m ); 2. Bla ne Fore (Ya m ); 3. John le ffri es (Ya m ); 4. Todd Ra tlif f (Ya m); 5. Sco tt Ra ine (Ya m l. PR O MSTR: 1. Johnn y Is a a cs (Ya m ); 2, Roge r Ste rt i ng (BSA); 3. John Jeffries (Ya m ); 4. Bill Snyder (Ya m ); 5. John Pike (BSA ). OPE N P Ro-TW : I. Ricky Piscel (Tri ); 2. Dalla s Babcoc k (H D); 3. Da vid Barkley (Yam ); 4. Mike Zbrozek CTri ; 5 . Bill Snyd e r ) (Yam). C raig Breckon mad e the long tr ip dow n to Cumbe rland wo rthw hile when he bagg ed a pa ir of wins on a brace of Triumph twins at the Friday night AHR MA Di r t Tr a ck Na tio nal. Bre ckon was in g reat form, taking bot h the Dinosau r and Classi c 500cc/750cc wins to establish hims elf as a serious contend er in the points chase in bo th of these brakeless classes. Beautiful we a ther an d a good track greeted . the 52 Vintage racers wh o ca me o ut to kick off the ABATE of Ma ryla nd wee ken d a t the o ld C u m berla nd Fai rgrou nds. Co mbined with a n AMA Ama teur progra m, AHRMA pu t 10 classes ou t on the track, feat uring a variety of vintage equipment ra ng ing from ea rly Tri u m p h a nd Enfield hard tails u p through late-1970s Yamaha and Honda singles . Raci ng bega n w ith a s ma ll Dinosa u r class co n te s t, co m b ine d wi th t h e C lassi c 250cc ma chin es . The big cor ners of the o ld Cu m berland track reall y let the br ak eless bikes han g it out , and Breckon too k full ad va ntage of his Tri umph's 500cc to distance hims elf from the 250cc pack led by Sonic-Weld Bulteco rider John Bova, Iow a's Mike Conn ell, on a Ha rley Sprint , ran a s trong second to Bova bu t wa s unable to ca tch the lead Bultaco before the checkered flag fell. Ar guabl y o ne of th e be st ra ce s of th e eve ning to o k p la ce in Class ic 500cc/750cc , where three riders lined u p for the feat ur e. Th e tr io mad e u p in q uality w ha t the gate lacked in q u an tity, and they hit the first tu rn in a tight group a nd stayed that way th rough ou t the sixla p feature, Breckon held a sma ll lead off of the second corne r, with class poi n ts lead er Jo hn Plu mb just behind . Plumb tried relentlessly to push past Brecko n, repea tedl y draw ing u p beside th e fleein g rid er, bu t he ju s t couldn ' t surge ahea d . Local Maryland rid er Rusty Lo w ry cha sed the lead pa ir on a H arle y-David son KR750 just four bike len g th s ba ck. Bre ckon s tayed on the groove, u si ng h is Ed A lb rig h t- p rep a re d Tr iu m ph' s horse po wer to good advantage on the straights, w hile Plu mb d ived d o wn low onto the insid e cus hi o n o n the Wo lf C y cl es Trium p h i n an attempt to beat Brecko n off of th e co rne rs. The wi n w as in doubt a ll the way to the flag. with Brcckon prevailing at th e line fo r an e xcit ing on e-two-th ree finish. Plum b ret a liat ed in the S portsma n 2S0cc class, tak in g a co m fo r ta b le w i n o ver Ke ith Bryan t and Dave Schemer, Bryan t w or ked his wa y u p fro m a slo w s ta r t to pa ss Sch eme r' s Ha rl ey-Davidson two-stroke on lap two a nd then se t off after Plumb, but he just could not cu t into the New York er's lead . Bre ckon's run fo r the tri fecta fell vict im to a bum clutc h in the Spo rtsman 600cc even t, and he ended u p seco nd to Gig Ham ilton afte r w inning a close heat race ear lier in the eve ni ng. Ham ilton showed no mercy to Breckon o r the res t of the field as he ran his alwa ys-fas t Maico deep in to th e co r ners to win by ha lf a s tra ig ht awa y . Ha milto n the n used his win as a tun eu p for the Sen io r-cla ss vic tor y over BSA- moun ted Larry Weiss and Trium p h rid e r Jim Cha llingswo rth. Thou gh giving up a di splacement adv a ntage to th e British twins, Ha milton 's co rn er speed on th e ligh ter Maico ga ve him the mo men tu m to s tay in fro nt of a large Senior field . Results DINO : I. Cr aig Breckon (T ri) ; Z. Beno Rodi (En{) . C LSe 250: 1. Joh n Bova (BuT); 2. Mi ke Co n nell (H -D); 3. Dave H ebe rli ng {Bu ll; 4. Bill Berger (BSA); 5. Ca rl Forke y (H- D). CL.'iC 500/750 : 1. C raig Breckon (Tri) ; 2. John Plum b (Tri); 3 . Rusty Low ry (H · D). SM"SMN 250: 1. John Plu m b (Ya m ); 2. Keit h Bty.ln t (Yam ); 3 . D aveSche me r (H· D); 4. Pete r Kni ck (H·D); 5. Jo hn Mclnturft

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