Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events • Randy Valade (879) and Malt Walker (80) lead the 125cc Pro charge at a qua lifying round of the Loretta Lynn's Amateu r Nationals at Dutch Spo rt Park. so (7-8): 1. Pat rick Johnson (KTM ); 2. Josh Harris C lem); 3. Brando n White (KTM ); 4. Brand on N ew ma n (KTM); 5. Zae Miller (KT M), SOSHAFf: 1. Cody Robbins (Yam ); 2. Ju stin Stevens (Yam) ; 3. C ha ndl er Love tt (Yam ); 4. Baylin Lollis (Yam); 5. Josh Pya r (Ya m). 65 (7-9), 1. Cody Rob bins (Co b ); 2. Josh Ha rris (Lem ); 3. Patrick Johnson (KTM); 4. T.J. Sno w (Ka w), 5. Brand on White (KTM) . 6S (10-11): 1. Tie ler Dodge (Kaw); 2. Tim Hoyle (Ka w) ; 3. Shawn Wyatt (Kaw ): 4. Devin Byars IKaw): 5. Charlie Smit h (Yam) . 80 BEC: 1. JI..'I'eIllYAllison ISuz): 2. Brandon Duckett (}(a w); 3. N ick Nobles (H en), 4. Kyle Pull ey (Hon); 5 . James Brown Jr. (Kaw ). JR MINI: 1. Zack Mi tch ell (5uz); 2. Matt Townsend (Suz) ; 3. Tieler Dod ge (Kaw); 4. Matt N obl es (Suz) ; S. Ti m H oyle (Ka w ). 85 (12-13), 1. Step he n Shoaf (Suz) ; 2. Jord an Ha rri ll (Ka w): 3. Isa iah Mu rph (Yam); 4 . Jeremy Allison (5u z); 5. Chevis King (Suz ). SIM INI: 1. Stephen Shoaf (Suz) : 2. Isai ah Murph (Ya m); 3. Todd N ixo n (Kaw): 4. Chevis King (Suz); 5. J.J. Jackson (Yam ). 125 EXHI B: 1. Aaro n Sta ncil (Yam); 2. Na tha n Lekson (Yam) ; 3. Aaron Benfield (Kaw): 4. M atthew Davis (Kaw): 5. Herb Tay lor (Ka w ). 125 C: 1. Kevin Helms (He n): 2. Eric Coffey (Suz): 3. Brian O'Nea l (Hen): 4. Alex H.. rri ll (Kaw). a 115 D: 1. Jeremy Da vis (Kaw); 2. Micha el Almo nd (Kaw ): 3. T.J. Ford (Yam) ; 4. C hristop he r Clarkson (Kaw): 5. Ryan H arri s (Kaw). 2SO EXHIB: 1. Mike Andrews (Suz): 2. Ned Blackwcld er- Buz): 3. Aa ro n Benfie ld (Kaw) : 4. Joey Keller (Suz ). 250 C: 1, Tim Ca mp (Suz); 2. Jes se Baker (Suz) . 250 0 : 1. Eric Kinley (Hen): 2. Mike Bauco m (}(aw ); 3. M icha el Purvis (Ho n); 4. Mar cu s Alverson (Yam ); 5. Chris Norris (Hen ). 25+ AlB: 1. Mike And rew s (Suz); 2. Ned Black wel d er (SU:1:); 3. Scott Mainess (Hen): 4. Da vid Shugart (Yam ). 25+ C:: 1. T rey Bauco m (Suz) ; 2. Chris Norris IHo n): 3. Michael Purvis (H en): 4: Ma rcu s Alverson (Yam); 5. Mike Bau co m ()(aw). 30+: 1. Scott M aln e s (Hen): 2. Da vid Sh ugart s (Yam ); 3. Geoff Nosa l (Hen): 4. Soon Tyson (Yam ); 5. Tim Ca m p (Suz) . 35+ : 1. Sco tt Ca m p bell (Ka w ): 2. De wi tt Jen kin s (Yam ); 3. Freddy Patterson (KJ w) ; 4. Mik e Justice (K.1W); S. Glen Loll (Kaw). Ul L A M : 1. Nathan Lekson (Ya m ); 2. Herb Ta ylor (K., W); 3. Joey Kelle r (Suz) : 4. Andy Epps (Ka w ). UIL C/O : 1. JCSM: Baker (Suz) ; 2. Kevin Helms {Hen): 3. Stephen Shoof (Suz) ; 4. Eri c Co ffey (Suz ); 5. Jeff f(elms (He n). Loretta L Qualifier: Dutch S Park MX ynn's port !Ia I Walker . ~ ~ Q goes Dutch By Larry Witmer BLOOMINGDALE, MI, JUNE 2&-27 a tt Wa lk er too k hi s Moto P la n e t /B oyes en /FMF /Fo x / A I Lane Yama ha to the winner' s circle in gra nd fa shi on b y wi n ni ng th e . highl y competitive 125cc Pro Sport d ivision. Team Green 's Jeff Gibson; Dami en M 58 Plotts, Ryan Clark and a host of Michigan Mafia speed sters kept Walker on his game all wee kend lon g. Meanwhile, Jim my Wilson took the win in th e 250cc Pro Spo r t d iv ision. Walker struggled to find the right combinati on aboard his YZ400. Dutch Sport Park p layed host to just und er 60 0 rider s . It was a w e ll- ru n even t; the track go t ro ugh , and th ere were grea t multi-line track se lec tions , which made for so me gre at battles. Riders gave high marks to the sand / clay / hard -packed condi tions - a great equalizer for them. A tip of the helmet visor goes ou t to th e hard -working sco rers, who kept posti ng race results w itho u t mistakes. . The opening holeshot of the 125cc Pro Sport d ivi sion went to Wal ker. Team Green's Jeff Gibson filed in second, with Plotts third . Walker established himself as the guy to beat, pulling out an iramedi a te adva n tage on the opening lap . Plotts passed Gibson over the Pro Action Tunnel jump to take second. At the completion of the opening lap , th e ru nn ing order was Walker, Plotts a nd Gibson, and then Jimmy Wil son , w ho was p laying cat ch-up aft er a bad s ta r t. Rand y Valade wa s in th e ne xt position, back in the top five . Wal ker continued to dis tan ce himself from the pack, gai ning a three-second lead by the thi rd lap, but Walker's advantage wen t away on the fou rth lap whe n the fro n t en d of his Yamaha p low ed through a sa nd berm. Walker saved it from crashing, but th e adva ntage he had established was gone, and Plotts was now hot on his rear fende r. Meanwhile, the third spo t was bei ng h e a vil y co n tested be tw ee n Wilso n , Valade and Gibson. Plotts go t by Walker in th e Sa ndb ox sw itc hbacks with a n insid e line on the white-flag lap. Walker wo u ld have no part of runnin g second and immed iat ely za p ped Plotts in th e double jump section wit h more mom entum, and then he set sail for the chec kered flag. Walker came in for the opening-mo te win, with Plott s seco nd . Gibso n wo n the battle for third over Wilso n, Valade and Jason Fink. . The second moto saw Randy Valad e rip the holeshot over Plotts, Walker and Ryan Cla rk. Jim my Wilson had a b ad start and was on the move toward th e fro n t on his Nicolso n Yamaha. Valad e held a two-second lead over the field on th e co m p le tion of th e fir s t la p , with Plotts hold ing off Walker for the runnerup spot. This wo uld change as the two took the green flag, with Walk er, us ing an inside line over the fin ish-line jump an d then the inside line goi ng int o th e right-handed d ownhill off-camber, taking ove r the second spot. Valade was havin g his best mot o of the weekend" holding off the challenges of Walker throu gh out the moto. Walk er really turned up the heat on the last lap, hungry for a no t her m oto wi n , but Vala de hel d ou t, ca rding th e se cond moto win. Rya n Cla rk came in a distan t th ird , with M aryland ' s Aa ro n Da y fourth an d Jimmy Wilso n fifth. The thi rd mo to was held la ter Su nda y afternoon, and the track cond itions had changed from the morn ing, ranging from so ft, loa my conditions to hardpacked berms and slick, kn obb y-bea ten stra igh ta wa ys . Wa lker showed off th e power of his Yamaha by ripping ano ther holes ho t, with Plo tts se cond, Gibson th ird , Clark fou r th and Val ade fif th . Cla rk wa s marching to the front, displacin g Gibson in the Sandbox section for the third spot. On the first lap , Walker had a foursecond lead over Plo tts, who was fend ing off Clark. This was the best Clark had looked all day, with the d ry, baked track conditions si milar to those back h ome in New Mexico . Va la de retired from the third mo to with bike problems, going sixt h overa ll and .w it h hi s spot reser ved at the big d ance at Loretta' s. Wilson had go tten anot her bad start and had worked his way up to sixth by midmo to and was still charging. Mea nw hile, Walker was cruising out front, taking the wh ite flag first as Plotts was trying to mount a late-moto charge . But Plotts tried too har d and stalled his Yama ha in the tigh t rig ht-ha nd corner afte r the finis h line. This mixed up the ru nning order, as Gibso n and Clark split Plotts, w ho was dead in the water . Gibson cam e ou t with second a nd Cla r k third . Plo tts was th e b ig loser, going from a sure secon d back to fou rth. Walk er cruised in for the wi n with a nice front-w heel w hee lie over the long finish-line tabletop. Gibson enjoyed his best moto of the weekend with the second spo t, good for second overall. "I tried putting in six good, cons is. ten t rnotos," Gibson said later. "The last moto w as m y best, because I cha rg ed hard the en tire mot o and it paid off. I am looking forward to Loretta Lynn's; it shou ld be the highli gh t of the yea r for me . You guys put on a grea t show here. N ice track; it go t rou gh ." Plot ts ca rded a fourth for the fina l 125cc Pro Spo rt mot o an d third overall for the weekend "Grea t tr ack her e at Du tch," Plo tts sai d . "You guys did a great job of prepping the track afte r the rains last nigh t. I loved that sand sectio n for passin g. It's neat yo u ha ve so man y di ffer ent types of terrain . It was good for me to battl e with Walker all week end. It helped my speed and confidence going to Red Bud for next week' s nati onal. It's fun to race Ma tt (Walker>. because yo u know he won' t ride dirty and is a good sportsman." Ryan Clark took the fourth overall spot. " I n eed to p ra ctice on m y s ta r ts ," Clark commen ted . "That really hurt me thi s weeke n d . I'm go ing ,to Lo r etta Lyn n's to pu t the number-one plat e on my Kawasaki and tak e it back to N ew Mexico: Great tra ck here at Dutch Spo rt Park, with th e hard-packed cond itio ns that last moto. That was my best moto. I jus t kept charging." Walk er was all smiles in the winner 's circle, "The track was really good all weekend lon g ," sa id Walker. "You can ge t some big air ov er the ba ck tabl etop s. I ro de m y 125 grea t, bu t th is is the first time I've raced the four-stroke YZ since . the Fall Classic, and it sho wed I was a little rusty. I wiII be rea dy for Lore tta's. It' s go ing to be fun, and I'm goi ng to win." CN Dutch Sport Park Bloomingdale, Michigan . Resu lts: June 26-27, 1999 125 A PR O SPT: 1. Matt Wal ker (Ya m ); 2. Jeff Gibson (Kaw ): 3. Demicn Plo tts (Ya m); 4. Rya n Clark (Ka w) : 5. Jimmy Wilson (Yam) . 125 A: 1. Jaso n McDon a ld (Su z): 2. David Gaylord (Kaw ): 3. Chnrlle Degner (Yam) ; 4. James Abbott (Kaw): 5. Devin Banks (Kaw ). 125 B ST K: 1. Jamil.' Beckett (Suz); 2. Jon Logan (Yam ); 3. Do ug Leavitt (Ka w ): 4. Wil liam Simons (Hon); 5. J.T. Sm ith (H on ). 125 B M O D : 1. Doug Leavitt ( Ka w ); 2. Fr an k c Jungnitsc h (Suz) : 3. [amic Be kett (Suz ); 4. Chris Ga u lt (Ka w ): 5. Derek Rose (Hen). 125 C ST K: 1: Na te La rsen (Ka w ): 2. King Smith (Suz); 3. Wayne Hall (Ya m ); 4. Brad Goodwin IKa w ): 5. Raymond Medina (Yam ). ~ 115 C M O D: 1. Kyle Bagl adi (Yam ); 2. King Smith (Suz) ; 3 . Jaso n Baker (Ya m) ; 4. Pet e Diperna (Yam); 5. Brad Goodwin IKaw). 250 A PRO SPT : 1. Jimmy Wilson (Ya m ); 2. Rya n Dark (Kaw): 3. Damien Plotts (Kaw): 4. Sa m Yan n itelli (Yam); 5. Jeff G ibso n (Ka w ). 250 A: 1. De vin Ba nks (Kaw) : 2. Da v id Gay lo rd IKa w): 3. Jon Bo y M onk (Hon ); 4. Ja son M cDonald (Suz); 5. James Abbott (Kaw). 250 S STK: 1. Doug GaD (Suz); 2. David Rife (Kaw); 3. C h ris Gault (Kaw): 4. Jer emia h Bad g le y (Suz) : 5. Do u g Leavitt (Kaw). 250 D M OD : 1. Jam ie Bec kett (S uz): 2. T ravis C ro well (Kaw): 3. Ch ris Ga u lt (Ka w): 4. Da vid Rife (Kaw): 5. Robert Rau (Yam ). 2SO C: 1. Nate Larsen (I(aw); 2. Brad Moore (Suz) ; 3. Cale Palmer (Hon): 4. Jesse Brewer (Yam); 5. Denn is D.y(!Ca w ). 25+: I. David Gaylord (K aw) : 2. Ma tt Crown (Kaw): 3. James Eickel (Kaw): 4. Mark Mu sselman (KT M); 5. Jo n Sch m itz (Suz) . 3 0+ A: 1. M a t t C ro wn (Ka w ): 2. La rry Gessner (KTM) ; J . Larry Witmer (Suz ); 4. M ark Musse lman (KTM); 5. Jon Sch mitz (Suz) . 30... SIC: 1. Da vi d Jone s (Ka w): 2. Troy Sta nley (Yam); 3 . Jeff Beerbower (Yam); 4. Bart Newman (Ka w ): 5 . John Wolfe (Ka w). 40+: 1. Larry Witm er (Suz) ; 2. C rai g Pickett ,(Y am); 3. Jerry 5.11cs (Yam); 4. Jeff Ste inrock (KTM); 5. David Bowman (Suz). 50+: 1. Bob C hapman (Hen ): 2. Henry G ref (Yam ); 3. Ra nd y Cordon (Su z) ; 4. Ro g e r Lewis (Hon): 5 . Bob Wi lson (Yam ). 4-STRK: 1. Rod ney Carrier (Ya m ); 2. Ed d ie Ray (Yam); 3 . Tim H a wt h orn e (Yam); 4 . Ma r k Powers (Yam); 5. Chris Lowell (Yam) .

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