Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Inderbitzin invincible at Stockton ST and IT By Mike Law LODI, CA,JUNE 26 Mod esto's Brandon lnderbitzin put on the ride of his young career as he scored a wire-to-wire victo- ry in a combined Vintage /Vet/Open Short Track race at the Stoc kto n Mot o rcycle Club-promo ted main event at the Lodi Cycle Bowl club grounds. Inderbitzin held off the ear ly challenges of fellow Open-class rider johnny Pittman and was never seriously challenged as the fina l la ps wound down. De spite the runawa y by Open riders Indcrbitz in and Pittma n, race fans we re trea ted to a real dogfight of a battle between Vintag e riders Tom Booth and David Morgan. Booth applied age, experience and d isplacement aboa rd his Big Valley Ford Yamaha 750, while Honda 350 rid er Morga n m us tered up yo u t h and exuberance. Morgan, however, showe d that the apple cart could occasionally become up set by besting Booth at the fin ish , behind Indcrbitzi n and Pittman in the final o rde r. "I tried to go as smooth as I .cou ld, " Inderbitzin said of his big-bike w in. "This is only my fifth or sixth race o n the bik e, I was a little worried about tho se g uys ca tching me: but if th ey d id , I was go ing to hold m y line and make the m go around me." • Fra n kie Ga rcia m ad e up fo r two weeks ' w orth of mech an ical woes wi th a do ub le on both the s hort tr ack and IT in the 60cc C main eve nts . Garcia rocketed. into the lead in bo th races wi th tw o perfect ho le shots and held his line im peccably ahead of the battling d oo of Alyssa Brion ez a nd Rebec ca Law on the sho rt track, an d Rvan Law in his debut race o n a 60 on th e IT. . Open C riders brought the Lod i crowd to its fee t in the O pen C sho rt-trac k main e ve nt as Tony Rose, jeremy Hannah and Gary King ran three abrea s t d o wn th e ba ck s t ra ig h t, with Masamiro Koshiro in hot pursuit. Rose held on the throttle the lon gest , and Hannah a nd King settled in to second and th ird, respectively, as the tra ck . N o sooner was Kos hi ro p ull ed Koshi ro off the track than he was back on the t rack, wit h th e pro blem appa rently solved . Wh ile Koshiro pla yed ca tch-up, King dosed in on Hannah and then made his pass to move into seco nd for good as he chased the Flying Rose. With the laps winding down, the front thr ee settled into a rhythm, with abou t 10 bike lengths separating ea ch rid er, When the checkered fleg flew, t he lea d remained un changed as Rose cruised home to th e w inner 's circle bv a co mfor table margin. .. off Results S ho rt T r;1,ck r /w A: 1. Ryan Law (Yam); 2. Kyll' An selmi (Y.1m ). P/W B: I. Bobby C lkll'ira (Ya m); 2. Dantelte Ca ldci rol(Ya m ), P/W C I. R.J. Mendt'z (Suz); 2. Bryant C.,lz., do (Suz ). P/ W MOD: 1. C had CUM (H M ); 2. C ilr Tl't1 Adams ( KTM); 3. ' Daniellt , Cal d eira (Ya m); 4. Bryson Polyne (Yam). 60 B: 1. Sca n Jom'S (Ka w); 2. Cod y An~lmi (Ka w ); 3. Laurm Wa ll...... (lGlw ). . • flO C: 1. Frankil' Ca rci a ( Ka w ); 2. Al y!>. ... Brionez (K.1W); 3 . . Rl'becc a I..Jw (K.1w ); -I. O lilrlit>Sim ds (KTM). 80: I. Nick Moon.' (Yam ); 2. Stl"VeBonst-')' (Kawl . w 250: 1. JiI~n G l"t.' e (Suz); 2. Robt-rt Norri!! (Ya m ); 3. Franko Hanna h (H on ); 4. Tom Booth (Ya m ). OI 'EN C: I. Ttmy RuN (Yilm); 2. Cary King (Rbi); 3 . kl"t.'my , Hanna h (I-Ion ); 4. Ma!WImlro Koshlro (Han ); 5. Ellio tt Rutled g e lt.")' (Y,l m); 2. David McCollum (Ka w ); 3. o.l](·("orra (Kawl ; 4. Tra vis Ma rkdl (Hon); 5. ja m.... Hanson (Yam) . 125 C: 1. Anthony Rudolph (Ya m); 2. Bry an T h ieb ed e a u ( K.l w); 3. Seen S r .u km an (Y.am); 4. Bra ndon Slnden ( Kaw ); 5. Klovin M~yer m ont. 125 D: 1. J~-';(' Cra ndell (Ho n); 2. ja so n Fitzgerald (Ka w); 3. J.,ll Pr-.a u.s (Hu n); 4. W iJNon Co o k <5uzl 5. Ryan Thompson (Hun). 'ub ; 250 A: 1. Do n Bi~ lia (Ho n ); 2. J.l.. gRodgt'n. Oi o n). 30+ B: 1. Chris Bennett r W il:--llll (Y am); 2. Mike Sc h w e rz le r (lCaw ); 3. ry Terry I L1 m ~ Sr. (K. W); 4. Jim Par ks (Yam ); 5. Dean Biddh- ( l(, l W). 1 40... C: 1. David Lett (Ho n); 2. Larr y Brad sha w (K.aw) ; 3. Da vid Shl'P.mi (Ho n): 4. Michael Ho p kins (Hu s ); 5. M ich ael Lea hy (H r.g) . BTl I; I. T ravis Mu rp h y (Stiz) ; 2. Sea n Spark ma n (Yam ); 3. Ja m t',s H;ln son (Y.lm ); 4. A ~ t h(m y Rutf tllph (Ya m) ; 5 . D.w id Ml<:ollum (Ka w ). Or EN B/ e : 1. Jam ('S MiUt.'1" (Ho n); 2. A lex Sch llll (Yam ); 3. krry Wilson (Ya m ); 4. M ich .u-I Robi son (Ho n ); S. Em i.' Ge nd ro n (Yam). O PEN D: 1. M.lrk Mllun.' (HIm ); 2. Richard Ol'r U!>.l (Yilml . Adams agitates at Willow Springs Road Race By Eric Vincent ROSAMOND,CA ,JUNE 19-20 Curtis Adams rode to an easy victory in the Toyo ta Un limi ted Form ula One ra ce a t the s ixth rou nd of Willow Springs Motorcycle Club actio n at Willow Sp rings Inte rnational Raceway. Adams, wh .. has bee n plagued.by mech.1nical prob lems in the Formula One class this year, ran a flawless ra ce, le ad i ng fr om m id w a y th rough the .first lap unti l the checkered flag on his Dunlop-shod Suzuki GSXR-lloo. The fastest racer off the line was Bryce Gross, with Ada ms jus t behind him and Kevin Presiden~ rounding out the in itial top thr ee . Down the back stra igh t, Adams rocketed p.1.st Gross to take over the lead . On lap five of the 12-lap event, Lucio Nico lodi close d u p on Presi de nt a nd droppt.'d clos ing the ga p on Gross . However, Nicolod i ran o ut of tim e and the cht...>ekercd flag came ou t, lea ving Ad ams with the win, follow ed by Gross in St:'cond and Nico lodi in third. The Publ ic Imaging /Thousand Oa ks Hond a HRC 125cc GP race turned into a do gfight , as Erik Dade j grabb..'

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