Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Motocross Albertyn was the ne xt to make a move on Henry. At times he go t pre tty close, bu t after 3D-minu tes plus two laps of racing He nry was still out front. "T hose guys we re rea l close," said Henry. "I saw them put wheels in the re, but I held them off." Albertyn held on for second despite undergoin g heavy pressure himself from LaR occo. Emig filed in beh ind Wind ham for fifth. Ward, Lusk , Button, Dowd and Reyna rd rounded out the top 10, MOT02 It appea red to be another Henry holesho t with Wind ham close in tow un til bo th rid ers failed to hit the brakes soo n eno ug h and we nt too wide into the first tu m . Lusk gladly dove underneath, taking Button, Albe rtyn and Ward wit h him. Henry and Windham recovered Brieflv... - Aft er his horrendous crash in Unadilla last week . FMF/H onda's Tallon Vohland was n't . racing at Troy. "Tallon got released from the hospit al on W ednesday and was back home on Thursday, - said FMF' s Hylton Beattie. "He was act ually going to try .to ride today at home. He's definit ely going to be at W ashougal. At first it was suspec ted that tie had two brok en ribs and a punctured lung. As it tum s out it' s just.four bruised ribs and a bruised lung. He's in a lot of pain and obviously he's bummed out that .he's not going to be riding here', but he' s defini tely going to ride in Was hougal 'and we just hope he's riot going to be in too much pain. I' m sure for Mill ville he'll be fine . " FMF 'was also 'sporting new graphics on their bikes. "W e've got the Thor graphics on the bike this week ," said Beattie, " It's a thing we're doing with our major-level sponsors , N ext weekend we're doing the 909 b ikes and then before the end of the, year we're going to do a Du nlop bike- It's a unique thing that will get mor e .coveraqe for those guys. " Speaking of Thor , Tim Ferry wa s deck ed out. in trick red esigned Thor ridin9 'apparel .that Will sell as 'the co mpany's 2000 mcde l qear. . The Kenworth y track is unique in its layout due to its supercrossbased ob stecles.All of the obst acles were also given names. The Moguls and Camel Hump are just two of the obstacles on the track, but the huqe double. known as the Widow Maker. was a cro wd favorite. wh~e a long smooth st raightaway know n as the Autobaun ' was a favorite' of the riders until it got chopped up. Also new to the park was the installat ion of a cement pad beneath the starting gate . W hat makes this cement pad any diffe rent from the ones seen at aU the other National trac ks? Before laying the cemen t. track owner and ope rator Don Kenworthy measured. the point at which the starti ng grid gets less chewed up. S even feet fro m the bottom of the gate is where those nasty starting ruts disappear. so Kenworthy laid the cement out to seven in front o f the actual gate : In addition. a five-man pract ice gate was added to the side and further dow n the grid for riders to perfe ct their ce ment starting procedure. . ( /) ::s ::s Cl < 8 (A b ove left) Team Honda's Ezra Lusk (4) and Windham (14 ) race down one of Kenworthy 's long straights during the first mota. Lusk dropped to seventh In the first outing, but turned in a strong runner-up spot in the second, netting him fourth overall on the day. (A b ov e) Team Suzuki's Larry Ward posted his best finish at a National this year with a solid 6-5 tally good enough for fifth overall. supposed to be part of the shoot. but due to his injury he was not able · to pa rtici pa te . GO is also w o rk in g on a sto ry abo u t mot ocr os s, The shoo t and the story w ill run in the N ovem ber issue. A new video game for the Sony Play Station debuted in the pits at Kenwort hy 's. 989 sports and Idol Minds develop eda Iife-. like mot oc ross game called SuperCross C ircuit , The game features seve ral professional riders and nearly all the Sup ercross and Nation al tr acks . "The game was supe r coo l. " said Kevin Windham , who played none other than " Kevin Windham " while trying out 'the game , " I we nt over there and played ,it for a while and' had 'a lot of fun. A lot of thetrack s are real realistic and it' s unbelievable some of, thing s they're doing with it. I played Houston Supercross andthe obsi acles were all the sarne.fwas prett y , impressed , " . W ind ham wasn' t -the onlyracer to pl ay it. ' It 's kille r, ' said .Jimmy Button , wh ose .fo ur-st roke in t he game sounds mysteriou sly like a tw o-str ok e. "That game is so bitchln ' . I think they should give me a little VZ400 sound there, lts more lifelik e than I have eve r seen bef ore ' and l've got quite afew o f themat hom e. It' s prett y cool.' N ot to wor ry Jimmy , Off icials fr om 989 Sp o rt.s ass ure d us that th e gam e st ill has some cha nges to under go , w hic h sh oul d include the so und o f the YZ400 . SuperCro ss Circuit should h it the store s in time for Ch ristmas. The 1999 FIM M otocr oss des Nations team has been slated for the Sept emb er 26 th event :' wh ich will take place in lndaiatuba . Brazd.' Ricky Carmichael has been chos en to ride the 125cc class and Kevin W indham and Mike LaRocco w ill fill the big· g'er bore Classe s. There is no doubt that W indham w ill ride a CR250 , but when laRoc co was asked whe ther he will ride his normal mount or a C R500 of some sort he replied, " At this point we 'are going to review some tapes of the track and decide aft er that." It will be Wi ndham' s first des Nations. How doe s Suzuki Team M anager Roger DeCoster feel about Greg Albertyn 's poin ts lead? " I was ready to give ,up a few po ints today because this isthe last of Greg's wo rst tracks. " said DeCo ster. "The fact that he came out and gained points on his two main opponents is really good for us. I think now the chances are even better. .. As it turns out. Sebastien Tortelli has a dislocated wrist.as a D efending 125 cc National Champion Ricky Carmichael ,had a result from his cra sh last weekend at Unadilla. "The doctor said bit 'of a scare earlier in the' week. "On Thursday I was riding my he will get his pins out in three weeks," said Honda PR man Greg bike and I came up to an interse ction' wh ere there wer e some' W right. "Then they will put on a smaller cast. which will be on for ' bushes blocki ng the view, - said Carmichael. "I pulled up there .another three weeks, At this point he will be out it look s like for and guy in a car didn't stop, He was turning right on a red a nd he ' six wee ks," The possibility'of Tort elli being ready for the U.S , GP plowed ove r me , He hit the back end of my bike and totaled .it. at BuddsCreek on September 12 is still up in the air: "That'sa The guy kept going too . " Lucki ly, Carmichael was not irijured, but big quest ion right now in the Hon da camp." co ntinued W right. he did have a few scra tches on his face, The incident marked the "vye're, not quite sure." . first time in awhile that Carmichael has been left in the d ust, ' G Q ' M ag a zin e started on tw o different projects involving , the . On ce again U .S , Tobacco donated 33 ce nts fo r each o f the 17.366 spec tators that showe d up"to the Clayton Memorial motocross world at Troy . The first wa!La-photo shoot with Kevin Windham Ezra Lusk.Greg"AI"';-rtyn. Larry Ward. Robby " Foundation This wee k'$S730~8 was donated to the n on-profit organizat,?n that aids ,R ey nar d an

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