Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events the moto in sevent h, passed him, but a t th e finish it wa s Scuri, Wilson an d Mo rrow. Scuri blasted his way to th e secondmo to holeshot, this tim e with Justin Rossetti and Pau l Pleis s foll owin g . Scuri and Rosetti took first and second uncontested . Pleis s w arded off Jason Jellerson to retain third. The winni ng dealershi p this year was John Burr Cycles, ow ned by Bill Burr. "We starte d ou t the first yea r promoting the family atmospher e - this event is so mething the whole family can en joy," Burr po inted out, adding, "Even if the y are absolute raw beginners, if they have any intere st in racin g, this is the even t to start. It ' s been fu n to see rid ers w ho s tarted off as pee wees in the Dealers Series corning up through the ranks." Also pres ent at the event wa s Yamaha district manager John Hesson, show ing off the year 2000 Yamaha 80cc, 125ec an d 250cc motorcycles. "Th e turnout ha s been rea lly good this ye ar," Hesson noted. "We hope to continue th e se ries next year." CIII Glen Helen Raceway Park San Bernardino, California Res ults : Jul y 18 (Round 5 of 5) P/W : 1. Ty ler C a rland (KTM); 2. Land on C urrie r (Kaw) , 3 . jam es Bish op (Lcm) , 4 . Shau n Ca udi ll (Lc m) . P/W S HAFT: I. .Dus tin Gi lli s (Le m ): 2. Sea n Ren sh a w (Yam ), 3. Bradley Borden (Yam) , 60 (0-8): 1. Nola n Shu ltz (Kaw ), 2. Brian Ha ne y (Ka w) : 3. Frankie Ag ui rre (Kaw) , 4. Jor d an Ruston (Kaw). • 60 (9-11): 1. Jus tin Keen ey (Hon): 2. Jus tin Falk (K.1W); 3. Co d y Bohannan (Ya m); 4. Andrew Joh nso n (Ka w ): 5. Justin Da mp (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Iva n Shultz (Ya m); 2. Bo bby Dye (Yam); 3. Jonathan Brue ns (Ya m ), 4. Milch Maxwell (Hen): 5. Just in S w ay ne (Hon). 80 NOV: 1. Kevin Hunt er (Yam ); 2. Grant Klan n (Yam) ; 3. Jared Minor (Hen): 4. Justi n Kenn ey (KTM); 5. Chukwa ni Udeh (H en ). 80 INT: 1. Ca rlos Gonzalez (KJw); 2. Erneka Udeh (Hen): 3. Ief f Loop (YJm ); 4. Vi ncent Benavides (H on): 5. Rye," Roy bal (Hon ). 80 EX: 1. Do nnie Gritto n (Yam); 2. Ben Ra msa ra n (Yam). S/MINI; 1. Donn ie G ritton (Yam); 2. Ben Ramsa ran (Yam); 3. Vincent Benavides (H en). 125 BEG: 1. Ryan Cowell (Ya rn), 2. Ch ris Avery (Ya m) ; 3. Phili ppe C ueto (Ya m ); 4: Dustin Mu rphy (Yam); 5. Scott Burrell (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Patrick Terry (Ya m); 2. Cli ff Jenni ngs (Yam); 3. Mark Valco re (Yam); 4. Dann y Mohr (Ya m); 5. Kev in Jenn ings (Yam). 125 I NT: 1. Ge rri t O rdelman (Ya m ); 2. D ust y Walters (Yam); 3. Sean O'Conne r (Ya m); 4. Jer e m iah Moore (Hon) , 5. Josh Ca va naugh (Yam ). 125 PRO: 1. Brett Racine (Kaw ): 2. Danny Ca rlso n (Ya m); 3. Tim Beatty (Ya m ); 4. Gary Tre chy (Yam ); 5. Hawk White (5 02 ). 250 BEG: 1. Zach Scuri (Yam); 2. Jared Wilson (Suz) ; 3. Justin Rossetti (Ya m); 4. Nich olas Pau lsen (Yam), 5. Eric Reading (Yam ). 250 ' NOV : 1. Willi am Zi eg le r (Ya m ); 2. M ark Val cor e (Ya m) ; 3. Mik e Mc De v itt ( Hon): 4. De ren Bena vides (Yam); 5. Brett Dau ghert y (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Kevi n Townsen d (Suz); 2. Cory Gibbons (Yam ); 3. Joh n Bu rr (Ya m ); 4. Ga ry Pr all (Yam) ; 5 . Bullfrog Newcomer (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Dona ld Up ton (Hon }; 2. Brett Raci ne IKaw): 3. Jason Vincen t (Ya m); 4. Gary Tm c hy (Yam); 5. Cra ig:Dans (Yam). • JR VET BEG : 1. jose p h She lt on (Ya m ); 2. Mike Powell (Yam); 3. Rand y Olson (Yam); 4. Scott Campbell (K aw ). ¥ JR VET NOV : 1. Eric' Martin (Y<1 m); 2. Rob Heal y (Ya m); 3. Bruce Dea con (Kaw): 4. joel Plitt (Yam); 5. Randy Olson (Yam). JR VET INT: 1. Steve Pi alt oni (Suz) ; 2. Ch ri s Alva ra do (Ya m); 3. Ga ry Dell eg at te (Ya m); 4. John Has kell (Suz) : 5. Domi nic Ga vto n (Yam). JR VET EX: 1. Willy M usgr ave (KTM); 2. Jeff Fine (Yam) ; 3. Alex Zapata (Yam); 4. Tim Sharp (K aw). VET BEG: 1. Da nte Herrero (Hon): 2. Bill Lansford (Hen): 3. David Vinlo ur (Hon) ; 4. Ll"S Holla nd (Hen) : 5. Tom Newcomb (Yam). VET NOV: 1. C.T . Falk (Yam); 2. Darrin Sorenson (Suz ); 3. Milton Mize (Kaw ); 4. Tommy Leo ne (Hon ): 5. Mike Farm er (Hen). VET INT : 1. Du a ne Po tt s (Yam ); 2. Ro b Eng el (Yam); 3. Jeff Springman (Suz) : 4. Rob He aly (Yarn): 5. Jerry Hensley (Yam). V ET EX: 1. Will y M u sg ra ve (KT M) ; 2. Mar tin Klo ssn er (Kaw) : 3. John w h itaker (Ya m ); 4. Do u g Yarnell (Ya m); 5. Joe Waddington (KTM). 4-STR K BEG: 1. G le n n Shea re r (Ya m ); 2. Matt Breyer (Yam); 3. Gary Heroneme (He n): 4. Ton y O rt iz (Yam); 5. Jason Iellerso n (Hon) . 4-ST RK NOV: I. Bre t t Dau g he r ty (Ya m); 2. Fr anklin Ziegler (Ya m) ; 3. Geoff Sa nborn (Hen): 4. Robert Moru zzi (Yam ); 5. Judd Sca nla n (Yam). 4-STRK INT: 1. Cole Townsend (Ya m ); 2. Todd fleming (Yam). SR .N O V: 1. Michael John son IHon ): 2. Ro be r t Ripley (Yam) ; 3. Keith Meggs (Ka w): 4. Mark Moor e (Yam) ; 5. Robert Leonard (Yam). 5 R INT: 1. Jerry Hen sl ey (Ya m ); 2. Milton Mi ze IKaw), 3. Tim Holm (Yam); 4. Jason Yod owag a (Yam); 5. Sam Lupear (Su z). SR EX: 1. Ron Turner (Yam); 2. Bob Maxwe ll (Ya m); 36' 3. Mike Alten hofe l (Hon). WERA SportsmanR egional Sprint Series: Road Atlan ta Junge guns it By Drew Lincoln BRASELTON,GA. JillY10-11 es ra h Kawasak i-backed Ma rk Jun ge pu t together three of the bes t races at the WERA Dixie Cycle Jam for a th ird , a second and a win on his Ma rs ha ll Distributing-sponsored Kawasaki ZX-6 R and ZX-9R Super Stock bikes. Jun ge had tw o titanic ba ttles wit h Tea m Gre en Kawasaki rider Brian Lantz, and one involvin g both Lan tz and David Rose that had the crow d on its feet. The C Super Stock rac e wa s the first mat ch-u p between Ju nge and Lantz on thei r Kawasaki ZX-6Rs. The hard-charging Suzuki GSX-R600s of Rose, Arclight Su zuki rid er Joe Prussi an o and Brian Gibbs also got into the mi x, making for a terrific ba ttle a t the fro nt. Gibbs was makin g his re tu rn to WERA raci ng after a 10-week layoff to recover from a broken ba ck he suffered w hile training on a motocross bike. After an aborted start to clear fallen mo torcycles fro m the gravel trap at turn 10, the race go t und er w ay w it h Lantz g ra bb ing th e holeshot in front of Junge and Gibbs. Junge made an unbelievable pass for the lead on Lantz in turn 12, a la M iguel Du hamel on A n thony Gobe r t at las t yea r's AMA N ati on a l, tha t had fans gap in g in ama zemen t. Rose worked his way pa s t Gibbs and Prussiano to catch the leading pair and join their fight. Both Rose and La n tz passed Ju nge' s und erpowered bike on the back s tra ig h t at th e ha lfway flags. Junge mad e a heroic bid for second under the Mich elin Bridge to close th e gap to Rose, but o n th e fina l turn of the last lap , Ju nge ran wid e, allow ing Lantz ba ck by to take second. Gibbs held off Prussia no to rou nd o ut the top five and remove any doubts that he had los t any spe ed d uring his tim e off. The s tage w as set fo r g reat race ac tio n at the follo w in g da y's WERA Na tional C ha llenge eve n t du ring the ina ug ural Dixie Cycle Jam . Junge a nd La ntz m et agai n in the Kaw asaki contingency-paying C Superbik e race, w itho ut int erference from others to d ampen th eir clash . Lan tz took the op portunity bet ween races to mount Dunlop slicks on his ZX-6R, w hi le Junge stayed wi th the same M ich elin Pilo t DO T tires he h ad u s ed in th e ea r lier race. Lantz im mediately jumped into th~ lead from the front row but was overtak en by Jun ge before the end of the first la p . Th e scenari o w ould work ou t th e same every lap : Junge wou ld find so me wa y aro u nd Lantz in th e ba ck sec tio n and lead across the start-finish lin e, but Lan tz would use the draft and su perior d riv e, courtesy of his new slicks, to pass Jun ge o n the front strai g ht away before tum one. With onl y one lap rem aining, Lantz made a pus h to ke ep Jun g e behind him on the ba ck of th e course after taking the lead in tum one again . It worked, and Lan tz held off Jun ge by a frac tion of a second to ta ke the win and the majority of the contingency mon ey. Junge had one ra ce left to earn th e top spot, and he d id just that w ith his Mi ch elin-shod ZX-9R in the For m ula One race. Scott Carpenter, w ho wo n the A Su pe r Stock eve n t ea rlier in the day, go t the holes hot , bu t he relinqu ished th e V lead before the first lap was in the books to a d etermi ned Junge. Ju ng e put his head down and pus hed hard to open a two- to three-s econd lead at the finish over the Yama ha YZF R-1s of Carpenter and Norman Hammond. junge's ZX-9R wa s caught o n radar a t a top speed of 161.8 mph, making him th e fastes t bike at the track. Gib bs and Prussiano continued their co m p etit io n, th is time in th e B Su per Stock race, aboard GSX-R 750s. Pru ssiano took the lead from holesh ot ar tist Curry Justice and rod e hard to gai n a slight lead over the field. Gibbs worked his way into second .quickly, but was hou nded by 1888-FAST-LAP rider Chris Caylor until the end . Caylor eventu ally wore Gibbs down and took th e second spot on the w hite-flag la p, bu t he d id no t have the time to mount a cha rge on Prussiano . The 125 cc G ran d Pri x race w a s a p recursor to the GP RA/National Cha llenge even t on Su nday, w it h 29 entries in the Sportsma n race . The two teen age sensations of ihe American Grand Pri x ra cing scene, Ja son DiSalvo a nd Ben Spies, were on han d to go head to head with reigning WERA 125cc GP Champion Michael Himmelsbach, as well as each o ther. The crowd was no t disappo in ted . The lead tri o swa p ped p os itions tw o or three tim e's per lap, with the 'third p lace rider go ing to th e lead and the leader d ro pp ing back to third corner after corner. Him me lsbach 's experience paid off in the end, and he put h imself in th e righ t pl a ce at th e right time for th e win. Spies managed to get the bette r of DiSal vo, bu t eac h of them came away fro m the race w ith a better idea of w ha t to ex pec t th e next day at the National. DiSalvo came back later in the day to take his first w in on his new Alien Racin g / Applied Busin ess Sys tems Honda RS-250 Grand Pri x racer in the Formula Two class, ahead of Spies and perennial two-stroke pilot David Boosales. Tim Brewer won bo th Novice Prod u ctio n-based classes, Band C Production, on a Honda CBR-600 F-3, and Rick Fairbairn used his Suzuki GSX-R750 to w in Fo rm u la One a n d B Su pe rbike No vice. Ap rilia RS-250 rid er Ro na ld W o od s wo n th e Fo rm u la Two, 0 Sup e rbike a nd Lightweig h t Twins Novice classes in a great d isplay of riding talen t. elll Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia Results: July 10-11, 1999 A S /STK : 1. Scott Ca rpe n te r (Yam); 2. w a d e Buffing ton (Su z): 3. Billy Ethr idge (Kaw) : 4. Jam ie Hansh aw (Suz); 5. No rman Hammond (Yam) . B S/S T K: 1. Joe Prussia no (Suz ): 2. Ch ris Ca ylo r (Suz) : 3. Brian Gibbs (Su z): 4. Byron Barbour (Suz); 5. Jona tha n Bowma n (Suz ). C S/ST K: 1. David Jose ph Rose (Suz) : 2. Brian Lantz (Kaw): 3. Mar k C. Junge (K.1W ); 4. Brian Gibbs (Suz); 5. Joe Pruss ian o III (Su z). B PROD: 1. Tim Brewer (H en): 2. Wren n Sm ith IHon): 3. And y Ca ld well (Suz); 4. Brian. K. Hayes (Suz); 5. Ada m Coco (Hen ). e PROD: 1. Tim Brewer (Hen): 2. Andy Ca ldw ell (Su z): 3. wren n Smith (Ho n): 4. David Sourdiff (He n): 5. Terry Biddy (Suz) . . B S/ B K EX: 1. wade Buffingt on (Suz); 2. C u rry Jus tice (Suz): 3. Da vid Bro wn (Su z ): 4. Tony Sa wy er (Suz); S. Kenneth Cordero (Suz). • C SfBK EX: 1. Brian Lantz (J(.1.w ); 2. Mark C. Junge (Kaw): 3. [nmie Hanshaw ISuz ): 4. Joseph Tempera te (Su z): 5. Mike Mas bcwskc (Ka w ). o S /BK EX: 1. Mi ke Tr au t ne r (Yam ); 2. All en Burnham (Ya m) ; 3 . Rod Bu rr (A pr ); 4. Laro y Montgo mery (Suz): 5. Alan Taylor (Suz) . B S/BK NOV: 1. Rick Fairba irn (Suz); 2. Benjamin Baker (Suz); 3. Scot t WOlld fin (Suz) : 4. Jason S. Smith ( Ka w ): 5. Garrett Grie r (Kawl. • C S/BK NOV: 1. SCott Woodfin (Suz): 2. Jason S. Smi th IKaw): 3. Benjamin Lilly (Hen): 4. Benjamin Baker (Su z): 5. Adam Coco Il-Ion). o SIBK NO V: 1. Vito Dionisio (Dud; 2. Ronald K. Woods (Apr ); 3. Luke Ni eva r (H en ): 4. Eric Yount (Suz ); 5. David Skiles (Yam). F-l EX: 1. Mark C. Jun ge (Ka w): 2 Scott Ca rpe nter (Ya m); 3. Norma n Ham mond (Yam ); 4. Billy Ethridge (Kaw ): 5. David Brown (Su z) . F-2 EX: 1. Jason DiSalvo (Hen): 2. Ben Spies (Yam ); 3. Da vid BOOS

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