Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events I (Left ) John Silva rode a 1974 TY250 to vi ct ory at the PITS Hard Rock Observed Trial in Cisco Grove , California. (Right) At the SVCC Short Track races in Sioux Falls , South Dakota, Roge r Wasson (73) dives under Chuck Beving (10) and Scott Studer (5) to take the Open A ma in-event win . bro ke prior to th e s ta r t and left th e budd in g superstar sitting at the sta rting line as the other thr ee ri de rs sped off toward the checkered flag. Faria wa s the first awa y wi th a rocket star t, and that , giv en' the na tu re of the single-trac k, oneline blue groove, was basically all she w ro te. On ce Faria established himself up front, it was just a matter of Bobby Hedden and Ba rt Bast traili ng the lead er , hoping for a bobbl e. Faria wasn 't in a very generou s moo d and kep t the w i n f o r himse lf abo a rd h is B2 Hond a of Reno /jRM / Oilzall /STP GM. Hedd en held off Bast to finis h seco nd , and Fish er was credi ted wi th fou rth : Terry McCurd y wo n the D-2 main , ahead of last week 's winner, Ivan Seva rt. The D-3 final was taken by tw o-t ime w inner Kev in Fere ira . Th e Jun ior main s wen t t o C hri s Kerr, Gr eg Hooton and Mark Carri llo. Results SCR: 1. Mike Fari a (GM ); 2. Bobby H ed d en Oa w ); 3. Bart Bast Oaw); 4. Ryan Fisbor Q'ilW). H OC P; 1. Ra ndy DiFra nCt"!lCo (Jaw); 2. Tom mv Hed den (jaw ); 3. B.lrt Bas t (ja w); 4. Bobby Hed den (jaw); 5. chris Man ches ter (GM ). ().2 : 1. Terry McCurd y (Wes); 2. Ivan Sevart ewes); 3. Harlan Bast ewes). . ()' 3: 1. Kevin Pereira (Wes) ; 2. Harry Bradwell (Jaw); 3. Ron Woodsfo rd (Jaw ). D-l JR: 1. Chris Kerr (Wes); 2. Bryan Yarrow (j a w); 3. Eric Carrillo (jaw). 0.2 jR: 1. Greg Hooton (Wes); 2. Brenton Bast (BSA); 3. Dou glas Obe-meyee (Jaw). D-3 j R: 1. Mar k Ca rri llo (Wes ); 2. Ama nda Eng lish (Hon), 3. Chris Smith (Wt.S). ' • Gates opens it up at Spring Creek MX By George and Karen Hodkinson ~ 1l E CI> a. CI> rn 50 MILLVILLE, MN,JULY25 At th e fifth round ' of t he Sup er Series at th e Spring Creek MX facility, Bruce Ga tes won two of th ree classes, swee pin g the Vet A class 1 ~1 and winning the 250cc A class wit h a 2-1 over Cory Keeney's 1 -2, and then finished second to Kee ney in the Over.2 5 ~ cla ss w ith a 1-2 to Keeney's 2-1. Temp era tu res we re close to 100, wi th tropica l d ew points tha t made the heat ind ex abo ut 115 degrees. Recent storms washed awa y large sections of the track, and John Martin a nd the H igh Wind ers club worke d lo ng hou rs to mak e the event possible. At the start of the Vet A class, Gates put his RBP-backe d CR250 ou t front as Scott Ru egg , Rusty Sorenson, Dan Marcotte an d Robert Halstea d gave chase . Afte r the sa nd -wa sh w hoo p section, Ga tes already had a four-second lead on Ruegg, who went down before the first uphil l. "I tried to find a smooth line." Ruegg said lat er, "and the sand just suc ked m y fro nt end awa y." After lap one of five, Ga tes had a nine-secon d lead on se co n d- p laced Sorenson . Gates went on for a huge win, wit h Sorenson second , Ti m Bernl oeh r t hi r d , Ma rc o tt e fou rt h , a nd Ruegg fifth . Marcotte, returning to racing after a d ecade's absence, nail ed the holesh ot in fron t of Gates, Ruegg a nd Sorenso n. No t only did Ga tes pass Marcotte in th e sa nd w as h , but h e aga in eme rge d with a fou r-second lead on Mar cott e. Gates we nt on to another easy moto win. Mar cott e a nd Sor en son battled for seco nd, going back a nd fort h for a cou ple of lap s. Sore nso n secu red second and Mar cotte took third in the mota and third overall, with Ruegg fourth and Bernl oehr fifth. In the Vet B class, Mike "Fast" Fox took the overa ll win. In mota one, "S to rrnin'" Norma n Miesen nailed the holeshot but fad ed to 19th by ~oto's end . Bern Seleskl then led the pack for a wh ile , on ly to ha ve Rob Irving a nd Fo x pass later in the moto. Irving took the mota win, followed by Fox, Seleski, Kevin Schlege l and Car l Hein. . Mota two saw Seleski take the lead off the start and keep it for the ea rly portion o( the race, but Fox move d th rough the rid ers a nd took the lead by the th ird lap. Fox we nt on to tak e the win, followed by Irving, w ho m oved in to seca nd . Seleski was third . Lonny Brown mad e up for a first-mota 16th by taking four th. Schlegel was fifth, Results MIC RO MIN I P /W (4-8) 0- 1: 1. Eric John son ; 2. Cole Wickstro m; 3. ja ke Sorensen, 4. Robert C rip ps; 5. Kelsey Rud o lph . MICRO MINI P / W (4-8~ 0- 2: 1. Cody Yule, 2. Ma rio Fasso n; 3. O\'n·k Marquert: 4. McCoy b ldlonb4rg; 5. Zac k Osowski . MICRO MIN I (~) : 1. Co le Sea to n; 2. justin Regenschetd . 3. Brad Burt : 4. Corb in Kosluo;ki 5. Justi n Ban ks, ; MICRO MINI (7-8): 1. ju stin Craft; 2. Dalton Stro hma yer; 3. Cory Va nd a l: 4. Darrt'li Lutrell; 5.T ravisCa npa. P/ W: 1. Rya n Dungey; 2.. Bruce Dehn; 3. Alex Ma rtin; 4. Kyle Dchn; 5. Justin Rud o lph . MIN I JR <7-10:.,1. Spe nce r Da lly ; 2. Bru ce Dehn : 3. Ryan Ga tes; 4. [ ame Lorr; 5. Jeremy Girard. s MIN I JR 02-13): 1. Scott Ehlen feldt ; 2. Kod y 5chantzen; 3. Co llin Rigl'1man; 4. John lJl<>tis; 5. Randy Han son . MINI SR (l 4-15): 1. Joseph Ettesvol d ; 2. Brett O hland; 3. l\;eil Dock, 4. Nathan Jacobs ; 5. Ch ris Cos tello. O PEN MINI 0 0-15): 1. Kody Scha ntze n; 2. Jeremy Gira rd; 3. Scott Ehlenfeldt; 4. Ryan Ga les; 5. Steve Lorr . YTH : 1. Tucke r Hib bert, 2. M.ltt Jud nick; 3. [ared Lewis; 4. Kyle Scha ntzen; 5. Jack Lorr. . 16-24 A: 1. De n nis Eckstrom; 2. Ad a m Ald ric h ; 3. Da le Neubauer; 4. Kns Roessl er; 5. Jay Scher bring . lfi-2 4 B: f Mike Sc h ultz; 2. An dy Flasch en riem ; 3 . Tony Robertson; 4. Josh Ca rlso n; 5. Bra ndo n Hagedorn. 16024 C: 1. Bra nd on Peters ; 2. ja ke Dud ll'Y; 3. Kyle Krech; 4 Jeremiah Jo hn!i( n; 5. Ton y Kruge r. J 25+- A: 1. Cory Kee ney. 2. Bruce Ga tes; 3. Ala n Jona!'; 4. Pa t Donah o; 5. Lee Erickson. 25+ B: 1. Bern 8e leski; 2.. Rob Irv ing; 3. Dav id Lawry; 4. Kevin Schlegel; 5. Matt Leeben s. 25+- C: 1. Corry Petti s; 2. Te rry Swanberg; 3. Mike Ha ga; 4 Calvin Bea n; 5. Ch ris Hartl. . VET A: 1. Bru ce Gates; 2. Rus ty So rense n; 3. Dan Ma rcotte : 4 Tim Bem loe hr; 5. Scott Ruegg . VET B: 1. Mike Fox; 2. Rob Irving; 3. Bern Sell:'!lki; 4. Kev in Schlegel; 5. Ca rl Hem. VET C: 1. G uy Brow n; 2. Tim Kurtz: 3 . Mik e Osowski; 4. Richard Hep pn er, 5. Mar k Jon es . . SR 40+ A: 1. Dan Zelazny; 2. Kirk Hibbert; 3. Gary Ge ngel; 4. Roger Schellhammer; 5. Joh n lJl<>tis. SR 40+ B: 1. Jon Hod a pp ; 2. Mi k~Quinn; 3. Mar k Goodrich. SR 40+ C: 1. Mar k Igoe; 2. Ga ry Sch ildg cn; 3. Dan Schre ufnagd ; 4. Bruce 5chaa pveld; 5. Mike Sa unders . S /SR 50+: 1. David Knos pe : 2. Mike Quinn; 3. Warrl'n Wittwer: 4. Len Fazend in. WMN : 1. Sama ntha Hogy ; 2. jen nifer Brun ett e. 125 A: 1. Co ry Keen ey; 2. T ucker Hib~'f1:; 3. Jake Gotr.ls; 4. Dennis Eckstrom; 5. PatDonaho, 125 B: t . Ma tt Jud nick; 2. Tim M.l ki; 3. Iesse Joh n!iOn 4. Jared ; Lewis; 5. ja ck Lorr . 125 C- l : 1. De rek Osterberg; 2. Bra nd o n Pe te rs: 3. j us tin Devel: 4. An tho n y Jud nick; 5. Brad Knospe . 125 C-2: 1. Kyle Sc ha ntze n; 2. Ste ven ROt':"tsle r; 3. Ben nie Peterson; 4. Tony Kruger ; 5. Tyler Kadl ec. 250 A: 1. Bru ce Gates; 2.. Cory Keeney: 3. Trev or Joh n; 4. Alan JOIlaS; 5. Ada m Ald rich . 250 B: 1. Mike Schultz; 2. David Lawry, 3. C raig Anderson; 4. Tim Kilpatrick; 5. Kev in Gabri elso n. 250 C: 1. Josh Jos wi ck: 2. Jerem i.l h Jo h n!101\; 3. Terry Swan ber g; 4. Calvin Bean; 5. Brennan Cla rk. . Clean Silva gleans gold out of Hard Rock Trial By Darlene Williams OSCOGROVE,CA,JULY 17 After th ree challengin g loops through the high Sie rra hard ro cks, Yama ha TY250 rid er John Silva stayed d ean to the finish to win the Mod ern Classic Intermedi at e class at round five of th e PITS " Good Old Da y s" Cha m pio ns hi p Series . It was a close 'C on tes t, as se ries lead er Silva faced tou gh competition from rivals Fred Eld re d a nd Bob Will iams Sr., bot h o f w ho m posted excellent sing le-digit final scores for second and third place for the da y. Silva and Eldr ed matched scores through the first few sections , bu t Eld red erred in the fou rth section, taking a d ab whe n a rock slipped under h is Bultec o's rea r tir e. It was th e on ly p oint Eldre d suffered on this loop, as he returned, to clean form for the four remaining sections. Stayingin the hunt at the conclusion of the lap with se ve n po in ts eac h w ere Williams a n d Jason Plank. Yama ha riders Silva and Williams each had a clea n second loop , bu t Eld red took a no th er single da b and Plank took tw o. The low scores continued as the third loop was attemp ted . Silva remained clean to take the win. Eld red aga in dropped only a sing le poin t for a trial total of three points and second place. Williams had a good final la p, finishin g the meet with a total of eight po ints, wh ich gave him the final pod ium positi on over Plank, wh o tallied a 14 for the d ay. Mod ern Bike Interm ediate winner Bob Endicott also had a per fect ride on the three line as he kept it clean on his Fantic. Beta ride r Tuey Dickerson was second with a pair of two-pa int -laps followe d by a clea n final loop . 'Gas Gas rid er Toni Van Gaasbeek and Chu ck Ca plinger tied wit h six points eac h after th e final loop, so a rid e-off on the two line was used to de termine who w ould ge t th ird p lac e. In th e en d, Va n Gaasbeek claimed the pri ze. • Excellen t rid es on the three line were also posted by Bruce Stevens; who had a one-po in t ride on his Premier Ughtweight Greeves, and by Mark McGreg or , who pa rla yed a th ree-point rid e on a Beta int o a Junior Intermed ia te-division win. In the Junior Novice class, Benji Heckma n took an easy win with yet another clean ri de. Chad johnson a nd Matt Silva battled for runnerup honors, with John son edgi ng ou t Silva by a sing le poin t. Result s PREM H / W: 1. Pa ul O lliges (A JS). : PREML/ W: 1. Bru ce Stevens (Gee). MOD CLSC MSTR: 1. Rick Wo lff (Yam). MOD CLSC ADV: 1. Bill Laud ner (Yam ); 2. Glen Pe ttig rew (Hon). MO D Cl.SC 1NT : 1. Jo h n Silva (Yam ); 2. Fred Eld red (Bul); 3. Bob WilIiilms Sr. (Ya m); 4. ja~m Plank (Bul). . MO D BK EXHI B: 1. Ho w a rd Ga lb rea t h ( Be t); 2. Bo bb y Case we ll (G-G); 3. Guy Va n Gea sbec k (Bet); 4. Ted C a nsbe rger (Mo n); 5. Ken Melod y (G-G ). MO D BK MSTR: 1. Bob WiII iilms Jr. (G-G); 2. j im w int er (Ho n); 3. Ch ris Napolita no (Mo n); 4. Kati End icott (Fa n); 5. Don Malsba ry (Bee} . • MO D BK ADV: 1. Devon Heckm an (Fa n); 2. Mike Schw eitzer (G-G); 3. Ryan Mu st a (G-G ); 4. Dan McMan us (Ya m) ; 5. U nda Weber (G-G). MO D BK lNT : 1. Bob Endicott (Fan); 2. Tuey Dickerson (Bet); 3. Ton i Van Gaasbeek (G-G); 4. C huc k Ca pling er (G-G); 5. Sha wn Poo le (&>t) . JR ADV : 1. Ma x Malsbe ry (Fa n); 2. Brya n Go rd on (G-G); 3. Kris Webe r (G-G). JR INT: 1. Ma rk McGregor ( Bet ). JR NO V: 1. Benji Heckman (Bet ); 2. Chad Joh ns ton (Suz ); 3. Mat Silva (Ya m). Johnson stands tall atSVCC Short Track By Brad Letcher SIOUXFALLS,SD,jULY17, On a beautiful even ing in Sio u x Falls, South Da ko ta, Mike joh nson sto le th e sweep from Dusty Fauld s when he won the Open Pro IT in fron t of Fau ld s, w ho w on th e 250cc Pr o a nd Open Pro con tests. johnson had won the Op en Pro IT heat, as he has d one in almost every other heat race th is year. "I run grea t in the hea ts, feel comforta ble," John son rema rked before the main, "but I tense u p for the mains and just can' t put it together for the win." Faulds grabbed the holeshot in fron t of Brad Letcher and Johnso n. Johnso n took second from Letcher entering the infield and calmly sta lked Fau lds for severa l laps as Letcher, Chad johnson and c.j . Beving battled for third . Faulds led for three la ps before Mike made his mo ve to take over th e top spo t. Let ch e r a nd Chad pulled a way from Beving . Mike held a comfortable lead over Fauld s. While trying to protect the ins ide li ne int o th e infield, Letche r lost thi rd w he n Chad drove in har d , got on the gas ea rly a nd pu lled alongsid e to stea l the prefer red line on the second half of the esses, Mike gra bbed the checkers. Fau lds was second , Chad third , and Letcher and Beving com pleted the top five. Fauld s we nt into the first com er of the 250cc Pro cont est flanked by Letcher and Beving, but he secured the lead. Beving had used the high line to tak e over seco nd befor e the end of the first lap . Beving tried to ma tch Faulds' pace but wa s u nsu ccessfu l. Let cher stru gg led to keep pace with the leaders but had to settl e for third . Faulds took the w in with Bevin g severa l bike lengt hs behind. Faulds d id not finish the Open Pro heat race, a nd Rob b ie Jones too k the w in. In the ma in, Faulds, Jones and Pete Tap ken were thr ee wide going fo r the hol esh o t. The Ro ta x-mo u n ted Faulds secured the top spo t, with jo nes and Tapke n on hi s he els . Bevin g p assed Le tcher for fourt h on the secon d lap and bega n to pr essu re Tapken . Faulds and jones pu lled away from the batt le for third. Lap after lap , Tap ken and Beving hammered on each other around the entire track, w hile Letch er wai ted for an y mis takes. Bev ing took ove r th ird on the sixth la p a nd p ulled a two-bi ke-len gth lead . Ta pk en ree led him ba ck in w ithin a half a lap a nd took the posi tion back two laps later. Faulds managed to pull a health y lead . Beving was takin g shots at Tapken througho u t the final four laps but could not ge t the ad vantage. Bob Anderson, who was havin g tech nica l difficu lties earl y in the race, was ba ck o n track a nd clos ed in on Let cher . Fau ld s took h is seco nd w in of the night , followed by jones, Tapken and Beving. Anderson grabbed fifth from Letcher on the final lap. Results MINI .50: 1. Alex [o rgen se n (Ho n); 2. Lu ke Lam brec ht (Suz); 3. Derik Leddusaw (Kaw ); 4. Ta nner Tracy O

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