Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events f (Lett) At Cos ta Mesa Speed way, U Rad" Brad Oxley became only the th ird rider thi s seaso n to pull off a double win when he took both th e Scratch and Handicap mainev ent victories. (Right) Ryan Fis her lead s Bart Bast in th e Scratc h main eve nt at Side ways Saturdays at CalExpo Speed way in Sacramento, Califo rn ia. Fisher to ok th e win; Bast placed second. the event as he clean ed the first seven sections; he finally too k a sing le dab the fina l section for an 18-po int total and thir d place. In the Modem Bike Intermedia te class , Toni " G~lS Gas" VanGaasbt.-ek took the wi n wit h nine po ints in a great rid e that includ ed a clean St"Ca nd loop . Yamaha -mounted Dan McMa nus and Gas Gas rid er Larry Meh eau er battled all d ay and fin is he d th e tri al tied at 15 points each. McManus wa s J \ v ard ed second by virtue of his 20 section clea ns (including a clean fina l loop), vs. 15 cleans fo r third -p laced Meheauer. Joann Galbreath wa s fo u rt h with 33 po ints o n her Montcsa . Other gre at ride on the three line were pos ts ed . includi ng a low Hl-point rid e by Pr emier Lightweight Inter med iate winner Bruce Stevens. who clea ned every section aboard his Crecves in his final loop. In the Junior Intermediat e class, Travi s C ra w ford had only a n l1-point tota l for his thr ee loops on a Ga s Gas . in Results PREM L/W INT : I. Bruce Slt."'o·l"I\> fGh"). ! MDR."J C LSC MSTR: I. Rick Woff f (Yaml. l n MDR."J C LSC AO \': 1. Bill Laudner ('Y. m ); 2. C lt.· Pctti gn-w (Hu n). o MO RN CLSe INT : 1. Fn .J Eld rt. J (Bu ll ; 2. Do n A lh,·rtlln (Mon); 3. Jt'TTY Erikson (Mlln) ; 4. Mary Rock (Ho n). M DRN BK M STR : I. M ik e McGregor ( Mo n) ; 2 . Andy Lawrence (F.m ): 3 . Bob WilI i.lm !'-[r , (G ·C); 4. C h ri s Napolitano (Mon) ; 5. Jan wm ter (Hon }, MOR N BK AD V: I. Rv.m M U~I.l (GC). M OR N OK IN T : I. ' T un i VanG.lasbt'ek (G·G ); 2 . Da n McM,l n us (Y,l m ); 3. Lar ry Meh ea uer (e.G); 4. Joann G.:a lb rt'.lth ( M Oll) . MOR N BK NOV: I . Amb\·r lon e... (C ·G) ; 2 . Ladun na Will is Uk t). IR INT : 1. Travis C rew rord (GoG). JR NOV: I. IWnji Hec kma n (E 'l); 2. H.1fri slIn o..w.l ld (Bc-I) . k EXHID: 1. I I" wa rd C alb rca th (B.'t) ; 2. P.1m [:>'.Bru in (Mun ). ,. "Rad" Brad pulls a "Mad" at Costa Mesa Speedway worked , as DiFrancesco cu t the bes t ga te and took the le ad for th e fi rst lap. O n lap tw o , Ox ley wa s o n the insid e and he go t the drive ou t of four and took the lead . DiFrances co lost co ncentra tio n for a seco nd , a nd that wa s all it . took for Schwa rtz to ge t by a nd put the p ressu re o n Oxley. With one lap to go, Venega s fou nd an opening and mo ved to third. Wh en the dus t set tled , it w as Oxley, Schwa rt z, Venegas a nd Diftran ces co. Th e lin eup for the Hand ica p Main had Tim Tu cker and Kit Nay on the 10. Robbie Sa ue r sha red th e 20 w it h Rand y Sk inner. Kon Baur wa s alo ne on the 30. Th e 60 wa s crowded with Ox lev a nd Schwartz. Hicks was unable to make th e ~ II d ue to injury, so it would be a se ve nman go. Tu cker and ay w ent o u t runnin g o ne-two, but it w ou ld be short-lived as O xley ca me s torm ing through tra ffic, sme lling a double win, and he too k the lead on the fourth lap. O xley just kep t pu Iling awa y a nd Schwartz, ca ug ht up in traffi c, needed tw o more laps to ge t around Tuck er, Baur and Sauer, When the white flag came out, Schwartz wa s running seco nd , but Ox ley had p ut to o mu ch d ay lig h t be tween him and th e res t of the fie ld a nd he would have his d oub le win. Schwa rtz wa s seco nd.rfo llo wed by Sau er, Baur, Ski nner, Nay and Tu cker . Results SC R: I. Hrad Ox ley (Wt."S); 2. Bobby Schw a rtz (G M); 3 . Ch a rlie Ven.,.:;.l!> Uaw) ; 4. Rand y DiFran ct'SC (j.1W): 5. C ary Hick.. (GM ). o . H lXP: I . Brad Oll l,"')'(Wt. :;); 2. Bo b by Schwartz (GM); 3 . Rob> bit' S auer (jaw ): 4. Kon Baur O,lW). 5. Rand y Skin ner (j.1W). SUI': 1. Bt>nlk'y' B '" (j.1W); 2. Mich .lt'l M,llt ocils (j.IW); 3. "n't. Fr.m\.. 1 'CCt (J.IW); 4. Bred Sau er (jaw ). \ · SOC R: 1. J. Milt hcn;on / I. Eila nd (Ya m ), 2. A , H. III/ I. Straw (Y.l m) ; 3. H. M.l tht"rso n /D. Lee er (Ya m ); 4. S. Cu l" / M, Moreno d (Yilm ). SUP B: I. Shawn Harma riuk (JolW); 2. He ctor Que vedo (j.1W); 3. Dl't'nt Smi lh OolW); 4. Brad Rud y (Wt":» ; 5. Scott Me rse rea u Q,lW). By Elaine J on es Photo by Mike Basso COSTAMESA.CA, AUG. 7 '" '" '" cO ~ CD .c E ! '" en 62 Davis doubles at Prairie City Motocross By John Silv a " Ra d" Brad O xley look a p a ge from Sh a w n "Mad Dog" McConnell's book and won both thl! Scratch a nd Handi cap mai n events at Stanley Exhaust Tech Nig h t at O range Co u n ty Fairgrounds. O xley is the cu rren t points lead er and o nly the third rider 10 pull off a d ouble win th is seaso n. McConnell has done it twi ce, and Garv Hicks is the othcr double wi nner. ~ In the first semi heat , it onl y loo k one Llp for Ox ley, working the ins id e line , to mov e to seco nd , a nd one lap lat er he put the move on Bobby SchW~lrtz to t. ke the lead and the win . Schwartz l finisht.>d second and transferred to the main with Oxley. Ran d y DiFranceso won the red-flag-shortened seco nd semi, w ith Hi cks a lso ma kin g the direct tra nsfer to the ma in. Cha rlie Venegas and Duk ie Er mo le nko wo u ld m o ve to th e la st chance quali fier. In Ihe LCQ , Venegas exp loded ou t o f fou r a nd never loo ked back as he w ent w ire to wi re in the qu ick four-Iapper. He would be the final rid er in the Scra tch main . DiFr an cesco d rew th e po!e for th e Scra tch ma in . Next to him was Oxley, Hicks drew the three slo t, with Schwartz in fou r, Ven egas was on the outsid e. Schwa r tz an ticip ate d th e ga te and th e red fla g flew. Tr y n umber tw o had bot h Schwa rt z and Venegas in th e tapes, a nd Ihe ref se nt them to Ihe 20-yard lin e. O n tr y number three, three rid ers tried to go wher e on ly tw o wo uld fit ; ha nd s, legs and ha ndl eb ar s got la n gl e d up a n d O xley a n d H ick s w ere do wn, w ith H icks unable to make the res tart due to a leg or knee inj ury. Th e fo u r th ti me RANCHO CORDOVA, CA, AUG. B N o-To il-s po nsore d Scott Davis w on bot h th e 125cc and 250cc Pro classes at round three of the Ca lifor nia Cross Summer Seri es at Pra irie City State Vehicular Recrea tion Area . Da vis top ped the second mot os ha nd ily but had to sett le for seco nd pla ce in the first mo tos behind C hapa rral /Ma zda ' s St eve Lam50n , Both of these N at ion a l Championship se r ie s regulars expressed their appreciation to California Cross p romoter Dave Ma tso n for bringing reg ularly scht.'dult.'d races and pract ice sessions back to the facility for the first time in years. As for the track itse lf. Davis' views echot.~ Ihose of ma ny of the participants. "It's a good layo ut," he said. "It's te'Chnical, an d ac tu ally has mo re jumps tha n they had at the Ha ng to w n Nationa l. They've disced it a nd wi dene d th e tr a ck where they co u ld , so no w there's a few sec tio ns with a lot more line choic es. It's clean. It's go t a good s ta rting a rea ; a nd the specta tors can see everything. I think tha t's onc of the oc-st parts abou t the Prairie City trnck: Th e fans can St.'C it all. " Th e 250cc Pro / Am was th e first race of the d ay, and hometow n hero Lam so n, w ho gre w up in nearby Pollock Pines, grabbed the holesh ot ah ead o f Da vis, Cliff Cook, C hris Ve nd le y , Der ek Curri e and Malt Veerkamp . Davi s d id his bes t to keep the lead er in sig ht but was no match for L.lmson, w ho was (natu ra lly) righ t at home on the hard ~ pa cked course and soon bu ilt a for" midable lead. Vend ley moved inl o thi rd aro und mi d race, a nd w ith tha t the lead erb oa rd wen t uncha nged for the remai nd er of the race . At the finish, it was Lamso n first, followed by Davis, Vend lev, Coo k a nd Cu rri e. Th; second 250cc Pro moto go t under way ' sa ns Lam son , w ith Davis lead ing the ch a rge ah ead of Cook, Vend ley, Currie and Veerkamp. Davis was never hea ded for the duration of the mota. Whi le racing in seco nd , Co o k fe ll and dropped to the back of the pa ck, retirin g from the ra ce s ho r tly therea fter. Vc ndlcy inherited sec o nd and held it. to the checkers, finis hi ng ahead of third-placed Currie. In the 12Sce Pro / Am race , Lamson (racing jus t for practice) again took th e holeshot and quickly ran away from the pa ck, no doubt aided by the fac t he was riding hi, 250 - the only bike he brought - a gainst the smaller machines. Ca lv in Andt ovec Jed Davis fo r the fir st la p before Davis ma de a pass to move int o second. From there, Davis tried to chase down Lamson, but Lamson went on to take anothe r win, followed by Davis, Kenny Be Il, Mik e Anderson and Andlovec. Lamson load ed up a nd d eparted af ter th e first motos. In the second 125cc rnot o, Davis was the dominant rider, altho ugh Cook gave him a bat lie for the lead for the firs t few la ps befo re d ropping back. Cook eventually called it a day at the ha lfway point. Af ter that, BeIl a nd Andlovec kept Davis hones t as they ba ttled for second, with Andlovec racing in second place w hen it cou nted most. In the fina l ta lly, the order rea d Davis, And lovec, Bell, An derson and Matt Barber . Results 5(} (4-6) : I. jaco b Th om pson (KTM) ; 2. l o~hu.l Un'Ul (Co b); 3 . Ca lvin Lace-cue (Pol), N 50 (i · 9 ): J. J.l1' L.1n~ (Lem): 2. Chad Smilh (Cob); 3. J.lkl· Ham el {KTMl; 4. Jos hua M cl'herson (Kl"M): so BEG: 1. T.I . u irenz (KTM); 2. J:tymt' 5.1Il1 ( K.1w); 3. Jd fn·y B. ROHt; (Kaw): 4 , Jdl't"l1 L,mg ( K.aw ); 5. Dyl.l n Nt.·y (Kaw l! bO NO V: 1. Kramer Pawso n (Ka w ): 2. Za c Field, (KTM ); 3 . Stenson Womack (Kaw l. (,IJ tNT: 1. Daniel Levy ( Ka w ). HO BEG: 1. G riffin Pe rea (Yam); 2. Kev in Byfield (Kawl; 3. Ch ri ~ weckerly (Yol ); 4 _C h ad S h imon ( Ho nl ; 5. J .D . Moo re m (H u n). . !lO !\IOV: 1. Rory Radovich (Hon); 2. Jo1MIn Wa ck,>rty (Ya m ); 3. Nid. Richa rd sun ( K.aw ). SO1"''-: 1. ja red BIt.-'\'1m (Hon). SC H BY: 1. G re g Center (Ya m ); 2 . Greg Molen (Su z ); J . Ch ns eophcr Van !'vfett'f (Yam ). S/ MIN I: I . J;lrid B1t'Vin!>(Hu n ); 2. J a~ Sp.'1 rha ",, 1o:. (Hon). 125 BEG : 1. Rick Pa rjett (Ya m) ; 2. Ja~.n Dlld !Olln; 3 . Christl'" pho.r Va n Met ,... (Ya m) ; 4 . J.lrney Dill i.. (Suzl; 5. Ed W hi lt'<'Ottun ' (Suz). • 125 !\IOV : 1. Ja so n G a rcia (S uz); 2 . D.:alJa H ind~ (Su z) ; 3 . s Mich.ld Came!> (Yam); 4 . Kyle A. Mar-;,alla (Yam); 5. George E. SIl'f'Iw'n!'OTllll CKaw). 125 LVT: I. f\..l rk Verhou~tra le (Suz) . t 125 PRO: 1. Sco« Da vis (I<.\w ); 2. Kenn ... Bell (Yam) ; 3. Calvin Andlovt'C (Suzl; 4. Sh-ve Lam"'lln (Ya m) ; 5. Mil, Andt"Nm (Y am ). .•' 250 BEG : 1. Garv RoM- (Ya m); 2. ZKk HUnit (Hon ); 3. Chrbtia n DoJ~e (Suz); 4.' Troy Kaczmarcz yk (I-Io n I; 5. Mark Henry (Suzl. 2SONOV : 1. Mol V~k.l mp (Kaw);2. Gary FOrTl.os (Ka w); 3. " t Stt'Ve Sny d,... (Kaw); 4. Michol..r Col m~ (K.1w ); S. M.uk Buu!ll:lut't ( Ko1 w), • 250 INT : I . Jo h n Moore : 2. Dt-n ' k C UfTit.' (Ya m) ; 3. Slo:-v en Stort-'t' (Hu n ); 4. Tim Stow(-'(Yam ). 250 PRO : I. Scoll Davis (Kaw); 2. C hri!> Vt'ndley (5uz ); 3 . D,' n.·k Currie (Ya m ). VET BEG : 1. Gary Rose (Ya m ); 2. David Ad.\ m s (Ya m ); 3 . raul Midson (Honl. VET NOV: 1. Pete Ham d (Ho n); 2. Jllh n Kdlt'f (Yam ); J . Pa t McFad d en (KTM ); 4 . Josh ua MacKt. n ro th (Kaw). · VET INT: 1. To ny McGralt' (Ya m) ; 2. John Moore (H o lI); 3. Jim my Robt'rtson (Suz); 4 . Slevt"n Storit> (Hon). UTH 25+ BEG . 1. Eric N a te ns h oJt (Ho n); 2. David C('ICl k; 3. Pol l McGourty (Yol ) ; 4. Rya n H CSMlnlC S. Mike C ha nt')' (SU7 u m .). 35+ NOV: 1, Slt>ve Sy n der {)(a w l: 2. Pet e Ha mel (Hon) ; 3. David Brilla n l (Yam) . 35+ tNT : 1. Jo hn M om~. O /T (40 -49) BEG : 1. Billy Bu dd (Ya m ); 2 . Paul McG ourty (Ya m) ; 3. Trrry Tu cker (Ya m ); 4. Greg Youn~ (Ya m ); 5. Wilber M.'H~hali (I-I l>n ). O / T (4O-I9l NOV: 1. ra t Saugar (Yam ); 2. Bn,," F .clo:.m (Su z); 3. Bubby Lynch (Yam) ; 4. Gt>orgeStepho.'Il!lOfl1l (Kdw ). OIT (40-4?l L'\fT: I. DAvid Orilla nt (Vol ) . m Fisher, Ferris finish first at Cal-Expo Speedway By M. Sob er Photo by Gen Moore SACRAMENTO, CA, JUt Y3\ In w hat might be a low ma rk for the comb ined a ges of speed wa y main-event winners, Ryan Fishe r, 15, and Ia n Ferris, 20, co mbi ned to take the vic tories in Sid eways Saturday's Ca l-Expo Scra tch and Handicap ma in even ts. Fisher ma sterfu lly withstood the charge of Northern California points leader Bart Bast to take the first Division One Scra tch main win of his y o u ng ca ree r, Jimmy "The Jammer" Sisemo re was the in itia l Scratch Main leader, his rocket s tart from gate four taki ng him straight into the turn-two o utback. As Sisemore an gled w ide, Fisher, w ho was the seco nd rider off the lin e from the pole, d rove hard an d fast o n the tight inside tarma c. From ga te two, Bast wa s d irect ly in Fisher's shadow, dogging the for mer Junior C hampion right fro m the start. Gate thr ee wa s occu pie by Bob Hicks, d who s tar ted poo rly and fo llo wed the action fro m fo ur th . At the four-Iappe r's mi dpoin t, Fis her bob bled and pa rked slightly, allowing the lenacious Bast to pu ll up almost even as they negoriated the front straight. But Fisher made no further mis takes, despite Bast's relentless press ure. Sisemo re followed close be hi n d Ba s t but could n' t mo ve up on the leaders and sett led for third. Fisher maintairu.-d his scan t lead and wo n . his first Scra tch ma in aboard his RMC / Tho m pso n/ Auburn Outdoor Spo rt/ Cody / NJK [awa. Ia n Fe rris ha d a n easie r ti me of it in th e H and icap ma in, leading the race from his (su rpri singly ign ored ) rolIing start 10 the che kered c flag. Ferr is started on the 2Dyard line, alongside Sammy Bast. On the 30 were Fisher and Tomm y Hed den. Chad Felicio occupied the 4O-yard line, a nd Sisemore entertained the 50-yard marker . Once Ferris had sn agg e d th e lead wi th his "w easelis hly" clever little roller, Sammy Bast assumed the role of seco nd- place bloc ker, and Ferris was free to run hi s own ra ce - which is exactly wha t he d id, sail ing clear a nd unfettered to the checkers aboard his Pe terich Cycle /Off Beat Prod uction [awa. Bast stubbornly held on to seco nd , Tommy Hedden \\"35 a close third, and Sisemore was the only rid er to ma ke a positive forward mo ve when he finished in fourth. Fisher was fifth and Chad Felicio folded up the chairs . Results 5CR : L Ryan Fisht.T (jolW 2. Bart Bcfsl (ja .....); 3. Jim my Sise): ma n" (GM ); 4. Bob H ick.• (j.1W). .• HOCP: 1. Ian Ferris Oaw); 2. Sammv 6.1..t (Cd n ): 3 . Tornow Ht. Jdcn (Jaw); 4. limm...Si...... ore; 5. Rvan Fi~ht.'r. o m ' 0-2 : I. Terrv McC u rd v (ja w) : 2: ' ohn O'Conn d J (W~); 3. Wes). • Harla n Bast C D-3 : 1. Ha rry Brad w "l1 (j.1W); 2. G~ Hoo lon (Ja w); 3. Ron Wuo d...ford (Wt.S). . ' [).1 JR: 1. Bry an Yarrow Uaw); 2. C h ris Kerr (WL'S) 3. Jon ; Curry (JdW). D-2 JR: 1. Gn-~ Ht lt.te n Ir . (Wt.'S):2. J.T. M'lbry (Jaw ); 3. Bren· . ton 6.1st (BSA ). y D-3 JR: 1. Molrk Ca rri llo (W,' s); 2. Da n ny Ea!>lc (W~); 3. Je ff But ler (Wes t Hartshorn spikes Honda Hills Motocross By Mark Blis s UNNVlLLE, OH AUG.6 , Yamaha YZ pi lol Travis Harts horn simply domin a t ed th e 125cc B a n d 16-24 classes d urin g round eight of the popular Frid ay Night Series a t Honda HiIl s M X. The yo ung s peedsle r put - togeilier a wesom e s tarts and mistaKe-free rid es

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