Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events (Yam); 3. Tom Dretz ka (K ol~) ; 4. Eri k Ezen ns (He n): 5. Mich.lt:'1 Ferge r (Y.l m). VINT: 1. Tod d Ko z tczko wski (Yam ); 2. Na tha n Mu lli s ( He n ): 3. A lex an der Nag y (Kaw) : 4. jamie Co rosky (5u z); 5. Ch ris 'fa u st < Suz). 125 PRO : 1. Tom Hofma stcr (Suz): 2. Aus tin R. Uk 1 (Y.l m) ; 3. Ero n Eze n ns (5uz ); 4 . G reg Bract (SU7.); 5. Ryan Bond (Yn rn) . 125 B: l . JL~!'ot" Edg e (Suz ); 2. Shawn Schaefer (So7.); 3 . Dav id Smage (KT M ); 4. Ben Colle r (Ya m) ; 5 . JUl' Davi s Iva m). . 125 e l : I. Ra ndv Bon d (Ya m ); 2. Rober t Fisher (Yam); 3. Mic hael Wen d rick... ISuz): 4 . Rvan Milito (5uz ); 5. Robert Lange (Y.1m ), • 125 C 2: 1. Richa rd Be., I",- (Ya m ); 2. Rvan Fen to n (K,l W); 3. Ryan Anderson (Ya m) : 4. Ch.,;e ja cobse n (Y.1m ); 5. Rva n Whit", (H on) . 250 I' RO : 1. Tu m Ho frnaster (5uz) ; 2. Ero n Ezcrm s (Suz); 3. G re g Bra ct (Suz ): 4 . Au stin R.1Ub !o (Yam ); 5. Ryan Bond (Ya m ). 250 H: I. IkonGCllIlo (5 ul:); 2. Bryan white (K.1W); 3. r Caincn Rie ma nn (Hen): 4. D,lO G ru e new a ld ( Kaw ): 5. Andy Co lt' (Y.1m). 250 C: 1. M.ltt Alb rec ht (K,lW); 2. Tim C iza ns kas (K. W); 3. Ke ith Zerscn (5u 7.); 4. Gary Dunkin (Yarn ): S. 1 C ha rles Utes (Yam ). Tri State Motocross Championships: Hurricane Hills Sports Center Kear on a tear By Jim Sanderson CLIFFORD, PA. AUG. 15 a w a sa k i- m o u n te d Ja s on Kear e a rned top honors in th e 250cc Open A and Collegebo y classes at the Tri Stat e Mot ocro ss Cha m pio nshi ps hosted by Tom Hurd Promotions at the Hurricane Hills Sp ort s Center. Som e 350 ra cer s signe d up to race the 28 cla sses slated for th e d ay's program. Mother Nature cooperated and su pplied a beautifu l summer d ay . Tom Hurd a nd h is crew provided ra cer s with track con ditions that were nothing short of perfect. .Mike Dou gherty go t th e racing u nder wa y in t he fir st 250c c Open A moto when he managed to ge t th e jump off the gate and the early lead . Trailing him K 56 were Kea r, Tom Littman, Dian Primioni and Tony Cavazza. Dougherty, showing extreme confidence on the op en ing lap, trip led for the spectator s and put so me ' dista nce betwee n h imself an d Kea r . Nea r the end of lap one, Cavazza mov ed u p a positi on to four th and Brian Hill was fifth . Do ug herty 's lead was seven seco nds by the sta rt of lap two. The top five spread out and th e running order we nt unchanged thr ou gh lap three. Ca rl Snyder passed Hill for fifth , dropping Hill out of the top five. Dougherty took the ch eckers a nd the moto win w ith a ]4-second le ad over Ke ar, Littm an, Cavazza and Snyder. _ Kear ma na ged to earn ho leshot hono rs in the second 250cc Open A moto but s o o n found himself looking at Dougherty' S rear tire. Kear then passed Dougherty back for the lead in the following turn. They swa p ped the lead back an d fou rth until the halfwav ma rk of lap two, w he n Kea r finally managed to put some d istance be tween hi mse lf and Doughe rty. Rou ndi ng o ut the to p five were Litt man, Clin t Esposito, and H ill. Ke a r , wi th o nly a five-second ad va ntage, m ana ged to hold Dou gh erty off for th e res t of the m ot o. Kear and Dou gh er ty were side by side go ing over th e spec tator triple w he n the .white flag cam e ou t. Dou gh erty came up short on th e landing, giving Kear some breathing ro om. Kear took the second- mota w in and th e ov erall wi th h is 2-] sc o re . Rou nd in g o u t th e top fi've w e re Dou gh erty, Espo sito , Littman and Snyder. Fred Met zger go t th e jum p o n th e pa ck in the fir st 250cc Open B m ot o, with Ton y Peregrin, Frank Pa squal e, Jason Wocniski and Matthew Kessler in tow . Peregrin took th e lea d a fte r th e spec ta tor triple. Carl Wolter moved up to second , Metzger d ropped to third , Da vid Gin olfi mo ved u p to fou rth and Wo cni sk i d r opped to fifth . Gi n olfi moved up to third by the hal fway mar k of lap one a nd was in seco nd and pressuring Peregrin for the lead by the start of lap three . Gi no1fi mad e the pass for the lead on lap three an d qu ickly pulled away . The top five w er e now G ino lfi, Peregrin, Wolter , Met zger and Woen iski. Rich Atk inson wa s pr essu ring Woenisk i for fifth by the last lap and man aged to ge t not o nly him, but Met zger , too . Ginolfi took the checkered flag with a ] 7-seco nd lead, trail ed by Peregrin , Wolter, Atkinson and Met zger. . Metzger managed to get the jump on the pack aga in in th e seco nd rnoto, with Peregrin. Pasqua le, Wolt er and Wocn iski in tow. Per egr in had th e lead by the halfway mark of the firs t lap . Pasquale m o ved u p to s ec o n d , Wolt e r th ird , Gino lfi fourth, and Metzger d ropped to fifth. Per egrin m an a ged to o pen up a seve n-second lead by th e s ta rt o f la p two. Pasqu ale failed to d o the hu ge Hurric an e s te p -u p o n lap tw o and it co st him dearl y. Ginolfi and Wolt er moved up to se co n d a n d th ird . Pasq u ale d ropped to fourth. Sho rtly after moving up to third, Wolter d ropped it in a corner, allowi ng Pasq ua le to move back up to th ird . Gino lfi closed the gap on Peregrin and took the lead sho rtly after th e start of lap three. Th e top five were now Gi no lfi, Per egrin, Pa squ a le, Woc n isk i and Atki nson . Atkinson passed Woeniski for four th at the beginning of th e last lap . G ino lf i fi nis hed t he m o to with an oth er] 7-seco nd lead and earned him self top honors with a pe rfect] -] score. Roundin g out th e top fi v e we re Pasquale, Per eg rin, Atkinson a nd Sea n eN Britton . Hurricane Hills Sports Cente r Clifford, Pennsylvania Results: August 15 , 1999 50 (4 ~6) : 1. An t ho n y Pcrcgr in (Cob): 2. [o na thau D.1I1 id:<> (Cob ): 3. Cody C ha ffee (KT M); -t. Vince n t Rebar (Co b) . 50 (7-8): 1. Z acha ry w hitmore (Cob); 2. Iakc Il.., d'll.. ' (Co b); 3. Nic hol as Mcf'bee (Co b); 4. jes se Ku zbyt (Cob). P/W (4-8 ): 1. Jona t h a n Da niels (Ya m ); 2. Zilc k Ha tfiel d (Ya m) ; 3. Vincent Re ba r (Co b) ; 4. Matthew Absalo n (Suz ): 5. ja mes Doolittle (Ya m ). 6S (7·9 ): I . Sean Ha c kl e y ( Ka w) : 2. Matt h l' w . Hou gen tog ler (Ka w ): 3. Jimmy M.lUI ( KT M ); -t. Ma rsh all Hu rd (K.1W); 5. Abbi Jo Bardo (Ka w). 65 (]().1t) : I. Ja so n L. Lawr en ce (S uz ): 2. Ro bert Ca r th e ( KT MI ; 3 . Sean W all a ce (S uz ): 4 . Sa m m y Kachmcr (Kaw j: S. jer e m iah C lczen (K. W). , 85 (7-11 ): 1. J.1Stln La w re nce (Suz ): 2. Mitch ell Dou g he rt y ( Ka w): 3. Se a n Ha ck ley (Kaw): ... Robert . Ga rt he (KT M ); S. Sca n Wallace (Su z). 85 (12 -131 : 1. C.,leb Mill er (Ya m); 2. Wi lli .1m Heckman (Hu n); 3. Pa trick Sim pson IKaw ): 4. Ste p he n ·Cn rol77. ( K;lW); S. Iames Ayres (Hun) . . i 8 5 (14·1 5): I. M ic ke y M ars h al l (Ya m) ; 2 . Ju sti n j.l ck<;on ( Ho n j: 3. Ma tth ew warren ( He n): .. . Z acha ry Feaster ( K..1W ); 5. Cha rles Re (Hen). ed S / M I N t : 1. Robert Kin ery tKaw): 2 . M icke y Ma rshall (Ya m) ; 3. Mitchell Do ughert y ( Ka w): 4. Iason L Lawrence (5u z); 5. P.l trick Simpson (Ko1 W). 125 A: 1. M ichael Do u gh e rt y (Y.l m ); 2. A le x Bla ckwell (Ya m l; 3 . Tom Littman (Ya rn) : .... C li n t E...-.pos ilo (Hon ); 5. ja ~m Kea r (SUL ). 125 8: 1. Da vid Gi nolfi (K.1W); 2. Ro bert Kin cry ( K.1W); 3. Mic hat'! Ayen (5 uz); 4. Ti mothy O ·Bri.l n (Ya m); 5. J.ured Kim b lt' (Hon). 125 C: 1. David Bro cavich (Ya m) ; 2. Ad.l m Fo rd (Suz 5; 3. Brian Wilen x (Ya m) ; 4. Zlcha ry Bloch ( KT M ); S. LinJs,w Cron (5 uz). . 256 BEG : 1. Da vid Nyzio (Ya m ); 2. Bria n Wi lco x (Ya m) ; 3. Rod g cr Wh it e (Ya m) ; 4 . Jusl'ph Ve ni ng"ky (Hu n); 5. OWt.n Ka p.lb:"ki (Yam) . · 250 A: 1. Ja!'>lm Kea r (K.w.:); 2. Mich ad Dough ert y (Y.l m); 3. Tom LiUm.ln (Ya m); 4. Ca rl 5 nydt' r (H e ); 5. m Bria n Hill (5 uz). 2SO 8 : 1. D.w id G ino lfi (Ka w) ; 2. Ant ho ny Peregrin (Ka w); 3. Rich Atkinson (Hon ); 4. Jaso n Wocn iski (Suz) ; 5. F«'d Ml'tl.ger (Ya m). . 2 50 C: 1. D.lnn y Bo ccadori (S U7.) ; 2. Der r i c k Good ric h ( Ho n ); 3 . Ric ha rd W h it e ( Ho n ); 4. And y M.lsll·n (H on ); S. Kevin Mye rs (5u z). SC H BY: 1. J.u red Kim b le (I-Ion); 2. Z lch.u y Bloch (KTMI ; 3. Mich.1el Klinger (Ho n) ; 4. M.lt1ht.'w Wa rn'n (I-Ion); 5. Jamb C npt' (Ho n). C LG BY: 1. j a so n Ke ar ( Kaw) ; 2 . D.w id G i nn lf i (K ,l W ); 3 . Ca rl Sn y d e r (H on ); ... jimmcr Er ic M ill er . (Yam ); 5 . Michael Aye n (5 uz) . 25+ A: 1. C h ris Ly kfms ( K.1W); 2. Richard P inncy ( K. W); 3. Alex BI

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