Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events AMA TX/OK Pro C ircuit Regional Classic, Round 1 the next la p to take over fourth an d then, on lap fou r, Brent Mill er pressured the new kid o n th e bl ock a nd m o ved into fifth, forcing McC ulloch .to sixth, w he re he remained to th e fini sh , foll owed by Jer em y Durrett, who wa s jus t off a double class champ ionship at loretta Lynn's and was making his debut into the Intermediat e ran ks himself. Conner seized th e ho lesho t in mot o two, w it h Chris Ist re in th e runner -up s po t a nd Dough ty in third . Dou ghty found his wa y past Istre on lap two for second , whil e .j oe Bailey and Durrett rounded out the top five spots. Doughty slid hard in the sw ee per be tween ju mps 10 and 11, openi ng seco nd place to Istre, followed by Bailey , Du rrett and You ng , Co n ner' s second -mo to win was good eno ug h for the overall. Young used his 4-5 fo r second , an d 51. Cy r a 2-8 for third . Durrett finished fou rth by way of a 7-4, an d Bailey rou nd ed o ut th e to p five w ith a 1-2 sco re. eN Swan Cy cle Par k Tyler, Texa s Results: Augu st 21-22, 1999 (Round 1) (Above) Rookie Pro Chase Reed (55) flies to the first turn with fellow rookies Nat han hale (27) and Beau Boynt on (34). (Left ) In 125cc Intermediate B action, former minibike racer Way lon McCulloch (15) and Buzz May1ield (17) make a bid for the hole shot. : By Kat Spann and The Beckster Photos by Conn ie Johnson TYLER, TX, AUG. 21-22 ifteen-year-old Chase Reed of lone Grove, Ok la homa, made his debu t into the Pro ranks in grand style, w in ning bo th motos of th e 125cc A Expert .cla ss at the first ro und of th e third annual AMA TX/OK Pro Circuit Reg io nal C lassic. Th e Centra l Yarnaha /lCS /No Fea r- backe d rookie a lso gave it his bes t sho t in th e 250cc A Expert event, chasing Plano Hond a / Pro Circuit's Brad Woolsey to the finish line in bo th motos to finis h seco nd . Mo re tha n 700 racers en tered the twoday event host ed by Swan Cycle Park in East Texas. Thi s was the firstA time tha t the a n n ual ser ies h a s kick ed off in August rather than in mid -Septem ber, Chase Reed wasn' t the only rookie in tlie 125cc A Expe rt class, w hich a lso in cl ud ed Na tha n H ale, Beau Bo vnton, Adam Mennen ga and Roger Thayer - all of w ho m m ad e th e m o ve a lo ng wi th Re ed a fte r th e A MA Lo r etta l ynn' s Amateur Nat ional Championship. Reed gra bbe d th e holesh ot in moto on e , c h as e d b y fe llow N orth Te xa s Yamah a ro o kies Hale a n d Boynton . Boynton miscued and dropped back to seventh, while Dwain Carter moved up a n o tch to th ird , fo llowed b y P la no Honda' s Grayson Goodman a nd Mennenga . Boynton grabbed some throttle a n d fo ug h t hi s wa y pa s t Te am Green /Granbury M otorsport ' s Cla y Ho en shell on the next lap to race behind Mennenga. Both Men nenga and Boyn ton g o t a ro u nd Goodman to race 'in [F 52 fourth a nd fif th, and th en Mennenga cha rged on Carter on the final la p to finish third behi nd Reed and Hal e. Reed led the cha rge aga in in m ot o two, wit h Hale in his wake fro m start to .fin is h, foll o w ed by Boy n ton in th ir d . Shay Man ney an d Hoen sh el l ro und ed ou t the top five; w hi le Go odman took sixth and Menn enga seventh. ' In the 250cc A Expert co ntes t, yo ung Chase Reed grabbed the holesho t, only to lose the lead in the w hoops to Plano Honda's Brad Woolsey. " I cased a ju mp and hit my chest o n the bars," said Reed. "My main goal was to keep raci ng, bu t it took me a few seconds to ca tch my bre ath." Woo lsey took advantage of the situation and pu lled away as Reed recovered , chased to th e checkers by Hale, Carter, Antho ny McVey and David Jon es. The secon d m oto , h o w e v e r , was ac tio n- packe d off th e s ta r t. Woo lsey nail ed the holesh ot , flanked by Reed and Hale. By the end of la p th ree, Reed wa s se tti ng up Woo ls ey fo r a p a ss in th e w hoops and go t by the lead er, only to see Woo lsey pass ba ck in the next tum. Reed powered up an d repassed Wool sey up the next hill, but Wo ol sey go t him ba ck again. From that p oint until the' . checkered flag, Reed stayed at Woolsey's ba ck tire, w aiting for th e mo re ex p erienced Pro racer to ma ke an erro r. But Woolsey rode flawlessly to the wi n . Team G ree n /Granbury Motorspo rts Kawasaki' s Clay Hoenshell earned th e Ironman Award of the day, competing in the fas t-paced 12Sec A Expert eve nt, finishin g 4-5, and then immediately retu rning to the ga te for the Ov er 30 A event, grabbing the holeshot in both motos and taking b o th m o to w ins! H oe n sh ell showed the way to the checke rs to Shawn Ma rtin, Jerry Join er, Kevin Horn ick, Jerr y Joiner a nd Donni e Elmer. Hoen s hell's seco nd- mo te holesh o t put him ou t front from start to finish, once aga in chased by Mar tin and Joiner, w ith Elme r in fourth. S teve H ill a bsco nded wi th th e holes hot in the first mot o of the O ver 30 Int ermediate class, wi th Dan Mar ino in the hunt. Hill crashed, and Marino took over the lead and led int o lap tw o, but Adam Cox, was o n fire a nd mad e th e pass for the lead and held it to the finish . Marino d id his best to han g o n to second, bu t he was pressured by Bruce Sta ples . Sta ples go t a line o n Marino o n th e fourth lap and passed into second an d then wen t a fte r Co x, bu t he w as unable to move up one more spot before the end of th e m ot o . l ee Up to n gate d sixt h and pe gged off so me po siti ons to finis h fou rth, followed by Tom Hudson, Mitch Milson and Jim Ca mpbell, Sta p les won the seco nd m o to and too k the overa ll w ith his 2-1 punch. Second-place honors w en t to Cox , with a 12, w hile Up ton used a 4-3 for third and Marino a 3-5 for fourth. Hudson cappe d off fifth w ith a 5-4 tall y. Some 31 racers lined the ga te for the first 125cc B Int erm ed iate moto. Waylo n McCulloch led the pack to the first turn. Th is w as McCulloch 's firs t ride on the big bike, having retired his YZ80 afte r loretta l yn n' S earli er in th e m onth . Sha ne Doug hty gated second an d passed McCulloch in the woods as Ryan 51. Cyr rac ed in third , followed by Ty Conne r a nd Cory Young . McCu lloch los t tw o spo ts on lap two when 51. Cyr and Conner go t by, him . Young f9110wed suit on 51 (4-6): 1. Tyll·r C u m mi ngs (Cub); 2. Z.t.' Sm ith b (Cob); 3. Reid Mille r (Co b); 4. Mat thew Yl)~ ! (Cob); 5. Ca ll·b Dowell (Co b), 51 17- I. Chaz Holladav (Cob); 2. Bran don wuu8): (Cob); 3. Rodolfo Fe r n.l ndez (Cob ); -t. Cory Perdue (KTM ); 5. Trey Ph;Hip> (KTM ). 50 O PEN (4·8 ): 1. C h.1Z Hollada y (Co b); 2. Tyler Cummings (Co b ); 3. Zt.-b Smi th (Cllb); ... Blake wharton ( KT~ ); 5. Matthew Yo-t (Cub). 65 (7-9): I. Marshall Sm ith (K.1 W); 2. Co ry G reen (Ka w): 3. Levi Gillia m (Kaw ); 4. jeffrey Fisher O(., W); 5. Kyle Cu n ni ng ha m ( Kaw). 65 (10-11) : 1. Runny ja ck son (Kaw): 2. J.1Y Tes ke ( Ka w ): 3. Da nn y A tencio (K.1 W); 4. Du vnn Doucet (Ka w ): 5. Tegan Yorek ( K.n~o'). 60 OPEN: 1. Ronnv Jaek... ... n (Ka w): 2. Trev C an ard . } (Ka w) : 3. Ju stin Dick":y (Ka c , ); ... Rodolfo F~01andez .. {Kawl. . 85 BEG: 1. C hris Milligan (Ya m ); 2. justin Allred (Hon): 3. Justin Litt le (Ya m); " . justin Malcom (Kaw ): 5. Kyle Tosb (K aw) . . 8S (7-11): 1. Lance Hollister (Kaw ); 2. Ronny jackson (Kaw): 3. Ma rshall Sm ith ( Ka w): .. . Mich .,el ·Pr itchett (S uz); 5 . john Bonner (I(.,W). 85 112-13): 1. N.l th,m il.. Benoit (Yam ); 2. jonathan -l Kerr ( Kaw ): 3. Rile y Ku rosk y (Su z): 4. Cod y Dick ey (Kaw): 5. Justin ja ckson (Y. m). 1 85 (1 4-15) : 1. Brandon Fu lton ( Ho n ): 2. C o d y Drewek (Yam); 3. Aust in [ones (Hon) : 4. lu..tin Klide ra (Ya m ); 5. se .ln Howa rd (Hen) . 85 O PE N : 1. Bra ndon Fult on (H on ): 2. Jona tha n Ker r (Kaw) : 3. Riley Kur osk y (Su z) : 4. Co dy Dickey (Kaw) : 5. Na tha niel Benoit (Yam). 100/12 5 S CHBY: 1. [oe Bailey (K<1w ); 2. Dann y Kelsey (K.1W); 3. waylon McCull och (Yarn): 4. Dan ny waldrop (Yam): 5. [ason Caddi s (Kawl . " --d 125 A I' RO: 1. Chase Rt. l. (Ya m); 2. Na tha n Hate (Yam); 3. Beau Boynton (Y<1m); 4. Clay Hoensbell (K.,W); 5. Ada m Mennenga (K.",...) . . 125 8 INT: I. Ty Co nner ( Kaw ); 2. Cory You ng (Yam); 3. Rya n St. Cy r (Yam ); 4. jerem y Durrett (Kaw) , 5. Joe Bail ey (Kaw). 125 C NOV: 1. Cody Rheinlander (Ya m); 2. Ada m Jenn ings (Yam); 3. Dav id Tarnow (Kaw); 4. Aaron Smith (Yam); 5. Lt.'!' Craig (Yam). 125 0 BEG: 1. Josh H udson (Ya m); 2. Levi ja ckson ( Hon): 3. Eric Roo ter (H on): 4. Chuck Ma vne ( K., W); S. s Dustin Byrd (Hon ). . 125 OPEN: 1. Sha ne Dought y (K.:tw ); 2. Ty Co nner (Ka w): 3. Ch ris Istre (Kaw) : 4. Cody Rheinlander (Yam); 5. Dustin C antrell IHon) . 250 A PR O: 1. Brad Wool se y (Ho n); 2. ChdSl' Rl't.'d (Yam) ; 3. Na tha n Ha le (Ya m ); 4. Dwain Cart er (Ya m); 5. Anth on y Mcvey IHo n l. 250 B INT: 1. Ryan S1. Cy r (Ya m); 2. Co ry Young (Yam) ; 3. Du s tin Ca ntrell (Hen): 4. Kyle Hoc hstetler U(., W); 5. Bucky Ho p wood (Yam) . 250 C N OV: 1. Cha nce Miles (K.,W); 2. Kevi n lovell (Yam); 3. David Tarn ow ( K.,W); 4. Brian Riggan (5 uz); 5. Mike Adcock (Honl. 250 0 BEG : 1. joe v Barta (H on ): 2. C h ris No les (Hon ): 3. Sha y Trawt.'t:'k"(H on ); " . Tra cy Urpedc l (Hen): 5. Kyle Traham (Ka w). 250 OPEN: 1. Ma tth ew Fle twood (Ka wl; 2. Chris e Marek (Ya m ); 3. David Hallma rk (Ya m ); 4. Darwi n Huckabee (Ya m); 5. Bra in Riggan (Suz). LOS OPEN: 1. Kristy Shea ly {Kaw) : 2. Jacq ueli ne H ud so n (Kaw): 3. Kristi Myer s (Ka w): ... Tracy Kiso r (Hen): 5. Snookie Tinn erman (Ka w ). 2 0 1 ~6 S0 4-STRK: I. Brian wa lker (Ya m ); 2. Ky le Hu d son (Yam); 3. Ryan Whi ttin g (Yam); 4. Steve Dennis (Yam); 5. Trey Fran ks (Ya m ). 25+ A: 1. Cla y Hoe ns hell (Kaw ): 2. O.....ain Ca rt e r (Yam ); 3. Shawn Marti n (l-lon): 4. j am e Skinner (Hun ). s 25+ B [NT: 1. leson william s (Ka.....); 2. Ada m Cox (K.,W); 3. Greg lngals (K,lW ); 4. Dan Marino (H o n): 5. Jeff Bre w ster (5u z) , 25 + C NOV: 1. Je ff Ca r pe n te r (Ka w ): 2. Mike Adcock (Hon): 3. Bubba Ba rd w ell (Yam); 4. Paul Bishop (Yam) ; 5. Bill Harrin gton (Yam ). 30+ A: 1. Clay Hocn shell (Ka.....); 2. Sha wn MM1in (He n): 3. Ierry joine (Y.1m); 4. Donnie Elmer (Ya m); 5. r Kevin Horn ick (Ya rn) . 30+ 8 INT: 1. Bruce-Sta ples (He n): 2. Ad a m Co x CJ(. W); 3. L~ Upt on ( K.1W) ; .. . Dan Marino (He n): 5; , Tom H ud son (Kaw) . . 30+ C NOV: 1. Junior Pirkl e ( K.1. w ); 2. Robert Port er (Ya m ); 3. Richa rd We lch (I(.,W); 4. Terry Goetz (Yam); 5. M.u ti n Painter (Kaw ). 40+: 1. Da rwin Hucka bee (H o n ); 2. Pet e Wa tso n (KT M ); 3. Rober t Por t t.~r (Ya m ); 4. St ev e- McCombs (Yam); 5. Pey to n Tre.ld well (Hon).

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