Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Leivan into the lead for the firs t time in the event. Windmann too k over second, and Forrester got going a few seconds later. " It looked like it was go ing to go right down to the end, but then Brand on pulled over and I was in front," Leivan said. "That wa s my cue to turn up the pace. I felt strong, had lots of energy left, and my bike was wo rking awesome, so stepping it up wasn't too ha rd ." With a clear track in front of him and the championship in his gra sp, Leivan pulled out all the stops on his final jaun t through the wood s, turning in the fastest lap of the day, a 25:36 - m ore than a mi nu te faste r than the previous lap. Whe n the checkers flew , the Dunlop / Answer / Pro Act ion /NG K-bac ked rider had clai me d the overall w in by a mi nute and 10 seco nds . Wind mann held his pace the last lap and fini shed in the runner-up position, his best result in 1999. Forres ter carne in an o ther minute ba ck in third , for th e fourth consecutive even t. Fourth overall went to Ja so n Stega ll, w h o rode hi s KX250 to the best finish of his caree r on th e w ay to th e 250cc B-cla s s win . Dwi ght Maggard pilot ed his YZ400 to fifth overall, fourth AA. eN Lake Creek Cole Camp, Missouri Results: Septembe r 5, 1999 (Round 10 of 14) C IA: 1. Steve Leiva n (Ya m ); 2. Mike W in d mann (KTM ); 3. Bra nd o n Forrester (Ya m) ; -l. Jason S teg a ll (Kaw): 5. Dwi g ht Magg ard (Yam ); 6. Rya n w uebbeltng (Yam ); 7. Tim Gibson (Yam ); S. Tanner Engla nd (Ya m); 9. Bobbv Duncan (Yam ); 10. Chris Nesbitt (Yam ). AA: 1. Mike wmdmann (KT~O; 2. Br a n d o n Forrester (Y .l m) ; 3. Dwight Ma gg a rd IYa m): 4. Ta n ner Engl a nd (Yam) ; 5. Chris Nesbtu (Yam ). At t he Cambridge short -track event held at th e Isanti Co unty Fai rgroun ds in Minnesota , Eric Brouhard (77) stayed ahead of Randy Tri pl ett (28), Verdeen Lan gland (22) and Willie Bro ten (99) to claim the Open Pro victo ry. A: 1. Ryan wu ebbe lin g (Yam); 2. Bobby Du ncan (Yam); 3. Ga ry Mitt elbc rg (Yam) ; 4. Jo n Sim o ns (Yam); 5. Sco tt Harper (Yam). ' 125 B: 1. Nathan Lo o ney ('(.l m); 2. jason Dill (Kow): 3. Jam es Sloan (Ya m ); 4. Mike Schaefer Ohm); 5. Jud y Smith (Suz). ' 200 B: 1. Steve C re ws (Ka w ): 2. Rob ert A rmon (Kaw): 3. Pat Declue (KTM ); 4. Cory Frericks IKaw). 250 B: 1. Ja50n Stegall (Ka w ): 2. Tim Gib son (Yarn): 3. Ma tt We is (Yam) ; 4. Joe Straatmann (Ka w ): 5. Bryan Roy IKawl. OrEN B: 1. Ma rk Ke ndall (Suz ): 2 . D avid Dillingham (KTM); 3. Chris Sloan (KTM); 4. K.1.f1 Ha rri s (H on ): 5. Du ane Rambo IHon). 4-STRK 8 : 1. Les Busenba (Yam); 2. Gary Pilant rk (H on): 3. Nick Cra w ford (Yarn ); 4. [oseph Armon (Ho n): 5. John Acton (Han). VET : 1. Dav e Berry (Yam); 2. Kevin H arman (Yam) ; 3. John Banes (Ka w): 4. Carl Dobson (KTM) ; 5. Robert Schmid ' (K1M). S R: 1. Bill Go ld (Ya m ); 2. Brad Barnett (Yam); 3. Keith Kibort (Yam); 4. Jay Williams (KTM ); 5. Willia m Go rs ki (Han). SlSR.: 1. Eric Hansen (Hon) ; 2. Jim Letellier (KTM); 3. Gerald Frericks (KT M ); 4. Frank Le iv an (Yam); 5. Mike Mclain (Suz). 250 C: 1. Lars Vali n (H a n); 2. Mich .1COl Ha m ilton (Yam) ; 3. Jake jo hnson (Yam); 4. Chris Owens (K ThH; 5. Willia m Strawn (suz). JR.: 1. Zach Mabe ry (H on ): 2. Sam Lawson (Han); 3. Patrick M ver s (Ka w) : 4. C h ris H inke l (Suz): 5. Bra d Ta ylor (J(a~). WMN: 1. Michell' Eidam (KTM); 2. Amanda Lappe (Kaw): 3. Kellic Crawford (H e n): 4. Rebe cca Jackson (K.1w ); 5. She rr! [A-cluc (K.,\\,). TR: 1. Ashley Blun (Hon): 2. Todd Hecht (KT M): 3. Darren Shenkel (Ka w): 4. Ru sty Ca llo wa y (KTM ); 5. A nd re w Sco tt (Hun). Isanti County Fairgrounds S hortTrack Brouhard blazes Cambridge By TIm Mc Bride CAMBRIDGE MN, AUG. 2'J , Expert d irt tra ck ra ce r /race promote r Eric Brouhard saved' the best for last. pil oting his Reynolds Printing-sponsored Rctax to an exciting Open Pro-class win during the fina l DTRA even t of the season. 8rouhard led se veral laps o f the Opcn Pro hea t race, onl y to run ou t of ga s during his hi ghspeed ven tu re. O pe n Pro roo kie-of-the-year contender Willie Broten co llect ed the wi n after hold - ing o ff a hard -cha rgin g Rand y Tr ipl ett a nd Verdeen Langland . Triplett was the first tu co ngratulate the speedy !oenag"r as they exited the track. Between raCL'"S, Brouhard ma de so me im po rta nt ad jus tme nts to his machi ne > such as refu eling th e gas tank - a n d p u lled the holes hot. Triple tt houn ded hi m thro ug hout th e I S-lap final , wi th Langland and Broten in tow . Triplett ma de an exci ting o utside pass attempt as they reached the checkered flag, coming up a whe el's le ng t h short. More importa n tly, he finis he d ahead of d efend ing cham pio n Langla nd . "Eric did wha t he had to d o by protecting the line," Triplett said, "because there was really nowhere to pa s.';; out there. I did what I could. My job was to keep Verdeen behind me , because we are in a points ba ttle." After sco ring his. first big win of the season, Brouhard had high praise for his compe titors. H just got lu cky," Brouhard sa id . "To ride I with gu ys of tha t caliber a nd to d o well- it' s just go t to be luck." There is also a d ose poin ts chase in the Ov er 30 class, between Tim Gregory and Mike Ledin . 0> N Q; .s:> E Q> C. '" 49 (/)

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