Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Yamaha going into tu m three, bu t Cobb held the th rottle on just a bit lon ger a nd s hu t th e doo r on th e Brit is h tw in . Pinon Hills' Johnson made his way past D'Ambruoso on the backstretch to take ove r fou rth . Rialto' s Joh nson a lso ra n inside the 350 twi n and the other Johnso n to hold fourt h. O n the next go rou nd , Reed caugh t the d ra ft from Cobb, carrying eno ugh speed go i ng i n to turn thre e t o p ull insi de a nd ahea d in to the second spot, where Cobb took up the shadow duty, falling in behind in the hop es of usin g the combined draft to catch up to Mul der. Reed, with clea r tra ck ahead, began to pull away from Cobb and close on the lead er . With the checkered flag waving, Mulder took the w in, with Reed too far back to mount a cha lle nge. Co bb was jus t s li g h tly behind , in third . Pin on H ills' Johnson ra n back by for fourt h, an d D'Am bruoso also' drafted past Rialto' s Joh nson on the fron t s tra ig h t for fifth . John Lundgren, Brian Coakley and Ca rl Dilor es followed , finish ing off the 750cc A main . Don Fra uenberg er led Joh n Lu nd gren a nd Dante D'Ambruoso through the firs t la p of the A&A Racing /Berkeley Yama ha Mod ern 250 Twins ra ce . D' A mb ruoso ran in hard going into three, ge tting a wheel ahead o f Lu ndgren on the ou tside, bot h riders carrying a lot of speed and closing on the lead er. Lundgre n got the better drive co ming onto the fron t straight to take second back. D'Ambruoso tried the same move on the next lap, running in beside Lu ndgren, neither rider giving an in ch. Lun d gre n s till had the ad va n tage, bu t no w (oncoo the pair had fallen in nose-to-tail with the lead e r . Ra d a r h ad th e screaming q uarte r -lite r twi ns run n in g 99 m ph head ing in to tum one! Lun dgren lost a bit of speed, or D'Am bruoso limed the draft jus t righ t, but eit her way, Lu nd gre n was d rop ped to thi rd on the back straight. Frauenberger, perhaps pushing jus t a little too hard , slipped off the groove in three and four . D' Am bruoso took over the lead , with Lundgren back a few bike lengths, leaving Frauenberger to try and make up th e lost time. Lundgren also had a trip in to the ma rbles in tum three on the white flag lap, handing the win to D' Arnbruoso, who put in a flawless ride. Lundgren held on to second , and Frauenberger closed the ga p, takin g third . D'Am bruoso's seco nd w in of the day ca me in th e w w w.fla ttrack .corn z Rod Lake Rac ing 600cc A m ain , w hich seemed tame in comparison to ma ny of th e events held throug hou t the day. D' Ambruoso too k the lead , ahead of Jeff Gabha rt, Pa ul Sanbu rn and Sid Payne. D' Am b ruoso settled in to a p ace th at wo uld carry him thro ug h the race, wh ile Ga bha rt sli pped off the groove, lettin g Sanbum by for second. Rob ert Bacosa an d Greg Sauder bo th ran past Payne's Ho nda, giving Wood -Rotax a sweep of the to p five. Payne hel d sixth, with a ga p ba ck to Ellio tt Ive rson and Larry Greene. CN Cal Expo State Fairgrounds Sacramento, California Results: September 19, 1999 S R +50: 1. Edd ie Mu lder ITri): 2. Mart y Lewis (Tri); 3. Cha rlie H igd on (Trl): 4. Joh n Kent (Tri ): 5. wayne Warri ngton (Tri). /SR NO V: 1. Marshall Jennings (Ya m); 2. S/S R +6O Jim Forr est (Tr i); 3. Tom Ho ward (Tri); 4. Ron ald Kno wles (Yam ); 5. Bob Gerberich (Hen): MOR N 250 SCI.: 1. Brian Coa kley (BuD; 2. Ken Netto (C-A); 3. Chris Cei lfuss (H-D); 4. C huck Clav do n (Yam); 5. Mike Vail (Ya m ). . MO RN 250 T W: 1. Da nt e D' Ambruoso (Ya m ); 2. John Lu nd gren Yam); 3. Don Prauenberger (Ya m) , MORN 500: 1. Joh n Lundgren (Yam); 2. Robert Cu nnington IHon); 3. Dominic DeMario (Hen): 4. Don Frauenbergcr (Yam); 5. Bob Gcrberich (H on) . C L5SC 500: 1. Jo h n Kent ( BSA ); 2. Ro b ert Cu nning on (He n): 3. CON on Men zie (R·E); 4. Clar k t Edgi ngt on (TrO; 5. Ma tt Campbell (Tri). DINO : 1. Co rdon Menzie (R· E); 2. David Duvarney John Lundgren (45) battles with Dominic Demario (55) in the M odern 500cc class. Lundgren went on to score the maln-event victory. en (In d ). MO RN 150 B: 1. Reuben Malaguarnc ro (H-D); 2. Ken Thieba ud (Tri); 3. wayne War rington (Tri) ; 4. Bill Flett (H-D); 5. Chuck Cleyd o n (Ya m). MO RN 150 A: 1. Eddi e Mu lder (H · o); 2. Rick Rt,'t'd (Trs): 3. Bob Cobb (Yam); 4. Jeff Johnson .c o U o 49

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