Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

By Kat Spann Phot os By Conn ie Jo hnson WHITNEY, IX, SEPT. 4-5 !W! ay!or Watts headlined ro und two l:, of th e AMA TX /O K Pro Circuit r. Regi onal Classic, u sing supercond uctor w a tt age to w in four events a t Lake Whitney Mo tocross Park, attaining th e top overa ll p ositi on s in th e 125cc Sch oolboy, 125 cc Ope n , 250cc B a nd 250cc O p en even ts . " Iron m a n " Clay Hoen sh ell w as runner-up to Wa tts in the 250cc A Pro and Over 30 A Mon ey classes . Wat ts' wi n in th e Sch oolboy even t di dn' t come easily. Team Gree n-backed Jam es Marshall beat him to th e checkered flag in mot o one. The Max's Yamaha-moun ted Watts, how ever, had th e field to himself in mot a tw o, u sin g his 21 pun ch to claim the overa ll wi n. Watts was totall y a t the con tro ls in the 125cc O pen even t, winning the firs t mot o in front of Sha ne Dou gh ty and the second mota in front of Chris Istre. Th e 250cc Int erm ed iat e gate had Wa tts mat ch in g w its wit h Bre nt Miller in moto one, but the tables were turned in mo to tw o when he gai ne d the fro n t positio n and raced to the finish line with Ma tthew Fleetwood at his rear tire. The final wi n for young Watts came in the 250cc Open event by way of a pair of aces at the checkered flag. Flee twood and Miller chased Watt s to the finis h in moto one but traded finishing posit ion s in moto two. Bad luck p reven te d Wa tt s from a fifth overall wi n, in the 125cc B Intermediate class . He connected w ith the d irt in moto one and was only able to wrestle a 13th-place finish out of the 24-rid er field. Moto two belon ged once again to Watt s, as he raced in front of Joe Bailey 1lI and Dought y to the checkered flag, but Doughty and Bailey too k first and second in the class. Team Green / Granbury Motorsportsbacked Clay Hoenshell won all thr ee of the events he en tered, with th e 250cc Pro win being the toughest nut to crack. Hoenshell absconded wi th the holesh ot in the first mota, in front of rookie Pro Ad am Me nnenga, Veteran Dean Lane, rooki e Derek Gerdes and the seasoned Gray son Goodman . Gerdes passed Lane for third in the creek section of the course as Men nenga go t arou n d Ho ensh ell fo r th e le a d . Gerdes then put the w ham my on Ov er 30 Pro Hoenshell by the end of the first lap , as both rookies led the parade of 19 into lap two. H oenshell h e ld off Lane as th e younges t of the bunch bega n a ca t-andmouse race between themselves. Gerdes cha rg ed o n Mennenga in th e tower sweeper on lap three, taking the high line to Mennenga's insid e-and-low line. Mennenga, however, held fast at the exit and COntinued to lead as Gerdes breathed down h is airbox. As th ey en tered th e wh oops on lap four , Gerd es flip-flopped and wen t down on the last mound . Mennenga took a breather while he continued to lead, bu t Hoenshell had to . stave off the constant char ges of Bryan Piccirelli, w ho had worke d his way past Lane int o third p lace. "Pic" used th e tower swee per to his advantage and pinned his th ro ttl e ou t, but H oenshell saw it coming and sh ut the door at the (Left) Taylor Watts (92) took the holes hot again in the 125cc Open class, in front of Dustin Cantrell (6), Chris Istre (696) and Chance Staggs (186). Watts won . four of the five races he entered at Lake Whitney. (Below) Clay Hoe ns he ll came out on top in the 250cc Pro contest, as well as in the Over 30 Money event. ex it . The fi na l lap was a s ho w dow n, thou gh, as Pic used a final attack in the last sec tio n of th e co urse p rio r to the checkered flag to fly by Hoenshell over the las t whoop to take se co nd . Hoenshe ll held third, La ne was fou rth , and Natha n Hale rounded ou t th e top five. Ho e ns h e ll o n ce aga in nail ed th e holeshot in mot o two, this tim e in front of Plano Honda ' s Grayson Good ma n, Team Green's Ryan Walla ce an d Yamaha- mo unted David Jon es. . Menn en ga h a d a les s-than-stellar start bu t mana ged to ge t by Jon es by the end of the first la p for fourth. Hoe nshell battled off cons tant attacks by Goo d ma n for th e first two laps befor e Good man mad e hi s launch off th e fi na l wh oop befor e the finish line stick, landing tire to tire w ith Hoe ns he ll a nd s licin g h is way to edge Hoens hell out at the first S turn, after having a tte m p ted the move twice before on previous lap s. Once out fro nt, Goodman let it rid e as Ho enshell locked and load ed in second . Walla ce held on to third, followed by Mennenga and Piccir elli. Hoenshell's 3-2 score award ed him the overall honors. Mennenga' s 1-4 was good for second, and Piccirelli 's 2-5 took thi rd . Hoensh ell slam-du nke d the Over 30 Money clas s, in front of Dean Lane in bo th m o tos for the big bucks, bu t he could on ly wr estle u p second ove rall in th e Over 25 M on ey cla ss to G ra yson Goodman' s aw esome 1-1 rid e for the wi n. eN Lake Whitney Mo ros s Park toc Whitney, Texas Results: September 4-5, 1999 (Round 2) 51 (4-6) STK: 1. Zeb Sm i th (C o b ); 2. Ty le r Cummings (Co b); 3. Ma tt hew Yost ; 4. Jonathan Ta wn ey (KTM); 5. Ca leb Dowell (Co b). 51 (7~8 ) ST K: 1. Chez Holladay (Cob); 2. Brand on , Wi lli s (Cob); 3. Ty le r Burn s (Cob) ; 4. Co ry Pe rd ue (KTM); 5. Co llio Gee (KTM) . 50 (4·6) : 1. Ale x Menne nga (Co b); 2. Ze b Sm ith (Cob) ; 3. Bryson Powers (Cob ); 4. Ca leb Dowell (Cob); 5. Matth ew Yost. 50 (7·8): L Brandon Willis (Cob); 2. Ja mison Miller (Cob); 3. Tyler Turn er (Cob ); 4. Tyler Burns (Cob); 5. Blake Wharton (KTM). 51 OPEN: 1. Chaz Hollad ay (Cob); 2. Jam ison Miller (Cob ); 3. Ze b 5mith (Co b); 4. Tyler Cu mmings (Co b ); 5. Beau Bu rgess (Cob). 65 (7~9 ): 1. Marsh all Smith (Kaw ); 2. Levi Gilliam (Kaw ); 3. Co ry G ree n (Ka w ): 4. Ky le Cu n ning ha m (Kaw); 5. Trey Ca na rd (Ka w). 65 (1 0~1 t) : 1. Ro nn y Jacks o n (Ka w ); 2. Dan ny Atencio (Ka w) : 3. Jay Teske (Ka w): 4. Micha el Perry (Kaw): 5. Chris Collins (Kaw). 65 OPEN : 1. Ronny Jackso n (Kaw): 2. Cory Gree n (Kaw); 3. Willia m Hah n (Ka w ): 4. Trey Canard (Kaw ): S. Kyle Cunn ing ham (Ka w ). 85 D BEG: \. Gary Sh elto n (Yam) ; 2. Pa ul McN abb (Yam); 3. Chris Milligan (Ya m); 4. Justin Allre (Hen): 5. d Justin Ma lcom (J(a w) . 85 (7- 11 ): 1. Vince Mo n teleo ne (Ka w); 2. Ron ny Jac kson (Kaw): 3. Aus tin Miller (Kaw): 4. Mars hall ' Smith (Ka w ): 5. Tre y Ca nard (Ka w). 85 (12·13): 1. Thomas Hahn (Ha n); 2. Jon athan Kerr (K aw): 3. Na tha niel Bennoit (Yam); 4. Riley K u rosk y (Suz); S. Tre vor Monks (Kaw ). . 85 (14- 1 6): 1. Bran d on Fu lto n (Hon) : 2. Co lt Humphrey (He n): 3. Ernie Phillips (Suz): 4. Ma tt Miller (Suz); 5. Cody Dre wek (Ha n). 85 OP EN (LW SERIES): 1. Brandon Fulto n (Ha n); 2. Colt Hum p h re y (Hen ): 3. Ril e y Kurosky (Suz): 4. Jona than Kerr (Kaw): 5. Thomas Ha hn (Hun). 85 O PEN (PC SE RIES ): \. Colt H u m ph re y (Ha n); 2. Jon a th an Kerr (Ka w) : 3. Bran do n Fult on (H o n): 4.Thoma s Ha hn (Ha n); 5. Natha niel Ben no it (Yam). . 125 SCI-IBY: 1. Taylor Watt s (Yam); 2. Joe Bailey III (Ka w ): 3. Buzz Ma yfield (Yam); 4. Danny Kelsey (Ka w ): 5. Dan ny Waldrop (Yam ). 12 5 D BEG: 1. Jo sh H on ea (Ya m ); 2 . An d rew Frawley (Yam); 3. James Willing ha m Jr. (Ha n); 4. Eric Bruns (Ka w ): 5. Levi Jackso n (H en) . 125 C N OV : 1. Gl e nn H eb er t (Kew) : 2. Ad a m Turner (Yam); 3. Cod y Rheinland er (Ya m); 4. Les Craig (Ha n); 5. Josh Joh nson (Ya m ). 125 B INT: I. Sha ne Dough ty (Ka w) : 2. Joe Bailey III (Kaw ): 3. Dustin Ca ntre ll (Yam); 4. Jeff Brewster (Suz); 5. Brent Mille (Yam). r . 125 OP EN: 1. Ta yl or Wa tt s (Y,l m ); 2. C h ris Istre (Kaw): 3. Sha ne Dough ty (Kaw): 4. Joe Bailey III (Ka w ): 5. Jeremy Durr ett (Kaw ). 125 A PRO: 1. Nat ha n Hale (Yam); 2. Derek Gerdes (Ha n); 3. Ada m Mennenga (Ka w ): 4. Grayson Good man (Ho nk 5. Ch rts Torrance (Kaw ). 250 0 BEG : 1. Joe y Ba rt a (Hu n); 2. Rick Co llins (Ha n); 3. Keith Dill (Yam); 4. Bra ndon Smith (KlM); 5. Justyn Wilder (Suz). 250 C NOV: 1. Cody Rheinla nder (Yam); 2. Glenn Hebert (Kaw): 3. Brian Rigga n (Suz): 4. Cha nce Miles (Kaw): 5. Jason Lovell (Han ). 250 B INT: 1. Ta ylor w atts (Ya m); 2. Bren t Mille r (Yam ); 3. Matth ew Flee twood (Kaw ); 4. Dusti n Ca ntre ll (He n): 5. Trey Fran ks (Yam). 250 OPEN: 1. Taylor Watts (Yam ); 2. Brent Miller (Yam) ; 3. Ma tthe w Fle twood (Ka w): 4. Da vid H allma rk e (Ya m); 5. Fra nz Hyla nd (J(Thf) . 250 A PRO; 1. Cla y Ho e nshel l (Ka w ); 2. Ada m Mennenga (Kaw): 3. Bryan Piccirel li (He n): 4. Grayson Goodman (Han) ; 5. Na than Hale (Yam). LOS: 1. Ia cki Hud son (Kaw): 2. Tray Kisor (Kaw ): 3. She lley Dixon (Kaw) : 4. Cat hy Craig (He n): 5. Angie Ste phe ns (Hon). 4-STR K 650: 1. Will Perry (Yam ); 2. Brian Wal\4:r (Ya m); 3. Davi d Lux (Ya m ); 4. Steve Den nis (Ya m); 5. Kyle Hu dson (Yam). 3001500 OPEN: 1. David Lux (Yam); 2. Jimm y Spiers s (lion); 3. Ryan Shemaman (Yam); 4. Josh Gate (Yam); 5. John Brett (Ya m). 25+ C NO V; 1. Bubba Ba nd e ver ; 2. Pa u l Bishop (Yam); 3. James Tenn yso n (y am) ; 4. Aa ron Woo df ield (Ka w ): 5. Scott Ruari s (Hen). 25+ B !NT: 1. Bria n Bibb y (Ya m ); 2. John Portma n (KTM); 3. Lee Up ton (Ka w): 4. Denny Ganey (Yam); 5. Steve Hill (Yam). 25+ A M NY: 1. Grayson Good man (He n): 2. Clay Hoe nsh ell (Kaw): 3 . Dea n La ne (KTM) ; 4. Michael Peacock (Ha n); 5. Jam es Skinner (Ha n). 30+ NOV; 1. Mar ty Painter (l(.'lW ); 2. Robert Porte r (Ya m) ; 3. Dou g Dixon (Ka w): 4. Bub ba Bandev er; 5. Ja mes Ten nyson (Yam). 30+ 8 !N T: 1. Jokn Portma n (KTM); 2. Bruce Staples (Hon): 3. Lee Upton (Kaw); 4. Mickey Pizzitolla (Hen ): 5. Darw in Huckabee (He n). ensbell (Kaw): 2. Dean Lane 30+ A MNY: 1: 0 ay Hc (KTM); 3. Shaun Martin (Hen): 4. Joey Harden (Kaw); 5. Jack Beckham (Kaw ). 35+: 1. Micha el Clemen t (Hen) : 2. Joe y H a rdin (Ka w ): 3. Billy Smith (He n): 4. Tom Hud son (Ka w): 5. D an Schef fler (Hen) . 40+ B: 1. Rand y john son (Ver); 2. Joe Busby (Hon); 3. Jeff Haney (Yam); 4. Potts Thomas (Yam); 5. Peyton Tread well (He n). 40+ A: 1. Billy Sm it h (Ha n); 2. Mickey Pizzitolla (Ha n); 3. Darwin Huc kabee (Ha n); 4. Steve McCombs (Yam); 5. Russell Cha pman (Ha n). . 0> 0> 0> ~

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