Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

supersta r Erick Vallejo, who took the checkers with style. Another su rprise gu est was Vallejo' s am igo from Oaxaca, Christian Blanco . The young Kawasaki jockey he ld on to ta ke second place, over local ripper Travi s Brandt. Eddie Salazar was the surprise winner of hea t nu mb er th ree after a great battle with A ndy Le ster from Po rt Mansfield, Texas. Local rider Tim Long was also in the hun t until he cased the tri p le and crash ed hard , givin g hi m a DNF for the night. The fi n al qua lifying h ea t w en t to Harl ingen Mo tor Sports Suzuki ' s Bryan Monjaras, w ho stom ped his peers. Th e fourth-heat holeshot went to All Bra nd Cycles-backed Brandon Ca meron, but Cameron also cased the triple- ha nding the lead back to Monj aras and failing to make the main. In th e o nly Pee Wee ra ce of the eve n ing, local boy Ricky Masso put his KTM u p front with a s tro ng hol eshot. Ricky Garcia was ru nning in second , follow ed by William Masso. A third -la p mistake put lead rider Ricky Masso on the gro u nd , giving the lead to Ga rcia . Masso qu ickly remo unted but could not catch Garcia. The overall went to Garcia, followed by Ricky Masso in second and his bro ther William in third . The jump contest only attrac ted three rid er s, and it was Vallejo and ho me tow n favorite Cam eron who sto le th e show . Th e cr o w d wa s tr e a te d to nacna cs, whips, can-cans and Superman moves. In the end, Vallejo edged ou t Ca mero n for the $500 purse. The main even t was a real bambum- er. The Kawasaki of Mexic o /Pro C ircuit / Troy Lee Des ig ns /Shoe i /Ren th al / PG Raci n g / Alp in es ta r s /DHL / Bridgestone-back ed Valle jo pulled th e holeshot. Yamaha-mounted Brandt go t a good s ta rt, follow ed b y Blanco, Bod e a nd Monj a ra s , Va llejo went ri g h t to wo rk and left the rest of the field fightin g fo r se cond . Bla nc o mad e a qu ick pass on Brandt and cau ght up to Vallejo. From that p oin t on, Blanco and Vallejo flew over the doubles side by sid e, with Bode, Mo njaras and Brandt in tow. Dennis Haggerty left the track disappointed after he cased th e triple a n d la n d e d ha rd . His crash also u nseated contender Mike Maley, w ho got second last year at this event. Maley quickl y remoun ted but was unable to catch the lead ers, and he finishe d fift h. Vallejo took th e wi n , with Blan co, Bode, Monjar as an d Bra ndt follow ing . To celebra te his victory, Vallejo busted a per fect can- can on the finish- line tr iple. Then 'he brou ght the cro wd to its feet by strippi ng off his jersey and tossing it to his ap preciative fans . The second day of racing was great, bu t it might have been a lot bett er had the promoter called all the race rs to the line for the start of the Sunday main . Rio Grande Valle y Mot ocross Association's Monja ras a nd Mal ey w er e still in th e pits w hen the race sta rted without them . When they finall y rea lized the race had s t a r te d , they s cra m b led li ke fi ght er pilo ts and fell in, a lmost a lap beh ind the other racers. In the main event, Team Kawasaki of Mexico' s Vallejo pu lled a holesh ot that S V 1YdP wovlcJ like-fo pC,V" P . was a carbo n copy of his holesh ot in th e previous night' s race. H e was followed by Blanco, Bran d t, Evere tt Vang sn es a n d H o nd a rid e r Nick Pup ek. Once aga in , Va lle jo and Blanco simply demolished the competition, popping wheelies thro ug h the infiel d and moc king the la ppers. Bra nd t pu t on a grea t race, finishing third overall for the day. Meanw hile, Mo n jaras was on th e m ove , lapping so me riders twice. Mo njaras worked his way up to fou rth place, where he would finis h ou t the race. If Mon jaras had had a fair star t, things mig ht have gone his way, as he was riding extremely well. Meanwh ile , ba ck at the fro n t, Va llejo and Blanco were putting on a show for the crowd as th ey continued to mi x it up. Blancoput th e mov e on his buddy and he ended up taking the wi n. Minibike superstar Garcia was the big winner in the 50cc and BOcc events, taking both races hands down. CN Rio Grande Speedway McAllen, Texas Results: October 2-3, 1999 Saturday OPEN PIW: 1. Ricky Gar cia (Co b); 2. Ricky Ma sso (KTM) ; 3. W illi a m Mas so (KT M) ; 4.. Bryan Mas so . (KTM); 5. Jam es Ma sso (Ya m) . MAIN: 1. Erick Vallejo (Ka w ); 2. Christia n Blanco (Kaw): 3. Walter Bode (Hon ); 4. Bryan Monjara s (su z); 5. Mike Ma ley (Ka w): 6. Tr avi s Bra nd t (Yam); 7. Edd ie Salazar IKaw); B. Nick Pu pek (Hon): 9. Andy Lester (Hon), 10. Chris Brandt (Yam ); 11. Dennis Haggerty (Hen ). Sun day 50: 1. Ricky Garcia (Cob). 80: 1. Ricky Gar cia (Yam). MAI N: 1. Christian Blan co (Ka w); 2. Erick Vallejo (Kaw ): 3. Tra vis Brandt (Yam ); 4. Bryan Monjaras (Su z); . 5. Everett Va ngsnes (H e n): 6. Nic k Pupek (Hen): 7. Don Aus m us (Kaw ); 8. Mike Ma ley (Kaw) . Ben Riddle swept all fo ur motos to take both t he 125c c and 250cc Pro victories at the Lincoln Tra il Motosports track in Casey , Illinois. LincolnTrail Molosports Riddle, like a bullet By Honnalora Hubbard Photo by Scott Leema n CASEY, IL, OCT. 9·10 egard less of the rain leading u p to th e weekend event , th e track at Casey s ha ped up nicel y b y th e R thdnf2-~ncJ wro~~~~I~~:I~cJfh~ ~d~V"~Od~ :~d(Vl~ - PdV"f of SVP~V"1Yde-k~V"~ indv §YV"dl ~~d~on dncJ , cJiV"f . fV"de--/c hl~foVl-)! W hdf d ~~d~on! r V"o(Vl J. 1<... Se.-hndb~l~ win df ttd<¥,V"~fown fo Sf~v~ . MoV"~h~dcJ~ windf Pd ••~.m~~ hd~ bC~n ~0(Vl~ en en en ci ~ '" .c E ~ o Z 43

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