Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events f tim e th e Pros left the lin e, a nd Ben Riddle easily ma neuve re d arou n d the track a nd set up his lines; like the ma ilm an , even in th e wet stuff, he sti ll delivers . Riddl e s ta r te d th e day by battlin g Ohi o's Jeff Gibson in the 250cc class. After four lap s, he took th e lead a n d n e ver looked b a ck . O n ce Rid dl e beca m e accu s to med to t h e tr a ck , h e rod e eve ry mot6 like a tru e champi on . Riddl e , s po nso red by Tea m Green Kaw asaki , Th or , FMF, Pod ium On e , Sco tt , Bell , RK Cha in , Ren thaI, Dunl op , Reef, Belra y , T w in Air, Boy esen, and N-St yl e, ran four stro ng races in the 250 cc and 125 cc cla ss es and mad e a clean sweep of each moto, taking tw o ov erall wins for thi s yea r's Fall Cla ssic even t. In the 250cc contest, Clark Stiles had some poor s ta rts , but he made up for them as the race progr essed. In the first mot o, Stiles caine through the first lap in the fifth position. He battled his wa y up to th ird b efore dropping back to fourt h at the checkered flag. Taking the th ird spot away fro m Stiles was Wis consin's David Oertel, who started right behind Stiles and followed him until he sa w hi s cha nce to pass on th e fourth lap. Holding on to second place in the first moto was no problem for Jeff Gibson, w ho go t a great start and led for th e first four laps before falli ng victim to Ridd le. With big mone y o n the line, the Pros got ser ious in the second 250cc Pro moto. Riddle jumped ou t in front righ t off the line, with Kansan Robbie Skaggs on his heels. Skaggs was hoping fo r a good showing in th e secon.d moto to bri ng his overa ll up after h is se venth-place finish in th e first moto. His 7-2 fi nishes land ed him in third ov erall , and h e walked away with $365. Gibson crossed the line in third, and his 2-3 finish es earne d him second overall and $480. Riddle's 1-1 brought him a paycheck of $760. In the 125cc Pro races, Riddle again led the way in both motos for another p a ych eck of $400. Many of hi s co mpetitor s we re th e same as in the 250cc Pro race. Gib so n ea rned anothe r seco n d pl a ce ov e rall a n d 5190 . O ett el ea rned thi rd place overa ll in the 125s. Loca l rid er Jeremy Brew in gton from Pa ris, Illi no is, broke through th e Pro ranks to finish second in mot o two for fift h o ve ra ll. The loyal Lincoln Trail rid er ca me off th e line in th e secon d mot o righ t behind Riddle and kept th e lead er in hi s sigh ts bu t nev er fo u nd the op po rtu ni ty to make a pass. Brewin gt on to o k hom e $160 for hi s o uts t a n di ng p erforman ce in t he 125cc action . CN Lincoln Trail Motosports Casey , illinois Results: October 9-10,1999 c:r ~ il E ~ o Z 44 MOTO 1: 1. Ben Rid d le; 2. Jef f G ibson; 3 . Dav id Oe rtel. 4. Cla rk Seiles: 5. Jimmy Wil so n; 6. Todd Do wns; 7. Rob bie Skaggs; 8. Richard Wal'KJn 9. Jim Neese; 10. ; Todd Sheedy. MOTO 2: J. lkn Riddle; 2. Robbie Ska ggs ; 3. Jef f Gibson: 4. Jim Neese, S. Clark Stiles; 6. Davi d Espinoza; 7. Na te Eslinge r: 8. Da vid Oe nel: 9. Richard Watso n; 10. Ronni e Ford . O/A: J. Ben Rid dle; 2. Jeff Gibso n; 3. Robb ie Skaggs; 4. Clark Stiles; 5. Davi d Oe uef 6. Jim Neese; 7. Richard Wa tson; 8. David E..p in o za ; 9. Todd Downs; 10. Na te . Esl inger. . (Left) Bill y Payne (195) rum bled to the overall 125cc Pro victory at rou nd four of the Trans-Cal Nati onals, held at Perris Raceway in Califo rn ia. (Above) Kelly Smith (2) raile d to bo th moto wins for the Four-Strok e Nationa l overall at the Lin coln Trail Motosports facility. Jim Neese (3) placed fourth and secon d for second overall . CMC T rans-Cal Nationals Round 4 Perris Raceway : Payne makes quakes By Tony Aless i PERRIS, CA,OCT. 17 illy Pa yne" s e n t a s hock w a v e th rou gh the Pro ranks by winning th ree ou t of four motos en route to the overall 125cc Pro-class victory and p lacing a close second in th e 250cc Pro ranks during round four of th e CMC SunStar Sprockets Trans-Cal Nationals, held at the reno vated Perri s Raceway. . Payne joined nearly 400 competitors on the day after a 7.1 earthquake ru m bled through the region, but mo st racers see med una ffected by th e sha ke r a nd came prepared to race. Payn e and Greg Schnell faced off earl y in the first 12Sec Pro moto, but Payn e was on top of his game and made short work of the Bell Helmets-spon sor ed rid er by making the pass on a high-speed stra ight and then roosting awa y to what appea red to be an easy win. Tyler Evans rode a mostly un eventful race for third . Roo kie Pro Johnny Marley, Ty Kad y and Mich ael Young rou nded ou t the top sev en. In the second rnoto, Payne ya nked a big holeshot, wi th Marley in tow. The two form er minicycle greats were quick to pull away, while Young moved into third . '1 had a bad first moto," You ng said. "I was taken ou t in the first tum and spent all of the race getting back to seventh." Payne opened u p a comfortable lead, w hil e Marley began to feel so me heat from Young. "I think he is still a little scared racing in the Pro class," said Team Suzuki 's Robbie Reynard. "I brought him down to m y winter h ouse in Coron a so he cou ld race wi th the California locals for a few w eek s and hopefu ll y build up some confidence." Young pressured his way past Marlev and int o seco nd, where he remained for the rest of the race . In the end , Payne pos ted a runaway victory. Young, Marle y, Schnell and Jeremy Ch aus see rou nded out the top five. Payne returned in the 250cc Pro class B (Yam); 3. Brent Line (Yam ); 4. Steven Hern an dez (Yam); 5. Kyle Mace (Yam) . . SIM INl: 1. Dary l Ecklu nd (Yam); 2. Jason Med ina (Han); 3. Bruce Proch navy (He n): 4. Kyle Mace (Yam); 5. Do nald Cholla r {l-Ion). 125 BEG : 1. Ted laVelle (Hon); 2. Joe y Furtado (Kaw); 3. Ma tth ew Kelly (Ha n); 4. Matt Moo ney (Suz); 5. Rya n Ptan (Suz) . 12 5 J R: 1. Ma tth e w Proch na vy (H o n) ; 2. Gabe Obese (Ya m); 3 . Ste ve n Duri ck (Yam); 4. Da nny Moh r (Yam ); 5. Bill Walls (J(a w) , 125 tNT: 1. RJ . Thompson (SU1.); 2. Nick McBride (Ya m ); 3 . Brand on M ilste a d (S U1.); 4. Tim Wei gand (Yam) ; 5. Ryan Leyba (Ya m ). 125 PRO: 1. Bmy Pa yne (Ka w) : 2. G reg Sch ne ll (Yam) ; 3. Johnny Ma rl e y (Ya m); 4. Michae l Young (Yam ); 5. Jeremy C ha ussee (Han). 125 SCH BY: 1. Michael Blose (Yam); 2. Chri sto phe r Tocco (Ya m); 3. Mickey Ma rs ha ll (Yam); 4. Ross Ga rcia (Ya m); 5. Brando n Proch na vy (Ha n). 250 BEG: 1. Don Emler (Hon): 2. Da nie l Ca raba jal (JaM); 3. Ronn ie O ic ing (Ka w ). s 250 JR: 1. ja son My h reh (Suz ); 2. Ste ve Th orton (Suz); 3. And y Bakker (Yam); 4. Mike Embry (Yam); S. Paul Berton (Yam). 250 tNT: 1. T im w eig a nd (Ya m ); 2. Brand on Milst ead (Suz); 3 . Warren Tittlem ier (H on ); 4. Patrick. . Wad e ()(aw ); 5. Bryan JaramiUo ()(aw ). 250 PRO : I. Do nald Up to n (H e n) : 2. Billy Pay ne (Kaw); 3. Ty le r Ev a ns (Suz); 4. Ty Ka d y (Ya m); 5. Jeremy Chaussee (H an ). 25+ AM: 1. Rob Hopkins (Suz ); 2. jason Myhreh (Suz); 3. Ray Th ompson (Ka w); 4. H eath McCormick (Han); 5. John Berg (Yam>. 25+ MS= 1. Dan Berg (Suzl; 2. Brandon Milstead (Suz); 3. Bob Shimp (Yam); 4 . Joe Ho pki ns (Suz); S. Greg Brilles (Ho n). 25+ PRO: 1. Bryan Ne L'OOn (Ya m); 2. Mal Bateman (Suz). 30+ BEG: 1. Ch uck St . Romain (Kaw ); 2. Mike Ca rr (Han); 3. Eric Giroux (Han). 30+ JR:1. Paul Berton (Ya m); 2. Alex Teno (Ya m); 3. Bill Arrendale (Yam ); 4. Tim Rutherford (Yam); 5. Mike Lynch (K.1w). • 30+ MSTR: I. Dan Berg (Su z); 2. Bob Shim p (Yam) ; 3. Greg Briles (Han); 4 . Tim Na sh (Yam); 5. Joe Hopkins (Suz) . 40+ AM : 1. Brad Sloa n (Ya m) ; 2. Ran d y Ro gers (Yam); 3. Steven Ca ra bajal (Suz). 40+' M STR : 1. Ala n Dela rge (Ho n): 2. Ton y Sh iler (Yam); 3. Stev e Will iam s (H on): 4. Bob Shimp (Yam); 5. George Jimen ez (Ke w ). Lincoln T Motosports rail Smith fashions another win By Honn alora Hubba rd Photo by Scott Leeman Perris Raceway Perr is, Calif orn ia Results: October 17, 1999 (Round 4) SO «4-M : 1. Tann er Kr a he nb uh l (C o b); 2. Ch ris Plo uffe (KTM); 3. Mickey Ca rr (KTM); 4. MOSd Urias (Cob); 5. An drew Mulgrew (KTM). 50 (7-8): 1. Armand o Agu ilar (KTM); 2. Kyle Smit h (Cob) ; 3. Ro nni e Good wi n (Cob); 4. Micha el Leib (Po l). 80 BEG : 1. Stev en H oyle (Yam ); 2. Steven Co lso n (Yam); 3. Jaso n Hil debran d (Yam); 4. Tyler C unn (H e n): 5. Chad Anderson (Ka w ). &0 BEG: 1. Da na Dre ier (Ka w): 2. Dyla n Pem be rto n (Ka w): 3 . C u rtis Mc l ell an (Ka w) : 4. 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