Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

soa red far the r and faster over the jumps, and he absolu tely pou nded the ma ssive whoop section on his YZ400. Thou gh he constantly flirted with breakin g into the top five, he instead had to settle for eighth a fter losing th e battl e to keep his carbure tor attached to the cylinder. O the r cla ss w inn er s in the aft er noon ra ce inclu d ed Stev e Pa rk er in th e 200cc A class, B O pen do mi na to r Jon Crist, a nd Fou r-St rok e Expert Da vid Rhodes. Th e m orn in g ra ce w as ove ra ll ed by Ve t Exper t-class win ner Robert McCullough, and Vet Experts dominated the next four positions as well.· Results Jason Dahners (shown) was uns toppable at Hannegan Speedway in Bellingham, Washington, outfoxing defending champion David Lykke. C 200: 1. Kevin Reed (Ya m); 2. Ryan Boyd ; 3. Paul Han d ; 4. JOC' Volpe; 5. Bill Bartbeeson. C 250+: 1. Fra nk Qu inn ; 2. Don Ha ugh t; 3. Mike Errickso n; 4. Steve Melniczuk. 5. Mike Gehres . . C VET: 1. Glen Keesey; 2. Pa ul Dengler; 3. Rich Stewa rt; 4. John Trend ier ; 5. Mike Barnett. YTH A: 1. Dy la n Monta n a r o (Ka w ); 2, C h as e Co m pto n (Suz ]: 3. Wa lly Pa lm er ; 4. Jeff Dani els; 5. Ricky Kennedy. YTH B: 1. Jason La w re nce; 2. Mik e Po tts ; 3. Joe Laman na; 4. Matt Reed; 5. Brandon Hannin g. YTH C: 1. Jimmy Maul (KTM); 2. Joe Matinog; 3. Chris Remle s: 4. Bud Thomson; 5. Matt Muckelson , 0 / A: 1. Jaso n Da hnc rs (K11'v1); 2. Dav id Lyk ke (Yam ); 3. C ary Fu TTt."T1es (Kaw ); 4. Ja ke Hulse (Ka w ); 5. Aaron W iI!W.m (Yam) . AA: 1. [ason Dahncrs (KTM ); 2. Dav id Lykke (Yam ); 3. G.ny Fc rrcnee (Kaw ]; 4. Aaro n W ilsu n (Ya m ); 5. Rob Lewis (Han ). A O PEN : 1. Ja ke H u lse (Kaw ); 2. Joe Wadl' (Ya m ); 3. Pau l Ed wards (Suz) ; 4. Kevin Parks (Yam); 5. Syd Hawley (Ya m). 200 A: 1. Steve Pa rker (Suzl ; 2. Bla im ' Ostafin (Yam) ; 3. Kellv Beth ard s (Yam ). . B O PEN ; 1. Jon Cnst (Suz) ; 2. Klad e Glasg ow (Ka wl; 3. Rob Russe ll (K.1W); 4. Tom Shea rd (Ya m ); 5. Duane Pe terson (Suz ). 200 B: 1. Aaro n Morgan (Yam ); 2. Moo.· U n re in (Suz) . 4-STR EX; 1. Dav id Rhode (Yam ): 2. Da n Wd nl' (Yam ); 3. K s Steve Sved ars ky (BBR). VETEX: 1. Robe rt McCo llo ugh (Ya m); 2. Pa t Whi te (H us ); 3. Do u g Mico ne (Ka w l; 4. Ch ad To rbcr gscn (Hon): 5. Te rry Bainbri dge (KTM ). (aw ); 2. To ry Briggs (Kaw). SR EX: I. Scott O ' Brien (1 COPEN: 1. Beau Sw et (Yam); 2.Jl$<;t" Barst ow (Ya m ); 3. Bea u Seitz (KTM); 4. Ph il Vad ne y (Suz) ; 5. Tro y w lebc (Ho n ). 200 C: 1. Ted d y Ha h n; 2. Nic k O'G ra dy (Suz ); 3. Eric Forsberg (Yamj: 4. Wen de ll Bierma (Yam ); 5. D.I, Misflt' r (Ho n). 4-ST RK A M; 1. Wa r d Ro d g ers (Ya m): 2. Ric k Thompson (Kaw); 3. Fran k MeadL'1..l (Yam) ; 4. wa yne Go t ts (Yam); 5. Su tto n Brown (Yam) . VET AM; I. Stew Cobb (Kaw); 2. 5\.'an Ca lla han (KT!\lD; 3. Lunn y Mar ble (KTMl; 4. Todd Lynn (KT M); 5. Nick Ma r ble (Yam ). SR AM; 1. Tim IGdd (KTM): 2. j,lm l':l McG in ty (Ka w ); 3. G ary 'r em e (Ya m ); 4. Susa n Copeland (Kewl. r S/SR; 1. Lyle Duro n so (Suz); 2. Th om as T racy (KTM ); 3 . Tl..od Micone (KTM). LOS; 1. Cin d y Pcl lene r (Knw ); 2 Dl'CAnn Swdarsky (BBR); 3. Sand i Ca ld we ll (Kaw ); 4. Milria Fors berg (Kaw) ; 5. Karen Hei nri ch (Ya m ). SPTSMN : I. Brian Wat so n. P ysonRodeo G a rounds Hannegan Speedw y a Dahners outfoxes Lykke at the Dirty Dog By Tory Briggs '" '" '" o Q; .c E ~ z 46 BELllNGHAM, WA,SErf. 26 Jason Dahners , backed by KTM Sportmotorcycles, took a gia nt ste p closer to his goal of taking the coveted Northwest Motorcycle Associat ion Off-Road Champ ion s hip a wa y fro m defender David Lykke at the nin th round of the 12-race series. Ha rmegan Speedway provided a challenging hare· scra mbles course that mi xed tigh t, twi sty trails with part of the quarter· mile banked ova l and eve ry se ction of bot h mo tocross tr ac ks, induding hu ge doubl e jumps and table tops and an evil ISO-yard whoop section . Lykke's superior moto skill wit h his YZs and his knowled ge of his home track had given him the margin of victory over Dahners at a previous round two races ago . Dahners, with his extensive Na tional experi~ ence, ad justed his ra ce strategy from tha t previ · ous round, and he succeeded in pu tting enough pressure on the Lynnwood Yamaha -supported Lykke to cause a cras h, whic h gave th e KTM pilot a comfo rtable cus hion on whic h he cou ld cruise to victory. " I knew David h a d th e ed ge in th e mot ocross sectio ns," Dahners said after his win. " I a lso knew he had to pit tw ice to my on ce. Rather than try to ou trun him, I chose to simply stay clos e un til he took that second pit , and then ge t out of sigh t quic kly." Lykke, sensing h is di lemma, a tte mpted to pi ck u p the p ace enough to bu ild a ma rgin to cover the second pit, only to end o fer ocious ly over a log that had been moved into the fast line by ano ther racer' s crash. Lynnwood's Rya n Van Dyken assumed the early- race le a d a fter Auro ra Su z u ki -backed Kevin BaiJey;who had taken the holesh ot d ecisively, sna pped the Pro Tapers off his RM250 at the mou nt wh ile in tera cting with a tree. The day wa s a scorche r, th ou gh, a nd Van Dyken la ter withdrew, completely d ra ined . Skagit Powerspo rts-suppo rted Gary Furrenes put in ano ther hard ride on his KX2S0 for yet anothe r th ird overa ll, clearly fas ter by far than a ll the rest but not quite able to ru n with the two speedsters vying for the cha mpionship . Privateer Aa ro n Wilson seemed to have four th nailed on his YZ400, but jus t as at the last Hannegan even t, A Open rid er Jake Hulse charged all race long to grab tha t posi tion. Hulse' s performance fu rth er tightened the p oint s ra ce in the A Open .class, h is nem esi s bei ng the curr ent lead er, Joe Wade. who end ed up seven th overa ll. behin d Rani er Cycle's Rob Lewis, who races a CR250. From the stan ds, the fastest rid er on the track see m ed to b e A Op e~ ra cer Joh n Bea l, w ho Blose blows 'em away By Stacy McKinley PAYSO N,AR,OCT 9·10 . Ro u nd s tw o a n d th re e of th e C O P Holid a y Blowout Series took place at the rodeo gro unds in Payso n, Ari zo na. Pro mo ters Zack and Stacy McKinl ey incl uded th e Payson ve nu e in th eir sc hed u le for this se rie s, as comp le tion of the new Canyon Offroad Park facility is due sometime in March of 2000. . Team Thousand Oa ks Yama ha rid er Michael Blose, who recently moved up from an 80ce rid e to the 125cc ran ks, mad e short work of beating the com petition a t both ro unds . Blose dom inated all of his mo tos fro m start to finish on both da ys of racing, wi th the excep tion of a couple of h o les hots by 125cc In te rm ediate rid e r !l an Gro ssma n. In mota one of round tw o, Blose went d own in th e w h oop sec ti on a nd Gro ssman le d th e moto while Bl ose pla yed ca tch- up. Gros sm an's t im e i n th e s p o tl ig ht w as s ho rt , as Blos e rega ined the lead within three laps, bringing the crowd to its fee t. .The long whoo p section was the only spot that gave Blose trou ble. The 125cc Interm ed iate, 250cc Intermed iate and Bike Pro classes we re comb ined for mot a 13. Blose lap ped most of the field on both days. Anothe r racer who is making a smooth tran sition is Pre m ie r Motorspor ts r id er And y Stra ight. Stra ight was very compe titive as a Pee Wee ride r, bu t he d id not show the com plete domina tion that he now shows in the 60cc d ivision . TI,e young rid er pilot ed his KTM 65 to the w in s in both th e 60cc In term ed ia te and 60cc Open events in bo th rou nd s, leading every lap of eve ry race with a very healthy lead . Ad renalin e rid er Bren t Da vey, in second , wa s clo se enough to strike if Stra ight went down, bu t tha t didn' t happen . Results Round 2 B/ BK O PEN : 1. Jam ie Str aub (H(ln); 2. Han G ross m a n (K.1w ); 3. Chri s Ped ersc. U w ); 4. Kyle Kin.'imiln (H on ); 5. Eric Ha v illll ·n (a (H o n). P/W BEG (4-6): 1. Justin Q uinn (KTM); 2. C orey Smi th (Wa s ): 3. Ry an C o u r t ne y (Ya m) ; 4 . C o d y M cE lr o y (C o b) ; 5 . C o n n o r Reev es . P/ W BEG : (7-8): 1. Wi lliam Ta y lo r (rol): 2. Do u glas Wan g (KTM); 3. Ta ylor Russ (Lem ). P/ W JR.: 1. Bry a n C nr istensen (KTM ); 2. Brodie Prat her (Co b); 3. Mike Levy (KTM) P / W O PEN : 1. Brya n Chri.~MlSl.."'Jl ( JrClilt k (Ya m ). 40+: 1. Mar k Lang (ATK); 2. Jim Mu nega n (No rl; 3 . Jeff Best (W- R); 4. Stev e Ju ngqu is t (Rtx); 5. Warr en Os tru m (B on ). VINT : 1. Bob Ha skins (Ho n): 2. Ricn a rd C lar k (Ya m ); 3. Kevi n Goodner ([rH; 4. Ra nd y Ray (Ya m ); 5. Erno. Ca nedo (Yam ). -st G RL'i 1. Snd by Ph el}'!!(lion); 2. C rylitd le Wh itn l-Y (H o n ); 3. O She lly Maguir e (Kaw ); 4. M...lissa Ha skin!l (H o n) ; 5 . Stl'p n a n ie Has kins (KTM ). O P EN A M ; 1. M.uk la ng (A TK); 2. Ran d y Ray (Ya m ): 3. Em~t Cilnedo (Yam) ; 4. Jim Allen (H on ); 5. Elliot Dav is (H ord . PRO ; 1. Joe Ko p p (Rtx): 2. Stt> Liberty (Rud; 3. Lon Kopp ve (W -R); 4. Todd So mers (W-R); 5. Jerry Sou th w ort h (Rtx). Lodi CycleBow l Rodriguez rolls at LodiST&TI By Mike Law LODl, CA OCT. 9 , Alth ough the ad age "Life begins at 30" has often be e n rep e at e d , Ha y w ar d rid er Arma nd o Rodriguez red efined the meaning of tha t phrase as he soun d ly won th e Vet shor t-tra ck mai n event, thoro ughly trou ncing some of the district's finest. Although Rodrigu ez scored a w ire-to-wire rout in the main , getting to the main was quite another story. He orchestrated a fine show of aer ial acrobatics in an earlier heat race and basically . wa lke d awa y u nscathed . In winn ing th e Ve t main, however, Rodrigu ez comfortably ou td istanced Rob McDonn ell a nd Bob Bacosa: two of the fastest Vet rider s in nort hern California. "Tonigh t' s race was a litt le bittersweet for m e, becau se I only n eed ed one po int to tu rn Expert," said Rodrigu ez. 'W inn ing the Vet class was n't qu ite as intense as the Ope n class, but I believe tha t I show ed everyone that I could run with the best of them . Hopefully, next year, 1will be the guy that they will have to wa tch out for." At the other end of the spectrum , Pee Wee Expert Danielle Ca ldeira had the fines t rid e of her yo ung car eer, scorin g win s in both the Stock and Mod ified short-track classes and then finishi ng a close second in the Stock IT. Cald eira sound ly bes ted the likes of Ryan Law and Chad Cose , the top two Pee Wee rid ers in the di strict, as well as ultrafast Cobra rider David Sharkey in the Modified class . " I go t good sta rts ton ight and was able to stay on the groo ve," Calde ira sa id . "My problem in the pa st has been p utting my foot down too much, so I worked on that and stayed real hard on the gas." The 250cc A and B short-track ride rs put on a spec tacu lar show, as many of the 8Occ-elass riders have recently moved up to this rapidly growing class. Casey Yarrow blasted his way into the lead ahea d of rivals Freddy Poli , Jason Grewe and Stewart Barber . Yarrow imm ed iately set a blistering pace, while Grewe was mid pack aboard his flying Suzuki. Wit h three la p s in th e books, Gr ewe turned on th e afterbu rners and passed Poli for secon d while cu tting some of the fastest lap limes of the main eve nt as he chased the fleein g Ya rrow . Gr e we cont in u pd hi s chase, but Yarrow was sim ply too far ahead for Grewe to catch at the d leckered flag, and he won by a comfortable margin . An hon orable men tion goes to 'Clable fourt h, Stewart Barber, who placed a respc behi nd Poli, on his debu t ride in the 250cc class. Tony Sou za won a wire~to -wire victory in the Open A short-trac k ma in, cap p ing d early th e fines t Lod i ma in this yea r. Souza rocketed into the lead as the sta rting light flash ed an d basica lly ne ver looked back on hi s way to the win . Archrivals Mar k Corse tti a nd Rob Damron dueled , and finished in that orde r. "Getting the holesh ot an d riding smooth was the key," said Souza. 'The guys be hind me were tou gh, but 1kne w 1cou ld do it." Results S h ort T rac k P / W STK A; I. Danidle Ca ldei ra (Yam ); 2. Cha d COSt'(Yam) ; 3. Ryan Law (Yam ); 4. Kyle An.'i mi (Yam ); 5. Bobby Cald eira (Yam). d P / W ST K C: 1. Bry a n t C a izilod o (Su z) ; 2. Co lt'ton Ga lins ki (Yam); 3. Christ ian H ickm.1 n (Yam ); 4. J'l mes Williams (Yam ): 5. Angela Fra gO!lO (Yam) . P / W MOD; 1. Dan idle Ca ldeir a (Ya m) ; 2. Dav id Sna r kt'y (Co b ). 60 A: 1. St. an Jlln l':l (Ka w ); 2. Cody An.'iC i ( Ka w ). · lm 60 B; 1. l.auren Walla ce (Ka wl. 60 C; 1. Rebec ca Law (l

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