Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events fina lly ge tt ing by befor e th e fini sh lin e on his KX80 to score the wi n in moto o ne . In mo ta two, McGourty ag ain grabbed the early lead , only to bobb le o n th e firs t double a nd let Stewa rt by . McGo urty chased af ter Stewart u ntil the last lap . Wh en lapped riders got in to the mi x, Mccjourty s h ut und ernea th St ewart as they enter ed th e sweeper just before the fini sh lin e to sco re the surprise win and ov erall. Stewart and Millsap s rounded out the top thre e. (Left ) Nev Laborde wo n the 125 and 250cc Pro classes at the fi na l roun d of t he Sum mer Series at Will ow Creek Motoc ross Park in Madras, Oregon, (Right) At the SRA GP in Competi tion Park In San Jacinto, Cali fo rn ia, Jimmy Lewis took th e overall wins in the 125cc Expert and Over 30 Expert c lasses, and als o teamed with Davi d Donaton i to take t he Team Race trophy. Riley (Kaw): 3. Ike Va nza nt (KTM ); 4. Mich al'] Stol z (He n): 5. Edd ie Pro ffitt (Kaw ). 200 C: 1. Russell Green (Kaw): 2. Danny Bir Iva m): 3. Scan Sauber (Hen ): 4. A ndy Gentry (KTM ); 5. Ti mm y Gammo ns (Suz). VET C: 1. Thomas Hereford (Kaw ): 2. Todd Lovet t (KTM) ; 3. Andy Mo ye (KTM); 4. Tony Rion (Yam); 5. Jo hn Sommer (KTM). S R C: 1. Jim Sorr e ls (Ka w ): 2. Mic ha el . Higginbotham (Ka w): 3. Lew i.. Webb (Ya ml: 4. Ter ry Bush (Suz) : 5. Jeff Cos tne r (ATK). BEG: 1. Scott Perry (Sm;); 2. Bla ke Foster (He n): 3, Eric Calvert (Ho n): 4. Ad a m Dav id (Suz): S. Ste ve Lassiter (Kaw). 125 /250 BEG : 1. j a ke- Gu m p ; 2. Ca sey Cosens : 3 . [u n MrG illivr ay. 125 NO V: t .jeremy Wells ; 2. Jdm cs Lusby; J. Jason Beebe. 125 JR; 1. Travis Ceniga; 2. Brody B.l xt\.r; 3. Rya n Hucgc. · 125 INT: L Will Wa llace . 125 PRO: I. Nev Laborde . 250 NO V: 1. Shawn H Ul~~ 2. Josh Mark s ; 3. Natha n Barto n. 250 JR: 1. Mikc StL 'TIZd ; 2. Brod y &xtt.>r; 3. Allan Tompkins . VET: 1. Bill Kin ney : 2. Jaso n Smi th; J . Dave C ho nev . 250 PRO: I. Ncv Labor d e . . O PEN : 1. jason Sm it h; 2. Jo hn Ca m plx-II; 3. Ja ml~ Lus by. 8T H: _ Will w auece . 2. Tr avis Cl'lliga; J. Lay rhc n Young . !. O f T: 1. Da ve H uert a; 2. Rod Kentn er , 3. Steve Coc hcrcll. VET NOV : 1. Milo Warr en; 2. Sam Elki ns ; 3. Rick [o nes. e WMN : 1. Roc helle :'>Jl'imdn; 2. A~hley Ch l'lll'Y; 3. Kim Reg nier . W ow Creek Motocross P ill ark Competition Park Laborde on board--- Lewis shreds SRAGP By Clay Light By Dave Dain MADRAS, OR, OCT. 24 SAN JACINTO CA. SEPT. 23 , The challengi ng, jum p- filled Compet ition Par k pro ved to a g ree wi th th e Ver tim..:1 ti-mou n ted Jim my Lewi s, as he scored the overall win in the Over 30 Exper t division a t the Slm thland Racing As~oci a ti on 's Gran Prbc Yam aha-m ounted David Cinco tta roc keted off lhe ga le and beat lhe field to the first turn by . two bike ,leng ths. Lewis trailed in seco nd, w ith Cha d Blough , David Donatoni and Scott Kellar round ing ou t the top five. Ci ncotta contin ued to le~d as t h ~ riders eJ!tered the short w hoo p section, w ith "Lewi s hot on his heels. Donato ni and Blou gh swa ppe d positions, riding in third and four th, respt·ctive ly. Ron Clement picked up two positions and mo ved ·into fifth . Cincotta continued to fend off the pa ss att em pts of Lewis as the two riders sprin ted dow n toward the l SO-degree left· hander. Lew is' Ver tima ti hoo ked up better comi ng out of the sof t corne r an d he o u t po w~ ered Cin cott a into the foll owi ng cor ne r to tak e the lead . Lewis q uickly be gan to pu ll away as the pack' headed toward the back section. CincoUa followed in seco nd wi th Don at oni, Blough and a har d -char ging Kevin Montgo mery rou ndin g ou t the top five . Lewis emerge d from be hind the trees with a IS -seco nd lea d , a n d he rema in ed u nc h a llen ged . Ci nc o tta took an off-track exc u rs io n, a llowing Do na toni, Blough , Mo ntgomery a nd Cle me n t to mo ve into se co n d th ro u g h fifth , res pecti vel y. Lew is co ntin ued to pull away as the ba ttl e for seco nd he ated up. Donat oni held a slim lead over Mon tgomery as the duo headed dow n the short straigh taway foll owi ng th e fin is h lin e. Montgom er y moved arou nd OOl1at o n i o ve r t he s m a ll do u b le in fron t o f t h~ tow er . Blo ugh an d Clemen t followed in fou rth a nd fifth . With th e to p th ree s po ts hel d b y Le wi s, Montgomery and Don ato ni, the fou rt h thr ou gh sixth s po ts we re u p fo r grabs bet ween Bloug h, Cleme nt i.ll1d Mike Mar tin. Blough was the first to fall off the pace, and Cleme nt and Mar tin both got by. Cleme nt and Martin stayed within thr ee seconds of each other for severa l laps. Martin go t arou nd Clemen t in the righ t-hand er It.~ ading up to the wh oops to secu re fourth. Lew is to o k th e chec ke rs, fo llowed b y the Hon d as of Montgom ery a nd Don a to ni. Martin a nd C le m e n t ca me home fo u r th a n d fif t h , respectively. Form er ·AMA professional Nev Labor de ca ptuTL'd two class overall wins a t the final round of th e Will o w C ree k Mo to cross Par k' s Sum mer Series, po stin g victories in the 125 and 250ce Pro classes. Despite bein g .the lone Pro rider on hand , the Kawa sak i-mounted Labo rd e wo n all four mot os he entered, ge tting tough com pe tition from Will Wallace, the top Intermedi a te rid er, in the 125cc class, and then fend ing off challen ges from Vet P~o Bill Kin ney in his 250cc Pro wi n. Wa llace pus hed Labo rd e for every inc h in bo th l25cc Pro /Intermed iate class outings, in whi ch Laborde edged his fellow KX rider. Travis Ceniga a nd Brod y Baxter ba ttled fro m the d ro p of t he gate to the wa ve o f Tr o y Neiman' s chec kered flag in the 125ee Junior por tion , which, like many classes, ran tw o or thr ee waves d ue to a deteriorating track from the previou s d a y's pract ic e session . Ce n iga barely ed ged Baxter at the finish to net the overa ll w in, som e 12 seco nds behind the lead du o of Labo rd e and Wallace but a head of the third-place finisher, Ryan Huege. Laborde follo w ed Ve t Pr o Kinney fo r two circuit s of the mile-long track in bo th of the combi ne d 250 ce / Vel Pro cl a ss mo tos a n d th en clicked. it in to overd rive an d left Kinney behind to fend off KTM rid er Jason Smi th and Kaw asaki 125cc':' m oun ted Dav e C he ney. Kinney go t th e nod for the Vet win , beh ind Lab o rde a nd follow ed by Smith, Cheney and the wi nner of the combined 250cc Junior class, Mike Stenzel, w ho led Baxter, Allan Tompkins and Laythen Young to the finish . Wallace, w ho was on e of the thr ee tw o-class winn ers on the da y, finalized his feat by ru nning away wi th both motos in the com binf..'d Befor e The Hill and Op en classes. Wallace breezL to a 'd I-I win, ahead of Yamaha rid er Ceniga (2-2) and Young (3-3). Sm ith p u t his new KTM in to the winner's circle by la ndi ng a win in the seco nd O~n-cla ss mot o, finishing ahead of John Cam pbell and Yam ah a YZ400F-mo u nted Jam es Lusby . Jam es Bondsteel and Jerry Sco tt filled o ut th e top five overa ll. . H o nd a -mo u n ted Huege , th e third o f th e three double class w inners, totallY dem olis hed the compe tition in th e SO Juni~r and Su percc mini cla sse s, sw ee ping all fou r mo tos . Hu ege finished. th ird in the 125cc Novice class, behind Jerem y Wells and James Lusb y, cappi ng off an im pressive day for the rid er from Salem, Oregon . 4 Results 26 50 NO V: 1. Crn:r. 5.1uu'ds; 2. Jcr t'm y Stewy (Kaw); 3. Skip God inez (K..1W). 250 BEG: 1. MilTk Beckwith (Suz); 2. Gl'l. rp;l" Macia s (Ya m ). ) Results P/W O IL; 1. Kalen Pitzpa trick (V.l m); 2. .1.1son Cosci a (Yam); 3. A ~ rew G ra y!! n (Y~m); 4. Ko ry Keylon (Ya m); 5. Lind se y Neto so n (y,l m) P/ W (4-6l: 1. Tyler Moore (Cobl ; 2. Damon Wa lker (Lem); 3: Justi n St.uli ng (Cob); 4. Co llin Cebec (Cu b); 5. G.UTCtl Smi th (Co b). 60 (7-9) : 1. Rick v Rennee (KTM); 2. Dea n Dv~!! (KThf); 3. Kyle Keylon (Kaw), -4. T.J, Rhond li (K.\w) ; 5. C~lt"\)Jl Maynard (Kaw) . 60 (10- 11): 1. Ll n Millet t (KThf); 2. Garre n Wood (KT M); 3. Larry Pa rt in (Kaw ); 4._.I\ 1ron Lu ndy (K.1W); 5. jeremia h Bright on < (Kaw ). MO (7·11) : 1. Kyle C h isho lm (Kaw ); 2. Davi Millsa ps (Stlz); 3. Miltt B oni (Ka w ); 4. J.l.n Milldl (Yam) ;.5. Kyle Keylon (Kaw], _ liO (12· 13); 1. J.tro es Ste wa rt {KaW}; 2. Z,lC Lundy (Yam) ; 3. Rya n Wa r ren lKaw); 4. Jor d an C oocg (Kaw); 5. Chr is Cates (Yam ). HO (14- 15): 1. Eric Stewart (Yi\m ); 2. [us fin Hols tein (Hlln );.3. jaso n Dev aux (Ka w ); 4. Rudy Bro nson (Ya m) ; 5. T on y Avi la 250 NOV : I. Donnie Fu ller (Yam); 2. Jim Linin (l Ion) . 2..'ill A M: t . Dcnnis Ptak (K. W); 2. Br ian Hafhger (Ka w) . 1 251J EX: 1. Kevin Gahan (Yam ); 2. Brett Dau ghert y (Yam ). W M:'>J A M: 1. Kd ly Ren sh a w (5uz). WM N EX: I. He a ther McNab b (Ho n). 30+ BEG: 1. Mik e McC n ogOT (!sica Pa tterso n (K.. 1W); 2. Lau r ie Fitzpatrick (Yam); 3. As h lL'Y Jdckso n (..O:; uz) ; 4. Somm lT Wood (K.1W); 5. Mol is.l Ham pr s hire (Su z). Los Angeles CountyRaceway Dally spooked at Gremlin GP By Greg Robertson PALMDALE, CA OCT. 17 , After circu la ting Los Angeles County Raceway at the back of the Vet B ~gi nner clas s for the first I S minutes of th e 45-m inute race, N ick Dall y sud denly came alive (or every o ne else s ta r ted ge tt ing ti red ) a n d he proceeded to p as s th e en tir e field to earn the win at California Racin g Clu b's Gre mlin Gra nd Prix.. Wh en th e g ree n flag w as w aved for th e de ad ~ en g in e s ta r t, Dana Kellstrom to o k the holes ho t, follo we d by Mark Purser a nd Elm er Silfies . Darren Lo wry go t off to a si xth-p lac e start, bu t by the com pletion of the ope ning lap h e w a s cha ll e ngi ng Kell strom for th e lead. Low ry passed Kellstrom for th e top spo t a lap later in a ba ttle tha t would see the lead bou nce back and forth over the nex t few laps. Me a n while, a t the o ther end of the fie ld , Dally a nd hi s An sw er- ba ck ed RM250 sta rted picking off the backmar kers, and by lap five he was up int o fifth place, behind Kirk Ja nco. A lap later, Dall y wa s running third and closing in on Lowry and Kellstrom, w ho were still ha shing it out over the lead . Da lly had m omentum o n his side, a nd he ove rtook Lowry a nd then passed Kellstrom for the lead on the sa me lap . From tha t po in t on , it wa s Da lly out front all the way to the checkers for a w ell-deserved victo r y . Lo wry held off Jan co to e a r n s eco n d, w ith Pu rs er an d Jim Stu fflebe am round ing out the top five. It w asn' t much of a contest in the Vet Novice class as CRSO -mo un ted Jeff Hares turned his O hole shot into a runaway victo ry . Har es enjoyed a IO-seco nd lead a t lhe ha lfway poi nt and doubled that margin by the tim e the checkers fell a fter 45 min utes on th e tra ck. Pas ha Afshar held down second pla ce for the enti re race , finishin g a goo d di stance ahead of Vinny Lowry and Scott Wilba nks in third and fourth, respectivel y. Ed d ie Davi s was eq ua lly impressive in the Vet Interm ed iate class, in w hich he took the win

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