Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

Events • (Left) Chris Bergst rom soa red to the Vet Ju nio r victory at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California. (Above) Daniel Sani staged a two-prong ed attack on Carnegie SVRA Raceway in Califo rn ia, capt uring the victories in bot h the BOCc Intermediate and Supermini classes. 250 EX: 1. C a!IC H iAAin!> (Ya m); 2. Aa ro n Dieter (Su z); 3. y 1 krR; (K.1wl; 4. J,It C c l.... (5uzJ. ' ) 25+ A: 1. Jus tin Berg (Ka w ); 2. Jot" Celso (Suz) ; 3. G t'flC Nighman (Kaw) ; -I. Mar k Kl... n (Yam); 5. Eric Dr-Badts. i 25+ B; 1. M.lrk Gi,mni ni (Kilw) ; 2. Id f M.d io.'nick (Ya m); 3. Jason Bara n (Suz). SR H: 1. Cu b Dunning (K"w); 2. Brian Broadwell (Suz l; 3. Ben A tk lnson {Kawl; 4. Don C lar ke (Suz); S. Jim Traxler (Hon). SR C: 1. Richard S.txby (Ho n ); 2. Le Fake (Ho n); 3. C ia lll.a r lo e ' Gi.l nn ini ( Kaw); 4. Mark De h and (Suz ). VIf\lT: 1. Ron Bragg (Ho n); 2. Ron Waif (Yam ); 3. Ben At kin' !IOn (K.1w); 4. Lan BU lk (KAw l; 5. Dil le• Ayt'TS(H nn ). Ju ~h n G H RacewayPark len elen Bergstrom bests REM Saturday Motocross By Rocky Hash Photo by Mitc h Evans SAN BERNARDIN CA, NOV. 13 O, FMF/ Whi te Broth ers-ba cked Ch ris Ber gst rom 38 too k the o verall victo ry in th e Vet Jun ior di vision during the sixth an d fina l ro und of Racing Enterprises Motorsp ort s' Glen Helen Fall Satu rday Motocross Series, spo nsored by AMP BedXtende r and RK Cha ins . In the first moto, YZ400F pilo t Mark Tes ta took the holeshot. Kawasaki rider Jim Car ley held second. while Bergstrom ran in third . Suzuki rider Ga ry Hollen was fourth , and KX260moun ted Jim Naegle was fifth. On the opening lap, Carley passed Testa for the lead. Bergstrom then went around Testa on the next la p to take second . O n the th ird la p, Hollen hit the dirt. Naegle moved up to fourth, and hard-cha rgin g Sam Ramirez took over fifth after a poor sta rt. Out front, Carley was riding smooth and fast, b ut Be rgst ro m wa s only a bo u t one seco nd behi nd . Naeg le and Ramir ez engaged in a battle for third tha t p us hed both ride rs past Tt..'Sta. Ju s t before halfway, Ramirez slid o u l in a tricky off~ca m bcr do wnhill turn and we nt dow n. H e had t roub le res ta rting h is YZ400 an d d ropped w'ay ba ck. Tes ta reclai me d fourth , w h ile Yamaha YZ250 r ider Bonnie Wa rch moved up to fifth. Carley con tinued steadily with the lead, with Bergstrom close in second. In the later stages of the moto, th e front duo bega n to encounter lapped tra ffic, and Bergstrom used the congestion to his advantage, dosing to within five bike leng ths of Car ley. When the white flag came out, Bergstrom had wh ittled Carley's lead down to two bike lengths, but Carley too k the moto wi n a hea d of th e Yamah a pilot. Naeg le clai med third, w hile War ch passed Tes ta o n the last cir- • cuit to finish up in four th. In t h e seco n d m ot o , Ca rl ey ri p p e d th e holesh o t. Ramirez ga ted m uch better thi s tim e a nd ra n second , w h ile Bergs tro m held d own th ird . Warch occu p ie d th e fourth s p o t, a nd Yama ha rider Brva n Davis rode in fifth. Just as the racers w ere cOming throu gh the scori ng ~ tion for the first time, Carley slid out on hi s KX250 and we nt d o wn. Ramirez was unable to avoid Ca rley 's machine and crashed . Bergstrom took over the poin t position. Warch moved up to secon d, wh ile Naegle now held third. Testa moved up to fou rth. Carley was quick to restart, a nd he re su m ed the ra ce in fifth . Out fro n t, Bergstro m took full advantage of his good fortune and stretched out a l a-seco nd lead. At the halfway point, Naeg le went around Warch to take over second . Ca rley me thodically moved fo rwa rd un til he was u p to third w he n the wh ite flag flew . On the last lap, Bergs tro m rod e mis· take- free and coa-sted in for the mot o win. Carley fo und a way a ro u nd Naegle for seco nd as the two negotiated the last circuit. Wa rch rod e in for fou r th, w hile Ra mi rez recovered to claim fifth. On the day, Bergstrom's 2-1 ri des ea rned him th e overall victory. Ca!.ley wa s ne xt best wi th a 1-2 score, while Naegle's co nsistent 3-3 finish es placed him th ird. Warch was fou rth with her 4-! tally, and Testa was fifth by virtue of his 5-6 rides. Results &I JR: I. Ryan Minn.-t (Suz) . 12$ BEG: 1. jason JL -rnigan (Hon); 2. T im Ii a ll (l Ion ); 3. Bryan Ha.1~' (K.1wl; 4. Ryan Am,uadio(Yam); 5. Tyle- Hu n t (l-fon) . . 125 INT: 1. C liff JenninJ;5 (Yaml ; 2. All"X L(lf~ n'l.'fI (Ho nl ; 3. Na te H.1W!I')' (H on ). 250 BEG: 1. Ch ris Way (Kaw): 2. Sh",wne Po rt man (lion); 3 . Chris Rogl"ni(Suz) . 250 JR.: 1. lchiro Nakay'" (Suz ); 2. Brian Sto mT (I (Ya m); 3. Lany Fll-a. (Hon);4, John Tookey (Hon); 5. Phil Bl.&cl.. um (Yam). b VET JR: 1. Chri s Bcrgstrom (Yam) ; 2. Jim Ca.rll')' (Kawl ;3. Jim Naegl e (l<.J 4. Bonnie Wa rch (Yam); 5. M. rk Tes ta (Y.m). w); VET INT: 1. Da vid Sam n (Yam); 2. Stcpht.-nWatson (K.1 3. w); Bob John.. (K.wl . 40+ lNT; I. Scott Moly!" (Ya m); 2. Ru...ty lIunt (lion); 3. Rick M~ (Yam). 40+ EX: 1. Dennis Buulwoit r (Ya m ); 2. Mark H.d! (Yam) ; 3. (Suz); 5. John Dinman (Kaw). 40 + MST R: 1. Rich Eicrst edt (Ya m); 2. Willi r Amaradio (Yam l; 3. Matt Ted der (Yam); 4. Marc Crosby (Ka wl; 5. Ron Law li n (V et'). o 50+ MSTR 1. Alan O lso n ()(a wl; 2. Dennis McAdam (J{onl; 3. Ray Pisar.oki Uf on l; 4. Bengt Io ha ns so n (Ya m); 5. [ody Wei se l (Yam ). Cary Sco tt (Ya m ); 4. R.md y Min ter C arnegieS RA Raceway V Sani sings at Carnegie By Ji m and Valerie Enos CARNEGIE, CA, NOV. 14 Clawso n Motorsports /Pro Actio n /R&D Ra cing /Fox-ba cked Daniel San i to pped both the 80cc In termediat e a nd Supe rmini classes in grand fash ion at rou nd three of th e AMP / GA Go ld Cup Octoberfest MX Series, presented by Th o r an d Merced Po w er s po r ts. Wi th a recent ad dit ion of 27 load s of sa nd, the AM P crew worked the Carnegie SVRA Raceway into su pe rb co nd itio n. Overcas t s kies g raced th e track for most of the day, resulting in exceptionally grea t traction for the 260 riders in attendance. Also gracing the track was Ta llo n Vohland . Still spo rting the ,,'COgnizable nu mber 711 and decked out in hi s new SplitFire /Pro Circuit gear, Vohland brought out o ne of his new, s hiny green Kawasaki practice bikes and, m uch to the dismay of the other riders, sim ply put on a clini c in the Pro class . The Ho nda-mounted Sani put on a clinic of his own , taking the holeshot in bot h 80cc Intermedia te mot os . However, in mota one, Yamaha pilot Cory McDaniel kept the pressure o n Sani. In fact, early o n McDan iel looked to ha ve the speed to pass San i, but as the race progressed, McDaniel never got a wht.'el in on him, thou gh he d id kl'e p Sani push in g the entire mot a . In mo to tw o, Sa ni ra n away w ith th e w in. McDaniel and Jarid Blevin s did their best to keep Sani in sight, bu t w he n all wa s sai d an d do ne, Sani had pos ted a pe rfect I-I score on the d ay. "I still need to ge t m y end urance up a little," said Sani. "Other than that , my Honda is wo rking grea t, and I reall y want to th ank Clawson Mot orsports for their su ppo rt ." With a ga te of 11 anx ious rid ers , Sani once ag ain showed the wa y, ahead of McDani el a nd Blevin s, in both Supermini motns. McDani el put pre s sure o n Sani in m ot o tw o , bu t he just co u ld n ' t ma ke the pass. Kawa saki -mounted Darryl Saville put in a good rid e, netting a welldesern-d fourth on the day and besting Joe Shipma n's 6-5 score, which w as good eno ug h for fifth on the day. In the BOce Novice class, Yama ha- mo unted Tyson Enzweile r pulled goo d -si ze d lea ds in bo th motos to ta ke th e overa ll w in . Ty son' s brother Travis pu t in a good s howi ng w it h a th ird b ehi nd seco n d - p lac e fi ni sh e r T revo r Don iak. Greg " Ho les ho t" Fouts, a recent addition to th e Novice ranks , po sted a 6-4 sco re, whi ch w as good eno ugh for fourth, a hea d of another new Novi ce, Beau Weigand. The alwa ys-excitin g SOcc Beginner class featured a good battle between Cor ey Pennington an d Kurtis Batey. Although Batey won the "'-'C. a nd moto and ba ttled w ith Penningt o n closely in bot h mo te s, a cras h in th e fir st mota netted him s ix th ove r a ll o n th e da y . Pennin gt on, aboa rd a Honda, booked a 2-1 sco re to ta ke th e first-place hardwa re . Brand o n Freeman, w ho has been ra ther qu iet lately, came o n st ro ng to finis h with a 4-4 sco re for thi rd overa ll. Suzukimoun ted Wesley Norri s and Cary Tied e roun ded ou t the to p five . Results Pee We. Tr ack SO Fn: r. Timmy JanJtisM. (KTMl 50 r / W JIt;1. A~bn Soto (Suz l; 2. Col ton Frclrick.. (Suz). o;on 50 (4-61 STK; 1. Zachary e yr (Pol); 2. Andrew Tavlor (1..em);3. Drew Thoolas (H M); 4. La ndon Coho.. (liM). 't'l . 50 0-.8) STK: 1. bk Fredri ckson (Cob); 2. Ja so n Shipman (... IM); 3. Loga n Co hen (H M); "'. Parlo.er Smith (KTMI; 5. Ch n stopM Argon (H.\ O. 50 (().81O PEN: 1. Ty Ka -nom (Cob). r.. in T r.lck b 50.(U) STK; 1. Zachary C yr (Pol); 2. Landon Cohm (H M ). 50 C7-l0ST K 1. Richard Rin.luro(IT (Suz); 3. J~ti n Broob {Hon}; 4 . Sh.ly ~1.J tt5 (Yam) . 250 1ST: 1. Da nny Barber Upicha (Hon); 4. Phil St.-gundo(Yam). 250 PRO 1. Ta llon Voh L 1nd fKa w ); 2. JI."S-"t" Ketcham

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