Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

~ LOCAL EVENTS ~ Larry Linkogle (210) and Mark Battista (18) led the 125« Intermediates at Perris MX. went to Larry Pegrain, and the last three heat winners Dave Hebb, Steve Burkholder, and Kris Kiser rounded out the front row for the main event. <: Two riders advanced to the final from each semi. In the first semi, Rogers grabbed the holeshot and ran..Beattie worked his way to seocnd only to be challenged and overtaken ' by Rob Lewis. James Hart beat the pack to the front in the second semi, with Kevin Varnes and Erik Graybeal bumping at his back tire. G.raybeal spent the race knocking at the dopr for second, but Varnes refused to yield. The Last Chance Qualifier was delayed in starting due to a problem with Beattie's machine when a front-end change went awry. Finally, the green flag dropped without Beattie on the line. Graybeal got out front this time and sewed up' his slot in the main, while Farris jockeyed his way though the pack to a frustrating second. In the Dash For Cash for the six fastest qualifiers, Poovey scooted off the line and kept on going. Pegram nailed down second, and Hebb held the lead in a cluster of three, surrounded by Kiser and Burkholder. The B feature saw Beattie ~et another chance to compete. Donnie Kruzmski pulled the holeshot, but was overtaken by Tony Donahue, Geoff Clark, and Brian Strong. Beattie, starting from the back row; picked off Strong and then Clark. A hard dive inside on the last lap shot Beattie to the win and to a chance to compete in the A main. In the A main, Poovey pulled off his third holeshot. Price, Kiser, Pegram, and Burkholder were on his tail, though, and Poovey had some work to do to break loose from the competition. Poovey shook off all the challengers except PegraJ:ll and kept on moving. Pegram tried lines.all over the track to get past, but Poovey got the drive he needed off the comers and never let Pegram get closer than a bike length. Meanwhile, Lewis maneuvered his way through the pack to a third-place finish. Poovey got the checkered flag, the big bucks, and a gigantic trophy, all on his birthday! Results DFC: I. Terry Poovey (RlX); 2. Larry Pegram (RlX); 3. Dave Hebb (Rtx); 4. I'm Kiser (H·D); 5. Steve Burkholder (Rtx). B: I. Steve Beattie (H-D); 2. Geoff Clark (Rtx); 3. Tony Donahue (H-D); 4. Donnie Krulinski (KTM); 5. Rodney Farris (H-D). NATIONAL C'SHIP: I. Terry Poovey (Rtx); 2. Larry Pegram (Rtx); 3. Rob Lewis (H. D); 4. Rusty Rogers (H-D); 5. Kris Kiser (H-D). . Prince prances to Perris MX win By Tony Alessi PERRIS, CA, ocr. 4 48 _ Marc Prince piloted his H&:S Cycle-sponsored KTM to a pair of near-perfect motos in the competitive Vet Novice class at the GFI Fall Series warm-up, held at Perris Raceway. "I know I can win and today I want to prove it," said Greg Pagan prior to the first Vet Novice moto. Pagan's words looked like they would tum to reality as he pulled away during the opening laps of the first Vet Novice moto. But by the third lap of a 13-lap race, things would begin to unravel for Pagan. Pagan stalled his bike in the finish line turn, then made small mistakes during the next two laps. Pagan's lead had all but diminished by the fifth lap, and Prince pulled up to challenge. Pagan appeared to be ridin~ a bit tense and offered hule resistance to Pnnce, who simply motored past and pulled away for the moto victory. Pagan faded to an eventual fifth by the end of moto behind Perry Rodenbeck, Jeff ' Young, Rodney Chavez and moto winner Prince. The second moto saw Prince in the lead by the conclusion of the first lap followed by Chavez, Pagen and Young. Pnnce plotted a perfect course and navigated his KTM to the moto and overall wins. Greg Mazzio turned in an awesome come-from-behind-ride, charging from out of the top five to second. Chavez rode consistently in third, followed by Rodenbeck and Marion. Jerry Jetton topped the 25-29 Novice class. The first moto saw a three-way battle between Jay Pavlovec, Jetton and Paul Kellon. Kellen led the first half of the moto but stumbled and fell in a hairpil). turn. Kellen would remount in seventh and wouldn't be a threat the remainder of the moto. Jetton chased Pavlovec for nearly 10 laps, never falling more than inches behind the Honda rider. During the last half of the final lap, Pavlovec lost control of his machine and crashed. Jetton was quick to pick up the lead and sprint across the line for the win followed by Darrell Stratham. Pavlovec remounted in time to salvage third in front of C.T. Falk and Travis King. Kellen grabbed the holeshot in the second moto and stole the show with a wire-to-wire romp of the class. First moto winner Jetton suffered a poor start and worked up to second only to crash 50 yards before the checkered flag, handing second to Travis King and third to Pavlovec. Jetton rebounded for fourth which combined with his first moto win was good enough for .the overall victory. Results 50 FIRST TIMER: I. Justin Haber (Yam); 2. Garth Williams (Yam); 3. Mike Alessi (Yam); 4. Christopher Renshaw (Yam). 50 D·I: I. Ryan Picard (Yam); 2. Cale Wallace (Yam); 3. Ryan King (Yam); 4. Joe Anderson (Yam); 5. Ross Garcia. 50 D-2: I. Ryan Hays (Yam); 2. Andrew Renshaw (Yam); 3. Doyle Marquel (Yam). 50 MOD D-l: I. Cale Wallace (Yam); 2. Ryan Picard (Yam); 3. Ryan King (Yam); 4. Joe Anderson (Yam). 50 MOD 0-2: I. Jonathon Schmidt (Kaw); 2. Ryan Orr (Kaw); 3. Ross Garcia (SUl); 4. Mario Herrington (SUl); 5. Corey Haber (Kaw). SO NOV: I. Danny Carlson (Kaw); 2. Dan Barron (Kaw). SO INT: I. Shaun Perolio (Kaw); 2. Jerry Aleman (SUl). 125 BEG: I. Josh Fink (Kaw); 2. Danny Guersey (Kaw); 3. Richard Stewart (SUl); 4. Zac Hybben (SUl); 5. Marc Reyes (SUl). 125 NOV: I. Steve Wamboldt (Hon); 2. Shaun Perolio (Kaw); 3. Charles Vice (Hon); 4. Drue Holdeman (SUl); 5. Tony Alessi (SUl). 125 INT: I. Ty Kady (Kaw); 2. Mike Battista (Hon); 3. Tim Olson (SUl); 4. Larry Linkogle (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Chamberlain (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Jason Pearce (SUl); 2. Jamie Young (Yam); 3. Michael Barney (Hon); 4. Mike Mullen (Yam); 5. Henry Kokosenski (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Shaun Fortier (Hon); 2. Bryce Barker (SUl); 3. Eric Martin (Yam); 4. David jlartow (Kaw); 5. Scott Marlow (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Tony Spear (Yam); 2. Travis Cory (Yam); 3. Brian Mangen (Yam). 250 PRO: I. Gordon Ward (Kaw). 500 BEG: I. Shaun Ward (Hon); 2. Mark Fishburn (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Sterlyn Rigsby (Yam); 2. Jim Smith (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Bobby Hubbard (Hon); 2. Garth Milan (ATK). 500 PRO: 1. Brian Myerscough (ATK); 2. Willy Musgrave (ATK). +25 BEG: 1. Craig Russell (Kaw); 2. Blake Orgill (Kaw); 3. Steve Peterson (SUl); 4. Chris Gerduse (Yam); 5. Henry Kokosenski (Hon). +25 NOV: 1. Jerry Jeuon (SUl); 2. Jay Pavlovec (Hon); 3. Paul Kellen (Yam); 4. Travis King (Yam); 5. Darrell Statham (Yam). +25 INT: 1. Martin Klossner (Yam); 2. Jim Henn (SUl); 3. Tom Behon (Hon). +30 NOV: I. Marc Prince (KTM); 2. Rudy Chavel (Hon); 3. Perry Rodenbeck (SUl); 4. Greg Mazzio(Yam); 5. JeUYoung (Hon). 30 INT: 1. Tom Engel (Hon); 2. Ken Erb (Yam); 3. Rick Richards (Kaw); 4. J.S. Hanson (Hon); 5. Marc.Crosby (Kaw). +30 PRO: 1. Marc Johnson (SUl). . +35 NOV: I. Paul Ikeda .(Hon); 2. Greg Haber (Yam); 3. Louie Springer (Sul); 4. Scott Freeman (Yam); 5. Randy Bruce (Yam). +35 INT: I. Karl Scanlan (Yam); 2. George Kohler (SUl); 3. Ray Pisarski (Hon); 4. Alan Olson (Hon); 5. Carl Gadzafy (Hon). +40 NOV: I. Phillip Black (Hon). +40 INT: 1. Karl Scanlan (Yam). +40 EX: I. George Kohler (Yam); 2. Ray Pisarski (HoN); 3. Alan Olson (SUl); 4. Carl Galafy (Hon); 5. Jody Weisel (Hon). Pete Falconi (141) ehased Davey Yezek (22) through Steel City MX Park's first turn. Yezek yanks Steel City MX DELMONT, PA, SEPT. 26 Nearly 600 amateur and Pro-Am motocrossers turned out for Amateur Day at Steel City MX Park, where the big winners were Davey Yezek, Phil Gauthier and Davey Coombs. Yezek's 250cc A class victory came as the result of a I-I moto performance.. In both motos, Yezek had to deal with local favorite Mike McDonald and Jeff Curry. Yezek was able to turn an early lead imo a comfortable margin at the end of each of lhe five-lap motos. McDonald finished second overall via a 2-2 tally, while Curry rail 3-3 for third. Gauthier and Coombs posted similar twoheat sweeps in their divisions. Gauthier was chased by Brian MacMillan and Joseph Oldham both times out in Open A action. Coombs dueled with North Carolina's Jim Neese in the first 125cc A moto until Neese tipped over in a slow comer and ended up third behind Coombs and McDonald. In the following moto, Neese fell in the second comer and could only work his way back up to fourth in the 17-rider class. Shane Lawson finished second after battling with fellow Suzuki rider McDonald. Coombs returned later lO win the Junior Plus 25 A class with Kentucky's Mark Guy scoring second overall and Jeff Steimock third. The Vet A Plus 30 leader was Steimock, who was able to tum the tables on Guy. Bobb Stovall was on top of his game in 125cc B racing, bettering local hero Josh Swet in round on~ racing. Stovall, 21 years old, outpaced 14-year-old Swet both times out to claim the overall. In the second I25cc B group, Matt Maximoff proved that his transition from mini cycles to big bikes was working out fine; the 16-year-old won both molOs on his 1993 RM 125. Big Bagwell finished second with a 3-2 score. Mike Nutter beat 30 other riders in recording the 250cc B class win at Sleel City, winning both motos aboard his Kawasaki. The showcase mini cycle race featured local hero Jimmy Evans and newly crowned AMA Amateur National Champion Brock Sellards. After Evans recorded the 85cc 14-15 overall win, he and sellards battled in the Super Mini division. In both races Sellards emerged the winner, while Evans raced to a close second. Results 125 A: 1. Davey Coombs (SUl); 2. Mike McDonald (SUl); 3. Shane Lawson (SUl); 4. Jim Neese (Kaw); 5. Mark Weaver (SUl). 250 A: 1. Davey Yezek (Kaw); 2. Mike McDonald (SUl); 3. JeU Curry (Kaw); 4. Richard Sprather (Hon); 5. Jelf Decker (SUl). OPEN A: 1. Phillip Gauthier (Kaw); 2. Brian MacMillan (Kaw); 3. Joseph Oldham (Hon); 4. Shane Edwards (Kaw); 5. Don Heberlein (Kaw). . +25 A: 1. Davey Coombs (SUl); 2. Mark Guy (Yam); 3. JeU Steinrock (Yam); 4. Craig Martin (Kaw); 5. Kevin Claytor (SUl). +25 B: I. Gregory Payne (SUl); 2. Ray VagarasolO (Hon); 3. James Miller (Hon); 4. Todd Ervin (Hon); 5. Steve Kiesler (Kaw). +30 A: I. Jeff S,einrock (Yam); 2. Mark Guy (Yam); 3. James Knisefy (Hon); 4. Joseph Oldham (Hon); 5. David Bachman (Yam). +30 B: 1. Stan Talago (Yam); 2. David Starr (Hon); 3. John McConnell (Kaw); 4. Allen Milarcik· (Kaw); 5. Todd Ervin (Hon). +40: I. Dave Curry (Kaw); 2. Skip Stewan (Kaw); 3. Tom Lewis (Hon); 4. Raymond Hoffman (Kaw); 5. David Dehner (Kaw). 125 B 0-1: I. Bobby Stovall (Kaw); 2. Josh Sweat (SUl); 3. Brian Patterson (Hon); 4. Chad Sanner (Hon); 5. Chad Kresge (Kaw). 125 B D-2: 1. Mau Maximoff (SUl); 2. William Bagwell (Yam); 3. Kirt Deboer (SUl); 4. Christopher Lykens (Kaw); 5. Shawn Schultz (Kaw). 250 B: 1. Mike Nutter (Kaw); 2. Keith Gwinn (Yam); 3. Shay Fisher (Hon); 4. Scott McGill (SUl); 5. Bill Dernastry (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Mike Stelmack (Hon); 2. Timothy Smi... (KTM); 3. Kevin Poole (KTM); 4. Dean Auen (Hon); 5. Dennis Brickles (Kaw). 125CD-I: I. An.honyGrimmeli (Hon);2. jeff Spare (Hon); 3. Donald Luther (SUl); 4. John Gosnell (Hon); 5. Eric Cooper (Hon). , 125 C 0-2: 1. Richard Ray (SUl); 2. Ryan Michalovicz(Kaw); 3. Chad Cutler (Kaw); 4. Douglas Slingsby (Kaw); 5. Bryan Philbrick (SUl). 250 CD-I: 1. James Miller (Hon); 2. Kenney Newhouse (Yam); 3. Robert Helzer (Hon); 4. Chuck Morrison (Yam); 5. Daria Khachi (SUl). 250 C D·2: I. Brad Martin (Hon); 2. Mike Bombich (Yam); 3. Mike Hill (Kaw); 4. Ron Harris (Hon); 5. Rick Michaels (Hon). OPEN C: I. Steven Hagolsky (Holt); 2. James Skok (KTM); 3. Gerald GaLTeli (Hon); 4. Donald Zaltorohak (Hon); 5. Richard Overcash (Hon). VINT: 1. Herbert Hooks (Yam); 2. Joe Volkar (Hon); 3. Mike Garcia (Mai); 4. Thomas Stokum (SUl); 5. Donald Gerhan (Yam). . COLBY: 1. Chad K,resge (Kaw); 2. Kirk Kruze (SUl); 3. Paxton Mendelssohn (Yam); 4. Kevin Anton (Hon); 5. Kevin Hafer (SUl). SCHBY: I. losh Sweat (SUl); 2. Chad Sanner (Hon); 3. Matt Maximof (SUl); 4. James Knapp (Kaw); 5. Chad Oppy (SUl). S/MINI: I. Brock Sellards (Kaw); 2. Jimmy Evans (Kaw); 3. Ronny Robinson (SUl); 4. Nicolas Wey (Kaw); 5. Travis Pastrana (SUl). 85 )4-15: I. Jimmy Evans (Kaw); 2. Antonio Magaro (Kaw); 3. Caleb Swartz (Kaw); 4. Melanie McConnell (Yam); 5. Steve Plusquellic (Hon). 85 12-13: I. Ronny Robinson (SUl); 2. Karl Scott (Kaw); 3. Amber Hughes (SUl); 4. Ryan Gates (SUl); 5. Mike BaTto (SUl). 85 7-11: 1. Nicholas Wey (Kaw); 2. Travis Pastrana (SUl); 3. Timothy Stroyne (Kaw); 4. Branden Jesseman (SUl); 5. Ryan £dixon (SUl). 65: 1. Branden Jesseman (Kaw); 2. Larry Rust (Kaw); 3. Calvin Kent (Kaw); 4. Richard Pierce (Kaw); 5. Tony Gismondi (Kaw). 51: 1. Brad McClellan (l,j); 2. Brent Maimine (Yam); 3. Gene Sluth (Yam); 4. Kyle Polter (Yam); 5. Chris Hanshaw (hj). Watkins wails on Riverfront MX By John Silva MARYSVILLE, CA, ocr. II Derek Watkins piloled his MBL Racingsponsored Honda to victory in both 125cc Intermediate motos at Riverfront Park. The 125cc Intermediate and Junior classes started together, and the first turn was full of aClion. Watkins was on an inside line, but had the door closed on him by Joe Lawwill and Junior rider Ken Bennet!. Watkins retaliated by out-jumping the early leaders in the first set of doubles, and when the riders emerged from'turn three, Watkins had taken over the lead. Lawwill maintained second place with Bennett and Robb Fosberg in tow. Watkins began lo stretch out a lead, and was over five bike lengths ahead of Lawwill as he entered the finish-line rockers. Shane Medford made a move and jumped up into fourth place on lap two. Lawwill bobbled in the back section, allowing Bennett to slip his Kawasaki into second place. Out from, Watkins £lew his Honda brazenly, never backing off despite a nearly insurmountable lead over second place. Watkins was especially impressive in the rockers, revving his bike to the limit and skimming through the roughest sections. Watkins cruised in for first, but Bennett had to battle to the flag for second place. Medford came on strong in ·the last lap, but had to settle for third. The second moto started well for Watkins, as he led the pack from the drop of the start gate. Lawwill was second and Bennett was third. Watkins showed no mercy, and put his Honda on a pace that rapidly distanced him from the field. ~ennett moved under Lawwill to steal second on lap two. Medford moved up also, assuming fOllrth place behind Lawwill. Forsburg had some problems finding a comfortable line in the early laps, but got it together by midrace, moving up to fifth place. With two laps remaining, Lawwill regained second by reacting quickly to a slip by Bennett. Al the checkered flag, Watkins notched another win, finishing a half-lap ahead of second place. Behind Watkins the battle was closer, but Lawwill held on to second ahead of Bennett, with Medford and Forsberg rounding out the top five.

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