Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. . . ••dco.COlow y ·.O ·.o~D . .ota DUo..••••wuk••K -o 3. Mike WlIIk", lVam). 250 JR: 1. Curtis Eveleigh IYaml; 2. Don Pauloon; 3. Randy Goorve ISUll. 250 SR: 1. J.D. _ lVaml; 2. Dan _ lVam); 3. Tom KuhllVam). OPEN JR: 1. Torry Doitz lVaml; 2. Jerry JonM (Yaml; 3. Tom _ . OPEN SR: 1. Don _ lVaml; 2. GOfy Gibbs lVam); 3. David Emeridt 1Vam). o 00 0') r-4 .... Jones and Brand reign at Cowpatty National < By Charlie Wiese '"" 0.. FT. WORTH, TX, MAR. 8 .. Jesse WeBBels enroute to fourth 250ee Sr. at Phillipsburg. KS MX. MidwestMX Championship prelude in Kansas By Mitch Rorabaugh PHILLIPSBURG, KS, MAR. 16 The Phillips County Motorcycle Association opened the 1980 season with a motocross here on a cold and gusty day. Sixty riders .. .. .. 36 did their best to ignore the adverse weather conditions as they attacked the well·groomed course, which included some new rough sections on the east side.. Kyle Pearson led the IOOcc class off the line in the first moto of the program. David Green joined him during the first lap and they put quite a distance on the pack as their battle pursued. After a pass and a repass in two consecutive turns, things really began to wann up. The next lap Green clipped Pearson with his front tire and fell. He quickly restarted and within one lap caught up and passed Pearson for the lead for good. Mark Wells took third, Jim Anheim claimed fourth and Frank Reno moved up 10 fifth. Corey Cope, who finished way down in the first moto results due to bike problems, passed both Green and Pear· son early in the second molO to win it in the end. Pearson held on to second throughout the moto ahead of Green to win the overall for the day. Green tallied a 1-3 score fot second while Anheim came in with a paiT of fourths for thi rd overa II . Russell Woodson, Danny Heller and Wayne Lanning led the I 25cc Juniors at the start of their moto. On the second lap, R. Pickering blitzed past them all and looked like he would run away with it. On the sixth lap he fell and found himself behind Heller and new leader John Felr.as. Pickering then got by Heller who finished third ahead of Curt Jones and Woodson. In the second moto the first five places never changed. Pickering won it and the overall, Jones took second for second overall and Heller finished third for third overall. Kurt Johnston, last year's Number One KMSA 125cc Senior, smoked the troops in both motos of their race. Early leader Craig Robl endoed hard in some deep whoops halfway into the first lap. Though not seriously hurt, it ended his riding for the rest of the day. Johnston passed Jeff Bargall the next lap for the lead and nevet IooIted back. Bargall, Duane Burne and Mike WaIlter finished second through fourth. Johnston. BargaU and WlIlker ~- the whole second moto in positions one, two and three. Todd Davis, Burney and Mitch Rorabaugh raced among themselves, however, before finishing fourth through sixth. Mark Wells and Joe Beinke were the only Mini Seniors entered in the Mini race. Wells won the first moto and was guaranteed victory the second time around when Reinke dropped out early. . The Mini Junior event was won handily by Jonathan Pancake on his Yamaha. Roddy Dill led the first lap of the first moto before being passed by Pancake and Walter Schultz. Schultz dropped back and finally out with bike problems as Pancake went on to win ahead of Dill, Todd Wellman and Johnny Salida. The order remained the same throughout the second moto for all the riders. KMSA Number One Cun Eveleigh provided the excitement in the 250cc Junior class as he worked his way up from a last· place start to win the first moto. Randy George rode his Suzuki into second at the checkered after a third-place stan. Don Paulson and Mark Kumle followed in third and fourth. Gary Yager, who was an early leader on a borrowed Yamaha, dropped out on the fourth lap for unknown reasons. A crash by Paulson early in the second moto turned the lead over to Eveleigh. Yager took advantage of the situation likewise to- nab second place. Paulson recovered midway through the moto to pass George for third and claim second overall behind Eveleigh. Norton racer J.D. Sanderson slOle the show in the 250cc Senior class by winning both motos wire-to-wire by large margins. Dan Hoover worked his way into second each time fOT second overall ahead of Tom Kubl and Jl!5se Wessels who tied on overall points. Although Terry Deitz and Jerry Jones fought it out in each moto of the Open Juniors, Deitz held the winning position on the final few laps. Tom Bohl and Greg Peterson repeated their third and fourth scores in each moto. Local rider Dan Hoover won each of the Open Senior mOlOS. His main worry was Yamaha-mounted Gary Gibbs who, along with Hoover, would pull away from the pack in each moto despite both getting poor starts. Third overall for the day behind Gibbs was David Emerick from Hoxie. Phillipsburg's next race will be April 6, the first race of the Coors Midwest Motocross Championship. Results MINI JR: 1. Jonathon Pancako lVaml; 2. Roddy Oil IYaml; 3. Todd Wollman lVam). MINI SR: 1. MOfk W.... lVam); 2. Joe Iloinko. 100.: 1. Kyle Paoroor\ lVoml; 2. OlIvid Gr.." lVom); 3. Jim Anhoim lVaml. 125 JR: 1. R. PlclII Richard IYaml; 3. Danny Star_IYam). 125 NOV: 1. Chris Parker IYam); 2. Oonnie Holcomb IHan); 3. Paul Yark IYam). MICRO MINI: 1. B<."t Wedding IYom); 2. Ollie Star_IYam); 3. Robbio Davis ISOl). 100cc: 1. John Mid_on IYaml; 2. Mark _ ISOlI; 3. Stoey Glen lVom). OVER 30: l. Troy Ropp IYam); 2. Richerd Shirley IHanl; 3. Alen Davis ISuzI. 125 INT: 1. Paul McLoin ISOl); 2. Richard Shirley IHan); 3. Scott Davis IHanI. 125 PRO: ,. DlIvid . - ISOlI; 2. 0..01< Wedding IYaml; 3. Dennis Il

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