Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I N_.oiiii:iitE~"""-"'''·_'' __ N''''''''''''O~W'''_'''''''u-A ~ (Continuedfrom page 15) E o The Open Juniors, often an 0v.erlooked bunch, put on a show-stoppmg performance today. Nick Bishop (Mai) 00 had it all the way in the first moto, but 0') in moto two Bishop, "Scootin' Scott" .-I Dorman (Mai) and Dave Coker (Ya,m) ~ led each other a merry chase usmg c:<":l every alternate line to yield a constant1-0 Iy changing order. Th~ fall. of the G) checkered flag found BIShop In first, ~ Coker second and Dorman third . Scott Rebuck (Suz) put together two G) well-cushioned wins to skim off all the U top 125cc Expert payback. Larry ColeG) man (Hus) holeshot moto one with Q Steve Vlahos (Suz) in second followed by Rebuck and Rodney Smith (Yam). Vlahos finished second, Jim Cressa (PRE) third. Smith holeshot moto two with Chris Ladd (Suz) in second off the line, Cressa third. Cressa cropped up in a different position each lap of both motos. In the second moto, he first crashed backwards, but mostly he was on the move forward and scored third overall.I ts e Resu 125 EX: 1. Scott Robuck ISuzl; 2. Rodney Smith (Y.m);3. Jim Cr.... IPREI. 250 EX: 1. Dove Wood (Y.ml; 2. Dove Coupe {M.il; 3. Allen Berluti IMaiI. OPEN EX: 1. Dove Coupo lMaiI; 2. Eric McKenne (Mllil;3.DoveWoodIVoml. 125 ~R~~ ~ ~Isuz~ 2. Cory Centaloupi 1 IVIm;. • moo . IS~3J~·V-:"~~- (Yoml; 2. Brian Megee 3 g:,Nc:.: 1~~ Bishop IMail; 2. Dove Clark (Moil; ',25 NOV l;1V I: 1. 'Brian Su"""",,,IVoml; 2. Ted Stee (Suzl; 3. Todd Job lHonI. FO~~'::;~.~~~. IVoml; 2. Richerd 2SO NOV: 1. Jim Carpont.. IHonl; 2. St... Magnoni lSuz~~~:i'D.::""'~~)ISuzl;2.00nnisCassidy IMoiI;3. MikoLui (Y.m). 100 NOV: 1. Rick Carrel ISuzl; 2. Lou Hondor1on IS'fJb~~~~;"I. WOMEN NOV: 1. Donne McGlohin ISuz); 2. Pom WohIIVom); 3. Shirlyn Smith lHonI. WOMENJR:l.MarcyLowisISuzl. IIO lNOV l · M 3 .: 8ICUS_ Sabado (Yoml; 2. Gory Smith IVom; . nenk WiI lVam. I IlOJR:1. ScottSchubortlVoml. 110 EX: 1. Tim Aston IVaml. OT NOV : 1. J... Gallo 1M '1 2 D . Th IMllil;3. Abo SonchezISuzl. .,; . onnos ompson OTJR: 1.Jim Heinrich (KTMI; 2. Mike McKooIV.ml; 3.J..... 00enIV.m). OTEX: 1. Bill Bernie Fr.nzo IV.ml; 2. HilarioP, Saborl VET NOV: ,. McClinton (DMSI. (Vaml; 3. Jimmy D. HobbsiVaml. VET JR: 1. Jim Arbogast IM.il; 2. Harv Dunham IM~h EX: 1. Buzz Pressor (Husl; 2. Poto Port.. (Moil. 5 croggIAS, J ohASOn, FreItaS score at Hills Ferrv ST - - I By Bill Spencer NEWMAN, CA, NOV. 8 Shon track racing lives on and on despite the coming of winter 18 • with Hills Ferry scheduling races on the quaner-mile oval through out November. There are lots of points to get before the new season comes OD. Winkie Freitas did In all the Mini . . Experts twice WIt b C\.-'- Carr taking una second in both 80 and l00cc Expert · 1 CalleS. J aaon P aoI1 took top J ' UDior honors with Ted Taylor the best of the Novice Minis. Steve Hill won the 250cc Novice main over Dana Douglas who left the Mini ranks recently. while Chad Felicio won the 250ccJunior over Chris Roelk. A good 250cc Expert run was won by Bruce Johnson in a lead 'em·all-the· way. A lot of changing behind put Kim Jorgensen in for second over Kenny Netto and AlexJorgy. Barry Olsen beat out Eric Lewis for the Open Novice honors while Steve Nunes showed he knows the best way around the Open Junior claaa beating out Marvin Lewis. Craig Scroggins put in the best moves of the day getting around Danny MooTl: for the Open Expert win on the Dave Bird KRframed Yamaha monoshock TT500 while Stu McDaniels took third. Results 100 EX: 1. Wmkie _(Y_I; 2. Chris c., ISuzl. IlOJR:1.JeoonPlloliIVoml. IlO NOV: 1. Ted Tayb IVom); 2. Jolf Benghlly ISuzl. ~~~=:':"~=tt~~~·uzl. - 2SOJR: 1. ChIld Felicia IK-t; 2. Chris '!o"Ik IVom). 2SO EX: 1. Bruce ~ (Ylml; 2. K,m Joo-_ IC-Al; 2. Ken Neno (Yom). OPEN NOV: ,. Bony 0I0en IVoml; 2. Eric lewio IV~N JR: 1. Stelle _ (Yoml; 2. Monrin lewio (Yom). OPEN EX: 1. Cr8ig SaogginoIVIm); 2. DennyMOOfO IHonl 3 S _ McOaniolo (Yom) ; . . McElroV pulls .-t I out at W's MX series By Wretched Racer NOV 2 WINNEMUCCA, N V , . The weekend before this, the last race of the Flying W's Fall MX Se . . I d D' k B nes, points ea er IC uttner broke his leg while motocrossing at Yerington, NV. That left the Pro field open for runner-up Al "Gonzo" MEl his Sh' J M' c rollYth0n. trt II azz bl a1co to gra b a e senes overa mar es. Ideal cool, clear racing weather and a track in good condition, although very dry, greeted the 105 signed_up racers. The com b'm ed Pro c Iass b egan the festivities with Conrad StilSer (KTM) getting the fl1'5t moto holeshot closely followed by 125cc pilot Robbie Hadlock's Moto-X Fox Yamaha. By lap three, McElroy had come up from fifth to take the lead. While scratching along a close second, St'••• ' mac hi ne qUI and he drop..-l .t l~rs r-~ back edtoh.strlaggdlef in hlast. MCEIrhoy secur tS ea or t e rest 0 f t e ( .) ed moto while Dan Lawson Mal mov . d mto seconk . H dl . h d f d a oc was gomg ar or secon overall and got by Lawson momentar'1 t th I y - Wh 0 t h en put H a dl DC k'moe snow fence for his pains. On the last lap, the leading 250cc Pro, Idahoan Derrick Personette (incidentally, all the 250cc Pros were from Boise), nipped both Hadlock and Lawson for second overall. After fouling the rubber band on their first try at getting started, the Pros' second moto got under way with McElroy and Lawson one-two and it stayed that way to the checkered. Hadlock and Personette finished threefour overall and won their classes handily. . All the Juniors ran together m one hard-fighting bunch. The entire field .. . was competitive and they a II fi!DIS hed on the same lap. Jay Heying aced the field with his 250cc Honda first moto followed by Chester Martinmaas' Honda thumper and Jerry "Space Cowboy" Canonic (Mai). Second moto, Tim Dyer (Yam) took . t hpomt wIre to wIre f 0 II owed cl ose IY e " by Dan Dossey (Yam). Heying and Leonard "Horny" Hornbarger (Mai) slugged it out for first 250/third overall until Heying lit the afterburner and boogied by Dossey into second overall. The Open Novice bash was relatively sedate for that class. First moto, Eric Schacht (Mai) led beginning to end. For most of the moto, Mark Martinmaas' Hondazuki was right on Schacht's back knobby until, on the second to last lap, Maninmaas slowed a bit and Art Scott (Mai) got by for second spot. Second moto, "Hole" Schacht holeshot, but Maninmaas muscled into the lead by the time the first half of the lap was over and held it all the way. Schacht and Scott finished second and third SO Schacht's one-two score was good for the overall win. An added attraction for the series wrap' up was a handicapped club race for Flying W's members. Eric Schacht came right off his Open Novice motos to win the club race with Leonard Hornbarger breathing down his neck all the way. After doing it in the dirt, the racers retired to the Winners Inn Casino for trop~y presentation and drawings for $3000 worth of contingencies. Everybody attending went home with someI \.:___ t h'mg - 0' Wretc hed IJ..ll»Clf won the grand prize of a full set of Hi.Point leathers, helmet, boots, etc. Which goes to show that it's better to be lucky than good. Many heartfelt thanks to sponsors Winners Inn, Hi.Point, Shirt Jazz and others contributing to the success of the Flying W's Fall Series. Because of chronic problems with the summer·dried track and conflicts with local hunting seasons, the W's are planning to move their annual MX . .. h l senes to spnngume. Watc eye e News Calendar for the announcements. Results OPENEX:1.A.McEI,oyIMail;2.D.l..owIon(MaiI;3. S. See IHUIl. 2SO EX: 1. D. _ lSuzI; 2. T. KubitIchok n(awl;3. G. CoIlinghllm(Ylml. . ~~~~:R .~~~om); 2. C. Mortinmoos j IHonI; 3. T. OyorIVImI. 2SO JR: 1. J. Hoying lHonI; 2. L. Hornberger IMaiI; 3. G.OoICarIoIVoml. 125 JR: 1. D. Snodgr-. (Yoml; 2. W. HoImick lKawI. OPEN NOV: 1. E. SchIIc:ht IMoil; 2. M. Mortinmoos 1~~~~.I="IHonI;2.S.Canolvoml;3.D. FeldhllustKawI. La~ ~~1: M. Riipi IVIm); 2. K. McRae lHonI; 3. D. VET EX: 1. M.1nvin IMoiI; 2. R. Wyont IMaiI. VET JR: 1. R. Ince IMoiI; 2. T. HalIIHusI; 3. A. Broy IM.~ NOV R R"lip'. (YIml; 2.. Aunllot IHUll; 3.R. D Hilb:.hlSuzi"'· or NOV: 1. T. Fi-"", IMoiI; 2. J. Helming lKawI; 3. A. Vogt lKawI. 100 NOV: 1. D. Conway (Yoml; 2. J. Vdiondo IVoml. IlO JR: ,. R. Kay (Yaml; 2. J. Koth (V-I. IlO NOV : 1.. ~- (Suz; 2.B R ~ IVam; 3.. C ~, I . o~~ I B FiorylHonI. Th umper ta k es AFM endurance race By Karl Okamoto SONOMA, CA. NOV. 2 Gary Breeder and John Buddenbaum, two veteran AFM com. od . I d peUtors, r e consistent y an without mechanical difficulty to capture the AFM North's third annual endurance roadrace, Enduro III, at Gold S I . I R en tate nternauona aceway. Broeder and Buddenbaum (Palo AI to Yama ha XT500) too k over t h e lead two hours and 38 minutes into the four-hour race when the leaders, Rich Oliver and Jon Woo (Kawasaki 1015), pitted with a flat tire. Oliver and Woo recovered soon an d worke d up to beat Tom Ballantyne/Willi Scheffer/Wendell Phill'IpS on a Suzu k'I GSll°0o r t h e " f class win, but couldn't catch the smaller bikes that were many laps ahead. After time trials, the lineup at the staggered start showed Mark Ingalls, last year's winner, held the pole position on his Norton 850. Beside him was Kerry Bryant on his 1015cc Kawasaki, Tom Ballantyne on the Suzuki 1130, Syd DeSoto, returning to racing with his turbocharged Suzuki GSIOOO, and Steve Epstein on his Honda CBX. After the flag fell for the start (10 seconds separated each class), Bryant forged out ahead of the pack with team· mate Gennady Liubimsky maintaining the lead over Oliver/Woo. However, just short of the two-hour mark, the Bryant/Liubimsky team was sidelined for about 20 laps with a flat tire. The lead was inherited by Oliver/ Woo, but they too incurred a flat and pulled in for repairs. As a general rule, all teams suffered some kind of breakdown. Ingalls, last year's singlehanded winner, was teamed with Vance Br~; Vance never had a chance to ride as Mark completed only three circuits before a solder on his ignition came loose. The Wasco/Lind·sponsored Honda XL500 of Pat Eagan, Bruce Lind and Mike Ross broke even earlier, a victim of a broken chain. Bernd Koegler and Frank Mazur, riding Koegler's reliable Honda, broke about a dozen rearwheel spokes after maintaining fifth place for three hours. "Well, the motor still runs good," mused Koegler. The Craig O'Connor/Steve Epstein Honda CBX failed to finish for the second year in a row, falling to the same problem. "Blew it up again," lamented Craig O. The SGR team of Bob Runyon, Dave Garoutte, and Doug Draper displayed a valiant effort on their DKG-framed hR' k . h 0 Yama a D430 m eepmg t e pen class bikes at bay most of the race. The new AFM Number One for 1981, John f 'd' .h Glover 0 Costa Mesa, was n mg WIt Ashley Rice. Also in attendance was the new AFM Number Two, Glen Shopher of Concord. Since the race was run under AFM Superstreet ru Ies, a II top c lass fimlSh ers . were tested for noise emissions and functioning charging systems. The Scott Gray/Brian Manley Honda was ruled too noisy and the Hi-Desert Kawasaki KZ750 ridden by Mark Shelton and Mike Krolick was awarded top 750cc honors. Ironically, the winner's ignition failed just after the checkered flag came out. "It began to miss on the last lap, and it quit on the cool.down lap," remarked Gary Broeder. Gary was able to pinpoint the problem after the race and soon had the Palo Alto Yarnaha running again. "We didn't have any problems," he continued. "It was 'stop bike _ change rider _ lube chain, ..' said Broeder, whose 500 is really bored out to 534cc. . The endurance race was the last AFM event at Golden State this year. The next AFM roadrace will be the 1981 season opener in late March or April, preceded by the Northern Chapter awards banquet in January. Results OVERALL: ,. Gary Brooder/John Buddonbaum (Vaml; 2. Mark Shelton/Mike Krolick IKawI; 3. Bob RunyonlDovo GoroulloiDoug 0._ (Yoml; 4. Andy MaltonilDan Anderson IVaml; 5. Rich Oliver/Jon Woo (Kaw); 6. Tom BallantynolWiliio SchofferlWondeIl Phillips ISuzl; 7. Steven ~..,/Rich Basford IKawl; 8. Dale AiellBndorlLarry IKawl; IV-I; Mike McLoughlinIWode Boyd Schenck 10. James g.Gordon! Miko Stubblefield/Brian Tilteth/Gory Hanks IVoml. OJ: 1. Runyon/GoroulIo/ (Yom); 2. - / Schenk IVoml; 3. GordonlStubblofietdmloothlHanks IV.ml; 4. Tom Larrkard/Michool JordanlTracy Demuro lHonI;5. Michool WISOIogeIIDorliel Kell(Vom). 600: 1. B,ooderlBuddonboum (Y.m); 2. MaltonU I.\nderson (Voml; 3. David WhitolRhen Cott.. ISuzl; 4. T.C. Myers/Boll MeyerslT'om O'Hara/Jim l .... lYom); 5. Woody1. Shelton/Krolick IKawl; 2. Tom T..",1Roymond 750: StruysiPoteStruysIHon). Carson (Norl; 3. Andy OsbornlZei T..liun IKaw); 4. Eric P.loheimo/RossPutnem/S,O\IOLongeISuz), OPEN: 1. OliverlWoo (Kawl; 2. BallantynelSchelf../ Phillips ISuzl; 3. Kerr/Basford (Kawl; 4. Mcloughlin/ Boyd IKawl; 5. K BryantiGennady liubimsky IKawl. ..ry Turnridge tops High Desert 100 By Action OZ MILLICAN VALLEY, OR, OCT. 26 The Cascade M.C. of Bend, OR, comprised mainly of Joe, Denny and Larry, had an idea. The club has been laying out the High

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