Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

•••••dco·COlo do••,.. .Ia.·.o.t ·.o DaIlot.·So.tla DaIlo It k ••B ·Okl ·T dco-Colo d ,........ Cenl..al Pipeline Amateurs attack Kansas City Supercross By Dick Ainsworth KANSAS CITY, MO, MAY 3 With the sounds of Mark Barnett's factory Suzuki still echoing from the night before, amateur riders over 400 / .. jammed the suging a~a for 10 houn of practice, qualifying, motos and run-offs in the Kansas city Amateur Supercons in Arrowhead Stadium. In all, 44 motos were run with five runoffs fro those classes with large entry bits_ CRC used a two moto program rather than the heat and final stadium format. This was the first look at California Racing Club (CRG) in the Midwest and compliments and praise flowed for their well or~anized show. NMA points w~ also given, but this was entirely a CRC operation. Kenny Bollineier led Robby Peters and Bobby Lowman in the Senior Mini class for half a lap until Peters took it away as Dustie Jenkins mov...d into third. The last moto had Chuck Jones and Chester Otey leading the way. Bryan Bruner charged up and took th... lead on lap three with Bollmeier taking over third. Bart Shiflelt made a shambles of Division II Senior Mini with runaway wins in both motos. His main competition cam... from Northland Kawasaki-sponsored Chuck Burgess, who was second in both matos. The finals had the top eight from each division lined up 'Wilh Shifl...lt coming out of an accident·fre... first lurn charge ov...r p... ters. J...ff Row.... Bruner and Todd Heeren. Peters stayed with Shiflett for two laps, but Bart quickly pull...d away from th... pack. On the last lap Row... mad... his move for second. but looped it coming off a jump. giving third to Bruner. Anaheim. California's SCOlt Brown completely dominated the Junior Mini class with runaway wins in both motos. He also won both 60cc motos but he had to chase Jeff Emig for a time before he got by. Todd Elmer and Randy Golden led Ron Heppner, York Ruf, Bruce Staples and Bubba Wilson in the fint 125cc Expert moto until Golden took over. Jack Lambert came from midpack as Staples and Ruf were shoulder to shoulder. Phil Reed moved up as Lambert passed Wilson. Brad Hallak made a late charge to third ahead of Ruf, Reed and Lambert. In the last moto the first three riden fell in turn one and Golden and Reed inherited the lead. They battled for it as Rich Halstead and Jeff Schumacher moved into a scrap for third. Arkansas' Reed took the win over Golden and Hallak. Scott Phelps took the lead in the 125cc Intermediate final but crashed on the front straight, giving the lead to Mike Mowrey followed by Mitch Moyer. Two laps later Moyer took the lead for good as Phelps worked back up to fifth behind Don Williams. Hallak, Mowrey and Mo~. Jeff Schumacher shot to the front of the 250cc Expert first molO and held it until Phil Reed took it on the front chute of lap four. They banged shoulders in turn on... and Reed held it for two laps until his motor slowed. Schumacher took the lead and won. Bob Halst ad and Brad Hallak chas...d Schumach r across th... finish line. John Lamb...rt cam... out of th... startinR gate like a rock...t in molO two and led Tim Schuhz. St...ve Parr and Larry Erfman. Halst ...ad was back in the pack but moving quickly IOwards th... front. By lap thr('... he was in second and took the It'ad when Lambert ran off the track. through a string of banners and took out a flagman. Dwane Minch led Kevin Hayes in th... 250cc Novice class Division I rae... after four riders crashed in turn on . Bob Zilterich took over but crash...d in the sand pit taking Eric Yoder with him. He got up and promptly crash...d on th... front chut.... K...vin Payn... dodged bikes and bodies to win ov r Ron Kaspar and Tim Taylor. Taylor came back to win th... last molO over Hayes and Minch. Brad Jones took the lead in th... first Open Expert moto but came to a stop. David Ellis took over momentarily, but Todd Elmer got by and won as Tim Schultz and Bill Williams baltled for third with Schultz winning. Elmer got the holeshot in the last moto, but Ellis took the lead and by lap three Ellis found himself down in the sand pit. Elmer went on to win while Schultz and Dan Hoover fought over second. Hoover won out. Larry Wehch led Gary Temming in the Open Imermediate's first molO while Richard Basinger took second from Greg Garrison. Kevin Naylor led Temming in the last molO umil Temming got sideways in the sand and dropped to sixth. Garrison moved up to baltle Naylor for the lead and got it on the last lap when Naylor fell. Results llOcc MINI: 1. Scott Brown IVam); 2. .Jeff Emig IVaml; 3. Billy FoonocllIVaml; 4. DlMd O'Keefe IVam): 5. Iltyan Shrout lSuz). JUNIOR MINI: 1. Scott Brown IKawl; 2. Billy Foonocll lVaml; 3. Brad Mitchell IKawl; 4. Scon Froltlick IVam!; 5. .Jeff Emig IVlm!. SR. MINI: 1. Robby Peter. IKawl; 2. Kenny BoIlme;" IVaml; 3. Duelie Jenl IC·A); 2. Glen IVam!; 3. Conny Alkine lVaml. OVER ~ 1. 0... _ lVam.; 2. Lloyd Longmire lVamI; 3. Sam Bennen IHuel. 250 NOV: 1. Gery _ lSuzl; 2. Barry Meywe IKTM); 3. s_~ lVaml. BEG: 1. Pout _ CSuzl; 2. Ron Tumor lSuzl; 3. Chartee McOonold IHon!. MINI MINI: Krie _lVami. 125 NOV: 1. Gery _ (Suzl; 2. _ _ lVam); 3. Gery _lVami. OPEN INT: 1. S - _ lVam!; 2. Brion Z _ lVam); 3. _ W. . lHon!. OPEN EX: 1. Kevin Horton (Hue); 2. Chertie Martin _on CICTMI. 250 EX: 1. JoaIy IIaIcom (Huel; 2. Tom Curry (Hon); 3. K_ 5iImlone lVami. Brunson and Davisl Polen top Hailwood Memorial RR By Mike Reilly COLLEGE STATION, TX, APR. 25·26 The Central Road Racing Club of Texas invaded the famed Texas World Speedway for a two-day extravaganza in honor of the late Mike Hailwood. Beginning with a four· hour endurance race on Saturday and climaxing with the 30 mile sprints on Sunday, over 20 in all, the weekend very much followed in the tradition of "Mike the Bike." Both days were record setten as a dramatic contest between two teams smashed the distance mark in the Four Hour, and a t~mendous turnout both for riden and spectators on Sunday proved to be the greatest in the seven year history of the club, The TWS road course u.ses a mile of the banking that forms the nonhem half of the "world's fastest speedway." Much of the superspeedway was repaved prior to the event in preparation for several automobile events later in the year. Unfortunately, there seems to be a difference of opinion over the definition of "repaving." Turn one, which joins the banking with the infield, was so gravel strewn that it offered traction on par with an icy slalom course, and the north banlting was so rough that the mega-horsepower machines had to tiptoe through the ripples until reaching the front straightaway. Nevertheless, most endured and adapted, and the race action was only slightly diminished by the handicap. The Four-Hour Endurance race was the closest fought contest in the six year history of CRRC enduros. The fint and second place machines were separated by a mere 52 seconds at the finish. A Yamaha 750 Seca masterfully piloted by Vernon Davis and Doug Polen upset a GSIIOO Suzuki ridden by Paul Stephenson, Jon Minnono and Ronnie Lundsford. It was not only a stunning victory for the Kasson Yamaha team, but it was a

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