Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

The Wuhougel tnlck kept rid.... on their toes land hands and headsl all day long. Ewn 12& .... 2&Occ Pro wino .... Jim Anderson l2441 got bounced around. Results Sullivan smokes 'em at Tulare n By COni Jones TULARE, CA, MAY SO It's not the four-leaf clover that Rod Sullivan has on his leathers that brought him the wins in the 250 and 500cc Expert races. In- 52. . stead, horsepower and expertise were combined to master the new IT track at the Tulare Fairgrounds. After a slight delay and one restart in the 2505, Sullivan shot off the line and into the first tum followed by the rest of the pack. As Sullivan dwindled down the six.lap main, the real race was for second between Jim Toews and Rob Warren, but Toews nosed Warren out at the finish for second. In the 125cc Novice class, it looked to be a sure win for Jeff Turner from Visalia until Wes Richard squeezed out another ounce of horsepower to make it a dose race at the finish with Tumer still out front. Robert Land read the starter and got the holeshot in ll!5cc Expe,rt which gave him a comfortable lead going into the first tum followed by Eddie Alberti, Craig Howard and Mike Jones. Jones dropped to the low groove to pasa Howard and Alberti which put him in second. It became wheel-towheel racing for second with Jones missing a shift coming out of the leftbander onto the sweeper, and he could never make up the distance on Howard. Fourteen nden pulled to the line for the 500cc Expert main event. Mike Garrilon got the holeshot (too much so to satisfy starter Steve Monger), but the red flag was thrown for a restart. On the restart, Rod Sullivan was first off the line and in full command when a pileup in the right-hander brought out the red flag for the second time. The race was restarted single file. Bobby Garrison jumped from second to first with Sullivan tucked in on his rear wheel. Going into the first tum, Garrilon got sideways, and Sullivan took the outside, slipping in to take the lead with Garrilon recovering to take third. In the Open Expert class, once again it was Harley-Davidaon-mounted Doug GarrisOn taking the win by a large margin over Shawn Leopold and Carroll "Huggy Boy" Jackson. This race was dedicated to ,2!l-yearold Steve Allilon, 125U, who was fatally injured Friday, May 29 in a truck/motorcycle accident. Our deepest sympathy goes to Steve's parents, Mr. &: Mrs. Bill Allison of Tulare. God speed Steve. , ' .. PEE WEE: 1, J8Mln _ - . . , lVoml: 2. Toytor lVoml: 3. Mllce IIeccorra lVoml. 80 NOVIEX: 1. Croig Howord lVom): 2. Ouone WIIoon lVoml: 3. IIorty CIIrtc lV"",l. lOll JRJEX: 1. Croig _ d lVoml: 2. Coon Snell (Yoml: 3. Joe A"'lVoml. 125 NOV: I.JeIITu.-lVom): 2. W. RIcUrd(Suz); 3. Fronk Wloham lVom). 125 JR: I . Bulfy McKinney lVoml. 125 EX IPROTESTED): 1. R - . lMld lVom): 2. Croig _lVom): 3. Mike .lor.-lVoml. 200 JRJEX: 1. Richerd Hoger lVom): 2. Bobby _lVom): 3. Gone Koll.-men (Bul). 250 NOV: 1. Shun Royno lVom): 2. Herb Wolff (Yoml; 3. ~ Ou....., lVom). 250 JR: 1. TIm CIIrtc lVoml: 2. AIon Urios (Yom); 3. Cunio _ (Kow). 250 EX: 1. Rod Sull'- IYom): 2. Jim Toowo (Yom):' 3, Rob W.".., lVom). 500 NOV: 1. D8Io Sidebonom lVoml: 2. Tom Leech lVom): 3. Tony ""'oIolV""'l. 500 JR: 1. Mike Gfohom lVom); 2. Jim Lynch IY"",I; 3. Bob S_lVoml. 500 EX: 1. Rod SullMm lVom): 2. Miko Gorrioon lV8II1): 3. Bobby Gorrioon tHanI. OPEN NOV: " 51.... Mortin IT.): 2. Rick Horpo< lVom). OPEN JR: ,. Jim J_ _ lMo!). Lynch IT,il; 2. Soon R~ IT,i): 3. OPEN EX: 1. Doug Gorrioon (H-O!; 2. Shown lIIopoId . IYoml: 3. Com>II Jockoon IT,i). DOY: 1. John SoIlZml1n: 2. Allen EllebrllCht: 3. _'Gre.->. OPEN DOY: 1. Eddie Alberti: 2. Don coIoon. DOY PP: I . CorIo CIIrtc: 2. <>-g;o _ ; 3. _ .. CIIrtc. Anderson wins twice at Washougal MX ByActionOl WASHOUGAL, WA, MAY!ll Jim Anderson is back. Even though not fully healed from a first turn crash at the Gold Cup event on May 10, he won both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes today at Washougal MX Park. Arne Hellman, once he got serious, won the hotly contested Open Pro class. It was advenised in the Portland papers that Rick Burgett, fonner National Open champion, was back and would be at his home track. He was. The first moto of the day was the 250cc Pro class. Rick came off the line behind Anderson in fourth place. By the end of the first lap, he had passed Jimmy and seemed headed for a good payday. Near the end of the new series of whoop-de·doos is where it happened. Burgett had cleared the first set of unrhythmic whoops when, in trying to completely clear the three remaining ones, his front wheel came down into the front side of the last whoop, fully compressed the forks and popped Rick off. The motorcycle came over on top of him and snap went the collarbone, broken in the same spot as a former break. Very sad on this 25th birthday of a great human bein$. Rick Burgett has to be the greatest smgle public relations rider Yamaha has ever had. Everyone was crushed when this untimely thing happened. We can only imagine what kind of competition there would have been between Anderson and Burgett. Anderson looked back fleetingly then roared off. Tim Michlitseh (Kaw) ran two laps 'n second until Robby Watilo (Yamaha of Salem) passed him. Clay Azar (Mai), back from a long layoff and on a new machine, blasted by Watilo and flogged it for second at the flag. Robby took third, Bruce' Irwin (Sm) from Woodland picked up fourth spot, and Steve Smith (Yam) rounded out the top five. The second moto saw Anderson grab the holeshot and go all the way. Jim was able to cool it, for him, a bit with an outstanding lead. Arne Hettman (Newberg Honda) began a charge that had the crowd in the tower cheering. When Hettman wants to, he can be a serious threat. Anyway, he picked up precious seconds as Smith and Azar began a battle that saw them swap back and forth on the fifth and ninth laps. Bruce Irwin, meanwhile, moved steadily into contention and on lap 11 passed both fot third place. Azar held off Smith for fourth. There were many good dices going on all through the pack. The overall finishes were Anderson number one, Azar two with his 2-4 finishes, Irwin was third with a 4-!l day, Smith was fourth with 5-5, and Don Knoblauch' picked up fifth place overall. The Open Pros were the next Pro class in the race order, and it was a super good race. Arne Hettman again rode his Honda like the wind but not without several scares from Don Knoblauch (Yam). Hettman had a fair lead and was doing well until he started his "styling" form and gave up good ground to Knoblauch with his antics. Don made the pass on the last lap, number II, to take the first moto. Hettman finished second. Jerry Ebert (Steve's Yamaha) made his presence known by planting himself on the rear knobby of Lyle Schoppert (Mai) and pushing him to the flag. The second moto was a different story for Arne as he got serious and not only timed the gate on the nose but wired the II laps with no threat this time. Knoblauch came from a sixth off the line to pass into second when time ran out for a second overall behind Hettman. Eben moved his Yamaha into third and the same overall. Schoppert got fourth overall and Randy Thompson (Hon) was fifth. The 125cc Pro class was last in the Pro class rotation and Rowdy Blasdell took off from the scratch. He moved his Suzuki around the track for lOlaps until Jim Anderson (Yamaha support) passed him on the last lap. These two are beginning to become legend around here. It's almost down to who gets the best start as to who is going to win, barring mechanicals of course. Mike McCormick (Yamaha support) was on this Sunday and ran very close to the top two, taking the flag for third. Doug Massey (Bellevue Suzuki) also ran well and diced it to fourth. Randy Crisman (Suz) took the fifth spot this first moto. The second moto roared to life as the starter held up the two-minute board. Crisman was first to the turn and held it for a lap until passed by Blasdell. Rowdy was roaring. But right there was Anderson and before lap three was into the record books, he had made the move on Blasdell to lead the remaining nine laps. Blasdell ran hard to a second for the same overall while Cristnan took third for a 5-S day and fourth overall. McCormick ran as well as he had in many a weekend to place a strong third overall. I think Mike's in training; it shows. Massey had a 5-9 day and topped off fifth overall. Every once in a while, strange things happen to motocrossers, things you can't explain. This was the case at Washougal today, injuries right and left and for no apparent reason_ Years have gone by without things like this happening, but on this day, the moon must have been in its ascension or whatever. A~yway, the racing was excellent in all classes. Bill Nayor didn't win the Old Timers class; Gary Bonds did, and that's unusual. Results 125 PRO: 1. Jim _ l V o m l ; 2. Rowdy_ !Suzl; 3. Mllce McCormick lVoml. 250 PRO: I . Jim _ lVoml; 2. CIov 10.- (Moil: 3. Bruce Irwin !Suzl. OPEN PRO: 1. Arne HIInrnon tHan): 2. Don K_lVoml; 3. Jorry EborIlVom). OT: 1. Gory Bonde (Han); 2. BiN Novtor lVoml: 3. John McHolfi lVoml. 3G-lO A: 1. John Englioh lVoml: 2. Jim Perko lVoml: 3. AlIIlr. lJlIIow 1Suz). 3G-lO B: 1. _ BuIIerno< lVoml: 2. Gory Troglin (Suzl. tKTMI: 3. John _ 3G-lO C: I. Jorry _ l V o m ) : 2. S _ Kootol ISuzl: 3, Denny Femri10 (Kaw). PEE WEE: 1. Jell Doiley lVom): 2. IIflltl An1Dn lVom): 3. Gront kgslrom lVom). MINI C: ,. Chortoo 0 - lKowI: 2. Corey Whitok.lVoml; 3. _ K _ (Han). MINIINT: 1, Jon Niemi lHon); 2. Jell MiloolVom); 3. T,ocy BolhollKowl. MINI EX: I. W_ An1Dn lVom); 2. T o d d _ IKow); 3. Monty HiIIISuz). lOll B: ,. 5 _ .lor.-ISuz): 2. O,J. WOln.-ISuzl: 3. Miko'- (Suzl. 125 JR A: ,. St.... .lor.- (Suz): 2. Rend'( W_ IYom); 3. Rob WI_ISuzI. 1251NT: 1. Rick Ilozorth (Suzl; 2. Keith _lVom): 3. J. . Dirko (Suzl. 250 JR: 1. Dewovno Roborls (Yoml: 2. John T _ ISuzI: 3. Soon DoubfowIltV lHuol. 250 INT: 1. Shone _ock lVom): 2. 0tMt Eokin (Hon): 3. Chuck Deboe ISuz). OPEN INT: 1. Rick Wytdor IKowI: 2. s-n Philtipo (Suzl: 3. CI",- _ _ (Hanl. OPEN JR: 1. Mllce Ruick lVoml: 2. Soon Doubrouk (Huo): 3. 0-. Coddington lHueI. Shine smokes Cross·UpMX By Suanne Light BEND, OR, MAY SI The sun was hot, and the track was dry today at race three of the Cross-Up Summer Series, making for a dusty but excellent day of racing. Bend rider Terry Shine (Yamaha Store) shined brightly in both motos, winning the second for the overall in the hotly-contested 125cc class. In Pro action, Salem area riders Mike Holbrook (Sm Sports Center) and Clay Light (Yamhill Yam) dueled in all t~ of their 250cc motos. Moto one of the 125cc class saw Larry Brumwell (Yam) blast to the front of the combined Junior/Intermediate pack with Shine in hot pursuit. Lynn Graves (Hon of Bend) and Karl Ruiter (Yam) began arguing over second while racing was getting quite close for the lead. Brumwell kept it to the flag with Shine a close second, Graves third and Ruiter fourth over Harry Reed (Sm) who held the rest of the pack back for fifth. The second go had Shine smoke his way into the lead leaving the battle between Graves and first-moto winner Brumwell. Shine's lead was untouchable, and he took the win for the overall with his 2-1 over Brumwell's I!l and Graves' !l-2. In combined 250/0pen Pro action, Clay Light put his LOP support ride into the lead with a killer holeshot over John Ayers (Yam of LaPine), Mike Holbrook, and Open riders Roger Norris (Hus) and Tom York (Yamaha Store). The way Light was busting benns, he looked to be an early runaway, but on lap two, Ayers and Holbrook closed in on the leader. All three traded paint, literally using each other

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