Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

i ~ E! Ii 00 0') .... ~ 00 >- _ :s -, .41:. ":tV NORnt~omiiE~~~~-u.c._·_c._--_w_-~sight. Hall bailed off letting "Monsoon" Manning into third dicing heavily with Kuest. A lap later, he got by but Andenon had built up such a lead, Manning hali to settle for second. Kuest was third, Davis fourth, Tremblay fifth and Hall sixth. Moto two was staged in a complete downpour. Jeff Cropper (Gresham Suz) took the lead while Thornton and Kuest kept him close'. }-Jail quickly joined the front·runnen and moved to fourth while Anderson kicked in an afterburner f9r fifth" a spot that wasn't to his liking as he moved to third when Kuest and Hall collided, causing another pileup on the uphill. Riden were seen pushing frantically as the rain came down harder. Art Kpv (Suz) was making his presence kn~~ and moved to fifth behind Cropper, Kuest, Anderson and Tremblay. Cropper lost second to Kuest after Anderson displaced both and was in command with a healthy lead. At the flag, it was Anderson tak. ing the win and the overall with a 1.1 Q 0 · over Kuest wh 0 took second WIth a "-<., Tremblay third and .third overall with 5-! moto finishes over Hall's 6-4 and Davis' 4-7. In 250cc Pro action, 20 riden braved the rain. One rider (Anderson) seemed to enjoy it and took off like a . '03un rnad d og whil,e Manmng and R on or (Hon) gave chase'. Roy Davis and Idaho 250cc champ Warren Hickman (Yam) were having a battle while Eric Eaton (Mai support) moved up t0S;ass . t hem . Eaton pICk""'> off Sun cu en Manning, moving into the lead while Sun and Manning went for ~ond. Eaton's teammate Larry Hooper moved behind Sun. Hooper bailed off hard, though, letting Kuest into fourth, but Kuest also bailed off putting Anderson, who was beginning to tire, in the spot. Sun got by Eat.on on the doubles taking the win while Manning, An d erson, . D ' and R 0 b Buff-' aVIS ...oe E ..._.... (Lancer Yam) ,0IIOwcu. <'---nd moto, announcer P at Jacob . 03a.V sen brought the crowd to their feet for another Eaton/Sun dice. On the ...._second Iap, Eaton, Sun, Anuc:...un, Manning and Kevin Jansen (Kaw sup· d portt) hehelc down the top five spots. Sun picked off Eaton, and Anderson began to put pressure on the leaden. Sun cFashed on the uphiU "bunker," and Eaton got the lead, but Anderson quickly moved by for it. Taking the win was Anderson with Eaton, Sun and Buffaloe following. Overall it was Eaton (2-2), Sun (I·!), Anderson (4-1), Buffaloe (6-4) and Hickman (7-S). Open Pro mud·o·xing proved to be another cliff hanger as Maico riden Eaton and Hooper motored to the front of the pack on their Mega Twos. Tom Poage (Olympic Yam) and Mitch Kirkpatrick (Hus) kept the leaden in sight while Sun came through the pack at a blistering pace takinK Poage and Kirkpatrick then going alter Hpoper, but tbe Hoop was uncatchab1e as was Eaton. Eric was smooth and precise, and by midway was hitting lapped traf· fie, allowing the Hoop to 'dOle the gap. Sun had rear brake problems and stayed in third while Buck Murphey (Hon) thumped to fourth over Poage and Tom Moen (Yam). Moto two had Eaton inside and Sun outside while Poage crept between the two National stan, but Eaton quickly waltzed away. Mumhey held on to an early fourth while KIrk trick pressured to pass. Sun began to t'ck of( the pace aa did Eaton, but the 17-year·old had a comfortable 1ea4 over Sun and Poage who was pou,nding the ground with a rear flat,. letting Moen move in for the kiD. EatoD took both motoI for , the overall win over Sun's !·2, Moen's 6-!, Poage's 5-4 and Kirkpatrick's 7-5. Results 125 PRO: 1. Jimmy - - . lVoml; 2. Gory K_ lVom);3.BreltT~CSuzl. J~~~::"(Mell; 2. Ron Sun (Hon); 3. OPEN PRO: 1. Eric &Ion lMelI; 2. Ron Sun (Hanl; 3. Tam~lVom). Dolqulst dazzles at SIR Yamaha Gold Cup Amateur MX By Clay and Suanne Light KENT, WA, JUNE 20.21 Kuchan (Yam). The leaden fonned a super battle while a dice for third went on between Chad Torbergson (Suz) ,and Brian Leonard. Moto two, Steele again smoked to the front at the start and kept the lead over Kuchan who stayed close but couldn't go in for the kill. Brett Benson (Kaw) took a third and Tony McAulley (Yam) fourth. Moto three on Sunday saw Fenell pull the holeshot over Steele who could taste the oveFllII but encountered bad luck and DNF after winning motos one and two. Fenell, Kuchan, Benson and Scott Zern (Suz) were trying to shake each other off while Fenell moved out and enjoyed his biggest lead of the day, also taking the win, but a 5-6-1 gave t he Oregonian second overaII behind Kuchan who went 2-2-2. Benson Kawasakied into third with a 7-!-4. h Amateur racing was packed wit action at Seattle International Raceway in both motos on Satur· day which luckily was treated to Results good weather conditions. A third moto PEE WEE: 1. Rid< SimmellVoml; 2. Jell Doily lVoml; was run in a downpour on Sunday. 3. DoroIt ....... lVoml. Two hundred fifty riden showed up to ..::....WEE~;i·~_~..:.III1I; 2. Corey do battle in Seattle .for Yamaha 100 A EX: 1. w_ .-.- lVoml; 2. Dew FtoomblInflSuzl;1 ChId_lSuzl. Perpetual Gold Cup honors and were 100 B: 1. Lonn 1_lVoml; 2. Todd Plumb CSuzl; 3. treated to a sandy, rock·laced course ~~r-~' DoIquiot lVoml; 2. !ArTy W..:I which would cause many DNFs C~3. Todd~CK8wl. throughout the weekend. ' BO B: 1. s.n R _ lVom!; 2. SCoIt _ lVoml; One of the best Amateur races Sat. 3. leoJohr-.lVoml. 125 A EX: 1. o.no KucNn lVom); 2. Donny urday was the Open A Experts with lVom);3.Brelts.-nIK8wI. some of Washington's best on the line. 125 B: 1. Jim _lVom); 2. SCoIt MI. . lVom); 3. At t he d rop 0 f tUl<' gate, C ' Stee1e 1.o.v. F._nbllnv lSuz). ralg 250 A EX: 1. lagon ~ tK8wl; 2. Rod Huffmon (Suz) took a holeshot to a substantial C~N~r~:v-~ (Yom); 2. ~ B.... lead in moto one over a charging Stan lMei);3.SCoItSmilhlMlil. Lund (Kaw). Lund closed in on Steele 250 B: 1. Rldll(lnllr CSuzl; 2. Jeny e-v (Yoml; but couldn't make the move. He still 3. Ron ...... CHonI. OPEN A EX: 1. s.n Lund lK8wl; 2. Cf8ig S _ held second over Matt Waldron (Hus) lSuz); 1_W.......,IHuo). and Michael Kulp (Mai). In moto two, Lund landed a hole· shot while Steele and Waldron made a dash to dice for second. Steele "floated" into second in a mid·air pass, but Waldron took it back in the rocky By EIRae Morgenthaler uphill that would cause frenzy to many MAPLE FALLS, WA,JUNE 14 all weekend. Lund took the win by a Steve Church returned to his large margin over Waldron, Steele .. . fi 1 ) wlOmng ways by taking lrst over· and John Cayton (Yam. all in the Mount Baker M. C. Third time out, it was all Lund as Spnng Enduro, an AMA R eglon· . . he bliued to the front of his DNF. plagued moto. Clayton tucked into al. Church, Wayne Keezer and Tom second while fint moto winner Steele Tucker all completed the event with a sli,thered into third jn the soupy con· 22 point loss. However, combined sec· ditions. Lund took the win and the onds on the emergency checks left __ 11 'm ~ wi th a 2-1-1 foU-·_.... by SteeIe's uwc:u C h urch WI. a 16-second a d vantage. I.!.! (he was in his sixth moto of the Start for the day was in the moun. weekend) and Waldon's !.2.6 for third. tains in the north of the state. The Seattle area rider Steve Oster (Yam) course started with a .6-mile trail sec· led off the field in the SOcc A Expert tion, then through camp and headed class in moto one. Oregon hotshoe east on the Mt. Baker Highway for Denny Fenell (Yam) held down second four and a half miles, onto a back road throughout the moto making c101e ad· with an easily zeroable check at six vances on Oster, but each time the miles. The course continued on a Washington rider would pull away five·and·a·half mile climb up the from Fene1l. Dennis Dolquist (Yam) mountain on logging road to the Slide moved quickly through the pack to Mountain Road and a loop up a skid· third while Todd Hoover (Kaw) and der trail to the very ridge of Slide Billy Weiland (Yam) followed. Mountain. Here, the view potential Moto two had Dolquist dash to the was obscured by clouds and fog, but front; Larry Ward (Kaw) was in hot glimpses of tillY towns and pasture ~it with Weiland closely pressur· lands were seen below. mg. Oster was there, too, but went out A second zeroable check was placed after one lap with aDNF. Things were at 15 miles. A check·inlcheck·out sec· getting interesting between Dolquist, tion on uphill, overgrown log road was Ward'and Fenell, but Fenell bailed off run on a SO mph average for A and B dropping out of the front· running riden and 15 mph for C riders. This frenzy. Dolquist took the win with exact section was run two weeks pre· Ward second, Weiland third and Rick ' viously in the Night Enduro, and SiJiunit (Yam) fourth. riden were able to improve their for. The track was getting gnarly for mer times by up to two minutes (some Sunday's moto three as well as soupy. minor trail work had been done, and Ward pulled the hol~hot with Fenell familiarity with the terrain certainly in hot pursuit. Fenell crashed letting helped). Dolquist into second and Hoover third A reset enabled riden to get back on ove a distant Rick Celorie who had time and continue at a 20 mph average Weiland on his rear fender'. Dolquist on good logging roads and pavement took a hard earned win over Ward on into the gas check. After gas, the A the last lap. Third and third overall and B riders continued at a 20 mph went to Hoover with his 4·lj·!. average and the C riders at 16 mph. In 125cc A Expert racing, Craig Within one-half mile, they put into Steele (Suz) romped his competition trail intenpened with short mad sec· takiDg • hard fought win over Dana tions. At 65.9 miles. the C cOurse split off and onto log road and skidder trail, onto the Mt. Baker Highway and continued to their finish at 70.! miles. The A and Briden followed fun trails and log road onto highway and a check at 78 miles. They then headed north on a second check·in/check·out section at !O mph for seven to eight miles of tight trails with short sections of logging road. Here, the riders were within a stone's throw of the Canadian border. Check five was at 85 miles. A speed change to !O mph and onto the Mt. Baker Highway with check six, which was common with the C finish, was at 112.5 miles. Riden recognized they were headed back to camp, but there were still some surprises left as the course headed onto the Nooksack River bar within feet of the river for .5 miles, back on the highway and back in to 1.5 miles of fresh cut trail with a little logging road. Eight to nine' minutes were lost in this section as anxious families watched the flip card count off the minutes until the fint rider finally arrived. Brian Larcom was once again top B rider (Open) with a 2! point loss. Also at 2! were Rex Seil (200cc A) and Ron Morgenthaler (Master). After nine en· d uros t his season, L Icomp d arcom e et one goal - that of beating the "Old Man," albeit by a matter of seconds. Augie Kooistra and Fred Boettner put on an excellent event, although they and the riden agreed that more checks could have been used in an . h . event of t h' Iengt. H owever, m a IS club that 1?uts on weekly motocross, weekly flat track, six enduros and a Two·Day Qualifier, personnel gets spread pretty thin. ... Church nails S prIlIS Enduro Results C ClASS: 1. Vic r_ 14); 2. BIM HIrwy C4l; 3. J"tt&

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