Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

§ NORnI··iiNoAmiE--_CoIbn~_---m 00 0') Mike Spencer 1731 awapped pieces with Roa-to P1etrl at 1he finish. Spencer Pletrl play''follow the leader" at SIRI WMRRARR By Lane Cempbell Photo by J.E. Walker AUBURN, WA. AUG. 50 Team Honda reappeared in redoubled force as Mike Spencer and Roberto Pietri used the last regular club race of the season to fine-tune for the upcoming Superbike Pro-Am. The factory teamsten ran one-two in both events they entered - Superbike and Open GP - once again notching the track record downward to stand at 1:29.0. or just over a 91 mph average. ]n Superbike, heat A fell to Spencer and Pietri in fairly good order, with Ray Baker third and Ken Botham fourth. In beat B. Baker. a rookie Superbike Expert from the Seattle area, holeshot his Kawasaki into the lead and held it for two laps before crashing between the tum three and four hairpins. It seems both he and Spencer were carrying the front end in the short downhill chute between the hairpins; Baker told track worken he went to brake for the second tum and hadn't gotten the front wheel back on the ground yet. Meanwhile, Pietri had pitted briefly with a sour engine. Turned out, somebody had jiggled an electrical switch on the handlebar, throwing Pietri's motor onto two cylinden. He went back out to finish third behind Botham, taking second for the day on points. (WMRRA races run two heats per class. motocrols scoring.) In Open GP. the two paraded onetwo ahead of Be1levue Suzuki's Randy Skiver. Skiver, in tum, had it all his way in Open Cafe, finishing the ftnt heat of that class 20 seconds ahead of Keith Pinkstaff. who had a similar lead over a clump of contenden for third place including (among othen) Pat Marinacci, John Doyle, Craig GottschaIIt and Dan Zlock. These four remained in a tight bundle until the last lap wben Gottschalk came off hard between turns four and five, taking a severe bruising and a ride to the bOlpital for observation and treatment. That left Zlock. 860cc Cafe class winner, to lead Marinacci and Doyle acl'Ollll the finish, followed at a respectable diatanee by 860cc Cafe contenden Dave Wilson (Hon) and Rhys Howard. on his Tonka 550 Yamaba. ]n the second running of the combined Open/86Occ Cafe mob, Skiver and Pinkstaff would again repeat, with Marinacci third. while Zlock would make it a double for 860cc honon followed by Howard and Wilson. On a moto-score basis, that would give Howard a second in 860cc Cafe to go alongside class wins in 750cc Production and 600cc Cafe. Busy day. Pinkstaff doubled in Open Production, and Larry Buck outpointed Robbie Adams with a 2-1 score for 4IOcc Production. Adams had won the fint heat on a Iast-lar pass after a racelong drafting due, but got bumped to third in the following heat. One fina1 DOte 011 the Honda invasion. Factory mechanics blew away the wall-sitten when they revealed that these were last year's moton the boys were using to get practice time and try out different setups. The fast ones are yet to come. Results 410 PROD: 1. Urry Buck lV8!ftl: 2. ~ Adorno lVomI;1 _ _ lV8!ftl. 7liO PROD: _ 1Han): 1 o.vid1. RIlv- - lVomI.lVomI: 2. 0... WiIIan OPEN PROD: 1. KoilIl _ lSurl: 2. W..".. TW';: 3; ~ ~~l: 2. S_ Houg !Han): 3. _ M _ lVom). 810 CAfE: 1. o.n ZJoc:k CSuzl: 2. Ahyo lVomI:10..._CHon). lSurl: 2. KoilIl _ OPEN CAfE: 1. IIIndy SkIvw lSurl:1PMMorInoccilHan). ~~.KE1~.!.:~~S-IHanI." 1~1: 2. Aoboo1D r_, .~. _, __n =.c=: "LAP AECOIID: 1:29.0. 250 GP: 1. Doryl c..- lVomI: 2. 0... IIuohby __.... lVomI: 3....... PIaaI lVomI. OPEN GP: 1. Mb =-,IHon): 2. Aobono _ l~ =~ lHon): 2. leo CodnnlVsml:1S-Hsug(Hant. 1215 GP: 1. Sc:cft Moon ~ 2. Jim _1Honl: 1 lion ~ 1Honl. SIDECAR: 1. UndIHort lVsml: 2. _ •••_ . . . lTr8: 1 _ _ CSuzl. Northwest riders lock up Regional ChamploMhlp By Marty Scott CLACKAMAS. OR, AUG. 28 Oregon Expert Jeff Campbell led a Northwest sweep in the final AMA Western Regional Championship race held at the Side- winden M.C. TT grounds tonight. Campbell, along with Washington Junior Kirk Strong's win and Washington Novice Randy Green's second place finish behind Barry Pelkey, made it a clean sweep of the Western Regional Championships for the Northwesternen. The trophy dashes and presentation of the Sidewinden Hi-point trophies would take place before the intennission. Pelkey wasted no time getting out in front for the Novice win and also picked up the Novice Hi-point trophy. Scott Podergois, who had problems in his heat and semi thus failing to make the main event, was able to soothe his disappointment with a runa)"ay win in the Junior dash. Strong picked up Hi-pointJunior honon. Campbell made sure that Ihis was going to be his night as he took the win in the Expert trophy dash. Hi-point Expert honon went to Frank Word. The Novice main event was halted after an awesome crash at the top of the hill on lap eight. involving Jeff Hanha and Duane Gerrard though both riden didn't seem to be too badly shalr.en. On the green. it was Pelkey. and he would never look back as be led wire to wire opening up a big lead over Green and Don Howard who had a good battle throughout for second. Green was able to prevail by a couple bikelenghts. Jeff Hardan took fourth after looking strong earlier in the race. Danny Bennett took fifth in his second Pro race. Strong jumped out into a big lead with the bo1esbot in the Junior main followed by Arney Wick, Tony Speck, Mike Kearney and Billy Scott. Scott faded with a sour engine on lap three as Strong continued to ~ up a big lead. Wick and S~ battled through. out for second WIth Speck taking over on lap ~. Kearney was a solid fourth throughout. The fmal rundown was Strong, Speck, Wick and Kearney. The Expert main event was an action-packed affair. Campbell pulled the holesbot over John Wincewiczand Gary Davis. Campbell and Wincewicz battled throughout the next couple laps as Bill Oliver worked past Davis for third_ ]n the next few laps, the front'l'UJlIlen continued to change as Campbell and Winemcz changed the lead back and forth, with Tom McCullough and Lan Tru1sen moving past Oliver. O:~ 20, Campbell took the lead f o r . and McCullough moved by Wincma for second witb Brett Barkman moving by Trulsen for fourth. Wincewicz and Barkman battled for third with Barkman making a final lap pass. Campbell took the win for his gh !leCOnd R' egtonal ' over McCullou. WIn Results NOV: 1.1lorry,...., lVomI: 2.111ndy ~ CHon): 3. Don _ lVomI~ 4. Jell _ oc-t: 5. o.n lien. - lHan~ e. Matt - - lVomI: 7. Brien ~ lllull: 8. o.n Moen lVomI: 9. S_ ~ CBuIl: 10. o...WIMling lVomI: 11. JeII_lSurl: 12. 0... ~~lVcr..:'·S1rOnIl CHon): 2. Tony Spa IVomI: 3. ,.".",., WlcIt 1Honl: 4. Mb ~ lVomI: 5. Scott Smith CHant: e. lion V _ lV8!ftl: 7. IIIndy - lTril: 10. ChriI Fllzhul;l ~ 8. 9. FIlch Wlnr*1glTril; Sc:cft _lTri!: hem - lVomI; 8. Scott 9. FIlch WInninghom lTril; 10. ChriI Fllzhul;l (Hanl: 11. Brien HeycocIt 1Honl; 12. 1liiy Sc:cft lV8!ftl. EX: 1. Jell ~ lV8!ftl: 2. Tom Mc:C"I..ugh lVomI; 3.1htt _IHanl: 4. John MICe icz lTril; 5..... Tn-. IT..; e. MIcUy F8y lHonl; 7. Mb s..-. lTril; 8. JoIl Mc:Dw>ioI ~ 9. Gory Devio lTnl: 10. "'-* Word III lTriI: 11. IlII OIl.- lTril: 12. ~~~CHAMPIONS NOV: 1.1IIndy~1Honl. JR: 1. Kirlt $1rOnIIlHanl. EX: 1. Jell ~ lVsml. Moore, Klaudt, McLean take the green at SIR night MX By Suanne Ught KENT, WA, AUG. 21 It was another all out assault in the 125cc Pro class tonight at Seattle International Raceway. Jeff Moore (Bellevue Suz) topped the heavily competitive class winning both motos for the overall while Cory Klaudt (Burien Yam) did the same in 250cc Pro. William McLean (Suz) went for a 2-1 in Open Pro for the overall. Seventeen full classes lined the starting area for another full house at SIR. The largest class as usual was the 125cc C class at 26 riders. Scoring was the most inconsistent that this journalist has ever seen! Believe it or not, Steve McClain (Hon) took the overall with an 8-5 score. Fint moto had Tim Blakeslee (Suz) go on to take the win with Jeff Morrison (Hon). Ricky Kelly (Hon) and Dean Bulpin (Suz) taking ftnt through fourth. Second moto. Bobby Miemann (Yam) took the win after a fmt moto DNF with second going to James Dodge (Yam). who also DNF moto one, and third to McClain. Fint moto winner Blakeslee was inconsistent and went for a disappointing 14th while Morrison did even worse with a 20th. Overall it was McClain (8-!!). second to Scott Gordon (Suz, 6-6) and third to Brian Curtis (5-7). Blakeslee was fourth with his 1-14 score. ]n 125cc Pro moto one, Moore mastered his way to the lead at the drop of the gate and took off like a bat while David Henden (Yam) and Ray Weaver (Suz) gave chase. Henden wasn't letting Moore off the hook easily and put pressure on him all the way. swapping spots. but it was Moore who held tough to take the moto win ~ HendeD. Wea~. David Holloway (Yam) and Dallas Nyblod (Yam). Second time out, Moore again took command of the moto with Weaver. Henden. Nyblod and usual Open rider Steve Miller (Yam) in punuit_ Moore seemed to be enjoying himself out front all alone while Weaver and Henden conducted warfare for the final money spot_ Moore took the checken with Weaver second and Henden third. Overall it was Moore (1-1). Weaver (5-2) and Henden (2-5). ]n Open Pro action, Mike Odden took the holeshot and wasn't headed, but Bill McLean (Suz) held close to finisb second over Craig Steele (Suz). The second moto had McLean put his Suzuki into the lead with Odden trying in vain to steal it, but ran out of luck and time. McLean took the overall with his 2-1 over Odden's 1·2 and Steele's consistent 5-5. 250cc Pro was a small class, but it was loaded with action. Cory Klaudt put his Burien Yamaha into the lead • h h . in moto one WIt Nick Smit (Kaw) m ond ~~ T~~~ Ki::luz) ho~ng own t . au t no pro em taking the win while Smith finished second and Kirk DNF. Moto two had Klaudt again knock , . . em out WIt h his d evastattng d ou ble moto punch, Kirk bettering his lint moto DNF with a second and Smith third. Overall in the 250cc class went Klaudt (1-1). Smith (2-5) and Kirk (DNF-2). ::c Results OPEN PRO: 1. IlII Mel-. CSuzl: 2. Mb 0ddIn lV..w; 1 CrIig _ fSuzl. 250 PRO: 1. Cory K _ lVomI: 2. NlcIt Smith ae-t; 1 Tim Kirlt CSuzl. 1215 PRO: 1. JoIl Moen CSuzl: 2. A8y _ CSuzl; 1 o.vid . - CYomI. OPEN EX: 1. John CIayIan lVomI: 2. Joe KIpIwt; 1 Greg JohnslDnIHonl. 0l'£N B: 1. Jim s - . lVomI; 2. Aiel< ~ CSuzl; 1 Bob _ lV8!ftl. OPEN C: 1. Eric _lSurl: 2. Kip _ : 1 Todd _lVsml. 250 EX: 1. B. _ lSurl: 2. S_ . lVoml: 3. Todd ........ lSurl. 250 B: 1. FIlch KiiolullwiiOO. lVsml; 2. Koilh_ lVom~ 3. o.n ~ CHonl. 250 C: 1. Troy NelIdt IHonl: 2. Bob Konx:lt l~; 3. Jell Tl10rnpMwl lVsm). 125 EX: 1. Ted _ lVsml: 2. Billy WoIlond lVoml: 3. Kurt - . c l CSuzl. 1215 B: 1. Bob Konx:lt CSuzl: 2. Bobby _ CSuzl; 3. Jim McMa1n lSurl. 1215 C: 1. S_ Mc:C1oin lHonl: 2. Scott Gordon lSuzl; 1 Brien Cunia lSurl. 100 B: 1. AMon ~ lVom): 2. KriIo _lSurl: 3. _ a - CSuzl. 100 C: 1. ~ Devio lSurl: 2. S_ Devio lSurl: 3. leo_lVoml. MINI EX: 1. Scott Grimm lVoml. MINI B: 1. Aiel< KoI'-Y lVoml: 2. l.w1ce SrNlI 1K.w1: 1 Bob ~lVsml. _ C: 1. Eric _ oc-t; 2. DeroIt SrNlIlKM: 3. ChriI s.'-Y lVsml. PEE WEE EX: 1. DeroIt Hor-. lVomI. Klaudt, Christian cruise 10 victory at Hannegan night MX By Suenne Ught BELLINGHAM. WA. AUG. 15 Cory Klaudt (Burien Yam) topped the 125cc Pro class at H~S~w~~m~tMX while another Seattle-based rid- er, John Christian. Jr. (Bellevue Yam), topped both the 250 md Open Pro classes. Klaudt moved out in moto one followed by Brad Bolmes (Suz), Stacey Thornton (Bellevue Suz) and Randy Kignston (Hoo of Bellingham). Klaudt smoked some hot lap times while local ace Bolmes held down second and Thornton third. Klaudt took the win and was back into first at tbe start of moto two. Klaudt had no _problems

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