Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

••w ••dco-c.low••o·.,.o. . . .•. . . . . . .·.ol'lll ....o.............o..•........••••...-oIdall...·'I'uaa. . . . . .dco-eoJoao. . . . .,.. . . . .' CeDI..a. PipeliDe Wright wails at Rocky Ridge .-4 By Boyd Ba.. 00 ROCKY RIDGE, TX, OCT. 11 0') .-4 The Texas Cross Country Racers AsIociation hosted event number 15 in this year's series with a large number of riders attending. Today's race beId at Rocky R i . fea· tured a a-mile loop; this wa _ what aborter than usual due to heavy rainlleaving _ aectionI underwater. Nine lapa were run totaling 50 milea. Several mud 8eCti0Dl were included which grew larger a the race proglCwc:d. The Pro and Ex~ c1..... ran firat, followed by the 1DJDia, then the Amateura raced in the after· noon. Li,ht rain fell during the Expert race leaVIng lOme aectiODI very slid. In the Pro cIua, Mike Connell, riding a 490cc Hualty, juat could not put things together. After falling about two milea out on the flDt loop, he wa trying to catch the leaden when he shot off the trail and into a creek bed, sta11ing his bike and having problems restarting. He wa never in contention later in the race. Dana Wright did not seem to have any problems and gassed his 495« Yamaha to the win. Randy Taner followed Wright on another Yamaha. A interesting note: Yamaha motocr. . bikes with small reserve gu tanka that double as number plates appear to be the hot setup. Open Expert Randy White (Yam) took overall big bike honon with Tad Meyers taking overall small bike on a water·cooled Yamaha 125. Meyers rides 10 fast he ovenaIr.es mOllt of the 250cc Expert claa and lOme Open Expert riden. today's mud conditions favored the power of 250cc and Open bikes that coaId pull through lOme of the sticky aectiona. Amateur results were not available. Results PRO: 1. 0.. Wright tvom); 2. IlIndy T _ tveml; 3. DevId ~ 1Huol. OPEN EX: 1. IlIndy _ tveml: 2. John . tvom); 3. ........... lMoIl. 21!0 EX: 1. MorIy IA\IlInd ee-t; 2. 1¥wt'I e-..t tvom!; 3.1Io'Id" CHuoI. 2llO EX: 1. c... e-..t tvom); 2. .... _ tvlllll: 3. c... e - tv...... 1215 EX: 1. Tad ~ tvlllll: 2. Gonld FIppIn; 3. _SdIItv..... 0IIEIl311 EX: 1. MIke &cit tveml; 2. PlliI OI.-lSuII; 3.John~tv ...... MN: 1. DIrNI ~ tvom!; 2. Gonld ~tvlllll:3. DoL _lSuzl. JR _ 1. CurlIo tvom); 2. .... _ tvom); 3. Doug _ .... lADlES: 1. o-GNwIIa ~ Sweet success at Ross Downs By Bob Bagwell COLLEYVILLE, TX, OCT. 5 Hard-charging Sammy Sweet, fresh from a midwest racing tour. showed everyone a lesson in rae· ing by taking heat and main event wins in both the 250cc Pro and Open classes in the shon track portion of the weekly ROIlS Downs program. 86 Sweet was not to be denied his vic· tories; although hard·riding Don Hamilton challenged him early in the 250« Pro main, Sweet wa out front by Miller time. The Open cIua was a Sweet repeat, a he rode a fut 750 Triumph to take the checkered flag firat. _. Clayton Hull was a double winner as well, taking both the 50 and 60cc main events. Mike Wedden led Bubba McCoy to win the 80cc main. Scotty "The San Antonio Flash" Scherb dominated the U5cc claa, while James Harrington was likewise an easy winner in the 250cc Amateur cIua. In the motoer.- division. Trace Polson was in front of Kelly Stephens a the two topped the 60cc class. Ronnie Cam and Rick Argeris had their way in 80cc class, finishing 1· 2 respectively. Danny Herrin and Charlie Galubenaki were the two leading 250cc riden on the night. :te The Grand Final went to Don Hamilton. R....1ts SHORT TRACK IiO: 1. o.,eon _; 2. K.llh 0 - ; 3. Cody KIng. 110: 1. a.y",n HuI; 2. Tlmmy~. 110: 1. MIke _ ; 2. Buddy McCoy; 3. T.... Paloan. 1215: 1. Scony ~ ; 2. Jolm ~ ; 3. _ McCoy. 21!0 AM: 1. _1Wringlon; 2. FIeymand . . . - -- -.;3._s.y. 21!0 EX: 1. $Immy s-:,2. Don _ ; 3. .WI OPEN: 1. $Immy s-: 2. Johnny ~ ; 3. 1lIckyMOTOCIlOSS IiO: 1. T.... _ ; 2. KolI¥ 5......; 3. _ _ T_. 110: 1........ t.mp; 2. _ ArgorIo; 3. T.... _ . 125: 1. _ ArgorIo; 2. Jimmy ~ 3. Curry Horrin. _. o.mv Horrin; 2. ~ ~; 3. OPEN: 1. o.mv Horrin; 2. Connie Mc:Ckn: 3. Don 2!50 AM: 1. DonToytor. 'Tricky Nicky' nabs Ross DownST By Bob Begwell COLLEYVILLE, TX. SEPT. 26 Nicky Fontana turned in a clean sweep at the weekly Ross Downs short track, winning his 125cc heat, main event and the Grand Final. Fontana led the Grand Final from his handicap head stan with Charlie Orr gaining rapidly but not enough. The evening got off to a rapid stan with Clayton Hull winning the 50cc Micro Mini claa. and he was followed by Greg Teague's winning performance in the 60cc final. In the 80cc main, Scottie Scherb showed everyone his dust. Popular rider James Farrington was the winner of the 250cc Amateur main event after a battle with Jimmy Fulton. The 250cc Expert class saw Charlie Orr, Shawn StovaI1 and Alan Black put on a show that had everyone in the stands on their feet. Eventually it was decided in the above order. after all three had run side by side for several laps. Odell Davis won the Open cIua heat, but had to settle for a second in the main behind Rusty Patillo. ROIl Downs runs shan track and motocr.- races every Saturday night. R..ults SHORT TRACK IiO: 1. o.,eon HuI; 2. SconIe ~ o:t:'r" T. . . . 2. MIke -= 3.3. GNg 110: 2. a.y",n HuI; SconIe~: 3. KMh ~. T1mmy T1mmy ~. 125: 1. NIcky " " ' - 2. 51-. Jolly; 3. John ~ 21!0 AM: 1. _ HIrringlon; 2. Jimmy FerlIIln; 3. FIeymand-' 21!0 EX: 1. CIwIIe Orr. 2. 51-. 5 _ ; 3. AlIn -. 1. FIo*Y _ ; OPEN: 2.GWDowIo; 3. 0-.. ~ MOTQmOCllOSS ............. 50: 1. KolI¥ s-y. ~ 2. Ilobby ArgorIo; 3. Mlc:Nol 110: 1. Ilannie c.np; 2. _ ArgorIo; 3. 51-. .»t. 1215c 1. Don T.,ear, 2. _ ArgorIo; 3. John s-y. 21!0 EX: 1. a-tIe ClI" t ... 2. Hontn; 3DInT.,... o.mv Hannum first Colorado Speedway Champion By Sam Sildeweys DENVER, CO, OCT. 2 Missing a perfect score by only three points, Rusty Hannum on his Colorado Concept Design· sponsored Jawa became the fiot Colorado State Speedway Cham· pion. Racing action for the larger than average crowd wa no 1_ than spectacular from the very first race. All night long racing wa c1011e, fat and totally unpredictable with wins being scored from every pOIIition on the seaning line. Being an all scratch show witli only the top 16 riden from division one making the program, it was hoped something could be done about the surface to allow more passing and more action. After experimenting with the surface for the past couple of weeks, the track crew produced a track surface that was at best unusual. By the intermission, however, the surface was very nice and allowed people to ride out near the wall with lOme success. For the fint time all season there was no blue groove to contend with. By heat a it was apparent that no one single rider would dominate the racing. By this time there was already a five way tie in points for fmt place. With so much action on the track in every heat, like Hannum's last place finish in heat II, and more than one rider falling in the same heat the crowd and racen alike never really knew what would happen, keeping the suspense high right down to the wire. When the action stopped for intermission there was still a four way tie for second involving Mark Borgtnan, Ken Pieper, Dave Pieper, and Allen Rohr. Hannum led with a slim margin of only one point. It took clear until event 19 before it became apparent who would win it all. At the end of the normal 20 races Hannum had locked up the title and a three way tie had developed for second place between Borgman (K + K DetailmgJawa), Ken Pieper (Buckram Con· tracton Jawa), and his brother. Dave Pieper (Buckram Contraeton Jawa). In the run off to decide second place Borgtnan drew the pole, got the stan, and ehdl on for a clear win, locking up second place. There wa also a couple of races to be run to decide who would win the King of the Hill series and the Traveling Trophy for Scratch main wins in 1981. The Traveling Trophy for Scratch main wins wa won by Hannum, who put in another fine ride. The race to decide the King of the Hill series pitted Mark Borgman againIt ~ Golightly (Yamaha West! Brownell Dist. Jawa). Bryan Hoel was unable to ride in tonight's event be· cause of an injured knee. Hoel also qua1ified for the King of the Hill match race, but because ofm. injury only got to watch Borgman get the stan and put on a nice ride to defeat Golightly. 1981 was a very good season for Barg. man. as he almost made a clean sweep of all the titles. He is the 1981 high points winner, Handicap Main Travel· Ing trophy winner, and 1981 King of the Hill. Hannum played the spoiler by nabbing the State Championship leaving second place for Borgman and he also won the Scratch trophy. A very special thaDb 40 out to Joanne MiIla for all her help m keeping traek of zaulta. Rakestraw flawless at Wolf Creek MX By J. Cntwforcl CLEBURNE, TX, SEPT. 27 Mark Rakestraw continued his dominance of Wolf Creek motoCI'OII, scoring a 1-1125cc Pro win to run his consecutive moto win streak up to eight. Arlington Honda's Dennis Brand headed the flDt moto ltan, but Rakestraw's Yamaha Suppon yz Oew by on lap four and then put 15 seconds be· tween himself and Brand by the finish. Rakestraw then motored to the front in round two, never to be bothered. Brand rode the only Honda in the race to second overall, in front of third placer Brad Honon (Yam). Hualty Suppon rider David Jones outrode a strong field of 250cc Pros, winning both motOll. Jones is getting the 250cc bike dialed in and looked smooth and in control. Roger ScheIIrnberger, just recently moved up to Pro, showed the big boys that he is serious, grabbing the second moto holeshot and leading the fint half of the race before dropping back to fifth. Second overall went to Kun Dillon, who had his YZ out front early in moto one. Once again the Mini Senior event was the race of the morning program. with Tiger Foytik (Suz) coming from behind to win the fint moto. Phillip Dillon on a Caner's Yamaha YZ also made a fIne charge to finish second, setting the scene for moto two. Dillon took charge off the start and never looked back. Foytik gated fourth, moving to second by la~ three, but Dillon maintained too qwck a pace to be run down from behind. Foytik had to settle for a 1-2 second overall. Team Binder's newest member Mark Terry took his Full Floater from dead lut to second place in the fint 125cc Intermediate moto a Troy Barrow (Yam) took the holahot and cruised in for the win. There was no cruising in moto two, where Terry got a decent start and blitzed into the lead for the overall win. Carter Yamaha's Greg Williams smoked both the 250cc and Open Intermediate classes, winning all four motOII in the procell. In the 250cc c1aIs, William. had a race-long battle with Can·Am rider Randy Willia, finally getting by on the nett to last lap. David Banton, riding a Team Binder 450 Honda, kept Williams in sight en route to second in the Open c1aIs. • Results . MICIIO: 1. T. Modo\t tvom!; 2. .. _ _ tvom!; 3. C. 101 tv...... _ JR: 1. J . .-... tvom); 2. J. ~ IC8wI: 3. .. _ _ tv.... _ SA: 1. P. ~ tvlllll: 2. T. Fo¥* C5uII; 3. C. . . . . . tv...... 1110: 1. L. McCIIh tvom); 2. S. s-cy C5uII; 3. B. Qlm tvlllll. BEG: 1. E. McC ""' tvlllll: 2. 8. a . t C5uII; 3. C. I. "'lK8wI. 1. C........ lHDnI; 2. C. c.on. Jr. C5uII; 3. 1215 HCN: S.S-CHanl. 21!0 NOV: 1. L. . . tvom); 2. R. 0.... tvlllll; 3. J. FricIde 1Y8mI. OPEN NOV: 1. D......._ CMoII; 2. T. Du1lIan C5uII; 3. S. sn- tveml. 0I3lI NT: 1. J . . . - C5uII; 2. R....... 1Honl. 0I3lI EX: 1. R. Lang tvom); 2. E. T _ IK1'MI: 3. D. . . - . IIIod tMIII. 1215 NT: 1. M. Tony lSuII; 2. T. 8Inow tvom!; 3. L. e-tveml. 1215 EX: 1. M. ..... _ tvom); 2. D. IlNnd lHanI; 3. B._tveml. 21!0 NT: 1. G. WIIImo tvom); 2. R. -lCAI; 3. D. Ilumop tv...... 21!0 EX: 1. D• . - 1Huol; 2. It. ~ tvom!; 3. D. •....=I.CY... OPEN NT: 1. G. WIIImo tvom!; 2. D...... Itanl; 3.1t. ...... lHlri. OPEN EX: 1. C. ....... tvom!; 2. It. o..-llIIII; 3. c. HlppClull.

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