Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- - -- - - - - - -- --- ~ AMATEUR ~ Canada- Northern Californ ia-Northern Nevada·Oregon-Washington·ldaho-Ut ah-A JWA - - - - - --- - ---- - -- -- - - - - - - -- - - - - SANCTIONED haunt the Eugene area , whic h has had flooding ra ins the last few weeks making for some m iserable ra cing conditions. Today's Christmas race was unbelievably muddy. W e had thought tha t the last race two weeks ago was muddy, but this put the icing on th e ca ke. Wayne Church sloshed to soggy 125cc Pro clas s wins , wh ich had to run in the heaviest of downpours. In 125cc Pro/Intermediate moto one. Richa rd Earle (Cycle Country Hon ) put his Pro-Link into a hol esh ot a nd hooked it up to lea d into the straightaway. Lonny Sayles (Yam) was in second (first Intermediate) followed by Jeff Toedtmeier (Suz), J im Kragness (Suz) and Doug Boddy (Yam) . . Pros Wayne Church (Ya m) and Rod ney Keller (Eugene Su z) were caught in the pa ck . lett ing Earle p ull away from his Pro rivals. However. Sayles got by Earle to take o,ver for th e lead , as Church moved from 10th to fifth behind Sa yles, Earle , Toedtmeier and Boddy. Earle attempted to put a block pass on Sayles to retake the lead , but his plan backfired . and he ended up ta king a slop sample , sliding down the h ill on his ta il en d and letting Church get by to put pressure on . the Intermediate leader. Earle remounted quickly enough to go into fourth, stuck behind two fast Intermediates. Church. once out front , seemed to be enjoying himself in the muck and took the win over Sa yles. Toedtmeier, Earle and Doug Boddy. In moto two , Boddy shot out of the gate over Sa yles. Toedtrneier, Earle. Church and Kragness. Boddy. who has been improving lately, had a huge lead as the Pros were being showered with a soupy roost. Earle was plagued with eyes swollen from mud , but he still held it on pulling away from Church. Church was on th e move and moved up on Earle when he was devou red by an ocean of water. Earle was back on the gas and having a terrific battle with Sayles a nd Toedtrneier. By the half, Church got by Bodd y for the lead and that's a ll there was to the race ex cept for the fight Earle was having with the fa st paced Int erm edia tes . Boddy took second , Earle third and Toedtrneier fourth . In 250cc Pro ra cing. it was Steve Williams (Yam support) who took command over Rodney Keller (Eugene Suz /Mai ). who is new to the 250cc class. The 250s were circulating at the fastest lap times (2: 13) with Keller moving quite rapidly . but he had some problems staying upright and fell to earth more than a few times. Williams was long gone and took the win over Keller. Second mudo had Keller put his Mega Two into the lead , but that didn't last too long as Williams. one of the best mud riders in Oregon. went by and pulled away from " Rad ical Rod ney." Keller crashed which didn't help his chances of catching Williams. who ended up taking the win and the overall with a 1· 1. In Open Novice racing, Vic Chu rch (Valley Cycles /Yam) ca me up on top . Ch u rch . father of Pro Wayne Church . had a b attle with Da vid Aleckson (Ya m) who won the first mot o over Nationally-rated fla t tracker Tom McCu llough (Hon) who sty led through the corners. Church won moto two to take the overa ll win . Hopefully . by th e next race on J a nu a ry 17, the weather will be more pleasant! Results 125 PRO: 1. Wayne Church (Yam) ; 2. Richard Earle (Hon); 3. Rodney Keller (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. St eve W illia ms (Yam); 2. Rod ney Kellef (M ail; 3. Richard Earle (LOP!. OPEN PRO: 1. St eve Williams (Yam l. PEE W EE: 1. Chu ck le Standeford (Vam) . 60-75: 1. Jeff Daily CYam l; 2 . J immy Row IY am) . SUPERCROSS MINI NOV: 1. Mark Hamaker (Kawl; 2. Rand y W iens (Kaw l. M INI INT : 1. A n thony Va lenzuela (Varni: 2. Shawn COtTell!Yaml; 3. a my Glenn (Kawl. 100 NOV: 1. OavNj Grady (Yaml; 2. Randy W eins (Yam l; 3 . John Sanders (Suz). 100 INT : 1. Scott Ada ir (Yam ). 125 NOV : 1. Rich Bolen (Suz): 2. Grady T'oglin (C·Al; 3. A lan Fishe< ISuzl . 125 INT: 1. Jeff Toedtmier ISuz); 2. Lonny Sayles !Y aml; 3. Dou g Bod dy !Yaml. C'-l 00 0) CHAMPIONSHIP ....... 0 C'-l ;>-, 250 NOV: 1. Bruce Williamson IKawl; 2. Tim u nsa y (Han!. NAHEIM STADIUM 250 INT: 1. Und say Wurn !Yam); 2. am Row IV aml; 3. F,ank Sm ith (KT M) . OPEN NOV : 1. ve Chu rch (Vam); 2. David Aleckson (Vaml; 3. Tom my M cC ullou gh IHon). OPEN INT : 1. M ike Smothers (Vam ); 2. Derek Louvring (Yaml. 30-40 : 1. Charlie Harter (M ail ; 2. Charles StandefOfd (Mai) ; 3. Vic Chur ch (Yam). ('\l ;j ~ ('\l ~ SUNDAY JAN. 31 '" $2000 Oliver, Bennett smoke Benton CountyST SEMI·PRO PURSE AND ·TROPHIES· By Clay Light CORVALLIS , OR . DEC . 19 Ho nda rider Dan Bennett won . th e Open Pro main eve nt a t the Benton County Fa irgrou nds sho rt track to nig h t. Frank Word of Grants Pass (Ya m Sport Cent er) swe pt th e 250cc A main , and Billy Ol iver ( Bul) was triumpha nt in t he exc iti ng 250cc Pro m ain over Brad Hu rst (Hon) . Qualifing hea ts had sma ll m ach inery run off first. One rider . Ryan Huffman (Yam) of Roseburg , was lu ck y when he sped awa y to win th e Little Mini cla ss but was less fortunate in his ma in , when th e nine year-old was h urt in a horrendou s cras h whi ch resulted in b roken bo nes. Get well soon , Ryanl In th e 200 cc class qual ifying hea t , Steve McCartney (Yam) led the field over Tom McCullough (Ho n) and a pa ck of a ncient Bultacos. McCullou gh d idn't work his way around (h e co u ld , of co urse , but was just out for th e fun ) a nd McCart ney took the win . The best qualifier was 250cc Pro heat number three . National # 5 I . Brad Hurst , put his wat er·pumper o n th e line but j um ped th e gun result ing in a penalty area start. J eff Celorie (Ya m) took off like a rocket and was ge tti ng away whil e Hurst wor ked throu gh th e pack as rapidly as possibl e . You would have ha d to see it to believe the pass Hurst put on three rider s co mi ng out of the fina l turn , whe elie and all to ta ke a second. but he would ha ve to run a serrn. In th e 250cc A main . Jeff Cam pbell (Ya m) took com m a nd over K. Celor ie , Frank Word and Barry Pelkey. Word . who started in th e penalt y a re a . was in seco nd on th e third lap . Campbell had a good lead but was unaware that Word had closed in for the m ighty kill . T he highlight of the eve nig was the 250cc Pro main wh ich requ ired a two row st art, make tha t a th ree row sta rt . since so many riders were on th e penalty grid . Only Oliv er was in th e front row! Ol iver used it to his advan tage and shot out front of th e pa ck of nine riders . Hurst moved quick ly into second - he was one of th e lu cky three that wer e on row two - and Word (p enalt y a rea again) moved by a pa ck of four to garner thi rd . Oliver held steady, keeping Hurst at ba y. The two wer e a t it tooth and na il; Hurst could n't get by and soon had Word to co nte nd with . T he th ree beg an hitting lapped traffi c j ust when Word made a move on Hu rst. Hurst pull ed away over Word . Bob Ingl e . Tom McCallum , Mike Moritz . Jeff Celorie l-o ·FACTS· 1. NO PREQUALIFYING REQUIRED-Ente r by Mail. 2. MORE DEMANDING Race Course. 3. CHEAPEST Superc ross-J ust $45 . 4. FREE VIP $15 Ticket to Pro Race -You can buy more adjacent. 5. LONGER/MORE Races -No 4-Lap RIP-OFF. 6. TRIPLE POINTS for AMA Riders. 7. MANUFACTURERS will be there scouting for team riders. 8. Put on by the PROFESSIONALS who produce the Saturday Pro Event at Anahei m and Los Ange les. 9. 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