Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

New Nexico-Colol'ado-Wyommg-NoDtaDa-Nol'tb Dakota-Soutb Dakota-Nebl'uka-BaD...-Oklaboma-TelUll-New Nexico-Colol'ado-WyomiDg. Central Pipeline Steve Stackable powered his way to the Expert win at River City's night MX. Jones, Landrum, Riddl e an d Butler. Rakestraw continued as the competition tried 10 catch hi s dust. Rakestra w made winning look easy and profitable as Riddle moved 10 second a head of Landrum, who got quicker with eac h lap, and Jones, who held o ff hard-charging Butler. Rhoten was chargin g from behind before his yellow bird broke a wing. Open Experts were like th e anchor person on a news team - when th ey put a wr ap on th e day 's racing, it was definitely spectator worthy and th en so m e. Round o ne had Rhoten going for the dail y doubl e on his WRW YZ. Rhoten wa s out to ea rn a day's pay as he held off " Cap ta in Cobalt. " Rhoten .and Ellis played me and m y sh adow aft er Ellis moved past ea rly threat Rak estraw. Rhoten appeared up 10 the task as Ellis remained in seco nd until fate waved its mysterious hand. Rhoten did a nose dive in one of many soft, sa n dy corners, and Ellis took command while Rh ot en remounted for seco nd ah ead of Rakestraw. Round two was very much lik e ro u n d o ne , onl y Ellis passed Rh ot en while he wa s uprigh t. Ell is wa s spectacular with Rhoten co mi n g closer to o ld form with eac h race. Rakestraw enjoyed third ah ead o f Dallas Yamah a 's Steve Mulholland. Results MICRO MINI: 1. Travis Motley (Yam); 2. Charlie W in" (Yam); 3. Michael Hicks (yam) . MINI JR : 1. Roy Scnellenberger (Vam): 2. Cnip • Cnandler (SUl): 3. Tommy Hall (Kaw). MINI SR: 1. Keith Foytik (SUl): 2. Brandyn Ready IKaw); 3 . Jason Upshaw (yam) . l00 ~ 1. Chris Parker (Suz); 2 . Brent Carrizales (Vam): 3. Jonn Gibson (S ul lo OVER 30 INT: 1. Mike Franks (Kaw): 2. Roger Olson (Yam ); 3. Alan Davis ISu z). OVER 30 EX: 1. Randy Long (Vaml: 2. Jack Sia grist (Yam); 3. Cody W illiams (Yaml. BEG: 1. Ron Spretlen (Yam); 2. John Robinson {Yam I; 3. Lonnie Beasley (Kaw) . Jack Beckham was second in River City's Expert class on a 250 Honda. 125 NOV I: 1. Dan Olson (Vam): 2. Chad Calven (Kaw ); 3. Larry Bencn (Vam). 125 NOV II: 1. Monty Bland (Vam): 2. Bobby COr neilson (Yaml; 3. Larry McCl ish (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Shawn Sewell (Vam): 2. Kent Spencer (Yam); 3 . Marshall Turman (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. James Goraman (Han); 2. Oanny Butler, Rakestraw, Ellis excel at Wolfcreek MX . I By Charlie Wiese RI O VIST A, TX, MAR. 14 " No w here else but T exas ," ca n be sai d of Bu ck T erry's Wolfcree k motocross. The T erry s not only put .the " big bucks" (over 3,000) o n th e lin e, th ey o ffered savin gs bonds to th e Nov ice a nd Interm edi ate class win ne rs. "Putting th e fun back in ra cin g ," whi ch ha s been said by more than o ne promoter , is a lso accompani ed by th e Terry fam il y excl usive, " We grea tly ap p recia te yo u." T he program tod ay got off to a ban g a nd ende d up in much th e sa m e mann er as Experts bumped bars for big bu cks. In I25cc actio n, "Too T ough " Tim Butler (Ya m ) had th e winning combination whil e Mark " Peaches " Rak estraw (Ya m ) co ntrolled the 250cc rid ers. As th e su n d isappeared, " Ca p ta in Co ba lt ," Jim m y Ellis (H o n) , pow er ed hi s red rocket 10 overall honors in Open Expert competition. Round one o f Expert action began with 20 l25cc riders rubbing elbow s in turn on e. Moving to th e lead early wa s T eam WRW's " Killer" Carroll Ri chardson (Yam ) wh ose return to raci ng ha s been a prosperous one. Following clos el y an d moving by near th e en d o f lap three was th e Killer's teammate, "T oo T ough " who powered his borrowed mach ine to the lead and eve n tua l win whil e Ri ch ardson raced in an easy seco nd. T h ird was Arlin gt on H onda 's Denni s ".Max" Brand wh il e Kirk Dillon (S u z) p ow ered h is loa n -a -bi ke to fourth. Round two had Rich ar dson setting th e pace ahead o f th e pac k as th ey ch arged into turn o ne. T he Killer co nt inued as "Too T o ug h" began measu rin g the co m petition in seco n d wi th -Dillon th ird a nd " Com eback" Kyle Landru m (Kaw ) on the move in fourth. As rou nd .two pro gr essed, so did But ler. T im mo ved 10 th e lead on la p three as La n drum a lso moved by earl y leader, 15-year- old Rich ardson . T h e " Too Tough " pace had Tim on top as the checkers came o ut. Lan drum wa s a st ro ng seco n d a head of Ri ch ardson , Dillon, Rodney " Wigg ie" Wiginton (Ya m) and St ev e " Pacer " Pate (Kaw ). . Ni ck "Th e Stick" Co rdo va (Ho n) becam e the p acesett er as the 250cc Ex perts ro u nded tu rn one with more tal ent th an th e C ra mm y awards a t hi s rear fen de r. Cordova co nt in ued holdin g th e field at ba y o n hi s Honda support/Trail West H onda until lap four wh en he soil sa m p led his way to fifth. Darren " Spoiler" Rhoten (Yam) too k over co m ma n d on his WR W mount wh ile Husky's Davey " Bon er" J ones styled in second ahead of Trail West's "Cru ise Control" Craig Riddle. Bar bumping co n ti n u ed with Rhoten sp oilin g hi s wa y 10 th e round o ne w in whil e Jones co n tr o lled seco nd ; Riddle he ld on to third a head of Carter Yamaha's Mark " Peaches" Rakestraw, Butler a n d Cordova . In round two, Rakestraw was out to make up for lost time and money as he grabbed the holcshot ahead of Herrin (Hon); 3. Mike Pierce (Han) . 1251NT 1 . Mark Filler(Hon); 2. Skipper Beavers :1 (S uz); 3 . Russell Brown (Yam). 125 INT II: 1. Bryan Abernatny (Kaw); 2. Gary Bench (Vam): 3. Paul York (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Tim Butler (Vaml: 2. Carroll Richardson (Yam); 3 . Kirk Dillon (Suz). 250 INT I: 1. Kyle Lewis (Han): 2. Russell Brown (Yam); 3. Mark Nelson (Suz). 250 INT II: 1. Roger Scnellenbarger (Yam); 2. Kevin Jacobs (Suz); 3 . Marvin Shockey (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Mark Rakestraw (Yam); 2. Craig Riddle (Hon); 3 . Davey Jones (Hus). OPEN INT: 1. Greg Will iams (Yam); 2 . Man Bracken (Yaml; 3. Eric Berg (Yaml. OPEN EX: 1. James Ellis (Han); 2. Darren Rhoten (Yam ). 3. Mark Rakestraw (Yam). Stackable _ stars at . River City night MX By Donald Mueller AU ST IN, T X, MAR . 12 T h e beginning of this year's racing at th e River City night motocross marked the return . of numerous nubile nymphso the rwise known as flag girl s. The huge turnout made many .spe cta tors wonder if th ey were a t a day ra ce durin g an unpredicted sol ar ecli p se ca used by th e pl anetary align ment. Th e track wa s watered immediately prior to th e fir st ra ce and stay ed wet most of th e night. The l25 cc Novi ce and Mini Junior classes, most of whom had little. if any,exper ience riding in mud, sloshed a ll over th e tra ck. Some resort ed to tracing th e dry edge of the track, trying to av oid falling into the tren ches. Certain photographers did as much bike dodging as the racers themselves. In th e 250cc Novice cla ss, Mark Mohs got th e hole-ooze on his Suzuki, followed by Paul Horton on his Honda. Mohs went down in a berm and wa s back to fifth, leaving H orton in the lead, followed by Jim Kinared and Steve Blackwell on a Yamaha. Mohs worked his way back up to second, but both he and Kinared went down coming down the hill. Mohs' bike didn 't run well after that, but Kinared was able to work up to a fourth place fin ish. At the checkered it was Horton, Bla ckwell and Darell Decker. . Stev e Blackwell took the holeshot in th e second moto but was immediately passed by Mohs and Lynn Bailey on a Yamaha. Blackwell fell back to fourth when h e was passed by Paul Horton, who proceeded to pressure Bailey, finally taking second on the inside. Blackwell fini shed th e race in sixth, good enough for second overall. Paul Horton took the lead from Mohs, while Bobby Horton played leapfrog with Rocky French's Honda for fifth . French won out and took fourth from Jeff Kaye at the checkered flag, led by Horton, Mohs and Bail ey. In th e Open class two riders went down in th e first turn , but coming out in front were Mike- Beers on a Suzuki , Br ian Zettn er and St eve Cardwell on a Yamaha. Beers fell back to fourth . wh ile Zettner held a n arrow lead over Cardwell. Soon riders were out all over th e track, so me sta lled in the mud as others employed th e over-the -h an d lebars nose-plow maneuver. As the leaders began to ca tch up with the slo west riders, Cardwell took Zettner on the in side. Beers passed Marvin McKim for third, where he finished. Coming in fourth wa s But ch J ennings on a Honda. Cardwell took the ea rly lead in the seco nd heat. Zettner ca me on in the back stra igh t to pass but lost the lead agai n to Cardwell. Zettner worked hard th e rest o f the ra ce to regain the lead but simply didn't have th e power. Jennings ran third the whole ra ce, foll owed by Beers. Da vid Stutts went down at the sta rt of th e Expert c1asss race, perhaps numbed by th e ni ctitation of th e nubile nymph who start ed the race. Hunter Carothers took th e holeshot o n a 250 Yam aha, tailed by Steve Sta ckable, Ri ck Blackwell, John H am a n d J a ck Beckham , both riding H ondas. Beckham jumped past Ham. Caro the rs slipped , co m in g up in third. The orderremained the same throughou t th e race, until the checkered flag , when Beckham moved inside on th e last berm to tak e third. Stutts took th e holeshot in th e secon d moto, followed by Ham and Blackwell. Stutts went over a berm a n d ca me up n ext to last. Stackable led by the end of th e lap, followed by Carothers, H am and Beckham, who repeated his first-mote tactic and jumped past Ham. Carothers went down in a berm a nd ca me up sixth, whil e Blackwell cam e from behind to fill in th e second-place gap. Blackwell 's luck didn't hold, however, as he came off ajump front wheel down and injured h is wrist. Ham went over a berm, giving Lee Dubose third for th e race. Stutts finished with two fifths a n d third overall. • Results 250 NOV: 1. Paul Honan (Han); 2. Steve Black· well (Yam): 3. Lynn Beilay (Yam). OPEN: 1. Stava Cordwell (Yam); 2. Brian Zettner; 3 . Butch Jenn ings (Han) . 250 INT: 1. Rob AsnIan (Suz): 2. Robart Krock (Yam): 3. Rusty Burns (Han). . MINI · MINI : 1. Derek Hanson (yam): 2. J.D. Fuller (Yam). MINI JR : 1. Derek Hanson (Yam); 2. Ban Fuller (Vam): 3. Jason Krempin (Yam). OVER 30 : 1. Bill Kasson (Vam); 2. Wylie Evans (Han): 3. Laster Munson (C·A). . . EX: 1. Steva Stackabla (Vam): 2. Jack Becknam (Han): 3. David StUlls (Yaml. 1251NT: 1. Carl Be.rs (SUl).

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