Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Kuest, Burgett, MacDonald manh andle Echo Valey Gold Cup MX By Clay Light COLVILLE, WA, MAY 16 Round five of th e Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cup Series wa s hosted by th e Echo Valley Racewa y which is deep in th e heart Jeff Cropper won 250cc Pro at PIR'. night motocross. Lange visits PIR night MX winner's circle By Brian Barnes PORT LA ND , O R, MAY 20 Race number seven of Portland Interna tional Raceway's high point MX champion ship series went off wi th ou t a hitch again this week wit h Yamaha rider Doug Lange (R W Racing/MX Fox / Bel Ray ) visiting PIR's winner's circle for the first time this year in th e l25cc Pro class . . Lange looked very im pressive both motos o f the night, holding off fellow Yam aha rider Denny Fennel (MX Fox/Yamhill Yamaha) in each. In thefirst moto, Fennel got close enough a number of times to pass him , but couldn ' t seem to find a line that Lange wasn 't using and settled for second. jim R. Anderson (Kra use Ra cing/ Vancouver Yam aha) held off Suzuki-mounted Ric Burkinshaw th e entire moto for th e th ird spot, wi th Steve Smi th (Cycle World Honda ) taking fift h. In th e seco nd moto Fen nel and Lange dueled again, but Lange decided to put so me br eathing room between h imself an d th e rest of th e field, p ull in g away to a n easy win a nd h is first overall win th is year a t PIR. Fennel again was second, Hondasupported Sm ith took a stro ng th ird, Anderson was fourth, and Burkin shaw was fifth. Th e 250cc Pro holeshot found Smith a board his CR250R rocketing in to th e lead. Michlitsch was right there in second on his KX, and another Cycl e World Honda-supported rider , Arne Hettman, was in third. Mich litsch gai ned th e number one spot on th e th ird la p, but d isaster struck on the n ext as th e Kawasaki ace slid o u t going p ast th e tow er. The en tire field passed h im by before he co u ld get restarted. Smith was now leading again with D lie S Cycle Husky rider Ron Vande- hey h ot on h is tail. By the mid-poi nt, Cycle World riders Smith and H ett ma n were 1-2, but H illsbo ro Suzu ki 's Randy Hubbard a nd Cropper, who had both gotte n bad starts, had now moved up in to th e third and fourt h spots an d were cha llenging the leaders for the top posi tions. Cropper gai ned th e lea d wi th two laps to go hold ing on fo r th e win. Hubbard's gr eat ride ea rned him a sec o n d, displacing H euman a n d Smith to third and fourth on th e last lap , with Vandeh ey guidin g h is Husky into th e number five slo t. - In ' th e second moto there wa s no denying Michlitsch th e win. He led th e entire ra ce wire to wire, winning with lots of room to spare. Cropper, Hettman and Vandeh ey di ced th e en tire moto in th e n ext three spots with that order holding to th e finish. Smith was fifth and Su zuki-mounted jerry Wilson sixth. Results PP: 1. Julie Hieroche (Yam~ 2 . Tammy Bulton 3. Jill Hart eloo (Hon) . PEE WEE EX: 1. Britt Woodring (Yl mt 2. Denny Ki_ugh (Ylm ). PEE WEE JR : 1. Chad Ki_ugh (Yam ): 2. Dlrre n Frye (Vam t 3. Kenny Bulton (Ylm). MINI INT: 1. Dell Sm ith (Yam ): 2. Merk Baum· gardner (5 02); 3. Grant Furrer (Yam). MIN IJR: 1. M ike Bell (Ya m~ 2. Kevin Mann(Kaw) : 3 . Mark Schonberger (Kaw). 100 INT: 1. Jeff Miles (Vam ). 100 JR : 1. Roger Sherrell (Yam ): 2. Crlig Clark (Vam): 3. Dan Cook (Yam ). 125 PRO: 1. DOUll Lange (Yam~ 2. Denny Fennel (Yam): 3. J im R. Anderson (Ylm). 125 INT: 1. Craig Timm (Hon); 2. Oarrin Currier (SUl ); 3. Duncan Devis (Hon) . 125 JR DIV I: 1. Wes Hanson (SUl): 2. Rodney Sherrell (Yam ): 3. Chr is SWlja (Hon ). 125 JR DIV II: 1. Ford Tannock (SUl): 2. Kerry Ovall (Hon); 3. Dwaine Sieler (SUl ). 250 PRO: 1. Jeff Cropper (Suz); 2. Arne Henman (Hon ); 3 . TIm Michlitsch (Kaw). 250 INT; 1. Rick WyIder (Kaw); 2. Kyle Hell (Hon); 3 . Randy Jungworth (Kaw) . 250JR: 1. Llrry Bowen (Kawl; 2. Ron Ken, (Hon ); 3. Don Robinson (Kaw) . OPEN PRO; 1. Bob Plympton (SUl). OPEN INT: 1. Dennis Sweeton (Ylm); 2 . Charles Nelson (Hon); 3. Grlyson Hart (Yam). OPEN JR ; 1. M ike Hickman (ylm); 2. J ames Neff (KTM); 3 . Rid< Johnson (Hon ). OTH EX: 1. M ike Perry (Suz ); 2. Jim Park. (Yam); 3 . Mike Hickman (Yam). OTH INT; 1. JeffVlw(ylm); 2. Jeff Vounce (Yam); 3. Rlndy Naylor (Suz). OTH NOV : 1. Richard Duncan (Kaw~ 2. Jack Monteith (Hon ); 3. William Jaworski (y l m). OT EX: 1. Gary Bonds (Hon); 2 . Robert Knox (Yam): 3. Larry Sause (Hon ). OT NOV : 1. Jerry Hierache (Kawt 2. Richlrd Abrams (Ylmt 3. Charles Burchinal CHon~ (Yl m~ of eastern Wash in gt on. Area rider G ar y Kuest (S u per Seer / Ai rway Heights Yam) took th e l25c c Pro class by virt ue of hi s 3-1 score after early seco n d moto lead er jimmy An derson (Moto-X Fox Yam ) dropped out. An derso n topped th e first moto, though. In l25cc Pro moto one , Anderson shot off the line in th e lead with Kuest, Robb Manning (H i-Poin t/Hen su p p o rt) , j a ck McGill (O lym p ic Yam ), Doug Lange (Ya m h ill Yam ) a nd series leader Cory Klaudt (Sea tt le H on ) giving cha se. Manning got arou nd Kuest for seco nd with McGill a nd Kuest swa p pi ng spot an d Brett T rem blay (Miller Products/Suz of Spokane) , Denn is O striem (Way ne's Arco Yam ) an d Du ane Marker (Ya m) followed closely. Manning cou ld n 't take th e lead away fro m Anderson with th ird to Kuest, fourth McGill and fifth Tremblay. Mo to two it was Kuest, Anderso n, Mark er, T remblay a nd Brian Ellison (Yam) p ulling fo r posi tions. Anderso n took over the lead on the seco nd lap, but the next tim e around we had a new lea der. Kuest was righ t there to sna p th e lea d up wlien Anderson DN F. In th ird was Tremblay, wh o a lso mo ved up o ne spot. Ellison a nd Marker battled over thi rd wh ile th in gs got interestin g betw een Manning a nd An dy j ames (Suz), 250cc Pro racing had Roby Bass (Mi ller Products/Hon of Spokane) off the line in first with Anderson, Tremblay , Kuest and Sco tt Ty ler (Devol Eng.lMai NW ) in pursuit. Bass yie lded to Anderson on the fir st lap. Bass rode steady in second with _ Tremblay th e sa me in third. Pos itions stayed th e same until the whi te lap flag came 'o u t, and Burgett had th e lead when Anderson bailed off. Bass al so got by but Anderson took th ird . Second moto was T yler 's as he launched h is Alpha off th e line. Warren Hi ckman (Yam). Kuest and Burgett were th e ea rly leaders. Burgett ca me from 18th to fourth with three laps to go, bu t ge tt ing aro un d Kuest wasn ' t easy . Tyler took th e win , but Burgett took th e overa ll . Tyler's fir st moto seventh ruined h is shot but did add to his already bul ging wallet. In th e O pen Pro cla ss, Bass bla sted th e pack wi th a h ol esh ot o ver T yler. Burgett , MacDonald , Lentz (Yam ) and Hi ckman. T yler got by for th e lead o n lap two a nd m anaged to h old o nt o it until the fifth lap when Burgett made a va lia nt p as s for th e lead. Burgett led until th e last lap wh en he went for a disappointing DNF, lettin g MacDonald take th e win, T yler seco nd, Hickman third and Lentz fourth. The final moto had Bass aga in tak e the ea rly lead on his Pro -Link with Burgett , H ickman , MacDonald a nd Sh ane Blood (Yam ) holding down th ose so important money spots. Burgett was ha ving a field day out front with MacDonald workin g into second and Don Knoblauch (Yam) third. Lentz, Art Key (Suz) and Bass gave chase making u p a fro ntal m id-p ack dice. Bu rgett held on to win h is second moto of the day, bu t u nfortunately had a first moto DNF which left h im out of th e overall p icture. Results OPEN PRO; 1. Leo n MacDona ld (y am); 2 . Don Lantz (yl m); 3. Roby Bas. (Hon); 4 . Art Key I Suzl; 5 . W arren Hickman (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Rich Burg en (Vamt 2. Scan Tylar (Yam); 3. Gary Kuest (y l m); 4. Leon MlcDonald (y l m); 5. J im A nde rson (Yam~ 125 PRO: 1. Gary KueS1(Yam t 2. Bren Tremblay (Suzt 3. Robb Manning (Han); 4 . Duane Marker (Yam); 5. Brian Ell inson (Yam). SHR hosts'NMA qualHiers By The Ranchhands BRENTWOOD, CA, MAY 16 National Motorsport Association qualifiers were held at Sand Hill Ranch today, in addition to the regular Continental Moto-sports Clu b program, as racers vied for th e chance to go to Ponca Cit y, OK. The 125cc Stock class wa s led from sta rt to fin ish by T odd Mitch ell , in mo to o ne. Chri s Stewart's Kaw asaki follow ed in ho t p ursui t but was n ot able to pass. Mitch ell hol esh ot rnoto two , a nd Frank Rodgers a nd Tim Carillo pushed ha rd to catch h im . Ca rillo took th e rno to bu t Mi tch ell still go t th e overa ll . In l 25cc Expert , Craig Christian fro m Karl's Motors in Ri chmond was the ea rly leader. Brett Ca hors too k seco nd but tu m bled on th e firs t lap. Donnie Hawkins took over second with Kevin Ia voco n i and Mike La rso n 's H onda on his rear tire. Larson worked u p. to seco nd. Ch ristia n had bike prob lems a nd pushed to the side as Larson took a n eas y win. Ha wk in s worked up to th ird . Mik e H olmes h ol eshot th e 250/ O pen Expe rt race. j erry Brandt from Concord Yamaha held number one for th e Open class. No one was able to close on either leader. a lt ho ugh Doug McR ae did work from fifth to second. Mo to two , Dobbins and Brandt aga in led th eir classes. Dobbins got off on th e first lap. Holmes and McRae battled for second, and Holmes took th e lead ea rly but ga ve it to McRae. Over 12 Modified Expert wa s led by Tony Flores (Yam) with Bob Moore running seco n d. Tony wiped out a ro u nd Chicken Coop corner, gi ving T yson Vohland th e lead followed by Bob Moore. Moore took th e lead wit h two laps to go . " Flying Flores" ca ught th e pack a nd worked up to seco nd by the checkers. Results CMC 125 EX: 1. M ikeLarson (Hon ); 2. Don nie Hawkins. 125 INT: 1. Dieter Kl auss ing (y l m); 2. Andy Tresser (Kaw). 125 JR : I . Plul ArmadI ISul); 2. J immy Bornen (Vam). OT: 1. Peter Dill (Mai); 2. Mark Melns (Yam). BO JR ; 1. John Hicks (Ya m~ 2. Jeff Landgra f (Yam ). OPEN EX: 1. Jerry Brlndt (VIm); 2. Dan Whaley (Hon) . 250 EX: 1. M ike Holmes (Suz); 2. Donnie Hawkins IVl m). 250 INT: 1. M ark Rout! (Hon): 2. Jeff Holder (Yam). 250 JR : 1. Denny Sell (Suz); 2 . David M injares (SUl) . OPEN INT; 1. Dean Adk ins (SUl); 2. Peter Dill (Mai). OPEN JR : 1. Richard HorneISul); 2. John M adrid (SUl) . NMA 125 STOCK; 1. Todd Mitchell (VIm); 2. Tim Carillo. 12 5 MOD INT; I . Eric Liddell (Sult 2. Chr is Hey· man (Hon) . 125 MOD NOV: I . Frank Rodgers (SUl): 2. Tim cerrtno (SUl) . OVER 12 MOD BO: 1. Chris Neal (Yam); 2. J.J. Taylor (Sull. NOV STK: 1. Lance Homes (9-l l -Sult. 2. Chr is Nea l. NOV STK; Terry Bostlrd (over 12 Yam); 2. Albert Berends (Yam). eo eo

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