Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

:anada- Northern California·Northern Nevada-Oregon·Washington-ldaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada-Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Ut The seco nd mota was a near rep eat of th e fir st with Anderson winning. Michlitsch had fixed hi s bike and trailed th e Yamaha ace th e whole race for a strong second. Hettman took another third, John Woodley, on a Suzuki, was fourth a nd Fennel fifth. The 250cc mot os were thoro ug hly dom inated by Adn erson. In th e first, he led the en tire race wire to wir e, with o nly Michlitsch able to keep sigh t of him. Michlitsch ended up second, Hettman got his thi rd third of th e night, D&S Cycles' Ron Vandeh ey took fourth, and Rick Bozarth was fifth. In the second mot a Anderson agai n holesh ot a nd never looked back, takin g hi s fourth mot a wi n of th e n ight. Bozarth and Vandeh ey staged a good duel th e ent ire race for seco nd a nd th ird with th e D&S Cycles' ri der making a last lap cha rge to ta ke second from Bozarth. Michl itsch , af ter having some problem s a t th e begi n ning of th e moto , gra bbed a fourth , a nd Yamah a-mounted Cu rt Kerbau gh was fifth . Results 1Z5 PRO: 1. Jim Anderson (Vam); 2. Arn e Hett man (Hon) ; 3 . Dennv Fennel lYam). 250 PRO: 1. J im Anderson (Yam); 2. Ron Vande hey (Hus); 3. Tim Michlitsch IKaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Bob Plympton (Suz). PP: 1. Tammy Bufton IVam); 2. J;U Haneloo{Hon); J . Julie Hiersche (Yam) . . PEE WEE EX: 1. Britt Woodring (Vam); 2. Justin ' Stanning (Yaml ; 3. Richie Abrams (Yam) . . PEEWEE JR; r . Chad Kishpaugh (Vam); 2. Kenny Bufton (Vam). MINIINT: 1. Dell Sm ith (Vam); 2. Randall Klettke (Hon); 3. Mark Baumga,rdner (Suz). MINI JR: 1. Mike Williams (Vam); 2. Grant Furrar (Vam); 3. Mike Bell (Yam). 100 INT: t , Derrin Currier (Yam). l00JR; 1. Jaff Miles (Vam); 2. Craig Clark (Vam). 125 1 NT; 1. Craig Timm (Han); 2. Mike Lee (Vam); 3. Mike Klettke (Suz). 125 JR A: 1. Cliff Theisson (Vam); 2. Doug Gravelle (Vam); 3. Pat Harvuth (Han). 125 JR B: 1. Joe Becker (Suz); 2. Kerry Ovall (Han); 3. Ford Tannock (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Kelly Welchel (Suz); 2. Scott Russel (Suz); 3. Kyle Hall (Han). 250 JR: 1. Terry Davis (Kaw); 2. Rick May (Yam); 3. Don Robinson (Kaw) . OPEN INT; 1. Mike Smothers (Vam); 2. Grayson Han (Yam); 3. Dennis Sweeten (Yam). OPEN JR: 1. Charles Nelson (Han); 2. Mike Hickman (Yam); 3. Leonard Hannaford (Kawl . DTH: 1. Mark Ruple; 2. Roger Knight (Vam); 3. Mike Hickman (Yam). . OT: 1. Gary Bonds (Han); 2. Larry Sause (Han); 3. Jerry Hiersche (Kaw). Chandler makes it 14 in a row at Baylands ST By Bill Spencer FREMOl'o'T, CA, MAY 12 Team Honda's Doug Chandler opened up the first night of AMA/District 36 short track racing at Baylands Raceway park with a bang by winning his 14th straight 250cc Expert main and keeping a two year record intact, He is well on his way to becoming the winningest rider ever in the history of the sport and yet another great accompl ishment for the new dirt tra ck effort under the guidance of Jerry Griffith. Baylands Raceway is the new name for the former Fremont Raceway with lots of new additions that include a three-eighths-mile oval com plete with banking and a tri ck grandstand that reportedly holds upward of $8.000. Under guidance of tra ck boss Terry Kniss , it is getting in line for upcoming pro events and maybe even a Winston Pro Series National TT on a track that has yet to be built. This ra ce was the fifth production but the first under the D-~6 banner with points going out for the coveted Black Plates as well as advancement points for the troops. Bob Donovan led all laps of th e 250cc Novice sh ow after a heat ra ce win. L ittle T ed Taylor won th e o ther heat on hi s YZI25 and was beating on the pa th in the main whe n the chec kere d flew wh ile in fourth . Bill Bak er and th e T eam Area Ambulance/SK Bul taco took second over Scott Eich elbaugh. The 250cc J uni or race was another runaway for Kurt Ch andler on th e J im Chisum Kawasak i. The littlest tooter got the holeshot a nd blew away the rest of th e gu ys so badl y that only four co uld finish. Joe Carrera took a G ilroy Sport Cycle special to second over Mark Day's H&S Cycle Bultaco while Scott Nail, Pete Murray a nd Adam Sabedra co uld only sit on the sideli nes and watch . Almost II years ago when Doug Chandler saw thi s track for the first ti me, one of the heros of th e day was Na tional sta r R ick H ocking. T he m in i kids of th e day were the likes o f Randy Ma mola, Jim Filice and Bill SCOtt. Doug cou ld han dle th em wa y back th en a nd had anothe r chance a t th e still fleet of han d Hocking. The Hock go t a sta rt a nd kn ew that th e o nly way to stay a head was to conf use his lines a nd try and sta ve off th e a ttack o f the air-cooled H onda CR 250R . The two swa pped the lead do wn th e front straigh t Just lik e th e boys on th e mile with th e crowd lovin g every second. Finally, on th e sixth lap , Doug sa id enough a nd di al ed it up a nd away for hi s 14th strai gh t victory in a strea k that has lasted over two years. Hocking held off Dave Caballero on his WFO Yamaha with Mike Arthur taking fourth over Danny McDonnell. Paul Iwanaga led out th e big boys for the bu cks run on his Gilroy Sport Cycle XR500 with John Tavis and Dan McDonnell in tow. Bill y SCOtt worked off th e penalty line to move into second on the next round and took th e lead from Iwanaga on the fourth lap, moving off to a d istant win on his ND/Knight/Dave Bird! O ilzall special. Billy showed wh y he has the talen t to be one of the few rookies in th e Winston Pro Series. Iwanaga held the seco nd spot with Rocky Robinson riding well on th e Cycle Engineering Honda for third over Chris Paulson and McDonnell. Short track racing continues each and every Wednesday night at Baylands. Th is eve n t hold s specia l traditions a nd th e hard core of what is Am erican dirt track racing and needs everyo ne 's su pport to keep it alive. Results 250 NOV: 1. Bob Donovan (Vam); 2. Bill Baker (Bul); 3. Scott Eichelbaugh (Yam). 250 JR; 1. Kurt Chandler (Kaw); 2. Joe Carrera (Yam); 3. Mark Day (Bul). 250 EX: 1. Doug Chandler (Han); 2. Rick Hocking (yam); 3. Dave Caballero (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Rolland Hollis (Yam); 2.Jim Coleman (Han); 3. Pete Ayhern (Vam). 5OOJR: 1. Mark LaCasa(Vam); 2. Scott Nail (Mai) ; 3. Randy Holycross (Yam). 500 EX: Bill Scott (Yam); 2. Paullwanaga (Han); 3. Rocky Robinson (Han). Watilo, Michlitsch score double points at Mt. View MX By Brian Barnes SANDY, OR, MAY 9 A very busy racing weekend came to a close at Mt. View Raceway today with the Pro titles falling to R W Racing Yamaha rider Rob Watilo in 125; DG /Kawasaki su p po rt rider Tim Michl it sch in 25 0, and Bellevue Yama ha 's J ohn Christi an ta kin g Open. T he Ron Long-prep ared track was a t a premium for traction all day, except for some slic k spots because of a slight mi st. But most ride rs commented that it was vastly imp roved o ver previous years and very fun a nd cha llenging to ride. A large co nt ingent of riders elected to stay a fter Saturday's Gold Cu p at Woodla nd, and th e level of co mpetitio n at Mt. View showed it; besid es th a t, double points a re hard to pass up. The first 125cc Pro mo ta found Ol ympic Yamah a's J ack McGill th e leader off th e sta rt with MX Fox/BelRa y rider Doug Lange an d DG /Yamaha su pport rider Sta cy T ho rnto n in second a nd third. Thorn ton suffered problems ' and dropped to th e back of the pack lea vin g Fred's Cycle City Suzuki-mounted Mike McCo rmic k, Wat ilo a nd H onda support rider Robb Ma n ning to do ba ttle. McG ill a nd La nge were leading until the mid-way mark when Wa tilo passed La nge a nd began to wo rk o n McGill . As it tu rned o ut, the 0 Iym pi c Yama ha ace was already long go ne to the mo ta win. Watilo was secon d, La nge third, McCormick fo urth a nd Mannin g fifth. T he second moto was a literal swapfes t wi th the top six ride rs cha nging posi tions a ll mo ta lo ng. T hornton, Denn y Fennell a nd Ma nn ing hol esh o t the mo ta , and by th e time the trio fin ish ed the lap, another band of rid ers was righ t behind, ga ining ground fast. Watilo, McCo rmick a nd McGill mad e up the rest of that gro u p a nd the whole mota long, with the exception of Fennell wh o took a spill on the second lap, those riders were less than five seco nds apart. Manning took th e lead on lap five, staying in fro nt th e rest of th e mota. Watilo was a stro ng seco nd, McGill powered his way to third with Thornton , McCormick and Lange three through six. The first 250cc Pro moto was rather anticlimactic with J erry Wil son on a Su zuki tak ing the hole shot but dropping back to an event ual sevent h . Tim Michl itsch, Ma ico West rider Scott T yler a nd O 'Neal /Gresh am Suzuki' s Jeff Cropper were running 1-2-3 after the first lap, and th ey were long gone to th e chec ke red with Watilo fourth a nd Kawasak i-m oun ted Edwin Wickward fifth. . In th e second mota, Cropper managed to ho ld off Michlitsch until the last lap whe n Michlitsch decided first was better th an ge tti ng roosted in seco nd. He got by Cropper for the win, with T yler coming from th e back of th e pa ck for th ird. Wat ilo finish ed in fourth a nd Suzuki Northwest 's Bru ce Irw in in fifth. Results PEE WEE JR: 1. Brett Holm (Vam). PEE WEE EX: 1. Jeff Daily (Yam); 2. Grant Berg · strom (Yam); 3. Travis Whitaker (Yam) . MINI JR : 1. Troy Stewan (Vam); 2. Grant Berg strom (yam); 3. Grant Furrer (Yam) . MINI INT: 1. Corey Whitaker (Vam); 2. Randall Klettke (Han); 3. Jeff Daily (Vam). MINI EX: 1. Kyle Buckner (Vam). 100 JR: 1. Jeff Miles (Vam). 100 INT: r . Rick Celor ie (Vam). 125 JR : 1. Mike Williams (Yam); 2. Brett Gilkson (Suz); 3. Richard Green ISuz). 12 5 1 NT: 1. Kevin Hofenbredl (Suz); 2. Br ian Hall (Suz); 3. Wade Anton (Vam). 125 PRO: 1. Robby Watilo (Vam); 2. Jack McGill (Vam); 3. Robb Manning (Han). 250 JR: 1. Ron Kent (Han); 2. Keit h Eckleman (Vam); 3. Tim Dyke (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Rick Wylder (Kaw) ; 2. Gary Larson (Kaw); 3. Mark Wiley (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Tim M ichlitsch (Kaw); 2. Jeff Cropper (Suz); 3. Scott Tyler (Ma i). OPEN JR: 1. Darrell Senon (Suz); 2. Denn is Sweeten (Yam); 3. Barry Frazier (Yaml. OPEN INT: 1. Jerry Rank(Mal); 2. Ron Long(Suz); 3. Bill Cook (Ma l). OPEN PRO: 1. John Christian (Yam); 2 . Scon Tyler (Mai ); 3. Gard Hollinger (Mai). OTH A : 1. Bill Cook (Mai) ; 2. Mike Perry (Suz); 3. Ron Long (Suz). OTH B: 1. Jeff Vaw (Vam); 2. Greg Autrey (KTM); 3. Dave Merklin (KTM). OTH C: 1. Curt Gilbert (Vam); 2. Randy Williams (Yam); 3. Nick Ragnone (Vam). A : 1. J im Newman (Ma i); 2. John Semmler (Yam). or 8 : 1. Bill Tester (Mai ); 2. Nate Hou se (Ya ml; 3. Tom Rogerson (Yam). OT C: 1. J im Giddes ISuz); 2. Chuck Burch inal (Han); 3. Richard Abrams (Vam). or Fun in the sun at Peaceful Cove scrambles By Steve Hammer BOISE , ID, MAY 2 Idaho finall y had some warm weather, and 71 elated racers enjoyed it thoroughly at the first annual Peaceful Cove European scra mb les. Times are hard, and th e Owyh ee Motorcycle clu b is reall y making a n a tte mpt to draw more riders thro ugh a var iety of new events . Indoor short track and stadiurn motocross have been added, a nd to dra w ou t th e deser t racers, the club hosted this scra m bles event. The trac k was two m iles long and utilized the club's two different mo tocross tracks. Each class ra n for one hour, so endurance was an important factor. The da y' s racing sta rted with a bang in the Min i class with a dogfigh t eru p ting between Jeff Irby (Kaw) a nd Dexter H umbard (H a n) . Irb y too k a well-deserved win , and seconds la ter , the 125cc Beginners were roaring into the first turn. Mike Sword (Suz) led for awh ile, but ex-mini racer Dan Huskey (Yam) edged him to the fin ish. Desert ace Bob Nancolas (Yam) won the I25cc Expert class, just ahead of Tom Fitzgerald (Yam) and Marty Jamison (Suz), The best racing of the da y was undoubtedly in th e 250cc classes. Ed Phillips led the 250cc Beginners for about 30 m inutes, but his old Yamaha YZ250E was bea ting him to death. and he fin all y faded to fourth , with Loyal Gibbens (Yam) taking a hardearned win. The 250cc Expert race pitted desert racer Ron Dillon (Yam) against Curt Dice on his new Maico. From the star t, the two got int o the best race of the da y, a knock-down, drag-out affair which kept both rid ers only 20 feet apart for 50 minutes. Finally, Dillon's YZ sp it a chain, ending the hot, dusty duel. The desert ra cers gained revenge when Darren Obendorf (Yam) smoked the Open Beginner class , but motocrossers dominated the Open Expert div ision. George Collingham (Yam) has been getting horrendously fast lately, and he streaked int o a commanding lead in Open Expert. It didn 't last though, as the gearbox locked up, putting him out. Dan Lees (H a n) inherited the lead, and he held on to win over Steve Henry (Han ) and Ron Dillon (Yam) . The concluding trophy presentation was brightened by over $600 worth of contingencies, donated by local dealers, and a special thanks is sent to the Alter, McCray and Hall families for their help and support. • Results SPTSMN: 1. Roger Troy (Yam ~ WOMEN: r . Rita Lee (Han); 2. Usa Att_ry (Suz). VET: 1. Sandy _ (Han); 2. Dean Huskey (Yam); 3. Jim Lyngar (Hua). SR: 1. Darrell Lankford (Suz); 2. Doug Maude (Yam); 3. Phil White (Suz). 200: 1. Sam HUU:henson (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Loyel Gibbens (Yam~ 2. Kally Fuller (Yam); 3. Todd Langley (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Curt Dice (Ma i); 2. Joel Huskey (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Darren Obandorf (yam) ; 2. Myron Devi. (Suz); 3. Cliff Murrav (Yam). OPEN EX; 1. Din Lee. (Han); 2. Steve Henry (Hoot, 3. Ron Dillon (Yam). 31

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