Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ri,ck Burgett ran away with the 250cc and Open Pro wins at Boise . Flat-tired Schalow takes Ridge Runners marathon By Gerry Reagan WATSONVILLE, CA, J U NE 13 Mike Schalow rode his Open class Husky over half of th e two-hour ra ce on a flat tire a nd j u st barely held off a las t min- 46 u te ch arge by Mike Marquez (Hus) to win the Ridge Runners M.C.'s marathon race today. Sch al ow was runn in g seventh a t the end of th e fir st lap a nd , kn o wing h e had two hours to go , was content 10 rem a in in th e middl e o f th e 10 front -runners for the first few laps of the ra ce. He charged into th e lead on th e 10th lap and began to tak e co mmand of th e rac e, holding on to th at position until just before th e m idway point. H e pitted at th e end of th e 14th lap, losing only two places, but so mewhere around that time he noticed ai r had escaped from his back tire . Undaunted, Schalow decided tha t since he had come here 10 rac e, he might as well keep on go ing as long as possible and conti n u ed 10 ride hi s very sq u irre lly machine around th e difficult track. He somehow managed 10 keep up most of his previous speed and continued to hold onto hi s lead which he had regained four laps a fter hi s pit sto p. Marquez had been running a fairly consistent rac e, spe ndin g m ost of hi s time in th e second spot, although well back fro m Schalow until he real ized near the end of th e race th a t h e was beg inning to gain rapidl y on th e leader. Wh en h e real ized Schalow was slowi ng, Marquez began to pour on th e coa ls and started to reel in th e front -runner. With only o ne lap to go Marquez was a bo u t 10seconds behind th e lead er, who was still managing to keep going at racing speeds. Schal ow' s lead deteri orated quickl y o n th e last lap, a nd as th e two riders came o u t of th e last tum , Mar quez pulled up beside Schal ow as they headed for th e chec kere d flag. Sch a lo w went for it , and it was a drag race 10 th e line wi th Marquez fin ish ing on ly a wh eel len gth beh ind at the end of th e two ho u r ride. This was the seco nd mara thon the Ridge Runners h ave held on their Watsonville track. After th eir first one a month ago turned o u t to be so en th usias tica lly enjoyed by both th e riders and themselves, th e club me mbers decided to drop their sched u led AMA motocross a nd hold th e mara thon in stead. judging from th e comments of th e riders, it lOOKS like' this was the way to go and future even ts a t th e Wa tsonvill e fai rgrounds wi ll in clude many more mara thon s. Results VET l OT: 1. Darrel Lawson /Tom W inkleman (Hus); 2. Cean Brown (Hus): 3. Ste.eMuscat ell /Rory Muscatell (KTM ). 125: 1. Rod Williams/Mike Daws (Yam l: 2. Br ian Bowen (Yam); 3. Tony Knowles (Yam I. 250: 1. Greg Pennington /Scot Keller (Honl: 2. M ike Brumit /R ich Sm ith (Hon);"3. Gary M urphy / Ron Powers (Kaw) . OPEN: 1. Mike Schalow (Husl: 2. Mike M arq uez tHus); 3 . Ron OiBasil io (Honl. Rudy gets lucky at Little Polecat enduro By Jim Bowman DEER CREEK, CA , J UNE 13 Kawasaki pilot Iver Rudy gave it his all today, and capitalized on a little lady luck also, to zero the Little Polecat endu ro and bea t Discount Cycl e Parts/H i-P o intsponsored jeff H enning by eig h t seco nds. Rudy, sponsored by Woodland Motorcycle Center, said aft er th e event, " I wa s lucky. One of the Pal enskes passed me in th e rocks, and I h it a tree root and went down ." Wh en R udy remounted, he discovered, in add ition 10 th e pains a t hi s side an d elbow, that he had broken hi s clock face and, worst of all , his odometer. Rudy finished th e sectio n, wh ich wa s timed to th e seco nd , with almost a perfect score, but in desperate need of a working odometer. Rudy's brother Wayne said aft er the event th at a t th e next reset, Iver offered him $100 for hi s odometer, but befor e Wayne co u ld. remove it, Iver h ad repaired h is OWII with duct tape. Wayne th en ech oed hi s brother 's co m me nt a bo u t luck by saying that Iver had sta rte d th e day with h is clock- set w ron g by 10 minutes. The first an n ua l Littl e Pol ecat enduro start ed o n tra il a nd traveled on Iireroad for much o f the first loop. The firs t secre t ch eck, p laced near th e end of a nar row down h ill trail, ca ug h t mor e o f th e A ride rs la te than th e la ter ' specia l tests. H onda/Inter-L in k/ Sierra-sponsored jeff Irwin lost his only poi nt in this section wh en he co u ld n ' t find an arrow a t a turn . D irt B ike Magazine' s Tom Webb, wh o wa s part of a fou r-wa y ti e with Irwi n, T racy Walters a nd Bill Dart for th ird overa ll , a lso lost o ne po int h ere. T he seco nd loop o f the course sta rted with a reset a fter th e gas stop an d a secret chec k rig h t a fter th e reset. Only sleepy or co n fused rid ers burned this check, though , as it cou ld easily be seen through the trees.The sectio n after this check led acr oss a rocky offcam ber hillside and generally claimed no time loss [rom th e A rid er s, an d a one-mi n ute loss fro m the Bracers. Nex t, the rid ers were g iven a 15minute reset , 10 miles of fa irl y ea sy Iir eroad and then rou ted in to a windin g u p hi ll climb through de nse trees . The a vera ge toll of thi s specia l test was o ne o r two minutes for A racers, and fou r or five minutes for the Bs. There were a lot of good th ings said after th e Litt le Pol eca t enduro, a nd 250cc A H on da pi lot Taz H arvey su m med it up : " I thi nk they di d a good job for what they had to work with." T his co mment was co m mon a nd often spoken wit h much relief an d appreciation. Wha t the Merced Dirt Riders had to work wi th was lots of dust and a warm summer day; the y co u n tered th is with reasonably safe speed averages on th e Iireroads, special tests in the less dusty rock s and trees a nd natural water su p p lies at two of the [our ge n ero us resets. The Merced Dirt Riders went o u t of th eir way 10 crea te a n ou tsta n ding end u ro for the riders a nd are giving ex tra troph ies to th e B and C overall win ners as well. T he club would lik e 10 th an k th e rid ers, th e U.S. Forest Service, th e County o f T uolu m ne Road Department a nd th e Ca lifornia H ig h wa y Pat rol for th eir su p port. Special than ks a lso goes to the Lo u isia na Pacifi c T imber Co m pa ny for th eir permission to use th eir land. Result s OVERAU WINNER : 1. jver Rudy (Kaw). 200 A : 1. Kirk Ratzel (SUl): 2. Matt Cull ins (Yam ). 250 A : 1. Jeff Henning (KTM): 2. Bill Cart (KTM ): 3 . Tracy Walters (C-A). OPEN A : 1. IYer Rudy (Kaw) : 2. Jeff Irwin (Han): 3. Tom Webb (Hus). FOUR-STROKE A : 1. John Poor (Han ): 2. Larry Woodruff (C-A ). 01 A : 1. Charlie Morgan (KTM ); 2. Jerry Kramer (Hus ); 3 . Chuck Beatie. 200 B: 1. J im Flem ing (Kaw); 2. Peter Prichard (Han ): 3 . Chad Hathaway (Han) . 250 B: 1. Ste.e Bander (Husl; 2 . Can Fr ietas (SUl ): 3. J im Bow man (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Wes We nger (Yam): 2. Randy Caugh· teny (Hus); 3. Ronald Roberts (Hus). 01 B: 1. Robert McDonald (Hus ); 2. A rt hur More (Vam): 3. Jon King (Han) . WOMEN B: 1. Susan Poor IHan) ; 2. Jeanie M or gan (Hen); 3. Patt i Henning (Y.m~. 200 C: 1. Greg Hou le (Kawl: 2. Josh Chand ler (Han); 3. James A ll en (Yam). 250 C: 1. Robert Pet erso n (Han): 2. Ralph Buff a: 3. Ca. id Rosa (KTMI . OPEN c: 1. A nt one Cernoku s (Yam); 2. W ayne M arshall (Hu s); 3. Pete Jensen (Yam) . 0 1 C: 1. Larry Robert s (KTM): 2 . Bill J ones (Vam): 3. Ken Ceeg (Husl . Burgett, Hannah obliterate Boise Gold Cup MX By Marty Gregory Photo by Sandy Beebe BOI SE, 10, J UNE 13 . The Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cup Series came to Boise's Peaceful Cove motocross track today , a nd along with it came o ne Bob Hannah a nd (ap p aren tly) two Ri ck Burgeus, Burgett wasted th e 250cc P ro s with firsts in both rnotos and did th e exac t same th ing to the Open class. Hannah , whe n not mobbed by fan s, put o n o ne of th e mos t treme n do us sho ws seen on th e Owyhee Clu b's track since Sylvai n G eboers was her e in th e ea r ly '70s. Bob rode a 125 Yama ha . Blasting into an immedia te lead quick ly after each start, Ha n na h was truly aweso me, a n ent ire class abo ve all but o ne or two o ther men o n th e course. T he first I25cc go 'ro u nd saw Bob thread an expe rie nced needl e thro ug h a pa ck of cras h ing and stalling bik es. jim Anderson (Yam) was co ntestin g th e lead with Hannah until he wiped out on th e remodeled sa nd hill. From .there on out, Hannah was alone and getting "aloner." H e'd come thro ugh th e sand was h (to rn up and nas ty) without bothering 10 p ut th e fro nt end down but a ' tim e or two . Derrick P er so n n et te (Su z) was Boise's o nl y hope. Derr ick had yet to lose a sin g le 125cc rnoto going into today. Though h e had bea ten Anderson decisivel y on TT weekend , Person nette co u ld not sta y with " T h e Hurri cane. " He was sti ll on th e same la p as Hannah at the end o f th e mot o, but not ma ny ot her guys who sta rted this race were. T he seco nd one -two-five mot o saw Hannah move right out again. Anderson hung in this tim e a nd wound u p wi th a second . Personn ett e held on to thi rd despi re charges fro m Ga ry Kuest (Ya m) who had a lso ru n fo urth in th e firs t rnoto. Rick Bur gett ro de h is own race in both 250 a nd bot h Open mOlOS.Onl y Wa rre n " Pud " H ickman (Yam) an d Mar k Olberdin g (S uz) co u ld pressure R ick in th e 250cc clash . But , even if it wa s Hi ckman , Burgett co ul d motor a way a ny time a nyo ne got cl o se. Olberding was hanging tight in 250cc ra ce n umber two until he went o u t wi th a cras h j ust pa st th e midway p oint. T he for me r Na tio na l 500cc cha m p showed why they call him Lumberj ack as h e ma n ha nd led h is hefty 490 Ya maha in th e Open races . Need to cha nge a li ne? No p roblem . just p ick th e bi ke up in th e middle o f a co rner a nd set it down a bit to th e left l Of interest in th e Open class wa s th e return of Loren Shockey (Yam) a fter a long absen ce following an injury in Ne vada. Loren put on a good demonstration of sta m ina and co u rage as h e zapped around for a 4-5 da y a t th e races. Results PEE WEE : 1. Lowell Thomson. Jr. (Yam); 2. Paul Pitts (Vam). PEE WEE B: 1. But ch Smith (Yam); 2. Boris Lee Port noy (Yem r, 3. Bart Jordan (SUl). M INI A : 1. Todd Hcever (Vam): 2. Lowell Thomson. Jr. (Vam): 3. Larry Ward (Kaw). M INI B: 1. M ike Crowell (Yam); 2 . Bruce J oh nson (Yam): 3. Larry Jackson (Yam). 100 A: 1. Dennis Fenn ell (Yam); 2 . Ja mes Clen den en (Vaml: 3. Wade Jenssen (Vami . 100 B: 1. Todd Bruggman (Yam); 2. M ike Crowell (Yam): 3 . Cor ey Barto n (Vam). 125 A : 1. Denni s Fenne ll (Yam); 2. Todd Hoover (Yam): 3. Ca. id Broemb lin g (Han). 125 B: 1. Todd Br uggm an (Yam); 2. Bria n CuVall (Kew) : 3. Ste. e Cooper (Yam). 250A: 1. login Edrington (Kaw ); 2. Dav id Froem blin g IHon l: 3. Willy Beebe (Han). 250 B: 1. Bryan Lock (Vam): 2. Jim Lyngar (Yam): 3. Wednell Weekward (Kaw) . OPEN A : 1. Carren Obenclorf (Yam I. OPEN B: 1. Ed Phillips (Yam); 2. Stephen Pitts (Yam); 3 . Jame. Cunn (SUl). 30-40 A: 1. Tim Fullnan (Han): 2. Terry Hall (Hus). 30-40 B: 1. Sandy Beebe (Hon r, 2. Laroy Smrth (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Robert Hannah (Yam ): 2 . Jim LAnd· erson (Vam ); 3 . Der rick Personene (SuI). . 250 PRO: 1. Richard Burgett (Yam ): 2. Canny Ciesso (Suz); 3 . Ed Hickman (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Richard Burgett (Yam ); 2. Warren Hickman (Vam~; 3. John Chr ist ian . Jr. (VIm). Bennett, Green, Hurst strike at Sidewinders n By. Clay Light CLA CKAMAS, OR , J UNE II T riumph-mounted Brad Hurst tonight socked it to th e Experts for th e seco nd race in a row at O regon Sid ewinders TT racing in C lacka mas, held under threa teni ng dark, cloudy skies whi ch looked 10 brin g rain but a ctuall y held orr until th e last riders were o rr th e trac k. Randy G reen (Sim pson/ Bates/ American Honda ) took th e junior main , a n d H onda-m ounted Dan Bennett took Novice honors. T im e trial s had Hurst put in the fastes t time of th e evening with his , 14.47 followed closely by Charlie

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