Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

nada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada-Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Ut Barkman 's 14.50. The Novi ce heat races went to Ryan Fish er (Vern 's Air Sal es), j eff H arsha (Ya m), Ga ry T rull (Lo ngview Kaw) and Bennett (ND/Bel Ra y H on ). The junior heat races saw Green , Barry Pelkey (Simpso n C-A), Mark Key a nd Emor y Gray (Yam) tak e win s. Expert heats and semis found Hurst (Pa n the r Racing Frames/KR W/ Woodland H on T ri), Darrell H endrickson (T ri) and Bob Moran (Sea ttle Yam /H oD) receiving the checkers first. Mains went off right on schedule with th e Novices being first out on the groomed course. Harsha showed the way at ' the start with Benn ett, . Fisher, T rull appearing in the top four at the end of a lap. Bennett took over at the start of lap two but only briefly as Harsha took over; but his lead only lasted another lap, and from there on in it was all Bennett. Harsha held down second with Vince Gildner (H a n), Trull and Daniel Cain fillin g out top positions in their mad scramble. With on e lap to go , Bennett had th e lead all to him self with Fisher mak ing a lat e rall y to move to seco nd. Harsha took third a nd Gildner fourth. The junior mai n event had numerous re-starts. Key took th e lead on th e seco nd tr y, but a nother massive pi leup ca used delays, so it was decid ed to run a n Expert race while th e a m bulan ce did the ir duties. Once underway, Key co llected another hol eshot hon or but was swooped up by first Green then Whiting. Pelkey pour ed it o n lat e in the ma in to settle into second beh ind Green who opened up one of hi s fam ous lead s whi le Pelkey made up lost ti me but 10 no ava il. Key held on for th ird wi th Gray fourth followed closely by Curt Hunter (Yam), The crowd roared its a pproval with th e sta rt of th e Expert clash. Nat ional ' #75 Charlie " Brett" Barkman (H a n) launched off th e lin e with scratch honors over Hurst, j eff Campbell (Elite/Out Front/Vern's Air Sales/ Simpson Sports/Harry Lilly Yam ), jeff McDaniel (O ut Front No. Pl ates / York Han ), Mickey Fay (American Han) and Bob Moran (H -D). Barkman was riding hi s absolu te best try ing to hold off Hurst. Hurst did man ag e to get by th e Honda pil ot while Campbell, Word a nd Fay had a three-wa y race goi ng o n for third. Campbell got by Barkman a t th e halfwa y point in the 15-la p event 10 go in for th e kill on H ur st, which never happened as Hurst had it all wrapped up to ta ke the win. Ca mpbell took th e handle on seco nd wh ile Word took Barkman for th ird . This reporter; as well as everyone here, wis hes a speedy . recovery 10 Billy Oliver wh o too k a hard spill in the ma in . Get weill Results MAIN NOV : 1. Dan ny Bennen (Han) ; 2. Ryan Fisher (Yom); 3. Jeff Horsho (Yoml · JR ; 1. Rondy Green (Honl; 2. Borry Polkoy (C· At 3. Mork Key (Yom). EX: 1. Brod Hurst ITr i); 2. Jeff Compbell (Yom); 3. Fronk Word III (H·DI. TROPHY DASH NOV; 1. Donny Bennen (Honl. JR: t , Rondy Green (Han). EX: t . Mickey Foy (Han). EX FAST TIME; Brod Hurst (14 .471. Sun 'domlnat es Rose Festival MX turnout at Portland International Raceway this year, set the only double winner today in th e Am ateur portion of th e stage for MX Fox/Port la nd H o nda's Ron Sun to completely do mina te th e 1982 Rose Festival motocross her e th is week. To go al ong with his 125and 250cc Pro wins, Sun made an extra $ 100 by winning the special " Dash For Cash." The rules were simp le: If you managed a top three first mota fin ish in ei ther 125 or 250, yo u would ru n a special th ree-lap race , backw ards on th e tra ck, for $50 in each class . The first motos in both classes belonged 10 Sun all the wa y. In 125, D&:S Cycles Suzuki rid er Ted Holt and Kawasaki support rider Kevin jansen battled for theentire race with jansen managing to get by for th e second spot. Fourth went 10 john Woodley (Suz) 'with jess Dirks fifth . Hillsboro Suzuki's Randy Hubbard followed Sun on the holeshot in the first 250cc mota. Ron Vandehe y (D&:S Cycles Hus ) took awa y Hubbard 's second spot for a couple of laps, but the Suzuki pilot found a way back a ro u nd on the las flap for th e runnerup positi on . Vandehey was third, Cycle World 's Darryl Semmler fourth and Rick Bozarth o n a Suzuki fift h. Th e r ider s wh o fini sh ed fir st th rough third th en lin ed up at halfti me for the spec ia l Dash For Cash . Sun wo n both motos handil y, pocketi ng $50 for each win. The second set then resumed with Sun winning both motos again , ma kin g him six for six on the nigh t. H olt was th e ru nner-u p wi th Woodley th ird in 125, while 250 saw H ubbard a nd Vandehey agai n runn in g second an d thi rd wit h that order holdin g to th e finish . Sem mler and Bozarth were fourth and fifth . Don 't forget to sta rt p lann ing on a ttending PIR's specia l $1,000 Pro Ch allenge to be held th e Thursda y after Washougal's National on Augu st 12. Washougal Motocross Park 's Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cu p Seri es race. With a lmos t 500 riders in attendance, it made for large fields in a ll th e classes and a lon g da y of racing. Fennel's wi ns ca me at th e expense of th e riders in 100 a nd 125cc Expert. In th e 100cc class, he outdistanced fellow Yamaha riders Billy Wellend and Wade Janssen , wh o fini shed second and third in each rnoto. In 125cc Expert, Fennel again ran away with the winner's spo t each mota, finishing with room to spare both races. The next three spots were hotly contested by Kawasaki support rider jeff Chapman, Honda-mounted Keith Foidel and Yamaha ace Dennis Dolquist. Chapman took a fourth in the first mota 'and decided that the seco nd time around he wanted to move up a co up le of spots, which he did for runner-up honors. Foidel ran a strong third both motos for third overall, and Dolquisr's first mota second along with a fourth netted him fourth overall honors. T he Pee Wee Experts saw som ewh at of a su rprise with Oregon Yamaha rider j eff Dail y taking two well deserved wins over Lowell Thompson, jr. who won this year's . 60cc Race of Ch am p ion s at the World Min i Gran Pr ix . In th e 80cc Expert class, Larry Ward (AT K/ Kaw support) finall y took a long awaited first overa ll by virtue of hi s strong win s in eac h mota . Yamaha riders Scott Meyers a nd T odd H oo ver battled for second a nd third overall , but a slight mistak e o n H oover 's part gave Meyers th e decisio n. In 80cc Intermediate, Mike Crowell got th e overall o n hi s Crowell Aut o Parts/DG Yamaha. Corey Whitaker (Ya m of Sal em ) beat Crowell th e first moto but couldn't find a path around in the second. Corey Evans was third. I25cc Intermediate marked som e of th e da y's best racing. A 41 rider gate with 47 riders behind it made for so me very interesting sta rts. Two Suzuki riders ca me awa y with th e first and second overall spots by virtue of th eir wins and fourth-pl ace rid es. Dou g Eichner won th e second mot a for the number on e spot while j ohn Tollefson won th e first mota but was fourth in th e second for seco nd overall. Honda rider Darren Mon en ran stro ng races for th ird, and Yam ah amounted Bill Holtman was fourth. 250cc Expert saw a num ber of lead changes du e 10 some very stiff competi tion. Scott Isbell (Suz) took th e overa ll with hi s 6-1 fin ish , Kyle Fast (Ya m) was seco nd with a 3-4 ta lly, and Dan Fit ch (Suz) finished th ird. T he Open Expert race was agai n a Mark Evolsen a nd Peter Treadwell affair. Envolsen 's Highland Honda CR 480 took both wins wi th Treadwell' s RM465 taking runner-up , Maico-mounted james Burns fin ishing third. Res ults PP; 1. Down Pio..o (Yom); 2. Lor i Howord (SUI); 3 . Ruth McGu ire (Husl . WEE PEE WEE: t . Derrl n Huse rik (Han). PEE WEE JR; t , Chod Kishpough (Yom); 2. Mike Stevenson (Sull; 3. Do"en Frye (Yom). PEE WEE EX: t . Brin Woodring (Yom); 2. Justin Stonning (Yom); 3. Rich ie Abroms (Yoml . MINI JR: 1. Troy Stewart (Yam); 2. Jon Davidson (Kowl; 3. Kovin Monn (Kow). MIN I INT: 1. Mark Baumgardner tSuz); 2. Darren Rogers (Sull; 3. Rondoll Klenke (Honl . MINI EX: 1. Dell Smith (Yom). '00 JR: 1. Croig Clork (Yom); 2. Ken Birkes (S UI ); 3. Don cook (Yom). 100 INT; 1. Roger Sherrell (Yom). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Glenn Hunter (SUI); 2. Chuck GoodriCh (Kow); 3. Wes Honson (SUI) . 125 JR DIV 2: 1. An thonyTschoenn (Han); 2. J im M cintos h (Yam); 3 . Eric W imers (Ya"':"l). 125 INT: 1. Dar rin Curr ier {Sud; 2. Randy J uno · worth (Kaw); 3. Dan Zimmerman (Suz). 125 PRO: r . Ron Sun (Han); 2. Ted Hall (Sull; 3. Kmn Jansen (Kaw). 250JR 1: 1. Monty Bloem ke (Hon); 2. M ork Hors t (KDW ); 3. Greg Boldwin (Yom). 250JR 2: 1. Terry Dovis (Kaw); 2. Ron Kent (Han); 3. urry Bowe n (Kow). 250 INT: 1. Rick Wyl der (Kewl; 2. Scon Isbell (SUI); 3. M ike Holbrook (Sull. 250 PRO: 1. Ron Sun (Han); 2. Rondy Hubbo rd (Sull' 3. Ron Vondohey (Hus). OPEN JR: t . Joy Loundegin (Yomt 2. Jeff Younce (Yom): 3. Jom.. Neff (KTM I. OPEN INT: 1. O....e Eakin (Hon); 2. Denn is Sweet· on (Yom); 3. Bill Cop (Suz). OTH INT: 1. Jeff Younce (Yom); 2. Glen uCho· pelle (Ma i); 3. George Denn is (Kow) . • OTH X; 1. Roger Kn ight (Yom). aT: 1. urry Souse (Honl; 2. Jock Burgoyne (Hus); 3. Rich.rd Abrams (Yam). Fennel takes two at W'ashougal's Amateur Gold Cup MX By Bri an Barn es By Brian Barnes PORTLAND, OR, JUNE 10 WASHO UGAL, WA, J UNE 6 Sunny 90 degree weather, coupled with the largest spectator Yamhill Yamaha/MX Fox-supported Denny Fennel came.up Results PEE WEE EX: 1. Jeff Doily (Yom); 2. Lowell Thompson (Yam); 3. Grant Bergstrom (Yam). PEE WEE INT; 1. Toro Horrison (Yom); 2. Boris Portnoy (Yomt 3. J im Row (Yom). PEE WEE JR : r . Chod Klahp ough (Yom); 2. Chr is Cate (Yam); 3. Richie'Tre...in o (Yam). MINI EX: 1. urry Word (Kow ); 2. Scan Meyers (Yam); 3. Todd Toovor (Yom). • . MINI INT; 1. Mike Crowoll (yoml; 2. Corey Wh Itaker (Yam); 3. Corey Evans (Yam). . MINI JR: 1. Larry Jackson (Yam); 2. KeVin Mann (Kow); 3. Robert Hole (Yom). 100 JR: 1. Corey Borton (Yoml; 2. Creig Clorl< (Yom). 100 INT: 1. Roger Shorill (Yom); 2. Jeff Miles (Yom); 3. us Yok.u!:",.!SUII; .. .. 100 EX: 1. Denny Fonnel (Yom~ 2. Billy Wollond (yoml; 3. Wide Jonssen (Yom). 125 JR; t . Dove Hubberd (SUI); 2. Glenn Hunter (Sull; 3. Anthony Tachoenn (Han). 125 EX; I . DennyFennel (Yoml; 2. Jeff Chopmon (Kow); 3. Keith Foidel (Han). 250JR; 1. Curt Bird (Han); 2. MorkSnover (Sull: 3 M ichae l Tomas in i (Yam). . 250 INT: 1. Rick Wylder (Kowl; 2. Craig Koski (Sud; 3. Todd Morris (Kow l. 250 EX: 1. Sconlsbell (SUI); 2. Kyle FOil (yoml; 3. Don Fitch (SUlI . OPEN JR; I . Joy Loundagin (Yomt 2. Curt Biro (Hont 3. Dovid Winter (Sull. OPEN INT; 1. Doug Faller (Hus); 2. Mort

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