Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Shox and his ow n swingarm bridging help keep power to th e asphalt. Retu rn ed to racing and one of Skiver's biggest challenges is Bob Loose. Ona Wasco-modified GS I000, "Fast Bobby's" slightly ported twovalve head is a little down on power. In the firs t Form u la One heat, he too k forth behind Pa t Mari nacci 's H on da 9OOF. Ch uck Wiley ma naged a second, rid ing hard on a pretty stock GSllOO. In hea t two, Skiver eased of£ a bit. Loo se diced wi th hi m , leadi ng laps two and three. Chuck Wiley had th ir d sewn up, or so we thought. Meanwhile, Z-I mounted Steve Dick grabbed fourth [rom Pat Mariacci, who didn't much care--his bett er first heat guaranteed him fourt h overall. Skiver 's wh eeli es (nea r the startfini sh lin e) electrified th e crowd, but Loose was still bucking [or the lead. Skiver pulled out the stops but braked too hard in downhill turn three. When the rear wh eel returned to eart h , it cha ttered so hard he had to let orr all the brak es, running in to th e escape road . Still uprigh t, he reente red where he'd left th e track. Loose was 10 yards ahead, but Skiver some ho w reeled hi rnjn to take the checkered flag first, Chuck Wiley and Steve Dick qu ibled Iuriously over th ird p lace. Wiley go t serious and stuf£ed his Su zuk i as ha rd as he cou ld th rou gh turn 10, h ighsiding across the S-F in th ird p lace. His bike didn't loo k as bad as he fell and Chuck popped up, happy wit h hi s o verall second p lace. H e also won Open Production. but out of the I25cc class he looks to be a hot prospect. Watilo ca me through the pack at a blistering pace to settle into second with a lap to go, but Keller was way too far out front to catch. Keller rode on to win while Wati lo, Bozart h , H eu inga , Pippert, Smith and Skeet H ise (DG / Eastside Kaw) followed. Moto two once again saw a yellow bl ur speed to the front of the pack which was bei ng piloted by Kirkpatrick, who stayed on two wheels this rink Keller, Watilo, Bozart h and Terry Wise (Yam) tried to keep the leader within their sig hts. Kirkpatrick yielded to Watilo, who had Keller hot on hi s heels, on the first la p . Who ever won th e moto between th e two would get th e overall. Keller got by Watiloafter a tu ssle with th ird beign owned by Bozarth, H ett inga not far beh ind. The Open Pros and Experts were combined. Shoppen took off in complete contro l with Ted Devol (DeVol Eng. KTM ) and Ben Gr able (Alba ny Hon ) foll owing. Shoppert had no problems taking the win as DeVol claimed second and Grable th ird. Moto two had it Shoppert's way. H e ca me around th e tra ck at a sol id pace to outdistance DeVol and Grabl e who were aga in forced into runners-up honors. .- Results OPEN PRO: 1. Lyle Shoppert (Mli); 2. Ted Devol (KTM); 3. Ben Grlble (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Rodney KIller (KTM); 2. Robby Wltilo (y l m); 3. Riclt 80zlInh (SUl). 125 PRO: 1. M ike McCormick (Suzt, 2. Robby wetnc (Yl mt. 3. Dlvid Hettingo (Ylm ). OPEN EX: 1. AI Fetter ly (Suzt, 2. Mark Envolson (Hon); 3. Rod Zimmermln (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Terry Will (Yl m); 2. Shown Mye rs (Sul); 3. Lance Mershall(Suz). "" 125 EX: 1. Rlndy Jungworth (Kl w). MINI EX; 1. Corey Whitlker (VI m): 2. Del SmIth (ylm); 3. Billy Elrle (Han). 100 EX: 1. TrlCY Bethel (Kl w). 30-40 EX: 1. Mike Perry (Yam); 2. Bob Lelch (yl m l; 3. Ron Long (Suz). 30 -40 B: 1. Rusty Glrr ison (Kl w); 2. Dlvid Smith (ylm); 3. Glry Blckstrom (Ylml. 30-40 C: 1. Er ic Reuter (Yam ); 2. Steve Sorensen (Han). OPEN C: 1. Dlvid Wintlr (Suz); 2. Ronlld Myers (KTM); 3. Blrry Frlzier (Ylm). OPEN B: 1. Mlrk Spooner (Ylm); 2. Ron Long (Suz); 3. Merk Rieck (Ylm). 250 B: 1. Kelly Welchel (Suz); 2. Tom Hilker (ylm); 3. Dlvid Steele (Suz). 125 B: 1. Mike Klenke ISUz); 2. Jody Jemilson (Kiwi; 3. Mike Frlnciesis (VIm). 100 B: 1. Jeff Miles (Ylm). MINI B: 1. MIn Rlmey (ylm); 2. Jeff Daily (VI m); 3. Randell Klenke (Honl . 250 C: 1. Scan Williams (VI m); 2. Mlrk 5nover (Suzt, 3. Jim McA nister (Suz). PEE WEE: 1. Jeff Dliley (VI m); 2. Grl nt Bergstrom (Ylm); 3. Trlvis Wh illkar (Vi m). WEE PEEWEE: 1. Lance Sch iedler (SUl). Results r Skiver super at SIRRR .. By Bruce Scholten KENT. WA, MAY 30 Randy Skiver m ust make Bellevue Suzuki very hap py. The last few years he 's not on ly domin ated wh at's now called 48 Open Mod ified Production, but he's often been successfu l agai nst good TZ750s in (now called ) For mula O ne. H e man a~ed . th is with a GSlOO O (deco ra ted wi th li llie more than " smoo th bores and a pipe" ) a nd lots o[ flat track expe rience. In 1982 he's even mor e of a threat to hi s compe tition and cont inues to credit hi s sponsor . " h'd be tough ·to bu y tires with ou t their suppo rt. I wouldn't be doing it without Bellevue Suzuki." Again today. Skiver won all For mula One a nd Open Mod Prod Hea ts. H e' s now mounted on a GS IIOO, mod ified by himself. Wh ile retainin g stock head a nd bore. Yoshimura pro-_duced special high compression pi stons , metered by Norris cams. Fox . SIDECAR: 1. Mlckenzie/Lelvit (Hon); 2. Densmore/ Carns (Hon); 3. lovteklRansome (Hanl. FORMULA 1: 1. Rlndy Skiver (Suz); 2. Chuck Wiley (Suz); 3. Robert Loose (Suz). FORMULA 2: 1. Dale Frlnklin (yl m); 2. Plul Pei· roli (Ylm); 3. Mike Kenyon (Ylm ). SUPERBIKE: 1. Robert Loose (Suz); 2. Stlve Dicit (KIw); 3. Rocky Phoenix (Han). 450 PRODUCTION; 1. Dicit Burn hlm (y l m); 2. Larry Buck (Hont. 3. DIn Wood (Yl m). 600 PRODUCTION: 1. M ike Johnson (Ylm); 2. Quentin Hogln (Klw); 3. Dlvid Roosevelt (Ylml. 750 PRODUCTION:1. Joel Inner (Kl w ); 2. George Roubicek (ylm); 3. Mlrk Bishop IHonl . OPEN PRODUCTION: 1. Chuck Wilev (Sul); 2. Wayne Tenner ISuz); 3. Lewis Harruff (Due). 450: 1. Mlr)\' Wilkison IHon); 2. Dick Burnham (VIm); 3. Wlyne Tanner ISuz). 600 MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Gus Danzlar (Ylm); 2. Quentin Hogln (Klw); 3. Dlvid Roosevalt (Ylm). BOO MODIFIED PRODUCTION; 1. DanZlock (Suz); 2. Dlryl Cornwell (Suz); 3. Gary Goodfellow (Suzl. OPEN MODIFIED PRODUCTION: 1. Rlndy Skiver (Suz); 2. John Brldy (Kaw): 3. J ohn Doyle (Suz). Archer, Silhanek sail at SHR NMA - MX By Sally Sideliner BRENTWOOQ. CA, J UNE 6 Kimo Casey of Walnut Creek Ho nda took th e fir st Open Expert moto holeshot today a t Sand Hill Ran ch 's MX with Lance Co lema n 's KTM trying 10 keep the pace. Wayne Archer o[ Berkeley Yamaha held third , and the posi tions held with Casey gaining a big lead un til the last la p wh en he hit a ledge on the uphill for a DN F. Coleman a nd Archer gli ded in [or [irs t a nd second . Col eman hol esho t molO two with Ca sey on hi s rear tire. Kimo manuevered a n in side pass before chic ken coo p co rne r 10 take th e lead an d win. Archer passed Col eman on the do wnhill o n lap seven, taki ng the secon d again. CMC numbe r one rider Sha wn McConn led moto one o[ the 250cc Experts but ha lfway th rough .had a poo r landing off aj ump that pu t h im back to fourth : Alan Silhanek. Doug McRa e and Danny Dobbins all ma" naged to zip by as McConn straigh tened himself up and worked back to second by the end . Silhanek and McRa e ra ced th e entire second moto wheel 10 wheel with Sil ha ne k never quite ab le to get the front whee l past McRae's. orr the jumps side by side they were spectatular, but McRae managed to get his wheel into the corners first. McConn held a steady th ird. Results VET: 1. Frl"" Nye (Vl mt, 2. Jerry Ceton (SUl). VET INT: 1. M ike Collins (KTMI; 2. Larry Baker (Klw). VET EX: 1. Peter Dill (Mli). OPENJR: 1. Shawn Smith (Han); 2. Allen Wagon ner (Yam ). OPEN INT: 1. Dick Mann (OMS). 250 EX: 1. Allen Silhlnek (SUl); 2. Doug McRle (yl m); 3. Shlwn McConn (Hanl. 60 STK 6 -11 : 1. Jeannil Pru in (y lm); 2. Robby Pascaralla (Yam). 60 STK 9-11 : 1. Mika PIscarelia (Ylm). OT INT; 1. Douglas Baker (Hus); 2. Glenn Pruitt (Suzl. OT JR: 1. Crlig BOSllrd ISuzl. OT EX: 1. Dick Mann (OMS). 60 MOD 9 -11 : 1. Jimmy Clay (VIm). 60 MOD NOV 9·11 : 1. Chris NeallVaml. BOMOD NOV OVER 12: 1. Terry Cox IVaml . 125 EX: 1 r M ichlel Whalen (Yam); 2. Steva P Richards (Yam). . OPEN EX: 1. Wayne Archer (Vam). 60 STK INT; 1. Jay Knoles (Kaw); 2. Jason Mackenroth (Suz). 60 ST EX; 1. Tyson Vohland (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Tim Aston (Kaw); 2. Mlrty Cooper (Suzl. 125 JR: 1. M ike Giddes (Han); 2. Mika Hamihon (Sul). 125 STK NOV: 1. Tim Carr illo ISuz); 2. Chris Ste- . wart (KIw). 60 MOD INT: 1. Jason Macke nroth (Suz). BOMOD EX: 1. Tyson Vohland (Klw). 250 INT: 1. Rick Olson (Hont, 2. Rich Mythen (Mai). BOSTK NOV 9 -11 : 1. Chris Neal (Ylm ~ 250JR; 1. Danny Sell (Suzt, 2. Alln Laredo (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Tim Aston (Kaw); 2. Ma rty Cooper (SUl). 50: 1. Seth Voung (Suz); 2. Noah Lell (ltl). Day cooks Monterey night ST By Bill Spencer MONTEREY, CA, JUNE 5 Keith Day continued to cook th e competition tonight at the regular Saturday night runs on the tiny Monterey Contry Fairgrounds short track , riding th e wide cu shion line better than th e rest by a bunch. The Jim Chisum /ND-sparked KX was just too fast desp ite a good start by Bruce J ohnson. T he addi tion of three-wheelers has kept up spectato r interest and added flavor to the already Da ni el- in- th e-l ion ' s-den arena. Winkie Freita s clean ed house on ce aga in and is well on h is way 10 another number one plate in the minis. Ronnie Ha yes kept him hon est in the 80cc Expert class while T om Carriger did the big chase scene along with Kelly Fisch er in 100cc Expert. Bob Damron a nd Craig Joh nson had a great bash in 250cc Novice goi ng 1-2. Kevin Crowley did th e deed in 250cc Ju nior over Ri cky Cremona and J on Nunez despite some cra shing. Gary Ackeman got the sta rt and ' used it to good ad vantage in to good adva ntage in the 500cc Novice main , wi nni ng over Rod Ca hoon . Mark LaCasa di dn 't take long 10 ge t to the J unior class a nd won it easi ly wh ile SCOll Nail go t the best o[ J erry Warren in the Open Expert main. Results PEEWEE: 1. Jason Jenkins (Suzl. SO 'NOV : 1. Jeff Jackson (Yam); 2. Jason Cahoon (Vam). BOJR: 1. Steve Raymond (Kaw). 80 EX: 1. Wink ie Freitas (Yam t: 2. Ronnie Hayes (VI m). 100 JR: 1. Steve Rlymond (Kaw). 100 EX: 1. W ink le Freitas (Vam l: 2. Tom Carriger (Vam); 3. Kallay Fischer (Yaml. 250 NOV: 1. Bob Damron IVam); 2. Craig Johnson (Yam). 250JR: 1. Kevi n Crowley IC-A); 2. RickyC ramon a {Yl mt. 3. Jo n Nunez (VI m). 250 EX: 1. Keit h Day (Klw); 2. Bruce Johns on (Yl mt. 3 . Fra"" Garc ia (Kaw ). 500 NOV: 1. Gl ry Acklrma n (Suz); 2. RodCahoon (ylm). 500 JR: 1. Mlrk LaCa.. (SUlI. 500 EX: 1. Scan Nl il (Mai); 2. Jer ry Warren (C·A). Klaudt captures two at SI R night MX By Suanne Light KENT, WA, J UNE 4 Co ry Klaudt (Sea ttle Hon ) returned to the winner 's circle tonight at Seattle International Raceway 's MX. which was run under th reat en ing skies, but theyonly brought a shower. Klaudt took both !25cc Pro motos and both 250cc Pro rnotos . j eff Chapman (Kaw) took both of the 125cc Expert races for the overall as he continues to dominate th e class. The largest class was 125cc B. Fourteen racers braved wh at looked to be a washou t; but the heavy rains held off. Bob Monroe (Ka w) we nt to th e ' podium with a 2-1 Ior th e Iirs t overall with first moto winner Steve Oster (Burien Su z) follo wing Mon roe across the li ne in rnoto two for second overall. Craig Willey (H on) was third with 3-4 scores. The first l25cc Pro race was all Klaudt's from start to fini sh which left second open to Chad Paine (5 uz) wh ile Roland Shaff (Suz) took a third. Second race also went to Klaudt on his red rocket. Shaff slid into second in th e sand with Pain e third. The 250cc Pro class had eigh t riders sign up, but only [our fini shed . Klaudt romped the entire field in the first moto to win over Danny Diesso (Burien Suz), J eff Moore (DG Hon ) and J on Jacob sen (Pa u lson' s of La cy Suz ). DNFs took out Chad Torbergson, T im Olson, Tom Moen and Stacy Thornton. Second verse was same as the first as Klaudt had little trouble taking th e win over Moore who 'c hallenged Diesso and got the handle on second to finish that way overall. Diesso went 2-3 (thi rd) and Jacobsen 4-4. . Min i Expert hot shoe Todd Hoover (Yam) is on e rider who' rid es -an yth ing well. This tim e he whipped th e 250cc Experts with a 2-1 score to take the overall brass with second to Stan L und (Kaw) wh o had a 4-2. • Results 250 PRO: 1. C. Klaudt (Han); 2. J . Moora (Han); 3. D. Diesso ISuzl. 125 PRO: 1. C. Kla udt IHonl; 2. R. Shaff (Han); 3. C. Paine ISuz). OPEN EX: 1. T. Jo nes (Hon); 2. T. Lansford (Han); 3. J. Pike (Hon). 250 EX: 1. T. Hoover (VI m); 2. S. Lund (K . 3. S. larp (Suz). 125 EX: I.J. Chaprnan IKaw); 2. T. Beval rt( Klw): 3. K. How land (Suz). MINI EX: 1. L J ohn son (Vam); 2. S. ROIl (Yam); 3. O. Bray (Vam). MIN I B: 1. J. Nelson (Suz); 2. D. Sma il (yl m); 3. B. Wilson (yl m). . MIN I C: 1. T. Nanyen (Suzt, 2. B. Thompson (Kawl; 3 S. Kryzky (Yam). 125 C: 1. M . Connelly {Vam); 2. R. Belshaw(Ylml; 3. M . Williamson (Suz). OTH A: 1. T. Lansiord (Hon); 2. G. Roast.1 (Hus); 3. R. Thorwaldson (Han). OTH B: 1. J . Colli n (Yam ); 2. K. Snow (Suz): 3. B. Baker (Yam). MASTERS: 1. G. Smail. 100 EX: 1. B. Welland(Vam); 2. T. BlrberISuz); 3. D. Stone (Suz). 100 B: 1. T. Sowards (Vam); 2. L Vocum (Suz); 3. R. Davis (Suzl. 100 C; 1. Steve Jodop ich (Suz). 250 C: 1. M . Homesteldt (Kl w); 2. G. Anderson ' (Sul); 3. T. Sowards (Co Al. 250 B: 1. D. Saylor (Suz); 2. B. Krull (Suz); 3. P. Punches (Yam). PEE WEE B: , . T. Hlrrison (Vam); 2. B. Lewis (Yam). • PEEWEE C: 1. R. Ricandi (yl m); 2. S. West (yl m); 3. B. Oster (Ylm). OPEN C: 1. K. J.rnes (Suzl; 2. K. Anderson (Mai); 3. M . Culbertson (Suzl. • OPEN B; 1. R. Tharaldson IHon); 2. D. Kraull (Yam); 3. J. Meyers.

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