Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Canada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-AI 40·60 EX; 1. Phil Fr isbie; 2. An Poinde xter; 3. Bill Sturd ivan . 2ooAM: 1. W esAnderson; 2. Pat Haney; 3. Jer ry Benson. ' 250 AM : 1. Ma lco lm M illar; 2. J erry Staliflug; 3. Steve Bransetetl er. _ OPEN AM : 1. M ike Med ick; 2. George Edwards; 3 . Tom Cumming s. 30- 40 AM : 1. Rich ard W ilc h; 2. Dave Cook(Mai); 3 . Gary Forstar (Hus). 40-60 AM : 1. John Cunningham. BEG: 1. Keltner; 2. Redd; 3. Clarence Davis. CLASS 60 : 1. Bob Krch (Yam); 2. Brecht IVam); 3. Tom Uding (Hus). Hooper is super at Clarks Branch MX By Suanne Light ROS EBURG, OR, MAR. 13 Clarks Branch raceway shook -to the tremors made by Larry Hooper, who once again topped the 250cc and O pen Pro class on his O 'Nea l/Yamaha-Honda of Ro seburg H on das, goi ng for a clean sweep wit h perfect I-I tallies. Honda rid er Rick Rise, rising to the top aga in after a lon g layoff , also tall ied a I-I in the largest cla ss of the day , the 125cc Juniors. T he weekend was forecas t 10 be another in a series of " washo uts," bu t instead tu rn ed out a pleasa nt surprise with the sun taki ng several peeks throug hout th e day. Brief rain loos ened up the loam y tu rf for the first Mini outing, co nsisting of 17 Intermed ia te and J un ior riders. Two lon e Experts started off by roosting th e pack in th e sta gge red stan . J eff Dail y (Eastside Kaw /MP Racing/Hi-Point/ Kaw) and fell ow T eam Gre en rider Curtis Dunnin gham led the field wit h a wall oping lead tha t wou ldn't be cha llen ged. Joel Sitts (G ra nts Pa ss Suz), Matt Ra mey (Herb's Cycle Yam ) and Cory Waite (H a n -Yam of Roseburg Han ) led th e Intermedia tes to the checkered flag, quite some distan ce behind Daily and Cunningham. MOIO two sa w the top five riders taking the exac t fini shes as in rnoto one. Jason Jan sen , Darren Da vis and Monty Spaulding were 1-2-3 in th e Junior portion, In Professional action , Randy Toreson led off the line in the first Open moto with Hooper and speedster Randy Amos trailing. Hooper didn 't trail for long and made th e pass to tak e o ver the lead. Hooper was a bi t surprised , as was Toreson , when Toreson took over on lap three to lead the race for five laps until Hooper decided once and for all 10 settl e the battle and take a stranglehold on first , taking the moto win over Toreson, Amos and Rodney Keller . Moto two saw Hooper take th e lead and look super on h is wa y 10 hi s first clean sweep of th e da y. It seems tha t H ooper has been unstop. pable since switchi ng to Honda's and, except for the first two races, has controlled the Winter Series. Toreson was second and Amos , third. Results -- OPEN PRO: 1. Larry Hooper (Hon); 2. Randy Toreson (Hon); 3. Randy Amos (Hon). 260 PRO: 1. Larry Hooper (Han): 2. Rodney Keller (KTM); 3. Randy Amos (Hon). 2501NT: 1. Tony Speck (Ma i); 2. Kent Chapman (Hon). 1251NT: 1. Steve Nelson(Hon); 2. Mark Waltman (Kaw ). MINIINT: 1.Joe l Silts (Suz); 2. Matt Ramey(Yam); 3. Cory Waita (Kaw). PEE WEE INT: 1. Jeff Daily (kaw); 2. Ryan Hull· man (Vam); 3. Joie DePew (Hon). OLD TIMER: 1. John Broadwater (Yam); 2. David DePew (KTM). OPEN JR: 1. Tim Cooper (Hon); 2. Carson Holder (Suz); 3. Chari .. Mandeville (Suz). 250JR: 1. Ross Bodanner (Suz); 2. Vance Wo rser (Yaml; 3. Gerald Glenn (Yam). 125 JR : 1. Rick Rise (Hon); 2. Tim Card (Hon); 3. Chad Klingbe il (Yam). MINI JR : 1. Jason Jansen (Yam ); 2. Darren Davis (Kaw); 3. Monty Spaulding (Hon). . MINI EX: 1. J eff Daily (Kaw ); 2. Cunis Cunn ingham (Kaw). • PEEWEE JR: 1. Chris Renard (Yam): 2. Tom La nz (Hon). Lange, Eaton, Moen connect at Woodland MX By Brian Barnes WOODLAND , WA, MAR. 15 Woodland Win ter T rack hosted a nother of its 1983 series races this weekend wit h Doug Lange (Yam hill Yam/Yam Suppor t! MX Fox/ Bel- Ray), Eric Eato n (Mai l Hus N.W.lHi-Point) and T om Moen (Sea ttle H on/Hon Support) winning th e 125, 250cc and Open Pro cla sses. The Open P ros had the pl easu re of racing in the day 's first mo ta and Moen sho t to the lead in front of J o hn Christian, J r. a nd Chris Moritz d uring th e first lap. Moen kep t the lead for la ps o ne and two, then Chr istian squeezed by and took over. Beh in d Christia n, Ron Sun, Ea ton and Steve Smit h had moved up q uickly a nd by lap four were ru nning in th e second, thi rd a nd fourth spo ts. Eat on was forced to retire on lap five with bik e probl em s. Su n moved into firs t wi th Sm ith and Moe n close behi nd o n la p six when Christian went down over the tunnel j ump. Sun seemed toget stronger every la p and cruised to th e first rnoto wi n. Smith started to tire d uring the fina l la ps and Christian, who ma de up a lo t of ground, too k second, with Sm ith third, Moen fourth a nd Bruce Irwin fifth . Moritz lead rn o to two for a few lap s bu t Moen and Smith flew past on lap three a nd dueled the remain der of the race wit h Moen ta king th e wi n and overal l. Sm ith was a close second, Irwin thi rd, Dan Fitch fourth and Mor itz fifth. In 125cc Pro, Doug Lange too k hi s seco nd consecu tive overall win in as many weeks by winning both rnotos toda y. The first rnoto he led a 1-2-3 Yamaha sweep with Jon Buyas second and Denny Fennel third. Two Suzuki mounts rounded out the top five; Marvin Waldo was fourth a nd Ralph Dunlap fifth. The second moto saw Lange and Waldo putting on a great ra ce for th e top spot. Waldo got past Lange for a couple of laps but the Yamhill Yamaha-rider powered back pas t a nd heldon for th e win. Waldo fini shed second and Buyas, Dunlap and Fen nel were th ird through fifth . • ...... ..... l-< 0.. -< IN SEVEN WINNING SIZES 3:00x21 , 100/90, 4:10x18, 4:50x18 4:50x 17, 5:00x18, 5:00x 17 HI- POINT RACIN G PRODU CTS 3709 W est Er ie A ve nu e. Lorai n . 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Jerry Callaway (Yam). 260 PRO: 1. Er ic Eaton (Ma it 2. Bob Buffaloe (Hon); 3. Jim L Anderson (Yam). OPEN JR: 1. Todd Lusk (Yam); 2. Ed Sorenson (Vam); 3. Mike Hickma n lHon). OPEN INT: 1. Jim Brockmeier (Hon); 2. Eric Hellstaff (Ma i); 3. Dan Solland (Yam). OPEN PRO: t , Tom Moen (Hon); 2. Steve Sm ith (Suz); 3. Bruce Irwin (Suz). 30 -40 AM : 1. Ray Shanafe~ (Suz); 2. Rick Magea (mai); 3. Jerry Briare tHus). 30 ·40 EX: 1. Jeff Chikusa (Hon); 2. Roger Knight (Yam). OT NOV: 1. Tom Harmon (Yam); 2. Chuck Buk· rch ina l (Han). OT AM : 1. Clarence Pitts (Hus); 2. Norm DuVall (Yam); 3. Jerry Hiersche lKaw). -. OT EX: · 1; Ji m ' Lamkin ·(Honl ; 2. Jim New man (M ai). t lrom ercan .9 5 l o r .50 per . Ohio residen ts ~UIt ~ ~ TD I.rr Send for FR EE decal and inl o on th ese and other line products I rom the h i-performance fue l experts, Deale r lnqurries • • Icom e 183 East Washi ngton Street • Chagrin Fal ls. 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