Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ NORTiiERNh'DAjEiiiiE"hl''''~ld'ho-Utah-'''''''ka-Ca''d. ~ N.rth,..C.IOM.Ie-N.rth,.. N,v.de-O"",o~W ..hJ"Jo~JdahoUtah-A., Th e seco nd mo to saw Bill Mill spa ugh out in front with Todd Sweaney followi ng. Steve Pat rick was in third . Both o f the Swea ney. bo ys had tro ub le and did not fin ish th e mo to . O verall it was Fitterer , Patrick an d Millspaugh . In the 250cc In term edi at e class, Tim Win slow (Sha fter Yamaha) who has been o u t with a broken shou lder, grabbed th e lead bu t co u ldn 't hold on to it. Mark Rou ff too k over, follow ed by Sco tt Curtis (Kawasaki Cen tra l) in seco nd a nd Ern ie Reid in th ird. T he seco nd mota starte d with a hol esh ot for Win slow. Th is tim e he bu ilt up a sma ll lead o ver seco n d- . pl ace Rou ff. Th e batt le for seco n d was the n on between Rouff an d Martin Klopman . Rouff went down to leave Klopman in second a nd Curtis in third. T hey fini shed th e day with Curtis in first , Winsl ow seco nd and Klopman th ird , L.' Results Eric Hall ran away from the 250cc class at Woodland's motocross. Hall hauls at Woodland MX By Brian Barnes WOODLAND. WA, APR, 2 Eric Hall (WP Racing/Newberg Honda/Honda Support) returned to the northwest after an outstanding weekend at Hangtown ... an d p ro ceeded to dom in at e today's 250cc Pro class at the Woodl and Motocross tr a ck. R owdy Blasd ell (Gresh am Suzu ki), back again on a 125, won both mot os of the small bor es, but n ot wi thout pressure from Kawasaki-mounted Derrick Personeue, wh o tra veled all th e way from Id aho, and Yam aha rider J on Bu yas. Buyas was seco nd in th e fir st moto wh ile Personett e gu ide d hi s green mach in e to th e second position durin g mota number two . Highland Honda-m ounted Rob Burkhart gra bbed both holesh ot s o f today 's 250cc races, but, it was H all who ran a way wit h both wins. Ca ldwell H onda's J oe Wri ght, wh o mad e th e trip with Personett e from Sp ud La nd , had a fir st moto secon d a fter a grea t duel with Burkhart, wh o took third . J on Buyas and David Froembl in g rounded o u t th e to p five. Burkhart was abl e to h old o ff Wri ght during a wet seco nd mot o an d th at also gave him seco nd o vera ll. Wr ight was third , Froemblin g fourth an d H onda rider Will y Cu adl e fifth. T od av's Mini Juniorclass saw some fine racing betw een the 18 riders entered. J on Davidson led th e en tire first race with Richard J acob s in seco nd . Da n Fr itts, Sco tt Fr itts and J ason Smith; all a board Kaw asaki 's .mean machines, ro u nded o u t th e to p five. Du ring m oto two, Dan Fritts sho t into th e lead on th e first lap a nd held o ff first moto winner David son th e wh ol e race. J acobs was third , Scott Fritts a nd Sm ith were again fou rt h a nd fifth. A great turnout of 25 l25cc Junior entries lined th e gate for racing today. Suzuki-mounted John Pierce led th e first moto over Keith Ca yton, Rocky Koch er and Mark Braxling. Cayton • mo.~!.~.i!.~t.o.t~e lc;,a.d.~~r!lJ& !a.~ ~h.r~~, keeping ahea d o f Pi erce for th e win . Braxlin g was third, J ohn Koch er fourth, R o ck y Ko cher fifth a n d Dwight Burr sixth. The second m oto found Pierce once again ou t front, Roger Free and Braxling foll owed , wi th Braxling passing Free first , a nd then Pierce during th e la st lap to ga in th e overall. Pierce was a close seco n d, Free third, Cayton fourth and Roger Lauderbaugh fifth . Results WEE PEE WEE : 1. Brad Kocher (Suzl . PEE WEE : 1. Jason McCormick (Yam) . MINI JR : 1. Jon Davidson (Kaw); 2. Chris Dineen (Kaw); 3 . Richard Jacobs (Hon) . MINI INT: 1. Kurtis Rogstad (Yam ); 2. Darren Rog ers (Yaml ; 3 . Corey Evans (Kawl. MIN I EX: 1. Larry Ward (Kawl; 2. Oren Bray(Kaw): 3. John Sowards IKaw). l00JR: 1. Dav id Wallander ISuz); 2 . Corey Evans (Yam); 3 . Riel< Scheuber (Suz) . 100 INT : 1. Todd Lusk(Yaml; 2 . Cra ig Clark(Yam). 125 JR : 1. Mark Braxling (Hon ); 2. John Pierce (Suzl : 3 . Keith Cayton (Kawl . 125 INT: 1. Lar in Inman (Kaw); 2. Lonn Inman (Kaw); 3 . Mike Kiemele (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Rowdy Blasdell (Suz); 2 . Derrick Par sonene (Kaw); 3 . Jon-Suyas (Yam). 250 JR; 1. John Wilson (Suz); 2 . John Hansen (Suz ); 3. M ike Kates (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Darrell Jamieson (Hon); 2 . Jerry Asb jornson (Hon); 3. M ike Kardash (Mai). 250 PRO: 1. Eric Hall (Hon) ; 2. Rob Burkhart (Hon); 3 . Joe W right (Honl. OPENJR: 1. Broc Ross(Yaml; 2. Todd Lusk(Yaml: 3 . Ed Sorenson (Yam ). OPEN INT: 1. Darr ell Sex ton (Suz); 2. Eric Hall staff (Hon); 3. John Tollefson (Suzl, OPEN PRO: 1. Steve Smith ISu z). 30 -40 INT: 1. Rick Magee (Mai); 2 . George Denn is . (Kaw) ; 3 . Curtis Gilbert (Yam). 30-40 EX: 1. Dave Eak in (Hon l: 2 . Jeff Chikusa (Hon); 3 . Roger Knight (Yam) . _ OT NOV ; 1. Tom Harmon (Yam); 2 . Lance Lusk (Hon); 3 . Chuck Bur chinal (M ail . OT AM : 1. Jerry Hiersche (Kaw ); 2. David Pem broke (Yam); 3. Norm DuVall (Yam). OT EX: 1. J im Lam kin (Hon); 2. Gar y Bon ds (H us); 3 . Elmer Reim er (Suz). Fitterer flys at Sprockets MX By AME Staff BAKER SFI ELD . CA . APR. 3 The skies were fin ally blue this weekend a t Sprock ets Park, for a very ni ce Easter race da y. The l25 cc Beginners , as usual, put o n an exciting race. Bra in Sweaney (Suz of Bakersfield ) got th e hol esh ot and held th e lead for the ent ire mot o . Hi s twin brother T odd Swea ney was back in third , trying to get past Brian Fitterer. These three would stay in the sa me position for th e rest of moto -one, ... ... . ... .. . ~" . ' ..... -- 61 JR : 1. M it chell Huk ill (Yam l. PEE WEE : 1. Brad Jones (Yam); 2. Ja son St ephens (Yam). 83 BEG: 1. Kenneth Musick (Suz); 2. Darren Far quhar (Suz); 3. Dav id Schweitzer (Honl. 83JR : 1. Kevin Peoples (Suz ): 2. Joe Brown (Suz); 3. Bryan Holmes (Yam). 83 INT: 1. Alan Pierc e (Kaw) ; 2. Terry Swanson (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Brent Fitterer (Suz); 2. Steve Patrick (Suz): 3. Bill Millspaugh (Hon ). 125 JR : 1. M ickey Elsberry {Suzl ; 2. Alan Pierce (Hon ); 3. Emory Cate (Suz). 125 1NT: 1. J eff Black (Yam ); 2. Mike Rivas (Suz ); 3. Adam Vaughn. 250 INT: 1. Scott Curt is IKawl; 2. Tim Winslow (Yam); 3 . Martin Klopman (Hus). 500 JR; 1. Raymond 8ryson (Suz): 2. Dennis Stubblefi eld (Yaml: 3 . Jeff Otten (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Mike Lopez (Yam): 2. Phil Taylor (Ho n). VET EX: 1. Randy Lewis (Hus) ; 2. Stewart Rogers (KTM); 3 . Dav id Roger s (Hu s]. - Whiting, Miller, Winningham wallop Corvallis ST By Clay Light CORVALLIS , OR, APR. 2 The next to last indoor short track race of the 1982-83 Ben ton County Fairgrounds Series in Corvallis was topped by AMA Jun ior Dave Whiting, who won a th rilling 250cc A main event on h is D&V Electri c/Harrv Lillie/ Ya maha Sports Center/ Bu ffa'lo Number Pl ates Yam aha. AMA Expert Scott Miller took doubl e main win s, blitzing the Open A main a n d th e 250cc Pro main events. Fell ow Expert Richard Win ningham did th e deed s in th e Open Pro main to ca p off a su per eveni n g of racing, the last race for points this seaso n . Whitin g put h is Harry Lillieprepped, YZ-based machine on th e pole p osition as th e 250cc ma ch in es go t read y for 15 laps of A main ac tio n. Whiting took advantage of the 10-rider, two-row start and nabbed th e ea rly lead. H e pulled away on lap two to ou tcla ss th e co m petitio n , leavin g th e battle for second to Frank Cr an e and Bultaco riders Ri ck Hill an d Dann y Bell, Cr ane fin all y took the seco nd place portion while ano the r exci ting di ce was oc cu rrin g in mid-pack as so u the rn Oregon riders Bob Klum a n d Novice Bob Ingel fou ght it out for fifth. Whiting h it lappers by the three-quarter mark an d went on to secure the win over Cran e, Hill, Bell , Cain and Inge!. Bruce Turnbull led off the line a t th e sta rt of th e Open A main with Miller putting his 500 Honda into second and Marty Zirbel third. Miller quickly overtook Turnbull as did Zirbel and Jim Torpey. Zirbel and Torpey got too close during their ,strugg le and both went sprawling .t~ greet Mother Earth an d lose valuabl e tim e. Californ ian. Dennis Pinheiro mov ed into the th ird p osition, th en to seco n d until he st alle d with a lap to go , giv in g Turnbull seco n d in th e chaotic race. Miller took the win and had a half lap lead wh en th e flag fell. Winningham an d Turnbull were 1-2 when therubberband snapped for th e Open Pros to thunder off th e line, but it was Winningham and Novices Mik e Huffman and Chuck Glender in th at order at th e co m p letio n of lap one. Winningham seem ed to be in full contro l wh il e Zirbel, Huffman , Gl ender and Turnbull swap ped places aga in a nd aga in until Zirbel fin ally got the handle an d took second w ith Turnbull third a nd Huffman holding off Glender for fourth . Novice Mike Lawrence h ad his Honda on the pole position in th e 250cc Pro main even t, whi ch was 10 rider s stro n g, after th e field was trimmed down from the original 27 riders sign ed up. Miller launch ed hi s Can-Am into th e lead when racing got underway, followed by Junior Ellis Cookman, Crane, Klum and Junior Harry Th omas . Lawrence settled into second and was determined to set out after Miller, who was once again fleeing the field. Miller aga in m anaged to blow the competition into the weed s, putting a quarter lap on Lawrence and Thomas, who were a close 2-3. Cr ane took fourth , Whiting fifth and Cookman sixth. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Rich W in n in gh am; 2. ManyZirbel; 3. Bruce Turnbull. 250 PRO: 1. Scon M iller; 2. Mike Lawrence; 3 . Harry Thomas . OPEN A: 1. Scott Miller; 2. Bruce Turnbull; 3 . Dennis Pinheiro. 250 A : 1. Dave W hiting; 2. Frank Crane; 3. Rick Hill. t 25 A : 1. Br ian Riley; 2. Andy Cra ne; 3 . Bob Wi lson . 80 A : 1. Jeff Daily; 2. Jason Cotton; 3 . Eric Edwards. 250 B: 1. Steye Kendig; 2. Ed Byers; 3 . Patrick McBride . Turnidge charges to Baker 100 win By Kathi Da vis BAKER, OR, MAR. 27 Brad Turnidge (A-l Cycle/495 KTM ) came from behind on the last lap to win the Team Slugs desert race. The race was short ened from three laps on th e 33mile co u rse, to tw o laps, because of th e a mo u n t of rain an d snow during , th e week. Some of th e riders did not like the idea of th e race being sh orten ed when it was announced during th e riders' meeting, however , a t the end of the ch allenging race none of th e riders were complaining. T urn idge grabbed th e lead at th e sm okebo m b with Reed Brigh t, Bill Dow ers and Randy Wing hot on his tail. Turnidge started to bu ild a lead o n th e first lap, th en the sn ow started to fall. H e was n ot wearing goggles a nd the snowfla kes hitting him in the eyes hurt so much he had to slow down. Meanwhile, Wing was on th e move to pass Dow ers and Bright. When Turnidge start ed slowing down, Wing found a n easy opportunity to gr ab the overall lead. He still held the lead a t the halfway point, bu t shortly. thereafter, hit a hole th at slammed hi s chest on the handlebars, cracking one of his ribs and so mehow a lso injuring his an kle. Wing was struggl ing to finish the ra ce when Bright passed him for the overall lead, followed by Dowers, Ken Maahs, and Turnidge. . As Turnidge pitted, he was more interested in ·goggles than gas . Eyes . w' ~\ ' . ~ ' 1,.. . ~.. - . ~ .. ".-=- ' ~" ~ '! I. ' ( _"J ' '" ' · oJ ,:'

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