Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

t • • ,I. . ., I " • • l , • . . . , . .• . , . . ' . .. Paul Advey took the 250cc C honors at the CRC Tenderfoot End uro. Webb takes third in a row atCRC Tenderfoot Enduro By Mike Klinger RA:'IID MO U:\!TAINS. CA . APR. 10 Tom Webb put his 480 Honda project bike atop th e 400-rider field at the California Racing Club's Tenderfoot Enduro . 22 Webb posted a 2.95 score even th ough he crashed in th e spec ia l test o n loop two . One loop winner J ohn Lucas (Min i B) ed ged o u t Jim Polland J r. by o n ly one seco nd. 1.45 to 1.46. Th e T enderfoot wa s locat ed a t th e Rand Mount ains and o n Sunda y morning th e weather was co ld a nd wind y. Loop o ne turned o u t to be a easy trail ride but th e special lest had evervo ne but A a nd B riders droppin g o ne 'm in u te o r better . Finish ing up the loop was some good 01' fashion ridge runnin g and th e fin al chec k was abo u t half a mile from th e pits whi ch had so me riders co n fused. Fol lowing Lucas a nd Poll ard for 101' honors was Mike Chamberlain J r. wh o wa s four seconds behind Lu ca s. Sh auna Hopkins (200cc A-W ) finishe d sixth overall a nd fir st wom an rid er. At th e starting o f loo p two. th e route 'cha rt em p hasized a six mph sectio n right o ff th e ba t. T he riders had 17 minutes 10 go three m iles. What was thi s section? It turned ou t 10 be a rock v narrow crevice th at was wa shed away from the recent rains . The trail then dropped down waterfall lik e rocks and every one edged th eir way to wa rd s th e three-rn il e marker. The trail wa s prett y fast from th at point on , including the spec ia l test. The test wa s rat ed a t 36 mph with so me Iri cky uphills a nd down hi lls 10 add some spice. After th e specia l test the route rook everyone atop G overnment Peak and the narrow tra il th a t everyo ne loves. Coming back 10 ca m p th e riders h ad 10 sta y on th e gas throu gh a IS mph secti on for a bo u t four mil es. Th e loop en ded a bru p tly with hardl y a ny type o f a breath er for th o se last four mil es. Behind Webb fo r th e o vera ll was Track a nd Travel's Ken Lewi s Jr. Lewi s was al so a n Open AA a nd rides an o lde r Mai co . J ames Bartee was Ih ird. six seconds off Lewi s' lim e and 23 seco nds behind Webb. Western Airlin es pilot H arry Kea st (O pen AA Se n io r) co llected fourth with Kurt Butler . Ken Willah an . Da ve Bender , Thomas Karos, Ken n y Kemp and J ohn Owen making up the 101' 10 overall. Fir st B h onors went to Ch ris H an wh o finish ed 12th o vera l l. Ted Th am es was th e fir st C rider to pl a ce among th e A's an d B's, losing 3.223. o ne point an d 123 seco nds behind Webb. Results iooc. r. Barry Steed . 125 B·SR : 1. Noel Cobbs . 200 A : t . Ken WHlahan 200 A -W : l . Sha una Hopk ins 200 B: 1. Reed Valve Johnson. 200 B·W: 1. Wendy Sm ith . 200 C: t . Steve Gaska . 200 C-V; r. John Bainbr idg e. 250 A : 'l . Dave Bend er . 250 A -SR : 1. Joe Holmes 250 A -V: 1. Bill Dani el. 250 B: t , Dave Jones . 250 B-SR : 1. Larr y Leach . 250 B-V: 1. Greg Si lberg 250 C: r . Paul A dvev . 250 C·S R: 1. Ken Bea ch . MIN I A : r . Scott Jacobsen. MINI B: 1. John Lucas MINI C: t . Marc Dion. OPEN A : t . James Bortree. OPEN A-4ST: t . Glenn Larson . OPEN A -SR : 1. Robert A. Me secher. OPEN A -V: 1. Tom Cole . OPEN AA : l . Tom Webb. OPEN AA -SR: 'l . Harry Keast . OPEN AA -S SR: l . Harold Halsted OPEN ATV; t . Jess Courts. OPEN B: t . Chris Hart. OPEN B-4 ST: 1. Danny Lund. OPEN B-SR : 1. Jeffrey Fa". OPEN B-SSA: 1. Dave Hutchens. OPEN B-V: 1. Jack Labru m . OPEN C: t . Ted Thames. OPEN C-16 : t . J im Pollard Jr. OPEN C-4 ST; L M ike Paxton. OPEN C·SR: 1. Darrol Helweg. OPEN C-SSP: r . Ma",n Beck . OPEN CN: 1. Jack Hert . Sixbery/Stearns take cop honors in Badgers' team race By Shirley Upp L UCE RN"E VALLEY. CA. APR . 10 Mik e Sixb er y and Chu ck Stearns, riding a Yamaha IT and YZ respect ively, teamed up for th e ov era ll win in th e Bad gers ;\I. c. A;\IA 0 -37 team race. T hey cove red fou r laps arou nd a 35m ile co urse. as d id 1II 0 S1 o f rhe Expe rts , Am at eurs and Novi ces. T he \\.o men's Divis ion Novi ces . Beg i nn ers a n d Four-St rok e cla sses were o n ly req u ired 10 co m p lele two loops. . Stea rn s gra bbed the lead o ff the start . bUI jumped o n a had trail past the bomb, and wa s o verta ken by Dan Smith . wh o was riding wit h Husk y teammat e Dan Ash craf t. On th e Xovi ce/Begirmer start , th e lead was tak en bv Fou r-Stroke rid er Bob Carpent er with th e C hike team of H ans Gi ese an d T on y Stuart up there nea r the front. At th e en d o f th e fir st lap. Smith handed th e bandol ier to Ash craft with a big lead aft er Stearns ca me up with su spension troubles. Corning through in seco nd was Lee Sch effers, who turned th e riding chores o ver 10 Chris Crandall. Stearns ca rnet h ro ug h third after a rough ride, and running fou rt h . was ironma n Ed McCoy q,n a C bike. Anot her solo pe rformer , Ted H unniCUll . was running fifth . Ashcraft had a nice lead exiting the pits. bu t it disappeared when h e broke h is masterlin k. Bob Ashcraft interrupted his ow n race 10 ro w Dan in for help. R idin g like a h ung ry ma n . Si xberv took over the lead and bui ll up a good ma rgin whe n he got ba ck to Stea rns . Stearns had back ed off on hi s rebou nddampi ng and th e bike was handling much better. For th e next two laps th e team ex tended th ei r lead 10 fini sh five m inutes in front o f seco nd pl ace. Both riders were elat ed at the ir finish . In for second wa s th e KTM o f th e Zoll ers, Mark and Steve. They had su ffered a poor sta rt a nd had worked the ir wav from 20th 10 sixth o n th e firs t lap. They cont inued working their wav u p 10 gr ab first 2S0cc Expert ho nors. ThIrd overal l we nt to a no the r 250cc Expert tea m. th at of H owa rd ;\Ic Casl and a nd Ed Pier ce J r. Pi erce gave McCasl and most o f thecre d it, say ing that a t one point he hit a joshua tree a nd wa s knocked off the hike. Fourth o vera ll went 10 th e team of Ken Ovia tt and Ph il C lo wa rd . with th eir o n ly p robl em being a flat tire th at Oviau pi cked Up. Fifth ove ra ll, fir st Vet. was Bill Sa l tzma n a nd hi s 500 Hu sk y. turning in a strong ironman perfor ma nce. Ver lin Va n Zee a ndDa ve Laprai k fini sh ed six th , fo llow ed by Scott Stea rn s a n d Jim Mau ox . Mik e Mu lco nery a nd hi s partner #444. -Can " 'ay / Johnston an d Steve Wehb /Steve Zollinger. Am ong th e class winn ers were: Jim Brmghursr/Wes Anderson Jr. (250cc Vet Expert ), Art Knapp a nd Morris Norm an (O pe n Senior Expert ) a nd ir onman Dave Kerst ing (C bik e Senior). After a ll was sai d a nd done in th e Novice race. th e C bike learn o f Gi ese a nd St u art too k th e ove ra ll w in . Seco nd o vera ll was th e first 250cc team o f R _ Lund in a nd Tim Alki re. T op Beg in n er honors went to th e Wood brothers. Ph il a nd Mik e. Second went to J . Neuman a nd M. Donovan . Carpenter co nt in ued hi s sta rt 10 fin ish dominati on for th e Fo ur -Stro ke wm . Foland/Tucker take D-38 Mike Rose Memorial By Loretta Pipkin S lJPERSTIT lO;\, :\IT;\, .. CA. APR. 3 Esco nd ido Ka wasaki-spo nso red Ed Foland and Im peria l Va lley Cycle Center Honda rid er Jamie Tuck er teamed up for th e overa ll win in AMA District 3S's second a n n ua l ;\Iik e R",e ;\kmorial. Ridin ~ sma ll -bore machim·s. Ih e pair bested th eir bigger co rnpe u u o n in th e gomi nut e race run over a 6.S-mile loop. Foland led th e fir st lap. whi le Yam aha rider Ra ndv Bvers hit a rock a n d kn ocked a hol e' in 'th e cases. He got it back to th e pits a nd took p artner T odd Ken ned y's Yam aha . T he riders sw itche d every lap. and when Tu cker bailed just before pit ro w . Kenn edv took th e lead. Starting th'e six th lap, Foland was a bo u t 40 seconds behind Bvers, tiut he ch a rged through th e rough stuff a nd took th e lead about two miles from home check. " It was a clear ride aft er th ai ." said Fol a nd. adding. " As lo n g as I didn 't make a m istake." T he mistake never carne. . "Ken nedy's bi ke ran fine," sai d Byers, " We just cou ld n't m ak e u p the tim e af ter we cha nged a shift lever a t th e white flag. " Anot her Fo la nd shared th e 125cc Ama teur wi n wit h Ro y Ba si n . It was Ed's wife Pam , back in the desert after ta king ti me off to have daughter Li ndsey. " We were do ing a lill ie better. " said Pam . " U nt il a bike sta lled in front of me on a h il l. I ha d to la y it down a nd the dumb thing wouldn't start. After a few minutes th at seemed like hours. I took o ff with no more probl ems." In th e Vet ranks. th e winn ers were Roccv Tuggl e a nd Ed Mundy. riding a H onda and a Suzuki. respect ivel y. Roger Adsit (Yam) performed ironman dutv to tak e th e Senior win in a so lo ride: In add i tio n to th e team race. th ere were o ne -hour races for so lo riders. Ed Fol and aga in topped th e heap in th e l25cc/Vet s/Seniors ra ce. " T he hike wouldn't sta rt a nd I was last off th e line, " sa id Fo land later. Tucker led th e first two la ps with John Bird seco nd and Foland moving up to thi rd . Fo land o vertook Bird before th e end of th e second loo p . and then p assed Tucker on the th ird lap to rem ain in front to th e end . Bob Bell even t ua ll y mov ed up to second with Tu cker third . Adsit repeated h is Sen ior win, wh ile T occy tri umphed over part ner Mu ndy in th e Vets class. I _ In the 250cc/Open rac e. teammates aga in went a t it. with Byers takin g the win over Kennedv, Both were o n 250s; th e fir st Open 'rider was Steve Basin (Yam) . • Results TEAM RACE OPEN EX; 1. Nielo Manley/Steve Basi n (Yam ). OPEN AM : t . Robb ie Pipp in (Husl/ J ust in Brad y ISuz). OPEN NOV : 'l . Tim Ma rk in (Suz) solo . VET EX: 1. Rocey Tuggle IHusl/ Ed Mundy ISu zl. SR EX: 1. Roger Ads it (Yam) . 250 EX: 1. Todd Kennedy/Randy Byers (Yam l_ 250 AM : l . Jeff Ben ne tt /Mort Maynard (Hus). 250 NOV ; 1. Mark Girs h /Greg Aethin ish (Ya m~ VET AM : r . Dick Den nison /FarreIlWilliams (Yam l. 125 EX: 1. Ed Foland IKaw )/Jamie Tucker IHan) . 125 AM : 1. Pam Foland (Kaw)/ Roy Bas in (Yaml . l25 NOV ; 1. Steve Ruiz ISu zl/ 8e n Galindo Jr . (HanI. VET NOV : 'l . Da le Russell /Tim Long (Yam). SO LO RACES OPEN EX: 1. Steve Basi n (Yam l; 2 . Br ian Sa nders (Honl; 3. John Robinson (Yam l OPEN AM : l . Just in Brad y (Sud ; 2. King Thompson (Hon); 3 . Dave Cox (Vam) OPEN NOV : t . Tim Markin (S uz); 2. M ike Fagan (Vam); 3 . Frank Bass (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Randy Bye rs (Yaml ; 2. Todd Kennedy (Yaml; 3 . Man Hope (Yam I. 250 AM : 1. Bill Lyons (S uz); 2 . Mort Maynard tHus); 3 . Scon M athison (Yam ). 250 NOV : t . Cliff Steagall (Yam ); 2. Mark Gir sch (Yam I; 3. J i m Rivers (Hon ). 125 EX: , . Ed Foland (Kaw) Overall; 2. Bob Bell J r. [Suz) : 3 . Jamie Tucker (Han) . l 25 A M : 'l . Jo hn BIrd (Suz ); 2 . Mike Hardaway {Yam l; 3. Tonv Grav es (Penl. 125 NOV: 1. Roy Basin IYam) ; 2. Bob Bird IKa w l: 3 . Gary Alte nbu rg (Yaml . VET EX: Racey Tuggle (Hus); 2. Mo nte Lee (Yam); 3 . Ed Mundy (Su zl. SR EX: 'l . Roger Ad sit (Vam); 2. WC Thor ton (Kaw) ; 3 . Charl ie Baker (Hus) . VET AM ; 1. Br ett Cus hi ng (Hus) ; 2. Farrell Willi ams (Ya m); 3 . Dick Denn ison (Yaml . SR AM : 1. Dave Orozco ISuzl VET NOV: 'l . St eve Reynolds (Vam); 2 . Oua me Beatty (Vam); 3. Jim Richmond IHus). SR NOV : , . Ted Scott (Yam); 2. Gene Schmidt (Yaml; 3 . AI Yoakum (KTM ).

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