Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

_.·lforth Dakot.·South Dakot.-If.br••k.·K_•••·Oklahom.·Tex..- If•• Medc:o.Color.do.Wyoming-Montana-lforih Dakot.·South Dakot terrai n circu it co m po sed of ha rd packed dirt a n d du st , h ampered fu rt her by strong winds th rougho ut the afternoon. Three riders bra ved the ad verse tra ck co nditions to co me o u t o n to p o f the Professiona l ran ks: Dav e Mold er, Bill y " Coyote" Stork an d Kell y Olsen. Molder to p ped both m o to s of th e Opens a board h is Ri ce Cycles H o nda , alon g with a p ai r of thirds in th e two remaini ng Pro categories, while Ol sen to p pe d th e 125s a nd Stork th e 250s, ea ch Yam ah a-mounted for Bla ck H ills Yamaha . O lsen g ra bbed the h ol eshot in th e firs t moto o f th e Open Pros, but right o n his tail were Molder, Stork, Perry Bicek and Do na ld Ba bb. Ol sen an d Molder quickl y pulled away from th e fierce di cin g for th ird among Stork, Bicek and Babb, a nd set up a ca t-a nd- mouse chase for first . O lsen remained in co nt ro l throughou t th e o p enin g h a lf of th e moto , wi th standing a ll of Molder's a ttacks, but la te in th e race Molder began a strong second effo rt . With o n ly two laps rem aining . Molder reele d in O lsen, an d slip pe d by before th e tw o reached th e white £lag. From the re it was all Molder 's race, as Olsen co ul d n ot come back to regai n th e lead. Behi nd, Stork and Bice k were tradi ng th ird a nd fourth with reg ul a rit y for th e fir st five laps. un til Stork finall y took co ntrol for good after th e ha lfwa y m ark. At th e wire the fin ish was Mo lder, Olsen , Stork and Bicek, as Babb DNF d ue to late-mote di fficulties with his Suzu ki . As th e seco nd mo to o f the Opens shot o u t o f the gate, Mol der let it be known ea rly who was in control, as he grabbed the ho leshot h ead ing into the fir st turn, a nd sli d th rough a head of Bicek, Olsen , Babb a nd Stor k. T he firs t turn was the closest a ny o f th e riders wo u ld co me to Mol der as i t turned o ut, as he u sed eve ry lap to increase hi s lea d ove r th e seco nd place battle between Bicek an d O lsen. At th e halfway poi nt in th e m ot o , Mo lder was lo ng go ne w he n O lsen finall y won o u t in hi s bid for th e ru nner-up slo t a head o f Bicek, a nd a ll th e Yamaha rid er co u ld do wa s motor aroun d in seco n d , too fa r beh in d to reel Molder in . Wh en th e checkers £l ew , Mo lder took th e m ot o and overall victo ry, with Ol sen seco nd. Bicek thi rd , and Stork pulling up to fo urt h a head of Babb. Results 500 PRO: 1. Dave Molder (Hon): 2. Kelly Olsen (Vam): 3 . Perry Bicek (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Billy Stork (Yam): 2. Benny Norfolk (Kawl; 3 . Dave Molde r (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Kell y Olsen (Yam); 2. M ike Friend (Hon); 3 . Da ve Molder (Hon) . 250 B: 1. Kev in Forrester (Ho n ); 2. M ike Coope r (Hon): 3 . Todd W illis (Vam). 125 B: 1. Clay A lexander (Vam); 2 . Todd Dail ey (Vam): 3 . Gene Sch uler (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Mark Nau gle (Kaw) ; 2 . Hen ry Jo rda n (Yam); 3. Tim Kimmam en (Yam) . MINI A,: 1. Everett Gummen (Yam ); 2 . M ark Mueller (Su z); 3 . Brent Sharkey (Yam) . MINI B: i . Eddie Mealey (Yam); 2. Shayne .revees8k (Suz); 3. Danny Hansen (Kaw) . MINI C: 1. Troy Peck (Yemt 2. Ron Harf an (Hon ); 3. V.J . Manen (Han I. VET: 1. Ph il Stah le (Kaw); 2. Bob Hamm entree (Hon); 3 . Al Gummett (Hon) . OLD IRON; 1. J immy W incheste r (C-A); 2 . Skip Ada m ISuz); 3 . Dan Lar ive (Vam). ODVSSEV: 1. Ken Ell iott (Hon): 2. Ch uck Under w ood (Hon); 3 . Jim Knutsen (Ha n). Krueger edges out Twin Cities MX win By Bill Jennings Photo by Action Sports DEN ISO N, TX, APR. 24 T exo ma land weathermen predicted perfect motocross weather for Twin Cities Motocross Park's second point ra ce. T h ey were ri gh t, but predict ions a bo u t th e closeness of th e race were underesti ma ted. T he M in i Junior class wa s a two mo to handlebar-to-h andlebar go wi th a pho to finish betwee n Mich ael Kru eger a nd Judd j oi e, with Krueger edging J o ie for the win . C la yton Bat es pursu ed th e leaders for a strong th ird pl ace fini sh . The 80cc Sen ior class was Team Clay a ll th e wa y, with o lder brother " Bu lle t Bob" edging " Bad Chad" for first. The n ext three places were a toss -u p until Mike Moore , Andy Em bree a n d Chris H ayes pulled o u t th eir respect ive finish es a t th e checkered £lag. The crowd-p leas ing l25 cc class was led ga te-to-c heckered -flag by Ed " T h e Book" Cook. Cook rode to a spectac .u lar wi n , despite being hampered by a n injury received a t th e Cot ton Bow l Supercross. Sh ane Joll y took a so lid second p lace wi th h is su pe r b co rn erin g abilities. Pau l Boatwright wa s third. Bubba Bently cr u ised to a 250cc win w h ile Asa St. Cl ai r, in seco nd, a n d L o nn ie Mu lvaney, in third . worked to bu ild th eir season poi nts. Edd ie Kaufm an had h is ha nds fu ll of thrott le a nd co mpeti tion wh ile ta ki ng th e wi n in th e Open class. Kaufman was followed closely by Bla ir C ummins a nd R u ssel Smith . In the specialty classes, T erry " Doc " J ones domina ted Budd y J ackson and Lee Ra m sey in the Enduro class. Bo b Doggett wo n a no co n test O ver 30 first p lace followed by James T hom pson . Results ENDURO PLAVBIKE: 1. Terry Jones: 2. Buddy Jackso n; 3. Lee Ramsey. M INI JR : 1. M ic hae l Krueger; 2. Judd Joie; 3. Clayton Bates. 12 5: 1. Ed Cook: 2. Shane Jolly: 3 . Pau l Beet - wr ight. OPEN: 1. Eddie Kaufman; 2. Bl air Commons: 3 . Rus sel Sm ith. THREE W HEELERS: 1. Rodg er Elmore : 2. Bobby Farmer; 3 . David Lig htcap. OVER 30 : 1. Bob Doggec 2. James Th omp son : 3. Gary W illiam s. MI NI SR: 1. Bob Clay ; 2 . Chad Clay; 3 . Mike Moo re. 250; 1. Bub by Ben tl ey; 2 . As a St . Cla ir; 3. Lonn ie Mulvl!lney. BEG M INIS : 1. Troy Par ker; 2 . Eddie Dickerson ; 3 . Ch ad Broadu s. Radio/TV stars take to the air at Arroyo MX . By Unda Matz H ARLI NGEN , TX, AP R. 17 Local radio and televis ion p erson alities put their lives an d dignity on th e line at th e Arro yo MX P a r k ra ces when th e y boarded l25cc motocross bikes a nd " roared " off the sta rti ng lin e for an action- packed, thrill-an-h our race to b~n efit th e Eme rgency Medi cal Service. T he EM S p ro vid es a m bu la nce service for th e races an d once a year th e p roceeds from o ne race are donat ed to them in app recia tio n of their fai th fu l service. Fortunat el y n one of th e celebrities needed a ny EMS assistance, as o nce aga in Sco tt " Kiss-kiss off" Taylo r, of KRGV AM radio to ok an uncha llen ged first in bo th m o tos, T he rest of th e field seemed to be bat tl in g fo r last place with Mi chael T. Park er o f KT XI FM radi o losin g and taking seco n d o vera ll. followed no t too close ly by Lance Edw ards o f KGBT TV Sports. The m edi a demonstrated how slow yo u ca n go an d not fall o ver a nd th e 250cc Ex pe rts showed how fast yo u ca n go an d stay ea rt h bound. Flo yd Ro bbins, who has been p lagued by ~ 00 Clay Hoenshell f lies to his typical Oklahoma motocross Expert win . bad luck th e la st three races, put i t a ll together fo r back-to-hack firs t-place fi nis hes. Pa tien ce was th e kev as R icky L in n took the first moto hol eshot wit h j us t-ret urned vetera n Ji mmy Strait in tow. O n the seco nd lap Strait bailed o ff in soft sa n d , lea ving L in n to hol d off a determined Robbins. L inn ra n into p robl ems o n la p four an d was forced to spend so me val ua ble tim e in th e pits. J ohn Bersch a nd J a cki e H orn er wound u p ta ki ng seco nd a nd thi rd . Mo to two was a lmost a repla y o f the firs t with Strai t a nd Linn taking th e ea rly lead . Once again St ra it bit the d ust a nd L in n was left to h ol d o ff Bersch a nd Robbins. H e man aged th is diffi cu lt task u nt il th e halfway poi nt, a t which time Ro bbins skillf u lly slip ped arou nd Bersch a n d Linn to ta ke command o f fir st o nce again . One lap lat er Bersch edged int o seco nd for second o vera ll , lea vin g Linn with a th ird for th e day. Results . M INI J R: 1. Steven Pur r ier (Kawl; 2. Baden Row land (Vam): 3. Randy Gree nh ill (Kaw) . SR M INI: 1. V in cen t Rizzo (Kaw); 2. Ch r is Gu nte r (Vam): 3 . David Campbell (Kaw ). BEG: 1. Ryan Marshall (Yam ); 2. Isider o Rood · guez (Su zl; 3. Vance Owen { H o n~. OVER 30 : 1. Hector Ba ut ist a (Hon): 2. Randy Lambert (Hont 3 . Clay Beegle (Hon). INT: 1. Frank Matz (Kaw) : 2. M ike Meyer (Han): 3 . M ike Gese ll (Hon ). 1 25 EX : 1. John Be rs c h (Kaw) : 2 . M ont e M cW hort er (Suz ). 250 NOV: 1. Brad ley Graha m (Han); 2. Toby Woodwa rd (Suz); 3 . Clay Beeg le (Han) . 250 EX: 1. Floyd Robb ins (Yam); 2. J oh n Bersch (Kaw ): 3 . Ricky Unn (Han). 125 NOV: t . Chris G unter (Yam); 2. M ark M yett (Hon ); 3 . J ose ph Arroyo (Hon ). Hoenshell gets a battle at Oklahoma MX By John Malsom OKLAH OMA CITY, O K, AP R. 17 T he fifth ro und of th e six-race O kla ho ma Sta te MX Ch am pionship found enthusiasm still high , but for a change the weather coopera ted for premium co ndi tio ns a t Int ersta te Mo tocro ss Park . Alth ough th e series leaders were out in for ce. th e co m pet it io n was stron ger. Expert powerhouse C lay H oen shell h ad to sett le for a si ngle win a nd two seco nd overa lls . Not bad, but o n ma n y da ys H oe n shell sweeps all th ree Expen classes. In the 125cc Expert class, Dennis Daft fought off H oenshell's best efforts fo r a hard- earned first overa ll. A co nsistent win ner in the Amateur ra n ks last year, Daft is becoming a major co m petitor in th e Expert class th is yea r. In the 250cc ran ks the o rde r was reversed as H oe n sh el l's experie nce p aid o ff an d he took the overa ll win with Daft close behind. In the O pe n Exper t clash. Chan Bak er fini shed a t th e to p o f the heap with H o en sh el) aga i n fi n is h i n g seco n d. Baker, a recent tra n sp lan t fro m Kansas. led th e com bined Expert p oint standin gs in th e series until a ge t-o ff in th e mudd y fourth race injured his leg and slo wed hi s charge. T he sixt h a nd fin al race will decide th e o u tco me fo r th e o verall titl e. The three Am ateu r classes fea tu red Kawasaki rider Tracy Smith . wh o wo n th e 125cc an d O pen cla sses . Only th e Husky of Chris Cun ningham kept Smith fro m sweepi ng a ll three classes, win n ing th e 250cc di vis ion right in front ofSmith. Smith returned the favo r by holdi ng Cunn ingham to seco nd in th e Open ra nks. • Results PEE WEE : 1. Robby Reyna rd (Yam); 2 . Raben Owens (Yam): 3. Chr is She lto n (Yam). ATC: 1. Doug Lawson (Hon); 2. Gary J ackson (Hon); 3. Ch uck Hoe nshell (Hon ). MINI M INI: 1. Ste ve Pet ree (Yam); 2. Trey Owens (Ka w ); 3. Je rry Tucker (Yam l. M INI J R: t . Cliff Palmer (Kawt : 2. Bren Shumate (Han); 3. Bruce O'Hagon (Yam). MINIINT: 1. Cliff Palmer (Kawt 2. Chris M cN utt (Yam): 3 . Brett Shumate (Hon ). MI NI SR: 1. Chr is McN un (Yam); 2 . Jason Owens (Kaw) ; .3. Tommv Newman (Kaw ). BEG: 'l , Ste ve Higgins (Hon ); 2 . Steve Fowter (Ha n); 3 . M ike Harvey (Vam). OVER 30 : 1. Dan ny M cNUtl (Su z); 2 . Bili V Denton (Hus); 3 . J im my Redwine (Mai). 12 5 NOV : t . Joe l Farrow (Kaw) ; 2. Dave Skinner (Yam): 3 . Joh n Copus (Kaw) . 12 5 AM : 1. Tracy Sm ith (Kaw): 2. Jay M alone: 3 . Larry wnne. , 125 EX: 1. Denn is Dall (Vam ); 2. Clay Hoenstiell (Vam): 3. Guy Cooper (Kaw l. 250 NOV : 1. J immy Saua ge (Ma i): 2. Jeff Dent on (Suz): 3 . Mark Rich ards (Han). 25 0 AM ; 1. Chris Cunningham (Hus) ; 2. Tracy Sm it h (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Od um (KTM ). 25 0 EX: 1. Clay Hoen shell (Yam): 2 . Dennis Dall (Yam); 3 . Chan Baker (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Ter ry Goupil (Vem): 2. Bri an . Bowles (M ai): 3 . Randy Sanders (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Tracy Sm it h (Kaw ); 2. Chr is Cu nn ingham (H us): 3 . Greg Odu m (KTM) . OPEN EX: 1. Chan Baker (Hon): 2 . Clay Hoenshell (Yam); 3. J im Thom as (Yam ). 27

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