Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

C(") 00 Hensley hits for two at CRC Edwards AFB MX ~ By Terry Rezek ~ EDWARDS AFB , CA, AP R. 24 00 T he very ro ugh a nd sa n dy ,....; co urse at Ed wa rds Air For ce ~ Base used by th e Cal ifornia ~ Racing Club was th e rec ip ient ~ o f recent rains an d there was little d ust to co ntend with. One th in g th e rai ns di dn' t do was to firm up th e sand much. Abo ut one -fourt h o f th e way arou nd th e track was a h ighberm ed gO -degree tu rn th at was super soft an d responsible for ma ny drama tic cha nges in position . J erry An ker was th e first Pro to feel th e b ite o f the killer turn . H e sliced h is C EET Yama ha in to th e lead o f the fir st 125cc P ro m o to righ t off th e start an d starte d to pull a wa y from Robert Laughlin a nd Rog er Hen sley. On lap two, An ker fell victim to th at turn a nd was back in m id-pack befor e h e co u ld reco ver. Hen sle y' took adva ntage o f th e jam to grab fir st by stuffing h is Lan caster Yam aha in side Laugh li n o n th e next turn. Th is is H en sley's back yard a nd h e wa s in th e lead to stay . Laughlin griml y hung o n to seco nd. By lap four, Randy Yett o o n a Yamaha from Barnes Yamaha o f Bar stow had m oved u p to th ird a nd .spe ru th e rest o f th e race tryin g to get by Laughl in . An ker got th e h olesh ot o n mo to two , but Hen sley was on a ro ll a nd method icall y moved fro m fourth to thi rd to seco nd an d took th e lead o ne turn befor e the scori ng stati on. An ker stayed in seco nd for th e moment but Jim P appe was bl itzin g h is wa y through the pack and was up to thi rd before th e m iddle of lap two . Pappe was reall y pressurin g Anker on lap three wh en Anker went down hard. H e got up but hi s bike d idn 't an d he DNF th e day. Yetto decided to try th e Pappe blitz and mov ed up rap idly to h ar ass Pappe for th e next fo ur laps. He was getting so much air he alm os t landed on Pappe co m in g o ff th e big jump. That san d trap turn was next a nd Yetto passed -Pap pe th ere. His n ext target was Hensley an d he go t him a bo u t a quart er lap before th e scor er s. H en sley retook th e lead jus t before th e white flag and th e two flew ou t for th e last lap. This time it wa s H ensley's turn to wat ch Yett o scoot by in the sa nd tra p . Yett o wen t on for th e moto wi n but H en sley's seco nd wa s good enou gh for th e overa ll an d first pl ace m oney. Results 22 60 NOV : 1. Jesse James (Kaw) : 2 . Ephra im Ben jamin (Vam); 3 . Eric Cordell (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Joel Tokersky (Kaw) . 60 EX: 1. Steven Kotajarvi (Kaw); 2. Bubb Erickso n (Kaw ). 80STK BEG: I . Sloan Cooper (Kaw) ; 2. Rick Kol · schowsky (Kaw) ; 3. Denn is Dressler (Kaw) . 80 NOV : 1. Eric Caldwell (Kaw) ; 2. Werd Bessen (Vam); 3. Steven Kotajarvi (Kaw ). . 80 INT: 1. Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw); 2. Jeff M abery (Kaw) ; 3. Cun Trimble (Yam). 80 EX; 1. Eddie Hicks (Yam); 2 . Mouse McCoy (Kaw) ; 3 . Mike Young (Yaml. 80 MOD 8EG : 1. Erick Hilton (Yam). 80 MOD NOV : I . Jeff Capt (Kaw); 2 . Ward Bassett (Yam); 3 . J immy Ryder (SUl) . BO MOD INT: 1. M ike Kiedrowski (Kaw) ; 2. Jeff Mabery (Kaw); 3 . Cun Trimble (Yaml . . BO MOD EX: I . Eddie Hicks (Yaml; 2. Mi ke Young (Yam); 3 . Mouse McCoy (Kaw) . 100 BEG: 1. M ike Cagle (Yam). 100 INT: 1. Toby Lawes (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Gary Wr ight (SUl) ; 2. Jeff Clark (Yaml ; 3 . lloyd Feldbauer (SUl) . 125 NOV : 1. KellyWhitfield (Sul): 2. Bill Wal tman (SUl) ; 3. Keith Vensel (Kaw) . 125 INT DIV I: 1. Don Goettling (SUl ): 2. Glenn . Com ma n s (Han) ; 3. John Condon (Yam) . 125 INT DIV II: 1. Jeff Black (Yam): 2 . Jim Spotts (SUl); 3 . Jeff Seggie (SUl) . 125 PRO: t . Roger Hensley (Yam); 2 . RandyYeno (Yam); 3. Raben Laughlin (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Brad Pale (Han); 2. M ike Clark (Yam); 3 . Day id Knap ik (SUl ). l . I I •• I •• • ~~ ••• ••• • • I • ••••••• . 250 NOV DIV I: 1. Andrew Buck (SUl): 2. Dayid Klein (Yam ): 3. Eric Colben (SUl). 250 NOV DIV II: I . Mark Harwell (Ha n); 2. Ma rk Davenpo n (Hon); 3. Hank We seman (Yam )., 250 INT DIV I: I . Don Goettling (SUl) : 2 . Randy Kno x (Yam); 3 . Ma rk Maynor (Hon). 250 INT DIV II: 1. Steve Card ill o (Yam); 2. neve W elt y (Yam ); 3 . Tim Cauby (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Roger Hens ley (Yam); 2 . Brian Cher eshkoff (Han); 3. Ian Fitl-Gibbon s (Yaml . OPEN BEG: I . Travis Gr iffith s (Yem); 2. J ohn Lunsford (Hon); 3. BoJC Dennard (Ho n). OPEN NOV ; 1. Bill Throckm onon (Mai); 2. Edward Wa lte rs (Yam ): 3 . M ike Biddl ingmeier (Hon) . OPEN INT: 1. Ronnie Lewis (Yam ); 2. Ruben FBIcon (Hon): 3 . Charlie Strong (Suzl . OPEN PRO: I . Greg Torgerson (Yam); 2. ZoUMeszaros (Vam); 3 . Willy Simons (Hon ). VET JR : 1. Jerry Theyer (Han ); 2 . neve Kr ibeU (Han); 3 . Bob Dennard (Han) . VET INT: I. Ken Kullason (SUl ); 2. Roland Thompson (Yam); 3 . J im Draves (Hon). VET EX: 1. Dan Ayers (Yam ); 2 .Jim O'N eal (y am); 3 . Stewart Rogers (Hu s), Cable , Holley, Peterson win at Ascot -Opener By Pam Hardin By Tom Corley Ton ig h t m arked th e 14th sea son o f Continental Mo tosports Club Motocross a t Ascot Park. Returning to take home a weekly pay check were the top P ro s in So Ca l. Todd Peter son took th e top honors in the 125cc Pro class. He defeat ed Ru ss Wageman wi th a decidi ng fin al rnot o win . Ji m H oll ey handled th e 250cc P ro m on ey a nd o nce m ore Wageman held th e runner-up posi tion. Mill er P roducts' Cra ig Ca ble was th e o n ly Pro wh o race d a ll th ree Pro classes. Ca ble took two impressi ve finishes with a fourth p lace in the 250cc class and a runa wav victorv in th e 500cc cla ss. . . Kawasa ki ri der Wagem an got th e h ol esh ot o ver th e 15-man 125cc Pro class in the open ing mo to . Ch asing for th e lead were Rick Atk ins a nd T odd Peterson. A three-ma n fight was go ing on beh ind wi th Gl enn Pa ge, Tim L u n de a nd newcomer J erry An ker involved . Pet er son wa s schemi ng agai ns t Atki ns an d took a n in sid e line a nd made th e pass over Atk ins who went off the track. Wagem an was unstoppable and as th ey flew th rough th e fini sh line it was Wageman , Peterson , Atki ns, Page a nd Lunde. T here was litt le doubt th a t Wagem an 's Ka wa saki was th e fast bike w hen the ga te dro p p ed for th e seco n d m o to. Peterson was beh in d Wagem an wi th Atk in s in thi rd and Lu nde in fourth. Lunde soo n worked h is wa y by At kins to ta ke over th ird p lace. Nobod y kn ows h ow or where to . pass a no ther rider a t Asco t like Peterson. H e found th e Palm tree co rner to be a perfect pl ace to a ttack Wageman , a nd sure enough, it was Peterson wi th th e lead whe n th ey came to th e TT jump. Wagem an held seco nd pl ace till the end, being followed by Lunde a nd Atki ns . On th e payoff lis t it was Peterson, Wageman , Atkins, Lunde and Pa ge. . BO JR DIV 1: I . Day id Wodeslewski (Kaw) ; 2 . Jason Salatinio (Yam); 3 . Terry Harr ison IKaw). BOJR DIV 2 : I . Raben Sassen (Han ); 2 . M ike Bass (SUl); 3. W inkle Wood (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Brian Werle (Yam ); 2. Dannv Barnett (Kawl; 3. Mike Vietorian (Han). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. M itch Cohen (Han); 2. John Posca (Yam ); 3. Chr is Sestich (Hon). 125 JR ON 2: 1. Kenn et h Mac ive r (S uzl: 2 . Dann v Barnett (Yam ); 3. John Goben (HanI. 125 JR DIV 3 : 1. A nhur Hu ff er (SUl); 2 . Terry Rhode s (Han); 3. Mark Maxwell (SUl) . 125 INT; 1. Richard Fleming (Yem ); 2. Mike Caruana (Su z): 3. Pat Rice (Yam ). 125 PRO: I . Todd Peter son (Yeml ; 2. Russ Wageman (Kaw); 3. Rick A tk ins (Suz ). 250 JR DIV I : 1. M ike Buff (Han ); 2. J oe Finlel (Han); 3. Peter Sebr ing (Yam). 250 J R DIV 2: 1. Deve Bender (Yam ); 2. Allen Knowles (Yam ); 3 . Ron Bunn (Kaw). .•• .. ..••.•.. ..•..... .. ~ Stallard tops Nagle for state title PHO ENIX, AZ, APR. 24 GA R DENA, CA, AP R . 13 Results 250 INT: 1. Scott Bell (Yam); 2. Skip Cristy (KTM ); 3. Kai Norton (Kaw ). 25 0 PRO: I.Jim Holley (Yaml ; 2. RussWageman (Kaw) ; 3. Todd Peterson (Yam ). 500 JR : 1. Gerardo Mi elke (Han); 2 . Raben Han sen (Yam ); 3 . J eff Bu nn (Hon) . 500 INT: 1. Kenn y Don el son (Hon) ; 2 . Bob Car pen te r (Yam ); 3 . Yande ll Bishop (Hon). 500 PRO; 1. Crai g Cable (Han ); 2 . Jeff Conlin (Hus); 3. M ike McMIllen (Han). VET JR : 1. Terr y Pratt (Yam ); 2 . Dud ley Gr ay . (KTM); 3. M ik e McMill en (Mai). VET INT: 1. Mike Casey (M ai ); 2. J am es Richard son (KTM ); 3. Dick ie McMill en (Hus). OT JR : 1. W illiam Mi sener (Yam); 2. AI Lyons (Han); 3. Paul Bunon (SUl ). OT INT: I . Ron Way IHus ). THREE WHEEL JR ; 1. M il es W illiams (Han); 2. Danny Burns (Han ); 3. Paul Gullo (Han I. THREE WHEEL EX: 1. Ron Baker (Han); 2 . Harlan Riggl e (Han); 3. Chr is Wh it e (Kawl. ~~ .. The last rac e of th e Arizona Championship seri es was held a t Canyon Raceway today. Most races went down to the wire, but th e 250cc Experts had a back a nd forth battle for th e title th at went down to th e wi re. Sco tt Stallard had a slim seven - . po int adva ntage over Ap ache Honda teammat e Rick Nagl e go ing into th e first mot o. Nagle took th e ear ly lead with Sta llar d weeding through th e p ack to ta ke over, for a wh ile. On th e six th lap, th e co m p ressio n in h is rear sh ock went away, a n d he cruised th e rest o f th e m ot o . Nagle had th e win with Bru ce Peter s p u ll ing in a co nsistent seco nd. Tom Witt, fourth in series points, took third, foll owed by Brett Buckner . With Stallard 's bik e problems and Nagle's win, th e cham p io nsh ip rested on th e o utcome of th e last mot o. Sta lla rd pulled a' qu ick lead ahead o f Buckn er. Nagle had a n ext to last start . Pet ers, st ill h ot fro m h is firs t rno to , go t by Pa ul Bowman for third. In th e back o f th e p ack , Nagle was n' t riding like h e wanted th e win. " I th ought I was in a good enough p ositi on to bea t Sco tty (Stallard) . I d idn 't want to eat it and lose more. "I blew it m yself . I was just so g lad wh en it was over," Na gle said. Wh ile Stallard enjoyed a 15-secondplus lead, Maxima' s Peters kept on th e throttle and passed Buckner for seco n d, n ett ing him the overa ll for th e da y. Curt Jaim et di spl a ced a fa ststa rt in g, but m id- point· fading Bow. man , who had just co me ba ck after severa l months off from racing. Jaimet follow ed Buckner to th e fin ish . Behind J aimet was Lancer's Dave Rob in son, until a maniac ca me from no where. Eri c Kirk , th e " Ma no," short for maniac, had passed Nagl e in an unorth odo x, sup posedly-one-line berms. " Ro binso n was in fron t o f Nagle, . an d it looked lik e Ri ck was try ing to ' get arou nd him a fter th e doubles. H e was on th e ou tside, an d I h eld the gas o n ove r th e la st jump and went to the inside . I just dove under him ," Kirk said . H e displaced Rob in son for fifth a co u p le of laps lat er. " It was a do or d ie sit ua tio n." At the fini sh, it was Stallard, Peters, a nd Su n nys lopes H onda 's Buckner, who took seco nd overa ll for th e day. Resul ts YZINGERS : 1. Chucky Cook (Yam); 2. Eddie lucas (Yam); 3 . J .T. Stewart (Yam). PEE WEE NOV : 1. Just in Jaurique (Han); 2. Tim Stuart (Yaml; 3 . Aar on Stew art (Yam) . PEE WEE AM : 1. Jimmy Button (Han); 2 . Damon Wa tkins (Kaw); 3 . Brad Miller (Han) . 80 BEG: 1. Ch r is DeV ito (Han) ; 2. John Brooks (Yaml ; 3. Jerry Stuan (Yam). 80 NOV STK: 1. David Pedersen (Kaw) ; 2. Grady Ingram (Yam); 3. Kev in Sullivan IKaw). BO NOV MOD: 1. Grady Ingram (Yam); 2. Dayid McDermott (Hon); 3. Wes Parker (Yam). BO AM STK: 1. Bill y Carlson (Yaml ; 2. Soon Bawden (Kaw); 3 . M ike Bailey (SUl). BO AM M OD: 1. Bill y Carls on (Yam); 2. Scan Bawden (Kaw); 3 . Scott Aardema (Yaml . (; 80 EXSTK : I . Bryan Bruner (Kaw ): 2.John Moran l ' (Yam); 3. steve Brooks (Yam). 80 EX MOO: 1. Bryan Bruner (Kawl; 2 . Denn is t Parker (Yam); 3 . John Moran (Yam). ~ 125 BEG: I . John Sylvin (Han); 2 . Gary J ustiss ' (Yam); 3 . Chr is Suydam (Suli. [ II 125 NOV STK: 1. Blue Robinette (Kaw) ; 2. Bill ~ Arrendale (Yam); 3 . Nick Pietra sik (Hon). 125 NOV MOD: 1. Bryan Taylor (Han); 2. Steve b Dav is (Yam ); 3. Bob Lemke (Suz). . 125 AM STK: 1. Doug Butcher (Han ); 2. Shawn Hilton (Kaw) ; 3. Scott Keyes (Kaw) . lJil 125 AM MOD : 1. Shawn Hilton (Kaw) ; 2 . Doull ' Butcher (Han); 3 . Scan Keyes (Kaw ). 125 EX: I . Troy Blake (Yam); 2 . Bill Dalton (Han);' 2 3. Robert Mason (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Dan Beurie (Han) ; 2 . Jerry Sim s (Kaw ); 3 . Doug Dugan (Yam ). 270 NOV STK: r . Cliff lee (Han ); 2. JeH Cantwitll (Han); 3 . Lamar Adams (Yam). 250 AM STK: 1. Br ien Higgins (Kaw) ; 2. Doug Goodman (Ha n); 3 . Tim Kennedy (Yam). 250 AM MOD: 1. Brian Higgins (Kaw); 2. Ste ve..u c. Akers (Suz); 3 . Dave Clayden (Han) . 250 EX: 1. Bruce Peter s fSuz); 2. Brett Buckner 2 (Han); 3 . Rick Nagle (Han) . , OPEN NOV : 1. Raben Chadwick (Yam); 2. Dayid Fenn (Yam); 3 . Duane Outland (Han) . OPEN AM : 1. Tim Kennedy (Yam); 2. Chris leyya (Han); 3. Bill Wh ite (SUl) . • OPEN EX: 1. Scott Stallard (Han); 2. Rick Nagle 2 (Han) ; 3 . Dave Robinson (Yam). OT AM : 1. Tim Kennedy (Yam ); 2. Rick Tabor (Han) ; 3. Mo nte Wh itaker (Hon) . SIDEHACKS: 1. Greg Sm ith/Steye Henry (Ma i); 2 . John /Vietor Palfreyma n; 3 . Bob Schnoor/Randy langosh (Yam). e Dymond ices OCIR win By Steve Crosby IR VINE, CA, APR. 28 Motocross this season at Orange County International Raceway has . gone on in spite oL .In sp ite of th e con struction that blocked th e ro ad for th ree weeks. In sp ite of th e water mai n th ey put ri ght through th e middl e of th e sta rt ing lin e. In sp ite o f th e rain and flooding that ca used one week to be cance lle d. And this week, th e rain ca me in th e m iddle of th e first mo to and wouldn 't let up, ca us ing th e ca ncella tion of th e seco nd ro u n d of racing . In sp ite of a ll o f th e hassles,"over 200 riders have turned up eac h week. After bein g sp ared from moisture a ll day wh il e it came down in th e rest of so ut h ern California , a light rain . began just as th e Pros took to th e track. The rain cont inued h arder without a break. After th e first moto a rider 's meeting was h eld to see if the racers wanted to keep racing or to score the results off th e fir st moto finish es. The riders sai d th at they did not wi sh to go ou t on th e slic k track, so th e first moto results becamefinal. Maico West rider Micky Dymond took home th e 250cc Pro win in a very exci ting race. Veteran Pro Dave T aylor brought h is H onda out o f the start ing ga te first wit h Dymond and Danny Barthol omew d ose behind. Todd Peterson had a weak start and was last o ut of th e first turn, but .Io urth after the first lap. On the seco n d lap Bartholomew went down hard in the wh oo ps and bent hi s forks. Still tryi ng to race , he found th at he lost most of h is steer in g in th e co rners a fter th e bi g jump a n d wen t off one turn and landed in th e stu tterbumps. Peterson mov ed to third an d was pressuring Dym ond. But Dymond, who is th e onl y 250cc Pro to regularly double his way through the whoops, used h is jumping to keep Peterson beh ind. On th e third lap, Dym ond doubleju mped hi s way past Taylor and into th e lead. Brian Maloney, anoth er Pro wi n n er at OCIR this year , broke a frame on ' th is lap. On th e next lap Pet erson used th e in side of th e hairp in turn to gai n posit ion an d pass T aylor. A lap later T aylor went down trying to negotiate th e table-top turn . .. , ., . , ~. -.. -~ 1 .. . . . .,

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