Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

· _.- _ Lucerne Valley - Red Mountain - Plaster City - Sea _- ~-_ ht - Sidewinder Road - Superstition Mountain - Jean- Rand Mountains - Lucerne Viney ';"-Rlid M"ollilta Desert Hot SR 250 AM: 1. R. Watson; 2. J . McClur.; 3 . M. Farris. SR C EX: 1. L Gorg.n; 2. G. Purs.r; 3 . R. Hans ing . WOMEN EX 1. L Farm.r; 2. J . P.yn• . ; WOMEN NOV: 1. S. Robbin.; 2 . C. S.ln; 3. #W34. MINI: 1. B. Devi• . might be on top." In th e en d th e .l l?Omile Pucker Bush Enduro official results showed 250cc A rider Dave Bender topping th e 600-rider field as th e o nly rider to zero a ll three loops, 0.42 . The two-l oop overa ll win went to a Open C Vet rider G regg Winkel. Winkel bea t Ph il ip G allagher for the ov erall by on ly five seconds, 1.351.40. T en en tra n ts zeroe d loop on e but Dal e Bol en (125cc C -16) took th e By Wayne Gales/ overall hono rs by losing only 13 seco nds to th e 14 seco nds of runnerGLEND ALE, NV, MAY 21 up SCOIl Bristol (Mini A). Casey Folks and Max Switzer, The three-loop event wa s held at better known for their recent Anderson Dry Lake, with loops one success in Baja racing Class 38, and three being th e sa me trail except took a surprising overall win in for nine m il es. This en d uro will th e Sil ver Nugget 1)e1amar 400 offprobabl y go down in the history ro ad ra ce. Folks and Sw itzer took books for " bu rn in g" th e most riders. the ir Duralube/Sportsman C ycle Almost 80% of th e riders burnt the sponsored Husq varna XCSOO around seco n d ch eck o n loop one. Loop one the 38o-m ile-p lus course (the longest was an eas y loop because two- and one loop course in th e United States) three-loopers could lay back on their in 7:42.27. pace and arri ve la te on loop one This is Folks' back yard and he ch ecks. But, check two was a wellwasted liule time making his mov e, planned, camo uf la ged, boulder-hidgetting by the California team of den chec k. It cau gh t everyo ne early Paul Palmer and Jim Mattox, wh o and it wa s a ti e-breaker I When the m issed a turn a nd got lost, and bu ilt 30.2 m iles were co m p leted Bolen came up a mass ive 14-minute lead by checko u t on top. point twoat Ca liente, some 125 miles Loop two was a good steady trail into th e co urse. rid e. The overa ll speeds were good Running seco nd at Caliente was wi th one 36 mph sectio n for only 1.2 the 250cc team of Troy Fitch and miles. T here were two special tests Daryl Folks. J effery Phill ip s and Don involved , and on the first one most of O 'Kuly (H us) a nd Bryan Folks a nd th e riders were zero in g or dropping Mike Heers (125 Hus) ro u nded out just one point. T he second was unth e front ru n n ers. Mattox and Palmer , manned due to a lack o f chec kers wh o wer e needed o n loop th ree. So , th e back on track, were charging hard, last 10 m iles or so were basicall y free but h ad a lo t o f ti me 10 mak e up. sai li n g with everyone trying to arri ve From checkpoint two to Pi oche (th e co u rse went through th e m iddle 15 m inu tes ea!ly at the last check. o f both towns) is th e most ch a lle ng- _. "I just kn ow someone is going to in g pa rt o f th e co urse an d Daryl Folks zero all three loops, but not many," ma de a m ove on Switzer, gain ing sa id Langl ey, " Beca use the spe eds o n nearl y seven m inutes in only 50 miles, loop three ha ve been d ro pped from an d start ed to look li ke a threat. The 36 to 30 mph , but man y riders are last half o f th e co urse was comprised going 10 be hot into the chec ks." of very fast fire roads a nd o ld paved Bender was th e o n ly zero for a ll three roads and th e 250cc team of Folks and loops with a score of o n ly 42 seconds Fit ch found it ha rd work trying 10 lost. The Kemp broth er s, Kenny and reel in th e " o ld men. " O 'Kuly and Randy, finished seco n d a nd fourth Phillips were holding on to third and overall , respect ively , with Kenny Bryan Folks and Mik e Heers had a McLean separating th e two brothers. strong hold on th e top 125cc spo t. Thirty-three rid ers lost onl y one point Mattox and Palmer were setting a for three loops with Davy Jones, Breu bli stering pace and moved past bo th Morgan, and Thomas Karos roundthe Folks/H eers 125 cc a n d th e ing out th e top seven. There was a O 'Kuly/Philips ' bike to ch all enge three-way tie for eig h th between Bob th e top 250cc spo t whe n Daryl an d Keirns, John Jacobson and H arry Troy lost a rod n ear th e 300· mile Keast. Randy Pretzer fin ished 11th mark, end in g th eir day. overall an d was th e best fin ishing B Ca sey Folks an d Sw itzer cruised to rider, losing 1.66. th e finish, so me 25 mi n u tes ahead of Results the Palmer/ Mauox Yamaha , who 125 B-SR: 1. Noel Cobbs . too k 250cc honors. O 'Kuly a nd Phil125 C: 1. Noel T. Park.r. 125 C · 16: 1. Dale Bolon. ips brought in third ove ra ll, fir st 200 A: 1. K.nny K.mp. overall Sportsm an. Bryan Folks kept 200 A-V; 1. D.I. Samford. 200 A·W ; 1. Shauna Hopkins. up his meteoric rise in th e 125cc class 200 B: 1. Randy P••rson. with first 125cc Pro, tea med wi th 200 B · 16: 1. Roben J . Wranosky. Heers. Ronnie Od om a nd Kell y Berg200 B-W: 1. Mory B.rnen. 200 C -16: 1. Ed T. Hoffm.n. man fin ish ed with fifth ove ra ll an d 200 C·SR : 1. Rick Hamn.r. second 125cc honors. Second Sports200 C-V; 1. Tom Lavia. 250 A: 1. Dave Bender. man team was th e father/ son com bi250 AN; 1. K.nny Mclean. nation of Lauren and Ken Bryan. 250 AA: 1. Randy K.mp. Folks/Switzer top Delamar 400 CRC 200Cc -16 rider Todd Johnson waves at the camera (File photo.) Stearns still hot in D-37 HS By Shirley Upp LUCE R NE VALLEY, CA , MAY 22 Chu ck Stearns aboa rd his Montclair 490 Yamaha once again took the overall win with only seco n ds to spare, this time 38 in th e Prairie Dogs M.e. "Dog-gonit " Hare Scrambles. It was 250cc rider Tim Sinclair, another Montclair rider, who made h is bid for th e lead but with two flat tires wa s unable to overtak e Stearns . Two mi les past th e bomb it was Husky rider Dan Smith in th e lead and Ed Pierce Jr. was leading th e 250cc class and running third overall. Dan Ash craft, who was having problem s with swollen eyes from allergies, came by at fourth . Sinclair ran fifth followed by first C bike rider Du ane Summers. Out in front in th e No vice race it wa s Kirk He intz. Joe Jesseph came by at second. After a chain of bad lu ck that would discourage many riders, Ron Patrick passed th e bomb running third. Harold Allen, 250cc rider, came by at fourth . First Beginner to co me by was Gary Dubin. After the first time around the 38m ile course it was Stearns coming into the p its in the lead . Smith had seized early in the race and Ashcraft also had problems to put him out of the rac e. Fighting for second place it was Sinclair and Pierce on their 250s, seconds apart. Pierce m issed home check and had to turn around and take precious time in making sure he got his tank card marked. Summers had a super ride going on his C bike and came through at fourth overall. Chris Crandall was running fifth. Ron Shuler was on the throttle in h is first ride as an Expert and up with the front runners at sixth. Leading the 250cc Senior class Gary Charters had moved up to eighth and was on his way to his eighth-straight win on his hot Suzuki. Leading in the 250cc Amateur class was Scott Stearns, while another tough race was going on in . the 250cc Vet class. Jeff Vaughn had the lead but no t far back w~ Wes An de rson Jr. Lo ri Farmer had a nice lead in th e Women 's class. Firs t Novice was pi epl a ter Hein tz, wh o would h a ve a wi ld ri de wh en h is back brake broke. Joe j esseph ca me th rough at second a nd Chris H ighto wer wa s thi rd. Ron Pa trick was running fourth. Stearns brought h is Yama ha in for a no t her we ll earned victor y . Steams sai d he was caugh t n app in g a nd a bo u t 10 m iles out he loo ked back a nd sa w Sincla ir gaini ng o n h im . Stearns also wa nt ed to th ank sponsors O 'N eal Products, Kal-Gard an d Racecrafters for their help. T a king a second on two flat tires was Sinclair. T im said h e didn 't kn ow when h e go t the front Ilat but it was about 10 m iles from th e fin ish when he go t th e back Ilat, After cra shi ng twice, Pi erce took a well- earned third overall and second 25Occ. It was Crandall in for fourth and fifth overall was Shuler who proved himsel£ to be a real Expert . Howard McCasland caugh t himsel£ n apping at the start and h ad a bad first loop. G elling it togeth er for th e seco nd loop h e was a ble 10 work h is wa y up to sixth overa ll and thi rd 25Occ. Summers was able 10 keep in front of Brett H owell and ta ke first C bike a t seventh overall with H owell eighth. Results OPEN EX: 1. C. St •• rn. : 2 . C. Cr.nd. lI; 3. R. Shul.r. OPEN AM: 1. R. Pric.; 2 . 1444; 3 . A. Long. OPEN NOV: 1. R. P.tr ickJr.; 2. 1329: 3 . R. Holtz. OPEN BEG: 1. B. H. rris; 2. B. C.llicott; 3 . D. Stovons. 250 EX: 1. T. S incla ir; 2. E. Pteree: 3 . H. McCas· I. nd. 250 AM: 1. S. St.arns ; 2 . R. Lundin; 3 . G. Johnston. 250 NOV: 1. R. Coope r; 2. 1261X; 3 . T. S ilvo. 250 BEG: 1. C. Downs; 2. G. Ch rist i.; 3 . J . Neum.nn. 125 EX: 1. D. Summ.r. ; 2. B. Howell; 3. J . Braaac:h. 125 AM: 1. B. W.lls; 2. M. D.y; 3 . H. Gi•••. 125 NOV: 1. G. Brown ; 2. C. Koncur . 125 BEG: 1. B. Arm.trong; 2. C. Looper. OPEN VET EX: 1. D. Winch.lI; 2. B. Satlzman; 3 . C. Snyder. OPEN VETAM: 1. S. Thompson; 2. IV259; 3 . G. of• T811 U rr l. OPEN VET NOV: 1. S. Com.ron; 2 . D. Harwoll ; 3 . J . Farrand. OPEN VET BEG: 1. S. Pricopi • . 250 VET: 1. J . V.ughn; 2. W. And.r.on Jr. 3 . M. Loo. 250 VETAM: 1. J . Sheehy; 2. D. D.S imon.; 3 . R. PoproskJ. 250 VET NOV: 1. IV10Bx; 2 . R. Fr••man. SR OPEN EX 1. A. Knapp ; 2 . L Elias; 3 . E. F.rr.lI. : SR OPEN AM: 1. B. Morris; 2. #0153; 3 . B. H.aly. SR OPEN NOV; 1. D. Wilcow; 2. R. Bullington; 3 . R. Duarte• SR 250 EX 1. G. Chon.rs ; 2 . C. Goodban; 3 . A. ; Guzman . Bender takes CRC Pucker Bush Enduro By Mike Klinger L UCERNE VALLEY, CA , MAY 15 " Well , who won the enduro?" we asked, "Tom Webb again? " California Racing official Larry Langley said , " N o, Webb couldn't make the event, Sampson burned three checks, Rob Mesecher burnt a check on loop one and blew a base gasket on loop three. I think Harry Keast or one of the Kemp bo ys 250 B: 1. Davy Jon.... 250 B-SR: 1. John Blair. 250 B·V: 1. William Palono. 250 C: 1. G.ry G.rner. 250 C-4ST; 1. Philip Gall.gh.r. 250 C·SSR; 1. Dorr.1I Crabtree. 250 C-V; 1. Pau l Sp ickl.r. MINIA: 1. Scan Bristol . MINI B; 1. John Lucas. MINIC; 1. Ronald E. Plan. OPEN A: 1. Bron Morg.n. OPEN A-4ST; 1. Karl Ho.t.t1.r. OPEN A·SR; 1. Mik. Ch.mberl.in. OPEN A-V; 1. John J acobao n. OPEN AA·SR: 1. H. rry K.ast. OPEN AA·S SR; 1. H.rold Hol.ted. OPEN AA-V; 1. Bob K.irns. OPEN ATV: 1. J.ff Couns. OPEN B; 1. Lawr.nco W.ber. OPEN B-4ST; 1. Dwayn. Fuhrman. OPEN B-SR: 1. Dav. Hutch.n• . OPEN B·SSR: 1. M.nin Bock. OPEN B·V: 1. J.ck Labrum . OPEN C: 1. Clork Cr.btr. .. OPEN C·SR: 1. Dorrol H.lwog. OPEN C·V: 1. Gr811g Wlnk.1.

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