Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

B NN0rtoheRrnTcaIH iforEniaR·N°NrtheDrn~;dEa ,oLre,gNonE ·washington·ldaho-Utah-Alaska·Canada- ~ MI e h C I"f . N rthern Nevada·Oregon·Washington·ldaho-Utah-Alaskl Nort ern a I orma- 0 0: battle for positions between a h d e of National n urn bers. One exception was Randy Green , who pullet! into the top five at the half, then nipped both Wincewicz and McCullough to move to third behind the Fay I Bar k man battle. Barkman got around Fay, but on the next lap, got out 0 f s h ape and gave Fay the edge. The best battle ' . was the Mc C u IIoug h / \ V m cewicz d u eJ for fourth , with McCull~>ugh con. . h I g Green trolling It in t e ate gom . got Barkman on the last lap to snag second, but couldn 't displace Fay. The final order was Fay, G reen , Bar k man M cCullough , Wincewicz , ' McDani el and Mike S u II' Ivan. ...... Result s (Tri); 5. Jeff McDanieIIC·A) ; 6. Mike Sulhvan (Hon): fXaml. 9 . Randy Patterson (C-A); 10 . Scott Miller (Tn); 11. Richard Word (H· D); 12. Brad Hurst (Tro). JR : 1. Danny Bennett (Hon); 2 . Gary Trull (C·AI; 3 . DAve Whit ing (Yam) ; 4 . Don Wilson (Yam); 5. Ben Zakar ian (Yam) ; 6 . Kirk Howard (Yam); 7 . Ry~ n Fisher (C-A ); 8 . Duane Gerrard (Yam) ; 9 . Harry Mickey Fay powered his Honda to the TT w in in Oregon . Thoma. (Tri); 10. Jeff Herdan (Hon). . NOV : 1. Jim Dunlavey (Suz); 2. J.lm Anderson (Yam) ' 3 George McBee (Yam) ; 4 . Mike La wrence IHon) :S ."TerryWahl (Kaw); 6. John Clayton (Bul); 7. Brady (Kaw) ; 3 . Tom Nakash ima ISuzl. Johnson takes Seattle RR win OPEN GP SINGLE: 1. Stan Jan Jau IYam): 2. Richard Carter IKTM); 3 . Gill Boardman (Hon) . SUPERBIKE: 1. Randy Skiver (Su.) ; 2. Dan ZiDek (Su.) ; 3. Sean Phillips ISu.). By Bruce Scholten KENT, WA, MAY 22 "This track is really special we'll be back," remarked road racer Mike Johnson. Alongwith some of his AFM cohorts, the Ea st Ba y Yamaha Vision rider sampled some wild racing at sunny Seattle International Raceway and liked it . Johnson r~~ w~1l in hi.sfirst q~al ifi er h ere , finishing thud behind " Ka m i kaze" Ken Maeda 's GPz-550. Johnson 's travelling companion Kirk Graves charged his 1983 Seca even harder, winning the 600cc Production heat ahead of David Hughes. Kirk Graves holeshot and ran away in the 600cc Production main heat. In the first lap a lone he led the 450/600cc combined pack by more th an 500 feet. Halfway through the IO-Iapper, David Hughes and Mike Johnson, both aboard Visions, held second and third respectively. Hughes began to reel in Graves and was a lmost abreast of him as they dove into downhill turn three on the final lap. Then things got interesting. " H e's super in traffic - really clean. But he hit the Vision's weak spot, passing me ," Graves said later. Hughes had gone inside t?ward t~e sharp right hand esse , pitched h~s Vision hard over and ground the 011 filter. He lost it, and Graves (o n the outside) motored right onto him. About eig h t more bikes, mostly 4505, went down in a big pile. Graves pulled his Seca off of Hughes an.d parked it. Hughes remounted h is Yamaha, unaware of his broken oil filter, and seized in turn seven . Two seconds behind this fracas, Mike Johnson saw enough to avoid the tangle and went on to win the race. Bruce Beha l' s GPz too k second, and Kirk Correll was third. Results 450 PROD: 1. Terry William. (Yam); 2. Bob Bronoske (Suz); 3 . Ken W im er (Han). . . 750 PROD: 1. Chuck Wil ey (Su. ); 2. LOUie Lind emayer (Han); 3 . Joel Ittner (Kaw) . , 600 MOD PROD: 1. Lee Cochran (Yam): 2. Kirk Graves (Yaml; 3 . Joe M ontoya (Yam). 860 MOD PROD: 1. Dan Zlock (Su.); 2. Sean Phillips (Suz); 3 . Louie Lindemayer (Han). FORMULA I: 1. Randy Skiver (Su.): 2. John Doylo (Su.); 3. Mike Kenyon (Yam). 600 PROD: 1. Mike Johnson (Yam); 2. Bruce 50 BehaIIKaw); 3. Kirk Corroll (Kaw). . 450 MOD PROD: 1. Joe Rodgors ISu.); 2. Brian Hlavka (Yam); 3. John Johnson (Yam). OPEN MOD PROD: 1. John Doyle (Su.) ; 2. John Fay, Bennett, Dunlaveydemolish Sidewinder" By Clay Light CLACKAMAS, OR, MAY 20 Team Honda's Mickey Fay rode his 500cc XR-based single to a fast and flawless Expert main event win a t race two of AMA TT action in Clackamas. Dan Bennett led the Juniors for th~ seco~d week in a row and the NOVice mam had James Dunlav~y come .~p from California to put his Suzuki mto the winner's circle. Fast-time honors once again went to National n u m ber 75 , Charlie " Brett " Barkma n , o n his Simpsoni Out Front Can-Am, posting a 14.71 on a choppy, slicker-than-usual track. Fastest Junior was Ben nett (N-D/BeI Ray/KR W l O u t Front /Megacyclel Forest Grove Hon), clocking in at 15.08, with Harry Thomas a fraction slower at 15.09 on a 750 Triumph. Bennett sat on the pole for the J unior main event and after dominating his heat and the trophy .da sh , ~e was looking to add the mam to his tally. Points leader Jeff Harsha sat out the main with motor problems, leaving Bennett with what first appeared to be an effo~t1ess win. Dave Whiting had other I~ea.s and ca~e storming down the hill in overdnve to take the lead away from a startled Bennett. Bennett countered and grabbed it back with Whiting in second followed by Can-Am-mounted Gary Trull, Don Wilson and Californian Benji Zakarian, the lo ne Californian in the Junior main. Bennett rode smooth a ll th e way to the checkered flag over Trull, who snuck ? y Whiting for seco nd, Four~h was.WIIson and Zakarian was fifth with a good ride. Fay (N-D/ Bel-Ray/York Hon l ~m H on ) holesho t the Expert 12-lap ma in , despi te H urst being on th e pole, and took a commanding lea d . with Thomas " Cha in saw " McCullough, Ba r km a n , Hurst and " j a m m i n" Johnny Wincewicz in tow . Rich ~ord piled up his XR750 Harley-Davidson a nd for ced McCullough to go wide, allowing Barkman to m~ve t? sec~md while the racing was quite right m a (M~~'JR: 1. Rick Porkinson (Su.l; 2. Bob Kosovilka (Hon). T H' k BO INT: 1. Tarry BOltard (Kawl; 2. od IC. (Kaw); 3. Jimmy Clay (Yom). 80 JR: 1. Joff Caton ISu.t 2. Todd Toman (Kaw); 3. So.n Hummal(Kaw). . PEE· WE E: Pruitt (Yam). 1. Tyler Hummel (Kaw); 2. JeanOJe 125 PRo: 1. Shawn Cody (Yamt 2. Danny Bolo• l Hon); 3. Mika Whalon (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Tony Richard. ISu.l. . 125 JR DIV I: 1. Davo Huffman (Hon); 2. Oonm. Hammel (Kaw); 3 . Ken Johnson (KawJ. 125 JR DIV II: 1. Doug Gilotto (Yam); 2. Gooff Woods (Su.t 3. Alan Carlson (Yom). 250 PRO: 1. Ricky Dolong (Hon); 2. 8rot Cahors (Honl; 3 . John Dauth (Hon). . 250/0PEN INT: 1. Mark Duval IHu.); 2. Phil V~aloIHonl;3.GlonnHarri.on(Yaml. 250JRDIV I: 1. Jack Hul.o IHon); 2. Sam Nava IHon); 3. Mike Nonon IHon). 250 JR DIV II: 1. 8ront Patterson IYem); 2. Dave EX MAIN: 1. Mickey Fay (Hon); 2. Randy Green (Hon); 3 . Cjarlie Barkman(C·A); 4: Tom M:cCulloug~ 7. John W incewicz (Tril : 8. Peter Slm~nson VET NOV: 1. Jorry Sil l dorf (Yoml; 2. Joff Burnett (Yoml; 3. Mo tt O'Horo (Hon). OT EX/INT: 1. Rick Lokko (Honl; 2. John Fun odo Lanc~ Strong IYam); 8 . Jim Dunken (Han) ; 9 . Todd Hagman IKaw); 10. Larry Staggs; 11. Clay Clark IHonl: 12 . Ver i Sm~h (Yaml. Cady corrals Baylands MX By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CA, MAY 19 Wi th li ttle transition from wi nter to summer, Baylands Racewav Par k got its motocross track together and back from Ma Nature with a small but excellent turnout Thursday night. . The 125cc P ros took the track with a vengeance and Shawn Cady on his Yamaha Support ride the one t<;> be~t. Mike Wha len did all the chasing m the first round, but to no avai l, as Cady h eld the point q~ite we ll and with a nother good start in the second rou nd he held off Da nn y Bo les' efforts to take h o me the openi ng round wins with rela tive ease and in great style. R ick Delong returned to the motocross wars for his first ride in more than a year and looked none the worse by winning both -rou nds of 250cc Pro. Doreen Payne holeshot the gate withpelon.g ~round the outside and setting sail in both moto~. Payne he ld the guys off for a lap unti l the Velcro straps on her leath~rs started to loosen and, rather than give a show, sh e slowed so that the pants wouldn't drop too far. Bret Cahors had to work from two poor starts to take the double seconds for second overall and John Dauth outpointed Craig Christian and Randy ~erslake. Mike Fruzen won the opening 250cc Junior Division I round, but cras~ed to eighth in the second moto, leaving the door open for Jack Hulse to overall with a 2-1 over Sam Nava (3-2) and Mike Norton (5-3) in for third. Brent Patterson rode the Hayward Yamaha to Div ision II honors over Dave Dye and Ro n Lewis. Ma tt Arena led both ends of the Open P ro s for at leas t two or three corners before crashing, while Bret Ca hors rode his Honda CR480 to both moto wins. Arena picked himself up fo r the do uble twos. Fla t tracker Bob McDonnell doesn't have any races to ride on Thursday nights, so he rides here and won the Open Junior on his cowtrailing Honda. Results VET EX: 1. Frank Nyo IYaml; 2. Miko Yarn ISu.). VETJ R: 1.Jim Ricci (Honl; 2. Larry Bakor (Hon); 3. Hanlt We ssel (Su.). Dye {Yam ); 3. Ron Lewis (Yam ). OPEN PRO: 1. 8ret Cahors (Hon); 2 . Matt Arena IS) a'p'EN JR: 1. Bob McDonnell (Hon); 2. Pet Plieke (Honl. Coupe on a streak at Sacramento By "Nuclear" Neukam SACRAMENTO. CA, MAY 20 What do you get when you combine a 97° day with 2502 motocross racers and 1000 hyper-active spectators? ?e Well, if yo u happen to S~cra mento Raceway 's Dave Smith. It all adds up to one heck of a .succes.s fu l evening at the weekly Fnday night motocross. But then if you are one of the 250 competitors. it means you're up against some hot and heavy competition. And if you 're among the 1000-strong crowd you'll find t~at this recipe produces some of th e finest stadium racing available. By the end of the night, the250 and 500cc P ro divisions were both Dave Coupe's, while Brad Bruns laid clai m to the 125cc cla ss. Larrv Dashiel holes hot th e first O pe n 'P ro moto, but the "Dash" ended th e moto in fou rth. Coupe wo n and Ji m m y " Robot" Robert son wheelied to a second. Bo b Shafer was th ird. Coupe clinched the overall when he passed Shafer on lap three and roosted away to a win in the second'> moto. Dashiel took second, for seco nd overall. Mark Sterli ng was third a.nd Ro bert so n finished fourth for thud overall. The first 250cc Pro moto was all Cory Cantaloupi's, He led from s~rt to finish and held off an aggressive offense by second place finisher Coupe. Dave Wood finished third. Coupe wrapped u~ another overall victory by holeshoting the seco nd moto and leading to the checkered flag. Dave Wood was third after passing Shawn Walkingstick wit~ two laps remaining. Cantaloupi was fourth . .Like the first 250cc rnoto, the first 125cc Pro moto was also Cantaloupi's. Steve " L ea p i n ' Leprechaun" Vlahos came from a third- place start to finish a close second. Brad Brun s was third while Mike Wenzel a nd Steve Arena rounded out the top five. Eric L idd ell ho leshot the second mo to bu t o n lap five Bruns passed a nd ~otored on to the wi n an~ ~he overall . L iddell 's second place fini sh was good enough for a third ove rall. Arena took third and Vlahos fourth for seco nd overall. In the Old Timers division Bill Perkins topped th e Novice;>, Jess ~a llo claimed another overa ll VICtory in the Intermediates, while Larry Muloch flew to an Expert win.

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