Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

so n fourth . Ron Sun ro de th e best race of th e da y after bein g kn ock ed do wn in turn o ne . Su n restarted four turns behi nd a nd somehow pa ssed 32 riders to sco re fifth. Burgett took the second sta rt over Michl itsch , La rson, Mann in g an d Ma rk Gregson a nd it looked for a whi le like Burgett mi ght jus t win th e moto. Michl itsch had o the r ideas thoug h , and he sped pas t o n the sevent h .lap taking win nu mber two . Burgett was agai n seco nd , Manning third. Results 125: 1. Robb Manning (Yam); 2. Tim Michlitsch (Kaw) ; 3 . Stacey Thornton (Suzl; 4 . Doug Lange (Yam); 5. Jack McGill (Yam). 250: 1. Tim M ich litsch (Kaw ); 2. Rick Burgett (Yam); 3. Mike Larson (Han); 4. Eric Hall (Han); 5. Robb Manning (Hon). OPEN : 1. Rick Burgett (Yam ); 2. Mike Larson (Hon); 3 . Warren Hickman (Yam ); 4 . Mark John· stone (Hon); 5. Arne Henman (Hon). ... Fay flawless at Sidewinder's TT By Clay Light CLACKAMAS. OR. J UNE 3 Rick Burgett on his way to the Open class win at the Washougal Gold Cup. Washougal Gold Cup to Burgett By Brian Barnes WASHOUGAL, WA, JUNE 12 The Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cup made its fifth stop of the nine-race series at Washougal Park today with a number of outstanding performances being turned in. R ick Bu rgett (Town Center Yama ha Support/ MX Fox ), R obb Manning (Lyn n wood Ya m ah a Su p p o rt /DC / H i - e· 36 Point)a nd Tim Michl itsch (Kawasaki Support /Eas tside Kawa sak i/ ATK/ . HRP ) a ll claimed a hea lthy sha re o f th e $3000-plus p urse. Burgett too k th e 20-rider O pen class whi le Mann in g took the 30-entrant sma ll- bor e class and Michl itsch placed first in the 250cc class wit h a win o ver 3i riders . Ro n Su n started his day off with a holeshot in the O pen class alongside H o n d a -m o u n ted Arne H e u m a n . Idaho Ya ma ha Support rider Warren H ickman and Bob Buffa loe were trailing th e pair. Sun ex tended hi s lead with Mike Larson picking up th e pa ce and passin g three riders to move into second. Burgett had a bad start, bu t by la p five was past everyone exce pt for Sun . Hickman was riding a strong moto in th ird a head of Larson Hettman a nd Ma rk J oh nstone. Su n gOI th e win, bUI Bu rgett rod e bri lliantly to score seco nd . Burgett was not to be denied th e seco nd rnot o win as he too k a wire-towire win , whi le Ro n Sun packed up headed home with a bro ken arm that occured during his second 250cc race. Larson rod e an exce llent moto tak ing seco nd and also secon d overa ll . Hickma n also rode very wei I taking another thi rd pl ace ride for thi rd overall. Stacy Thorn ton grabbed the first moto l25cc holes ho t with Jack MeG ill , Michlitsch a nd Yamaha Su pport ride rs J im An derso n and Ro b W.aJi.l~ .ill .t~.(}: M i chl1 ~c.h i_o.o_ t?~!T : k. the lea d d uri ng lap two , bu t by the next lap. it wa s clear An derso n h ad the rn oto in hand. Michl itsch kept a stranglehold on second wh ile a battle between six riders - McG ill . Thornton, Mann in g, Doug Lange, Ja y Mintya la an d Dennis O striern - kep t fans nea r th e fen ces. And erson was long gone for the win wi th Michli tsch ed g in g o ut Man n in g fo r seco nd. Lange, bea t o u t the o th er five riders to cop thi rd . T he second l 25cc moto was the best of the day with M ich lirsc h , Thorn ton a nd Ma n n in g rounding th e first turn up fron t. Manni ng wasted no tim e getting to th e top spo t, pulling a small lead over MichIitsch, Thornton. Anderson , McGill a nd Ostriem . It looked like a possible repeat o f th e previous week s Mt. View race with Mi chlitsch traili ng Man n ing. Bu t Thornton, a lo n g with Anderson , both got past th e Team Green mount and Anderson then put on one o f h is patented come-fro m behi nd charges w ca tch and p ass Manning. His lead was sh ort-lived though. as bik e p ro blems set in during the second-to- last la p and allowed Ma n n ing to take the win . T hornton came in with a second and Michli tsch was third. Michl itsch blitzed the 250cc class wi th a double-rnoto sweep over some tal ented riders . After ta kin g the start a hea d of R.W . Racin g 's Ro b Wa tilo a nd Mike Larso n, Mich litsch seemed to d isappear an d took the wi n . Bu rgett moved past a number o f riders _ fo r seco nd. Watil o was th ird an d Lar- T eam Honda's Mi ckey Fa y put hi s N-D/Bel-Ray/York Honda/ Ameri can H onda XR500 into th e winner 's cir cle in a redflagged Expert main event at the Sidewi nders TT to win over riva l Brad Hurst (KR W/ Pa nt her Frames/ Out Front N umber Pl a tes/Woodland H on lTri). Dann y Ben nett (KR W/ N -D /Be l-R a v/O ut Front Number Pl a tes/Hon ) 'lOo k the Junior mai n event a nd Brian McGon iga l rode flawl essly 10 win th e Nov ice mai n o n hi s BBRP Racing/Kleen T a ps/Circle Cycle / Yamaha Nort h wes t Yamaha 250. Th e most exci ting heat o f th e ni ght came in Ex pert p relimi naries wi th seven Na tional numbers shooting for three tickets to th e ma in. Fay gra bbed th e lead, with Can -Am ri der Ch arlie Barkman a nd Ca mpbell h ot on h is heels. Fay went wire to wire while the Can-Am duo swa p pe d it o u t for seco nd unt il Barkman p u t th e hamme r down. Each of th e th ree main events was marr ed by th e " red flag syn drome ." The Novices ran two laps unt il a huge p ile-up ca used th e race 10 be haulted . On th e sing le file res tart it was Bobby Walters leading Dunlavey, Todd H agmann a n d Mike La wre nee. W alt er s ye il de d to se miunknown " Magoo" McG on igal on lap two. McG on iga l got o ff th e line mid -pack but had wo rked through quite a defici t to lead Du nl avey a nd Lawre nce. who were argui ng for the runner-up honor s. Dun lavey got the nod wit h Lawrence a close th ird, followed by a Ha gm a n n /Walters/ La nce Stro ng th reesome in side-by-side configuration at the fin ish . Resta rt s a lso plagued the J unior main event which had threetries.O n the fo urt h tak e it was J eff Harsh a hauling into th e lead o ver Bennett . Don Wilson a nd Dan Cordell. Harsha o pe ne d it up on Bennett , who is yet to be bea t a nd th e dice brought th e cro wd 10 life in a ntici pa tion of some one fin all y beat in g h im . That was not to happen as H arsh a went DNF on lap five to give Bennett th e lead with Wi lson. Ron Adams a nd Ravis Babcock gu n n in g for posit ions. Wilson was 10 g ive Bennett h is closest run for th e mon ev an d fin ish a bikelen gth behind for second , with Adams taki ng thi rd . Babcock earned fourth by moving Dan Brunner to fifth with a close Chris Fitzhugh/Dave .W!lj t: in g war goi ng o n behind. The Expert main even t was n oth in g short o f spectacu la r. Fa y had th e lead position but th e race was red flagged wh en Frank Word a n d th e duo of Wincewiczand Ca m pbell went down in a heap. T he restart saw Fay again flyi ng into the lead while H urst resu med seco nd an d was look in g to win (as was th e case last week). Ba rkma n . Word , McD aniel a n d Sco tt Miller were in a tigh t pa ck wh ile Fay a nd H urst went a t it for th e lead. Th e on ly ac tion came in th e form o f th e Wo~d /Barkman/Ki rk Strong . battle which had Word put h is XR i 50 H-D into th ird in th e lat e goi n g. Fay rod e a flaw less race a nd held off th e efforts o f Hurst o n hi s i 50 Triumph to snag th e win . h is seco nd main win o f th e season . Word took third a hea d of Barkman , Stro ng a nd McDaniel, who a ppears to be ba ck o n form a fter a bad in jury last season . Rookie Expert Miller took seventh over T ommy McCullough a nd Ca m p bell. Res ults EX: 1. Mickey Fay (Han); 2. Brad Hurst (Tr i); 3. Frank Word III (H-D); 4. Cherlie Berkman (C-A); 5. Kirk Strong (Han ); 6. Jeff McDaniel (C-A); 7. Scott M iller (Tri); B. Thomas McC ullough (Tri); 9. Jeff . Campbell (C-A); 10. Randy Patte,son (KTM); 11. eric Swanson (Tri); 12. Johnny W incewicz (Hon). JR : 1. Danny Bennen (Hon ); 2 . Don Wilson (Yam); 3. Ron Adams (Tri); 4. Travis Babcock (Han); 5. Dan Brunner (Hon); 6. Chr is Fitzhugh (Hon ); 7. Dave W hiting (Yam l; 8 . Dan Cordell (Yam l; 9. Ryan Fisher (C-A); 10. Harry Thomas (Tri); 11.Jeff Hars ha (Hus); 12. Gary TruIl IC-A ). NOV: 1. Br ian McG on iga l (Yam); 2. J im Dun lavey (Su z); 3 . Mike lawrence (Hon); 4 . Todd Hagmann (Kaw ); 5. Bob W alte rs (Kaw); 6. Lance Strong (Han); 7. Ed Byers (Han); 8. Terr y W ahl (Kaw) ; 9. Ron Wa ters (Kaw); 10. Lar ry Staggs (Kaw ); 11. Clay Clark (Han): 12. John Clayto n (Bul). Amateurs pack Mt. View Gold Cup By Brian Barnes SANDY. OREGON . J UN E 5 With perfect wea th er a nd tra ck conditions , Yamaha Perpetual Cold Cup a m a teu r en tra n ts went to battle this weekend a t Mt. View Raceway, a nd th e fourth sto p o f th e series saw man y new winners in th e points classes. Some of th e tightest racing occu red in th e 60cc ca tagory. Kawasaki Su pport riders But ch Smith and J eff Da il y put on two great races in th e Expert class. Daily too k both wins by a sli m margin , but Smith rode two ou tsta nd in g ra ces. H onda-mounted Britt Wo odring. Louis Aron an d Richie Abrams rounded o u t the top five. Series leader Larrv Ward, o f Team Green . sco red a not he r doubl e-m ote swee p of th e Min i Expert class but not with out some p ressure fo r a n um ber o f la ps in bo th races. " Ligh teni n g" Low ell Thompson o f T eam Yamaha is on th e mend a nd gave Ward a ll he co u ld handle in the first race wit h Ward ta ki n g th e win over T hom pson, Yamaha-mounted Scott Meyer s a nd Rick Sim met . Ward captured th e seco nd mo to w i t h so m e ro om to s pa re o ver Simmet wh ose 4-2 took seco nd overal l. Meyers put in a no ther excellent ride for th ird .T hom pson sett led for fourth a n d Oren Bra y scor ed h is seco nd fifth of the afternoon . Results POWDER PUFF: 1. Patricia Lyons (Vam). WEE PEE WEE: 1. John Wi lson (Suz); 2. Tun le Man n (VZ); 3. Ban Stawan (VZ). PEE WEE B: 1. Ryen Huffman (Yam); 2. Darran Frya (Yam); 3. Shane West (Kaw ). PEEWEEA: 1.Jeff Daily(Kawt 2. ButchSmrth (Kawt 3. Britt Woodring (Han). 100 C: 1. M itch Caldwell (Yam); 2. Tim Dalto (Yam); 3. David Ingwood (Yam). 100 B: 1. Grant Bergstrom (Yam); 2. Mike W ill i· ams (Yaml. 100 A : 1. Larry Ward (Kawl; 2. Las Yocum (Yam). MINI C: 1, Ti!" Lup (Yam); 2. Ryan Holm (Yam); 3.

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