Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

lie. M.ldco.Colorado-WyolDlDg·MoDt_a·llorih Dakota·Soath Dakota·lI.br..ka·Baa...·OklahoDla.T....-II•• M.ldco.Colorado.WyolDlDg. CeDlral PipeliDe a<') 00 0") ...... Glen North roosts in the Bravo NMA 125cc Intermediate class. Mike Vitera's bike took Best Greeves at the British Bike-in. Some of his friends ride English motorcycles, too, so last year t they decided to hol d a p icn ic for ot her enth us ia sts who ro de British motorcycles. T hey called some o f the ir fri ends a nd had a good time. Ov er last winter they th ought it wou ld be fun to do it agai n so th ey prin ted up some posters an d sent them aro u nd th e midwest. The 1983 event was held a t th e o ld band stand in Riverside P ark. That might so und like a stra nge lo cation, but with th e seat s rem oved from the amph itheat er and motorcycles parked on the different tiers of the sem i-circu lar display ar ea , a person could sta nd in one place and see a ll of th e motorcycles at one time. or pick out exactly which ones you wanted to study more closel y. Ron and his friends arranged everything to make the spectators think they were in jolly old England from a large Union Jack flying in the breeze to an afternoon shower to keep the tempeature down. The afternoon was spent looking and. for most. reliving memories of what the y used to ride. How long has it been since you saw a Triumph Terrier? Awards were given with a best of marque aw ard for each make present. even if it was the only one of th at mak e present. Results PEOPLE'S CHOICE: 1. John Devis (1970 BSA Thunderbolt); 2. Mike Gibson (1965 Tri. T120R). LONGEST DISTANCE: t . John Lorentz & son (560 miles); 2. J .C. Higgins (Arlington. lX). PEOPLE'S CHOICE CUSTOM : 1. Don Bleckerd (Tri. drag racer). OLDEST BRITISH BIKE: Colleen & Leland Cowie (t912 Levis). Whitley, Storbeck top NMA Bravo qualifier By Peter Gunderson HOUSTON. TX. JUNE 4-5 The fourth round of qualifying for the National Motosport Association's Ponca City Nationals came to Houston and • . 42. Rio Bravo today. Seri es stars Danny Storbeck and Bill y Wh itley continued their winning wa ys with Whitley proving th e dominant force in th e Min i Expert cla sses a nd Stor beck winning th e 125cc Expert cla ss despite bike problem s at th e line. T he da y's first motos went fine bu t rain sho rte ned the p rogra m. T he final mo tos will be run a t th e T yler ro u n d for - points.' bU. -the - trop hie s went · · 1 home with the riders. Dave Sha de came to Rio to even the sco re wi th Cod y Marek . wh o won both 9-11 Open classes at T yler. Sh ade was winn in g th e first rn o to , but a fall let Marek by for th e first mot o win. Sha de went home wi th th e overa ll by virt ue of hi s secon d rnot o win. Mar ek suffered from a co uple of falls yet ended up second . Kevin J ordan gated hi s C R80 well an d won the first 83cc Stock Novice 12-16 race in fro nt o f Chris Gunter a nd Steve Hill. Gunter went on to win th e second rnot o a nd overall in front o f J ordan and H ill. Scott Chesser took h is Kaw asaki to the win in th e 83cc Modified Intermediate class and looked like he would do it again in the Stock class until he and Tommy Coll ier met in a turn. It was a Kaw asaki sweep a nywa y with Jason Langford tak ing the overall over Shane LeBlanc and Harlan Willoughby. Billy Whitley took both the 83cc Expert classes while Eddie Vreeland a nd T ommy Collier swap ped runnerup spots. Results 61 PEEWEE STK6-11 : 1. Ross Dheyer(Yem); 2. Shene McGee (Vem); 3. Kenne th Polk (Vem). 61 PEEWEE MOD 6-B: 1. Shene McGee (Veml; 2. Mike Coker (Vem); 3. Ross Dheyer (Veml . 6t JR STK 6-B: 1. Crispy Vreelend (Kew); 2. Ross Dheyer (Honl; 3. Rowdy Thenegen (Kewl . 6' JR MOD 6·B: r . Crispy Vreelend (Kewl; 2. Rowdy Thenegen (Kew ). 61 STK OPEN 9-1': 1. Colen Edwerds (Kew); 2. Weyne Griggs (Kew); 3. Micheel Welling (Han). 61 MOD OREN 9 -'1 : 1. Cody Marek (Kew); 2. Colen Edwerds (Kewl ; 3. Chucky Hell (Kaw ). ·B3 STK 9-' 1 OPEN: 1. Dave Shade (Kaw); 2. Cody Marek (Kew); 3. Raben Larose (Kaw ). B3 MOD 9-' 1 OPEN: t . Dave Shede (Kaw ); 2. Cody Marek (Kew); 3. Raben laRose (Kewl. ' B3 STK NOV' 2-16 : 1. Chr is Gun ter (Kew); 2. Kevin Jordan (Han); 3 . Steve Hill (Kew) . S3 MOD NOV 12 -' 6; 1. Devid Campbell (Kew) ; 2. Chris Gunter (Kaw); 3 . Darren Champagne (Suzl . ·S3 STK INT , 2-16: 1. Jeson Langford (Kew); 2. Shene LeBlenc(Kaw); 3. Harlen W ilioughbley(Kewl. S3 MOD INT 12-16: 1. Scott Chesse r (Kaw); 2. Shene LeBlenc(Kaw); 3. HerlonWilioughbley(Kaw). ·S3 STK EX 12-16: 1. Billy Wh itley (Kew) ; 2. Tommy Collier (Kaw); 3. Eddie Vreeland (Kaw ). S3 MOD EX 12-16: 1. Billy Whitley (Kewl; 2. Eddie Vreeland (Kaw); 3. Tommy Collier (Kaw). 105 MOD OPEN: 1. BillvWhit ley(Kew); 2. Eddie Vreelend (Kew); 3. Tommy Collier (Kaw); 4 . Vince Rizzo (Kew); 5. Scott Thomas (Kaw). '00 STK; 1. Dwight Broussard (Yem); 2. Jeson Otto (Yem). 100 MOD ; 1. Greg Brown (Vem); 2. Dwight Browssard (Yam); 3. Jason Ono (Yam). 125 STK NOV; 1. Ched Perker (Yem); 2. Cerl Christoph (Han); 3. Bill Compton (Yam). 125 MOD NOV; 1. Kevin Nobles (Kew) ; 2. Ched Perker (Vam); 3, Billy Compton (Vem). 125 STK INT: i . Kit Vick (Kew); 2. Tommy Wey lend (Kew); 3. Jeff Gibson (Vem). 125 MOD INT: 1. Rusty Dovell (SUZ); 2, Glen Nonh (Kewl ; 3. Kit Vick (Kew). 125 STK PRO: , . Denny Storbeck (Vem); 2. Alley Sema r (Yeml; 3. Wesley Wiggins (Kaw). 125 MOD PRO; 1. Denny Storbeck (Vem); 2. Steve Gau th ier (Yam l; 3. Rusty Pipes (Hen). 250 NOV: 1. Bubba Neal (Vem); 2. Tony Lasater (Vem); 3. Merk Cochren (Kewl . 250 INT: 1. James Felts (Han); 2. Monty Bland (Kewl ; 3. Glen Nonh (Kew l. Double class winner Mike Friend at the B.R.A./Osage MX. 250 PRO: 1. Roger Brown (Yam); 2 . Alley Semar (Vam); 3. So Stigall (Vem). Wade Rice held a steady ' third all moto long, just a hea d of Clint Overman a nd Flem ing. Overall , the order read Fri end first, G ikling second. Rice th ird and Flem in g fourth. Results Friend indeed at B.R.A./Osage MX By Brian George OSAGE, WY. J U NE 5 With round nine of the Borderline Racing Associa tion 's 21race summer motocross series moving to Osage once aga in , Newcastl e Mot or cycle Club Track Steward Eddie Porter an d Club President Robin King reworked sections of th eir home circuit to give the 125 rid ers who turned ou t so meth in g new to con ten d with. Enjoying the new course designs and excellent racing weather was Spearfish Honda's "Flyin ' Mike" Friend. who swept all four motos in the 125and 250cc Professional classes on h is way to grabbing both overall wins and ex ten di n g his points lead in each. Yamaha rider Todd Gikling pl ayed runner-up to Friend in each of those rnotos, always consistent but never matching the Honda's speed, while in the Opens it was once again Dave Molder. riding for R ice Cycles. walking off with both motos and the overall in that di vision . First of the Pro classes to leave the gate were the 125s, a n d off the sta rt G ik ling set th e pa ce and took co ntrol. Friend pulled into second within th e first lap. but G ikl ing had built up a co mfort a ble margin by that point. Lee Verne Berry ran a cl ose th ird ear ly on. but by the halfway mark. Gikling and Fr iend were all alone o u t front o f Berry. with Gikling still sett in g a bli stering pace that took Fr iend well into the later laps to overco me. With only two laps remaining. Gikling found Friend within a bikelength, as they passed the fin ish line area, and when the duo headed into a pack of lapped riders, Friend went outside and around the group. while Gikling was stranded behind the traffic. That was all Friend needed to pull away in the remaining lap and a half, and when the checkers flew it was Friend with a comfortable lea d over G ikling, Berry. Curt Hyde and T om Fleming. Round two proved to be all Friend's as he took th e ho leshot ahead o f G ikling, and spe nt the entire rnot o p u lli ng aw ay. Gikling gave a fu tile ch ase early. but settl ed into a comfort a ble pa ce of his own a t the halfway mark, wh ich he rod e to 'the wire. 125 PRO: 1. M ike Fr iend (Honl ; 2. Todd Gikling (Vam); 3. Wede Rice (Honl · 250 PRO; 1. M ike Friend (Honl ; 2. Todd Gikling (Vam); 3. Billy Stork (Vam). 500 PRO: 1, Deve Molder (Han ); 2. Silly Stork (Vam); 3. Perry Sicek (Han). MINI A; 1. Scott Jensen (Kew ); 2. Rendy Stehle (Kewl; 3. Ben Fuller (Vem). MINI B: r .Troy Pock (Vem); 2.Jemes Fuller (Kewl; 3 . Davey Riner (Yaml . MINI C: t . Rey Hewk (Suz); 2. Ron Harlan (Vem); 3. Todd Bergielli (Kaw). 125 B: t . Jerry Wagner (Kewl ; 2. Tim Scheck (Han); 3. Kirk Worley (Vem)). , 25 C; 1. Corey Sr ink (Han); 2. Berry Serg ielli (Hon); 3. Martin Stover (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Merk Mueller (Suz): 2, Eddie Poner (Suzl; 3. Rex White (Kaw). VET:'. Bob Beiley(Hon); 2. Dave Hudson (Mei) ; 3. Sill Stork (Vem). ENDURO; 1. Kim Bendigo (Han); 2. Don Herwood (Veml; 3. Andy Knapp (Honl . OLD IRON: 1. Jimmy W inchester (C-A); 2. Brien Schoenberner (Suz); 3. Clint Pepper (Suzl . ATC; 1. Jimmy Winchester (Hon) ; 2. Layne liggett (Honl; 3. Billie Gerber (Vam). East vs. West M X at Burleson Park By Joe Milian BURLESON, TX. JUNE 5 It was east Texas versus west Texas at Burleson Motocross Park, and over 225 riders met to accept the challenge of this friendl y rivalry. Wh en th e dust cleared. everyone in attendance had th eir own opinion as to wh o had been su peri or but a ll agr eed that representation from both sides was excellent in a ll classes . Mi tch Mitson hurled his Husky into the lead to open th e show in the com bine d Expert class but co u ld only hold hi s position for one lap. That was to be the on ly lap that anyon e o ther than John Kindhart led a ll day long a s th e Lewisville rider edged his Honda around Mitson shortly after the completion of the in itial circuit and was not seriously challenged for the remainder of the moto. Morris Troxell also got by Mitson on lap two and held that spot to the flag. The start of the second heat saw Kindhart, Troxell. and Ronnie Prado get to the first turn sim u lta neo usly. with Troxell bumping past Prado as Kindhart grabbed the lead. Troxell managed to stay upright. but Prado nose-dived into the loam. Mark Filler wrest ed th ird place fro m Ga ry T ucker o n the th ird lap and tha t's the way the order stayed for the rest of the race. Kindha rt , T rox ell a n d Fill er. The sa me order prevail ed at th e end of the da y wh en th e envelo pes with the money were handed out. The 250cc Intermediate class was

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