Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

N•• M.ldco.Colol'.do·Wyo..lDg·MoDt_• •No..... D.kota·Soatb Dakot.·N.bl'..k.·K_...·Okl.bo...·T....• N•• M.ldco.Colol'.do·Wyo..lD. c Central Pipeline In th e Pro ranks, LeeVern e Berrv took his first overall victory of the sea'son in th e 125cc class, while Black Hills Yam aha's teammates Todd Gikling and Billy Stor k grabbed th e overall win s in the 250cc and O pen Pro categories, respectively. Series points leader in both th e 125 and 250cc Pro classes Mike Friend ra n into extremely bad luck du ring practice wh en h is Spearfi sh Honda sh ifted into a fal se neu tral between fou rth and fifth gear as he crested a sharp stad iu m jump. The hi gh- speed get-off resulted in a badl y broken left wri st and will put Friend ou t of action for nearly the remainder of the season . First ou t of the gat e for the Pros were th e 125s. and Berry grabbed the holeshot immediately . Gikling put heavy pressure on Berry for the first part of th e rnoto, but in the middle laps Gikling slid by for a lead he would not give back and the win . . In roliiid two , it was Gikling with the holeshot and th e roles were reversed as Berry put the pressure on from behind. Gikling remained in control for the opening few laps, but a determined Berry found a line underneath Gikling on th e fourth lap, and shot by for the lead. Gikling gave a stead y chase. but his efforts were futile as Berry took his Kawasaki to the finish with a nice cushio n at the end. Gikling roll ed in an easy second in both the moto and overalls behind Berry. while Clint Overman worked himself into third for the moto. Results • IAbov. ) Todd Gikling took mon.y in two B.R .A. Expert cl...... IBelow) A p.ck of Colro.do 125cc cl....r. negoti.te the first turn. 125PRO: r , LaeVerneBerry (Kawl;2. Todd Gikl ing !Yam t 3. Clim Overman !yam). 250 PRO: 1. Todd Gikling !yamt 2. Silly Stork !Yam t 3. Cun Hyde (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Silly Stork !yamt 2. Perry Sieek (Hon); 3 . AI.n Hermanson (Hon) . MINI A : 1. Srent Sharkey(Vam);2. DaveZuhr (Han); 3. Sen Fuller !yam). M INIS: 1. Davey Ritter!yam); 2. Troy Pack !yaml: 3. James Fuller IKaw). MINI C: 'l , Ray Hawk ISUl) : 2. Seau Sendigo IHon); 3 . Todd Sergialli IKaw). 125 S: t . Jerry Wagner IKawt. 2. Heath Goodsell IKawt. 3. Gene Schuler (SUl). 125 C: t . Davd Zuhr (Hon); 2. Todd Schoonberner (Hon t 3. Tim Kin n.mon (Yam). 250 S: t . Mark Mueller (SUl): 2. Eddie Pon er (SUl); 3. M ike Cooper (Yam). VET: t . Sob Sailey (Han); 2 . Sill Stork !yam); 3. Phil Sta hla (Kaw) . OLD IRON: 1. Jim W inchester (C·A); 2. Dan Larive !yamt. 3. Fain Labeau IKaw) . ENDURO: t . Kim Bend igo (Hon); 2. Sher man Engesser IC·AI : 3. Don Harwood !yam). ATC: 1. Lae Swindler (Hon); 2. Van Swindler (Han); 3. Jim Winchester (Hon ). Scherb takes four of five By Margaret Orr Burge victorious at Sturgis ST By Carol Hart STURGIS, SD , JUNE 10 Matt Burge ate up the competition in the 125cc class on his water-cooled Honda at the J.c. Hoel short track. Burge took ad- 42 vantage of excellent track con ditio ns and never relented in his flawless pursuit of victor y. First place in the 250cc class went to Yamaha rid er Mark Larive. Larive and Rex Conrad had a lready battled it out in th e heat races with one win each. T he main event seemed destined to sett le th e score. Conrad went out on th e fou rth lap leavin g Lariv e with th e win , Conrad got h is revenge in th e Open class as h e smoked the ot he r riders for the first place aw ards. T he battle for seco nd seesa wed between Brian Thomas and Dennis Bern al. Bernal had the lead until th e last corn er of the last la when Thomas poured it on to win th e number two spo t. Res ults 125: 1. Man Burge (Han ); 2 . Troy D un lop (Yam ); 3. Br ian Thomas (Yam). 250: 1. Mark Lar ive IVam); 2. JeH Dietz (Hon); 3 . Brian Thomas (Kaw). OPEN : 1. Rex Conrad (Hon); 2 . Br ian Thomas (Han ); 3. Dennis Bernal (Yam ). n : 1. Corey Br ink (Hon); 2 . Sherman Engesser (C·A); 3 . Lyle Crowser !yam). Berry busts to B.R .A. win By Brian George RAPID CITY, SD, J UNE 12 The halfway mark in th e 1983 Borderline Racing Association 's motocross series was reached Sunday at Highway 79 Racewa y, where more than 100 riders were on hand, despite looming thunderstorms all day lon g. to compete in ro und 10on th e rough stadi um -type circ uit. New double jumps and bu ilt-up whoops demanded steady concentration by a ll co mpe titors and a number of riders found themselves auger ing head first into the hard-packed race co urse. BOYD , TX. J UNE II Scottie Scherb came to Mike Kidd's Hill side Racewa y a n d took over th e victory circle for th e night. Starting in th e 125cc short track event, where he ra n seco nd until th e n ext-t o-l a st lap. Sch erb fin all y go t under Mike Ha le. He th en pu lle d away to th e fini sh line a hea d o f H al e a nd Willi e McCoy, all a full stra ig h ta way in front of fo urth- p laced Trace Pol son. In th e 250cc Junior short track , Scherb was led into th e first corner by McCoy, but h e passed him on th e in side on lap two. McCoy continued to push Sch erb hard until th e last lap. Then he nipped Sch erb's rear tire and hit a p at ch o f loos e dirt in th e number one co rner on Hillside's newl y insta lled packed clay surface . The Open Juni or class saw J ames Huddleston tak e th e holeshot to lead wire to wire. J ack Yost fini sh ed in seco nd and Scherb third , with no more th an a bikelength between each of th e firs t three riders for th e last half of a tight race . Th e two heat ra ce winners in th e 250cc Expert race swapped places several times in the first four laps of the main. David Fisher a nd Charlie Orr fought a hard battle till the fifth lap. Fisher's bike quit o n the second corner , leaving Orr to ride unchallen ged . After much position cha n ging in th e first three laps , th e rest o f th e pack sett led into th eir fini shing order with Kelly J ohnson, James Harrington , Tubby Dot son and Mik e G eorge rounding ou t th e front five places. Th e 80cc IT saw th e Juniors and Seniors run a co m bined race , and yo u n eeded a sco reca rd to tell wh o wa s wh o . Junior rid er J oey North led th e first half o f the ra ce. Senior rider Scherb was finall y abl e to move up a nd pass to finish first . The seco nd place Senior finis her was Tim Kay, co m in g ac ro ss th e finish lin e behind Juniors North a nd Bill Richards. The classes were sco red separately. In the Open Expert TT John Gladwill got the holeshot on his new Honda. but Gary Kidd had passed him by the end of the first lap. and Rusty Pattillo did likewise by the end of lap two. Pattillo then went to work on Kidd. Pattillo took the lead and stayed out front for the win ahead of Kidd, Orr a nd Galdwill. Results SHORT TRA CK 60: 1. Scon Williams; 2 . Greg T••gue ;3. Timothy Kay. 80 JR : 1. Bill Richards; 2. Ed Meyer; 3 . Jimmy Holder. SO SR: 1. Mike Hale: 2. Greg Teegue: 3 . Trace Polso n. 125: 1. Sconie Scherb; 2 . Mike Hale; 3 . Will ie McCoy. 250 JR : t . Scott ia Scherb : 2. Alan Powers; 3 . Jack Vast . OPEN JR : t . James Huddleston; 2. Jack Vost; 3 . Sco tt ie Scherb. 250 SR: 1. Charlia Orr; 2. Kally Johnson: 3 . Ja mes Harrington. OPEN SR: 1. Secrt te Scherb; 2. M ike George: 3. Alan Pow ers. TT 60: 1. Tim Kay: 2. Joey Nonh: 3 . Mi chelle Densmore. SO JR : 1. J oey Nonh; 2. Si ll Richards; 3 . Ed M eyer. SO SR: 1. Scottie Scherb: 2 . TIm Kay. 125: 1. Kev in Br ule; 2. Bobb y Shaw. 250 JR : 1. Verne Sell ; 2. Mike George: 3. Ja ck Yost. OPEN J R: 1. Kirk Tyer ; 2. Jackie Av ery. 25 0 SR: 1. Dodd Dyson; 2. Gary Kidd . OPEN SR: 1. Rusty Patt illo: 2 . GAry Kidd: 3 . Char· lie Orr. Brothers doubles at Oak Hill RR By O . G. Fox HENDERSON, TX, J UNE 12 Good down-home, east- Texasstyle ro ad racing was th e order of the da y at Oak Hill Raceway this Sunday. With over 225 ent ries, th ere was pl en ty of co m pe tition for everybody. The trac k was in go od sha pe a nd th e weath erm an was coope ra ting with a su n ny da y in th e 80s. Saturda y's rid ers schoo l had 14 new faces, Everybody got lot s of practice on th e 13-turn I.7-mil e co u rse. Oak Hill is a scrat ch er track with tight turn s and sh ort stra igh ts, Th e turns vary from slig h t bends to 180degr ee sweepers, with the track going up a nd down as well as side to side. The pit bike race sta rte d it a ll at 11:45 a.m . Th e E Producti on. F Production , Formula III an d Vintage ra ces eac h had three to seven riders an d lot s o f fun for eig h t laps. With C Producti on th e ra cing go t serious. Charl es Broth er s. ridin g an '83 Yam aha Vision. went to work a nd put a cus h io n betw een h im self a nd seco nd place J oe Fisher , on a nothe r Vision . Meanwh ile, Bob Sellers on h is n ew RZ350 was co m ing from back o f th e p ack to third. Sellers and Fish er had a good three-lap duel

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