Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

The riders in the Old Timers class may have a little silver in their hair. but they rode with fire in their hearts. Yamaha rider Gordie Gies holeshot the first moto. but was soon passed by Husky hauler Bob Balderson, who went on to lead the rest of the moto. The second moto saw George Sie· dentopf. whose Maico quit in the first round, take the holeshot. Siedentopf held off the pursuit for awhile, but Balderson and Kawasaki rider Ken Evenson eventually blasted by.1l was a close race all the way, but Bal· derson kept Evenson on his back fender to take the checkered first. Gies was third. Honda rider Emery Woolsy led both motos of the 250cc Expert class for the overall win. Fellow Honda rider ScOll Karr was second, and Yamaha pilot Corey Wolff rode to third. The 1000c Expert class went coed, with Helen Hawley placing her Yamaha second overall to the Yamaha of jeff Cameron. Teem Hemmer took the win et Tuea World Speedwey. (File photo.) Results 50 MINI; ,. Kenny e:.-ord (Hon~ BO B: 1........ Miller (Suz); 2. Scott Crowlard Sherwoods rule at Capitol City MX By Joe Milian AUSTIN, TX,JULY 51 • • 42 San Antonio's Sherwood boys, John and Mike, hogged all the attention today alAustin Mota Sport Park as each scored an overall win on the hot. humid banks of the Colorado River. Mike registered his viaory in the 125cc Intermediate class. emerging with first place after a two-moto struggle with Gary Alsop. Alsop led the opening laps of the first moto until a bent shift lever slowed his progress and Sherwood and Wayne Farris eased by. Mike quickly motored away from Farris, leaving him to unsuccessfully ward off Richard Coker. Sane Tabassi also got by Far· ris on the final lap. Sherwood wasted no time challenging Alsop for the lead in the second stanza. pressuring him immediately and emerging from the forest in command. Alsop got involved in a scrap with Mike Bell and fell off the pace. Although he put together a prelly good charge in the final stages of the heat. Alsop was unable to catch Sherwood. john Shdwood had a tougher time in an evenly matched Mini Senior clash. trading moto wins with joey Stone. Everyone got into the act in the first tum of the initial moto. as a five-bike pile·up permilled Steve Northern to tiptoe into the lead Northern was quickly passed by Bryan Christner. who promptly fell, giving Keith james the lead position. james and Sherwood argued over the right to the top spot before Sherwood took over for good with two loops left. Pete Nauer salvaged third at the flag, with first· turn victim joey Stone fourth. Stone steered straight through the shrapnel in the subsequent moto, never faltering en route to first place. james gave Sherwood some anxious moments during the progress of the first four laps since he had to place ahead of james to get first overall. Stone's five·point total was of no con· sequence, but james could win over· all if he held Sherwood at bay. Sher· wood of course had other ideas and his persistence paid dividends on the last lap as he shot past James and assured himself the big trophy. Pete Nauer, who made the long journey from Alice in far south Texas. suf· fered a rash of problems during the day but still managed to finsih a credo itable fourth overall. Intermediate action was highlighted by the fine styling of David Beck· ham. Beckham, in the early stages of a retum to motocross after a lengthy absence, showed flashes of the old brilliance. riding out front and all alone the entire time he was on the course. Dearl Croft herded his TT600 Yamaha into second and David Burgess was third. Bob Rhine scraped past Paul Horton and Terry DUllon in the 250cc Intermediates and David Huerta returned to take the Open. Steady riding by Ralph Rust put him atop the crowded lineup of Over 50 Intermediate riders, with San Antonians Tom Williams and jim Ellis following Rust. Bill Kasson, on his home track, had a relatively easy time of it in the Over !!O Expen class, turning at least one of his rivals green with envy. Results MINI.IA: 1. Derek H41noon (V.ml; 2. J.son Krem· pin (Y-~ 3. Slopho"", Corloe (!(ow). MINI SR; 1. John Sh• . -(K.wl; 2. Joey Slone (y.m); 3. Keilh Jemes (Kow). 125 BEG; 1. Shewn C_nger (V.m): 2. O.r.k H41noon (y.m); 3. Jeff Jomes (Han). 250/OPEN BEG; ,. Gen. Czimokey (y.m); 2. Roy Shugort (Suz); 3. Tim Col.inyi (SUl). 125 NOV: 1. Robert Tiernonn (y.m): 2. Cedric Ford (Kaw); 3. Gory Grooe (SUl). 250NOV: 1. Brian lJombert(V.m): 2. H41nk Hodes (Kawt; 3. AttAtv Thom~ (V.m). OPEN NOV: 1. David Hueruo (Suz): 2. Rich.rd lJo_ (Hue); 3. Mike O."""ult (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Mike Sherwood (y.m): 2. Riclterd Coker (Hon); 3. G8ry ~ (Y.m). 250 INT: 1. Bob Rhine (y.m); 2. Poul Hor1OtI (Hon); 3. Terry Dunon (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. David IlKtham (Hon); 2. Deerl Cralt (KTM). (Y.m); 3. David OVER 30 !NT; 1. Rolph R.... (Hont 2. Tom Wil· li..... (Y.m~ 3. Jim Ellie (Y.ml. OVER 30 EX 1. Bill Koaon (Y.m~ 2. Smokey Joe (Y.mt 3. S _ C _ (Moi). 125 EX: 1. Tim Gotlin (Suzl; 2. Bon William. (Hont 3. Bill Kelly (Y.m). 250 EX: 1. Bill O'Mere (Han); 2. Perry Muon (Suz); 3. Joey H41rdin (Kaw). OPEN EX: ,. Ron Dunfee (Han); 2. Tommy P.velk. (Hu.); 3. Mike Former (Y.m). au..- Balderson bags Missoula MX By Pet Solomen MISSOULA. MT, JULY 24 A sunny day brought both spectators and points-seeking riders as the High Country Motocross Series began its final four-race run. (Hont 3. ScalI Horwy CSuzl. SUPER MINI: 1. DereIc ~r (Y.mt 2. Jell Jualice (Kowl; 3. . (Y.m,. 100 B: ,. Roy Johneon (Y.mt 2. (SuzI; 3. Joe huIey (Yom~ SUPER 1OD: 1. BIlIloucll (Y.m~ 2. _ CroMey (Y.mt 3. ScalI 1......_ (Y.m,. 100 EX: I.Jellee-(Y.m~ 2. _ . - . . . , (Y.... ~ 125 B: 1. Jualin Mervz (Yomt 2. Joe IIagner (Y.m~ 3. DereIc _ (Yom'. 125 A: ,. Rob _ _ (Y.m~ 2. Jell,*- (Honl; a-.o_ DeIe_. 3.0.~(Y.m~ 125 EX 1. Jey Minlyolo (Y.m~ Z. Kevin ~ (HonI; 3. Tom ~ (Y....,. 250 B: 1. S (y.mt 2. Brooila (Han); 3. Ken ~ (SUZ/. 250A: 1. MIkea.-1Suzl; 2. DevldShepherd (Y-t 3. FrIInk ..... (Hon~ 250 EX 1. E......, WooIoy (Hont 2. Scott !Carr (Hont 3. (Y-~ liDO B; 1. Joe " - n . (Honl; Z. Jim V _ (Y-t 3. Jim Brown Jr. (Hon,. , liDO A: 1. Donnie Smith (Huat 2. _ .-..., (Yemt 3. Art Fleming (Hon~ SIlORTSMEN: 1. Sam _ _ (Yom); 2. Bob Willie.... IKTMt 3. Jim WoIdor1lera (Hon). OT: 1. Bob ~ n ( - t 1. Ken E..neon (Kaw); 3. Gordon Glee (Y.ml. e- e- e- _ Texas World WERA endurance RR to Team Hammer ByJ. Thoma COLLEGE STATION, TX.jULY9 Team Hammer's Boanie Knott, Tony DeSimone and John Ulrich won the Texa World Speedway Six·Hour and by doing so took the series points lead away from Team Ontario. Team Hammer leads by eight points, 85 10 77. Team Ontario's Honda Superbike blew up after the first hour, causing riders Luther Wikle and Lynn Miller retire to watching in the pits after holding second place up to that point. Team Hammer led the whole race. Knott beat all 40 bikes into the first corner from a LeMans start. The LeMans type of start makes riders run across the track to their bikes, start them and ride away. LeMans starts were dropped by WERA for 198!! for safety reasons. But at Texas World Speedway, race organizers said, "This is Texas and we do things our way here." Chasing Knott were Wikle and Tony Neashan on M&N Racing's Honda CB900F Superbike (partners SCOtt McCutheon and Allan john· son). Knott and WilkIe left Neashan and had their own battle on the rough, high·banked Texas World track. They averaged over 105 mph for an hour, in I()().degree heat. '0 When Team Ontario's bike broke, Team Hammer was still ahead. M&N Racing was a lap behind. Then came Davy Parsons and Bob Sellers on t.bre Parsons/Sellers BMW Superbike and W. David Cheek, Eddie Rivier and Chris Fox on their Kawasaki 750 Superbike. McCutcheon crashed M&N's Honda and the teamk lost 12 minutes mall.· ing repairs. DP Racing's Kawasaki GPz550 Superbike ridden by Duncan Paul, Bill Beneker and Bill Sypan moved into fourth overall. The order didn't change alter that as Team Hammer led, Parsons/Sellers ran second, Cheek/Rivier/Fox were third, and DP Racing was fourth. For the last one and a half hOUlS, Team Hammer had clutch problems and their Suzuki wouldn't take full throttle without slipping the clutch. i' They pitted twice in the last hour to discuss the problem, and the decision was to nurse the bike along as well as possible. The strategy worked. Team Hammer won, but by how much is in dispute: Team Hammer claims a 10· lap victory and filed three scoring protests during the race. Officials. who worked the entire race with a few track workers, claim three laps. MBcN Racing's Neashan said that 10 lap5 was prelly close by his team's figuring. M&N eventually finished eighth. Several out-of·state riders complained about the condition of Texas World Speedway. A 200·foot-long--. section of steel boiler plate waH and its support girders fell at the top of the banking, blocking the smoothesl, 'fastest line around the banking. The very rough pavement around me banking caused handling problems for many riders. Ruts made some, bikes wobble badly. Grass grew out of large cracks in the track. "This track makes Mid-America look perfect," Knott said. All thr~ Team Hammer riders complain that they had painful chest bruis,es, from the gas tank hitting them they tucked in on the banking. Results 1. T•• m H.mm.r (SUl); 2. P.rson./S.II• ....(BMW); 3. Choek/Rivi.r/Fox (Kaw); 4. OP Rocing (Kow); 5. MIoM Rocing (Han); 6. Boy's Rocing(HOft/;. 7. Teem R••m (Han); 8. MIoN Rocing (Han); 9. SI..... Bullet (y.m); 10. OIoM Rocing (K.wl. Indian attacks Fly'ln LD Ranch! r , By Don Akers SPRINGDALE, UT, JULY!!I Paul "Chief" Emerson totally dominated the Open class toda'y with firsts in both Matos at the Groundshakers "Fly'In LIJ Ranch" motocross. The "Groundshakers", a Las Vegas based Desert club, secured the permission and cooperation of Mike ana Harold Drews for the use of the track at LD. And what a track it was! ~ traction was great, the dust nonexislant, the terrain challenging, ana the weather superb! In the 125cc Expert class. Nino Butteroe (Yam) aced out Bob Gabriel (Hon) with a 2·1 w Gabriel's !!-2 fin· ishes. Sean Steele looked like a real contender when he won the first mow in that class, but engine troubledropped him out of the second moto. There was no question about who won the 125cc Amateur class as Pat Owens (Suz) took first in both motos. Ditto the 125cc Novice class where Philip Gabriel (Hon) controlled the action on both go·rounds. When the 250cc Experts lined up, nobody was making any rash state-

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