Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

where by th e winner o f th e draw ing wa s to receiv e either th e st arting n um ber 0 or 100 for th e upcom in g Virg in ia C ity GP in Ma y. The on ly sp ecia l ru le was one had to be p resent. and th e first named was McMah on , who will tak e num ber 100 for th e sp ortsm an star t. ~ 00 ~ Resu lts OPEN EX: 1. J ohn Haake r (KTM); 2. Fred Bellm an (Hus); 3. Ken McK enzie (KTM) . 250 EX: 1. Eric McKenna (Hon); 2. Matt Cull in s (Ma i); 3. Byron Estes (Suzl . OPEN JR: 1. Jim Jenkins (KTM); 2. Robert Rice (Hus); 3. Mark Schroeder (Varni. 250 J A: 1. Bob M ilan i (Hus); 2. Tony Escururi (Hon); 3. Russ Schaefe r. 200 JR : 1. Scott Rodger s (Hon); 2. Matt Vu lk (Hus]: 3. Kell y Andris. VET EX: 1. Gary Vand erpool (KTM); 2. Dave M or gan (Hus); 3. Fred W h eeler (Hus). VET JR: 1. James Leer; 2. Pete Watkins; 3. Bil l Cooper . VET NOV: 1. Pau l Bart lett ; 2. Sid Sch uetz; 3. Pat Smith. OT EX: 1. John Fraser (Hus); 2. M ike Heiberg er IM ai); 3. Jack Coulombe (Husl . OT J R: 1. M errill Rempfler ; 2. Dick M icani; 3. Tom Haselt ine . OT NOV : 1. Phil l enero; 2. Ralp h Thom ur e; 3. Bill Housh . OPEN NOV: 1. Shawn Freili ng (Hon); 2. Bruce Heuman (Yam); 3. Paul Guth miller . 200 NOV: 1. Eri c M cM urrie; 2. Troy Gl ards; 3. Robert Timmons. 250 NOV: 1. Seon Reynolds; 2. Terry Haggart; 3 Was Parker . ;>.. M ro :s ~ , ro ~ .» As usual, Gary "3 TImes" Vanderpool was fast at the Liliputian GP. winning the Vet Expert class ahead of Dave Morgan. AMA D-27 Awards Banquet City KTM, a long with Fred Bell ma n By Bruce Scho lten and C lovse H oll an d , while McKenSEATTLE , WA, DEC. 3 na' s CR250 H onda balked a nd lim pe d Bru ce Behal had to be the hardu p th e h ill near la st p la ce. McKenn a est working guy a t Sea ttle Intertu rn ed aro u nd a nd came back to By Jim Pluhar national Raceway thi s year. H e cam p for a plug change but co u ldn ' t find th e crew and yelled in structions SANT A MARIA, CA , DEC. II sure has the gold to prove it ! for th e first-lap cha nge as he sca mCold wind and gray skies made N orthwest road ra cers ga the red a t pered o u t of to wn . H orati o's o n Lake U n ion for the for a smaller turnout than usual Cu ll ins led it arou nd. wit h H aaker a n n ua l AMA Di stri ct 27 Awards Bana t Spillway Park today, but the in to w a lo ngs ide Byron Estes an d quet , wh ere Behal walked o ff with rain that fell during th e firs t Mike Harper. Ken McKenzi e was knifth e pe rpetua l troph y an d number ing h is KTM 495 th rough th e pack . m o to didn 't dampen th e spirits o f th e one pl at e for 1984. T he Bell evu e McKenn a lim ped in to th e p it still off co m pe tit o rs who did show up . Kawasaki G Pz-550 racer won the 600cc th e p ace bUI cha nged plugs qui ckl y The 250cc Pro class was h ead ed by Production class despi te sp irited coma nd began to wh ittl e away a t th e Jim Sm ith, wh o won both of hi s pet iti on from Kawa saki rid ers Ron leaders catch ing a nd fina lly pa ssing events by a wide margin . Mark Nati on Fu gere a nd Kirk Correll. Cullins on th e la st go-ro und. " I felt cla imed secon d pl ace for the day. The " My th anks to Lee Cochran for good a ll th e way " relat ed Cullins, 250 cc Intermediate cl a ss went to spend ing so much time fishing in ' " bu t I didn 't rea lize that McKenna Mark 's brother Matt Na ti on, with Alas ka so I co u ld get more points in was th at close." McKenna had closed Jim Holmes co mi n g in seco nd . In th e 600 Modifi ed Production, " laughed to within 30 seco nds o n th e fina l 250cc Junior cla ss it was Jim Di yorio Beh al after hi s win . Coch ra n's Thurn: ro u nd . " I was ge tt ing sig nals th at I fir st an d Jim Vau ghan second . Marp er was runner up, while Alan Inglis, was close but co u ldn' t believe it wh en shall Shi rk won the Open Junior di vBruce Dej ong and Bryan Correll finI ca me back through for th e checkision a n d Kurt Dietrich topped th e ish ed runner up. ered," sa id a happy McKenna . Vets. Beh al m an ag ed a th i rd -seaso n H aak er copped the Open Expert T ony Toste was un-contested in crow n in O pen Production. H e o utover Fred Bellman , Ken McKen zei , th e 125cc Pro class. Lance J ohnson, poi nte d Bru ce Sch olten 's "Team H ol y Chris Riddl e a nd Ma rk An dris for o f Randy Smi th an d Troy Pryor G rai l" Int ercep to r a n d Kirk Correll 's high p oints in th e yell ow pl at e top 20 pl aced I -2-3 in th e 125cc IntermelIOO-F in th e season fin ale. " Nex t for 1983. Cull in s took seco nd in th e diate class. T im P ilg was fir st in the yea r I'm looking forward to working 250cc ranks, wi th Byron Estes th ir d . I25cc Juniordivisi on on a new Cagiwith Dave Harold a t Motorcycl e over Mik e H arper a nd H olland . va . Works. H e reall y kn ows what he's The second start just before noon doing , a n d it 'll be ni ce having some saw G ary Vanderpool and h is NDpower aga ins t Lee Cochran in 860 sparked , R ay Hinson tuned KTM get Modifi ed Production class, Phillips th e go an d never relinquish the lead, a ga in beat Dan Zlock , with Mike Kelnot even sto p p in g fo r gas. Vanderley in third. pool, th e Iron Man o f northern CaliSkiver raced too m any National s forn ia , is planning an assa u lt o f th e thi s year to be able to clinch a local By W. H. Spencer Frontier 500 for 1984 a ll a lone and cham p ions h ip . " I lov e raci ng. an d SACRAMENTO, CA , DEC. 4 a lt houg h the three-time number one would like to win th e number one cross -co u ntry pl at e eluded him this The Dirt Diggers North MC plate back once more before moving yea r, h e is well on hi s wa y to anoth er dedicated their annual Lilipuint o ca r racin g ," said the Bell evu e try. Dave Morgen rode a 175 Husky to raci ng sta r. tian Grand Prix to the memory seco nd, keeping close for th e fir st two of long-time club man Dave laps but as th e track dried from th e Herzog, the ha rd-working individual prev ious day's hurricane weather , who ga ve so much ene rgy to th e Vanderpool pull ed a way to a four' club's ac tivities. minute margin of vic tory. Eri c McKenna topped th e first oneJohn Fraser brough t in th e Moore and-a-half hOUT event with a la st-l ap and So ns Husky in fir st for th e OT By Brian Barnes p assof ISDE rider Matt Cullins while Experts and a Los G al a s MC trophy. Gary Vanderpool kept his holeshots Fraser will wear th e number one OT WOODLAND , WA , NOV. 26, 1983 a live and led a ll rounds of th e Vet plate as well, not bad for a " hoggy" . The fourth race of Woodland's Experts, with Dav e Morgen doing Mike Heiberger rod e a co nsistent Winter Motocross season found th e ch as in g. style for seco nd ov er J ack Coulombe a surprisingly large amount of At th e fir st shotgun bl ast it was and Curt McM ahon , an d go t an extra r iders showing up to test Matt Cullins and his Petaluma Cycl e special deal after the race. Center. Maico .d u eli n g with John. . •• R a y .H i n so n .o \ter sa w. a . sp ecia l , .brand -new machines while ~ l;r¥on~ Haaker"and - the ' lout- Strok e SOuth ' • •... hlWirig ' a1'te'r ' tile' Iirsr 'two ven t's " d else was just glad to have a 'cha n ce to Smith wins rai n race at Spillway . McKenna and Vanderpool blitz Liliputian GP Anderson, Eaton, Larson take wet Woodland wins . race. With some 230 rid ers on hand, J im Anderson (York Yamaha Support/M.X. Fox/S.T.K./Kalgard/Dallas Bak er ) took th e overa ll in th e 125cc class wh ile two of northern Washington 's best we nt a t it in th e 250 and O pen Cl asses. Hi-Point/ Scott US A/ Honda ride rs Eri c Eaton a nd Ph il Larson did battle in both cla sses, wi th Eat on ta ki ng a 2-1 tall y for th e 250cc h on ors while Larson took th e O p en class by virtue o f th e sa me sco re. T he fir st P ro mot a o f th e da y was 250cc di vision a nd as th ey blasted down th e sta rt stra ig ht a blur o f H onda red led th e pack . Eaton, Ph il Larson , Mike Larson a nd O 'Neal 's Bob Buffal oe were first through fourth w h ile J eff C ha p ma n, Doug Lange and Ro bert Bu rkhart followed . Ea ton, Ph il La rso n a n d Buffal oe soon p u t d istance belwee n th emselves and the rest of th e fiel d whi le Mike La rso n pi cke d h im self up from a sp ill. At th e ha lfway ma rk Ph il Larson start ed to ma ke h is way past Eaton a nd a fter two m ore la p s go t pa st. La rso n cru ised wi th Eaton hot on hi s ta il for the win wh ile Buff al oe, Mi ke La rson , Suzuki-moun ted All en Pitts a nd Chapma n were th ird th rough sixth. Ea to n haddefin itely com e into h is ow n a board th e big red m ach in es a nd th e seco nd 250cc m oto p roved it. After he hol esh ot in fro n t of Buffal oe , Burkhart a n d Lan ge th ere was no stop p ing him , as the H i-P aint -backed rid er scored th e win a n d overa ll. Buffal oe held o ff th e cha lle nge o f Ph il Larson unt il with two laps left Larso n sn uc k by a nd secu red the second pos ition. Buffaloe was a stro ng th ird with Lange. Denn y Fenn el and Burkhart takin g third through sixth. In th e 125s, Sun Product s Honda Sup port -mo unted Eri c H all a bsolu tely demol ish ed th e first m oto , After laking th e holeshot, h e ran away from everyo ne, winn ing by a m ore th an adeq ua te margin. Anderson , Ca gi va 's Scott T yler and Lynnwood 's Yamaha' s Cory Klaudt took seco nd, third a nd fourth. Th e seco n d moto found Anderson taking the hol esh ot , with ' H all and Steve Oster o n a new H onda , close behind. H all we n t down o n lap two, bu t he was determined LO make up th e grou n d h e had lost and by the en d o f th e ra ce had rega i ned th e second spot behind Anderson. Klaudt, Tyler a nd Ken Alquist rounded ou t the LOp five. • Results PP: 1. Lisa Clune (Hon); 2. Cathy White (Hon); 3. Denise Henderson (Yam). PEE WEE EX; 1. Michae l Hurst (Hon). PEE WEE J R: 1. Tony DuVall (Kawl; 2. Lance Rudge (Kaw l; 3. Brand on Radach (Honl . M INI A : 1. Jeff Daily (Kaw) ; 2. Darr en Rogers (Vam); 3. Kurtis Rogstad (Kaw) . MINI B: 1. Jaso n Nortin (Kaw); 2. Paul W inn (Kaw ); 3. Ryan Holm (Yam). MI NI C: 1. J im Orc un (yam) ; 2. Dennis McCo nnell (Vam); 3. Kelly Raff (Hon). 100 C: 1. Tom Ireland (Vam); 2. Jeffr ey Jenkins (Varni. 125 PRO: 1. J im An derson (Varni; 2. Eric Hall (Hon); 3. Cory Klaudt (Vam). 125 B: 1. Rich ie Lee (Hon); 2. Steve Oberson (Honl; 3. Donald Bugd en (Suz). 125 C: 1.J ohn Pierce (Suz); 2. Chris St uder (Suz); 3. Larry Wi nters (Suz). 25 0 PRO: 1. Eric Eato n (Hon); 2. Phil Larson (Hon); 3. Bob Buff aloe (Honl . 250 B: 1. Gar y Piazza (Yam); 2. Tom Mo ri ar ity (Hon); 3. Danny Bull ock (Hon). 25 0 C: 1. Ray Shanafelt (Suzl; 2. Keith Cayton (Kaw); 3. Rick Johnson (Honl . OPEN PRO: 1. Phil Larso n (Hon); 2. Eric Eaton (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Ed Gon sorow ski (Ma i); 2. Ma rk Envolsen (Mai) ; 3. David Roestel (Hus). . OPEN C: 1. Garv Ab raham (Yam); 2. Pat O'Gr ady (Hon); 3. Dan Kirk (Hon). OT EX: 1. J im Lamki n (Hon); 2, Ken Shandrow (Hon); 3. Roger Stan ley (Hon). OT B: 1. Denny Femrite (Kaw); 2. Jerry Hrersebe (Kaw l; 3. Don Tyler (KTM) . OT C: 1. Lou Colli ns (Hus); 2. Neil Roman (Su zl. OTH A : 1. Dave Eakin (Honl ; 2. Mi ch ael Kulp (Hon); 3. Garry Roestel (Husl. OTH B: 1. Ray Shanaf elt (Suzl; 2. Mike Dohert y (Mail; 3. Daryl Staples (Suz). OTH C;.l . Ron Fiedler (Mai); 2. Robert Hill (Hus); 3. Lyle'W est (Hont. • ,

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