Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

New Mexico-Colorado-Wyom.ing-Montana-Norlh Dakota-South Dakota-Nebraska-Kaasas-Oklahom.a-Texas - New Mexico-Colorado-Wyom. Central Pipeline ...... 12 5 INT: 1. Rober t Neihe iser (Kaw l; 2. B ubb a SCh ul tz (Suz); 3. Gen e Brav o (Ha n). 25 0 INT: 1. Ron Nel son (Han ); 2. Oon Gall aher (Yam ); 3. Tim Spa rks (Han ). OPEN INT: 1. Chuck Heath (Han ); 2 . Sta n Mise r (Yam ); 3 . Donnie Ga ddis (Yam). ' OVER 30: 1. Guy Humphrey (Hon l: 2. T.D. Smi t h (Hus ); 3. Pa ul Son derla n (KTM ). COM 8 EX: 1. Mike Clem ent (Yam); 2. Hu nter Carothers (Yam ); 3. Terry Thomas (Kaw). ......~ Burke blasts to the ...... >-- top in Hepler .... ('j By Brad and S ha ro n Jones ;:j KANSAS, NOV. 26, 1983 C Smokin' Joe Burke ca me away ~ wi th th e lio n 's sh are of th e large p urse tha t wa s offered by' the Circle W promoters today, winning th e 125cc Pro ba ilie a nd ta king seco nd in th e 250s. Team ma te Bart Shi flett won th e hard-fo ugh t ~a !tl e with Bu rke in th e 250cc Ex pert Sh iflet t a nd Burke were o n lv in ches a pa rt for th e first three la ps of th e 125cc Ex pert race. Rick Kirk kept labs on th e action from h is th irdp lace posi tion . Sh iflett fell under th e hea vy pressure, letting Burke a nd Kirk by, but h e reco vered for thi rd, Dude H oll in gsworth battl ed J ack Lambert do wn th e front straigh t in th e seco nd ro un d . Ho lli ngsworth, wh o spe nt th e last two yea rs in the Arm y, borrowed h is brot h er' s bike to lead th e open in g lap. H ollingsworth m iscu ed a nd jack L ambert went past. Burke soon slipped pas t H oll in gsworth a nd work ed hard to reel in Lambert . Meanwhile, Kirk a n d Shi flett had m oved up to thi rd a nd fo urth . Burke ca u g h t La m bert and - m.ade hi s pa ss o n th e last la p for the W ill . Bu rk e and Shi flett stol e th e show in th e 250cc Expert cla ss. T he two swa p ped lead s in the first m o ta , wi th Burke com ing O U I on top. T h e seco nd mota bu rke led u nt il the very last lap wh en he went side ways in a slick co rne r. Shi flett, wh o h ad been keepin g Bu rke in hi s sig h ts, seized th e op port u n ity a nd loo k o ver the lead . Shiflett 's 2- 1 fin ish wa s good eno ugh fo r first p lace overa ll. Th ere was no quest ion abou t who wa s the fast est Open rider o f th e da y. Ti m Vaugh n handil y won th e first Open Expert rnot o , lead ing start to fin ish. Ton y Reyno lds a nd Brad j on es went back and forth fo r the lead down th e front stra igh t in th e seco nd ro un d . Reyn o ld s won th e batt le. Vaughn ra n thi rd until th e seco nd lap, d ispl acin g j on es 10 work o n Reyn ol ds. Reyn o lds' swi ngarm bo lt sta rte d co m ing o u t and Vaugh n flew pa st for the win. Results 60: 1. J ason Ada y; 2. Bria n Canady. 80 BEG: 1. Brian Graves; 2. Scott M arm a n; 3 . Chad Johnson . 80 J R: 1. Ja son Aday; 2. Brian Ben nen ; 3. Ken ny Howard . 80 SR: 1. Jeff Em ig; 2. Cr aig Stor k; 3. Rod Palm er. 125 NOV : 1. Randy 8urke; 2. Roger Sh ue; 3 . Al an Honsa. 125 INT: 1. Br ian Emi g; 2. Steve Forkn er. 250 NOV : 1. J oh n Johnson; 2. Darr ell l uce ro; 3 . Jeff Vince. 25 0 1NT: 1. Steve Forkn er; 2. Jeff Sh or e. OPEN AM : 1. Butch l ove; 2. Phi lip Brown; 3 . M ark lago. 125 EX: 1. Joe 8 urke; 2. Rick Kir k; 3 . J ack lam bert; 4 . Bart Sh ifl ett ; 5. Dude Holl ing sworth. 250 EX: 1. 8an Sh ifl ett ; 2. Joe 8 urk e; 3 . Jack lambert; 4 . Brad Jones ; 5. Jam ie Cane dv . OPEN EX: 1. Tim Vaughn; 2. 8r ad Jones; 3. Tony Reynolds; 4 , Bill W illiams, OVER 30: 1. John Embry; 2. Wayne Jorgenson ; 3. Butch love . DePrato Dominates at A ustin MX Park By J oe Milia n AUST IN, T X, NO V. 27 Open Novice rider Da vid DePrat o made a spectacu lar recover y in th e seco nd mota o f hi s co n test tod a y, crash in g hi s wa y ba ck to ni n th p la ce o n th e fir st lap a nd th en m ou ntin g a determ in ed cha rge to rega in th e lea d o n th e final circu it. Dcf'rat o eno un rered stiff opposi tion en ro u te to th e win . most n ot ablv from j imm y Co lem an a n d Bob by Lewall en who were locked in a n el bow-to-elbow co n fro n tation in th e midd le o f th e pac k. O nce pa st these two co m ba ta n ts, DeP rat o was a ble to ga in th e necessa ry moment um to overta ke BUI Ch j en n in gs a nd T ony Barr era. H e h urled hi s YZ-l90 past Barrera with o n lv a h und red va rds rema in ing to th e' checkered fhig to regis ter h is seco nd mo ta victory in as ma ny tries. j en n in gs, un famili ar with Austi n Mo to Sport Park' s tricky first turn , was first · to th e corn er bot h times o u t bu t set new sta nda rds for go ing wide o n eac h exc u rsion: H e wa s th en forced to do so me.ca tch ing up o f h is o w n, whi ch he did in fin e style. Overa ll for th e da y, j ennings garnered seco nd behind DePra to , a nd Barrera look th ird a head o f Co lema n. Expert racin g was hi ghl ight ed by two har d- fou ght sessions inv olv in g Ron Dunfee a nd j ack Beckh am . Beckham was aw a rded first pl ace in ro u nd one wh en Dunfee was pen al ized o ne posi tion Iorcu u in g th e tra ck. Dunfee attem p ted a jo urn ey in to the unknown by tryin g to pu ll o ff a n ever-beforeexecu ted doub le jump a t the end of th e mai n st ra ig h t. Th e jump was succe ssfu l bu t h is ve loci rv was too grea t for th e su bseq ue nt tu rn and he in cu rred the pena lly a s a result. H e a nd Beck ham left th eir 17 oppo ne nt s to sq ua bble over third as th eir p erSOl );! I d ue l took them well away from th e th rong . Hunt er Carothe rs had third-p lace cas h d isa p pear as a blown head ga sket lef t h im less th an a half la p fro m the mon ey in th e seco nd m al a . Kevin Horto n was ha ppy to ta ke O V('l" fro m Ca ro the rs. nudgi n g Fra n k Te llo a n d Tommv Pavel ka in to a tie for fo urt h. . • Res u lts M INI MIN I: 1. Ma rk Savoie (Kaw); 2. Cody Atk ins (Yam); 3 . Ronn ie A ida (Yam) . M INI JR: 1. Ja son Krempin (Han); 2. Greg Bowden (Han); 3 . J ason Hodge (Yam) . M INI SA: 1. J ames Prasifka (Kaw) ; 2. Joey Ston e (Yam); 3. Tim Hodes (Kaw). 125 BEG : 1. James Rat hmann (Hon ); 2. Tom c orte r (Hus ); 3. Ever ett l ee (Hon ). 25 0 BEG: 1. James Rat hm ann (Hon); 2. Gene Czim skey (Suz ); 3 . B. Kei th Bull s (Yam). . OPEN BEG : 1. John DePr at o (Yam ); 2. Ricky Fer · guson (Yam I; 3. Kevi n Krahn (Yam). 125 NOV : 1. Robert Tiem an n (Yam) ; 2 . Shawn Cleven ger (Yam); 3 . John Sherwood (Yam ). 250 NOV : 1. 8ubba Miller (Yam); 2. Phil Schert z (Yam ); 3 . Andy Thom pson (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. David DePrato (Yam); 2. But ch J en nings (Ho n); 3 . Tony Barrera (Yam). 125 1 NT: 1. Bobby Guerin (Yam); 2. Jam es Scha c ter (Kaw); 3. Cedri c Ford (Kaw). 25 0 INT: 1. Tink er Ma yf ield (Han) : 2. Brad Burn ie (Han); 3. Paul Horton (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Dearl Croft (Yam ): 2. David Bur gess (KTM); 3. S idney Fei nst ein (Yam). OVER 30 INT: 1. Lloy d Longm ire (Yam); 2. rnemas W i lliams (Yam); 3. Ralp h Rust (Hon ). OVER 30 EX: 1. 8 i11Kasson (Yam); 2. Tim Mc Cas k,II(Yam ); 3 . Smo key Joe (Yam). 125 EX: 1. St ew art Simpson (He n); 2. Ronnie Prad o (Yam ); 3. 8 ill Kell y (Yam). 250/OPEN EX: 1. Ron D unfee (Yam); 2. Ja ck Beckham (Yam); 3. Kevin Horton (Su z). OUR CHAMPIONS - WE CONGRATULATE Ron Lechien AMA Orlando Supercross AMA Lk. Whitney 125 Natl. AMA Castle Rock 125 Natl. AMA Millville 125 Natl. CMC San Diego Supercross CMC Supercross Champ . AMA 125MX Rookie of Year Wrangler MX Rookie of Year Keith Bowen NMA Grand Natl. 250 Pro NMA Grand Natl, 125 Mod. Pro AMA Am Natl. 250 A-Stock AMA Am. Natl. 125 A-Mod. Ed Warren NMA Grand Nail . 125 Mod. Pro Fla. Winternat' 1. 125/250 OA Damon Bradshaw Fla. Winternat'l. " Bronze Boot" Danny Storbeck AMA Am. Natl. 125 Y -Stock AMA Am . Natl. 125 Y-Mod. AMA Am . Natl. 125 A-Mod. Bader Manneh NMA Grand Natl. 83 Stk. Ex. Mike Pascarella NMA Grand Natl. 83 Mod. Bryan Smith NMA Grand Natl. 65 Stock 'Ray So mmo NMA Grand Natl. 14-1585 Dave Chase Baja/SCORE #1 250 Class Richard Jackson AMA D-37 #1 Open Vet NOTHING TOPS MAXIMA 66 • • 4 .. MAXIMA RAC ING LUBRICANTS 1444 Pioneer, #7 EI Cajon , CA 92020 619/442.-9723

• Cover