Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

nada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-ldaho·Utah-AI Larson' early leads didn't last 100 .long and he had to settle for econds to Mark Miller's Yamaha with "Berserko" Baker third over Randy Hanon and Craig Pierce. In the Vet oviceclass, it was Felix Conley who aced a pair over Jack Baker and Pat Burman. Bauman smoked off the line in first moto of OT Expert class with Jim McClinton bringing up the rear but working to second before he reinjured his knee and was sidelined when he was unable to start the bike. In the second round, McClinton got a good tart and never relinquished it while Baumann found himself going the wrong way on an uphill/downhill section. Baumann recovered for second and the overall while Gary Baumann took second with 2-5 scores over Bill McClinton 5-3 tall ies. Results 125 JR/EX; ,. Steve Naumann (Han); 2. Willie Miller (Han); 3, Jimmy Barnett (Han), 250 EX; 1. Jarry Cabral (Suz); 2. Gary Fargo (KTM); 3. Kirk Carter (Suz). 250 JR; 1. Charlie Venegas (Vam); 2. Mat Cullins (KTM); 3. Chuck Barker (Han). VET EX; 1. AI Baumann (KTM); 2. Craig Schulz (Han); 3. Russ Powell (KTM). VET JR: 1. Mark Miller (Yam); 2. Doug larson (Hus); 3. Lary Baker (Han). VET NOV; 1. Felix Conley (Han); 2. Jack Baker (KTM); 3. Pat Burman (Cag). MINI JR-NOV; 1. Troy Lindemann (Kaw); 2. TraVIS Brown (Vam); 3. Glenn Fargo (Vam) OT EX; 1. AI Baumann (KTM); 2. Gary Nauman (Han); 3. Bill McClinton (Vam). aT JR-NOV; 1 Mac Robertson (Suz); 2. Bob Hurst (Yam); 3. Gary Estes (Suz). WOMEN: 1. Pam MacDonald (Yam); 2. Jeri McClinton (Han). OPEN NOV; ,. Stan Harris (Han); 2. R.C. McBroom (Han); 3. Mark Nicklauz (Han). 125 NOV; 1. Rich Mullin (Kaw); 2. EriC McMurtrie (Vam); 3. Ricky Pants (Hon). OPEN JR-Ex; 1. Dave Woodall (Han); 2. Steve Panov.ich (Hon); 3. Wayne Regina (Han). 250 NOV; 1. Stan Harris (KTM); 2. Tim Lindemann (Hon); 3. Warren Jenkins (Han). 4-SRROKE: 1. Darrick Lucchesi (Hon); 2. Colin MacDonald (Yam): 3. Erik Schaffer (Han). ENDURO; 1. Ernie Cabral (Suz); 2. Don Hoagland (Vom); 3. Roger Lindsey (Kaw). BEG; 1. John Moss (Vam); 2. Aaron Howe (Vam); 3. Chris Lesley (Han). Tyler, Cropper clobber Woodland MX By Brian Jones The 125c class found Cropper returning to the race track on a Small Engine penalties KTM after nearly a full vear's layoff. The fir t moto found hoembling taking the holeshoton his new CR. ext in line were O'Neal Honda ri.der Dave Hettlnga, Cropper and Keith Foidel. Cropper kept the heat on Froembling after moving by Hetlinga, but a the moto started to wind into the final two laps, Cropper dropped back for econdo Behind Cropper wa the lone Open rider, John Chri tian Jr. aboard a new 500 Honda while Hetinga and Mike Williams were third and fourth in the 125'so Heuinga grabbed a nice holeshot to start the second heat, with Cropper, Froembling and Foidel in tow. It took Cropper two laps to find his way past Hettinga but once past he looked good, taking the win and overall. Froembling was a strong second and second overall, with Hettinga, Foidel and Cagiva-mounted Ted DeVol rounding out the second-moto lOp five. Results WEE PEE WEE; 1. Jay Hasler. (Varni; 2. Benni Radach (Suz); 3. Joey Garrett (Yam). PEE WEE JR; 1. Lance Rudge (Kawl; 2. Lucky Rowland (Kaw); 3. Tony DuVall (Kaw) PEE wee EX: 1. Justin Stanntng (Kaw); 2. Jason McCormick (Kaw); 3. Shane West (Kaw) MINI A. 1. Larry Ward (Kaw); 2. Oren Bray(Kaw); 3 Kurt Rogstad (Kawl. MINI B; 1 Paul Winn (Kaw); 2 Ryan Holm JVam); 3. Jim OrcuttIYam). MINI C: 1. ChriS Dineen (Kaw); 2. Chad Bolte (Kaw); 3. Steve Leedy (Yam) 125 PRO; 1. Jeff Cropper (KTM); 2. DaVid Froembling (Honl; 3. David Hettlnga (Han) 125 B: 1. SteveOberson (Han); 2. KeVin TomaSini (Han); 3. Mike Bell (Han). 100; 1. Tom Ireland (Yam). 250 PRO; ,. Scott Tyler (KTM); 2. Jeff Chapman (Han); 3. David Froembling (Han). 250 B; 1. Gary Piazza (Vam); 2_ Kurt Stevens (Vam); 3. Scott Russell (Han). 250 C: 1. Barrie Durfee (Hon); 2. Herb Gelow (Han); 3. Mark Bennen (Hen). OPEN B: 1. Mark Luchini (Hon); 2. Dave Eakin (Hon); 3. Richard Merritt (Hon). OPEN C; 1. Pat O'Grady (Han); 2. Gary Abraham (Vom); 3. Jeffrey Salsman (Kaw). OT HILLA; 1. Randy Skiver(Hon); 2. Roger Knight (Vam); 3. Fred Wright (KTM). aT HILL B; 1. Roy Shanafelt (Suz). aT HILL C; 1. Robert Hill (Hus); 2. LyleWest(Hon); 3. Ron Fiedler (Mai). aT EX; 1. Gary Bonds (Han); 2. Roger Stanley (Han); 3. John McHaffie (Varni. aT B: 1. Don Tyler (KTM); 2. Jerry Hiersche (Kaw); 3. David Pembroke (Vam). OT C: 1. Lou Collins (Hus); 2. Tom Harmon (Yam); 3. Chuck Burchinal (Mai). WOODLAND, WA, JAN. 7 Woodland Winter Track opened the northwest's 1984 racing season this Saturday with 220 riders battling against one another and the elements. Scot! Tyler and Jeff Cropper took Professional victories on a pair of new KTMs, with Tyler flying to a pair of wins in 250cc division while Croper took a 2-1 tally to do the 125cc honors. In the first 250cc moto, Tyler was quickly into the lead as his KTM powered away on the stan. Hi-Point Honda-mounted David Froembling was behind Tyler in second, with Steve Smith on a new Suzuki and Yamaha Support's Doug Lange second and third. Tyler had the win locked up early and rode an outstanding race to score the first moto. Froembling kept 00 the gas to take second, but right behind was Honda-mounted Jeff Chapman who put in a good ride to score third. Smith and Lange rounded out the top five. The second moto was another Tyler repeat from start to finish while Chapman improved on his first-moto score by holding off the advances of Froembling to score second. Eastern Washington's Kenny New made an appearanceat Woodland and powered his way to fourth, with Smith taking fifth. - , \II f . Fish sinks Spillway Intermediates By Jim Pluhar SA TA MARIA, CA, JAJ'\T. 8 On a somewhat cool, overcast day at Spillway Park in Santa Maria all c1asse turned out for the twice-monthly motocross event, with the big news being former. Women's ational Champ Sue Fish winning the 250cc Intermediate class. Todd York won the Mini Intermediate class while Seth Paulsen, Jerry Van Worth and Joey Azevedo fini hed 1-2-3 in the Mini Junior division. The 125cc Intermediate class win went to Gary Riekki, with two firstplace finishes. Craig Kathary was victorious in the 125ccJuniordass, followed by Brad Beaman and Mark Maynard. Sue Fish, making a return to racing, came from a second-place finish in the first moto to a win in the . second moto and beat out John Condon for first place in the 250cc Intermediate class. Jim Dyorio won the 250cc Junior division, with Anthony Amaro second and Don Maynard third. Lee Johnson was the winner in the Open Junior r .. ion. rliv' •. t I Supercross (Continuedfrom page 7) • (Above) Russ Wageman had a spot of trouble during his qualifying heat. Rider and bike wound up OK. however. Burnworth powered his production uzuki (Barnell had the only "works" bike on the team) into the lead at the start of the second final. while Glover followed a clo e second. However, in the first turn. Reid cra hed hard and had to be carried off the track on a streicher with a po sible broken leg. In fourth chased Breker. Lhen came Phil Larson and Howerton. By the end of the fir Llap, Glover had taken over the lead while Ward; in seventh. crashed after colliding wilh Donnie Cantaloupi. Ward dropped back to last. but not for long. He picked off rider in a furv and had control of the fourth position near the end of the race. Glover took hi second vicLOry of the night followed by Burnworth. Breker. Ward and Larson. last Chance Qualifier After leading most of the Last Chan e Qualifier, Rodney Smith lost his chance LO qualify for the main after crashing in the whoops. Australian Jef[ Ljesk. riding for Team Tamm, LOok over the lead with uzuki's Rick Ryan hot on his tail. While pUlling heavy pressure on Liesk, Ryan also crashed in the whoops. ending his hopes. Keylon made his way up through the field to challenge Liesk for the lead, but the two rammed into each other and Liesk took the worse of it and he too era hed ou t of contention. Keylon found him elf in the lead but was passed a few turns later by Holland. Holland managed to keep both wheels on the ground and Lransferred into the main, along with Keylon. Main As the pack jammed into the first turn at the tart of the 20-rider main, Breker emerged with the lead closely followed by Hicks. Burnworth, O'Mara, Myerscough and John Whelchel. Only a half lap into the race, Burnworth slipped by both Hicks and Breker while O'Mara did the same. Bringing up the rear of the field were Lechien and Johnson. "I got a fair start.·· said john on afterwards. "Then something happened to Lechien. He cut off the track, clipped my front wheel and crashed me. That left me in dead last." Other favorites: Hannah and Barnett were 12th and 10th, respectively. By the end of the second lap. Burnworth had gained a twO- econd lead over O'Mara. but it looked as though for the next couple of laps, O'Mara was stalking his prey. On the fifth lap. O'Mara made his move and passed Burnworth in the whoops. "[ d ided I'd better get around Scott before Ricky, David or jeff caught up'-· said O'Mara. "1 had to get him quick - that was my sLrategy." By the sixth lap, Bailey worked his way into third and put massive pressure on Burnworth. Bailey finally lapped the Suzuki pilot in the long, whoop section and started to reel in the leader. However. Bai ley's effortS ended abruptly when he crashed over ajump. He recovered quickly enough to salvage fifth. At thaL point, O'Mara held a verv comfortable lead ahead of Burnworth. Ward was up to third after an eighth-place start. and led Glover. Bailey and johnson. Halfway through the race. Burnworth began to tire and dropped back to fifth after stepping off his mount in the whoops. He ran along ide his Suzuki half the di -lance of the 23whoop straight before remounting. A lap later, johnson held the throttle to his production-based YZ250 wide open and passed Bailey. Burnworth and Glover for third. With only a few laps remaining. a huge distance separated the top three riders. The only rider who was still on the move was Bailey who stuffed his way by both Burnworth aod Glover. From thatpoimon there were no position changes. O'Mara easily took the win ahead of Ward, Johnson, Bailey and Glover. "With four laps LO go, I got stomach cramps and I didn't know if I could make it." said O'Mara. "I thought I was going to throw up. But l am really happy winning the opener and I hope things stay that way. Even though Hannah and a couple of other riders are recou~rating from injuries. they will be a threat for the remaining serie ." 'Tired! I'm really tired," said Ward after the race. "[t's a tough track. The harder I charged, the more I got ou t of shape. I twisted my ankle on the fourth lap which broke my concentration but it dido't really slow me down. I should've passed more riders right away, but I didn't." • Results 1. Johnny O'Mara (Han); 2. Jeff Ward (Kaw); 3. Rick Johnson (Yam); 4. David Bailey (Hon); 5. Broe Glover (Yam); 6. Scon Burnworth (Suz); 7. Alan King (Hon); 8. Mark Barnett (Suz); 9. Bob Hannah (Han); 10. Ron Lechien (Han); 11. Billy Liles (Kaw); 12. Goat Breker (Kaw); 13. George Holland (Suz); 14. Brian Myerscough (Hon); , 5. Kent Howerton (Kaw); 16. John Whelchel (Han); 17. Brian Manley (Han); 1B. Kenny Keylon (Vam); 19. Phil Larson (Vam); 20. Jeff Hicks (Han). POINT STANDINGS: 1. Johnny O'Mora 48; 2. Jeff Ward 39; 3. Rick Johnson 37; 4. David Bailey 37; 5. Broe Glover 34; 6. Scon Burnworth 32; 7. Alan King 26; 8. Mark Barnen 24; 9. Bob Hannah 24; 10. Ron Lechian 23; 11. Billy Liles 23; 12. Goat Braker 17; 13. George Holland 17; 14. Brian Myers- cough 16; 15. Kent Howerton 14; 16. John Whelchel 13; 17. Brian Manley 10; 1B. Kenny Keylon 8; 19. Phil Larson 6; 20. Jeff Hicks 6. l I I., & 19

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