Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

WERA/Dunlop National Championship Endurance Road Racing Series: Round 10 A -5 L: Motocross Yankton, SO Sept. 23, 1984 By Scott Tollefson MINIB Jason Armstrong Brian Plnckley Troy Thill MINIA Terry Pinckley Steve Bates Brad Tollefson 125C Todd Godel Greg Snobob Pat Willman 125 B Jay McMahon Todd Winter Dart Otoupal 125A Todd Heeren Wade Johnson Brent Armstrong 250B Dave Stout Dennis Chandler Randy Thistle 250 A Jeff Johnson Gary Mueller John Gleich OPEN Greg Chicoine Pat Pile Bill Calhoun SR Kaw Yam Kaw Yam Kaw Yam Hon Hon Yam Kaw Kaw Kaw Han Kaw KaY;' Yam Han Yam Kaw Kaw Yam Kaw Yam Yam Cave Stout Vam John SChoenauer Han Dennis Chandler ENDURO John Schoen.uer Randy Thistle Todd Hochstein Han Han Yam KTM MRA Second Creek Raceway Denver. CO Sept. 23. 1984 8yJoeDay CLASS CHAMPS 1984 460 PROD R2 360 Greg Smith 600 PROD (TIE) Den Turner Bruce Sass 760 PROD Bruce Sa.. OPEN PROD Bruce Sa.. 450 SUPERBIKE John Hoppersted 600 SUPERBIKE Bruce Sa.. 750SUPERBIKE Ray Balta OPEN SUPERBIKE Bruce Sa.. FORM I Bruce Sa.. GPz 560 GPz 560 GPz560 GP. 550 RZ 350 GPz 550 GPz 750 GPz 550 yz 490 FORM II Bruce Sa.. yz 490 COLORADO CLASS yz 490 Bruce Sa.. MRA TOP TEN OVERALL 1984 Bruce Sa.. 2074 Den Turner 1521 1440 Denny Walker Ray Bolte 12B5 1256 Greg Smith JTTerry 1235 Allan ROOr 1074 Peter Homan 990 TyPi. 94B John~ed 941 Cross Country Rocky Ridge Ranch D8Clltur. Texu Sept. 23. 1984 8y Christine Estes PRO Dan Lane Many Layland Mitch Milson Fra.. Shadd. . _Mills OPEN EX Tom Ehmke Jimmy Jecobson OIri. Been Devid Myers KellyGeorge 260 EX Larry Dodeon Boufield Bubbe Welers Mike Bruce J.Coughen_ 200 EX Ray Grippen D_Price Joe Smith Brett Hollend Eddie Burden 125 EX IIoIlbv Thomason ce_ •G_ear-a Wiltz Wagner Vic lsam Matt Timmer Dale Stockstill OVER JOEX Biny Smith Tommy Weeks David Folmar Ed Gillis Gerald_Flippin OVER 3B EX John Paynter Jerry Boren Joe Pannell Dusty Tower Bill Fleming 250lNT Greg E;.dgarton Terry Mason Donald Greenhill Eddie Duncan Steve Gillis OVER 30 INT Bill Fischer Scott Roberts Don Ehmke J.e. Morris Donny Goodlett OPEN AM Edwin Duggan Doug New James Blanton Mike Major Lonnie Hull 250 AM Gage Hopkins Jess Davis Bob Strawn Lyle Seals David Campbell 200 AM Traeey Anders John Hovey Randall Cox Nick Vanderpool Kurt Walker 125AM James Venetor Tom Johnson Jason Heggard Grady Huff Jim Widener OVERJOAM Marko Majka Chuck Howard Robert King Doug Goodlett Nick Norman OVER 38AM Ronnie Shields Garland Jeter Welt Estes Curt Von Mosch Jim Wright MINI AM Brook Matthews Jeff Woods Seen Reddish Eddie Holcomb Brian Fischer MINI EX Russ Murphy Peanut Denny Chris Hays Charlie Miller LADIES OPEN Dee Ann Wood Kathy Boddy Miche'e Napp Laura Boyer Ted Arment Gary 8aoghman Charles Mallow Allen Guyot Loy Burnett Butch Cribbet AJan K. Paschal Ron Saum Ronald A. Schmelzle Mick Hutcheson Terry Peacock Pete Rudnick David H. Gele Kerrie Brokaw :Terry L Estes Mike Shay Dale Holm Jon Kevin Dunham Rod Kempkes Paula Welborne BIG BIKE OVERALL Larry Dodson RMTA Observed Trials ld8ho Springs. CO Sept. 30. 1984 Ron Schmelzle Todd Tucker 3B 51 10 36 3B 44 54 14 23 23 25 29 33 Gary Doven Chuck Sutton Steve Clark ,.,..• ~ ,Q,o." H.'!blICI1f':P 166 Jecobo Gevazos OVERJOAM Doug Goodlett Raben King 34 TROPHY PICKUP Observed Trials UTE Cup Colorado Aug. 18-19. 1984 Morgen Kavanaugh David Pyle Mike West Meek Burnett Andy Saum Kenny Mosteller Mark Menniko Guy Bodin 153 164 165 PRO Marty Leyland Mitch Milson Dean Lane Larry Bennen David Jones OPEN EX Tom Ehmke Bruce Hallmark Kelly George Jimmy Jacobson Andrew Cooksey Larry Dodson Casey Baufield Mike Bruce Jr. D.L Wood 200 EX Ray Grippin _Tod Myers Joe Smith David Price Bren Holland 125EX Matt Trimmer Vic 150m Dale Stockstill Danny Goode Glen Boyett OVER 30 EX Billy Smith Mark Moore David Folmar Wayne Ratliff Tommy Weeks OVER 3B EX John Paynter Joe Pannell Jerry Boren Bill Fleming Glen Waters 250lNT Donald Greenhill Greg Edgarton Eddie Duncan Terry Mason Chris Jones OVER 30lNT Scott Roberts Bill Fischer David Stevens Don Ehmke J.C. Morris OPEN AM Edwin Duggan James Blanton Lonny Hull Mike Major David Stroup 260 AM David Campbell Dennis McCoy Lyle Saals Gage Hopkins David Vaughn 200 AM Rendell Cox Kurt Welker John Hovey Tommy Robinson David Connell 125AM Tom Johnson James Venator Richard Shumaker Chat Lewis SMALL BIKE OVERALL TedArmet 152 TCCRA Cross Country Muenster, TX Oct. 7,1984 By Christine Estes Ray Grippe" SUPPORT Monte Tucker Biff Roberson SRA Guy Bodin Bob Pick Rich Wyczewski Bill Brokaw Larry Lund CHAMPIONSHIP Morgen Kavanaugh Gery Davin Bill Burgener Bob Kirkegeerd 106 117 124 127 128 130 131 132 132.3 135 136 137 138 145 148 xxx 16 2B 33 59 65.6 69 73 7B For listing in thi. depart· ment, please mail information with $1.00 per week B6 88 tbat it is run to: Cycle News 98 1~ •• . Trophy Pid-up, lox 498, ~ ......q lIlIlIOI. • North Ridge cuts fog at Road America By Larry Lawrence B_ Ia e~ ....... ELKHART LAKE, \VI, OCT. 13 orth Ridge Racing, consisting of the father and on riding combinatIon of Ralph Johnston Sr. an~ J r. along with Doug Cross and Don Sielschott, won the fog delayed endurance round at Road America. North Ridge, riding their Yamaha F] II 00 beat out a top field of endurance teams which incl uded current series point leader QuesterlSullivan and defending champi'on Team Hammer. Utilizing the ingredients of fast riding, fast and few pi t stops and just a pinch of lu k, North Ridge managed to win their second endurance round out of the last three tries. Finishing second after being hampered by high fuel consumption and losing third gear on their Suzuki wa QuesterlSullivan. Z-P Racing put in a fine showing for third on another Yamaha FJIlOO. The race, which was originally to be a six hour test, was reduced to a three hour run due to dense fog. The ten ion caused by the long delay was obvious in the riders meeting held before the fog lifted as race officials grappled with the problem. The decision was made to allow the team captains to go on the track to check conditions. While they were out, a slight breeze came through bringing clearer weather. After a four hour delay the race was finally tarted at 3 p.m. Once underway, the Suzuki-powered maclline of Team Hammer with Russ Paulk at the controls began to quickly pull away from the rest of the field. With only [our laps completed, Paulk opened up a 40-second margin over the second-place ballie between QuesterlSullivan's Mike Harlow and North Ridge Racing's Ralph Johnston Jr. Hammer might have been able to pull out an even larger lead if they had been riding their normal short distance endurance machine, but with that bike sidelined, Hammer was forced to use their 24-hour machine complete with a full complement of high-powered lights. It appeared everything was going on schedule. "We should make our first pit stop at the one hour, five minULe mark," aid Team Hammer's John Ulrich. Just before the one hour mark, the Hammer pit board went up to teU Paulk to come in on the next lap, but instead of Paulk zooming down Road America's long straight he came sputtering into the pits early. The problem was a faulty rotor magnet. It cost Hammer 14 minutes repair time in the pits, and that cost them the race. While Team Hammer's crew worked frantically to get their bike back on the track, QuesterlSullivan's Suzuki·llDO inherited the lead for a short time. Quester was pitting prematurely also. "The bike's fuel consumption is much too high at this poiilt, I hope we will be able to compensate for the problem," said team captain Mike Harlow. North Ridge, with Ralph Sr. at the controls, took over the lead shortly .a..fll"J. ~l\e. ~r JtPN. \"il,.l"\ ii. '!rp' .•e entry in second. The Drury-Canale Team, on a Yamaha TZ750, worked their way into second, and at one point held the lead during the second hour. Meanwhile the Brooklyn, New York-based Z·P Racing Team, on yet another FJI.IOO, had quietly worked themselves up to third. Team Fun was definitely not having much fun as rider Brian Berney went down hard while running near the front of the pack. "I was sliding the bike through th dampnes under the turn 12 bridge all race long then all of a sudden bam! I was down," said Berney after the accident in which he was not injured seriou Iy. Hammer's crew did a good job in getting their Suzuki back out as fast as possible. Unfortunately, the time spent in repairing the bike dropped Hammer back to last position. By the end of the race, Hammer had worked back. up to II th overall and third in the'Prototype class. The race for first came down to a question of could QuesterlSullivan make up for their gas· hungry Suzuki's need for frequent pitting and catch North Ridge? They made things very interesting. With just 30 minutes left in the race, the Quester pi t board was reading minus 25 seconds on the leader. Seven minutes later Quester had dropped to 34 seconds behind North Ridge due to a loss of third gear for Quester. North Ridge finished the three hour run wirh a 50second margin on Quester with both completing 65 laps on the four-mile track. Z-P Racing took third with 64 laps completed. The race couldn't have gone any longer as dense fog settled in right at six o'clock and 20 minutes later it was completely dark. orth Ridge celebrated in winner's circle by flashlight. Team captain Ralph Johnston Sr. said of the day's-events, "We just feel really fortunate to be here. After the wa y things started ou t, we didn't even know if there was going to be a race. We feel we're on a roll now and hope to continue our success in Atlanta next month." Other winners in their respective classes were Fast Company, Bill the Cat Racing, Speedboys, Team Buzzard, Team Maryland and DuryCanale. The Sunday sprints were cancelled due to dense fog. • Results OVERALL: 1. North Ridge Racing (Vam); 2. Quester/Sullivan (Suz); 3. Z-P Racing (Yam); 4. DurvCanale (Yam); 5. Team Wanker (Kaw); 6. Fast Com· peny(Suz); 7. Speed 80ys(Yaml; B. Team Knot Heed (Yam); 9. Risque Racing (Hon); 10. Motorcycle Spe· cialties (Hon). H/W SUPERBIKE: 1. North Ridge (Yom); 2. Quester/Sullivan (SUl); 3. Z-P Racing (Vam). H/W PROD: 1. Fast Company (Su.l; 2. Risque Racing (Hon); 3. Backroad Bandits (SUl). M/W SUPERBIKE: 1. Bill tho Cat Racing (Kaw); 2. Team Justice (SUl); 3. Team St. Louis (Kaw). M/W PROD: 1. Speedboys (Yam); 2. Team Redline (Hon). UW SUPERBIKE: Team Buzzard (Hon). UW PROD: 1. Team Marylond (Yam); 2. Teom Generic (Suz); 3. Neverthere Racing (Vam). PROTO: 1. Dury·Canale (Yaml; 2. Team Wanker J~:"'!; T.~"2 tt~"2,!,,!r J~u!l, _ • _• _•••• _ ?'. ..

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