Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

80 MOD BEG: 1. Paul Hazard (Kaw); 2. Greg Wine (Suz). 80 MOD INT: 1. Jaff Orth (Kaw); 2. Ricky Oelapina IKaw). 80 MOD EX: 1. Mike Pascarella (Vam). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Bradley Beaman (Hon); 2. Steven Kay (Kaw); 3. Mike 5vendson (Kaw). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Jim Erisman (Hon); 2. Roger Hauptman (Yam); 3. Marv Chantland (Han). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Andrew Olivia (Vam): 2. Scon Murphy (Kaw): 3. Jim Ryder (Suz). 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Joe Klauza (Kaw); 2. Doug Hawkins (Suz); 3. Steve Helm ISuz). 125 INT: 1. Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw); 2. Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw); 3. Bryan Nelson (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Brian Stevens (Yam); 2. Steve Nanko (Hon); 3. Ron Geer (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Todd Lehmann (Hon); 2. Rob Leeson (Vam); 3. Rick Oenison (Vam). 250 INT: 1. Gary Sailors (Suz); 2. Jon Barrick (Hon); 3. Mark Brown (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Michael Logue: 2. Steve Fer (Kaw!: 3. George Garcia. OPEN NOV: 1. Don Pastel! (Hon); 2. Jack Stevens (Kaw); 3. George Collins (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Ruben Falcon (Hon): 2. Robert Fippit (Kaw). VETS JR: 1. Brian Gipson (Kaw); 2. Desn Horrell (Hon!; 3. Kevin SeJCton (Suz). VETS INT: 1. Errol Leduc (Suz): 2. Bob Audet IVam); 3. Wayne Ellis (Hon). VET EX: 1. Marino Bastionell (Suz): 2. Jody Wei· sel (Hon): 3. Robert Dahlgren (Hon). PRO 125: 1. Joe Hopkins IKawl; 2. Tim Ruther· ford (Kaw); 3. Mark Filler (Vam!. PRO 250: 1. Mike Bell (Vam): 2. Willie Surratt (Hon); 3. Ed Arnet (Mai). McCormick masters Oregon one-day By Clay Ught ROSEBURG, OR, OV.4 Desert/off-road specialist Joe McCormick came from central Oregon to cart off a gold medal and the overall Expert laurels at the Silver Star one-day enduro, promoted by Lobo' M.C. McCormick and his 200cc Cagiva proved to be too much for tbe competition, winning the event with a points total of 1090 and impressively beating Open Experts Stan Capps (Hus) and Yamahamounted Dan Logan. Capps tallied 1133 and Logan 1138 with 250cc Expert and gold-medalist Dale Warmuth (KTM) sandwiched between with 1134 points. Capps topped the 500cc Experts' class, a class loaded with talent that included Husqvarna-supported Ken Maahs and desert rider Steve McCall (Hon). Warmuth and his KTM were dominant in the 250cc Expert class, beating Dan Harte(Hus, 1162 points) and Montesa rider Tom Young. David Morton (Hus, 1226), Reed Bright (KTM, 1244) and motocrosser Bob Leach of alem, Oregon, rounded out the top five in the class. The top four received gold medals. and Leach, Ty Sermon (KTM) and Eric Linde (KTM) took home silver medals. First overall Amateur was desert sensation Dale. Demaris making a ·rare enduro appearance on a fourstroke Husqvarna, grabbing the gold with 1240 points. He topped both specia I tests and beat classmate Da ve Burgeson (Hon) by a large margin. Demaris. wa the only gold medal winner in his class. McCormick was the dominant force of the day and lost no route points as he defeated classmates Gene Sigfrid (Suz) and Wes Anderson (Hu ). both recipients of silver medals. Open Amateur winner John Jeschke (Hon) won both special tests and carded the top points tally in his class with 1330 to take the gold medal. Rod Morgan (Yam) and Brian Hill (Hus) also earned golds but were well behind in the final tabulation, with 1430 and 1437 tallies. respectively. Small Engine Special ties riders Brian Hall and Eric Linde donated the prizes for first Amateur and Expert. caned off by Demaris (1240 points) and McCormick (1090 points) to end a grueling day of southern Oregon enduro. Results OVERALL EX: 1. Joe McCormick (Cag). OVERALL AM: 1. Dale Oemaris (Hus). Irwin pounds out Jackhammer enduro win By Jim Bowman STONYFORD, CA. OCT. 21 Hi-Poi n t/ In ter-Li n k/Sun River Cycle Husky-support rider Jeff Irwin dropped two points at the Jackhammer enduro today, 10 lead a ational AA rider sweep of the top four places. Lrwin is presently leading the points nIce in District 36 and ha already finished ninth in the national competition. Two points back of Irwin, third-place national-finisher Dave Bertram (Cycle Gear/O'NeaI/BelRay/Nelson BroslTeam Husky) led a tie over AA pilots Matt Cullins and Jeff Henning. Tie scores were common today, as the Oakland Motorcycle Club used short fun special tests to challenge the riders. Leading the A class at fifth overall was Open A class pilot John Haaker on the South City Cycles four-stroke KTM, who lost five points to beat Cycle Gear's Scott Taggart (Hus) by seconds. The next four positions were filled by Brian Beatie (third Open A); Rick Adan (fourth Open A); Bob Terwilliger (first 250cc A) and Jim Bowman (fifth Open A) - all four riders lost six points. Don Hoagland came out tops on a three-way seven-point tie for the 200cc A class win over Dave LaFaille and Mitch Lenz. ot far behind the top A arrowchasers, Four-stroke B rider Craig St. Clair finished first overall in the B class with the only 10 point score. Behind t. 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