Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Mangham/Burkler takePRRO endurance RR By John Arthur Burrus PHOENIX, AZ, DEC. 2 Of the 28 team ilia ten tered the Phoenix Road Racing Organization' .annual two-hour endurance race, juSt a lillIe over half survived the competition and the tough course at Firebird International Raceway. After the traditional dead engine tan, the team of Mike Mangham and Bob Burkler hot lapped for the early Lead on a 750cc Honda Inter eptor, followed by a 500cc Interceptor belonging to the team of Benny DeBaca, Joe Shelton and Craig Martin. Two crashes red-flagged the race on lap II, and the restart turned into a sprint between the Mangham/Burkler team and the Todd Griswold! Kevin Ellioll team on a Kawasaki 750 Turbo. Griswold finally took over on about lap 20, but Elliott never got his chance to race, because their Turbo tangled with another bike and went down at mid-race. That left the team of Mike Williams and Ed Wright in second but wav behind on a 750cc Suzuki. Hard riding by Williams - who looked like he was going to crash every timecomingoutof turn 12 - and a pit stop or two by Mangham/Burkler put the Suzuki in the lead to earn the FI win. Also finishing the full 69 laps were the team of Greg Wing and Richard Kahn on a 900cc Kawasaki inja for second place in FI; Henry Tecza and Jim Cox on a Yamaha FJ600 from Nevada Yamaha for Ihe F2 win; and Benny DeBaca, Joe Shelton and Craig Martin on their SOOcc Interceptor for the second spot in F2. Third place finishers were Mangham and Burkler in FI and the SCOll Willock/Chuck Crawford tearn riding an RZ350 in F2. Hicks handles SHRGP By Tom Anderson BRENTWOOD, CA, DEC. 2 Todd Hicks grabbed the early lead in Sand Hill Ranch's annual Grand Prix race, which was very foggy this year. Hicks held the lead for all 13 laps and Jimmy Clay (Yam) gave Hicks the only competition during the 45minute-long race. Daren Gallagher, Terry Robens and Jeff Langdorfled the 125 Junior/ Novice race, but no one could see the start; fog was at ground level as spectators waited at the corebooth bend to see who was in the lead. Gallagher and Roberts were the first two to break out of the rag, but Danny Paladino worked past Roberts for the second. Roberts then spun around on the slick mud, giving Paladino a little more ground. Paladino moved closer to Gallagher, but never got by. Rain began to replace the fog as the 250cc Junior/Pros took ofL Steve Nauman (Han) holes hot a full gate or riders followed by Rich My then, Jim Anderson and Kimo Casey (Hon). Anderson made a spperb move on Nauman and My then taking the inside line around Chicken Coop corner as Casey closed in. Anderson then did a doughnut on top of Horsepower Hill, dropping to third. Nauman inherited the lead a Casey began getting squirrely on the downhill when his rear uspen ion went out. My then became the third leader and began to stretch his lead. Ander on lOok auman again on Chicken Coop corner for second place and then put the pressure on My then for the next 20 minutes as the clouds burst and dumped buckets of rain on the track. Anderson passed My then on the last lap and Nauman took a spill on a slick uphill. By 3:00. 311d Hill, which has the reputation for racing "no maller what" was forced to cancel the highlight of the day - the team race. Kehoe dominates 'Dunes supercross .... By Chris Boice vALE V ..0 CIA, CA, DEC. I 8 Team Honda's Erik Kehoe put in four faSt, consistent rides today to take top honors in the 125cc and 250cc Pm classes. The clear, brisk fall weather brought out a star-studded field to compete on the well-prepared Shadow Glen supercross track. A.J. Whiting took the lead at the stan of the first 250cc Pro moto. Kehoe - riding his Kenn Bollesponsored Honda - got off to a slow stan. He rapidly picked up the pace and began picking aU riders as he moved through the pack. By the halfway point, Kehoe had passed Jeff Hick, Russ Wageman, Willie Surrall and was pUlling heavy pressure on Ed Arnet. Kehoe slid under Arnet to take secondjust as Whiting landed short over the triple jumps. Kehoe then shot into a commanding lead and was not cha Ilenged for the rest of the moto. At the fini h it was Kehoe in first with Arnet and Surrall coming in second and third. Kehoe came flying off the line in the econd 250cc Pro moto and held a olid lead throughout the race. There was a fierce battle for positions among Hick, Arnet, Whiting, Mike Beier, Rus Wageman and Surratt. Arnet and Whiting bauled lap after lap for second place, whileSurralland Wageman worked their way past Hicks and Beier. When the results were tallied, the overall win went to Kehoe, second to Arnet, and third to Surratt. In the first 125cc Pro malO, Kawasaki pilot Billy Frank took the lead early; Kehoe got tangled up in the pack and went down in the first turn. He qui kly remounted and began a furious charge from last place. Frank took . the moto win, and the hard 'charging Kehoe worked his way through the entire field to finish in second place ahead of Ray Somma. In the second moto, Frank cleared the gate first, with Sommo and Kehoe in close pursuit. Frank pulled ahead of the rest of the riders in the early laps as Kehoe had trouble gening around Sommo's Kawasaki. Several laps later, Kehoe managed the pass and started reeling in Frank. By the midway point, Kehoe had passed Frank and took an easy overall win with Frank and Sommo rounding out the top three. Results 80 BEG: 1. Harlan Mclain (Kaw). SO JR: ,. LaneeGoodman (Kaw); 2. Brian Gipson (Vam); 3. Marte McDonald. SO INT; 1. Brandon Sperling (Vam). SO EX: 1. Kyla Lewis (Hon); 2. Shane Trittler (Yam); 3. Paul Ulach (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Wayne Simpson (Vam); 2. Ale. Teno (5uz); 3. Jim Erisman (Hon), '25 JR: 1. George Vlach (Kaw); 2. Bobby Williams (Kaw); 3. Pel

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