Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

rr. '" f , f-j 8 ~ Willie Surratt launches his CR125 Honda through the trees at Ind ian Dunes' Shadow Glen track. while competing in the l25cc Pro class. Hall, Jamison, Aicher jam at AlbanySX By Clay Light i\LBANY, O R, JAN. 6 Eric Hall ran away with four Pro rnotos at Albany Speedway duri ng the AMA District 28 supercross despite arctic-like .. 24 . temperatures. Hall demolished the 250cc and l25cc Pro classes, while J ody Jamison took his Kawasaki into the wi nners circle in the 250cc B class with a 2-2, and consistent J erry Aicher piloted his Yamaha of Salem YZ into first in the I25cc class with a 1-2. Twenty-three riders lined up for the I25cc class, wh ich wa s th e largest class or the day. Aic her topped the first rnoto but was well back a t the start or the second moto. Keith Burke (Kaw) pulled the most incredib le holeshot o r the day but only led unti l tum one when he unloaded in the loamy sand. Bu rk e was in last when h e booted his KX to life but made a very spirited ride and came from 22nd to sixth in three laps. Aicher p icked orr riders as well and trailed Ed Jansen (Hon) for the entire moto and look second at the nag. He nabbed Ih e overall with a 1"2 over Jensen (4I) and Dennis McConnell (Kaw). who went 3-3. Burke came from last 10 finish fourth. Pro classes finalized the day's program , and all on hand got to witness superb riding by Hall on his Silko- _ len e/Beaverton Hon/Scol!/Marushin H onda CR ·s. Hall's first task was topping a 125cc Pro/Intermediate cla ss. The Camas, Wa shington , res ident lotally devoured th e co m pe tition consisting or Pro ri~"3ls Ri ck Gunderson (Ya m) and Honda pilot Keith Foidel. Ha IIa Iso easi Iy breezed to th e second moto win for th e first I-I tally over Gunderson 's 2-2. Honda rider Kun Rog stad t looked sim ilar in sty le to Hall but couldn't match th e spelod. coming up with a I- I in the Intermediates to best Bill Kent 's 2-4 and SCOl! Adair's (Hon) 4-3. Hall b lew away the last motos of the day, which were the 250cc Open Pro outings. Hall beat John Woodley (Hon) in molO one with Dave Fox (Yam), Grayson Hart (C-A/500) and Richard Earle (Hon/500) in the top rive . The second timeout was also all Hall 's. Fox was to be his closest co m- petition a quarter lap down , while Woodley ran third ahead or the spectacular dice between Open riders Earle and Han. Han thumped to first Open in moto one, but Earle held his own ahead of Han in the second and took top Open mo ney. well behind Hall , Fox and Woodley. Results 250/OPEN PRO: 1. Eric Hal CHont 2. Da"" Fox /Y....t 3 . .John ~ CHont 4. Rich Earle (Hont, 5. ~ Hart fC-A/. 125 PRO: 1. Eric Hall (Hont 2. Rid< Gunder$Ol\ /Yam t 3.1Ceith FoideI CHon) . 250 1'0": 1. Jody .lIl...... (JCawl; 2. Tany Gr.ves CHont 3 . Gary _ /Y-t 4 . Chris Leach /Y.ml: 5. M ib - . . . . (Hus~ lIll C: I .JoeRush inll (Hon t2. Cr.ig Rudge(!Caw); 3. Danny ~ (ICawI. 60 C: 1. Travis BerryCHont, 2. Ryon Lee ch (Y.ml; 3 . M ib ~ (ICawI. 1251NT: 1. K... Rogsradl CHont,2. Bill K.m(Honl; 3 . ~ Adair CHon~ OT: 1. Bob leach (Hust, 2. J im lapmkin (Han); 3 . Charles Standllfonl (Mai). 250C: 1. Tom P;IcM« Kaw\; 2. 0 .... D. vis (Suzl; 3. _ Deurr CHon~ OPENINT 1. DeenJohnson (Kaw): 2. M ike Hess : CHon~ OPE N C: 1. Mark Kristoff (KIM); 2. J.y Hillier - (Hon~ 125 C: 1• .Jeny _ /Y.mt, 2. Ed .lIlnse n (Han); 3. Dennis Mc:ConneH (Kaw). Willoh wins at the'Dunes By Teny Rezek VALENCIA, CA . DEC. 30 Cali fornia Racing Club crammed a bunch of racing into the last MX of 1984. The year-end rains had left the Dunes with a deep soak a nd n o dust . Even th e Pee Wecs zinged a ro und th e cou rse on th eir SOce ma ch ines with no problems. J eff Will oh dom in a ted thi s cla ss on his shah dri\'e Yamaha as usual . winn ing both mot os eas·ily. Ri ght behind him in both motos wa s first Intermediatc Robby H a mmond, giving th e Yarnahas some unaccustomed com petitio n on hi s Ital jet. Expert Sean Blanchard won both molOs in th e 80cc class, ta king a n immediatc lead in th e fir st a nd cru is· ing ror thc win. MOIO IWO wa s more ten se; Paul Vlach pulled a n icc hol esho t and led the first lap. Blanch a rd got the top spot on lap two, but Vlach dropped right into his shado w and stayed there ror two laps. Vla ch reall y gassed it going into th e wash at th e beginning of lap five and momen tarily regained the lead. Blanchard pa ssed h im back just before the stan of th e la st lap and hung on for the win . Intermediate Chris Lara fought o rr Randy Moody in molO one and Erick ' I" • I 1 . I I , I , '. ) ~ ' I Hil ton in moto t w o fOl IwO m o i o win s and first Inn-rm..d iar e. Odd ly, th..re- wen- no Open P ros en tered «xlay hut th er« w..re enoug h 250s and 125slO ma kei t ..xciring. Ken Zahrr . R uss Wagema n . and j o n Z hr t a h it th e first tu rn close ro nat o u t j us t in front o r th e n 'SI or th e 250 Pro s. Wa gema n h ad just a bit more th ro ttle left a nd em erged fro m th e wa sh in th e lead . Ji m H olley had a p oor sta rt bu t had m o ved pa st J on Zah rt in to th ird befo re lap two wa s ove r. In two more la ps, H olley had edged Ken Zah rt a nd spe n t th e nex t four laps clos ing o n Wageman a bo u t 20 feet per lap. By th e eig h th la p . H olley wa s righ t o n Wagem an a nd, within th e nex t lap; go t by Ior th e lead with a big rush in the sandwash . Wag em an tri ed a co me back , but H ollev a dded a few feet margin each lap ' to fini sh m oto o ne in fir st . Th e sta rt o r th e moto two was li ght , but H olley and Ken Zahrt were th e first through th e fir st turn . At lea st o ne rider wa s push ed to th e outsid e a nd went up into the trees. Holley was in front or suc h things a s h e added seve ral seco nds per lap to hi s lead for a co m fo r ta ble 30 second marginat th e win . Wageman chased him a ll th e way [or a nothe r second a nd secon d money for th e day. Wageman looked like he wa s having some machine problems and even sto p pe d bri efly in mid-mote without losing a n y pl a ces. Results PEE WEE: 1. Robby H.mmond (y.m); 2, Jason Lenz(lta); 3. Tony Cat.lde/y.m); 4 ,Chad Tewksbury (Ita). . EX: I . Jaff Willoh (V.m). 60 NOV : I . Craig DecIler (!Cawl; 2. Peblc lara (Kaw)j 3 . Jarrett Austin (Kaw) ; 4. Jason Lentz (Kaw) ; 5 . Do~tae Johnson (!Caw) . INT: 1. Jeff Willoh (!Ca . w) EX: 1. Jasse James; 2 . Jacob Swain (!Caw). 80 STK BEG: I . M ike K.rz.nen (Hon) 2. Justin Souza (Han ); 3 . Scott Connelly (Kaw) : 4 , G.ry Br inkma n (Yam); 5. Mike Cox (Kaw) , NOV : I . lance Goodman (!Caw) 2 . Pat We ide ; (y.m ); 3. Duane DeArm.n /y.m); 4. Jon Berg (Suz); 5. Larry Laye (Y.m). INT: I. Chr is Lara (Kaw); 2. Mike Bitner (V.m); 3. Erick Hilton (Yam ); 4 . Randy Moody(K.w): 5. Bubba Er ickson (!Caw). EX: 1. See n Blanch.rd (K.w): 2. P.ul Vla ch (Kaw); 3 . Steve n Kot ajarvi (Kaw). BO M OD NOV: 1. Doug Houston (Y.m); 2. Lance Goodman (K.w); 3 . larry Laye (Y.m); 4 . J . Berg (Suz). . INT: 1. Chris Lara (Kaw); 2. Erick Hilton (Y.m); 3. M ike 8 itn er (Vam); 4 . Jody Tapia IKaw); 5 . Ran dy . Moody (Kaw) . . EX: 1. Sean Bla nch . rd (K.w); 2. Paul Vlac h (!Caw); 3 . Sha ne Trittler (V. m); 4. Steve Kot.jarv i (K. w); 5 . Gary Dell egalle (Han ). 12 5 BEG: I . Dav id Biesi.da (Vam); 2. Dav. Sali · nas (Kaw); 3 . Michael Loftus (Kawl; 4 . Fra nk Cha se (KTM); 5 . Michael Parry (Su z). NOV : , . D.vid 8 ress (!Caw); 2. George Vlach . (Kaw); 3. Sid Morris (Suz); 4 . Paul Blomquest (Kaw); 5 . Bill Gilbert (Y.m). INT; I . Jaff M.ybery (K.w); 2. Donnie DeArma n (Han); 3 . Sean Blanchard (K.w); 4 .· Mercedes Gon· zales (Kaw) ; 5. Eric CI.usen (Yam). 250 8EG: I .Jeff We lsh (Y.m); 2. Jeff M inda rhon t (Yam) ; 3 . Bob Dempsey (Yam) ; 4 . J im Hammond (Y. m); 5. Marl< Barlow (Han). 250 NOV: I . Jerry Sh.rer (Suzl: 2. Ch.rle. Abbitt (Vam ); 3 . DutCh Weibel (K.w); 4 . Tim Kennedy (Yaml; 5. Mike Hawks (Y.m ). INT: I . Jeff Reynolds (Suzl; 2. Jeff Mabery (Kaw); 3 . J im Spotts (Han); 4 . Jonboy B.rrick (Hon ); 5 . Ron Meyer (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. M ike Aust in (KTM ); 2. Donny Moore (Han ); 3 . J on Axe lso n (Han ): 4 . Scott Gra ham (Han); 5. Daniel Jackson (Hon). NOV : 1. M ike Hutton (Yam): 2. Brad Sloan (Yam); 3. Je ff C.rlson (Han). INT: 1. Fr.nk LaVr es (Han); 2 . Gregg 81echman (Hon); 3 . l or en Poch irowski (Hon); 4 . Tony Seiben (Hon); 5. Edd ie Hatch. VET JR : "1. Jerry You ng (Hon); 2. Dave How ard (Su z); 3 . M ic k M ist rett a (Su d ; 4 . Greg Rogers (Hon ); 5 . Don Gaddis (Yam) . VET INT: 1. Tim Kenned y (Y. m); 2. Larry Noel (Yam ); 3 . Robe rt Cook. (Han); 4. Ron Cole (Han); 5. Errol Leduc ISuz). VET EX: 1. Ken Kulliso n (Su z); 2. David Rog ers (Han). 125 PRO. I .'Mike He.ley ISuz); 2. Guy Ar none (Kaw ); 3 . David Anti llion (Ho n); 4. M ike Kell (Kaw ); 5 . Pau l Arnold (Yam ). 250 PRO; 1. J i m Holley (Yaml; 2 . Russ Wa ge ma n ,Suz); 3 . Ken 2ahrt (Hon ): 4 . Don Goettli ng (Yam): 5 . David lynch (Hon). Ricks overcomes crash for Tyler win By Beverly Carrizales TYLER, TX. DE C. 30 The sand at Swan Raceway salvaged another race for rainplagued Texas tracks and practice began on time as the water ,, I I t. , , 01" ' 11 " I ., ' " . d isa p p enrr-d q uickly. T h e Mi n i juniors exh ibi ted a cl a ssic ' " M ur p h v' s La w" fini sh , end ing in hea rtbreak Io r one o r ou r little Iel low s. Bill y DeBaca . ridi ng fo r Co un try Van s o r Lo ngview, had tak en the lea d Irorn j ack R icks. spo nsored by Good T im es C\'Cl e/LCS/ Bill Law. H ard as R icks ' tried he co u ld not rega in the lead. DeBaca bo bbled a few times, reeli ng th e trem endous pressure Ricks was putting o n him , lookin g back a t ever y opport u n ity. As th ey en tered th e swee pi n g set o r sta di u m whoops abou t 150 feet from th e finish lin e, DeBa ca go t o u t or sha pe. Ri cks sense d th at he might co me over an d tried 10 m ove left o n ly to lose co nt ro l, nip over two whoops an d sla m to th e ground . De Baca , thinkin g R icks was still o n him , ga ssed it hard co mi ng out or th e co rner, ca usin g hi s bike's rear tire to slide co mple te ly o u t Iro rn under him . Ri cks m ap aged to get to his bike, start it and win before DeBaca could get untangled from th e flags and Iinish a very di sappointing fourth place. In the second moto, Ricks took th e lead from th e sta rt . DeBaca started ba ck in fourth , and managed 10 finish a close, but undeniable second 10 give Ricks a perfect score for th e day. The 125cc Intermediate class was dominated by· Tommy Collier, riding for T eam Creen /Team Tamm. Two beautiful holeshots a nd runaway tim es gave Collier the number o ne spot at th e end of th e da y. The o n ly in teru p tio n was a slight miscalculation in th e stad iu m jumps. Collier had such a lead that John Lowrey and Steve Hill, running second and third, could still only catch up but not manage 10 pass him. Aft er a few m oments to regain his co m posu re Collier began pulling awa y once aga in . Lowrey cr ashed a n d Hill finished second. In round two, Collier had no close co m p e ti t io n as he motored to an ove ra ll sweep. Results 60 : 1. 8 ill y D.B. c. (K.w); 2. Heat h Kirkl. nd (K.w); 3. Jody North (K.w). 80 J R: 1. J.ck Ricks (K.w); 2. Jody North (K.wt, 3 . Bill y DeB. ca (Y.m). 80 STK: 1. J.son la ngford (K.w); 2. Cliff Den nell y (Kaw); 3. J .ck Ricks (Kaw) . 80 SR: 1. Jason Langford (K.w); 2. J .son Schult. (K.w); 3 , Cliff Donn ell y (K.w) . 126 NOV; 1. Bob CI. y (Han): 2. Ch.d CI.y (Han) ; 3 . Kip Nile s (V.m). , 2 50 NOV: 1. W.lker A lford (Honl; 2. Scott se.rs (Y.m); 3 . 8 i11 Reg.n (Han). OVER 30: I , Troy R.pp (Vam); 2. K.vin River s (Suz); 3, J imm y M oor e (Suz ). OPEN A M : I . Greg Dust (Han); 2. Edw .rd H.ys (Han); 3. Cli ff Br.zi. r (Suz). 12 51NT: 1. Tommy Collier (K.wt, 2. J ohn Lowrey (Han); 3. Todd Eschberg.r (K.w). 12 5 EX: 1. Ch.d P.rk. r (K.w): 2. Eddi. Vr. el.nd (Han); 3 . Bill y Whitley (V.m). 250 INT: I . Tommy Coll ier (K.w); 2. Todd Esc h· berger (K.w): 3 . John Lowr.y (Han ). 25 0 EX: 1. Bill y Whitley (V.m); 2. A ll ey Sem.r (Hon); 3. Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw) . Pascarella powers to 'Dunes win By Ch ris Boice VALEN CIA. CA , DEC. 29 Yamaha-sp onsored Mik e Pasca re lla LOok ca re o f a ll the competition in th e 80cc Expert class, tod ay. Pascar ella successrull y thwa rt ed a ll cha ll engers a n d rini sh ed o n top o f a \"er y rast field o r Min i riders. In th e fir st SOn : E x pert m a lO, Kaw asaki p ilot Sea n Blanch ard wa s rir st o rr th e lin e, ro llowed b\" Yamaha· mOtlnted P ascarella and I·fo nda rider R ick Sim met. Pa scarell a and Simmet mad e quick work o r Blan ch ard , p ass· in g him o n th e rirst lap . Aft er gelling a bad sta rt Sha ne Trittler charged his Yamaha inlO secondjust behind Pascarel la . T ri tt ler kept Pascar ella within stri king di stan ce ror th e entire molO but wa s unabl e to ca tch him berore th e ch eckered n ag. Third a nd fourth

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