Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Cl ay Hoenshell took a dive f ro m his Suzuki at the Corona MX . He finally placed second overall 125cc Pro behind Terry Tinney (Su z). Dean Niel sen , a co -fo u nde r o f th e \\'TA. to ok th e gold m edal in th e Sen ior class. T he Begi nn er cl ass was won by nine-year-old Mark Oldrovd, wi th th e silver m ed al in th e Beginner class going to a nother nine-year-old, Erik Martin , rid in g in hi s fir st m eet. Results EX: 1. Rich Hilbun (SWMI 27 ; 2. Kei th Adams (Monl 29; 3 . Jeff Kingsford (Yam) 57 . A DV: 1.. Kelly Oldroyd 19 ; 2. Tate Jorgensen 22. Joe Laravie 22 . INT: t , Stan Mcvey 16; 2. Scott Flinon 17; 3. Kris Mo rgan 21. NOV: Adam Tay lor 18 ; 2. Tom Branam 18 . SR: 1. Dean Nie lse n 19 . BEG; 1. Mark Oldroyd 13; 2. Erik M art in 17 . '0 Campbell, Mathieson on the move at MedfordSX By Clay light MEDFORD, O R , FEB. 10 AMA flat track Expert J eff Campbell took a big win in th e 250cc A main event at Medfords Expo Park arenacross MX on 32 his Simpson-sponsored Suzuki. Mark Mathi eson co ntin ues to dorninare th e big-bore ac tio n o n his H onda CR500 , winning lilt' O pen A a nd Open Pro m oney mains in front of a ca pacity cro wd . Zach Rund (H o n) has been in co n trol o f th e 60cc class almost a ll season a nd toda y rode su p er b en route to fir st-place br ass ov er rival J oe Don Ireland (Hon). An other strong performer has been co ns iste nt fem a le Kristin Cowan o n th e Paul's Sport Center Yarnahas. Cowan clobbered th e field o f 80cc m ach in er y while Suzuki riders H ank Peterson a nd Wa yn e Frampton filled th e rema ining trophy SIX llS . Ri ck Beck (S uz) made it two ran's in a row a l the Expo Par k by toppi ng th e 125cc m ain eWIlI on his trust y RM . T ro y Coburg a n d L ance H older made it a Suzuki sweep by finishin g second and third . Ca m p bel l laun ch ed hi s Nalional n umbt'r iO-pl;tted RM into th e lea d a t th e sta n o f th e 250cc A m ain eve nt and like m any other TT/ n a t tr ack er s. us es MX to stay in shape during th e o ff season. Ca m p bell was un conu-sted d u ri ng th e enti re m ain wh i le Frank Word III (Ya m) rode throu gh traffic to seu le int o sec-ond a fter a' row-t wo sta n . Wo rd ea rned a tick et th e hard wa y. having to rak e a sem i win aft er throwing a cha in in h is hea t ra ce, but sti ll wa s no match for Cam pbell. Randy T ort-son (Ya m ) was third, Mathi eson, Devin Madison a nd Bob Ingl e put three H onda s into t lufront-runn ing positi ons in th e Open A main event a nd th e duo exc ha nge d blows on th e gnarl y supercr os s track unti l Mathi eson put th e throttl e to its sto ps and pul led a way using hi s P ro motocro~s ex peri en re to ba " hi s fir st of two Will S over Mad iso n. Ing le a nd r f rid er Bob Klum (H em) . Dave Nordin (Hon 500) was to be Mat hieson 's closes t competition in th e I(l-ri der Open Pro mon ey co ntest. Campbell (Yam 500 ) and Word (Ya m 250) rode through traffic to mak e a four-way freight train unti l Campbell cras hed a nd Word threw a cha in again to move Mike Hamilton (Ya m 500) and Ing le (Hon 480 ) into th e top Five a t th e fini sh , Results OPEN PRO: 1. Mark Mathieson IHonl; 2. Dave Nordin IHon~; 3 . Devin Madison (Han ). OPEN A: 1. Mark Mathieson (Ha n); 2. Devin Madison IHonl; 3. Bob Ingle (Hon ). 25OA: 1. Jeffrey Campbe ll (Suz); 2. Frank Word III (Yam); 3 . Randy Toreson (Yam). 125 A : 1. Rick Beck (Su z); 2. Troy Coburg (Sud; 3 . Lance Holder (Suz). 80 A : 1. Kr ist in Cowan (Kaw) ; 2 . Hank Peterson (Suz); 3. Wayne Frampt on (Suz l. 60 A : 1. lach Rund (Hon); 2 . Joe Don Ireland (Hon). Evans holds steady at Corona MX By Nate Rauba CORONA, CA , FEB. 8 Although R ussell Evans spe n t most of the even ing in seco n d p lace, consistency en a bled him to tak e ho me th e overall victory in th e 250cc N o\'i ce cl a ss to n ig h t a t Corona Ra ceway. E\' ans' 2-2 tall y did th e job, best ing ru n ne r- u p Da ren Br i" " s' 1-3 ma rk . E\'an s p ut hi s KTM into th e lead a t the start o f t he first m ow as Craig All en (H o n), J ohn Call er (H o n ) a nd Bri""s (Ea rl y Bird/Hon ) chased. Both Allen a n d Caller fell ba ck to th e rear o f th e pack on th e open in" lap, m o vin g Br ig gs up to secon d a h ea d o f J im S tent z (Se lvy 's / Hou ) and C h r is Mi cklos (Ya m) . Bri g gs qui ckl y m oved in o n Eva ns a nd passed him o n th e secon d lap . a nd o nce he wa s in front the H onda pil ot wa s a ble to pull a sma ll lead . Eva ns never let Briggs o u t o f sig ht, bu t was unable to get close-r t ha n a few bikeh-ngth s to Br iggs before th e finish . S tentz h eld th ird a few tic ks a head o f Mi ckl o s. Caller ca me ba ck to stea l th e ho leshot a t the start o f moto two a h ead o f Eva ns a nd Davi d Emerson (Ka w) , As Ca ller bega n to pu ll away ea rl y in the race, Briggs was bu sy working o n Emmerso n for th ird. Bv th e tim e Bri gg s h ad ra p tured third , Eva ns was nowhere in sight. Ca ller had no p roblem s in thi s m ot o a nd went o n to tak e a n ea sy win . Evan s fin ish ed a d ist ant seco nd . Br iggs held o n to third . fend ing o ff a lat e cha rge by David H a m m ond (Ya m) . Eva ns took th e o vera ll w it h Briggs second , a nd Call er 's 8-1 wa s good for third , Th e 250cc Beginner class wa s the scene o f so me inten se bat ti l'S Ion igh l. Suzu ki-mou nted Tim Forbes eas ilv won th e first m ow while Dan Baud er , Sha w n H e i f, R on L aThrop, and Wa yn e Reasn er fought for second. Aft er a lo t of shuffl ing. Darin Cook ca me u p 10 claim the p osit ion at th e finish, with Heif m aking a last la p pass to tak e third from Reasner. In moto tw o , Heif Jed from th e sta n wi th Forbes hot on h is tail. But Forbes cras hed hi s Suzu ki o n th e fir st lap, a nd Heif had no trouble pulling a way to a big win . Bauder , Cook . a n d J eff l:' enrich wer e engaged in a tense do gFight o ver second pl ace. Cook stalled a nd dropped to fourth , wh ile H enri ch took seco nd from Bauder. At th e fin ish it was H eif wa y a hea d o f H enr ich, Bauder, a n d Forbes who h ad co me back to cl aim fourth - giving him second overal l, Third went to Cook . Results HIGH SCHOOL M INI: 1. M ike W iese (Arl); 2. Scott St ra ngio (Upl); 3 . Ken W eesn er (Hem). 12 5 SR: 1. Ronnie J ordan (Upl); 2. Car l Benjamin (A rl); 3. Tony O'Campo (Upll . 175 INT; 1. Ronnie Jordan (Upl); 2. Bill y Cham pion (Hem), 250 SR: 1. Tony Strangio IUpl); 2 . Gu y Cortner (Ar l); 3 . Mondo Dur an (Hem ). OPEN NOV; 1. Eric St ull (Hem ); 2. Greg Flan igan IArI} . UNA TIACHED PEe w eE: 1. Bria n Vi sea (Hon ); 2. Bria n Teets (Kaw); 3 . Jason Len tz (Kaw). M INI BEG 13+: 1. John Peter son (Kaw) ; 2. Wi l· Iiam Tuc ker (Yam); 3 . Eri c Nich ols (Kaw). M INI NOV: 1. Darin Green (Varni; 2. Bri an San chez IKaw); 3 . Jeff Fine (Kaw) . MIN IINT; 1. Donny McG lau g hlin (Kaw); 2 . David Wodaszewski (Kawl. M INI EX: 1. M ike Wiese(Yaml; 2 . J im Besnk (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. Guy Deckert (Kaw) ; 2. Jacen Rutt (Hon); 3. John Garc ia (Hon). 12 5 BEG II: 1. ChuckCollins(Hon); 2. Pau l Quinn (Suz); 3 . Steve Flynn (Suzl. 12 5 NOV: 1. Jerry J ett on ISuz); 2. Rick Weaver IKa w); 3. Bill A ube rlen (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Murray Shackelford ICag); 2. BJ M Illspaugh (Kaw); 3 . Rob Gordon (Kaw) . 12 5 PRO: 1. Terry Tinney(Suz): 2. Clay Hoenshell ISuzl. 250 BEG; 1. Shawn Heit (Yam ); 2 . Tim Forbe s (Suzl; 3. Darin Book (Honl. 250 NOV ; 1. Russell Evans IKTM); 2 . Daren Br iggs (Hon); 3. John caner (Han ). 250 INT; 1. Tim Wh itlcx:k (Hon) ; 2. Laurie Fooks (Suzl; 3. Eddie Kennedy (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Gordon Ward (Yam ); 2. Jerry Black (Suz); 3 . Jack Scott (Honl. OPEN BEG: 1. Ben Green (Yaml . OPEN tNT; 1. Robert Tipp it (Kawl: 2. Dean Wi lkin son (Han) . OPEN PRO: 1. Gerry Lattimer (Kaw ). Lovas fights to'fake Corona overall win lead a t th e start o f the first moto wit h Chu ck Coll in s, Eric Ack el (Ya m), a nd -J acen Ru tt (H o n) foll owing. Collins took th e lead o n lap one whil e Ron Sha ffer (H o n ) moved into fourth . On th e nex t lap Col lin s opened up a lead , o n ly to fumbl e a nd fall to fo u rt h . P a r rv inh erit ed fi rst a n d qui ckl y p u t so me d istance o n Arkel, Colli ns took thi rd fro m Shaffer a nd was soo n o n Ac kcl 's tail a nd tryin g' to pass. In a right ru rn Colli ns sq ueezed undern ea th Ack el a nd cli p ped th e Yamaha pi lo t's fro nt wheel. ca using him to dow n o n to p o f Coll ins . L o va s to ok over second , a nd it wa sn ' t long before he was cha llengi ng P arry for th e lead. Pa rrv held h im off to ta ke th e win , willi Sha ffer in third, wa y a head of Ac kel. S uzu ki ri der Br ian Avers burst into the lead o f m ot o tw o ahead o f Parry a nd L ov as. By lap two , Ayer s had ~1rop ped to th e back o f th e pa ck, givIllg th e lead to P arry who had Collins in h is tra cks. Co lli ns rried to double jump h is wa y into th e lead. onl y to la n d a litt le sh ort and nea rl v crash , On th e nex t lap Parry wasn't about to le t Coll ins try the same move, so h e tried th e doub le jump method and n earlv cr as hed himself. On th e fourt h la p Co ll in s finally gOI th e lead . and Lc~\'a s followed him pa st Parry to gam second. L o va s sta yed fairly close to Collins for th e remainder o f the : ra ce but co u ld n' t get by. In th e end, it didn 't m ailer; th e 2-2 tally gave Lovas the o verall , and Collins secured second with a 5-1sco re. Parry dropped o u t o f tl~e m ~)(o on th e la st lap g ivi ng R u t t thud III th e m oro and fourth o vera ll behind Schaffer's 3-4 performa nce. Th e 250cc Novice class was basica ll y a two-m an ra ce between Steve Sequeira (KTM/ Pe r f C ycl e) a nd Cla y Stanford (G BH / Suz). Sequeira holeshot both motos a n d Stanford ca me up to c ha llenge him fo r th e lead. Aft er bauling for half of mota o ne, Stanford ca me up a bikelength short a t th e finish . In th e seco nd round h e again ta llied Sequeira for the entire race but co u ld n ' t g et by. "0 Results HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN : 1. Ja im e Ki rkpat ri ck IPerl ; 2. Harp el Kang (Nor l. MINI NOV: 1. Louie Rom o (Coil; 2. Stev e Foster (Tusl; 3. Tim W ell (Cerl. 100: 1. St even Foste r crus ). 12 5 NOV: 1. J erry LitteraI ICol); 2. Hank Torre s (Perl ; 3 . J eff Dean (Per). 125 SR: 1. Medardo Ju arez 175 NOV : 1. J err y LitteraIICol); 2. Hank Torres . (Per); 3 . Je ff Dean (Per). 175 SR; 1. M ena rdo Jua rez (Col). 250 NOV: 1. Don Litte ral (Col); 2 . Paul Rett e r (Cer); 3. John W illiams (Cer ). 250 SR: 1. Gordon Wa rd (Col). OPEN: 1. Gord on Wa rd (Col); 2. Don Litteral (Col); 3 . MI ke Rambo IPer). UNATIACHED PEEWEE: 1. Bria n Peterson (Kaw) ; 2. Brian V isca IHon); 3. Brian Teets IKaw) . . M INt BEG 12 -; 1. Jeff Lewis (Kaw); 2 . Ja son Ma rtin IYam); 3 . Ad am Jo nes (Kaw) . M IN t BEG 13+; 1. Eri c N. (Kaw); 2 . Je ff Retzer (Kaw ); 3 . Brya n Davis (Kaw ). M IN t NOV; 1. Guy Deckert lKa w); 2. Cha r lie Brown (Kaw); 3 . Ronn ie Martin (Kaw) . M INI INT: 1. David Wodaszewski (Kaw) ; 2. J im B. (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Robert Lovas(Kaw); 2. Ch uck Colli ns (Hon ); 3. Ron Shaff er IHon). 12 5 NOV; 1. Bill A ube rlen (Yam); 2. Robert Briney (Hon t, 3 . Robe rt McCay (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Bi ll y Nielson (Hon) ; 2 . M urray Sha ck ellord (Cag); 3 . Tim Ben son IKaw). 250 BEG: 1. M arc Visser (Yaml ; 2. Tim Forbes (Suz); 3 . Guy Corm er (Hon). 25 0 NOV: 1. Steve Sequ iera (KTM); 2. Clay Stan fo rd (Suz) ; 3 . Kon Baur (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Kennv M add ux (Yam); 2 . Tim Pass (Han); 3 . Cort land Brow n (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Greg Zitt erkopf (Hon); 2. Scott Keyes (Kawl; 3. Kip Sandell (Kawl . OPEN BEG: 1. Ron Cavanaugh (Honl; 2. M ich ael D. (Han ); 3 . David Faja rdo (Hon) OPEN NOV: 1. Bria n Fremling (Yam) ; 2 . Bren t Pett er (Han); 3 . St ev e Ball mer (Kawl. tceu By Nate Rauba CO RO N A, CA, FEB . I Kawa saki-mounted Ro bert Lovas may have been second best in each of th e 125cc Beginner motos tonight at Corona Raceway . but when th e scores were talli ed, it was L ova s wh o was fir st o\'era ll. Mi chael Parry (Suz ) grabbed th e Hall, Sweeton sweep at Woodland By Brian Barnes WOODLAND, \VA, JAN . 26 When th e results were logged into the record ledgers. Bea ver-

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