Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

up to seco nd . Shu ry kept th e pressure o n th e recaptured seco nd in la p five. But H ea lev wouldn 't ba ck off. a nd push ed h is' wa y back into seco nd tw o la ps la ter. stay ing there for th e w in . AI tilt' d ro p o f th e flag for th e seco nd m oto. Brook s was back in th e lead. Sh ury and H ea ley we re a t second a nd third. H eal ey moved to second on la p two. and pulled up cl os e to Bro o ks by lap four. Tha t was th e best H ea ley co u ld do a nd th e m oto finish was th e same as th e overa ll: Brooks. H eal ev. a nd Shury. . Mouse ~IcCo\' . o n a H o nd a from H on da. .IT. a mi Oakley. shot to th e fron t o f the 250cc P ros at th e drop o f the f.:a te of moto o ne . Ken Zahrt , Bu-nt Shury. a n d Jeff Leisk wer e in a tight pack r ig h t beh ind ~ I cCoy . In lap I WO . Shury dropped out a nd th e o ther th ree hel d posi ti o n fo r a no th er two laps. As th ey sta rted lap five. L eisk pull ed some m o re speed o u t of h is H onda a nd squeezed p a st Za h r t in th e fla t-o ut sa nd wa sh . By la p seven . he was snarl in g a t McCo y a nd trapped him somewh ere o n th e backside of the co urse in th e m iddl e o f lap eigh t. L ei sk cr uis ed in for th e m o ro w in with McCo y secon d a nd Zah rt thi rd . McCoy took a n in stant lea d in mow two w ith Leisk o n lv in ch es behind . A few feet furt h er b~ck were Zahrt a nd Shury. ~IcCoy ' s lead la sted o n ly until lap two w hen L eisk took o ver. Leisk added o ne o r tw o seco nds per lap to fi n is h w ith a co mfortab le lea d a nd a nother m ot o win to g et first 250cc P ro for th e dav. :\Ic Co v stuck it o u t for a nother secoild . Shurv slip ped by Zahrt in lap si x to ta ke thi rd for th e m or o , but hi s DNF in th e first m ot o kept him o ut o f the money. Zharr 's fourth here a nd third in m ot o o ne got him thi rd spo t m on ey for th e day . Res ults PEE WE E 50 : 1. Pablo Lara (Yam ); 2. Aobby Ham m ond (Yam ); 3 . Tony Catal de (Yam l. 60 UN DEA B: 1. J eff W ill oh (Kaw) ; 2. Aob by Ham mond (Kaw), NOV ; 1. Pablo Lar a (Kaw ); 2 . Joe Hicks J r . (Yam); 3 . Jason Sewell (Hen); 4 . Kevin Boll ing er (Kaw ). INT: 1. Cra ig Decker IKa w) . EX: 1. Dam on Huffman (Yaml. BOS TK BEG : 1. Scott Connelly (Kaw); 2 . J us ti n Souz a (Hon); 3. Gary Bri nkmeyer (Yam); 4 . M ark McCl ell an (Han); 5 . J .R. Cechetti (Yam ). NOV : 1. Duan e Ben ner (He n); 2 . J on Berg (S uz); 3. Bjorn Lof strom (Yam) ; 4 . Eri ch Bro esel (Kawl; 5. Guy Deckert (Kaw) . INT: 1. Erick Hi lt on (Yam I; 2. Ronn ie Oen sf ord (Kaw l; 3 . Bubba Erick son (Kaw); 4 . Kevin Peopl es (Kaw l; 5. Brock S uter (Yam l. BOMOD BEG: 1. Justin Souza (Ha n); 2. J .R. Ce cbe tt i (Yam ). NOV : 1. Pat W eid e; 2. Brian Gip son (Yam ); 3 . Doug Hu ston (Yam); 4 . D uane Ben ner (Han ). INT: 1. Erick Hilton (Yam); 2. Ronnie Densford (Kaw) ; 3 . Bubba Er ickson (Kaw l; 4 . Broc k Sut er (Yam ); 5. But ch Sm ith (Suli. 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Mi ke l u cas (Ka w l; 2 . Chri s Connor (Han); 3, W olfgang Krogma nn (Han ); 4 . Bi ll Ab bo tt IKaw); 5 . M ike Svendsen (Kaw) . BEG DIV 2 : 1. Br ian M ell (Hon ); 2 . Gary W ell er (Suz); 3 . Scott Ron e (Ha n); 4 . J on Ber g (Suzl; 5 . Rick Smith (Kaw) . NOV : 1. Danny Barn ett (Han ); 2. Paul Matthews (Kaw); 3. David Bress; 4 . Rob Sassen (Cag); 5. Cory Aak ick (Yam ). INT: I , Curt Tr im ble (Han); 2. Jeff Capt (Ka w) ; 3. Tom Hol t (Kawl; 4. Ray Groom (Yam); 5. Larry Bene diet (Kaw) . 125 PAO : I . Larry Brook s (Han ); 2. M ike Healey (Suz); 3 . Brent Shury (Han); 4 . Pedro Raym u ndo ' (Ha n); 5 . J on Zahrt (Han). 250 BEG : 1. Kirk Puermer (Yam l; 2.JeH Gagn on (Su zl: 3. Bob Dempsey (Yam); 4 . J ack Parker (Han ); 5. J im Audman (Han ). NOV : 1. AOOd M eyer s (Yam ); i . Cory Aak ick (Yam); 3 . Chr is B urgeson (Yam): 4 . Chr is Cadm an (S ull . INT: 1. Ron Meyer (Yam l; 2. Bi ll Mcintyre (Yam l: 3 . Gordon Bell (Han ); 4 . Bryan Paquette (Han); 5. Pete Csu lak (SU l ). 250 PAO: I . Jeff Lei sk (Han); 2. M ouse McCoy (Han); 3. Ken Zahrt (Honl; 4 . J ohn Posca (Yam) ; 5 . J ack Gre enberg (Han) . OPEN , BEG: I . Aon Baker: 2 . Sat O sh itakashi (Han); 3 . Aobbert Saldana (Han ). NOV: 1. Eric Barr (He n); 2. Robert Joh ns on (Hcnl; 3 , Ch uck Revnolds (Hon l; 4 . Brad Sloa n (Yam); 5 . Don Abdella (M · S). INT: 1. Gregg Blechman (Han): 2 . Fra nk Con stanza (Han); 3 . J ason Coolba ugh (Cag ); 4 , Dou g Taft (Yam ); 5 . Robert Tipp itt (Kawl. OPEN PAO : 1, Sh awn Lane (Han). CAC VETS JA : 1. J A M acDonald (SUl); 2, Bill Lart y(Yaml; 3 . Ja ck A ll en (Yam l; 4 . Kevin Sext on (Su z); 5 . Nick M ,st rett a (Suz ). INT: 1. Er rol l educ (Suzl; 2. Bi ll Denn is (Han); 3 . Bob Baasley (Yam); 4 . Aon Cole (Han). EX; 1. M arino Bast ionell (S uz); 2 . Je f Hamot (Han); 3 . Jo e Brou ssard ; 4 . Ma rk Hell er (Han); 5 . . Ken Kull uson (Suzl. Bertram takes RRMCHS Fast! Quick! Hot n ews! That's what Cycle N ews i s all ab out, and that's what motorcycling is all abou t . A n ything else is history! Tell the world h ow you f eel - you w ant it, and wan t it n o w with a ne w Anything Else is Histor y T-shirt or j ersey. Or der yours toda y! By J im Bowman LlVER;\ IO RE. CA . FEB. 10 T eam H u s k v/ C vcI e G ea r / O 'Nea l US A -~pori sored Dave Bert ra m wo n the R ich mo nd R a m ble rs Motorcycl e Cl ub (R R ;\IC ) ha re scra m bl es today at Frank Ra in es Park o u tside Li verm o re. Bertram rod e h is H uskv 500AE au tomati c to th e lead o \'er first 250cc Expert pil ot Mike Ma rq uez an d second 250 cc Expert D u ke Dowell (Dia blo Sport C ycles / KT;\ I). A 1':a tio na l enduro star a nd lo ca l h ero . Bertram 's win was ex tra special toda v lx-rau s« h e ea rn ed ir in fron t o f h is I;o me clu b (R R l\IC) a nd shared the victory cirrl« wit h a lot o f o ther enduro ri d ers at t h is cross ro u nuv even t. Filli ng o u t th e top Iive o vera l'l were Sout h C ity Cyc le's J o hn H aa ker , in fo u rt h a nd fi flh ovrrn l l J eff Ir wi n (Su n R i ver Cy ril' Hu sk y / I n ter- L in k), wh o clai med th e D ist ri c t 36 number o n e en d u ro plate fo r th e seco nd yea r in 1984. Back in th e A ma teu r cla ss, en d u ro rid l'rs ron tin ued to perfo rm well roda y o n Ihe ti ghl o ff-ca m her trai ls th a i m ade up m uch o f the co u rse. Eri c Ha rvev dom in a ted t he Amateur class acrio nlea ding the 250cc cl ass 10 firs t overa ll ah ead of seco nd 250cc pilot D uane SCOIL In third o vera ll, en d u ro arrowchaser a nd R ich m ond Ra m blers club m ember J im Bo w m a n (C ycle G ear/Jim & J im 's Yam a ha ) It'd th e Ope-n A mateur class a nd sh ared th e wi n ner 's circl e w it h Cycle Gear span· so r and RR:\I C cl u b m ember R ic ha rd Christi an , w ho won th e Old Timer Am au-ur class . Frank H o we led th e Vel Ama teurs. W ith an o vera ll Exper t fin ish a nd a co u p le of top Am a teu r fin ish es. it wa s si mp ly ici ng o n th e RR;\I C ca ke w h en clu b enduro rid er Kirbv Well s cla im ed the No vice- overa ll ;I\;'a rd by a co ns idera ble five-m inu te m arg in a t th e en d of th e last race. Da le Mr Kenz i« (seco n d Open Nov) a n d S te p he n Sa u ler (th ird Open Nov ) foll owed Ki t bv's YZ-l90 up a n d dow n th e slee p h ill s. whil e 25 0c c t hrot t le-t wi st er Ro ger Lindsey led J err y Martin (seco nd 250cc No v) a nd An d y Borth (3rd 250 cc Nov ) through th e rocky and wet cree kbed secti on. T op 200cc Novice p il ot J oh n Si lva cla imed hi s class win in th e warm th of th e af ternoon sun . hours past th e time wh en th e Expert s a nd Ama teurs had been slippin g a nd slid ing on th e ear ly morn ing i= • Results OVERALL; 1. Dave Bert ram (Hus); 2 . M ike Mar quez; 3. Du ke Dowell (KTMI; 4 . John Haaker (KTM) ; 5. Jeff Irwin (Husl; 6. Dave Wood. 7 . Dou g Noell; B. Ed M arc h in i; 9. Clove L Holl and S r.: 10 . J im Norris . OPEN EX: 1. Dave Bertram IHus); 2. John Haaker (KTM) : 3 . Jeff Irwi n (Hu s). 250 EX: I . M ike M arqu ez; 2. Du ke Dowell (KTM ): 3 . Cloye L. Holl a nd Sr. 200 EX: I . Fan Hoagland (Kaw) . VET EX: 1. Scon Davi s; 2. Rick long; 3 . Henr y leslie . EX: 1. John Hearne; 2 . Er ic Hod el; 3. Doug Fieldin g . OV ERA l l A M : 1. Eric Harvey; 2. Duane Scott ; 3 Jim Bow ma n (Yam ). OPEN AM : 1. J im Bowman (Yam); 2. David Schl osser; 3 . M ar k Schr oed er. 250 AM : 1. Eric Har vey; 2. Du an e Scott; 3. N ick Collin. VET AM : 1 , Fra nk Howe; 2. Jim You ng; 3. Frank Cu aresman. OT AM : 1. Ric hard Chr ist ia n (Hu sl; 2. W alt Peter son (Ho n); 3 . Chuck Crist (Hu s). OVEAALL NOV : 1. Kirby W ell s (Yam l. OPEN NOV: 1. Kirby W ells (Yam ); 2. Dale M e· Kenee: 3. St eph en Sattler . 250 NOV: 1, Roger lindsey; 2 , J er ry M artin; 3 . Andy Borth. 200 NOV: 1. Joh n S ilv a; 2. David Robin son; 3 . J ack Young 12 5 NOV: 1. 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