Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a nd was later found at the rear of the pack. By the th ird la p , Beyer had taken contro l of second, while Winn labored into third. A la p later , both Beyer a nd Winn shot past Nelson and sta r ted to duel for th e lead. Near th e end o f th e race, Winn m ade hi s m ove in a turn a t th e bo tto m o f a d ownhill a nd passed Beyer. From th en o n. th e race wa s a ll Winn 's, bUI the overa ll went 10 Bever a nd hi s 1-2 sco re. In th e 25'O cc P ro class. Kell er p ut a tri ck y mountai n side double j u m p 10 good use to bea t Yamaha rider Curtis Rough , H onda -m ounted j ohn Woodley a nd Kawasak i pilot J ohn Bia s. In hoth motos , Kell er clea r ly d ominat ed the rest o f the cl ass a nd ea sily won bo th m ot os. McLean claims CMC Sunrise win By David lindstrom AD ELANTO. CA. MAR. 24 M-Star-mounted Pete Murray m ixes it up with Craig White (2 4 A) and Kenny Donaldson during CMC motocross at Sunrise Valley Cycle Park. 500 NOV : 1. Chr is Newmill er; 2 . Mark M il fo rd; 3. Kenny Yeom an. 500 INT: 1. Greg Est es: 2. Kirk Bothwell . 500 PRO : 1. An t h ony Pasq u a lotto; 2. Mark H it ch ew. VET: 1. Lee Pearson ; 2. Ji m Br adl ey; 3. Ch uck Rose. 125 PP: 1. Connie Hidden. Boston parties to Pro win in Chapman By Brad and Sharon Jones C HA P MAl'\ . KS, MA R. 17 Mi ke Boston o nce aga in clobbered th e co m pe ti tio n in both the 125 a nd 250cc Expert classes a t th e Race Pl ace II in Cha p ma n . 38 In th e firs t 125cc Expert mota. Boston to ok t he ho lcsh ot, whi le Steve H endri cks burned u p th e track tryi n ~ to ca tch Boston. H endricks co u ld o n ly ma nage to pu ll w ithin several hi kelengths. Th e secon d m o to wa s a repl a y of the firs t, o n lv H endri cks lost more ~round w hen' he stnl led hi s Yam a ha in a set o f w hoops . In Ih e 250cc Experts. Bosto n ruled th e first m ot o w ith no co n test. Hen d r icks tri ed to keep u p th e p ace. but 10 no a va il. I Ien d r ic ks sa id. " I ha ve a new shoc k a nd I do n ' t have it di a led in yet. Yo u hav e 10 have goo d working sus pens io n to go fast o n th e track !" H en d ric ks fin ished a d is ta n t second, w hile SIe ve H ersch el! wo n th e batt le for th ird ov er Br ia n Carlson. In m oto tw o , Boston had th e crowd o n its feel as h e ra n in to Carlso n in th e fir st turn, leaving both riders o n th e g round, H en d ricks snuc k by to tak e th e lead , wh il e Brad j ones a nd Steve H ersch el! fo llowed. H en d rick s qu ickl y p u lle d away from th e pack, ho p in g to ge t far enoug h a head tha t Boston co u ld nOIca tc h h im . But Ba sIon had o ther p la ns . R id in g a su per b ra ce. he pull ed into seco nd p lace in o n ly IWO la ps. Bost on lo ok a n o th er lap to reel in H endrick s a nd flew pas t for th e win. On e o f th e best ra ces o f th e day was th e 250cc Open Novi ce cla ss. T he first mot o began wit h Tony Ed wa rds Iea di n~ Ih e pa ck. BUI il was Brad j uckr a nd Pa ul Do la n w homad e it a ~rea l rurc. batt l i n~ th eir way u p to first and second, res pecl ively , In lhe seco n d m o to. j ue ke was OUI fro ll! o n th e sta rt , bUI Dol a n was makin ~ h is bid fo r th e lead. H e did so, bUI j uek e did nOll ike it a nd fo u nd a n o pen i n ~ tw o la p s lat er. j ue ke ~ O l th e wh it e flag w it h the th ri ll o f immin en t vicrorv bu t soon suffe red th e agony o f d ef~a l w h en he crashed o n the fron t do ubl e jumps. Do lan went by for a n ea sy win . Bob P a yn e rode hi s H on da in for second. Edwa rds rarne in thi rd . wh ile juek e n-m o u n ted fo r fourth. good eno ug h fo r seco nd o vera II. Resu lts MINI MI NI: 1. Bobbie Skaggs (Yaml: 2. Cork Francis (Yam); 3 . J eremy Hockett (Yaml . J RCYC: 1. J esse Maley (Hon): 2. M ike LibeII Sul) . MINI THREE-WHE EL: 1. .Justin Hacketl(Ya ml: 2. Chr is Burn s (ya m ). MINI NOV: 1. Troy You n g (Ya ml ; 2 . M ike Hia ks (Kaw) ; 3 . Kevin Callaha n. MI NI J R: 1. Br ia n Sorr enson (Yam ); 2. Br ia n Pi n kely (Yeml; 3. Doug Stone (SUl). MINI OPEN: 1. Den ny Stephenson (Kaw); 2. Steve Bates. M INI EX: 1. Den ny Stephen son (Kaw ); 2. Brent Peterso n (Kaw); 3. Stev e Bates; 4 . J ustin On o (Kaw ). 125 NOV: 1. Dan ny Otoupel (Hon); 2. Paul Dolan (Han); 3. Eric Kohl (Han); 4 . Steve El lis (Kaw) . 125 J R: 1. Denny Steph en son (Kaw); 2. David Ourster lH on l; 3. Dal eAnt inoro; 4 .JamesWill iams. 125 EX: 1. M ike Boston (Kaw l; 2. Steve Hendr icks (Yam) ; 3. Todd Herr en (Ha n); 4 . Kevin M ar et (Han) . 250 OPEN NOV: 1. Pau l Dolan (Hon); 2. Brad J u eke (Yam ); 3 . Bob Payn e (Kaw l; 4 . Tony Edwards. 25 0 JR : 1. J erry Lor m i s (Han ); 2. M ar k Crough (Hon); 3. Darr ell Lacero (SUl); 4. Cody Rowa n (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. M ike Bost on (Kaw); 2. Stev e Hend ri cks (Yam); 3 , St eve Hershell (Hen); 4 . Brad J enes (Ha n). OPEN J R: t . Kelly Gillmo re (Yam); 2. Rick Fason (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Brad J on es (Ha n); 2. Stan Emer son (Han ); 3 . Craig Bal du s (Ha n); 4 . Ra ndy Jones (Ha n). Beyer, Keller clean up at Clarks BranchMX By Sea n Ha ll RO SEB URG . OR , i\IA R . 17 Ka wasaki ri der G arr y Beyer an d H onda pi lot Rod Kell er were today's big winne rs a t Cl arks Branch MX ; Beyer managed 10 n ip Yamaha-m ounted Paul Winn in th e 125cc A-B class, while Kell er dom in at ed th e 250cc P ro class. At th e sta rt o f th e first 125cc race, Winn put h is O 'N eal , Pj l -sponsored Yamaha in to th e lead b ut was closely fo llowed bv Bever. H owever . W inn was o n th e gas ' a nd prod uced a fa st a n d co n s is te n t pa ce t h a t Be ye r co u ld n ' t qu it e m at ch . But , a few laps la ter, Winn stuf fed h is Yamaha into a berm w hi ch g av e a way, ca usi ri g h im to cr as h. T h is was enough fo r Beyer 10 sto r m into th e lead : W in n restarted h is mo un t but had a lot o f ca tch i ng up to do . As the ra ce neared th e end . Wi n n ca ll~h l sig hl of Beyer. bUI il w a s to o la Ie - Be ye r gOI th e ch t'ckered flag fir s!. SlIluki -m ount t'd St t've Nelson sto le th e holeshot a t th t' sta rt o f th t' seco nd m alO; Beyer was fourth, w h ile Winn got hun g u p beh ind a d o wned rid er David McLean ca p tured bo th motos in th e Open P ro class on a AXO/Norwa lk /Hon /Yanlsponsored H onda, whi le Suzuk i-m ounted Russ Wagem an pulled o ff two wi ns in th e 250cc Pro cl ass tod a y d uri ng Ca lifornia Mo to sports Cl ub's points race a t S unri se Valley Cvcl e Pa rk . 'McLea n . wh o is na tionall y ra nked 88 th. was ridi ng Adela n to as a warm up for th e u p- corn in g H angt o wn MX Na tio na l. " I' ve go t to work o n my sta rt s," he sa id aft erwa rd s. referri ng 10 hi s d ead-last sta rt s i n bo th 250cc P ro rno tos. " I managed to wo rk m y way up 10 fin ish thi rd in both rnotos , bu t it was a st ru ggle. " The 250c c P ro firsl m o to front ru nners : Pete Murr a y. Will ie Surra t t a nd Wagem an took charge foll owed b y Do u g H oover a nd Dav e Welty. By la p three, Wagem an to o k th e lead. w h i le Mu rra y d ro pped 10 t hi r d a n d fad ed qu ickl y. H o ov er a n d Wdt y co nt in ued th ei r 4-5 SpOI duel well a head o f the rest o f th e pack. Wagem en stead ily wi d ened th e ga p o n Surra tt , who had a co m fo rt a ble ad va n tage o n Murra y. In th e clos in g laps. Mu rra y slo wed to fifth. handing McL ean a th ird a nd Darren Sh a ruga a fourth . After a tw o -la p so rting o u t per io d in mo to tw o , Surratt had a o ne seco nd lead o ver Wa gem a n . Welt y a nd MeLean wer e d icing a few seco nds behind fo r th e third spot. Halfwa y th ru th e race, Wa gem an sta r red gain ing o n Surratt , whi le Mcl.ean eased into a so lid th ird bUI sti ll fa r beh ind Surra tt. Eventuall y, Wa gt'm a n ca ug h t u p a nd passed urra u , taking the ove ra l I. Open Proj on Ortner (Ya m ) j u m p ed to a n ea rly secon d m oto lead just a h ead o f Da ve Folt z ( H a n ) a nd McLean . By th e thi rd lap . McL ean made h is move pa st Foltz a nd Ortner 10 ta ke a solid lead a nd proc eed ed 10 open th e ga p by a second a lap for th e rema inin g nine laps. Darren Sharuga moved in to seco nd a nd Foltz into th ird as Ortner faded to fini sh eig h th . In the closing laps, P ete Murra y worked his wa y a ro u nd Foltz to secu re third, while R ud i Zacsko jr. fini shed fourth. Ve t Ma st er , j on Mill er (Ya m ) si m p ly o u t-cl ass ed th e field in both m oros, puuin g half a la p o n hi s neareSI riv al , Kurt Di etrich . Di etri ch 's second m ot o weak sta rt had him rea ling in R ick Gill a n d Kenneth Ren g u x (Ve l Intermedi ate) o n th e firs t la p a nd lat er j im O 'Neal to secu re h is seco nd o vera ll with a 2-2 m a lO p la cin g . Thi rd over a ll O 'N eal had h is h ands fu ll fending o ff th e c ha lle ng e o f Ve t Int er m ed iate first o ve ra ll. Yamaha-moumed Ri ck G ill. Mini Intermediate ' Ro n n ie Den s- fo rd wi th a fo u rth in m o ta one, pulled off a second mota wi n to capture first overall. Other notiables were Terry Swanson ( 1-6) and Broc k Su ten (3-2). Mini jr. Brian Gipson (3-1) narrowly ed ged Cole Gress (2-2). Open Intermediate j ake R o a ch (S uz ) a n d Greg Blec h m a n (H a n) played swa p th e leader all day in their bid for th e o vera ll. Ro ach prevailed with a 2-1 vs. Blechman 's 1-2. Results 60 BEG : 1. Lanny Turner (K8W~; 2 . Peter Periz IKaw ); 3. Greg Schne il(Kaw). MINI BEG: 1. Ronnie Holman (Yam): 2. Trevor Barker IHon); 3. Todd Smith IKaw). MINI JR: 1. Brian Gipson (Yam); 2. Cole Gress (Kaw); 3. John Edwards (Kaw ). MINNI INT; 1. Ronnie Denslord (Kew); 2. Brock Sut en (Yam); 3. Butch Smit h ISul). 125 BEG: 1. Steve Sibell (Yam); 2. Doug Miller (Hon); 3. Jay Uan (Hon). 125 JR : 1. Dav;d Noel (Honll 2. Larry Turner (Yam); 3. Ric Reynert son (Sull. 125 INT; 1. Jell Reynolds (Hon); 2. Tracy Welty (Suz); 3. Corey Schwe itzer (Suz). 12 5 PRO: 1. M ar k Denning (Kaw); 2. Russ Wa ge man (Suz); 3. Joe M err ianew (Suz). 250 BEG; 1. J eff Solee (Hon); 2. Rich Town send (Han) ; 3. Greg Giaconin (Han ). 250JR; 1. Jim Ryder (Honl ; 2. Aaro n Ginn (Yam); 3. Kevin McCarthy (Honl . 2501N T; 1. Ty David (Cagl; 2. Tim Hann a (Hon): 3. Mu rray Sh ackelf ord ISuz). 250 PRO: 1. Russ W ageman (Suz); 2. W ill ie Surratt (Ha n); 3. David M cLean (Han) . OPEN BEG: 1. Tom Madsen (Honl; 2. Rick A. Sliger (Kawl . OPEN INT: 1. J ake Roach (Sull; 2. Greg Blechman (Han) ; 3. Tracy Hrech (Hon) . OPEN PRO: 1. David M cLean (Honl; 2. Darr en Shar uga (Yam); 3. Dan Berg (Han ). VET JR ; 1. Fred Kalm icic (KTM ); 2. Ron Holman (Yam). VET INT: 1. Rick Gill (Yaml ; 2. Fred W. Cox (Yam); . 3. Kennet h Rengux (KTM). VET MASTER: 1. Jon Miller (Yam); 2. Kurt Kie tr ich (Han); 3 . J im O'N eal (Han). OT MASTER: 1. Robert Dahlgr en (Hon). Peterson, Stith duel at Blitz Canyon hillclimb By Don DeYoung and Sandee Peterson GRAN T S PASS, OR, MAR. 17 Ironhorse Enterprise 's third hillclimb o f a four rac e seri es ca me o ff with gr eat success on an unusuall y 'dry da y in the Pacifi c North west . Top co mpeti tors from Los Angel es 10 Seattl e faced o ff against two ver y cha ll en g in g hi lls a t th e la st sche d u led even t before th e April 2 1st Pacifi c Northwest Championship. Mini a nd 100cc class co mpetitors wer e faced with a new winner in th eir cl as ses as H i-P oint, K.R .W ., Number O ne Racin g-backed Robie Peter son b las ted hi s H onda 10 fir st pl ace. Mat Morris, the domi na nt Mini-climber in Oreg o n m ad e fin e rides for seco n d p lace honors in th e 100cc cl ass. a n d co ns is tent riding by j ason Cochran gave him th e seco nd- p lace trophy in th e Min is. Consistent is the o n ly word to descr ibe o utsta nd i ng rid in g by j eff Ca m p be ll in tire class co mpetition he p ro ceeded to score vic to ries in four classes a n d runner-up behind Kerry Pet er son in th e 500cc St ock class . As usu al , a battle for th e top spots in th e 500cc cl ass a t th e p a yoff table got quite h eated a s th e da y went on. World Hillclimb Champion Kerry Pet er son put hi s H onda into th e number -one slo t with a first round bl ast over th e top th at couldn 't be bettered . th ough both ro u nds of Stock class competition. Modifi ed cl ass actio n got underway with first ro u nd fast times in 500ccan d O pen Modified . being held by Kerry Pet erson, with Steve Stith a n d R od Co chran h oldin g d own seco nd a nd th ir d. res pective ly. Sti th ca me ba ck with vengenance in th e seco nd ro u nd a nd m ade an incredi hle banzai run o n his Ma ico to ni p Pet erson for th e cl ass win . Cochran ca m e th rough with a third-place showing o n h is Honda . Stith sco red a n eq ua lly impressive win in the .

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