Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

three-race 1985 Flying W's "Showdown '85" at Seattle, Washington's, Kingdome had all kinds of racing, including indoor hillclimbing. A rider on a Honda CRSOOR is reaching the top. Mike Sullivan won the flat track finals under the 'dome. • 40 All en Pitts (Suz) a nd Honda rider Joh n Wo odley to win the first slo p p y moto. Kell er com ma nded th e second moto as well while Pitts ran a d istant second a head of WOodley. P ills looked to be Kell er's closest competi tion, but cras he d on lap two putting Woodley in seco nd and Pitts in third. Beh ind Pitts and leading a hoarde o f Inter media tes was H onda rid er Mik e Holbrook . H olbro ok had Wayn e Ch urch come fro m beh ind a nd threaten h is lead , but Ch urch cras h ed wh ich gave H olbro ok a n easy win over Devon On (Kaw) a nd Wes Hansen (Yam). Kurt Rogstadt (Hon) led the troops in th e first 125cc Intermedia te/P ro contes t, followed cl osel y by Pro riders Kenn y Ol son (Ya ma ha Sport Center ) a nd Ricky Gunderson (Yam of Springfi eld ). Rogstadt yielded to th e Pro duo , but did a marvelous job o f holding o ff a n o n-the- mo ve Peck, Cl int Washburn (Kaw) a n d Gary Beyer to win th e Intermed iat e class. Mot o two had it Ol son 's way as Gu nderson ha d troub les o n h is bo rro wed KX a nd was never a factor. Peck th en took co ntro l of th e mot a wh ile Ol son created a hu ge lead to to p th e 125 B class fo r a 2-1 overall, beat in g Kaw asak i mo unted Beyer a nd first mo to win ner Rogstadt, who went 1-3 fo r second overall. SCOll/ PJ I/ Sinsal o / T ea m G reen Kaw asaki ride r J eff Daily aga in had no o ne to race wit h d u ring the co m- . bined Mini Expert/ Intermed ia te class ru nof f. Da ily wo n bo th messy motos going awa y over Lance Rudge (Ka w) a nd T ravis Ma rkell (Ya m). T he Min i C class was 16 riders strong, a nd you ng Chuckie Sta ndefo rd (Eugene H on ) co m ma nded th e first of two slo p fests with a win o ver Scott Nored (Hon) an d Joe Ru shing. Rushing and h is Honda CRSO led sta rt-to' fin ish in moto two for th e ove ra ll wi th hi s 3-1 finish es bearin g Nored (2-2) an d Sta ndeford 's 1-5. Spring Motocross Seri es. This time the Expert class was a three-m an ra ce for local rid ers a ll th e wa y. Kevin McR ae, on a Sage Petroleum-sponsored Honda, a nd Leonard H ornbarger, on a Humboldt Kaw asaki KX, both battled with Ma ga to make h im ea rn h is win . McR ae fin ishe d seco nd, and H ornbarger was third . In th e fir st mot o , Horn bar ger got the hol esh ot , but was caug ht by Maga a co u ple laps la ter when th e la ner went wide on a turn . McRae was havin g proble ms adapti ng to th e borro wed C R500R h e was rid in g , but sti ll maintained th ird. Hornbar ger recaptured th e lead nea r th e end; then , on the las t la p a co u p le tu rn s before th e checkered flag. Horn barger sta lled a n d was T -bon ed by Maga. Maga recovered firs t for the win. followed by H ornbarger and McR ae. The second mota sa w Maga tak e the hol esh ot with McR ae second. McR ae th en took th e lead for a whi le as Maga and H orn barger p ressured eac h o ther until Hornbarger fell down in a turn. Maga then moved into the lead , whi ch he never relinquish ed. Hornbarger cha rged back in to seco nd unti l, o n th e last la p befo re th e checkered flag, he h it a pil e of tires, sca ttering th em in a sp ecta cu la r ge t-o ff. T ha t let McRae finis h second to Maga whi le Horn ba rger sa lvaged third. One o f th e better sho ws of th e da y ca me fro m th e mini rid ers. Expert Larry Moore (H o n) lea ped the quad jumps two -at-a- time by pitch in g h is C RSO sideways to gai n a linle more grou n d cleara nce. Moo re wo n bo th his mot os handil y. T he Vets/OT race sa w a co nti n uation of the pe rpetua l duel between Vet Expe rts J eff Ca rso n (Ho n ) a nd Ru ss Wyant (Hon ). Wyant won bo th motos with stiff cha llenges fro m Carson a nd Bob Anderson. E lku's C hris S trong (Ya m ) a n d W innemucca ' s P aul Dick (Kaw ) cla wed a t each ot her all the way th ro ug h both l25cc No vice mot os a nd ran a way from the rest o f th e field. Strong a nd Dick fini shed eac h mot o and th e overa ll 1-2, respe ct ivel y. Results EX: 1. R. Maga (Sull; 2. K. McRae (Han) ; 3 . L Hornbager (Kaw~. 125 NOV : 1. C. Strong IYam) ; 2 . P. Dick (Kawl; 3. S. Xavier (Han). 250 OP: 1. D. Maga (SUl); 2 . B. Wagner (Kaw); 3. M. Sm ith (SUl). 80 EX: 1. L Moore (HanI; 2. G. Evans (Kawl. 80 NOV : 1. B. Edwards (Kaw); 2. C. Olsen (Kaw); 3. B. Smith (Han). VET OT: 1. R. Wyant (Han); 2 . B. Anderson (Yam ); 3 . J . Carson (Han) . Results 250 PRO: 1. Rod Keller; 2. John Wood ley; 3 . Allen Pitts. . 125 PRO: 1. Kenny Ol son ; 2. Rick Gunderson. OPEN PRO: 1. Jere Meeker; 2. Denn is Sweet en ; 3. Doug Jackson. 60 8 : t . Danny Ulv en ; 2 . Chuckie Standeford. 60 C: 1. Mike Ulv en ; 2. Corey Fuller. PEEWEE: t. MikeUlven ; 2. Mike Paulin; 3 .Jered Bolen . 80 C: 1. Joe Ru sh ing : 2 . Scott Nor ed ; 3. Chuckie St andeford; 4 . John Feeley; 5. J im Eaves. 125 C: 1. Dennis McConnell ; 2 . Keith Berk e; 3 . Jerry Aicher; 4. Dana And erson; 5 . Greg Werner . 80 8 : 1. Lance Rudge ; 2. Trav is Markell. 80 EX: 1. Jeff Daily . 125 B: 1. Jeff Peck ; 2. Kurt Rogstadt; 3 . Gary Beyer. 250 C: 1. Ron Hall; 2. Dan Summerlin ; 3. J erry # Breaux. 250 8 : 1. M ike Holbrook; 2 . Devo n On; 3. Wa s Hansen. OPEN C: r . Alan Cauge; 2. W iley Rasmussen; 3 . Deanna Holbrook. OPEN B: t. Dean Johnson ; 2 . Scotty Russ ell : 3. Rocky Jasad. OLD TIMER : 1. Jim Lamk in ; 2 . Charles Standeford ; 3. Vic Church. 30·40: 1. Bob Leach; 2 . Rusty Garr ison ; 3 . Gary Eaves . Maga main man at Winnemucca By Frank Molitor WINNEM UCCA, NV, MAR. 24 Suzu ki-mou n ted Randy Maga, (Maga Truck Repair) took bo th rnotosto win th e seco nd of th e Brown takes Spring Series win By Moto Depo crosser Robbie Hadlock , Duke Dowell (KTM ) Honda-mounted Dave WOod a n d Suzuki rider Ken McKenzi e not far beh ind. A mi ssed ribbon made th e co u rse six m il es longer for th e first 15 Expert s a nd a t the en d o f th e firs t lap Ma rch ini had a seven- m in u te lead on KTM-mount ed R. Dal ey and en d uro specialist Duke Lambert. But , Brown , Dow ell a nd McKenz ie were fI ying and by th e end o f th e seco nd lap had cu t into Manchini 's lead cons iderably. Noticea bly a bsent fro m th e to p runners were Darrell Bro wn a nd H adlock - bo th had problems. Darrell Bro wn with a possibly bro ken ri b a nd Hadl ock with a def in itely brok en front hub. At the fin ish Kevin Brown had th e win bv Iive mi n u tes a n d Dowell (spo nsored by Diabl o Sportcycle/ HiPo int ) was seco nd overa ll. Firs t 250cc, McKenz ie was th ird; March in i faded to fourth ri di ng on a flat tire for two laps and Dave Wood stayed co nsis tent for fifth . T he Am ateur start was led by Expe rt rnotocrosser J a y H eyin g o n an O pen H onda and Micha els Cvcle Work s RM 250 Suzuki-m ounted' Dave Por ter. Bo th ri d er s dom in at ed the ir respective classes wit h Porter earn ing his Expe rt p la te wit h thi s ride. Bot h H eyin g a nd P orter pu t in a n im p ressive ri de, bo th fin ishi ng in th e top 15 o vera ll. T he overa ll Novice winner , D. Win er , led the entire race on a 250 KT M. Yamaha-mounted Brett Kindall wo n th e 200cc class by a long way a nd he will be riding ama teur next race. All I i 5 rid ers enjoyed the co urse. Results OVERALL: 1. K. Brown IHon l; 2. D. Dowell (KTM ); 3 . K. McKenzie (Suz); 4 . E. Marchin i (H us); 5 . D. Wood (Ha n); 6 .J. HaakerIHus); 7. K. Ramsay (KTM) ; 8 . J . Heying IHon ); 9. C. St it ser IATK); 10 . D. Lam bert (KTM ). OPEN EX: 1. K. Brown IHon); 2 . E. March in i IHus); 3 . Dave Wood (Honl. OPEN JR : 1. J . Hey in g (Han ); 2 . K. Paulsen; 3 . S. Cunningham (Han) . OPEN NOV : 1. K. Marshall (Honl; 2 . J . Ell is (Han); 3 . A. Sheehan (Hu s). 250 EX: 1. D. DoweIlIKTM); 2. K. McKenlie ISu .l; 3 . D. Lambert (Hus) . 250 JR : 1. D. Porter (SUl); 2. J . M iner (Han) ; 3. D. B i~ . . 250NOV; 1. S. Winer IKTM); 2. A . Borth (Yam); 3 . J . Fegert (Husl. 200 NOV: 1. D. Ki ndall (Vam); 2 . M . Rimer (Kaw l. 125 NOV: 1. J . Bryant ISUl); 2. S. Ledwith (KTM) . VET EX: 1. T. Barbero (Yam) ; 2. J . Dekay (Han); 3. A. McDade (Han) . VET JR : 1. T. Gardner IHon); 2. J. W inkelbeur (SUl) ; 3 . D. Branham (KTM) . VET NOV : 1. D. Yanish (Vam); 2. J . Porter (Yaml; 3 . J . Harmon (KTM . OT EX: 1. J . Goldberg (KTM) ; 2 . C. McMahon (KTM) ; 3. J . Coulomb (Han) . OT JR : 1. D. Wright (Hus) ; 2. L. Marshall (KTM) ; 3. G. Barnes (Hus) . OT NOV : 1. J . Brown IHus); 2. J. Day (Hus) ; 3 . C. Grant (Yam). PP: 1. P. Dunn (SUl). Sullivan smokes Kingdome FT HUN G RY VALLEY, NV. MAR . 3 1 By Bruce Scholten After a solid week of sn owing, th e skies Clea red, turned blue and th e Reno Chapter o f th e Ov er The Hill G ang had near- SEATTL E, \VA, MAR. 30 perfect wea th er for th eir Hi-Point H are Scram bles in Hungry Valley. Kevin Brown , rid ing a Yering ton Hon da Sh op CR500, won aga in. U nlik e the dr y co urse o f last Decem ber, he had to co nten d with ge tti n g lost , th en sn ow, an d mud o n a longer, mor e-techn icall y-dem andin g co u rse wi nd ing thro ug h th e mou nta ins. Bro wn a lso h ad Ed Mar ch in i on a Su n R iver /H i-P oint- s p on s o r ed H ush 10 worrv a bo u t. Mar ch ini led the fir s t tw o 'Ia ps o f th e 23- mile co urs e bu t a flat dash ed hi s ch a nces o f wi nni ng . T he sta rt wa s in th ree waves a n d in nea r- perfect wea ther. Bro wn an d Conrad Sti tser on a J esse's Cycle/ Hi Po int ATK led th e Experts 10 the bomb with top AMA Distr ict-Sfim oro- Mike Sullivan was a happy man after winning the flat track A m ain a t th e Seattle, Washington, Kingdome, which was the si te of th e third an n ua l " Showdow n 'S5" racin g extra vaga nza .' It was a weekend tha t ga ve fan s the op portu n it y to see flat tra ck racin g , speedwa y, and even a hill climb all un der o ne roo f. And fo r h is part , Sullivan 's vict or y was worth a cool $2000. But it was a tou ch -and-go si tua tion for Sullivan , beca use Chris Fi tzh ug h a lmos t had the mai n in the bag , but a n u nexpected mistake by Fi tzh ug h gave th e win a nd the cash to Sull iva n . Fitzh ug h wa s seco nd , a n d third pl ace wen t to Ron Yama mo to. Pre-race favorite Ran d y Pat terson. got a bad sta rt in th e fir st heat and, as he sai d later , "s crewed up big- tim e, tryi ng to ca tch up. " After nea rly fai lin g in turns th ree a nd four, Patter-

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