Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(Kaw); 3. Chad Nolt ing IKaw) . '25 NOV: 1. Brent Armstrong (Kaw); 2. Stev e Bra ck IKa w); 3. Erik Ko hIIHon ). 12 5 J R: 1. Robert Black (Suzl ; 2. Dave Antinoro (Kaw ); 3. James Williams. 125 EX: 1. Mike Boston IKaw ); 2. Jeff Sch umach er (Yam); 3. Steve Hendricks (Yam). 250-0 PEN NOV: 1. Pau l Dola n(Hon); 2. LeeCyre (Hon); 3 . Mer in Unruh. 250 JR: 1. Mark Crough (Hon) ; 2 . Rich ie Blackmo re (Suz); 3. Jerry Lorm is (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Mike Boston IKaw); 2. Jo hn Lambe" (Yam); 3 . Jeff Schumacher (Yam ). OPEN JR: 1. Den nis Etar idg e (Hon); 2. Rick Fason (Honl . OPEN EX: 1. Br ad Jones (Han ); 2. Scott Ell is (Ho n); 3 . Stan Emerson (Hon) . OVER 30 : 1. Richard Basinger (Kaw) ; 2. Larry Perkins (KTM) ; 3 . Larry Colwell (Yam ). AMA/NMA Tri State Series: Final Round Manning ' wraps .up Pro title By Carol Clark ADELANTO, CA, AP R . 7 Former m inicyc1e champ "Flying Mik e" Brown took the l25cc P ro gold in the grand finale of the N\1A1NMA Tri-State Series, Brian Myerscough scored third in the 250cc Pros in the second round of the NMA Tri-State Series. which qualified him for the Hangtown National MX. VET BEG: 1. C.W . M cin tosh; 2 . Rich Stue lke; 3 . Edd ie Vaughn . SR EX: 1. Lars Larss on; 2. Ed Dunca n; 3 . Russ Robinson. SR A M : 1. J im Hay es; 2 . W .T. Patt iso n; 3 . Cl ive Cheffins. SR NOV; 1. M ichael Robbins ; 2. Ch uck Gilmore; 3. M . Duncan. • SR BEG: 1. Loren Stroup; 2 . Fred W eema n; 3. Joe Medina . . Boston doubles at Race Place MX By Brad and Sharon Jones CHA PMAN.KS. AP R . 7 After teaching a motocross school the day before, Mike Boston showed his students and hi s competition wha t he knew 40 • by clobbering th e 125cc a nd 250cc Ex pert classes a t Ch apman 's Race Pl ace. In th e 125cc Experts , J ack Lambert took the hol eshot o n ly to ru n off th e track a few tu rns lat er, giv ing J eff Sch u macher the lead. Boston' ran seco nd for o n ly o ne lap before moving pas t Sch u macher o n the fro nt doubles. Boston the n p ull ed a way unt il he held a comfortable lead a nd cru ised in for th e chec kered. Wh ile Sc h u mache r ra n a lonel y seco n d, Lambert and Steve Hendricks were in a hot battl e for third. Hendrick s fought hi s wa y pastLambert , a lmos t catch ing Sch u mac her a t th e finish . In mot a two Schuma cher. Lambert a nd Hendricks. were o u t front , but Boston was rea lly flying, however, and he quickly pi cked off Hen dricks and Lambert. Bosto n th en zeroed in on Schumacher. Schumacher desperatel y tried 'to hold back th e Kaw asaki pilot, but to no a vail. Boston screamed past on the thi rd lap a nd headed home for the win. Boston commented aft er the races, " I've been doing some p ipe. testing for PSI. We came up with a setup that rea lly works. I enjoyed all the good competition today. I was happy to win against so many fast guys." J erry Lormis too k 'the start of the 250cc Jun iors, but Mark Cro ugh found an opening for the lead , held it for a lap the n crashed in a sweeper. . Lormis rode past to tak e the win, with Richi e Blackmore taki ng second. Crough recovered for th ird. In mota two Blackmore put his Suz u ki in to the lead , whi le Cro ugh cruised in second. O n the seco nd lap Crough made his move, slamming past in a sweeper in the back section to tak e the lead a nd the win. Crough expl ained hi s stra tegy: " I was h opi ng th at if I wa it ed a while to pass Blackmore that we wouldget far eno ug h in front that Lormis co u ld not ca tch either of us. Lormis had to get a third or wor se for me to ge t the overa ll win." Apparentl y, C rou gh 's st ra teg y wo rked. Lorrnis fin ish ed fourt h, givin g the low poi nts scor e to Croug h. Brent Arms trong, o ne o f Boston 's mo tocross school st udents, was looking very fast a na sty lish as he co ntroll ed both rnotos of the I25cc Novi ce class . Steve Brack a nd Eri k Ko hl h ad a big battle over second. bu t Brack edged ou t Kohl to take th e run neru p posit ion. Larry Perk in s put hi s KTM in the lead positi on in the O ver 30 class a fter Ri chard Basinger found h im self o n th e ground in the first turn . Ba sin ger sho ok off th e dust a nd bla zed through th e pack , an d in o n ly two laps, he ca ugh t Perk ins a nd sa iled by for for the win . In mo to two Perkins was out fro nt again , but Basinger scoo ted by a few tu rn s lat er a nd styled to a n easy victory . Results M INI MINI: 1. Robbie Skaggs IVam ): 2. Je rem y HockeIl IVam ); 3 . Clin t Bowyer (Vam). J R CVCLE: 1. Mack Vanderbe ek (Kaw) : 2. Chris Leas (Kaw); 3. Chase Green ings (Kaw). MINI NOV : 1. Doug Stone (Suzl; 2. Kev in Calle han (Kaw) ; 3 . Ken J ohnson (Yam). MINI JR : 1. Jason Armstron g (Kaw ); 2. Br ian Pin kley (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Brem Peterson (Kaw) ; 2 . St eve Bet es whi ch was held a t Sunrise Cycle Park ,Tvson Voh land. a no ther form er mini Expert, topped the 250cc Pro class. while Scott Man ningdid in the 500cc Pros to wrap up th e series tit le 'i n h is cla ss. Kawasak i rider Craig Canoy got off to a hot start with th e start of the first 125cc Pro moto while series class leader Bo bby Moore (Suz) met with disaster when his cha in guide fell off, derailing h is cha in. Tyson Vohland took over the lea d after passing Canoy, the n new Pro J eff Matiasevich -likewise passed Canoy over the whoops. Bu t Matiasevich fell on a tu rn and gave second p lace .back to Canoy. Moving up to th ird was Billy Fran k, wh ile Matiasevich remou nted and contin ued in fourth. Larry Brooks then passed Matiasevich through a rough stretch a nd advanced to th ird, .bu t tha t was as fa r as he got. In th e fin al laps, Frank fad ed and was passe d by Bro ok s a nd Matiasevich. At the finish it was Vohland, Ca noy, Bro oks an d Ma tia sevich. At the start of th e second ro u nd , Vo hl and got a ba d brea k when he fell in th e second turn . Robert La ugh lin then held the lead over Drey Dircks a nd Greg Vow ell , But Dircks soon cleared past Laughlin on the fin ish s tre tc h to tak e th e lead. Beh in d Laughlin. Frank and Bro wn ~ere di cing in third and fourth. Bro w n waited for Frank to tir e; wh en Frank di d, Brown ' m ov ed up to third. Laughlin eventua lly dropped back to fifth , ma king th e race a Dircks-versu sBrown co n test. Brown go t th e upper ha nd on a n u phill j u m p to tak e o ver the lead a nd th e win . Dircks was sec o n d o ver Frank. 'Bro o ks a n d La ugh lin. . Bro wn won th e overa ll wi th a 6-1 ta lly, wh ich o rdi na rily would n ot have been good eno u gh under most ci rcu msta nces. A 3-4 ga ve Brooks seco nd , a nd Frank was th ird with a 5-3 ride. Bik e trouble p lagued severa l riders in th e 250cc Pro first moto. Scott Manning pushed his bike whi le Micky Dymond had clutch troubl e wi th h is Husky. T he moto win went to Brian Myersco ug h after he passed Jeff Hicks; Greg Zitterkopf p laced thi rd wi th T yson Voh la nd in fourt h p lace . Hicks was th e leader in th e final rou nd over R uss Wageman . Wageman passed Hicks, bu t fell soon after that. Voh land wa s on the gas and soon passed both of th e lea ders for firs t. Brooks was the runnerup over Hicks, Dymond and Myerscough . Voh land 's 4-1score earned him top money, whi le a 2-3 ta lly gave H icks second over Myerscough 's 1-5. Scott Man nin g took th e prize in th e 500cc Pro class with a 1-2 ta lly. Mann in g. J im Ellis and Ed Arnet were th e front -runners in the firs t ro un d. The fin al mot o proved more exciting, how ever. Ron Turner (Ca g) took th e h ol eshot but co u ldn' t ha ng o n to it: Arnet th en took over, bu t soon crashed. Manning a nd Zitterkopf rod e on to hold first and second unti l Manning broke his shock a nd Zitterkopf ws presented with thewin. Taking the top money was Ma nning over Zinerkopf, Ellis a nd Arnet. Series P ro class wi nners were Drey Dircks in the 125s, Tyson Voh la nd in the 250s , a nd SCOtt Man n in g in th e 500s. - Results PEE WEE: 1. J eff W illoh IVam ); 2. Judd Scanlon (Yam); 3 . Grego ry Zara t iegui (Yam). JR CVC STK 6-B: 1. J eff W illoh IKaw); 2. Lanny Tur ner (Kaw); 3 . Bra d Schultz (Kaw). JR eve STK 9 -11 : 1. Sean Thornton (Kaw); 2. Jesse J am es IKawl; 3. Ju stin Rich (Kaw). JR CVC MOD 9 -11 : 1. Sean Thornton IKaw); 2. Jesse James (Kaw); 3 . Denn is Dahlin (Kaw ). B3 STK 9 -11 : 1: Butch Sm ith (Suz); 2 . Buddy An tunez ISuz ); 3. Dus t in Evans (Kaw). B3 MOD 9-11 : 1. Buddy Anlunez (Suz); 2. Ronn ie Densford (Vam); 3 . Bu tc h Sm ith (Suz). . B3 STK NOV 12 +: 1. John Edwards IKawl; 2. Ma rk Easley (Han); 3 . Cole Gr ess (Kaw) . B3 MOD NOV 12+: 1. Br ian Gipson (Vam); 2. Guy Deckert IKaw ); 3. David Gr iego (Han). B3 STK INT 12+: 1. An thony Gorin (Vam ); 2. Erick Hilton (Varni ; 3. Ken A rnold (Kaw) . B3 MOD INT 12+: 1. Er ick Hilto n (Yam); 2. Ken Arnold (Kaw); 3. A nth ony Gorin (Yam). . B3 STK EX 12+: 1. Kyle Lewis (Han); 2. Scott Brown (Han); 3 . Denn is St eph enson (Kaw). B3 MOD EX 12+: 1. Kyle Lewi s (Han); 2. Dennis Step henso n (Kaw) ; 3. Ch ris Voun g (Vam). 12 5 STK NOV: 1. Ch ris W ar d (Kaw) ; 2. Kevi n Cook (Kaw) ; 3 . Larr y Turner (Yam). 125 MOD NOV: 1. Rick Koi sch ows ky (Kaw); 2. Chris W ar d (Kaw) ; 3. T.L Tayl or (Han) . 125 STK INT: 1. Mike Kied rowslti (Kaw); 2. John Flores (Kaw) ; 3. J eff Mabery (Kaw). 12 5 MOD INT: 1. M ike Kiedr owski (Kaw) ; 2 . Ky le Lew is (Hon t, 3. Je ff capt (Kew). 125 PRO: 1. M ike Brown (Kew) ; 2. Larry Brooks (Han); 3. Bil ly Fra nk (Kew) . 125 CAS H DASH : 1. Tyson Vo hl and (Kew) ; 2. Bob Moore (Suz); 3 . J ohn Canney (Kew) . 250 NOV: 1. J im Ryder (Han); 2. Dave Chambers (Kawt, 3 . Dare n Brigg s (Han). 250 INT: 1. M ike Kiedrowslti (Kaw ); 2. A lan Pierce (Kaw); 3 . Je ff Mebery (Kew). 250 PRO: 1. Tyson Voh lend (Kaw) ; 2. Jeff Hicks (Han); 3. Brian Myer scough (Kaw ). 250 CASH DASH : 1. Brian Myerscough (Suz); 2 . Brian Manley (Han ); 3. Tyson Vohlend (Kew) . 500 COMB: 1. Loren Poch irowski (Han); 2. Orjan Aberg (Hus); 3 . Mark Jones (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Scott Manning (Yam ); 2. Greg Zitterkopf (Han); 3. J im Ellis (Vam). 500 CASH DASH : 1. Greg Zitterkopf (Han); 2 . Tom W itt (Han); 3. Billy Hill (Kaw) . VET: 1. Gary Jones (Hus) ; 2. DeWayne Jones (Vam); 3 . Joe Broussard ISuz). Upshaw upsets Buffalo Park SX By Robert Bagwell DALLAS. TX, AP R. 6 J ason Upshaw showed everyone how it should be done by wi nning th e fir st rac e of the 1985 season a t Bu ffal o Park Speedway. Ups ha w, a Pro riderfrom Gainsville, too k home a ll th e cas h with T.J . H ou ghton hot a fter him on the new ly-bu ilt su percross track. Cli nt Carlton p u t on a di spl a y of hi gh-flyin g raci ng in the Mini classes, goi ng over th e jumps a nd whoops fu ll bore. Ca rlton had to sett le for second as hard-ch arging Eddie Dickerson beat him to th e finish line, followed by Joe Portman , G len Boo lls and Troy Markham . . Jerr y Schwartz a nd Mike Spiva ha d a battle ro yale in the Over 30 class . Both riders pa ssed back and fort h every la p unti l Spiva deci ded to 'do uble-j u m p the two big jumps an d co u ld not tu rn left 10 feet in the air for the foll owin g left turn . Hard-c h arging Den n i s Cla r k showed the 125cc Begin ner class ho w it's done, fo llowed by Eric Buchanan ' an d Ji m m y Mason. T he I25cc Novi ces saw J ohn n y Wise lead R ick Meyers, a nd Richard Reeves to the checkered flag.

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