Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

turn four to tak e th e lead. Fon ten ot fell in turn two and Ri ch ards took th e w in with Derick Wh iten er in second place. Ri ch ards led th e 80cc short tra ck m a in wi re-to- wire, wi th Mark Burch finishing in second pl ace ahead o f Ro ger Sedarat. In th e 60ccLT main , Whi ten er got th e ho leshot and Ri ch ards got sid eways in th e fir st turn goi ng to th e in field . Fonten ot sla m m ed int o R ichards a nd both rid ers went down . R icha rds reco vered quickl y a nd took off to ca tch th e pa ck . On lap seven , Whiten er got sideways in th e number one turn a nd R icha rds was th ere to tak e o ver th e lead , wi th Whiten er placing second. Rich ards again led th e 80s wir e-to -wire, with Sedarat taking second place ahead o f Burch. National rid ers T erry Poovey, Bill H erndon a nd Charl ie O rr led th e Open Pro short track heat s with o ne win ea ch . Poo vey got the ho lesh o t in th e m ain ev e n t on hi s Gardn er R a cing/Shoei H elmets-ba cked Harley , fo llowed by Herndon and Orr. Ken n y Tolbert, R u sty Gourley a nd j effrey She lton followed in a tight race out of the number two corn er. Herndon pulled even with Poovey on laps five a n d seven, but co u ldn ' t make the p ass and Poovey took th e checkers fir st. Bill y Orr ca me from seventh place to fini sh in fourth ahead of To lbert, but couldn't ca tch brother Charlie, who was all alone in third pl ace. Mike Moore took th e 250cc LT heat ra ce ahead of Kregg Bentley a nd Eddie Kauffman . Bentley was fir st into th e corner in th e ma in, followed by Moore, Ed Meyer a n d Kauffman , but Moore took over th e lead out of th e turn. After a bad start, Bo bby Shaw passed james H arris o ver a jump a n d Meyer in a hairpin turn co m ing o u t of th e infield on th e fir st lap . Bentl ey went inside in tu rn four to finish la p o ne in th e lead , but lost it aga in to Moore on th e back stra ig ht. On lap tw o , Sha w got arou n d Kau ffm an in the right-hand turn a nd o n th e fin a l lap went arou nd Bent ley o n th e o u tside of th e fir st tu rn to ta ke seco nd pl ace. The checkered flag went to Moore fir st , th en Sh aw, Bent ley a nd Kau ffman. The Pros end ed th e da y o n the T'I' tra ck . Arlington Honda/ Race Readysponsored Charlie Orr go t th e h ol eshot a head of H erndon, Poo vev a nd Kevin Duba y. Poovey, favo ring a shou lde r inj ury sus ta ined the previous ni ght, dropped back in to the pa ck . Orr stre tch ed hi s lead to half-alap at th e finish , while H erndon h eld a co m forta ble seco nd a head o f Dubav. Shaw com p leted th e race in fourth a head o f Billy O rr and G ourley. Results SHORT TRACK 50 : 1. Bill Richa rds Jr. (Han ); 2. Deric k Whitener (Yam); 3. Charles Fon te not IKawl. 50 : 1. Cha rle s Fonte not (Yam); 2. Brian Miskovski (Varni . 80 8 : 1. Mar k Burch (Honl ; 2. Der ick Whitener (Varn i. 80 A : 1. Bill Richards Jr . (Hon) ; 2 . Roger Sedarat (Kawl. 12 5: 1. Kevin Dub ay (C-AI : 2. Ed M eyer (Su z). 250: 1. Alan Pow ers (Yaml; 2. Randy Prin ce (Hon ); 3 . Ja me s Har ris (Ho n). OPEN AM : 1. Steve M ill er (Ho n): 2. Tim Sanderson'(H cnj: 3 . Al an Pow ers (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Terry Poovey (H-O): 2. Bill Herndon (Hon): 3 . Charlie Orr (Honl. IT 60: 1. Bo Rich ards Jr. (HOn ): 2. Derick W hitener ll (Ho n); 3 . Charles Fontenot (Kaw) . 50 : 1. Charles Fontenot (Yam); 2. Bria n M iskovski (Yaml. 60 A ·B : 1. Bill Richards Jr. (Hon); 2 . Roger Sedarat (Kaw); 3 . Mark Bu rch (Hon). 125: 1. Jack Surbe r (Kaw); 2. Ed Meyer (Suz ). OVER 30 : 1. Edd ie Kauffman (Hon); 2 . J .C. Bill (KTM); 3. Harry Rardin (Hon ). 250: 1. M ike Moore (Kaw ); 2. Bobby Shaw (Suzl; 3 . Kregg Bentley (Hon) . OPEN AM : 1. Kirk Tyer (Yam); 2 . Ron Roberts (Hon); 3. Kerr y Wood (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Charlie Orr (Hon ): 2. Bill Herndon (Hon ); 3 . Kevin Du bay (Hon ). Hoenshelltops interstate Experts By Tim Tolleson OKLAHOMA CITY, OK , APR. 7 Clay H oensh ell returned to Oklahoma City Easter Sunday for round four of the H onda Stat e Championship series and w a lk awa y w ith th e top h onors in both I2Scc and O pen Ex perts. T ommy N ewman contin ue d hi s d ominati on o f th e 125cc Ama te urs with tw o m oto wms. H oenshell p ut hi s Suzuki R M I25 a hea d of th e Kaw asakis o f R od ger McBride a n d P aul Stine a t th e sta rt o f th e fir st 125cc Ex pert mot o an d w as never cha lle n ged . Stine a n d McBride w ere side-by-s ide down th e fr ont stra ig h t; McBride slammed th e ga te o n Stine in th e secon d co rner a nd h eld o nto seco nd for th e nex t tw o la ps. St in e mad e his move on th e third lap a nd dropped McBride to third. The positions were set for th e rest of th e m oto with H oen sh ell styling to a big win o ver Stine a nd McBride. just to make things interest in g , H oen sh ell let th e pack get to th e fir st turn befo re taking o ff in th e second moto, Whi le St in e a n d McBride fought over th e lead , H oensh ell reeled th em in . By th e en d o f the third lap, h e took th e lead and ran with it. Stine fini shed a d istant seco nd fo r seco nd o vera ll a head of McBride. Greg Bro wn powered hi s M-St ar to th e firs t-mote holeshot in th e Open Experts ov er Hoen shell , Yamahamounted j im Thomas an d Stine. H oensh ell ap p lied heav y pressure to Brown , took over th e lead on th e third lap a nd styled h is Suzu ki to an easy win over Brown and Stine. H oe nshe ll led the second moto from sta rt to fin ish, w hile Brown and Thomas fought o ver seco nd . A mi scu e lat e in th e m oto dropped Brown to fourth , which ca used a three-way tie for seco nd . Thomas' 4-2 rid es were good for seco nd overa ll , while Stine's 3-3 effort s edged Brown 's 2-4 scores for third ove rall. In th e 125cc Am at eu rs , Newman holeshot the first moto ahead of Kenny Ca stor (Hon ), S teve Forkner (Suz) a n d Nate Britt (Yam) : H onda pilots Brett Shumat e a nd Bobby Sanford tangl ed in th e fir st turn a nd went down . Shumat e remo u nted behind th e pack, but Sanford 's day had ended. Meanwhi le, Forkn er went down, and Newman and Ca stor fought for th e lead. Ca stor gra bbed th e lead over th e doubles, but N ewman quickl y put his KX out front and began to pu ll a way. H e finished 10 seconds ahead of Castor, wh o had four secon ds on Forkner. Shumate finished seven th . N ewman claimed th e secon d-m o ro hol eshot a h ead of Fork ner and Castor. The Suzu ki pilot went down on th e first lap, and Ca stor a rternp ted to reel in Newman , wh o had stretched his lea d by three seco n ds. Th e Honda ride r maintain ed Newman's pa ce for half the m oto, th en Newman began 10 pull a way. H e fin ish ed six seco nds ah ead of Ca stor, wh ile Sh uma te edged Forkn er o u t fo r third . H owever, Forkner 's 3-4 'rides ea rn ed him third overa ll o ver Shumate. Results PEE WE E; 1. Robb ie Reynard (Vam ); 2. Shawn Mann (Yam); 3. Ricky Nix (Su zl . M INI M INI; 1. Robbie Reynard (Kaw); 2. Chr is Shelton (Hon); 3. Bra ndon Lacey (Hon ). MINI BEG: 1. Dav id Keller (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Dumas (Kaw) ; 3 . Jerry Story (Yam). MINI J R: 1. Bra ndon Lacey (Hon ); 2 . Jason Bu r gess (Hon); 3 . Chris She lton (Hon) . Vance, Hines & Accel: New Record Holders Terry Vance didn't get to be a lO-time National Champion by being slow. At the IDBA Spring Nationals, he again proved he is the best there is. Terry rocked the quarter-mile track with an incredible 161.14 MPH at 8.28 seconds! And to make it the new Pro Stock record, he backed it up with a 160.85/8.3. Terry only uses high-performance Accel ignition parts on his Pro Stock motorcycle, including Accel's Super cons>, These ultrahigh-output ignition coils are specially de signed for high-revving mach ines, giving you extra power from the green light to the finish line. Accel: The Good Stuff. The world leader in performance ignition parts. The record book proves it. Accel , P.O. Box 142, Branford, cr 06405 29 -,

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