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Randy Kingston (8 2 ) had to fight off other riders before passing Gary
Go odf ell ow to win the 600cc Production class at Westwood.
.Cornwell, Stobbart
sweep Westwood
RR
h eat s in thi s class . Following resp ectfull y were second pl ace Perrie Turner
and Bryan Rolls in th ird ,
Results
600 PROD: 1. Randy Kingslon (Vam): 2. Gary
Goodfellow (Suz): 3. Darryl Flelcher(Kaw).
SUPERBIKE: 1. Tom Wa nher ISuz): 2. Gary Good-
By Alice M ac pherson
fellow (Suz); 3. Darryl Fletcher (Kaw).
W ESTWO O D, B.C., CANADA,
APR . 2 1
OPEN PROD: 1. Gary Berge IKaw ): 2. Ken Bre ier
(Kaw): 3. Rod Marse IVam).
F 1: 1. Ken Slobbart ISuz): 2. John Palmer (Yam);'
3. Dale Frankli n (Yam).
Daryl Cornwell and Ken Stobban piloted new Suzuki GSXR750s to decisive wins in both
750cc Production and Formula
SIDECAR: 1. Rick Dav ison/John W ildman (S uz);
2. Dave W ildman/Harry Rihela (BgI); 3 , Ph il Roney /
Jerry (Ron).
600 CAFE: 1. Steve Crevier (Yam); 2. Perrie
Turner (S uz~ 3. Bryan Rolls (Yam).
750 PROD: 1. Daryl Cornwe ll (Suz); 2. Gary Good·
fellow tS uz); 3 , M ichael Wolter (Su z),
F 2 : 1'. Dale Franklin(Yam); 2. M ike Kenyon (Yam);
One classes a t th e first road race o f th e
3. Lee Cochran IVam).
season a t \\'estwood Racewav tod a v.
Stobbart dom in at ed th e Form;d a Ori e
final after fi n ishi ng second in hi s
qualifying h eat : Cornwell took hi s
cla ss after battling with arch -rival
G ary Goodfell ow , wh o was a threaten in g force a lso in th e 600cc Production a nd Supe rbi ke events.
By Brian George
Wh en th e 600cc Production class
ca rne off the sta rt ing flag. it was
SP EAR FISH, SD. APR. 21
Goodfellow in th e lead with second
The Borderline Ra cing Assoc h a n~ i n ~ every lap. First Ted Russo .
ciation put on th eir second
had it, th en Ni ck Defago, th en Darryl '
race of the year at Spearfish
Fletcher and finall y, after charging up
from a poor sta rt there was Randy • Raceway. Three riders split the
Kingston. Kin gst on 's RZ350 seemed
majority of the Pro money in th e
125cc, 250cc a n d 500cc classes. Dave
to be g iving aw a y no horsepower 10
G oodfellow's Suzuki. and aft er a tight
Molder , aboa rd a Yamaha from CrossCUt Yamaha , took th e o verall win in
last co u p le of laps, Kingston got pa st
him just before th e checkered flag.
th e Open Pros, while Billy St ork put
T o m Wa lth er was th e next spo iler
his Ri ce Cycles/Budwei ser-backed.
fo r G oodfello w in Superhike. After
Rex Conrad-prepar ed H onda CR int o
following him th rough th e first h eat
th e winner 's circle in th e 250s. Kaw a and most of th e final. Walther acco msaki -m ounted Lee Vern Berry swep t
plish ed a d yna m ic pass for th e lead
th e 125cc P ros . .
a nd th e wi n. Flet ch er foll ow ed them
Berrv took co m ma n d o f th e 125cc
P ro aciion irnrned iarelv as he hol ein for a close th ird.
shot rnoro number o ne a nd nev er left
If bad luck co mes in threes then
th at wo u ld ex p la in the 750cc Producth e position. Mik e Fri end a nd Bill y
tion class. Aga in G oodfell ow led th e
Stork put on a serio us di ce for the
fir st heat a nd again th e seco nd place
runnerup slot, with Fri end gra bbin g
rider took o ver th e lead in the final :
seco nd from Stork in th e ea rly.la ps.
Cornwell was taking no chances with
o n ly to hav e Stork co me back in the
G oodfell ow an d he raced through th e
la st half o f th e moto an d ta ke back
cont ro l. Stare Waugh cruised a ll alone
corn ers with his knees and elbows
stick ing out a s far as possible to ward
in fourth. The top three wa s Berry,
Stork an d Friend.
.
off th e co m p etitio n. This was th e
Round two saw Berry aga in blast
first out ing for th e Suzuki GSXRs and
there seems no doubt that they will
o u t int o the lead. with Friend and
dominat e this class for 1985.
Stork in tow , Friend lost control in
Stobbard had another potent GSXR
the tight whoops -trying to blast by
Berry , and paid heavil y for the aternpt.
out in Formula One. The first h eat
gave him a second behind th e Yamaha
This left Berry with a p reuy good
lead, while stork tried to reel him in
of John Pal m er, but the final was a
from behind. Berry ra ced in wi th th e
different sto ry. Stobbart led flag-toflag with Palmer and Dal e Franklin
mota and' overall win, Stork picked
do-fighting for second and third,
up second, and again Waugh rolled
Last season's Production class
in a ll alone behind him.
champion, Steve Crevier, moved to
Stork and Berry took their show
the 600cc Cafe class this season with
into the 250cc Pro round, this time
good results, and his Paci fic Yamaha
with Molder to add another dimension to the dicing, Stork took ' the
had no problem dominating both
Molder, Stork,
Berry big winners
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earl y lead in the first rnor o as Mofder
a nd Berrv foll ow ed r loscl v. T he tri o
were tu rn in g' co nsi ste nt ly' r lose laptimes unt il th e fourt h lap , wh en
:\[ol der misj udged a do ub le-j u mp.
flipped ove r the seco nd a nd landed
o n h is head . Berry now had co m mand of the r un ner up slo t, while
Waug h , Greg Hyde a n d Tony U lrich
tra iled. T he checkers Ilew with th e
lOp five sti ll in thi s orde r: Molder was
una ble to fini sh .
Roun d two saw Molder agai n behind Stork , with Berry in third ; o nce
aga in Stork proved to be 'unstop pa ble. As he did most all of last year,
Stock motored o ff with a n uncontest ed victorv in the moto for overall,
thi s time w'ith Molder making the
doubles each lime a n d finishin g
second. Berry picked up third.
At th e start of the first Open Pro
mota , Dave Molder wa s ' still dizzy
aft er his crash in the 250cc Pro class.
Molder didn't sho w any signs of
slowing up, however, and took the
ea rly lead ahead of Curt Hyde. Perry
Bicek and Lynn Hyde. Molder rod e a
stro ng race from start to finish, b u t
without any of hi s usual flash off the
jumps, Behind, Bicek put in a very
stro ng ride in second, the only other
rider to keep Molder in sigh t. Well
behind, Lynn Hyde crashed himself
into th e back o f th e pack, whi le Curt
H yde, his brother wh o a lso went down,
cha rged from th e hack to ca tch U lr ich
in th e final two laps and gr ab third.
Round two saw Molder back to his
o ld form , as h e took th e lead from th e
sta rt a nd mot or ed a wav. Hvde and
Bicek had a mor o -Ion g dud for th e
runnerup spo t, but thi s time neith er
rider co u ld keep behi nd Molder's rear
wh eel as h e ran a way to p lay . H yde
p roved to be a good mat ch for Bicek,
a nd lasted th e wh ol e mota with out
Iaulr ering, to tak e seco n d in th e 01 010
a nd seco n d overa ll behind Molder:
Bicek wa s th ird overa ll,
Results
M INI A : 1. Dave Ritter IYam); 2 . Brett Erikson
(Vam).
MINI B: 1. M ike Ladner IYaml ; 2. Travis Chr is ·
toffer (Hon ); 3 . John Huntington (Hon).
MINI C: 1. Barry Dyck (Hon): 2. Chad Roberts
(Kaw); ;3, Cory Lundslrom IKaw) .
125 PRO, 1. Lee Vern Berry (Kaw); 2. Billy Stork
(Hon); 3. Stace Waugh (Hon).
250 PRO: 1. Billy Sterk (Hon); 2. Lee Vern Berry
(Kaw); 3. Stace Waugh (Hon).
500 PRO: 1. Dave Molder (Vam): 2. Curt Hyde
(Hon): 3. Perry Bicek (Hon).
125 B: 1. Craig Dav is (He n); 2 . Henry Jordon
(Hon); 3. Gene Montgomery (Kaw) .
125 C: 1. Ernie Canocle (Yam ); 2. Kar l Ranta
(Kaw ); 3. Everett Englebe" (Vam),
250 B: 1. Lee Swindler (Yam) ; 2. Phillip Rath
(Hon); 3 . Rich Lundstrom IYam ).
VET: 1. Bill Ben nett (Hu s); 2 . Bob Hammontree
(Hon); 3. Les Rask (Hus).
OLD IRON: 1. Kim Ehnes (Kaw).
ENDURO, 1. ~ark Bendigo (Hon).
Meeker, Huffman
manhandle muddy
Albany5X
By Clay Light
ALBANY, OR, APR. 21
" Ba nza i Weekend" came to a
close at Albany Supercross after
a long grueling three-race-inthree-days series. Jere Meek er
wa s looking for a win a ll week end
a nd finally got his turn by topping
both co m bined Pro motos on his
Yamaha YZ490. Meeker manhandled
the slo pp y conditions, looking much
better outdoors than in the two previous nights of indoor motocross.
Ryan Huffman rode amazing as usual,
taking two classes on his Kawasaki
and Yamaha, winning the 60cc and
80cc B classes, respectively.
Mini racing started off a rain y day
of supercross which saw Kawasaki
mounted Huffman leadin g the 60cc
B/Ccombined first mota on his Huffman-Wright Logging/Yamaha-Honda of Roseburg KX and had only
Danny Ulven (Kaw) to pace him.
Ulven dropped o ff th e pac e, leaving
Huffman wa y o u t front 10 th e checkered fla g, beat ing Ulve n a nd C class
rid ers T ravis Berry (Eastside Kaw),
C huckie Standeford (Ha n) a nd Ryan
Leac h (Ho n),
;'\[ot o two had Huffman haul into
th e lead. bu t h e cras hed in th e slo p
wh ich let Ulven have hi s turn a t th e
gl ory. Then Huffman rode lik e a
madman , ca ugh t a nd di splaced th e
local spe edster 10 o nce again tak e th e
lead to th e flag for th e overa ll with
hi s I-I score. Berry aga in co n tro lled
th e C portion with a I-I ride 10 bear
Standeford (2-2) a nd Lea ch (3-3).
Sixteen rid ers gat ed for the second
largest class of the day , which was the
80cc B/C class. B class riders Huffman (Yamaha Support) and Travis
Markell (Ya m) jumped into the lead
over Criders Chad Berry (Ka w), Troy
Hustin and Troy Fuller, both on
Hondas. Joe R ush ing (Han) made it
a Honda sweep of the C class, while
Huffman and Markell fin ished well
ahead to end the first muddy mota.
The second mota wasn't as easy for
Huffman , who 'bega n 10 feel the
fatigue from campaigning two classes
in the deep quagmi re. Markell rode a
marvelous ra ce the entire mota with
Hustin again taking control of the C
portion. followed by Rushing, Berry,
John Feel ey (Kaw) and Scotty Nored
(Han) . Huffm an held on to win by a
slim margin for th e o vera ll with a I-I
10 beat Markell (2-2) while Hustin
went 1-1 in the C class over Berry
(2-2). Ru shing (3-3), Feeley (4-4) and
Dann y Ulven (5-6).
The first co m bined 125/250/ 500cc
Pr o moro sa w Me ek er (Co u nt ry
Yamaha /Maxima Yam ), Honda 250
rider J ohn " Ma d ma n" Woodley and
Washington rider Don Knoblauch
(En u mcl a w Kaw asaki Kaw ) leading
th e pack through th e water-filled
wh oop-de-docs and put th e motor on
125cc Pro rid ers Ricky Gunderson
(Yam) a nd Gary Beyer (Kaw) in the
slop. Open Pro rid er Todd Morris
(En um cla w Kawasaki Kaw ) made th e
long trip down from th e T acoma
ar ea and wa sn 't a bo u t to miss out on
the $ 1800 up for grabs. Morris carved
through traffic 10 sett le behind teamm ate Knobl augh and inh erit second
wheri Knoblaugh's bike broke la te in
the mota. Morris held off advances
from Woodley, who took third.
Mot o two sa w Meek er again shoot
out of th e gate, but local speeds ter
Kenny Ol son (Yam 250 ) was determin ed 10 win th e moro and took over
after jamm ing h is wa y out o f turn
o ne. Meeker and hi s 490 Yamaha
wer e 100 much in the European section an d di splaced Ol son for th e lead ,
foll owed by Woodley, Morris and
Gunder son ( Ya m 125 ). Woodley
ch ased Olson, and on the last lap
ca ugh t the Yamaha rid er to nab second
behind Meeker 10 nab top 250cc Pro
cas h . Olson , Gunderson and Beyer
rounded out th e top five at th e com pletion of th e muddy IO-Iap mot o ,
Manning tops
250cc Pros at
Corona
By Terry Whytal
CORONA, CA, APR. 21
Yamaha rider Scott Manning
overcame tough challenges
from Scott Co naway and Suzuki
rider Laurie Fooks and Tony
Spear en route 10 sweeping both
250cc Pro motos at this week's SMX
event.
.
Manning had to work up through
the pack after a mediocre first rnoto
start and take over the lead near the
midway point. Conaway kept the
pressure on the leader from the num-
