Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

hometown of Longview, Washington, to take the top P ro money from the$1800 dollar purse a t Salem's TRACS Arenacross at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. Anderson (Moto-X Fox Yam ) won the 125cc and 250cc Pro classes while fellow Wa shingtonian SCOII T yler (Yam) of Ol ympia, won th e Open Pro class with a I-I tal ly. Paul W inn was one of a few riders that managed to clear th e double j um p s on his Yamaha 80. Winn easily outdueled th e field in both 80cc Expert/Intermediate rnotos on his Oakley/O'Neal-backed YZ. H e then hitlappers mid-way during each outingand easily beat Intermediates R yan Holm (Yam) and Kevin Hopson (Kaw). Washington 's Bruce Ba rnes (H a n) made a killing i the 125cc and 250cc Intermediate classes. In the 125cc portion, it was Barnes banzaiing into untouchable lea ds over Mike Bell (Han), who was to be Barnes' closest cornperiton both times out. Bell blew a second mota lead, letting Barnes past for a I- I romp of th e class. SteveBye (Kaw) th en n abbed Bell and took a 4-2 for third o vera ll , behind Bell 's 2-3. Barnes th en went to I-I rides in both 250 cc Interm edi ate outings. Chr is Leach (H u s) scored I-I for seco nd ove ra ll, an d M ike H olbroo k (H us) went 3-3 for third . P ro class ac t io n saw An d erson j um pi ng into th e lead in th e 125cc P ro fir st m ot a o n h is M oto-X Fox Yamaha , foll o wed by Malcolm Smithsponsored Ti m Mi chli tsch (Ya m) . T he d uo rode at a ver y fast pace to separate themselves from th e field after shaki ng o ff Mike Crowell (H a n) . Grayson H art (KT M) picked his way th rough traffic to nab third at th e n ag beh ind Anderson a nd M ichl i tsch . . H art put h is S un P roducts-backed KTM into th e lead in th e second m o to with Crowe ll, Anderson, J ere Meek er (Cag) a nd M ichl itsch in to w. .M ich litsc h got o ff to a bad sta rt , but wa s quick to move to th ird and mak e th eorder of H art, Anderson and Mi chlitsch. H art d id a ma rvel ous job of . holding o ff Anderson unt il th e duo hit lappers wh ich gav e Anderson th e opening hewas lo okingfor to tak e a i-I tally, beatin g H art's 3-2 and Mi ch litsch 's 2-3. Ty ler took th e lcadon th e o pe n ing lap of th e 250cc Pro fir st mota and fled Anderson, which set up o ne o f the day' s best battl es between two of the n orthwest 's fas test ri de rs . Bu t Tyle r took a soil sa m p le in th e tri ples a nd ca lled it qui ts. Michli tsch pushed to seco nd a fter th e in cident with Rod Kell er (Peps i/Roseburg H an/Answer Product s H an ) ge ll ing th ird. The seco n d m ota sa w Ty ler co me ba ck stron g, n ever looking ba ck whil e Michlitsch, Ander son a nd former 500cc National Champ Chuck Sun (S u n Products H on ) dueled for positions. The baul e for third went Sun 's wa y w ith a 5-3 sco re for third overa ll, behind Andersons i -2 and Mi chlitsch's 2-4 seco nd pl ace ta lly. T yler motored away with both500cc Pro rn otos and was de fin itely th e dom ina n t for ce o f th e even ing . J ere Meek er (Ya m) nabbed seco nd in th e first moto a he ad o f H art (KT M). Th e seco nd o u ti ng was a nothe r Tyler run away. T yler rode a ll a lo ne ahea d of H art, Meeker a nd loca l Ri ch ard Earle (Hon) en route to h is th ird m o to w in of th e ni ght , Results PEE WEE: 1. Jak e Paschk e (Vam). 60 C: 1. Mikey Ulven (Kaw ); 2. Cory Full er (Vam) . 80 C: 1. Bobby Eyman (Yam); 2 . Brady Ander son (Kaw) ; 3 . Erin O'Br ien (Vam ). 125 C: 1. J erry Aicher (Yam); 2. Ed Jen sen (Han ); 3 . Dana Anderson (Hon ); 4 . Je ff Jenk in s (S uz); 5 . Tom Kuschnik (Kaw). 250 C: 1. Mark Ouerr (Han); 2. J oe J enk ins (Suz); 3 . Da mon Dunnagan (KTM ). . 60 B: 1. Chuckie Standeford (Han); 2. Oanny Ulven (Kaw ). ~ .. ~ 80 EX/B: 1. Paul W in n (Vam ); 2. Ayan Holm (Vam); 3. Kevin Hopson (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Br uce Barne s (Han); 2. M ike Bell (Han); 3 . Steve Bye (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Br uce Barn es (Han); 2. Chris Leach (Hus); 3 . M iek Holb rool<(Han). . 125 PRO: 1. J im Anderson (Yam) ; 2. Grayson Han (KTM); 3. Tim M ich lil sch (Yam). . . 250 PRO: 1. J im Anderson (Yam); 2. Tim Mich· IilSCh (Yam); 3 . Chuck Sun (Han) . . 500 PRO: 1. Scon Tyler (Yam~ 2. Grayson Han IKTM) ; 3. Jare Meeker (Yam). l..C') 00 Cook sizzles at ~ ...... Corona MX ~ c-r By Nate Rauba C\l CORONA, CA, APR. 19 ;;..,. C\l Honda-mounted Darin Cook picked up the win in the 250cc Novice class tonight at Corona R aceway. Cook p laced second in th e first mota, th en was handed the victory when the front-runners cra sh ed in th e seco n d round. Greg Carso (S u z) led th e sta rt of moto o n e with Shawn H eit (Ya m), R eggie Kenny (Yam), and J aim Cartter (Han ) trailing. Heit stole th e-lead at th e end of th e first lap and qu ickly m oved away , while Cook m oved up to fourth as Kenny d ropped back . . Ov er th e next few laps H eit exten ded his lead a nd left Ca rso n , Carner. a nd Cook to fig h t fo r second, O n lap four Ca rtter we n t down, and Cook passed Ca rson soon after to la ke o ver seco nd . On the fina l lap H ei t bac ked off a nd Cook m o ved in , bu t H eir was in co n trol a nd too k th e win . Back in third . Carso n d ropped ba ck 10 Kenn y who gave h im a ra ce 10 the finish lin e. but the Suzuki rider h eld o n 10 lak e th e checkers first. At th e start o f m oto two, Ca rtier led Kenn y, Carson , a nd Cook o ff the line as H eit flo u nd ered n ea r last. The bad start didn't seem to affect H ei r though , as he moved th roug h th e pack a n d was in fou rt h at the end of lap o ne as Ken n y fell back to si xth . N ear the beg in n in g o f la p two, H eit moved by Cook a nd Carson the n set h is sigh ts o n th e lead er, Cartte r. H eit pursued Carner for th e next two la ps a nd was in posi tion lO mak e a m o ve by th e fift h lap. But in th e hills H eit gal 100 close, a nd when Ca rner crash ed H eit went down with him. Cook went by as H eit tried to untangl e h is' ma ch in e, a n d went on 10 tak e th e w in by a co m forta ble margin. H eit reentered the ra ce in fifth , th en m ad e it back up 10 thi rd behind Ca rson a t th e fin ish . H ei r's 1-3 wa s good fo r second overa ll , a nd Carson took third with a 3-2 sco re. In th e Open Intermed iat e class Brent Potter (Han ) p u lled off th e win with a 2-1 sco re . P aller trailed Su n west Yamaha 's Alan Coa ts for most of th e fi rst m ot o until he bail ed o n the la st lap. Paller had enough di stance o n Dean Wilk inson (G ea r/ H a n) 10 retain th e seco n d position. Coats led m ost o f th e second rn oto a lso, but p roblems o n th e la st lap a llowe d P aller 10 get by and tak e the w in . Coats was seco nd a nd th e o n ly o ther open rid er to fini sh , as Wilk inson crashed o u t in th e whoops o n the fir st lap and Dan Cuka r fa iled to sta rt th e race. :E - o Okay, send me my original fine art print of Bol O'Or by J eff Gundlach Please send print(s ) to Name _ Address _ Stat e City l ip Phone o _ _ Paym ent enclosed (ch eck or money order, payable t o Cycle News. lCA 185. add 6%, LA county res.' add 61h %1 . Ciii -.~ ~I Charge my Visa l:' .-' _ Results o HIGH SCHOOL 100: 1. Tim Well_ICer ): 2. Scott Slrang io(Upl); 3 . Steven Foster (Tus). 125 SA: 1. Greg Trachey [Tu s]: 2. John Holmes . INor); 3 . Mike Rambo (Per). 175 NOV : t . Hank Torres IPer ); 2. J eff Dean (Per); 3 . Mike Svend sen (Tus). 17 5 SR: 1. Gr eg Tr achey (lus); 2 . John Holm es (Nor); 3. Kevi n Montgom er y (Coil . 25 0 SR: 1. Scott Bu rn s (Nor ); 2. Bi lly Ham mond (Tus); 3. Ton y Str a ngio (Upl ). OPEN NOV : 'l.. Scan Burn s (Nor); 2. Bill y Ham mond (Tus); 3 . Don Litt eral (Upl). UNATIACHED MINI BEG 12 - : 1. Aoben Naber (Kaw ); 2. Donnie W il born (Yam); 3 . Roy Ben jam in (Yaml. M INI BEG 13+: 1. Scon Bagshaw (Yam ); 2. Je ff Gr iff en (Han); 3 . Ric h Step he n s (Yam) . M INI NOV : 1. M ike Port er (Kaw); 2. Eph riam Ben jam in (Han). Ch arg e C ustom er s; W e mu st have compl ete acco unt number and card expiration date, 0 Charge my M astercard The issuer of t he card identified on thi s Item is authorized to 5MY t he amount showna.TOTAL uponproperpreaentation, I promise to ptly s uc h TOTAL (together with any othe r c ha rge s dUB thereon) subject to and in acc

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