Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ o lr I(J) o z :::; o ";", _-~J ~ :> al f2 o :I: C. race a t Hannegan Spee d way in th e 125 Bs a nd th e thi rd tim e to take the lead a t th e sta rt. Ward h as won th e class with re la ti ve ease in eac h o f th e three co n tes ts. Th e rem a inin g positions hav e been up for gra bs, how ever. G arret Pow ers hook ed onto seco nd, Trov Do tv on a Honda. third , a n d Mike Va ii fourt h. In lap five. Dor y go t a ro u nd Pow ers. In th e seventh lap Va il m ov ed in to third . St an Trinkau s (Kaw ) wa s m o vin g up through th e pack and took third a way from Vail , and finish ed in that position. Dory pl aced seco n d behind Ward. Results 250 B: 1. Jeff laVille; 2. Scott Rank (Han); 3. J immy Whitcher (Kaw ). 250 A : 1. M ike Jorgenson (Ho n); 2. Brent Melvin (Yam): 3. Rueben Spring man (Suz) . 125 B: 1. Larr y W ard (Kaw ); 2. Troy Doty (Honl; 3. Stan Tr inkaus (Kaw). 125 A: 1. Larry Visco (Kaw); 2. Brad Kesselring Clyde Rawlins powers his Harley-Davidson to a record 151 .26 mph in winning at the L.A. County Raceway. (Han); 3. Mike McClement (Yam). OPEN B: 1. P.F. SlUen (Sull; 2. David Huynh (Yam); 3. Steve Hambegh (Hon). OPEN A: 1. M ike Jorgenson (Han) ; 2. Dale Bar ker IYam); 3. Br ian Doyle (Hon) , ENDUR O B: 1. St eve Pow er (Han ); 2 . Tod d S harp (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Ja mes Cottet (Suz): 2. Ron Dormeyer (Han); 3. Rick Brauer (Han). 250 C: 1. Jo e M cKen zie (Hon l; 2 . Tim Hu izenga (Han). Greg Steves a nd Ro n Fin ger broke o n th e run. G reg m ad e it to th e lights first. a fter lunchin g a co n nect ing rod. P ro S toc k's co nsis te n t T omm y Bolton was a first ro u nd no-sh ow . handing Rick G ero a 9.09/ 144.5 bye run , wh ich was th e best ro u nd tim e by a bo u t ' /Io[h seco nd . J eff Rid dle sq ua red off aga ins t Anthony An der so n . with Rid dl e tak in g a 9.22 vs. 9.24 win. The Gero/ Riddle fin al was close a t 9.06119. I II bo th a t 144.00 wit h Riddle la king th e win. King shines at Santa Clara MX By Mike Vancil SANT A C LA RA, CA. MAY 17 Intermedi ate class ri ders began to assert the mselves at th e co m pact a nd ch a lle nging Con tin enta l Motosports CI ub sa nction ed night mo tocro ss, hosted by Ca lifornia Mo tosp orts, In c. In the 250cc Intermed ia te class firs t moto it looked lik e David Minj ar es (Ha n ) a nd Mann y Ornellas (Han ) were going to be th e two to fight down to th e wire. Ornell as fell o ff [he pace wh ile Minj ar es just pl ain fell o ff! Great est will to win was sti ll preval ent in J on Kin g (Hon ) as he carri ed past Ornel las to win. In the seco nd mot a . Ph il Douglas (Han) and Cory Perreault (Suz) set th e ea rly pa ce aft er ro cket in g off th e line. Perreault ha s several times tak en this class and tried hard to aven ge h is poor first mota performance. He did hang on for seco n d as repeated attempts to dislodge Douglas from th e lead failed. What neither Douglas nor Perrea u lt counted on was the reserve strength and desire in the form of Jon King. King beg an to repeat his attack on th e course, just as he had in th e I25cc class. Alt hough it didn 't bring his to th e point o f passing Perrea ult 's Suzuki, it did a llow him a third in th e mota and a combi ned first overall. It was a popular victory. Results 50 PEEWEE: 1. J oseph Flor es (Suz). 60 PEE WEE PLUS: 1. Devid Augus tine (Yam). BO NOV 9· 11 : 1. Dann y Wengr (Kew); 2. Ju st in Ow nbey (Suz). BOJR 9-1 1: 1. Tyler Hum mel (Kaw). BO NOV 12-16 : 1. Kenn ie McGrath (Han); 2. Adam Fisher (Kaw); 3. Devid MacA rthur (Kew l. BOJR 12·1 6: 1. Stan Lundqu ist (Kaw ). BOEX 12· 16: 1. Chris Neel (Yam). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Ricky Peixoto (Kaw); 2. Tim Riggs (Yam); 3 . Ste ve Mar inelli (yam) . 34 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Bian Erdman (Kaw): 2. Wade Cobern (Han); 3. Bre nt Honn oll (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Mark Drebert (Vam); 2. Chri s Ramo (Han); 3. Rodney Corr iea (YamI. 125 INT: 1. Geoff Woods (Suz). 125 .PRO: 1. '(any Flor. s (Suz)• . • • _ _ • • • • • 25 0 NOV. DIV.t; _l .11icbard S mitb .(Honl ; 2. . Richa rd St anco (Yam); 3 . Mike Tavar es (Hon), . 25 0 NOV DIV 2: 1. Sean Humm el (Kaw ): 2. Matt Lorenzo (Han); 3. Tom Alder (Yam). 25 0 JR: 1. Steve Matlock (Hus); 2. Gary J aehne (Kaw) ; 3. George Heere (Hen ). 25 0 INT: 1. Jon King (Han): 2. Phil Douglas(Honl: 3. Cory Perreault ISuzl. 250 PRO: 1. Sha wn McConn (Yam) ; 2 . Do nn ie Anderson (Yam); 3 . Jon Nelson (Ho n). OPEN NOV: 1. Tony Owen (Han); 2. Wad e Hall (Han); 3. Joe Kocher (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Sk ip Brossard (Yam); 2. Pat r ick veech ierri (Yam ). OPEN INT: 1. Glenn Harrison (Yam) . OPEN PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Han); 2. John Wells (Yam l: 3. Eric Mashbir (Yam ). OPEN C: 1. Br ian Hora t; 2. Kyle Secord (Kaw) , OVER 30: 1. P.F. Stue n (Suz); 2. Don Wa nlin (Yam). 1 SPEED: 1. Eri c Schwab (Yam); 2. Jason HOng (Yam); 3. Denn is Dewell (Yam). 60 A: 1. Bill y Zwick (Kaw); 2. Reed Sta nley (Kaw ). 60 B: 1. Brandon Bradshaw (Kaw); 2 . Bri an J ones tKaw ). 60 c: 1. M icha el Hunnicutt (kaw); 2. Larry Sta n ley (Kaw). BOA: 1. Brett DeVries (Kaw ). BOB: 1. Bill y Zwick (Kaw); 2. Reed STanley (Kaw). BOC: 1. Patr ick Logan (Kaw): 2. Joe Fox (Yam). 80 0 : 1. Joe Kalous (Kaw t; 2. Shawn Scoleri. 105 A: 1. Bren DeVries (Kaw) . 10 5 B: 1. Noel Christmas (Kaw); 2 . Justin Rodgers (Kawl. VET SPRTSMN: 1. Gary Jaehne (Kaw); 2. Jerr y Silsdorf (Yam). VET INT 1. Bob Tomschin ISu z). : VET MSTR: 1. Dave Burgess (Yam); 2. Phil Dou· glas (Han). OT MSTR: 1. Gary Estes (Han). Orr wins at Boyd By M. Orr Jorgenson flies high at Hannegan MX By Paul Nielsen BELLI NGH A:l.1 , WA, MAY 16 In th e 250cc A class, Bren t Melvin (Ya m) found th e revised s ta rt i ng g r id a t H an n eg an Speed way to h is lik in g and led the ra ce for three laps until h igh flying Mik e J orgenson (Ha n) took o ver. Doin g cross- ups o ver th e ju mps, Jorge nson w a ~ un touch able a n d pulled a way from hard-ridin g Melv in and th e rest of the pack. Lar ry Visco (Ka w) was third , and closi ng in was Rueben Springman (Suz) in fourth . Melvin wa s riding on th e hairy edge trying to sta y with J orgen son but kept losing ground, whil e Springm an got aro un d Visco to gai n th ird place. But Springm an was unabl e to ca tch Melvin. Jorgenson set th e fast time of the night, covering th e track in two minutes a nd 28 seco nds . At th e finish, it was Jorgen son , Melvin a n d Springman. The 125cc A class started with a clea n holes hot by Brad Kesselring (H a n ), then Larry Visco (Kaw ) moved into the lead before th e comp leti on o f th e fir st lap. Charlie Charhon (Han) mov ed into third and Steve Fri sen (Ha n) wa s fourth . Visco set a blistering pa ce as Kesselring tried to keep within striking distance. Behind th em, though, was a batt le for third in progress. Da rell Martens (Kaw ), moved up to th ird in o ne sweep, pas si ng Charhan and Fr isen, w h ile Mike McC lement (Yam ) took ove r fourth . Visco maintained a go od lead. wi th Kesselring second, a n d a ch argin g McC lement passed Martens on the last lap to finish th ird. Larrv Ward's Kawasaki carried him into th e lead when the gate fell in the - ' 125cc' Bc lass:.:rh is· was Ward's tHird . BOYD , TX, MAY 18 The troph y dash was hard o n eq u ip me n t a t Mike Kidd 's Boyd Raceway tonight. First up o n the line, Sammy Sweet tri ed to tak e a pra ctice lap , bu t his engine blew u p and h e re tin -d from th e tra ck, a llo wing runner-up C har lie O rr to take his p lace. Dodd Dyson go t th e hol e-sh o t. foll o wed by O rr, Bill Hern do n a nd Scott Adams. Down th e back straigh t. Orr a nd H ern don both pa ssed Dyson , o ne o n each side of hi m , with Orr leading int o turn three. H erndon passed O rr o n th e insi de in turn two o f lap three. but hi s engine sei zed on the fin al lap go ing int o turn three, leavin g Orr to tak e th e win by a wheel a hea d o f Dyson . T wo Wh eel World's Ed Meyer h eld o ff Ronnie LeBleu o n th e last lap to win th e first 125cc short tra ck h eat ran '. The seco nd hear race was won byM ik e H al e, wh o sa iled acro ss the fini sh line jus t as C ha d McCracken lost fire co mi ng o ut o f turn four to coast across th e line in secon d place. H al e, rid in g for Ka wasak i Kountry South, J em co Pi p es, J er ry Major Port ing a nd M/C Stuff, got th e holeshot to lead th e main event in a wireto -wire win , whil e Meyer and LeBleu again ra ced wh eel-to-wheel in th e battle for seco nd place. Mey er managed to hold th e edge over LeBleu to fini sh second. whi le Scott Brid ges took fourth ahea d o f McCracken. Bobby Shaw put a new CR250 ou t of Honda Town on th e sh ort track for a narrow win ahead o f Trace Polson in the first 250cc heat race, then Meyer held off Hale for the win in th e second heat. Pol so n and Alan Powers bot h drew pena lties for th ird row starts in the main event. Shaw got th e hol eshot, followed bv Rockv Fivecoa t, Meyer a nd Ha le. On lap two, Polson got around Ha le, then th e next time a ro un d, went in sid e Meyer in turn two to tak e over third place. On lap four , Powers went around Meyer 161' fo urth a nd Polson passed Fivecoa t with a good d rive on th e o u tside co m ing o u t of turn four. Pow ers ra uglu Fivecoat , but co u ld not get aro u nd him and Fivecoat took th e chec kers in th ird p lace. Sha w took the win well ahead o f seco ndp lace Pol son. Pol son capt u red th e first O pen Ama teu r heat race win , lead in g Steve Mill er and J am es Harris. Melv in Clay won th e seco nd h eat , foll ow ed by Tim Sa nde rso n . But th e main event wa s all Alan Pow ers, as h e took over the lead from Cl ay on th e back stretch o n lap one. Cla y j us t edged o u t Sanderso n a nd Pol son a t th e fini sh lin e to fini sh in seco nd, with Sanderson third and Po lso n in fourth place. O pen Pro act io n started with Dyson tak ing th e first heat mounted o n a Marrineaux H onda , beat ing Duvall R a cin g ' s Rodn ey Farris ( Ha r leyDavidson ) to th e flag . Adam 's (HarleyDavidson ) took th e second h eat over Honda mounted Willie McCo y. T eam Pa ce sett er ' s H erndon won h eat number three ahead o f Samm y Potter. The final heal race wen t to Sweet over Orr as it was red-flagged a fter a rider went down in turn four. J eff H arder go t to [he co rne r firs t in th e semi -fina l, fo llow ed by Bill y Orr, Terry Newman a nd Sco tt Scherb. H arder held th e lead until th e last lap. wh en Orr p assed him on the back ch u te and took th e win. with H arder finishing seco nd ahea d o f Sche rb a n d Fred Debrick. Cha rlie O rr , ridi ng an Arlingt on H onda /Race Ready-sponsored, Bill y Orr-tuned Honda , took th e lead a t th e sta rt o f th e ma in event , foll ow ed by Dyson , Farri s a nd Scherb. By the last lap, Orr h eld a lO-bikelength lead over seco nd place, but slip ped o ff th e gr oove a nd went down in turn three. Farris took th e win , follow ed bv Adams an d Potter. Orr got up to fin'ish in fourth pl ace a head o f Sche rb a nd Bill y O rr. Results TROPHY DASH: 1. Charlie Orr (Han); 2. Dodd Dyson (Han); 3. SCali Adams (H·D). 50 : 1. Cha rles Font e not (Yam); 2. Ph ilip Thompson (Yam); 3. Trey Glasco (Yam) . 60 : 1. Clayton Hull (Kaw l: 2. Todd Wa y (Kawl ; 3. Derick W hiten er (Han), 80 JR: 1. Mark Bu rch (Han); 2. Kevin M cGlockl in (Yam); 3. Der ick W hitener (Yam) . BO SR: 1. Clayton Hull (Kaw ): 2. Greg Teague (Han): 3. Ronni e LeBleu (Suzl. 125 : 1. MIke Hale (Kaw) : 2. Ed M eyer (Kaw); 3. Ronnie LeB le u (Yam) . 250 : 1. Bobby Shaw (Hon); 2. Trace Polson (Han): 3. Roc ky Fivecoat (Yam ). OPEN AM : 1. Al an Pow ers (Vam); 2. Melvin Clay (H-D): 3. Tim Sanderson (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Rodney Farr is (H· D); 2. Scali Adams (H· D); 3. Samm y Potter (H· D). Buyas, Hart, take PIR MX wins By Brian Barnes PO RT LAN D, OR, MAY 16 With th e 1985 racing seaso n now officially in full swing , Portland Interna tio nal Racewa y has once again begun its tradition o f night racing every Thursday , with Duane W yl~ er once aga in a t th e co nt ro ls. Jon Bu ya s (T own Center Kawasaki) took a well-deserved win tonight over th e 125cc Pro class with a double rnor o sweep, Buyas did n ot tak e the wins th e easy way though . as he was forced to battle Grayson Hart (ProCaliber KTM / Sun Products ), Jere Meeker (Coun tr y Yamaha / Kawasaki/ Mi ller) Beaverton Honda 's Kurt Rogstad and the return o f once feared Mini star Jack McG ill (Kaw) . Ha rt took the runnerup po sition in the first moto afte r so me heavy dicing wi th Rogst ad , who ca rded a third. The second moto fou nd McGill motoring into th e lead with a beautiful holeshot. but McGill sta rted to tire, . allowing Buyas to pass and a ga in take th e win . :l.ltGiIl so m eho w held

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