Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a nd Legarra. H e shot int o th e lead o u t o f turn o ne, but wa s quickl y rel ega ted to second by a n o n -the -move Green (H i-Point / Pro Fuel/Woodland Han ). G reen had Fa y 10 co n tend with a fter Fay displaced Cra ne and the order was Green. Fa v, Ben nett . Su lli va n, Cra ne a nd J eff Ha rsha o n lap four. Wit h I I la ps rem aining , Fa y se t OUI a fter Green . bUI just lik e last seaso n , Green wa s th e dominant force . Green a nd Fav severed th em selv es from Ben nett. 'w ho wa s in hi s first loc a l rid e in three sea son s a nd wa s no mat ch for Green a nd Fa y desp ite hi s big league experience. Legarra . \\' ilso n a nd R ya n Fish er (H -D) th en push ed past Cra ne lat e in th e race 10 mak e the fini shi ng orde r Green . Fay . Bennet t, Sullivan , Legarra, Wil son and Fish er in the top seven. th e sma ll Nav in' class. This litt le pers onal bailie is lik el y to co n ti n ue in th e Im erm ed i.u e cla ss as both Brice and Ryan will soon be m o vin g up. Th e Beginner cla ss gold m edal was a wa rded to C hristopher Bohn o n hi s Yamaha end uro mount. Bal m barelv edg ed o u t "lark O ldroyd o n clea ns to ea rn hi s firs t g old in o n ly h is second meet. EX: 1. Randy Green (Hon): 2 . M icky Fay (Honl : 3 . Dan Bennett (Han); 4 . M ike Sullivan (Tri ); 5 . Lerrv Lega rra CTril. JR: 1. Rick Albee (H· D); 2. Randy Roose (Hon); 3. Rich Hi lbun cleans a section en ro ute to v ictory at the Three Peaks Utah State Trials Championship Bugsy Booth (H-D); 4 . Rob Horban (Rtx): 5. Marty Zirbel (Tri). NOV: 1. Jon Nunez (C·A); 2. P.J . Sanchez (H-D): 3. Rob Blagg (Hon); 4 . Jim Servo (Husl: 5. Jim Du nken (Han ). TROPHV DASH . EX: 1. Randy Green (Hon); 2. M ike Sullivan (Tril; 3. M ickey Fay (Hon). JR : 1. Ricky Al bee (H-D): 2. Marty Zirbel (Tn); 3. B,Il Teylor (Yem). • NOV: 1. P.J. Senchez (H- D): 2. Jon Nunez (C-A ): 3. Rob Blegg (Hon). th ird. Fay , like Green took a n easy hea l win goi ng into th e trophy das hes . Green wa s o n a ro ll in th e th ree-lap Expert da sh and h eld off a surprising ra lly from Nationa l num ber 74 Mike Sull ivan . Su ll iva n rode h is Adams Cycle-backed Triumph 750 lik e a By Thorn Martin m adman , passing Fav .Iike h e WdS sta nd i ng still. 10 lake a close second CE DAR CITY, UT, MAY 18 behind Green at the fin ish . Al bee Ri ch Hilbun tighten ed hi s grip won th e Jun ior dash , a nd like Green on th e Utah State Tria ls Chamh ad a sweep of hi s hea l, da sh a nd pionship with a strong victory Junior Iast lime. In fact, Albee se t a t Three Pe aks h ere. east of th ird-fa stest lime of the night with a 14.96 , bea ting a ll his Jun ior co m Cedar City. Hilbun put on a Iantasti c rades a n d a ll bUI IWO Experts. P.]. exh ibition a board hi s freshl y brokenSanch ez (H -D) gave a ll on hand a in Fantic 300. In 24 verv-verrical displa y o f sens a tio na lism by loppin g Expert sectio ns set by ' Trial s Marthe Nov ice troph y da sh. sha ll Ed Oldroyd, Hi lbun did nOI The first ma in even t of th e 1985 sco re a n yth in g higher th an a two . northwest P ro IT seas o n sa w CaliH is l l -poim totu l for th e day was 10 fornians Nunez (H em mi nso n Const, points better Ih;1II second place finC oAl and Sa nchez coming down the isher Jeff Kingsford (C-A ). Hi lbun hill on the first lap of Novice action now leads Kingsford in the Utah Serwi th second yea r Novice Ro b Blagg ies 94 to 84. (Hon ) bi ting at th eir heels. Light The ligh test bau le for the da y wa s rain quick ly began 10 drizzle. b ut tha t between Kingsford and third plare didn't stop th e races or Nunez. Nunez fini sher Dan O lson (Bel). Kingsford a n d fellow Salina s rider San ch ez and Olson had total sco res of 21 and quickl y sepa ra ted th em selve s from eac h h ad 16 clea ns , Wh en the ones the rema in ing competi tion a nd rode were co unt ed , it was Kingsford ea rnahead of Blagg, Jim D un k en (Hon), ing second pl ace poin ts. Expe rt bronze Husqvarna rid er J immy Servo a nd m ed al s went to Kurt Gammill in Keith Barnhardt (Han) . The Ro tax fourth , Aa ron J ones in fifth, a nd duo wa s 100 much for th e co m pe riMarsh all J ones in six th . lion a nd showed spectat ors why th ey The Ad va nc ed class ha d its o wn a re th e Iwo fa stest No vices on th e very cl ose fini sh fo r seco nd a nd third west coas t. Nu nez got th e handl e o n but it wa s J oe La ravi e wh o ea rned th e th e top position lat e in th e race a nd gold medal for top h on ors. Larav ie held o ff Sanchez for th e wi n, with finished wi lh 28 losl poi ms to pUI Blagg la king a Ihird o ver Serv o a nd h im self Ihree a hea d o f th e pa ir o f 3 1s Dunken. turned in by Las Vega s r ider Mark BBRP Ra cin g 's Randy Roo se (Hon ) Hilech ew an d Bultaco-mounted S ta n led fell ow Wa sh in glonian Albee a n d McVev. Hitech ew 's scorecard showed Oreg onians J a ck " Bugsy" Boolh (H II cle~lIIs, whil e McVev co u ld o n lv D), Many Zirbel (T ri) an d Idaho IT m anage nine. so l\lark look Ihe si h 'er regional winner R o b Horban (R tx). medal home wilh him. Horban m ade a specla cular drive for The Imermediate class p rov idt-d Ih e fronl of Ih e p ac k, bUI had hi s the tighlest co m pe tition o f th e da y share o f lroubles gelling paSI Boolh. with on ly II poims separaling Ihe Up fronl it wa s R oose riding his top five finis hers. Scott Flillon (Fa n) hardesl in his allempls of holding off required o n ly four dabs to gel through Albee, but Al bee slromed p a sl a nd Ihe 24 Intermedi a te seclions to earn took Ihe lead on la p four and began the lOp spol. This gold m edal w.ill 10 p ull awa y al a sla n li ng rale from give Flitton enough poims to move R oose and Ih e Boolh -H orb a n -Zir bel. him u p 10 Ihe Advanced class fo r th e John C la ylon swapfesl. Albee rod e Santaqu in meet nex t monl h. Mi tch from Ihere on in al a cruising pace to Mi ller swept through Ihe seclio n s for sea l his win for a sweep of the n igh l a silver mt'da l fi nish, closely followed over Roose, Boo lh, Horban and Zirbel. by Bo b Ca rlis le in Ihird. Other InterNine Nalional n umbers, two roomediate bronze me dalists we re Mark kie Expens and a second year Expen Cla rk in fourth and Crdig Mifflin fiflh . . lined up for Ihe evening's Ihriller Ihe Expen mai n for 15 laps. Crane, Brice Leemasler a nd Rya n Bunker one o f Ihe IWO rookies , salon ro w one rode identical Montessa Cola 349s 10 ' wilh -Fay; ·G reen-. ' Ben neu ,- Wilson - • ·firsl and seffind-spots, respc.·etivd.y, in Hilbun takes round live 01 WTA series .. 40 • M INI EX: 1. Richie Reynold s (Hon); 2. Jemes Cyr (Hon). 125 EX: 1. J eff Irby (Kaw); 2. Jamie Steelsmith (Hon). 250 BEG : 1. Curt is Sm it h (Kaw); 2. Mike J ardine (Vern). 2501NT: t. Ji m Lynger (Yem); 2. Ron Wehr (Kew). 250 EX: 1. Rodn ey Reyno ld s (Kaw) ; 2. Troy Nor r is (Hon); 3. Loren Shockey (Vern). OPEN BEG: 1. J oev Smith (Kew); 2_Bobby Bzemen (Hon); 3. Pat McCorm ick (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Rodney Reyno lds (Hon); 2. Ricky Hens on (Yam); 3. Troy Norri s (Han). PP: 1. Denise A lt er (Han); 2. Ma ndy Gale (Yam). Res u lts EX: 1. Rich Hilbun (Fan); 2. Jeff King sford (C-A); 3 . Dan Ol so n (Bet); 4 . Kur t Gamm i ll (Yam ); 5 . Aaron Jones (Fan); 6 . M arsha ll Jones (Yaml. A DV : 1. Joe La ra vie IYam); 2 . M ar k Hitechew (Cag): 3. Sta n McVey (Bul). INT: t . Scott Ftiton (Fa n): 2 . Mitch M ,lIer (Yam ); 3 . Bob Car lisl e (Yam); 4 . Mark Clark ; 5 . Cr aig Mifflin lOs). NOV: , :"Br ice Leemaster (Mon); 2 . Hvan Bunker (Mon). BEG: 'l . Chri stopher Bohn (Ya m); 2 . Mark Oldr oyd (Varni· Results TT M IN I BEG: t . Scen M cPherson (Han ); 2. Steve Do rsey (Han); 3. Shenan Van Scho rack (Yam). Reynolds brothers sweep Ride For Lile ST By Marty Gregory CALDWELL, 10, MAY 17 Rod Reyn o lds aced both th e 250cc and Open Expert mains while you nge r brother Ri tch ie cle aned up th e 80cc Experts at th e Mult ipl e Scl erosis R id e Fo r Life ben efit short tra ck held at th e Lillie Britch es Rodeo Aren a. The Re ynolds brothers' wins on Frida y ni ght kicked o ff the three-da y promotion put o n by Honda of Caldwell a nd the Owyhee Motorcycle Club 10 ben efit the MS Society of Idaho an d WITCO (a non-profit organization providing employm ent for disabled persons). Largely th e result of hard work and kindness on the pans of Honda of Caldwell 's Bill Taylor, Glenn Murra y and crew.the Ride For Life week end is now in its fifth year and was started w ith former racer-bike shop own er Eldon Gross in mind. Drawing more than 1000 participants to Sunday's road ride (which culminated in Meridian 's LaVern Lucas winning H of Cvdo n ated Honda Gold Wi ng In terstate in a drawing!), R FL week en d raised over $20 ,000 th a nks to the many friends of Eldon who tu rn ed out 10 ride, race or specta te. Mr. Gross, himself. was able to pUI in a short a p p eara nce and wa s warml y received at th is weekend event. which gets bigger every year . Friday night's sho rt tra ck saw the excellent sm a ll rodeo fac ility turned in to a n !i-m ile oval a nd th e u sual o ne horsepower devices u sed th ere became 40 a nd 50 hp charge rs. The ac tio n was en h anced by th e entries of motocross hotshot Loren Shock ey in the 250cc Expert clash a n d former Cl ass C co n ten der Danny Atkinson in Ihe Open Experts. Shockey grabbed Ihe holesh ot in his main and hung in Ih ere until Irack-wise OMC Champ Rod Reynolds (Ka w) gobbled him up a t Ih e halfway point in th e 18-lap even t. Also getting by Loren . though nOI withoul a fight, was Troy Norris (H a n) who wound up seco nd to Reynolds. The Open confronta tion saw Dan Atkinson shoot inlo the lead and proceed to st yle around the Irack th e way he used to do il - in firs l p lace. Reyn ol ds gal by on lap 10, bUI Alkin- " so n kepI th e pressu re on until h e bu m ped a lapper a nd stalled o u t of Ihe chips. AI th e Open finish, it was Reyn ol ds, O MC O pe n Indoor Cham p R icky Henson (Yam) a nd Norris aboard h is pumped-up Honda XR500. Results PEE WEE: 1. Butch King ston (Yom): 2. Jocob G,ou (Yem); 3. Joke Abbott (SUl). MICRO: 1. Jooon Rich (Kowl; 2. Scott M_oon (Hon); 3. J...." 001. (Y.m~ , . Berry, Stork, Molder manage at BRAMX By Brian George STU RG IS, S D, ;\IA Y 12 Borderline Racing Associat ion m embers ro lled in to Sturgis Racewav today for th e first points-paying 'moto cross of 1985. and rid ers found th e redesigned tra ck ver y fast and so m etimes tricky, as ra cing con d itions turn ed from exce llen t in th e morni ng 10 hardpacked a nd so m ew hat dusty in th e afternoon . In th e 125cc Pro cla ss, LeeVern Berry topped Bill y Stork -al ter a nd afternoon of fierce battling. but Stork cam eback to dom in are 2S0cl" P ro ac tio n a boa rd h is Budweiser/ Rice Cycl es Rex Conrad -prepared Honda. In Open Pro raci n g , Dave Molder ra n into h is st iffest corn pe rition ye t a s h e a nd T om Peters traded moto w in s: in th e end it wa s Molder wh o ca me up with th e points lead a nd th e bigg est Pro paych eck for th e day. Th e 125s were th e first P ro class to hit th e track , a nd Stork, Berry a nd Peters set OUI flail in g through th e Iir st lap thrashing for the lead. Stork managed 10 nudge hi s wa y into the poiru position, whi le Berry fo llowed closely and Peters fought 10 keep u p wi th th e leaders. As the race wore on, Stork gradually pulled out to a comIo r ta ble margin and look th e checkered flag well ahead of Berr y. who in turn was a good m a rgi n a head of Peters, R a nd y Salveson p icked up fourth a head of Mark Mueller. MOIO two saw Berry ta ke the lead OU t of the fir st corner, with Stor k trying 10 find a way a ro u nd h im . But Berr y rode a flawless ra ce and ma naged 10 hold Stork back urui l the . checkered flag ca me o u t, giving Berr y both the moto a nd overa ll win a h ead of Stork . Peters had 10 work his way into third for third o vera ll, while Sa lveson a nd T odd Willis rounded out th e top five. Dave Molder sta rted OUI th e fir st 250cc Pro m oto by gra bbing the lead a head of Stork, Greg H yde, and Pet ers. bUI hi s lead was short-lived , On the opening lap Molder took a sel of four whoops a ll in o ne leap, m ade il a nd extended hi s margin over Sl ork. BUI Molder's a lle m p t on Ih e seco nd lap ended up a foot shan. a nd he blew pasl Ihrough a righ t-ha irp in lurn a few vards lat er. Slork Ihen weill illl o Ih e lead with Molder now on his Iail : on th e third la p Molder again weill for a ll four whoops 10 pass Slork, and closed Ihe gap momenla rily, bUIag- in d overshot the following corner and wound u p losing m ore ground . Fro m Ihere on, Slork motored off 10 the ch ecke rs for th e win , whi le Mo lder settled for seco n d ahead of Pelers• G rey H yde a nd C un H yde. SlOrk once agai n lOok co lllrol ea rly in Ihe second, wh ile Pe ters, H yde and Mol der m ixed it up behind h im . Molder Ih en weill down and had to play ca lch -u p Ihe reSI of the molO , wh ich ga ve Stork a chance 10 p u ll oul 10 a good lea d . When Ih e checkered flag flew, S lOrk had a n easy wi n, ~hil~ ..H,vp e , pu llr<,! in for a IO ,ugh

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