Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

M INI J R: 1. M ike Walling (Kaw); 2. Ross Dayher (Yam); 3 . Colin Edwards (Kaw). MINI SR: 1. SCOll Thomas (Yam); 2. Chad Montero (Kawl; 3. Steven Nestor (Kaw). MINI STK: 1. SCOll Thomas (Yam ); 2 , Chad Mon tero (Kaw); 3. Jerry Norwood (Kawl . 125 NOV ; 1. SCOll Renick IKawl; 2. Jeff Kline IHon); 3. Rick Schvetz (Kawl. 125 INT: 1, Dal e Stcreoeca (Kaw): 2 , Marlon W il · logh by IKaw); 3 . Paul ChadWIck (Honl. 125 EX: 1. BIlly Whit ley (Yam ): 2 , Ron Dunfee (Hon ); 3. Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw ). 2S0 NOV ; 1. Chr is M cNeil (Kaw) ; 2 . Bubba Schultz (Yam); 3. James Prasifka (Han). 250 INT; 1, Jeff GIbson (Kaw) ; 2 , Billy Compton (Kaw); 3. M ike Murray (Yam) . 250 EX 1. Billy Wh itley (Yam); 2 . Dennis Hawthorne (Kaw); 3. Ron Dunfee (Han). 500 INT: 1. Steve Cra ig (Yam): 2 . Hank Hodes (Kaw ~ 3. Keith Bu rn ight (Yam) . 500 EX: 1. Ronnie Prado (Yam ); 2. Mark Mestayer (Honl; 3 , W illie Phee (Hon ), OVER 30: 1. Jim Teague (Yam); 2 , Doug Wingo (Yam ); 3 . Jim Barnes (Suz ), OVER 30 EX: 1. Mike Farmer (Yam); 2. Frank Peebles (Hon) ; 3 , Bill y Click (Yam), VET NOV : 1, Paul Rabe nius (Yam ); 2 . M ark And er son (Yam); 3 . Gill Ben t (Yam) . VET AM : 1. Don Doubleday (Yam ); 2. Tbomas" M ita s (Hus); 3. Gary Dav is (KTM ). VET EX: 1. Dave Wollaston (S Ul); 2. Mark Poin de xter (Yam); 3. Gary Gta senepp (Han ). SR NOV : 1. Robin Lewi s (Kaw ); 2. Pau l Phelp s (Yam); 3, Ted Hardy (Kawl, SR A M : 1, Ken M ill e r (Kaw) . SR EX: 1, John Etsch eid (KTM) ; 2, Dave W ollas ton (S ul l. Whitley whips second Texas Series round - By Bill Phee BASTROP, T X, MAY 12 • Lakeside Motosport Pa rk host ed round two of th e 1985 Texas Series. with Bill y Wh it ley taking the I25cc and 250cc Expert IfN THI. ,O IIEl&I THE T liTl. . .crcu,." 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Wh illey combined good starts and hard riding to ca p tur e both class es. The firs t 250cc Expert moto had Den ni s Hawt h orn e p u lli ng the ho leshot w ith J a ck Beck h am , De nn is M unns and Mark Cochran fo llowing, By the third lap, Wh itley passed up to second p13Cl' and was cha llen g in g H awthorneforfirst. On rhefourrh lap, Whitley passed Hawthorne for good , while Ron Dunlee moved ;.rou nd Beckham Ior' third. AI th e halfway [lag, Dunfee pa ssed H aw th orne 10 ta ke second place. AI th e fini sh it was Whitky, Dunfee , a nd H awthorne, with Coc h ra n fou rth afler Beckham broke th·e rear hub on h is Kawasaki. Th e second rnoto had Hawth orne h ol eshot a ga in , with Mark Sater , Cockran a nd Whitl ey following. Dunfee wa s on th e move, co m in g from eighth to fourth place by th e second lap. Whitley moved up 10 second . and heand H awtho rn e pulled a wa y from th e pack. At th e finish it wa s H awthorne and Whitley with a n 18second lead over third place Dunfee. Th e 125cc Expert race turned out to be a three way race between Whi tlev. Hawthorne a nd Dunfee. Th e three rid ers pulled a wa y in th e first few laps ro firi ish on e, two, and three. respe ctive ly, wi th the most race action for fourth p lace between C hris Loftin, Robert Tiema n n . a nd Rodd v Lew is, wit h Loftin lak ing fourt h. . Th e seroud moto saw Darrvl " ' ills fir st with Whit ley, Dunfee, a nd Lewis following. Haw thorne cra sh ed on the first lap and remounted in lilt' last po sition. Will s wa s h olding off Whitle y o n ly 10 cra sh o u t of fir st o n th e third la p . This put Whitley fir st . Dunfee seco n d , Lew is rh ird , a nd Hawrh orm-fou rth . Ha wthorne passed Lew is for thi rd , a nd th e o rder sta ved . the same to the fin ish. T h e first 250cc Interm edi at e moro sta rt had fir st mot o winner, Bil lv Co mpton , p u lli ng th e hol esh ot , wid] H ank H odes. Ron S ussma n , a n d Sha wn Cl eveng er hal on h is trail , S uss ma n crashed o n th e seco nd lap with Doug Moore m oving up to fourth . Jdf Gibson moved up from a p oor start to ch a lle nge Compton for fir st place o n lapfour. T h e battl e co n .rin ued until th e la st lap. wh en Gibso n sta lle d hi s bike o n a turn. Gibson recovered to take seco nd a head of David DePrato a nd Harl on Willoughby o n a Clgi,'a . Th e second round had Compton aguin taking th e hol esh o t, with Gre~ H oward . Sussman, and Gibson in lOW. With Howard a n d Gibson pressuring Compton. Cihsoll passed both Howard and Compton a t the halfway p oin t. H oward got by Compton on ly I " rrush o n rlu- Iavt lap. AI the fin ish it was Gihson , Compt on , John Pol la rd , and Mik e Murrav. By M. R. Edge ANCHO RAGE , AK. MAY I I Seattle-bou nd Media One, In c., p ut o n its second Showdow n o f the year at the George M. Su llivan arena here. Advertising an Results MINI MINI: 1. Mike Wa lling (Kaw); 2. Ross Dayher • (Kawr. 3 . Mike 'Cokef Jr. , KaW1. '· ••• " o'/. .." ". I .. unclirnbabl e man -made hill. appropria tel y named the "Widowma ker." and a full co m p lime n t of dirt track racers , including sp eedway bikes and fla t tra ck bik es. th e Sh owdown promised exc ite me nt to entertai n me n thungry Alaskans. Medi a One brought up eigh t Canad ia n speedwa y racers plus two Seat tle Pro hillclirnbers. in addition to recruiting An chorage's top local raeers. 1t may have been onlv a show. bu t with a 5000 purse up 'for grabs. it was ver y serious fo r th e participants. The real racing was on the oval . but the crowd reallv ca me to see the Widowm aker - a 4'50 pl ywood-andscaffoldi ng ramp with packed din that stretched from the arena floor 10 10 feet short of the ceilin g . It defin itely dominated one's view of the a rena. Challengers had to be mounted on stock bikes and actua lly started on the incli ne . Each rider had two tries, with the top five transferring to the ma in eve nt. Loca l motocrosser Jim McClai n made the h igh mark on his Ka wasa ki 250. besting th e 500cc bikes in th e afternoon sho w, McClain could only manage a fourth la ter in the evening while Keith Steiner , aboard a Yamaha YZ490. mad e it a lmost halfwav 10 take first. People were wondering if a nyone co u ld mak e it o n a stock bike and Tom Schach le found o u t. As eac h p erson h ad h is cha nce a t th e hill th ey rolled up to the bo ttom. Schach le didn ' I ro ll up a n d gu n ned hi s H onda 500 w ith a 50 foot run send ing everyo ne d iving 10 ge t o u t o f hi s way. He mad e it to th e to p a nd th en surp rised everyone by flying off th e top and ridin g down to th e floor. Sch achle was disqualified but th e crowd cheered to see someone fin all y go over the top . Of co urse th e exh ibitio n hill climbers, Gary Kin g a n d Ro n Edie , brought o u t th eir modified bikes a nd easil y mad e it up. The two added so m e sp ice 10 th e climb and drag ra ced eac h o ther to th e top on the na rro w ramp. The ova l was small a nd the dirt soft . but th e speedwa y rid ers still pu t on a n im p ressive exhibi tion. Two Ala sk an speedway rid ers, R o bert H ardy and Andy Thick stun, qua lified for a chance to race with th e British Co lumbian cha m ps. Alt h oug h n ei th er'made it to th e main , the y both put in good rid es. The so ft dirt wasn 't as bad a handi cap for th e Ilat track racers a nd th e sma ll track mad e for so me cjose rae.n. . After two go od sh owings on th e

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