Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ISu zl. 12 5 PRO: 1. Tony Flores ISuz). 250 BEG: 1. George Miranda ISu z); 2. John Silv a 80 AM : 1. Brandon Gerber; 2 . Ge off W alden; 3. Jeff We skamp . BONOV 12 -16 : 1. Travis Newbury; 2. Russ Pearson ; 3. Virgil Begaye. BONOV7 -11 : 1. Alfred Barnson; 2. Doug Brown; 3 . Sha ne Bart holomew . 60 JR 9 -11 : 1. Matt Smith; 2. Chanc e Maughan; 3 . Ryan Whitehouse . 60 JR 0 -8 :'1. Russ And erson; 2. Buddy Li nza: 3 . Brook Filinson. . 40 MILES /2 LOOPS WOMEN: 1. Joy Reg; 2. Diane Con stantino; 3. Annette Bush. SPTSMN : 1. JeH M eyer . POWDER PUFF: 1. Su san Larsen . NOV .. 125: 1. Tony eol asia; 2. J eff Lundgree n; 3 . Gene Henr ie. 200: t . Spencer Ne il son ; 2. Rich ard Anderson ; 3 . Wade Allison. 250: 1. Ron Moody; 2. Rocky J aram illo; 3 . Todd Sta ton . OPEN : 1. Sco tt Wh it ehou se; 2 . Ray Zeeman; J . Dale Benz ler . 0 -30: 1. Pau l Rope ; 2 . Larry Barl ag e; 3 . St eve Hancock. 0 -3 8 (SRI: 1. Pa ul Peters : 2. Lynn 8elka ; 3 . Terry Tate. . 0-44 (MAG) : 1. M err ill Hutt on; 2. Earl Chap man 3. Dale Olness. AM 125: 1. Greg Godf rey ; 2. Jarred Cleyson ; 3 . 8rad Lewis . 250: 1. Richie Gai ner; 2. Morgan Will iams ; 3. Vince Barnes. OPEN: 1. Ma rk lundg reen; 2. Greg Nollan; 3 . Richard Head . 0 ·30; 1. M ike M athew s; 2. Ray Wirts; 3. Dick Wakefield . 0 ·38 : 1. Dan Narda ; 2. Rocky Joh nson; 3 . Bill Murphy. 0 -44: 1. Larry Robin son; 2. Joe Con ne ll; 3. Maurice Burton. DINO S: 1. Gene Sm ith ; 2. John Hateley; 3 . Je ff ·Naylor . EX 125: 1. Jeff M ill er;- 2. Br ian Folks; 3. Brent M cKendr ick. 250: t . Scott Gerbe r; 2. Barr y Ferhner; 3 . SCOll M orr is. OPEN: 1. 8 rad Strong; 2. Harvey Howrd; 3 . Scot Hard en . 0 -30 : 1. Pete Sheeha n; 2. Lee Pearson; 3 . Preston Gerber . 0·3 8 : 1. Carl We skamp; 2. Ed Dialogu e; 3 . Denni s M cKendr ick. 0 -44 : 1. Blain Taylor; 2 . Le~oy Blacksheer ; 3 . Cra ig Ben nion. Manley nails Perris SMX Saturday win By Terry Whytal P ERRIS, CA, MAY 25 Honda pi lot Br ian Ma nley swe pt bo th 250cc Pro motos today a t SMX's Saturday motocross at Perris Raceway. Chasing Manley 10 the checkered flag in both rnotos was another Honda rider Mike Wa tson , while Yamaha rider Mike Carlo p lace third overall. Mike Kell rode his Ka wasak i to th e ' top placing in th e I25cc Pro class. Kell moved 10 the front early in both rounds as Yamaha rider Joe Tuttobene and Kawasaki-mounted Ro bert Noli n battled [or the runner-up spot. The two riders traded moto p laces with Tuttobene claiming seco nd overa ll and Nol in having to sett le [or th ird. In th e 250cc Int ermediate class, Yamaha rider Gary Scheidler bested th e Iield in th e first mot o, 'too k third in the second a nd cap tu red th e overall. Loren Pochirowski (H o n ) took second ahead of Suzuki rider Matt Kresser. Honda-mounted Kinn ey Jones blew away the Vet Expert class after winning both motos, Ken Ehlers and hi s Yam aha kept the pressure o n Jones in both motos but had 10 sett le [or second. U lf Johansson pi loted his Honda to the 250cc Novi ce win after a rough batt le wit h runner-up David Bresia da on a Yamaha . Third went to Yamaha rid er T ad Cat es. Results 250 PRO: 1. BrianManleYIHon); 2. Mike Watson (Han); 3. M ike Carlo IYam) . 125 PRO: 1. Mike Kell (Kaw); 2. Joe Tuttobene . (Yam); 3. Robert Nolin IKaw). 25 0 INT: 1. Gerv Scheidl er tv am j. 2. Loren Poch irowski (Han); 3 . M att Kresser (Su z). 125 INT: 1. Paul Thompson IKawl; 2. John Sulli· van (Kaw). VET EX: 1. Kin ney Jones (Han); 2. Ken Eh lers (Yam); 3. Peter Dill (Han). VET NOV: 1. Ken He rkime r (Yam); 2. Richard Wil - . son (Yam); 3 . J eff Patt er son (Han) . 12 5 NOV ; 1. Ton y Seckmar (Han) : 2. Craig Monty IHon); 3 . Willy Drake (Yeml. 250N OV : 1. Ulf J oha nsso n IHon l; 2. Oavid Bre si· ada IYaml; 3 . Tad Cates (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1. John Perr y (Kawl; 2. Br ian A ll en IKaw); 3 . Greg Wh itfield (Yam l. 250 BEG; 1. Jac en Butt (Yam); 2. Tim M ount IYam ); 3 : Ted Hehir (Honl , 125 BEG : 1. And yVienega s (Yam); 2. Kyler Davi s IKawl; 3. Nick Grey (Yam). M INI1NT: 1. Dustin Evans (Kaw); 2. Slo an Cooper IYam); 3 . JeH Fire (Kawl. MINI NOV : 1. Lou ie Ramo (Yam ); 2. Ronn ie Kau ble IYam); 3 . Scott M art in (Kaw l. MINI 8EG : 1. J oh n Peterson (Kaw); 2. Jeff Gri ff in (Han); 3. Chr is Grey (Yaml . Haaker stomps Big Boot By Scott Taggart EUREKA, CA, MAY 26 J ohn H aaker piloted hi s Husky Four-Stroke to overall ho nors at Far West M.C.'s Big Boot end uro. Haaker told admi rers after the event th a t " th is is m y kind of riding". Haak er' s 19 point sco re p rovided pl enty o f margin over second overall a nd · first Open A fini sh er George Hendrix who turned in a 25 point score. Don Hoagl and a n d his 200 cc Yamaha were on the main jet tod ay. Hoagland finis hed first 200cc A, third overall with 27 points. Jeff Church's 28 points netted him second behind Hoagland, a nd put him 'o ne point ah ead of Jeff Naff in third 200cc A. Steve Shoemaker gassed his 250cc to a 28 point, first 250cc A win, Iollowed by Scott Reyno ld s in second and Mit ch Le nz III third.' Seco nd and third place Open A trophies were claimed by Scott Taggart and Ros s Liberty with 28 and 30 point scores, respectively. John Poor thumped second place Bob Holmes and third place Da ve Crowell in the FourStroke A class. Tom Jepson narrow ly too k the first Vet A slot to bea t Bill Dart in second and Cliff Glidden in third p lace. Jepson and Da rt both dropped 32 points, whi le G lidd en lost 33. The top three .Senior A's turned in impress ive scores, with Ra nd y Carles' 25 points leading the pack, fo llowed by J err y Kramer with 30 and Chuck Cris t with 40 points. Ph ill ip Frisbee was th e first o f on ly two finis hers in the Super-Senior A class, with Bob , Sangalli taking second. Pa u l Wilson devasta ted the B class with his 30 poin t score to take Overa ll B. Wilson's next closest competitor in the Sportsman 's class turned in a 50 point score. Cliff McBride, despite breaking his 'rig h t th umb 20 miles from th e finis h, rode [or the first Open B win, [01lowed by Pau l Stah l and Gary Mat hews. Only two 250cc B's were a ble to make the grade today. Jeff Jones finished first and Larry Gorman too k seco nd in that class. Bru ce Rust rode to a second Overall B, first 200cc B finish. Second 200cc B rider M. T aylor 's 56 points ed ged Bradley Sitton 's 57 point third place ride. D. Burnham was only able to pull o u t th ird pl ace behind second place Carl H enning a nd first place Ron Benson in th e Four-Stroke Bclass. John Burwell left litt le to dispute in the Vet B class with hi s 40 point rid e. Robert Shannon and Craig Duncan trai led 22 points behind Burwel l, with Sh annon getting th e nod. T ed Bail ey's 75 points [ared better th an J erry Brown 's score, but Ralph Buffa's 58 points smoked both of th em in th e Senior B's, Dan Welch fini sh ed th ird just one poin t' beh ind R . Kelly. Kell y how ever ,,:as 93 points orr of first pl ace Super Senior B Ron Sterbenk's 106 point sco re. Barbara Mihovi ch was the o n ly fini sh er in th e Wom en B's, . Rod Forseth was high point C rider of th e da y with 65 points. John Brym er finished three points behind Forseth to claim second Overall C, a nd first Open C honors. Jeff Tipton gra bbed th e fir st 250cc C slot wi th his 80 poi nt score. David Well s took th e fir st pl ace 200cc C troph y with a n 85 poi n t sco re. In a class rarel y run the 125cc C's, DN F was the word of th e da y. J ohn Pea vier houred o u t at. chec k eig h t to take th e o n ly troph y in th e cla ss. First pl ace Vet C troph y went 10 Brian Maclea n a nd hi s 69 poi nt ride. First p lace Four-Strok e rider Ma u rice Sm ith bett ered seco nd p lace Fo ur -Stro ke Ma rk T us tin's 99 point score by 20 po ints. 122 points ga ve Seni o r C Alex Ca m be ll th e fir st p lace tro ph y. Last , but not least, Juli e Du££ek too k horn e the first p lace tro ph y in her class [or being th e o n ly Women C to fin ish . . Result s OVERALL: 1. Jo hn Haaker (Hus ]. OPEN A: 1. Georg e Hendrix; 2. Scott Taggart ; 3 . Ross Libe rty . 250A: 1. Steve Sho emaker; 2. Scott Reynolds; 3 . M itch Lenz. 200 A : 1. Don Hoagland; 2. Jeff Ch urch; 3 . Jeff NaH. FOUR-STK A : 1. John Poor; 2. 80 b Holme s: 3 . David Crowell. VET A : 1. Tom Jepson; 2. Bi ll Dart : 3 . Cliff Glidden: SR A : 1. Randy Carles : 2. Jerry Kra mer; 3 . Chuck Crist. S SR A : 1. Phill ip Frisbee; 2. Bob Sanga lli . OVERA LL B; 1. Pau l Wi lso n . OPEN B: 1. Cliff M cBride: 2. Pau l Str ahl ; 3 . Gar y M ath ew s. 250 B: 1. J eff Jones; 2. Larry Gorma n. 200 B: 1. Bru ce Rust ; 2. M . Taylor; 3 . 8radl ey Sitton . . FOUR-STK B: 1. Ron Benson; 2. Carl Hen ning ; 3 . O. Burnham . . VET 8 : 1. John Bur well; 2. Robert Shan non; 3 . Craig Dun can . SR B: 1. Ral ph BuHa; 2. Ted Bailey; 3. Jerry Brown. S SR B: 1. Ron Ster benk; 2. R. Kelly; 3 . Dan Welch. WOMEN B; 1. 8 arbera M iho vich; 2. Sue Childress. OVERA LL C: 1. Rod Forseth . OPEN C: 1. J ohn Brymer; 2. Rocky Buff; 3 . Bobby Barn es. . . 250 C: 1. JeH Tipton; 2. Bryan Fabig; 3 . George Tuma . 200 C: t . Oavid Wells; 2. M . Robi nson; 3 . M . Chapma n. VET C: 1. Brian Macle an; 2 . Brent Dav is; 3 . James Ch ildress. SR C: 1. A lex Cam pbell; 2. Ed Ja rd ine; 3 . Erne st Wal ker. . FOUR-STK C: 1. Meurice Sm ith; 2. Ma rk Tust in ; 3 . Mark Lanz. W OMEN C: 1. Julie DuHek . Wilson, Strong slide to Hannegan FTwins By Clay Light BELLINGHAM, WA, MAY 25 Do nal d Wi lson motored from mid-pack to win in Saturday night q uarter mi le ova l fla t tra ck a ction .a t Hannegan Speedway in Bellingham. Wi lson walloped the Open Expert main event with Lance Strong winning the 250cc. H eal races ran smoothly for many rid ers su ch as Strong and 125cc A rider Danny Stanley. For some, things d idn't go so well - suc h is th e case of Oregon's J ack " Bugsy" Booth. Booth made th e drive up from Eastern Oregon, bringing one fast 500cc H arley- . Davidson with him only to be ta ken o u t o f preliminaries when a fellow Open Expert contestant [ell a nd left Booth with no wh ere to go but in the p ileup. Booth th en went back to Oregon with injuires, Second year Expert Wi lson brought out his shiny new Rotax 560, bought yesterday at Sidewinders and set fast time with a 17.02. T he 250cc Expert ma in saw Strong (Sea ttle H on ) tak e th e lead in wh at was h is fir st race in so me tim e o n th e first la p . Strong enjoyed a lead in th e race, mu ch thanks 10 former Nationa l number ho lder and brother Kirk , who wasn 't ridin g. Kirk has domi nat ed on th e local level since losing his national number 59, but tonight left it up to yo u nger brother Lance to uphold th e family win streak. Strong's win didn 't come without pressure, AMA Junior Ra nd y Roose (BBR P Ra cing /Sound Advice /Yamaha Northwest) carved through traffic to fini sh seco nd behind Strong at th e co m pletio n. In third rod e co ns isten t Mike McClain (Yam) , wh o has come on strong a nd held o ff Rance Barclay a nd J oe C ha p ma n, who were fourth a nd fifth pl ace finishers a t th e £lag. AMA Novice Pro Donald Paul (Ya m) led th e O pen Expe rt co n testa n ts o n th e first of f2 laps o n th e qua rter-mil e track. Pau l did a good job of leadin g until AMA Junior class do m ina tor Ri ck Alb ee (BBR P Racin g/Circle A Trucking/RTX 560) mot ored bv to tak e th e lead . Roose (BBR P 560'KT M) qu ickl y ent ered th e picture, settl ing into seco nd foll owed by Paul , Jun ior A.J. Eschwig (Hon 500) a nd Rook ie Expert Brian MeGoni gal (BBR P Ra cing KTM 560). For McGon igal :things weren 't going so well in mid pack a nd was ca ug h t . up behind Roose and fighting to hold ba ck an o n- th e-gas Wilson . Wilson pi cked off McGonigal and th en Roose and poured on th e coals wh en ca tching sight of pesky Albee, who has sudden ly became the dominant Junior in northwest AMA Pro TT racing. Once past Albee, it was clear sailing for Wi lson, who has now won two of three Open main events since the sta rt ,of the season. Wilson rode a lo ne [or the duration of the 121ap main event and took a jublia n t win over hard riding Albee, Roose, McGonigal, Paul, Eschwig and 750ccTriumph rider Mike Young, on o ne of fou r 750s in the main event. Results OPEN EX, 1. Don Wilson (RTX); 2. Rick Al bee (RTX); 3 . Randy Roose IKTM); 4 . Brian McGonigal (KTM); 5. Donald Pau l (Yam ); 6. A .J . Eschwig (Han); 7 . M ike Youn g (Tri); 8 . Rance Barclay (Han); 9 . Otto Jo rgen son (H·D); 10 . Steve Leibra ndt (Yam); 11. M ike M cCla in (Tri); 12. Jim Darb y (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Lence Strong (Han); 2. Randy Roose (Yam); 3 . M ike McCla in (Yam~ 4. Rance Barclay (Ha n); 5 . Joe Chapma n (Yam). Sweetland sails to overall at Prescott By Daryl D. Drake CAMP WOO D, AZ, MAY 26 Husky pilot Garth Sweetland dominated the Experts at the Arizona Desert Racing Associ a tion's eighth an n ual Prescott Mountain 100 racking up his third overall and Open Expert win in the . 1985 ADRA Desert Championship Series . The Desert Husqvarna /Uptite H usqvarna /Sweet la nd Concre te/ Roger H ickey sponsored rider turned in a time of 3:39:41 for 105 miles to put him in over seven minutes ahead of 250cc Expert winner and seco nd overall Jeff Darland (H on ). Starting 15th 250cc wi n ner Darla nd had hi s hands fu ll with the traffie but was moving up fast by the second lap. The 250cc bikes fill th e top five finish ers. ADRA number one plateho lder Mark Hildebrand (Hus ) was third overall with Mike Po wers (Hon) fourth and Paul Bennett (KTM) fifth . Pat Prosser would have been fourth but was disqualified [o r gassing up with his engine running: an infraction of ADRA sa fety rules. Dwa yne Summers (Cag) took horne the 200cc Expert win a fter his.strong performance ea rned him an eigh th o vera ll finish .. Running two laps were the Senior Experts Senior Sportsmen Amateurs and Novices. Senior Expert Jerry johnsron (Hon ) was firs t overall in his class with Ken Skiff (H o n) one minute back for the 38+ Senior Vet trophy. Third was Michael Zinzow (KTM), Open Amateu r winner and first Arna- 39

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