Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ; e 125 NOV:," ~ ent Al exander (Ho n); 2. S:ig Wahl in (Yam); 3. En c Dillow (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. SCOll Ellibee {Ka wl; 2. Jay Rute rbories (Yam); 3 . M ike Su rratt (Cag). 125 PRO: 1. Stacey Cook (Kawl; 2. Kevin McKnight (Yam); 3 . Shawn Smith (Kaw). 250 NO V : 1. Jo h n Gaillard (Yam): 2. Sta cey Fer raro (Hon) ; 3. Kevin M ag ee (Hon) . 250 AM : 1 . Sc ott Bradl ey (Yam ); 2. Keenan Gre ret h (Hus); 3 . Den ni s Du rm a s (Hon). 250 PRO : 1. Jim M itch ell (Honl: 2. Scoll Kil g ore (Kaw ); 3 . J im Th ompson CHus). O PEN NOV: 1. Ron Ho ugh (Yam ); 2. Ken Swets (Hon ); 3 . TDm M organ (Yam) . OPEN AM : 1. Tom Drake (Hon); 2. Ken Motherway {Hon l. OPEN PRO: 1. Dave NewelllKawl; 2. Brad Bol ton (Yam l. VET NOV: 1. Edgar Perriton (Ha n); 2. Don Eckhardt (Suzl; 3. M ark A nde rso n (Yam). VET AM : 1. Don O o~b l ed ay (Yam); 2. Ben Slater ISUl); 3 . Gr ae me Perr ucn ISuz) . VET EX: 1. Ron W alker (Honl. SR NOV ; 1. Rob in Lewis (Ka wl. SR AM: 1. Bobb y Hancock (KawJ. tn 00 C') ..- <.0 c-r v C SA EX: 1. Dave Wo llaston (Suzl. ~ MI~I SR: 1. Stev e Vic ke rs; 2. Jason Krempin ; 3. Don nie Marshall. 125 BEG : 1. Rodney Arnold ; 2. Jo e V illarreal; 3. A lan Holfmqer . 125 NO V ; 1. Ran d y Greenhill; 2. Jell M olls; 3 J aso n A ic her. . 125 INT: 1. Flemi ng Cha pa; 2. David Sa voi e; 3 . Jo h n Sherwood . 12 5 STK: 1. Fleming Ch ap a; 2. John Sherwood • 3. Ra nd y Greenhill . 125 EX: 1. Dale Storbeck; 2. Mike Ciongon ' 3 Jackie Horner. . . 259 BEG : 1. Preston McDon a ld; 2 . Chuck Crouch 3. M ich ael Jones. . 250 NOV : 1. Jan Johnson: 2 . Tim Reedy; 3 . Rickey Pet ry . 2 50 INT: 1. Jeff W ilson; 2. Eddie Gi ll elle; 3 . Joe Gregory . 2 50 EX: 1. M ark Cockram; 2. Den n is Munns' 3 Todd Hargroder. • . OPEN : 1. Ron n ie Prado; 2 . Louis Ledlow ; 3 . Jimmy Kollman . OVER 30: 1. Dar i u s G ramley; 2. Rod Talbott; 3. Dale McCulloch. OVER 40: 1. Tom V ic ker s; 2. Wa lt Zenner; 3 . Ton y Baym an n. ~ Ellis doubles at Laguna Seea Strong and Gerber shine at Cherry Creek By Ra ndy Mano By Dez-it MO NT ER EY, CA. MAY 26 Yamah a m ount ed Ji m Ell is too k four o u t of fou r motos to cap ture th e overa ll in th e 250cc and 500cc P ro class. Jim Ellis (11) .Ieads the 250cc Pro class followed by P. W ebb (1 2) in motocross action at Laguna Seca . his KT;\[ and rhe rest of th e pack. Russell easi lv took th e win over Canyon H a n ~en on an An ch orag e Cvcle Sales' Yamaha. ' • ·T h e. second qua lifier belonged 10 Suzuki Motorcycle and Marine's Joe Good who beat Kevi n Schaub (H a n) . J im McClain o n a Cycle Corner Kawasaki won qualifier three over J a so n Anderson (Kaw ). Ka wa sa k i Cycle Cac he's J eff Roskell ey .go t a bad start and was ba tt li ng his way up 10 fourt h and th e la st transfer spot. Roskellev wo n la st year's supercross series a nd ga ve everythi ng he had 10 try a nd pass Fra ncis Good on a Cycle CAlmer Kaw asak i. T he two diced un til th e last lap w he n Good went dow n lea ving Roskell cy with a trip to th e A main . Kell y Butler took h is An ch orage C:ycleSa les Yamaha 10 first in q uali [ier four a hea d of Kaw asa ki Cycle Cac he sponsored Pa t Crabb. T he B ma in was led bv Rod Sh ields o n a p rivat e H onda wi th th e Mo to rcycle Shop's Edw in Sims o n a KTM close beh indoShields started to pull away and by the halfwa y mar k Sims was being cha lle nged by Brad Born ho ff and Steve L ynn , bo th o n selfsponsored H o nda s. With two la ps left Sims went w id e arou nd a la p ped ri der lett in g Bomhoff an d Lynn by on th e inside. Bomhoff took seco nd behi nd a lo ng gone Shields w ith L ynn a nd Sims co m ing in for third and fourth . respecti vely. Roskell ey didn 't want a re-run o f h is qualifier a nd holesh ot th e A main sta rt with Butler close beh in d . J oe G ood displaced Butler on lap two an d led th e others a fter Roskell ey, Roskell ey rode smooth a nd fast 10 stre tch o u t a fair size lead and th en sta rted 10 cru ise. Good kept ch arging a n d by th e ra ce en d had closed th e ga p to five seco n ds . Ro skell ey seemed unaware of this but it didn 't matter as Good crashed h ard over th e ro ckers; Good was able 10 remount and limped to th e finish still in second with a fractured ankle. (Han); 3.. Steve Lynn (Ha n ). A MAIN : 1. Jeff Roskell ey (Kaw l: 2. J oe Good (SUl); 3. Kev in Schaub (Ha n). Results (Ka~)NOV: 60 NOV : 1. Tony Coffman (SUl); 2. Joey Meyers (Yaml: 3. Des try Scoll(Kawl. SO NOV: 1. Damon Srown (Kawl: 2. Jim Dane 80 NOV DIV 1: 1. M ike So lis (Kaw); 2. John Wnght(Kaw); 3. Josh Kellogg (Kaw). 80 NOV DIV 2; 1. Justin Hughes (Kaw); 2. Doug Gregg (Kawl; 3 . Eric Rouch (K8W). . 80 AM: 1. M itch Eckhardt (Han); 2. Mike Kosk ovieh (Kaw~ 3. Ty Hi lclerm8n (Sull. ~ ~:'11 Ja ,YMa.nin (~w )" • • •• . (Kaw); 3. Steven Levay (Kaw). SOEX: 1. Robb Sutler (Yam); 2. Dave Cook (Kaw ~ 3 . Glen Walder (Kaw). B MAIN: 1. Rod Sh ields (Hon~ 2. Br8d Bomhoff ~ • L , 1 •• ,. l' Wollaston blasts BerthoudMX By Larry Johns o n BER THO UD , CO , ;\1AY 27 Dave Woll ast on (Suz)conti n ued his do m inati on o f th e Senior Experts today as he wo n both m oto s, In moto o ne, Ben Eckhard t (Suz) kept close compa ny wi th WollaSlOn a nd even took the lead bri efl y o n th e last lap when Wollas'to n cras he d. H ow ever, Wolla slOn quickl y recovered , a nd edged EckI~ar.dl a t the fini ~h . Eckha rd t agai n fini sh ed seco nd III ro und two , but Wolla ston wa s no t interested in d icing ~ u.ri ng the lat e goi ng this time. H e finished the race wi th a I-t-secon d cus h ion . Bo bby H ancoc k (Ka w) enj oyed the same success in th e Senior Amateurs. In ro u nd o ne, he had 10 hol d off J im Lon g (Cag) early, then David Ne il (Ya m) at mid-rnoto. In rno to two. he cr~shed a t the sta rt of la p two a nd bn efl y lost the lead 10 Neil. Ho wever, o nce h e ga thered h im self , he cru ised past Neil to a 30 seco nd victory. Don Do ubleda y (Yam) wa s a nothe r doubl e rnot o winner in the Vetera n Am at eur class. H e never tra iled in eithe r ra ce, but Ben Sla ter (Suz) was never far behind. G raem e Perri IOn (Suz) was wo rking th e hardest a ll a fternoon. In mot o one , h e start ed o u t third, th en d ro p ped to a d istan t fifth , before charg ing back to fin ish fourth. On round two , he wa s' wa y back ea rly a nd a ppeared 10 be o f no conseq ue~ce. Then with two laps to go , he qui ckly moved up 10 fourth ' gra bbed third early on th e last go: ro und . a nd overtook Sla ter for seco nd by the finish . Results ~ 1. A lex Neir (Kaw); 2. J .P. Thibodeau In th e 500cc P ro ac tio n, H onda mounted Call Keller hol eshot th e fir st moto. followed closel y by Ellis a nd T odd r em an . Ternan sta lle d his bik e in the seco nd turn . leaving him i!l !h e bac k o f th e pac k. U p ·fro nt. Ellis wasted no tim e. a s he soo n rook the lead . By th e end o f th e first rnoto , Ellis cr u ised 10 virto rv, foll ow ed bv Kell er a nd 'Ternan . Second mot o was th e same for Ellis as he took th e win but T ernan ended uri in second witl; Keller taking third . Th e 250cc Pro rar looked lik e th e e Yamaha race o f the cham pions , with t~ e.entire <;Ia ss riding Yamahas. Jim Eilts dominated both motos with P.. Webb ta ki ng seco nd overa ll a n d . T im Alacon th ird overa ll. Results 125 PRO: 1. Tony Flores (SUl); 2. J eff Pestana (Yaml; 3. Todd Tem an (Su l i. . 250 PRO: 1. J im Ell is (Yam) ; 2. P. W ebb (Yam ); 3 . Tim A laeon (Yam). • 500 PRO: 1. J im- Ellis (Yam); 2 . Todd Teman lYam ): 3 . Sc on Keller (ya m). • CockramjStorbeck win Good Times MX By Mikie Humphries SAN ANT O NIO. T X. MAY 26 Mark Cockrarn dom in at ed th e 250cc Ex pert -portion o f th e M em ori al Da y-T ex a s St yl e motocross while Dal e Sto rbeck made up fo r h is crash in th e 250cc class' by wi n ni ng th e I 25cc race . In th e fi rst 250cc rnot o , Cockra m a n d Dennis Munns battled for one la p before Cockram sudde n ly p u t th ree bikelen gths bet ween h im self a n d th e Yamaha pilot. Meanwhile Sto rbeck lost hi s h old o n third plac~ wi th a seco nd lap crash. Cockra m went o n to a five secon d win over Munns. In th e second rnoto. Cockram eas'ily sai led to victo ry ahead of Munns. Th e 125cc race sa w Storbeck power hi s Kaw a sak i to th e holesh ot . After lap o ne th e sus pe nse was over as th e Kaw asaki pilot cruised to th e win Mik e Clingon and Jacki e Horne; cont i n~ ed to battle for seco nd pl ace, but Clmgon emerge d in seco nd with H orn er suffering from a sick m otor. Results MICRO MINI: 1. Jack Maninel; 2. Groce Maninel. MINI MINI; 1. ScOll Weatherinton; 2. Michael Coker; 3. Mark Savoie. MINI JR : 1. M~h8el Coker; 2 . Mike Martinez. MINI STK: 1. Donnie Marshall; 2 . Jason Krempin " 3. Jason Hodge. ' MINI SR BEG: 1. Kria Gaines; 2. Ronn ie Holloway; 3 . J~ Pick. . . UT AH, MAY 25-26 Th e U ta h Sports man Rider Asso ci at i o n h eld th e 25th An n ual Cherry Creek Ha re and H o und and 129 out of sta te riders joined th e 442 lo cals in U tah' s southwest desert. Seven ty- th ree Minis went to the lin e o n Sa tur day a nd 54 fin ished . The overa ll w in W l'1ll 1O 15·vt" dr-old Brandon Gerber after h e p usb ed h is Ka wasa ki 10 a three-minute win o ver Chad Wallwork . On unday, 55 1 racers showed up to see who would w in th e o ldest Hare a nd H o u nd around . Fo ur loops confronted th e riders wi th loop one (the sand ) being 2~.-1 miles ~ong, loop two (th e desert ) being 30 mil es, loop three (m o un ta in) was 2~ .6 m iles and loop fo ur (a lso moun tain ) was 28.3 mi les. At 10:29 a.m. the [la gged dropped on th e dead engine sta rt sen ding th e cloud o f hung ry riders tow ard s th e bo m b. Nevada 's Kevin Welch (Gag) picked th e fas tes t Iine a n d had the lead 10 the smoke bomb. As th e co urse headed so u th a nd mad e a sweep ing right turn two miles o u t, it was Shawn G erber, Harvey Howard and Brad S t ~o ng . The three were running one m tl.e a head o f. fourth pl ace Rich ie G amer at th e Iive mil e m ark . At th e en d of th e sa nd loo p , Gerber had co vered it in 43.22 on his KTM while ~oward (44:44), Stro ng (44:50) a nd Ga mer (46:30) foll ow ed . On th e seco nd loop. Ger ber got th e " Cree k J inks" a nd endoed losin g bo th th e lead a nd h is fro nt brake. H ow ard rook over th e top spot a nd held it unril th e en d of p it row when h e went on to loop four in stead of loop three. Strong th en took o ver first pl ace. Meanwh ile, back in th e pack Scot H arden was mo vin g h is Husk y up as wa s Welch. H ow ard recovered from hi s m iscu e a nd ca ugh t Strong on loop three. but th e "Creek Jinks" ca u gh t Howard a nd he was unable to recov er. . On th e th ird loop, Strong led with a 2:04 with Howard secon d at 2:08 and Harden (2: 11), Gainer (2: 12) a nd Scott G erber (2: 13) following. The fourth loop wa s a jinks for many. but the cream of th e crop mastered it perfect.ly. The well -conditioned cha rged whil e th e bulk of th e pack were just holding on to fini sh . Three hours and 30 minutes a fter th e start, Strong emerged as th e winner. It was his second Ch erry Creek win in a row and he became o n ly th e second to ever accomplish thi s feat. Howard came in to take seco nd with G erber third a nd Soren son fourth , respectively. Results MINI 80 EX: 1. Chad W8l1work; 2. Shawn McKandrick; 3 . Justm Jensen.

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