Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

..............- --, ~ ~ J: 3: >a: a: ~ >- '" o b J: Q. Miller pushed hi s Kawasaki to commanding lead s in each moto despite pressure from Yamah a riders Alan Olson, Ken Ehl ers and Tom Wh it e. Ol son p icked up the number two honors for th e. da y as Ehlers pl aced third. Suzuki pilot Raymond H ensley and Dav id Willi am s trad ed mota win s in 80cc Beginner ac tio n with H en sley taking th e deciding second ro und to post th e overall win . Williams fin ished second wi th J onathan Knight (Kaw) running a consistent third in eac h moto for th ird overall. Results Sue Fish left DeAnza with a fourth place in the Intermediates. Jeffrey Harsha slides his Yamaha to a second place finish at Clackamas. Oregon; Harsha was beaten in the Expert main by M ickey Fay. Fay flawless at Oregon TT By Clay Light CLACKAMAS, OR, JUNE 28 National number 13 Mickey Fay demolished the 20-lap Expert main event at the second round of .the AMA Western Re- 32 gional Championship series held at Oregon Sidewinders Clubgrounds. junior winner Marty Zirbel (Kin ish .T ri/ Adams Cycle/Chaney Auto/Tri ) .a nd j on Nunez all sp li t a go od sized chunk of th e $5000 purse. Nunez led a 1-2-3 sweep by Californians in the No vice main. Fast time went to Nati onal num ber 24 Randy Green on hi s Honda 600. Green posted a 14.67 wh ile Fay po sted second fastest tim e in qual ifyin g with a)4.92. Del Schn itzer carved through the dry, slick cour se taking th e th ird and final time in the 14 second bracket, clockin g in a t 14.92 o n a 750cc T r iumph.junior fast time went to Zirbel wi th a 15.14 while Robert H orban had a 15.16. Hea t races had Novices kick off the preliminaries taking the top th ree from each hea t. Nunez, P.]. San ch ez (H -D) and Idaho 's Rog er Cromwell (Hon) too k th e first three tickets to . the main. Washington's Rick Mschi chowski (H- D) won th second heat o ver Sa lt Lak e Cit y's Will iam Farley (BSA) an d Californ ia n Dante Dambroso (Hon) was third. J un ior hea ts were cont ro lled by local favorite Zirbel , winner of th e first five-la p run off over Steve Kendiz (T ri 750) a mi Bill y Tay lor (Tri 750). The second heat had H or ban win n in g on h is 500 Ro tax over Ron nie Wat ers J r. (Hon) and Mark lil ian (Hon) . T he fina l heat p ut Randy Roose (H -D), A.]. Esc hw ig (Hon) a nd Pat McBr ide (Han) into the final. The Expert heats were mu ch mor e interesti ng - Green easily won ' the first heat on his Pro-Fuel/Woodl and H on/ Sirnpsonz'Hi-P oiru H onda over Jeff H arsha (Pa ul's Sport Center Yam ) and Adams Cycle-sponsored Mik e Sullivan (T ri 750). Schn itzer wo n th e secon d heat whil e Fay took care of th e th ird a nd final race with a win o ver J eff C.a.mpb~ll (H -P 560) and f ran.k • Word III (Tri) , An ' Expert sem i put .La rry Legarra (T ri 750), Don Wils on (R tx) and Kirk Stro ng (H on) into th e fin al. .' Green swep t th e th ree-lap Expert trophy dash and lined up besid e Junior dash winner Zirbel and No vice winner Nunez a t th e trophy presentation. Surprising Californian Dameron put his 500 Honda into th e lead comin g out of turn one in the Novice main event while Nunez and Sanchez fill ed th e top three a hea d of Mschichowski and Farley, aboard an ancient BSA 500 single that thumped along in fifth. U p front it was the best main event in th e Novi ce ranks this season as Nunez a nd Dameron held off a pesky Sanchez. ' Nunez waited until th e last poss ible moment to mak e his move, su cceeding on th e l l th lap in th e 12-lap main. Nunez dove in side of Dameron and Sanch ez to tak e the big win o n th e H enninsonConstruction Ca n -Am whil e San chez held o n to finish second only feet ahea d of Damron. Mschi chowski was fou rth .ahe ad of Farl ey and T odd Gary (Yam )" Regional points lead er Horban sat o n the p ole o n hi s Du ey Ma yfield 'Rota x 500 for th e 15-lapJuni or main but found him self in second after Zir bel rammed hi s way in between Horban and Roos e to tak e th e lead on lap o ne . Wa ters, Esch wig a nd sem i winner Ri ck Albee (H- D) fill ed th e top six early in th e ra ce. Zirbel pulled a way from H orban by lap four and appeared on hi s way to a n easy win " but a cras h invol vin g Roo se and ot hers brought o ut th e red flag on lap six. Zirbel th ought he had won , but referee Mort Becker ca lled fo r a restart. On the sing le-file restart it was Zirbel mere in ch es fro m H orban. winner of th e first Regional in Idah o. Zirbel didn 't have things q ui te as easy bu t held off H orban 's d rives to win over H orban and Albee, who car ved th ro ugh traffi c to nab th ird. Fou rth went to Kend ig whi le Tay lor .took fifth o n the NG K/ Hi -Po int/ PJ I Shell / Circle T riu mph 750. N in e Na tio na l number hold ers, two rookie. Experts and one secondyear Expert lined u p for the 20-lap Expert main event , with nearl y $1000 to go to the wi n ner. G reen vaulted into th e lead at th e flash of the green light a nd led.the pa ck down th e 1:J ~1I , only to develop mechanical problem s, and head ed to the pi ts. This put Fa y into th e lead o n the Knigh t/Burien H onda /Federal Way Cy cl e /BelRa y H onda 600. Fay co nvinci ngly p u lled a way from th e fight between Campbell a nd Ha rsh a ,but a p il e-up took o ut Le ga rra a nd Sullivan a nd ca used a restart. Green ran o u t of time and didn' t make the restart whi ch put Cal if ornian Dan McD onnell (Hon) into th e fin al. Without Green , things were much too easy for Fay, who rode on to a demolishing win. Schn itzer a nd H arsh a fough t with Sulli van wh ile Legarra , Strong a nd Campbell rod e in the top seven . It was Strong that came through with a sensa tio na l pass to nab Sullivan and Schnitzer to take third behind Harsha. Sullivan also displaced Schnitzer for fourth while Campbell took sixth in his first AMA Pro ride of the season. Results EX: 1. Mickey Fay tHon); 2. Jeffrey Harsha (Yam); 3. Kirk Strong tHon); 4. Mike Sullivan (Irll; 5. Del . Schnitzer (Tri), JR: 1. MartyZirbel(Iri); 2. Robert Horban(Rtx); 3. RickAlbee(RlX); 4 . Steve Kendig (Irl); 5. Billy Taylor rr-u 1. Jon Nunez (C-A); 2. P.J. Sanchez (H-D): NOV: 3. Robert Damerow (Hon); 4. Rick Mschichowski (H-D); 5. Kit Farley (BSA). TROPHYDASH EX: 1. Randy Green (Hon). JR: 1. Marty Zirbel (Iri). NOV: 1. Jon Nunez (C-A). EX FAST TIME: Randy Green (14 .67). JR FAST TIME: Marty Zirbel (15.14). Dubach tops PerrisSMX By TerryWhytal PERRIS,CA, JUNE 29 Kawasaki rider Doug Dubach battled with Honda pilot Rick Maki and Yamaha-mounted Chris T aylor in an exciting 125cc Pro race a t thi s week 's Perris SMX Saturday. Dubach was abl e to break free from field near th e halfwa y poi nt in eac h moto and build his lead to th e chec kers to ea rn the day' s big cas h. Mak i rode hi s mount in for the runner-up sha re of th e purse as J ohn McCaughey slipped past T a ylor in round two to round o ut the top three overall. Kawasaki-mounted Mike McClain put together a pair of second-place fin ish es to outpoint h is rival s in th e 125cc Intermedi at es an d 'ta ke to p honors in that class . Ch uc k Whitmo.re' s 1-4 score was good en ough to cla im second overa ll as Ward Bassett (Ka w) powered back from a tough fir st mo to to win round two a nd pl ace th ird overa ll. T om Flynn cru ised his Yam aha past th e chec kers first in the second ro und of Open Nov ice competitio n to ca p tu re th e ov erall win ov er Yam aha pilot James Ashcraft. Brent Allen (Yam) filled ou t the top three. Dave Miller was once aga in unstop• pab!t;. in ' V«;.t. j:xpe rt c't'llPftition" , 250 PRO: 1. John Pasca(Yam); 2. Bill Scott (Hon); 3. Greg Flanagan (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Kaw); 2. Rick Mak i (Hon); 3. John McCaughey (Kaw). 250 tNT: 1. Tim Wh itlock (Hon): 2. Tim Hanna . (Hon); 3. David Jennings (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Mike McClain (Kaw); 2. Chuck Whitmore (SUl); 3 . Ward Bassett (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Tom Flynn (Yem); 2. James Ash craft (Yam): 3. Brent Allen (Yam). . 125NOV: 1. Dennis Burns (Kaw); 2. RobWilliams (Yam); 3. Tony Sickman (Hon). VET EX: 1. Dave Miller (K8W) 2. Alan Olson ; (Yam); 3. Ken Ehlers (Yam): . VET NOV: 1. David Chunn (Yam); 2. Greg Quintanella (Kaw); 3. John Knight (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Tim Mount (Yam); 2. Ed Walleson IHon); 3. Mike Berg (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Greg Wolfe ISul); 2. Chris Salurn IYaml; 3. Marty Norris (SUl). BOINT: 1.Willy Drake (Yam); 2. Brandon Sperling ISUl) . BO NOV: 1. M ike Chamberla in (Yam); 2. Eddie Gaumond (Yam). BOBEG: 1. Raymond HensleyISuz); 2. DavidWilIiams (Yam); 3, Jonathan Knight (Kaw). : 60 : 1. Scott Gray (Yam); 2. Brian Kuelpe r (Yam). Williamson wins at DeAnza By Terry Whytal SUNNYMEAD, CA, JUNE 30 Yamaha rider Keith William , son traded mota wins with Honda pilot Dave Graff to earn the top placing in this week's SMX DeAnza 250<:c Pro race. Graff cruised to the first mota win, but suffered problems in round two and had to fight his way from the rear of the pack to place second at the checkers and earn the runner-up share of the purse behind Williamson. Yamaha-mounted Greg Flanagan rounded out the top three. . Yamaha riders Jim Harris and Sue Fish battled in the 250<:c Intermediate class with H arris taking the second moto win after Fish fell while leading th e early laps. H arris earned the overall victory as he ran away to win _ a huge margin ahead of runner-up by Fish. David Halverson (Kaw) placed . third. ATK rider Todd Booth topped both rounds of the Open Novice class to win the overa ll victory over Huskymounted David Simon and third pl ace finish er Eric Ewers (Hus). j eff Smith powered his Honda to th e l25 cc Beginner win with a 1-2 score over runner-up Will Dir ckson (Ka w). Chris Su sterpicked up third overal l. Wesley Klein pushed hi s Kawasaki to the SOcc Interm ediate win despite tough compe tition from eventual second and th ird pl ace finish ers Doug Huston (Ya m) and Buddy Antunez. Results 250 PRO: 1. Keith Williamson (Yam); 2. Dave Graff (Hon); 3. Greg Flanagan (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw);. 2. John McCaughey (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. Jason Coolbaugh (Cog); 2. Louis Peick Jr. (Hon); 3 . Jim Harr is (Yam). . 125 INT: .1. David Church (Kaw); 2. Scott Brown IHon). OPEN NOV; 1. Todd Booth (ATK); 2. David Simon (Hus); 3. Eric Ewers (Hus). ' 125 NOV: 1. Rob Sassen (Cagl: 2. Craig Davis ISuz); 3. Steve Wambolt (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Mark Shuck (Han); 2. Mark Baczkowski IHon); 3. Tony Mreta (Kawl . 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Sm ith (Hon); 2. Will Dickson IKaw); 3. Chris Suster (Hon). eo EX: 1. Mike Weise IYam); 2. Scott Brown (Hon). BO INT: 1. Wesley Klein (Kaw); 2. Doug Huston (Yam); 3. Buddy Antunez (Hon). eo NOV: 1. Brad Edginton IKaw); 2. Joel Albrecht (Kaw); 3. Stephen M itchell (Hon). eo BEG: 1. Jason Kawell (Kawl ; 2 . Raymond Hensley (Suz); 3. Owen Dickson (Yam. • .. , . . .. t . I, " ..I .... I .' • t I ... , J

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