Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Keith Hall (108) prepares to pass John Davidson on the outside in a road racing exhibition at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Washington. ta ke th e overa ll in from o f j orgen sen , Nelson and G reen. Steve Ferroni aced both rnot os of the Veterans class en ro ute to the wi n with Dann y Stu rgeon taking seco nd a nd Mik e Lane in th ird. Reid Goyett e topped th e Interm edi at es whi le Mik e Rich aced th e junior p ortion on hi s KTM over Hector Brush and the j eri McClin ton third . Husband Bill McCl inton had a ll th e righ i stu ff for th e Old T im er Expert win over jerry Auv in en while Max G oode top ped th e Intermediate with Frank Trier secon d over Rod Bra sel. Bill Arbogas t topped th e junior department. Kurt Jorgensen came up with so me winning results in th e O pen Pro with a win in th e fi rs t round th at saw j oey Sch lag with a fourth a nd Dash eill eigh th . In th e seco n d ro und , Schlag rode off withthe win o n h is Contra Costa Honda with Dash iell seco nd, after a grea t pursuit, but j orgens en took top hon ors with a 1-3 over Schlag 's 4- 1. Third went to George Hopper wi th a 3-4 co unt ove r Tom Sween y a nd Dasheill. Ken Sm all aced both en ds of th e Open junior over Eri c Sh owalter wi th third go ing to Loren Stewart . Sco tt McEl ro y did a simi lar si tua tio n in th e 125cc Interm edi at es o n hi s KX with Ru ss Scott seco nd over George Kasovilk a 'a nd Rick y Wh ite. It wa s Vince Cardamen toppin g th e Beginner class o n h is Ha yward Yamaha / Suzuki. . Results 80 8EG : 1. Danny Nelson (Kaw); 2. Anthony Peterson (Yam); 3. Jason Johnson lKaw). 80 JR; 1. 80b Belsky (Kaw); 2. Phil Paz IKaw); 3. Kenn ie McGrath (Han). 80 INT; Stan Lundqu ist IKaw); 2. Travis Brown (Han); 250 PRO: 1. Larry Dasheill (Han); 2. Kurt Jar· gensen (Han); 3. Jon Nelson (HanI. 250 JR; 1. Jim Bryanl (Suz); 2. Roger Newman (Han); 3. Dennis Jorge (Han). 250 INT; 1. Tony Carey (Vam); 2. Byron Rianburg (Kaw). . 250 BEG: 1. Tim SpacheIHon); 2. Mark Edmonds (Kaw). VET INT; 1. Reid Goyene (Vam); 2. Perter Crut tenden (Suz); 3. Jeff Burnen (Yam). VET JR : 1. Mike Rich (KTM); 2. Hector Brush ISuz); 3. Jeri McCl inton (Han). OT EX: 1. Jim McCl inton (Yam); 2. Jerry Auv inen IHon); 3. Bill Green (Yam). OT INT: 1. Max Goode (Vam); 2. Frank Trier (Han); 3. Rod BraseIIHus). OT JR: 1. Bill Arbogast ISuz); 2. Ray Buck (Han); OPEN PRO: 1. Kun Jorgensen (Han); 2. Joey Schlag (Han); 3. George Hopper IHon). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Reimer (Kawl . OPEN JR: 1. Ken SmaIiIHon); 2. Erik Showalter (Han); 3. Loren Stewan (Han). 125 INT: 1. SCOll McElroy (Kaw ); 2. Russ Call (Suz); 3. Jesse Brita in IKaw}. 125 JR: 1. Ryen Wenn (Kaw); 2. George Kesovilka (Han); 3. Ricky Wh ite (Kaw). t25 BEG; 1. Vince Cardamen (Suz); 2. Tack M ick· els (Kaw); 3. Kamoa Roads (Kaw). Depetris steals Buffalo Park SX By Bob Bagwell DALLAS, T X, J UNE 29 _...36 T he 125c Beginner class a t Buffalo Park is a lwa ys a very crowded event with riders from all over the southwest cornpet. ing, but Marc Depetris showed ' the boys how it shou ld be done th is Saturd a y ni g h t by b las ti ng h is way up fro nt a nd stayi ng th ere. Gl en Bolls ran away with the Mini junior events followed by Rex Ramsey a nd Eli Harkins for the top three p laces. T he Mini Seni or first three were Lance Hal ey who ca me ' from behind to lead Brad Huddleston an d Clinton Lawrence. Depetris bea t johnny Zipper an d j eff Harmon for the tro phies in th e 125cc Beg inner followed by a large gr oup o f hard cha rgers. T he 125cc Nov ice events were a real barn burner as Todd Cleveland battled Mi ke Huddl eston wh eel -to -wheel before Huddl eston crashe d ha rd an d joey Marco m p ro ceeded to pi ck up Clevela n d and fight it o u t to the fi ni sh with Mich ael Heine tak in g third spo t. justin Mcumley go t it a ll together in the 250cc events by beating o ut Steve Davis an d Larry Moore. Steve Maiden th e cu rre nt T exas Championsh ip Su percross Ser ies p oints leader had bad lu ck losing hi s rear cha in. T h e Over 30 had a ball chasing eac h ot her a ll n igh t. Randy Weeks emerged first with Miles Devlin second an d j erry Sch wa rtz th ird for the top three pl aces whi le Curtis Cady cras h ed agai n. Profession al rid er j oh n Kindhart pro ceeded to blo w a way h is co m pe ti tion in th e Pro events wi th very precise riding th at wa s never cha lle n ged. Buzz Bass foll owed Kindhart to th e fin ish followed by Tom my Weeks for th e top three places. T he ra ce fans were jumpin g for joy as Bass an d Weeks rode sid e-by-si de over th e demanding course fighti ng it o ut every lap. Cook, Kyle take LakewoodMX By Larry Johnson LAKEWOOD, CO, J U LY 7 Stacey Cook (Kaw) was in top form today as he won both 125cc Pro motos . Art DeHoff (Ya m) grabbed th e first round holeshot, but by lap two Cook was o u t fro nt to stay . H e and Tim Buchlin (Yam ) qu ickl y left a battle for thi rd between DeHo ff and Sh awn Smi th DeHoff h it Cook's rear tir e in a tight fou r seco nds o n Buch li; but as the ra ce p rogr essed , Buch li slowly beg an to close the ga p. Meanwh ile, DeH off o b ta i ned tot al co nt rol of third wh en Smith bailed . At the fla g , Cook edged Buchli wh ile DeHo ff kep t thi rd well a head o f the rem o unted Smith. DeH off again h ol eshot moto two a nd h eld the lead in to lap two wh en Cook took over. They traded the lead th rough th e n ex t two straights befo re DeHoff hi t Cook's rear tire in a tight right-hander a nd went down. He remounted in fif~!t as Buchli, Smith a nd David Koskella (Suz) passed . He quickl y m oved to fourth and began to cha lle n ge Smith wh ile th e battle up fro nt o nce aga in resumed betw een Cook and Buchli . Cook aga in stretched o u t a four seco nd lead o n ly to have Buchlin sta rt ch ip p ing a way in th e la te go ing. Coo k held o ff Buchli to th e checkers whil e Sm ith kep t DeHo ff a t ba y for third. T he 250cc Pro s esta blis hed a sim ilar pattern rorecen t weeks. j im Mitch ell ( Ho n ) cru ised to an easy first m o to victor y over T erry Kyle (Ya m ) a nd Alb ert Firest in e (Ya m ). Then in m o to two , Mitch ell 's lu ck cha nged as it o ften has th is season . He was left stuck in the ga te w hile Derek Bro wn (Kaw) led Kyle through turn o ne . Kyle was ted no tim e taki ng th e lead a nd leaving ru n nerup Firesti ne way behind whil e Mitch ell cha rge d to fifth beh ind Randy Wa rren (Ya m ) an d Bro wn . Kvle won hi s six th o f eig h t poi nts race overa lls th is season ah ead of Fires tine a nd Mitch ell. Ro bert Rose (Kaw) co n ti n ued h is dom in atio n o f th e 80cc Experts with a nother perfect I-I day , never bein g cha lle nged ei ther tim e. Results 60 NOV: 1. Jason WrightlKawl; 2. Rick Applebaum (Kaw ). 60 AM : 1. Shawn Morgan (Kawl . BO NOV GROUP 1; 1. George Peasley ISuz); 2. Cun Foster (Kaw ); 3. Ray Wooden (Vam). 80 NOV GROUP 2: 1. Shawn Gregory (Vam); 2. M ike Solis (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Nolan (Vam). 80 AM : 1. Joe Brosious (Kaw); 2. Chr is McCrea IVam}; 3. Jason Clark (Kaw). BOEX; 1. Raben RoselKawl: 2. Gil Murray(Kaw); 3 . Dere k M ire (Kaw) . 125 NOV GROUP 1: 1. Buddy Lazier IHon); 2. Jo hn laFontaine (Suz); 3 . Kelly Robinson (C8g). 125 NOV GROUP 2; 1. Sig Wahl in (Vam); 2. Jeff Rusk (Kaw ); 3. John Hovde (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Wayne Ballien IKaw); 2. Bodie Packham (Cag); 3. Jay Rutrbories (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Stacey Cook (Kaw); 2. Tim Buchli IVam); 3. Shawn Smith (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Mark Simmons IHon); 2. Colt Baird (Suz); 3. Eric Gr imm (Han). 250 AM : 1. Bryan Bird (Han); 2. Tim Leaveck (Yam); 3. Rodney Sadler (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. Terry Kyle (Yam); 2. Alben Firestine IVaml; 3. J im MitChell (Hon). Moon impresses at exhibition RR By Bruce Scholten MON ROE, WA, J U LY 13 T he. two wheelers wo wed em a t th e Evergreen State Fairgrounds on Saturday night as 500 Interceptor-mounted Scott Moon ra n away wi th an exhi bition roa d race staged betw een th e regular stoc k ca r ra ces. Nin eteen WMRRA members took adva ntage o f an eig ht minute practice sessio n to d em onstr a te m ore wheel ies, hangin g o ff - an d even stoppies - th an were a bsolu tely necessary. T he motor cycles ran co u nterclock wise on th e ba n ked l>-m ile oval p lus a short dogl eg, whi ch wa s part of the fig u re eigh t in the flat in field sec tio n , m akin g a k idn ey-shaped course o f a bo u t l>- m ile lon g. " It 's a two or th ree gea r tra ck for th e bigger bik s. ] co u ld dr ift o nto th e long back straigh t in th ird gear, just below th e powerba n d, and steer wit h th e throt tle as ] wound it up to n in e gr and ," sai d j oe Da vis wh o won th e last exhi bitio n h ere in 1983. Davi s estimated top spee d of h is Renton Suzu ki GS -IOOO at 90-100 mph. T here wasn ' t much less grandstandin g for th e crowd during the ac tua l 20-la p race. Eld o n Warren led RZ-350 mounted Brian O'Toole into the firs t turn th en Sco tt Moon pu lled a breast to Warren co m ing onto th e m in iscule bac k stra ig h t. Diving into th e first left h and turn in the dogl eg, Wa rren sl id his NES RA spo nso red 500cc H onda thumper back into the lead a nd had ita few ya rds la ter a t th e sta rt / fini sh lin e, just a hea d of Moon , Brian O'Tool e, j oe Davi s, and Randy Grein . Grein, who eventua lly finish ed midpack in ninth, was typical _ o f th e WMRRA exh ibitio n ists, sayin g " I mad e it a point to pull a wh eelie every tim e I passed th e sta rt/ finis h lin e." Go ing o n to the lon g stra igh t on lap three, Warren 's th u m per street bike slid far sidewavs and Scott Moon's NESRA/Metzele~/Lisa H en sch ell sponso red Miniceptor secured th e lead whi le in creasin g it by a co up le len gths eac h succ eed ing lap. The short track was a gr eat eq ua lizer o f ma chinery and War ren 's thumper settled into a race-long dogfigh t wit h joe Da vis' 150 mph p ot entia l, o ne liter Suzuki. " It reall y needs a steeri ng da m pener, " sa id Warren . " Bu t it ra n o kay for th e first time it's had n um ber pl ates bolted o nt o it !" O n lap six th e duo ran into bac krnarkers . Honda Ascot rider Matt Moeller had tra nsm ission problems in th e so u the rn swee per th a t ca used his th u mper to hi gh-side him , sha ken bu t not serio us Iv hurt. Warren an d Dav is managed ' to avo id him an d event ua lly fin ish in g second and th ird, respecti vely. They opened up so me space ove r th e fracas for fourth pl ace. O 'Tool e' s RZ-350 had fo urt h, over Sco tt Fre ric k 's FZ-750, but G reg Frober g was cree pi ng u p th e ladder from a midpack start . On lap seven, Fro berg inc h ed hi s NSRA 750 In terceptor past Frer ick 's five-valv e Yamaha into fifth pl ace a nd zapped O 'Tool e' s RZ350 for fourth pl ace, permanently, soon a fter th at. In more cro wd- p leasing actio n, Frer icks repassed O 'Tool e. T h ey finishe d fifth an d sixt h , respectively, in front o f Kei th Hall 's Honda IIOO- F, Randy Sch emwell 's Moro Morini and Randy Grein's big-b ore Suzu ki. "Trac tio n wa s good, an d ] wish we co u ld do thi s every wee kend, " en th used win ne r Sco tt Moon. Whi le p ro vidi ng cheap, cl ose ra cin g for Washington Mot orcycle Road Racin g Association members, this exh ibit ion ma y also bring m ore a u to racin g fans to th e Augus t 17-18 Pro-Am a t Sea ttle Internat ional Raceway. Results 1. Scon Moon IHon); 2. Eldon Warren IHon); 3. Joe Davis (Suz); 4 . Greg Froberg (Hon); 5. Scott Frericks (Yam); 6 . Brian O'Toole (Yam); 7. Keith Hall (Hon ); 8 . Randy Schemwell (Mota); 9. Randy Grein (Suz); 10. Jo hn Davidson (Suz); 11. Ernie Collier (Han); 12. David M iller (Suz); 13. Dan Wood (Yam). Horban, Howard, Green get Oregon TTwins By Clay Ught CLACKAMAS, OR, J ULY 12 In what could possibly be his last AMA Junior Pro ride . Robert Horban blew the lid off the 121ap Junior main event at Oregon Sidewinders weekl y AMA Professional TT in Clackamas. Horban beat wi ldma n Rick Albee for junior h onors, ta king hi s 80th poin t in th e process. which is required for Expert adva nce me nt. Randy Green cleaned 'u p in th e Ex pert main with Ca lifornian Craig H ow ard winning th e Nov ice main event. G reen set th e even ing's fast time in qualifying , putting in a 14.89 o n his Woodland H on da / Simpson /Pro Fu el H onda 600 fo llo wed by junior Marti n Zirb el (T ri 750). Zirbe l rode like a madman to clock in a t 14.92 w h ile Expert john Wincewicz (Kin ish T ri 750) pos ted a 14.93 on the ex-Brad H urs t Triumph. Th e first Expert h ea t pit ted six national n u m bers - wh ich incl uded Green , Micke y Fa y (Bur ien H on), Dona ld Wilson (R tx) and Du ane Gerrard (C-A). G reen, Fay a nd Gerra rd filled the top th ree direc t tra ns fers whi le Wincewia caine back to trounce th e second heat ra ce in what was possibly his best ride of the season.

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