Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

with two snow drifts four 10 six feet deep, each about 100 yards long. After th e downhill th e course fol lowed a fun skid road with wat er bars a nd th e speed wa s bumped from 18to 24 mph a nd o n to gas a t 38.6 m iles. Du e to co n fus io n o f th e locat ion. check four was th rown o ut . Check fi ve was u sed as a n o bserva tio n point o n ly because o f a milea ge p robl em . T he si xth check took poi nts from a ll co n tes ta nts. Again. Clizbe did well . lo sing o n ly two p oints. Ron Gra y (CA) dropped two of his five here a lso . while going on 10 win th e 200A class. Before th e seventh and last check. th e co urse crossed Cavanaugh Creek twi ce a t the upper a n d lower points. An em ban kment at the upper crossing ga ve so me riders a problem. yet four of the 82 fini sh ers zeroed it . In th e Open A class. J. Walsh (H u s) beat out Dave Bowers (H us) at th e tie brea ker. Both had a IO-point los s. R. DuBois rook the 250 A class with a six-point loss. Ken Villians was leading the Senior class at check three by three points and hung on to win by one point over Alan Drafs. Villians had a Ifi-point loss to Oral's 16. . Peter Bowmen. an "exchange rider" from Hawaii. entered the C class. Peter finished but found the speeds and trails quite demanding. Pat and Merrily Farrell of Skagit Motorcycle Club, recently went to Hawaii to ride dirt bikes; here they showed Bowmen how we do it in Washington , Enthused by th e vast new area and its potential. the Mt. Baker Motorcycle Club is considering hosting a Nationa l next year. . .. Results DOUBLE AT: 1. Ron Cli _. OPEN A : 1. J . Wa lsh; 2. Dave Bowers. OPEN B: 1. F. Beever: 2. John Moody; 3 . Paul Mernaugh. 250 A : 1. R. Dubo is; 2. Greg Lylcke . 250 B: , . Paul Fisher: 2. Augiue Kooistra; 3. D. Pigon . 200 A : 1. Ron Gray . 200 B: 1. Ken Norris; 2. E. Isackson . SR: 1. Ken Vill ians. SPRTSMN : 1. Kenny Norris; 2. Don Bitterling; 3 . Gary Turner . C CLASS : 1. Jay Burrell; 2. Scali Drafts; 2. R;dge Gordon; 3 . Andy Poulin. WOMAN : 1. Angie Farr el l. 1st TEAM : Augie Koo istra. Mark Robin son . Ma rk Varn er . Summer Solstice MX classic win goes to Munson By M.R. Edge FAIRBANKS. AK. JUNE 22 " 42 Erik Munson took his Northern Power Sports' Suzukis to eas y wins in th e annual Summer Solstice Motocross Classic at the Goose Island track in Fa irbanks. The su n was shi ni ng br ightl y as races got underway a t 9:00 p .m. a nd co nt in ued until th e la st moto was o ver a t 3:00 a.m. The 80cc Experts sa w Andy Workman o n a n An chorage Cycl e Sal es' Yamaha win both m ot os over tea mmat e Robb Butler. Workman a lso put in a fin e ride 10 tak e second in th e 125cc Ex perts. Mun son po we re d 10 th e 125cc Expert win lapp ing a lmost everyone in th e p ro cess. G oose Island is Mun so n's home track a nd it sho ws. The 250cc Expert cla ss was a repla y o f th e 125s w ith Munson flying o u t front in bo th motos, Kelly Butler on an An chorage Cycle Sal es' Yamah a hooked o nt o Munson in moto o ne and looked 10 be a threat unti l he crash ed . H e went down hard eno ug h 10 sideline him for th e da y. Bill Sandstro m (Ya m) led the pack ac ro ss th e finish line to tak e seco nd overall . J eff MacDonald had a lm ost no co m pe ti tio n on his way 10 th e 500cc Expert class win aboard another An chorage Cycle Sal es' Yamaha. Results 80 NOV: 1. Phil Br ude n IKaw); 2. Bill Hal ey (Kaw ); 3 . A nthony W ern er IKaw) . 80 EX: 1. Andy Workman (Vam); 2. Robb But ler (Yam); 3. Richard Freeman (Kaw). 125 NOV : 1. Rick New IHon) ; 2. Tim Bower (Han); 3 . Clint Ragan (Han). 125 INT: 1. Rick Kantola IKaw); 2. Jason Mc Donald (Hon ); 3. Vernon Johnson IKawJ . 125 EX: 1. Erik Munson (suz); 2. Andy Workman (Yam t 3. Jason Anderson (Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Jim Brown (s uz); 2. D.ano Gregory (s uzt 3 . Clint Richards (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Jason McDonald (Han); 2. Vernon Johnson (Kaw); 3 . Colby Hill (s uz). 250 EX: 1. Erik Munson (s uz); 2. Bm Sandstrom (Va m); 3 . Scott Hall (Han). 500 NOV : 1. Edwin Sims (Hoo t 2. Steve Corlee IMa i); 3. Roy Davidson (Han). 500 EX: 1. JeI1 MacDonald (Vamt 2. Mark Farley IHon); 3. Donnie Hall (Hon). Roskelley romps at Alaska supercross By M. R. Edge ANCHORAGE. AK. JUNE 20 The Alas ka Mo torcycle Racing Association hosted a supercross at Kincai d Pa rk and Jeff Roske lley won as he' h as all year, Roskelley enjoys the supercross races because it allows him a break fro m h is usua l schedule of racing a 125. 250 and 500. Three qualifiers were run to separate racers into either an A-main or B-main. Money is awarded for the A-main top finishers and trophies for the B-m ain . Only the top five from each qualifier make it 10 the A-main. Canyon Hansen (Yam) led qualifier one from start to end over Lance Leneave (Kaw ), Qualifier two found Suzuki Motorcycle and Marine's Jim Stewart in th e lead with Roskelley in mid-pack. With onl y four laps in each qualifier starts are cri tica l. but Roskelley had d isplaced ever yone in front of him within two laps. One more lap a nd Roskelley displaced Stewart 10 ta ke the win . Kelly Butler o n a n Anchorage Cycle Sal es ' Yamaha took the qualifier three holeshot, but wa s pa ssed o n lap three by Kevin Sch aub o n a H artley Motors ' H ond a . Suzuki Mot or cycle and Marine's J oe Godd passed Butler for seco nd on th e last lap. Schaub took th e checkered flag o ver Good and Bu tler. Edwin Sims (K aw) g ra bbed the Bmain holeshot, but by the halfway mark of the six lap event put himself ba ck with an off track exc u rsio n lea ving the o thers 10 fight for first. Larry Simmons (H a n) h eld it for a short whi le but Brad Bomhoff (Hon) got bv and took it a ll th e wav to the finish for fir st. Bryan Rambtir (Kaw) finish ed seco nd o ver Simmons with Sims end ing up in fifth . As h e had in hi s qual ifi er Kawasa ki Cycle Ca ch e's Roskell ey gated poorly during th e A-ma in a nd ended up stuck in tr affi c. Schaub held down th e number o ne spot a hea d o f Jim McCl ain o n a Cycle Corner Kawasaki . On lap three of th e 10 lap main. Roskell ey wa s a lr ead y in third and soon di spatched McClain. By now Schaub had a sizable lead but Roskelley kept CUlling it down each lap until on lap eig h t wh en he ca ug h t up to Schaub. Schaub kept looking behind and eventua lly suc cu m bed to the pressure m aking a sma ll mistake which was a ll Roskelley needed to p ass for fir st a nd the A-main win. • Results 60 NOV: 1. Tony Coffman (suz) ; 2. Dewy SCali IKaw ); 3. Joey M eyers (Vam). 80 NOV :' 1. Gavin W ashburn (Kaw); 2. Dav id Ell er (Kaw); 3 . John Voung IHon). 80 EX: 1. Robb Butl.r (Vam); 2. Dave Cook (kaw); 3. Chr is Steward (Yam). QUA L. 1: 1. Canyon Hansen (vam ); 2. Lance Leneeve (Kaw); 3. Lou is Mass (KTM) . QUA L 2: 1. J.t Rosekelley (kew) ; 2. Jim Stewart (suz); 3. Kirk Schaub (Kaw). QUA L. 3 : 1. Kev in Schaub (Han); 2. Joe Good (suz); 3 . Kelly But ler (Yem). B· MA IN: 1. Brad Somhoff IHon); 2. Bryan Rambur (Ka w ); 3. Larry Simmons (Hon) . A·MAIN: 1. Jeff Roskelley(Kaw); 2. Kevin Scha ub (Han); 3. Kelly But ler (Vem).

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