Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

en w o w U a:; w ~ :> al o ..... o J: 0.. ~ .... 00 0') en ;:3 bD ;:3 < c. B~uce Und and Jack Hart p ilot their Yamaha outfit en route to the sidecar Win at Westwood Raceway; second place went to Wildman /Davison. hind St ev e Di c k a nd Goodfe llo w wh il e Fra nk lin rook t he win over McMurter , Results F-l : 1. Dale Fr ankl in (Yam) ; 2. Rueben M cM urter (Yam); 3. Gary Goodf ell ow (SUl). F· 2 : 1. M ile s Ba ldw i n (Ho n ); 2. Dale Fran kl in (Yaml; 3. A la n Ingl is (Yam ). SU PERBIKE: 1. M ich el M er c ier (S uz); 2. Ru eben McMurter (Ya m); 3. Gary Goodfellow (Suz l. 7 50 PROD: 1. Gary Goodfell ow {Sul l: 2 . Daryl Cornwell (Suzl; 3. Ste ve Cre vier (Varni . 600 CA FE: 1. Gary Par ish (Yam) ; 2. Ken Lalonde (Yam); 3. Bill J enki n s (Ya m). 600 PROD : 1. Ken Lalonde (Ya m l: 2. Gar y Berg e (Kaw l; 3. St eve Crev ier (Vam). SI DECA R: 1. Bru ce Lind l Jack Ha rt (Yam); 2 . J oh n W il dm an /R ick Dav ison (Sul); 3 . Dave W ild man/ Harry Rl hel a (Bea ). Moore takes two at Santa Clara By Brenda Trim ble SANT A CLARA, CA, J ULY 12 At P .A.L. track , u nder th e lights, on a smooth but sticky track , Daniel Moore of Carmel Ca liforn ia won bot h the 250 ami 30 500cc Expert events. Tom Ca rriger (R tx ) bo lted into th e lead o f th e 250cc Expert h eat ta iled by Steve Ra ym ond (C:Al and Ro bert Bacosa (H a n). T od d Bridges and Raym ond crashed in a co rner a nd Ken Netto gra bbed the lead o n th e restart but lost o u t to Moore. Carri&er who wa s running fourth moved mto seco nd by passing Ba co~a a nd Netto . On th e final lap , Carriger cras hed a nd fini shed firth. The 500cc Experts saw P .]. Sa nc h ez lu ng e to th e front o f th e p ack o n ly to be sh u t d own by R a ym ond, but Ra ym ond faltered in th e fin al lap and was overta ken by Moore a nd ~ rriger. l n th e m ain, Moore j umped into th e lead foll owed by Ca rr ige r, Bryan McDoweIl a nd th en Ra ym o nd a ll the way 10 th e flag. In th e Pee Wee class, J eff Gonzal es a nd R yan Pence battle for th e lead . In th e h ea t, R yan shot o ff th e pole into th e lea d wi th G onzal es in hot pursuit. Ga ry N eal fell in a co rner a Ilowing Eric Martin a nd Graig Gonzales to m ove up. In the main G onzales j u mped o u t in front a nd e; ten ded h is lea d 10 rhe ' Iine. Mart in Montes (Yam ) led th e pack to ~he fin ish in th e 60cc heat. The m ain sta rted with a co Il isio n be tween Ro bert Stevenson and Montes; Montes was sha ken u p but restated. T he resta rt saw J ak e Zem ke ( I(;IW ) leadi ng fo llo wed by D.E. Dor y, Montes a nd Stevenson. In th e 80cc race, Ern ie Martin set th e pace. H o wever, in th e main Brian G ~)Uvei ~ (Suz) cha rged into th e lead w ith Eric H anzelka second with Martin taking third. T h e 1251250cc Novice class wa s th e la rgest field ru n n ing a nd division o n e en ded in a phOIO finish for J oe Leonard (Hon) a nd Kris Kiser (H o n). Leonard jam med int o first o n ly to be pass,t;d ~y Kiser, bu t Leonard stayed o n Kiser s heels, J eff Jackson ran third wit h J am es Baird fourth. In th e main , Kiser ra n 10 th e fla g pursued by U'Onard. Division two saw Gt'le Fitzsim m.o ns in Iro n t until h e sp iIled ha n ding the lead 10 R icky Smith. Ma rt y Agl ibo t (Yam) th rott led into th~ IC" d C?f the main Iol lowed by G a ry J Mil ew ski (Yam ), Smith. BiIl Tieman ( H -D) a nd Scott C happell (Hon) , O n the thi rd la p, Smi th m ov ed into second a nd Chappell took fourth. M ilewsk i rega ined second and ChappeIl moved in to th ird . Th e first lap o f the 500cc Novi ce heat set the p ace fo r the race. T he top three co ntesta nts jockeyed for position wit h Cliff Casr o h the early leade r foll ow ed bv St eve Ha vm o nd a nd Bob Spear. By ih e end of ill(' first la p the o rder was es ta b lished, Haymon d , Spear and Ca stoh or so it appeared . O~ t~ e fin al lap, Ha ym ond swung Wide III th e curve, a nd fi nished third with Ra nd y G onza laz fou rt h a nd Ken En glish firth. In the main, En glis h wa s first off th e line, but Spe aparc rured th e lead. H a ymo nd ra n second until he crashed , a llowi n g G onzalaz to move in ro second with Castoh third. O n the final la p , English gu n n ed by Casroh 10 gra b th ird . In th e 500ccJ un io r d ass, it was J oe Carrera a ll th e way fo llowed bv Bill v Gonzalaz. In th e heat, Keri Pucci~ ran th ird bu t in the mai n it was Woodraw Rogers unt il he suffered a p ower lost just feet fro m th e finish a Ilo w ing John Looney to finish th ird. Results 50: 1. Jeff Gabhart; 2. Ryan Pence . 60: 1. Je ke Zemke. 80: 1. Brian Gouve ia . 125 1250NOV DIV 1: 1. Kris Kise r: 2. Joe Leonard. 125 / 250 NOV DIV 2 ; 1. Marty Aglibot 2. Gary M ilewski; 3. Scott Chappell. . 250 EX: 1. Dan M oore; 2. Ken Nett o. 500 NOV; 1. Bob Spear; 2. Randy Gonzalaz; 3. Ken English. 500JR: 1. Joe Carrera; 2. Billy Gonzalaz; 3. John Looney. 500 EX: 1. Dan Moore; 2. Tom Carriger; 3 . Brya n M cDowell . Lamberts take two atHeplerMX By Brad & Sharon Jones HEPLER, KS, J U LY 14 The first round of th e Motocross Sh a ck spon sored Circl e W Anniversary Seri es h osted a large number of riders all vying for a chance 10 win contingency p rizes a nd bo n us Ex pe rt money. Temperatures soared 10 nearl y 100 0 , bu t th e h eat di d n ot sto p J ack Lambert from winning both mot os o f the 125cc Experis wi th style. Lam bert took th e first moto ho leshot with brother J oh n Lambert in lO W . J ohn kept the press ure o n throug hou t the ra ce w hile S teve Fork ne r, who recently moved u p to E~pert sta tus, fC?u nd himself runni ng hi S o wn race m th ird with G a len Flo yd in fourth . Io wa 's hotshot Da n New ell .was blazing through the pack a fte r a h rst tu rn cras h o n ly 10 find hi s fro nt brake going sour; New ell eventuaIly dropped to eig h th. Forkn er, who had been following th e Lambert battle, suddenly found Floyd zipping past a fter Forkner m issed a few berms. Flo yd Iin ished the race in third while Forkner se tt led for fo urt h . In mota two , Jack Lam bert 'was out front again w ith I ewell brea thing down his neck . Newell p ressured Lambert all the wa 10 the white flag lap w hen he crashed in a last di tch pass in a bowl turn. Kirk Patterson put in an excellent ride, and held off Jeb R idi n ger who used his 5-4 fini h for second o verall, In the250cc Experts J ack a nd J ohn Lambert were at it again with , "ewell traili ng close behi nd. The three batt led all the wa)' to the finish . J ack . and John went o ne, two with , ' ewell third. In moro IwO it was John Lambert out front o n the start with ' ewell traili ng o n ly three bikelengths behind for the entire moro, J ack Lambert cruised in ihird. The Mini J unio rs and Seniors were com bined to give pectators some rea l excitemen t, As th ey roared off the line, Brent Pet erson took command with Kenny H o wa rd in second. Les Bra nden burg was fiying through th e pack a nd na iled Howard righr before th e fin ish line for second . In mor o tw o , u p an d coming Junio r ace J ason Young look the holeshot a nd led for a la p a n d a half until Brandenburg and Peterson went ba rreli ng past. TIle two looked like thev were going for th e national championship as th ey bounced into each other, jostling fo r position. Brandenburg won o ut fo r firsr overal], In the 250ec Intermediate class, ;\Iatt ~~urra . and J erry Lonnis put o n a great show. In th e first moro Lonni led all the wa\' with , l urra ' o n ly a few feet behind" waiting for ~ , m ista ke: that nC\~ happened, Approachmg th e finish line, Murrav made a las t d itch effort that al mos"t caused a photo finish. I ~ moto two , Lonnis wa s leading agam, but M urray was push ing hard fo r the firs t p la ce points and trophy, By th e second la p, , Iurray made h is mo ve and f1("W home to \;etory. Trell Keen had com p lete contro l o f th e l 25cc Beginner class bv taking both holcshotsand Ihechecbn. Bra d Blankenship gave chase in moto one b~t a bad stan in moto two hampered hi s chances of a top finish. Stewart Capehart came al ive in the second round 10 fin ish second after a hard fought battle \\;th leader, Keen. R ob Wagner used a 3-3 finish for runnerup honors. Larry Perkins took the holeshot over a big class of (h-er 30 riders. Perkins m issed a turn and let Oklahoma ace Tony Greenwood by and Greenwood opened up a lead while Roger Stone clash ed with Perkins o ver second. Perkins got tired and Stone took second for good. Wayne Jorgensen a lso passed Perkins and wh i ttled away at Stone. J~ passed Sto ne on the fift h lap, bu t Stone ~t ~rned the fa vor o n the final lap 10 finish second beh ind Greenwood. In m o to two, Greenwood blasted his 500cc H onda to th e lead wh ile Larry Perkins ran a close second for m ost of th e moro, Richard Bassinger m oved u p through the pack at a steady pace to pass Perkins on th e final la p. Bassinger crossed the line in secon d which was good enough for second overall. Results PEE WEE: 1. Robbie ~ lYamt 2. Andy _ _ yer lYarnt 3. Erie Rausch lYam~ JR: 1. Ma rk Rausch (KawI; 2. IlusIin Prough (Kawt 3. Bria n Soloman (ICawt. M INI BEG : 1. Chris Gnogg (KawI; 2..Iasan Sheller (Hon ~ llO JR : 1. Jason Young (KawI; 2. Doug SlOne (Kawt 3. Sean Parsons (ICawt. llOSR: l .les BranderburJl(Kawl; 2. _ _• son (KawI; 3. Kenny _ (ICawt. 105/MI I OPEN EX: 1. _ Petenonue-t 2. les Bra ndenburg (KawI; 3 . Kenny lICawl. 125 BEG: 1. Trell Keen (Han); 2 . Rob Wagner (SUZ); 3. Brad Blankensh ip (Han) . 125 NOV: 1. Doug Gray (Kaw) ; 2 . Scon Campbell (Kawt 3. Keith Lewandowski (KTM ). 12 5 INT: 1. James Williams (Kaw); 2. M ike McCaffree (Kaw); 3. Doug Schumacher (Han). 125 EX: 1. J ack Lam bert (Yam I; 2 . Jeb Riding er (Kawt 3. SI eve Forkner (SUl). 250 BEG: 1. Pau l Brad ley (SUl); 2. Da vid England (Hon t 3 . Ti m M iller (Sull. 2SO NOV ; 1. DaVId Zornes (Han ); 2 . J eff Harsh · man (Cagt 3. M ike Moore (Han) . 2SO INT: l. M an Murray (Kaw) ; 2 . Jerry Lar mi s (Hon t 3. Tracy Lat ham (Han). 2SO EX: 1. John Lambert (Yam); 2. Jack Lambert lYarnt 3. Dan Newell (Han ). OPEN : 1. Mike Burke (Kawt 2 . Gene Brown {Suzl; 3 . Kevin Boyce (Kaw). OPEN EX: 1. Br ad Jo nes (Hon); 2. Bill W ill iams (Hont 3. Richie Gordon (Sull. OVER 30: 1. Tony Greenwood (Han); 2. Richard Bass_ (Kaw t 3. Roger Slone (Yaml . Ellis, Harriger snare Marysville MXwin By Madam Mabee MARYSVIL L E. CA, J U L Y 14 Yamaha-mount ed Jim Elli s and D&D Kawasaki/Hi Point sponsored R odn ey H arriger co m bined to tak e a clean sweep of the P ro classes a t Marysvill e's 10th Street track . Elli s took home wi ns i n th e Open and 250cc Cla sse s whil e H a rri ger sto le th e show in th e 125cc di vision. . Ellis grabbed the ho leshot in the fi rs t mor o o f th e Open clas s a nd stre tc h ed his lead 10 th e checke red flag. L arr y Da shi ell rook seco n d a head o f Kurt J orgen son in third place. In the seco nd mota , Da shi ell got th e hol eshot with Elli s in h ot pursuit. Dash iell h eld th e lead for five laps before Ellis made hi s move and we nt on to th e wi n . Dash iell took th e runner-up spot with Brett Cahors taking third. The 250cc P ro class sa w Mark Evere tt steal the hol eshot wit h Ellis close beh ind. Ellis got arou nd Everett wi th Da shiell a lso ge tti ng by for secon d place as Everett faded. Cahors soon took o ver thi rd pl ace and th en got by I?a~h i ell t'? tak e seco nd place a t th e finish . EIlts took th e win with Dashiell finishing beh ind Cahors fo r third place. I n th e seco n d moto, Yam ahamounted Ro bbie H adlock pu lled th e holeshot, bu t Dashiell took over th e lea d on th.efourth lap. H ~d lock , however, got It back on la p five an d went o n to win with Ellis taking second. Dashiell fin ished third with th e overall going to Ellis ' 1-2 score. I n the opening 125cc Pro moto Harriger shot ou t in front wi th Wil: lis Miller in seco n d a n d Scott McElroy trailing in third. They fini sh ed in t~at order as Harriger b litzed th e f!el~. In th e second rnoto, Harriger again grabbed th e holeshot a nd left th e field behind. Garry Smith put hi s Ka.wasaki in second with third place going to McElroy. The 250cc Intermediat e class sa w g ood a ction with Danny Pal adin o getti ng ou t first wit h Tim Cun ni ngh a m foll o wi n g. H on d a -m ount ed : fel vin Bauman ca rne from way bac k m the pack 10 get by C un ni ngham for a second p lace finish. The secon d mota sa w more o f th e sa me as C u n ningharn pulled the hol esh o t while Bauman an d Pal adino hauled the ir wa y through th e pack. J am ey Parker mO\'~ up 10 tak e third p lace fro m Pal adin o and th e o rde r a t th e fin ish wa s C u rmi rig h am. Baum an a nd Pa rker . Results 60; 1. Tim Keeney(Hon); 2. Randy Gates (Kaw) ' 3. Beau Judge (Kaw) . • llO BEG: 1. Mark Wyhlidk o (Kaw); 2 . Jason John· sat (Kawt 3. Jell Beaob ier (Hon l. • 80 JR : 1. Brad Walters (Yam ); 2. Jason Gibson (KawI; 3. John Stark (Kaw) . llO INT; 1. Beian Roth (Han); 2. Billy Wh ile (Kaw )' • 3 . Obie Lelf (Yam). llO EX: 1. 51.... Lamson (Kaw ). 125 BEG : 1. Sean Smith (Yam ); 2. Tonv Branson lY am t 3. David Pike (Kawl.

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