Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

125 JR : 1. Mark Myers (Ha n); 2. Micky Crenshaw (Kaw ); 3 . Jamie Woo ten (Vam). 125 INT; 1. Brian Elder (Kaw) ; 2 . Jason Assad (Kaw ); 3 . Eric Sandstrom (Kaw). 125 PRO : 1. Rodn ev Har rig er (Kaw); 2 . Willie Miller (Ka wt; 3. Gar y Smit h (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Jim Yates (KTM); 2. Sean Chynoweth (Kaw) ; Lonnie Ma dsen (Suz). 250 J R: 1. A llen Nickle (Han); 2. Mark Burk ett (Han); 3. Al ex Chellew (Vam). 25 0 INT: 1. J i m Cunnin gham (Hon); 2 . Melvin Bau m an (Hon); 3 . Da nny Paladino (Kaw). 2 50 PRO; 1. Jim Ell is (Yam); 2 . Larry Dashiell (Han); 2. Robb ie Hadlock (Yam). OPEN BEG; 1. Ma rk Peters (Hont. 2. Donny St em m el (Su z); 3 . Dav id Hag an (Hon). OPEN JR ; 1. Fre d W ilder (Hont. 2. Steve Heminger (Vam); 3. W ayne Kalis (M S). OPEN INT; 1. Ken Walcon (Han); 2 . Rod Brodt (Han); 3. John Covlombo (Hon). OPEN PRO; 1. Jim Ellis (Yam); 2. Larry Dashiell (Hon); 3. Kun Jorgenson (Hoo) . OT JR : 1. Car l Leihr (CanI2. Bob M artin (Hont. 3. Bruce You ng (Hon). OT INT: 1. Harold Noe ll (M Al) ; 2. Leroy Franca rd (KTM) ; 3. Wes Bradwell (Han ). OT EXP: 1. Rick Schilling (Hont. 2. J im McClinton (Yam); 3. Duane Spencer (Yam). VETS JR : 1. Ja ck Bak er (Hus ): 2 . Bob M il and (Hu s); 3 . Joe Winman (Kaw) . VETS INT: 1. J im Galatioto (Han); 2. Jeff Wodolf (Han ); 3. Tom Vuill (KTM) . VETS EXP: 1. Paul Bastrom (Han) ; 2. Wes Broby (Hon); 3 . Dua ne Spencer (Hon). Burgess takes win at Redding MX By The James Gang R EDDI NG , CA , J ULY 14 Both th e wea the r a nd the raein g were hot at Moto-One Racewa y today as Lance Burgess o n hi s H onda mad e a clean sweep o f th e O pe n Pro class by winning bo th mot os, Hot o n h is rear fender was a rider tha t has won his share of ra ces, P at Ri c h ite r, a former na tio na l class r ider showed the fa ns h e still knows h is way a ro u nd a motocross co urse. R ichit er pressured Burg ess in the firs t m ot o bu t had to give way to th e yo u nger r ide r. In th e second rno to Bu rgess (Han ) wa s aga in in th e lead a nd pulling a way whil e r u n nin g in secon d was j ack G eorge (Han) riding o u t of P ecwan . In third wa s Richiter (H o n) who wa s o n th e mov e and trying to make a p ass in a fa st left hand comer. T ed Steck (H o n ), however, collided with Ri ch it er a nd they both went down . R ich i ter wa s fir st up and off in pursuit o f Burgess a nd was gaining ground a t a fast pace. Ri chiter, seemingly , had better lines in th e comers, but Burgess's Honda had the power in the straights. By never missing a beat, Burgess took th e win and the overal l. R ich iter was second followed by George. Ka larnath Falls, Oregon rider radica l Ron Mi lligan (Hon ) in his first P ro ride won the 250cc class. His wins in both m otos didn 't co me easy, however, as Dave Creech (Han) gave Milligan a ll h e could handle in both motos . T emperatures in the 100's left the rider s drai ned a fter the mOlDS as Creech placed second a nd 10011 rider Doug Fri sbee (Suz) finished third. A good tum o u t o f 80s saw Eddy H anson (Kaw) run wire-to-wire in th e Beg inn er class to take theoverall. H anson was the o verall w inner o f the Mot o-One Su m mer Ser ies a nd is continuing h is w inning wa ys. H is main co mpetit io n in bo th mot os ca rne from J ohn Sm yth (Ya m), but H anson 's Kawasaki clearly had the edge o n power a nd H anson had a comfortable lea d a t th e flag. Kevin R ichi ter (Hon ) put in two good rides fo r th e th ird spot overa ll. In the 60s Darrell Mabry (Hon ) won th e class fo llo we d by Larry McKee (Han) with j ason H unsu cker (Hon) fini sh in g thi rd . A surpr isingly ligh t t urn out of 125s sa w j am es Kerrigan (Kaw) wi t h th e first rnoto j u st a head of M ik e Fi fe (H a n ). Fife, comi ng o ff of knee su rgery , seemed to be ridi ng stronger th an before, bu t in the second round Kerr igan a gai n sprinted to the front fo llowed by Kell H a m me r ( H a n) in hot p urs uit. Fi fe, running third, drop- ped off the pace with mechanical problems a nd the moro ended wi I h Kerrigan ta king th e Ilag . Second wen t lD Ha mmer and moving in to the third spot was D wa in Sellers (S uz), . Another R ich irer was in Ih e win rolumn in the \'1'1 class. kip Ri chiter ( Ho n), Pa t" brother, won both mo tos to ta ke the o verall. > a:: :E w w >! a:: :5 u > m ~ o :I: Results 11. 60:1.DaneU~CHont. 2. LarryMcKee(Hon); Hunsucker lHon1BO BEG: I . Eddy Hansen (JC.awl: 2. ' - n Smyt h (Yamt. ~ Kewin Richi .... CHon~ 125 BEG ; 1. Janes Kemgan (Kaw!: 2. Kell Hamme.- CHont. 3 . Dwain Sellers /SuzI. 125 : 1. Craig Marleay lKawl. 125 PRO: 1. Ted Sleet lHon1250 BEG: 1. ike Shafer lSuzl: 2. Steven Perry ~ .Jason (Hus); ~ _Mon! (ICTM). 250 JR; 1. Ra""w' Obds (Hon). 250 : 1. Greg Shee Han 1Suzl. 250 PRO: 1. Ron .. CHont. 2. Dave Creech lHont. ~ Doug Frisbee /SuzI. SOlI BEG; 1. Doug s.e.enson (Honl 2. Lance Sellen lSuzl: 3 . Jeny Fra'*s(Yam~ SOlI JR; 1. Marl< Heanr lHon~ SOlI : 1. Dennis Cassidy lHon). SOlI PRO; 1. Lance Burgess lHonl 2. Pat RicMer (Honl 3. ~ George lHon~ VET Sl'TSMH; 1. SIcip R _ (Hont. 2 . Leon Alger (Hont. 3. Bob Jackson 1 Swi- Bennett blitzes Huron By Clark Emery H RON, CA, j LYI 3 Fresno Yamaha's Pa t Benneu took home th e troph y for first overa ll in the 80cc Junior class tonigh t, but he had to co me from behind in both mOlDS 10 do it. Ben n et t battled throughout bot h mOlDS with Fresno Kawasaki's C hris Kawa saki a nd Oceano's Torey Rolland for the win. T o nigh t's CMC sa nctioned night race wa s round five o f the ~'CIl race Hawaiian Holiday MX series with various vacation packages lD be given out to top points winners in ea ch class, . In 250cc Pro action , Fresno ' s Damon Webb (Ya m ) and Pat Sparks ( P jIlO / NeaIlP e tty P rodu cts) put their bikes into the WFO mode while trying to put some distance between themselves and Kawasaki rider Tony R icha rds (Moto rs West/Maxey Porting) who was running third. A Iew laps into the race, Webb suddenly pulled off therourse with what looked like a broken chain. This gave Sparks the lead , while series point leader Steve Lucente new past R ichards and into the second place position on a set or doubles. Tim Winslow (Yam), bad worked his way up from a lu kewarm start to third and was rapidly catching Lucente. Donald Franklin was holding his own in fourth as Tony Flores, ( IX Fo Cycle Imports/Team S) was running firth after looping out at the start and later taking a fall in a muddy left band comer. After the moto, Lucente was protested for passing Richards over the doubles whi le the yel lo w flag was being waved, This m oved everyo ne in th e class u p a n otch and gave secon d place to \ ' inslo w. Come the second m ota , W inslo w gat a good stan a nd took the lead as th e pack exited the firs t romer. Flores , who many bad picked to win his class h ands down, was runn ing a fast second. Tony R ichards was gassing his Ka wa saki for all it wa s worth in third . Sparks, who won the firs t rnoto , gated poorly a nd was back in seventh p lace. T wo la ps in to the race, Fl o res wired his S uzuki's throttle to the stops a nd skirted around Wi nslow fo r the lead. L ucente soon passed R icha rds for third and set his center of attention o n \ \Tinslo w , but Wi nslow was not about to let himself be passed. TI13t's how the top th ree fin ished with Fl o res taking the la ndslide wi n that trackside rumormongers predicted, Greg Torgerson powers his Husqvama to a win in the 500cc Pro class in Round Five of the Hawaiian Holiday Motocross Series. _ At the other end of th e 250cc spectrum, the Novice class saw San Ardo's Kenneth Diggs take the lead with Harry Boudakian runn ing second on his H o nda. Third place was under Kawasaki rider David Van Wart's control when Jim Quaschnick snuck up behind him a nd tried a do or die pass over a j ump. After nea rly endoing his Yamaha, Q uaschnick bounced into th ird place. Q u a sch n ick quickly recovered, ho wever and p ut a more safe a nd sane pass on Buda k ia n for second . Di ggs soon fell prey to Q uaschn ick 's pursuit a nd eventually fou nd hi mself in third; after Budakian sl ipped by fo r second place. Comi ng across the finish line, Q ua sch n ic k and his clean Yamaha were way out front. Budakia n ended up with a second as SU2Uki rider R ic k Mattos worked his way into a third place at the finish. The second mota found Boudakian nabbing the lead with Diggs fo llowing in second. Quaschnick made sho rt work of Diggs a nd set out a fte r Boudakian. Half a lap later Quaschn ick passed Boudakian ov er a jump a nd look o ff from th e pack. Qua schn ick a nd Boudakian held o nto first a nd second place u ntil th e checkered with Mano s again worki ng his wa y up to fin ish third a t the end. In the 500cc Intermediate class, Aaron P ipes (P J II Peuy/ O ' Nea l) g u n n ed down the com peti tio n o n hi s big Honda by winning both hi s motos by a co nvincing m argin. Yamaha rider David Camarena took home second w ith T u r lock's j ack Azavedo cap turin g a t h ir d o verall o n hi s CRSOO. Result s 60: 1. John McCracken (Kaw) ; 2. Kei th Russel (Suz). 80 NOV: 1. Kennie McGrath (Hon); 2. Robi e Baker IKawt. 3. Richa rd Presl ey (Kaw). 80 JR : 1. Pat Bennen (Yam ); 2 . Chris Kawasaki (Kaw t. 3 . Tore y Rolland. 80 INT: 1. John Culwell (Kawl; 2 . Doug Delay (Kaw) . BOWOME N: 1. Sha unSumme rs (Kaw); 2. Debb ie Simmons (Kaw). 12 5 BEG : 1. John S udbe rry (Suz); 2 . Mike Qua - schnick (Yam); 3. Dan ny Lawhorn (Yam). 12 5 J R: 1. A lan Gilbert (Kaw) ; 2. Bill y W ood s (Kaw); 3. Barry Will ingham (Cag). 12 5 INT: 1. Doug Belcher (Kaw l; 2 . Dall en M c· Kenny (Han); 3. Jeff M abe ry (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. Tony Flores (Suzl ; 2. Joe Hopk ins ISuz) . 250 NOV : 1. J im Q uasch n ick (Yam); 2. Harry Bodakian (Han ); 3. Rick M anos (Suz). 2 50 JR : 1. Ritc h Hase ldon (Suz); 2. Greg Hunte r (Vaml 3. Darin Vand erpool (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. M an Bra nc h (Yam); 2. Alan Pierc e (Kaw ); 3. M rtch Turner (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Ti m W in slow (Vam ); 2. Ton y Flo res ISu z); 3. Donald Franklin (Han) . 500 BEG : 1. Ti borTrei ne r (H on~; 2. Ou in ton Hawki ns (Ha n); 3 . John Mc Creary (Han ). 500 JR : 1. Doug M enef ee (Han); 2. Lou is Led low (Vam ); 3. M ike Hu lsey (Han). 500 INT: 1. Aaron Pipes (Hon ); 2. David ce mar ens (Vam); 3 . Jack Azavedo (Han). 500 PRO; 1. Gre g Torgerson (Hus); 2. Tim Wo rt h (Han); 3. Tim Dias (Han). VET JR : 1. Ray McCaskey (Han); 2 . Tony DeLa Cugo (Kaw); 3. Rick Stasch (Han). VET MSTR; 1. M ike Bosworth (Suz); 2 . Paul Huebert (Han ); 3. Dan Hanna h (Han). VET INT: 1. Leon Price . OT INT: 1. Jim McC racken (Kaw) . 2 50 SPTSMN; 1. Tom M eza (Han); 2 . Al an Reed (Han): 3. ea rl Pembe rt on (Han) . Berry wins big at Black Hills MX By Brian George RAPID CITY, SD, J ULY 14 With the Borderline Racing Association taking a week off from its points-pa ying motocross events Sunday, only 60 riders turned o ut a t the Black H ill s Speedway to compete in a non-points stad iu rncross race, a n d wer e surprised to find th e course being run back wards for the fir st time. Only one co m bi ne d run-what-you brung Professional class was sla ted for the afternoon a nd to make it a true test, the laps were bumped up to two 20-circ ui t m ot os, th e longest a moto cross h ad been run in th e a rea . L ee Vern Berry took h is Small Engine Shop Kawasaki KX 125 to th e o vera ll wi n by spli tting m o ta victories wi th Budweise r/ R ide Cycl es- spo nso red Bill y Stork. Ber ry carne u p wit h the secon d m ota decider by less than half 31

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