Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

...... ...... Jim Perry f li es his Kawasaki to a win in the 250cc Intermediate class at the Perris MX; Per ry beat J immy Palmer f or the overall. lefi ·it. Melvin wa s pen ali zed o ne pos itio n. At the fin ish it wa s Visco by 20 seco nds , th en Sp r ingma n, Pete H esel (Kaw ) a nd Mel vin . Da le G a tes (Han) left th e pad in a hurry wh en the gate h it th e g ro und in th e I 25cc class. Hi s h aste put him in good sha pe o nly LO fin d th e race red flagged a t th e co mple tion of the first lap. T wo rid ers wer e tangled u p in th e co rner a nd di sassembly o f o ne of th e bikes was req uired to separate rider a nd mach ine. The class restaned a nd Gat es d up lica ted hi s h ol esho t LO lead th e first lap. In la p tw o th ere wa s a new leader, Mi ke Mich el (H o n) , but o n th e nex t lap Mi chel fell i n the infield co rner a nd wa s passed by most o f th e class before his bi ke sta rted, Ra y Am os (Ka w) took th e lead -w it h Marc D ura n (H a n) in second a nd R ich Rositch (H o n ) third . Rosirch passed Du ra n o n lap five a nd passed Amos o n la p six to gain the lead th at h eld to th e ch eckered. In a race that had fo ur differe nt riders in front , Du ran fin ish ed seco nd, Am os th ird a nd a cha rg ing Gates fo unh . Ga tes had co me from last pl ace in a field o f 20 riders to gain h is positio n . Results OPEN A : I . Dava Sullivan (Hon). OPEN B: 1. David Huyn h (Yam ); 2 . Bob Ad olp hs on (Yam). 250 A: 1. Larry Visco (Kaw ): 2. Ruabsn Spr ing · man (Suz); 3. Pet e Hese l (Kaw l. . 250 B: 1. Kall y Gambin i (Hon ); 2. Sco tt Ronk (Hen); 3 . Patrick S ull ivan (Suz). 125 A : 1. M ike J orgen son (Kaw ); 2. St eve Fris en (Hon). 125 B: 1. Troy Doty (Hon); 2. Shawn Fry (ka w) ; 3 . M att haw Duv all (KTM) . ENDU RO A : 1. J eff Jungquist (Vam). ENDURO B: 1. Eric Arn ey (yam); 2. M arv in Sar gant (Hon). OPEN C: 1. Cory Sail ness (Ho n); 2 . Craig Kna pp (Yam). 250 C: 1. Gregg Eiswald (Hen); 2. Kirk A nd erson (Su z). 125 C: 1. Rick Ros it ch (Han ); 2. March Dur an (Hon); 3. Ray Amos (Kawl. OVER 30 : 1. Don W anli n (Vam); 2. P.F. Stuen (Suz). ch eckers first as Pal m er pl aced seco nd a he ad of Mike H ook er o n a Husky. Perry cruised h is Ka wa sak i to th e ru n ner- up pos it io n in ro und two as Yama ha rider Trav is Ro berso n LOok th e win , bUI P erry's 1-2 score ea rned him th e o vera ll wi n . Palmer took second ove ra ll a n d H ooker stayed close LO garner third . Yamaha rider Ken Ehlers used- a 2-3 sco re LO o u tpoi nt h is Veteran Expert rival s as first rnoto wi n ne r Ala n O lson a nd second moto win ne r Gary J ones bot h DN F o ne ro u n d with mech a nica l p ro blem s. Yamaha m ount ed DeW~ yne Jones LOok the o verall ru n ner-up posi tion as Peter Dill p us he d his H o nda up from midpack in eac h m o to to earn thi rd for th e day. Ed Wall eson clai med th e 250cc Beginn er wi n o n h is H onda by post ing a 2- 1 score 10 bes t th e fie ld. H onda r ider Bill Ko lkman placed seco nd a he ad o f Do n Dinnell (Kaw) . Results OPEN PRO: 1. Tommy Combs (Kaw); 2. Richard Sands (Hus ); 3. Scott Vearger (Hon ). 250 PRO: 1. Ed ';rnat (Vam); 2 , Ton y Spea r (Su z); 3 . W illy Musgr ave (Hon ). 125 PRO: 1. Doug O'D on nell (Kaw ); 2 . Chris Tay lor (Vam) . 250 INT: 1. J im Per ry (Kaw); 2. J im my Palm er (Kaw ); 3 . Mike Hook er (Husl . '12 5 INT: 1. Lore n Poch iro w ski (Hon) ; 2 . BJ M i lspa uqh (Kaw ). OPEN NOV: 1. Ch uck Coiner (Hon); 2. Lucky Hott man (Hon); 3. J ohn Nichol s (Vam ), 125 NOV: 1. Craig Davis (Kaw ); 2 . Sta n Ha se (Kaw ); 3 . M ike Ram bo (Suz ). . VET EX: 1. Ken Ehlers (Yam) ; 2. DeWayne Jone s (Vam); 3 . Peter D ill (Hon). VET INT: 1. Dav id Chunn (Vam); 2 . J ohn Tart ag li a (Hon); 3 . Irwin M oon (Vam ). VET NOV : 1. Gr eg Preston (Hon) ; 2. Dale Tan gier (Su zl. 25 0 BEG : 1. Ed Wa lleson (Hon); 2. Bill Kolkman (Hon); 3. Don Di nnell (Kaw) . 12 5 BEG: 1. Glen n Kosk i (Kaw); 2. Marcelni Fr ias (Yam); 3 . Jyle Davis (Kaw). 80 INT: 1. Brian Sanchez {Kawl; 2. J ason Jones (Yam l; 3 . Larry Lemire (Yam). eo NOV : 1. Ronn ie Kau ble (Yam); 2. Jeff Grafton (Yam); 3. M ike Chamberlain (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. Br ian Wilson ISu zt: 2. Sean Pen ison (Kaw ). 60: 1. Timmy Ols on (Yam); 2. Travis Preston (Hon); 3 . Cor ky Davis (Yam ). Combs on top at Perris SMX By Terry W hytal P ER R IS, CA. J ULY 2i P o m o n a Ka w a s a k i rider T ommy Combs powered to a big _ win a t this week 's SMX Perris race. Combs fin ished 40 secon d 10 Husky rider R ich a rd Sands in mo to o ne , but ca me ba ck in ro u nd two LO put hi s Open class Kawa sak i inLO th e lea d a nd take th e ove ra ll Open P ro win . Sa nds p ick ed up the second p lace sha re o f th e p urse wlii Ie SCOll Yeager ea rned th ird o n h is H on da . Jim P er ry co ntin ue d LO be a serious threat in 250cc Intermed iate actio n pUlling h is Kawasaki into the fir st moLO lead despite inten se co mpe titi on from Kawasaki r id er Jimmy Palmer. Perry held on LO reach th e Kiyota stars in MRA Formula Colorado By C.E. Rife DEN VER . CO. j UL v 2 1 T he Moun tain R o ad ra cin g Assoc ia tio n returned to Den ver's Second Creek Racewa y for exc it ing ac tio n in stree tbike races, but th e Formul a Co lo rado class lurned o u t to be tht, race o f th e da y. T he ho lesh o l was ta ken hv l\Iit c h Cook, curre tll ly fourlh in 'th e FC cla ss fo r th e 'sea son . o n h is self·pre· pared H onda 500 si n gl e. H e wa s fo llowed cl osely by Keith Kiyot a o n a K&K Racing TL250, a nd Greg Sm ith o n a Woody's Wheel works SR50 0. Kiyol a look the lead before th e end o f th e fir st la p . as Cook fad ed LO fifth . Aa ron Tu rn er , al so TZ-mou nted , c h a ll e n g ed Kiyo ra wit h a n ea rly cha rge, bu t. pu ll ed o ff th e track wi th u nk no wn p roblems before h e was ' a ble to sq uee ze pas t Kiyot a . Mea nwh il e. th e ba ttl e for third soon transformed int o a ba u le for seco nd by th e loss o f T urner - sa w Smith hou nded by J. T . Terry ar t a Treshl y- imported 1'I: S250R . Kiyot a sen led into a n l l -sero nd lead o ver T err y, as Smith saw third p lace slip away when Ch ris Schultze la te-braked past rhe Sk o n a n RS250. Kiyo ta , T erry and Schu ltze finish ed in th at o rde r. Schultze's ha rd cha rge fro m a fifth row start had s pectators specul ati ng o n the possibil it y o f a Sc h ultze w in h ad th e ra ce been run half a d ozen la ps' f urt her. T he o verloo ked ri der was Pa ul j ohnson o n a borro wed T Z250, however. w ho ca me from a n eig h t h -ro w sta rt 10 fin ish fo u rt h o vera ll. Sm ith p u lled in wi th a fift h pl ace fi nish. Despit e th e stella r perform a nce o f Kiyot a in th is race. the da y belonged 10 Smi th . S teady , co ns is te n t ridi ng has character ized Sm ith 's racin g a ll season, wi th th e cu rr en t lea d o n o vera ll p oints sta ndings as th e pa yo ff. H e rode eve ry race except th e Open P ro d uc tio n (ru n co nc u rre nt ly with 600cc P rodu c t ion i n whi ch h e p la ced ' second ), and fini sh ed in the to p five in four of th e seven races o f the da y. Sm i rh's dav started with a 20-sl'cond w in o ver j o hn H o p perstad in the 450cc Su perbike co n test. O vercooking th e ha ir p in turn in th e 600cc Superbike heat race cost hi m a transfer LO th e main. a nd he fail ed to p lace in th e O pen S u perbi ke even t. T he Formula Co lorado fifth pl a ce finish was followed bva fourth in the Fo rmu la O ne. . Over all sta ndi ngs were una vail a b le at thi s wri ti ng. bu t Smi th 's perfo rmance appears LO reta in th e lea d. l\1 R A ra ce fan s were tr eat ed LO intense co mpeti tio n throughout the day. Number o ne pl a n-ho ld er Bru ce Sass, a n d o n ly cha lle nger 10 Sm ith 's po in t lea d, was n OI presen t. report ed ly o ut for the seaso n with majo r inju ri es fro m a [la t tra cki ng acci de n t la st we ek . W ith out the presence o f Sass' tra d it io n al m a ste ry, MRA verera n s were left 10 dea l wi th o ne a no ther in the co m pe tition for $4000 wort h o f c o nj in g e n cv m on e y p rovid ed by' Yama ha for Ya m a ha riders. a nd the cha llen ge o f newcomer C h uck Lee. Lee o n lv rer x-nt lv co nverted 10 roa d racing from a flat tra ck ing ca ree r showed the Vets the fas t wa y arou nd th e I . i 5-m ile co u rse iti a ll three races he en tered - Open uperbike, Formu la On e and Open Product ion. H e c red ited th e work o f Per fer t io n Po rt ing o n th e head o f his Al p ine Suzuki spon sored 'S3 .G Si 50 a s t he source o f hi s speed . H is co m pe t itors were incli ned LO agr ee. Dann y Wal ker (G ypslim Autobody/ Ya m a h a Mo ro rsports/ C P West / M B Engi neering), ridi ngan Fj600 in rac es a gams: Lee, claimed tha t th e horsepower ad van ta ge wa s in su rmountabl e o n thi s o ne-li ne . tr ack. Wal ker finished second to Lee in th e Open Superbike clash and third LO Lee and Kivo ta in Formula One. . Racers w ill return 10 Wood v Creek Racew av Augus t I i a nd IS for rou nd tw o o f the :\IRA Endu ranrr- Series a t Aspen. Iol lo wed by Ihe Steam boa t Spri ngs S II"(',' t Race Sep le mber i a nd 600 PROD : 1, Hopper stad (Vam ); 2. Sm ith (Vam); 3 . Hje lm (Vam) , OPEN PROD : 1. Lee (Suz); 2. LaneIVam); 3 , Curt is (Varn i. Ready takes dash cash at Buffalo By Robert Bagwell DALLA , T X. JU L Y 13 Saturda y ni ght july 13th was a ni gh t to rem ember a t Bu ffal o Pa r k upercro ss wit h the largest tu rnout ever o f riders an d specra tors, A Dash for Cash even t was held d uri ng enrerrnission with lo ts of cash donat ed from the gra nds ta n ds for the first five rid ers o f each cla ss firs t rn oto LO co m pe te for . Brando n Readv won th e dash with Mike Dunn , Buzz 'Ba ss a nd T ed Dav idson di vid ing up th e rest of th e ca sh . Glenn Bo ll s won the cro wded Min i J u nior class fo llowed by H eath Gen tr y a nd Co by Owen for the to p th ree spots. T he Mi ni Sen ior was won by Brad Huddl eston a fter six hard fough t la p s aga inst Bri a n T u ll a nd Rex Ra msey fo r th e first three pl aces. T he 125cc even ts wer e so well a tten ded th at the I25cc Beginner s had LO be divided into A a nd B d ivisions a s th e professional sta rt inggate o n ly h ol ds 25. Brad Huddl esto n wo n th e A di vis io n in a ha rd cha rge fro m a las t place sian a t the ga te. Sieve Ba rt o n a nd J osh Com p to n fi lle d o u t th e top three places. Mark Faulk wo n th e B .. division fo llowed by Lee Smi th a nd joh n ny Zip pe r. H a rd- ch a rging R o ger H a rd ma n riding for Cag iva of Da llas ca me from behi nd to bea t o u t M ike Ha wkins a nd j oey G rupp in th e 125cc N o vice. De nn is C lark who return ed LO raci ng after a hard crash fo ur week s ago fin ish ed in fifth pl ace for hi s re turn LO racing deb ut . Miles Devl in bla sted h is wa y LO th e fro nt o f th e 250cc Beg inners a nd sta yed th ere 10 bes t Steve Da vis a nd Robert Fip p s. Ted Da vid son came th ro ugh the cro wd 10 ta ke th e 250cc No vice follo wed by J oe H ouser a nd David Smith. Devlin a lso wo n th e O ver 30 events. Brandon Read y jumped off LO lead the co m bine d P ro eve n ts follo wed by Bu zz Bass a nd Mik e Dunn for th e firt h th ree p la ces. T he tr ack h ad gotte n d u st y from th e ho t wea th er a nd wind , bUI Read y held 0 [[ his cha llengers fo r the cas h. T he T exas Supercross Cha mpion sh ip Series overa ll points baule is laki ng shape w it h 250cc No vice rider S teve Ma iden still leadi ng with 53 a nd little M in i J u n ior ri der G len Bolls hOI aft er h im w ith 42 po ints. 125cc Begi nner, Mike Hudd leston is fift h in the series wit h M in i Sen ior Brad H uddl eston thi rd . T h is gives a broad range ofdiffere n t ri ders r iding differen t size motorcycles in-th e top 10 poin ts leader s. 1'1:0 P ro r ide r made the LOp 10 list. Green guns down Sidewinders IT By Clay Lig ht CLACKAi\IAS, O R. J ULY 19 Results H on da-mo u nted Ra ndy G reen didn 't let th e 104° wea th er.stop h im fro m co m in g down to Oregon, an d ton ig h t he led a NOV ; 1, Frankl in (Yam l; 2. Dltmar (Yam); 3 . Sm ith (Honl. 4 50 SUPERBIKE: 1. Sm Ith (Varni; 2. Hopperstad (Yam); 3. Marsico (Yam I. 600 SUPERBIKE: 1. Turn er (Vam); 2. Orlando (Vam): 3. W alker (Varni OPEN SUPERBIKE: 1. Lee (Su z); 2. Wa lker (Varni; 3 , Orlando (Vam) F-COLORADO : 1. Kiyota (Vam ); 2. Terr y (Hon ); 3 . SCh ultze (Hon). F. 1: 1. Lee (S u z); 2. Kiyota (Vam ); 3 . Walker (Vam ). Nalio na l n umber swee p of th e lOp eig h t posil ions in lhe Exp ert main event a l Oregon Sidew in de rs Friday n ight AMA P ro fessio nal TT in Clacka mas . T riu mph 750-moul1l ed Marty Zirbel (Kin ish Tri ) beat three-time sta te P ro TT winner R o bert Horban in a thrilling Junior main even t S:

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