Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

track. Dent on won w ith Folmer a nd Devl in ro undi ng o u t the top three places. T he Dash For Cas h event h eld each wee k was a wi ld event wi th Joh n Kin dhart bea ting Ted Da vid son and Bra ndo n Rea dy for the three paying spots. Fifteen riders lin ed up for this popular even t, tha t puts both Amateur and Pro riders together competing for the cash , Warren, Buchli take wins at GreeleyMX By Larry J ohnson G REE LEY, CO, JU L Y 26 T he third of five G reeley Su percrosses had its largest crowd and rider'en tr y in cl ud ing three So u th Dakota co mpetitors plus Key dominates Lodi ST a Nebraska ho tshoc. Defen d ing 250cc Pro Supercross Champ Randy Warren (Yam) enjoyed the eveni ng wi th ~ is first vic tor.. of the season. After fin ishing sec~nd in h is hea t behi nd th e w inner of the two p revious events, Dave Newell (Kaw), Wa rren was joined in th e m ain by th e second heats top fin ishers - So u th Dakot an Bill y Stor k (Hon)an d McCook, Nebraska 's Marty G onsh or (Yam) . Wh en th e 24 qualifiers hit the ti ght right-hand first turn in th e m ain, Warren was ou t fro nt with G onshor in lO W. T he first turn cla im ed Newell, ' who wa s n ever a ble to m ount a cha llen ge a fter rem ounting . Neither was Terry Kyle (Yam) . wh o sta rte d wa y ou tside a fter havin g to ma ke t!"e mai n via th e las t cha nce qualifier because he was a first turn victim in his h ea t. Warrcn a nd Gons hor diced for the first four laps wi th Gonshor takin g the lead on la p [our. Warren recaptured th e lead on the next go-rou nd as J im Mitch ell (Hon ) joined th e du el. Two laps la ter, Mitchell charged to the front and went into the la st lap on top. However, Warren regai ned th e lead a nd took it to the chec kers ahead of Mi tchell while C hris Su nd strom (Hon ) took thi rd from Gonshor jus t a head of Stor k. Sou th Dakota 's LeeVern Berry (Ka w) won h is l25cc Pro h eat a hea d o f Ti m Buchl i (Yam) a nd Mark Flesia (Ka w), Stacey Cook (Kaw) beat Brant McCoy (Yam) a nd Art DeHoff (Ya m) in h is h eat. Bu chl i holeshot th e m ain ahead o f Berry McCoy, Stork, Flesia a nd DeHoff. Buchli held o ff Berry for five laps while th e two were well ahead o f a six bike bat tle for third. On lap six, Berry scoo ted past Buchli and began pulling away. He appeared to be long go n e, but just before the white flag he dumped it in the whoops allowing Buchli to co me home with th e victory. McCoy, who had held third the entire rnoto , came in second ah ead of Stork, Cook. DeHoff and Berry . Flesia , who had run fourth most of the way, made a desperation move on McCoy just before th e finish and crashed. remounting eighth. By A nn C arr LOD!, CA, AUG. 3 Rob De Miranda leads George O'Shea in Stock Novice action at the recent Vintage MX race at Perris. -Vintage MX'ers tackle Perris By Terry Whytal P ERRIS, CA, AUG. 3 A reco rd nu mber o f en tries turned out for th e second an nua l Vin tage Motocross Ch ampion shi ps held th is year a t Perris 36 Raceway. T he event was once again sponsored by th e CZ Owners C lu b and presented by SM X racing. Two philosophies of old-bike raeing were evid~nt with a q u ick walk through th e pHS. One concept was to heavilv modify old equipment to morecioselv resemble rod ays machine while the other more prevalent 'idea was to restore the motorcycle 10 its origina l form . Man y riders who embraced the seco nd concept a lso wore riding gear that brou~h! bac k fond . memories of the late SIX lies. H eadl in in g th e day's events was th e Mod ified Pro race wh ich fea tured a battle between CZ-mou nted Craig Wh ite, origi nal H onda Elsi nore rider J oe H opkin s and twin-carb Puch p ilot Ed Arn et, Ar ne t won th e seco nd rn oto co nvin cin gl y, but me chanical probl em s in round one ac tio n had dropped him 10 sixth and he had 10 sett le for third pl ace overall as White's con sis tent 2-3 scor e gave him the win over H opkins. Roger McCabe pi cked up fourth p lace overall ahead of threetime Nat ional Champion G ary Jones who su ffered from insurmountabl e mach in e fai lures. Steve Gavin rode his Penton to th e Modified Intermediate class win. Cl rider Mitch Wells earned the runnerup honors wi th a come from behind seco nd moto win as John Bumgarner m an-handled his BSA to third pl ace. Cls dominated the Modified Nov ice cl ass wit h the top five finish ers all mount ed on the venerable Ea stEuropean iron . Top honors went to Nick Larson with Ron Ald rich taking seco nd overall a head of J im Keeton , J .L. Steven s and Chris Johnson. Husky rid er Robert Wethern h eld clai m to top bragging rights in Open Stock ac tion. Wethern's 1-2 post in g edged Yam aha rider T erry Woody who had to sett le for secon d overal l. R.]. Sh ey rounded out th e top three on hi s BSA. The 250cc Stock cla ss win went 10 Greg Berg riding an old Suzuki. Berg swep t bo th moros despite pressure from runner-up finisher J ~ De J usu s o n boa rd a Husqvarna. J oe Loren zen, keeper o f th e Old-Style CZ Faith , p laced th ird overa ll . Mo st entertai ni ng ra ce awa rds sho u ld go 10 th e non-un it (separate engi ne and transm ission ) Open class for completing two motos on the to ugh Perr is course on board overweight, under-suspended, evil-ha ndling -old British machi nes. Wh en the d us t cleared it was Ma tch less rider Da vid Breetw ar picki ng u p th e top tro p hy with Terry Prall ea rn ing th e runner-up honor s on his BSA tw in. Ken Sykes, G reeves , p laced thi rd. Results MOD PRO: 1. Craig Wh ite (C2); 2. Joe Hopkin s (Han); 3. Ed Arnet (PucI. MOO INT: 1. Stev e Gavin (Pen); 2 . M itch W ell s ICZ); 3. J ohn Bumgarner IBSA). MOD NOV: 1. Nick 'arso n (C2); 2. Ron Ald r ich (CZ); 3. Jim Keeton ICZ). OPEN STK: 1. Robert Wethern (Husl ; 2. Terry Woody (Vaml; 3. R.J. Shey (BSAI. 250 STK: t . Greg Berg (Sull; 2. Joe DeJ usus (Hu sl; 3 . J oe Lorenzen (CZ) . OPEN NON-UNIT: r . David Breetwar (Mat) ; 2. Terry Pratt (BSA); 3. Ken Sykes (Grv). Kindharf take.s cash a t Buf falo ParkSX By Bob Bagwell DAL L AS, T X, AUG. 3 T he wee k ly Sa turday ni g h t Texas Supercross Cha m pion sh ip Series a t Buffal o P a rk Speed wa y h eld i ts monthl y awa rds n ight for th e series points leaders for th e m o nth o fju ly. O 'N eal U.S.A . p rese nted eac h class wi n ne r with a $ 120 gift cert ificate for th eir accom p lish ments. Cory Lamb jumped out in front in the Mini Junior events a nd held off the current ser ies points lead er Glen Bolls for the win, as Jerem y Fipps rounded o u t the first three pl aces. Fast moving Eddie Dick erson from Gainsville, Texas came from behind to take th e Mini Senior race foll owed by Erwin Schultz and Clinton Lawrence. The 125cc Beginners class had to be divided int o A and B di visions to stay ' w ithin th e 15-riders-per-class saf ety rule, due to th e dem anding Pro su pe rcross race track. Bobby Toombs beat Steve P arish an d Marc Depetris in the A division. a nd Michael Huddleston and Steve Barton battled it out in th e B di vis ion followed by Madd Max Racing T eam's Johnny Zipper and Greg Foster. Hard chargin g J oey Marcom really gave the crowd so me th ing to cheer about as he battled with riv al J ohn Wis e in the I25cc No vice class. Mik e H awkins kept th em bo th honest as h e was right in th e middl e o f th e battle. They finished in th at order. The 250cc Beg inners class was a real ba rn burner as Rick Meyer s held o ff th e cha rges o f Steve Davi s, th e cu rre nt ser ies points lead er o f the class; Ioll owed by a pers istent Gera ld Ray. The " Dallas Flash " T ed David so n won th e 250cc Novice events as Mike H awkin s 'an d Steve Maiden fo u ght for th e seco nd a nd thi rd pl a ces, fini sh in g in th at or der. T he Over 30 gang had a blast with Bill Den to n from Oklahoma showing th e Texas boys Miles Devlin a nd Da vid Folmer th e- way around th e Stockton 's Mark Key proved o nce aga in th at th e local bo ys are hard to beat as he di al ed th e start of th e fastest heat as well as th e 500cc Pro main a n d p roceeded to win hi s fourth of eig h t events in th e High Point Racing Pro-Am Ser ies at th e Bowl. Key's cl ean lin es and a bit o f sh u ffling midpack m oved new Wood -Rotax rider Bryan McDowell to seco nd pl ace in th e race a nd in points. Chad Feli cio . o f th e Camel Pro ci rcu it, inher ited third in th e fin al point ta lly w he n Sa l H offman broke in the ma in ta ki ng C h ris Carr to the bank . Carr recovered for fifth beh ind Ri chard Arn ai z a nd Ada m Sabedra. Carr ret urned for the 500cc Expert event several races la ter a nd chased Brvan McDo well for I t a nd th reequarters laps before a one -time bo bbIe in turn four cost McDo well the win. McDo well also did trip le du ty as h e dressed "ladylike" for the Po wder P u ff ma in and whee l ied by undefea ted Leona Burton for the win. A check by o fficia ls d etermin ed tha t Bryan was not a lady a nd therefore , Bu rton kept h er string a live. By request o f AMA, n o Min is raced a t Lod i ton ight so th at th e local Min i shoes co u ld run th e Min i TT Nat ionals a t Portervill e. In Sportsman act io n , Rotax Juniors Chris Rudy a nd Ken Peschel spoiled J ames Hodgin an d G eorge Co oper's da y by running first and seco n d in the 500cc ra ce. Cooper n eeded to beat Hodgin to win the class high point award , but seemed to have an off-night. Hodgin won his heat, but couldn't repeat in the main and luckily. he didn't need to . Francis Shine and Norman Storr continued their assault on the 500cc Novices by fin ishing one-two. In the 25OccJunior race . soon to be Expert, Kelly Fischer returned to winning form and aced Delhi's Dion Clardy for the 250cc class award. Vets' action featured a second season win by Antioch, California's Roy Fisher. Other Experts John Taylor and Terry Graham finished second and third. High point leader Allen Yarrow was blanked for the second week . but a good early season start still gave Allen th e season award. Results 80 NOV: 1. Robbie McCoy (Yamt, 2. Jeff DrllSsel (Hont, 3. Roy Wooden (Yam~ . 80 AM; 1. Dina DelTurco (Yamt, 2. Chris McCrea (Yamt, 3. AI Strope (Yam). 80 EX: 1. Roben Rose (Kow t, 2. Bill Perriton (Kow t, 3. Andy AIkins (Yam~ 125 NOV; t . Marc ~ r (Hont 2..Jeff Rusk (Kowt, 3. Ray Wooden (Yam~ 125 AM: t . Jared Ramsour (Kowt 2. Scott Obenche in (Yamt, 3. Scott Ellibee (Kow). 125 PRO; 1. TIm Buchli (Yamt, 2. Bram McCoy (Yam): 3. Billy Stor1t(Han). 250 NOV: 1. Graeme Perriton (SUlt, 2. Uonel Seinen (Kow t, 3. M ike Me_r (Yam). 250 AM: 1. Emlyn Williams (KTM); 2. David Burl

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