Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

7"'- BOB HANNAH 250,MX National Millville. MN RICKY 'GRAHAM Tom Walther drags a knee en route to the Superbike w in on Saturday at Portland Intern ational Raceway; Walther beat Keith Pinkstaff. c h a rge in th e Oregon Moto rcycl e R oa d R a ci n g Asso ci atio n ' s 750 cc Pro duct io n race wit h a fla g- to-fla g wi n. T he re was no wa y a ny body was go in g 10 ca tch th e Ca na d ia n, so a ll a u en tion was focused o n th e Brown Sh aw n R o bert i ba ili e for seco n d pl ace. After trading places througho u t th e race, Bro w n eventu a lly got free to take th e runn er -u p spot 46 secon ds behind G oodfell ow . Robert i fi n ish ed th ird with Mike J ohnson tak ing fourth. • Results SUPERBIKE: 1. Gary Good fallow (Suz): 2. Dolo Qu art er l ev (Ya m) ; 3 . Kev in M o na han (Vam); 4 . Dar y l Cor nwell (Suz); 5 . Ken Stob bart : 6. Tom Wa l t h ar (Su zl: 7 . Ke it h Pi nk st aff (Suz); B. Jeff Mo rrow (Hon); 9 . OeFargo ; 10. Ste ve Crevier (Yam ). F-2 : 1. Mile s Ba ldw in (Hon); 2. Dale Franklin (Varni; 3 . Ken Both a m (Yaml: 4 . Do ug G u t h ri e (Yam); 5. Ooan; 6. Eugene Brown (Yam ); 7 . Haug. 600 55: 1. Gary Goodf ell ow (Su zl: 2. Doug Ren· f row (Suz); 3. Eugen e Brown (Yam); 4 . Br uc e Behal (Kaw); 5 . M icha el Johnson (Han); 6. Gary Barge (Kawl: 7. St uart Hutc hin s (Yaml; 8 . Robert Schu ff (Han): 9 . DeFargo; 1D. Bill 8 ishop (Kaw ). 45 0 CAFE: 1. St eve Crev ier (Yam); 2. Dale Fran klin (Yam ); 3 . Eric Garl and (Yam ); 4 . Lance W oo1 env (Yam); 5 . Seon Heironymus (Yam); 6. S. Brown; 7 . A lan Schw an (Yaml : 8 . Mo rse; 9 . Speer; 10 , M i chael Giv en (Yam l. 750 PROD: 1. Gary Goodfellow (Suzl : 2. Eugene Bro w n (Yam); 3 . Sh awn Rob ert i (Hon); 4 . M ike J ohnson (Han); 5 . Robert Schu ff (Han): 6. Coll ier: 7. Que nt in Hogan (Kawt; 8. Reiby ; 9 . M ain . Walfher fops SuperbiJ(e warm-up By Russ Cazier PORTLAND , O R, AUGUST 10 The Orego n Mo to rcycl e R oad Racing Associa tion 's a mateur prelu de to th e In tern ati o n a l Superb ik e race saw so me new faces in th e w inner ' s c i rcl e. Tom Walth er proved to be the top S uperbi ke entry while Dar yl Cornwell ca plu red th e Fo rmu la One race Co rn well, an in freq uent visi tor to P IR, won the Form u la O ne rac e going a way o n h is Ca nadia n Suzuki GSX750R. Honda-mounted Jeff Mor row h el d h is o wn in ta k in g t he runner-u p spot with Da n Zloc k m a king it a Hon da sa nd wich on h is Suzuki. Th e a n t ic i pa red du e l bet ween Keith Pinkstaff and Morro w on Supe rbi kes did occur, bu t it took p la ce behi nd Tom Wa lther on yet a nother GSXR750 Suzu ki , I n Fo rmu la Two a c tio n, Dal e Franklin bo rrowed Cliff Baker 's Ca fe R'Z' Yamaha to -take -th e- win : 'With everyo ne waiting for th e big money ra ce o n Sunda y, o n ly fou r entr ies turned up o n th e grid for the Fo rmu la T wo and a ll of th ose were either on Ca fe R D or RZ Yama has. T he best dice of the day occurred in th e 450cc Ca fe race between Eric Garland a nd ScO Il Heiro n ym as. " H e was pu rring a perfect dra ft and pass on m e goi ng into tu rn o ne," Garla nd sai d . " We were pret ty eve n everywhere else excep t for fo u r (a rig htha nder onto the back stra ig ht) where I was ge ll i ng a better dri ve ou t. I co ul d gai n enoug h th ere to pass him every o ther lap," G arl an d a n d H ier on ym a s exch a nged th e lead every lap, bu t Garland gai ned th e edge o n the one th a t counted. H ieron yma s didn 't sta rt in th e first h eal a nd d idn' t figu re in th e results. To ny H owa rd o n a Yam aha 920 se u led for seco n d beh ind Wa rd Rod gers' BMW in the Ba il ie of the T wi ns . " I was j ust silti ng back wail in g for hi m to fa ll down," H owar d sai d . " I slide arou nd a lillie o u t th ere, but th at BMW hand les weird a nyway a nd h e was sid eways in every turn o n every lap . I j us t cou ldn't believe he cou ld keep it u p that lo ng." Ro d g e rs did keep it up and th e Rodgers Brothers, famo us locall y for coming up wi t h d iffer ent way s to win , have done it again . Mik e J ohn son spo i le d a p er fect da y by crashi ng in turn nin e whil e well in th e lead of the 600cc Production cla ss. Jo h nso n wa s as ked a bo u t th e cra sh . " I don ' t know wh at happened ," h e said . " I wa s d oin g th e same as I a lwa ys do ... tryin g to go a lillie faster every lap." J o h n so n won every heat th at h e fini shed . but o ld Pro Quent in Hogan got th e win in 600cc Prod uction . • Peoria IT Came l Pro WINKlE FREITAS Peoria IT Jun ior Came l Pro T hese cha m p i ons r a ce a nd w i n w ith H i - Po i n t / A lp in es t a r s boots . S ee yo u r H i - Point Ra c i n g Products dealer t oday and check out the co mplete li n e of Quality H i - Po i n t boo t s . From M X t o d ir t track to t rail and ATV, he has a boot to fit y o ur needs and bud g et . n.-. '. 111i1'6 ~ F 3709 W . Er ie A ve .. l o ra in, OH 4405 3 2 6 50 H M e rca nlile D r .. 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Er ic Garland (Yaml ; 3 . Jeff Doan (Yam). F- 3 : 1. Andy Cr a ne (Ho n ); 2 . Warre n Bu r to n (Han) : 3 . Scott DeSart (Kaw). OPEN SGL: I . J im Speer (Han): 2. John St ephen so n (Hon); 3. Howard Pin ksta ff (Yam I. BOTT: 1. W ard Roger s (BM W); 2. Tony Howard ~a m l:: 3 . Chu ck Stlld mlll' (Hem)' I I j < ; ) t Ai FORK S WIPER S Only $16.95 . ' P.O . B'ox 130. \~Axton. VA 24054 , 703/650·3030 TA~C~ ~acing gasoline (21 3) 863-4801 De!ller ,Inq uiri es Invit ed Send Money Order (No Personal Checks) For Amount Usted + $3.00 Shipping 8a Handling Order COO or use Credit Card OHler Inquiries Welcomed ... I ', " .29

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