Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(H· DI; 3 . Brian McGonigal (Rtx) . 250 EX: 1. Doug Coughtry (Yam); 2 . Rance Bar e1ay(Hanl ; 3. Terry Kerns (Yam ). . OVER 30: 1. Da n Stanley (Yaml ; 2. Squ ir e Tern aste (Tri); 3. Chris Humphr ey (Yam). 250 B; 1. Bill W elch (Suz): 2 . Steve McC au ley (Yam); 3 . Chr is Hu mph rey (Yam ). 250TROPHY DASH : 1. Kir k Strong (Han) ; 2 . Ter ry Kertis (Yam); 3 . Doug Coug htry (Su z). 500TROPHY DASH : 1. Kirk Strong (Han) : 2. Rya n Fis he r (H· D); 3 . M ike Kearn ey (Yaml. OVER 30 TROPHY DASH; 1. Dan St anley (Yam); 2 . John Engelecke (Hanl; 3 . Sq ui re Tomasie (Tri) . Bolls goes for it in Buffalo By Bob Bagwell DALLAS. T X, AUG . 10 Gl en Bo lls survived stiff co m petition by Coby O wen s a!l ~ Eli H a rkin s LO win th e MUll ] un ior class a t the T exas Supercro ss Champi o n ship Series a t Buffalo Park . Bo th Owen a n d Hark in s chased Bolls to th e end. bu t Bo lls stayed tough to nailt.he win. H is v,ic: rorv wi ll tran sfer 111m to th e Mini Senior class a lo ng with h is accu mulat ed series poi nts . Wh en Owens co m p etes in th e Senior cla ss, he is going to have to co ntend wi th today 's Senior w in ner Brad Hud d les to n . who narrowly edged a rch- ri vals Clinton Law ren ce and Trent Palmer for th e victory. Steve Davis co n tin ues his winn in g streak in th e 250cc Beginner class. whil e Eri c Paul ic a nd J a y H ollan d batt led it o u t for th e secon d a nd th ird sp ots, At th e fini sh . it was Davis way o u t in Ironr , wh il e Pa u lic a nd H ol land fini sh ed 2-3. In th e 2S0cc Novice clas s. T ed Davidson is also o n a winn ing st rea k having won h is last fo ur ra ces in a row. H ow ever . Steve Maid en , wh o to ok seco nd to day, sti ll ma int ains the class poi n ts lead . Turner takes it all at Ascot By Chris Bo ice GA R DENA, CA, AUG. 9 Cagiva factory rider Ron Turner made a clea n sweep of all th ree P ro classes ton ight a t CM C-sanctioned ni gh t motocross at Ascot Park , Dave Gra ff (Hon ) ac ted as the spoiler - keep in g Turner a t ba y for the first 250cc ~o to a ~d foil in g his at tempt to Will a ll SIX mo ros, Graff was a u t in fro m fo r the entire rnoto with H o nda -mo u n ted Matt T edder riding in second, until th e last lap when Turner c:ame ~p from a mid-pack start an d na iled him just a few yards before th e checkered flag. Ro b T rot.le (Han) was fourth a nd Yamaha rid er John Posca wa s fifth . Graff charged off o f th e ga te at th e sta rt o f th e seco nd ro u nd a nd it look ed lik e it was goi ng to be h is night. A littl e swa p per by Graff on .a slick sweepe r gav e Turner . th e split second of time need ed to slip by a nd tak e th e lead. For th e next four laps th e spe cta tor s wer e trC' ted to some J very exci ting raci ng ben,'een Turn er a nd Graff. On th e last lap G raff a lmos t got by Turner o n the cras h· wall doubles a nd agai n throu gh the rock ers. With a cena in a mou lll of frustrati on Graff followed Turner across the finish line. G en e Baldwin (H a n) was third , Trone wa s fourth a nd Posca was fift h. Turner took th e overall , Graff wa s seco nd an d T rone was third overa ll. Danny FOllleyn (Yam) led th e first divisi on of 80cc Beginners o ut o f th e ga te. H e was foll owed by Chri s Lange (Suz), Sean McEnt yre (H a n) an d J eff Griffin (H a n) . Lange cou ld have been a rrested for ta ilg a ting as he staye d right on FOllleyn 's rear fender for ~ he whol e four-lap race . On the whueI , ; • , \ \ I ~ ~ ~ flag la p La nge got o u t o f sha pe ~ver the crash wall do ubles, lost so me u m e and took so me pressure o ff Fonteyn , La nge got u nderw~y and crossed t.he finish lin e just beh ind Fonteyn with McEntvre coming across in third. Fontey n got the holeshot in m ot a two and led for one lap before Lange powered bv. The two froru ru n n ers were wav ou t in Iroru before Lange powered' by. T he two fron t ru n ners were way o ut in front of the r~st o f th e pack, dici ng it ou t a nd. p~ llI n g on a good show. K a w ~sakl. r id ers Don Sprin ger and Chns RIdgway were runnin g th ird a nd fourth. La n g e earned the seco nd m oio win and the overall vic tory. Fo nteyn was second overall a nd Ridgway's 4-4 ride got h im a th ird overa ll. T he riders in th e seco nd division o f 125cc Juniors were a ll so eve n ly matched th at in both motos an y one of th e first 10 riders co u ld hav e been the lucky win ner. Chris Rodzinski (Han) led th e mob of screaming 125s as they funneled into the first turn . H e stayed out in fro nt for two I~ps un til C lay Bush (S uz) got a bett er line through a tu rn and sh ot in to th e lead. Mea n wh ile, Jody Tapia (Kaw ) mO~'ed into second a nd sudde nly fou nd h im self in first a fter Bu sh slid down in a slip pery corner. Tap~a to<;, k .th e ~h eck · ered flag with Rod zinski fightin g to hold on to second. Jim Watkins (H on ) worked hi s wa y up to finish third . Rodzin sk i took th e hol esh ot again in th e seco nd m ot o, but lost h is lead o n th e seco n d lap wh en H onda rider Larry T urner came flying by over the dou bles. Turner managed to stay o u t in front righ t down to th e flag ~,'h il e G ary Wri ght (S u z) sys te~.a l1ca lly wo rked hi s wa y up one po sruon eac h la p to finis h seco nd. Rodzin sk i dropped back to th ir~ , but ca me o~t th e overa ll win n er with a 2-3. T apia was seco nd w ith a 1-4 an d Turner wa s third w ith a 6-1. 500cc Junior Travis Stak e (Han) got th e rad sta rt in hi s fi~st moto ~ n d ended up going from fir st to Sixt h before he kn ew what happened when he sta lled h is ma chine in a turn . Honda -mounted Eri c Fleming took th e lead a nd he ld off second p lace Mike Torres (H a n) a ll the way ac ross the fin is h line. Sta ke ball led h is way bac k up 10 fin ish thi rd . Sta ke repea ted his fas t stan a t ~he beg inn in g o f th e.sec<;,nd round with Torres an d Fleming 111 ch ase . By the second la p Fleming had passed Torres a nd th ey went the remaining three laps running in that order. F~ em i n ~ ' s 1-2 got him the overall Will while Stake was second with a 3-1 an d T orres was th ird with a 2-3. Of specia l not e was th e performance o f fiOcc Kawasaki rid er J acob Swa in . H e wowed th e crowd as h e started in th e seco nd gat e an d ca ught m ost o f th e 80cc rid ers from the first gate in less th an o ne lap ! Resu lts 60: 1. Jacob Swain (Kaw) ; 2 . Armando Over land (Su zl; 3. Bi ll Corrodi (Hon). BO BEG DIV 1: 1. Chr is Lange (Suz); 2. Danny Fontevn (Yam); 3 . Chr is Ridgway (Kawl. BO BEG DIV 2 : 1. Damon Kemp (Kaw) ; 2. Aaron Anderson (Hon); 3 . Daryl Kageyama (Hon). . BOJR : 1. Spe ncer Sha rp (Kaw); 2 . Ryan AddI son (Kaw) : 3 . M ike Cox (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Kev in Bus sey (Kaw); 2. Doug Huston (Yamr. 3 . Jason Jones (Yaml . BO EX: 1. Anthon y French (Han). 125 BEG DtV 1: 1. Paul Garthwaite .(Kaw ); 2 . Fab rizio Azzal in (Cag); 3 . David Benedetti (Hon). . 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Rita Sanchez (Kawl: 2. DaVId . Dye (Han); 3 . Paul Ouinn (Suz). 125 BEG DIV 3 : 1. Bob Tatom (Kawl; 2 . Brian Burgess (Kaw); 3. Ssm Rodr iques (Hon). . 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Cha rlie Brown (Kaw); 2 . PhIlip Gould IKaw); 3. ManeD Cosentino (Cag). 125 JR DIV 2 : 1. Chr is Rodzinski (Han); 2 . Jody . Tapia (Kaw); 3. Lar ry Turner (Hon). 125 (NT: 1. Jason Neuman (Kaw); 2. J im Kuntz (Kaw ); 3. John Gar cia (Han) . 125 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Cag); 2. Dav e Graff (Hon); 3. Gen e Bal dw i n (H.onl. . 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Fabrizio Alla lin (Cag l; 2. J eff Bruce (Hon); 3 . Dodd Medhurst (Yam ). 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Michael Brown (Yam); 2. J err y . Forde (SuII; 3. Tim Tucker (Yam ). 250 JR: 1. Brian Belew (Hon); 2. TraV IS St ake (Hon); 3. Matteo Cosentino (CagiM 250 1NT 1. John Gar cia (Han); 2. Gary Goforth ; (Hon); 3. Chris Boic e (Han). ? ci 250 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Cag); 2 . Dave Graff (Han): 3. Rob Tro ne (Hon] . . . 500 BEG: 1. Donak i Wi lso n (Hon); 2. ChriS WI I· inski (Han); 3 . Pau l Ikeda (Yam) . 500 JR : 1. Eric Flem ing (Hon) ; 2. Travi s Stake (Han); 3 . M ike Torres (Honl . 500 INT: 1. Larry Gros s (Yam); 2 . St eve Vest (Han) ; 3 . M ike Stepak (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Cag); 2. M ike M cM ill e n . (Hon) ; 3 . Pete Murray (M·S). VET J R: 1. Rich Hansen (C· A): 2. Robe rt Portier (Kaw) ; 3 . Brian Franke (Han) . VET INT: 1. Karel Kramer (Yam ). VET MS TR: 1. Gary Jones (C· A I; 2 . Rardy Rod · rigues (ATK); 3. Jeff Bll x (Yaml. . ~ ~ Mitchell sm okes 'em at Lak ewood MX .... r.r.J By Larry Joh nson eo :J LAKEWOOD, CO, AUG. 4 Open P ro 'points leader Dave Newell was a bsent today aft er brea king a collarbone the previous week a nd this made th ings look good for defending cham p T erry Kyle. Jim Mit ch ell, how ever , had , other ideas. In m oto o ne, Mitch ell , on a borrowed H ond a , took the lead ea rly and never loo ked back. With Mitch ell lo ng gone. Kyle an d Brad Bolto n (Ya m ) began the first of two d uels f~r seco nd . The twoso me swapped POSI' rions three times through th e first fou r laps , before Kyle slo wly pulled a way to fini sh second ahea d of.Bolto n. Brent Reed (Han ) led th e first two laps o f ro und t.' ,·o before Mitd ,tell went bv and aga m left the p ack . Kyle d isp lace d Reed for seco nd a bit lat er while Bolton was on th e m ove after ga ting dead la st. By m id-m ore l\1.itchell held a sa fe lead over Kyle w ith Bol ton u p to th ird, IS-seconds back . T he n on lap seven , Kyle ba iled a nd remou nted just a few bik elen g th s ahead o f Bolton . T he final fo ur la ps prod uced o ne of th e best races o f th e day as the twosome ran side -by-side th rough th e stra ig h ts with Kyle dosin g th e door in each turn . On th e la st lap. Kyle bobbled co m ing o u t o f th e ra vi ne . a nd Bolton took ad va ntage. H e h eld Kyle off 10 the chec kers to ea rn seco nd overa ll beh ind Mitch ell , who had slo wed to wat ch th e baltic as he coasted to th e finish li n e. Tim Bu chli (Ya m) won th e 125cc Pro o vera ll , but a n ea rly m istak e nearl y cost h im th e opport u ni ty. A ft~r gating fir st in m o to.one. he sta lled III turn two and lost SIX places. An DeHoff (Yam ) took o ver the lead, bu tl\':'o la p s lat er yiel.de d 10 Mark F~esla (Kaw), By lap six , Stacey Cook (Ka w) had cha rged from seventh to second followed by Buchl i. Two ro unds la ter. Cook had th e lead a n d began pu lling a wav . Buch li was in seco nd in two m or e la ps, wh er e he staye d a hea d o f Flesia. Cook ap pea red to be o n hi s way to a pe rfea day after lead in g th e firs t fo u r la ps o f ro und two a hea d o f Flesia and Buchl i. Then th e lea ders ta ngled with Cook cras h ing a n~ Flesia slowi ng considerably. Buchli gra bbed th e lead a nd roos ted a way. Coo k re mo un ted fifth and im media te ly caugh t Flesia and sta lked ~ im for th e la st six circ ui ts. But Flesla held o ff C.ook to th e chec kers , fin ish ing seco nd behi nd Buchl i. Results 60 NOV : 1. J .P. Thibodeau (Kawl: 2 . Rory Lan ning (Kaw) . 60 AM : 1. Shawn Morg an (Kaw) . 80 NOV : 1. Chr is Edwards (Yam ); 2 . Eric Rou ch (Kawl; 3. Jo shu a Lewis (Kawl. 80 AM : 1. Din o DelTur co (Yam); 2 . Jason Clar k . (Kaw) : 3. Ted Hogan (Kaw) . 80 EX: 1. Robert Rose (Kaw) ; 2. Andy AtkIns . (Yam): 3. Gil M urra y (Kawl. 12 5 NOV : , . Kevi n Murdock (Yam); 2. Ryan Fltnn (Yam); 3. M ike Sol is (Yam I. . 12 5 AM : 1. Kyle Murdoc h (Ho n); 2 . Steve Bird sall (Han)' 3 . Bodi e Packh am (Cagl . 12 5 PRO: 1. Tim Buc hli (Yaml; 2 . Stac ey Cook (Kawl; 3 . Mark Flesia (Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Fyra s Kalb (KTM) : 2 . Eric Sch eel (Kaw) ; 3. Dan Park er (Yaml. 250 AM : 1. W es M cClure (Yam I; 2. H.C. Rybe rg (Kaw) ; 3. Rodney Sad ler (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Terr y Kyle (Yam); 2. J im M it che ll (Han); 3. Chr is Sundstrom (Hen) . :J Jim M itchell t ook the Open Pro class at Lakewood . -< OPEN .NOV; 1. James Blissen (Han); 2. Tracy Schaus (Han); 3 . Ron Kent (Han ). . OPEN A M : 1. Ke ndell Can Iff (Ka w) : 2. Ken M oth · erwav (Han ); 3 . Robe rt Couns (KTM ). OPEN PRO: 1. JIm M itchell (Han): 2. Br ad Bo lton (Yam): 3. Terry Ky le (Yam). VET NOV : t , Greg M asters (Kawl: 2. Gene Lucas (Han); 3. Les W agner (Cagl. . VET A M : 1. Ric k Kraemer (Yam); 2 . Danny Hagm s (Kaw); 3 . Ken M ill e r (Kaw) . VET EX: 1. M ontY Kyl e (Yam); 2. Char les Jensen . (Vam); 3. Dan Greenwood (Yam ). SA AM : 1. Jim A nderson (Kawl; 2 . Ken Miller (Kaw) . SR EX: 1. Dav e Wollaston (Suz); 2. Vic Bar lish (Yam) . -, White, Weaver tear 'em up at Firebird By Mike Ross CHANDLER, AZ. AUG . 8 Sunn yslope Honda-sponsored Bo bby White won both rnotos in th e Expert class under th e lights a t Firebird MX Park on hi s H on da CR2 S0. " T h is is just a tune-up for th e Rose Bowl, ". s?-id White before mo to o ne. " I' m riding well a nd feel very co nf iden t I ca n win tonight. " . Whit e easily won th e firs t ra ce by goin g under h ol esh ot a rt is t R;oger Jones on th e second l ~p and sprinted aw ay. Jones and.o~nnls Pa.rker trad ed second p lace finishes wll.h Parke~ taki ng seco nd ove ra ll by edging J on ~s H onda in th e seco nd m oto , While lapped riders u p to fo ur th p lace. The Min i Beginners class saw a con sistent ride in bot h rnoros net Ma lt Weaver th e o vera ll win bu t not without heavy co m pe titio n by J o hn Reed a nd h is Kawasa ki. Weaver holesh ot rnoto o n e but Reed stu ffed him in th e first la p th en sta lle d a llowing Weav er to get p ast. Reed gassed it up a nd repassed Weav er but lat~r ran o ff th e track giving Malt th e wm , Mo to two sa w Reed a nd Brent Hutto n banging ba rs right fro m th e~ rop o f th e sta rti ng gate. Weaver sp rin ted a wav wh ile H ut ton a nd Reed went hanlmer a nd to ng o ver seco nd . Hutto n sta lled hi s Kaw asaki jus t lon g enough for Reed to dose up . Hult~)ll used th e turn s to h is adva ntage while Reed go t some ser ious ai~ t i~e o ver the jumps to ke~p Hu lton .m SIgh t. At the wh ite fla g Il looked Itk e Hulton h ad seco nd pl a ce sewn up but Reed ca me back in a la st-lap cha rge and lOok seco nd p lace a t th e finis h line. Th e 12Scc Nov ice class had a classic battl e betw een H on da-m ounted Paul R e~'(\ and Suzu ki p ilo t J illl N orIOn. Reed h o lesh ot m o to o ne w.ith Norton a n d J .D. Cra wford sna p p mg a t hi s rear fender. Reed a n d N ort ~n fell w he n th ey bum ped eac h other III th e slo w gra n ds ta nd ~u rn but .rem ounted h oldin g the Ir respecti ve p o sit ion s. No rt on bobb led ~o ~ a lllg m oment in the stu lter bumps g lV Ret'(\ so me brea th in g roo m an d th e wi n with Cr.nd ord rou ndi ng o u t th e top th ree: .... • 47 ..

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