Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ >0 a: « ::I: l%l c a: >l%l o c ::I: l- c.. ~ 00 O"l ....... ....... ....... l-I V .0 a v ..... 0. v CF) M alco lm Hill pi lots his RZ350 to a runaway victory in the 600cc Superstreet race at t he Sea rs Point Pro-Am . Terry Statum finished second . Outland sweeps Amateurs at Sears Point By Roger S m ith S01':OMA. CA. AUG. 2-1 .: Guy O u tlan d and his Cycle Tech GPz750 swept the 750cc Amateur classes at the Sears Point Pro-Am. Outland's odyssey began in the combined Modified Production race. Scott Mitch ell , on hi s Open class 900 Kawasaki, led th e first wave of O pen and 750cc riders in to turn 30 o ne fo llo wed by Outland. Mi tch el l' s lar ge bike soon stre tched ou t a lead over a lot of riders incl udi ng Cha rles Below . Outla nd . Sha wn Leopold an d Ar mi n Zip p er le. T he pack d iced th rough two la ps unt il Below had a cha nce 10 show the superior horsepow er o f hi s Open class bike an d set o u t a lter Mit chell. That left Outland barel y in front o f Leopold a nd Zipperl e. Leopold was g lued to Outland 's rea r wh eel a nd af ter two laps o f a ttem p ted passes he ap pea red 10 sit back a nd prepare for a las t lap pass. But any plans were upset by J im J epsen wh o charged th rough the leaders after runn in g away from a dis tant seco nd wave o f 600cc class riders. Mit ch ell won th e O pen cla ss. J epsen , th e lea der of th e 600cc class wa s third overa ll. Outland h eld o ff Leo p ol d for th e 750cc class wi n a nd J eff Hatfield wo n the 450cc class a fter a race-long battle wi th T om Biesheirn . The next event brought together th e Ama teu r T wins classes, a so li tarv singles rider and th e few AFNI Fo rmula T wo rid ers who d idn 't have a n AMA Pro licen se, The T wi ns wave was led by Rich ar d Key on a 1000cc BMW and Mark Yar row o n a 920cc Yama ha . Before the firs t lap was over, Key was joined by Eric Swortzfigure on a 750cc No rton and the nex t rider to join the lea ders was Steve Wickla nd, who had closed on the big bore Twins by ridi ng the wheels o ff of hi s 450cc Honda Ha wk . Wickland sl ipped pas t Key for seco nd place and began a relentless a ttac k on Swortzfig ure. Th e baili e o f Norton hors epow er vs. j. he Hawk 's handling ro lled th ro ugh lap after lap until Wickland finally made his move and dove inside of Swortzfigure's Norton in th e turn II hairp in . H e made th e ins ide pass work, an d led up the front strai ght unt il Swortzfigure retook the lead in tu rn two, o n ly to be passed aga in in th e next bend. At th ai point Swortzfigure ba cked of f. T he lat ch a n d hinge on Wickland's sea t had broken under ha rd brak in g in turn I I as Wi ck land reported , " Whe n I was hanging o ff, it wa s han gin g o ff with m e. And I d idn 'I want 10 fall o ff a nd hit so meo ne . Wickl and slo wed in turn five a nd tossed th e sea l in th e bush es. But he rod e o n, si u ing on th e fra me tubes. Swortzfigure used th e opport u n ity to rega in th e lead while Wickl and found h is hard perch d ifficu lt 10 handle and he lost both tim e and pos itio ns . Swortzfigure won overa ll a nd the 750cc class w hi le Key took th e O pen class. The fans were a lso treat ed to a seco nd race within th e overa ll race. Skip Gatrell and Mik e Glisson were in th e Formula T wo wave far behind the lead ers a nd had a whee l-to-whee l battle. After six laps of pass a nd repass. Glisson came out in front. Sh awn Leopol d was first o ff th e line in th e Stock Product ion race. bu t Guy Ou tland moved pas t him in turn five. Leo pold re -took th e lead by tu rn 10 a n d set the pattern for the race of whee l-to-wheel dici ng. In th e 600cc wave, Jim Jepson, o n his Toomey TMC Raci n g FJ600, threa ten ed to repea t his runaway victory in the Modified Production race when he quickly o u tdis tanced Ed Ragl e and Morgan Murphy. But Mark Smith had begun a ch arge through th e pack o n his 500cc Int erceptor a nd by th e seco nd lap had moved up to seco nd p lace and sta rted to wh ittle a way a t Je psen 's five-seco nd lead , Outland a nd Leopold co m in ued their di ce a t th e from o f th e pack a nd Outland slowly gained the upper- h and. Smith closed o n Jepsen , wh o responded by p icking up th e pa ce. Smith sta yed with him a nd together th ey ca ug h t up with th e leaders o f th e race. J epsen got pa st Leopold, a nd th en O utland, but Sm ith 's bike fa iled wh en he tr ied 10 follow. J ep sen won; followed by Outland wh o wo n th e 750cc class. T he last race o n Sa tu rday brough t out th e Superstr eet classes, Denny Dohert y got th e holeshor, but Allen Satterl ee sta yed with him until turn seven wh en he ca me in 100 hot a nd slid o ff th e track. Satter lee was uninj ured but o u t of th e race. In th e 750cc I wave Gu y Outland beat Armin Zipperle in th e drag race 10 th e fir st turn . T he last wave o f 450cc bikes was a closer battl e. Malcolm Hill got in front o f J on Hill a nd Chris Mast, but th ey weren' t content with a ny th ing but first. In th e ens u ing di ce. Malco lm H ill stayed in front while J on Hill a n d Ma st ra n wh eel-t o-wheel . o n ly a few feet behind. By th e halfway po int Outland found h imself raci ng with Malcolm Hill on a sma ller, lighter RZ350. Once th ey ca ugh t u p wi th th e backrn a rkers, th e more n imble Yamah a showed its advan ta ge w hen Ma lc olm H ill p a ssed o n th e o uts ide in turn II. Dohert y took the o vera ll win a nd Outland wo n th e 750cc cla ss, righ t behind Malcolm Hill wh o won the 450cc class. Do h ert y. accustomed 10 runn ing alone a t the front of th e Open GP class, received a su rprise wh en cha llenger Alle n Saller lee blew by h im in tu rn six, th e carouse l, foll owed by Jon Litsey o n a Formula o ne Ka wasa ki . Dohert y recovered h is co mposure by tu rn I I a nd got by Litsey a fter a bra king duel, but Sallerlee was more of a problem . A lap lat er th e two en tered turn I I side by side, and Dohert y won the drag race u p th e fro nt straig h t. Sa tterlee stayed clos e a nd slipped back pa st Doh ert y in th e esses a half lap lat er. The pair di ced for a lap, th en Dohert y tri ed agai n 10 out-brake Sa tterlee in the tu rn I I hairpin but Satterl ee closed the door on h im an d kept th e lead. Dohert y kept probing and two laps lat er found room 10 ge t past in th e roa d-sweepi ng lefthander.turn six. T he lo n g straigh t in to turn seven gave Doh ert y a cha nce 10 get away . an d h e stayed in from to the fini sh. The featured 600cc Supers treet race proved to be a runaway victory for RZ rider Malcolm Hill. T err y Statum found hi s wa y 10 th e front of th e pack in th e firs t lap, but Hill soon pass ed hi m a nd rode o n 10 a n easy win. Statu m look seco nd , followed bv Jon Hill. Results OPEN GP: I . Denny Doherty (Kaw); 2. Allen Satterlee (Han); 3. Ken MacNeill (Kaw). F-I : 1. Jon Utsey (Kew); 2. Devid Golben (yem); 3 . Rich Scheler (Hon ). F-2 : 1, Mike Gl isson (Suz); 2. Skip Getrell (Hon); 3. Paul Fuerst (Yam). F-4: 1. Chr is Hughes (Hon ): 2. TomQuinlan (Hon ); 3. Pat Burman. OPEN SUPERST: 1. Denny Doh erty (Kaw) ; 2 . Scon M itchell (Kaw) ; 3. Charles Below. F-SINGLE: 1. Peter Hipp (Yam). 750 SS: 1. Guy Outland (Kew l: 2. Arm in Zipperle (Kawl: 3. Randy Redmond (Hon). 600 55: 1. Ma lco lm Hill (Yam); 2. Terry Statum (Yam); 3 . Jon Hill (Yem). 450 SS: 1. Malcolm Hi ll (Yam); 2. Jon Hill (Yam); 3. Christopher Mast (Yam ). OPEN MOD PRDO: 1. SCOIl M itChell (Kaw ); 2. Charl es Below (Kaw) . 750 MOD PROD: 1. Guy Outland (Kew); 2 . Shawn Leopold (Yam) ; 3. Armin Zipp erl e (Kew) . 600 MOD PROD: 1. J im Je pson (Yem); 2. Mark Sm ith (Hon ); 3. Andy Leisner (Hon), 450 MOD PROD: 1. J eff Hatfield (Yam); 2. Tom Bei shei m (Yam); 3. Ern i e Wa ssers leben . 250 MOD PROD : 1. Kim Kru g lick (Yem ); 2. Charles Sexton (Bul ), OPEN STK PROD: 1. Mer k Yarr ow (Yam). 7 50 STK PROD: t . Guv Out lend (Kaw); 2. Sha w n l eopo ld (Yam); 3 . David M ar in (Han). 600 STK PROD: 1. J im Je pse n (Yam ); 2. Ed Rag le (Yam); 3 . M ark Kully (Kaw) . 450 STK PROD: 1. Jeff Hatfield (Yeml : 2. Tom Beisheim (Yam); 3. Ern ie Wassersleben. F "TWIN OPEN: 1. Rick Weber (BM W ); 2. Mark Yarrow (Yam I; 3. Richard Key (BMW). F TW IN 750: 1. Eric Swortzfig ur e; 2. Steve Wicklan d; 3. Rob Tulure (Nor). Netto nails Expert • wIn By W.H. Spencer HOLLISTER, CA, AUG. 10 Kenny Netto and the Warren Harl e y-Davidson /Can-AM topped all comers in Expert level competition including the Pro/Am show. An other good tra ck an d racing show wi th more rid ers brought back shades o f th e growth of the sport back in th e ea rly 1970s. Three d ivisions o f O pen Nov ices saw Kurt Sch niffner o nce aga in on top aboard h is Yamaha in th e first mai n ove r J eff Gonzales an d J ack Co ok . Jon Ander son topped th e seco nd d ivi sion a fter a co u p le o f tak es that saw G us Weisler lead o u t eac h sta rt bu t ge t a little exci ted a nd fin ish third behind Jim Ly kins with Bill Ams tu tz fo urth. Da le J en son did th e deed in th e thi rd division with J ohn Ricci able to thwart the efforts of Fra ncis Shi ne and th e yo u ngest of th e Sa nc he z fa m ily racers, Fred . to fourth. Mark But ler seized th e init ia tive in th e fir st turn o f th e 500cc Jun ior a nd took h o me th e ba con o n hi s TT500 with Kerry Pucci o chasi ng on h is tri ck H onda whi le Dann y Rit ch ie gal the big pr essure job from Brad Spencer and Bob Spear. Ne tlO spe nt abou t 30 mi n u tes in betwee n th e h eats and semi's doing race track work o n th e blad e, so he rea lly kn ew th e lines to ta ke when they bro u gh t ou t the 500cc Ex pert show. Net to j us t nat left town winn ing big tim e on th e Warren -sponso red Can-Am . Robert Mill er an d hi s Honda took second over Mike Arthur's firs t ri de back since h is inj ury a t Asco t d uri ng the Camel Pro Series half mil e aboard a n ew ATK, Randy Fi sher was fo u rt h o n th e D orr 's Plumbing Wood/Ro tax. J ak e Zemke dou bled in trophies, winnin g th e 60cc Mini class on a K..X . a n d th en took seco nd in th e 80cc o n a Yamaha behind Brian Gouveia. Ant Mell ow go t th e sta rt o nce agai n in th e I25cc Novi ce and led Brad Ra ymond 's SK Cycle H onda 10 th e checkers. R ick Smith topped the 250cc Novi ce class over John Costanze and Gary Ritch ie whil e it wa s Netto winn ing the 250cc Junior/Expert show over Expert Jerry Warren , Kell ey Fisch er won th e Junior portion over Marty Aglibot after lots of cra sh ing and bashing. Results 600 NOV DIV 1: 1. Kun Sch iffner (Yem ); 2. Jeff Gonza les (Yam ); 3 . Jack Cook (Yeml . 500 NOV DIV 2; 1. Jon Anderson (Yam); 2. J ames Lykin s (Hon k 3. Gus We isler (Han). 500 NOV DIV 3 : 1. Dale Jenson (Yam ); 2. Francis Sh ine (Yam k 3. John Ricc i (M ·S). 500 JR : 1. Mark But le r (Yam ); 2. Kerry Puccio (Han); 3. Denny Richie (Yam ). 600 EX: 1. Kenny Nella (C·A) ; 2. Raben Miller (Han); 3. Mike Anhur (ATK). PEE WEe: 1. Greg Miller ISuz k 2. Br ian Sqhe iza (Yam k 3. Cesey Yerrow (Yam ). 60 : 1. J ake Zemke (Kaw); 2. Martin Montes (Yam). 80: 1. Br ia n Gouveia ISuz); 2. Jake Zemke (Yam ). 12 5 NOV : 1. Ant M ell ow (Yam): 2. Brad Raymo nd (Han). 250 NOV : 1. Rick Sm ith (Han ); 2. John Costanza (Yem l; 3. Gary Ritch ie (Yam). 250 JR/EX: 1. Kenny Netto (C·A); 2. Kelley Fisc her (C-A); 3. Many A globot (Suz). OT/VET: 1. Russ Sosa (Yem ); 2. AI Yarrow (Yam); 3. Bob Spear (Yem). McCracken, Sweet double at Boyd STITT By M. Orr BOY D, TX, AUG, 3 Chad McCracken captured wins in I25cc and 250cc short track action, whi le Sa mmy Swee t

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