Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a nd left Stor k to p lay catch -u p . Berr y rode stro ng ly a ll the way to the wire, r and Stork co u ld not find a wa y around Vl >O . th e Kawasa k i pi lot and had 10 sett le r fo r seco n d a t th e wire. Berrv 's win >al gave him th e o vera ll a he ad o f Stork, o whi le O verman nudged o u t Peters >o for thi rd in th e m ot a a nd th ird in th e r n, o vera lls as well. Ott o nce again took fifth in th e mo to, good enoug h for fifth overa ll. At th e begin ni ng o f the 250cc Pro s it looked as if Stork wo u ld domi na te the class as he too k the early lead ahead of Molder, G reg H yde, Berry a nd Curt Hvde, Mol d er had trou bles keeping upwi th Stork and he drop ped ba ck 10 thi rd behi nd G reg H yde, g iving Stor ke th e lea d h e needed 10 run it 10 th e wir e. T h e checkered flag went 10 Stork, wh ile Greg H yde rode hard 10 hold off Mo lder. Beh ind th em Cu rt H yde had hi s ha nds full , as Berry was battling up through the Chris Pocino won t he 80cc St ock Interm ediat e c lass at the Las V egas pack, bu t a t the finish , fourth pl ace Motocross Cl ub 's races in Uta h . Mike Palmer was second . went 10 H yde wi th Berry's cha rge sto p p ing at fift h . Rou nd two saw Molder , Berry a nd 60 MO O NOV 19· 111: 1. Carey Hart ; 2. Fra nkie In m o ro on e, Scott R o bert so n Vill egas. Stor k co me o ff in th at orde r, wh il e ( Ka w) , Vowell, Sco tt U n der wood SO NOV (9 · 11): 1. M ike Mi chel s. Curt H yde a nd G reg H yde (no rela( H a n) , and Suzuki-mounted Pa t BO NOV (12 ·1 61: 1. Lanc e Taylor; 2. J eff Kor tion ) swa p ped fourth p lace a ll mot a hon en; 3 . Jeff Hodge. Shields a ll started ou t dicing for the SO INT (1 2·16): 1. Chr is Pecino: 2. Mike Palm er; lon g . All S tork needed was a seco nd lead . By the end o f th e first lap , 3 . Chr is Trickle. 10 lake th e overa ll , but Molder a nd 80 EX (12 ·1 6): 1. Oerek Tit us . Vow ell had fough t his way 10 first 80 MO O NOV 1 · 11 ): 1. M ike M ichels. 9 Berry were ha vin g nothi ng 10 do wi th a nd was closely followed by Ro bert SO M OD NOV 112·1 6): 1. Jeff Ker honen. that as they battled o u t in front. SO MO D INT (12 · 16 ): 1. Chris Pecino: 2. Chri s so n , U nderwood, Lewi s and Shields. Trick le. W he n the final lap was over, Molder On lap three, Ro bertson went o ut 80 MOD EX (1 2· 16): 1. Derek Titu s. took the m ot o , and Ber ry's seco nd 125 NOV ; 1. Cra ig Cumm ings: 2. Chr is Pocino ; 3 . wi th a seized m otor w hi le in hot purlonnie Faulkner. meant Molder a lso h ad th e overall suit o f Vowell , en ding h is raci ng for 125 INT: 1. Sonny Reisig; 2. Brad Lew is; 3. w in as wel l. Stork 's th ird d id nudge the da y. Lewi s took up th e chase. Georg e Orrc. Berry o u t for seco nd overa ll , while 250 NOV : 1. Jeff Pal mer; 2 . Gena Ramsay; 3 . tow in g U nderwo od and Shields a Jerry Toge rson. Berry 's 5-2 to p pe d Greg Hyde's 2-5 lo ng , a nd th e first mot o fin sihed in 250 INT: 1. David Thomsen: 2. Ed Rampa : 3 . for third overall. Curt H yde, despi te a Ge roge Orton . th at order. • 250 PRO: 1. Greg Vowell; 2. Warren Lewis; 3 . hard-earned fo u rt h in th e final rno to, After two false starts , a lively du el Scott Underwood . wound up in fifth overall. 500 NOV : 1. Ron Goodwin; 2. Alex Hill ; 3. Kevin between Vowell , Lewis, and UnderPalmer. Pet ers, after ta king fou rt h overa ll wood began a nd raged for most of the 500 INT: 1. J im Sarn so n. in th e 125cc Pro s and a disappointing seco nd m or o . Aft er severa l lead 500 PRO: 1. Sill y Hill; 2. Barry Hill . sixth overall in th e 250s, ca m e o ut in VET: 1. Boyd Urie: 2. P. Farmer. chan ges, Vowell stuffed Lewis at th e the O pen P ro s to ge t even. In ro u nd start-straigh t corner during lap six, o ne he and L yn n H yde went at it for and went o n to ta ke th e ch eckers with the firs t pa rt o f th e openi ng mo ta , ease. Lewis rallied for second a s but Peters soon motored into th e lead Und erwood ca me in for thi rd p lace a n d never looked back. H e rode th e a head o f Shields. T he overall results lead 10 the finish line a head o f H yde, s howed Vow ell fi rst ov er Lewis, By Brian George wh o in tu rn bested T o ny U lr ich an d Underwood, an d Shields. STU RGIS, SD , AUG. 4 Robert Krizan. Lance T a vlo r sh owed h is skills in Open Pro m oto two was a repeat o f Ro u n d two of th e Borderli n e th e 80cc N ovi ce cla ss by winning th e first , as Peters aga in carne ou t 10 both o f hi s motos with ea se. The R acin g Associati on 's Stu rgis do m ina te th e ro u nd . H yde o nce more H on da pi lo t devastated th e co rnpctiRall y Week motocross do u bletrailed in secon d , but Peters had total tion by ho lesh ott in g rnot o o ne and header moved into th e city of co n tro l o f th e mot o an d took th e setti ng a sco rching p ace on hi s wa y to checkered fla g firs t for first overa ll. Sturgis Su nday for a not he r poi ntsa wi re-to -wi re, q ua rter- lap victory. H yde's pair of seconds topped U lr ich's payin g event to wa rds th e 1985 BR A Beh ind him , J eff H odge and J eff 3-3 score for second overa ll. ch am p io ns h ip standin gs, as well as Kerho nen were " due ling" in a battle In M in i A action J ames Fuller a nd off eri ng ca sh pa yba ck 10 all th e P ro s that H odge eventuall y won to la ke Bradl ey Wag ner tra ded moto wi ns, and trophi es for th e sports men riders. second pl ace. Ker ho nen settled for bu t neither co u ld p ut togeth er a pair Track co nd itio ns p roved 10 be th e third . of good finishes, a nd th e overa ll wi n bigges t cha llen ge o f th e day, as so me H odge, knowi ng a seco nd moro wen t 10 Ra nd y Sta h la an d hi s finsec tio n s spo rt ed m ud wh i le th e win wou ld vau lt hi m in to firs t overish es of third a nd seco nd. Scott J ensen rnajor ity of the tra ck su ffered fro m a ll , stu ck h is cycle out in Iro nt to star t dust d ue 10 the long , dry su m mer came in second with a 2-3 score, th e second moto a nd led the pa ck for while Fu ller 's 1-4 to p ped Wagner's months. severa l laps. H o nda of Las Vegas5- 1 for th ird. Three new winners emerg ed in th e / sponsored Tayl or wa s not 10 be Beau Ben d igo on ce aga in do miPro fessio nal ra n ks, as Bill y Stor k den ied , however, and fought h is way nated th e Mi ni B class , wi nn i ng bo th fai led 10 pi ck up a n overa ll w in in arou nd H od ge o n th e third lap a nd rno tos handi ly ove r Sea n Weiseier a n y ca tego ry, a rarit y in BRA co m pe co nti nued 10 pu ll away unt il h e look a nd Ba rr y Dyck . Weiseler a nd Dyck tit ion th ese days. S tork and LeeVern th e checkers for the seco nd straigh t swa p ped seconds and thi rd in the two Bern ' trad ed rno to win s in th e l 25cc time. Kerhonen a lso turned u p th e ro unds, with Weiseler ea rni ng seco nd Pro cla ss, but Berry ca me ou t on to p hea t and batt led h is way past H odge in the overalls a head o f Dyck, of the seco nd mot o which ga ve h im 10 n ip seco nd p lace. In Min i C act io n Cra ig G oodell th e ove rall nod. Stork then tra ded J eff Pa lmer retu rned from a two a nd Cory L undstrom tra ded rno to rno to wins with Dave Molder in th e m onth layo ff 10 dominat e th e 250cc victories, wi th Goodell win ning the 250s, and this time Molder go t th e No vice class, whi le David Thomsen class ove ra ll w ith a 2-1 afte rnoon . n od in th e overa ll sta nd ings . For th e use d hi s steady riding to ca p ture th e Lundstro m d ro p ped 10 fifth in th e Open Pro , T om Peters pu t together 250cc IlIlermediatecrown . In th e l25cc seco nd m o ta , dropping him to fourth two moto victories to keep h im self in action , Craig Cumm ings wo n th e o vera ll beh ind Brett Reineck's 4-2 the mon ey once again and ta ke th e Nov ice class and So nny Reisig was seco n d overa ll score a n d Bradl ey overall in that cla ss back 10 Nort h victorious in the Intermed iat e divGeorge's 3-3 th ird overa ll ride. Dak ot a . isio n. Ro n Goodwi n was the 500cc Doug Frenzel returned 10 th e win Kickin g off th e 125cc Pro s, Stor k Novice king a nd Lance Tay lor took ner's circle a fter a long d rough t in th e took th e lead in mota o ne, a nd fou nd th e 80cc No vice class. Chris Pocino l25cc B cla ss, gra bbing th e to p spot bot h Berry and Peters o n h is heels. won in the In ter m edi a te 80cc race, with a 5- 1 ta ll y. Chad Lunds trom Alt hough th e d uo tra iled th e ent ire a nd Billv Hill bested the 500cc Pro wo n the first mo ta but dro pped 10 way , Stork never gav e up or made a class. . l Oth in th e seco nd ro u nd 10 wind up major mistak e, a nd wh en th e checkers Results fift h overa ll, Second wen t 10 Craig flew S tork had th e fir st m ot a u nd er PEE WEE NOV: 1. Eric Gr iffit h. Davis with hi s three-fo ur p lac ings, hi s belt. Berr y and Peter s carn e in 2-3 PEE W EE INT: 1. Bria n Barn so n: 2. Jas on Part · besting Dean Schoe n berner's 7-3 thi rd whi le Cl int O verm a n mot ored into ridge. 60 NOV (6 ·S): 1. J ason Partridge. overall a nd Cody Ben d igo 's 9-2 fo urth fo urt h ahead of Ro bby Ott. 60 INT (6· S): 1. Srian Barn son. overa II scores. Round two was not as ki nd to 60 NOV 1 · 11): 1. Frankie Villegas. 9 60 INT 1 111 1. Carey Hart . 9· : Ge ne Montgomer y look the 250cc Sto rk , as Berry m ot ored into th e lead Vl >o ...... ...... Berry, Molder stop Stork at BRA MX 32 port ion o f th e B class, wit h a seco nd a nd a fi rst in eac h ro u nd . Seco nd overa ll once aga in went to Danny H anson with a third a nd a second , whil e firs t mo to win ner Mark Naugle dropped to eig h th in round two fo r fourth o ve ra ll beh ind J eff J ohnson. P h il C arhart took h is first overa ll win in th e I25cc C class in over a year by p la ci ng a co ns istent second a nd third, as mot o win ners Ernie Canode a nd Paul C hris tia nso n had di saster o us seco nd moros, Ca node d ropped to eig h th in the fina l race a nd to fo urth in th e o vera lls, wh ile Christianson 's 10th in the openi ng ro u nd paired h is second mota win to a fifth overa ll. Scott Mann pi cked up seco nd overa ll wi th a sixth and second, whil e third o vera ll we nt 10 Kim Eh nes an d hi s 3-5 rides. Eddie Lucero onc e aga in wo n bo th Old Iron motos for th at overa ll, while in a tough Veteran class, Don Vogel edged Robert O tt ea ch ro und for th e o vera ll win. Ma rk Bendigo p icked up the Enduro overa ll. Results 12 5 A : 1. LeeVern Berr y (Kaw); 2. Billy Stork (Han ); 3. Clint Overman (Yam). 2 50 A: 1. Dave Mol der (Han); 2 . Sill y Stork (Han); 3 . LeeVer n Berry (Kaw). 500 A : 1. Tom Pet er s (ya m); 2. Lynn Hyde (Hon); 3 . Tony Ulrich (Hon ). M INI A : 1. Randy Stah la (Kaw ); 2. Scott Jensen IKaw); 3. James Full er (Kaw) . M INI B: 1. Bea u Bendigo (Han); 2. Sean W eiseler (Kaw ); 3. Sarry Cye!< (Hon). M INI C: 1. Cra ig Goodell (Kaw ); 2. Brett Reineck IKaw); 3. Bradley Georg e (Kaw ). 125 B: 1. Do ug Frenze l (Han ); 2. Cra ig Davis (Hon ); 3. Dean Schoenbe rner (Hon). 250 B: 1. Gene M on tgomery IKaw); 2. Danny Han so n (Kaw); 3. Je ff Johnson (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Phil Gar ha rt (Yam); 2. Scott M ann (Yam); 3. Kim Eh ne s (Yam). OLD IRON: 1. Eddie Luce ro (Yam ); 2. Ron Harris (Husl . VETS: 1. Don Vog el (Hon); 2. Robe rt Ott (Kaw ); 3. Ph il Stahla (Kaw) . ENDURO: 1. M ark Sendigo (Hon ). Aseltine, Pegram take FT Amateur championships By Rick and Terri Villanuev a PORT ERVI L L E, CA, AU G . 3- 10 Step he n Ase ltine a n d L arry Pegram were the big win ne rs a t the Am erica n H o nd a/ Pepsi Col a-sponsored AMA Am ateur Flat Track Cha m p io ns h ips at Portervi lle Spi n ners Ai rport Racewa y. Aselti ne took th e 250cc a nd 500cc class cha mpio ns hip s, wh ile Pegram was th e 12- 15 80cc Modified a n d 1215 I25cc Schoolboy cham p io n . Pegram began th e week by wi nn in g h is classes in th e Youth TT, then ca me ba ck a few da ys la ter 10 ta ke a no the r doubl e w in a t th e Youth short tra ck events. ' R ya n Anderson wa s a lso a dou ble wi n ne r in this event, laking th e 7- 11 65cc Stock and Mod ified races. In Ama teur short tra ck raci ng, Aseltine d ominated bot h th e 250 a n d 500cc classes , Aseltine had to work th e hardest in the 500cc class where he moved throug h th e pa ck 10 tak e the wi n from ea rly leaders Donal d Pa ul a nd R ya n La nd. Aselt in e cli nc hed h is titles with victo ries in th e half mile na tiona l on th e fin a l n ight o f racin g. Crai g J oh n so n , Paul , a nd Blavne H ollenbeck pressured Aselti ne in th e 250cc class but they co u ldn ' t ma tch Aselt ine's pace a nd finis hed in th e same order. Aselt ine took h is fo urth win in the 500cc class o ver a h ard chargi ng Ch an ce Da rlin g . Kevi n A thert o n worked h is wa y th rough th e field to claim th ird . Res u lt s YTH rr SCRAMSLES 50 AUTO : 1. Charles Fontenot (Kaw ); 2. Nat han Wa it (Yam I; 3 . An gela An derson (Yam). 60 STK 7·11 : 1. Jak e Zem ke (Kaw ); 2. Char les Fonten ot (Kaw ); 3. John Mitc hell (Han) . 60 MOO 7 · 11: 1. Ryan A nderson (Kaw l; 2. Lou ie Cru z (Yam); 3. Scott W ill iam s (Hon ).

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