Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w o o w a: ::E > '" o >o J: 0.. ...... ...... Brent Battin leads Jeff Roskelley in the 500cc Expert class at Kincaid Park. Roskelley took the overall victory over Donny Russell . m ot o o ne Longwell tir ed o n the rough tra ck. a nd Good pa ssed him for seco nd o n lap three a nd th e tri o finish ed th e moto with th e order unch anged . Both Roskelley and Anderso n DNF th e mot a. Th e 2S0cc Expe rt s had Butler o n th e line a nd he ho leshot mot a o ne but a crash sideli ne d him for th e entire mot a. In th e seco nd m o to Butler was o ut front aga in. keep ing th e rubber sid e down and crossing th e fin ish lin e fir st. A DNF- l kept him o u t of th e top o vera ll fin ish ers, Kevin Schaub took th e o vera ll victo rv a head o f Bill Sandst rom a nd Jim McCl a in. Roskcll ev Iaired bett er in th e less co mpetitive 12S a nd SO Occ Expe rt classes wh ere he went to unch allenged win s in a ll four m ot os . Three-yea r-o ld Kas e SCO Il ro de hi s SOcc Yamaha a u to ma tic to second o vera ll in h is first race ever, fin ishing beh ind J oshua Rambu r. Results 50 NOV : t , Josh ua Rambur (Yam); 2. Kase Sco tt IYam); 3 . J immy Elliott (Yam). 60 NOV ; 'l . Destry Scott (Kaw); 2 . Chri s Sau lt IKawl; 3. Allen J ordan IYaml. SO NOV : 1. Robbi e Will iam s (SUl) ; 2. Aaron Polano (Yam); 3. M ar k Isaacs (Kaw) . 80 EX: 1. Dam on Brown (Ka w) : 2 . Gavin W ash bu rn (Kaw); 3. Tyrone Fin ch (Kawl. 125 NOV ; 1. Bryan Rambur (Kaw) ; 2. Kevin McA doo (Sull; 3 . Eddie Raught IKawl. 125 INT; 1. Franci s Good IKa w) ; 2. Kell y Sty les {Kaw l: 3 . La nce Leneave (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. J eff Roskell ey (Kawl; 2. Joe Good (Sul l; 3. Roger Neth IKTM I. 250 NOV : 1. J Im Br own tSull; 2. Brett M Ill er IKTM ); 3 . Alton Burns (Yam). 250 INT; 1. Gregg Chattert on (Kawl; 2. Dave Cook (Kawl: 3 . Gar ett Gi etzen (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Kevi n Scha ub (Hon ); 2 . Bill Sa ndst ro m (Yam); 3 . J im M cCla in (Kaw) . 500 NOV ; t , Scott M esser (Han): 2 . Rand y Patter . son (Han); 3. Will Full er (Su z). 500 EX: 1.Jeff Rosk ell ey (Kaw ); 2. Donn y Russell (KTM ); 3 . Bru ce St in gley (KTMI . VETS: 1. Jamie Linxwiler (Yam ); 2. Ron Sou le (KTMI : 3. Tom Zimmerm an (Han ). PRO: t . Kell y But ler (Yam ); 2. J oe Good (Sull: 3 . Dou g Longwell (Su zl. Huddleston hauls in big win By Bob Bagwell DALL AS, T X, AUG. 17 34 Brad H ud d leston made a successfu l m ove up to th e bi g bore bikes ton ight a t the weekl y Buffalo Park Supercross. Huddleston , a Mini Sen io r ri der, clim bed aboa rd the 2S0cc m ach in e for th e fir st ti me a nd went o u t a nd wo n th e 2S0cc Beg inner class. Ga ry Ra ylean fin ished seco n d ah ead o f Steve Davi s. Brandon Ready chased Kent Ell if for four laps in th e Pro cla ss before h e found a way into th e lead a nd going o n to take th e win. Ell if hung o n to seco nd ov er Ra y J ackson. Edd ie Dicker son blasted h is wa y from last to first in both Min i Sen ior motos to claim th e o vera ll victory as Chad Mavo ro de to second ov er all a head of Robby Dishman. Th e Mini Jun ior class wa s won by G len n Bolls with Coby Owen tak in g th e runnerup slo t ah ead o f Dwayne Brasserd. Roger Ha rdman, J oey Marcom, Danny Walter s and J ohn Wi se h ad a close bailie in the 12Scc No vice class . The lead was swapped a mong th em unt il H ardman go t a flat , Marcom cras hed a nd Walter s sta lled . Wise wa s left with th e win as Walters ca me ac ross second. Marcom cha rged back afte r his crash to cla im third. Stork, Peters pick up Rally Week MXwins By Brian George RAPID CITY, S D, AUG . 3 Black Hill s Speedwa y hosted th e o p en ing ro u nd o f the tradi tional two-d av mo tocro ss weekend to ki ck o'ff the big St urgis Rall y Wee k, a nd the poi nts-pa ving Bo rd erl ine Raci ng Asso ciatio n event drew li S rid ers [rom th e surrounding Five-sta te reg io n . T rack co nd itio ns were excelle nt as th e weath er staved Ia ir lv co m fort a ble, a nd a few new track cha nges ga ve rid ers a n added cha llen ge. In th e P ro fessio nal classes, two rid ers went horn e with the three ov er a ll vic tor ies a t th e en d of th e day , Bud we iser /R ice Cycl es -spo ns ored Billy Stor k a nd Fo ur Seasons rider T orn P e ters. O ne- rwo- Iive a c ti o n began th e co m pe tition a nd in mot a o ne Stork, LeeVem Berry and Peters set th e pace. S tor k had co n trol o f th e race a s Berr y a nd P eter s put th e p ressure o n in seco n d a nd third , but a t th e flag it was Stork who was still o n to p . Berry, Peter s, Clint Ov erman a nd Scott Ra y rounded out th e top five. Mot a two looked much the sa me as Stor k too k co m ma nd with Berry beh ind but Peters ran into to ug h lu ck a nd wa s st uc k a t th e rear o f th e pack . S to rk held th e front positi on when th e checkered flag ca rne o u t a nd took th e o vera ll win with Ber ry second in the mo ta a nd Iinal standings. Robby Ott. just off the mini bikes and o nto the bigger machines, ran in third ahead of Henry Jordon a nd P eters. b_ut P eters took th ird ov era ll a h ead of Ott 's 6-3 fourth overall tally a n d Overman's 4-7 fift h overa ll score. Stork ret urned in th e 2S0cc Pros to lead th e fir st mota wh i le Peters a nd Dave Mo ld er fought th e ent ire wa y for th e runner-up spot. Curt H yde and Tony U lr ich kept watch on the battle from behind, but the two were never abl e to break into th e top three positions. At the end of the firs t round Stork ca me in [or th e win whi le Peters fought off Molder [or seco nd . H yde picked up fourth with U lr ich fifth. Mot o two aga in saw Stork a n d Molder battling for the lead but Peter s ra n into bad tim es o nce more, a n d ra n a t mid-pack while th e leader s took o ff. T h is time Mo lder had th e adva n tage, while Stork stayed with him to keep th e ra ce honest. Curt H yd e broke into th e to p three wh en P eters Iau lt ered . and tried to stay with th e leading duo but Molder a nd Stork rema ine d untouch abl e. At th e en d Molder ca me across with th e m ot a win, but Stork's second ea rn ed him th e 2S0cc P ro ov erall win a head o f Molder. Hyde's third nudged Peter s o u t of th e third ov er all , as Pet ers' second moto fifth dropped him to fourth in the fin al standings a he ad of Ryan Cam p's 6-4 ta ll y. Peters fin ally put together a pair o f motos in the Open Pro divisi on. In mot a o ne, Berry bro ug h t o u t a Honda to ra ce a nd took the lead with Peter s, Kim Bendigo, Ulrich a nd L ynn Hyde tra il in g . Berry nev er looked back, a lt hough Peters stay ed ri ght in th e hunt the entire time. At th e wi re. it was still th e same order of Berr y. Peter s, Bendigo. U lr ich _a nd L ynn Hyde. R ound two saw Peters co me out in front, while Berry dropped his big CR a nd fell back into the pack. This a llowed Pe ters to shoot off with th e second moto a n d ov erall win . whil e Bend igo fought off Berry for seco nd a t th e wire. Berry sti ll ran in with secon d o vera ll a h ea d o f Bendi go , while H yde grabbed fourth and Ulric h fifth. In th e B class action Dean Schoenbern er a nd Gen e Montgomer y mat ched each o ther' s 1-4 ta lly in th e l2Scc B d iv isio n, with Schoen berner co m ing o u t o n to p with th e second m ot a win . Action in th e 2S0cc Bs was just a s hotl y co ntested with Dann y Hanson a nd Lee Swindler swa p pi ng fir st place fin ish es. Swind ler's 2- 1 bested H anso n 's 1-3 score to take th e overa ll w in . No o ne rider co u ld dominat e th e 12Scc C class for th e da y as well. with Corey S to ver '!.n d Everett Engle bert trading mot o w ins while struggli ng in the ot her ro und . Stover ca rne o ut o n to p wi th a 1-3 score while Englebert p ick ed u p seco nd wit h h is 4- 1 r ides. Sco tt Mann s 3-2 p u t him thi rd . M in i class a ctio n sa w o n lv o n e r id er take bo th of hi s motas : th at being Bea u Ben di go in the M in i B di vis ion . Bendigo led Barry Dyck a nd Sean Weiseler across the lin e in each o f thei r motos to take t he o vera ll win, "wit h Dyck a nd Weiseler aga in 2-3. In th e Min i As, J ames Fu lle r loo ked as if h e wou ld o nce aga in dominate th e class with a first m o to win , but a DNF in ro und two d ropped h im o u t o f o vera ll co ntent io n . Scott J ensen foll o wed u p h is firs t mo to second w it h a second m o ta wi n a nd to ok th e Mini A o vera ll , a head o f Bradley Wagn er 's 3-2 second overa ll tall y a nd Scott Ch esarek's third o vera ll score of S-3. A p rot est in th e second Mi ni C m ot a d ropped a p parent winner Cory Lundst rom down one lap, elrn inating hi s 1-2 ride, a n d Crai g G oodell m ov ed up to th e overa ll win spot with his 2-3 ta ll y. David Po ll put a second mota win with his first moto sixth a nd wound up seco nd overa ll, while third o vera ll went to Brett Ren ick wi th a pair of fourths. Results 12 5 A ; 1. Bill y Sto rk (Hon); 2. LeeVe rn Ber ry (Kaw); 3. Tom Peters (Yaml . 250 A : 1. Billy Sto rk (Ho n); 2. Dave M old er (Yam); 3. Curt Hyde (Yam). OPEN A : 1. Tom Pet ers (Yam); 2. Lee Vern Berry (Hon); 3. Kim Be ndigo (Hon). 12 5 8 : 1. Dean Schoen berner (Han); 2.. Gen e M ontgomery (Kaw) ; 3. Craig Davis (Han). 125 C: 1. Corey Sto ver (Kawl; 2. Everen Englebert (yam) ; 3 . Scott M ann IYam ). 250 8 : 1. Lee Sw i nd ler (Yam I; 2. Dan ny Hanson (Kaw); 3. Gen e M ontgom ery (Kaw) . MINI B: 1. Beau Bendi go (Hon); 2. Bar ry Dyck (Hon); 3. Gene M ontgom ery IKawl. MINI A: 1. Scott Jensen (Kaw); 2. Bradl eyWagner (Kaw) ; 3. Scon Chesarek (Yam). M INI C: 1. Cra;g Goodell (Kaw); 2 . David Poll (Hon); 3. Bren Ren ick (Kaw). OLD IRON : 1. Eddie Lucero (Yam) . VET; 1. Robert Ott (Kaw); 2. Ph il Stahl a IKaw) ; 3 . Les Rask (Hus) . ENDUR O: 1. M ike Cooper (Yam). Green, Fay clash Oregon TT Regional By Clay Light C LA C KAMAS, OR, JULY 26 Ran dy Green fought off Mickey Fa y to win th e Expert main even t a t round three of th e AMA Western Regi onal Cham pionship ser ies h eld at th e Oregon Sidewinders clubgrounds. Also sh aring a pi ece o f th e $S,OOO purse were Junior winner Marty Zirbel a nd Californi an Cra ig H oward, winner o f th e Novi ce Main . Th e fir st Expert h eat went to Fa y, who won o ver J ohn Wincewi cz (T r i) and rookie Mike Oglesbee (H a n) . The second heat p laced Green . Jeff Campbell (Beaverton Hon /L illi e/ Mtn , Springw at er/H iD) a nd Adams Ra cing-sponsored Mike Su llivan into th e main. The final Expert heat transferred winner Kirk Strong (Han ), Del Schnitzer (T r i ) a n d Larry L egarra (T r i ), Three rider s tran sferred [rom th e Expert lig h t-rider sem i: Medford's J eff H arsha wa s th e winner aboard th e Mr. Ed / Evergreen Dry -wa ll/Pau ls Sport Center Yamaha 600 ; Don Wilso n a nd Du ane Gerr a rd took th e fin a l tick ets to th e m ain. Fay a n d Green banged bars fo r th ree la p s in th e Troph y dash but it wa s Green dropp ing out of acti on on th e la st lap. whi ch ga ve Fay a n easy w in over Legarra and Wilson. On th e sta rt o f th e Ex pert m ain , it wa s Green , Fa y, Wincew icz, Campbell. Stro ng , Sch n itzer a nd Sullivan in a po wer ho use du el for top spo ts o n th e first la p o n ihe groomed co urse. T h e bailie began to fo rm up fro nt between G ree n a nd Fa y, bo th riding nearl y id enti cal H onda 600s. Green a nd Fa y tra ded t he lead severa l times as th e ra ce wore o n a nd wer e joined by Ca mp bel l. wh o ha d p icked off Win cew icz a n d se tt led in to third. The tr io bro ke free fro m tra ffic a nd were a good d istan ce a head of a ba il ie be tween W in ce w icz a n d L cg arra. Su lli van a nd Sc h n itzer. But it was to be G ree n's n ight , as h e bea t Fay to the fin ish . Ca m pbell was th ird a head o f Win cew icz. Legarra fini sh ed fi fth wh ile Stro ng ra llied to finis h six th j us t a he ad of Sch n itzer, Su ll iva n a nd

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