Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ >< W N W a: >a: a: w ... >- a:l ... 0 0 :I: e, UJ 00 0') ..- 250 PRO: 1. Tony R,cha rds (Kaw). OPEN NOV DIV 1: 1. Rock y Sayers (Honl ; 2. Paul . Hankers on (M ai); 3. Ma rt in Dinn ing (Hon). OPEN NOV DIV 2 : 1. Tony Pau lson (Varni: 2. RIck McCorm ic k (Han) : 3. M Ike Reedy (Hon ). . OPEN J R: 1. Richard W ilson (Hon) ; 2. ChriS Haa land (Hon ). . OPEN INT: 1. Duane Hughes (Hon) . OPEN PRO: 1. John Wells (Vam): 2. Tony RIchards (Kaw) . VET SPTSM N: 1. Mark Arthur (Su z). VET INT: 1. Hank Wessel (Suz); 2. Bubba Taylor (Yam). Ve T MSTR : 1. Mike Lane (Han); 2. Dua ne Hughes (Ho n): 3 .Jerry Caton (Hon) . OT SPTSMN : 1. Cliff Glidden (Yam). OT INT: 1. J im Ricc i Sr . (Su z). OT MS TR: 1. J im Mcintyre (Sull. L.enz, Yamamoto land Hamby Memorial wins 00 ..l-< V ,.0 8 By Clay Light v .... COEU R D'ALENE. ID , AUG . 15 0. It was ra cing at its absolute best in th e Ida ho p anhandle as HUller Speedway was host to a ca pacity crowd of specta tors v • Cf) a nd ride rs for th e Phil H amby Merno rial 3/8 m ile flat tra ck in Coeur d ' Alene . A frea k th un dersh o wer dumped ne arly a n in ch o f wa ter o n the track, whi ch turned out 10 be a blessing as traction was superb for 250cc Expert wi nner Billy Lenz and Open / 500cc Expert winner R usty Yarna- moto. Bo b Stephe nso n won the 250cc Intermediate class at the Desert Sun GP at Sunrise Cycle Park. Everett Neal took second ahead of Kenny Parry. 80 BEG: 1. Jeff Lewis (Kaw): 2. Jerry Deba ca . (Kaw ); 3. David Indo. (Yam ). BONOV : t , Scott Bri stol (Kawl; 2. Ronnie Holman (Yam ). BD EX: 1. Dave M iller. 125 BEG : 1. Jay Hamocon (KTM); 2 . Frank Chase (KTMI ; 3. Charles Young . . 125 NOV : 1. Ti m Sassen (Cag); 2. Scott Stranglo (Kavv); 3 . Joey Cox (Kawl. 125 PRO: 1. Scott Murphy (Kawl; 2. Jason Ingersoll . ' 125 PRO: 1J ohn Braasch (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. Frank Sh iroma (Yam); 2. Mike Car · dena s (Kaw): 3. Sco tt Adams (Honl . .. 250 NOV : 1. Ale x Kr ause (Suz); 2. Phili p W urster (Hon); 3. Ch ris Burge son (Vam). 250 INT: 1. Bob St ephenson (Hon); 2. Everett Neal (Yam ); 3. Kenny Parry (Yam). 25 0 PRO: 1. Ke n Zahrt (Hon) : 2. Brad McLeod (Honl; 3. Ron n ie Gibson (Cagl . OPEN BEG: 1. M ichael Rot h (Hon) ; 2. Tho mas Wi lson (Han); 3. John McMartin (Yarn). OPEN NOV : 1. TerryWoody(Hon l; 2. M Ike Norton (Hon); 3. Don Abd ella (M ·S ). OPEN INT: 1. Jeff Clau sen (Ho n): 2 . Robert Claus en (Han); 3. Dav id Riley (Yam ). OPEN PRO: 1. Ru ben Falcon (Yam I; 2. Gr eg Kammerm an (Yaml; 3. Ma rk Mangold (Hon ). VET INT: 1. M ike Fit zge ra ld (Suzl; 2. Earl Shuler (Yam ). 0 . M Ad VeT EX: 1, M ark Heller (Hon); 2. en nis c am (Suz); 3 . Errol Leduc (Hon) . . BEG 30' : 1. Gr eg Cook (Hon); 2. Kellh Schu ster (Suz!; 3 . Uli Schuenema nn (Ma ll . NOV 30+ : 1. Mike Hamocom (KTM ): 2. Jo e Wh it ely (Yam); 3. Dan Kasku s (Hon ). INT 30+: 1. Kevin Sexton (Suz); 2. Ter ry Va n Blsr i· com (M ai); 3. Ra ndy Kla ssen (ATKI . EX 30+: 1. Dave M iller (Kaw ); 2. John Burkey (Yam); 3 . Raben M ennell (Hon). BEG 4()+: 1. Ed Piazza (Hus). NOV 40+: 1. Rick Has lett (Yam); 2. Tom Br isto l (Hus). INT 40+: 1. Robert Cooke (Han); 2. Bill Baxter IHanl; 3. J im Inger soll (Han). EX 4()+: 1. Robe rt Dahlgren (Hon); 2. Ned Joy (Hon); 3. David Nea l (Yam ). TEAM RACE SOLO IRONMAN: 1. Scott M urphy (Kaw) . 60 INT: 1. Bobby/S hane Morales ( K~ w). 80 INT: 1. Scon St rangio /Brian Patrick (Kawl. MC INT: 1. R,ck We llslCar los Gonzales (Hon ); 2. John Mott /R icky Disk in (Suz); 3. Mark Davenport / Marcus Gordon. Richards fattens wallet at PA L. By Mike Vancil SANTA CLA RA, CA . AUG . 16 Tony Richards had a success~ul n ighl of racing al lhe .Po lice Alhlelic League lrack. R ICh~ rd s (Mo lors Wesl Kaw a saki & 32 Yamaha/Maxey Enterprises) fallened h is wall et with a wi n in the 250cc Pro class and a second in th e 500cc ~anks . R icha rds go t a goo.d start ,m th e th e 250cc moto, but II wasn t l on~ before Gt'orge H opper (Han) .too k o ver th e lead with a forceful str;lIg h ta way pass . Hopper wasn 't a bo u t to ba ck off. and he won the first moto as R ichards hung o n 10 tak e semnd,. R ichards made th e start o f th e fir st 500cc moto look like a repeat o f th e 250cc race when he aga in got a good start but was passed short ly a fterwards. j ohnny " Too T all " Gar~ner (Mo to-X Fox /Prot oPipe ) was the nder 10 do it thi s tim e, j o h n Well s ca rne u p 10 cha lle nge from. thi r~ ~ u t .cou ld n ·t pass, making th e fin a l [in ishing or der Ga rd ner , R ich ard s and Well s. H oppe r and R ich ards we re bac k at it aga in in th e seco.nd 250cc mota . H o p pe r jumped o u t mr o the lea(~ and h eld fo r most of the ran ', bu t with a few feet 10 go befor e th e fin ish , R ich a rds blasted into first ove r a set of tri ple jumps. In th e seco nd 500cc ma la , Well s sta rted o u t ri g ht be h ind Gardner a nd R icha rd s. Ri cha rds took the lead a nd Well s mo ved 10 second wh en Ga rd ner fel l. Well s beg a n 10 whittle a wa y at Ri cha rds' lea d and eventua lly h aul ed hi m in w ith o ne la p to go. T Il(' o vera ll went 10 th e 3- 1 sco re o f Wells as R icha rds took the runner-up SP01. j ea nn ie Pru itt pu t her KX80 in to th e winner's circle in th e tough 80cc Interm edi a te division. Do ug Delat y a n d Steve Bo n ita battled up fro nt as P ru itt hung back in ~h.e first moto. Nobody cha nged poSitIOnS, so they fini sh ed in th at order. In mot a tw.o , Dela ty fell wh ile l ea d in ~ , a n~1 P rutU was th ere 10 take o ver. Bo nita ~a ve her so me to ug h competition, but was unable 10 go 'bv. Pru itt took lhe over· a ll with 3: 1 ta ily o ver Bo n ita 's 2-2. Results , PEE WEE 50: 1. M an Birl em (Suz). . PEE WEE 50: 1. Steven Udoutch (Kawl; 2 . M ,ke Lane. S 1 M INI NOV 9 ·11 : 1. Lor en Tom schin { uz . MINI J R 9·11 : 1. Chr is M cCa ll ie (Vam). MINI NOV 12 -16: 1. M ike PowelllKawl; 2. Danny Wi lliams (Han ); 3 . Ray Mclaughlin (Kaw l. M INI JR 12 ·16: 1. Steve De laRosa (Kawl. MINIINT 12 -16: 1. Jeannie Pru itt (Kaw); 2. Ste ve I Bon ita (Hon). MINI EX 12· 16 : 1. Ch ris Neal (Yam ). 12 5 NOV : 1. Er ik Han zelka (Yam); 2 . Lee Nea l , . (Kaw) ; 3. J im Mc Murtree (Suz). 125 J R; 1. Pau l Midson (Hon); 2. RIcky Peix oto . (Kaw) ; 3. J im Ricci J r . (Suz ). 125 INT: 1. Jo n Kin g (Han); 2. Eri C Sa ndstrom (Kaw) . 25 0 NOV DIV 1: 1. Steve Priddy (Hon ): 2 . George Miranda (Suzl; 3. Roben Verducci (Hon). 250 NOV DIV 2 : 1. Tod d Thoma s (Honl; 2. Dave Hende rson (Mai); 3. Greg Mack (Han). 250 JR; 1. M ike Tosc h i (Yam); 2 . Loren Barrett (Yam); 3. Alan Moffat (KTM ). 250 INT: 1. Tony Peixoto (Hon) . H eat races saw Lenz winning the fir st 250cc Expert runoff over Yamamoto (Yam). Andy james (Suz) J?3ssed Mike Rage's KTM M Xer 10 W1l1 the seco nd heat while th e final heat added Troy H edge (Yam). jeff Seldon (Han ) won a heat a n d Expert R ICh Ie H a ym an (Westfa ll R acin g / H e n ) won a nother. T rophy da shes had Lenz a nd H e?ge putting o n a show 111 th e l25cc a c~JOn wh ich went H edge's way . Th e 2:>Occ , dash wa s much th e sa me - Len z a nd H edge traded the lead until H ed ge we nt o ut front for good. Yamamot o and S tu lts battled for th e o n ly bras s spo t in the 500cc portion w! th Yamamoto na bbing a na rro w W 1l1 . Yamamoto got a su btle surprise wh en AMA Expert Randy H in sz (Yam) took first in th e Open trophy dash . Lenz a p pea red we ll? n hi s wa ~ to a win in th e I 25cc A ma m , bui a di sapp o int in g DN F put ri val H edge in ~o th e lead all th e way (a th e c he~ke rs 111 the th ir d ra ce. And y j ames nailed the second p lace payoff o n h !s Suzu ki by pos ting 3-3-2 rid es, Th ird went to T om Ha nson (Kaw) , Len z landed th e hol esh ot a t th e sta rt of the 250cc Money mai!1 wi th Yamamoto and H ed ge pro dd ing for openings o n the !ncredibly fas t track. AMA j un ior Mik e H aym an (Ha n ). Nov ice C li nt Baskett (Han ) and seven o th er h ot rid ers ba ttled o n the firs t o f 12 laps. But , j us t lik e it's been f?r the pa st seve rnI seasons at H ueuer , II w ~s aga in the Len a/Hedge show un.lIl Yama mo to crept back into th e pt Cture a fter ge lli ng n abbe~ by Hed~e. Lenz kicktod hi s H onda 111 o verdn ve a nd qui ckl y fl ed Ya.mamo to a n d H edge. who wer e du ehn ~ for second a he ad of a H a ym an /Baskett j ames swa p rest. Len z went uncontested to tak e th e win o ver Yamam o to . H todge a nd H a ym a n . Yamamol o sa t th e p ol e for th e 500cc Expert ma in . whi ch wa s a.twt;>ro w a ffa ir aft er the overl y enth USIaSllC jumping by IWO l oc~1 f~lvorites, On the restart it wa s RICkl(' Hayman , Yamamoto, Arney Wick (H a n) , Seldon , Rod Gi n n and Tim Stults (Suz ) holding down top spo ts . Se ldo n nabbed W ick s, a nd Yamamoto weill ins ide of H ayman to take th e lead a nd go o n 10 lo~ hi s Ill's t ride of lhe season with his win over H aym an , Seld o n, Wi ck and Stults, Results OPEN EX: 1. Rusty Yamamoto (Hon); 2. Richie Hayman (Honl; 3. Rand y Hinsz (Yam ). 500 EX: 1. RustY Yamamoto (Hon); 2 . Rich ie Hayman (Hon); 3. J eff Seldon (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Billy Len z (Ho n); 2. RustY Yamamoto (Vam)' 3 . Tro y Hedge (Yam ). 1 25 A : 1. Troy Hedge (Yam); 2. A ndy Je mes (Suz l: 3 Tom Hanson (Kaw). .BO A : 1. Lonny Kopp (Kaw); 2. Mark Nelson (Hon) ; 3 . Rob Kopp (Kaw) . . 60 A : 1. L.J . Schaffer; 2. Colton MIller. Molder takes two at Rapid City MX By Mary Hanson RAP ID CITY, SO. AUG. II Dave Mo lder LOok home a good portion of the $4000 purse offered today at the Ra p id City C entral Fairgrounds M X. Molder nabbed o vera ll wins in both th e 250cc A and Open A classes. . In ro und o ne o f th e 250cc A class II wa s Molder in fir st, Bill Stork second. Mintyala third, and LeeVern Ber~y fourth . In moto two Molder ug am sn at ch ed th e lead and was fo llowed by Berry and Tom Peters. ~s Mo lder pi cked up th e overa ll W ll1: Berry settled for seco nd a head o f Mi ntyala. S tork i n st antl y took comma nd o ut of th e hole in the first rou nd of th e Open A division bu t. was u na ble 10 keep up the blistering pace.as Molder slip pe d by to ta ke th e wm, leaving Stork in second whi le Berr y ca me across third . In th e second m o to it was Molder with th e holeshot as Peters and Mintya la trailed be~ind. Mo lder easi ly had th e ov erall W 1l1 a ll wrapped up. Stork finished second over Pet ers with Mintyala and Berr y rounding out the top five. Berry carne ba ck to win th e first 125cc A moto a hea d o f Peters. In rnoto two, it was Stork taking th ewin over Mintyala. Berry claimed th e overa ll win with a 1-3 tally . Philip Rath took th e hol eshot during rhe Iirst moto of th e 250cc B's, but wa s not a ble to keep hi s lead as Mark Naug le went by to tak ~ th e .win fo llo wed by Rob j ames, Ri ck Dittus a~d Rarh. Ratll aga in had th e h ol e~h ot 111 ro u nd two a nd went o n to claim th e win , but en ded th e day second o vera ll behind Naugl e, . SCali j en sen rush ed 11110 the lead a t (he sta rt o f Min i A acti on. fo llowed closely by Brett Ericsso n . j en~e.n and Er icsso n bega n 10 ba td e as Eri csson put the 'pressure .on j en sen ., j.ensen sta lled 111 (he tripl es a nd .Encsso n flew by 10 assu m e fir st . unt il j ensen ma de a despera te and successfu l p;.ISS 10 move bv Er icsson o nce aga in. Eri csso n we n t ba ck aro u nd j ensen , but tha t lasted on ly momentaril y, as j ensen retook the lead . j e!1sen tr ied despera tely to hold ? f~ Encsson but was un abl e 10 wh en En csso n s.torme d back int o th e lea d o ver the triples to lake the win. The seco nd moi o was n't quite as exci ring as j el~ se.n took t~l e victory while Eri.c~son fllll .sh ('«( a di stant fou rt h , tra iling' behind Bryan H erman a nd Sco tt Chesarek. The o ver.l ll o rder wa s j ensen. I-lerman . Ch esarek . and Ericsso n . Glen Goode ll won thefirst 125cc B m alO. bea ting (, ady Bendigo , Karl . Ranta a nd ;\Iartin SlOver. In th e seco nd mota Goodell ag-.l in took th e win to sec ure th e overall victory. Bendingo wa s s('co nd and el)ded the da y runner-up. Stover was third overa ll with a -1-3 score. Results 125 PRO: 1. LeeV ern Berry; 2 . Bill Stock; 3 . Tom Pel ers. 2 50 PRO: 1. Dav e M old er; 2. LeeVern Berry; 3. . Jay M inlyala . OPEN PRO: 1. Dave Molde r; 2. BI ll St or k; 3 . Tom Pele rs. SR: 1. Dave Hud son ; 2. David Stout; 3. Don Vo gel. 125 B: 1. Glen Goodell; 2. Cody Bendigo; 3. M ar · .. t in Slover . 250 B: 1. Ma rk Naugle; 2. Phi li p Ralh; 3. Rich Lundstrom. 12 5 C: 1. Scott M ann ; 2. Scott Floyd ; 3. Everett Englebert. . M INI B : 1. Barry Dypch; 2. Beau Bendigo; 3 . Dav id Roge l. MINI A : 1. Scott Je n sen; 2. Brett Ericsson; 3 . Scott Chesarek.

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