Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ (/) (/) w Z a:: w l= 0 e w u, ..J 0 a:: > '" 0 (/) LC') 00 I- 0 O"l :I: ....... c.. ~ 00 ....... ~ Q.) .J::J E .... Q.) 0.. Q.) CFJ (Above) John Martin crosses the water en route to the Millville win . (Below) Mark Hyde caught Martin at one point. but finished second. Ed Lojak wheelies his Husqvarna to a third-place f inish . ANA National Championship Rare Scrambles series: Round 9 Martin manhandles Millville as By Rolfe Otterness MILLV ILLE, MN . SEPT. I Can-Am 's J o h n Martin captured the overall win in the National H are Scra m bles organized by the Golden Eagles M.C. This contin u es Martin 's stranglehol d o n the event as 20 this is the fourth year in a row he has won it. Fin ishi ng in three ' h ours,. 27.57 minutes, h e was th e on ly nder to make seven laps. Husqvarna's Mark Hyde was second overall and first in the Open ~I ass, but H usq.varna-mo un ted ~d Loj ak gave Martin the tough est lime. Indiana 's Bob Bean led th e co rnbi ned 250cc-Open A wav e arou nd the Spring Creek Park MX track a nd th en in to th e woods. H e held o n 10 th e lead un ti l twisting his kn ee on a tr ee stu m p abou t th ree-q u arters of th e way th rough th e fir st lap. CanAm' s Geoff Ba llard p ush ed a head for th e' n ext few miles , but his engine seized as he hit th e water crossing ne aring th e en d of th e circ u i t, Martin pu t hi s Can-Am into th e lead for good a t this point with Ballard, H yde and local MXer Jeff Sorenson roundi ng o u t th e top four ar rhe co nc lus io n o f th e first lap. Loj ak moved up from sixth 10 second on th e seco nd lap and caugh tMart in when Martin sto p pe d bri efly in th e pits o n th e seco nd round. " I loo ked ba ck and saw Ed co m in g and I tho ught 'O h, oh , , , here comes th e wi ld man.' We sta rte d a di ce aro u nd the mot ocross tra ck and were s id e- by-sid e goi ng thro u gh t h e whoops wh en he sta lled h is bike in mid -air," sa id Martin, " H e must h ave h it th e bra kes." Loj a k resta r ted qu ickly and trai led Martin by o n ly 15 seco nds as th ey hit th e woods. The next lWO laps were th e roughest for Martin as Lojak was onlv 15 10 20 seco nds behi nd . T he fourth lap sa w Martin stre tch h is lead 10 o ver a minute, a ide d by very fas t pit cre w ac tio n. H yde trai led Lojak by th ree minutes but led Sorenson by th e sa me interval. J ack La n e wa s runn ing fi ft h af ter a strong charge th rough th e ranks, but seized a nd Ballard di sp laced him. Loja k's cha in broke a nd a qu.ck repa ir left h im th ird o vera ll beh in d Mart in a nd Hyde a t the co n cl us io n o f five laps . Martin had a five-minute cus h io n at this point a nd str etch ed it 10 six m inutes o n th e n ext lap. H e co n t i n u ed o n for a sev e nth lap although h e co u ld have wa ited for th e three-h our mark a nd finish ed sa fely a hea d o f H yde, wh o wa s six minu tes back for second. Loj ak tra iled his tea m mate by lWO minutes a t 3:06.03. Ball ard was fou rt h wit h a five-mi nute lead on H onda -mo un ted Sorenson . Jeff Fredette took th e 200cc A class win as h e was the next rider overa ll. Dan Fa rg en, riding a Ya ma ha O U I of Midd leton , Wisco nsin , wa s seco nd in th e 200cc A class abou t five min ut es behind Fred ette. Dick Bu rleso n aced th e Sen ior class with a stro ng ride on a H usky 430 Au tomatic, edg i ng KT M-m o umed Ba rr y H igg ins by a bo u t three min- utes. The Super Senior win went, as usual, 10 Can-Am 's J eff Smith, Marti n was happy with th e win and accep ted co ng ra tu la tio ns from fri ends and family at what is his " ho me" track. H e has a strong shot at the Natio na l Champions hip w it h Mark H yde a lso a major con ten der. " I wasn 't real happy with the wa y I rode," said Hyde. " I made too many lilli e mistakes , but th e resul ts are oka y. I sho u ld be tied wi th Joh n going into th e la st event." R ider co m me nts wer e very favorable with regards 10 th e sponsori ng club, th e Golden Eagles. They put o n what ma y be th e best organized event in th e series, wi th hel p from major sponsors H u sq vama, Scott USA, HiPo int and Coca-Col a. Ca n-A m a nd H usky p ro vided co ntingency money an d local dea lers don at ed merch and ise fo r the 174 riders , T h e even t was th reat en ed by rain early in th e day, bu t the sky clea red lat er in th e afternoon . Seven mi les o f woods with abou t five mi les of g rass tra ck, pasture a n d MX track gave the riders p len ty o f cha lle n ges. • Results OVERA LL: 1. John Ma"in (C-A); 2. M ar k Hyde (Hus); 3. Ed Lojak (Hus) ; 4 . Geoff Ball ard (C·A); 5 . Jeff Soren son (Hont; 6. Jeff fredene (Kaw); 7. Steve Swen son (Hon); 8 . Joe Zierman (Hus ); 9 . Dick Burleson (Hus) ; 10. Craig Janzig (Yam). FOUR· STROKE A ; 1. M ike Trea dway (Hon); 2. Austin Clews (C· A); 3 . Alan Barker (C· A). SR A : 1. Dick Burleson IHus); 2. Barry Higgins (KTM) ; 3. Hen ry Stankewicz (Husl; 4 . John Gal . lagher; 5. Jay Hern (KTM) . SUPER SR; 1. Jeff Sm it h fC-AI ; 2 . Char les Gal· bra ith (H us); 3. Corky Root IC· A); 4 . Lawrence Hayes IC·A); 5 . Stew an Nowlin . 12 5cc A : 1. Stephen Chapkovich (Suz); 2 . Curtis Comer Jr. (Hon); 3 . Bruce Keranen (KTM ); 4 . Bran don Hopkins (Ka w); 5. Rona ld Ben rand (KTM) . 200cc A : 1. J eff Fredette (Kaw); 2. Dan Fargen (Yam); 3 . Larry Bergq uist (C· A ); 4 . M i ke McCarren (Yam); 5. Willard Root II fC· A). 25OocA; 1. Ed Lojak(Hus); 2 . Geoff Ball ard (C·A); 3 . Steve Swen son (Hon) ; 4 . Joe Zierm an (Hus); 5 . Cra ig Jan zig (Yam). OPEN A ; 1. M ar k Hyde (Hus); 2. Jeff So rens on IHon) ; 3 . David Peters (Hus) ; 4 . Bob Bea n (Hust; 5 . Monty Rockey (Hon) . SR B: 1. J im Spen cer (Hus); 2 . Ronald Less (Hus); 3. J erry Bum gardn er IKawt; 4 . Jerry Beck er (Suz); 5. Dean Borr is IHus). 200cc C: 1. Roll an Peder son IKaw); 2. Jimmy Th er iault (Kaw) ; 3 . Paul Pott er (Yam) ; 4 . Douglas Muellner (Kaw) ; 5. Peter W estlin (Kaw) . 2500c C: 1. Dale Li ndbec k (Yam); 2. Ph il Peterson (KTM); 3. Ken Warwick (Kawl; 4 . Doug Schulz (Yam ); 5. Floyd Ma rt in eau (C· A). OPEN C: 1. Doug Wa lberg (Hon); 2. Dan Fager lin d (Ho n); 3 . Jo e Langanki IHon). 200cc B: 1. Denn is Fett (Yam); 2. Br ian Ter ry IKaw) ; 3 . Ch ris Ol son (Yam ); 4 . Jo hn M yri n IC· A); 5 . Ronald M alu s (Kaw). 250cc B: 1. John M to la ma ki (Yam); 2 . Scott Mc la ughl in (Han); 3. DeW ayne Deboer (Yam); 4 . Kenneth Wright (KTM); 5 . James Voightlander (Yam). OPEN B : 1. Ma rvi n Heit camp (C·A); 2 . M ike Burk hart (Han); 3 . Dal e Fett IYam) ; 4 . Dale Sanbor n (KTM); 5 . Kei th Bowden (Hu s).

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