Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

themselves as Team Kawboy with a 600 Ninja. All teams were trying to get ahead a nd build up a lead before th e fir st gas stop, This led 10 the fir st hour looking more like a sp ri nt race rather th an a n en d urance, but things got much more interest ing as th e teams sta rted 10 pi t for fu el a n d rider cha nges. The SlOpS wer e quick for m ost teams, with 20-25 se co n d s be ing co m mon, Some teams wer e getti ng down to 15 seconds 10 fuel, cha nge rid er . lu be a nd get ba ck ou t. Wi th th e la p times on th e track being so close, it was clear th a t th e edge was in th e number o f SlOpS a nd h ow q u ickly th ey co uld be accom p lish ed. T eam Lace, Dave Ohitwa and a n o ut -ofret irem ent Ken H ag u e, ha d the cleanest a nd qu ick est pit SlOpS. Their co nsistent ti mes a nd professional co nduct netted them th ird i n th e U nder .600 and fifth overa ll , as well as th e award for best team. P roblems sta rted 10 crop u p in th e seco nd hou r. Broken fa iri ng mounts on th e North Shore bike ca used Corn well 10 ta ke a sp ill in turn three o n th eir 60th lap. Cornwell wa s a ble to limp th e bike ba ck 10 th e p its with n o front brak e and minimal steer ing capability, but th e team decided tha t it co u ld not be repaired in enoug h time 10 get ba ck ou t. Aft er a number of. position swa ps during the gas SlOpS, th e ra cing settl ed down aga in. It seemed th at each team had th e right combination dialed in as th e lap times stayed steady a nd ga ins o r losses proceed ed qu ietly. Ken Botharn a nd Pi erce Buck were running a n RZ350 Yamaha and managed 10 circu la te a t I:15s until an exhaust pipe ca m e adrift a n d tossed Bo th am off, end ing th eir hopes 10 a finish . T eam P ro tech suffered a seized crankshaft th at put them ou t of th e running by th e midpoint. Various other groups su ffered glitches in their p rog ra m s. Goodfell ow 's group had th eir work cu t o u t for them when they sto p p ed for a tire cha nge and found th at not o n ly did th ey need rubber , but a lso brak e pa ds . a n d th e ca liper pilstons wer e o u t so fa r th at th ey h ad to di sm ant le everyth in g to do th e job. This a mo u nted 10 a 14m inute sto p th at totall y dest ro yed th eir lead . Steve 'n ' Bill took over with a healthv lead . But di saster struck wh en Yearwood lost contro l o f th e bike a nd tossed it. A qu ick ca ll back to th e pits for alternator co ver a nd leve r res u l ted in Dick going o u t o n a bicycle wi th a m otorcycle fir st ai d kit to repair the damage. T h e i r d el a y wa s long , a n d alth ough th ey were o u t th er e circ u lating at th e end. th ey fin ished 24 laps down o n th e winners. Results UNDER 600: t . Faceplant (Steve Crevier/ Steve Roscoe . Vam l; 2 . KawboV (Gary Berge ! John Sch w arze. Kaw); 3 . Team Lace (Ken Hagu e/ Cave Ohitwa. Vam ). OVER 600: 1. Team Oest itute (Bruce Cherwonka / Perr ie Turner. Suz l; 2. Van Suzuki (Gary Goodfellow! Tom Walther. Suz); 3 . S iuco Racing (Larry Park es/ Gary Si u. Hon) . OVERA LL: 1. Team Dest it ute {B ruee Cherwonka l Perr ie Turner. Suzl 2. Van Suzuki (Gary Goodfell ow! Tom Walther, Suz); 3. Faceplant (Steve Cre vier l Steve Crev ier, Yam) . Hull moves up and wins at Boyd ST By M . Orr BO YD , TX, AUG . 24 With the Nat ional C ha m p ionsh i p fo r din track on 80cc machinery under h is belt, Clayton Hu ll decided it was time to move on a n d ca me to th e short tra ck a t Mik e Kidd 's Boyd R acewa y for h is fir st ra ce on a I25cc m ot orcycle. Aft er a slo w start . Hull moved a head for a n arrow win o ver J ack Surber an d Mike Wedin in th e h eat race. Ed Meyer took t he early lead in th e m ain even t, fo ll o wed by Hull a nd Surber. O n lap tw o , Meyer and Hull both powered into turn three a little 100 hot, th eir m omentum carrying th em to th e haybales at th e top of the turn . Surber scooted by o n th e pole to ta ke the lead , and Scott Will iams, a ftc r sta rt ing from th e back row, m oved into seco n d . Hull came o ut o f th e turn ah ead o f Mever for th ird , then o n th e n ext la p passed W ill ia m s o n th e o utside of turn two . On la p five, H ull began to close o n urber, but co u ld n ' t get a ro u nd him u ntil lap seve n , wh en Surber bobbl ed between turns one a n d two . H ull agai n Sla ved o n th e outside and drove o u t of tu r n tw o for th e lead a nd the win . Surber fin ished in seco nd pl a ce an d Willi ams made his fir st ra ce o n a 125 pa yoff w ith a thi rd pl ace fin ish . H o nda T own 's Bo bby Shaw won the 250cc TT h ea t, foll o wed bv Ed die Kau fm an a nd Meyer, but Ja mes H a rris led o rr th e m ain event a head of Shaw a nd Kaufman . H arris h eld o ff Shaw 's challe n ge until lap three wh en Sha w we n t wide into th e WinslOn turn, sq uared o ff a nd mad e a hard drive to th e high jump p a y off as h e p assed H arris in th e a ir. Next time aro u nd , Kaufman went in side H a rr is in th e ri gh t-hand turn an d took o ver seco n d place going to ward th e fish hook turn wh ich leads to th e ba ckstra ig h t. Shaw took the win, followed by Ka u fm an , and H arr is beat Meyer to th e nag for third place. Perrie Turner (2 6 ) and riding partne r Bruc e Ch erwonka pilot ed the Team Destitute Suzuki GSXR to vi ctory in the Brit ish Co lum bia Fo ur-Hour. SHORT TRACK 50: 1. Ph ilip Thompson (Yam ); 2. Trey Glasco (Yam); 3 . Billy Ken nedy (Yam ). 60: 1. Brian Littl. (Hon) ; 2. Cory Watson (Hon). BOJ R: 1. De1-id< Whit ener (Yam~ BO SR: 1. Clayton Hull (Kaw l 2. Tim Kay (Kawl. 125: 1. Clayton Hull (Kaw ); 2 . J aclt S urber (Hon); 3 . Scon Williams (Yam) . 250: 1. M ik. Ha le (Vaml; 2. Chad McCraclten (Yam ); 3. Ray Ooane (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. M ike Hale(H- Dl 2. Cha d McCraclten (Rtx); 3. Jaclt Surbe r (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Charlie Orr (Hon) ; 2. Gary Kidd (Hon); 3. John Gl adwill (Hon) . IT STEEPlECHA SE OPEN PRO : 1. Cha rlie Orr (Hon ); 2 . Billy Orr (Honl; 3 . Bobby Shaw (Hon). OVER 3D: 1. Eddie Kaufman (Ho nl; 2 . Georg. Galde.n (Hon) ; 3. Harry Rardin (Hon) . 50: 1. Ph ilip Thompson (Vam); 2 . Billy Kennedy (Yam ); 3 . Trey Glasco (Vam) . 60: 1. Br ian Linle (Hon); 2. Cory Watson (Hon) . BOJR : 1. Derick Whitener (Kaw). BO SR: 1. Clayton Hull (Suz); 2. Tim Kay (Kaw). 125: 1. Ed Meyer (Kaw ); 2. James Putnam (S uz); 3 . Jack Surber (Kawl. 250: 1. Bobby Shaw (Hon); 2 . Eddi e Kau fman (Ho n); 3 . James Harris (Han) . OPEN AM : 1. OavidThompson (Vam ); 2. Ki rk Tyer (Hon) ; 3 . Jack Surber (Yam). Swartz, wh o rode to a th ird in the first m o ta, th en ran away with th e second fo r h is firs t CMC Pro w in in nearl v six m onth s. Firs t moto wi n ner P ro Don Tur k cras he d in the seco nd ro u nd a nd co u ld o n ly wo rk h is way back up to fo urt h , gi ving hi m th e runner-u p spot wi th T u rner th ird. As i t tu r ned o u t, T urner was ahead o n pain ts but got no victory in th e series. T he Min i J un ior class was a showdown between Mike Cox a nd Rusty Somers with th e pa ir fo ur p oints a part co m ing into th e final e. It wa s figured o ut before th e co m pe tition began th at if Cox co u ld win and Somers got second, th e tie-breaker would go in favor of Cox. Neither rid er co u n ted o n M ex ican rider Rod o lfo Iribe (Kaw) 10 sto rm to th e lead in both motos a nd sna tch th e overall win for th e day. Somers took th ird behind Ed Red m a n , giving him th e series ace. Paul G arthwaite took both m oros of th e l 25cc Beginn er class a n d clinched th e ser ies win , while Chris Radzinski did th e sa me thing in th e I25cc Juniors. Burt Ulmer took o ver th e series lead a nd th e cha m p io ns h ip with it in th e 250cc Jun iors when he fin ish ed fourth whi le series leader Travis S take wa s a bse nt. T hey had co me to th e final e separa ted by o n ly o ne poi nt. j eff Blix won th e Vet Mast er class a nd a t the sa me time garnered th e series wi n whil e Reid Fra nke aced out Ri ch H anson in th e Vet Junior class by o n ly three poi nts ov era ll. McMillenwins Otay Pro-Am title 80 BEG : 1. Dan ny Fon te vn (Vaml; 2. J .R. Ruano (Kaw l; 3 . Mario Lop ez (Vam ). BO JR : 1. Rodollo Irib e IKaw); 2. Ed Redm an IKaw ); 3. Rust y Som ers (Kaw l. SOINT: 1. Kevin Bussey (Kaw l; 2 . BeebeZertoche (Kaw) . Results By John Bethea TIJ UANA , B.C. , MEX, AU G . 25 Th e se ve n -ra ce 1985 FMF Summer Ser ies came to its co n clusion today at th e Otay ProAm Challenge with more th an 175 ride rs heading so u th of the border to co ntes t th e remaining classes still not clinch ed, In th e very close 500cc Pro division, Mike McMill en led Ron Turner by o n ly o ne point. The race went to Dan Berg (Han), but th e se ries cha m pi onshi p fell to McMillen as h e aced out Turner by one position , a thi rd a ga inst a fo u rt h , as T u rner had a slugg ish Ca g iva a ll da y and had trouble even Slaying in co ntent io n. Pete Murray finish ed second o vera ll . Three poi nts separated J ohn Pos ca an d Turner in th e 250cc P ro class, but i t wa s discov ered that even if Turner sh ould win the po ints battle, he wou ld not secure the cha m p io ns h ip because he hadn't raced the requ ired five of seven eve nts . That p roved to be th e ,decidi ng factor for Posca, wh o cras hed i n pract ice a n d inj u red h is rig h t thumb a nd ro de most o f th e da y wi th a n ill stomach . POsed sti ll fin ished si x th but th e star o f th e da y was Ti Orego n 'TT Regi onal cha m pi ons h ip . H ond a 's R and y Green won two hi ghly co m- Results 125 BEG: 1. Pau l Gan hwa ite (Kaw); 2. Tim Fen teyn (Yam); 3. Richard Zeigler (Su z). 125 JR : 1. Chr is Radzin sk i (Hon); 2. Oscar Garcia • (Yam l 3 . Cha rl ie Brown (Kaw ). 125 INT: 1. John Flores (Jaw al; 2. Charl ie Samp· son (Kaw ); 3 . Steve Furuya (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Ron Turne r fCa;); 2. John Conney IKaw); 3. Ron Vonekura (Kaw) . 250 BEG : 1. Jerry Forde (S u z); 2. Juan Roberts (Suz ); 3. Isiah Villarreal (Hon). 250 JR : 1. Earl Roberts (Yam ); 2. Christ ian Car penter (Hon ); 3. M ichael Brown (Yam ). 250 1NT: 1. Jeff Healey (Honl: 2. James Cobham (Kaw l; 3. Greg Lu ck (Hon ). 250 PRO: 1. Ti Sw artz (Yam); 2. Don Turk (Hon); 3 . Ron Tu rne r (Cog). SOO BEG: 1. Chr is W il insk i (Hon); 2. Mike Fost er (Ho n). 5OOJR : 1. Joe Clark (Hon ); 2. Vi eto r Tr iepke (A tkl ; 3. Scott Graham (Han). 500 INT: 1. Chris McGee (Kaw) ; 2. Karl Holmberg (KTM). 500 PRO : 1. Dan Berg (Hon); 2. Pet e Murray (M · S); 3 . M ike McMillen (Hon). VET JR : 1. Joe Cassillas (Vam l; 2 . Reid Franke (Ha n); 3 . Raben Fort ier IKaw). VET INT : 1. David Chuns (Yam); 2 . Bill Barlow (Alk). VET M STR: 1. J eff Blix (Vam); 2 . Mark McAdams (Vam); 3. Mike Mc M illen (Hon) . O T J R: 1. Ji m Perima n (Honl . Green sets record en route to victories By Clay Light BELLINGHAM , WA, AUG . 24 Fresh off a win at last night's - petiti ve main events in Sem i-Pro flat tra ck a t Bell i n gh am ' s H anneg an Spe edway . T on ig ht G reen won th e 250cc a nd O pen Expe rt mains, th e match ing troph y dashes, an d set a new track record. Green posted a 16.40 o n the Sim pso n/ P ro -Fue l/Wood la nd H onda 600, whi ch broke th e previous tra ck record set las t yea r by Canadian Stev e Aseltine. Green won hi s heat ra ces a nd sa t ba ck a nd enjoyed th e Open class sem i' s that took th e top four to the final. Mike Kearney (Yam) and rookie Expert Brian McGonigal (R tx) were th e winners in th e tw o sem is. Nationa l number 78 Donald Wilson (C-A) took th e fin al ticket with fourth pla ce. The Open trop hy dash lined up AMA Pro Green and Juniors A.J. Eschwig (H a n) and R and y Roose ( H D ), win ner of th e Junior main event at th e Oregon TT R eg io n al and th e Sturgis Reg io nal. Aseltine was th e fourth co ntesta nt in th e race th at . went Green 's way as did th e 250cc dash. T he Open B class featured seve ral fas t rid ers suc h as No vice John L ira (Kaw) a nd form er dirt track P ro Butch H arwood (Yam ). Oregon 's Kenny Celo rie (H -D) has o nly ridden a few ti mes since ret ir in g from raci ng several yea rs ago, bu t d id a spectacu lar job o f push ing past L ir a, H arwood a nd Triu m p h -m o u nted Mike Steri ng to take th e lead and a p peared well o n hi s way to a w in. But with about a lap to go, the former Ex pert stan dout devel o ped a flat a nd pull ed o ff, end in g his fine ri de . T hat ga ve L ir a th e lead th at h e wou ld ta ke th e rest o f th e way. wh il e Bill Fogg (Ya m) took second and Ster ing third. Danny Stanley (Steve Bak er Kaw) won th e 125cc A main over Kath y H uhblt'(Suz);th is was Cana d ia n J udo Champion Hubble's final n ight of racing before a three-year tra in in g sessi o n for th e 1988 Ol ympics. Hubble took seco nd pla ce in th e l25s and fifth in the 250cc B ma in o n h er 125. Todd Derringer won th e 250cc B main foll owed by incredible Troy W ie be. whorode a 100cc Kawasaki to secon d place as we ll as to a win in th e I25cc B main . Points leader in the 250cc P ro class Kirk Strong (H a n ), Aseltine (Yam ), R oose (Ya m ), Eschwig (H a n) , an d Kaw a sak i-mounted Stanley led th e opening la p of the 250cc Pro money m ain . Eschwig push ed into th e lead shortl y th ereafter and th e race q ui ck ly sa w a ch a n ge of lea ders o n ea ch circui t of the quarter-mile ova l. Pa nther Frames H o nda -mo unted Green carne from way back after a bad sta rt but pi cked o ff Roose, Aseltine and Eschwi g to tak e th e lead . Aseltine, Roose, a n d Strong al so d rove around Eschwi g, who now found himself in fifth a head o f Stan ley a nd Yamaha rider J oe Cha p ma n . In th e end , it wa s Green winn in g after doing the same 39

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