Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Randy Green won the 250cc and Open mains at Bellingham. la st night i n Oregon as well .a s a t S turgi s, Mon ta na a nd fourth OIl th e Peoria 'TT Na tional. Aseltine fo llowed Green ac ro ss th e lin e fo r second a nd Roose thi rd . Open Ex pert actio n saw Green dri ll a h o les h o t a n d wa s n ev er ser iou sly cha llen ged , wh ile Aselti ne (H- D) tr ad ed paint th roughout th e 12-l a p main with nem esis Roose (H D) a nd Strong (Hon) , Green had no o ne 10 race with a nd led fro m sta n 10 fin ish in th e p rocess o f sell ing a new tra ck record. Through tra ffic ca me Wil son , w ho Iought to get by a hoard of ri ders co ns isting o f La nce Stro ng (T ri) , Ch ris Fi tzhug h (Han) , a nd Eschwig . Wilson had tro ubl e w ith McGonigal but won o u t in th e bailie fo r fifth by a wh eel at th e checkers. Green took wh at wo uld be h is th ird main event of th e weekend ove r Roose, Aseltine, a nd Stro ng . Resu lts OPEN PRO: 1. Randy Green (Hon); 2. Ra ~ Roose (H·D); 3 . Steve Aseltine (H- D). 250 PRO: 1. Randy Green (Hon l; 2. Steve Asel tine (Yam t 3 . Randy Roose (Hon ). OPEN B: 1. John Lira (Kew ); 2. Bill Fogg (Yam); 3 . Mike Stering {Tri}. 250 B: 1. Derringer (Yam); 2: Troy Wiebe (Kaw t 3. Steve Power (Hon). OVER 30: 1. John Engeleeke (Hon); 2. Squ ire Tomasie (Hool; 3. Mike Budschadt (Tri ). 125 B: 1. Troy W iebe (Kaw) ; 2. Shane Baldwin (Yaml; 3 . Shawn Fry (Yam). rodd Green takes season finale By Clay Light CLACKAMAS, OR, AUG. 23 Nationa l number 24 Rand y Green won th e 25-lap Expert main event a t th e Oregon Sid ewinders AMA Regi onal Ch am- 40 pi onship. Green took ho m e a hu ge ch u n k o f th e 5000 p urse a t th e la st AMA P ro race o f the season , whi ch wa s a lso th e Sidew ind ers Cham pi on sh ip race. Also sp litti ng a ch u n k o f th e p urse wer e J u n io r m ain winner Ra nd y Roose a nd No vice winner J oh n Looney. Th e even ing 's fast time in qua lifyin g went to J eff Campbell a board the Lillie/Mouruain Sp ringwa ter/ Sim pson / Ts u bak iz'P ro - Fu eli Blomfeldt H onda 600. In th e Expert 's three-lap trophy dash. it wa s Green look ing 10 wi n bUI il lOo k Ihree tak es a fter Campbell jumped a nd Fay looped h is H on da 600 off th e lin e. On the fin al lak e.il was Green j umpi ng inlO Ih e lead 10 tak e th e laurels as well as th e . sea so n high -poim a wa rd fo r Side wi nders . Junior fast tim e went 10 Many Zir be l, wh o had a 14.80 o n a T ri u m p h 750. Zirbel didn 't make it from th e semis wh ich had th e disappo imed local spe cta ting as Roose won th e dash. Cal ifornian Thomas Carri ger won th e Novice dash o ver Looney. H eat races saw No vices run first, laking th e lOp three directl y to th e main from three h eat s. The Novi ce ranks .have sh ru n k drasti call y, and lon ight o n ly 15 Novices braved th e 950 h eat in th e preliminari es Ihal saw Oregon local Jim Servo (H us) top- ping the first heat , with Carriger (HD) winning the second and Bill " Kit" Farley (BSA) taking th e third heat race. Juni or heat winners were Bill Tay lor (T ri), Roose (H -D), an d th e rider wh o left Sidewinders with th e Jun ior Regi onal Po in ts lead , Raben H orba n (R tx). Campbell beat G reen in th e first Ex pe rt heat wh ile Fay ca me back 10 win th e seco nd h ea l o ver fell ow Seattle rid er Kir k S tro ng (Hon ) a nd Fisher. A lO-rider Expe rt semi p laced six final riders into th e 25- la p ma in event. Don Wilso n (C-A) a nd J ohn Wincew icz (T ri) wen t 1-2 in th e semi 10 tran sfer a s did Ca lifo rni an Dan McD o n nell (H o n) , rookie M ike O g lesbee (Ho n), Brian McG on iga l (R tx) a nd Du ane Gerrard (C-A) in a ra ce lo ad ed w ith N a t io na l numbers. Far ley sa t th e p o le in the mai n o n hi s BSA a fter topp in g th e fastest o f the th ree No vice hea t races . Carriger put a H a rl ey int o th e lead fo llowed by Ca lifornian L ooney (Han ), Wash in g ton 's Rich Msch ico ws ki (H -D), Fa rl ey a nd Serv o . Lu ck wasn 't o n Servo's side as a crash ca us ed a res ta rt a n d immed iat el v a fter sa w the Husqva rn a p ilo t o u t o f th e race, which m o ved Dun ken int o th e vacat ed spot. Jim Dunken nab bed Msch ico wsk i a nd Ca rri ger d ro p ped OUI, wh ich p u t Loo n ey a nd Du n ken in to th e 1-2 posi tio ns wi th laps ticking awa y. Msch icowsk i proved co nsistency pays a nd ro de the ra ce in third a h ead o f Farley a nd O reg o n 's T o dd G a r y (Ya m ). T he positions stay ed th e sa me 10 th e end wit h L ooney jublian tly laking th e win over Dun ken , wh o won th e Sidew inders rirle w ith secon d pl ace. Mschicowsk i took third ahead o f Farlev, Ga TV and Keith Barnhardt (H on). . . Roose sat on th e pole o n th e BBRP/ Yam NW / So und Ad vice/Kleen T aps H arley a nd led Robbie Blagg (H o n) , Horban, Taylor a nd Ri ck y Albee a t th e flash of th e green light. H orban moved pa st Blagg o n th e o pe ning lap of th e 15-lap Jun ior main a nd closed in o n Roose, wh o had buill u p a good -si zed lead wi th onl y IWO laps go ne. Albee, T ayl or, Blagg a nd Jack " Bugsy " Booth (H -D) m ad e up a four-way ba ttle for th ird behi nd Roose a nd H orban . Blagg wa s ridin g hi s best race o f th e season in fifth, but co u ld n' t pass Horban an d T aylor. Positi ons cha nged when Albee rallied late in th e race 10 settle in to seco nd whi le H orban rode in th ird , w hi ch after cross in g the fin ish lin e ga ve him t he p oi nt s lead for th e first time si nce wi nn in g th e Ida ho 'TT Regi onal in Bo ise. Roose was unstoppa ble an d took h is seco nd wi n in two week s whil e Albee , H or ba n , T aylo r, Blagg , Boot h a nd Al ben Eschwig (Ho n) were the to p seven a t the finish . Th e first la p of th e 25-lap Expert main sa w Ca m pbell. G ree n a nd Fa y fi ll ing th e top th ree, but a crash by ~ I ike O g lesbee bro ug h t OUI the red flags, which made for a restart . The seco nd lak e put G reen in to the lead whi le Fa y, Cam pbell, Nali o nal nu m ber 56 La rry Lega rra (T ri), Strong an d Fisher dueled for posi lio ns o n th e in fam o us Tr co urse wh ich co u ld possib ly becom e a freeway in a co u ple years . Green . Fay a nd Ca m p bell have run 1-2-3 a ll season . a nd IOn ig h t il was more o f th e sa me as Ihe th ree fastest rid ers in th e Non hw es l ra n aw a v from th e ta lem- ladden field leavin g Legarra runn in g fou n h a head o f a Strong / Wi ncewi cz/ McDo n ne ll / Fisher bailI e. Wilson (C-A ) a nd McG on igal moved up through tr affi c as bad luck struck severa l ride rs that i n cl u ded seco n d pl a ce Fa y, .w h o dera ile d a ch ain a nd lost IWO laps in Ih e p rocess. Luckil y for Fay, he had pu t a la p o n th e majorit y of th e field a nd was slill in Ihe runn ing in eig h th , wh er e he would fin ish. sti ll good fo r th e Reg ional poim .l ea d o ver Chris Carr. Finishing in front of Fay wa s th e winner Green, who now is in co n tention for th e title as well with th e win . an d second pl aced Ca m p bell. T hird went to Legarra , who m oved up a spot d ue to Fay's bad lu ck , follo wed by Strong , W ilson , McGon iga l a nd Duane Gerrard 10 finish o ff IheA MA P ro season in the No rt hw est. Res ults EX: 1. Randy Gr een (Hon ); 2. Jeffrey Camp bell (H- D); 3 . Larry Legarr a (Td); 4. Kirk St rong (Han); 5. Don W il son (C·A). JR; 1. Rand y Roose (H· D); 2. Rick A lbee (H- D); 3. Robert Horban tRtx); 4 . Bi ll Taylo r (Tri) ; 5 . Robb ie Blagg (Hon). NOV: 1. J oh n Loon ey (Hon); 2. J im Dunken (Hon); 3 . Rick Mschicowski (H· D); 4 . Kit Farley (BSA); 5. Todd Gary . TROPHV DAS H: 1. Rand y Green (Hon); 2. Jeff Campbe ll (H· D); 3 . M ickey Fay (Hon): 4. Ryan Fisher (H·DI. SIDEWIN DER CLASS CHAMPS EX: 1. Randy Gr een. JR : 1. M arty Zir be l. NOV: 1. Ji m Dunken . Black on track at Perris By Ter ry Whytal PER R IS , CA , AUG . 24 S u zuki Country rider J erry Black powered to a co nvin cing 250cc Pro victorv a t thi s week' s Sa turday SMX ' P erris races. Black swe p t bo th rnot os o n board hi s RM 10 win go ing a wa y. Chasi ng Black 10 th e checkers wa s former faclory star De Wayn e J on es, wh o ea rned th e ru n ner -u p sha re o f th e ca sh pil oting a KTM , while Yamaha rider Mike Ca rlo ro unded out the top three. Ed Arnet rode a new H usqvarna 510 fo ur-stroke 10 th e O pen Pro w in. Nor ed Arnet , " Th is is th e best handl ing Husk y I'v e ever ridden !" Follow in g Arnet to th e fini sh was a nother J ones brother, Gary, riding a noth er KTM . Can-Am-mounted Donny Fish pla ced third. The 125cc Pro bash featured a three-w ay duel between Kenny Clifton, Kevin Montgomery and Scott Wilk in son all mounted o n Suzukis. Clifton proved fastest o f th e trio and look th e top purse money with a I- I score. Montgomery was Iast enough 10 pl ace seco nd with Wilk inson ta kin g third. Ken Ehlers pushed his Yamaha 10 the top spot in Open Intermed ia te class ac tion as R obert T em p le pl ayed ca tch -u p o n hi s YZ but had 10 se ttle fo r seco nd ahead of H onda rider Ron Lawson . Ka wasaki rider Ron Mo wry pos ted a 4-2 sco re in I25cc Nov ice ac tio n, bUI it was good en ough 10 lake th e over a ll win as first moro w inn er N ick Ni ch ol s DNF the seco nd ro und . Larrv Laye (Ka w) ea rned th e num ber IWO overa ll honors as Suzuki rider Mike Ra m bo pl a ced thi rd . T op honors in the 80cc Intermed ia tes we n t 10 Ya ma ha pi lot J ason J o nes after a laugh bail ie with P h il Lawrence, a lso a boa rd a Yamaha. Law ren ce led most o f rh e Iir st mo to bu t lost the lead a l the checkers . J o nes ca me back 10 domi nate ro u n d two and tak e Ihe o vera ll a hea d o f Lawre nce. Suzu ki rider Brando n Sperling ro u nded OU I Ih e lOp three. Res ults OPEN PRO: 1. Ed A rnet (Husl : 2. Gar y J on es (KTMI : 3. Donny Fish (C-AI . 250 PRO: 1. J erry Black (Suz ); 2. DeWayne Jones (KTMI : 3. Mike Carlo (Yam ). 125 PRO: 1. Kenny Clifton (Suz); 2. KeVin Mont· gom ery (Su z); 3 . Scan W ilk inson (Su z). OPEN INT: 1. Ken Ehl ers (Yam); 2. Robert Temple (Vam): 3 . Ron Lawson (Honl . 250 INT: 1. Jim Perry (Kaw) ; 2 . Todd Huegel (Honl; 3. Reed Mayne (Hon). 1251NT: 1. BJ Milspaugh (Kawl; 2 . Lore n Poohi· rowski (Hon l; 3. AI Banuelos (Suli . OPEN NOV : , . Br ian Allen (Yam ); 2. Brent Allen (vaml; 3 . Jon Nic ho ls (Yaml . 250 NOV : 1. Tad Cates (Yam); 2. Bryan Davis (Kaw) : 3 . Todd Kabetsky (Yaml . 125 NOV : 1. Ron Mowry (Kawl; 2. Larry Lave (Kaw ); 3. Mike Rambo (Suzl. OPEN BEG: 1. Ron Flores (Hon ); 2. John Ritch ie (Honl ; 3. Myron Hem ley (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Drew Castro (Hon ); 2. John Morio j C-A); 3. Mike Norman (Hon).. . • __ 125 BEG: 1. M arceli no Frias (yam); 2. Stephan ie J ones (Varni; 3. Berkely Northrop (Hon). VET EX: 1. Gary Jones (C-A); 2. Ken Eh lers (Yam); 3. George Kohler {Kaw l. VET INT: 1. Jack Draves (Honl: 2 . Greg Preston (Hon); 3. Jack Labrum (Yam ). VET NOV: 1. John Huegel (Hon); 2. Greg St . Clair (KTM): 3 . Tom Coleman (Kaw ). 80 1NT t . Jason Jones (Yam ); 2. Phil Lawre nce : (Ya m); 3. Brandon Sperling (Suz). 80 NOV : 1. Louie Ramo (Kaw) ; 2. Raymond Hens ley (Yam): 3 . Chr is Ada rgo (Kaw ). 80 BEG : i . M ie k M etzg er (Kaw t; 2. Dannon Burg (Ya m); 3 . Deric Garc ia (Kaw) . 60 BEG: 1. s een Gray (Kawl; 2. Trav is Pres ton (Hon ). Bostard, Richards battle to PAL. victories By Mike Vancil SANTA CLA RA, CA, A U G . 23 The 250cc Pro mot o quickly became a two- rider shoot ou t a t th e P oli ce Athl eti c Leagu e (PAL) night motocross wh en T er r y Bo sr ar d ( Ka w ) a n d ' T o n y Ri ch ards (Kaw ) haul ed for the cas h . Com ing o u t of th e fir st co rner side by side. Ri chards th en took the lead prior to th e seco n d turn a nd it a ppeared th at h e would hold i t th e wh ol edistan ce, T ime a fte r time a t th e 180 0 turn , Bostard wo u ld close th e ga p a nd aga i n co m e up a lo ngside o n th e Grea t Am er ica stra ig hta way . R ichard s' react ion 10 thi s was 10 leave the throrrle o n a lillie longer a nd hope th e berm for th e hard left would hold. For every lap he needed it, it d id hold an d h e held th e lead. However, with just o ne co rner 10 go, Bostard grabbed a large a mou n t o f throttle and pulled o ff a slic k pass th en barel y h eld on throu gh th e final co rner as the two accele ra ted hard to th e checkers . Bostard won th e short drag rac e to w in . In th eir seco nd mota confrontation, it appeared th at Richards would have an easier time of it as he came out of th e- first corner solidl y in the lead with Bastard ba ck in fourth place. Bostard got things sorted OUI and began to pick off ride rs, the first being Glenn H arrison (Yam). A lap later Bostard gassed hi s KX past Joh n Dauth (H o n ) a n d then began to reel in R icha rds. With IWO laps 10 go Bos tard started hi s passi ng attempts. The fir st one failed as he had a bad line through a so ft- berrned right-hander , bUI it wa s afte r th is co rner o n th e next lap th at he gOI a good run o u t of th e turn and passed Ri chards in mid-air. R ichards went down as h e lit a nd was una ble 10 fin ish ; Bostard ro de on to th e wi n . R ichards d id co me back 10 win in th e O pen Pro class but it was n o easy victory. J o hn \\'ells (Yarn/Tea m U .S.) ch ipped a way OI l Ri ch ards' lead in rnot o o ne a n d th en passed h im o n the h igh speed stra ig h tawa y, Wells hung to u gh an d blocked a ll passing at tem p ts o f R icha rds 10 get th e checkers first , whil e Glenn H arr ison p ilo ted his YZ 10 a th ir d . In the seco n d mo to , R ich a rds left n o do u bl who was bo ss, a n d from Ih e d rop o f th e gate he was in tot al co mma nd . T h e ride was flawless a nd n ever under press u re from Well s. whos e mo tor didn 't a p pear as fresh a nd crisp as in th e firs t m oto. H arrison held sleady fo r an o ther th ird place. Du an e Hughes was speclacu la r in his fir sl Veleran Mas ler moto. After the fir sl co rner th e riders gOI sorted o UI, a nd seco n d behind Hugh es came J err y Caton (H a n) th en Mike Lane (Pro lo p ipe/ Mo to-X Fox /Santa Clara H onda /Mtn . Distribuling). Two la ps into th e m olO Lane di spl aced Caton a n d closed a lilli e o n Hugh es,whil e co m in g up through th e pack wa s Phil Dougl as (H o n ). The race ended with Hugh es taking th e checkers a head of Lane an d Caton as Douglas fell durin g his lale ra ce ch arge. In Ih e

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