Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

" ~ ~ ll"':l 00 Q") ...... ll"':l c-r .... Q,) .0 E .... Q,) ... 0.. Q,) if) Albert Berends (2 0), Paul Midson (40L), and Ryen Wan n (90H ) battle for position in t he 125cc J u nior class at Baylands Raceway . by midrnoto Rogers reeled h im in . On th e sta rt o f mo to two , Enke agai n p ow ered to th e lead. Rogers an d Enke swa p ped th e lead about once per lap, but near th e end, a bid by Rogers fail ed a n d h e lost ground - enough so that Ma rk Lau be (Hon) snuck by him to gra b seco nd and hold it to th e checkered flag. Results .. PEE WE E; 1. Bryan Noe (Hon) . MINI NOV 9 -11 ; 1. DannyWenger (Kaw); 2. Brent Ug ie (Kawl. MINI NOV 12· 16; 1. Joh N icolaus (Kaw); 2. M ike Powell (Kew); 3. Saul Sa n Fil ippo (Yaml. M IN I JR 12 ·16: 1. Ke vin Payne (Yam ); 2. Jim W illiams (Kawt; 3. Bruce Bleeck er (Yam ). MINIINT 12 -16: 1. Da le RaYlor (Hon); 2. Steve Bonita (Hon). MINI EX 12 -16 : 1. Chris Nea l (Yam). 125 NOV DIV 1; 1. Lee Nea l (Kaw); 2. Ken W i lson (Sul l; 3. Dav id Puchta (Yam ). 125 NOV DIV 2; 1. Vern Latham (Kaw); 2. Gary McCle lland (Kaw); 3. Tim McMurtree (SUl). 125 J R; 1. Todd Enke (Kaw); 2.Da vid Rogers (Hon ). 125 INT: t . Darren Gallagher (Hon); 2 . Ryen Wa nn (Kaw); 3. Rick y White (Kaw). 125 PRO: 'l . Terry Bostar d (Kaw). 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. M ike Lillig h (Yam); 2 . Paul Funaro (KTM ); 3. Don Tofft (Kaw l. 250 NOV DIV 2: 1. Joe Ornelas (Hus); 2. Eric Hawkin s (Yam) ; 3. Rand Ballard (Yaml . 250 J A: 1. Den nis Jerge (Han); 2. Lore n Barr en (ya m); 3. J im A hr en s (Yam). 25 01NT: 1. Darren Ga llagh er (Yam ); 2. Tony Peix oto (Hon l. 250 PRO: 1. Eric Ma shbi r (Ho nl : 2. Howie Ross (Suz). OPEN NO V : t . La rry Fisher (Sull: 2. J ohn Wh al en (Honl: 3 . D'ale Short (Hen]. OPEN JR : 1. G reg Kamhola (Hon); 2. J oe M acc hi are lla (Han ). OPEN INT: 1. Duan e Hug h es (Hon l. O PEN PRO : t . Eric Ma shbir (Hon) ; 2. Joe Sc hlag (Honl . V ET SPTSM N: 1. Tom Q ui rk (Sull. V ET INT : 'l . Gary J aehn e (Kaw) . OT SPTSM N : 1. Edward J ar dine (Yam). Hall dominates Boise SX • By Marty Gregory BOISE, !D, AUG. 18 Bo ise's Mark H all (Yam) co n tin ued his wi n n ing wa ys o n th e O MC Su percross track th is weekend with a I-I demoli tion ,·· 42· o f th e 250cc Pro class. Hall 's clos est competition was an o ut-of-retirement Loren Shockey aboa rd his '84 C R250. Shockev sh owed flash es of bri lliance b u t cQli ldn ' t sta y o n th e fra ntic pace set by H all. J im Lyngar (H us ) ra ced with Shockey during th e ea rly go ing o f th e first mo to but fell ba ck to fini sh a d istant thi rd. Lyngar didn 't fini sh th e second race a nd Ketchum 's Ri ch Tay lor (Kaw) wat ched Shoc key 's rear tir e in th at o ne. Some good racing was a lso seen in th e Open Expe rt contest with Lyngar h aving it o u t with Larry "Actio n " J a ckson on th e big bores. Lyngar got the o vera ll by virtue o f his 2-1 showin g , th ough " Action J ackson" had looked super hot in th e first race . Dan Lees (Ka w) di ced with Bill Ballard (Yam) with Ballard narrowly n abbin g third overa ll : . , . _ . . _ Melva Lees rode her P E175 to a I-I ni ght a fter quick Ann Fr isk (Yam) lost h er lead with a lo w-speed wipeo u t during th e co m bi ned Vet/Powder Puff race. Frisk a nd Lees were motorin g along brisk ly, but it d idn 't take th e old guys more th an a few laps to start comi ng up on th em from behind. Leading th e Vet cha rge were SIDR A co m ba ta nt J oe Wood (Yam ) an d big Mik e Ander son (Ka w). H i-P oint's Le roy Sm ith (Ka w ) ho lesh ot rnoto o ne but faded as Fast Pete Kell er (H us ) su rged ea rl yon. Kell er dropped back, though, and co u ldn' t hold off Cycle Nuts ' N Bol ts' Dick Rockrohr (H us). In oneof th e even in g 's la rge r c1 ass- es, th e 14-man Open B bash , two qualifiers were staged with Ross Boyd (H us) and Roger Slack (Yam) ge tt in g th e wins. Mike Mit ch ell won th e co nso la tio n sem i to get to th e m ain , a fter a cras h took h im o u t o f h is hea t. Boyd ca me a way with the big win in the main whi le Slack was n udged into th ird by Matt Spencer (Ka w). Jim Bea tt y (Ka w) , in h is firs t summer of raci ng, hol esh ot rnoto o ne of th e 125 Bs o n ly to be reeled in by speedy Steve n Spooner (Ya m) . Beatty wo u nd -u p a 2-4 th ird in class whil e Spooner o u t-classed the field for th e overa ll. Bo ise's Darrel Froncke (Ya m) went 4-2 for second. Results POWDER PUFF; 1. M elva Lees (SUl): 2 . An n Frisk (Yam ). M ICRO : 1. G reg Yearsley (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Ric h (Kaw l; 3. Bobby Sisk (Kaw). M INI B: 1. Justin Denn en (Yam); 2. Rich ie Rey· nolds (Kaw ); 3 . Bud J on es (Hon l. M INI EX : 1. J erry Thomp son (Hon). MINIINT: 1. Br it Bur li ngam e (Kaw) . 12 5 B: 1. Steven Spooner (Yam); 2. Darre l Francke (Yam ); 3. J im Bean y (Ka w) . 125 INT: 1. Cha d Case (Kaw); 2. M ike Harr is (Kaw ); 3. Rob W ebb (Kawl. 200: 1. Henry Reima n. 250 B : t . KeUy M cK enn y (S Ul); 2 . Delmer Slat e (Hon) ; 3. Scon Hughes (Hon). 250 INT: 1. David Gu ri us (Hon); 2. Rob J ohn so n (Yam); 3. Bob Car lbe rg (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Ma rk Ha ll (Yam) ; 2 . Loren Shoc key (Hon l; 3. Rich Taylor (Kawl. 125 EX : 1. Larry Jackson (Kaw ). OPEN B: 1. Ross Boyd (Hus); 2 . Mall Spe nc er (Kaw ); 3. Rog er Slack (Yaml. OPEN EX ; 1. J im Lyn gar (Yam); 2. Larry Jackso n (Hon); 3. Bi ll Ballard (Yam) . VET B: t. M ike Ander so n (Kaw) ; 2. Joe Wood (Yam t 3. Ter ry Hall (Kaw). Moen shines at Oak Hill National By Scott Schaefer H ENDERSON . T X. AUG. 18 Meril Moen , Wa yne Even , and Jeff Berglund proved LO be th e sta rs of th e WERA South Central National held a t O ak Hill Raceway. The tr io exce lled in slip p ing, slid ing, wh ee/standi ng bo u ts in th e A Su perb ike a n d Formula One Expe rt ra ces. Moen , o n hi s Central '. Cycle ..S upply.'9Q() inja tuned ' by' G arvi n Alle n , netted firsts in both cla sses bu t not wirhou r the two ot her rid ers breathing down his neck all day long. Even, riding a Kawa saki 750 Superbike spons ored by th e RLM co m pa ny, bested Berglund in th e first Superbike m at ch , but h ad to sett le for th ird in Formula One wh en Berglund kept his Steve Rolf-tuned Katana in second past the ch eckered flag. In both races. there was much lead swapping and lot s of show-stoppi ng actio n th a t had th e record crowd o n th ei r feet. Even a lso took th e same bik e to th e B Su perbike victo ry, a nd Moen netted fir st in C Producti on, seco nd in C Su perbike a nd third in A P ro d uct ion o n h is stoc k 600 Nin ja. J am ie J ames, a har d-ch a rging firstyear Expert , had lot s o f ups and downs this race da y. He wo n C a nd D Superbike o n hi s T oomey-equipped RZ350, but fell wh ile dicin g for the lead in Formula T wo an d B Production o n hi s FZ750. In th e initial Formu la T wo race, he had just passed Matt Mas chmann wh en an off tra ck excu rsio n damaged hi s front brak e asse m bly. After fixin g it before the B Production ra ce, he wa s soo n di cing with Maschmann aga in. Fat e stepped in a n d th e front brakes failed aga in . J ames crashed unh urt bu t th e bike was finished for th e day. James was in good spirits a fter th e rac es, a nd is a lrea dy pl anning his a ssault for next yea r, trying to decid e whether to spend a no th er yearat the cl u b level or to go o n to th e Na tional seri es. Ronnie Lunsford, a veteran racer from Northwest Honda in Houston, returned after a several-month absence to a successfu l da y. The proud, new father o f twin gi rls took h is Interceptor Superbike to a second in Formula Two a nd a third in B Superbike. Ma schmann took his FZ750 to his first wins o f th e year in B an d A Pr oduction. H e a lso took th e bike to a seco n d in B Superbike. He was o ne o f th e firs t cl u b rid ers to ge t o ne o ft he n ew Yamahas a nd a fter a stri ng o f seconds in th e p ro du ction classes, wi n n ing was swe et. H e ran a hard , steady pace in a ll o f th e co n tests and lead ing fro m sta rt to fin ish with few exce p tio ns. In th e Novi ce races, Pa t T harp con tin ued hi s ru n o n hi s FZ750 with wi ns in B Super bike and B Production . He took seco nds in A Su pe rbike, For m u la T woa ndA Product ion . J eff Crawford p us hed h is RZ350 to win s in bo th th e D P roducti on a nd D S upe rbi ke clas ses. Sander Avant took firsts in E Product ion . E Superbi ke, a nd C P rod uction a n d a pair of sec o n d s in D Produ cti o n a n d D SL!perbike. Results F-l EX: 1. Meri! Moen (Kaw) ; 2 . Jeff Berg lund (SUlt 3 . Wayne Even (Kaw). F-l NOV ; t . M arl

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