Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

good racing in the la st mo to of th e season a t H annegan Speedway . T rent Dyrsm id (H o n) wa s leading at t he end o f la p o n e, with R ick Hammer J a ckson second an d James Collet (Su z) th ird . In lap three , J as on Dunton (KT M) ch arged from th e ba ck of th e pa ck a nd took o ver third . Dyrsmid o pe ne d up a 12-second lead over J a ckson while Du nt o n wa s shaving off o ne or tw o seco nds eac h lap, reeling in J acks on. In th e n inth lap, Dunto took over seco nd a nd set o u t a fter Dyrsm id , bu t his efforts wer e thwa rt ed as time ran o ut. Dyrsm id finished with a 20-semnd lead over Dunto n , and Jackson was third. Res ults 125 B: t , Tr en t Dy rs m id (Han) ; 2. Ja so n Dunton (KTMI ; 3 . Rick Hammer Ja ckson (Kawl. 125 A : t , Mark Cu nni ngh am (Hon). 250 A : 1. Robb ie Evans (Han); 2 . M ar k Cu n - . ningham (Hon ); 3. Rueben Spr in gman (Suz). 250 B: 1. J oe M cKenzi e (Ha n); 2. John Allen (Ha n): 3. Adria n M oelk er IHo n). OPEN B: 1. Da vid Huynh (Vam); 2. Rich ar d Sat ker (KTM); 3. Lyl e Du ron so (Varni . OPEN A : 1. Danny Bullock (Han). ENDURO B: 1. Todd Sharp (Kawl; 2 . Mike Welch (Hus): 3. Steven Hen son (Hon), ENDURO A : 1. Rusty Fletch er (Ha n). 12 5 C: 'l. Paul Budai Jr. (Hon); 2. Darren Will iams (Han) ; 3. Ray Amos IKaw). 250 C: 1. Jake Billi ng s (Kawl; 2 . Ken Boev e (Han); 3 . Mike Welch (Hus) . OPEN C: 1. Chad Smith; 2. Mi ke Hu ber (Han); 3. Craig Knapp (Varn i. OVER 30 ; 1. Pau l Stu en (Suz); 2 . Don Wanl in (y am) ; 3. Kennet h Enn s (Ka w) . Bozarth double winner at Albany SX By Clay Light ALBANY , OR, SEPT. 2 Rorax 560-mount ed Rick y Bozarth demolished th e Professional classes at Albany Speedway 's Labor Day Supercross . Bozarth went for a four-for-four tall y in rlu- Open a nd 250cc P ro classes. In th e fir st Open P ro mot o r it wa s Bozarth (AT KlPB IIRtx) lead ing a co m bine d race o f Pro/Intermediates and wa s being chased by fell ow Pro Jeff Reed (Yam ). Recd hung- in there for a co u p le o f laps , but after th at, th e ra ce was all Bozarth 's to th e finish . Th e Intermediate portion went to Gary Beav er (Ka w) , who placed third in th e ra ce. The second m oto wa s ag ain Bozarth 's as he out-powered Re ed and Intermediate Alan O 'Brien. A Mini Pro race was held in between motos and was a single- more ex h ibition . Pro J er e " T he Strecker " Meeker (Kaw) vaulted into th e lead a t th e d rop o f th e ga te to go unch all en ged to th e fini sh to beat Ron R obinson (Kaw ). In third rode " O ld Man " Winn in th e midst o f tr affi c until findin g th e m achine to be too much , letting local rider Wes H ansen (Kaw ) in to th e posit ion to th e finish . Bo zarth put h is Suzu ki -su pport ride in to the lead of the 125/250cc P ro class o n the firs t of n in e la p s o n th e pou ndi ng wh oop-de-doo-lined tra ck, fo llowed by ex- Mini n ash Vincent Warren (Yam) a nd Kawasaki 125 pilot Gary Beyer. Beyer did a credi ble job o f h old in g- off 250cc riders Chad Klin gbeil (Han ) and Eug-ene"s Larry Bru mwell (Suz) to ride in third all th e way to th e finis h behi nd wi n ner Bo za rt h a nd seco nd p lace Warr en. Moto two was much like th e first a s Boz arth burn ed th e com pe ti tio n . Bozarth goes q uite well o n a 250 , as hi s com petitio n found o u t whe n h e flat out flew away from Warren , wh o co n tro lled seco nd ah ead o f Beyer. Bozarth had an easy time en roule 10 hi s second I-I ta lly o f lh e da y for lOp cash payoff o ver Warren's 2-2. One of lh e mOSl exci lin g cla sses o f the day was th e l25cc B classes runoffs . The first mo to was a sIan -la-fi n ish duel bel ween N ick Blasdell (S uz) an d Honda rider Tony G raves. The duo wai ted until the last corner 10 de cide th e winne r after passi ng- and repassing co nt in ua ll y throughout the sixlap m oto, Blasdell edged Graves by a wh eel , with Ed Po rt z getting third ahead of Dana And erson (Han) and Scott Adair (Han ). Th e second m o to was a nothe r show o r rnaneu vera bili tv by Ni ck Bla sd ell , whil e Dan Blasdefl pressured from behind. The Blasd ell s went o ne -two 10 th e fini sh , with Po rt z again third ahead o f Gra ves and Anders on. Th e o vera lls sa w N ick Blasdell ( I - I) , Dan Bla sdell (4-2) an d Po rt z (3-3) in th e top three at th e trophy presentation. An Old Timer/ 30-40 A class wa s also a classic, with th e 30-40 pilots leadin g th e way . Mike Holbrook (H o n) pu lled int o th e lead o n th e first lap a nd remai ned in th e same SPOI 10 the fin ish whi le track o pera tor Bob Lea ch (H us) ra n second a ll the way ahead of Ken Kul leso n (Suz ). T he O ld Timer class was wo n by Ch uc k Standeford (H o n) , with th e second ro u nd g-oing- H olbro ok 's way, and h e ca rded a pe rfect I-I tall y to bea t Kul leson , who went 3-2 for seco nd after gell ing- by L each and Da rrell Wilkin s (H a n) . Vohland sweeps Pros at Hungry Valley By John Bethea GORMAN , CA , SEPT. I Tyson Vohland swept all four 125 and 250cc Pro motos at th e Continental Motosport Club's (C MC) Trans-Cal Series Tune U p race a t Hungry Vall ey SVRA today. H is fi rs t o verall victory came in the 125cc class an d he eas ily a ut-distanced eventua l seco nd o vera ll Doug O'Donnell . Dav id Antillion cra sh ed in th e firs t race a nd could o n ly manage a fifth , but ca me ba ck with a vengeance a n d recorded a second 10 Vohland 10 wind up th ird o vera ll . Vohl and faced off aga in st 18 oth er 250cc Pros later and thi s lime held ba ck a second mot o charge from Willie Surratt, who wa s making h is co meba ck from a broken foot su sta ine d at th e CMC Western States Championsh i ps sev eral months a go . Ev en th ough he srill limped noticeably, he wa s a ble to race h a rd en ough 10 co me from n earl y last place in th e First event 10 tak e third . In th e second m oto , aft er a much cleaner start, he still co u ld n ' t ca tch Vohland, even a fter closi ng in during th e final three laps. Tracy O sw ell wa s third overall. Will y Sim ons won bo th 500cc P ro events wit h ease , wh ile Ro bot Rodgers bagged two seconds for the place pos ition . d Ch ris McG ee, who o n ly a week e- rIier go t th e C MC Summer Series champions hi p in the 500cc Inter mediatl's. lOok on last I'car's Tra ns-Ca l 500('(' l nt.crlllcdiate· champ ion An Olivier and wo n th e enco u nter. SCOll Brown is one rider expected 10 do well in the I25cc Inlerm ed ia tes in lh e upcom ing T ra ns-Cal , a nd he showed il by bea ti ng jimmy Lewis a nd jason ·Ne uman . The 250cc Intermedia le class appears 10 be wide-open as lh e day's events showed. Paul Blomqu isl on ly finished fifth i n lh e firsl malO yet sli ll claimed lh e overall when inilial eventw inn er J eff R eynolds co u ld o n ly m an a ge a n eigh th i n th e second rou n d . Tim Whitlock a nd j oh n Garcia fini sh ed seco nd a n d lhird. Res ults 60: 1. Brad Schultz IKawl; 2. J oe H icks IKaw) . BD BEG : 1. Rick Nolte (Suz); 2. Dav id Park er (Va m ); 3 . Andy Crider (Kaw). 80 JR ; 1. Mark Easley (Han); 2. Joel Tokar sky (Kaw) ; 3 . Cole Gress (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Brock Suter (Yam): 2. Ron nie Den sf ord (Kaw) ; 3 . Doug Ho uston (Va m) . 80 EX; 1. Paul V lach (Kawl; 2. M ike Pascarella (Yam); 3 . St even Kota jarui (Ka w) . 125 BEG : 1. Bjorn Lofstrom (Kaw); 2. Neal Taylor (Hon); 3. Ron nie Messner (Kaw) , 125 J R: 1. Jol J am es (Kaw); 2 . David Noel (Kaw ); 3. Ch uck Alm an ((Kaw). 125 INT; 1. Sco tt Brown (Hon); 2. Jimmy Lewis (Kaw); 3 . Ja son Neuman IKaw ). 125 PRO : 1 Tyson Voh land IKaw); 2. Doug O 'Donnell (Kaw); 3. Ter ry Bastard (Kawl. 250 BEG: 1. Mark Hba ir (Suz) ; 2 . Kelley Pate (Yam ); 3 . Joe y Forte (Han). 250 JR: 1. Jol James (Yam); 2. Brian Sweaney (Su zl; 3 . Burt Ulmer (Yam). 250 INT : 1. Pau l Blomquist (Han); 2. Tim Whitlock (Han); 3 . J ohn Garc ia (Han ). 2 50 PRO: 1. Tyson Voh land (Kaw) ; 2. William Surran (Han ); 3 . Tra cv Oswell (Ha n). 500 BEG: I .Tony Thompson (Ma i); 2. Sean M ed ina (Hon), 500 J R: 1. Eric Fle mi n g (Han) ; 2 . Re x W h it e (Kaw); 3 . Chuck Sin acOt'i (Han). 500 INT : 1. Ch ris M cG ee (Kaw); 2. Art Oliv ier (Han); 3 . Tracv Hrach (Han). 500 PRO: 1. W ill y Simo ns (Hon); 2 . Robot Rodger s (Han); 3 . Pet e Hamm (M -S). VET J R: 1. Gr eg M cA voy (Hon); 2. George Baker (Ho n); 3 . Mark Den n i s (Hon). VET MSTR : 1. Richard Sazama (Han); 2. Gar y Dawes (Han). VET INT; 1. Dennis Stubblefield (Han). OT JR ; 1. Ter ry Pratt (Yam). OT INT: 1. Ron Col e (M -S); 2. Har old Wa ddell (Yarn). Davis, Munson win Alaska State MX titles By M .R . Edge A NCH O RAG E, AK, SE PT. 1-2 Scott Da vis added two more Alaska Stat e Motocross Ch ampionship titles to hi s impressive 14 ca reer titles a t th e fifth a nd final ro u nd of th e 1985 Ala ska Sta le Motocr oss Championship series h eld a t An chorage 's Kin cai d Park. Davis look hi s Anc horage Cycle Sal es Yamaha s to overa ll wins in th e 250 a n d 500cc Expert classes o n Sunda y, a nd by doing so clinched th e ch amp io ns h ips in both cla sses a nd sa t o u t Monda y's raci ng. In h is II-year ca ree r, Davis has dominated th e far no rthwest scen e a n d never 10Sl a title defen se or bid. T he main race o n Su nday was for secon d place in th e 250cc Experts. Erik Munson o f Fairbanks was favored to be Dav is' to p challen ge r, but ch a in p roblems kept him o u t of co n ten tion. In stead, Suzuki Motor cycle a n d Marine-sponsored Doug Longwell took th e number two SPOI o ver Kevin ' Schaub on a H artley Motors' Honda. Longwell hail s from Florida and u sed his sand experien ce to good use o n th e Kin caid Park circ u it. Th e 500cc Expert class was a ca kewa lk for Davis wh o led both o f Su nda y's rn oto s from sta rt 10 fini sh . The run ne r-up posi tion went to Da vis' Anchorage Cycle Sa les ' team m ate Jeff MacD onald. With Da vis o n th e side lines wi th h is title sec ured, MacD o n a ld went for Monda y's win . It wasn 't easy th o ug h , as he traded moto wins with Schaub. H o wever, MacD o nal d clai med the overa ll with th e better seco nd malO finish . Jeff Ro skell ey looked to repea t hi s 500cc championship o f la st yea r, but dropped out of both th e 500 and 250cc classes when he rea lized he couldn'lwke firsl. Roskelley concentra led his efforts in lhe 125cc Expert class but al lhe end lost au! to Mun son . Desp i te lhe same cha in p roblems he experienced in th e 250cc Expert class, Mu nson lOok h is Nonhern Po wer Sports ' Suzuki 10 lh e 125cc Expen Sla te Cha mpions hip w ilh a 6-DNF on Su nda y a n d a D N F-l on Monda y. J oe Good, a Suzu ki MOlorcycle an d Ma rine-sporisored RM , used slrong, co ns istent rid ing 10 gra b seco nd place for the series. Roskell ey wo n o n both days bu t o nly wound u p wit h a series th ird. T he closest ra ce of th e year was in the Veteran 's class where Ste ve Corlee and j amie L inxwil er traded p laces lhe emi re series . L inx wi ler won th e series by o nly lWO points . .... .c o -'

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