Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

the Oregon a n d South Dak ot a Regi ona ls, sett led into fourt h to ma ke up an incredible battle bet ween ma ny of the fastest riders on th e coast. Eschwig, Fi sher, Novice Don Paul (H on) a nd J effrey Seldo n (Hon) made up an im p ress ive line-u p in a top-10 shuffle th at was jo in ed in by a no ther form er Na tion a l nu m ber h ol d er , Darrell Hendrickson (Hon ). In th e end, the ra ce went Strong's way wi th Wilson, R o o s e , Esc hwig, a n d McG onigal in the top five. R yan Fi sh er took sixth ahead of Aselt ine who had hi s sha re of bad lu ck. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Kirk Strong (Hon); 2. Don W ilson (C-A); 3. Randy Roose (H-D). 250 PRO: 1. Steve Aseltine (Yam ); 2. Ch uck Chapman (Yam); 3. Bill Fogg (Yam). 250 B: 1. Todd Derr inger (Yam); 2. Steve McCa uley (Yam); 3. Troy Wiebe (Kaw) . OVER 30 : 1. Squ ire Tomas ie (Hon): 2. Mike Budsch adt ITri); 3. Joh n Engelecke (Hon). 60 A : 1. Brando n Bradshaw (Kawl; 2. Ole Madson (Kaw) . 60 B: 1. Ryan Barclay; 2. Kyl e Ten kley; 3. James Faulkner. 125 B: 1. Troy Wi ebe (Kaw) ; 2. J .P. Sim onson (Han ); 3 . Kat ie Bu rl ingame (Kaw) . 125 A : 1. Shawn Venn ebl es (Yam ). 80 A: 1. Sha ne Budschard; 2. J .P. S imonson. BO B: 1. Ole Madson (Kaw l. Gray, Oliver victorious at Sears Point By Roger Smith SO NO MA, CA, AUG. 18 Rich Ol iver an d SCOl( Grav,two of th e fa stest AFM nonh rider s, have never m et this season on th e same tra ck. But today a t Sears Po int, it seemed th e fans would ge t a cha nce to see th e two local AMA P ro s go head-to-hea d on th eir home track. Oliver sho wed h e wa s in go od form in th e Open Superstreet race. H e and local Am at eur c h a m p io n Denn y Dohert y di sa greed bri efly over j ust wh ere the pole position was, but o nce th e fla g dropped , th ere wa s no d ispute. Oliver shot into th e lead on th e brilliant yellow Kosman Kawasaki a nd was never threat en ed. Dohert v, o n hi s Hannan Machine/Motors West Kawasaki , was threat ened bri efly by Ron Weiland o n yet anothe r Kaw asaki, bu t h e went o n for an ea sy second place finish . Weiland was third. G ra y spe nt the morn in g so n ing ou t th e suspensi o n o n a Boxer- fra m ed ZL Kawasaki p ro vid ed by Eurocycle. The m otor was in Formula trim , so th e o n ly cha nce 10 meet Oliver o n th e track was th e O pen GP race. Bu t it wa s nOl IO be. Whi le Ol iver was ticking o ff I:45 la ps in th e Supers treet race, th e Kosm an mo tor had de veloped an oi l lea k a nd th ey were unable 10 get it repa ired in tim e for th e GP race. Wh en th e green flag dropped o n th e GP race, Dohen y took th e lead , fo llow ed by Ed Woo o n a T Z750. Gray got off 10 a slo w stan from bac k in th e seco nd row but quickly joined th e front-runners and a t th e end o f th e th e first lap. he had moved 10 first place. H e th en ra n off and left Doheny a nd hi s l3-yea r-o ld Kaw asaki in a race- lo ng ba ttle with Woo , on a Yam aha th at was n earl y as o ld. Wo o tried repeatedly to pass, but was unable 10 ho ld a lead for m ore th an a few yards. G ra y wo n by severa l seconds as Doheny held o n 10 seco nd a nd Woo fini sh ed third . T he two veteran machines p roved tha t o ld isn' t necessa rily slow since Woo finished severa l seconds in fron t o f th e fourth pl ace rider. T he Formula Singl es race ha s been a tightl y-fou ght ba ttl e a ll season and contin ues 10 be so . Kurt Sager won th e hol eshot , but when the p ack came aro u nd , th ere were four bik es figh tin g for th e lead . J am es Ler er go t the fro nt wh eel o f his Yamaha a cross th e lin e first , but h e wa s surrou nded by Sager , Mike J o hnso n and th e curre nt cl ass leader , Novice J im J epsen . T he fo ur sorted th em selves out into a freight train of Lerer, J ohnso n,J epsen a nd Sager. T he order held fo r half th e race, then J ep sen s uccum bed to Sager 's superior horsepower. At th e same time, J ohn son made his move o n Lerer. J epsen fell o ff th e pace , as Lerer an d J ohnson ra ced wh eel-towhee l. J ohnson gained a few feet o n Lerer eac h lap a nd on th e la st circu i t . when Lerer a ttem p ted 10 pa ss J ohnso n in turn 10, Lerer crashed , spraying din, deb ris and m ot orcycle pans o n th e track and bringing ou t the red flag . Lerer was uninjured, an d sin ce he was in seco nd o n th e last lap co m p leted, he was awarded th e second pl a ce tro phy. J ohn son took th e wi n, Sager was th ird . AT FAUL KVILLE, A K R E AS E K RW GOODFOR 1 LAPS. 0 Smith scores win e U) 00 - O"l ~ c-r ..... V ..D 0 ......, U 0 Thetrouble with racing aKerker equippedbikeis thatyoue ndup riding farther than the competition. Take Team Cycle Performance for example. At the Faulkville WERA 6-Hour National, they bolted on our new FZ750 4-into-2-into-1 slJeet system and ended up running 10 laps more than the closest competitor That put them about 20minutes ahead ofmore e xpensive machines outfitted with pure racing exhausts. Results OPEN GP: 1: Scott Gray (Kaw ); 2. Denn y Doherty (Kaw); 3 . Ed Woo (Yam). F-l : 1. V inc e Costa (Kaw); 2. Chr is Ma st (Yam); 3. Todd Hutch ings (Honl . F-2; 1. Mark Sm ith (Yam ); 2. Tom Chew (Yam); 3. Dav e A very (Yam). F-4 : 1. Allan Scott (Yam); 2. TerryYarger(Ya m); 3. Chris Hughs (Han I. F-S : 1. M ike J ohnson (Suz); 2. Ja m es Le re r (Yam); 3 . Kurt Sager (Yam). F·T750: 1. Stev e W ickland (Hon); 2. Erick Swa rtz f ig ure (Nor); 3 . M ark W ise nd anger (Nor ). F-T OPEN: 1. Bud Riddl e (Yam); 2. Pau l Vogle (H·D); 3 . Richard Key (BMW). OPEN 55: 1. Rich Oliver (Kaw ); 2. Denn y Do hert y (Kaw l; 3 . Ron W eil and (Kawl. 750 55: 1. Vin ce Cost. (Kawl; 2. Gr ay Rieger (Kaw); 3 . Todd Hut ch ing s (Hon). 600 55: 1. Tom Ag uino (Yaml; 2. Kurt Sager (Yam); 3 . Nik Steven s (Kaw). 45055: 1. Paul Van Zuyle (Yam); 2. Tom Chew (Yam); 3 . J on Hill (Yam). OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Cra ig Seher (Kaw l; 2. M ike Johnson (Yam) ; 3. Milo Gold seger (Yam ). 750 MOD PROD: 1. Marshall Palmer (Kaw ); 2. Par Ryan (Suz); 3. Guy Out land (Kaw ). 600 MOD PROD: 1. Jim Jepsen (Yaml : 2. Tom Agu ino (Yam l; 3. Robert Sells (Suz). 4 50 MOD PROD: 1. Ken Evan (Yam ); 2. Steve Wi ckland (Hon); 3. Jeff Hatf ield (Yam ). 250 MOD PROD: 1. Greg Overma n (C-A); 2. Dave Muller (C-A); 3. Mark Hansen (C-A). OPEN STK PROD: 1. Scott Gray (Yam); 2. Rick liukkonen (Yam) ; 3. Craig Seher (Kaw). 750 STK PROD: 1. Rich Oli ver (Yam ): 2. Marshall Palmer (Kaw l; 3 . Shawn Leopo ld (Yam ). 600 STK PROD: 1. Jim Jepson (Yam); 2. Tom Agu ino (Yam); 3 . Robert Sell s (Suzj. 450 STK PROD: 1. Jeff Hatf ield (Yam ); 2. Ray Carson (Yaml; 3 . Tom Be isheim (Yam ). YAM RZ SERIES: 1. Paul Van Zuyl e (Yam); 2. Jon Hill (Yaml; 3. Larry Du nnogen (Yam). OVER 40: 1. A rt Chambers (Duc); 2. Bud Riddl e (Yam): 3 . Charles Logan (Kaw ). VINTAGE: 1. Dave Wa lden (Tri); 2. Dave Freet schier (Du c); 3. M ike Green IDuc). ~ • " W hichjust goes to showyouexactlywhat we've always toldyou: Kerk Kicks Ass. er For furthe inf rmationand he w r o lp ithyour application, contact: Kericer 7900 Deering A venue Canoga Park, Califomia 91 304 818-999-3060 800-423-5246 Outside CA B00-382·3689 Inside Ca • Motocrossers andStreetRacers ~l~~ has Your Pro look _ _ __ -=::,:d,:: a n=. Needs at Ra dical Prices .!! at Sacramento By Nuklear Neukam SACRAME~TO, CA, AUG . 16 G a rv Sm ith sco red th e o vera ll victory tonight at th e stad ium m oto cro ss races in th e Mot obowl a t Sacra m en to Racewa y Park . Ca l-Expo was kickin g o ff its two -week run , a nd rider turnout was strong. Sm it h, a boa rd a 250cc H onda, ba ttled wit h H o nda C R l 25-mounted Ku rt J orgensen and big- bore Honda rider Dave Woods. 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