Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.. ~ ~ k l.C") 00 O"l C'J ... v .I:J 0 -' U 0 Ron Dunfee t oo k t he 250cc Ex pe rt w in at the Texas S uperc r os s Final an d was also the runner-up in the 1 25c c Experts. Nati onal cha mpion Colin Ed wa rds took hi s green machine to top pos ilions in three Mini divi sion mo tos, wirming th e Mini Minis a nd Min i Juni o rs a nd pl acing seco n d in M ini Stock , T im Hodes ra n into so me p roblems a lo ng th e way but still mana ged to sweep th e M in i Sen iors a head o f Steve H ester a nd Court nev Walker. R oss Dh a yer p iloted h is Yamaha 10 th ird in th e Min i J un ior s beh ind Joh n Sc h utz . Results M ICRO M INI : 1. Cl in t Latha m (Yam); 2. Spe n cer Tra iner (Vam ); 3. Brant Dickerso n (Yam ). M IN I MIN I: 1. Coli n Edward s IKaw ); 2. Ross Ohave r (Kawl; 3. Rov..ody Flan aga n (Kawl. MI NI BEG: 1. Tr avis M ish ler (Kaw); 2. Ronnie Holl oway IHan); 3. Toby Vasquez (Kaw). M INI STK: 1. Steve Hester (Kaw) ; 2 . Colin Edwards (Kaw l; 3 . Blake Trai ner (Kaw ). MINI JR : 1. Colin Edwards IKa wl; 2. J ohn Sch utz (Hon ); 3. Ross Oha yer (Yam). MINI SR: 1. Tim Hode s {Kaw l; 2. Steve Hester (Kaw); 3 . Courtney Wa lke r (Kaw ). ' 125 BEG : 1. M Ike M itc he ll (Kaw ); 2. A lan HollIn ger (Yam I; 3. Ron n y Fowler (Su z). 250 BEG : 1. Paul Vanl e (Yam); 2. Eric Hoy (Suz ); 3. Tony Gal an (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Ja son A icher (Kaw); 2. Ralp h Gar ay (Han); 3. St eve Br idges (Kaw). 25 0 NOV; 1. Chr is McN eil (Kawl; 2. Steve Hester (Ho n); 3. Arth ur Serrano (Ha n). 125 STK ; 1. Bert Ragl in (Han ); 2. David Campbell (Yam) ; 3. Scan Renick (Kawl. 250 STK : 1. Spurgeon Chapa (Kaw ); 2. Kir k Rysda m (Han ); 3. M i ller B. Walke (Ha n). 125 INT: 1. Dav id Savoie (Kaw) ; 2. Dav id Campbell (Yam ); 3. Bert Raglin (Han) . 250 INT: 1. No rm Meadows (Han); 2. Spurgeon Chapa (Kaw); 3. Do nald Krock (Kaw). OPEN INT; 1. Keith Burnight (Yam); 2. Ronnie Taylor (Han) ; 3 . Jimmy Kollma n (Yam l. OVER 30 : 1. Tim McCaSkill (Yam): 2. MI cha el Light (Han ); 3. W esl ey Varn (Hon ). VET: 1. Tom Vickers (Kawl; 2 . Sm ok ey Jo e (Yam); 3. Lloyd Longmore (Han) . 12 5 EX : 1. Alley Sem ar (Kaw); 2. Ron Du nf ee (Han ); 3. Dal e Stor beck (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Ron Dun fee (Han!; 2 . Ja ime Killion (Suz); 3 . J ack Horner (Ha n). Key clobbers Hills Ferry , By W.H. S pe ncer NEW MA N , CA. AUG. 3 1-S EPT. I It was the a nnua l Labo r Dav weekend short track fest o n the q uarter-m ile dirt oval a t H ills Ferry Racewa y wit h Ma rk Key 34 doubl in g in the 250cc Ex pert class eac h ni ght o n th e Ol ympic Tune- Ip Ya maha. Saturda y night sa w Cra ig H o ward wi n h is first Open Expert sh ow riding fo r Del a n o Hond aYamaha, a nd Bria n McD o well th e wi re-t o-w ire wi nner Su nday n ig h t o n th e Bob 's Aul a Bod y Rotax. Key, kn own far a nd wide as o ne o f th e bett er start ers. kept u p th e right o u tloo k winning both 250cc Expert shows , T o m Carriger and th e Salinas Valley Plumbin g/Alm a Tra nspor t specia l worked ha rd for seco nd o ver Rob Damron 's Daman / Bud Martin Specia l. On Su nda y night. it was . Damron seco nd and it appears that Ca rr ige r will put a wrap o n the number-one bl ack plate. Craig Howard started out in front of the 500cc Expert .sho w ahead o f Brian McDowell, wh o wa s cha sed by two heav y h ill ers. Key and Mi ke Inderbitzen. Howard was never headed in his fir st Expe rt win h ere a nd he sa luted th e crowd properl y. On Sunday night , it took th ree starts to get th e ragged gro up o n g reen . McDowell a nd th e Wocxls-Ro wx were gone w ith a bi g lead a t th e en d whil e Key stayed cl ose earl y o n a nd wa s closely ch ased by Bobby McDowel l a t the checkered fla g . J ak e Zemke to p pe d th e 60cc class o n a KX o ver Mart in Mont es under a Sa tu rday nig h t full moon. Scott Brick er to pped Dirt y Erni e Marrin in th e 80cc cl ass wi th Zemke third o veral l. Youn g Zemke wo u ld repeat in bot h classes o n Sunday night for th e bigges t of wi ns for th e weekend. Kri s Kiser to pped th e field Sat u rday night in 125cc co mpetition. but mos t o f th em disappeared for Su nday n ight lea ving Scott Chappe ll to ps for the big tro p hies . J im my Long ha ndled th e 250cc Novice cho res Sa tu rday ni gh t with a ba ttle amongst Dav e Mosier . J ohnny McG ill a nd Steve Rasmussen. It was pretty much th e sa me on S u n day n ight . a lt h o ugh Mosier destroyed h is engine , as Long doubled o n his Yamaha. Dian Cl ardy had the 250cc Junior win Saturda y n ight o n hi s o ld Honda with J oey Gresh am holding o ff T odd Bridges. but Sunda y n ight wa s a different set of circums ta nces . R ick y Sm ith topped J ami e Ag uilar on th e Kni ght- fra m ed special after much ba sh in g and restarts. Wood ie Rogers took third . Randy Gonzal es shou ld ha ve won a n easy 500cc No vice trophy on Saturday n ig h t, but gav e it aw ay a nd then had to chase Curtis Acosta home for vet another second on Sundav night. Wood y Rogers doubl ed in th e 500cc J u n ior category a nd is onl y a point or so away from a n Expert rank ing. Stan Mo rris returned to th e ra cing scen e fo r seco nd o ver Ra ben Barosa on th e Alma Transpo rt/ K Cycle-tuned Yama ha . Ken Cypria no go t o ff with th e troops o n Sunday ni ght fo r a second with Bacosa o nce a gai n th ir d . Visser cashes in at Emmet t SX By Marty Gregory and Leroy Sm it h EMMETT, 10. AUG . 3 1-SE PT. I Canadian fla sh Steve Visser (Han) ventured south to Idaho for his Labor Da y vaca tion this year and went home some $1300 ~icher a fte r b;;gging three o ut o f four 125 a nd 250cc P ro o vera lls a t th e H iPoint Supercross races. Visser held o ff Joe Wright (H o n) both days to g ra b top gold in th e hotly-contested 250cc rnotos, a nd swa p ped th e Saturdav /Sundav 125cc overall crowns with lo cal ph en om enon Co rey Barton (Ka w), J oe Wright and La rry J acks on (H o n) sp lit wins in the O pe n P ro even ts. Dr aw i ng q ua l i ty rid ers fro m throughou t the Northwest and Cana da with th e lure o f 2400 guaran teed, th e Hi-Pain t-sponsored event paid out over 4000 in a ll to the fast and th e bo ld. O n a track bu ilt inside the horse co urse a t th e Em me tt Fai rgrounds, ove r 200 Ama teurs and P ros sh owed their stu ff to coo-ing a nd a h h h -in g crowds duri ng the two-da y bash. Visser showed style a nd speed on the jump-stre wn supercross circu it despite constan t pr essu re from Wr igh t in the 250ccclass a nd Corey Barton in th e 125s. One of Visser's main problems-to-be, Mark H all (Yam), turn ed h is front wh eel into silly putty u pon la nd ing from o ne o f th e jumps. U n a b le to ge t a re p lare nu -m qui ck eno ug h , Hall 's week end ca me to an a bru p t en d in Saturday' s fir st 250cc Pro mo ta . Anothe r H all . 125cc P ro Eri c Hall. di ced with Visser and Barton both da ys. H al l. fres h from a fi ne show ing on h is hometown Wash ougal track in last weekend's Nati onal ;\IX, was th ird o n th e 125s boih da vs, third 250 o n Sat u rday. bu t was m~ved o u t o f th e chi p s in Su nday 's 250 tes t by th e o ut -o f-retiremen t Ma r k Ol ber din g (S u z). H i-Pa int-sponsored J oe Wrig ht a blv demonstrated h is a hi li ties in the Oren class by ge tting th e better of Larry " Action " J ackso n o n Sun day. In th e o verall Open P ro tall y, it wa s Wright (Ha n ), J im Lyn ga r (Yam) a n d Jackso n (H a n) fo r un da ys d ra ma tic co ncl usion . Pon ca Cir v winner Lowell Tho mso n brought' hi s T eam Kawasa ki 80 to co ntest th e Mini Expert div ision . Thomson bested Am eri can H ondasponsored R ick Simmet a nd hot loc al rider J erry T hom pson (H a n) o n Saturday, but fell to Simmer's Sunday cha rge as the Spokane-based Mini sta r took that dav's o vera ll win. At th e o ther end o f th e' age spectrum , " Blazin" Bob Krah did it to 'e m in th e Vet s cash rac es on both days, Krah (Ka w) went I-I and I-I to demonstrate hi s dominan ce o ver th e field with Ken Bai ley an d Bob Davis winding-up seco nd a nd third respective ly bo th da ys. The Vet trop hy class . saw L&M's big Mike An derso n ( Ka w) snare the o vera ll o n Sa turday but ge t dis placed by Carl's Cycles Ri ck Davey (Ka w) o n Sunday after Anderson took a ha ndleba r in th e bell v in m id -tank slapper o ver th e wh oop s. Results SATU RDAY M ICRO : 1. Dam on Dennett; 2. Gr eg Years ley . MIN I B: 1. Br yan 5 toele; 2. J u sti n De nn ett ; 3 . Sh ane M eredith . WO ME N : 1. Sh errie Chandler. 125 B; 1. John Kipper Jr .: 2. Brandon Offord; 3 . Ric h Hokanson. 250 B: 1. Del mer Slate ; 2. Rob Den nen ; 3. M ike Sawyer. OPEN B: 1. Mike Anderson; 2. J oe Angelo; 3 . Kevin Wright. VET TROPHY: 1. M ike A nderson; 2. Monte Dennett; 3. Hank Mounter. MINI EX : 1. Lowell Thompson; 2. Rick Simmet; 3. Jerry Thompson . 125 PRO: 1. Si eve Visser; 2. Corey Ba rton; 3. Eric Hal l. 25 0 PRO: 1. Steve V isser; 2. Joe Wright; 3. Er ic Hall. O PEN PRO : 1. La rry Jack so n; 2. Bob Davis; 3 . Joe Wrigh t. V ET CASH : 1. Bob Krah; 2. Ken Bailey; 3. Bob Davis. M INI INT: 1. Lane eRudge; 2. Jam es Cyr ; 3. Robert Hayball. 125 INT : 1. Low ell Thomson; 2. Jon Calhoun; 3 . M ike Harris. 250 INT; 1. Sco tt Reim an; 2. Denn is Fitch; 3. Dave Stevens . OPEN INT : 1. Ker ry Carloc k; 2. Bill Kaiser ; 3. Ric k M er edith. SUNDAY M ICRO: 1. Damon Denn en ; 2. Greg Yearsley. WOMEN : 1. Ann Fris k; 2 . Sh err ie Chand le r. MI NI B: 1. Shane M eredit h; 2. Dana N icholl s; 3. Will Kippe r. 125 B: 1. Jo hn Kipper Jr.: 2. Shaun Woods; 3. Brandon Offord. 250 B: 1. Rick Putzier ; 2 . Rob Dennett; 3. Scott Kaske t, O PEN 8 : 1. Joe Angelo; 2. Grant Yearsley; 3. Mike Anderson . VET TROPHY : 1. Rick Dave y; 2. M ike Anderson; 3. Monte Dennen. MINI INT: 1. Lane e Rudge; 2. Brian Steele; 3 . Raben Hayb all . 125 INT: 1. Lowell Tho mson; 2. M ike Harris; 3 . M ike Sudweeks. 250 n INT : 1. Scan Reim al l; 2. Ed Dr e xle r; 3. Dave St even s. OPEN INT: 1. Rick M eredi th; 2. Bi ll Kaiser: 3. Kerry Car loc k. M INI EX: 1. Rick Sim m et; 2. Lowell Tho mson. 12 5 PRO : 1. Corev Bart on; 2. St eve V isser; 3. Ene Hall. 250 PRO: 1. Stev e V isser ; 2. J oe W right; 3. Mark Olberding . OPEN PRO: 1. Joe Wright; 2. J im Ly n gar; 3 . Larry Jackson. V ET CAS H: 1. Bob Kr ah; 2. Ken Ba ile y; 3. Bob Davis. Aseltine, Strong storm Hannegan Championship . By Clay Light BELLINGHA;\I, WA , AUG. 3 1 Canadian racer Steve Aseltine returned La the northwest after a su ccessful AMA Amateur flat track tour and ca me away with a win in th e 250cc Pro main event at Hannegan Speedwa y. Also joining Aseltin e in th e winner 's circle was Kirk Strong . Strong CO lli ro lled th e season from sta rt to fini sh . win n ing th e AMA District 2i tit les in th e 250cc a nd Open classes in quart er -mi le se mi- Pro a ct io n. Strong proved th at cons istency pa ys and ha s won m or e th an a nyone else in recen t yea rs. Tonigh t. Strong was 10 be- den ied a troph y dash win in bo th classes. National number i 8 Don Wilson (C-A) won th e threelap dash over Strong a nd O regon 's Rvan Fisher. In the 250s. it was Aselti ile beari n g Jun iors Randy Roose (Ya m) . Steve Pruczin ski (Yam) and Al Esch w ig (Ha n). In th e 250cc B class. it was T odd Derr in ger (Yarn) . co rni ng ba ck after missin g a few races 10 win th e main event o ver rival teve McCauley (Yam ) a n d Troy Wi ebe. Wi ebe took the flag o n a 100cc Kaw asaki, which just moments earlier had topped the 125cc B main as well over H onda rider J.P. Simonson a n d Kati e Burlingame (Kaw). John Enge lcr ke (H o n) enjoyed su ccess in the Open B main event a fter gunning down h opefu ls Chu ck Chapman ' a n d Yamaha rider Bill Fogg . Chapman a nd Fogg filled th e seco nd a nd th ird positi ons ahead o f a shooto u t in-mid pack between Novi ce J ohnn y Lira (Kaw), Oreg on Amateur Rex Fish er (H -D) a n d Murra y Newm an (R tx). L ir a took the fourth pl ace spot. wh ich did n't overjoy th e Kaw asa ki pi lot , who had enjoyed sem idomi nan ce o f the class along with wi nner Engelecke this season . . T he P rof essio na l classes were the bes t races in th e progra m as well as bei ng two of th e best mai ns a ll year at H a n neg an , Aselti ne p us hed to the h ead o f the class o n h is Yamaha warerpurnper whil e bein g chased by n em esi s R o o se . Prusz ins ki a nd Eschwig . The four p ro ved that th ey a re sorne o f th e fast est 250 riders in the area and rook the firs t four rno nev spots a t th e co m p letio n . followed by a horde of fast Ama teurs led by Yam ah a riders J oe Cha p ma n a nd T erry Kertis. Both an; just a step a wa y from the AMA Pro ranks. Strong had th e Open P ro cla ss titl e in the bag, hut decided to end th e season th e same way he started it. Strong was hounded by a mu chimproved Wil son. wh o , lik e Strong, had a successf u l yea r in AMA P rof essio na l rac ing in Oregon a nd Wa shin gt on , L ocal s Brian :\>lcGoni gan (R tx) and Roose (H -D) follow ed th e du o. T he race co u ld have gone an y way between Strong, Wilson an d ;\fcGonigal, while Roose. winner of

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