Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

the fir st mota, with Rogers right on his tail. After a battle throughout the ent ire ra ce, Catlett took th e win , followed by Rogers and Bobby Atkinson. In th e seco nd rnot o , Rogers took th e lead with Ca tlett o n h is ta il. Rogers went o n to win th e rnot o a nd ca pture th e overa ll. Catlett took second overall a head of Atkinson . Jim Vaughn (Kaw) h ol esh ot th e fir st O pen class m oro wi th Kris H en der son in hot pursu it. T he two pu lled away from th e pack a nd batt led it ou t with Vaughn pl acing fir st in bo th rnotos. T im Bro omfield led a la rge Beginner class o rr the line wh ile Mik e Dve followed in seco n d. Less Ca leb started o u t sixt h, but q uickly moved u p to th ird wh ere he began 10 pressur e Dye. After p assin g Dye, Ca leb p us hed past Bro omfield o n the last la p to tak e the win . Cale b a lso won th e second m ot o to captu re th e overa ll victory. Va ugh n sn a red the h o k-shot in rhe money race, b u t wa s qu ick ly passed by Mik e H am m el , who pu lled way a head o f th e pack to win eas ily; Vau ghn h eld second ove r La nce Norich. H amm er a lso won the seco n d mo ta in mu ch th e sa me fas h io n , finishing wa y a head o f Vaug h n . Results TIN Y M INI: 1. El i Sl ater (Yam) : 2. Bu ck Ea sterl y (Yam); 3 . Zac Slater (Yam ). M INI BEG : 1. Brent Brown (Kaw). MINIINT: 1. Jo hn M eyers (Kaw) . BEG : 1. Less Cal eb (Kaw ); 2. Mi ke Dye (Ha n); 3. Tim Broomfield (Suz l. 125 NOV: 1. Ross Sta nba ug h (Han); 2. Ja ck . Delay (Suz) ; 3 . Hershel Sh ip l ey (Ka wl. 125 AM : 1. Lance Norick (Kaw) ; 2. Steve Denn is (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Tru itt Rogers (Su zl; 2. Rich ard Cat len (Suzl: 3 . BobbV Atkinson (Su z). O PEN: 1. Jim Vaughn (Kaw); 2 . Kr is Henders on (Yam ); 3 . Ray Hess (M-S ). M ONEY : 1. Mike Hammer (Han); 2. J im Va ughn (Kaw); 3 . Lance Norich (Kaw). Newell nabs Colorado state title By Larry Johnson PU EBL O , CO, SEPT. 16 Terry Kyle (Vic ke r y Motorspans/Yamaha Support/Yam ) wo n the battle today at the Sports Ri der Association of Co lorado's P ueblo MX , but Dave Newell (Four Seas ons Sports Center l Team Green /Kaw ) won the wa r. Kyle won bo th Open P ro motos, but New ell 's seco nd overall seal ed the sta te title with two events rema i n ing . New ell looked 10 be o ff 10 an oth er big day in rno to o ne , but on lap three h e bailed and remounted sixth . Kyle. meanwhile, was moving through th e pack a fte r a bad sta rt, a nd never stopped un til he was in th e lead ahead o f Jim Th ompson (H us) a nd New ell , wh o had regrouped to th ird. Kyle led a ll th e way in ro u nd two . as New ell was happy to ta ke seco n d an d celebra te hi s champio ns hi p . Jim Mit ch ell (Hon) kep t u p hi s win n ing ways in th e 250cc Pro s eve n thou gh h e won neith er rnoro , Kyle passed Mitch ell in th e lat e going o f ro u n d o ne for th e win. Chris Sundstro m (Han) led rnor o two from sta rt to finish as Mit ch ell h eld Kyle a t bay th e wh ol e wa y, edgi ng hi m for th e overa ll an d i ncreasi ng h is lea d in th e clos est of th e titl e races. Monty Kyle (Vickery Mot or sportsl Yam ), wh o has th e Vet Expe rt titl e a ll but wrapped up , was unable to win today. He led a ll th e wa y in m o to one ahe ad of Mark Po indext er (Yam) an d Dan Greenwood (Yam), but aft er lead in g h alf o f moto two , cra she d a nd fini sh ed rhird beh ind Poindexter and Greenwood. This gave Poindext er th e o verall ahead o f Kyle. Gen e Lucas (H a n) went Hag-to-flag for a fir st moto win over Dav id Rockwell (H on) and Rick Kremer (Ya m) in th e Vet Amateurs. How ev er, Kremer led all th e way in round two, ~ earning the overall a head o f "Lucas and Rockwell. The latter two diced for third most o f th e ra ce behind Ben Slat er (Suz). In th e Women's class, Brenda Gi lli spi e (Yam) led .rnoto o ne unt il th e last lap whe n Sh ari Bard (Yam ) got by to tak e th e victory. Tami Bledsoe (Ya m ) was a di stant th ird . G ill ispie took o ff in ro und two and never looked back . Bled soe and Bard ba ttled th e whol e race for seco nd, with Bled soe prevai li ng . Gill isp ie won th e overa ll a head of Bard and Bled soe . I l .!') 00 ~ ...... sc ...... ~ Results -~ 60 NOV : 1. Rick Applebaum (Kaw). 60 AM : 1. Shawn Morgan (Kaw). BO NOV: 1. Shawn Morgan (Yam ); 2. Troy Bombard ier (Yam); 3 . Mi ke Anderson (Ka w). BO AM : 1. John W r ight (Kaw ); 2. Dou g Gregg (Kaw ); 3. George Peasley (Su z). 250 NOV: 1. Rand y Downi ng (Yam ); 2. Ken Hahn (Ho n l; 3. Br et Schwartzkopf (Han). 250 AM : 1. Keith Cerjan (Kaw); 2. Do n Pau lo vic h (Han); 3. Dan iel Walters (Yam ). 25 0 PRO: 1. J im M itchell (Han ); 2. Terry Kyl e (Yam); 3. Tim Buchli (Yam) . OPEN NOV: 1. Dav id Wilson (Han ); 2. Gary Allen (Han ); 3 . Tracy Schaus (Han ). OPEN AM : 1. Br uce Field (Han); 2 . Thomas Drake (Han); 3 . Robert Coutts (KTM). OPEN PRO: 1. Terry Kyl e (Yam) ; 2. Dave New ell (Kawl: 3. Bob Ha nrahan (Ha n). VET NOV: 1. Doug Kelly(Yam); 2. Mark Call (Su z); 3 . Mark Anderson (Yam) . VET AM : 1. Rick Kremer (Yam ); 2. Gen e Lucas (Han): 3. David Rockw ell (Han) . VET EX: 1. Mark Poind ext er (Yam); 2 . Mont y Kyl e (Yam) ; 3. Dan Greenwood (Yam ). SR NOV : 1. George Chapman (Han I. SR AM : 1. David Rockwe ll (Han I. SR EX: 1. Byron Wolf (Han). WOMEN : 1. Brenda Gillespie (Yam) . Warren wraps up Colorado SX title By Larry Johnson G REEL E Y, CO . S EPT. 20 At th e Iinal round of th e fiverace Sports R iders Associ ation o f Col orado /Pepsi /KUAD Supercross Seri es in Greeley, Rand y Warren (Ya m) was th e 250cc P ro class cha m p io n a nd th e on ly rider 10 success fu lly def end hi s titl e. Warren went in Ira ilingTerry Kyle (Ya m) by one point, but a seco nd pl a ce fini sh behind Jim Mi tch ell ( Hon) seal ed th e cha m p ions h ip in a prot est -m arred main. T im Bu chli (Yam ) co u ld o nly ma nage a fifthp la ce finish, but h ad enough o f a points lea d 10 claim th e 125cc Pro cha m p ionsh ip . Andy Atkins (Yam) entered th e race tied for first wit h Bill Perr iIOn (Kaw), and a perf ect I- I tall y Ra ve AIkins the 80cc Expert cro wn . In th e 250cc Pro he at, Dave New ell (Kaw) gra bbed th e holesh ot, with Warren in fourth ahead o f Kyle. By lap th ree, Warren was in seco nd an d fa r o ff Newell's pace. Mike Knupp (Ya m ), in hi s first race th is year, wa s o n th e mo ve in fourth behind Kyle. New ell wo n th e four-lap qualifi er a head of Warren a nd Knupp, who d ropped Kyle 10 fourth on th e la st lap. Mitchell a lso led hi s heat fro m fl a ~ 10 flag , whi le Sou th Dak otan Bill Stork (Hon) pressed early before la din g at th e end. When th e pack exited turn o ne of the ma in , M itche ll was o u t fro nt, tra iled hy Warr en , S tork a nd Kyle. By la p two o f the eig h t-lap race, Mi tchell wa s in co m man d wi th Wa rr en hold in g ha ck S to rk a nd a fas t-charging Ne well. wh o had gated seventh . Meanwh ile , Knupp was pi cking o ff riders a nd reach ed fifth after pa ssin g Kyle. On the next ci rcui t, Newell wa s in thi rd a nd Kyle was ge tti ng pres'su re from ano ther South Dak otan , Dave Molder (Yam), for sixth . Posi tions up fro nt held during th e next two ro u nd s, hut Mo ld er had passed Kyle fo r sixth. With two laps rema in ing, th e leaders were having ser ious p roblems with lapped riders. Mit che ll was darting back a nd fort h through th e maz e, but hi s pursu ers were losing ground as th ey di ced with eac h other. Knupp, however, .'- IJ.) ..0 0 .... U 0 .-' Randy Warren (2 ) beat Terry Kyle (3 ) to take the 250cc Pro t itle i n the SRA's Colorado State Supercross Championship at Greeley . used th e lappers 10 reach second, a nd Sto rk repassed Newell for fourth. On th e last lap, M itch ell was co m fo rt a bly in front , with Knu p p in seco n d a head o f Warren and Stork. H owever, a bail ie for fifth was developin g a mong New ell , Molder a nd Kyle. Newell h eld o n , but Kyle sn uc k under Molder a t th e fini sh line during a yellow flag . Aft er a pa ir o f p rotests, Knupp rece ived a o ne- lap penalt y an d Molder was a wa rde d six th o ver Kyle. The offi cial finish was Mitche ll, Warren . S tork, N ewell,Molder an d Kyle. No qualifying wa s necessa ry in th e 80cc Expert cla ss with o n ly 15 rid ers a nd a 24-bike gate. The two co n tend ers, Atkins and Per ri ton , jammed 10 the fron t short ly in to la p one. On th e second circu it, Perri Ion ba nged in side Atkins putting him on th e g ro u nd. H e remou nt ed five seco nds off Perriton 's pace and just ah ead of Jared Ramsour (Kaw) . On th e n ext lap, Perri ton ho p ped a berm and h igh sid ed, a llo wing Atkins to scoot ba ck into th e lead, Perri IOn desp erat ely tri ed 10 ca tch up, but hi s effo rts o n ly led 10 numerous mi stak es o n th e technical co urse. Although he sli pped fu rt her o ff Atkin 's p ace. he sti ll finished seco nd a hea d o f Ramso u r. With everyth ing o n th e line as roun d two co m me nced, Atkins was up to th e task . He nailed the hol eshot a head of Perri ton and Ra m sou r. Perriton bo bbled in the deep whoops a fter the firs t tu rn a nd Ramsour look ove r seco nd. Ramso u r took the lea d a b it lat er , a n d th e threesome went fender -to-fender for the next IWOlap s. T he n Ramsour lost co n tro l after the dou bles, a llow ing Arkin gs 10 reta ke the lea d . How ever, th e th reesome stayed close as they approached the doubles again . Perri IOn passed Ramso ur in mid -air, but wh en rhe v dove in to th e sharp left-b an der afler th e jump, Ramsour crowded in sid e la kin g th em both o u t. Thi s lef t AIkin s free to cr u ise hom e 10 a n easy win, wh ile Ramseur rem ount ed in second wh ere he fini shed ah ead o f Per ri IOn . Results 250 PRO: 1. Ji m M itchel/CHon); 2. Randy Warren (Yam); 3. Bi ll Stork (Ho n l. 125 PRO: t , Lee Vern Berry (Kaw); 2. Mark Flesia (Kaw); 3 . Brant McCoy (Yam ). 80 EX : 1. Andy Atkins (Yam ); 2. Jared Ramsour (Kawl; 3 . Bill Perriton (Ka w) . 250 AM ; 1. David Bu rke (Ha n); 2. W es McClure (Yam); 3. Br yan Decker (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Jared Ram sour (Kaw) ; 2. Cory Per· riton (Kaw); 3. Boyd Chamber s (Han). BO AM : 1 . A I Strope (Yam); 2 . J u st in Hugh es (Kaw ); 3 . Chu ck Jense n (Kaw) . 250 NOV: 1. Ken Hahn (Han); 2. Chaney W ebber (Suz): 3 . John M erwin (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Pat Ke ane (Han); 2 . Bu dd y Lazier (Han); 3. Bob Dav is (Han). BO NOV : 1. Da n Langston (Ka w) : 2. De s Pi ih l (Kawl; 3 . Jeff Dr es se l (Han) . Parry snatches Snapping Turtle win By Ed Weinberg STODDARD VALLE Y, CA, SE PT. 15 Ken n y P a r r y won the AllTerrain Raci ng Associa tion's .T hird Annua l Sn apping Turtle Desert m eet a t St oddard Vall ey. Approxim atel y 52 ra cers showed for th e program , co ns isting o f a 40-m ile run for the Beginners a nd a 60-mile ra ce fo r Novi ce o r be tter over th e 20-mile co urse. J ohn Bra asch led the field by nearly three minutes on his 125cc Kawasaki , bu t a t th e 40-mi le mark Braa sch popp ed a front tire a nd took a short cu t back to th e pits to record a DNF. With th e re tirem en t of Bra a sch, Gran ad a Yam ah a Expert Parr y ass umed th e lead that he held to th e checkered Ilag . Open Expert rider Larki n Wight, run n in g Al Baker's R&D H onda , battled Kawasa ki Expert ride r J ohn Rudder for ove r 40 miles before laking o ver seco nd p lace. Rudder hu ng o n for th ir d w ith Brian H arris ra ki n g fo u rt h on th e Ma lcolm Sm ith O pen H onda entry. G uy Kib be. w ho n ever ra n worse tha n seven th, took th e C ycle Sh op machi ne to six th o vera ll a n d th e first 125cc Expert troph y. I n t h e Beginn er ra nk s , Open Yam aha rid er G eorge Pennington pull ed a ca r bo n co py o f th e run put in by Baasch . except he avo ided th e roc k that flatten ed Braasch 's tir e a nd too k th e checkered flag going awa y. B&B Cycle rider J eff So lee put th e bo ot to a stu bbo rn H onda 12 times before it would fir e, but recorded fourth o vera ll at the seven -mi le fir st 37 .

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