Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z c o Z II: W :I: > :I: ~ >< > En ~ :I: ll. Dana Bell won the Women's A class at the Whist le Stop Enduro despite burning a check. For Correy, it was his fourth win o f th e season in Scratch main ac tio n a nd he recorde d thi s o ne by h is usu a l eig h t- or nine-len gth margin . Brooks (Pai ntwo rks j awa ) was miffed wh en h e arrived a t th e track a n d found tha t he was o n th e 10. NO!o n Iv di d he vent his a nger by m ak ing the cra tch ma in . bu t h e eas ily look the wi n in th e H andicap main event . Mark Co ker was th e in itia l leader . bu t Brooks quickly replaced h im a t th e point posi tion before th e end of lap o ne. Coker stayed in seco nd until th e fourth la p whe n hi s motor seized . T ha t gave Brooks th e win by a huge -d isra nce over Doug Bower s and Sp ri ngma n . Results SCRA TCH MAIN: 1. Ronn ie Correy (Wes) ; 2. Jeff Johnson (We s); 3. Jeff Springman (Wes); 4 . Mark Brooks (Jaw). HANDICAP: 1. M ark Brooks (Jaw); 2. Doug Bow ers (Jaw); 3. J eff Spr ingman (Wes) : 4 . Jeff Johnson (We s); 5. Mark Coker (W es); 6. Steve Lyons (Jawl. THIRD OIV: 1. Ke nt Bowser (Gdn) ; 2. Bern ie Tusco (Jawl; 3 . Phi l Harmati uk (Jaw); 4 . Kelly Inma n IGdn l: 5. Wa yne Manchester (Jaw); 6. Cra ig Furman (J aw). Faria flies at Ascot South Bay Stadium By Scott D al oisio GARDEN A. CA. OCT. 17 After the severe disappointment of having a cha in break while in th e run n in g for th e U. S. National Cha m p ion sh ip , " Fly- .. 36 in ' Mik e" Faria ca me out th e bi g winner by taki ng his sixth Scra tch m a in event of the season a t Chris Agaj an ia n 's Asco t So u th Bay Stad iu m T h u rsday n igh t. Perform i ng before th e huge crowd and th e cha nnel 56 televi sion ca meras which show spe ed way Mondays a t 10:00 p .m . a nd Saturda ys a t 4:00 p .m.,Fa ria (Shoe i/ O a kley/ T su baki/ A'ME/Scolly's Muffler lTorco lTrak Ma ster T ires / Ka l-G ard / ST P / Wa cy Armst rong/Morgan' s T -Buc ke ts & Things Weslak e) found himself tra ilin g Lance Kin g out of th e ga te. Ermo lenko was o n th e in side a nd passing King o n the ba ck ch u te when Faria squeezed between th c crashwa ll a nd Kin g and eme rged with th e lead. Faria th en cu t down to the pole whil e Erm ol enko took King for seco nd. Ermo len ko tr ied everyt h ing h e kn ew. but was una ble to close on Fa ria . At the same time, Ermolenko was holding ba ck King's determined cha rges for seco nd . Faria co nt in ue d at th e front and took the win by a narrow margin o ver Ermolenko a nd King. "So me time" Bobby Oil, wh o had atch mains, won th e previous two Scr h ad his c1UICh go awa y before th e sta rt o f th e event a nd fini sh ed a di stant fourth. Ri sing sta r G a r y H ick s (M il ne Bros.zScou Goggles Wl'Slak e) received a sho t a t th e big time a nd took full ad van ta ge by winn in g th e H andicap main from th e IO-ya rd lin e. Hicks, a Riv erside High Sch ool stude nt wh o has been rac ing speedway fo r less than six months, is o ne of the brightest sta rs o n th e ci rc u it. H e beat Walt Fa rn um o ff th e line for the lead and was com forta ble a t th e front of the pack wh ile King was charging from th e 50. Kin g took Andy Northrup for thi rd a t th e end of th e th ird circui t. H e th en shot by Farnum for seco nd as th ev rocketed down th e back ch uteon lapth ree. King th en set hi s sig h t on Hicks, wh o h ad a co m ma ndi ng lead. Kin g quick ly began 10 ea t up th e territory as th e white n ag ca rne out. Kin g cl osed dramat icall y o n th e la st lap. but ran out o f time before th e chec kered a nd was forced 10 scu le for seco nd o ne leng th back . Tad Bertrand (Bob Zell er Ra cing / Ancra/ A'ME Godd en ) ca me back fro m a na sty crash in h is h eat ra ce to wi n the Second Division ma in o ver Mark Brooks and Wa rren Reid . Kurt Markham rode fo u r smooth laps aboa rd his jawa to tak e h ome th e Third Di vision hono rs for th e seco nd tim e th is year. Bern ie T usco was seco nd, with R ichard Perk in s th ird . Results SCRATCH MAIN: 1. M ike Faria (W es); 2. Sam Ermo lenko (Wes); 3 . Lance King (W es ); 4 . Bob 0« (Gd n). HANDICAP: 1. Gary Hic ks (Wes); 2. lance King (Wesl; 3. Andy Northrup (We s); 4 . Walt Farnum (J aw) ; 5 . Doug Nicol (Wesl; 6 . Tim McCasland (W esl. SECOND DIV : 1. Tod Bertrand (Gdnl; 2. Mark Brooks (Jaw); 3. Warren Reid (J aw ); 4 . Jimmy Gentil e (We s); 5. Mark Hately (W es); 6 . Kelly Inman (Gdn). THIRD OIV; 1. Kurt Markham (J aw l; 2. Bernie r uscc (J aw); 3 . Richard Perkin s (Jaw); 4. Steve Lyons (Jaw); 5. Kent Bowser (Gdn); 6. John Gr iffiths (Jawl. Bomer breaks tradition at CRC Whistle Stop Enduro By Bill Herndon BARSTOW, CA , OCT. 13 Wh i Ie a c1everl y-d es i g n ed course laid out by [he California Ra cing Club caught more riders burning checks [han any even t in recent memo ry, O pen B rider Mike Bomer hurried h is Husk y in for th e over all win a t th e Whistle Stop Enduro. In doing so, Bomer not o n ly logged the only "zero" o f th e da y, a t 0.59 seco n ds drop ped, but won a n ins ta n t ride to the A class for h is effort. T he Checkpoin ts' Grant Pal en ske, wh ose American H onda-sponsored CR250 su ffered coola nt leaka ge, reco vered to win th e 250cc AA cla ss, and second overal l. While man y other riders, including top riders , burned one or more checks to th e point of disqualification , Pal cn ske rode a con. ser vative race to a 1.63. H e was th e first o f o n ly six "ones ." The second su rp rise of the day was pre- Jfi-year-old Rob Peters, who gunned his KDX200 into third overall, fir st 200A, at I. 76. While 1986 heir-apparent to th e 200cc class Donnie Simone knocked himself o u t o f the Whistl e Stop top 20 by burning the first Special Test checkout, T on y Casaga pick ed up th e pieces for fourth, at 1.91. Due to clapped-out forks on his IT200, Casaga was a near non-starter , but grimly held on fo r both loops. Brian Olsen (H us) , running 250AA. sn agged fifth, a t 1.95 dropped . foll owed by Dean McCo y' s 1.131. Ev ergreen Harry " Beas t" Keast sm o ked the 250AA Senior class, taking hi s Performance Cycl e-sponsored Can-Am to 1.143. Next in , Troy Ra yn or had a lot more peop le scra tch ing th eir heads wh en h e took his Open Four-st roke H onda to a pe rfect seco nd- loop sco re. Both of h is m inutes in hi s 2.76 sco re were dropped on th e fir st loop! Des pi te burnin g c hec k seve n , Granad a Yamaha 's Randy Pretzer turned in a n o utsta nd ing 2. 101 sco re, for first 250A, a nd ninth o vera ll. Conversely, j im Bollingmo was two minu tes late a t check seven, co mi ng up wi th 11th o vera ll a t 2. 117. Loop H ol d ri dge gave up a ll exc uses 10 be in th e 200B cla ss on his new KDX 200. T oday's class win a nd 2.151 sco re won him A class recogn iti on h ereafter. Greg Turk took top 200A Sen io r a t 2. 163, a nd 19th o vera ll, while new co rner- Myron Thorsen brought hi s n ow -obsolete 1985 XR350 H onda hom e fo r a tie. and fir st Open B Fourstro ke. Loop o ne h eaded eas t through th e ro lle rs, a nd turned ri ght parallelling T ownsend Wash at mile o ne. Three m iles o u t, ne a r th e town o f Lenwood, the course veered eas t th rough rolling hills near Barstow. a nd th e checkin to th e da y's fir st Speci al T est at 6.2 m iles. Through as varied terrain as Barstow ca n offer, th e 24-mph test took rid ers p ast two FAA lowers to the checko u t a t 10.2 miles located o n a long downh ill. CRC's revol ving for ma t fo u nd no rese ts th e entire da v, but in stead used free time . . Aft er a five-minute Fr ee, th e 18m ph average took riders o n ly 3.9 m iles before th e n ext well-hidden check - an d th e beginning o f th e seco n d Spe ci al T est. Runnin g th ro u g h som e rocks a n d lot s o f whoops, chec k-o ut ca me a t 17.4 miles. The first loop's last Free, this o ne 10 minutes , came 4.5 miles later near th e Slash-X Cafe. Ribbon-cha sers then headed so u th at high speed down th e HDRA dune buggy course, crossing Hoover Dam's Powerline Road , th en veered wes t toward Stoddard Va lley's low hills at 21 mph. jumping north towards Watkins Peak, speed changed to 30 mph , and loop one's third Special T est ch eck-in came a t 33.4 miles. After testing sand course skills, checko u t ca me at 34.9 miles , followed by a n en ding l2-mph speed "01135.9 miles. The crea tivity of loop o ne wa s a p pare ntly just too much for tradi tional " sa m e o ld thing " end uro rid ers. It was h ilarious for check six pe rso n ne l to wa tch rid ers trials-ri di ng into the 38.3-m ile fin ish , wh en instructio ns clearly sta ted it was both a kn own ch eck (this event ) a nd yo u co u ld a rr ive up to 15 minutes ea rly. A record so far this yea r, loop o ne co n ta i ned three Specials , si x checks, and three tiebreakers. Keeping th e stri ng of surprises unbroken , th e ATVs came o n stron g, with j eff Courts ta ki ng h is Honda to loop o ne overa ll h onors a t 3. 116 d ropped. Udo Webb also rode to seco nd a t 3. 134. First motorcycle was Eric Cooks, who put his Suzuki in third, at 3.171. Fourth-place Craig Flanders won th e 125C-16 class with a 4.62 on his Honda. While th e old man went off to win hi s class, summer brid e Bell y ( Le n n o x) Holdridge gunned her KDX to the B Women win, despite a burnt check which cost her the overall. to 4.100 , and fifth pl ace. . Aft er a 31-minute break, loop two riders found so me th ing else new. rh e sta rt right up the face of Candy Ass Hill. After 2.2 m il es at 12 mph , riders . hit a 36-mph Special tha t featured tight, rocky , narrow trai l, and gnarly, gnarly terrain. And no check-i n . Check seven , a lso the checko u t, found more than Pretzer burning it, as severa l decided to risk it and go in early. A IO-minute Free found refreshed competitors punched intoan 18-mph slow-down zon e, which was not as rocky, but tight a nd whooped-out. Spe ed then bum ped to 2 1-m p h to th e Powerline Road an d up a long gnarly, rock-lined uphill. C riders may have wish ed for a n easy / ha rd way, but th ere wa s n o check for a long way. The next Special T est, a t 23.0 miles, was a rea l teaser: 30-m ph , but makea ble by th e to p riders . Many of those, in cluding Tom Cole a nd Chris Reyes, th o ught th ey were late - a nd burned th e 26.0 mile checko u t. A five-minute Free follo wed . T he cou rse the n headed o ut across o pe n desert "011a slow 18-mph for 3.6 mil es. T oo slo w, accordin g to most ri de rs. But bl ood did sta rt to circ u late at Wild Wash Road, wh er e th e 30.2 mil e spe ed-c ha nge went to 36-m p h a n d th e sixth Specia l o f th e da y. Parall eling 1-15. th ere wa s n o checkin (no place to hide it ), a nd a tiebr eak er check-o ut (no need to hide it ) a t33 .8 mil es. Th e last treat o f th e da y ca me foll owing th e five-minute Fre e: A 12-mph sec tio n to th e 40.2 mile fini sh. It ende d up being a tri ck 10 more than 50 riders, wh o not o n Iv burned th e h ome check, but co rnp le te ly d isqual ifi ed themselv es by being m ore than 15 min u tes ea rly! This, despite exp lici t riding in structions sta ting no field checks aft er 36.6 m il es with a no the r tea ser : " Enjo y!" Grant Pal en ske sa t ta king bets a nd sure enoug h, even top riders lik e Bryar H o lcomb a nd Bruce Bor in g zoomed into ho me chec k di squal ifiers. Results . OVERAll: 1. M ike Bom er (Hus); 2. Gram Palenske (Hon); 3 . Rob Pet ers (Kaw); 4 . Tony Casaga (Kawl; 5 . Br ian Olsen (Hu s); 6. Dean McCoy (KTMI ; 7 . Harry Keast (C-A); 8. Troy Raynor {Honl: 9. Randy Pretzer (Yam ); 10. Jack Labrum (Yam); 11. J im Bolli ngmo (Yam I; 12. Mike Hast ing s(KTM ); 13 . Steve Bebeck (Yam); 14 . John M eurs (Honl; 15 . Mike Lucas (Hus); 16 . Loop Holdridge (Kaw); 17 . SkipCristy(KTM); 18. TIm Stoner (Husl; 19 . Greg Turk (Yam): 20 . Myron Thorsen (Hon); 21 . Eugene Hibbard (Hus). Evans cruise to Vintage win By Michael Green SONOMA, CA. OCT. 6 Ken Evans, on th e Canepasponsored Ex-Dave Troetschler 450 Ducati, pulled off an impressive win during the 10th rou nd o f th e Ca li fo rnia Vintage Ra ein gGroup's (CVRG) Cha m p io ns h ip Vintage Series at Sears Point. Ra in th reaten ed th e race Saturda y night, bu t th e sun appeared o n Sunday , giv ing th e riders a d ry tra ck to race o n . T he event was th e last northern California Vinta ge race for 1985, and most riders hoped to gain muchn eeded points fo r th e cham p io nsh ip. When th e green ca me o u t, Evan s ca me from th e back row to lead th e pack into turn o ne, but drop ped back by turn th ree wh il e missi ng a number o f sh ifts. Once Evans so rted o ut the rig h t-ha nd sh ifter, h e p u lled int o the lead for good . Not fa r behind was a four-pack co ns isting of Fred Mork (250 Aermacchi /MorkRacing), Mike Canepa (250 Du cati ), Mik e Green (250 Ducati/Hap j ones/West Coast British ) and Craig McLean (350 Manx Norton /M cLean R a cing), in that order. Th e group fr eight-trained a ro u nd the 2.5 m il e circ u it, none being able to pass eac h o ther. Finall y McLean took Green while exitin g turn seven, a nd th en took Mork and Canepa through turn II. By lap three, Green al so took Mork in turn II , then got by Canepa half a lap lat er

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