Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

tra ck a nd pulled a way from Bault a nd Milli gan for th e w in . T he seco nd mot o was a no ther O lson/Bault d uel , but Bault began to tire (after ea rl ier top p in g the Quad races) a nd left O lso n with a I- I pa yoff a head o f Ba ul t (2-2), Milli ga n (3-3) a nd Wood ley, wh o was to ps in the 125s with h is fini shes a hea d o f Beyer. Not r's d ay didn 't end wi th h is I-I win s in th e 125cc C class. No tt a lso to p ped the 250cc C class with im pressive mot o sweeps o n h is Ka wa sa ki. In th e first moto, it was Nott lead in g Gram's Pass ride r R ich Wo rd (H o n) a nd Ba rry Wrig h t (Ho n ) to th e checkers. Th e o rder was th e sa me in the - second mo to, wh ich mad e up th e to p three in th e o vera lls . Results PRO: 1. Kenn y Olson (Yam); 2. Rick Bau lt (Han); 3. Ron M ill igan (Hon). OPEN B: 1. M ike Bur ke (Hon ); 2. Dana Han sen (Han); 3. Doug Eckelm an (Yam). 250 B: 1. Tony Grave s (Hon); 2. Steve Nelson (SUl); 3 . Rob Annen (Kaw! . 125 B: 1. Curt Cunn ingham (Kaw!; 2. Tony Graves (Hon); 3 . Doug Eckelman (Yam ). 80 B: 1. Ryan Huffm an (Yam ); 2. Brian St eel e (Kawl; 3, Chu ck ie St and eford (Han) . 60 B: 1. Travis Berr y (Kaw ). OPEN C: 1. Joey Reynard (Han); 2. Todd Phibb s (Kaw): 3. Rob Carl son (Hon). 250 C: 1. Mike Nott(Kaw); 2. Kyle Brook s (Hon! ; 3. Todd Alter (Han!. 125 C: 1. Mike Nott (Kaw ); 2. Rich W ord (Hon !; 3. La rr y Wright (Ho n ). 80 C: 1. Trav is Berry (Kaw); 2. Jo ie DePew (Han); 3. Jason Mathews (Kawl . 60 C: 1. Jam ie Cook (Han): 2. Roby Leach (Han ); 3. Joe Don Ireland (Hon). OT: 1. Cha rlie Standefo rd (Ha n); 2. Gary Highland (Han); 3. Steve Age e (Yam). 80 A : 1. Jeff Daily (Kaw! . Schwartz claims victory at Carlsbad By Kathy Nemecek CARLSBAD, CA, ocr. 20 Yamah a pilot Ti Schwartz scored two moto wins for the overall in th e 250cc Pro class today at Carlsbad Raceway. During the first rnot o 's actio n o f th e co m bined Pro a nd Intermediate classes, Dave Kropkin lead th e 250cc Pro's o u t of th e ga te but cou ld not h old o ff th e hard -ch arging Schwartz, wh o quickl y roc keted in to first place a nd took a com ma nd in g lead over th e rest of the pa ck . Robbie No lin 's smooth riding netted him second place, while Kropkin rounded out the top three. In th e second moto, Sch wartz repea ted his br illiant pe rformance to tak e th e top honors. Nolin a nd Kro pkin cha n ged positions in th e seco nd moto, resulting in a seco nd place overa ll for Kropkin and a third- pl ace fini sh fo r Nolin. : Some good riding was al so seen in th e 125cc Pro ra n ks by Yamaha mounted Doug Dubach . After a bad start in the first rnot o , Dubach ca me ba ck with a ven geance a nd quick ly moved th ro ug h th e pa ck to cha lle nge Sch wartz for th e overall P ro lead. Dubach , h owever , co uld n ot manage to o verta ke Schwa rtz a nd sett led for a first-place win in th e I25cc di vision. A better start in the seco nd mot o still co u ld n ot ass u re Dubach th e overa ll Pro vict ory as Schwartz managed to hold off the challe n ge for 12 laps. Dubach 's efforts did net him th e I25cc Pro class vict o ry with S uzuki rider Danny Almon fin ish in g in second. After two h otly co n tested mot os, M-Star ride r Peter Murray won th e o vera ll in th e O pen Pro cla ss. Robot R od ger s fin ish ed th e da y 2-2 for seco n d and J oe Stern , wh o went wheel-to-wh eel in both mot os with Rodgers, rounded out the fastest th ree. In 250cc Intermediate first-moto a ction, Kevin Ca rro ll took th e h ol esho t bu t surrendered th e first spo t to J eff H en sley. Hen sley p roved 10 be a d om inant for ce a nd soo n esta blished a co m ma nd ing lead with Carroll a nd Bobby Bald win ro u nd ing o u t the top three. Hensley cli nched a nothe r victory in the seco nd moto for a first p lace overa ll victory. Ca rroll hung o n for seco nd ove ra ll a nd Bald win ma na ged a thi rd . In o ne o f the larger classes of th e day, th e 2S0cc J un io r contest, Ed Wo lleso n gra bbed a Iirst-rnoro h oleshot wi th Marcu s Wa sh ing lOn a nd Mich ael Edw a rds trailing. A secondlap pa ss on the Carl sbad uph ill moved Ed wa rds into second p lace and wi thin stri king di stance fo r first. Edwards a nd Woll eson diced u ntil th e fifth lap when Ed wards took the lea d and finish ed in first p lace. Woll eson hu ng o n fo r secon d a nd Wash in gto n captured third . Wo lleson aga in led o ut of th e gate a t the sta rt o f the seco nd mo to . Wa sh ing to n a nd Edwards were again ba ttling for seco nd an d sta yin g withi n s tri ki ng d is tan ce o f Woll eson. A th ird -lap pass by Edw ards ca tapu lted h im into the lead , with Woll eso n a nd Wa sh in g ton sq uabbling for second . Edward s a ppeared to be on his wa y to a n easy victo ry, b u t a sp ill o n th e six th la p kn ocked him down to third pl ace. Woll eson ended up cap tu ring th e o vera ll victo ry by virtue o f hi s 2- 1 mo t? sco res. Ed wa rds ended u p sa lvag ltlg seco n d with Washingt on hanging on for third. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Murray (M · S): 2. Robot Rodgers (Han); 3. Joe Stern (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Ti Schwanz (Yam): 2. Dave Kropkin (SUl ); 3. Robbie Nolin (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Yam); 2. Danny Almond (SUl ). OPEN INT: 1. Timo thy Regrut (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Jeff Hensley (Han); 2. Kevin Carroll (Han); 3. Bobby Baldwin (Yam). OPEN JR: 1. Bill Sipe s (Han): 2. Randy Schmidt (Han). 25OJR : 1. EdWalleson (Kawt. 2. Michael Edwards (Su z); 3. Marcus Washington (Yam) . 125 JR: 1. Rob Ralph (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Joe Bushman (Han); 2. Steve Kr ies (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Todd Browne (Han); 2. Bob Laughl in (Han); 3. Bob MaNey (SUl) . 125 BEG: 1. Bob Wolleson (Han); 2. Mark lamphere (Hon); 3. Ted Zeolia (Honl. OT MSTR: 1. Bob Torten (SUl ). VET MSTR: 1. Frank Thomason (Kaw ). VET JR: 1. Steve Larsen (Han). MINI: 1. Rob Molt (SUl) . Goodfellow captures titles at WMRRA Can-Am finals By Bruce Scholten KENT, WA, ocr. 20 Gary Goodfellow wrapped up se a so n championships in Superbike and 750cc Production classes at the final round o f th e Wash in gt on Road Racing Association 's Ca n-Am Seri es tod a y in Kent, Wash in gt on. T he Vancouver Su zuki manager em erged from rac ing retirement to hi s best season ever, a board GS XR750 Su zuk is. Despite stro n g cha lle nges fro m Steve Crevier o n a new five-valve FZ750 Yamaha , G oodfell ow held fellow Canadians Crevi er a nd Ni ck Defago (GSXR750) 10 seco n d a nd third in th e 750cc Prod uction fina l. G o odfellow, who p robabl y h a s more GSXR750 ex perien ce than a n yo ne els e in th e northwest , won th e dampish morn in g qual ifier a head o f two-tim e Canadian Superbike cha mp ion Steve Dick a nd Steve Littlejohn (FZ750). In the 10-lap fin al , G oodfellow gra bbed a custo mary hol esh ot , but the GSXRs of Dick a nd Tom Walther wer e immediatel y vying for th e lead. Littlejohn joined in o n the actio n but Litt lejohn a n d Walther faded to third an d fourth. From th en o n , it wa s neck a nd neck fo r Dick a nd G ood fellow. Every lap they wo u ld en ter tu rn five o f the ch ica ne a t 120 m p h , lea ned o ver , scra p ing pa int of f th eir fa iri n gs a nd slidi ng th eir r ear ti res fa r sideways . Dick led a t midrace, but G oodfellow wa s firs t to the whi te flag. It wa s Dick's la st cha nce a s G ood fellow g ua rded a sca nt lead ~ ~ ~ , r- .... Q.) ..0 8 Q.) Ga ry Goodfe llow (9 9 ) wrapped up the Superbike and 750cc Production cla ss cha mpions hips at t he W RRA Can-Am Series f inal. of a half bikel en gth. Once aga in , th ey slith ered into th e ch ica ne, wh ere Goodfell ow sudde n ly slid too far. H e had to straigh ten up to save it, a nd sho t o ff the track a t 120 mph. H e MX- ed it a ll th e wa y to turn seven where he re-entered th e cou rse a nd secon ds lat er took secon d behind Dick 's Suzuki. In Formula One points, Goodfello w was in th e top 10, but today he was undone by o ne o f h is Vancouver S uzu ki em p lo yees: Walther. Walther p ressed Goodfell ow very hard in the ea rly laps a n d soon took th e lead. Stephen Sipes, a good bet for Rookie of th e Yea r, p u t in a good ride o n the Brothers Honda RS250, usu ally ridden by Mil es Bal dwin . Sipes worked h is wa y up to thi rd and was lookin g upwardl y mobile wh en he crashed unhurt in tu rn nine. The two Suzuki p ilots got amazin g dri ves out of turn 10, a nd th e lightweight wonders hit such hi gh top speeds th at they turned th e long fro nt straight into one gi ant sweepe r. Yamaha-mounted L ittlejohn won the morn ing qual ifi er ahead of TZ250 r a c er Mik e Ken yon a n d WMRRA Number One plate holder J oe Davi s. But in th e fin al , Davi s turned the tabl es a nd beat th em to th ird pl ace, not far behind the leaders. Goodfell ow seem ed to have th e race in hand, but o n th e last lap, Walther got uppity a n d passed hi s boss in th e turn nine sweeper for a n exciting win. Highlight o f th e da y wa s th e Food Bank 50. Co ntribu ting a ca n of food saved specta to rs $1.00 o ff adm iss ion, a nd racers co u ld rid e three trophy cla sses for th e p rice of two if th ey gav e th e same. An added attracti on wa s increased len gth - th e race went 23 laps. With the Ca n-Am 600cc cha m p ionsh ip still in di spute RZ 3S0 screa me r St eve Crevier led Bruce Behal's GPZ550based Kawa saki by just 14 poi nts. Perrie T u rner still had a good hold o n third pl a ce. Spoka ne's Eri c Gi nn put them a ll a way during the morning h eat race, whil e Motorcycl e Works' Bruce Behal took second a head o f Nick Defago, Doug Renfrow , Davis a nd Scott Moon. Crevier did n o t fini sh . Wh en time ca me for th e big fin al , 23 bikes leaped a t the gree n, a n d aga in it was Ginn - winner a t Brainerd a nd seco n d a t Laguna Seca , leading on his "Healthful Living" Ducati 600cc Pantah. Five bik es fought fo r th e lead a nd a t o ne tim e Beh al held it bri efl y. By lap six, G in n had th e lead back in h is grasp, but event ua ll y cra she d w h ile ove rta k ing a ba ck marker a nd late sta rter Ren frow in turn nine. " I wa s goi ng to pass th em o n th e ins ide," sa id G inn, " bu t a ll of a sudden, they tig ht en ed up their li ne, a nd I lost it when I tr ied to cu t in even tighter. " Wit h Ginn o u t, the > o Z race was a free-for-all un til rain fin all y sp rin kled o n the west portion of the circu it. Diving into th e downhill esses, Beh al barel y touched th e brak es o n his GPZ550 wh en th e front en d went away big time. Ala n Sch wen an d Brian Hlavk a also fell o ff their RZ350s in ra in- sl ick turn two, a nd Ren ton Su zu k i's Da vis seized h is op port un ity. "T he bike's a li ttle down o n power tod ay, but everyo ne cras hed o ut of m y way," said Davis, who rod e in for the win ahead of Ni ck DeFa go 's Suzuki in seco nd a nd Sco tt Moon's Metzeler/NESRA Ninja. Results 450 SUPERSTREET: 1. Sanford Brown (Yam): 2. Alan Schwan (Yam): 3. Brian Hlavka (Yam). OPEN GP SINGLE: 1. M ike Meagher (SUlt. 2. Richard Carter (KTM); 3. Dean Reed (Han). 600 PROD: 1. Joe Davis (Su z): 2. Joe Pittman (Kaw ); 3. Scott Moon (Kaw ). OPEN PROD: 1. Sanford Brown (Yam): 2. TIm Anderson (Suzt. 3. Ken We ipert (Yaml. 760 PROD: 1. Sanford Brown (Yam): 2. Scott Moon (Kawt. 3. Ken Weipert (Yam). 600 CAFE: 1. Joe Davis (SUl ): 2. M ike Meagher (Sull: 3. Bill Bircher (Kaw). CAN-AM F-l /0PEN GP: 1. Tom Walther (SUl); 2. Gary Goodfellow (SUlk 3. Joe Davi. (SUl). SUPERBIKE: 1. Steve Dick(SUl); 2. Gary Goodfel low (Suz); 3. Tom Walther (Suzl . 750 PROD: 1. Gary Goodfellow (SUl); 2. Steve Crevier (Yam): 3. Nick Defago (SUl). 600 CAFE: 1. Joe Davis (SUl) ; 2. Nick Defago (Suz); 3. Scott Moon (Kaw). Nelson nails Baylands MX win By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, ocr. 20 Th e first of severa l Sunday events planned for late 1985 at Baylands Ra ceway was won today by Jon Nelson (H on). For Nel son, it was a come -fro m-beh in d vict ory as he was o u tri dden in th e first mot o by Danny Boles (Yam ). Bol es o u t-g u n ned the field to the first corner a n d stretched th e lead to abou t 100 yards at o ne time during the rnot o. Running second until abou t midmoto wa s the o n ly o the r Yamaha in th e field , p iloted by Jeff Pestana. But P estana fell off wh en he mist irned th e diffi cult washboard section of the track. Nelson th en took over second pl ace, a bo u t 50 yards beh ind Bol es. Eric Ma shbir (H o n), back in his first race sin ce breaking a shou lder in midseason, gained third pl a ce, racin g hard against Pestana , Ga ry Pennin gton (Ho n) a n d John Dau th (Hon ). Bol es agai n took th e lead in the seco nd moto a nd began to stre tch it o u t. T his time, how ever, Nelson was gl ued to his rear fender as th ey pulled aw a y from th e pack. T hree laps in a ro w Nelson tri ed a nd fa iled to pass Bol es. O n the whi te-flag lap , though , w hi le co ming o u t of th e corner af ter the stra ig h t, Nel so n dov e under Bol es a nd got the better drive o ut o f th e corner. It wa s th en a 300-yard dash to the chec kers wit h o n ly th ree turns 37 ,~

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