Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

\ > J: -e 0. « a: ~ 0 0 ..... ~ - J: 0. C M > III - l!") 0 0 ..... 00 0') J: 0. ~ r- C\.J ... v ..c S v ;> 0 'Z James George (Kaw) sewed up the AORRA Western States Series Open Pro Class Championship October 27 w ith a strong second place f inish . o en 5 ...J « c ~I 0 , u, (I) , >1 Ill , ~ 0 , itt through the pack to tak e the last qualifying spot. The seco nd semi saw King hammer th e field on ce more to ea rn hi s ticket to ride in th e ma in; Lucero took seco nd with Avers third. Ermol enko was runn in g in seco nd, but bail ed o ff aga in and ended up coasti ng home a di stant last. Aft er north ern Cal ifornian Pat Linn won th e co nsola tio n , it was Errn ol enko 's cha nce to pe rfor m a nd everythi ng went as pl anned as h e easil y won th e B m ain. Ermolen ko ca pped the performance by doing a coup le o f spectacu lar w heelies as h e fin ish ed a head of Sprin g man a nd Bransford. T he m ain event featured th e slic ksta rti ng Fa ria agai ns t King , Lucero, Ayers, Correy a nd Robinson. Faria , Kin g and L ucero had transmissions o n th eir machines while the ot he r th ree did not (w it h th e exce p tion o f Robinson, but hi s was o n ly a n o rnament as i t wa s still un repaired afte r blowing in th e practice sessio n) . Fari a, o u t o f ga te three, took th e sta rt w ith King in hot pursuit as th ey en tered the first bend. Faria held him back until turn two, on th e half-mi le track, bu t Kin g go t by a nd im m ed ia tely began to bu ild a lead . It wa s o bvio us that ,barring mecha n ica l difficulties , the win was Kin g 's, but th ere was still so me p assing to be done. T he diminu tive Co rr ey, in o n ly h is seco nd long track a ppeara nee, wen t in side Lucero for second o n th e back ch ute o n lap two. Lucero th en slowed a t the en d o f th e lap a nd Robinson a lso go t by. Kin g took th e win with a lmos t half a stra ig hta way to spa re as he waved to th e crowd . Fari a m aintain ed hi s seco nd spot, followed by Correy a nd Ro binso n . Results .- C'SHI P: 1. Lance King (Wes); 2. Mike Far ia (J aw ); 3. Ronnie Correy(Gdnl; 4. Rocky Robinson (J aw); 5 . Ste.e Lucero (Was); 6. Greg Ayers IGdn) . B MAIN: i . Sam Ermolenko (Wesl; 2. Jeff Spring man (Wes ); 3. Den nis Bransford (Wes ); 4 . J immy Gentile (Wes ); 5. J im mv O'Oell (Wes); 6. Tom Ferr is (Wes l. CONS : t. Pat Linn (Wes ); 2 . Gary Hicks (Jaw); 3. J eff Johnson (J owl; 4. Chris Peulson (Gdn); 5 . John Dunn (Wes) . QUA U FYING ROUND 14 PTS: Lance King, M ike Faria. Steve Lucero. 12 PTS: Rocky Robinson. Ronni e Corr ey, Jeff Spr ing man . PTS: Tom Ferr is. Denn is Bransford. J imm y Gen tile . _ 7 PTS: Jim O·Dell. Sam Ermo leriko. Steve Furman. 5 PTS: Jim Sisemore. Greg Aye rs, Jeff John son , Ch ris Pau lson. Gary Hicks. 4 PTS: Pat Lin n, J ohn Dunn. 3 PTS: J im Turn er. Shane M cDonald. J oe Kreisborg . M ike M cCart hy. . 2 PTS: M ark Drago ny. Bil ly Gray. Jeff Brown. Duane Blake. 1 PT: Dave W endl an dt , Lou Kreisberg, Kurt M arkham . John Vo lk. . O PT: Dove DeTemple. a Lance King returned from Holland to win the 1985 Long Track Speedway Championship on the half mile at Ascot Park. Mike Faria was second . King takes J985 Long Track .-- 1 Championship at Ascot By Scott Daloisio G ARDEN A. CA , N O V. 15 An enth us ias tic crowd of over 3000 fan s witnessed a fin e ni ght of Speedway Lon g T rack ac tion at Ascot Park Friday n ight. Most 22 o f the crowd ha d th eir eyes on La nce Kin g as he powered h is Weslak e to th ree stra ig h t wi ns to reclai m th e title that he h eld in 1983. Fres h off the p la ne fro m H o ll an d where h e co mpeted in a n indoor co n cre te race the p revious wee kend, Kin g (STP / O ff-ShoreiSco ll Goggles/ J T R a cin g / Sim p son H elm et s/ Ta lon En g ineeri ng/ T rackstar/ An tig-\\' eslak e/Da ytona Boot s) easi ly won th e first race o f th e ni gh t. Mik e Faria got a rocket sta rt a nd wo n th e.second hea t wh il e Rock y Robins on , wh o blew up h is transm ission in pract ice, passed G ary Hicks a t th e en d o f th e first la p a nd won event three. Number th ree in th e worl d , "Sud den Sam" Errnol enko, wa s lea d ing even t four when he got off during th e first la p . Ermolenko was excl uded a nd th e race was restarted and a wild bail ie betwee n Ron n ie Correy a nd reser ve Steve Furman ens ued. Co rrey ca ugh t Furman at th e wh i te flag , but wa s pushed back to seco nd in turn o ne . Bu t Correy, much to th e deli ght of h is ma n y fans, swe pt by ou t of turn tw o to ta ke the lead a nd the seve n poi nts for a w in . Steve Lucero closed o u t the firs t rou nd wi th a wi n over Greg Ayers. Kin g pi ck ed u p right where h e left off by th ra sh in g the field i n h is seco nd ride, whi le Ermolen ko , a fter ge ll ing a zero in round o ne, captured event seven . L ucero stayed abreas t of King with a wi n over surprisi ng rook ie Ji m m y Ge nti le . Fo r m er fl a ttracke r J eff Springma n th en won a hard -fo ug h t ba ttle over Ro bin son a nd Tom Fer ris in event nine . The 10th a nd fin a l q ua lifying even t saw Fa ria aga i n get a n a wesome gate a nd score a co n vinci ng win o ver Correy . Fiv e rid ers were tied for the fina l spo t in the sem is a nd th ey held a r u no ff. Ayers took th e rhree-Iap per in fro nt o f H ick s, J eff J ohnson , Chris Pa ulso n and J im Sisem ore, who broke a primary cha in a t th e sta rt. Fa ria eas ily outgated th e field to tak e th e fir st sem i a nd o ne of th e transfer spots to th e main . Robin son grabbed secon d with Correy com in g Smith smokes 'em at DeAnza By Bob Alloy SU N N YMEAD, CA, NOV. 10 A cold, cloudy morning met 30 red-jerseyed Old Timers as th ey lined up at DeAnza Cycle Park toda y. Master division rider Jim Sm it h had a grea t race, win n ing th e o vera ll with a I-I La lly . R o n Wa y di spl ayed his riding a bili ty by taking seco nd wi th a 2-2. In Ex pe rt action Blacki e Lewi s took the hol esh o t a nd led fro m w ire to wire in both - rnoros , taking th e o vera ll troph y. Al Sm ith found a smooth line to second pl ace in the fir st m ot o , while Geor ge Spear ing foll owed for third . Don Youn g took fourth. Mota two sa w George Spearing move up to seco nd p lace, while Bob DeMiranda push ed hi s Yam aha into thi rd ; Smith took fourth. T he Amateur division 's rnoto o ne was taken by Ed Schiedler. The Yamaha pilot found a winning line in practic e a n d us ed it to take th e win; Bill Mi sen er blasted into seco nd p lace. Bo b Klatt piloted his H onda into the th ird sp o t wi th Al Fitzgerald capturing fo urth . Mota two had Misener movi ng up to first p lace with Michetti flying into second. Jack Hurley grabbed third with Schiedler taking fourth. The Novice division had Don Bourdeau taking th e lead in moto one and two to dominate the field for the overall. Ralph Dickson followed in both m o tos for seco nd overall; Bo b Anderson gassed his Yamaha into third pl ace o vera ll. Bob All o y took fourth in moto one while John Turdon battled his wa y into fourth p lace in mota two. Mazl an McM anus wrapped up first pl ace with a I- I score for fir st overall in th e Novice B class. Results MSTR : 1. Jim Smith; 2. Ron Way . EX: 1. Blackie Lewis; 2. George Spear ing ; 3. A I Sm ith; 4. Bob DeM irenda. AM ; 1. Bill M isener; 2. Ed Sch iodler; 3. Ed Michetti; 4. Bob Klatt . NOV: 1. Don Bo urd eau; 2. Ra lph Dickson; 3. Bob A nderson; 4. Jo hn Tur do. NOV B: 1. M azlan Mc Manus. Serrano shows 'em at Skoal Short Course Classic By Daryl D. Drake TUCSON, AZ, OCT. 27 Carl os Serrano ran away wi th the first mota and held off a stro ng challenge by l2 5cc ace Michael Goodrich to grab the Expert Sweepstakes win at th e American O ff-R oa d Racing Association's Skoal Short Course Classic hel d at Tucson International Raceway. Ser rano, who's usually aboard a Husqvarna, rode an O pe n class Yamaha sponsored by Tucson 's Eastside Cycle and Malcolm Smith to victory. In the first moto, Serrano ra n away from th e competition , finishing with a 12-second lead o ver Goodrich and his 125 Suzuki. Mike Cooper (125 KTM ), James George (500 Kaw), and Amateur John Beaver (250 Yam ) rounded o u t th e top five. The second bout saw Serrano a nd Goodrich fight it out on the tight supercross-sty le course, with the lead changing numerous times, but Serrano got out front wh en it counted fo r th e win. / Goodrich earned th e 125cc Pro wi n 10 move wi thin two points of AO RRA 125cc Pro points lea der Bob O lson with one race left on the West ern States O ff -R o a d Champions h i p schedule. James George was secondi n bot h Open motos and sewed up his class championship. Sidehack action sa w the Mike Curtisl'Todd Redo ndo duo (Yam EM L ) come ba ck in th e seco nd moto to beat Je.rry Huegl e a nd passenger for the wm . Open Novi ce Richard Varner (Hon) held off Ron Alegris (Ya m ) in th e fir st moto a nd fini shed seco nd to Frank Kil ogan (Han ) in th e seco nd mo to to tak e th e night 's a nd the series' Open No vice wins. Bruce Bu rr (Suz ) won the first 250cc No vice m ot o a nd came from the back to finish seco n d in th e second mo ta to wi n o ver Scott Guerin (Han), wh o tu rned in 3- 1 fi nishes . Kris Crodd y (KT M) put together 1-2 fin ish es to grab th e I25cc Nov ice wi n . Results OPEN PRO: 1. Carlos Serra no (Yam ); 2. J ames Geor ge IKaw) . 125 PRO: 1. M icha el Goodrich (Suz); 2. M ike Cooper (KTM ). OPEN AM : 1. Jo hn Beever (Yam ). 250 A M : 1. John Beave r (Yam); 2 . Sta cey M ill er IYaml. 12 5 AM : 1. Speedy Trevi no (Hon). SIDEHA CK: 1. M ike Curt is (Yam EM L); 2. Je rry Hueg te (Yam EM LI; 3 . T. Ctyde Stewart (Yam EML). OPEN NOV: 1. Richard Var ner (Hon); 2. Frenk Kil ogan (Hont 3. Ron Gamb le (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Bru ce Burr (Suz); 2 . Scon Guerin (Hon); 3. Randy Herschell (Hon).

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