Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.. . " .- _. , ~. \ . . , ... . . , . . Jack Baken (9 5) d ices with other Veteran Novices duri ng the first Veteran's Day Veteran MX National at San Hill Ranch. Baken (Hus) t oo k second place behind Craig Watts (Han ). tank sp lit in turn two a nd put him o u t for th e day, leaving him with on ly a one point safety margin if Bisson placed second or worse. As the up front battle raged on , McLean was closing on Walden 's now so ur-so u nd ing Triumph, but hi s charge carne a bit too lat e. Swi ss Niederberger from Canada wa s a steady third overall on a BSA Goldstar for so me time, but th e hardcha rg ing pair of Mork a nd Bisson were now gaining o n th e Canadian as they lapped slower traffi c. Number two in th e points, Mike Canepa, wa s a lso hav ing a bad da y, as his 250 Du cati wa s a lso feeling th e strain of 15 races ( I I for points), dropping back to ninth overall , but tyin g Mork for seco nd in points a t th e da y's end . Ca rmen L yn au gh , o n the H ap j ones/Avon T yres/West Coa st British Du cari 350, wa s no w settl ing in on th e. machine she'd never raced before a n d h ad o u t-horsepo wered Ma ry Rock 's AIR Kawasaki , a nd was closing o n Canepa , but sad ly had to sett le for third in th e 350cc class beh ind McLean a nd H enrv Dea ton (another Mork Racing Du cati ). As th e eig h t lap race wound down, Bisso n fin all y had lost th e TD I Yam aha o f Norm Do u h it, Deaton a nd th e T riu mphof Ken H eus er , lea ving h er with so me breathing space to slow if she had to . She wasn 't slowin g, how ever, bu t gain in g o n Mork with o n lv o ne lap now left . Bisso n wa s unable to close enough for a pass so she settled for seco nd a nd her best finish of th e year , plus fo u rt h overa ll in points. . Results OVERALL: 1. Dav e Walden (Tri); 2. Craig McLea n INor); 3 . S. Niederberger (BSA). 250: 1. Fred Mork (A er); 2. M ichele Bisson (Due); 3 . Norm Douthit (Yam). 350: 1. Cra ig McLean (Nor); 2. Hen ry Deaton (Due); 3. Carmen Lynaugh (Due). 500: 1. Dave Walden (Tri); 2. S. Niederberg e' (BSA); 3. Ken Heuse r (Tri) . Vets tackle Sand Hill mud By Lee Denlinger BR ENTW O O D. CA, NO V. 10 It was su rvival of the finest as over 60 o ld timers, vets, and support rid ers coa xed th eir ma ch in es through knee-deep m ud 24 .a nd m ire a t the fir st Vetera n 's Da y Vet MX Nati on al a t Sand Hill Ranch (Cycle Gear/ Cycle Rid ers Suppl yFairfield/H i-P oint Racing Products/ Vall ejo C hrys ler-P lym ou th- Dodge/ Sport Track Co .). Th e key to winnin g was ma king it arou nd a ll th e la ps o n th e tra ck, a fea t o n ly one o f th e Nov ice o ld timers wa s a ble to pull off in bot h rnotos. Yamaha ride r H ow ard Womack took th e overall win , but n ot without a co ntest. Elmer Ridd le wa s look ing good a t th e sta rt as he fishta iled hi s H onda up th e hill to a ttac k th e fir st turn , closely pursued by Womack. In a sp ray of mud, th e pack trekk ed down th e s lo pe, slipping a n d s los h in g through th e stra ightaw ay to wa rd th e far h ill. While Riddle and hi s co horts got bogged down in th e mud , Womack m ade it through a nd lapped th e field to take the win. With flagmen doubling as p it workers, Riddle's ma chine was p ried loo se from th e tacky cla y and Riddle hobbled aro un d the track to tak e secon d overa ll. The Intermed iate o ld timers fared better, with six in a field o f II co m pl eting both motos. Husky rider Ernie Starr took th e overall win , with j im Boyd 's Yam aha pe rseveri ng to tak e seco nd overall. Starr led th e field for four laps, th en bit th e mud while Suzuki rid er J im Ricci Sr. a nd Boyd took advantage and slosh ed pa st th e fall en rider. In th e seco nd moto , Starr kept hi s bike u pri gh t a nd took th e win. The boobie prize went to Larry Parker, wh o side-swiped th e flagged boundar y ro pe a fter th e seco nd turn . After unthreading th e rope from hi s rear axle, Pa rker encountered a burnto u t clutch . " T h is is th e m ost fun I've had in a long time!" exclai med Expe rt o ld timer Dick " Bugsy ' Mann . U nda u n ted by track co ndi tio ns , Mann m ad e it a ll loo k so easy as h e p lo wed h is wife's Yamaha-p ow ered DMS to tak e th e overa ll win . Yamah a rider Steve Mach ad o took th e seco nd slo t a fter Bill McCl in ton sp u n o ut on a slippery off-ca m ber turn. Whil e H onda rid er Cra ig Wa tts took th e overa ll win in th e Vet Novi ce class, seco nd place was up for gra bs. Husky rid er 'Ja ck Ba ken had a so lid seco nd in th e firs t la p, but Frank Ca revich edged hi s Kawasaki past Bak en a nd held o n 'to the fini sh . In th e seco nd mot o , Carevich tra il ed Watts th e en tire way, lea vin g Bak en a di stant th ird . D.W. Du rwa rd p us hed hi s Yamaha into seco nd place in th e th ird mot o, with Hush rid er Bob Mil a no in muddy pursui t. Carevich's Kaw a sak i la gged behind to p lace a dis ta nt fifth in th e m ot o , but pla ced third o vera ll. leavin g Bak en to pl ace seco nd overa I1. Hu sk y rider Rory Mus ca tel! had no troubl e ta king th e o vera ll wi n in th e Vet Intermed ia te cla ss. Wit h o n lv five o f th e 12 starters fi ni sh in g al'l th ree rno ros, su rvival o n the track determi ned th e pl ace win ner s. In mo to o ne , Mu sca tel! do m ina te d w hi le Suzu ki rid er Ma rk Art h ur moved int o seco nd , ta ki ng ad va ntage wh en Dan Nelson' s Suzuk i sp u n a do ug h n u t o n a slick slope. In. th e seco nd mo ro . Kaw a saki rid er Ed Sm it h had a m omentar y first -p lace p osit ion until th e mud def eated him. Passed by Mu scatell an d Art h u r, th e two rod e u pright to ta ke first a nd seco nd- p lace wins. Th e field narrowed to five sta rte rs by th e third moto, Kaw asaki rider Ed Sm ith go t a poor sta rt , but too k ad va ntage of th e co n ditio ns and passed falle n ride rs Mik e Gildersleeve (MSta r) a nd Suzu ki rider Peter Cruttenden o n th e seco n d la p . Smith h eld o n to tak e second p lace in th e moto , but a 5-6 in the first two mot os gave him a fourth overa ll. Arthur took seco nd overa ll with a 3-4-3 in th e motos . Ya maha rider Steve Ferroni's 1-1-1' ta ll y gave hi m firs t overa ll in th e Vet Expert class. Ferron i go t th e hol esh o t, bu t wa s sp ra yed by th ree riders as they passed him o n the ground in th e seco nd lap of th e first moro, Ferro ni remounted a nd pi cked th e ride rs off o ne-by-o ne. It was a Ferroni-Broby (H o n ) co n test 10 th e fini sh . with Fer. ro n i prevai ling. In th e seco nd mot o , Ferroni, Brob y, and KTM 'rider Powell co m p le ted a ll six la ps, whi le the o th er fo u r sta rte rs spe nt mo st of th eir ti me di ggin g the mse lves a nd th eir ma chines o u t o f the mud. Six o f th e seven sta rte rs made it through all th e laps in th e third mot o. Ferroni took an easv fir st a t th e sta rt a nd left th e o thers' to fight the track. Can-Am ri de r Alan McG evee trod hi s way arou nd for a seco nd pl ace in th e m oto , but h is 5-8-2 scores placed him fo u rt h overa ll. Broby ca rne from a sixth -p lace start to fin ish third , a nd h is 2-2-3 score gave him second place overa ll. Po well too k third overall with a 4-3-4 score . Re sults OT EX: 1. Dick Ma nn (Yam); 2 . Steve M achado 3 . Bill McClinton (Yam). OTl NT: 1. Ern ie Starr (Hu s); 2. J im Boyd (Yam); 3 . (Yam ~ Jim Ricci Sr. (S uz). OT NOV : 1. Howard Womack (Yam ); 2. El mer Riddle (Hon); 3. Denni s Pangburn (Suz l. VET EX: 1. Steve Ferroni (Yam) ; 2. Wes Broby (Hon ); 3. Russ Powe Il IKTM ). VET INT: 1. Rory Muscatell (Hus); 2 . Mark Anhur ISuz); 3. Pet er Crunenden (Suz). VET NOV: 1. Craig Wans (Hon); 2. Jack Baken IHus); 3 . Frank Carev ich IKawj. SUPPORT NOV: 1. Trav is Brown (Yam); 2. D. Lockrem; 3. Roger Newma n (Hon). SU PPORT INT: 1. Jim Dallara IHon); 2. Brad Kot · sar is (Kaw ). SU PPORT EX: 1. Mike New man IHon). MINI NOV : 1. Jason Quintana (Yam); 2. Rich Coppage (Yam); 3 . Derek Seliy (Kaw). M INI INT: 1. Jason Warren IKaw). Naughton takes Firebird thriller By Michael Ross CHANDLE R, AZ, NOV. 10 R o bert Naughton traded wi ns with Bobby White today and . took the overall by virtue of his second-mote victory in the 250cc Expert class. Clear ski es and moderate temperatures brought a record nu m ber of ra cers to Firebird Motocross Pa rk for th e second round of the Arizona State Championship. White, sponsored by Sunn yslope H onda, and Naughton and hi s CR sp o n so red by Oakley and G ear Racewear, sq uared o ff in moto one for th e first time sin ce White nipped Naughton a t Deer Valley. After a race-long dice, White took th e checkered flag with Naughton in seco nd. T he seco nd moto was every bit as exciting, only th is time Na ugh ton turned the tables on White and took th e win . Denn is Parker co nt in ued hi s winning ways by ha ving a perfect da y on hi s Yama ha World-sponso red YZ in th e 125cc Expert class, wh ile Chappy Blose got go ld in th e Open Expert cl ass wi th a I- I fini sh o n hi s Dirt U n lim ited ATK. Don T istl e mad e it loo k easy by winni ng both rno tos of th e 250cc Nov ice cla ss th a t gridded 22 riders. First-turn action was ho i and heavy with many racers , but T istle kep t his Dirt Un limi ted Kaw a sak i o n two wheels for the checkered flag. In the I25cc Ama teur class, Cu rt is Culbert brought his Trans-Am Crclespo n sored Suzuki to th e winner's circle in sp ite o f a determin ed effort fro m Chris Rogers in th e first rnoto a n d Wes Pa rker in th e seco nd. Rog ers (Ka w), backed by G ea r, DMC, SCOll , Kal-G ard and Circle In dustries, cou ld o n ly man age fifth overa ll wi th problem s in moto two. Parker got third ove ra ll for h is efforts o n a stro n grunnin g YZ from Yamaha World. Results JR CYCLE/PEE WEE : 1. Br ian Cook (Kaw); 2. Eric Farleigh IHon); 3. Ivan Vesely IKaw). M tNI BEG: 1. Doug Shadd (Kaw); 2. Aaron Hernandez (Ho n); 3 . Chr is W ickersham (Kaw). MINI NOV STK: 1. Scon Connelly IHon t, 2. Scon carneIl IKaw); 3 . Shawn Cisco IKawj. MINI NOV MOD: 1. Scott Connelly (Hon ). MINI INT STK: 1. Mall Lauerman (Kaw); 2. J.J. Tunnell (Kaw ); 3 . Pete Wickersham (Kaw ). MIN t AM MOD: 1. J .J . TunneIlIKaw); 2. Justin Jaurequi (Kaw); 3 . Toby Holden (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. M all W eaver (Kaw); 2. Kr is Tower IKa w ); 3 . Craig Neilson (Kaw) . 125 NOV STK: 1. Je rry TIstle ; 2. Oeano Con nor. 3. Tad Davis. 125 NOV MOD: 1. Stuan Kelley (Kaw); 2. Paul Reed (Hon) ; 3. Chris Strong (Yam). 12 5 A M MOD: 1. Cunis Culben (Su z); 2. M ike Bail ey (Kaw); 3. Wes Parker (Yam). 12 5 AM STK: 1. curers Culbert ISu z); 2. Je rry St uart (Kaw) ; 3 . W es Parker (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Denn is Parker (Yam). 2 50 NOV : 1. Don Tistl e; 2. Biff Barne r (Suz); 3. Chr is Nu cko ls IHon). 250 AM: 1. Jeff Sm ith (Kaw); 2. Chr is Rogers (Kaw) ; 3. Day Jackson (Hon) . 250 EX: 1. Robe n Naug hton IKaw) ; 2. Bobby Wh it e (Hon); 3 . Scon Davis (Yam). OPEN AM: 1. Jeff Conradso n (Hon); 2. Lacy Coven (Hon); 3 . Ken Wood (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Chappy Blose Yeo, Rogers wild at Woodland By Derryl Anderson WOODLAN D, WA, N OV . 10 Tro y Yeo (Hon) put away th e competition in the O pen class while Da rren R ogers (Hon) dominated two out of three motos to tak e th e o vera ll for th e day in th e 125cc class scra m bles held at th e Woodland Motocross Park. Moto one in th e Open clas s saw Mike Nida y, j eff Haga and Yeo, all o n H ondas, shoot off th e line aro un d th e sweeper a nd over th e jump three a breas t. Coming ou t of th e eas t corn er first was Niday, H aga a nd Yeo , followed by Da ve Thomas, J ohn Brosseau and Dan Di ckinson (Yam ). In th e right-hander Yeo made an unbelievable pass o n Niday and H aga to fly into the lead . Haga also passed Niday while the rest o f the pack pl ayed ca tch -up . On th e la st lap, Yeo slowed a little, bu t hung on for the moto win ahead of Haga , Niday, Thomas and Dickinson. In rnoto two, Yeo an d H aga ran wire-to-wire in that o rder. Meanwhile, Bro ssea u , Niday and Thomas battled fiercel y, ch an g ing positions several tim es a la p. At th e finish it was Yeo, H aga , Thomas, Brosseau , Niday and Dickinson. Mot o three ca ugh t Yeo napping at the line as fo ur riders h eld th e Honda p ilot back. Thomas led for one lap before falling beh in d Nida y and Haga. Yeo passed Bros seau a nd put together a cha rge th at took him into second by lap three. On th e next lap , Yeo pitched it into th e sweeper hi gh and wide, then passed Niday going over th e jump. Wi th two laps togo Yeo p ushed to a 30-yard lead o n Niday, who had th e sa me ad vantage over Thomas . T he ord er a t the end of th e final moto was Yeo, Nida y, Thomas, Brossea u, Haga a n d Dick inson . In th e 125cc class first moto , Wood la nd reg u la r T odd G ea ry (Cha mp ion C ycle Center KTM ) took th e lead followed close ly by Dar ren Rogers (H on). ' T h ese two rider s, to the d elight o f the cro wd , fo ugh t tooth -and -n a il all da y lo ng . In orde r beh in d Rogers was Craig R ud ge, R icha rd H ol m a son (H o n ), Chris C lark (KT M) an d Lance . Rudge (Kaw) , Geary ra n wire-to-wire, but Rogers was a ll over him the

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