Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - -. .. - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ., 250 c: 1. Donny Herron (Yam); 2. OaltonJerimiah (Kaw): 3 . Don Schnieder (Han). . 125 C: 1. John Gregson (Kawl; 2 . Tom Kuscnn ik (Kaw): 3. Chris Nicholls (Kaw) . BO C: 1. Bobby Eyman (Yam ): 2 . Scott Nored (Kaw): 3 . Roby Leac h (Kaw) . 60 A : 1. Da n Ulven (Kaw) ; .2 . Ryan Hu ffman IKaw) . 30-40 B: 1. M el Sailing (KTM): 2. Steve Ag ee IHu s); 3. Rusty Garrison ~ Ka w) . PEE WEE: 1. Ma tt W illiams (Yam) . Roose runs wild at Clark County ST ..... ..... By Derryl A nderson RIDGEFIELD , WA, NOV. 14 l-o Bellingham's Randy Roose rode his Steve Baker Yamaha to the overall win in the Open Pro class of the short track held to- Q,) ..0 e Q,) u Q,) o Twenty-year-old Robb Mesecher took hi s CR250 Honda tc? the C EA/ FRA D o uble Chase Enduro win in Lucerne. Scott S am pso n finished second. 14 H anson ( Ka w), U p front , J ohnson o n a 250 a nd Open rider Earle put on a spec tacu lar bailie, with J ohnson dominating as Earle, Annen , G raves, Washingt on's Bri an Mode (Ka w) and Cla y Li ght (Su z) ro unde d out th e top spo ts in th e 250cc/Open Pro . W.e st took th e B win over H ansen a nd Mik e Burke (Han). Mot o two h ad G raves in the lead h o lding o ff Earle, with Joh nso n in thi rd, but ru n n ing second in h is class, enough 10 cl in ch th e overall . Mo de an d Light ro u nded ou t the top five. In the O pen class Bu rke wa s th e winner , but West took th e ove ra ll wi th a 1-2 over H ansen , Burke and fla t trac k Expert Dana Hansen, who thumped to 4-5 rides. An swer Prod ucts-sponso red Rod ney Kell er took a I-I killing in th e two 20-m in ut e P ro class rnotos . T h e Pro s wer e lu ck ier th an most, gelli ng a t lea st o ne " dry" mo to, but th ey ra n their seco nd o u ting duri ng th e snowies t part of th e day. Kell er used h is mud-rid in g expe rie nce to ' beat Rick Ba ul t (H a n) . A Kawasak i pa rade of 125cc riders Kenn y Ol sen , J ohn Woodl ey a nd Gary Beyer ro u nded o u t th e top five. H arsh a na iled th e h ol esh ot in th e seco nd rnot o, but Kell er rook over sh ortly alter th e start with th e Olsen / Woodley/Beyer trio of 125s looming in th e di stance. Woodley and Beyer battl ed for th e top spot in th e 125s, with Beyer ta ki ng th e slo t beh ind Kell er . Beyer wa s o us ted in th e o veralls wh en Woodley ba iled off . whi ch ga ve Olsen th e 125cc win w ith a 1-2to bea t Beyer (3-1) a nd Woodley (2-3). T rack co nditions wo rsened for th e first 125cc B rna to. T he track was well-rutted a nd severa l o f th e 125s had troubl e. circu la..". in th e foot-. tin g .. . .... or-more slush. C u n n ing ha m n avi ga ted hi s KX t. th e front of th e .15o rider field while Monty Spa u lding (Yam) an d ser ies front runners Johnson (Ka w) and Grav es (Han) duel.ed for top spots during a ma ssive ram sto rm . Kawasaki Tea m Green rid er Jeff Da ily worked int o the p icture a nd moved 10 th ird beh ind Cu n n ingham a nd Spa u lding, to set th e finis hing o rder. Da ily g rabbed th e h o lesh ot in moto two a nd led th e race to th e fi nis h , beating overa ll w inner Cunni ngh am . Grav es , J ohn son a n d Spaulding . The grou p th a t ra red the worse were r he sma ll ma ch ine rid ers. In th e co m bi ned Min i A/ B/C co nt ests, it was Da il y (Ka w ) a nd R yan Huffman (Yam ) fin ishing 1-2 in mot o .o ne. In the second m ot o , Da il y aga m took the lea d , on ly to crash a nd hand th e advantage to H uffma n. Huffman held o ff Da ilv until he brok e a thrott le ca ble in ih e la te stages. Dann y U lven (Ya m) won th e o vera ll in tl.te B portion with co nsistent 2- 1 rides over Cha d Berry a nd Chuck Standeford , whi le Bo bb y Eym an (Ya m ) won th e C class with a 2-1 o ver Scott y Nored a nd Rob y Leach . Results 30 ·40 PRO: 1. Richard Earle (Han): 2. Mike Hal . brook (Han ): 3 . Bob Leach (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Kenn y Ol sen (Kawl : 2. Gary Beyer (Kaw ): 3 . J ohn Woodley (Kaw) . 2 50 paR: 1. Rod Kell er (Han): 2 . Jeffre y Har sha (Kaw ): 3 . Rick Baul.t (Han ). OPEN PRO: 1. RIchard Ear le (Han). . OPEN B: 1. M ike W est (Han ): 2. M ike Burke (Han): 3. W as Han son (Kaw ). 250 B: 1. Brad John son (Kaw) ; 2 . To ny Gr aves (Hon); 3. Br ian M ode (Kawl. 1258: 1. Cu n Cu nningham (Kawl; 2. Jeff Daily (Kaw): 3 . Mo nt y Spa ulding (Yam). BO B: 1. Oan Ulven (Yam): 2 . Chad Be"y (Kaw); 3 . Ch uck Standeford (Han ). 80 EX: 1. J eff Oail y (Kaw) . OPEN C: 1. Ross Boed en er (Han ): 2. Dale Rund i : s(Hon); 3. Tom Wood (Kaw). , • • I • n ight a t th e Clark County Fairgrou nds race track. In th e first moto Randy Green got hi s u sual good - sta rt, follo~ed .by Lon gvi ew's Larry Legarra (T ri), MIke Sullivan (T ri), Roose and the rest of the ch a rg in g pa ck. On lap three Legarra wa s sliding under Green for th e lead when something slowed th e exce lle n t-so u nd ing Triumph. Sullivan took ov er seco nd , barely holding ba ck Roose, Bill y T aylor (Circle In dustries/Powroll 250/50 . Cal Fu el! P J I / H i - P o i n t/ N G K- Yam ), Ron Adams an d th e restarted Legarra. Roo se, who o ften runs 1-2 with Green, co uld not ge t by Sullivan . The laps ran by quickl y a nd n one o f the Pro s were a ble 10 berter th eir posit ion . At th e flag. G reen led Sullivan, Roose, Tavlor, Adams an d Legarra, In the fin al moto Green squeezed through th e lo w line as the rest of the Pro s pushed an d shoved for positions. Stringing o u t down th e long backstretch was Sullivan . Roose, T aylor, Adams and Legarra, who apparent ly still had so me en gi ne problems . Everyon e seemed to be having problems tonight as Green slowed on th e back straig h ta way, coas tin g to a stop in turn three. Sullivan sp un out in th e sa me corner, handing the lead to Roose, who wasn't about to let this opportunity slip by. Roose rode a flawless ra ce a ll the way 10 th e checkered flag, followed by Taylor and Adams. Behind th e trio in order was Legarra, Sullivan a nd Green. In th e Min i class, Yamaha-factorysponsored Paul Win made a fir st time a p p ea ra nc e a t th e sho rt track . In th e first mota, Winn grabbed th e ho lesh ot a nd never looked back as h e enj oyed a 40-yard lead over JP Simonsen (H a n) , R yan Anderson (Ka w ), J im Eaves an d Ro n Will iams (Yam ). Eav es m ad e a good ins ide m ove to pas s An derson a nd Simonsen for second. O n lap three Will iams sp u n ou t, an d Anderson (Bea vert o n Honda/ Country Ya maha-Kawasaki ) mad e a n outside pass on Si monse n for third. The flag was o u t for Winn, who breezed home ahead o f Eaves, Anderso n, Simonse n and Williams. In th e secon d rnoto , Simonsen tempo rarily took th e lead, but Winn h ~d it bac k by lap two. Anderson slid arou nd Simonsen in turns 1/2 and set o u t for Winn. The fini shing order was set by lap three, with Winn in front. followed by Anderson , Simonsen an d Eaves. Anderson was on the ga s tr ying 10 reel in the factory ~i~er, but th e sm all amount he was gammg p er lap wasn 't en o ug h before the chec kered flag came out, giving Winn a rela tively easy overall first place for the n ight. Results WEE PEE WEE : 1. Kevin Eakin (Han): 2. Jackson Nutt (Han): 3. Robert Noltgren (Yam). PEE WEE : 1. Coby Porter (Kaw): 2. M ike Fetty (Han). M INI: 1. Paul W inn (Yam ); 2. Ryan Anderson (Kawt, 3. Jim Eaves (Yam). 125 AM : 1. Tom Miller (Han): 2. Ray Grossant (Han): 3 . Terry Blane (Suz). 125 PRO: \ . Eric Hall (Han): 2. Da"en Rogers (Han). .... .. . 250 A M FT: 1. Brian Brown (Bul): 2. George Belanger (M ac): 3. Becky Schneider (Yam). 250 AM KNOBS : 1. Brian Hall (KTM): 2. Steve Smith (Suz): 3 . Dave Land (Suz). 500 AM : 1. John Christiansen (Y8m~ 2. Rex Fisher (Hon); 3. John Potter (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Ryan Fisher (Yam): 2 . Marty Zerbel (Yam): 3 . J im Perry (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Dan Kirk (Han ): 2. Mike Niday(Hont, 3. Keith Hyatt (Ma i). OPEN PRO: 1. Randy Roose (Yam): 2. Billy Taylor (Yam); 3. Randy Green (Han). Mesecher tops CEA/FRA Double Chase Enduro By Mike Klinger LUCERN E VALLEY, CA, NOV. 3 California Enduro Association (CEA) a nd Famil y Enduro Association (FRA)combined manpower to host th e 1985 CEA/ FRA District 37 National Championsh ip Double Chance Enduro a t th e dust cap ita l o f th e world, Soggy Dry Lake in th e heart o f Lucerne Valley. T he Double Chance Enduro was th e la st end uro for th e 1985 California G olden S tat e Series with th e first two lo ops bein g scored for the FRA en tra nts a nd a ll three loops ta llied points for th e championsh ip ev ent, Twenty-yea r-old Robb Mesech er put h is Kolbe H onda /American H ondasupport CR250 in th e top ranks of the 300-ride r field a nd nar rowly bea t out h is Answer Products partner, SCali Sa mpson. a lso on a H onda CR250, by 1.045. Followin g th e event, Mesecher co m mented th at Keith Reeves a nd Ra y Hunold, both of Am erican H onda , have literally built hi s CR250 into a rocketship a nd th e hours ha~e paid off. The Double Chanc~ wm wa s swee t a lte r so me hard lu ck m the FRA O ctober event a nd a bad motocross crash in August of this year that put him in the hospital. The dust was th e worst that co u ld be possible, said m any of th e riders. On th e first loop, th e silt and ruts - wer e so bad that th e footpegs on the bikes would drag whil e riding in the ruts, a nd rider flopping over was co m mon p lace even before the 2.9mil e speedo check. Anne Crawshaw of the Training Wh eels MC CLub bested th e Women 's class for the win on th e first loop aboa rd another 250cc H onda. T he second a nd fin al loop for th e FRA riders was a n II -second ballie betw een Mesecher and Sampson. After both riders zeroed th e first three checkpoints, Sa m pson bea t Mesech er by o ne seco nd into the first test section. After checks five a nd six , the second a nd fina l tie-break er chec k, chec kpoi nt seven , was th e decider for th e FRA overa ll win. Mesech er j us t beat Sa m pson by 12 seco nds in th e specia l test , g iving him a n l l-second adva n tage an d the overa ll ~i !1' Open c1~ss Husk y rider Ri ck ~antel took. thl~d o vera ll due to dropping two points m ch eckpoint seven, wh ere Mesecher a n d Sam p son o n ly dropped one. Yamaha IT200 rid er T ony Casaga (200 A) p icked up fourth overall a mo ng a ll th e AA riders . Bill y Fulmer Jr. (250 KTM ), 1985 . IS ~ E Sil~er m edalist, Big Bear Trail Riders Jim Bollingmo a n d Duralubc' s John Jacobs en (200 Kaw )ac tually ~a.d three o f the best sco res a t th e decisive uebreak er ch eck on loop two: 1.75, 1.73 a n d 1.79 were scored respectively, bu t a ll three riders burned th e ch eck prior 10 th e ti e- br eak er, dropping two points. U n ited Enduro Associ ation's Steve Gilmore (Yam 490) took th e honors o f pl a cing th e best sco re for .a n y B rider in th e two-loop event. GIlmore turned in a sco re of 6.348 , good en o ug h for 33rd overall. 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