Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

r----------------,...-------".-----,----- - - - - -- - - - -- - - - --------,fI) fI) o a: ...J w « J: u ~ >m 5 J: c, ....... ....... Robert Naughton (44) captures the holeshot at the start of the second 250cc Pro moto in Firebird. F-2: 1. Dale Franklin; 2. Mik e Sullivan; 3. Terry Will iams . F-3: 1. Warren Burton; 2. Cliff Baker; 3. Paul Bulton-Smith. OPEN SGL: t . Howard Pink staff: 2. Ed Caswell; 3 . Don Hanset . . BaTT: 1. Tony Howard; 2. W ard Rodger s; 3 . Dick Winn ing stad . OVERALL: 1. M ike Johnson; 2. Gen e Brown; 3 . Keith Pinkstaff; 4. Al an Edward ~: 5. Steve Litt lejohn. Jones tops Open Pros at SMX Perris 250 NOV : t , Todd Peter sen (Kawl; 2. Mike Nor man (Han). 125 NOV : r . Bil lie Paugh (Kaw) : 2. Guy Oecken (Kaw l; 3. Oanny Sanc hez (Suzl. OPEN BEG: t . Ron Wood (Han); 2 . Dan Sto nes (Han I; 3. Tim Kight (yam ). 250 BEG: 1. Chr is Chr isti an son (Kawl; 2. Pet Fring er (Yam); 3 . J im Lang ston (Han). 125 BEG: 1. J eson J ones (Kawl; 2. Greg Coy (Han ); 3. Bill Kolkm an {Kawl . 80 INT: 1. Sloan Cooper (Yam); 2. Dana Wiggi ns (Suz). BO NOV : t , SC Ott Mart in (Kaw) : 2. Jeff Lawis (Kawl ; 3. Raymon d Hensley (Vam). BEG: 1. Kavin Thom (Kaw ); 2. Jonathan Knight 3. Ton v A maradio (Yam I. 60 NOV : 1. Trav is Preston (Han) ; 2 . Shawn M cIntosh (Kaw) . eo By Terry Whytal P ERRIS, CA, NOV . 16 Fo rmer Na tional Cham pion Gary J ones powered hi s H onda La a co nv inci ng win at th is week 's SMX Open Pro race J on es swep t bo th motos desp ite to ug h competit ion from Ka wasaki -mounted T im Hanna ,wh o fo llowed J ones to th e chec kers in each mo to to earn th e runner-u p share of th e purse. J im H oover p laced his Honda th ird for the day a head o f Yamaha p ilo t T hom T homsen. Yamaha rider R uss Wagema n posted two 250cc moto wins to ace the Pro class. Ya m ah a -m ounted Ed Arne t bauled wit h Kawasa ki pilo t J im Pa lmer for th e n um ber two slo t , wi th Arn et ge lling the nod and Pal mer settling for thi rd . Robert Fortier pushed his Kawasaki to the Vet Int ermedia te class win by pos ting a 2-1scor e a hea d o f Yamahamo unted Lee Amarad io. Yam aha rider Tom Co nrad ro u nd ed ou t the top th ree. . Tom Gi lje (Yam), Honda p ilo t Steve Pia u oni a nd Suzu ki-moun ted Fred Will ert put on the best show o f the da y wh en the y dueled for supremacy in the 250cc Intermed iat e class . P iauon i wo n the first rou nd but dro p ped to third in mot o two , a llowin g Gi lj e to cla im the overa ll wi n with a 2-1scor e. Pi ar ton i took seco nd with Willert earni ng th ird p lace hon ors. Bill y Pau g h top pe d th e l25 cc Novice class over fellow Kaw asaki rider Guy Deckert , who se second mota win was n't enough to offset a poor perfor mance in the first mota. Danny Sanch ez placed h is Suzuki thi rd. Results 18 OPEN PRO: 1. Gary Jones (Han); 2. Tim Hanna (Kaw ); 3. Jim Hoover (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Russ Wageman (Varni; 2. Ed Arnet (YamI; 3. J im Palmar (Kaw l. 125 PRO: 1. Br ian M yer scough (Varni; 2. Joa y Tuttobene (Vam ). VET EX: 1. Gary Jon es (Han); 2 . Ala n Ols on (Honl; 3 . Tom White (Suz). VET INT: 1. Robert Fort ier (Kaw) ; 2 . Lee Am aradio (Vam); 3 . Tom Conrad (Vam). VET NOV : 1. Mike Ishida (M -S); 2. Reid Frank (Han ); 3. Jack Millard (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Kev in Fring er (Vam); 2. Mark Jones (Han); 3. Dan Cukar (Han). 250 INT: 1. Tom Gil je (Yem): 2. Steve Piattoni (Honl: 3 . Fred Willen (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Craig Davis (Kaw); 2. John Sullivan (Kaw) . OPEN NOV : 1. Carl Schocklay (Suz ); 2. Tom Madsen {Hont. 3 . Tony Perry (Han ).' 'rwin snows 'em at Wilseyville HS By W. H. Spencer WILS EYVILLE , CA, NOV. 10 ISDE Vets Jeff Irwin , Ch arl ie Halcomb and Da ve Bertram took the top three spots over a field of 90 riders who braved th e dr iving sno w and freezin g temperatures at th e annual D-36/ AMA Wilseyville Cl assic Hare Scra m bles. Vet Expert and former flat trac k ace Eddie Ed gyed was first l2 5cc Junior an d fou rth overa ll, a nd Lance McPhee was top 250cc Expert, rounding out the top five overall. Leading th e Expert to ur out of cam p was Ken McKenzie on his KTM , wi th Husky rider Ha lco m b ou t to show why he got the n umber one cross co u ntry pl at e. The snow continued to fall for the first two laps and then tu rned into freezing rain , wh ich really made for a slipper y time. T he co ur se ra n a t the 3480-fl. elevation level o f th e Sierr a foothill s with a romp th rou gh the woods to grandma's a nd so me interesting water crossi ngs th at weren 't rea lly th at to ugh . T he to ug h pa rts were the two uphill sections th at became bottlenecked wi th tremen dousl y deep ruts th at were hard to traverse. Arrivi ng first a t th e h ome check in just 24 minutes wa s H a lcomb o n h is new cross co u nt ry 1986 H us ky 400, but it was McKen zie who chased h im ou t o f town , pa ssin g bac k into the lead . Red Neck Rooster Duck Dowell , along wi th Bert ra m , Ir win a nd Dar ro l Brown , made up the leading pa rt of the Open Expe rts , while Edgye d was first Vet Expert on h is trust y H onda fou r-strok e. J ohn H aaker (So u th Ci ty Cycles/ Hus) h ad troubles o n lap one an d was doing th e ca tch- u p wh ile Wal t Feyling had the Old Timer Expe rt lead in hand. Al Sine an d Bill y Bissell dueled for th e Open J unior portion, whil e Kevin McMurrav held off Brad Hinson's come from beh ind just in fro nt of Brad H olcomb for 250cc Junior honors. Another 25 min ute s a nd it was Ber tram and the -Cycle -Gear -H uskv -a minute in fro nt of H alcomb a nd Dow ell , wh ile McKenzi e stop pe d for goggles, gloves, heat or some th ing, bu t only momentaril y. McPhee an d hi s Suzuki appeared to have th e 250cc Expert show in hand, wh il e Irwin was back a no ther minu te with Cloyse Holland Sr . taggi ng a lo ng in th e O ld T im er Expe rt class on h is fourstroke Kawasaki . Haak er h ad caugh t up som e mo re wi th Sco tt Sinclai r a nd Brown ch asi ng h ard . Edgy ed started h is th ird lap a bo ut ei gh t minutes beh ind th e lead ers but still u p for th e Vet Ex pe rt cla ss, ha ving pa ssed O ld T ime r Expe rt C urt McMahon . McKen zie was a lmost two min u tes down with Bert ram , Ir win a nd Haa ker ' a ll ca ught up, a lo ng wit h Dowell and McPhee a no ther mi n u te behi n d and then Edgyed. T wo more min utes saw Brown an d the n Feyli ng. " I was prett y sure th at I was second o n the start o f th e fifth lap, beh ind Irwin, and I reall y was going to be q ui te content wi th th at , as the co ld was reall y ge ttin g to me. I fell on one uphill a nd even though n o one go t by, I was happy just to finis h ," reported Ha lco mb from th e wa rm th o f h is San Diego office wh en apprised that the first set o f results had h im scored with th e overa ll wi n. Irwin hadn 't hung around af ter the race for resu lts a n d rea lly didn 't kn ow h ow he had done, but both riders had though t the y were close 10 the fron t. What with checki n g and rechecking and finding som e stran ge hieroglyphi cs, it was determined that Irwin , on his Interlink/Hi-Point/S u n River Cycle Husky. was the winner of the fivefoot trophy. "I was just hap p y to have fin ish ed," he relayed on T uesday mo rning, wh en he found ou t h e was the semi-officia l wi n ner. " I had a lot of trou bles with th e deep ru ts lat e in the da y a n d th e uphills 'were gett ing reall y bad , bu t th e col d was th e wo rst part. We just sp li t a fter the race because it looked like we migh t ge t stuck in the meadow. " In fact, it sta rted to sno w, big time, just after th e start o f th e Novice race and the power in th e a rea went a wa y, a lt h ough everyo ne was a lrea dy o n generators. Sine held off Bissell for th e O pen J unior win w hi le McMurray to pped th e 250s over H olcomb a fter Hinson tried to u proo t a tree whil e in th ird 250cc Jun ior . Taz H arv ey took h ome the I25-200cc com bined Junior trophy for Ri ch m ond H onda , a n d Phil Douglas came back to the racing scene for seco n d with four laps compl et e in Vet Expert. Lou Boreno held o n th e longest for the Old T im er Expert win o ver wild man Lynn Ritner , former D-36 steward , with Jack Colombe third over a failing Feyling. I . .. I • _ ' '; , . • .) _ Open Novice winner Ken Magann kept off Da ve Fral ey an d Ri ch Gerow while Neal Belvoir upended the A & A Racin g entry of J oe Abra ms. Rex G ideon to p pe d J err y Berkowitz for top 200cc No vice honors and Bad Brad Raymond surp rised h imself with a first in the l25cc Novice on h is SK Cycle Honda. Results OVERALL : t . J eff IrWin (Husl; 2. Cherlie Halcomb (Hus); 3 . Eddie Edgyed (Han); 4. Oave Bertram (Hus); 5. Lanc e McPh ee (Suz); 6. Darrol Brown (Han); 7. Je ff Watts; 8. Gl en Scott; 9. Phil Douglas (Han); 10 . Dave Wood (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Irwin; 2 . Halcomb; 3. Brown. 250 EX: 1. Watts: 2. Scott; 3 . Eric Harvey . 125-200 EX: 1. Don Haogland. VET EX: 1. Edgyed ; 2. Doug las; 3 . M ike Marinkovich . OT EX: 1. Lou Boreno; 2 . Lynn Ritner; 3. Jack Coloumbe. OPEN JR : 1. AI Sine; 2. Bill Bissell Jr.; 3. Bob Rice. 250 JR : 1. Kevin McMurray; 2. Brad Holcomb; 3 . Greg Bailey. 125·200 JR : r . Taz Harvey (Han). VET JR : 1. R. C. McBroom; 2. Steva Holben; 3 . Brad Mark. OT JR : 1. Steve Thompson; 2. Ed Jardine. OPEN NOV : 1. Ken Magenn; 2. Dave Fraley; 3. Rich Gerow. 250 NOV: 1. Neal Belvoir; 2. Joa Abrems: 3. James Bunnings. 200 NOV: 1. Rex Gideon; 2. Jerry Berkowitz. 125 NOV : 1. Bred Raymond(Hon); 2. RobenAlian White . Naughton soars at Firebird MX By Mike Ross CHAND LER, AZ, NOV. 24 Robert Naughton topped the Expert class today in round three of the Arizona State Championship at Firebird motocross wi n n in g both motos on a 250 Honda . Brian Hayes (Bel-Ray/U nited Motosports ) holesh ot th e first moto on hi s open H onda with Bobby White (H on) a nd Naughton right behind him . Naughton d ove underneath White an d H a yes early in th e first lap to take fir st as Drey Dircks (Su n n yslope H onda/Lancer ) moved ahead of Wh ite to tak e seco nd. By lap three Hayes was back to th ird with White, Dircks a nd Naughton ahead. On lap four Hayes cras he d hard , dropping him back severa l po sitions. Naughton 's lead was secu re, but White (Sunnyslope H onda / AXO /USA Sport) wa s pressu rin g Dircks fo r seco n d wh ile Blose (Yo u ng Cycle Suppl y) lurked in fourth some d istan ce back . At the h alfwa y poi nt in the l O-lap swee ps ta kes, it was sti ll Naughton, Dircks, Wh ite, but Lee Parker 's 125 YZ (Max ima /Yama ha World ) go t aro und Blose. Whi te was desperate in thi rd a nd tired several ti mes to pass Dircks as th ey j u m ped the dou ble sid e-b y-side . Wh ite fina ll y saw dayligh t a n d moved into seco nd on lap n in e. At th e checkered flag Na u gh ton, Wh ite an d Dircks made it a threesome. Dircks' finish ga ve him a win in th e l25cc cla ss and Ha yes ma na ged a thi rd in the Open class . Th ird in the 250s went to Blose. In moto two, Naughton roc keted into th e lead an d ne ver look ed back . White was in seco n d an d Ha yes in third a t th e fir st turn , but on la p two Blose had found hi s wa y into secon d. Hayes, hurting after a mote- on e crash, dropped bac k o n la p three. Wh ite moved ahead o f Blose an d Dircks on lap five wi th Par ker getti ng Davis in fifth . Na ug h to n took the checkered flag with Wh it e a n d Dircks right beh ind . Fo u rt h overa ll went to Palmer, Dircks' secon d overall gave him th e l25cc cro wn while Parker got second place in that class. Ha yes' 3-1 fini sh wa s good en ough for first pl ace in Open Expert . Jimmy Gaddis (Su z) and Jimmy Button (H a n) rene wed th eir rivalry in the 80cc Expert class. In mota one, Gaddis (U.S. Suzuki/Scott/Factory Rider/Gear) recov ered after crashing on .lap six , to repass Button(American

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