Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

,------------------------- ------, Vl Vl o a:: ..J W ~ J: u :E >- CD o o >J: c.. Dennis Parker (1 05) leads Chappy Blose en route to the w in in t he 125cc Expert class at Canyon MX in Phoenix. Arizona . 250,c Amat eur crown. Marzi ano took first overa ll. Results OVERALL J R CYCLE: 1. Br ian Cook; 2 . Jimmy M okry; 3 . Eric Far leigh. 80 BEG: 1. Doug Shadd ; 2. Chr is W ickersham ; J . Roger BaIts. 80 NOV STK: 1. Scott Conn ell y: 2. Seon Carn ell ; 3. Brian Cook. 80 NOV MOO : 1. Scott Con ne lly ; 2. Scott Carne ll ; 3 . Tod Davis. a DAM STK: 1. J .J . Tun nell ; 2. Matt Laue rman; 3 . Pete W ickerham . 80 AM MO D: 1. J .J . Tunnell ; 2. Toby Holden; 3. Pete Lauerman. 80 EX: 1. Jimmy Gaddis: 2. Jimmy Bunon. 125 BEG: 1. Kris Tower; 2. Brian Eliasson ; 3. Shawn M ellison. 125 NOVSTK: 1. Deana Cowan ; 2. Bill Grub e; 3. J .D. Crawford. 125 NOV MOD: 1. Pau l Reed ; 2. DeanoCowan; 3. Tim Barker. 125 AM STK : 1. Bill Carlson; 2. W es Parker; 3 . Chri s Rogers. 125 EX: 1. Den nis Park er ; 2. Paul Bowman; 3 . Rob Olse n. 250 NOV STK: 1. Don Tistl e; 2. Ken Kieper; 3. Ch r is Jordan. 250 AM STK : 1. Jeff Sm it h; 2 . Steve Davis; 3 . Hal Owens. 250 EX; 1. Bob by W hite; 2. ChaPllY 8 1 0se; 3 . Scon Davis. OPEN NOV , 1. Tracy Ma llo ry; 2. Ron Gamble; 3 . John Sch roe der . OPEN A M : 1. Jeff Conradson; 2. Ken Wood; 3 . Lacy Covert . OPEN EX: 1. Bry an Hayes ; 2 . Ken Har per ; 3 . J ames Georg e. 1. Bill M eyer; 2 . Ron Tabor ; 3 . M ike M cintyr e. MOTOCROSS JR CYCLE: 1. Br ian Cook (Ka w); 2. Ja mes Mokry (Han); 3 . Mark De Young (Kaw) . M INI8EG: 1. Dou g Shadd (Kaw) ; 2 . ChriS W icke rsham (Kaw ); 3. Danny Stewart (Hon ). 5uz); 2. Scott MIN I NOV STK : 1. Scott Conn elly 1 Carnell (Kaw l; 3. Brian Cook (Kaw). MINI NOV M OD: 1. Scott Connelly (Kaw); 2. Scott Carnell (Ka w) . M INI AM STK : 1. M att Lauerma n (Kaw); 2. J .J . Tunnell (Kaw ); 3 . Pet e W icker sh am (Kaw) . M INI AM MOD: 1. Toby Holden IKa w); 2. Pete W icker sham (Kaw) ; 3. Kevi n Kinm an (Kaw) . M INI EX: 1. Ji mmy Gadd is (SUl); 2. J imm y Butt on (Han) . 125 BEG: 1. Br ian Eliasson (Hon); 2. Kr is Tower (Kaw); 3 . Danny Carnu (Suz). 125 NOV STK: 1. Bill Grube IHon); 2. Leon capps (Kaw); 3 . Don Tistle IKaw). 125 A M MOD: 1. Br ian Pryor IKaw); 2. 8 illy Car l son (Hon); 3. John Moran (Hon). 125 AM STK: 1. Wes Parker (Yam); 2. 8illy Carl son (Hon ); 3. Br ent W ineland (Han). 125 NOV M OD; 1. Leon Capps (Kaw) ; 2. Paul Reed (Han); 3. Deano Cowan (Hon). EX: 1. Dennis Parker (Yam); 2. Chappy 8 1 0se (Suz); 3. Scott Davis (Yam ). 250 NOV: 1. Don TIst le (Kaw ); 2. Chr is Jordan (Hon ); 3. Kevin Kieper (Kaw) . 250 AM : 1. Joe M arziano (Yam ); 2. Jeff Sm ith (Kaw ); 3. Steve Davis (Kawl. OPEN NOV : 1. Tracy Ma llory (Han); 2 . 8ret Boyd (Kaw); 3. Ron Gamble (Yam ). OPEN AM : 1. Rick Nag le (Han); 2. Jell Conradson (Hon); 3. Dav e Crawford (Han). OT: 1. Tim Kennedy (Yam); 2. W ill ie Giro ir (Kaw) ; 3. Bob Blose (Hon) . or. Anderson, Tyler top Pros at Salem By Clay Light SALEM , O R, DEC. 13 Fri day th e 13th wasn't bad luck for Was hi ngton riders J im my An derson a nd Sco tt Ty ler during Sal em a renacross ac tio n a t 18 Oregon State Fai rgroun ds , as Anderso n and Ty ler domina ted the Pro classes in th e first of two n igh ts of raci ng. Tyler beat Anderson in th e seco nd Open Pro mOIO 'for the overa ll. while Anderso n aced both 125cc Pro motos. Tyler came bac k to soundly trounce both 250cc Pro m otos. Local rid er Kenn y O lsen (Ka w) led th e I25cc Pros a ro u nd the co urse for three laps until Nati on al number 19 And erson went in sid e. sending both rid ers down in a h eap. And erson moun ted his new 1986 YZ first and sho t off to stea l th e first -mota win . foll owed by O lsen, who held 0 [[ J ohn Wood ley (Ka w) by a wh eel for seco nd. Olsen got the holesh ot again in moto two. th is time to lead Woodl ey. Gary Beyer (Ka w ), And erson and Mik e H artman (Ya m) into turn one and th ro ugh th e wh oops. Anderson and Beyer were having a real baili e until Beyer cra shed . m oving Anderson to third. Anderson got by Ol sen wh en th e KX rid er crashed. p ur ring Woodley into th e lead . Woodley led 10 th e la st turn . when An derson stu ffed him across th e line for the wi n . Anderson wen t I-I for th e overa ll a hea d o f Woodl ey (3-2). a nd th e 2-3 of Ol sen fo r top cash pay-o ff. T yler easily won both 250cc Pro rnot os over Oren Bray (Ka w), Bray tr ied hard but managed on ly a 2-2 tall y for hi s ni gh t' s work. O pen Pro s had Anderson the victor ove r Ty ler in wh at was h is first O pen ride. but wh en it ca me down to rnot o two , it was a ll T yler 's for th e overa ll. Joe Foeckl er (H on) wem 3-3 for th ird . In o the r ra cin g ac tio n. Monty Spaldin g took th e fir st 125cc B moto into hand , but quickly relinq u ish ed hi s lead to Tony Graves, a board the Krau se Racing H onda. Graves fought 0[[ Spa ld ing 10 bag the Iirst-rnoto win. but the real th rill er was rnoto two. Spalding holeshot o nce aga in but th is time held h is o wn gro u nd a nd refused 10 budge. G raves did a ll h e co u ld 10 get by. but 10 no ava il, going 1-2 for second overa ll as third went 10 Yamaha rider T im Wiles (43). Graves a lso topped th e 250" B first mot o , crushing th e field by holding 0 [[ SCOllY Russell (H a n ) a nd a Mik e NOll/Cla y Ligh t/Da m on Dunagan ( Ka w) entourage. Th e secon d tim e o u t had Russell sty le hi s wa y in to th e lead , wi th G raves runn in g third. Gra ves go t by NOll (Ka w ) a nd went a fter Russell , but as in th e 125s. Graves' 1-2 would net seco nd overa ll with th e win to R ussell. Results OPEN PRO; 1. Scott Tyler (Yam ); 2 . Jimmy Anderson (Yam); 3. John Foek ler (Hon l. 250 PRO: 1. Scon Tyler (Yam ); 2. Oren 8ray (Kaw); 3. J immy Anderson (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. J i mmy Anderson (Yam ); 2. John Woodley (Kaw ); 3 . Kenny Olsen (Kew). 125 C: t . Tom Kuschnick (Kaw); 2 . Joh n Gregson (Kaw); 3 . Bill y Roll er (Yam). 125 B: 1. M onty Spald ing (Yam l; 2. Tony Graves IHon); 3. Tim W il es (Yam ). 30·40: 1. M ike Holbrook (Han ); 2. Wayne v anloon (H us); 3 . 80b Leach IKaw). PEE WEE: 1. Jo ey Garrell (Yom); 2. M att Will iam s (Yom). 60 A : 1. Rya n Huffman (I(a w t: 2. Dan ny Ulven (Kaw) . 60 B/C ; 1. Chris Pan erson (Kaw); 2. Ryan Leach (Han); 3. Corey Fu ller (Kaw) . 80 C: 1. Dus ty 8rown (Kaw); 2. Tr oy Fuller (Yam) ; 3 . Eric Rooers (Hon). 2 50 C: , . David Morton (Husl 2. Mark Duerr (Han); 3. Ron Stevenson IHon) . 250 8 ; 1. Scott Rus sell (Han); 2 . Tony Graves (Han); 3. M ike Nott (Kaw) . Bostard, Dashiell, title at Sand Hill By Lee Denlinger BRENTWOOD, CA, DEC.22 Yamaha rider Terry Bosta rd (Co nco rd Yamaha/Malcolm Smith /Scott USA ), Hondasu p p ort rider Larry Dash iell (An swer Ra cin g / Si erra Ra cing / Oakley Goggles) a nd Sh ell Yamaha / Maru sh in H elmet s rider Rodney Sm ith ca p tured th eir resp ective class tit les in th e 125, 250cc a nd Open Pro mot oc ro ss cla sses tod ay a t Sa nd Hill Ranch . " I do m y best rid in g whe n I co me from beh ind ," said Bostard before th e 125cc Pro race, a nd th en h e wen t o n 10 prove hi s point, G ellin g a fifth -pl ace sta n in th e fir st m ot o, Bostard spu n 0[[ th e lin e and raced m idpack th e first lap . Then , in typi cal Bastard fashion, he pi cked o ff the co m petitio n one-by-one. He passed Ka wasa ki riders Eri c Sandstro m a nd Willi e Mill er in th e seco nd lap. Yam aha rid er Steve Vlahos (Sierra Racing/ Ans wer Racin g) reli nquished th e firs t-pl ace spot in lap three to Jean Corn ey (Kaw), a nd th en th ey both slip ped back a spo t as Bostard po w ered passed th em in la p fou r. Vlahos regained th e lead in lap five. but Ba stard set th e pa ce for th e win in lap six. Ba sta rd 's th ird -pl ace sta n in th e seco nd rno to ga ve him th e m oti vatio n to ca tch up. Mill er was cu t o ff o n a n in sid e turn a nd slip ped to th ird p lace as Bostard opene d th e th ro ttle a nd reeled in from-runner Vlahos o n th e third lap. Ba stard th en showed h is wi n n ing for m as he ra n un contested 10 th e che ckers a nd th e win . Da sh iell fough t for victory in both mot os in th e 250cc Pro ra ce. KTMmounted Rick Myth en (Dia blo Spo rts Cycle / Cycle Gear) w as fir st o u t of th e ga te in th e first m ot o a n d set th e pace for th e n ext five laps. M- tar su p po rt rid er All en Berluu (Euro CycIes/E P/ Hi-Point/ Arai Helm ets)a nd Dashi ell p ressed Myth en , but it wa s Dashi ell w ho prevailed as he passed Berluri in la p five a nd closed in o n th e leader. Myth en and Dash iell di ced it out for over a la p until Das hiel l pu lled ahead in. th e seventh la p and held on fo r the W1l1 . In th e seco nd mot o, Mythen. Berluti a nd Dashiell led th e pa ck o ut o f th e ga te. On th e second lap, Kell y Andris (Malco lm Smith /Ki ser Bros. H onda ) steered hi s H onda past the trio to set th e p ace for th e next two laps. On lap five, Da shi ell broke o u t o f th e pack an d cu t to the in side line o n succe ssive turns to ca p tu re the lead . Dashi ell led th e wa y ac ro ss th e fini sh line. foll ow ed by Andris a nd Berluri . Dashiell 's cha nces for a double victo ry wer e da shed wh en Smith found th e w inning line and followed it 10 th e checkers in th e Open Pro class. In th e first moto, Honda rider Bill Jamerson (Maxima Raci ng Lubricants/ H i-Po im / Sacra me m o Honda ) go t th e holeshot and held on to firs t pl ace for two laps. Dash iell passed Jamerson on the third lap with Smith chas in g . J amerson fell 10 third place as Smith motored ahead and overtook Dashiell on the fift h lap. In the second moto, Sm ith wa s th e first ou t -of the ga te a nd rode uncontested to the fin ish lin e for th e O pen Pro title. Results 80 BEG: 1. Robert Gon salv es (Yam); 2. J immy Robinson (Sul); 3 . Tyler Patten (Yom ). 80 JR : 1. Pete Piantanida (Su z); 2. Ph illip Paz (Yam); 3 . Kar l Bu tl er (Han). 80 1NT: 1. Ray Crumb (Yom ). EX; 1. Steve Lamson IYam). 125 BEG: 1. Er ic Shir ley (Kaw) ; 2. John Wi lson (Su z); 3. 80b Ziel (Han). 12 5 JR : 1. Shewn Wilson (Yem); 2. Tom Lamson eo IKaw) ; 3. Scott Stanley IKaw ). 125 1NT 1. Dan ny Paladino(Kaw); 2 . Ja d

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