Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Open class top finishers (from left to right) David Roland (fourth), Graham Kimble (first), Michael Cook (fifth), Rick Perry (second), and Barry Caset (third) received trophies at Dade City Raceway's Awards Banquet. Dircks tops Experts at Firebird'MX Open Expert winner Bryan Hayes (212) leads Bobby White, who finished third in the 250cc Expert class at Firebird. Suzuki and Honda were g lued toge ther on the fina l turn into the downhi ll ru n for the checkers. With a final burst of power, lie1 pu lled ahead to edge out Thompson by a fender. lid 's 2-2 wins placed him second beh ind Forbes in the winners ' circle. Results 60 BEG: 1. Eric Thom pson (Hon ). BOBEG : 1. Kenny Cli nton (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Holmes (Kaw); 3. Rich Coppage (Vam). BO INT: 1. Ray Cr umb (Vam). BO JR: 1. Don Cam pana (Kawl. BO EX: 1. Ch ris Neal (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Rick Forbes (Kaw l; 2 . Bob Zial (Hon); 3. Lee Thompson (Suz). 125 JR : 1. Todd Enke (Kaw) ; 2. Ji m Riggs (Vaml . 12 5 INT: 1. Chri s W ard (Kaw); 2. Steve W eirauch (KX). 250 J R: 1. Travis Brown (Vam ); 2 . Bill Hunt (Vaml ; 3. M itch Cook (Kaw) . . 250 INT: 1. Jack Azevedo (Hon). OPEN BEG/ JR : 1. Crai g M cLean (Hon); 2. M ark Hector (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Steven Law (Honl . VET SPTSMN : 1. Van DePiero (Hon ); 2. Hector Bru sh (Hen ). VET INT: 1. Peter Cruttende n (Su z). VET MS TR: 1. Russ Daley (Suzl. aT J R: 1. Fran k Roach (Suz], OT INT: 1. Bill A rbog ast (Suz). OT M STR: 1. Bill McClinton (Vam ). 125 PRO: 1. Denn is Ostriem (Vaml . 250 PRO: 1. Georg e Hopper (Suz); 2 . Kennie Klei n (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Randy Law (Hon). Richardson doubles at Mosier ValleyMX By Marc Jenkins EULESS, TX., DEC. 13 Kawasaki rider Carroll Richa rdson dominated p rofessio na l motocross co m petition today a t Mosier Valley , ridi n g to clean 20 sweeps in both the 125 and 250cc P ro divisions. Rich ardso n grabbed the h olesho t in the first 125cc P ro rnoto, leading Rich H a lstea d (Ka w) and D.L. Wood (Yam) into th e first tu rn. By th e m id dl e of the race, Rich ard son an d H al stead had p u lled away fro m the pack, while Bryan Abern at hy worked h is way through traffic and into third p lace to set the finishing order. R ich a rdson a nd H a ls tead bo th ga ted well and put d istan ce on th e pack early in the second moto, wh ich became a lmost an insta nt rep lay of th e first race . Abernathy suffered a poor start and was forced 10 work h is way through the pack 10 earn thi rd. Halstead and Richardson dominated action again in the first 250cc Pro mota. Halstead pressured Richard son for the lead in th e early stages of the race , bu t Rich ardson q uickly .turned on the gas and motored away. Wood worked his Yamaha past Ro bbie Van Winkel (Kaw), bu t had to settle for third as th e front runners were long go ne . Wood grabbed the holeshot in th e second 250cc m o ta , wi th Van Win kel in tow and Rich ardson finally p laying catch-up. Ha lstead fell in the first turn, but recove red quick ly to salvage fo urth pl ace. Richard son got by both Wood a nd Van Wi nkel on th e th ird la p . H al stead th en passed a fading Van Winkel to mo ve into the top three. Wood pressured Richardso n a ll the way to the finis h line but . cou ld n ever make the pass. In 250cc Intermedia te action, Murphy Capers (Yam) survived two mi dpack sta rts to wi n th e class with a pe rfect I-I score. His to ughest competi tion in the first mota came from Scott Scharnbacher (Northeast Cycle / M-Star), an d Dra ke Moore (C-A). Schambacher looked in co ntrol of the moto u nt il th e la te stages when Capers began passing riders in cl umps. He eventually go t by bo th Moore and Schambacher to take the win. Even tho ugh Schambacher go t a good start in the seco nd rnoto, he surrendered control to Capers mi dway through th e race w hen h e cras hed hard and was unable to restart. The ba ttl e for second was between Moore and Honda -mounted Scott Freeman , with Moore ge tting th e nod at the checkered flag. T he day's tigh test raci ng came in the O pen Nov ice class, where Rich ard Ross (Ha n) , J oey Dorsett (Parts Unlim ited -Hon ) a nd Casey 'Ba va ig h (Ya m) ba ttl ed j ust a few feet apart for the to p spot duri ng most of bo th motos. Ross and Dorsett traded wi ns with the overall going 10 Dorsett. In the 80cc Beginner class, Payn e Brassard won bot h mot os going away. Results 250 EX: 1. Carroll Richardson (Kaw) ; 2. D.L Wood (Yam); 3 . Rich Hals taad (Kaw). 12 5 EX: 1. ca rroll Richardson (Kawl; 2 . Rick Hal stead (Kaw) ; 3. Bryan Abernat hy (Kaw) . OVER 30 EX: 1. J im Kn igh t (Vam). 250 INT: 1. Mu rphy Capers (Vam); 2. Dra ka Moore (C-A ); 3. Scott Schamb acher (M -Star). 125 INT: 1. Jason Schultz (Kaw) ; 2. Eddia Jon es (Kaw ); 3. Bo Freem an (Hon). BO INT: 1. Jason Schu ltz (Kawl; 2 . James Full er (Kawl; 3. Cliff Donn ell y (Kaw) . OVER 30 INT: 1. Dwight Leat herwood (Hon ); 2. M el Eddy (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1. J oey Dorsell (Hon) ; 2. Richard Ross (Honl; 3. Casey Bava igh (Yam l. 250 NOV : 1. Troy M iller (Vam); 2 . Cody Payne (Kaw ); 3 . Larry Nichols (Vam). 125 NOV : 1. Bobby Tome ro (Yam ); 2. Clay M agsu rik (Kawl; 3. M ike Nicho las (Kaw) . OVER 30 NOV : 1. M il es Devlin (Vam l; 2. Jo hn Talbot (Vam); 3 . Marc J enk ins (Honl . BO NOV /BEG : 1. Payne Brassard (Kaw) ; 2 . Chad Camp ise (Vam); 3. Ma tt Bruc e (Kaw) . OPEN/ 250 BEG: 1. Rick My ars (Vam ); 2 . Jack Surlier (KTM ); 3 . Gary Carl ock (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Rick Myers (Yaml ; 2. Br ian Cheek (Cog); 3 . John Grah am (Kaw) . By Michael Ross CHANDLER, AZ, DE C. 8 Round five of the Arizona Sta te Championship Serie s saw Drey D irc ks , aboa rd hi s L an cer Leathers, Youn g Cycles an d Su nnyslope Honda -sponsored C R l25, ta ke the overa ll win at Fi reb ird Sunday. Dircks had problems in moto one with Bobby Wh ite, Den ni s Park er and Ro n Watmore, bu t managed a fourth overa ll a nd second in h is class. White, (AXO / Su nnyslope H onda/ USA Sport) on a C R250, ca me home in first a fter a ba ttl e wi th hard-ch arging Parker (AXO /Yamaha Wo rld). Parker's YZI25 took second overall a nd first in his cl ass, while Wa tmore's 250Y l, sponsored by BP Co m petition and Eastside Cycle, too k th ird overall and seco nd in h is class . Brya n H ayes (Bel-Ray /']'T / FaclOry Rider/ U n ited Motorsport) holeshot rnot o two o n h is CR500, bu t the lead wo u ld change several ti mes during the next three laps. Chappy Blose (You ng Cycle Supply/Suz) rode a smart race a nd p a tiently waited out a ll the " ro ller ball" tactics u nti l h e got a clean shot at th e lead . Blose took first overall and first in h is class in rno to two. Park er go t a terr ible start in m ota two bu t m ade th e most of it as he p icked off ri de r a fter rider to ta ke second in his class a t th e checkered flag , while Brya n Hayes took wins in bo th mo tos.in O pen Expert. Doug Shadd took both moto wins in Mi n i Beg inner again, with Pete Wic kersham finishing in th e seco nd spot twice while Steve Bitsill y continues to excel in Junior Cycles, wh ere he won both of h is m ot os, In 125ccAmateuraction, Wes Parker took th e first moto wi n after di ci n g with Billy Carlson, but Ca rlso n got h is reven ge in moto two with a we lldeserved first to Parker's secon d . Ca rlson keeps h is Honda run n ing strong with h elp fro m Young Cycle Supply. Toby H o ld en was unstopp able in the Min i Amateur class as h e wo n m ota one a head of Wickersh am a n d swep t mota two in spite o f a determ ined Chip Young, who too k second . Sco tt Co n ne lly (Casa Grand Suzuki / Ci rcle Industr ies) di sp osed o f the competi tio n in Mi ni Novice. Mar k Jones aced th e O pen Ama teur class on h is Desert Cycle, Circle-spon sored H on da ahead of Jeff Can radson . Conradson got a poor start in moto two , bu t q uic kly worked his way up as Jones put Larry Witt back to second. Conradson a nd Witt debated over second for th ree laps before Conradson fou nd the way around Witt's Western Honda -sponsored C R , but by that time Jones was lo n g go ne a nd Con - radson had to be satisfied with second. Results JR CVCLES: 1. St even Bits ill y(Kaw); 2. Br ian Cole (Kaw ); 3. J immy Mokry (Hon). MINI BEG: 1. Doug Shadd (Kaw) ; 2. Chri s W ickersham (Kaw) ; 3. M ika Thomas (Kaw) . MINI NOV STK : 1. SCOll Connelly (Suz); 2. Todd Dav is (Yam ); 3. Br ian Cook (Kaw). MINI NOV MOD: 1. Scoll Conn elly (Suzl . MINI AM STK: 1. Toby Holden (Kaw). MINI AM MOD: 1. Toby Holden (Kaw) ; 2. Chip Young (Hon ); 3. Pete W ickers ham (Kaw) . MINI EX: 1. Tim Reeves (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Larry Jeffers (Hon ); 2 . Kris Tow er (Kaw) ; 3. Brian Eliasso n (Hon ). 125 NOV STK: 1. Char ley Leakin (Suz); 2. Don Tistle (Kaw) ; 3. Deane Cowan (Hon ). 125 AM STK MOD: 1. Billy Car lson (Hon) ; 2 . Wes Par ker (Yam); 3. Chri s Roger s (Kaw). 12 5 AM STK: 1. Bi ll y Carlson (Ho n); 2. W es Parker (Vam); 3 . Bobby Arnold. 250 NOV : 1. Chr is J or dan (Hon) ; 2 . Kev in Kieper (Kaw); 3. Don Tistl e (Kaw) . 250 AM : 1. Ma rk Jones (Vam ); 2. Chr is Rogers (Kaw); 3 . Hal Owens (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Mark Jones (Hon); 2. Je ff Conrad· son (Hon); 3 . Ken Wood (Hon) . OT: 1. Rick Tabo r (Kaw); 2. Bill M eyer (Kaw) ; 3. M ike Mcintyre (Kaw) . 125 EX: 1. Dra y Dircks (Hon ); 2. Dennis Parker (Yam ); 3 . Paul Bowman (Kaw). 250 EX: 1. Chappy Blose (Suz); 2 . Ron Westmore (Vam); 3 . Bobby Wh ite (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Bryan Hayes (Hon); 2. James George (Kaw) ; 3 . Ken Harper . Tipping feted at Dade City Banquet By Athie Sanders DADE C ITY, FL, DEC. 6 Dade Ci ty Raceway p layed h ost to 380 peop le at its 5th An n ua l Track and Point Ser ies Cham pi ons h ip Awards Banq uet held a t St. Leo's College. Jarrett T ipping was awarded th e overa ll High Point award, a nd G raham Kim ble was hon ored for setting a track record by claim ing top ho nors in three classes. R yan MacNea l, . Ricky Ha m psh ire a n d Kenn et h Mc Ki n non also receive d awards for finis hing firs t in class d uri ng the 1985 season. O ver $10,000 in co ntingency prizes were presented to com pe titors by promoter Ra n dy Yoho, wh o served as master of ceremonies for the ban q uet. Cah ill 's Yama ha, Dunlo p T ires, Pasco Cycle, Sco tt USA, Mik e's Yam aha , Silkol en e. T&D Cycle, Castre Gl oves, Chariot Tra ilers, Kawasa ki of Winter Haven, SKR, Nationa l Cycle Accessories, Kawasa ki of O ca la , Yama ha o f Brandon , H onda o f Bra n don, Carlisle T ires, Brandon Kawasak i, Simp so n H el m ets, Barney's Yamaha , PJI Cycle O il s, Ron 's Cycle, DI D Chai ns, Motorcycle S tuff, Suzu ki of Lak e Wa les, Dave Mi ller Concepts, Answ er P roducts, G uIfview Yama ha, T&F Raci n g, R honeell i P ro ductions , a nd H onda of Leesburg were all sponsors o f th is year's co ntingency progra m . Yoho presen ted AI Voge l, head of Pasco County Fair Association, a p laq ue a s an expression of a ppreciation to the association for their support of Da de City Raceway. " Dade City Raceway has worked closely with the Pasco County Fai r Association over the past six years as th e

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