Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

15 feel o f Miles twi ce bUI co u ld n' t q u i re ca tch up to the hi gh flyer. C lark I Yamaha rider Jeff Miles (78 5) leads Dean Autrey (Han) in the 250cc class during a scrambles meet in Woodland. Washington. M iles won it. T he Open A cla ss belonged 10 Husqvarna rider Ma ck Stafford . Srafford led h is class every lap and p laced seco nd o vera ll. Mike :'olcEven showed th e Super Seni or class the fast way arou nd the co urse as he led from lap one and never loo ked back . Previ ous clas s winner Warner Wi lbourn took hi s Maico to a respectable second place showing. J im Mcl ru ire fin ished th ird . The biggest trophy in th e Senior clas s went 10 Honda-mounted JIm Ford.who co nsistent ly ra n Iirst every la p . The Open Roo kie class wa s dominated by KTM rider Arty Spencer. Spencer lapped hi s entire class a nd wa s th e only rid er in his class 10 sta y in th e lead lap with th e " A" riders. The 200cc R ookie class was th e la rgest class o f th e da y as 34 riders tu rn ed out to square off against one another. Coming out on top wa s Yamaha rider W ill ie R id ings. Da vid H o lbrook led th e first ha lf of th e rac e, bu t was eventua lly passed by R id in g s a nd had 10 settle for seco nd . Results OPEN A : 1. Mack St afford (Hus); 2. David Ma ssey (Hus); 3. Johnny Thom as (Han). 250 A : 1. Joe Roger s (Honl; 2. Tim Mullins (Yam); 3. Jack Lane (Han). 200 Pc 1. Bryan Adams (Kaw); 2. David Sweat (Kawl: 3 . Kenny Satterfield (Kaw) . SR; 1. Jim Ford (Han); 2. Brad Nelson (Han); 3 . Brian McAnley (Kaw). SUP SR; 1. Mike McEuen (Han); 2. Warner Wilbourn (Ma i); 3 . J im Mcintire (KTM ). OPEN ROOKIE: 1. Arty Spencer (KTM) ; 2. Jerry Fowler (Han ); 3 . Kim Davis (Yam ). 200 ROOKI E; 1. Will ie Ridings (Yam ); 2. David Holbrook (Han); 3. BUlch Foraker (Kaw). - Dahlgreen nabs Sunrise OTMX By Bob A lloy AD ELANTO, CA , J AN . 12 Ov er 70 Old Timers MX Associa tion riders signe d up to do battle today for top honors a t Sunrise Cycle park. T he fu n starte d with the Master's cla ss w he n Ma rvin Olson bau led hi s way into the lead in m o to o ne for the w in . H e was closely fo llowed by Bo b Da h lg reen , wh o smoot h ly ca pt ured seco nd p lace, wh ile Tom my Pea rl m o to red int o th ird o n h is H o nda . _ . Mot o tw o saw Dahl green jam into thel ead a nd dom inate th e track from starr 10 fin ish to clai m firs t o verall with a 2- 1 ta ll y. O lso n ga ssed h is Yamaha in to th e secon d spot , whi le Jim Smi th Iinishcd third . Expert's divisi on began wi th Bob Beas ley fin ding th e fast lin e and gassing his Yam aha th ro ug h all o bsta cles 10 ta ke first a t th e r hecken-d flag . Bob Dcl\l ira nda fo llo wed Bea sley with second,a nd Cabe G u rierrez took third. F red Co lli n . ' rook -fln rrt h=p la cr honors. In th e second moto, DeMiranda smo ked h is Yamaha in to th e lead to tak e first place. Bo b Crandall pil o ted hi s Ho nda into seco nd, whil e Beasley scored third a head o f Cabe Guti err ez. Dav id Breet wor rode a new 560cc ATK th at put him ahead o f 13 o the r Ama teurs for the vicrory. SkipSkinn er blasted in with seco nd and Dal e Brocket took th ird . The second mo ta moved Skinner up to first pl ace fo r first o vera ll , whil e Breetwor foll owed Skin n er ahead of W indell Pa rk a nd h is new H onda. Dwayne Boyer beat IZ o the r Nov ice riders for 10 la p s to tak e th e win . Dea n Ra y fol lowed Bo yer in wi th second as J o h n Braasch seized third. Ra y diced it o u t with Bo yer. su p plying p lent y o f acti on in th e seco nd moto. Ra y en ded up wi th fir st and Bo yer settled for second. Da vid BIOOgeu cha rged in th ere a t th e end , finishing th ird. Results MASTERS: 1. Bob Dahlgr een (Han); 2. Marv in Olson (Yam). EX: 1. Bob DeM ira nda (Yam ); 2 . Bob Beasley (Yam); 3 . Bob Cranda ll (Han). AM : 1. Skip Skinner (Yam); 2. David Breetwor (ATK); 3. Dale Broc ket (Han ). NOV : 1. Dean Ray (Yam ); 2. Dwayne Boyer (Sull; 3 . David Blodgett (Han). NOV B: 1. John Turdo (Yaml; 2. Larry Escamilla (Honl. Miles styles at Woodland By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND, WA,J AN . 19 Yamaha -mounted J eff Miles evidently liked toda y's track as he continually performed onehanders, one-foot ers and tabletoppers ov er th e backstr etch jump to tak e th e overa ll in th e 250cc class of th e scram bles h eld a t th e mo tocross p ark in Woodland, Wash in g ton . T here was th ree an d a half in ch es o f rai n th e two days before race da y. so most riders decided 10 slay home, u nfortuna tely. The rains cea sed Sa turday n ig ht a nd S u nday, a llow ing th e water to d rain th roug h the to p soi l tra ck . T he resu lt was a fant asti c track for th e few who ra ced . Ever yo ne w ho saw Mil es in practice decided 10 do th eir best to simulate h im . whi ch ma de for a super-fun day for everyo ne. In mol a o ne . Dean Autrey (ha n ) cameou t fas t lead ing M iles and 125cc seaso n po ints lead er C h ris C la rk o n Ihe Cha mpio n Cycle Ce nter KTM ,ln th e sm a ll ea st co rn er , Mi les dov e . under Autrey 10 claim the lead and go un con tested to th e checkered flag . Behi nd him was Aum-v and Cla r k. I\l iks gra bbed the hi,leshol in th e seco nd moto a nd went wire- to- wire for hi ssecondw in . AUlrey got withi n had h is 125 verv close 10 Au trev several tim es bu t a1so wa s unable io ge t a n" closer. Aurrev a nd Clark. wh o had p lent y o f tin; e to wat ch Mil es. soon began showing some good stylin g o f th eir o wn . Mil es. Autrey and C lark claime d the top three positions. M OIO three was a ca rbo n co py of m ot a tw o as Mi les go t th e ho leshot a nd led Autrey a nd C lark to th e [lag. The top three sea so n points lead ers in th e80cc class are o n ly separa ted by five poi nts . All th ree were read y to do ba tt le agai n . Ryan Anderson (Bea verto n H onda/ Cou nt ry Ya mah a -Kawa saki/Electro-Wes t) got th e hol esh o t but wa s soon p assed by R ick Sm ith (Han ) a nd T ro y H u tson (Ya m). All three ra n very close for severa l la p s. Hutson went under Smi th in th e east corner a nd aga in o n th e ri g ht-handel'. but S m ith sh u t the do or eac h time. Wi th o n ly o ne lap to go , Hu tson a gain wen t u nder Smith in the ri ght ha m ler. This ti me Hu tso n ca ug h t Sm ith 's rear wh eel a nd fdl o ff th e hi gh side, Anderso n was ver y close a nd did a n ice job to m iss th e fall en rid er. At th e flag it was Sm ith . Anderso n a nd H u tso n . In mot a two H u tson got the scrat ch, foll owed by Sm it h a nd Ande rson . Smith tr ied many tim es 10 get by Hutson but not hing worked. The tw o pushed the m sel ves to th e lim it as th ey event ua ll y pu lled a bo u t 40 ya rds o n Anders o n . T he o rd er remai ned th e sa me a t the finish. T h e th ird m o to started wit h a ll three riders bun ch ed up super close. Coming o u t of th e swee pe r first was Hutson, followed by Smith a nd And erso n. Smit h we nt after H utson in th e eas t co rner bu t lost it thi s time, handing second 10 Anderso n . It took one la p for Smi th to get restarted but th ere wasn 't enoug h laps left for anyth in g 10 cha nge. H u tso n wo n fol lo wed by Anderson and Sm ith . Results WEE PEE WEE ; 1. Jo shua Currey (Yam ). M INI: 1. Troy Hutson (Yam); 2. Rick Sm ith (Han); 3 . Rya n Anderson (Kawl. 125 : 1. Chris Clark (KTM) . 250 : 1. Jeff M iles (ya m ); 2 . Dean A utr ey (Honl. OPEN: 1. Jeff Haga (Han ); 2 . Dan Dickin son (Yam ). FOUR-STRK OPEN: 1. Dan Dick inson (Yam); 2. J erry Hicks (Hon), OMHS Fall Series to Reynaud By J im J ohnson LE BAN ON , MO , J AN . 12 The O za rk Mouruain H are Scrambles Fall Seri es came to an end Su nda y, a t Lebanon, Missouri, with Husq varna rider R usty Reynaud ta king the lio n 's share o f th e aw ards. Ei g ht di fferent M isso uri p romo ters held an event with each race ha vin g a weather factor. S ta rti n g at Bol ivar, M issouri, Sept. 29 th, 113 riders braved th e cold a nd ra i n 10 slide arou nd th e rugged 3.5mi le course. G ra ndv iew, Mi sso uri ri de r, J im Sta nfi eld (H us) survived 10 tak e top ho n or s.Tim Newel l from S t. Lo u is. strapped to a Ca n- Am. look seco nd . . Race number two was held near Mt, Vern o n. M isso uri . wi th Reyna ud claiming o vera ll. Wi th a new Ma la p lat th a i sideline d h is Husky at rhe first race, Reyn aud ea sily lap p ed ihe field: H onda 's Mike M ills carne in srrotu l. The snies th ird even t. November 10. look pl ace a t J erry Sh a rp 's Possum H o llow . nea r Hallt o wn . M isso uri. W ilh Open rider Mike Burkhart showi ng how 10 ride th e sert io n o f th e co u rse, Reynaud managed to cro ss the str ipe in [irst , wi th Yama ha 's Brad Bennett in s ·co nd . Cra ne. Missou ri was rhe site o f race n um ber four with Reyn aud ag-ain co m ing in firs t, wi th KT l\1 rider Matt Sninghum, 5(' COl1(1. J a mes Vaught a nd h is n,·w d id a fi ne job in la ying O U I a fun fou r-mi le co u rse. O n Decem ber lst , wi th wind ch ills of _30 0 , :'oil. G rov e. :\Ii sso m i. was host for th e fifth race. Th e hungry po ints cha sers wh o showed up vot ed to sh ort en th e race to o ne hou r du e 10 th e co ndi tio ns . Reyn a ud aga in took a n easy first with String ham seco nd . O n to EI Dorad o Springs , :'0 1issouri, Decem ber 8 th, for th e si xth race of th e seri es. Reyn a ud . with his six-day abi lit y. survived the wo rst rid ing co nd itio ns yo u cou ld imagin e. Ri ders were seen wi th fen ce pos ts in hand . tr ying to pry th eir machi nes o u t o f th e mud: o n ly a few ma naged 10 survive th e two hou rs of to rt u re. Da vid Berrv o n a Can-Am fro m Leban on . 1\1 isso uri, fin ished seco nd. Scott' s Farm. nea r Ro gersvill e . Mi ssou ri, wa s the ba ttlegro und for even t n umber seven. Six inch es o f sn ow covered th e ro ll ing h ill s a t th e sta rt of th is two -h ou r end u ro. Revna ud, with inj uries suffered at the £ 1 Do rado race, el ected to sit this o ne o u t to hel p sco re the 250cc class, from wh ich KT M 's Ma tt Stri ng ham emerg ed to a first o vera ll. Joe Beav er ca me in seco nd . At L eba no n . St eve Abercrombie and crew did a sp len d id job in laying o u t six miles o f ro ll ing h ills and a very dema ndi ng tig h t wood sect io n . Once agai n Reyn a ud a nd hi s now very rel iable Husky ro lled home first with a not he r H usky rider. Dwayn e Mi ekl ey, second. Results 125 : 1. Vince Throckmorton (Hus); 2. Mark Phi l li ps (Yaml; 3 . John Hunter (Han) . 200: 1. Den nis Davis (Kaw); 2. Joe Beaver (Yam ); 3. Doug Youn gblood (Yam ). 250 : 1. Dwayne Miekley (Hu s); 2. Matt Stri ng ham (KTM) ; 3. Tony Neill (Yam). OPEN: 1. M ike Bu rk har t (Hon ); 2 . M ark Kelt ne r (Yamt; 3. Ric hard Lassi ter (Hus). OVE R 30 : 1. Rodn ey Rauch (Hus ); 2. Terry Br um ley (Kaw) ; 3 . Rob Aiken (Husl. OVER 40: 1. Marv in Pru iett (Yam); 2 . Richard Sm it h (Husl; 3. Jerry Sharp (Yam). BEG : 1. Ter ry Clo ud (SUl) ; 2. J Im M assey (S Ul); 3 . Jo n Harr ell (Han I. OVERALL: 1. Rusty Reyna ud (Hus ); 2. Dwayne Miekley (Hus); 3 . Ma tt Stri ngh am (KTM) . Bernard smooth on Illinois ice By Pau l Hayes MARSEILLES,IL, JAN . 12 Ron Bernard topped the Senior class final with a pass on the last lap for th e overall win a t the Ottawa Variety Riders Motocross-sponsored AMA/ D-37 icerace a t Bernard, riding th e H onda o fTom 's Repair Servi ce a nd Cons umer's Marathon, qual ifi ed for th e fin al in th e fi rs t five-lap h eat ra ce , fini shin g seco nd behi nd Barr e Lo ve. L o ve was ridi ng a Suzu ki. David York led every la p in the seco nd heat o n a Yamaha . Cou g li n Cycle-sponsored J eff Wehrli . rid ing a Ca n- Am , spe n t h is li me in th e seco nd spot. Ca n -Am-mount ed Greg j oop wo n th e sem i race with a th ir d-lap move in to th e lead . " Bro wn Eye" Bernard starte d in th e sevent h spo t, ma king h is move to th e front o n th e sixth lap . Yor k, after leading th e first five laps. co u ld n ' t hold o ff Bernard 's cha rge. j oop ra n in th e th ird spot behin d th e lea ders a nd fin ish ed in that posi tio n . J erry O ksa s rook h is H o n da to the Min i class hea t race win after a racelon g ba ll le wi th G reg Sche nk (H a n) . In th e fi nal , Oksas grabbed th e h o lesho t a nd never loo ked back. Beh ind h im . St eve Fa brizius ra n seco nd th e entire race o n a H onda , Sch enk too k thi rd p la n ' for good a t the halfway flags. N at iona l num ber 89 Mike Farl ev, in hi s fir st year o f ice racing , wo n tl;e fir st Pro -hear , lea d ing every la p , Fa r-

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