Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

in ro u nd tw o fo r the I-I ove ra ll. Tops in th e Open ra n ks was Wheelsport KT M r ide r Gra vson H art , wh o beat Washingt on 's Ral ph Dunla p (Hon ) in each o u ting fo r top O pe n cas h . In 125cc acti o n , J oh n Wo od ley sawed off his cas t o n hi s broken arm a nd ·p ro ceeded 10 mo to r a wa y with th e fi rs t co ntes t a hea d o f Gar y Beyer , Ku r t Ro gstad t a nd Wash ing ron 's Jamie Mun son , all aboard Ka wasa kis. Bever came back to win th e seco nd ro un d a nd gain the over a ll with h is 2- 1 rid es. Seco nd in th e moto went to H onda rider Mike Bell, w hile Woodl ey took a third o ver Ken ny Olsen (Kaw ). Woodl ey took second cas h with his 1-3 a nd Bell third , go ing 5-2 in th e 10 la p mot os, Res ults 250 PRU : 1. Doug Lange (Yam) ; 2 . Don Bisceglia (Yam): 3. Jere M eeker (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (KTM) : 2 . Ralph Dunlap (Han) . 125 PRO : 1. Gary Beyer (Kaw) : 2. John W ood ley (Kaw ): 3. M i ke Bell (Hon) . OPEN B: 1. Tony Cabodi (Yaml ; 2. Rick Gu nderson (Yam); 3. Rebert Cecil Il-tus). OPEN C: 1. Todd Bisceglia (Honl: 2. David Hampton (Hon l; 3. A lan Dalke (Hon) . 2 50 B: 1. Denny Fenn ell (Yam); 2. Kyle Hall (Hon) : 3. Ton y Graves (Han ). 250 C: 1. Rich W ord (Honl: 2. Ch uck Barber (Hon); 3. Dan Gregory (Han). '2 5 B: 1. Tony Graves/Han); 2. Dennis M cCon nell (Kaw l: 3. Duane Redd ing (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. John Gregson (Kawl: 2. Jeff Cook (Yam l: 3. Lance Rudge (Kaw) . 80 B: 1. Dann y Ulv en (Kaw ); 2. J eff Daily (Kaw) ; 3. Jason Pearson (Hon) . 80 C: 1. Troy Fuller (Yam); 2. Chris Paterson ( Ya m ~; 3 . M arl in Hansen (Kaw) . 60 B: 1. J oey Garren (Yam); 2. Bob Hol tgrew (Yam); 3 . M an Williams (Yam ). 60 C: 1. Cory Full er (Kaw); 2. M ike Fetty (Hon): 3. Bobby Kitterma n (Kaw). 30-40 PRO; 1. Br ian Hall (KTM ). 30 -4 0 TROPHY: 1. Tom Pilcher (Kaw ): 2. John Groom (Yam l: 3. Chr is Morris (Hon). Roper cleans Cactus Cup trials By Daryl Drake Yamaha-mounted Todd Roperwon the Th ird Annual Cactus Cup t ria ls for h is second consecutive w in in the Central Arizona Trials series, Word, Gregson win Salem arenacross By Clay Light SALE M, O R , JAN . 18 Roun d two of th e do uble ra ce weekend at th e O regon 's State Fa irg ro u n d s i n Sa le m h ad G ra n ts Pass ride r R ich Word 22 and local rider J o hn Gregson steal th e show in 250cc. C a nd l2 5cc C acti on in a re na cross ra cin g . Bo th classes were aga in o verflo w sta tu s a nd had to be trimmed to fi t th e 12r ider starting ga te. Word (SO MA/ H o n)a nd Ron Stevenson (H o n) were th e respective hea t race winners in th e 250cc C prel im in aries, both aboard four-stroke th umper s. T he duo sho t o u t fro nt at the drop of th e ga te in the ma in a nd rode a head of two -st roke C R H onda riders Dan Gregory a nd Dav id Clime r. Stevcn so n dropped o rr the pace, a llowing G rego ry , Cli mer a nd H onda pilot C h uck Ba rb er to move up a n ot ch . Barber na bbed both Grego ry a nd Climer to land a second a t th e fini sh , but co u ld n ' t cha llenge Word, who took the win . In 125 Cqua lifying, Grcgson Cr ea m Tay lo r/ Ka w) a nd ex -Pro Scott G arriso n went 1-2 in the firs t six -lap hea t race. La nce R u dge (Ka w) wo n the second h eat to set th e stage for th e eigh t-lap, 12-ride r fin a le. Gregson loo ked to im p ro ve his fo ur th -p lace perform ance of last n igh t by blurri ng to the fro nt o f th e p ack a head of tea mmat e G arri son, Rudge and Suzuki r ide r J eff J en kins. J en kin s a nd R idge took several la p s to decid e the o u tco me o f the ir battle, which went Ru dge's way . Rudge soon jo ined G arrison in -a seco nd-place runo ff, which .. . ...... , . had Ru dge ta ki ng the posit io n when Garrison bail ed o ff in th e whoops. Gregson , at th at poi nt , was long gone a nd h eld o n fo r th c win ov e r R ud ge. . Tony Ca bodi (Ya m) won th e big bore Open B co n test, wi n n ing th e o vera ll in a battl e wit h firs t-mo te winner R ick G u nderson (Ya ma ha o f Springfield ), ma king o ne o f hi s first rides o n a n O pen bike. Gunderson let Ca bodi get away in th e seco nd co ntest to claim firs t brass wi th a 2-1 to beat Gunder son 's 1-2 a nd H usky rider Ro ber t Ceci l, who took a third with 4-3 rides. T odd Biscegl ia (Ya m) wo n th e O pen C portion o f th e progra m by taking 2-1 rid es to the trop hy p resentation . H o nda rid e r Da vid H ampton won rnot o o ne, but was so u nd ly beaten by Biscegl ia in th e seco nd moro . Th e 250cc B class ha d la st n ight 's o vera ll winner, Kvle Ha ll , ta ke mot o o ne from sta n to' fini sh o n the P ro Ca liber H onda over Denn y Fen ne ll (Yam) a nd David Morton (H us). Tony G rav es (Hon) led Fenn ell , H all , MOIO X Fox rider C lay Light , Tom P ilc her (Kaw) a nd Brian H all (KT M), ho lding down top spo ts into turn one, but a fter th a t it was a ll Graves on the Kra use Racing H o nda . Graves too k it a ll th e way to th e chec kers to beat Fennell , who would be th e overa ll wi n ner via h is 2-2 rid es. Third in th e mo to we nt to first mot o win ner H all , who beat bro th er Br ian a nd P ilc her in th e top five. Scco nd in th e o vera ll wen t to Kyle Ha ll with 1-3 rides wh ile Graves wen t 5- 1 fo r third . Mo to -X Fo x/Marush in -supponed Doug Lange wo n h is seco nd race in a row , dom in at in g both 250cc/ O pe n Pro m o tos. La nge had to sha ke o ff Jere " T he St rea ker " Meeker (S uz) in mo to o ne a nd Don Biscegl ia (Ya m) CAREFREE , AZ, JAN. 19 Yamaha-moun ted Todd R oper grabbed to p ho nors at the third a n nual Cactus C u p tr ia ls for h is second co nsecu tive wi n in Ce n tra l Arizona Tria l, I nc.' s 1985-86 serl t'S , But it wa s close, rea l close. T his tim e, th e to p th ree Experts a ll tu m ed in a sco re o f 69 marks a fter fo u r tr ips a ro u n d th e e ig h r-sect i o n l o o p . T hro ugho u t the tri a l, th is trio of R o p er , Bob Pennin g to n (H o n ) a nd G reg j on es (Ya m) traded thc lead , but whe n it ca m e to th e fin al tall y, R o per ea rned firs t w it h seven cleans 10 P enn in g ton 's five a nd J ones' two . J oe Alsw ort h (Ya m) was fourth wiih 95 marks a nd Steve Dick son (Ya m ) fini shed out th e top five Expert s wi th a 107 in h is first Expert tri a l. Dickson was also th e o n ly rider to clean secti on tw o , a nd T rialmaster s Ron a n d Andy Sawn a wa rded h im th e " Go lden Dab " a wa rd for th e fea t. J eff Mead (Ya m) was back in for m a nd turned in a -17 for the Adva nc ed win . Back a t 65, M ikc Carlt on (Ya m ) a n d Bob Till (Ya rn) co u nted clea ns a nd wer e still tied w it h ni ne ap iece, so it went 10 co u n ting o ne's (sectio n s cleared wi t h j us t o ne m ark ) a nd Ca rlIOn ca me o u t o n lOp for secod w ith seven o ne 's, wi th Till th ird w i th three one 's. Glen n Wr ig ht (Ya m) a nd J oh n Suriano (Ita l-j et ) ro u nded o u t th c top five. In th e Sen io r Adva nced ranks, Steve Bigl er (Ya m) scored a 54 for th e class w in, w ith J oe Croo k (Ya m ) secon d a t 62 and J oe Ige (Ya m) th ird at 80. J ohn Lenon (S\VM) was the o n ly o ther ri der in class to co m p le te hi s loops, ta kin g fou rth wi th 108 marks in a non- troph y ridc. Int ermed ia te, Nov ice, Beg in ner a nd Juni or r iders ro de eas ier sectio ns in the morn in g , bu t th e Sa u ru 's made th cm much mo re d iffi cu lt tha n th e in a ugu ra l Cactus C u p two years ago . As the ir tr ial s flyer stated, "."r~y. tech - n ical sections wit h p .m . sectio ns tha ra ngv fro m easy nati o nal level tc wo r ld class! " Mo ru esa-m o un uS ha ne Wecker ly to pped th e Inn-nn e dia tes with j us t 10 marks wi t h J efT) Tare (Ya m ) sC('(>JI d a t 16. Da vc Mont gomery (Yam) was third wit h a 2 a fter a get-off in th e early going sen t him over th e ba rs. J ohn Lenon (SW:\I a n d Mark Makarov (H o n ) tied at :I with 18 cle a ns apiece, the form er ca rn ing fourt h with four one's. Results EX: 1. Todd Roper (Yam ); 2. Bob Penn i ngton (Hon): 3. Greg Jones (Yam). SR ADV : 1. Steve Bigler (Yam ): 2. Joe Crook (Yam ): 3 . Joe Ige (Yaml . INT: 1. Sh ane Weckerly (Mo n); 2. J erry Tate (Yam ); 3. Dave M on tgomery (Yam). SR NOV : 1. Jim Barcus (Yam ); 2. Craig Reim er (Yam ); 3. Errol Montgom er y (Mo n). BEG: 1. Mike King (Yam): 2. SandI Al swort h (SWM); 3. Troy Reimer (Yam l. ADV: 1. Jef f Meade (Yam) : 2. M ike Carlton (Yam); 3. Bob Till (Yam ). SR INT: 1. Gordon Underwood (Hon): 2. Bob Reese (SW MI . NOV : 1. Eric Curtis (Yam): 2. Tom W ilt (Bul ): 3 . Kelsey M an nin g (SW M ). JR: 1. Brock Root (Yam ); 2. Paul Curti s (Yam); 3. Ke nny Bri dg es (Yam ). Fredette cleans up Loon Lake ice race By Linda Blum ANTIOCH, IL, J AN. 12 T he re were man y hero s a mon g th e 192 co ntesta nts o n ha n d for toda y's Loon Lake Ice R aci n g Series. however , it was 1985 125 a n d 200cc defending AMA Na tio na l Ice Race Champ, J eff Fredet te. who domi nated bo th th ose classes in th e cas ua l manner typical o f th e ISD E go ld meda list. Fredet te led th e l25 cc fina l from start 10 finis h, as Fran k Ka iser g rabbed seco nd p lace from hea t win ner Chad Bierl e. T he to p three were Kawasaki-mourned . T he 200cc fina l was more give a nd take with Fredette slici ng o ff the last co rner of th e last lap p ast Kaw asak imounted hea t win ner Bill Shoemake for th e inside lin e to th e ch eckers. Yamaha-mou nted Do n Wa ldbuesser , sw ept the 250cc class clai mi ng the fir st heat a nd wir ing th e fin al, was a lso impress ive in th e Pabst 250cc Cha llenge, unt il a n untimel y la st-lap cras h to regai n hi s lead fro m R ick G ruber en ded hi s ch a rge . G rcg Wa gen kenech t, Vern Browne a nd Fredet te chased Gruber 10 th e flag. Ro tax-rnourued Vern Bro wne led Ma r k G ruber a n d Wagen k nec h t to th e fir st P ro heat wi n , wh ile Don , Herri ng (Ya m ) held off the determined effo rt s o f Tim Farre ll (R tx) in th e second h eat. " I to ok th e o utside pole just for raci ng ro o m ," sai d event ua l winn er Bro wne who fo u nd th e ea rly go ing in th e P ro fin al tight a nd fu rio us, trai ling H erringand Gruber. At th e halfwa y poin t, Browne gained co n tro l th en led it to th e fin ish . Cycle Craft Ya ma ha-mo unted Larry Pi ekos swep t th e Sen io r division defea ti ng Illin oi s H arley Davidson's Da ve Kiesow a nd heat winner J oe Yuko n , whi le th e a n xio us Su pe r Sen io rs staged what refer ee Bruce Bober ca ll ed " the closest finish o f the day! " North Shore Racing 's Ra y Sm it h led Su per Seni or heat wi n ners Ri ch Wa ld buesser a nd Norm Gruber a ll butthe exp losive fina l la p . J ust abou t w he n it appea red to be Gruber' s race, Waldbuesser sq ueaked by for the deci sio n. Gl en Sa lpaka stormed th e early la p s of th e Open class final , whi le Dal e Schramer worked fro m seven t h to first a t th e wh it e flag to fin ish second behind R o d Fa brizius a t the checkers . T he You th classes sa w Kye Ybema co llect h is first season win over J ustin Vanderwer ff a nd Brad Fl ament in the Pee Weedivision . Ka rter Busse roc keted 10 th e 60cc .win o ver Bill y Wa ld • I~I

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