Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Results PRO: t , Ton n y Hend on; 2 . Terry Mea ler ; 3 . Kerry Wisdom . OPEN: 1. Den nis Hall ; 2. Hora ce W ard ; 3 . M ark W eber. 250: 1. Marty Ritt enberr y; 2. M ike Taylor; 3 . Jessie Greer. 200: 1. Ken t Stanley; 2. Richard Du nn; 3 . Ron nie Dick ens . 12 5: 1. Pat Hatcli ff : 2 . John Woods: 3 . Dale Sta lling s . 4 - STROKE: 'l . W illiam Ben nett; 2. David Vivans; 3 . M ark Boyd . SENIOR : t , Emmen Cox ; 2 . Jesse ca rt er; 3 . John Gil es . S. SENIOR: 1. Charl es Ga lbraith : 2. Charl ie Burk: 3 . Clar ence 8on ifasious. H. TRA IL: 1. Rod Thwiley; 2. J im Catl eat; 3 . Tom Eyssen . L TRAIL: t , Aa ron Sanders: 2. Ma rk Thurma n; 3 . Steve Jones. Beyer, Bell battle at Salem AX By Clay Lig ht SA LEM , O R , JAN 17 Ka wasaki-mounted Gary Beyer a nd H onda pi lo t Mike Bell sp lit mota win s in 125cc P ro action a t th e fir st of two ni ghts o f co n secu tive a renacross racing at Oregon Sta te Fa irgrounds. Beyer won th e first m o to as well as th e o vera ll , but took seco n d to Bell in m ota two. Anoth er stu n n ing pe rformance was tu rned in by Chris Pa terso n , wi nner o f th e 60cc B and 80cc C even ts. T h e first 80cc C mota had Salem 's Troy F ull er (Ya mah a Sports Center) fly into th e lead , going wir e-t o-wire to top th e m o ro a fte r a battl e wi th D ustv Bro wn (Ka w ), Brown went su per fast, bu t had to sett le for runn er's-u p a head o f Pa terso n , wh o took third. Mo to two had Bro wn tak e cha rge, pulling a way , o n ly to hav e Pa terso n whittledown hi s lead. Pa terson cu t ins ide Bro wn in th e fi n al , stuffi ng th e KX pil o t o u t for the overa ll wi th 3- 1 rides. Brown took a 2-2 for seco nd a nd Fuller a 1-6 for third brass. In 125cc C action , q ua lifi ers were in o rde r 10 tr im th e o verflo w class 10 12 for th e ma in event. Sa lem 's J o hn G regson (T eam Taylor/Ka w) brought the cro wd 10 li fe by toppi ng' h eat o n e, bu t h ad m iserable l uck in th e eig h tlap fin al. Gregso n gra bbed the ho lesho t ah ead of J ohn Misa (Ho n ) at thed rop of th e gate, wh ile H on da rid er Da n Gregor y settled into third o n th e o pen ing la p . Gregson co nt in ued 10 pull away from th e compctition unti l hitting a la p ped rider and go ing down . Greg son remounted to sa lvage seco nd with two laps 10 go , o n ly 10 tangl e wi th the ver y sa me rid er th at origi na lly cost him th e lea d. Meanwh ile, Ka wasa kimounted La nce R udge ( M t n. Valley Cycles) ca me from wa y ba ck to land seco nd pl ace o ver Misa. H o nda rider T onv Graves turned th e tables o n th e huge pack o f I 25cc B rid ers in th eir eig h t-la p mai n event. G raves shook off heat -ra ce winner Mike No tt (Eastside Kawasak i ), who was th e ea rl y lea der, to motor away with the win ner-ta ke-all mo ta, leavin g Dan a And erso n (H a n) , Nott a nd R ich J acobs (H a n) to dice i t o ut for runner's-u p , whi ch went An derson 's wa y. G ra ves d id n't h ave thi ngs as easy in th e 250cc B mot os, as Dennv Fen ne ll (Gear/ J P Raci ng/ Ya m )did n um ber o n the field to top mo to o ne over Kyle H a ll (Han ) and H u sky rider Da vid Mo rt o n . MOIO tw o was dom in a ted by H all o n the P ro Ca li ber H o nda , wh o went 2- 1 to nab th e o vera ll ahead of Fen nell , who posted 1-2 rides for seco nd brass. Graves too k th ird with co ns istent rides, going 5-4. Fift een riders ja m med into turn o ne in th e 250cc C final , w hi ch was a chaotic, cra sh- m arr ed event. Consolation wi n ner Mike Moody (Ya m ) gr abbed a n ea rly lead, bu t was o n e o f ma ny to do a spectacu la r loo p ou t o ff a th e fin ish-li n e jump a nd d ro p back , wh ich p u t Don Sch n iede r in to the lead o n a Yamaha . Schnieder 's lead wo u ld be short- lived , as Ro b R iggi (Ya m) mo tored around fall en riders to tak e th e lead a ll th e way to th e checkers. H onda rider David Climer ca rved through traffic and sett led into seco nd , wh ere h e wo u ld fi n ish a head o f T om Kusch n ick (Ka w), Sch n iede r an d fifth -p lace fin isher Brian Stevens (SUl). U ndo u bted ly, th e fas tes t action ca me in th e for m o f th e co m bined 125/250cc P ro class co n tests. Bever (U lven Forgin g lTeam Tav lor/Ka w) nabbed th e lead goi ng into tu rn o ne with loca l speedster Ken n y Ol sen (Ka w) a nd fell ow KX ri der Kurt Rog stad t in to w . Rogstadt push ed past Olsen a nd just a bo u t th at ti me, the 250s were un lea sh ed, led by Doug Lan ge ( Ma ru sh in / Ya m Support/ Fox ), wh o sported new National number 95 pl at es. Lan ge breezed to th e w in in the 250cc C portion, 'b u t the race wa s do m ina ted by Beyer. The seco nd tim e o ut had Beyer aga in lead , o n ly to los e it to an onthe-move Bell (Newberg H o nda ). Bell d id the dirty de ed s 10 put th e sto ps o n Beyer, w ho still managed th e overall with a 1-2 due to a disma l Iirst-rnoto performan ce tu rn ed in by Bell. Lan ge beat Yamaha p ilo t Do n Biscegl ia in the second rou nd for a I- I and top 250 cas h. Results PRO: 1. Gary Beyer (Kaw) : 2. M ike Bell (Hon): 3 . Kun Rogstadt (Kawl. 30-4 0 PRO: 1. Bri an Hall (KTM) 2. Tom Pilch er (Kaw ); 3. Mi ke Hickman (Hon ). 60 A : 1. J aso n M cCorm ick (Kaw ). OPEN B: 1. Ron Ken t (Hon); 2. Ton y Cabod i (Yam ): 3 . Robe n Cecil tHus). 25 D B: 1. Kyle Hall (Hon): 2. Denny Fennell (Yam): 3 . Todd Bisceg li a (Hon). 125 B: 1. To ny Graves (Hon); 2 . Dana And erson (Hon): 3. M ike Non (Kaw) . 80 8 : 1. Danny Ulve n (Kaw ); 2. J aso n Pearso n (Hon); 3. Rich Brow ni ng (Kaw). 60 B: 1. Ch ris Pat erson (Kaw ); 2. Ry an Leach (Honl. OPEN C: 1. Ke it h Coyto n (Kaw) : 2 . Br uce Kudna (Honl: 3 . Todd Bisceglia (Hon). 250 C: 1. Rob Rigg i (Yam); 2. David Clim er (Yam); 3. Tom Kusch nick (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. Dan Grego ry (Hon): 2. Lanc e Rudg e (Kaw ): 3. John M isa (Hon) . 8 0 C: 1. Chri s Paterso n (Yam ); 2 . D usty Brown (Ka w ); 3 . Troy Fu ll er (yam). 60 C: 1. Cory Full er (Yaml; 2. Br ando n Rad ach (Hon) ; 3. M ike Felly (Hon). PEE WE ES: 1. Joey Garr ell (Yam) : 2. Bob Hol t gr ew (Yam); 3 . Kevin Eakin (Hon). Skidmore, Daniele win at Saratoga By Mark Sup ley SA RATO G A, NY . J AN . 12 J a y Skidmore (H a n) a nd T om Daniele (Ka w)each posted winsSunda y in th e motorcycle ice races held on Sara toga Lak e. In th e 250cc Expert even t, S kidmore g ra bbed th e lead fro m th e sta rt , w h ile Dan iel e w o rk ed h i s w a y th rough th e pa ck to cha lle n ge Skidm o re. O n the sixth lap o f th e eig h tlap featu re , Da n iele slid u nder S kid more to tak e th e lead . H o wever. Skidmore ch a rged back into th e top spot o n th e ne x t turn o n ly to be repassed bv Dan iele for th e win . . In the Open Ex pe rt event , Chuck Wa ger J r. jumped into th e early lead with S kid more in ho t pursuit. Skidmore fou nd h is wa y by Wager o n the inside o n ly to beo ver tak en by Wager o n the nex t time around. Skidmore o nce aga in set u p Wager co m ing ou t o f th e fourt h turn a nd went o n fo r th e \\' 111. 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