Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

L~wis took th e win and ove ra ll'ahea d o f Craig, Larocco , McLa in , Stephenson and Maber y. Division two . 250cc Begi nner ac tion had H onda rider Tommy H uster takin g th e ea rly lead , inc hes in front o f Don T offt ( Kaw). Ron Andruss (Han) and Ea rl R ichard so n (Ya m ). Hu ster led fo r two laps befor e T offt made hi s mov e a nd dove into th e lead. Andruss th en p ressured T offt for second an d go t th at spo t three la ps from th e fini sh . Bu t th e rider to watch was St eve Li elsa ck (Han ). who had worked h is wa y up from a II thplace sta rt to fourth. H e didn 't sto p th ere. either . Li elsack di splaced Andruss and Huster for seco nd by th e end o f th e mota . Dave Pack a lso found th e hot line aro un d H uster a nd Andruss for th ird . To fft took the win ahead o f Li elsack , Da ve Pack (Yam ), Andruss and H uster. T h e second mota wa s all Huster's. He ca p tured th e hol esho t a nd never slac ked o ff for th e win . Pack passed Tofft on th e fina l la p to take seco n d. Four th went to L ielsack, fo llowed by J. D. Bra nl e r (Ya m) , Ro n Lee (Kaw) a nd Bo b La ughlin (H a n). Consi stent ridi n g by H onda rider R icha rd Lima gave h im th e victory in th e 80cc Beginner d ivision two class. In th e fir st mota, Lima got off to a sixth-p lace sta n and eventua lly bett ered th at pos iti on by two a t th e fin ish . Ni ck Morgan (Ya m ) led from sta n to fini sh , whil e J oey Curtis (Kaw) a nd Jeff Griffin (Han) fin ish ed seco nd and third. i n th e seco nd mot o , Lim a found himself in th e lead . whi ch lasted for a lap before T yr Den linger ( Han) slipped by. On th e seco nd la p , Lima d ro p ped to fourth behind Denlin ger, Jimm y Chamberlin (Suz) a nd Ken ny Madden . Madden got o n th e ga s a nd had the lead o n the third go-'round , but Denlinger shot back int o th e top sp ot for good . Second went to Chamberlin, foll owed bv L ima a nd Griffin. Ho wever, L im'a took th e o vera ll via a 4-3 tal lv, wh ile second o verall went to Griffin (3-4). H ond a C R 500 -m oun ted Gr eg Sm ith co ntin ues to dom inat e th e 500cc Intermed ia te class . H e led from start to finis h in both 500cc motos fo r the ov erall , whi le Yamaha rider Kevin Fri nger wen t 2-4 for seco nd o vera ll. G reg Sheeha n took hi s Ka wasaki to a th ird -p lace fini sh a fter tallying a 4-3 sco re . J ohn McGinnis (Han, 3-6) and Steve Pia u o n i (H a n, 5-5 ) rounded o u t the top five. • Resu lts M INI EX:' 1. Kyle Lewis (Han) 1-1 : 2. Paul Winn (Vam) 3 ·2 ; 3 . Tallo n Vohland (Kaw) 2·3; 4 . Shane Tri ttler (Yam) 5-4; 5 . Damo n Bradshaw (Yam) 7 ~ 5 ; 6 . St eve Lamson (Yam) 6·9; 7. Denn is Step henson (Kaw) B-B; B. Terry Sw anson (Yam) 11-6; 9. Jeff Em ig (Kaw ) 13·7; 10 . Paul Vlach (Suz). 12 5 PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Vam) 1- 1; 2. All an Dyck (Yam ) 3·2; 3 . Jim Taranti no (Suz) 2-4; 4. Ty n avts (Han ) B-3; 5 . Bobby Moore (Suz) 4 -6 ; 6. Drey Dircks (Han ) 5-5; 7. Rodney Harriger (Kaw ) 6-7 ; B. Scott Steffy (Vam) 10- B; 9 . Shawn Wooten (Kaw) 9- 11; 10 . Denni Ostr ien (Yam) 12 ·10; 11. Whisper in ' Sm it h (Yam ) 14-9; 12 . Kenny Cl ih on (Su z); 13 . Jeff M ati asevieh (Kaw)7-1 8; 14 . Bruce Ma yn or (Suz) 13- 15; 15. Rich Truchinski (Han) 17-1 3; 16 . Eric Sandstrom (Ka w) 15-1 6; 17. Dave M cCo mbs (Han) 19-4; l B. M ark Nason (Kaw) 20- 17; 19 . Ted Ste c (Kaw ) 16-22; 20 . Scott McElory (Han) 2 1-19. 250 PRO: 1. Brian M anley (Han) 1- 1; 2. Joh nny Nelson (Vam) 5-2 ; 3 . Andy Eson (Vam) 4·3 ; 4. Russ Wageman (Yam) 2-5; 5 . J im Tarantino (Suz) 8 ·4; 6. Gordo n Wa rd (Yam) 7-7 ; 7 . Scon M anni ng (Yam ) 3 -13; B. Joe Wr ight(Suz) 10- 6; 9. Kell yAndris (Ho n) 9-B; 10 . Bobby M oore (Suz) 6-1 1; 11. Loch Names (Ha n) 13 -10 ; 12. Chr is Heym an (Suz) 12-16; 13 . Bre tt Redman (Vam) 21 - 9; 14 . Clayto n Blood (Han) 15-1 5; 15. Robert Hansen (Han) 17-14; 16. Trever Vu ros (Han) 20 -12; 17. Sean Conley (Kaw) 16-1 B; lB. Rod W ill iam s (Han ) 1B-2 1; 19. Knox (Kaw ) 24 -17; 20 . Brad Tom s ISuZ) 22·20. 500 PRO: 1. Phil Lar son (Vam) 3 ·1 ; 2. Mike larson (Han) 2 -2; 3. W illy Simons (Han) 5 -3; 4. Rodn ey Sm ith (M -Star) 4 -4 ; 5. Russ W agem an (Vam) 1- 10 : 6 . Jerome Heib erger (M -Star) 6 -6 ; 7 . Greg Torg er son (HUs) 7-B; B. Terry McG inn is (Vam) 9-7 ; 9 .J oey Schl ag (Han) B-9; 10 . J im Ellis (Yam) 17 -5 ; 1 1. Ron LePoi nte (Vam) 13-11 ; 12 . Robert Hansen (Han) 12-13; 13. Randy Bodug uem (ATK) 14-14; 14 . Bill Ja me rson (Honl 16 · 15: 15 . Devon Jo os (Yam) 1517 ; 16 . 'Jim Ow ens (Vam) 19 -16; 17 . Ted DeVol (M ai ) lB·20; lB. J im Domer igh in i (Han) 23 -19 ; 19 . Pet e Fegley (Kaw ) 21 · 23; 20 . D. W h it e (Han) 22 ·22. VET PRO: 1. Rex State n (Yam) 1-1: 2. Ken Zahrt (Han) 2-2 ; 3. Randy Lewis (KTM) 3·3; 4 , Randy Rodrigu ez (ATK) 4-4; 5. Pau l Thede (Kaw) 7-5 ; 6. Thomas A ltland (Hon ) 6 -6 ; 7. Rich Thorwaldson (KTM) 5-B; B. 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