Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ "" W N W a: > a: a: w .... > '" o .... o J: so Q. 00 0") ..- ~ 0") ..>-.... ~ ~ .... .0 Q.) ~ Sandy Leik of Denver. Co lorado won a new 1985 XR350 Honda in a raffle held at the recent Rocky Mountain Enduro Circuit awards banquet in Denver. Mapes went home thi rd with a 2-3 sco re tha t d ro p ped Yamaha -mou n ted Keith Will ia mson 10 th e final money-pa ying position. Mike Young rode hi s Yam aha to th e 125cc Intermedi at e class win . taking first in both motos as Kawasa ki pi lot Cra ig Davis a nd Yama ha rider Ron Lawson battled for th e runnerup posit ion. Davi s got th e bet ter spot in th at duel to earn second overall as Lawson sett led for th ird . Honda-mounted J oe Merri am took a co nvi ncing 250cc Novi ce win over a large field that included Suzuki pilot Bob Kerz and Honda rider Bill Carlson. Kerz chased Merriam to the checkers in both motos bu t had to acce pt th e n umber- two slot at the fin ish as Ca rlson pos ted a 3-4 score to ga in third overa ll. G ym teacher J on Hall ret u rne d to ac tion after a broken colla r bon e made him a spectator for severa l months a nd picked up righ t whe re he left off. o ut fro n t a nd p ull ing awa y in th e Vet Expe rt class. Ron Du gan pushed h is Suzu ki to second as Don Wi lborn cla ime d thi rd on a Yama ha. Results Mike Kell won the 125cc Pro race at the CRC Motocross in Perris. California . Toland shatters Willow record By Ron MacLain ROSAMOND. CA. FEB. 2 Doug Toland ca me to th e first AR RA race o f the vear a t Wi llow Springs with hi s GSXR750 Suzukis in ~repara tion for th e p Da ytona 200 a nd walked a way wi th a new class record. two class win s a nd two seco nd -p lace fin ishes. T ol and, wh o is sponsored by Van ce and Hines Ra cing, broke his o wn 750cc Stock class record. took first p lace in 750cc Su pers tree t a nd 750cc Stock Productio n a nd finis hed second in 750cc Modi fied P rod uction a nd Form ula O~~spi te hor sepower di sadvantages, crew dashed over and rem edied the sa fety hazard . whi ch tu rn ed o u t o t be a loose strip o f d uc t ta pe over hi s brak e-light lens. Ro loff reentered the race in fifth position a nd pursu ed th e four riders in front of him as if they had sto len h is wallet. One lap lat er. he wa s back in second p lace a nd comin g for Steve Ca rd ill o (Yam) . On the eig h th and fin a l la p . Rol o ff came do wn the front straightaway and jammed hi s bike ah ead o f Cardi llo in turn o ne. retaking th e lead and going o n to wi n by a decisive margin. David Nea l (Yam) fin ished third. Neal scored a n u pset victo ry over Steve Ca rdillo in the 600cc Stock P rod ucti o n class. At th e start it was Ca rd ill o with th e hol esh ot , ahea d o f C h uc k Way ch off (Ka w) a nd Ron , Sha rp (Yam) .Nea l carn e fro m fourth to tak e second by the th ird la p. O ne la p later Neal o u tbra ked the lead er into tu rn o ne for the lead . Cardillo sta yed righ t with Nea l as th e pai r pu t d istan ce onthe field. Atthe end o fl a p five, Cardi llo had retak en rheIead. on ly to be outbraked into tu rn on e, ci rc ui t. wi th Va n Bus k ir k III h ot p urs uit. Van Busk irk ma de his move o u t o f turn eig h t o n the fourt h la p , passing Soy ka, who returned th e favor by o u tbra ki ng h im into turn o ne a t the start of lap five. VanBuski rk held on gri mly a nd repassed o n the last la p , Bo th Ri d ers h ad to steer aro u nd slower members o f the fou r-strok e co nt ingen t. Wh en th e two encountered a backrn ark er o u t of turn five, Van Bus kirk cu t neatl y arou nd him, whi le Soyka go t ja m med up just lon g eno ug h to lose her sho t a t second p la ce. Results F-1: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw): 2. Doug Tola nd (5 uz); 3. Scon Gray (5 uz). OPEN 55: I . Kenn y Kopecky (Kaw): 2. John Rosenberg (Suz); 3. Bill Fenn essy (y am). OPEN M OD PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw): 2, Kenny Kopecky (Kaw): 3. John Rosenber g (5 uz). OPEN 5TK PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw): 2. Dann y Farn sw orth 3. Bill Fenn essy (Yam ). 75055: 1. Doug Toland (5uz); 2. Curt is Adam s (yam) : 3. Joh n Harte (Hon ), 750 MOD PROD: 1. 5co n Gray (5 uz); 2. Doug Toland (5 Ul): 3. John Hart e (Hon). 750 5TK PROD: 1. Doug Toland (5u z): 2. Ken ny Kopecky (5 uz): 3. John Hart e (Hon). 600 55: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw): 2, M ichael Graves (Yam); 3, Craig Beech er (Yam). 600 MOD PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw ): 2. Steve Cardillo (Yam): 3. David Neal (Yam). 600 5 TK PROD: 1. David Neal (Yam); 2. Steve Cardillo (Yam): 3. Ron Sharp (Yam). 450 55: 1. stuart Wi lken (Yam): 2, Darren Fu lce (Yam): 3, M ichael Crough (Yam), 450 MOD PROD 2 5TR: 1. Don Warren (Yam): 2. Chr is VanBuskirk (Yam); 3. Birg it Soyka (Yam). 450 MOD PROD 4 5TR: 1. Rick Seaver (Suz): 2. Eric Uebscher (5u z); 3, Steve Ara iza (5 uz). F-2: 1. M artin Vogel (Yam); 2. Chr is McNellis (Yam): 3, Kenn y Nachman (Yam), F-3: 1. Lance Tilghman (Yam): 2. Rye Hefley (Hon); 3. Stephen Brousseau (Yam). BoTT: 1. Fred Eiker (Nor ): 2. M ick Ofield (Nor ): 3. Bruce Anderson (Due). 600 SINGLES: 1. Gary Patton (Yam): 2. Frank Bussell (Hon); 3. Trevor Miller (Yam), 600 OPEN NOV: 1. Eric Patton (Yam): 2. Charl es M eynet (Yam): 3. Chris Mallory (Kaw) , 451 -600 NOV: 1. Kent Kuni lsugu (Hon): 2. Ken Hitchcox (Yam): 3. Lloyd Matsuda (5Ul) . 0 -450 NOV: 1. James Martin (Yam): 2. Paul Fran son (Yam): 3. Tom Paris (Yam). d lv rid I ld T o la n was t Ire o n y n er w 10 CO U keep Earl Rol o ff, wh o won five o f the six races he ent ered tod ay , in sigh t. ' Mod ' 1H e ac tua 11y c Iosed on R 0 I0 ff s Iied 1000R N inj a a t o ne poi nt in th e Fo rm ula One race, bu t Rol o ff, who got a better sta rt. mai nta in ed hi s a gai n by Nea l. Card ill o staye d on cu sh ion . _ Nea l's tai lp ipes, look in g to d raft past In the 750cc Stock P rod uction race , him on the home stretch. Nea l was n't David Neal got on the wrong grid going for it a nd weaved sligh tly as a nd took o ff with th e Open Stoc k th ey ra ced fo r the checkered flag , Production bikes on h is FZ750. T here breaki ng u p the dra ft and Cardillo's was so me co n fusio n a t tracks ide as to chance for the win. Ro n Sh arp ca me ho me th ird. which 750 was leadi ng, which Tola nd In the Formula two event, Marti n clea red up by cha sing Nea l down an d passing him o u t of tu rn six on the Vogel took hi s 250 Yamaha to a ha rdlast lap. sett ing a lap record of I:33.94 ea rn ed win o ver Ch ri s McNelli s (Yam ). McNellis go t a good sta rt and in th e process. Neal was lat er d isqual ified. Kenny,Kopecky (Suz) finled ea rly, with Vogel n ippin g a t hi s ished seco nd, followed by John Harte heal s. T hey traded the lead severa l (Han ). tim es wit h Vogel consisten tly getting Rol off won the Form ula One. O pen into turn o ne a head o f McNellis. T his tu rn ed o u t to be McNell is' Modi fied Producti on , Open Stock P roduction a nd 600cc Modified P ro_ un do in g, as Vog le bea t h im into tu rn du cti o n classes. H e entered but did one on the fifth lap a nd lit th e a fterBy Terry Whytal no t start inthe Open Superstre et race burn ers o n the last lap to win. McNeISUN NYMEAD, CA, FEB. 2 lis fini shed second. fo llowed by Kenn y Yamaha factory star T etsumi d ue to reservations a bo u t h is ti res. Rol o ff's most impressive win was Nachman (Yam). Mi tsu yasu from J apan con tiin the 600cc Mod ified Prod uctio n H onorab le mention goes to Birgit class. At th e sta rt he got a way fir st Soyka (Yam) , th e wo ma n from West nued his winning ways at SMX a nd ap peared to be heading for a n German y wh o must have shoc ked th e weekl y races as he once agai n easy win. b ut o n the third la p he was loca ls from Wi llow Sprin gs wi th her pow ered to the top o f th e 250cc Pro black-flagged. Rolo ff man aged a couskillf u l determ in ati on by fini shing class o n a primo DeAnza track. p ie of g la nces at the rea r o f hi s 600 third in th e 450cc (two -stroke) ModiMi tsuyasu 's to ughest competition Ninj a to assess the p robl em a nd di a led fied P rod ucti on race . Don Warren came fro m Kaw asa ki pilot Kurt H enup th e wick . As he came o u t o f turn (Yam ) too k the ho lesho t a ndwon dricksen , wh o wo n th e seco nd moto n in e to co m plete the fou rt h la p , eveh andi ly, while Soy ka a nd Chri s bu t was kep t from the overa ll win by ryo ne was su rprised when Rol o ff VanBuskir k (Yam) wer e having a hi s co me- from -beh ind third -place passed th e p it en tra nce a nd stopped donn ybrook over second p lace. So yka finish in ro u nd one. H en drickson o utside th e pi t wall. just past th e fini shed the first lap in th ird p lace pi cked u p the second-p lace share o f start/fi nish l ine. Members of hi s pi t and gained second ~lace o n the nex t th e cash, whi le Ka wasak i ri der Scott ~ .:. H i~ ,! ~·,1; t, ~ ~,t. ~~ HH~U! U 11 H . H lHUUl,ZHUU t ~Hd! t; HUln~ HU t ~ ~ ij~ ~Ht:H ,~Ui UUU-;i'i:J ;}i M itasuyasu stars at DeAnza SMX 22 OPEN INT: 1. Kirt Gold ie (Hon); 2. Louis Peick (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Ted But ler (Kaw ): 2. Sam Burns (Kaw) . OPEN BEG: 1. Ken Carlson (Hon ): 2. Todd Randolp h (Kaw ): 3. Br ian Fremb ling (Yam). 250 PRO: Tets um i Mitsuyasu (Kaw ); 2. Scott Mapes (Kaw ), 250 INT: 1. Brett Duncan (Yam ); 2. Dar ren Paley (5 Ul ): Jeff Lambson (5uz). 250 NOV: 1. J oe M err iam (Hon); 2. Bob Kera (5 uz): 3. Bill Carl son (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Rich M err ill (Kaw ); 2. Rick M cComb (Hon): 3. Rich Banl ow e (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Chris Hein rich (Kaw); 2. Takeshi Tatach i (Yam): 3, Tom Combs (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. M ike Young (Yam); 2. Craig Davis (Kaw): 3, Ron Lawson (Yam), • 125 NOV: 1. Joh n Singlet ary (Yam): 2. Matt Mof f itt (Kaw); 3. Robert M cCay (5 Ul ). 125 BEG: 1. Zack Bell (Hon); 2. Tommy Bonu cc' (Hon); 3. Bren Byar d (Kaw ). VET EX: 1. Jo n Hall (Hon): 2. Ron Dugan (5uz ): 3 Don W ilborn (Yam). VET NOV: 1. Jo hn Huegel (Hon): 2. Dan Lewi s (C-A): 3. M ichael Nichola s (Hon). NOV: 1. Kenny Somm er (Kaw ); 2. M ark BEG: 1. 5 tanlon Barr ett (Kaw ): Erh ardt (Hon): 2. Kirk Conduraci (Yam); 3. Brent Reynolds (Han), . ao ao .Sharuga sails at CRC Perris By Terry Rezek P ERRIS. CA. FE B. 3 CR C moved dow n to Perri s to a fresh ly reworked trac k featuring severa l new tu rns. It wa s a lmost a new layout and the recent rains kept th e wa ter truck in th e garag e. T he l 25cc'P ro race was a breath tak er. Darr en Sharuga led a tight pack consis ting of Mike Kell, Matt Tedder, a nd J immy Palmer. By th e end of th e firs t fu ll lap , Sha ruga (Forest Lawn Cycle/Suzu ki ) and Kell (Gradon/ O 'Nea I/Suz uk i) had p ut a few bikelen gth s between themsel ves and th e Tedder/ Pa lmer ba tt le for third. Kell wa s h ungry a nd riding o n th e ragged edge, tryi ng to find a way a ro u nd Sharuga, wh o was staying coo l a nd in con trol. As the race wor e on , Kell was getting more a nd more . desp era te. H is fa vorite a tta ck spot was a low-speed tab le top, followed by a left-h and sweeper. H e wou ld come over th e j u mp to Sharuga 's ri gh t rear a nd try to sq ua re o ff th e tu rn , cu tti ng to th e left inside. Th e sweeper was hard , with a d usting o f sand. a nd this met hod of passing usuall y pu t Kell a lill ie o u t o f shape. At th e end of la p six, this Ben H ur pass in g style put Kell right under Sh aruga a nd th ey bo th went down, Ien in g T edd er a nd Palm er p ast. Sh aruga was pinned . Kell recovered fir st a nd went o n to tak e thi rd behind T edder a nd Pa lmer. Sharuga got up in last a nd fina ll y worked his way to fifth a t mo w 's end. Mo ta two was also close. bu t th is . tI..,(T .:1.l)J.k I; .> l1,j _ l' 111 ;tLql\'''~ '

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