Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ CD e-r ;>l-< ro ;:::3 l-< Vern Browne (Rotax. 24p) leads Don Herring (Yam) and Mike Drdla (Hon. ~ 31) through the slush at Lambs Farm ice racing in Ubertyville. Illinois. ~ su p er r ide . ta k i ng seco n d. T h i rd p lace went to David H ol bro o k o n a H onda . PP: 1. Laurie Kitsch tKa w) ; 2. Kim Brown (Ho n); 3 . Dean Joiner (Suz). 12 5 A: 1. M ike Laney (Kaw ); 2. Paul Willia (Han); 3. Joh n Wael tz (Kaw ). 12 5 B: 1. W as Keenum (Yam); 2. Todd Gardn er (Kaw ); 3. Paul Car_eso (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. TJ . Brantley (Kaw ): 2. Larry Perry (Kaw); 3. John Conner (Suz). 250 A: 1. Mark Peterson (Kaw); 2. Rick Shafer (Yam); .3. Jurgan Larson (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Bren t Cole (Kaw ); 2. Keit h Bland (Suz); 3. St even Dixon (Hon ). 250 C: 1. A lben An t il la n (Kaw ); 2. Fonso n Rum ble (Suzt, 3. M ike Housto n (Kaw ). OPEN A : 1. Ala n Andreu (Kaw); 2. Buddy Barnes (Hon); 3. Raben Godfr ey (Yam ). OPEN B: 1. Todd Lancaster (M- S); 2. Pete Ham mock (Kaw ); 3 . Raben W eeds (Honl. SR: 1. Ernie M il la n (Hon ); 2. Fred Klippl e (Yam t, 3. Results OPEN A : 1. Keith Rider (Han); 2. David M assey (Hus); 3. Kenny Kirklen (Hus). 250 A : 1. Alle n Gravin (KTM ); 2. Jo hn Fero (C-A); 3. Joe Rodgers (Han). 0-200: 1. Bryan Adam s (Kawl; 2. Michael Grizzle (Kaw ); 3. Gene Riding (Yam). SR.: 1. J im Ford (Han); 2. Randy Tomlin son (Kaw ): 3. Raben House (KTM). SUPER SR: 1. W arner Wilbourn (Mai); 2. Ron W alkenspaw (KTM); 3. Jam e. Cumm ings (KTM) . 20 1·0 PEN ROOKIE: 1. M ike Fetzer (KTMt, 2. Any Spencer (KTM); 3. Tom my Elliott (Han). 0·200 ROOKIE: 1. J im my We hunt (Kawt, 2. Roy Hubbard (Cagt, 3. David Holbrook (Han). Denny Hun ter (Kaw). Gravitt wins at Ball Ground Fredette, flies on Lambs Farm ice By Ken Kelly By Unda Blum BALL G ROU ND. GA . FE B. 9 LIBERT YVILL E. IL. FE B. 2 Allen Gravi tt, riding in th e 250cc A class , cap tured th e overa ll victory a t the th ird round of th e Ball Ground Wi nter Series. ·20 Ron Ewerth (21) gets sideways at the start of the WERA Expert B Product ion road race at Talledega February 9; Doug Polen won. earning $1000 with his GSXR750. Unseasonably m ild weather and excessive moisture pl ayed ha voc with the ha rd y co m peti tors on hand for th e iron ically bill ed Gravi tt got a lucky break wh en J ack Lane received an unlucky brea k. With a com ma ndi ng lead a nd o n ly two laps left. Lane was side li ne d for the remainder of th e race wh en he su ffered a broken sh ock. Seco nd to Gra vi tt, wi th a grea t ride. was Ca n-Ammou nted J o hn Fero . Round in g o u t th e top three was J oe Rodgers. In Open A action . Kei th R ider la pped hi s class i n clai mi n g top h ono rs. R ider was fo llo wed bv David Massey a nd Ken n y Kirklen , bo th o n Huskys. In th e 0-20OccA class. Bryan Ada ms wa lked away wi th the win. Adams. on a Ka wa sak i. was fo llowed by a nother Ka wa sak i ri der. M ich ae l Grizzle. Ge ne Ridin g h ad a good ride. bu t had to sett le fora third p lace finish. _ T he Senior Cl ass was once again dom ina ted by H onda rider J im Fo rd . Fo rd consistently led every lap a nd made it look effo rt less. Fi nish ing a second to Ford was Ra nd y Tom li nson. Ro bert H ouse. o n a KTM. fin ished th ird. Another dominant o lder rider was Warner Wil bourn . Wilbou rn . o n the o n ly Maico in the class , g ra bbed th e lead a nd never looked ba ck . as h e led the Su pe r Sen ior Cl ass every la p o f th e race. Two la p s behi nd Wilbou rn was KTM rid er Ro n Walken spa w. T he th ird p lace finisher was J ames C u m m ings. In 20 lcc-Open Cl ass action . Mike Fetzer too k h ome th e biggest tro ph y as he led fro m the th ird lap o n . Second to Fetzer wa s KTM rider Art y Spe ncer. The third p lace spot belo n ged to Tom my Ell iot o n a H onda . In th e largest class o f th e day, th e 0- 200 cc R o o k ie cl a ss. 28 rid e rs showed up to do ba ttl e. Comi ng away w ~ th th e vi.ctory wa s multi-tim e cla ss wr nner , j imm v Weh u n t. Ru y .- Hllbbw-d t orb a , rare .Ca ~tva . h:tti -II: Yamaha / Midwest Championsh ip "Warm -Up" as round five of the Maywood Mu stang-host ed Loon La ke Ice Race Se ries shi fte d to Lambs Farm in Li bert yvill e. Ill ino is. Ice ra cin g ' s rece n t ly crow ned Na tiona l cha m p , Jerf F rede tte. a board a Kawa sa ki. captu red two class w ins in wire-to-w ir e fas hion . defeat in g Fran k Ka iser a n d Ch ad Bierl e in th e 125cc d ivisio n a nd Bill Shoemake a nd AI Blum fo r th e 200cc class victory. " My bi kes are set u p to tol erat e water. so con di tions to day won 't create as m uc h of a p ro blem for me as it wi ll for the riders with short trac k eq uipme nt ." explained Frede tte. who went o n to lead a ll but th e la st five feet of th e intense Pa bst 250 Cha llenge, Persistent Yamaha-mou n ted Verne Bro wne was all but g lue d to six-time gol d medalist Fredette as th ey brought their ba ttl e down to the finish lin e. where Bro wn e p revailed . Max Lagod and Do n H err ing ro unded o u t the action. Topping bo th m on ey cl a ss es . Bro wn e's wi n ning streak conti n ued into th e P ro ranks where he had to disp lace early leader H err in g in bo th th e hea t and fin a l for the sweep. H onda -m oun ted Mi ke Dr d la kept to th e cha llenge to fini sh a n event ua l secon d ov er H err in g a nd Suzuki mou nted Rand y Lo ve. No o ne co u ld ma tch La rry P iekos' power pu nch from the li ne or perfor man ce as he scored doub le class win sintheOpen and Scn iordivisions. R unn er-u p J erf P icha d ropped h eat wi n ne r S Ieve Sw a tsch eno to third in the O pe n fin al wh ere th e top th ree we re Yamaha -m ounted . Senior h em win ner J oe Yu ko n a nd Ma ico -rnounted L arry H ol der tra iled P iekos to the ch eckers in th e Senior Fi nal. H on da- I~ i l o l R ~h :\1r:G <' ' was ."!" < ~ • , (S )l l{ lttthl t> ,.. t II L- :! -H I ' " 1, f,I " L1 ,,' - " .. ... • Mike Faria grabs the inside line to lead Billy Gray (left) and George Lazor in the Golden State Ice Championship in Fresno. California . ing a runaway victory. wh ile Dan Peterson a nd Lance Pi ekos d ro pped Fra n k Kaiser to fou rth . Karter Bu sse (Ya m) co llected h is fou rt h 60cc victory in five series sta rts . T he repea t winner led j .C, Blum a nd Jason Sensa ba ugh a t th e wire. S urvivi ng a fi rs t - la p p il e- up , Yamaha-mo un ted Dave T iskus earned hi s fir st seri es w in to p p in g heat winner T om Fosler in th e 80cc fin a l. Results 50 : 1. Kan er Bu sse (Yam); 2. J .C. Blu m (Yam); 3. J ason Sensabaugh (Kaw). 80: 1. Dave Tiskus (Yam); 2. Tom Fosler (Kawl ; 3. Bill y Walk er (Kaw l. 125: 1. Jeff Freden e (Kaw); 2. Frank Kaise r (Kaw ); 3 . Chad Bierle (Kaw ). 200: 1. Jeff Freden e (Kaw) ; 2. Bill Shoemake (Kaw); 3. AI Blum (Han). 250 : 1. Rob McG ee (Han I; 2. Dan Peterson (Hon); 3. Lance Piekos (Yam). OPEN: l .lJlrry Pieko. (Yam); 2. Jeff Picha (Yam); 3. Steve Sw atscheno (Yam). SR: 1. Larry Piekos (Yam); 2. Joe Yukon (Yam); 3. Larry Holder (Mai) . SUP SR: 1. AI Blum (Han): 2. Doug Grah am (Yam); 3. Chick Baruff i (Han). PABST 250 CHALlENGE: 1. Vern Brown (Yam); 2. Jeff Fredene (Suz); 3. Ma. Lagod (Yam). PRO: 1. Vern e Browne (Ra); 2. M ike Ordla (Hon): 3 . Don Herring (Yam). ~ Hinterlong hot on MarseIlles ice By Paul Hayes MA RS EILLES. IL. JAN. 26 Andy Hin terlong topped the 200cc a nd 250cc classes at the AMA/ D-17-sanctioned . O ttawa Va riety Ri ders Motorcycle Clu b ice race h eld a t P ra ir ie L ak e L od ge in Marsei lles. Rider turnou t was do wn due to the race being h eld o n Su perbo wl Su nday. Th e o nes that did show u p raced a n d made it h om e in tim e to wa tch th e Bea rs wi n. Ca n -Am- mo un ted H interl ong led every lap in th e 200cc class h eat and fi na l. Bill Sh oemak er a nd hi s Ka wa sa ki ra n th e five-lap h ea t race an d a ll 't'i!';ht I:>p,'Of"! h.. f .m,. ,., l"< "ffi;' r' ~ln . Pa u l H a yes. riding a Yamaha. wa s thi rd in th e h ea t race. a n d Larry R o rn bo u t took tha i spot in the fin a l. Hinterl on g, ridi ng a nothe r Ca n Am . chased a fter Coug h li n Cycle Ce nter-s ponsored T om Deso rt in the 250cc h eat race. but ca me up short a t the li ne. Deso rt took th e win o n a Ca n- Am. In th e final , H im erl o ng grabbed th e h ol esh o t a nd wa s never h ead ed . Desort ra n the first four laps i n second , bu t Norm Adshade, o n a Bu ltaco , m oved Deso rt back a spot at th e h alfway po int to set th e finishing o rde r. T he O pen cl ass wa s wo n by Rod Frabri zius rid in g a H onda . Fra brizius co u ld o n ly manage thi rd pl ace in th e heat. as former Nat iona l number 43 Mike G ilkey. home o n leave from th e Marine Corp. led from flag to flag . H onda -m o unted T om J acobs (To m 's R ep a i r Se rv ice ) stayed i n seco nd p lace the entire race. In th e fi nal , Fabriziu s led all but o ne la p fo r th e overall wi n . Gi lkey chased p ersistentl y and led a t o ne p oint o n th e six th la p , bu t Frabriziu s regai ne d th e lea d a n d held i t to th checkered. J im Freer p assed J acobs o n th e whi te-flag la p to fini sh third. Yamaha-m ounted Steve Gilkey topped first P ro h eat over Mike Farley. Bo th were ridi ng for Co ugh lin Cycl Center; Farley is a lso spons o red by Shoei H elmets. H o nda rider Charlie J acobs (Tom's Rep air Servi ce) led th e last fo ur laps of the seco n d P ro race for th e wi n. G il key put in a ha rd charge bu t ca m up short aga in . (T his wa s Gi lkey' first race since he retir ed fro m Natio na l co m pe ti tio n to join th e service.) Natio na l n u m ber 89 Farley ran behind th e two , fin ishing th ird. Results PRO: 1. Charl ie J acobs (Han ); 2. M ike Gil key (C A t. 3. M ike Farley (C-A ). Open : 1. Rod Frabri zius (Hon ); 2. M ike Gilk (C· A); 3 . Jim Freer . 250: 1. A ndv H interlong Ie -A); 2. No rm AdSdd ~ evl): 3 . Tom Desort fC· A): · •. •

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