Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

th~~~';njuries a nd ih~t th e co u rse was like," lells you what Results Overall : t . Dan A shcraft (H us); 2. M ike Baker (Yam) ; 3 . Garth Sweetland (Hus) ; 4 . Edd ie M cCov (KTM); 5 . Pau l Krause; 6. Chris Crandoll (Hus ); 7 . Scon Hardin (Hus); B. Ed Ogden (Yam); 9 . Dan Sm ith (Hu s); 10. Scott Marso (Hus). Midwest Ice titles decided at Lambs By Linda Blum LIBERTY VILLE. IL. FEB . 9 The Yamaha-sponsored Midwest Ice Race Championships at Lambs Farm drew 200 racers. The even t, scheduled as Ma rk Yonjof (9 6) won t he Pabst 250 Challenge at lam b's Farm in Illinois. Vern Browne (2 4) a nd Mark Gruber (2 0) finished third a nd f ourth. : - - - - - -- - - - - ...:..--------,---- - -- - -----, 0:: w o a: u > 0:: <{ Cl > al ~ o J: a.. Dan Ashcraft won the Nat" Hare 'n' Hound in Red Mountain, CA, J ohnn y McCoy. McCoy was off-t hepace. fini shing 7-8 o n th e da y. Results Vick Dyer (10 ), Jason Colema n (1 9) a nd Eddie Almond (3 9 0) d ice in t h e 250cc B class, at the Carolina Winter MX Series in Leesville. S .C. Barr flies at Hell Hole Creek MX By Gary Crider LEESVILLE, sc. FE B. 9 Rodney Ba rr styled his way to p erfect scores in th e 125 a n d 250cc A di visio n s in round five of th e T hird An nual AMA Dis- 16 tri ct 29 Carolina Winter MX Ser ies at H ell H ol e Creek MX. Brad McKee a nd H ank Moree J r. took o ver th e series p o int lead in th eir respect ive classes a fter posti n g overa ll wi ns in Jun ior Mini a n d Senio r Min i action. respecti vely. Desp it e a th reat o f ra in. over 200 riders from eight states were o n hand for th e eve nt , in clud ing a n i ne-rider co ntingent from H onda /Kawa saki of Ir w in. Pennsy lvan ia. One round remains in the PP M/Ha n k Moree Sr. sponsored seri es. Prior to th e event. track owner Bill y Coats rew orked the entire staning area. providing a wider straight and first turn . Als o , the approach to th e fin al anthill jump was made more gradual. All eyes wer e on th e a nt h i ll jump in th e o pen ing l25cc A m oto as Barr astou nd ed th e cro wd by la u nch ing himself o ff th e anthill to clear th e foll owing jump. Wilh mixed results. A divi sion r id ers J eff Bolwing and Penn syIvan ia ' s R ich a rd Clemence also managed th e double jump, Later in th e da y. tra ck o ffici a ls. fearing for his sa fely. persuad ed Barr to refrain from (h e doubl e jump. "I don 't th ink it wa s a n y faster," said Barr. " I m ainly wan ted to prov e that it cou ld be done." Kaw asaki /MX Fox/Sco tt-backed Barr easi ly domin ated th e 125 a nd 250cc A cla sses ,' winning every m o to with a long lead. Mike Pa r ker took second overa ll in the I25cc A division o ver G eral d Wood. T he I 25cc A poi nt leader, Mik e Looney, posted 3-8 10 ne t fift h overa ll, ma intai ni ng a 22poi nt edge ov er Wood in the sta ndmgs, Carl Fogle suffer ed a broken cha in while lead ing the fir st Ju nior Mini mot a , a ll o wi ng Brad McKee to take the moto win . Fo gl e ca me ba ck to win mota two but su rren de red th e series lead to McKee, wh o posted 1-2 for top go ld. In 65cc Mini acti on. Chuck Sh ir ley broke Mich ael Farm 's p er fect ser ies record, fini shin g 2-1 over Farm 's 1· 2. Kawasaki o f Aiken 's Fann leads th e p oint battl e wi th 247 poi nts over Shirley's 2 15. H onda rider J imm y Bro wn earned the third-place trophy via h is 4-4 tall y. Ra ben H un ka p ill er got h is Kaw asaki's front wheel hung int he gate at the stan of the second 125cc B moto and put o n a ch a rge that saw him th ird at the finish to win o vera ll with a 1-3 score. Series lead er Lee O' Brien had problems in moto o ne but had n o trouble winning th e second moto, netting fourth o vera ll via his 13-1 score. O 'Brien h olds a 16-point ed ge in the standings ove r Jason Colema n , who finished 12-2 for th e da y. Po int leader Wa yne T eal won the opening 250cc C moto but was slight ly injured in a second moto cra sh a nd Dl\'F. David Eller took over and won overa ll via h is 2- 1 score over Joe Trull's 3-2. Eller trai ls Teel in th e seri es by 33 points. Yamah a o f Fa yct t vi l l es Todd Ad am s due led with Vick Dyer a nd Edd ie Almond in 250cc B acti on a n d ca me awa v with both m ala wins. Vall ey H oitda 's Dyer edged Almond for runn er-up hon ors. Dyer ad va nce d to second in th e point ra ce behind 65 M IN I: 1. Chuck Sh irley (Kaw); 2 . M ichael Fann (Kawl; 3. J immy Brown (Han) . J R MI NI : 1. Brad McKee (Yam) ; 2 . Michael Fann (Kawl; 3 . Jason Norris (Kaw) . SR MINI: 1. Hank Moroo Sr . (Kawj; 2. Will iam Mutimer (Kaw ); 3. Trey Phillips (Kaw) . 125 YTH: 1. Todd Adams (Vam); 2. Bobby Housor (Ha n); 3. Da nny Norma n (Suz ). 125 C: 1. Danny Norman (Su z); 2. Ray Tyndall ( S u z~ 3 . Alox Leat herwood (Kaw) . 12 5 B: r . Robert Hun kap iller (Ka w); 2. M ichael Church (Kawl; 3. Al an Cockrell (Yam). 25 0 C: 1. Dav id Eller (Ka wl; 2 . Joo Trull (Han); 3. Rogor Tinsloy (Ha n). 250 B: 1. Todd Adams (Yam ); 2. Vick Dy or (Han) ; 3 . Eddie A lmond (Kaw) . 250 A : 1. Rodn ey Barr (Kaw) ; 2. G ora ld W ood (Yaml; 3 . Robby Nooley (Kaw) . OPEN A : 1. Robby Nooloy (Kawl; 2 . Ti mot hy Torry (Ha n); 3. Joff Biggors (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Arthu r Swift (Kawl; 2. Chris Lef-eb vre (Su z): 3. W ill iam Bryan t (ya m). SR (30+): 1. Stovo Lewis (Yam); 2. Vick Dyor (Han); 3 . Vick i Reynolds (Yam l. 125 A : 1. Rodney Barr (Kaw); 2. M ike Parker (Kaw) ; 3 . Gerald Wood (Yaml. Ashcraft scores at Red Mountain RED MOUNTAIN, CA. FEB 9 Husqvarna's Dan Ashcraft took th e early season point lead in the inaugura l AMA National Hare a nd Hou nd series witha w in in the seco n d round in Red Mountain . With first-round winner a n d Husk y teammate Dan Smith off th e pace, Ashcraft h ad a relativel y easy time o n th e ultra-f ast Red Mountai n co urse. Mike Bak er fini shed second a nd fir st ove ra ll in th e 250cc class on h is Yamaha whil e G arth Sw eetla nd fi n ished third o n a nother Husqvarna. As hc ra ft crossed the line seven mi nutes before Baker a fter th ree loops of 45, 25 a nd 45 m iles. " I had a pretty trouble-free ride," Ashcraft said . "It was a very fast co urse; they took u s across every valley they could find . Ashcraft was fifth at the bomb, but led by two minutes a t th e first pit. H is teammate, Smith. meanwhil e. was a lrea d y having problems. A bad start co u p led with a flat tire prior to th e first pit and another la ter in th e race put t he Husk y ace OU I of serio us co n teruio n, H e la ter nu rsed h is way to a n im h overall wh ile p lacing seventh a mou ng th e Open bikes. " I tho ugh t Smi th wou ld be co m ing. but I d id n ' t see a ny body," Ashcra ft sa id . "I got a good start and was gone. My l uck mus t be ch a ng ing. " Eddie McCoy fin ished fo urt h overa ll o n his KTM with P a u l Krause fifth ov erall and second 250 on h is Suzuki. A total of 5 18 ra cer lo o k pan in the event that was term ed a success 'b y Four Aces ' Ed H a le. " Weonly h ad round si x o f the Loon Lak e Ice Race Ser ies was p resented by U p Front Prom ot io n s a n d o ffici ated by member s o f th e Ma ywood Mustangs M.e. Pro ra cers Mark Yonjof a n d Max Lagod e tche d th eir names into th e record book by claiming th e Pa bst 250 Cha ll enge a nd the Open P ro class wins, respectively. P abst Challenge hea t ra ce wi nners Vern Browne a n d Yo njo f were the front runner s in th e fin al. Yonjof, a board his Barr's Ka wasa ki, riveted . th e lead a nd th en made it stick despite co ns ta n t pressure from Browne. Mark Gruber crossed th e finish line in third , lea d in g J eff Fred ette a nd Jay L anger home. R o ta x-rn o u n ted L a god sta rted strong in the th ird res ta rt of th e O pen P ro class fin al a nd took the win. hustled to th e checkered flag by T om Br ies, Vern Browne, Mark Gruber and Don H errin g. The Yo uth d ivision sa w two clean sweeps as Ya maha-mo unted Michael Gi bso n to pped the Pee Wee heat a nd fin al ove r Brad Fl a rnent, a nd Kawasa ki -mou nted T om Fosler fin ish ed undefeated in the8Occclass. Kawasakimounted J ason Sensabaugh claimed h is first series win ove r heat race winner j. C. Blu m a nd Ka rt er Busse in th e 60cc fin al. J eff Fred ett e grabbed th e I 25cc heat race win o n ly to hav e a seized motor end h is bid in th e fin al wh ere Chad Bier le rode to th e titl e with Frank Kaiser and Jim Bu llock in tow. Fredette was ba ck on track in the 200cc cla ss races a n d ran away with th e heat race a n d final wins and the tit le. Do n Waldbuesser and Ro b McG ee won th e 250cc class h eal races . McGee took th e lead ea rl y in the final and stretched it OUI o n the wa y to the win ov er WaIdbuesser. John Flesher finished third, a head of sem i winner Frank Kai ser. Gl enn Salpak a rode h is Yamaha 750 to th e Open class fin al victor y, d efeat in g Larry P iek os, h eat ra ce wi n ner J eff Pi ch a and sem i winner Kev in Kwater ski, The win by Sal paka put a stop 10 th e three-week win st reak of P iekos. Topp ing a hea t a nd fina l. P iekos ret urned as the vic tor in the Senior class w ith a sweep o ver Joe Yu ko n . Bill Waldbuesser , Ra nd y Blan k a nd heat ra ce winner Ba rr e Love. Resu lt s 50: 1. M ichael G ibson (Yam ); 2 . Bra d Flament (Vam); 3 . Kye Ybem a (Ya m). 60 : 1. J ason Se nsab aug h (Ka w); 2. J.e. Bl um (Vam); 3 . Karter Bu sso (Vam ). 8 0 : 1. Tom Fosl or (Kaw) ; 2. Tab M cGoo (Kawl; 3. Brian Kromroy (Suz) . 125: t . Chad Bierle (Kawl: 2. Fra nk Kaiser (Kaw ); 3 . J im Bu ll ock (Yaml. 200: 1. Jeff Fredett e (Kaw) ; 2. Bill Sh oomako (Kaw); 3 . Todd Whito (Bu l). . 250: 1. Rob M cGoo (Han); 2. Don W aldbuossor (Vam); 3 . John Flesher (Varni . OPEN: 1. Gl en n Salpaka (Yam); 2. Larry Piekos (Vam); 3. Joff Pich a (Yam). SA: 1. Larry Piekcs (Yam ); 2. J oe Yukon (Yam); 3. W .E. Wa ldb ues ser (Yam). SUPER SR: 1. Richard Bu nnell (Hon ); 2. Dan Welty (Hon); 3 . Norm Gr uber (Yam l. PABS T 2 50 CHA LLENGE : 1. M ark Vo njol (Kawl; 2. Vern Browne (Yam); 3 . M ark Gruber (Hon ). OPEN PRO: 1. Mall; Lagood (Rtx); 2. Vern Browne (Rtx); 3. Don Her rin g (Ya ml .

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