Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

th e points sta nd ings, Fick le adva nced from fourt h to second, trail ing H o user . by 26 point s. In h is seco nd ti me O Ul in Bdiv ision ra cin g , Kevin Wa lk er overcam e a p oo r sta rt in th e o pe n in g l25cc B mo ta a nd wo n. Div isio n leader Lee O ' Brien won the seco nd mot o bu t Wal ker's 1-2 bested O 'Bri en 's 3- 1. Gra n t fin ished secon d in m ota one but h is injured leg held him to 15th positio n in th e fina l. Ma rk Will ia mso n to p ped th e la rg e O pen Am a teur field , winnin g both rn ot os a head o f C hri s Lef-ebvre. Series leader Art hur Swift fini shed third bo th times. Barr's/ S&S Sprockets- backe d Mik e And rews wo n th e ho tly co n tested l 25cc A class via h is 2-1 over Mark S pr ig g le a nd se ri es lea d er M ik e Looney. First m ot o wi n ner Geral d Wood crosse d th e li ne seco nd in moto two but wa s pen al ized four positi ons. " I go t ru n off th e tr ack and I though t I ca me back o n exac tly wh ere I wen t ou t," ex p lai ned Wood, " bu t th ey sa id I mi ssed th e exac t spo t by a few feel. " Wood 's 1-6 score was good for fourth overa ll. Wood ca m e back to w in bo th 250cc A mo tos ov er And rews a nd Ro bb y Neeley. Neel ey co n tin ued h is series do mina tion o f th e Open A d ivi sion, winni ng bot h mot o s, Results 65 M INI: 1. M ichael Fan n (Kaw ); 2. Chu ck Shir ley IKaw);' 3. Richie Hort on Jr. (Kaw l. J R MIN I: 1. Carl Fogle (Yam); 2. Brad Mc Kee (Yam); 3. Michael Fann (Kaw). SR MINI: 1. Hank Moree Jr . (Kaw); 2. W illi am . M ut im er (Kaw ); 3. Bobby Houser (Han). 125 YTH: 1. Todd Adams (Yam); 2. Bobby Hou ser (Han); 3. Tommy Fickle (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Ray Tynda ll (Suz); 2. Danny Norman (Kaw); 3. Stephen Holton (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Kevin Wa lker (Yam); 2. Lee O'Brien (Yam); 3. Jason Colem an (Kaw). 250 C: 1. Wayn e Teal (Kaw ): 2. Dean Herr in (Han); 3. Scott Gipson (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Todd Adam s (Yam); 2. Jason Colama n (Kaw ); 3. Eric Rogers (Kaw) . OPEN AM: 1. Mark Will iamson (Han ); 2. Chris leFebvre (Suz); 3. Arthur Sw ift (Kaw) . SR (30+): 1. Steve Lewis (Yam); 2. Mike Eads (M ·S ); 3. M ichael Barn ett (Suz). 125 A: 1. Mike Andrews (Suz); 2. Merk Spriggle (Han); 3. M ike Looney (Han). 250 A: 1. Gerald Wood (Yam); 2. M ike Andrews (Suz); 3. Robby Neeley (Kaw) . OPEN A: 1. Robby Neeley (Kaw ); 2. Rick Lindell (Yam); 3. Perry Stephens (Kaw ). Driscoll dominates Trailwayindoor MX By Thorn Veety H ARRISBURG , PA, FEB . 1-2 John Driscoll topped th e O pen A class bo th Sa turday a nd Sunday a t the Eigh th Ann ual Trailway Speed way Indoor MX C ha mpions hips. Two days of racing sa w 700 riders from 15 Slates co n verge o n th e Pen nsylvan ia Farm Show Aren a. Yamaha/Spectro/Scoll/ Ma ru shinsponsored Driscoll led every lap o f th e first Open A qualifier , taking th e wi n a hea d of Honda riders J eff Willia ms a nd Ken Blizza rd . Crai g Ma rtin (H us) wen t wire-to-w ire 10 wi n th e seco nd qualifier, with G eo rg e List (Kaw) a nd Greg L yken s (M-S) seco n d a n d th ird to set th e stage for th e fin a l. Seventee n-year-o ld Dri sco ll aga in gra bbed th e hol esh ot in th e final and led a hard-char gi ng L is t 10 the che ckered fla g. Ro bert Huston (KT M), ' wh o ha d worked th ro ug h th e pack foll ow in g a bad sta rt, fin ish ed th ird. Su nday, it was Yamaha-mounted J ames J armen leadin g M ike H a rtj e (Han) a nd L ist 10 win th e firs t O pen A qualifi er. Drisco ll h ad th e seco nd qua li fier with a n ea sy wire-to-wire win o ver Bo b Hu ston (KT M) a nd H a rold Bro ssm an (Yam ). In th e fina l it was Dr iscoll aga in, as h e finis hed th e weekend win ni ng every race he entered. Marti n ca m e in seco n d a head o f Li st, J ere Mill er a nd Lance Bailey. Open B action Sa tu rda y saw Barry J effries, Gary Ha in es (Han), Bob R u th erford (Kaw) and Rand y Kis- singer ta ke h eat wins. Fo r th e fin al, Tu lsa, Okla homa 's Jack Porter took his KT M to th e ea rly lead and held off J effries and H a ines for top hon ors. Po rter a n d Ha in es return ed Su n da y to win th eir O pen B q ual ifiers, a lo ng with T erry Co ll ings (S uz) a nd Mike Goff (Ca g). Ha in es went o n to tak e the cha m p io nsh ip, leading a ll the wa y. Pro- Mo tio n -sponso red J im Koz im or (Ka w) too k second o ver Dennis Scannell (1·lon). Ed Helfr ick (Ya m), Charl ie Co lem a n (Kaw ), David Green (Yam ) a nd Jimmy Woolridge (Kaw) took hom e h eat wi ns in th e 250cc A class. Woo lridge gra bbed the early lea d in th e fi na l before sli ding ou t and tu rn in g o ver th e lea d to Martinville, Indi an a 's Christian Smi th . Smith . last yea r's 250cc B champion, went on to take the win . with Woolridge seco nd a head o f Dav id Green. Sunday. Wool rid ge. G reen . Coleman. and J annen took heat wi ns in th e 250t c A class. In th e fin al, Green gra bbed th e ho lesh ot a nd led a ll 10 la ps for th e cha m p io ns h ip ah ead of Wool ridge and Chris Brydilso n ( Ka w ), Sa t urda y's Women 's ac tio n saw Kim R ike (Han) gra b th e h olesh o t a n d ea r ly le ad f ro m I a t io n a l n um ber-one rider Lisa Atki ns Wagner (Ya m ). Wa gn er go t b y halfwa y th ro ugh th e mo ta and took a close win over R ike and T ina Pa u ley. T he fin a l saw Yamaha/Bra ce -sponsored Wagner lake th e win over Ali sh a O 'D ell (Han). R ike fell down a t th e start bu t mana ged to sa lvage th ird place. Sunday. R ike wa s back a nd led th e p a ck o u t of th e gate th e first mota . Her lead was shan-lived . as Wa gner took over o n la p two a nd h eld first p lace to the checkers. Rike too k secon d o ver Pauley a nd O 'D ell. T he fi nal was no su rprise. wi th Wagner showing wh y she is th e to p Wo men 's rider in th e U nited S tates. She led wi re- towire, wi th R ike, Pa uley and O 'D ell following. 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Steve Crowe II (Kaw l; 3. Steve Singleton (Suz). 125 A: 1. Bob Kelly (Suz); 2. J im my Woolridge (Kaw l; 3. Mark Lachowicz (Suz). 250 C: 1. Dwayne Rossi (Han); 2. Robert Crimm i J r. (Han). 2 50 B: 1. Tom Kazmierczak (Ho('l); 2. Steve Slenker (!(aw); 3. Kelvan Nel son (Han). 250 A:. 1 . Christ ian Smith (Suz); 2 . Ji mmy W ool rid ge (Kaw); 3. David Green (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Jack Porter (KTM ); 2. Barry Jeffries; 3. Gary Ha ines (Hon~. OPEN A : 1. John Driscoll (Yam); 2. Georg e List (Kaw); 3 . Robert Huston (KTM). SR: 1. Bart Lucas (Yam); 2. Richa rd Stuart (KTM); 3. Bruce Stratton (Yam). SUPSR: 1. Fredrick Lucas (Yam ): 2. Pierre Reasner (Kaw) ; 3. Peter Olson (Han). SUNDAY 55 AUTO : 1. Jeremy Arl en (Yam); 2. Randall Shank II (Yam): 3. Cecil Will iams (Yam). 65 JR: 1. Scott Sheak (Kaw); 2. Bill y Schl ag (Kaw); 3. Jaso n Alworth (Kaw) . B5 7 - 11: 1. Billy Schlag (Kaw): 2. Scott Sheak (Kaw ); 3. Eric Ar len (Han). B5 B 12· 15: 1. Joe M ontr ell a (Kaw ); 2. Tony Bonaco (Kaw); 3. Dave McDavitt (Kaw ). B5 A 12 -15: 1. Steve Ch ildress (Kaw); 2. Jon Pierr e Levesque (Ka w ); 3. Steve Herma n (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Tom Evagash (Kaw); 2. Frank Salvador . (Kaw ); 3. J imm y W ill iams (Kaw ). 12 5 B : 1. Steve Sing leton (Suz); 2. Keit h Joh nso n (Kaw ); 3. Henrty Dorsc hug (Kaw). 125 A : t . Steve Hess (Kaw ): 2. Bob Kelly (Suz); 3 . Joe Ell ington (Suz). 250 C: 1. Jeffery A llen (Kaw); 2. Brian Broadwell (Yam): 3 . Jaso n Do wdy (Han). 250 B: 1. Tom Kazm ierczak (Hon ); 2. Coli n Tworek (Yam): 3. Michael Curry (Yam). 25OA: 1. Davi d Green (Yam ); 2. J immyWoolr idge (Kaw ); 3 . Chr is Bryndilson (Kaw ). OPEN B: 1. Gary Hai nes (Hon); 2 . J im Kozim or (Kaw) ; 3 . Den nis Sca nnell (Hon ). OPEN A : 1. John Drisco ll (yam); 2. Cra ig M artin (Hus); 3. George List (Kaw) . W OMEN: 1. Usa A tk in s W agner (Yam ); 2. Ki m berly Rike (Han); 3. TIna Pau ley (Kaw) . SR: 1. Bart Lucas (Yaml: 2. Richard Stuart (KTM ); 3. Bruc e Stranon (Yam). SUP SR: 1. Pierre Reasnor (Kaw); 2. 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