Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

crash to tak e th e 60cc Begin ner win . Do ubl e po ints were aw arded 10 th e fini sh ers of this o pe n ing round in th e 10 race 1986 AO R RA series. Results 125 PRO: 1. Den nis Parker (Ho n). 500 PRO; 1. Court Gu er in (Yam). 125 AM ; 1. W es Park er (Han). 250 AM : 1. Don Gaddis (Vam). 12 5 NOV : 1. Car los Villegas (KTM) . 250 NOV : 1. Wayman Gladd en (Suz). 500 NOV : 1. Ric hard Varner (Hon). or. 1. Tim Kennedy (Yam). eo EX: 1. J immy Gadd is (Suz). 50 BEG: 1. Terry Kenn edy (Kaw) . Means mashes D-38 Banzai Run By Bob and D iane Bell JANUARY 26, 1986 Parker Motor Honda/Answer Products-sponsored Jim Means took his Honda CR500 to a hard-fought overall win at the Father/son act Tim and Terry Kennedy won the Old TImer and Beginner 60cc classes at the AORRA Season Op~ner in Tucson. Arizona. a nd came up in third, with Swin e n o w com ma nd in g seco n d and Perry ba ck in first. Blackburn reeled in Swine, then Brantley push ed Swine back to fourth. On th e last lap, Blackburn lo st it again, a llowi ng Brantley and Sw ine to move up a notch and set th e order for th e checkered - Perry, Brantley, Swin e, Bla ckburn. It was Swine out front in the second moto, as sh e commanded th e lead for half the race. Charles T anner , who fini sh ed fifth in rnoto one, started a strong secon d, Blackburn third an d Bran tley fourth . Brantley an d Perry put the mo ve on Blackburn a n d set o ut aft er Swi ne. Tan ner m oved into fo urth as Brantley fin a lly overtook Swi ne for th e to p spot. At the checkered th e orde r rea d: Brantley, Sw ine, Perr y, T ann er, Blackburn . Brantley took the overa ll, wi th Perr y second an d Swine th ird . Swi ne a lso wo n h er class in th e 'Wo men's division over Kim Brown an d Dean Joiner. Results MINI A : 1. John Kitsch (Kaw) ; 2. Ernie M illa n (Han ): 3 . Greg Oarickson (Kaw). MINI B: 1. Chr is Brown (Yam); 2. Chr is Umstead (Vam ); 3 . Gary Aured (Han ). MINI C: 'l • Trav is Blackburn (Kaw ); 2. Jo st Lat ina (Yam t; 3. John Gentilecore (Kaw) . 60: 1. Josh Latina (Kaw): 2. Chr is Thoms (Kaw ); 3. Scan Julico (Kaw) . PEE WEE : 1. Jason Ovarstreet (Vam): 2 . Billy Scon (Vam). 100: 1. Ern ie Millan (Hon ); 2. Justin Jackson (Vam). WOMEN 'S : 1. Carla Swine (Hon ); 2. Kim Brown (Hon); 3 . Dean Jo iner (Suz). 125 A : 1. Keit h Fox (Kaw); 2 . Gary Paul (Kaw): 3 . Rob Johnson (Kaw). 125 B: 1. John Kitsch (Kaw); 2. Ja y Ma nn (Kaw): 3. Ter ry Kuhn (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. t .J . Brantl ey (Kaw) : 2. Larry Perry (Kaw): 3. Car la Swin e (Honl . 2 50 A : 1. Alan Andreu (Suz): 2. Rob Johnson (Kaw) : 3. Mrk Peterson (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Keith Bla nd (Suz): 2. W ayne Becker (Han); 3. Je ff Davis (Kaw). 2 50 C: 1. Wa yn e Brooks (Kaw); 2. M ike Coll ins (Kaw) ; 3 . Brian Hall (Han). OPEN A : 1. Graham Kimble (Han); 2. Buddy Barne s (Hon); 3 . Denny Hunter (Kaw). OPEN 8 : 1. Pete Ham mock (Kawl; 2. Robe rt Brookman (Han); 3. Raben Woods (Han). OPEN C: 1. M ichael Stooman (Han ); 2. Lorenzo W illiam s (Yam); 3 . Steve TIll m an (Yam). SRS : 1. David Brown (Kaw) ; 2. Ernie M illan (Ho n); 3 . Raben Godfrey (Yam ). MONEY: 1. Keith Fox (Kaw): 2. A lanAndreu (Suz). Soden cracks Keystone ice By William T. Marshall HONESDALE, PA, FEB. 15 Da ve Soden wa s the man to beat at th e Keystone Sportsmen Motorcycle Club's third ice race of the season at Daniel's Pond ... 30 • in Honesdal e. The a ir was cold, th e ice was h ard , an d th e racing was fast an d close. Sode n wo n th e O pen class easi ly. His closest competi tion was veteran rider H en ry Calp in , who took seco nd. Da"'id:Stu an fought hi s way th ro u gh traffic both motos to fin ish third overall. Bob LaMorte took first pl ace on hi s 80cc bike in the 200cc class, but no t without a battle from Steve Murray, who ended up second. J im Mowatt rounded out th e top three. In th e Mini class, Darrell Cobb took fir st with seco nd- p lace finisher Kra ig Welsh at ti mes leading a n d a lways wi thi n stri ki ng distance. Derek Murray fin ished th ird . Parker tops Tucson opener By Daryl Drake TUCS ON, AZ, FEB. 16 Dennis Parker put together back-to-back fir sts for th e Pro Sweepstakes a n d I25cc wi ns a t th e American Off-Road Racing Associa tio n 's 1986 Season Open er a t Tucson Interna tion al Raceway. In the first of two 1O-lap h ea ts, the AXO I Oakley/ PJ l/Sun nys lope Honda -sponsored rid er found h im self o n th e heels of Rob ert Ol sen (Hon ) a nd Carlos Serra no (Yam ) o ff th e start . Ser ra no soo n ca ug h t Ol sen , o n ly to overshoo t a turn. Then Park er gra bbed the in sid e line and th e lead . Serrano recovered a n d re passed O lsen by the fift h la p , but even th o ugh h e got wit hi n striking dis ta n ce, co u ld n ' t ca tch Parker. In their seco nd ou tin g, it was Serran o and O lsen off togeth er aga in. Th is time the y tangl ed in th e first tu rn an d Par ker sn uck arou nd to lead for th e remai nder. Serra no wa s a ble to work h is way back up to second and put so me pressure o n Parker, but co u ld n' t get ar o u nd. Parker picked up 220 for the Pro Sweepstak es win. Court Guerin took both 500cc Pro h eats easily on th e Eastside C ycl el Maxima Oi llAned Air Conditioningl O aklev Yamaha . No 250cc Pro s were entered , bu t in th e 250cc Am ateur ru ns, Do n Gaddis (Yam) and Tim Kennedy (Yam) sp lit th e wins in two good ra ces. Ga ddis took th e tro phy by winni ng the second h ea t, the tie-br eak er. Stacey Mill er m ade it a Yama ha sweep with a th ird both tim es o u t, and Wes Parker (Hon ) took bo th I25cc Am at eur races. In the No vi ce ranks, Wa ym o n Gl adden (Suz ) aced the 250s, R ich ard Varner (Hon) took th e 500s, a nd Ca rlos Vill egas (KT M) earned th e 125cc trophy. Tim Kennedy (Yam) won th e Old T im er s class to bette r h is seco nd pl ace Ama teur fin ish . J imm y Ga ddis (Suz) p u t on two fin e rides for th e 80cc Expert win , a nd Terry Kenned y (Kaw ) carn e back-from a seco nd heat AMA District- 38 HMR/DCMC Banzai Run Hare Scrambles. Steve Walker (Dan ny's Machine Works), on hi s 500 CR Honda, was Means ' only real competition as he led for two laps before crashing, allowing Means back into the lead and on to the win. The start wa s nearly seven miles to check one, which allowed rid ers a wide variety of lines. As the leaders hit check one, they were spread out, with Means leading th e p ack. Walker was in Means ' dust, followed closel y by John Bird (KTM). By the end of the first loop, Walker was rig h t on Means' tai l. Both Means and Walker had pulled out a good lead on th ird-place rid er Bird. Ap p roach ing check two o n th e second loop, Walker swep t by for th e lead. Means glued h imself to Walker 's rear fender for the n ex t lap , waiting for a n y m istak es. J us t ou t of th e fivem ile mudhill section, th e m istake ca me. Mea ns took fu ll advantage of th e crash a n d retook th e lead. Walker rem ounted an d chased Means but was u na ble to mak e u p th e di stance th a t the cras h had cost h im . At th e fin ish it was a smili ng Means wi th th e overa ll wi n and Walker close in to w for seco nd overa ll. "Than ks for falling down," excla imed Mea ns a fter th e race . T hi rd overa ll went to IVC C' s T om Moen (H o n ), wh o ro de co ns is ten tly in fourth on th e first loop, a nd edging pa st Bird o n the last loop. T he 250cc ra ce sta rted out loo king as th ough it would go down to th e wire a lso. IVCC's Todd Kenn ed y (H R P I Y am ) led th e way to ch eck o ne with IVCC's J am es Tucker (Hon ) close behi nd . J ust past ch eck one , Tucke r ca m e storm ing into the lead. " T ucker passed me aft er the la ke bed in so lid dust, wid e open, with h is eyes closed," joked Ken nedy Tucker led fo r th e n ext half loo p with Ken nedy righ t in h is d ust. Leav ing che ck two on th e second loop , tragedy st ru ck , as Tucker's ch a in derai led a nd jam med up , end in g h is da y. This left Ken nedy clear sai li ng to the finis h with the 250cc wi n at fift h overa ll. Seco nd 250cc went to Kea rn y Mesa Ya maha 's R h eyn ard Morgan (Ya m) . wh o rod e a smooth co nsis tent race to wind up sixth ove ra ll. right behind Kenned y. Robbie P ippin (KT M) ro u nded o ut th e top three 250s 'It eigh th overall. Pat Lowrie (Suz) took top honors in th e I25cc class, but not without a fight. Lowrie ran seco nd to Bruce Taylor (Kaw) the first loop, o n ly to drop to fourth while pitting . By check two , h owever , Lowrie was back up to secon d , a nd in pursuit o f T a ylor. He was unable to make much gro u nd until loop three, when T a ylor ran o ut o f gas sh ort o f home check, leavin g him ushing a nd ,Yelli ng for his : ,· P lt- 2rek . ~~i e storm ed pas t 'an d ~ pu lled o ut a sma ll lead. Taylo r gassed up and took o ff a fter Lo wrie but co u ld no t ma ke u p a ny grou nd as Lowri e cru ised in with the wi n at I l th overall. Taylor sett led for secon d, with Kearn y Mesa Yamaha rider Tony Da rr (Yam ) movi ng into third a t the finis h. First Vet went to Kearn y Mesa Ya maha rider Bryan Ben son (Ya m) a t 10th overall. Ben son tra il ed Denn is Steven s (Suz) for two loops until Stevens retired wi th un known problems, leaving Ben son wi th an easy wi n . Bill Lyo ns (Yam ) followed in for seco n d Vet at l Sth overa ll. Roger Adsi t (Yam) p roved wh y he is number-one Sen ior by ta ki ng th e class wi n in easy fashion a t 23rd overa ll. J ack Neeley (M-Star) trail ed in for second Sen ior a t 31st overall. Res ults OPEN EX: 1. J im Means (Han) ; 2. Steve Walker (Han); 3 . Tom Moen (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Steve Bas in (Vam); 2. Ma rs Nocol (Han) ; 3 . Mitch Thompson (Win). OPEN NOV : 1. Richard Ransdell (Yam); 2. Mark Barn hill (Han); 3. Larry Ornes (Han). 250 EX: 1. Todd Kennedy (Yam); 2. Rheyna rd M organ (Yam); 3. Robbie Pippin (KIM). 250 AM : 1. Karl Schlegel (Han) ; 2. Troy Hansen (Hus); 3. J ohn Wellnitz (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Jim Kell y (Vam); 2. Mark Bohannan (Yam); 3 . Ricky Lance (Han). 125 EX: 1. Tony Oa" (Yom); 2. Kirk Hester (Kaw) ; 3. Bob Bell (Yam). 125 AM: 1. Pat Lowrie (Suz) ; 2. Bru ce Tayl or (Kaw) ; 3 . Raben Gawrys (Han). 125 NOV : 1. Kevi n Ryan (Han) : 2. Raben Boerner (Han); 3 . Dave Tubbs (Suz). VET EX: 1. Bryon Benson (Yom); 2. Bill Lyons (Yam); 3. Tenry Strauwold (Kaw) . VET AM: 1. Mike Ruhltorfer (Han) ; 2. Oa" al Wagner (Yam); 3. Fronk Bass (Yam). VET NOV : 1. James Hollmann (Hus); 2. Ken Tubbs (Suz); 3. Bill CamPIOn (HuI). SR EX: 1. Roger Adsit (Yam ); 2. Jack Neeley (M 5 ); 3. John Ge"etsen (Yam). SRAM: 1. M ike Govern (Yam); 2. Ted Scott (Yam ); 3. J im Richmond (Hus). SR NOV : 1. Chuck Glass (Yam); 2. Jerome Anderson (Yam); 3 . Richard Ransdell Sr. (Yom). 55: 1. Hime Means (Han); 2. Joe Mulleneaux (HuI); 3. Bob Thompson (Hus ). BEG: 1. Donn Betz (Han); 2. William Ferguson (yam); 3 . Harlan McCa in (Yam ). Davis dusts Square Deal Mud By Larry M c Bride BINGHAMTO N , NY , FEB. 2 Pennsylvan ian rider Gl en Davis grabbed th e victory in the 200cc class at Squar e Deal Riders Motorcycle Club Mud and Snow Scrambles. T he fir st time through the scoring sta tio n , Davi s reg is tered a secon d pl ace beh ind Russ Baldwin. Trai ling Baldwin for two m ore laps, Davis put toge ther co nsis te n t ci rc u i ts a n d slip ped p ast Baldwin to ga in fir st. Da vis h eld it to th e en d o f the seventh a nd final lap for th e vic to ry, with Baldwin foll owin g in seco nd an d Bill Mosh er th ird . Of th e n ine races co m p leted o f th e l l-race series, Davis h as co m p iled a fir st-pl ace points lead , winn in g five o f those events. He a p pears to be sure o f not chin g th e ser ies cham pi ons h ip. Cra ig Est ell e ended th e dominance of Steve Deemie and Le n ny McBride by tak ing hi s first win in th e 250cc cl ass. Deemie an d McBr id e h ave eac h taken th ree wins a n d ar e tied for the series title. Mounting a new Honda , Estell e took th e lead ear ly and lengthened it co nside ra bly as McBride experi enced problem s. With a victory assu red and halfway through the last lap, Estelle himself had mechanical difficulty. With McBride closing to within passing di stance, Estelle got fired up aga in and h eld off the challenge to gain the victory ahead of McBride a nd Deemie. Resu lts 100: 1. Lee Burgess (Yam); 2. J oel Nabinger (Kaw); 3. Steve Congdon (Yam). 200: 1. Glen Davis (Vam); 2. Russ Baldwin (Kaw): 3. Bill Mosher (Kaw). 250: 1. Craig Eltalle (Han): 2. Lenny McBride (Yam); 3. Lanny McBride (Yam). OPEN: 1. Oala Baumes (Han); 2. Greg Potter (I:lon); 3 David S.Qlor,d I¥ai , _ • ' $R; ~ . G..,. Sirfara fMoIl. W I ~

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