Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ERIC JENSEN S ERIC'S MOTORCYCLE CO. 1986 MODELS IN STOCKI Still some '85s left a t unreal prices. Ask lboat our IPIciai S01-11f1 lad dotlting plcluI... tm H~~;~'l~' (8181 449-ERIC E Walnut St. Pasadena. CA 91 106 . 1361 Rodney Barr (411 I was t he day's winner, but it was Mike Looney (375) who clinched the Carolina Winter Series 125cc class title at Sandhill. ERIC'S ~~TORClCU Se ll yo ur old mot or cycle w it h a Cycle News Want Ad . l8J '86 HUSKY'S l8J 400's 8r. 500's IN STOCK '85 250's At Blowout Prices Free Desert Conversion Kit w /Purchase of ' 85 CR250. Complete Stock of Husky Parts 8r. Prod ucts, UPS Da ily Suzuki of Van Nuys 16141 Sherman Way (818) 994-2800 TA~C~ Craig Martin turns hi s Yamaha FZ750 en route t o the Superstreet A w in at Firebird in Phoenix , A rizona ; he also won the Superstreet B. racing gaso6ne (619) 281-9133 Dealer Inq uiries Invitad ecan-am Ridersville Cycle Center • 1986 Models Now In S tock l • UPS D a il y Call 304/258-J449 B.rkel.y Springs. 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First in Superstr eet D went to T im Bergstrom from Kell y's Kawasaki on h is RZ350. Bergstro m easi ly bea t seco nd p lace fin isher R ick Wil liams (Yam j and SCOll Willock (Yarn), The Stock Product ion class featured so me exciting racing as Ri ch ard Kohn (Kaw) put Kevin Elli ot (Yam) a wa y for th e Stock A wi n , an d Dav id Coons sp ri n ted to th e overa ll victory in Stock B. Mike Will iams easi ly won th e Stock C class on his 600 Ninja , but back in seco nd p lace Dal e Kieffer , Ross an d J De Shelton went hammera n d- to ng for a ll 10 laps. Ross nipped Kieffer o n th e last laps, wit h S helto n ge ll ing fourt h. Norm Ben ed um co n tinues 10 dom in at e Stoc k D with hi s Rising Su n Cycle-sponsored RZ350. Ben edum took a n easy win over Mark Scha ffer (Yam ) an d Randy Bechtel (Yam ). All th ree classes of Fom ula bi kes g ridded for th e last race of th e day an d it looked like Will ie Adams (Yarn ) wo u ld pull off the ov erall wi n unt il the last lap.when Byrd (Ya m) sq ueezed past Ada ms 10 take th e chec kered flag. T h ird overa ll went 10 Bria n Joder (Suz), Bergstrom put in a nothe r impressi ve ride 10 ta king fo u rth overa ll o n h is RZ350 behind joder 's G SXR. Bergstrom won th e Form ula Th ree class . Fifth overall and first in For mula T wo went to Mike Williams a hea d of J eff Udell (Yam ) a nd Mark Moren o (H on), T he Battle of T he T wins race run with th e Formula bi kes went to J ohn SCOll 'S stron g -r u n n ing Tl20 T riumph. SCOll and Tom Moore o n his beau tiful, red Du cati wen t back-andfort h du rin g th e' entire rac e. Sco tt a lso took the Vintage One victory ahe ofSteve Ma y a nd Steve Bern ard. ad Results NOV: 1. James Lippard IVaml; 2. M ike Ba ngal1 IVam); 3. St eve Simpson (Yam). STK A: 1. Richard Kahn (Kaw); 2. Kevin Elliot IVam). STK B: 1. Dav id Coons ISuz); 2. James Kelly BYTd (Yamt 3. David Wr ight (Yam). STK C: 1. M ike Williams (Kaw): 2. M ichael Ross (Yam); 3. Dale Kieffer (Yam). STK 0 : 1. Norm Benedum (Yamt 2. Mark Schaffer (Vam): 3. Randy Bechtel (Yam). SUPST A : 1. Craig Mal1 in (Vam ): 2. Mike Ross (Yam); 3. Tom Dah l (Yam). SUPST B: 1. Cra ig Mal1 in (Yam); 2. James Byrd (Yam); 3. Brian Jader (Suz), SUPST C: 1. Henry Tecza (Vam l; 2. M ike Williams (Yam): 3 .Dale Kieffer (Yam). SUPST D: 1. Tim Bergstr om (Vam l: 2. Rick Will iams (Yam): 3 . Scan Willock (Vam~ F·l : 1. Kelly Byrd (Vam); 2. Willie Adams (Yam); 3 . Brian Joder (Suz). F-2 : 1. Mike W ill iams (Kaw): 2. Jeff Udell (Yam); 3 . Mark Moreno (Han). F· 3: 1. Tim Bergstrom (Vam); 2. Tho mas Dahl (Yamt 3. Randy Bechtel (Vam). BaTT: 1. John Scott (Tril ; 2. Tom Moore IDue ); 3 . AI Lescarbea u (M ·G). . V1NT1: 1. John Scott (Tri): 2. Stave May (Han); 3 . Steve Barn ard (Han). V1NT 2: 1. Les Johnson (BSA) : 2. Kirk Mitchell (BSA): 3. Kevin Elli ot (Yam). Chester, Adams duel at Sandhill By Gary Crider C HESTER FIEL D, SC. FEB. 16 Jim Chester and Todd Adams matched wheels in th e 125cc Youth and 250cc B divisions a t Sandhill MX in th e fin al round of AMA D istri ct 29's Thi rd Annual Carolina Winter Series. Chester edged Adams for th e 125cc Youth honors whil e Adams carne o u t o n to p of a ried sco re with Ch ester to win th e 250cc B cla ss. Damon Bradsh aw was in th e hunt for th e I25cc Youth hon ors a nd won th e first moto a fter gell ing by Chester. Whi le lead ing th e seco nd m oto, h ow ever, BC/Fox-backed Bradshaw wa s sha ken up in a co llis io n with a lapped rider a nd DNF. BC/ SCOll 'S Chester ro de o n to win th e mot o a nd the overall a hea d o f Adams. Adams hol esh ot th e openi ng 250cc B mo to whil e C hes ler started in th e fourth position. C hes ter soon ad van ced to seco nd , a nd with two laps _ .r~?:a! n i ng. he p:~se.d A?~~~ _t~ .win ._.. . J In the second rnoto Adams repeated his holeshot, but, this time, he held on to th e lead 10 win over Ches ter. Ch ester had to settle for second-place go ld behind Adams. Johnny McCoy posted 8-510 clinch th e ser ies victory, nine points over runner-up Vick Dyer. " I wanted thi s seri es win ," said McCoy, "and I co u ldn ' t a fford a crash or a DNF. so I rode very conservativel y." The closest series baule came in th e Junior Mini division, where Bra d McKee won th e title, three points ahead of Carl Fogle. Fogle scored I- I for th e da y, but McKee's 2-2 was enough to win th e point rac e. McKee had taken over th e series lead last week when Fogle suffered a DNF due to a broken ch ain. Jonathan Tru ll earned top 250cc C honors via his 3-1 after teammate Way ne Teal was slowed in th e second moto when his Kawasaki's silencer became clogged. Teal corrected the problem and fin ished 14th 10hold on to his point lead , David Eller finished third overall for the day and was series runner-up. Kawasaki/Fox-backed Rod ney Barr ran away wi th bo th 125cc A rnotos whi le point leader Mike Looney and New J ersey's Mark Lachowicz ba ttled for second-pla ce honors . CP R / Somerset County Suzuki 's Lachowicz edged Looney in thei r Iirst-rnoto dice. but Looney held on to th e adva n tage o ver La ch owicz in th e secon d mot o, Looney ca me out on top of their tied sco re for seco nd. " I liked th is trac k," sa id La chow icz, " It made th e 10-ho ur d riv e worthwhile. T here 's no raci n g back home because th ere's a foot of snow o n th e grou nd and under th at . th e groun d is frozen. " Loo ney wa s th e series winner over Gerald Wood. Wood crash ed a t th e sta rt both tim es but came back 10finish fourth overall. Barr repeated h is runaw ay pe rformance in 250cc A raci ng to win over series victor Wood. Mike Pa rker . who was beginning to make a stro ng comeback a fter injury, reinjured hi s shou lder in a first m oro sp ill. " I' m pretty su re it 's broken aga in, " sa id a d espondent Parker. " I' Il probabl y beout for six to eig h t weeks." SCOll McC lain returned to series action and topped the Open A class a fter sha ring mo ro wins with Timothy T erry. Seri es winner Robby Neeley was hampered by a broken left thumb but held on fo r third overall behind T erry . Results MINI 65 : 1. M ictlael Fann (Kaw); 2. Chuck Sh irley (Kaw ); 3 . Travis Taylor (Kawl. MINI JR : 1. ca rl Fogle (Vamt 2. Brad McKee (Vam t 3. M ichael Fann (Kaw l. MINI SR: 1. Hank Moree (Kaw): 2. Bobby Houser (Han): 3. William Mutimer (Kaw ). 125 YTH: 1. J im Chester (Kaw); 2. Todd Adams (Va m); 3 . Danny Norman (Suz). 125 C: 1. Danny Norman (Suzt 2. Ray Tynda ll (Suz); 3. Robby Reavis ISuz ). 125 B: 1. KevinWalker (Yam); 2. Greg Templeton (Han); 3. Lee O'Br ien IVam ). 250 C: 1. Jo n TruIlIHon): 2. Charles Todd (Yam); 3. David Eller (Kaw ). 250 B: 1. Todd Adams IVam): 2. J im CheSler (Kaw); 3 . Eddie A lmond (Kaw). OPEN AM : 1. Al1h ur Swilt (Kaw): 2. Chris leFebvre (Suzt 3. Dan Gregory (Yam). SR (30+): 1. Steve Lewis (Yam ): 2. Clay Thomas (Kaw): 3 . Vick Dyer (Han ). 125 A : 1. Rodney Barr (Kaw l; 2. M ike Looney (Han): 3 . Mark Lechowicz (Suz). 250 A : 1. Rodney Barr (Kaw): 2. Gerald Wood (Yam ): 3. Mike Andrews (Suz). . OPEN A : 1. SCali McClain(Vaml; 2. TimothyTerry (Han); 3. Robby Neeley (Kawl. SERIES OVERAcc MIN I66 : 1. M ictla el Fann (29 7): 2. Ch uck Shirley . (2 59): 3 . Rich ia Henen (2081. M INI JR : 1. Brad McKee (255): 2. Carl Fogle (252) : 3 . Mi chael Fann (2301. . M INI SR: 1. Hank Moree (24 2): 2. Bobby Houser (222) ; 3. William M ut imer (211). 125 YTH: 1.' Bobbv Houser (232): 2. Danny Nc rman (193 ): 3. Tommy Fickl e (193). 125 C: 1. Ray Tyndall (277): 2. Danny Norm an 1231); 3 . Robby Reavi s (192). 12 5 B: 1. Lee O'Bri en (2 19 ): 2. Jason Colema n (19B); 3. Alan Cockrell (197). 250 C: 1. Jo hn Wa yne Teal (233 ): 2. David Eller (2D5t 3 . Scon Gipson (185 ). 250 B: 1. Johnny McCo y (2051: 2. Vick Dyer (195); 3 . Eddie Almond (183). OPEN AM : 1. Al1hur Swift (26 8): 2. O1ris LeFeb· vre (2291 3. W illiams Bryant (181) . ; SR (30+ ): 1. Ste ve Lewis (300); 2. Vick Dyer (23 1); 3. M ike Ben nell (1921 I f ... I . • ~ t.. • . ~ J ~ ) ~ ) ~ ~ 1; ~ I:

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