Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

--- WWlE , CJ. NTD a 8 ~ Bart Peterson led Greg Tyson to the fin ish flag in the C Production Expert class at WERA's National Sprint races at Roebl ing Raceway in Georgia. ~~~~MDTDCRDSS~-~~~ PRO RACING AT ITS FINEST Yonjof with a last lap . u pset sq uea ker in ro und seven of th e Loon La ke Ice Race Series. Brow ne. Gru ber, a nd Yonj of ran th e 250 Chall en g e s ho u lder - to shou lde r in a ru gged di ce for th e lead. Wh en Browne a nd Yonjof ca rr ied their cha rge too J ar . G ru ber. a board h is Ko ehl er Sca le / NS R H onda , squeezed by to win . Yonj of sa lvaged seco nd from th e scu ffle while T im Klou ser bum ped Browne to fo unh. By co ntrast, Ti m Farrell 's victo rv in th e Open P ro class was smood l a nd direct. Cla im in g both th e h eal a nd fin al , Ill in oi s Ha rlev-Da vidsonsponso red Farrell, a boa rd a 'W ood/ Rotax , led off th e stan . leavin g seco nd to Mark G ru ber. Yonjo f a nd Max Lagod ca me in thi rd a nd founh. Th e Chad Bierle/Fran k Ka iser 125cc blan ket-race fin a l was tra nslat ed int o a ph o to fin ish as the cu rre n t point leader, Ka iser, a boa rd hi s B Tl Ka wa sak i, sto le the cro wd -p lea ser fro m Bierl e. Rick H ol der fini shed thi rd leading Jim Bu lloc k. Po int leaders co nt in ued to dominat e as Cycle Crafr's Larry Piekos sto rme d to hi s sixth straigh t Seni or class wi n lead in g Larry Ho lder. W.E. Wal dbuesser a n d Rand v Blank in the fin al. . Yamaha-mounted Don Waldbuesser padded hi s current 250 poi nts lead , . co llecting his founh series win with a wire-to-wire run over T im Klouser , heat winn er Frank Kai ser a nd Dan Peterson . Don passed th e " Wa ld buesser weapon" a lo ng to h is dad . Rich, wh o swep t th e S uper Sen ior ra n ks in the same wire-to- wi re fashio n. topping J oe Evan s a nd Bill Wal dbuesser Sr. Co mplete sweeps were th e trend a s Ro ta x-rno un ted J ay Langer hustled the O pen class. headin g current po ints lead er J eff Picha , Larry P iekos, hea l winner Steve Swatschen o a nd Kevin Kwat erski, Ka wasak i-mourned Bill Shoe ma ke wired th e 200cc h ea t a nd final . topping former ice cham p Tom Cos tello. Mik e Gibson gra bbed th e Pee Wee wins over Brad Flament and Kve Ybem a a nd 80cc victor T om Fosler defeat ed Rob McG ee a nd Lee Eppler. Kawa saki-rnourued J ason Sen sa baugh took th e cha rge in th e 60cc final from heat winner a nd cu rren t point leader Kaner Busse. Results PEE W EE FINAL : 1. Mike Gibson (Vam); 2. Brad Flame nt (Vam); 3. Kve Vbema (Varni, 60 FINAL: I . J ason Sensabaugh (Kaw); 2. Kaner Busse (Yam); 3. J.C. Blu m (Vam). BO FINAL: 1. Tom Fosler (Kawl; 2. Rob McG ee (Kaw ); 3. Lee Eppler (Vam). 125 A NAL : 1. Frank Kaiser (Kaw); 2. Chad Bler te IKaw); 3. Rick Holder (Suz). 200 FINAL: 1. Bill Shoemake (Kaw) ; 2. Tom Costello (Sui) ; 3. Steve Swatschenc (C-A) . 250 FINAL: 1. Don Weldbuesser (Vam); 2. Frank Kaiser (Yam ); 3. Dan Peterson (Hon). OPEN FINAL: 1. J aV Lang er (Rtx); 2. J eff Pich a (Yaml: 3. Larry Ptekcs (Yam I. SR FINAL: 1. Larry Piekos (Yam); 2. Larry Holder Ma i); 3. Bill Waldb uesser {Yaml . 55 A NAL: 1. Rich Wa ldbu esser (Vam); 2. Joe Evans (Rtx l; 3 . Bill W aldb uesse r (vaml. oJ I ~ ~ ~ A. • 1 ; ,( , ,!} . ' . ( t • • I " PABST 250 CHALLENGE: 1. Rick Gruber (Honl; 2. M ark Yonjof IKaw); 3. Tim Klouser (Kaw). PRO FINAL: 1. Tim Farr ell (W I R ); 2. M ar k Gr ub er (Rtxl; 3, Mark Vonjo! (Kawl. Peterson claims Roebling RR victory By larry lawrence FA VLKVILLE, GA , FE B. 16 New Jersey's Bart Peterso n left th e froz en north and travel ed south lO Dixie LO take firsts in both th e A and B Production ra ces a t th e first 1986 WERA Na tion al Spri nts . Peterson went home $800 ric her com p li me n ts o f Ya maha , for winning hi s rac es aboard a n FZi50 a nd a n FJ 600. T h e battles in th e productio n ra ces sta rted ear lv. Actio n was fierce a s th e B Prod u ct ion cla ss got underway. Peterso n mad e h is presence kn o ..... n ea rly by leadin g a freigh t train o f five bi kes.a ll g u n ni ng for th e lead. Do n Leav it t got by Pet erson j ust in time to be passed by Thomas Steven s. Peterso n began falling off th e pace. H is rear shock had faded. ca using hi s FZ to wh eel-hop viol entl y o n Roebl in g' s hi gh speed sweepe rs. T h e trio of S tevens. Leavitt a nd Chip T errell went a t each o ther for a co u p le of m ore laps before Leavitt a nd T errell cras hed h ard go in g into turn one. br in ging ou t th e red flag. Steven s took th e race on hi s Ft. Myer s C ycl e (FIo r id a) -sp o n sored GSX R i50, follow ed by Peterson a nd Ron Ewerth. Nov ice J ohn Win g took th e first o f hi s two wins ge lli ng th e n od over Da ve Despain a n d Duke Co llins in th e B Production Novice race a lso . Pet erso n came back in the A Prod uct io n race, wi n ning th is tim e ov er St evens a n d Ewerth with Wing taking the Novice class aga in. In C Producti on . Peterso n won again a fter an early baili e wit h G reg T ysor (bo th FJ 600-m o unted ). The rea l exci teme nt in that ra ce ca me in th e form o f th e No vice co n test between Duke Collins, Da vid Dear ing an d Paul Bra y. a ll riding Ka.....asa ki Ninj a 600s. Lap after lap, th e th reesome di ced before Collins took th e rac e a t th e lin e over Dearing a nd Bray. Motorweek Ill ustrated's Da ve Despain took first Novi ce over a good field. " I wa s following a guy (John Wing) w ho was at least two seconds per lap faster than me. I stay ed with him by following hi s lines. He never knew that I was beh in d h im ; th e on e time tha t he did look around. I was on th e other sid e. As we hit th e straight o n th e last la p I ca me arou nd h im ," said th e happy Despain. Dean Swims mad e a tri umphant ret urn to ra cing at Roeblin g by winning th e A Su perbi ke class as well as cha sing Pa t O ' Leary 's T 7..500 IorsecIf.W, f , t ." r. ,' ~f trl .q WITH MAJOR STARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD Bob Hannah, Eric Goebers, Georges l obe, Andre Malh erbe and many more "CHAMPS OF THE PAST" THE "REAL" OLD TIMERS RACE Brad Lackey, Roger DeCoster, Jim Weinert, Jim Pom ero y, Darr el Shul tz,Jim Coo k, Gary Chaplin, Rich Th orwaldson, Billy Gr ossi, Ca rl Crank e, Gary Semics, Tom Rapp, Rex Staten , Kenn y Zahre, Marty T ripes, Rich Eiersredt , Chuck Sun "SPO RTSMAN" On Saturday, With Trophy presentations on Sat. night guaranteed to be something you will never forget . 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