Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.........., ..,•.•.......•...•.•.. Countr-y HONDA Rgads Huge Inventory 01 CR Parts!!!!! Fast UPS Service Daily·· ORDER BY PHONE TOLL FREE (800)647-5700 (Outside WI) (800) 356-5700 (WI) C.O.D.orChargeToVisa-MC I-='... ' ,•.•.•.CedarburgrWI ",.-, --- , .. Yamaha-mounted Suzanne Falkner (215) toppe~ the Mini B competition at the Oakwood Short Track finale in Roy, Washington. King and Eric Hawes. The second place was finally won by Urata, with Hawes third. Moto two again showed Decker with the far-reaching lead, riding his screaming 60 with the smoothness and confidence of a l25cc Pro. The molO found Urata and Hawes switching positions, giving Decker first overall, Hawes second and Urata third. The field of l25cc Novice Stock racers was so large that it was broken down into two divisions. The first 17 competitors took off with Mike Couins taking the lead. Bryan Powell RGSOO GSXR was right behind him and had a ~f NS400 ferent idea as to who should be 10 first. He stuck 10 Couins' fender and Experienced Exporters waited for the right moment over the Of Motorcycles & Parts table top to pass, and by lap three, succeeded in taking the prime spot. Brantford Cycle Steve Birkenbach lOok the third spot, 783 Colbome St. following Powell and Couins. Brantford. Ontario canada N3S 3S3 In the second round, the riders 519/753-3403 paired off iDlO ballie for fu:st, second and third. Powell and BlTkenbach ballied it out in front, Manuel Garcia and Mike Carter were fender 10 fender, 10 seconds behind the first two, and Couins and Ed Muncy 10 seconds Steel Belted Tough To Conquer The Gnarlie.t behind them. The competitions.con;Motoerool-or E'nduro Oours'!'.' ..... 4inued un6hhe lasr lap-w1:Jen Powe:11 6x28-18 5.10-18 4.10-' 8 pull~way with the first spot, leav..; • 6x28-l7 5.19t"7 4.-10-17 ingJfi~~enbach with secon<;1. and CarDisbiblfted By: ter .took the third position. :'MOTO RACE:8OC!/628-4040 The second group of 125cc riders DICK CEPE INC. - 213 564-4541 took 10 the track with Jeff Lemen and Jeff N ord~trolP !iicing back and forth Got an'oplnlon? Write a -i:: for the' fir~ po~[i-on. The two exletter to the editor! changed positions several times. ~e men finally gained control of the fIrst spot, while Danny Walsh made hIS ALHAMBRA YAMAHA threat on Nordstrom and succeeded. s..... SerYlc:e • Parts The checkered flag found Lemen takDiscounted Prices ing molO one, Walsh second and Year 'Round Nordstrom third. 1850 West Valley Blvd.. Alha!"bra;eA 91803 The drop of the second gate gave (818) 289-5301 the holeshot 10 Nordstrom, with Rick Flores taking the second spot from start to finish of the race. Through SAMMY TANNER the pack came Art Higgins, who had been stuck in the gate with a last-place 5'OliIA.U+INa= stan. Higgins steadily picked .off the other 14 riders through the SIX laps one by one to gain the third-place AIITUIA, CA (213)"finish. The overall win, however, went to Nordstrom, second to Lemen and third to Flores. YFR7SO I r T£RAFL£X MOTD-STEEL ~ can-am Ridersville Cycle Center e 1986 Model. Now In Stock! eups Daily Call 304/258-1449 Serke/ey Springs. WV Hours: Mon.-Fri. 4pm·8pm. Sat. 9am-5pm ~RFORMANCE HORSEPOWER THRU PRECISE CRANKWORllI 38 Clearwater. FL 33575 - 813/461-4897 • __ 4 .. Results '. PEE WEE STK: 1. Pablo Lara (Yam); 2. Dustin Nelson (Yam); 3. Jeremy Michaud (Yam). PEE WEE MOO: 1. Jarrit Johnson (Yam); 2. Jeremy Michaud (Vam); 3. Matt McHale. JR CYCLE O-B STK: 1. Lanny Turner (Kaw); 2. Pablo Lara (Kaw). JR CYCLE MOD: 1. Lanny Turner (Kaw); 2. Pablo Lara (Kaw): 3. Jon Pauls (Kaw). JR CYCLE STK 9-11: 1. Craig Decker (Kaw); 2. Eric Hawes (Kaw); 3. Justin Urata (Kaw). JR CYCLE MOD 9-11: 1. Craig Oecker (Kaw); 2. Jeff Tilton (Kaw): 3. Jeff Willoh (Kaw). BO NOV STK 9-11: 1. Eric Hawes (Kaw); 2. Judd Scanlon (Yam); 3. Jeff Tilton (Kaw). BO BEG 12+: 1. Jeff Griffin (Hon); 2. Jeremy McGrath (Yam): 3. Kris Kertzman (Kaw). BO NOV 12+: 1. Jimmy Weitzel (Yam); 2. Joshua Dunn (Yam); 3. Eric Brumagin (Yam). ... a 4 . 80 NOV MOD 12+: 1. Joshua Dunn (Yam); 2. Jimmy Weitzel (Yam); 3. Wyatt Boyd ISuz). 80 INT 12+ STK: 1. Todd Mitchell (Yam); 2. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 3. Ethan Dickenson IKaw). BO INT MOD 12+: ,. Robby Perez (Suz); 2. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 3. Jeff Grafton (Yam). 105 OPEN: 1. Robby Perez (Suz); 2. Todd Mitchell (Yam); 3. Ryan Hughes (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Paylor: 2. Mitchell Lee (Kaw): 3. Robert Collins (Hon). 125 NOV STK DIV I: 1. Bryan Powell (Hon); 2. Steven Birkenbach (Hon); 3. Mike Collins (Hon). 125 NOV STK DIV II; 1. Jeff Nordstrom (Kaw); 2. Jeff Lemen (Hon); 3. Rick Flores (Suz). 125 NOV MOD: 1. Jeff Nordstrom (Kaw); 2. Brian Powell (Hon); 3. Steve Birkenbach (Hon). 125 INT STK: 1. Jeremy Hughe. (Yam); 2. Lance Barnett (Kaw); 3. Tony Periano (Kaw). 125 INT MOO: 1. Jeremy Hughes (Yam); 2. Ian Merrian (Yam); 3. Tony Periano IKaw). 125 EX: 1. Steve Furuya (Vaml; 2. Brian Belew (Hon); 3. Tim Taylor (Kaw). 125 OPEN: 1. Mike Craig (Yam); 2. Steve Furuya (Yam); 3. Cory Falter (Hon). Green doubles at Oakwood STfinale By Derryl Anderson ROY, WA, FEB. 22 Red-hot Randy Green showed no mercy tonight as he won the overall in the 250 and 500cc Pro main events of the final short track held at the Oakwood Arena. T rS]~~ a'lJ:'iG~i1&ain toni '_ ~~t'~.ai~~¢l:llr.ed. in the class. Finally, heat o~e_ started with Mike McClain flying out ahead of Randy Roose, Chris Staley, who had Green next to him, then Troy Rose and Mike Budschat. On the..first lap, Green was able to get by Staley and was soon gunning for Roose. On lap three, Roose went around McClain in turns three and four to take the lead. Green began to pressure McClain until he also got by. ot wasting any time, Green blew by Roose on the froOlstraight to take the lead. On the same lap Rose, moved by Staley, who was also passed by Budschat on the white-flag lap. At the checkered flag, the order read; Green, Roose, Rose, McClain, Budschat and Staley. . In the second 250cc Pro heat race, It was Rance Barclay getting the holeshot over Amateur National Champion Steve Aseltine, A.]. Eschwig, Todd Davies and Tom Newman. In the first two laps Aseltine and Barclay fought tooth-and-nail. Aseltine went outside sliding all the way around turns one and two, passing Barclay in the process. Meanwhile, Newman moved by Davies and Eschwig;. Coming into turn three Barclay shd back under Aseltine to reclaim the lead.. The twO were almost side-by-side up the front straight, then Aseltine pushed and shoved his way by Barclay to take the lead for good. Newman then dropped Barclay into third, and at the finisb.line in order it was Aseltine, Newman, Barclay, Eschwigand Davies. • ••• 4 __ _ .... In the third 250cc Pro heat race it was Kirk Strong getting the holeshot over Darell Davis, Mickey Fay, Bruce Serls and Rick Mschichowski. Davis and Fay diced for second the entire race until just before the white flag, when Fay lost it in turn three and Davis went on to follow Strong to the flag in front of Series, Mschichowski, and Fay. In the 250cc Pro trophy dash, Green, Aseltine and Davis rode side-by-side for almost a lap. Coming up the front straightaway Davis backed off a little and blasted by both Green and Aseltine on the low side and squeezed by for the lead. With Davis in the lead, it was Aseltine pushing him hard, with Green and Roose close behind. With a lap to go, Roose mad~ his move, passing Green then Aseltme. In heat one of the 5.00cc Pro class, Chris Fitzhugh and Davis came off the line side-by-side, followed by Robert Aseltine, Aaron Waggoner and Barclay. Davis moved by Fitzhugh, who seemed to have mecha~i cal problems. On lap two, Aseltme and Waggoner got by Frohs and set out after Davis. On l,ap four, Aseltine began to pressure Davis as Barclay was moving by Frohs. With a lap to go, Aseltine tried Davis on the inside but Davis didn't give an inch. On the backstretch, Barclay went under Waggoner and the finishing order was set: Davis, Aseltine, Barclay, Waggoner and Frohs. In the second heat race Kirk Strong jumped the lights, sending him to the back row. Getting a super start was Randy Green, who rode a beautiful race wire-to-wire.1t took only two laps for Strong to move into second, but he was never a threat to the smooth-riding Green. At the checkered it was Green, Strong, 30 yards back to Stocks, Davies and Rose. Roose came off the line quickly in heat three to run another wire-towire race with Mike Kearney threatening only briefly. Sullivan, Fay and Budschat battled behind the front runners, with Fay recovering from a midrace slide-out to take third, followed by Sullivan then Budschat at the checkered. ~, Green and Davis came off the line side-by-side in the 500cc Pro trophy clash ,foHowed by Asehine and oose. Green edged past Davis 0 _ ?aek: stretch and shut the doo . him 10 turn three. Coining out turn four Davis, Aseltine and Roose were three abreast on the small Oakwood short track. Roose was caught with nowhere to go in turn one and slid o'!t. Davis tried to pass Green several urnes but nothing was working. Green took the flag ahead of Davis, Aseltine, Roose and Strong. In the 500cc Pro B main Frohs took the holeshot over Rose, Stocks and Barclay. Rose worked his way by Frohs as did Fitzhugh a lap later. At the end it was Rose, Fitzhugh, Stocks, Barclay, Frohs, and Davies. Transferring to the A main was Rose and Fitzhugh. Coming off the line fast in the 500cc Pro A main was Green, who again went wire-to-wire without any problems. Behind him in o~der was Davis, Rose, Strong, Aselune and Roose. On lap three Rose got by Davis for second and remained there. Next lap saw Roose and Fitzhugh move by Aseltine. At the finish Green had 20 yards on Rose, then it was Davis, Strong, Roose and Aselune. Results WEE PEE WEE: 1. Darrin Belcourt (Yam); 2. Mitchell Falkner (Yam). PEE WEE A: 1. Ryan Anderson Kaw); 2. Ryan Barclay (Kaw); 3. James Falkner (Kew). PEE WEE B: 1. Brian Haymore (Kaw); 2. Kevin Belcol:lrt (Kaw). MINI A 7-11 YRS: 1. Shane Butchart (Han). MINI A 12-15 YRS: 1. Tom Eddington (Kaw); 2. MINI B7-11 YRS: 1. Troy Donald (Hon). MINI B: 1. Suzanne Falkner (Yam); 2. Bruce Roundy (Suz). J.P. Simonsen (Hon).

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