Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Chris Jenkins (84) and Keith Hamlin (999) lead the start of the first 125cc B moto at Indian Creek MX. Hamlin went 2-2 for second overall. • A PROD EX: 1. Bart Peterson (Yam); 2. Thomas Stevens (Suz); 3. Chris Terrell (Yam). A PROD NOV: 1. Dee Hamilton (Yam); 2. Dennis Martin (Vam); 3. Mark Oldham (Vam). A SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Thomas Stevens (Suz); 2. Mark Schledorn (Suz); 3. Bryan Schwing (Yam). B PROO EX: 1. Bart Peterson (Vam); 2. Thomas Stevens (Suz); 3. Ron Ewerth (Yam). B PROO NOV: 1. Bill 51. John (Kaw); 2. David Dearing (Kaw); 3. Gordon Deltenre (Vam). B SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Thomas Stevens (Suz); 2. Chip Terrell (Vam); 3. Mark Schledorn (Suz). B SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Mark Oldham (Vam); 2. Dennis Martin (Yam); 3. Patrick Harris (Yam). C PROD EX: 1. Greg Tysor (Vam); 2. Bart Peterson (Vam); 3. Ron Ewerth (Vam). C PROD NOV: 1. Paul Bray (Kaw); 2. David Dearing (Kaw); 3. Bill St. John (Kaw). C SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Greg Tysor (Vam): 2. Jav Rathburn (Vam); 3. David Huneycutt (Yam). C SUPERBIKE NOV: 1. Bill 51. John (Kaw); 2. Paul Bray (Kaw); 3. Patrick Harris (Yam). PROD EX: 1. Mike Cook (Vam); 2. Chuck Huneycutt (Vam); 3. Jay Rathburn (Vam). PROD NOV: 1. Jeff Reeves (Vam); 2. Jason Luering (Vam); 3. Kenneth McCoy (Vam). o SUPERBIKE EX: 1. Jay Rathburn (Vam); 2. Mark Sielenske (Yam); 3. Chuck Huneycutt (Yam). SUPERBIKE NOV: 1. Landers Sevier (Vam); 2. Cam Roos (Hon); 3. Mike Reed (Suz). HONDA INT EX: 1. Eric Schilling (Hon); 2. Mike Snyder (Hon). HONDA INT NOV: '1. Russell Moffitt (Hon); 2. Mike Cativent (Hon); 3. Mark Henry (Hen). CLUBMAN EX: 1. Dan Horton (Hon); 2. Steve Tully (Hon); 3. Terry Bailey (Kaw). CLUB MAN NOV; 1. Mike Reed (Suz); 2. Cam Roos (Hon); 3. John Sanders (Kaw). VINTAGE I EX: 1. Beno Rodi (Nor). VINTAGE II EX: 1. Charles Worrell (Kaw); 2. Beno Rodi (Nor); 3. Mark Barnett (BSA). VINTAGE III EX: 1. Mark Barnett (VSA); 2. Charles Worrell (Kaw); 3. Wavne Allen (H-D). VINTAGE III NOV: 1. Harry Betsill (H-D). o o o • Murray tops . crowded Calhoun MX lead on the third lap, and held it to the checkers. In the second heat, Suzuki-mounted Kippy Marks let no one near him, taking both the heat and overall win. Hall took second, even after going down in a turn. He was up and off before the next rider could catch him. The line was filled with Senior Mini riders, butitallcamedown toa race between Lance Brannon and Chris Van West. Each won a heat, but Brannon took the gold by vinure of winning the second heat. Results PEE WEE: 1. Preston Moon (Kaw); 2. Greg Day (Hon). I JR MINI: 1. Chris Cox (Hon); 2. Preston Moon IKaw); 3. Brandon Cofield (Suz). SR MINk 1. Lance Brannon (Hon); 2. Chris Van West (Vam); 3. Damon Blythe (Vam). NOV 125: 1. David Murray (Hon); 2. Steve Johnson (Hon); 3. Kevin Hale (Hon). NOV 250: 1. Scott Reynolds (Hon); 2. Richard Shater (Kaw); 3. Te.rry Brook's (Hon). 125: 1. Danny Christy (Cog); 2. Scott McDonald (Vam); 3. Gene Ridings (Vam). 250: 1. Kippy Marks (Suz); 2. Kenny Hall (Hon); 3. Ricky Wright (Hon). OPEN: 1. Billy Shelton (Kaw); 2. Mike Williams (Hon); 3. Darryl Charvin (KTM). ENDURO: 1. Steve Sanson (Vam); 2. Rodney Goley (Kaw); 3. Anthony Turner (Suz). OVER 3D: 1. Billy Scoggins (Kaw); 2. Jeff Risner (Vam); 3. David Caldwell (Kaw). Turpin, Martin tame Echeconnee MX By H. Bone By Jeff Jacobsen MACON, GA, MAR. 9 CALHOUN, GA, MAR. 23 Keith Turpin, fresh from a 125cc Pro-Am win in Daytona, took three of four motos in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes at the So many 125cc Novice riders turned up at today's Calhoun Motocross that qualifying heats had to be run before David 34 Murray could claim the final victory. Lewis Thompson won the first qualifying heat. Kevin Hale fought his way to second place after going down in an S-curve. In the second heat, Hale took the holeshot and maintained his lead all the way to the checkered flag. In the first heat of the second qualifying group Kevin Thompson took the holeshot, but the win went to David Murray. In the second heat, Murray led until the fourth lap, when Steve Johnson zoomed by for the win. In the final death heat, Murray held the lead all the way to thp. finish. Johnson followed in second, Hale took third, and Kevin Thompson finished fourth. The regular 125cc race was fast and exciting with Danny Christy winning both motos. The £ight for second spot was between Scott McDonald and Gene Ridings with each rider finishing second once. McDonald took the second heat, so he grabbed second overall. Mark Burrows took the holeshot in the first 250cc moto, but gave his spot away to Kenny Hall, who had Ricky Wright on his tail. Wright took the Echeconnee MX, held near Macon. In the first 125cc Pro moto, Mark Crozier and Turpin put up a fierce battle for the number one spot. Crozier led from wire-to-wire, with Turpin hot on his back fender thewhole way. Turpin tried every trick in the book to get around, but Crozier used some tricks of his own to keep Turpin at bay. In the second moto, Crozier went down early, handing Turpin an easy Win. Rick Lindell and Tommy Martin put on a fantastic show in the Open Pro class. Lindell, with two good start, nabbed the lead early in both motos, while Martin got bad starts in both races and had to work his way through traffic to get Lindell in sight. In moto one, Martin turned on the gas to pass Lindell for the win on the white flag lap. Moto two action provided Lindell with another great start, while Martin played catchup again by charging through the pack. Martin inherited first place when Lindell went down in the whoops. Lindell remounted in time to salvage second place. The 125cc B motos were packed with top riders. In first moto action, Sean Dukes took the lead followed by Troy Harris and Ja\>bn A'mid. Ort'th~', third lap, Dukes crashed, and Harris took the lead, followed closely by Assad. Assad, running his first race since suffering an inj illY last October, took the lead on lap four, and held on for the win. Harris finished second, and Bradley Pendley's flawless ride earned him third place. Dukes, after repairing his Honda, led from start to finish in the second moto. Pendley, putting in another flaw less ride, took second. Assad, Tracy Whaley, and Danny Payne battled for third place, before Assad powered his way into the spOt, followed by Payne. Whaley crashed. Pendley came out on top, overall, Assad finished second and Danny Payne was third. lociil'rid· 'Mi'k'~ lillgJn (Hon) Cdr the lead in the 250cc A final. Burgess worked into the lead shortly thereafter and held on for the duration on his Buck SPOrl Auto-sponsored Yamaha to bag win number two anti went into the Open ranks with confidence after whipping second-place finisherZillgittand Yamaha-mounted Mike Hamilton, who was third in the 250s. Burgess h~ld lilllt' tl'Oublt' Il~") bing- his third will of thl' day aft('J' he holtshot the 10 lap Open A main evetll on his 125, whill' Md Salll]>1t' (Yam) and Kevin Knox (Kaw) gave chase. Knox could get no further than third as the Pro duo of Burgess and Sample went 1-2 at the checkered flag. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Lance Burgess (Vam); 2. Kevin Knox (Kaw); 3. Bill Manley (Hon). OPEN A: 1. Lance Burgess (Vam); 2. Mel Sample (Kaw); 3. Kevin Knox (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Lance Burgess (Yam); 2. Mike Zillgitt (Hon); 3. Mike Hamilton (Yam). '25 A: 1. Lance Burgess (Yam): 2. Todd Alter (Hon); 3. Brad Johnson (Kaw). 80 A: 1. Brian Guiles (Kaw); 2. Jason Mathews (Kaw); 3. Brit Salmon (Hon). 60 A: 1. Shawn Highland (Kaw); 2. Zach Rund (Hon); 3. Kevin O'Conner (Hon). PEE WEE: 1. Matt Furber (Vam); 2. Justin Dyer (Vam). 0·65: 1. Brian Raymond (Kawl; 2. Dwayne 80ne (Kaw); 3. Brandon Pendley (Vern). JR MINI: 1. Shannon Brooker (Yam); 2. Man Shue (Yam); 3. Nathan Bissette (Kaw). SR MINI: 1. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 2. Tony Voung (Kaw); 3. Trey Phillips (Kaw). SUPER MINI: 1. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 2. Trey Phillips (Kaw); 3. Matt Brake (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Bradley Pendley (Vam); 2. Jason Assad' (Hon); 3. Danny Payne (Hon). 125 C: 1. Todd Neal (Hon); 2. Bryan Jernigan (Hon); 3. Mere Weddle (Vam). 250 B: 1. Jeff Leachman (Suz); 2. Jason Coleman (Kaw); 3. Kelly Dennis (Kaw). 250 C: 1. Bubba Grahem (Kaw); 2. Jim Schmitt (Hon); 3. Jack Prather (Vam). OPEN B: 1. Kirk Grissom (Kaw); 2. Kevin Brule (Hon); 3. Tom Bates (Hon). SR MEN: 1. Benny Durrough (M-S); 2. J.C. Purvis (Hon); 3. Mark Vanderkley (KTM). 125 A MOTO 1: 1. Merk Crozier (Hon); 2. Keith Turpin (Hon); 3. Bill Wavda (Kaw). 125 A MOTO 2: 1. Turpin (Hon); 2. Crozier (Hon); 3. Ballew (Hon). 250 A MOTO 1: 1. Keith Turpin (Hon); 2. Tommy Martin (Hon); 3. Mark Crozier (Hon). OPEN A MOTO 1: 1. Tommy Martin (Hon); 2. Rick Lindell (Vam); 3. Ross Johnson (Hon). OPEN A MOTO 2: 1. Martin (Hon); 2. Lindell (Vam); 3. Johnson (Hon). Burgess takes four at Medford By Clay Light MEDFORD, OR, MAR. 23 Northern California rider Lance Burgess, accomplished a task that he had been attempting aII season a t the final race of the Jackson County Expo Parks Arenacross series in Medford - the Yamaha pilot swept four classes at the championship race to become the first rider in the history of the series to do so. Today, Bur~ess burned the competition for WinS in the l25, 250cc and Open A main events and came back to trounce the competition in the Open Pro class on his YZ125. Local rider Shawn Highland (Kaw) dominated in the 60cc class all season and took yet another win over rivals Zach Rund (Hon) and consistent Kevin O·Conner. Matt Furber (Yam) outrode fellow YZinger pilots Justin Dyer and Timmie Frost to take the first win of the evening ahead of Dyer in Pee Wee competition_ The 80cc division was of overflow status and was split into two classes, taking the top three directly to the 80cc A main. Those that didn't make it that far rode in a wild SOcc B main. Matt O'Conner upheld the family name by leading the parade to the checkered flag for the B win, followed by "Jammin" Joie DePew (Yam) and Jess POrtus. In the A main, it was Brian Guiles doing the damage to beat Jason Mathews of Crescent City and Brit Salmon. Bur~ess had one thin~on his mind after d('lllolishillg' his heat races, and that was addillg Ihe matching main events to the laurds. Burg-ess dueled with Brad Johnson (Kaw) and Honda-mounted Todd Alter for the first few laps until kicking in the afterburner and pulling away for the win with Alter slipping into second at the completion. Bur~ess then came back to hound Results Heisler, Johnson battle at Indian Creek MX By Gary Crider CULLMAN, AL, MAR. 16 Round three of the North Alabama Outlaw Spring Championship MX Series dou bled as the season opener' at Indian Creek MX. The large crowd on hand was treated to some very hot racing between Darryl Heisler and Mike Johnson in both 25Occ/Open A motos. Through most of the first moto, Heisler and Johnson were wheel-towheel, swapping the lead seven times. Then, with four laps remaining, Johnson took a brief spill and dropped to third behind Bubba Wilson. Two laps later Johnson wa's in second again and closing on leader Heisler. Heisler took the checkered flag first, just two bikelengths ahead of Johnson. Wilson finished a close third. Heisler and Johnson renewed their duel in the second moto with Heisler holding on to a slight lead. Near the end of the moto, however, the Heisler/ Johnson duo tangled and crashed, opening the door for Rankin Racingbacked Wilson. Wilson led the final two laps and won overall, his 3-1 besting Heisler's 1-3. Johnson remounted his Music City Cycle-backed Kawasaki and finished 2-4 to net fourth overall behind the 4-2 score of Downer's Grove Yamaha/Suzukibacked Greg Randa. Johnson, who sat out most of the 1985 season due to a head injury, said, "I'm disappointed that I didn't win, but I'm satisfied with my riding. My coordination has come back 100%." Johnson went on lO say, ''I've had a lot of bad Iuck in the past, but I think the tables are going to turn." Heisler came back in I25cc A action and was never threatened en route to a perfect score. Honda of Tupelo, Mississippi's Jimmy Sims notched 32 for runner-up honors over Wilson. Heisler leads the series in both the 125 and 250cclOpen A divisions. The 125cc Bcomest ended in a threeway tie as series leader Derek Monk gassed his PJ-I/Scott-backed Honda to the win in molO two, netting 3-1 for top honors. Kawasaki of Pulaski's Keith Hamlin scored 2-2 for second place gold over Honda of Tupelo/ Gear's Chris Jenkins who tallied 1-3. Before the start of the first Senior Mini moto O'NeaIlPJ-I-backed Scott Cooper said, '''1 like th'is Honda better

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