Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ o f the lead . The ba ttle for rhird conti nu ed . The three co n tenders were spread o ver two bikeIengths as th ey took th e wh ite flag. Their battle co n tinued into th e last turn . Doh ert y a nd Johnson ca me o u t of II side-by-side , blocking an y cha nce for Sell s. J ohnson won th e d ra g ra ce to th e fin ish li ne . Oliver had cros sed th e line for first. but wi thdrew since th e bike had probably had never been street lega l. T he fi n a l seq ue nce was Aqu in o , J ohnson an d Do h erty o n h is Hannan ' Ma chine-sponsored Rot ax. THOUSAND OAKS ~ YAMAHA-KAWASAKI • 1985 KX250 $1995.00 A ll 1986 KX m odels in stock -II-C Speci al Discount s on Bikes & Part s. " Dri v e A Little, Save A Lot " - - Can Us Before You Buyl - 2388 E. Tho usand Oaks Blvd. Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (805) 497-3765 ....... ... . ~ 0.. < Results OPEN GP: 1. Ron Weiland (Kaw ); 2. Ed Woo (Vam); 3. Ken M acNeill (Kaw ). PEARCE'S CRANK REPAIR F-l : 1. Vince Cos ta (Ka w) ; 2. 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Cun Mc Mah on (KTM); 3. Louie Marshall (KTM). VET J R: 1. Rich Roy (Hus); 2. Greg Houle (Kaw); M ike De Herrera (Yam) . OT J R: t . Ed Jard ine (Vam); 2. Steve Thompson IKTM); 3. Nick Theroux (Han). VET NOV ; 1. Dave Eaton (KTM); 2. Br ian Maclean (KTM ); 3. M ike Rich (Yam). OT NOV : 1. Las Oldenbrooke (Hus); 2. Frank Roach (Suz); 3. Ken Cosmo IKTM). 200 NOV ; 1. Haro ld Harr is (Cag); 2. Bob White (Kaw); 3. Debbie Levy (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Doug Abram s (Yam); 2. Joe Caner (KTM ); 3. M ike Niblet (Han ). OPEN NOV: 1. Bobby McDonnell (Han); 2. Bill Cooley (Han); 3. M ike Norton (Han). Gray, Satterlee take Sears Point RRwins By Roger Smith SO NO MA, CA, MAR . 30 TA~Ck-1 racing gasoline (619) 281-9133 Dealer Inq uirie s Inv ited Oakland Sport Center 4232 Dixie Hwy . Drayton Plain, MI 48020 (313) 673-3366 . 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The field was so la rge that th e 750cc a n d Open Stock class es had to be sp lit into two separa te races ins tead of th e usu al two-wave start. T he' 750cc race wa s ru n fir st. It started off with Cra ig Seher o n an FZ750 and All en Satterlee on a GSX R750 cha rg ing into th e fir st co rner with their front wh eels still in the air. Malcolm Hi ll flew a little lower an d got hi s Suzuki there first to lead 49 o th er bikes up the hill. But before th e first lap was ha lf over, Scott G ra y had his Yosh im ura/ Dun lo p Suzuki in the lea d. Gra y h eld th e lea d and pushed th e mach ine even faster , turning I:52 lap times a nd stre tch ing o u t his lead . Th e battle for seco nd place h eated u p as Satterlee, H ill a nd Seher each moved from fo urth to second and ba ck agai n. T he ra ce looked like it had beco me a ba ttle for seco nd place, b u t G ray overhea ted h is tires a nd was forced to slo w, First Satter lee got past h im , a nd in th e last two laps H ill and Seh er slip ped by. H ill a nd Seh er kept up th e battle for second, but Satterlee wa s never threaten ed . Th e fin al order was Sa tterlee on h is Cycle Im ports Suzu ki , H ill on a T oomey Racing Suzu ki a nd Seher, followed by Gray. Gray d idn 't have a n Open class Suzuki with h im, but wh en th e sched ul e cha nge was a n no u nced , h e q ui ckly borrowed a Cycle Importssponsored GS X RIIOO fitted wi th a H i-Sport Mich el in rear tire . Morgan Mur phy beat G ra y off the starti ng line, but soon sa w G ra y ride o u t of sight. After the first lap, Gray held a two-second lead. Don Biava and Chris Stewa rd were di cing for seco nd and a ti ght kno t o f ri d er s, includin g Murph y, Barr y Sa uda n and Ma tthew Eri cson, were ba ttl ing for fourth . . Gra y stea dily stre tched ou t hi s lead wit h co nsis tent 1:50 an d 1:5 1 laps. Bob Reinen joined th e dice for fourt h, but Ericson sett led in to the position a nd was determ ined to hold it. Steward go t in front o f Bia va a nd pu lled aw ay o nce th ey began lapping slower rid ers. The finish was Gra y, Steward a nd Biava. In addi tion lO th e raci ng , th e fans were provided with a ns wers to t wo or three quest ion s th ey hadn 't asked . T he fi rst wa s: Wh a t does a Superbike racer do o n a free wee ken d? T he a ns wer of co urse is race. Ri ch Ol iver had a free weekend, so h e d id so me fun racing. H is firs t o uti ngof th e day wa s a di ce wit h hi s wife , Ka ren Lynaugh, a reg ul ar front run ner in th e F-4 on her H onda . Oliver joined th e even t o n a 125c c m otocr o ss machine a nd was shown which of the fam ily was th e F-4 racer. He fini sh ed fourth lO h er th ird. Lance Ti lgh ma n wo n th e race, fo llowed by S tev e Rodden . O liver lat er p rovided th e a ns wer to a no th er unasked question : Wh a t do vo u do with a m achi ne built for o ne unique ra ce o nce the race is o ver? Roll in Cushwa y a nd Kozm an Mot o rs had bui lt a bike, ba sed o n a CR500 motocr osser, for Do n Greene to ride in the made-for-TV A BCS~perhikers race . The event, run on a co u rse th at co m bined motocross, flat tra ck a nd roa d sectio ns o n eac h lap, was lo ng pa st but th e bike was still a ro u nd. So Ol iver en tered it in the 600cc Su pe rstreet cla ss. Wh en th e green flag dro p ped on th e 600cc S upers tree t ra ce, Tom Aq ui no grabbed the lea d h eading in to the first turn. By th e ti m e th e p ack h ad sorted it self o u t, Aq uino had a three-seco nd lead over seco nd place Ed Ragle o n hi s Red Eagl e Racing Yamaha . Rag le h ad o n ly a thin margi n over Ro bert Sells a nd Denn y Do hert y. Oliver had golien off to a slo w sta rt , but soon ada p ted a flat tra ck riding style a nd began moving th ro ug h th e pa ck with h is foot o u t, slid ing th ro ugh eac h turn . At th e end o f th e seco n d lap, O liver and Rag le cro ssed the sta rt in g lin e wh eel-towh eel. Once pas t Ragl e, Oliver clos ed on Aq ui no. T he two d iced th rough th e next two la ps, Aq u ino's Ya m aha and O liver's mo rocrosser jockeyin g fo r p osition in eac h tu rn . The two ra n away fro m th e field , but th e battle for th ird h ea ted up . Sells , Doh ert y . a nd Mike J ohnson developed th eir own d ice for Pos ition. O liver slip ped p ast Aquino in th e turn I I hai rpin a nd took co m ma nd 3. Pat Ryan (Suz). • F·2: 1. Wa yne Mon toya (Yam); 2. Jam es Stephens (Rtx ); 3. Fred Thomas (Vam). F-4 : 1. la nce Til gh man (Yam); 2. Steve Rodden IKaw ); 3. Karen Lynaugh (Han). F 5 ; 1. Denn y Dohen y (Rtx); 2. M ike Johnson (Suz); 3. Ja mes l erer (Yam). F T-7 50 : t , Lee Steinmetz (Nort; 2. Er ic Swcrtzfig ure (Nor); 3 . Rand olp h Decke r (Yam ). FT OPEN: 1. Ar t Chambers (Ouc); 2. Peter Homan (BMW); 3. James Nuovo (BM W ). OPEN 5 5 : 1. Ron W eil and (Kaw); 2. Jo hn M orena (SUl ); 3. Dave Lang (Kaw ). 7 50 5 5 : 1. M alcolm Hil l (Suz); 2. Pat Ryan (Suz); 3 . A ll en Satterlee (Suzl . 600 55: 1. Tom Aq uino (Yam); 2. M ike J . John son ISuz); 3. Denn y Doherty (Rtx). 4 50 55: 1. Eric Kondo (Vam); 2. J im Van icek (Vam); 3 . Blain e Ida (Yam). OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Hugh Vanderfor d (Vam); 2. M ac MacFarla ne (Kaw l: 3. Chris Steward (Su z). 75 0 M OD PROD: 1. All en San er lee (Suz); 2. Craig Seher (Vam); 3. Kerry Bryant (Su z). 600 MO D PROD: 1. J im Jepsen (Vam); 2. Steve Carp illo (Yam ); 3. Pet er Wensloff (Ka wl . 450 MOD PROD: 1. M ark M cDaniel (Varni; 2. Jeff Hatfield (Vam); 3. Ed Ragle (SUl ). 250 MOD PROD: t . M ar k Hansen (C-A); 2. David Muller (C· AI; 3. Raben Kuykendall (Yam). OPEN STK PROD: 1. Scott Grav (Suz); 2. Chris Steward (Suz); 3. Don Biava (Suz). 75 0 STK PROD: 1. Allen Satterl ee (Su 21; 2. M al · calm Hill (SUl); 3. Craig Seher (Vam). 600 STK PROD: 1. Jim Jepson (Vam); 2. Steve Carpillo (Yam); 3. M ike Johnso n (Yam) . 450 STK PROD: 1. Danie l Dee (Varni; 2. Brad Fairb anks (Vam); 3. Ed Ragle (Vam). OVER 40: 1. A rt Chamb ers (Due); 2. Charles Logan (SUl ); 3. Cyrus Simm ons (Vam). VINT; 1. David Walden (Tri); 2. Fred M ark (BSA ); 3. Michae' Canepa (H-D). Young wins soggy D-4 trials By John R. Knapp LO CK E, N Y, AP R. 6 On a rain -soaked day R yan Yo ung LOok his Beta for a 4 1p oint win over Chris Arnold 's 46-p o i n t score at th e AMA District -4 tria ls o pener. A rea l ba ttl e a lso went on for th ird a n d fourth wit h G reg Bolt bea ting Bob Cro ak on clea ns to break a 58-point tie. Both Young a nd Croa k are Pennsylvania rid ers. T hi s yea r' s opener saw 61 riders show up, includi ng II fro m Penn sylva n ia, two from Onta rio , a nd a New En g la nd er. In th e best u psta te New York tradition it ra ined, ma king secti ons a test of mind and traction. Clerk o f th e co urse Mike Co mer d id a n exce lle n t jo b as severa l lin es wer e a vai la ble in m ost sect io ns . As ' th e day went on, these Iines a ll became very tough and gelling th ro ugh wi tho u t a " five" took ski ll a nd effor t. The best Novice/I nt erm edi a te sectio n wa s three, a steep h ill wi th a n off -ca mber nea r th e to p. Alt hough ma ny " fives" we re received , G eo rge Brink wort clea ned it five times in a row . For the Experts. sectio n II wa s th e to ugh es t. This involved a five-foo t step up a wat er fall, then up a greasy ban k, over a log , a nd then bac k into th e creek a nd up a double-step ped wa terfall. Results PREM IER: 1. Ryan Voung (Bet ) 41 . EX: 1. Chr is A rnol d (Vam) 46; 2. Greg Bolt (Han) 58 (16 cleans); 3. Bob Croak (Han) 58 (11 cleans). ADV: 1. Bob Foringer (M an) 10 2; 2. Chuck Ettenberger (Fan) 11 6: 3. Lavern e Bow en (Yam) 116 . INT:' 1. Willi am Hughes (Vam) 66 ; 2. George Br inkwon (Vam) 71 ; 3. Joe Romanow ski (Vam) 88 . SPTSM N: 1. Karl Medinger (Han) 87 . SR A : 1. Wayn e Larson (SW M) 8 2; 2. Lao Oshea (M an) 98; 3. Ear l Buckingham (Vam) 102. SR B: 1. John Knapp (SW M I 101 ; 2. Ron Bars (Fan) 10 7; 3. David Mankey (Fan) 110. NOV ; 1. Richa rd M cGin nis B6; 2. Keith Barber (C-A) 95 ; 3. M ark Swan (Yam ) 98 . BEG; 1. Berry Reese (M an) BB.

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