Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

en 0: W o z <{ en w "THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS" ~ <{ INSI ST ON HI-POINT ALPINESTARS MOTOCROSS ENDURO BOOTS ~ a ... a J: e, The 250cc C c lass leaves the line at Dade C it y Raceway f o r the f irst mota; rain ca ncelled the second mota. - - See your Hi-Point Raci n g Prod uct s dealer toda y and check out the co mplete line-up of Hi-Point Boo ts for '8 6 . From M X todin track totraii . he has quality Hi -Point boot s to fit you r needs. HI·POINT RACING PRODUCTS 3709 W . Erie Ave ., Lorain. OH 4405 3 (216! 244-4101 2650H Mercantile Dr .. RanchoCordova. CA 95670 - (916) 635·2141 throu gh out th e ra ce . Kaw a sakimount ed Pete All en fin ish ed seco nd with Freel Folsom th ird , Ken T h rashe r. ridin g in th e largest class for the da y th e Trai [riders 20 IccOpen class, go t the holesh ot a nd rode a he ad of his class for rhe eurire race 10 take th e win . Ca sey Lowry worked hi s wa y up from seve n th pla ce to a seco nd pl ace fini sh fo llowed by Bill y \\' vli e. :r h e trailriders 0-200cc cla ss sa w SCOll Leigh tak e th e win riding a H onda, Also o n a H onda . Bcnncu Hi cks pla ced seco n d a nd e m -Am rid er All en Vin es fini sh ed third . Results OPEN : 1. Terry M ealer (Hus): 2. Ste ve Mosley (KTM ); 3. Andy Graben (KTM !. 250: 1. M ike Monroe (Han ); 2. Tommy Cousin s (Hu s); 3. Matt Ho lst (KTM) . 100-200: 1. Stacy Hughey (Suz); 2. M,ke Sm ith (Kaw); 3. Car l Sp iller (Han). VET: 1. Bobby Manning (KTM ); 2. Al ex Part aga s (Su z): 3. Louis Donelson (Yam) . MSTR: 1. Gary Nichols (Hus) ; 2. Pete All en (Kaw) ; 3. Fred Folsom (KTM) . TRA ILRIDERS 201 ·0PEN: 1. Ke n Thrash (Han); 2. Casey Lowry (Han!; 3 . Billy W yli e (Han). 0 -200: 1. Scott Lei gh (Hon); 2. Ben nett Hicks (Han); 3. A ll en Vin es (C-A) . . Hawthorne roosts Ross Downs MX By Terry Cordray COLL EYVILLE. TX. APR . 2:; Kawasaki rid er Denni s Hawthorn e made a dramati c. mida ir. last -lap pa ss o n Suzukimounted Clay Hoenshcll over [ilj AIWr .ua ANCRACORP'ORATK)N _ 2233EASTGRANDAVENUE El SEGUN~. CA ~ - lMr"c-l w.nt Ad InformRion 213/427-7433 ~ **PARTS** From '69 to Current LARGEST STOCK IN THE EAST --UPS DA'L Y 30 th e 15 foot Mil lcr l\lounl ain jump 10 win 1I11' 250cc Expe rt class ron iglu a t Ross Downs mot ocross. Hawthorne talli ed a Ilawless I-I co m bina tio n 10 claim rhcwin , while HoensheIl earued seco nd o vera ll. Third and fo urt h wen t 10 Roger Sch ellenberger (Ya ma ha) a nd Dean Lam' (KT M). Despite H awthorne's hero ic pa ss, it was a lm ost o vers howed by th e a p jx-a ra u ce of Triun H onda 's Ri ckv J ohnson and racing legend Roger ' DeCosu-r. Ra cing was del a yed for 20 minuu-s whil e J ohnson a nd DcCosu-r spoke to and signed autographs for th e spectators. In th e fir st Pro race, Hawth orne grahb.:d th e holeshot , whil e Hoenshell a nd Yamaha's 125cc-mounted Eddie Hicks trailed in third , Hawthorne led th e way right down 10 rhe ch eck ered flag bUlnot wilh out hea\'y o p po sitio n by Hex'nshell a nd H ick s. Lnll' finished fourth ala~ld of Scht'!len berger. ~ The second I'Onnd saw I-Iawthollll' again jam in lO Iht, l'arl y lead fo llow ed by H exonshell. I'li ck s' Yamaha snfft'n' d mt'(h an i, ~11 probl t'm s a nd did nol sta ll th e mo lO. DlIJ in g the lourth la p , II ' ll'llSht'!1 slipped by Ihe leadl'r an d It-d lor Ila' ne xt fin' laps lIJll ill-l a w lhorllt'made IIw d r;nna ti... las t-lap pa ss fo r lilt , wi n ;II a l o vera ll. Results M ICRO MINI: 1. Chad Smith (Kaw): 2. Rand y Braucht (Kaw); 3. Case y Pinkston (Kaw). BO BEG : 1. Ray Lynn Campbell (Ha n); 2. Chris Miles {Su zl; 3 . Man Capshaw (Suz). BOJR : 1. Coby Owen (Han! : 2. Chad Sm ith (Kaw!; 3. Kevin Blox om (Kaw) . BO SRi I . David J on es (Kaw); 2 . J ay Cox (Han); 3 . Oayne Bra ssard (Ho n). • 125 BEG : 1. J im Bellah (Yam ); 2. Keith Collin s (Kaw ); 3. M att Cooper (Suz!. 125 NOV: 1. Kris Car r (Yam); 2. Dan Shaffer (Kawl; 3 . Johnny Jones (Su z). 250 BEG : 1. Dav id Malugani (Hon ); 2. Art Kinney (Yam); 3 . Steve W ester (Hon l. 250 NOV : I . Jack Holl aday (Han! ; 2. Eddi e Puyear (Yam): 3. Joey Grupp (Kaw!. OPEN NOV : 1. Eddie Ka ufm an (KTM) ; 2. Kurt Monch (Han); 3. Gordon Rich (Hon). INT: 1. lorne Burton (Hon); 2. Scon Schambacher tM · S): 3 . Danny W ellborn (Kaw). EX: 1. Denn is Hawthorne (Kaw) ; 2. Cla y Hoen sheIlI Suz); 3 . Roger Schellenberg er (Yam) . OVER 3D: 1. J im Jacobsen (Hon); 2 . David Folmar (Yam ); 3. Eddie Kaufma n (KTM! . RIDERS OF THE MONTH MICRO M INI; 1. Casey Pmkstcn (Kaw) . 80 J R: 1. Coby Owen (Han). 80 SRi 1. Dav id Jones (Kaw ). 125 BEG : 1. Jeff Kennedy (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. J oh nny Jones (Su z). 250 BEG: 1. David Ma lugani (Han). 250 NOV : 1. Jack Hollada y (Han). INT: 1. Scott Sch ambacher (M · S). EX: 1. Tony Nielsen (Yam). OVER 30: 1. Bill y Allen (Han) . Dade CityMX rained out By A thie Sanders cha rged a fu -r Wh eel er and rook him in th e wh oops. \\'he"'er went down in a hairpin , allowing Decker to esta blish a sizeabl e lead . Kimble in th e m eant im e had pulled o ver 10 the side o f th e tra ck w ith bik e p roblems. H e barel y ch ugged o ver th e finish line aft er Decker went in fo r th e win with Wheeler foll owin g in seco nd . Kimble sa id , " M y bike sta rte d to heat seize back in the wh oop-de-docs. I stre tched it o u t until th e last lap, went o ver th e line, th en loaded it up. It was just a bad night for me," The Open ' O\·ice class rode with th e Open Am at eurs but wa s sco red sepa ra tely. J eff Pingel claimed the holesh ot as Dan Crawford, Rudy Sa velli. Allan Lavigne and But ch Benick i foll owed in h al pursuit. Crawford pil ot ed a ro u nd Pingel a nd pull ed a way into th e lead . Wh en th e checke red fdl ir wa s clearly Crawforel. foll owed by Pingel . Sa vel l i, Beui cki and Lavigne in the top five posirions. Results - 60 AM ; 1. Chr i s Allen (Kawl: 2. Josh latina (Kaw!; 3. Matt Harrell (Kaw!. 60 NOV : 1. J ason Sybert (Han!; 2. Kim Sybert (Hon) ; 3 . Jason Jenkin s (Yam). BO B: 1. Ru sty DeVane (Yam); 2. M ike Meffert (Yam) . BO C: 1. Greg Brod elong (Kaw ); 2. Jo ey Haley (Kaw): 3. Chris All en (Kaw). 80 BEG : 1. Larr y Ca hoo n (Su z); 2. Bryan List (Hon); 3. M ar k Step hen s IKaw). 125 A : 1. Harold Matthews (Kaw) ; 2. Glenn Som erv ille (Hon) . 125 B: 1. J eff Finkhous en (Yam !: 2. Chuck Sybe rt (Han); 3 . Sam Pulmb (Han! . 125 C: 1. Wa lt Burrell (Hon); 2. Gina Perry (Honl; 3. Dar ren Vend ett i (SUl). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Jo hn W heele r (Ha n); 2. Ben Sanders (Kaw l; 3 . J am es St ewan. 125 BEG DIV 2 : I . S hawn J un ker (Han); 2. Chr is VendettI (Suz); 3. M icha el Mucc io (Cn g ). 250 A : 1. Ha rold Matthews (Kaw) ; 2. Rob Dun canson (Ho n). 250 B: 1. AnthonyWhite (Yam); 2. Ke nny Johnt· io g (Kaw) . . 250 C: I . Keit h W estbrook jY am); 2. Jeff Pingel (Kaw) ; 3 . Mark Ratcliff (Kaw) . OPEN AM : 1. Stev e Deck er; 2. John W hee ler IKawl; 3. Graham Kimble (Han ). OPEN NOV : I . Dan Crawford (Yam); 2. Jeff Pingel (Kaw!; 3. Rud y Sav ello(Han) . SRi 1. A ll en lavigne (Yam); 2. Gary Burr ; 3. John Gore (Han! . SUP SRi 1. J oe Ha ley (Kaw): 2. Ger ald Nuccio (Mac); 3. Yor k Som erville (Ho n). Dick wins three at Westwood DADE C IT Y, FL. APR. 12 By A lice Macpherson The seco nd round of the Honda of Brandon-sponsored Dade City Raceway Spring Series started out under clea r skies, but WESTWOOD. B.C .. APR. 20 by th e end of th e first motos a light ra i n started , soon turnin g int o a downpour. Th e upcoming thunderstorm resulted in ra nrella rio n of th e secon d m ot os wh en li ghting wa s sig h ted . Riders wh o bagged th eir fir st m o to were cred i ted with th e o vera ll with rh .. ca nce lla tio n . T he 250t·c cla ss ca me o ff th e lin e with J eff Pingel and Keith Westbrook cha rg in g into th e swee pe r, darting back a nd forth as th ey [o ug h t for th e holeshot. Pingel ca me o u t a hea d , but Westbrook wa s right on his tail. Mark Ratcliff and Jdf Warrington also let . th eir presen ce be known. Pingel pulled slig h tly away, but then Westbrook closed in the gap. Westbrook passed Pingel in th e swee pe r, th en took o ff. Auerui on now turned 10 th e baule between Ratcliff and WarringlOn. Ratcliff held lighl and wh en th ey went in for th e win it wa s W..stbrook wilh a co m fo rta ble lead, foll ow..d by Pingd , Ratcliff, Warrington and Fr..d I'rt·... As th e Open Amat eurs Idtthe gate John \\·h..d er stu ffed his Kaw asaki OUI from a nd nahbed lhe hokshot w ilh Slev.. Deckn a nd G ra hm a Kimhit, foll ow in g clost, bl'hind. Kimble shot in lOst'(u nd as Ih t,\,diced aro und Ihl' n ack . T ht'v Ilt-w ,;\'t·" the ca mel had , j u m p , a n(1 hom Iht' n o n il was al l d",n lh ill 1'0 1 Kim hel. H t, lost it a nd lande d hart!' Bl'lun' ht· co u ld ret1l0Ulll hl' had IX'en laPP"d . lk ckeJ Looking smooth as silk, Steve Di ck won all six heat races to tak e first overall in 750cc Production, Superbike and Formula One o n hi s Alli ed Honda ~po n sored VFR 750 tod a y at Westwood. Th .. fo rm er Ca na di a n S u p er bike cha m p had spen t th e 1985 season wa tch ing due to a pl aybike acciden t befo re th e sia n o f the seaso n . As co me bac ks go, thi s o ne was terrific. Foll ow in g him o ver th e line in 750cc Production was Darryl Fletch er, newl y H ondu -mounted a nd keeping a he ad o f th .. scrap for third. Jamie Dick managed to beat o u t SIeve Crevier for third , There wa s much swap p ing of position in Superbike an io n for those behind Di ck . Crevi er, o n th e Pa cifi c Yamaha FZ750, won this battle over T om Walther a nd Ga ry Berge. Walther mad e it up to seco nd in Formula One after fending off Ken Stobbart. G ary Berge might have had him, bUI for an untim el y p;et off going imo turns three. There was tight racing in th e600cc Prod union class, with a considerable amounl o f k ad cha ng in g among the top five ridt'rs. DaVl' Chiter took the honors with a 2- 1 lally. B"I"!~" was righl b..hind him o n a Vancouvt'l" Suzuki Gamma . Th e wet and co ld wl'a lhe r was a g rid facto r for Ih t, 6oon' Ca fe class. T hl' hi ghl y tUlled a nd pea ky motors had trouhlt- findi ng tranion a nd nearIv half Ihe class cr.l s h t~ 1 hefore th e da y \~'as o \'er. Rod ;\l o rst' lOok a doubl ;'

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