Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

...... . ~ ~ ~ 00 O"l ..... ..... ~ ~ >- C\l ~ Vince DeVane swept the 125cc A class in Dade City, Flo rida. (Yam): 3. Tom Bristo ll (Vaml. OT INT: 1. Tom Spurgin (Hon): 2. Paul M anka (Hon). . OT EX: 1. Lars Larsson (Han); 2 . Bill Manney (Hon). VET EX: 1. Gary Jonas (Yaml: 2. Paul Thede (Vaml: 3. Alan Olson (Yam). VET INT: 1. Mike Johnson (Yamt, 2. Ed Wollason (Kawl; 3. Vitor Triapka (Yam). . VET NOV : 1. Oel Ochahree (Hon): 2. Robin Nicolaides (Suz); 3. Frank Micrau (Han). ' 80 MOO EX: 1. Paul Winn (Yam): 2. Col in Karcker (Vamt, 3 . Paul Vlach (Suz). 80 MOD INT: 1. Robbie Perez (Hon l: 2. Robert ShIpman (Su%): 3. Chad Gus tone (Yam). 80 MOD NOV : 1. Josh Dunn (Yam): 2. M ika Chamberlain (Yam ): 3. Lou ie Rome (Yam ). BO BEG : 1. Tony Amaradio (Yam): 2. Scott Guesrude (Suz): 3. Kevin Shafer (Yam). 80 NOV : 1. M ike Chamberla in (Yam l: 2. louie Ramo (Yam); 3. Gary Br inkmeyer (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Raben Sh ipman (Suz); 2. Robbie Perez (Honl : 3. Dana Wiggins (Suz). 80 EX: I .PauIWinn (Vem l:2. Paul Vlach (Su%): 3. Colin Karcher (Yam). ~ 60: 1. Dav id Longaker (Han); 2. Carlo s Pena IHon): 3. Bobby Herick (Hon). Jones, Surwall sweep Chicago AX - By James Derek C H ICA GO. IL, APR. 11-12 Mike Jones and Jeff Surwall each raced to a pair of wins at the Wor ld Spons/USH RA Arenacross C hampionships. line for a la st seco n d victory. Coombs held off Gl ass an d Jones for th ird. J ones had another Illino is Kawasak i to deal with in th e 250cc fin al . o n ly this time it was Breck Po wers, a you ng T eam Green rid er with a reputat ion as a h igh flyer. The two riders j u mped to th e front o f the pack at th e sta rt , wi th Po wers' Tuf Racing / Scott/ N ip pondenso Kaw asak i in the lead. J ones moved by o n the th ird lap bu t cou ld not shake the young pilot on the doubles-turned -triples. Surwa ll h eld do wn third spot in fron t of Bia s and Coombs, but co ul d not stay with the cloud-scraping front-runners. Po wers pressed throughout th e final , bu t veteran Aren across m aster J ones h eld o n for th e wi n. Go ing into Saturday's 250cc final . Powers was th e odds-on- favori te for th e win , afte r J ones decided to sit th e race o ut. The double jump ' sectio n ~ad ~een altered to prevent triple jurnpmg , but Powers shocked h is co m pe ti to rs with hi s practi ce launch. es. U n fort un a tely, Powers was put down on th e second la p wh en ea r ly leader J eff Glass criss-crossed goin g into a corner a n d clipped Powers' Kawasaki, sending Powers to th e ba ck o f the pack . One lap lat er Su rwa ll wa s th e leader . H e pa ssed th e AXO Honda of Gl ass and raced to th e check ers . Bias, Coombs, and T i m Coombs rounded o u t the top five. Surwall hol eshot th e Saturda y evening 125cc final a nd quickl y o pe ned a lead on T im Coombs. The G ear/ Wiseco H onda-mounted Coombs had not raced since break ing a hand an d shou lder two mon th s ea rlier, an d hi s . ap pea ra nce in Chicago was a su rp rise. H e was no match for Surwa ll, a n d fin ished second, with a hard-cha rgi ng Bias taking th ird. Bia s had gone do wn o n th e firs t lap , and h is last-toth ir d effort was cheered by th e 8,000 Arenacross fa ns . Davey Coom bs again finished fourth; Gl ass too k fifth. Results AP RIL 11 125 : 1. M ichael Jones (Kawl ; 2. Jeff Surwall (Kaw l: 3. Davey Coombs (Honl. 250: 1. M ichael Jones (Kawl; 2. Br eck Pow er s IKawl: 3. Jeff Surwall (Kaw ). APRIL 12 125: 1. Jeff SurwalllKawl: 2. TIm Coombs (Hon) ' 3 . M ike Bias (Honl . • 250 : 1 . Jaff Surwall (Kaw) : 2. Jaff Gla ss (Honl : 3 . Mi ke BII S (Han). WO RLD SPORTS AMA/ USHRA CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (Am R 6 EVENTSI 12 5 : 1. M ika Bi as (4 6): 2. Davey Coom bs (341: 3 . M ickey Kassler (2 B):4. Robart Kallay(261 : 5. Richard Ball ora (25) : 6. Jaff Surwall (19): 7 . Brian Carroll (15); B. (TIEl Jeff Glass/Ba rry Carsten (13): 10. Mika Jo nes (10). 2 50 : 1. M ika Bias (5 11 2. M ickay Kess lar (3B): 3 . : Davay Coom bs (30): 4 . Rich ard Bollora (22 ); 5. Jeff Surwall (1 9): 6 . Robert Hayes(17): 7 . Breck Pow ero (13) : B. (TIEl J ohn Dr iscoli / Jeff GI..s(II): 10 . Mika Jones (101. held at the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago. Illiniois. Jones pushed his Gear/Scott/Barr's Competition Kawasaki to win both th e 125 and 250cc Friday night fin als . after battling through traffic in ea ch . ' fo llo wing midpack starts. Surwall 's . Saturday sweep invovled two near wire-to-wire wins; the Labatts Beer / Kawasaki rider led practically every lap of both finals . Friday's program got underway with Surwall and Davey Coombs By Marcia Biggs scoring wins in the 125cc heats. SurLYNNVILLE, IN , APR. 13 wall was pressed by Honda-mounted Jeff Glass and Jones, but was n ever Beautiful spring weather greetheaded and took a start-to-finish win . ed a large turnout of riders for Coombs did the same in th e second the season 's first Buddy Hare heat, topping Bria n Stanley and Bob Scrambles. but none shined as Behrens. after early second place-rider bri.ghtly as th e team o f Mark Guy a nd Dickie Bellora pulled off with bike Brian Gray. The Guy/Gray duo rode problems. a Yamaha YZ490 to th e o vera ll win The final saw Coombs grab the after an ea rly cha llenge from Alex inside line to pass 'Surwall at the Boz e a n d Steve Thoma s' Honda start, and ga ther the early lead. SurXR250. wall was chased by J ones, G lass, and The Boze/Thomas threat carne to series point leader Mi ke Bias. At the an end wh en their hand lebars looshalfway mark, Surwall ducked inside ened .eno ug h 10 slow th eir pace , Coombs' H o nda . as did J o n es three allowing Guy and Gra y to coast in laps la ter. " Surwall snuck by me in a . for the win . The o ld men , once again, corner. and w he n I tried to set him up sh o wed the way around 10 a lot of the to get the lea d back, Jones blew by," younger generation. Don Rye and sai d Coom bs. Jones then set hi s sights Don DuVall rode 10 third overall on Surwall's Kawasaki. His sky-high eve~ though both co mpete in th e double jumping down the six-jump Semorclass. Harold Thomas, another back stretch turned into triple jumpSen io r class rider.teammed up with a ing; he soon turned the three doubles younger Mark Watson 10 win th e into two tri ples. O n the last lap he 200cc class. finally p u lled even with Surwall, then our-jumped him acrosnhe finish- - - - - fr.m- Gate!l ,-another -sen io r rider . Guy/Gray team for Buddy Hare win 56 joine d a reju vina ted David Newt on to tak e th e o ve ra ll in th e 125cc di vision . Results OVERAL L: t . Ma rk Guy/Bria n Gray (Yam). . OPEN: 1. Steven Gr ay/Kevin Poo le; 2. Dean Frem an /MikeCluner; 3. William Gray/ Loren Ridge. SR: 1. Don Rye / Don DuVall; 2. Tony Hudson / Doug McCammon; 3. Vi c Coultas/ Paul Kram er . 250: 1. Alex Boze/Steve Thoma s; 2. Bern ie Tit zer / Gr eg Hob good; 3 . Rob ert Br adley /D av id Raff en y. 200: 1. Harold Thomas/ Mark Watson; 2 . Chr is Curry/ Dan Granderson; 3. A ndy Thoma s/Da vid Rose. 125 : Dan Gates/ David Newtc rc 2. Texal Seaton / Mark M onroe; 3. Doug Robling /Brad Br in km an . Tyler wins Salem A renacross By Clay Light SA L EM. OR, APR. 8 Yamaha Pro Support rid er Scott T yler contin ued h is reig n of terror in a ren across ac tio n a t th e fir st of two co nsecu tive ni ghts of racing at th e Oregon Sta te Fairgrounds in Sal em. Ty ler br ought a pai r of YZs down from Ol ympia to dominate 250cc a nd 500cc Pro cla sses with I- I rides whi le Honda -m ounted Mike ' Bell put in two good rides to bag th e I25cc P ro cla ss, goi ng 3- 1. G ra yson H a rt (L R D/ Pro Ca libre/ DM ClTeam G reen Ka wasaki ) mad e hi s retu rn 10 th e local level a fter finishing ins ide th e to p 20 a t th e Pontiac Supercross in the I25cc Pro-Am class a nd was quick to make h is p resence felt as h e took the firs t rnoto 125cc P ro wi n. Bu t his moto wi n di d n 't come easy as h e had to co m e from behi nd a nd na b local speedster Gary Beyer (T e a m Tay lor /U lve n For g i n g / H onda ) with two la p s 10 go in o rder 10 net top cash payoff in th e 10-lap race. Beyer fin ished the race wi th a seco nd w hile Bell filled th e num ber th ree slot a t th e co m p letio n . H a n cam e back in m ot o two with a ven gea nc e, but ta ngl ed wi th Beyer in a ba il ie for the o vera ll a nd left the door wide open for Bell , who was rig h t there 10 ~bl igi ng l y take th e lead fro m th er o n in 10 na b a 3-1 overa ll wi n o ver a d isa p pointed Beyer a nd H art 2-3 con fig uratio n a t th e chec kers . Ty ler a nd fell o w Yamaha speedster Robby Burkhart led th e fir st 250cc Pro co n test in what was a n a ll Wa shington rider field. Paulson 's Kawasaki o f La cy-sponsored T ra cy Bethel sq ueezed his wa y into second to sto p a Yamaha swee p of th e top two in the rnoto. Neither Bethel or Burkhart co u ld put th e sto ps o n Tyler' s Bell/Hi-Poiru/Tearn Ol ympia YZ a nd were dest in ed 10 finish seco nd a nd third while fourth at th ecompl etion went to Nat e Pippert and his Honda. The seco nd contest a lso sa w T yler lead ing from the drop of th e ga te 10 th e wav e o f th e checkered fblg for a I-I rou t of th e cla ss h e has dominated a ll season long. Burkhart ea rned seco nd a fter holding off Beth el for a 3-2 while Bethel n abbed third loot via his 2-3 performances. In the 500cc Pro ranks, Tyl er co m ma n ded both rnotos with onl y Burkhart a nd KTM rider Grayson H art giving chase . Burkhart wa s relegated to second in th e o veralls due 10 so me incredible riding from T yler, who again went I-I. . Results . OPEN PRO: 1. Scott Tylar (Yam): 2. RobbV Bu rk han (Yam): 3 . Gra yson Hart (KTM I. 250 PRO: 1. Scon Tvler (Yaml; 2. Robby Burkhart (Vam); 3. Tracy Beth el (Kaw ).• 12 5 PRO: 1. M ika Bell (Hon): 2. Grayson Hart IKaw): 3 . Gar y Beyar (Hon). OPEN C: 1. Don Kasper (Hon): 2. Fran k M ac (Honl : 3 . Ron Westlaka (Honl . 250 B: 1. Denn is Swe etan (Kaw): 2. M ika Ness (Yam): 3. W ade Anton (Yam). 25 0 C: 1. Don Schnieder (Hon): 2. Ron Stevenson (Hon): 3. Robby Wilcox (Yam). 125 C: 1. Willie Varboort(Kawl: 2. John Gregson (Kaw): 3. Jim Sm it h (Honl . 125 B: 1. Mo nty Spaulding (Yamt 2 Ja son Schi els (Hon t 3. Sean Riesterer (Kaw). . 80 C: 1. M arl in Hanson (Kaw) ; 2 . Eric Rogers (Hon): 3. Grayson Klampe (Hon). Youngbloods 1.-2 at Ocala MX By Gwen M illan . O CALA . FL. AP R. 12 A record number o f riders turned o u t for Ocal a mot ocross at O cal a Speed way, today. despite dark , omi no us clouds hovering overhead, Yama ha riders Derek a nd Da ryl Yo u ng blood finished )-2 in the80cc :\(OIwy class, whi le anot her Ya ma ha rider j usrin J a ckson bea t th em bo th in the 8(k'c Expert race. In th e Money class, Da ryl had com ma nd o f IIw lead a Iter th e Iirs t lap in moto o ne, wi th J ackson in hOI p ursu it ; Derek was thi rd. Ryan Dean (Yam ) was fou rt h. With it now ra ini ng, Jack son slid o u t in th e slimy mud a nd was pa ssed by Derek . J ackson qu ickl y rem ounted a nd began ca tch i ng up , h u t th e hapless rider ba iled aga in in the slic k mud , leu in g Dean by. The battle for th e lead raged o n for th e remainder o f th e race with Daryl Laking th e win ahead o f Derek and ·J ackso n . who crashed yet again o n th e final lap. Becau se of th e heav y rains th ai co n tin ued o n in the da v, th e seco nd rnot o of th e Mon ev class wa s ca n celled wi th the firs l m ot o sco res de rer m ini n g th e o vera ll winn er Da ryl. In th e M in i Expert class, J ackson made up for a ll h is crashes in th e Money race a nd blitzed into the lead followed by Da ryl a nd Derek ; Dean was a d ista n t fo urt h . J ack son looked 10 have th e win in th e hag, bUI a la st-lap bo bble cos t J ack so n the wi n when Da rvl sli thered by . Derek fin ished third' ahead o f Dean . In rou nd two. th e h ea vv rai ns co ntinued p ouring, ma king th e fin al rn ot o more o f a n end u ra nce ra ce th an a mot oc ro ss. J a ckson took th e ea rlv lead , wh ile Dean , wh o was ru n n ing second, fell , hand in g second 10 Derek. But la ter o n. Da ryl sli p ped by hi s broth er for seco nd . At the finis h, it was J ackson (o vera ll) , Daryl , Derek a nd Dean . Results PEE WEE : 1. Chri S Thom s (Vam); 2. Bill y Scott (Yam); 3. Ja son Over str eet (Yam). 60 : 1. Chris Thom s (Kaw l. 80 NOV; 1. Scot Robin son (Kaw); 2. Travi s Black burn (Kawl; 3 . Eric Marshall (Kaw l. 80 EX: 1. Just in J ackson (Yam l: 2. Daryl Voungb lood (Vam): 3 . Derak Youngblood (Vaml . 80 MON EY: 1. Daryl Vounglood (Vaml: 2. Derek Young blood (Yam); 3. Justin Jackson IYaml. 125 NOV : 1. Br ian Bobassk i (Kaw): 2. T.J. Brant ly (Honl: 3 . Clarke Tanner (Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Chuck Bell (Hon): 2. David Mac hael (Kaw ): 3. Jon Allen (Kaw ). 250 EX: 1. Mark Peterson (Kaw l. OPEN NOV : 1. M ichael M ims (Yam): 2. Andy We st (Suz). OPEN EX: 1. Ern ie Millan (Honl. SR: 1. Ernie Millan (Hon): 2. Ladd Poolman (Suzl; 3. John Crowder (Kawl· DeVane tops at DadeMX By Athie Sanders DADE CITY, FL, APR. 6 Vince DeVane a nd Jon McCabe swept both motos to take the overall wins in their class es, and Donnie Delgado lan ded the to p honors in the 250cc A class with his 2- 1 moto finishes dur ing the second round of the Spring WarmUp Series at Dade City Racew a y, Delgado shot out front of th e pack a s the I25cc A class left the gates for the start of moto one, a nd wo n a battle with DeVane for the holeshot, Kawasaki-mounted Harold Mallhews wa s right on their tails , but got bumped out o f the turn and ended up dt"'dd last. Keith Fox and R o b Johnso n plmn'<1 throu~h the sweeper to co me out behind th e leaders, DeI~ldo and DeVane. DeVane fell back as '

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