Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I III C ~ III ~ > o ... o III :r lL JalOn Hildreth (919) leads Matt Harrell (37) in the SOcc C clas at Dade City Raceway in Florida. ' ing after second place rider Noel Kitsch. Yoho went down, giving the third place finish 10 Quartermaine, Yoho was forced 10 settle for fourth and Guido followed in fifth, Harrell holeshot molO two then established a comfortable lead, He went in for the win with Quartermaine, Yoho, Wilkie and Guido rounding ~ out the tOP five positions. Atthe start of the 80cc class, Latina battled with Paul Johnsorr as they headed into the first tum, but Latina carne out in froht. Jason Hildreth pulled his Kawasaki behind Johnson, but Shawn Haynes dove under him to claim the third place position. Harrell, meanwhile, was busy working his way up through the pack. Haynes pressured Johnson throughout the molO and moved ahead of him just before the finish line as they came off the doubles. As they took the checkered flag it was Latina, Haynes, Johnson, Harrell and Hildreth taking the top honors. Hildreth was out front as they came off the line at the S'tart of moto two, but Latina had the lead as they headed out of the first turn. The leader pulled away as Hildreth fought to maintain his second place position. Johnson pulled around him, as did ... Haynes on the last lap and as they crossed the line Harrell challenged Hildreth, but Hildreth held on to fourth; Harrell took fifth, Hildreth said, "This is my first race since I moved up; I finished fourth, and I'm real pleased with thal." In the first 250cc molO, Joe Pearce and Todd Colbert went head-to-head with Pearce pulling the holeshol. Pearce tore up the track as third place rider Todd Williamson put the pressure on Colbert. Colben kept the door closed until the last lap when Williamson flew off the doubles and into second. Pearce was long gone and took the easy win as Williamson, Colbert, Mike Rogers and Tim Shaffner followed. Colbert had it all in the second moto as he holeshot and nailed a wire-to-wire win. Williamson and Rogers held fast to the second and • third place positions, but Bill Petitt lost his comfortable fourth to Pearce who had worked his way up through the pack after a poor start. Colbert took the .overall win with his 5·1 60 ' molO finishes while Williamson netted second overall and Pearce ended up third with his 1-4 finishes. Results PEE WEE STK: 1, Jeff Finley (Yam); 2, Joseph Phari.lHon); 3, Ryan 181_ (Yam), eo AM: 1, Man Ha,.,.11 (K_); 2. Michael auar....,.,.;...; 3, Kanny Voho (K_), eo NOV: 1, Ricky C.michael (Yamt 2. David Ilyersl~), 8OB: 1, Tom Goar(Yam); 2, S-Robinoon(Yam), 80 C: 1, Josh Latina lKawt 2, PIIul Johnaon (Yam); 3, 5 _ Heyneo (~). 80 BEG: 1, Anthony (Yamt 2, Glenn Compbell (Yamt 3, Berry 50-. lKaw), 125 B: 1, Ricky Hampohire IK_t 2, R_n leimbech (Yamt 3, Scon ......118 (~), 125 C: 1, Joe _ .. jKawt 2, Brad Ru" (~t 3, J,J, Penon CHon~ 125 BEG: 1, Ben 5 0 - . (~t 2, Tom Gould (Hont 3, Ricky I.allc:h (Yam). 250 A: 1. Tim Ealy IVamt 2, Anthony White; 3. Jim Roylro CHon~ 250 B: 1, Malcolm Ouehl (Kaw); 2. Devid Mac· (Kawt 3, Jeff Pingel lKaw). 250 C: 1, Todd Colbert (Hont 2, Todd Williamoon lHont 3, Joe PIIa... l~), OPEN AM: 1, Kraig Constantino (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Jeff Pingel lKaw); 2, Devid Mac· _llHont 3, SCon salkilllHon~ SR: 1, Gary Bunn; 2, David Ellis lHon). SS: 1, John KitKh lHon); 2, Henry Prince, lADIES: 1, Laurie Hampohlra lKaw); 2, Laurie Kitoch IKawt 3, Robin lenrand (Hon), "-io _I Irwin scores at SilverState Enduro By Ken Mirell CARSON CITY, NV, MAY 18 A rider Jeff Irwin rode his Team Husky 400 Enduro to just barely edge out ISDE rider John Haaker on his Husky support 510 four-stroke for the overall victory in the Second Annual Silver Enduro in Carson City, Nevada today. The lOO.8-mileevent was run under hot, dry and dusty conditions after being postponed one month because of late snow. The High Sierra Motorcycle Club had 10 refer to the second tie-breaker check as Irwin and Haaker both lost six minutes and the same amount of seconds. Irwin's second tie~reak~r was eight seconds beuer, giv. 109 hIm the overall and Haaker first in the Open A class. Steve Shoemaker rode his KTM 10 third overall and first 250cc A with a score of 15 despite burning check one by one minute. Bill Fargo finished second 250cc A with his score of 19. Also caught riding hot into cheCK one was Donnie Simone, but his score of 14 earned him fourth overall and the first 200cc A trophy. Mr. Debarker" himself, Ken Nickerson rode to second 200cc A with his score of 16. The battle for second Open A was hard·fought as Rory Davis and Scott Taggart both finished with l6s, but Taggart won on the tie-breaker. The District 56 Number One Senior, Randy Carles, rode in the Vet A class to take the win with an impressive score of 14. Jim Weuler's 18 points earned him second Vel A. Ken Hodges won the Four-Stroke A class with a 15, The Senior A class honors went 10 Frank Showers with 22 points over Chuck Crist with 26. The Enduro started at 24 mph and included two track roads and some fast sandwashes. Rocks were the order of the day and riders had to be on their tDes. The first meck at 15.0 caught many A and B riders running hoI. This was a check·in to the firSt special test, whim was 14.2 miles long. Run at 24 and 50 mph with some tight trails, all the riders lost points except Irwin and Haaker, who zeroed this section. Free time put most all of the riders back on time by the first gas. Some tight trails run at 21 mph through the Pinion Pines led the riders to the second special test. This section was run at 50 mph over fast, rocky trails and some tight creek beds. All the riders lost points at this tie-breaker check. More free time had most competitors back on time for some fun trails run at 20 mph before the second gas. Leaving the gas at 24 mph, the course led up to the pipe-fix wash. Very narrow and littered with large boulders, this A-mile section was negotiated atl2 mph, but only a few A riders martaged to zero the meck at the bottom. This was also a check-in 10 a three-mile special test run at 50 mph. More points were taken from all the riders here. More free time and then the course led up into the mountains again - this time at 18 mph. At 86.5 and 7700 feet, the riders were given one mintue to enjoy the view before dropping into a tight trail sclion at 50 mph. A check at 92.5 took more points from all the riders. Up a power line road forfive miles, the riders were led into a tight sandwash for the finish at 100.8. Overall B winner Matt Benedetti rode to a low score of 25. Marty Walden had a shot at the overall, but he burned check one by two minutes. He had to seule for second overall B and second 200cc B with his score of 27. Brian Sumerall also burned check one by two mintues, but his score of 58 was good enough for the 250cc B win. Byron Arburg's 27 points earned him the first Open B trophy. Ray BrindOS' edged Tom Moody in the Vet B class with a better tie breaker; both lost 28 points. Senior B honors went to Gary Smart with 52 points lost and Women's B winner was Barbara Mihovich with 66 points. Jim Morri· son made the trip from Eureka worthwhile as he took top honors in the Super-Senior B class, with a score of 69. Despite having to cut out more than 20 miles of the tightest and toughest trail because of land-use problems, most of the riders thought it was an excellent course. Results OVERALL: 1, JetllrwinI6,245), OPEN A: 1, John Haaker 16,245); 2, SCott Ta_n (16); 3, Rory Davis (16), 250 A: 1, SIeve Shoemaker 113); 2, Bill Fargo (191: 3, David Poner 120, 200 A: 1. Donnie Simone (14); 2. Ken Nickerson (16); 3, Don Hoagland (16), VET A: 1. Randy Carle. (14); 2, Jim Wetzl"'11B); 3. Tom Jepoon 120), SR A: 1, Frant Showers 122); LChuck Crist 126t 3, Richard Christon (26), • 4-STRK A: 1, Ken Hodge. (15~ 2, Mike Taylo< 127), OVERALL B: 1. Man (25), 20D B: 1, Man _ 125t 2, Marly W _ (271; 3, Greg - - . 127). _i 25OB:1.BrianSumerdI3Bl;2,w..T.-143t 3. Merle ""-' Cli5~ OPEN B: 1. Bryon Aubu'll 127); 2, PIIul Stra'" 132t, 3. Rod Coloni 1350, VET B: 1. Ray Brindoe 12Bt 2, Tom Moody (28)' 3 • ' SR B: 1. Gary Sman (32); 2. Dan Baker 13Bt 3, Bob Puckett 1401, SS B: 1, Jim Morrioon (89). WOMEN'S B: 1, BarlNora Mihovich Itlll). OVEAALL C: 1, Phil SlrenfeI(28). 200,c: 1, Jon MikkeIIlOl'l(35); 2, Del Monle (37); 3, Kevin Brann (44), 25OC:L Phil StrenfeI12B); 2, David Stegerl3B); 3. Den Nichols (59), OPEN C: 1, Roben Coloni 144): 2, Mark Grog (45); 3, Dana Reed 1691, VET C: 1, SIeve Manci... (64); 2, Jameo Lizerl75)' 3, Robin SI, Denni. (89), • SR C: 1, David Cairn.IS5); 2, Wayne Lunn 11 14t 3, Pal Dunno 12DB), 4-STRK C: 1, Bob Kilpatrick 1451; 2. Jeff Burrowo (49); 3, Dave Schlichlib (83), WOMEN'S C: 1, Anniaa WiIIlOl'l ICK-4), S _ Siler (29). Knuth steals WapellaHS By Bill Holt WAPELLA, IL, JUNE I Rick Knuth powered his Yamaha to his second scrambles win of the season at the Bloomington-Normal M/C-sponsored event in Wapella today. This was no, easy feat when you consider that Audie Huff has had a lock on all of the other forms of dirt tracks in the 500ccc class in District 17 this season. The Minis led off the show and Ron Lugari led the pack into tum nu ber one with Scotty Huff and his Honda in hot pursuit. Lugari styled his way to the win with Huff settling for an unaccustumed second and Steve Hall holding off Bryan Graybeal for third. Bart Scmulback proved LO be the combination to beat in the 125ccclass when Huff brought his stock MX machine 10 the scrambles event and found that itdidn't have the horses to keep up with the leaders.DaveSTanfield came out of the pack early to challenge Schmulbam for the lead, but seuled for second spot holding off Danny ShouOer and Greg JooP in the third and fourth spots. Gary Kennedy went down hard on the first lap of the 200cc heat and really rang his bell in the process and all this while holding a four bike lead in the last turn. When the green flag flew for the final he seemed to have put his act back together since he and Greg GriUin led the crowd into tum one with Terry Leffler in tow. Griffin proved to be the man to beat as he pulled away in the final laps arid Le£fler found some unused horses down the long fronl straight on the white flag lap and got by Kennedy to take the hold on second. Kennedy held oU a late charging Bob Collier for third. Audie HU Jr. parked the Honda 250 for the season and left the field open for a new leader after dominating the class for the last two seasons. There were a host of pretenders to the throne, but when the dust settled on the checkered flag Todd Williamson had put his Anderson Kawasaki in the lOp spot. As Williamson pulled away the real battle developed for second with Tom SutLOn squeezing by Dan Carter in the late laps and holding on for second with Shawn Wade looking on from a close fourth. The 400cc class turned into two separate races. The lead battle saw Bob Collier and Les Schackman on the S&S Repair Hondas dicing for the entire race with Collier making his rocket holeshol hold for the win. The third place fight pitted Shawn Wade and Peter Bamosky in a hOI duel from wire·to-wire. Wade held on for third, Barnosky fourth and Chris Hardesty fifth. Rick Knuth's Yamaha had to have been rocket powered to get that kind of a holeshol. He rocketed into the lead towing ~ Bertilino and Audie

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