Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

David Green, Jerry Seip and Bob Sorenson. They stayed in that order until McLean bailed on the third lap putting himself out of the moto and Green into second ahead of Mike Moore, Sorenson and George List. MOlO two had Sorenson grab the lead with Moore, Marc Costa, McLean, Seip and List following. Boyesen got a bad start and was toward the back of the pack.. McLean took the lead on the third lap and Boyesen moved into third before going down again allowing Seip into third with Costa in fifth. McLean took the win with Seip in second ahead of Sorenson, Costa and Boyesen. Boyesen's (1-5) was good for the overall. Results Honda-mounted Ron Jones took top honors in the Senior (Over-301 class at Rolling Hills MX. Doug Polen came from the back of the grids to win A Production and B Production at Nelson Ledges Raceway, part of the GSXR Cup 58ries. In the Senior Expert class, George Bachana posted a 2-1 victory. First moto winner Jeff Thompson ran into second moto problems as his 1-4 was good enough for third as Gary Feuer slipped into second overalJ with a 3-2 ride. Meanwhile, in the Senior Amateur class, Chris Fahan continued to dominate as he again took a I-I with Jack Andros edging out David Dangerfield for second. Results 125 EX: ,. c.rto Coen (""wi; 2. Kurt McMillen (Hon); 3. Rob McCullough (Honl. 250 EX: 1. CIIrlo Coen (""wi: 2. Mille Speor (KowI; 3. Rob McCullough (Honl. OPEN EX: 1. Kurt McMillen (Honl; 2. Miko Speor (KowI; 3. Doug _ n (Honl. 125 AM: 1. Tom Evegooh (""wI: 2. Poto Hopn (Honl; 3. Jo...... DiDaInenico (Honl. 250AM: 1. Tom_U(Yom); 2. Bob W";u(Hon); 3. 5c:cJlt Speno (Yom). OPEN AM: ,. IIich Meilrnon (Honl: 2. John Loit· hood (""wI; 3. Bob W";u(Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Bill Kennedy (""w); 2. Oomion Wohlpert (Kow): 3. IIich Strid (Kilwl. SII MINI: ,. 00.... OoFonco (Hon); 2. Mort Porri· celli (""w); 3. Jooon Unn (Vom). SII EX: 1. Goorge Bochono (Honl; 2. Gory Fotzar (Hon): 3. Jeff Thompoon (Hon). SS EX: 1. Buzz _ I I (YomI; 2. IIich Gorbor(Yom); 3. Honk VolleIV (Kowl. SII AM: 1. Chrio Fohon (Hon); 2. Jock Androo (Moi); 3. Oo,,;d Oongerfield (Honl. Polen steals OhioRR By Larry Bell WARREN, OH, JUNE 15 Doug Polen stole the show and the money as he raced to comefrom-behind wins in A and B Production and took a third 34 place finish in theHonda Interceptor race in WERA NationaJ road racing action at Nelson Ledges Road Course. For his efforts, Polen slipped $1000 into his leathers for each class win from Suzuki and $200 from Honda. Michigan native Fritz Kling also turned in a strong showing for the weeked by taking a first in Clubman, edging Polen for second in the Inte.rceptor class, taking a third in A Production behind Polen and third in C Production Expert. In A Production Ralph Johnston J r. pulled the early lead from the start on his FZ750. Polen, coming from the fifth row, had to slip past slower traf[ic for just a lap before zeroing in on Johnston LO take the lead on the second lap. Polen, on a GSXRI 100, was turning lap times in the 1: 15 range. Polen and Johnston hooked up again in B Production. As before, Johnston pulJed the early lead with Polen and Yamaha-mounted Bob Englert right in tow. The sunny, hot track conditions which had prevailed throughout the day quickly gave out in the late afternoon and stormy weather hit producing heavy rains. With the rain starting to fall in the carousel many riders slowed - including Johnston. This allowed Polen and Englert to maintain their pace and quickly fill the one·two positions. The heavy rain slowed long enough with three laps to go letting Englert take the lead. But on the white flag lap, Polen wicked it up enough to snare the win despite the weather, traffic and an eighth-row start. The Interceptor race had Fritz Kling and Craig Gaver going at it with Kling taking the easy win after coming from the back row. Polen, also coming from the out ide of the back row had maneuvered around the backrnarkers to be within striking distance of the leaders until he was bumped from behind while going into the sweeping left· handed tum four. Thateffectively ended his charge for a shot for the overall. Mike Sturdevant chalked up an· other good weekend by winmng B Superbike, taking second in A Superbike, and third in B Production behind Polen and Englert. An endurance race was run from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. and was part of a three-race endurance series. Steel City took the lead on lap two, using the first few laps to break the bike in; about an hour into the race Steel City was into the pits with a broken valve cover bolt. A quick epoxy fix and it was back out. Later in the race it would make several more pit stops before eventually finishing second overall behind Ross Racing. Ross Racing was in and out of the pits after darkness fell due to a mal· functioning brake light. Rockwood Racing, on an FJ600, used the race as a warm·up for the 24 Hours of Nelson for riders Rich Bradshaw, Chuck Foley, Andy Deather· age and Mike Sturdevant and finished third in the endurance. Results A PliO EX: 1. Doug Polen (Suz); 2. Raiph Johnston (Vam); 3. Fritz Kling (Vam). A PliO NOV: 1. Ed Strot;m (Suzl; 2. Mitch Pooter (Suzl; 3. Bob Hamilton (Vaml. A SUP: ,. Bruce Egan (Hon); 2. Mike Sturdevant (Vom); 3. Mort Tonner (Suzl. B PliO EX: 1. Doug Polen (Suz); 2. Bob Englert (Yam~ 3. Mike Sturdevlnt (Yam). B SUP: 1. Mike Sturdevont (Vom); 2. Mort Tamer (Hon); 3. TIm Moniasey (Suzl. B SUP NOV: 1. Mike Ruah (Honl; 2. Mitch Portor (Suz); 3. Mortin Guming (Suz). B PRO NOV: 1. Micheel Heina (Suz); 2. Shown Nicoloff (Hon); 3. Ed Strohm (Suz). C PliO EX: 1. IIob Brounech_r (Yom I; 2. Croig Gover (Hon); 3. Fritz Kling (Yoml. C SUP VINT 4: 1. Bob Hemilton (Yom I; 2. Tim Weevering (KiIw); 3. Tom Kipp (Yom). C PRO NOV: ,. Bob Hemilton (Vern); 2. Shown . Nicoloff (Honl; 3. Ooug Toeten (Kew). HON SOD: 1. Croig G_r (Honl; 2. Fritz Kling (Hon,: 3. Ooug Polen 1Hon). CLUBMAN: 1. Fritz Kling (Honl; 2. Keith Woke· field (Hon~ 3. Gary Pel,"", (Suzl. F-2 V1NT 3: 1. Pole Fr_ (Yom); 2. Eric Srnokulo (Yomt 3. FIodgera 00yIe (Yern). SUP EX: 1. William Gordner (Yom~ 2. John lleardon (Yom~ 3. John '--mon (Yern). SUP NOV: ,. Tom Kipp (Yom~ 2. Mer~ Oebome (Yern~ 3. MiloIWeikert (Yoml. F·l: 1. Bruce Egon (Hon~ 2. Do.nd Schmidt (Suz~ 3. Anrty Deeth~ (Yom). 4-HII ENDUII: 1. _ lleeing (HPI; 2. Steel City Ilecing (HS); 3. _ llecing (MP~ o o 125 AM: 1. TIm Nicholo (Hon~ 2. John Welton (Yom); 3. Donnia Dillin (Kow). 125 EX: 1. IIobert H _ Jr. (Yoml; 2. Jomes Houer (Hon); 3. Mort Lechowicz (Kilwl. 125 NOV: 1. 00.... Sternete (Hon~ 2. John B. Lyoneill(Kow); 3. Edwerd Tonczoe Jr. (Hon). 250 AM: 1. Poul Poviioitia(Suzl; 2. Joe S _ (Hon); 3. Terry Kuhn (Kilwl. 250 EX: 1. Dove McLeen (Honl; 2. Oovid Green (Yom): 3. Michoel Moore (Yoml. 250 NOV: ,. Scon Humphri.. (Honl; 2. Donnv 5oorl. . (KiIw); 3. Greg Polo (Yam). OPEN AM: ,. IIonnio un (""wI; 2. Sondy Gorza· leeky (Honl; 3. Mike Cleyton (Honl. OPEN EX: 1. Oeg Boye..n (Kew); 2. Bob Soren· oon (Vom); 3. Joro 50ip Jr. (Hon). SII AM: 1. OllYid Kindneu(KTM); 2. Mille a.tu· tini (Suz~ 3. Jim Kelly (Yern). SUP SII: 1. John Fohneatoek (Hon~ 2. Williom Melone Sr. (Hon); 3. Kenneth B r _ (Hon). SII EX: 1. Nicholes T1uIc:h (KiIw); 2. Jeff Met_ (Yom); 3. Joeeph Vegloeki (Yom). MINI JII: 1. Shown Mertin (Hon~ 2. Jooon Prokopchek (Kowl; 3. Michoel Ureal (Yoml· MINI SII AM: 1. Menhew Bond IHon~ 2. seen Ottely {Kewl; 3. Brent _ (Kewl. MINI EX: 1. Bred Pole,...., IKowI; 2. Steve Her· mon (KowI; 3. Joeeph Montrelle (K_I· 60 YTH: 1. _ Humme III {Kew~ 2. Ooniet Burnett. Khzar, McClain top Rolling Hills MX By Henry Muller REIDSVILLE, NC, JUNE 7-8 Povilaitis tops Sleepy Hollow MX - By Thorn Veetv FREDRICKSBURG, PA, JUNE IS Paul Povilaitis continued his domina tion in D-6 250cc Amateur action with another win at Sleepy Hollow Motocross Park last weekend. The Suzuki pilot grabbed the holeshot in first moto action with Tim Nichols, Jerry Hasaka, Joe Szorosy, Jeff Oberdorff and Jeff Allen trailing. Povilaitis held on to take the win with Nichols taking second ahead of Swrosy, Terry Kuhn and Hasaka. Moto two saw Povi laitis again jam into the lead with Szorosy, Hasaka, Rob Lochhoff and Kuhn in the hunt. Povilaitis let Swrosy get by with one lap to go and Kuhn moved into third. They finished in that order with Lochhoff and Dale Lifer rounding out the top five. Robbie Hayes, who traded his Kawasakis for Yamahas. led moto one of the 125cc Experts from start lO finish holding off Marc Lachowicz, Jim Hauer, Rob Kramer and Lee McIlvane. Moto two was a half hour race that saw Bob Kelly take the lead ahead of Hauer, John Klimas Jr., Hayes, McIlvane and Dan Ponz. Kelly held the lead for five laps with Hauer holding second ahead of Hayes, Lachowicz, Mcllvane and Klimas. Kelly crashed and was done for the day puuing Hayes into the lead with Hauer still in second followed by Lachowicz, McIlvane and Klimas. They finished in the same order with Hayes topping the class. Boyesen powered his Kawasaki to the front of the pack in the first Open Expen moLO. Dave McLean was in second followed by Chuck Weinberg, EP/Scott USA-sponsored Kenny Kizzar won the 125cc B Modified and 250cc B Stock classes during AMA/Loretta Lynn's MX Qualifier action today at Rolling Hills MX. Hi-Point's Scott McClain landed the 250cc and Open A class wins. Damon Bradshaw, John Winslow and Chris Wilson all took double class wins in Youth action Saturday. Ron Jones led the first Open A moto from stan to finish while McClain took second over Timmy Barnes. Mike Ryan and Mark Ashworth passed Dennis Prillaman lO round out the top five. Jones held the lead until the half· way mark in the second moto, then dropped off the pace to finish an eventual ninth. "I twisted my knee and it made me sick to my stomach," said Jones after the race. McClain powered to the win, while Ashworth blitzed through the pack to claim second over Tim Terry and Tam Topham. Jim Chester and Mark Spriggle set a stiff pace in the first 250cc A molO. Chester pulled a huge lead when Spriggle fell, and McClain picked up second before Spriggle remounted. Timmy Barnes was running fourth. CheSler won over McClain and Spriggle, while Barnes kept Toby Harris at bay. Harris holeshot the second molO over McClain and Spriggle, with Barnes in pursuit. Harris LOok the win, Barnes was second at the £lag, McClain took third, and Spriggle rounded out the top four. PJI/Yamaha Support rider Kizzar was hot in the 250cc B Stock division; he scored two strong wins over Scon Smith and Tyler Webb. Kentucky's Phillip Parham used a 5-4 tally to edge JimmieJohnson for fourth overall.

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