Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Key wins again at L.odi ST By George Cooper LODl, CA, AUG. 9 Mark Key didn't surprise anyone tonight at Lodi Cycle Bowl by taking the top spot in the Pro-Am main event. Even Donnie Estep (64). Ronnie Jones (16). Tom Maitland(301. Steve Morehead (42) •. Randy Texter (65) and Tom Cornwall (33) dice in Orrville. 80 BEG: ,. Steve Petersen (Yam); 2. Shawn Mcintosh (Kaw); 3. Willie Hinkle (Han). L.azor takes NY Speedway title By Todd Kroh GREENE, NY, AUG. 9 George Lazor became the 1986 New York State Speedway Champion by wirining three of the four round robin main 50 events of the evening at Action Park East Speedway today. After finishing third in the first main "Lazorbeam" (Zerniak Auto/Robi nson Cycle/Oury Grips/Marushin/Spectro Oils/Tsubaki/Hallman Racing Jawa) came back LO win the final three to secure the title. Lazor entered the finals with 14 points from the qualifying round of 20 races. He dropped his only point LO Bruce Nelson, who qualified with a perfect score of IS. John Lewis was the third man in the mains with 12 points. The final position was taken by Steve Watson after a runoff with Ted Fey and John Racin. The first of four mains saw Nelson on the pole flanked by Lazor, Lewis and Watson. Lazor came close to stalling his motor in the turn as the rest of the riders moved past. Lewis took the lead with·Nelson pressuring hard on the inside. On the second lap Lewis came into turn three on the godS and slid through into the corner wall. Nelson went on to win with Watson second by a wheel over Lazor. Lazor was now down two points LO Nelson and knew he had to pull off a win in the second main LO keep things close. He shot from the third position into the lead, led the entire race and scored thewin. Meanwhile WalSon relegated Nelson to third and Lewis to fourth. After twO of the (our mains Lazor, Watson and Nelson were all tied with four points. If it was to be Lazor's night, the third heat would tell the tale. He blasted out of the pole spot into the lead. Watson finished in second to stay within striking distance. Lewis finished third and Nelson made a second lap miscue in turn two which dropped him to fourth. With the final race upcoming Lazor had a one point lead over Watson and a three point advantage over Nelson. Lewis, who had a great qualifying round. only managed one point. The final race saw Lazor come out of turn two in front with Nelson on his heels. But Watson was the man Lazor was most concerned about at this point and he was back in third. Nelson and Lazor were unseparable for the full four laps, but Lazor wanted to close out the championship with a win and took the checkered just ahead of Nelson. Watson finished second on the evening with Nelson third and John Lewis fourth. Results MAIN POINTS; ,. George Lalor (Jaw) 10; 2. Steve Watson (Wes) 7; 3. Bruce Nelson (Gdn) 6. MAIN 1: 1. Bruce Nelson; 2. Steve Watson; 3. George Lazor. MAIN 2: 1. George Lazor; 2. Steve Watson; 3. Bruce Nelson. MAIN 3: 1. George Lazor; 2. Steve Watson; 3. John Lewis. MAIN 4: 1. George Lazor; 2. Bruce Nelson; 3. Steve Watson. Tuttobene wins Tenino RR By Jane Steele TENINO, WA, AUG. 9 Oregon's Jeff Tuttobene once again dominated the action at the WMRRA paved oval roarl race held at Olympia-Tenino Speedway. Suzuki GSXR7S0 mounted Tuttobene, hot off his recenl Portland GSXR Cup victory, qualified with the faslest time of tbe night, then went on to post victories in the A trophy dash, the A heat and the main event. The B heat saw a very close race between Mike Sullivan, National #74, mounted on a Honda flat tracker, and Randy Grein on his Suzuki GSllOO Superbike. Sullivan got the better start and successfully fended off each challenge Grein made. Although this was Sullivan's debut to paved oval racing he posted the second fastesttime of the evening, broadsliding through the corners. Just before the main event, Tuttobene announced his race strategy would be "to get out ahead and stay there." But it wasn't that easy. Sullivan got the holeshot, but was overhauled by Suzuki GSXR 750-mounted Joe Davis after a little elbow bashing in the first corner. By the second lap Tuttobene also slipped past Sullivan. then out-horsepowered Davis to take the lead. Meanwhile, Sandy Brown was working his way through the pack on a Yamaha SC500/RZ3S0 hybrid, created after he destroyed his RZ motor at Portland the week before. On the 17th lap of the 20-lap race, Brown swooped around Scott Frericks and then stalked Davis. Brown pulled ahead in each corner, on Iy to have Davis motor away down thestraight. Buton the last lap, Davis was blocked by a slower rider, and Brown took second place. Davis held on to third. with Frericks and Sullivan rounding out the top five. Results MAIN: 1. Jeff Tuttobene (Suz); 2. Sandy Brown (Yam); 3. Joe Davis (Suz). though Sal Hoffman was right there to keep him honest, Key conlinued his long streak of season wins. More notable and less predictable racing was taking place in the Amateur ranks, particularly in the Junior class where Jaime Aguilar took top honors in both the 2S0 and SOOcc mains. It was the first double win for Aguilar, who up until this week had been contesting only the 2S0cc class. Tonight, however, Aguilar brought with him a new SOOcc Rotax and quickly proceeded to master the bike and the main event. Casey Yarrow of Fairfield was a first time winner in the 50cc Pee Wee class after having to be satisfied with thirds and fourths for much of this season. Yarrows older brother Cory also did well this evening by finishing second behind Martin Montes of Watsonville in the 60cc class. Roger Hamilton appeared back on track tonight with a rebuilt motor that he had to brake in during practice. Hamilton took the first spot in the Vet main unchallenged. The race to watch was for second place where Francis Shine and John Taylor rode side-by-side every lap with Shine getting the nod in a photo finish. Results JR SPDWY: 1. Ken Wagner; 2. Dustin Schroeder. PEE WEE: ,. Casey Yarrow. 60 NOV/ JR: 1. Martin Montes; 2. Cory Yarrow. 80 NOV: 1. Vernon Dupree; 2. Cory Yarrow. BOJR/EX: ,. Anthony Freeman; 2. Chad McBride. VeT: 1. Roger Hamilton; 2. Francis Shine. PRO-AM: ,. Mark Key; 2. Sal Hoffman; 3. Michael Gresham. 250 JR: ,. Jaime Aguilar. 250 NOV; 1. Paul Polhemus; 2. Ronald Knight. 500 NOV; 1. Art Mitchell; 2. Steve Haymond. 500 JA: 1. Jaime Aguilar; 2. Roger Hamilton. Greenwood top at S.I.R. MX By Jay Marcell KENT, WA, AUG. 8 'Rainier Honda's Mike Greenwood piloted his Honda CR250 to the 250cc Expert class win after dicing with Jim Pittman and Wayne Dixon. In the first moto, Dixon stole the holeshot ahead of Pittman, John Hodges. Greenwood and Kevin Whyte. Soon after, Pittman crashed and dropped back. to fifth place, while Whyte moved up to second behind Dixon. Positions remained the same throughout the race unlil Whyte slipped by Dixon on the last lap to take the win ah.ead of Pittman and Greenwood. Pittman and his KTM took the lead at the start of the second moLO, while G1'eenwood and Dixon followed. As the race progressed, Greenwood reeled in and shill his Honda paSL Pittman's KTM and went on to take the moto win and overall. Pittman finished second, and second overall, while Dixon finished third. Results PEE weE: 1. Kris Conner (Yam); 2. Bren Boehm (Han); 3. Oax Felk (Han). 60 BEG: 1. Jeff Backus (SUl). 60 INT; ,. lach Taylor (Kaw); 2. Aaron Schweiger (Kaw). BO BEG: ,. Cody Cawley (Kaw); 2. Shane Chapman: 3. Robert Zahara (Yam). 80 NOV: 1. Joel Howard (Hon); 2. Eric belshaw (Yam); 3. Justin Hokan (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Rod Tapia (Suz); 2. Matthew SChweiger (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Doug Leach (Kaw); 2. Joey Belshaw (Yam); 3. Jay Marcell (Yam). '25 INT; ,. Jeff Jacobson; 2. Jason Crandell (SUl); 3. JIm Cottet (SUl). 125 EX: 1. Lance Smail (Kaw); 2. Wayne Dixon (Han); 3. John Vandenberg (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Dan Engelke (Han); 2. Kevin Miraglio; Ii. '. 113. Jim My.r' (sk). , • t 250 EX; 1. Mike Graen"l'Ood (Honl; 2. Jim 4'it· tman (Honl; 3. Wayne Dixon. OPEN NOV; ,. Dan Jansen; 2. Don Sprague; 3. Jeff Call (Hon). . OPEN tNT; ,. Ken Workman (Han); 2. Mitch Trot· ter (Hon); 3. Kevin Miraglio. OTH INT: ,. TedAbernathy(Yaml; 2. Steve Teylor (Yam); 3. Steve Johnson. OTH EX; 1. Eugene Tom; 2. Ken Workman (Han); 3. Mark Conner (Yam). . UTH: 1. Jim Myers (SUl); 2. John Hodges(Honl; 3. Richard Holmes (Yam). Morehead wins it all.at Buckeye HM By Bert and Deanna Shepard ORR VILLE, OH, JULY 27 Veteran Steve Morehead used his Tex Peel-tuned HarleyDavidson to its full potential tonight as he set the second fastest time in qualifying, won hjs heat, won the trophy dash and finally the main event. Michigan's Brian Villella kept his lead in the Eastern Region with another win in the Junior division while Scott Mohan took the Pro-Am final win. The four fastest qualifiers started the evening off with a trophy dash. Tommy Maitland had put the Sheei/ Peel/Hi-Point/Castrol/H-D Motor Co./Diamond-sponsored XR on the pole with the last qualifying attempt when clocks malfunctioned. Earlier in the evening an extremely quick light caught eastern RegionaJ point leader Ronnie Jones with his hand on his visor. Morehead kept Maitland, Tim Mertens and Jones at bay for four quick tours. The Pro-Am qualifiers were the next activity and Scott Stump. Scott Mohan and Mark Wyskiel were winners. Bri

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