Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

250 A: 1. Georgie Price; 2. Dave Duhaine; 3. Jim Haa•. 500 B: 1. Joe Heberling; 2. John Winselt; 3. Jim Chapman. 500 A: 1. Rob Majeski; 2. Tom Majeski; 3. Cameron Bartlett. 250 PRO: 1. Dave Duhaine. 500 PRO; 1. Dave Duhaine. Key unlocks win at Lodi ST By George Cooper LOD!, CA, SEPT. 14 Mark Key continued his seasonlong domination of the Pro-Am class tonight at the Lodi Cycle Bowl, by taking another wire- l-l Q.) ..0 o ..... u o Winner Tom Majeski (gOAl and Randy Texter dice for first in Open Pro short track action at Trail-Way Speedway in Hanover. PA. round. Bu~ge, with the best record received it. Bertoleue squeaked by Mark Augustine to remain in the hunt. Since track rules prohibit two byes in a row, Bertoleuewas seeded in the fourth round as the lO-bike field was now down to uve. Buege ran Plummer again, eliminating him for tbe rest of the day. In round five, Russ Hildabrand, on a brand new ride, haoto face Bertolette. With a great effort, Bertolette sent hilJ1 back to the pits for the rest of the afternoon. Only Buege had a perfect record by round six and Bertolette, with one loss, was the last rider he had to eliminate. Bertolette, however, had claimed earlier that day during a TV interview that "the big cube Hog engine might beat him out of the hole, but he could pass him before the finish." Doingjust that, he inched Buegeat the line setting up the need for tbe "do or die" round. Both riders carefully prepared tbe track during the mandatory 15 minutes cool-down time. With mattocks swinging furiously, they each dug a trench to ensure maximum traction. They staged and the lights flashed green. Bertolette with the best ride of his two-year career, nipped Buege at the finisb. . In Top Fuel, Paul Plummer challenged Kevin Carr's Suzuki twice after an earlier loss. Poor trench preparation resulted in the Harley fueler settling for second. Randy Williamson did an instant replay of Hog Gas in the Middle Gas class. He beat John Clark twice in the finals after a previous loss in an earlier round. Clark rode hard but Williamson's experience seemed to intimidate the young rider in tbe end. Results 34 . TOP FUEL: 1. Kevjn Carr (Suz); 2. Paul Plummer (H-D). HOG GAS: 1. Bill Bertolene (H-D); 2. Mike Buege (H-D). TOP GAS: 1. Kevin Carr (Suz); 2. Randy Williamson (Kaw). MIDDLE GAS: 1. Randy Williamson; 2. John Clark. SMALL GAS: 1. David Alexander; 2. Bob Robinson. MINI FUEL: 1. Brien Daily; 2. John Racin. MOD ST PUSH-ROD: 1. R.N. Smith (H-D); 2. Darren Gamble (H-S). MOD ST OHC: 1. Gary Olesky (Kaw); 2. Terry Kesner. ST OPEN OHC: 1. Mark Augustine (BMW); 2. Shawn MonteJla~ ST PUSH-ROD 0-740: 1. Gene Bertalelte (Tri); 2. Jim McOeavin (Tril. ST PUSH-ROD 900-1199: 1. Gene Bertolene(HD); 2. L1oyd,Jones (H-D). ST OPEN PR: 1. Mike Reese (H-D); 2. Red S.1arnes (H-D). 5T 0-500 He: 1. Ken' Keys: 2. Richard Booth. MINI DIRT: 1. Bobby Joes Mosgrove; 2. Mark Arnold. DIRT 250: 1. Oaid Alexander; 2. Scott Haehn. OPEN DRIT: 1 David Alexander; 2. Rick Boyd. Price triples at -Middleford Spdwy By Woody Miller SEAFORD, DE, SEPT. 14 Newly-crowned 250cc Amateur National Champion Georgie Price pulled off a triple victory at Middleford Speedway. Price took wins in the I25cc A and 250cc A finals. He earned a hard fought victory over Mike Varnes in the I25cc final with Virginia hot shoe Jeremey Lucy taking third. Price's ..third victory of the evening was a convincing win ·over Dave Duhaine in the 250cc feature. Jim Haas and Mike Erving battled for third with Haas getting the nod, while David Hockett rounded out the top five. Another feature ~inner of the night was Joe Heberlingand his Zechman's Yamaha in the 500cc B final. Heberling received pressure early on from John Winsett, while Jim Chapman held off Guy Stuart in his first ride on a 500, as Sinclair Hockett finished fifth. The 500cc A final was a real barbanger as the Majeski brothers Rob and Tom led Cam Bartlett and the rest of tbe pack in to turn one. As the riders bunched into turn three the redflag came out as Bartlett ended up on the ground. After shaking out the cobwebs, Bartlett made the restart. When the green ligbt flashed, it was Rob and Tom again taking the point. Tom tried relentlessly to overtake his brother but Rob rode a flawless race to take the win. Bartlett finished third over Paul Crumling. Results 50 B: 1. Randall Sbank; 2 Ricky Winsett Jr. BO B/60 B: 1. Harold Dorsey; 2. Randall shank; 3. Raben Miller. 80 A: 1. Georgie Price; 2. Jill Lautenbach. 125 B: 1. Kevin Varnes; 2. Eddie Hidden; 3. Harold Dorsey. 125 A; 1. Georgie Price; 2. Mike Varnes; 3. Jeremey Lucy. 200 A/B: 1. Rob Smith; 2. Randy Buzzard; 3. Dennis Miler. 250 8: 1. Dave Lesnick; 2. Roy Collings; 3. Jeremey Lucy. to-wire win aboard his Harley-Davidson, Knight-framed Rotax. Key finished ahead of Sal Hoffman, who has finished second to Key more times lhan any other rider this year. Even lhough the results have become somewhat familiar, theracipg is still exciting, and both Key and Hoffman are to be commended for providing close and thrilling races. As good as the racing was tqnight, j thad to.take second place to the high point awartls presentations which were made at half time. Topping the list of award winners was Aaron Arce. ment. Arcement received Lodi Motorcycle Club's Most Inspirational Rider award for his deterination in overcoming physical handicaps that should not allow him to walk, let alone race motorcycles. Olher bigh point winners were Jeff Gabhart (50cc), John Mitchell (6Occ), Matt Wait (SOcc), Paul Polhemus (250cc ovice), Jamie Aguilar (25OccJ unior), Tommy Knight (500cc), George Cooper (Vets) and Key was the overall winner. Following the half time awards, the main events lined to complete the evening's race program. Cousins Tommy and Ronny Knight rode to hard fought victories in their classes. First it was Ronny in the 250cc Novice class who emerged in first place coming out of turn two on the first lap, bolding the fron.t spot to finish just ahead of Tim Selby. Tommy, competing in the 500cc Junior class, ran a similar race but was much more threatened of having his lead taken away by a hard charging group of riders on his rear wheel. Knight didn't give in to the pressure, ho~ever, and ended up ahead of Dave Bostrom. Results JR SPOWY: 1. Ernie Morris Jr.; 2. Dustin Schroeder. PEE WEE: 1. David Lopez. 50 NOV: 1. Ryan Anderson; 2. John Mitchell; 3. Sammy Saredrs. BO NOV: 1. Nathan Wail; 2. Herbert callen. 50 JR/EX: 1. Nathan Wait; 2. Chad McBride. 250 JR: 1. Kris Kiser; 2. Jaime Aguitar. 250 NOV: 1. Ronald Knight; 2. Tim Selby. 500 JR: 1. Thomas Knight; 2. Dave Bostrom; 3. Jaime Aguilar. 500 NOV: 1. Melvin Elias. VET: 1. John Taylor; 2. Art Mitchell. PRO-AM: 1. Mark Key; 2. Sa' Hofman; 3. Mike , McDonnel. Abel doubles MidwayMX By Susan Willian MITCHELL, IN, SEPT 14 Despite a fifth-place start in the first 125cc A moto, Greenrose Honda-backed Billy Abel zapped the competition in both the 125 and 250cc A classes to take a pair of overalls at Midway Motocross for their season finale - the Delbert Pridemore Memorial. Abel was the big money winner in the dash for cash at the end of the day as well. The first I25cc A moto saw Chris Smith grab the front position just ahead of Gary Wilkerson who opened his throttle to squeeze into the lead. Smith was ready for revenge as the pair stormed around the course. Wil- kerson went down at the Skyjump, allowing Abel to make his move after slipping into third. Abel closed in on Smith to thunder by for the lead and to take the moto win with a comfortable distance between himself and second place Smith. ].R. Warmoth held the tI1ird spot until the final lap when Wilkerson motored by. Abel pulled the holesbot in motn two and rode to the checkered uncontested. Wilkerson polished his riding style to capture second while Smith took a third. The first 250cc' A moto went to Abel as he secured the win after Doug Smith crashed hard. HI missed a gear going over a jump," said Smith. Abel was a noticeable standout in moto two, as he gracefully controlled bis machine to chalk up his fourth moto win of the day. Brett Melton won the Senior Mini class with a pair of wins after having a close call in moto one. Brent Holweger mounted on his new 'S7 KX powered by Melton. Melton revitalized to repass Holweger for the win with Holweger taking the runner-up honors to Melton. Results 250 A: 1. Billy Abel (Han); 2. Mark Smith (Suz); 3. Chris Smith (Suz). 125 B: 1. Robert Steigerwalt (Han); 2. Scott / Atwell (Kaw); 3. Jon Dawson (Yaml. SR (30-391: 1. Mike Gilleran (Hus); 2. John Gillespie (Han); 3. Chuck Nice (Yaml. 125 A: 1. Billy Abel (Han); 2. Gary Wilkerson (Han); 3. Chris Smith (Suz). . SR MINI: 1. Bren Melton (Han); 2. Brent Holweger (Kaw); 3. Steve Hensley (Hon). JR MINI: 1. Scoggins Berg (Kaw); 2. Kerie Fleenor -IKaw); 3. Benjamin Johnson (Hon). PEE WEE: 1. Kerie Fleenor (Kaw); 2. Brian Black (K,wl; 3. Joshua Alexander (Kaw). OPEN: 1. Mike Smith (M-S); 2. Mike Gilleran (Hus); 3. Tim Metz (Han). 55: 1. Dave Atwell (Kaw); 2. Richard Dunaway (Hon); 3. Roger Davis (Han). 250 B: 1. Johnny Robbins (Hn); 2. Steve Davi. (Kaw); 3. Danny Pridemore (Han). AUTO: 1. Man Broadstreet (Yam); 2. Boyd Wolff (Yam); 3. Eric Allman (Yam). Majeskis master Trail-Way ST By Len Breech HANOVER, PA, SEPT. 13 For the first time this season, no rider left Trail-Way Speedway with a double win, although the Majeski brothers topped the two most competitive Expert classes. Rob won the 500cc Expert final when brother Tom let him by coming out of the last tum, with Tom coming back to top the next final in the combined Open Pro/75Occ E",pert final. Thalstopped Randy Texter from claiming his usual double win in the two Pro classes. The other usual double winners are in the Amateur ranks, with Joe Heberling losing the Senior final at the line to Richard Foard, and Mike Sponseller getting beat in the BOcc class by a back on form Kevin Varnes. Both Heberling and Sponseller came back to take their usual wins in the 500 and I25cc Amateur finals, respectively. In the 500cc Expert final, Tom Majeski took the lead from Rob, Richard Foard, Glen Derr and Eric George. As Foard started to drift backwards, George. went into third about the third lap. With Tom sbowing the way, the brothers puJledagood distance over the others. As they were coming off the final turn, Tom waved his younger brother by for the win, since he is chasing district points, and Tom is out of the running. The best final of the night was the next one up. They combined the Open Pro and the 750cc Expert finals, with the Pros on the first line. Randy. Texter led Majeski, Craig Estelle and Lowell Wherley in the Pro class, while several yards back, Foard, Max George, Joe Gately and Eric George stayed stuck to each other in the 750cc

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