Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ > j . J- ,- w ( ~ ~ " ;;;, ~ > CD e le :I: ~ l' 00 0') ~ "' ~ ~ • f"OI j...; 0. < Matt Kelley (left to right). Dan Chivington and Bill Rein were some 01 the award winners at the Sunset Ramblers M/C banquet. . 810se blasts CanyonMX By Michael Ross PHOENIX, AZ, MAR 15 Chappy Blose took the 125cc Expert class and Brian Pryor splashed his way to the 250cc Expert class victory during the rainsoaked sixth round of the Arizona State Motocross Championships at Canyon Raceway Sunday. Blose beat Pryor for the 125cc overall with a 2-1 tally with Pryor besting Blose in the 250cc class with his 1-2 finish. As the points race winds down with two rounds of racing to go, Pryor leads Blose in the 125cc class by II points and the 250cc class by 19 points over Eric Kirk. A cold and windy Winter storm blew into Arizona on Sunday momin~ and soaked the Canyon track pnor to the start of the 250cc Expert moto. Pryor took off with his usual good start, but Eric Kirk was fired up and ran a strong second over Blose at the finish. . Moto two saw Blose hoping for more raiJ;l. "I hope it rains hard and the track gets really muddy," said Blose. "Things could change quite a bit." When the starting gate dropped Kirk led the pack into the first turn with Joe Marziano and Johnnie Der~mo in tow. Pryor was next to last out of the gate. Blose took third from Deremo on lap two and second from Marziano on lap three. Up front Kirk was racing his best moto of the series, splashing through the 250cc Amateur d'ass back-markers. Pryor was making Rood time and took third on the f~urth lap of the ~e-lap moto. With Blose breathirIg down his neck, Kirk was desperate to keep his lead and marched through lapped traffic quickly. Kirk tangled with Kyle Killebrew and passed Mow Chapman so close his brake pedal was bent into a pretzel, making it useless. On lap six Kirk couldn't hold off Blose any longer and relinquished his lead. On lap seven Blose's prayers for rain were answered as the skies opened up with a driving rain and a little hail thrown in for good measure; conditions virtually unknown to Arizona MXers. Lap seven saw Pryor get by Kirk, but Blose was out of reach. The order at the finish was Blose, Pryor and Kirk. After the race, a heated debate over Kirk's riding tactics took place betweeJ) Kirk, track promoter Tom Timmons, and Kyle Killebrew's . father. Kirk explained saying, "I'm out here to win. I shouted for those guys to get out of the way. I'm really into this thing," (the series). Tim- . mons cautioned Kirk to use more discretion in the future. Deano Cowan took the 250cc Amateur class win with a 4-1 tally. Howard Dendy took the first moto win over Rick Nagle and Todd Cup with Cowan in fourth. Cup grabbed the lead at the start of moto two with Tim Faust in second and Cowan in third. Cowan passed Faust on lap two and led the race on lap three as he pulled away to a 10 second margin over Cup. Dendy, J.D. Crawford and Na~le battled right up to the finish Ime with Crawford squeaking past Dendy for third. Cowan leads the points chase over Chapman and Wiedman. . Cowan widened his lead in the 125cc Amateur class with a second place finish. Scott Connelly won the overall, but trails second place Wes Parker by 15 points. Parker made a token appearance after breaking his collarbone last week at Firebird to garner valuable series, points. The Junior Cycle class is being hotly contested by Jason Matthews and Jimmy Mokry. The two leaders are only three points apart with Matthews in the lead. Mokry took both motos Sundaf'over Matthews. Scott Young took another overall . win in the Pee Wee class over Mark Lindsey. Young has won every race since the start of the series and has the only perfect 150 point score. Results PEE WEE: 1. Jimmy Mokry ("-w~ 2. Jason ("-wt, 3. Orei NichoIl(Kaw). (Hon~ 3. Jack PriU:hard (Hon~ VET EX: 1. Ken RIIlZIoff; 2. Ken Eh'" (Ylm~ 3. Robert Temple (Hon~ WOMEN NOV: 1. Julie Putmln (ylm); 2. Sheila Moretz (Kaw). WOMEN EX: 1. Tlmi Rice (Ylm). 125 BEG: 1. Sam HlIWtey ("-w); 2. Todd Smith (Ylm~ 3. Bob Johnson (Hon~ 125 NOV: 1. Tany Quolll(Hont. 2. Kennath Arne! (Suz~ 3. Michlel Ml:Lain (Yam). 125 INT: 1. l.Ivi Noble; 2. ScOlI Murphy (Hont, 3. Brian SanchIz (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Paul Winn (Suzt. 2. Aron Martin (Klw~ 3. Jimmy Pal..- (Klw). 250 BEG: 1. Tomrod Rodriguez (Ylm~ 2. Doug _ _ (Klw); 3. John Burper (Ylm). ' 250 NOV: 1. Daryl HawtUna (Han); 2. Scott Huffmln (Hon~ 3. Kelly Pichel ("-w). 250 IN,T: 1. Eric Browne ("-w~ 2. Jim Kuntz (ylm); 3. RlIIldy Owen (Hon). . 250 PRO: 1. Bob Kline (Honl; 2. Chuck Whitmora (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Che! H _ (Honl; 2. Kun White (Hon); 3: John Aynn (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Mikl.sullivlln (Honl; 2. OIWlyne RIY (Han); 3. Mlrl< Shuck (Klw). _ ea_ Mashburn lands Calhoun MX National Trials Champion Scott Head piloted his Beta TR34 to the Expert clan win at the SCTA Stone Trials. racing in his home town of Calhoun, and blew away all competition in the Open category. 'DIe opening day of the new season turned out to be a rainy day, but many brave riders turned out to at least begin racing. . Novice 125cc riders had the hardest time of all because they had to qualify due to the large turnouL In the first group of qualifiers, Jason Grogan led the pack all the way in both .heats and went .on to easily win the final race. RobbIe Smith led the second group in the first heat and was ahead in the second until me last lap when he went down in the mud, giving up the lead to Jeff Farist, with Stacy Rogers behind. In the final race, Grogan outdistanced all competiti(;lD, Smith had bike problems, so Farist followed in the second spot until the last lap when Rogers sped ahead for the silver. Novice 250cc riders rode regular laps with Mike Waters splashing his way for the win. Not too many showed up for the second heat so competition was not as severe, but Waters easily won that heat too with Chris Sparks taking the next position. Waters also took the win in the Enduro class, although not as easily. Eddie Lucy was in the lead in the first lap, but Waters and Bobby Scoggins passed him. Scoggins slid down at the end of the first lap while passing the start gate and Waters shot ahead for the win. Walters easily won the second heaL Results PEE WEE; 1. Jamie KandIII (Kaw). PEE WEE: 1. "'-ton Moon ("-w~ JR MINI: 1. JocIy Rogera (Ylm~ 2. John Ownbey (KawI: 3. Rhon Landermilt(Ylm). SR MINI: 1. CIvil Dunkin (Yamt, 2. CIvil Shaw (Hon~ 3. Kevin AbemIthy (Suzl. NOV 125 RNAl: 1. Jason Grogan (Hon~ 2. SlICy Rogera (Ylm); 3. Jeff Flria (Ylml. NOV 250: 1. MiU Wit.,. (ylm); 2. Chril SPllrtn plaques were presented to Robert Poast, Howard Gerster, Laura and Jim Kelley, Barb and Jerry Barlow, Wayne Lute and Williams Blevins and Terry Spaide. Invocation was given by Terry Spaide. Robert Poast then 'in turn introduced the guest speaker for the evening, Dan Chivington, a well known Camel Pro road racer from Marion, Ohio. Chivington reminisced about when he used to race hare scrambles and motocross races at the local club grounds. He then presented the Runner-up Rider of the Year plaque to Bill Reiss of Springfield, Ohio. Reiss who rides a KTM, had six firsts. four seconds and two thirds for a total of 148 points. Chivington went on to introduce the Rider of the Year, Matt Kelley from Marion, who races both a 125cc Honda and a 250cc Yamaha. Kelley was presented a jacket and a plaque. Chivington told with a smile of several occasions while racing hare scrambles, of Kelley having fun roosting him with mud while both were trying to win their respective class. Kelley had II firsts, four seconds and one third place finishes for a total of 194 combined class points. At the District 11 awards banquet held in Columbus, he took a fourth place finish in total points for the year in the 250cc B class. Head cleans Stone Trial By Jon V. Maeda CASTIAC, CA, MAR. 15 In a startling move designed to stimulate interest in the local observed trials scene, the Southern California Trials Association hosted the first cash payback trial in the second 1987 ATA points event - the Stone Trial. A tribute to the hard working Stone Family, a loop consisting of 10 challenging sections was laid out in the Templin highway area, just north of Magic Mountain. Amid the slick rocks and loose sand that make up the area, 96 eager trialers assaulted the sections laid out by course marshall Duane Stone and his crew. The Expert class was me show-

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