Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

:r u ~ a: a: -; > III ~ :r Q. 0-200cc Amateur class was won by Chris Johnson followed by Wayne Craft. Results 200 PRO: 1. Bart Schmulbach; 2. Joe Barrow. OPEN PRO: 1. Denny Williams; 2. Charles Southgete; 3. Wymond Schleyhahn. SPE£DWAV: 1. Bill Jackson; 2. John Ferguson. 0-200: 1. Chris Johnson; 2. Wayne eralt. 201/0PEN AM: 1. Frank Stoffrelen; 2. Dean Spurlock; 3. Wayne Davis. 70: 1 Clint McClard. 60: 1. Jarrod Berrows; 2. Kyle Berks. PEE WEE: 1. Dustin Gross; 2. Beau Braswell. Dengler tops Scrub Pine Enduro By Beth Cooper BAMBER LAKE, NJ, MAR. 22 Light rainfall through the early morning hours failed to dampen the spirits of the nearly 400 riders who turned Tom Rice sailed ,his Honda to victories in both motos of the 125cc A class at the Ocala motocross in Ocala. Florida. 500 AM: 1. Te"y Woody (Hon); 2. Jim Hawkins Jr. (KTM~ 3. Charlie Gilmore (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Ar1 Foreman (Hon~ 2. Mike Sieve (Hon); 3. Brian Th_(Hon). 500 BEG: 1. Jim Speight (Kaw~ 2. Pete Howland (Hon); 3. Man WalTen. EX 4-STK: 1. Scott Clifton (Hon~ 2. Wayne Myers (Hon). AM 4-STK: 1. Marit Hall (Vam); 2. Bob ~Id (Hon~ 3. Rick Sowma (Yem). NOV 4-STK: 1. Ron Gomez (Hon); 2. Dean A. Teague; 3. Paul Gonzales (Hus). BEG 4-STK: 1. Gary Moore (BSA). 250 EX: 1. Eddie Warren (!Caw); 2. Ti Swartz (Yam); 3. Luc Delay (Hon). 250 AM: 1. Charlie Gilmore (yam); 2. Ron Lawson (Suz); 3. Fred Grosenbach (C-A). 250 NOV: 1. Jab Brodt (SUl); 2. Jason Beneette Hon); 3. Merit Brown (Vam). 250 BEG: 1. Derek Conner (Hon); 2. Jim Cartmell (Hon); 3. John Severin (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Eddie Warren (Kaw); 2. Brett Duncan (Vam); '3. Rick Weaver. 125 AM: 1. Sean Smorick (Hon); 2. Jon Levey (Kaw); 3. Nick Nichols (Vam). 125 NOV: 1. Ken Hodge (Kaw); 2. Chris Sallim (Vam); 3. Richard Pace. 125 BEG: 1. Ron Laffrarchi(Hus); 2. RoryWerner (Kow); 3. David Ondas (Vam). EX WOM: 1. Mindy Brundage (Hon); 2. Sherry Lowery (Vam). NOV WOM: 1. Lori Hedstrom (Yam); 2. Kathy Jo Ehrp (Hon). I Rice scores at Ocala MX By Gwen Millan OCALA, FL., MAR. 14 Spectators got their money's worth at Ocala's motocross Saturday as Tom Rice, Wes Keenum and Justin Jackson put on a good battle f9r the top honors in the 125cc A class. Rice came out the winner as with a 1-1 score. Rice grabbed the holeshot in the first moto with Jackson and Keenum close behind. For the first few laps these three riders ran in tight formation, but on lap three Jackson forced his way past Rice and took over the lead. Jackson's lead was short-lived as he crashed and dropped back, handing the lead to Rice. Rice was able to hold off Keenum for the rest of the moto and took the win. Rice grabbed the early lead in the second moto, but was again being pressured by Jackson for the top spot. This time it only took one lap for Jackson to Ret around Rice and he quickly started to pull away. On the seventh lap Jackson got sent over the bars and crashed out of the race. Mter Jackson went out Rice and Keenum were again left to battle for the lead, but as in the first moto Rice again grabbed the win with Keenum second and Robert Cassube was third. In the 125<;c Amateur class saw Kawasaki rider Jeff Sturdevant take the early lead in both motos and pull away. Rounding out the top three overall it was Ky,le Myers and Tim Adkins. Results MINI B: 1. Josh Latina (Kaw); 2. Greg Boedling (Hon); 3. Jody Underwood (Kaw). 100: 1. Jody Underwood (Kaw); 2. Greg Baedling (Hon). 125 B: 1. Tom Rice (Hon); 2. Wes Kaenum (Vam); 3. Justin Jackson (SUl). 125 C: 1. Jeff Sturdevant (Kaw); 2. Kyle Myers (Hon); 3. Tim Adkins (Hon).. 250 A: 1. Barry Ferrell (Vam). 250 B: 1. Mike Searrett (Hon); 2. Rob Cassube (Hon). 250 C: 1. Carlis Allen (Yam). Williams wins Motorsport ST By Chris Gross CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO, MAR. 25 On a rain-threatened opening day at the newly renovated Motorspon Raceway short track. Denny Williams captured the Open Pro victory. With Williams taking a lead in the Open Pro class, the real race was for second, third and fourth positions. As the checkered flag fell it was Charles Southgate second followed by Wymond Schleyhahn and Todd Booten. The crowd pleaser of the day came in the Speedway class. John Ferguson with his first speedway ride took the holeshoL Ferguson held the lead for two laps until Bill Jackson took the lead and the checkered flag. The Open Amateur c;lass proved to be a fast class with Frank Stoffregen, on his XX500, taking the victory followed by Dean Spurlock, Wayne Davis and Tim Dodd. The out to welcome the East Coast Enduro Association's 1987 season at the Scrub Pine Enduro. Bruce Dengler edged out Jack Lafferty Jr. for the overall victory in the season's first enduro. The soft Jersey "sugar" sand is very widely' known for its habit of turning into bike swallowing moguls after the first 20 numbers have passed, making an early spot in the drawing a must, but the rain firmed up the sugar and also kept down the dust. Ocean County Competition Riders started the riders into an 18 mph woods section with scores at the first check showing that many riders, including most of the AA class, had let their time-keeping skills get rusty over the winter months. It could have been that they were so ea~ to get back into enduro compeution that time-keeping was completely forgotten. Whatever the reason, a large majority of riders showed up at least a minute early at the 7.5 check station. The checkers on top of Forked River Mountain anxiously awaited the first rider at the end of a grueling 10-mile tight woods section. First to appear was Mike Kopie, six minutes and 17 seconds late. Kopie eventually rode to the High Point B win and an impressive fourth overall. Line 12 seemed to be the "hot" number for the day. Three of the four riders placed first in their respective classes. Mike Maresca captured the first place B 125cc trophy even though he lost his score card somewhere along the way and had to take a 10% penalty assessmenL Mark Young placed first in the A FourStroke class and John Cooper rode his Honda to a Super Senior class win on his first ride in the "advanced age" class. Also riding on number 12 and hotter yet was John Rogers who was among the AA class riders caught early at the first check. Rogers was also early at check 10 and the added early points dropped him to eighth overall for the day. Jack Lafferty Jr., four-time ECEA Grand Champion, and Hondamounted Bruce Dengler fou~ht it out all day for the overall wm. Both riders were early at the first check and then at the third check, the first emergency check of the day, Lafferry arrived one minute and 58 seconds late while Dengler was two minutes and seven seconds late. Dengler got his point back at the check on top of the mountain when he arrived six minutes and 12 seconds down while Lafferty posted an even seven minute drop. At the end of the day when the scoring was finished, both riders had a 12 point drop with Dengler coming out ahead by 45 seconds after the three emergency tie breakers were computed. Results GRAND CHAMPION: Bruce Dengler. HIGH POINT A: Mike Hoover. HIGH POINT B: Mike Kopie. HIGH POINT C: 1. John Coen. AA: 1. Jaett Lafferty Jr.; 2. Kevin Bennett; 3. Mike McHale. A 125; 1. Jim Mitchell; 2. Low Charlesworth; 3. Tom Phillips. A 200: 1. Stan Amorin; 2. Scott Wolfersberger; 3. Tim Shann. A 250: 1. John Roeske; 2. Steve Vanasse; 3. Roy Cook. A OPEN: 1. Tony Recchia; 2. Bob Deveney; 3. Kenny Lee Taylor. A SR: 1. Jaett Lafferty Sr.; 2. Don Heider; 3. Chariels S18plelord 4-STRK A: 1. Marit Young; 2. Peter Ruggiero; 3. Bill Johnson. 55: 1. John Cooper; 2. Joe Morel; 3. Ed Beker. WOMEN: 1. Deb Hickman; 2. Valene Martin; 3. Nichole Schlotterbeck. B 135: 1. Mike Maresca; 2. Ken Kreis; 3. Merit Lane. B 200: 1. Brian Hiettman; 2. David Wray: 3. Lany Welch. B 250: 1. Mike Baeler; 2. Jeff Rosenberg; 3. Daniel Nenstiel. B OPEN: 1. Joe Morgan: 2. Stanley Bollene!<; 3. Bill Shamrock. B SR: 1. John Nagengast; 2. Les Gambrill; 3. Tom Ebersole. 4-STRK B: 1. Bob Bennett; 2. Todd Topham; 3. John Cushing. C 200: 1. Steve Aretz; 2. Dale Hiles; 3. Randy Miller. C 250: 1. Justin Gibbs; 2. Shawn DoutM; 3. Ken Petitt. COPEN: 1. Anthony Tomasello; 2. Rick Cornelis; 3. Kevin Smith. C 4 STRK: 1. Gary Noble; 2. Jim Webb; 3. Daniel King. TEAMS: 1. South Jersey Enduro; 2. Central Jersey Competition Riders; 3. Delaware Enduro Riders. Poovey wins Devil's Bowl HM By Bob Bagwell DALLAS, TX, MAR. 22 Sunshine and 85° brought out 60 flat trackers and almost 2000 race fans to open the 1987 AMA half mile flat track racing season at the Devil's Bowl Speedway in Dallas, Texas. Many festivities were held with a motorcycle S.wap Meet and an opening ceremonies parade with over 100 motorcycle carrying the colors led by the Tyler Texas H.O.G. Chapter. The Texas Dirt Track Association had a special event along with the AMA Pro-Am-sanctioned race meet. Fifteen-year-old Mike Hale from Dallas, riding for Lee Woods North Texas Harley-Davidson, put on 'a show battling AMA Camel Pro Series rider Charlie Orr that had the large crowd jumping. Hale won the heat, but Orr got the win in the final event. The Pro main saw Camel Pro rider Terry Poovey take the Jead from Orr on the second lap and held on for the win. This makes Poovey the winningest rider ever at the Devil's Bowl Speedway. Scott Scherb received enough points to advance to the AMA Expert division and get his new white number plate by finishin~ third in the main event. Marc Gifford finished fourth and Alan Powers from Dallas was fifth. Charles Fontinot won the 60cc Amateur event followed by Tray Glasco. Clayton Hull ran away with the 80cc class, chased by Mark Burch and Charles Fontinot both. Louisiana riders. Alan Rogers won the 125cc main followed by Billy Beavers. The large 250cc class of Amateur riders was cut down by running three heat races to set up the final where Greg Teague blew off his competition Mike Weedin, after many laps of changing leads. Deric Whitenerwas third. The Open Amateur class saw Mike Eadie beal off 12 other riders for the win followed by Clay Carroll and Kirk Tyer with Don Fair in fourth. The Vintage class was a full field of BSA, Triumph Indian motorcycles. Jimmy Stoval dusted off his old BSA flat tracker and won the main followed by Blair Williams on his beautiful Triumph that had the Triumph race fans drooling. Old'

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