Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

R fJ . --. ~ ~ .. ..: _;;&&,;l~ r- .-Experience Magazine every month: Touring. Racing. Technical 00 . 0') ....... [iJ .-Join and understand ihe fight to protect your . motorcycling rights: Road and Off· Road .- Plus: Insurance, Discounts. Trip Routing, Free Rule Books and Law Charts Call today to join or request information kit. JoJo Keller won the 250cc and Open Expert classes at Raceway Park's Big Bucks MX Shoot Out. ~..ID05mWIffi " Husqvarna ~ ~lb!J~a:lllr" All Models In Stock As Available We"e Serviced , _ 'Street ... IIeeds For 'e..... Now We ea. Get , . Dirty TOe! GIOCAIIOTO • ..... ._'orb . F .. . - , . . ~ERSONAL ~ Ca. Tony At [3vCLE (904) 253-2586 ~ERVICE 1115L . . . . . . . . ~ ...... n 321114 KNIGHT BOSS CHAMPION Grimeca Brake Systems. frames or rotllng chasats . front spool, qutCk change rear wheels, sprockets. CIIms. carbs. pipes, spring kits. pistons, gl..s. forks. 5pIi,es K&N:. Marzocchl. '" PERFORMANCE ACCESSORIES Clul_ .... K.-3141~ Ch. . . 31~1 Oakland Sport Center 4232 Dixie Hwy. Drayton Plain. M148020 (313) 673-3366 UPS D.ily '520~:=r EK ....._ _a..._ _ _ .... DlCUIIt_ as_ Std. or c _ - 0MIen_..... S.S s_..... -1O:J,I8H zaN Rt. 1. loa 3••• - TrewIwa ...... SC 2900 o Never one to quit on a down note, Staten dominated the Vet Expert cla~s. Although Staten was never seriously challenged for the lead, two riders, Honda-mounted Mark Brooks and Suzuki rider Alan Olson kept the chase close as they battled (or the runner-up slot. Brooks' was the (aster in round one, but Olson charged back in the second go-round to engage in a passing duel that Brooks narrowly decided on the final lap to finish second overall. Yamaha rider Phillip Taboada edged (ellow Yamaha pilot Keith Ehlers (or top Vet Intermediate honors as Marino Bastionell guided his Honda to third. Results OPEN PRO: ,. Miek Healey (Cag); 2. Rex Staten (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Jeff Jennings (Yam); 2. Todd Campbell (KTM); 3. Mike Brown (Han). ' 125 P,RO: 1. Mike Heeley (Cog); 2. Bryan Emig (Kaw); 3. Mike Pascarella (Han). VET EX: 1. Rex Staten (Yam); 2. Mark Brooks (Han); 3. Alan Olson (Suz). VET INT: ,. Phillip Taboada (yam); 2. Keith Ehlers (Yam); 3. Marino Bastionell(Hon). VET NOV: 1. Vic Williams (Mai); i. Ray Franklin (Kaw);'3, Louis Sprioger (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Eric Bush (Hon); 2. Bill Peito (Yam); 3. Greg Pierce (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Paul Vlach (Han); 2. Craig Davis (Kaw); 3. Jimmy Lewis (Yam). 125 INT: ,. John Kitsch (Kaw); 2. Eric Browne (Kaw); 3, Jimmy Lewis (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Jeff SoIee (Han); 2. Brian Davy (Han); 3. Mike Crough (Han). 250 NOV 0-1: 1. Doug Russell (Yam); 2. Kenny Allen (Suz); 3. Kenny Campbell (Yam). 250 NOV 0-2: 1. Eric Casas (Han); 2. Jon James (Yam); 3. Ruben Alvarado (yam). 125 NOV 0-1: 1. Jeremy McGrath (Yam); 2. Mike Chamberlain (Yam); 3. Scott Burian (Kaw). 125 NOV 0-2: 1. Don Burke (Yam); 2. TonyOualis • (Hqn); 3. Jeff Fine (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Jay Spoor (Han); 2. Chuck Bagwell (Han); 3. James Morton (Han). 250 BEG 0·1: 1. Rawles Thompson (Yam); 2. John Couture (Kaw); 3. Dennis Burns (Yam). 250 BEG 0-2: 1. KrisBartter(Yam); 2. Tom Evans (Yam); 3. Patrick McKiernan (Yam). 125 BEG 0·1: 1. Anthony Otwell (Su.); 2. Sam Hawley (Kaw); 3. Kerry Sorensen (Han). 125 BEG 0-2: 1. Bruce Kamis (Yam); 2. Ste.. Johnson (Han); 3, Jole Benin (Kaw). . BO INT STK: 1. Larry Lemire (Yam); 2. Joshua Dunn (Yam). BO INT MOD: 1. Joshua Dunn (Yam); 2. Mike Cox (Su.); 3. Larry Lemire (yem"). BO NOV STK: 1. Christopher Kelalas (Han); 2. Dennis Briggs (Yam); 3. Remon Noreiga (Yam). . BO NOV MOD: 1. Travis Musselman (Kaw); 2. Brandon MastripoJito (Yam); 3. Cy Jennings (Yam). BO BEG STK: 1. Ty Hawkins (Suz); 2. Grog Schnell IKaw); 3. Robert Thornburger (Suz). BO BEG MOD: 1. Shane s'c:arpeillo (Yam); Trey McCarty (Yam). BO: 1. BJ 0 ....11 (Kaw); 2. Eric Schnell (Kaw); 3. Armando Overland (Kaw). Keller cleans up at Raceway Park MX By Rosanne Lukaitis ENGUSHTOWN, NJ, MAR. 21-22 American Honda and 27 Tri State Honda dealers participated in the inaugural Honda Big Bucks Motocross Shoot out. JoJo Keller took home as big share of the $8000 Pro-Expert purse at the two day event by winning the 250cc and Open Expert classes. The 250cc Expert final was the 18th moto of the day and it was Lachowicz who took the noleshot, leaving Keller and Carlo Coen in close. pursuit. Chris Coleman crashed early in the (irst lap, but quickly remounted and only lost a (ew spots. Bill LiJes had a bad start, but worked his way up to (ourth by the end of the first lap. Lap two saw Keller, Mark Lachowicz, Barry Carsten, Liles and Keith Watson filling out the top five. By the sixth lap Keller still held onto the lead, but not without some pressure (rom Liles. Side-by-side, Liles and Keller traded the lead several times and they started to pull away from the rest o( the pack. By the end of this exciting 12-lap race Keller held (or the win, Liles was second and Coleman took a welldeserved third. Keller grabbed the holeshot in the (irst Open Expert moto with favorite Mickey Kessler in second. Keller was soon lapping back markers as Kessler put on a charge and got by John Thompson to take over second. Three quarters' of the way into the moto Liles worked his way by Thompson and moved into third. Keller held on for the win with . Kessler taking second and Liles third. Kessler took an early lead when the gate dropped in the final race. Steve Desiderio was holding onto second, but lost it to Keller in the early part of the race. Thompson took third shortly after that and the first three. racers began pulling away (rom the rest o( the pack. Keller started to close in on the leader, but Kessler skillfully held him 0[£ (or a short time. Keller moved by Kessler and rolled on for the win. Keller's I-I gave him the overall while Kessler's 2-2 gave him second overall and Thompson was third. Results JR MINI: 1. Shawn Martin (Han); 2. Carter Gurnee (Kaw); 3. Danny Golden (Yam). 125 NOV A: 1. Brent Peterson (Han); 2. Tom • Perone (Kaw~ 3. Dan Glickson (K.w). 125 NOV B: 1. Mike Kelley (Kaw); 2. Troy Bauer (Kaw~ 3. Jason Riv.s (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Rich Rousseau (Yam); 2. Ernest Hoffman (Han); 3. Max Miethe (Han). SR MINI AM: 1. Jason !!ivas (Kaw); 2. Dabney Bowen (Kaw); 3, Doug Conrad (K.w). 125 AM: 1. John Levesque (Kaw); 2, Tim. McDonough (Kaw); 3. Dan Wilson (Han). 250 AM: 1. Bob Burfield (K.w); 2. Chris MeteJkos (Kaw); 3. Scott Carpenter (Yam). OPEN AM: .1. Bob Burfield (Kaw); 2. Dan Green (Han); 3, Keith Crothers (Han). SR MINI EX: 1. Steve Herman (Kaw); 2·. John Levesque (Kaw); 3. Eric Bow (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Chris Coleman (Kaw); 2. Joe Waddington (Han); 3. Barry Carsten (Yam). 250 EX: 1. JoJo Keller (Kaw); 2. Chris Coleman (Kaw); 3, Joe Waddington (Han). OPEN EX: 1. JoJo Keller (Kaw); 2. Mickey Kessler (Kaw); 3. John Thompson (Kaw). ADULT S/SR: 1. John DiDomenico (Kaw); 2. James Haddow (Han); 3. Rich Conner (Han). SR ADULT: 1. Joe Marino (Han); 2. David Simmons (Kaw); 3. Lee Rostren (Yam). SR EX: 1. Bob Neeley (Kaw); 2. Tony DeStefano (Su.); 3. Marty Vaisman (Hon). Montemayor takes four at Texas World opener By Scott Schaefer COLLEGE STATION, TX, MAR. 22 Bob Montemayor took top honors at the first CRRC Texas World Speedway race Sunday by taking (our wins .and a second. Montemayor was severely injured at the WERA Grand National last Novemt,>er, but in his second race weekend this year, appears to be back in top form. He took easy victories In B Superbike, D Production, C Production and C Superbike. He also (inished second to Jamie James in D Superbike. This weekend also marked the (irst Suzuki GSXR Cup ro.und for the CRRC and the wandering Texas son Doug Polen rerurned (resh from his third place (inish in the Daytona 200 to pocket $2300 with wins in both A and B Production. He took easy

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