Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

,...".- - - - - - - - --,--,--,.."...- - -- --------,.."".- - -- - -::"""'"" w ..J :c ~ ~ Cl o w a: ::1! > a: a: o I- > m w > b :I: m 8 o l1. :I: l1. Jeff Stanford (1) prepares to put the move on Paul Ulach (127) during action in the 250cc Pro division at Glen Helen Raceway. Joe Good (10) won the 125cc Pro race at the AMRA MX opener near Anchorage. whi le Jeff Roskelley (4) topped the Open Pro division. Guerrette grabs Tri-State Enduro By Paul Clipper/ Trail Rider Magazine OXFORD, MA, APR. 26 H onda rider Bur t Guerrette topped the field at the NE T RA T ri-Sta te Enduro; dropping 15 points over the rocky terrain and barely edging out Eric Benoit by a single point. The Tri-State signaled the snow-less start of the new season. The official start of the season was th e Snow R un Enduro on February 22, but thi s was New England 's first chance to not slip and slide around for the year. Or was it? T he local wet weather co mbi ned wi th the sp r ing thaw produ ced a nasty grease ou t of the local soil. Co m b in ed w ith th e general " boneyness" of the run, most riders had th eir tongues hangin~ ou t a t o ne poi n t or the ot her. " We didn 't try to pu t any mud sections in the run," one of th e club memb ers said. "They're j ust there to start wit hl" In the first two-tenths of the first mi le, th e riders had to deal wi th a rutted, rocky, m uddy powerli ne , a nd more than one rider finis hed their day right there . Steve Vanasse, 1986 NETRA Grand Champio n, caught a buried boulder on the rear sprocket of his KT M and mas hed it into a very odd shape that refused to hold th e chain .anymore . At least he had a short push back to th e tru ck. The m eat o f th e FIM-scor ed enduro was the second sectio n, a specia l test th rough some of th e rockiest terrain this side of the mo on. This was wh ere all of th e riders lost mo st of th eir points, and even th e mo st grizzled veterans were walking around in a daze afterw ards. " It was brutal!" was th e on ly comment AI Ziua, second A Super Senior, co uld muster. G u errette a ccepted h is Grand Cham pi on trophy after the scoring had to be refigure d to excl ude the first check, wh ich was disregarded after an arrowing error caused times to be erra tic. " It 's never as satisfyi ng winning th is wa y, but I had a good ride," G uerrette said . Hare scramb les rider Rick Barlik bounced th ro ugh the lum py course to tak e the H igh Point B award, bu t nothing beat s th e performan ce p ut in by David Niemiec, the H igh Point C rider. Nie miec sim ply kept th e th rottle pegged, and finished the run on ly 20 points down! " H e's not much on timekeep in g;" one bystander noted, " Bu t the kid sure goes like stinkl" Results GRAND CHAMPION : Bun Guerr en e (15). B HI-PT: Rick Barlik (30,. C HI·PT: David Niem iec (20, . A BAN : 1. Eric Beno it (16); 2. Bob Dana (17); 3. Dave Burn en (1B). A LIW: 1. James Larra bee (17); 2. Todd Stavens (19); 3. Kemp Stewan (19). A HIW: 1. Larry Pugr ab (18); 2. 80b Ell is (18); 3. Ron Stavens (18). A SR; 1. Russ Burlingame; 2. Fran Hockla (33); 3. Roben Phelan (33). . S S/ SR: 1. Don Burn en (24 ); 2. AI Zina (27,; 3. J erry Shinners (43). B BAN: 1. Bill Gern er (31); 2 . Paul Know lton (34 ); 3. Mark Jenks (36). B LlW : 1. Way ne York (35,; 2. Dan Whiteley (35); 3. Mike Dohen y (36). B HIW: 1. TIm Gin gell (3 1); 2. J ohn Harr iman (32); 3. guy Hill (34). B SR: 1. Jo e Coll ins 1 36); 2. Wes Clarke (37): 3. Steve Forma nek (41). B S/SR : 1. Roger Nie miec (32); 2. Pet er Havilland (371 3. Ernie Mellor (48). ; C BAN: 1. Scon Baker (34 ): 2. Jam es Allen 1 46,; 3. J eff And erson (48). C LlW : 1. Steven Todd (37); 2. Steven Ribbe (40); 3. Dave Leadsberg 1 1). 4 C H/W: 1. David Lamonta ine (44 ); 2. Skip Gondek (53); 3. Ken Crane (5B). ; C SR: 1. W illiam Kerr 1461 2. John Campen i (63 ); 3. Grol Rodowsk i 1 64). . C S/SR : 1. Tony Moo res (66); 2. David Lemeri se (71); 3. Richard Tomer (78). 4-STRK: 1. Bill Joh nson (24); 2. Kerry Clark 1 25); 3. Peter Ruggiero (26). Good, Roskelley split Alaska MX wins By M .R . Edge ANCHORAGE, AK, APR. 26 Suzuki pi lots J oe Good and J eff Roskell ey put on an im p ress ive di splay as the y di ced for the win in th e 125cc Expert and P ro classes in th e Alaska Motorcycle Racing Association 's season opener mot ocross. Good pulled the first 125cc Expert moto holeshot with Roskelley in clo se pursui t. T he two pulled a way from th e rest of- the pa ck as Go od led Roskelley arou nd th e wh oopedout sand course. 'Roskelley looked lik e his old self as he flew his Jim Stewart-sponsored R M after Good. La pped traffic soon had the pair swapping lead s, but a brief off track exc urs io n put Good five seconds beh in d Roskelley. A little breathing room was all Roskelley needed to take the moto win over Good. The second mo to fou nd Kaw asaki of Anchorage's J ason Anderson out front bu t a few comers later it was Roskell ey wi th th e lead. T his tim e it was Roskelley's tum to make a mistake and numerous bobb les let Good slip by for first. Go od held it on until the finish , taking the overall win with hi s 2-1 over Ro skelley and . his 1-2 finish . And erson placed th ird with a 5-3 ta lly. The Pro class at AMRA sanctio ned events is an open disp'lacem ent race for mon ey for any ski ll level. Kawasaki of Anchorage-sponsored Jim McClain sho t in to th e lead in mo to one but on th e secon d lap was passed by Good. Roskelley had a hard time getti ng by McClain and wh en he did on lap four, Good was lo ng go ne. Good finis hed ahead of Roskelley wit h McCla in a distant th ird. McClai n repeated h is first moto holesho t in mo to two with Roskelley in tow. Good had a bad start and found himself in midpack. Roskelley passed McClain on th e th ird lap whi le Good wo rked extra har d as he edged hi s way through traffic. T he battle betw een Good and Roskelley never mat erialized as Good 's rear bra ke ar m broke and left him to wat ch Roskelley run away with th e wm, McClain 's Kawasaki of Anch orage team ma te Pat Crabb chall enged him for second and by the mo to end claime d the ru nner-up posit ion . Crabb 's 5-2 ga ve him second overa ll to McClain 's 3-3. Results 50 NOV: 1. Luke Rambur (Yam); 2. Al ejandro Gonzales (Yam,; 3. Zeb Deede (Yam). 60 NOV: 1. Josh Rambu r (Kaw ); 2. Casey Jo hnso n (Yam); 3. Peter Mejia (Kaw). 80 NOV: 1. Man Galbr ait h (Yam); 2. Kenneth Gordon (Hon); 3. Chr is DeW inter (Kaw). 80 EX: 1. Jamey Lew is (Suz); 2. Way ne Simonds (Kaw ); 3. John Ruiz (Kaw). -, 125 NOV: 1. M ike Guthr ie (Kaw); 2. Aa ron Poland (Kaw); 3. Ja mes Croy (Suz). 125 EX: 1. J oe Good (Suz); 2. J eff Roskelley (Suz); 3. Jason A nd erson (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Nor man Harr is (Yam); 2. Mark Yonkin (KTM ); 32. Brad Harr is (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Todd Haney (Kaw); 2. Pat Crabb (Kaw); 3. Donny Russell (Kaw ). 500 NOV; 1. Nat e Lavaleey (KTM ); 2. John Simpson (Hus); 3 . Q uinn Ban s (Kaw). 500 EX: 1. Jim Mc Clain (Kaw); 2. Dave Nielson (Hon); 3. Rick Stephens IHon). VET: 1. Les Kofo id (Hon); 2. Vince Bancroft (KTM ); 3. Tony Paden (Hus). PRO: 1. Jeff Roskelley (Suz); 2. Pat Crabb (Kaw ); 3. J im M cClain (Kaw). California Classic MX win to Pascarella By Terry Whytal SAN BER NARDI NO , CA, APR. 26 Round five of th e l O-even t Yamaha Ca lifornia Class was held th is week at G len H elen Raceway wi th a cast of moto characters numberin g in th e hundreds. Top Pro pay ba ck in the SMX-sa n ct io ne d even t wen t to Yamaha rider Mik e Pascar ella. The day's firs t ga te dro p feat ure d _ th e huge 250cc Pro field wi th Suzuki rider J eff Sta nford gain ing th e ear ly advan tage over Pascar ell and T ony Spear riding a Suzuki Countrypr epared RM. As th e lead rid ers pulled away from . the main pack, Pascarella and Stanford engaged in a fierce duel for the lead wh ich Pascarella fin all y settled in a pass that was later di sputed by Stan ford and then dropped in the spirit of good sportsmans hip . Stanford finished the race in the number-tw o position with Spear holding o n to th ird with Honda rider Doug O 'D onnell p laci ng fourt h after back luck drop ped him from an earlier bat tle wit h the leaders. In round two Pascar ella demonstrated his superior speed thro ugh ou t th e mo to to reach th e checkers first and take th e overa ll win as . H onda r ider Ga ry Butcher an d Stanford argued over th e runner-u p slo t wi th Yam ah a pilo t Kevin Allman. Butcher go t th e nod a t the checkers but Stanford's 2-4 score gave him th e seco nd-p lace purse over Butcher, as Spear ended th e day fourth overa ll and Allman took fifth wh en O 'Donnel dropped out. Cagiva rider Mike H eal ey absolutely dominated bo th the Open Pro and 125cc P ro races with Yam ahamounted Rex Stat en tak ing second in the Open event and Stanford once again earn ing th e number two cash in the I25cc battle. T he su rprise in the 250cc Interm ediat e class was n' t th at Yama ha rider J immy Lewis won bu t ra ther th at Kawasak i p ilo t Eri c Bro wn e had such a di fficu lt first moto , Brown e came back in th e second ro und to beat Lewis to th e flag but had to settle for second overall ahead of Yam ah a pilot J im Kun tz. Staten co ntinue d his stri ng of victori es in th e Vet Expert class, as did Beng t Johansson in the Vet Int ermediate battle. But in the Vet Novi ce event it was Yam ah a. rider Vincent Gonzales' turn for glor y as he swep t bot h rounds over Kawasaki pilot Carl Schock ley. Seri es leader in th e Open Novice event, J eff Solee had to sett le for th ird overa ll today as Kawasaki rider Mar k Shuck and H onda-mo unt ed Ruben Alvarado placed one and two in a closel y fou ght d uel. H onda rider Rudy Chavez used a 3- 1 sco re to outpoint hi s 250cc Beginner rival s with Yam ah a pil ot Kris Barker taking second ahead of Denni s Burn s o n a no ther YZ mac hine. The last year has been a tou gh one for Yamaha rider Ray H en sley. Two brok en ankles and a stolen motorcycle have kep t H en sley out of actio n lately bu t he returned to the victory cir cle today wi th a wi n in the 80cc

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