Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

" And would pull me a little O il th e straigh ts, but I was a little bett er on braking." At th e tech in spection following > . z l th e Supersport rac e, J eff Dean was z w ..., .docked a lap for not having a front fende r on h is H onda Hurricane. > T ha t dr op ped him to eigh th pl ace ~ o a nd gave Bloch th e win with T osten :r second. " I cras hed a t Sava n nah two a.. months ago," explained a despond, ent Dean, " And th e parts have been on order from H onda since th en. AMA/CCS makes the ru les a nd they en force th em , what can I do ? I kn o w I won it and that is' all that matters." The 250cc Stock Expert class blasts into turn o,:,e at Lawton Motocross Atwell and Bloc h co n tinued to Park in Oklahoma. Steve Bayles took the class victorv. do mi na te in Su nday 's fin al s. Atwell too k wins in Form u la One, Unlim ited Superbike a nd H eav yweigh t OPEN AM: 1. Greg Brown. Superbike aboard his trusty Suzuki OPEN PRO: 1. Steve Bayles. Bayles, Hillery split 125 STK BEG: i . J eff Reid; 2. Matt Anderson; GSXR. His main competi tio n ca me 3 . Shane Dennis. Lawton MX wins fro m Yamaha FZ-mou n ted J oe Nel125 STK NOV: 1. J.D. Wal k... ; 2. Brandon Farm er; 3 . Kenneth Brown . By Jenny Bayles son a nd Gl en Szarek, With the track 250 NOV STK: t . Chad Mayo ; 2. Jimmy Smith . giving reasona ble tra ction, Atwell LAWTON , OK, MAY 2-3 250 INT STK: t . Scott Schambacher; 2. Jason was a ble to use th e superio r hor sepLongford ; 3 . Jeremy Benner. H onda -m ounted rid er s Dane 250 STK EX: 1. Steve Bayles; 2. Cliff Palmer; ower of hi s Superbike to wi n co nHillery, Steve Bayles, Cliff Palmer 3. Jeff Bailey. vin cing victories. PEE WEE STK: 1. Earl Kephart; 2. Eli Slater ; 3. a nd T.]. Mooney sp lit Pro class lac Slater. Atwell got a poor sta rt in th e overa ll wins a t th e Lawton Mot o60 STK 9-": 1. Cody Green. 2. Tony Coffman; Formula One event and was running 3 . Ginny Martin. cross Park two-day even t. S/MINt : 1. Jason Schultz; 2. Willie Bouden ; 3. in fifth pl ace: " I foll ow ed the pack It was the 125cc Stoc k a nd Mod Steve Ol son. for the first co u p le o f laps a nd th en 250 MOD EX: 1. Steve Bayles; 2. M ike Keating . ified Pro classes th at provided th e go t by a few riders on the main 250 INT MOD : 1. Jason Longford ; 2. Scott best racing action th roughout th e Schambacher; 3 . J eremy Benn er . straigh t. Bru ce Nield was lead in g weeke nd. 250 NOV MOD : 1. Chad Mayo ; 2. Todd Bates; a nd I ou tbra ked hi m o n turn th ree .3 . Jimmy Sm ith. Sa turday's ra cing sa w Moo ney B3 STK 9· '1 : 1. Cody Green . but he got by me go ing into th e tak e hol esh ots to eventua l win s, but 83 BEG : 1. Sh ane Dennis. carouse l. I go t by him aga m by using 83 STK NOV: 1. Clint Wal ker; 2. Mi ke Lord; 3. not without heavy p ressure fro m J.J. Sagle. h is draft on the ma in straigh t; whe n Pal mer a nd Yamaha-mou nte d J eff '25 MOD NOV: 1. Tim Hodes; 2. J.D. Wal ker; I saw hi m si t up I got o n the brak es." 3 . Dav id Jones. Ba il y. ' 125 MOD INT: 1. Jason Longford; 2. Stumpy Nie ld dropped o ff the pace and The th ree riders con nected han . Ak ins; 3 . Ricky Ware. Atwell fin ished th e race five seconds dl eba rs a nd bo d ies several times 125 MOD EX: i . Cliff Palme r; 2. Mike Keating; ahead of Glen Szarek. . 3. Robert Reid. arou nd the course in eac h class wi th BO INT: 1. Hank Walker; 2. Coll in Edwards; 3. Bloch had to ug her races a nd was Mo oney reig ni ng supreme a n d St eve Olson . dogged by Ka wasak i Ninja-mo u nted 80 EX: 1. Jason Schultz. Palmer an d Baily settli ng for seco nd ' 25 STK INT: 1. Jason Longford; 2. Stumpy Do nnie U nger in the Fo rmu la Two and thi rd p lace honors. A kins; 3 . Eric Sunon . and Midd leweight Superbike events. 125 STK EX: 1. Cliff Palm er; 2. Jeff Baily; 3. To th e deligh t of the crowd, the T.J. Mooney. "Every time I thought I had p u t in second day ac tio n was even more 105 9·11 : 1. J ason Shultz; 2. W ill ie Bouden; 3. a good series of turns, or two or th ree competitive than Saturday's events. St eve Ol son . . of th e fastes t laps I co uld man age, PIW MOD : 1. Eli Slat er; 2. Zae Slater; 3. Ear l Fi rs t day winner Mooney fo und Kephan . ~ I'd ta ke a pee k over m y sho ulder and h im self wit h poor starts, making his 61 MOD: 1. Cody Green: 2. Ginn y Mart in. he wo u ld be ri ght on my rear fender ," efforts to j'epeat difficult. Leading Block said. th e pack were Palmer a nd Mike Atwell, Bloch take four Keating. Keating a nd Palmer p ro Results at Summit Point RR vide d close raci ng act io n with Keat GTO : 1. Jeff Atwell (Suz); 2. Barn ey Bern stein ing pushing hi s way in to th e lead (Suz); 3. Bruce Nield (Honl . By Michael Green GTU: 1. Chris Bloch (Honl ; 2. Doug Tost en (Hon); and hol ding until four turns fro m SU MMIT POINT, WV, MAY 9-10 3. David Murra y (Hon). th e c hec ke re d fl a g . From th er e M /W S/SPRT EX: t , Chris Bloch (Hon); 2. Doug j efr Atwell a nd Chris Bloch were' Palmer tr ied a dar ing in sid e lin e with Tosten (Hon); 3 . David Murray (Hon) . M /W S/SPRT NOV: 1. Mark Kropp (Yam l; 2. Jeff both four-time wi n ners a t th e AMA/ both rid ers co n nec ting ba rs a nd Gruzin (Yam); 3 . Duane Francis (Hon) . CCS regi on al event a t Su m mit Point. c ras h i ng . Palm er wa s a b le to H/W S/SPRT EX: , . Chris Quinn (Yam); 2. Glenn T he races were held in nea r perfect Szarek (Yam). rem ount q uicker cap tu ring the mot o HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Randy Hess (Yaml; 2. conditio ns and, with th e help o f th e win and ove rall. Charles Elstner (Yam ); 3. Will iam Harp er (Yam). MARRC safe ty crew, a n excellent U W S/BK EX: 1. Mark Long (Yam); 2. John . T he 250cc Pro ac tio n saw Bayles Lowm an (Yaml; 3. Cliff Bigon ey (YamI. weekend of safe; excit ing raci ng was a nd Dan e Hillery sp lit Stock and LIW S/B K NOV: 1. Richard Bolen (Yam); 2. Tom pr esented by th e AMA/CCS officials. Modifi ed win s o n Sa tu rday wi th Stewart (Ya m); 3. Jeff Leinbach (Yam ). F. l EX: t . J eff Atwell (Suzl; 2. Glenn Szarek Both 'riders started th eir win ni ng Bayles dom in ati ng Stock/ Modi fied (Yam); 3. Bru ce Nield (Hon). wa ys du rin g Sa turday's 100-niile and Open class actio n on Sunda y. SITW EX: 1. Stu art Beatson (BMW); 2. Paul endura nce event. Atwell too k the Zieschang (MG); 3. Blaine Paulu s (M G). Results SITW NOV: 1. J ohn MacFarlan e (BMW); 2. Ken GT O honor s aboard the Suzuki of SATURDAY Bun n (H·DI; 3. M ike Tiberio (M G). 250 STK EX: t , Steve Bayles (Hon): 2. Dane York/S uzuki GSXR whic h he camU/L S/B K EX: 'l. J eff Atwell (Suz); 2. J oe Nelson Hill ery (Hon l; 3. J eff Baily (Yam). (Yaml; 3. Glenn Szarek (Yam). p a ign s in th e AMA /Camel P ro 250 MOD EX: 1. Dane Hillery; 2. St eve Bayles; M IW S/B K EX: 1. Chr is Bloch (Hon); 2. Donald 3. Jeff Baily. Superbi ke Series. Atwe ll's m a in Unger (Kaw ); 3 . Doug Tosten (Hon). '25 STK EX: t . T.J. Mooney; 2. Cliff Palmer; M /W S/BK NOV: 1. Duan e Franc is (Honl; 2. co mpe tition ca me from Ba rn et y 3. Jeff Baily. Mark Kropp (Yam); 3. Bill Martin (Kaw). Bernstein a board a stock Suzuki ' 25 MOD EX: i . T.J. Mooney ; 2. Cliff Palmer; HIW S/B K EX: 1. J eff Atwell (Suzl: 2. J oe Nelson 3. Robert Reed . GSXR who had the advantage of (Yam); 3. Glenn Szarek (Yam). 250 MOD NOV: 1. Jack Delay; 2. Chad Mayo; HIW S/BK NOV: 1. Charles Elstner (Hon); 2. going the 100 mi les withou t refuel3. Todd Bates. Randy Hess (Yam); 3. Wi lliam Harper (Yam). 250 STK INT: 1. Jas on Longford; 2. Scott ing. Atwell lost the lea d a t the F-2 EX: , .. Chris Bloch (Hon); 2. Donald Unger Sch am bacher; 3 . Gerry Benner . (Ka w); 3 . David Murray (Hon). hal fway mark when he made his pit 250 STK NOV: 1. Chad Mayo ; 2. Jack Delay: F-2 NOV: 1. Mark Kropp (Yam); 2. Bill Mart in 3 . Jimmy Bnitu. stop. Bern stein set a ho t pace and (Kaw); 3. Lapsley Hope (Yam). 250 MOD INT: 1. Scott Schambacher; 2. Jason made a few off-track excu rs io ns Longford; 3. Wyatt Hill . before Atwell passed him with 10 Arnold best at ' 25 STK INT: 1. Stumpy Ak in s; 2 . Ja son LonQford; 3. Scott Bioduax . laps to go . Bloch took the GT U wi n Cayuta Trial '25 STK NOV: t . Brandon Farmer ; 2. D. Walker ; with hi s Honda East Racing/Honda 3 . Tim Hod es. By G . Brinkwart '25 STK BEG: t . Ma tt Anderson; 2. Jeff Reid; CBX600 H urri can e, finishi ng a very 3. Greg McCaul ey. respectabl e fourth overall . CAYUTA, NY , MAY 3 125 MOD NOV: 1. Tim Hodes; 2. J .D. Walker; 3 . Brand on Farm er . Man y riders seeme d to be usin g the .. More tha n 50 riders came to ride th e S/MIMI : 1. Willie Bouden ; 2. Collin Edwards ; endu ra nce race as a p rac tice sessio n mud in Cayu ta, bu t Chris Arn old 3 . St eve Olson , and were read y fo r some serious was the best of the 50 as he took th e 9-' t: 1. Cody Green. . 60 STK NOV: t. Cody Green; 2. Ginny Martin. ra cing in th e Su pers port eve n ts Pr em ier class wi n a t th e Cayuta 60 MOD NOV: t . Cody Green ; 2. Ginny Martin. which fo llowed. J eff Dean took the T rial. 60 MOD INT: 1. Tim Hodges; 2. Willie Bouden ; 3 . Steve Ol son. lead midway through the fir st lap of Premier rider Arno ld took top 83 STK BEG : 1 . Shane Denni s; 2 . Greg th e Middl eweight Su perspo rt fin al honor s wi th a 72-poi nt loss for th e McCauley. and dis appear ed into the d istan ce, day. Arn ol d said. "I enjoy the more 83 STK NOV: 1. Clint Walk er; 2. Mike Lord; 3. J.J Sagle. finishin g with a 20-second lead . d ifficult events. Difficult eve nts 80 MOD INT: t . Tommy Lee; 2. Tim Hodes; 3. The exciteme nt was for second mak e the better riders u se mor e Steve Olson. 80 INT STK: 1. Tim Hodes: 2. Willie Bouden ; 3. pl ace wh ere Bloch and Doug Tosten crea tive ridin g styles. " Steve Olson . were hav in g a trem en dous hatti e, Advanced rider Dave Reed bested 80 MOD NOV: 1. Mike Lord; 2. Clint Walk er; 3 . Scon Nelson. fin ally fini shing in th at o rde r. hi s nearest com pe ti tor by 41 points PEE WEE STK: 1. Earl Kephart; 2. Eli Slater; 3. "T osten had a little bi t of ex tra winn in g h is class with a 95 point lac Slater. h orsepo wer , " ex p lai ned Bl o ch , total. Intermedi at e J eff Bolt's mud SUNDAY ~I '" I 6 riding skill ca me through as he topped a close battle for first place. Out of di strict rider George Combs took first pl ace in the Novi ce division. The duel betw een John Knapp a nd Ron Bors swu ng in th e favor of Knapp as he captu red Senior B class. New En gland 's Leo Oshea wo n the Senior A class with 93 points. Rob ert Kuzn eski won th e Beg inner class for th e second time in a row. Results ' PRE: 1. Chr is Arno ld (Yam). EX: 1. Carl Ben edict (Yam); 2. M ike Komer (Mon); 3. Bob Croak (BeU; 4. Bryan Benjam in (Bul). ADV : 1. Dave Reed (Yam): 2. Rich Jones (Yam); 3. Bob Foringer (M on); 4 . George Br inkwart (Bet); 5. Scon Ston e (Bet). INT: 1. Jeff Bolt (Yam): 2. Mark Pett it (Yam); 3. Many Terpstra; 4 , Ma rk Swan (Yam). NOV: t . George Combs (Bet): 2. Kendal Karn (Yam); 3 . Mi ka Koval (BeU; 4 . Matt Hugh son (Fan); 5 . Jas on Thibod eau . SR A: t , Leo Oshea (Yam); 2. Wayn e Larsen (SWM) ; 3. Earl Buckingham (Yam). SR B: 1. John Knapp (Yaml; 2. Ron Bors (Fan); 3. Tony Palumbo (Mon). BEG: 1. Robe" Kuzne sk i (Mon); 2. Ja son Kuzneski (Mon); 3 . Gerard Cormier (Hon). Pascarella flies at Perris MX By Terry Whytal PERRIS, CA, MAY 9 Yamaha rider Mike Pascar ell a just keeps getting faster as the l S-yearo ld H esperi a, California, resident once again made win n ing look easy as h e co ntrolled both 250cc Pro mot os a t Perris. Pascarell a wa s not wi tho u t formidable com pe titio n, however, as H onda p ilo t Crai g Cano y .a n d Suzuki flyer Willie Su rratt app lied pressure fro m th e runner-up slo t througho ut most of the day. Also challe nging for the front-runnin g positi ons were Sou th African rider Gary Bu tch er a nd newl y-turned p ro P aul Vlach bo th m ounted o n H ondas. . Wh en the d ust se tt led it was Su rratt who too k th e number two share of the purse money over Ca noy , Butch er a nd Va1ch. Suzu ki pilo t Paul Winn was the runaway 125cc Pro cla ss vic to r as he dominated th e race. Winn o pe ned a huge lead in th e seco nd go-aro und to ba ck up hi s fir st mo to win and take th e overa ll. Suzuki rider Willie Musgrave dueled for second with Honda-moun ted Mark Ehrhart. At the finish the debate wa s settled in Mu sgrave' s fa vor with Ehrhart third overa ll. . Pat Purnell pl aced hi s H onda in the winner 's ci rcle a fter ou tpo int ing seco nd moto vic to r Greg P ierce. Yama ha rider P ierce had his problems in ro u n d one ac tio n, but returned to th e fray in mo to two to score enoug h poi nts to p lace second overa l l. T hird overa ll wen t to H onda-mounted U IC J ohansson in h i s fi rst race a fter a se pa ra ted shou lder a nd bro ken wrist side-lined the Swed ish rider for two mon th s. A lO-rider d ispute for top Vet Novice bra ggin g righ ts went in favor of Bob Su llivan aboard a H onda. Sulliva n topped both rno to s over th e best efforts of Yam aha pilot Norman Sch iel and Kawasak i-m ounted J ack T rotter. Schiel took second overall with Trotter jus t edging Yam aha rider Chri s T u tto bene for third. Rav McIntosh was unstoppabl e in the I25cc Beginner even t posting th e top finish in eac h ro u nd while fell ow Kaw asaki ri der Gl en Tucker followed in the number two slo t. Th ird overa ll went to Yam aha rider Gary Butch er. Results OPEN PRO: t , Rex Staten (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Pascarella (Yam); 2. Willie Su rr an (Suz); 3. Cra ig Canoy (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Paul Winn (Suz); 2. Willy Musgrave (Suz); 3. Mark Ehr hardt (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Pat Purnell (Hon); 2. Greg Pierce (Yam)"; 3. Ulf Johansson (Hon). '25 INT: 1. Ron Mowry (Hon); 2. Mark Ritson (Yam): 3. David Noel (Yam). VET EX: 'l . Alan Olson (Suzl; 2. Greg Winters (Honl; 3. George Kohler (Hon). . VET INT: 1. Jeff Lambson (Yam"); 2. Allan Egbert

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