Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

o a: a: '" 5 5 ...J « c ...: >III ~ o o I- u o '" . >m :I: C1. 5 :I: C1. Glenn Baar (22) took the victory in the 500cc class main event at Richmond, Virginia's ST. Chris Rickman (4) was third . Jeff Johnson (leading) and Eddie Castro battle at Speedway USA in Victorville. Castro took second in the Scratch main. 3. Bryan Gray~eal(Hon); 4 . Chas. Goad (Han). 250 ; 1. Bart Schmu lbach (Han); 2. Rob Coll ins (Hon); 3. St ewa rt Wright (Hon); 4. Don i Holem an (Han); 5. Dan Carte r (Han). 500 '1 . Bob Buff ington (Rtx); 2. Bart Schmulbach (Han); 3. Rick Knuth (RlX); 4 . Wymond Schleh ahn (Han); 5. Kevin Seivers (RlX). SR: 1. Les Eslinger (Yam); 2. Geo. Collin s (Han); 3. David Stanfield (Yam): 4 . Gary Reinhich (Han). fin ish. Cope was slow off the start bu t caught Sandell and Mitch ell , who were battling for second, by lap three. Co pe slipped insi de Mit chell for thi rd on lap five, th en pushed Sandell over a berm two la ps lat er. Mitchell also went by Sandell and agai n, p ressured Cope to the fini sh , bu t Co pe prevailed for hi s firs t victory of the seaso n. ' Coo k continued his assau lt o n the 125cc Pro ra nks, wi n ning his sixth consecutive overall. In moto o ne, Cook a nd Tim Buchl i tra ded the lead six times in th e first five laps. T he n Cook ou t-jumped Buchli go ing into a right-ha nder. T he two tangled in the tum, wit h Coo k grabbi ng the lead a nd Buchli goi ng down. Coo k pulled away wh ile Buchl i remounted to fin ish second ahea d of Rob ert Rose. Moto two was a wild affai r, wit h Ge ne Bashline leading the fir st three la ps, th en Bill Perri to n the next two, before Br ant McC o y too k over. Buchli reach ed th ird behind McCoy a nd Perri ton by lap five, while Cook was bu sy charging to fourt h after being invol ved in a big first turn pil eup and remoun ting 19th. In a despe ration pass a ttem pt, Cook ran off th e trac k and-dropped to ninth. Within three laps, Coo k had ban zaied h is way to th e lead , o nly to cras h back to fourth beh ind McCo y, Perriton and Buchli. T wo laps la ter, Cook carved his way in to the lead aga in. Durin g the sa me la p , McCo y and Buchli lost their chains a nd dro pped back. On the last la p , Albert Fires tine a nd Rose passed Perr iton , an d the final order was Cook, Firestine a nd Rose. Rose's 3-3 earned second overall. Results Newell sails to Missouri HS win By Bruce A. Clark 8 RI VERMONT , MO , MAY 3 T im Newe ll sloshed to victory in the Spri ng Missouri H are Scrambles Championship Series even t at R ivermont. The entry list read like the Mi d west "Who's who" of ISD E riders . Presen t OT fo r m er ISD E co mpe titors included Ray Munge- . nast, Rusty Reynaud, Ron Ribol zi a nd Greg Sur dyke. T he rela tively tight nine-m ile loop in cluded bo th established a nd virgin trails in th e beautiful, roll ing Missouri woodl and. Some creek cross ings and sh ort fire road s offered cha lle ngi ng va r iety to t he co mpeti tors. . A heavy rain crea ted a brief delay in starting the even t as well as necessitating sho rte ning it from th e schedu led two to o ne a nd one -ha lf hours. The change was welcom ed by most of th e 140-plus compe titors some of whom co ntin ued to sig n u p during the downpour. Due to th e ra pi dly deteri ora ting trail and rai ns, o nly the top few riders com p leted three loops, wh ile some were able to finish on ly o ne, even after the 90 m inute ti me li mi t ha d ended . T he magni tude of the rai ns torm was hard to beli eve. For exa mp le, a creek cross ing within a few miles of th e start which was less than a foo t deep at the beginnin g of the event, was four to five feet deep by th e tim e th e few three-lap fin ishers crossed it th e th ird tim e. Fortunately, memb ers of th e Missouri Mudders organ izing club were th ere to ass ist competitors. In fact , Greg Surdy ke, ISDE rid er wh o had drowned o u t hi s bike on the fir st loop , sho wed th e kind of comra dery associated with th e sport of motor cycle racin g wh en he stayed a t th e crossing to help carry o ther co m pe titors' bikes acro ss for th e remainder of the race. ISD E r ider R a y Mungen ast , seco n d o vera ll fini sh er , dem o n stra ted hi s bod y surfing techn iq ue on lap two. While riding in a field alo ng. th e trail a t a good rat e of spee d, h is bik e stopped abru p tly, a pparen tly due to a stra nd of wi re caugh t arou nd th e fork tube. H e went o ver th e bars and tra vell ed almos t 40 feet on his back on the slick grass. Mungen ast got up , cleared the wire, and was back in th e race wi th min imal tim e lost. Results . 0 / A : 1. Tim Newell (Hon ); 2 . Ray Munganast (Han); 3. Rusty Reyno ld; 4 . Ron Ribolzi; 5. Pat Schmidt; 6. J. Crooki: 7. Chad Staggs; 8. St eve Underwood; 10. J ohnny Myer; 11. Roger Struckoff ; 12. Charli e Spzari; 13. Troy Cokley; 14 . Chad Busenbark ; 15. Matt Mameson; 16. R.D. Peterson; 17. Randy Jon es; 18. Rex Bucher; 19. Keven Hamon; 20 . Roger Mac kay. EX: 1. Tom Ehmke (Hus); 2: Greg Surd yke (Yam); 3. Tim Newe ll (Han); 4 . Gregory Stahlman (Kaw); 5 . Ray M ungenas t (Hon). . OPEN: 1. Jay Crook (Han); 2. J ohn Garr en (KTM); 3. Rex Bucher (C·A ); 4. Char lie Spann (Hus); 5. Roger Str uckhoff (Yam). 250: 1. Ken Br andt (Yam ); 2 . M ic hael Blair (Hon)1 3. Mark M ills (Han); 4. Michael Beierm ann (Hus): 5. Timothy Berry (C-A). 200 : 1. Richard Thorpe (Kaw ); 2. St eve Cook (Kaw) ; 3. Ben Stok es (Kaw) ; 4 . M au r ice Ijames; 5. Tony Cook (Kaw). 125 : 1. Buddy Rigg (Kaw); 2. J eff Ober kf ell (Kaw ); 3. A.D. Pet erson (Han); 4. Shaun Stagglr (Yam); 5. Chad Staggs (Yam). • SR: 1. Rich Whelove (Yam); 2. Tony Schl ader; 3. John Oller (Yam); 4. Bob Jon es (Kaw); 5. Glen Boyer (Kaw ). S/SR : 1. James Ealer; 2. Leroy Hinchcliff (Yam); 3. Larry Hayes (C-A). MINI : 1. Lance Mills(Hon); 2. Ja son M oore (Yam); 3. Mark Kendall (Suz); 4. Robert Tresch J . (Kaw); 5. Jeff Wallendorff. 4 -STRK: 1. Tim Edwards (Han); 2. J erry Crafton (Han); 3. Brock Yarnell ; 4. M ike Dill (Han). BEG: 1. Ferdinand Out; 2. Mark Wann (Yam); 3. Mark Gumel (C-A); 4. Jo ey Dungan (Yam); 5. Ti m Ham ilton. Cope conquers Pueblo MX By Larry Johnson P UEBLO, CO , MAY /1-3 SRAC riders came to Pu ebl o for the on ly two-da y event of th e seaso n. Except for the state championsh ip , th is was the only chance fo r the Pro riders to run 30-minute mo tos. Four Seaso ns Cycle Center-backed .Corey Cope used the extra time to do some thi ng that has been near ly im possibl e thi s season - beat Stacey Coo k for the 250cc P ro class wi n. As the 250cc Pros hi t tu rn one, Derek Bro wn a nd J im Mi tchell led th e pac k, but wi th in half-a-la p , . Mit ch ell, Coo k and Cope had passed Brown . T he top three had begun pulling away wh en Cook clipped Mit ch ell 's rea r tir e a nd cras hed. Mit ch ell a nd Cope conti n ued pu lling away, while Cook was back chas ing Brown a nd Kip Sande ll. By m id -m ot o, Cope st uffe d his wa y in side Mitchell for the lead a nd Cook had fin all y worked up to thi rd. Mit chell pu sh ed Cope to the chec kers , but settled for second wit h Cook finishing a di stant th ir d. Cook gra bbed th e hol esh ot in mot o two and led all the way to the 60 NOV: 1. Mike Jensen (Kaw); 2. Lane Sw ink (Kaw ). 60 AM : 1. M icah Moyes (Kaw). 80 NOV; 1. Tobey Hammond (Han); 2. J eremy W alters (Suz); 3. Pat Bourke (Kaw) . 80 AM : 1. Eric Ricke (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Wright (Kaw ). 80 EX; 1. Andy Atk in s (Yam); 2. Scan Fulcher (Kaw); 3. Jeff Hopkin s (Kaw) . 125 NOV: 1. Jeff Mo ore (Han); 2. Kir k Adcock (Yam); 3. Chris Cull en (Yam). 125 AM : 1. George Peasley (Suz); 2. Chuck Jen sen (Kaw) ; 3. J im Fra zier (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Stacey Cook (Han); 2. Robert Rose (Kaw) ; 3 . Albert Fir estine (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. George Betzen (KTM); 2. Mik e McGrew (Suz); 3. Jeff Moor e (Han). 250 AM : 1. Cedr ic Nafziger (Suz); 2. Tim Miller (Kaw); 3. Chad Anema (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Corey Cope (Han); 2. Stacey Cook (Han); 3. J im Mitchell (Suz). OPEN NOV; 1. David Beavers (Han); 2. M ike Bright lY (Han); 3. Blaine Schubarth (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Mark Snow (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Dave New ell (Kaw); 2. Kip Sandell (Yam); 3. Jim Eckert (Han). VET NOV: 1. K.C. Bowens (Han); 2. Ray Padgen (Kaw). VET AM : 1. Chr is Leggere (Yam ); 2. Gen e Luca s (Kaw); 3. Mark Call (Han). VET EX: 1. Shawn Smi th (Han); 2. Dan Green-' wood (Yam); 3. Bruc e McGr ew (Yam). SR NOV: 1. Dan Merr iman (Han). SR EX: 1. Dave Wolla ston (KTM); 2. Ed Perriton (Han); 3. Terry Frydendall (Yam);. WMN: 1. Mary Johnson (Yam ). Brown takes Speedway USA win . By Scott Daloisio VICTO RVI L LE, CA, MAY 9 Sco tty Brown and Bobby Schwartz emerged victo r io us in the First Division main events o n a ni ght tha t featured some tough raci ng and sho rt tempers at Speedway USA. J us t before the H an dicap main event Brown , on th e Shoei/ Lou's Lea thers / J us tice Broth ers/ Ci rcl e Industr ies/Keech Video J awa , won a best of th ree ma tch race from Phil Collin s. Many peop le felt tha t Brown would be too fati gu ed in th e main, but th at was not th e case. Steve Furman , o f T eam Blaze Ra cin g USA, set th e ear ly pace in th e eigh t lapper from th e shor t yardage. Sco tt Brant, wh o already won two Handicap mains in the week, came off th e line in second with Greg H ancock third. Brant wen t to th e o u tside allowing Hancock a nd Bro wn to adva nce to second and th ird ea rly in the event . Brown was on a ro ll a nd he fought hi s wa y past H ancock a t the end of la p two . Next o n the list for Brown, who sta rted on the 40-yard lin e, was firs t pl ace a nd Fu r m an. Brown pu lled u p to h is rear tire a t the end of lap four a nd he forced his way to th e in side in tum o ne o n lap five. Fu rman held the lead until the back straight but Brown fou nd the in side line an d strea ked into the point posi tio n. Brown was in fu ll command when he whee lied across the line with his first Speedway USA wi n of 1987. Seco nd , three len g th s back, wa s Brant with H an cock thi rd. After Brown parked his bike for th e trophy presenta tion he no ticed that hi s rear tire was co mp letely fla t. Schwa rtz, off the po le. made it look easy aboard the Malcolm Smith/ Silko lene / Ju sti ce Bro the rs/ C.T .!. Brace/Oakley Weslake in the Scratch m ain . H e gate d th e fi eld fr om positi on two. Louis Kossuth, ridi ng a n unfamiliar Wesl ak e, go t o u t second foll owed by Brad Oxley and Ed Castro. Ca st ro , -fi n di ng so me dri ve, worked hi s way to seco nd by the end of th e open in g lap but he had a tall

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