Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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King (Yam); 3. 1 W . St oner (8et); 4 , R. 8r enwald (Ma n); 5. S. Delli nger (SWM). 8EG: 1. T. Heskett (Han); 2. R. Eskins (Yam); 3.. J . Kendall (SWM); 4 . C. Hoque (Han). t A n a II c .n be r e m e v e e e ... e n Q UI C K E R I For te e s I h.n Wentzel, Glenn blast Glass City MX h. 11 I h .. ,C 0 ' I 0 f • ' i n 0 l e t I n t • d !Oh iel d y o u t in o e l t h . e e e v e n t e n t H E L ME T S U N G LA S S E S I By Mark Montgomery Please en clo se S5 .95 in c h e c k or m o n e y or d er fo r ea c h HELMET SUN GL A S S d esir ed. Ce l i f o r n l a r es i d e n t s a d d 6% s a l es t a x . Fre e shl p pl ng f l 080 2ltl& Hook Cr.ek Rd . Depl. 721 Ced I ' Q len, e e , 1232 t PR ODUCT S Rich Truchinski scored a third in the 125cc Pro class and a second in the 500cc Pros at the Edwards Air Force Base MX. Results P/ W: 1. Ad am Brow nlee (Kaw) ; 2. Dam ion Lee Racing A YAMAHA? SLOAN'S HONDA/YAMAHA Join Competition Support Discount Program!! . INSTANT·SERVICE!! 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J imm Hast ily (Hon). 500 AM : 1. Tim Woodard (Han); 2. Scan Cregar (Yam); 3. Jeff Hart man (Han). VeT: 1. Pau l Cates (Yam); 2. Ken Barrow (Han); 3. Ji m Lynch (Tril . Faddis takes Central Virginia HS By J im Crouch DI L L WY N , VA, AP R. 26 Sunn y skies an d p leasant tem peratures prevailed fo r ro un d three of th e V irg i n ia Champ ionsh i p H a re Scra mb le Series. Severa l da ys o f h ard ' rain before th e rac e for ced the Central Virgin ia Trai l R id ers to rerou te some o f th e cha llen gin g n ine-m ile loo p both befor e a nd during th e even t, in which R.j. Fadd is took the overa ll. Husqvarna support rider David Wh ite took the early lead until a flat tire a t th e end o f the first lap put ' a n end 10 his day . T hat m isfortu ne wa s a ll th at K'TM vmounted Fad d is need ed to tak e th e time-adjusted lead a nd stay there for the four rema ining lap s. Fi nis hing j us t under six and o neh alf minu tes behi nd Faddis was 125cc Suzuki mounted D. Kutch er to tak e second overa ll a n d fir st in th e 125cc cla ss. Tied for th ird overall was O pen class ride r Marty H en sley and Super Senior rider H . G reenlee. Results 0 / A: 1. R.J. Faddis (KTM ). M INI: 1. G. Gree; 2. J . Gulley; 3. C. Lew is. 125: 1. D. Kucher; 2. G. Griggs; 3. R. Denzler. 200: 1. A. Wi lli ams; 2. M. Beggs; 3. D. Campbell . 250: 1. R. King; 2. R. Frank li n; 3. E. Young. OPEN: 1. 1111. Hensley; 2. J . Edenbeck; 3. M. Mad dox , SR: 1. G. Kenan ; 2. V. Jor dan ; 3 , J . Hut son . S/ SR: 1. H. Greenlee; 2. 8 . Edmondson; 3. S. Norr is. 4 ·STRK: 1. R. Smith; 2. C. Main; 3. K. Leigh. TR: 1. J . Hammer; 2. F. Moore: 3. M . Orr . Klein brothers top Dayton Trial By Will Stoner DAYT O N, OH, AP R. 12 . Bill, Ro yce and Do ug Klein rode away with th e lion 's share of th e trop hy hardw are a t T ria ls, In c. 's first event o f 1987. Bill Klein be sted bro th er Ro yce by seven p oints to ta ke the Ad vanced d ivi sion ho nors, w hi le D oug too k seco nd in Intermed ia te class. R u ss Driver, Gene Du tiel a nd the o th er Dayto n a rea riders laid o u t ni n e challenging sec tions a t th e h illy, wooded si te, j ust m in ut es away fro m do wntown Da yton. Mud ad ded to th e difficulty of each section , bu t tractio n was availa ble if riders dug deep enough . Terrai n varied from g reasy o ffca mber hillside sect io ns to a cree k bed fu ll of big sla te pieces tha t cla tte red like p lat es when ridden over. S teve Oehrl e domina ted th e Expert class, w hose ra nks were depleted beca use severa l rid ers were working th e tr ia l. Dia n e Copl ey made h er tr ia ls debut with a fou rt h in th e Beg in ners . class just four m onths after giving birt h to a bab y girl. Paul Ba rrows wo n th e Inter m ed ia te class w it h Ca rro l Con ley third. Nov ice class was ta ken by J oe Ki ng, R. Wentwo rth an d J o hn Copley were seco n d a nd th ird. Resu lts EX: 1. St eve Oeh rl e; 2. R. M axw ell . A DV: 1. Bill Klein ; 2. Royce Klein ; 3. Cliff Hiltz. INT: 1. Paul Barrow s; 2. Dou g Klein ; 3. Carrol Conle y. NOV: 1. Joe King; 2. R. Wentworth; 3. John Copley. Coffey tops Shady Grove Trial By Will Stoner SHA DY G R OVE, O H , AP R. 26 T odd Coffev, the 1986AM A/NAT C H igh Schoo l Na tiona l Tria ls cha m p led th e invasio n o f ou t-o f-sta te riders o n T ria ls Inc. 's seco nd event of th e seaso n , held a t th e Centra l Ohio Competition R iders' clubgrounds. Su n ny skies, mild temperatures a nd II tough sectio ns gree ted an exce llent turnout of 63 riders. The demanding terrain a ttracted riders from M ich igan, Indiana a n d Ken tu ck y, . includi ng trial s lumi nary Wiltz Wagner. T rai lmaster Roger Ans el a nd h is cre w put together a group of sections tha t ranged in d ifficu lty from nat iona l level to o ne th at a llowed beginners a cha nce to savor a clean. One exp ert rider des cr ibed section two as " Wo rld class". T he sectio n started in the bottom of a deep ravine a nd wound up through mud-soup roc ks , cu lm ina ti ng in a two-step wat er fall ex it. Onl y two clean s were reg istered a ll day. Coffey a nd teve Oehrle dueled head -to-head for the entire event, card i ng identica I scores of 9 a n d 8 for th e firs t two loo p s. Coffey took th e lead af ter round three a nd added a two poi nt cushion o n the last la p . O ehrle lost a no th er p oint o n time to make th e fina l score 34 to 38. Ken Farler, Greg Kri st an d GregRhin esm it h rounded th e to p five in a stro ng field o f 15 experts. . R ic Kra l avenged h is last place fini sh a t the Dayton even t wi th th e Advanced class win . R oyce Klein beat bro th er Bill for seco n d, while Bill Smith took fourth. DELT A, O H , MAY 2 Ka w a sa ki -m o u rned J a y Wentzel bl asted h is way to th ree wi n s in four m oto s a s he too k overall tro p h ies in both th e 125 a n d 250cc A classes. Only th e first moto of th e 250cc class . sa w a nyone else in the w in ne r's circle. In th at race Brett Denker led u ntil he crashe d h ard o n la p three. Cycl e L and-sp o nsored Pau l Sw en - , so n hel d off cha rge s from bo th J o hn Krotzer an d Wentzel to ca p tu re mot o one. Mo to two was a different sto ry. Wentzell ace d th e hol esh ot and never looked back. The real battle was a bump and grind , pass and repass war between Krotzer and Swen so n for seco nd. Wentzel sailed to vic to ry whi le Kro tzer edged o u t Sw enso n for runn er-up ho n o rs. T he tired but ta lented Mi chner Indu stries/ EP Perform ance sponsored Wei-m el went back o u t and romped to two moto wins in th e 125cc A class. Steve Ro bin so n tried to reel-in the leader with hi s Kawasaki, but h ad to se ttle for seco nd in both motos. Bi ll R o b i n so n (n o relat ion ) g u ided h is H onda to third. Int eresting ly, th e Wentzell family had decided to gi ve up m otocross a whil e ago for eco nom ic reas ons. T h a t a ll chan ged a t the G lass City Mo to rcycle Cl ub ba nq uet h eld a t th e co ncl usion of the raci ng seaso n. A dra w i n g was con d uct ed a n d th e Wentzell s wo n a new bi ke do nate d b y Sh el Dex ter 's de al ers hip, th e Winner's Circle. This good fortu ne allowed the fami ly to co n tin ue to J ra ce mot ocross. Th e obvious ly successfu l resu lts have been be nefi cia l for both th e Wentzells a nd our sport. The du e l betw een teen ager R ich ard Bol enbaugh a nd retired Pro Dav e Glenn for su pre macy o f the O p e n A cl ass cont inu ed into to n ig ht's ra ces. In m oto o ne, Bol enba ugh snared the h ol esho t but spe nt th e ent ire race in a h ead-to-h ead strugg le w ith a re lent less Da ve Glenn. T he two H o n da riders pu t o n qu ite a show as th eir battle p ulled them away fro m the fie ld. Ma y Marsh sta lked the leader s, ke eping h is Ka wasak i within striki ng dista nce. First yea r. Open ride r Bolenba ug h survived G lenn's o ns la ug h t to cap ture th e m oto and appeared to be o n his way to a nother overall trophy. Mo to two sa w Marsh lead into turn o ne, pursued by G lenn an d Scott Bisho p , wi th Bol enbaugh in fourth. Wi th in moments th e H o n da Eastspon sored G len n h ad strea ked into th e ' lead an d bega n to p ut so me distance bet ween himself a nd the field. But as the laps began to wi nd do wn , Glenn began to wea r o u t. Two weeks ago G lenn had been snagged j u st prior to th e fi ni sh by hi s yo u nger pursuers. It loo ked like this was go in g to be a repeat as Marsh and Bol enbau g h were a ll o ver Glenn 's rear fender . Reach in g deep into his ex p e r ie nce a n d d eter m i n at io n , G lenn sh u t th e door and held o n to

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