Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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Munson and H art d ueled in each outi ng while Gary Beyer put a bran d new Kawasa ki in to th ird over Rick BauIt to end mot o o ne. Mo to two had Munson a nd H art sho wering each o ther wi th no rthern O regon silt in a battle for th e lead, as well as th e overall. In th e end. it was Munson prevail in g for a I-I sweep of th e class to beat Ha rt (22) a nd Beyer (3-3). In the same event, Wes Ha nsen demolis hed the second O pen Int erm ediate moto to bump first moto wi n ner Mike Bur ke to second o verall ahea d of Da vid H ampton. Hart hoo ked up well enough to lead a charge into turn one after th e drop of the gate in th e' first 125cc Pro moto. H art didn 't hav e th in gs easy as local dominators Beyer a nd Ken ny Olsen pressured Hart for th e lead. Hart event ua lly broke free from traffi c and took th e moto one win. T he second tim e out was mu ch th e sa me - H art hau led int o th e lead a nd held off O lsen , Beyer and Trevor Portn er for a I-I win . O ne of th e da y's best races was in the 250cc Intermedia te class. Graves was making a rare a ppea ra nce a t the facilities a nd decided to make a tota l rout of both motos afte r ea rl ier devastating both 125cc Interm edi ate rnotos. Graves pushed hi s Roseburg Ho nda-su ppor ted CR to th e head of a large pack of rid ers, and sho wed all o n hand that he hadn 't lost hi s speed. Graves navi gated hi s 'trusty moun t to I-I wins o ver Dana Anderson, Larry Keu bler, Ed J ens en and David Browning. all aboard Hondas. Yam aha jockey Mike West went wild in the 125cc Junior class and won both motos, It was th e second win in as many races for th e rid er that moved back down to th e junior ranks. West rode well , despite bein g down on power and sus pe nsio n with hi s an cient Yamaha YZ. Second to West was J o hn Griffin, wh o logged 2.-2 rid es to bea t J oe Casey (1-3), Travis Markell (6-5) and Marc Sorenso n (5-6). J ason McCor m ick ra n away with two classes, win ning th e 60cc and 80cc Intermediat e classes. In 60cc ac tio n, McCormick beat Eric Burk in shaw J r. and Na te Gravell e. T he tem po picked up in 80cc co m pe tition as McCormick had to end ure adva nces from Dan ny Ulven and R ich Browning to take top laurels. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Jamie M unso n (Hon); 2. Grayson Hart (Yam); 3. Gray Beyer (Kawl . 250 PRO; 1. Oon Biscegli a (Hon); 2. Jamie Munson (Hon); 3. Gary Beyer (Hon ). 125 PRO; 1. Gra yson Hart (Kaw ); 2. Ken ny Olsen (Kaw ); 3. Gary Beyer (Kaw) . OPEN B: 1. W es Hansen (Kaw ); 2. David Burk e . (Hon); 3. David Hampton (Hon). OPEN C: 1. Todd Bisceglia (Hon); 2. Doug Wil ey (Hon); 3. Mark Dickey (Kaw ). UTH: 1. Ron Sun (Hon); 2. Ron M ill igan (Hon ); 3. Mitch Kirkpat rick (Kaw ). 250 B: 1. Tony Grave s (Hon); 2. Dan GrOllory (Kaw); 3. Aaron Boehm er (Hon). 250 C; 1. Steve Hill (Hon); 2. Bryan Summer lin (Kaw): 3. Ron W eslake (Hon). 125 B; 1. Tony Graves (Hon); 2. Dana And erson (Hon); 3. Larry Keubl er (Hon). 125 C; 1. Mike Wes t (Yam); 2. John Gr iff in (Hon); 3. J oe Casey (Kaw) . BO B; 1. J ason Mc Corm ick (Kaw); 2. Danny Ulven (Kaw); 3. Rich Browning (Hon). BO C: 1. Jo hn Keubl er (Hon): 2. Chad Brown (Kaw); 3. Roby Leach (Kaw) . 60 B; 1. Ja son McCorm ic k (Kaw) ; 2 . Er ic Burkinshaw (Kaw); 3. Nate Grave lle (Kaw) . 60 c: 1. Doug M cKuh n (Kaw); 2. Russ Postma (Kaw); 3. Todd Kibble (Kaw). 30-40 $ : 1. Eric Burkinshaw (Hon); 2. Dan Summ erlin (Kaw); 3. Bill Oglesbee (Hon). 30-40; 1. Doug Wiley (Hon); 2 . Ted Tennekieght (Hon); 3. Doug Eckelman (Yam). OT s: 1. Jim Lamkin (Hon); 2. Jim Parks (Hon). OT C: 1. Bill Naylor (Yam); 2. Rich Duncan (Hon); 3. Dick Burgen (Kaw) . o us lead changes, Davis go t th e lead for good, aga in building the incredibl e lead as he moved th rough lapped traffic. While this was occurri ng, Eric Satterthwai te, who started the main' in seve nth , qui ck ly ma ne uvered arou nd J eff R ussell , Rod Reynol ds, and Sea n Hart into fou rt h . behind Canada 's Royal Adderson, Adderson maintained third for most of the race, unti l encounte ring prob lems which forced him to DN F. Reynolds put the burners on to thrash his way mto third, behind Davi s a nd Henson. H an held onto fourth a t the finish with Satt erthwaite catching fifth . . David bl itzed into th e 125cc Expert main lead , wi th Pete Keller snatch. i n g second a hea d o f H onda of Ca ldw ell s' J amie Steelsmith. Davis again pulled out a good-sized lead, th ough no t the size of h is margins in th e ot her ma in s. Kell er h un g tough in second a head of th e cha rging Steelsmi th, Davis easily too k the checkers ah ead of Kell er and Steelsmith in th ird. Kell er was unden iabl y hot in the Open Vet Experts, ta king the win in th e main a head of Mike Budseh a t a nd Gary Bonney. Resu lts OPEN EX: 1. Darr ell Davis (W·R I; 2 . Duane Gerr ard (Yam); 3. Rodney Reynold s (Hon); 4. Joel Huskey (Hon): 5. Ki1 Farl ey (W ·R). 250 EX: 1. Darrell Davis (Kaw ); 2. Ricky Henson (Yam); 3. Rodney Reynol ds IKaw): 4. Sean Hart (Yam); 5 . Er ic Satt ert hw ait e (Hon). 125 EX; 1. Darrell Davis (Hon); 2. Peto Keller (Kaw); 3. Jamie Steedlsmit h (Hon). M INI EX: 1. Ryan An derson i Kaw); 2. Danny Fuhrman (Hon), OPEN VET EX: 1. Pet e Kell er (Hon); 2. Mike Budsehet (Tri); 3. Gary Bon ney (Hon); 4. Roger Slack (Yam). 250 VET EX: 1. Bob Ingle (Hon); 2. M ike Annen (Hon) OPEN INT; 1. Steve Uberty (Hon); 2. Tom Shivers (S uz) . 250 INT; 1. Shawn W oods (Kawl; 2. J immy Lyngar (Yam); 3. St eve U berty (C·AI . WMN : 1. Becky Sch neider (Hon); 2. Den ise A lle r (Hon); 3 . Kate HoYt (Hon). OPEN B; 1. Becky Schn eider (Hon); 2. Mike Cameron (Hon). 250 B: 1. David M cKuhn (Hon); 2. Doug Anne n (Hon). 12 5 B: 1. Richie Rey nold s (Suz); 2. Scott McPherso n (Hon); 3. Ken Bell more (Hon). MI NI B: 1. Jason Rich (Kaw); 2. J ason Ayers (Hon). MI CRO: 1. Man Ward (Hon); 2. 'Oo ug McKuh n (Hon); 3. Danny Sm it h (Kaw). PIW:l 1. J os h ua Currey (Yam); 2. Chris Sinsel (Suzl · Davis devastates Idaho ST By Mike Thuleen Good great at Alaska MX BOISE. !D . AP R. 23 TsubakiiS ho ei/Wood-Rotax /Cliff's Cycle Center-s upported Darell Davis from Brem erton. Washington, made it three-for-three at Owyhee M.C. 's 32nd Annual 11 Weekend Outdoor Sho rt Track. Davis swept the victories in 125, 250cc, and Open Expert mains and was seemingly untouchable to hi s com pe tition. . In th e Open Expert main, Davis read the green light perfectly, sweeping into the Iirst turn from the o u tside a hea d o f Rod Reyn ol ds, Duan e Gerrard, Don Wil son. Chad Wayment, a nd th e rest , including Kell y Larkin. Kit Farl ey, J oel H uskey a nd Mike McDonnell. Wh il e Wood-Rotax -m ounted Davis pulled away, Gerrard wrestled second fro m Reynolds. Farl ey a pplied hea vy pressure on Huskey, but Hu sk ey ga ve no qu arter a s he pursu ed Reyno lds. Later in th e main , David he ld a h uge one halflap lead o ver Gerrard, Reyn olds, H uskey a nd Farley. McDonnell held off the challe nges of Troy Norris for six th. Davis cru ised for the wi n , wi th Gerrard. Reyn ol ds, Husk ey, a nd Farley in pursui t. T he 250cc Expert ma in featured an easy duel between Ricky H en son and th e rampaging Davis. T he aggressive H enson flas hed in to the lead , on ly to have Davis slice pas t. T he pair battled bar-to-bar with each gi ving no roo m for the o ther. After nurner- ANCHORAGE. AK, MAY 10 Arcti c Cat-Suzuki Mo torsports sponsored J oe Good blazed to wins in both th e 125cc Expert a nd Pro classes at Kin ca id P a r k. Good 's wins ex te n de d hi s Ala sk a Motorcycle Racin g Association 1987 win streak. Good rode flaw less races. except for a fall in moto one of the 125cc Expert class. Ka wa sa ki of Anchorage-backed Jason And erso n took adva n tage of th e spill to win the moto. Good remounted in midpack, but by th e mot o's end he had worked up to second. Third went to Anderson 's Ka wasa ki of Anchorage teammate Lance Len eave, . The second mo to belonged to Good, wh o led from start-to-finish. And erson and Leneave had a grea t di ce for third and event ua lly worked thei r way up to second. The checkered flag fell wi th And erson fin ishing ahead of Leneave ill second. T he P ro class first moto a lso belong ed to Good. The whooped-out sand track took its toll on everyone, but Good never tired a nd seemed to get stro nge r eac h la p. Good pulled th e ho lesh ot a nd left Kawasaki of Anc horage-s ponsored Pa t Cra bb behi nd. Wh ile Good bega n to stretch his lead, Crabb tried to ho ld off Kevin Sc ha u b o n a Ka wa sak i. Crab b cras he d hard o n la p seve n a nd Scha u b moved u p to second . By M.R. Edge

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