Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~i xth. Steele took th e overa ll foll o wed by, Sn yder ( 1-6), T aylor (2-7), Wooledge (8-2) and Grasso ( 1- I0). , David H and was th e big winner irl th e A classes, wh ere h e swept three of four rnoto s en ro u te LO th e double cla ss win. T he co mb ined 250/ 0pen A cla ss wi n was a drop -of-the -ga te to th e drop-of-the -flag vic tory for Hand; he was never challenged. In the firs t mota , H onda -m ounted Hand was follo wed by Brunswick Suzuki ri ders H arold Robiso n a n d John Ru per th ro u gh th e first turn. The.trio held th ei r posi tio ns th rough the entire m ot a , with H and running u p a nine-second lead ahead o f Robison. In th e seco nd m ot a , Hand and Robison were ou t front o nce again with Carl H and , Ruper and J oe Maurer battling for third. By the en d of the third lap, Maurer had co ntro l of third, where he remained for th e rest of th e moto. Resu lts P/ W : t . Jesse Atkinson (Vam ); 2. Karl Scott (Yam); 3. Jason Kinley (Yam); 4 . Larry Rust (Vam). 607- ' 1: 1. Matt Marluey(Kaw); 2. J im my J arr ett (Han); 3. Bry an Belli nger (Han); 4. Karl Scott (Kaw); 5. Jesse Atkinson (Kaw) . BO 12 -13: 1. Tony Bonace (Han); 2. Eric Penn ick (Yam); 3 . Jason Balas (Han); 4. Ben Fraley (Kaw); 5. Mike Katin (Han). BO '4- '5: 1. Mike Howell (Ha n); 2. Kevin Sweeney (Kaw); 3. Neil Miller (Kaw); 4. Donny Atwell (Kaw); 5. Shawn Fescemyer (Kaw). 125 A : 1. David Hand (Han); 2. Joe Maurer (Han); 3. Barney Barnett (Hon!; 4. Pete Maurice (Suz); S. Steve Gard iner (Hon). 250/0PEN A: 1. DaYid Hand (Han ); 2. Haro ld Robison (Suzt 3 . Jo e Maurer (Han); 4. Carl Hand (Hoo ); 5 . Derran Lindh (Han). '25 B: 1. Bill Penick (Yam); 2. Ed Snyd er (Kaw ); 3. Bryan Jones (Kawt 4. M ike Cain (Yam); 5 . Rusty Myers (Han). 250 B: 1. J im Deutsch (Han ); 2. Bob Wearshey (Yam); 3 . Ken Frankenberry (Han); 4 . John Hill (Hoo t 5. Gene Morrison (Han). 125 C: 1.Jack Steele (Ha n); 2. M ike Snyde r (Han ); 3 . James Taylor (Han); 4. Steve Wooledge (Hoo); 5. Chr is Grasso (KTM ). 125 C CONSOlo 1. T.R. Greer (Kaw); 2. Brad Quee r (Hon); 3 . Brad Vahnar (Han ); 4. Joe MaderiU (KJlwt 5. R.S. Stilonger (KTM ). 12 5 SCHBV; 1. Bryan Jones (Kaw); 2. Tony Bon ace (Hont 3. Chr is Grasso(KTMt 4 . Brad Queer (Hoot 5. TIm Lutes (Han). 250 C; 1. Rick Horvat (Han); 2. Barry Kirtley(Hon); 3. Steve Wilm ington (Kaw); 4 . John Harrington (Yam); 5. Kurt Kadas (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Mike Johnston (Han); 2. Biff Brodner (KTM); 3 . Kevin Carney (Han); 4. Dave Sulecki (Hon); 5. Dave Heppner (Han) . SR 1; t . Terry Del iman (Hon t 2. Marty Popovich (Vam); 3 . Ken Frankenberry (Han); 4. Gene Morrison (Han); 5 . Mike Johnston (Han). SR 2: 1. Butch Pownell (KTM); 2. Je rry Boyd (Han); 3 . Tom Ashton (Han); 4. Keith Boyd (Han); 5. Bill Szewczyk (Hus). OPEN EXTRA ; 1. Ed Snyder (Kaw); 2. John Hill (Han) ; 3 . Paul Knapp (Han); 4. Rick Boepple (Han); 5. Chuck Saratt islt (Han ). Flores, Nelson top 8aylands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT , CA, MAY 6 Tony Flores and Jon Nelson eac h reeled off wins in two of the Pro classes at Baylands Wednesday night motocross. Flores LOpped th e 125cc ranks. while Nelson scored th e 250cc Pro di vision victory. Flores grabbed an immediate lead in th e first I25cc Pro m oto as Nel son bad to fig h t o ff Danny Paladino for seco n d. T he to p three spots h eld a ll the way LO th e chec kered flag. with Flores fir st . Nel son sec o n d a n d Paladino th ird. In th e secon d rnoto it was th e sa me story. with Flores leading from startto-finish with Nelson and Paladino in LOw. Nel son trailed Flores and ClayLOn Blood in th e early going in th e first 250cc Pro moto, but Nelson put together a late-moto ch arge that carried him past Blood and Flores for the mota win. In the second mota Flores again led. but Nelson came from behind to reel in Flores and take the win. Nelson took the overall ' class win with his I- I score. with Flores second. Result s M INI BEG; 1. Ricky AIYes.Jr.. (Yam); 2. Dan Reger (Hon); 3. Bill Sayre (Yam). MINIINT: 1. Jimmy Williams (Han) . 125 BEG; 1. Mike McClenahan (Han); 2. Michael Callahan (Hon t 3 . Bob DeRenzo (Hon). 125 JR : 1. Pat Gomm (Han); 2. Lanc e Luc ero (Yam ); 3. Tre vor Heagher (Yam). , 251NT; 1. Todd Hicks (Hon); 2. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw ), ' 25 PRO: 1. Tony Flores (Su z); 2. Jon Nel son (Hon); 3 . Danny Paladino. 250 BEG: t . Mark Can epa (Han); 2. Ken Cooper (Suz); 3 . Chr is Pluta (Vam). 250 JR 0 -' : 1. Bob Zades (Han); 2. Steve Ma tlock (Vam); 3 . Paul Midson (Han). 250 JR 0 ·2 : 1. Earl Tan ner. J r.. (Vam); 2. Keith Tant i (Yam); 3. J im Ahrens (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw); 2. Dave Rogers (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Ha n); 2. Ton y Flor es (Suz). OPEN BEG: 'l , M art in Nepper (KTM ); 2. Wade Cobern (Han); 3 . Cortney (Han). OPEN J R: 1. Sean Hummel (Kaw); 2. Todd Luksa (Han). OPEN INT: t . Ma rk Duval (Kaw) . OPEN PRO: 1. J ack Hul se (Han). VET JR : 1. Ken Camp bell (KTM); 2. Brad Taylor (Hus). VET INT: 1. Kevi n Anderson (Hon) . VET MSTR : t . Mike Lane ( H on ~ 2. Phil Gri bnau (Vam). Healey jams at DeAnzaMX By Terry Whytal SUNNYMEAD, CA. APR. 3 Cagiva factory rider Mike H eal ey rode 10 an impressive win in th e 125cc Pro class a t th e sixth round of th e Yamaha California Classic Motocross Seri es held at DeAnza C ycle Park. H eal ey's ride was typ ical o f th e domination he ha s shown in recent SMX events a nd moves the Ca giva pilot into th e top five in th e series p o in ts sta n din gs . G ivin g chase. in th e 125cc Pro even t was Ka wa saki p il o t C hris H ein ri ch whose ret u rn to co mpeti tion th is year has been nothing short o f spectacula r. H einrich battled wi th Yamaha-mounted Colin R yan for th e ru n ner-u p slo t. but th e Kawasaki rider ea rned the seco nd pl ace share o f the cas h as R yan took third a nd H onda ace An dy Northrup pi cked u p fou rt h. The race o f th e day was provided by a four rider dog-fight in th e 250cc Intermediate class. Yamaha riders Jimmy Lewi s, Ala n Coats and J im Kuntz , a lo ng with Kawa saki mounted Eri c Browne left most of th e large field far behind as th ey dueled for top honors in th e hotly . contest ed event. Lewis looked to h ave th e best shot at victory with good starts and strong rides, but his injured wrist proved too weak LO hold off a cha rg ing Browne who went on LO win both rounds and tak e the overal!. Lewis held on to edge Kuntz for second place with Coats placing fourth overal!. Yamaha stalwart Rex Staten added to his strin g of perfect races in the Vet Expert d ivision. o nce aga in besting all riv als to take th e overall win With a I-I score. Fellow Yamaha p il ots Keith Ehlers and Phillip Taboada co n ti n ued their bar banging battles fro m recent wee ks with T aboada gettin g th e advantage at th e checkers to ta ke seco n d. One o f th e largest O pen Novice classes seen th is year took LO th e track in cl assic big-bore , · gro u n dpounding fashion with five different riders taking a shot a t th e lead in th e two mote s. Wh en th e dust sett led Yamaha p ilot Richard Shaw ou tpointed his rivals for the win with Honda-mounted Stephen Rawding claiming second over th e Honda o f J eff Sol ee, Mark Brown, in his first ever Open class ride put hi s Yamaha into fourth with a credible 5-2 score as Kawasaki pilot Mark Shuck rounded out th e top five. Anthony Otwell used a 2-1 score LO best the 20-rider 125cc Beginner . class. Suzuki rider Otwell battled throughout both moLOS with Kaw asa ki pilot Sam Hawley whose 2-2 score gave him the number two slo t overall ahead of Yamaha-m ounted Mark Stuen. Results 250 PRO: 1. Rex Staten (Vam); 2. Kevin Allman (Yam ); 3 . Chris Heinrich (Kaw). Lou ie Romo (154) battles w ith Scott Bristol for t hird place in the 12 5 cc Novice cl ass at DeAnza . Mike Chamberlain took the w in . ' 25 PRO: 1. M ike Healey (Cag); 2. Chr is Heinrich (Kaw); 3 . Col in Ryan (Vam ). OPEN INT: 1. Er ic Bush (Han) . 250 INT: 1. Er ic Browne (Kaw); 2. J immy Lewi s . (Vam ); 3 . Jim Kun tz (Yam). 125 INT 1. Eric Browne (Kaw) ; 2. J immy Lewis : (Yam); 3. Ron nie Kaubl e (Yam). VET EX: 1. Rex Staten (Vam); 2. Phill ip Taboad a (Vam ); 3 . Keit h Ehlers (Vam). VET INT: 1. Bengt Johansson (Han). VET NOV: 1. Vincent Gonzales (Yam); 2. Steve Gabr ielson (Yam); 3 . Je rry Conley (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1. Richard Shaw (Yam); 2. Stev e Rawd ing ( H on~ 3. Jeff Solee (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Kenny A llen (Su z); 2. JO n Jam es (Ya m~ 3 . Char lei R ippen (Han). 125 NOV : 1. M ike Chamberla in (Vam); 2. Day id Dye ( H o n~ 3 . Scott Bristo l (Han). OPEN BEG: I. David Donatoni (Hon t 2.J ay Spea r (Hont 3 . Ron Sheldon (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Kr is Barker (Vam); 2. Rawles Thompson (Yam); 3. TIm Laos (Yam). '25 BEG: t . Anthony Otwell (Suz); 2. Sam Hawley (Vam ); 3. Mark Stu en (Vam). BO EX STK: t . Joel Ablrecht (Kaw). BOINT STK: 1. Dana Wiggins (Suzt 2. Rvan Paul s . (Han); 3 . J eremy Albrecht (Kawl. 80 NOV STK: 1. Ray Hens ley (Vam); 2. Chuck . Kinne (Kaw); 3 . Chris Kefalas (Han) . BO NOV MOD: 1. Chuck Kinne (Kaw); 2. Ac e January (Suzl . 80 BEG STK: 1. Brent Ut ley (Suz); 2. Ty Hawkins (Suz); 3 . Billy Felts (Kaw) . BO BEG MO D: 1. Shane Scarpeillo (Vam); 2. Sha wn Labang (Han), 60 : 1. Jame s Otw ell (Kaw) ; 2. Eric Schnell (Kawl. McElroy tops Sacramento MX By Nuklear Neukam SACRAMENTO.CA,MAYI In th e run-what-ya-brung Pro class a t Sacramento Raceway Park's MOLOBowl, Sco tt McElroy used his H onda CR250 to score decisive wins in bot h m o tos of the season o pener. . McElroy led fell ow H onda rider . Greg T irheimer , in th e final resu lts . In third an d fourt h place br eaking . th e red bike strangleh old were a p a ir o f Mike's Cycle Pl acerville-backed Kawasakis, with Shawn Freiling on a 500cc machine and Daryl Youunt on a 250, respecti vely. Suzuki-mounted Robert Au st in and Kawa saki ace S teve Nelson traded moto wins in th e 250cc Novice class with Austin coming out on LOp in th e deciding second moto for th e overall win. Craig Burt .was back in winning form in the Open Novice class as he took his Honda LO the victorv in th e first rnoto and combined th at with a third the secon d time out for th e overall. Honda -mounted Br ad Townsend was second-overall a hea d of Brad Kimble's KTI\L Results PRO: 1. Scan McElroy (Han); 2. Greg Tirheimer (Han ); 3 . Shawn Freiling (KawO. 125 BEG: 1. Tyron Farley (Kaw) ; 2. Kyle Brow n (Kaw); 3 . ken Hernandez (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. Torn Berry (Han); 2. Ron Corby (Han); 3 . John Lee (Han ). OPEN BEG: 1. Brad Lynn (Han); 2. Bill Callaghan (Cag); 3. Kev in Kraft (Han). 125 NOV : 1. M ike Brewer (Kaw ); 2. Jason Johnson (Kawt 3 . Tom Lamson (Va m~ 250 NOV: 1. Robert Austin (Suz); 2. Steve Nelson (Kaw ); 3 . Steve Ulicny (Vam). OPEN NOV: 1. Cra ig Burt (Han); 2. Brad Townsend (Han); 3 . Brad Kimble (KTM) . BO BEG: 1. Casey Johnson (Kaw); 2. Trav is Brown (Kaw); 3 . J im Mechem (Kaw). 80 NOV : 1. M ike Lozano (Hon); 2. Donn ie Tillery ( Ka w~ 3 . Justin Owenby (Su z). 125 INT: 1. Stev e Lamson (Vam); 2. John Stark . (Kawt 3. Eddie Reed (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. Je ff Bublavi (y am); 2. St eve Edwards ( S uz~ 3 . Jeff Baldwin (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Randy Chapman (Va m~ 2. Bryan Barrett (Han); 3 . Bill Perkins (Han). VET NOV : t . Gary Selby (Kawl; 2. DaYid Neilson , (Hon t 3. Tom Stratton (Suzl . VET EX: 1. Steve Lawrence (Han); 2. Gary Gallagher (Suzl. VET INT: 1. Scott Rodgers (HanI; 2. M ichael Harrison (Han). OT INT: 1. Ron Mazzaferro (Vam). Pine Barons Enduro win to Dengler By Paul Cl ipper/Trail Rider Magazine CHATSWORTH. NJ , MAY 3 The Pine Barons Endu ro Riders returned LO th e .H edger H ouse this weekend, to stage th eir annual Cl ock Run. Never full y beli eving a club that ad vertises a " time keeper's run " , half of th e ri ders expected a repeal of last yea r 's intensely wh oopied Nat ional co urse. a nd the ot he r half looked for a tough course with so me tricky secti ons throw n in to catch th e hot ri de rs. Wh en it was a ll over, though, Bruce Den gl er cap tured th e overall win . . The trail n ever really loosened up, and th e Pin e Baron's run tu rned into a good , ol d-fashioned South Jersey en duro , comp lete wi th nasty whoopde-dos, tigh t trees, plenty of san dy . mud, an d long sect io ns o f cra n berry bog dik es th a t req uire p lenty o f at ten uon to travel a t speed - on e wrong m ov e and yo u co u ld b e swi m m ing-to the n ext chec k. H onda-m ounted Den gl er made it two in a row a nd three so far for th e season, by dropping eight points in th e morning, a sco re that had most o f [he A rid ers gru m b ling aft erwards. " Wh a t' d Y do. ride a different set OU o f checks 'or something?" said Tony Rec chia when he heard Dengler 's sco re. Last year' s ECEA ch amp. Jack Laffert y Jr.. on ly m anaged to ca rd nine po ints into th e fin ish - a gr ea t score. but n ot qu ite 101" enough. Hard on Lafferrv' s [ail wa s Kevin Bennett with 10 points, Mike Kopie led m inute one on hi s KT~I. looking for th e B H igh Point

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