Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

OPEN: 1. IReoil H.rt (Rtx~ 2. Mike R.g.n (HOI; 3. Roger tellay (C·A). Pinkstaff collects cash at SIR ->aaRace By Zlock Racing's Keith Pinkstllff won the GSXR1'IOO money WMRRA road race in Kent. but he crashed in the 750cc final. Olsen tops KeioggMJC OPEN INT: 1. Todd While; 2. Gary Pungburn; 3. Fr.nk Spenel. OPEN EX: 1. Jeff 50<_ 2. lonnie ~n' 3. G.rry Dokken. ' By Rolfe Otterness KELLOGG, MN, MAY 10 Daemyn Olsen captured the overall win in the 125cc Expert class at Midway Recreation Park's second motocross race of the year. A onetwo score did the trick for KXmounted Olsen. Richard Keeney t<~k .the second .moto win, topping hlS first moto Sixth. Other notable performances included Todd Osman in me 250cc Expert class and Brandon Backes in me Mini Senior class. Olsen took the lead by the third lap of the first moto. David Tait moved into second after a dice with Chad Winecke. Robbie Engstrom finished third after a charge from last on the first lap. Engstrom started out strong in the second moto, leading for me first three laps. He took a trip over the bars on the next lap and retired for the day. Richard Keeney and Olsen went on to take the top two places with Winecke and Richard Bums trailing. Bryan Hunt led wire-to-Wire in the first 250cc Expert moto. Scott Truempi and Scott Ruegg disputed ~ond wim Tru~mpi prevailing. Pat Riley and Lonrne Bredeson cruised in for fourth and fifth. Riley and Hunt jumped out front in the second moto, but Hunt pulled off after a crash and Osman and Bredeson dropped Riley to third. Bredeson closed on Osman late in me moto, but Osman took the win. Riley and Ruegg led Truempi at the flag to fill the top five. Results MINI PIW: 1. Milce A1kinson; 2. Shelly Kann' • 3. T.ylor Carlson. MINI JR: 1. '" , A"n Dekeyrel. Mik. Atkinson'• 2. -- - S18;"e' 3 •••. MINI SR; 1. Br.ndon Backes; 2. Corey K...ney; 3. Aaron Carlson. SCHBV: 1. Cr.ig Tr.nzm.ler; 2.' Doug Dekayrel' 3. Trail Brown. • SR B: 1. AI'!'n S18il1e; 2. Roy Fr.n.....; 3. A.J. K....neke. SR EX: 1. Bruce Br.inerd; 2. Todd WMe; 3. Cr.ig RU18Chow. 125 B (GRP 1): 1. Chris Schulz; 2. Jeff Matejke; 3. Ch.rd Resnh.it.. .125 B (GRP 2): 1. P.ul H.rellt.d; 2. Jeff R._ntrop; 3. Jeff Benrud. 1251NT: 1. Chad Clendenen; 2. M.rc W.shburn; 3. Mike Carlson. 125 EX: 1. D.emyon Olsen; 2. Richerd Keeney; 3. Chad Winecke. 250 B: 1. Randy S_I.; 2. Eric Andersoo' 3 T..,P_. 38 ' . 250 INT: 1. Keith Denielson; 2. Corey tloffeobei~ 3. Bri.n Oeltjen. 250 EX: 1. Todd Osman; 2. lonnie B r _ ' 3. Pet Riley. ' OPEN B: 1. A"n W.nclling; 2. .Mrry Schulze' 3. Bred Redline!.· ' Hayden hammers PaducahHM By Karen Lewis PADUCAH, KY, MAY 16 Tommy Hayden pulled out the stops and took both the 60 and 80cc class wins at me Carson Park half mile tonight. Hayden ~nd Aaron Ladd swapped the lead m the 65cc final until Hayden went on top by two bike lengths to stay. They remained close to the finish. Jarrod Barrow beat out Nick Hayden for the third place spot. The 80cc final was a carbon copy of the previous race. Hayden pulled t~e holeshot and Joel Barrow provlded the heat. Barrow tried to reel the "Flying Flea" in, but came up a few feet short at the line. Barrow took the lead in the 125cc class final and, never looked back. Right. be~nd him, Eddie Reagor, Rob~le Gnef and Mike Mayer were batthng for second. Bruce Fiser was the man on the move and he came from sixth to join the threesome. Barrow held on to take the win with Reagor capturing second by inches over Fiser. The Open class was whittled down to a 12-rider firlal through two heats. Heat wins went to Real Hart and Mike Ragan. Hart took the lead off . me green and that was all anyone saw of him as he rode to an eventual straightaway win. Ragan held second before being passed by Andy Richardson. Two laps later Richardson's night ended with a get-off in tum three. Ragan was a safe second Gary Wielt, who had been running fourth, retired with ignition problems on the same lap. ~oger Talley had been picking off nders every lap and worked his way to third by the checkers. Bill Jackson and Bret Gale filled in the top five. Jeff Middlebrooks was another straightaway winner as he blew the 250cc class away. JotI.y Martin held second initially before getting moved back a notch by Robbie Grief. Results • 55: 1. Tommy Heyden; 2. Aeron Ledd; 3. Jerrod Barrow. . 80: 1. Tommy Heyden; 2. Joel B.rrow; 3. Clint Mcleod. 125: ,. Joel B.rrow IKawt, 2. Eddie R_or ISuzl; 3. Br.... Fiser IKew). 250: 1. Jeff Middlebrooks (Hont, 2. Robbie Grief (Bull; 3. Jody M.rtin (Y.m) " Bruce~~ ..._ KENT, WA, MAY 17 "The Suzuki contingency races are going to be a dogfight and Joe Pi~tman's the man to beat today," said Portland's Keith Pinkstaff during the lunch break when WMRRA hosted it first Suzuki money race at Seatlle International Raceway. Zlock Racing's Pinkstaff beat Pittman in the IlOOcc contingency race, but crashed out of the GSXR 750 contest. Australian Craig Trinder passed Pittman on the last lap of the final, but a late race crash and resultant red flag left the outcome in doubt. Dirt and rubber residue from a recent high school drag race resulted in uncertain traction for many riders. No one was seriously hurt, but many riders put the shiny side down. Pinkstaff won the 750cc Superbike money race. Doug Renfrow took second ahead of Jamie Dick from Rapid Motorcycles in Victoria, B.C. Bruce Behal's Ninja 750 gridded fourth, but <;rashed hard in the final. His partner Doug Renfrow said, "Bruce grabbed the brakes before tum two and nothing happened, and he pitched it. Later on we noticed one of me calipers had a brake pad missing." Steve Littlejohn's fourlhplace Yamaha was the only threat to Suzuki hegemony. The $1000 Suzuki first-prize in the GSXR1I00 race got Pinkstaff and Pittman working hard. Pittman's Bellevue Suzuki won the pole during me moming four-lap qualifier, and h~ stayed within strikirlg distance of Pmkstaff throughout the final, his bike shaking a bit each time they rocketed out of tum nine. . In the end, Pinkstaff's Dunlopshod GSXR1I00 took the checkered flag ahead of Pittman's Michelin HiSports-equipped Suzuki. In the cooler morning hours some riders said their Hi-Sports were reluctant to warm up, but Pittman attributed his problems to power and gearing. Craig Trinder was gf~tefui just to merit third-place money. His 1100 h~d the disconcerting habit of .poppmg out of gear when least convenient. Trinder's father was on hand, and the whole Insulate Industries pit crew was thankful to Highlirie Suzuki owner Ray Bardine. When spares couldn't be located, Bardine gave them rings - out of a showroom bike - lowering the 1100's compression leakdown from 45% to six percent. Pinkstaff's luck failed him in me 750cc race. There was oil in the esses and it was there he crashed on lap two. ~is ~~ front tir~ gave way and ~e saJd Oil had nothing to do with It. . Pittman wasted little time grabbmg the lead He and Trinder set a pace in the one- minute !o-second range. Then they took it down to a blistering 1:29.55 - an unofficial class record - on the 2,25-mile course. " On the white-flag lap, at the end of the straight, near the apex of flatout turn one, Trinder got by Pittman and managed to stay there till the checkered flag. That would have been it, plain and 'simple, if MarIe- Haskins hadn't crashed hard in the tum two sweeper. Haskins went to the hospital with back pain, but later was reported in good shape. So Trinder took the finish ahead of P.ittman, Dale Franklin, Mike Sulhvan, Shawn Roberti, Doug' Renfrow, and Ward Rodgers. Wascher .and Joe Davis filled out the top 10. According to WMRRA's Chris Loomis, the flagman Greg Tutmark gave the checkered flag to the first ~~. Then in response to Hasambulance. lh'ic-cieleased a second a red flag with the ched<~m.on got One interpretation of the rules sa tJ:tat when a race is red flagged, me VJctory goes to the leader of the p-rroious lap. The Bellevue Suzuki p~ts were confident of this, and Pittman. added, :'We'r~ laughing because It looks hke Tnnder's wait and see strategy (ijdn't payoff." When posted results showed Trinder the winner, Pittman's crew immediately protested. WMRRA officials seized lap charts and were scheduled to dec~de the ~ssue in a special executtve meettng May 19. . Unofficial Results 450 PROD: (1. Mike Jorgenson (V.m~ 2. P.ul H_r (y.m). relults under protestl; 3. Chrie Denzler (V.m); 4. Bruce Terrell (Y.m); 5. Fr.ncls Payette (y.m). OPEN SGL: 1. St.n J.u Jou (Y.mt, 2. Morgen Seim; 3. Kenneth Brynn (Hon); 4. Deve Crockett (Y.ml; 5. Jim Tenn.son IV.m). HIGH LINE SUZUKI GSXR750 PROD CHAL (under prOl.Il): 1. Cr.ig Trlnder (Suz); 2. Joe Pittm.n ISUZ/; 3. 0.1. Fr.nklin (Suzl; 4. Mike Sulliv.n (Suz~ 5. Sh.wn Roberti (Suzl. 450 S/BK: 1. Seen Smyth (Hon~ 2. Tom _ _ (Y.m). . F-3: 1. Dave Clement (Hon~ 2. Doug D~ (Y.m~ 3. Semmy Schwlirz (Duel. 800 S/BK: 1. RicIterd Wuct- (Hon); 2."1levln Seferoo (Hont, 3. Shewn McDoneld (Honl 4. T_ Mer4x (Yaml 5. Ryan Selby (Hon). . OPEN S/BK: 1. W.rd Rodgers (BMW); 2. S UttJejohn (y.ml; 3. Ken Weipert (SuzI 4. M _ McBredy (Suz~ 4. Greg Froberg (Honl· 750 S/BK .: 1. Keith Pinkstefl (Suzl; 2. Doug Renfrow (Suz); 3. J.mie Dick (Suz~ 4. StM Littlejohn (Y.m); 5. 0.1. ZIock (Suz). F-2: ,. D.1e Fr.nldin (Hon); 2. Br.... UncI (hoRI; 3. Eugene Brown (Hon~ 4. Eric Ginn (Hon) OPEN BoTT: 1. W.rd Rodgers (BMW); 2. Randy SchemweU (Due); 3. Greg Fr~ (Kew); 4. lMry Vevig IBMW); 5. Don Peters (Kawl· 800 PROD: 1. Joe Pinmen (Honl 2. Bruce UncI (Honl 3. Richerd W.OCM< (Honl 4. Milce Kenvan (Honl 5. Shewn McOoIInld (Honl. OPEN PROD (GSXR SUZ '1: 1. Keith Pinkll8fl; 2. Joe Pittm.n (Suzl 3. Cr.ig Trinder (Suz/; 4. Joe 0 _ (Suz); 5. Br.... UncI (Suz). F·l .: 1. Keith Pinks18ffI$uz); 2. DeleZIock(Suz/; 3. Doug Renfrow (Suz); 4. St_ Littlejohn (Y.m!' 5. Ernie CoIlierlSuzl. • 650 BoTT: 1. Mike CorreU (Kawl; 2. Greg F_g (K.w); 3. Don Pe18rs (Kaw~ 4. George Schwen (Kaw); 5. Jay Pringle ICegl. Westwi'dat Eugene MX C'ship. By Clay Light EUGENE, OR, MAY 17 Jeff Daily and Mike West were among 12 overall winners at the final race of the season at Emerald Raceway. The race also doubled as the Eugene MX Championship and the 9th Annual Jeff Cairns Memorial Race. The Cairns Memorial has been held y~arly since 1979, paying tribute to CalmS, a local Pro who died in a tragic accident coming home from a National. . Daily, Tony Graves and Monty Spaldin$, put on one of the day's best battles, If not one of the best of me season in the 125cc Intermediate class. In moto one, it was Graves dominating the six, 2.5-mile laps to beat Daily, Spalding, Dan Mathis and Todd Gillette. Moto two had Daily take a start-to-finish win ahead of Roseburg Honda teammates Spalding and Graves. Graves' I·! ~des would only bring him second In the overall standings as Daily posted one of his best performanc-es all season to bag a 2-1 win. Spalding nabbed third after 3-2 rides. Graves was one of two riders to clear the track's incredible highspeed doubles, as Graves went ultrafast and took both 250cc Intermediate contests with relative ease. Only Dan Gregory could match Graves' pace. In fact, Gregory led the first two laps of moto two until Graves picked hIm off. After that, Gregory J1ad to

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