Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- Results SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 2. Phil (Wes); 3. Bobby Ott (Gdn); 4. Brad Oxley (Wes). HDCP: 1. Andy Northrup (Wes); 2. Alan Christian (Wes); 3. Keith Larsen (Jaw). SUP: 1. Lee Edwards (Was); 2. Bernie Tuslto (PPT); 3. Tony Bienert (Jaw). eo"lnS Nield nails Rockingham JOO EnduI'ance By Bob Applegate ROCKINGHAM, c, JULY 4-5 . Bruce Nield used ~he awesome power of his 860cc Honda Interceptor to win the Fourth of july, lOO-mile endurance race at Lhe North Carolina Motor Speedway. Nield, on the Hardees of Winchester/Rockhard Excavating Inc./Telco Construction Co.-sponsored Honda, got the holeshot and was first into the steep banking followed by local rider Arnold Hastings, Georgia's Bob Green and jim Sherrill. Green dropped into second with Sherrill pushing around Arnold Hastings on lap [our to gain third. Sherrill was able to go in much [aster and deeper into the turns than the r~st, allowing him to gain substanual ground on the leaders early in the race. G~n.outbraked Nield going into the mheld and quickly moved around several slower riders. Nield was patient and waited until reentering the banking to blast back into the lead. Nield used the Honda's power on the one mile banked section. Robert Bradley made his bid [or the front on a New River Motor Sports-sponsored FZRIOOO, as he moto~ed past both Hastings and Shernll to move mto third. The battle raged around ,Lhe 1.7 mile cours~ with Sherrill running it in deep mto turn one and Bradley right there every rune. Finally the inevitable occurred. Two bikes occupying Lhe same space at the same time. SherriJ I held it on a fraction longer gomg LOtO one and Bradley went down. The race was red £lagged. At Lhe restart Green shot past Nield and held the lead [or one lap only to be blttzed on t~e front straight by Nield. Nleld contmued to build a lead on second place Green and by the half way point had 17 seconds on Green. With Bradley out, Sherrill held on to third ahead o[ Hastings on the Suzuki. Mark Long moved up to the fourth place spot, while Dave George moved up to filth as Lhe race wound down to its final laps. Up front, jim Sherrill passed Green for second on the back straight. Nield maintained a comfortable lea~ while the battle raged behind hLm. Green c6ntinued to close in the [inaI laps, finally pulling off a last lap pass in the infield portion to grab second from Sherrill. Results . REGIONAL 100.: 1. Bruce Nield (Han); 2. Bob Green (Yam); 3. Jim Sherrill (Yam); 4. Mark Long (Yam); 5. Dave George (Han). M/W S/SPRT COMB: 1. Cam Roos (Hon)' 2 David Murray (Han); 3. John Choate (Han): 4' Russell Moffitt (Han); 5. Mark Pastir (Yam) • . HIW S/SPRT COMB: 1. Cam Roos (Han)' 2 Russell Moffitt (Han); 3. Kyle Jones (Suz); 4: Wendell Ware (Suz); 5. Arnold Hastings (Suz). MIW S/BK NOV: 1. Russell Moffitt (Han)' 2 Mark Pastir (Yam); 3. Mark See (Vam); 4. T~d Trumble (Ron); 5. Mike Bonn (Kaw). MIW S/BK EX: 1. David Murray (Han); 2. Jim She",11 (Yam); 3. Pete Strunk (Due); 4. Donald Unger (Kaw); 5. Chuck Ackroyd (Yam). F·l: 1. Jim Sherrill (Yam); 2. Bob Green (Yam); 3. Frank Shockley (BMW); 4. Don Caison (Yam). F-2 NOV: 1. Russell Moffitt (Han); 2. Mark See (Yam); 3. Todd Trumble (Han); 4. Mike Bonn (Kaw)' 5. David Hand (Due). • F-2 EX: 1. Jim Sherrill (Yam); 2. Cam Roos (Han); 3. David Murray (Hon); 4. Pat O'Leary (Yaml; 5. Pete Strunk (Due). HIW S/BK COMB: 1. Tommy Sloan (Yam)' 2 Bob Green (Yam); 3. John Choate (Suz); 4. Kyle Jones (Suz); 5. Ruuell Moffitt (Hon). LIW S/BK COMB: 1. John Lowman (Yam)' 2 David Murray (Yam); 3. Mark Long (Yam)' 4 c.:aili Shambaugh (Kwl; 5. Thomes Kerr (Yam).' . U/LS/BK: 1. TOl\lmy Sloan (Yam); 2. Jim Sherrill (Yam~ 3. Bob Green (Yam). SITW COMB: 1. Eric Phillippe (Due); 2. Pete Strunk (Due); 3. Stuart Beatson (BMW); 4. David Hand (Due): 5. Blaine Paulus (M-G). GI'ay gl'abs Seal's Point win By Karenlynne Bradley SONOMA, CA, JUNE 28 The American Federation of Motorcyclists ran an abbreviated race day because of what riders reported as an excessively slippery track surface. There were several accident during the course of Lhe day, resulting in the red flagging of three races and delaying the proceedings, while cleanup was initiated. In the 750cc class, Richard Moore was. out in front early but crashed dur.mg the second lap, allowing Sco~tGray to take over the first place posl~on. Even though Gray - was turnmg I :49s on his stock machine he did not command as impressiv~ a lead over the rest of the pack as he has i.n the past. Nevertheless, Gray stayed 10 the lead for the balance o[ the race, an~ won easily, with Chris Steward, lam Pero, Scott Cavness, a.nd Bob Vagrin rounding ou t the top fIve. In the Open Stock Production class, Ri~k Liukkonen led the pack up the hIli and held on to his lead [or the first lap before being passed ~y Pero. After two laps, Pero was still ill front, with jeff Hagan holding down second, Liukkonen third, and Gray fourLh. Gray moved up into thir~ plac~ by the end of three laps, forCLng LJUkkonen into fourth and leaving fi[Lh to james Domay. The race ~as r~ £lagged after five laps, at which ume Pero was still in first. He was later disqualified for passing under the yellow £lag, and the win went to Ha~, second place 10 Gray, third to LlUkkonen and fourth to Domay. The 600cc Stock Production class was, once again, an example of the Honda ~~icanesblowing away the compennon. Dave Deveau AFM Novice o[ the Year for 1986, led easily [ro~ . £lag to £lag. Competition [or pOSItlOn was £terce behind Deveau and Chris Steward passed Richard Mo<;>re to take over second place dunng lap two. Pero took third, fourth went to joe Brett Williams, and £tfth to Walt Nitto.. . D~vau came out, once again, to dormnate the 600cc Superstreet class and Michael johnson held down th~ second place position until the third lap, when he took the lead from Deveau. Wal~ Nitto moved his way forward unul he took over third place, but didn't stop there and pushed his way past both Deveau and johnson. to take the win. johnson came ~n second, Deveau third, john Fryer lD fourth and Stephen Rodden in fifth. Results OPEN GP: '1. Kirk Hill;' 2. Bob Vangrin; 3. Jeffrey BanOister. F-2: 1. Chris Hughes; 2. Gordon Hedemark" 3 Wayne Montoya. • . F-l: 1. Jeff Stern; 2. Jeredmy Anson; 3. Michaedl Hunter. 250 MOD PROD: 1. Richard Moore; 2. Don Canet; 3. Joe Montoya. 450 MOD PROD: 1. Dale Alexander; 2. David Roberts; 3. Randy Borg. 600 MOD PROD: 1. David Deveau; 2. Joe Brett Wllhams; 3. John Fryer. Wicklund aces SIR Road Race By Gary Sjoquist BRAINERD, MN, JUNE 27-28 Wes Wicklund, one o[ the Central Roadracing As~ociation's perennial fast guys, t.ook home the lion's share of the trophies from Lhe CRA road r ace at Brainerd International Raceway. Wicklund, on a CBR600, collected two firsts, four seconds, and a third place finish at Lhe busy weekend event that featured 75-mile trophy Tomm.y Sloa!" piloted his Yamaha FZ750 to the Heavyweight Superbike Combined Win at the North Carolina Motor Speedway. dashes and Production sprints on Saturday, along with Supersport and Superbike sprints on Sunday. Other notable performances· were put in by SRX600-mounted Gary Pilgram who took three firsts, and Novice Marlin Dingman, who took [our firsts on his CBR600. Wicklund was the overall winner o[ Satur~y's .first 75-mile trophy dash, which mcluded Production and Superbike classes through Middleweight. Marlin Dingman was the LOp Novice finisher. FZR750mounted Todd Strang was the overal~ winner of the second trophy dash, wlLh FZ750-mounted David Anderson the ~op Novice. After the trophy dashes, It was on to the Production sprints, and wiLh grid sizes down, rac~rs enjoyed the luxury o[ 10 lap SprInts. However, CRA oHicials pulled a surprise airbox check after each Production sprint, serving nouce that Production rules will be enforced this season: The string netted six top finishers who were disqualified. Sunday's action began wiLh Lightweight Supersport. Ross Freeman, who had spent most o[ Saturday mght changing engines, won going away after building a 10-second lead. .Tim Dupont, on a VF500, was second W'lth john Mensch RZ350 Lhird.· " In the Novices, it was hard charging Ron Petrick on his VF500 over the GPz o[ jim Hall and the Kerkerequipped EX500 of Vince johnson. In Middleweight Supersport, it' was Bryon Lambert, who had left the Pro race at Elkhart Lake on Saturday to race Sunday at BIR, taking the early lead on his CBR600. Wicklund turned a I :53 to brie£ly take the lead, but Lambert responded with a blister.ing 1:5 I on lap eight to overtake WIcklund. At the [Jag, it was Lambert by three seconds, with Wicklund second and the Ninja of Lloyd Rivers third. CBR600-mounted Dingman was the first Novice, with Mike Moores on an FZ600 second, and jeff Bramstedt, CBR600, third. In He!lvyweight Supersport, it was Scott Williams on a Canadian GSXR to a relatively easy 10-second win. Lambert and Wicklund were second an~ third until the last lap, when WIcklund dropped out and Lambert crashed in turn 10. CRA President Bill Young, who had been running fourth on his CBR600, took second with Troy Sawvel's FZ600 third. In the Novices, it was a trio o[ FZ750s with J.T. Plombon first, followed by john Anderson and Tim Fox. Results TROPHY DASH 1 EX MWPO: 1. Was W.c:tdund (Hanl; 2. Chuck Kurk9Wslti (Han); 3. John Soderholm (Han). NOV MWPD: 1. Marlin Dingman (Han); 2. Mike Seaton (Han); 3. Doug Marsh IYam). EX LWSB: 1. Jeff Johnson (Suz); 2. Tim Dupont . (Han); 3. Jay DaVidson (Han). NOV LWSB: 1. Bob Baldwin IHon); 2. Vince Johnson (Kaw); 3. Steve Rasmussen (Yam). EX LWPD: 1. Tom Robenson; 2. Brent Bixby (Kaw); 3. Kevin Downey (Kaw). NOV LWPD: 1. HamIl Chastain (Kaw); 2. Mike Janke (Vam); 3. Olson (Yam). EX ULPD: 1. Glen Christianson (Yam); 2. Larry Sorenson (Yam). NOV ULPD: 1. Bill Thompson (Yam); 2. Steve Throldahl (Han). EX ULSB: 1. Gary Pilgram (Yam). NOV ULSB: 1. Pete Schow (Kaw); 2. Sheldon Matthys (Suz). TROPHY DASH 2 EX UNPO: 1. John Mulligan (Yam). NOV UNPD: 1. Ken Doble (Kaw); 2. John Deluce (Kaw); 3. Russ Anderson (Kaw). EX HWSB: 1. Todd Strang (Yam); 2. Jay Waalen (Suz~ 3. Jon Zupan (Yaml. NOV HWSB: 1. David Anderson (Yam); 2. John Lamn (Han). EX HWPD: 1. Bill Soderholm (yaml; 2. Don Baldwin (Yam); 3. Dave Clark (Suz). NOV HWPD: 1. J.T. Plombon (Yam); 2. Chuck Elander (Suz); 3. Ron Oener (Suz). EX MWSB: 1. Bill Young (Han); 2. Troy Sawvel (Yam); 3. Lloyd Rivers (Kaw). NOV MWSB:: 1. Mike Moores (Yam); 2. Mike Shea (Yam); 3. Scott Ruehle (kaw). EX ULPD: 1. Gary Pilgram (Yam); 2. Ron Bohl (Yam); 3. Larry Sorenson (Yam). NOV ULPD: 1. Jeff Delzer (Yam); 2. Pete Schow (Kaw); 3. Bill Thompson (Yam). . EX LWPO': 1. Brent Bixby (Kaw); 2. Kevin Downey (Kaw); 3. Andre LaPlume (Yam). 750 MOD PROD: 1. Scott Cavness; 2. Chris Crew; 3. Michael Edmonson. . OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Jeff Hagan; 2. Rich Llukkonen; 3. Kenneth Louketis. 600 S/ST: 1. Walt Nitta; 2. Michael Johnson' 3. David Deveau. • 750 S/ST: 1. Chris Crew; 2. Bob Vangrin; 3. Armin Zipper Ie. . OPEN S/ST: 1. Jeff Hagan; 2. Kirk Hill: 3. Charles Below. 250 STK PROD: 1. Raymond Zech; 2. Francis Mazur; 3. Fran Crane. 450 STK PROD: 1. Wayne Emerson; 2. Joe Lum; . 3. David Roberts. 600 STK PROD: 1. David Deveau: 2. Chris Steward; 3. lain Pero. 750 STK PROD: 1. Scott Gray; 2. Chris Steward' 3. lain Paro. • OPEN STK PROD: 1. Jeff Hagan; 2. Scott Gray; I 3.Rick Liukkonen. NOV LWPD: 1. Harrel Ch.stain (Kaw); 2. Jeff Delzer (Yam); 3. Mike Janke (Yam). EX MWPD: 1. Bill Young (Han); 2. Was Wicklund '(Han); 3. Troy Sawvel (Yam). NOV MWPD: 1. Marlin Dingman (Han); 2. Mike Seaton (Han); 3. Jeff Bramstedt (Han). EX HWPD: 1. Bill Young (Han); 2. Wes Wicklund (Han); 3. Don Baldwin (Yam). NOV HWPD: 1. Tim Fox (Yam); 2. J.T. PI ambon (Yam); 3. Bill Mize (Suz). EX UNPD: 1. Bill Soderholm (yam); 2. Wes Wicklund (Han): 3. Jon Zupan (Yam). NOV UNPD: 1. Ken Doble (Kaw); 2. Bill Mize (Suz); 3. James Oliver (Han). SUPERSPORT SPRINTS EX LWSS: 1. Ross_ Freedman (Yam); 2. Tim Dupont (Han); 3. John Mensch (Vam). NOV LWSS: 1. Ron Petrick (Han); 2. Jim Hall (Kaw); 3. Vince Johnson (Kaw). EX MWSS: 1. Bryon Lambert (Han); 2. Wes Wicklund (Han); 3. Lloyd Rivers (Kaw). NOV MWSS: 1. Marlin Dingman (Han): 2. Mike Moores (Yam); 3. Jeff Bramstedt (Han). EX HWSS: 1. Scott Williams (Suz); 2. Bill Young (Han); 3. Mike Ruehle (Kaw). NOV HWSS: 1. J.T. Plombon (Yam); 2. David Anderson IYam); 3. Tim Fox (Yam). SUPERBIKE SPRINTS EX ULS!l: 1. Gary Pilgr..m (Yam); 2. Glen Christianson (Yam); 3. Larry Sorenson (Yam). NOV ULSB: 1. Pete Schow (Kaw); 2. Sheldon Matthys (Suzl; 3. Mike Dickinson (Kew). EX LWSB: 1. Ross Freeman (Yam); 2. Tim Dupont (Han) 3. Jeff Johnson (Suzl. NOV LWSB: 1. Ron Petrick (HanI; 2. Jon Voznak (Han); 3. Jim Hall (Kaw). EX MWSB: 1. Was Wicklund (Hon); 2. Troy Sawvel (Vam~ 3. Jeff Johnson (Slizl. NOV MWSB: 1. Marlin Dingman (Honl; 2. Mike Moores (Yam); 3. John Anderson (Kaw). EX HWSB: 1. Scott Williams (Suzl; 2. Ru.. Frey (Hanl; 3. Wes Wic:tdund (Hon). NOV HWSB: 1. Mike M-.. (Yaml; 2. David ~ (Yam); 3. Milte Seaton (Honl.

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