Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Spangler. Boggia built up a five second lead, while Dave Hand and Spangler began picking off the riders ahead of them. Boggia led through four and a half laps when the Suzukimounted rider was succumbed by a flat tire, giving the lead to David Hand with Spangler trailing close behind. The two front runners ran a tire-to-tire race to the finish with Spangler sandwiched between the two Hands, Dave in front and Carl ~inishing third. Jim Deutsch rode bis 250cc Honda to the overall win in the B class chaulking up 2-1 moto finishes. Kei th Perry led the field of riders through the first turn to start the first moto followed by Mike Cain, Deutsch and Bill Pizzino. The Kawasaki-mounted Perry held his lead for the entire moto, while Deutsch and Pizzino dispensed of Cain and battled for second. Perry held an 11 second lead to begin the final lap, while Deutsch rode without error, knowing, Pizzino was on his tail waiting for the opportunity to pass. Cain and John Diezic filed through the checkered flag behind Pizzino. Deutsch took the lead to start the second moto followed by Perry, Cain and Pizzino. Deutsch surrendered his lead to Perry for a half lap before taking control of the front spot where he remained for the rest of the moto. Pizzino motored pa-st Cain to begin the third lap and routed past Perry during the final half lap. Cain finished fourth' followed by Rick Boepple in fifth. Results 50: 1. Jason Kinley (Yam); 2. Larry Rust (Vam); 3. David Cacolici (Suz). 60: Matt Martsolf (Kawl; 2. Daviq Borris (Han); 3. Josh Demuth (Kaw); 4. Jed Ranso (Kaw). .80 (7-11): 1. Matt Martsolf (Kaw); 2. Jason Sell (KDX); 3. Zak Schaffer (Kaw); 4. Josh Demuth (Yam). 80 (12·13): 1. Ben Fraley.(Kawl; 2. Mike Katin (Han); 3. Jay Hershey (Yam); 4. Jeff Wooledge (Han); 5. Joseph Gerdes (Yaml. 80 (14-15): 1. William Koleno (Kaw); 2. Gene Kelley (Han); 3. Bruce Jeakle (Han); 4. Chas Coon (Kawl; 5. John Gerdes (Vam). 125 C: ,. Chuck Francisco (SulI; 2. Mike Snyder (Han); 3. Chris Bodo (Han); 4. Mouse Winder (Kaw); 5. Greg Hoover (Kaw). 125 B: ,. Bill Penick (Varni; 2. Keith Perry (Kaw); 3. Wayne Becker (Han); 4. Curtis Stantial (Vam); 5. Mike Cain (Vam). I 125 SB: 1. Steve Wooledge (Han); 2. Brad Quear (Kaw); 3. Brian Becker (Han); 4. Frank Vonker (Kaw). 125 A: ,. Barney Barnett (Han); 2. Chuck Nicholson (Han); 3. Rob Venulonis (Han); 4. Billy Ball (Kawj'.. 250 C: 1. Kenneth Frank (Hon); 2. Pete Arner (Kaw); 3. Steve Wilmington (Kaw); 4. Shane Smith (Suz); 5. John Harrington (Varni. '. 250 B: 1. Jim Deutsch (Han); 2. Keith Perry (Kaw); 3. Bill Pizzino (Yam); 4. Mike Cain (Yam); 5. Rick Boepple (Han). 250 A: 1. David Hand (Han); 2. Dale Spang",r (Kaw); 2. Carl Hand (Han); 4. Tim Deutsch (Han); 5. Berry Coy (KTM). SR 1: 1. Blaine Ouecaster (Kaw); 2. Tim Stantial (Vam); 3. Dennis Voung (Vam); 4. Jim Kraly (Kaw); 5. Frank Trunk (Suz). SR 2: 1. KW. Boyd (Han); 2. Bruce Steinfurth (Han); 3. larry Coy (Vam); 4. Larry Stahl (Han). OPEN B: ,. Jay Smith (Vam); 2. Randy Bender (MST); 3. Rick Welton (Han); 4. Don Mattern Jr. (Han). EXTRA: ,. Dave Alexander (SUl); 2. Rick Horvath (Han); 3. Paul Knapp (Han); 4. Chuck Ianni (Han); 5. Matt Reed (Suz). Southgate storms Paris ST By Karen Lewis PARIS, TN, JUNE 20 Charles R. Southgate took the Open class honQrs Saturday night in short track racing at Paris. A wide groove, put down in practice, allowed for good racin,g in the WKCRA event. Southgate grabbed the lead off the start in the Open final and everyone else had to fight for second as he ran on a rail en route to the win. A good diee shaped up for second with Denne Williams topping Charles K. Southgate, Eddie Reagor and David Flowers for the runner-up spot. Williams went to the front of the 250cc main and'used a tight .inside line to card the win. The race for ·seeo.nd was a challenge just to stay on two wheels as a lot of shoving and position swapping went on. At the checkers the order read Flowers, David Menser, Jeff Middlebrooks, Jim Briedenbach and Charles Fennell. Eddie Reagor holeshot the 125cc final and cruised in for the win. Joel Barrow and David Menser were in a heated battle until Menser, trying to use Barrow as a braking point, went down. Barrow rode to second 'with T.). Burnette topping Chuck Allen for third. Monte Starks took a f1ag-to-f1ag win in the 200cc class. Barrow, Mark Walker, Jimmy Allen and Chris Martin followed him acros the line. Nick Hayden led the Automatic class final until Jon Camp took over _ at the halfway' point. Camp went on to win beating Jenny Hayden, Beau Braswell, and Jason Goodwin when . Nick Hayden went down. Aaron Ladd put his Performance Cycle Honda in front of the 65cc final and was never headed. Nick Hayden came through the field to finish second with Chris Boone filling out' the winner's circle. Jarrod Barrow, Camp, Tommy Hayden and Joshua KnOll rounded out the field. Results AUTO: ,. "Jon Camp (Vam); 2. Jenny Hayden (Vam); 3. Beau Braswell (Vam). 65: 1. Aaron Ladd (Han); 2. Nicky Hayden (Kaw); 3. Chris Boone (Kaw). BO: 1. Joel Barrow (Kaw); 2. Tommy Hayden (Vam); 3. Chris Boone (Kaw). 125: ,. Eddie Reagor (Suz); 2. Joel Barrow (Kaw); 3. T.J. Burnette (SUl). 200: 1. Monte Starks (Bul); 2. Joel Barrow (Kaw); 3. Mark Walker (Suz). 250: 1. Denne Williams (Bul); 2. David Flowers (Suz); 3. David Menser (Yam). OPEN: ,. Charles R. Southgate (Vam); 2. Denne Williams (Vam); 3. Charles K. Southgate (Vam). SR: 1. Alan Dewey (C-A): 2. Danny ColJins (Suz); 3. Bill Just (Vam). AM: 1. Bill Gruwell (Vam). Brown, Nea' burn Hell Ho'e Creek MX By Gary Crider COLUMBIA, SC, JUNE 20-21 Mike Brown and Todd Neal earned double Regional Championship titles via their perfect scores in the Stock and Modified divisions of the . 85cc (14-15) and I25cc (12- 15) classes, respectively, in ·the AMA Southeastern Regional Championship/Qualifier at Hell Hole Creek MX. Ezra LusK also claimed two titles, winning the 65 and 85cc divisions in the 7-Il age gJ'OUp. The top six finishers in each of the Youth, Women and Senior divisions earned a guaranteed starting position at the AMA Amateur Nationals to he held in mid-August at Loretta Lynn's Dude Ranch in Termessee. A three-moto prow.am was run with the best two fimshes determining a rider's score. All classes ran 20minute motos. The 'course received praise from numerous riders for its lack of double-jumps and for its challenging rough surface. Barr/Gear-backed Brown dominated 85cc (14-15) action b!J twas challenged by Derek Youngblood in the second Stock moto. Youngblood closed on Brown but was set back in a spill and had to settle for an eventual third overall in a tied score behind his brother Daryl Youngblood. Freewheeling Honda's Neal made it look easy as he ou tdi.stanced the pack en route to perfect scores in 125cc (12-15) Stock and Modified action. Florida's Chris Marlin earned runner-up honors in Stock action while Trey Phillips took the slot in Modified racing over Marlin. Jake McClure emerged victor·ious in fierce I25cc C action after posting 1-1-1 finishes. Tommy Bilz earned runner-up honor~ over Kawasaki of Milton, Florida's Russell Grater who had claimed the opening moto win. Florida's Brian Broussard fought his way through the pack in the final Todd Neal (718) powered to the victory in the 125cc 12-15 ranks at Hell Hole Creek's Regional Championship MX. two 250ec/Open C motos and won both times to take the title over Shane Kennedy and Earnest Harbin. With only about a dozen entrants each, the Women's and Senior (40+) classes were run together in. staggered-stan motos. The Women started 15 seconds behind the Seniors but Women's Champion Vicki Reynolds passed the entire Senior field each time out en route to her winning 2-2-1 score. At 35, Vicki was the oldest in her class. The second oldest in the class was .Beth Rewis, at 27, and she took second overall with a 1-3-2 score over 17 year-old Gina Perry, who finished 3-1-3_ Mudd Enterprises' Paul Lesson survived close battles with Marc Minor and Charlie Owens to finish 1-1-4, netting the Senior (40+) title over Minor and Owens. Gear/Yokahama's Robby Neeley devastated the competition in Senior (30+) action, lapping most of the field in all three motos. Steve Lewis edged Logan Atkins in a good battle for runner-up honors. Results 51 AUTO STK:·1. Ashley Bruce (Vam); 2. Jacob Hines (Vam); 3. Sean Morgan (Vam); 4. Shane Moeves (Vam)t5. Matt Walker (SUl); 6. Matt Boone (Vam). . 65 STK 7-11: 1. Elra lusk (Kaw); 2. Ryan Reynolds (Kaw); 3. Chuck Shirley (Kaw); 4. Joshua Latina (Kaw); 5. Richie Horton (Kaw); 6. Daniel Rich (Kaw). 85 STK 7-11: 1. EZfa lusk (K'aw); 2. Patrick Slate (Vam); 3. Chris Brown (Kaw); 4. Ryan Reynolds (Han); 5. Matt Harrell (Vam); 6. Steven Eller (Han). B5 STK 12-13: 1. Tim Ferry (Han); 2. Hank Moree (Kaw); 3. jim Neese (Vam); 4. Carl Fogle (Vam); 5. Brock Bullard (Vam); 6. Chad laugh (SUl). B5 MOD 9-13; 1. Jim Neese (Vam); 2. Tim Ferry (Han); 3. Hank Moree (Kaw); 4. Carl Fogle (Vam); 5. Brock Bullard (Vam); 6. Chad Lough (SUl). B5 STK 14-'-5: 1. Mike Brown (Han); 2. Daryl Youngblood (Vam); 3. Derek Youngblood (Vam); 4. Ohance Matthews (SUl); 5. Tracey Barnett (Kaww); 6. Tim Hawthorne (Han). B5 MOD 14-15: 1. Mike Brown (Han); 2. Chance Matthews (Suz); 3. Derek Voungblood (Vam); 4. Anthony Paggio (Kaw); 5. Daryl Youngblood (Vam); 6. Chad leigh (Vam). 125 STK 12-15: 1. Todd Neal (Han); 2. Chris Marlin (Kaw); 3. Ernest Millan Jr. (Han); 4. Rob Hanson (Vam); 5. John Winslow (Han); 6. Trey Phillips (Kaw). 125 MOD 12-15: 1. Todd' Neai (Han); 2. Trey Phillips(Kaw); 3. Chris Marlin (Kaw); 4. Rob Hanson (Vam); 5. John Winslow (Han); 6. Earnest Millan Jr. (Han). . 1 ~5 C: 1. Jake McClure (Vam); 2. Tommyu Bill (Han); 3. R.ussell Grater (Kaw); 4. Wayne Guinn (Kaw); 5. Busbee Dyer (Han); 6. Ryan Fenn (Kaw). 250/0PEN C; ,. Brian Broussard (Vam); 2. Shane Kennedy (Yam); 3. Earnest Harbin (Han); 4. Brad Mills (Han); 5. layton Gwinn (Han); 6. Bobby Gilbe

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