Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Reeuita ll1-lAP EXPERT FINAL: 1. Terry " - (Hon~ 2. s.mm.,S_(H-D~ 3. T8Cllloody(Hont 4. Chris Carr (H-D); 5. Rodney Farris (H-D); 8. Doug Chandlar (Hon~ 7. S_ Morehead (Hon~ B. Brien Azllenon (H-Dt 9. Doug DllVis (H-D~ 10. Rich King (Hon~ 11. Pwl Hames (H-D); 12. Keith Day (Hon). 10-LAP.PRO-AM ANAL: 1. Milca McDonnall; (HD~ 2. Michael Ru8CIan (Hon); 3. DIlVid R _ rNRt 4. Jason Fletcher· (Rtx); 5. Steve Rasmussen (H-D); 8. Mark Van Housen (C-A~ 7. Mi~hael L.-n8RtxI; B. Richard Foard (Rtxt 9. Corey Jar_ (H-Dt 1 . Todd Bridgea(Rtxtl1. David_(Hon); 12. Eddie James (RIx). . Brock bombs BeAnza Motocross By T.C. Carson Sammy Sweet (60) lead. winner Terry Poovey (18) during the Eastern Regional Championship Half Mile at Parkenburg; Sweet finished second. Superbike matchup ended after one lap, as Johnson threw his bike, and his lead, away in tum one. Johnson was not seriously hurt. Brooker edged out Lacy for second. Brooker also put in a dazzling ride . in the 600cc Production, keeping Unger in his sights all the way to the checkered flag. Earlier in the day, Mark Stevens continued his dominance of the small-bore machines by taking top honors in the 400cc Production and 400cc Modified divisions. Dwight McKinley and Grant Isfield took second and third both times. Stevens also won the RZ Cup Challenge and in doing so, also clinched the season series for that class. Results OPEN PROD:· 1. Kevin Johnson. (Suz); 2. Trevor Unger (Suz); 3. Chris Lacy (Yam). VAM RZ CHAL CUP: 1. Mark Stevens (Vam); 2. Dwight McKinley (Vern); 3. Bruce Myers (Yam). 600 PROD: 1. Unger; 2. Paul Brooker (Suz); 3. Shane Buns .c;uz). 750 PROD: 1. Unger; 2. Johnson; 3. Lacy. 400 PROD: 1. Stevens; 2. McKinley; 3. Grant lafield (Vam). 750 S/BK: 1. Unger; 2. Brooker; 3. Lacy. 400 MOD PROD: 1. Stevens; 2. McKinley; 3. lafield. OPEN S/BK: 1. Johnson; 2. U~; 3. Lacy. PooveyJIO.wers to victory In Parkersburg Regiona'HM By Dave Despain 42 PARKERSBURG, WV, JULY 17 Honda-mounted Terry Poovey of Garland, Texas, took a two-inch m~rgin of victory over fellow Texan Sammy Sweet in the Eastern Regional Championship Half Mile,· held at West Virginia Motor Speedway in Parkersburg. The AMA Eastern Regional, which included a Junior National (covered elsewhere in this issue) and Pro-Am competition, kicked off a full weekend of racing that ended the following night when Bubba Shobert won the Camel Pro National Half Mile. California's Mike McDonald worked his way through traffic to win the Pro-Am main event, adding to his subslantial Eastern Regional Championship point lead. All the Camel Pro Series SlarS except Scott Parker and Jay ·Springsteen practiced and qualified for the Regional, with Harley-Davidson factory rider Chris Carr of California setting the time trial pace. Carr's 24.786-second lap bettered the track record by more than three-tenths of a second. Doug Davis, Shobert and Steve Eklund followed, earning pole positions for the four Expert heats; 48 experts made the show. Connecticut's Jason Fletcher; Mickey Rusden of Pennsylvania and California's Todd Bridges won the Pro-Am heats, with Fletcher turning the quickest six laps and earning the pole position for the main event. Shobert and two-time National Champion Ricky Graham, their homework for the National complete, scratched from the Expert program. The opening Expert heat was won by Sweet over Poovey and Carr. Michigan's Brian Atherton claimed the second heat by besting Davis and Freddie SpencerlSuperTrapp's Doug Chandler, while the third heat went to Eastern Regional point leader Steve Morehead. The fourth heat opened with fireworks when former National champ Steve Eklund and Californian Wink Freilas crashed in tum one and Eklund's Gardner Racing Harley-Davidson went up in flames. The reSlart saw Ted Boody of Oklahoma defeat Maryland's Rodney Farris and Pete Hames of California. Rusden built an early lead in the Pro-Am main event while McDonnell worked his way back from a bad Slart. McDonnell caught the leader with three laps to go and passed in a handlebar-banging battle which lasted all the way through turns three and four. Rusden was a solid second and David Reeves nipped Fletcher at the line for third. In the Expert main, Morehead pulled a great holeshot, then faded to an eventual seventh-place finish. Sweet, Poovey and Boody came steaming by, locked in a three-rider battle for the lead that would last the whole race. Carr charged from a back row Slart to harass the leaders from fourth. Lap after lap, Sweet held a tight line and the point position while Boody challenged from the very top of the wide groove and Poovey repeatedy stuck his front wheel • between them. On the final two circuits, Boody and Carr fell off the pace, victims, respectively, of poor tire adhesion and lack of brakes. On the final lap, Sweet drove into three hard on the bottom, knowing Poovey would come out of four on the high line. Poovey did just that, timing his pass to perfection and hitting the finish line two inches in from of Sweet. "Once I decided to ride, I figured we'd go all out to win it," said Poovey, who had considered scratching to save himself for the Nationa\. "I put on the softest tire I could buy and it really hooked up." I Teall y bem the thing in there the last lap," said Sweet. "I knew he'd . be coming. We were just a little short. " SUNNYMEAD, CA, JULY 12 Suzuki-mounted Jeb Brock, sponsored by Pro-Circuit and Suzuki Country Racing, made good use of a !I-I Lally to wrap up the overall victory in the 250cc Intermediate class at DeAnza Cycle Park. Second place, via a 2-2 combo, w.ent to Yamaha rider John Singletary, while third went to another Yamaha pilot, Craig Davis. The start of the first moto saw Singletary blast into the lead followed by Davis, David Halverson (Open Intermediate), Brock, Richard Geraghty, Mike Ostermarm (125cc), Steve Piatoni (Open) and Ron Lawson. By the end of the first lap, however, Davis had slipped by Singletary for the lead. From that point on, the race was all Davis', and all second place Singletary could do was try and keep Davis in sight and mainlain his advantage over Brock. As the checkered flag fell, it was Davis laking the 250cc class win over Singletary, Brock, Lawson and Geraghty. The 125s went to Randy Danylo followed by ScOll Bums, Kit Palmer and Jeff David. Halverson topped the Opens ahead of Piatoni and Lou Delorio. . In the deciding second moto, it was Brock and his Suzuki jamming into the lead ahead of SingletarY, Ostermann, Danylo, Halverson and·Lawson. First moto winner Davis was ninth. Knowing he had to keep Singletary at bay in order to wrap up the 250cc class overall, Brock kept his Suzuki pegged the whole moto. Singlelary stayed within striking dislance every lap but couldn't find an openq.g to pass. Brock held on for the win and the overall, while Singlelary finished second and Davis worked his way into third. Lawson again took fourth. Danylo captured his second win for· the 125cc Intermediate class overall ahead of Bums, David and Palmer. Piatoni came back and topped the second Open moto for the overall ahead of Halverson and Delorio. Results JR CYCLES: 1. Ci8S8r Galvez (Kaw); 2. Tony CeteI08 (Kew). MINI BEG: 1. Chad Gilt (Hon); 2. Arlondo·OI_a (Suz); 3. Mark Moora (Kaw~ 4. Dane Corey (Yam); 5. Brian Hubert (Hon). MINI NOV: 1. Brian Teets (Kew); 2. Rob Thorm· buers (Suz); 3. Lae Akin (Hon). MINIINT: 1. Kavi,," Shibuya (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Smith (Hon); 2. Chris DaLos. (Kaw); 3. Jeff Moore (Hon); 4. Greg Exquivel (Yam); 5. Jeth Boldman (Vam). 125 NOV: 1. John Bonacci (Suz); 2. Luiz Pareto (Hon); 3. Bren Byard (Yam); 4. Dean Silvers (Kaw); 5. Kurt Rood (Kew). 125 INT: 1. Randy Danylo (Kew~ 2. Scott Burns (Kaw); 3. Jeff Oavid (Kaw); 4. Kit Palmer (Suz); 5. Mike Ostermann (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. SCot Bannett (Kaw); 2. Jeff Smith {Hon~ 3. Jeff Moora (Hon); 5. Donn Maeda (Hon); 5. Ronald Convery (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Luiz Pareto (Hon);2. Ken Gray (Kaw); 3. Jesse Alexander (Hon); 4. Darwin Grav (Hon); 5. Jim Provine (Hon). 2ro INT: 1. Jab Brock (Suz); 2. John Singletary (Vam); 3. Craig Davis (Vam); 4. Ron l.8wson (Hon); 5. Richard Geraghty (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. Marc Johnson (Suz); 2. Rick Gasper (Hon); 3. Masa Shibuva (Kaw); 4. Todd Baldwin (Suz). . OPEN BEG: 1. Brett Chambers (Hon); 2. John Naukivell (Kaw); 3. Robert Lambkin (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Steye Piatonl (Hon); 2. David Halverson (Hon); 3. Lou Delorio (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Soon Mapes (Kaw); 2. Patrick McBride (Vam). VET JR: 1. Scon Thompson (Suz); 2. Paul Keog (Hon); 3. Louis Springer (Hon); 4. Gary Warner (Hon); 5. Ron Tuzinsky (Hon). VET INT: 1. Dannis David. Anderson shines at Mesa MJC By Marcella Martin FRITCH, TX, JULY 12 Andy Anderson, riding a 125cc Suzuki, took first overall with second place Doug McCarty battling to lake the lead in both motos. In round one Anderson kept the lead. McCarty began the moto in third place behind Calvin Kreider but in round two he had moved to second place. In the second molO, McCarty had the lead but by round two, Anderson had moved ahead and the two ran a tight race. At every tum McCarty was right behind Anderson. In the 60cc class, Tony Wilson and Ginny Martin were the leaders. Wilson had the lead in the first and , second rounds of the first moto but Martin gained the lead and won the moto. Wilson had the lead iii the second moto and Martin moved from fourth place to second place by the second round. Wilson got first overall, Martin took second, with John Dobbins in third. Results 125 AM: 1. Andy Anderson (Suz); 2. Doug McCarty (Hon); 3. Calvin Kreider (Suz). . OPEN AM: 1. Mike Wilson (Kew); 2. Larry_ (Hon); 3. Jim Smith (Hon). 250 AM: 1. Mike Wilson (Kew); 2. David Vouree (Suz); 3. Bobby Paige (Yam). OVER 30: 1. Harold Wilson (Kawt 2. Gary Bolch (Suzt 3. TonV Buchanan (Vam). 60: 1. tonv Wilson (Kew); 2. Ginnv Martin (Kaw); 3. John Dobbins (Yam). • 80 SR: 1.Cody Anderson (Suzt 2. Dustin Miller (Suzt 3. Cody Ammons (Hon). 80 JR: 1. Dustin Miller (Suzt 2. Rory Martin (Vam); 3. Chris E_ (Yam). .' PRO: 1. Michael Keating (Kaw); 2. Gary Ivey (Hon); 3. Gary SaUer (Suz). Villella tops Juniors at Parkersburg HM By Dave Despain PARKERSBURG, WV, JULY 17 Series point leader Bryan Ville1la claimed a come-from-behind win in round 12 of the Junior National Championship Series, held tonight at West Virginia Motor Speedway in Parkersburg. In his last ride as a junior, Ohio's Scott SlUmp topped qualifying with a 25.4!15-Slecon·d time trial before making his expert debut in Saturday's Camel Pro Series event. Stump edged Washington's Darell Davis, second-ranked Junior in the nation, in the first Junior heat race, while Villella handily won the second qualifier to set up their threeway battle in the feature final. In the main event, Davis grabbed the holeshot, intent on beating Villella and overcoming a threepoint deficit in the National standmgs. Davis had taken the point lead with back-to-back TT wins at Santa Fe and Peoria, but Villella regained the advanlage with a half mile win at Hagerstown, Maryland, a week prior to Parkersburg. As Davis opened a 40-yard lead, Stump and Villella battled for second with Stump running a high line that be~an to reel in Davis at midrace. Wllh three laps to go, Villella adopted Stump's up-top tactic and made a breath-taking run at the leaders; the trio shuffled the deck on the final two laps. First Stump passed Davis, whose motor had begun to lose top-end power, then Villella swooped around Stump as they turned for the white £lag and held on to win by a length. Davis sellied for third and fell a full 10 points behind Villella in the, Junior Championship chase. Behind the leaders, Craig Howard nipped Canada's Steve Aseltine by inches for fourth,. while Craig Estelle took sixth over ScOll Saunders, Mark Corselli, Kris Kiser and Recil Hart.

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