Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

AM 400 PROD: 1. Denis Royer (Han); 2. Miguel DuHamel (Yam); 3. Richard Crete (Han);. AM 600 PROD: 1. Ghislain Gingras (Suz); 2. Sylva in Therrien (Suz); 3. Beno it Pilon (Suz). AM 750 PROD: 1. Ivan Reinstma (Yam); 2. Mike MacNe il (Suzl; 3. Jean -Franco is Leclerc (Suz). AM 750 S/BK: 1. Migue' DuHamel (Yam); 2. Jeff Gaynor (Yam); 3. Fred Habmann (Suz). . AM OPEN: 1. Mike MacNe il (Suz); 2. M,ke Marcelli (5uz); 3. Mark Kawalsk i (Yam). SOCAR: 1. Steve Earnshaw, Jeffrey Milliard (Yam); 2. Anhu r Daily. Joh n Daily (Suz); 3. Phil Roney, Je rry Alley ' Suzl. PRO F-II; 1. AI Inglis (RlXt 2. Stefano Carocchi (Han); 3. Jo n Cornwell (Yam). PRO 600 PROD:D 1. Mar io DuHame l (Han); 2. Tom Walther (Han); 3. Dan Jo hnson (Suz). PRO 750 PROD: 1. Steve Crevier (Yamt 2. Tom Douglas (Yam); 3. Mario DuHame l (Han). PRO OPEN PROD: 1. Norm Murphy (Kaw); 2. Jean Paquet (Han); 3.John Ramsay (Han). Cl z ~ ~ ~ W ...J .. . u.. > :::;; w a: w -, > al a fa ::I: t00 c, ~ ......-4 ~ ~ Bennett aces ......-4 ...., DeAnza Motocross (r.J :J - By T.C. Carson co :J ~ To m Walte r (9 9) and Michel Mercier (1) bl!ttled for the lead ~uring most of the Superbike feature race in Shan nonville, Canada. Mercier won . Chamberlain chalks up L.A CR MX win By Terry Rez ek PALMDALE, CA, J ULY 26 Eri c Ch avira grabbed both holesh ot s in the 80cc Novice cla ss at today's CRC MX a t LACR, but j im my Ch amberl ain had the th rottle open a nd q uickly passed , nearl y loo pin g in moto one, to ta ke and hold the lead fo r th e win in both mo tos. Tony Su lek follow ed Chavira in at third, maintaining hi s points lead for the year in th e 80s. Rich ard Wal sh also had a pai r of moto wins in the Begin ner class . Kenny Zah rt had a hot day, taking first overall in both the Vet Expert a nd th e 250cc P ro events. T im Tolleso n won the Vet Interm edi ate race with a pair of aces. The Veteran class was full of aces today wi th Mike Roch ester , novice, and Dan Tufts, beginn er, a lso winning both of their mo tos. The double moto winners con tinu ed right through th e l2 5cc cla sses. Mark Wil son holed both motos of the 125cc Beginner class and went all th e way in both for th at win. The tr end continued with Gary Brinkmeyer , who was in co mmand of the 125cc Nov ice class from ga te to flag in both motos. Russell Fox was pushing Brinkmeyer in mo to two but left the tra ck for a few yards after overshooting a berm. H e d id n' t do it in tentionally a nd certai n ly didn 't ga in by it, bu t th e rules were clear a nd he was pena lized th ree positi ons. Erick Hilton was fastest of the 125cc intermed iates off th e lin e as both ga tes fell , a nd he wo n both rno tos wit h ease. Bubba Erickson chased Hilton all th e way in mo to o ne a nd j eff Barbacovi did th e sa me in mo to two. Alt ho ugh they stayed close enoug h to be a th reat, their a lter na te rnotos were disastrous a nd it was two steady thirds by Sco tt Murphy th at took second. Ti m H olt shot to th e lead in moto one of th e 125cc p ros but Mike Pa sca rella qui ckl y p assed fo r a perm an ent lead and the win. R ich Truchinsk i m o ved to seco nd as H olt's new bik e blew up, p utting him out for the da y. Truchinski led in rnoro two then Pascarell a took th e lead a nd th e win aga in, lea ving T ruc hinski with another second. Results 40 80 STK BEG: 1.Richard Walsh (Han); 2. Garet Anderson (Yam); 3. Jonah Joyner (Kaw ). 80 STK NOV: 1. Jimmy Chamberla in (Kaw); 2. Eric Chavira (Han); 3. Tony Sulek . VET BEG: 1. Oan Tufts (Kaw t 2. Mark Denn is (Han); 3. Tony Glamberdin (Kaw). VET NOV: 1. Mike Rochester (Han); 2. Bobby Hudson (Han); 3. Gareth Lloyd (Han). . VET INT: 1. Tim Tolleson (Han); 2. David Rogers (Han):. 125 BEG:'1 . Mark W ilson (Yam); 2. Daniel Kaupp (Kaw); 3. Mike Finch (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Gary Brinkmeyer (Yam); 2. J eff Finch (Han); 3. Mackell Bun (Han). 125 INT: 1. Erick Hilton (Yam); 2. Scan Murphy (Kaw); 3. Joe Degano (Han); 125 PRO: 1. M ike Pascar ell a (Han); 2. Ric h Truchi nski (Han); 3. Eric Wick er (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Nick Santana (Han); 2. Joey Salvatorr (Kaw); 3. Chuck Dempsey. 250 NOV: 1. Danny Bataglia (Kaw); 2. De ~n is Jaramillo (Han); 3. Kirk Belt o (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Ti m Tenord (Han); 2. Todd Broussard (Yam); 3. Jeff Barbacovi (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Ken Zohn (Han); 2. Darr in Hoeft (Han); 3. Danny Banholomew (Bull. 500 BEG: 1. Scon Pearson (Hon); 2. Dean Ow ens (Han); 3. M ike Sche ll maker (Han). . 500 NOV: 1. David Aloisio (Han); 2. Tom SmIth (Han); 3. George Andrews (Han). 500 INT: 1. Kelly Doyle (Han). Mercier wins Shannonville RR By Jeremy Fleming SH AN NO NVILL E, ONTARIO, CANADA, J ULY 26 " I d idn 't kn ow how it was goi ng to go o u t there, a nd I kept telli ng m yself to think ab out th e points," sa id a jubilant Mich el Mercier aft er hi s victory in the 6th Annual Molson Export Superbike Challenge, Canada' s maj or road racing event, round four of th e sev en e ve n t 1987 Motoplan-Castrol Can adian National Championship Seri es. " I would get in th e lead , bu t th en Tom (Wa lt her) wo uld co me by again , so we would speed up some more. I feel bad for T om; it was close and I think it would have come down to wh o made th e fewest m ista kes on th e last la p " . Mercier was referri ng to the racelong battl e he staged with Walther that lowered Art Robbin s' o u tright moto rcycle tra ck la p reco rd b y almost two seconds . When Wa lt her's Surrey H onda/CFOX/Ro th ma n s/ Yoshim ura NW / 20 01 / Sho ei/ Met zler/Giudi ci H onda VF R 750 Intercep tor brok e its sprocket bolts wi th a lap and a half to go, h is mi sfortune handed a nin e-second lead to th e Suzuki Ca na da / Sunoco/ T reen / D u n lo p / P hoe n i x /S hoe i / Yoshimura NW /Cam -b a ck ed Suzuki GSXR750 of reigning Canad ian cha mp Mercier. Walther 's o n ly consolation was a lap recond time of I:50.50, eclipsing th e record th at Robbins set with hi s R othman s H onda back in Ma y at 1:52 .46 seconds. From th e start of th e l 2-la p featu re around the " ne w" 2. 1 mile Sha n nonvi lle co urse , Yam ah a FZR750Rmo u n ted Ru eben McMurter j umped into th e lead foll o wed by Walther , Mercier , Tom Douglas a nd Steve Crevier , th e last pair also Yamaha Danny Bartholomew took third in the 250cc Pro class at Palmdale. FZR-mounted. Walther got' the lead co ming off th e long back straigh t but bobbled, and McMurter led past th e pits on th e fir st lap with Mercier and Walther right on his tail. Mercier sn uc k by McMurter just before th e back hairpin on lap two, a nd soon Walther wa s up to second and challenging. As Mercier tried to pull o ut a lead , Walther fell back a few bike len gths Wh ile McMurter and Douglas were right beh ind. just wh en it seemed as th ough Mercier, wh o regularily teaches the FAST Road Ra cin g Sch ool at Shannonville, wo uld use h is home track advantage to dominate th e event as m an y h ad predi ct ed , Walth er cra n ked up th e pace. On lap five he passed Mercier , a nd th e pai r bega n tra di ng th e lead , dipping into th e la p record on each tour of th e co urse. McMurter wa s o n ly tw o' seco nds behind but had his hands full wi th Douglas, wh ile Crevier fell back. R othman s Honda-m ounted Paul Ma cMillan wa s a lonel y si x th , troubled by engine problems , while Norm Murphy's Suzu ki was under a ttack from th e stock Kawasaki of Peter Lusby in a battle for sevent h . With the big point lead and the cham pion ship for Mercier to consider (teamma te Gary Goodfellow was racing in japan, and Mercier was the on ly other Suzuki rid er high in th e points ), it began to look as if Walther m ight score an upset. But corn ing o u t of th e hairpin onto th e back stra ig h t o n lap 10, Mercier blew by th e stricken Honda wh en Walther slowed and th en pu lled off. " It sure is fru strating, especi ally cons ideri ng it happened earlier a nd we th ought we h ad fix ed it," exp la ined a suprisingl y cheer fu l Walther. Ironically, it was Mercier 's tuner Mik e Crompton who loaned Walther's crew th e parts to ma ke th e repair. Mercier cr uised in for the wi n from Sports Afield/Shoei/Treen/Castrol/ Wiseco/ D u n lop/ P hoenix-bac ke d McMu rter, who was a few feet ahea d of Douglas a t the flag . Mercier 's win ga ve him a stra ngleho ld on th e po ints race with 54 points, wh ile Dougl as' third co nsecu tive third place fini sh moved him into second with 30 points. Former four-time Mol son winner Art Robbins brok e a ca m on Sa tur day and had to use a SLeek engine' in hi s Rothmans Honda , pl acing eigh th , giving him third in series points with 28. Results PRO 750: 1. Michel Mercier (Suz); 2. Rueben McMuner (Yam); 3. Tom Douglas (Yam); 4. Steve Crevier (Yam); 5. Paul McMillan (Hon); 6. Norm Murphy (Suz); 7. Peter Lusby (Kaw); 8. An Robbins SUN NYMEA D, CA, J U L Y 26 Kawasak i rider Sco t Bennett swept both 250cc Beg inner class mo tos a t DeAnza Cycle Par k, th us cla imi ng the overa ll victory. Bennett led fro m start to fini sh each o u ti ng, while Honda-mounted Mark Matheis a nd Suzu ki p il ot T om Sarac fought tooth-and-nail for the number two posi tion. When th e dust had settled, it was Matheis edging Sarac for second in the overa ll standings. Twelve riders lined th e starting gat e for the first mot o, a nd it was Bennett blasting in to th e lead ahead of Suzuki-mounted Sean Reis , Sarac, j eff Young, Don U rba ne k and Matheis. Bennett immediatel y jumped way o u t in front whil e th e rest of the pack battled throughou t th e eig h t lap mo to. Reis held on to second place for two comp lete la ps before crashin g a nd droppin g back to ninth. T h is gave second to Matheis wh o was holding Urba ne k at ba y. But in th e lat e stages of the race, Matheis began p u ll ing away ma kin g th e fi n:'! I fini shing order Bennett, Matheis, Urba ne k, Sarac a nd jim Provine. Round two once again saw Bennett jam into the lead and run away with th e win. Ur ba nek was second after th e first lap but he dropped back to eigh th during th e second lap, giving Sarac seco nd pl ace. For t~e rest of th e moto , Sarac a nd Matheis battled for seco nd, while Ron Con.very watch ed th e ac tio n from fourth place. At th e fini sh, it was Bennett taking hi s second win of th e day, while Sarace held Ma thei s back for second. Rounding ou t ~he top five were Convery a nd Kevin Thon. In the 250cc Pro class, Yamaha rider Mike Beier returned to rac ing follow ing nearl y a year layoff du e to kn ee in] uries. Bei er swe p t both motos over Kawasaki rider Lance Gorton a nd Suzu ki-mo un ted Mar c ' j ohnson. H onda rid er Ch ad Gill topped both Mini Beginner mot os for th e overa ll. Gi ll's closes t com petitor was Kaw asak i- m ounted Mark Moore, who claimed two deu ces. Shawn Feh lman co llected 3-3 for th ird o vera ll, wh ile T y Woodward (4-5) a nd Cl ifton Hall (5-6) rounded out th e top five. Res ul t s JR CYCLES: 1. Ryan Clau s (Kaw); 2.Josh Deheny (Yam). MIN I BEG: 1. Chad Gill (Han); 2. Mark Moore (Kaw); 3. Shawn Fehlm an (Yam); 4. Ty Woodward (Yam); 5. Clifton Hall (Han). MINI NOV: 1. Donald Upton (Kaw); 2. Jasen Harr ison (Yam); 3. Raben Fornburgh. 125 BEG: 1. Mark Baumgardner (Suz); 2. Carlos Olins (Suz); 3 . Chris Deloss (Kaw); 4. Robby Gill (Yam); 5. Chris Manhew (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. John Bonacc i (Suz); 2. Kerry Sorensen (Hon); 3 . Tim Hoole (Yam); 4. Brett Byard (Yam); 5. Bren Stubb s (Han). . 125 INT: . 1. Brett Duncan (Yam); 2. Raben McGee; 3 . RaV Crumb (Kaw); 4 . Brian Sanchez (Han); 5. Jeff David (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. David Hudgens (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Scot Benn en (Kaw l; 2. Mark Mathe is (Han); 3: Tom Sara c (Suz); 4 . Ron Convery (Han): (Hon ); 9. Stefano Caraccki (Suz); 10 . Steve Caya 5. Don Urbanek (Yam) . (Suz). . AM F-II; 1. Dan Stan (C·A); 2. Dan Baldwin (Yam); 3. Geoff Davies (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Ron Mendenhall (Han); 2. Stan Kell er (Han); 3 . Tom Funkhouser (Hont 4 . Kenny Grobe (Han); 5. Daniel Evans (Yam).

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