Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

250 INT: 1. Rob ' M cGee (Hon); 2. Richard Geraghty (Yam); 3. Ron Lawson (Hon); 4 . Bill Pelto (Yam); 5. D.R. Clement (SUl). 250 PRO: 1. Mi ke Beier (Yam); 2. Lance Gorto n (Kaw); 3. Marc Jo hnson (Su l ). OPEN BEG: 1. Brett Chambers (Hon); 2. John Nanki vell (Kaw); 3. Mark Clark (Hon); 4 . David Gold (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Patr ick M cBride (Yam); 2. Greg Blackw ell (Hon). VET JR: 1. William Clemson (Yam); 2. J ohn Ritch ie (Hon); 3. Randy W essels (Hon); 4 . Jo hn Gill (Yam); 5. Dan Miller (Hon). VET INT: 1. Greg Preston (Hon); 2. St an Keller (Hon). VET SR: 1. Ed Woll eson (Kaw ); 2. Pete Vetrano (Yam); 3. Tim H oo l~ . Coffey wins East Side Trials By Michael Beaudoin RI CH MO N D, MI, "jULY 26 T he East Side Co mpetitors Riders Club firs t trial of the year had a good turnou t,' a nd lot s of sunshine for the spectators. The sectio ns were slic k in the ear ly goin g but q ui ckly dr ied out. T he twelve sections were ridden by all except nine, 10, and I I ' were Advan ced and Expert on ly. T odd Coffey dominated the Expert clas s wit h a score of 41 over Ron R uss wi th 82. Gerry Bonkink took third place with 84 and Martin Kerr took four th p lace wi th 93. Dave Waldo fin ish ed with a score of 99, coming back after a long layoff. Brian Ahern ta kes the Adva nced win with 26. Bill Smi th was secon d with 37; Michael Kerr was third with 55 and Dave Ri chardson took fourth p lace with 57 and a close fifth place for Jim Ga wn e with 59. In th e Intermediate class, John Ca lho un won with a score of 18 over Scott DeBolt with 20. Ron Payne took th ird pl ace with 34 and G reg Barl ow took fourth place with 37. Results . EX: 1. Todd Coff ey (Fan); 2. Ron Russ (Bet); 3. Gerr y Bonkink (Bet); 4. Ma rt in Kerr (Yam); 5. Dave Wald o (Fen). ADV: 1. Brian Ahern s (Yam); 2. Bill Smith (Yam); 3. Michael Kerr (Yam); 4. Dave Richardson (Yam); 5. J im Gawne (Yam). INT: 1. John Calhoun (Hon); 2. Scon DeBolt (Yam): 3, Ron Payne (Yam); 4. Greg Barlow (Fan). SR: 1. Martin Meida (Yam). NOV: 1. Mark Allison (Yam); 2. Terry Strawbel (Yam); 3. Eric Morgan (Yam); 4. Gus Little (Yaml . ·Good has great time in .Alaska MX By M.R. Edge ANCH O RAGE, AK, J ULY 26 Arc tic Ca t-Suzuki Mo torsp or ts number one rider Joe Good blazed to a double victory at an Alaska Mot orcycle Ra cing Association MX held at Kincaid Park; Spectators were gree ted by a large turnout of riders and 800 su ns h ine. All eyes were on Good as he ra n away with every mo to. Kawa saki of Anch orage-sponsored Jason Anderson was the only rider to keep Good in sight. However, i t was only at the beginning, as.Good went faster each lap while everyo ne else tired. Good won both th e Pro and 125cc Expert classes and Andersson pl aced second in both classes. ' .H on da-rno u n ted Kevin Sch aub rou tinel y gives Good fits in th e Pro class but elected to ra ce only in the .250cc Expert class. Kawasaki of Anchorage's Todd H aney took the first mo to holeshot with Schaub in hot pursuit and with only one lap to go Schaub passed for the win. Moto two found Haney o n th e ground on lap one with Kawasaki of Anch orage team member Ra lph Blanch ard ou t front. But on lap two Schaub flew by to take first and th e overall. Blanchard fini shed second overall. Results , 50 NOV: 1. Luke Rambur (Yam); 2. Popaye Gonzole (Yam); 3. Robert Fremont (Yam). 50 NOV: 1. Josh Rambur (Kaw ); 2. Casey Johnson (Kaw); 3. Cory Bauder (Kaw). BO NOV: 1. Chris DeWinter (Kaw); 2. Roger Undstrom (Kaw); 3 . Scon DeWinter (Kaw). BOEX: 1. Man Galbraith (Hon); 2. Trevor Stanley (Kew); 3. Aron Niles (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Leil Forsythe (Kaw); 2. M ike GU1hrie (Kaw); 3. Aaron Poland (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Joe Good (SUl ); 2. Jason Andersson (Kaw); 3. Kevin Hale (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Hobson (KTM ); 2. Norman Harr is (Yam); 3 . Bob Faeo (SUl). 25 0 EX: 1. Kevi n Sch aub (Hon) ; 2. Ralph Blanchard (Kaw); 3. Donn y Russell (Kaw ). . 500 NOV : 1. Al t on Bu r n s (Yam); 2 . Tom Schneider (Kaw); 3.David Lynnw ood (Kaw ). " 500 EX: 1. J im McClain (Kaw); 2.Bruce Sti ngley (Hon); 3. Brad Bomhoff (Hon). . VET: 1. M ark Faeo (Yam); 2. Pat Poland (Kaw); 3. Greg Richardson (Yam), PRO: 1. J oe Good (Suz); 2. J ason And ersson . (Kaw); 3. Jim McClain (Kaw ). Zierman overalls little Jackpine Enduro By Becky Potter MORA, MN, JULY 26 It was the 30th ru nning of th e Little Jackpine Enduro and J oe Zierman took overall honors on a CR250, d ro p p i n g o n ly 14 points . Matt Stavish followed by dropping 16 points riding a KX250. After seven years of tryin~, they finall y fini shed 1-2 in a race. Zierrna n felt that coriservative riding paid off in th e rocks and roo ts. Stavish , o n th e other hand, sta ted th at it was wild riding which paid off. . Team Pee Wee, Dana Koe n ig, struck again in the Masters class. Despite break ing h is odome ter, he rode/ carr ied his KX80 to a class win. J on Rasmussen on a KTM p laced second. . T he H olaseks have turned racing into a family affair. Mar k took first p lace in th e 200cc A class with 23 points; J erry placed th ird in a very competi tive 250cc A class and Craig cla imed H igh Point B honors dropping 39 po ints. . Ci ndy L indgren was the o nly Women finisher dr opping 79 points. .Results . 0 / A: 1. Joe l ierman. 0 / A A: 1. Man Stavish. OPEN A: 1. Jerry Morgan; 2. J eff Hassi; 3. Kent Goble. 250 A: 1. Steve Sw enson; 2. Je rry holasek; 3. Mik e Ward . 200 A; 1. Mark Holasek; 2. Bren Hardy. MSTR: 1. Dana Koenig; 2. Jon Rasmu ssen; 3. Ken Fruth . SR A: 1. Dick carpent er; 2. Steve Reshke; 3. Bruce Johnson. 0 / A B: 1. Craig Holasek. . OPEN 8 : 1. Daniel Ferderer ; 2. Erich Schneider. 250 8 : 1. J amie Hansen; 2. Dean Olmse lu id; . 3. Bob Grill. 200 B: 1. Dale Sanborn; 2. Wally Helmbrecht . SR B: 1. Bob Freeman ; 2. J im Gibbons. OJ A C: 1. Kevin Hamann . OPEN C: 1. Greg Johnson; 2. Jon Mackynisa . 250 C: 1. Bruce Schaapueld; 2. Gary Terres. 200 C: 1. Robert McGr ath; 2. Fred Peltz; 3. Carl Wigand. WMN: 1. Cindy Lindgren. Napa Speedway Wine Cup to Ingels By R.C. Jones NAPA, CA, JULY 25 The Napa Wine Cup Championship, sponso red by Mother Goose Racing and co-sponsored by KVYN Radio a n d Napa Cycle Sal vage, highlighted the end of the rac ing season at the Na pa T own and Coun try Fairgrounds. T he prerace favorites were Eddie Ingels an d Bar t Bast with Jim Sisemore or Mike Delacy as stro ng contenders. Pickin g up the beautiful trophy and the maj or it y of the $1800 purse was the northern Cal if ornia scra tch king Eddi e Ingles. Ingels, sponsored by A&ARacing/ H i-Point/Peter ich Cycl es/Quaker Sta te, won all five of his races taking ho me the spoils wi th a perfec t 15 p oin ts. Bast po wered his Sierra Products/Bast Welding-sponsored Weslake to the runner-up spot with three wi ns, two seco nds and 13 po ints. Harlan Bast Jr., ran all five races in th e second spo t, but enough points for a run-off for the th ird spot overa ll. In th e ru n-o ff H arlan J r. go t h is first win of the night. A victory over John Houston Jr. and J im Sisemore left H ouston finishi ng th e ni gh t in fourth, a point beh ind Harlan Jr. The championsh ip boiled do wn to th e last race of the ni ght as Ingels, i o w w a. en ~ <{ z <, en.. w z o ..., cj a: > . '" o ..... 1 §:! I a. Overall winner Eddie Ingels led Bart Bast during the final speedway race of the Napa Wine Cup Championship. - Bart Bast, Sisemore and Delacy were go ing head-to-head. Delacy was o n th e pole, th e worst starting ga te all night, Bast gate two, Sisemore three a nd Ingels o uts ide. Bast or Sisemore needed a win to tie or win overall , but Ingels took the gate and con tro l fro m th e start. The other th ree fo llo we d I n gel s and were even through the tu rn. On the str ai ght Sisemore's chain disin tegrat ed in a shower of sparks leaving him o ut . • Delacy could not handle Bast or Ingels a nd settled for third. Bast stayed on In gels' fender for th ree lap s, th en tried the ins ide rail at both ends of th e track. Ingels was on, sh u ttingBast dow n bo th times for the victory a nd the championsh ip. Results s • 0 / A: 1. Eddie Ingels; 2. Bart Bast; 3. Har lan Bast Jr .; 4. Jo hn Houston Jr.; 5. Jim Sisemore; 6. M ike Delacy; 7 . Rocky Robinson ; 8. Mik e Parsons ; 9 . Steve Crawford; 10. Steve Manin . 0 -2 : 1. Mike Solis ; 2. M ike Kain; 3. Steve Orlandi; 4 . Brian Pecore. JR: 1. Dust in Schroeder; 2. Tomm y Hedden; 3. Shawn Jac kson. Arnold tops Montour Trials By George Brinkwart MONTO U R FALLS, N Y,J ULY 26 Chris Arnold took the Premier cla ss wi n d uring . 'tria ls co m pe tition at Mo n to ur Fa lls, total ing o nly 16 po in ts o n the l l- section, three-mile course. "T his was an enjoya ble trials." said Arn old. "Most sections were very open and req uired an aggressive ridin g styIe. The sectio ns reflected a good cross section of riding skills." Forty-six riders came to Montour Falls an d each of the m wondered if they wo uld be able to ride. It was raining as th er iders prep ared for the start of th e even t, but, to everyone's surprise, the rai n stop ped just before the first rider went ou t and skies remained blue for th e res t of the day. Dave Reed took to p Advance d honors with a 59-point total and new in terme d iate ri der Kendal Karn surp rised everyone with a close win in hi s class; on ly one point separated first and second. Seni or A rider LaV erne Bowen wo n hi s class with 49 points. Bowen m us t have felt righ t at home amo ng all the loos e rocks : Another upset came in th e Sen ior B class when Bob Ku zn esk is 72 poin ts wa s good enough to disp lace th e two regular winners. Matt Hu ghson cl i nc hed th e n um ber o ne spot in th e Novi ce class wit h only 28 points . After the event Matt said, " Our toughest section was n umber two. After dropping off a bank into a creek bed you had to im mediately turn and hop over a slimy log. I collected most of my points in this section." Beginner Lee Porter survived the difficul t sections to win hi s class with a 167-point to tal , Results PRE: 1. Chris Arnold (Yam). EX: 1. M ike Komer (Mon); 2. Cecil Hollien (Yam); 3. Carl Benedict (Yam); 4. Carl Peters (Yam). ADV : 1. Dave Reed (Yam); 2. Bob Foring er (Mon); 3. George Brinkwart (Bet); 4 . M ike Davis (Yam); 5. David Karst (Yam). INT: 1. Kendal Karn (Yam); 2. Mark Pettit (Yam); 3. Raymond Peters (Yam); 4 . Mark Swan (Yam); 5. Bob Kwale k (Bet). . SR A: 1. laVern e Bowen (Yam); 2. Bob Schrader (Yam). NOV: 1. M an Hughson (Yam); 2. Regan Faught (Bet) ; 3. Georg e DeSt affen (Mon); 4 . Eam on M assen (Mon); 5. Pat McGraw (Bet ). SR B: 1. Bob Kezneski (M on); 2. Ron Bors (Fan); 3. J ohn Knapp (Yam); 4 . Larry Lovell (Yam): 5. Tony Palumbo (M on). . BEG: 1. Lee Port er; 2. Ralph W ilson . SPTMN NOV: 1. Don All is. SPTMN INT: 1. Charlie Camin (Mon ). Hart cashes in at Washougal MX By Clay Light ' WASHOUGAL , WA, JULY 26 Kawasaki rider Gra yson H art earned wh at would be a week's wages for most by winning the 125cc and 250cc Pro clas ses at Washougal Motocross Park. The pro ra n ks have su ££ered dras ticall y .until the last few Motocross No rt hwes t races. Now it seems th at th ey are comi ng out of hibern at ion. Today, a good sized field of pros were on hand in 125 and 250cc action. H art outrode Dennis Sweeten to win th e 250cc Pro overall. In mota one, H art o utrode Sweeten and Mike Chase. The second was much the same - the competi tion go t th e sam e view of H art as h e flew to the chec kered £lag for a I-I win, beat ing Sweeten (2-2) and Chase, 3-3. It wasn 't easy for H art in the 125cc Pro motos, as he was faced against Eric H all and Kenny O lsen . H art p icked away at Hall 's early leads to overtake the local pr o as did Ol sen . Fo llowing the Hart/Olsen/Hall swap fest was Oregon's Gary Beyer. T he seco nd co ntest was again H art's, thus earnin g the Portlandarea speedster his second of two overall wins after capturing all four Pro motos. With the wins , Hart took home a good size chunk of th e purse. Ro unding o u t th e ove ra lls were Ol sen (2-2). H all (3-3), Beyer (4-5) and David Browning. J ohn Woodley rode at an amazing pace to top the firs t 125cc In termediate rno to. After a two-year absence, Wood ley still. remembers how to go fast, even though h is reputa tion as a crasher still trails h im . Woodley lived up to both expecta tion s, win ning th e first rnoto in fine fashion over Dennis McCo n nell and H ondamounted Dean Brundige. , T he second moto had Woodl ey do a crowd pleasing get-off whil e charg ing th rough traffic. Woodl ey 41

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