Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a: w F:i a: '" <{ i~ ~ '" o a: ~ ... en ~ . \L w > , '" o o ;r ... e, Sal Hoffman (73Y) finished second behind Mark Key during Pro-Am racing at Lodi Cycle Bowl . remou nted, ma de a n unbel ievabl e drive th ro u gh h ea vy traffi c a n d rallied 10 third p lace a t m ot o 's en d, good for seco n d overa ll with 1-3 rides beh ind winner McConnell (1-2), but ahead of Ed Jensen (6-3). • , Result s 250 PRO: 1. Grayson Han (Kaw); 2. Dann is Swe eten (Kaw) ; 3 . Mike Chase (Han); 4. Don Bisceg lia (Han); 5. Rov Annen (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. Grayson Han (Kaw); 2. Kenn y Olsen (Kaw); 3 . Eric Hall ( H o n~ 4. Gary Boyer (Han); 5 . David Brownin g (Han). OPEN INT; 1. Scott W iliam s (Hon); 2. Bren t Stevens ( K a w ~ 3 . Jeff McDonald (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Ron M ill igan (Han); 2. Tracey Bethel (Kaw); 3. Br ian Hart IKTM). 125 INT; 1. Denn is McConnell (Kaw ); 2. John Woodley (Kaw); 3 . Ed Jenson (Han). BO INT: 1. Rich Browning (Han). 60 tNT: 1. Nat han Gravelle (Kaw). OPEN J R: 1. Steve Shepard (Han); 2. Paul Stu en ( Ho n~ 3 . Tro y McP ike (Han). 250 J R: 1. Fran k McKuhn ( K aw~ 2. Joe Casey ( Kaw ~ 3. Paul Tenny (Kaw ). 125 J R: 1. Mike Crade r (Hon); 2. Tro y Fuller (Kaw); 3 . Chad Berry (Han ). BO J R: 1. Rian Gam (Suz); 2. Travis Berry (Han); 3 . Steve Salmon (Han). 60 JR : 1. Russ Postman (Kaw ); 2. Doug McKuhn {Kaw }; 3. Rob Kitterman (Kaw) . YTH: 1. Ron Sun (Han); 2. Rowdy Blasedell (Kaw) ; 3 . M itch Kirkpatarick (Kaw) . 30-40: 1. Gary Beaver (Kaw) ; 2. Bob Leach (Kaw ); 3. M ike Holbrook (Han ). Harrison hooks up at Calhoun MX By Jeff Jacobson CALHOUN, GA , JULY 26 . Extrem e h eat didn 't keep Allen Harrison from dusting everyone for th e win in th e 125cc moto a t Calhoun MX . His main competi ti on wa s Kenny Halz in the first rnoto, Kell y Ca ldwell took th e h olesh o t an d led a ll th e way with H arrison behind. Hal z h ad to pull o u t before th e en d o f th e first lap , g ivi n g Harrison th e wi n whe n points were tallied. Com petit ion was extremely strong bet ween J ohnny Dean and Joey H ol der in both Sen ior Mini races . Dea n wo n the firs t heat and Holder tri ed to get even in the seco nd by taking th e holeshot but lost the lea d in th e first lap to Dean. H ol der ke p t th rea ten in g until th e fou rt h lap when he took a bad crash on the doub le, giving Dea n a n easy win. The n ovice riders dropped like flies in the firs t mota. The hol esho t was n eck-and-neck bet ween Bra d Spivey a nd Mi cke y Walden with Spivey th e victor, but only for three laps wh en Walden took over. Not everyone sh owed up for th e seco nd m o ta , but everyo ne wh o did put o u t great effo rt. This time Jeff Stewart took th e h ol eshot but lost th e lead to Spivey by th e end of th e first lap. Spivey held on to hi s lead a n d took first overa ll d ue to the seco nd hea t wm, Results 42 P/w I: 1. David Dishman IKaw ); 2. Preston Moon (Kaw) ; 3 . Bob Carro ll (Kaw) . PIW II: 1. Shaw n Satt erf ield (Han); 2. Josh Scott (Yam ); 3 . Joshua Maynard (Yam ). JR M INI: 1. Jason Dooley (Yam); 2. Preston Moo n (Han); 3 . David Dishman (Kaw). SR MINI: 1. Jo hnny Dean (Suz); 2. Kev in Abernathy (Suz); 3. Sonn y Barton (Han). . NOV : 1. Brad Spivey (Kaw ); 2. Mikey Walden (Yam ); 3. Jeff Stewart (Kaw) . 125 ; 1. Allen Harrison (Han); 2. Kelly Caldwell (Kaw); 3 . Jarmin Hopper (Han). 250: 1. Brenan Tarv in (Han); 2. Kenny Green (Han); 3 . Joe Mayo (Yam). OPEN: 1. Steve Vallo (Han); 2. Bill Vann (Han ); . 3. M ike Hinkle (Han). OVER 30 : 1. Ricky Lamb ( H o n~ 2. Wendell Young (Kaw); 3 . J .L Belcher (Han ). If's Diem's domain at Action Park Speedway ByTodd Kroh G REEN E, NY , J ULY 25 While so me o f the Action Pa rk East regular s were in Canada shootin!?for the Ca na dia n Na tional Championship, Warren Diem decided to stay' home a nd tak e th e lion's share o f the cas h o n the eighth- mile ova l. H e acco m p lis h ed h is objec tive by wi nn in g both the Di vision One an d Handicap main events for th e secon d straight week. Wnh so me regular rid ers abse n t, it was a n ight where th e opportun ity was th ere for o thers 10 shi ne. Co lo rado's Lance Darsow took th e first H and icap heat o n a b orrowed machine from Vince Wold. Mark Edwards and Diem predict abl y wo n ' heats two and three. Mik e Cortese held off a charging Tom Burge for th e win in the last H andicap h eat. Diem pi cked hi s way th rough hol e af ter hole as he m oved to th e front of th e pack in H and icap se m i number one. H e took Burge' an d Mike Buman to th e ma in event with him. Semi number ' two saw the crea m su rface to th e top th ree trans fer p o sitions with Ed wa rds leadin g h ome an ever -impro vin g J o el Monell and Cortese. Monell held th e lead in th e H andicap main event fo r two lap s as Deim was kn ock in g off riders behind h im in quick fash io n. Monell succu mbed to the " Diem Express " o n la p th ree as "T he Ph ill y Flyer 's" Diem 's Cycle/Keech / Video God den looked as if he wo u ld ru n away with it. H owever, Burge didn 't give u p easily. He dropped Monell to th ird on lap four and was closi ng. the dis ta nce on Diem . As much as Bu rge closed in th e co rners Diem stretche d it down th e stra ig h ts. It was Diem a t th e Don H awkins' checker a hea d o f Burge, Monell , Mik e Burnan , Edwards an d Cortese. Division One Scrat ch heat racing progr essed predi ctably as the favorites m oved into th e semis. T he sem is prod uced so me hot raci ng . . Diem wa lked away wi th th e lead in th e fir st sem i, bu t the race was for the o ther transfer sp o t. Monell was in seco nd and riding a medium line thro ugh th e turn s. Buman co ntin ua lly stuck a wh eel underneath h im in each corner but Monell regained the advantage down the chutes. As the y ca me off turn four for th e final time, Monell was o u t wid er than he had been during the previous three laps. Buman sq uared It o ff and dove under hi m a t th e line. Sem i number two saw everyo ne head into turn o ne together. A h ol e had .been develop in g in turn two a nd everyone h it it sen d ing a ll the riders off their in tended lines. As th ey came out of th e tu rn, Mark Edwards was in the lead to stay a nd Bu rm a n h u n g clos e to h im for th e seco nd position. The unfort u nate riders were Da m ien Cornwell and Darso w. The Scra tch main saw Diem wi nn in g by fou r bik e leng th s over Burge, Bum an a n d Ed wards. Burge h as made every Handi cap main event a nd seven o f ten Scra tch ma in s. H e is th e model o f co ns is tency but it seems he is a lways relega ted to the bridesm aid position. . Floyd Cl ark , wh o had been tabbed "The Wild Man " , used hi s wild, hang-off style to tak e th e Division T wo Scratch main over Don Madison, Chris Lord and a downed Lynn Bennett, Resul ts D·I : 1. W arren Diem (Gdn); 2. Tom Burge (Gdn ); 3. Mike Buman (Gdn); 4 . Mark Edwerds (Gdn). HDCP: 1. Warren Diem (Gdn~ 2. Tom Burge (Gdn ); 3 . Joel Monell (Jaw) ; 4 . M ike Buman (Gdn); 5. Mark Edwards IGdn ). D·II : 1. Floyd Clark (Jaw) ; 2. Don Madison (Gdn); 3 . Chr is Lord (Jaw); 4 . Lynn Bennett (Jaw). Key captures I.odi ST By Mikki McBride LOD! , CA, J ULY 25 Ma rk Key, wh o has not been running true to form th is season, ca p tu red th e Pro-Am fea ture race tonight a t Lod i Cycle Bowl. Key shot o ff the line as tride hi s Harl ey-Davi dson to grab th e point posit ion. Another H arley-mounted rider , Sal Hoffman , ca me off th e line a lmost abreast of Key but dropped ba ck into secon d. An other hard riding expert, Adam Sa bedra, slid into th e fourth spot on hi s H onda j us t beh ind junior rid er , Mike Gresham. T ed Tay lor looked good in th e fifth spot. Sabed ra, pushing hard on Gresha m, wa s finall y ab le to get under him co m in g out of turn four in th e seco nd lap 10 tak e over th e third spot. By th e fourth lap, Gresham had go ne wide, taking tu rn o ne too fast , and dropped back th ree places. Key was stretch ing hi s lead with eac h lap. H offman just co u ld n' t catch up with him a nd sudde n ly fo und himself fighting to hold o ff Sabed ra, wh o was driving hard from th e th ird spot. T aylor, in th e fourth posi tio n on lap si x, was busy h oldin g off J im Long who was in fifth . Key didn't let u p a t all a nd wo n wi th a huge lead over Hoffman in seco nd, followed by Sabedra in th ird, Taylo r in fou rt h an d Long in fifth . The 500cc Junior class rea lly had its u ps a nd down s ton ight. Steve Stewart got his Yamaha crossed u p going in to turn o ne and was down o n the ground before tu rn two. Afte r the restart, Steve Fischer was a lso down in tu rn two a nd th ey had to stagger the restart . Da nny Ca hoon led the pack to victo ry on hi s Rotax. She rm a n Gresh am , a lso a Rot ax rid er , fin ished in seco nd. Franci s Sh ine finish ed third with Joseph Pined a tak in g fourth a n d Da ve Bostrom nabbing fifth. Results P/W: 1. Held er Alvemaz, Jr. (Yam); 2. Aaron Gayle (Yam) ; 3. Kenny' Schn eider (Yam) ; 4 . David Lopez (Yam); 5 . Tony Sou za. Jr. (Yam ). P/W C: 1. Wade Garrison (Yam); 2. A aron Findll ey (Yam); 3. Ji m Brown (Suz); 4. Jesse Dawson (Yaml; 5. Lance Arnold (Yam) . 60 NOV JR : 1. Sammy Sabedra (Kaw); 2. J ohn Murphret IKaw); 3 . Helder A lvern az (Kaw); 4. Eric Bost rom (Han); 5 . Jo hn M itch ell (Han). 80 NOV: 1. Ben Bostrom (Han); 2. Steven Hlebo ISuz); 3 . Tim A lvarnaz (Yam ); 4. John Azzaro (Suzl 5. A aro n A rc emont (SUI) . BO JR EX: 1. Eernie Menin (Kaw); 2. Chad McBride (Kaw) ; 3 . Herbert Callen III (Han); 4. Dayjd Sanchez (Yam); 5. Manin Montes IKaw). VET NOV JR : 1. Dave Bostrom (Han); 2. Francis Shine (H· D); 3 . Grey Corde iro (Han); 4 . James Hodgin (Yam); 5. Kenne'h Peschel (Rtx ). VET EX: 1. George Cooper (Rtx); 2. Ma rk Butler (Yam); 3. Paul J . Warne (Thorn); 4 . Allen Yarrow (y am); 5 . Thomas Knight (Suz). 250 NOV J R: 1. Tim Selby (C-A ); 2. Troy Wans (Yam); 2 . John Dawson (Yam); 3 . Jeremy Nunes (Han ); 5 . Kendel Grove (Kaw ). 500 OPEN NOV : 1. Jeff Elgersma (Yam); 2. Mark Jo i ne r {Y a m~ 3 . Gerald Pest ron i (Han); 4 . Sam Lomanto (Yam); 5. Kell y Shane (BSA). 500 OPEN J R: 1. Danny Cahoon (Rtx); 2. Joseph Pineda (Hon) ; 3. Norman Storr (Yam); 4 . Sherman Gresham (Rtx ); 5. Dave Bostrom (Ho n). 500 OPEN EX: 1. Mike Gresham (Rtx); 2. Bobby Mc Dowell (Han); 3. Sal Hoffman (H· D); 4 . P.J . Sanchez (H· D); 5. Raben Damron (Rtx). PRO·AM: 1. M ark Key (H·D); 2. Sal Hoffman ( H·D ); 3 . Adam Sabedr a (Han); 4 . Tod Taylor (HD); 5 . Larry Staggs (H- D). Kasten scores at Badger ST By Ed A hlf MT. PLEASANT, lA , J ULY 25 Fo rty-fo u r en tries arrived a t th e H enry County Fa irgrounds on a hot, humid Sa tu rday night for th e first Badger Pro Sh ort Track ra ce of the seaso n . Monte H ill a n d St eve Kasten staged -a n early battle in th e 250cc fin al until Hill fell o ff his Can-Am, which he rode in a ll three classes. Kast en took h is Yamaha to a n easy win over Tim Klauser a nd Matt Pine. T we nty-two r iders entered the ·500cc class on a variety of machines, rang ing from MX -b a sed 250s to 500cc p us h- rod singles. H eat winners were j im Su m ne r , Greg Wagenkn echt a nd Kasten. Glen Gladson took th e four lap co nsola tio n over Bill Gruwell a nd Jim Sm ith. Wa g e nknecht to ok th e closefou ght 10 la p fin al ove r Dave Camlin, who had finished th ird in the first h eat. Sumner a nd Kasten filled th e o th er top spots. The 750cc hea ts saw severa l riders switch mounts for the premier class. Wagenknecht and Sumner climbed on XR750 H -Dsand Kasten straddled a 600cc Yamaha. Camlin took th e first heat over Su m n er a n d Danny Hollenbeck. Kasten took th e chec kered first in the next affair ahead of Ro y Hart Jr. and Tim Klouser. Wa genknecht prevailed over j ames Hart and Matt George in the final six lap heat, setting up a repeat of the principals from the 500cc battle. Monte Hill won the co nsola tio n in front of Brian Kromroy and Tony Rulli for th e last three tickets into the fin al. Wagenknecht a nd Camlin hooked up in a tight war for the lead with the younger Camlin ahead in the middle laps. H ollenbeck brought out th e red flag with a hard fall in turn o ne during th e eigh th lap. Wagenkn echt passed Camlin only to be greeted wi th th e red a t th e line. The ra ce was ca lled with th e nod going to Camlin, th e leader on the last co m p le te lap. Su m ner and Kasten finish ed in th e third a nd fourth positions. Resu lts 250: 1. Steve Kasten (Yam ); 2. Tim Klauser (Yam) 3 . Matt Paine (Kaw). 500: 1. Greg Wag enknec ht ( H - D~ 2. Dave Camlin (W - R); 3 . J im Sumner (BSA ); 4 . Steve Kasten (Yam). 750: 1.Dave Camlon (W -R ); 2. Greg Wegennkech t ( H· D~ 3. Steve Kasten (Yam ); 4 . J im Sumner (H- D). Plummer beats Carr at Rawlings Drags By John Sanford RA WLINGS, MD , JULY 25-26 Kevin C arr' s nitrou s b urn i ng Suzu ki, with a Vance and Hines m otor, wa s seco n d for th e first tim e in 1987 a t th e eig h t-m ile clay tra ck, promoted by Rawlin gs Dirt Drag, In c. Paul Pl ummer , o n a nitro burning Harl e y-D a vidson , en d ed Carr' s str ing of wins at five and collected

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