Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

bounty money th a t had been pos ted ~ on Carr 's Su zuk i. T he top fue l riders were back Su ndav afternoon ' a nd aft er a trac ksponsored pa rty Saturday n igh t. Carr was still th e on e to bea t, a nd af ter three matches , Randy Will iamson wa s th e class wi nner. In T o p Gas, Carr extended hi s wins to seven in a row o n hi s Su zuki. h is to ug h es t co mp eti tio n bein g seco n d p lace win ner T om Morford , riding a Ka wasaki. Results SATURDAY 750 MOD : 1. Jam es Daw son; 2. Don Zeig ler . 550 MOO: 1. J im Bernard ; 2 . Rand y Williamson. 125 MOD: 1. Dal e Clar k; 2. Bobby Goss. 900 STK: 1. Kevin Lake; 2. Brent William son. 750STK: 1. M arv in Lutz; 2. Terr y Kesner . 550 STK: 1. M arvin Lut z; 2. Will ard Riggl eman . 80 OPEN: 1. Rodn ey Deal; 2. Shaw n Gilbert . SUNDAY 7 50 MOD : 1-. James Daw son; 2. Don Zeigler . 550 MOD : 1. Randy W ilii amson; 2. J im Bern ard. 125 M OD: 1. J ason Gilb ert; 2. Luke Cust er . 900 STK: 1. Brent W illi amson; 2. Kevi n Lake. 750 STK: 1. Mravin Lutz; 2. W ill ard Riggl eman . 550 STK: 1. M arv in lutz; 2. Terr v Kesner . BO STK; 1. Ted Shoemaker; 2. Shawn Gilbert . Schmit masters Midway MX mud By Rolfe Otterness KELL O GG, MN. J ULY 26 . T eam Suzuki 's D o nn y Sch mit to p ped th e 125cc Pro di vision in wh a t was bi lled as th e North American MX Cha llen ge Cup, h eld a t Midway Recreation Park. The weather didn 't coopera te. as overnight rai n left th e track slo p py for practi ce, th en a h eavy ra in fell on th e co urse d u rin g th e first m ot o , Spectators stayed a way due to th e threateni ng ski es a nd scori n g became so difficu lt because th e track was so m uddy that th e seco nd set o f motos were cance lle d. The Open Pro class ran first and G ar y Bro n ikowski, home from th e Na tional circ u it. ran to a n u ndisputed 'win. Lo n n ie Bredeso n di ced with Wisconsin rider Ma rc Beyer and Ill in ois' J eff Ricker to secu re seco n d. The ra in stopped nea r th e en d o f th e open moto, leaving the track a mess. Schmit launch ed o ff th e line to h ol d a four-bike-len gt h lead into th e first turn in the 125cc P ro class. Schmit clea rl y decimated th e co m petition. careen in g aro u n d th e track on h is prototyp e '88 Suzu ki. J ason Upshaw of O ainsville, Texas, held secon d through th e early going with form er N ati onal s ta r T om Ben olkin run ning third. Scott Brown finall y wore down the other riders to tak e seco n d. Stacy Cook ran briefly near th e front as d id Greg Nelson. But both expe rie nc ed prob lems with th e sloppy mud. U psh aw . retain ed th ird with Ben o lk in ta king fo urth after co ll id ing wit h J eff O ld en berg a t thefi ni sh lin e. U p sh aw grabb ed an ea rly lead in th e 250cc class and m ot ored away from th e battle for second, featuring Pat Ril ey an d Bro nikowski. The track wa s sta rting to dry o u t sligh tly, m aking the m ud extremely sti ck y. U psha w 's clutch failed after he p ulled ou t a co m ma nding lead. H e had o n ly o ne lap to go for th e $1000 fir st pl ace prize. but co u ld o n ly wa tch helplessly a s R il ey rooste d b y wi th Bro n ikowski in tow . Ril ey held o ff any attack Bronikowski co u ld m uster to ta ke th e win. Brandon H opkins ran a strong race to grab th ird with Ri ch Halstead taking fourth a fter missing th e sta rt . Resu lts 12 5 SUP; 1. Peter Mc Keen (Kaw ); 2. Jay M erc ill (Kaw); 3. Roy J orgensen (Hon) . 250/0PEN SUP; .1. J ay Hoenk (Hon); 2. Brad Erickson (Hon ); 3. Todd Osman (Suz); 4. Jeff Bloch (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Don Schm it (Suz); 2. T. Scon Brown (Yam); 3. Jason Upshaw (Hon); 4 . Thomas Beno lkin (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Pat Riley (Hon); 2. Gary Bro nikowski (Hon); 3. Brandon Hop kin s (Kaw) ; 4 . Richard Halstead (Kaw). OPEN POR: 1. Gary Bron ikowski (Hon ~ 2. Lonn ie Bredeson (Hon); 3. Ma rc Beyer (Hon); 4 . Jeff Ricker (Kaw). • Heavy rains and mud played a major factor at Midway MX. Callahan cleans up Middleford MX By Woody Miller SEAFORD. DE . J ULY 25 The o n ly th ing h otter th an th e weat her a t Middleford MX was Brian Ca lla ha n. Calla han was a perfect fo ur-for-four en -ro u te to ca p turing both th e 125 an d 250cc B overa ll class wins. In the 125cc B class:' Callah a n was chased hom e by Ge n e Kaczka, wh o overcame a p ra cti ce ,get-off to fini sh 2-2 on his H onda. An other new face was present in th e 125cc A class. G reg Myers ou tdi stanced Bob Rose for th e overa ll class win. Rose. wh o had won a lmos t eve ry 125cc A cl a ss ov era ll thi s season. kep t th e p ress u re o n an d is . still in co m m an d In the points series. The 500cc B class went to Guy Stuart who is a regu lar in th e Friday night sh ort tra ck ra ces a nd cu rre nt poin ts leader in the 250cc class. Results 80 B; 1. Anut i St ." (Hon ); 2. M ike Vi nzinsh (Hon ); 3. Andr ie Henr y \,(aw) . SOA : 1. Mi ke Wilson (Suz). 125 B: 1. Br ian Callahan (Hon ); 2. Gen e Kaczka (Hon ); 3. Scott Wilson (Kaw). . 125 A : 1. Greg M yers (Kaw); 2. Robert Rose (Kaw); 3. Kenny Riggins (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Br ian Call ahan (Hon); 2. J oe Masrin i (Han ); 3. Tim A ust in (Yam); 4. Doug Harri ng (Han). 250 A : 1. Robert Rose (Kaw); 2. M ike Savage (Yam). 500 B: 1. Guy St uart (Yam). 500 A : 1. Darr en Davis (Kaw) . Hay nabs Lake Geneva MX By Jack Biddison LAK E GENEVA, WI . J ULY 24 Elm Grove mo tocross rid er Doug H ay rode h is H o nda to a feature-ra ce win in the 250cc Ama teur class a t Lak e Geneva Raceway Fr iday night, after finishing seco n d in his heat; he topped a ll riders wi th a 64-point total. H ay beat class point-leader Eriks Ezerins in th e feature after fi n ish ing seco nd to Ezerins in th e hea l. T he close ra cing between th e two riders was repeat ed in th e feature. except H ay h ad th e poin t th roughout. Each time Ezerins pulled close. Ha y was able to p ower away b y ge tti n g o ff th e turns q u icker th a n Ezer ins. Near th e en d. both rider s had th eir skills tested wh en John Bli cker rriade it a th ree-wa y race. Scott Biese of Wa u kesha. a n ewco me r to Lake Geneva Raceway, passed J aso n Mu ell er o n the final j u m p to win th e fir st m ot o in the 125cc Am at eur class. Darr in H ill rode in to th e lead aro u nd Do n Gray to lead and win th e seco nd h ea t. J eff Melc her p assed J eff Bleha to gai n th e p o in t in th e feature a nd wi n th e b ig race as Biese managed only fifth and H ill took second. Gray fin ished third an d Bleh a too k fo urth. Ezeri ns swe pt the O pe n Amateur class while Dan J ackson took second in bot h the h eat and fea ture. Derek Youngblood (19) leads brother Daryl Youngblood (27) in the Mini A class at the FMC Summer Series in Reddick. Florida. Resu lts 0 / A : 1. Doug Hay (Hon). 2 50 AM : 1. Doug Hay; 2. Eriks Ezer ins (Suz); 3. J ohn Blicker (Hon); 4. Terry Hahn (Yam); 5. John Kull man (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. Derr tn Hill (SUl ); 2. J eff M elch er (Suz); 3.Don Gray (Kaw ): 4. J eff Blaha (Hon ); 5. Scott Biese (Hon). MI NI: 1. J ames Heyden (Kaw); 2. Scan Seymour (Han); 3. Eron Ezerins (Kaw) ; 4 . Er ic Parker (Han); 5. Brian Holzhaur (Hon). A M OPEN; 1. Er iks Ezer in s (Hon). SEM I PRO 12 5: 1. Bo Sands (Hon). SEM I PRO OPEN: 1. Terry W oosl ey (Yam). SEMI PRO 250: 1. Br eck Pow ers (Suz). Pearce pounces Marion County MX By Gwen Millan R EDDI CK, FL , J ULY 12 T he la rgest class of th e day for th e seco nd rou nd o f the FMC Seri es a t Mario n County was the I25cc C class. The ga te dropped a n d em erg in g in front of th e wi ld pack wa s Bob McCl elland o n a H onda. An other H onda race r Mark Smith was hot o n hi s tra il, wh ile J oe Pear ce. o n a Kawasa ki wa s third. Fo urth a nd fifth was being di ced o u t by H onda rider Chuck Wat er s a nd Kaw asaki ride r H ow ard G reen. The thi rd la p everyo ne was fired up a nd posi tions in th e fro nt o f th e p a ck were st a rti ng to c ha nge . McC lelland was sti ll h olding the lead while Pearce was advancing h imself. It was n' t lo ng before Pear ce had 'claim ed Sm ith and was going a fter McCl elland. Waters eventu ally d ropped ou t. H al fway through th e ni ot o, McCl ell and had a co m fortable lead over Pearce. It on ly took Pearce a no the r lap to ga inon McClell and. T he white flag la p ga ve Pearce wh a t he'd fought so h ard fo r. as he beserk ed h is way arou nd th e leader. T he last lap ended a ll too soon for Mc C lelland , givi ng the win to Pearce. Smi th sett led for th ird a n d G reen fourth. The seco nd mota saw Kyle Myers, on a H onda . take o ff in th e lead. In a close seco nd was Pearce. wh o was br eathing h ard down Myers' n eck. In for th ird wa s J oe Bananeer . By the seco nd lap it wa s Pearce back in co ntrol and Moriarity in seco n d. Myers ba ck in third wa s fe nd in g o ff a n eve r ch a rg i n g Bro oker. Pearce still led as th e ra ce progressed , while Bananeer took second and Myer s third. A crash p u t Moria nty down to seventh. Pearce h ad an uncon tested lead and went on to take th e wi n and first overall. Myers moved up to seco nd, w hi le Bro o ke r finis h ed thi rd . Bischoff came in fo urth. Results 60 ; 1. Noel Kit sch (Kaw); 2. Chri s Thom s (Kaw ); 3. Ricky Carm ichael (Kaw ); 4. Donn y M ason (Kaw); 5. Kim berly Sybert (Hon). . PIW; 1. Ricky Car michael (Yam). MIN I A : 1. Derek Youngbloo d (Yam); 2. Dary l Youngblood (Yam); 3. Br ian Harper (Yam). MI NI B: 1. An t hony Paggio (Kaw); 2. Todd Rousseau (Yam); 3. Greg Broeeling (Hon ); 4 . J oh n Lake (Kaw); 5. Travis Blackbur n (Kaw ). M INI C; 1. M ike Tidey (Yam ); 2. Randy Chum (Hon); 3. Ph ill ip Bru ggem an (Hon); 4 . Rob W~ s h aw (Yam); 5. Noel Kit sch (Kaw ). . 10 0 : 1. Daryl You ngbl ood (Yam ); 2. Der ek Youn gb lood (Yam); 3. An t hony Paggio (Kaw ); 4. Bry an Harper (Yaml; 5. Jody Underwood (Kaw ). PP; 1. Gina Per ry (Hon); 2. Laurie Hampshire (Kaw ); 3. Chris M cQuaig (Hon); 4 . Catherine Pr iest (Kaw); 5. Patty M ill an (Hon). 125 A : 1. Gary Paul (Kaw); 2. A lan An dreau (Hon); 3. Harold M athews (Yam); 4. Mark Peterson (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. J ust in J ackson (Kaw ); 2. Ern ie M ,lia n (Hon); 3. Marcus Pedero (Hon); 4. Chu ck Sybert (Hon); 5. Kevin Roberts (Suzl. . 125 C: 1. Joe Pearce (Kaw); 2. Kyle My ers (Hon); 3. Bobby Mor iart y (KTM ); 4 . Bob Hanson (Yam); 5. Lonny Bischoff (Hon). . 250 A : 1. Al an Andreau (Hon); 2. M ar k Thom as - (Hon ); 3. Brent Cole (Kaw). 4 . All en Lucy (Hon) 250 B' 1. M arcus Pedero (Hon), 2. A llen Lun sford (Hon); 3. Rick Cru m (Hon); 4 . J, ff Layman (Hon); e 5. Roger A mbs (Yam ). 2 50 C: 1. Ronald Gall inano (Hon); 2. David Pr ince (Hon); 3. Fort son Rum ble (Hon): 4. A lan Jackson (Kaw ); 5. W ade Stern er (Yam). . OPEN EX: 1. David Ad ams (Han); 2. Ernie Swa n n (Hon); 3. Ern ie M illan (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Scon Taylo r (Hon ); 2. M itc hell Holstein (Hon); 3. M an Kretschner (Hon); 4 . David Osborn e (Kaw); 5. M ichael Smit h (Hon). SR; 1. D.L M ays (Hon); 2. Robert Proctor (Hon); 3. Steve Dixon (Han ); 4. Michael Smit h (Han); 5. Danny Sout h (Hon). . 15 -24 YRS: 1. Gary Paul (kaw ); 2. W es Keenum (Yam); 3. Harold M ath ews (Yam); 4. M ar k Peterson (Kaw); 5. Ern ie Millan (Hon). 2 5+: 1. Al an Lunsf ord (Hon); 2. Rick Cr um (Hon); 3. M ar k Thom as (Hon); 4. A llen Lucy(Hon ); 5. Roger Ambs (Yam). McGrath grabs first Pro win at Sacto MX By Nuklear Neukam SACRAMENTO , CA. J ULY 24 Ridi ng in his first ever Pro ra ce, H o nda -mounted T on y McGrath su rprised everyone b y wi n ni n g both m o tos o f th e Frida y n ight stadium m otocross h eld in th e Mot oBowl a t Sacramento Raceway Park . Wi th H onda rider J im In gl eb right o ut in front of the firs t co m b ined Pro mot a , McGrath was chopping away a t his lead 'a fter two la ps.' McGra th was soo n on Inglebrigh t' s tail a nd sea rc h ing fo r a lin e aro u n d. Then , off a jump. in front o f the stands a n d in to a right- h ander . McGrath held th e gas on an insta n t lo n ger a nd dove undernea th. With bo th feet o ff th e pegs it look ed as th ough d isaster m ight ta ke p lace b ut McGrath rega in ed control a n d instantly found hims elf in the lead of h is first P ro m oto. T h ere wa s no touchin g h im then and he flew to th e win by a h uge m a rg in. Ingl ebright held on for 43

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