Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a: w Cl z iii ;:: -c a: ::J :3 > a:l o I- o ::I: 0.. H arrell, Ellis and Jim Hestily again fought for second. H estily bnefly held th ird beh ind Ell is, who held a sta ble seco nd. H al e and H arrell both overtook H est ily. Lynch cla ime d a n easy first, Ellis took second, .H ale fin ished thi rd a n d H a rrell a n d Hestily nabbed fourt h and fifth. Results 0- 80 : 1. Kevin Beulter; 2. Jeff Fisher ; 3. Shannon Ayers. VET: 1. Garee McG innes; 2. Stan Sweaney; 3 . Dan Dowdin g. 250 PRO: 1. Rick Paarce; 2. Tommy lynch; 3. Donnie Harrell . 500 AM : 1. Scan Creager; 2. TIm Wood ard; 3. Chad Ell is. 500 PRO: 1. Tommy l ynch; 2. Kirby Shropshire; 3. M ike Hale. Collings collects two at Middleford ST By WQody M iller Rick Pearce (215) won the 250cc Pro class main event in an exciting finish during short track action at Bakersfield Speedway. second as Greg Tirheimer motored from a poor start up to ' third, even after a crash toward the end of th e moto. Danny Paladino made it · to fourth for a Honda sweep while " Double Barrel" Daryle Yount broke up th e red brigade on his Mike's Cycle Kawasaki in fifth. McGrath shot into the lead early in the second moto and never looked ba ck as he roosted to the win and th e overall money. Paladino moved into seco nd and made every effort to ca tch th e leader, but second was as far as he got. Inglebrigh t finished third, good for second overall, while th ird ov erall went to P aladino. T irheimer fin ished rnoto two wi th a fourth for fourth overall whi le Yount walked off with fifth overall. Results PRo : 1. Tony McGrath ( H on~ 2. J im Inglebright (Han); 3. Danny Paladino (Han). 60 BEG: 1. Davis McElwee (Kawt 2. Brian Schr imshar (Kaw ); 3. noah Ledbettar (Kaw ). 60 NOV: 1. l inle Shawn (Kaw); 2. Ty Kim (Kaw); 3. Stava Young /Knutson (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Steve Lawrance (Han); 2. Jeff Baldwin (Yam); 3. Scon McCoy (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Randy Chapman (Yam ~ BO BEG: 1. Ken Anderson (Kawt 2. Aaron Stewan (Kaw ); 3. Noel Louthan (Kaw). • BONOV: 1. Brian W ilson (Han); 2. Kavin Crippen (Kaw); 3. Jan Opperman (Kaw). BO INT: 1. Mike Lazano (Han); 2. Danny Nelson (Kaw); 3. Josh Boykin (Han). . 125 BEG: 1. James McCallison (Han); 2. Man Phipps (Han); 3. Marcus Charles (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Shawn Palmer (Suz); 2. Judd Houck (Kaw~ 3. Dean Campbell (Han). 250 BEG 0 ·1 ; 1. Doug Johnson (Han); 2. Rick lucero (Hon~ 3. Tim Benoit (KawO. 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Scon Morrison (Suzl; 2. Todd Ellis (Suz); 3. Rustin Sm ith (Kaw). . 250 NOV: 1. Randy Lewallan (Kaw); 2. Raben Austin (Suz~ 3. M ike Hagen (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Ed Schultz (Han); 2. Raben Cristando (Han); 3. Bob lynch, Jr . (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Comtney Smith (Yam); 2. Randy Lewallan (Ka w~ 3. Dan O'Berg in (Han). OTlNT: 1. Denn y Ware (Yamt 2. Steve Doll (Hus). OT EX: 1. Jack Hampton (M · S~. 125 NOV 0 -2: 1. Ron Knarr (Han); 2. Eric DuGray (Han). . 250 NOV 0 ·2 : 1. James Sanchaz (Han); 2. Man King ( H o n~ 3. Man Brown (KTM). VET NOV: 1. Ken Cox ( Ka w~ 2. Lloyd Crabtree ( Ho n~ 3. Neal Kuechlar (KawO. VET INT: 1. Ran Knarr (Hont 2. Dan O'Berg in (Hont 3. Steve Goodwin (Han). VET EX: 1. Cloyse Holl and, Jr. (Suz): 2. Gary Gallagher (SUz). ENDRl4· STRK: 1. Sam Sorocco (Han); 2. Steve Bacchini (Yam); 3. Ken Cox (Kaw). Pearce powers at Bakersfield ST By Laura Tisinger 44 BAKERSFIEL D, CA, J U L Y 24 R ick Pea rce a nd T om m y L ynch th rilled on loo kers with a spectac u lar finish in the 250cc Pro class d uri ng Ba ~ersfi eld Sp eedway short trac k raci ng. Pea rce and Lynch were peg-to-peg all evening. Just as the checkered flag came out in the main event. Pearce (in first) went down and Lvnch (inches behind ) also crashed. 'T he crash sent Pearce's fender flying and Lynch somersaulting over the bars. ince the get-off was at the wire. it wasn't quite clear who actually won th e race . Officials' decided Pearce took first and Lynch second. . Despite Lynch taking th e holeshot in the heat, Pearce sq ueezed by using the outside lin e to gain th e lead, Doren Potter got under Sean Swea ney for third. Donnie H arrell mad e his way th rough th e pack to finish fourth. Pearce held off L ynch for the heat win. Lynch and Potter took second and third. The main event start saw Mi ke Jones, L ynch and Harrell pull a three-way holesh or , bu t L yn ch pulled into the lead on the ba ck straigh t. Pearce plowed th rough to come in behind Lyn ch from fourth posit ion. Lynch and Pearce battled fo r th e lead until th ey crashed a t the wire , fini shing first a nd seco nd. Harrell took third , gett ing arou nd Potter who settled for fourth. Both Pearce and Lynch were unhurt. The 500cc Amateur cla ss was split into two heats du e to the number o f bikes entered: J eff H artman too k th e holeshot in heat on closely fol-e, lowed by Don Glendening, T im Woodard, and Rick Bride. Gl endening used an outside slide to ga in th e lead. Woodard followed suit to claim second. Hartman and Bride finished third and fourth. Scott Crea ger a nd Ch ad Ellis battled for the win ' in heat two. Creager holeshot the start to lead for three laps while Ellis and Ap p lewhi te fought for second. Ell is took second and then reeled in Creag er for the lead and the heat two V ICtory. Creager too k th e fla g in seco nd over Kent Ca nady, who blew by Ap pl ewh ite for th ird. Crea ger p ulled away from a bunched start to wrap up th e 500cc Amateur cla ss lead and victory in th e main event. H artman , Ca nady, Tim Woodard a nd Gl en denin g all ba ttled for top positions. Woodard took th e inside li ne for seco nd. Ell is and Gl endening ba ttl ed bac k and fort h for third..Ell is began ap p lying pressu re to Woodard using an ou tside line, but it was 10 no ava il. Woodard rode tough for seco nd, Ellis fin ished th ird a nd Gl endening took fou rt h. Lynch again did som e reckoni ng with Pearce in th e 500cc Pro class. In th e heat , Lynch, as usua l, was fir st into th e corner with a th ree-wide pa ck in pursu it behind him (Harrell . Kirb y Shropshire and Mik e Hal e). Pearce came fro m ins ide the pack 10 the ou tside line to take over the lead. Lynch and ' hropshire poured it on for second. Shropshire pulled by Lynch at the white fla g for seco nd : Lvnch cl a imed th ird. Hal e took fou rth and Jim He stily fifth . Lynch dominated the main event fro m the green to the checkers to score the 500cc Pro main event win. SEAFORD, DE , J ULY 24 Ro y Collings had a perfect even in g by winning both heat and features in th e 500cc and OpenPro classes. Collings put his First State Cyclesl Mark Hage Harley-Davidson in front of the 500cc feature with Mark Miller and Dan Diedrickson in tow. Collings began to pull away about lap five, as Miller dropped off the pace. Diedrickson closed on Miller on lap seven , but couldn't get by as the checkered flag fell. The 250cc class saw Jeff Sal evan overco me a poor start to capture the feature even t aboard his Honda. Heat winner Gene Kaczka got the holeshot and led until lap six when Salevan slipped under Kaczka in tum one. In Open Pro action, it was Miller who led into the first tum, but it was a sho rt -lived lead. Collings went by on th e next go- around, while SCOtt Haper was circulating in third, with Al Sm ith in fourt h. Ronnie Da il kept his unbeaten streak alive with another win in the Sr. class final. Dail pushed to the fro nt and kept it th ere until lap six wh en the race was stop pe d when Tom Kisielnicki parted company while trying to pass ano ther ri der in tum one, and the race was called complete. Resu lts 125 : 1. AI Smith (Yam). 250: 1. Jeff Salevan (Han); 2. Gene Kaczka (Han); 3. Scan Harper (Bul). 500: 1. Roy Collings (H·D);;2. Mark M iller (Yam); 3. Dan Diedro ckson (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Roy Collings (H·D); 2. Mark Miller (Yam); 3. Scon Harper (Bul). SR: 1. Ronn ie Dail (Yam); 2. Tom Kisielnicki (Yam). Nelson doubles at Baylands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, J ULY 22 J on Nelson p ut together th ree perfect rides and one nearly so to accom p lish two overall victories in the 250cc and O pen Pro di visions a t Baylands. H e rode hi s o wn 250cc Honda and a bo rrowed O pen class ma chi ne fro m frie nd Dan O 'Bergi n to acco m plish the double class victories. The O pen P ro class was the first moto in wh ich he raced, a nd he too k a n un characteris tic crash in the first corner w hile ru n ni ng hot for the lead. From dead last he bega n hi s cha rge to cat ch the leaders who were Jack Hulse a nd Craig Port er. Port er la ter fell a nd took o ver th e ta iling position a nd Hulse was relegated to seco nd earl y in the mo ta by the advance o f Tim McCl intock . Wh en Porter cras hed, Hu lse faded a nd :\lcCl intoc k cruised. wh ile hard charging Nelson worked past eight riders LO finish second in the rno to, Third place went to Hulse. \s the gate dropped on the second mot a. it was Nelson in th e lead fo llowed bv Hulse. Clavton Blood and .lcCfintock. ,Te I's o n never looked back. Hulse and his CR h ung . on for second at the checkers, while Blood a nd his Kawasaki faded to fourth beh ind McClintock. Results 60 BEG: 1. Scan Shade (Yam); 2. Chance Dunn (Kaw ); 3. Gary Armstrong Jr . (Kaw ); 4. Bill Sayre (Yam); 5. Shawn Yuill (Suzl. 80 JR : 1. Kenn y Nolan (Kawl; 2. Kenny Spence (Yam); 3. Ricky Alv es (Yamt 4 . Dan Reger (Han). BO INT: 1. Danny Nalso n (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Ben Cipoll ina (Kaw); 2. Tyron Farley (Kaw); 3. Mike laeap; (Han); 4, Chr is Dury (Hont 5. Jason Shade (Yaml . 125 JR: 1. M ike Aivagedis (Han); 2. Dan Galla (Suz); 3. Bill Bloomfield (Han); 4. Steve Matlock (Yamt 5. Kyle Brown (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Dave Rogers (Han); 2. Kun Kuhn (Kaw ); 3. Doug Dela y (Han); 4. Emmet Ramiraz (Suz). . 250 BEG: 1. Mark Jacob (Yam); 2. Mark Canepa (Han); 3. Lax Shpil (Yam); 4 . Rick Brewster (Hont 5. Peter laeapi ( H on~ 250 JR: 1. Bill Bloom fie ld (Han); 2. Steve Matlock (Yam); 3. Marc Pennings (Hont 4. Allen Blanco (Suzt 5. Don Mendenhall (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Brian Panerson (Han); 2. Chuck Mark (Kaw ); 3. Kun Kuhn (Kaw~ 4. Bill Gerber (Yam); 5. Sergio Fernandez (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Han); 2. Tim McClintock (Yam); 3 . Kelly Andris (Han); 4. Jeff Pestana (Yam~ 5. Man Arena (Suz~ OPEN BEG: 1. Keith Testi (Kaw ); 2. Raben Jankowski (Han); 3. Patrick Morgan (Han); 4 . Bran Godfrey (Han); 5. Stephen Edmonson (Han). OPEN JR: 1. Jon Nicolaus (Yam); 2. Shawn Reed (Kaw); 3. Dan O'Bergin (Han); 4. Marl on Folden (Yam). OPEN INT; 1. Phil Douglas (Yam); 2. Tim Boone (Han); 3. Larry McCany (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Han); 2. Tim McClint ock (Yam); 3. Jack Hulse (Han); 4 . Glenn Harr ison (Yasm); 5. Clayton Blood (Kaw). VET JR: 1. Marlon Folden (Yam); 2. Rory Brandt (Han); 3. Ken Campbell (Han); 4. Tim O'Hara (KTM). VET INT: 1. Joe Wytman (Kaw). . VET MSTR: 1. Don Swearingen (Hont 2. Phil Rice (Yaml; 3. Larry Baker (Han); 4. Russ Daley (Kaw). OT JR : 1. Las Oldenbrook (Han); 2. Lewis Fast (Yam); 3. Joe Cipollina (Suz); 4. Richard Anderson /Yam). Battillo blasts Sterlington HS By J eff A lbrig ht STERLINGTON, LA, JULY 19 Raymond Battillo stole the holeshot and never looked back, as he blasted his KX250 to a victory in the 30-39 Year-Old class at the Monroe Dirt Riders H ar e Scram ble in Sterlington. Battillo's twin brother Ronnie, who picked up third place on his KDX200 . in the 200cc B cla ss, said after the race, " When Raymond is on, he's on. H e started two rows behind me, caught and passed me , and then pulled over to adjust his clutch lever, like he wasn't even in a hurry." . Wade Cleveland seem ed unbeatable in th e Open Beginner class on ' his CR250, but had to retire early after co mi n g in co nta ct with a stump, breaking his rear brake lever off in the process. Cleveland was ridin!\, with a broken collarbo ne, sus tam ed in a practice cra sh earlier in the su m mer. Brad Minninger gasse d his KDX200 to a win in the highly com pe titive 200cc Beginner class. Minninger, who was co m pe ti ng in his second ever race, will be moving to the amateu r ra nks . The AA Expert class saw H onda CR500-moun ted Rodger Bail ey and KTM350 pilot J eff Plunkett put on a show, as Plunkett ho u nded Bailey for the lead. Bailey suc cu m bed later in the race a nd Pl un kett sailed to the overa ll victory. Results AA EX: 1. Jeff Plu nkett ; 2. Mark J amroz; 3. Rodger Bail ey. • OPEN EX: 1. Kelly Crenshaw ; 2. Frank Nugent; 3. Scon Roben son; 4. lee Fugler. 200 EX: 1. Tim Sing leton; 2. Kelly Angelelle; 3. Dw ight W heat 4. Todd Singleton. EX (30- 39): 1. Ricky Foster; 2. Jim Chabina. OPEN AM : 1. Bud Mcinnis; 2. J ason Taylor; 3. Carol Daq uanno: 4. Way ne Richardson, 250 AM : 1. Jo hn Delee; 2. Richard Wise: 3. Bria n Gratzman ; 4 . Tony Davone. 200 AM : 1. Keith Reine ; 2. Kevin Fleming ; 3. Ronn ie Battill o; 4 . M ichael Vaughn. 12 5 AM : 1. J ohn Mcleomre; 2. Robert W ise; 3. Matt Mathews ; 4. Amm iel Kyson. AM (30- 39): t . Raymond Banillo; 2. Warr en Scroirino: 3. Ronnie Small ; 4 . Terry Brown . SR (40)): 1. Gene Kvson: 2. George Hoffer ; 3. Walter 8ronson; 4 . Gene Alleman. WMN: 1. Darlene Morris: 2. Becky Smith; 3. Sherry Robertson; 4 . Debbie Brown. JR (13 -15) : 1. Jason Reine; 2. Bubba pecuemnc. 3. David Shaw; 4. Bnan Cublev. OPEN BEG: 1. Stephan Sturges; 2. Raben Manint; 3. Jimmy Crews; 4 . Robert Mik. 200 BEG. 1. Brad Minn mger; 2. Mark Faries; 3. Steve Graves; 4 , Donnie Distedan .

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