Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Dail dials in Middleford Dirt Drags By Woody Miller SEAFO RD, DE, JU LY 17 Ronn ie Dail remained un defea ted after the fifth round of the Delmorria Dirt Drag Championship Series. Dail took his fifth straight overall win aboard his R&M Racing/ Mike Dun n / Silver Bullet Kawasaki, aft er stiff competition by Andy Owens, rid ing a R&M Cycle/ Reapers M.e. Accessories/ G ivens Flowers Ha rleyDavidso n. Dail and Andy Cr ivens squared off in th e final round. When th e green flag dropped , Crivens was out of the hole firs t, but when the dust settled. it was ca lled a tie by the lin e judges. In the run off, it was Dail ge lling th e nod and th e win. Mark Mill er rem ained undefeated in the Open Street class by taki ng th e win o n h is Yam aha. Results OPEN KNOBBY: 1. Ronnie Dail (Kaw ): 2. Bill Bur ge (Tri): 3. Andy Cr ivens (H· D). OPEN STREET: 1. Mar k M ill er (Yam). Cooper collects Dr. Pepper MX By Jenny Bayles MID WEST CITY, OK , J ULY 18 Honda su pport rider Guy Cooper wo n five of his six rn oto s a t th e 8th Ann ua l Dr. Pepper Mo tocross in Midwest City. The track, des igned . by T omm y Newm an , a ttracted more than 340 riders Saturday n ight with th e 250cc division being th e largest of th e Expe rt classes. The 250cc Expert class started o u t with Cooper in the lead, Ka wasa ki's Cla y H oensh ell in second followed by Yama ha-mounted j ohn Lamber t. Wh ile Cooper pulled a way from th e pack , H onda rid er Cliff Palmer started motorin g o n and by the th ird lap had managed 10 slip past Lambert a nd move into th ird posit ion. Cooper . was far beyond th e o the r riders' reac h , and in comp lete control. He cruised 10 the chec kered flag w i t h H o en sh ell in second a n d Pal mer tak in g third. T he second mo to provided m uch excitement for the racing fans as Cooper, once agai n , snatched th e ho leshot followed by Palmer and H oenshel l. H oensh ell bolted past Palmer within th e first la p and set hi s sig h ts o n Cooper. While Hoenshell wa s p lanning h i s a ttack, H onda-mo unt ed Steve Bayles eased past Palmer to move into third pl ace. H oensh ell m a intain ed h is cl ose position behind the leader until th e last lap when Cooper ass umed IOtal co m ma nd and stretche d his lead beyond striking di stance, ca p turi ng a nother perfec t rn o to win , w ith H oen sh ell fi n is h ing seco nd a nd Ba yles set tli ng for th ird. The 125cc Expert first rn o to was m uch of the same with Cooper ridi ng o n to a not her £la wl ess vict or y, H oenshell took second and Palmer , finished th ird. T he second mo to saw Cooper take the holesh ot fo llowed by Ba yles a nd H onda rid er Mike H amm er. As Palmer passed Ba yles for seco nd positio n , a determined H oen shell worked h is way from the back of th e pack and glided past Bayles and then Palm er to mov e into second place. Cooper fin ished with a huge lead follow ed by Hoensh ell in second and Palmer in third. . The 500cc Expert class had . th e least number of riders but was by far th e most exci ting event of th e evenin g. Coo per was first off th e line with H oen sh ell close behind in th e first moto, T he two ta lented Expert riders rem ai ned in that position unti l th e wh ite flag lap when Hoensh ell took a n insi de line a nd sto rmed past Cooper in a corn er to assume th e lead. On th e last la p , an ins p ired Cooper blazed past H oenshell to ca p ture th e win , with Hoen shell finishi ng close behi nd. The second rnoto saw th e two rid ers wheel-to-wheel going into th e first turn, with Cooper coming o u t slightly ah ead . By th e second corner Hoenshell had taken th e lead, and despite Cooper's efforts, Hoensh ell went on to claim th e rn oto win and th e ov erall vict ory in th e Open Expert class. Results ' 250 EX: 1. Guy Cooper (Han); 2. Clay Hoenshell (Kaw); 3. Cliff Palm er (Han). OPEN EX: 1. Clay Hoenshell (Kaw); 2. Guy Cooper (Han); 3. Joe Dyer (Han). 125 EX: 1. Guy Cooper (Han); 2. Clay Hoenshell (Kaw ); 3. Cliff Palmer (HOn). 125 OPEN: 1. M ike Tate (Kaw); 2. Ricky War e (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Al an Bruce (Yam); 2. David Pierson (Kaw ); 3. Slam Fitzpatrick. OPEN: 1. Clint Jon es (Han); 2. Lance Norick (Kaw); 3. Greg Brow n (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Brandon Farmer (Yam); 2. Ken Brown (Kaw); 3. Todd Bate s (Han). M INI BEG: 1. J erry Bullan (Han); 2. Kevin Parton (Kaw); 3. Bryan Eugen (Han). 105 : 1. Jared Hamby (Han); 2. R.C. Bann en (Kaw ); 3. Steve Petree (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. M ike Gilland (Yam); 2. Tommy Ash (Yam); 3. Danny Mathis (Yam). PIW: 1, Chad Petr ee (yam ); 2. Clint Bowye r (Yam); 3. B.J . Beeshears (Yam). 250 OPEN: 1. Clint J on es (Han); 2. Lance Norick (Kaw); 3 . Shawn Jones (Kaw). MIN I JR : 1. Jeff Demen t (Kaw); 2. Robb ie Reynar d (Kaw ); 3. lee M ull en (Han). OVER 30 : 1. Trey Jor ski (Suz); 2. Raben Reynard (Han); 3. Chuck Cooper (Han). MI NI SR: 1. R.C. Benn en (Kaw); 2. Trey Owens (Han); 3. Eddie Jo nes (Kaw). MINI MIN I: 1. J eff Dement (Kaw); 2. Ricky Nix (Kaw ); 3. Andy Bowy er (Kaw). Douglas takes BayfandsMX By Mike Vancil FREMO NT , CA. J ULY 17 P hil Do uglas a ba ndoned hi s norm al KTM moun t and rode a Ya maha a nd a Husq varn a in two Interm edia te di visions tonight at Baylands, win n in g bo th . . At th e start of the fir st race - th e Veteran Master class - Dougla s quietl y ga ined th e lead. After five la ps of racing he was th e winner by a wide margin o ver Dua ne Hugh es a nd Mike Marinkovich . The second moto saw a close battl e for th e lead between Dougl as and Hug hes. T his time it was Hughes who go t the lead into the first lefthand corner , bu t it wa s Douglas that had th e lead co ming o u t of the second corner. As th ey exi ted th e th ird corner, a high banked 1800 berm wit h severa l lines, it was sti ll Douglas, but H ug hes was closer. As the mo to was closing it was obvio us that Hu ghes became aware that Marinkovi ch was riding an ins pi red race and "Ser iously desired second place. At that time, a nd it was nearl y too late, Hughes ga ssed it. Hughes pl aced seco nd and ro ok second overall behind Dougl as a nd a hea d of Marinkovich. Best in the 80cc Beginner class was Chance Dunn wit h a wi n a nd th ird aboard his KX80 Ka wasa ki, sponsored by Dublin Kawasaki. Seco nd ove ra ll went to No rman Winter. Results 80 BEG: 1. Chan ce Dunn (Kaw); 2. Nor m an W int er (Han ); 3 . Shawn Yuill (Suz); 4 . M ike Simonini (Han); 5. Peter Urf er (Han). BO: JR: 1. Ken Nolan (Kaw ); 2. Ray M claughlin (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Marcus Charl es (Kaw); 2. Ben Cipollina (Kaw); 3. Roger Epperson (Yam); 4 . Larr y Romer (Kaw); 5. Mark Fitzsimmons (Suz). 125 JR : 1. Ja son Warren (Ha n); 2 . M ike A ivagedis (Han); 3. Tom Costell a (Kaw); 4 . J ohn New eIlIHon); 5. Pat Gomm (Han). 125 INT: 1. Doug Del ay (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Jim Alwy n (Suz); 2. Mi ke Ospring IHo n); 3 . Raben Fost er (Yam ); 4 . Steve Ran dazzo (Han); 5. Doug J ohnson (Han). 250 J R: 1. Dave MacAn hur (Kaw); 2. Greg Bailey (Yam) 3. Mark Kerli ng (Han);4 . J erry Castill o (Han); 5. Geoff rey Fox (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Sergio Fernan dez (Han); 2. Dave Rogars (Hon); 3. Tim Nobles (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Kalth Testi (Kaw); 2. Shann on Hum phreys (Yam); 3. Doug Silva (Yam); 4 . Raben Jankowski (Han); 5. Stephen Edmonson (Han). OPEN JR: 1. Jon Nicolaus (Yam); 2. Steve Silv est ri (J) . - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - ----, - - - - -- - -- - ---, w ...l ~ l%l > Z Z .., w > l%l ~ ~ 2~~ o :x: Q. Clay Hoenshell (5 0 ). Honda-mounted Guy Cooper (15) and Cl iff Palmer (88) tackle the first turn in the 250cc Expert class at Midwest City. (Han); 3 . Raben Eckowitz (Yam); 4. M ike Blake (Han). . OPEN INT: 1. Phil Douglas (Hus); 2. Kirk Smit h (Yam). . . VET JR; 1. Bill Ma loney (Han); 2. Ric Russsell (Han); 3. Dick Sm ith (Han); 4 . Tom Quirk (Han); 5. Dave MacDonald (Yam). VET INT: 1. Gary Ja ehne (Kaw ); 2. Mark Arthur (Han). VET MSTR: 1. Phil Douglas (Yam); 2. Duane Hugh es (Han); 3. Mike Marinko vich (Han); 4 . Philip Rice (Yam); 5. Je rry Castillo (Han). OT JR : 1. Don Matheso n (KTM ): 2 . l as s Oldenbrook (Han). Collings tames Middleford Short Track By Woody Miller SEAFO R D, DE, J ULY 17 Roy Co lli ngs continued hi s domi nance a t Middleford Speedway by agai n taki ng th e 500cc and O pe n Pro fin al s. In the 500<:c final. Collings led Mark Mill er a nd Dan D iedrickso n into turn one, a nd on la p two, Died rickso n wen t do wn exi ting turn four bu t was u p quickl y. At the end of eig h t la ps, Co ll ings had a comfor table lead over Mill er for the win. T he 250cc class saw th e return of j eff Saleva n after a month la y off. Saleva n jumped into th e lead a t the flash of the gree n ligh t with po in ts lea der G uy S tua rt a n d Carm en Visa lli close behind. Stuart moved into th e lead on la p two while Visall i was busy keeping Ge ne Kaczkc a t ba y. O n lap six, Sa levan un loaded in turn two whi le go ing for the lead . H e regrouped q uickly bu t was un abl e to get his bik e run n in g agai n. T he O pen Pro final- ha d Mill er lead in g the ope n ing laps with Co llings go ing by o n th e backstrai ght. A la p lat er, Mill er pulled off wi th a broken fuel line. Stuart moved into second bu t cou ld n't mount a cha llenge aga inst Co llings. Results 250: 1. Guy Stua rt (Bul); 2. Carmen Visall i (Yam): 3. Gene Kaczkc (Han); 4. Jeff Salevan (Han). SR: 1. Ronn ie Da il (Yam); 2 . Tom Kisie lnicki (Yam). 500 : 1. Roy Collin gs (H· D); 2. Mark M ill er (Yam); 3. Dan Diedr ickson (Yam). DPEN PRO: 1. Roy Coll ings (H· D); 2. Guy Stuan (Bul); 3 . Mark Miller (ya m ); 4 . Dan Diedrickson (Yam). Bostard bags Baylands MX victory By Mike Vancil FREMONT. CA, J ULY 15 A ra re Ba yl ands R ace wa y P ark ap peara nce was cap ped by a n overa ll win by H on da-mounted Terry Bosta rd in th e 250cc Pro class a t th e CM C MX even t. Shaun Woot en got off th e lin e u p front a nd used aggressi ve ri di ng 10 sta y th ere in the first moto, Woo ten a lso ro de a H onda. An un ch aracteri stic perfo rm ance was turned in by j on Nelso n. as a minor spill ca used h im 10 finish fifth . Bostard kept the pressure on a nd made no mis ta kes 10 power u p thro ugh th e pack a nd gain a second pl ace at th e checkered flag. In the second moto, Nelson had things back in control and' p ut his Honda o ut in fro nt of everyone, ho wever, h is 5-1 even ing was go od on ly for thi rd overa ll. Co nsis tent ridi ng by Bostard - he took a no ther second - go t him th e o vera ll win . H e wa s followed at th e payo u t window by Wooten who trai led him to the checkers as well in th e second moto. The O pen Pro class was a sevenrider co ntest with Clayton Blood and Bru ce Ma nzoni ha vin g th e best records coming into the race. But neither ri der figured very high in the overall standings as jack H ul se a nd his Ma xima /Simmo ns /Goose Bro thers Ra cing-backed Ho nda pu t together a smooth pair of pe rformances to ta ke the overall win. In the first Open P ro class moto, Blood and Ma nzoni were ru n ni ng u p fro nt early o n bu t each faded as the pressure of Hulse and Tim McCl in tock came to the fore. First Hulse got by Manzon i w i th seve ra l laps rem aining a nd th en he di spl aced Blood. In turn , Blood was barely able 10 hold off the charge of McClintock. T he fin ishing o rder was H u lse, Blood, McClintock a nd Manzoni . The second mo to saw Man zoni get a no the r stro ng sta rt but aft er severa l la ps he was reeled in by McCli ntock a nd the n by Hulse and Blood a nd they rod e 10 th e fin ish in tha t o rder. Results 80 BEG: 1. Mugs Hamm er (Hon); 2. Chanc e Dunn (Kaw) ; 3 . Peter Urfer (Han); 4 . Norma n Wimer (Han); 5. Bill Sayre (Yam). 80 JR: 1. Dan Reger (Han); 2. Kenny Nol an (Kaw ); 3. Ricky Alves (Yam). BO INT: 1. Kenn y M cGr ath' (Kaw); 2. Pet e Piantada (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Ben Cipolli na (Kaw); 2. l eon Frank (Hon ); 3. Paul Symmons (Han); 4 . Larry Mon iz (Han); 5. Raben Aoyd (Suz). 125 JR: 1. Joe Bruce (Han); 2. Kennie McG rath (Kaw); 3. Russell Putna m (Han); 4 . Jason Warren (Han ); 5. Kyle Brown (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Pat Benn en IKaw); 2. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw); 3 . J erome Sm it h (Han). 250 BEG: 1. leon Frank (Han); 2. Rick Brewster (Han); 3. Jim Horne (Han); 4. Jeff Anderson (Yam); 5. M ark Canepa (Han). 250 JR: 1. Dean Reep (Han); 2. Jeffery Bublavi (yam); 3. Chuck Mark (Kaw); 4. Keith Tant i (Yam); 5. M arc Pen nings (Han). 25 0 INT: 1. Dave Rogers (Han); 2. Serg io Fern andez(Hon); 3. Pat Bennet (Kaw); 4. Bill Gerber (Yam); 5. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw) . 25 0 PRO: 1. Ter ry Bastard (Han); 2. Shau n Wooten (Han); 3 . Jon Nelson (Hon ); 4 . Tim McClintock (Yam); 5. Sean Conley (Kaw). OPEN BEG: 1. Shannon Hunphreys (Yam); 2. Keith Testi (Kaw); 3. Stephen Edmonson (Han); 4. Raben Jankowski (Han). OPEN JR: 1. Jon Nicolau s (Yam); 2. Con ney Smi th (Han); 3. Shaw n Reed IKaw); 4 . Nicl as Granl und (Kaw); 5. Dan O'B ergin (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Bill Gerber (Yam); 2. Phil Douglas (Hus). OPEN PRO: 1. Jack Hul se (Han); 2. Tim McClin· tock (Yam); 3. Clayton Blood (Kaw); 4 . Bru ca M anzoni (Hon); 5. Gary Fargo (Hon). VET JR: 1. Marlo n Folden (Yam); 2. Rory Brandt (Han); 3. Timot hy O'Har a (KTM); 4 . Ken Campbell (Han). VET INT: 1. Joe Wytman (Kaw); 2. David Teeple s (Han ); 3. Gary Remm en (Yam); 4 . Peter Cru henden (5 02); 5. Geoff rey Fox (Han). aTJR: 1. Lewi s Fast (Yam); 2. Richard And erson (Yam). VET MSTR; 1. Duane Hughes (Han); 2. Mike Lane (Han); 3. Phil Douglas (Kaw); 4 . Larry Baker (Han); 5. Don Sw ear in gen (Hon). 47

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