Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Cl: CJ) W ....l o ....l ....l :I: => !:1 ::E >Cl: z w "" ~ Z w :I: :>- >al al o .... o :I: o .... o :I: Q. Q. Aaron and Kurt Hough overalled the Haspin Hare Scrambles . OPEN: 1. Rick Now aklTed Fischer(Hus); 2. Kevin ~ Condon/Tom Buckles (Hus); 3. Mike Hillenbrand/ M arty Rodgers (Hus); 4 . Pet e Fern/Pat Boec ker. ma nn (Han ); 5. David St all ard/ Bob Brown Ie -A). SR; 1. J im Smith / M ike Dickt en (Hus). Sprague reigns at Rose Bush Trials By Michael Beaudoin Todd Marshall (74) led winner Sha ne Kennedy (3 3) , Brad M ills (6 2) and Bra ndon W illiams (63) d uring 250cc C class action at Rolling Hills. Kennedy doubles at Rolling Hills MX By Henry Muller 48 REIDSVILLE, NC , JULY 19 Sh an e Kennedy wa s unstoppabl e in th e 125cc Schoolboy and 250cc C classes a t Rolling H ill s Cycle Park, winning four motos on the cha llenging co urse. Jim Neese scored runnerup honors in th e Schoolboy division , then returned to sweep the Senior Mini class over Pa trick Slate and Carl Fogl e. Way ne Guin claimed the lead at the start of the first 125cc Schoolboy mo ta with Kennedy a nd Ned Blackwelder nipping at hi s heels. Kennedy storme d past G ui n for the win with Neese dropping Guin to th ird at the fini sh. Mot a two sa w Neese wi th th e ho lesh o t wh ile' Kennedy began his charge from fourth . Kennedy closed in on Nees e and grabbed the lead wit h G ui n watchi ng fro m th ird. T he top three finish order read Ken ned y, Neese and Guin. Todd Marshall jumped into th e lead at th e start of the first 250cc C mota wi th Brad Mill s, Kenned y a nd Brandon William s behind. After a few laps Kennedy had moved past the front runn ers a nd tak en a safe lead wi th Mill s mo ving past Ma rsha ll for seco nd. At the fla t it was Kenned y's win with Mills a nd Ma rsha ll next. Phill ip Wilkerso n and Will iam s rou nded o u t the top five. William s blast ed off the gate in moto two and pu lled o u t to a five second lea d o ver Kennedy whil e Wilkerso n and Lee Martin foug ht over third. Kennedy slow ly reeled in Will iam s a nd surged pas t for his second class win o f the day. Will ia ms cru ised in fo r seco nd wit h Marshall up fro m fifth to thi rd over Mill s an d Ken Merrick s. Marsh all 's 3-3 tall y la nded seco nd overa ll foll owed by Mills a nd Wi lliams. Pa trick Sla te sto le the ho lesh o t in the first Senior Mi n i mota over Jim Nees e and Stacey Barn ett with Carl Fog le and Tracey Barnett fo llowi ng. Sharpe Bros.lO 'N eal's Neese soon found a lin e past Sla te for the lead and win wi th a crash droppi ng Fogl e ba ck to fifth. Stacey Barnett edged h is twin bro ther Tracey for third. Fog le na iled th e start of th e second moto but it was [eese's da y as he hounded and th en passed Fogl e for the lea d and win . Fogle s tayed upright for second with Sla te being dropped to fourth by Tracey Barnett a nd Stacey Ba rn ett fifth. Slate's 2-4 mota score saved seco nd overa ll over Fog le's 5-2 finish. Resu lts P/W: 1. Rich ie Hort on (Kawl; 2. Robbie Horton (Kaw); 3. Chris Carlson (Kaw) . J R MI NI: 1. Patr ick Greer (Kawl; 2. Richie Hort on (Kaw ); 3. Spencer Liggon (Kaw ). SR MINI: t. J im Neese (Yam); 2. Patr ick Slat e ( Yam~ 3. Carl Fogle (Yam). 125 SCHBY: 1. Shane Ken nedy (Yam); 2. Jim Neese (Yam); 3. Wayne Gu in (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. M icha el Eastwood (Han); 2. Scan Riggs (Yam); 3. Kevin Bow les (Hon). 250 C: 1. Shan e Ken nedy (Yam); 2. Todd Marshall (Han); 3. Brad Mills (Han). 12 5 B: 1. William Mut im er (Yam); 2. Lonni e Taylor (Yam); 3. Tim Langdo n (Yam). 250 B: 1. Jo el Walker (Han); 2. Steve Addington IKaw); 3. Tim M antoot h (Yam). , OPEN B: 1. Dean Her r in (Hon ); 2 . St eve Starnes (Kaw); 3 . Roger Hamby (Yam). SR: 1. Kevin Wil liam s (Han ); 2. Jeff Carter (Kawl; 3. M ark Smith (Han). PRO: 1. Bria n M cNeill (Yaml; 2. Mik e Privett e (Han ). Hough brothers dominate Haspin Team HS By Mike Nichols LA UR EL , IN, J ULY 19 Kurt a nd Aa ron H ou gh tea med u p o n a Ho nda CRI 25 a nd do mi na ted racing ac tio n at th e H asp in T eam Har e cra m bles, in Laure l. Aaron sta rted fOf th e Hough tea m a nd was runnin g fourth, despite missi ng a ma rker on the eig h t-m ilea -la p co urse. After making a spectacu lar first la p, Aaron handed the Hon da over to h is brother, Ku rt. At the end of the second lap, th e Hough team had developed a co m ma nd ing lea d. For the rest of th e three hour race, the two rid ers rode flaw lessly o n the way to virtorv. Back in 'seco nd place was th e team o f A.]. Sp icer and Pa ul Mich els, wh o were lead in g Hal Combs and Mark i\Iehu ron. Results OVERALL: Kurt /Aaron Hough (Han); 2. Paul Michels/ A.J. Spicer (C-A ); 3. Hal Combs/ Mark M ehuro n (Yam ). 125 : A aron/ Kurt Hough (Han); 2. Todd Thomp son / Ron Ker sey (Yam ); 3. Jon Dickt en / Lar ry Parcell (Kaw); 4 . Ryan Sm it h / Gary Folg er (Yam) ; 5. Davi d Paddack/Todd Sn ider (Hus). 200; Paul Michels/ A.J. Spicer (C-A ); 2. Jeff Leeke/Scon Summ ers (C-A); 3. Tony Vanet / Don Hough (Kaw); 4. Bob Pierce/Marion Pierce Jr . IKaw); 5. Rick Cook/M ar k Cook (Kaw). . 250: 1. Hal Combs/ Ma rk Mehuron (Yam); 2. Rob _ Fox/James Hu bba rd (Hus) ; 3 . Mike Burg /Dave Freu de ma n (Han); 4 . Rick Steven slTi m Manhews (Han) ; 5. Randy W alters/Mar k Voiers (Yam) . ROSE BUSH , MI, J ULY 19 Da ve Wal do a nd hi s clu b d id a good job at putti ng ona challengi ng trials event today at th e Rose Bush Trials. Kenn y Sp rague from India na wo n th e Novice class wi th a score of n ine. Th om as Baker took second place wi th 24 a nd Mik e Beaudoin took third pl ace with 26. A close battle for fourth place was betw een Rob Ch arron a nd Terran ce Strawbel, Ch arron taking fourth p lace over Strawbel, 30-32. Brad Bouch er ran away with th e In termed ia te win with a score of 25. Second p lace was Kent Flaig with 84 and Scott Bou ch er received third place with 93. J ohn Wagner finished in fourth p lace with 96. The Se nior class was wo n by Ma rt in Meida with a sco re of 21 over Bill Decker with 27. J ohn Cl ine received th ird pl ace wit h 35. In the Ad van ced class Rand y Miller received first pl ace with 35. Brian Ah erns took seco nd place with 57 a nd thi rd place was received by David H o lley with 6 1. Results EX: 1. Todd Coff ey (Fan): 2. Gary How ard (Yam); 3. Brad Howard (Yam); 4 . Greg Krist (Han); 5. Bob Cap ist rant (Yam ). A DV: 1. Randy Miller (Yam); 2. Br ian Ahe rns (Yam); 3. David Holl ey (Yam); 4 . Paul Crow der (Yam); 5. Paul Fairbairn (Yam). INT: 1. Brad Boucher (Yaml; 2. Kent Flaig (Yam); 3. Seen Boucher (Suz); 4 . John Wager (Betl ; 5. Lou is Boucher (Yam). SR: 1. Martin Meida (Yam); 2. Bill Decker (Yam); 3. J ohn Cline (Yam). NOV: 1. Kenny Scraque (Bul l; 2. Thomas Baker (Yam); 3. Michael Beaudoo in (Fan); 4 . Robert Charr on (yam); 5. Terrance Str awbet (Yam). Pucharich burns B.A.R.F. Enduro By D uane Eller BLAC K RIV ER FAL LS, WI , J ULY 19 . Dave P ucha rich anihi lated the com pet it io n with Dav e Mun genast's CR250 Honda during th e sweltering sec o nd loop of t he 8t h An n ual B.A.R.F. Enduro. H ig h point A winn er J eff Ha asl . o n a CR500 H o nda, had a two poin t lead o n Pucharich a fter th e first loo p. Never the less. the 90° tempera tu res a nd 20 mi le woods sectio ns ca used Haa sl to drop I W O ex tra points in the seco nd loop, while P ucha rich improved his score by two points to cla im a victory with 25 poi nts (versus Haasl' s 27 po ints ). La st yea r's winn er, Joe Zierrnan. borrowed a YZ490 to top Open A with a 29 poi nt total. Zierman wou ld have been mor e in the h u nt . had he no t burned the first check by one min u te. He a lso fou nd th a t open bi kes can be tempermenta l when stalled; he had a cons iderable p ro blem sta rti n g it o n a t leas t one occasion th at cost him ex tra points. T he race dav started o ut wi th coo l temperatures a nd a q uarter in ch of rai n that ma de exce llent ridi ng co ndi tio ns th e first time arou nd the 47.5 grou nd mil e loo p , bu t the temperature rose rapid ly in th e ea rly afternoon to abo ut 900. A 10 mile reset in the middle of the loop put 90%of th e riders back o n time. Riders commented that the arrowing was exce llent, considering that the Madison M.e. spe nt the p revious day" franticall y repl acing abou t 60%of th e arrows that had been eaten off th e trees by grassho p pe rs. Results a / A: t . Dave Puchar ich (Han). HI-PT A : 1. Je ff Haasl (HanI. HI-PT B: 1. Lee Erickson . HI-PT C: 1. Eric Mundt (Kaw) . EX: 1. M ike Ell is; 2. Frank Schoenbeck. 200 A : 1. Harvey W h ipp le (Kaw); 2. Gary Peterson (C-A) : 3. Pet er Wicks (Kaw ): 4 . Tim Kennedy (Yam). 250 A: 1. Man Stavish (Kaw); 2. Bri an Ter ry (Kaw); 3. Dave Lindgren (Han ); 5. Ed Tobin (C-A). OPEN A: 1. J oe Zierm an (Yam); 2. Steve Narel (Hus); 3. Gary Behr ens (Han). 4 -STRK: 1. Dave Kiesow (Hus ); 2. Ja mes Fisher (HanI. SR A: 1. J ames Hern (KTM); 2 . Denn is Thieke. S/SR ; 1. A I Bergquist. SR B: t . Dick Rohda (Hus); 2. Rodger McK ee (Kaw); 3. Ph il Ter ry (Kaw). WMN : 1. Cindy Lindgren . 200 B: 1. Dale Sanb orn ; 2. Vi ncent Hen ieberry; 3. W ayne Gala rnea u. 250 B: t . Todd Mathwig; 2. Brian Winn: 3. Dave Peters, 4 . Paul Lastofca . OPEN B: 1. Mar k Yonjo !; 2. SteveYand erBoogart; 3. Richard Gron cki. C: 1. Craig Faust 2. Lore n Bohl; 3. Doug Novach; 4 . Eric Ad elsen. Johnston doubles at Hillbilly Hills MX By Hugh Gatlin ROB ER T A, GA , J UL Y 19 H ond a - m o u n ted R o ss Johnst o n posted a four mota sweep on hi s wa y to overall victories in the 125 B a nd 250cc B classes a t H illbillv H ills ' Johnston co uldn' t secure ilis firs t two mot a win s until la te in the race, b ut too k co m ma nd of the second set early and never looked ba ck. Da vid Mo rse led th e first combined 250cc Band C mo ta wit h Earnest H arbin seco nd. At th e end of th e first lap H arb in d ouble ju m p ed hi s H onda past Mor se. J o hnsto n moved up to cha llenge th e lead er , but H arbin held hi s grou nd. Johnston found an o pen ing o n th e fourth lap a n d 'p u ll ed away for th e w in. Ya maha r ider To ny Lee ni p ped H a rb in for seco nd la te in the race . J ohnston hol esh ot the seco nd hea t and q uick ly opened up a lead. Lee went to second and chased J ohnston the whol e moto , cu tting hi s winning margin to a stra igh ta way a t the fini sh . H arbin cla im ed the overa ll C class win , bu t co uld n't match the pac e of th e B rid ers the seco nd ti me o u t. T racey Wh aley p u t his Yama ha a lit front in the fir st 125cc B moto foll ow ed b y J ohnsto n. Th e two quickl y left the pa ck. J ohnston was on Wha ley's rea r wheel at th e halfway poin t. bu t wasn' t ab le to find a way around until la p five. Wh aley did n' t a ttemp t 10 retake th e lead a nd appea red to be con ten t wit h seco nd p lace. SCOIl Garland took third. J ohnston aced t he second moto start a nd built a com ma nd ing lead , whil e Wh al ey gated dead last. Wh aley cha rged to seco nd a nd made a determ in ed run for first place. At th e flag he was loo king for one more lap, ha ving come to withi n th ree bike leng ths o f J ohnston. Results 125 B: 1. Ross Jo hn ston (Honl ; 2. Todd Dow n s (Yam); 3. Scon Garland (Hon); 4. Cliff Evans (Yam); 5, Ed Rast (Kaw ). 2 50 B: 1. Ross Johnston (Han); 2. Tony Lee (Yam); 3. Robby Barqstedt (KawO; 4. J eff Leach man (Han). 125 C: 1. Jake M cClur e (Yam); 2. Tom my Bilz (Han); 3. J ason A lday (Kaw); 4. Dyer Busbee (Han); 5. Mickey W alden (Yam ). 250 C: 1. Earnest Harbin (Hon); 2. David Mor se (Kaw); 3. Kason A lday (Kaw); 4 . Gary Evans (Kaw ); 5. Kenn eth Kowa lizwk (Hon).

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