Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Jones. Bolten dropped h is H onda in a berm a n d H ytrek sai le d p a st. Stephenson won by a long shot. Jones hung o nto seco nd with H ytr ek a close th ird. Results MIN I 60 : 1. Brian Deegan ; 2. Ryan Knapp ; 3. J .J . Flive MINI 80 A : 1. Bren t Qu ell ete; 2. Brian Deegan ; 3. Stac ey Kap"n. MINI BO B: 1. Jon M ill er; 2. Chad Rouh; 3. J osh Lynn . 125 A : 1. Denn y Stephenson; 2,. DAvid W eak; . 3 . Dave Hub er. 125 B: 1. Todd Ramsey; 2. Kir k Thi lene; 3 . J im Krause . _ 250 A:. 1. Denny Stephenson; 2. Brad Jon es; 3. Mark Bolton. 250 B: 1. David Brown; 2. Michael Adamson; 3. Mark Goldner. OPEN: 1. Brad J ones; 2. W ill is VanZee ; 3 . Steves Hytrek. OVER 2B : 1. David W eak; 2. M ike Day; 3 . David . ::LJ ::1 "" Z I W N W ~[ a: w a: B > a: § a: w ~ I- Z > s a: '" o '" > l- o '" o l- ~ J: a, o J: 0.. Brown . Williams wins big at Willow Springs RR Ben Williams scored the victory in the 450cc Four-Stroke Modified Production class at Willow Springs. Scott Cleft took second. By Brian Catterson ROSAMOND , CA, AUG. 2 Ben William s won th ree races aboard his Kawasaki 250 Ninj a during th e ARRA's six th race of 1987 at Willow Sp r i ngs Intern a ti on al R a cewa y. With Kawasak i posting co n tingencies of $500, $300 a nd $ 100 for firs t through th ird, William s took home $1500 in Team Green m oney. T emperatures of 105 degrees in th e shade by midafternoon, forced the decision to reduce the usual eigh tlap sprints to six laps. T he ex tre me heat ca used a slick track, but fortunately, few inc idents. Williams, who won four races and $2000 d uring last m onth's mee ting, ~ got h is day o ff to a good start by win ni ng the 450cc Fo ur-Stroke M? dified Pro duct ion class. Swapping positions th ro u ghout th e race wer e fell ow Ninj a pil ot s Sco tt Cleff and Ri ch ar d Moore, who fini sh ed seco nd a nd thi rd, respect ivel y. , Wi lliams ' five-race wi n ni ng strea k ended wh en the Weslake SuzukI/ Mi ch el i n v' S h o ei z Fox -s po nsor ed rider crashed 'in tu rn five durin g th e . 450cc Fo ur -Stroke Su perstreet event. Moore in he rited th e lead, this tim e heading Cleff to th e che ckered flag. Paul Van Zu yle fin ish ed th ird on a nother Ninja. T he 305cc Mod ified P roduction class saw Will iams return to action. Traili ng William s and Cleff, Moore went up th e m iddle, three abreast into turn o ne, but h ad to sett le for second in fro nt o f Cleff. La ter , Vance and Hines-sp onsored Moore cha llenged Williams for th e lead across th e' sta rt -fin ish lin e, but was again ' den ied. Further back , Kawasaki 250 riders Ken Peters, J oe Solis and Will y Sarz i were havi ng a n eq ua lly- hea ted di sput over fourth pl ace. W illiams held on for th e wi n , foll owed by Moo re, Clef£, Peters, So lis a n d .Sa rzi. The fina l race of the day for th e " Baby N inj as" was in 305cc Su perstreet. Will iams led from th e drop of th e gr een flag, but was draft ed a nd passed by Cleff to beg in lap two. By th e fo urth lap , Will iam s was back in fro nt, a n d was ne ver h ea ded . Moore got past Cleff for second a nd pocketed $ 1200 in Kawasaki co ntin ge ncies; Cleff recei ved $800. AR RA number one Earl Rol off had an up-and-down day. In 750cc Mod ified P ro d u ctio n action, th e Sea weed Kawasa ki ri der fough t h is way up to second aft er a terribl e start, Tom Lynch , turning 1:33 lap times o n his Suzuki GSXR750, was pulli ng away until his motor went south on the last la p. This handed the win to R ol o ff , bu t n o t before bei n g ser io u sl y cha lle n ged b y D u catiri di ng Kevin Erion. Rol o ff's other wi n ca m e in th e Ra cers' Supply Formula O ne m on ey race. This ma rke d th e first victo ry for Rol o ff" s Formula USA moun t, t he Coors Sil ver Bulle t Yama h a FZR IOOO . Fo rme r AMA Pro Dav id Alda na came o ut of ret irem en t to com pe te in both th e 600cc Modified Production a nd Su perstreet races. Showing th e form that took him to Na tio nal wins in the ea rly '70s, Kawasakimounted Aldana wo n $600 by twi ce fin ishing second to H onda Hurrica ne rider David Deveau. Start ing on th e last row of th e grid in 600cc S u perstree t 37-year-o ld Ald an a sliced h is wa y to second place by turn two. Rookie Curt Kimbl e was im p ressive, goin g outside o f Aldana in hi gh-sp eed tu rn eigh t, but being passed ba ck by th e halfway p oin t. Yama ha rider Tom Aq u ino go t past Kimble, th en pulled in side of Aldana to tum n ine, but cou ld n ot ge t by. The red flag ca me o u t durin g th e last lap w hen fifth pl ace T exa n AI Garza cr a s h ed in t urn fi ve , w it h hi s Yamaha co m in g to rest on the tra ck. Deveau took th e wi n , with Alda na seco nd, a nd Aq ui no th ird. Results 4 50 NOV : 1. Chr is Caldwell (Hon); 2. M icha el Althelm (Yam); 3. J ere M ason (Yam). 600 NOV: 1. Dr . Stan Gale (Hon); 2. M lkc On ti veros (Kaw); 3 . Bill Amesbu ry (Kaw) . OPEN NOV : 1. Herb Brunner (Kaw) ; 2. Pet er Delee (Suz); 3 . Jam es Krauss (Suzl. OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Mike M inn ig (Suz); 2. Cli nt Milt eer (Suz); 3. Chri s M allory (Suzl . 750 MOD PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Tom , Lynch (Suz); 3 . Kenn y Perez (Kawl, , F-2: 1. Tom Aquino (Yam): 2. Curt Kimbl e (Kaw ); 3 . Al ex Whit e (Yam). 450 MOD PROD 2- STRK: 1. Ben William s (Kaw); 2. SCOlt Cleff (Kaw) ; 3. Rich ard M oore (Kaw). 600 SGL: 1. Philip Sm ith (Hon); 2. Trevor Miller (Hon); 3 . michael Wilson (Hon). 600 MOD PROD: 1. David Deveau (Honl; 2. David Aldana (Kaw) ; 3 . Curt Kim ble [Kawl . 450 5 1ST 2 -STRK: 1. Mi ke Cro ugh (Yam); 2. David Morris (Yam); 3. Bryan Sabra ugh (Yam) . 450 51ST 4 ·STRK : 1. Richa rd M oor e (Kaw) ; 2: SCOlt Cleff (Kaw) ; 3. Paul Van Zuyl e (Kaw) . F-SGL : 1. Michael W ils on (Hon); 2. Trevor Miller (Hon); 3 . T.C. Chri stian (Yam). 600 51ST ; 1; David Deveau (Hon); 2.· David Aldan a (Kaw); 3. Tom Aquino (Yam). LIW TW : 1. David Gibbons (Yam); 2. W ill iam s Byrnes (Due); 3 . Eri c lan son (Duc). H/W TW : 1. Kevin Erion (Duc); 2. Craig Erion (Duc) ; 3. Tr evor Dunne (Duc ). OPEN 51ST : 1. Kenny Kopecky (Suz); 2. Barry Burke (Yam); 3 . Chri s M allory (Suz). 750 5 1ST : 1. Mike M inn iog (Suzl; 2. Tom Lynch (Suz); 3 . Kenn y Perez (Kaw). 350 MOD PROD: 1. Ben Williams (Kaw ); 2. Rich ard Moore (Kaw); 3 . SC lt Cle!! (Kaw) . O F-3 : 1. Rye Hefley (Hon); 2. Kiyo Wa tanabe (Yam); 3. Clark Yamashita (Hon ). OPEN STK: 1. Dav id Gibbons (Yam); 2. Bob Kelly (Suzl; 3. Chr is Mallory (Yam I. 750 STK: 1. Tom Lyn ch (Suzl; 2. Ch uck M agnu sson (Suz); 3 . William Beck (S Ul) . F-1; 1. Earl Roloff (Yam ); 2. Mike Minnig (Suz); 3 . Kenny Kopecky (Suz ). . 450 STK 2-STRK: 1. Mark Kin g (Yam); 2. Phil ip Sm ith (Yam); 3. Will iam Donovan (Yam ). 450 STK 4 -STRK: 1. M ark Nol en (Suz); 2. Rick Thompson (Suz); 3. Do ug St eph en s (Hon) . 305 51ST: 1. Ben W ill iam s (Kaw ); 2. Richa rd Moore (Kaw); 3 . Cleff (Kaw). 250 5 1ST : 1. Rye Hefl ey (Honf2 . Jas on Pereir a (Suz): 3 . J am es Smith (Honl . 600 STK: 1. J eff Brin da (Yam); 2. J im Run yan (Hon ); 3 . Dr. Stan Gale (Hon). .Estelle stars a t Afton Fair S T By Lar ry M cBride • AFT ON, NY, J U L Y 24 T h e annual Afton Fai r mo torcycl e ra ce ha s for m an y years proven to be th e best dr awing card of a ll th e Fair 's events a nd thi s year wa s n o exce p tion. A full field o f riders in the 250cc and Open classes in addition to a Mini class provided th e fair goers with 'a n exci ting evening of racing, and it wa s Craig Est ell e claiming the Open class win. T h ree hea ts o f 250s co m me nc ed th e program with Brian Tillson, Gary Conkling and Larry P~gram being vict orious a nd advancing to th e semis. Ron Bertrand in semi number one led th e field in lap one o n ly to be d isplaced o n th e seco nd circuit by Pegram, who co m p le ted th e n ext seven laps in first to take the win. Duane Veed er made it look easy in captu ri ng the seco n d sem i. In the fin al, Pegram followed Conkling for two laps before powering arou nd an d into fir st pl ace w here h e rem ained for th e n ext ei gh t circ u its to grab th e victo ry. Open semi one again pitted Veeder an d P egram, wi th Pegram h olding the lead for th e firs t three laps. Veeder ~ot by Pegr am for first and appeared iri control for th e next four lap s, b ut Pegr am kep t on the pressure to beat o u t Veeder by on ly inches at th e fin ish line. After a red flag in lap fo u r due to a front straigh t crash betwee n Jason Fletch er and Steve Lon g-o , Craig Estelle sa t ahead of II indian file riders an d finished th e rem ainder o f th e race in first pl ace to n otch th e win in sem i two. T wo lin es of si x r ide rs each wat ched for th e green light in the O p en class · final even t, an d again Este lle took th e- lead a t the start a nd held it for th e entire 10 la ps for an impressi ve first ever victory at th e Afton Invitational. . Results MIN I:' 1. Dev in Varnes (Yam); 2. Kenny Coolbeth IKaw); 3 . Dean Bush (Kaw) ; 4. Eric Whitedcotton (Kaw). 250: 1. Larry Pegram (Hon); 2. Gary Conk lin (Oss); 3 . Duane Veeder (Hon); 4 . Ron Bertrand (Hon); 5 . A.J . Snoop (Oss). OPEN: 1. Craig Estelle (H-D); 2. Duane Veeder (Hon ): 3. Bill Newkirk (Hon); 4. Steve Lon go (Hon ); 5 . Lar ry Pegram (Hon). Jackson, Evenson and Zahrf garner titles atLACRMX By Terry Rezek PAL MDAL E, CA. JULY 26 Th e th ree- ra ce C RC Wome n 's Champi onship cam e to a co n clusion a t Los Angeles County Raceway and 'titles went to Vick y J acks on, wh o won five of six m ot os, to top th e Expert cl as s, Dana Everso n wh o topped fo u r of six ra ces in th e In termediate d ivision , a nd Tin a Zahrt, who domi nat ed th e Novice class with five win s out of six m o tos. No vice winner Zahrt had a nearly per fect record for the series go.ing in to todav's race a nd sh e lost n o lime in estab lish ing co ntro l. Sh e too k both m otos' holeshots and p ra nced Tina Zahrt won the Novice class in the Women's Championship Series at LAC~X. away from the rest of the Novi ces like a ballet dancer at a h oe-d own. lahrt closed out th e series with such a point lead she cou ld have skipped the entire seco nd m ot o and still won. Sh e p robably al so won a promotion to Intermediates. Sheila Moretz was third in th e sta nd in gs before today and fin ished th ere for th e series : Moretz had to work her way up from midpack a t the sta rt of m o to o ne a nd was in second to stay by la p six . Moretz bega n m ot o two in seco n d behind lahrt and sta yed th ere for another seco nd and seco nd overall. All this on th e only 80cc bike in the Women's class. T here was a classic battle for first in th e Intermediate class. Evenson a nd Jillian Roth were tied for the series lead in th at class th rough th e first four m ot os, T oday was Evenso n's day as she took th e lead in bo th m o tos and wen t o n for two decisive wins and th e series champ io ns hip. Roth, meanwhile, had her hands fu ll with K.O. H a lfh il l. Rot h split th e mo tos with H alfhill a nd took second for th e da y an d seco n d in the series. J ackson had a sli m points' lead over Lisa Peterso n aft er last week 's race a t Gl en Helen and looked 10 ma inta in that as she took the m o to one h ol esh o t and went on to win, followed a ll the way by Peterson. Both ra cers we re edgy at th e start of m o to two . Jackso n shot to th e lead in turn o ne, but had some engine problems an d fell to six th. Step ha nie J ones to ok th e lead wit h Peterson in seco n d. J ackson wa s h ot an d m oved to fourth wi th in two tu rns a nd was in third by th e end of lap one . At the en d of lap two , J ackson leap ed into seco nd with a banzai jump an d a n aggressive inside cu t. . She tried th e same move to get th e lea d a t the end of lap th ree but slid OUI and dro p ped back 10 th ird . She quickly closed back u p o n Peterson who was still in seco n d and.rogeth er, they ch a rged o n J ones. J a ck son jumped to seco n d and Peterson too k the lead. J ackson made her move into the lead bu t went down h ard trying to get arou nd a lapped rider. Sh e wa s back to third again an d fin ish ed there, beh ind Peterson and Jones. Peterson won th e overa ll toda y bu t was j ust edge d for th e seri es cham pi onship by Jackso n. Res ult s NOV : 1. Tina Zahrt (Kaw); 2. Sheila Moretz (Kaw ); . 3 . J orja Tucker (Kaw). INT: 1. Dana Even son (Yam ); 2. J ill ian Roth (Hen); 3. K.O. Halfhill (Kaw), EX: 1. Lisa Peterson (Han); 2. Vic ky Ja ck son (Hon); 3 . St eph an ie Jo nes (Yam ). FINAL STAND INGS NOV: 1. Tin a Zah rt: 2. Kathy Jo Ehrp (Hon); 3 . Shei la Moretz. INT: 1. Dana Evenson; 2. J illian Roth; 3. K.O. Halfhil l. EX: 1.' Vic ky Ja ckson ; 2. U sa Pete rso n; 3. Steph an ie Jo nes. 37

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