Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

..... R C1 -» :3 u ~ s:; > al :l: :::; ,- B > a ..... a :l: ~ l1. r- OO O'l ....... ~ O'l ....... ... rJ') :s bJJ :s < Kenny Olsen (758) held off Gary Beyer (42) to claim second in the 125cc Pro class in Albany. Grayson Hart took the w in. Jack Lafferty Jr. broke his losing streak at Foggy Mountain. Hart Steffy soal' to Albany IfIIx wins Powel' stl'if(es at By Clay light 38 ALBAN Y, OR, AU G, 2 Ka wa sa ki-m ounted Gra yson H art co nt in ues h is reign of terro r in the No rt hwest, wi n ni ng th e 125cc Pro class for th e th ird week in a row , Todav's race marked th e retu rn of the Motocross Northwest circuit 10 Al ba ny Su percro ss and a lso' the return of su m mer-like wea ther in O regon. The la rgest turnout o f riders were o n hand today, a t well over 150. It a lso m arked th e largest n umber of professional riders on ha nd th us far m th e season. WashinglOn 's SCOtt Steffy (Lyn n wood Yamaha) ca p italized, win n in g both 250cc Pro motos. In moto o n e, Steffy soa red to a n im p ressive rnoto wi n over Dennis Sweeten . Sweeten took over seco nd a fter Ron Sun dropped back after holding th e position for severa l laps. Dan Gregory finis hed th ird over Do n Bisceglia a nd Rob Annen: Moto two saw Steffy jumping into th e lead on lap one, pu ll in g o u t a seven seco nd lead by lap three. The battle for seco n d was left wid e ope n between H onda rider Mike Chase, Greg ory a n d Sweeten . Swee te n swooped up th e duo 10 sett le into seco nd, but wo u ld get no furthe r as Steffy had built up a co m fortable lead and cruised 10 the finish for a I- I win. Seco nd went 10 Sweeten with 2-2 rides, wh ile Gregory took third after posti ng impressive 4-3 performances. Followin g Gregory were Chase and Su n, who still shows flas hes of brillance, even th ough he's 50 or so p ounds ove r h is sl i m p hysiq ue o f when he was a t his best. Kenny Ol sen cha rged into th e lead at th e drop o f th e ga te in th e first 125cc Pro rn oto, quickl y pullin g away from a wild west shoot-ou t between G a ry Beyer and Cra ig Lambert. H art came through traffic 10 overtake Ol sen for th e lead, only to ta ke a soil sam p le. Th is put Olsen back into th e lead, bu t on ly until Hart cla wed his wa y back. " I wa s go in ' for it. After I crash ed, I was just th at m u ch more pumped 10 win," said Hart, Hart netted th e moto win with Ol sen , Beyer , Dav id Browning an d Lambert fill in g the top five. O lsen again sh o t out front a t th e ope n in g stages of th e second rno to, but after a lap, H a rt took over. Hart len O lsen 10 fend off Beyer for secon d . Fu rther back rode a threewa y battle for fourth between Foidel, Browni ng a n d L amb ert. H art pushed into .the da y's largest lead 10 earn top money with I-I performances o ver O lsen a nd Beyer. L.enz, Allen land HuetteI' ST wins By Clay light COEUR D'ALEN E, 10, J ULY 28 The co m pe ti tion at Huerter Speedway was heated, to say the least, du rin g 3/8-mile fla t track raci ng in Coe u r d' Alen e. Both the com peti tion a nd th e tem peratur e (95 degrees) were a t its . hi ghest level so far th is seaso n. Bill y Len z has been th e dom in ant figure in 250cc Pro racing in th e Idaho panhandle. T on ight, Lenz joined si x overa ll winners a t th e troph y p resentati on a fter a 1-1- 1 sweep o f th e class on hi s CR-based flat tra cker. . Finish ing seco n d 10 Lenz was T odd Sommer s. Sommers and lo ngtim e AMA Expert G len Ni ckerson took seco nd 10 Lenz with 2-2-2 and 3-3-3 performa n ces, respect iv e ly. Fra n Gilhoover ca me o u t on top of a three way swa p fest for first p lace in th e 250cc Am at eur p ortion, winn in g a ll three motos for th e seco nd swee p of th e ni ght. In fact, a ll eig h t classes in th e p ro gram were wo n by swee ps. Seco nd to Gi lhoover was Husqva rna -rnounted Mark Lan g , w ho lik e third p lace fi nis her, a n d fellow m o to cr osser Keith Jam es, have adapted well 10 circle burn in g. R usty Yamamoto (H o nda) hasn 't fou nd anyone th at ca n beat h im across the fi nis h line so far th is season. AMA Ex pert T im St uits ha s been Yamamoto 's closest form of cornoetirion this sea son. In fact, th e diminutive speedster 's main co mpeti tion comes fro m Ex pert-rated flat trackers. The duo o f Yamam ot o and Stu lts swa p ped leads in eac h o f th e three races , bu t eac h tim e, St ults saw Yamamoto slip away in th e later stages. Nickerson joined in th e fren zy in the lat e goi n!? The battles between Stu lts a n d N Ick er son h a ve been brutal as o f late. "He does wh at ever h e ca n 10 ge t aro u nd a nyone in hi s way," sa id Nickerson. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Rusty Yama moto (Han); 2. Tim Stults (Han); 3 . Glen Nickerson (Tr i). OPEN AM : 1. Oeen A ll en (Vam); 2. Je rr y Thom pson (Han); 3. Guy M ord en (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Bill y Lenz (Hont 2. Todd Somm er s (Vamt 3. Glen Nickerson (Vam). 250 AM : 1. Fran Gilhoover (Han); 2. Mark Lang (Hus); 3 . Keith James (Suz). BO A M ; 1. L.J . Sch eff er (Va m); 2 . Ja son M ickels on (Hont 3. Devid Landry (Han ). AUTO : 1. Br ian Johnson (Hon); 2. David Johnson (Han ); 3. Adam Haclquist (Yam). Motosports MX By Bill Holt BYRON , IL, JULY 26 Breck Power picked th e week whe n a ll o f th e A a nd Open cla sses were co m bi ned to pull together o ne of hi s best ri des o f th e seaso na t Motosport s MX. H e aced both motos to grab th e overall. The co rnpe tio n behind him was noth ing less th an exciting with Ti m Schra rne r (3-2 ) takin g th e seco nd spot and AI Sch mi d t (2-3) holdin g down third . Jason Bardoner styled hi s way to th e 8Gec Junior overall by aci ng both mot os over Dav id Berquist (2-2) wh o held off Todd Ma yer (3-3). In the 8Gec Seni or it was Era n Sa lzma n w ho d ic ed with Chuck Whitesell ho me in th e seco nd. T om had n ipped Whitesell in the fir st m ot o but fell 10 third in the second a nd sett led for th ird overa ll beh ind Whitesell. Salzm a n came ba ck in the l25cc B a n d cha llenged for the to p spot with Dan ny Manno . Man no held h im o ff for th e fir st m o to win but J eff Hi ll, who h ad foll ow ed Manno and Sa lzma n home in th e first moto p u t o n a n ou tsta nd in g ride to tak e the seco nd m oto win over Manno . Manno 's co ns is ta n t day garner ed hi m the ove ra ll a nd Sal zman had fa lle n 10 fifth in th e seco nd moto which left h im third an d H ill second. Tim Fili ppi ou trode Ken Kot atka in th e firs t mo to of th e 250cc B class to get th e win, but tough lu ck in th e seco nd mo to lef t him fifth and seco nd overall . Without Fili ppi to co ntend wi th Ko tatka grabbed th e seco nd rnoto win and th e overal l. T h ird went to Doug Feeney with a 3-4 fin ish . Results BO JR : 1. J ason Bardon er (Kaw ); 2. David Bergquist (Kaw); 3 . Todd Mayar (Suz). 80 SR: 1. Eran Sa lzm ann (Suz); 2. Ch uc k Wh itesell (Kaw); 3 . Richard Tom (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Danny Manno (Kaw ); 2. Je ff Hill (Kaw) ; 3 . Eran Salzamann (Suz). . 2 50 B: 1. Ken Kotatka (Han); 2. Tim Fili ppi (Kaw); 3. Doug Feeney (Han). A : 1. Breck Power (Suz); 2. Tom Schramer ISuz); 3. A I Shm idt (Ha n). L.afferty wins Foggy Mountain Endul'o By Paul Clipper BLAIN, PA , JULY 26 J ack Laffe rty Jr. ended a dry streak o f " too m any runs" by co nvinci n gly stea ling th e overall win a t the ann ua l Foggy Mounta in Brea kd o w n End uro. Lafferty, th e ECEA Enduro Champion for 1986, has only ta ken the o vera ll win in o ne o ther run th is vear, the Curly Fern Enduro, an d now has two wins under his belt co mpared to the th ree wi ns eac h o f Bru ce Den gl er an d Kevin Bennett. Th e Foggy Mountai n En d uro happens in the T uscarora Mountains of central Pen nsylvania , a nd it is un ique in :H leas t o ne respect: it is run o n a n entire ly " closed " co u rse , a nd as a res u lt you need no ' license p la te, ligh ts, horns, m irrors or other stree t para pherna lia to enter th e enduro - a ra re si tua tio n in the eas t th ese days. T he reason for th is is total coopera tion bet ween the tow ns peop le, th e state a nd co unty off icials, the sta te fores t folks, a nd the sponsorin g cl u b, th e Susq ue ha n na Off- Road Riders. Th is vear's co urse featured mostly single-track trails wi th twotracks, asp ha lt, an d a smatter in g of farmers ' field s to keep you awa ke. Laffert y just seemed to hav e it in gea r before a ny body else in th e morning , beating Ben ne tt , h is closest co m pe ti tio n by a fu ll point in th e mornin g 's first tigh t section. T ha t set the pa ce, a nd Bennett had to push hard, j us t to sta y even with h is old ridi ng partner through the rest of the morning a nd th e earl y a fternoon. And then the bo ttom dropped ou t. All da y we 'd been hearing rumors th at the aft ernoon was gomg to be a trai l ride, an d it would excep t for one " little" eight-mile section that wo uld not let up! The section was ti ght, rock y, log-strewn trails through open woods - yo u co u ld see as far ahead as yo u wanted, bu t th ere wa s no wa y to go fast enough to keep th e schedu le! Ben netr'sIuck turned sour wh en hi s front tire went flat, leaving hi m wi th no way to beat Lafferty's ti me. Bennett lost one point more th an J ack Jr. through the section , lea ving him with 14 points to the Husky rid er 's 12. Finishing thi rd overall and High Poi nt A was NETRA rider Bo b Dana on a Honda X R200 . Steve Vanasse, th e reign in g NETRA En duro Cha m p ion, took th e A Med ium class on hi s KTM fro m th e fourth overa ll position. One po in t down from Va na sse was Bria n Blanchard, rid ing to fift h overall a nd seco nd AA. The Su squehan na O ff-R oad Riders received many co m p liments after th e event, even th ough all of th e riders were tired and swea ty from th e 90 degree h ea t. T here were 396 starters, and o f them nearly 150 were Criders - and we'll bet you they 'll a ll be back n ext year! Results GRAND CHAMP: 1. Jack Lafferty Jr. (12). HI· PT A : 1. Bob Dana (1 5)., HI· PT B: 1. Dan Nenst iel (21) . HI· PT C: 1. Derek Jardine (32). AA : 1. K. Ben nett (14 ); 2. 8 : Blanchard {17t 3 . J . Rogers (1 7); 4 . K. Vankowski (1 B); 5 . H. Sta nkiewicz (21). A LIW; 1. D. Gahm (25); 2. J . M itchell (2Bt 3 . D. Sh irey (31 ); 4 . L Futchko (34t 5. T. Phill ips (41) . A M / L: 1. S. Amorin (23t 2. S. W oMersbur gar (251; 3. T. Shann (2B); 4 . D. Bur nett (291; 5. C. Saely (35 ). . A MIW: 1. S. Vanasse (16t 2. J . Lennox (21 t 3 . R. M ollenkopf (22); 4 . D. May (2 3); 5 . D. Bowar (25). A HIW: 1. D. Cross (20); 2. J , Sm ith (23); 3 . A Recch ia (2 6); 4. D. Scott en (2 6); 5. D. Freitas (27). A 4 -STRK; 1. R. Bennett (25 ); 2. K. Clark (25); 3. N. Bilhiem (30); 4 . J . M ill ard (30); 5. V. Pacholke (33 ). A SR: 1. R. Fliagauf (26 ); 2. J . Lafferty Sr. (3 3); 3 . G. Clickner (3 5t 4 . B. Triplett (3 5); 5. G. Doerr (3 6). B LIW: 1. M . Lane (29); 2. S. Chapkovich (3 2); ; 3 . T. Napier III (33 ); 4 . P. Hile . (331 5. O. Tucker (3 B). B M /LIW: 1. D. Wray (31t 2. M . Reszltowslti (33); 3 . D. Varn es (36) ; 4 . S. A re' z (3 7); 5. R. Rankin (3 7). B M /W; 1. J . Theorkon (29); 2. D. Rohrbaugh (2 9); 3. A. Astle (31 ); 4 . B. Cron e (33 ); 5. M . Larson (34). B HIW: 1. A . Buch holz (25); 2. S. Bohenek (30); 3 . M . Marszdek (32); 4. K. M eyer s (37); 5. C. Tenney (3 B). . B 4F·STRK; 1. P. Emmons (36); 2. J . Cush ing (40); 3 . T. Lyt le (43); 4. K. Brown (47) ; 5. W . Ryman (60 ). . B SR: 1. J. Geit her (44); 2. G. Chapman (46); I 3 . E. Me llor (461; 4 . J . wehers (46 ); 5 . W . Kane (5 1). S/SR: 1. J . Cooper (3B); 2. J . SMith (4 7t 3. J . Galle (4 9); 4 . M . St inson (54); 5. R. Hoover (73). C M /LIW: 1. M. Sleeper (33t 2. J . I'robesco (4 1); 3 . R. Saue r (4 6 ); 4 . C. SM ith (4 6); 5. J .W ersdorfer (4B).

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