Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Graif masters 250 Pro MX in £'ko By Ro lfe Otterness ELKO, MN , J U L Y 19 Mike GraiL took home th e overall win in the hotly co n tested 250cc Expert class as the MOIO P ro Racing crew held another AMA District 23 race at their Elko facili ty. Graif's 43 score did th e trick on a day when otJ1er riders co uldn' t ma tch speed with consistency . In ot he r 'classes , Mike Atkinso n showed great consistency to win all four mo tos in the Min i Pee Wee a nd Lightweigh t divisions, Mickey Mickelson topped the competitive 25-Years-And-Over class a nd Brandon H opk in s burned up the track in th e 125cc Expert motos. The promoters went to great len gths to keep th e du st pro blem s 10 a minimum, with a new water pump fina ll y giving th em a nearly perfect tra ck. Only one new section of tra ck wa s beyon d the reach of the hoses a nd becam e du sty. Severa l o ther tra ck cha nges were well-received by the riders also. . The first 250cc Expert moto sa w Bra nd on Ho p kins jet ou t to a win. Troy Doll a nsky sh owed he is develo pi ng into a threat as he moved up to tak e a second place. Chris H ughes a nd Mike Graif ba ttled their way through th e pack to hold th ird and fourth a t the flag. In th e second moto , J eff Ol den berg blasted o ut fro n t in the first turn a nd was never head ed. T im Bernloehr held onto second with Graif pushing for a third. Pat Ril ey a nd H ughes ran fourth and fifth , respectiv ely. While th e yo unger riders like O lden berg and H opkins faltered in one moto or a nothe r, th e wily veteran Graif scooped u p the overall , o ne da y af ter his 30th birthday. Ti m Ba rtylla led the first 125cc Expert moto for several laps o n hi s Yam aha YZ. Brand on H opkins closed in , driving in a frenzy and got by near the halfway point to take th e win . David T ait and Daernynn Ol son rounded o ut the top four. Bartyl la mastered th e start aga in a nd led early in the second rnoto, Rob bie Engstrom had a better start th is ti me and he soon established himself in the lead. 'H op kins moved up to ' drop Bartylla 10 third, bu t couldn ' t dispa tch Engstrom. J eff O lden berg and Tro y Dollansk y trailed O lden berg across th e finish line. Res ul ts M INI .UW: 1. M ike Atkinson; 2. Tom Pet erson; 3. Rabble M cDowell . MIN I P/W: 1. M ike Atkinson; 2. Robbie M cDowell; 3. Craig Cun ning ham . MINI HIW: r. Craig Decker, 2 . J am es Pauler; 3 . Aa ron Carl s on. 125 YTH: 1. Todd Frischm on: 2. Chad Cun - ningham ; 3. Eric Metzger. W DS LlW : 1. Richard A ckerm an; 2. Jaim e Laughli n; 3. Trov Nygren . W DS H/W: 1. A ndy Schweizer; 2. Dou g Schu lz; 3 . J ohn Holm an. SR B: 1. A .J. Kazlauskas; 2. Bill Her zog: 3. Mark Igoe . S/S R: 1. Louie Kyte : 2 . Roger Ni edzielski; 3 . Richard Peterson. SR EX: 1. Phil Du tc her; 2. Robert Seleski; 3 . Brian Koehler. 12 5 NOV 0 -1 : 1. Dav id Campion; 2 . Joe Ra iche ; 3 . Ralph Fe ld. 12 5 NOV 0 -2: 1. Dou g Dekeyr el: 2. Tom my Kallock; 3. J eff Benrud. 125 NOV 0 -3 : 1. Kirk Jeffr ies; 2. Monte Magaw: 3 . James Wakefield. 125 INT: 1. Gary Gaskey; 2. Pet er Westli n; 3 . Tod d Frishman. 125 EX: 1. Brandon Hopk in s; 2. Tim Bartylla: 3. rabbie Engst rom. 25 0 NOV 0 -1: 1. Rich ard Ac kerm an; 2. Ja son Todora; 3 . Char tie Davis . 250 NOV 0 -2: 1. Bruce Sshun emeier; 2. Rich ard Rue; 3 . Spencer Len z. 2 50 INT: 1. Chri s Ben se; 2. Dave And erson; 3 . Br uce Perry. 250 EX: 1. M iek Gr ail ; 2. Jeff Oldenberg: 3. Chr is Hu ghes. OPEN NOV : 1. Kim Filter; 2. Bill Carlson: 3 . Brad Weiche lt. OPEN INT: 1. J ohn Oel kers: 2. Jo h n Holman; 3 . M ike Prud homme. OPEN EX: I.Jeff Sorensen ; 2. Lon nie Bred eso n: 3 . Roy Flem ing . 25 +: 1. M ickey Micke lson ; 2. Tim Barty lla ; 3 . M ike Gra il . Hay smokes Lake ~ ; Geneva Motocross By Jack Biddison .. • LAKE GENEVA, WI, J U L Y 17 For the firs t ti me in many weeks, th e o~era ll poi l~ t wi n ner in the Friday night Suzuki Motocro ss racing a t th e La ke Gen eva Raceway came from th e 250cc Amateur cycles rather th an from th e 125cc Amateur cla ss. Doug H ay rode his Honda to a win in the feat ure a fter being o nly third o n the opening lap . One ' lap later Terry H ahn cu t to t he inside on the swee ping turn heading for Camel: bac k a nd came off in the lead over Erks Ezerins who, o n the next lap , regain.cd; th e fro nt spot. Ha y, wh o had fin ished second in the hea t pressured the pair ahea d a nd on th~ final lap p icked off first Ha h n a nd the n Ezerins in o ne of th e best finishes of th e ni ght. The co mb inatio n of th e runner-up in th e heat a nd th e win in the fea ture, gave him th e overa ll win fo r the ni gh t. . Da~ G ray topped-a ll 125cc Amateur n der s in th e class tha t fielded th e hi gh est n u mber of entries. H e finis~ed ~eco nd in h is hea t won by Dam n HIl I. J eff Bla ha won th e first heat a nd was second in th e feat ure. Brian Isakson won the cons i, but man aged o nly a 10th spot in the feature. Eron Ezerin s a nd Eric Pa rker ro unded o ut th e top five in the feature. Results 0 / A : 1. Doug Hay (Han). 250 A M : 1. Doug Hay: 2. Terry Hah n (Yaml ; 3. Cole Braun (Han ); 4. Jeff Way (Han); 5. Jo hn Kull man (Ka w ). 125 A M : 1. Dan Gray (kaw) : 2. J eff Blaha (Yam ): 3. J eff M elc h er (Suz); 4. Darrin Hill (Suz); 5 . Cole Br aun (Han). M INI AM : 1. J ames Heyden (KawO; 2. Chuck Wh ite sell (Kaw); 3. SCali Seymour (Han); 4. Eron Ezerins (Kaw): 5. Er ic Parker (Han). O PEN A M ; 1. Terry Hahn (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. Tom Schramer (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Ma rc Bry er (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Rusty Oll (Yam). Williams dominates Brainerd Road Race By Gary Sjoquist BRAINERD , MN , J ULY 11 /12 T op L ine Cycle/Loftgren Racingsponsored Scott Wi ll iam s was th e big winner a t the Central Roadracing Associa tio n 's Jul y event, winning every race he en tered with his Suzu ki GSXR750. . Williams led every lap of hi s three ra ces on Su nday, wi nn ing by margins of nine, II and 22 seco nds. a nd posted the fastest la p of the weekend, a I:50.81. Williams also teamed with Bryo n Lambert to take th e o vera ll win in Saturday's three-hour end ura nce race. The P rod uction sprint portion of th e weekend featured an ap pea ra nce of several Ya ma ha YSR50s in U ltra ligh t Production. T he YSRs, which were astou nd ingly slow on the h igh speed Brain erd Int ern a tional Raceway 's th ree-mile tra ck, made the w i nning S R X600 of Burnsvi ll e Mororsporr 's G le n Chri stia n son loo k positively awesome. In th e Ligh tweig h t Production sprint, John Mens ch just mi ssed hi s first win wh en the seat of hi s Yam aha RZ350 jettisoned in turn three o n th e. last lap. Men sch li terally held o n to finish second to th e Ka wasa ki EX500 of Brent Bix by. In both the Midd leweig ht a nd H ea vyweigh t Producti on sprints, it was a pa rad e of Honda H urrica nes, with Lamber t tak ing the wins fo llowed by Bill Yo ung and Wes Wickl un d , res pec ti ve ly. In U n limited Produc tio n , it was the Yam ah a FZR750 of Bill Sod erh o lm taking the win, with Wickl und snea king by Young for second. In Su nda y' s Super sport/Super bike sprints, Ligh tweight wins were swapped by Ross Freeman a nd J eff .- !- .. ~ .0.= t, Suzuki GSXR750-mounted Scott Williams won every race he entered during eRA road race action at Brainerd International Raceway. J o hnson. Freeman , o n a Yamaha RZ350, led every lap of th e Lightweigh t Su pe rs port, but J o h nso n resp onded with a flag-to-fl ag win of the L ightweigh t Superbike. H ur rica nes again do mi nated the Mid dleweight ra nks, taking five o u t of the . top six p laces. Wes Wick lund put hi s Honda CBR600 first in Supersport, but it was th e Yam aha FZ600 of Chuck Kurkow ski takin g th e wi n in Mid dleweight Su perbike. In th e H eavyweight sp ri nts , it was Will ia m s and L a mbert first and second, respectively, in bo th Supersport a nd Superbike. In Un limi ted Superbike, Will ia ms coasted to a rela tively easy win o ver th e Yam aha FZR750 of Soder holm. Williams was qu ick to cred it tune r Dou g Loftgren. " It's unreal ," sa id Willi ams. " I've got so..much more power - Doug did a grea t job." Results U/ L PROD EX: 1. Glen Chris tia nson (Yam); 2. Gary Pilgr am (Yam); 3. Ron Boh l (Yam). U/L PROD NOV : 1. Bill Tho mpso n (Yam); 2. Pete Schow (Kaw ); 3. M ike Dickinson (Kaw ). LIW PROD EX: 1. Brent Bixby (Kaw l; 2. John M ensch (Yam ): 3. Loren Bohl (Yam ). LIW PROD NOV : 1. Vince Johnson (Kaw): 2. Mike Jahnke (Yam): 3 . J im W izik (Yam ). M/W PROD EX: 1. Bryon Lam bert (Han): 2. Bill Young (Han); 3. Wes Wi cklund (Han). M /W PROD NOV : 1. Marlin Dingman (Han ); 2. Jeff Bramstedt (Hon); 3. Ken Kopr en (Ho n). H/W PROD EX: 1. Bryon Lamb ert (Han): 2. Bill Young (Han); 3. We s Wicklund (Han). H/W PROD NOV : 1. J .T. Plom bon (Yam); 2. Marlin Din gman (Hon ); 3. Bill M ize (Yam). U/L MO D PROD EX: 1. Bill Soder hom (Yam ): 2. W es Wickl und (Han); 3. Bill You ng (Han) . . U/L M OD PROD NOV : 1. J .T. Plombon (Yam): 2. M ike Moore (Yam); 3. Ken Dobl e (Kaw) . LlW S/S PRT EX: 1. Ross Freem an (Yam): 2. J eff Johnson (Suz): 3. Andre laPlume (Yam). LIW S/SPRT NOV : 1. Jim Hall (Kaw): 2. Vince Johnson (Kaw); 3 . Seon Torke lson (Yam l. M /W S/SPRT EX: 1. Wes W icklund (Han): 2 . Bryon Lambert (Han ): 3. Ty Talla ckson (Han). M/W S/ SPRT NOV : 1. Jeff Bramst edt (Han); 2. Mke Moores (Yam); 3 . Vince Johnson (Hon ). H/W S/ SPRT EX: 1. Scan Will iams (Suz): 2. Bryon Lambert (Han): 3. Jay Holst (Yam). H/W S/SPRT NOV : 1. Andy 'reese (Suz); 2. Bill M ize (Suz): 3. M ike Moores (Yam). U/ L S/ BK EX: 1. Ron Bohl (Yam): 2. Glen Chr istianson (Yam); 3 . Loren Boht (Yam l. U/L S/ BK NOV: 1. Bill Thompson (Yam ); 2. Pet e Schow (Kaw); 3. M ike Dickinson (Kaw ). LIW S/BK EX 1. J eff Jo hn son (Suz); 2. Ross : Freeman (Yam); 3 . Brent Bixb y (Kaw). . LIW S/B K NOV: 1. J im_ Hall (Kaw) : 2. SCali Torkelson (Kaw); 3 . Wi nce J ohn son (Kaw) . M /W S/ BK EX: 1. Ch uck Kur kow ski (Yam); 2. Bryon lamben (Han); 3 . W as W icklund (Honl," M/W S/B K NOV : 1. M ike M oor es (Yam ); 2. Vi nce Johnson (Kawl; 3 . J eff Rees (Yam). _ H/ W S/B K EX: 1. SCOll Williams (Suz); 2. Bryon Lambert (Honl 3. Wes Wicklund (Han) . H/W S/BK NOV: 1. Mike M oores (yam ): 2. Bill M ize (Suz); 3 . Davi d Ander so n (Vam) . U/L MOD S/BK EX: 1. SCali W illiams (Sull: 2. Bill Soder holm (Yam ): 3 . W es W icklund (Han). Utley rewarded at Ascot MX By TeE Studios GARD EN A. CA, J ULY 10 It was a n ight 10 be reme mbered for three very fort u na te riders who were presented wi th brand new Suzukis for their victories in th e j ust co mpl eted U.S. Suzu ki/ Dod ge Trucks Sp rin g Classic Series. T he site was Asco t Park. a nd making th e presen tati no was ClI.·IC officia l Dan Skahi lI. Brent U tley has on ly been inv olv ed in th e spo rt for a sho rt tim e vet his 80cc Beginner top points netted him a new 80cc mach in e. One ot her 80cc was awarded a nd th a t prize went to Chuck Bagwell for hi s fin e effort in topping th e 500cc Beginner .c1ass. Pro ving him self to be o ne of th e top intermediates, Nicky Pounds wa lked a way with a new 125cc for ou tdi stancin g th e 250cc class poi nt s. The new fun class a t Ascot is the Adult Mini a nd to nigh t there were eigh t serio us riders. Ross Maeda took ? ouble wins tonig h t as he reign ed III the Vet Pro class and also beca me th e winner in the Adult Mini.' With the first moto it was Ken Faught who took the win after he made a tri cky mo ve to pass Maeda. Honda's Gary Martini p laced third ahead of Ro n Wood. Again Maeda held the ' ear lv lead in th e fina l moto, but th is time he di dn 't lose it to Fau gh t. Faught sent hi s Ya maha flipping through the back cras h wall section, knocking his seat back and had to ride o n the ba re metal. Sti ll, Faught tu rn ed in a secon d place for th e m oto o ver Martini a nd Wood. For th e night it was Maeda , Faught, Martin i and Wood. Ma tteo Cose nt ino sported the lone Cag iva in th e I25cc Junior class and . sure enough, he too k th e top trophy. Cose ntino edge d o u t Dannv Fon tevn in th e fir st mo to . The fina l ro uild was wh ere so me exci temen t a nd unpredicti on wa s seen. Fontevn went down but con tin ued to putt his bike around. Ear lv lead ers were Mich ael Overb y a nd ' David Dye. that was until they tangled a nd both lost o u t b ig -tirn e. Matteo wa s !?iven a n ins tan t promotion from thud to first a nd won the moto a nd th e overa ll. Resu lts 60: 1. A rm and o Overa land (Kaw ); 2. Fr ankie Nav arro I Kaw ; 3. Jason Sh irlev (Kaw) . ) 80 BEG : 1. Curti s Gavin (Hon); 2. Br ian Boudreau (Yam): 3. Ricky Londo (Yam). 80 J R: 1. Damon Kemp (Yam); 2. Mike Ulr ich (Kaw): 3. Don Upton (Kaw) . ali BO INT: 1. Rusty Somers (Kaw); 2. SC Takacs (Suz). A DULT M INI: 1. Ross M aeda: 2_ Ken Faught (Yam ); 3. Gary M arti ni (Han ). 125 BEG 0 -1 : 1. M ike Kelsey (Han); 2. Chri s Lang e (S uz); 3 . Reg gie l an e (Hon). 125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Tom Wyckoff (Suz); 2. Ja mie Knox (Yam): 3. Rick Larecy (Suz). 125 BEG 0 -3 : 1. Keith Gibson (Suz): 2. Todd Gould (Suzl: 3. Doug las Brooks (Yam). 125 J R: 1. Man eo Con sen t in o (Cag); 2. Jeff Fine (Hon!; 3 . Richard Ma ynez (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Dan iel Bush (Han): 2. Tony Fuller (Ho n); 3. Kevi n Bus sey (Ka w) . 125 PRO: .1. Tim Rut herford (Kaw ); 2. Scon McDonough (Han). 250 BEG 0 -1: 1. Steve Flynn (SOl ): 2. Bud Donatoni (Yam ); 3 . J ohn Yocum (Yam). 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Danny Hales (Kawl: 2. Gary Williams (Ka wl; 3. Greg Kennedy (Hon ). 250 JR : t . Kelly My ers (Han ): 2. Gary Wagner (Yam); 3 . J ack Roberts (Han). 250 INT: 1. Ni cky Pou nd s (Suz); 2. Dav id Ben ed en i (Hon ); 3 . Lar ry Gro ss (Yam) . 25 0 PRO: 1. J erry Black (Han): 2. Bry an Paquett e (Han); 3 . Scon M cDono ugh (Han ). 500 BEG: 1. Br ian Anderson (Yam); 2. J eff Jo nes (Han): 3 . Stacy Skaggs (Han). 500 JR : 1. David Donaton i (Han); 2. Ron Wood (Han); 3 . Rodn ey Skaggs (Han ). 500 INT: 1. Ken Faught (Yam); 2. St eve Vest (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Cra ig Holmeister (Han). VET J R: 1. Mark Lanphere (Han); 2. Mike Rochester (Han); 3 . Douglas Brooks (Yam). VET INT: 1. John M cManaw ay (Yam ); 2. Larry ForbIS (SUz ); 3 . Henry San M iguel (Hon). VET PRO: 1. Ross Ma eda (SOl ); 2. Rick J oh nso n (Han); 3 . Jo hn DiCiau la (Kawl. 51

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