Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Mike La Rocco (559) is pursued by Doug Dubach (29) in the 250cc Stock Pro class. La Rocco finished third. Dubach was top Pro rider at Ponca City, but an illegal shifting linkage kept him from claiming the Motorcycle GNC. He legally won two classes. . Stahlman. Fourth and fifth went to Gerald Wood and Andy Michner. _ Results Kawasaki rider Ezra Lusk captured two class championships. Jeff Emig was class champ in the 83cc Modified Expert (12+) division. He battled with Suzuki riders Antunez and Jimmy Gaddis. Kied r o wski. Shortl y after , both Dubach and Matiasevich slipped by Stephenson for second and third , and a la p later, Kiedrowski had taken over fourth. The top five riders never gave an inch as th ey ba ttled lap after lap. H onda rider Kyle Lewis was on th e move, ho wever, after a mediocre start. While Y01!ng, Dubach , Mati asevich , Kiedrow ski and Stephen son crossed the finish lin e inches of eac h o ther, Lew is a n d Jim .Veu ge ler (Yamaha) were in volved in an interesting mi shap. Ente ring a tum just short of th e finish line a few laps from th e finish , Veu geler sta lled hi s bike and Lewis ra mmed him from beh ind so har d tha t Lewis' fro nt fork ca ught Veu geler's rear disc brake, and both riders went down. Veugeler was first to remo unt; he started his bike, pu t it into gear a nd tried to ta ke off. The bikes, however, were stuc k together, a nd it took three lap s to pull th em free. With o ne lap left, th e two rid ers were able to remo unt and fin ish . In the 83cc Stock (9-11) class, Ezra Lusk (Kawasaki) was th e rider to beat , a nd no o ne could. Lusk went into th e ru n-off wi th th e low scor e and topped everyth ing orr with th e fina l win for th e overall. His nearest co m peti tor was Robbie Reynard (Kawasaki) wh o finis hed seco n d overa ll ahea d of J eff Dement, Jason McCormick and Ch ris Bro wn . L usk also took top hon ors in the I05cc (9II ) class over Damon Huffman , Robbie Reyn ard , Jeff Dement. Kawasak i rider J od y Underwood and Suzu ki-mo unted Don ald Pool e spe nt the ent ire week dicing in th e 83cc Stock Beginner (12+) class, and wh en it was all over, it was Unde rwood edg ing ou t Pool e for the class cha m pions hi p. Bo th rider s wou nd up t ying in low points, but Under- wood cap ture d th e win , via a better fin al rnoto fini sh. In the 83cc Stock Intermedi ate (12+) class, co ns is tent rid in g by Honda rider Willy Bowden was th e key to suc cess. H e ca p tured th e ov erall over Tim Hodes , Chad DeHoop and Dana Wig gins. Suzuki rider J ason Ra gan collected th e low score in th e I25cc Stock Beginner class, thus wrapping up th e ' victory. H e had to deal with Kawasak i rider Brad Smith, wh o wra p ped up second overa ll with seven points, compared to Ragan' s four . Third also with seven points was Rus sell Radford (Honda) . Fourth and fifth went to Brad Ghidiu and Donald Pool e. Mike Ch amberlain , from Garden Gro ve, California, also used co nsistent rid ing to hi s adva ntage, and with it ca me the l25cc Modified Novice Ch am pi onsh ip. Ch amb erlain rode hi s Yama ha to victory over J erem y McGrath (Yamaha), J ay Wagner , Ti m H odes and Mall Worbes. Michigan rider Dan Boivin totally domina ted th e 250cc Stoc k Nov ice class by finishi ng up wi th a perfect two-p oint score. Bo ivin ro de hi s Kawasak i to victory over New Zealan d 's Paul Ke n yo n and Steve . You ng. Rou nd ing ou t the top five were Mik e Menn ing and Dan De Falco. Boivin , how ever, wasn 't sat ified with just o ne victory. H e blasted his o ther Kawasaki to the 250cc Mod ified Novice class victory as well. T h is tim e h e d efeated Dera l H a rd y, a no ther New Zeal and rider Mi ke Lon gl ey, Canad a's J im T heriau lt and Ch ad Mayo. In the 500cc Mod ified Pro class, Yam ah a ri der from No rth rid ge, Ca lifornia , Ru ss Wageman cla imed the victory after dici ng with H ondamounted Mark Crozier and Mike PEE WEE STK: 1. Jason Partridge (Vam); 2. Chad Petree (Vam); 3. Kristy Shealy (Vaml; 4. Joshua Hatfield (Vam); 5. Clint Bowyer (Vam). PEE WEE MOD: 1. Jason Partridge (Vaml; 2. Chad Petree (Vam); 3. Ricky Carmichael (Vaml; 4 . Joshua Hatfield (Vam); 5. Jerry Aleman (Yam). JR CVCLE STK (6· 8 ): 1. Jason Partridge (Kaw); 2. Justin Blake (Kaw); 3. Ricky carm ichael (Kaw); 4. Jason Shirey (Kaw); 5. Joshua Hatfield (Kaw). : JR CYCLE MOD (6·81 1. Jason Partridge (Kaw); 2. Justin Blake (Kawl; 3 . Robert Horton (Kawl; 4. Jason Shirey (Kaw); 5. Joshua Hatfield (Kaw). JR CYCLE STK {9· 111: 1. Jeff Dement (Kaw ); 2. Jason McCormick (Kaw ); 3 . Kevin Windham (Kaw); 4. Robbie Reynard (Kaw l; 5 . Cody Green (Kaw). JR CVCLE MOD (9·11): 1. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 2. Jason McCormick (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Dement (Kaw ); 4 . Kevin Windham (Kaw) ; 5 . Robbie Reynard (Kaw) . 83 STK (9- 1 11: 1. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 2. Robbie Reynard (Kaw ); 3. ·J eff Dement (Kawl; 4. Jason McCormick (Kaw); 5. Chr is Brown (Kaw) . 83 MOD (9·1l): 1. Jeff Dement (Kawl; 2. Ezra Lusk (Kaw); 3. Craig Decker (Vam); 4. Damon Huffman (Yam); 5. Jason McCormick (Kawl. 83 STK BEG (12 +): 1. Donald Poole (Suzj; 2. Jody Underwood (Kaw); 3. Spunky Black (Kaw ); 4. Chad Hunstiger (Yam ); 5 . Kevin Parton (Kaw) . 83 STK NOV (12+1: 1. Bryan Weller (Kaw ); 2. Raymond Hensl ey (Yam); 3 . Chr is Kefalas (Han); 4 . Clint Walker (Honl; 5 . Brian Cook (Yam). 83 MOD NOV (12 +): 1. J .J . Slagle (Han I; 2. Chuck Whitesell (Kaw) ; 3. Brian Cook (Vam); 4 . Tom Moock (Kaw); 5 . Raymond Hensley (Vaml. 83 STK INT (12 +): 1. Willy Bowden (Han); 2. Tim Hodes (Han); 3. Chad DeHoop (Vam); 4 . Dana Wiggins (Suzl ; 5 . Hayden Richards (Kaw) . 83 MOD INT (12 +): 1. Colin Edwards (Vam); 2. Spud Walters (Han); 3. Hayden Richards (Kaw); 4 . Dust in Evans (Kaw); 5 . John Bogovich (Yam). 83 STK EX (12+): 1. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 2. Brian Swink (Kaw); 3. John Kitsch (Kaw); 4. Joel Albrecht (Kaw ); 5. Jack Ricko (Kawl. B3 MOD EX (12+): 1. Jeff Emig (Kaw) ; 2. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 3. Jimmy Gadd is (Suz); 4. Brian Swink (Kaw); 5. John Kitsch (Kaw) . SPR MINI (12 -18): 1. Jeff Emig (Kawl; 2. Brian Swink (Kaw); 3. Jack Ricks(Kawl; 4. Chad Pederson (Vam); 5. John Kitsch (Kawl. . 105 (9 ·11): 1. Elra Lusk (Kaw ); 2. Damon Huffman (Yam); 3 . Robbie Reynard (Kew); 4. Jeff Dement (Kaw) ; 5. Kevin W indham (Kaw). 125 STK BEG: 1. Jason Ragan (SUl); 2. Brad Sm ith (Kaw); 3 . Russell Radford (Han ); 4 . Brad Gh idiu (Kaw ); 5. Donald Poole (SUl) . 125 STK NOV : 1. Tim Hodes (Han ); 2. M ike Brown (Han); 3 . Han k Walker (Honl; 4 . J.D . Wa lker (yam); 5. Ja y Wagner (Vam). 125 MOD NOV : 1. M ike Chamberlain (Yam); 2. Jeremy McG rat h (Vam); 3. Jay Wagner (Yam ); 4 . . Tim Hodes (Han); 5 . Matt Worbes (Yam). 12 5 STK INT: 1. Tall on Voh land (Kawl; 2. Rick Simmet (Hon); 3 . Phil Lawrence (Yam); 4 . Shawn Hugg ins (Kaw ); 5. Eri ck Hilton (Vam). 125 MOD INT: 1. Rick Simmet (Han); 2. Jason Langford (Kaw); 3 . Tallon Vo hland (Kaw); 4. Pat Bennett (Kaw); 5 . Phil Lawrence (Yaml . 125 STK PRO: 1. M ike La Rocco (Yam); 2. Greg Bowen (Han); 3. Larry W ard (Vam); 4 . Doug Dubach (Vam); 5. M ike Pascarella (Han) . 125 MOD PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Va m~ 2. Chr is Voung (Vam); 3. M ike Kiedrowski (Kaw); 4 . Jeff Matias8vich (Kawl; 5. Denn v St ephenson (Kaw). 250 STK NOV : 1. Dan Boiv in (Kaw ); 2. Paul Kenyon lHon ); 3. St eve Young (Kawl; 4 . M ike Mennig (Han); 5. Dan De Falco (Vam). 250 MOD NOV : 1. Dan Boiv in (Kawl; 2. Deral Hardy (Vam ); 3 . M ike Longley (Kawl; 4 . Jim Theriault (Han); 5. Chad Mayo (Kawl. 250 STK INT: 1. Tallon Vohland (Kaw ); 2. Rick Simm et (Han); 3 . Stev e Lamson (Yam ); 4 . Tony Graves (Han); 5 . Junior Jackson (SUl ). 250 MOD INT: 1. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 2. Junior Jackson (Sull; 3. Rick Simmet (Han); 4. Jason Langford (Kaw); 5. Erick Hilton (Vam). 250 STK PRO: 1. Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Kiedrowski IKaw) ; 3 . M ike La Rocco (Yam); 4 . Mark. . Crozi er (Hon); 5 . Chris Young (Yaml. 250 MOD PRO: t . Doug Duba ch (Vaml; 2. Lowell Thomson (Kw ); 3 . M ike Kiedrowski (Kaw); 4. Chr is Young (Vam); 5. Larry Ward (Vam). 500 MOD NON·PRO : 1. Craig Dav is (Vam); 2. Scott Schamba cher (Yam); 3 . Clint Jones (Han); 4 . David Mac k (Honl ; 5. Lance Nor ick (Kaw). 500 MOD PRO: 1. Russ Wag eman (Vaml ; 2. Mark Crozier (Han ); 3 . Mike Stahlman (Vam); 4 . Mike Gerald Wood (Vam); 5 . Andy M ichner (Kawl.

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