Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

for the others to foll ow. Eric Parker and Br ian H oltzh ouer tr a il ed H eyden out of the hol e until Blaumier quickly zipped past. H eyden sailed to first and Bla um ier held on to second place after fending off Van Leperen . Seymour finis hed fourth. Canoy flies to Sandito GP win ~ U 0 ex: « ::; 0 « ex: « a:l ex: « a:l -' ~ 0.. s « 0 >a:l 0 ..... 0 Results WOMEN EX: 1. Tami Rice (SUl ); 2. M indy Smith (Kaw); 3. Bonnie Warch (SUl). WOMEN INT: r . Lori Hedstrom (Yam); 2. Maria Gonzalel (Kaw) . WOMEN NOV; 1. Kathy Jo Ehrp (Hon); 2. Sheila Moretz (Kaw); 3. Mary Ann Gusakov (Hon). BO BEG: 1. Jason Simmons (Kaw); 2. Owen Dickson (Hon); 3. Dale McKee . BO NOV; 1. Kenry Van Tienen; 2. Tony Sul ek; 3. Colin Couto (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Jon F. Hughlett (Yam); 2. Tony Moran (Kaw); 3. Tom Rass. 125 NOV; 1. Jimmy KighL 2. Derek Me yer (Hon); 3. Eddie Subias (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Barbacovi (Yam); 2. Scon Mu rphy . 125 Ex/PRO: 1. Craig Canoy (Hon); 2. Rich Truchinski (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Joey Salvatore (Kaw ); 2. Chr is . Higgins (Yam); 3. Steve Sill in. 250 NOV: 1. Earl Waners (Kaw ); 2. Charlie Gilmore (Yam); 3. Masa Shibuya (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. Peter Buggie ; 2. Todd Broussard (Yam); 3. Eric Colbert (SUl). 500 BEG: 1. Willi 2arth (M ·S ); 2. Homer Rhoads (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Ron Shuler (Yam); 2. Georg e Andrews (Hon); 3. Dave Simon (KTM). 500 INT: 1. Kelly Doyle (Hon); 2. Doug Cheney (Hon). 500 EXlPRO: 1. Kenny Zahrt (Hon); 2. Murray Shackelford. VET BEG: 1. Randy Stricklin (Kaw); 2. Gary Werner (Hon); 3. David Pritchard (KTM). VET NOV: 1. Bobby Hudson (Hon); 2. M ichael Rochester (Hon); 3. Jeff Hahn (Hon). VET INT: 1. John Adams (Hon); 2. Frank M ierau (yam); 3. Ken Dickson (Hon). VET EX: 1. Ken Zahrt (Hon); 2. Barry Porter (Hon); 3. Ken Ehlers . OT NOV: 1. Don Edwards (Kaw); 2. David Me tl (Kaw); 3. Richard Lamb (Hon). OT NOV B: 1. Sam Engl ish (HOn ); 2. Jim Peterson. OT INT: 1. Terry Pran (Yam); 2. Jim Hollow; 3. Chuck Gilmor e. OT EX: 1. Earl Shuler (Yam); 2. Tom Wid ick; 3. Buzz Moelle r. OT MSTR: 1. Terry Davis (Hon); 2. Bill Saltzm an (Hus); 3. Robert Mennell (Yam). ~ § oil z w :r o.. t00 ex: 0 -' By David Procida P ERRIS, CA, AUG. 2 A large turnout of racers turned out for CRC's Bandito Grand P rix at Perri s Raceway, and ta king the top hon o rs in th e I25cc Expert class was H on da-mo unted Crai g Ca no y. Wh en the green flag dr op ped for the start of the Pro race , it was Kenny Zahrt leading the way into th e first tum. Close beh ind him was Cano y and KTM-mounted T odd Campbell. Gett ing a lat e start was Su zuki rid er Murry Shackelford, after his bike didn 't leave th e start lin e until th e las t line of starters had left. Shackelford was pushing h is RM as fast as th e leaders a nd was soon through the Intermediate racers and clos ing on th e back of th e Pros. Up front, Canoy had taken his Pro-Circuit H onda into the lead with Zahrt in clo se pursuit. Taki ng over th e number three po sition was Rich Truchinski wi th Ca mpbell right behind him . At th e halfway point, Canoy had opened up a sizable lead over Zah rt . In third, T ruch inki 's rear sprocket coll apsed, putting the H onda rider ou t for th e da y. On th e same lap, Campbell ret ired h is KTM with mechanical problem s. Sh ackelford was now running in third overall a nd still charging hard when Murray caught sight of Zahrt at th e o ther end of th e strai gh taway. Zahrt, unaware of th e approaching Suzuki ri der, was cru isin g alon g until he cau ght a glimpse of Sh ackelford closing in. Zahrt held him off for the last remaining laps but taking the checkered flag was Canoy. In th e Women 's class , Tami Rice and her Suzuki ca p tu red the Expert clas s win. She was followed in by Mindy Smith and ' bonnie Warch. Women Intermediate winner was Lori Hedstrom, who topped Maria Gonsalez. ; en « 0 0") >a:l I"'"""l 0 ..... 0 :r ~ (,,0 ... c-r 0.. rJ:J ~ bJJ ~ -< Lori Headstrom flew to the Women's Intermediate class win at Perris Racway, . SR EX: 1. William Sa ltzman (Hus); 2. Tom Pear l (Hon); 3. Robert Mennell (Yam). SR INT: 1. Wayne Cornel ius (Hon). SR NOV: 1. Jerry Hanson; 2. Ed Subias (Hon). Gray grabs . Lake Geneva MX By Jack Biddison LAKE GENEVA, WI, AUG 7 Don G ray rod e hi s Kawasaki to victory in the l 25cc Amateu r class at th e la test ro u nd o f the La ke Gen eva/ Su zuki Championsh ip MX Se r ies , h eld at L ake G eneva Raceway. The victory left Gray in a tie wi th j eff Blaha for th e series point lead . Blaha won the 125cc Amateur heat ra ce and ended up second to Gra y in th e fea ture. Blaha led every lap of the heat race . Gra y rode secon d until the final lap wh en Suzuki-m ounted jeff Melcher dr opped him to th ird. '" . Gray led th e feature race WIre to wire and was followed all the way home by Blaha. H onda rider Cole Braun had third in the final nail ed down , but he spun a bike length from th e fini sh line and did not recover in time to salvage anything better than 12th place. Series point-lead er Doug H ay swept both ra ces.in th e 250ccAmateur class. j ohn Blickie fell while riding second in the hea t, bu t recovered to fini sh th ird beh ind Eriks Ezerins. H ay won th e fin al ahead of Blickie and early leader Rob Renosiewiez. Results 125 AM: 1. Don Gray (Kaw); 2. Jeff Blaha (Hon); 3. Jeff Mellcher (SUl) . 25DAM: 1. Doug Hay (Hon); 2.J ohn Blickie (Hon); 3. Eriks Ezerins (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Doug Hay (Hon); 2. Jeff Blaha (Hon); 3. Cole Braun (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. Eriks ezerins (Hon); 2. Terry Hahn ( Ka ~); 3. Robert Speiss (Hon). MINI AM : 1. Jim Heyden (Kaw); 2. Scon Seymou r (Hon); 3. Erie Parker (Hon). Ward whips Stepp Mill Enduro . By Loren & Barbara Wmams TRAVELERS REST, SC, AUG. I T . Scott Ward, riding a 250cc KTM, stayed on th e pi pe to pass H ondamounted Mark Conner and deni ed Kevin Hudson any chance for a pass in th e End uro class at Stepp Mill ton ight. Coming o u t of th e gat e ri ght behind Conner, Ward wa ited an d wa tched until Conner made a m istake then out-enduroed -h im in a co rner. Hudson, of Travelers Rest , ' followed Ward 's example and also got around Conner, bur. th e race wasn 't lon g enough for him to move Kirk Johnson (52) dominated the 250cc Amateur class at Stepp Mill. Phillip Caldwell (20) finished third. . on War d and he had to be co nte nt wi th second. Ward also made a strong showing in the 250 Novice race, co mi ng out of the hol e in seco nd, behind R usty Smi th . On lap two , Ward was surpr ised by Eddie j ohnson whe n he got ca ught i n · tra ffic a n d j ohn son sli pped past. Bobb y Gil bert fin is he d seco n d behind Yam ah a rider Sh ane Step p in 125cc Amat eur compe ti tio n. Gilbert chased down th e Stepp-piloted YZa nd th ey both execu ted so me trick moves in th e process. G ilb ert als o did well .in 250 ccc Amateur cl ass alt ho ugh Kirk j ohnson was too hot to handle and took the flag first. G ilbert and Phillip Caldwell , ret urn ing fro m a broken collarbo ne, made for so me good dici ng as th ey staved off Cooter McClure's KX H onda rider j err y McCarson of Green vill e com peted in the Senior Men's class for the first time tonight, bea ting Mich ael " Holeshot" Brown Sr. off the lin e to take second p lace beh ind Tony Coggins . McCarson held off Brown and they finished as th ey had started: Coggi ns , McCarson, Brown . Ba rr 's Com p eti ti on- spo n so red Chad Leigh flew past lead er David Ca ntrell on the third lap of the Senior Min i race to wrap up th e win. Leigh carried Steve Burdette along o n h is coattai ls, an d Da vid "Squiggs" D ick erso n n ipped at Burdette's heels. Results 50 : 1. Paul Justus (Hon). JR MIN I: 1. Jimmy Brigg s (Kaw); 2. Conn Ma son (Kaw ); 3. Tomm y Boyd (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Al an Sparks (Hon); 2. Joey Pace (SUl); 3. Skipper Nix (Yam). . 125 AM : 1. Shan e Stepp (Yam): 2. Bobby Gilbert (SUl); 3. Craig Joh nson (Yam). P/W: 1. Jimmy Brigg s (Kaw); 2. Conn Mason (Kaw); 3. Tommy Boyd (Kaw ). SR MIN I: 1. Chad Leigh (Yam); 2. Steve Burd en e (Kaw ); 3. David Dickerson (Kaw ). 250 NOV: 1. Eddie Johnson (SUl); 2. Scon Ward (KTM); 3. Rusty Smith (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Kirk J ohnson (SUl); 2. Bobby Gilbert (Hon); 3. Phillip Caldw ell (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Mar k Conner (Hon); 2. J imm y Pitcock (Hon). SR: 1. Tony Coggins (Yam); 2. J erry McCarson IHon ); 3. M ichael Brown Sr. (Hon). ENDR: 1. Scon Ward (KTM ); 2. Mark Conner (Hon). Crowley cooks at Sola do Park TT By Mike Vancil HOLLISTER, CA, AUG I Yamaha-mou nted Kevin Cro wley claimed overall wins in th e combined 500cc junior /Expert class arid th e combined O pen junior/Novice di vision during Bol ado Park scra mbles racing in Hollister. In th e Open junior/Novice ra ce, junior ri der Crowley had a one-o no ne ba ttl e with Novice rider Sam e Freeze , wh o wa s a board a TT Yamaha. For t he first few laps on th e kidney-shaped scra mbles track, Crowley was forced to tra il th e faststarting Novi ce. Crowley fin all y go t aro und Freeze in th e late goin g , usi ng an inside pass in turn four. Cro w ley batt led b ri efl y' with Honda-mounted Clay Chambers and Yamaha rider Anthony Giammanco at th e sta rt of the 500cc junior/ Expert race , the n too k th e lead by th e time th e p ack powered th rough th e infi eld. By lap four Crowley was alone in front, Giammanco was out with problems an d Chamb ers was running a dista nt second. Crowley took th e win over Chambers and Expert j ohn Rudder. G reg Swo le was another double winner, taking top hon ors in the ta lent-la den l 25cc Novice class and the hotl y-contest ed 250cc Novice division. Rudder, the lone Expert in the race , nabbed th e holeshot in the 125cc event bu t he co uld n't keep Suzuki-mounted Sowle off h is rear wh eel. Rudder took th e overall win, but Sowle was firs t in class and extremely satisified wi th him self for .finishing a clo se seco nd beh ind the Expe rt. T h ir d ove ra ll, seco n d No vice, went to Ca n-Am rider Tim Navarro. So wle was off the line with Mi ke Sturgill and Tim Navarro in th e 250cc Novice final, the n too k the lead going into th e infield corner. By lap three, Sowle had broken away while 45

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