Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w a: o w CJ CJ Z ~ >l > al ~ o ::I: e, handlebars hit Jones' damaged little finger. That made J o nes pause for a milli -second and Moreh ead and his H arl ey-Davidson took the win over Jones a nd h is H onda, much to th e deli ght of th e ob viously partisan H arley crowd. Leading th e cheers for Moreh ead were th e em p loyees and custo mers o f Charl o tt e Harl eyDa vidso n, the event's sponsor. Results EX; 1. Steve Morehead (H-D); 2. Ronnie J on es (Han); 3. Don Estep (H· D); 4 . Rusty Rogers ( H- D~ 5. Davls tH·D); 6. Bryan Hardin (H-D);7. MAnin lavoIe (H· D); B. Eric Rausch (H· D): 9. Darr in Er ichsen (H· D); 10. Scon Stump ( H-D ~ 11. Daniel McDonnell { H on~ 12. Keit h Jacob sen (Han). JR; 1. Kris Kiser (Hon); 2. Darell Davis (W-R); 3. Brya n Vo lla (W·R); 4 . Steve Asolt ine (H-D)' lle 5. W illie McCo y (H-D); 6. Rob Hassay (W·R); Joby Founta in (H· D). PRO-AM: 1. M ichael McDonnell (H-D); 2. David Reeves (W-R); 3. Kirk Hayes (Han); 4. M ichael Rusden (Han); 5. Eric Prior ( Ho n~ 6. Kenneth Barr (Han); 7. Charl ie Sout hgate (Han). w,n i Robb Hassey (29) powers around the outside of Tom Cox (1 3) during All-Pro action at Deerfield Speedway. a battle for seco nd raged between Navarro , Lonni e P aul ey and Yamaha rider Kevin Porter. Sturgill pulled ou t early with mech a ni ca l p roblem s. . So wle easi ly fini shed in fi rst . P orter gra b be d seco nd a t th e chec kers, leavin g third to Pauley a nd h is H onda. Results PIW: 1. David Lopez (Va m~ 2. M ichael Hannas (Suz); 3. Jesse Dawso n (Yam). 60 M INI; 1. Brian Sgheiza ( Ka w~ 2. Man Willa rd (Kaw); 3. J ason Osborn (Yam). 125 NOV; 1. Greg Sowl a (S uz~ 2. M ike Sturgill (Han); 3. TIm Navarr o (C·A); 4. Ricky Baker (Yam). 125 EX; 1. John Rudder (Cag). 250 NOV; 1. Greg Sow le (Han); 2. Kevin Perter (Yam); 3 . lonnie Pauley (Han); 4 . Tracy Dawson (Yam); 5. Nic Stevens (Kaw). 500 NOV; 1. Sam Freeze (Vam ); 2. Danny Delmonico (Hon ~ 3. Tracy Daw son (Yam); 4. Bob Me ir in g (Yam); 5. Lonnie Lacy (Yam). OPEN NOV/ JR: 1. Kevi n Crowley (yam); 2. Sam Freeze (Yam). 500 JR/ EX: 1. Kevin Crow ley (Vam); 2. Clay Chambers (Han); 3. John Rudder (Cag); 4. Alan McG ehee (KTM); 5. Many Thoen i (Yam). VET: 1. Alan McG ehee (KTM ); 2. Bob M eiring (Vam); 3. Randy Thomp son (C·A); 4 . M ilt Heimlich .(Hus); 5. David Ellen (Kaw). Hassey tops Deerfield ST By Kevin 'George DEERFIELD , O R JULY 25 Robb H assey -do rnina ted th e Deerfield All- Pr o Short Track. H assey, spo nso red by Carlis le, Kal -C ard . Oury Grips, R.W. H ut chins, Warren Stirling O .D.S., Pro ma n , Tuf SlOP, Shoei, E.K. Chain, too k early leader Tom Co x on the ou tside in tu rn two a nd sty led lO an easy win . Don Inch finish ed th ird with son J amie taking fourth. Hassey was disap po inted with the turnout. " If racers don 't support the local weekly races th ey won ' t have a place to rac e," he said. " In a few years we'll be pointing to our race rs in the garage and saying, remember when we used to be able to race around here." Results , COM B PRO; 1. Robb Hassey; 2. Tom Cox; 3. Don Inch; 4 . Jam ie Inch. Metrolina Regional HM to Morehead By Bob Black 46 CHARLOTTE, NC, AU G. 2 Veteran Steve Mor eh ead edged Ronnie J ones for the win in the Expert main a t the $5000 C&C P romotions AMA Eas tern Regional Ch ampionsh ip H aJ£ Mi le a t Metro lina Sp eedway . Junior Kris Kiser topped a sli m field of J unior riders, a nd Mike ' McDonnell was the winner over a n eq ually sma ll Pro -Am field. Expe rt Doug Davis hit downed J ones in th e last p ra ctice sessio n and Davis su ffered contusions and a lacerated fa ce. Jones suffered a · sus pec ted broken little finger on his left hand. . With only seven Pro-Am riders o n hand, a ll took part in the so le heat race which was won by David Reeves over Michael Rusden. Reeves a lso wo n th e semi but McDonnell took seco nd and Rusden thi rd . The Pro-Am m a in fea tured a three-rider battle in th e early stages wi th McDonnell , Reeves and Rusden running three abreast at times. Once th in gs sett led down , McDonnell had the lead for good a nd Reeves locked up seco nd. It was a different story for th ird , though , as Kirk Hayes, wh o had a bad start, took the show position away from R usden on the fin a l lap. With but seven Junior rid ers on hand, as in th e Pro -Am ranks all ran th e heat, semi and main, The heat race was wo n by Brya n Villella o ver Steve Aseltine, bu t Ville lla had to sett le for second in the semi as Kiser led a ll the wav . Kiser ho leshot the Junior main a nd led the race from start to fini sh. Darrell Davis, who finished last in the sem i, moved by Aselti ne to ta ke over seco nd for good on the seco nd la p. Villella, wh o had won the two previo us nigh ts in Ohio and Pen nsylvan ia, co uldn't hook u p and had to settle for third o ver Aseltine, wh o held th at spot a t times, Wi th a go od tu rn ou t o f Experts, four qual ifyin g hea ts were run with J ones, Eric Ra usch , Morehead and Rust y Rogers th e wi n ners. Next up were three regular hea ts tha t would advance the first four from each to the Expert final. Darrin Erichsen led Sco tt Stump, Rogers and Rausch into the mam in heat one. Heat two saw Morehead lead a follow the leader rac e over Martin L a vo i e , D o n Estep a nd Ke i th J a co bsen . H ea t three advanced wi n ner Will Da vis, Jones, Brya n H ard in a nd Dan McDonnell to the ma in . Morehead held the pole for the main, but a tight race was pred icted as less than a second separated the th ree h eat race winn ers. Ro gers jumped the start a nd was p u t o n the pen alty line. Morehead pulled th e hol esh ot , follow ed closely by J ones, Estep , Lavoie and th e field. J ones moved in to th e lead over Mor eh ead on th e third lap and o n the foll owin g lap the field settled down. The order u p front from lap five th rough lap 10 rea d J ones, Moreh ead , Estep , Rogers and Davis . The 12th and fin al lap saw J ones and Mor eh ead tight th rough turns o ne and two a nd then in turn three . Morehead stu ffed Jones a nd h is Nelson nabs Baylands MX By Mike Vancil . FREMONT, CA, JULY 29 Honda-mounted Jon Nelsorr powered to a pair of moto wins in the 250cc Pro class during CMC MX action at Bay lands Raceway Park. Craig Porter was first off the line and into th e hard left-hand corner at the sta rt o f th e first 250cc Pro mo to. H ard on his fend er was T im McClintock , follo wed b y N el son, Sean Con ley , Kell y An d ri s and Mark Myers. By the second corner, Nelson . passed lead er Po rter, th en Porter "ste p ped off" in a h ig h-ban ked berm. Nelso n wen t on to o u tdistance th e field. Andris powered his H onda to second p lace. McClintock, o n a Yam a ha, was third at the chec kers . Nelson had a good start in the sec o n d moto and was foll o wed through turn two by Andris, McClin· rock, Po rter, Co nley and Myers. By mid- moto, McClintock had used a high speed, straigh taway blast to get by Andris and th e new order held lO the checkered flag. McCl in tock too k th e wi n in the Open P ro d ivisio n with an impressive I- I showi ng. H o nda -mo un ted Bru ce Manzon i too k th e hol esh ot in the first O pen Pro moto, b ut he was q ui ckl y reele d in an d passed by Yama ha- mou n ted McC lintock. Midway th rough the hea r; J ack Hulse pulled off the tra ck, leavi ng on ly H arrison a nd Manzon i to battle wi th McClintock. McClinrock powered away to a n easy wi n ; Harriso n claimed second a nd Manzoni finished th ird . The seco nd mo to was a carbo n copy o f the first, righ t down to the finis h , including Hulse's mys terio us exit a t mid-race (p it specu la tio n had' H ul se suffering from a mi ld case of food poisoni ng). Results eo BEG; 1. Pete Urf er (Han); 2. Norma n Wi nt er (Han); 3. Bill SaYTe (Yem); 4. TIm Hami lton (Yam); 5. MArc Burell (Yam). eo JR: 1. Scon Shade (Vam); 2. J ohn Peavler (Va m ~ 3. Kenn y Spence (Yam); 4. Dan Reger (Han). 125 BEG: 1. M ike lacopi (Han); 2. J ay Webb (Hon); 3 . Lerr Mon iz. Jr. (Hon); 4 . Chris Pedrini (Han); 5. Ja son Shade (Yam). 125 JR; 1. Scon Schr oeder (Kaw); 2. Tom Costella IKaw); 3. Jason Warren (Han); 4. J amie Powell (Han); 5. Chr is Stille (Han). 125 PRO:·l . Sean Conley (Kaw); 2. Mark My ers (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Pete lacopi (Han); 2. Cun W inter (Han); 3. Raben Seren a (Vam); 4. Rick Brewster (Han); 5. Chris O'Bergin (Kaw). 250 JR: 1. Marc Pennings (Han); 2. Dave Zollo (Han); 3. Bobby Deason (Suz); 4. A lex Chelle w (Vam); 5. Dan O'Barg in (Han). 250 INT; 1. Phil Douglas (Vam ); 2. Br ian Patterson IHon); 3. Bill Gerber (Yam); 4 . Scon Jordan IVam); 5. Sergio Fernandez (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Han); 2. Tim McCl intock (Vam); 3. Kelly An dr ix (Han); 4 . Craig Pon er (Han). OPEN BEG; 1. Steve Hays (Han); 2. J erry Dixon (Han); 3. Tony Mace (Han); 4. Brett Godfrey (Han); 5. Man Wh eeler (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Jon Nicolaus (Yam); 2. MArion Folden (Yam ); 3 . Dan O'Bergin (Hon); 4 . Niclas Granlund (Kaw); 5. Richard W ilson (Han). OPEN INT; 1. Skip Brossard (Yam); 2. Bill Gerber (Vam); 3. Tim Boone (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Tim McClintock (Vam); 2. Glenn Hamson (Yam ); 3 . Bruce Manzon i (Hon); 4 . Jack Hulse IHon). VET JR: 1. Ma rlon Folden (Yam); 2. Rory Brandt ( Hon ~ 3. Chris O'Bergin (Kaw). VET INT: 1. Joe Wylman (Kaw); 2. Gary Remmen (Yam). OT JR: 1. Lewis Fast (Varni; 2. Les Oldenb rool< (Han); 3. Richad And erson (Yam). VET MSTR: 1. Phil Douglas (Vam); 2. Duane Hughes (Han); 3. Larry Baker (Han); 4. Mike Lane (Han); 5. Don Swearingen (Han). Bast, Ingels power at Gold Country Spdwy By R.C . Jones AUB URN , CA, AU G. 7 H arlan Bast Jr. sla m med h is wa y into the victory colu m n in the Scra tch main , a nd Eddie Ingels inched out a wi n over J oe Leduc in the H andicap ma in a t Go ld Co u n try Speedway in Au burn, a nd Ingels was officially crowned n umber one in northern Ca lifornia. In gels wrestl ed the number one plate from Bart Bast with a stri ng of victories in scratch racing and steady showings in the Handicap runs. Rounding out the top five were Bart Bast, Steve Martin, Jim Sisemore and Rocky Robinson. H arlan Jr. spent as much time on his back as he did leading the race in the Scratch main and the sp ills kep.t th e specta tor s jumping. With MIke Delacy on the pole and Harlan J r. in slo t two , a lack of space crea ted problems as Mik e Parsons and Steve Crawford had no intentions of being left o ut to dry on th e outside. Delacy, Par sons a nd Crawford raced out of th e first turn, but a restart was ca lled since Bast was still in turn one, lying o n his back. On th e restart a ll fou r were even. Hitting th e turn, Delacy ba cked o ff to stay on th e rail, but Bast was first th rough th e turn lea vin g Crawford and Parso ns fighting on th e far outside. Delacy tri ed to slip on the inside o f Bast in turn three, but Bast held his ground and bo th riders ended up in a heap. Bast changed bikes, Delacy's appeared to ~ ok~y b u~ ~hen th ey gated aga in hIS bik e misfired a nd d ied leaving a th ree-man race. Bast too k the win over Delacy and Cra wford. Eddi e Ingels chased J oe Leduc for eigh t laps in the H andicap main event !lnd a surge o f power the last t~o feet ga ve In gles a phot o- finish wm . Led uc too k the early lead after passin g Dave Co upe and look ed in co ntrol as Ingels a nd Steve Martin , ga ting from th e 50, had to battle pa st th e fo ur fas t riders who started 10 yards ahead, Rocky Robin son, Paul O rlan di, Joh n Houston a nd Rob ert Curry. Wit h tho se four dueling eac h other, Ingels a nd Ma rt in quietl y slip pe d throu gh a nd went after Leduc. With two laps to go In gel s was gai ni ng o n Leduc with Martin a nd Curry fightin g it ou t for th e third spot. Leduc wa s holding off Ingels q uite well a nd with 20 yards left to the c.heckered bo th were digg in g for tracuon. In gels o ut- powered Leduc taking the victory. Martin was able to hold off Curry in a no ther actio npaced fin ish for th ird. Results SCRATCH: 1. Har lan Bast Jr.; 2. M ike Parsons; 3. Steve Crawford; 4. Mike Delacy. HDCP; 1. Eddie Ingel s; 2. Joe Leduc; 3. St eve Manin; 4 . Raben Curry . 0 -2 : 1. Mi ke Kain; 2. John Gran t 3. M ike Solis; 4 . Rory Rundle. 0 -3 : 1. Tony Morg an; 2. Ron Clevenger; 3 . Pete Marcuccia; 4 . Bill Thomas. J R: 1. Tomm y Hedden; 2. Shawn .Jackson; 3. Dustin Schroeder. Finstad flies at L.ake Whitney Motocross By Jason Williams WHITNEY, TX, AUG. 2 Forty-tw o year o ld Ja y Finstad ca p tu red the overa ll victo ry with a 1·1 score when the O ver-40 class p remiered a t Lake Wh itney Cycle Ranch . . Finstad ho leshot the first moto ahead of Dwight Leatherwood, T.e. Carter , Hazen Smith and Arely

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