Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

PROD 1 JR; 1. Bob Wr ight ; 2. Mark Reynolds . MOD PROD 3 NOV 0 - 1: 1. Don Rajczi; 2. Tho mas Murray; 3 . Jeff Little . -!o MO D PROD 3 NOV 0 -2: 1. Steve Abramson; 2. Joe Ribeiro ; 3. John Boudreau. F-l EX: 1. David Sadowsk i; 2. Bill Loom is; 3. David Strobci. F-l JR: 1. Marc Smith; 2. Allen Gillene; 3. John Eneg uess . PROD 3 EX: 1. Tin ian Bue; 2. Stev eLombardo; 3. Gerald DeGray. PROD 3 J R; 1. Tod Hebert; 2. Robert Wrubleuski' 3 . Dale Martin. • M OD PROD 2 EX: 1. John Grush ; 2. Brian Johnston; 3 . Go rdon Ba rnett. M OD PROD 2 J R: 1. Marc Smith; 2. Allen Gillette; 3 . Chr istopher Elia . F-3 EX: 1. Gordon Razee; 2. Gr aig Baldwin. F- 3 JR : 1. Thomas Ve rville; 2. David Singleto n; 3. Aldam Molny. F-3 NOV; 1. A. J uneau; 2. Tim Court s; 3. Todd Sh ute. Galles, Morden maul Huetter Short Track By Clay Light Brian Soblewski (319) leads Bob Wright (352) and John Butterman (7 00) during Product ion 2 action at Loudon. Results SATURDAY M INI: 1. Lucas Haas {Kawl; 2. Tom Daniels (Kawl; 3. Jason North rup (Yam); 4. Chad Harbolt {Kawl; 5. Jeff Daniels (Yam). 125 : 1. Eric W heel wright (Yam); 2. Dan Str eet (Yam); 3. J im Nyman (Yam); 4 . Karman Gud eman (Yam:); 5. Paul Hackbart h (Yam:). 200 : 1. Eric Wheelwrig ht (Yam); 2. Sam Blakeney (Kaw); 3. Ed Scan (Kaw); 4 . Jim Nyman (Yamt, 5. Robin Senn (Bul). 250 : 1. Jay Parmeter (Han); 2 Kelly Senn (Kaw); 3 . Brent Stew art (Kaw) ; 4 . Bruce Streicher (Yam); 5. Kaleb Northrup (Yam). 400: 1. Ron Todd (Kaw); 2. Lloyd haas (Yam); 3 . Todd Parmeter (Suz); 4. Frank Davis (Suz); 5 . Alan Hoskins (Yam). 500: 1. Pa ul He idenrei ch (Hon); 2 . Tom Elmore (Han); 3. M ike Bron k (Yam); 4 . Jeff Jack (Han); 5. Rick Parm eter (Hon). 750: 1. Chuck Seldal (Kaw t, 2. Tom Rollins (Kaw); 3. J im Steffey {Kawt, 4. Scon Frier (Kaw); 5. Steve Dan iels (Ya m). OPEN: 1. Scan Frier {Kaw t, 2. Tom Compton (Kaw ); 3. Bill St effey (Kawt, 4. Tom Elmore (Kaw ); 5. Bob Fisher (H·D). SUNDAY MINI: 1. Lucas Haas (Kaw ); 2. Jason Northrup (Yam); 3. Tom Daniels (Kaw); 4. Chad Harbo lt(Kaw); 5. Eric Marshall (Kaw). 125 : 1. Eric Wheelwr ight (Yam); 2. Jim Nyman (Yam); 3.Paul Hackbarth (Yam); 4. Tom Daniels (Yam); 5. Dan Stre et (Yam). 200 : 1. Sam Blakeney (Kawl ; 2. Jim Nyman (Yam); 3. Ed Scan IKaw); 4 . Eric W heelw ri ght (Yam); 5. Paul Hayes (Yam). 250: 1. Ja y Parmeter (Han); 2. Brent Stewart {Kaw l; 3. Chr is An derson (Yam); 4. Karman Gudeman {Kaw~ 5. Kelly Senn (Kaw ). 400 : 1: Ron Todd (Kaw); 2. Aar on Brow n (Yam); 3. Lloyd Haas (Yam); 4 . Frank Davis ISuzl; 5. Keith Nyman (Yaml . 500: 1. Pau l Hei denreich (Hon); 2. Rick Parm et er (Honl; 3. Tom Elmore IHon); 4. M ike Bronk (Yam); 5 . Aa ron Brown (Ya m). 750 : 1. Chuck Seldal (Kawl; 2. Scan Frier IKaw ); · 3. Tom Rollins (Kaw ); 4 . M ike Lundeen (Yam); 5. St eve Daniels (Yam). OPEN: 1. Scan Frier (Kaw); 2. Tom Elmore (Kaw); 3. Bob Fisher (H-D); 4. Bill Steff ey (Kaw ); 5. M ike Scho bert (Kaw). State line ST win to Weikel By Clay Light 48 STATE LI N E, ID, AUG. 6 Cor y Weikel's last lap pass was good enough to earn a win in the 250cc Pro A main during one-sixth-mi le short tra ck racing a t Northwest Speedway. Weike l h a s rece nt ly emerged as the Spokane/ Coeu r d' Alene area's top quarter-li tre (250cc) jockey, a nd tonigh t, he proved it th e hard way. Expert Rich H ayman (Honda ) and Pro -Am rid ers Steve Librety and Corky Jurk ovich staged a wild, wild west shoo t-ou t for top honors in the 600cc Pro dash with H aym an earning th e win after three tou gh laps. G reg Triber, who has emerged as th e ar ea's hott est 750cc jockey., won th e Pro Twins das h, beating long time Expert Ross Roberts and Mik e Allen . Other winners included Glen Nickerso n (T ri ) in the 39-Up and Russ Yama mo to (250cc Pro). With the a bsence of Idaho's premi er Pro-Am rider Mitch McGinnis and severa l o the r Sturgis-bound Pros, many felt the Pro ranks would be lackluster. In stead , the lar gest field of 250cc riders were on hand. In fact , for th e first time, th e cla ss was sp li t into two divisio ns after preli minaries. Liberty launched hi s four- stroke H o nda into th e lead mom ents after th e stag ing of th e 250cc P ro A main , leading Yamamoto (Yamaha), J oe y Kopp and G len Nickerson. Weik el cam e th rou gh traffic a t a ra p id ra te, pi cking off riders each lap until motoring within ran ge of th e Yam am ot o /Libert y battle for th e lead. Yam am oto sta lled , endi ng his cha nces of a win in the class for the second n ight in a ro w. Yam am ot o's mi sfortune pl aced Lib ert y and Weikel into th e 1-2 positions. With th e chec kered flag wavin g in sig h t, Weikel made a last-di tch move to overta ke Libert y fo r a win in a su rpr is i ng mov e that dr o ve the spectators crazy. Libert y too k hom e second pa y, foll owed by Yam am oto, Kopp and Nich erson. Twelve 750ccTwins were on hand , whi ch mad e the Pro T wins class th e second largest of th e evening. Triber sat on the po le position for th e main on th e H arley Sh op/Bob Pike/NW H o t Tubs T ri umph. H e jumped into the lead moments after stagi ng and quickly accelerated awa y from Nickerso n (T ri), Roberts (T ri), Yama hamounted Mik e Allen and J oey Kopp , who was making h is cla ss-debu t o n a Tri u m p h. Des p i te a souring mach ine , Kop p charged through the pack to fin ish third behi nd Triber an d Nickerson. Results PRO TWS: 1. Greg Triber (Tr i); 2_Glen Nickerson (Tril; 3. Joey Kopp (Tri). 600 PRO; 1. Russ Yamamot o (Han); 2. Rich Haym an (Han); 3. Corky Jurkovich (Han). 250 PRO A: 1. Cory Weikel (Han); 2. Steve Liberty (Han); 3. Russ Yamamoto (yam); 4. Joey Kopp (Han); 5. Glen M ickerson (Yam). 39 -UP : 1. Glen Nickerso n (Tn) ; 2 . Ross Roberts (Tri); 3. Darrell Triber (Tri). 3D-UP; 1. Dicky LeRoy (Han); 2. Jim All en (Han) 250 PRO B: 1. Chr is Hoffer; 2. Ken Or rino. BO: 1. LJ. SC haffer (Kaw). 60: 1. Kasey Copher. TROPHY DASH PRO TWS : 1. Gredg Tribe r (Tri). 600 PRO; 1. Rich Hayman (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Russ Yamamoto (Yam). 3O-UP: 1. Jim Allen (Han). 39·UP; 1. Glen Nickerson (Tri). The first three win s cam e wire-towire, bu t Sadows ki had to scramble a Iiule harder in th e F-I tri a l. Sadows ki, ridi ng a Suzuki GSX R750, started at the back o r the 16-man Expert/Junior field and had the lead in less th an three laps , pulling aw ay to a four-second advantage. Exp erts Bill Loomis and David Stro ble di ced for seco nd and third in the ea rly goi ng, th en Loomis pulled ahead and was closing on Sadowski when the checkers fell. Jun ior Mark Sm it h , ridin g a Honda 750, took first Jun ior honors, w h i le S uzu k i-m o u n te d All en Gill ette fin ished second. Ex p ert J eff H eino , wh o wa s inj ured recent ly at Loudon , came back stro ng in his first ou ting sin ce hi s accident . Heino collec ted third in the Production 2 scra mble and won the Heavyweig h t Supersport division go ing away. Gar y Gorman, wh o just turned Juni or , too k th e class win in th e Modified Prod uctio n I race. Results SATURDAY MOD PROD NOV: 1. Bru ce Clark; 2. Jo hn Crowley; 3 . Michae l Carde nas. MOO PROD 3 EX; 1. Paul Sharwell; 2. Man Go rdon; 3 . Steh en Nogu eira . MOD PROD 3 JR: 1. D. Sing leton ; 2. Tod Hebert ; 3 . Se an O sow ski, MOD PROD 4 EX: 1. Gordon Razee; 2. Craig Baldwin; 3 . Sh erry Dowling . r MOO PROD4JR: 1. Tom Verv ill e; 2. David Parks; 3 . Joe Santoro. MOD PROD 4 NOV: 1. Denis Forcier; 2. Andrea Southworth; 3. Ken M iller. F-TW EX; 1. Chr is Haines; 2. Bob M iller. F·TW JR: 1. Jo hn Novak; 2. Lou Hosszu. PROD 3 NOV 0 -1; 1. Br ian Hax; 2. Bill Gilli s; 3 . Steve M oorhou se. PROD 3 NOV 0 -2: 1. Thomas Mu rray; 2. Wayne Jakobsen; 3 . John Klucky. F-2 NOV; 1. Mark Pastir; 2. Peter Schweitzer; J . Don Rajczi. F-2 EX: 1. Bill Blyth e; 2. Larry Hanl on; 3. George -Hanagan. F-2 JR: 1. Charles Penit 2. Denis Carrier; 3. Jeff Wr ight. PROD 1 NOV; 1. Les Washbon; 2. Tim O'Conno r; 3. Bruce Clar k. F-l NOV: 1. Rick Erikson; 2 . A nthony Palumbo; 3. M ichael Glynn. M /W SIS EX: 1. David Sadowski; 2. Paul Sharwell; 3 . Man Gordon . MIW SIS JR: 1. Rober Wrubleuski; 2. Dean Sullivan; 3 . Mark Reynolds . SUNDAY M OD PROD EX; 1. Bill Loomis; 2. Jo hn Grus h; . 3. David Stro bel. MOD PROD JR: 1. Gary Gorman; 2_J ohn Ward . PROD 2 EX: 1. David Sadowski; 2. Mark Bougas; COEU R D' ALENE, ID, AUG . 5 Su zuki-m ou nted Pa t Galles a n d Honda pilot Guy Morden stole th e show in the Amateur ra nks at Huetter Speedway in Coeur d' Alene, du rin g the three-eight mile sho rt track raci ng. Even though ra cing takes a back seat to wa ter recreati on in thi s resort tow n, racin g wa s aplenty ton igh t. Ru ss Yam am o to (Yama ha) ha s been bu sy win n ing either -th e 250cc Pro or 600cc Pro classes, or both, at Huetter, as was the case tonight. Yama moto's mai n form of com petition was Bill y Lenz in the 250cc ra nks and Brad Walters in the 600cc class. Lenz and Cory Weikel, who is · ra pid ly proving to be one of the pa n ha ndle 's ho tt est ri ders, gave chase, bu t neither cou ld p ut the stops on Yamamo to, who earned a substantial pa ycheck. Expert Walt ers gave Yam amoto a run for the mon ey in the 600cc Pro class , but much like every other race here, Yamamoto ran away in the la ter stages to earn top cash payoff with a 1-1 -1 sweep of the three moto program. Walters ' seco nd pl a ce ·finishes earn ed him second overall, in what was po ssibly on e of his last rid es in the area aft er 10-years of Pro raci ng. "I've decided to go to college this year at Boise State. I do n't think ·my racing days are over thou gh, since th ere is good racing dow n there," Walters said. Galles led J erry T h o mpson (Ho nda) an d Husky rider Mar k Lan g to the finis h in each of th e three 250cc Ama teur races for a' 1-1-1 combinatio n and th e overa ll wi n. T ho mpso n and La ng staged a bru tal swa pfest for second, but in th e end, it was Thompson taking seco nd in the overa lls via 2-2-2 performa nces. Morden (H o nda) was unstoppabl e in th e 500cc Ama teur ra nks, ge tting the big 'win after a series of second and th ird place overall finishes the past sev era l o uti ngs. To n igh t, Morden ma nhandled a good-sized field of big-bore riders to nail down th e overall, beati ng Ron Ro use and Thompson. Results 600 PRO: 1. Russ Yamamoto (Han); 2. Brad Walters (Yam); 3. Todd Somm ers (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Russ Yamamoto (Yam); 2. Billy Lenz (Han); 3. Cory Weikel (Han). 250 A M; 1. Pat Galles (Suz); 2. Jeff Thompson (Han); 3. Mark Lang (Hus). 600 AM : 1. Guy Morden (Han); 2. Ron Rouse (Han); 3. Jerry Thompson (Han). MINI : 1. LJ. Schaffer (Kaw ); 2. Colton Miller (Yam); 3. Phil M ickelson (Yam). 3 . J eff He ino. Sadowski sails at loudon RR By Jim Fanion LOUDON , NH, AUG 1-2 Despite a fall in Sunday's pr actice sessio n, expert Dav id Sa do ws ki clea ned house in the latest ro und or the Loudon Road Race Seri es a t Brya r Motorsports P ark , takin g sp rint wins in th e Middleweight Supersport, Prod uctio n 2, Production I and Formula One di visions. PROD 2 JR ; 1. Chr istoph er Elia; 2 . John Bunerman ; 3 . Robert M alaguti. F·4 JR; 1. Adam Mo lny; 2. Vietor Landau. F-4 NOV: 1. Todd Shute. PROD 4 EX; 1. James Wh it aker; 2. Chr is Spin dler ; 3. Craig Baldwin. PROD 4 J R: 1. Jo e Santoro; 2. David Par ks; 3. Byron Ba isden . PROD 4 NOV: 1. Tim Courts; 2. Denis Forcier; 3. St ephen Hubbard. H/W SI S EX: 1. J eff Heino; 2. John Gr ush; 3. Bill Loomis. H/W SI S JR: 1. Marc Sm ith ; 2. John Bun er man. H/W SIS NOV: 1. Tim O'Conno r; 2. Mark Canna m ela; 3 . Mark Sones. M/W S IS NOV : 1 . Peter Schweitzer ; 2. Bill G illis; 3 . Brian Hax. PROD 1 EX; 1. David Sadowski; 2. David Sartorius; 3 . Mark Bougas. Rickman doubles at Richmond Short Track By Joe Kelly RICH MO ND, VA, AUG. 5 Chris R ickman had his best night of the season . Rickman had taken over the track point lead last week at R ich m ond, but this week his riding was £lawl ess in winning both heats and th e main events in the 250 and 500cc classes. Jay Williams had his H onda dialed in well for the wet

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