Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

like it was going to be a remake of the first mo to, except Carter grabbed the holeshot. H e made sure he was going to be in th e cont est and in cont ro l right off th e start, and that is wh at he did. Hunter, Stouffer a nd Proctor were three, four a nd five. The third lap, Godfrey mov ed hi s bike into fifth pl ace making up for a bad start. Reyn olds was in sixth aft er pass ing So u th and pushing Godfrey. These positi ons held until th e rn o to's end. Results Dustin Hotson (3) leads the 250cc C class at South Georgia Motocross. Hotson wound up taking second overall to Floyd Carter. . This tim e McKenna call ed the race • du e to th e wea th er. the Nyman mad e hi s a ttern p t j n ': 200cc class before the ram at wmmng one. His Yam aha carried h im 73 feet up th e 125 foot hill. Coming u p one foot short at 72 feet was Yamahamounted Tracy Green . .' Rounding o ut th e top three was Dick Bailey on a Yamaha. H e wen t 70 feet. The fastest time of the da y, one on which saw on ly four riders top th e hill, went to T om " Music Man" Elmore. H e used his big-bore Kaw~ saki to win th e Open class. HI S wi n ninz time was 5.19 seconds. The "Flying"Fish " , Bo b Fisher, use~ hi s H arl ey po wer to b rea ~ the top lights wi th a 5.32 ru n. T h ird p lace went to a n o th er Ka wa sa ki ri der , Bill Steller. H is bike carried him 88 feel. T he first rider to make it over the top was Ron Todd in the 400cc class. H e was the last rider to a ttemp t the h ill befor e th e fir st rain. H is Kawtown Kaw a sak i/ Bet a -spon so red Kawasaki went up the hill in 5.3 1 seco n d s. Ll o yd H aa s r id i n g a Yam ah a went 79 feet'to claim seco nd . Yam ah a rider Ron Wa tts on ly went 52 feet bu t i t was good eno ugh for thi rd place. Paul H eindenreich won th e 500cc class . H e was one of th e few who saw th e top of th e hill. His CR 5QO H onda went over in 5.79 seco nds. BIll Steffey ca me up 6 feet sho rt of th e top on hi s Yamaha. He climbed 119 feet for th e runn er up slo t. Ka wa sakimounted Kell y Senn finished a close third wi th a 118 foot pass. The o ther class winner s were: jason Northurp in th e Mini class on a Yam aha; Eric Wh eelwright, on a ' Yamaha, in the 125cc clas s and Brent Stewart in th e 250cc cla ss, ab oard a Kaw as aki. Kaw a saki T r iplem ounted Chuck " Cu rly" Selda l topped th e 750cc class. Results 52 MINI : 1. Jason Nonhrup (Vam); 2. Jeff Daniels (Vam); 3. Erik Marshall (Vam); 4.Tom Damels(Kaw); 5. Lucas Haas (Kaw) . . 125 ; 1. Eric Wheelwright (Vam); 2. Jim Nyman (Vam); 3. Ed Scott (Kaw); 4 : Paul Hackbanh (Vam); 5. Kendall Kyker (Suz). 200: 1. Jim Nyman (Vam); 2. Tracy Green (Vam); 3. Dick Bailey (Vam); 4. Ed SCali (Kaw); 5. Erlc Wheelwright (Vam). 250; 1. Brent Stewan (Kaw); 2. Todd Hollis (CA); 3 . Chris Anderson (Yam); 4. Frank letsson (Hon); . · 5 Bruce Streicher (Yam). .400: 1. Ron Todd (Kaw); 2. Lloyd Haas (Vam); 3. Ron Watts (Vam); 4 . Greg Haas (Vam); 5. Brad Aapple (Vam). . 500: 1. Paul Heinenreich (Hon); 2. Bill Steffey (Vam); 3. Kelly Senn (Kaw); 4. Aian Hoskins (Vam); 5. Dave Fridley (KTM). 750: 1. Chuck Seldal (Kaw ); 2. Roger Hackbarth (Yam); 3. M ike Lundeen (Yam); 4. Steve Daniel s (Vam)' 5. Stev e Biggerstaff (Vam). OPEN: 1. Tom Elmore (Kaw); 2. Bob Fisher (H· D); 3. Bill Steffey (Kaw); 4 . Ronni e Adami (H-D); 5. Dwight Curran (H-D). Carter caps South Georgia Motocross By Gwen Millan VALDOST A, GA , JULY 26 The 'fourth ro un d of FMC's Summer Series South Geor gia Motocro ss in Valdosta had some rid ers worried, as many traveled through so me very bad wea ther wondering if toda y was to be a mud race. Luckil y for all , th ere was just enoug h rain to mak e the clay track tacky enough to be enjoyed by everyone. The ever gro wing Senior cla ss was read y a nd waiting, with the gates almo st filled , the card dropped and off they went . Ta king th e lead a nd heading in th e early stages of la p o ne was H onda racer Denn y H unter. As he.ca me u p the bi g front jump a.nd over the little jumps it loo ked 1 .lke a tough race was in stor e. Showm g he had the speed to ride o u t fro nt was seco nd pl ace j oe Carter. H e was fast clos ing th e ga p on th ~ lead e! . . Th ird and f ourth were wagmg !he ir own battl e - Hugh Stouffer an d Mike Reyn olds. In fift? was Rob Procter. The seco n d lap , Hunt er su ccumbed to Carter' s ag gressive charge a nd now was in seco nd. P roctor himself was putting in a bid for th e lead as he moved u p to thi rd . The top five wa s still changing a nd Stouffer alo ng with Proctor was putting pressure on Carter. By th e third lap Carte r .~ad put a little distance betw een film a nd second and lapped riders were helping him ou t also. Hunter passed back Proctor and fifth was now being claimed by Robert Godfrey, wh o had made a good pa ss on Reynolds. The white flag ch arge to th e front was on Carter con ti n ued his lead whil e H~nter took over second, overtaking Stouffer. The race finally ca me to an end a nd Carter dominated. Hunter a nd Stouffer claimed secon d and third. Fourth and fifth went to Proctor and Godfrey. The second moto looked almost P/W: 1. Greg Romero (Vam). 60 : 1. Noel Kitsch (Kaw); 2. Chris Thoms (Kaw); 3 . Kenneth Jones (Hon); 4. Brad Packard (Han); 5 . Jason Overs t reet (Hon). MINI B: t. Anthony Paggio (Kaw); 2. Barry Sanders (Kaw) ; 3. Jody Underwood (Kaw); 4. Steven Stormant (Suz); 5. Todd Rousseau (Yam,) , MINI C: 1. Phillip Bruggeman (Han); 2. Brian Poggie (Kaw); 3. Todd Rion (Vam); 4 . Chris Thoms (Kaw); 5. Mike Tieey (Kaw) . 100: 1. Anthony Paggio (Kaw); 2. Jody Under wood (Kaw); 3 . Brian Turner (Kaw ); ;4. Barry Sanders (Kaw); 5. Todd Rousseau (Vam). 125 A : 1. Gar y Paul (Kaw); 2. Alan Andreau (Han). 125 B: 1. Chr is Redd (Han); 2. Ryan Fenn (Kaw ); 3 . Rob Cassube (Suz); 4 . Ern ie Millan (Han); 5 . Larry Perry (Kaw). . • 125 C: 1. Mike Coleman (Kaw); 2. Kyle My ers (Han); 3. Dell Elli son (Hon); 4. Chuck Waters (Hon); 5. Jeff Paggio (Han). 250 A : 1. Eddie Wasdin (Han). 250 B: 1. Dustin Holt (Kaw); 2. Lex Rowland (Kaw); 3. Stan Perry (Kaw) ; 4 . John Gentilcore (Kaw ); 5. All en Wheeler (Vam). . 250 C: 1. Floyd Can er (Vam); 2. Dustin Hotson (Kaw ); 3. Wade Ston er (Vam); 4 . Ronald Galliano (Han); 5. W ill iam Tich enor (Kaw). . . OPEN EX: 1. Jo e Carter (Vam); 2. David Adams (Hon); 3. Ernie Swann (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Charles Thompson (Hon); 2. David Osborne (Kaw) ; 3 . Mark Bazibe t (Han); 4 . Paul Shaddix (Vam); 5. Rick Hale (Hon). 15 -24 VRS: 1. Bary Paul (K aw); 2 . Brian . Broussard (Yam); 3 .. Ernie Millan (Han) ; 4 . Ryan Fenn (Kaw)); 5. Rob Cassube (Suz). SR: 1. Joe Carter (Yam); 2. Denny Hunter (Han); 3. Hugh Stouffer (Hon); 4. Rob Proctor (Hon); 5 . Robert Godfrey (Suz). 25 x: 1. Allan Andreau (Han) ; 2. Eddie Wasdin (kaw); 3. Stan Perry (Kaw); 4. Jim Merchant (Kaw) ; 5. Allen Wheeler (Vam). Nafziger nails Prairie Hills MX win By Larry Johnson BERTHOUD, CO , JULY 26 Prairie Hills Promotions h os ted tod ay's event, which was not an Expert points race. H owever, a large grou p of Novi ces and Ama teurs ca":le ou t to bak e in th e 100° weather III Berthoud. Wh en the 250c( Amateurs ga ted in rnoto one, Mike Mathen y led Carlin Nafziger th rough tu rn one and . led th e first half of th e race. Nafzi ger finall y passed, a nd once aga in pulled aw a y from Ma th en y and Geo rge Betzen a t the finis h . Moto two started wi th a who le new cast of charac ters. Tim Miller led Corey Brink o u t of the gate, a nd Brink took the lead sho rt ly th er eafter. By la p th.ree, Mitch Eckha rd t had overtaken Mill er for second, while T erry Kappelmann had worked to third. One lap later, Nafziger roared to second, but Kappe lma n n retook th e position on the next go-'ro und. Brink, Kappelm3;nn and Nafzier ran in close formation to th e chec kers with Kapplem ann taking the v~cto~y over N,,:fziger and Brink. Na fziger s 1-2 easily earned th e overa ll. David Beavers took th e early lead in moto o ne of the Open Amateurs ahead of Brian Phelps. Phelps took the lead on lap two, only to ~ave his gearbox go out. Bc;ayers regamed the lead, but was receiving pressurre from Dan Sh ockman. Shock man took the lead on lap four and pulled away when Beavers lost his sil encer. Shockman led moto two from startto-Iinih, but Phelps, on a borrowed bike stayed close to the end. Beavers ran ~ short way back and finished third. Results 60 NOV: 1. Shane Anderson (Kaw); 2. Dan W ienrank (Kaw); 3. Br ian Padgett (Kaw). 60 AM : 1. Micah Moyes (Kaw) . BO NOV GRP 1: 1. Todd Robenson (Kaw); 2. Travis Mascarenas (Kaw) ; 3. Jason Tice (Yam). .. BO NOV GRP 2: 1. Quixote Lara (Hon); 2. Chns Gagne (Vam); 3. Corbin Eckhardt (Kaw) . . 125 NOV : 1. Phil Stevens (Kaw); 2. Jake Btshop . (Kaw[); 3. Micah Moyes (Kaw). 125 AM: 1. Josh Kellogg (Han); 2. Jared Carlson (Vam); 3. George Ashby (Hon). . 250 NOV: 1. Mike Murray (Suz); 2 . Dan Mclaughlin (Kaw); 3. Kun Janz (Kaw) . . 250 AM : 1. Don Swets (HonD; 2. Tom Prins (Hon); 3 . Randy Baird (Hon). . OPEN NOV: 1. Don Swets (Han); 2. Tom Rlns (Hon); 3. Randy Baird (Han). . OPEN AM : 1. Dan Shockman (Hon); 2. DaVid Beavers (Han) . . VET NOV: 1. Randy Downing (HonD; 2. Mark Bowr (Kaw); 3. Tom Wenz (Yam). VET AM : 1. Bob McCandless (Kaw); 2. Mark Call . . (Hon); 3. Mark Anderson (Kaw) . SR NOV: 1. Clay Davis (Hus); 2. Flonan Kuli gowski (Kaw). SR AM : 1. Dan Merriman (Han); 2. Paul Phelps (Vam); 3. John Catch (KTM). SR EX: 1. Byron Wolf (Han); 2. Paul Phelps (Vam); 3. [John Catch (KTM). SR A: 1. Dan Merriman (Hon); 2. Ban Kellogg (Han); 3. John Beavers (Hon). SR EX; 1. Byron Wolf (Hon); 2. Ban Kellogg (HonD; 3. John Beavers (Hon). · EX COMB ; 1. Dave Nedwell (Kaw ); 2. Bob Hanrqahan (Kaw); 3. Keith Campbell (Vam). Veeder the victor atSDRST By Denny Toaspern ~ BELD EN HILL, NY, J ULY 25 A su m mer do wnpour dampen ed only the track surface and not the rac ing act io n a t th e Square Deal Rid ers Sh ort Track, at the seventh race of the seaso n. The ra ins hit just after th e water truck pulled off after practice a nd some fast grad er w~)fk .c. was needed. T o keep from breaking the club 's self-imposed II p.m. cu to ff the amate~r races were sho rte ned to four laps, pl acing a prem ium on good starts a nd mistak e free riding. The Expe rt fin al s were sho rtened , to six laps and that was just eno ugh for Craig Estell e as he blew through the pack to overtake Du ane Veeder for th e win in the Open Expert class . Estell e used the superior traction a vailable across most of th e track surface to adva nt age as he che wed Veeder' s huge earl y lead down. Brian T ill son wa s third , with j as on Fletch er fourth. In the 250cc Expert race however , Estell e had things more h is wa y, as he led earl y a nd a t th e flag. Th is tim e it was Veeder wh o had to do the pa ssing and whe n the t.wo riders accident all y bumped com ing o ut of turn two it was Veeder into th e bales a nd E s t ~ lI e h ome free. Veed er' s scra mble to get off th e track ca use.d one wag to co mme.nt th at Dua!le tS almost as fast on h is feet as he I S on hi s bik e, a nd he is very fast o n hi s bi ke. A.J. Snoop inheri ted seco nd p la ce wi th thi rd go in g to R on Bertrand. Results I V·ZINGER: 1. Paul Lynch (Vam). MINI: 1. Kevin Varn es (Yam); 2. Kenny Cco lbeth (Kaw ). 125 AM : L Todd Hunt er (Hon); 2. Scott Lake (Hon); 3. Raben Gett e (Honl , 125 EX: 1. Cli ff Stein auer (Kaw ); 2. Stephen My rick (Hon); 3. J eff Earl (Vam). 250 AM : 1. Harold Dor sey (Hon); 2. Scott Lake (Hon); 3. M ar k San glimben i (C·AI; 4. Christy Scheff er (M -S). . 250 EX: 1. Craig Estell e (Han ); 2. Scott Snoop (Oss), 3 Ron Bertrand (HOn); 4 . Tom Cen ello (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Rob Bibbins (Rtx); 2. J im Lynch (Rtxl ; 3 . M ar k Sagl imbeni (Yam); 4 . Lou o eLo usta . (Hon ); 5. Chri sty Scheff er (Suz). OPEN EX; 1. Craig Estell e (H-D); 2. Duan e Veeder (Hon); 3. Br ian Tillson (Rtx); 4. Ja son Fletcher (Rtx). SR A: 1. Dave Scheffer (H-D); 2. Mark Koryt kow ski (Vam).· . SR B: 1. M arcel Pelletier (Vam); 2. Bill Tell ska (Vam); 3. Scott Hadaway (Hon). Pennington powers at Baylands MX , By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, JULY 24 Honda-mounted Greg Pennington · beat a strong contingent of rid ers in both motos during Combined Pro competition a t Baylands Ra ceway park in Fremont, . . Pennington found himself III front a t th e start of the first moto and was able to stretch his lead wh en a crash by Craig Porter caused a bottleneck and slowed th e rest of the pa ck. After the brief traffic jam, Gary Fargo was the rider with the best chance of ca tching Pennington, but · Pennington pulled away. Fargo ro~e a smooth race , but Kawasaki-

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