Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

VET NOV: 1. A lan Kent (ya m); 2. John Ritch ie IHon ); 3. Norman Sch iel (Yam ). OPEN NOV: 1. Chr is Berg strom (Yam); 2. Jamie Monon IHon) . 250 NOV: 1. Kurt M etcalf (Yam); 2. Oavid Fox (Han); 3. Don Dinnell (Kaw) . 125 NOV: 1. J eff Gr iff in IHon); 2. Ma rk High am (Kaw); 3. Kenny Somm er IHon). 250 BEG: 1. Kirk Schrad er ISuz); 2. Den ny Lee (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Ed Wright (Yam); 2. Gary But cher (Yam); 3. Brian Beach (Han). BO INT: 1. Ray Hensley (Yam); 2. Scott Takacs (Suz). 80 NOV : 1. Kev in Sh af er (Yam) ; 2 . Dary l Kageyama (Han); 3. Travis Musselman (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. Shaw n Fehlman (Yam). Seyer, Kasten win Wausau Half Mile ByAJ Sum mer WAUSA U, WI, J ULYS The R ib Mountain Riders closed out the a nn ual Wisconsin Triple Head er weekend with a half mile even t at Marathon Park, in downtown Wausa u, and provided the 90 riders o n hand wi th the finest sha pe the race track has seen in years. Cliff Eckes j r. and j oe Bentfield sho t to the front of the 2S0cc class fin al and bat tled for four laps. In lap five, Eckes dropped off th e pace an d Bret Beyer, wh o had a horrend ous start, moved into second. As Bentfield en joyed a co mfo rtable lead at th e start of the white flag lap, Beyer refused to give up and contin ued his amazing charge to the front. As th e distan t twosome entered tum three on the last lap, Beyer got a n unbelievable driv e and bla sted past Bentfield to claim a well-deserved win. Eckes held on to finis h third. Steve Kasten , Mark Mu th , an d Peter H ook grabbed the top three spots at th e start of the 600cc Amateur class and easily pulled away fro m the rest of the pac k. T he obv ious presence of rocks prevented Muth or H ook from making any mov es o n Kasten , as Kaste n scored a n uncon tested win. Dave Du r elle, riding a 600cc Wood-Rotax , was clearly the class of th e 7S0cc Pro-Am field as he o vercame a mediocre start to pu ll away to a comfortable win. Mar ty Bush -: man held a lon ely secon d wh ile Greg Wagenknecht cha rged fro m a p oor sta rt to grab third place honors. Audie H uff used all of hi s riding talen ts to distan ce h im self and his Ro tax from the rest of th e field . Bob Ybema held a distan t second whi le j im Sumner 's aili ng BSA still man aged to wrestle a third place finish -a way fro m j oe H o upt a nd Paul Anderson. Results 50 : 1. Kye Ybema (Yam); 2. Je remy Deru yter (Yam); 3. Tracy Hoeck (Yam) 80: 1. Kaner Busse (Yam); 2. Tony Don ahu e lkaw); 3. Josh Simmons (Yam). SR: 1. J erry W il helm y (RlX); 2. John M ill ington (RlX); 3. AI Sumner (Suz). 800: 1. Steve Kasten (Yam); 2. M ark Muth (HD); 3. Peter Hook (AlX). . 750 PRO·AM: 1. Dave Durelle (RlX); 2. Ma ny Bushman (H· D); 3. Gr eg Wa genk necht IH -D). 500 PRO-AM: 1. A udie Huff (RlX); 2. Bob Ybem a (RlX); 3. J im Sumner IBSA). McDaniel doubles at Mid-State ST By M ike Vancil HOLLIST ER , CA, J ULY 18 Patrick " T ra p per" McDaniel garnered first place in th e 12S and 2S0cc Novi ce classes d uring th e R &D Enter pri ses-p rom oted , Mid -S ta te Short T rack Cham pi onshi ps, held at Bol ado Park R od eo Grou nds in H ollister. H o n da-m ounted Mike St urgill was th e earl y leader in th e l O-Iap 12Scc main event, but Sturgill fell and McDaniel inherited th e lead. No amo unt of pressure from a persistent Matt Lorenzo , aboard a Kawasaki, cou ld pry McDaniel out of th e lead. Lorenzo held o n fo r second and Bill Fenton worked hard to finish th ird l' :I: u ~ over the remo unted Sturgill. o a:: In the 1O-lap, 2S0cc Novice fin al , a:: Suzuki-mo un ted Michelle DiSal vo -; charged into the first tum sid e-by> III side wi t h Ka wa sak i -mo u n ted o Armando Alvernaz. By the end of th e ..... o first lap, DiSalvo was bumped to :I: Dthird, behind Alvernaz and secondplace Tracy Dawso n, while Yamaharmounted McDaniel was working his 00 way through traffi c. McD a n iel O'l .quickl y displaced DiSalvo and Daw - . son, th en powered by Alvern az at (.0 midrace a nd went on to take th e win. c-r Bro th ers Danny and Gary R itch ie po wered to im pressive cha m p ionen sh ip win s in th e hotly-contest ed Open No vi ce a n d ' SOOcc j un ior b./) even ts. In the O pen Novice ra ce, Yam aham ounted Gar y Ritch ie worked his ~ way through traffic to take th e win over th e earl y leaders. jim McCarter, also aboard a Yamaha, too k second a nd Sam Freeze ma de it a Yama ha Harold Mathews (2 5 ) passes another rider on his way to v ictory i n the sweep by fin ishing thi rd. 125cc A (15-24) class at Ocala MX. d uring t he FMC Summer Series. In SO Occ junior ac tion, Yama ha rider Gary Vinclet had a fantastic start, but dropped ou t at the end of T he combination of tigh t tu rn s, Linn captured th e openi ng moto th e first la p with mechanical tro udeep berms, doubles and wh oops by rid in g a steady, no-falls race. Linn bl es. Kevin Cro wl ey, also o n a was th ird after th e first lap, th en he made passing fairl y di fficu lt, and Yam ah a, quickly took over th e poin t j ackson was unabl e to ge t aro und moved into first when the leaders fell posi tion . Da nn y R i tchie beg an the high flying Mathews. On the last in the back section and then he held working o n Crowley on lap eigh t, lap Peterson, hanging o n to Bra noff David Pica rello all the way to the p ut a wh eel under Cro wley in the tley's fender, took over third leaving checkered flag . In th e second rnoto , first ' co rn er a nd m ade th e pass. Li n n battled h is way to th ird to Brantley fourth and Adams fifth. R i tch ie held the lead unti l the secure the overall victory: Peterso n i n the second moto chec kers. Cro wley held onto second T h e 12Scc Experts provide d and H onda rider j ohn Pack finis hed scorched the start, leaving Bran tley, ano ther day of swa ppi ng p laces as th ird. j ackson, Wes Keen um and Mathews nobody in th e class co u ld ta ke in his wak e. It was a whole new ball Results control. john Ryan , via a 1-4 tally, P/w: 1. J un ior A lvernsz (Yam); 2. "Aa ron Baker game and Peterso n contin ued hi s (Yam); 3. Jake Keeney (Yam); 4. A. J. Herre ra (Yam); took the overall win ahead of Todd hold on th e nu mb er o ne .spo t. Kee5. Michael Han nas (Suz). Dippel' s 4-2 and Ed Foedish 's 3-3. 80: 1. J oh nny Murphree (!

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