Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

:I: U Beyer was o ut of the overall picture since he di dn' t ride on Saturday. This gave Daily the overall win via 1-1III 1-2-2-2 rides beating Jeff Payne. z W " Ba nzaii" Bob Johnson (H o nda ) -' >- won th e C Support cla ss, usi ng III o co nsistent 2-1-3-3-3-6 rides despite Io the 101 degree heat. Second was Steve :I: e, Sheperd (Yamaha) with Rob y Leac h (Cagiva ) taking third overa ll. In the four Na tiona l classes, the Pro class was the largest in numbers a t 26 entrants . Severa l of th e oddson favor ites in th e class had mo re than th eir sha re of troubles, such as Oregon Stat e 30-40 P ro cha mp Bob Leach : Leach rod e to 5-1-4 fini shes on Saturday, but had bad luck on Sunday, as did local class dominator Mik e H olbrook. With Leach and Holbrook sidelined. Goldman used it to hi s advantage to earn the clas s overall and the acco mpanying $190 for the win after 1-2-1 -1-7-1 rides. Second to Goldm an was Idaho's Dan Lees (Yamaha). Lees and Brian Hall were Goldman's main competition on Sunday. Lee's 3-6-2-2-2-2 finis hes were good for secon d in th e Bryan Villella (65X) leads Scott Saunders (35) and winner Steve Aseltine in Hagerstown. Maryland. overall followed by Ha ll, who is the brother to National speedster Eric H all , took 6-4-5-4-5-5 finishes to th e Atherton, J o nes, Estep, Will Davis througho ut the rest of the main , but pay window for th ird while Dan Morehead masters and Sweet. By the halfway flags , found Henson unwilling to give Summerlin and Ho nda rider J im Hagerstown HM Estep took the point position in the way. Henson p ut some breathing Parks rounded out the to p five battle for second. By the 10th lap. room on Norris by the checkers, with By Len Breech overall. Sweet had worked his way back up R ussell and Peugh rounding out the HAGERSTOWN, MD, AUG. 8 Larry La cey (Ho nda ) was the only to third and went to work on Estep. top four. Backing up his National win here rider to earn a six moto sweep in the With about two laps left, the red flag . AI Russell Sports/Motion P ro less than a month before, veteran two days of Over The Hill A racing. came out again when Eric Rausch Cables/Western P o wer SportsSteve Morehead continued his domWith Lace y's 1-1-1-1-1-1 performanwent down hard in turn two ; officials sponsored Russell took command of ination of the Eastern Regional ces came top brass , edging KT M rider called the race complete. the 250cc Expert race from the ou tset. Championship Dirt Track Series by Jeff Creager and Mike Tobia Henson, who had control of second, Resu lts laking the DC Ramblers M.C.! (H o nda). J ack Coulter failed to win PRO-A M : 1. Mark Van Hausen (C-A); 2. Todd fought viciously with R ussell to Hagerstown Speedway-sponsored Bridges (W-Rt. 3. Todd Kendig (Rtxt. 4 . Brian Tillson a moto either day , but won the Over wrest the lead away from him. (Rut. 5. Mickey Rusden (Han). 7th Annual Hub City Classic on the The Hill B class , regardlessly. CoulJR: 1. St eve Aselt ine (H· D); 2. Bryan Villella (WRu sssell rode smart and smooth, lightning quick Hagerstown Speedter's 3-4-2-2-3-9 tally was good for R); 3. Kevin Ath erton (W ·Rt. 4. Jean Bourr et (Ctaking the win with Henson only feet way oval. At. 5. Scan Saunders (Hon ~ first over Dave Lyle and local rider behind. EX: 1. Steve Morehead (H- Dt. 2. Don Estep (H· Morehead went out in time trials Doug Wiley. Wile y won three motos D); 3. Sammy Sw eet (H· Dt: 4. Ronnie Jones (Han); Pete Keller and Scott McPherson and' turned a 23.98, more than six5. Brian Atherton (H· DI. . but cras hed in the others and was again topped the 125cc Expert and tenths of a second quicker than his the recipiant of third overall. 125cc Beginner classes, respectivel y, fast-qualifing time at the National. while Richie Reynolds maneuvered Henson, Russell rail Brian Ath erton turned a 23.88, while Results his Honda CR I25 to the Knobby Ronnie Jones posted a 23.84. Boise ST OTH PRO: 1. Reid Goldman ; 2. Dan Lees; 3. Brian class win over John Caprai. Steve Aseltine topped the yello wHall; 4. Dan Summerlin; 5. Jim Parks. By Mike.Thuleen OTH A: 1. Larry Lacey; 2. Jeff Creager; 3. M ike platers in qualifying with a 24 flat Tobia . .... , Resu lts a nd fellow Junior Bryan Vill ella BOISE , rn; AUG. II OTH B: 1. Jack Coult er; 2. Dave Lyle; 3. Doug OPEN EX: 1. Ricky Henson (Vam); 2. Troy Norr is Wiley. stopped the cloc k at 24.05. Miller Products/Po wroll / AI Rus(Han); 3. Jeff Russell (Rtx); 4 . Todd Peugh (Vam). OTH C: 1. Gary Backstrom : 2. Dan Schaffer: 3. 250 EX: 1. J eff Russell (Yam). The Pro-Am heats went to T odd sell /Atkinson Glass/ Aluma GlassGary Forster. 125 EX: 1. Pete Keller (H·K). Kendi g, Mark Van Housen a n d supported Ricky Hen son was bested OT AM : 1. Gary High land; 2. Charlie Paska; 3. 125 BEG: 1. Scot McPherson (Han). LeRoy Francard. KNOBBV: 1. Richie Reynolds (Han): 2,john Mickey Rusden, Van H ousen took by Jeff R ussell in th e 250cc Expert OT NOV: 1. Don McKenzie: 2. Ed Miller; 3. M ike Caprai (Vam). th e lead from Kendig lat e in th e Pro class but survived the mad scra mble Reuther. OT EX: 1. Dave Merklin; 2. Frank Tryer; 3. Bill Am final, aft er Kendig had hi s steel ' in th e' Open Expert di vision to top Naylor. shoe co me loose and h e slo wed Troy Norris at round nine of Owyhee C SUP: 1. Bob Johnson; 2. Steve Sheperd: 3. Goldman, Sun scorch Roby Leach. dramatically. M.C. 's Summer Tra ck Seri es at B SUP: 1. J eff Daily; 2. Jeff Payne; 3. Gary Beyer. OTH MX National Aseltine stop pe d Vill ella from scenic Peaceful Cove. UTH: 1. Ron Sun ; 2. Tim Stillion: 3. Dalton repeating hi s Na tio nal win in th e Jeremiah . 0 ' N ea IlKal-G ard /K &N / T &D By Clay Light PP: 1. Heath er Mather; 2. Melva Lees; 3. Bonn ie Juni or class. H e took th e lead from Racing/Wendi/Honda of Caldwell / Sm ith . ALBAN Y, OR, AUG. 8-9 Vill ella o n th e third lap and cru ised Ken Lenon-assisted Norris dashed P/W: 1. Jeramia Holmes; 2. Nathan Miller. The second . annual Or egon O ver W /PIW: 1. Jonathon Beaver; 2. lack Wood · to a 50-ya rd margin a t th e end. into the earl y Open Expert lead with ward ; 3. Jonathan Doss. T he Hill Nati on al at Albany SuperAseltine a nd Villella wo n th e two H enson, J oel Huskey, Russell , Rod MINI : 1. Ryan Leach: 2. Shawn High land; 3. cross was a success, dr awing nearl y Warren Baze; 4. Gerr itt Schaffer; 5. Jim Gladish. Junior hea ts. Reynolds, and T odd Peugh racing 200 riders from a five sta te radi us, Ronnie J ones ran awa y and hid neck-and-neck through th e first tum. in cluding ent ra nts from Washingin the fastest Expert heat. Brian Ru ssell made an ea r ly m ove by Heyden hot at ton , Or egon, Idaho, Cal iforn ia and Ath erton a nd Sammy Sweet battled Huskey and H enson into second to Nevada. Am ong th e big winners for th e win in the seco nd heat with Paul Bunyan MX attack Norris. Suddenl y, Norris went were Over The Hill P ro victor Reid th e win going to Ath erton. In th e wide in turns on e and two, allo wing By Joan Goetzinger Goldman and Ron Sun, winner in final heat Don Estep, Rod ney Farris Russell past . Unfortunately for both th e U p The Hill Support class. LAKEWOOD, WI, AUG., 2 and Morehead battled for th e lead riders, H enson found room on th e Of th e 15 cla sses in th e two-day Jim H eyden claimed ano ther overall before Estep won. inside in turn tWQand hammered hi s program , II were support classes. victory as he ran away with first place As th e 14 riders headed into the way by Norris and R ussell into th e T he fastest class in th e su p port in both mot os in th e 80cc Mini first of 14 laps in th e fin al , Ath ert on lead . catagories was the Up T he H ill class Senior class at Paul Bunyan Ra cewas tenat ivel y in front of Sammy Reynolds gained th e upper hand ga ting 16 rid ers ranging in ages 24 way. In moto one, th e hol eshot was Sweet , J on Cornwell , Moreh ead , o n Peugh and started working on th rough 29. Sun (Honda ) won two grabbed by Scott Seymo ur as Heyden Farris and Estep, with J ones way Huskey. Huskey slid ou t soo n th emot os each da y of th e tot al six mo tos back in th e pack with a bad start. stor med hi s way to eig h th place in reaft er, painfully injuring his knee. fora 1-1-2-1-1·2 overall win . Trailing the first lap after a last-place start. Sweet took th e lead as th ey went Peugh charged and again put his AI the form er Team H onda rider were With o nly th e lead er in his sights down th e back strai gh t on th e next Russell Sports/ A.C. Manu.lHuskey second pl ace finisher T im Stillion (2lap , with Moreh ead taking it o n th e by th e third lap, H eyden and SeyAuto-El ectric Yam ah a a hea d o f 2·4 -2-2-4) a nd Dalton J er emi ah , mour du eled approaching two do ufoll owing lap. As th e top three Reynolds. Reynolds, who su ffered a th ird after co ns is ten t 3-3-6-3-3-6 battled almos t side-by-side o n th e ble jumps. Seymo ur hit the brakes jarring get-off i n h is heat race, had performa nces. and singled th e j um p, while Heyden wide H ager st o wn groov e, Sweet a n already bl eak ni gh t ge t worse sailed over hea d and ra n away with ta pped Morehead sending rider a nd T wo of th e II su ppo rt classes were when he used his steel shoe to derai l the lead to fin ish first. David Blamach in e tumbling hard. unlimited in dis p lacement. bu t th e h is chain, ending his race. Norris O ff the restar t, Morehead p u t hi s um ier fin ish ed seco nd, Ron Van riders had to be of a certa in age wasn 't conte nt to sit in third for long, Leperen took th ird and Scott SeyK&K Motorcycl e Su p p ly / F&S (u nder 24). J eff Dail y won th e B and shortly mad e h is move on th e H arl ey-D a vidson /L au be 's C ycl e Support class, riding to 1-1-1 wins - mour dropped to fourth place. ouside of Russell o n the ro ug h, World /Tex PeellJohn Dragooon Saturday. On Sunday, it wasn 't In th e sec o n d moto Heyden bluish -black track into seco nd, and sponsored Harley severa l lengths in snatched the hol eshot and blasted as easy for Daily, as Pro Gary " Bad quickly gained ground on H enson, front of a closel y-bunched pack of Boy" Beyer went for a 1-1-1 sweep. into the lead, setting a torrid pace Norris aggressively attacked Henson w w a: '1

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