Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

·f-j = = - - - - - - - - - - - - --,-- --:::;-::;-"l o < U o c:: 8 c. o s ~ < o >- '" o .... o ::c c. Bob Kline (26) gets the jump on the 250cc Pro class at the start of t he f irst moto in -the CRC Tri-Race Series at Glen Helen Raceway. th e 250cc class win and second over ll. Kawasaki mounted Daniel a Morrison broke up the string of red machines at th e top of the 250cc class to narrow ly edge out Honda rid er Mark Allman for third. Jimmy 's Cycle Sales Honda sponsored T ommy Houston moved a step closer to moving into the l25cc class points lead as cu rren t lead er Derek Kut cher lost his scor e card by the end of the seco nd lap. While Kutch er sa t on the sidelines, Houston a ttacked the co u rse with a vengeance a rid never co nsi dered giving up the lead to punch in at third overall. Two tim e Mini class champion Bill y Cox, o n a Mark IV Honda, made his return to racing aft er a brok en neck in jury ear lier in the season to walk away with seco nd a nd seventh overa ll. Bare Bros. spo nso red Gil Griss kept the wh eels on hi s Kawasaki s izzl i ng to s lide in to th e third position. In th e Open class , Mark 's Pow er Equipment sponsored R.j. Faddis put hi s KTM in hi gh gea r a nd blasted th e co urse for th e win a nd the series po int lead as former points lead er Steve Arthur was kn ock ed o u t of contenti on with a flat tir e. Husky riders Chris Ra tliff and Jess e Edenbeck managed to stay within firing range of Faddis but ca me up seconds sh y to settle for seco nd and third, respectively. Super Senior Husky rider Stan Norns a nd Casey Cycle City Kawa sa ki rider Bill Edmundson had a da y o f cl o se ra cing a nd becam e th e . on ly rid ers in th e class to go the full six laps. While Edmundson managed to keep Norris a t bay for th e first five laps, Norris managed to get by o n the last lap fo r th e fin al run to th e c hec ke r s as Edmundson hobbled across wit h a front fla t. In th e Senior class, Cycletron ics Husky of New Bern-sponsor ed But ch Thomas au tomatica lly jumped to an early lead a nd powered his shiftless wonder for the wi n. J am es Hutson found the track to hi s liking, but he could n' t quite mat ch the pace of Tho mas as time wore down and Hutson had to settle for a seco nd pl a ce fin ish. Ma lcolm Smith / Casey Cycle City/ WD- 40 spo nsore d G eorg e Greer blasted o u t o f th e start ing gate with th e lead in th e Mini class. Mark IV/ G ear-Kra u se/ Pro-C ircu it H onda rider J ohnny Cox worked hi s wa y through th e crowd wh ile trying to chase Greer down, but at th e finish Cox ca me up short a nd was co n ten t with ho lding off the o ther 18 rid ers for seco nd. Results 40 0 / A : 1. David White (Hus). 100: 1. George Greer (Hon); 2. Joh nny Cox (Hon ); 3. Richard Walton (Hon). 125: 1. Tommy Houston (Han); 2. Bill y Cox (Han); 3. Gil Griggs (Kaw). 200: 1. Darr ly Campbe ll (Kaw); 2. Mark Sleeper (Kaw); 3. Chuck Cress (Kaw) . 250: 1. Bob Gerken (Hon); 2. Danny M orrison (Ka w ); 3 . M ark Allman (Hon ). OPEN: 1. R.J . Faddis (KTM ); 2. Chris Ratli ff (Hus); 3. Jesse Edenbeck (Hus). SR: 1. Butch Thomas (Husl; 2. Jam es Hutso n (Kaw); 3. Graha m Kenan (Hus). S/SR : 1. Stan No rris (Hu s); 2 . Bill Edmu nd so n (Kaw l; 3. Gary Car icofe (Kaw). 4 -S TRK: 1. Tomm y Ash ley (Han) ; 2. Dav id Ne wton (Hon); 3. Chris Ma i n (Hon ). TRAIL: t , Mi ke Wade (Kaw ); 2. Ron Galyon (Kaw); 3. Ray Ryan (Han). LADIES: 1. Betty Cusumano; 2. Sh err i St apl es . P/ W : 1. Jason Greer (Hon) ; 2. Dan iel Morrison (Kaw ); 3. Tyler Lubbers (Yam). Peterson takes Glen Helen MX win By David Procida SAN BERNARDINO , CA, AU G. 16 Li sa Peterson scored th e victory in the Women 's Ex pert class tod a y a t ro u nd two o f th e IRC/ California Racing Club Tri-Ra ce Ser ies held a t Gl en Helen Rac ewa y. Wh en th e ga te dropped in mot a one, it was th e Kawa saki o f Answer spo nso red Mindy Sm ith in th e lead a hea d of Bonnie War ch a nd Gale " MX Mom " Webb. Working th eir wa y up th rough the pack was T ami Rice a nd AXO/G rand Sport Tire's Peterso n. Ri ce's cha rge carried her from ffith to second within three laps, th en sh e pow ered o ut of a hairpin corne r to overta ke Warch for seco nd . One la p la ter , Pet er son followed suit and closed th e gap o n Rice, and o n the last lap the two were side-by-side charging to th e chec kered flag . R ice got a better bite o n th e ou tside and held o n for the win with Peterson second. Sm ith go t by Warch lat e in the mot o for third. Sm ith was a t th e front of th e pack in rnoto two. H ot o n her heels was Peterson and Warch , with Ri ce aga in a t th e back of th e pack. Wh en they ca me aro u nd a t the end of the first la p , Peterson was in the lead wi th Smi th a nd Webb ro u nding o u t th e top three posi tio ns. Wa rch was o n the gas and was soo n ru n ni ng in third. Ri ce worked her way past FMF's H ope Bro se lo w and was cha llengi ng Webb. U p fr ont , P e ter son had n ow o pe ned up some breath ing room, wh ile a sho rt way back, in a secu re seco nd, was Sm ith wit h Wa rch in thi rd. T he order rem a in ed (he sa me with Peterson taking the chec kered for th e win a nd th e overall , Sm ith's 3-2 finish es put her into th e seco nd overa ll slo t, a nd Rice went 1-4 for th e thi rd overa ll honors. In th e 250cc Pro ra n ks Bob Kline hol eshot rnoto one a nd o pe ned up some brea th ing room in th e ' ea rly go ings, o nly to hav e T odd Campbell a nd Pau l Vlach close in a nd pass him a t rnidmot o. Vlach and Ca m p bell diced heavil y, with Ca m p bell holdin g off Vlach 's charges a nd taking the win. Kline held o ff J eff Reyn olds for third. T om En gle nai led th e hol eshot in rno to two with Campbell right next to him. The two sta yed toge ther a nd tangled a few corners later , mo vin g Ca m p bell bac k to six th a nd Eag le to the ba ck of th e pa ck . Vlach too k the lead th en washed o u t before the tabletop jump, giving Ken Zahrt th e lead . Campb ell had moved up through th e pa ck a nd was now on Vlach 's rear fender, and they ca ugh t both Kline a nd Zahrt. Campbell took th e lead o n lap n in e a nd held o ff Vlach for the win. Results BO STK BEG: 1. Richard Wal sh ; 2. J ason M cG uire; 3. Aaron W enstrup. BO STK INT: 1. Raymond Hensley (Yam ). BD STK EX: 1. Dustin Evans (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Tony Moran (Kaw); 2. Jeff M oore ( Hon~ 3. Roger Linton (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. Scott Hoffman; 2. M ike Cox (Suz); 3. Josh McRoberts (Han), 125 INT; 1. Jeff Barbacovi (Yam); 2. Duane Benner (Yam); 3. Todd Broussard (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Bader M anneh (Kaw); 2. Rich Truchinsk i (Hon); 3. Brian Sw ezney (Hon). 250 BEG: t . Harvey Bohm an (Han); 2. Skip Gill ian (Yam); 3. Chuck Dempsay (Han). 250 INT: t , Eric Brown e (Kaw); 2. Jim Kun tz (Suz); 3. B.J . Millipough (Kawl. 250 EX: 1. Todd Campbell (KTM); 2. Paul Vlach (Han); 3. Bob Kline (HOn). OPEN BEG: t . Chuck Dempsay (Han); 2. Homer Rhoads (Han); 2. Dave Burgess (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. David A lois io (Han I: 2. Ron Gilb ert (Han); 3. David Thayer (Han I. OPEN INT: 1. David Bagw ell (Hon l; 2. David Rosen (Han); 3. J im Ibbi ngs (Han). OPEN EX: 1. Jeff Reyn old s (Han); 2. Chris Radzin ski (Yam); 3. Mike M cLain (Kaw l. WMN EX: 1. Lisa Peterson (Han); 2. Mi ndy Smi th (Kaw ]: 3. Tami Rice (Suz). WM N INT: 1. Dana Evenson (Yam); 2. K.O. Half hill (Kaw ); 3. Lori Hedst rom (Yaml . WMN NOV: 1. M elanoe Parkes (Yam); 2. Sheila Mo reu (Kaw); 3. Joy A mes (Han). VET BEG: 1. Mark Den nis (Han); 2. Steve Dunlap (Hon); 3. Marcus Lawson (Kaw ). VET NOV: t , Mike Rochester (Han); 2. M ark Lenke (Yam); 3. Brad Sloan (Han). VET INT: 1. Joel Harriot (Kaw ); 2. Ken Dickson (Hon l; 3. Fran k M ieray (Yam). VET EX: 1. Ken Zahrt (Han). SR NOV: 1. Dac Cacars (Kaw ); 2. Gale We bb (Han); 3. J ack Kell (Yaml . Combs collects Haspen Acres HS By Mike Nichols LA UREL, IN ; AUG. 16 Hal Co m bs, riding a Yam aha 250, led from wire to wir e to claim th e overa ll victory a t the Haspin Acres Ha re Scrambles in Laurel. Hondam ounted Brian Walk er fini shed seco nd overa ll, first in th e I25cc cla ss, and A.J . Spicer took third overa ll, fir st in th e 200cc divi sion. Sp icer pressured Combs ea rly in the race, sta lki ng Combs unti l lap se ven w hen he fell vict im to a monstor mu d hole. Spicer's misfortu ne a llowed Wa lker to move his Honda 125 into seco nd a nd also left leader Combs with some brea thing room. Combs fin ished th e race with I I lap s on th e five-mile co u rse, whil e Mike Paynter took th e win in the O pen class, co m pleting nine laps. Results 0 / A ; 1. Hal Combs (Yam); 2. Br ian Wa lker (Han); 3. A.J. Spicer (C-A~ 4. Todd Snider (Yam); 5. Rick Inman (Suz). 125 : Br ian Walker (Han); 2. Ron Kersey (Yam); 3. Tom East (Suz ~ 4 . Chuck Truitt (KTM). 200: 1. AJ . Spicer (C-A); 2. William W est (CA ). 250: 1. Hal Combs (Yam ); 2. Tod Snider (Vam); 3. Rick Inman (Suz); 4 . Mi ka Corbin (Suz); 5. Clay Scott (Han). OPEN: 1. Mike Paynt er (Han); 2. Chr is Watson (Yam); 3. Clay Doug las (Han). SR: 1. David Stallard (C-A). Krist wins Metro Trials By Michael Beaudoin WINDSO R , CANADA, AUG. 8-9 T he Metro Trial s Club held its twoda y trial s in Windsor, thi s year, with a cha lle nging co urse for nov ice a nd adva nced riders. T he co urse was a 10 sectio n loo p, fea tu rin g tigh t turns, lo g s, o ff cambers an d o ne river sectio n. Greg Krist took th e Expert cla ss win o n Sa turday, with a 77, Martin Kerr' was seco nd with 97 and Bob Ca pistra n t.. with a bad ri gh t hand a fter a sp ill, took third with 124. Dave Waldo was fourth with 154 and Sa m Bowman fifth with 208. In th e Adv an ced cl as s Br ia n Ah erns was first with a score of 13. David Ri chardson scored 18 for seco nd and All en Morgan fin ished third with 28 poi nts. Bill Sm ith was fourth with 39 and Ron Mi ller fifth with 46 points. Steve H adrich won the Intermedi ate class with 14 and Bill Decker rod e the Senior class unopposed. A close race in th e Novi ce class saw Ch arl ie H ill s win with six over Michael Beaudoin 's seven points. Ron Ch arron a nd Mik e Teago n tied for thi rd with 13 points eac h. Patrick Beaudo in finished fifth with 18. On Sunda y morning th e Metro Club scra mbled to ch ange sections wh en heavy ra ins mad e all of the sectio ns ex treme ly slick a nd muddy. By morn in g the weather was cloudy a nd some of th e sectio ns were a lmost impossibl e to clean. The wea the r cleared by afternoo n and dried o ut most o f th e sections to keep th e scores' lo w. Krist was first again in the Expert cla ss with 72, second went to Ca pistrant with 114. Martin Kerr was th ird wit h a clos e 11 8, a nd Dave Wa ldo was fo urth with 134. Sa m Bow man finis hed fifth with 195. In th e Adva nced class it was Randy Mi ller first wit h 102 pon its over David Richardson 's 110. Ro n Miller scored third with 113 points, while Brian Ah erns took fourth with 118" and All an Morgan fifth wi th 142. " There was a tie scor e of 6 I in the, Intermediate class, bu t Steve Hadrich won with 15 cleans and J ohn Calhoun p laced seco nd with 14 cleans, " Bill Decker took first in the Sen ior class with a sco re of 36. John Cline was seco nd with H arol d Williams in th ird. T erry Stra uble won a close race in the Novice class. There was a tie for seco nd with Mark Allison sco ring 18 a nd 32 clea ns and Michael Beaudoin 18 with 29 cleans. Ron Charron was fourth and Brandon Bowman fift h . Results SATURDAY EX: 1. Gr eg Kr ist (Honl; 2. Manin Ke rr (Yamt 3. Bob Capistrant (Yam); 4. Dave Waldo (Han); 5. Sam Bowm an (Yam) . A DV : 1. Br ian Aher ns (Yam); 2. David Aichardsori (Yam); 3. Allan M organ (Yam); 4 . Bill Smit h (Yamt 5. Ron M iller (Yam). INT: 1. Steve Hadrich (Yam). SR: 1. Bill Decker (Yam). NOV: 1. Char lie Hill s (Suz); 2. Michael Beaudoin (Fan); 3. Ron Charron (Yam); 4. Mi ke Teagon (Yamt 5. Patr ick Beaudo in (Fan) . ; SUNDAY I EX: 1. Greg Kr ist (Han); 2. Bob Capi str ant (Yamt 3. M art in Kerr (Yam); 4. Dave Waldo (Han); 5. Sam ' Bowman (Yam) . AD V: 1. Randy M iller (Yam); 2. David R i c har~ (Yam); 3. Ron M iller (Yam); 4. Br ian A herns (Vam t 5. All an Mo rgan (Yam). INT: 1. Steve Hadr ich (Yam); 2. John Calhoun (Han). SR: 1. Bill Decker (Yam); 2. John Cli ne (Yom t 3. Harold Williams (Yam) . NOV: Terry Strauble (Yam); 2. M ark Allison (Yam); 3. Michael Beaudoin (Fan); 4. Ron Charron (Yam); 5 . Br andon Bowman {Yam l. Woodley wins Washougal MX By Clay Light WASHO UGAL, WA, AUG. 15 In o nly hi s second race a fter a two- , year layoff , J ohn " Wild ma n" Woodley wo n the 125cc Intermediate class at Wa shou g al Motocross P ark. Woodley's 2-1 performan ces ne tted him th e overa ll win , despite a tu rn one cras h in mot o o ne. Woodley carved from last to seco nd in the mot o a nd came back in the second round to win, beat in g Den nis McConnell a nd J ere Meeker. The da y's stellar performances were logged by Mi ke Mohrbacher (KT M) . Mohrba cher wo n tw o. class es, topping th e Open Intermedia tes over Yamaha-mou nted Ben Wag em an , and the Up th e Hill class, bo th with I-I rides. After p u tting good-sized leads o n the Up T he Hil l, class domi nator Ron Sun, Mohrbacher came a way with I- I win s, good for hi s second of two overa lls and a four moto sweep. Sun's 2-2 tally wa s goo d for seco n d a nd Sco t Bergren took thi rd.

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