Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

lJl ~ <{ :J ...J ~ z :E -c ...., z w en en >- o l- o :I: 11. George Galloway (94) led the Amateurs at Riverside Short Track while Experts Tommy Sisson (6L) and Tommy Cowan (38C) slid past. Chain -sponsored T im Weaver. B e h ad times of 5.611 an d 5. 15!. Weav er is th e D-1 5 hill cl imb ref eree a n d th e 198 6 Nat ional Number One, 200cc class rider. All three riders rode Kawasak is. Results DAV MINI : 1. Ray Jon es (Kaw ); 2. Jason Petty (Vam); 3. Tom Dan iels (Kaw ); 4. Chr is Brown (Vam); 5. Greg Thompson (Kawl. • 125: 1. John Colben (Kaw l; 2. Mark Schroeder (Han); 3. Eri c Wheelwright (Yam); 4. Curtis Hurst (Yam); 5. Ed Scon (Kaw) . 200: 1. Sam Blaken ey (Kaw); 2. Ed Scon (Kaw); 3 . Tim W eav er (Kaw); 4. Tracy Gr een (yam); 5. Pa ul Hayes (Yam). 250: 1. Mi kel Bonomo (Vam t 2. John Reed (Vam); 3. Bre nt Stewan (Kaw); 4. Paul Hayes (Kaw); 5. Dave Brown (Yam). 400: 1. Lloyd Haas (Yamt 2. Rick Royce (M ait 3. Ron Todd (Kaw); 4. A lan Hoskins (Yam); 5. Aaron Brown (Yam). 500: 1. Paul Heidenreich (Han); 2. Rick Royce (Vam); 3. Scan Pearson (Han); 4. Sam Blakene y (Kaw); 5. Ron Todd (Kaw). 7 50 : 1. Steve Jones (Tri); 2. Tim W eaver (Han); 3. Jim Steff ey (Kaw); 4. Mark Sw em (Nor); 5. Chuck Seldal (Kaw) . OPEN: 1. Bill Steff ey (Kaw); 2: Bob Fisher (HD); 3. Dave Ben is (Tri); 4. G1 dal Petty (Trit 5. en Steve Jones (Nor). NIGHT MINI : 1. Chad Harbalt (Vam); 2. Tom Dani els (Kaw l; 3. Jas on Northrup (Kaw); 4 . Chris Bro w n (Vam); 5. Ray Jones (Kaw). 125 : 1. Eri c W heel w r ig ht (Vaml; 2. Mark Schro eder (Han); 3. Ed Scon (Kaw); 4. Joh n Colben (Kaw); 5. Curt is Hurst (Yam ). 200: 2. Ed Scan (Kaw); 2. Sam Bla keney (Kawl; 3. Tim Weaver (Kaw); 4. Chu ck Schr oeder (Kaw); 5. Tracy Green (Yaml . 2 50: 1. Bren t Stew art (Kaw); 2 . Mikel Bonomo (Vam); 3. Dave Brown (Vaml; 4. Kelly Senn (Kaw l; 5. John Reed (Vam). 400: 1. Lloyd Haas (Vam); 2. Alan Hoskins (Vam); 3. Ron Todd (Kaw ); 4 . Aaron Brown (Vam); 5. Rick Royce (M ai). 500: 1. Paul Heidenreich (Han); 2. Ron Todd (Kaw); 3. Rick Royce (Vam); 4 . Sam Bla keney (Kaw); 5. J im Steffey (Han ). 750: 1. Chuck Seldal(Kaw); 2. J im Steffe y (Kaw); 3 . Tim W eaver (Han) ; 4 . Mark Swem (Nor); 5. Steve Jon es (Tri). OPEN: 1. Bob Fisher (H-D): 2. Glendal Petty (Tri): 3. Bill Steffey (Kaw); 4 . Dave Benis (Tri); 5. Steve Jon es (Nor). RohrschneiderroHs in Shefield Trials By Paul Hayes 44 SH EFIE L D, IL, AU G. 9 Dave Rohrschneider ro lle d up h is fo urth wi n of the season a t the T hrott le Nutts M.C. D-17 m idseason trials a t th e club grounds in Sh efield . A small ri der tu rnout was due to the th reat of ra in . . Rohrschneider, the current D-17 point leader in th e Expert class, lost 25 m arks in th e four loop, eig h t sec tio n event. H e dropped fo ur m arks in the seco nd loo p to car d the lo west loop score. Rohrschneider is sponso red by TMI a n d rid es a Fa ntic. J im Altemus scored 67 for hi s best fini sh of the season an d claime d the runner-up spot o n a Fantic. Imperial Se r vice Sys te ms / Hon da o f Des Plain es spo nsored Zigi J ed yn ak ro u nded o u t th e to p th ree with a 68. Doug Turner fini sh ed fourth o n a Honda with 87. Ka wtown Ka wa saki/Bet a spo nsored Ph ill ip Zimmer a lso won his fourth trials of th e year. T he Beta mounted rider lost 49 points enroute to the J unior class wi n . Ca m illo Ena rno ra do p ut in h is best ride a lso, fin ishing second with a score of 53 aboard a Yamaha. Beta rider J eff . Gun ia received 83 poi nts for third pl ace. The Novice class was once again dom in at ed by SWM -mounted J im Ripper , wh o had ridden to five wins th is season in D-13 racing. Rip p er carded a 15, an d hi s bes t loop was the fin al o ne w here he lost o nly 5 ma rks. First time trial s rider Gary H agemann took h is vintage Suzu ki to th e seco n d spot, lo sin g 64 p o ints a lo ng the wa y. Another SWM rider, J oel Ripper, ended the day in th ird with a score of 88. Results EX: 1. Dave Rohrsc hn eider (Fan); 2. Jim A lt em us (Fan); 3. Zigi J edyna k (Han); 4 . Doug Turner (Han). J R: 1. Philli p Zimm er (Bet); 2. Camilo Enamorado (Vam); 3. Jeff Gu nia (Bet); 4. Stan Bloniarl (Han); 5. Jim Em mer son (Fan). NOV: 1. Jim Ripper (SWM); 2. Gary Hagemann (SUl); 3. Joel Ripper (SWM); 4. Chris Krasi nski (Fanl; 5. Bruce Wakeley (Bet). Oldenberg masters Millville MX By Rolfe Otterness MILLVILLE, MN , AUG. 9 J eff O ldenberg to p ped the competitive 250cc Expert class in District 23 motocross a t Spri ng Creek Park . J im Sco tt kept pressure on O lde nberg thro ughou t th e day, swapping mot o wins with him. Phil Dutch er o nce again took top honors in th e Senior Expert di vision, Cory Keen ey too k hom e first in th e Min i H eavyweight a n d P aul Bloyer aced th e 250cc Novices. Scot t m otored ou t fro nt as the first 250cc Expert m oto began w hi le Ol denberg an d Pat Riley pu lled in beh ind to hound h im for the first several laps. Oldenberg went do wn briefly a tte mpting to overtake Sco tt, los ing seco nd to Riley, bu t quick ly rem o unted before fourth-place J o h n Niem i co u ld get by. Oldenberg reeled in Ril ey and retook second with two laps to go, but Sco tt was lo ng gone. Niemi a n d J eff Sorensen p laced behind Ril ey for fourth and fifth . Niemi led th e first lap in the seco nd m ot o but th e d ueling duo of Oldenberg an d Scott blasted by o n th e n ext la p . Olden berg star ted p u ll ing away fr om Sco tt b ut a m istake cos t h im th e lead for one lap. O lde n berg regained the lead and went on to take th e win on h is Rapid Sports Center's backed YZ. Ni em i, Ril ey, and Lonnie Bredeson all ra n stron g to hold th ird th rough fifth . Kent Estes motored into a n early lead in th e Open Novice division, but Sco tt Franzose soon put h is YZ o u t front _to stay. Rick Lillen o passed Estes on the last la p to wrap u p seco n d with Chris H in ds and Kirk Moorhea d ro un ding ou t the top five. Franzose p u lled th e holeshot In the seco nd m ot o , but Moorhead ran a a smooth race to easily take the win o ver Franzose and Hinds. Pegram dominates Mathias ST By Joe McLaughlin NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH, AU G. 8 Larry Pegram o f Baltimore, Ohio, wo n both th e 250cc an d th e co rnbine d 500cc/ Open classes d urin g short track action at Ma th ias Raceway Sa turday n ight. T h e 14-year-ol d sophomore left th ings to th e H od ges in J u ly as he was off wi n n in!? four Na tional AMA Youth Championsh ips in Wisconsin, but re turned to Ma th ias Racewa y to win every heat : and feature he ente red. T om an d Rob H od ges were seco nd and th ird respecti vely in th e 250cc class, wh il e Rob ert Sm ith and veteran Gerry Ben nett took th ose spots in th e big bore final. "T he tra ck is deep , with a cu shion tonight," Pegram sa id a fter ward . " Yo u can go into th e co rn ers h arder." Pegram a lso said that p articipating in high sch ool wrestltng helped in his m ove up to a 500cc Rot ax thi s year. Pegra m will p articipate in a varsity wrestling p ro gram this winter a t Watkins H igh School. H e is sponsored by Sh oei , PJI , MJ- USA, Mike's Grill an d Riley's Cycle. Results 250: 1. Larry Pegram (Rtx); 2. Ron Forst iner (Vam); 3. Gerry Bennett (Yam); 4. Tom Hodges (Han). 500/0PEN : 1. Larry Pegram (RlX). 2. Raben Sm it h (Han); 3 . Larry Hodges (Vam ); 4 . Ron Forstiner . Cowen cleans up in Riverside ST By Loren & Barbara Williams T RAVELERS REST , sc, AUG. 7 Honda -mounted Tommy Cowen topped Yamaha riders Tom my Sisson and J ack Surber to claim victory in the Open Pro division o n Riverside Speedway's 3/8-mi le short track oval at Stepp Mi ll. The win in the Ama teur Open class, h eld a t th e same tim e but sco red separately, went to H onda-mo unted George Ga lloway. Loren Williams fin ish ed second on a Kaw a sak i a nd Ri ck Story claimed third aboard a a ma ha. Sisso n 's Morri stown Speed & Sport Yamaha blazed th e tra il arou nd th e short , 3/8-mi le track in th e heat race, wh ile Cowan settle d for secon d, saving hi s H onda for th e ma in event a nd wat ch ing Sisso n's li ne for weakn esses. Su rbe r, wh o insists he 's a n Am at eur , follow ed Cowan across th e lin e b y a seco n d and a h alf; h e . finis hed a head of th e Amateu r rid ers by a full six seco nds. . Sisson h oped to ma ke the O pen ma in event a repeat of h is heat win a nd for th e firs t h alf o f th e race it lo o ked as if h e 'd ge t hi s wish. Co ming off the li ne th e order rea d Sisson, Cowa n a nd Surber, with Will iams' converted KX500 leading th e Am ateur co ntingent o f G alloway, Story a nd Chuck Blackmon, who was riding Rust y Col eman's . 250cc Harley. Sisso n held th e lead until th e fin al la p whe n Cow an outpow ered him o u t of th e last tu rn a nd edged Sisso n a t th e finish line by half a wh eel. Su rber finish ed third, leading Am ateurs G all oway, Williams a nd Story acro ss th e line. Blackmon retired with mech anical problems o n lap three., Cowan p owered o ff th e line first in th e 250cc heat race, taking Dayn e P ierantoni by surprise an d ca tch ing Co lema n fl a t-f ooted . Pi eranton i recovered first, powered af ter Cowan a nd ca ugh t him o n th e seco nd lap. Piera n to ni took th e lead for good wi th an o utside pass aroun d Cowan on lap three. Cowan took second and Coleman finished third. Pi erantoni 's Yamaha exp loded off th e line a t th e start of th e feature race, . with Cowan 's Honda o n his back fender. Blackmon wa s third off the line an d Col em an brought up the rear. : Blackmon passed Cowan on lap three, bu t sl id o ut o n the fin al lap. P iera nton i took the win over Cowan by half a wheel. Col em an came in third. Results . PIW: 1. Chris Hutchin s (Kaw); 2. Patr ick Brown (Kaw t 3. Jon athan Sent ell (Kaw). 50: 1. Bryan Head (Hont 2. Paul Justus (Han). JR M INI: 1. J immy Briggs (Kaw): 2. Chr is Hutchins (Kaw) ; 3. Bill Cain (Kaw ). SR MINI : 1. Steve Burdette (Kaw); 2. Danny . Grave ly (SUl); 3. Kenny McAlister (SUl). 125 NOV: 1. Kent Rice (Han); 2. Joey Pace (Sull; 3. Trever Levin (Hon). 125 AM: 1. Chri s Tucker (Vam): 2. Tim Langdon (Yam); 3. Tim Laskis (Vam). 250 NOV: 1. Scan Ward (KTM): 2. Tony Rhodes (Han); 3. Many Southard (Kaw). 250 AM: 1. Tim Langdon (Vam); 2. Zane Banon (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Dayn e Pierantoni (Yam); 2 . Tommy Cowan (Han); 3. Rusty Coleman (H-D). OPEN AM : 1. George Galloway (Han); 2. Loren Williams (Kaw); 3. Rick Story (Vam). OPEN PRO: 1. Tommy Cowan (Han); 2. Tommy Sisson (Vaml; 3. Jack Surber (Vam). ENDR: 1. Scan Ward (KTM); 2. Kevin Hudson (Husl ; 3. Scan Heath (Han). SR MEN : 1. Freddie Denton (Honl ; 2. Tony Coggins (Vam); 3. Jerry McCarson (Han). Walker whips Rolling Hills MX By Henry Muller REIDSVIL LE, NC, AU G. I J oel Walker ca ugh t early lead er Brad Mills to win th e 250cc Ama teur main event in Saturday n ight MX ac tio n a t Roll in g H ills Cycle Park. Mills, w ho fi n is he d seco n d to Wa lker in his heat race, credited hi s good start in the m a in -to h is ou tside starting posit io n. " I got boxed in when I started on the inside so I lined up on th e far ou tside for th e main ..·• said Mills . . ) Wh en th e pack left th e lin e it was' Mi lls who was the last to shut off for the firs t tu rn, Dan iel Erwi n an d ' Wal ker followed.· Wa lker soon was pressi ng Mi lls and used better tractio n to sl ip into th e lead. Once ou t front Wa lker kept Mills behin d h im to th e £lag with Erwin th ird over Ed Sa nt u k and Ronnie J ohnson. In the 250cc No vice main it was Lee Martin with th e h ol esh ot over Tim Wilkerson, Wilkerson jumped into th e lead on ly to fall. The pack sh u ££led for th e next two laps with Kaw a saki o f R al e igh 's St ev e McKn abb emerg in g wi th th e lead, . sh adow ed by Martin a nd Brandon Will iams. McKn abb rode co nserva tivel y but held th e tight line and crossed the lin e for th e wi n. Williams , ou tbraked Martin on th e last lap for seco n d, whi le Martin was left with a stalle d engine in th e final turn. Wilkerson was close enough to pick u p th ird o ver Ma rti n a n d Scott H olbro ok . Acme Pa ints/WD-40/Yamaha of L umbert on's Rust y Coleman took th e wi n in th e Senior Min i class main desp ite a crash th at saw h is lead sh ri n k ' to a few bike len gths over Ti lde n Styron. At th e £lag it was Co lem an by four seco nds over Styro n . with Dal e Hill ta ki ng third ahead of Rod Matthews. Kawa sak i-mounted Chad Lowe do m in at ed th e Junior Min i class m a in with a wi re-to-wire win over Steve Burgess an d B~d Boyd . '. Results JR MINI : 1. Chad Low e (Kawl; 2. Steve Burgess (Vaml; 3. Brad Boyd (Vam). SR MINI : 1. RustV Coleman (Vam); 2. Tilden Styron (Kaw); 3. Dale Hill (Vaml . 125 NOV: 1. Scan Riggs (Vam); 2. David Hill (Vaml: 3. Ray Dellinger (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Bruce Johnson (Hon); 2. Dan iel Erwin (Han); 3. Greg Erwin (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Steve McKnabb (Kaw ); 2. Brandon Williams (Kaw l; 3. Tim Wilkerson (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Joe l W alker (Han); 2. Brad Mills (Han); 3. Dani el Erw in (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Brad Mills (Han); 2. Clayton Leach (Han); 3. David Chaney (Han). PRO: 1. Eddy Penny (SUl); 2. Bob Maner (Han).

• Cover