Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Results SCRATCH: 1. Eddie Inge ls: 2. Bart Bast; 3. Jim Sisemore; 4 . John Houston Jr . HD CP: 1. J im Sise more; 2 . Scan Yarbrough; 3. Eddie Ingels ; 4 . Dave Coupe . ~ 0 -2 : 1. Dave Ryan; 2. Steve Martynse; 3. Charlie .Ven egas; 4 . Mark Wallace. McGrath smokes Sacramento MX · By Nuklear Neukam SACRAMENTO, CA , AUG. 7 It was Tony McGrath once again topping th e co mb ined Pro class of the Frida y Ni ght Stad iu m Motocross races in th e MotoBowl a t Sacramento Raceway Park, as he piloted hi s Honda to vic tory in both motos. In th e fir st m o to it looked as though McG rath had th e ho lesh o t but went down in turn o ne a n d remoun ted in last pl ace. Fairfield Kawasaki-supported Dave Wood wa s ou t front , as McG rath was fl ying past slower riders at a n a ma zin g rate. By the chec kered fla g McGrath had th e lead , whi le H onda-m ounted Greg Tirheimer, a fter a co u p le of cras hes, held o n for seco nd. Danny Pal adin o p u t his H onda in for third ahead of Wood and Kawasaki-m ounted Ray Cru m b. Mot o two wa s a ll McG ra th 's as he led from wire-to-wire. Tirheimer finished second after sneaking in on a borrowed bike aft er his o wn mount b lew up at th e finish o f th e first moto. Wood fin ished th ird for th ird ov erall with Pa ladin o fourth for the same overall. Crumb, with a 5-6 score was fifth overall. Results PRO: 1. Tony M cGrat h (Hon); 2. Greg Tirheimer (Hon); 3. Dave Wood (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Steve Edwards (Suz); 2. Jeff Bublavi (Vam); 3. J erry Wright (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Jon Hill (Suz); 2. Sean Medina (Suz). 50; 1. Shaw n Wi lson (Yam); 2. Naomi Willis (Hon). 60 NOV: 1. Little Shaw n (Kew t 2. Blaine Will is (Hon); 3. Ty Kim (Kaw). 80 8EG: 1. Dan Ma. (Hon); 2. Arron Stewa rt (Kaw); 3. Noel Louth an (Kaw) . . 80 NOV: 1. Kevin Crippen (Kaw); 2. Ja rred Packard (Kaw); 3 . Travis Browne (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. Don Rohman (Kaw); 2. St eve 8aumann (Cag); 3. Jeremy Cash (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Kevin Briggs (Kaw ); 2. Danny Grell e (Yam); 3. Donny Tille ry (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Lee Kirk (Vam); 2. Rick Lucero (Hon); 3. Glenn McCall (KTM). 250 NOV: t , Randy Lewallen (Kaw); 2. Jam es Sanchez (Hon); 3. Pet e Hamel (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Paul Dugan (Hon); 2. Lad W entzel (KTM ): 3. Tony Parino (Kaw) . OPEN NOV: 1. A lan Lor edo (Kaw); 2 . Dan O'Bergin (Hon); 3. Ron Colombo (Hon). ENOR: 1. Sam Sorroco (Han); 2 . Steve Bacch ini (Yam); 3. M ike Car lto n (Hon). VET NOV: 1. Steve Gold sberry (yam ); 2. Clark Plummer (Hon); 3. M ike Miller (Hus). VET INT: 1. Dan O'B ergin (Hon); 2. Richard lakrew ski (Hon). OT MSTR: 1. Jack Hampton (M -S); 2. Denny Ware (Vam); 3. Chuck Watso n (KTM ). Nelson nails Argyle Park Motocross By Nuklear Neukam DIXON, CA, AU G . 9 Arai/ Mot o-X Fox /Team US su pported J on Nelson p roved invincib le in 125 a nd 250cc Pro co m petition , as th e fifth ro u nd of th e si x race Coors Silver Bullet Su m mer Series was staged a t Argyll Park near Dixon. R ick Myth en wo n th e Open Pro class. Nelson roosted h is Honda to both rno to wi ns in th e l2 5cc P ro class wh ile hold in g off Yamaha-mounted Tim McClintock in th e first rno to and Sean Conley's Kawasaki in th e fina l go-around. Conley used a 3-2 score to secure seco nd overa ll with McC lintock third overa ll by virtue o f a 2-4 ta ll y. H o nda -mou nted Dann y Pa lad ino fin ish ed th e day 43 a nd fo urth overall for his effo rts wi th fifth overall goi ng to Greg Tirhe imer (7-5). Ne lso n wa s aga in hot in th e 250cc Pro clas s, but he had to hol d off hard charg ing Kell y Andris bo th tim es out for th e win. Andris' 2-2 put_the fellow H onda rider in seco nd overall:Tim McC lintock was back to battle in th e 250cc class and a pair of fourths ea rned h im third overa ll. ' Conley, a lso ri di ng in the 250s, cras hed in the first rno to a nd finis hed sevent h , bu t a seco n d rou nd third boosted him to fourth overall. Another two cl ass rider , Pal ad in o , co m bined a pa ir oc' fifths for fifth .overa ll. Even after cras h ing in bo th m otos whil e leading, Ho nda a ce R ick Myth en was able to remount a n d win both motos for th e overa ll in th e Open Pro clas s. Iro n man Tim MeClintock, riding a ll three Pro classes, finished seco n d in the first m o w a nd third in th e seco n d for th ird overa ll, while stylish Kaw asaki rider Cl ayt on Blood reversed th ose scores for a 32 seco nd overa ll. In th e 60cc class Dary l Sel ix ca me ' a wa y vi ct orious with both mo to wi ns , as C onw a y Mob il e / 3B s sponsored J effy Harvey led both mOlDS until th e last lap wh en th e two Kaw a saki rid ers swa p ped p ositions and Selix saw the chec kered fir st. H a rvey was seco n d overall and th ird ov er all went to H on da -m o u nted Curtis Ford. Results 125 PRO: 1. Jo n Nelson (Hon); 2. Sean Conley (Kaw); 3. Tim McClin tock (Vam). 125 INT: 1. Jon Hill (Suz); 2. Ray Crum b (Kaw ); 3. Ton y Bran son (Yam) . • 250 PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Hon); 2. Kelly An dr is (Hon); 3. Tim McClintock (Vam). 250 INT: 1. Tyler Edw ards (Hon); 2. Serg io Ferna ndez (Hon); 3. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw). 500 PRO: 1. Rick Myt hen (Hon); 2. Clayton Blood (Kaw); 3. Tim M cClintock (Vam). 500 INT: 1. J esse Olsone (Hon) ; 2. Byron Riffenburg (KTM ); 3 . Brent Patt erson (Hon). 60 : 1. Daryl Seli. (Kaw ); 2. Je rry Harvey (Kaw ); 3 . Curtis ford (Hon). BO BEG: 1. Dou g Wa gner (Hon); 2. Milo ford (Kaw); 3. Kevin Crippen (Kaw). 80 J R; 1. M ike St anton (Kaw); 2. Scott Rusyn (Kawl; 3 . Darren Kitzmiller (Kaw). 80 INT: 1. Matt Fur man (Hon); 2. Brian Giles (Hon); 3. Danny Nelson (Kaw). 12 5 BEG 0 - 1: 1. 2ach Scott (Kaw); 2. Ju stin Roben s (Kaw); 3. Jeff M arq uez (Suz). 125 BEG 0 -2; 1. Eric Ducray (Hon); 2. Ron Voung (Kaw); 3. Jerry Mortimer (SUlI . 125 J R: 1: Mike Ster ling (HOn); 2. Ricky Brazil (Yam); 3. Mel';n Stark (Kaw ). 250 BEG: 1. Tom Berry (Hon); 2. How ard M intz (Hon); 3. Russ Brandes (ya m). 250 J R: 1. Jeff Bubla'; (Vam); 2. Monty Owenby (Kaw); 3.Scott McCoy (Hon). 500 BEG: 1. Paul Dugan (Hon); 2. Ron Kir gan (Kaw); 3 . M ark Johnston (Hon). 500JR: 1. M ike Ster ling (Hon); 2. Scott Shambl in (Hon); 3. J on Nicolaus (Yam). VET JR: 1. Larry Broberg (Hon); 2. Randy Co. (Hon); 3. Phil Morris (Kaw ). VET INT: 1. Mark Ster ling (Hon); 2. Ken Co. (Kaw); 3. Wence Galindo (Hon). . VET MSTR: 1. Duane Jo ice (Kaw); 2. Craig Schu lz (Kaw ); 3. Jo hn Hand elin (Kaw ). OT JR: 1. Bill Riggs (Hon); 2. John Cipoll ina (Suz); 3. Frank Louthan (Kaw) . . OT INT: 1. Ed Gaylord (Hon); 2. Ron Claw son (Suz); 3.Erv Rifenb urg (KTM). OT MSTR : 1. Bill M cCl int on (ATK); 2. J im McCli nl on (Vam); 3. Don Swe ari ngen (Hon). Nelson on top at Saylands MX By,Mike Vancil FRE MONT, CA , AUG. 5 Jon Nels on rod e hi s 250cc CR Honda to two impressiv e rnoto wins to tak e th e o vera ll a t th e Wednesd ay n ight Ba ylands Raceway MX. Only Tim McClintock o n hi s Yamaha came close to Nelson an d hi s lead was for on ly a co u p le of laps in th e first m oto , At th e drop o f th e ga te in th e first m ot o , it was McClintock into th e co rner fir st followed by Bruce Manzon i, Mik e Alarco a nd Nel son. Du ring th e fir st lap, Ne lso n di spat ch ed Alar co a nd Mamoni an d worked on closing th e gap between he a nd leader McC lintock. Nelson ca u gh t and th en pa ssed McCli ntock in th e deep turn pri or 10 the sm a ller of two ta bletop jumps. H e had no trou ble keep in g the lead to th e chec kers. McC lintock held o nto second a nd Manzon i brough t his CR H on da in for th ird. Ala rco took fourt h. T he seco nd mo to start was a litt le different from th e first. ' Th is time Nelso n p owered to th e front and went into and ou t of the first co rner a s the leader. Manzon i wa s bri efly in second but McClintock got by and began th e lo ng chase of Nelson. T he moto ended with the sa m e fini shing order as the fir st. Eric Richardson tosses a tire from his Wor ld War II surplus BSA at the Maumee Va lley Chapter Antique Motorcycle Club meet . Bro thers Mark a nd Peter laco p i made a rare appearance at Ba ylands a n d took home two large first place trophies for their efforts. Both won two rnotos Mark dominat ed th e 125cc Begin ner class; whi le Peter did th e sa me in th e 250cc Begin ner clas s. For Mark, hi s closest competition in th e 18 rider field wa s T yron :Farley on a Kawasaki: Fa rley led for a whi le in th e first moto bu t en ded wi th a seco nd and th en came back with a . fourth in th e second moto. Mark laco p i rode hi s H o nda smoo th ly and n ever lo o ked out of co nt ro l. Although J oh n Lea took second o n a Kawa saki in th e second moto he was no t in serious co ntention for th e lead. The 250cc Begin n er class had 13 entra nts. Wh en th e ga te dropped in rno to o ne, three riders sla m med into the first co rner side-by-side, th ey were Ch ri s O'Bergin, Kelly H o ffer and Peter laco pi . Within the first la p , laco p i worked into a so lid lead and n ever was threaten ed afte r th a t. -' O' Bergi n ca m e to grief and fin ish ed last, whi le H o ffer spent th e whole m o to ho ld ing off Mark Canepa. The fin ish order was lacopi, Hoffer and Canepa a ll o n H o ndas. In th e seco nd rnoto, laco p i got th e ea rly lead a nd agai n Hoffer fell in behind him. H ol d in g th ird th e who le di stance wa s Rick Brewster on a H o nda a nd Zo li Kiss was fourth in this moto o n hi s Yam aha as h e was in th e first VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Hon); 2. M ike Lane (Hon); 3. Tim Alarcon (Hon); 4. Phil Douglas (KTM); 5. Larry Baker (Hon). PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Hon); 2. Tim McClintock (Yam); 3 . Bruce Manz oni (Hon); 4 . M ike Alarcon (Hon). o -- m oto, Results . 80 BEG: 1. Andy Voung (Vam); 2. Sam Love (Kaw); 3 . Tim Hami lton (Yam); 4 . M arc Burr ell (yam) ; 5. Er ic Lowe (VarnI. 80JR: 1. Scott Shade (Vam); 2. Ricky A lves (Vam); 3 . John Peavler (Yam); 4 . Tom Hastings (Hon); 5 . Kenny Spence (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Mark lacop i (Hon); 2. Tyron Farl ey (Kaw); 3. J ason Shade (Vam); 4. Shane Wrigh t (Hon); 5. Jo hn Lea (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Ja mie Steelsmith (Hon); 2. Jason Warren (Hon); 3. John Newell (Hon); 4. Pat Gomm (Hon); 5. Dave MacAnhur (Kaw ). 250 BEG: 1. Peter lacopi (Hon); 2. Kelly Hoff er 111 (Hon); 3. Zol i Kiss (Vam); 4 . Mark Canepa (Hon); 5. Rick Brew ster (Hon). 250 JR: 1. Ma,c Penn in gs (Hon); 2. Bill Bloomfie ld (Hon); 3. Steve Ma tlock (Vam); 4. Scott Mclay (Hon); 5. Joe Vella (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Br ian Patt erson (Hon); 2. Paul Mi dson (Hon); 3. Scott Jordon (ya m); 4. Bill Gerber (Vam); 5. M ike Lane (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Doug Silva (Vam); 2. David Coates (Hon); 3. Brett Goodfrey (Hon); 4. Br ian Dickey (KTM); 5. Tony Mace (Hon). OPEN JR : 1. Jo n Nicolaus (Vam); 2. M arlon Folden (Vam); 3 . Tony Paulson (Hon); 4 . Dan O'Berg in (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Phil Doug las (KTM ); 2. Bill Gerber (Yam); 3 . Brent Patterson (Hon); 4 . Steve Zanane (Hon). VET JR: 1. Ma rl on Folden (Vam); 2. Russ Sears (Suz); 3. Frank Alonzo (Kaw ); 4 . Chr is O'Bergin (Kawl. OT J R: 1. Lewis Fast (Vam); 2. Richad Anderson (Vam). . OT MS TR: 1. Don Swear inger (Hon). Antiques roll in Ohio By Leo Levis WAUSEON, O H , J U LY 18-19 In recen t years the Antique Motorcycle Club has designated certa in makes, models or types of motorcycles to be honored at so me of its m eets . The Maumee Vall ey Chapter AM C chose to hon or mi litary machi nes at its annual meet and on Saturday over 30 of th ese warriors from two world wars were displa yed in a special area. Bu t wh en field meet time ro lled arou nd many of them left th e dis play area to co mpete si nc e th ese ar e no t on ly show motorcycles but riding m o torcycles as well. T h e fie ld m eet co nsisted o f a clo th espin drop , tire toss , slow race, p olo and abli ndfo ld obs tacl e co urse for three whee lers. In th e aft ernoon, while the Ilea m arket was in fu JI swin g, th e ra ce track wa s ope ned to exerci se yesterday's racers. In th e even ing a ba nquet was held at th e Fu lton County Sportsman 's Club. Su nday m orning found th e motorcycles lin ed up for judging an d th e judges h ad quite a job and worked fo r h ours to co me u p wir h the following resul ts. Results ANTIOUE CLASS BEST RES: 1. 191 8 Henderson/M Ichael Lange; 2.1915 Excelsior/Joe Koller; 3. 19 18 Henderson/ Charle s Petty . M OST UNIO: 1906 Wnd erer/Char les Lamb . BEST RUN RES: 1 19 29 H-D / Bill Rosendale. BEST RUN UNRES: 1910 H·D / Doug Leikala. MOST ORIG: 191 41ndianlW. Scott . LONG DIST: 1. 1902 Indian/Andy An derson . OLD: 1. 1899 Peugeot/Larry Feece. POST ANTIOUE CLASS BEST RES; 1. 1936 Indian/Jon Zwicker; 2. 1938 Indian/ Herb Krombholz; 3. I 937 Indian /John Winersheim; 4 . 19 34 Indian/AI Ooerman . M OST UNIO: 1. 1934 BMW /Steve Puntill o. BEST RUN. UNRES: 1939 Indian /Steve Puntill o. BES T RUN . U NRES: 19 39 Indian /Gary Bluestone. MOST ORIG: 1936 BSA / Sylvest e, Boyachek. LONG DIST: 1. 193 6 Ind ian/ Char lene Erskine. POST WAR CLASS BEST REST: 1. 1953 BMW/ Kurt M ichl; 2. 1959 Sunbeam/Ern st M ichl; 3 . 19 53 H-O/Oan W alters; 4 . 1949 H-D/Ron Magers. M OST UNtO: 1. 1950 Ari el /Pet e Corcoran. BES T RUN UNRES : 1. 1951 India n/ Tony W atson. MOS T ORIG: 1. 195 1 H-D/Frank Degenero. LONG DIST: 1. 194 7 Indian/ J oe Undercolfer. POWER CYCLE CLASS BEST RES: t . 194 9 H-D/Ron M agers. MOST ORIG; 1948 Whizzer/ Bob Barker. BEST RUN. RES: 194 5 W hiu erlWarr en Pool e. COM PETm ON CLASS BEST RES: 1. 1924 H-D/M ichael Lange . MOST ORIG: 194 9 H-D/ Bruce Linsday . M O ST UNIO: 1948 Moto G uzzi!A ntonio Riccrdi. 47 ·

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