Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

o Vi o ...J ~ ~ o u (J) >- 00 o Io ::I: 0.. Yamaha . Wrig ht reac hed the checkers firs t in each round despite a det ermined effort by Honda rider Brian Beach who finish ed in th e number two slo t, Third went to Honda rid er Rob ert Fleisch er. The 80cc Novi ce win went to Darel Kageyama. Honda rid er Kageyama took thi rd in th e firs t mo ta bu t powered bac k to win ro und two a fter first moto wi n ner Kevin Sha fer ra n into problems. Ant hony Amaradio took seco nd overa ll o n a Ya m aha with Yam aha rid er Shafer claiming third. Resu lts Steve Lucero. shown here leading Costa Mesa Handicap w inner Dubb Ferrell. won his f irst Scratch main of the season at Speedway USA. VINT: 1. Steve -Swatsc heno; 2. Steve Baylock; 3. Greg logan. • MSTR: 1. Chet Fraser; 2. Jeff Mclain; 3. Brad Ga rland . 125 JR: 1. Bret Snider; 2. Wes Frehse; 3. Jim Gallager. MINI JR : 1. J im Heyden; 2. Eran Ezrins; 3. Eric Parker. Mihal edges Boehm in Willow Springs By Terry Whytal 42 ROSAMOND, CA, AUG. 9 Jim Mihal from Escondido, jetted his Yamaha YSR50 to the 181-250 (pou n d) Advanced class win at this week 's YSR50 Track Challenge event at Willow Springs. Mihal's duel with Mitch Boehm in both heats provided the da y's top action as Boehm reached th e ch eckered flag first in round one despite intens e pressure from Mihal. In th e seco n d heat th e positions were reversed with Mihal gra bbi ng th e hol esh ot a head o f Boehm a nd th e eig h t-rider field. Boehm tried every lin e o n the co urse to pass Mihal , tryi ng so ha rd th at he nearl y threw th e bi ke a wa y o n at lea st th ree occa sio ns. Mihal's 2-1 sco re gave hi m the overa ll win with Boehm laking second a hea d of J oel Randel. In the 141-180 Adva nced class race Will Sorensen pos ted a 1-2 score to top Mark Peterson for th e overa ll wi n. Peterson was a ble to fin ish no hi gh er th an fourt h in hea t o ne but h is seco nd ro u nd win moved him to second overall as J. R. Hess pi cked up third. Al Sa laverria tra ded mota wins with Kenny Sutton in the 101-140 Adva nced class but it was Sutton 's second hea t win th at gave h im th e overa ll victory. Sal a verria p laced seco nd with Henry Rodarte ta king th ird. Colleen McC o y co ntinued h er unbeat en wi n strea k on th e littl e Yama ha ma ch ines wi th a no ther double hea t win . Chasing McCo y in th e Wom en 's cl ass wa s s tead ily im p ro ving Lynda Taylor who once agai n had to settle for th e runnerup position overall. Lanett Curtis rounded ou t th e top three. , J acques Buteau topped the first 181-250 Nov ice race but tried too ha rd to repea t in rou nd two action a nd took two tumb les en route 10 a fift h p la ce fi n ish. Mik e So ko lo ff took advan ta ge o f Buteau 's m istak es 10 . earn th e overall win wi th a 2- 1 score as Ross Nash posted a 3-3 sco re 10 edge Butea u for second o vera ll. T he 141-180 class was th e biggest of th e day as usual an d h ad to be sp lit into two divisions. Chris Rol dan beat Lee H at ch for th e win in d ivi si on o ne, while Mark Gumz edged Gary Garner for the division two victory. Sco tt Charles swep t both Lightweight Novi ce h eats . Charles jumped to the ear ly lead in eac h round and won despite pr essure from Stephen Blanchad who fini shed in th e number two slo t, J im Thorton placed th ird . Results 181 ·2 50 ADV: 1. Jim Mihal; 2. M it ch Boehm; 3 . Joel Randel. 141 ·180 AD V; 1. Will Sor en sen; 2. Mark Peterson; 3. J .R. Hess . 101 ·140 A DV; 1. Kennv Sun on; 2. Al a Seteverria; 3. Henry Rodarte. WMN: 1. Colleen McCoV; 2. Lvnda Donovan; 3. Lanett Curtis. 1Bl -250 NOV: 1. Mik e Sokoloff; 2. Ross Nash; 3. Jaques Buteau; 141 ·1 BONOV D- 1; 1. Chr is Roldan; 2. Lee Hatch ; . 3. Arden Friesen. 141 ·1 BO NOV D·2 ; 1. Mark Gum z; 2. Gary Garner; 3. Scon Atkins. 101 -140 NOV: 1. Scan Charles; 2. Stephen Bla nch ard; 3 . Jim Thornton. Musgrave manages Perris MX By Terry Whytal PERRIS, CA, AUG. I Will y Mu sgrave sw itch ed to Ka wasak i this wee k and wo n the 250cc P ro race at Perris' SMX event. Musgrave had stru gg led this yea r to fin d th e speed n ecessary to co n tin ue h is Pro career a nd after trying a ll th e bra nds has sett led on the new KX ma chi nes . ''I' m rea lly pl eased with the Ka wa sa ki, " not ed Musgrave aft er hi s win, " I feel more co nfident tha n on th e H onda or Suzu ki." Musgrave battled throu/?hout th e first moto with Ya ma ha rid er J o h n Posca with Posca just edging Musgrave for the win. In the secon d round Posca dropped from co n ten tion wi th mech an ica l problems and Musgrave went on to an unco ntested win, when Brad T oms slo wed wi th bi ke prob lems a nd Larry Roesler drop ped from the race wi th a tw isted knee . Posca finished seco nd overa ll with T oms pl acing h is Honda third. Honda pilo t Ra nd y Moody swep t both 125cc Intermed iat e motos to cl inc h th e- overa ll wi n. SCOIl Connell y a nd Randy Dan ylo ar gued over th e runner-u p slo t with Suzuki rider Con ne lly o utpointi ng Ka wa sa kimounted Danylo for seco n d. Kurt Metcalf dom in a ted th e 250cc Novice race on boa rd his Yama ha . Metcalf powered 10 an early lead in each ro u nd o f action to sweep bo th mo tos in co nvincin g fashi on. Da vid Fox p icked up second overall with a ru nner- up fini sh in round two o n hi s H onda wh ile Do n Di nnell ca p tu red thi rd on a Ka wasak i. Th e - V et Ex p e rt win we rn to H onda .pilo t Gl en Seneca l with Kirt Goldie p icking up seco nd overa ll a nd George Koh ler claiming th ird in a Honda sweep of th e to p pl acings. Eddie Wright o u tcl assed a n d outsped the 125cc Beginners on his OPEN PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Han); 2. Gary Jo nes (Han); 3. Scan Mapes (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. WiliV Mu sgrave (Kaw); 2. John Posea (Vam); 3. Brad Toms (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Jo ev Tunobene IHon). OUTLAW : 1. Ulf J ohansson (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Paul Krause (Han); 2. Brian Allen (Han). 250 INT: 1. Jon Levev (Han); 2. Rick Grant (Han); 3. Jeff del Villar (Han). 1251NT: 1. Randv Moodv (Han); 2. Scan Connellv (Suz); 3. Randy Danvlo (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Scott Brristol(Hon); 2. Jack Phinn (Han); 3. Chris Bergstr om (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Kurt Me tcalf (Vam); 2. David Fox (Han); 3. Don Di nnell(Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Steve Goslaw (Han); 2. Mar k High am (Kaw); 3. Shan e Hun (Kaw ). VET EX: 1. Glen Senecal (Han); 2. Kirk Goldie (Han); 3. George Kohl er (Han). VET INT: 1. Chris Burgeson (Vam); 2. Bengt Joha nsson (Han); 3. All an Egben (Han). VET NOV: 1. Norman Schiel (Vam); 2. Lvle Sw eeter (Yam); 3. John Ritch ie (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Denn is Burn s (Yam); 2. Chris Perez (Han); 3. Brad Bowlin (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Eddie Wright (Vam); 2. Brian Beach (Han); 3. Raben Fleischer (Han). 80 NOV: 1. Daryl Kagevama (Han); 2. Anthonv Amaradio (Yam); 3. Kevin Shafer (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. David Clifford (Vam). Camlin cooks Badger Half Mile By Ed Ahlf WARREN, IL, JULY 15 Dave Camlin took th e l O-Iap 750cc fin al a t th e J o Davi es County Fair Half-Mile. Camlin took his Don Camlinl Ammco Wood- Rotax 10 an ea rly lead in the final and was never serio usly cha lle nged . . Jim Sumner rode his Wo odsRo tax to vic to ry in th e lead-off 750cc heat over Dann y Pow ell, G eorge Ist vanek a nd Wad e Camlin. XRmounted Marty Bushman . took th e seco nd heat over Dave Camlin, Dave Feggestad a nd Tim Klauser. Ri ck Bu llock won th e co nso la tio n o ver Greg Wa g ekn echt a n d Reed Berri li no. . Da ve Ca m li n m ade use of a perfect hol esh o t to lead th e fina l. Bushman stayed close beh in d, but co u ld n ot pressure th e yo u nge r o f the Caml in . brothers int o a m iscue. Sum ner was th ird ahead o f Powell , Istvanek and Wade Ca mli n. Sha ne Wade took th e firs t 250cc heat over Ist van e k a n d H o n d amount ed Bullock. T he seco nd hea t was clai med by Klauser , wh o rod e a stock YZ250MX. co m p lete wi th kn obbies, ove r Wageknecht an d Ken Hall. Wageknecht je lled to a big ea rly lead in th e 10-lap fin al , never to be th rea ten ed. Back in the pack Klauser fell , going from fourth 10 ninth. H e re mo u nted a n d work ed b a ck 10 fourt h a t th e chec kered. Istvanek a nd Wad e fin ished in th e seco nd a nd thi rd spo ts. In 500cc action, J im Sum ner took th e Sta n Mill ard /BSA 10 the win in th e firs t heat over Bertil in o a nd Dave Camlin. Weagekn echr was victo rious in the seco nd hea t, a head o f G len G ladso n a nd Klauser. Blake Ehrich took th e four la p co ns i. Da ve Caml in took th e lead in th e fin al , ahead o f Bert ilino a nd Sumner. By la p six Bertilino led Su m ne r a nd Wagekn echt, with Ca m li n slip p ing 10 fourth. Lap seven sa w Wagekn echt a nd Erich rearrange th e h ay in turn two , bringing o u t th e red fla g. On th e restart Bertilino held onto the lea d ov er Sumner and Kaiser. Results 250: 1. Greg Wag eknecht (Han); 2. Shan e Wade (C-A); 3. Tim Klauser (Vam). 500: 1. Reed Ben ilino (W · R); 2. J im Sum ner (BSA); 3. Frank Kaiser (Yam); 4. Dave Camlin (W · R). 750: 1. Dave Camlin (W-R); 2. Many Bushman (H· D); 3. Jim Sumner (W· R); 4. Dan Powell (H· D). Lucero finds Speedway USA win By Scott Da loisio VICTO R VIL LE, CA, AUG. 8 Steve Lu cero happens to be o ne of the most co nsistent rid ers on th e sou th ern Ca lifornia speedway circu it. Therefore, it is hard to bel ieve, th at comi ng into Sa turday, he hadn 't wo n a main event a ll seaso n long. T ha t a ll cha nged Saturday wh en Lucero en ded up th e co ntroversia l victor in th e Scra tch ma in event at Spe edway USA. Lu cero a lmos t had a win a t COSLa Mesa nine da ys earl ier but he was hit with bad lu ck wh en hi s chain broke while leading. On Saturday, things cha nged for the 1985 California State Champion. He was battling with Bobby Schwartz for the point position wh en he went down. Ou t came the red flag and Schwartz was disqualifi ed by referee Den n i s c DeTemple. Schwartz wa s off th e pole in the ' main a nd he took the lead on the ' fir st attempt 10 run th e event but the. red was ou t before the field got through turn one. Lucero went a little wid e and forced Scotty Brown wide. Wh en Brown went wide, i t~ for ced Louis Kossuth into th e wall and down. The entire field restarted th e event a nd th e defending National Cham pion again gated the pa ck. Schwartz held th e lead until Lucero, on the Shoei/STP/ O ilza ll/Scort/Megacy- > c1e Cams/Kal-Gard/Cirello Godden,q ducked to th e in sid e and took the lead'; in turn three on lap one. Schwartz" got th e dr ive in turn o ne on th e th ird r circui t but Lucero sh u t th e door and co ntin ued o n in th e lead . Sc h wa rtz was push in g Lu cero hard but Lu cero was eq ua l 10 th e cha lle nge. Schwartz tried th e o u tside as th ey cme off four and headed for I th e white flag but Lucero moved ) wid e a nd sh u t th e door. Sch wart z) th en ducked ins ide Lucero an d they ca me together in th e first bend o n th e fin al revolu tio n. Out ca m e the red a n d th e e n d of th e race. A n no u n ce r Bru ce Fl an d er s an no unced the fi n is hi ng order of Lucero , Bro wn , Kossuth a nd the dis q ua li fied Schwa rtz a nd th e fans seemed to be split do wn the mi dd le. Half roa red whe n it was a n no un ced th at Lucero h ad wo n and th e ot he r half booed wh en the Schwartz di squali fication was a n nou nced. ' Sch wa rtz had been the big winner on th e so u the rn Ca lifornia circu it over 40 times co m ing into Saturday's event. He hadn 't won a Handicap m ain to da te but th at a ll cha nged. Schwartz, fired up a fter ge tt in g kicked o ff th e Scra tch m ain , came o nto th e tra ck for th e Handicap main w ith a fierce det ermination. H e jumped th e sta rt from th e 50 on th e ' origina l try but was n' t p en al ized. f T he race got underw ay a nd made it as fa r as turn o ne. .Ed Castro wa s leaning a ll over Brown a nd kn ocked ' h im down . Castro th en ca reened in to i G reg Han cock a nd they went down. ha rd . Kevin Kru gh , who was n' t in r th e in cid ent. th en rode up to Brown} and fo r a few seco nds it seemed like th ey were goi ng to sq ua re off a n d i settle the ir seaso n long diff eren ceJ with fisticuffs. Cool er heads pre-I vail ed and an ugl y situ at io n was averted. Everyon e restarted except for H ancock, who injured his left leg. Krugh led the restart u ntil he had

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