Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

n Q tn g 8 oct o l: o u ~ rn > al ~ o :r 0.. England's Phil Collins won his first-ever Costa Mesa Scratch main after mechanical troubles sidelined rival Steve Lucero. 250 NOV: 1. Thomas Lee (Yaml ; 2. Ralph Robens . (Han); 3. SIeve Bronn l Hon). 250 AM : 1. M it ch Eckhardt (Han); 2. Kenny Car son (Yam); 3. Corey Br in k (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Stacey Cook (Han); 2. Corey Cope (Han); 3. Derek Brow n (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Randy Baird (Han); 2. Ernie Lemay (ya m); 3. Kevin Brauch.(Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Dan Shockman (HanI: 2. Don Yost (KTM). OPEN PRO; 1. Dave New ell (Kaw); 2. J im Thompson (Han); 3. Dave Molder (Yam). VET NOV: 1. Dave Sian en (Yam); 2. Pat Brooks (Suz); 3. Lindsay Pierson (Kaw). VET AM : 1. Ken Miller (Kaw); 2. Mark Call (Han); 3. Bruce M ill s (Yam). VET EX: 1. Mark Poind exter (Yaml; 2. Bill Nolan (Yam); 3. Chris Leggere (Yam). SR A M : 1. Clay Davis (Hus); 2. Geor ge Chapman (Han). . SR EX: 1. Vi c Barli sh (Yam); 2. Ed Perr it on (Han); 3. Byron Wolf (Han). WM N: 1. Tracy Frydendall (Yam). Collins gets first win at Costa Mesa By Scott Daloisio 50 COSTA MESA, CA. JULY 31 P h il Collins posted his first Scratch main win at Costa Mesa tonight aft er mech ani cal problems sidelined Steve Lu cero, who loo ked to be o n his way to his first main even t win of the year. Goi ng into the main , Lu cero had pos ted wins in bo th h is hea t a nd semi . Co lli ns, for the seco nd time during the week , drew the po le for th e main. Lucero was o ut of two a nd he ga ted a head of Co llins a nd former Na tiona l Cha m p ions Alan Ch rist ian and Bobby Sch wartz. Schwartz go t as far as turn four o n th e o peni ng lap before pulling up a nd headin g for the infi eld . By that tim e, Lucero , the 1985 Ca li fornia Sta te Cham pi on , had esta blished a lead and it loo ked li ke he was rea dy to claim h is first checkered flag of th e season. The leader blasted into tu rn one on the second la p wit h a comfortab le lead, when sudden ly th e sou nd of slapp in g meda l co uld be heard. L ucero had broken a primary cha in a nd he coas ted silently to the cra sh wall whi le Collins, on the No rco Mits ubishi/ JT Racing USAISTP/Cirello Racing/Ro vazzin i Electric Weslake, -breezed by wi th Christia n in a fig ht fo r t he poi nt posi tio n . Colli ns asserted himself and won hi s firstever Scra tch main at Costa Mesa with C hr ist ian sec o n d . L u ce ro and Schwartz silent ly too k their bikes back to th e p its with the third and fo urth pl ace spots. Lo uis Kossu th (N J KI Arai /Scott Goggles Jaw) is q uickly maturing in to o ne o f th e better riders in so ut hern Ca liforia. H e proved that poi nr by scoring a runa wa y wi n in Friday's H andicap main event . T he eig h t lapper started off with a ban g as " Da ngero us" Dub b Ferre ll and Sco tt Brant tangl ed in the first bend . Brant sai led th rough the air while Ferre ll went down a nd that broug ht o ut a red flag. T he race was resta rted a nd everybody made the restart. Kossuth, off the 20, grabbed th e po int positi on wit h Ed Cas tro a nd th en Rob Pletzing mannin g th e number two spot on la p th ree, while Ferr ell caugh t Pfetzin g a nd th ey went at it side- byside until la p five whe n Ferrell forcefully moved Pfetzin g o ut of hi s way a nd too k second in tu rn one. Ferre ll had a long way to go to ca tch Kossuth , but he co u ld n' t even dent the lead and Kossut h won by a half straight over Ferrell, Pfetzin g and Shawn McConnell. The " Fl yin g Chicano" Tony Gomez (P D J a wa) defeated Archie Perez 10 wi n the wi ld Support clas s mai n event. Gomez did a fin e job of holding off Perez as he had a fla t tire at th e end of the event. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Phil Collins (Wesl ; 2. Alan Chr istian (Wes); 3. SIeve Lucero (Gdn); 4 . Bobby Schwanz (Wesl . HDCP: 1. Louis Kossuth (Jawl; 2. Dubb Ferr ell (Wes); 3. Rob Pfetzin g (Wes). SUP; 1. Tony Gomez (Ja w) ; 2 . A rchie Perez (Gd n); 3. M ike Dalbey (Ja w). •• Schwartz, Brow,. bomblMS By Scott Daloisio SAN BER NAR DINO , CA, JULY 29 Bobby Schwartz a nd Scotty Brown warm ed up for th e America n Cup Cha llenge by winn in g th e Scratch and Handicap inain events tonight a t J ohn La Do uceur's Inl and Mo torcycle Sp eedway. In winnin g th e Cycle R ider, Inc. Scratch main event, Seh wartz had to overcome the red ho t Bobby Ott. The rider kn own as "Showti me" had wo n three of h is four previo us o utings a t the lightning fast dirt ova l a nd had to be considered th e favori te as the riders lined up for th e sta rt of the big money four lapper. England's Phil Colli ns pu lled his Weslake u p to the po le position for the start with Ott out of two , Schwartz in three and British League bound Rob Pfetzing out of four. T he Englis h lad ga ted all three of th e " Yanks" in the field a nd he set the pa ce into the first bend . Co ll ins ' lead was short lived as Schwartz too k the lead away wh en he swu ng wid e off turn two a nd wi th seemi ng ly no roo m at a ll, sn uck between Co llins a nd the cras hwall. H e then go t th e dri ve in the dirt a nd " Boogaloo" was go ne. With first p lace decided , the battle was for second . Co ll ins had to hol d back Ott and Pfetzin g and he managed to do a fin e job of it as he raced home . second some eig h t length s beh ind the winner. Brown received a ni ce check arid a pl aque for winning th e eig h t la p Handicap m a in eve n t. Bro wn ' s journ ey to Wednesday's main event began with a second pl ace finish in his heat race and a win in his semi. The former National ICE Champion powered the T om Bell Ch evrol et! Budweiser/ShoeilJT Ra cin g USAf Justi ce Brothers/Cir cle Ind ustr ies J a wa into the lead fro m the 30 over Bill y H amill a n d " Fast " Eddie Castro. Castro made a cha llenge to Bro wn near the end of th e second circu it. Wh en he fo und a lan e o n th e o utside a nd tried to race by. Brow n saw him co mi ng and shut th e doo r. T hat was th e on ly serious threat that Brown had a nd by the half way point he wa s building a lead. H am ill reclaimed second from Castro on th e , fifth circui t but th ere was no wa y that he was go ing to catch Brown. The battle ended up being for th e second pl ace positi on as 17-yea r-old H amill had to du el with veterans Cas tro, Larsen , Pfetzin g and Lucero for the n umber two spot. P letzing dropped from that pack on th e sixth circuit wh en he almos t fell. Wh en the chec kered flag fin all y ended th e ' event it was Brown by three over Ham ill , Larsen a nd Lucero . J ohn McCaughey (Jawa) showed u p a t the trac k withou t a ri de o n Wednesday even ing. Offi cial s p ut h im o n as a reserve a nd the n they pl aced h im on the zero yard lin e. T ha t spelled di saster for his com petitio n. He won his hea t a nd th en bea t Don Ambrose and Shane Diiu llo in the Su p port class mai n. Results SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wes); 2. Phil Colli ns (Wes); 3. Bobby On (Gdn); 4. Raben PfelZing (Wes ). HDCP: 1. Scotty Brown (Jaw); 2. Billy Hamill (Jaw); 3. Keith Larsen (Wasl . SUP: 1. Joh n McCau ghey (Jaw ~ 2. Don Ambrose (Wes ~ 3. Shane Diiullo (Wes). Guerrette garners Cockaponsett Enduro By Paul Clipper/ Trail Rider Magazine DURHAM, CT, AUG. 9 Bert G uerrette conti nued h is wi nnin g ways and his dom ina tion of the N ETRA Cha mpions hip E nd uro Series by pos ting an l l -po int score a t the Ann ua l Pathfinder's Cockaponsett Enduro , whi ch was easily good eno ugh for the overa ll win. Last year's NETRt\ Ch ampion, Steve Vanasse, was rig h t up th ere wi th an I I as well, but picked u p a n add itio nal 50 seconds a t th e tiebreak er chec ks and had to settle for High Po int A. Todd Stavens was the third a nd last rid er with I I , ano ther 30 seconds beh ind Vanasse, and he took firs t in th e A Lightweigh t class. The first rid er with a 12 was Larry Pu grab, winner of th e Heavyweigh t d ivision, T he course was lai d o ut in a nd around th e hills of Durham , a nd dry wea ther as well as th e ge nerosi ty of Trail Boss Craig Baker (he's a " C" rider) produced a course tha t was a far cry from th e typical New England fare. The co urse was al most entirely roc k-free, except for a few boneyar ds in th e special test sectio ns. Many woods sectio ns develo ped huge, soft, loam y berm s in the turns, a nd if a n unwary rider drove too far int o th em he'd fin d h im self off into the trees afte r he broke th rough th e o ther side. Fift h in th e fra y was Yamaha IT 200 p il ot Da ve Burnett, who sta rted o n the fir st minute with Vanasse but j ust co uldn 't keep him in sight long eno ug h. Burnett took first in the Bantam weight cla ss with a 13. J ust 20 seconds behind Burn ett was Ron Stavens, brother of Todd, a nd four seconds beh ind him was Kemp Stewart, NETRA's top finish er in the brutal Wrentha m ISDE quali fier; he finis hed seco nd in the L ightweight class behind Sla ven s. Results 0 1A HIGH POINT: Ben Guerr en e (11) HIGH POINT A: Steve Vanasse (11). HIGH POINT B; Jim Satyrb (19). HIGH POINT C; Paul M il ito (22). A BANTAM : 1. D. Bur nen (13); 2. 2. E. Benoit (14); 3. B. Dana (14); 4. P. Hotkows ki (17); 5. S. Gath ers (20). A VW: 1. T. St avens (1 2. K. Stewan (13t. 3. S. An ton iou (13); 4 . K. Honda (16); 5. G. Bauer (1 6). A HIW: 1. L Pugrab (12); 2. R. St avens ( 1 3~ 3. P. Krull (14); 4. B. Ellis (14 ~ 5. D. Broatch (14 ). A SR; 1. R. Bur lingame (17); 2. F. Burn ham (1B); 3. C. Rockwe ll (19); 4 . S. Formanek (19); 5. P. Guldemond (35). A S/ SR; 1. G. Manin (1 7~ 2. B. Burnen ( 20~ 3. D. Lennon (24); 4. D. Jowe" (25); 5. I. Wi tkop n (2 5~ B BANTAM : 1. M . Je nks (23); 2. K. How ley ( 2 5~ 3. H. McQuaid (25); 4. W . Gerner (26); 5. C. Snow (2B). B VW: 1. W . York ( 20~ 2. D. Wh itel ey (24t. 3. D. Kelley (25 ); 4. N. Curr ie (25); 5. S. Ribbe (26). B HIW; 1. T. Gingell (23); 2. R. Wor ster (25t. 3. G. Schiessl (28 t. 4. P. Rau (29); 5. B. Wentworth (3 1). B SR: 1. W. Clarke (23); 2. D. Ellingwood (30); 3. J . Wagner (3 1). B S/S R: 1. E. Mellor (30). C BANTAM : 1. J . Walker (30); 2. C. Howa rd II (42); 3. R. Lorenson (45); 4 . D. Newt on (51); 5. C. Young (6B). C VW: 1. R. Pal naude (23); 2. B. Barger (33); 3. D. Leedberg (35); 4. J. Douston (36); 5. J. Joyal (36). . ; C HIW: 1. D. Dube (30 1 2. 2. S. Gondek (37); 3. E. Lindskog (371 4 . K. Drew (42 ); 5. G. How ley ; (43). C SR: 1. L. Lemieux (45): 2. S. Delay (56); 3. D. Par ent (61); 4. G. Pease (66); 5. E. weuer (69). C S/SR : 1. L Lawre nce (59); 2. 2. T. Moores (75); 3. D. Cann istr aro (75); 4 . T. Richards (10 1); 5. L Mc Bride (150 ). GOLDEN SR: 1. P. Listro (153). 4·STRK: 1. K. Clark (13).2. P. Ruggiero (15); 3. B. J ohn son (20 1 4. T. Catanzaro (44); 5. M. Cyr ; (10 5). Wheelwright tops White City Hillclimb By Paul Hayes WH ITE CITY, IL , J ULY 6 Eri c Wheelwrigh t, the 1986 D-27 I25cc cham p, moved closer to repea ting h is titl e chas e in th at class , when he scored a nother victorv at the AMA / D-17 sanctioned, Mid-Sta te Dirt Riders H illclimb. Wh eelwrigh t went 98 feet on the 11 0 foot hill on his first a ttempt, then ca me back in ro und two a nd made th e hill in 4. 12seconds. H is win came o n a Ya mah a. Ed Sco tt was th e o the r rider to mak e the hill in th a t class w he n he went over in 4.84 on hi s second climb. Yama ha mou nted Pa ul H ackbarth wen t 100 feet to fin ish th ird. The Dan iels bro the rs had a no the r war going on for th e top spo t in th e Mini class. Big brother T om won ou t wi th a 4.78 fi na l a ttem p t o n a Kawasak i. J eff go t close to the top on his first ride, go ing 100 feet for second. Rounding o u t the top three was Ch ad Harbolt who went 90 feet aboard a Yamaha. Br ent Stewa rt t he 250cc class winner, rode his Tri-City Cycles/ Bill Tuman /Krau s Ra cin g Ka wasa ki over th e top in 3.51 seconds o n his last try. Chris " Dinker" Anders on rode hi s Yamah a to second pl ace. topping the hill in 3.83. Kaw asaki ri der Kell y Sen n earned th ird pl ace with a first ro und cli m b of 3.92. T om Elmore needed one ride to wi n the O pen class . His large bo re Kawa sa ki shot the h ill in 3. 11 seconds to clai m the fastest time of the meet. Kawasa ki rider Bill Steffey used his first climb of 3.25 10 finis h second. • Resu lts MIN I: 1. Tom Daniels (Kawl ; 2. Jeff Daniels (Yam); 3. Chad Harbolt (Yam); 4 . J ason Northrup (Kaw ); 5. Calvin Touchen e (Suz). 125 : 1. Er ic W heelwr ight (Yam); 2. Ed Scan (Kaw ); 3. Paul Hackbanh (Yam); 4. Ken Matwa y (Hon l. 200 : 1. Ed SCOIt (Kaw); 2. Ron Senn (Suz); 3. Sam Blakeney (Kaw); 4 . Tim Bow man (Kaw); 5. Calvin Touchette (Sui). 250: 1. Brent St ewan (Kaw ); 2. Chri s Anderson (Yam); 3. Kelly Senn (Kaw); 4. Ken M alwav (Han); 5. M ikel Bonomo (Yaml . 400: 1. Lloyd Haas (Yam); 2. Phil St ock (KTM); 3. Ron Todd (Kaw ); 4 . Frank Davis (Suzl; 5. Al an Hoskin s (Yam). 500 : 1. Tom Elmore (Han); 2. Alan Hoskins (Yam); 3. Chris Anderson (KTM ); 4 . Sam Blakeney (Kaw ); 5. Kelly Senn (Kaw). . 750: 1. Tom Rollins (Kawl; 2. Chuck SeldaI (Kaw); 3 . Jim Steff ey (Kaw); 4. Roger Hackban h (Yam); S. Wi ll iam Mv ers (Tri). OPEN: 1. Tom Elmore (Kaw); 2. Bill Steffey (Kaw ); 3. Bob Fishe r (H· D); 4 . Tom Compton (Kaw); 5. Frank Davis (Suz).

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