Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.... ~ ~ :I: e :::; >:s u >- m 0 t- O :I: Q. tOO O"l ,.....; ... O"l l-< V ,.D 8 V Reuben McMurter (24), Paul M acM illan (9 A) and Jo hnny Ramsay took the top thr ee positions in the Superbike final at Atl antic M otorsport Park. V o ut of th e semi -fin als without a win but wh en the Handicap main started he was ou t of the ga te with a sho t. Sha wn Reppert took th e earl y lead an d wh en th e other riders were fighting in tum two, Curry hooked up and blasted past on th e outside, movin g past four r iders in the process. Bob H icks was chasin g Reppert wh en Curry drove past o n th e next lap, then Curry made a diving inside pass to get by Reppert, with Hi cks foll owin~ through for the second spot. J im Sisemore started hi s charge through the pack, working past Mike Kain and into the third sp ot. Hicks was running in second when Sisemore tried to get by, but Hicks fought off th e charge to hold on for second. Third went to Sisemore and Kain took fourth. When they lined up for the Scratch main, Curry had the pole position and led Sisemore, Mike Parsons and Steve Crawford into the first comer. Sisemore was close enough to duel with Curry but Crawford came up to challenge and Sisemore had to fight him off before giving chase to Curry: By then Curry had settled in with the lead , and not giving an inch to Sisemore on th e big track, picked up his second ma in even t win of the night. Sisemore was able to hold off the chargi ng Parsons for the runnerup spot leaving Parsons to finish third over Crawford. Results ..... 0. ir: Grayson Hart won both motos to claim the 250cc Pro class victory in th e f irst round of the Yamaha Gold Cup Series held at Alban y Supercross. Pecatonica HM (Continued from page 29) th e last lap when Beck's Sport City/ Walters Bro s.lMarushin/Gardner sponsored Harley-Davidson's throttle stuck open. Beck bounced off the ha y bales but kept going for the win; Hebb wa s second. o ver Gruber, Ragan, Charlie Braasch and Bob Brooks. Results PRO-AM FINAL: 1. Todd Bridges (Rtx); 2. Au die Huff (H-D); 3. Mike McDonne ll (H-D); 4 . Danny Koelsch (Rtx); 5. Bob Ybema (H-D); 6. Frank Kaiser fRlX) 7. M ike Pett ersen (H-D); B. Tim Klouser (H; D); 9. Greg Joop (H-D); 10. Joe Houpt (H-D). EX FINAL: 1. Marty Bushman (H· D); 2. Charlie Orr (H-D); 3. Jon Champlin (H-D); 4 . Del Beck (HD); 5. Dave Hebb (H· D); 6. Rick Wei r (RlX); 7. Rick Gruber (RlX); B. Greg Wage nknecht (H-D); 9. Steve Kasten (Yam); 10 . Dave Feggestad (H-D). JR FINAL: 1. Darell Davis (W- R); 2. Dave Camlin (W-R); 3. Recil Hart (Rtx); 4. Kris Kiser (Hon); 5. Jim Hauptma n (Hon); 6. Marc Giffo rd (H-D); 7. Matt Yoho (H-D); B. Jim Sumner (H-D); 9. Danny Pow ell (H-D); 10. Scott Rothsch ild (Hon). ILLINOIS STATE C'SHIP: 1. Del Beck (H-D); 2. Dave Hebb (H-D); 3 . Rick Gruber (RlX); 4 . Mike Ragan (H-D); 5. Charli e Braasch (H-D);' 6. Bob Brooks (W-R); 7. Greg Wage nknecht (H-D); B. Jon Champlin (H-D); 9. Tom Colson (H· D). Oster, Hart top Gold Cup opener By Clay Light 36 ALBANY , OR, AUG. 23 Steve Oster and Grayson Hart were winners in th e 125 and 250cc Pro classes at round o ne of th e Yam ah a Gold Cup Seri es held at Albany Supercro ss. Over 30 riders were o n h and , repres enting Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Canada. All three Pro classes were won by I-I sweeps . The first came from Oster wh o won the first 125cc Pro moto over Scott Steffy, H art, T ony Graves and Kenn y Losen . Moto two was much more exciting as H onda-mounted Brian Birkestol sto le th e lead at th e drop of th e gate with Brian Thomson and Oster close behind. Near last ' were Hart a nd Steffy. Oster moved past Birkestol on the fourth lap, leaving Birkestol to join a five rider swapfest for second which included Olsen, Larry Jackson , Thomson, Smail and Mike Bell . The motos first casualty was Miller Products sponsored Thom son , whose machine sounded bad by lap six. Bell was fastest through traffic, moving from a midpack start to . fourth. Bell nabbed Olsen and Jack- son to settle into second all by himself. Catching Oste r would be impossibl e since the Kawasaki rider had built up a 15 seco nd lead. Oster too k th e win with Bell , Ol sen , Steffy, Smail, Graves and Hart in tow. Hart shot out fron t of 18250cc Pros in the first rnoto, followed by Jack- . son and Steffy. After six laps, J ackson dropped back which moved Steffy into second with Sm ail , Ch apman and Nick Blasdell trailing. Blasdell, in hi s first Pro ra ce, passed Ch apman and Smail, but o nly for a lap. That 's when Chapman and Smail jo ined Steffy for a second pl ace battle, which went Steffy's wa y. The moto win, however, went to H art. Third was Smail over Blasdell , Graves, Dennis Sweeten and Dan Wolff. Chapman tim ed th e starting gate precisely for th e second moto and put his Honda out front of Steffy. Steffy got th e squeeze in tum one, went down and rem ounted in last. Chapman led Graves, Blasdell , Sma il and Jackson on lap one and left th e co m pe ti tio n well behind. His smooth riding helped him open up a huge lead by lap three. Ch apman, unaw ar e th at H art was wit h in striking range by th e midwa y point, . slowed, all owing Hart to take th e lead with four laps to go . Ch apman held o n for seco nd pl ace, but a first moto 10th placed him ou tside th e top five. T rail in g Ch apman was Blasdell , Graves a nd Smail. Results 125 PRO: 1. Steve Oster (Kaw); 2. Scott Steffy (Yam); 3. Kenny Olsen (Kaw); 4 . Tony Graves (Hon); 5. Grayson Hart (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (Kaw); 2. Nicky Blasdell (Kaw); 3. Lance Smail (Kaw); 4. Scott Steffy (Yam); 5. Tony Graves (Hon). OPEN PRO-AM : 1. Phil l arson (Yam); 2. Scon Williams (Hon); 3. Kurt Stevens (Hon). Curry wins twice at Cycleland Speedway By R.C. Jones CHICO, CA, AUG. 23 A double win does not come often, but Robert "Kid" Curry, spo nsored by Napa ' Cycle Salvage/B&W Machine Welding, took home the money and a trophy wi th a double victory by winning the Handicap and Scratch ma in events tonight at Cycleland Speedway. Curry dialed in th e long track quickly with wins in his Handicap and Scratch heats. Curry transferred SCRATCH: 1. Robert Curry; 2. Jim Sisemor e; 3 . Mike Parsons; 4 . Steve Crawf ord. HDCP: 1. Robert Curry; 2. Bob Hicks; 3 . J im Sisemore ; 4. M ike Kain . 0 -2 : 1. Bryan Henr ikson; 2. Charlie Venegas ; 3 . Mark Wall ace; 4 . Steve Martynese. JR: 1. Dustin Schroeder; 2 . Jason Smith; 3 . Tommy Hedden; 4 . Shawn Jackson. McMurter dominates Nova Scotia RR By Jo hn Doherty SCUBENACADIE, NS, CANADA JU L Y 19 . A gruell ing 80-hour transcontinental driv e from Laguna Seca, Californ ia, to Nova Scotia 's Atlantic Motorsport Park paid ' off big for Yamaha Motor Canada's Superbike star Ru eben McMurter. After 25 ' minutes of hot work, th e London, Ontari o, based rider snagged his third Canad ian Motorcycle Association number one pl at e on his Shoei/ Dunlop/Treen Leathers Yamaha FZR750R in a victory measured by in ch es over Rothmans Honda rider Paul MacMillan, of Markham, Ontario, wh o set a lap record in th e closing stages of the ra ce. Although MacMillan 's Leitner & Bush Honda VFR750 started from th e pol e, McMurter led off th e line. On lap two, fiest y Quebec Yamaha rider T om Douglas plunged down the turn o ne sweeper on the outside of McMurter and bolted past him at _ the hairpin. Douglas lost the front end braking for the next turn and was lu cky to escape with just a broken big toe. The next 18 laps settled into a fierce contest between McMurter's Yamaha and MacMillan's hardbraking Honda. AMP 's 1.6 miles and . turns feature seven elevation changes and favor strong midrange and p lenty of ground clearance. MacMillan used all of his, ending the race with a bleeding foot and a new lap record of 1:14.03, but he could only hold off McMurter for a comer or two each time he took the lead. At the fina l co mer MacMillan barged past McMurter with all guns blazing, but McMurter squeaked past him . right at the finish line. The second annual CIOO New England/New Scotland Ma tch Race pitted Atlantic Canada's top six Middleweight Modified Production Experts against a strong team of Americans for a 25-lap dash. A $3000 purse awarded for the winning team , brought out the best in the visiting team. As in the 1986 race, Rothmans' Honda rider Johnny Ramsay set a scorching pace from start to finish , settting a lap record only 1.7 seconds off MacMillan's Superbike time, but it was Connecticut yankees Chris D'Aluisio, Bill Blythe and Gary D'Aluisio with Stephen Nogv eira of Massachusetts, filling second through fifth on th eir Honda Hurrican es, turning the tables on th e New Scotland team. Each went home $500 richer. Results . S/ BK: 1. Reube n McM urter (Yam); 2. Paul MacMillan (Hon); 3. Johnny Ramsay (Hon). F-1: 1. Paul Ma cMi llan (Hon); 2. Pet er lusby (Kaw); 3. Jo hnny Ramsay (Hon). R·Z CUP: 1. Steve Burke; 2. larry Johnston; 3. Darren Mi ller; 4 . Don Munroe; 5. Stan Rich. M /W M OD PROD EX: 1. Jo hnny Ramsay (Hon); 2. Gary D'Al uisu (Hon); 3. Chris D'Aluisio (Hon). H/W PROD: 1. Johnny Ramsay (Hon); 2. Clyde MacDonald (Kaw); 3. Tom Douglas (Yam). MATCH: 1. NE Team (41 pts); 2. NS Team (37). JR MIW M OD PROD: 1. Tim Macleod (Hon); 2. Bru ce Mossman lKaw ); 3. Brian White (Hon). .Hollien cleans up in Montour Falls Trials By G . Brinkwart MONTOUR FALLS, NY, AUG. 23 Cecil Hollien won the Montour Falls Trials event with a score of 14 and six cleans over the T ed Kellogg designed course. Hollien had hi s Yamaha in tune and was th e on ly rider to' clean section number 10 all da y. Number 10 started at the bottom of a hill and snaked its way upward. Just as the hill was at its steepest part, riders had to cro ss an 18" log at a 450 an gle. Those riders who didn't ge t "high sided" and tossed over their handlebars had their hands full not to wheelie backwards or spin out in the loose dirt.Hollien tied Chris Arnold in total points for the da y. The tie was broken on clean rides and Holiien had six more cleans giving him the premier spot. Afterwards Hollien commented, "It was another , j

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