Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z ~ 0 z « u. :::E =; e > al 0 f0 J: 0. rOO 0') ,......; ~ (.0 ,......; l-< Cl) ..0 S Cl) ..... 0.. Cl) o: John Gr ush (7 7 ) took wins in the Modified Production One division and the Formula One class at Brya r Motorsport Park. Ribolzi aces Casey HS By J . Ramsay CASEY, IL, AUG. 16 Ron R ibo lzi took the overall victory in th e AA Expert class at th e Lincoln Trail Mo torsports H are Scrambles at Casey. Ribo lzi, riding a 125cc Honda led the first two- la ps, dropped to second place for laps three and four when Tim Newell moved his 250cc Honda into the lead. Ribolzi recaptur ed the lead on la p 'five and was unchallenged for the remainder of the I I lap event. Second overall and winner in the 250cc class went to Pat Flynn aboard a Can-Am . Third overall 125cc class honors went to Jeff Mercer on a Kawasaki. Bill Baird won the 200cc class riding a Can-Am which was good enough for fou rth overall. The Senior class was won by H o n da mo unted Do n Rye who completed 10 la p s whi le Super Senior Harold Newe ll topped his class, turning in n ine laps. The Mini class was won by Jason Mulli n s, fo llowed by J a m ie Whipple. . Results 0 1A : 1. Ron Ribolzi (Han). MINI : 1. Ja son Mullins (Kaw); 2. Jamie Whippl e (Yam); 3. Char les Cunningham Jr . Kaw ). 125; t , Jeff M erc er (Kaw ); 2. Tim Hemst reet (Cag); 3. Ferd inard Aut (Kaw ); 4 . Steve Fisch er (Han ). . 200: 1. W ill iam Baird Jr . (C-A ): 2. Tim Jackson (C-A); 3. George Wills (Kaw); 4. Cliff M ull in s Jr. (Kaw) . 250: 1. Pat Flynn (C-A); 2. Bry an Kalaher (Han); 3 . Bruno Rudolf (Han); 4. St even Landes (Yam). 500: 1. Scott Taylo r (Yam); 2. Gordon Bradf ield (Han). SR: 1. Don Rye (Han); 2. J ame Clark (Yaml . S/SR : 1. Harold New ell (Hus); 2. Raben Gr ider. EX: 1. Ron Riba lzi (Han): 2. Craig Hayes (Hus). Walther wins WestwoodRR By Alice Macpherson 38 PRO 750 S/BK: 1. r om Walther (Hon); 2. Steve Dick (Han); 3. M ichel Merc ie r (Suz); 4 .Paul MacMillan (Han); 5. Tom Douglas. WESTWOOD, BC, CANADA, AUG. 15- 16 T wo days of intens e racing made more than a few cha nges to th e face of this year 's Canadian road race scen e. Before th e weekend began, Gary Goodfellow was th e rider favored to win big. He had just won th e round five Superbike National at Ca lagary the weekend before a nd h e was hot. Combined with hi s hom etrack adv antage, he was considered the rider to beat. That all changed on the start line of th e Superbike heat o n Saturday as Goodfellow's engine stalled as the starter's flag hit th e bottom of its arc. Wi th h is hand up, a dead engine and his pos ition o n th e front row, it was a d isaster. Goodfellow was hi t from behi nd by at least three other riders. The resulting ch ao s o f rid er s down, various bike parts, spilled fuel a nd oil, gawking sp ectators and working medics and marshals made it look like a war scene . Goodfellow and Lee Very were transported to th e hospital. Very was released later with bruises, scrapes and a headache. Goodfellow went into surgery; he had a ruptured spleen, n umerous broken ribs , a fractured tibia a nd severa l damaged vertabrae. Surgery went well and the nex t day he was tal king abou t keeping his commitments overseas b y the end of November. T he Pro Superbike fina l started with series leader Michel Mercier, w ith his Suzu ki Canada /Mike Cro mp ton-prep ared mach ine, only needing th ree more points to nai l down the nu mb er one pla te for an unprecedent ed secon d year . Mercier went from the pole position to lead th e firs t th ree lap s. At tha t point, both Steve Dick and Tom Wa lt her, on a -pair o f R o th m an s Hon da su pport bikes , slipped past. While Mercier did no t let anyone else by for the rest of the race , there was no q uestion that the battle was between Walther and Dick. It was on lap 12 tha t Wa lther go t past into first place and set a ne w lap record of I:08.2. Dick managed to retak e the lead five laps la ter righ t at the sta rt/finish . Then Wa lther g-ot him back coming through the hairpin with o n ly two lap s left. It was a photo finish with Walther's fro nt wheel crossing the lin e a mere six . inches in fro nt of Dick's; Results AM F·2 : 1. Geoff Davies (Han); 2..Todd Vaillan court (Yam ); 3. David Mo rr ison (Yam ); 4 . Greg Reid (Han). PRO F-2 : 1. AI Ingli s (Spx); 2. M ike Sull ivan (Han); 3. Darr in Gilmore (Yam); 4 . Doug Hn at (Yaml; 5. Ken Both am (YamI. AM OPEN: 1. Pet er Holzinger (Suz); 2. M ark Kowalski (Yam); 3. Ivan Reint sma (Yam); 4. Patric e Goyett e (Han); 5. J ean-Francois Leclerc (Suz). PRO OPEN PROD: 1. Steve Crevier (Yam); 2. St eve Dick (Han); 3. Darryl Fletcher (Honl; 4. Ken Lalond e (Yam); 5. Tom Dou glas (Yam). . SDCAR: 1. Roney/Ali ev (Suz); 2. Earn shawl Millard (Yam); 3. DailylHopkins (Suz); 4. Lovickl Falcos (Suz); 5. Gal elHart el (Yam). YA M RZ CUP: 1. Gary Parish (Yam); 2. Paul Hopper (Yam ); 3. Kevin M cDiarmi d (Yam); 4 . Troy Burstyk (Yam); 5. Dave Sjoblom (Yam). AM 400 PROD: 1. Sean Smyth (Han); 2. Larr y Visco (Hon); 3. Dave Klassen (Yam); 4 . Harald Glas (Han); 5. Troy Bursty k (Yam). AM 600 PROO: 1. Rich ard M it chell (Suz); 2. J eff W hite (Suz); 3. M ark Hill (Han); 4. Beno it Pilon (Suz); 5. Kip Wonl ey (Suz). PRO 600 PROD: 1. J im Dewitte (Han); 2. Tom Walther (Han); 3. Nic k Del ago (Suz): 4 . Bill Jen kin s (Suz); 5. Steve Dick (Han). A M 750 PROD: 1. M ark Kowalski (Yam ); 2. Pet er Holzinger (Suz); 3. Ivan Rein stm a (Yam); 4. Richard M itch ell (Suz); 5. M ark Hill (Han). PRO 750 PROD: 1. Steve Crevier (Yam); 2. Ken Lalonde (Yam); 3. St eve Dick (Han); 4. Dar ryl Fletch er (Han); 5. Tom Dougl as (Yam ). AM 750 S/BK: 1. Peter Holzinge r (Suz); 2. Mark Kowalski (Yam); 3. Ivan Reintsma (Suz); 4. Richard M itch ell (Suzl; 5. Andv O'N eili (Yam). Sadowski sails at loudon RR By Jim Fanion LOUDON, NH, AU G 15-16 Expert David Sadowski continued his winning ways by acing the P2 a nd P- I (Suzu ki GSXR 750 and . GSXRlIOO) divisions duri ng round seven of th e l G -race Lo udon Road Race Series , held at Bryar Motorsport Park. Sadowski clashed with Jeff Heino in the P-2 race, suffering through a neck-in-neck battle that saw Heino hound Sadowski all th e way to the checkered flag. Sad owski managed to edg-e a head on lap three, but co uld hold on ly a o ne-second advantage over H ein o. He ino push ed Sadowski 10 the wire but had to settle for second p lace mo ney. Mark Bougas shadowed Sadowski for the entire lfl-laps in th e Pol race. Bougas was closing on Sadowski as the checkers were thrown, but he too , had to settle for second p lace. The battle of th e weekend cam e in th e F-2 class . Honda -mounted Larr y Hanlon grabbed the holeshot and was gone, but a fierce ba ttl e for second developed between F-2 point leader Bill Blythe and bro thers Chri s an d Gary D 'Aluisio; a ll were mo unted on Hon da 600cc H urr icanes. The riders traded second furiously and ofte n raced through the corners three abreast. Blythe held the advan tage at the half way point, bu t Chris D'Aluisio passed Blythe a t the finish line to claim second. Gary D'Aluisio fell by the waysi de. Resu lts SATURDAY PROD 1 NOV: 1. Tim O'Connor; 2. Bruce Ctark; 3. M ichae l Cardenas. F- T NOV: 1. Dave laCroix; 2. Michael Glynn; 3. Ken Staveski. MOD PROD 3 NOV: 1. Jonathan Reheuser; 2. Thoma s Mu rray . MOD PROD 3 NOV: 1. Joe Ribei ro; 2. Jeff lillie; -, ' . 3. Greg Volk. F-3 EX: 1. Ed Abela; 2. Tom Vervi lle; 3. Craig Baldwin. F-3 JR : 1. · im Couns; 2. Dave Parks. T F-3 NOV: 1. A rmand Juneau; 2. Bill W eidn er . PROD 3 EX: 1. Paul Sharwell; 2. Tilian Bue ; 3. Richad Burd ick. PROD 3 JR: 1. Raben Wrubleski; 2. Lee Block; 3. David Eldredg e. MOD PROD 1 EX: 1. J ohn Grush; 2. Stevexcgueira; 3. Jon Dill ing ham . MOD PROD 1 JR: 1. John Enguess; 2. Cary Gorman ; 3. Bob Wr ight. HIW S IS NOV: 1. Tim O'Connor; 2. Bill We idner; 3. David Burrows. MIW S IS NOV: 1. Bob Waldmann; 2. Bill Gillis; 3. John lIIick. SUNDAY MOD PROD 4 EX: 1. Ed Abdo ; 2. Tod Hebert; 3. Tom Verville. MOD PROD 4 JR: 1. Dave Parks; 2. Joe Santoro; 3. Ron Franch ino. MOD PROD 4 NOV: 1. Bill Weidner; 2: Denis Forh ier; 3. Todd Shute. F-TW EX: 1. Jos Lamiroult; 2. Chris Haines. F-TW JR: 1. Lou is Hosszu. PROD 2 EX: 1. David Sadowsk i; 2. Jeff Heino; 3. Mark Bougas. . F-2 EX: ', . Larry Hanlon; 2. Chri s D·Aluisio; 3. Bill Blythe . F-2 JR: 1. Mark Reynolds; 2. Stephen Darcy; 3. Russ Katzenberger. HIW S IS EX: 1. J eff Heino ; 2. Bill Loomi s; 3. Tit ian Bu e, HIW S IS JR : 1. M arc Smith; 2.-'hn Leland . F-2 NOV: 1. Bob W aldm ann ; 2. Ken Stave ski; 3. Chip Carleton. PROO 1 EX: 1. David Sadowski; 2. M ark Bougas. PROO 1 JR: 1. Shawn Ross. F- 1 EX: 1. John Gr ush; 2. Bill Loom is; 3 . Brian John ston . F-1 JR : 1. M arc Smith ; 2. M ichael Kenney; 3. John Eneg uess. MIW S IS EX: 1. David Sadowski; 2. Chr is O·Alu isio; 3. M an Gordon . MIW S I S JR: 1. John Butt erman; 2. Dean Sull ivan. PROD 3 NOV: 1. Jon athon Reheuser; 2. J oe Ribeir o; 3. John Boudrow. PROD 3 NOV: 1. Thoma s Murray; 2. John Klucky; 3. Greg Cote . MOD PROD 2 EX: 1. Bill Loomis; 2. Gordon Bar rett 3. John Gru sh. MOD PROD 2 J R: 1. Chr istoph er Elia; 2. Ste phe n Decamp ; 3. Bri an Kent . MOD PROD 3 EX: 1. Gary D'Aluisio; 2. M all Gord on; 3. St eve Nogu eira. MOD PROD 3 JR: 1. Raben Wrubleski; 2. Lee Block; 3. Stephen Darcy . PROD 4 EX: 1 . Steve Lombard; 2 . Dav id Sing leton; 3. Jame s Whitak er. PROD 4 JR: 1. Joe Santoro; 2. Dave Parks. PROD 4 NOV: 1. And rea SOUlhwonh;..z. Chris Gould; 3. Stephen Hubbard. MOD PROD 1 NOV: 1. Bruce Clar k; 2. Devid laCroix; 3. Michael Glynn. Higuera hauls at Solado Scrambles By Mike Vancil H O L LISTER, CA, AUG. 15 The nex t to last ro und of. th e R&D En terprises-promo ted High-P oint Series for the Bolado Park track saw popula r J un ior star Jim my Higuera ta ke an impressive win ove r .a talented .scra mbles field and did so for his sponsor Val' s Plu mbing and several of that co mpany's employees who were attending their first ever motorcycle race. The writing was on the wa ll af ter th e hea t race for Honda-mounted Higuera handily won that. This gave him first choice of grid position for th e l2-lap final and he chose well but [ast sta rte r Anthony Mitchell was in th e bett er position goinng into turn one on the first lap. It took two la ps before H iguera was a ble to p erm an en tl y d isp la ce M i tche l l. Q uick to also get by Mitchell in the ea rly running was odds-on favori te Kevin Crowl ey. Crowley put together a la te race challenge but cou ld not do more than pu ll away from third .p lace action. That action resu lted in John Rodriq uez getting th ird. The win for H iguera was long overdue a nd was a popular one with the fans and h is fellow employee support team. Ni kolas Stevens and his Kawasaki too k the win in the popular 250cc Novice class . At the green starting light it was Stevens out in front. By lap two, regular wi nner Greg Sowle and h is Honda came up to challenge, but he go t into the first corner too hot o n lap three a nd ba led off. Taking second place beh in d winner Stevens and looking over his shoulder at eve ry o pportunity was Yamahamounted Tony Gordon. Gordon was followed home by previous feature wi nner Perry Lang. Results PIW: 1. David Lopez (Yam); 2. M ich ael Hannas (Suz); 3. Jesse Dawson (Yam). MINI 60: 1. Br ian Sghe iza (Kaw); 2. Matt Wi llard (Kawl. MINI BO: 1. Todd M aderis (Kawl; 2. Jeremy Tw ill (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Nikolas Stev ens (Kaw); 2. Tony . Gordon (Yam); 3. Perry Lang (Yam); 4 . Tracy Dawson (Yam); 5. Greg Sowle (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Tracy Dawson (Yam ): 2. Greg Sowle (Suz); 3. Tom Lacy (Yam); 4. Bob M eir ing (Yam) 500 JR : 1. J immy Higuera (Han ); 2. Kevin Crowley (Yam); 3. John Rodr iqu ez (Han ); 4. Anthony ,Mitchell (Han); 5. Clay Chambers (Hon). VET: 1. Bob Me ir ing (Yam); 2. David Emetl (Kaw). Munson wins Tanana Valley Fair SX By M.R. Edge FAIRBANKS , AK, AU G. 15 Norther n P ower Spo rts /S uz u k i Mo torcycle & Marine sponsored Erik Munson too k th e A main wi n in th e fir st ever Ta nana Va lley Fai r Supercross. Munson easily wo n his qualifier in ft ont of a large, partisan cro wd. Other q uali fier win ners included Kawasaki of Anc horage teamma tes Jim McClain and Ral p h Blanc ha rd and J ason Anderson. T he hometown favorite, Munso n , fo und himself in second after the start of the A main beh ind McClai n _ McCla in rode ha rd and seemed to tire out whi le Munson paced hi mself. By th e halfway mark Munson passed McCla in an d never looked bac k on h is way to the c heckered flag. McCla in finished second ahed of teamma tes Anderson and Blanchard . Results 80 NOV: 1. J osh Bende r (Kaw); 2. Chr is Carlo (Kaw ); 3. Lewis Grayton (Suzl. BO EX: 1. Wayne Simonds (Kaw); 2. Anthony W erner (Kaw ); 3. Brian Kohl (Kaw) . C: 1. David Sai lor (Yam); 2. Aron Poland (Kaw ); 3. Rick New (Suz); 4 . Rex Vandermeer (Han); 5. Frank Carlo (Kawl. B: 1. Jason McDonald (Yam); 2. Garren Simpson (Yam); 3. Leil Forsyth e (Kaw); 4 . Sam Mye rs (yam); 5. Eugene Cevasco (Kaw). A: 1. Er ik Munson (Suz); 2. J im McCla in (Kaw); 3. Jason Ande rson (Kaw); 4 . Ralph Blanchard (Kaw) : 5. Bruce St ingley (Hon).

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