Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

en en w ~ z a: w ~ 0 w u. I ..J 0 .. a: >- 0 ..... 0 ... r- :I: 00 ~ ,......; 0 .. ~ l-l a.; ,.0 s a.; ..... 0a.; crJ Daemyn Olson (691) leads 125cc Expert winner Robbie Engstrom at Midway Recreation Park. Olson finished third overall. Donaho dominates MidwayMX By Rolfe Otterness KELLOGG, MN, SEPT. 7 Pat Donaho cranked out two moto wins to top the Mini Senior class at the final race of the season for the Midway Recreation Park. The first moto saw Donaho edge out Cory Keeney, who had to pass Dan Albright and Eric Metzger and later Keeney to, take the runner-up position. Bryan Hunt roosted the pack of 125cc Experts down the long start straight to grab the lead in the first moto. Troy Dollansky and Richard· Burns closed in for the 2-3 positions. Robbie Engstrom was on the move after an eighth-place start and took over third on the second lap as Bums dropped back. Engstrom blew by Dollansky on the next lap and closed on Hunt, That was it for the moto as Engstrom couldn't find a way by Hunt despi te pressnring· him hard on the last lap: Dollansky and Daemyn Olsen rounded out the top four. Vac-Lyn Enterprises-supported Olsen grabbed an early lead in the second moto. Engstrom and Hunt cruised in second and third behind Olsen for the first two laps, then Engstrom pulled out the stops and took the lead. Olsen held on to take second at the checkered, with David Tait and Dollansky dropping Hunt to fifth. Don Schmit anhihilated the 250cc class with superhuman speed in both motos. Back in the real world James Scott Jr. topped Tim Bernloehr a!1d Troy Dollansky for the Amateur WIn. In the second round, Chris Hughes made up (or a crash-filled fi:st moto, taking second behind Schrmt for top Amateur. Tim BetnlochI ran a strong second to claim the overall win for the day. Pat Riley and Todd Osman ran in a tight formation behind Bernloehr for third and fourth place. Results 30 125 YTH: 1. Chad Cunningham; 2. Doug Oekeyrel; 3. Ross Wareberg. MINI P/W: 1. Mike Atkinson; 2. Craig Cunningham; 3. Jim Povolny Jr. MINI SR: 1. Pat Donaho; 2. Corey Keeney; 3. Dan Albright. MINI JR: 1. Mike Atkinson; 2. Alan Dekeyrel; 3. Jim Povolny Jr. SR 30+: 1. Johnny DeOtis; 2. Fred Fredrickson; 3. Jim Povolny. SR EX: 1. Rick Munson; 2. Mike Gra~; 3. Bruce Brainard. 40+: 1. Roger Ni_ielski; 2. Richard Pete($O<1; 3. Marlon Illy. 125 NOV GRP 1: 1. Travis Brown; 2. Corey Holcomb; 3. Roy Jorgensen. . 125 NOV GRP 2: 1. Chad Cunningham; 2. Brandon McKean; 3. Daniel Meyar. 125 INT: 1. Dan Albright; 2. Todd Lentz; 3. Peter McKuth. 125 EX: 1. Robbie Engls1rom; 2. Bryan Hunt; 3. Oaemyn Olsen. 250 NOV:: 1. Scott Franzose; 2. Spencer Lenz; 3. Mike Adnerson. 250 INT: 1. Brian Oeltzjen; 2. Jay O"""an; 3. Keith Danielson. 250 EX: 1. Tim Bernloehr; 2. James Seon Jr.; 3. Pat Riley. OPEN NOV: 1. Scott Fran.ose; 2. Kim Filler; 3. Mark. Similanich. OPEN INT: 1. Alan Wandling; 2. Bruce Brainard; 3. Rick uliano. OPEN EX: 1. Jeff Sorensen; 2. Scott Miller; 3. John Pons.. Hawthorne, Upshaw top Summer Set MX By Barry Thornhill N. LITTLE ROCK, AR, SEPT. 6 Dennis Haw.thorne dominated 125cc Expert action and Jason Upshaw came out on top in the 250cc Expert division during Arkansas' biggest annual MX event, Summer Set '87, held in North Little Rock's Burn's Park on Labor Day. Expert action in the 125cc class saw Carrol Richardson rush to an early lead, followed by Don Hudson and Jason Langford. Lap two saw Langford move by Hudson with Hawthorne, Billy Whitley and Jason Upshaw in tow. By lap six, Hawthorne had moved by Hudson and had set his sights on the leading duo of Richardson and Langford. On lap 10, with twO laps remaining, Hawthorne moved past Langford and closed within inches of leader Richardson. The two riders raced side-by-side for the final two laps until Hawthorn-e passed Richard on only two tuIDs from the finsh to take the lead and moLO win. Richardson LOok second, Langford finished third, Hudson nailed down fourth and finishing £i£th after a dead-last start was Terry Tinney. . The second moLO saw Hawthorne pick up where he left 0(( in moto one - out front. He was followed by Langford, Upshaw and Tinney. The order s.tayed the same throughout most of the race until Upshaw and Tinney moved past Langford and Clay Honeshell in LOW. Upshaw and Tinney pressured Hawthorne right to the £lag, but all attempts to get past were fruitless. The leading trio was followed home by Langford and Honeshell, At the startof 250cc Expert action, Upshaw put his Honda at the front, followed by the Kawasakis of Honeshell and Hawthorne. The riders ran close for the entire 12 laps, leaving the pack behind. The top three positions remained unchanged all the way to the checkered £lag. The second moto saw Upshaw once again run away from the pack, with Mike Stahlman second and Honeshell third. At the stan of the 250cc Intermediate class, the man picked to win it all, "Bullet Ben" Theriot, went down in turn one. While Theriot got his Kawasaki restaIted, Clint Jones was out front running away. At the end of lap one, Jones had a huge lead over Jerry Benner and Mike McCutchen with Theriot already up to six th place after his first turn mishap. As the pack came around for the white £lag, Jones led with Theriot closing fast and Steve Ashcraft moving into third. As Jones came around for the checkered flag, he could feel pressure from Theriot, but held on for the win. Theriot took second and Ashcraft finished third. Theriot lined up just inside Jones for the start of moLO two. As the gate fell, the two were side-by-side into turn one with Theriot on the inside, pivoting his Kawasaki into first place. "{hree turns after the s~rt, Theriot had left Jones and the held behind. At the finish it was Theriot, followed by Jones and Cagivamounted David Mitchell. Results 60 MINI: 1. Kevin Windham; 2. Robbie Reynard; 3. Freddie Mitchell; 4. Joffrey Easley; 5. Kevin Seamans. JR MINI: 1. Robbie Reynard; 2. Kevin Windham; 3. Freddie Mitchell; 4. Richard Ibison; 5. Joffrey Easley. SR MINI: 1. Heath Kirkland; 2. Jo Jo Falla; 3. Kenny Howard; 4. Michael Lord; 5. Trey Owens. 125 NOV: 1. Joe Thornton; 2. Eric Ehrenberg; 3. Bred Smith; 4. Tommy Wilson; 5. Paul Hudkins. 125 INT: 1. Ched Montero; 2. John Garner; 3. Mark Stahlman; 4. Jeff Hansor; 5. Tommy Whitney. 125 EX: 1. Dennis Hawthorne; 2. Terry Tinney; 3. Jason Langford; 4. Carrol Richardson; 5. Jason Upshaw. 250 INT: 1. Ben Theriot; 2. Clim Jonas; 3. David Mitchell; 4. Steve Ashcraft; 5. Allen Steele. 250 EX: 1. Jason Upshaw; 2. Clay Honeshell; 3. Mike Stahlman; 4. Oennis Hawthorne; 5. Billy Whitley. SR: 1. Robby Reynard; 2. Mike Lambert; 3. Kenny "'eyton; 4. David Grindley; 5. Jack Horton. TRAILBLAZERS: 1. Steven Travis; 2. Bunon Crawford; 3. Britt Fogg; 4. Greg West; 5. Everett Ratliff. Holeman hammers Illinois Scrambles By Bill Holt NEOGA, IL, SEPT. 6-7 Doni Holeman and the Bertilino Produce Honda have eaten a lot of dirt at the back of the pack over the past few seasons but this year things have started LO change. This weekend Holeman moved to the front and won the 250cc class on both days at the annual Central Illinois M/C Labor Day double-header scrambles. Holeman took a high line through the first turn of Sunday's race, passing four riders and taking the lead. Bart Schmulbach worked his way through the pack and grabbed the lead two laps from the checkers but Holeman came back and used his fast high line through turns one and two LO take back the lead and hold on for the win. Schmulback was right behind with Steve Shank and BIuce Robinson taking third and fOUIth. On Monday Holeman used another of his fast lines through the first two turns to grab the lead and was never headed. Schmulback again came close but couldn't get by. Dan Carter and Dana McNeil filled out the LOp four. The 50cc class has been a ballle all season between Shane Garrison and Shannon Wright: Both days saw similar races with Wright getting away first to take the lead only to give way in the late laps to Garrison's faster ride. Randy Smith sellled for third bOlh days and Mike Hall followed him home on both days. Steve Hall and the Prairie ~ycle/ DC Cycle Honda were runaway winners in the 80cc class on both days with Garrison and Reid Ceponis chasin~ him home. DaVld Stanfield chased Shane Landen undeI the checkers' on Sunday in the 125cc class but on Monday point leader SCOll Huff added to his point lead with a runaway win over Landers and DC Cycle pilot, Bryan Graybeal. Terry LeHler showed the form that won him the 200cc series ti tle last year by nabbing both wins in stylish fashion over Les Shack man and Mike Collier on Sunday and Schackman and Greg Pickens on Monday. Shackman fought off Bob Collier and Greg Calley for the 400cc class glory on Sunday but had to deal. with Mike Tipton on Monday. TIplon slid his way around the pack on the .second lap to take the lead and was , never headed. Tom Sutton worked his way up to steal the second spot from Mark Augenstein and Greg Calley. The 500cc class on Sunday was a battle between Phil Jones, Reed Bertilino and Kyle Long. That's how they came out of turn two the first time and although they ran side-byside through most of the corners that's how they finished. On Monday Jones found another qualified challenger in Rick Knuth and his Evan's Construction/DC Cycle Rotax. Jones again got through the first tum first in front of Knuth and Bertilino and fought 0(( the challenges from Knuth for his second win in two days. Bart Schmulback got by Reed Bertilino on the last lap for third with Aaron Crockett fifth. The Senior class is always one of - the most competitive races. Sunday's race saw Steve Hopper hold 0(( the challenges of number one plate holder Les Eslinger and Greg Calley for the win. Monday's race was an instant replay with more passing as Hopper again used the home track advantage to grab the win from .Eslinger and Calley. Rick Anders led most of the Pro final on Sunday but his motor failed and he gave way to Gary Jones and Bruce Robinson. Monday, Jones got out quick but couldn't keep Kevin Seivers behind him and ended up chasing Seivers under the checkers with Robinson again taking third. The last race of the day on Monday was the CIM/C Challenge. With a special purse up for grabs and all. of the Amateurs and Pros eligible the fastest of each class lined up to go for the pot. Knuth and the Evans/ DC Cycle Rotax got out quick and proceeded LO fend 0(( Bertilino and Kyle Long. Bertilino and Long hounded Knuth at every turn but Knuth held them 0((. Results SUNDAY 50: 1. Shane Garrisson (Yam I; 2. Shannon Wright (Yam); 3. Randy Smith (Yam); 4. Mika Hall (Yaml; 5. Justin Pilson (Suz). . 60: 1. Shane Garrisson (Yam); 2. Reed Ceponis (Kaw). BO: 1. Steve Hall (Hon); 2. Shane Garrisson (Yam). 125: 1. Shane Landers (Kaw); 2. David Stanfield (Kawl. 200: 1. Terry Leffler (Yam); 2. Les Sheckman (Hon); 3. Mike Collier (Su.); 4. Greg Pickens (Suz); 5. Jim Kidman (Su.). 250: 1. Doni Holeman (Honl; 2. Ban Schmulbach (Hon); 3. Steve Shank (Yam); 4. Bruce Robinson (Yam); 5. Dan Carter (Hon). 400: 1. Les Schackman (Hon); 2_ Robert Collier (Hon); 3. Greg Calley (Yam); 4. Petec Barnosky (Yam); 5. Mark Augenstein (Bul). .500: 1. Phil Jones (RlX); 2. Reed Bertilino (HOI; 3. Kyle Long (RlX); 4. Ban Schmulbach (H-D); 5. Kevin Seivers (Rtx). PRO: 1. Gary Jones (Rtx); 2. Bruce Robinson (Rtx); 3. Rick Anders (Honl. SR: 1. Steve Hopper (Yam); 2. Les Eslinger (Yam); 3. Roben Collier (Hon); 4. Greg Calley (Yam); 5. David Stanfield (Yam). MONDAY 50: 1. Shane Garrisson (Yam I; 2. Shannon Wright (Yam); 3. Randy Smith (Yam); 4. Mika Hell (Yam). 80: 1. Steve Hell (Hon); 2. Shane Gsrrisson (Yam); :f. Reid Cepoonis (Kaw). 125: 1. Scott Huff (Hon); 2. Shane Landers (Kew); 3. Bryan Graybeal (Hon); 4. Oavid Stanfield (Kaw); 5_ Scott Griggs (Yam~ 200: 1. Terry Leffler (Yam); 2. Las Shackman

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