Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

... ......... c-r . .... v ..0 .o ..., u o Jo.hn ~idenberger prepares to lap Bob Newby during the Illinois Grand Prix. Eldenberger won the GP. as well as the A and B Production races. Fisher fast at Castle Rock TT finale By Derryl Anderson CASTLE R O C K, WA, SEPT. 6 R ya n Fisher : Dave Bird /Knight Frames/Hogwash and D's Lea therssponsored, did a num ber on the competition to night and took home , first place money in the combi ned Junior/Expert class of the TT held at the Castle Rock Fairgrounds. It . was th e fina l night of a .two-day double pointer, bringing an end to racing this year at th e Mt, St.H elen 's Club tra ck. In the heat race Fisher got th e holeshot ahead of John Clayton Paul Peiroli and Ra ndy Roose. Afte; one lap Fisher began to pu t distance on the others while hanging it out on the high line. Meanwhile Roose started to make a mov e wh en a ll of a su dden his chain cam e off while going over the jump. Fisher went on to the checkered flag wi th 25 yards on Clayton, who had 30 yards on . Peiroli. In the other n eat race Del Schnitzer go t the scratch followed by Robert Froh~, Ron Adams and Billy Taylor. Schnitzer went to th e outside in a turn but found it tacky and lost it. Taylor used th e distraction to swoop everyo ne a nd tak e control of th e lead . On lap three Adams made a ni ce mov e on Frohs to tak e over second while Schnitzer wa s ca tch in g up. At the chec kered flag It was T a ylor , Adams , Schnitzer and Frohs. In th e main even t Fish er got th e scratch ahead of Roose, Schnitzer , Taylor, Cl ayton , Peiroli , Adams and Frohs. On la p o ne Rosse pulled off again with another thrown cha in and Schnitzer lost it once again. ~dam s w?rk ed his way up to third right behind Taylor. Fish er enjoyed a 2~ yard lead on Taylor, who continued to hold off Adams. O ut back Schnitzer wa s co m in g through traffic, but th e front runners were t~o far gone. At th e flag it was Fish er with th e win ov er Taylor, Adams, Clayton and Schnitzer. In th e 250cc Amateur main event J..P. .Simonsen got the holeshot and did It to th e pa ck, using his super smooth sty Ie. At th e ch~ckered flag the ord~r behind him was Ed Beyers, Jeff KIrk land, Kevin Bass John Bredfield and Bobby J 6hnso~ . Results 42 50 : 1. J os h ua Currey. 60 : 1. Noah Kirkland. 80: 1. Ryan A nde rson ; 2. Noah Kir kland ; 3 . Br ian Haymo re. 125 : 1. Eddie Gerr ish; 2. J.P. Simon sen. 250 AM B: 1. Don Conw ay; 2, John Wh itmore; 3. Pat Munyon. 250 AM A : 1. J .P. Simonsen; 2. Ed Beyers; 3. Jeff Kirkland ; 4. Bruce Wheaton. 250 PROI JR/EX: 1. Randy Roose. PRO-A M : 1. Speedy Kell; 2. Jim Perry; 3. Troy Yeo; 4 . Man Holden . ; i lll , " •. . 111.! lt iil J R/EX: 1. Ryan Fisher; 2. Billy Taylor; 3. Ron , Adams; 4. John Clayton. OPEN AM : 1. Kevin Bass; 2: And rew M ill er; 3. Kenny W heaton. 30+: 1. Robert M oran; 2. Mi ke McCl ain; 3. Man Holm. 40+: 1. Glen Nickerson; 2. Dan Kirk. Eidenberger sails in Blackhawk RR By Larry Lawrence S. BELOIT, IL, SEPT. 20 Wisconsin 's John Eidenberger had a h~yd~y at h js home tra ck easily . wmnmg three ro ad ra ces aboard his Port Washington Yamaha/Dyno J et/Dunlop Progressive Suspension S';1zuki GSXRIIOO and GSXR 750. Eidenberger's payday for wins in A Production, B Production and the Illinois G rand Prix ca me to more than $2400. ~he fact that a top field of compentors was on hand for the even t made Eidenberger's victories even more impressive. Jamie J ames of Louisiana has been on a ho t str eak lately on his Suzukis. James h ad back-to-back $2300 week ends at Grattan, Michigan, and at Oak Hi ll Raceway in !e.xas, but James wasn't too optimIstIC about a third win in a row after Eidenberger beat him by 15 seconds in a Iour-lapheat ra ce on Saturday. " I have n ever been beat th at bad," he said, "not even by Doug Polen ." Eid enberger elected to run Metzeler tires o n his Suzuki rather than hi s usual Dun lops. T he Metzelers seem ed to work very well in th e coo l co n ditions. Eidenberger 's fir st win ca me in th e Illinois Grand Prix, wh ere he ran away and hid from fellow Wi sconsin r!d~r Scott Zampach. Zampa ch fini sh ed seco nd aft er dueling ea rly with Jamie j a m es. J ames led the fir st lap of th e B Production final , but a fter Eid en berger ou tb raked James in turn one on th e seco nd lap , all J ames co u ld do was watch Eid enberger pull away. As th e rid ers lined up for th e A Production race , everyo ne figured th e only question was wh o would finish second behind Eidenberger. They were right; Eid enberger took com ma nd from th e start and by th e sixth lap had opened a 10 seco nd lead o n th e tense conflict for second between James and Zampach. . James. ~orked the entire rac e to get i n a posruon to pass Zam pach. With two la ps to go, he drafted past th e " Z-Man " at the end of the straights only to be repassed again seconds la ter . .Lapped traffic he lped decide the race for second. On th e last lap, James led but was coming up on a , bac kmarker and decided to pass o n the outside. Zampach dove underneath sweeping past both the lap p ed II I l illil l . a : I ' : 1 I I John Ashmead . set a new.track record of 1 :25.04 while on his ~ay to the Heavyweight Superblke Expert class w in at Moroso Raceway.'a rider and James. Zampach held on for second p lace by inches at the checkered flag. Novice rider Ra y Yoder took fo u rth place over Dennis Martin. "Th e biggest challenge for me during th e races was to control my throttle. hand. I felt I wanted to go f~ste~, but t~e ~rack conditions just didn t perrrut It. The tract io n just wasn 't th ere." said Eid enberger. Results A PROD EX: 1. Joh n Eidenberger (Suz); 2. Scott Zampach (Suz]: 3 . Ja mie Jam es (Suzl; 4. Denn is Martin (Yam); 5.Dave Klost erm an (Hon). . A PROD NOV: 1. Ray Yoder (Suz); 2. Greg Karm (Suz); 3. Clayt on Pon er (Suz); 4 . Dave Hansen (Yam); 5. Br ian Lantz (Yam). B PROD EX: 1. John Eidenberger (Suz); 2. Jam ie James (Suz); 3. Scon Zampach (Suzl; 4. David Barn ard (Suz); 5. Ed Key (Suz). BPRODNOV:1 .RayYoder (Suz);2.St eveRoss / (Hon); 3. Roger Lundsten (Hon); 4 . Clayton Pott er (Suzl; 5. Dave Hansen (Yam). C PROD EX: 1. Ed Key (Hon); 2. Eich ard Koegler (Hon); 3. Robert Dell e (Hon); 4. David Klosterma n (Hon); 5. Mar k Oldham (Hon). C PROD NOV: 1. Roger Lundst en (Hon); 2. Al an Bert agno lt (Hon); 3 . Br uce Ban (Hon ); 4 . Steve Ross (Hon); 5. Scon Kuhn an (Hon). o PROD EX: 1. And y Fenwick (Kaw); 2. Je rry ~:v~~~~~ (f.':n .); 3. St eve Pan erson (Yam); 4. ) o PROD NOV: 1. Man Winnacker (Kaw); 2. Dan Probst (Yam); 3. Craig Renck (Kaw ); 4. Andre Huff (Kaw l; 5. Daniel Larry (Yam l. A S/ BK: 1. Denn is Ma rti n (Yam); 2. Charl es Buse (Yam); 3. Jo hn Erdrich (Hon); 4 . Dan Schm in ; 5. Jay Rasm ussen. B S/BK EX: 1. David Barn ard (Suz); 2. Charl es Buse (Yam); 3. J eff Harder (Hon); 4. Mark Oldham (Hon); 5. Dan Thompson (Suz). B S/B K NOV: 1. Ray Yoder (Yam); 2. Bruce Ban (Honl; 3. Dave Hansen (Yam); 4. Clayto n Pott er (Suzl; 5, Gregory Karm (Suz). C S/ BK: 1. Buzz Pritz. o S/BK EX: 1. An dy Fenwick (Kawl; 2. Jerr y Washburn (Yam): 3. James Wr en (Yam); 4. David Folz (Yam); 5. Buzz Pritz (Kaw ). D S/B K NOV: 1. Dan Probst (Yam): 2. Craig Renck (Kaw); 3. Man W inn achker (Kaw): 4 . Stan Ma r. clnczvk (Yaml; 5. John Soliday (Yam). F-l : 1. Dan Thompson (Suzl; 2, Denn is Mart in (Yam); 3. Jeff Harder (Suz); 4. David Schm idt (Suz)' 5. Bob New by (Yam). • F.2 EX: 1. Bruce Peterson; 2. Ralph Farmer (Yam). F·2 NOV: 1. R.H. Tapscott ; 2. Tom Costello (Hon)' 3. J im Vau pel (Yam). • VINT 2: 1. Randy Ilig (Tr i); 2. Don Trees (Hon). VINT 3: 1. Jim Vaupel (Yam). St~~~~ :~c~: J ay Rasmussen; 2. Randy IlIg; 3. CLBM : 1. R.H. Tapscott (Hon); 2. Tom Costello (Hon); 3. Buzz Pritz (Honl; 4. Stephen Lammers (Yam): 5. Dominic Petit (Yam). IL GP EX: 1. Jo hn Eidenberger (Suzl; 2. Scon Zampach (Suz); 3. Ja mie J ames (Suz); 4. Ed Key ISuz); 5. Jeff Harder (Suz), IL GP NOV: 1. Roger Lundst on (Honl; 2. David Hansen (Ya~); 3. Brian West phal; 4 . David Shin e (Yam): 5. Bn an Lantz. Ashmead blisters MorosoRR By Joe McKay W. PALM BEACH, FL. SE PT. 20 John Ashmead shattered Thomas Stevens' track record ?n the way to Will n mg the Heavyweight Superbike Expert class and the $1000 Shoot-Out at Moroso Raceway. SCOtt Cantrell captu red the top hon ors in the G TO 50 mi le endurance race and in the H ea vyweigh t Supersports class. After retiring from th e u nlim ited Superbike race with a broken th rottle cab le Ash mead was ted n o ti me in taking the lead of the Heavywe4:ht Superbike event. On la p three Ash mead set a new track record of 1:25.04 on the 2.2 mile course. He backed off as he started running into backmarkers b ut.stayed in the low 1:26 range. Mark Chin fin ish ed second o n his Yamaha. In a ll the excitment over the new record, a serious charge to the front of the pack from the back row was missed by most of the specta tors. Kevin Blais, riding his Palmetto Kawasaki/NCL/ Pro Pad/ 750 started last, had worked hi s way II th th o d I . r.; a e way to ir p ace III seven laps, passing II other riders on his way. As the 50 Mi le GTO endurance race got u n derw ay Cantrell , on 'h is S O'I /S ki C' pectro I S UZ U I lly /GSXRII 00, quickly established a healthy lead RIck Sh b d h FI . • aw , a oar t e ylllg Tigers/Spectro O il s/ Mega Cycle Ca m s/ Sh oei / S.Dade Yamaha FZ1000 was ~usy working his way up from a ftfth p la~e start, passing Glenn Carlson, R ICk Herndon and ' R udolf Von L ignau. Cantrell, who has had Shaw sneak up on hirn . before, made sure he kept the throttle open, At the checkered flag it was Cantrell , Shaw, Von Ligna u and Carlson. Th $1000 Sh e oot-Out put the pressure on Ashmead when rumors c.i rcu lated that tl. e record was quesl tioned, As th ey h n ed upon the drag strip o nly 17 bikes dared to challenge . I b t ie Ig Honda. At the gre en flag it was Ashm ead with a full , co u r t h I' d b y thiIT d gear h e- w a s out ~ ee re an III front. At th e strip e at the end of Iap on e h e wa s setu. ng hi rirnself up for the record, but h e didn 't know he was no t alone ou t in fro Ill. Do ug Ch ancey was staying within two bike l e ngth~ for the first three laps. On th e third lap Ashmead again broke th e tra ck record with a 1:24.18. Chancey was still two bike len gth s behind running about the sam e time. Shaw, Cantrell a nd Bill Kelly held hi d t rr place through fifth and at th e chec kered flag th e order was the ' same. I n M iddl eweight Superbi ke Tommy Sloan led the first four laps with Don Jacks push ing to the rear wheel of Sloans' bike on severa l occasio~s. A,s th ey came u pon a slower rider III tu rn two Jacks dove inside Sloan and the backmarker and took over th e lead. At the fin ish line it was J acks by four seconds with New ton Hest on in th ird and Terry Dietz fou rt h. R ich Resta captured th e' Novice win with Mike Le hning in second, P at Johnson third, Bob Bossa rdet fourth and Kevin Noona n ' fifth. Results ENDUR 50 MILER GTO: 1. Secn Cantell; 2. Rick Shaw; 3. Rudo~ Von Lignau. .

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