Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z · set h is sights on Blair with only two ~ I laps remaining. Sa freed reeled in and :J :I: U en w U :J a: al > al ~ ~I Suzuki rider Joe Pittman scored three wins at Seattle Int ern at ional Raceway, including first in the Open Production race. son took firs t in the 0-9 class. Scott Landry came in secon d aboard hi s Honda and crossi ng the fin ish line in th ird wa s Kawasak i-m o unted j o na th an P lunkett. Results 0 / A EX: 1. Tim Sing leton (Yam). 0 / A NOV: 1. Jo h n DeLee (Han). AA EX: 1. J eff Plunkett (KTM t 2. Mark Jam roz (Han). OPEN EX: t . Kelly Crenshaw (Vam); 2. Frank Nugent (Han). 200 EX: 1. Kevin Taylor (Kaw); 2. Kelly Angelette (Yam); 3. Dw ight W heat (KawO. INT EX: 1. J im Chabi na (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Ken Hagen (Han); 2. Carol Oaquanno (Hus); 3 . Jeff A lbrigh t (Hon); 4 . Roderick Ryan (Kaw ); 5. Perry Comeaux (Han). 250 NOV: t , Glen Hunt (C-A): 2. Br ian Gattma n (Han ); 3. Mark Murphy (Suz); 4. Richard Wise (Kaw); 5. Wa~er Fairchild (Hus). 200 NOV : 1. Keith Reine (Kaw) ; 2. Kevin Flem ing (Kaw); 3. Brad M ininger (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. Robert W ise (Kaw); 2 . Matt Mathews (Hon); 3. Ammiel Kyson (Kaw); 4 . Donnie DiStefano (Kaw ). INT NOV: 1. Warren Scion ino (Hus ); 2. Raymond Batt illo (Kaw) ; 3. Ronn ie Sma ll (C-A); 4 . Bill Brown (Hus). SR: 1. Gene Kyson (C-A); 2. Ron Schn eider (Kaw ); 3. George Hoffe r (Kaw); 4. J ohn Smit h (C-A); 5. W alter Br unson (KTM) . WMN : 1. A lan a Richardson (Kaw) . JR: 1. Bubba Daquanno (Kaw); 2. Jaso n Reine (Han); 3. Shannon Pott er (Kaw ); 4. Daryl Joh nso n (Han). 10 · 12 M INI: t . Bobby Sm it h (Han); 2. Larry Peevy (Kaw ); 3. Ricky Gar ling ton (Kaw) . 0 -9 MICRO : 1. Clay Brun son (Vam); 2. Scott Landry (Han); 3. J onat han Plunk ett (Kaw); 4. Pee W ee Dom ing ue (Yam); 5. P.J . Com eau x (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Kevin Johnson (Suz); 2. Robert Kirk ley (Han); 3. Ronnie Nicov ich (Han); 4 . Aaron Vall et (Han). ' 200 BEG: 1. Chu ckie W ise (Kaw) ; 2. Kevin Pet ers (Kaw ); 3. Lion el Vead (Han); 4. Taun Vall et (C-A ): 5. Bill y W atson (Kaw ). Williams takes win at Seattle RR By Bruce Schulten 46 SEA1TLE, WA, SE PT. 13 T erry Williams surp rised himself a nd every body else by winnin g th e featured Seattle Cycle Center 600 Superbike Shoot-O u t on a Yamaha FZ600 a t Seattl e International Raceway. After dem onstrating th at Hurrica nes aren't in vincib le a fter all , th e Suzuki/Yamaha N orthwest ri de r sa id, " Th is ends a long, dr y spell. BUI what reall y mad e th e diff eren ce wa s m y new Yoshimura full- ra ce pipe. I'm reall y jazzed abo u t it." Winning th e morning four-la p qualifier gave Will iams th e pole position. H e used it to go od adva n tage, a n d led th e 10 lap ra ce right fr om th e st art. Goin g int o th e downhi ll turn three esses, Wi lliams wa s neck-and-neck with th e H urri ca nes o f Dick Wascher and Sh awn McDonald. McDo nald tri ed passing Williams in turn three, but got into a maj or slide. H e managed not to fall, but Wasch er , ca ndida te for th e seaso n class cha m p ionsh ip, wasn 't as lucky. Wascher fell in th e bushes, but go t up a nd reentered the race. McDona ld refused to let Williams off th e hook. On lap six h e dr aft ed h is H urri cane. past Williams , but cou ldn't make it stic k. His lin e into turn two was too wide, and Wi lliams grabbed the lead righ t back. Wascher h ad th e m isfortune to crash his Insul ate Ind us tries/Avon Hurricane in tu rn ni ne. H e was okay, but out for the da y. "T h e deciding moment probab ly came on lap eight when I set Shawn up with a couple of ba ck markers,.. said Williams after the ra ce. The two leaders encou ntered a group ofthem in turn nine. Williams got off the gas and sq ua red off th e co rner, passing them o n th e inside. But McDonald's attempt at an o u tside pass was blocked , a nd he lo st se ver a l bike lengths. Williams ' Mi chelin -shod Suzuki /Y amaha Northwest FZ600 was fir st to the wire, ahead of McDona ld , Lynnwood Cycle Barn 's Scott McMillan, Lynnwood Yamaha 's Steve Schaefer, and Greg Froberg's NES RA EX500. Froberg perform ed yeoman duty in his campaign to bea t joe P it tman for th e WM RRA n umber one plate. T he NES HA stalwart ra cked up se a so n poi nts in seven classes, incl udin g wi ns in 450cc Superbike and 650cc Bo1T on his trusty EX50 0 Kawasaki. But Bellev ue Suzuki's Joe Pittman sco red th ree wins, using a GS X RllOO to h ol d off Froberg's VFR750 Interceptor in the Open P roduction rac e. Sam So loman and Dan Day took GSXR750 s to founh and fifth . Safreed tops Ohio State MX C'ship By Drew Wolfe NELSONVILLE, OH, SE PT. 19-20 Yamaha-mounted Mark Sa freed won two o f th e three mot os to tak e th e o vera ll 250cc Pro h onors in th e Acti on Sports-h osted , Ohio Sta te MX Ch ampionship. . The two-day even t, which is a n a n n ua l AMA District II a nd District 12 challenge, co nsisted o f two heats o f su pe rcro ss ra cing o n Sa tu rday night and one h eat of mot oc ros s racing on Sunday. Nearly 2000 spec ta tors a n d more th an 200 riders saw Honda p ilot Ma rk Mussdown ho lesh ot rnoto one a nd lead most o f th e race until he fe ll i n a s h arp ri g h t -h and e r. Kawas aki -moun ted Mik e Bla ir th en moved to the hel m , fo llowed by Troy Smith on hi s- Suzuki a n d overall winn er Safr eed . Sa freed sta rted in last p lace aft er genin g ca ugh t in th e backdroppi ng gate. H e set a bli ster in g pace, knifing th rough th e p ack , a n d found himself in fourth a t' th e halfway mark. H e th en blew . by Smith in a rough wh oop section a nd p assed Bla ir in the same whoop section, but Blair held h is line and the y bumped in the right-hand turn w hi ch followed the whoops. Safreed nearly wen t over the bars to avoid ta king out Bla ir an d lo st valua ble ti me . With only one lap remaining; Safreed again reeled in Blair bu t it was to no avail. Blair kept h im at bay, ta ki ng the wi n by a wheel. Third went to Smi th and an inj ured Musselman took fourth . The gate dro p ped in rno to two with Kawasaki rider Roger Clause railing the first turn with the lead. Safreed, Bla ir and Musselman fol lowed. Safreed quickly passed Clause for the lead and n ever loo ked back. Clause was p icked off one- by-one by Bla ir , and Musselman and finished Iourt h with Blai r seco nd, and Musselman third. Mot o th ree was n ea rl y a ca rbo n copy of moto two. Again Sa freed took th e wi n. T h is ti me Mu sselman fin ished seco nd, Bla ir took third, an d Rog er Clause nabbed fou n h . Safreed took the overa ll, follow ed by Blair, Musselman an d Cla us . Yam aha p ilot j ames Eickel won five of si x m ot os in 125 and 250cc B action . Eicke l wo n every race exce p t th e first l 25cc B rn oto. Results . MICRO 50 : 1. Rusty Hann ing (Vam); 2. Karl Scan (Vam); 3 . Je romy Berwanger (Vam) ; 4 . J oey Balli nger (Vam). PIW 65 : 1. Greg Rand (Kaw ); 2. Brad Ritchie (Kaw); 3. Vincent Vernon (Kaw) ; 4 . M ason Holl y (Kaw) . MIN I J R: 1. Greg Rand (Yaml; 2. Vincent Vernon (Kaw); 3. Tom Pugh (Kaw); 4 . Brian Bowyer (Kaw) . , MINI SR: 1. Hayden Richards (Kaw); 2. Doug Flinn er (Kaw); 3. Richard Hoy (Hon); 4. Er ic Lena rd (Kaw ). SCHBV: t , Scott Davis (Kaw); 2. Carl W ill iams (Kaw ); 3. Ryan Smith (Yam); 4 . Blane A rnbu ster (Han). . 12 5 B: 1. James Eickel (Yam~ 2. Brad Davis (Kaw); 3. Shad W alker (Han); 4. M ike Hogan (Han). 250 B: t. James Eickel (Vam); 2. J eff Miller(Yam); 3. Mike Hogan (Han); 4. Norm Hardy (Han). OPEN B: 1. Jeff M ill er (Yam); 2. Matt Kell y (Yam); 3. Fran k Flinner (Vam ); 4. W .R. Hoover (Han). SR: 1. Stev e Donald son (Han); 2. Boyde Wo ij e (Ka w) ; 3 . Larr y Sho em aker (Vam) ; 4 . Rog er Shoemaker (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Joe Woo sly (Kaw); 2. Steve Gill ard (Han); 3. Scott Cuem eans (ya m); 4 . Coby Robb (Han). HIW C: 1. Br ian Hawks (Han); 2. Shan e Shiply (Han); 3. Russ Blake (Vam); 4. Tony Hall (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. M ark M usselman (Han); 2.'Chuck Reed (Kaw); 3.'Mike Blair (Kaw); 4. M ike Bias (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Mark Salreed (Vam); 2. M ike Blair (Kaw); 3. Ma rk Mu sselm an (Han); 4. Roger Claus (Kaw ). Paladino romps at BaylandsMX By Mike Vancil FREMO NT, CA, SE PT. 16 Dann y P al adi n o took his l 25cc H onda to an overall victory in the Open Pro class in th e weekly motocross at Baylands Ra ceway Park. The other three competitors in th e class were aboard large-bore machines. In th e first moto, Pal adin o co u ld far e no better than second at the ch ec ker s be hind wi nner Clayton Blood and h is Kawasaki. Pa ladin o wa s up and down through th e ranks like a yo-yo; he held every position in th e lour-man ra ce, an d hi s problems ranged from mi ssed sh ifts to misjudged corners. In th e second mo to , Blood crashed hard and did not finish . At the start of th e seco nd rnoto, H onda -m ou nted Craig Porter got the holeshot, but by th e second lap Pa lad in o h ad figured ou t how to quit making errors. Pal adin o q ui ckly moved by Porter to tak e over the lead. Late in th e rno to , Bru ce Ma nzo ni go t by Por ter. They fini sh ed : Pal ad ino , Ma n zon i a nd Porter , The moto had so me additiona l excitemen t becau se th e Pros were th e first -gate sta rters of a two-gate race which al so featured th e Vet Master class. One o f th e faster Vet Masters, Duane H ug hes, nearly ca ugh t th e tail ing Pro rider. F«;Jr H ughes the evening marked a double moto victory. Mike Lane and Larry Baker finished second and th ird. Both motos had th e sa me results. om In o ther class actio n, 125 and 250cc Intermediate rid er Eri c Pucelik had no one to race again st, so it was decided to p ut him in with a horde of juniors (10 in the l 25cc class and six in th e 250cc cla ss) and on ly a llowed h im a trophy if he bea t everyone . "' Not onl y did h e win a pa ir of first p lace tro phies , he ea rned them by styling a nd wowing the spectators. Results MINI BEG: 1. Norman Winter (Han); 2. Dave Kopel s (Kaw ); 3. Michael Winter (Han); 4 . Tim Ham ilton (Yam); 5. M ike Simonin i (Hon). MINI JR: 1. Scott Shade (Yam ); 2. Dan Reger (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Andy Bort h (Kaw); 2. Shawn McDonald (Suz); 3. Jeffrey Mantellano (Ya m~ 4. Robert Serena (Yam); 5. Ala n Ma rkham (Han ). 250 JR: 1. John Detwiler (Han); 2. Bren Vahne (Yam); 3. Randy Gavron (Yamt 4. M itch Cook (Kaw); 5. Gregg Lyons (Han). 250 INT; 1. Eric Pucel ik (Han).

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