Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

u.,-- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - --, u w z w a: ~ > a: a: :3 > '" ~ :r Q. ~d Key (34) leads Michigan GP winner Fritz In the early stages of the race at Grattan. 125 A : 1. Mark Peterson (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Claude McQuaig (Hon): 2. Michael Lehl1)ann (Hon); 3. Craig Ecken (Hon); 4. John Genllicore (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Bobby McClelland (Hon); 2. Kyle Myers (Hon); 3. Brad Stroller (Suz); 4. Wayne Bingham (SUl); 5. carl McQuaig (Yam). 250 B: 1. Justin Jackson (SUl~ 2. T.J. Brantly (Kaw); 3 . Clark Tanner (Hon); 4 . Roger Ambs (Yam)' 5. Lex Rowland (Kaw). • 250 c: 1. Chip Gallino (Hon); 2. Edward Garlin (Hon~ 3. William Tichenor (Kaw); 4. Fred Pree (Hon); 5. David Prince (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. David Adams (Hon t 2. Ernie Swann (Hon); 3. David McPherson (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Michael Mims(Yam); 2. Rick Perry (Kaw~ 3. Mark Bazine1 (Hon); 4. Mitchell Holst ein (Hon ~ 5. Ilretl Singe r (Yam ~ 15 ·24 VRS: 1. Mark Peterson (Kaw); 2. Ju stin Jackson (SUl ): 3. Clarke Tanner (Hon); 4 . David McPherson (Kaw ): 5. Dann ie Spradley (SUl). 25 +: 1. Alan Andreu (Hon); 2. David Ellis (Hon): 3. Roger Ambs (Yam); 4. Alan Lunsford ( H on~ 5 M ichae l M ims (Yam). . SR: 1. Jim Marchanl (Kaw): 2. Rohan Proctor (Hon): 3. Mike Reynolds (M·St 4. Roben Godfrey (SUl); 5. ~ich ael Smith (Hon). Beehive Enduro win to Dengler By Gene Jost MAURICETOWN, NJ , AUG. 30 The Competition Dirt R iders returned to the Mauricetown Fire H all to sta ge their 16th Annual Beehive ~nd!-"ro. an d Bru~e Dengler made this his first Beehive win by only dropping nine points. Rich Mollenkopf took Hi-Point A and eighth overall with a 12 point lo ss. A 14 point loss put Craig Mayer in to th e Hi-Point B SIOL Second overall we nt to Chris Puff, w ho finished with a 10 point lo ss and a broken toe. Chris said, " I just missed a tum a nd slammed a tree , but it didn 't hurt until I took my boot off." Ken Yankowski, Jack Lafferty, J r., Dr ew Smith and Gary Cutts a ll finish ed th e day with an I I. The " to u gh luck " of the day went to Kevin Bennett, wh o wa s leading until the CDI burnt out jus t before the finish. Bennett had Dengler by two secon ds at th e first em ergen cy check and 50 secon ds at th e second eme rge ncy check. Results GRAND CHAMP : 1. Bruce Dengler. H·PT A: 1. Rich Mollenkopf. H·PT B: 1. J . Craig Mayer. H ~PT C: 1. Dennis Zurawski. AA : 1. Chr is Puff: 2. Ken Vankowsk i; 3. Jack Laffeny. Jr . A 125 : 1. D. Gahm; 2. S. Read; 3. T. Phillips. A 200: 1. S. WoMersburger; 2. S. Amo rin ; 3. L Welch. A 250 : 1. D. May ; 2. M. Hoover; 3. M . Jones. A OPEN: 1. J: Smith; 2. D. Scollen; 3. B. Deveney. ASR: 1. R. Floegauf; 2.J . LaffenySr.; 3. D. Heider. A 4·STRK: 1. R. Bennell; 2. B. Kenney: 3. J . Smith. 55: 1. J. Cooper; 2. J'w. Smith Sr.; 3. J . Galie. WMN: 1. L Luhn : 2. N. Schlollerbeck; 3. E.L. Larsen. B 125: 1. D. Tucker; 2. D. Hiles; 3. M. Lane. B 200: 1. T. Topham; 2 . S. Aretz; 3 . M . Reszkowski. B 250: 1. J. Rosenberg; 2. R. Marcinkewicz; 3. M.D. Larsen. 50 B OPEN: 1. F. Burt; 2. A. Bucholz; 3.J .W. Morgan. Jr. Kling (421) and Dave Knapp B 4 ·STRK: 1. P. Emmons; 2. J.W . Austin; 3. J. Cushmg . B SR: 1. T. Ebersole; 2. R. Spano; 3. J . Nagengast. C 200: 1. C. Sm ith; 2. A. Williams ; 3. T. Steese . C 250: 1. R. Compari; 2. R. Aldakimov; 3. M . Kmett. COPEN : 1. D. Zurawski; 2. A. Frei; 3. A Ellis. C 4 ·STRK: 1. C. Crum; 2. E. Wanner; 3. D. Newton. TEAMS : 1. S.J.E.R. #1 Team; 2. Ridge Riders #1 Team; 3. D.E.R. #1 Team. Kling wins Michigan GP Road Race By Larry Lawrence GRATTAN, MI, SEPT. 27 East Lansing, Michigan 's Fri tz Kling out-lasted a talented field of ri ders to w in th e fin al r o u n d of th e Michigan Grand Prix Seri es. Kling, ri di n g the Human Race T eam's Yamaha FZRlOOO, won by 6.05 seconds over Dave Knapp and took home $1000 for first place. Kling wa s the only rider able to break th e series dominance of Wisconsin rid er Scott Zampach. Zampach, who won every one of th e previous six ~ichigan C?P. ra ces,. crash ed early In the 50-mile race wh ile battling for \ th e lead. Zampach a lread y had the 1987 Michigan G .P. Championship wrapped up prior to the finale. On the starting grid it wa s Zampach on the pole with Ed Key and Dennis Martin beside him on th e front ro w. As th e green flag was thrown , Key and Martin rocketed away while Zampach sp u n the rear wheel , getting a terribl e start. At th e end of th e first lap it wa s Key, aboard a GSXR 750 , Mart in , r iding a FZRIOOO and John Eidenberger leading the field. Key and Martin held th eir positions on lap two but Eidenberger ran Wide on a tum a n d lost five or six positions, while local favorite Kling had moved up into third. By lap four of th e 25 lap event, Kling took over th e lead. Key a n d Dave Knapp battled wi th Kling for th e front spot, Phil Pummell made a charge on hi s VFR750 Superbike , as did last year's Michigan GP Champion J im Knipp. Both were in a h eat ed, second place sk irm ish wi th Kn app a n d Kling looking in co n trol of th e ra ce, pulling out a two-second lead with a.strin g of one-minute, 29-second lap urnes. Pummell 's drive wa s short- lived On lap seven he los t co ntro l on th e last tum, ~~h i ng the VFR heavil y. H e was uninjured, .Nea rin g the half-way point, Kling still held th e. lead but th e Knapp/ Knipp battle for seco n d carried the m to Kling's back tire. T o add to th e exci tem ent Zampach had recovered from h is bad start and was into third followed b y the hard -chargin g Eidenberger. Key sat back in sixth by himself. Attri tion became a big factor in the next few laps. Jim Knipps ' TZ tossed h im 20 feet in the air during a 80 mph h igh-side. Next series leader Zampach crashed in th e last turn that h.ad already taken Pummel I. A few laps later , a crash club forme d on the co rner w hen Dav e Schmidt d u mped it th ere too. Kling backed down to 1:32s after building a 13-second lead with only seven laps to go, Key, si tti n g in fou rth, had decided to put it o n cruise, sensing a secu re $250 in th e bank. Suddenly Key felt a hard jolt fro m behind an d before he knew it he was on th e ground, out of th e race. "1 can't bel ieve it l" sa id an irked Key. "I was just going into endurance mode for th e final laps and (Gen e) Burcham boots me off." . Kling looked to have things well In hand, but suddenly Eidenberger made a strong charge, gobbling up hugh chunks of lo st ground on Kling. In two laps Eidenberger's FZR took the lead in an amazing comeback. Once by. Kling, Eidenberger pulled away , turning I :28s effortlessly. Eidenberger .was in the driver's ~ea t. All he needed to do was keep It on two wh eels for four more laps, but one careless mistake cost h im the ra ce. Eidenberger went off th e track in the tum-eight sweeper, th e fastest turn on the track, crashed an d was lucky to walk away. With only two laps to go , and a 13 -s~cond lead, Kling became very cauuous and rode the last two laps' at a I :36 pace. Kling crossed the finish line fist in the air, he had survived and won th e most im portant race a t Grattan, h is home track. Knapp took an easy second, followed by Martin, Burcham and T exan Jeff Harder. Jamie James and John Eidenberger traded wins in the GSXR seri es rac es. James won the B Production ra ce after battling with three o th er riders for th e lead. Eidenberger .took the A Product~on final with ease , pulling out a SIZable lead over Zampach in that race. Results A PROD EX: 1. John Eidenberger (SUl); 2. SCOII zampach (Suz); 3. Denn is Manin (Yam); 4. Tim Morri....y (SUl); 5. Jeff Harder (SUl). A PROD NOV: 1. Carl Masat (Suz); Z. Ray Voder (Sull; 3. Gregg Cook; 4 . Greg Karm (Suz); 5. Cleylon Petter (Suz). . B PROD EX: 1. Jam ie James (SUl); 2. John Eldenberger (Suz); 3. SCOII Zempach (SUl); 4. Dave Barnard (SUl); 5. Gene Burcham (Suz). B PROD NOV: 1. Carl MUSlt (SUl~ 2. Greg Karm (Suz); 3. Alan Benagnoli (Hon); 4 . Jeff Noordyke (Yam); 5. Gregg Cook (SUl). C PROD EX: 1. Ed Key (Hont 2. Mark Oldham (Hon); 3. David Klosterman (Hont 4. Andy Fenwick (Hon); 5. David Bissatl (Hon). C PROD NOV: 1. Alan Benagnoli ( H O n~ 2. Steve Ross (Hon); .3. Brell Cecchini (Hon); 4 . Steve Kok (Yamt 5. KeIth Merryfield (Yam). o PROD EX: 1. Andy Fenwick ( Kaw~ 2. Jerry Washburn (Yam); 3.Steve Pallerson (Yam); 4 . Randy Gaddey (Yam); 5. Kent Rie1hmiller (Yam). o PROD NOV: 1. Mall Winnacker (Kaw); 2. Craig Renck (Kaw~ 3. Joe Kniesly (Yam); 4. Bruce Long (Yamt 5. Doug Goeckel (Yam). A S/BK: 1. Denn is Manin (Yamt 2. Fritz Kling (Yam ~ 3. David Klosterman (Hont 4 . Kirk MoeI lenberg (Suz); 5. John Endrichd (Yam). B S/BK EX: 1. SCOII Zempach (Suz); 2. Dave Barnard (SUl); 3 . Jeff Harder ' (SUl ); 4 . Tim MorrIssey (SUl); 5. Ned Han (Yam). B S/BK NOV: 1. Carl MUSlt (Suz); 2. Thomas Nelson (Yam); 3. Clayton POIIer (Suz); 4. Alan Benagnoli (Hon); 5. Ray Voder (SUl). C S/BK EX: 1. Shawn Nicoloff (Hon); 2. Ed Key (Hon); 3. Fritz Kling (HOn); 4. Mark Oldha m (Hoo); 5. Randy Gaddey (Yam). C S.(BK NOV: 1. Alan Benagnoli (Hon); 2. Ben Cecchini (Hon); 3 . Kevin McWilliams (Yam) ; 4 . Eric LaCrule (Hon); 5. Steven Kok (Kawl. o S/BK EX: 1. Steve Pallerson (Yam); 2. Andy Fenwick (Kaw); 3. Rad Gaddey (Yam); 4. . Dave Knapp (Yam); 5. Larry Cohee (Yam). o S/BK NOV : 1. Paul Vitle (Vam);2 . Mall Wlnnacke~ (Kawt 3. Ch~is Morress (Yam) ; 4 . Den Kcsteraek l (Yam); 5. Craig Renck (Kaw) . . F-l : 1. D~ve Knapp (Yam); 2. Jeff Harder (SUl); 3. Shawn N,coloff (Hon); 4 . Denn is Manom (yam); 5. Carl Muffley (Suz). F-2 EX: 1. Ed Key (Honl; 2. Steve Taylor (H-D)' 3. Dan StOll (C·AI; 4 . Bob Newby; 5. Buzz Pritz. • F-2 NOV: 1. Tom Foerch (Yam); 2. Chris Morress (Yam); 3. Dan Salton (Yam); 4. Den Kosterack i (Yam ~ 5. carl Morris (Hon). : F-3 EX 1. Dave Bloome (Hon). F·3 NOV: 1. Tom Exinger (Kaw); 2. Jim Fisher (Kaw ~ 3. Gordon Hamilton (Kaw~ 4 . Nacy Morrow (Hon). MICH GP: 1. Fritz Kling (Yaml; 2. Dave Knapp (Vam); 3. Dennis Manin (Yam); 4. Gene Burcham (SUl); 5. Jeff Harder (SUl). CLBMN EX: 1. Dave Knapp (Vam); 2. Dale Wessener (Yam ); 3 . Buzz Pritt. CLBMN NOV: 1. Dan Salton (Yaml; 2. Carl Morris (Hon); 3. Paul Morris (Vam); 4 . Tom Exinger (Yam); 5. Jeff Johnson (Yam). VlNT 2: 1. Brian Morrow; 2. Randy IIIg (Nor). VlNT 3: 1. Randy IIIg erri); 2. Alan Tidbury (BSA) . POCKET ROCKET: 1. Je rry Was hburn {Vsrt 2 Tim MorrisSlY (Ya m~ 3. SCOll Zempach (SUl): 4 ' Ed Key (Sull; 5. Terry Galagan (Hon). • . Oxley aces Ascot Speedway Finale By Scott Daloisio GARD ENA, CA , SE PT. 17 Brad Oxley saved h is best for la st and won th e Scrat ch ma in event a t Chris A.gajanian 's Asco t Sou th Bay Stadiurn o n th e last regular n ight of the 1987 season. Oxley h ad one other win at So u th Bay Stad iu m during the year a nd that ca me in round five o f the. 1987 Na tio nal Champ ionship Series, Oxley jum ped into th e lead from th e pole posi tion w hen referee Phil Moon tripped the sta rt ing ga te. Northern California star Jim Sisemore ca me off second and was trailed by Bobby Schwartz and Phil Collins. Collins go t a b ig dr ive off tum two, Schwartz wa s trapped and dropped to th e ba ck while Collins a lmost went up th e b a ck of Sisemore. Collins again found some unreal dr ive as th ey came to th e end of the first la p. H e swe pt across th e fro nt of Sisem ore and almost knocked him d?wn. Fortuna tely nobody b it the dirt a nd th e ra ce carried on. Collins went the wi de route on lap three and tri ed 10 go a ro u nd th e tall leader but he couldn't ge t by. At th e end o f the lap h e tried do wn low but Oxley and h is Coors/ KLOS 95.5/Quak er State/ Sco tt Goggl es/Cirell o Racing Weslake main tained an adva ntage. At the same ume, Schwartz go t by Sisemore a nd mo ved u p to third. Collins gave th e outsid e o ne more try on th e last lap. H e found th e dri ve a nd sta rted to p u ll al ongside Oxley but time ran ou t an d Oxley wo n by a half a bike length. Collins claimed seco nd wi th Schwartz, who had so me thing let go at th e line, third. T he Handicap m ain turned out to be th e best of th e season on the so u thern California ci rcu it. When the dust sett led G ary Hicks took home th e hardware.for the win . . Trinon C irell o took th e lead from th e 10 over 30 yard line starte rs Hicks and Bill y Hamill. H amill go t by H icks in turn ' two to take secon d while Oxley found himself in fourth by th e end of th e o pen in g revolution. H amill went to th e inside of Cirello in tum two on th e seco nd lap but Cirello held him off: O ne la p lat er Hicks rel egated H amill back to th ird on the ba ck chute an d he wa nted to take a shot at Cirello. Hicks may have got by H amill bu t one lap later H amill reclaim ed th e place position. By th e h alfway point, H icks had a half of a wheel over Hamill a n d when Cirell o drifted off th e pole in turn fou r o ne lap la ter, Hicks p ounced. He a lmost got by the lea der and Ha m ill tried to ge t u nder both o f them . Ci rell o hauled it back down to th e pole and protected h is lead and the fans went absolu tel y wi ld. Cirello drifted wi de th e next lap a nd H icks m omenta ril y go t by bu t Ci rell o aga in recl aimed th e lead. Th ey co n tin ued to battl e until th e w h ite w hen Hicks, on th e Modul ar Casework Syst em s/Milne Bros.lSTP/ Quake r State/Fl anders Weslake , went by for keeps. Cirello battled with H amill on the last lap but Collins and. Oxley got by both o f th em for seco n d a nd third a t the ch eckered fla g. Results . SCRATCH: 1. Brad Oxley (Wes); 2. Phil Collins (Wes); 3. Bobby Schwam (Wes~ 4. Jim Sisemore (Wes).

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