Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

bined Pro class at CMC 's week ly MX, in Baylands Ra cewa y Park. Odds-on favori te J on Nelson did no t fare so well and had to settle for second place behind the younger and less experienced Mat so n. The fin al resul t hi nged upon the final rnoto , and the riders ended in a points' tie, but by virtue of Mat son winni ng the second moto the overa ll went his way. In the secon d mo to , Nelson go t tan gled up with fast-starting Bru ce Ma nzon i an d in trying to ge t ar ound him did n't effectively block Matson 's pass attempt. Fro m th at point on, Nelson p layed ca tch up. T his has been his specia lty at Baylands - start slow a nd pass everybo dy by the checkered flag. T his time it didn't work. Mat son held a two -bike lead goin g into the fin al corner o n th e fin al lap and crossed th e line with a three bike length lead a t the checkers. . Manzon i sho wed all the you ngs ters how to gut out long motos at th e dem anding Baylands' facility in the 500cc Pro cla ss. His starts ri val ed Mats on's and Nelson's for reaction and dig. Manzoni rode his CR Honda to two first place fini shes. Second in both motos was Gary Fargo on a Honda a nd third went to Clayton Blood on a Kawasak i. Phil Douglas took a pair of easy victories in the Vet Master class.and did th e same in the Open Intermediate cla ss. His mount for the even . ing was a large-bo re Yamaha. Results MINI BEG: 1. Bill Sayra (Vam); 2. Tim Ham ilton (Vam); 3. Kurt Goddard (Yam); 4. M ichael Winter (Han); 5. Dave Kopel s (Kaw). MINI JR: 1. Scott Shade (Vam); 2. Dan Reger (Han ); 3 . Norman Witner (Hon). MINI INT: 1. Danny Nelson (Kaw); 2. Ken Nolan (Kaw); 3. Tony Rodriquez (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Lao Salazar (Kaw); 2. Lance Bollen s (Han); 3. Shane Wright (Han); 4. Kurt Nelson (Han); 5. Alex McManigill (Yam) . 125 JR : 1. Lance Lucero (Vam); 2. Patt Gomm (Han); 3. Jason Warren (Han); 4. Joe Vella (Han); 5. Scott Mallory (Han). • 250 BEG: 1. Cecil Uglou (Han); 2. Andy Borth (Kaw); 3. Dennis Wheeler (Han); 4. Robert Serena (Vam); 5. Alan Markham (Han). 250 INT: 1. Eric Pucel ik (Han); 2. Bill Gerber (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Chris McDonald (Han); 2. Dave Henderson (Han); 3. Bill Coates (Han); 4 . Layne Castn er (Han); 5. John Bagot (Han). OPENJR : 1. Jon Nicolaus (Yam); 2. Brian Dickey (KTM ); 3. J im Carter (Kaw ); 4 . Ken Bookout (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Phil Douglas (Vam). , VET JR : 1. Joe DiVecch io (KTM); 2. Bern ie Reali (Yam); 3. Tim O'Hara (KTMI; 4. Bill Coates (Han); 5. Layn e Castn er (Hon). , VET MSTR: 1. Phil Dougla s (Vam); 2. Duan e Hughes (Han); 3. Mik e Lane (Han): 4. Larry Baker (Han). . or MSTR: 1. Don Swearing en (Hon) . t25/250 PRO: 1. Dean Matson (Han); 2. Jon . Nelson (Hon) ; 3. Danny Paladino (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Bruce Manzoni (Hon); 2. Gary Fargo . (Han); 3 . Clayton Blood (Kaw) . Hand cleans up Meadowlarks MX By Peggy Adamic AMH ERST, OH, SEPT. 20 H onda-m ounted Da vid H and cruised to an easy victor y in the co m bi ned l25/250 /0pen Expert class a t Amhers t Meadowlarks motocross race. Wi th H and totally domina tin g th e class with two wire-to -wire mota wins, J ohn Ruper and Barney Barnett diced for second. In th e first moto H and was ou t front at th e d rop of th e ga te with Brunswick Suzu ki's Ruper and H onda rider Barnett trailing. T hree laps into the mot a H and was already eigh t seco nds ahead wh en Barnett was abl e to pass Ruper. Hand finished with a com manding 25 second lead over Barnett , Ruper and Perry: Ru per, Dale Taylor and Barnett followed Hand th rough turn one at the start of the second moto. Within th e first hald lap Barn ett h ad dispensed of Taylor a nd was quickl y on Ruper 's back tire . Wh ile Hand increased his lead , Barnett worked on Ru per. The two riders rode tire-totire a d side-by-side throughout th e 10 lap race wi th Ruper inch ing ou t Barnett each step of th e wa y. While Hand cruised th rough the checkered flag, Barnett en ded his pu rsu it, passing Ru per with less th a n a half lap to the finish. Taylo r held fou rth. Kaw asak i-m ounted Bryan Jones increased his .CR A poi nts lead in both the l2 5cc Schoolboy and l2 5cc B class as he swept both cla sses with th e sam e I-I mot o fin ishes. Ho nda rider Tony Boyas ho lesho t the first l 25cc B mo to wi th Mik e Cain a nd J on es in tow . Two laps later J on es had worked pas t Cain and set his sights on the fro n t ru nner. Wi th in a half lap , J ones ca ught an d passed Bo yas for the lead. Boyas too k th e chec kered flag fo ur seconds behi nd J on es foll o wed by Ca in . Steve Woo ledge rou ted his H o nda to th e first turn ahead of Boyas, Ca in and J ones to start the second mo to. By th e begining of lap two , J o nes had dispensed of Cai n a nd foll ow ed Boyas past Wooledge. Boyas held th e lead for two la ps as J on es pressured for the top spot and took co nt rol wi th two laps re mai ning. Bo yas too k second beh ind J on es with Wooledge and Cain holding onto thi rd and fourth. Jones put togeth er two wir e-towire moto wins to sweep the Schoolboy cla ss. Both tim es ou t, Wool edge tra iled J ones by six seconds at th e checkered flag. Mike Howell pilot ed hi s Honda to victory in the 80cc 14-1 5 class. H owell won with I-I mo to fini shes as th e you ng rider too k th ehol eshot a nd ra n u p a sizable lead a head of the pack of riders. Gene Kelley and J ason Bal as swapped second pl ace fini shes wit h Kell ey finishing seocnd overall wi th 3-2 mo to fims hes to Bal as' 2-3 tallies. Ken Frankenbery dom in at ed th e 250cc B class as th e Honda mounted rider led from start to fini sh to win moto o ne. J ohn Hill foll owed th e leader through the first fou r laps, th en dropped to third after bein g stung by a bee. Mike Cain moved into seco nd . Cai n grabbed th e holeshot to start the second mota wit h Frankenbery folloWing . Su zuki rider Matt Reed held thi rd whi le Honda-m o unted Tom T im chak mo tored into fou rt h. Cai n gave th e h a r d r idi ng Fran ken bery a run for first as the two riders were never ·more than two seco nds apart. Ca in had co nt ro l of t he to p spo t thro ugh fo ur lap s when he slid th rou gh a turn and Fra nkenbery seized the opport unity to pass. Only a bike len gth separa ted th e two rid ers at the checkered flag, with th e win going to Fra nke nbery . Reed and Timchak held their places .th roughout th e race. Results 60: 1. Randy Salamon (Kaw); 2. M ike Salamon (Kaw). BO7 -11 : 1. Zak Schaefer (Kaw) . BO 12-13: 1. Jeff Wool edge (Han); 2. John Grasso (KTM); 3. Jay Hereh ey (Vam); 4. Joe Gerd es (Vam); 5. Mike Volak (Kaw). '-aO 14- 15 : 1. M ike Howell (Han); 2. Gene Kelley (Han); 3. Jason Balas (Han); 4 . Jo hn Gerded (Vam); 5. Frank Klanac (Suz). 125 SCHBY: 1. Bryen Jon es (Kaw); 2. St eve Wooledge (Han); 3. Bill Koleno (Kaw); 4. Chr is Renkin (Suz); 5. Jason Balas (Suz). 125 B: 1. BryanJones(Kaw); 2. Tony boyas (Honl; 3. Steve Wooledg e (Han): 4 . M ike Cain (Vam); 5. Dave Speigle (Han). · / 125 C: 1. Tim Lut es (Hon); 2. Chris Grasso (KTM); 3. Shane Peck (Han); 4 . Dave Dolesh (Kaw); 5. Kelly J ohnson (Kawl . 1251250 A: 1. David Hand (Honl; 2. Barn ey Barnett (Han); 3. Jo hn Ruper (Suz): 4 . Dale Taylor (Kaw); 5. Keith Perry (Kaw). . 250 B: 1. Ken Frankenbery (Han); 2. Mi ke Cain (Vam); 3. Matt Reed (Suz); 4 . John Hill (Han); 5. Tom Timc hak (Han). 250 C: 1. Henry Hauenstein (Han): 2. Kennet h Novak (Hon); 3. Dave Travis (Hon); 4 . Denn is Barr (Yam); 5. Denny Salamon (Han). SR 1: 1. Terry Deliman (Han); 2. Ken Frankenbery .. (Hon); 3. Henry Hauenstein (Hon); 4. Rodney Linn (Honl ; 5. Doug Bower (Kaw). SR 2: 1. Larry Myers (Kawl ; 2. Denny Salamon (Hon); 3. David Anthony (Hon); 4. Bruce Stoinfurth (Han); 5. Larry Coy (Cagl. OPEN B: 1. Dave Blauman (Han); 2. Rick Welton (Han); 3.Derr ick Sm ith (Kaw); 4. Joe Borsodi (Han). EXTRA: 1. Chuck Nicho lson (Han); 2. Tony Boyas (Han); 3. Art Jackson (Han); 4. Matt Reed (Suz); 5. John Hill (Han). o iii 9 ~ o 1= o u ttl ~ o J: c, Bobby Schwartz leads Phil Collins off the starting line in Inland Motorcycle Speedway action. Schwartz won the Scratch main. Schwartz tops IMS Speedway By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 23> Bobby Sch wartz was in th e wi nner's circle after posting the victo ry in th e Cycle Rider, In c. Scrat ch main even t durin g KBON 103.9 FM 50s Night at Inl and Mot orcycle Speedway. It was amazing th at Wednesday evening's action got underway a t all. Less th an two hou rs before th e sta rt of th e sho w, a heavy 20-mi n ute, rain storm saturated the facility. The trac k, p its and parki ng lo ts were flooded but quick wo rk by the trac k st<\ff a nd the Fou r-Wh eeled ATV competito rs saved the show and th e first race of th e ni ght bu mped off a t the sched u led time. T he ra in pretty mu ch eliminated the o u tside line bu t that failed to bot her Schwartz as he outga ted th e pack in each of h is three Scra tch rides for wi ns. Schwartz had the pole for the main wit h "Showtime" Bobby Ott at hi s right elbow. England's Phil Co lli ns was starti ng in ga te three wi th Gary Hicks on the outside. When the tapes flew up o n th e rain-slickened oval, Schwartz came off the lin e like he was shot ou t of a ca nnon and led into th e first turn ahead of Ott and Collins. Hicks kn ifed his way between Co llins and Ott on th e back chute and settled into th e th ird place spot. -. O tt p ut his rear tire on th e cushion and that allowed him to close in on Schwartz and h is CTI Brace/ Silk olen e/Bud weiser/C ir ell o Racing / Oa kley Weslak e. Every so ofte n O tt's tir e wou ld catch some tractio n and send hi m a little off co urse and th a t wo uld allow Schwartz to advance h is positio n. O tt switched to the inside o n the final circ ui t but Schwartz had him covered and took ho me another Cycle Rider , In c. trophy. Third spot went to Hicks with Coll ins tak in g • the wrap-up. T he previo us Wed nesday eveni ng, J ay G ia ne tti had his right foot peg snap whi le battling wit h the lead ers in the H andicap main. Th is week the you ng rider didn 't enco u nter any problems a nd he swept th e H andicap side of th e sho w. J on Boyer, off th e short yardage, came off the line first ahea d of Randy Beddow but Gian etti gambled and went to the outs ide o n the back chu te and went by both of the m for the lead. At th e sa me tim e Schwartz go t m ired in th e cus h io n and th at ended his !ropes of tak in g a dou bl e atIMS. G ianetti, o n th e Visio n's Graph ics Weslake, bu ilt up a good-sized lead but he had Bill y H amill powering hi s way throug h th e pack by th e end of th e second revolutio n . Brad Oxley, com ing from the back, passed Bo yer on lap five for thi rd and he, along with H amill , was slow ly closing in o n th e red-l ea th ered lead er. T he o nly problem was tim e. It wo uld ru n o ut before th ey co uld get close enough to mount a cha llenge. Wh en Sid Sutton threw the fina l H andica p main checkered of the seaso n it was Gi anetti chased across th e line by H amill and Oxley. Rod Sa unders found hi s way to th e IMS victory circle for th e second time of th e year in Support class actio n and the " Flying Chicano " T ony Gomez fou nd h is way there for the seco nd week in a row in T hi rd Division. . Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 2. Bobby Ott (Gdn); 3. Gary Hicks (Wes); 4. Phil Collins (Wes). HOCP; 1. J ay Gian elli (Wesl: 2. Billy Ham ill (Ja w ); 3. Brad Oxley (Wes). • SUP: 1. Rod Saunder s (Gdn): 2. David Perr y (Wes ); 3. Mark Coker (Wes). D-3 : 1. Tony Gomez (Jaw ); 2. Rick Seip (Jaw); 3. Bobby Stillwell (Wesl. Brown, Chester smoke Muddy Creek MX By Sam R. Gammon BLO U NT VIL L E, TN, SEPT. 20 Mike Brow n and j irn Chest er, both domina ting fig ur es during the '87 raci ng seaso n, co nt in ued their winning wa ys at Mud dy Creek as each wo n six motos taki ng th e overall in three classes . Bro wn a nd ' Chester gain ed va l ua bl e p oin ts i n th e Valvo line-Super Oil Points Cham p io nship. Brown is presentl y th e top ran ked Am ateur and Ches ter in second p lace in th e' Expert div ision behind Aaro n Boll inger. T he P ros are battl in g for a $1000 bonus and with o nly two races left, raci ng is inten se. _ Bollinger is injured and on ly rode for points, but held on to take seco nd in the 125cc Pro class. Ch ester put his Gear Racewear /Barr 's Co mpetition bi kes in fro nt in all six rno tos of the Pro di vision , with hi s main co mpetitio n co mi ng from Gerald Gr eene. Greene and Cheste r swa pped th e lead .in the O pen Pro class, bu t Ches ter pushed ahea d to take the checkers. Brown easily wo n the Sen ior Mini and 125cc B classes, but J eff Shuler kept him hon est in the 250cc B class. After passing early lead er David Farris, Bro wn a nd Shuler battl ed barto-bar in both m OlOS. Brown charged to the win s with Sh u le r ta king second in the first rnoto bu t falli ng and collec ting fourth th e seco nd time o ut. La rry Harrison pushed ahead of the pack to claim second. T im J enn in gs o pene d up hi s points lead in the 250cc C class as he clai med ano th er first place with two perfect mot os over Matt Murray. 39

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