Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Er ic Wheelwrigh t took his ninth win in a row in the 12Scc class. Wheelwright rode hi s Yamaha over the top duri ng rou nd two in 4.89 seco nds a nd was th e only quarterlit er bike to stop the tim er. J im Nyman went 121 feet o n his last tty 10 finish second on a Yamaha. Ed Scot t, ridi ng fo r the Ka watown Ka wasa ki/ Beta shop, ro unded out the top th ree, usin g his first ride of 105' . H e was on a Ka wasa ki. The fast time award went to Bill Steffey in th e Open class. He shot his big bore Ka wasak i through th e ligh ts in 4.4 1 seco nds . He used that first round ride to tie up th e overa ll. C!i u o a: c- o ~ o > al o ~ o :r e, Results Chad Chancey scored the overall win in the Mini C class at Ocala. _ _ --' -'- Chum fourt h overall whi le Thoms was fifth with a 7-4 tally. -'--""---'c..-=::. Rod Richardson flew to victory in the 250cc Expert class at the No Sweat Grand Prb, held at Glen Helen OHV Park. second heat ; Tipton grabbed the holesho t and kept ahead all the way with Newberry working his way up from the third spot to second. Resu lts PIW: 1. Bob carroll (Kaw); 2. M ark M oon (Vam); 3 . Presto n M oon (Kaw) NOV: 1. Kenny Tipton (.Kaw); 2. Darrel Newberr y (Yam); 3 . David Tur ner (Suz) OPEN: 1. M ike Williams (Han); 2. Tammy Kirk (Kaw); 3 . Fred Hull (Suz) Richardson romps to Glen Helen GP By David Procida SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 7 Rod R ichardson held off rivals J erry Black and Greg Fountain to win the 250cc Expert class at Doublecross Racing 's No Sweat Grand Prix he ld at Gl en Helen OHV Park. Fountain powered his O ra ng e County Cycle's Yamaha into the first corner ahead of DMC/Kawasakimounted Richardson and Pro Circuit/Mission Viejo Honda's Black with , the pack clos e behind. At the end of lap one, Richardson was pressuring Fountain for the lead with Black not more than a couple of bike lengths behind. Richardson powered by for the lead after doubling the tripl e and diving under ,Fo u nta in . On lap two Black fail ed to show up for almost 90 seconds. Black had slammed a berm that didn 't hold and sent him into the bushes. Back up front Richardson had started to pull away from Fountain. Running in third was Hondamounted Lu c Deley with Black now ba ck o n the track running in fourth. At th e halfway point Bla ck had gotten by Deley and was closing on Fountain. Ri ch ardson had pulled o u t to a 30 seco nd lead and wasn't about to slow down . Black closed to th e rear fender of Fountain and two laps lat er p a ssed him in so m e whoops..Black then set hi s sigh ts on Ri ch ardson and closed to within 15 seconds as the race came to a close. Fountain finished third with Dela y ill fourth and Suzuki-mounted Mark J ohnson fifth. Results 48 VET EX: 1. Barr y Port er (Hon); 2. Kinney Jo nes (Han); 3 . J .S. Hans on (Han). VET INT: 1. Rick Roberts (Vam): 2. Scan Sm ith (Ho n); 3. J im Rader (Hon) . . VET NOV : 1. Da ve Miller (Kaw); 2 . Sam Lupear (Suz); 3 . Ell iot Irve rson (Vam). VET BEG: 1. Roy Gifford (Han); 2. Tim M orr ison (Yam); 3 . Ted Griffin (HOn). SR EX: 1. Steve Bussell (Vam); 2. Dan Kelly (Han); 3. David Neal (Yam). SR INT: 1. Denn is David (Han); 2. Clive Cheff in s (Han ); 3 . Fred Colli ns (Vam). - SR NOV: 1. Rex Pitts (Vam); 2. Bob Nelson (Vam); 3 . Kurt Sol ka (Suz). SR BEG: 1. Richard Stu elke (Han); 2. Joh n Flanders (Hon); 3 . Roger Pet er son (Hon). 500 EX: 1. Brad Mc Leod (Han); 2. Kurt Solka Jr . (Kaw); 3. Tony Spear (Vam ).500 NOV: 1. M ike Simons (Han ); 2. Leona rd Kilmen (Yam); 3 . M an J ohn son (KTM) . 500 BEG: 1. Stacy Scaggs (Han); 2. Robert J . Van Oamm e (Suz); 3 . Darr en Fore man (Han). 4- STRK EX: 1. M ark Hall (Vam); 2. Kirk Brown (Vam); 3 . W ayne M yers (Han). 4 -STK BEG : 1. Gary M oor e (BSA); 2. Harry Ja ner (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Rod Richa rd son (Kaw) ; 2. J erry Black (Han ); 3. Gr eg Fountain (Vam). 2 50 INT: 1. Dua n e Benner (Vam); 2. Fred Groserbac h (Han); 3 . Charl ie Gilmor e (Vam). 250 NOV: 1. Rich ard Dick (Kaw) ; 2. Tim Ryker (Han); 3. Ron Haler (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. Len Sellers (Han); 2. Wa rr en W in (Vam); 3 . Sean Haworth (KTM) , 200 EX: 1. Brett Duncan (Vam) ; 2. John Rudder (Cag); 3. J .S. Hanson (HOn). 200 INT: 1. Mike Tr ipes (Han ); 2. Steve Wi sem an (Han); 3. Jo hn Levey (Han). 200 NOV : 1. J eff Finch (Han); 2. Chr is Corum (Han); 3 . Bren Byard (Vam). 200 BEG: 1. M ike Finch (Kaw) ; 2. David Ondas (Vam); 3. Randy Heim (Han) . Chancey charges at OcalaMX By Gwen Millan OCALA, FL , AUG. 15 Ch ad Ch an cey scored the overall win in the Mini C cla ss at the eigh th round of th e FMC Summer Seri es at Oca la. Randy C h u m led the pa ck off the lin e at th e start o r th e first mot o. He was being clos ely foll ow ed by Chanc~y who had set hi s goa ls on Chum. Mik e T idey was wasting no tim e as he man euv ered a line keeping him a hea d o f Noel Kitsch , wh o was fast ga in ing o n him. It took five laps but steady pressure paid off a nd Chancey found hi s way around Chum. The white flag la p saw Chancey a nd Ch um still o ne a nd two with lapped riders now a maj or factor. T idey lost third a nd dropped way back, Kitsch moved into third and was fending o ff Dees wh o had Za c Freeman to co nte nd with. Unt il thi s first mot o ended o ne lap later , positions held. In the seco nd mo to it was Cha ncey in first as the first lap was com p leted with Freeman not too far behind. Kitsch a nd Dees were on ly a heartbeat away . Ch an cey stead ily gained gro und on each la p. Lap five was a devastating o ne for T idey as he was for ced to accep t a DNF. Steve Christin son moved to the number five spo t. As th e flag ca me o u t for. th e last time Ch an cey was a n u nconrest ed winn er whil e a fift h a n d seco nd wa s just what Fr eem an needed for th e second p lace trophy. Dees was third in the rnoio and third overall. A second and seventh netted Results WMN : 1. Cath er in e Pr iest (Kaw l; 2. Laurie Kit sc h (Kaw); 3. Ch ris McQuaig (Han); 4. Dean J oi ner (SUl ). P/W : 1. Richard Ingle (Vam ). 60: 1. Noel Kit sch (Kaw); 2. Chris Thom s (Kaw) ; 3 . Brad Packard (Han); 4 . Dust in Bass (Kaw); 5 . Du st in Pack ard (Kaw). MINI B: 1. Jody Und erwood (Kaw); 2. Steven Stormant IS uz); 3. Bar ry Sand ers (Kaw). M INI: 1. Chad Chanc ey (SUl) ; 2. Zac Freem an (Han); 3 . Dwight Dees (Kaw); 4 . Randy Chum (Han); 5 . Chris Thoms (Yam). 100: 1. Jody Und erwood (Kaw) . 15 -24 VRS: 1. J usti n J ackson (Suz); 2. T.J . Brantly (Kaw ); 3 . Rob cassube (Han ); 4. Ben San ders (Ka w ); 5. Ron Grant (Ya m). 25 0 A : 1. Cliff Giles (Yam). 250 B: 1. Ju st in J ackson (SUl); 2. T.J. Br ant ley (Kaw) . 250 C: 1. Scott Copeland (Han); 2. William Tich enor (Ka w); 3. Dustin Hotson (Kaw); 4 . Fl ip Fla nni gan (Kaw); 5. Bren Hart ley (Vam). 125 A : 1. M ark Peter son (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Rob Cassube (Han); 2. Claude McQuaig (Han); 3 . Randy Langford (Suz). OPEN EX: 1. David Adams (Han). SR: 1. Robe rt Proctor (Hont 2. Robert Godf rey (Suz); 3. Kent Hotson (Kaw); 4. Paul Shadd ix (Yam ); 5. Henry Prince (Han I. 25 +: 1. J im Marchant (Kaw) ; 2. Todd W ilde r (Ha n); 3. Ma rk Baz in et (Han) ; 4. Fl ip Flannigan (Kaw ); 5. Mitchael Holstei n (Han). OPEN NOV : 1. Rick Perry (y am ); 2. Mark Bazin et (Han ); 3. M ichael Sm ith (Han); 4 . Loui s Natriello (Han). 125 C; 1. John Grant (Vam); 2. Darly McKenzi e (Han); 3. Phillip W illiam s (Han); 4 . W ayne Bingham (Suz); 5 . Richie Brooker (Han). Street tops Galesburg HC By Paul Hayes GALESBU RG, IL, SEPT.1 3 Jim Street put together his best ride in recent years to come o ut on top of th e high ly co m pe tetive SOOcc clas s at th e Ga lesburg M/C sponsored , AMA/Dist. 17 sanctioned hillclimb. Street li ned h is Kawasa ki up to th e 130 foot hill, twis ted the throttle and busted over th e top in 4.49 seconds during round one. Honda-mounted Jim Steffey used hi s second climb o f 4.60 to claim the runner-up spot. Kawtown Kawa saki/Beta-sponso red Ron Todd rounded ou t th e top three, a lso usin g hi s last ride. Hi s tim e was 4.61. Tri- City Cycles, Bill Tuman a nd Krau s Racing a re th e sponso rs of 250cc cla ss winn er Brent Stewart. H e took the win with hi s fin a l ride o f 4.69. Mik el Bon omo finish ed beh ind Stewart. H is best tim e of 1.80 came in ro u n d Iwo . Bonom o r ide s a Yamaha. Third place finisher Kell y Sen n al so used hi s final attempt. H is Kaw asaki carr ied him over in S.02. In th e 7S0cc class it was Robin Sen n o n top with his second win of . th e seaso n. Sen n powered hi s 650 Yamah a over in 5.31 seconds durin g ro u nd two. Steve Daniels collected seco nd place wit h a 5.S6 ride in round two. Daniels was Yamaha mounted . Kawasaki ri der J im Steffey used his first" ride of S.60 to fin ish third. 125: 1. Eric Wh eelwright (Vam); 2. J im Nyman (Vam); 3 . Ed Scon (Kaw); 4 . Tom Daniels (Suz) 200: 1. Sam Blakeney (Kaw); 2. Ed Scon (Kaw); 3. Ron Sen n (Suz); 4. J im Nyman (Vam); 5. Pau l Hayes (Vam ) 250: I ! Brent St ewa rt (Kaw); 2. Mi kel Bonomo (Vam); 3 . Kelly Senn (Kaw); 4.Lloyd Haas (Kaw); 5 . Doug Denn is (Kaw) 400: 1. U oyd Haas (Yam); 2. Ron Todd (Kaw); 3. Alan Hoskin s (Yam ); 4 . Keith Nym an (Yam); 5 . M ike Lundeen (Vam ) 500. 1. J im Str eet (Kaw); 2. J im Steff ey (Han); 3. Ron Todd (Kaw); 4 . Gary Street (M ai ); 5. J eff Jack (Han) 750: 1. Robin Senn (Yam); 2. St ev e da niels IYam ); 3. J im Steffey (Kaw); 4 . M ike Lundeen (Yam); 5 . Jeff Jack (Han ) Open : 1. Bill Steff ey (Kaw); 2. Bob Fisher (HD); 3 . Jon Follins (Vam) . , Blakeney scores at Cayuga HillC#imb By Paul Hayes WESTVILLE,IL, SE P. 12 Sam Blak eney pu t in a great ride to wi n the SOOcc class. At the P leasure Riders M/C Hillclimb at Westville. This was Blaken ey's first win in that class this year. _ Blakeney le t all the stops out on h is H o nda. His first ride carried him ove r th e 120 fo o t hi ll in 3.581 seco nds. Blakeney is sponsored by 'P ro Tech. T he Steffey bro thers clai med the ne xt two positions. Ji m Steffey turned a sligh tly faster tim e then younger brother Bill. They both had thei r best rides in ro u nd one. Jim had a 3.596 while Bill recorded a 3.636. Ron Todd found the fastest way u p the h ill. H is fina l attempt of 3.562 proved to be the fastest time a t th e night h ill clim b. With it he a lso clai med the top honors in the 400cc class. Todd is sponsored by Kawto wn Ka wasa ki /Beta. Alan " Aikey" H oskins rode his Yamaha to seco nd overa ll wi th a fina l ride of 3.924. Torque-Cen ter sponsored, Yamahamounted Kaleb Northrup rounded out the top th ree, ridi ng over the top in 4.043 seconds in round two . Ed Scott was a doub le class win ner. H e took the wins in th e 125and 200cc classes. Sco tt is sponsored by Kawtown Ka wasa ki/ Beta. H is best times came in th e fina l ro un ds. T he top in the I 25cc cla ss was 4.837. the 200cc class was won with a 1.323. Hondamounted J o h n Co lbert ca me i n second in the 125cc class. Pro Tech sponsored Blakeney took his Ka wasaki to second p lace in the 200cc class. H is fina l ride was 4.480. Ther e was a battl e between the District hillclim b di rectors for third p lace. Coming out o n top was District IS's referee Tim Weaver aboard a Diamond Ch ain/Greenwood Hond a- sp onsored Kaw asaki. Wea ver went over in 4.944 during ro und two. Distr ict ITs dir ector Paul Hayes had his best ride in round one, wh en h is Yamaha carried_h im up in S. 195. Results ' . Min i: 1 . Tom Dan iels (Kaw); 2. Lu cas Haas IKa w) ; 3 . J eff Dan iel s (yam); 4. Chad Harbolt (Yam); 5 . Chris Br own (Yam) . 125: 1. Ed Scan (Kaw): 2. J oh n Colbert (Kaw) ; 3 . Mark Schroeder (Hon ); 4 . Er ic W hee lwrigh t (Vam ); 5. Pau l Hackba rt h (Yam) 200: 1. Ed Scon (Ka w); 2. Sam Blaken ey (Ka w); 3. Ti m W eav er (Kaw); 4 . Paul Hayes (Yam); 5 . Kevin Northr up (Yam) 250; 1. Brent Stewart (Kaw); 2. U oyd Haas (Kaw) ; 3 . John Reed (Vam); 4 . M ikel Bonomo (Vam); 5 . Kelly Senn (Kaw)

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