Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

second over Eddy Penny and Ricky Joyce. McClain claimed the second moto as well over Smith with Joyce taking third over Penny and Scott Carpe n ter. Results P/W: 1. Richie Honan (Kaw) : 2 . Robbie Horton (Kaw); 3. Br ent Lough (Kaw). JR M INI: 1. Rich ie Horton (Kaw) ; 2. Bryan St even s (Kaw); 3 . J ason Baldwin (Yam). SR MINI: 1. Chad Lough ISuz); 2. Trace y Barnett (Kaw); 3 . Stacey Barnett (Kaw). 125 SCHBY: 1. Chad Lough (Suz): 2. Hank Moree (Kaw) ; 3 . Shan e Kennedy (Yam). 12 5 C : 1. Scan Riggs (Yam); 2. W ayn e Gu in (Kaw) ; 3. Kevin Bowles (Han ). ~ 250 C: 1. Br ad M ill s (Han); 2. Kevin Bowles (Han); 3 . St eve Tho mpson (Hon). 12 5 B: 1. Kev in W alker (Yam ); 2 . W ill iam Mut im er (Yam); 3 . Lonnie Taylor (Yam). 25 0 B: 1. Kevin W alk er (Yam): 2 . St eve Addington (Kaw) ; 3 . Lavt on Gwinn (Han ). OPEN B: 1. laYton Gwinn (Han ); 2 . Oavid Sawyer (Han): 3. Mark W illiamson (Han) . SR: 1. Roben Curtin (Hon); 2 . Perry Stephens (Kaw) ; 3.Bob M an er (Han). 125 A : 1. Larry Andrews (Suz); 2. Scan McC la in (Han); 3. Scan Sm ith (Han). 250/0PEN A : 1. Scon M cClain (Han); 2 . Scan Sm it h (Han); 3 . Eddy Penny (Suz). ~ 00 C'J .... v ..0 o ..... u o Chad Lo ugh' (4 9 ) and Tra cey Barnet t battle in the Senior Mini class at Rolling Hills. Lough scored the overall win; Barnett was second. hounded th e rear fender of McManaw ay's Yama ha. On the th ird lap, Tolleson retaliat ed a nd pulled a . move on McMan away to reta ke the lead. Tolleso n took the mo to victory ahea d of McMan away, P ra tt, and J ox. McMan aw ay claimed th e overall win, Pratt took second, and Jox pl aced third. In . th e first moto of the 250cc Junior class Brian Nail pilo ted hi s H onda 10 a clean holeshot. Nail was pu rsued by Randy Modzh ead , Gary Wagner, and Mike Washk o. H alfway th rough th e first lap Wagner tri ed 10 pass Modzh ead in the slippery chicane and went do wn. Washk o th en started 10 put th e pr essure on Modzh ead a nd o n th e second lap was able 10 di ve underneath Modzh ead . in a tight right-hand corne r and move into second pl ace. On th e third lap the battle for fourth pl ace started to pick up as Steve Flynn, wh o suffered an eig h th pl ace start, began to look for a way to get by Honda-mounted Stephan Gordon. Two turns before the fin ish Flynn passed Gordon and slid into th e fourth positi on making the fin al order Nail , Washk o, Mod zhead , and Flynn. In th e second- mot o Na il once again came ou t of th e first turn with the lead close ly foll owed by Flynn, Mod zhead , an d Go rd on. On th e second la p Washko started to pu t some heavy press ure on Gordon. Gordon, feeling th e pr essure, went down on the secon d lap jus t before th e fin ish line taking Wash ko wi th him. Allen Cu rry went by bo th riders 10 move into fourt h. At the finis h it was Na il with th e win and overall victory followed by Flyn n , Modzhead, and Curry. Results 34 60: 1. Jason Shirey (Kaw ). 80 BEG 1: 1. Chri s Chav ez (Kaw); 2. Armando Overland; 3 . Br ian Koesteres . 80 BEG 2: 1. Rich ie Sherm an (Hon); 2. Keno Deary (Kaw); 3 . Marc Falcon ieri (Kaw). 80 JR : 1. Dona ld Upton (Kaw); 2. Kevin Bu ssell (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Kurt Rood (Kaw) . VINT : 1. John McManaway (Yam); 2. Terry Pratt ; 3. Georg e Jo x (M ai). -;I . ADULT M INI : 1. Bill Reimer (Kaw) : 2 . Tim Tolleson (Su z); 3. David Ald ana (Han ). 125 BEG 1: 1. Rick Lare cy (Suz): 2 . Don Maeda (Han); 3 . Gary Banagl ia (Yam). 125 BEG 2 : 1. J im Fost er (Han); 2 . John Bell (Han); 3 . Keith Fairc hi ld (Kaw) . 125 JR : 1: Mike W ashko (Han); 2 . Mike Kel sey (Han); 3. Matteo Coestino (Cag). 125·INT: 1. John Levey (Han). 126 PRO: 1. Tim Rutherford (Kaw); 2. Bob Nebel (Han); 3 . M ike Kurzeja (Yam). 250 BEG 1: 1. Vinc e Fost er (Hon) ; 2. John Yocum (Yam) ; 3. Cra ig Wilkinson (Hon) . 250 BEG 2: 1. Chr is Parks (Han); 2. GaryWiliiams (Kaw) ; 3. J im Williams (Yam). 250 JR : 1. Brian Nail (Han); 2. Stev e Flynn (Suz ): . 3 . Randy Modzhead (Yam). VET: 1. Tim Williams (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Larry Gross (Yam ); 2 . Ken Faught (SUl); 3 . J im Dominici (Hon). _250 PRO: 1. John E. Pasco (Yam); 2. Bob Kline (Hon ); 3 . Bryan Pazuette (Hon). 500 BEG: 1. Oean Talaver a (Han): 2. Don Gr ant (M ai); 3 . Ron Seaman (Han ). 500 JR: 1. Jeff Jones (Han): 2 . J eff Nissen (KTM) . 500 PRO: 1. Bob Klin e (Hon); 2. Craig Hofmeis ter (Han). VET PRO: 1. Rick Johnson (Han ); 2. Gl enn Page (Han). Lough sweeps Rolling Hills Motocross By Henry Muller REIDSVILLE, 'NC, SEPT. 20 Bare Brothers Suzuki/E&H Mining's Chad Lough held th e ho t hand in ro und two of th e AMA Distri ct 29 Par ts Un lim ited T ri-State Fall MX Seri es at Rolling Hills Cycle Park with four mo to wins in th e Senior Mini and 125cc Schoolboy classes. Georgia 's Ri chi e H orton topped th e Pee Wee and Junior Mini classes with Kevin Wal ker destroying the 125 and 250cc B classes. Lough started th ings off with a win in the first Seni or Mini moto o ver Tracey and Stacey Barnet t whil e J amie H ock ing and Ru sty Col eman filled out the top five. Moto two saw Tracey Barnett with the hol eshot over Lough and Patrick Slate. Neese was disqualified and second went to Sla te over Tracey and Stacey Barnett. Richie a nd Robbie H ort on dominated the Pee Wee class, fini shing 1-2 in both motos wh ile Brent Lou gh edged Chris Hu tch in s fo r thi rd overall. Rich ie H ort on ret urned to action in th e Junior Min i class and wa lked off wi th bo th mo tos whi le Bryan Stevens 2-3 score garnered second overa ll ahea d of J ason Bal dwin and Chris Hutch in s. Scott Riggs used a 1-2 mot o punch to win the overall in the I25cc C class over Wayne Guin 's 3-1 finis h. R iggs ran off with th e fir st moto but couldn't p u t a pass on Guin in mo to two. Kevin Bowles was th ird overa ll follo wed by Eric Sm ith and Cha d Leigh. Keith Walker led Will iam Mutimer to the flag in both 125cc B mo tos for a co mmandi ng wi n. Hank Moree fit i"shed th ird in the first rn oto but a DNF dropped Moree o ut of th e second round. Lonnie Taylor's 4-3 fini sh gave him th ird overa ll with J eff White and Kevin Austin making th e top five. Walker soared to th e 250cc B class win as well with Steve Addington ign oring two moto long cha rges by Layton Gwinn for second overall . Sco tt Smith showed hi s cards early in the 250cc a nd Open A class first moto as he led for three laps before Sco tt McClain pl ayed his hand and took th e lead . From then o n it was McClain's race with Smith fin ishing Marini manhandles Middleford MX By Woody M iller SEAFORD, DE, SEPT. 12 . J oe Marini m ade th e trip from Mar yland worthwhile as he cap tured both motos and th e overa ll victory in th e 250cc B class in th e seventh round of th e Honda East Summer Motocross Ch ampionship Series at Middleford Speedway. Marini was chas ed home by veteran Bill Nazelrod o n hi s H onda, whileEd Crimm and Robert J on es ro unded ou t the top four. The 80cc B class saw Bran Shilliman take back-to-hack rnotos for the overall win wh ile Mike Vzin ski took second overa ll. Gen e Kaczka swep t both motos in th e I25cc B class for the overall win over Tim Brown. Kaczka, wh o has been splitting hi s tim e short-trac king, looking very much improved sin ce th e first of th e year, a ppea rs to be th e man to beat [n th e points race. An other dirt tracker made his mot ocross debut in the Open Enduro cl ass. Former Am at eur National Ch ampion Mark Mill er too k ' th e o vera ll victory by winning both rnotos. Bob Rose 'top ped Kenny Riggins in an all Kawasaki battle for th e 125cc A class overall. Res ul ts . BO B: 1. Brian Shilliman (Yam); 2. Mike Vzinski (Yam); 3. Nick Pantazes (Han) ; 4. J im Pan tazes (Han) . BO A : 1. M ik e Wilson (Kaw); 2 . Andre Henry (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Gen e Kaczka (Han): 2 . Tim Brown (Han); 3 . Brian Callahan (Han). 125 A : 1. Bob Rose (Kaw) ; 2 . Kenny Rigg in s (Kaw). 250 ENDR: 1. Scan Pow ell (Yam). SR: 1. Bill San tora (Yam) . 250 B: 1. Joe Marin i (Han); 2. Bill Nazelrod (Han) ; 3. Ed Grimm (Han); 4 . Robert Jones (Yam ); 5. Scan Pow ell (Yam). OPEN ENOR: 1. Mark M iller (Yam). 500 B: 1. Dan Burt Sr . (Kaw) . Burge blasts Middleford Drags By Woody Miller SEAFORD, DE, SEPT . 13 Bill Bu rge finall y ove rca me th e mechan ical gre m li ns th at h av e plagu ed him all year and p ut togeth er a coup le of fun runs on hi s 650 Triump h, to take hi s first overa ll win of the year a t Middl eford . Bur ge had a loss in th e first ro und, so wh en he pulled to th e line in th e seco nd round, another loss to Andy Ow ins would eliminat e him. Burge was not to be denied, as he stopped the clocks at 5:21, wh ich would be tied later by Mark Miller as best time of th e day. The riders switched lan es for the runoff to determine the day's winner in the Open Knobby cla ss. Burge again got th e hol eshot and held o n to win with a 5:34. In th e 125cc Knobby class Kenny Riggins topped Jim Langston with a run of 5:60. Langston came up shor on a 5:42 run turned in by Heath Hoopes to win the 250cc Knobby class. . Mark Miller turned in a 5:21 a board the Dever Cycles/E.J . Wilson Welding/Bill Sh arp/ND Yamaha 500 to rem ain undefeat ed in th Open Street cla ss. Res ults OPEN KNOBBY : 1. Bill Burge ITr i); 2. An Owen s (H-D ); 3 . Rich Sasson (Kaw) . 125 KNOBBY : 1. Kenn y Rigg in s (Kaw ); 2. Jim Lang ston (Yam ). BO KNOBBY : 1. Andri Henry (Kaw). 250 KNOBBY : 1. Heath Hoope s (Yam ~ 2. Ji Lan gston (Yam ). OPEN STREET: 1. Mark Miller (Yam ). Daniel smokes Cook-Off Enduro By Rick Early L UCERNEVALLEY,CA,SEPT.1 3 And erson Dry Lake was the site 0 Family Racing Associat ion's (FRA) Cook-Off Enduro in which Yamahamounted Ri ck Daniel capture d th e overall victory. . Many riders showed signs of wea at the end of loop one, particularly in light of th e number of special tes sectio ns, which some com plai ned were more diffi cult tha n usual 'par ticularl y for a family enduro. Darren Rivers, a C rider on a 250c M-Star, had no complaints, however, after having dropped onl y 2.14 minutes and topp ing all one 100 riders. An other o u tstandin g first 100 ride was turned in by Rodney Luker, Jr. wh o pl aced third overa ll for on •loop while dad, Rodney Luker, Sr. went back to th e pits to prepare fo th e battle with loop two. The second loop got underway at 9;00 a.m . with riders leaving at 24 mph across th e desert floor. Aft crossing Northside Road, riders hi th e first check at 5.2 miles. j I T ony Casaga was on e of the firs riders to fini sh loop two with wha appeared to be th e score to bea having dropped seven and a .ha l minutes. H e was beat, how ever , b Brett Bainbridge and his 6.4 minut drop. Following th ese riders, however, was Barbender ace Jordan Ch an e turning in o ne of hi s o u tsta ndin rides of th e year with a 5.3 minut drop , eventua lly good enough fa third overall and first place honors in the Open A class. Kurt Butler 's ride was eq ua lly remar ka b le gi ven th at Kurt had ridden th e last 25 or so mil es of 100 two on a flat tire and still finishe with the o n ly o ther five of the da y. Finishing ahead of both Butle and Ch aney, however, was Daniel wit h first overa ll and a 4.293 min ut drop. At th e finish line, Daniel co mme nted th at , if measured b " to ughness," this was FRA 's bes race of the year. Like Butl er and Chaney, Daniel a lso experience mech anical difficulties finishing no on ly with a flat rear tire like Butle and Chan ey: but with a brok en rea brake as well. . While man y of th e riders com mented th at the Sep tember Cook-Of was' more difficult than the typi cal fam il y 'end uro , th ere were m~n y co mp liments as well , especia lly by A and even some B and Criders. Also pr esent at th e Cook-Off wer Ri ck Claypool, ISDE manager, a n Chuck Miller. Miller, riding with n timekeeping eq ui p ment, managed respectable 12 minute drop. He late com mented that th e course was " to tough " for a famil y en d u ro, ' sent ime n t shared by man y riders. Resu lts OVERALL: 1. Rick Daniel (Yam); 2. Kurt But le (Yam); 3. Jordan Chaney (Hus); 4 . Jason Ingersoll (Han); 5. John Ferro (Han); 6. Marl< Glasmeie (Yam); 7. Brett Bainbridge (Yam); B. Skip Chri (KTM);9. Tony Casaga(Yam); 10. Tony Megla (Honl.

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