Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a: VINT 2: 1. Ji m DeRosa (Yam): 2. John Come (Hon); 3. Bill Mc Lain (Hon): 4. Craig Skinner (BSA); 5. Kevin Elliot (Yam). NOV: 1. Robert Franklin (Suz); 2. Jacques Tolles (Sul); 3. Chu ck Oritz (Yam ); 4 . J im Jaquene (Kaw); 5. M ike Law rence (Han). .. ~ w .J .J :;) ~ >a: z Moree masters Rolling Hills Motocross J: >- '" 0 I0 By Henry M uller REIDSVILLE, NC, SE PT. 19 Moto-X Fo x/ P P M-sponsored H ank Moree p ilo te d h is DMC/Team Green Kawasa ki to th e 125cc Novi ce class wi n in to ni gh t's main event a t Roll in g Hills. The 125cc Novice a nd l25 cc Ama teu r class es were run together but scored separa te with Am at eur winner Scott Riggs nai ling the holesh ot a t the star t of th e main. Mike Eastwood and Moree were in hot pursu it as th ey ba tt led for the Novice class lead. Moree found a wa y past Eastwood and on the white flag lap he moved in o n Riggs. As the two cla ss leaders took th e whoops for the final time Moree made h is move and ducked under Riggs in a tight turn . Moree held on to become th e overall and 125cc Novice winner over Eastwood while Riggs was an easy winner in the Amateur division. Todd Lineberry was second Am ateur over T im Fuquay, . Ka wa sa ki of R al ei g h ' s St ev e McKnabb passed early leader Lee Martin - and th en cru ised to victory in th e 250cc Novice main while Tim Wilkerson 's charge placed him in second at the finish over Tim Mantooth. J a m es Goin and Clifford Pierce rounded out th e top five. Cox's Ha rley-Davidso n -spo nsored Rusty Co leman jammed to wins in both th e Senior Mini and Super Mini classes with Joey Thompson finish ing runner-up in the Senior Mini class whi le Tilden Styron was second in th e Super Minis. Steve Burgess rod e his Yamaha to th e win in th e Junior Mini main over a h ard-charging Bryan Steven s. . -"" Results . JR M INI: 1. Steve Burgess (Yam): 2. Bry an Stevens IKaw ); 3. J ason Bal dw in (Yam). SR MI NI: 1. Rusty Coleman (Yam); 2. J oey Thompson (Kaw ); 3 . Tilden Styron (Kaw ). S/MIN I: 1. Rusty Colem an (Yam); 2. Tilden Styron (KawO. 125 NOV : 1. Hank Moree (Kaw); 2 . M ike Eastwood (Hon); 3. Scon Suran (Kaw ). 125 AM : 1. Scon Riggs (Yam); 2. Todd Lineberry (Yam); 3. Tim Fuquay (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Steve McKnabb (Kaw); 2. Tim Wilke rso n (Hon); 3. Tim Mantooth (Yam). 250 AM : 1. Walter Wa tson (SuzO. OPEN AM: 1. Steve Starnes (Kawl; 2. Ken Ferrell (Hon). _ PRO: 1. Eddy Penny (Suz). Scott snares win at £Iko Motocross By Rolf e Otterness ELKO, MN, OCT. 4 Jim Scott, Jr. put to gether two stro n g rides to ta ke h ome th e gold in th e 250cc Ex pert class a t the last Moto Pro Ra cing mot ocross of th e season. Pa t Riley led Sco tt to th e chec kered flag in th e firs t moto , with Jay Hoenk h olding off a ha rd- char ging Chri s Hens e for th ird. In th e seco n d moto Sco tt jammed hi s way th ro ugh th e first turn to grab an early lead. Ho t in pursuit were John N iemi a n d Ri ley but Scott motored in for a solid win o n hi s Honda. Ni emi h eld on to seco nd which co m bine d with hi s first m oto six th gave him third overa ll behind Ri ley. Bense wrapped up fourth ov erall with another sm o oth ride giving him fourth behind R iley. Greg Nelson roosted through th e sandy first tutn to lead th e 125cc Expert pack in the first moto. Robbie Engstrom quickly moved . in to challenge and a fter pressuring for two la ps grabbed .th e lead. Nelson couldn ' t reta lia te successfully but held o n for second. Ti m Bartyll a ra n strong for th ird over Rich ard Bu rns. .~ w J: t- 0- OO O"l ~ ~ 00 c-r .... (l,) ,.D. 0 ...., U 0 A ndy A t kins won t he SRAC 8 0cc Exp ert title at Pueblo . 'Hank M oree w on t he 12 5cc Nov ice c lass at Rolling Hills after battling with Mike Eastwood and A m ate ur cl ass w inner Scott Rigg s. The secondmoto featured another d ice be twee n Engstrom and Nelson . with th e outcome th e same. . J eff Co lbert p laced his KX in third after holding off Burns. Res ults WDS LIW: 1. Chad W elper; 2. Tory Nygr en; 3. Dan J oh nson . WDS HIW: 1. Troy Povolny; 2. David Povolny; 3. Ron Everlin g. MINI PIW: 1. Craig Cunningha m; 2. Jim Povon y; 3. Robbie McD owell . MI NI U W : 1. Ala n DeKeyre!; 2. Chris Staige; 3. J im Povolny. J r. . MI NI HIW: 1. Eric M etzger; 2. Brandon Backes; 3 . Pat Don aho. YTH: 1. Eric Metzg er; 2. Chad Cunningham; 3. Todd Frisc hm on. OVER 2 5: 1. Tim Bartylla; 2. Scott Cripps; 3. J im Ol son . SR B: .1. Bill Herzog; 2. Randy Nagel; 3. Fred Fredri ckson. SR EX: 1. Ph il Dut cher; 2. Jerry Schu lze; 3. Craig . Rutschow. OVER 40 : 1. Rob Adams; 2. Richard Peterson; 3. Wa lter Knig ht . ~ 125 B 0 -1: 1. Vinc e Garrett; 2. Darren Chali n; 3 . Jam es W akef ield . . 125 8 0 · 2: 1. Roy Jorgensen ; 2. Dan iel Meyer; 3. Bryan Bern loehr . 125 A : 1. Chr is Lajpple; 2. Craig Est le; 3. Carey Holcomb . 125 EX: 1. Robbie Engstrom; 2. Greg Nel son; 3. Richard Bu rns. 250 B: 1. Doug Sch ulz; 2. Jason Todora: 3. Jeff How . 250 A: 1. Keith Danielson; 2. Jo e Kjeer; 3. Chuck Niedzielski. . 250 1. James Scon :Jr.; 2. Pal Riley; 3. John Niem i. OPE.N B; 1. Chris Hind s; 2. Earl Kin sey; 3. Kevin Perdew. OPEN A: Jerry Schulze; 2. Mi ke Prudh onn e; 4 . Brad Konsor . OPEN EX: 1. J eff Soren sen; 2. Tim Brezin ka; 3. Lonni e Bredeson. EX: Atkins rips -Pueblo MX By Larry Johnson P UEBLO, CO, SEPT. 27 Andy Atk ins ro ared to his seco n d co nsecu tive titl e in th e 80cc Expert class today a t th e SRAC Stat e Champ ionship final e. . Atkins entered the fin al e with an insurmountable points lead, but th at d id n ot slow the Vickery Mot orsports sponsored flyer. He hol esh o t rnoto one a nd left th e p ack 70 seco n ds beh ind a t th e chec kers. Scott Fu lcher came from seventh to seco nd in one lap, onl y to h ave hi s ch ain br eak a few circ u its later. This gave seco n d to J eff Hopkins, wh o held o ff J erem y Middaugh at the finish. Atkin s cruised to another easy win in round two ahead of Middaugh a nd Fulcher. Middaugh ea rned seco n d overa ll , while H opkins took third overa ll after taking fifth in moto two. Vic Barlish, 1984 Senior Exp ert State Champion, got th e title ba ck from two-time defending ch a m p Dave Wo llaston . Wollaston won both motos toda y, as he has on nine previous occasions this season. However, h e m issed three events earlier in the year, which cost h im a t hird s traight championship. Barl ish went 2-2 for the day , and won th e titl e by four points ov er Wollaston. Micah Moyes also went I-I in th e 60cc Amateu r class a nd .easily won th e class championship. T he litt le speeds ter has won 17 overall victories th is year. He also took second overall in the 80cc Amateur class. Mary J oh nson won the Women 's overall and th e cha m p io nsh ip. Sh e led th e first lap of. moto one before slip p in g down on a freshly watered .sectio n just before th e finish line. Tracy Frydendall to ok over the lead an d won ahe ad of Johnson. Johnson holesh ot round two , but sp u n into a 360 in th e first turn, which had al so just been water ed. Johnson sp rinted from last lO first by the chec kers, winning just ahead o f Frydendall. Johnson was eq ua lly as dominant during the season , winning II ov eralls. Results 60 NOV: 1. Jo ey Kendall (Kaw ); 2. Tony Gil man . (Kaw); 3. Chris Rodman (Kaw). 60 AM : 1. Micah Moyes (Kaw) ; 2. Shan e A nderson (Kaw ). BO NOV: 1. Justen Neilson (Kaw); 2. Lee Swink (Kaw); 3. Chri s Gagne (Kaw ). 80 AM : 1. Ale x Neir (Kaw); 2.. Micah Moy es (Kaw ); 3. Jo el Pearson (Yam). 80 EX : 1. Andy Atkins (Ya m ); 2 . J er emy Middaugh (Kaw ); 3. Jeff Hopkin s (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. M ark Hainey (Kaw); 2. Jim Robb (Hon); 3. Troy Willban ks (Hon). 250 NOV:1 . Dave Wo lf (Yam); 2. Mi ke Bare (Hon); 3. Jim Robb (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Bla in e Schubarth (Hon); 222 . Randy Baird (Hon); 3. M ark Lund (Hon). VET NOV: 1. Tom W ert z (Yam); 2. Mark Bower (Hon); 3. M ike M arsha ll (Hon). SR NOV: 1. Flori an Ku ligowski (Hon). SR AM : 1. Paul Phelps (Yam); 2. Gary Shiramizu (Hus); 3. Jim Reimer (Kaw). SR EX: 1. Dave Wolla ston (KTM ): 2. Vic Barli sh (Yam); 3. John Etsch eid (KTM). WMN : 1. Mary J ohnson (Yam); 2. Tracy Fryden dall (Yam ). Tulsa PD aces Police.Rodeo By' Frank Harrison WI CHITA FALLS, TX, O CT. 4 T op motorcycle police o fficers fro m th roughout T exas a nd Oklahoma a nd as fa r a way as T ennessee co nverged o n Wichita Fall s at th e Sikes Center parking lo t for th e T h ird Annual Pol ice Rodeo . The intri ca te co urse of vario us p ylon o bstacles mi gh t make so me of th e m ost famous tr ia ls riders cringe, if th ey were riding full dr ess H arleys, Kawasakis, Yamahas a n d Hondas with sire ns, windshields, ra da rs, spotlights and fo otboards. Th e co urse in cl uded practicall y every m aneuver th at a motorcycle o fficer might en co u n ter in 'a tight co u rse situation, excep t str aight ou t speed. The points were evaluated from th e fas test average of two runs through th e tigh t course, and th en the final score was th e total includ- . ing th e fina l total of the three times. Those not in th e top 20 did their thing in a slow race with spotlights and sirens screaming. Topping the slow race wa s Bill McDonnell of Ft. Worth PD followed by Kenny Lyons of Wichita Falls PD. In th e final event fea turing T exas a n d Ok lahoma's fin est o n tw o wh eels Rusty . Crow, of th e Tulsa P o l ice Departrnen t, gracef u II y smoked through the co u rse for a to ta l of three runs in 4:17.36, an d won by o n lya narrow m argin over la st year's winner , David Stout of th e Wichita Falls PD. Dick Ch esser o f Tu lsa scored third over Raym on d Smith of Wichita Falls and Sgt. Ben Capert on o f Dall as . A special feature was a cha lle nge between top point riders from th e Tulsa a nd Arlington departments. A spec ia l co u rse of figure eig h ts was set up and com in g out on top was Tul sa , h ead ed b y C hes ter, ro n Mafree, an d Jeff Cas h. Arlington fin ished seco n d with Duane U tt , Da vid Dou g Co ldwe ll, a n d Broadstreet in the relay type even t. Rabe romps over Baylands MX Pros By Mike Vancil FREMO NT , CA, SEPT. 30 Gary Rabe an d hi s Kawa sa ki bi g bore were the for ce wi th wh ich th e o ther p~o~es s i ona l s had j o reckon . with tomght at Baylan ds Racewa y P ark. In both motos it was Bruce Manzoni wh o m astered th e holeshot aboard his H onda with a seri ous but ca u tious Rabe over taki ng him for the lead within a lap a nd a h alf. The fi rst time he did was on th e app roach to a la rge tab letop jump but th e seco n d time it was in a turn before th e fin ish line. Manzoni did end up with seco nd overa ll by virtue o f hi s 3-2 finish es a nd it was Ala n Bru nk, back a fter a long ab sen ce, wit h thi rd overall via hi s 4-5 finish es. . The I25cc Pros were battl ing a t th e same time a nd it was J on Nelson aboard hi s H onda that topped Dean Mats on and Danny Paladino, al so - Honda mounted. The first moto was marred wh en all three I25cc riders jumped the gate and brough t a restart. In the restart all were careful not lO get near the backw ard dropping gate. The second m oto was a bi t of a problem for Pal adi n o, wh o aga in got over the gate and was do cked a lap, and for Matson; who sat at the start lin e th in king that he would again ge t a restart. No restart 27

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