Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a: en w a: ~ ~ 0 w ~ 0 z u <{ > en a: w -c Z f- Cl > a> <{ 0 > a> f0 0 f:I: a. 0 :I: e- a. 00 0") ,.......; ~ 00 C'I .... Q.) ..0 0 .... U Derek Youngblood (19) grabs the lead at the start of the first 80cc 1315 moto at Cocoa. Youngblood took the win over brother Daryl (8 ). 0 Chance Matthew s (51 3) won t he Senio r and Super Mini classes at Wares Ferry. Here he lead s the Senior Mini class in the first moto. 200 AM : 1. Eugen Rest orlf (Kaw ); 2. Oenn isCraig (Yam); 3. Tim Dyke (Kaw ); 4. Steve Peppmeiar (Hon); 5. Tony Gunn ess (Hon! . ' 25 AM : 1. Tim Rodda (Hon !; 2. Paul Stevens (Hus ). Keezer claims Tinkham Trials win By Gary Lawver T IN KHAM, WA, ocr. 4 Carol Keezer won the Novice B class with 17 points a nd 15 cleans as the Pu get Sound Trialers held the firs t part of a two -part series at Tinkham. Mike Erickson took second wit h 24 points and 17 cleans. The Novice A class featured very close competition as Will Flint bea t 15 riders wi th a 35/1 7 sco re. Second p lace was decided by cleans wit h Lonnie Hall sted bea ting Ma rk Leibo ld by four clea ns, 14-10. In the Intermediate class Bob Fries won with a score of 52/1 0 followed by Eric Means and Torn Kem per. Adva nced clas s winner was Ch uc k Bassett wi th a score of 39/ 15. Seco nd pl ace went to Steve O 'Rorke a nd third was taken by Bob Sch wenke in hi s first adva nced class rid e. T he E x pert sectio ns wer e extremely difficult and drew hi gh scores . Du ane Rinkes wo n wi th a score of 63/ 10. Second p lace went to Allen T od d wi th a score of 67/ 1 I and La rry Drawhorn took th ird. Results NOV 8 : 1. Caro l Keezer ; 2. Mike Er ickso n; 3. John Tupper; 4 . C. Schwager; 5. R. Simon. NOV A: t . Will Fli nt; 2. Lonnie Hallsted; 3. M ark Leibold; 4. D. Halstea d; 5. D. Pon er. INT: 1. Bob Fr ies; 2. Er ic Means; 3. Tom Kempe r; 4. C. Raymond ; 5. D. Petr icl< . ADV: t . Chucl< Bassett; 2. Steve O'Rour ke; 3. Bob Schwenke; 4 . G. Hollenbeck; 5. T. Carlson . EX: t . Duan e Rink es; 2. Allen Todd; 3. Larry Orawho rn ; 4 . Shawn Hollenbec k; 5. Ber nie Groshon g. SPTM N; t . B. Bjorl o; 2. M . Remington; 3. D. Taylor. Matthews, Reynolds rule Wares Ferry MX By Hugh Gatlin 30 MONTGOMERY, AL, SEPT. 27 Suzuki -mounted Chance Matthews a nd Kawasaki rider Ryan Reynolds were th e dominant forces in Mini raci ng.at ro und four of the .$ 11,000 G eorg ia Cycl e Su p p ly Fall MX Seri es, hosted by War es Ferry MX Park. Matthews topped both motos of the Senior Mini a nd Super Mini classes, but didn't ha ve a ny room for error. A hard-riding Brian Ra ymond chased Matthews all da y long, finishing runner-up in both classes. Reyno lds, p laying the rol e of iron man, rode to unchallenged victories in the Junior Mini and 60cc class. H e also entered the Super Min i class , comi ng out o n top of a points tie with J ohnny Dea n for thi rd overall. Matthews holesho t the first Super Mini motowith fellow Suzuki rider Dean second. Ra ym ond moved u p a nd wedged himself between the yellow machines on th e fourth la p. Positions held steady to the finis h with Reynolds p lacing fourth. Matthews led the second moto followed by Ra ymond and Brian Sto kes. T he three pulled away fro m the pack. Ra ymond was on the gas , passing Ma tt hews down a straightaway, on ly to ru n' deep into the next berm. Ma tthews went back out front for good. Raymo nd held on to second and Reyn olds took third. Ma tt hews controlled the start of the first 18-rider Senior Mini moto, followed by Sto kes and Dea n. Wh il e Raymond was cu tti ng through th e p ack , Dean moved into seco nd . Raymond passed Dean in th e sta dium sectio n' of th e track a nd shadowed Ma tthews to the flag. Dean fin ish ed third. Once again, Matthew s was o u t front early in th e final moto. H e and Raymond o utdi sta nced th e field a nd finish ed 1-2. Sha n no n Brooker came o ut on top of a fierce ba tt le for th ird ahead of Dean and Bill y Cantrell. In 250cc A raci ng, Ho nda rider Darryl H eisler led both rno tos over Yama ha of Pra ttville's David Kell y. Each ti me out Kelly took the lead . th rou gh the. s tadium whoops. H ei sl er stayed close until Kell y pulled a way for safe wins. Joe Rogers p laced third. Ya m ah a-mounted Sha ne Pen e passed early leader Chris Ba ker in the first I25cc C moto, Pene built a huge lead an d rode on to hi s first mot o win of th e series. Point-lead er Kevin Beaver moved into second a t the hal fway po int and finis hed ahead of Ba ker. Beaver led th e second moto wireto-wire. Bill Beltz came o ut on top of a five-rider ba ttle for second. Pen e went from sixth to th ird, cla im ing second overall behind Bea ver. After winning th e first 250cc C mot o, Kawasaki rider T ony Morris ran behind T erry Pa rh am in th e seco nd h eat. Se r ies leader Tim H awkins moved fro m mid pack to thi rd. On the white flag lap a ra pi d ly tirin g Parham came under heavy pressure fro m Mor ris and Hawkins. Knowing he needed to pass for the overall win, Morris used an insi de lin e th rough the stadi um whoops a nd pulled even with Pa rham . Morris clipped Parham 's rear whee l and went down. Pa rh am gra bbed th e mot o win a nd his first overa ll victory of th e series. Morris a nd H awkin s pl aced second and third for the da y. Resu lts S/ M lN l: 1. Chance Matthews (Suz); 2. Br ian Raymond IKaw); 3. Ryan Reynolds (Kaw ); 4 . J oh nny Dean (5 uz); 5 . Bri an Stok es (Hon ). SR M INI: 1. Chance M att hews (5 uz); 2. Br ian Raymo nd (Kaw ); 3 . Shannon Broo ker (Yam); 4 . Kevin Billings (Kaw !; 5. Billy Cantr ell (Kaw ). OPEN B: 1. Kevin Br ule (Hon ); 2. John Trissel (Hon); 3 . Jay M cClell an (Yam); 4. ' Dan Liscomb (Hon); 5. Ray Carroll (Yam). 250 B: 1. J ason Coleman (Hon); 2. Earn eS1 Har bin Jr. (Hon ); 3. Br ian Robertson (Hon); 4. Ross John ston (Hon); 5. Kelly Denn is (Kaw ). 125 B: , . Todd Neal (Hon); 2. Lonnie Brow n (Hon); 3. Tomm y Bilz (Hon); 4 . Paul Clin e (Hon ); 5. Ross Johnston (Hon). 250 C: 1. Terry Par ham (Ka w~ 2. Tony Morris (Kaw); 3. TIm Ha"in s (Suz); 4. Kipp Bru le (yam ); 5. J eff Gibbs (Hon). ' 25 C: t . Kevin Beaver (Yam); 2. Shane Pene' (Yam); 3. Bill Beltz (Kaw); 4. Chr is Baker (Hon); 5. Kevin Thompson (Kaw). ' 25 A : t . Darryl Heisler (Hon); 2. Joe Rodgers (Hon). 250 A: t. David Kell y (Yam); 2. Darryl Heisler (Hon); 3. Joe Rogers (Hon); 4. Lee Kober (Kaw) . ENDR: 1. Tom my Pugh (Kaw); 2. Mak Brasher (Hus). SR: 1. Kevin Brule (Hon); 2. M ark Vand erc lay (Hon); 3 . Casey Hoover (Hon); 4 . Char lie Ow ens (KTM); 5. Shony Gords (Kaw ). J R M INI: t . Ryan Reynolds (Kaw); 2. Jason Gr ier (Yam); 3 . James Gr ier (Yam); 4 . Dam ien Brown (Kaw ); 5. Gary Kell um (Kaw) . 60 : t . Ryan Reynolds (Kaw); 2.Jaso n Grier (Kaw); 3. Jason Skipp er (Kaw); 5. Kyle Kelly (Kaw) . Ellis, Youngblood win at Cocoa MX By Athie Sanders COCOA , FL, SEPT. 27 Davi d Ellis a nd Derek Youngb lood cla imed overa ll win s in the Seni or .• a nd 80cc 13-15 classes d uring ro und th ree of th e Ch ampionshi p Morosports Racin g .Associati on-p romoted, Beach Spor tcycles-spo nso red 1987 SuperSpo rts ' Flori da State Ch a mpions hip Gol d Cup Series a t Diamo ndbac k Raceway. Yamah a-mo unted Da vid Indiveri claimed the early lead a t th e start of the firs t Senior rna to, but soo n ha d series points lead er Ellis beh ind h im ridi ng o n th e ra gged edge . Meanwhi le, T im Kirkl and and Robert H unter picked their way u p th rough th e pack, but go t sto pped dead in their tracks whe n a lapped rider blocked them in a tum. Kirkl and go t back on the gas first. Indiveri a nd Ell is were long go ne a nd ra gi ng a battle for th e lead. Ellis won out to claim the win. Hunter passed Kirkland a nd finish ed a distant third. Ellis wrapped up th e overall when he nailed th e second rnot o win a head of Indiveri , who was second overa ll. Ma y's third pl ace finish nett ed him fo urth overall and Hunter, with h is 3-4 tally, went home with a third place trophy. T he Cycle Shopl P ire ll il P lastic Works-sponsored Barry Sanders put h is Kawasaki o ut front a t th e start of the first 80cc 13-15 moto and held it o n u nti l Youngbl ood cu t his Yamaha under h im entering th e first turn to take over the lead . Daryl Yo ungblood mov ed into the seco nd place positi on and' th e two pulled away lea ving some hot dicing behind the m. Derek held o nto th e lead unti l he fell a nd got passed by Da ryl. Dary l held the lead to tak e the win as Derek ga ve it all he had to fin ish second. Anthony Paggio worked h is way up to fin ish third a hea d of David Bailey, Craig Ecker t and Sanders. Derek claimed th e lead a t the start of moto two, bu t had Daryl cha rgi n g righ t behind h im. Derek cras hed on th e fro nt straigh t allowing Da ryl to shoot into the lead . Paggio, Bail ey a nd Eckert ma naged to ro und o ut the top five and fin ish ed overall in that order. Results 7 -' 60 t : t . Kenn y Yoho (Kaw); 2. Ricky Carm ichael (Kaw ); 3. Kenneth Jones (Kaw). BD 7-'2: 1. Tim my Ferry (Hon); 2. Chris Brown ( Kaw~ 3. Steve n Eller (Hon). BD , 3-15 : 1. Derek Youngb lood (Yam); 2. Dary l Youngblood (Yam); 3. Anthony Paggio (Kaw) . 125 A: t . A lan Andreu (Hon); 2. Harold Ma thews (Yam); 3. Kyle Tallent (50'). 12 5 B: 1. Rob Hanson (Yam); 2. M arcus Pedrero (Hon); 3. Dean Baker (Hon). 125 C: 1. Geoff Page; 2. Max Sysk ( H o n~ 3. William Vand ersdal e. 250/500 A: 1. Jon McCabe (Hon); 2. John R8inho~ (Yam); 3. Brad Bolton. 250 B: t , M ike Jones (Hon); 2. Pat Mc Clain (Kaw ); 3. David Kuxhausen (Hon). 250 C: t . Bri an Broussard (Yam); 2. Jesse M acDonald (Hon); 3. J eff M inor (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Rick Perr y; 2. Dean Dyess; 3. John Gilles pie . 25 PLUS; 1. Lenard Leggett (Hon); 2. Alan An dreu (Hon ); 3. Tim Daly (Hon). SR: t . David Ell is (Hon!; 2. David Ind iver i (Yam); 3. Roben Hunter (Hon). lindsay wins at Ottawa Egg Hunt By Paul Hayes OTTAWA, IL, SEPT. 27 Shane Lindsay topped th e Pee Wee class at the Vari ety R iders MIC sponsored Egg H unt. Lindsay was th e top point ge tter in both motos. H e scored 53 in th e first 15 minute moto, the n came back and collected 3 1 poin ts for an overall score of 84. T he Cogh ill famil y took the next three p laces. Seco nd went to Mickala , who had a final score of 71. Chanse had 60 points for third, then came Shannon wi th 59 points. Mark Mason mad e th e most scoring trips in the Min i class. H e was also the top point getter during bo th mo tos. H e scored 38 and 40 for a final of 78. T om Daniels' fin al tall y of 64 was good for seco nd, and Bria n N ich ol son ro unded o ut th e top three with a 48. In th e 86-200 class the overa ll went to Denn is Mor ch . H e sco red 28 po ints in the first rnot o, came back in mot o two a nd carded a 40. Ch ad Marsha ll co uldn 't put togeth er a good first moto bu t hi s 40 poin ts scored in the fin a l mot o put him in second p lace with 63. Coming in one . po int beh ind was Bill Seni ca. . T he top point ge tter in th e Open class was Dave Shu mw ay. H e rode a H u s ky Auto to th a t p osi ti o n gaining 71 po int s. H e ma de the most scoring trips during both motos.

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