Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

esults VET BEG: 1. LA.'Milier (Kaw); 2. Mark Denn is . Hon); 3 . Thomas Die (Kaw) . VET NOV: 1. Bob Sul liva n (Hon); 2. John Nelson Hon); 3. Jac k McCormick (Hon). . VET INT; 1. Ala n Kent (Yam ); 2. DavId Chunn am); 3. Stan Kell er (Hon ). VET EX: 1. Mark Anderson (Hon); 2. Lars Larsson HonJ . BOSTK BEG: 1. Aaron W enstrup (Vam); 2. Kerry ant ien en (Kaw); 3. Tim Staufenbeil (Hon). . 80 STK NOV: 1. Tony Sul ek (Kaw): 2. Kevin . hafer (Vam); 3. David Casada (SUl). 80 STK INT: 1. Raymo nd Hensley (Yam); 2. Travis (Hon). . d BOMOD NOV: 1. Kavika Shib uya (SUl); 2. Edwa r . ay (SUlt 3. Tim Sta ufe nbeil (Hon). BOM OD INT: 1. Raymond Hensley (Yam); Trav is ry (Hont 3. Jo nas Dunn (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Tiger Garcia (Hon); 2. Tony Suler Kaw); 3. J aime Knox (Yam). . 125 NOV: 1. Kory Byers (Kaw); 2. Daryl Han kon s . Hon); 3. Steve Goslaw (Hon). 12 5 INT: 1. M ike Cham berl ain (Vam); 2. David Germ ain (Hont 3. Richa rd Saxton (Hon)-, 250 BEG: 1. Scot Benn en (Kaw); 2. ChnsJackson '. Hon); 3. Scon Put nam (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Cliff Wa lls (Hon); 2. Ad am Ponti ous Hon)' 3. Pete Baeza (Hon). INT: 1.·Jim Hawk ins (Hon); 2. Pet er Bugg ie Vam); 3. M arc Rensom (Kaw) . . 250 PRO: 1. M ike Voung (Vam) ; 2 . W illy Musgrave (Kaw); 3. Rick Gasper (Hon). . 500 BEG: 1. Ja im e Morton (Hon); 2. Arnie Fry (Vam); 3. Chr is Scoll(Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Bryan Richardson (Vaml; 2. Donald eyer (Hon); 3. Mark Woodward (Hon). 250 ishback paces Old ,mers in Costa Mesa y Scott Daloisio -, OST A MESA, CA , SEPT. 25 he Great Speedwa y R eunion rought back many of th e top names J\ Am eri can speedway history to range County Fairgrounds for the inal Fri da y night of th e .1987 s~son, nd it was truly a n o ld ti me rs mght. very rider , old tim er or not, who on a main eve n t, h ad a lrea dy lebrated hi s 30th birthday. In addi tio n to m odem day · sta rs, eros fro m yesteryear ' were on hand. e group o f old ti mers included ruce Penhall , Mike Bast, Danny 'Berzer ko" Beck er, "Slidin' Sonny" utter , Dennis Si ~l os , Dave Sims, eff T omlin and J irn "The Animal" ishback , to nam e a few . The RIder f the Week was 80-year-o ld J ack ilne. Mi lne, the first Am eri can to in th e World Ch amp ionsh ip, fired p th e same JAP that carried him o the' World ti tle and took two laps f h onor to a thunderous ovation ro m th e fans. The p rofits earned from th e crowd f more than 6000 were donated to he Adam Wal sh foundation. Sigalos on the first two mat ch races of the ight ov er Becker an d Mark Cherry . ker wh o had not ridden in a ouple'o f years, thrilled th e fans wi th series of wheelies a nd a co u p le o f pills. At intermission, Bast a n d Penhall ngled in a best -o f-th ree series . enhall took the win an d in th e pits Iter, it was apparent that their ompetitive fires still glow as they m e embroiled in a hea ted, a nd rious, verba l exchange. The firs t Old Timer hea t ra ce was ken by St eve N u tter over J eff omlin. Fi shback wo n the seco nd ver Dean York and Ascot referee Phil Moon. T he th ird race went to im s over Jan Ballard. The fin al hea t ra ce was ta ken by Son ny Nu u ~ over Scott Sivadge a nd Cra ig Schaeier, Fishback won h is semi over Steve Nutter wh ile T omlin beat Sims in th e ot he r. The main saw Fishback lead a ll the way. Nutter did a spectacular wheelie on lap one a n d almost threw it away but h e managed to save it . Tom lin pressured "T he Animal " a ll th e way but h e co u ldn' t find a way past an d Fishback took the win. Tomlin was a very close second with Nutter third. In th e regular acti on, Dubb Fer rell who has a few years on so me of fue old timers, won his second Costa Mesa Scratch main o f 1987. Steve Lucero was off the pole with Ferrell, on th e JR Concrete Pumping/Puente R eady Mlx/STP / Quaker St:ite/RK Chain Weslake, out of two. Lucero gated the field but he momentarily parked in tu m two and Ferrell streaked by on the o u tside. Schwartz tried to ge t by Lucero as well but he didn 't have the spee d. Ferr ell m aintained a three-len gth lead th e en tire way for th e wi n . Lucero h eld o rr Schwartz for seco n d with Bobby Ott taking fourth. T h irty-year-o ld Faria, riding his STP / S h oei/T su b a k ilO i lza IIlKa lG ard Jawa , br~u !?ht th e f~n s t~ thc:ir feet wit h a th nlhng ou tside n de i n th e eigh t la p H andicap main. Tom Burba , on th e 20, grabbed th e lead o n th e start but G ar y HI cks got a roc ket -like ga te a nd he wa s quickl y brea th in g down Bu rb a 's neck. T he fans qu ickl y p icked up .o n Faria. Com in g fro m th e 40 a nd us mg th e o utside, he p assed three rider s o n th e open ing la p. By th e end of la p two he was in seco nd an d a lap a n d a h alf later, h e liad passed Hicks for seco nd. Burba was th e on ly man left a nd wh en Faria closed in, th e fans ro se as one. Coming orr turn two on lap five, h e took th e lead and that p rompted a huge roar from th e fans. T he chec kered ca me down and Faria circled th e tra ck on hi s slow down lap to a deafening sta n din g ova tio n. Results SCRATCH: 1. Dubb Ferre ll (Wes t 2. Steve Lucero (Wes); 3. Bobby Schwartz (Wes);4. BobbyOn (Gdn ). HDCP: 1. M ike Faria (J aw); 2. Gary HICks (We s); 3. Tuff McBride (Jaw) . OT: 1. J im Fishbac k; 2. Jeff Tomlin; 3. Stev e Nuner; 4 . Dave Sims . OT MATCH 1: 1. Den nis Siga los; 2. Danny Becker. OT MATCH 2: 1. Denn is Sigalos; 2. Mark Cherry . OT MATCH 3: 1. Bru ce Penhall; 2. Mike Bast . Bertilino tops Neoga ST finale By Bill Holt NEO G A, IL, SEPT. 27 Re ed Bertilino rode his usu al flawless ra ce in th e 500cc Am ateu r class to carry away th e wi n ner' s share at th e Central Illino is season fi na le of th e DC/Cycle/ Super Seer D i stri~ ~ 17 Di rt T ra ck Series a t Neoga. Berulmo bla sted o rr th e line in both his heat a n d th e fin al a nd was cha lle nged rel entlessly by Ri ck Knuth and poin t leader Bart Sch m u lbach. The 50s led o rr the program and it was Shane Garrisson wh o held o rr Sha n non Wri gh t for th e win. T he third spot went to Mike Hall .who kept Justi n Filson in fourth until the en d. , In th e 125cc class David Stanfield went on to th e win a fter Bryan Graybea l cras hed ou t of th e final. T he 200cc class was a battle fo rth e top spot between Sco tt G riggs a nd Bob Collier. Co llier tried many tri cks to ge t by Grig gs but G! iggs held o n for the well deserved Will. Tom Su tton m o unted the H onda th at h ad won th e 1986 400cc class cham p io ns h ip an d used it. to grab th e wi n over th e hard charging Greg Calley. Mike.Collier motored in , in th ird , wi th Bob Col lier ta kin g fourth. Doni H ol eman a nd th e Bertilino Produce Honda did it again in ' th e 250cc class. H oleman kept Dan Carter an d Tom Sutton . a t bay for th e duration to take th e win . The Sen ior clas s en ded on a so ur n ot e wh en th e " O ld Man " , J im Kidman 'got into a tank sla p per in th e fourth tu rn and went over th e . bar s. The riders agreed to let th e heat results stand in respect to Kidman a nd that put Les Eslinger in th e winner's circle with Gary Brennan second 'an d Greg Calley third with Kidman fourth. Greg Logue took th e Pro win over Matt Yoho. Results 50 : 1. Shane Garrisson (Yam); 2. ~har~mon Wr ight (Yam); 3. Mike Hall (Yam); 4. Ju stin Filson (Suz); 5. Brian Hopper (Suz). ~ 00 c-r .... Q.) ..0 o ..... u o Jeff Tomlin leads Sonny Nutter and Dave. Sims in . Old Tim ers action at Costa Mesa . Jim Fishback won the Old TImers main . 125 : 1. David Stanfield (Kaw) ; 2. Bry an Graybeal (Hon). . 200: 1. SCOll Gr iggs (Suz]: 2. Bob Comer (Suzl; 3. Greg Pickens (Hon); 4. Eric Eschmeyer (Vam). 250: 1. Doni Holeman (Hon); 2. Dan Carter (Hon); 3. Tom Sunon (Hon); 4 . Stew art Wright (Hon); 5. W illiam Carter (Han). 400: 1. Tom Suttee (Hon); 2. Greg Calley (Yam); • 3. Mike Colli er (Hon); 4. Bob Collier (Hon~ 5. Mark Augenstein (Bu l). 500: 1. Reed Bert il ino (H-D); 2. Rick Knuth (Rtx); 3. Bart Schmulbach (H-D); 4 . Aaron Crockell (Hon); 5. Kevin Seivers (Rtx). . SR: 1. Les Eslinger (yam ); 2.Gary Brennan (Tn ); 3. Greg Calle y (Yam); 4 . J im Kidman (Hon). PRO: 1. Greg Logu e (Rtx ); 2. Man Voho ( H· D~ Hart doubles at Washougal MX By Clay Light WASHO UGAL . WA, SEP T . 26 Oregon 's G ra yson Hart had a fiel d da y a t Wash ougal Mot ocross Park, winning th e 125cc Pro a nd O pen P ro classes d uring Motocross Northwestsanc tioned MX rac ing. In th e O pen Pro class, H art rode h is H on d a C R5 00 to I-I w m s, b ea tin g H onda- m ou nted Dou g La nge a nd H onda rider Reid Goldman ; Lange and G ol dman ea rned seco n d and th ird with 2-2 an d 3-3 p erformances, resp ect ively. Hart shot o u t in front o f th e 125cc Pro class o n hi s Kawasaki in th e fir st m o to, followed closely by fell ow KX jockey G ar y Beyer an d Dana Anderson. H art held off Beyer 's charges to win th e co n test wh ile An derso n · a nd Keith Foidel fin ished th ird and fourth. Mot o two was much th e sa me. After sha king off Beyer, H art quickly turned up the th ro tt le for the win, earning his seco nd overall. Beyer 's 2-2 n etted second; An derso n was third (3-3). T he O pen j unior class was th e largest class in th e day's progr am. In the first rnoto, Honda-mounted Steve Shepard led Randy St. Marie a nd G rady Trogl in to the chec kered flag for a n im p ressive moto win. The seco nd co ntest also went the way of smooth, co ns istent She pard, good for a I- I swee p of th e class. Seco nd beh ind Shepard was St. Ma rie ,<2-3), with Don Boe£lug (4-2), Trogh n (35) a nd Larry Lacey (9-4) ro u ndi ng o u t th e top five. H onda ri de r Ed J en sen has long enjoyed dominan ce in th e . 125cc Intermedi at e class. T oday, It was much too easy for th e Portland rider to tak e the overall win. H e beat Kawasaki riders Lance R u dge a n d Dennis McConnell for th e honors. Kawasaki rid er Bobby Steiner a lso joined the ra n ks of th e dominant pe rform ers by ea rnin g I-I wins in th e 250cc Intermediate class beating H onda -mounted Mike Kates a n d sou th ern Oregon sp eeds te r R on Milligan. The battle betw een Ka tes a n d Milligan co ntin u ed in th e U p The Hill class . Milligan, who m ad e a 300mile trek from Medford, won the firs t moto, but th e second moto went th e way o f Ponland H onda' s Kat es, good for the win . Ex -Pro Randy Jungworth to ok thi r d with 3-3 pe rformances. Resu lts OPEN PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (Hont 2. Doug Lange (Hon); 3. Reid Goldman (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Nick Blasedell (Kaw ); 2. Darr en Rogers (Hon ); 3. Tim Wlaker (KTM) . 125 PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (Kaw ); 2. Gary Beyer (Kaw ); 3. Dana Anderson (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Kurt Stevens (Hon); 2. Tom Rowland (Hon); 3. Doug Eckleman (ya m). . 250 INT: 1. Bob S.e iner (Kawt 2. M ike Kates ( Hon~ 3. Ron M illigan (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Ed Jensen (Hon); 2. Lance Rudge (Kaw); 3. Dennis McConnell (Kaw ). 3O-4OINT : 1. Tom Rowland (Hon); 2. M ill Hard en (SUl ); 3. Doug Eckelman (Yam). OT INT: 1. Rich Duncan (Hon); 2. Paul Butler (SUll. OPEN JR: 1. Steve Shepard (Hon); 2. Randy St , Mar ie (Hon ); 3. Don Boef lug . 250 JR; 1. Lar ry Lacey (Hon); 2. Shan e Donaca (Hon); 3. Joh n Ma rcon e (Hon ). ' 12 5 J R; 1. Troy Fuller (Kaw); 2. M ike Crader (Hon); 3. Rich Brown ing (Hon). 80 JR/INT: 1. Rian Gant (SUl); 2. Forrest Tran su (Yam); 3. Troy Kibble (Kaw) . 60 INT: 1. Cory Fuller (Kaw); 2. Coby Porter (Kaw). 60 JR : 1. Doug McKuhn (Kaw ); 2. Mall W illiams (Kaw); 3. Russ Postma (Kaw l. PIW: 1. J ason Hanson (Suz); 2. Rich Jackso n (Hon~ ; . 30·40 JR : 1. Don Thompson (Hon); 2. Mike Thompson (Hon); 3. Danny Baker (Vam): UTH: 1. Mike Kates (Hon); 2. Ron M illigan (Hon ); 3. Randy Jungwort h (Kaw). McManaway gets the gold at Ascot MX B Ken Faught y G ARD ENA, CA , SE PT. 25 J ohn McMa naway too k the o,:erall victory in the Vintage class with a 1-2 score to night a t Ascot Park. T he Vintage cl ass ru ns o nce a month and is for bikes at least IO-year s-ol d. In th e first m ot o it was McMa naway leading Dwayn e Lane , T im Tolleson, a nd Terry Pratt into ~he first tu rn. Midway through the first la p T olleson passed Lane orr of the d rop-o ff b ut o n the seco n d lap T olleson's Husky stopped runn in g . Towards th e en d of th e th ird lap, th e battle for seco nd became intense. George J ox , aboard h is Ma ico , began to look for a way arou nd Pra tt. Pratt, who wo rked his way up from fourth, di d every thing he co u ld to keep J ox beh ind h im. On th e fina l lap J ox got by Pratt and a t the fin ish it wa s McManaway wi th th e win foll ow ed by jox, Pratt, a nd Lane. . At th e start o f th e seco nd m ot o It wa s T olleson with the h ol esh ot chased by Pratt, McManaway, a n d Lane. McM anaw ay q uickly passed Pratt and began to p ull away. On the second lap McMana way ca ugh t u p to Tolleson a nd p assed h im o n th e outside o f a tri ck y left -hand . corner. Tolleson kept on th e gas and 33

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