Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

...J CJ) ~ ::E o ..... > '" o b :x: 11. Dale McCullough (522) cuts across the line of Over 40 winner Vernon Markworth (699) and Mike Meandro at Zars Ranch. pile had to be ridden acro ss and th en riders had to execu te a down hill turn between some trees. This victo ry will mo ve Wood into the Interm edi ate class. Beginner rider Jim Congdon survived th e mud and slime to collec t another first place. Results PREM: 1. Cecil Hollien (Yam). EX: 1. Sam Brown (Yam); 2. Ken Clark (Yam); 3. Mike Komer (Man) ; 4. Joe JUSliclt (Bet). ADV: 1. David Karst (Yam); 2. George Brinkwan (Bet); 3. Bob Foringer (M an); 4. Raymond Peters (Yam ~ 5. Mark Penit (Yam). INT: 1. Joe Shsvalier (Mon ~ 2. Jeff Bolt (Yam); 3. Mark Swan (Yam); 4 . David Gauer (M an); 5. Regan Faught (Bet). SR A: 1. laVern Bowen (Yam); 2. Wa yne Larson (Yam ~ 3. Paul Sm ith . NOV: f. Fred Wood (Yam~ 2. Voss Fernandes (Yam); 3. Richard Hanman; 4. Jason Kuzneski (Man); 5. Pat McGraw (Bet). SR B: 1. Don All is: 2. Dick Oliver (M an); 3. Bob Kuzneski (Man ); 4. John Knapp (Yam). BEG: 1. Jim Congden; 2. Jeff Bam (Man) . Bradshaw zaps Zars Ranch HS By Tom Tysl 36 SAN ANTONIO, TX, OCT. 4 Mike Bradshaw won th e Pro clas s at ro und two of th e South T exas H are Scramb le Series held at lars Ranch. Cool , d ry a n d dust y co n di tions gree ted over 100 en trants to th e sixmile course that contained everyth in g from sugar sand to rocky river bottoms to hard packed cla y trai ls. The Pro class was first off th e line and into the woods with Bradshaw taking th e lead on an 'SS Honda CR250. At th e end of th e first lap Bradshaw had a sli m lead. Charl ie Martin had pushed his KTM 250 into second followed by Doug Paley, Pete Sullivan and Andy Bradshaw. Steve Cardwell , after a bad first lap, came through the scori ng barrels nin th , almost fo ur minutes down on the lead er. Mik e Bradshaw continued to set a blistering pace with Martin doing h is best to keep him in si g h t. Cardwell was busy worki ng his way th rough the pack and by lap' six passed Paley to mo ve into third. Mike Bradshaw finished first , almost two minutes ahead of Martin with Cardwell taking third 30 seconds back. The Expert class was won by Jamie Garner on the " oldest running Penton 250" followed by th e CR500 of Steve Ko tara. " We passed each other three or four times. Bu t in the end a lapped rider go t between us and he got awa y from me," Kotara said. . ' "The old scooter ran good today: This is my first win this year," said Garner. In the l25cc class Chris Ryan, in hi s .first har e scramble, took th e holeshot and led for th e firs t three la p s follo wed closel y by Donn y O 'Neal. As the race wore on Ryan could not hold th e pace and O 'N eal mov ed past him on lap five and pulled away to a three min u te lead at the fin ish. "The SOcc race is just an ho ur and I didn 't have anything left at my last gas top . .. but I fin ish ed," sai d Ryan after th e ra ce. Results PRO: 1. M ike Bradshaw (Han); 2. Char lie Manin (KTM); 3. Steve Cardwell (Han). EX: 1. Jamie Garner (Pen); 2. Steve Kota ra (Hon); 3. Bred Burnie (Han). OPEN: 1. Chuck Wo rley (Han); 2. Ja mes Rust (Han); 3. Rick M ichae ls (Yam). 250: 1. Mike Maloney (Han); 2. Marcus Pepper (Kaw); 3. Shane Brightwell (Han). . 125 : 'l , Donny O'Neal (Suz); 2.. Chr is Ryan (Kaw); 3. Ron Rasbury (Suz). 200: 1. Steve Br idge s (Han); 2. M ike Davis (Kaw); 3. Ted Chamberlin (Han). ()..30: 1. Rick Pitman (Yam); 2. Mi ke Me andro (Hus); 3. Dale McCUllough (Kaw). 0-40: 1. Vernon Markworh (Hus); 2. Dave Adam s (Kaw); 3. Herb Fish (Han). 80: 1. Will iam Henk (KTMI; 2. Michael Mo ses (Yam); 3. Dan iel Trott (Kaw) . 60: 1. Jason Moses (Kaw); 2. Brant Dickerson (Kawl ; 3. 8rian Canion (Kaw). 50 : 1. Drew Dunbar (Suz); 2. Waylin McCullough (Suzl. BEG: t. Bob Fee (Han); 2. Bryan M ason (Han); 3. M ike Rodgers (Han). • WMN: 1. Barb Russell (Suz); 2. Jane Firweather (Hus); 3. Michaele Trott (Han). Charleston Pok er Run . draws 700 By Mike and Anne Adair CHARLESTON, SC, OCT. 5 Alt hough attendance was dow n , 700 roa d enthusiasts toured 99 mi les of coastal South Car ol ina blacktop in the 10th Annual Stokes Cycle Centersponsored Charleston Poker Run. Event chairman Brian Parker said, " We had a crisp fall da y for th e event this year and everyone had a rea lly good tim e. We had no serious accidents and everythi ng went smooth ly. The only disappointment was our turnou t was down. An Ala ba m a concert attracted many local bi kers a nd prevented us from break in g our old attendance record. " Ch arleston County detectiv e Pat Patrick entered his whole family on two bikes. "I thought it would be a good experience for my so ns to ride the 500. My wife and I doubled on the Aspencade. " Patrick con tin ued, " I was · stopped on the ride by a county motorcycle pol iceman. It turned ou t to be a roo kie that I had trained. I sure hope the chief doesn 't read Cycle N ews." Melvin Cumbee, Greg Hodges and Eddie Stokes routed the riders through Rantoles to Hollywood, down Parkers Ferry Road to U.S. 17 South, then back to Walterboro, Cottageville, and Summerville. Ralph Reyton enjoyed the section of th e route between Jacksonboro and Round 0 th e best. He said, "This is th e idea l way for bikers to ge t toge ther wi thou t terrorizing anyone. Everyone was smiling and just havin g a good time." Communities a long th e ro ute were rece p tive to th e two-wheel ers as residen ts of Hollywood lined th e road way wavi ng from lawn cha irs as they observed the fun. T he little country store, across from the checkpoint three, reported record sales of soda and peanut bu tter crackers o n their bu siest da y of th e year. The fun continued in the afternoon sun as riders checked back in o n Stokes H onda 's parking lot. Participants there enjoy ed Grover Ewer's fam ou s fish fry, mu sic by th e Beddrokkers RIB Band and rode for trophies and prizes in a series of specia l events . Winner"of the hilarious "Weenie Bite " ride, Tommy Campbell , rod e a Honda Rebel and gobbled th e biggest bite from th e danglin g , mus tard drenched fra nk. . J ody Sin gletary won th e slow race on a H onda V65 Magna. T he cycle service manager said, " I used a secret techniq ue to improve on last year's ru nner -up fini sh. " Maryland G Ll OOO r id er Bud Fletcher said, " I rode 636 m iles to get here, bu t this run was wort h it. We all had a blast and that's what motorcycli ng is all abou t. Results 0 / A : 1. Bill O'Con ner; 2. Roxana Nelson; 3. Hal M anin. . HON: t . Inez Manin; 2. Abe Collins; 3. Je rry Beasley. 4 . Donald Drennon. KAW 1. Milton Alpizar; 2. Brent Murray; 3. : Susa n Sullivan; 4. Dee Dee Bvron . YAM : 1. Bill Hemmelgarn; 2. Russell Parke r; 3. Dan Greiner; 4 . Mike Kinney. SUZ: 1. Keith Lungslord; 2. Melanie Peachy; 3. J im Bento n; 4. Gera ld Griffin. H-D : 1. Mark Kn igh c 2. Renaldo ; 3. Stephanie Schultzback. BMW: 1. Hazel Poechon ; 2. Lockwood Hean. OTHER: 1, Eric Gibeat ; 2. Bob Seidler . Vohland scores win at Sacramento MX By N uklear Neukam SACRAMENTO, CA, OCT. 9 -I t was o nce aga i n Hi-Po int / Kaw as aki-support rider T all on Voh land taking home the bu cks as win ner of th e combined Pro class at Sacra mento Raceway Park's Fri da y Ni ght stadium motocross races. In th e first mo to Vohl and shot out to the ear ly lead with Kawasakimo unted Shawn Freiling in pursu it. After a couple of laps Honda ace T ony McGrath moved into second. Rea ction Porting-po wered , H iPo in t/H onda -moun ted Sha w n Wooten was wo r kin g h is wa y through the pack after falling in th e first turn. At the white flag Vohla nd had built an insurmountable lead while Wooten had amazi ngly moved into second. Vohland styled past th e checkered for th e win with Wooten an impressive second. McG rath held off Freil ing for third with Kawasakimo un ted Ra y Crumb rounding o ut the first five spots. Vo h l a n d again hol esh ot th e ' second moto but thi s tim e Wooten stayed on his tir es through th e first .turn. Vohland, however, was flying and , try as he mi~ht, Wooten couldn 't keep pace WIth him. Vohland finished fir st aga in for th e overa ll while Wooten combined his two second pl aces for seco nd overall. Freiling took a solid third for third overall with fourth pl ace and sixth overall going to " Do uble Barrell" Da ryle Yount. Another fifth for Crumb bumped him to fourth overall as McGrath had to settle for a seventh and fifth overall placing after crashing midway through the moto. . £ Results )• PRO: 1. Tallon Vohland (Kaw); 2. Shawn W_en (Han); 3. Shawn Freiling (Kaw). INT: 1. Randy Lewallen (Kaw); 2. Kelly Hoffer (Han); 3. Sam Freis (Han). 50: 1. K.C. Rigmaiden. 60 BEG: 1. Jarred Sm ith (Yam). 60 NOV: t . Darr in Charp (Han); 2. Sleven Young/ Knutson (Kaw) ; 3. Travis MacDonakf (Kaw ). ~ 60 INT: 1. Shawn Burrell (Kaw) . • SOBEG; t . Eric Pahrman (Kaw ); 2. Jarred Balken (Han); 3. Jacob Deeoe (Kaw) . SO NOV: 1. Shawn MacDonald (Kaw ); 2. Mark Weldy (Kaw ); 3. Trav is Brown (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Joe Odekirk (Han); 2. Doug Wagner (Han); 3. Nathen Harvey (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Jason Johnson (Kaw); 2. Brett Hamilton (Kaw); Jeffrey Brownley (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. J im Tipton (Yam); 2. Troy Wing (Kaw ); 3. Bill Spencer (Kaw~ .r 250 BEG: 1. Aaron Currie (Han); 2. Glenn McCall (KTM); 3. Rich Baker (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Howa rd Halterman (Kaw); 2. Lad Wentzel (KTM~ 3. Brent Poplawski (Han I. OPEN NOV: 1. Paul Dugan (Han); 2. RitChie ~ Ferre ira (Han); 3. Brad Kimble (KTM). ENDR: t. Ma rk Hector (Han ); 2. Steve Goodwin (Han); 3. Cun Leipold (Han). VET NOV: t. TIm Tracey (Han); 2. Neal Kuechler . (Kaw); 3. Dan Baker (Hus). • VET INT: 1. Larry Lacey (Han); 2. Clark Plummer ... (Han); 3. Richard lakrewski (Han). VET EX: 1. Steve lawrence (Han); 2. William Roberge (Kaw) . ~ OT MSTR: 1. Denn is Hausmann (Han). t Ward wins Eugene Gold Cup MX By Clay Light EUGENE, OR, OCT. II Yam ah a Pro Support rider La rry Ward, of Washington, dominated two Pro cla sses at the sixth round of the Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cup Series, held at Emerald Raceway' in Eu gene. Ward wo n four motos, easily topp in g bo th the 125and 25OCC. Pro classes. In th e Open Pro class, fellow Washingtonian Phil Larson captured both rno tos. Du e to a lat er- than-anticipated start, the 250cc and Open Pro classes were co mbi ned with th e Intermediates, which made th ings quite interesting. In both clases, it showed th at there are severa l Intrmediate . riders wh o shou ld be moved up to th e Pro classes. The first Open moto had local favorite Ri ck Gunderson leading Mik e Bruke, Scott Williams, Ted DeVol and Denny Fennell. Aftef a miserabl e start, L arson moved within striking ra nge of Gunderson to take th e win. . Larson wasted little tim e rocketing into the lead in moto two. After j ust one lap, Larson put a cozy margin . on Gunderson, who did th e same to Williams, who was doing all he could to shake off a pesky DeVol. Larson wrapped up th e overa ll with a I-I win, with Gunderson 's runnerup fin ish es good for the Intermediate win over Williams and DeVol. Fennell (2-2) and an inj ured Scott T yler were second and third overall. .Ward led T yler , Graves, Scott Steffy and Don Bisceglia around the two-mile course on th e opening lap of the first 250cc Pro contest. After two laps, Ward had a 10-second lead on Steffy, who had his hands full with Oregon 's Graves. Graves motored past Steffy, but Catching Ward was impossible; Ward's lead grew to 17 seconds at the finish. Graves and Steffy were second and th ird. . ' Graves gave Ward some competition at the start of the second moto, but by the seco nd lap Ward had built up an unsurmountable lead over Graves, Steffy and Tyler, who was riding with an injured leg from a pracnce bail-off. Ward won moto two , good for his first overall win, beating Graves (2-2), Steffy (3-3), Bisceglia (5-4) and T yler, who maintained his series point lead with 45 rides. In the same race , Mike Williams beat Montana's Jack Gabelhausen and Suzuki rider Jim Cottlet to take the win in the 250cc Intermediate class.

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