Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ward's double-class decimation came after winning th e 125cc Pro class wi th relative ease. Ward was uncontested in moto one, with o nly Idaho' s Bri an Thomson stay ing anywh ere close. Third to Thomson was Caves, wi th Steffy and Bryan Birk estol filli ng the top five spo t. " Birkestol led moto two, bu t Ward pi cked th e H onda rider off o n lap two and led fo r the rest of the race to Clai m h is second I-I overa ll win. Birk estal held second until th e last lap, whe n he crashed , allowi ng Graves to take th e spot, good for second ov er a ll after 2-2 r id e s. Ro u nding ou t th e top five were; Thomson (2-3), Kenny Olsen (6-4) and Steffy (3-8). into a san d y corner allow ing a co up le of riders by. McGrath recovered quickl y and resumed th e chase but Ch amberlain was long gone and went o n to take th e overall wit h McG ra th in seco nd a nd J eff Fine in third. Results OPEN PRO, 1. Phil Larson (Vam); 2. Denny Fenn ell (Vam l;3 . Scott Tyler (Vam). '250 PRO, 1. Larry Wa rd (Vam); 2. Tony Graves (Han). 3. Scott Steffy (Yarn). 125 PRO; 1. Rick Gun derson (Yam ); 2. Scot Will iams (Han); 3. Ted DeVol (Kaw). • OPEN INT: 1. Rick Gunder son (Vam); 2. Scot Williams (Han); 3. Ted DeVo l (Kaw ). 2 50 INT: 1. M ike W ill iam s (Han ); 2. Jack Gabelhausen (Yam); 3. Jim Cottl et. 12 5 1 NT; 1. Bru ce Joh nson (Han); 2. Todd Schini (Han); 3. Ja ck Gabelhausen . BO INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Vam ); 2. Danny Ulven (Kaw l; 3. Shane W est (Kaw ). . 60 INT: 1. Zach Rund (Han ); 2. Eric Burkin shaw (Kaw) . • OPEN J R; 1. M ike W est (Vam); 2. Bill Bail ey (Kaw); 3. M ike M arkham (Yam). 250 JR : I . Ty Birdwell (Han); 2. Bill Radcliffe (Kaw); 3. Rod Tapia (Suz). 125 JR: 1. Ty Birdwell (Han); 2. Rod Tapia (Suz); 3. J On Kuebler (Han). 30-40 s: 1. J im Lamk in (Han); 2. Gary Beaver (Kaw ); 3. Doug Eckelman (Yam). . . . 30-40 INT: 1 . Mark Dickey (Kaw ); 2. Lenn ie Riedinger (Yam); 3. Jim Harr is (Han). 30-40 JR: 1. David Hult (Kaw); 2. Doug And erson (Yam); 3. Steve Baze (Han). ·.P/ W : 1. Jon Beaver (Yam); 2. Al ex Small (Yam); 3. Jesse Praus (Yam). 60 JR : I . Russell Postma (Kaw); 2. Robert Kinerman (Kaw); 3. Doug McKuhn. WMN NOV: 1. Sheil a Moretz (Kaw ); 2. Joy A mes (Han). WMN INT: 1. Dana Evenson (Vam); 2. M ar ia Gonzalez (Kaw); 3. Tina Zehrt (Kaw). WMN EX: 1. Mindy Smith (Kaw ); 2. Tam i Rice (Suz); 3. Judy Sendelbach (Kaw ). VET BEG: 1. Ed Tashjia n; 2. L.A. M iller (Kaw); 3. Ma rk Neav (Hus). VET NOV: I. Joe Kehoe (Suz); 2. Don Gossett (Yam); 3. Scott Harmon (Yam). VET INT: I . Bob Alvi s (Hus); 2. A lan Kent (Yam ); 3. Randy And erson (Yam). VET EX: 1. Ken Zahrt (Han ); 2. Mark Raiclt e (Suz). 80 STK BEG: 1. Travis Flemm ing (Han ); 2. V ictor Banuglos (Kaw l; 3 . Aa ro n Wenstr up (Yam ). 80 STK NOV: I . Coli n Cout o; 2. David Casada (Suz); 3. Edwa rd Jay (Suz). 80 STK INT: I . Rusty Some rs (Kaw ). 80 STK EX: 1. Dust in Evans . 80 MOD 8 EG: 1. Rene Lopez (Yam). 80 M OD NOV; I . Kavik a Shibuya (Suz): 2. Edward Jay (Suz); 3. Colin Couto . 80 M OD INT; I . Rusty Som ers (Kaw) . 80 MOD EX: 1. Dust in Evans. 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Chris Holl and (Han ); 2. Larry Camom ile (Hon); 3 . David Camomile (Hen ). 125 NOV 0 -2: I . Shawn Burke (Suz); 2. Wi lliam Lawto n (Suz); 3. Seth Bold man (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Josh Mc Robert s (Han); 2. Scott Hoff man (Han); 3. Jeff Demm ington. 125 INT: 1. Mike Chamberl ain (Vam); 2. J eremy M cGr ath (Yam); 3. Jef f Fine (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Mi ke You ng (Cag); 2. Shaw n Steele (Han); 3. Tom Anderson (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Scot Bennett (Kaw ); 2. Ch ri sJackson (Han); 3. Pat Ball ard (Han). 250 NOV: '1. Adam Pont iou s (Han); 2. Bobby Pen alo sa (Yam); 3 . Earl W att er s (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. Brian Gipson (Kaw ); 2. Peter Bugg ie (Yam); 3. B.J. M ill spaugh (Kaw ). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Kiedrows ki (Kaw); 2. Jeff Maybery (Yam); 3. Willy Musgrave (Kaw) . 500 BEG: I . Richard Li ma (Han "); 2. Jam ie Morton (Han); 3. Kir k Robertson (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Bryan Richardson (Yam); 2. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 3. David Thayer (Han). 500 INT: I . John Greenway (Han); 2. Ken Erb (Han); 3. Tom Sm ith. 500 PRO: 1. Derr ick Paiem ent (Yam). Smith, Everson, Moretz top I.ACR MX Tyler tops at Roseburg Gold Cup Motocross oJ Results By David Procida PALMDALE, CA, ocr. 11 Mindy Sm ith, Dana Everson and Sheila Moretz were th e winners in the women's class racin g' as CRC hosted round seven of the Western USA Championship Series a t Los Angeles County Raceway. Suzuki Country's Tami Rice and Mashburn Kawasaki's Mindy Smith diced and swapped th e Women 's Expert lead back and forth in mota one before Rice proved to ha ve the upper hand. In the Intermediate class Dana Evanson put her YZ250behind Rice and Smith but in front of all tlie o th er Intermediates as 'she went I-I for th e overall. Joy Ames surprised all th e other .women as th e Nov ice rider holeshot moto two. H er lead was sho rt-li ved but Ames did manage to hold onto the number two ' Novice position behind Hi-Desert Kaw asaki rider Slieil a Moretz. . In Vet Beginner racing Ed Tashjian put hi s machine into th e limeligh t as he was chased to th e chec kered by th e point lead er in th e series Larry Miller. Mark Neau ro unded out th e top th ree. ' ,In 125cc Intermediat e ac tio n Tony Qu all s hol eshot mota one with Mik e Chamb erlain and J eremy McG rath close behind him. Chamberlain a ll but sewed up the overa ll series win as he powered by Qualls into th e lead with McGra th foll o wing a co up le of turns later. McGrath quickly closed the gap a nd too k th e lead from Chamberlain and held on for th e win. In moto two H onda pilo t Chris T rickl e led the pack for th e ope ni ng lap before hi s H onda 's engi ne soured. Chamberl ain and McGrath took over from th ere and led H ondamounted J eff Fine and Bubba Erickson. T he four riders pulled away from th e pack and maintained a torrid pace and it fin ally took its toll as McG ra th buried hi s front tir e deep By Clay Light ROSEBURG, OR, ocr. 10 Round five of th e Yama ha Gold Cup Seri es, held at Clarks Branch Ra cewa y in Roseburg, featured outstandin g performances by dozen s of individual s, but th e most noteworthy performance was th at of Washing- 'ton 's Scott T yler. Du e to th e Gold Cup races being non-sanctioned, a rider may choo se to compete in th ree classes. Today, T yler did just that and came away with two overa ll wins in the 250cc and Open Pro classes, and too k second overall to Larry Ward in the 125cc Pro class. Points leader Ward took care of both motos in the 125cc Pro class with relative ease. Ward led th e first mo to ahead of Oren Bray and Tony Grav es, wh o wer e fi ght in g fo r second. Tyler came th rough traffic at an unbelievabl e rate, sett ling into th e top five by the midway po int . T yler nabbed Bray lat e in th e mo ta to take third be hi nd Ward a nd Graves, fin ishing ahead of Bra y a nd Grayson H art . . Oregon's Hart jammed his KX into th e lead at tlie dro p of th e ga te in mo to two whi le Ward, Tyler, Idaho 's Brian T ho mso n a nd Gary Beyer fill ed th e top five at th e end of th e first la p . By la p two, Ward had overta ken H art for th e lead and had a six-second adva ntage by the six th lap. H art did a sensa tiona l job of hol din g off T yler for secon d, but a first mo to fifth , placed T yler second overa ll after consistent 3-3 perfor mances. H art (5-2), Bray (4-4) and Graves (2-6) ro un ded ou t the top five overa ll. T he 250cc P ro class h as been do mi nated by two riders , with th e excep tion of the Albany series opener won by Hart. T yler and Ward have exchanged leads throughout every moto since, and it was mu ch th e same today. T yler held under ex treme press ure from Ward to earn a win In moto o ne with Scott Steffy, Graves ~ ;=1 ~ ~ Mindy Smith (1W) and Tami Rice battled fo r the Women's Expert w in at LACR w ith Smith taking the overall victory. and Steve Friesen following. Graves hol eshot rnot o two, much to th e deli ght of hi s local fans, but his lead o n ly lasted un til the lon g, long .Washo ugal-style downhil l. That's when Ward flew over Gra ves' head to hold the lead un til Tyler worked in to gunn ing range and overtook Ward, good for a I -I win . Ward (22), Graves (4-3), Friesen (5-4) and . class point leader Steffy (3-6) filled th e top five overall. T he best actio n th us far in th e Open P ro class was on tap today between T yler and Larson, which was a battle for th e series point lead. Coming into th e event, Larson held a slim point lead , but at th e end of both mo tes, Ty ler prevailed wi th, II rides to beat La rson 's 2-2 performa nces a n d th e ' 4-3 ri des from Ca liforn ian Ron LaPointe. Another classic battle was that of Ryan Huffman and Danny U lven for th e 80cc Intermediat e point lead . Lead er Ulven , riding with an injured leg from a local race crash, couldn 't bea t' Huffman , who narrowed Ulv en 's point lead. Third to Huffman and U lven was 60cc National .Am a re u r Champi on Ja son McCormick. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Scott Tyler (Yam); 2. Phil Larson (y am); 3. Ron laPointe (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Scott Tyler (Vam); 2. Larry Wa rd (Vam); 3. Tony Graves (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Larry Ward (Yam); 2. Scott Tyler . (Yam); 3.Grayson Hart (Kaw) . OPEN INT; 1. Scott Williams (Han); 2. Mike Mohrbacher (KTM ); 3. Rick Gunderson. 250 INT: I . Mike Williams (Han); 2. Ron M ill igan (Han); 3. Jack Gabelhausen. I 251NT: 1. Jeff Daily (Kaw) ; 2. Todd Sch in i (Han); 3. Jack Gabel haus en (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 2, Dann y Ulv en (Kaw); 3. J ason M cCorm ick (Kaw ). . OPEN JR: 1. Bill Bailey (Kaw); 2. M ike W est (Yam); 3. M ike Mar kh am (Yam). . 250 J R: I . Rod Tapia (Suz); 2. Joe Casey (Kaw); 3.Ty Birdwell (Han). . 125 JR; I . Ty Birdwell (Han); 2. Rod Tapia (Sul); 3. Leon Capps (Suz). BDJR; 1. Brett Bull er (Han); 2. Tr avis Berry (Han); 3. Chad Brown (Kaw ). 60 JR: 1. Russell Postm a ~ Kaw); 2. M ike Ulv en (Kaw); 3. Doug Mc Kuhn (Kaw l. UTH: 1. Ron M illigan (Hon); 2. Arne Henman (Han); 3. Mike M ohrb acher (KTM ). 30 -40 s: I . Randy Toreson (Vam); 2. J im Lamkin (Han); 3. Gary Beaver (Kaw). 30-40 INT: 1. Rick Burkinsh aw (Han ); 2. Lennie Riedinger (Yam); 3. Frit z Martin . 30 -40 JR: I . David Hult (Kaw ); 2. Doug And erson (Yam); 3. M ike M ind er (KTM). 105 : 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 2. Danny Ulven (Kaw ); 3. Mik e Hur st (Han). Beyer, Blasdell burn Albany SX By Clay Light ALBANy,.OR, ocr. 4 Kawasa ki riders G ar y Beyer and Ni cky Blasdell took advantage of H onda speedster Tony Graves' rnis- fortune to earn Pro class wins at the Albany Supercross. Beyer topped th e 125cc Pro class and Blasdell claimed th e 250cc Pro class win a t th e final ro und of the Motocross No rt hwest Sum mer Series. G raves cra shed in th e second mo to of each class, ending his m onth-long do m in ati on of the di visions. The 125cc Pro cla ss was loaded with ta lent. In th e first mota, H onda-mounted Dan a Anderson blurred to th e head of the p ack with Beyer, Keith Foidel , Graves, Kenny Olsen and David Browning fighting for th e number two spot. By the third lap, Beyer over too k And erson for th e lead, then Gra ves also dropped Anderson back a spo t. Beyer and Graves were engaged in a wh eel-to-wheel combat for th e ent ire 30-mi n ute moto while Anderson rode in third until Mot ocross Northwest's riumber two plateholder Olsen picked him off, moving to third, where he fin ished. The battle for th e lead went do wn to th e last lap, Graves drove inside of Beyer for the win. Anderson was holeshot king of the da y, again leading at th e drop of the ga te in mota two. Olsen ran second while Beyer, Foidel, Browning and Graves gave chase. Gra ves moved 'to .third after on e lap and was seco nd behind Beyer on lap three. Beyer and Graves rod e side-by-side the en tire m oto until the last lap . That's when Graves' fin e ride came to an end. Gr aves' mi sfortune put Ol sen into second, beh ind Beyer, but ahead of An derso n a n d Bro w nin g a t th e finish. Beyer 's 2-1 p erfo rm an ces ne tted the overall win over O lsen (32) an d Anderso n 's 4-3 rides. Blasdell and Graves found the m selves locked in battle in th e first 250cc P ro contes t from th e very start . After taking turns leading, Graves too k control whe n th e chips were do wn. Graves earned the win with Blasdell and H onda pi lo t Don Bisceglia trailing. Graves was n' t abo ut to settle for second place in moto two and opened up a good-sized lead o n the first lap. Blasdell rode alone in seco nd, some two turns back, and was in the righ t pl ace at the rig ht tim e when Graves crashed. Blasdell inherited the lead wit h two laps remain ing to earn the overall via 2-1 rides. H onda-m ounted Ron Sun won th e Up th e Hill class . Kurt Stevens, Mik e Chase. Mitch Kirkpatrick and Don Schneider rounded o u t the top five. 37

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