Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

II: w ~ C a: u >- II: -c o I >III 0 ~ 0 :I: e, r- OO 0") ,.....; ~ ~ .... v ..0 8 v ;> 0 z Kevin Dollar (17) leads the pack at the start of the f irst.250cc B moto at Rome Cycle Ranch. Jason Coleman was the overall winner. . stra igh tened up a nd lost his lead . On th e second lap Bush passed Danylo over th e tab letop and began pl ayin g catch-up to Levey. Levey began to pi ck up his pace a nd on the fou rth lap it was a three-way ba ttle for first with the riders less th an 10 feet apart. At th e finis h Levey tried 10 slide undern eat h Bussey but didn't make it. Bussey took the win ahea d of Levey, Bush and Dan ylo. In the second mot o Levey shot o u t of the gate a nd into the early lead. Levey led Bush and Bussey un til the second la p when he cras hed in the whoops. Levey quickly got up and began 10 make up for lost time. O n the third lap Levey caught up to Bussey and Danylo and began to search for a way by, but the checkered flag came out too soo n. Bush took th e rnoto win a head of Bu ssey, Dan ylo and Levey. Bussey took th e overall foll o wed by Bush , Levey and Dan ylo. Resu lts 60: 1. Jason Shirley (Kaw) . 80 BEG n-t : 1. Cory Austin (Yam): 2. Chr is Chavez (Kaw); 3. Ricky Mc Dowell (Suz). 80 BEG D-2: 1. Cra ig Smith (Suzt 2. W ill iam Rilev (Suz); 3 . Ryan Camerson (Kaw) . 80 JR: 1. Curt is Gavin (Han): 2. Donald Upton (Kaw ). BO INT: 1. Kurt Rood (Enz). 80 EX: 1. Dust in Evans. A DULT MI NI: 1. Bill Reimer (Kaw ): 2. Dave Al dana (Han). 125 BEG o-r. 1. Jo hn Bell (Han): 2. Mark Vandervalle (Han); 3. M ike Sokoloff (Han). 125 BEG D·2: 1. M ike Ulr iah (Kaw): 2. Tim Valadez (Han): 3. Robert Muck elray (Han). 125 J R: 1. Yosh i Yamamoto (Yam); 2. M ike Washko (Enz); 3. Matt eo Coestino (Cag). 125 INT: 1. Kevin Bussey (Kaw); 2. Daniel Bush (Han): 3. John Levey (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Vince Foster (Han); 2. Chr is Parks (Han); 3. M ichael Barone (Suz). 250 JR: 1. Brian Nail (Han); 2. Gary Wagner (Vam); 3. James Whitehead (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. David Benedett i (Han); 2. Ken Faugh t (Suz); 3. Jim Dom inici (Han). 250 PRO: 1: TIm Rut herford (Kaw); 2. Bryan Paq uen e {Hon}; 3 . Ron Turne r (Yam) . . 500 BEG: 1. Willi 2arth (M· S); 2. Don Grant (Mal) ; 3. Rick Walker (Hus). 500 JR: 1. John Cameron (Kawt 2. Jeff Jones (Han); 3. Ernie Barba (Han). 500 INT: 1. Steve Coster (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Carl Gazaty (Han). VET JR: 1. Alan Kent (Vam); 2. TIm W ill iams ( Ka w~ 3 . Kenny Sasaki (Cag). . . VET INT: 1. Tim Tolleson (KTM ); 2. John D,C.aula (Kaw t 3. John McManaway (Vam). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Yam); 2. Ross Maeda (Enz); 3. Mark Brooks (Han). - Bilz, Coleman shine at Rome Motocross By Gary Crider 40 RO ME, GA, ocr. II Tommy Bilz and J aso n Coleman romped to wins in the 125 and 250cc B divisions, respec tively, at Ro me Cycle Ran ch MX in ro und six of the Georgia Cycle Supply GAl AL Fall Series. Roswell Honda-backed Bilz, who moved up to th e B class after a third overall showi ng in 125cc C raci ng at th e Lo retta Lynn 's Nationa l, put together 2-1 finishes to win the 125cc B division over Ross Johnsto n and Pau l Clin e. Dan Lipsco mb was leading the fin al moto with two laps remaining wh en he cras hed hard and DNF. Col em an had problems m mo to one and had to sett le for seventh overa ll after posti ng ~-3 fin ishes. Co lema n, wh o is on th e come-bac k tra il after hi s inj ury last May, wo n both motos in 250cc B action after getti ng by leader Kevin Dollar in rn oto one. Doll ar held on for second but DNF in mo to two whe n he cras hed an d suffered a broken ar m. Series leader J oh nston emerged with the runner-u p honors, posting 3-3 finishes over Earnest Harbin 's 5-4 tally. Brad J im iso n, who, lik e Cole ma n, has recently returned to racmg aft er an inj ury last sp ring, tu rned in a 10-2 score to net fourt h overall. Mi ch ael H enderson kept h i s H on da stead y in wild 250cc C actio n, pos tin g 1-2 fo r to p go ld. Pau l Bowden 's 5-5 was good for runnerup hon ors. Stev~ Jo nes'~ 10-3 ~ut h im on top of a five-way lie for third over Paxt on Owens' 9-4 and J esse William son 's 7-6. Tony Morris , who is second in th e poin t race, was off th e pa ce du e 10 a hip inj ury su ffered last week. Morris lim ped 10 6-7 fin ishes, nett in g six th overa ll. Kipp Brule was at th e bottom of the fiveway tie for th ird with h is 3-10 sca re. Series leader Tim Hawkin s finis hed second in moto one but DNF rnoto two . Reggie Martin won the second rno to but a 22nd in th e opening rnoto held h im to ni nth overal l. Ryan Reynolds raced to perfect scores in the 65cc and J unio r Mini classes while Dam ien Brown and Danny Haynes fought for runner-up gold in both classes. The pair battled from start to fin ish in bo th 65cc motos , with Brown holding the edge both tim es in clo se finishes 10 claim th e honors. Ha ynes got by Brown in th e first Junior Mini rnoto but th eir second moto dice ended ea rly wh en Bro wn took a hard spi ll and DNF. Haynes cruised 10 another second to claim th e runner-up slot over Bra ndon Pendley. . The fina l 250cc/Open A rno to was a thriller as H o nda/Pro Line's J oe Rogers hel d Yam ah a / An sw er backed David Kelley at bay for the win. Kelley's 1-2 tall y was still good for the overa ll, however, over serie s lead er Roger 's 3-1. Mid-South Ho nda's Kevin Foley posted 2-3 for third over 125cc A winner Darryl Heisler. Results 65 MINI : 1. Ryan Reynolds (Kaw); 2. Damien Brow n (Kaw); 3. Danny Haynes (Kaw); 4. Shane Berryh ill (Kaw); 5. Jason Gr ier (Kaw ). JR MI NI: 1. Ryan Reynolds (Han); 2. Danny Haynes (Kaw); 3. Brandon Pendley (ya m); 4 . Jason Grier (Yam); 5. Gary Kell um (Kaw ). SR MINI : 1. Chance Manhews (Suz); 2. Kevin Bill ings (Kaw ); 3. Brian Stokes (Han); 4. Jo hn ny Dean (Suz); 5. Peanut Ulr ich (Suz). S/ M INI: 1. Chance Manhews (Suz); 2. Joh nn y Dean (Suz); 3. Bill y Cantrell (Hon); 4. Kevin Billings (Kaw); 5. Ryan Reyno lds (Han). . '25 C: 1. Kevin Beaver {Ya m ~ 2. KeVin Thompson (Kaw ); 3. Chris Baker (Han); 4. Brad Hayes (Han); 5. Kev in Cozadd (Kaw ). 250 C: 1. M ichae l Henderson (Han); 2. Paul Bowd en (Han); 3. Steve Jon es (Suz); 4 . Paxton Ow ens (Hon); 5. Jesse Williamson (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Tommy Bilz (Han); 2. Ross Johnston (Han); 3. Paul Cline (Han); 4. Jake McClure (Yam); 5. Lonn ie Brown (Hon). 250 B: 1.. Jason Coleman (Han); 2. RossJohnston (Han); 3. Earnest Harb in Jr. (Hon); 4. Brad Jimison (ya m); 5. Rick Chance (Han). OPEN B: 1. John Trissel (Han); 2. Kevin Brule (Hon); 3. Benny Durr ough (M·St 4. Dan Lipsco mb (Hon); 5. Wa~e r St ephens (Kaw). SR: 1. Kevin Brul e (Hon); 2. Walter Stephens (Kaw); 3 . Benny Durrough (M ·S); 4. Chr is Arm stron g (Hon); 5. Duane W ilson (5 uz). ENDR: 1. Stan Hightower (Kaw ); 2. Kale Frames (KTM ); 3. AI Morg an (Suz). 125 A: 1. Darryl Heisler (Han); 2. Joe Rogers (Han). 250 /0PEN A: 1. David Kell ey (Vam); 2. Joe Rogers (Han); 3. Kevin Foley (Han). Blood unstoppable at Bayla nds MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, ocr. 7 . Clayton Blood and his Dubl in Kawa sa ki/Malco lm Smi th Raci ng/ J o rgensen . Resea rch /Rock Oi lspo nsored big bore KX were unstoppable at th e fin al Wedn esday ni ght ra ce of th e seaso n a t Ba ylands Raceway Park. In the firs t moto Blood tra iled J ohn Dau th on a 250cc H ond a , as the single -ga te sta rt unleased five Pro riders vying for two separate purses; two riders goi ng for th e 250cc class and three riders go mg for the Open class . Dauth had on ly to beat fellow compe titor Sha wn Freili ng whi le Blood had Bru ce Manzoni and J im Quaschnick wi th which to contend. For the major portion of the first moto it looked as though Blood wo uld be cont ent 10 follow Da uth hom e 10 the checkers as this pair had pulled ou t a sizeable lead over the ot her .three riders o n the course. H owever, la te in th e mo to Blood dove under Dauth and beat h im to th e ap proach of a tabletop jump. By th e time th e pair landed a nd flung them selves in to th e follo win g berm it was Blood clearly in th e lead . T here was one fin al challe nge by Dau th as th ey began t. e last .lap h w he n h e ca me a longsi de Blood bri efly in a corne r, but Blood too k the vic tory o ver Man zoni a n d Qua schn ick w hi le Dauth b ea t. Freiling . In the second moto it was Manzoni wit h the holeshot and led th e mo to for the better pa rt of two la ps before Blood reeled him in . La te in th e mo to Da uth also go t by and the moto ended with the exact same finish order as the first moto had. In the l25cc Int ermediate class Kurt Kuh n and Ph il Douglas were nearl y eq ua l co m ing o ut of the second corner and nego tiat ing th e rockers but in th e ba t of an eye Dou glas was down for a mom ent and Dave Rogers zapped Kuhn . Kuhn held o n for second behind Rogers. In the second rnoto Douglas got a bett er ride and took th e win. Rogers' 1-2 eveni ng had the better score and he took the overa ll win. Res ults BO BEG: 1. Ma rk Gilbert (yam) ; 2. Tim Ham ilton (Vam) BOJR: 1. Scott Shade (Vam); 2. Dan Reger (Han). BO INT: 1. Danny Nelson (Kaw ); 2. Chr istopher McCalli e (Vam). 125 BEG: 1. Jere my W illi ams (Han); 2. Chuck Smill ie (Kaw); 3. Alex McManigil l (Vam); 4. Kurt Nelson (Ho n); 5. Ch r is Ped ri n i (Ho n ). 125 J R: 1. Jo e Br uce (Han); 2. Chr is Still e (Han); 3. Ken Nolan (Kaw); 4 . Pat Gomm (Han); 5. Chet Dubois (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Dave Rogers (Han); 2. Phil Douglas (Vam); 3. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw); 4 . Mark Laube (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. An dy Bort h (Kaw): 2. Sean Large (Yam); 3. J eff McC orm ick (Hon); 4 . Robert Serena (Vam); 5. AI Beck (Han). 250 JR: 1. Brett Vahn e (Vam); 2. Dave Zollo (Han); 3. Edward Kelly (Han); 4. Ma rc Pennings. (Han); 5. Mike Spaldin g (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Cliff Hunt er (Han); 2. Jame s Rianda (Hu s); 3 . Dave Henders on (H on); 4 . St eph en Edmonson (Han): 5. Chris McDon ald (Han). OPEN JR: 1. Brian Dickey (KTM). OPEN INT: 1. Sergio Fer",,,,dez (Han). VET JR: 1. Bern ie Reali (Yam); 2. Rory B _ (Han). VET MSTR: 1. Phil Dougla s (Yam); 2. Jerry Caton (Han). OT MSTR: 1. Don Swea renge n (Han); 2. Terry Sage (Yam); 3. St eve Macha do (Hon t 4. Richard Shill ing (Han). . 250 PRO: 1. John Dauth (Han); 2. Shawn Freil ing (Kaw). . 500 PRO: 1. Clayton Blood (Kaw ); 2. JIm Quaschn ick (Yam); 3. Bru ce Manzoni (Hon). Anderson, Graves take Albany5X By Clay Light AL BANY, OR, ocr. 3 H onda riders Dan a Anderson and T ony Gra ves carded the Pro class wins at th e 3rd Ann ual Ul ven Forgin g In vitational MX, held at Albany Supercross . And erson won th e 125cc Pro class by virt ue of some lu ck while Gra ves' win in the 250cc Pro division ca me naturall y. It was only the second tim e in the 1986-87 season that such a double-header weekend had been ho sted by Albany. Grav es p u shed hi s Roseburg Honda/ O'Neal/Scott Pro Circuitsponsored Honda into the lead in th e firs t l25cc Pro moto, leading Anderson a nd Kin n ea r Specialtiessupported David Bro wning, also on a H o n d a , ' G r a ve s ' l e ad went u ntouched, ea rn ing the sou th ern Ore gon speedster th e win. Moto two also sa w Graves taking control, leaving Anderson to fend off Brownin g for second. Graves soon found o ut thi ngs 'a ren 't a lways easy as after opening up a big lead , he took a nasty spill on th e 'track whic h was run backward. Graves' cras h netted him a brok en wheel, but for And erson , th e news was all good. After cruising in second, Anderson inheri ted the lead. due to G raves' bad luck and took hi s firs t overa ll win in the class at Albany Supercross. In the 250cc Pro class, Graves fought off a rider th at wou ld be his nemesis all weekend, Nicky Blasdell. The battle lasted th e enti re first moto. Graves too k the win wit h Blasdell second and Don Biscegli a, third. Moto two was mu ch the same. Grav es an d Bla sd ell too k turns leading until Graves broke free in the later stages and motored into the day 's largest lead, good for a I-I win over Blasdell (2-2) and Bisceglia (33). T he Intermediate classes, especia lly th e 125 and 250cc classes, have been above par lat ely. T oday's 125cc Intermediat e class offered som e of th e best racing see n th ro ugh o ut the entire seaso n . J eff Daily rode to II wins o n the PJ I/Sco tt-spo nso red Kawasaki, but had 10 come from behind in both mo tos. Daily held off Lance Rudge for th e Will. Capping off a Kawasaki sweep of the class was Mike Bishop, th ird after 4-3 rides. Aaron Boeh mer and Canadia n Darcy LaLonde battled in both 250cc Int ermediate motos, with Boehmer using a first-mote win and a second in moto two 10 take the overall awa y from seco nd-moto wi n ner Tracy Bethel. Bethel' s first" rnoto fourth ea rned h im second overall with La Londe's 2-3 posti ngs taking thi rd p la ce brass home to Br i ti sh Co lumbia. Results 250 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Han); 2. Nick Blasdell (Kaw ); 3. Don Bisceglia (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Dana And erson (Han); 2. David Browni ng (Han); 3 . Ton y Graves (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Mi ke Burke (Han); 2. Wes Hanson (Han): 3. Doug Eckelman (Vam). 250 INT: 1. A aron Boehmer (Han); 2. Tracy Bethel (Kaw); 3. Darcy laLonde (Vam). 125 INT: 1. J eff Daily (Kaw ); 2. Lance Rudge (Kaw); 3. Mike Bishop (Kaw ). BO INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Vam); 2. Ja son McCormick (Kaw); 3. Danny Ulven (Kaw ). 60 INT: 1. Cory Fuller (Kaw); 2. Eric Burkinshaw (Kaw ); 3. Todd Kibbl e (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Je remy Skokan (Han); 2. Troy Full er (Kaw); 3. Rich Brown ing (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Dan Kin ion (Han); 2. Eddie Denhem (Kaw); 3.J ason Butl er (Han).

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