Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

25 0 B: 1. David A I••• nd.r (SUl); 2 . K.n Fr.nk.nberry (Hon); 3. John Hill (Hon); 4. Jeff Johnson (Yam); 5. Torn TImchak (Hon). 250 C: 1. St.... Wilmington (Kaw); 2. Ken Fr.nk (Hon); 3. H.nry Hau.nst.in (Hon); 4. M ike Willi.ms (Y.m); 5. D.... Tr.vis (Hon). OPEN B: 1. ArtJ.ckaon(Hont. 2. David Cox (Hon); 3. Jerry Boyd (Hon); 4. Rick Wehon (Hon); 5. Derrick Smith (K.w). SR 1: 1. K.n Fr.nkenberry (Hoot 2. Todd Ervin (Hon); 3. Blaine Duecaster (kaw); 4 . Mik e Willi.ms (y.m); 5. B.rnie Belling.r (Suz). SR 2: 1. Larry Myers (K.wt. 2. Jerry Boyd (Hon); 3. K.ith Boyd (Hoot 4. Tom Ashton (Hon); 5. Thomas Knapp (Hon). EXTRA: 1. K.ith P.rry (K. wt 2. P.t. Maurice (Suzt 3. D.vid Alexandar (Suzt. 4. Chuck Nicholson (Hont. 5. Art Jackson (Hon). Hoenschell IIies to win at Goodtimes MX By Warren E. Domke Clay Hoenschell won the 125 and 250cc Expert classes at the first round of the First International Race Series at Goodtimes Park. Roberts roosts at EugeneHS By Scott Taylor EU G ENE, IN , OCT. II Scott Roberts was the overall and 250cc class winner at the Salt Fork Dirt Riders ' second hare scrambles of the year at Eugene. Roberts got the holeshot, but ISDE gold medal winner Aaron Hough was in front and stretching his lead by the time the y reached the main check. It was all Hough until a loose axl e bolt left him a spectator. Roberts then regained the lead and held it to the finish. Dave Edsall gave a dis tant challenge after starting at the back of the pa ck with no parade lap. At the end Edsall was 18 seconds behind Roberts. Brent Dillman and his 430 Husky put in a very good ride and finished th ird overall and first in the Open class. Second in the class went to John Hardin who was pressured all race long by Jim Daniels. James Hough finished fourth overall and first 125 aboard his Honda. Brett Dubois finished second and Shawn Olson was third. The 200cc class went to William Baird, Jr. At on e point he was running third overall but fell off the pa ce at the end but still won the class. Arthur Peck and Greg Rowland swapped 'places several times with Peck getting the second slot a t the end. Results 0 1A: 1. Scott R-'s(yam). 125 : 1. Jamas Hough (Hont 2. Bratt Dubois (Hont 3. Shaun Olson (Hont 4. Mark Schroede r (Hon). 200: 1. William Baird. Jr. (C-At 2. Arthur Pack. Jr. (lCaw) 3. Grag Rowland (C-A); 4. M ika Nichols ; (Kaw). 250: 1. Scott Robens (Yam); 2. Da... Edsall (KTMt 3. Kandall Utchfi.ld (Kawt 4 . Scott W. iler (Hont. 5. C. Russell (lCaw~ SOD: 1. Br.m Dillman (Hust 2. John Hardin (Hust 3. J im Dani.1s (Hust 4. Ron Boggs (Hust 5. TIm Smith (Hus). SR: 1. Lon Wah.rs (Kaw ). S/SR: 1.. Lawr.nce Hayes (C-A). Spangle':t_Hand rip Millport "'X By Peggy Adamic 42 MILLPORT. OH. SEPT. 27 Team Green 's Dal e Spangler ripped through both motos of the l25cc Expert class and H onda-mounted David H and took the overall win in the 250cc/Open Expert class at Moto Sport Trails. Each rider supported the same I-I moto fini shes. Span~ler 's double moto assault were wne-to-wire wins. In the first moto Keith Perry and Steve Gardiner routed into second and third behind Spangler. Barney Barnett worked through the pack of riders from a seventh place start to challenge Perry for third after Gardiner had taken over the number two spot. Spangler was out to a big lead . Gardiner held onto second while Barnett caught and pa ssed Perry. Spangler and Perry grabbed the top two spots to start moto two and the . two riders held their po sitions throughout the 20 minute moto. Spangler once again fin ished with a substantial lead over Perry. Barnett rou ted his Honda pas t Chuck Nicholson and Pete Maurice to take th irdL Spangler. Rick Hammond and Tim Deutsch chased Hand through the first turn at the start of the first 25Occ/Open A moto. Hammond and Deutsch moved up when Spangler dropped out aftertwo laps with bike problems. Hand took the checkers 10 seconds ahead of Hammond. Hand and Spangler exchanged the lead severa l tim es in moto two before Hand took control and a slim two second lead. The two front runners built up a 22 second lead over third place finisher Hammond. Steve " Wilmo" Wilmington rode his Kawasaki to the overall win in the 250cc C class, finishing with 12 moto tallies. Henry Hauenstein and Brian Luketic routed ahead of Wilmington in moto one. Luketic dropped to fifth behind Mike Williams and Ken Frank. Wilmington motored past Hauenstein to take the lead with Williams motoring past Hauenstein less than a lap later. Wilmington.had over two seconds on Williams and Hauenstein at the ch eckered flag. Frank and Da ve Travis rounded out the top five. Frank and Wilmington were 1-2 at the star t of rnoto two and remained there throughout the five lap moto. Wilmington took the overall followed by Frank, Hauenstein and Williams. Bryan Jones took two start to finish moto wins to gai n the 125cc B class victory. The Kawasakir rid er was followed through the first turn each time by Mike Cai n and Dave Spei gle. The rid ers held thei r po si· tions th roughou t the motos. Results 50 : 1. Jessie Atkinson (Yam); 2. Jesse Finley (Yam). 60: 1. Bryan Bellinger (Hon). 80 7 -11 : 1. Zak Shaffer (Kaw). 80 12 ·13: 1. Mik e Katin (Hon); 2. Jeff Wooledge (Hon); 3. Eric Penick (Yam); 4. Joseph Gerdes (Yam); 5. W illiam Wilowth (Hon). . BO 14-15: 1. M ike Howell (Hon); 2. Kevin Sweeney (Kaw); 3. TIm Conti (Kaw); 4. Bruce St einfurt h (Hont 5. John Gerdes J r. (Vam). 125 A: 1. Dele Spangle r (K. w ); 2. Keith Perry (K.wt. 3. B.rney Barnett (hon); 4 . Ste... G.rdiner (Hon); 5. Chuck Nicholson (Hon). 125 B: 1. Bry.n Jones (K.w); 2. Mike cain (V.m); 3. D.ve Speigl. (Hon); 4. Chuck Ad.ms (Hon); 5. Dave Sulecki (Yam). 125 C: 1. J.mas T.ylor (Hont, 2. AI.n Bates (Kaw t 3. Chris Miller {Hont 4. Andy Woods (Hon t 5. Robert Herbst ( Kaw~ 250 A: 1. David Hand (Hont 2. Rick H.mmond (Hont. 3. Tim Deutsch (Hont. 4. 0.1. Taylor (lCawt 5. 0.,. Spengl.r (Kaw ). SAN ANTONIO. TX. OCT. 3 Clay Hoenschell flew to victory in both the 125 and 250cc Expert classes at the first race of the First International Race Seri es, Motocross '87. held at the Goodtimes Motorsports Park. Hoenschell was given tough competition by Terry T inney and Ron Dunfee. In the 125cc class Dunfee took second place and Tinney third. In the 250cc class Tinney came in second and Dunfee third. Dunfee took a spill after the start in the first rnoto and made up most of the lost time but was unable to capture the lead. Jack Beckham rode a Honda to the 250cc Expert fourth place. ahead of C. Scott Ch esser's Yamaha. which carried him to the fifth place spot. Chesser earned fourth in the 125cc Expert class, ahead of Eduardo Lopez. one of the Experts from Mexico who competed in the Inter. national competition series. Results 125 BEG: 1. Billy Mayas (K. w ); 2. Joel S. K.lly (Hont. 3. Jose Luis Gu.rra (Yam t. 4. Rocky French {ca gt. 5. P.J. Floras IHon ~ 250 EX:1. Clay Hoensch.1I(Kawt 2. Terry TInn.y (Kawt. 3. Ron Dunfee (Hont. 4. Jack Beckham (Hont. 5. C. Scott Chesser (Y. m~ 250 INT: 1. Matt Ch.pa; 2. Preston McDon.1d (Y.mt. 3. Jeff Jophnson (Hon); 4. Tony Hernandez (Kaw); 5. Kevin Williams. 125 OPEN: 1. Pedro Gonzalez (lCaw); 2. Tom. s E. Cainible: 3. Man Harlan . MINI SR: 1. Willi.m Henk (KTMt 2. Rowdy FI.n.gan (K.w); 3. St.... Olson; 4. Jamas Mitchell (Kawt 5. R.mon Escamill. (Suz). MINI JR: ~ Pedro Quimanill.; 2. F.bio Strozzi (lCaw); 3. Scott Ryan; 4 . D.vid Tr.ylor (lCaw) . P/W: 1. A nt on io Co.1l0 (V.m); 2 . S.rgio Viliarre.l; 3. Jorge Gonzales (Y.m). OVER 30 : 1. Kevin Hort on (Hon); 2. David Fluchel (K.w); 3. Edw.rd H.ys J r. (Hon); 4 . K.n Flanagan; 5. Rob Talbott (V.m). 250 BEG: 1. M.rcos P.pper (Kaw); 2. Juan can ton (Hont 3. Rick Maya {Hont. 4. Joe BI.nco (Hon);'5. Randy Harris (K.w). 125 EX: 1. CI.y Hoenschell (lCawt.2. Ron Dunfee (Hon t 4. Terry Tinn.y (Hont. 4. C. Scott Ch....r (Y.m); 5. Edu.rdo lapeL 250 NOV: I , Rowdy Cunon (Hon); 2. cam carill. (Y.m); 3. Allen Zuehl ; 4. W.II.ce J.ckson (Hon); 5. G.bri., Gu.rdado. 125 INT: 1. Pedro Gonzales {K.wt 2. Tomas Escamilla {SUl t 3. M.tt H.rl.n; 4. Jerry Gibson (cz); 5. Keith Schaeff.r (Hon). MINI MINI : 1. Eric Gonzales; 2. Antonio Coello; 3. Rogalio Rodrigu.z; 4. Rol.ndo Quimanilla (K.wt. 5. Diego Strozzi . MINI SR BEG : 1. F.bio Strolli; 2 . P.dro Qu intanilla. . 125 NOV: 1. Jerry Vorwood (Hont 2. Chris Ryan (Kawt 3. Ch.d Christi.n (y.m); 4 . P.ul P.nnington (y.mt. 5. Jon cahsiol. (K.wl. Beitler blasts Draper Cross Country By J ill A . Beitler OKLAHOMA CITY. OK. OCT. 4 Denny Beitl er cap tu red the overall Expert win after battling it out with T om Haller in the Over 30 class at . the Draper Cross Country race. Beitler took the hol eshot and led for . two laps, was passed by Haller on the third lap but repassed seconds lat er wh en Hall er ran out of ga s on the last lap. As a result Beitler beat 23 Expert riders to win overall. Honda rider Wendell Heard took overall Ama teur in the 250cc Amateur class by beating 49 other Amateur · riders. Heard led each lap by one minute and gained another minute on the last lap. beating Ron Mor rison on a Yamaha by two minutes. Another close race was between Husky rider Pete Doonkeen and i Kawasaki rider Ken Heatherington in the Open Amateur class. Heatherington led the first two laps by one minute, then on the' third lap Doonkeen gained two minutes and beat Heatherington by three minutes on the last lap. This was Doonkeen's first win of the season. It was also a first win for Peter Holcombe in the 125cc Amateur class against Clin t Lemons. Holcombe took the ho leshot but was passed by Lemons on the second lap. Holcombe was only seconds behind Lemons on the third lap and passed him on the last lap. beating Lemons by over two minutes. Results PRO: 1. Chuck Cooper (Hon); 2. Trey Jorski (Suz); 3. R. 'ph Cooper (Hon). OPEN EX: t . Randy Jo iner (Hon t 2. Clarence Fortney (Hon); 3. Rick Sanders (Hon); 4. Mik. Buerger (Han). 250 EX: 1. David Vinson (K.w); 2. Rod Redim (Yam); 3. Grag Meidl (Y.m). 200 EX: 1. Bobby Southard (V.m); 2. Rick M.h.r (Hon); 3. Scott Wilson (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. Pete Doonkeen (Hus); 2. K.n Heatherington (Kaw ); 3. Phil Hoover (V.m); 4 . Steve Sharkey (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Ron Morrison (Yam); 2. R.ndy Br im (Hon); 3. Troy Bliss (Vam); 4. Curt Av.m (KTM). 200 AM : 1. D.n. M.r.bl. (lCaw); 2. Grag Gordo n (K.w); 3. D.ve DiCarlo (KTM); 4. Doug Dierdort (K.w). ) 125 AM : 1. Peter Holcombe (K.wl; 2. Clint Lamons (Kaw); 3. Sam Voung (K.w); 4. Roben Steele (V.m). OVER 30: 1. D. nny Beitl.r (Hon); 2. Wayne M.ssey (lCaw) 3. Steve Wool.ry {lCawt. 4. Tim ; Seerey (KTM). OVER 40: 1. Brice Teylor (lCaw) 2. P.ul Ellis ; (Hon); 3. Fr.nk Smith (lCaw); 4. Bill Owens (Hon). WMN: 1. Shannon Plaster (Kaw t. 2. Joy Latt. (y.m); 3. Mlynle Tucker (Hon). MINI : 1. Sean Peters (Y.mt. 2. A11.n Price (Kawt. 3. Christian Flanag.n (Suz). BEG: 1. Fred A.n.gan (KTMt. 2. Jerry Wilson (KTM); 3. St.ve Dicarlo (Kaw). Vohland brothers top Sacramento MX By Nuklear Neukam SACRAMENTO. CA, OCT. 2 The Vohland brothers made another appearance at the Friday night stadium motocross races at Sacramento Raceway Park's MotoBowl and the results were predictable as Tyson Vohland took the overall victory in the Pro class and Tallon finished a close second. Tallon shot into the lead of the first moto' with Hi-Point/Hondamounted Shawn Wooten in tow. Tallon had his Kawasaki pegged in overdrive but Tyson was riding superbly and soon moved his machine around Wooten and started working on his sibling rival. T y,son took the lead and styled to the win with Tallon second. Wooten held on for third while fourth went to Tony McGrath. Rounding out the top five was Honda -mounted Greg Tirheimer. Moto two was much like the opening round with Tyson on top for the overall, Tallon second overall. a pa ir of thirds for third overall Wooten and McGrath took fourth overall. Results PRO: 1. Tyson Voh l.nd (Kaw ); 2. Tallon Vohl.nd (Kawt. 3. Shawn Wooten (Hoo). 50 : 1. Shawn Wilson (Y.m). 60 NOV: 1. Darrin Charp (Hont. 2. St....nYou ng! Knutson {Kawt. 3. M.tthew Hawkins (Kaw). 60 INT: 1. casey Jo hnson (lCaw); 2. Shawn Burr.1I (lCawO; 3. Adam Hawkins (K.w). INT: 1. J ohn Martin (Hon); 2. Brett Boone (Kaw t. 3. Judd Houck (Kaw). 80 BEG:. 1. Br.tt Klinger (K.wt. 2. Jared Balken (Hont. 3. Er ic Pahrman (Kaw). 80 NOV: 1. J.ke Windh.m (K.w); 2. Mark Weldy (Kaw ); 3. Travis Browne(K.w). 80 INT: 1. Mike lozano (Hont 2. Kevin Crippen (Kaw). 125 BEG: t. Jeffrey Brownley (SUl); 2. Bren Snyder (Hon); 3. A.ron McMiilan (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Ron Stobaugh (K.w): 2. Terry Lew.llen (Kaw); 3. Jason Miller (SUl). 250 BEG: 1. Troy Wing (KaW); 2. Rich Baker (Hont. 3. Aaron Curr i. (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. St.ve Billm.n (Hont. 2. Brent Popl.wski (Hon); 3. Lad W.ntzel (KTM). 250 NOV: 1. Larry Lacey (Hon); 2. J.m.s Sanchez (Hon); 3. Jim M.rtin (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Todd cash (Hon); 2. logan Burns (Hon); 3. Richie Ferrer i. (Hon). ENDR: t . M.rk Hector (Hon~ 2. Shawn Ralls (Hon~ 3. St.... Billm . n (Hon). VET NOV: 1. Joe McT.rnan (Hont 2. Neal Kuckl.r (lCawt.3. Tim Tracy (Hon). VET INT: 1. Rich.rd Zakrewski (Hont. 2. Clark Plummer (Hont. 3. Larry L-v (Hon). VET EX: 1. Cloyse Holland (Suz).

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