Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ ~ UJ UJ > :E 0 :r I<, en 0 0 l- I :r 0.. , '- Z ;:: r- <1: 0') 0 u 00 >a:l ,.....; 0 I0 ~ . ~ .... :r 0.. Q.) ..0 ' 8 Q.) ;;;. 0 Mickey Kessler (57) leads Brian Carroll (1 0 ). Chuck Weinberg (133) and Open Expert w inner John Thompson (291 ) at Raceway Park. Thompson takes two at 'Ra ce way Park MX ByO Rosanne Lukaitis ~NGLISHTOWN NJ , OCT. 4 , Johnny " Sky" Thompson powered his Kawasa ki to a pai r of wins today a t Raceway Park. Dominating both th e IO pe n Expert a nd 250cc Expert clasS th e Rossin i Racing P roduct sponsored-rider took both m otos by storm. Team Green/KPS-sponsored Mickey Kessler grabbed th e holeshot in the first m o to of the O pen Expert class. Du tch ess Recrea tio nal Vehicle! EP/ Arai-sponsored Ku rt McMillen took seco nd headi n g into the first turn with Thompson jumping into third over the staircase. At the bo ttom of the plunge McMillen powered by Kessler , while Ka wasa ki-m o unted Cliiick Weinberg an d H onda Support pilot J erry Sei p ro u nded outthe top five. McM illen got a littl e ou t of Shape over th e doubles but held on io th e lead while Kessler a nd T Hompson had a race of th eir own , going for second. Weinberg an d Seip were banging handlebars for fourth ab2ut th ree seco nds behind Thompson . Ke ssler closed th e gap on McMi llen down th e drag-strip dou bles an d gained th e lead. Thompson passed McM ill en too th en slid b y Kessler in th e ba ck sect io n a nd had co ihroI of the lead. Under the checkers Thompson was firs t ahead b£ Kessler, McMillen, Weinberg and Seip . The final m oto h ad McMillen grabbing th e holesh ot followed by Thompson a n d Bob Sorenson through th e first tum. Lots of action t k p lace in th e back sectio n of th e tra ck. McMillen got good ai r co m ing over the p lunge with Thompson o n h is tai l, th en over th e roc ke rs Thompson made a p ass stic k to ta ke the lead. The moto fin ish went do wn to T h om pson, McMillen. Kessler , Weinberg an d J im Kapi tan. In the 250cc Expert class Thompso n j u mped ou t to an early lead In the.first m oto a nd ra n it wire-to-wire. Chuck Weinberg h eld tight o nto secon d. Third an d fourth was di ced between J im McI lva in e, J im Kapitan, Mickey Kessler and Brian Carroll. At th e finish Thompson took another victory followed by We inb erg , Kapitan , Kess ler , and McIlvaine. T hompson never loo ked back in the fin al m oto and copped a perfect score for th e day. Weinber g and Kapitan fi ni shed second and third in th e moto and overalls. Carroll p ulled do wn a fourth moto but with a 74 score took a fifth overall. When the gate dropped for the 125Cc Expert class Henry Dorschug powered ou t of the gate with Brian Z Carro ll o n th e insid e. In th e back sect ion of th e track p osit ions were being jockeyed around a nd Ed Bao em erged o ut in fro nt. Bao opened u p a good lea d while Barry Carsten a nd Ed Foedish passed by Dorsch ug . Under the checker s it wa s Bao , followed b y ,Mc Mill en , Car st en , Carroll a nd Dorschug . The final m oto had Ca rsten in front of th e p ack. Carroll settled in a co m for ta ble seco n d followed by Bao , Dorschug a nd Mark Costa. T he o verall order was Ca rs ten, Ba o , Carroll, Dorschug a n d Foedish. Results 250 NOV: 1. Bri an Haddow (Kawt 2. Ed Daher (Yam); 3. Rich Rike ( Hon~ 4 . Tom Gr iff in (Hon); 5. Je ff Hedge (Hon), SR MINI EX; 1. Ja son Fowler (Kaw); 2. Bill Schlag (Kaw); 3. Ty Wa llace (Kaw). . 125 NOV; 1. David Sages (Yam); 2. Ar ies Verdosa (Kawt 3. Keit h Meikle (Hon). 125 AM : 1. Stev e Perone (Kawt ; 2. Gen e Naumec (Kaw); 3, TIm Beachak (Vaml , 250 AM : 1. Char les Peron e (Kaw); 2. Gene Naum ec (Kaw); 3. John Sigismondi (Kaw). SR M INI: 1, Rich Rike (Hon); 2, Ceddie Vohde n (Han); 3, Preston Swa in (Hon), OPEN A M : 1. M ike Wa.. (Honl; 2, Ji m Nagy (Kaw); 3. Peter Jastremski (Ksaw). JR M INI: 1, Anuti Stout (Hon); 2. Lee Rost ien (Yam); 3, Wayne Scon (Hon). ADU LT EX: 1. Nick Tkach; 2, Jay Irwin (Han); 3. Br uce Dengl er. S/SR : 1. John DiDomenico (Kaw ); 2. James Haddow (Han); 3. Ken Brew er. SR: 1, Art Sw ift (Kaw); 2. Paul Hanna (Han); 3. Dave Simmon s (Kaw) . 125 EX: 1. Barry carste n (Yamt 2. Ed Baa (Kaw ); 3, Br ian ca rro ll (Kaw) , 250 EX: 1. J ohn ny Thompson (Kaw); 2, Chuck We inberg (Kaw); 3. Jim Kapit an (Han). OPEN EX: 1. Jo hnny Thompson (Kaw ); 2. Kurt Mc M ill en (Han); 3. M ickey Kessler (Kaw ). Brow slides to win at Stepp Mill ST By Loren Williams and Barbara TRAVELERS R EST, SC, OCT. 4 Garth Bro w easi ly wo n the O pen Pro m a in event tod ay at th e Ste pp Mill short tra ck event. Charles Freem an bested Bro w in th e qual ifier, maki ng his ho lesh o t stick for the entire race. O ff the chalk line Freem a n was first into tu rn one wi th Brow immediately to his rig h t. a tte mpti ng to power p a st h im throu~h th e tum o n the outside. But - th e Iine Free man occu p ied was giving better traction an d a lthough Brow was a th reat, he wasn 't allowed to pass. Between th e qualifier a n d the main th e tra ck was watered to ho ld down the d ust. The oval was still m u d d y when th e m ain s tarted, ena bling Brow to exhibit his ice, ra cing skills a nd easily ta ke th e-win . Free ma n wisely opted not to hang .i t out on the slic k surface and fin ished second ah ead of Jack Surber and Chuck Blackmo n. • I--------------~----------------, I I. I0 I YES! I want my ATV NEWS! Send me one full (25 issues) for only $13.00! I I .0' I want to save even more money! Send me two years I ' (SO issues) of ATV NEWS for only $23.00 - that's a I savings of over $27.00!! 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