Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.. ~ ~ : t- .... Q.) ..0 a Q.) > o Z Rex Fisher fini~hed fifth in the 250cc Pro class and third in the Open Pros at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Washington . . .Results went to Ri chard Coffey with 78 a nd Carrol King fini shed in fifth pl ace with 102 points. . . The Nov ice class win went to Dennis Mack with 19 points. Second pl ace was Scott Machinski with 32, Eric Morgan was th ird with 44, fourth was J eff Smallwoo d with 46 and a close fifth lace was J ohn J o rgen son wit h 47. Results EX: 1. Ron Russ (Bet): 2. Gerry Bon kink (Betl : 3 . Dave Waldo (Hon): 4. Bob Capistrant (Yam). ADV : 1. J im Gawne (Yam): 2. J eff Um stead (Yam): 3 . Brian Ah erne (Yam ); 4. All en Morgan (Yam). • INT: 1. Dan Strohar (Yam); 2. Gr eg Bar low (Fan); 3.' M ike Beaudoin (Fan); 4. Ford Sutt on (Kaw) . SR: 1. Bill Smi th (Yam); 2.J im M acAnhur (SWM); 3. Tad Mu scon (Yam): 4. Rich ard Coffey (Dan): 5. Carrol King (Yam) . NOV : 1. Dennis M ack (Yam); 2. Scon M achinski (Yam); 3. Eric Morgan (Yaml : 4 . J eff Smallwood (Yam); 5. John Jorgenson (Hon) : Dishman dominates Iowa MX By Brad & Sharon Jones CRESTON, lA, SEPT. 27 Scott Rouh too k th e holeshot in th e 125cc B cla ss on ly to fall a half lap later, handing hi s lead over to Brian H ytrek. Riding a 1985 Kawasaki, H ytrek held off th e charges of overall winner Jeff Dishman wh o was on a brand new 1988 H onda a t Creston, Rouh rem ounted in third a nd held his po siti on to th e finish . In moto two, H ytrek smo ked the start to lead th e pack. Dishman hounded H ytrek for four laps and blasted by for th e lead . H ytrek tried to regain hi s position, but crashed big tim e on a fast off-cam ber. Dishm an too k an easy win, wh ile H ytrek sus tained a bad cu t a nd did not . fini sh . Rouh held down third until he crashed, giving John Deegan second. Rouh sal va ged a si x th; Dishman took the o vera ll , and Shane Hinze was th ird . Denny Stephenson smoked hi s competition, taking all four of his rnotos in the Expert cla sses. In the 125cc As, Stephen son took both hol eshots with Mark Bolten a close second. This was Bolten 's first race since he broke hi s colla rbo ne severa l weeks ago. Bolten maintained an impressive second throughout both rnotos. The best dicing was for third as J ohn Weber , Brian Sorensen , Bob Lowry and Marvin Henricksen had a fierce battle. Sorensen finall y took third by th e end of both motos. Results MINI SR: 1. Mack Vanderbee k; 2. Brent Quellene; 3 . Travis Underwood. MINI JR: 1. Paul Hunter: 2 . Steve Klug; 3. Jeremy Clipperton. 125 B: 1. Jeff Dlshrrran; 2. Mark Baumen; 3. Jay Har der . 125 A : 1. John Weber; 2. Mark Bolt en; 3. Bryan Hunt. 250 B: 1. Dave Brown; 2. Joe Doerhoff; 3 . Mark Goldner. 34 double moto win. Moto one started with Eckstin e o ut front and a threeway Kawasak i battl e for second between Bill Koleno, Alan Bat es and Kell y J ohnson . Koleno moved ahead and held second th rough th e fin al la p as Batesa nd J ohnson swa pped places. Kol eno moved up within strik ing distance of Eckstine with bo th ride rs go ing down in the heat of th e battle. Eckstine was up qu ickl y enough to hold his lead wiih Johnso n ro uting in to second. Koleno filed in behind J ohnson but was docked a lap for cu tting the track. Bat es was awa rded third. In mot o two, Bates, J ohnson and Ecksti ne held th e top three spots th rough midmoto wh en Bat es fell in a sweepe r a nd rejoined th e race in th ird. J ohnson and Eckstin e ran a tight race with Eckstine taki ng the lead on the last la p. J ohnson and Bat es foll owed under the checkered £lag. . - 250 A : 1. Brad Jones: 2. Mark Bolten. OPEN: 1. Brad Jones; 2. Jeff McDonald; 3. Ray Waddell. OVER 25: 1. Brad Jones; 2. Ray Wadd ell : 3. Dana Hunt. Zweifel zaps Expe rts at Meadowla,ks'MX By Peggy Adamic AMH ERST, OH , OCT. 1I Yama ha rider Vern Zweifel rode to th e overall win in th e 125/ 250/0pen Expert class a t Amh erst Meadowlarks Motorcycle Clu b in Am her st. Ohio. Zweifel took 2-I moto finishes en ro ute to hi s victory in th e Meadowlarks' fin al motocross of th e seaso n. Moto o ne of the combi ned Expert class belon ged to H onda-mounted Brian Smith as' he took the wire-towir e win. Ken Frankenb ery trail ed Smith to th e first turn but became a Victim of th e slick, muddy trac k conditions and found him self in last pl ace. Art J ackson took con tro l of second with Zwifel ro u ting in to th ird. Midwa y int o the race , Sm ith was out to a 20-second lead while Zweif el pressu red J ack son for second. Brunswick Suzuki rider Dave Fletterick held fourth whi le Frankenb ery mot ored into fifth . With th ree laps to the checkere d flag Zweifel passed J ackson and Flenerick moved to with in a bik e len gth of J ackson at th e fini sh wi th Frankenb ery holding fifth. J ackson led th e pack of riders through th e first tu rn to start mo w two. Zweifel had passed J ackson with Franken berry go ing pas t also a halflap later. While Zweifel sho t ou t to a lO-second lead Fra nkenbery and J ackson rode a seesaw battl e fo r second. Frankenb ery was passed but rode back into second wh en Jackson went down. J ackson was up and . going quick enoug h to hold third with Sm ith moving to within striking distan ce. Zweifle held a three second lead over Frankenbery at th e checkers and Smith moved by J ackson to take thi rd for second overa ll. Ken Novak was the overa ll winner in th e 250cc C class. Steve " Wilmo" .Wilmington chase d Novak through th e first turn and th roughout th e five laps of moto on e. In moto two, Novak o nce again h ad hi s Honda to th e first turn ahead of Wilmington, Eri c Lough and J ohn Kreps. Wilm ington fell in turn one. Kreps 'q uickly took second from Lough while Wilmington started pi cking off th e riders ahead of him. With on e lap to the finish Novak was o u t to a 15-second lead . Wilmin ~ton had mov ed to within striking distance of Kreps and then pa ssed him to take secon d . Kreps hel d third whil e Lough filed under th e checkers in fourth. In 125cc C action J oel Eckstine mounted his Yamaha and rode to th e 60 ; 1. Karl Scon (Kaw) . BO 7 · 11: 1. Zak Schaefer (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Lesure (Yam). BO 12 -13 : 1. Jeff Wool edge (Hon); 2. Jay Hershey (Yam); 3 . John Grasso (KTM); 4 . Jared Windisch (Hon ). BO 14 -15: 1. Jas on Balas (Hon); 2. Jim Slaughter (Hon); 3. Gene Kelley (Hon); 4 . Bruce Steinfunh (Hon); 5. Chr is Baker (Hon). 1251250/ 0PEN A : 1. Vern Zwifel (Yam); 2. Brian Smith (Hon) : 3. Ken Frankenbery (Hon); 4 . An Jackson (Hon); 5 . Rob Yenulonis (Hon). 125 SCHBY: 1. Bryan Jones (Kawl; 2. Steve Wooledge (Hon); 3 . Joel Eckstine (Yam): 4 . Bruce Steinfunh (Hon); 5. Bill Koleno (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Bryan Jones (Kaw); 2. Mike Cain (Yam); 3 . Steve Woo ledge (Yam); 4 . Chuc k Adams (Hon); 5. Patrick W illiams (Hon). 125 C: 1. Joel Eckst ine (Yam); 2. Kelly Johnson (Kaw); 3 . Alan Bates (Kawl: 4 . James Wagner(Hon); 5. Eric J eakl e (Hon). 250 C: 1. Ken Novak (Hon); 2. Wilmo Wilmington (Kaw) ; 3 . John Krep s (Hon); 4. Eric Lough (Kaw); _ 5 . Dirk W hite (Honn). SR 1: 1. Steve Kaplan (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Rick Welton (Hon). Holden hot at Cla,k County ST By Derryl Anderson RIDG EFIELD, WA, OCT. 16 H onda-m ounted Matt Holden barely held o ff Ryan and Rex Fisher to clai m the overall victory in the 250cc P ro class of th e sho rt track held in t he Cl a rk County Fairground s Indoor Arena. A huge turnout of riders sho we d up for tonight 's op ener , and the track got a bit rough but actio n was terrific. In th e heat race Holden got the holesh ot followed by Ryan Fisher, brother Rex Fisher, th en Bill T aylor, Del Sc h n i tzer, a nd Kev in Bas s; H ol den began to pull aw ay from the others whil e Rex Fisher push ed broth er Ryan all o ver th e track look in g for an o peni ng. Finally on la p six Ryan made a bobble and Rex flew underneath, taking Schnitzer w ith him . R yan Fi sher had a mec ha nica l problem and dropped back two more spots. Wh en. the checkered flag came out the order was H olden , R ex Fisher, Schnitzer, T aylor, Bass arid Ryan Fisher. In the m ain event ch n i tzer ju mped the line, sending him to the back row . On th e restart Holden got the scratch ahead of Taylor, Rex Fisher, Ryan Fisher, Schnitzer and Bass. This time Ryan Fisher was all over you nger brother Rex. Ryan tried .the in side then the outside, pushing and shoving but nothing worked. Finally on lap four Rex came into turn three a little too hot and slid out. Meanwhile Holden was cruising away with the lead. A lap later Ryan Fish er started to push Taylor and the du o changed positions twi ce per lap ' with Fisher finall y taking control on lap six. Holden was £lawless all night as the checkered flag cam e out. Behind him in orde r was Ryan Fishe r, T aylor, Schnitzer, Rex Fisher a nd Bass. In th e Open Pro cla ss heat race Schni tzer got th e sera tch ahead of Troy Ro se, Paul Newman, Taylor, Jim Perry , Ron Adams and Rex Fisher. Schnitzer went out to a 10 yard lead on Rose, wh o had 15 yards on the o the rs. Rex Fisher was charging throu~h th e pack and by la p three was til third pressu ring Rose. The position s remained th e same a t th e checkered fla g with Schnitzer leading Rose, Fisher, T aylor, Newman and Adam s. In th e main event Sch ni tzer got the lead and went wir e to wire. Behind him was Rose, Rex Fisher, T aylo r, Perr y, Newm an and Adams. Rex Fisher was all over Rose but he couldn' t find 'an openi ng. Tay lor went down i n . tu r n fou r and Schnitzer continued to run away with no pro blems. At th e finish it was Schnitzer, Rose, Fisher, Perry, Newm an and Ada ms. Res u lts . 50 : 1. Joshua Currey; 2. J essica Kirkman; 3. Jason Hanson; 4. Jim Kirkman. 60: 1. Brent Marks. 80: 1. Ryan Anderson; 2. Ed Webber. 250 AM : 1. Ted Abernathy: 2. Rick Hol mes; 3 . Pat Munyon. . 25 0 MONEY : 1. Man Holden: 2. Ryan Fisher; 3. Billy Taylor; 4. Del Schnitzer. . +30: 1. Ted Abernathy; 2. Rick Holmes. +40: 1. Jerry Halverson; 2. Ron Mehner. • OPEN AM : 1. Jay Terry; 2. Kevin Wise: 3. Tim Richetts. f ~ OPEN MONEY : 1. Del Schnitzer; 2. Troy Rose: 3. Rex Fish er; 4. J im Perry . ~J Ownby head of class at lodi MX J L By M ikki M c Bride LODI, CA, OCT. 17 I Mon ty Ownby led the pack from start-to-finis h in th e second mo to after finish in g second in the firs t one and had th e points to win the overa ll in th e 125cc Novice-Junior class-at the Lodi Cycle Bowl. Paul Polhemus ca me in seco nd w h i le Yam ahamounted Doug J on es and T im Selby battled it o ut for third with Selby getting the edge on J ones on th e white flag lap. ,; Sha wn Freiling £lew in first in the · . 250cc Jun io r-Expert cl ass whil e Daryle Yount and Tom my Knight, both ridi ng Suzu kis came in t~ ird and fourth, respectiv ely. In th e 500cc Novice class T on y Souza and Alan Loredo tied for first place po ints, but th e win was given to Souza for winning th e second mota. Both riders put on an excellent show for the cro wd. Brad Huffer brought his KTM in for a close third whil e H onda -m ounted Cl ark Plummer was o ver th e line for . fourth. Honda rider Eddi e Brown was the surp rise in the Vet class. H e rode to firs t pl ace whil e lSIeve Law . was second and Michael Merck thi rd. Results VET: 1. Eddie Brown (Hon); 2. Ste ve Law (Hon); 3. M icha el Merc k (Kaw); 4 . Bob Harrill (Kaw); 5. Clark Plummer. BO NOV-JR : 1. Mike Lozano (Hon); 2. Justin Ow nby (Suzl; 3. Herb ie Callen III (Hon); 4. Ryan Rieger (Suz): 5. Sammy Sabedra (Kaw) . 125 NOV-JR: 1. Monty Ownby (Kaw); 2. Paul Polhemus (Kaw); 3 . Doug Jones (Yam); 4 .Tim Selby (Kaw): 5. Jim Lehnenz (Kaw). 50D NOV : 1. Tony Souza (Yaml ; 2. Alan Loredo (Kaw) ; 3 . Brad Huffer (KTM); 4. Clark Plummer (Hon); 5. John Lee (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Troy Decoque (Hon); 2. Brad Lynn (Hon); 3 . Andrew Borth (Kaw); 4 . Paul Pack (Hon); 5. Ron Occh ipinti (Hon). 250 EX·5OD JR : 1. Shaw n Frei ling (Kaw): 2. Daryle Yount (Suz~ 3 . Tom Knight (Suz). .Yamamoto wails at , DeAnza Motoc,oss , 3 By David Procida c SUNNYMEAD, CA, OCT. 5 Round six of the USA Ch ampionship Series at DeAnza Cycle Park featured a combined 125/250/500 cc Novice class in th e opening moto. Gate one con tained th e 125cc bikes while gate two was made up of .the 250cc and Open class machines. s When th e first gate fell Yoshi Yamamoto pulled quickly to the fr ont of the h erd with Keriny Sommer, Marc Mat son and Yamahamounted Lance Mason close behind.

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