Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

side 'a t th e start of th e second m o to with Suzuki-mounted Boggia pulli ng ahead in turn tw o . Whil e Barnett, G ardiner a nd Ken Franken berry jockeyed for. position , H and kept a watchful eye o n th e front run ner. The two rid ers were tire-totire to start th e seco nd lap a n d sho rt ly after as th ey rode ·th ro ugh th e sta rting area, Bogg ia h it a berm with Hand squaring o ff th e turn an d ta king th e lead. H and h eld hi s lead fo r th e remainder of th e m ot o whil e Barnett moved to within striking d ista nce o f Boggi a. As Hand wo rked up-'a n l l- second lead , Barne.tt pa ssed Bo ggia onl y 10 h ave Boggi a regain ~~cond p lace less th an a half o f a lap la ter. KTM rider C hris G rasso grabbed do ub le . mo to win s in the 125cc C class . MOIO one saw . Grasso ta ke control ' in turn o ne an d hold h is position 10 th e end o f th e m ot o. H onda-m ounted J a m es T a yl or chased G rasso fro m th e drop of th e ga te a ll th e way to th e chec kere d [lag. Kawa saki rider Ala n Bat es sta rted moto o ne in fifth a nd worked hi s wa y past Chris Miller and Robert H erbst to finish third. 'u G rasso repeated his ~rform a nce in th e second m ot o , fini sh in g better th a n 10 seco nds a head of th e riders behi nd , Tim Lutes fo llow ed G rasso th rough turn o ne a n d h eld th e pos ition throughout th e race. T aylor an d Bat es routed p ast .H erb st to ta ke third and fourth . H onda -mounted Mik e H owell walked awa y with double m o to wins in th e 80cc 14-15 class. Jason Bal as, Gen e Kelly and T revor Vin es held secon d through fourth behind H o well in each rnot o . )l Bill P izzino m ounted h is YZ250 arid took th e overall win in th e 250cc B'class with 3-1 mot o fin ishes. MOIO one turned o u t to be a H onda battle between J ohn Hill a nd Ri ck Merhar whe n Pi zzin o and Dean Pi eronek coll ided on th e first lap. Hill held the lead for two laps u n til Merher took th e lead fo r' the re mai nder o f th e race. Pi zi in o worked hi s wa y from last p lace into th ird by th e end. Tom T imc he k raced the first two la ps of th e seco nd mo to in first p lace wi th P izzin o i n pursuit. Wh il e Pizzi no ro uted into fir st, Pi eronek began his cl im b to th e fro nt of th e pack. Merhar, Pi eronek a nd Hill passe d T imc he k wit h Pi eronek ro uting p ast Merhar into seco nd wi th less than a half lap to the fin ish. Once agai n Ka wasa ki-m oun ted Brya n J ones swe p t both the 125cc School Boy and 125cc B classes. Res ults 50 : 1. J ess e At kinson (Yam); 2. Jason ' Kinlev (Yam); 3 . J esse Finl ey (Yam ); 4. M ark Call aha n (Suz); 5. J osh ua Smi t h (Yam). 807-1 1: 1. J ason Shell (Kaw); 2. M ike Bocook (Kaw); 3 . M an M art solf (Kaw ). 80 12-13 : 1. J eff Wo ol edge (Han); 2. John Grasso (KTM ); 3. Jay Hersh ey (Yam); 4. Dave Bodo (Yam); 5 . J oh n Bodo (Han). 80 14 - 15 : 1. M ike How ell (Han); 2. J ason Balas (Han); 3. Gene Kell y (Han); 4. Trevor Vin es (Han); • 5.'J im Sl aughter (Han). EX: 1. David Hand (Han); 2. M ike 80g gia (Su z); 3. Barney Barn ett (Han); 4 . Ed Sn yder (Kaw); 5. Greg Wh eel er (Han). 12 5 SCHBY: 1. Bryan J ones (kaw ); 2. Steve Woole dge (Han ); 3 . Tim Lutes (Han ); 4 . Chri S Grasso (KTM ); 5. Kevin Sw eeney (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Bryan Jon es (Kaw) ; 2. Ton y Boyas (Han ); 3 . Steve Wool edge (Han); 4 . Dave Speigl e (Han); 5 . Kevin Sw eeney (Kaw) . . 250 B: 1. Bill Pizzino(Yam); 2. R.ck M erhar (Han); 3. John Hill (Han); 4. Dean Pieronek (Han); 5 . Wayn e Becker (Hon). l 25 C: 1. Chr is Gra ss (KTM); 2. J ames Taylo r (Han); 3 . Al an Bates (Kaw); 4 . Tim Lutes (Han); 5. Joel Eckstin e (Yam). . 250 C: 1. Ken Frank (Hon); 2. Steve Wilmington (Ka w); 3. Dave Travi s (Hon ); 4. Henry Hauenstine . (Han); 5. Steve Smith (Suz). SR 0 -' : 1. Bla in e Ouecast er (Kaw ); 2. Denn is Armst rong ; 3. Henry Hau enst in e (Hon); 4 . Bru ce Perr ell (Hus); 5. Tim St ant ial (Yam). SR 0 -2 : 1. Larry My ers (Kaw) ; 2. Tom Knapp (Han ); 3 . Larry Stahl (Han); 4. Br uc e Steinfurth (Han ). OPEN B: 1. J erry Boyd (Han); 2. Mike German IC-A ); 3 . Mik e Piper (KTM); 4 . Derr ick Sm it h (Kaw ); 5 ~ Jo el Riast (Yam). EXTRA: 1. David Hand (Hon); 2. Paul Knapp(Hon ); 3 .. Ed Snyder (Kaw) ; 4. Tony Boyas (Han); 5. Dean Pie ron ek. Wilson tops . Woodland Scrambles By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND. WA, OCT. 18 H onda-mounted Don Wil son went 2-1 to claim th e overa ll victory in the Four-St roke O pen class of the opening day scra m b les held a t th e MOIOcross Park. T en riders ja m med the sta rt ing lin e'as Wil son bat tled with Dean Autrey a nd Colum bia Mo torcycle's Ri ck Mschi chowski . After o ne restart Maxima/ Cascade Pull T ab s/Ottco /Bell /Megacycl e/ Tsu ba ki / Arr o w Racing -sp o nsored Wil son took th e lead a hea d of Rick La Voy, Autrey, a nd Msch ich o wski. Autrey we nt under La Voy o n th efirst la p and h ea ded for Wilson. T he two th en ba tt led back a nd forth with Autrey edging o ut Wil son a t th e chec kere d. Beh in d th em was LaVoy, R ick Stradley, Aric Coo l, Terry Stradl ey a nd the remainder of th e large class. . After a nothe r restart m ot o two was co ntrolled by Wilso n followed by Msci chow ski , Autrey, LaV oy, T erry Stra d ley a nd T o m T horn. Coo l wen t down in tum one as Mscich ow ski co n tin ued to chase Wilson. Ri ght on th e duo was Au trey until la p four when h e got hit a nd went down. Au trey re tired with so re r ibs as Wilson pulled a sligh t lead o n Msci ch ow ski , who had 10 yards on La Voy. Wil son ro de flawless rig ht to th e chec kered £la g. Behind h im was Msci ch ow ski, LaVoy, Rod Stradley, T erry Stradley, T horn an d Tricia Lyons. T he overa ll went Wil son, LaVoy a nd Mscich owsk i. In th e T wo-Wheel Open cl ass . Alan P itts got th e hol esh o ti n mo to o ne. R ight o n hi m was Troy Yeo, Nick Blasdell , Mike Mo rris, Wil son a n d Autrey. P itts went ou t to a 15 ya rd lead but Blasdell went under Yeo a nd sta rted to reel in P itts. For ·three laps everything was a bso lu tely wild with a ll . of th e riders fin a lly settling in . Blasdell got wi thi n five yards of Pitts as the two o f th em left the p a ck 40 ya rds behind. T he checkere d flag came o ut for P itts with Blasdell all over h im. Behind th em in order was Mo rr is, Aut rey, Wil so n . R icha r d Yo un ce , J e ff . Younce an d Stan Fye. Bla sdell got the scra tch in rno rd two fo llowed by P itts. Wi ls.on, Morris a nd Autrey. Morr is th rew it awav in tu rn four and took one lap to restart. Meanwh ile, Blasdell was lookin g great when a ll of a sudde n mech anical problems took him ou t for good. Pi u s inherit ed th e lead a nd went the d ista nce with no problems . Wil son and Au trey conti nued th ei r riva lry rig ht to th e end where Au trey n a rro wl y edged o ut W i lson for seco nd. Beh i n d Wi lson was R . Younce, Rob O hge, ]. Younce, Fye and Morr is. Resu lts P/ W : 1. Brandon Lucas . M INI: 1. Eddie Gerri sh; 2. Chris Din een. 250: 1. Nick Blasdell; 2. Ma rk Benn ett . 2-WHL OPEN: 1. A ll en Pitts: 2. Dean A utrey. 4 -STRK OPEN: 1. Don Wilson; 2. Rick LaVoy; 3 . Rick M schichow ski. Boncyk.blasts Baylands MX ·By M ike Van ci l FREMO NT, CA, OCT. 16 · Steven Boncyk ha s tried to wi n an overall a t Baylands Ra ceway Park for quite some time. a n d tonight w~s his n i.ght as he took the l25cc Beginner W ill. In the first moto Boncyk started th e moto fro m the far o utside and by th e first co rner he was already in 'co m ma nd and set abou t getting a good margin over second p lace as the moto wore on. Boncyk made n o mista kes and rode smooth ly a ll the way, keeping h is concentration a nd perform ing no h eroic ac.ts or styl!sh d rives o ff the severe Jum p s a n d tab letops that com p rise Baylands' co urse. R u nn ing seco n d to Boncyk was Du ane Anderson . .but he co u ld m ak e n o h ea dw a y in catch i ng Boncyk. The second moto was nearly a carbo n co py of the first wi th Boncyk grabbing the lead from the start. T he . dr i ve from fourth to secon d for An de rson co u ld go no further and a t th e . checkers h e aga in tr ail ed Boncyk over the line. For Boncyk it was h is first ever double moto win. T he 250cc Int erm edi at e class was a ru naway for Dave Rogers a board a Honda C R spo nsored by H ayward H onda , An swer Racewear a nd Tea m U.S. Rogers a nd h is o n ly com pe ti tor, Mann y O rnellas, ra n wi th th e Junior class . At the start of the motos it was a n inspired J a so n Wa rren t ha t grabbe d th e ho leshot. It too k Rogers more th an two laps to reel in Warren. Late in the mot a it was Sa m Weber who also figured o u t how to ge t by Warr en. .. In the second rnot o it was m uc h - th e same; Rogers too k j us t a b it more th an two laps to ge t by lead er Wa rre n but th is time Warren kept We eber behind him a nd by virtue of a 2. 1" even ing h e took th e .J unior overall. Rogers had two double rnoto wins to co p a n uncontested overa ll in th e Interm ed iat e class. Resu lts 80 BEG: 1. James Ptarc inski (Yam); 2. Mark Gilben(Yam); 3 . Doug Asbe (Han); 4. Alb ert Iniguez (Kaw); 5 . Todd Hewitt (Han). 80 JR : 1. Scott Sh ade (Yam); 2. Norman W in ter (Han). 125. BEG: 1. St even Boncy k (Han); 2. Duane Anderson (Han ); 3 . Chr is Pedr ini (Han); 4. J eremy 'W ill iams (Han); 5. Shannon Fry (Suz). 125 J R: 1. Scott Mallory (Han); 2. James Perry (Han); 3 . Ricky Solano (Han ); 4. Tyler Hummel (Suz)); 5. Chr is Stille (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Todd BUliunger (Kawl; 2. M att Phipps (Han ); 3 . Sean Large (Yam); 4 . Keith Cattaneo (Kaw); 5 . M ike Caldero n (Kaw) . . 25 0 JR : 1. Jason Warren (Han); 2, Sam Weber (Kaw); 3 . Chr is Still e (Han); 4 . Bill Bloomfield (Han); 5 . Tom W etzel (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Dav e Roger s (Han) ; 2. M ann y Orn ellas (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. M ar k Fitz sim mon s (Han); 2. Cliff Hun t er (Han); 3 . Dan Law son (Han); 4. Scott Wright (Yam); 5. Jim Wi scarson (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Sean Hummel (Ka w ); 2. Bill Bloomfi eld (Han); 3 . David Dyc (Yam). VET: 1. Duane Hughes (Han); 2. Gar y Remm en (Yam ); 3 . Dave Kopels (Kaw ); 4 . R. Tomlinson (Han). Lewis wins Antique Field Meet By Leo Lev is ROSEBUD , MO, O CT. 24 T he St. Lo u is Cha p ter AMC ends its vintage m ot orcycl in g season eac h year with a fiel d m eet. This year's eve nt co nsisted o f fi ve sep a ra te co ntests. T he firs t was a dart game wh ere the co m peri tor wa s gi ven three darts to th ro w at a dart board from his moving motorcycle b u t they were only a llowed to m ak e o ne pass which . mean t you had to throw th e th ree _ dans at one tim e. The competi tor's score was the sco re on the da rt board and Carole' Backen ka rnp got the wi n ning score aboard a 1956 C ushman. T he seco nd even t was a coas ting con test where th e ride rs were req u ired to kill th eir engines before crossing th e first line a nd were scored at h ow close th ey co u ld co me to th e second line, w ithout cross ing it , without the use of br akes. Emmet West came closest aboard a 1948 Indian. Mo re of a su m mer th an a n a u tu m n even t was seei ng ho w far a co m pe titor co u ld ride with a cu p of wa ter bal an ced on hi s head , a nd J erry . H awk won on his 1953 Zu nda p p. . When th e awards were a nnou nce d the overa ll best performance trop hy went 10 1942 H a rley-Davidso n rider Larry Lewis who had not wo~ a single contest, but pro ved a consistent p lacing will wi n th e da y. • ...._ _. •. .... .-- ,. ~ Ne w Generation Fiberglass Trailers CHECK US OUT FOR 1987 . Choose from twelve m odels plus optional 5 ' , 6 ' a nd 7 ' interior box heights,_ For More Info rm ation Call Or Write: (216) 988-4474 1115 Milan Ave.. A m herst . O H 4 4001 l---< CJ.) ,.0 8 CJ.) :> o Z Dist ributors o r Dealer s Call f or produ ct (213) 946-3581 ... •• _n ~~. ~ MO/OtCrcle ",.Iea...... MOTORCYCLE CENTERS F;w ... . _Ii,.•. c.~LKIf'MI: ".. 14232£ 1mptt~ 1!'*wy u "'''MR. CA ~ (2131946·3459 S. ~'" 'OJ/ Sun....... Sun VII'" CA9/351 (SIS) li8_ 2466 SttIvI_ 810<1 TorfM'ICt. 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