Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

125 JR: 1. Maneo Coestino (Cag); 2. Dan ny Fontayn (Han); 3. Bar ry Kelperis (Han); 4 . Scon Hoffman (SRP); 5. Paul Fernande z (Han). 125 tNT: 1. Daniel Bush (Han); 2. J on Levey (Han); 3. Randy Danylo (Kawl; 4 . John Blood (Han); 5. Ken Faught (Varni. 125 PRO; 1. Wild Willie Surran (Suz); 2. Tim Rutherford (Kaw). 250 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Jeff Green (Suz); 2. Mike Sokoloff (Han); 3. Mike Shea (Han); 4, Ernie Maes (Han); 5. Terry Gaynar (Hon). 250 BEG 0-2; 1. Chris Parks (Han); 2.Jon Rolstad (Han); 3. Daniel Oownen (Suz); 4 . John Mamacher (Kaw); 5. Jim Williams (Vam). 250 JR: 1. Gary Wagner (Vam); 2: Marv Adams (Kawl 3. Stephan Gordon (Han); 4 . Raben Weston (Yaml· 250 INT: 1. Larry Gross (Yam); 2. Per Astander (Honl. 250 PRO: 1. Willie Surratt (Suz); 2. Ron Turn er I (Vam); 3. Bob Kline (Han); 4. Mark Brooks (Han); 5. Johnny E. Posca (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Ron Seaman (Han); 2. Bren Donne ls (Yam); 3. Dean Talavera (Hon); 4 . Tony Valencia (Yam); 5. Don Grant (Ma i). 500 JR; 1. Keven Looa (Honl; 2. John Cameron (Kaw); 3. Marcus Gordon tHon); 4. Jeff Jones (Han); 5. Michael Foos (Varni. 500 PRO: 1. Craig Hofmeister (Han); 2. Dan Berg (Kaw); 3. Loren Pochirowski (Hon); 4. Ji m Rutherford (Kawl. VET JR : 1. Paul Varnasaki (Han); 2. Mark Kaiser (Hon); 3. Bob Apelland (Han); 4 . Rich Hansen (Honl; 5. Chris Slick (Han). VET INT: 1. Lou Gonzales (Han); 2. Raul Koraner (Vam). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turn er (Yam); 2. Mark Brooks (Han). phce, Majeski get first wins at Trai'·Way ST B' Len Breech i / H AN O VER , PA, OCT. 10 Georgie Price and Rob Majeski took their first wins of th e '87 season as Trail-Way Speedway finally got a short track even t in after four stra ight rain -o uts in the last two months. While Pri ce was holding off th e challenges of Dal e Gingrich to tak e the .250cc Expert final, Maj eski took the lead from Tom Cerciello and went o n to win the 600cc Expert class. Pr ice put his ' Diamond Motorspo rts Kaw asaki in third behind Gingrich a nd Da ve Lesni ck as tilt' 2:'0<:(' Expert s WI'IIl down th e back straight, bUI Price motored into th e lead heIore thl' end of th e open in g lap. Prire and Gingrich qui ck ly pulled several lengths' in front of Lesn ick who had an un eventful ride in third. Throughout the remainder of .I Ill' ran' Gingrich sta lked Pri c«, waiting for hi rri 10 make a mi stak e tha i didn't com t'. . Cerc iello grabbed the lead from Maj eski, Gingrich a nd Ken Coolbeth as, the 600cc Experts completed the first la p . After a few laps Majeski a nd Cerciello p ulled a littl e in front of G ingrich who got into a battle with Coolbeth, Tom Majeski and J im H o ll is te r for third that lasted throughout most of the race. Ro b Majeski took the lead at th e end of the third la p , while brother Tom took command of the third p lace battle two la ps from the end. Closest finish of th e evening was th Senior final , as Rich ard Foard ~e and Harold Hillard pulled away fro';" Joe H eberling and Bob Babcock . During th e entire eight laps, Foard and Hillard were separa ted by no more than two lengths, and coming off the fourth turn on the final la p , Hillard got a little better drive, nipping Foard by in ches. While Harold Dorsey and Dave Smith took yet another win in th e 250 and 600cc Amateur classes, the best race was the 200cc Amateurs when Kevin Varnes took his first win in th e class . Brian Strong took the lead in front of Mike Walton, J ill Lau tenbacher and Varnes who were close ly bunched in the early laps, taking th e lead fro m Strong as they exited the second turn o n the sixth la p. Walton got by Strong in the same spot on the following lap. Mi ke Sponseller made a shambles of the combined 85 Expert/85 Amateur /65cc class as he ran off and hid froin the field. T he battle was for second and first Amateur between Ra n d y Sahnk and Brian .Stro ng. They stayed close throughout, with ! :I: U High~Perfo,mance YSRSO w w a:: III z Kit . W ...J >- III o Io :I: Q. George Price won the 250cc Expert f ina l at TrailcWay. Shank just ho lding on to inches. Results Will by 55 : 1. Ricky W in sen (Vam); 2. John Winsen (Vam); 3. Dan Halli gan (Varni. 200 AM : 1. Kevin Varn es (Yam); 2. M ike Wa ~on (Varni; 3. Brian Str ong (Kaw ); 4. Jill Laute nbacher (Suzl; 5. Gary Clark (Han). B5 EX: 1. Mike Sponseller (Han); 2. Ken Coolbeth (Kaw); 3. Kevin Varnes (Yam). 85 AM : 1. Randy Shank (Kaw); 2. Br ian Strong (Kaw); 3. Robert . Miller (Vam) ; 4 . Jeremiah Alexander (Kawl. 65 : 1. Ricky Winsen (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Georgie Price (Kaw); 2. Dale Gingrich (Yam); 3. Dave Lesnick (Yam); 4. Kenny Mohler (Suz); 5. Paul Crumling (Hon). 250 AM: 1. Harold Dorsey (Han); 2. Dave Smith (Yam); 3 . Todd Hurst (Suz); 4 . Gary Foard (Yam); 5. Eddie Hidden (Yam).. 600 EX: 1. Rob Majeski (H-Dl 2. Tom Cerciello (Yam); 3 . Tom MajeskI (H-Ol4. Ken Coolbeth (Rill); 5. Dale Gingrich (Vam). 600 AM : 1. Dave Smith (Rllll 2. Jim Chapman (H-D); 3. Roy Collins (H-D); 4 . Gary Foard .(Hon); 5. Jim Lynch (Rtx), 750 EX: 1. Tom Cerc iello (Tn); 2. Steve Burk· holder (H-D); 3. Joe Gately CTri); 4. Clarence Bull (YYam). SR: 1. Harold Hillard (Rill); 2. Richard Foard (Rill); 3. Joe Heberling (Yam); 4 . Bob Babcock (RIllI ; 5. Jim Reigner (Yam). Mew from SUDCO. the complete YAMAHA YSR50 Kit includes: ' * Special Pre-jetted Mikuni flange carburetor (20mm-22mm) (CR26mm Smoothbore also available for mod ified engines) * Special YSRSO Manifold * Throttle Cable * Intake Tract Reeds * 14T or 13T Countershaft Sprocket * Exhaust Pipe & Silencer I ~ .. Tat Results: Up to 60 MPH top speed, very tractable throughout total RPM range.ExceHent acd~lerat ion. R&D says, "There'sno comparison." MisIiollV........ Tony Smith hciIIt . ..lfto_rV.1MINI MOlItcWrY........ ..MIlY...... Ted 11'_ Y.IMINI CMmpioIIlIoect./Y.m./.... Y........ ofeo.lM RMCCr.ftcrs(So."y) Cycle '.rts Eat... L.A. IIurbRIl Y Dome.o's K.II Y.IMINI L.,...M....... CA. II c.joII. CA. BcIIfIo_, CA. OIIe.io, CA. HIIIIti..... 8ch., CA IUriM Del Rey CA. CostII MeA. CA. Cowiu. CA. L111111d*, CA. Los .... Iles" CA. -.rtNnIt" CA. K.neohe, HI 4a Piontek takes three at"'Spar'and Hillc'imb S"-'I::IC=c:::I (714) 50-0151 (619) 561-6714 (In) 915-5097 (714) 6U-4748 (714) 536-7555 (In) 306-7906 (714) 641-4343 (111) UI-6149 (In) 37..5551 (In) 164-4107 (111) 145-1731 (101) 135·1711 1 824 East 22nd Street Los Angeles. CA 90058 INTERNATI ONAL (213) 747-5173 By Paul Hayes SPARLAND, IL , OCT. 3-4 Riders from a five state area showed up to do battle on the Peoria Dirt Riders hi lls for a two day event . Saturday the club used their speed hi ll. On Sunday O le Ugl y was used. The event marked the close of the Distri ct 17 hillclimbing season. Wisconsin rid ers claimed six cla ss win s on Saturday and four o n Sunday. They also had three two-day winners, claiming the most victories during th e weekend. Wisconsin rid ers claimed six clas s w ins on Saturda y and four ' o n Sunda y. T hey also had three two-day winners, claiming the mo st victories during th e weekend. J eff Pi ontek, fro m Wisconsin, scored three overall win s for th e weekend. Hi s firs t win came in th e 200cc class on Saturday when he was th e first rid er over the hill. Hi s time was 8.12 seconds on a Kawasaki. Kal eb Northrup, sponsored b y Torque Center, was the onl y o the r rid er in th at clas s to go over. Hi s Yam aha ca rried him up in 10.74 seco nds. Piontek came back in th e 250cc class riding another Ka wasa ki. H is first tim e would have taken the win but he ca me back to better his tim e with a 5.85 rid e. H is fa ther Mel ca me . in second p lace with a first . ro und rid e of 7.35. Mel was also on a Kawasaki, J eff Piontek 's third win came on O Il' Ug ly during Sunday's climb. H e once again had rid es where eit her one would hav e won, and he used his first rid e of 5.08 for the win. Brent Stewart cla imed rlu- runner-up SPOl a boa rd hi s Kaw a sak i. Bill Tuman and ICorbin (408) 728-0169 USA "An American Craftsman Who Lives On" (604) 434-4949 C••MI. ' Corbin INVENTED "RUMBLE SEAT" " RUM BLE SEAT" has t he so lo fo rmu la looks of a " G un Fighter " and instant ly converts, offering spo rt to uri ng comfort fo r two w ith a passenger rest. 31

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