Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

closely everyo ne walked away. T he class was fin all y restarted with no problem s. TI~ e overa ll. for t~ e da y went to [u st in Sta n n ing. Ri chard Postm a , Tony DuV all , SCOII Sm ith, Cra ig j ohannson a nd J ohn Barley. Results W / P/ W ; 1. Josh Kn ight; 2. Mike Sm ith; 3. Kase Scott . P/ W JR : 1. Russell Post ma. P/ W SR; 1. Coby Porter; 2. Nathan Gravelle. PP: 1. Cathy Bennett . MINI BEG: 1. Ryan A nderson; 2. Cory Bloomberg; 3 . Ernie Gendron. . . M INI JR; 1. Destry Scott ; 2. Troy Kibble . MINIINT: 1. Joel Howard; 2. Rian Gant. 125 BEG: 1. Justin Stann ing; 2. Richard Post ma; 3. Tony DuVall ; 4. Scon Smith;-S . Craig Jo~annson . 125 JR: 1. Jeremy Skokan ; 2. Chns Dineen; 3. mike Crader ; 4 . Steve Panitch . 1251NT : 1. Ed Jensen; 2. Chad Gravell e; 3. Adam WeS1. . 250 BEG; 1. Dave Eppig; 2. Jay Loundag ln; 3. Dave Ham pton ; 4 . Scott O'Con ner. . 2 50 J R: 1. Sh awn Cola nge lo; 2. Jason Robison; 3. Mike Fresch . 250 INT; 1. Rich ie Lee; 2. Mark Benn ett; 3. Dou g E cu Gra velle . OPEN BEG : 1. Troy Yeo; 2. Larry Legarr a; 3. Ron Stand. 3 . OPEN J R: 1. Jo n Niemo; 2. Scott Koch; . Mike leng icher . . OPEN INT: 1. Dave Cotter; 2. Scott Williams; 3. Ben Wagenman. UTH: 1. Kur t S tevens: 2. Ted DeVol; 3. Dave Hampt on . OTH A; 1. Ray Gamon; 2. Rick Herbst . OTH B: 1. Lance M arsh all; 2. Greg Slyter.. OTH C; 1. Don Thompson ; 2. Dave Epplg; 3 . Richard Younce . , OT EX: 1. .Roger Kn ight; 2- Jim Lamk in ; 3 Ray Fish er. OT AM : 1. Wayne Kent ; 2. Jeff Younce ; 3. Jim Newman . ' . OT NOV: 1. Jay Eby; 2. Gene Chittim. . 125 PRO: 1. David Bailey; 2. Bryan Blrkestol; 3. Keith Foidel. 250 PRO; 1. Don Bisceglia. > o Z Burres best at Clark County ST By De rryl A nderson Ken n y Ol sen (2) an d Tony Graves battled in both Pro motos at Albany with Graves coming out on top. Graves baffles to Albany SX win By Clay Light . 26 ALBANY. OR. ocr. 25 Kenn y Ol sen a n d Tony Grav es waged a war to ~h e finish in th e combined Professional class at th e opening round of the Motocross Northwest Sanctioned Wimer MOIOcross Seri es at Alban y Supercross. Wh en the dust cleared Graves had overtaken Olsen for a climatic win. Olsen and Graves have had brutal battles th e last several outings a t Albanv and Washougal and toda y was nluch th e same~ In hoth Pro . moto s, it ' beca m e a sh o wd o w n between two of Oregon 's fastest I25cc Pros. The fir st co n tes t saw Ol sen, Grav es, Don Bisceglia a n d Rob Annen battl in g for positi ons in th e Comb in ed P ro cl a ss. Ol sen a n d Graves pulled aw ay fro~ ~50c<; rid ers Biscegl ia a nd Annen , riding side- byside th e entire 30 m inute mot o. Also co m b ined with the Pros were th e 250cc Intermediat es, led b y T racev Bethel. The banle'Ior first in th e c1~ss was so fierce that it clos ed the defi cit on th e war waging for first in th e 250cc Pro portion between Biscegli a and Annen. Bethel a nd Honda-mounted Aaron Boehmer , lik e Ol sen a nd Craves, took th e en tire mot o 10 decid e th e outcome. In th e end, Olsen had yeilded \0 a pesk y Craves, good for th e I25cc Pro win. Bisceglia prevailed over Annen , good for top 250cc Pro while Beth el held off Boehmer's ch arges to grab a win in th e 250cc Intermedi at e portion. The second mot o was th e best ra ce of th e day. Olsen again put his ATAK/O 'N ea IlDMC' KX into th e lead but this time Graves wa s buried mid:pack and had to bailie with Bisceglia in order to go aft er Olsen. By th e tim e Graves h ad n abbed Biscegli a. Olsen was long go ne a nd had built up a 17 seco nd lead. But Craves made up th e di stance, nabbing Olsen on th e fin al lap, good for a I-I overall WIl1 . Ol sen was second with Bisceglia third a fter 33 rid es. In th e 250cc Intermediate class, Bethel came out on top with I-I performan ce~ over Bo~hmer's 2-2 and th e 3-3 rid es from j im Sawtell. Eri c Burkinshaw ca me o u t on top of a moto two shoo t-o u t 10 nab th e overall win in th e 60cc class away from first moto winner Cory Fuller . Cob y P orter took third v ia .3-3 performances in th e Irnerm edi at e ranks. In th e Juni or p ortion , Dou g McKuhn 's seco nd moto wi n wa s what it took 10 ga in th e o vera ~ I, heat in g Mik e Ulven.. Kevin Ea ki n a nd fir st m or o w i nn er Ru ssell Postm a wh o wa s founh overa ll a fter 1-8 perfor ma nces. so u n d ly J a son . McCo rm ick th ra shed th ecomb in ed 80cc Juniorl Ex pe rt cl ass. McCo rm ick logged major a ir time en ro u te 10 a do ubl e mot o dem ol ition of th e class, bearing junio r class ride rs ! ra vis Berr y, Waru-n Baze a nd C crriu Sch affer. . Res ult s PRO: 1. Tony Gr aves (Hon ); 2. Kenny Ols en (Kaw) ; 3 . Don Bisceglia IHon) . OPEN JR; 1. Mike W est IYam ); 2. Mike Markha!" (Yam); 3 . Randy Vaughan IHu s). 250 INT: 1. Trac ey Bethel (Kawl; 2. Aaron Boehmer (Hon); 3 . Jim SawteIiIHon). . 125 JR : 1. Mike West (Yam ); 2. Grady 1roglln (SUl) ' 3 . Troy Fuller (Kaw) . 80 ' JR: 1. Travis Berry (Hon); 2. Warren Bale (Kaw) ; 3 . Gerrit Schaffer (Yam). . 60 JR : 1. Doug McKuhn (Kaw) ; 2. MIk e Ulven (Kaw); 3. Kevin Eakin IKaw) . 60 INT: 1. Eric Burkinshaw (Kaw); 2. Cory Full er (Kaw ~ 3 . Coby Porter IKaw). . . 30 ·40 s: 1. Dave Eakm (Hon); 2. Jim Lamkm (Hon); 3 . Dale Demaris IHus ). . 30-40 INT; I. Doug Wiley (Hon); 2. Mark DIckey (Kaw); 3. Rick Roberts (Yam). 30 -40 JR ; 1. Mike Minder (Kaw) ; 2. Ryan Taylor (Hon); 3. Tony Shelton (Yam). UTH: 1. Dave Cotter (Kaw); 2. Joe Casey (Kaw ); 3. Don Schneider (Han). P/ W : 1. J on Beaver (yam); 2. Trav is Roberts (Yam); 3 . Kristy Burk in shaw. 80 EX: 1. Jason McCormick (Kaw) . 105 : 1. Travi s Berry (Hon); 2. Monty Har ris (Yam). Colangelo tops Woodland MX opener By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND , WA. ocr. 24 Kawasaki-mounted Shawn Colangelo rode two flawless rnotos 10 ca p tu re first overall in .the 250cc Junior class for th e opening motocross at Woodland Motocross Park. In m oto o ne Col angelo grabbed th e holeshot a head of Jason Robison, Kri s O vall , Erik Munson , Mike Fresch and the o thers. For five laps Ken Fuller was th e only rider 10 improve hi s position. Lap six saw Fresch move from fifth to seco n d a nd Fuller move up one more spot as we ll. Meanwhil e Colangel o was lo oking good up Iront. At ' t h e chec kered flag th e orde r went: Colangelo' Fr esch , O vall , Mu son a n d Robison. In mot o two Fresch took th e initial lead foll ow ed by 0\<111 , Col angelo , Robison j ohn Griffin and th e o the rs. T he sta rt was wild as nine riders rounded the fir st turn an d headed for th e woods. By lap two Colangelo had taken th e lead and Fresch dropped to fourth . On lap five Robison moved into second a nd th e positions were set for the re~ainder of the race. At th e flag 1\ was Colangelo Robison , Fresch, Griffin, Ovall , F~lIer, Mu son and Rick H erbst, In th e Old Timer Amateur class Wayne Kent, Jeff Younce and Jim Newman went 1-2-3 in both rnotos 10 claim overall honors. In th e l25c c Begginner class 22 rid ers jammed the starting gate. At th e en d of the straigh taway someone got sideways and a gigantic pile-up occured. After ch ecking several riders RIDG EFI ELD. WA, ocr. 30 Mo torcycle H all o f Farn er Son ny Bu rres mad e a su rprise visit to th e Clark Cou nty Indoor Short Track ridi ng a Lou Kinn ish T riumph a nd wa s th e o vera ll winner in th e 40+ class a fter duel in g with Ray Carrol , a nother Triumph ace from th e 60s a nd 70s. In th e firs t h eat e ig h t riders jammed th e sta rt in g line. Carroll grabbed th e holeshot followed by Burres, Ron Mehner , Jim Krist , Jerry Halvorson, Leroy Thompson and Doug Phelps. Within two l~ps Burres was all over Carroll looking for an opening. Going down the backstr etch Burres pulled up inside of Carroll and made the pass stick as they entered turn three. Carroll th en slide out as Burres left the rest of th e pa ck a straightaway behind. Kinnish's 750 Triumphs were a super treat for th e small indoor tra ck. Carroll, on th e other Triumph, wa s finall y up an d going. In th e back H alvorson a nd Krist ball led back and forth with H alvorson finall y gellin g th e nod. Meanwhil e Burres wa s looking excellent out front, and at th e checkered flag it was Burres over Mehner , H alvorson and Krist, In th e fin al h eat it took three restarts 10 get th e a n xious Carroll and Burres off th e line clea n ly. Once again Carroll got th e ea rly lead ahea d of H alv orson. Burres, Krist and th e ot he rs. Bu rres wa sted no tim e in blowing by Halvorson and heading for Carroll. After severa l laps Krist lo st it in the lo os e stu ff. With riders still o n th e track referee Mik e Waggoner waved th e red flag and stopped the rac e. Everyo~e lined up o n the line and as the light turned green Burres roared into the lead. Carroll pulled even with Burres as th e two battled ba ck and forth lap after lap until Carroll slid out, Burres rode smoothly right 10 the checkered with Halvorson and Mehner about 30 yards behind. Right behind them wa s Phelps, Thompson, Krist a n d Carroll. Results '. 50 : 1. Joshua Currey: 2.Jessica Kirkman; 3. JI Kirkman. 60 : 1. Jossie Fisher. 80 : 1. Jason McCormick; 2. Ryan Anderson.

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