Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

neutral wh ere third gea r used to be and it 'd make m e fa ll o ff," said Willis. " I fell down a t one of th e chec ks, did it aga in in a sa nd wa sh and kn ock ed th e wi nd o u t o f m yself, and th e last tim e I went down it was ' in so me ro ck s. I bent th e bars a nd the frame. Loop two was n' t much fun for m e." With Willi s spe nding as much tim e o ff th e bike as o n it. th e Open Expert wa s easy pi ckings fo r Ca rt wright . wh o pow ered th rough to grab seco n d o vera II. Ka wasa k i 's Brett H owell a lso laun ch ed a n a ll -o u t a ttac k o n Willi s but co u ld not snea k aro u n d th e ten acious rid er a nd had ' to be co n tent to sna p a t hi s heels. As th e co urse turned fo r home a nd th e fin al sp rint for th e chec kered flag began . it wa s Gri ewe's race a ll th e wa y. H e had o pe ned up a n unbeat abl e lead an d swe p t in to tak e th e overa ll honors a fter two hours of fastpaced racing wit h a co m fo rta ble four minu te lead over Cartwright. Cartwrigh t's second place finish gav e h im th e h on o rs in th e 250 Divi sion. " We had a great race going th e. w ho le way," said Wi lli s. "The th ree o f us were di cing back a n d fort h m ost o f th e way. There wa sn ' t much dust and I didn 't hav e any fall s o r' a ny th i ng - I ca n' t beli eve it!" A tired a nd rather ba ttered Willi s crossed th e fini sh lin e j u st tw o m inutes behin d Cartwrigh t to cla im ' iliird o vera ll. Wi llis was foll ow ed in by H ow ell. H ow ell , who held a steadv fourt h pla ce for m uc h of th e ra ce: said he los t t im e stoppin g to chec k on Krause after hi cras h ea rly in the firs t loop. " Sto p p ing put me back a bi t a nd af ter tha t th ere j ust was n' t a ny wa y to ca tch up," sa id H owell. Results OV ERAll : 1, Don Gr ,ewe (Hu s); 2 , Dar in Cartwright (Yam); 3, Tom W ill, s (KTM); 4, Brett Howe ll (Kaw] : 5. Scott Stearn s [Suz]: 6. Ron Shuler (Yam ); 7.. Mike Sixber y (Yam); 8 . Greg Winters (Hon); 9, Chri s Hodges (Hus); 10 , Dave West (Hon); 11. John Braa sch . Jr. (Yam); , 2. Nick Young (Han); 13. Ma tt Schw eit zer (Hus]: 14. Donald Frankl in (Yam); 15 . M ike Kor enwinder (Hus]. OPEN EX: 1. Don Griewe (Hus); 2. Tom W illi s (KTM); 3, Ron Shuler (Yam I, 250 EX: 1, Daro n Cartwright (Yaml; 2. Brett How ell (Kaw); 3 . Scon St earns (Suz). 125 EX: 1, Joh n Braasch . J r. (Yam); 2, Nic k Young (Han) • VET OPEN EX : 1. Steve Garn er (Han), VET 250 EX: 1, Mike Slxbe rv (Yam ]: 2, Greg Wi nt er s (Hon) 'SENIOR OPEN: 1, Ron Papr oski (Han), OPEN A M : 1, Chris Hodges (Hu s ]: 2, Dave West (Han) ; 3 . Mike Kore nwinde r (Hu s). .250 A M : 1. G eor ge Pennin qtcn (Yam) . OPEN NOV: 1, John Peterson (Han), McClintock masters mud at Baylands MX By Mike Vancil FRE~I O l\'T. CA, OCT. 30 A stra n ge set o f circumstances gave Tim McCl intock the overa ll win in th e Pro cla ss at th e wettest ra ce in rece nt Ra vlan d s R a ce w a v Park h istory. ' . In th e first moto it was qui ckstart i n g J o hn Da u th o n his H o n da in th e ea rly lead and h e carried it w ith n o apparent probl em or cha llenge from a nyone in the ' four-rider field. Dau th and R ick Delong were o n 250cc machi nes and McC lintock and Fargo were o n 125s. H o lding down an easy seco nd a t the chec ke rs wa s McClin tock. Gary Fargo a nd Delon g fin ish ed thi rd a nd fou rt h, respectfu lly on th eir H ondas. In th e seco nd m ot o Da uth drop ped the cl utch too qu ickl y a nd was o ver the backward fa ll ing Ba ylan ds' ga te wh ich ea rn ed hi m th e lead and a n a u to ma tic assessme n t of a pen a lt y lap. T he re was no wa y that Dau rh co u ld know th a t h.e was ca ug h t so he co nt in ued to rid e as before, with t he im e n t ' to win. Mc Cl i n to ck powered pas t hi s o ther two adversa ries a n d was agai n r ig h t behi nd Dauth. R u n n ing thi rd a nd doing mu ch hener' in thi s moro was Fargo. As th e lead duo approache d th e fin ish Dauth got his first inkling that he was down a la p when McCl intock wa s g iven th e checkers fir st. Even with th e pen alty Dauth was a ble to garner a seco nd p lace overa II. GOLDMAXTM Snow & Ice , Results BO BEG: 1. Jam i Goyne (Kaw l; 2, James Ptarcinski (Yam) ; 3. Todd Hewitt (Hon ); 4 Shawn Yuill (Suz); 5. Albert Ini gu ez (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Jon Peters (Han); 2. Michael Olm st ead (Kaw); 3 . Steve Humrich (Yam ); 4 . Jeremy Williams (Hon); 5. Lar ry Moniz (Hon). 125 JR: 1. Scott Schroeder (Kaw); 2, Chr is Sti ll e (Han); 3. Steffan Whiting (Han); 4 , Steve Bon cyk (Han); 5, Shane Wright (Han ), 125 tNT:' 1, Eric Pucetik (Han). 250 BEG:: 1. Robert Fields (Suz); 2, Elmo Heare (Hon); 3. Steve Nicholson (Hus) ; 4. Sean Nichols (Han); 5, Doug Dreisbac h (Kaw) . 250 JR: 1. Ted Pippins (Han); 2. Gregg lyons (Han); 3 , Keith .Tant i (Yam); 4 , Casey l yon s (Hon); 5 . Dav e Damarco (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Er ic Puceli k (Han), OPEN BEG: 1. J im Wiscarson (Han); 2, Curt W int er (Hon); 3. Robert Reed (Honj: 4 . 80b Holmes (Han): 5, Ron Azevedo (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Sea n Hummel (Kaw); 2. Dave Davi s (Han ); 3, Jeffrey Pow ell (Han). VET MST R: 1. Duan e Hughes (Han); 2. l arry Baker (Han), PRO: 1. Ti m McClintock (Ha n); 2 . John Dauth (Han); 3, Rick Delong (Han ); 4. Gary Fargo (Han), Hand grabs win at .MotoSport Trails MX * 3 /16 " Ta ll * Serrated Washer * Best Tra ct io n * #10 Shank * 1 /4 " Hex Head * Sharpest Head * Goldzinc Plating * Best Holding Avai lable in 7 /16 (front), %, %, 1", & 1 %" Pkg 250 & 1000 USED BY TOP PROS EVERYWHERE Prod u c t of: Kustom K raft Performance 886 Bl uff City Blvd . Elgin,Il60120 SPEEDWAY (312) 697-4343 C .O .D .• Visa & M ast erc ard D eale rs W elcome "1987 NATIONAL SPEEDWAY CHAMPION'SHIP Tap ed Oct . 3. ' 987 at Orange County Fairgrounds. Costa Mesa . CA See who Will ride t he # 1 p late In 198 8 •• •• •••••• • • • • $ 19 .95 VIDEOS! • RADICAL CRASH TAPE 444 Aw esome Motorcycle Crashes! 50 +mmut es of ecnon packed entertainment . •. • • •. • • $19.95 By Peggy Adamic MILLPO RT,O H , OCT. 25 H onda rid er Dave H and cha u lked up a no the r victory this weekend wh en Mot oSport Tra ils in Millport, Oh io, hosted its fin al race of th e season w ith 120 ride rs a ttend ing. Stev e G a rd iner ro u ted hi s H on da thro ug h turn o ne a head o f Tony Bo yas a nd Han d to begi n th e first moto of the 2;,0/0pen Expert class. Ha n d qui ck ly d ispensed o f Royas duri n g the first la p a n d ch as ed Ga rdiner through three a nd a half laps before taki ng over th e top spo t. Greg Wh eel er motored pas t Ken Frankenhery and Roya s and th en gra bbed seco nd from G ardiner mid wa y t hrou g h th e ra ce , Suzuki mounted Mik e Boggia put o n a su rge a nd moved from his eig h th pl ace' sta rt i nro fo urth by mom 's en d H and , Wh eel e r a n d be hi nd Gardiner. Gard in er was ou t front a ga i n w hen th e ga te d ropped 10 start th e , second mo ta , a nd rem a in ed o ut front w hi le H and began p icki ng of f ride rs from hi s fifth p lace sta rt. Fou r a nd . a ha lf la p s in to th e mot o, H and passed Wh eeler to move in to seco nd a nd . withi n half a lap , ro u ted past G ar d iner to tak e first. Wheeler and Ri cky H ammond moved i n o n Gardi ne r an d cha llenge d th e rid er for seco nd p lace. Wit h less than two laps 10 th e fin ish . both Wh eel er a nd H a ;1lln o nd ro ut ed th eir Hond as pa st Gardiner. Ken Fran k wa s the ove ra ll win ner of th e 250cc C class, supporti ng 'II moto fini sh es. Fran k took hi s H o nda th rough the first turn with Ed Sm ith , Mike Will ia m s a nd Steve "Wilma" W ilminglOn in pursuit. Wi lminglOn d ropped back to sixth a lter three la p s bu t qui ckl y regai ned his top five pos iti on . Smit h hau led wit h Fra n k for first with both rid ers losin g posit ion s due to the ba ttl e. W ill ia ms took the chec kered closclv Followed hy Sm it h. Wilm inglOn';]tHl Fran k. T h e class season poi nt leader . Wilm in gt o n . grabbed the lead to start tIle seco nd mota a nd held the lead un t il midra ce wh en Frank ca ug h t and passed Wilm in g ton for th e lead a nd th e overa ll w in. W ilm in gt on fin ish ed seco nd w ith h is 3. 2 mota ta IIies. Chris Grasso rode h is KTM to the do u ble mot o win in the I25cc C class . H o nd a-m ount ed Tom Ashton hol eshot mo ta o ne fo llowed by Bob H erbst a nd Grasso . Grasso moved past Herbst with i n th e first half a la p a nd beg an h is pursui t of Ash ton . 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