Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a EJ :r Randy Sch m itt and Randy RORer ~ Anderso n took cha rge of the fina at the sta rt wi th hi s XL 250 base sho rt tracker a nd was never cha l len ged, Light.and Johnson scrappe r over second spot with the Yam ah a mou ntedL ight co mi ng o ut on top. lil J eff Light won the second heat av e 2:! • Larry Ewing and Steve Baldwin . ~ ~ > ~ b it Res ul ts SPTMN FINAL : 1. Rick An derson (Hon); 2. J ef Light (Yam); 3. Greg Jo hnso n (Hon). OPEN PRO FINAL : 1. Glen Gladson (Hon); 2. J i Slau gh ter (Han) ; 3 . Dal e Gen enam (Rtx); 4 . Jerr Bumg artner (8u l); 5 . Rick Bu lock(Hon ). Jones sizzles af OIR By Peggy Ad(lm ic Ro dney Farris cruised to the 250cc Pro class victory at the Timonium Short Track. a nd Cycletronics of New Bern Husky spo nsored Steve Arthur were th e riders wi th a sho t 'a t th at titl e. Arthur's titl e hopes hung on him taking the overa ll and Faddis- placing eig h th overa ll or lower. Both riders remained ca lm 'prior to th e start but with the drop of th e flag all hell brok e loose. Arthur powered into th e fir st turn with the lead with Faddis .in hot pursuit. At th e end of th e first lap, Faddis held 'the edge wit h Arthur breathing heavy down hi s back. Go ing int o th e last lap, Faddis was experienci ng difficulties' and had to divert hi s a ttent io n from trying to bea t Arthur to m akin g su re h e finished hi gh eno ugh in the overa ll for the da y. Art h ur po unced on th e opport unity a nd ra n aw ay with a th ree minute lead a t the fin ish. Wh en th e scores were posted, the closest titl e chase in th e hi stor y of th e series was decided. Arth ur was left reflectin g while Faddis wa lked away sm iling with fin ish es of thi rd a nd fourth overa ll, resp ectively. In the 250cc class Bob Gerk en , three-time Grand Champion David White and Dann y Morrison staye d in close for ma tio n th rough out th e race. At th e checkers, Gerken man age d to p ull a sligh t lead while White a nd Morrison finish ed a mere nine seconds apart. ' In th e Sen ior class act ion J am es Hutson and G ra ha m Ken an led. the large class th rough the co urse . On th e last lap Ken an saw hi s cha nce to ca tch Hutson d isa ppear alo ng with the air in h is rear tire a nd took second place for the day-but more importa nt ly wo n h is first ser ies class cha mpio nship. Results 26 100: 1. Richard Walton (Hon); 2. Robbie Felts (Hon); 3. Johnny Cox (Hon). 125 : 1. Derek Kutcher (SUl); 2. Tommy Houston (Hon); 3. Gil Griggs (Kaw) . . 200: 1. Andrew Williams (Kaww); 2. David Ashley (Kaw); 3. Chuck Cress (Kaw ). 250: 1. Bob Gerk en (Hon); 2. David White (Husl; 3 . Danny M orrison (Kaw) . OPEN: 1. Steven Arthur (Hus); 2. R.J. Faddis . (KTM): 3 . Mark Maddox (KTM). SR: 1. James Hutson IKaw); 2. Graham Kenan (Hus); 3. Gray Hatch (Yam ). S/SR : 1. Bill Edmundson (Hon); 2. Stan Norris (Hus); 3. Jack Schidlmeir. 4-STRK: 1. Tommy Ash ley (Hon); 2. Randy Kiser (Yam~ 3. Bill Nuckols (Hon). TR: 1. Gene Greer (Kaw); 2. Rusty Wilson; 3. Jeff Chylik. Farris on fop 'af Timonium ST By Len Breech TIMON IUM, MD, NOV. 7 After spe ndi ng 10 laps at th e ope n ing round of th e Baltimore County Trail Ri der s/Cockeysvill e Optimist Clubsponsore d Indoor Short Track Seri es chasing ~ grad uall y disappea ring Todd Kendig in th e 250cc Pr o class fina l, Rodney Farris bounced back with a holesh ot and pulled a way to a n easy win in th e second round 's fin al. While Farris go t the credit, th e credit must also be given to mechanic Mike Wh eeler , wh o prep ared th e M.J. Sponse ller -sponsored H onda. While Farri s was rega in ing th e front posi tion he has held for the last five yea rs in th e ser ies ,' Charlie Maj eski was the on ly winner from the ope ni ng ro und to repea t as he again topped the 360cc class . New winners were Brad y MiIl er in th e 55cc class , Paul So ut ha rd taking hi s first wi n ever in the 80cc clas s, 125cc Nat ional Ch ampi on Geor gie Price to ppin g' th e I25cc di vision . a nd Dan Reich ert in the 250cc fina l. Before th e n igh t began it wa s an no u nced th at th e last race of th e six-race series had been resched uled" for Su nday afternoon, Nove m ber 29. T ha t sho uld be interesting since it will take pl ace the da y -after th e Distr ict 7 Awards Banquet. The sta rt of the 250cc fin al look ed almost identical to last week 's, excep t that la st week ' s winn er, L a rry Sweeten , was stuc k in a first turn traffi c jam, as Dan Reichert took th e' lead, with Ri ch Rowe, Ada m Weiss a nd Mik e Mester follo win g. As Rei ch ert smoo th ly pulled away, Sweeten was riding with a vengeance and stu ffed h is way int o a battle for . third. He th en got by Rowe for second on th e 10th lap. While he cu t Reich ert 's margin down, Sweeten ra n ou t of laps a nd Reichert took th e chec kered flag with a l O-yard margin over Sweeten. After dom in ating th e Pro class for th e last five years on a Gary Nixonspo nsored Bul taco, Farris decided to go with Mike Sponselle r' s Honda for this year's series. In its few appearances thi s past season it proved to be a rock et, but a t Timonium speed is se co n da ry . After mechani c Wh eeler wor ked all week tamin g 'the anima l, Farris rewarded him with a typicalone-to-two-length lead com o . ing o u t of th e second turn, in front of T odd Kendig, Paul Crumling and Tom Maj esk i. While Farris was cru ising o ut in front , Kendig a nd Crumlin g were battling for second. With two laps left, Crumling slip ped by for the runner-up slo t for his best fini sh in the many years he's com peted a t Timonium. Results 55 : 1. Brady Miller (I-J); 2. Ricky Winsett (Yam); 3. David Thomas (Yam); 4. A rt hur Lynch (Hon); 5. Tom Sket hw ay (Yam). SO: 1. Paul Southard (Kaw); 2. Roy Miller (Yam); 3. Kevin Varnes (Yam); 4 . M ike Sponseller (Hon); 5. Randy Shank (Kaw). 125 : 1. Georg ie Price (Kaw); 2. Billy Bromley (SUl); 3. M ike Klopp (Vil);.4. Steve Bromley (SUl); 5. Jay Boarman (Kaw) . 250: 1. Dan Reichert (Bul); 2. Larry Sw eet en (Kaw); 3. Adam Weiss (Yam); 4 . M ike Mester (Yam); 5 . Dave Lesn iak (Yam) 360: 1. Charlie Majeski (Bul); 2. Joe White (HD); 3. Larry Wei ss (Bul); 4. David Bull (Yam); 5. Rob Smith (Bul). 250 PRO: 1. Rodney Farris (Hon) ; 2 . Pau l Cruml ing (Hon); 3. Todd Kendig (Hon); 4. Stev e Burkholder (Vii); 5. Tom Majeski (Yam). Gladson wins Cedar Rapids'ndoor ST By Ed A hlf CE DAR RAPIDS, lA, NOV. 14 G len Ga ldso n Jr. took hi s Sexto n Racing H onda-to victory in the 10la p Ope n Pro fin al. at th e Five Seaso ns Cen ter on concrete. Mike Caves put his H onda into th e early lead on ly to fall in turn th ree, giv ing th e lead to Ji m Slau ghter. G ladsen a pplied th e pressu re to Sla ug h ter in th e middle of th e race be fore makin g a bump-and-pass move in turn four. G ladsen motored to the win with Slaugh ter in th e second spo t. R ick Ande rso n to ok tfie fir st Sports ma n heat over Kurt Jens en , RAVENNA, OH , NOV. I Kaw asaki rid er Bryan Jon es cha lke up four mot a victories enroute to hi . double class wins .a t Ohio Interna tionaI Raceway. J ones, who has wo 27 of hi s last 28 motos a nd has no lost a race since Au gu st 30th, onc aga in co mp letely dominated bo t the 125cc Schoolboy a nd 125cc 1 classes . ' T he Gear Racewar e backed J one first a ttac ked th e Schoolboy class a he ro u ted h is KX th rough turn on a nd was un to uch abl e th rough ou th e five-la p mota. H onda-m ounte Ste ve Wool edge foll owed J o ne through turn one but was unabl e t keep pace as J ones ran up a 19 secon lead ah ead of th e riders behi nd . Mo t . two was won in th e sa me manne as J ones wa s untouch abl e in hi wire-to-wire win. . Mik e Ca in routed hi s Yamah th rough tum o ne to begin the 125c B com pe ti tio n. Ca in was followed b J ones, Wooledge an d Tony Boyas J ones took th e lead within the fir s half lap wh ile Wooledge dropped t. fifth . Boyas pressured Cain fo second and took over th e number tw spot m idway int o th e rnoto. Jone held a 10-second lead 'over Boyas J ohn Hatfield a nd Wooledge at th fin ish. . Honda rid er Dave Speigle hol esho t moto two with Jones and Boyas in pursu it.J ones robbed Spei gle 0 first half way into the first lap wh en J ones sq ua red off a sweep er to tak th e lead. Short ly after th e ne la mark, both J ones and Speig(e1oun themselves pickin g' cpp their bik es and chas ing Boyas wh o had taken over first. J ones chased Boyas for hal a lap before regaining th e top spa by passing Boyas in th e sa me turn and using the same stra tegy used t pass Speigle a lap ea rlier. Jones remained ou t front for th e remainde of th e mot o. Bo yas, Speigle, Hatfiel and Cain ro unded out th e top five. Mike Boggi a mounted hi s JB Ra c Products-backed Suzuki and took th overall win in the combined Ligh twei ght/Heav yweight Pro cl asses. Moto o ne was a see -sa w battl e between H onda rider David Han a nd Kawasak i Team ' Green 's Dal Spangler. Hand routed through tum o ne with St eve G ardin er a nd Spa ngler in tow. Spangler quickl y di sp en sed of Gardiner and moved in on Hand. Spangl er routed past Hand to begin lap two. Hand remained clo se as th e two rid ers began pullin away from th e pack. Boggia had m oved into third foll owed by Gre Wh eeler as Gardiner dropped t fifth. The five riders h eld th ei positions for four laps wh en Hand used all the rig h t moves a nd passe Spangler for th e lead and made th m ov e st ic k throughout th remainder of th e race. I Boggia took th e lead off the lin to start moto two with Hand and Gardiner grabbing seco nd a nd third. Honda rider Ken Frankenbery a n Spangler were side-by-side on th first lap until they flew off th downhill a n d collided midair .

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