Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

d rop o f th e start ing ga te. Bu llunger poweredto th e lead on his KX and never m ad e a mistak e n or a nswered a cha lle nge. H e was superior o n every inc h o f th e race course. The next strongest racer o n th e co urse wa s O pen rider class rider Mark Fitzsim- m ons on a Honda CR. In th e seco nd mo to it was agai n a n aggressive Bull u n g er in the m ark et for a seco nd wi n and h e was no t to be de nied. Another outstanding performance was tu rned in by Pa t Gom m, a 125cc Junior who a lso rode in a combined mo tor di splacem ent class and who outdistanced a ll but Veteran Master Du ane Hughes, who rode h is O pen class H onda to th e overall. But all eyes were o n 125cc Juni gr G omm wh o powered hi s 125cc Honda to two class wins, fin ishing second overall. _ Results MINI BEG: 'l • John Romanoff (Hon); 2. Aaron Cant rell e (Kaw) . MINI JR : t . Scon Shade (Yam). '25 BEG: 1. Dan Reger (Hon); 2. Larry Mo niz (Hon); 3 . Shannon Fry (Suz); 4. Tim Ham ilton (Yam) ; 5. Gary A r mstro ng (Kaw) . '25 JR : 1. Pat Gom m (Hon); 2. St even Boncyk (Hon); 3. Joh n Newell (Hon); 4. Shane W right (Hon). . 250 BEG: 1. Todd Bullunger (Kaw); 2. J erry Edie 1 .(Yam ); 3 . M an Phipps (Hon); 4. Robert Serena I (Yam); 5. M ike Morgan (Hon ). 250 JR: 1. Jason War ren (Han); 2. Dave Oamar co (Hen); 3 . Georg e Heare (Hon ). OPEN BEG: 1. M ar k Fitz simmons (Hon); 2. M icha el Par sons (Yam ); 3 . Troy Oull eck (Hon ); 4 . Dan Ferr ell (Yam ). OPEN J R: 1. Nicl as Granlund { K aw~ 2. Steve Furtado (Hon ). VET MSTR: t . Duane Hughe s (Hon); 2. Larry I; Baker (Hon). District 3 honors Ht oP riders By Larry McBride BI NGHAMTO N, NY, N OV . 7 Moreys Restaurant was again the set ti ng for th e increasingly pop ular • New York State District T hree Sports I Co m m ittee Awards Ba n quet. An ,o pen bar coc ktai l hour preceded th e t sit down di n ner of p rime rib and lob ster tai l. Before th e regular short tra ck and scra m b les, m o torcycl e a nd ATV awards were presented, many awards were gi ven in a humorous to ne for specia l accomp lis h m ents as well as for non-accomplishments. !,:c n ew ye a rl y h and-m e-d own aw~ was presented and proba bly created by M!fSler o f Cerem onies J oe " ;Swa nso n. T he first an n ual Chicken o f th e Year Award was p resen ted to [ J er ry O 'Br ien who chose to sit out th e entire 1987 short tra ck season. T h e sig n ifica nce bei ng tha t O 'Brien 1 was outstan di ng in ca p turing th e I Se nior and S u per Se nior A MA Natio na l Amateur Championships in 1986. Several more gag awards were p rese nted an d a ll were taken in th e m an ner in ten ded. T he focus . the n turned to serious ach ievements as Cheryl Swanson was th anked for her efforts in coordin a t"i ri g t h e ba n q u e t program, and Christy Scheffer was commended for acq uiri ng door p rizes too numerous to mention, Bea utiful large trophies were th en presented to the main attendees the motorcycle and ATV riders. All classes were well represented except for th e distin ct absence of participation by th e ATV aw ard recipients. The festivities co n cl u de d wi th mu si c, danci ng , remi nis ce n i ng a bo u t th e past season, whi le p la n ning for the u p coming season. Res ults J R MI NI: t . Tracy Edwards; 2 , Shaw n Cypher ; 3 . Jacob Dow ning; 4 . Krist en Edwa rd s; 5. Mo rg an Coolbeth . M INI: 1. Kenny Coolbeth; 2. Dean Bu sh; 3 . Mi ke Tinker; 4 . Eric Wh t iecott on; 5. J ust in Qown ing, '25 A M : 1. Todd Hutner: 2. Scott Sn oop; 3 . Scon Lake; 4 . Bob Gen e; 5 . Dave Bellows. '25 EX: 1. Jay Skidm roe; 2. Bob W eiss; 3 . Clif I Ste inauer: 4 . Jeff Earl ; 5. Bill New kir k. 250 AM : 1. Mark Saglimbeni; 2. Chr isty Sch effe r; 3. Scott Lake; 4. Keit h Mc Caffery; 5 . Bob Gen e. . 25 0 EX: i . Dua ne Veeder; 2:~aig Est ell e; 3 . Conrdad Parshall; 4 . A .J . Snoop ; 5. St eve Longo. OP EN AM: t . Bill And erso n: 2. Rob Bibb ins; 3 . Todd Hunter; 4. Tom Bl achek; 5. Ma rk Sagl im ben i. r-------------------------------------------------------, IfEV'''S CYC..E RJIC'IIG SUPPlY PANTS MS PRO SER IES MS ·STAGE 1 M GORE -TEX S A SERIES 95 XO A O SERIES 135 X $ 82.95 $ 71. 95 $149.95 $ 92.95 $11 8. 95 ORDER TOLL-FREE! 800-654-4998 BOOTS A TURBO XO A TU BO· PLUS XO R SIDI ROYAL SIDI CYCLONE $139.95 $1 53.95 $139.9 5 $125. 95 FREE CATALOG! ------------------~------.-----------------------_. SHOULOER PADS FLAK JAK MCH 5 A JT V -2000 ANSWER A I II CACERB IS FUL-FLEX $ 86.95 $ 94.95 $ 85. 95 $ 89.95 $ 79. 95 • F_ _ • DoIv Ul'S SIWng· Dave Whittle climbs a rock at the Le Perris Tr ial. OPEN EX: 1. Duane Veeder ; 2. Craig Estell e; 3 . Jason Feltch er; 4. Bill Newk irk ; 5. Conrak Parsh all . SR A : t . Dave Scheff er: 2. M ark Korytkow ski; 3 . Geo rg e ' Ku h n; 4 . Tom Bl ach e k; 5 . Norm Lavio lette. SR B: 1. Richard Edwa rd s; 2. Geor ge M arr er; 3. Bill Teliska; 4. elif Stein auer; 5. Tom Rockwell . Oldar on top at Le Perris Trial ByJon Maeda P ERRIS, CA, N O V. 8 Mark Olda r took h is first ever win and it was at th e southern California Trials Association's Le Perris Trial. In do ing so, Ol dar ha nded a defeat to Yamaha-mou nted Tom H am ann, who ha s wo n every Ex pert class event th is year. Clearl y in th e lead for th e coveted ATV number one Expert p late, H amann lo st th e trial by one point. T his one point proved to be a pai nful one, as Ha ma n n Look a n . unsch eduled trip over the ba rs w hile performing a n unnecessa ry. nose whee lie in sect io n one. An o ften fla mboyant rider, H am ann co nceded defea t to th e ro ck steady six-foot-sixinch O ldar. Merlin-m ounted J oh n Rob ert son took thi rd pl ace. Adva n ced rid er T horn Engelhardt had hi s way wit h th e Interm edia te class as he re igned su p rem e over Mer lin -m ou nted Clive H annon a n d Yamaha rider Ken t G raha m , Grah am 's bro th er Da vid , is currently leading th e Novice sta ndings. H owever, h is no -sho w o n Su nday m ay very well ha ve handed th e lead over to Sa n Marco 's G uy Ward o n a Yam aha. Ward took the large Novice class over Brad McCl ell an and Clyde Butler , both o n Yama has. Beginn er Mike R ieser rode co nfi dently to ta ke h is class wi n over Brian Forss and Mike Cushionberry, a ll three aboard the popu lar TT350 Yamahas . The choice of Perris Raceway wa s a good o ne made by SCTA president J ack Stone a n d h is n umber one h elper " ] u m p in '" J a ck Voider. ' Perris abounds with big rock formations, a nd len ds itself well to a trial that is gr eat for spectators, in th at a ll secti o ns are accessible by foot . Sectio ns ra nged from big rounded ro ck steps to sticky, go oey mud and water. In spite of recent rainy wea th er , th e su n popped out to ma ke for a great da y of trialin ', • Results EX: 1, M ark Oldar (M er); 2. Tom Haman n (Yam); 3. J ohn Robert son (M er ). ADV :: 1. Pet e Croft (Yam). SR A DV: t . Art W ebst er (Yam ); 2. J ack Hem inway (Yam); 3 . Gi l Sm ith (Yam). INT: 1. Thorn Eng lehardt (Yam); 2. Cliv e Hannon (Yam); 3 . Kent Graham (Yam). SR INT: 1, Pat Fox (Yam). NOV: 1. Gu y Ward (Yam); 2. Brad McClell an (Yam); 3. Clyde But ler (Yam). SR NOV : 1. M art y Argo (Yam); 2. Dave Stanl ey (Yam). BEG: 1. Mike Rieser (Yam); 2. Br ian Forss (Yam ); . 3. Mike Cushionberry (Yam). SR BEG: t . Dena Ham brick (Mon); 2 , Del Har land (Yam). EXHIB: 1. 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