Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ffi ~ Lrlu wo "- a: w"ire ~~ ~e ~~ 00 00 1-1- :I: :I: ,,-"- - Tom Aquino won the 600cc Superstreet c.lass at Willow Springs after Wa lt N itto was disqualified. second, .with Henry, Mar k HaIl a nd Jamie Steelsmith in the top slots. Hall · sliced by H enry and th en Peu gh , to challenge Jackson, but then he got tired a nd held .second until the end. Henry was eaung the monstrous roosts of Peugh's big Honda and was unab le to get by, finishing the moto in fourth. Mike Harris and Ron Wehr snaked around a bailed Steelsmith but could never close on Henry. Jackson again puIled the holeshot with Hall, Peu gh , Steelsmit h and J oel Huskey rounding o ut the top five at the start of moto two. Jackson was working towards a nother '!l0to win unt il he went down m a u gh t, rutted corner. Hall took advantage of this , instantly commanding a large lead. Jackson got back up before Peugh arr ived to give chase to H~ I L Harris found a way by H uskey with . Henry on his tail. H enry pushed H arris hard to make the pass, ·but H arr is totaIlyresisted un til he cras hed hard off the sand wash jump into th e sand corner. After taking over th eIe.ad, H aIl bail ed severa l lapslater,aIlowmg Jackson by to tak e th e wi n, with H aIl , Steelsmith, Peu gh and H enry foIlowi ng. . Steve J ohnson used an AlBakermodified H o nda XR350 to pl ace second in th e Vet Trop hy class beh ind KTM 500-mou nted Bru ce H arr is. .' . Scott Kaskel top ped Kip Sm ith m bo th 125cc Interm edia te m otos, wh ile Paul Forbord used a 3-3 score to capture third. . Danny Fuhrman took wi ns in each 125cc 'Begin ner moto over J ames H endrickson, who blazed to the top of the Mini Intermediate class . Will Stone smashed the 250cc B class over Marc Clark a nd Roger Veens tra. Resu lts OPEN EX: 1. Todd Peugh (Hon). 250 EX: 1.- Larry Jackson (Kaw ); 2. Mark Han (Hon)' 3. Ron Wehr (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Jam ie Steelsmith (Hon). VET EX: 1. Steve Henry (Kaw); 2. Randy Van Dyke (Hon); 3. Jeff Murray (Hon). VET TROPHY: 1. Bruce Harn s (KTM); 2. Steve Johnson (Hon); 3. Don Young (Kaw ). . OPEN INT: 1. J eff Sinsel (Kaw ); 2. RIcky Henson (Yam). . . 250 INT: 1. St eve Henry (Kaw); 2, Randy Van Oyke (Hon). " . 125 1NT: 1. Scott Kaskel (Hon); 2. KIp Smit h (Hon). 3. Paul Forbord (Honl . . 80 INT: 1. James Hendr ickson (Han); 2. Deron Schwartz (Kaw ); 3. A.J. Belcher (Kaw). . OPEN B: 1. John Engelbert (Hon); 2. Lonnoe Young IKaw )' 3. Rob Bivens (Hon). 250 B: 1. Ston e (Hon); 2. Marc Clark IHonl; 3. Roger Veenstra (Yam). 125 B: 1. Dann y Fuh r man (Han); 2 . J ames • Hendrickson (Hon); 3. Er ich Kirsc hner (Han). 80 B: 1. Ju stin Wr igh t (Hon); 2. Troy Stephe nson (Kaw ); 3. Chr is Kelley (Kaw ). . W M N: 1. 8eth Elwood (Kaw): 2. Theresa Guynn (Hon). 2 0 S 'h MICRO: 1. Jason Kirkm an (Hon); . ann y mu (Kaw ); 3. Matth ew Clark (Hon). W ill 28 Aquino scores Willow RR win By Valerie Peeler ROSAMO N D, CA, NOV. 22 Middleweig ht class ~acmg proved difficult today at Will ow Springs Int ern at ional Raceway as ma ny .top riders suffered fro m mech a ni ca l problems , and th e rest of th e field had to wait it out as two of th e three even ts were red-fla gged after on ly one lap. T he 600cc Superstreet class; however, wasn 't red-flagged a nd was won by Tom Aquino after "~alt Ni tto was disqua lified af ter refusing to hav e his engin e torn down after a protest, Poi nt lead er Earl Roloff was to . have p ut in his first ride on a Honda CBR600 H urricane; but was unable to lin e u p o n the starting grid beca use of mecha ni ca l problems . AI Garza, wh o -was running second in th e point standi ngs o n his Yamaha, also ha d problems with hi s bi ke and started the race without a warm-up lap. . bd The in i tia l lead was gra b e quickl y by Ni tto, foIl owed by Aquino's H onda an d Kawasaki-mounted Calvin Rayborn III , who had started from the thi rd row . Rayborn , howev er , was out of th e ra ce wi th mechanical problem s before the end of lap o ne as Ni tto and Aquino p uIled away fro m th e pack: , Aq uino stuck close to Nino s rear wheel and by th e middle of the race the pair had a lead of over 13 seconds o n the ba ttle for th ird which consisted of Garza, Curt Kimb le, Alex Wh ite George Roche, Rodney Sherman , Jeff WeIls, Jim Runya n and .J eff Brinda. Dur ing the second half of .the race, Ni tto was a ble to establis h a n d maintain a two -second lead over Aq uino. Roch e, Garza, .Kimble ~nd White too k over the race for tlurd. At the end of th e race it was Nitto in fro nt with Aquino fairl y close behind. Kimble headed the gr ou p . going for th ird and was Iollowed across the line by Roche, Wh ile a nd Garza. The Battle of the Tw ins Heavyweight class turned o ut to be one of th e most exc iting races on the day. T revor Dunne, who. fell d u r i.ng practice, got hi s Du ca ti off the line first and led through turn two . T he Erion brothers, Kevin a nd Craig, also o n Duca tis, quickly too k over th e lead with Crai g in fro n t. T he two began to pu ll away from the rest of th e pack by the .end of the first. lap. Their dorn in a tion conti n ued through th e first half of th e race with --- a grou p consisting of Mick Ofield, Jim Schmidt, I?un n e a n d T ed L um p kin followmg. ~ut by th e midpoint of th~ race, Oft e!d worked h is way righ t m to th e thi ck of .t he stru ggle for first , repeat edly trymg to nose into second, but shut o ut every time by Kevin Erion. . In tur n eigh t of th e . final l:tp , Of ield was run ning th u d be hind Cra ig an d Kevin Erion with little apparent chance of nudging his Norton between the top two Du caus. In a cliff-hanger finis h, .however, he managed to pass bo th riders in t~e last turn to ta ke the lead. Kevin Er ion then in third, countered right before the finis h li ne. Crossing the , line in tight formation it. ~as Kevin Er io n, Ofield a nd Craig Enon . . Results 0 -4 50 NOV: 1: Bj orn Pave; 2. Rick Wilson; 3. Michele Roy. 451 -600 NOV: 1. Gr egory Maz zol a: 2 . Jo Tokurn otc; 3. Dion Giu lian o. 601-0P'EN NOV: 1. Mar k IIlsley; 2. Stuart lanza; 3. John Savles. . 600 55: 1. Tom Aquino IHon); 2. Curt Kimbl e (Kaw); 3. George Roche (Kawl. .. TW HVW HT: 1. Kevin Er ion (Duc); 2. Mlc k Ofl eld (Nor]: 3. Craig Erion·(Duc). · . TW LGWT: 1. Wi lliam Byrnes ; 2. Darryl Dlenhard; 3. Eric t'An son. 750 55: 1. Chuck Graves (Suz); 2. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 3. Peter Chri stian sen (Kaw ). . OPEN 55: 1. Chuck Magnusson (Suz); 2. Kenny Kopecky ISuzl; 3. Craigg 8e echer (Kaw). . 305 MP: 1. Ben Wi lliams (Kaw); 2. Jo e Solis (Kaw) ' 3 Wi llie Sarzi (Kaw ). F·3 : 1~ Kiyo Wata nabe (Yam]: 2. Clark Twelvetrees (Yam); 3. Gr.egory Malsoras (Hon). OPENSP: 1. Kenny Kopecky (Suz); 2. Scott Lucas (Suz); 3. Nath an Ladd. 750 SP: 1. Chuck Graves (Suz): 2. Tom Kopp ISuz): 3. Clint on Whitehouse ISuz). F- 1: 1. Chu ck M agnu sson (Suz); 2. Earl. Roloff (Kaw )' 3. Bar ry Burk e (Yam). F· 2: 1. Tom Aquino (Han); 2. James Henderson (Yaml; 3. Kazy Yaneda (Yam). 450 SP: 1. 8 ill Donovan (Yam); 2. John LeGrand e (Yam); 3 . Tommy Carm iChael. . 305 55: 1. 8en Williams (Kaw ); 2. J oe Soli s (Kaw); 3. W ill ie Sarzi (Kaw). . 600 SP: 1. Kent Kun it su gu (Hon) ; 2. Eric Liebscher (Hon); 3. Stan Gale (Hon). 750 MP: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Chu ck Graves ISuz)' 3. Terry French. OPEN MP: 1. Kenny Kopecky (Suz); 2. Clin t M ilt eer (SUl ): 3. George Roche (Kaw). . 450 MP: 1. Bryan Sabbaugh; 2. Adri an Gaul hl er; 3. Andy Ross. . . 5 .h 600 SINGLES: 1. Eron Flory; 2. Phillip rmtn : 3. Tom Christia n. . ~. . 600 MP : 1. Tom Aqu in o (Hon); 2. Calvin Rayborn III (Kaw)' 3. Kent Kunits ug u (Hon). 450 55 : 1. Tom Paris : 2. 8ryan Sabbaugh; 3. Adrian Gauthier. . ' . F-SINGLES: 1. Eron Flory; 2. PhIl Sm ll h; 3. Trevor Miller. Healey hauls at Glen Helen GP By Dav id Procida SAN BER NARDINO, CA, NOV. I . Cagi va's Mike H eal ey took th e lead on the first lap the n cru ised to the 250cc Expert wi n a t the Doublecross Grand Prix a t Glen Helen Ra ceway. At the drop .of th e green £lag Pro Ci rcui t's Luc DeLey snatched .the holeshot bu t his lead was sh ort-lived M ike Healey won the 250cc .J Expert class at Glen Helen. R asHealey,aboarda 1988Cagiva WMX 250 came around at the end of lap on; in th e lead. Behind him DeLey ) was holding off th e .ch arges of Yamaha-mounted Brett Du nca n and Sha wn Mahn on a Cycle Rider Honda, Tod Scia cqua, running in fourth , swapped badl yon his Suzuki and wen t down in front of Ro n T urner, who clipped th e fallen bike and went dow n hard. Both riders were up, but no t before the Pro Circu it Honda of J erry Blac k went into fourth. Back up front, Healey started to open up some breathing room .on 'I DeLey, who had Duncan brea th ing hard down his co llar. Duncan made J .h is move through the rockers only ::> to land.in the mud and endo. He , remounted behind DeLey, but now } Greg Fountai n was closing .in al0!lg J with th e first In term ediate n der, Jim Kuntz. Mo un ti ng up a ch arge of his own from th e back of the pack was t Turner, wh o had now moved .u p behind Black and was applying pressure. Duncan again tried a pass ~ o n DeLey bu t la unched himself into a tractor tire marking th e mSlde .of th e tu rn. This time hi s error cost him a few positio ns. Turner hooked the veryinsideofacomerandforcedBlack ou tside into the mud to take fou rth . H eal ey was way ou t front as th e riders caine into view from th e ba ck secuon . of the course. Mahn and Fountain were in front of DeLey with Turner and Bla ck not far be hi nd. At the fi n ~s h 11 it was H eale y, Mahn, Fountam' li T urner , and Black ro unding out th e first five slots. H ea leyalso ran away with th e Open Expe rt class win wi th Fo untain an d J J oey T u ttob en e follo~ing. . . ~ Mike You ng made It a c!ea~ sweep for th e Cagiva tea m by wmnm g the . 200cc Expert class. Young held orr th e charges of Brett Duncan and Randy Danylo. Results . . 500 EX: 1. M ike Healey (cag ); 2. Greg Founta in (Yani); 3. Joey Tutt obene (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Robbie Lauos (Kaw ). 500 NOV: 1. Matt Johnson (KTM); 2. Bryan Rury (Yam); 3. leonard Kilman (Yam). ' .. . 500 BEG: 1. Daniel Beresfo rd;, 2. Philip Rivera (Hon); 3. Pete Howland (Hon). 4-STRK EX: 1. Doug Sw eizer (Hus); 2. Ron Chr istner (Yam) . 4-STRK NOV: 1. Burt Sch ulti es (Hon); 2. Lan ., Thomp son (Hon). SR EX: 1. Steve Bussel (Yam); 2. Peter Bryk (Honl; 3. Dan Kelly (Hon). . . SR INT: 1. Jo hn Huegel (Hon); 2. Denn is Davis (Hon). . h S Ik SR NOV: 1. Rich ard W ilson (ca g); 2. R,c tu e e (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Mike Healey (cag g); 2. Shawn Mahn (Hon); 3. Greg Founta in (Yam). . . 25 0 INT: 1. Jim Kuntz (Kaw ); 2. JIm Hawkons Jr. (Hon); 3. Eric 8 rown (Kaw ). . 250 NOV: 1. Leonard Kilman; 2. Steve Toll ison ; 3 J ames Cart mel l (Hon). . . 250 BEG: 1. Randy Noriega; 2. Mark Beckw ith (Hon); 3. J eff Moo re (Hon). 200 EX: 1. Mike Young (cag) ; 2. Brett Duncan (Yam). . 200 INT: 1. Jon Levey (Hon). 200 NOV: 1. Brad Kelly (Hon); 2. Travis cam pbell .'(Yam); 3 . Kevi n Zeidter (Suz). 200 BEG: 1. David Ondes (Yam); 2. J eff Moore (Hon); 3. Shawn Tuohey tYaml. VET EX: 1. Barry Porte r (Hon); 2. Mark Anderson (Hon); 3 . Terry Davis (Hon).

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