Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Z a: 2 Piece Zip.,.Together Top Grain Cowhide o .... :I: ~ RACING LEATHERS =; >- CD o ,.... '0 Red/Wht/ Blk or Blu/Blk/Wht 00 00 O"l ':I: 0. Only - Also: *Ti res, * Helmets, * Pipes, *Carbs, *A ccessories Mark Bo rgman had 22 po ints to spare in winning t he Tucson ice speedway. Borg~a n led f rom start to f inish in the ma in. Borgman, Church win at Tucson Ice Speedway !T!~!:~Yo!:.'.!!~ C~§~~~ 81 8-9 9 9 -2 811 . 21505 Sherml. WI, . Co gI Pk. CA 91303 .. . 7437 VI' Nu,. Bid .. VI' Nu,.. CA 91405 By L.Spector TUCSON. AZ. NOV. 20-21 Se th Church won th e Bob Hetrick Memorial and Mark Borgman too k the victory in the Budweiser World Cup Ice Speedway Final at 'th e International Ch ampionship Events' (LC. E.) 10th Anniver sary Celebration Races held in th e Tucson Communit y Center. A series o f 16, four-rider , four-lap heat races sco red by points were held and a t the completion of these heats the top thr ee riders in points were seeded directlv to the front row of the mai n. All starting positions were decided bv po int to ta ls, n o t by the chance of draw. T h e ne xt six riders in points went to the Last Cha nce Qualifier wh ere th e to p th ree rid ers ea rned a position in th e seco nd ro w of th e main. After an eventfu l n ight of heat rac i ng in Frida y' s Bob H et ri ck Memorial , th e three top p ointscorin g riders wer e Church , Bruce Nelson a nd Kenny Pi ep er. An exce lle n t rid e b y British League racer Randy Green ea rned him th e LCQ victory and a seco n d row pol e position in th e ma in . Also transfering to th e final were Eddie Castro a nd Canadian Bill Hilland. Wh en th e ta pe flew a t th e sta rt o f th e m ain Church took th e lead. The di cing in th e p ack was overs ha dowed bv Church 's lead with Green in p urs ui t. As th e race entered th e fin al lap Green was with Church a nd . Cas tro had reeled th em both in. Bu t Church fought o ff th e cha lle nge of Green for h is first m aj o r LC. E. victory. T rail in g .•e lead gro up were Ne lso n, H illa nd and P iepe r. Sa turday night 's Bu dweiser World Cup Ice peedway Final began with the an nou ncement that Bo rgm a n had numerically cinched th e 1987 World Cup Series Po in ts Title by one point. Borgman . th en ca me out cooki ng and was high point ma n in heat raci ng with a perfect score of 12, putting him on th e pole in th e main. Ch urch dropped on ly on e poi nt in the heats, and Green earned th e o u tside of th e front ro w wi th 10 points. Pi eper led th e field to th e chec kers in th e LCQ with Castro and Nelson fo llo wing th e way to the main event. When the ta pe went up in th e main Borgma n sho t out to an ea rl y lead. Church was in second u nt il th e seco nd lap when a charging Pieper took the posi tion away . Every th ing ch an ged beh ind Borgman on the fourth lap wh en Church a nd Green bo th go t by Pi eper. T his is th e wa y it stayed for th e final two laps with a ,Al llberzt-ss aerodyn.mIc tralen with fla t or . alsH roofs, . yall. .... with m.ny optio ns In IenKths from 14' to 28'. call or write for mor e information (216) 988-4474 11 15 M ilan A ve.. Amherst. OH 44001 .Clean out your garage th is weekend with a Cycle News W.ntAd. Motorcycles - ATVs - Snowmobiles eo"",',,'e Sou", ,, For PMts Or CarlJs Full UH BoyeseaReeds Ca rburetor Parts W areh o u se (216) 524-1599 10am-5p m FREE USED PARTS {r. ~ . ..~!!!E !!!!,,~ = . tr.:: Plastle Body Parts R.,....d . . . • UPS Servic e Daly RICK'S MOTORCYCLE SALVAGE,INC. US (800)423-1320 - MA (617) 682-9888 .Ennl S K rK. , D I FREECYCLEPARTSCATALOG I 800-328-9280 " r BOYESEN REEDS Nelson fini shing fifth Ca str ol , wh o cra sh ed. III front of Results FINAL: 1. Mark Borgman (95 Pts); 2. 5ath Chur ch (731 3. Kenny Pieper (69 ); 4 . Bruce Nelson (65); ; 5. John Lewi s (52); 6. George Lew ;s (461 7. Dave ; Pieper (4 1); 8 . Mike Cortese (321 9 . (TIEl Pat Utt/ ; Shaw n Venables (3D); 1D. Joel Mon ell 1 . 29) Trinies wins Turkey Trot Hare & Hound By D. Patton KAH UK U, HI. NOV. 22 Steven Trinies conquered the mud and strea ms to outdistance a verv co m peti tive field of 65 riders and tak e th e o vera ll win at the in augural Turkey Trot Hare & Hound a t the Waialee Motorcycl e Pa rk. Fellow 200cc clas s rider Pa u l Da ly and Open class rider Joe Edsma n garnered second and third overall honors respectively. Res ults O /A: 1. St eve Trin ies; 2. Paul Daly; 3. Joe Edsman. 80 -125: 1. John Rapoza; 2. Shane M ;yaki; 3. Peter Bowman. 126 -200: 1. Ernie Freitas; 2. Paul Andrade; 3. Russel Andrade. 201 -250: 1. M ;ke Shim ; 2. Jack Ching ; 3. Rick Romas. OPEN: 1.Mike Frevanther; 2. Rick Hale; 3. Wa lt Guild . OVER 40 : 1. Ernie Freitas. OVER 50: 1. Bobbie Teixeira . Crum'ing cruises to win at Timonium ST By len Breech TIMONIUM, MD , DEC. 5 Paul Crumling cl osed out the 12th Annual Baltim ore County Trail Riders Cockeysville Optimist Clubspo nsored indoor sh ort tra ck seri es by taking th e fin al chec kered flag in th e Pro final to tak e h is first win in two yea rs. He led Rodney Farris, wh o fin ish ed in front of T om Maj esk i to retain hi s class titl e. Three o the r riders backed up th eir class cha m : pions hi ps wi th a win; Kevin Varnes in th e 80cc class, Larry Sweeten in th e 250cc class a nd Cha rlie Majeski , who had clinched th e 360cc title last week. took his fifth win in th e six race serres, The closest points race was th e 250cc Pro class as Majeski was trying to put an end to Farris' five-year reign as class ch am p. Majeski held o n ly a half p oint marg in a n d whoever finished in front of th e other would tak e the title. But Crumling was hot on th e Russ Ro yston tuned H onda , a nd he gra bbed the lead from Farri s, Mike Scott a n d Majeski . About ha lfway Majeski tri ed to st uff Scot! for third only to stall, whi le Scott fell. Crumli ng and Farris p';llled away a nd Crum ling took th e wm , Going into the 80cc fin al Varnes led Mike Sponseller by 4.5 poi nts, mea ning Sponse ller had to wi n a nd Varnes fin ish third or worse, Varnes took the lead from Sponsell er , Paul Southard nd Robert Mill er . Mille Paul Crumling was t he 250cc Pro w inner at Timonium . took third spo t on th e third lap, as th e front duo pulled away. While they to uc he d a co uple of times," Varnes held on for th e win over Sponsell er to cla im th e cha m p io n ship. Swee ten cl inched h is 250cc titl e wh en he ca me to the line since th e difference in 'po int s given for the final was n ot enough for runner-up Da n Reichert to ma ke u p. , Adam Wei ss grabb ed the lead Iro m.i Sweeten. Mike Mester and G reg Donadio at th e sta rt . For the first half th e order stay ed the sam e, except Rei ch ert mov ed up to fou rth spot. o At abo u t the halfway mark Sweeten stu ffed Weiss as th ey ent ered th e first tu rn a nd pulled away to the win. Bob Bab cock grabbed the lead from 360cc cl a ss ch a m p C ha rlie Maj eski , Clarence -Bull and H arol d Bro ssm an. Majeski sl ip ped u nder Babcoc k as thev ca me o ff the fourth turn o n the third lap and pulled away to a half la p cus hion. Bull displaced Bab cock abo ut halfway through the race with J oe Wh ite ta kin g third a few laps lat er. The wild est final was th e 125cc cla ss wh ere Bill y Bromley led his brother Steve by four points, with Georgie Price four points behind Steve. With a 13 point difference between first a nd last in th e final, anything was possible. Steve grabbed th e lead from Mark Heiser, Mike Varnes and Brett Fri edel , with Price' close to th e back. After a lap Price sta rte d a ch arge to th e front, passing or stu ffing hi s wa y into second by lap 10. Dave Duhaine stayed behind Price and als o moved up through th e field. Price tri ed to stu ff Bromley as the y entered th e first turn on the last lap, a nd both riders fell , giving th e lead and th e win to Duhaine. Both remounted, bu t Price fell again co m ing o u t o f th e fou rt h tum and th e rest of th e field p assed him befor e he co u ld ge t going. Results 50 : 1. Brady M ill er (ltj); 2. Oavid Thomas (Yam); 3. Paul Lynch (Hont 4 . Thomas Skethway (Yam); 5. Bobby Krait (lnd). 80: 1. Kavin Varnes (Vam); 2. M ike Sponsell er (Han); 3. Raben Mmer (Yam); 4. Paul Sout hard (Kaw); 5. Roy Mmer (Vam). 125: 1. Dave Duhaine (Suzt 2. Brett Friedel (Kaw); 3. Steve Bromley (Suz); 4 . Bmy Bromley (Suz); 5. Mike Varne s (Han). 250 : 1. Larry Sweeten (Kaw ); 2. Adam Weiss (Yam); 3. M ;k1! MeSler (Vam): 4 . Dan Reichert (Bul); 5. Greg Donadio (Hon). 360: 1. Char lie Maje sk; IBul); 2. Clarence Bull (Han); 3. Joe White (H· D); 4 . Bob Babcock (Han); 5. Harold Brossman (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Paul Crumling (Han): 2. Rodney Farr is (Hon); 3. David Reeves (Han); 4. Tom Majeski (Suz); 5. Rob Majesk; (Vam). POINT STANDINGS 50 : 1. Brady Miller (156 ); 2. Dav;d Thomas (120); 3. Paul Lynch (1111 4. Ricky W;nse tt (80.5); 5. ; Thomas Skethway (65.5). 80: 1. Kevin Varnes (1301; 2. M;ke Sponsell er (12 1.5); 3. Paul Southard (115); 4. Roy Mmer(1121 ; 5. Raben Mme r (106 .5). 125: 1. Bill y Bromley (12 4.5); 2. Steve Bromla y (122 .5); 3. Georgie Price (11 3,5); 4. Dave Duhain e (97 .5); 5. M; ke Klopp (94). 250 : 1. Larry Sw eeten (157.5); 2. Dan Reichen (131. 5); 3. Adam Weiss (12 9); 4 . Mik e Mester (125 .5); 5. Richard Reeves (591 360 : 1. Charlie Majeski 1165.5); 2. Joe Whita (108); 3. Clarence Bull (99 ); 4 . Rob Smith j 9 1.5); 5. Greg Boutwell (85.5). 250 PRO: 1. Rodney Farr is (12 5); 2. Tom Majesk i (120 .5); 3. Paul Cru ml;ng (115.5); 4. Lew Woods (93.5); 5. Bob Swee ten (80), _I t . I •

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