Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

It seemed like no one ~anted the lead at the start of tne"250cc Pro final , :i5 as early leader Tom Majeski fell in z the third turn on lap two, a nd Steve ~ Burkholder foll owed suit the next iii lap in the sa me spo t. With th at th e o lead we n t to L ew Woods' Ro n b . Wal ters-sponsor ed Coors Light Spe cia l, who managed to stay uprigh t and keep Mike Sco tt a few length s back to th e fini sh. Maj esk i remounted a nd got into a hea ted battle with Scott aunders and Rich ard Foard for third that j ust went to Majeski on th e last la p. Results .5 ~ TEAM CORN DOG· ~. ... -:~ .-., ~ Racin g Their Way into Your H earts Says Thanks To Their Friends . • • ~ s: Ben C heatwoo d M B Precisio n Tun ing Yamaha of Do raville " S ke et" McClesky Ro swell Honda Tw o Wheels On ly AND A SPECIAL CORN DOG SALUTE TO • ••• The Danforth Super bike Fund . 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JAK MACH 5 JT V-2DOO A SWER AC- I II N ACER BIS FUL-FLEX Dave Duhaine (4) ba ttle d t o the 1 25cc c lass w in at Tim o nium. 58 E. Main St. Fayetteville, PA 17222 7 17/352-2 153 OTH B: 1. Ron Ken t; 2. Lance Marshall; 3 . Dave Lyle. OTH C; 1. Dave Eppig; 2. Don Thompson; 3. Lyle West. OT NOV: 1. E.L Coll ins; 2. Dave Nyblom; 3 . M el Lampi. OT AM : I . Bob Reed; 2. Wayne Kent; 3 . Jim Newman . OT EX: 1. Jim Lamkin; 2. Jim Parks; 3. Dayton Hickson; 4. Bruce Wagemann. 125 PRO: 1. Steve Friesen; 2. Tony Graves ; 3. Brya n Bir kesto l; 4. Darren Rogers. 250 PRO: I . SI eve Fr iesen ; 2. Ton y Gaves; 3 . Don Bisceglia; 4. Jim Anderson . OPEN PRO: r . Reid Goldmans. Majeski claims title at Timonium Indoor ST By Len Breech TIMONIUM, MD, NO V. 29 With one race left in th e 1987 Ind oor ' Short Track Series a t T imonium, Charl ie Majeski cli nc hed the 360cc class titl e with a n easy win o n atrack that was far from easy. An indoor race no rmall y isn 't affected by th e o utside conditio ns, but abo u t three inches of ra in ca used the co ncre te sur face to swea t, ma king any place ~u t the very narrow groove slick as Ice. Kevin Varnes started the 80cc clas s off by grabbing the lead from Roy Mi ller , Paul So uthard a nd Mike Sponseller. Whi le Sponseller worked hi s way into second by lap 10, Varnes man ag ed to stay on bo th wh eels on his wa y to a half -lap margin. With the win , Varnes va ulted from fifth to firs t in th e class point standings. Wh en the gree n light went off to sta rt th e 250cc cla ss, Mike Mester led Ri chard Reeves, Larry Sweeten and Dan Reichert, After a few laps Reeves slip ped to fourth as th e front runners freight . trained their wa y over th e next 10 la ps. With two laps left Sweeten slip ped under Mester for th e lead as they entered the third turn, but he carrie d too m uch speed into the turn and fell. Mester then drifted a little high , lett ing Reichert take the lead a nd event ua l wi n. Maj eski qui ckl y jumped into a large lead over Ha rol d Bosserman, Rob Smi th a nd Mark Burkh older. Sm ith nudged his way in to second after a few laps. bu t Majeski slightly b.um ped a lapped rider, u psett ing his Iine m three a nd com ing out of four he go t into th e icy-slick marbles and Smith Closed up th e gap. As he rega ined hi s compos ure going into the fir st turn. Maj eski didn 't know Smi th had p u lled up to his rear tire a nd he leaned into the turn , alm ost send ing Sm ith over th e bars. 50: 1. Davi d Thom as IYam); 2. Brady Miller (1J); 3 . Bobby Kraft (Hon); 4. Thoma s Skethway (Yam); 5 . Bill y Kraft (Hon). 80: 1. Kevin Varne (Yam); 2. Mike Sponsell er IHon); 3. Roy M ill er (Yam); 4. Robert M ill er (Yam); 5. Paul Sout hard (Kaw). 125: 1. Dave Duha ine (Suz); 2. M ike Varnes (Ho n); 3 . Brett FriededI IKaw); 4. M ike Klopp (Vii ); 5. Steve Bro m ley (Suz). 2~O: 1. Dan Reic hert (8 ul ); 2. M ike M ester (Yam); 3 . Rlchar.d Reeves (Kaw); 4 . Larry Sweet en (Kaw); 5. Jim Thoma s (Yam). . 360: 1. Charli e M aj eski (Bul); 2. Rob Sm ith (Bul ); 3 . Haro ld Bosserman (Hon); 4. Clar ence Bull (Hon); 5 . Ma rk Pribble (Bul). 250 PRO: t . Lew Wood s IBul); 2. M ike Scott (Yam); 3. Tom M ajeski ISuz); 4. Rich ard Foard (Yam); 5. Scott Saunde rs IYam). Brown blasts Croom ' Motocross By Diane Eller BROOKSVLLE, FL. NOV. 22 Chris Brown was th e overa ll wi nner in the 85cc (7-11) class at round II of th e Gold Cup Series a t Croom Raceway. Br rw n too k the early lead and ran £lawlessly th roug hou t both mot os to take home th e win and keep th e overall poi nts lead in th e series in h is class. Marcus Pedero grabbed the ho lesho t in moto o ne of the 250cc B class with John Kitsch rig h t on h is bac k tire. Kitsch reeled in the lead er by th e end of la p one a nd ass umed fir st to th e end of th e moto . Pedero fin ished in the second spot with Gen e Naumac thi rd. In moto two it was Kitsch off the lin e first a nd he went unch all enged in the moto. Pedero was second off th e line and cou ldn' t ca tch Kitsch. Naurnac didn 't fair as well thi s moto and was back in th e eig ht h sp ot. Kitsch took th e win with Pedero second a nd Mike J o nes third. Pedro took th e holesh ot in th e 125cc B class first mo to with Sybert second, Danny Zull o th ird and Hank Mo ree fo urth. Wes Keenum a nd severa I ot her rid ers tangled o n the start a nd started well bac k in th e pack. Moree made hi s move on Zu ll o a nd pu lled int o th e thi rd pos it ion one lap before the rno to fini sh . Pedero went o n to win the moto with Sybert seco nd, Moree third , Zullo fo urth a nd Naumac fifth. Grayson Goodman took the ho leshot a t the start of moto two wi th Keen um second and Svbert third. Pedero was hung u p in the ga te and started well back in the pa ck. Goodman contin ued to lead th ro ugh lap three while Kitsch mov ed up from fifth to third a nd dropped ybert down a spot. Kitsch was ch allenging for the lead by the end of la p four a nd took th e lead from G oodman. Keen um held o n to third with Eric McLea r moving into the fourt h po si tion before the mo to 's en d. Kitsch took th e mo to win a nd the o verall for the day with a 6-) score. Good ma n finished second in the rno to a nd Keenum third. Results SR: 1. Fred verruce. 2. Davi d tncrven: 3. David Ellis; 4 . James Bragg. 65 (7 -1 1); 1. Kenny Yoho ; 2. Way ne Wi lkie; 3. Jarrett Tipp in g: 4 . Ken neth J on es. 85 (7- 12): 1. Chris Br ow n; 2 . Ton y Haynes; 3 . Chad Chancey; 4 . Edward Ray. 250 C: 1. J e ssee M acDonald; 2. Jeff Warringt on; 3 . Jeff M inse: 4. Oerik Royal. 12 5 C: 1. Bri an Swin k; 2. W illiam Varan sdale; 3. Bobby Mo ri arty; 4. Eddie Cher ry. 250 B: I . Jo hn Kitsch ; 2. Ma rcu s Pedero ; 3 . Chuck Sybert: 4 . Gene Naumac.

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