Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

125 NOV: 1. Van Bogardus (yam); 2. Gary Hollon (Han)' 3. Jeff Ratzlaff. . 1251NT: 1. SCali Murphy (Kaw); 2. Jeff Barbacovi (Yam). BEG: 1. Chris Nelson (Han); 2 . Pau 1Mad· 250 'gan (Han)· 3. Joe Buckner (Han). 256 NOV: 1. Will Dickson (Vam): 2. Greg Thornton; 3. Rick Gallahan (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Todd Broussa rd; 2. Tony Qualls (Yam): 3 . Everret Nea l. 250 PRO: 1. Murray Shackel ford (Suz); 2. Grant Palenske (Han). . OPEN PRO; 1. Paul Kraus (Kaw). . . 500 BEG: 1. Byron Green (Yam); 2. OanoelQu,": 3. Mike Thompson. . 500 NOV: 1. Ron Shu ler (Kaw); 2. M,chael B. Logan (Hus)· 3. Jeffrey Clausen (Kaw). 500 INT: Anthony Cabodi; 2. George Andrews (Han); 3. Tom Webb. 00 00 O"l . i. ...... Hopperstad flies at Firebird RR By Michael Ross Jeff Barbacovi took second in the 125cc Int. class at Perris. Mike Jones captured the main event victory .on S!ltu!day at the twoday World Sports/USHRA AreQacross Championships In New York . - Coen, Jones win NYC Arenacross By Davey Coombs NEW YORK, NY , JAN. 2-3 . Suzuki-mounted Carlo Coen pulled off an upset main ev~nt win while Yamaha 's MIke J ones continued his indoor 26 ra mpage at th e two-da y World Sports!.US~RA Arenacro~s ,Championships 10 New York CIty s Madison Sq uare Garden s. The Gearl Spectro/S mith / Dirt Digits-backed Jones ope ned th e action on Saturday wi th a co me -from- beh m d wm over Brian Carroll a nd Dav ey Coombs. In Sunday 's finale Coen took advantag~ of a late sli p by J ones to hand SUZU ~I it's first World Sports Arenacross wm o f t he winter sea son. J ones rebounded for seco nd with Ca rroll a co nsistent third. The Manhattan Aren across was th e seco nd suc h event in th e New York City a rea . in th e past two months . Long Island h ad hosted a doubleh eader round of th e indoor m otocross series th at was co m p leted . with o the r motorsports events 10 November bef ore a p p rox ima te ly 35,000 fans. T he lat est doubleh eader ro u n d attracted two near ca pacity crowds totall in g 37,000 fans, for th e two da ys o f rac ing. Sa tu rday's racing got underway with qualifying rounds th at would n ar ro w th e field to 12 rid ers for the m ain. Bell / Smith/ Ans we~-b ac~ed Da vid Hand open ed th e ac tion with a h ea t o ne win o ver J ones an d Yamaha pi lo t T odd Wol£~. Mark Lachowicz wo n heat two while Steve Crowe p us hed his Yamaha into th e fi nal behind Lachowicz. In h eat th re e Kurt McMill en o u t-leaped Coombs to tak e th e race. J oi ning th e final field wi th co ns i wins were Carroll a nd Coe n, with H onda pil~t Di cki e Bel lora a nd Kawa sak i mounted j ohn Ryan runnin g in th e runner-up positions. Wh en th e green flag ~lew for ~he final it was Coom bs ta ki n g a quick ins ide line to the lea d ahead of Hand, J ones, Crowe an d La ch owicz. Ryan, Bell ora and Brian Stanley were left p icking th eir rides u p after a tu rn one ta ngle sent th em slidi ng into th e h ock ey boards. Within a lap J ones was past H and a nd into seco nd, wi th Carr oll rising quickl y th rough th e p ack from a seventh-place start t.o th ird. On lap four Hand dropped h is H onda th rough th e whoops and lost five spo ts, a llow i ng C row~ and Lachowicz back into the top five, Ju s t a fte r the h alfwa y po i n t lappers began to fill the corners and J ones was a b le to q u ic k ly reel Co ombs in . On la p seven J ones gra bbed an inside . lin e under th e leader an d out-jumped th e H onda to take over the top spot. Posit io ns would rem a in the same unti l th e white fla g , when Carr oll used th e same line a ro und Coombs for second a n d a la te charge by. H an d a!1d McMillen cu lm inated 10 top five finishes for both. Su nday 's qual ifying rounds saw Hand again on top in heat o ne, but heat two belonged to J eff Gl a ss. The Honda pilot was ab le to o u tgu n Coen,: Carroll and Bell ora for th e lead spot. H eat three was won by Coombs with McMillen less th an a bike length behind. Consi transfers included Jones Stevie Herman an d Yamaha-moun;ed Rodney Phillips. When th e flag flew for th e fin al it was Coen ju m pi ng o ut in .rr~>n t with J ones, Glass and Carroll fIll! ng in th e next few pos iuons. Left Iymg o n the gr o und early in this one were Combs, H and, L a chowicz a n d Crowe. On -Iap two J ones shot by Coen through th e back section and a p peared headed for th e weekend sweep. But just aft er th e ha!fway point J ones got tangl ed with .a b a ckma rk er an d d ro pped hi s Yam aha in a rut-filled corner. Coe n 'q u ickly inherited th e lead while Carroll, Gl ass and H erman began sort ing th em selves ou t. fu th er back in th e p ack. J ones was righ t on Coen whe n the white flag fell , but Coen h eld tough an d h~nded Suzuki it's fir st aren across wm. Behmd J ones ca me Carroll, Glass an d H erman. For hi s wee ke nd effo rts J ones claimed n ea rl y $700.00 in prize m oney a nd catap ulted into th e top lO in th e series standin gs after fo u r rounds. Results SATURDAV: 1. Micha el Jon es (Vam): 2. Brian Carroll (Kaw ); 3. Davey Coombs (Han); 4. DavId Hand (Han); 5. Kurt McMillen (Han); 6. Mark Lachowicz (Kaw); 7. Brian Stanl ey (yam); 8. Jeff Glass (Han); 9. John Ryan (Kaw ). . . SUNDAV; 1. Carlo Coen ISuz); 2. Michael Jone s (Yam); 3. Brian Carroll (Kaw ); 4. J eff Glass (Han); 5. Steven Herman (Kaw ); 6. Rodney Phillips (Vam); 7. Brian Stanley (Vam);8. Stev~ Crow e (Vam). 9. Ma rk Lachowicz (Kaw); 10 . David Hand (Han). Chavira charges to Perris GP win By David Procida PERRIS, CA, JAN . 3 . Eric Chavira won th e 80cc NOVice class after lead in g from start to Fi nis h a t th e Ca lifornia Racing Club's New Year's Grand Pri x at Perris Raceway. Chavira, aboard a Valley H onda , grabbed th e holeshot followed by Yamaha- mounted ' T ony Am aradio a nd Kelly Poor. Cha vira a n d Amaradi o bepn to pull awa y from Poor. Arnaradio co ntin ued.to close on th e lead Honda of Chavira , but ti me ran out wi th C havira ta king th e overa ll win. Poor followed th e- pair in th e third overall position. Wh en th e flag dropped for th e Women 's Ex pert clas s th e JSawas~ki o f Mindy Sm ith was the fir st bike off the lin e a nd into the first co rner leadi ng Tam i Ri ce and Bo nni e "Warch , both o n Suzukis. In th e Expert class things began h appening to the front run.n~rs. First Smith missed a corn er, giving th e lead to Rice and moving Warch to second. Then Ri ce blew a sh ift a t th e top of the esses giving Sm ith, who h ad ch a rge d b ack up into seco n d, back the lead. Smith started to pull a way at this point an d was th e o n ly rider to co ntin ua ll y clear a small set of double jumps, which hel ped build a b ig cushion on Ri ce. S m i th went uncontested to th e fin ish, follow ed by Rice and Warc~. In the N ovice ranks Mel ani e Parkes chalked up her fir st win. o f th e year with J anet Mathew s ta~ng seco nd and Susan Green ro u n dmg o u t the top th ree slots. In th e Vet Beginner class Gus Zielke led from start to fini sh to m ake h is first Vet rid e a very successfu l one. H e backed this up by ta king anoth er wi n in th e 125cc Beginner class. Da vid P ri chard and Phil Dav y ro u nded out th e top three p ositions in th e Vet class. In th e Vet No vice action Richard Wh itaker led KTM-m ounted Monte P ri chett, Russell Long an d Phil Ga llagh er around th e m~ tocro s s section of th e track. On the sixth lap Anthon y Procid a , wh o sta rte d near th e back wh en his H onda wo u ldn' t start moved to seco n d an d closed th e gap 'on th e whi te flag la p, But ~he chec kere d flew for Wh itaker WIth Procida o n ly a short distance behind. Pri tch ett ro u nded out th e top three spots. . In Vet Intermedi at e ac tio n, Lee Amaradio Jr. held o ff th e charges of H onda-mounted Frank Mierau a nd Pro Cycle's Lewis Wright for his fir st win of th e new year. Results WMN EX; 1. M indy Smith (Kaw); 2. Tami Rice (Suz); 3. Bonn ie Warch (Suz). WMN NOV: 1. Melanie Parkes (Vam); 2. Janet Mathews (Han); 3. Susan Green . . SR EX: 1. J im Berry; 2. Ron Cole (Suz); 3. Boll Denni s (Hon). SR NOV: 1. Richard Wilson (Cag). . . VET BEG: 1. Gus Zeilke (Kaw); 2. David Prichard; 3. Phil Davy (KTM). . VET NOV: 1. Richard Whitaker (Han); 2. Dav,d Procida (Han); 3. Monte Pritchell (KTM). VET INT: 1. Lee Amaradio Jr. (Vam); 2. Frank M ierau (Han); 3. Lew is Wr ight (KTM). BO BEG: 1. Steve Delig ht (Han). 80 INT: 1. Tony Amaradio (Yam). 80 NOV: 1. Eric Chavira (Han); 2. Jack Lox; 3. Brian Hubert (Hon). . 125 BEG: 1. Gus Zielk e IKaw); 2. Charlie Beck (Han); 3. Max Shehan (Han). C HAN DLE R, AZ, JAN. 3 J ohn H op perstad set the pace a t ~he first ro u nd of th e AMA /CCS Sprint Se r ies a t F ireb ird In tern ati onal Raceway. H op perstad took .w m s 10 the H ea vyweight Su perb ike a n d , . H eavywei ght GP classes. In th e Heavyweight Su perbi ke ra ce H opperstad had th e. hol eshot with Kell y Byrd , Dal e Kieffer and Mike Williams in tow. H opperstad led th e firs t eigh t laps but Byrd dove p ast to lead lap nine as th ey pulled away from Kieffer. Byrd upped the pace o nce o ut front a nd tu rned a str i ng of 1:09s but Hopper stad wouldn 't let go and outbraked Byrd in turn o ne to tak e th e lead. Byrd repassed in tu rn two, only to have H oppers tad reta ke the lead with .an o u tside turn three pass . Byrd tried to repass but Hopperstad was.pI~ch" in ghis Yamaha-hard into the lI~fl~ld esses and held his lead to the finish line. Kye Gunn had th e holeshot in the co m b ined U nli m ited and Heavyweight GP class, but Byrd overtook Gunn 's 1100 and led Gunn, Kieffer and Hopperstad into turn one. Byrd led Gunn by three seconds on lap two as Hopperstad passed Kieffer and then Gunn on th e n ext lap. Hopperstad closed in on Byrd on the next lap a nd took the lead when Byrd m issed turn ei gh t an d went off th e tr a ck . Byrd re-entered the track , p assed Hopperstad and led the next lap but H opperstad ou t-powered hi~ down th e straight to retake th e lead. Byrd 's ignition system wa s ac tin g up a nd as th e ra ce wore down to the cl o sing laps, Hopperstad pulled farther a nd farther ahead, fin ally finishing two seco nds ahead o f Byrd on his Jolly Ranch~r/Rock Oil/Boulder Yamaha/Shoei/Bates/ Avon-backed FZR. Gunn and Kieffer di ced for third until the last lap with Gunn gettin g th e checkers fir st. Results GTO: 1. Kelly Byrd (Yam); 2. Kye Gunn (Suz); 3. Greg Nichol s (Vam); 4 . Michae l Beel (Suz~ 5. Gary Burnham (Yam). . . GTU: 1. John Hjelm (Suz); 2. Rick Blander (Vam). 3 Thomas Eatman (Han): 4. Derek Mulligan (Han); 5 ' Geronimo Standridg e (Han). . U/L S/BK: 1. Kye Gunn (Suz); 2. Greg Nichol~ (Yam); 3. Stu Morrison (Kaw): 4. Jim Ja quelle (Suz), 5. Brian Enos (Suz). . HIW S/SPT NOV: 1. Jay Phillips (Suz); 2. Dlnc BidsOn(Suz); 3. John Burgoyne (Han); 4 . Tar Rawls (Han). HIW S/SPT EX: 1. Scali Willock (Yam); 2. Lance Baker (Han); 3. Alan Lee (Suz); 4 . M ichael Beer (Suz)· 5. James Mueller (Suzl. HIW S/BK NOV: 1. Dina Bidson (Suz); 2. John Burgoyne (Han). HIW S/BK EX: 1. John Hoppers tad (Vam);.2. Kelly Byrd (Yam); 3. Dale Kieffer (Vam); 4 . Moke Will iams (Han); 5. Greg Nichols (Vam). HIW GP: 1. John Hopperstad (Vam); 2. Kelly Byrd (Yam); 3. Dale Kieffer (Vam). MIW S/SPT NOV: 1. Tom Cooper (Kaw); 2. Peter Berna l (Han; 3. Morgan Deegan (Han). . MIW S/SPT EX: 1. SCali Willock (Vam); 2: Mike Williams (Han); 3. Joe Serbin (Han); 4 . Mochael Ross (Yam); 5. Thomas Eatman (Han). MIW S/BK NOV: 1. Peter Bernal (Han). MIW S/BK EX: 1. Mike Williams (Han); 2. John Hjelm (Suz); 3. Diane Dietzel (Kaw): 4 . AI-Nageed Tarik (Vam). M IW GP: 1. M ike Williams (Han); 2. Tom Eatman (Han); 3. Dian e Dietzel (Kaw); 4 . Tom Dahl (Yam); 5. AI·Nad eeh Tarik (Vam). LlW S/SPT EX: 1. Troy Griffith (Vam). IIW S/SPT NOV: 1. Allum Tom (Vam). LIW S/BK NOV: 1. Allum Tom (Vam): 2. Wade Woodard (Vam); 3. Jay Peacock IVam). LIW S/BK EX: 1. Joe Shelto n (Vam); 2. Norm Benedum (Suz); 3. John Come (Han). LIW AlC S/BK: 1. Jo e Shehan (Vam); 2. Norm Benedum (Suz).

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