Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

00 00 0') ........ Ty Birdwell sl id to the 125cc Junior D iv ision One win. a nd went o n to tak e the win. David Moskovitz survived the conditio ns to finis h second, whi le J erem y Ster~er slit he red hom e next in th ird. RICk Lee foll owed in fourt h a nd T ony Sul ek took fifth . • Clint J ones (52C) leads 125cc Intermediate winner Chris Neal (57 C) in t o the first turn before the rain came. Then the track became a mess; Greg MacArthur (1 5 C) cuts by Jim O'Neal (127) in a 250cc Junior moto. Birdwell flies to win at Hollister mud bath. By Troy Scott HOLLISTER, CA, JAN.J 6 Ty Birdwell slithered to victory in the 125cc J u n io r Division O n e class as the third sportsman round of the CMC/Dodge Truck Golden Sta te Nationals hit H ollister Hills. The Hollister course is usually firm and tacky, but it wa s turn ed into anoth er track wh en a heavy rain began to fall 16 d uring th e program. This, combined with the already waterlogged trac k from ra in th e previous week , made th e co urse nearl y impassabl e, forcing th e races to be called after the fir st mo tos and leaving Birdwell with th e . win. Wh en the gate dropped for th e " first" (a n d onl y) 125cc Jun io r Divi sion One mota th e sun was shining and th e day looked to be promi sin~ when Honda-mounted J a son GIbson g r a bbed th e lea d tra il ed by Damon Kemp, Larry Lawren ce a nd J ohn Culwell. As Gibson, Kemp a nd La wren ce slid a way out front, Cul well lost what little traction th ere was a nd fell. In fact the tra ck go t to be so tough to negotia te that th e lead ers would lose the ir positions j ust go ing down a ny of the stra ights a nd falling. After five la ps of unidentifiabl e, du e to th e mud covered bikes, lead changes it was Birdwell wh o had work ed his way to the front to come up with the win. La wrence managed to pass Kemp durin g th e race and fin ished second, wh il e Kemp maintained third. H onda-mounted Pat Gomm moved into fourth at the fin ish , a nd Culwell recovered from hi s cras h to fini sh fifth . Earl y-leader Gibson fell back to l Oth at the finish . When the ga te fell for th e. second division of 125cc Junior s H ondamounted Scott Bristo l ca me up with the hol esh ot foll o wed by Charlie Flippen , And y Grider, SCOll Ta kacs and Ryan Carlisle. The posi tio ns stayed th at way until nea r th e end of the first lap Grider got ca uget in a ru t a nd 'went down . T a kacs had nowhere to go a nd pl owed into th e back of Grid er, and both were o u t of th e top 10. By the third lap Flippen had passed Bristol and both were way out front with an l l-second lead. They took it to the finish with Flippen pu shing his Kawasaki across th e line first just a head of Bristol. Honda-mounted Troy Dollansky moved into third at the finish followed by Mark Drebert and Carlisle. As th e ra in con tin ued to co me down th e Vet Masters took to th e grid a nd wh en th e ga te fell Yamahamounted Mark White was first to th e front followed by Rob ert Casper , J on Mi ller, John Dall aire and Duane J oice. As th e race progressed Casper was passe d by MIll er a nd the race was on as the two rid ers were back and forth th e ent ire race with neither ri der backing off. By th e end of the mot a White had moved a way and too k th e win while Mill er fin all y took contro l of th e seco nd spot. Dall ai re moved into third as Casp er fell back to fourth a t th e finis h ah ead of Ron Nordstrom. By the time th e third division of I25cc Beginners hit the line th e track was getting unbearable a nd many bikes were seizing up, making th e race the last o ne of th e day. As the pa ck hit th e sloppy terrain J effrey Brownlee took control of the lead. The track was now so sli ck tha t ·the majority of rid ers would spin o ut and fall go ing backw ards as th ey "tried to brake.for some corne rs. At o ne point th ere were as many as 19 rid ers stuc k o n a n u p hill sectio n, and th ose th at fell off near the to p slid back down the hill wh ile th eir bik es stayed stuck in the goop a t th e top. Brownlee man aged to keep in co nt ro l though Results 60 (O·B): 1. Tim Tilt on (Kaw); 2. Frankie Navarro (Kaw ); 3. Tony Catalde (Kaw ); 4 . David Roberts (Kaw), 60 (9 -11): 1. Zachary Rund (Kaw); 2. Phil Richman (Kaw); 3. Jeff Wi lloh (Kaw); 4. Eric Schnell (Kaw ); 5. Nathan Woods (Kaw). BO BEG: 1. Ramsay Bulkeley (Han); 2. Chris Thomas (Suz); 3. Craig Sm ith (Suz); 4 . Ji m Mec hem (Kaw ); 5. John Fox (Yam). BO OPEN: 1. Ty King (Vam); 2. Jasen Harrison (Kaw); 3. lachary Rund (Kaw); 4 . Teff Tilton (Kaw ); 5. Dane Herron (Han). 125 BEG orv 1: 1. Jaime Knox (Vam); 2. Chuck Kinne (Kaw); 3. Marc Bunch (Han); 4. Joe Lawwill (Kaw); 5. Trevor Barker (Vam). 125 BEG DIY 2: 1. Matt Brake (Han); 2. M ike Bulley (Yam); 3. Matt Wychoff (Han); 4. Jimmy Chamberlain ( H on~ 5. Dafrin Miller (Hon). 125 BEG DIY 3: 1. Je ffrey Brown lee (Suz); 2. David Mos kovitz; 3. Je remy Sterger (Suz); 4. Rick Lae'(Yam); 5. Tony Sulek (Kaw ). 125 BEG DIY 4: 1. Kevin Shafer (yam); 2. Todd Davis (Cag); 3. Ryan Taylor (Kaw); 4. Ken Bird (Kaw); 5. Todd Alexander (Han). 125 JR ON 1: 1. Ty Birdwell (Hon~ 2. Larry Lawrence (Yam ); 3. Damon Kemp (Hon); 4 . Pat Gomm (Han); 5. John Culwell (Kaw). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Charlie Flippen (Kaw); 2. Scott Bristol (Han); 3. Troy Dollansky (Han); 4. Mark Drebert (Suz); 5. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw). 125 J R DIV 3: 1. Raymond Anthony (Hont 2. Steve Bonita (Han); 3. Ronnie Densford (Han); 4 . J osh McRoberts (Han); 5. Jeff Finch (Han). 125 INT: 1. Chr is Neal (Kaw~ 2. Randy Moody (Han); 3. Clint Jones (Hon~ 4. Pat Bennett (Kaw); 5. Br ian Peoples (Yam). 250 BEG Dill 1: 1. Gary Shoemaker (Yam); 2. TIm Selby (Kaw); 3. Ron Corby (Han); 4 . Br ian Bonds (Yam); 5. Leonar d Kilm an (Yam). 250 BEG ON 2: 1. Matt Phipps (Han); 2.' Doug Hagio (Han); 3. AI Beck (Hon); 4 . Phil Mas kows ki (Suzt 5. Aa ron A thanas (Vam). 250 BEG ON 3: 1. Melvin Brag (Suz); 2. Troy W ing (Kaw); 3 . Shan e Berg (Han); 4 . David Shoemaker (Vam); 5. Ben Anderso n (Han). 250 BEG DIY 4 : 1. Chad Doggett (Kaw ); 2. Robert Drew (Vam); 3. Edwa rd Moo radian (Han); 4 . M att Wycoff (Kaw l; 5. Marty Walker (Kaw). 250 J R mv 1: 1. John Manteuf el (Vam); 2. Dann on Burg (Vam); 3. Kevin Geyer (Vam); 4 . Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 5. Chuck Bagwell (Han). 250 JR DIV 2: 1. John lander (Yam); 2. Joh n Thomas (Han); 3. Ma tt Hetherington (Han); 4. Randy Lewa lle r; 5. Jim Carley (Kaw). 250 JR DIV 3: 1. Ken Pelphr ey (Han); 2. Marc Matson (Han); 3. Jesse Guyman (Yam); 4 . Mike Spalding (Han); 5. St eve Nelson (Han). 250 JR ON 4: 1. Er ic Feight (Hon); 2. Gerry Johnson (Han); 3. Jaso n McCormick (Han); 4. Michael Bryant (Kaw); 5. Greg Groom (Suz). 250 INT ON 1: 1. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 2. Chad Pederson (Yam); 3. Jimmy Lewis (Yam); 4. Mike Mennig (Yam); 5. Jason Johnson (Kaw). 250 INT DIY 2; 1. Peter Buggie (Yam); 2. Dwayne Scott (Kaw ~ 3. Voshi Vamamot o (Yam); 4 . Tod Sciacqua (Han); 5. Eric Brown e (Kaw). 250 INT ON 3: 1. Jason Butt le ( Suz~ 2. Pat Bennett (Kaw ); 3. P.J. Vacuk- (Vam); 4 . Greg Fox (Han); 5. Grant Michaelson (Han). 250 INT ON 4: 1. Terry Sw anson (Yam); 2. Tim Whitlock (Han); 3 . Phil Lawrence (Yamt 4. Brian Gipson (Hont 5. Eddie Reed (Kawj . 500 BEG: 1. Dave Matheson (Han); 2. Jerry Lockhart (Hust 3. Jo hn DiMuccis (Han); 4 . Pat Morga n (Han); 5. Max Stute (Hus). 5OOJR: 1. M ike Graves (Kaw); 2. Dave Fern andez (Han); 3. Chr is Easterli ng (Hont 4. Dannon Burg (Han): 5. Chuck Bagwe ll (Han). . 500 INT: 1. Grant Michaelson (Han); 2. TIm Whitlock (Han); 3. Eri ch Shof stall (Han); 4 . J oel Christe nsen (Han); 5. Jim Kuntz (Kaw ). WMN : 1. Mercedes Gonzalez (Kaw); 2. Vicky Ja ckson (Han); 3. J ammie Pruit (Han); 4. Sheryl Fedorow (Vam); 5. Mar ie Gonzales (Kaw) . VET JR Diy 1: 1. Mel vin Bray (Suz); 2. Douglas Clark (Han); 3. Bob Clark (Vam); 4. J im Ma rten (Han); 5. Gary Vearsley (Yam). VETJ R DIV 2: 1. Kurt Benke (Han); 2. John Carter (Kaw ); 3. Rory Brandt (Han); 4. Gary Shoemaker (Yam); 5. Kent Reed (Han). yeT INT: 1. Patts Thomas (Han); 2. Dave Potts (Han); 3. John Adams (HanI; 4. Chr is Burg eson (Vam); 5. Larry Lacey (Han). V ET MSTR : 1. Mark W hite {Yam}; 2 . J on M ill er (Kaw); 3. John Dallair e (Kaw); 4. Robert Casper (Han); 5. Ron Nordstrom (Kaw ). OT J R: 1. Greg Voung (Han); 2. Gary Doggett (Kaw); 3. Jay Biery (Vam); 4. Clive Cheff ins (Han): 5. Gene Dempsey (Han). OT INT: 1. Leroy Smith (Han). OT MSTR: 1. Werner Shu ltt (Kaw): 2. Ji m O'Neal (Han); 3. Jim Lamkin (Han); 4. Rich Schilling (Han); 5. Terry Sage (Yam).

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