Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ama teur clas s saw a hot heat race betwee n Christy Scheffer a nd Warren Finch. Scheffer, the on ly girl rider, took th e lead coming off turn two with Finch glued to her wheel. Finch made severa l a ttem p ts to go into first bu t Scheffer held off his charges to take an excit ing and close win . Scott Eggleton ob served Scheffer fro m a fifth place heat finish , and found her line very successfu l in the fin al even t. Eggleton trai led Scheffer for two la p s, bu t unl ik e Finch , discovered a way around to take th e lead and th e checkered flag.. The 125cc Ama teur Studded class was sparsely contested with on ly four riders signed up . Quan tit y didn 't det er th e rider s from p ro vidin g p lenty of exci tement , however, as Kelvin H err al a, Fred Tom p kins, Mike Gill ette, a nd Terry Kuhn wen t side-by-sid e for severa l circuits befor e H err ala took a slig ht advan tage and . captured the victory. Results 125 AM : 1. Kelvi n Herral a (Hon): 2 . Fred Tompki ns (Yam); 3. M ike Gillett e (Yam). 250AM, 1. Kenn y We stf all (Hus); 2. Tom Passon (Han); 3. Rob Bibbins (Rtx). OPEN A M : 1. Scott Eggleton (Yam); 2. Chr isty Scheff er (Suz); 3. Ouck Finch (Yam). • SR OPEN: 1. Mark Korytowski (Hon); 2. Dave Scheff er (Rtx); 3. Bill Teliska (Yam). OPEN EX, 1. Craig Est ell e (Hon); 2. Todd Hunt er (Yam); 3. Dave Scheffer (RlX). OPEN U/ STUD, 1. Bill Mosh er (Kaw ); 2. M ike McK inney (Yam); 3. Rick W etzel (Suz). 'wanaga aces MonfereyST By Mike Vancil MONT ER EY, CA, FEB. 6 Pau l Iwan aga again put toge ther' a flaw less ride to tak e the 13-la p fin al for 500cc Expert class riders at th e second event of the R&D En terprise promoted Hi g h Point Series at th e Monterey County Fai rgrounds . At the green lig ht it was Iwanaga int o the co rne r a sp lit second before Timmy Hi gu era , Kevin Cro wley and Eric Larsen . As the pack of four exited turn two it was Iwanaga wh o was th e clear-cu t lead er. Hi gu era had a sligh t .lead over Cro wley on the Yam aha two-strok e a nd Lar sen o n a H onda .fo ur-stro ker. On th e third lap Larsen was able to mo ve by ' Crowley a nd latch onto thi rd wh ere he stayed for the distance. In the 500cc Novice final it was Ri ck Colem an o n ' th e thumper Yam ah a barely keep ing Bob Pack's .Auto Import/Repair 'H onda ou t of first. Pa ck go t a great drive out of th efourth corner o n .the last la p a nd near ly pulled off the \viri.-'j ohn Pack was bottled up in traffic for severa l of th e early la ps but was comi ng on stro ng a t the end of th e 500cc Junior even t. H e ra n out of laps and had to sett le fo r second behind An thony _ Gi amman co. Results PIW50, 1. Mi chael Hannas (Suz); 2.Adam M iller (Yam). . 60 NOV, 1. Joh n Dawso n. Jr. (Kaw); 2. A.J . Kirkp at rick (Kaw) . 60 JR: 1. J ohnny M urphree (Kaw); 2. Matt Wi lla rd (Kaw). BO NOV: 1. Dan Hart (Kaw ); 2. don Hart (Yam ); 3. J eremy Tw itt (Kaw); 4. Robert Rael (Kaw). BO J R: 1. William Lu ker (Kaw) ; 2. Johnny Murphree (Kaw); 3. Matt Willard (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Bob Pack (Hon); 2. Tracy Kulaga (Yam); 3. Mark Bakhit (Han); 4 . M ichell e DiSalvo (Yam); 5. Gregory Enyart (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Tracy Oaw son (Yam); 2. Joh n Daw son (Yam), . 500 NOV: 1. Rick Coleman (Yam); 2. :Bob Pack (Hon ); 3 . Chuck Patt ers on (Yam) ; 4 . Dan Feldh aus (Han); 5. M ark Bakhit (Kaw l. ' 500 J R: 1. An thony Giammanco (Yam); 2. Jo hn Pack (Yam); 3. Lonn ie Lacy (Yam); 4. Tracy Daws on (Yam); 5. Pat McDani el (Yaml . , . _ 500 EX: 1. Pa.ullwanaga (Han); 2. Jim my Higu era (Hon); 3 . eri c Larsen (Hon ); 4 . Kevi n Crow ley (Yam). 600 NOV , 1. Rick- Coleman (Yam); 2. Dan Feldhaus (Han). 600 JR : 1. An thony Giamm anco (Yam); 2. Pat McDaniel (Yam); 3. J ohn Pack (Yam), DFC M INI: 1. Johnny M urphree (Kaw l; 2. Dan Hart (Kaw ); 3. Don Hart (Yaml. , FC 2 50 NOV : 1. Tracy Kula ga (Yam); 2. D ~ I c ha ell e DISalv o (Yam); 3 . Ma rk Bakh it (Kaw ); 4 . Ricky Baker {Yam}. DFC 500 NOV: 1. Chuck Patt erson (Yam); 2. Dan , y Delm en ico (He n); 3 . Ma rk Sheppar d (Yam) ; n 4 . RIck Coleman (Yam). DFC 500 JR: 1. An thony Gia mman co (Yam); 2. J ohn Pack (Yam ); 3 . Tracy Daws on (Yam); 4 . Lonn ie Lacy (Yam); 5. Pat McDan iel (Yam). Wind (Con tin ued from page 2) " for the two bik es will include Keiffer, J ohn Ashmead and Ricky Or lando. When q ues tioned abo ut the ride a few weeks ago, Shobert said, " It 's just in the ta lking stages, but I told them I wou ld lik e to rid e it at som e of th e races. It wou ld give me more time on a road racer." Yoshimura Suzuki has 'ent ered two bikes in the Daytona .round of the Endurance Cha lle nge. One is for Kev in Schwantz and J apanese ri der Yuk iya Ohshima and the other is for Doug Polen and Scott Gray. Last year the Yoshimura squad entered several endurance races t hat were held prio r to the Nationals, using the races primarily for testing. It is a practice that Roger Edmondson , director of t he AMAICCS, is opposed to ' but can do nothing about at this time. " We have to take the entries at face va lue: ' he sa id . " W e can't ' q u est io n the motives. Endurance teams are running a three-hour pace, and the teams that are practicing go out and blow them away fo r five laps; th is is unfortunate." Roger Edmondson called th e Cycl e . N ews office o n Monday, February 22, to in form us th at a post-race check of scor ing from the Firebird Raceway 500K Enduran ce Race on February 13 revealed some di screpancies. In the GTO class , th ird overall Kayo Racing were credi ted wi th o ne lap too many and should have finished fourth behind T eam T arga. In GTU, a sim ilar situa tio n resulted in T eam - No Drugs being cred ited with th e win wh en they should have fin ished seco n d behind R oswell H onda . Because the two teams did n't file official p rotests (though Roswell H onda told a Cycle News rep orter tha t th ey did, Ed mo ndson says that they just question ed th e resu lts), th e offici al results will n ot change. " T his is no t th e old AMA." says Edm ondson . " We' re not infallible. The resu lts will hold , but we want to own up to the facts. We think th at th e teams deserve to be recognized." The race is covered elsewhere in th is issue . ~L I I ~ 1 bru r I}IJ 11 fft I .D c nnle.r' ' Hc leshct " Hansen will be r,conducting a one-day ,motocross school on March 9 at-Lake Whitney, Texas. The school takes place two days prior to the GNC National at Lake Whitney. For . more inf orm at ion, contact Donnie Hansen Motocross Academy by calling 512 /494 -6019 . f Yam aha has anno unced th at for the first tim e since 1974 T Z pans' will not be avai lable at Dayton a durin g Cycle Week. FZ and FZR pa rts will be ava ila ble in the Dayton a Internation al Speedway garage area. Kal-Gard Lubricants w ill make their products ava ilable to racers at Daytona. Kal -Gard 's Rich Wil liamson and Larry Coleman w ill man the company's faci lity in Daytona International Speedway's garage area . NAME D: Rob S~i th to th e position . of U.S. reg iona l sales manager fo r th e western divi sion of Interlube International, Inc., manufacturer of the newly-in trod uced Opti-Pro line of mo torcycle lubricant s; Smi th, a Canadian cross -coun try racer will be based in so uthern California at a location yet to be annou nced, bu t he ca n curren tly be reached at th e company's head office in Blaine, Washin gton , 206/ 332-4260. Team Sunset has changed its name to Team Del Amo for the ' 8 8 road racing season. The team will field tw o Suzuki GSXR750s and a Suzuki Katana 600 for riders Calvin Rayborn III , Walt Nitto and David Aldana' in Supersport, Suzuki Cup and selected endurance races. Team tuners are Tom Houseworth and Marcus Falley. Team Del Amo sponsors to date are De l Amo . Kawasaki and Del Amo Suzuki of Redondo Beach, Califo rnia. Shoei Helmets. RK Chain. Bates Leat hers, The Frame Shop of Stanton, California, and Sunset Rac ing . ' The February 20- 22 C in cinnati Deal ernews Motorcycle Expo drew a record nu mber of after-market exhibitors. Over 700 boot hs were sold prior to the ann ua l trade-o nly sho w. The ais les were crowded over the weekend by what appeared to be a reco rd num ber of a ttendees. T hree-time Camel P ro Series champ Bubba Shober t was o n hand, sig n ing posters for a never-endin g line of fans at th e Bell H elm et displ ay area. Racers in Daytona for Cycle Week who find t hem selves in need of a place to work on their motorcycles after the Speedway locks its gates each evening can contact Dave Baines or Lamar Williams at American Motorcycle Institute (AMI) by calling 904/255-0295. AMI, which is locat ed adjacent to the Speedway, has 28 bays in one ' of their classroom build ings t hat they will make ava ilable each evening. AMI owner Williams also passed on word that they will be sponsoring A I Knapp and his Harley-Davidson ,W R in the February 29 v intage road race program at Daytona Internationa l Speedway. Era ldo Ferra cci will be one very, very busy man at Daytona. Ferracci will be main ta in ing bi kes for Ital ian Stefano Caracchi, 'who will rid e a Su zuki in the Daytona 200. and a Du cati in th e Pro T wi n race. Also aboard Ferracci eq uipment will be Pete J ohnson an d Dal e Quarterley wh o will ' ride Ducat is in the Pro T wins race. Finall y, Ferracci will ' tune Pete Johnson 's Suzuki th at wi ll . be ru nn ing-in th e AMA/CCS :Endu, ra.nce '-C ha ll en ge with · Johnson , "R Icky ,O rla ndo and George Fi tts handling th e riding chores.' I J, The Idaho Vintage M .C., Inc. will host its 12th Annual Vintage Motorcycle Show at Caldwell, Idaho, March 19-20. Judging will be conducted in 12 classes; bikes entered in the show must be at least 10 years old or of a make no longer produced or imported, and no choppers or customized bikes w ill be allowed. In addition to the concours, a ride and a banquet w ill take place over the weekend. For more inform atio n, · contact Ric hard Renstrom. 2081 459-8786 . Coming on the heels of last week 's item rega rd in g the, sp li t between T eam Ob sol ete's Rob Iannucci and J eff Elghanayan, comes word from Elg hanayan, who is kn own in racing circles as Marco Pol o, th at the sp lit wasn ' t a n amica ble o ne. El ghanayan, wh o was not avai lable for co m m e n t w he n we rece ived an nou ncement of th e sp li t from Ian nucci las t week , says he h as severed all rela tio ns hi ps wi th Iannucci, his former lawyer and racing partner. Elghanayan .also said that Iannucci is presently a defendant in N ew Yo rk la wsu i ts concern i ng owners hip righ ts in Team Ob sol ete. Elghanayan also reported that he now expects to be increasing his racing activities and is also expanding into racing car ventures and will make fur th er ' a nnouncem ents o n those matters shortl y. Team Obsolete's Iannucci confirms that the situation between he and Elghanayan has "deteriorated." Iannucci says that on February 19 Elghanayan sought a cou rt order preve nting Dave Roper and Iannucci from racing at Daytona, but he was not successful. Iannucci also said that Elghanayan has started legal maneuvers seeking the right to use the Team Obsolete name and other team assets. " Nat urally, we are doing all that we can to oppose these outrageous claims," said Ian nucci. " I started Team Obsolet e in 1976 and have put most of my lif e' s ene rgy int o it since t hen. Countless other people have contributed greatly in many ways. Over the years we have had many riders, and many sponsors. only one of wh ic h was Jeff, although he was the wealth iest. It was a mutually rewarding relationship. Certainly the opportunity to ride , the Triple Knocker and other fabulous machines was not based only on Jeff's ri ding ability. " T here will be a' delay in th e availab ility of the React Racing Radio system, current ly being tested by . T eam Kawasak i's Je ff Ward and Ron Lechien, du e to a pat ent in fringement o n th e crystals used in th e receiver. React 's Col e Braun assures us that the company is working on a solution and that the delay sho uld only be brief. Ward ' used th e system at th e CoorsSuper Crown of Stadium Mo tocross even t in San Diego and claims tha t the radios do n 't gi ve hi m any ad vant age over the co mpetition . " He (team ma nager Roy' T urner) doesn 't even talk to me u nless there's a rider tha t goes do wri. He can 't tell me wh ere Rick (Johnson) is going or anything lik e that , it 's just too much to think abou t. I can hear him (Johnson ) better than he (T urner) ca n tell me. It's more for safety reasons, and before the race he was tal king to me, tellin~ me the lines Matiasevich was us ing, an d that ' hd pe~, ~u t a lot:" Sat:! Diego winner J o hnson , wh o spentmuch of the race beh ind Ward , di sagrees. " When he's "go t that radio in his helmet he's kind of go t eyes in the back .of his head. H e wasn' t cu tting me off or an ything, but he ki nd of j us t knew if I too k any different lin es." • J • The European motocross season kicked off at the end .of January with Kees Van der -Ven (KTM) taking the win at the Winter Masters MX at Venray in Holland. Current 500cc World Champion Georges Jobe also scored a win on t he same weekend at the Italian Int ern ational held at Montevarchi, near Florence. Italy. T he Bureau of Land Mangement is con tin ui ng its invest igatio n of the . blockage of a drainage cu lvert du ring the November 28 Bar stow -to-Vegas H ar e & H ound, accor ding to BLM 'Investigator Crai g McG ill. " We' re still foll owing leads and tracking down individ uals we wa nt to talk to. We haven 't pu t thi s thi ng to rest. We are diligently workin g on this case because it is important. T he rami fications would hav e been bod il y inj ury if the (barricade) had not been found." T he tu n nel, wh ich was part of the 1987 Bvto -V course, was com p letely blocked with rai lroad ties (Co ntin ued to page 39) 33

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