Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

en en ~ ~ o a: ...l w <{ :I: U ~ >- al e o l- :I: eo eo l>- P;W: 1. Jes se Baldwin (Yam). JR evC: 1. Jason Manhews (Kaw ); 2. Drai Nicho ls (Kaw); 3. B.J. Parr ish (Han). MINI BEG: 1. Chad Coffey (Kaw). MINI NOV: 1. Tom Johnson (Yam): 2. Alex McElyea (Kaw). M INI NOV MOO: 1. Steve Shackell (s uz). SOAM : 1. David Pingre e (Kaw ); 2. Pat McMullen ( Ka w~ 3. Kelly Poor (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Steve Byrn e (Han); 2. Judd Denney (Han); 3. Jam ie Hamilton (Yam). 125 NOV STK: 1. Darren Donaldson (suz ); 2. Alan Holcomb (Yam); 3. Jason netz (Kaw ). 125 AM : 1. Chip Young (Han); 2. Terry McFarland (Han); 3. Mickey Sergeant (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Rich Voska (Kaw); 2. Dave Pionek (Yam); 3. Carlos Alamada (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. T.J. Frost (Han); 2. Danny Cantu (Yam): 3. Bill Meyer . 250 AM : 1. St eve Ak ers (Kaw ); 2. Marvin Chapman (Hon); 3 . Kris Tower (Yaml. OPEN SPTM N: 1. Ray Moo re (Han); 2. Ken Wood (Yam); 3. J eshua Gil es (Han). 0') ...... ~ sc ...... ..c:: u lo"< ro ~ Ch ip Young (444) passed Terry McFarland in both 125cc Amateur motos to take the overall win at Firebird Raceway. 250 B: 1. Gregg Slmmen (Han); 2. Eric Ren ig '(s uz); 3. Steve Wood (Kawl ; 4. Anthony Watkin s (Kaw); 5. Richard Hutch ins (Han). OPEN B: 1. Henry Wilso n (Hon); 2. St eve Nokinari IKaw); 3. Jam es Chiasson (Honl; 4 . Adam Mu sso (Kaw ); 5. Andrew Hyam (KTMll. Hall handles Boise MX By Mike Thuleen 52 Akers and Marvin Chapman to duke it out for second. With two laps to go Tower pulled off the track in disgust when his Yamaha ran out o f gas . By this time, Akers was past Chapman and inherited first place. Akers took th e checkered flag a nd the overa ll win with Chapman gelling seco nd. Results BOISE, ID , FEB. 21 Boise H ond a -b a ck ed Mark Hall spent practica ll y a ll day ou t in front o f th e 250cc and O pen Expert mo tos, winning three ou t of four at th e O wyhee Mot orcycl e Club's Peaceful Cov e MX. Todd Peu gh, wh o chased Hall throughou t bo th O pen Expert rnotos, snatched the spoils in th e second rnoto whe n H all bai led. H a ll blazed to two 250cc Ex pert rnoto h ol esh ots a n d b u ilt u p a cush io n over Mik e Ha rr is a nd Brett Taylo r in both mot os. O 'N ea l/Sm it h G oggles/ Ma ier / Desert Mtn . Cycle/ Icabod 's Pub-supported H arr is h ad Hall n ail ed to the wa ll in the seco nd mota, though , as H all briefly ha d an off -track excursio n. H all q u ickly ca u~h t H arr is, bu t was held at bay u n til H a rr is su ffere d mecha nica l problems wh ic h forced him OUI. T his left the door o pen for Taylor to roost by for seco nd. Cha u n McAl ister cli nched bot h 125cc Expert moto wins over J a m ie Steelsmi th a nd Hans Kirsch ner. After the victories McAl ister expressed hi s gratitude to U.S. Su zuki, FMF, AX O, Smith G oggl es, N GK , Arai , RK Chai n, Metzeler, Bel -R ay, Port Co. , Mo tion Pro , and Sta rti ng Lin e Prod. for h elping h im 10 co ntest th e AM A Su percross a nd National MX Ser ies th is year. H onda-mounted Herb Nach tigall fla sh ed 10 a secon d moto victory over Steve H en ry and Smith Goggles' Randy VanDyke to take th e overa ll . win in th e Vet Expert class. Bru ce Garm an assumed dominance in th e Vet Intermediates over Don T oussa int an d Myron Davis. Bruce Harris gu ided hi s 500 KTM to a double mot o swee p of the Vet B's , as Stan Rourke a nd Lory H a rp er traded places behind h i m to H arper' s advantage. Kip Smith spe nt both 125cc Intermedi at e rnotos under th e gu n o f SCOll Ka skel until th e lat er stages wh en he was ab le 10 pull away in th e 250cc I n ter rned ia te class. R o g er Ne th sla m med arou nd J ohn Pall eria a nd Rob ert H a yball fo r the overall win. Melva Lees na iled th e Wom en 's wi n in both rno tos, but Bet h Elwood ca me on strong a nd th reat en ed each m ota. Will Sto ne left th e 250cc B class. behind. Steve Do rsey's 1-2 p u nch p rovided th e 125cc B win Resu lts OPEN EX: 1. Todd Peugh (Han); 2. Dan Lees (Yaml 3. Ron Wehr (Han). 250 EX: 1. Mark Hall (Han); 2. Brett Taylor (Han); 3. M ike Harr is (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Chaun McA list er (s uz); 2. Ja mie Steelsm ith (Hon ); 3 . Han s Kirschner (Hon) . VET EX: 1. Herb Nacht igall (Honl 2. Steve Henry (Kaw ); 3. Randy VanDyke (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Rich M ec ier (Han); 2 . M ik e Doughert y (ATK). 250 INT: t . Roger Neth (Yam); 2. John Palleria (Han); 3. Robert Hayball (Kaw). 1251NT: 1. Kip Smit h ( Hon ~ 2. Scan Kaskel (Han); 3. Erich Kir schner (Hon). _ 80 INT: 1. J ay Skinn er (Yam); 2. A.J . Belcher (Han). VET INT: 1. Bru ce Gar man (KTM ); 2. Don Toussaint (Hon); 3. Myron Davis (Kaw ). WMN : 1. Melva Lees (Yaml; 2. Beth Elw ood (Kawl. . VET B: 1. Bruc e Harr is (KTM I; 2. Lory Harper (Kaw); 3 . Stan Rourke (Han). OPEN B: 1. Mike Gentry (Han). 250 B: 1. Will Stone (Honl; 2. J eff Blakely (Han); 3. Jay Easterday (Yam). 12 5 8 : 1. Steve Dors ey (Hon) ; 2. Danny Fuhr man (Han); 3. J ohn Weaver (Han). SOB: 1. Mike Douglas (Kaw); 2. Chr is Kell y (Kaw ); 3. Aaron Smith (Han). MICRO: 1. M itch Ward (Kaw); 2. Dann y Sm ith (Kaw): 3. Man Ward (Kaw ). Young smokes at .Firebird MX By Michael Ross CHAN DLE R, AZ, FEB. 21 Honda rider Chip Young sco red do ub le rno to wins to clinch th e I25cc Am a teur overa ll victory a t Firebird Raceway. . Ho nda H o use rider T erry McFarla n d led moto o ne with Mickey Sergea nt a nd Young in to w for four of th e seven la ps. Young closed in o n Sergeant an d th en dove to the ins ide of Sergeant a nd McFarland 10 capture first pl a ce. You ng opened up a six seco nd lead a t th e fin ish li ne. With o ne lap 10 go Sergea nt sq uea ked past McFa rland for seco nd. Mot o two was n earl y a replay o f th e fir st m ot o, McFarl and was fastest o ff th e line with Sergeant a nd Young close behind. The running orde r stayed the same until lap three whe n Young forced hi s way past Sergean t a nd in to seco nd. McFarland led until th e whi te flag lap when Young really put o n th e pressure and found an · opening to tak e first within sigh t o f th e fin ish line. Kris Tower tri ed a 250 on for size an d it must have sui ted h im well because he hand ily wo n the first 250cc Novice m o ta over Steve Akers by a huge ma rg in . Mo ta two saw Tower jump in to an ea rly lead a nd pull away , leav in g Gruber wins big on Milwaukee ice By Gordon Lunde MILWAUKEE , WI , FEB . 13-14 . Mark G ruber took three Open Pro wi ns a n d clai me d th e Wimer val Classic Cham pionsh ip for th e fourth time at the Kenosha Motorcycl e Clu b's ice races at Wil son Park . T he . even t was held in co nj u nctio n with the Mi lwa ukee Co u n ty Winterval cele bra tio n. The Winterval Classic p its seven o f th e pros from th e 250cc a nd O pe n classes in a IO-Iap rac e. Bob Ybem a lea ped o ut front th ro u gh la p two wh en Don H err in g got by for a shan time. Gruber gassed it u p at th e en d of lap three an d took the lead. At th e same tim e Don Wa ldb uesser trailed Gruber gelling by Ybem a and Herr in g into seco nd. Er ich Gruber sa w a hole a n d slid in to third a nd tri ed 10 ca tch h is brother. Ma rk p u ll ed away for the win w hi le Waldbuesser a nd Erich' gave cha se an d go t a way fro m th e rest of th e pack with Waldbuesser ho lding on LO ta ke the second p lace tro phy. Ybema jumped mto th e early lead in O pen Pro class aboard th e T orque Cen ter Ro ta x a n d h el d it unti l Gruber flew by on a borrow ed North Shore Racin g Yamaha . Arter he took the lead G ru ber-p ul led away for the win . Ybema a n d Wa lb uesser got into a heated ra ce [or seco nd, passing a nd repassing many tim es. Wal db u esser fi na lly got away 10 tak e th e runnerup spol. Wa lbu esser grabbed 250cc P ro honors on the North Shore Racin g/ C ycl e Craft Ya m ah a ov er Eri ch Gruber and J im Sumner. Grubert was right o n Waldb uesser 's rear all six la ps bu t cou ldn ' t find th e lin e around. Sum ner dropped back with what seemed 10 be a n ill -h andling machine. The Mini 50s were do mi na ted by Brian Wagoner in all th ree races . J esse Kuether a nd Nick H ilker , both Yam aha mo u nted, foll o wed in seco n d a n d third, respecti vel y. Honda rider Ni ck Hernandez wo n th e 60-80cc ra ces, lea vin g T ra cy Honeck and Kye Ybema to settle seco n d. H oneck was th e victor over Kye. Kaner Busse took th e HTIIDenn y's Pizza Yamaha to th e 125-200cc title. In th e final Bu sse got 10' turn one iri third p lace but quickl y pa ssed for th e lead takin g Mik e Peters with him over Steve Giuntol i in third. Peters p us hed hard 10 ge t by but to n o a vail. Peters held on for seco nd, whil e Giun to li sta yed in th ird fo r th e fini sh . Open Am ateur and 250cc Ama teur classes bel onged 10 Cha rlo tte Moser- ick. Da n L uch on led lap one in Open Amateur on the. Southeast Sales H onda 500. Mos etick got by on lap two on th e North Shore Racing/ Cycle Craft Honda and LOok off for the c hecke rs a ll a lo ne. Luchon dropped back with apparent problem s, letting BSA-mounted Mike Lang ta ke over seco nd a head of G ary O akfo rd. The 250cc Am at eur final was another runaw ay by Mo set ick in a n o therwise uneventful race. Resu lts MINI 50 : 1. Brian Wagoner (yam) ; 2. Jesse Kuet her (Yam); 3. Nick Hilker (Yam). 6O-S0: 1. Nick Hernandez (Honl 2. Tracy Honeck (Yaml 3. Kye Ybema (Kaw). 125-200: 1. Kaner Busse (Yam ~ 2. M ike Peters (Kaw ); 3. Steve Giun toli (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Charlone Moset ick (Han); 2. Mike Lang (BSA); 3. Gary Oakford (H· D). 250 AM: 1. Charlone Mo setick (Yam); 2. Tim Ratliff (Yam); 3. Mik e Mayer (Kaw). SR: 1. Ric h Waldbuesser (Yam); 2. Norm Gruber (Rtx); 3. Charles Baruff i (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Don Waldb uesser (Yam); 2. Erich Grube r (Han); 3. Jim Sumner (s uz). OPEN PRO: 1. Mark Gruber(Yam); 2. Don Herri ng (Yam); 3. Bob Ybema (Rtx). W INTERVAL CLASSIC: 1. Mar k Gruber (Yam); • 2 . Don Wa ldbue sser (Hon); 3. Er ich Gr uber (Hon); 4 . Don Herr in g (Yam); 5. Bob Ybema (Rtx). Miller masters Boyd's .Creek HS -By Karen Lyles P IGEON FO RGE, TN, FEB. 21 l)wain Mill er took an ea rly lead on a 250 Kawasak i an d held it 10 th e chec kered flag for th e overa ll victory a t th e Boyd 's Creek H ar e Scrambles sponsored by Volu nteer Rid ers of Knox ville. Mack Stafford led th e rest o f th e 250cc class on a KTM , with M ike To ll iver's Kawa sak i close behin d. J eff Ha rr is, riding a KTM, came ou t o n to p in the 125cc class a fter a ba ttl e to pass Cagiva-mou n ted SCali G rubb. Resul ts O/A: 1. Dwa in M ill er. 250; 1. Mac k Staffo rd; 2. Mik e Tolli ver; 3. Wes ley M iller; 4. TimAkin s; 5. Tony Parker. 125: 1. Jeff Harr is: 2. Scan Grubb; 3. Jo hnny Davis; 4. Scott Hicks; 5. Dewayne Bright . OPEN: 1. Rick Stoffel; 2. John Str ange; 3. Randy Farris; 4 . Larry Radford; 5. Vaughn Smith. 4-STRK: 1. Kevin Townsend; 2. Wayne O'Dell ; 3. Tim Harmon; 4 . Si eve W hit e; 5. Shane Hood. 200: 1. Chris Shortridge; 2. Kelly Smith; 3. Donn ie Smi th ; 4. Randy Ow enby; 5. David Davis. BEG: 1. Phillip Hur st; 2. Tony Lineberger; 3. Grady J ones; 4 . Kevin Hensl ey; 5. Junior Akin. SR: 1. David Alb ert ; 2. Douglas Reese; 3, J ohn Gibson; 4. Eddie Sharp; 5. Ray Seck. Villella tops lake City ST By Dave Hoenig LA KE CITY, FL, FEB. 23 AMRA- Pros ki cked off the ir inaugural season of P ro fessio n al a n d Amateur class d in tra ck races with a 3/ 8-m ile short track a t Lake Ci ty Speedway, where Michigan 's Bryan Vill ell a took hi s Wood-Ro tax to victory in the 600cc Expert class, the la rgest division of th e n ig ht. J ason Fletch er, Kri s Kiser and Ted Boody a lso were class win ners. T en inches o f rain ha d left the high , banked oval a mes , p ushi n g th e day time Amateur program in to ea rly eveni ng. In th e 50cc Am ateur class, J enny Ha yden h eld off Beau Braswell for t he win whil e b roth er Tommy H ayden took th e 65cc class over Charl es Foriterot. Brian Strong passed Ken Coolbeth, Jr. on th e last la p 10 tak e th e 85cc class win. George Pri ce wa s th e easy winner o f th e 125cc Am ateur race over T om DuPom wh o h eld off Brian Strong. The 250cc Amateur fin al was a . duel between Price a nd Larry Pea gr am with P rice co m in g out o n top. Peagram ca me ba ck strong in the 600cc Am ateur cla ss, leading all th e way . Ban Sch m u lbac h powered from midpack to pass Keith Bryant o n th e last lap for seco n d. T he O ver 30 class belonged to David Flow ers af te r he moved by early leader Ken McConnell. ,

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