Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. Keith Ellis (77), Steve Childress (98) and Joe Mato (816) lead the charge of 125cc Amateurs through the first turn at Montrose. Jeff Duckwortti piloted his Yamaha FZ750 to wins in the B Superbike Expert and Open Formula classes at Talladega. MI NI BEG: 1. Bob Sage; 2. Cory Davis: 3. Jimmy O·Neal. 125 NOV: 1. Der ek Meuer; 2. Ryan Carlisle: 3. Tony Selek. 250 NOV: 1. Bill Sauro : 2. Chris Leiker: 3. David Zahn . 500 NOV: 1. Ron Gilben: 2. David Thayer; 3. Scott Nickerson . 125 BEG: 1. Danny Kudrave: 2. Steve Hal e: 3. Adam Watters. 250 BEG: 1. M any Este s: 2. Paul Madigan: 3. Scott Adam s. 500 BEG: 1. J im Al exander; 2. Randy Wysoc ki; 3. Don Ross. VET EX: 1. Ken Zahrt, 2. Joe Brou ssard . VET INT: 1. Ken Dickson; 2. Char lie Strong; 3. Frank Mierau. VET NOV: 1. David Coulcombe; 2. Cun J ames; 3. WJ Bradbu ry. VET BEG: 1. David M innick; 2. Ph il Davy; 3. Jack Rot h. SR EX: 1. Tomm y Pearl; 2. Bob M illner: 3. Raben M inoall . • SR NOV: 1. Raben Li nvi lle; 2. Barry Gordon. SR BEG: 1. Tom Qualls; 2. Terry Rezek; 3. Ed Piazza. 125 PRO: 1. Paul Vlach: 2. Bre nt Shu ry: 3. Rich Truc hinski. ' 125 INT: 1. Shane Tri tt ler; 2. Jeff Barbacovi. 250 PRO: 1. Mike Pascarella: 2. Jo n za hn ; 3. Tim Telf ord. 250 INT: I , Todd Broussard; 2. Tony Qualls: 3 Craig Conaway . Hall hot at Talladega RR By Larry Lawrence 24 TAL LA DE GA, AL , FEB. 28 C ha mp io n . en d u ra n ce racer Ku rt Hall p rov ed th a t he is no slo uc h w hen it comes to sp ri n t ra cing by winn in g fo u r sprin t race fin al s as well as a two h our regi onal . end u ra n ce du ring the WERA Regi onal race weekend at T alladega Grand P!:i x Raceway. Hall took easy wins in C Production, C Superbike, B P roduction a nd A P rodu ct ion rid in g h is Klotz/ Ts u ba ki/ Act ion H onda /Met zel ersponsored Honda 600cc Hurricane. It took first yea r Ex pert J eff Duck worth, rid in g a h orsepower-Iaden ed Yama ha FZ750 Superb ike to sto p Hal l' s win ni ng streak. Hall led the opening lap o f the B Superbike o n his 600cc Hurr icane with Duckworth a nd Tim Ledbetter (G SXR 750) in hot pursuit. Ha ll and Duckwort h put so me di stance o n Ledbett er who was now battling for third with Novice Suzuki rider Steve Smith. Hall 's Hurricane was we ll sui ted for th e tight 1.3-m ile circ ui t ena b ling h im to brake later th an Duckworth for the co m ers. Du ckworth rode well, however, and stayed within striki n g distance of Hall. On th e fifth lap Duckworth ro cketed past Hall on the sh ort back straight to put hi s Yamaha in the lead. Hall outbraked Duckworth once more to regain the lead but th e Yamaha 's power advan tage was too much an d Duckw orth went on to win his fir st Expert ra ce. Duckworth beat Hall again in the new Open Formula class (com bin in g last year's A Superbike and Formula One classes) th is time winnin g $70 in p rize m oney from WERA. Acti on H onda of Marietta, G eorgi a , is a wardin g gift cert ifica tes in . a ll So utheast Regi on C Product ion and C Superbike races th is year. H all took home two $75 cert ifica tes for h is wi ns in th ose cla sses. Crai g Ren ck a nd Mike G ar dner wo n in the Novice races . Hall ro de th e entire two hour regi onal end urance by himself on Sa turday in prep aratio n for his first a tte m p t to ride th e Da yto na 200 th e follow ing weekend. " Win n ing th ese races give m e a lot of confidence going into Dayto na ," sa id Ha ll. " I felt good a fter two hours here so I should be ready for Dayto na." Steve Smith was th e class of the Novice fie ld wi n ning three ra ces o n th e d a y r id ing a self-spo nsored GSXR750 out of Sava n nah, Georgia. Results A PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Suz); 2. Georg e Fox (Suz); 3. Gene Burcham (Suz). A PROD NOV: 1. Stev e Smith (Suzl: 2. Ken Mcintyre (Suz): 3. Ron Hite (Suz). B PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Han): 2. George Fox (Suz): 3. Tim Ledbetter (Suzl. B PROD NOV: 1. Steve Smit h (Suz); 2. Ron Hit e (Suzl; 3. Ken Mcintyre (Suz). C PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Han): 2. Kurt Hall (Han): 3. David Harman (Suz). C PROD NOV: 1. Craig Renck (Han): 2. M ark Mitchell (Han): 3. Mike Gardner (Han). D PROD EX: 1. Jeff Reeves (Yam): 2. St eve Mathews (Yam); 3. Jason Lusring (Yam). .. PROD NOV: 1. William Gray: 2. Jo e Benton . (Kaw); 3. W illiam Quinn (Yam). B S/BK EX: 1. Jeff Duckw onh (Yam); 2. Kun Hall ; 3. Tim Ledbett er {Suz). B S/BK NOV: 1. Steve Smith (Suz); 2. Ron Hite (Suz); 3. Ken Mcintyre (Suz). S/BK EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Han): 2. David Harm an (Suz); 3. Ned Han (Suz). C S/BK NOV: 1. Mike Gardn er (Han): 2. Bo Shupt rine (Yam); 3. Craig Renck (Han). o S/BK EX: 1. Chr is Spence r (Yam ); 2. Jeff Reeves (Yam): 3. Steve Mathews (Yam). o S/BK NOV: 1. J immy Yarbrough (Yam); 2. Rob Farkas (Yam); 3. William Quinn (Yam). OPEN F: 1. Jeff Duckwonh (Yam); 2. Kun Hall (Han): 3. David Probst (Suz). F-2 EX: 1. Kar l Savolaine n (Han); 2. Chris Spencer (Yam); 3. Jeff Reeves (Yam). F-2 NOV: 1. J immy Yarbrough (Yam); 2. W ill iam Gray (Yam); 3. Rob Farkas (Yam). VINT 2: 1. Don Scott (Tr i): 2. Ron Raven. VINT 3: 1. Paul W right (M G). CLBMN EX: 1. J im East (Kaw) ; 2. Mi chael Grisson (Honl . CLBMN NOV: 1. Paul Wr ight (M G); 2. Bobby Buee; 3. Dan Gill espie (Yam). o Silvarole sails to Montrose MX win By Dot & Hurley Short RAEFORD, NC, MAR. 20 Kawasaki-mounted Bill y Silvaro le , took th e overall win in th e 125cc Amateur.class at th e final race of th e 5th Annual Carolina Winter Series a t Montrose SEMX. In th e firs t mota Brad Proctor o n a Yamaha sponsored by Yamaha o f L umberton grabbed. th e h oleshot, followed by Steve Childress o n a Kawasaki, Jim Neese on a Suzuki a nd Vicki Reynolds o n a Yamaha. Childress to ok over first pl ace o n th e first lap, while Neese held on to seco nd spot, wit h PrOClOr d oing battle with him for p osition. P ro ctor ca me home the winner. In th e seco n d mota Childress took th e pol e but Silvarole won th is moto and took home th e ove ra ll tro phy for th e da y. Ji mmy J ohnson , on a Meridi an H on d a o f Fayettevi lle-s po nsored Honda, dom ina ted th e 250cc Amateur class wh en he pulled th e h oleshot a nd took th e wi ns in bo th m otos. In the seco nd mot a Chad Lough on a Su zu ki was in close pursuit of th e leader, followed by P ro cto r a n d Kevin Aus tin o n a Suzuki, ma king for a lo t o f exci teme n t. Darrell Bell, a board a H onda , was the do mi nant force in th e Senior class , p u ll ing th e hol esh o t in bo th rnotos a nd finish in g first a nd seco nd for first overall. In th e first mota, Bell held on to th e lea d u nti l Timmy Wal ker o n a Yamaha overtook h im, bu t it was a short lead for Walker as he reli n q u ished it w hen h e took a spi ll. Bell th en took a co mman di ng lead with no one even clos e. Results P/W: 1. J effery Donaldson (KX); 2. Brent Lough (Kaw ); 3. Kevi n Bean (Kawl; 4. Jonathan Hayes (Han). . JR MINI : 1. Danny Rich (Han): 2. Brad Boyd (Yam); 3. Brent Lough (Suz): 4. Chris Carl son (Suz). SR MINI : 1. Jim Neese (Suz): 2. Rusty Coleman (Yam ): 3. Donald Schmidt (Kaw); 4 . Troy Brewer (Kaw) . S/MINI: 1. Billy Silva rol e (Kaw): 2. Lee Wal ston (Han); 3. Troy Brewer (Kaw); 4 . Bad Brad Boyd (Yam). NOV; 1. Brian Bradn er (Yam); 2. John M err itt (Yam): 3. Douglas Cumbo (Hon ~ 4 . David Carr (Yam). 12 5 AM: 1. Billy Silvarol e (Kaw): 2. Brad Procto r (Yam); 3. Mato-Joe (Han); 4. J im Neese (Suz). SR: 1. Darr ell Bell (Honl ; 2. Doug Hightower (Han); 3. Timmy W alker (Yam): 4 . SlOan English (Han). 250 AM : 1. J immy Jo hnson (Han); 2. Chad Lough (Suz): 3. Brad Procto r (Yam); 4 . Kevin Aust in (Suz). OPEN AM : 1. Kevin Austin (Hon); 2. Dean Herr in (Hon); 3. Ricky Gardner (Hon); 4. Scon Sn ell ings (Han). S/SR: 1. Ed Donaldson (KX): 2. M arc Minor (Suz). PRO: 1. J im Chest er(Suz): 2. Kevin Wa lker (Yam); 3. Steve Childress (Kaw): 4. Lance Eubank (Kaw) . O/A SERIES PIW: 1. Kevin Bean (Kaw); 2. Jeffery Donaldson (KX); 3. Brent Lough (Kaw ): 4 . Glenn Cary (KX); 5. Ashl ey Bruce (Kaw) . JR M INI: 1. Danny Rich (Han): 2. Brad Boyd (Yam): 3. Jason Baldwin (Yam); 4 . Chr is Carlson (Suz); 5. Bobby Honeycutt (Yam ). SR MIN I: 1. Rusty Coleman (Yam): 2. W es Cane (Han); 3. Dale Hill (Yam); 4. Jim Neese (Suz): 5. Kev in Simpson (Kaw) . S/M INI: 1. Rusty Coleman (Yam): 2. Jason ' Baldwin (Yam): 3. Chris Sell ers (KX): 4. Brad Boyd (Yam): 5. Donald Schmidt (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. Brad Proctor (Yam); 2. Scott Riggs (Yam); 3. Tony Cama ioni (Yam): 4 . Jim Neese (Suz); 5. Matthew Hendrix (Yaml . . NOV: 1. Brian Bradner (Yam): 2. Douglas Cumbo (Han); 3. David Carr (Yam); 4. Lee Manin; 5. Richard Burton (Han). SR: 1. Darrell Bell (Han): 2. Vick i Reynolds (Yam); 3. Stuart English (Han): 4. Junior Bryant (Yam); 5. Steve Genter (Han). S/SR : 1. Ed Doneldscn (KX); 2. Mike LoPicolo (Han): 3. Marc Minor (Suz): 4. Darrell Hilliard: 5. M ike Cotten . 250 AM : 1. Brad Proctor (Yam); 2. J immy Johnson (Han); 3. Chad Lough (Suz): 4. Steve Thompson (Han): 5. Steve Eberly (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. Ricky Gardner (Han): 2. Darrell Bell (Han); 3. Scott Snellings (Han): 4. Craig Waiters ' (Han); 5. Andy Williams. . PRO: 1. Kevin Walker(Yam); 2. Ricky Joyc e (Han): 3. Van Gibson (Yam); 4. Kirk Johnson (Yam): 5. Philip Sheets (Han). Surratt soars at Glen Helen MX By David Procida SAN BERNARDINO, CA, MAR. 20 Willie Su rratt took th e overa ll win today in the 250cc Pro class a t Gl en H elen Raceway, bu t had to work for it as a determined Kenny Zahrt kept h im hone st. Zahrt pulled th e hol esh ot with Surratt, Bob Kline a n d T im T elfo rd close beh in d . Surra tt immedi ately began ' pressuri ng Zahrt a nd th e two riders began to p ull a way fro m th e res t of the class. Surratt attem p ted to p ut a pass o n Zahrt with every co rn er th ey e n tered wi th Za hrt hol ding h im off successfu lly everytim e. On the fourth la p Zahri lost th e fro n t end of h is Honda in a corn er, fell over o nto Surra tt a nd bo th rid ers went down with Klin e goi ng to th e o utside a nd into the lead. Sur ratt was up qu ickl y, . restarted a nd in pursui t o f th e leader. Within two la ps Surratt had ca ugh t a nd p assed Kline for th e lead and rn oto win with Kline taking seco nd a nd T elford in third. Mot o two was a runawa y for Surra tt wi th Zahrt running in second h oldin g Kline a t ba y. The runn ing orde r staye d intact th e wh ol e race and Surratt took the overall win with a perfect I-I score, while Kline went 2-3 for seco n d pl ace money. Zah rt ro u nded out th e top three pl aces with a 4-2 day. I n 25 0cc In te rm ediate act io n Bubba Eri ckso n made a n impressive showing by running away wi th both m ote s as Scott Mu rph y pla yed bridesmaid . In 125cc Intermedi ate ac tio n Dan Barnett bu t h is FMF Su zu ki into the wi n ne rs circle by swa p p ing m oto wins with SC R/JT pilot Steve Phillips. Barnett made the seco nd mo ta cri tica l wi n hi s for the overa ll as PVK 's Scott Stra ngio ro u nded out the to p three slots. A good showing of O pen Intermedi ates made for so me excitin g ac tion as G eorge Andrews took th e overall with a 1-3 da y. Ron Gilbert placed seco nd with a 3-2 score and Tom Webb received third aft er taking a seco n d mot a win. Lori H edstrom, ridin g h er pink fram ed /red e n g i ned Mission Yamaha YZ250, d ominated the Women's Intermediate class while Jeanette Howell an d Val eri e Roberts dueled for the Women 's Novice class win. Roberts got th e drop on Howell on th e open in g lap of th e first moto and held h er off for seven of the race's eight laps before being passed a few comers from th e checkered flag. In

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