Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ R w N W a ~. a: > a: a: w t> ,- :I: U a: :::> :I: u w ~ ::E > '" 0 t- '" o t0 :I: e, 0 :I: c, 00 00 O"l ,....; '" ~ ,....; ..- .~ l-I a. ~ Kenny Zahrt (43) chases 250cc Pro winner Tim Telford during first-moto action at Los Angeles County Raceway. whi le ' thi rd went to H onda rid er Bru ce H iggins th is tim e. H onda-mounted Brad Townse nd jammed to th e front of the 500cc ' Nov ice Division T wo pack in the fir st m o w . H e was follow ed by H onda-m ounted Steve Mira~h i a nd Doug J ohnson. Things rem ained th e sa me until th e thi rd lap wh en Townse nd pitch ed his lead a way off a jump a nd remounted in fifth. Miraghi in herite d th e lead and held it to th e fin ish over Joh nson a nd H onda rider Mark Howard. In th e second mo to Mirag h i j umped into the lead and was followed by H oward , Kawasa ki ri der Da nny Jones and J ohnso n. T he race stay ed in th a t order un til the th ird lap whe n Mira gh i fell off the pace and began to dro p back. Howard wok th e lead , Miragh i was able to stay in second and th ird was being handled by J ohnson. Fourth pl ace was controlled by Kawasak i rider J ones , while fifth pl ace was in the han ds of Townse nd. As the wh ite flag appeared Howard was able to hold o n to th e lead a nd took the win , but J ohnson had mad e th e move in to second a nd J ones was also able to leap ahea d of Miragh i a nd stay in th e number three spot. T he top three riders fin ished in th a t order. Kawasaki-mounted Alan Loredo nail ed th e Iirst-moto hol esh o t in th e Vet Novice class and was trailed by Suzuk i-mou nted T erry Huffer for the beginn in g of the first lap until th e lo ng downhill where Huffer simp ly out-bra ked Lor edo and took 'the lead . Loredo gave chase but just cou ldn' t keep th e pace a nd .settled into second. Third pl ace chores were being handled by Honda-m ounted Steve Wi ttingham as his posit ion went uncontested. The top three positions stayed th e same for . the entire moto. The second mot a saw Huffer o nce aga in take the lead a nd pull away from Yamaha rider Mark Bergqvist a nd Loredo . No one was able to reduce Huffer's lead, and he easily took th e win. Loredo was on th e move a nd charged for three laps to ca tch a nd pass Bergqvist , but BergqV retaliated on the last lap to secure ISt th e second spo t. Results 125 NOV 0-1 : 1. Pat Gomm (Hon); 2. Jason Gibson (Hon ); 3. Mike Heth (Hon); 4. Mark Kerl ing ; 5. Dartn Channel (Kaw). 125 NOV 0 -2 : 1. Steve Bonita (Hon): 2. Kevin McGrath (Hon); 3 . Ralph Davis (Yam); 4 . Rob Gonzales (Hon); 5. Dan McCann (Hon). 1251NT: 1. Chr is Neal (Kaw) ; 2. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 3. Tony McGrath (Hon); 4. Eddie Reed (Kaw); 5. Dale Rayzor (Hon). . 125 EX: 1. Patrick Bennen (Kaw); 2. Willie Miller (Kaw) . 250 NOV 0-1 : 1. Monty Ownbey (Kaw); 2. Bill Fernandez (Suz); 3. Bruce Higgins (Hon); 4. Doug Johnson (Kaw); 5. Randy Jones (Suz). 250 NOV 0 -2 : 1. Guy Johnson: 2. Br ittain Burlingame (Kaw); 3 . Ronnie Lee (Kaw); 4. Pote . Hamel; 5. John Quinones (Hon) . 250 INT: 1. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 2. Tony McGrath (Hon); 3 . Eddie Reed (Kaw); 4 . Perr in Perez (Hon) ' • 5. Grant Michaelson (Hon). 250 EX: 1. Tall on Vohland (Kaw); 2. Robbie Hadlock; 3 . Jim Robertson (Hon); 4. Shawn Freiling (Kaw); 5. Steve Edwards. OPEN NOV 0 -1 : 1. Sam Foord (Hon); 2. John Gulyas (Hon); 3 . Bob Shield (Hon); 4. Karl Seitsell (Hon); 5. D. McNally. OPEN NOV 0-2: 1. Mark Howard (Hon); 2. Doug Johnson; 3. Steve M iraghi (Hon); 4 . Danny Jonas (Kaw) ; 5 . Bred Townsend (Hon) . OPEN INT: 1. JJ Taylor (Hon); 2. Rick Lutz (Kaw)' 3 . Grant Michaelson; 4. Randy Champman (Kaw)~ 5 . Joel Chri stianson. ' OPEN EX: 1. Sean Conley (Kaw); 2. Dave Montgomery (Hon); 3 . M . Gallagher. VET NOV: 1. Tarry Huffar (Suz); 2. Alan Loredo (Kaw); 3 . Mike Geney (Hon); 4 . Stev e W ittingham (Hon); 5. Mark Bergqvist (Vam). VET JR : 1. Steve Henry; 2. Cun Biro ; 3 . Jeff Herndon (Ma i); 4 . David Ma ss (y am); 5 . J ohn Swan. VET SR: 1. Mike Pre ston (Kaw) ; 2. Bill Jamer son (Hon); 3 . Kinney Jones (501 ); 4. Russ Dale y (Kaw); 5 . Duan e Scott (Vam). SR: 1. Russ Powell (KTM); 2. Jim Lamkin (Hon); 3 . Terry Sage (Vam); 4 . Rich Schillin g (Hon); 5 . Rob Forti er (Hon). SR NOV: 1. Earl Rempfer (Vam); 2. Kun Sofk a (Su~); 3. Sam Engli sh (Hon); 4 . Vern Wood (Kaw ); 5 . JIm Dent (C·Z). SR JR : 1. Van DePiero (Hon); 2. W ayne Cornelius (Kaw); 3 . Bill Green (ATK); 4. Jim Boyd (Vam); 5. Fred Cameron (KTM) . Telford tames LACRMX By Terry Rezek PALMDALE, CA, MAR. 27 Tim Telford bl ew away the com pelilian 10 the Pro class a t th e Cal ifornia Racin g Club Motocro ss a t L.A. Coun ty Raceway. T he Pros elec ted to run as one class, rega rdl ess of bike size. T elford go t a good first mo w start a nd ente red turn one and lap o ne with th e lead a nd Kenny Zahrt hot o n hi s tail. Telford led all the way, despite cha llenges by Zahrt in th e fir st half of th e rno to and Pau l Vlach in th e second half. Vlach made a major .try for the lead o n th e last la p but T elford held firm and took th e win by a length. . Zahrt go t th e holeshot in mo ta two and Telford was a very close second off the line. They cont in ued th at way for five laps wh en Zah rt dropped o ut, momentarily slowing T elford. Eri ck Hilton, who had finished th ird in rnoto one, sho t by fo r th e lead. T elford realized th at all he had to do was stay where he was, keep ing Vlach behind him, and he had the overall win. H e was carefu l to do j ust that a n d finished m oto two in second, earn ing overa ll fir st pl ace cash . T elford leads th e Pro class in po ints by suc h a large margin th at he ma y well be on his way to th e number one pl ace in hi s rookie year. T ony Quall s took both holesh ots and ro mped wire-to-wire for two easy wins in the 250cc Interm ediate cla ss. David Rosen had started both motos right beh ind Qualls but ga ve way to Mike Fowler, who took second in both mOlOS for second overa ll. . All the Interm ediat es rode together and the only rider to catch and pass Qualls was 125cc Intermedi at e J eff Thi rd ' place f i!,isher Dl!vid Clyde (44) leads second plac e finishers Advanced RaCing (199) In Road Atlanta endurance racing action. . Barbacovi. Barbacovi was beat off th e line i~ both motos by Duane Benner, but 10 the first mota Barbacovi di sposed of th e 125cc Intermediat e class by lap two and set out after th e 250s. By lap four, he was leading and cruised on for th e mow win. Mota two was a virtual repeat, excep t that Barbacovi took th e lead on lap two and fini sh ed th e mota miles ahead o f the seco n d pl ace 125cc In termediat e: Results BOBEG: 1. Jason Behm (Kawl; 2. Jeff Bluff (Kaw) ; 3. Chad Ban (Yam); 4. Scott Johnson (Kaw) ; 5. Marc Lipp ert (Suz). 80 INT: 1. Je sse J ames (Suz). SR BEG: 1. Gene Demps ey (Hon); 2. Dal Calais (Kaw ); 3 . Terry Rezek (Suz). SR EX: 1. Jim O'Neal (Honl . VET INT: 1. Kenny Millsaps (Hon); 2. Frank M ir eau (Hon); 3 . Char lie Strong (Hon); 4. Cun Jam es (Kaw); 5 . Randy C. Anderson (Kaw). VET EX: 1. Jo el Harriott (Kaw) . WMN NOV: 1. Kathy Jo Ehrp (Hon); 2. Sheila Moretz (Kaw); 3 . Joy Ames (Han) ; 4 . Dore en St evenson (Han): S. Chriss i Smith (Kaw). WMN INT: 1. Tina Zaht (Hon). WMN EX: 1: ,Li. a Peterson (Han); 2. Mindy Smith s (kaw) ; 3: Tami Rice ISuz); 4 . Brenda Conner (Suz); 5. Bonnie W arch (Suz). 125 BEG : 1. Scott Pekarek (SUl); 2. Lary Camomil e (Hon); 3 . Jason Melton (Kaw); 4. Adam Watters (Kaw); 5. Clarence Abbott (Hon). 12 5 NOV : 1. Ear l Watter s (Kaw); 2. Josh McRobens (Vam); 3 . Lence Levitt (Hon); 4. Gary Br inkmeyer (Vam); 5 . Jon Hughlett (Vam ). 12 5 INT: 1. J eff Barb acov i (Vam); 2. Duan e Benner (Yam ). . 250 BEG: 1. J erry Ewing (Kaw); 2. Nick Santana (Hon); 3. M ichael Schwake (Hon); 4 . M icha el Lucero (Hon); 5. Rul ie Lybarger (Vam). 250 NOV; 1. Adam Pontious; 2. Eric Samson; 3. Jim Whitt (Vam); 4. Denn is Jaramillo (Hon); 5. Todd Peter sen (Vam). 250 INT: 1. Tony Qualls (Vam); 2. M ike Fowler (Vam ); 3 . David Rosen (Hon); 4. Scott Murphy(Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Roben Esparza (Hon) . 500 NOV: 1. Greg Atkinson (Hon ); 2. Rusty Hannah (Honl ; 3 . J ack Kell (Varni . 500 INT: 1. David Aloisio (Hon); 2. Geroge Andrews (Hon). PRO: 1. Tim Telford; 2. Erick Hil ton (Vam); 3. Paul Vlach (Hon); 4. Rich Truchinski (Vam); 5. Jo nny Zahn. Russell rolls at Road Atlanta RR By Bob Applegate BRASELTON , G A, MAR. 26-27 J onesboro , Geor gia 's Scott Russell was the star of the weekend's AMA/ CCS roa d race meet a t Ro ad Atlanta. Russell team ed up with New Englander Dave Sad owski and the pair rode Solrnax Ra cing's Suzuki to victory in a four-hour en d ura nce race on Saturday , and o n Sunday Russell won t!Je Unlimited, H eavyweight and MIddl eweight Supersport sprint races. For hi s efforts in th e Suzuki Cu p Series sprint races, Russell pocketed .$2100. In the end urance race, Sol max jumped o ut to an early lead and diced with U.S. End ura nce Champions Team Lo ckhart. Lockhart sp ent the r~ce testing tires and eq uipment with nder s Dal e Quarterly a n d Doug Bra uneck taking turns on th e Keith Perry-tuned Suzuki. Solmax held th e lead until th ey made a len gthy p it stop for fuel lengt hy because th ey refu eled witho u t a quick-fill system . Florida's Never Ready Racing took over up front a nd d ism issed their intentions of usin g th e race as a practice session. NeverRead y held th e lead for quite a while but . Sol max overtoo k th e Never Ready 'Su zu ki by cutting consistent I minute, 34 second laps. Sh ortly after th ey relinquished th e lead, Never Ready's impressive perform an ce ca me to a n end wh en Pat Curran cras hed. "I was co ming up to the bridge a nd it felt lik e it wa s lock ing up so I pulled in the clutch. Being a n o ld two-strok e rider, I let it back o ut after a second or two and th e rear just slid o ut a nd I. was go ne, " sa id Curran , who sus tamed a bro ken wrist in his trip off th e track a nd o nto th e red Georgia clay: Wh en the checkered flag fell it was th e Vi c Fasol a-tuned Su zu ki o f Solmax Racin g in front, In winning, Sol max became th e -fir st end ura nce team to score both National and. " regio nal" end ura nce race wins in th e young 'SS seaso n. Seco nd went to th e Yamah a of Adva nced Racing with th e T eam Tylt;r Suzu ki th ird. Team Ty ler 's Da VId Cl yde turned in a n iron man performance by riding th e entire event solo. T he GTU class win went to Daytona winners Cycle Connecti on Racing and their H onda. Cycle Connection fin ish ed fifth overa ll. While Ru ssell 's four wins over th e wee~end .earn ed him top billing, NOVICe MIke Bonn logg ed three wins in Sunday' s spri nt program. T he young Florida rider won 't rem ain a Novice for long a t th e rat e he racks up wms. J ohn Ashmead , Cam Roo s a nd Mike Smith also had reason to smi le as th ey eac h came out on to p in two cla sses. Result s ENDUR O /A : 1. Solmax Racing (Suz); 2. Advanced Racing (Vam); 3. Team Tyler (Suz); 4. Cycle Motion (Suz~; 5. Cycle Connection Racing (Hon); 6. Taam Ohl.o (Hon); 7. Rose Photo (Vam); 8 . Never Ready RaCing (Suz); 9 . Weekend Warriors (Suz); 10 . M inor Racing (Hon). ENDUR GTO: 1. Solmax Racing ; 2. Advanced RaCing; 3 . Team Tyler; 4 . Cycle Motion; 5 . Never Raady Racing . ENDUR. GTU: 1. Cycle Connection Racing; 2. Team Oh.lo; 3 . Rose Photo; 4. Minor Racing; 5 . J&M RaCIng (Hon ). LIW GP EX: 1. Cam Roos (Vam); 2. Cliff Bigony (Yam); 3. Mike Smi th (Vam). U/L GP: 1. John Ashmaad (Hon ); 2. Mark Chin (Yam); 3. M ike Smith (Hon). U/L 55: 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2. Mike Hanh (Suz); 3 . Paul Bray (Suz). L/W S/BK EX: 1. Mike Smith (Vam); 2. Bill Kranenberg (Suz); 3 . Stan Dilcher (Kaw) . LIW S/BK NOV: 1. Jimmy Varb orough (Vam); 2. Mark See (Kaw); 3 . William Gray (Yam). H/W 55 NOV : 1. John Costa (Suz); 2. Roger M,nor (Hon); 3 . Roben Bradley II (Suz). H/W 55 EX: 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2. Jamie James (Suz); 3 . Mike Hanh (Suz). S IT EX: 1. Brad Joyce (Cag); 2. James Stewan (Nor); 3. Frank Schockly (Duc). SIT NOV : 1.. James Emory (Duc); 2. Russel Quanerman (Duc); 3. Mike Tiberio (MG) . M /W S/BK NOV: 1. Mike Bonn (Hon); 2. Bubba Blackwell (Hon); 3. Donald Panon (Hon). MIW S/BK EX: 1. Mike Smith (Hon); 2. Cam Roes (Hon); 3 . David Clyde (Hon). MIW GP NOV: 1. Mike Bonn (Hon); 2. Donald Banon (Hon); 3 . Roger Minor (Hon).

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