Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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SIZES: KIDS 2 ·4 - 6 8 ·10·1 2 Ad ult sizes avai lable. J R M INI: 1. Jason Greir (SU1); 2. Danny Haynes (Kaw): 3 . Bru ce Pinson (Kaw). SR MINI: 1. Jonat hon Blain (Kaw ); 2. Danny Haynes (Kaw); 3. Br uce Pinson (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Kevin Cozedd (Kaw); 2. Jason Dunlap (Hon): 3 . Dirac Barbee (Hon). 125 B: 1. Lonnie Brown (Hon): 2. Rick Chance (Hon): 3 . Kim Tomlin (Vam). 250 C: 1. Jeff Hartkoff (Kaw): 2. Je ff Wa ites (Kaw ); 3 . Kenny Stinson (Hon). 250 B: 1. Brian Roberson (Kaw): 2. Lynn Hicks (Hon); 3. Jeff Shealey (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Lynn Hicks (Hon); 2. David Armstrong (Kaw ); 3. Thorn Willimson (KTM ). . ENDR: 1. Stanley Burt (Kaw~ 2. Marty W illiams (Kawl; 3. Rodney Scon (Kaw) . SR MEN : 1. Greg Cole (Kaw ); 2. Jon Blain ( Ka w~ 3 . James Barton (Kaw) . Stanley smokes KentuckyMX By James Allen EASTERN, KY, MAR. 20 Yamah~ rider Brian Stanley jumped to a quick lead wh en he cleared the t~il?l es and rode £l aw lessly for I-I finishes and the overall win in the 250cc Expert class at East ern Kentucky MX. Chuckie Drake took the win over Barry Gardener by a bike in the 1213 year-old 80cc class. Gardener . pushed it in the two motos but wasn't able to put Drake away. Honda of Prestonsburg's Barron Allen took both motos in the 125cc B class. Allen went into the first turn with five bikes side-by- side , took over on the tabl etop, and had easy sailing, Kawasaki rider Rod Foley had hIS hands full with KTM-mounted Dennis Blevins. Blevins had bad lu ck on th e off-camber, and gave up th e battle to Foley, who finished seco nd o verall. Res ults 250 B: 1. Do ug Mohr (Kaw) ; 2. Tony Billard ( Ka w~ 3 . MIke Howard (Kaw)); 4 . Ron Likens (Suz); 5 . Tom Butcher (KTM ). 125 B: 1. Barr on Allen (Hon): 2. Rod Foley (Kaw~ 3 . Roger4 Boggs (SU1): 4 . Andy Rayburn (Kaw )' 5. Dennis Blevins (KTM ). • 125 C: 1. Tommy D. Goct in (Hon t 2. JeH Hardin (Hon); 3 . John Davis (Kaw): 4. Wade Wallen (Hon) ' 5. Tod MurTy (Yam). . • BOJR : 1. Chuck ie Drake (Kaw); 2. Barry Gardener (Kaw) : 3. M Ile Cook (Kaw); 4. Jon Allen (Hon); 5 . Ryan Outen (Suz). BO SR: 1. Shawn Ehahart (SU1~ 2. Keven Kuhn (Kawl; 3. Mike Lynch (Hon); 4. Todd Hays (Yam)' 5 . Dale Ford (Hon). ~ . 250 EX: 1. Br ian Stanley (VarnI; 2. Steve Drake (Kaw): 3. Todd Baisden (Hon) . ENDR: 1. Orv ie Stump (C·A): 2. Jon Bowling (Hon). SR: 1. Gary Baisden (KTM ); 2. Ron Likens (SU1)' 3. Paul Wans (Hon) . . ' OPEN B: 1. Harvey Whitiker ( H o n~ 2. Gary Bent ley (Hon); 3 . Kenny Dunn (Kaw) . ALSO A VAILABLE: PIT KIT Colton pants and short slee ve T-shirts. Sam e quality gra phics - padding - sizes. AnRACTIVELY PRICEDIN STOCK NOWI A ilable at J1IlIr Dealer. n Dealers Please Can: USA (800) 284-TIRE CA (818) 898-1402 ~ Cycle News readers- ~ ~ the first to know! ~ 58 McDonnells top Lodi Scrambles By Mikki McBride i.onr, CA, MAR . 20 The Lodi Cycle Bowl opened its 1988 race season with Mike McDonnell and Daniel Mcponnell each taking class w ms In toda y' s rough scra mbles. . The 250cc Junior/Expert cla ss started with Expert Mike McDon· ~ell , on a Kawasak i, tak in g th e lead In the heat and holding h is position all the way. In th e main , he again grabbed th e holeshot with Junior Suzuki rider William Arbogast holding th e second spot. Arbogast was pushed hard all th e way by Expert Danny Ca hoon, on a Yam aha Iol low~d by Junior T im Selby' and JUni or Paul Polhemus in fourth and fifth o n Kawasaki s. . Th.e 500cc Open Expert class cam e , In with a whopping 22 rid ers with th ree heat s and two semis before th eir main event . Two rid ers from eac h heat went dir ectl y to th e main event to form the front row and three rid ers from each semi fo rmed the back row of th e 12 man race. Daniel McDonnell rode hi s Kawa saki into first off th e lin e and held his po sition at th e checkered £lag. Everyon e else kept changi ng pl aces back an d forth. John T av is and Alan McG eh ee battled hard for second while Frank Nye drove hard on both of th em fin all y managing to overtake McG e- hee at the white flag for third. Kawasaki-mounted Bobby McDowell did a great job of working his way up from a back row start to slide into th e fifth position which he held for eight laps. During th e eigh th lap, Dave Bostrom overtook McDow ell on th e " S" curve in the infield to grab fifth. The yet Expe rts pu t o n a great show .....ith two heats. Yam aha nder J ohn T avis, Jr. came off the lin e for the first heat to gra b th e insi de lin e with Frank Nye right behind him. The seco nd h eat ca ug h t Alan McGeh ee driving his KTM into the hole, while Dave Bostrom rode his ATK hard trying to catch him. The main event was a different story th ough. Bostrom was off the line lik e a sho t, catc h ing the holeshot and slo.wly . ext ending his lead by about SIX bike lengths by the time the check ered £lag was thrown. Yamaha rider Allen Yarrow was second with Nye pushing hard on hIS back wheel. TaVIS almost lost it in the infield halfway through the race and dropped back to fourth wit h McGehee coming in a close fifth. Results 60 NOV/JR: 1. R. Gabhart (Kaw); 2. Blane Willis 3 . J ohn N. Dawson (Kaw~ 4. Aaron Gayle (Kaw). BD NOV: 1. Eric Bost rom (Hon); 2. J ust in A . Ownbey (Hon): 3. Steven Hlebo (SU1). BD JR /EX: 1. Ben Bostrom (Ho n~ 2 Manhew Wait (Kaw); 3 . Nathan Wai t (Kaw); 4. Herbert w. Callen, III (Hon); 5. Cory A. Varrow (Vam). VET NOV/ JR: 1. John Madrid (Suz); 2. Raben Stein hauer ( Hon~ 3. Pet er Crunenden ( DMS~ 4 Gary M ilewski (Yam~ 5 . Don N. Shipley (Hon). . VET EX: 1. Dave Bostrom (ATK~ 2. Allen Varrow (Yam); 3 . Frank E. Nye (Yamt 4. John ' A . Tavis , Jr. (Yam); 5. Alan McGehee (KTM). 125/200 NOV: 1. Monty W . Ownbey (Kaw~ 2. Man Cranford (Hon ); 3 . Marc Wemyss ( Su~ 4 . Manhew Walt (Kaw); 5. Debbie Anderson ( Suz~ 250 NOV: 1. Month Ownbey (Kaw); 2. Michael D. Anderson (Hon~ 3 . Neil J . Clifton (Hon~ 4. Timothy W . Navarro (C-A ); 5. William J . Kirk (Hon~ 250JR/EX; 1. M ike McDonnell (Kaw~ 2. William G. Arbogast(Suz~ 3. Danny Cahoon (Yam~ 4. Tim Selby (Kaw); 5. Paul L Polhemus (Kaw) . 500 OPEN NOV: 1. David Sanchel(Hon): 2. Frank Acosta (Hon); 3 . Timothy Snyder (Yam); 4. Don M. . ShIpley (Hon); 5 . A . Secn Bricker (Hon). 500 OPEN JR : 1. Sherman Gresham (Hon)' 2 Gary Milewski (Vam~ 3. Jeff Elgersma (Yami 4 : Stan NOrriS (Hon): 5. Ronald L Knight (Suz). 500 OPEN EX; 1. Dan iel P. McDonnell (Kaw)· 2. John A . Tavis. Jr. (Yam~ 3 . Frank E Nye (Yam): 4. Alan McGehee (KTM); 5. Dave Bost;om (ATKI . ' (Hon~ Fischer on the gas at Haspin HS By Mike Nichols LAU REL, IN , MAR. 20 Ted Fischer turn ed on hi s Yamaha 250 to win the Haspin Acres Hare Scr amb le. Fischer was wheel-tow~eel with A.J. Spicer and Paul MIChels throughout most of the race. Michels hit his ankle on a rock and went out of th e race with a possible fracture while Spicer, riding his ATK for the first time, fell victim to a lack of octane in th e closing minutes. An other front-runner was Honda: mounted Mark Mehuron but he lost his chec k tag and was disq ualified yet wen t o n to race with Fischer throughout th e two-hour race: In th e 200cc clas s it was William West taking th e honors. West led his class th e en tire race but had Dave Al sip a n d Mike Ni ch ols seco n d behind him. Both Alsip and Nichols rod e hard a nd fast but neith er could o verco me West's pace. The top finish ers went 60 miles ov.er th e two-hour spa n . The four mile co urse was fast with a few nightmares that took th eir toll on on ly a few rid ers. Results ~ 25 : 1. Steve Schoenberger; 2. Bobby Knav; 3. Brian Pence; ,4: Brad On; 5 . Ron Kers ey Jr . .200 : 1. Wi lham West ; 2. Dave A lsip ; 3. Mike Nic hols. 250 : 1. Ted Fischer; 2. Jeff Copas: 3 . Tony Osub an; 4 . A.J . Spicer: 5 . John Bradley. OPEN: 1: Don Graham; 2. Rick Nowak: 3 . Rick Cook; 4. Mike Paynter; 5 . M ike Rivir . SR: 1. John Fischer; 2. Dave Stallard; 3 . Wavne On. S/SR : 1. Lon Walters ; 2. Frank Bornhotler; 3 . John Osuban; 4 ..Glen Barker; 5 . Bob Thomas. O/A: 1. Ted Fischer (Vam~ 2. Jeff Copas (Hon) ' 3. Don Graham (Hon). • ' NOV: 1. AndV Boracke; 2. Tony Walton; 3 . Clark Thompson; 4 . Terry Gray; 5. Mark Clovel .

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