Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

[4 r--- - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- - -- - -, 0 some deep drainage ditch crossings. Every lap a new line had to be found al to cross them. The spectators played :E ..•an important role by helping direct ;J; riders around the deep spo ts. ~ One ditch crossing sent Hendon ~ . o ver the bars. H endon recov ered o quickl y a nd finished II minutes o ver if second place, Kawasaki-mounted T ray Batey. Yamaha-mounted Ri cky Norton defeat ed seri es leader, Honda-m ounted J erry Cas tleman in the Heavy T railrider class. Pr oceeds from the rac e went to St. J ud es Ch ildre n 's Hospi tal. Resu lts ~ ~ :;::J ~ PRO: 1. Tony Hendon; 2. Tray Batey; 3. Bobby J ohns; 4. larry Surl es . . OPEN: 1. Joh n McMahon ; 2. Charl ie Gilb en; 3. A.B . Davi s; 4 . Tom Krag; 5 . Ken Joyce. 250; 1. M ike Woods ; 2. Vergl e Young ; 3. Larry Clemmons; 4 . Shan e Rice; 5. Scott McFerrin . 200: 1. Kevin Berry ; 2. Kent Stanl ey; 3. Ja mes Raggett; 4. VIC Scoggins; 5. Danny Box. 125 : 1. Jeff Austin; 2. Paul Allen; 3. Cody Maxwell ; 4. Roger Mayes ; 5. Jeff Butler. S/SR : 1. Charles Galbra ith ; 2. John Giles ; 3. · Emmett Cox; 4. Dave Davidson; 5. Steve Thomas. SR: 1. Larry Panon; 2 . Larry Still; 3 . Don Wofts; 4. Phillip Gibbons; 5. David Graham. 4 -STRK; 1. M ark Boyd; 2. Brain Dickens; 3. M ike Taylor; 4. Tim Grace; 5. Jim Davis. HITRAll: 1. Ricky Norton; 2. Jerry Castle man; 3. Bryan Wesso n; 4 . Ronny Holland; 5. Scon Mark.us . LlTRAIL: 1. Joey Still; 2. Chr is Ethe ridge; 3. Roben Clark; 4. All en Poindexter; 5 . John Horn . Mulligan, Antunez Buddy Antunez rode his Suzuki t o wins in t he BOcc Modified Expert and SuperM in i Open classes at Las Vegas Int ern at ional Raceway. Bro wn with th e win, Hart, Davis, Pr eston a nd Turner rounding ou t the top five positio ns. When the \ results were tall ied it was H art taking home the big dollars with a 2-2 overall win. Davis' 3-3 nett ed h im seco nd a nd Tu rn er's 1-5 score recei ved th ird. Mi ke Beier shot ou t to an early lead in the 125cc Pro class with KTM 's Todd Ca mpbell a nd Cagiva 's Go rd o n Wa rd r iding with in a bike len gth o f eac h o ther. Beier started ope ning up a lead o n lap two a nd Camp bel l was pulling away fro m Ward. Two laps lat er Ward's rea r brak e cab le snapped, gi vin g Davi s third. Davi s sta rted to hone in on Ca m p be ll but wh en the race came 10 a n end Beier took a comforta ble win wh ile Camp bell finish ed in the runner -up slo t with Davis nipping a t hi s rear fender. In moto two , it was Beier aga in a t th e front o f the mob with Davis attached to hi s rear fend er. Davi s soon took th e lead wi th Beier hot on hi s heels while Ward held third. Beier repassed Davi s, wh o now had Ward to contend with. With th e passin g of a nothe r lap, Ward occu pied seco nd while Beier had o pe ned up a 30·yard lead th at lasted to th e fin ish . Dav is took third place and with it seco nd overall behind Beiers perfect I-I. .Ward clai med thi rd via a 6-3 ride. In 250cc Intermediate actio n, Kenny Maddux jumped ou t to a n early lead tha t was to go unchal len ged th e entire first moto, Beh in d h im Ri chard Geraghty and J amie Morabi to d iced fo r secon d. J im Kun tz mad e a pass on Morabito for thi rd, but so o n fell ba ck. Tony Mor era was o n the move and in the closing la ps im p ro ved hi s posi tio n by ge tti ng' aro und Morabi to. As the checkered £lag £lew fo r Mad dux, T racy Monterone cap tured secon d with Mor eta a di stant third. In mo to two Mike Fowl er hol esh ot with Steven Sibell a nd Monterone in close co m pany. At the halfway point, Kuntz, who had shot up through the ranks, was holding orr Monterone for the lead spo t with Maddux runnin g third. With two la ps left, Monterone - made his move and went into th e lead a nd sta yed th ere to take the checkered with Kuntz close behind. Sibell outjumped Morabito and went into third with Maddux rounding out th e 52 top five spots. When th e resul ts were tallied up, Monterone took home first overa ll with Maddux 's 1-5 good for second. Kuntz' 6-2 gave him th ird o vera ll honor s with Morabi to a nd Kevin Montgomery ro u ndi ng o u t th e top five places. In . Open Inter m ed ia te a c tio n Kuntz won bo th mo tos wit h Brian Davy a nd T im H a rri s swap p ing posi tions behind him. Davy captured seco nd overall by goin g 3-2 with Harris putting his open M-Star in to th ird. In 125cc Novice div isio n two action Sco tt Bristol p ut his ProCircu it H onda into th e winner's circle via a perfect I-I sco re with Ch ad Gustine's pa ir o f th ird p lace fini sh es good for second. Casey Farrell pulled third overa ll via a 63 sco re. Results 80 STK BEG: 1. Travis Fleming (Hon); 2. Bobby Hing erford (Hon); 3. Grant Gaspar (Yam). 80 STK NOV: 1. Shane Scarpiello (Suz); 2. Ow en Dickson (Hon); 3. David Clifford (Kaw) . BO MOD NOV: 1. Eric Haug (Kaw ). BO MOD INT: 1. Tony A maradino (Yam). VET NOV: 1. Ma rk Mathes (Hon); 2. Tim Williams (Kaw); 3. Dirk Crownover (KTM ). VET INT: 1. Stan Keller (Hon ); 2. J eff Mason (Hon); 3. Tony Feldhaus (Hon). VET EX; 1. Steve Rawson (Yam); 2. M ark Anderson (Hon); 3. Ken Diederich. 125 BEG 0-1 : 1. Jeff Jenon (Kaw); 2. Dan iel Peterson (Kaw); 3. Bren Menzie (Hon). 125 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Ryan Johnson (Hon); 2. Ramon Noriega (Cag); 3. Gary Butcher (Yam). ! 250 BEG; 1. Tom C. Dud ley. J r . ( H on~ 2. Brian M iller (Suz); 3. Curt Grunewald (Yam). OPEN BEG; 1. Jamie Morton (Honl; 2. Tim Jam esson (Hon); 3. John Gaynor (Yam). 125 NOV 0-1 : 1. Kavike Shibuya (Kaw); 2. Chr is Pillow (Hon); 3. Jerry Jenon (Suz). • 125 NOV 0 -2; 1. Scan Bristo l (Hon); 2. Chad Gust ine (Ya m~ 3.Casey Farrell (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Scan Bristo l (Yam): 2. Will Dickson (Yam); 3. Joey Prais (Hon). OPEN NOV; 1. Greg Keim (Hon ); 2. Chris Mi cklos (Hon); 3. Bryan Richardson (Yam). 1251NT: 1. Chr is Fonzo (Hen ); 2. Jamie M orabito (Yam); 3. J eff Fine (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Tracy Monter on e (Yam); 2.Kenny Maddu x (Yam); 3. J im Kuntz (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. J im Kuntz (Kaw): 2. Br ian Davy (Kaw ); 3. Tim Harr is (M -S). 125 PRO; 1. Mike 8eier (Hon ); 2. Craig Davis (Yam); 3. Gordon W ard (Cag). 250 PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (Hon); 2. Craig Davis (Yam); 3. Ron Turn er (Yam). Hendon tops Parsons HS By Ronny Holland PARSONS, TN, MAR. 13 ATk-rnoumed Tony Hendon sliced through the mud to tak e the overa ll victory at round nine o f th e MidSouth Winter H ar e Scrambles Series in Parsons. The co urse was very tricky due to tame las Vegas MX LAS VEGAS , NV , MAR . 20 Kerry Mulligan and Buddy Antunez to- up the track at Las Vegas re Internat ional Ra ceway , dustin g so me tough com pe titio n in th e l25cc Pro a nd 80cc Modified Ex pert and Super Mini classes, respectively. T.L. Tay lor ripped the 125cc Pros for th e firs t-rno to hol eshot a nd led the pa ck th rou gh the' first la p . . Mullig-lIl was layin g second, sha dowing th e lead er a nd just wa it in g for his chance. As soo n as Taylo r ove rshot a berm o n lap two , it was Mull iga n wh o got by a nd took a n easy win. Brett Redman , Levi Noble and Darr in Hoeft fin ish ed in the nex t th ree spots.· Mi ke Durbin's tu rn came next, as he had the early lead in race two unt il , Mulligan quickl y muscled pa st for th e lead o n lap o ne. Taylor put a cha rge on, but it was too little, too lat e. Mullian was racing with a badly bruised foot, but you couldn't tell as he wicked it up and cru ised to hi s seco nd. easy win. Redman , T aylor and Ru bin followed . Final sta ndings had Mulligan with th e overall win with Redman seco nd, Durbin in th ird a nd Noble fourth. Minicycle Stock Expert winner J oel Albrecht popped the hol eshot III 80cc Modifi ed ac tio n as Du stin Eva ns a nd Jerr Grafton were glued to his rear fend er. Antunez was on the gas a nd on the move, how ever , as th e Suzu ki star slas hed h is way to seco nd during lap one. Slowly but su rely Antunez coa xed hi s wa y closer to Albrech t, until he was bang in g o n the back doo r. Albrecht refu sed to crac k, a nd the rest of the race featured a dandy scra p for th e lead , with Albrech t hang in g o n for the close win over Antunez. Eva ns sta bbed the holeshot to sta rt ro u nd two, j us t a hea d of Albrech t, Derek Natv ig and Dan a Wiggin s. Antu nez was on th e move after a first lap co llisio n wi th Wi gg in s a n d clawed h is way to 'seco nd behind th e streaki ng Evans. An tu nez blasted into th e lead wh en Evans went over a berm o n lap three. Fro m th en on it was h istory as Albrecht tried to mak e a la te cha rge. Final results had Antunez with th e ' o vera ll crow n 'followed by Craft on, Wiggins, and Albrecht. The da y's last race might just have been th e toughest, as th e "Su per Mini" Open cla ss put some of the world's fastest 80cc riders in the sadd le. Antu nez led the Super Mini cla ss into the first turn a nd disappeared in the first. moto, Grafton an d Albrecht battled for seco nd until Albrecht lo st it in the back section on lap four, dropping from contention. That a lso dropped the rest of th e suspense from the ra ce a s Antunez took th e win o ver Grafton, Wiggins a nd Evans. In th e seco nd mot o Antunez hol eshot while G raft on, Evans, T ommy Cl ow ers and Albrecht scram bled for seco nd. Evan s quickl y wash ed o u t a nd dropped several spots as Grafton and Cl owers were ba nging handlebars a ll o ver the trac k. Antunez was the easy winner, with Clowers snea king past G raft on for second. Results P/W STK: 1. Monte Montague (Yam); 2. Cory Hoeft (Suz); 3. M arcus Montague (Yam); 4. Derek Bru ndage (Yam). P/W MOD : 1. Tony Catalde (Yam); 2. Monte Montague (Yam ); 3 . Corey Hoeft (Suz); 4 . Justin Buckelow (Yam); 5 . Perry Richmond (Yam) . JR CYC STK: 1. Jason Partridge (Kaw); 2. Eric Schn ell (Kaw) ; 3. Steven Howe (Kaw); 4. Jo hn Meng (Kaw ): 5. Matthew Camden (Kaw). 80 STK (9· 11); 1. Jas on Partr idge (Kaw); 2. Ty Ki ng (Yam); 3. Greg Zaratiegu i (Yam); 4 . Steven Howe (Kaw); 5. M an hew Camde n (Yem). 80 STK NOV (12+): 1. Bill y FelI s (Kaw ); 2. Sean Pagel (Suz); 3. Greg Schn ell (Kaw ); 4. M ike Gilb ert (Yam); 5. Brian Teets (Kaw) . BO STK INTI: 1. Damon Huffman (Suz); 2. Crai g Decker (Yam); 3. Nick Brammer (Kaw) ; 4. J ohn Rickel (Kaw) . BO STK EX (12+): 1. Joel Alb recht (Kaw); 2. Tommy Clowers (Kaw); 3. Dana Wiggins (Suz); 4 . Derek Natvig (Kaw); 5 . Dust in Evans ( Suz~. 80 M OD (9-11 ): 1. Ty King (Yam); 2. Jason Part r idge (Ka w~ 3. Grey lara'iegui (Yam); 4 . Phil Richmond (Kaw); 5. Chri SWheeler (Yam). BO M OD NOV (12+): 1. Billy Felts (Kaw); 2. Br ian Teets (Kaw); 3. Sean Pagel (Suz); 4. M ike Gilbon (Yam); 5. Eddie Holland (Suzl . BO MOD INT; 1. Damon Huffman (Suz); 2. Craig Decker (Yam ); 3. John Rickel (Kaw); 4 . Nick Brammer (Kaw) . BO MOD EX: 1. Buddy Antunez (Suz); 2. Jeff Grafton (Suz); 3. Dana W iggins (Suz); 3. Joel Albrecht (Kaw); 4. Dust in Evans (Suz). 125 STK NOV: 1. Joe l Tokarsky (Hon); 2. Jason Kawe ll ( Ka w~ 3. A noy Gr ider (Kaw); 4. Jeff Griffin (Hon); 5 . Brian Lane (Hon). 125 STK INT: 1. Brian Gipson (Kaw) ; 2. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 3. Richard Saxton (Yam); 4 . Randy Moody (Hon l; 5. Chr is Pacino (Cag). 125 MOD NOV: 1. Ronn ie Densford (Hon); 2. J ef Griff in (Hon); 3. Andy Grider (Kew); 4. Jason Tietz (Kaw); 5. Greg Hadges (Han). 125 M OD INT: 1. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 2. Randy Moody (Hon); 3. Dan DeFalco (Hon); 4. Steven Kotajarvi (Kaw); 5. Chr is Pacino (Cag). 125 PRO: 1. Kerry Mulligan (Hon); 2. Brett Redman (Kaw); 3 . Mike Durbin (Kaw); 4 . Lev i Noble (Suz); 5. T.L Taylor (Kawl. 2 50 STK NOV: 1. 80b Johnson (Hon); 2. Jeff Murphy (Hon); 3. Jeff Moore (Hon); 4 . Bryan Dowell (Hont; 5. Trini Camarena (Hon). • 250 STK INT: 1. Chris Trickle (Hon); 2. Richa rd Saxton (Yam); 3. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 4 . Kevin Cherry (Hon); 5. Kevin Bart lelt (Kaw) . 1. Ron nie Densford 2 50 MOD INT/NOV (1 (N-Hon); 2. Kevin Cherr y (Hon ); 3. Ryan Hughes (Yam); 4. Chr is Tri ckle (Hon): 5. Richard S~xton (Yam). . 250 PRO: 1. Tommy W alts (Kaw); 2. Gary DePillo (Yam); 3. Mike Durb in (Kaw); 4 . Steve Sl ippy (Hon). 500 N/PRO; 1. Kevin Bart lett (Kaw); 2. Dannon Burg (Hon). cu I Sears Point RR season opener all Greene . By Tony Sakkis SO NO MA, CA, MAR. 27 Don Green e on ly com pe ted in two races a t the 1988 AFM Sears Point open er, but th e rumblings arou nd th e paddock were a ll abo u t him. In hi s first event; Formula T wo , Greene started in the seco nd row amidst th e seco nd wave of riders. The O pen GP bikes, which started in th e first wave, sho uld have been able to keep o ut o f G reen e's pa th , but withi n three laps Greene 's H onda had ca ugh t the tail end o f the Open GP pack. Wh ile j eff Hagan, the pol esitter and eventual wi n ner o f th e la rger di spl acem ent class was turn in g I:53s o n th e twi sty 2.5 mile ra ceway, Green e was posting blistering laps of I:48s on a bik e one- fourth the size. In fact , in a n even t shorte ned due to time constraints, Greene's pace would most likely have giv en him top spo t overall - had th e race been on e lap longer. As it was, th e Nov ato, California rider still managed to finish third overa ll a nd firs t in class. On the start, Greene vau lted to the front by the final turn of the first lap. For an instant it seemed as if th e Aprilia of James Stephens would

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