Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ t_ JOIN THE J1MI1 Call TOLL FREE for Membership Infonnation ·AMA·J OIN ~ Exp erien ce American Motorcyclist Magazine every month: Tou ri ng. Racing. Technical [iJ ~ Jo in and unders tand the fi ght to protec t your motorcycling righ ts: Road and Ott-Boea »-Ptus: Ins uranc e. Discounts. Trip Routing . Free Rule Bookseno La w Chart s Call toda y to j oi n or request information ki t. Todd Marshall (8) leads double -moto w inner Layton Gwinn (7) at the start of the 250cc Amateur moto at the Hell Ho le Creek Motocross. VPE /Georgia Cycle su p p ly sponsored Tommy Martin had a good day winn in g three of four motos in the 125 a nd 250cc Pro classes. Tea m Yamah a' s Robbi e Taylor trad ed mot o wins wit h Martin in the I25cc' Pro class for second overall wi th Robby Neeley scor ing run ner-up honors III th e 250cc Pro di vision. Mushala, Batton top Hell Hole Creek MX By Henry Muller CountrYHONDA !Wads ' Huge Inventory, of CR Parts!!!!! ,CR Support Dealer Fast UPS Service Daily . ORDER BY PHONE TOll FREE (800) 647-5700 (Nationwide including Hawaii) (800) 356-5700 (Wisconsin) C.O.D. or Cha rge to Vi~-MC ~ Cedarburg, WI _ Z (jjill~ A_rico". Motorcycle Weekly Newspaper SUBSCRIBE TODAY!! (213) 427-7433 IT'S TIME •.• To take advantage of our Husky sale. Excelle nt motor cycles at exce llen t pr ices: New 19 8 7 250 End uro $3 0 3 0 $3 12 9 New 19 87 4 3 0 Cro ss Co unlTy $3229 N ew 1 9 B7 5 00 Cross Co un t ry 19 881 at similar sa ving. SPECIAL 1988 5 10 Crol S Country . • .Call Ch.c;i ou t rh. n .w··Wh ir. Ho t " e.g;.,. '25MX ."d 250MXI 1361 E. W. I.ut Sl P CA (818) 449,ERIC CAG.VA Husqvama ~ ' ~MAICO SU_n Mach :.portin• • Helan: W...... . 5IIop • UPS P _ D.u, LEESVIL L E. SC. MAR. 20 J eff Mu shala a nd Zane Batt on contin ued their wi n ni ng ways in the 125 and 250cc Nov ice class es, respectively, in round two of th e N.A.M.E. Spring Mo tocross Na tio nals a t Hell Hole Creek MX. Geor gia's Tommy Ma rt in scored wi ns in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes wi th Stacey Barnett and Dabney Bo wen scor ing double class wins as well. Ma ier Mfg .lKrau se raci rigs Mu sh ala found Ch ris Messer to ' be h is nearest co mpe ti tion in th e 125cc Novice division wi th Mu sh ala takin g th e lead in both rno tos for hi s second win of th e series over Messer. Steve Burdett e edged Brad Hayes for third overa ll. Batton and Brad Ha yes trad ed moto wins in th e 250cc Novi ce class wi th Batt on ca p turing the o vera ll followed by Hayes a nd Steve Clark. Tea m Green / AXO rid er Dabney Bowen was off to a good start in th e first 85cc (12-15) moto unti l a sp ill in a tri cky right-hander left Matt Shue with a commanding lead o ver Bowen and David Cantrell. Bowen co uld n' t ca tch the sailing Shue and settled .for second followed by Cantrell with Chuck Shirley and Phillip Hay es making the top five. Moto two was all Bowen as he s tyled to the win over Squiggs Dickerson and Cantrell. Shue carded a DNF while Bowen landed the o ve ra ll a head of Cantrell and Dickerson. ' S&S Sprock ets /N eeley racing's Bowen wa s hot in th e Super Mini cla ss a nd swep t both motos over Cantrell and Marcus Cannon. The most exciti ng mot o of th e da y was the first 125cc Amateur mo to as Jamie Hacking nail ed the hol esh o t over Lonnie Ta ylor a nd T racey Barnett. H acking was in co ntro l until a lapper broke hi s rh ythm and he fell to fourth. T aylor took th e lead with Stacey Barnett closin g, while Hackin g worked pas t Tracey Barn ett for third. The final lap saw Sta cey Barn ett force T aylor off his line for th e win. " I had th e in side line on a downhill left-hander but he took it away from me, It was a good move." said T a ylor between mo to s, Hacking fini sh ed third over Tracey Barnett and Tim La skis. St ac ey Barnett didn 't wast e any time in th e second moto and led from wire-to-wi re while Taylor made his usual cha rge through the pack for second. Res ults 857 -11: 1. Rich ie Honan (Yam); 2. Robbie Hon on 3 . Bill Cain (Kaw) . B5 12-1 5 : 1. Dabne y Bowe n .l Kaw); 2. David Can trell (Han); 3 . Squ iggs Diclterson (Yam). S/MINI: 1. Dabn ey Bowen (Kaw); 2. Dav id Cantre ll (Han); 3. M arcus Cannon (Kaw) . 125 SCHBY: 1. Stacey Barn ell (Kaw) ; 2. Tracey Barnett (Kawl; 3 . Dabney Bowen (Kaw) . 125 NOV : I .Jeff Mushala (Yam); 2. Chr is Messer (Yam); 3 . Steve Burdette (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Stacey Barnell (Kaw); 2. Lonnie Taylor (Yam); 3 . Jamie Hacking (Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Zen e Batten (Kaw); 2. Brad Hayes (Han); 3 . Steve Clark (Han). 250 AM : 1. Layton Gwinn (Suz); 2. David Eller IKaw); 3 . Jay Hau ser (Kawl. 500 AM : 1. Tim Terry (Han); 2. Layton Gwinn (Han); 3 . Steve Starnes (Kaw) . SA: 1. Bruce Jacques (Han); 2. Perry Stephens (Kaw); 3 . Bob Maner (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Tommy Manin (Han); 2. Robbie · Taylor (Yam); 3 . Robby Neeley (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Tommy M an in (Han); 2. Robby Neeley (Kaw) ; 3 . Robbie Taylor (Yam). (Ka w~ > Behrens best at Motosports MX By Don Hachmeister BYRON, IL , MAR. 20 ' Bob Behren s dominated A class action at Motosports Park with wins in both th e 125 and 250cc Expert divisions. In the opening l25cc Expert moto, Rusty Ott got the early lead but surrendered it to the Tuf Racing Kawasaki of Jim Veugeler by th e end of the first lap. Ott ran second to Veugeler throughout the rnoto until Behren s put o n a final charge to tak e over th e second spot. Junior Jackson a nd hi s facto ry-sponsored Suzuki tu rned o ut to be the rider to watch. Startin g near th e bad: of the pack, Jackson piloted hi s Suzuki to a fourth pl ace finish , just behind Ott's Yamaha. Behren s . took th e early lead in moto two a nd held off charges by J ackson a nd Veu geler until lap five whe n J ackson turned inside Behren s in a backwoods sweep er to tak e the lead . J ackson held on to take the win, Behrens held on for second and Veu gel er fini sh ed third. Behrens second p lace fini sh locked up the overa ll. Veugeler took the second spot and a 5-4 da y earned Jim Ra nda third overa ll. T he 250cc Experts gated for th e first moto with Ott, Behrens and Veu geler read y to do battle again. Ott took th e early lead but could not hold off a ch a rg i n g Behrens. While Behren s led , Veu geler charged from back in th e pack. Behren s took th e checkered flag first, followed by Ott th en Veu geler. Veu geler had th e early lead in rnoto two, bu t everythi ng seemed to be go ng Behren s way as he motored past Veu gele to take th e second .rno to victo ry a nd hi s second overa ll of the da y. Veu gel er ca p tured a no the r second overall, a nd Ott overcame a poor start in moto number two to fin ish th ird and score th ird overall. Tim Bares rac ked u p two firsts to sweep th e Open cl ass a nd Ron Downen held off Dave Ben sen and Tom McSh an e to tak e th e Sen ior Men s hon ors. Distri ct IT s new MX Director, L oren Cook , to p pe d th e Su p e r Senior Men s class by winning both mOlDS o ver th e Kawasakis of And y Cain and last year's number one Su per Sen ior Marv Weimken . Others who had two mot o sweeps included Chris Faust on a Vintag e class Husq varn a, Chuck Whi tesell in th e Sen ior Minis, Eran Sa lzrna n -on a Suzuki in the 125cc B class a nd J ason Bardoner in th e I25cc C class. Results MINI J R: 1. Pete Zer ial (Suz); 2. Troy Wr ight (Kaw) ; 3 . And y Bowman (Kaw); 4. Todd M ayer (Suz); 5. J er em y Bardoner (Kaw) . MIN I SA: 1. Chuck W hit esell (Kaw); 2. Je ff Faley (Han! ; 3 . M tke Zont (Kaw); 4 . J eff M oor e (Han); 5. Bn an Hol zhauer (Han). . 125 A : L Bob Behrens (Kaw); 2. Jim Veug eler (Kaw ); 3 . .nm Randa (Yam); 4. Dan Albright (Kaw); 5. Rusty On (Yam). 250 A : 1. Bob Behr ens (Kaw) ; 2. J im Ve ugeler (Kaw); 3 . Rusty On (Yam); 4. M ark W right (Kaw ); 5. Scott Jurgen sen (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Era n Salzman (Suz); 2. Shawn M iller (Kaw) ; 3 . Wm. A it ken (Kaw); 4 . M ike DeFrancisco (Han); 5. Eric Horcher (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Brian Cook (Yam); 2. Richard Poplawski (Suz); 3 . Terry Hahn (Kaw); 4. M ike DeFran cisco (Han); 5. Bill Taylor (Yam). 125 C: 1. Jaso n Bardon er (Kaw); 2. Scon Seymour (Han) : 3 . Riclty Jo hnson (yam); 4. Jon Becker ( Y~m); 5. Don Harms (Kaw) . 250 C; 1. Vance Bart on (Kaw); 2. Bill Decker (Kaw); 3. Greg Henkel (Han); 4. Doug Brodon (Suz)' • 5 . Dan Roeschl i (Kaw). OPEN: 1. Tim Bar es (Kaw); 2. Paul Bratko (Han) ' 3 . Terry Hahn (Kaw); 4. Kevin Lane (Han); 5. Brac:i Gustafsen (Han). . VINT : 1. Chri s Faust (Hus); 2. Larry Rybek (Yam); 3 . rim Sewers (Hon )-; 4 . Garry Ganman (Han)' 5 . Ken J onia l (Yam ). • SR MEN : 1. Ron Down en (Kaw); 2. Dave Bense n (Yaml ; 3 . Tom McShane (Han); 4. Denn is Baumgardner (Han); 5. Dave Harvey (Yam ). S/SA: 1. Loren Cook (Han); 2. Andy Cain (Kaw)' 3. Marv W eimken (Kaw) ; 4. Terry Woo sley (Yam); 5. Ron Georg e (Kaw ); Keezer traps Coyote Enduro victory ' By John Dixon TENINO, WA, MAR. 20 Wayne Keezer roosted his Kawasaki KX125 to a perfect zero poin t loss to cap ture the overall AA class win at th e Ro ad Runn er' s Coyote Enduro, edging o u t hi s Kawasaki teammate John Neilsen by just two seconds a t the tie breaker check. High winds and dr y weather made th e usuall y greasy cla y much easier to ride th an expected, allowing several of the faster riders to zero the course. But Keezer was the only rider to cross the tie-bri eaker chec kpoint fJags a t th e perfect 30-second mark. A ra the r long 18 mph sectio n caugh t many riders late when it turned into a race th rough th e tight wooden section of th e course after an easy stre tch of logging road. But th e dr y cond itio n mad e timekeeping skills as im portant as speed for most of th e co urse. The C cla ss a nd Sportsmen s rode th e sa me course as th e A and B com pe titors. Gl enn Witt of Brem er' ton , Wash ington, domina ted the C class with a one-p oint loss, and th e o.nl} femal e ent ra nt, Angi e Farrell, nd.mg a Honda 250, fini shed just one pom.t o u t of a trophy in the C class, postmg a better score than 70% of her fellow. co mpe titio rs, Resu lts AA: 1. Wayne Keezer; 2. Dana Johnson' 3 Mark Van Landingham. ~ • .

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