Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-c 0 R 0 iii U is 0 --' a: <{ c, 8 ~ 0 0 ~ 0 1= 0 U til >- >- '" 0 0 '" ... 0 0 ... :I: o, 00 00 :I: Cl. Q') ,........; ~ r- C\.I ....... ..... .... 0. < Sc ratch main w inner Phil Collins goes inside of Brad Ox ley and Bobby Schwartz during sem i action at Costa Mesa. Dustin Evans piloted hi s Su zuki to t he 80cc Expert victory ove r Phillip Stevens at CRC 's Gle n Helen Gr and Prix . ' B: 1. Marc Broo ks; 2. J eff Pickle; 3. J eff Layer ; 4 . Chip Lawson; 5. Tom Oooet. C: 1. Ron Sn ider; 2. John Glein; 3 . A ndy Hanson; 4. Bry an Lee; 5. Rich Broo ks. SR A : 1. Pat e Keen; 2. Ma n.Liberatore; 3 . Char lie Cle me nts; 4. Don Sm ith ; 5 . Ron S eiss. SR B: 1. Jo hn Sta rk; 2. Russell Nelson; 3. Tom Zink; 4 . M ike Sm ith; 5. Ken Owens. Yl NT: 1. J erry Youn g; 2. W ar ren Kleis; 3. Stan Ja kubaszek. Davis family win . big at Glen Helen GP By David Procida 36 SAN BER NADI NO, CA, AP R. 2 T he Davis fam ily score d big in the fina l standings to day in CRe's Grand Prix a t Gl en H elen as T erry Davis ra n away with th e Vet class and his son Ty Davis won the 250cc Pro class. - T erry Davi s hol eshot th e entire firs t line of co m bi ned Vet s a nd Seniors and had a 30-second lead coming 'th ro ugh th e scoring chicane on second place Vet Mark Mangold. Whe n th e race came to an end, Davis 'had ope ned up over a mi n u te and a half on second pl ace. In th e Vet Interm ed ia te cl as s .Accessories Un limited rider, Brad Williams took the win with Scott Freeman in second and H o ndamounted Frank Mierau making the top thre e. Ken t Reed put hi s Z-Tech Racing H onda o ut in front of the Vet Novi ce class. Kell y Myers , J r. took second with Bria n Curry rounding o ut th e big three. P hil Davy put hi s O 'N eal KTM ahead of the Vet Beginners, with George Scull y taking th ird behind Bob Zimrnon. T erry Davis was on th e line for th e start of the 250cc Pro race but was led into th e first corner by ZT ech Racing 's Kenny Zahrt•. Pa ul Vlach , and T y Da vis. T y put h is U.S. Suzuki/MS Racin g / Sco tt .Goggles . RM into seco nd going over the triple jump and then put a fast pass o n Zahrt going into the scoring chica ne. T y immediately bega n to put di stan ce betwe en him self a nd Zahrt a nd roosted a way. Paul Vlach was now in a dis tant second as Zahn began to dro p off the pace. At the halfway poi nt Ty pu lled over for gas, fresh goggl es, a nd a d rin k of water , and by the tim e he.re-ente red the race hi s lead had dwindled to 30 seconds o n Vlach . On the whi te flag lap, Davis had la pped rid ers all th e way up to third , belonging to his fath er, T erry, and wi th a friendly wave roosted hi s dad as he went by. Pa ul Vlach was the on ly rider not lapped and went ' home wit h second p lace cash. In the Wom an's Expert race Mindy Smith holeshot as T ami Rice tucked her Suzuki right in behind wi th Intermed iate Lori Hedstro m following. L isa Peterson moved up and passed Rice for second, and was soo n pressuring Sm ith for th e lead . Peterson went into the lead on the nex t lap , but when she sta rted to pull a way Peterson got ou t of shape and cras hed. Within three laps Peterson was back into the lead to stay. Smith chased her to the checkered flag wi th Rice falling off the pace. In th e Woman's Novice class, T er r ycab le sponsored Kath y J o Ehrp , piloted a borrowed KX250 to th e chec kered flag ahea d of KT M mounted Valerie Roberts, who in turn stayed ahea d of T eal Nakayama, and rounding out the top four was Susan Green. Results 12 5 PRO: 1. M ike Pascarella. 250 PRO: 1. Ty Davis; 2. Pau l Vla ch; 3. Tarry Davis. 500 PRO: 1. Brad M cLeod . 250 INT: 1. Todd Broussard; 2. J eff Kaplan ; 3 . Kanj i Gaut hier. • 500 INT: 1. Tom W ebb: 2. Georg e And rew s; 3 . David Thayer . 80 EX: 1. Dust in Evans; 2. Phillip Stevens. BO INT: 1. Craig Decker . NOV: 1. J ack Cox; 2. Jason Simm ons. 80 BEG: 1. Cory Davis; 2. Kris Keef er; 3. Jack Kapp . WMN EX: 1. Lisa Peterson; 2. Mindy Smith; 3. Tami Rice. WM N INT: 1. Lori Hedstrom. WM N NOV: 1. Kathy Jo Ehrp; 2. Valerie Robens; 3. Teal Nakayama. 12 5 BEG: 1. Tony Barr ant i; 2. Charl ie Manin; 3. Keith Testerman . 250 BEG: 1. Steve Hal e; 2.Kirk Puerner; 3. Scott Putn am . 500 BEG: 1. Dan iel Guin; 2. Dan iel Peterson; 3. Jon E. Elli ott. 125 NOV : 1. Derek M eyer; 2. Gary Hedd ing; 3 . Malcolb Br ix. 250 NOV: 1. David lahn; 2. Russell Reilly; 3 . Bob Jo h nson. 500 NOV: 1. Greg Atk inson; 2. Byron Greene; 3. M ark Hitechen. . VET EX: 1. Terry Davis; 2. M ark Mangold; 3 . Bob Tippit . VET INT: 1. Brad W illiams; 2. Scott Freeman; 3 . Frank M ierau . VET NOV: 1. Kent Reed; 2. Kelly My ers Jr .; 3 . Brian Curry ..... VET BEG: 1. Phil Davy; 2. Bob Zimmon ; 3 . Georg e Scull y. SR EX: 1. Bill Carr ; 2. Robert M inne ll; 3 . Bill Denn is. _ SR INT: 1. Jerom e Pur kett; 2. Bob Nelson . SR NOV: 1. Robert Linvi lle ; 2. Barry Gordon. SR BEG: 1. Tom Quall s. ao Collins wins Costa Mesa Spdwyopener By Scott Da loisio COSTA MESA, CA, AP R. I During th e 1987 southern Ca lifornia . speedway seaso n, it took English born P hi l Collins until J uly 31 to win a Scra tch main a t the Orange Co unty Fa irgrounds . T hi ngs started out a little faster for the " Briar Flier " in 1988 as he scored a conv incing win in the Scra tch main at the Coors Seaso n O pener on April Fools Day. Co lli ns, rid in g th e Rad ical Racewear/Cirello Racing / J T Racin g/ Norco Mits u bish i/ST P Wesl ak e, ca me from the d readed n umber three starting spot in the main but he edged Alan Christian into turn one. Collins went o ut wide wh ile Christia n g uided h is Weslake to the pole. T hey were even as th ey came off turn two but Collin s got th e drive a nd set tled into first as th ey wen t do wn the back ch u te. Christian tried to po ke his front ti re along th e in side of Collins near the end of th e first circui t but the En glishman man aged to maintain hi s slim lead . At the sa me time Brad Oxley, hoping to co me from th e back, go t by Mike Cu roso for th e third spot. Co llins began to adva nce hi s lead o n the second circuit and from th at p o int o n he was unch all en ged . Oxley cont in ued hi s run and started to pressu re Ch ristian o n th e th ird lap. By th e time' starter J erry Kin g di sp layed th e checkered clo th Collins had a h alf-straig ht lead a n d he bagged hi s first Will of 1988 in front of 6480 fans. ST P's Christi an fo ug ht off Oxley for second with Cu roso taking fourth. Kevin Krugh hadthe K&L Electri c!Antho n y Who lesa le Electric! Mom & Dad/ Cody Produ cts J a wa wor king to pe rfection in th e eigh t ri der , eigh t lap, Han d ica p ma in event . H e rocketed off the 20 on the start and was never cha llenged. In th e first bend, Jay Giannetti ended up going down wi th Scotty Bro wn slippi ng from fourth to sevent h in a n effort to avoid a tang le. Ed Cas tro took second o n th e first lap bu t he was qui te some dis ta nce behi nd the leader. Kru g h a nd Castro bot h moved away fro m th e field on la p thre e a nd ~hey left a war for third behind th em. T uff McBride had third but he .had to contend wi th a hard cha rging Ga ry H icks. If tha t was n't eno ug h J im Sisemore jo ined that battle wi th two laps to go . Cas tro slo wly closed the gap on Kru gh but Krugh too k the chec ke red firs t. Cast ro s ta yed in seco n d w i t hMcBrid e fig htin g off Hi cks a n d Sisemore for third. Results SCRATCH: 1. Ph il Coll ins (Wesl; 2. A lan Chris tian (W es); 3 . Brad Oxley (Wes) . HDCP: 1_Kevi n Kr ugh (Jaw); 2. Ed Castro (W esl; 3 . Tuff M cBr ide (Jaw). 0 -2: 1. Jason Chism (Jaw ); 2. David Perr y (Wes); 3 . Don Odom (Wes) . 0 -3 : 1. Mike Reed (Wes) . MATCH : 1. Bobby Schw anz (W esl; 2. Brad Oxley (W esl_ Burke scores in Pinnacle Peak Enduro By Roger Dowden RIO VERDE, AZ, MAR. 20 Colorado's Dave Burke, riding a H on da, dro pped o n ly eig ht poi nts to score the overa ll victory in today 's Pin-nacle Peak End uro, th e first event in the 1988 Rocky Mountai n End uro Circuit. Yama ha-mounted Jo h n Brukba uer dropped n ine points to ea rn the runner-u p position. For the open ing round of the 1988 series, the RMEC moved from its usual Rocky Mo un ta in setti ng to th e h igh desert of th e Tonto Na tional Forest, just north of Ph oenix. T here we re 220 e n tr ies for the eve n t, including 140 Col orad o regulars. - Altho ug h ISDE rider Burke did no t ha ve to conte nd wi th his usua l adversary, RMEC Ch ampion Fritz Kadl ec, the slack was taken up by Brukbau er. The du o waged a close ba ttl e thro ugh th e . 98-m ile endur o wi th Brukbau er losing by _ ue of virt two burned chec ks; Burke burned only one. A tight battle for third overall wen t to ISDE veteran Kevin Davis, who edged Dee Tay lor in th e tie-breaker af ter both rid ers dropped 10 points. The fight for fifth overa ll was ano ther close skir mish wi th the tiebreak er goi ng to Chris Wilb anks over Ma rk H ynes. T a king seventh overa ll was KTM pi lot Da ve Zehner, the first nonDouble A rider to fini sh; Zeh ner topped the Open A division wit h 12 poi nts dropped. Arizona 's Sam Ra mes becam e the highest-placing non-Colorado rider when he pushed his way to ni nth o ve ra ll, se co n d in th e Open A division. Anoth er Arizo na r ider , Ma rk Miller, mou nted o n a 125cc Cagiva, dominated t he 200cc A class and finis hed I Ith overa ll, droppi ng 15 points . The first overa ll B rid er was Rick Lee of Co lorado, who fini shed wit h 25 po ints. Resu lts 0 1A : 1. Dave Bur ke (Honl ; 2. John Brukbauer (Yam); 3. Kevi n Davis (KTM); 4. Dee Taylor (Hon); 5. Chr is Wilbanks (KTM I; 6. M ar k Hyn es (KTM ); 7 . Dave Zehn er (KTMI; B. Bill Burgner (Honl; 9 . Sam Rames (Hon); 10 . Jo h n Ad am s (Hon). OPEN A : 1. Dave Zehner; 2. Sam Rames; 3. K. Gil es. 250 A: 1. Joh n Ada ms; 2. Gar y Davis; 3. Craig Beard sley. 200 A: 1. Mark M ill er; 2. J .' Bow man; 3. Kerr ie Bro kaw . SR A: 1. Floyd Str etch; 2. Cap Kuney ; 3 . E. Deedler . OPEN .B: 1. K. And erson; 2. A. Poore; 3 . Ed Hockin sm it h. 250 B: 1. Kelley Wr igh t; 2. M . M osher; 3 . J . Gray. 200 B: 1. W . Int er m ill ; 2. D. Frazier; 3 . D. Dougan. 4 -STRK B: 1. Rick Lee; 2. J. Imbriale; 3. M . Henaes. SR B: 1. P. Pet ers; 2. J . Rice; 3 . J . Adams.

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