Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Dowel rockets to Moon Rock HS win By Kathi Davis Shan Moore clea rs a section at the Sand Springs Tr ials. Dave Bronson piloted his Honda XR to a top 10 finish in the Four-Stroke C class at SCEC's Hobo Enduro in Lucerne Valley, California. the best raci ng that was .to be seen either day . In both motos on Saturday Todd Williamson started at the back of the pack then moved steadily through the crowd to take both motos over J oh n Kulton and Bill Clark. On Sunday Williamson got h is usual slow start and cou ldn't catch Kevin Papaeko in the first rno to, but got a better start in the second moto and got by Papaeko for th e win and the overall. Chuck Whitesell styled hi s way to runaway wins in both Senior Mini motos over Russell LeCompte and Mike Zont. Whitesell was on his way to doing the same thing in the 125cc A cla ss until th e last turn of th e first moto wh en th e motor went south. Results SATURDAV 60 : 1. Nick Spierows ki; 2. Eric Florschetz; 3. Brandon Robert s. 80 J R: 1. Brandon Down ard . 80 SR: 1. Chu ck Wh it esell: 2. Russell LeC· Compte; 3. Mike Zont. 125 A : 1. David 8rill; 2. Chuck Wh it esell; 3. Eric Lewi s. 125 8: 1. Gray Gabben ; 2. Tony Parkh ill ; 3. 8rad Turner. 125 C: 1. Fred Glue ck; 2. Mike Lomax: 3. Greg M elka. 2 50 A: 1. Jay J ohnson; 2. Bill Bowm an; 3. Steve Niles. 250 B: 1. M ike DeFrancisco; 2. Ja mes Wagg enb · last; 3. Eri c Gowen. 500 C: 1. Lance Lotz; 2. 8rad Gehlbal h; 3. Jerry Nicholson. OPEN: 1. Todd William son; 2. J on Ku lton; 3. 8ill Clark. SA: 1. Jay Johnson; 2. Gray Ga bbert; 3. Pau l Hofreiter . VINT: 1. J im Dillow: 2. J eff Rockford ; 3. Fran k Spierowski . SUNDA V 60 ; 1. Nick Spierowski; 2. Eric Florschu etz; 3. Brandon Robert s. 80 JR : 1. Ben ny Varn es; 2. Brad East in; 3. J erry Ad kins. 80 SR: 1. M ike Zont; 2. M ike Holl awa y; 3. Cli nt Leasch. 125 A: 1. David Brill ; 2. Darr in Hill. 125 B: 1. Gray Gabben; 2. Tony Parkhill; 3. W illiam Ait ken. 125 C: 1. Greg M elka; 2. J eff Sanger; 3. Gary Bu enker. . 250 A: 1. Ja y Johnson; 2. Bill Bowman. 2 50 B: 1. Bob Milkovich ; 2. Br ian Cook; 3. J im Trost. 250 C: 1. J eff Crow; 2. Paul Pallerson; 3. Lance Lott. OPEN: 1. Todd W ill iam son; 2. Kevin Papaeko; 3. Darr en M organ . SR: 1. Jay Jo hnson; 2. Gray Gabben ; 3. Came ron Cumpst on. S/SR: 1. Loren Cook; 2. Ron Livi ngston; 3. Kevin Holl away. VINT: 1. Randy Trowbridge; 2. Frank Spierowski; 3 . J im Dillow . ,Williams wins Hobo Enduro By Bill Herndon 44 R ED MOUNTAIN, CA, APR. 10 Expect the unexpected could've been the wa tchword of th e Southern Cal if o rn ia End uro Association 's Hobo Enduro. After havin g to throw out the last field check (number nine), changing loop one's check three to an observa tion check, and rearrowing a key right- hand tu rn in the last 5A-mile lon g special , Tehachapi 's Steve "Woodcutter " Williams thoroughly dusted all compe tition wi th the only one point drop of the day. Taking the overall win a t 1.66, as well as the Open AA class on his Yama ha YZ490, Williams led last month 's winner Jason Ingerso ll, who recorded a 2.115 drop for th e 250cc AA win on hi s CR250 Honda. District 37's 250cc AA rider Mark Cook took thi rd overa ll and first 250cc AA Vet at 2.132. Mark Glas meier decided last month 's 35th overa ll wasn't good enough, and danced his big YZ490 Granada Yama ha like it was a 125 through the special tests to ta ke four th overall , fir st Open A, at 2.194 . ' . O 'Neal USA/Smith Goggles/ Bear RacingMfr. / Duralub e/ DNA sponored Don ni e Simone, despite h is computer q uitting about 10 miles out, took the 200cc AA win, ro unding out the top five with a 3.85 minute drop. . Will iams was almost a non-starter today. " It started off rea l bad . Yesterday , I tore a hamstring, so my leg was real sore. I had a lo t of traffic, some people a nd dust to contend with in the last loop two special test of the race. I burned chec k three in the Barbender Rocks first loop special test and th e mileage seemed off abou t .2 mile. I don 't know if the y will throw it out." O p en A winner Glasmeier was one of .the many top riders .' who bu rned chec k three, stating, " I hear everyone says it's off . . . " Simon e added , " T h e mileage was off at least 2/10s. I (also) came in on my minute at check six after the tunnel, went in 10 seconds late, and they burn ed me. I don 't understand what happened there, bu t the special tests were great in loo p two ." . One of the other major problems of the day occurred in the well- liked extra long 5A-mile special test at the end of loop two - sheep . As many as one thousand or. more sheep ate the turn arrows atthe top of a co urse ridgeline, caus ing many riders from lines one to about 53 to complete ly mi ss the sudde n right-hand dive down into a saddle. Merv Murray, on minute 34, was one. "Everyone was circling around up th ere every which way." T hree of the hottest rides of the day had to be Rich McDan iel, Andy Ord in g and Clint Diaz. All are 250cc B riders, finishing first to third in class at 16th, 18th and 20th overa ll. Class winner McDaniel, said " I go t lost last time, but not today I They ha d excellent turns, excellent marking - a really nice enduro;" Results 0 / A : 1. Steve Williams (Vaml; 2. Ja son Ingersoll (Han); 3. Ma rk Cool (Han); 4 . M ark Glasmeier (Yam); 5. Donn ie Simone (Kaw); 6. Rob Mesecher (Yam); 7. Willy Kennedy (Hon); B. Dan Wo rley (Hus ); 9. Tim Moore (ya m); 10. Steve Bebeac (Hon); 11.' TIm Beall (Hon); 12. Tony Rickard (Yam); 13. Mark Getzf ried (Hon); 14. SCOllCrawford (Yam); 15. Dave Le M aster (Hon); 16. Rich MeeDan iel (Han); 17. Ma n in Blais (Hon); 18. Andy Ord ing (Kaw); 19. Rob Rumr ill (Kaw); 20. Clint Diaz (Yaml. FAMILY: 1. Ron Puryear (Hon); 2. Todd Conrow (Kaw ); 3. Bill Rasp (Han); 4 . M ichael Onega (Hon); 5. Kevi n Cleland (Hon). Carr wins Sand Springs Trials By Rich Allman SAND SPRIN GS, OK, APR. 10 The Master class was the rea l drama of th e day at the Sand Springs T rial s wit h Tim Carr and Shan Moore locked in a real dogfigh t and Carr coming out on top . If Moorehad not missed a split in the first section he would have tied Carr for th e win, but Carr still wo n on clea ns. Kevin Dunham was sitting jus t one point back in third. Greg Ruoff pounded the Expert class with Bu tch Cribbet tak ing second over Gabe Mizell. In the Intermediate class, Billy Traynor pu lled well ahea d of Sian Machart an d Dreu Cra ne. In the A mateur class, Tom my Moore too k another first overall with Rick Robinett in second. J ohn Mizell thoroughly soa ked h is Montesa in Section 12 but su rvived 'for thi rd overa ll. Tommy Moore was th e only rider in the Amateur class to see the exi t of Section 12. Todd J ohnson contin ued h is winning ways wit h first overall in the Nov ice class ahead of Mar k Kinslow. Paul Bolen was one point ba ck in third. The Roo kie class slogged five muddy sections wit h Matt Moore taking first overall ahead of little Pau l Bolen. Alan H aley was within 10 points of the' leader in his first tria ls event. Results ROOKIE: 1. Ma ll Moo re (4 2 pts); 2. Paul Bolen (SO) 3. Al an Haley (52). ; . NOV: 1. Todd Joh nson (22); 2. M ark Kinslow (30); 3. Paul Bolen (3 1); 4. Dave Bolen (39). AM : 1. Tommy Moore (70) ; 2. Rick Robinell (B2); . 3. John M izell (99). INT: 1. Billy Traynor (71); 2. Stan Mac han (B6); 3. Dreu Cran e (89); 4. Dewey Harper (94); 5. Rich Allm an (120) . EX: 1. Greg Ruoff (59); 2. Butch Cribbets (7 1); 3. Gaba M izell (77 ); 4. St eve Fujan (B5). MSTR: H TIm Carr (64 ); 2. Shan Moore (66); 3. Kevin Dunham (67 ); 4 . Rob Toole (69); 5. Charlie . Mallow (B3); 6. Kevin Naylor (100) . R ENO, NV, APR. 3 Duke Dowel won th e Moon Rock II H ar e Scrambles Easter Sunday, but it was by no mea ns an Eas ter egg hun t for him . The race got started under very windy conditions, but th e racers soon found out that the high winds were the next best thing to a wet trac k as it blew the dust away. At th e end of the bomb run Phil Douglas had the lead wi th Dowel hot on his trai l. Dowel soon got by Douglas as did Greg Sear le. But Dowel's lead was short-lived as he crashed, letting Searle by. Searle really got on the gas trying to keep Dow el behind him, but Sear le lost his front brake and got a flat. front tire . As the leaders came in to pit on the first lap Dow el had a few seconds on Searle, who changed hi s fla t tire . Dave Porter was running thi rd after a good start and go t by Searle in the pits and started lap two in second p lace. Jay H eying was lead ing the Open Expert class at fifth overall. Runn ing very close in sixth , seventh and eigh th were th e top 125cc Expert riders , Greg Sab ol , Donnie Simone and Mark Mason. On la p two Dowel still had the lead, but Dean J oyner had-overcome getting los t o n the first lap, plus taking on gas at the alternate gas pit, and was now wi thi n striking distance. Porter had a rear flat and Searle go t by as Porter changed wh eels. . On the final lap J oyner passed Do wel ju st th ree m iles from the fin ish , bu t recap tu red the lead. From there to the finis h Dowel never gave J oyner another chance for a pass and took the overall victory and 250cc Ex p ert win wi th J o yn er second overall and second 250cc Expert. Searle came back from h is first-lap flat to fin ish th ird overall. Porter earned fou rth overall and Simone pulled o u t fro m the other 125s durin g th e th ird loo p for fi ft h overa ll. Ed Marchi ni kept his lead . all throu~h the race to take the Open Expert WIn an d sixth overa ll. . Resu lts 0 / A: 1. Duke Dowe l; 2. Dean Joyner; 3. Greg Searle; 4. Dave Porter; 5. Donn ie Simone. OPEN EX: 1. Ed M archin i; 2. J. Hexing. 250 EX: 1. Duke Dowel; 2. D. Joyn er; 3. Greg Sear le. 125 EX: 1. Donnie Simone; 2. Greg Sabol; 3. Mark Nason . VET EX: 1. D. Scott; 2. M. Callins; 3. B. Pecore. S/SR EX: 1. Bill Max im; 2. D. Taylor ; 3. Cloyse Holland Sr. OPEN JR : 1. B. Sch ield; 2. S. Key; 3. C. MacDonald. 2SOJ R: 1. C. Peterson; 2. B. Dickey; 3. J. Robens. 200 JR: 1. B. Caveney. VET JR: 1. T. Moody; 2. S. Cameron. . S/SR JR: 1. B. Bishop ; 2. R. Beckstram ; 3. B. Lynch . OPEN NOV: 1. J. Ma ninmass; 2. D. Dudley; 3. S. Copeland . 250 NOV: 1. T. Bitn er; 2. D. Deroche; 3. M . McMurry. 200 NOV; 1. R. Brundage; 2. Ted Elswick; 3. Rick Conini. VET NOV: 1. R. Rightm ire; 2. T. Tracey; 3. Mark Brown. SR NOV: 1. R. SCOll; 2. Ron Harkov; 3. David Hansen . Ely, Graham sweep Spinners TT By Laura Tisinger PORT ERVILLE, CA, APR. 2 Rob Ely and Mike Graham topped the 250 and 500cc Pro classes in roun d one of Spinners Airp o rt Raceway's 15·race TT series. In 250cc ' P ro ac tio n Yama hamo unted Ely swept the hea t with a comfortable lead over Don nie. Harrell, Ri ck Pearce and Sean Plymale, who came off the line together. By .the second lap Harrell and Pearce battled for second and Plymal e lost fourth to brother Evan. T he best moves were made by Crai g Peyon who ha d a slow sta rt but moved from

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