Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

turn three. By the white flag lap it was anyone's race. Ellis, Glendening. and Bride were running side-b yside. and it was Elli s wh o stayed low , through th e last corn er and held on to the win at the flag. Glendening I claimed second and Bride took third. T ony H oo ver and Doug Sullivan rounded th e top five. Mike H ale wheelied his H onda into th e lead at the start of th e 600cc Pro class heat race but lost th e lead to Rosa o n th e back straigh t: Jim H estil y, J im H igu era and Charles Bur ke J r. scra mbled for positions. Rosa held th e lead for th e duration to take the heat win. Higuera came in second, Hestil y fin ished third. Burke held fourth and H ale took fifth . Rosa grabbed the lead in th e main event and powered awa y to the win. Higuera cro ssed th e finish line in seco n d, fi ghtin g H estily who claimed a close third. Burke came in for fourth. 00 00 0') .-; .-; .-; Results Ted Branch (269) grabs the holeshot at the start of an Open Beginner class moto at Woodland. Munso n in th e Senior Men 's class Dan Wright in the Vintage class , Ra y Nafzger in the 125cc C cla ss and Shawn Huggins in th e Expert class. Results . MINI JR: 1. Tim Palka (Kaw t 2. Man Spayer(Suzt 3. Dave Wilson (Suzt 4 . Brandon Downard (Hen ); 5. Jason Seeley (Hon). MINI SR: 1. Russell LeCompte (Kawt 2. M ike Hollawey (Kawt 3. Cun Janssen (Hon). 125 A; 1. Ken Hempen (Yamt 2. Troy Picken (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Shawn Hugg ins (Kawt 2. Rick Munson (Suzt 3. Tim Klouser (Yamt 4. Eric Garland (Kaw ); 5. Roben Gross (Hon ). 12 5 B: 1. Jeff Mercllt' (Kaw); 2. Todd Jedro (Yamt. 3. Dave Simnick (Kaw); 4. Steve Marin (Kaw) ; 5. J ason Sm ith (Yam). 25OB : 1.JohnYoung {Kaw);2. Terry Hahn (Kaw ); 3. Blake Trailoros (Hont. 4. Kevin Z8h n (Hont. 5. M ike Hinds (Hon). 125 C: 1. Roy Nanger (Suz); 2. Jon Becker (Yam); 3. Roben Nelsen (Kaw); 4 . Seig Volt i (Suz); 5. Andrew Wilson (Suz). 250 C: 1. Roy Nanger (Suz); 2. Sieg Voh l (Hon); 3. J oe Enr ich (Kaw ); 4 . Steve Vaughn (Kaw ); 5. Chris Cooners (Han). OPEN: 1. Terry Hahn (Kaw); 2. Rebert Elder (KTM); 3. Fred Voss (Honl. VINT: 1. Dan W right (Hon); 2. Dave Thoma s (Suz); 3. Brian McNamara (Hen); 4. Blake Filarski (Yam ); 5. Gary Philbrick (Yam). SR MEN : 1. Rick Munson (Suzl; 2. BradNordlol (Kaw ); 3. Pete Reitsch (Hon) 4 . Ed Peterson (Kaw ); 5. Dave Thomas (Hon). S/S R: 1. Dave Harvey (Yam); 2. Kevin Holl aw ay (Kaw l. Burle son best a t Neatness Counts Enduro By Dale Cessna NEW WAVERLY, TX, APR. 10 Larry Burleso n drop ped th ree points to take the overa ll victory at the first round of th e Trail Ri ders of Ho uston's 2nd Annual Family Enduro Series at New Waver ly. The co urse, set in the Sam H ouston National Forest, was made up into two differen t 27-mi le loops. The first loo p had a fair amount of new cut trai l that was tight enough in places to keep it interesting. T he second loop had at least one seatdeep mud bog tha t ma rked the end of the day for some riders. In the O-Open Combined A class, Wes McKni ght dropped three points to take firt place. Kenny Jones and Marty H owell both dropped eig ht po ints each, with Jones comi ng o ut second after th e tie br eaker. In the Women 's C class Cindy Hutchins on had a great ride. dropin g only two points in th e morning loop to take the win. Karen Burl en son dropped eig h t poin ts and Lee Malone dropped 14 for second and thi rd . respecti vely. Results 34 YTH 0·9: 1. Jeffery Kaise r. YTH 1Q..12 GIRLS: 1. Becky Coll ins . YTH 10-12 BOYS: Bubba Paulson; 2. Gary Windham; 3. Ricky Player. JR BOYS: 1. Kevin GOUlding. JR GIRLS: 1. Holli Kaiser . WMN A : 1. Julie Yerigan . WMN C: 1. Cindy Hutchinson; 2. Keren BurIen- son; 3. Lee Malone. BEG: 1. Richard Ong; 2. Tommy Finderism; 3. Bob Windham. VlNT: 1. Ted Ryan. SEAT OF THE PANTS: 1. Roben Ma lone . 4-STRK: 1. Dno Benke; ·2. Bob M cKenzie; 3. Trevor Wa lker. OVER 40 : 1. Don Cole; 2. Bob McKnigh t 3.'Ken Clark. 0 / A : 1. Larry Burleso n. Q..200 Al201·0 PEN COMB : 1. W as M cKnight; 2. Kenny Jones; 3. Ma ny Howell. 201·0PEN B: 1. Gordon Bard; 2. Denn is Sm ith ; 3. Terry Brown. 0 -200 B: 1. Wa rr en Rulau; 2. John M aldon ado; 3. Cord Lauritsen. 201 ·0PEN C: 1. David Hut chi nson; 2. Rick Player; 3. Man Howell. 0·200 C: 1. Dan Cocking ; 2. Jo e Wal sh; 3. Gary Van Syckle. Currier cruises at Woodland M X By Derryl Anderson WOODLAND , WA, AP R. 9 Hillsbo ro H o n da-back ed Darri n Currier went I-I in the worst mud of the year to claim the win in th e 250cc Beginner class at the Woodland Motocross Park MX. Practice went well . but jus t after the races bega n it ra ined so hard that most classes were lucky to hav e two to three riders make th e start. In moto one Roger Knight got the ear ly lead , foll owed by Currier . Scott Knapp. T ony Lundgren and Wayne Kent . By la p two , Currier took over the lead for good. In th e next co up le laps Casey Wassell . Tad Burleson and Greg White all dropped to the rear of the pack. At the checkered flag it wa s Currier. Knapp, Knight , Lundgren and Kent wh o led th e field. In the fin al moto , Currier go t th e scra tch and never loo ked ba ck. Beh ind him were Kna p p. Kn ight and Kent. A la p la ter Wassell and Bur leso n moved up to fourth a nd fifth. respectively, and the fin al positions were set. At the finish it was Currier, Knapp, Knight, Wassell, Burleson . and Lundgren . In the 125cc Begi nner class, Matt Gabl e looked good in the mud by dom in ating both mote s. In moto one, Gabl e go t th e lead and went wire to wire. J eff Leavy. Robert Egan, Mike Nova, and Mike Wood s were behind him off the line. By lap three, Egan and T rever Levitt both improved th eir positions by one spo t. At the checkered flag it was Gabl e, Egan. Leavy. Levitt , ' Nova and Roman Ro ss. Gable took th e initial lead in rnoto two, foll owed by Leavy, Woods. T im H armon and Egan. Within a lap Woods got by Leavy and then passed Gabl e to take a short-lived advantag e, but later dropped out of the race. Ross also moved up severa l pos itio ns. On lap three, Gable took the lead back for good wh ile Ro ss and H armon battled back-and forth for second. At the end it was Gabl e, Ross. H arm on, Egan. Leavy and Mark J oh nson. Results MINI BEG: 1. Lou Calkin s; 2. Cory Bloomberg; 3. Trav is Webbe r; 4. Todd Kibble . MIN I JR: 1. Troy Kibble ; 2. Er ic Burk inshaw. MIN I INT: 1. Jason McCorm ick. 12 5 BEG: 1. Man Gable; 2. Raben Egan; 3. Roman Ross; 4. jeff Leavy. 125 JR: 1. Dan Han sen; 2. Todd Burchett; 3. Richard Browning. 125 INT: 1. Paul Rowl and . 125 PRO: 1. Darr en Rogers; 2. David Browning. 250 BEG: 1. Darr in Curr ier; 2. Scon Knapp; 3. Casey Wassell . 250 JR: 1. David Hampton; 2. Dave Eppig. 250 INT: 1. Mark Benn ett; 2. Paul Rowland; 3. Aaron Boemer . OPEN BEG: 1. Gary Fisher; 2. Ernest Hall; 3. Larry Mofford; 4 . Ted Branch. OPEN JR: 1. Don Boespflug; 2. Steve Raduno vich; 3. Mitc h Troner; 4. Trov Yeo. OPEN INT: 1. Don Tyler . UTH: 1. M ike Tresch . OTH A: 1. Doug Halsos ; 2. Paul Stuen. OTH B: 1. Dave Eppig; 2. Greg Slyter. OTH C: 1. Gary Fisher; 2. David Hank ins; 3. Richard Younc e. OT NOV: 1. Carl Ste in; 2. Gene Chinim. AM : 1. Dave Galloway; 2. Jeff Younce. €X: 2. Roger Knight. Rosa, Ellis top Bakersfield ST By Laura Ti singer BAKERSFIELD, CA, APR. 8 Yamaha pilot J im Rosa took the 600cc Pro class wi n ton ight on Ba kersfiel d Speedway's qua rtermile. clay ova l, whi le Ch ad Ellis claimed the short track win in the 600cc Ama teur division by p iloting his Yam aha th rou gh some sti ff competi tio n. . At the start of th e 600cc Amateur. class hea t race, Pat Bride too k th e lead and held it all th e way to cla im the win. T he rea l race was for second pl ace between Ellis and Don Gl enden ing. Elli s held a slight advan tage for four laps by stayi ng inside and comi ng o ut of th e corne rs hard. Gl enden ing, however . took second on lap five to fini sh second behind Bride. Rosa fini shed third. while Jeff H artman and Ton y Hoover rounded o ut th e top five. The main event was close from start to finish. Elli s led th e field , powering ahead of Bride, Glendening and Hartman. Bride lost second o n lap three when Gl endening pulled up on th e back stra ight and poured on the horsepower gomg into Q..BO: 1. Johnny Murphee; 2. Richard Tucker; 3. Kevin Bustier. 250 PRO: 1. Rick Pearce; 2. Mike Bosw onh; 3 . Darin Layton. 250 AM : 1. Lonnie Pauley; 2. Kevin Humphrey; 3. Tom McKa\,600 A M VET: 1. Dan Dowdi ng; 2. Randy Salm on. 600 AM : 1. Ched Ellis; 2. Don Glendening; 3. Pat Bride . 600 ' PRO: 1. Jim Rosa; 2. Jimmy Higuera; 3. Jim Hast ily . HuH shines at MacombST By Bill Holt MACOMB, IL. APR. 16 Audie Huff Jr. ga ve th e locals a lesson in speed and style as he po wered h is Graybo y Kawasaki! Gardener Racing Harley to an easy 500cc cla ss win at the LaMoine Ramblers M /C short track. Ri ck Knuth go t his Joe Evans l G en e Knuth/Gear Racewear/DC Cycle Ro tax off th e line first. " I got a great sta rt but the second time Huff ran up on th e ou tside I knew he was goi ng by," said Knu th. Huff got off right beh ind Knuth and went way up in th e.Ioose stuff o n to p and mad e a full-l ock pass in th e middle of turns three and four and was never headed as he styled his way to yet ano ther win . Knuth's tr oubl es wer en ' t ov er as Bart Schmulbach closed in on him in the . middle laps and tried every line on the track in an attem p t to take th e second spot but Knuth kept it o n th e fast line and held off Sch mulbach for the second spo t. Reed Bert ilin o held off th e hard chargi ng J im H inthorn for the fourth spot. Scott H uff made h is secon d race o n his Gra yboy Kawasaki pay off in a bi g way by makin g sho rt work of th e 250cc fina l a nd ad mitted that there was more than skill involved. "T ote (Tote Gray of Gra ybo y Kawasaki ) has given me th e fastest rid e in th e distric t but if I had been behind Don i (Holema n) when he got crossed up in number two ins tead of on the outside I wo uld have been cu t off like th e rest of the guys and wo uld ha ve had a lot harder time of it," said Huff. H ol eman had used a holeshot to gra b th e lead but go t sideways on th e groove. stoppi ng traffic behind h im . Huff had started on th e outs ide and was still th ere wh en H ol eman had his troubles and scampered from there into th e lead and with clear air in front of him kept it up on the top of th e groove all the way to the checkers. David Allen followed Huff around Holeman for the second spot 'f and th en held off Holeman. Danny Carter fought off Steve Brinker for th e fourth spot. . Shannon Wright led Josh Reid and a full house of 50s under the checkers for th e win in the Pee Wee

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