Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. class and Steve Hall, was too much for Shane Garrison in the Mini class. Chad Bar th was the class of th e 125s holding off David Alle n, Dave Stanfeild a nd Steve H all for the winner 's share. 111 the Senior class Les Eslinger got off slow and had to get by Dave Sta nfeild to take the lead , only to lose it to Steve Brinker in the late laps, setting the final order. Results 50 : 1. Shane Garrison: 2. Shannon Wright; 3. Randy Sm ith; 4 . Joshua Reid; 5. Jess Robin son. 80: 1. Steve Hall; 2. Jess Robinson; 3. S hane Garr ison. 125 : 1. n ave Allen: 2. Kenny Barth; 3. s t eve Hall; 4 . David Stanfe ild, 250 : 1. Doni Holeman ; 2. Dan Caner; 3. Bryan Graybeal; 4. Scott Huff: 5 . Devid Miller. 400: 1. Gary Brenn a n; 2. Tom S utt on; 3. Greg calley; 4 . Dave Harber; 5. Mark Augenstein . 500: 1. Bart Somulbach; 2. Rick Knuth; 3 . Todd Darl ing; 4. Todd Doughty; 5. Greg Sauder . SR: 1. Les Eslinger; 2. Steve Br inker; 3. Gary Brennan; 4. Greg Calley; 5. Jeff Ch isham. PRO-AM: 1. Ja mes Hauptman; 2. Kevin Sei vers; 3. Ma rk Sanders; 4. Jeff Chisham; 5. Todd Doughty . Schmulbach smashes Pekin ST By Bill Holt PEKIN , IL, APR. 17 Bar t Schm ulbach lived up to the number o ne pl ate on the fro nt of his Bach Sh op H -D by taking th e 500cc class final in wire-to-wire fashion at th e Peki n short track. Schmulbach ma de short work of his hea t as did rival Rick Knuth. Schmulbach did what he had to do to make it hard on Kn uth early in the main and that was to grab the hol eshot and fill up the lead spot on the fast line. Knuth got off quickly also but the inside line belonged to Schmulbach and for the duration Knuth challenged as the ,two riders p ulled away from the pack. All efforts by Knuth fell short and he was relegated to second. Todd Darling fought off T odd Doughty and Greg Sauder for th e third spot. Shane Garrison took the 50cc class over Shannon Wright, Randy Smith, Joshua Reid and the rest of the 10rider final. In the Mini final it was Steve H all with a coas t-to-coast win o ver J ess R obi n so n and Sh an e Garrison. Dave All en gave Kenny Barth a lesson on how hard it is to pass th e leader en ro u te to the win in th e 125cc class. Steve H all fough t off Dave Stanfield for th e third spot. Danny Carter and Bryan Graybeal aced th e two 250cc cla ss heats a nd grabbed th e best spo ts on the line for th e start of th e final, but when the dust cleared in the second tum it was Doni Holeman with the lead with Carter and Graybeal in tow. The three diced for th e duration with the order unchanged at th e checkers. Scot Huff took several good shots at Graybeal but settled for fourth in fro nt of David Allen a n d Steve Brinker. . G ray Brennan got off first in th e 400cc class final and settl ed in for his wire-to-wire win. Tom Sutton and Greg Calley kep t on th e heat but settled for the nex t two spots. The Senior final checkers found Les Eslinger holding off the man who had beaten him in th e last two outings, Steve Brinker got out in front early and stayed on th e groove. Brinker made several serio us challengs but never got by. Gary Brennan, Greg Calley and Jeff Chisham filled out th e top five. Results : 50: 1. Sharie Garrison; 2. Shannon Wright; 3. Randy Smilh; 4. Joshua Reid; 5. Jess Robinson. 80: 1. Sleye Hall; 2. Jess Robinson; 3. Shane Gerrison. . , 125: 1. Daye Allen; 2. Kenny Barthp; 3 . Steve Hell; 4 . Dayid Slanfieid. 250: 1. Don i Holeman; 2. Dan Cartar; 3. Bryan Graybeal; 4. Scon Huff; 5. Dayld Miller. 400: 1. Gray Brennan; 2. Tom Sunon; 3 . Greg calley; 4 . Dave Harber; 5. Mark Auganstein . 500: 1. Bart Schmulbach; 2. Rock Knuth; 3 . Todd Darling; 4 . Todd Doughty; 5 . Greg Saucier. . SR: 1. Lea EaIlnger; 2. S _ Brinker; 3 . Gary Brannlln; 4. Greg C8hy; 5 . Jeff ChW>em. _ PRO-AM: 1. James Hauptman; 2. Kevin Selvers; . 3. Mark Sanders; 4 . Jeff Chisham; 5 . Todd Doughty. Russell keeps streak alive at Road Atlanta By Cindy Bowen BRASELTO N, GA, APR. 24 Scott R ussell continued hi s win ni ng str eak by winning the Formu la Open and C Superbike classes, bringin g hi s total co nsecu tive wins to 17 (n ine of wh ich ar e Suzuki Cup races ). Russell used this weekend to fin e tune his Katana 600 and GSX R750 Pro Superbike for th e upcoming Camel Pro and Su per Sport races. Kurt Hall, on his Zuper-Tuned H onda CBR 600 Hurri ca n e a n d GSXR750 also took home two wins in the C Production and B Production races. The closest and most exci ti ng ra ce of th e day was C Superbike. At the start, R ussell led into turn on e on his Dunlop/EBC/ Bruce H am m er/ T ea m Hammer/ So lm ax R aci n g /Ka l-G a r d /RK Chain-sponsored, Vic Faso la -tu ned Suzuki Kata na, wi th Kurt H all close beh ind o n h is Honda Hurrican e. R ussell continued to lead thro ugh the esses on hi s Kata na wh ich is eq ui pped with 'a D & D Exha ust and Du nl op K59Is. H all passed Russell coming u p th e hill to the br idge on lap one. The two were side-by-side on th e front straigh t and R ussell attempted to repass H all on the outside of turn one. Russell go t on th e brakes too hard and almost lost th e front end, allowing Ha ll to remain in th e lead. H all continued to lead the second lap and the two would come up th e hill from turn' on e, out of tum three and into th e .esses within arm 's reach of each other o n every la p with Hall holding down first spo t. Hall would look over hi s shoulder going up the hill out of turn five on every la p and Russell .wo uld be there breathing down his neck , waiting for him to make a mistake, which H all never made. On th e final lap , R ussell made his move on H all in turn II and took th e ch ec kers oy t h e n a r ro west o f margms. Following the C Su perbike race, R ussell clim bed aboard his Dunlop / EBC/ Chris Chandler/Wood y Kyle/ Phif Flack/ Kal· Ga rd/ R K/ Fox Racin g Shoc k-spo nsored G SXR 750 expertly prep ped and tuned by J on Rob er ts, to co n tes t th e Formula Open race. Ru ssell went up agains t fell ow Solmax endurance teammat e Kevin Ren tzell on his 'GSXR II O O that he put together just two days prior to the Road Atl anta race. Russell once again led int o tum one wit h Ren tzell ri gh t on hi s heels. Ren tzell stayed within a few bike lengths of Russell and wo uld gain ground on him coming up the hill ou t of tu rn five, and pu lled alongside Russell on lap four. Russell o ut braked Ren tzell going into turn six main tai ni ng his lead. Rentzell o nce again pulled alongside Russell in tu m five on the last lap, but Russell never let hi m get by and went on for th e win, turning consistent 1:30 lap tim es. Ren tzell turned a few faster laps th an Russell trying to catch him , but in th e end itwas Russell with th e win. H e and Rentzell did a side-by-side wh eeli e show o n the coo l-off lap out of tum five, all the way up the hill and into turn six, with Russell flashing the " nu mber on e" sign for the spectators. , Rentzell, again turning low 1:30s, took the A Production win on his New Haven Suzuki minus th e Yoshimura Exhaust, a full front straightaway ahead of seco nd pl ace Hall. Hall, on his Fox Racing Shox/ Metzeler/Klotz/ Action Honda/ Tsubaki-sponsored CBR600 Hum- Scott Russell (22) leads Kurt .Hall (60) in C Superbike action at Road Atlanta. Russell's winning streak now stands at 17 consecutive wins. ca ne ran away wi th the C Pro duction race wi th his smooth and consistent riding, leaving Paul Bray to finish second and David Clayde in th ird . Hall was rid in g on Metzeler Comp Ks and won by an impressive 15 second margin over second place Bray. H all returned to the track in B Prod uction for a n equally impressive win with a larger margin between himself and second place Kenny Phillips. Expert J eff Duckwo rt h o n his Yamaha FZ750 Superbike led from th e start in the B Superbike race. Duckworth, riding on Dun lop slicks, pulled out a half-second lead on . second place on la p one to dominate this class , taking home $1000 in Yamaha contingency money. The real action in this race was among the Novice competitors . Doug Kidd on a Suzuki GSXR750 Superbike led the firs t four la ps with Gar y Buckles and Edwardo Munoi follo wing. O n lap four, Buckles and Munoi passed Kidd to take over first an d second. Kidd had been sho wn a bl ue flag from the starter which indica ted that he had been docked one lap for jumping th e two-wave sta rt. Kidd go t a head start o n th e other Novices, ' therefore resulting in the one lap pe nalty. On lap five, Munoi passed Buckles and began p ulli ng away. Munoi took th e checkers two seconds ahead of Buckles with Donald Sim s finish ing th ird. Results A PROD EX: 1. Kevin Rentze ll (Suz); 2. Kurt Hall (Suz). B PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Suz); 2. Ken ny Phillips (SUl) . . c PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Hon); 2. Paul Bray (SUl); 3. Dav id Clyde (Hon). D PROD EX: 1. Chuck Huneycu tt (Yam); 2. Dave Mims (Yam); 3 . Dayid Huneycutt (Yam). CLBMN EX: 1. Joe Hutcheson (Hon ); 2. Bernard Basal (Yam); 3 . M ike Grissom (Hon). OPEN FORM : 1. Scon Russell (Su z); 2. Kevin Rentzell (SUl); 3. Norman Beaudoin (Suz). B S/BK EX: 1. Jeff Duckworth (Yam ); 2. David Clyde ( S Ul~ 3 . Cam Roos (SUl). C S/BK EX: 1. Scon Russell (Suz); 2. Kurt Hall (Hon); 3 . Cam Roos (Yam). . D S/BK EX: 1. Cam Roes (Yam ~ 2. Chuck Huneycutt (Yam); 3. Joe Hutcheson (Hon). F-2 EX: 1. Robert Willis (Yam); 2. Chris Spencer (Yam); 3. Hilton Van Slaten (Duc). F-3 EX: 1. Charlie Skinner (Hon ). A PROD NOV ; 1. Doug K1dd(SUl); 2. Donald Sims (SUl ); 3. Scon Turner (SUl). B PROD NOV : 1. Donald Sims (SUl); 2. Doug Kidd (SUl) ; 3. Scon Turnar (SUl). C PROD NOV: 1. Mike Gardner (Hon); 2 . Jonalhan Anderson (Hon); 3 . Edwardo Munoi (Suz). D PROD NOV: 1. Daye George (Vam ); 2. Alan June (Kaw) ; 3 . Billy Elsenacher (Vam). CLBMN NOV : 1. Carl Barrow (Vam); 2. Eric Ludwlgsen (Kaw); 3 . Dan Gillespie jYam). B S/BK NOV : 1. Edward Munoz (SUl) ; 2. Gary Bucklas (Kaw); 3 . Donald Sims (SUl). C S/BK NOV : 1. Scott James (Han); 2. Stacy Hadaway (Yam~ 3 . So Shuptrine (Yem ). . V1NT1; 1. Vic Bannister (Duc~ 2. Beno Rodi (Ind). V1NT 2; 1. Beno Rodl (BSA); 2. Jimmy Snoddy (Hon~ 3 . Ted Hubbard (BSA). F-2 NOV; 1. Richard Lea (Kawt 2. Geoffrey Freeland (Yamt 3. Alan Juna (Kaw). F·3 NOV: 1. Eric Ludwigsen (Kaw); 2. Jac k Dupree (Kaw); 3. Pau l Ludwigsen (Hon ). D S/BK NOV: 1. 7; 2. Daye Georg e (Vam ); 3 . Geoffrey Freeland (Yam). VINT 3 : 1. Beno Rodi (BSA ); 2. Jimmy Snoddy (Hon). VINT 4 : 1. Vic Bann ist er (Nor); 2. David Cernelison (BSA ); 3 . John A stl eford (Nor). Maughan masters WillardMX By Dale Bohm WILLAR D, UT, AP R. 16 " I felt rea lly good o ut th ere toda y," exclaimed 250cc Pro winner Cor ky Maughan shortly after beating firstmoto winner Steve Liedberg via 2" I moto finishes at Willard. Liedberg came back to win both motos of the . I25cc Pro class, however, earning the H onda rider three moto wins for the da y. . In 250cc Pro acti on, Liedberg was quick off the start and rounded the first turn i n th e lead. Monarch H onda 's Maughan was dose behind, followed by Bria n Levitt and Matt Je n kins. Ma ugh an began pressu ring Li ed berg for first as th e pair pulled ou t a sizeable lead. Meanwhile, back in th e pack Scott Nielson was reco vering from a poor sta rt and began p icking off riders at a fra ntic pace , J enki ns bega n pressu ring Levitt until they both went down in a corner, and a hard-ch arging Nielson was now in third p lace. Maughan tri ed to catch Liedberg, but at th e finish line it was Liedberg with the win followed by Maugh an, Nielson, Levitt and Mik e Thomas. The second m o to h oleshot belonged to Thomas as Maughan, Levitt; Jenkins and J eff Lundgren fo llowed. Maughan quickly di spl aced Thomas and pulled out a com fortable .lead. Liedberg was on th e mo ve, and by th e th ir d lap was pressu ring second-place Thomas. A bobble by Thomas allowed Liedberg to sli p by in to second, but Maughan was long gone. The fin ishing order read Maughan" Liedberg and Thom a s, with th e o verall going to Maughan via 2-1 mo to fin ishes. In 80cc Expert action Matt Sm ith captured the lead followed by Dus tin Ward and Chance Maughan. Positions remained the same throughout ' the first half of the rnoto, with the exception of Russell Anderson, who was feveri shly trying to hold off a determined Maughan. . Anderson picked off riders at a steady pace until he settled in the fifth place pos ition. At the finish it was Sm ith followed by Ward, Maughan, Walker and Anderson. The second moto was all Ander" son. Ward held down second over Maughan by a few bike lengths as 35

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