Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

II: ~ W ~ U en en => e II: > '" 0 .... 0 :I: e, 00 00 . 0') ,....; ... 00 ,....; >- C\$ ~ Paul Bray (1 1) defeated Sc ott Russell (4) in WERA act ion at Roebling Road to put an end t o Ru ssells' 17-race winning st reak : • Results Brad Skreen cleans a section on his way to a come-from-behind victory at the 10th Annual Drift Creek Dabber trials event. Carsten, Herman, Antonucci and Ed Bao. In the final moto Carsten grabbed the holeshot with Antonucci at his rear tire. Up the steps Lachowicz charged into second and by the first lap took over the lead and never looked back. Carsten ran a respectable second with Kurt McMillen, Antonucci and Herman rounding ou t the top five. The overall finishes went as folIows: Lachowicz, Carsten, Antonucci, Herman and McMillen. In the Adult Senior Expert class Ed Brazina took the holeshot followed around .the tum by Bruce Dengler. Jay Irwin tried to stop Tony DiStefano from closing in. Dengler slipped past Brazina after the rocker section and moved into the lead. D~Stefano eventually made a pass stick on Irwin, then moved into second and wentfor the lead. Up the moguls in a dice for the lead, DiStefano took control and by the fifth lap DiStefano, Dengler, Irwin, Brazina and Scott Uhrmann held a tight pack up front. Under the white £lag Uhrmann jumped past Brazina up the steps and moved into fourth. Past the checkers DeStefano took the moto in first with Dengler, Irwin, Uhrmann and Brazina rounding out the top five. Dangler took thelead in thefinal moto but quickly relinquished it to Irwin. Irwin carried th e lead through half th e moto and was cha lIen~ed by DiStefano and Dengler. One slip cos t Irwin th e lead as DiStefano was right there. Taking th e mot o and overa lI win wa s DiStefano with Irwin and Dengler second and third in th e m oto and overalIs. Fo urth an d fifth in the moto and al so overall were Uhrmann and Brazina. Results • 250 EX: 1. Mickey Kessler (kaw); 2. Kurt McMillen (Han); 3. Steve Herman (Kaw). . OPEN EX: 1. Mickey Kessler (Kaw); 2.' Chuck Weinberg (Han); 3. Jim Kapitan (Han). 125 EX: 1. Mark Lachowicz (Kaw );2.-Barry Carsten (Yam) ; 3. Dave Antonucci (Kaw). AOV SR EX: 1. Tony DiStefano (Su z); 2. Jay Irwin (Han); 3. Bruce Dengler (Kaw). 12 -13 YR; 1. Shawn Martin (Kaw); 2. Lee Rostien (Yam); 3. Mike Vrabel (Yam). 14-15 YR: 1. Jay Irwin (Kaw); 2. Joel Dengler (Kaw); 3. Rich Zupko (Kaw). 125 NOVA: 1. Keith Meikle (Han); 2. Todd Vogler (Kaw); 3. Brian Gundry (Kaw). 125 NOV B: 1. Jon Straubinger (Suz); 2. Joel Dengler (Kaw); 3. Chris McTanney (Han). 125 AM : 1. Ty Wallace (Kaw); 2. Mark Patterson (Kaw); 3. Jason Rivas (Kaw). ADV SR: 1. Wayne Roseman (Han); 2. Lee Rost;en (Yam); 3. Art Swift (Kaw). 10-11 YR: 1. Vincent Criusti (Kaw); 2. Ben Firestone (Suz); 3. Ken Plass (Kaw). S/SR: 1. James Haddow (Han); 2. George Denke (Suz); 3. Craig Burfield (Kaw). 250 AM : 1. Ty Wallace (Kaw); 2. Daria Dunham (Han); 3. William Lesche (Kaw). 250 B: 1. Wayne Power (Kaw); 2. David Boost (Suz); 3. Bruce Cahoon (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Ron Kappus (Ka",,); 2. Steve Bissinger (Kaw); 3. Jeff Weinberg (Han). Skreen cleans up at Drift Creek Trials By Russ Cazier COAST RANGE, OR, APR. 23 Brad Skreen used a TR34 Beta just two engine hours away from a shipping crate to win the Columbia Observed Trials Association's 10th Annual Drift Creek Dabber. "I bought the bike on Thursday," Skreen said, "and broke it in riding around camp on Saturday. As soon as I ~ot it good and hot it worked just fine." Skreen was not working too welI at first, though. He fived the first two sections on the 10-section, four-loop course, and had to come-frombehind for the Expert win, dropping only 18 points in his final two loops. Tom Young, Trials Marshal, said, "We had quite a few spectators, and I think Skreen got bugged when he started out so shaky. H e put on his ra ce face, a nd his last two loops were pretty impressive." Jay Lael earned his second pl ace Expert finish by makin g a double j urn p ou t of a part of a sectio n that everyone else was having a lot of trouble with. The secti on ended in a double log cro ssin g, a n d after watching several riders ge t stuc k on th e second log, Lael ga ssed it up and cleared th e secon d log in th e. air. Naturall y ev er one . els e st arted runn ing it th at way, bu t he had th e fi -t clea n. . - - J im H arriger turned a steady ride over a tough co u rse into th e win in the Advanced cla ss. Harriger posted 45 an d 54 point two-loop rides. Rod Jackson a lso managed a 45-poin t ride in the second half, but a 63 on h is first card was too many p oints to overcome, and he had to settle for second. EX: 1. Brad Skreen (Bet) 44; 2. Jay Lael (Man) 53; 3. Jay Terry (Yam) 60. . ADV: 1. Jim Harriger (Yam) 99; 2. Rod Jackson (Bet) 108; 3. J on Payne (Mer) 123 . INT: 1. Jim Hollriegel (Yaml 29; 2. Tim Fellows (Fan) 33; 3. Tom Reed (Yam) 55 . . NOV A : 1. Don Heikkila (Yam) 43 : 2. Bill Bundy (Man) 4B; 3. Corey Persons (Yam) 49 . NOV B: 1. Dylan Yeetes (Yam) 96; 2. Cheree .Bittner (Yam) 101; 3. Shawn Heikkila (Yem) 105. Bray stops Russell at Roebling Road RR By Larry Law rence FAULKVILLE, GA, MAY 1 Scott Russell's string of 17 consecutive sprint race victories was broken by Russell 's old teammate Paul Bray, in WERA action at Roebling Road. Bray followed Russell for six laps before Russell's Suzuki lost a footpeg, breaking his concentration for just a second. This gave Bray enough time to make his move around the outside and hold on for the win. Russell came back later to win the B Production ra ce over Jamie James, Mike Harth and Bray. Those races combined with his second place finishes in C Production and Open Formula earned the Jonesboro, Georgia, rider $1510 for the weekend. Cam Ross pulled off the upset of the weekend by beating the 600 Hurricanes of Kurt Hall and Mike Smith in the C Superbike race on a Yamaha FZR400. " I knew that if I could stay in their draft that I could out-maneuver them on th e last lap," said an excited Roos, Roos also sewed up Yamaha dollars in the D Su perbike race after being challenged seriously for the first time this year by Kevin Rentzell. Rentzell, riding with all. injured foot from th e previous day 's en du ra nce race, act ua lly led Roos early in th e race but even tua ll y was repassed and had to settle for the $300 second place prize. Results A PROD EX: 1. Paul Bray (Suz); 2. Scott Russell (Suz); 3. Kevin Rentzell (Suz). A PROD NOV: 1. Doug Kidd (Suz); 2. Jim Gillman (Suz); 3. Roger Camp (Suz). B PROD EX: 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2. Jam ie Jam es (Suz); 3. M ike Harth (Suz). B PROD· NOV: 1. Rene Chamser (Han): 2. Doug Kidd ISuz); 3. J im Gillman (Suz). CPROD: 1. Kurt Hall (Han); 2. ScOttRussell (Suz); 3. Paul Bray (Suz). · C PROD NOV: 1'. Rene Chamser (Han); 2. Chip Colli e (Han); 3. J oad Chaves (Kaw). o PROD EX: 1. Stephen Mathews (Yam); 2. Dave Mims (Yam); 3. Pat Chandler 9Yam). o PROD NOV: 1. J.D. Cox (Yam): 2. Tim Morris (Han); 3. Billy Eisenacher (Yam). . B S/BK NOV: 1. Rene Chamser (Han); 2. Jim Gillman (Suz); 3. Douglas Turley (Yam). C S/BK EX: 1. Cam Roos (Yam); 2. Mike Smith (Han); 3. Kurt Hall (Han). . C S/BK NOV: 1. Stacy Hadaway (Yam); 2. Rene Chamser (Han); 3. Todd Hoge (Han). . D S/BK EX: 1. Cam Roos (Yam); 2. Kevin Rentzell (Yamt 3. Patrick Harris (YamI. o S/BK NOV: 1. J.D. Cox (Yam); 2. Tim Morris Ronnie Litchi (Yam). OPEN FORM: 1. Mike Harth (Suz): 2. s-t Russell (Suz~ 3. Kevin Rentzell (Suz). F·2 EX: 1. Pat O'Leary (Yam); 2. Kevin Rentzell (Yam); 3. Dean Hill (Yam). . F-2 NOV: 1. Nick Waycaster (Yam); 2. Michael Morley (Yam~ 3. Ronnie Lichti (Yam). F-3 EX: 1. Mike McKinley (Hon). F-3 NOV: 1. Eric Luc!wigsen (Kaw); 2. J ack Dupree (Kaw~ 3. Paul Ludwigsen (Hon). VlNT 2: 1. Mike Mathews (Han); 2. Jimmy snackley (Han). VlNT 3: 1. Mike Methews (Hon~ 2. Jimmy Snoddy (Hon). VINT 4 : 1. Peul Wright; 2. Royce Eeton fTri); 3. Joe Taylor (BSA). CLBMN EX: 1. Ken Essex (Hon~ 2. Michael Grissom (Han). CLBMN NOV: 1. Pal Wright (MG~ 2. Michael Morley (Yem~ 3. Allen Willis (Han). (Yam~ 3 . Dodgen dusts Boyd's Creek MX SEVIERVILLE, TN, APR. 24 Jeff Dodgen won the 250cc class as round one of the Tennessee State Championship Motocross Series got underway at Boyd's Creek MX. Yamaha-mounted Gary Brown took the holeshot in the first moto with KTM of Athens-backed Mike Shafer glued to his rear fender. By ' lap two Yamaha-mounted Dodgen had taken over second as Robert Hunkapiller and Shafer were involved in a spill. Towards the end of the moto Dodgen rode his way around Brown for the win as Hunkapiller worked his way from the back of the pack to third. In moto two Hunkapiller led from start to finish, but not without constant pressure from Dodgen throughout the race. Brown went down on lap two and eventually was forced out -of the race due to bike problems. Dodgen took the overall victory over H unkapiller while Mark Jackson claimed third overall. Randy Farris battled it out with Jackie Davis in the Enduro class. Farris took the early lead but lost it when Davis passed in midair. Farris came back and made an inside pass stick to take the win. The second rnoto was another battle between the two riders with Farris hanging tough to take the win and overall victory. Results MINI : 1. Walter Allen (Yam); 2. Neal Wilson(Hon); 3. Jason Eldridge (Kaw). 125: 1. Marty Dyke (Yam); 2. Gary Brown (Yam); 3. Mitch McCarter (Han); 4. Mark Ammons (Han); 5. Jeff Ledford (Kaw). 250: 1. Jeff Dodgen (Yam); 2. Robert Hunkapiller (Han): 3. Mark Jackson (Han): 4. Neil Capp (Han); 5. Mike Shafer (KTM). OPEN: 1. Robbie Campbell (Han); 2. Randy Farris (KTM); 3. Mark Jackson (Han); 4. Donny Wattenbarger (Yam); 5. Steve McDaniel (Hus). U/L AM : 1. Gary Brown (Yam); 2. Jeff Ledford (Kaw); 3. Mark Dyer (Suzl; 4. Chris Kitts (Yamt, 5. Eddie Keller (Han). ENDR: 1. Randy Farris (KTM); 2. Jackie Davis (KTM); 3. Tim Brannon (KTM); 4. Sieve Stabb (Kaw): 5. Dena Thornton (KTM).

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