Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

To ta ke Mtva nta ge of our Hus«y sal • . e Exce llent mo to rcyc les al exceu m price s: New 19B7 2 50 Enduro $30 30 Now 19B7 430 Cro.. Country $3 129 Now 1987 500 Cro .. Country $3 2 29 1988. at sim ilar sa vings SPECIAL 19BB 510 Cro .. Country • •. Can Ch.ck our Ih. tNw ··Whit. Ho , " C. ,iva , 25MX MId 250 MXf IJlil E. W_ St P....... CA (I U) 44'·ERIC 00 00 O"l .-; CAG..-VA Husqvama ~ £R.~MAlCO S_ 1dIon - portInc - Nelian: Weldinc • ec.... Shop - UPS Parts Dally CAa.VA DUCAr.I' Husqvama BIGGEST SALE EVER listi ng Price Sa le Price WMXD 12 5 124 89 $20 99 6 50 ELE 146 32 03 999 6 50 ELE·SE $4 199 047 32 6 5 0 ALA· 5 5 14412 1379 9 w. Dea' On 'S S. a nd Paso . , tool CALL US FOR THf: 8f:ST PR'Cf:S All Prices + Prep., r ax and Ucense Fee Model s 'S7 ' 87 '8 7 '8 7 Offers Limited To $ tod On Hand Tony Graves (3) f inished t hird in the 250cc Pro class at Wash9u9al MX. w hil e Scott Tyler (90 ) took second. Looki.g ForCagiYa Sponsorship? CAll US! 'WM N NOV: 1. Teal Nakayama (Kaw ). WMN INT: 1. Shel ia Mo retz (Hon); 2. Katy Se nger. WMN EX: 1. Bonn ie Watch (Suz); 2. Tami Rice (Suzl; 3. Dana Evenson (Suz). OT NOV: 1. Richard Kime s (Kaw ); 2. Jack Voti on (Hon): 3. Pet e Klassen (Hon). OT AM : 1. Gail Webb (Hon); 2. Bob Nelson (Yam); 3. Fred Kalnick (Hon). OT EX: 1. J im Mart en s (Hon): 2. Hal Grady (Hon): 3. Roland Thompson ISuz). OT M STR: 1. Robert Fortier; 2. Bob Dahlgren (Hon); 3. Ron Way (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Jason Melton IKaw); 2. Clarence Abban (Hon): 3. Tony Barr anti (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Earl Wan ers (Kaw ); 2. Cris Evans lKaw); 3. Scon Hofman (CZI. 125 INT: 1. Jeff Bar bacovi (Yam ~ 2. Raymond An thony (Hon); 3. Steven Kotaj arvi (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. J eff Reynol ds (Suz); 2. Paul Vlach (Hon); 3. Chris Radzin ski (Yaml. 250 BEG: 1. Donn ie J orda n (Hon): 2. Pat Ballard (Hon); 3. Bob Hermanson (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. J im Whin (Yam); 2. Russell Reill y (Hon); 3. Danny Ban aglia ISuz). 250 INT: 1. J eff Bar ba covi IHon ); 2. Todd Broussard (Yam); 3. Greg Pierce (YAm I.. 250 PRO: 1 Paul vlacn (Hon); 2. Tim Telfo rd (Hon!; 3 . Rod Richardson (Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Randy Wysocki (Kaw ); 2. Pete Chacon Jr. (Hon); 3. Darri n Trud eau (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Greg Atkinson (Hon); 2. Kelly Wade (Hon); 3. Brian Cur ry (Kaw). 500 INT; 1. Gr eg Pierc e (Kaw); 2. G e~ ,g e . Andrews (Hen) ; 3 .~David A loisio (H on~..... Graves, Hart top Washougal MX By Brian Barnes WASHO UGAL, WA, AP R . 17 O regon 's Tony Graves ca me away with a n impressive win in the 'l25cc' P ro ra nks, while another O regonian , G ra yso n Ha rt , bested Yamaha's Scott T yler and G ra ves in the 250cc Pro class today duri ng th e o peni ng round of the 1988 CMC Gold Star Series , held at Was hougal Motocross Park. Nearly 300 riders showed u p for th e event. With track conditions bordering on pe rfect a nd skies overcast, racing go t underw ay with the first I 25cc P ro mo to. G ra ves, fresh o ff h is seco nd pl ace ride at t he Kin gd o m e Mi ckey T ho mpso n race the previous week, rose to th e occassio n by taking his Hon d a to w i ns in bo th motos, fini sh ing well a head of th e competi tion. H art , last year's to p Northwest 125cc rider , p laced second in bot h motos af ter worki ng his way tip to the second spo t in both races. Pro caliber H onda rider Eri c Hall made his competitive debut after a leng th y vacation fro m the MX wars, running 'u p fro nt in the first rac e on ly to have problem s 1 ro p him back. The second race found Ha ll taking th e fourth spot. H onda riders Darren Rogers, Bryan Birkestol a nd Don Bisceglia rounded out the to p five. T he 250cc Pro class saw specta tors lin ing the fences in both mo tos to ca tch a g li mpse of some o f th e most exci ting race ac tio n seen in these parts for some tim e. Mickey Thompson Ultracross winner a nd runnerup, T yler a nd Graves, alo ng with Hart, put on a gr ea t sh ow. The first race found Hart taking th e holeshot with T yle r, Graves, Bisceglia and Ka wasaki rider Dennis Sweeton followin g. H a rt led for o n ly a short while as T yler too k over th e lead for .the remainder o f the mo to, The race that followed was grea t, th ough, as T yler was chased by Hart a nd G raves by mere bike len g ths for a so lid nine laps. The mo to ended with th e top fin ishe rs in th a t order. The seco nd ra ce found H ar t again . taking th e ho leshot, while T yler ducked under Graves to tak e seco nd. T yler again grabbed th e lead o n la p one and set o ut to take the overall , b ut thi s time Han had different ideas. H art dogged Tyler until th e fourth lap when he got past the, Yama ha pi lot on.the downhill but was 'passed back la ter in the la p. After trying again the nex t ' Iap , H a n finall y repassed Tyler for good a lthough all th ree riders remained close un til the finish. H ar t's win gave him the ov era ll with T yler a n d G ra ves second and third. T he Nort hwest's Up The Hill class for riders 25- to 30·years-old, is gaining rapid popularity and today's race fo und Ron Su n, Scott Wi ll ia ms a nd J eff Birkesto l, all on H ondas, ba ttli ng for to p honors. Su n smoked everyone in the first race but Wi lliams looked strong in the seco nd race, passing Su n to take th e overall via a 2-1 ta lly. Sun wa s seco nd wi th a 1-2, whi le Birkestol, .Kawasaki -rider Ca rl Sei m, Hond a pi lot Mark Bennett (Han) and Joe Casey rounded ou t th e top six. Resu lts 60 9 -11: 1. Russell Post ma (Kaw ); 2. Bren Boehm (Kaw ); 3. M att hew Willi ams IKaw ). BOBEG: 1. J amie Cook (Hon); 2. Corey Downing (Kaw); 3. Ben Rhoades (Hon). BOJR: 1. Chr is Paterson (Hon); 2. Forest Transell (Kaw); 3. M ark Koehn . BO INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 2. Dan Ulve n (Kaw ); 3. Jason McCor mick (Kaw ). 125 BEG D-l : 1. Lowe ll Fretz (Kaw); 2. ""ric M use (Yam): 3. Ken Bell more (Hon). 125 BEG D· 2: 1. Roman Ross (Kaw ): 2. Allan Koch (Kaw ); 3. Jo hn Edward s (Hon). 125 JR : 1. Jeff Payne (Hon): 2. Carl Serm (Kaw): 3 . Tom Collie (Han). 125 INT: 1. Brad Bolmes (Hon); 2. Bren Delries (Hon); 3. Je ff Daily (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Hon); 2. Grayson Hart (Hon ~ 3. Darren Rogers (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Craig Stee le (Kaw); 2. Jeff Ad ams (Hon); 3. David McKuhn (Hon). 250 JR: 1. Chris Bicilia (Han); 2. Cameron Rice (Kaw ); 3. Mark Murphy (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Mars ha ll Favre ( H on~ 2. Jim Conet (Suz); 3. Paul Rowland (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (Hon); 2. Scon Tyler (Yam); 3. Tony Graves (Hon). 500 BEG: 1. M ike J enson (Hon); 2. St eve Johnson (Hon); 3. Greg Gates. 5OOJR: 1. Don Boespflug (Hon); 2. Mrtch Trett er IHon): 3. Rod Cook (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Don Tyler (Hon); 2. Richerd Merr in (Hon); 3. Scott Kock (Hon). UTH: 1. Scon W ill iams (Hon); 2. Ron Sun (Hon); 3. J eff Birkesto l (Hon). 30 ' 40 JR: 1. M ark Ennis (Hon); 2. M ike Borseth . IKaw ): 3. J im Cook (Hon). 30.40 INT: 1. Jay Loudagin (Hon); 2. Tracy Lantz (Hon); 3. Don Schoweiler. 30 ·40 $: 1. M i ke Gr ater (Hon); 2. M it ch Kirkpatri ck (Kaw ); 3. Ma rk Dickey (Kaw). 16 141 Sherman Way Van Nuys, CA 91406 UPS PARTS DAilY QT .JR: 't , Dav e Nyblom (Ho n ); 2 . Gary Fahlander (Yam); 3. J oe Small (S u z~ OT INT: 1. Bill Naylor (Hon). - - Schwartz sails in Costa Mesa Speedway By Scott Da loisio COSTA MESA, CA, AP R. 22 Bobby Sch wartz, th e biggest wi n ner in southe rn Ca lifo rn ia during th e 1987 speed way season , mad e a -sto p in victory circle after layi ng claim to the Scratch ma in event on KIKFM N ig ht a t O ran g e Count ry Fairgrounds. Three National Cha m p io ns sa t-in th e main event field. Schwartz, the 1986 ki ng, had to fa ce o ff agai ns t 1985 Champion Alan Chri stian a nd th e current title holder Brad Oxley. orthern Ca lifo rnia 's Jim Sise more joined th e cham ps . ./' Schwartz got serio us whe n it was time to begi n the main. 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