Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

500 JR: 1. Mark Hearn (Han); 2. Todd Laksa (Han); 3 . Michael Kenner (Han). 500 INT; 1. Randy Chapm an (Kaw); 2.Joel Christensen (Hon~ 3. Ricky Lutl (Kaw). 500 PRO: 1. Kelly Andtis (Yam); 2. Sean Conley (Kaw); 3. Clayton Blood (Kaw). VET JR: 1. John Yates (KTM); Z. Darrel Southstone (Han); 3. RonKirgan (Kaw) . . VET INT: 1. Terry Huffer (SUl); 2. Mike Panerson (Kaw~ 3. Gary Selby (Kaw). VET MSTR: 1. Duane Jo ice (Kaw); 2. Steye Lawrence { H on~ 3. Jim Doll ard (Han). VET PRO: 1. Irv in Achzlar Jr. (Han); 2. Pete Ham (Han). OT JR; 1. Manfred Haywood (Han); 2. Jo hn Cipollina (Kaw ); 3. Bill Riggs (Kaw ). OT INT: 1. Van DePiero { Hon ~ 2. Jim Boyd (Yam); 3. Fred Cameron (KTM ). OT MSTR: 1. Russ Powell (KTM); 2. Wayne Johnson (Kaw~ 3. Carl Bowl ing (Han). Daily, Graves get Washougal MX wins By Clay Light WASHO UGAL, WA, APR. 16 Yamaha-mounted j eff Dail y and Honda-mounted Ton y Graves star ted o ff th e seaso n th e same way the Oregon du o ended it, by winning at the seaso n opener during .Motocross Northwest Sanctioned Motocross at Washougal. Daily won the 125 and 250cc Intermediate cla sses while Graves topped both the 125 and 250cc Pro class es. Daily sho wed no mercy en route to posting impressive I-I performances in th e 125cc Intermediate con test s. Daily 's closest co m pe tition cam e from Brett DeVries, a boar d a Honda, and Ed j ensen , wh o follow ed Dail y across th e lin e in both mo tos to fin ish second and third respectively. Dail y cam e back in th e 250cc Intermediate class to put a stranglehold o n th e co m p eti tio n . Scott Bergren took second to Dai ly in th e firs tmoto and after posting a secondmo to fourth , laid a claim o n seco nd overall. T h ird overall went the way of Ron Westlake with 4-3 fin ishes. Graves' two-class tri um ph didn 't com e easi ly as Scott Tyler, winner of th e recent Seattle ro u nd of -the Mickey Thompson Grand Prix's 250cc U ltracross, and Grayson Hart were on hand. But Graves proved he is a rider to be reckoned wi th as he took th e first 250cc Pro moto by storm while Hart a nd T yler finished second and third at th e finish. Graves notched the overall win as well as the accompanying top cash payoff aft er piloting his Roseburg Honda-sponsored CR to . second behind Tyler in moto two . Tyler netted second overall and Hart's (23) score was third. Graves also found his way to th e top of the heap in the I25cc Pro class. Tyler was again th e only rider threatening to take the overall win away from Graves, but Graves was too much and logged a moto one win while Tyler, Don Besceglia, Darren Rogers and Yamaha rider ' David Browning filled the top five at mote's end. T yler again pushed Graves to the finish in th e second moto but Graves proved his 250cc rides were no fluke and held off Tyler's last-ditch efforts to net overall money. Tyler, Bisceglia, Rogers and Browning finished 2-5 and filled the top five overall. One of the day 's largest fields of riders assembled for a huge 30-40 clas s swapfest, which gated junior, Intermediate and Pro riders in three waves. Honda-mounted Mike Crader led the way to the checkered flag by virtue of 2-2 performances in the Pro portion with first moto winner jim Lamkin taking home second overall and moto two winner Mitch Kirkpatrick posting 1-4 rides for th ird. Winners of Intermediate and junior classes were Don Thompson and Steve Baze. Resu lts OPEN PRO: 1. Mike Stahl (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Scan Williams (Han); 2. Don Tyler (Han); 3. Wayne Nybaum. OPEN J R: I . Tyro McPike (Han); 2. Mitch Troner {Hont 3. Rick Urwille (Hon). 250 INT: 1. J eff Daily; 2. Scon Berg"'" (Hon); 3. Ron Westlake (Han). 250 JR: 1. Jim Lamkin {Hon~ 2. Wayne Chris · tiansen (Han); 3. Bren Sirek (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Rob Bonnet (Yam); 2. Mitch Troner (Han); 3. Bill Naylor (Han). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Daily (Yam); 2. Bren DeVries (Han); 3. Ed Jensen (Hon). 250 PRO: I . Tony Graves (Han); 2. Scan Tyler (Yam); 3. Grayson Hart (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Han); 2. Scan Tyler (Yam); 3. Don Biscegl ia (Han). 125 JR: 1. Jeff Payne (Han); 2. Jo el How ard (Han); 3. Tom Coll ie (Han). BO INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 2. Chad Berry (Yam). 80 JR : 1. Warren Baze (Kaw); 2. Forrest Transu {KawO; 3. Chris Paterson (Han). SOBEG: 1. Doug McKuhn (Kaw~ 2. Bren t Worbes (Kaw); 3. Russ Postma (Kaw). GO EARLY! IT'S 00 00 NIGHT! PP: 1. Kristin Hannan (Kaw); 2. Carol Younc e (Kaw). 60 INT: 1. Russ Postma (Kaw ); 2. Doug McKu hn (Kaw ); 3. Man W ill iams (Kaw ). 3C>-40 s: 1. Mi ke Creder (Han); 2. Jim Lamk in (Han); 3. Mitch Kirkpatrick (Kaw). 30-40 INT: 1. Don Thompson (Han); 2. Doug Wiley (Han); 3. J im Harris (Han). 3Q-40 JR: 1. Steve Baze (Kaw); 2. Ron Postma (Kaw ); 3. Rich Younce (SUl). 0') .- ... 00 .- FRIDAY MAY 20, 1988 o.C. Fairgrounds. Costa Mesa, California Cox clinches win at Glen Helen MX By Bonnie Warch SAN BERNARDINO, CA, APR. 17 In th e drizzling rain SCR-sponsored rid er Mike Cox piloted his muddy Suzuki RMI25 to win CRC's junior class at Gl en H elen Ra ceway. From a 24-rider lineup Hondamounted Albert Sanch ez got th e first mo to holeshot with Hi-Desert Kawasaki rider Chris Evans and Mik e Cox in pursuit. By lap two Sanchez was pulling away from th e battle behind him. In every corn er Cox contin ued to ham mer Evans and their pace pi cked up. Sudden ly, Evans was in reach o n th e wh ite flag lap. But coo l steady Ti di n~ let him finish o n top with Evans fin ish in g seco nd and Cox . thi rd. T he second mo to sta rted with Co x wh eelin g over th e ga te and jumpin g o u t front th rou gh turn one. H alf wa y th rough th e race Cox had a co mfo rtabl e lead with Yamaha-mounted Mall Foster a nd first moto winner Sanchez running second and third. Cox cruised to the overall win with a 3- 1 score. Sanchez fini sh ed in second a nd third went to Robert McG ee on a Honda. The CRC T eam Challenge winner of th e day went to Hi -Desert Kawasaki who edged out Suzuki Country Ra cing in rider points. • Resu lts 80 : i . Bob Sage (Han); 2. Almando Overland (Kaw); 3. Chad Banth (Yam); 4. Jack Rapp (Kaw): 5. Tim Fite (Han). SO NOV: t , J ack Cot (Kawl; 2. Danold Upton (Kaw); 3. Raymond Mcintosh (Kaw). SOINT: 1. Tony Sulek (Kaw); 2. Eric Chayir (Hon ~ 3. Brian Hubert (Hon~ 4. Jaso n Carroll (Han). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Stephen Ptersen (Yam); 2. Adam Waner. (Kaw); 3. Bernie Micheal(Kawl; 4. Jason Melton (Kaw); 5. Barry Karakas (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Christian Holland (Hon); 2. Daniel Peterson (Yam' ; 3. Alex Baca (Hon ); 4. Craig Martess (Kaw); 5. Dan Eyans (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Mike Cox; 2. Albert Sanchez (Han); 3. Robert McGee (Han); 4 . Jerry Jetton (SUl~ 5. Mark Higham (Kaw ). 125 INT: 1. Ryan Hughes (Yam~ 2. Bubbo Erickson (Cag); 3. Mike Chamerlain (Yam~ 4. Gary HeddinV (Kaw); 5. Charl ie Rippen (Kaw). 2SO BEG: 1. Scan Put nam (Kaw); 2. Jeff Yang (Han ~ 3. Bob Hemansson (Yam~ 4. Jeff Rogers (Yam); 5. Dean Mullins (Han). Jeff Moore (Han); 2. Russell Reilly Hon~ 3. Earl Waners (Kaw); 4. Robbie Dunhart (Yam); 5. Man Drury (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Ryan Hughs(Yam~ 2. Todd Broussard (Yam ~ 3. Kenny Maddox; 4. Merle Hammer (Yam~ . 5. Ken Erb (S U l~ 500 BEG: t . Tim Erickson (Kaw ); 2. Dale Gunter (Han). . . 500 NOV: Kelly Wade (Honl; 2. Tom Lyman (Han); 3. Greg Atkinson; 4. Byron Greene (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Chris RodriqueL 250 PRO: 1. Kenny lahrt; 2. Steye Phullips (Suzj; 3. Paul Vlach (Han); 4 . Rod Richa rdson ; 5. Todd Baldwin (Sull. VET BEG: 1. Randy Wysocki (Kawl; 2. Thomas Kuhns (Mai~ 3. Martin A luna (Yam); 4 . Mark Dennis (Han); 5. Tim M cCue (Sull. VET INT: 1. Frank M ierau (Honl; 2. Fulton Tidwell (Han); 3. Charlie Stron (Han); 4 . Rick Bealer (SUl); 5. Keyin Yerian {Sullo VET EX: 1. Ken Zahrt; 2. J ef Harr iot (Kaw); 3. Terry Davis (Kaw ); 4 . A I King (SUl). SR NOV: 1. Kent Reed (Han); 2. Brad Bradbu ry (Han); 3. Brad Sloan (Han); 4 . Bob Dun ham (Yam); 5. Ross Johnson (Yam). WMN NOV: 1. Doreen Ste venson (Han); 2. Marian Green-Wegner (Yam); 3. Chr issi Smith (Kaw); 4 . V. Roberts; 5. Melanie Parr es (Yam). WMN INT: 1. Kathy Jo Ehrp; 2. Lori Hedstrom; 3. Tina Zahrt (Honl . WMN EX: 1. Tami Rice (Suz); 2. Bonnie Warch (SUl); 3. M indy Smith (Kawj; 4. Brenda Conner (SUl) . Gates Open 5 pm .Speedway starts at 8 pm MOTORCYCLE DRIVER'S LICENSE DISCOUNT NIGHT! Bring your class 4 motorcycle driver's license to the ticket window and receive $1 .00 off the regular admission pricel ~~People's Cho.ice" Motorcycle Show This year'3 classes: Vintage/Classic * * Sport * Custom Three Trophies per class Every Entry gets a prize! 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