Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z w a:: w > w CD Z ~ :E ~ > CD o b :I: Q. w ...I LL (yam ); 3. Eric Anderson (Hus); 4. Glenn Maninson (KTM ); 5. SIeve Williams (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Tim Beall (Han; 2. Time Shul tz (Vam); '3. J ames Curry (Hus); 4. Tony Harr ell (Vern); 5. Dave Gieling (Vam). OPEN C: 1. J im Mac in tyre IHu s); 2. Dragos Lurgu (Hus): 3. Mi ke Schne ider (Han); 4 . Rich ard Teasly (Yam); 5. Neal Frer ichs (Vam). SR A: 1. An Moore (KTM); 2. M ike Harper (Hus); 3. Morris Norman (Hus); 4. Clyde Litton (KTM ); 5. Bill Daniel (KTM). SR B; 1. Bruce Bor ing (KTM); 2. Rick Claypool (Vam); 3. Gary Nieberhut ch (Vam); 4 . Mi ckael Hoehl (Hus); 5. Wayne Cornelius (Kaw). SR C: 1. John Bailey (Hon); 2. Ron And raws (Vam~ 3. Jeffrey Pert (Yam); 4. John Flanders (Hon); 5. Vilas Beahm (Vam). SUP SR A : 1. Dave Hutchins (Kaw): 2. Harry Keast (ATK); 3. Bill Fulmer (Han); 4. Bill Greene (Vam); 5. Gus Paul (Hus). SUP SR B: 1. Roy Watson (Kaw) . SUP SR C: 1. Irvin Sinclair (Han); 2. Anhur McNames (KTM); 3. William Boegans (Han). VET A; 1. Lowell Spiva (Han); 2. John Ferro (Han); 3. Jamie Litton (KTM); 4. Lee Johnson (yam); 5. Scott Reynolds (Yam). VET B: 1. Willie Kennedy (Han); 2_ Tom Karas (Vam); 3 . Bob Seitz (KTM); 4 . Frank Underlin (Han); 5. Manin Blais (Han). . VET C; 1. Mark Louthan (Vam); 2. Rick Early (Han); 3. Steve Jennings (Hus); 4. Dale Ogden (Han); 5. Gary Meeker (KTM). WMN B: 1. Ann Cody Merritt (Kaw); 2. Down Pacha (Yam). Pharness flies at Fossil Sowl MX By Butch Pharness Team Green 's Grant Palenske piloted his Kawasaki KX250 to the overall victory at 0-37's UEA Not-So-Tuff-E-Nuff Enduro. hard ear ned second place was Roland Thomas. In only his second ride on his new machine, Thomas' Yamaha took him to a 22 point score. Betamounted Jim Ripper rode to a third place finish with a final tally of 36. The Novice class win went to Yamaha rider Joel Rip pe r with a score of 14. Ripper rode the third loopwith a three point loss , his other loop scores being six and five. John Fortenberry, riding his first trials in over a decade; took his Honda Reflex to second place and ended the day wi th a total of 30 poin ts. Third place went to Fantic rider Chris Krasinski, who put in a fine ride for a score of 36. Results C'SHIP: 1. Dave Rohr schneider (Fan); 2. Zigi J edynak (Hon); 3. J im Snell (Me r). EX: 1. Stan Blon iarz (Han); 2. Jim Emmerson (Fan); 3. J eff Gunia (Bet). JR: 1. Clark Runyard (Vam); 2. Roland Thoma s (Vam); 3. J im Ripper (Bet); 4 . Durk Ropper (Vam); 5. Tom Demay (Itj). . . NOV: 1. Joel Ripper (Vam); 2. J ohn Fonenberry (Hon); 3. Chris Krasi nski (Fan); 4. G. Randall M iser (Vam); 5. Paul Hayes (Bul). Palenske tops Not-SoTuff-E-Nuff Enduro By Kit Palmer 38 LUCERNE VALLEY, CA, MAY I Team 'G reen Kawasaki 's Grant Palenske (O 'Neal, Metzeler, Scott, Cycle Service Racing, Shoei, Spectro, Tsubaki, Acerbis) piloted his endurized KX250 to the overall victory at the AMA/District 37 Not-So-Tuff-E. Nuff Enduro, put on by the United Enduro Association. The 250 AA rider played catch-up for most of the , day to Vet A rider and last month 's district overall winner Lowell Spiva, who ended up piloting his Honda CR 250 to second overall, only 30 seconds behind Pa lenske, 8.05408.0570. " We can't let these Vets beat us," joked Palenske after the event. "T ha t would be two in a row for Spiva." It would've been two in a row for Spiva had it not been for the secondto-last special test, where Palenske . gained a full point on Sp iva, putting Pal enske and Spiva into a tie with one special test left. It was there that Palenske gained 30 seconds on Spiva to clinch the win. " "In the first special test of the day ," said Palenske. "Lowell beat me by a full point. He got a 0:58 and I got a 1:16. For the rest of th e end u ro , I was slightly gaining on Lowell in the tie-breakers, but in th e secondto-last special test I got a 0:54 and he got a one-something. That put us tied, and in the last special test I got a I :38 and I think Lowell got a 1:58." The two-loop, 80-plus mile UEA course was described by Palenske as " grea t. The terrain was real good, and the UEA did a great job, except for some confusion at a couple of the checks." Third overall went to Palenske's Team Green teammate Paul Krause, who was keying off Palenske. With no timekeeping equipment, Krause nearly kept up to Palenske's pace and dropped nine points. "He (Kra use) was never more than 100 feet beh ind me," said Pa lenske. Krause took the Open A class vic tory . . Taking fourth overall and the 250cc A class victory was Hondamounted Jason Ingersoll , who dropped 11.0525 points, while 250cc B overall winner Randy Niswander . finished fifth overall. Rounding out the top 10 where Jimmy Lewis (first 200 A), Billy Fulmer, Jr. (first FourStroke A), John Fero (second Vet A), Willie Kennedy (first Vet B) and Marty Waldern (second 250 A). Taking first lo o p . ov erall was Kawasakt 250cc C rider David Carl son, who dropped II points, beating seco nd overall and Four-Stroke C winner , Honda-mounted Al Sp angler. Darren Rivers, Mark Louthan a nd Jim Macintyre rounded out the top five. Results 0 / A: Grant Palenske (Hon). 200 A: 1. Jimmy Lewis (Yam). 200 B: 1. Bret Anderson (Kaw); 2. Steve Mueller (Vam); 3. Math ew Rocha (Yam). 200 C: 1. Doug Sholtz (Hon); 2. Dana Van Stee (Vam); 3. Darr ell Smit h (Kaw); 4. Evan Cevene (Hon). 250 A: 1. Jaso n Ingersoll (Han); 2. M any Wa lden (Han); 3. Kit Palmer (KTM); 4. Rod Celani (Han); 5. Tony Megla (Han). 25 0 B: 1. Randy Nisw ander (Han); 2. Manny Castill o; 3 . Br y an Corn eli us {Kawl; 4. M ike McGregor (Vam); 5. And y Ord ing (Kaw). 250 .C: 1: David Carl son (Kaw); 2. Darren Rivers (M- S); 3. George Att ker (Han). 4 ·STRK A: 1. Billy Fulmer. Jr. (Han); 2. Chris Eng lish (Han). 4 -STRK B: 1. M ike Baumann (Han); 2. Randy Benn ett (Han); 3. Shiloe Rocha (Vam); 4. Roger Bach (Hon); 5. John Kubik (Yam). 4·STRK C: 1_AI Spangler (Han); 2. Dan Bro nson (Hon); 3. Chris Hinrichs (Hon); 4. Tony Kaidzman (Vam). OPEN A: 1. Paul Krause (Kaw); 2. Rick Daniel CLARKIA, ID, MAY 8 . Bill's Cycle Center/Smith Goggles/ Bl endza II/Pepsi -Cola -s ponsored Dustin Pharness too k his Honda to his third straigh t-motocross victories at the Fossil Bowl Mother's Day race. In moto one it was Pharness getting the ho leshot with Ian Mack and Tommy Austad hot on his tail. Pharness and Mack soon stretched th e field and Pharness went on to win the moto with Mack , Howell, In gl es and Austad rounding out the to p five. Moto two saw Pharriess and his Honda pull the holeshot again with Mack right there on his heels again.. This time Mach pushed Pharness into a mistake and went into the lead. Pharness got back into rhythm and about a lap and a half later Pharness put the move on Mach and took the lead over and cruised on to the win. Mack , Howell, Ingles and Austad rounded out the top five. : "I told my mom I was going to try and win her a first p lace trophy for Mo ther's Day, so I had to ' ride really hard. Ian (Mack) rode really good, it was fun OUt there," said P harn ess as he handed his big tro p h y to his mom. The mi ni rider of the day was Jimmy LaMastus as he powered his way to wi n th e Junior Mini class and a second in the 80cc Beginner class on his Kawasakis. Results . 50: 1_Dustin Phar ness (Han); 2. Ian Mack (yam); 3. Travis How all (Yam); 4. Ben Ingels (Yam); 5. Tommy Austad (Yam). 60: 1. Ji mmy laMastus (Kaw); 2. Joshua Easl ey IKaw); 3. Gary Mack (Kaw). BEG; 1. Ez Easley (Han); 2. Jimmy laMastus (Kaw); 3. LJ. Shafler (Kaw); 4. John Aus tad (Kaw). NOV; 1. Sean Cherry (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Scott Lewis (yam); 2. Cody Wi lks (Vam). 125 NOV; 1_Eric Christiansen (Yam). 125 INT; 1. Darren Gill (Suz). 250 INT; 1. Bill Nonon (Yam); 2. St eve Sw anson (Vam); 3. Erik Macha do (Han). 250 PRO; 1. LaVonn Gordon (Han I. OPEN INT; 1. Bob Danielson (Hon); 2_Pete Beebe (Han); 3. TIm Fleener (Han); 4. Delben Gumm (Hon); 5. Randy Whelchel (Han). OT; 1. Kip Varner (Kaw); 2. Steve Myers (SOl); 3. Denny Blankenship (Hon); 4 . Mike Pentla nd (Han); 5. Larry Mc Oenzie (Hus). eo eo McSwain wins Carver Creek HS By Ted Baxter LINDEN, NC , MAY 8 Steve McSwain took the overall win in the Carver Cree k Challenge round four of the North Carolina Hare Scramble Series. McSwain was virtually unchallenged as he made the tough, 14-mi le course loo k easy. It rained for three days prior to the event and that made some of the lo w sections extremely muddy and difficu lt to negotiate. The mud made for some good racing III all the classes a nd many p roduced class lead changes. The 250cc class had six leaders wi th Rick Warner surviving for the wi n. Keith Almond took second j ust seconds behind the lead er. The fig h t for third place produced a wild shoot-out between Tommy Ashley and Donny Graham. Graham p lowed past Ashley in the final mudhole just 20 yards from the finish and slid his bike into the scoring barrels, clearing ou t scorekeepers and spectators, to take third. Farrel Smith and Husky representative Mark Hosbach diced in the Open class , swapping the lead numerous times. Smith came out on top. David Ashley again dominated the 200cc class and Bill Sherril brought home second. Donny Walters had an excellent ride taking third and his first top finish. Results O/ A : 1. Steve McS wain Jr. 4-STRK; 1. Jack Elliott (Han); 2. Doug Hyatt (Han): 3. J oey Lawso n (Han); 4. David Dun bar (Hon). T-RIDER: 1. Owen Hight ow er (Suz); 2. J oseph Rossar (han); 3. Darryl Hugh es (Han); 4 . Rick O' Bria nt (Han). 2-STRK: 1. Rick Wagne r (Han); 2. F. Hanley (Suz); 3. Dan Erwin (Hon); 4. Many Hite (Suz). SR: 1. Steve McSw ain Sr. (Han); 2. Won h Gassw ell (C-A); 3. Raben Cox (KTM); 4. Darrell Hill iard (Han). 200 : 1. David A shley (Kaw); 2. Bill Sherril (Kaw ); 3. Donny Walter (Vam); 4. Hick Presson (Vam). 125; 1. Steve Gent er (Han); 2. Gray Lenar d (Suz); 3. Greg Erwin (Han): 4. Richard Hicks IKaw) . 250 : 1. Rick Wagner (Yam); 2. Keith A lmond (CA); 3. Donny Graham (Kaw); 4 . Tommy Ashl ey (Han). OPEN: 1. Farr el Smith (Hus); 2. Mark Hosbach (Hus); 3. Greg Bunn IC·A); 4. Jody Ma in (C-A). Saer, Yoder tops at Trail-Way ST By Len Breech HANOVER, PA , MAY 7 Dallas Baer took his third straight 600cc Amateur win and Ken Yoder took his second straight 250cc Arna. teur win at Trail-Way Speedway, bu t these wins were anything but easy. Baer gated third behind Jerry Hash and J im Lynch in the 600cc Amateur class. As the front-running trio pulled several lengths over the rest of the field, they stayed very close, trading positions several times. By th e halfway point Lynch and Baer had pulled a Iiu le distance over H ash and started to battle for th e lead . After several lea d changes, Ba er 'to o k command wi th two laps left a nd held o n to win by five yards. In the 250cc Amateur class Yoder gated second behind two -time winner Rick Mellinger and in fro nt of J ill Lau ten bacher and Ch uck Wrecs ics_ Wrecsics moved into third on the second lap and began a close, three-way battle for the lead. Yoder took the point at the end of the second lap with the others close behind. On the seventh lap, Wrecsics took over second as Mellinl?er started to slip off the groove. Eddie Hidden moved into fourth at the same time, and took third from Mellinger on the final lap as he again had trouble with the groove. As usual in the 200cc Amateur class Kevin Varnes and Pau l Southard quickly jumped in front of the rest of the field, with Varnes winning this encounter by 20 yards. But a rea l battle raged during most of the race over third between Gary Clark, Jeff Iso la, Brian Strong and Mike Thomas. After several position changes, Clark took control of third with two laps left. Joh n Winsett 's season-lo ng win streak in the 55s came to an end. Dan .Halligan grabbed the lead with Paul Ly nc h no more than five yards bac k. With Lynch pressuring Hall igan ou t in front, Winsett coul d only work u p to third after gating dead last. Another season-long win streak was stopped in the 750cc Experts as Tom Cerciello grabbed the lead fro m

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