Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Lee (Yam): 3. Kaith Tranlallo (Yam). HIW S/SPAT EX: 1. David Sadowslci (SU%): 2. Marc Smith (Suz): 3. Mark Bougas (SU%). HIW S/SPRT JR: 1. Mark Sones (Suz); 2. J im Shoemake (Suz); 3 . Mark Carnamela (Suz). U/L S/SPRT NOV; 1. Craig Cote (Suz); 2. Troy Roberts (Suz~ 3. David Assad (Vam). MIW S/BK NOV: 1. Joh n Condron (Han): 2. Steve Broadstreet (Han): 3. Alan Anderson (Han). U/L S/SPRT EX: 1. David Sadowslci (S uz~ 2. David Sanorius (Suzl: 3. M ark Velard i (SuzL U/L S/SPRT JR: 1. Jim Crawford (Suz); 2. Mark Reynolds (Suz). .. SITW EX: 1. Gary Stas (Due): 2. Rich Paxson (Duc~ 3. Warren Elliot (DueL SITW JR: 1. Bill Weidner (Due); 2. Ma rk Ma llett (Duc~ SITW NOV: 1. Roger Dillingham (Due). HIW PROD EX: 1. Jamie O·Hare (Suz~ 2. Brian Blangsted (Suz); 3. Raben Wrublevski (SU%). HIW PROD JR: 1. J im Shoemake (Suz); 2. Bruce Clark (Yam ~ 3. Ma rk Cannamela (Suzl . MIW S/BK EX: 1. Steve Noque ira ( H an~ 2. SIeve Lombardo (Han): 3. Tod Hebert (Suz). MIW S/BK JR: 1. Pele Schweitzer (Han); 2. Michael Leslie (Han); 3. Bill Gillis (Han). U/L GP EX: 1. Peter Kiss inger (Yam); 2. David Sanorius (Suz): 3. Bill Loomis (Suz). U/L GP JR: 1. Mark Reynolds (Suz). MIW GP EX: 1. Steve Aspland (Duc~ 2. Mark Genest (Vam); 3. Warren Elliott (Due). MIW GP JR: 1. Jon Ste in (Han). HIW PROD: 1. Craig COle (Suz); 2. Man Kairnan (Suzl: 3. Carl Cote (Suz). U/L GP: 1. Troy Robens (Suu 2. David Mayer (Suz): 3. David Fen (Suz). . MIW PROD NOV: 1. David Piantaggini (Han); 2. Carl Augus ( H an~ 3. Ed Syrja la (Han). Hart handles Paris ST By Karen Lewis PARIS, TN, APR. 29 James Hart was undefeated tonight In WKCRA short track action at Paris. Hart won th e first Open class heat and used a holeshot a nd eigh t perfect laps to al so take the fina l. Dallas Mayer held off Ro y Hart to take the runner-up spot. And y Richardson , David Flowers, Joel Barrow and Ch arles Beaumont rounded o u t the lin eup. Barrow ran aw ay with th e 250cc final with a light-to-flag run. Eddie Reago r initially held second before slipping back in th e pack. Mike Sm ith was the first to co me by before be was zap ped by J immy Allen and Mo nt e Starks. John Lewis filled in the top five with Reagor, Scott Clark, Ma r k Walker and Ch uck Allen bailing. Reagor went to th e front of the I25cc final a nd couldn't be reeled in by Barrow. Robbie Grief filled in the winner 's circle after coming by Ken Houston at th e halfway flags. Beau Braswell led every lap en route to the 500cc Stock class win over Jason Goodwin. Braswell looked lik e a repeat in the Modified main until motor problems on the last lap let Nick Hayden by for th e win with Goodwin following. Aaron Ladd led the first three laps of . th e 80cc clas s but it was John Sherrard o u t in front on lap four. Sherrard never looked back and took the win. Ladd held on for second while Chris Boone led a pack consisting of T o m my H ayden, Paul Morgan and J.R. Evans for third. The clo sest race of th e night was the 65cc main. Tom my H ayden led the pack with Jarrod Barrow and Jon Camp hot o n hi s heels. Camp ca me past Barrow o n lap three and a lap later took th e lead. Hayden repassed on th e next circuit and held on to take th e win by inches. Barrow stayed for third wh ile Joshua Knott passed Nick Hayden for fourth. Paul Morgan and Clint McClard rounded out the field. Budd y Akers co mp letely dominated the Amateur clas s final with a romp over Pat Bradham and Tony Knott, Results 50 STK: 1. Beau Braswell (Vam); 2. Jason Goodwin (Yam). 50 MOD: 1. Nick Hayden (Vem); 2. Jason Goodwin (Yam): 3. Beau Brasw ell (Vam). 6 5: 1. Tommy Hayden (Kaw): 2. John Camp (Kaw): 3. Jarrod Barrow (Kaw). 80: 1. John Sh errard (Kaw ): 2. Aaron Ladd (Han); 3. Chr is Boon e (Han). 125 : 1. Eddie Reagor (Suz): 2. Joel Barrow (Kaw); 3. Robbie Grief (Vam). 250: 1. J oel Berrow (Yam); 2. J immy Alle n (Suz): 3. Monte Star ks (Bu l). OPEN: 1. Jam es Han (C·A); 2. Dallas M ayer (C· A t 3. Roy Han (C-A). AM : 1. Buddy A kers (Kaw); 2. Pat Bred ham (Suz): 3. Tony Knctt (Suz). VI VI w z a: w ~ o w u, ..l o a: >en o b :I: ... Jeff Oldenberg won two Expert classes at N orsem en MX. Oldenberg awesome at Norsemen MX By Rolfe Otterness CAMBRIDGE, MN , MAY I J eff Oldenberg careened to the overall wins in both th e 125 and 250cc Expert classes at th e second Norsemen M.C. race of th e year . H e defin itel y was th e mas ter of the sandy track on his Rapid Sports Centersu p ported CRs. Over 300 other riders co mpe ted in the da y's races. T im Bar tylla got off to a blazing start in th e first 125cc Expert rnoto and in one of th e best -races of h is career took th e checkered for th e win. Kawasaki-mounted Rob Engstrom held second over Oldenberg, wh o had sliced through traffi c after a poor start. Pat Ril ey and Tom Benolkin ro unded out th e lOP five. T he second moto saw David T ait and En gstrom get out front ea rly. Engstrom slowly star ted to pull away from Tait while Oldenberg was charging from behind. At th e halfwa y point, Oldenberg pulled alongside T ait coming into a left-hand tum and made an aggressive bl ock pass to nab second. Then he reeled In Engstrom and as they approached th e finish line he shot by in a surprise mov e to tak e th e win. Oldenberg ran away for th e win in both 250cc Expert motos, Pat Riley motored in for second on hi s Suzuki with Brian Fern, J ohn Niem i and T odd Osman trailing in the Iirst mo to. In the second moto Jim Scott ra n stro ng to tak e second wit h Niem i third and Chris Ben se taking fourth . Results MINI P/W: 1. Craig Cunning ha m: 2. Tyler Frischmon; 3. John Sandberg. MINI JR : 1. TIm Pospisil; 2. J im Povoln y; 3. Craig Cunningham . M INI SR: 1. Cory Keeney; 2. Brandon Backes: 3. Eric Metzger . YTH: 1. Lee Erickson ; 2. Chad Cunningham: 3. Chad Reinhan. SR B: 1. John DeOtis; 2. Earl Kin sey; 3 . Kevin Hamann. SR EX: 1. Raben Selesk i; 2. Bill Jones; 3. Je rry Schulze SR 40+ : 1. Steve Reschke; 2. Tom C1arlc; 3. Jerry Becker. 125 B 0 -1 ; 1. Greg Tesch: 2. Lerry Whitney. 125 B 0 -2 ; 1. Dave Smith; 2. Joe Kirke ide; 3. Dusty McMillen_ 125 B 0 -3 : 1. Eric Metzg er; 2. Eric Reynolds: 3 . Paul Harelstad. 1251NT: 1. Chad Cunningham: 2. Chad Reinh art; 3. Jack Pearson. 125 EX: 1. Jeff Oldenberg: 2. Rob Engstrom: 3. TIm Barrylla. . 250 B 0 - 1: 1. J eff Devlin : 2. Joe l Morr insen e: 3. Keith Boehlke. . 250 B 0 -2 : 1. Jeff Bosek; 2. Rob Grill : 3. Kevin Johnson. 250 INT: 1. John Oullum; 2. Corey Holcomb: 3. Raben Sele ski. 250 EX: 1. J eff Oldenberg; 2. J ohn Niemi: 3. Chris Bens e. OPEN B: 1. Rex Greenwald; 2. M ark Sm ilan ich; 3. Brad Redf ield. OPEN INT: 1. Rick Lille mo: 2. Karl Eckardt; 3. Brad Konsor. OPEN EX: 1. Scon Miller: 2. Gary Johnson: 3. Jerry Schultze. 25 +: 1. Tom Benolkin: 2. Mike Nathe; 3. Joe Kjeer. Mark How ard (17H) leads Vet Interm edi ate w inner Tom Anderson at Perris Raceway. Howard scored third overall behi nd Scott Wa llenberg . Anderson aces Perris MX By David Procida PERRIS. CA, MAY 7 Thomas Anderson worked his wa y into a pair of wins in the Vet Intermediate class today at th e Perris Racewa y MX. In Intermediate Vet actio n Honda rider Mark Howard had timed th e sta rti ng gate perfectl y and rocketed into th e lead with Mark Granberg and Suzuk i pilot Thomas Anderson leading the large pack of riders. H oward was still leading with And erson only a heartbeat beh ind after th e Iirst lap. Granberg was now in third with Steven Clark putting on the pressure. Sco tt Wall enberg suffered a poor start and had worked h is way Into sixth behind G reg Whitfield. Wallenberg was not content to remain in that spot and soo n had displaced not only Whitfield, but Granberg also. A serio us battle was ta king place for the lead as Howard was doing everyth ing in hi s power to hold off Suzuki-mounted Anderson. On lap six, Anderson took an o u tside line in th e hi gh banked corn er near th e starting line and passed Howard goi ng over the tabletop jump. Wal lenberg was running a di stant third a t this point, with Granberg dogging h is tracks. Anderso n scored th e first moto wi n wit h H oward and Wallenberg a short distance behind. H oward again too k th e hol eshot in the seco nd rnoto and had com pany in the form of Wh itfield and Anderson. Anderson wasted li ttl e time and quickly moved by Wh itfield into second p lace. WaIlenberg was o n the gas and now had moved into th e n umber four slo t beh ind Wh itfield. Wh itfield had fall en off the pace with Wall enber g and Granberg sli p pi ng by, wh ile And erson was now puttin g th e mo ves on H oward in an attemp t to take th e lead . At midrnoto, And erson found a slick line to ta ke the lead with Wall enberg now cha llenging H oward. Anderso n 's perfec t I-I rnoto fin ishes gave him th e overa ll win with Walle nberg getting by Howard lat e in th e rno to to take second overall with a 3-2 fini sh. With almost 18 Vet Novi ces on hand toda y, they had th eir own race separa tely from th e rest of th e Vet classes . At the drop of th e ga te, Anthony P rocide jumped into th e lead. Runn ing in second and third were the Honda s of Chris Perez and Bob Zimmon, with Yamaha pi lot Norman Shiel and Honda-mounted John Richie rounding out th e top five positions. As th e laps clicked off, Procida kept his Suzuki out in front. Zimmon displaced Perez after six laps wh en Perez went down in a comer. Perez remounted in fifth as Schiel and Jim Stentz went into third and fourth, respectively. The moto came to an end with th e top five • places remaining intact. When th e second round began, it was Procida, once again , in the lead with almost half th e pack d ueling for seco nd place. Richie showed h is in-pack prowess and moved into the second place position. Behind him, G reg Erickson was busy holdin g off a large number of Yamahas, all trying to find a way around th e H onda rider. Positions contin ued to change behind th e lead th ree positions, which rem ained in tact until th e last lap, wh en Procida overjumped the tabl etop and landed in th e whoo ps. He · quickly go t his Suzuki under co n trol again, but Ri chie seei ng hi s opportun ity, j umped at it and went into the lead. Richie took the checkered a t th e end of th e lap with Procida and Erickson taking the number two and three positions. When th e totals were added up, Procida's 1-2 earn ed him the overall with Richie's 6-1 good enough for second. Shi el fin ished fifth in th e seco nd mo to and co mbined wi th h is firs t moto third, ea rned hi m a th ird pl ace finis h overall. Results OT NOV: 1. Barry Simon (Hont 2. Denn is Smith (Han ); 3. John Webb (Han). OT AM: 1. Gary Willison; 2. Fred Kal mick (Hon): 3. Steve Pobjoy . OT MSTR : 1. Ken Patzloff (Han): 2. Jo hn Wh it e (Han): 3. Bengt Johansson (Han). OT EX: 1. Bob Richard (Yam): 2. J im M aneas; 3. Wayne Cornel ius . , ~ VET NOV: 1. David Procida ( S uz~ 2. John Rich ie (Han); 3. Norman Sh iel (Yam). VET INT: 1. Thomas Anderson (Suzt 2. Scott Wa llenberg (Yam); 3. Ma rk Howard (Han). VET EX; 1. Gary Jones (Hant 2. George Kohler (ATKt 3. Gregory Berg (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. Dav id We lch (Vam); 2. Chr is Alamangos (Hon~ 3. Darryl Dobbins (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Chad Ga..ine (Yam); 2. Br ian Beach (Hon ~ 3. Ryan Carl isl e (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Robert Sh ipman (Yam~ 2. Danny W alsh (Yam): 3. Denn is Joynt (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Kaw); 2. Ken ny Clifton (Kaw): 3. M ike Hooker (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Warren Win (Yam): 2. Randy Van Dyke (Vam); 3. Ray Edwa rds (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Jerry Sherer Jr. (Vam): 2. Donald Dinnell (Han): 3. Donn ie Maner (Han). 250 INT: 1. Jon Levey (Suz); 2. Robb M esacher (Han ): 3. Brent Blount (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Yam): 2. Craig Davis (Vam): 3. Ulf Johansson (Han). • OPEN BEG: 1. David Troost (Kaw); 2. Raymond Andes (Hon):_ Scott Ch ur chill (Han ). 3. OPEN NOV: 1. Ma rk Brown (Han); 2. Ron Nonhup (Han): 3. Ross Hoecker (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. J im Kuntz (Kaw): 2. Brian Davy (Kaw ); 3. Lerry Nan nenga (Han). M INI BEG: 1. J im Kuntz (Kaw): 2. Brian Davy (Kaw); 3. Larry Nanenga (Han). MIN I BEG: 1. Ryan Blackburn (Suzl. . MINI NOV: 1. SIeve Silvenhorn (Suz): 2. Ene Hau g (Kaw ). 31

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