Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ed Key (34) leads Doug Callies (91) and Lance Nordey (199) in Middleweight Superbike Expert class road racing at Road America. la p ping the 80cc B riders who ra n concu rren tly with the A class. Bill Fosnock roosted to second in the 125cc Pro class at White Oaks. Stahlman explodes at White Oaks MX By Jim Roble 32 OTTER VILLE, IL, APR. 24 Mike Sta h lman rode h is J immy j ones'vtuned , J &W Yamahas to four first-pl ace finish es a t Wh ite O aks Ra cewa y, but not witho ut so me hea vy co mpetition fro m Kobush Cycl e's Suzuki-mounted Bill Fosnock in the 125cc Ex pert class. In mo to one, Stahlman took th e lead o n t he s tart, but Fo sno ck fo llowed cl o se behind. pull in g a lo ngs ide Sta h lman severa l times in th e early going. Sta hlma n stayed to the insid e, riding sm oothl y a n d expending little energy in co m parison to th e incredibl y stylis h Fosnock, who was exp lodi nl$' berms o n th e ou tside lines as he tned to keep the speed up on his stock bike. Fosn ock attempted several passes in th e ea rly going, but faded as the race went o n and Stahlman finished with a 10-second lead o n 'the second place Suzuki rider , with H onda riders Travis Kobush and Jay J ohnson followin g. Moto two had Fosnock in the lead on the first lap with Stahlman right behind, and both riders were putung on a show as th ey left th e pa ck. Fosn ock brought back memones of a yo u ng Bob H annah as he rode on th e bare edge of control , leading Stahlman o n desire a lone. Fosnock pulled .to a three-second lead after two laps, but Stahlman pulled ba ck even with th e Suzuki rider on lap four. For two laps th e riders rode side -by-si de as Stahlman looked for a place to pass. Fosnock sh u t the door in corner-af ter-comer, but the pressu re fin ally proved too much as Stahlman pas sed heading into th e esses. Stahlman immediatel y began to take co ntro l of th e race as Fosnock dropped back as h is bike began to so u nd a bit ratty. Stahlman again fin ished the moto with over a 10second lead on Fosnock as Johnson and Kobush battled for third, with Johnson winning out in the end. Lenny Fiegenbaum rode his Bob Schultz's Cycles Su zuki RM250 to . easy victories as he competed in the Super Senior class for the ·first tim e. Honda-mounted Jay Johnson took his Honda to the Senior clas s win and fini shed second in th e 250cc Expe rt class a nd third in the 125cc Expert classes as wel l. In th e 80ccclass St. Louis H ondasponsored J oe Barker p roved why he was an Expert ra n ked Mini rider as he rod e to huge leads, even tua ll y Results VlNT: 1. Tony Cigliana (Vam); 2. Dave Sislee (Hon); 3. Pat Wadlow (Yam); 4 . John Laurent (Hon); 5. Jim Sackman (Yam). SR: 1.Jay Johnson (Hon); 2. Dennis Pollard (Suz); 3. Gray Gabben (Kaw); 4. David Cullen (Kaw); 5. Garry Weaver (Yam). S/SR : 1. Lanny Fiegenbaum (Suz); 2. Alfred Johnson (Hon); 3. Raben Young: 4. Davs Green (Suz). 80 B: 1. Tanner Kearby (Vam); 2. Dave Bowl ing (Hon); 3. Tommy Sohesser (Kaw). 80 A: 1. Joe Barker (Hon). 125 C: 1. Paul Willis (Hon); 2. Roger Macka y; 3. Dave Cullen; 4. Chad Staggs (Yam); 5. Chris Parks (Suz). 125 B: 1. Dan Ryder (Kaw): 2. Gray Gabbert ( Kaw ~ 3. Bob M ilkovich (Yam ~ 4 . Joh n Mathews ( Kaw~ 5. Mark Stahlman (Kaw) . . 125 A: 1. Mike Stahlman (Yam); 2. Bill Fosnock (Suz); 3. Jay Johnson (Hon); 4 . Travis Kobush (Hon). 250 C: 1. Rick Patton (Yam); 2. Ray Harris (Hon); 3. Greg Steckel (Hen); 4. Jeff Crow (Hon); 5. Geoffrey Monshan (Kaw). • 250 B: 1. Marvin Unerba ck ( H on ~ 2. Eric Gowin (Yam); 3. Ji m Wagenblast (Yam); 4. Chr is M urphe y (Yam); 5. M ike Beiarmann (Hon). 250 A: 1. Mike Sta hlman (Yam); 2. Jay Johnson (Hon). 500 B: t . Rick Patton (Kaw); 2. Wayne Brooks (Kaw ); 3. Dale Russell (Hon); 4. Matt Unland (Hon); 5. Don Large (Hon). Moe sneaks wins at Road America RR By Bob Applegate ELKHART LAKE, WI , AP R. 30MAY I Michigan's Eric Moe took two dramatic last turn pass win s in the AMA/CCS Four-Hour Endurance and . H eavyweight Superbike races during Road America 's o pe n in g weekend. Ed Key was th e weekend's multiple race winner, putting H ondas in the winner's circle a to tal of three times. Sco tt Zampach coll ected $1300 fro m Suzuki for hi s wins in U n limited a nd H ea vyw eight Super sport ac tion. Yamaha of-Port Washington 's J ohn Eiden berger a lso p icked up con ti nge ncy money from Yamaha a n d Suzuki with a seco nd beh ind Key in Li~htweight GP, a thi rd in H ea vyweigh t Su persport, a nd a strong wi n in Un lim ited GP returnin g ano ther . $ 1050 to the Wisconsin eco nomy. Sa turday's Fo ur-Ho ur Endurance race drew 28 teams to the gr id for what would be a long and hardfou ght battle with a surp rise ending. Right away the two Michigan teams, Echo a nd High Tech Ra cing, took turns leading the pa ck , swap pIng th e lead lap-after-lap. The 1988 AMAlCCS Four- a nd Six -Hour Series was sa id by many to be a step down from the U.S. Endurance Series, but so far th e racing has been just as hard and this round proved just as exci ting. Quest er Motorsport (fo r me rl y Quester -Sullivan) made the ir return to th e endurance scene a fter a two year la yoff, and ra n as h igh as fou rt h overall befor e a crash sidelined their ef fort, Kiml a Racing's GTU entry had a slim lead on that class when a decision was made to change brake pads. . " O ur brakes were gone, we had no choice; we had to change a nd it cost us the race," exp la ined T eam Captain J ed Kimla (third GTU). After a race-long game of fast' paced cat and mouse, th e overall battle came down to th e wire. With a badly ch u n kin g rear tir e, Echo went for the checkered. " I saw it coming, it was inevitable, they set us up," said Echo's Carl Muffley. O ut o f the last of Road Am eri ca 's 14 turns came High Tech in Echo's draft, set up for th e slingshot pass. H igh Tech's Larry Juerink com pl eted the pass a nd took the checkered by a wheel-len gth! Ironicall y the two lea ders pitted side-by-side , helped each other with fuel sto ps and pit signals right down to th e end. . " O ur brakes were gone three or fo ur laps from th e end a nd Echo ran a heck of a good race from start-tofinish ," sai d vetera n J uerink in th e winner 's circle. H igh T ech ra n a soft compound Michelin radial while Echo chose a new (on ly recently availabl e) Dunlop 17" for th e four-hour event. T eam Tenacious took th e GTU race on th eir General Engin.lKendall /Top Lin e Cycle-spon sored Honda Hurricane, with fellow CRA ra cers T eam Ominous (Bill Young/ Mike Seaton ) across th e line for second, and Kimla Racing rounding out th e Honda top three sweep in GTU. Eric Moe str uck again in turn 14, zipping Scott Zampach for the win in H eavyweight Superbike. Zampach rode off with th e Heavyweight Supersport race leadin~ a group o f eigh t Suzukis across th e line for a big payday by Su zuki. H e outmotored th e pack in th e Un limi ted race on a GSXRllOO for a no ther $500. Mike Karm and Roger Lundsten both do ubled in th e Novice ranks, a nd Number One-plated Brad Lowe continues to dominate the Li~ht weight Superbike cla ss on hi s MIller .America n -spo n so red Yamaha RZ350. Results uw GP EX:1. Ed Key (Hen~ 2. John Eidenberger (Yam); 3. Scott lampaoh (Yam~ 4 . Alan Benagnoli (Yam); 5. David Darabosh (Yam). UW GP NOV: 1. Michael Hasek (Hon~ 2. Ronald Petrick (Hon); 3. David Birkeness (Hen); 4 . Paul Landers (Kaw~ 5. Ken Kosieracki (Yam). ENDUR GTO: 1. High Tech Racing (Suz); 2. Echo Racing (Suz); 3. Waalen Racing (Suz); 4. M id-West Racing (Suz~ 5. Team Karm (Suz). ENDUR GTU: 1. Team Tenacious (Hon); 2. Teem Ominous (Hon); 3. Kimla Racing (Hon); 4 . Bolwerk Racing (Suz); 5. Bob's Vamaha City (Vam). U/L GP: 1. John Eidenberger (Yam); 2. Todd Strang (Yam); 3. Eric Moe (Suz); 4. Ed Key (Hon); 5. Rick Darling (Suzl. U/L S/SPRT: 1. Scott Zempach (Suz); 2. Jed Kimla (Suz); 3. Scott Williams (Suz); 4. Jay Duncan (Suz); 5. Scott Blow (Yam). UW S/BK EX: 1. Bred Lowe (Yam); 2. Ross Freeman (Vam); 3. Chr is McHale (Kaw); 4. David Darabosh (Yam); 5. Carl Petersen (Hon). UW S/BK NOV: 1. Ken Kosieracki (Yam~ 2. Michael Hasek '(Hon); 3. Ronald Petrick (Hon~ 4. Bucky George (Vam); 5. Chad Konop (Yam). HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Mike Karm (Suz); 2. Bernie Fritz (Suz); 3. Steve Mack (Hon); 4. Dave Hansen (Vam); 5. Ronald Foye (Suz). HIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Scott lampach (Suz~ 2. David Barnard (Suz); 3. John Eidenberger (Su¢ 4 . Jed Kimla (Suz); 5. bob Vorhee s (Suz). SITW EX: 1. Chris Helland (Duc~ 2. Brian French (Due); 3. Walter Sakowski (Due); 4. Dave Bradford (Nor); 5. Don Nicoll (Due). SITW NOV: l. Paul Landers (Kaw~ 2. .Jeff Moehrke (Yam); 3. David Freeman '(Kaw~ 4. Domin in Petil (Kaw); 5. Ted Strube (Yam~ MIW S/BK NOV: 1. Jeff Plummer (Hon); 2. Mark Erickson (Hon); 3. W illiam Raether (Hen); 4. Terry Galagan (Hon ~ 5. Steve Ooepke (Hon). . M IW S/BK EX: 1. Dougla s Callie. (Hen); 2. Ed Key (Hon); 3. Lance Nordey (Hon); 4 . Jed Kimla (Suz); 5. Ty Tallakson (Hon). MIW GP NOV: 1. Roger Lundsten ( H on~ 2. Jeff Plummer ( H on~ 3. Will iam Raether (Hon); 4. Mark Erickson ( H on~ 5. Steve Ooepke (Hen). MIW GP EX: 1. Ed Key (Hon); 2. Douglas Callies (Hen); 3. Alan Benagnoli ( Hon~ 4. Raben Delie (Hon); 5. Bru ce Sain (Hon). MIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Roger Lundsten (Hen); 2. William Raether (Hen); 3. Jeff Plummer ( H on~ 4 . Mark ERickson (Hon); 5. Darin Chic (Hon). MIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Ed Key (Hon~ 2. Douglas Callies (Hon); 3. Lance Nordby (Hon~ 4. Jed Kimla (Suz~ 5. John Eldenberger (Suz). HIW S/BK NOV: 1. Mike Karm (Suz); 2. Andy Schmidt (Suz); 3. Steve Mack (Hon); 4. Sarn ie Fritz (Suz ~ 5. Bill Huemann (Suz). HIW S/BK EX: 1. Eric Moe (Suz); 2. Scott Zempach (Suz): 3. Todd Strang (Yam~ 4 . John Eidenberger (Yam); 5. Jed Kimla (Suz). Dice captures Bagdad Class H&H By Mike Thuleen . MURPHY, 10, APR. 17 White Bros .lMaier/Maxima/ AXO/ Smith/Honda ' of Caldwell-backed Curt Dice blazed his CR500 Honda through th e heavy dust to collect the overall win, over KX250 pilot Reed Bright, at the Desert Raiders ' 13th Annual Bagdad Classic. Todd Peugh led th e race off · the start with Dice, Ron Wehr, Bob Carlberg, Dan Lees , J oe Wood, and ISDE 'er Bright n egotiatin g the rough terrain in the blinding dust. Lees bailed ou t heavily, while Bright picked 0[[ Wood a n d Carlberg. Pe ugh , Di ce, Wehr and Bright freigh t-trained th e first loop to the first pit, This became th e race's turning point, as Peugh and Wehr both hopped onto th e Mini course that paralleled, only 20 feet away, the big bike course, travelling three miles until real izing ' their mistake. Dice and Reed took over first and second overall from there on out. Weidl er Dynamics /Smith /HiPoint/Honda of Caldwell-supported Wehr and Peugh finally got back on course, now around 10th. But Wehr hit some rocks, denting his CR250's clutch case in so far that his clutch wouldn 't work, necessitating ontrail repairs. Twenty minutes down, Wehr got going again in 26th, and sla m med hi s way through the dust and whoops to finish 12th overall. By the second gas , Peugh was eight seconds behind Reed. Reed thought it was Wehr, and was successful in holding Peugh off. Peugh spe nt the rest of th e race in th ird, unable to make th e pass. "The dust was so bad, I couldn't get past Reed," said Peugh. Peugh thanked Sm ith Goggles, Honda of Caldwell and Vernon Peugh for their help. Team Green/Smi th /EP Performs /Bell /Circl e Ind.! Acerbissponsored Bright finished in second , commenting that the course was well marked "co nsideri ng the amount of danger caused from the high speeds in the dust." Four Senior Experts made it into the top 10. Kawasaki-pilot Bob Carlberg led the ch arge with a strong fourth overall finish over Yamahamounted Joe Wood. Seniors Harold Brockelsby a nd Cycle Nuts 'n'Boltsbacked Dick Rockrohr rounded out the top 10. Result s 0 1A:( 1. Curt Dice (Hon): 2. Reed Bright (Kaw); 3. Todd Peugh (Hon); 4 . Bob Carlberg (Kaw); 5. Joe Wood (Vam); 6. Tom Ady (Hon); 7. Rick Meredith (Kaw ); B. Shane Meredith (Kaw); 9. Harold Brocklesby; 10. Dick Rockrohr {H...~

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