Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

en w z a: c( CD Z c( ~_;:;;~ a: CD ~ o b :r e, Results P/WIW: 1. Rick Haycoc k (Yam); 2. Phillip Johnson (Yam); 3. Jason Hanson (Yam). PP: 1. Ju lie Kent (Han); 2. Diann e Hurst (Kaw) . PIW 6·B: 1. Ryan W ill iams (Kaw ); 2. M ich ael Smit h (Kaw ); 3. Phill ip Jo hnson (Kaw ). PIW 9-1 1: 1. Eric Burkinshaw (Kawt 2. Doug McKlihn (Kaw); 3. Russell Postma (Kaw). MINI JR: 1. Monty Harris (Han); 2. Jon Rhodes (Han); 3. Destry Scott (Kaw). M INI INT: 1. Ja son McComick (Kaw); 2. J ustin Homan (Han). MINI BEG: 1. Cory Bloombey (Kaw); 2. Ryan Hageman (Yamt 3. Lou Caulkin (SUI). 125 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Han); 2. Grayson Han (Han); 3. Darren Rogers (Han). 125 INT: 1. Brett DeVr ies (Han); 2. Scott Hickson (Kaw); 3. Adam West (Han). 125 JR: 1. Mike Hamners (Kaw); 2. Brett Bierek (Yamt 3. Richard Browning (Yam). 125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Matt Gable (Hont 2. Jamie Bolman (Kaw); 3. Shad Reed (Han). 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Lowell Fretz (Kaw); 2. Tony Duvall (Han); 3. Traver Levitt (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Tony Graves (Han); 2. Grayson Han (Han); 3. Darren Rogers (Han). 250 INT: 1. Steve Smith (Suz ): 2. Darren Poulsen Tony Graves picked up wins in both the 125 and 250cc Pro classes , .at the Motocross Northwest Championship Series at Woodland. • i followed home by Ingels, who worked his way to second, and Bast. Former road racer Charlie Vene~s topped Division II action over Mike Kain and Scott Yarbrough. Jesse Ochoa won his first Div III main in just his second start. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Jim Sisemore; 2. Eddie Ingels; 3. Bart Bast; 4 . Steve Martin . HDCP: 1. Jim Sisemore; 2. Ban Bast; 3. Steve Martin; 4 . Shawn Reppert; 5. Eddie Ingels ; 6. Vance Felicia . Talley takes Whitney Motocross "By Joyce Ladd WHITNEY, TX, MAY 15 Kawasaki-mounted Jeff Talley went I-I for top honors in the 250cc Novice class at Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch . When the gate dropped in moto one Talley took the lead and Kawasaki pi lot Steve McCombs put on the pressure. By lap two Kawasaki rider Shawn Shields moved up 10 take over second. At the finish line it was Talley first, Shields seco nd and McCombs th ird. Moto two saw Talley again take the holeshot and never loo k back. In second position was M cCombs followed by Honda-mounted R u sty Watson. At the checkered flag it was Talley first with a perfect I- I win, McCombs second, giving him second overall for the day a nd Watson third overall. Mini Novice action saw Yamaha rider Allen May take the holeshot in moto one, followed closely by Suzuki rider Donnie Kattner and Suzuki rider Brian Sauer. May, Kattner and Sauer rode the entire moto in that order and finished first, second and third, respectively. Moto two saw Sauer take the holeshot and lead the entire moto followed by May and Kawasaki rider Brian Hale. At the finish it was Sauer first , May second and Hale third. Resu lts eo BEG: 1. David Fitzpatrick (Han); 2. Mark Parker 34 (Yam); 3.John Cantres (Han); 4. Adam McNeely (Kaw); 5. Brent Grable (Han). BO NOV: 1. Allen May(Yam); 2. Brian Sauer (Suz); 3. Donnie Kattner (Suz); 4. Brian Hale (Kawt 5. Kevin Lynn (Han). M INI OPEN: 1. All en M ay (Yam); 2. Br ian Sauer (Suz); 3. Donn ie Kattn er (SUI); 4 . Mark Parker (Yam); 5. Ad am McN eely (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Rocky French (Cag); 2. J ohn Boldgett (Han); 3. M att Mathis (Yam); 4. Kim Kahlstrom (Han). 125 NOV : 1. Frankie Ladd (Han): 2.Jeff Talley (Kaw); 3.Jeff Johnson (Kaw); 4 . Danny Fan (Kaw); 5. Tim Woodr uff (Han). 125 INT: 1. Chris Hadley (Kaw). • 250 NOV: 1. JeffTalley(Kaw); 2. St eve McCombs (Kaw); 3. Rusty Watson (Hont 4 . Shaw n Shields (Kaw); 5. Joey Matush (Kaw). 250/0PEN BEG: 1. David Cha ndler (SUI); 2. Scott Chandler (SUI); 3. Ronnie King (Yaml; 4 . James Reed (Yam); 5. Dug Kallstrom (Kaw). OPEN: 1. Billy Boyd (Han); 2. Tom Higdom (Han); 3. William Lawso n (Han); 4 . J.R. Ott (Han). OVER 25 : 1. Bouley Kyle (Han); 2. Dan Schu ltz (Kaw); 3. Charlie Kirchner (Suz). • Graves goes for it at WoodlandMX By Brian Barnes WOODLAND, WA, MAY 7 The first race of ' the Motocross Northwest Championship Series was held at Woodland Motocross Park under near perfect racing conditions and with some 260 riders on hand. Cottage Grove, Oregon 's Tony Graves, who rides for O 'Neal/Maxima/ Pro-Circuit and Roseberg Honda picked up wins in both the 125and 250cc Pro classes after taking three of four motos he competed in. Only Grayson Hart, sponsored by Hillsboro Honda/Malcolm Smith/ P.B.I., was able to snatch away the lone other win as he guided his CR250 to the second moto win in the 250cc Pro division. The first 125cc Pro moto found Graves grabbing the holeshot and going wire-to-wire for the win. Hart, last year's top Northwest 125cc rider, slid into the second place spot on a one-day old CRI25, while behind him were Darren Rogers, Eric Hall and Don Bisceglia. The second race found Graves again loo king strong and taking the win and overall, but the next few spots took a while to figure out. Hall followed Graves on the holeshot and spent the first four laps in the second spot with Rogers, Dana Anderson, Bisceglia and Hart trailing behind. Hall surrendered his second place spot on lap five, as Hart charged through the pack to follow Graves for second in the rnoto and second -o vera ll. Rogers got past Hall with two laps remaining to again take third with Hall and Bisceglia fourth and fifth. The first 250cc P ro moto was another Graves affair, as he led from start-to-fin ish . Rogers a nd H art put on an excellent dice for th e next two spots with Rogers setting up Hart and passing him on th e last lap to take second, while Hart settled for third. The second moto found Graves jumping into the lead , but Hart was bound and determined to take this one aw ay. Hart go t by Graves on lap three and then held on the remaining six laps to take th e victory and second overall. Graves held down the second spot but got the overall with Rogers taking a well-deserved third. (Han); 3. Troy Stewan (Yam). 250 JR 0 ·1 : 1. Shawn Scolari (Yam); 2. Kevin Yeager (Yam); 3. Brett Bierek (Yam). 250 JR 0 ·2 : 1. Mike Tresch (Han); 2. Chris Sicilia . (Han); 3. Jim Lamk in (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Tom Marlin (Honl; 2. Jeff Adams ((Han); 3. Matthew Barh an (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. Don Tyle (Han); 2. Don Boespllug (Han); 3. Frank McKuhn. OPEN JR: 1. Don Boespfl ug (Hont 2. M itch Trotter (Han); 3. Larry Wescott (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Ted Branch (Han); 2. Bob Lish (Hus); 3. Chris Younce (Yam). UTH: 1. Steve Smit h (SuI I; 2. Ron Sun (Han). OTH EX: 1. Mitch Kirkpatri ck (Kaw ); 2. Reid Goldman (Han); 3. Gary Beaver (Kaw). OTH INT: I . J ack Coulter (Hont 2. Lance Marshall (SUI); 3. Jay Loundagen (Han). OTH NOV : 1. Rob Comstock (Kaw ); 2. Russ Fletcher (Han). OT EX: 1. Bob White (Spr); 2. Dayton Hickson (Han); 3. Jim Lampkin (Han). OT INT: 1. Bob Reed (Han); 2. Mike Hickman (Yamt 3. Jeff Younce (Kaw). OT NOV: 1. Lou Collins (Yam); 2. Cliff Kobernik (Yam ~ Barnett rips OIR MXopener ' By Peggy Adamic RAVENNA, OH, MAY I Honda-mounted Barney Barnett ripped through both motos of the combined 125/250/0pen A class scoring perfect I-I moto finishes at Ohio International Raceway's season opener. In moto one Brunswick Suzuki rider Harold Ro b i n so n routed through turn one with Steve Gardiner, Ed Snyder and Barnett giving chase. Snyder quickly dropped back as Barnett moved in on Gardiner and passed him before the two-la p mark. Robiso n held a three second lead over Barnett until he found himself on the ground with less than half-a-lap to the checkered flag. Barn ett cruised to the wi n wi th Rob ison and Gardiner following. J ohn Diezic hol esho t mo to two with Snyder and Robison in the chase for second when Robison bai led off his Suzuki and separated his shoulder. Snyder remain ed in second wi th Barnett and Rob Yenulonis in pursuit. Barnett dispensed of Snyder with Yenulonis holding onto fourth. Barn ett chased Diezic for a lap-and-a-half before passing the hard-riding front runner. Barnett took the checkered in front of Diezic with Snyder and Yenulonis holding their positions. Results 50 : 1. Jessie Finley (Yamt 2. Jason Kinley (Yam); 3. Andy WICkens (Yamt 4. Mark Callihan (Yamt 5. Larry Rust (Yam). 60 : 1. Jesse Atkinson (Yam); 2. David Rowland (Han). eo 7·1 1: 1. Mike Bocook (Kaw). 80 12-13: 1. Mike Katin (Han); 2. Jay Hershey (SUI); 3. Brent Able (Kaw); 4. John Bodo (Han); 5. Matt Mansolf (Kaw ). BO 14-15 : 1. TIm Conti (Han); 2. Dan Johnson (Han); 3 . Rick Roosa (Han); 4 . Dave Hernanskey (Yam); 5. John Caruso (Han). 125 SCHBY: 1. Kevin Sweeney (Kaw); 2. Gene Kelley (Han); 3. Shawn Fescemyer (Han); 4. Jay Hershey (SUI); 5. Brian Bocook (Kaw). 12 51250 A: 1. Barn ey Barnett (Han); 2. John Diezic (Han); 3. Rob Yenul oni" (Yam); 4. Steve Gard iner (Han); 5. Harold Robison (SUI). 125 B: 1. Kevin Swe en ey (Kaw); 2. Chris Bodo (Han); 3. Scott Bassett (Han); 4. Dave Capretta (Cag); 5. Mike Cain (Yam). 125 C: 1. Der ek Briggs ( Hon~2. Mike McClu ng (Kaw); 3. Gregg Hoover (Kaw); 4. Robby Drennan (Kaw); 5. TIm Lutes (Han). 250 B: 1. David Alexander (SUI); 2. Chuck A dams (Han); 3. Bill Pizzino (Yam); 4 . John Hill (Han); 5. Steve Wilmington (Kaw) . 250 C: 1. James Wolle (Yam); 2. Jim Cipullo (C-A); 3. Bryan Kungle (Han); 4. M ike Williams (SUI); 5. Jo hn Bell (Han). OPEN B: 1. Neal Davis (KTM); 2. Dan M organ (Cag); 3. Kevin MaClIn (Kawt 4. Rick Welton (Han); 5. Rob Mc Clain (Han). SR 1: 1. Dan Morgan (Cog); 2. M ike Williams (SOl ); 3. Bern ie Bellinger (Suzl; 4. Ji m Kraley(Yam) ; 5. Many Popovich (Yam). SR 2: 1. Larry M yers (Kaw); 2. Rob McClain (Han); 3. Tom Rickbrodt (SUIt 4. Keith Boyd (Kaw); 5. Jerry Boyd (Han). Sisemore wins Cal Expo Speedway ' By R.C. Jones SACRAMENTO, CA, MAY II Jamming Jimmy Sisemore used a quick start 10 fly out of the gate 10 win his second straight Scratch main event on his Truman Bailey/ Arai / Oilzall/Smith Goggles/ A&A Racing-sponsored Weslake at Cal Expo State Fairgrounds speedway: Dancing Eddi e Ingels powered his GM through th e traffic from the 50ya rd handicap line to take the check ered flag and victory in the Handicap main event. Mike Kain found the winner's circle for the first time this year by winning an acti on packed Division Two main event. The lineup for the Scra tch ma in was an exciting one as Bart Bast moved in to gate o ne, Sisemo re pulled gate two , Ingels was stra nded on the far outside in gate four, leaving Mike Delacy and h is brand new Godden comi ng out of three. Delacy tried pushing the tape, but it was no help as he was last out of the gate. Sisemore was quickest to the first turn, a wheel len gth ahead of Bast. Ingels held even with Bast through the turn, but still on the far outside. As they exited the turn Ingels tried to move inside, but Bast would not let him get close 10 th e inside groove. Sisemore found the traction on the straight earlier than the others and increased his lead to a bike length. Delacy moved up 10 challenge Ingels, and Bast went after Sisemore. After two laps Sisemore was in control shutting off th e pressing Bast whe n necessary. The battle was now between Ingels and Delacy for third, until Delacy backed it in too far on the last lap allowing Ingels 10 move past. Results SCRATCH: 1. J im Sisemor e (Wes): 2. Ban Ba.. (Wes ); 3. Eddi e Ingels (GMt 4. M ike Delacy (Gdn). HDCP: 1. Eddie Ingels (GM); 2. Jim Sisemore (Wes); 3. Raben Curry (Wes); 4. Vance Felicio (Wes). 0 ·2 : 1. M ike Kain (Jaw ); 2. Gary Stewan (Gdn); 3. Ma rk Squadr ito (Jaw ); 4. Rory Rundle (Jawl. 0 -3 : 1. Derr ick Cole (Jaw); 2. M ike Browne (J8w); 3. Nick Collins (Jaw); 4 . Je ss Ochoa (Jaw ). JR: 1. Dust in Schroeder; 2. Tommy Hedden; 3 . Shaw n Jackson. Van Zee tops White Oak Scrambles By Mark Martin WHITE OAK, lA, MAY I O u t of a 101 rider field , KT Mmounted Willis Van lee held off hard charging Dennis Murphy, for the overall win at the White Oak Two-Hour Scramble. Ro unding out the top five overall were Steve Sulzburger, Dale LaBoda and Cliff Barker. The 3.8-mile loop consisted of hilly, tight woods, dust, multi-flower rose covered pasture, challenging creek crossings and a mud bog that turned most rid ers into whimpering puppies. At the 50-m in ute mark, track officials were forced to ' con struct a bridge to route riders around the b . Sunny skies took the toll on the riders toward the end of th e race , but the top riders maintained their positions, with only three minutes separating the top eig ht overall. With a few top riders finishing poorly. defending Sta te Champion, Steve Sulzburger, moved into ftrst for the overa ll point lead on his new Kawasaki. Overall B honors went to Kevin P irie with Ken t Longcor, Doug McCloskey, Marty Van Pa tten and

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