Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

effort to ~in ground ' but with the co m bi na tio n of a 50-yard line start and wanin g tra cti on .on the racing surface he co uld n' t ge t wi th in str iking distance. Diem worked his way through th e field for a th ird p lace finish whil e Tom Burge rode the inside for fou rth. Ste ve Watson placed fifth ahead of a mech anicall yailing Lewis. Kelvin H errala took hi s second stra ig h t Divi sion Two main event of 1988 a n d stayed undefea ted . H e assumed th e lead wh en Don Madison went d own on la p t hree. J im McCarthy follo wed H errala to the fin ish line. Results 0 ·' : , . Warren Diem (Gdn); 2. Georg e Lazor (Jaw); 3. Mark Edwards (Gdn); 4. John Lewis (We s). HDCP: 1. Len McBride (Jaw); 2. George Lazor (Jaw); 3 . Warren Diem (Gdn); 4. Tom Burg e (Gdn); 5. Steve W at son (Wes) . . 0 -2 : 1. Kelvin Herrala (Jaw); 2. Jim McCanhy (Jaw); 3 . Don Madison (Jaw); 4 . Kyl e Dixson (J aw ). Jackson jams at SkylineMX By Dale Bohm &. Robert Peterson DAYTON, 10, MAY 14 Smith Optics/O 'Neal US A/ Ka l Gard-sponsored Larry Jackson went three for fou r toda y in th e 250 a nd 125cc Pro classes to claim th e lion's share of th e purse money at Skyline MX Park. Jackso n rode much of the second 250cc Pro rnoto withou t a sea t to capture I-I moto wins. In 250cc Pro ac tio n Jackson, Mike Harris and H onda rider T odd Sm ith were quick off th e ga te as rn oto o ne got underway. J a ckson immediatel y built up a lead that he held to th e flag. Harris battled with Sm ith for second wi th the nod going lo H arris. Bill 's Cycle Sh op rider Lance Kelsey a nd Robert Hayball filled o ut the to p five. As th e second rnoto got underway . Jackson was seen circulating witho u t a sea t. Smith pulled out a lead over H a rris, w h i le J a ckson a n d Kelsey fill ed o ut th e top four. J ackson was on th e move a nd got by H arris, th en set his sigh ts on Sm ith. J ackson was forced to stand a lmost the whole 20-minute rnoto a nd blew by Sm ith on lap five. Jackson continued to lead to the ch eckers with Smith, H arris, and Kelsey finishing second through fourth. . In th e l25cc Pro ac tion, J ackson aga in led fro m the gate over the Smith brothers, Thad a nd Todd. .Jackson held on to win the first moto , but Thad Smith managed to hold off J ackson in th e seco nd moto and claim the overall win. In th e Over 25 Expert class Robert Peterson was quick off th e ga te in the first moto followed b y Kell y SOrenson and Dal e Bohm . Bohm passed Peterson over th e doubles a nd proceeded to pull ou t a small lead. Hot on his tail was Sorenson , who eventually passed Bohm for the lead. Robert Rudd moved into th ird a head of P eterson and J eff Clawson. Sor enson bent his shifter on lap th ree and fell back to third. The finishi ng order was Bohm, Rudd , Sorenson , Peterson, a nd Clawson. The second mo to h ol esh ot • bel onged to Rudd as Peterson hel d off Bohm and Cl awson . Bohm bailed har d over the finis h line doubles while Rudd contin ued lo pull o ut a lead over Peterso n . Rudd claime d th e win over Peterson, Clawson, H olberg and Bohm. Results 80 JR : 1. Jody Taylor (Vam); 2. Jake 8arlausky (Suz); 3 . Rich ard Ashby (Vam). 80 BEG: 1. Zig Hale (Kaw ); 2. Chad Unsemann (Kaw); 3 . Randy U nse ma nn (Kaw). 80 AM: 1. Kris Wilkerson (Han); 2. J eff Cambell (Vam); 3 . Spanky Waggoner (Han). 80 EX: 1. J ames Hendrickson (Han). 125 JR : 1. M att Holley (Han); 2. Jeff Call (Han); 3 . Scott Bensch (Han). 125 AM: 1. James Hendrickson (Han); 2. Br ian Call (Han); 3. Butch Veenstra (Suz). Robert Ruud in action at the Skyline MX in Dayton. Idaho, 125 EX: 1. Thad Smith (Han); 2. Larry J ackson (Kaw); 3 . Todd Smith (Han). 250 JR : 1. Larry Lusk (Kaw); 2. Brad Burbank (Han); 3 . Todd Palm er (Han). 250 AM : 1. Jody Dixon (Han); 2. Bri an Eato n (Han); 3 . Brent Lars en (Han). 250 EX: 1. Larry Jackson (Kaw); 2. Todd Smith (Han); 3 . Mike Harris (Kaw). . OPEN JR : 1. Jared Jensen (Han); 2. Troy Moser (Varni ; 3 . Heath Shepard (Yam). OVER 25 A: 1. Raben Ruud (ATK); 2. Dal e Bohm (Kawl; 3 . Raben Peterson (Yam). OVER 25 B: 1. J eff Clawson (Kaw) ; 2. Stev e . Holberg (Han); 3 . Paul Moore (Kawl. OVER 30 AM : t. Larry Welker (Han ). OVER 30 EX: 1. Bob Krah (Cag); 2. Kevin Me rrill (Han); 3. Wayne Campbell (Han) . Russell, Hall decimate Nelson ledges RR By larry Bell WARREN, OH, MAY 8 Sco tt Russell ro lled into Nelson Led ges Ro ad Course for WERA Regional sprint races with a set of Vic Fasola- tu ne d Suzuki s a n d a winn in g streak stretching back to early spring, and left with wins in A and B Producti on, Formula Open a nd seco nd place in C Producti on. H e a lso won almost $2500 in contingen cy money from Suzuki, EBC , Kal -Gard a nd Dunlop which ra ised h is checkbook to over $19,000 this year. A near-record opening race da y turnout o f close lo 300 riders saw Russell's main com pe ti tio n co me fro m Kurt H all on- a H onda. H all had the victory spo tlig h t b y win n ing the combined classes of C Su perbike a nd Vin tage Five. In C Producti on, Ex pert Hall, sponsored by Klotz/Metzeler/Fox Racing/Tsubaki/HRT , a nd Russell , spons ored by Dunlop/ T eam H amm er / E B C/ Ka l - G a r d/ R - K Chain , were close for on ly a few laps. Hall then turned o n the a fterb u rners lo hi t lap times in the I ;I4.55-range. This ca used mor e than a few eyebrow s to be rai sed as a TZ750 just a couple o f sum mers ago wo u ld have been good to hit 1:16 flat. . Rega rd ing his race wi th Hall , Russell said, " T he key to the Katana is keepi ng the corneringspeed up to ' keep the grou nd clearance up. " Russell also said that he would not be coming back to Nelson Ledges because he had to ride co nstantly right o n the edge, which was dangerous, and the track needed major modifications. H e'll also be racing a t Suzuka in Japan on the sa me da te. as the Nelson Ledges 24-Hour. H all voiced no such limitations and sa id q uickly that he had qualified on a Suzuki 750 in the Open class but chose to run the H u rrica ne " beca use I tu rn ed faster la p times." T wo ho t prospects bear watching th is comi ng year: Nov ice J.P. Bunting o n a Honda had the en tire track buzzing with his second place finish - . Kurt Hall rode his Honda CBR600 Hurricane to the C Superbike class win at Warren. Ohio's Nelson Ledges; Scott Russell wonC Production . : in B P roduction - o u t of 38 ra cers - just behind Mike Karm, a nd h is wins in C Production, C Superbike and B Su perbike. The othe r prospect is th e repaving a nd pa tching of the tra ck; th e hi&hspee d carousel was made faster with fresh paving. , "The back th ree-quarters of th e carousel is fast. Bu t where they sto p pe d th ere are some ripples whe re th e o ld tra ck beg ins. T hey also grou nd a nd grooved tu rns· 13' and one , p rod uci ng a n eerie feeli ng, " said race director Jim Sublet. According to tra ck personnel , Nelson 'Ledges will hold a vintage car ra ce in mid-June to help ra ise funds to repave th e track. They also n ote th a t repaving will tak e severa l years, but th ey are determined to restore th e tra ck. . Results F-1 OPEN EX: 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2. Kun Hall (Suz); 3 . Tom Kipp (Vam ); 4. Charles Elstner (Han); 5. Beni Beasley (Yam). . B S/BK EX: 1. Tom Kipp (Vam); 2. Carl Musat (Suz); 3 . Chr is Thomas (Due); 4. J im Tribou (Yam); 5. Ben Beasley (Yam) . B S/BK NOV: 1. J .P. Bun t ing (Han); 2. Mike Karm (Suz); 3 . Kenneth Mcintyre (Suz) 4 . Joe Milanesi (Suz); 5. J im Fisher (Suz). . C/SBK EX: 1. Kun Hall (Han); 2. Br ian Glistick (Vam); 3. Scott Evans (Han); 4. Rex M iller (Han); 5 . Ralph Johnston (Suz). C S/BK EX V1NT 5: 1. Bruce Egan; 2. Jake Coye; 3 . Len Harstine (Han ); 4 . Brod. Walker (Suz); 5. Gary Palmer (Yam). • . C S/BK NOV : 1. J .P. Bunting (Han); 2. Paul Rohall (Yam); 3 . Charles Beisgen (Han); 4 . Rick Pagniano . (Han); 5 . Billy Lumadue (Vam). _ S/BK EX: 1. Gene Burcham (Yam); 2. Jake Coye (Yamt. 4. Doug Griffin (Vam); 4 . Jim Stilt" (Yam); 5. Don Willmot (Vam). o S/BK NOV : 1. Steven Johnson{Vam); 2. George Dawson (Kaw); 3 . Rich Knepp (Yam); 4. Raben Culp (Han); 5. Greg Alt (Kaw). A PROD EX: 1. Scott Russell (Suz~ 2. Jay Endre (Suz); 3. Dave Schmidt (Suz); 4. Ste ve Pinkleyl!ion); 5. Ward Cook. · · . A PROD NOV : 1. Mike Karm (Suz); 2. Ken Mcintyre (Suz); 3 . Kevin Warner (Suz); 4 . Joe Emmons (yam); 5. Morrie Annis (Yam). B PROD EX: 1. Scott Russell (Suz); 2. Shawn Nico loff (Suz); 3 . Kun Hall (Suz); 4 . Carl Musa' (Suz); 5 . Dave Schmidt (Suz). . B PROD NOV: 1. M ike Karm (Suz); 2. J .P. Bunting (Han); 3 . Kenneth Mcintyre (Suz); 4 . Rick Le..enthal (Suz); 5. Jim Fisher (Suz), C PROD EX: 1. Kun Hall (Han); 2. Scott Russell (Suz); 3 . Bruc e Baldus (Suz); 4 . Scott Evans (Han); 5 . Steve Pinkley (Han ). C PROD NOV : 1. J .P. Bunting (Han); 2. Rick Pagniano (Han); 3. Tom Bickerstaff (Han); 4. Pau l Rohall (Vam); 5. Billy Lumadue (Vam). PROD EX: 1. J im Still (Vam); 2. Kent Pietmiller (Vam); 3 . Randy M urawski (Yam); 4 . Jonathan Ran ey (Vam); 5 . Hugh M elling (Vam). . PROD NOV : 1. Barry Iddings (Vam); 2. Rich Kn epp (y.1m ); 3 . Dan Kerekes (Vam); 4 . Raben DiCell o; 5 . Gr eg Al t (Kaw) . VINT 2: 1. Jak e Coye; 2. Phil Pummell (Su z); 3 . M ich ael Breed (Due); 4 . Kar l My ers (NSU ). F·3 EX: 1. Rhea St ick ley (Yam); 2. Charles Bell . (Han); 3 . Harry Morse (Han). F-3 NOV : 1. Kevin Van Horne (Kaw) . F-2 EX: 1. Ma ny M ill er (Yam); 2. Kent Reitmill er (Vam); 3 . Gene Burcham (Yam) ; 4 , Don W illmot (Vam); 5 . Craig Gaver (Vam). F-2 NOV : 1. Steve Johnson (Vam); 2. Raben Culp (Han); 3 . James Wood s (Han ); 4. Barry Iddi ngs (Vam); 5. Jo hn Cra igm il e (Yam ). . V1NT 4 : 1. Phil Pumm ell (Suz); 2. Jake Coye; 3 . Bob Vokac CTri); 4. J im Siemer (Nor); 5. Lol en Jury (Yam). CLBMN EX: 1. Rich Grave r (Suz); 2. GarY Palm er (Vam ); 3 . Michael Graham (Vam ); 4 . Eric Sma kul a (Suz~ 5. Bill Putt (Han) . o o o CLBMN NOV: 1, Greg A lt {Yam~ 2. Gary Callahan (Vam); 3 . Stev e Heilman (Han); 4. Chuck Hess(Honl; 5. Fred Abt (Yam). VINT 1: 1. Phil Pummell (Suz); '2. Karl Myers (NSU); 3 . M ike Breed (Due); 4 . Bob Vokac (Oss). Yentzers smoke 'em at Trail·Way SX By Jeff Crites HANOVER, PA , MAY 14 The Yen tzer brothers , Rodney and J effrey, from Carlisle, P ennsylvania , were the bi g wi n ne rs a t the T railWay Sp eedway's su pe rcross . Rodney scored double wins in th e l25cc Expert and 250cc Expert classes, while you nger brother scored his win in th e 80cc (14-15) class. In the I25cc Expert main , W. Keith Banta J r. rode hi s Suzuki lo the lead a t th e drop o f th e ga te. Then Rodney T entzer followed Banta on his rear tire loo kin g for the opening he need ed lo obtain the lead. ' That occurred as th e pair ca me off the infield jumps onto th e main straight lo co m p lete the second of th e eight laps that made up th e feature. Banta came o ff the fin al turn high, allowin~ Yentzer to go underneath as the pair approached the first turn, a hard left-bander followed b y a quick right. Yentzer held his line going through ·one forcing Banta to go wide. This was ' all that Yentzer needed as he built a com m andin g lead fin ishing 15 seconds ahead of Banta a t the checkers. T ed Orr finished third. Yen tzer th en go t h IS 250 Yamaha ready lo do battle again with Banta in th e 250cc Expert night cap. At the dr op o f the gate, Yentzer was fir st ou t into th e first turn. Following a close second was T im Ben isderfer. Throughout th e eight- la p final , Benisderfer stayed on Yentz er' s rea r tire, but that was as clo se as he cou ld get. The margin of victory a t th e checker was four bike len gths. Banta sett led for a disappointing third. Ted O rr fin ished fourth despite a fall . midway through th e race . Results 125 EX: 1. Rodney Ventzer II (y am ); 2. W . Keit h Benta Jr. (Suzl; 3 . Ted Orr (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Rodney Ventzer II (Vam); 2. TIm Ben isderler (ya m); 3 . W . Keith Banta Jr . (Suz); 4. Ted Orr (Yaml; 5. Dani el Stanbaugh (Yam). 125 AM: 1. Ma tt Deardorff (Kaw ); 2. Leonard Papa Jr. (Kaw ); :1. M icha el Bear (Vam); 4. David Seiders (Yam); 5. Denn is W eaver (Yam). z, OPEN AM : 1. Lee Schmelyun (Han); 2. Gregory Taughinbaugh (Yam); 3 . Kevin Laudenslager{Yam); 4 . Randy Barlup (Honl ; 5 . Al ex Dellinger (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Br ian Ma rr iott (Vam); 2. Kevin Harshm an (Kaw); 3. Gary W eaver (Han); 4 . Bobby Trimme r J r. (Yam); 5. Clint Early (Han ). OPEN EX: 1. TIm Schm elyun (Vam ); 2. Kenneth Brown (Han); 3 . David Kindness (KTM). BO. 14 -15 VRS: 1. Jeffrey Ventz er (Yam); 2. Raben Stravinsky (Suz); 3 . John Troop (Vam); 4 . Robbie Harris (Yam); 5. M atthew Rice (Kaw). 250 AM: 1. Charles Norris Jr. (Kaw); 2. Edward 33

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