Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

rototill ed th e bottom of th e hill. Still , the top six runs in the class were all over 800 feet. Brad Story, J o h n La Sall e, Paul Heidreich, Steve Peterson and Karel Kramer filled o ut the top six. Da ve J orgen son won .the Old Man 's Open class o n the tire hill wi th a 175-foot ru n, but fared better o n the O pen Expert hill wi th an 851.75 foot ru n to win the class on a Ho nda 1000. Don H enderson's Ron Truebuilt YZ980 was second a t 821.25 feet, Kerry Petersen s best pupil - so n Robie - won the Min i class wi th a 11 7 foot ru n. Resu lts . SPTSM N OPEN: 1. Devon Wh eeler (Kaw): 2. . Guyle Rude (Han); 3. Michael Burke IKaw): 4 . Stephen Olson (Han); 5. Rodney Hoban (Han). M INI BO: 1. Robie Pet erson (Han); 2. J el l Aeinmuth (Hon), 3. Jess ie Fast CHon); 4 Michael Heiniger Jr . (Kaw): 5. Tyre ll Ehnes (Yam). OT 500: 1. Carl Colli er Sr. (Kaw); 2. Ronald Hopkin s (ya m); 3. Donald David (Vam ); 4 . George Sauer (Han): 5. J immy Garn er (Han). OT OPEN: 1. David Jorg ensen (Han); 2. Roger Gull ixson (Yam); 3 . Willia m Perr igo (Tri) . PP OPEN: 1. Debbie W hitl ock (Han): 2. Candy Hateley. . SPTSMN 370: 1. Benjamin Crawlord (Han): 2. Chri~ Kroe ger (Kaw); 3 . Frank Hard man (Hon); 4 . David Robinson (Yam); 5. Dave Comb s (Suz). EX OPEN: 1. Dave Jo rgen sen (Han); 2.. Don Henderson (Yam); 3. M ike Nort hup; 4. Ronald Hopkin s (Yam): 5. Doug Wh eeler (Kaw) . EX 500: 1. Steve Jo rgenson IHan); 2. Brad Sto ry (Vam): 3. Jo hn laSalle (Han); 4. Paul Heidenr eich (Han ); 5. St eve Peterson (Hon) . EX 250 : 1. David Svenvold (Yam): 2. Rod Jo rgen son (Hon); 3. Bret Hen inger (Yam); 4. Kelly Petersen (Hon); 5. Chri s Kroeger (Kaw). EXHIB OPEN: 1. Mel Kim ball Jr. (Han); 2. Kenny Kimball (Han): 3 TraVISWhitlock IYam): 4 . Sid Seitz (Suz); 5. Rod Wh itl ock (Han). EXHIB 700: 1. Todd Wh it lock (Han): 2. Robert Horba n (Han); 3. Tom Elmor e (Hanl: 4 . Mel Kimball Jr. (Han): 5. Carl C2 11ier Sr. (Kaw ). Fraizer, Gabriel top Ironhorsemen National Hillclimb By Maxine Casey ELKH ART , INDI ANA, MAY 22 Ti m Fr a i zer a nd R a n d y G abriel were th e big winners in th e o pe ni ng round of Class A National H illclimb compe. tit io n , hosted today nea r Elkhart by th e Ironhorsemen M.e. Fr ai zer , w ho wo n the 550 cc n u m ber two p late last year by consistentl y fini shing second a nd third in 1987, started the new seaso n with his first Class A win. Although Fraizer was leading at th e end of the first ro und . it wasn 't over until it was over. Class champ ion ' G reg Will iams, riding th e ST P Special H onda, fell hard o n h is first a ttem p t, He was th e last rider in th e class and hi s secondtry time o f 3.327 seco nds forced Fra izer to ride again . Fra izer too k h is immaculate BSA be tween th e timing lights in 3.293 seconds to take th e win. Fra zier had been on an emotional roller coaster all weekend. H e started h is bike Frida y ni gh t a nd th e engine blew. H e worked o n it until 2:30 a .m ., Su nday mo rni ng, in Earl Bowlby's sho p near Logan, Ohio. th en made th e long drive to Elkha rt. It was a grueli ng weekend, but the effort paid off with victory. Doug Kreeger fin ished thi rd in the class a board a Tri umph. Newcomer Paul Pi nson na ult, ridi ng a H onda, was fourth , and T riu mp h-mou nted Bru ce Sweigart fin ish ed fifth. N ine- tim e 750 cc cha m p io n Bowlb y, a board a BSA. led the 800cc class a t th e end of the first ro u nd with a 3. 18-seco nd ri de, but H a rl e yDavidso n rider Lou Gere ncer took Bow lby's lead aw ay on hi s second attempt. Bo wlby's last try was ti med a t 3.06 seco nds, just .02 of a second slower th an Gerencer's 3.04. Then it wa s Ga b r iel's tu rn . Gab riel , who a lso rid es a Ha rley, went down hard a t 140 feet on hi s fir st rid e, but th e second run las ted 2.99 seconds to give hi m the clas s win a nd the fast time of the day. J eff Yod er fini shed fourth with a 3.21-second blast ab oard his Harley . Yamaha-moun ted Charlie Casey was fifth wi th a 3.32-seCond ride, beating Co n ley Newsome by .01 of a seco nd. Newsome fin ish ed .03 of a seco nd a head of Trium p h rider Da n n y H alcomb , who bea t David Newso me by .04 of a second. David Newsome edged o ut H arley rid er Rick H u nt er by o nly .002 of a second in the close co mpetition. Steve Nafe fill ed out th e top 10 wi th a 3.57-second ri de aboa rd hi s BSA; Na fe was o nly .58 of a second o ut of first p lace. Incr easing maxi m um disp laceme nt from 750 to 8 00cc didn 't seem lO ma ke much of a differen ce in th e class - th e fin ish es were as close as ever. It 's easy lO see why some riders get u pset o n th e rare occass ions when a stopwatch must be used instead of a n electron ic ti mer. Hi llcli m bers Associa tion P residen t Conley Newso me had a wild first ride a board hi s new H onda , bu t switched to his trie d 'a nd tr ue Trium ph for the second ru n. The hi ll was short, but had a tricky break er that threw a lot of good riders o n a t least o ne rid e. Geren cer went down'bn his firs t ride, as did number three': an ked Tom R eiser. T here i were no serious inj uries. T he hi ll cl imb competitors and their fam ilies were sad de ned by th e re cent loss of t im ekee p er and - a nno u ncer John Nichol.." Big John" di ed Ma y 18 a fte r a bo u t wi th leuk em ia . H e wa s cu red of th e disease but d ied from treat men t side effects. . 00 00 0') ROUND FOUR SOUTHWICK, MA 1""""4 JEFF WARD WINS 250cc CLASS WITH BEL-RAY Thanks to Jeff For Keeping Bel Ray #1 Result s 550: 1. Tim Fraizer (BSA ); 2. Gr eg Wi ll iams (Hon); 3 . Doug Kr eeg er (Tri ); 4 . Paul Pinsonnaull (Hon); S. Bruce Sweigart (Tri); 6. David Hale (Tri); 7 . Doug Klont (Tri); 8. Scon Everen (Tri); 9. Robel Buff enmyer (Kaw); 10. Ernie Pelli n (Han). BOO: 1. Randy Gabr iel (H· D); 2. Lou Gerencer (H· D): 3. Eerl Bowl by (BSA): 4. Jeff Voder (H· D); 5. Charlie Casey (Yam); 6. Conley Newsom e (Tri); 7. Dann y Halcomb ITri); B. David Newsome (Tri); 9. Rick Hunt er (H· D): 10. Steve Nale (BSA). .Gould, Burns, wins at loudon RR By Jim Fanion LOUDON , NH, MAY 14-1 5 Novi ce Ch ris Gould came back from a crash a nd su bseq uent fir e to win the Supertwins cla ss at the th ird ro u nd of the Loudon Road Raci ng Series a t Bryar Motorsports Park. Go uld go t on the from brake a little hard in th e Un limi ted GP race on Saturda y. The resulting cras h turned the big Du cati 900 into a raging fireball , but a supreme effort by the corner workers saved the bike from to tal destructi on. Unda un ted, Go uld dragged the scorched hulk back to the pi ts a nd went to work. Whe n the gree n flag dropped on the Supertwins/Unli m ited Superbik e race , Go u ld and is Ital ian boo mer were ready. At the chec kers, he had th ree-quarters of the 42 ma n (a nd three lad ies) field beh ind him, a nd was rewarded wit h a first in th e Supertwins cla ss. T he L igh tweight Su perb ike race turned into the passi ng d ue l of the weekend. Experts Ern ie Davoli on a Yama ha RD400, J oe Cambo o n a Ya mah a 585 a nd Victor La ndau o n a Kawasa ki KX500 lea ped away from th e 22 man pack. T he trio go t into a ferocious dispute as to who wou ld lead the cha rge. In the en suing 10m ile brawl, each held th e title to fir st p lace at leas t twice. A second's tim e blanketed ' the three at the wire Campo, Davoli and' Landau ! Satur day 's Lightweight Production Sp ri nt sa w th e new Yama ha FZR400 in the winner 's circle agai n , with expe rt J ohn Cru sh ab oard, beating th e Kaw asa ki EX500 s o f ex pert Steve Sa tile a nd J ohn Swee- Life, Uberty and the punDit of happbaeu Some of your rllhts as a U.S. citizen Protect yoUr rilhts as a motorcycle enthnslast. Vote Get your famUy to vote. Get a friend to vote. ~~. . . . CENTERS . IIiI • • MOTORCYCLE "'olorcyde service, tuneups. ,ccessories I nd lins . S' r~" Conr,n/."t C.lltlJml.l.Datltml: U "'Ind. 14 E. ImWflal Hwy_ (21 946-3459 258 . 3J Sun V.JI~r 900 1 Sunland Ave'.• (818) 768-9026 TlJmnCf 2466 W. SepulvedJlBJvd.• (21 53().(J314 3) An~be/m 828 W. Yermo nt~ .. (114) 774· 1 049 1.Dn, BelCh5210Long Be.lCh Blvd.. (213) 42J.B878 Sou C.'tt 5867 FirestoneBI'o'C1.• (2'3) 921-6895 th 806E. HuntingtonDrive. (81 03-6382 8J .onrv~;. 25

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