Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a u; o ...J <{ o 5 u rn >co ... a a :r. 11. Bobby Ott easily won the scratch main event at Ascot Park one night before breaking his ankle at Costa Mesa. sidelining him for three months. Hoover (Han); 3. Michael Hendrix (suz); 4 . Barry Keller (Kaw); 5. Kevin Mustain (Kaw). WDsMN: 1. M ichael Wetzel (Yam); 2. Richard Overcash (Han); 3. Riel< Wenger (Han); 4. Rivers Grove (Yam); 5. Tim Clapsadle (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Michael Potts (Han); 2. Bill Schm idt (Han); 3. John Frye (suz); 4. Peter Smith (Yam); 5. carl M iller fKaw) . 80, 7- 11 VAS: 1. Kevin Trimmer 9Yam); 2. Joshua Demuth (Ka w). s /sR : 1. Lonn ie wm (Han); 2. Irv ing Marriot (s uz). 25+: 1. Kenneth Brown (Hont 2. Barry Keller (suz); 3. M ichae l Pons (Han). 55 MINI: 1. Peter Sm ith (Hon). 80 , 12-13 VAS: 1. Rodney Hetherington (Kaw); . 2. Brandon Burn hisel (Yam); 3. Ian Williams (Kaw). sR B: 1. Lou sitaras.lHont, 2. carl campbell (CA ). • sa A:. 1. David Kindess (KTM). 65 MINI : 1. Joshua DeMuth (Yam). Fargo flies at Bay'ands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, MAY 6 A light drizzle turned into steady ra in but it did little to dampen the enthusiasm of Gary Fargo as he won the Open Pro class at Baylands Raceway Park. The challenge he received was relentless from brothers Mark a nd Craig Porter, who finished second and third, respectfully, in th e overall outcome. In each moto it was on e or the o ther of the Porters who put a Honda ahead o f Fargo 's Yamaha, but Fargo got to th e front in each outing. Gary J aehne proved that he is not on ly fast in dry condi tio ns but quite at home in the mud as he amassed three wins and one second pl ace in th e four motos he co n tested. At even ing's end J aehne loaded up two first place trophies in th e Open Junior class and the Veteran Intermediate class. T he tou~hest competiti on for J aehne came in th e secon d moto of the Vet In termediat e divisio n wh en he was beaten to the checkers by J ohn Anderson on a Yam aha. j aehne, with a 1-2 performance, was able to keep the overall away from Anderson, who had a 3I evening. Results 34 80 BEG MINI : 1. Danny Jacobo (suz); 2. Shawn Yuill (suz); 3. Aaron cantrelle (Kaw); 4: Vinnie Pedrini (Hon); 5 . Phillip Juinta (Yam). 80 JR MINI : 1. Jeff Gladieux (Han); 2. Val Schweizer (Han). 125 BEG 0-1 ; 1. Steve Humrich (Yam); 2. Chris Pedrini (Han); 3. Duane Keller (Yam); 4. Mike Sexton (Han); 5. Angelo Jacobo (Kaw). 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Jim Mc Calison (Han); 2. Barney Enderle in (Yam); 3. Todd Hewitt (Han); 4. 8i11y Wentworth (Han); 5. Dave Kopels (Han). . 125 JR: 1. Stan Finney (Han); 2. Jim Williams (Kaw); 3. Steffan Whiting (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Mike Ramage (Yam); 2. Joe Lawwill (Yam); 3. Keith Antes (Han); 4. Mark Poling (yam); 5. Mike Morgan (Han). 250 JR : 1. Jason Warren (Han); 2. Ty Arrigoni (Han); 3. Marc Pennings (Han); 4. Marcus Charles (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Dean May (Yam); 2. Merlyn Frank (Han); 3. Brent Bradley (Yam); 4. Ken Boehmer (Kaw); 5. Jeffrey Lae (ArK). OPENJR: 1. Gary Jaehne (Han); 2. Jeffrey Powell (Han); 3. Todd Damron (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Jon Nicolaus (Kaw). VET JR: 1. Ken campbell (Han); 2. Richard Hami (Han); 3. Rich Kraske (Yam). VET INT : 1. Gary Gaehne (Han); 2 . John Anderson (Yamt 3. Gary Remmen·(Yam). VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Han); 2. Randy Denton (Yamt 3. Larry Baker (Han); 4 . M ike Lane (Han). • OPEN PRO: 1. Gary Fargo (Yam); 2. Mark Poner (Han); 3. Craig Porter (Han). McCarter moves at Boyd's Creek MX By Larry G, Finchum SEVIERVILLE, TN, MAY 8 Round two of th e T ennessee State Championship Series a t Bo yd 's Creek saw excellen t raci ng in the l25cc class between Mitch McCarter on a Gear Racewear/Honda of Knoxville-backed CR 125, Ma rty Dyke on a McNutts Kawasak i and Yamaha-backed YZl25 a nd R a y Harvey, also on a Yamaha. . Harvey took th e holeshot in moto one but was soon overtaken by Dyke. McCarter then rode past Harvey but cou ldn't overtake Dyke. Moto two saw Ray H arvey ge t th e lead from the start but Dyke p u t an inside move on Harvey to take th e lead. McCarter quickly took over second and set out after Dyke. After playing catchup for most of the race McCarter took a n outside l ine . through th e whoops and quadrupled the m into th e lead a nd to the overall victory. Dyke took second with Scott Grubb slipping into th ird a nd H arvey settling for fourth. In 250cc action Robert Hunkapiller and Je ff Dodgen sp lit the pair of rnot os with Hunkap iller winning the tie-breaker. Dash-For-Cash actio n took th e top three riders' from each Amateu r class a nd pitted th em in a two-l ap race with the winner taki ng $50 in cash a nd pr izes a nd second and th ird pl ace fini shers taki ng contingen cy prizes. Dodgen took home th e moeny but n ot without a h ard push from Hunkapiller with J erry Mattox br inging in a strong third. Results MINI: t . Chuck Phillips (Kaw); 2. David Antrican (Kaw); 3. J.J. Allen (Yam); 4. B.J. Williams (Yam). 125: 1. Mitch McCarter (Han); 2. Many Dyke (Yam); 3. Scott Grubb (Cagl; 4 . Ray Harvey (Yam); 5. Jeff Ledford (Kaw). 250 : 1. Robert Hunkapiller (Han); 2. J eff Dodgens (Yam); 3. Gary Kieth (Han); 4 . Mark J ackson (Han); 5. Mark Dyer (Suz), OPEN ; 1. Mark Jackson (Han); 2. Donnie Wattenberger (Kaw); 3. Junior Atkins (KTM); 4. Robert Self (Yam). ENDR: 1. Jackie Davis (KTM); 2. Tim Brannon (KTM); 3. Junior Atkins (KTM); 4 . Gredy Jones (Hus); 5. Michael 8aker (Yam). U/L AM : 1. Mitch McCarter (Han); 2. Mark Dyer (suz); 3. Jerry Mattox (Han); 4. Jeff Ledford (Kaw); 5. Bobby Monast (Kaw). OVER 30 : 1. Gary Keith (Han); 2. Matt McMurray (Han); 3. John Gibson (Han); 4 . Kirk McWilliams (Han); 5. Chester Rowland . Ott shines at Ascot Speedway By Scott Da lo isio GA RDENA, CA, MAY 12 When Bobby O tt arrived at Chris Agajanian's Ascot South Bay Stadium on KROQ Nigh t, he bro ugh t a long a brand new sponsor, set of new leathers and a bra nd new mo torcycle. By me time he departed, he went home wit h a brand new trophy and a fresh check afte r recordi ng th e win in the Scra tch ma in event. Ott brou ght his T eam Chip/STP/ Cirello Racin g Weslak e fro m th e pole into a turn o ne battl e with Bobb y Sch wartz a t th e ou tset of th e event. T hey were elbo w-to-e lbow through th e first bend. Ott tri ed to take Schwartz wide in th e first bend. The former National Champion held hi s ground, but when th ey came off turn two , Ott drove away and th e lead was his from that point on. While Ott was ra cing away, the battle raged on for th ird. Keith Larsen , the only rider to come into the main wi thou t a win on the night, shoved Steve Lucero back to fourth on lap two. Ott had close to a halfstraigh t lead and maintained that huge advantage all th e way to the chec kered flag . Schwartz took second by a wide margin over Larsen wi th Lucero getting the wrap up spot. Red flag number one flew on lap two of th e H andicap ma in wh en Kevin Krugh and Shawn McConnell came together. They got as far as tum four on the second try when Krugh; Bloom, Doug Nicol and T rinon Cirello found th emselves on the grou nd. When the green flag waved for th e third tim e, there was a total of five laps remaining. Bloom again led the even t when it started but Louis Kossuth motored around him. Krugh was .ou t third and quickly .became embroiled in a battle with Bloom and Dubb Ferrell for second. Kossuth was powering away from me field and things seemed serene until lap five. Krugh parked out of turn two and forced Ferrell to take evasive action. Ferrell quickly reco vered and when they hit turn three on the same lap, he got a piece of Krugh and sent him down. Nicol, Bloom and Steve Furman also went down and starter Ro y Ketting was forced to throw the red again. When the ra ce was started for the fourth tim e, there were no more reds . a nd Kossuth easil y led th e remainder of the way. Kru gh fought off Nicol for second wi th Ferr ell co ming back to fourth . Results SCRATCH: 1 . Bobby On (W es); 2 . Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 3. Keith Larsen (Ja wt 4 . Steve Lucero (Gdnl. HDCP: 1. Louis Kossuth (G - M~ 2. Kevin Krugh (Wes); 3. Doug Nicol (Wes ~ 4. Dubb Ferrell (Wes). 0 ·2 : 1. Tony Gomez (Jawt 2. Jessee Finch (GMO; 3. Bob Bechto ld (Wes). 0 -3: 1. Anthony Sanchez (Wes); 2. Ronny Kemp (Jaw ); 3. Kevin Jordan (Wes). . Wooten wins Bay'ands MX By M ike Va ncil FREMONT, CA, MAY II Shaun Wooten took the overall win in the 250cc Pro class with perfect double moto wins at CMC 's Baylands MX. Early in each moto it was Kenny Zahrt with the better starts but each time it took Wooten only about three laps to work into the lead. Also getting by Zahrt in each moto but not able to pass Wooten and make it stick was Jon Nelson. Getting' a third in the overall and completing the Kawasaki sweep of the first three places was Eric Sandstrom. Only a minor sp ill in the first moto and a sixth-place finish m arred Sandstro m' s even ing. Michael Minjares styled hi s Suzuki to two impressive wins in the l25cc Interm ediat e class. Minjar es had to co nten d w ith Kaw asaki-mo unted Kurt Kuhn, . bu t in both mo tos he dispatched Kuhn and went on to win uncontested. Kuhn 's two seco nd p laces ea rned h im the second pl ace and two fourth-place finishes for Eric Shofstall were good enough for thud overa ll. . Results MINI 80 BEG: t . Danny Jacobo (suz); 2. Aaron Cantrelle (Kawt 3. Paul Epley (s uz); 4. Donnie ... Bettencoun (Kaw ); 5. Travis Oleson (Kaw). MINI 80 JR: t. Jam es Ptarcins ki (Kaw ); 2. James Alexander (Han). 125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Rick Alves (Han); 2. Frank Dufur (Yamt 3. Shane Garrehy (Han); 4 . Scott Wilson (Han); 5. Kurt Nelson (Han). 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Paul Svmmons (Kaw); 2. Dan Reger (Han); 3. Greg Bunting (Yam); 4 . Todd Sauls (Han); 5. Chuck Smilie (Kaw). 125 JR: t . James Perry IKaw); 2. Tyler Hummel (Suz); 3. Shawn Doddington (Yam); 4 . Steff an Whiting (Han); 5. Joe Lawwill (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Michael Minjares (suz); 2. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw); 3. Erich s hofstall (Kaw); 4. Chris Phill ips (Han); 5. Steve Bonit a (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Mark Mye rs (Han); 2. Todd Hicks (suz); 3. Pal Bennett (Kaw). 250 BEG 0 -1: 1. Ryan Stoneham (Han); 2. Steve Wa rd (Yam); 3. Jim Barnett (Han); 4 . Charles Shenk (Han); 5. Troy Oleson (Han). 250 BEG 0 -2.; 1. Ross Swetland (Han); 2. Bobby Blenio(Hont 3. Geralo Helm (Yam); 4 . Mike Hodges (Hon); 5. Dar rin Sterlinsk i (Hon). 25 0 JR : t . Sean Hummel lsuz); 2. Gr eg MacArthur (Yam); 3. Bob lades (Han); 4 . Gerry Johnson (Han); 5. Frank Walker (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Vernon Forsyth (Yam); 2. Sergio Fernandez (Han); 3. Kurt Kuhn (Kaw); 4. Erich . s hofstall (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Shaun Wooten (Kaw); 2. Jon Nelson (Kaw t 3. Eric Sandstrom (Kaw); 4 . Kenny lahrt (Han); 5. Kelly Andris (Yam). OPEN BEG; 1. Steve Nordahl (Hont 2. Terry Ash (Han); 3. Chris McCormick (Han); 4 . Wayne Stockwell (Han); 5. Dave Henderson (Han). OPENJR : 1. GaryJaehne(Hont 2. Randy Gavron (Honl; 3. Greg Kamholz (Han); 4. Todd Luksa (Han); 5. N.clas Granlund (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. Tim Fergon (Han); 2. Jon Nicolaus (Kaw t 3. Bill Gerber (Yam). .. OPEN PRO: 1. Clayton Blood (Kaw t 2. S.an Conley (Kawt 3. Matt Arena (Han). VETJR: 1. George Gall ing (Han); 2. Bernie Reali (Yam~ 3. Ken campbell (Han); 4. Terry Ash (Hon); · 5. Rich Kraske (Yam). VET INT: 1. Gary Jaehne (Han); 2. Layne castner (Han); 3 . Gary Freman (Yam(); 4. Tim O'Hara (KTMI. VET MsTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Hon~ 2. Jerry caton (Han); 3. Phil Douglas (Kaw); 4. Larry Baker (Han). Schwartz boogies at Speedway USA . By Scott Daloisio VICTORVILLE, CA, MAY 14 Bobby Schwartz' reign of terror over the southern California speedway community continued on Saturday night at Speedway USA as he swept his Scratch portion of the program for the second consecutive week. Schwartz dominated the competitors and had a bik e length lead as the four-rider field attacked the first bend. Brad Oxley was out seco nd behind Schwartz and the Budweiser/C.T.I. Brace/Malcolm Smith/Cirello Raeing/STP Weslake. Louis Kossuth and Mik e Curoso also ga ve chase but the y could not catch the high flying lead duo. Oxley was hot o n the trail of Schwartz, Muddy conditi ons on the outside prevented any of th e riders from gomg far into th e cu sh ion but Schwartz parked his rear tir e on me dirt line while Oxley tried to chum up th e inside. Oxley bided his time until the final lap aro und th e high desert oval. H e tried to pull past Schwartz in tum three and almost pulled even, but Schwartz kept the throttle pegg ed and he took a onelength win as th ey passed Don Robinson 's checkered flag. The Handicap main had a tough time getting underway. Jessee Finch went down in turn two and out came the red. On the second try, Billy Gray gave Kelcey Gordon a shot and that triggered a six-rider crash. A few of the competitors were shaken but the y all managed to get back for the restart.

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