Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

0 ~ iii 0 ..J «' Q ~ e 0 u en > CD en 0 0 I- :x: c, 00 00 ~ ~ l!":l Q.) C :s t--) Shawn McCor-mell st icks a wheel to Ha ndicap main w inner Billy Hamill during heat -race action at Costa Mesa. and Da llen McKenney. Within on e lap McKenney had the point and .Zahrt made a slight miscue in a comer which cost him so me time and a few places. All the while Nelson was picking off riders and within three laps he was working on McKenney and took him on the approach to a tabletop jump. Late in th e moto Scott regained second behind Nelson and held it to the end. In the second moto Zahrt slammed into the first comer four lengths ahead. While the typical shuffle was going on in midpack Zahrt was clicking off perfect laps. Although Nelson got to second by lap fou r of the six -lap moto he couldn't seem to close on Zahrt and the moto ended with Zahn th e winner for an overall of third place based on his 6-1 performance. Nelson . grabbed first overa ll based on hi s 1-2 evening and Scott cruised horne third in hi s moto to give him second overall based o n a 2-3 performance. In Open Pro racing Sean Conley put hi s Kawsaki in the winner 's circle ahead of Clayton Blood. Blood wo n the first m o to a s Conley appeared to have trouble figuring ou t th e ti ght, tough Baylands' course. In th e second moto Bruce Manzoni held th e lead for a bit more than two laps when Conley got by him. Blood tried to ca tch Conley but spent too many laps wa iting for a mistake that didn 't come from Conley. Glenn Harrison also got by Manzoni and made it a Kawasaki sweep in this rnoto. Results 80 MINI BEG: 1. Aaron Cantrelle (Kaw); 2. Don Ben encourt (Kaw~ 3. Clayton Keates (Yam); 4. Michael Winter (Hon); 5. Travis Oleson (Kaw). 80 MINI JR: 1. James Ptarcinski (Kaw); 2. James Alexander (Hon). . 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Chris Pedrini (Hont 2. Steve Humr ich (Yam); 3. Mark Gilbert (Hon); 4. Lance Bollens (Hont 5. Albert Iniguez (Kaw). 125 BEG 0-2; 1. Dan Reger (Hon); 2. Dave Kopels (Hon); 3. Kurt Nelson (Hont 4. Rich Thomas (Hon); 5. Chris Hops (Hon). . 125 JR: 1. Tyler Hummel (Suzt 2. Paul Eslinger (Kaw); 3. Dan Gano (Suzt 4. Mark Kerling (Hon); . 5. Greg Bunting (yamO. 125 INT: 1. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 2. Michael Minjares (Suz); 3. Joe Br uce (yam) ; 4. Erich Shofstall (Kaw); 5. Shaun Doddington (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Jeff Pestana (Yam); 2. Pat Bennett (Kaw); 3. Todd Hicks (Suzl. 250 BEG: t . Ryan Sto neham (Han); 2. Geral d Helm (Yam); 3. Steve Ward (Yam); 4. Bobby Bienia (Hon); 5. M ike Ramage (Yam). 250 J R: 1. Jason Warren (Hont 2. Sean Hummel (Suz); 3. Joh n Sicley (Vam); 4. Marcus Charles (Kaw); 5. Todd Damron (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Phil Douglas (Hon); 2. Ray Crumb (Kaw); 3. Er ich Shofst all (Kaw); 4. Scon M cCoy (Vam); 5. Vernon Forsyth (Vam). 260 PRO: 1. Jo n Nelson (Kaw); 2. Ross Scan (!jon); 3. Ken Zahrt (Hon); 4. Dall en McK en ney (Hon); 5. Kell y A ndris (Vam). OP EN BEG : 1. Dave Hen der so n (Han); 2 . Shann on Humphr eys (Hon); 3. Tim Sar gleson (Han); 4. Wayne Stockwell (Hon); 5. Troy Dull eck (Hon). OPEN J R: 1. Randy Gavron (Han); 2. Gary Jaehne (Hon); 3. Kevin Weltner (Hon); 4 . Tom Conklin (KTM ); 5. Steve Edmonson (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Jon Nicolaus (Kaw); 2. Tim Fergon (Hon); 3. Todd Luksa (Hon); 4. Greg Kamholz (Hont 5. Robert Congdon (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Sean Conley (Kaw); 2. Clayton Blood (Kaw); 3. Glenn Harriso n (Kaw ); 4. Bruce Manzoni (Hon); 6. Kelly And ri s (Vam). VET J R: 1. Dave Hend er son (Hon): 2. Ber nie Reali (Yam); 3. Ken Campbell (Han); 4 . Rory Brandt (Hon); 5. George Golling (Han). VET INT: 1. Gary Jaeh ne (Han); 2. Gary Remmen (Vam); 3. George Heare (Hon); 4. Tim O'Har a (KTM); 6. John Marl ey (Hon). "I VET MSTR: 1. Phil Douglas (Hont 2. Duane Hughes (Hon); 3. Jerry Caton (Hon); 4 . Larry Baker (Hon). OT JR: 1. David Kopels (Kaw). OT M STR: 1. Don Swe aringen (Han). Schwartz rolls on at Costa Mesa Spdway By S cott Da lo isio COSTA MESA, CA, MAY 20 Bobby Schwartz has established the lo ngest Scratch main winning streak at the Orange County Fairgrounds since the early ·1980s, and on Cycle News Night at th e facility Schwam won the Scratch main for . the fifth consecu tive week. The longest winning streak came in 1980 wh en Alan " Cra zy" Christian took th e Scratch main th e first 13 weeks of the season. Schwartz pulled the pole for his Budwei ser/CTI Br ace/To ys for Pops/STP/Cirello Weslake and put th e power to the ground and was the first rider to reach turn one. Steve Lucero tried to go to the outside but Schwartz came wide off turn two and Lucero ended up in the wall and was out with a bent right footpeg. Christian and Shawn McConnell stayed glued to Schwartz's rear tir e through the first lap. McConnell momentarily parked in turn one on the second lap and dropped off the pace for a third-place finish. . Christian never gave Schwartz an inch of breathing room as the two riders circled the track in tight formation over the final three laps with Schwartz having enough to take the win. Bill y Hamill took the lead from the 30-yard line on the first lap of the Handicap main. Trinon Cirello started alone on the 20 and he led the pack into the first bend but Hamill and his Speedway USA/ Mister T-ShirtiSTP/ Quaker State/ Mom &: Dad Weslake attacked Cirello and by the time they came off tum two Hamill was the leader of the pack. Hamill rode picture-perfect in fro nt and ended up taking his first win of th e year with room to spare. Brad O xley ended up second after moving through the field. Results SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 2. Alan Christian (Jaw); 3. Shawn M cConne ll (Gdn); 4 . Steve Lucero (Gdn). HDCP: 1. Bill y Hamill (Wes); 2. Brad Oxley (Wes); 3. Shawn McCon nell (Gdn). . 0 -2: I . Johnny Walker (Wes); 2. Bob Bechtold (Wes); 3. Randy Skinner (Wes). 0 -3 : 1. Mike Pinedo (Jaw); 2. Tom Norris (Jaw); 3. Robbie Heath (Wes). MATCH RACE: 1. Shawn McConnell (Gdnt 2. . Scotty Brown (Wos). Bo bby S c hw a rtz won the S c ra t c h main at Asco t and again at Costa Mesa w he re he now has a streak of five conse cutive w ins. Nicol nails Ascot Speedway By Scott Da loisio GARDENA,CA,MAYI9 Doug Nicol came from th e 30-yard line to win the Handicap main in a photo finish at Chris Agajanian 's Ascot South Bay Stadium. Nicol, riding the Widowmaker/ Ascot Weslake, came into the eightlap main undefeated in Handicap racing on the night. The early going in the ma in saw Billy Gray set a blistering pace on Mik e Bloom's twin-cam Jawa. Nicol chased down Gray and passed him for the point position o n lap two. Shawn McConnell , who had to lay it down for Trinon Cirello on th e original start, was attacking th e field and winding hi s way towards th e front of th e pack, even tually honing in o n Nicol. It looked to be only a matter of time before McConnell over took Nicol but on th e fourth lap he acci den tally pulled ou t his .kill switch . By th e tim e he put it back in he had dropped to th e ba ck. Billy Hamill was flying a n d whittled away at Nicol's advan tage, and wh en th ey took th e white flag he was on Nicol's rear tire . Hamill stuck his front tire inside Nicol as the y came off turn four and it was a drag race to the line. They crossed under th e ch ec kered side-by-side with Nicol having a sm all advantage. Third spot went to Andy Northrup with McConnell coming all th e way back to fourth. Bobby Schwartz co ntin ued his domination of the circuit by sweeping the Scratch side of the program. Schwartz parked the potent Budweiser/ CT I Brace/STP / K&N / Quicksilver-sponsored Weslake on the pole for the start and he rocketed off th e line and into the lead. Steve Lucero and Brad Oxley swap ped second down the back chute belore Oxley slid inside in turn three and came awa y with second. Oxley wheelied off turn two and went wide on' the second go around. Lucero pulled even, they made contact in turn three and Oxley drifted wide. On the third lap Oxley pulled off when the rear cap came off his muffler, which is an automatic disqualification. At the head of the pack it was all Schwartz and he beat Lucero, the only other rider on the track, by 10 feet. Resu lts SRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (Wes); 3. Keith Larsen (Wes); 4 . Brad Oxley (Wes). HDCP: 1. Doug Nicol (Wes); 2. Billy Hamill (Wes); 3. Andy Northrup (Wes). 0 -2: 1. W ayn e Manch ester (Wes); 2. Dave Perry (Wes); 3. George Ar mas (Jaw). 0 -3: 1. Chris M cGee (Wes); 2. Ken Uoyd (Jaw); 3. Kevin Jordan (Wes). Holweger hauls in Lakeland MX win By John Hodge CADIZ, KY, MAY 21-22 Brent Holweger combined 5-2 scores for the overall victo ry in the 125cc Stack Novice class at the AMA Amateur National Qualifier held at Lakeland. The two-day event saw good weather for the first rnotos on Saturday, then a th u n dersho wer before Sunday's second motos began. Chad Bolding led th e pa ck into the high-banked, left-hand first turn to start moto on e, challen ged by Michael Dowdy wh ile Honda pilot Allen Ross pressured from third. Holweger and David Mitchell went wheel-to-wh eel over th e fourth position into th e back section of th e tra ck. Dowdy succumbed to second to Ross near th e end of lap two of th e 15minute mo to. Boldin g contin ued in front as Ro ss closed in and th e two fought over first for the next three laps until Ross dis covered a new line through the whoops to pass and take over the lead. The moto ended wit h Ross in front, Bolding second, and Dowdy maintaining third as Mitch ell asserted from £ ourth. H olw eger co n trolled the firth spot. When th ey took to the surface for mota two, the tack y to slippery surface was to the liking of Holweger, who advanced his £irst moto fifth to second for the overall win. First mow winner Ross succumbed with apparent bike problems to finish lIth overall. Mitchell finished third to tie with Holweger in points, but was awarded second overall as Holweger finished higher in the second moto, Troy Frassrand, who had trouble in the first round with a 20th finish, picked up the second moto win to earn th e sixth qualifying SpOL Consistent finishers on both the dry and wet tracks earned Timmy Hargrove third overall while Dowdy slipped from the lead to fourth and fourth overall honors. Results 65 STK: 1. Andy Wilson (Kaw); 2. Walter Kin rell (Kaw ); 3. Scotty Graves (Kaw) . 65 7-11 STK: 1. Jordan Moneymaker (Suz); 2. Shane Berryhill (Suz); 3. S. Weatherington (Suz). 85 12-1 3 STK: 1. Donni e Decker (Kaw); 2. Fred M il chell (Hon); 3. M itch ell Moore (Hon). . 85 9·1 3 MOD : .1. Bret Beauchamp (Kaw); 2. Donnie Decker (Kaw); 3. J . Monevmaker (Suz). 85 14-1 5 STK: 1. Martin Vaughn (Han); 2. Clay Wells (Hon); 3. Joey Still (Kaw). B5 14-1 5 MOD : 1. Mart in Vaughn (Hon); 2. Clay Wells (Han); 3. Benjie Lander s ( H o n~ 125 YTH STK: 1. Kevin Shemwell (Kawt 2. Jamie Kemp (Hon); 3. Jason W 8st (Kaw). 125 C STK: 1. Brent Holweger (Hon); 2. David Mitchell (Han); 3. Tim Hargrove (Yam). 31

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