Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

00 00 0') ...... John Eidenberger won the Unlimited GP. Lightweight GP. Heavyweight fSupersport and Heavyweight Superbike classes at Blackhawk Farms. 0 -3 : 1. Kevin Jordan (Wes); 2. Brian Pappalardo (Wes ); 3. An thony Sanch el (Wes). Eidenberger romps at Blackhawk Farms RR By Gordon Lunde ' RO CKT O N , IL, MAY 22 Joh n Eidenberger took home four fi r st place awards and $1800 in 'Yam a ha money for his stellarperformance in Ro un d Three of the M id west Region AMA Championsh i p Cup Series sprint races at Blackhaw k Farms Raceway. The Port Washington Yamaha/ D u n l o p / E B C / D y n o - J et /Phil :F l a ck / So lm a x / P r o g r es si ve /Foxsponsored Eidenberger began his winning streak in Lightweight GP, taking the lead immediately on his Yamaha FZR400. Kevin Gau, aboard the Costec/Downers Grove Yamaha! Spec tro/ T o rq u e Center/Dun lop FZR400, filled the number two spot with Ernie Oxenknecht on another FZR400 finisliing third, making it a 1-2-3 sweep for Yamaha. Win number two came in the very nex t event, Unlimited G P /Supersport combined. Eidenberger rocketed o ff the line on his Yamaha . FZR lOoo with John J aco b on the J&J Sport s Center FZR750. in close pursuit. Eric Moe, riding th e CC Cycle/ Shoe ilCa s tro l/Ba b b i t 's /Dyno-J et Suzuki GSXR750 held third. At the finish the order was the same with Eiden berger eight seconds up on Jacobs. T h e Heavyweight Supersport event came up with Eidenberger on h is FZR750 Yamaha turning laps in the 1:14s to win over Jed Kimla. Ki m la had previously won th e U nlimited Supersport race run in conjunction with Unlimited G P. It appeared that John Jacob would get the win in Heavyweight Superbike after leading for seven-and-ahalf laps. At that point Eidenberger got by in tum three but J acob stayed right on his rear wheel until th e last tum when Jacob went wide onto th e grass, letting Eidenberger cruise on to his fourth win. Doug Callies on th e H apff 's Honda/Salon d'EspritiMorry 's Bar Honda hauled in three wins for th e weekend an d ended a perfect ride for Eidenberger . Eidcnberger ro de h is FZR400 in the Middleweight Superbike race hoping to get th e small bike around the tight 1.8 mile co urse quicker than th e slower handling 600s dominating the grid. Callies led through seven laps until Eidenberger got the inside line through tum one by outbraking Callies' Hurricane. Exiting tum seven on the eighth and \ last la p, Eidenberger tried using a back marker to block Callies b u t to no avail; Callies drifted by both riders to claim the wi n. Jed Kimla on h is self-sponsored Suzuki 600 Katana won both lOOK Endurance events in back-to-back races Saturday. The GTO event saw early leader Jay Dunca n run off the track in tum five and leave the rac e d ue to carb problems. Eric Moe then took over the lead b ut only for a few laps as his GSXR750 developed transmission problems. As he exited th e track, the transmission locked up on pit road putting Moe into a full lock slide and stoppin~ just short of hitting th e pit wall. Kimla was then th e leader and stayed th ere to th e en d. After only a short break, Kimla remounted the Katana for the GTU ra ce and led all 34 laps, start to finish. Results EXPERT U/L GP: 1. J ohn Eidenber ger (Yam); 2. John Jacob (Yam); 3. Eric Moe (SUl) . . LIW GP: 1. Joh n Eidenberge r (Yam); 2. Kevin Gau (Yam): 3. Ernie Oxanknecht (Yam). HIW S/ SPRT: 1. John Eidenberger (SUlt 2. Jed Kimla (SUl): 3. Mike Hunter (SUl) . HIW S/B K: 1. Jo hn Eidenber ger (Yam); 2. John Jacob (Yam); 3. Jed Kim la (SUl) . MIW S/ BK: 1. Doug Calli es (Hont 2. Jo hn Eidenberger (Yam); 3. Kevin Gau (Yam). MIW S/SPRT: 1. Doug Calli es (Han); 2. Robert Delie(Hon); 3. Bru ce Bain (Han). MIW GP: 1. Doug Callie s (Han); 2. Robert Deli e (Han); 3. Kevin Gau (Yam). SITW: 1. Br ian French (Due); 2. Chris Helland (Due); 3. Bob Campshure (Han). LIW S/BK: 1. Dave Darabosh (Yam); 2. Bob Campsh ure (Han). . U/L S/ BK: 1. Jed Kimla . NOVICE HIW S/B K: 1. Rogar Lundsten (Hon ~ 2. Bern ie Fritz ( Suz~ 3. Steve M ack (Han). HIW S/S PRT; 1. Bern ia Fritz (Suz~ 2. Steve Mack (Hon~ 3. Roger Lundsten (Han). MIW S/ SPRT: 1. Roger Lundsten (Hont 2. Jeff . Plummer (Hon); 3. Bill Raether (Hon). MIW GP: 1. Roger Lundsten (Han); 2. Jaff Plummer (Han); 3. Bill Raathar (Han). MIW S/B K: 1. Jeff Plu mmer (Han); 2. Bill Raeth er (H on~ 3. Roger Lundsten (Han). LIW GP: 1. Rick Puetz (Yam); 2. Bucky George (Yamt 3. Ron Petr ick (Hon). SITW: 1. Paul Landers (Kaw t 2. Dave Freeman (Kaw~ 3. Jeff Moehrke (Yam~ LIW S/BK: 1. Chad Konop (Yam); 2. Paul Landers (Kaw); 3. Ron Petr ick (Hon).. GTO: 1. Jed Kimla ( Suz~ 2. John Erdrich (Hon t 3. Bernie Fritz (Suz). GTU: 1. Jed Kimla ( Suz~ 2. Robert Delie (Hon ~ 3. Bruce Bain (Han). Lucero captures OCF Speedway win By Scott Da loisio COSTA MESA, CA , MAY 27 H awa iian State Speedway Champ ion Steve Lucero scored his firs t Orange County Fairgrounds Scra tch main victory in two years o n the Frida y before.Mem orial Day. . Lucer o's vi ctory en ded Bobb y Schwartz 's string of five triumphs in a ro w but he didn 't do it wi th ou t contro versy. Lucero and Schwartz tangled in their Scratch h eat and Schwartz came down heavily on his head. He was down for quite so me Billy Hamill briefly leads Steve Lucero in the Scratch main at Costa Mesa Speedway. Lucero went on to take the win. . time before getting up to win the rerun, About 45 minutes later, Schwartz was feeling the effects of the tangle and finished last . in his Scratch semi. That eliminated him from the main event, The Scratch main proved to be a wild affai r. Alan " Cra zy" Christian, who seldom has a problem with th e tapes, broke one on the start and wa s excluded. " Dan gero us" Dubb Ferrell was off the pole for th e restart with Lucero out of three and Gary Hicks out of gate four. Lucero launched h i s Sh oei/Kal -Gard/STP/ Cirell o Raeing/K&N Godden o ff th e line and into th e lead when th e tapes sh o t up. Ferrell, who en ded :a seven d a y ret irem ent that night, was out secon d bu t h e m ay have wished he h ad stayed retired. As th ey came off tum four th e first time, Ferrell ta~ged Lucero's rear tire and high-Sided. The popular veteran slammed to th e ground but he was quickl y up and ready for the third start. The third time proved to be th e charm. L ucero again took th e gate and set the pace. Ferrell continually looked to the inside of Lucero bu t h e had too much speed and he took his first Costa Mesa win since May 2, 1986. Ferrell ended up a sore second with Hicks third. Ferrell , Christian and Lucero all came right back to contest th e eight lap Handicap main but th ey wer e unable to find their way to the front. Andy Northrup, like Schwartz, went home sore but he received the firstplace trophy for his efforts, Results SCRATCH: 1. St..e Lucero (Gdn); 2. Dubb Ferrell (Wes t 3. Gary Hicks (Wes); 4. A lan Christian (Jaw). HDCP: 1. Andy Northrup (Wes); 2. Dubb Ferrell (Wes); 3 . Alan Christ ian (Jaw). 0 ·2 : 1. John McCaughey (J aw ); 2. Randy Skinner (Wes); 3. Johnny Walker (Wes). 0 ·3 : 1. Tim Jones (Wes t 2. M ika Stef an (Jaw); 3. Tom Norris (J aw). Bradshaw, Chester split Ringgold MX wins By Joe Williams RI NGGOLD, GA , MAY 21 A record crowd o f rider s an d spe cta tors were trea ted to a n actio npacked ro und six of th e Supercross of Rin ggo ld Spring Series as Da mo n . Bra dshaw took the 250cc Pro win wh ile J im Chester locked u p th e 125cc P ro overal l. In th e first 250cc Pro race Chester led the p ack in to th e first tum but th at was a s far as h e got before h is bi ke seized. Bradshaw took over th e lead and p roceeded to run aw a y. Danny Payne, riding with .a broken left h and, held second until th e I . seco nd lap when Mike Goolsby got by a nd Kenny Kizzar moved u p to challenge Payn e for third arid got by at the halfway mark. Bradshaw took the win with a huge lead over Goolsby and Kizzar. Bradshaw wasted no time getting out from with a holeshot in the second m o to, Kizzar was seco nd until Chester passed on the third lap. Chester set his sights on Bradshaw and started to close in , but on the sixth la p his charge ended with a broken chain. Bradshaw once again took the checkered with a good-sized lead over Kizzar, Payne an d Goolsby. Bradshaw also took th e win in the first 125cc Pro mota followed by Payne, Chest er and Jimbo Loan. Payne pulled th e holeshot in the secon d rnoto followed closely by Bradshaw. Bradshaw got out of shape, the n got bumped and went down in the first tum. As the pack pulled away, Bradshaw was left tryin~ to get out from underneath his bike, When h e finally got back underway he was about a half-a-lap beh in d the leader. Chester moved up and put the pressure on Payn e, and by the third lap Chester had dropped Payne to second. At the halfway point Kizzar moved up to third, the n a lap la ter Payn e bobbled, letting both Kizzar and Bra ds ha w by. Bradshaw, now up in third p lace, pressured Kizzar until the two crashed. Kizzar got back underway first to hold onto second while Bradshaw had to pass Payne for third. Chester took the win followed by Kizzar, Bra dshaw, Payne and Loan. Results PIW: 1. Josh Scon (Yam); 2. Tyler Smith (Suz); 3. Chri s Houston (SUl~ 4 . Philip Browde r (Yam); 5. Scan Wede (Yam). JR evC: 1. Jimmy B r iggs ( Ka w~ 2. Man Harr ison (Kaw~ 3. Bob Carroll (Ka w~ 4. Raben Jannings (Kaw~ 5. J ohn Shoemaker (Hon). JR MINI : 1. Jason Benton (Kaw t 2. Jeremy Camp (Hon ~ 3. Tony Watkins (Yam). SR MINI A:. 1. Scan Runyon (Kawt 2. Brya n Gilliam (Kaw t 3. James Bryam (Hon); 4 . Brando n Smith (Kaw). SR MINI B: 1. Danny Wright (Kaw); 2. Shane Hatfield (Kaw~ 3.Mark Guess (Kawl; 4. Jam ie Harrison (Kawt 5. Wayne Har ri son (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. J im Chester (SUl ); 2. Damon Bradsha w (Yam); 3. Danny Payne (Han); 4. Kenny Kizzar (Yam); 5. Mike Goolsby (Han). 125 B: 1. Jason Grogan (Han); 2. Roy Bor uff (SUl); 3. Keith Miller (Han); 4 . Will Scruggs (Han); 5. Adrian Deman eo (Hen). 125 C: 1. Mark Payne (Han); 2. David Carr (Yam); 3. Andy Down s (Hon ~ 4 . Davy Davis'(Yam); 5. J ohn Myers (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Damo n Bradshaw (Ya m~ 2. Kenn y Kizzar (Yam); 3. Mike Goolsby (Han): 4 . Danny Poyne (Han): 5. Ray Boruff (SUl). 250 B: 1. Kippy Marks (SUl t 2. Keith Miller (Han); 3. Randy Bailey (SUl); 4. Ray Boruff (SUl); e. Larry Bolden (Yam). 250 c: 1. Dann y Thorn burg (Yam): 2. Michael Ught (Han); 3. Mark Jackson (Han): 4. Greg Lossiter (Han); 5. Andy Locka (KTM ). OPEN B; 1. Ron Crabtre a (Honl; 2. Mark J ackson (Han). ENDR: 1. Greg Lassit er ( H o n~ 2. Andy Locke (KTM~ 3. Wayne Gr ubbs (Hus); 4. Benny Moss (Yaml; 5. Tim Hackney (Kaw). 3a 'it

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