Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

'0 z ~ ~ 0 '" :E « IJl > '" 0 I0 :I: a. 00 00 0") Titus takes las VegasMX .. 1""""4 l.C') By Dick Goo dw in 1""""4 V s:: ;:3 I---) Chris Trickle took the 125cc Intermediate Win and finished third overall in the 250cc Intermediate class at Las Vegas. rnoto, Griffin took th e checkered flag but Cisco,.Noyes and Moore crashed o n th e Thra sh erland " free way" head ed for th e finish line. Goudreau escaped th e melee to tak e seco nd with Jan Williams inheriting the th ird spot. Griffin too k his Gear/Pro Circui t! Weedier Dynamics H onda to the front again in m oto two closely followed by Parker and Gou drea u. A battle for third ensued th at wo ul d last nearly the entire mo to, Cisco held it on lap three ahea d of Parker, Will iams a nd Darren Gan ts. Lap four saw Cisco cras h out. Parker took over with heavy press ure fro m Williams as Moore moved up to join the . fight. Griffin looked good in first wi th Goudreau content in second. Third was still a toss-up between Parker a nd Will iam s. By la p seven the ru nning order stabil ized, Griffin in first, Goudreau in second wit h ' Pa r ker in third. William s too k the fo urth spot wh ile Moore held fifth . They finished in that order. Results MINI BEG: 1. Eric Anderson (Yam); 2. Ted Campbell (Han); 3. B.J . Parrish (Han). MINI NOV STK; 1. Tom Johnson (Yam); 2. Jason Tice (Yam); 3. Terry Kennedy (Kaw) . MINI NOV MOO ; 1. Tom Johnson (Yam); 2. Derek Giest (Yam); 3. Terry Kennedy (Kaw). MINI INT: 1. Pat McMullen (Kawl; 2. Steve Andrich (Suz); 3. David Pingree (Kaw). MIN IINT MOD : 1. Pat McMullen (Kaw ); 2. David Pingr ee (Kaw ); 3. Steve Andrich (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Troy Bivens (Kaw); 2. Judd Denney (Han); 3. Jamie Ham ihon (Yam). 125 NOV STK; 1. Jeff Griffin (Han); 2. Earl Goudreau (Hon ); 3. Dave Parlor (Yam). 125 NOV MOD : 1. Earl Goudreau (Han); 2. Jeff Griffin (Han); 3. Dave Parker. . 125 INT STK; 1. Mark Branson (Hon); 2. Jeff Rogers; 3. Brandon Sper ling (Hon). 125 INT MOD : 1. Brandon Sperling (Yam); 2. Dannon Burg. 125 SWPSTKE STK; 1. Brian Pryor (Kaw); 2. Kerry Mulligan (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. M ike Stanley (Han); 2. Doug De Rocher (Ya m~ 3. Rick Short (Han). 250 NOV STK; 1. Joe Weber (Kaw~ 2. AJvin Yellowhair (Han); 3. Brad Bandes (Suz). 250 NOV MOD; 1. Joe Weber (Kaw); 2. David Rosko (Yam). • 250 INT STK: 1. Mark Traversv (Yam ); 2. J im .Hale ( S uz~ 3. Kelly Pichel (Kaw) . 250 INT MOD ; 1. J im Hale (Suz). . 250 SWPSTKE STK: 1. Kerry Mulligan (Hon); 2. .. Br ian Pryor (Kaw). 250 SWPSTKE MOD ; 1. Brian Pryor (Kaw~ 2. Kerry Mulligan (Han ). 500 NON PRO;.l . Rick Hinchliff (Yam); 2: Chris - Sparks (Kaw); 3. Scon Osborn (Han). Bertilino blasts Wape lla ST By Bill Holt 36 3. Shane Garr isson (Yam~ 4. St""" Hall (Hon ). 125; 1. David Allen (Yam); 2. Harry Freidman (Kaw); 3. David Stanfield (Kaw); 4 . Greg Vogel (Han). 250: 1. Doni Holeman (Han); 2. Dana McNeil (Han); 3. Eric Eschmeyer (Yam); 4. St""" Dubosh (Kaw); 5. Bryan Graybeal (Han). . 400: 1. Eric Eschmeyer (Yam); 2. Gary Brennan (Han ); 3. Greg Calley (Yam); 4. Steve Meierono (Hus). 500: 1. Reed Bertilino (Rtx); 2. Rick Knuth (Rtx); 3. Rick Anders (Han); 4. Ke v> Seivers (Rtx); 5. Rick Burmeister (Yam). SR: 1. Les Esling er (Yam); 2. David Stan f ield (Yam ); 3. Gary Brennan (Han); 4. Greg Voge l (Han); 5. Greg Calle y (Yam). WAPELLA, II., MAY 15 Reed Bertilino and th e Bertilino Produce Rotax led only two laps in any of the races he rod e but those two nabbed him the lion's share of th e 500cc class money at th e seaso n dirt .track opener of the Bloomington-Normal M.C. .at their Wapella Clubgrounds. . With the sky greying and th e first few drops of rain coming down th e 500s were ru shed to the line. H eat win ner Rick Knuth was on the pole and second-heat win ner Rick Anders was alongside. Knuth sho t off th e line into th e ear ly lead with Bertilino in hot pursuit. Bert ilino hugged Knuth 's rear w heel lap-aft er-lap, Wit h jus t two laps left Knu th commi tted h is o nly error with ' a sligh t loss of trac tio n in turn two and Bertil ino stuck it in and took the lead and was never headed. Knu th kept it close but sett led for second in front of And ers, Kevin Seivers and Rick Bur meister. . In the 50cc class heat winners Shannon Wright and Shane Garrisson lined up side-by-side and Wright got out in fron t quickly with Justin Filson, Randy Sm ith and Garri sson in tow. Wright held them off to ta ke the win and at the checkers Garrisson had nipped Filso n for the second spo t, moving Smi th to fourt h . Mike Hall fought off Sidney Ho lt for the fifth spot. Dana McNeil an d the DC Cycle/ Bob 's Au tobody/ Spro cket Spec.! Di am ond/Bo yesen /Dalgren Bro s. H onda shot into th e lead an d fough t off th e 250cc pack for severa l laps until Doni H oleman and h is Bert ilin o P roduce H onda too k adva ntage 'of McNeil's o nly slip of the race to grab the lead .and th en hold off McNeil for. th e win. Eric Eschmeyer had moved th rou gh the pack and held on in th e war of attri tion to take a close th ird wit h Steve Dubosh fourth and Bryan Braybeal fifth. In th e Mini class final Steve H all and h is Prairi e Cycle Honda ra n away from the field until he- th rew a chain o n the front stretc h and was forced to su rrender the lead to Chad Gray. Gra y held off Ch ris .Rob erts and Shane Garrisson for th e win. David Allen was the class of the 125s, fending off H arry Freidman a nd Dave Stanfield for the win. The 400cc class belonged to Eri c Eschmeyer as he fough t off G ary Brennan , Greg Cal ey and St eve Meierotto for the win. The Seniors put on a good show for several laps with Les 'Eslinger, fig h ting off th e hard charges of Gary Brennan until Brennan went down on th e last lap,)etting Eslinger cr.uise home in front of Dave Stanfield, Brennan recovered in tim e to hold onto the third spo t in front of Greg Vogel and Greg Calley. . Results 50 : 1. Shannon Wr ight (Yam); 2.' Shane Gar risson (Yam); 3. Justin Filson (Yam); 4. Randy Smith jTam~ 5. Michael Hall (Yam). . BO; 1. Chad Gray (Kaw); 2. Chr is Roberti (Kawl; LAS VEGA S, NV, MAY 8 Derek Titus came fro m beh ind in th e 250cc Int erm ediate class at Las Vegas International Raceway, captur ing the overall crown by virt ue of his second-race victory. T he Suzuki speedster began race o ne in the dust of two H ondas ridden by Chris Trickle 'and Brad Sim cox . Titus quickl y found a wa y past Simcox , but catchin g th e streaking Trickle was tou gh er. T itus dogged T rickle, bu t th e Honda p ilot wouldn 't fold. At the finish line it was Trickle in first with Titus a close ' second, way ahead of the rest of the pa ck. Sim cox shot to th e front of th e pa ck to start race two with Titus tu cked in right behind him. Trickl e was in third and clos ing fast wh en he overshot a berm and crashed. Ti tus con tin ued to pr essure Sim cox, finall y p assing h im in th e back section of the track. Once in th e lead Titus shot o ut to a big lead. Later in the race Kevin Bartlett blasted pas t Sim cox for seco nd . Results · P/W: 1. Randy Finch J r. (Yam); 2. Derek Br undage (Yam); 3. Jesse Williams (Yam). J R CYC STK 6-B: 1. Randy Finc h J r. (Kaw ). JR CYC STK 9 -11: 1. John M eng (Kaw); 2. Mike Laskow itz (Kaw ); 3. M an Camden ( Ka w~ 4. Butc h Gabriel (Kaw); 5. Chad Norton (Kaw) . BO STK 9-11 ; 1. Greg Zerat iegui (Yam ); 2. Jo hn M eng (Yam); 3. Man Camden (Yam); 4 . Mike Laskowitz (Kaw ); 5. Dan iel Fry (Kaw) . 80 STK' 12 - 16: 1. Mike Gilbe n (Yam ~ 2. Eddie Holla nd (Suz); 3. Santon e DeCal (Han); 4. Tim Kella r (Kawl; 5. J eff Sh ind ell (Han). 8 0 MOD: 1. Mike Gilber t (Yam) ; 2 . Gr eg Zeratiegui (Yam); 3. Eddie Holland (Suz); 4. Santone DeCal (Hon~ 5. Jo hn Meng (Yam). 125 NOV A: 1. J eff Murphy (Han); 2. Randy Dotson (Han); 3. Brian Lane (Han); 4 . Greg Hadges (Han). 125 NOV B: 1. Johnny Camden (Han); 2. John Berr est (Yam); 3. Casey McK in ty (Han); 4. Rick McK ee (Han); 5. Dale Alb iston (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Chri s Tr ickl e (Han); 2. Chris Pocino (Kaw) ; 3. Derek TItus (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Kerry Mulligan (Han). 125 MOD : 1. Kerry Mulligan (Han); 2. Chri s Pocino (Kaw ); 3. Chris Trickle (Han); 4. Brian Lane (Hon); 5. Greg Hadges (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Ke-vin Cherry (Han); 2. Bobby Rudd (Yam); 3. Robert Hartwell (Han); 4. Fred Jameson (Han); 5. Jay Cody (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Derek TItus (Suz); 2. Ke-vin Bartlen (Han); 3. Chris Tr ickle (Han); 4. Brad Simcox (Han); 5. Al ex Hill (Han). 500 NOV: 1. David Dun (Han); 2. Manin Ansorge ( H o n~ 3. Larry Williams (Hon); 4. Scan Brundage (y am); 5. Ma rk Buch ika (Kaw ). 500 INT: 1. Ke-vin Bartlen (Han); 2. Larry Tashiro (Han). SIVET: 1. Doug Taft (Kaw) ; 2. Alex Hill (Han); 3. Manin Ansorga (Han); 4. Barry Hill (Han); 5. Doug Stadt lander (Yam). VET: 1. J im Fikes (Han). WMN: 1. Kite Mohr (Kaw) ; 2. Julie Riddle (Kaw~ 3. Carrie Hite (Kaw); 4. Mary Ann Gusakov (Hon). Satterfield grabs Ringgold SX wins By Joe Williams RINGGOLD, GA, MAY I4 Ken ny Satterfield co mbi ned a 1-3 score to take th e overall victory in the Enduro class at round five of the Supercr oss of Rin ggold Spring Series. In the first rnoto, Performance Cycle-sponsored, KTM rider Satterfield jumped out front of Terry Mitchell and Jack Davis. Satterfield soon started to pull away from the race for second between Mitchell and Davis and took the checkered flag with a huge lead over Davi s, who had passed Mitchell for second. Mitchell held on for third followed by Greg Lassister and Andy Locke. Satterfield jumped out into the lead in the second moto but it wasn't for long as he got bumped in the first turn and went down. Honda rider Greg Lassiter assumed the lead and started to pull away from secondplace rider T erry Mitchell. Lassiter took th e moto win foll owed by Mitchell. Satterfield charged from dead last up to third, whic h was good enough for the overall win. In th e firs t mo to of th e l25cc B class Free-Wheeling Honda rider Jason Grogan pulled the holeshot a hea d o f Will Scruggs, Adrian Dematteo and Keith Mill er. While Gr ogan cruised' around in ' the lead Suzuki rider Ray Boru ff was chargin g his way up through th e pack. Boru ff passed Miller for fourth as the whi te flag came o ut and soo n closed up gr ound o n Dem atteo and beat him to th e finish line by less than a foot. In th e second moto Miller took the lead ahea d of Scruggs, Dematteo, Boruff and Gro gan. Boruff went down and was unable to repeat his first moto charge. Grogan displaced Dematteo and was pressuring Scruggs for second. Scruggs put up a fierce fight but after about a lap Grogan slipped by and set out after Miller. Grogan soo n closed the gap and with abou t a lap and a half to go passed Miller for the lead. Miller held on for second ahead of Scruggs, Dematteo and Larry Bolden. Results P/w: 1. Robert Jenning (Yam~ 2. Josh ScalI 3. Phil ip Browder (Yam). JR: 1. BobCarroll(Kaw~ 2. RobertJenning(KawI; 3. Man Harrison (Kaw ). JR MINI: 1. J ason Benton (Kaw ); 2. JeremyC(Han); 3. Dylan Bah (Kaw ). SR MINI B: 1. Danny Wr ight (Kaw ); 2. Mark Guess (Kaw); 3. Phil Hayes (Kaw) . SR MIN I A: 1. Scan Runyan (Kaw ); 2. Tommy Owens (Kaw); 3. Bryan Gilliam ( H on~ 12 5 C: 1. John Myars ( H o n~ 2. Mark Payne (Hont 3. Chad Adams (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Jason Grog an (Han ); 2. W ill S " " (Han); 3. Keith M ille r (Han). 12 5 A : 1. Kenny Kizzar (Yam); 2. M ike Goal"" (Han); 3. Danny Payne (Han). 250 C: 1. Dann y Thornburg (Yam); 2. Lany Bolden Yam); 3. Andy Locke (KTM). 25D B: 1. Keith Miller; 2. Randy Bailey (Suzl; 3. Kippy Ma rks (Suz). 250 A: 1. Kenny Kizzar (Yam); 2. Chr is Ballew (Hon); 3. M ike Goolsb y (Han). OPEN B: 1. Ron Crabtr ee (Han); 2. Ju nior _ (KTM) . ENDR: 1. Kenny San erfi eld (KTM ); 2. GfBI Lassit er (Han); 3. Terry M itch ell (Kaw) . SR: 1. Butch Heatherly (Yam); 2. Bobby Pai_ (Kaw) ; 3. Charli e Jon es (Kaw) . (Yam ~ lowe racks up win ,.,. at lMS ST opener By Steven E. Smith LAWRENCEBURG, IN , MAY 20 Sam Lowe racked up the win in the 80cc class at Lawrenceburg Motorcycl e Speedway' s sea so n opener. Matt Auxier followed Lo we to the wire for a second pl ace fin ish while third went to Brad Hollander. Phillip Palmer started his season right with a victory in the 250cc class for h is long-t im e sponsor, Gene's H onda of H arrison. The real battle was for second as Patrick Behrie held off Mark Bastin at the wire wh en it co unted. In the Open B class Rob Collins took an early lead and held on to clinch th e win as he had his heat, Frank Humphries and Rob Craig fought for second with Craig claiming the honor. Mik e Butler was th e survivor when th e smoke cleared fro m the tightfought run for the flag in the Open A class. Several restarts were proof of the itch to get racing as jumping the line stretched th e field with heat winners mostly starting from a . penalty line. Butler had to work to keep Grady Phillips at bay. Third went to James Hauptnan. • Resul ts BO: 1. Sam Lowe (Han); 2. Man A uzier (Hon); 3. Brad Hollander. 25 0 : 1. Phili p Palmer (Hon~ 2. Patrick Behrie (H on~ 3. Mark Bast in (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Rob Collins (Yam); 2. Rob Craig (Yamt 3. Frank Humphries (C-A). OPEN A ; 1. Mika Butl er (Hon~ 2. Grady Phillips (Hon~ 3. James Hauptnan. .

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