Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

' I- ~ ~ Results ::I: VET NOV: 1. J ack Phin n (Han); 2. Ken Franc is (Yam); 3. Norm an Schiel (Yam). VET INT: 1. Al an Kent (Han); 2. J eff Lambson (Vam); 3. Greg Green (Han). . VET EX: 1. Alan Olson (Kaw ); 2. W illi e Amaradio (Vam); 3. George Kohler (ATK). OT: 1. Bengt Johansson (Han); 2. Ron Way (Honl; 3. M arvin Olson (Yam). MI NI NOV: 1. Tim Olson (Suz), MINI INT: 1. Jer emy McGrath (Suz); 2. Tony Am aradio (Yam). . 125 BEG: 1. Edw ard J ay (Suz); 2. M ike Mount (HOnl; 3. Frank Beach (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Chad Gust ine (Vam); 2. Travis Musselma n (Hon); 3. Br ian Beach (Hon). 12 5 PRO: 1. Bu ddy Mo rgan (Suz); 2. Jo e Tun obene (Hon). OUTLAW: 1. Jere my McG rath (Varni. 250 BEG: 1. Bobby Hubbard (Han); 2. Richa rd Vargo (Hon); 3. Brad Denn is (Yam). 250 INT: 1. David "Cyclone" Sari an (Vam); 2. Rick Grant (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Ed Arn et (Suz); 2. Uif Joh ansson (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. Greg Kein (Han); 2. Cal Myers (Kaw): 3. David Frost (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. Bill Keefe (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. W illy Mu sgrave (ATK); 2. Scott Brown (ATK); 3. Brian Davy (Kaw ). Cl =' « u.. z w "" >al 0 I0 ::I: c, 00 00 O"l ....... ~ CN CN Q.) ~ ;:j ~ Harris hauls at Knobby Hills MX Bengt Johansson won the Old Timers class at Perris. M ike Seeley (M15) leads Hope Broselow (B4) and Rob Cozad in 125cc B~ginner action at Ascot. Seeley was the runner-up in division one. advantage. Trailing the lead ri ders right to the wire was Daniel Do tson for third. In 250cc action Philips wrestled his Bu ltaco to th e wire with J oe Bastin brea th in g down h is nec k at every turn and P egram trying the door lap-after- Iap, only to be locked out every time. Grady took th e win, Bastin second and Pe~a m third as the flag was o ut to finish a really close race. In th e Open B class Robert Craig went down ou t of turn three an d had a front-row seat to watch Bill Mo n tgomery. hold the lead ' through th e last three lap s to fin ish out front. Herschel Ben kert pulled a second p lace finis h and third across the line as Pa ul Myers. Results 80: 1. M att Auxier (Han); 2. Ben Belman (Han); 3 . Daniel Dotson (Han); 4 . M ike Sm ith Jr.; 5. Sam Lowe (Han). 250: 1. Grady Philips (Bul); 2. Joe Bastin (Kaw); 3. Larry Pegram; 4 . Chris Hethewey; 5. Tommy Hensler (Han). OPEN B: 1. Bill Mo ntgom ery; 2. Herschel Benkert (Han); 3. Paul Myers (Han); 4. Chris Hathawa y (Vam); 5. Mich ael Gurley (Bul ). OPEN A: 1. Doug Davis (Han); 2. Dave Lipsco mb (C·A); 3. Grady Phi li ps (Han); 4 . Pat Bur ley (Han); 5. Nicky Ster ling . Vallier tags AscotMXwin By Ken Faught 34 GA R DE NA , CA, JUNE 3 Yamaha-mounted Do n Vallier u sed two great starts to help him beat Tim W illia m s and Kenn y York a nd captu re the win in division one of the 250cc Begi n ner class at Ascot Park. First -mo te action saw Rod n ey Jensen ho leshot York , P a u l . Kowalsky, Williams and Joe Umibe. Umibe q u ickly 'shot p ast Williams, only to tangle with Kowalsky, sending b o th r iders to th e groun d . W i lli a m s n a r ro wl y avoided the acci dent and took over th ird wi th Vallier and J err y Weeks close behind. York soon found his way back to fou rth as Will iams and Vall ier went flyi ng by into seco n d and third. Vallier again bettered his position by passing bo th Williams and J en sen to ta ke th e lead . After being knocked to seco nd Jensen started m aking mista kes which a llowed Willia ms to ta ke over the runner-up position. At the che ckers Va llier took the win over Williams , Jensen, York, and Weeks. At th e start of th e second moto Jensen again ga ted perfectly to lead Vall ier, Wi ll i am s, York a n d Kowalsky around the first tu rn. Vallier wasted little time in getting around J ensen and within two lap s h eld the lead. As Va llier was p ulling away Je nse n fell victim to Williams ' as the Kawasaki pilot motored his way into seco nd. On th e final lap York dropped Je nsen back one more position to his final spot. Vallier took the runway win and the overall ahead of Williams, York, J ens en and Kowal sky. I n 60 0cc a ction Jason Shirey holesh o t J eff Willoh in bo th motos with Willoh taki ng over the lead eac h time within the firs t few laps. The second moto saw the most action with Pa u l I to looping his bike at the start and coming back to take third over J ay Theys a nd Reginald Mitche ll. Up fro nt Shirey chased Willoh for most o f the race wi th Willoh eventually pulling away and taking the win. Willoh took the overall win with Shirey second over Ito, Theys and Mi tchell. In the 50cc class Corey H oeft swe p t both rnotos, topping Shawn Igern ic, Ch ris Menatt and Joey Gallagher. H oeft hol esho t each tim e and steadily increased his lead over Igernic who was doing th e same to Men a tt. In the second moto bo th Menan and Gallagher DNF, giving each rider th e same amount of points. H oeft . claimed th e win with h is I- I score over Igernic' s 2-2. Men a tt 's 3-6 netted h im third over Gallagher 's 6-6. Resu lts 50 ; 1. Corey Hoeft (Vern); 2. Shawn Igernic (Vam); 3. Chr is Menatt (Vam); 4. Joe y Gallagher (Vam). 60 : 1. J eff Willoh (Kaw); 2. J ason Sh irey (Kaw ); 3. Paul Ito (Kaw); 4 . Ja y Theys (Kaw); 5. Reginald M itch ell (Kaw). 80 BEG D·l : 1. Scoter J ones (Kaw); 2. Marc Lippert (Suz); 3. Jos h Butte (Vam); 4 . Dylan , McConnell (Suz); 5. Paul ita (Yam). • BO BEG D·2 : 1. Jason Shir ey (Yam); 2. Mariano Whitlock (Kaw); 3. · J ohn Ruiz (Kaw); 4 . Shawn Bown e (Kaw); 5. Armando Overl and (Kaw). 80 JR; 1. Jeff Willoh (Kaw); 2. Aaron Wenstr up (Yam); 3. Donald Upton (Kaw ); 4. Travis Flemi ng (Han); 5. Kavin 8usell (Kaw ). AD LT M INI; 1. Brian Nail (Suz); 2. Skip Godinez (Han); 3. Ron Bunn (Suz); 4. Anthony Rose (Han); 5. Bern ard Miller (Han). 125 BEG D· l : 1. Tom Bough ton (Han); 2. Mike Seeley (Kaw); 3. Eddie Fiola (Kaw ); 4 . M ike Loebig (Yam); 5. Bernard Mill er (Han). 125 BEG D·2 : 1. Tony Berran ty (Han); 2. Ju lin Miranda (Han); 33 . M icha el Esparza (Han); 4. Keno Deary (Kaw ); 5. Steve Trujillo (Vam). 125 BEG D·3 ; 1. M ike Buff (Varni; 2. Eddia Panerson (Yam); 3. Chris Chavez (Han); 4 . Glen Carrara (Han); 5. Kevin Mehllorech (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Ma tteo Coestino (Cag); 2. Marc Laidler (Kaw); 3. David Casada (Suz); 4. Lance Tucker . (Vam); 5. Keith Gibson (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Dan iel 8ush (Han ); 2. Stev en Kotajarv i (Kaw ); 3. Dave Castillo (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Wi lli e Surra tt (Cag); 2. Chris Voung (Vam); 3. Levi Noble (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Don Vallier (Vam); 2. Tim Williams , (Kaw); 3. Kenny Vork (Vam); 4 . Rodney Je nsen (Han); 5. Paul Kowalsky (Vam). 250 BEG D·2 : 1. Aaron And erson (Kaw); 2. John Hamacher (Kaw); 3. Guy DeBiner (Kaw); 4. Ron Wedgewood (Kaw); 5. Corey Hudson (Han). 250 JR: 1. Brian Nail (Han); 2. Ji m Carley (KawO: 3. David Nealso n (Han); 4. Tony Rodriquez (Vam); 5. Vince Foster (Han). . 250 INT: 1. Tony Full er (Suz); 2. Ken Feught (Han); 3. J im Domin ici (Han); 4. James Wh itehead (Kaw); 5. Pat Womack (Han). . 250 PRO: 1. Willie Surratt (Cag); 2. Ron Turne r (Vam); 3. Chris Voung (Vam); 4. Bryan Paquett e (Suz); 5. Norman Nilsson (Vam). . 500 BEG: 1. Rick Elliot (Han); 2. Keith Phelan (Han); 3. Scott Hoffman (Han): 4. Henry Walters (Han); 5. Mark Johnson (Han). 500 JR: 1. Brian And erson (Han); 2. Brad Sloan (Han); 3. Karl All en (Han); 4. Bob Wagner (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Bob Kline (Han); 2. Br ian Fry (Han); 3. Tim Ruth erford (Kaw). VET JR: 1. John DiCiacu l (Suz); 2. Tim Williams (Kaw); 3. Jack Landers (Han); 4. Rusty Spencer (Vam); 5. Ron Seaman (Han). VET INT: 1. Mark Heller (Han); 2. Joe Nork in (Vam); 3. Larry Forbis (Suz). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turn er (Yam); 2. Ross Ma eda (Su z), Hubbard hauls at Perris Motocross By David Procida P ERRIS, CA, MAY 28 Bobby Hubbard won the secon d moto over Richard Vargo to ta ke the o vera ll victory in the 250cc Beginner class today at P erris Raceway. In moto on e Raceway H on da pi lot Vargas n ailed the h o lesh o t and wi th H u bbard on his h eel s, pulled away from Honda-mounted Ma rk Schultz in third. The order remained the same until lap five w hen Bra d Dennis got by for third. Late in the moto Pro Circuit/ O 'Neal-sponsored H ubbard p art ed .com pa n y with his bike, b ut rem ounted q uickly and held onto second p lace. In moto two, Vargas once again led the pack into th e first corner. Hubbard stuck to his rear fen der a nd on lap six, took advantage of a Vargas bobble in a tight corner. Hubbard quickly jumped into th e lead a nd h eld o n for the win wit h Vargas taking seco nd overa ll a nd Den nis going 3-3 for th ird overall. In th e Open Pro class a pair o f AT Ks were seen in th e lead in both m o tos . Scott Brown led four-stro ke ATK-mounted Willie'Musgrave to the checkers in moto o ne , w hi le Bria n Da vy held do wn th e num ber three spot. I n moto ' two it wa s Torcosponsored Musgrave as th e rider to ca tch. Musgr ave powered to th e wi n ahead of Brown and Vargas for th e overa ll win. Brown wa s secon d overall with Vargas takin g th ird. In Vet Expert action Cycle Shacksp onsored G reg Berg hol esh o t bo th motos bu t was quic kly passed by Alan O lson . O lson wen t virtua lly unch allen ged in both motos,' follo wed by Yamaha-mounted Willie Amaradio. G eorge Kohler took th ird in bo th mo tos followed by Greg Berg and Ken Eh lers. By Susan Willian HORTONVILLE, IN , MAY 29-30 Knob by H ills MX hosted a large Mid-West AMA Amateur a nd Youth Area Q u al ifi er wit h 332 ri ders competing and AXO /Greenwood Honda/Stoughton Cycle Ra nch bac ked Matt H arris ha d four perfect m ot o wins to tak e th e overalls in th e 250cc B Stoc k and Modified classes. In the first rn o to of th e 250cc B Stock class H arris shot into th e lead chased by J eff Bergm an. Berg man took the lead on lap one as H arris drop ped to third and th en back to . fourt h . By the third lap of action, H arr is had gotten h is act togeth er an d took over the front p osi tion to remain th ere a t the checkered flag. In moto two, Bergm an , H arris and Scott Atwell led th e pack as Atwell squeezed by H arr is. H arri s went to the outside and moved by Atwell ta king over seco n d. But by the seco nd lap , Harris was in co ntrol a n d p ulled out a n ice lead by th e finish. Bergman hel d off a charging Atwell for second. Harris returned in the 250cc B Mod ified class to 'go 1· 1. The first m o to of the 125cc A Stock class saw-J oh n Sier in th e fro nt spot Iollowed by Bryan Smith . Sm ith went into the lead by lap two and stretched it to eight seco n ds over Sier. The finish saw Smith ta ke the win 12 seconds a head of Sier. The second m oto fou nd J a y Wagner out front fo llowed by Travis Kobush. Kobush rode o n Wagner's rear fe nder as th e pai r charged arou n d th e natural-terrain co urse. By lap four, Kob ush had taken th e lead, a n d the duo ro de side-by-side 'over a pair of ta b letops. Kob ush th en opened the throttle and stretched ou t th e lead over Wagne r. Keith Bro wn was th e fro nt runner on the start of mota one of th e 125cc A Modifi ed class . Randa eventua lly . took over, but Derr ick Roe worked h is way into the lead on lap four an d grab bed the win followed by Randa , Mar k H a r s h m a n , Kobus h a nd Wagner. Ran da holeshot th e second m oto but by the first turn Roe h ad sq ueezed by to ta ke the lead. Randa push ed Roe around the co urse in th e early la ps but Roe stretched a co m fortable lead by the checkers. A battle for second develo p ed between Randa a nd Mike Rot h, w ho made a move o n the inside of Ra nda to ta ke over seco nd. Results 85 STK (12·13): 1. Robbie Sturg ill (Kaw); 2. Lenny Sauer (Kaw); 3 . Peter Zer ial (Suz); 4 . Eric 80wman (Kaw); 5. Brian Black (Kaw). 85 MOD: 1. Steph en Christian (Kaw); 2. Kevin ' Lampe (Vam); 3. Brad Sichting (Han); 4 . Brett Vanderbeek (Kaw); 5. Mark Naselroad (Kaw). 250 C MOD : 1. M ike Anderson (Vam); 2. Daniel show (Han); 3. Denn is Barber (Vam); 4. Culle n Page (Vam). AUTO: 1. Eric Allman (Vam); 2. Dustin Allman (Vam); 3. Kevin Braodstr_ (Yam); 4. Nicolas

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