Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w ~ ~ u z w a: ~ :s >a: a: :s >co 0 .... 0 00 00 :r 0.. O':i ........ ~ c-r c-r Q.) C ;j ~ r Winner Mike Harth '(8 8 ) leads second place finisher Kurt Hall (60) in the B Production Expert race at North Carol ina Motor Speedway. O~2 : 1. Brian Pecore; 2. M ike Kain; 3. Kerry Puccioccio; 4 . Bryan Barrett; 5. Dean Newn ham. 0 -3 : 1, St eve Marty nse: 2. Jess Ochoa; 3. Bill Thom as; 4 . Gary Ross; 5. Donny Boatm an. Harth conquers at Rockingham RR By Larry Lawrence ROCKINGHAM, NC , MAY 29 Mike Harth won three ra ces and 'finished second in another in WERA Sprint race action at Rockin gh am. Harth feels right at home on th e high banks of North Carolina Motor Speedway; aft er all a good portion of his early road race experience was gained on another track with high banks - T exas World Speedway. Harth adapted quickl y to the chica ne that was installed a fte r Sunda y mornin g's practi ce session, and went on to win $1850 in con tinge ncy money from Suzuki and $100 fro m th eWERA. Harth fin ally broke th ecold streak he was hav ing by winnin g h is first C Production race of th e seaso n o n the H arth Ra cing/Team Hammer/ Michelin/Fox /Dyno J et-sp onsored Suzuki 600 Katana. H arth draft ed past early leader Kurt H all on the ultra-fast banking an d survived a late race challenge from T eam Suzuki Endurance teammat e J amie J am es to take th e victory. ( " I may not be quite as fast as I used to be, but I still have a few good da ys left in me," joked th e 32-year old Harth. H arth 's. othe r two victories came in the B Production a nd Open Formula races. Both races were won in co nvincing fashi on ; Harth pulled away from Kurt H all, who took second both times. Fellow Georgian Paul Bray was th e only one wh o got the best of Harth allday, In A Producti on, Bray followed Harth around for eigh t laps before outbraking him co ming off the banking with two laps remaining. O n the final lap, H arth made a last ditch effort to get around Bray through the last turn, bu t go t into a wic ked slide and had to settle for second place. T wo riders that were far fro m home p ut on a show in the B Su perbike event. Scott Zampach a nd J ohn Eldenb erger, both from Wis 'consin , didn 't settle the race o utcome un til the last lap. Zampach had as much as a three-second advantage over Eidenberger aft er taking the lead from Gl enn Szarek on the third lap. Eidenberger whittled away on the lead so that by the white flag la p he h ad his P o rt Washington Yamaha/D unlop /Dyne -J e t/Pr o gre ssive/ Fo x/ P hi l Flack Racing/ Solmax-sponsored Yama ha FZR750 su perbike on the tai lpipe of Zam - pach's production Suzuki. Once ou t on the ba nking, Eidenberger used his superior power to motor by and hold on for the victory. " My brakes were gone; a couple of times I thought I wo uld run into the back of Zam psch's bik e. Fortunately, I was ab le to put enough distance on him that last lap so that he couldn't get back by me," said a reli eved Eidenberger. Results A PROD EX: 1. Paul Bray (Suz); 2. M ike Harth (Suzl; 3. Kevin Rentzell (Suz); 4 . Scott Zampach (Suz); 5. Joe Vedi ch izzi (Suz). A PROD NOV: 1. St eve Smit h (Suz); 2. Rene Cahmser (Han); 3. Kenn eth McIntyr e (Suz); 4. Paul Young man (Yam); 5. Fred Provis (Hon). . B PROD EX: 1. Mike Hart h (Suzl; 2. Kurt Hall (Suz); 3. Paul Bray (Suz); 4 . John Eidenberger (Suz); 5. George Fox (Suz). B PROD NOV: 1. Steve Smit h (Suz); 2. Kenneth Mci ntyre (Suz); 3. Fred Pruvis (Han) ; 4 . Paul Youn gman III (Yam); 5. Jose ph Bauard (Han). C PROD EX: 1. M ike Hart h (Suz); 2. J ami e Jame s (Suz); 3. Paul Bray (Suzl; 4 . John Eidenberger (Suz); 5. Kurt Hall (Suz). C PROD NOV: 1. Rene Chamser (Han); 2. Paul Youngman (Han); 3. Jo e Bauard (Han); 4. Joe Vincent (Han); 5. Chip Caul (Han). o PROD EX: 1. Richard Lee (Kaw ); 2. Chuck Honeycutt (Yam); 3. Geoff rey Garrod (Yam); 4. Dave Mims (Yam); 5. Bert Morgan (Han). o PROD NOV: 1. Jo e Cox (Yam); 2. Barry Idding s (Yam); 3. Dave George (Yam); 4. Dana Carlisle (Han); 5. Mark Christie (Yam). . B S/ BK EX: 1. John Eidenberg er (Yam); 2. Scott Zampach (Suz); 3. Glenn Szarek (Yam); 4 . Brian Bristick (Han); 5. Kenny Phillips (Suz). B S/ BK NOV: 1. St eve Sm ith (Suz); 2. Stacy Hadaway; 3. Anthony Arden (Yam); 4 . Kenneth Mc intyre (Suz); 5. Joe M ilanesi (Suz). C S/B K EX: 1. Kevin Rentzell (Yam); 2. Georg e Fox (Han); 3 . Brian Cristrick (Han ); 4 . David Murray (Han); 5. Patr ick Harris (Yam). C S/ BK NOV: 1. Rene Cham ser (Han); 2. Paul Youngman (Han); 3. Stacy Hadawa y; 4. Paul Rohall (Yam); 5. J immy Shanks (Han). o S/BK EX: 1. Kevin Rentzell (Yaml ; 2. John Eidenberg er (Yam); 3 . David Murray (Yam); 4 . Dean Hill (Yam); 5. Robert Von Nessen (Yam). . 0 S/ BK NOV: 1. Joe Cox (Yam); 2. Mark Chri sti e (Yam); 3. Dave George (Yam); 4. Sterli ng Str auser (Yam); 5. Robert Gr iffi n (Yam). F-OPEN: 1. M ike Harth (Suz); 2. Kurt Hall (yam) ; 3. Paul Bray (Suz); 4 . Thoma s Sanori us (S uz); 5. Shawn Nicoloff (Suz). F-2 EX: 1. Kevin Rentzell (Yam); 2. Daniel Reil (Han); 3. David M ur ray (Yam); 4. Dean Hill (Yam); 5. Richard Lee (Kaw). F-2 NOV: 1. Joe Cox (Yam); 2. Rick M ercante (Yam); 3. Michael Caddy (Yam); 4 . Jimmy Shanks (Yam); 5. Sterling Strau ser (Yam) . F-3 EX: 1. Rhea Stick ley (Yam); 2. Harry Morse (Han). F-3 NOV; 1. Eric Ludwigsen (Kaw); 2. Paul LUdwigsen (Han); 3. Kevin Van Horn (Kaw) . VINT 1: 1. Brad Morr ison (Duc). VINT 2: 1. Ted Hubbard (BSA); 2. Brad Morr ison (Due); 3. Lawrence Watts (Due). VINT 3 : 1. Ted Hubbard (BSA); 2. Dav id Cornelison. VINT 4 : 1. George Dillaway (Kaw); 2. Loren J ury (Yam); 3. Paul Wright (M -G). . , VINT 5: 1. Paul Wright (M- G); 2. W illi am Bloom (Kaw); 3. George Dillaway (Kaw) . CLBMN EX: 1. Bill Cardell (Yam); 2. J oey Naval (Yam); 3. Chuc k Honeycutt (Han); 4. Chr is Kalil eiz (Han); 5. Bill Putt (Han). CLBM N NOV: 1. Paul Wright (M -G); 2. Cary Hallahan (Yam ); 3 . J immy Sh ank s (Yam ); 4 . M icha el Morley (Yam); 5. M ichael Cumm ings (Yam). Davis dusts Prescott J.OO By Michael Ross PRESCOTT, AZ, MAY 29 " Did I win it?" was all Scott Davis could manage to say at the finish line afte r 93 gruelling miles of racing to win hi s second overall victory this Jo shua Giles raced his Honda CR500 to second place, behind Bob Russell, in th e Open Expert class at the Prescott 100 . . year in the Arizona Desert Ra cing Association 's I I th Annual Presco tt 100. Davis cras hed hard five mi les from the finish line and knocked himself senseless for approximately o ne minute, he remounted, no t knowing if rival J eff Darland had pass ed and soldi ered on to win by 10 seconds ov er Darla nd. Davis completed the co urse in 3:00:32 on his Yamaha of Tucso n /Sparks Cycle-sponsored Yamaha YZ250. Darland crashe d five times in pursuit of Davi s but a flat tire o n the second lap cost him more than a minute to repair and th e race. T h ird overa ll Bobby Russell cros sed . th e finish line in 3:12:58 and · took first in th e O pen Expert class. Davi s took th e green flag first followed 10seconds later by Dar land, then th e rest of th e 206 starters a t 10 second interval s. Tim Leeh e was one of th e first o u t of th e race wh en he cras hed o n a roc ky downhill section and fractured his right wrist. After the first lap th e leaders pitted, a bo ut 10 seconds apart, took on fuel a n d resumed ra cing . Darl and ' s expansi on cha m be r h ad been crus hed wh en he hit a tree. La p two sa w Darland pit first with a two-rninu tee advantage, but his rear tire was fla t and he wat ched Davis fuel up and leave while hi s crew feverish ly cha nged rear wh eels. About one and a half m inutes later Darl and was back in th e race. " I ca ug h t Davis and passed hi m and then started to pu t tim e on him, but I crashed again wh en th e fro nt wh eel washed o u t. I was so tired my arms were lik e butter. I could n 't pi ck up th e bike. It took me awhile to get going, " exp la i n ed J eff afterwards. With five miles to go Davis crashed hard. " I hit a rock a nd knocked myself in the head. I was n't co herent "and I saw red spots. I lost a couple m in utes layin g on the ground," explained Davis after th e race. "We were in sight the whole race and I didn't know if he passed me or not." Results MINI BEG: 1. Chris Freedman (Kaw ); 2. Chr is Brow n (Yam); 3. Jim i Vinyard (Han). M INI NOV: 1. Frank Ramos (Han); 2. St eve M urr ay (Han); 3. David Farr (KTM). M INI AM : 1. Chance Caravans (Han); 2. Alex McElyea (Kaw); 3. M ike Shr ivers (Kaw ). 200 BEG: 1. Marc Bellemare (Yam); 2. J ames Mode (Cog); 3 . Dean Mo rr ison (Kaw ). 200 NOV: 1. Andy Reid (Han); 2. Daryl Kan uha . (Han); 3. Dan Borad man (Han). 200 A M : 1. Todd Davis (Kaw); 2. Stev e Byrn e (Han); 3. Bob Henderson (Han). 250 BEG: 1. W ill Cas ner (Yam) ; 2 . Al vin Yellowhair (Han); 3. Mark W inkel man (Han). . 250 NOV: 1. Karl Ad ams (Kaw ); 2. Todd Sm ith (Han); 3. Me r iin Slaughter (Suz). 250AM: 1. Dan Fargen (Kaw); 2. Tim Pettit (Yam); 3. M ike Kozlik (Han). 25 0 EX: 1. Scott Davis (Yam); 2. J eff Darland _ (Han); 3. Ken Kozli k (Kaw). OPEN BEG: 1. Scott Linschoten (Han); 2. J ohn Haggard (Han); 3. Don Lowenberg (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Casey Jon es (KTM); 2. Marty M ihay (Yam); 3. Jam es Rosenau (Honl. OPEN AM : 1. Tim Abr il (Han); 2. David Edwards (Kaw); 3. Garr ett Sweetl and (Hus). OPEN EX: 1. Bob Russell (Han); 2. Jo shu a Gil es (Han); 3. Pat Prosser (KTM). LADIES: 1. Liz McDa niel (KTM); 2. A licia Turne r (Han); 3. Sheryl Prosser (KTM). 2B+: 1. Allen Poore (Hus); 2. Tom Bryan (Han). 3B+ EX: 1. Rob Beggs (KTM): 2. Wayne Decklever (Han); 3. Je rry Sm ith (Husl . 30+ AM : 1. Elmer Aft son (Han); 2. Kenn eth Stu mpff (Suz); 3. Robert Chadw ick (Han). 30+ NOV: 1. Raben Gutterud (Han); 2. Farre ll Rodgers (lion); 3. Barry Harelson (Hus). 4D+ NOV: 1. J erry Rice (Yam); 2. Rex Goodell (Hus); 3. Iden Wilken (Han). 30+ BEG: 1. Randy Miller (Han); 2. St eve Brow n (Han); 3. Dave Smith (Han). 45+: 1. Ron Zellitti (KTMI; 2. John Kozlik (Han); 3. Gordan Ramas (Han). DINO V: 1. Ronald Sm ith (Suz); 2. Tom Roland (Han); 3. M ichae l Wadd ing (Yam). DINO C: 1. Jerry Kyle (Hus); 2. Craig Bell (Mai) ; 3. Mik e Thorn (Han). BUDD Y: 1. Randy Arrington/ Bruce Penthany (HanI; 2. Fred Wilso n/Kevin Thonhoff (Yam). Stevens zeroes Scrub Oak Enduro By Sc ott Shepherd DAYTONA, FL , MAY 22 H i-P oint rid er and AA class win ner Kevin Stevens ea rne d a perfect score at th e Da yton a Din R iderssponsored enduro. Stevens, aboa rd a Husqvarna calcula ted hi s way to a close victory over AA riders Alle n Gravitt, Kenny Keylon and Bruce Buerk, KTM-moun ted Allen Gra vitt fin ished second with o n ly one pen al ty p oint. Kawasaki -Suzuki of Lake Wal es-sponsored Keylon and KTM rider Buerk broke a tie for thi rd by five seco nds. With three pe na lty points each , Keylon came o ut O Il top. T he course co nsisted of a th reeloop setup with two gas SLOpS and 10check points for a total of 77 miles. Trai l Boss Nick Krupa stated, "T he first loop was the easiest , and many riders zeroed. The second loop was the point-taker; everyone lost poi nts except Stevens. T he loop wasn't diffic ult, bu t there was no place to make up time. The third loop was also less complica ted." .Senior rider J ohn Krell set out to attack the course, on ly to fou l a plug in the third loo p. He was rescued by his wife Darlene 20 minu tes la ter, who finis hed second in the Women's class. Results AA : 1. Kevin Stevens; 2 . Allen Gravitt; 3 . Kenny Keyton. 0-200 BEG: 1. J. Bessey; 2. B. Treaster; 3. C. W ilder. 2Dl-0 PEN BEG: 1. D. Sm it h; 2. H.R. Wyatt; 3. T. Collins. WMN : 1. C. Mye rs; 2. D. Krell . A 200 : 1. M . Greenburg; 2. T.M yers; 3. S. Plumb. A 250: 1. R. Lovelys; 2. D. Crai g; 3. J . Morris. A OPEN: 1. D. Ward; 2. R. Lott. B 125: 1. J. Haley; 2. J. Argent ine; 3. P.Wessling. 39

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