Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

MINI AM M OD: 1. Pat McMullen (Kaw); 2. Billy DeM astry (Hon); 3. David Pingree (Kaw) . MIN I NOV M OD: 1. Tom Johnson (Vam); 2. Derr ick Geist (Vam); 3. Cam Court w rig ht (Hon ). OPEN NON PRO: 1. Sparky Spar ks (Kaw ); 2. Robbie Lovas (Vam); 3. Ray Moore (Hon). VET:; 1. Biff Berner. , Radinsld roosts Perris MX By David Procida . PERRIS, CA, MAY 29 Chris Radinski co mbined a 2-3 score to take th e overa ll win in th e 250cc Expert class as Pro ' Circuit a nd Sports Promotions hosted th e first night motocross in several years at Perris Raceway. .Racing .was limited to 250cc machines. Wh en th e gate fell for th e first ra ce Honda rider Glen Tatum opened th e action with Yamaha-mounted R ad i n ski applying pressure. Radinski carved his way past Tatum, who also fell victim to Goat Breker on th e same lap. Also making some slick moves up through th e pa ck was Shawn Wynne who was now running fourth behind Tatum. Radin ski and Breker began to ease away from Tatu m as th ey began lap . three. Ta tum · stalled his Honda allowing Wynne, Warren, and Mike H oo ker by. Up front Breker found the li n e tha t. carried him past Radin ski and was showing hi s rear fender to everyone. Radinski fol lowed Breker to the checkered £lag with Winn, Hooker and Warren rounding ou t the top five. Breker picked u p where he left off in mota o ne and carved a perfect ar c as he shredded theberm in the first corner. Craig Ca noy rai led an outside line to take second and moved u p to challenge Breker as they came around to start lap two. Darren H oo ft had company in third as Andy Northrup attempted to displace him. T he lead pair began to pull awa y from the dice for third, while running in the number five slot was Radinski. The battle for the lead had hea ted up but on lap five Breker went do wn hard at the far end of th e course, givin~ Canoy a huge lead on Hooft. Radzinski had blasted past Northrup and was trying to close th e gap on Hooft. . At the checkered it was Canoy way o ut in front of Hooft, who maintained a lead on Radzinski with Northrup and Warren rounding o ut the top five places. When the totals . were added up for the overall results, Radzinski's co nsisten t riding earn ed him the overall win, while Canoy's second moto win combined with a first-moto seventh gave him second overall. Results 250 EX: 1. Chris Radinski (Yam); 2. Craig Canoy (Hon ); 3. Vin ce W arr en (Hon). 250 INT: 1. M ike Chamberlain (Yam ); 2. Jeremy McG rath (Vam); 3. Raymond An thony (Hon). 250 NOV 0 ·1 : 1. Ray Eber un (Suz); 2. J im Cur ley (Kaw); 3. Ron Bechard (Yam). 250 NOV 0 ·2 : 1. Bill Sau ro (Hon): 2. Jim Langston ; 3. Skip Gilliam (Vam ). 250 NOV 0 ·3 : 1. Ku rt Metcalf (Vam); 2. Chris Ridgeway (Vam); 3. Br ian Simo (Hon). XR BO: 1. Jimmy Lewis (Hon); 2. Ron W ood (Hon ); 3. Ray " Spike" Groom (Hon). Roe runs away at IndianaMX By Susan Willian T ERRE H AUTE, IN, JIJNE 5 At the C&S Sports Concepts hosted n ight motocross, Derric k Ro e showed his smoothness and skill as he won the overalls in the 125 and 250cc A classes with four rnoto wins. - In mota o ne of the 125cc A class' G J ason " ray too k an early lead with Roe in fourth . Gra y slowed by the second la p as Travis Kobush closed in and Roe moved into th ird. Kobush swung to th e inside to go by Gra y, taking over the lead. Gray dr opped to fourth and then took a DNF after losing a footpeg. Roe, now in second, . I closed on Kobush , tak ing the outside on a whoop to go into th e lead for the win followed by Kobush . The second mota found Roe up front on the start to rema in there fo r the n ight as Kobush cha lked u p" a no ther second. Roe was unstoppable in th e 250cc A class leading from start to finish in moto one. In the second mot o Gray had the lead followed by Roe. Gr ay bit th e du st in th e whoops for Roe to take it to the checkered. Chip Hunter battled Steve Hensley a nd Tim Cat elliar in mo ta o ne of th e 125cc B class. Hunter had an ea rly lead until H ensley went by. Hunter regrouped and rep assed H en sley to go back into the lead but H ensley fired back , taking over the first spot aga in foll owed by T im Cat elli ar as Hunter dropped to third. Hensl ey slid down on the washboard section as Catelliar took th e lead. H ensley, back underwa y in second, rounded a turn to again go down, dropping to third and putting Hunter up to "seco nd. Hunter dosed in on Catelliar and £lew by on th e o uts ide to tak e over the lead for the win with Catelliar second and H ensley third. Hunter domina ted mota two for th e win and overall victory. In th e Senior Mini class Chuck Drake took th e lead in mota one foll owed by Brett Melton and Kevin Lampee, who went out of control " and dropped to fifth. On la p three, Drake went down which put Melton in charge for the win. The second mota saw Dra ke strong on the start wi th Melton second. Melton took the outside of Drake going by for the lead taking the moto wi n . Resu lts 2 50 C: 1. Jim Wi lkerson (Hon); 2. Cullen Page (Yam); 3. Troy Ferssr and (Yam). 125 B; 1. Chip Hun te r IHon); 2. Tim Cateltlar; 3. St eve Drake (Kaw). 2 50 B; 1. Steve Kiesler (Hon); 2. Bob Milkovich (Vam ); 3. Kevin Jon es (Hon). . SR: 1. Jay Johnson (Hon ); 2. A lex Boze IVam); 3. Denn is Harlan (Yam ). S/SR : 1. Denn y Salamon (Hon). J R M INI: 1. Terry M eyer (Yam); 2. Kerie Fleenor (Kaw); 3. Jorda n M oneymaker (Suz). SR MIN I: 1. Bren M elton (Hon); 2. Robbie Sturgell (Kaw); 3. Brad Sicht ing (Hon). 125 A ; 1. Derr ick Roe (Kaw); 2. Travis Kobush (Hon); 3. J ay Joh nson (Hon). 125 C: 1. Ch ad Bo ld in g (Hon) ; 2. Rob ert M cClell and (Hon); 3. Tony DeLaToree (Suz). A UTO: 1. Justin Gutherie (Vam); 2. Rebecca W ill iam s (Vam); 3. A manda Stone (Vam). 60 : 1. Kerte Fleenor (Kaw); 2. Randy Salaman (Kaw); 3. Bo Mo rr is (Kaw). OPEN A: 1. Steve Shan k (Hon); 2. Brad Lake (Hon). 250 A : 1. Derr ick.Roe (Kaw); 2. Jason Gray ISuz); 3. Kevin Capello (Kaw). OPEN B: 1. Doug Girt (Hon); 2. Kenny Farner "(Yam). 125 YTH: 1. Bill Burba (Kaw) ; 2.Jerry Fyffe Jr . (Kaw); 3. Tom Sheets (Yam). Smith and Minor sweep Alabama RR . By Cind y Bowen TALLADEGA, AL, JUNE 4,5 First year Expert Mike Smith and Novice Roger Minor took hom e four Sprint class wins each ' at Alabama In tern a tional Motor Speedway.. Twenty-two-year-old Smith from Canton, Georgia gave Texan Doug Polen a ru n for his money in th e Middlewei~ht Supersport class. Po len's Suzuki Katana was no match for Sm ith's Honda Hurricane. Polen got the holeshot and led the field into turn one followed by Mike Harth, David Clyde, John Eide nberger and Smith. By the secon d lap , Smith had moved through the pack and passed Polen off the apron and onto th e fro nt straight. Polen and Smith sw a p ped th e lead several times throughout th e race while G reg Tysor, Eidenberger and Harth battled for thi rd. On th e final la p , Smith passed Polen on the ba nking for the win with Tysor finis hing third. This was the second race ina-row that Smith had defeated Polen to win the Middleweight Supersport class. :I: U ~ ~ a: :J :I: U w '" ~ > '" o l- e :I: "- 00 00 O"l ,.....; ~ O"l C'J ' Q.) C :l ~ Mike Smith beat Doug Polen for the second time to win the Middleweight Supersport race at A labama Int ernat ional Motor Speedway. Smith's o ther wins came in H eavyweight Superbike, Middleweight GP, a nd Middleweight Superbike. Smith is sponsored by R osw ell H onda /Dunlop /Phil Flack/Kal Gard /Bell H elmets/ERC Brakes. Scott Ru ssell seemed to be Polen 's biggest com petition in the contingen cy races. In the Heavyweight Supersport race it was H art h leading, followed by Paul Bray and Russell, all Georgia boys . R ussell passed Bra y on th e banking to take over second as Po len began closing the gap on the two. Russell passed Harth on the front straight to take over the lead going into the second lap, and began to pull aw ay' from the field . Polen worked his way past Bray and Harth and began to whittle away at Russell's 20 bike length lead. R ussell went into turn two, a left-bander, tou ched down his gearshift, knocking the bik e into neutral and allo wing Pol en to mov e in a little closer. By lap four, Polen was side-by-sid e with Russell down th e front straig ht and th e two were neck-and-neck for th e rem ainder of th e ra ce. On th e final lap, Russell went Iow an th e banking, Pol en went high, dropped down in Russell's draft onto the fron t stra igh t and in ched by for th e win by a wheel-length. Russell came back in the Unl im ited Supersport class to defeat Pol en by the' same narrow margin. H arth led for o ne-a nd-a-half laps wh en Russell bla sted past o n th e banking. T he speed difference was so great that Harth co u ldn 't get in hi s draft. It took three laps for Polen to catch and pa ss Harth but once lie did, he and Russell put about 20 seconds on third place. • . Polen moved within one bi ke length of Russell on · th e fifth la p. Recalling th e 750cc race , Russell changed hi s last la p strategy for thi s ra ce and went high into the banking, out of the apron and onto the straight. Polen couldn't get in his draft soon enough off the banking to get by and R ussell took the checkers by half a bike len gth . This was the fastest race of the day with an average speed of I I I mph. For their efforts, Polen pocketed $1750 a nd Russell received $1200. In th e Nov ice ranks, Roger Minor won the Heavyweight Supersport, Middleweight Superspo rt , Heavyweight Superbike and Middleweight GP classes with ease. Results U/ L S/SPRT EX: 1. Scott Russell (5 02); 2. Doug Polen (502); 3. M ike Harth (Suz); 4 . Paul Bray (Suz); 5. Mi ke Sm it h (502). U/ L GP EX: 1. Tom Kipp (Vam); 2. M ike Sm it h (Su z); 3. Rene Ferr at (Suz); 4. John Eidenberger . (Yam); 5. Pau l Schwemmer (Vam). HIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Doug Polen (Suz); 2. Scott Russell ISuz); 3. Mike Hart h (Suz); 4. Paul Bray (Suz); 5. Mike Smi t h (Suz). H/W S/SPRT NOV: 1: Roger M inor IHon); 2. Mi ke Reed (Suz]: 3. Tray Batey (Suz); 4. Joh n Lox (Yam); 5. David Thurlow (Suz). HIW S/ BK EX: 1. M ike Smith (Suz); 2. Tom Kipp (Yam); 3. Rick Delgado (Yam); 4. Paul Schwemmer (Yam); 5. Tommy Sloan (YamI. H/W S/BK NOV: 1. Roger Minor ISuz); 2. Mike Reed (Suz); 3. Bubba Blackw ell (Suz); 4. Tray Batey (Suz); 5. Dan ny M inor (Hon). M IW S/ SPRT EX: 1. Mike Sm it h (Hon); 2. Doug . Polen (Suz); 3. Stephe n M athews (Hon); 4. Greg Tysor (Suz); 5. Mike Harth (Suz). MIW S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Roger M in or (Hon); 2. Bubb a Blackwell (Hon); 3. Todd Hoge (Hon ); 4 . Mark Mi tch ell (Hon); 5. Scott Ja mes (Honl . M /W GP EX: 1. M ike Sm it h (Hon); 2. Steph en M ath ew s (Hon); 3. Richard Rest o (Hon); 4 . Gary Lewis ( HDn ~; 5. Steve Seaborn (Hon). " MIW GP NOV, !. Roger Minor (Hon); 2. Todd Hoge (Hon); 3. Donald Part on (Hon); 4 . Scott J ame s (Hon); 5. M ark MitChell (Hon ). M IW S/BK EX, 1. Mike Smit h (Hon); 2. Rich ard Resto (Hon); 3. Greg Tysor (Suz); 4. Steve Seaborn (Hon); 5. Stephen Mathews (Honl " MIW S/ BK NOV: 1. M ark M itc hell (Hon); 2. Bubba Blackw ell (Hon); 3. Todd Hoge (Hon); 4 . Donald Part on (Hon); 5. Danny M inor (Hon). LIW S/B K EX: 1. J am es Ronan (Vam); 2. Stan Dilcher (Kaw). _ LIW S/BK NOV: 1. Ronn ie Licht i (Yam); 2. Tim Morris (Hon); 3. Joh n Radt ke (Yam); 4. Ja mes M urphy (Yam). . LIW GP EX: 1. Kevin Rentzell (Vam); 2. J ohn Eidenberger (Yam); 3. Ja mes Ronan (Yam); 4 . Hope Lapsley (Vam); 5. Brent Schu ster (Vam). LIW GP NOV: 1. Jo e Cole (Hon); 2. Tim M orr is (Vam); 3. Frank Sandago (YamI; 4 . J ames Murphy (VarnI; 5. Darryl Baxter (Yam). SITW EX: 1. David Hand {Duel; 2. Frank Shockley (Duel . • SITW NOV: 1. Joh n Breeden ICag); 2. James Wa lton (Due); 3. Roger Quill en (Due); 4 . David Fine (M · G); 5. Evan Castle (H-D). Ulrich hot at Coleta MX By Toni Anthon i TALLADEGA, AL , J UNE 4 Peanut .Lllri ch had a perfect ni ght as he aced both motos of th e Senior Mini-clas s at Coleta Vall ey's Saturday n ight supercross. In eac h mota Ulrich powered his Kawasaki to a com manding lead a nd won handil y with Brandon Smith and Jonathon Blain taking second a n d third, respectively. . In 125cc C cla ss action Sam Ga llegly was the man to beat taking the win with a 1-2 moto score. Yamahamounted Richard J ayo nai led the holeshot in mota one wi th Gallegly at his rear whee l. For the first two laps Jayo held Gallegly at bay , but on la p three Ga llegly made a perfect move pushing his Kawasaki into the lead. From there Gallegly cruised to victory with Jayo holding on for second and Paul Wilson working through th e pack for third. In mota two Suzuki-mounted Pa ul Wilson led the pack out of turn one and took the early lead. Wi lson proved to be u ntouchab le as h e motored away from th e field and too k an easy win. First-m o ta win ner Gallegly suffered a bad start but reco vered 'to take second, good eno ugh for the overall vic tory . It was the first nigh t for the newly formed Noviee class. In this class 51

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