Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Billy Adkins (16) won both 250cc C motos in round three of the Victory Sports Mega-Series MX at the Dallas Ricker Sports Complex. th rough the entire first and second mo to. T hird p lace went to Wayne Arlet. In th e 250cc Expert class Blackham was followed closely by Anden once again a nd by ' H onda ' rider Mark Kane. The three rid ers were very close thro ug ho u t both m oto s. T hey exchanged positio ns several times but Blackh am ca me out on top in both motos, eve n a fter cras h ing ha lfway through th e second rna to. T he Open A class went to James Queen foll owed by David Bachman. Third p lace went to Mike Bends. Results OPEN c : 1. John Miller (Kaw); 2. Ron Tauhoos . (Han); 3. Don Knoch (Yam). SR: t . Josh Abston (Han): 2. Dean Odell (Han); 3. M ichael Emmert (Suz). S/SR : 1. Jim Blackham (Yam); 2. Skip Stewart (Kaw) 3. Gary Simmen (Han). P/W: Kirk Rodgers (Yam). 0·65: 1. Joshua Sweat (KLaw): 2. Jerem y Arlet (Kaw); 3. Geoffrey Hardy (Kaw). JR: 'l . Joshua Sweat (Kaw); Jeremy Arlet (Han); 3. Heikki Yeagher (Yam). . INT: 1. Marc Leone (Suz); 2. Steve Loveday (Han); 3. Jeff Decker (Suz). D·B5 SR: t . Ron Cancilla (Yam); 2. Philip Deringer (Han); 3. Sean Hogan (Kaw). S/MINI : 1. Ron Cancilla (Yam); 2. Philip Deringer (Han); 3. Marc Leone (Suz). SCHBY: 1. Eric Arlet (Han); 2. Robert Leone 3. Chris Greenhouse (Suz). 125 A : 1. Daniel Blackham (Yam); 2. Emery Anden (Suz); 3. Wayne Arlet (Kaw). 125 B: Eric Ar let (Han); 2. Thomas Mcilwain (Han); 3. Brian Teyssier (Yam); 125 C: 1. Michael Me inert (Kaw); 2. John Cappena (Yam); 3. M ichael Bova (Yam). 250 A: I.Daniel Blackham (Yam); 2. Emery Anden (Suz); 3. Mark Kane (Han). 250 B: Eric Renig (Yam); 2. Michael Lauster (Yam); 3. Jody Shearer (Kaw). 250 C: 1. Tom Tomaro (Han); 2. Terry Armstrong (Kaw); 3. Dean Ode ll (Han). OPEN A : 1. Jam es Que en (Han); 2. David Bachman ; 3. Mike Bends (Han). OPEN B: 1. Josh Abston (Han); Scan Yoch um (Han); 3. Rick Cover (Han). Miller mauls at Morgan County ST By Dave Hoenig JACKSONVILLE, IL, MAY 27 The AMRA Pros " World Championship" dirt track series swu ng into Ill inois for rounds four and five on Memorial Day weekend and the' tigh t-ban ked short track of the Morgan County Fairgrounds was th e site of the opener. David Miller and Ch arlie Orr battled in th e Heavyweight class until lap 10 when Orr, who had lost hi s steel shoe on th e second lap, charged into turn one in side Miller, only to run out of room ' and was forced to slide down. Orr was up quickly but back in eigh th . Mill er brought his H onda home in front of Kris Kiser. . The Heavyweight ' class featured outstanding racing all night. The first heat saw Miller leading all the way over . Audie Huff a nd Dave Rabinette into the main. The second heat belonged to Orr. Dave Damrorn held down second until the last lap · wh en Kiser slipped by. Roger Durkee and Mark Gruber won th e two sem is. In the main Miller and Orr dueled over the lead . Rob Dam ron, Kiser, Rab inette a nd Audie Huff wer e bunch ed tightly behind. At the halfway mark it was Orr, Miller, Damron, Kiser, Mark Gruber and Huff lead ing the way. O rr led laps six and eigh t but Mill er was back in front o n la p 10 when Orr ended hi s charge in turn one. Miller looked to be home free but Kiser was soon ni pping at hi s back tire br in ging Dam ron and Gru ber with him. T he order stayed th e same to th e end. In the Li ghtweight class only four were left running a t the end of th e day. Roger Durkee powe red his R.E. Carl son/Hariss Ra cing H onda to a wir e-to-wire win over heat-winner Tim Hai ght. Kiser a n d Da ve Rabinette rounded ou t th e finishers as all four took th e checkered flag together. Clint Vah sholtz led every lap of Pro-Am racin g excep t th e last when he highsided in turn four, giving the win to Shad Reinke and his new Nob .. Hill Bod y Shop/Ron Wood/Rocky Mountain Cycle Pl aza/Steve Shrock·sponsored Wood-Rotax . Results Heavyweight winner David Miller (71) slides inside of Charlie Orr on the Morgan County Fairgrounds' short track. sendi ng hi s H onda cart whee l ing through the air. A few seco nds later Shumate had some misfortune of hi s own and went do wn in a corner, handing first p lace to Bayles. Clauss moved into second wit h Hillery o n his back wheel. As Bayles stretched hi s lead , a determi ned Shu ma te started pi ckin g h is' way through the pack to fourth posi tio n, putting th e pre ssure o n Hillery. As the two rid ers charged into a corne r, th ey bumped bik es and Hillery wo bbled, a llo wing Sh umate to motor pas t. Bayles wen t on to cla im th e mot a win and the overall victo ry, wi th Cla uss taking second and Shu ma te settli ng for a hard earne d third.Results 80 SR: 1. Heath Kirkland (Han); 2. Clint Latham (Kaw); 3. Tomm y Lee (Kaw). BEG: 1. Mark Russell (Han). '25 Nov: 1. Ron A insworth (Kawl; 2. Blak e DeVaughan (Han); 3. Jeff Reid (Han). 60 : 1. And y Boyer (Kaw); 2. Ryan Clark (Kaw); 3. Chuck Will iamson (Kaw). P/W: t . Jeffrey Wood (Suz); 2. Jeremy Wood (Suz); 3. Casey Boyer (Yam). BOOpen : 1. Heath Kirkland (Han); 2. Andy Bwyer; 3. Clint Latham (Kaw). 125 INT. 1. Ricky Walker (Han); 2. M ichael Lord (Kaw). POT RACE: t . St eve Bayl es (Han); 2. Brett Shumate (Han); 3. Dane Hillery (Suz). 80 JR: 1. Andy Boyer (Han); 2. Ryan Cark (Kaw); 3. Jeff Covington (Kaw). '25 OPEN: t . Bren t Peterson (Han); 2. Fan Ainsworth (KX); 3. Jeff Reid (Han). . 250 EX: t . Steve Bayles (Han); 2. Robbie Clauss (Cag); 3 . Bren Shumate (Han). LIW: 1. Roger' Durkee Jr. (Han); 2. Tim Haight (Hon); 3 . Kris Kiser (Han) ; 4. Dave Aabinette (Han) ; 5. Marshall Patrick (Suz). PRO-AM : 1. Shad Reinke (W-R); 2. Fred Gutier rez (Han); 3. Clint Vahsho ltz (Rtx); 4. Bill Gruwell (Yam). HIW: 'l . David Miller (Han); 2. Kris Kiser (Han); 3. Rob Damron (W-R); 4. Mark Gruber (H-D); 5. . Aud ie Huff Jr. (H-D). Sayles bags Pit-Stop MX By Jenny Bayles PERRY, OK, J U NE 4 H onda rid er Steve Bayles too k th e overall win in th e 250cc Expert class ·at Pit-Stop Speedway. T he first-m oto actio n saw Bayles snatch th e holeshot foll owed closel y by Robbie Clauss and Brett Shumat e. By the second lap, Sh uma te passed Clauss and was movin g in on th e leader. Sh uma te took the insid e line in a corne r and mo tored into first with Bayles close beh ind, foll ow ed by Clauss. Clauss wen t down over some sma ll jumps, allo wi ng Suzuki 's Dan e Hillery to take over third po sition. Shumate pulled a big lead and went on to take the checkered flag with Bayl es settling for second and H ill ery fini sh ing third. The second mo to too k off with Shumate gett ing th e holes hot followed closely by Bayles, Hillery and H onda-rider Chri s Sm ith. Bar ely into th e first lap, Smith stalled h is engi ne and endoed over some jumps, Pullon,Parkerpound Dallas Ricker MX By Gary Crider KINGSPORT, T N, MAY 22 Round th ree of th e Victory Sports Mega-Series at Dall as Ricker Sports Complex MX saw Andy Pullan take" the l25cc C win while " H o t Rod" Todd Parker topped th e Senior Mini division. Ji m Chest er and Steve Childress battled in both Pro divisions and ' came away with a class win each. At th e two previou s events here, th e race was run on a virgin, grass surface. For this event , however, th e - co urse was pl owed and sawd ust was added, crea tin g better berms and more traction. Over 120 en tr ies, representing six states, were on hand for th e Gear /Oury-sponsored race. Steve Ratliff holeshot the open ing l25cc C rnoto but Bare Brothersbacked Pulla n charged into th e lead on lap two and the pair battled until th e final two laps of th e six-lap moto wh en Pullan took control for th e win over Ratliff. _ Bill David , wh o had crashed from third position and finished eighth in mota one , was Pullan's challe nger in mota two. Pullan kept a firm grip on the lead, heading Davis all the wa y to th e finish. Pullan's win advanced him to second in the seri es, j ust two poin ts behind leade r Alan Sparks. Sparks posted 3-3 and second overall for th e da y over Ratl iff's 24. Davi s' 8-2 ' was good for fifth beh ind Tony Smith. Suzuki -m ounted Tod d Parker romped to both Sen ior Mini rnoto wins whil e Lore n William s and R yan McCann waged a back-andforth war a ll day for ru n ner-up honors. William s had th e edge over McCann. Parker and William s are no w tied for the series lead with 38 poi n ts each . . In 250cc C ac tio n, Bill y Adkins turne d in a pair of runa way wins while Erdi l Loon ey defended second position from all challengers in both ' mo tos to earn second pl ace go ld. Cagiva rider J ay Cutshall came from behind both tim es for a 3-3, third overall score over Sparks and David Cox . Adkins is th e series leader over Cox . Results NON-CUR (PRE 'B6): t . Jeff LaFleur (Han); 2. Allen Buchanan (Han); 3. Chris Arnold (Kaw); 4. David Mills (Yaml; 5. Cletis Greene (Han). ENDR: t . Chris Shortridge (Kaw); 2. Johnny Rasar (Kaw); 3. Charles Burleson (Han). 65 MINI : 1. Brent Lough (Kaw). . JR MINI: t . Stacey Lane (Kaw); 2. Jimmy Briggs (kaw); 3. Brent Lough (Suzl. SR MINI : 1. Todd Parker (Suz); 2. Loren Williams (Yam); 3. Ryan McCann (Han); 4. Joey Davenport (Yam); 5. Mark Weaver (Han). '25 C: t . Andy Pullan (Kaw); 2. Alan Sparks (Kaw); 3. Steve Ratliff (Suz); 4 . Tony Smith (Han); 5. Bill Davis (Han). 250 C: t . Billy Adkins (Han); 2. Erdil Looney (Han); 3. Jay Cutshall (Cag); 4. Alan Sparks (Kaw); 5. David Cox (KTM). '25 B: 1. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Jeff Shu ler (Kaw); 3. Ray Boruff (Suz); 4. Mark Braskey (Yam); 5. Jimmy Leach (Kaw) . 250 B: 1. Mike Brown (Kaw); 2. Jeff Shuler (Kaw); 3. Chad Lough (Suz); 4. Dwa in Miller (Kaw); 5. Ray Boruff (Suz). OPEN .AM : 1. J immy Leach (Kaw ); 2. Chris Shortridge (Kaw); 3. Rhen Smith (Han); 4 . Chad Vier s (Kawl ; 5. Zeke Kodak (Yam). SR (30+): 1. Steve Lady (Kaw); 2. Rhen Smith (Han); 3. David Ablert Sr. (Cag); 4. Phillip Blanton (Kaw); 5. Ted Kilgore (Gag). 125 PRO: 1. J im Chester ' ((Suz); 2. Stevie Childress (Kaw); 3. David Ablert Jr . (Cag). 250 /0PEN PRO: 1. Stevie Childre ss (Kaw); 2. David Albert Jr. (Cag); 3. Jim Chester (Suz). Good goes on at Alaska Motocross By M.R. Edge ANCHORAGE , AK, MAY 22 T en mo tos in both th e Pro and l25cc Expert classes is Suzuki-Arctic Cat Mot orsports-backed J oe Good 's win streak total as he has been th e king of Kincaid Park at every Alaska Motorcycle Racing Association motocross this seaso n , and today was no different. The l25cc Expert class was a . cakewalk for Good as he flew easily to both moto wins. Kawasaki of Anchorage teammates Mike Guthrie and Greg Chatterton split second pl ace with Chatterton's 2-3 garnering him second overall. Guthrie placed third with a 5-2. Both motos of the Pro clas s went to Good while Ralph Blanchard

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