Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

The flag drops for w inner Shawn Roberti (99), Geoff Lambert (235), Joe Pittman (171) and Sam Solomon (14) to start the 750 race at PIR. Jo hn Dowd (7 ) gets the holeshot in front of Brian 250cc race at the Massachusetts Super Arenacross . Gribnau (Vam); 3. St even Presley (Kaw ); 4. Gary Wilson (Han). . O.T. JR: 1. Dave Simm on s (Kaw). O.T. INT: 1. Doyle Cook. Roberti, Pittman VET J R: 1. Klaus Bakar (Kaw); 2. St eve Allen (Suz); 3. Ed Crawford (Han); 4 . Tim Ketcham (Han); 5. Randy A utra nd (Kawl, VET INT: 1. Terry Huffer (Suz); 2. Layne Castner (Han); 3. Gary Jae hne (Han); 4. Jeff Grub er (Suz). VET MAS TER: 1. Phil Gr ibnau (Vam); 2. Terry Deegan (Kaw l; 3. Steven Presl ey (Kaw). O.T JR : 1. David Simmons (Kaw ]: 2. J i m McCr acken (Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Ma rk Simmo ns (Kaw); 2. Mike Cell ino (Han); 3. Mann y Del Campo {Honl; 4. Frank Duf er (Kaw); 5. Rick Holl enbeck (Honl . 500 JR : 1. M ike Brew er (Kaw); 2 . Richar d Presley (Kaw); 3 . Kevin Autrand (Yam); 4 . Layne Castner (Han); 5. Jim Gardner (Han). 125 PRO: Pat Bennett (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Jo n Nelson (Kawl; 2. Kelly A ndris (Vam); 3 . Dall en Mckin ney (Han); 4 . Doug Belcher (Kaw); 5. Eric San dstorm (Kaw) . . 500 PRO: 1. Kelly Andri s (Yam): 2. Randy Chapman (Kaw): ' 3. Jam Ouaschnick (Vam); 4. Mike Garcia _ (Han); 5. Sean Conley (Kaw). Coen, Rudnicki on top at Springfield AX By Brian BerrY W. SP R INGFIELD, MA, MAY 20 David Ru dnicki and Carlo' Coen were the winers in the 250 and 125cc Expert class , respectively, at Adelp hi a Productions inaugural super arenacross in the Eastern St ates Coliseum. In the 125cc main event it was Coen pulling the holeshot and never looking ' ba ck. Wemyss Scott and Rudn icki followed Coen to th e finish line. Rudnicki pulled th e holesh ot in the 250cc main followed by Billy Frank and J ohn Dowd. T hey sta yed like th at for a whi le until Dowd went down. Dowd remounted a nd charged back past Joe Mikalson to Frank's rear wh eel ag ain. At about th e halfway mark things started cha nging. Dowd went down with a lap ped rider and Frank had problems and dropped ba ck, finish in g behind Rudnicki, who won th e $800 first -place prize, Randy McCann and Brian Carroll. Results 125 EX: 1. Carlo Coen (Suz); 2. Wemy ss Scott (Vam); 3. Dl1vid Rudnicki (Suz); 4. Kurt M cMillen (Han); 5. Barry Carsto n (Vam). 250 EX: 1. David Rud nicki (Suz); 2. Rand y McCann (Kaw); 3. Brian Carroll (Kaw); 4. Bill y Frank (Yam); 5. Kurt McMillen (Han). Belcher blasts- 'em at Little Okie MX by Tom Prichard MADERA, CA, MAY 21 Doug Belcher won th e 250 Pro class tonight by tak ing two convincing mo to wins at Little Okie International Raceway's night motocro ss season opene r. Moto one saw Dallen McKinney grab the holeshot with Randy Chap: man stu ck to hi s rear fender. By th e end of th e lap two , McKinney had some breathing room over Chapman, but was under intense pressure from Belcher, mov ing up from a fourth-pla ce start. On lap three, Belcher managed to m ov e into second place and close to with in two bike lengths of McKin ney. Th e foll owing two laps saw McKinney and Belcher battling side by side for th e lead. Suddenly', half way int o lap six, Belch er found a way undern eath McKinney. By th e checkered flag Belcher had managed to open -up a sl i m but co m fo r ta b le lead ov er McKinney. From the drop of the mo to two gate, Belcher and McKinney .were side by side wi th Belch er going high on the banking and coming out in the lead after turn one. Belcher immediately started to build a lead as the tight and technical new track started to take its toll on McKinney, in second and six seconds off the pa ce. The positi ons remained the same until th e end. Belcher claimed th e overall with Mck.inney: taking second and Pat Bennett taking third. Results . 60: 1. Nathan Woods (Kaw ); 2. Ju stin Quinn (Kaw ); 3. B.J. Hannah {Honl; 4 . Tony Rosas (Kaw). BO BEG 0 -1: 1. Scott Benn ett (Han); 2. Ja son Lew is (Kaw); 3. Donald Pof ahl (Vam); 4. Natha n Woods (Kawl; 5. Carl Thompson (Kaw ). BO BEG 0 -2: 1. Johnny Chavez (Kaw); 2. Jay Theys (Kaw); 3. Doyle W inkop leck (Kaw ). 80 JR: 1. Rusty Holland (Suz); 2. Ju stin Ownby (Han); 3. Ryan Rieger (Suz). . 125 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Peter Gunt er (Vam); 2. Marvin Guinn (Han ); 3 . Dave Kopel s (Hon ); 4 . Tyron Fa rley (Kaw) 5. Tim Ma ddon (Suz). 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Jo hn Wi lls (Han); 2. Mar c Weymus (Kaw l; 3. Todd Sauls (Han); 4 . Russell Shipley (Vam); 5. Sean Hammo nd (Han). 125 JR 0 - 1: 1. Pat Gomm (Han) 2. Brian Ross (Yam); 3. J ason McCullough (Han); 4. Leaaon Fitzgera ld (Han); 5. Mike Lazano (Yarnl , 125 J R 0 -2: 1. Mike McCloud (Han); 2. Randy Ritchiel (Kaw); 3. Kevin Jones (Hon); 4 . John Culwe ll (Kaw); 5 . Chris Kaw asaki (Kaw). 12 5 INT: 1. Dar in Dr iscoll (Han ); 2 . M ike Ouaschn ick (Vam). 125 PRO: Pat Benn ett (Kawl . 250 BEG 0 -1:1.Steve Ross (Vam); 2.Tom McKa y (Han); 3. Frank Duger (Yam); 4. Lester Hanks (Han); 5. Ju st in Kul ikov (Kaw ). 250 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Keit h Gaynor (Kaw); 2. Ty Ar rigo ni (Hon); 3. An thony Castro (Hon) 4. Manhew Lomonaco (Hon); 5 . J im my Abstire (Hon) . 250 JR : 1. Richard Ha mblin (Hon); 2. Ronnie Lee (Ka w); 3. Sean Hum mel (Suz); 4 . J im Gard ne r (Han); 5. Anthon y Aquino {Honl . 250 INT: 1. Tim Hobbs (Han); 2. Billy Woods (Kaw). . 250 PRO: 1. Doug Belcher (Kaw ); 2. Dallen McKi nney (Han); 3. Pat Bennett (Kaw ); 4 . Kelly Andris (Vam); 5. Jack Azeuedo (Han). 500 BEG: 1. M ark Sim mons (Kaw ); 2. M ike Chellino (Hon); 3 . Steve Loomis (Han ); 4 . Manuel Del Campo (Han). 500 JR: 1. Bruce Burl son (Yam ); 2. Bob Wilson (Kaw); 3 . Kevi n A utran d (Yam) ; 4 . Jeff M ello (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Randy Chapman (Kaw ): 2. Sean Conley (Kawl 3. Jim Ouasehnick (Vaml ; 4 . Mik e Garcia (Han). VET J R: 1. Jim Donald son (Kaw ); 2. Klaus Baker (Kawl ; 3. Ed Crawf ord (Han); 4. Jim Madden (Suz); 5. David Smith (Yarn), VET INT: 1. M ike Mc Ginni s (Vam). VET M STR: 1. Terry Deegan (Kaw); 2. Phil tough at Oregon RR By Russ Cazier . PO RTLAND, OR, JUNE 5 Shawn R o b ert i ca p p ed a rapid p rogressi on of improvement by aci ng o u t J oe Pittman in two of the four P roduction classes at the . Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Associa tion's sprint ra ces at Portland Interna tional Raceway. Rober ti and Pittman passed and rep assed during th e 600 Producti on fin al, but Roberti was in the lead when th e checkered flag dropped. Roberti ma y have benefited from a crash-shortened heat in 750cc P ro du ction. He jumped to an ear ly lead, but Pi tt ma n was dogging h is fear wh eel by the six th lap of th e lO la p final , when a downed rider in the middle of the track brought out the red flag . The race was over ha lfcomp lete a nd Pittman will have (0 wait until July to try and get around Roberti. " I' ve been lucky enough to be ab leto keep th e fast riders in sigh t and learn from them ," Rob erti said. " It 's a big jump to passing th ese guys and making it stick, but I finall y did it. " T he best raci ng performance of th e day wa s 'by Scott Fredricks, but it doesn 't show in the results because Fredr icks was pen a lized for letting an a lleged friend blast around th e pi ts on hi s race bike. Fredricks won th e first heat of th e Open Single GP, then tried a pass on th e first lap of the second heat a nd had to run off o n the exit road. H e circled around through pre-grid and over the starting grid, rejoining the pack 25 seconds down on the . leaders, and wo rking hi s way back to second in just six laps: Fredricks seemed to tak e the disqualifica tion more philosophically th an his compe titors. Mike Meagher, wh o won the class , said, "I hope this doesn 't discourage Scott from raci ng -. H e's a little rough, but he 's tal ent ed. I enjoy racing with him." Kei th Pinkstaff lowsided ou t of turn fo ur in the 750cc Superbike four-lap q ualifier, putting a nas ty bruise on his hip and biting his tongue hard enough to bleed profusely. Then, while leading Pittman in Open Production, Pinkstaff got a nos e bl eed and had severe visibility probl ems. . " I've got en o ugh trouble trying to beat Pittman," Pinkstaff said , " with o ut being half blind while I'm trying to do it." Pinkstaff h ung in f9[.S~c0l'!d place fin ishes behind Zlock Racing teammate .P itt man in Open P roductio n, 750cc Superbike and F- l. There was a brief bu t intense rai n shower during the 600cc Su perbike, a nd before the end of the lO lap hea t there ' were at least eight crashed motorcycles parked around the slippery tra ck. Brian Sutton appeared unaffected by the limited ·traction , and was turning la ps -10 seconds faster than anyone else 011 th e tra ck. Sutton, a former Superbike racer , returned to P IR in style after a seven -year abs en ce, grabb ing a ni ce ch unk o f Ya m a ha co n tingency money in 600cc Superbike on his ' FZR600 . Results OPEN PROD: 1. Joe Pitt man (Suz); 2. Keith Pinkstaff (Suzl; 3. Mark Haskins (Suz). 750 PROD, 1. Shawn Robert i (Suz); 2. Joe Pittman (Suz); 3 . Micha el M cBrady (Suz). 600 PROD: 1. Shawn Robert i (Suz); 2. Jo e Pitt man (Suz); 3. Eric Gin n (Han). 450 PROD: 1. Tony Rome (Vam); 2. Robert Hin ojosa (Vam); 3. Doug Knoyle (Vam). 750 S/ BK: 1. J oe Pittm an (S uz); 2. Keith Pinkstaff ISuz); 3. Steve Littl ejohn {Vaml. 600 S/BK: 1. Brian Sutton (Yam); 2. Arnold And rews (Han); 3. M ike Ruedebusch (Han). 45 0 S/B K: 1. Gary Crenshaw (Vam); 2. Mik e Kenyon (Vam); 3. Kirk Hoeppner (Vam). F- 1: 1. Joe Pittma n (Suz); 2. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 3. Steve Litt lejoh n (Vam). F-2: 1. M ike Sullivan (Hon); 2. Brian Sutton (Vaml; 3. Mike Ruedebusch.{Hon). F-3: 1. Kirk Hoeppne r (Kaw ); 2. Cliff Baker (HVH); 3. Andy Crane (Han). OPEN BOTT: t . Randy Shemwell (Due); 2. Brian Wy nne (M -G); 3. Steve Sanders (M-G). 650 BOTT: 1. Don Peters (Kaw); 2. Matt Moeller IKaw); 3. George Schwen (Kaw). OPEN SGL: 1. Mike Meag her (Kawl ; 2. Brad Pinkstaff (Vam); 3. Nick Falcos (Vam). OPEN VINT: 1. Reno Ort iz (Tri); 2. John Collett IBSA); 3. Bill M erison (Han). 250 VINT: 1.·Ron J ohnson (Suz); 2. Ji m Rivelli (Due); 3. Tony Rivell i (Due). NOV: 1. Clayton A shley (Han); 2. Dan Betz (Vam); 3. Jon Lacey (v ern). Stanton smokes Perris MX By David Procida PERRIS , CA, JU NE II Team Yam aha's Jeff Stanton, Micky Dymond and Mike LaRocco all showed up for Saturday morning SMX Racing at Perris Raceway, and when the dust cleared it was Stanton who stood atop the 250ccc Pro class. In the first moto Dymond jumped ou t to tak e th e holeshot in from of Craig Davis, Shawn Wynne a nd Stanton with the rest of the pack dose behind. As the riders sorted out Stanton pass ed Wynne, who was being pressured by Kawasaki pilot J ohn Posca. As Dymond pulled away Davis was holding his own against a hard-charging Stanton. Posca took ov er fourth on lap three whi le Dymond increased his lead over th e Davi s/Stanton duel. Dymond took th e white flag on the next lap with . Stanton commg out from the back section on the track in front of Davi s. At - the ch ec kered Dym ond h ad ope ned .a (J O- y~I.:.q ,gap. on. ,St,aI!.t!ln.

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