Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Results MINI JR: 1. Pete Zerial (SUl ); 2. Troy Wr ight (Kaw); 3. Man Spayer (SUl); 4. J eremey Bardoner (Kaw); 5. TIm Palka (Yam). 125 A; 1. J im Randa (Yam); 2. Todd Faley (Hon); 3. Kevin Popeako (Yem); 4. Aa ron Yonely (Yam); 5. Keith Petri (Honl. 12 5 B: 1. Eran Salzmann (SUl); 2. Gary Layton (Kaw); 3. Ryan Miller (SUl); 4. Ed Dutczak (Yam); 5. Shawn Miller (Kaw). 125 C; 1. Grag g Schnieder (Kaw); 2. Eric M ilest one (Kaw); 3. Craig Seeley (Kaw); 4 . Scott Fleming (Kaw); 5. Seig Voltl (SUl). OPEN; 1. Rusty On (Yamt 2. TIm Bares (Kaw); 3.Jeff Stevenson (KTM); 4 . Bill Clark (Hon); 5. Paul Bratko (Hon). SR M EN; 1. Ron Down en (Kaw); 2. Tim Klouser (Yam); 3. Gerhard Ward (M·S); 4. Tom McShane (Yam); 5. Scon Wallenburg (Yam). MINI SR; 1. Jeff Faley (Hon); 2. Keith Herrmann (SUl); 3. Troy Bruder (Kaw); 4 . Mike Zont (Kaw); 5. Michael Hollaway (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Bob Behrens (Kawt 2. Breck POwers (Hon); 3. Joe Keefe (Sull4. Harol d Boatman (Kaw); 5 . Tim Klau ser (Yam). 250 B: 1. Russ Wright (Kaw); 2. Brian Emrich (Hon); 3. Bria n Cook (Yamt 4.Ken Justen. (Hon); 5. Tom Zont (cag) . 250 C; 1. Greg Schneider (Kaw); 2. Greg Henkel (Hon); 3. Dan Menetal (Hon); 4. Greg Steckel (Hon); 5. Bill Decker (Kaw). VINT; 1. Dave Sciaba ras (Hon); 2. Joe Wagner (M· S); 3. Gary Felini (Kaw); 4. Dave Thomas (SUl); 5. Br ian McNamara (Honl . S/SR ; 1. Jerry Je nsen (Yam); 2. Kevin Hollaw ay IKaw); 3 . Terry W oosley (Yam); 4 . Dave Harvey (Yam); 5. James Johnson (Yam). McMullen moves at Canyon Raceway MX Richard Geraghty (55) leads 250cc Intermediate winner Jamie Moreta (217) at the start of a mota at DeAnza. Brown finally asserted himself on the ba ck ch u te during the final lap . The fans roared after witnessing one of the season's most exciting events. The Scratch main opened dramati cally. Alan Christian sla m m ed th e STP / Advantage Boa ts /Cal Fab / Smith Goggles/Quaker State jawa into the lea d over Billy Hamill, Brown and Ferrell. Th en Ferrell threw his Weslake sideways and hit Brown on the knee. Ferrell went down while Brown did everyth ing but fall. Ferrell retired to the infield while Brown lost too much time to make up in only four laps. The job of catching Christian belonged to IS-year-old Hamill. The high school senior gave it a valiant try but Christian, who was racing speedway before Hamill began kindergarten ,wasn't about to lose h is lead . H e g lued his bright red machine to the groove and kept it there until he saw the checkered flag. Young Hamill contin ued in second with Brown settling for th ird . Ra ndall Dance used a zero starting line spot to his advantage and won hi s Division Two heat and th e main whi le jim Blan copped th e Third Divi sion coins. Results SCRATCH: 1. Alan Christ ian (Jaw); 2. Billy Hamill (Wes); 3. Scotty Brow n (Jaw); 4. Dubb Ferr ell (Wes). HDCP; 1. Greg Hancock (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 3. Scotty Brown (Jaw); 4. Ed castro (Wesl . 0 -2 ; 1. Randall Dance (Jaw); 2. Mark Hannah (Wes); 3. Kelly Inman (Wes). 0 ·3 : 1. Jim Blan (Jaw) ; 2. Erich Fertschneider (Wes); 3. Tim Gewecke (Wes). Brown doubles at Foothills Sports Park MX By T.K. Bailey KOD AK, TN , J UNE 4 -M i ke Brown , riding h is Barr ' s Co m pet itio n- prep ped Ka wa sak is, ga ve a hard-ch arging effort en ro u te to victories in th e 125cc B and 250cc B classes a t th e Foothills Sports Park su pe rcross. The I25cc C class again proved to bethe largest and most competitive of the night with Marty Dyke working the pack to h is ad vantage for the win with Bill Davis a t h is heel s for second. Results 125 C; 1. Marty Dyke (Yam); 2. Bill Davis (Hon); 3. Shan e Je nkins (Kaw). 50 250C: 1. Mitch McCart er (Hon); 2. Gary Reynolds (Kaw); 3. David Cole (Hon). 125 B: 1. M ike Brown (Kaw); 2. Mi ke Padgen (yam); 3. Uwe Vanzant (Hus). 250 B: 1. Mike Brow n (Kaw); 2. Chad Powers (ca g); 3. Fernando Davila (Hon). OPEN: 1. Jeff Dodgen (Yam); 2. Chad Powers (C8g); 3. Devid eox (KfM). OVER 25 : 1. J eff Dodgen (Yam); 2. Neal Capps (Hon); 3. Craig ca rey (Hon). ENDR; 1. Chr is Sho rt r idg e (Kaw); 2. Gary Reynol ds (Kaw); 3. Lester Ledbener (Hus). OVER 35; 1. Eddie Sharp (Hon). 80 SR; 1. Shane Je nki ns (Kaw); 2. Tracy Nelson (Hon); 3. Jay- J ay All en (Hon). 80 JR; 1. Ji mmy Briggs (Hon); 2. Chad Rayfield (Hon); 3. Jeremy Stin nett (Hon). Browne bags win atDeAnzaMX By David Procida SUNNYMEAD, CA, JUNE 5 Eric Browne dominated the Pro class today at the California R a c in g Club 's first race at the DeAn za track in a long ti me. Bro wne ca me off the gate behind Todd Baldwin in moto one. Ba ld win put his SCRlTorco O il Suzuki into the lead slot and held off th e charges of the Team Green rider for th ree laps befo re losin g the lead. Baldwin chased Browne with Levi Nob le closing q uickly from the rear. Nob le had Chuck Whitmore in tow, making it a three-ri de r dice for second . On lap four, Whi tmore clipped by Noble and closed on Ba ld win with Browne starting to pull away from the pack. W hitmore caught and passed Baldwin, a nd as th e laps clicked off Baldwin lost another slo t to Noble. Noble closed in on Whitmore, but the ord er remained th e same for th e next three laps with Browne taking th e moto win. In mota two Baldwin again holesh o t with Browne, Noble a nd Whitmore trailing. Browne wast ed no time in getting by Baldwin , leav ing him to defend seco n d from Whitmore, wh o h ad now passed Noble. Noble returned th e favor by d iving under Whitmore a nd the two cl osed on Baldwin. Browne ex tended h is lead 10 over 10 seco nds o ver th e Noble/Whitmore d ice. Noble and Whitmore ra n into eac h o ther, a nd Baldwin took advantage of this a nd mo ved back into th ird . Bro wn e ro de on to fir st' a n d w rapped up th e overall win. Noble claimed secondplace honors whi le riding in th e number three slot was Baldwin. Results WMN NOV; 1. Jean ene How ell (Hon). BOBEG; 1. Eric Schnell (Kaw ); 2. Scooter Hones (Kaw); 3. Tracy As her (SUl). BO NOV; 1. Greg Schnell (Kaw); 2. Ryan Taylor (Kaw); 3. Jason Taylor (Kaw). 125 BEG; 1. Brian Willcox (Kaw ); 2. Ron Young (Kaw ); 3. Chris Mathew (Yam). 125 NOV; 1. Jerry Jenon (SUl); 2. Ron Taylor IKaw); 3. Ja mie More ta (Kaw l. 125 INT; 1. Charlie Flipp en (Kaw). 125 PRO; 1. Eric Browne (Kaw); 2. Levi Noble (Kaw ). . 250 BEG: 1. Dea" Mceauley (Kaw ); 2. M ike Sohrt { S Ul ~ 3. Karen Raskin (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Bill Sauro (Hon); 2. Chuck Gunte r (Suz); 3. Ken Gray (Kaw) . 250 INT; 1. Ja mie Mo reta (Kaw); 2. Merl e Hammer (Yam); 3. Richard Geraghty (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Todd Baldwin (SUl ); 2. Chuck Whitmore (SUl). 500 INT; 1. Gerage Andrews (Hon). VET BEG; 1. James Earhart (Hon); 2. Jim M cCue; 3. Bob Zimmon (Hon). VET NOV; 1. Ron Taylor (Kaw t 2. Kirk Matkin (Hon); 3. M ichael M art in (Yam). VET INT; 1. St eve Donovan (Hon); 2. Noel Woolard (Hon); 3. Frank M ierau (Hon). Downen perfect at Motosports Park MX By Don Hachmeister BYRON , IL, JUNE 5 Ro n Down en took a perfect 1-1 score to win the Senior Men's class at Mo torsports Par k. , At the dro p of the first m ot a gate, Down en took the lead. Tim Klauser gated seco n d and Scott Wa llenberg started third. Klauser stayed close to Down en , hopin g to take advantage of any m istakes th e, leader m ight make. b ut Downen rode a flawless mota, stretching th e lead lap by lap. With Down en and Klauser cruising in the top spots, jim j ohns on pushed his Honda into th ird p ast Wa llenberg. Gerhart Ward a nd Peted Rei tsch, after a second lap get-off, tried to mount a charge fro m far back in the pack. Through the middle laps, Wallenberg, Ward and j ohnson traded the third spot. By the ch eckered flag, Ward took over third, Wa llenberg held fourth and Reitsch moved past j ohnson for fifth. Klauser 'ju m ped o ut 10 a n ea rly lead in th e seco n d mala. Midway th rough th e fir st lap, Klauser stalled h is Yamah a, dropping back to fifth and rel inqui sh in g hi s lead to Down en . Brad Nordlof moved into seco nd with j ohnson th ird and R ich ar d Poplawski fourth. Wallenberg h eld e ig h th be h in d T om McSha ne and Ward. Klauser resta rted and quickl y got by P oplawski and johnson to ch a llen ge Nordlof for the second spot. Whil e Nord lof and Klauser exchanged passes, Downen pulled a way. O n the final lap, Nordlof moved past Kla user for the last tim e to finish th e mota second behi nd Down en . Klauser , McShane and Pop lawski rounded o u t th e top five. Wa llenberg finis hed sev enth behind Ward. Down en captured the to p spot overa ll. Kla user finishe d th e day seco nd, Ward th ird , McShan e fou rth and Wa llenberg's .4-7 ea rned h im a fifth. By Karen Guthrie PHOENIX, AZ, J UNE 5 Pa t McMulle n won the Mini Amateur Stock and Modified classes a t Canyon Raceway, and th e righ t to ra ce in National competition a t Ponca City in August. Min i Stock a nd Mini Amateur Modified ro unds a lso q ua li fied Billy DeMas rry and David P in gr ee (als o o n Ka wa sa kis). Pingree, u nder handicap of a broken left arm, wa s unable to participate in the usual " tag team" game he and McMullen are used to, bu t still ma naged to look good, McMullen made an impressive pass in mi dair in the last mota showing great skill an d aggressive. ness for a ri der h is age. In the Mini Begin n er class it was Yamaha rider Erick An derson who rose to th e front of the p ack for first pla ce, le tti ng H o nda ri de rs Ted Ca mpb ell a n d Chr is Vig il have seco nd and th ird. J immy Button - looking as if he was born on a H onda - took first place in the I25cc Am ateur Stock and . 125 Amateur Modified classes. T en sion was h igh in th e Pee Wee class whe n , in the secon d "mo to, j essie Baldwi n took the edge over older and m ore experienced Nick Beaver . H e managed to stay o ut in front for a while, bu t in the last lap Beaver m anaged to regain h is p lace, defea ting Bal dwin by only a sm all margin. The Open Non-Pro and Vet classes wound up th e evening with Sparky Sparks taking Open Non-Pro firs t on his Kawasaki. Robbie Lovas and Ray Moore placed seco nd and third. Vet class first place went to Biff Berner. Results 250 AM STK: 1. Jim Hale (SUl); 2. Randy McKee (Yam); 3. Dannon Burg (Yam). 250 NOV STK: 1. Brian Aliasson (Hon); 2. Alian Yellowhair (Hon); 3. Ajay Harry (Hon). J R CYCLE A : 1. Jason Mathews (Kaw); 2. B.J . Parrish (Kaw). JR CYCLE B: 1. Dylan Guthrie (Kawl 2. Travis Williams (Hon); 3. Cliff Campbell (Kaw ). MINI AM STK;: 1. Pat McM ull en (Kaw); 2. Bill y DeMa stry (Hon); 3. David Pingree (Kaw). MINI NOV STK: 1. Tom Johnson (Yam); 2. Derek Geist (Yam); 3. Terry Kennedy (Kaw): 126 AM STK: 1. Jimmy Bunons (Hon); 2. Mark Brannon (Hon); 3. Chip Young (Hon). 125 NOV STK: 1. Jeff Griff en (Hon); 2. Keit h Noyles (Kaw); 3. J ason Hankins (Hon). 125 B: 1. J usti n McCurr ick (Cag); 2. Troy BiVens (Hon); 3. J udd Denney (Hon). 250 B: 1. Randy McKee (Kaw); 2. Greg King (Kaw );'3. David Edwards (Kaw) . MINI BEG: - 1. Eric Anderson (Yam); 2. Ted Campbell (Hon); 3. Chris Vigil (Hon). , JR B MOD; 1. Scott Young (Hon); 2. Dylan Guthrie (Kaw); 3. Mike Zimmer (Kaw). PIW:' 1. Nick Beaver (Yam); 2. Jessie Baldwin (Yam); 3. Dustin Pingree (Yam~. 250 AM MOD : 1. J im Hale (SUl); 2. Steve Akers (Kaw); 3. Dannon Burg (Yam). 125 NOV MOD : 1. Keith Noyes (Kaw); 2. Dane Parker (Yam); 3. Earl Gogereau (Hon). PRO SweEP; 1. Brent W ineland (Hon); 2. Kerry Mulligan (Hon); 3. Kyle Killebrew (Yam). 125 AM MOD; 1. Jimmy Bunons (Hon); 2. Kris Towe r (Yam); 3. Brandon Saprling (Yam).

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