Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Mark Bolton leads the 125cc A pack through the first turn at Shady Hillside. Bolton took the overall wins in both the 125 and 250cc A classes. Jimmy Kight took his Honda and topped Nick Young and John Condon to win the 125cc Intermediate class at the Pearsonville MX. Browns Yamaha and C & G Trucking, in front until the checkers. William Luker came up th ro ug h the pack of Novice riders that were sharing the race track (scored separately) but was unable to close much on Willard or Ferravanti. The senior Ferravanti showed he would be a contender in the final when he walked away with the hea t race win. Staying .close and worrying Ferravanti was the only two -stroke rider, Kevin Crowley on a Yamaha. The gree n light in the final again saw Crowley side by. side with the Rotax of Ferravanti, who has the same sponsors as his son. But by the middle of the back stretch on lap one it was already clear that if Crowley was going to do well he would first have to catch Ferravan ti. . A pre-start jump by Randy Bereman on the only other Ro tax entered landed him a penalty line assign men t. By mi d-race Bereman was working on Crowley and finally got him with a low -line pass in turn one. Crowley hung on for third, John . Pack finished fourth. . T he only double winner on the evening was Da n Argano on his wellprepared Honda short trackers. Dan worked hard for every victory and near victory andat evening's end he had 'amassed two first place trophies and one second place. The wins for Dan came in the 250cc and 600cc Novice finals with ten competitors in the firs t and five competitors in the second. His only non-win, a second p lace, was in the 500cc Novice class final when he battled with ten other riders. In the 250cc final, Argano got off ' the line in the customary slow start and only with hard drives into the corn ers was he able to gain second place. Early leader Adam Enticknap was black-flagged when his exhaust system came adrift at the cylinder exhaust port. Argano hung on for the win over Shawn Edwards on another Honda. T he second win was another case of Argano fi~hting back from a poor start and this time he inherited the lead when leader Mark Sheppards' chain derailed and locked up the back wheel. Argano fought off Robert Akins for ten more laps to . take the win. The second place finish for Argano occurred in the 500cc Novice final when he passed five riders to gain second place and the leader, again Enticknap on a Honda, was able to finish the race without a . problem. Finishing third in this one was Greg Sowle on a Yamaha. Results PIW: 1. Mi chae l Han nas (Suz ); 2. Jesse Daw son (Vam); 3. Ricky Ham mond (Vam); 4. Dan iel Rader (Hon). 60 MINI : 1.Shaun Russell (Kaw); 2 . J oh n Dawson, J r. (Kaw ); 3. Jason Thompson (Yam ); 4 . Je sse Ryan (Vam). 80 MIN I NOV: 1. Dan Han (Kaw); 2. Don Han (Vam); 3. Ron Hin ton (Yam); 4. Dannv Lacey (Vam); 5. Ju st in Hatfield (Yam); 6. Sunshine Harr is (Vam). 80 MINI JR: 1. Gary Ferravanti. Jr (Kaw); 2. M att Willard (Kaw); 3. W illiam Laker (Kawl. 250 NOV: Dan Argano (Hon); 2. Shawn Edwar ds (Vam); 3. M icha el Padilla (Vam);4 . Scott Freder ickson (Han); 4. Allan Ma im (Yam); 6. Tom Wil son (Vam). . 250 JR: 1. Bob Pack (Hon); 2. Jake Zemke (Vam); 3. Tracey Dawso n (Yam). . . 500 NOV; 1. Ada m Entickn ap (Vam); 2. Dan Argano (Han); 3 . Gr eg Sowl e (Vam); 4 . Tony Al exand er (Hon); 5. Shawn Edwards (Vam); 6. Brandon Raben. (Han). 500 JR; 1. Danny Ritch ie (Vam); 2. Tracy Daw son (Varni; 3. Brian Dun iven (Vam); 4. Steve Sull enger (yam); 5. Gary Ritch ie (Yam); 6. Bob Pack (Vam). 600 NOV: 1. Dan Arg ano (Hon); 2. Raben Akins (Han); 3. Brandon Robens (Han); 4 . Mike Reynolds {Honl; 5. Chris Knecht (Han); 6. Mark Sheppard (Vam). . 600 J R: 1. Canny Ritch ie (Vam); 2. J ake Zemke (Vam); 3. Patr ick McD aniel (Kaw): VETS: 1. Jo hn Daw son (Vam); 2. Ron Byrd (Vam); 3. Tod Raff eny (Kaw ); 4 . Charles J ohnson (Vam). 600 EX: 1. Gary Ferrava nti (Rtx); ' 2. Randy Berman (Rtx); 3. Kevin Crow ley (Vam); J ohn Pack (Vam). Black flies at Pearsonville MX By Brian Dettling RIDG ECREST , CA, J UNE 5 Eric Sandstrom holeshot both of the 250cc Pro mo tos at the Pearso nville MX, but each time Graziano's Pizzarider Jeff Black went past to take the win. Er ic Wicker made a strong showing in each race on his new Kawasaki. The 125cc Intermediate class kept everyone on their feet as C hris Strong, John Condon, and Nick Young did their best to keep Jimmy Kigh t from the top spot. Young holeshot the first moto and held 'off attacks from Condon and Kight for most of th e race but Kight finally - slipped by. In the second mo ta, Kight took the holeshot and led th e race wire-towire to take the averaII for th e day . Garet Anderson won th e l25cc Junior race over Joe O 'Hara and Jeff Patten won the l 25cc Beginner class. J unior (250cc) action saw fero cious dicing between Vince Baioni and Beanie Boyts and 250cc Beginner Kelly Johnson. Baioni and Boyts traded .wins during two mo tos of trying to stuff each other in the corners. Baioni took the overall for the day. Mike Colbert hung in to take third. J ohn so n too k an easy .win in the Beginner class as Pat Arisman and Brian Dettling swapped second place finishes with Dettl ing becoming runner-up of the day. Eric Cowan rounded out the field for fourth. Desert DrywalI 's . Danny Reider and J M E R a ci n g ' s Jim Fowler dueled for the 500cc Junior trophy. Fowler hounded Rider' alI the way ' in both motos, jamm ing his front wheel in every chance he could, but Reider successfuIly fought off all challenges ' to take the win. Robin Young too k third and Ro n Lewis got the 500cc Intermediate win for the day. Greg Winters, Doug Butler and Ridgecrest Motorsports' Bruce Jones fought all day to see who wo uld get the Veteran class wi n. In the second moto, Butler looked to have it sewn up unti l a bail-off over the tripl e jumps dropped him back to fourth. Jones rode very consistently to get second for th e day while Butler got third. Winters rode hard to take the class win and won again in the 250cc In termediate class . Chris Peres took second . in the Intermediates, Results 250 PRO: 1. J eff Black (Vam); 2. Er ic Sandstrom (Kaw ); 3. Eric Wic ker (Kaw . 60: 1. Chr is Man in (Yam). 80 : 1. Hun ter Hunbolt (Yam); 2. Garren Coburn (Kaw); 3. Chad Clar ke (Vam). 125 BEG: 1. J eff Patten (Hon). . 125 JR: 1. Garet And erson (Vam); 2. J oe O'Hara (Han). 125 INT: 1. J im Kight (Han); 2. Nick Voung (Vam); 3. John Condon (Vam); 4. Chris Stro ng (Hon). 25 0 BEG: 1. Kelly Jo hns on (Yam); 2. Br ian Dettl ing (Suz); 3. Pat A risman (Kaw); 4 . Eric Cowan (Hon). 25 0 J R: 1. Vin ce Baioni (Han); 2. Beanie Boyl s {Kaw l; 3. M ike Colben (Hon). • 250 INT: 1. Greg W int ers (Han); 2. Chri s Perez (Han). 500 JR: 1. Dann y Reid er (Kaw); 2. Jim Fow ler (Han); 3. Robin VOung (Han). 500 INT: 1. Ron Lewis (Han). . VET: 1. Greg W inters (Han); 2. Bruce Jon es (Kaw); 3. Doug Butl er (Hon); 4. Vince Eyre (Kaw ); 5. Rick Corn elius (Suz). Bolton blasts Shady Hillside'MX . By Brad & Sharon Jones WINTERSET, lA, MAY 15 Mark Bolton came away as top gun at Winterset, winning both the 125 and 250cc A classes. In the first 125cc A moto Bolton blasted to the lead right off the gate with John Weber and Dave Huber in hot pursuit. Huber found his way around Weber on the th ird lap and quickly closed the gap on Bolton. For th e next few la ps Huber hounded Bolton, but Huber made some mistakes, giving Bolton some breathi ng room on the final lap-. Weber finished third, ahead of Suzuki mounted Marvin He ndrickson. In . round two, Chad Spidell, aboard . a Kawasaki, rounded tu rn one with the lead. Weber moved past Spidell on the first lap while Bol to n' was back in the pack. Huber had fallen and was also heading up the rear. Weber extended his lead whi le Bolton passed riders at an incredible rate. By the time Bolton too k over second, Weber was lon g go ne and heading for the checkers. Bolton won the overall with a 1-2 finish. Weber took second wit h Huber finishing third overaIl after moving up to fourth in mota two. Bolton also dominated the 250cc A .class. Bolton holesho t the first mo ta and never looked back. Doug Murray kept Bolto n honest,.coming in a close second. . In moto two Brad Jones took his Honda to an early lead, but Bolton blasted by on the first lap. J on es stayed close for a few laps, but Bolton eventuaIly pu Iled away for th e win. Results 60: 1. Brian W itzenburg; 2. Chad Simonton; 3. . Russ Spencer. 80 SR: 1. Brian Deegan; 2. Mack Vander Beet<; 3. Rob Brcka. 125 B: 1. Peter Vaccard; 2. Wayn e Jorgensen; 3. John Redick. 125 A: 1. Mar k Bohon ; 2. John Weber ; 3. Dave Huber. 250 B: 1. Paul Dolan; 2. Jim Coyle; 3. Dan Dammann. 250 A: 1. Mar k Boiton ; 2. Brad Jones; 3. Steve Mu rray. OPEN: 1. Brad Jo nes; 2. Ray Waddell ; 3. Steve Murray. OVER 25: 1. Gary Grove; 2. Brad Jo nes;.3. Ray Waddell. Ammons scores win at Boyd's Creek MX By Larry G. Finchum. SEVIERVILLE, TN, J U NE 5 Matt Ammons claimed the overa ll victory in the 125cc class without winning a mota at ro und four of the Tennessee Slate Championship Series at Boyd's Creek. Ammons holeshot moto one and led four laps only to slide down in a tigh t corner after jum ping into it too far. Marty Dyke ' on a McNutt Kawasak i and Yamaha-sponsored Yamaha immedia tely took over the lead but he also had trouble. Dyke washed ou t in the S turns and bailed off. Ray Boruff, on a Suzuki, then took the number one position to the end of the heat. Ammons was able to regroup for second and Dyke got his Yamaha going to ta ke third. Mota two had Boruff in fron t at the start. Boruff kept the lead to the halfway fl ags, then mechanical problems took him ou t of the race. . Raymond Harvey took over the lead on a Yamaha with Ammons glued to his back fende r. Ammons tried every line on the track but was 'u nable to overtake Harvey. With hi s ' two . second place finishes Ammons took the overall victory wi th Harvey taking second, Jeff Ledford third, Curtis Stephens fourth and Dyke rounding out the top five. Unlimited Amateur class ' action saw Ammons take the holeshot in mota one with KTM-mounted Mike Shaver in tow and H o nda-mou nted AlIen Cody in the third slot. Cody was soon passed by Jerry Mattox, also on a Honda. Ammon go t to the checkered flag first fo llowed by Shaver. Cody regained third and Mattox had to settle for fourth. Cody took the holeshot in hea t two and never looked back. Shaver ' repeated his first -race performance with Ammons and Mattox battl ing for the thi rd position with Am mo ns event ually taking th e position . Cody

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