Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Tom Cerciello (90) leads Scott Mohan (41 S) and Georgie Price on his way to winning the 600cc Expert class at Trail-Way Speedway. Women's Expert winner lisa Peterson (9W) chases M indy Smith in a ' mota at Glen Helen. Smith finished third overall behind Tami Rice. Paul Povilaitis and Dawsbn Ransome. Kessler took first overall, Seip was second, while Costa, Ransome and Povil aitis rounded ou t th e top five. • Results up through the Intermediates, and by the time the checkered came out, was halfway through tha t divi sion. Tripes was then disqualified and Mazor declared the overall wiriner. Results OPEN A M : 1. Jeff We inberg (Hon): 2. Steve Bissinger (Kaw) ; 3.John Morrisroe (Hon). 125 NOV A : 1. Lou is Harris (Kaw): 2. Joe Dengl es (Kaw); 3. M ike Downey (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Micltey Kessler (Kaw): 2. Jerry Seip (Hon l 3 . Mark Costa (Kaw). . 125 NOV B: 1. Brian Gundry (Kaw); 2. Michael Lew is (Hon); 3. Rich Beyer (Suz). S/SR : 1. James Haddon (Hon); 2. Cra ig Burfie ld (Kaw); 3. Rich Conner (Hon). . MINI 10- 11 VR: 1. Newton Swanz (Suz); 2. J im Hayce (Kaw); 3. Will Snook (Yam). MIN112·13 VR: 1. Shawn Martin (Kaw); 2. Dam in Pion s (Yam); 3 . M ike Vrabel (Kaw) . M INI 14 -15 VR: 1. Joel Dengler (kaw ); 2. Jay Irwin (Kew ); 3 . Rick Zupko (Kaw). ADU LT EX: 1. Bruce Deng ler (Kawl; 2. Scon Uhrman; 3. J im Shelton. ADULT SR: 1. Wayn Roseman (Hon ); 2. Howard Bromly (Vam); 3. Art Swift (Kawl. OPEN EX: 1. M ickey Kessler (Kaw); 2. M ark Cost a (Kaw); 3. Jerry Tup (Hon ). 250 AM : 1. Mark Panerson (Kaw); 2. Ja lil Lync h (Hon): 3. Rich Rike (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Stan Paul sen (Kaw) : 2. W ayn e Pow ers (Kawl; 3. Steve Haggan (Hon ). 125 AM : 1. Bill Silvarole (Kaw); 2. Denn is Tompk in s (Kaw ); 3. John Morriso n (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Ed Bao (Kaw); 2. Char les Wh ite ; 3 . Jo e Reilly. BEG BO: 1. Man Wyckoff (Kew ); 2. Er ic Haug (Kaw ); 3 . Jo hn Specht (Suz). BO NOV: 1. Bob Sage (Hon); 2. Niclt Mairose (Vam). BO INT: 1. Jason Carroll (Hon). WMN NOV: 1. Valerie Robert s (KTM) : 2. Kellie Brock (Kawl; 3 . Joy A mes (Hon). WMN INT: 1. Maria Gonzal ez (Kaw); 2. Lor i " Herrieane " Hedstrom (Hon); 3 . M ela nie Par kes (Yam). WMN EX: 1. Usa Pet erson (Hon); 2. Tam i Rice (Suzl; 3 . Mindy Sm it h (Kaw). VET BEG: 1. John Mazor (Vam ); 2. Bri an Farmer (Honl 3. John Hard (KTM ). VET NOV: 1. Bob Du nh am (Vam); 2. SCOll Harmon (Hon); 3. Bob Arellano (Hon ). VET INT: 1. Fulton Tidwell (Hon): 2. John Caper (Hon ); 3. Todd Peterson (Yam l. VET EX: 1. Terry Davis (Kaw); 2. Ron Gibson (Hon); 3. Joe Bro ussard (Suz). SR BEG: 1. Neal Weiman (Ma i). SR NOV : 1. Jerry Purken (Kaw) . SR EX: 1. Bob M illner (Hon). 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Tony Barr ant i (Hon); 2. Todd Davis (Ga g ); 3 . Jason Melton (Kaw) . 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Steve Sharp; 2. Clarenc e Abbott (Hon); 3 . Troy Moore (Kaw ). 125 NOV: 1. A lbert Sanch ez (Hon); 2. Scon Hoffman (CZ); 3 . David Casada (Suz). 1251NT : 1. Brian Peoples (Yam ); 2. Jeff Barbacovi (Vam); 3. Jimmy Knight (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Erick Hilton (Yam ); 2. Paul Vlach (Hon); 3 . Todd Campbe ll (KTMI. 250 BEG: 1. Dean M cCoul ey (Kaw); 2. Dan Augino (Hon); 3 . Nick Santana (Hon). 25 0 NOV : 1. J im W hitt (Vam); 2. Bill Sauro (Hon); 3 . Russell Reilly (Hon). 250 INT: 1. M erle Ham mer (Vam); 2. Gregg Blechm an (Hon); 3. Jo hn Edwards (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Erick Hilton (Vam); 2. Paul Vlach (Hon); 3 . Todd Cam pbell (KTM). 500 BEG: 1. J .D. La Vanc il (Hon); 2. Anila Gyimesi (Hon); 3 . Blaine Peterson (Hon ). 500 NOV: 1. Karl A ll en (Hon); 2. Chuclt Bagwell (Hon); 3 . Greg Atv inson (Hon ). OPEN INT: 1. Greg Pierce (Kaw) ; 2. Georg e Andrews (Hon); 3. Glenn Commans (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Brian Vargus (Kaw ); 2. David Lynch (Ho n). Mazor handed win at Glen Helen .MX By David Procida SAN BERNARDINO, CA, MAY 22 Former Team Honda star Marty Tripes showed up at round three of CRC's Dunestown series at Gl en Helen a nd en tered the Vet Beginner class with the explanation that he hadn 't been ra cing in six years. H e easily won both motos, but was disqual ified a nd th e win went to J ohn Mazor. The Vet combined No vice and Beginners started behind th e Expert! Intermediat e lin e and when the gate fell for th e seco nd row , Tripes was instantly lost in th e horde of Vets. Within one lap Tripes had eased through traffic and was pres suring the lead Novices. On the second lap, Tri pes took th e lead spot aw ay from Bob Dunham, who chased Tripes to the checkered flag . In moto two Major holeshot both th e Beginners and the Novi ces. Tripes was running second wi th Scott Harmon, who was th e first Novice behind the pair of Beginners. Mazor couldn 't handle the pr essure and blew the berm out in a hairpin turn , giving Tripes th e lead. Harmon moved up into th e number two position, leading Novices Garrie Turcotte and Bob Arellano to the checkered. Tripes meanwhile, not o n ly beat a ll th e Beginners a nd Novices, but was working hi s way Pierce, Thornburg dominate Ringgold SX By Joe Williams RINGGOLD, GA, MAY 28 Danny Thornburg and J osh Pierce both used double moto wins to pi ck up valu able points at the fin al ro und of the Supercross of Ringgold Spring Seri es. In th e first Junior Mini rnoto Pi erce got beat to the first turn by Jason Benton but took th e lead down th e next straight. At th e checkered Pierce had a good-sized lead over -Ben ton , Jeremy Camp and Tony Watkins. It was Pierce pulling the ho leshot in the second moto ahead of Benton and Harris. Camp got off to a slow start but had worked up to th ird by th e end of the second lap . Pierce took th e win followed by Benton, Camp and Harris. Thornburg, the seri es leader in th e 250cc C class , pulled th e hol eshot in the first mota, dropping in behind Bill y Atkins, Ken Kowalczyk and Barry Smith. On the th ird lap Kowalczyk had problems and dropped back to ni nth, letting Sm ith move up to th ird. KT M rider David Cox was on his way up through th e pa ck after a poor start. Adkins ,bobbled on the fourth la p , letting Smith and Cox mov e up. At th e checkered Thornburg had . a com fo rta ble lead over Smith and Cox . Mik e Spezio took fourth ahead of J oe Wallace. Thornburg pulled another holesho t in the seco nd mot a . Smith ran in second until the seco nd lap when Kowal czyk and Cox got by. Running in fi ft h was Dew a yn e Hu gh es. T ho rn burg cruised in for the second moto win. Kowalczyk took second ahea d of Cox , Smi th and Adkins. Resu lts PIW: 1. Josh Scon (Yam ); 2. Chr is Houston (Suz); 3. Tyler Smith (Suz); 4. Philip Brow ler (Yam). J R eye: 1. Bob Carroll (Kaw); 2. Man Harriso n (Kaw ); 3. Joby Pierce (Kaw); 4. Byron Robinette (Kaw ); 5 . John Shoemaker (Hon). JR MINI : 1. Josh Pierce (Kaw); 2. Jason Benton (Kaw); 3 . Je remy Camp (Hon); 4. Evan Harris; 5. Tony Wa tkin s (Vam). SR MINI B: 1. Danny Wright (Kaw); 2. Mark Guess (Kaw); 3. Shane Hatfield (Kaw) ; 4. TIm Watkins (Kaw ); 5 . Wayne Harrison (Kaw). SR MINI A; 1. James Bryant (Hon); 2. Scott Runyon (Kaw ); 3. Brian Stokes (Hon); 4. Bryon Gilliam (Kaw); 5. Bill y Cantrell (Hon). 125 C: 1. Scon Runya n (Kaw); 2. Davy Davis (Yam); 3. Gary Headrick(Hon);4. M ark Payne (Kaw); 5. Billy Bishop (Hon). 125 B: 1. Wi ll Scraggs (Hon l; 2. Jason Gregan (Hon); 3. Ad r ian DeM att eo (Hon); 4. Larry Bold en (Vam); 5. Keith M ill er. 125 PRO: 1. Kenny Kizzar (Vam); 2. Jimbo Loan (Kaw); 3 . Chuck Bl ackman (Cag); 4 . M ike Gool sby (Hon); 5. Mark Crozie r (Hon). 250 C: 1. Danny Thornbu rg (Vam); 2. David Cox (KTM); 3 . Barry Sm ith (Suz); 4. Ken Kowalczyk (Hon); 5. Mike Spezio (Yam). 250 B: 1. Kippy Marks (Suz); 2. Keith Miller (Hon); 3 . Randy Bailey (Suzl 4. ·Larry Bolden (Yam); 5. Kenny Hall (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Chr is Ball ew (Hon ); 2. Kenny Kizzar (Yam); 3. Todd Ulmer (Kaw); 4. Danny Payne (Hon); 5. Mark Crozier (Hon ). OPEN B: 1. M icheal Henderson (Honl 2. Junior Akens (KTM); 3. Donny Wanenburger (Kaw); 4 . Johnny Narramore (Kaw). ENDR: 1. Junior Akens (KTMl 2. Kenny Sattfield (KTM); 3. Benny Moss (Yam); 4 . Sha nnon Lyne (Kawl 5. TIm Hockney (Kaw) . SR M EN: 1. Butch Heatherly (Vam); 2. Kenny Hall (Hon ); 3. Mark Klein (Suz); 4. Bill y Burton (Hon); 5. Charlie Jones (Kaw ). Cerciello clobbers Trail-Way ST By Len Breech HANOV ER , PA, JUNE 4 Tom Cerciello took hi s first win of the year in th e 600cc Expert class in a close, hard-fought battle with Scott Mohan at Trail-Wa y. And with his onl y major competition , Ra n d y T exter, at the Louisville National he had ano ther easy tim e winning the 750cc Expert class. Alt hough Claro ence Bull ba ttled him for a good part of th e heat, he had to scratch due to ignition problems. Whi le Cerciello was taking two wins, Georgie Price took hi s third stra igh t 250cc Expert fin al , while his father, George . took his first-ever win in the Senior class. The 600cc Expert class was a littl e strange, as the order remained the same in the top five or six spots, and they a lso ran and finished the way they were gridded out of the two heats. Cerciello took the lead from Mohan, Price, Paul Crumling an d Dave Duhaine. Mohan ke{lt Cerciello no less than five yards in front of him , with P rice several more yards back in a secure third spot. Crumling and Duhaine battled closely for fourth place throughout , with Crumling taking th e upper hand. Wh en Cerci ello took th e lead from Max George as the 750cc Expert class rumbled down the back stra igh t, it was all over, except for a break down. George then slipped back to a battle for second with hi s brother, Eri c, and J oe Gatley, th at Max took over Gat ely. Cerci ello looked like he was going to tak e th e 250cc Expert class earlier as he grabbed th e lead from Mike Klopp, Georgie Price and Duhaine. Price moved mto second on th e next la p, with Duhaine repl acin g Klopp for third o n th e next go 'ro und. Cerciell o started to drift backwards around halfway, as first Price took over th e lead as th ey hit the third turn, and Duhaine went into second just pa st halfway. While Price was p ulling away, Cerciello got into a battle with Klo pp and MIke Varnes duri ng the last half of the race for third. Ken Yoder took the 250cc Amateur lead right from the start from Merv Sensenig, Chuck Wrecsics and Eddie Hidden. Hidden shot into second as the y came off turn four on the third lap, with Wrecsics moving into third in the same spot on the following lap. In th e lat e stages both Hidden and Wrecsics started to close up Yoder 's gap, but sti ll came up short. Kevin Varnes had a fairl y easy time winning th e 200cc Amateur class again. Mike Sponseller made his first start in over six months and fini shed 15 yards behind Varnes after taking second from Paul Southard. • Results 65 : 1. Mike Hacker (Kaw). 55 : 1. Dan Halligan (Yam); 2. Josh Voung (Yamt. 3. Pau l Lynch (Vam); 4 . John Winsen (Yaml 5 . Tom Skethway (Yam ). SR: 1. George Price (ATK); 2. Rick Hert (Hon). 200 'A M : 1. Kevin Varnes (Vam) ; 2. Mike Sponsell er (Honl 3. Paul Sout hard (Kaw); 4. Gary Clark (Hon); 5 . Brian Stro ng (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Georgie Price (Kaw); 2. Dave Du haine (Suz); 3 . M ike Klopp (Suz); 4. M ike Varn es (Suz); 5. Tom Cerciell o (Yam). 2 50 AM : 1. Ken Voder (Suz); 2. Eddie Hidden (Vam ); 3 . Chuck Wrecsics (Vam ); 4 . M erv Sensenig (Suz); 5. Tony Mo ntenegr o (Kaw ). . 90 AM : 1. Ricky Winsen (Yam); 2. Brian Strong (Kaw); 3 . Robert M ill er (Vam); 4. Je re Al exander (Kaw ); 5. Todd W ins ett (Yam). 90 EX: 1. Randy Shan k (Kaw). 600 AM : 1. Dall as Baer (Yam); 2. Darry l Bae r (Vam); 3. Jim Lynch (Rtx); 4 . J erry Hash (Yam); 5 . Wayne Franklin (Rtx). 600 EX: 1. Tom Cerciello (Yam); 2. Scon Mo han (H-D); 3. Georgie Price (ATK); 4. Pa ul Crumling (Hont. 5. Dave duh ain e (W- R). 750 EX: 1. Tom Cerciello (iri); 2. Max Georg e (H· Dt. 3 . Joe Gately (iri); 4. Eric George (iril 5 . Jeremy Lucy (H-D).

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