Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Mickey Fay (13) announced his retirement from profe.ssional r~cing and went out as a winner in the Expert class at the Chehalis Half Mlle. took second p lace a nd by inches. At the flag it was Kelt Bass, . Yeo, Mul key, Autrey. Results . Jeff Yoder and his Harley-Davidson X~ ed.ged ou~ TC!m Reiser for third place at the fourth round of the AMA Hlllchmb senes In New York. AMA National C'ship Hillclimb Series: Round Four Williams, Gerencer fake Castle Creek Hillc'imb By Maxine Casey MORNELL , NY, JUNE 19 Greg Williams go~ his second win of the season 10 the 540cc class and Lou Gerencer nailed down his first for the 800cc class on the rocky slopes of the 360 foot hill on Castle Creek. The steep h ill has two mean brea kers that threw ' several fast ri ders ou t of bo u nds. For this reason, the fastest . ride of the day didn't count. BSA rider Tim Frazier held the lead at the end of the first round with an 8.00 second ride. Williams was in third place with a time of 8.0336 seconds, just .0003 seconds slower than Triumph rider DOl;lg Klont. Williams got his STP Speaal Honda smoking in the second round and turned a time of 7.84 seconds and was the only 540cc rider to break into the sevens. Frazier held on for second and Klont for third. Bruce Sweigart finished fourth aboard his Triumph while Paul Pinsonnault, on a Honda, was fifth. • The. 800s really flew. Ger~ncer's second ride stopped the clock m 6.5.1 seconds. John .Willia ms too~ h.ts STP Special Honda over the hill m 6.57 seconds for second place. Jeff Yoder on a XR H-D, climbed in 6.60 seconds, edging Tom Reiser 's 6..69second ride for third place. Reiser also rides an XR H-D. Fifth place went to STP Special Hondamounted Wade Williams who had a 6.74 second ride. The top 12 riders in the 800cc class beat the winner of the 540cc class and this doesn't happen of ten. Resu lts . 32 540: 1. Greg W illiams (Hon)2. Tim Frazier (BSA) 3. Doug Klont (Tri) 4. Bruce Sw eigart (Tn) 5. Paul Pinsonnault (Hon). . . 800: 1. Lou Gerencer (H-D); 2. John Williams (Hont 3. Jeff Yoder (H-D); 4 . Tom Reiser (H-D); 5. Wade Williams (H-D). Fay says farewell at Chehalis HM By Derryl Anderson CHEHAUS, WA, J U N E 19 . Mickey Fay, who an~ounced .h ls retirement from professional racing today, went out in gra.nd style as he won the main event in the Expert class at the Chehalis Half Mile put on by the ML SL Helen's M/C Club. In the Expert heat race, Fay got the holeshot followed by Marty Zirbel; Kirk Strong, De~ Schnitzer and A.J. Eschwig. Within a lap , Strong slid u nder Zirbel and went looking for Fay, who was not to be caught. With two laps to go, Strong's tire valve stem spun off and he finished at half speed. Taking the checkers were Fay then Zirbel and Eschwig. Twelve riders lined up for the Expert main event with Zirbel getting the initial lead ahead .of Fay, Eschwig, Rod Rey~olds, Mike Sulliva n and Strong. Kit Farley dr~pped out just as Fay b lew by Zirbel. Eschwig passed Zirbel a lap later. Fay and Eschwig went out to a 30.-yard lead while Zirbel led Su l Iivan , Reynolds and Strong. Eschwig stuck to Fay like glue but never pulled even with him. The once beautiful, 70-foot wide track was now chewed up and geltin~ some ruts in the comers. On lap SIX, Fay came out of turn four and caught a rut which launched him into the air sideways. However, he never let off the gas and landed with the power on, keeping his co~po.sure to .th e checkered flag. Finishing behind him were Eschwig, Zirbel, Sullivan, Reynolds and Strong. In the J u n ior class main Dean . Autrey got the holeshot followed by Troy Yeo and Speedy Kell. Within the first lap, Yeo took over the lead but Kell took it away from him moments later. After the wild start, Kell went out to a comfortable lead while Yeo and Garth Mulkey continually traded positions with Yeo barely ge tting the advantage.. With two laps to go, Kevin Bass got by Mulkey and started to reel in Yeo. Coming out of turn four, Bass pulled up next to Yeo and they rode to the finish line side by side. Bass 50 : 1. J osh Currey; 2. J imm y Ragsdale. 60 : 1. Beau Manley; 2. J eremy Morse; 3. Darr en Belcourt; 4. Jason Burchett . . 80 : 1. Ryan And erson; 2. Josh Welsh; 3. Kevon Belcourt; 4. Noah Kirkla nd. 125 : 1. J .P. Simo nsen' 2. Ryan Ande rson . . +30 B: 1. Jim Roseth; 2. Jeff Str utz. . +30 A: 1. Matt Holm ; 2. J ohn Engeloke: 3. Tim Bace. AM : 1. Tim Williams; 2. Joh n Br adf' Ie!;' 3 . 250 18 Craig Bowma n. . . OPEN A: 1. John Engeloke; 2. John Bradf ield; 3. Ed Bayers. K' k +40: Dick Laroy; 2. Rag.... Stanley; 3. Dan ." . 750 lWIN: 1. M ike Sull ivan; 2. Marty Zirbell; 3. Ron Ad ams; 4 . J erry Halvorson. PRO-AM : Dan Stanley; 2. Jeff Russell; 3 . Tony Thom; 4 . Chri s Sta ley. JR: 1. Speedy Kell; 2. Kevin Bass; 3. Troy Yeo; 4. Garth Mulkey; 5. Dean Autrey. . EX: 1. Mickey Fay; 2. A.J . Eschwlg; 3. Marty Zirbel; 4 . Mika Sull ivan; 5. Rod Reynolds. Bastin smokes 'em at Lawrenceburg ST By Steven E. Smith LAWRENCEBURG, IN, J U N E 24 Joe Basti n of Rising Sun, Ind ia na, riding for Jack's Motorcycle Sales and winner of his heat, went headto-head with Pat Behrle. iwinner of the second heat in the 250cc class at Lawrenceburg. Behrle took an early lead with Bastin hangi ng on trying to find a hole only to get shut out at each tur!1' With one more ro und to go, Bastin hooked u p and shot under Behrle to snatch the lead.. No time fo~ a recovery, Bastin shot across the line under the flag for the win. Phil Pa lmer returned to the track this week but couldn't get it together enough for his usual front r?w nde but did take a third for the night. In Open B action Frank Humphries had the key to the front door and used it twice. Midway through the feature a show stopping pile-up caused 'a restart. Ian Segedy couldn't take advantage of the restart having to leave the lead to Humphries and worry about holding off John Denny in a last lap dash for the flag. Pat Behrle and Grady Phillips traded the front spot lap-after-lap and often traded off at each turn, with Nicky Sterling right behind looking for the front runners to cross each other up, but as the feature lap count ra n out, between turn three and four it was Beh rl e inching under Phillips and in the run for the flag pulled across the line first. Results 80 : 1. Dani el Dotsin; 2. Samuel ~; 3. Man Auxier; 4. Brian Knippe nbe rg; 5. Ro Strei cher. . 125/250: 1. Joe Basti n; 2. Pat Behr le; 3. Phli l Palmer; 4. Mark Bastin; 5. Tommy Hensler. OPEN B: 1. Frank Hum phries; 2. Ian S~ 3. J ohn Denn y; 4 . Mike Da niels; 5 . William Montgome~ 'cky OPEN: 1. Pat Behrl e; 2. Grady Phillips; 3. NI St....ling; 4. M ichae l 8uller; 5. Herschel Bankert. . ICing cruises at Inland Motor Spdwy By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDI NO, CA, JUNE 22 Lance King made a triumphant return from the British League by posting the Scratch main victory before a crowd of more than 3300 fa ns at John LaDouceur's Inland Motor Speedway. King, riding the G?ld's Gym/ Silkolene/JT Racing/Simpson ~M. came into the four lap mam having won all of his Scratch and Handicap preliminaries, but was beaten into the first bend by Bobby Schwartz. King, catching an incredible drive: as they exited the second tum, wheehed b y Schwartz and into the lead. Schwartz came down low near the end of the first circuit but Kin g maintained a shaky lead as they hit the first bend on lap two. Bernie Tusko led Scott Bra n t and Bast at the beginning of the H an dicap. Ed Castro plowed through ~e cushion and took Bas t for third before they reached the end o f the opening la p. King bo bbled and pulled a cou ple of small w heelies , bu t before Schwartz could take advantage o f the situa tio n, King got it back toge ther and moved away. From that pomt on King rode perfectly and took th e win with room to spare. Schwartz took second with Brad O x ley and \ Ba rt Bast rounding out th e field. King charged into third by the end of lap two when he passed Castro. Brant tried to get Tusko through the first five circuits but the lea der , riding the KWIZISanta Ana Suzuki/ Pro Design jawa, continually stymied his challenges. Tusko moved away on lap six and scored the win with room to spare. Kmg caught and took a shot at Brant on the final la p but he was denied second place. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Lance Kin g (GM); 2. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 3. Brad Oxley (Wes); 4. Bart Bast • (Wes). HDCP: 1. Bern ie Tusko (Jaw): 2. Scott Brant (Wes); 3. Lance King (GM~ 4. Ed Castro (Was)). 0 -2: 1. Steve Russell (Jaw): 2. Bob Bechto ld (Wes); 3. Kelly Inman (Wes). 0 -3 : 1. Brian Pappalardo (Wes). , PfetzIng chases down Ascot Spdwy win By Scott Daloisio GA R DENA, CA, JUNE 23 Robert P fetzing had been followin g Bob by Schwartz around the southern . California speedway ovals for over a week bu t at Chris Agajanian's Ascot South Bay Stadium Pfetzing got tired of. chasing a nd asse rted .. himself to wm the Scratch mam,

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