Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

In th e l25cc A Modified class, Behrens ' c h a lle n ge rs incl uded Den ny Stephenson a nd Ri ch H alstead and local experts jim Veugeler an d Ru sty O tt. The first moto got u nderwa y with Step henson a nd Behrens side by side in the firs t tum. Behrens choice o f better lines rut h im in the lead before the end 0 the fi rst lap. At th e checkered flag , Behrens held a 10. bike len gth lead over secon d pl ace Ste p henson. Veugeler got past Ott an d held a co m fortable th ird. j im Ra n da surprised th e Iield .b y grabbing the second-mote holeshot, fo llo wed by Behrens and Stephenso n. Beh rens and Stephenson got by Ra nda and started to stretch out a lead on the field. Behrens took the wi n and his I-I score locked up the overall and his second overall of the weeke nd . Stephenson finished seco nd , H a lstead third, Veugeler fou rt h an d Ra nda fifth . The final moto was a battle for seco nd overa ll. Stephenson took th e ch eckered flag ahead of Halstead, Veugeler cruised to a third and Ott fou rt h. When th e three-m oto format scoring was finished , Stephenson's 2-1 tall y scored him th e seco n d overa ll beh i n d Behrens. Hal s tead' s 3- 2 earned him a third overall. Results 12 5 A MOD: 1. Bob Beh rens (Kaw); 2. Denny Stephenson (Kaw); 3. Rich Halstead (Kaw); 4. Jim Veugeler (Kaw); 5 . Rusty On (Yam). 250 A MOD : 1. J im Veug eler (Kaw); 2. Denny Stephenson (Kaw); 3. Bob Beh ren s (Ka w); 4 . Chr is Brasi le (Kaw); 5 . Breck Powe rs (Hon). 125 A STK: 1. Bob Behrens (Kawt 2. Kevin Popeako (Cagt 3. Shawn Huggins (Kawt 4 . Dave Brillo (Kaw); 5. Tom Fosler (Kaw). 250 A STK: 1. Br eck Powers ( Hon~ 2. Chris Bras ile (Kaw); 3. Joe Keefe (SUl); 4. Shawn Huggi ns (Kaw); 5. StOve Nile (Yam). : 125 B STK 1. Rob Engstrom (Kawt 2. Jason Voung (Kaw); 3. Jo n Gmer (Kaw); 4 . Gary Layton { Kaw~ 5. Ja mes Heyden (Hon) . 250 B STK: 1. Br ian Cool<(Yam); 2. Eric Sutt on CHont 3. Tom WM ney (Hon); 4. Jon Gam er (Kaw); 5. Scott Biese (Kaw) . 125 B MOD: 1. Jason Voung (Kaw); 2. Rob Engstrom (Kaw); 3. M att Ad ent (SUl); 4. Todd Fale y • (Hont 5. Gary Layton (Kaw) . 250 B MOD: 1. Eric Sutton (hon); 2. Jon Garn er (kaw); 3. Seen Biese (Kaw ): 4. Bob Milkovich (Vam); 5. Brian Cook (Vam). OPEN: 1. Mike Stah lman (Vam ); 2. Rusty Ott (Yam); 3. M ike Greenley (Vam); 4 . Jeff Kol berg (Hont 5. John Kulton (Yam ). OPEN B: 1. Wayne Brook s (Kaw) : 2. Todd W hit e (Hon l; 3. Gary Pangbu rn (Hon ); 4. Eric Ezerins (Hont 5. Dale Russe l (Hon ). SR MEN : 1. Rick Munson (SUl ); 2. Ron Downen (Kaw); 3. Todd White (Hon); 4 . Larry W elch (Kaw ); 5. Gerhard Ward (M · S). S/SR: 1. Gary Peak (Vam ); 2. Terry Woo sley (Yam); 3. Marv Wi emken (Kaw); 4. Jac k Phill ips (Hon~ 5. Dave Atwell (SUl). PLUS 25 : 1. Mark Barn ett (SUl); 2. Rick Munson (SOl); 3. Robert Halstead (Kaw); 4. Gr egg Nelson (Hon); 5. Wi ll iam Bowman (Cag). Barr blasts at Foothills SX By T. K. Bailey KOD AK, TN, JULY 2 Rod ney Barr , riding out of th e Barr 's Com petitio n sta ble, took top honors in the 125cc A and 250cc A classes at Foothills Sports P ark Bo th motos of th e l25-A class had Barr , Mik e Padgett a nd Danny Payn e raci ng, three abreast a t times 20 feet in th e air. The 25Occ-A class made Barr work even harder as his brief pit stop in the first mo to allowed Mike Goolsb y to savor a hard- fough t wi n. In the seco nd moto, Barr was hammered by abo ut five riders in th e first tum, spin n ing him arou nd lik e a to p . H e sta lled a nd faced back wards as the pack was long go ne. After fra n tica lly restarting his bike Barr ro de like m adman to p ass the ' en tire field in on ly th ree lap s. Mik e Bro wn , rid in g a co mbine d 125-B and C class fo rm at, a lso had to earn hi s laurels as a determined C class grou p led by Mart y Dyke relegated hi m to Mi d-pack in the firs t tum . Sh owin g h is tremendous potential once agi n, Bro wn q u ickl y dis posed of riders with a fl u id style th at truned in th e quickest lap ti mes of th e n igh t. ; ~ .. f- I~ ~ ~ Steve Lucero rode his Godden t o an easy Scratch ma in victory at Ascot's South Bay Stadium. Chad Powers swep t both th e Open a nd 250-B cla sses, sh owi n g th a t he ha s th e potential to become a m ajor force in Eastern su percross. Results 12 5 -A : 1. Rodney Barr (Kaw); 2. Mike Padgett (Vam); 3 . Dan ny Payne (Hon). 250-A : 1. Rodney Barr (Kaw); 2. M ike Goolsby (Hon); 3. Dan ny Payne (Honl . 125-8 : 1. Mike Brow n (Kew); 2. Uwe Vanzant (Ktm ); 3. Danny Beck (Hon). 250-B: Chad Powers (Cag); 2. Mike Brow n (Kaw); 3. Danny Beck (Hon) . . 125-C: 1. Marty Dyke (Vam); 2. Scott Grubb (Hont 3. BiII 'Davis (Hon). 250-C: 1. Tony McMahan (Hon); 2. Bill y Adk in s (Hon); 3. Gary Renelds (Kaw ). OPEN: 1. Chad Powers (Cag); 2. Brent West (Hon); 3. Grady Jones. OVER 25 : 1. Seott Grubb (Cag); 2. Bill Davi s (Hon); 3. Joe W illiams (Hon). OVER 30: 1. Randy Wo lfe (Vam); 2. Craig Carey (Kaw); 3. Lon nie Abbott (Hon). ENDR: 1. Gary Reynolds (Kaw ); 2. Grady Jones (Hus); 3. Ralp h Umberger. BO SR: 1. Shane Jennkins (Kaw); 2. Tommy Owens (Kaw) ; 3. Tracy Nelson (Hon). 60 J R: 1. Jo hn Yoaku m (Kaw); 2. Bvron Robin ett e (Kaw); 3. Timmy English (SUl) . McConnell, lucero stars at Ascot Spdwy By Scott Da loisio G ARD EN A, CA, JUNE 30 The tele vision ca meras were rolling for ESP N's "Speedway America" at Chris Agajanian 's Ascot South Bay Stadium, and the biggest stars turned out to be Shawn McConnell and Steve Lucero. McConnell took th e Handicap main and fini shed seco nd to Luceroin th e Scratch ma in . Greg Hancock set th e early tempo in the H andica p main , but McConnell q uickly closed in for the ki ll. Hancock drifted off the pole on la p three and McConnell snatched th e lead away. McConnell seemed to have everyth in g under control but , Keith Larson fell and out came the red on lap three. The race was restarted with five laps to go a nd McConnell drove off the lin e and immediately began to establis h a commanding lead. Brant p assed H ancock on lap six for second with Bart Bast getting by H ancock for th ird. T hey closed on McConnell but he had enough, left to beat Brant and Bast by a single b ik e len gth. McConn ell got the ga te in th e Scratch main b ut Lucero a nd Lance King sandwiched him o ff in turn two for the top two p ositions. Lucero h ad a slig h t advantage as th ey hit turn th ree and h e pulled the Shoei / Oilzall/Kal-G ard/STP/ K&N .G odden to th e pole an d took sole p ossession o f th e lead. McConnell mana~ed to stave off Kin g for second u n ti l the en d of the opening orbit when Kin g eased by on the pole. Kin g tried to repass bu t Lucero was glued to th e p ipe. At the Jim Domin ic i (2Wj and David Benedetti battle in the 250cc Int erm edi at e class at Ascot. Benedetti was second overall ahead of Dom in ic i. same time McConnell was nipping at King for seco nd. Kin g co nt in ua lly trie d the insi de until he tr ied to go wh ere th ere was no ro om in turn one o n th e la st lap. H e fell , for cing McC onnell a nd Brad Oxley to la y it down. Out came th e red and out went Kin g . The ra ce 'was complete with Lucero taking th e win over McConnell , Oxley and King. Results SCRATCH: 1. Steve Lucero (Gdn t 2. Shawn McConnell (Gdn); 3. Brad Oxley (Was) ; 4. Lance King (GM ). . HDCP: 1. Shawn McConnell (Gdn); 2. Seen Brant (Wes ); 3 . Bart Bast (Wes ); 4. Bobby Schwam (Wes ). 0 -2 : 1. Kell y Inman (Wes t 2. Scott Correy (Wes t 3 . Randy Skinner (Was); 4 . Kev in Jordan (J aw) . Kot ajar vi, 'Conley conquer Ascot MX By Ken Faught GA RDENA, CA , JULY I Kawasaki-mounted Steven Ko tajarv i and Sean Conley pulled together four grea t motos to capture the ov erall wins in th e 125cc Interm ediate and 500cc Pro classes at Ascot's Friday night motocross. In th e first l25cc Intermedia te m o to Kevin Bussey go t the holeshot ov er Matteo Coestino, Kotajarvi , Fabricio Ci ancaglini and Da niel Bush. Bussey slowl y started to pull away from the pack with Kotajarvi struggling to get around Coestino. While most of th e attention was b ein~ focused on the Coestino/ Kotajarvi battle, Hira Yamamoto moved into fourth after a seventh p lace start. Nearing the halfway point, the battle for th e lead pi cked up as Bush and Yamamoto sta rt ed to catch the front runners, causing a five-way battle for first. The battle continued for th e remainder of the race with Bu ssey holding off Coestino for the win followed by Kotajarvi, Yamamoto and Bush. Second-mote action saw Coestino benefit from a good start to lea d Ko taja rvi , Bussey, Yamamoto a nd Ciancaglini arou n d th e first turn. Kotaj a rvi im me d ia tely sta rted to ap p ly p ressure to Coestino a n d soon in heri ted the lead as th e Cagiva pilot fell back to fifth. Bush a p peared to be the fastest . ri der in th e seco nd roun d as h e q uickly worked h is way from seventh to 'th ird beh ind Bussey. Bush chased Bussey for several laps wi th Bussey never su rrenduring h is positio n. On th e las t -lap Bussey's luck changed as he dropped to fourth , a llowi ng Bush a small lead over Yamamoto. Kotajarvi claimed the win over Bush , Yamamoto, Bu ssey" and Coestino. A 3-1 sco re gave Ko taja rvi the. overa ll. Bussey was seco nd with a 14 ove r Bush 's 5-2. Yamamoto finished fou rth ove r Coesti no . Craig H ofmeister hol eshot Tom Webb, Sean Conley a n d j im Kuntz for th e start o f the firs t 500cc Pro moto on ly to fall o n th e seco nd lap, surrenduring th e lead to Conley. Once in th e lead Conley had his hands full with Kuntz. wh o managed to sli p past Webb for seco nd and now ch a lle nged for the lead. At th e fin ish Conley took th e vict ory over Kuntz and Webb. H ofmei st er finis hed fourth. At th e sta rt o f th e seco nd moto Webb holeshot Hofmeister , Kuntz and Con ley. Conley quickly forced his wa y a ro u nd Kuntz a nd set a fter . Hofmeister. With two laps rem ain ing Webb looked to be in co m p lete control as the H onda-pi lo t slowly started to pull away. On th e last la p disaster struck Webb as h e pitched h is bike in a turn and dropped to fourth . Webb 's mistake moved Hofmeister to first with Conley a very close second. At th e checkers Conley managed to steal th e win away from Hofm eister with Ku n tz placing third over Webb. . Results 50 : 1. Shawn Igercic (Yamt; 2. Chr is Mc Nan (Yam). 60: 1. Jaso n Shirey (Kaw ); 2. Paul Ito (Kaw); 3. Rellinald M itchell (Kaw). _ 60 BEG 0 -1: 1. Marc Lippert (Su<); 2. Shawn O'Br ien (SUl); 3. Nathan Ellertson (Vam); 4. Robert Best (Kaw); 5 . Tom my Thomas (Vam). 60 BEG 0 ·2: 1. J ason Sh irey (Yem); 2. Paul Ito (Vam); 3. Shawn Bowie (Kaw); 4 . Chr is Bren ey (Kaw); 5. Rene lopel (Yam). 80 JR: 1. Armando Overland (Kaw); 2. Br ian Everitt (SOl). 125 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Chuck Lippert (Su<); 2. Jim Rice (Vamt 3. Ben Barn hart (Yam); 4. Kevin Bussell (5 W); 5. Br ian Rat liff (Kaw) . 125 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Tim Valadez (Hont 2. Glen Carr are (Hont 3. Steve Trujillo (Yamt 4. Rodney • Osm an (Kaw); 5. Damion Epherson (SUl) . 125 JR : 1. M ike Buff (Yam t 2. Tony Barr anti (Hoot 3 . Dan ny Fonteyn (Kaw); 4 . Br uce Hiroshima (SOlt 5. Lance Tucke r (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Steve Kotoojarrvi (,,"wt 2. Kevi n Bussey (Kawt 3 . Dan iel Bu sh (Hon); 4. Hir a Vamamo to (Yam); 5. M aneo Caestino (Cag). 125 PRO: 1. Chri s Voun g (Vam). 250 BEG 0 -1 : 1. Kenn y Vork (Yam); 2. Russe ll And erson (Sul t 3. Joe Ur ibe (Hon); 4 . Tim Cavallo (Yamt 5. Bill Cott on (Yam). 250 BEG 0-2: 1. Art Cust er (Yam); 2. M icha el Hartman (Hon ); 3. Chr is Parks (Hon); '4. Doug Voun ie (SUl ); 5. David Lambert (Kaw) . 250JR: 1. Gary Wagner (Yam); 2. Joe Armstrong (Vam); 3. John DiClaula (SUl); 4. Jason Marcus (Kaw) ; 5 . J im Stentz (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Kevin lopa (Hon); 2. David Benedetti (SOl); 3. J im Dominici (Hon ); 4. Tony Fuller (SUl); 5. Denny Vorndran (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. Bob Kline (Hon); 2. Bryan Paquette (SOl); 3. Eric Sandstrom (Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Gregory Davis (Hon); 2. Frank Horton (Hon); 3. Rob Edwards (Hon); 4. Ward Thomas (Hon); 5. W illiam Hendrix (Hon). 500 JR : 1. Jack Land ers (Hon ). 500 PRO: 1. Sean Conley ( K a w~ 2. J im Kun tz (Kaw ); 3. Craig Hof meist er (Hon); 4. Tom Webb (Hon). VET JR : 1. Ja ck Landers (Hon); 2. J im Stentz (Vam); 3. J eff Salm en (Yaml; 4. Kelly Gray (Hon); 5. Douglas Brooks (yem). VET INT: 1. Ma rk Heller (Hen); 2. Larry Forbi s (Sul). . 37

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