Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

2 , ) 1 . Jim Draves (619) leads Henry Rodarte int o a corner at the Oxnard Mini . Road Races. Rodarte was the 50cc Stock and Modified Expert winner. nr £J - - - - -- --'-- -- - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - -- - -"" 'ld Rick Hunter took second behind Randy Gabriel. in the 800cc class at the AMA National Championship Hillclimb in Laurelville. Ohio. -, · -AMA National C'ship Hillclimb Series: RoundS Frazier flies at Laurelville He 3 . Paul Pinsonnault . Hon); 4 . Gr eg Wi lliams (Hon); ( . 5. Robert Buffenmyer IKaw ).' BOO: 1. Randy Gabriel (H-D); 2. Rick Hunter (HD); 3. Earl Bowlby (BSA); 4 . Jeff Yoder (H-D); 5. lou Gerenc er (H· D). McDonald bikes Oxnard Mini RR win By Maxine Casey By T.D. Deatherage LAU RELVILLE, O H , JUNE 26 OXNARD, CA, JUNE 26 Mark McDonald landed the Middleweigh t 50cc Expert Stock class win after some fierce battl es with Steve George and Thom as Petrus at the SRE-pro mo ted, Yamaha-sponsored mini roa d races at Oxnard's go -kart facility. . In th e first heat George p ut hi s YSR50 into th e lead at th e start and stayed there , McDon ald was putting in some seri ous challenges, but at th e checkers George had th e lead , win and pole pos itio n for the secon d heat. McDonald had to settle for secon d and Petrus followed for third. H eat two saw George once again take the lead foll owed by McDonald and H onda NSR50 rider j im Draves in third. The three riders q uickly separa ted themselves from the pack wh en th e field ran into some traffic congestio n in a tight comer. Going into the same comer o n the fifth lap, George overcooked hi s entra nce, slid ou t and had to wait for traffic to clear before re-entering th e C OUTse, leaving McDonald with th e lead . Draves now had com ma nd of second and Petru s third. On the last lap McD onald ex te n ded hi s lead wh en Draves dropped back after a tangle with ano th er rider. This ga ve second place to Petrus a nd third to J oel Randel. In Middleweigh t 50cc Novice Modified racing, Kurt H endricksen made h is first-ever mini road race an eventful on e with wins in both heat s. Peter Yurfest rode the wh eels off hi s YSR but had some back lu ck with a first- comer fall in the second heat and had to settle for second overa ll. Keith Fennell netted a thi rd overa ll for the da y. Results Tim Frazier wo n the 540cc class a t th e Dayton M /C Hillclim b, putting himself in first pl ace in the Grand National 36 title chase a nd becomi ng th e top q ualifier for th e August Invi tati onal Nation al. . Frazier's wi nni ng ride aboard hi s BSA lasted 8.18 seconds. Secondpl ace finis her ' Bru ce Sweigart took his Triumph over in 8.19 seconds. H onda riders Paul Pinsonnault a nd Greg William s we re thi rd a n d fourth, respectively, wi th rides of 8.41 and 8.55 seconds. Robert Buffenmyer rounded o ut th e top five with a n 8.96-second ride aboard hi s Kawas aki. • . The last six places for the Invitational ' hadn't been settled so th e 800cc bikes ran hard again . Randy G ab ri el h ad th e fas t H a rl eyDavidson XR this week. H e bl asted the hill in 7.58 seconds. Ri ck Hunter was second with a 7.81-second ride. Ear l Bowlby rode the o nly En glish bike to finish in th e top five. His 7.86-second ride on a BSA was good for third. jeff Yoder edged hi s fath erin-law Lou C erencer for fourth. Yoder's tim e was 7.96 whil e C eren cer's was 8.05. . Hunter had a secre t weapon inhis XR. He had serious engine problem s, and Gerencer, his uncle, decided to put th e new motor he had built for his bike into Hunter's fram e. Wade William s won the second hillcl imb this season aboard his STP Special 800cc H onda. The HarleyDavidsons have won th e rest. Randy Gabriel ha s two wins while Yoder and Geren cer have one each. Points to ride in th e Invitat ional start accu mulating at th e first hillcli mb foll ow ing the previous year 's Inv itational. Lou Gerencer is top q ualifier for the 800cc class. Results 540 : 1. Tim Frazfer (BSA); 2. Bruce Sweigart (Tri); UGHlWEIGHT 50 STK BEG: t. Emilio Gonzales (Yam); 2. Paul Proanu (Yam) . 50 MOD BEG: t. Kevin Senior (Yam); 2. E.T. Samson (Yam). 50 STK EX: 1. Henry Rodarte (Yam). 50 MOD EX: t. Henry Rodarte (Yam); 2. Dennis Horton (Yam)., MIDDLEWEIGHT 50 STK BEG: 1. Rob Robertson (Yam);.2 . Ritchie Thorup (Han); 3. Kevin Lynch (Yam); 4. Juan Gonzales (Yam); 5. Chris Taylor (Yam). 50MOD BEG: 1. Jim Cicero(Yam); 2. Chris Taylor (Yam); 3. Cary Hanson (Yam); 4. Jo se Sanchez e- (Yam); 5. Bill Donovan (Yam). " 50 STK NOV: 1. Kurt Hendrickson (Yam); 2. Greg Rutland (Yam); 3. Lloyd Pyle (Yam). 50 M OD EX: 1. Mar k McDonald (Yam); 2. Steve George (Yam); 3. Bob Reichmann (Han); 4. Gary Drew (Yam ). HEAVYWEIGHT 50 STK BEG: 1. Jim Meek (Yam). 50 MOD BEG: 1. Fred Baracco (Yam); 2. Sean Taylor (Yam). 50 MOD EX: 1. T.K. Karvasek (Yam). EXOTIC 80 MOD NOV: 1. Tim Tillman (Han); 2. Bill McMillen (Yam); 3. Mitch Baxley (Yam). 80 L/W MOD EX: 1. Don Canet (Kaw). 80 MIW MOD EX: 1. David Zirkle (Kaw ); 2. Gary Drew(Yam). 80 HIW MOD EX: 1. John Van Keeken (Yam). Bushman jams at Manitowoc HM . By Gordon Lunde MANITOWO C, WI, J UNE 4 Marty Bushman got his seco nd win in as ma ny weekends in AMA District 16/ Sou th ea st Shor trac kers action at th e first event ever under lights a t th e Manito woc Expo ' Center. A freshly graded tra ck proved to be very rough th e entire even ing allowing little if any passing ro om in the corne rs. If th at wasn 't en ough; dust becam e a problem later as a 10:30' curfew did not allow time for tr ack m ainten an ce to wa ter the surface. Bushman on a Harley XR-7 50, was wishing he had a sma ller bike for the 750cc Pro event as th e 750 was , spinn ing the rear tire too much under th e track co n ditio ns. The po wer did, however, put h im in th e lead fro m th e start followed by Andy Tresser on a Woods-Rotax. Steve Cham pine, also o n Rotax, gave T resser a race for second whil e Bushman built a lead. A few laps lat er Ch ampine got by Tresser and ga ve chase for th e .lead spot. Bushman had hi s hands full trying to get the H-D aroun d th e co u rse and Champine was sho rtly on his rear tire. Not being abl e to use horsepower exiting turns two and four, Bush ma n had to get into o ne and three deep to stay ' ahead. The two put o n a great show with Bushman holding on for the win. ' -Bob Ybema was a double winner, tak in g the 500cc Pro an d 600cc Ama te ur. classes o n h is. H arl eyDavidson. Results 750 PRO: t . Marty Bushman (H-D); 2. St eve Champ in e (Rtx). 3. Andy Tresser (W-R); 4. Steve~ Kasten (Yam); 5. Jimmy Sumner (H-D). . 500 PRO: 1. Bob Ybema (H-D);2. John Dillenburg (H-D); 3. Steve Champine (Han); 4 . Brett Donahue (Rtx); 5. Frank Kaiser (Rtx). 50 : 1. Pete John son (Yam); 2 . Brian Wagoner.V (Yam); 3. Jeremy De Ruyter (Yam); 4. Phil Lauer (Yam); 5. Brandon Busse (Yam). ,,2 65 : 1. Mike Gibson (Kaw): 2. Glen Schnab el Jr II (Kaw); 3. Tracy Honeck (Yam); 4. Kye Ybema (Kaw); a 5. Brian Zurn (Kaw) . oQq MINI B: 1. Nick Hernandez (Han); 2. Rick Bretl 8 (Yam); 3. Kurt Kromroy (Suz); 4 . Glen ,Schnabel Jr (Kaw ); 5. Chuck Lun sford (Yam). ,8 MINI A: 1. Rick Breitzm an (Suz); 2. Troy Johnson H (Suz); 3. Brian Zurn (Hon); 4 . Jason De Ruyter (Yam); 5. Karter Busse (Yam). oY COMB : 1. David Cartwright (Yam); 2. Phil EpplerJl) (Kaw); 3. Mike Ybema (Kaw); 4. Tony Donahue (Kaw); 5. Dan Friday (Kaw). HI 250: 1. Cliff Eckes (Yam); 2. Tom Culshaw (Yam); 3. Scan Zarda (Suz); 4 . Greg Steffes (Suz); 5. Scan Winkler (Yam). 3 400: 1. Randy Routheaux (Han); 2. J im Kirsch - ) baum -(CoA l; 3. Dan Friday (Suz); 4 . David Rou- a theaux (Suz) ; 5 . Scon Houpt (Yam) . J. a 600 AM: 1. Bob Ybema (H·D); 2. John Dillenburg (H-D); 3. Brett Donahue (Rtx ); 4. Tom Culshaw (Suz); 5. Tony Donahue (W-R). , oY) OPENAM : 1. Joe Houpt (H-D); 2. John Dillenburg ) (H-D); 3. Steve Prisk (Tr;); 4 . Gary Oakford (H-D); 5. Steve Aznoe (H-D). I SR: 1. Mark Dolacin (Kaw); 2. Greg Com stock ) (Han); 3. AI Sumner (Suz); 4. AI Beyer (Yam); 5. . Timm Miller (Yam). :g Behrens doubles at Motosports Park MX By D. Hachmeister BYRON, IL, JUNE 25-26 Bob Behrens, riding EK-prepared Kaw asakis, was th e only rider to tak e first overall in two classes at th e AMA National Amat eur ChampionshipsA qualifi er a t Motosports P ark. Behrens topped all I25cc Experts by) winning both 125cc A Stock and . 125cc A Modified classes. If The 125cc A Sto ck battle was , b etw een Behren s an d Kevin Popeako. Moto o ne had Behrens pull a holeshot and stre tch out a comfor - ~ 'table lead . Popeako stayed as close I as he could, bu t was o nly able to score a second. 'r.l Popeako charged into th e lead a t J the start of the seco nd moto, leaving J Behrens back in tra ffic. By th e 2 halfway mark, Behrens had closed on I> Popeako. .' ~ Behren s motored into first place 2 . down the long sawdust straight,'] leaving Popeako in pursuit. By th e end of th e moto, Behrens held a three-second lead. Popeako again" took second. ' .r Behren s, by winning th e first two motos, elected not to ride the third moto, leaving Popeako to battle with Shawn Huggins and Dave Brillo. I Popeako took th e win and his 2-1 score earn ed him th e second spo t overa ll. Huggins held on for second and his 2-3 scored him a third overall. ~

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