Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

and Bill y DeMa stry came off the line in a three-wa y dash for the lead in th e first mo to of the Intermediat e Modified class . McMullen crashed leavin g DeMastry and Pingree to figh t it out. DeMastry too k th e lead u ntil th e third lap when Pingree edged around him in a curve, staying out in fro nt for the finish. The second moto found Pin gree and DeMa str y a t it again with Pin gree ma naging to hold DeMastry off , cinching the overall win for this class. DeMastry gained second overall for the Intermedi ate Modified class but stepped down for a thi rd overa ll finish in the Interm ediate Stock class. McMullen earned seco nd overall des pite p roblem s with a sligh t wrist injury fro m th e first rn rn 0 ~ ~ a: ..J w « :I: u ~ > al 0 0 I- :I: l1. 00 00 0') ........ ~ 0 c-r >...... ~ I--; moto, Results JR: 1. Nick Beaver (Kaw); 2. Jr . Bivins (Kaw) ; 3. Cliff Campbell (Kaw ). 125 AM MOD : 1. Kevin Capent er (Vam); 2. Danno n Burg IVam). 125 NOV STl<: 1. Shaun Cisco (Vam); 2. Pete Wickersham' (Han); 3. Travis Hodges (Kaw); 4 . Darren Donaldson (Suz); 5. Ron Anibal (Kaw) . MINI INT MOD : 1. David Pingree (Kaw); 2. Billy OeMastry (Han); 3. Steve Aldrick (Suz); 4 . Pat McMullen (Kaw) . MINI NOV STK: 1. Ben Walker (Han); 2. Ted Campball 50 1. Talen Harman (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Tait Bakke (Suz); 2. Andy Brown (Yam); 3. Trav is -Hodges (Kaw ); 4. Harry Ste ine r (Han); 5. Bren t Hutton (Kawl: OPEN INT: 1. Joh n Beaver ( Ka w~ 2. ' Steve Garrison (Han); 3 . George " Hap" Reitz (Han ); 4 . Ray Moore (Han). OPEN NOV : 1. M ike Howey (Han ); 2. Bob McK inney (Han); 3. Steve Buergey (Yam). VET: 1. Biff Barner (Hon); 2. Carlos Almada (Kaw) . 125 AM STKlNOV MOD : 1. M ark Branson ( H on~ 2: Cass Morgan (Han); 3. Kevin Carpenter (Va m~ 4. Mickey Sergent (Kaw~ 5. Robert Carlin (Han). MINI INT STK: 1. David Ping ree (Ka w~ 2. Pat McMullen (Kaw~ 3. Billy OeMastry (Han); 4 . Mike Pate (Kaw). 5. Steve Aldrick (Suz). MINI BEG: 1. Er ick Anderson (Yam); 2. Jeremy Giboir (Kaw). PRO: 1. Dan Bonha m (Suz); 2. Frank Febbo (Yam); 3. Scott Keyes (Kaw ); 4 . Michael Goodr ich (Kaw ); 6. Jason Teits ( Kaw~ 250 INT: 1. Randy McKee (Ya m~ 2. M ike Rehm (Y.m ~ 3. Dannon Bur g (Yam ~ 4. Glenn We idma n (Hon ~ • 250 NOV MOD : Ken Beaver (Kaw) . : 125 BEG: 1. Justin McCurrich (Cag): 2. Brian High Smitt (Vam): 3. Jeff Homak i (Yam); 4. SkOOler "-tit (Yam~ 5. Brian Winburn (Kaw) . Buchli, Newell nail Berthoud MX wins By Larry Johnson BERTHOUD, CO , J UNE 19 For one of th e few times th is seaso n, all the top riders were at Berth oud and when th e dust had settled, class 'po int s leaders T im Buchli a nd Dave Newell took home the go ld in the l25cc a n d 250cc P r o classes, respectively. When moto one of the l25cc Pro s started Gene Bashline was in front but Buch li , Keit h Campbell and Art DeH off p ushed h im to fourth by lap two. Other top contenders Gill Murra y and Stacey Cook were seventh and 10th and Kip Sandell, after a second turn crash, had al ready passed nine riders for 15th. Buch li never surrendered th e lea d , but Campbell pushed him all the wa y to th e finish , while Cook rea ched third right in fr ont o f Murray. Sandell finish ed six th beh ind DeH off. Co ok led R o bert Revoir and Buchli to turn o ne of moto two, th en Revoir quickl y took the lead with Cook, Buchl i, Campbell, Sandell , and Murray in tow . Cook regained the lead befo re the end of th e lap, but cras hed sho rtl y after. H e cremo unt ed sixt h, as Sandell blew by :,everyone for th e lead. By lap four, Sandell was pullin g away from Buchl i, Revoir , Campbell and Cook. Sandell went on to win ahead of , Buchli, Cook and Campbell. Buchli, riding with a badly injured wri st, easily outscored Cook and Campbell for the overall. Newell led ro u nd one of the 250cc Pros from flag-t o-flag, wh ile Corey Cope and Derek Brown diced for Jeff Darland (1) gets the jump on his line of Expert class riders at the Snowflake 100. Darland won overall . , seco n d, which Cope eve ntuall y claimed. Bob H anrahan edged Cook for fourth, as Cook struggled to reach fifth afte r starting 21st. Cope hol sho t ro und two, a nd by lap two, he and Coo k were in a tight d uel for the lead which would last for six laps. Newell was back in fifth, with Bro wn in seventh. Cook finally got aro und Cope j ust as Newell was , joini ng the lead ers, with Brown up to fourth. Newell demo ted Cope to third shortly after, wh ich p ut h im in p?sitio n to claim hi s fo urth straight overall. Cook won ahead of Newell , Cope, Ji m Mitch ell and Bro wn . Results 60 NOV: 1. Cory Pearman ( Ka~ 2. Nate Lebsack 3. Brett Rodman (Kaw). BO NOV #1: 1. J ake Davis ( Ka w~ 2. Travi s Masca renas ( Ka w~ 3. Kirk Hunter (Kaw) . BO NOV #2 : 1. Aaron Lebsack (Kaw): 2. Paul Magrum (Vam): 3. Josh Elliott (Suz). BO AM: 1. Shawn Secrest (Kaw); 2. Lee Swin k (Kaw): 3. Corey Clark ( Kaw~ BOEX: 1. Jer emy Middaugh (Kaw l. 125 NOV: 1. J erry Dom in ick (Han): 2. John Wh it marsh (Han); 3. Ja son Lockett (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. Jeff Hopkins (Kaw s); 2. Phil Stevens (Kaw); 3. Eric Ricke (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Tim Buch li (Yam); 2. Stacey Cook (Han ); 3. Keith Campb ell (Vam). 250 NOV: 1. Brad Berland (Han); 2. Ron Houg h (Vam); 3. Mark Lu nd (Vam l. 250 AM: 1. Pat Ch ris tie (Han); 2. Mi ke Hainey (Han); 3. M ike Solis (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. Dave Newe ll (Kawl; 2. Corey Cope (Han); 3 . Stacey Cook (Hon). OPEN NOV : 1. Don Brewer (Han ); 2. Dale Schocke (Han); 3. Dal e VanM atr e (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Rus s J enn ing s (Kaw): 2. Kevin Brauch (Han ). OPEN PRO: 1. Dave Newe ll (Kawl. VET NOV: 1. Doug White (Vam): 2. Steve Boswe ll (kaw ); 3. Steve Benn is (Han). VET A M : 1. Bobby W in ter (Vam); 2. Gary Capozzoli (Vam ~ 3. Mike Martin (Vam). VET EX: 1. Shawn Smit h (Han): 2. Dave Stermer (Suz); 3. Bruc e Fiel d (Hon). SR NOV: 1. Brac Mehan (Kaw): 2. J im Fulcher (Kaw) ; 3. Roger Howe (Han). SR AM : 1. George Chap man (Han). SR EX: 1. Bart Kellogg (Hon~ 2. John Beavers (Han): 3. Byro n W olf (Han). SR AM : 1. George Chapman (Han). SR EX: 1. Bart Kellogg (Han ); 2. John Baavers ( Ho n~ 3. Byro n Wol f (Han). WMN : 1. Pam Nelson . ( Ka w~ Darland dominates Snowflake JOO By Michael Ross TAYLO R, AZ, J UN E 26 J eff Darland dominat ed raci ng at th e ADRA 's 13th Annual Snowflake 100' by bea ting seco nd overall finisher Garth Sweetland by over four minu tes o n his Sunnyslope H o ndal AXO /M a xim a /U SA Sportsponsored H onda CR500, averaging 42.09 mph. Sweetland, sti ll smarting from a tail bone injury from th e Baj a 500 two weeks earlier, rode a con servative race, edging o ut third overa ll fini sher Bobby Russell by 14 seconds o n a Ca gi va North Am erica/Spectr ol Metzeler/Dirt Unlimi ted-sponsored 500 Husky with a 40.96 mph average. Honda CRSOO-mounted Russell averaged 40.90 mph o n his AXOI USA Sport/Dirt U nlirn ited/ Apache . H onda-Yamaha machine to cla im third overall in a tro uble-free ride. Ch ris Strang cla imed fourth overall and first in th e 250cc Expert class. Stra ng topped fifth overall finisher Scott Dai s by six mi nutes and 26 seconds at an average speed of 40.29 m ph. . Sco tt Davi s lost IO m inutes in the pits changi ng a tube when his front tire went flat mid wa y in to th e first lo op. Even so, the hard-riding Yam aha YZ250 rider sti ll averaged 38.41 mph for second in th e 250cc Expert class and fifth overall. Davis still leads th e overa ll points race with 465 poin ts. Darland is second wit h 435 points at the mi dway point of th e seaso n. Mark Mill er claim ed first in the 200cc Expert class on his 125 Cagiva sponsored by Cagiva of No rt h America and averaged 37.03 mph o n a track wh ich favored Open class speed to finis h in eigh th overall. Tim Abril rode his H o nda CRSOO to th e Open Amateur win wi th an I I th overall fin ish at 38.52 mph. T odd Davis, Scott's brother, smoked the 200cc Amateur class with his '87 Kawasaki KXl25 for 12th overall. Todd averaged 38.35 mph even after crashing hard into a tree and diced with Tim Abril for most of the final lap, losi ng by 34 seconds. Results OPEN EX: 1. J eff Darland (Han); 2. Garth Swe etl and (Hu s); 3. Bob Russell (Han). 250 EX: 1. Chr is Stran g (Yam); 2. Scott Davis (Vam). 200 EX: 1. Mark M ill er (Cag). rry Ritter OPEN A M : 1. Tim Ab ril (Han): 2. (Hus); 3. Robert Leon (Han). 250 AM : 1. Dan Ma rchand (Han): 2. Tim Pettit (Yam); 3. Dan Fargen (Kaw) . 2ooAM: 1. Todd Davis (Kaw) : 2. Damon Ramsey (Kaw); 3. Kevin Lythgoe (Kaw ). OPEN NOV: 1. M ike Berkner (Han); 2. Scott Lin shot en (Hon); 3. Mike Whitman (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Todd Smit h (Han); 2. Craig Connor (Han); 3. Paul Atwat er (KTM I. 200 NOV: 1. Ma rc Bellemare (Vam): 2. Bruc e Morrison (Suz); 3. Lille Sweet land (Han). OPEN BEG: · 1. John Haggard (Han ): 2. Don Low enberg (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Robert St roud (Yam); 2. Ron Lee ( H o n~ 3. Mark W inkelman (Han). 200 BEG: 1. Brandon Beggs (KTM); 2. Wi lliam Row e (Han); 3. J ason Belisle (Hus). LADIES : 1. Liz McDaniel (KTM ): 2. A lic ia Turner (Hon); 3. Sheryl Proser (KTM). 2B' SR EX: 1. Tim Leeh e (KTM); 2. A llen Poore (Hu s~ 3. Tom Bry an (Han). 3B' SR EX: 1. Rob Beggs (KTM); 2. Wayne Decklever (Han): 3. Stan Fost er (KTM). 30+ AM: 1. Elm er A lISOn (Vam): 2. Kenn eth St u mpff (Suz); 3. Robert Chadwick (Han). 30+ NOV: 1. Randy Cha mberl ain (KTM ); 2. Gary Chaidez (Han): 3. Robert Gutterud (Han). 40+ NOV: 1. J erry Rice (Yam ~ 2. Rex Goodell . (Hus); 3. Idedn Wilken (Husl. 30+ BEG: 1. Randy Miller (Han ); 2. Ron Piner (Han ): 3. Dave McElyea (Kaw). . 45 +: 1. Roy Mehan (Han ); 2. Joe Prosser (KTM ); 3. J im Dulop (Han). DINa V: 1. M ike Furr (Hus): 2. M icha el Wadd ing (Yam); 3. Chr is Carothers (Yam). DINa C: 1. RandyZelen (Yam ~ 2. Jerry Kyle(Hus): 3. John Nystrom (Han). BUDDV: 1. Shawn Chlarson ( Ka w~ 2: M ike Widman (Yam); 3. Mike Chlarson: 4. Dave Dick. IRON MINI : 1. Richie Church ( Kaw~ 2. Gave Lennon (Kaw~ 3. Chance Caravana (Han ). MIN I AM : 1. Chanc e Caravona (Han); 2. Alex McElyea (Kaw); 3. Clay Ramo (Han). MINI NOV : 1. Dav id Fa" (KTM ): 2. Chr is Freedman (Kaw~ 3. Robbie Ver mily ea (Vam) . MINI BEG: 1. J im Edward s (Kaw); 2. Randy Attson (Va m~ 3. J ason Suarez (Hon l. Gordon hot at Shady Hillside MX By Brad & Sharon Jones WINTERSET , lA, J UNE 19 Pat Gord on overcam e ho t tem pera tures and hot competition to win the 250cc B class at .Sh ad y Hillside Mo tocross. . Mik e Ski llings took his Honda to an early lead in mo to one wi th Rick Spauldi n g in second. Gordon moved up through th e pack and sli pped past both Spaulding and Skillings o n lap two for th e lead. On lap th ree Mark Carey blazed by Skillings, wh ile Rob Robey had al so closed in on Skillings and Carey. The three riders raced up the fin ish line hill, made con tact and cras hed, crea ting a road block for the rest of th e class. Dan Luke, promoter of Shady Hillside, ra ced by the downed riders to tak e over thi rd place. Gordon won wi th Skill ings and Luke in seco rll:l a nd th ird. In mo to two Gordon p ulled the holeshot and led wire-to-wire. Bruce Sh anno n ra n seco nd while T im Flanaga n go t a m uch better start and ra n third for the entire moto, Bo th Skillings and L uke managed to ge t caught in the back of th e pack and worked hard to salvage a top finish. In the Over 25 class Gary Perryburn and Bra d Jones raced to the first turn, but both riders went wide and Ra y Waddell slipped his 350 KTM underneath for the lead. Jones stayed close to Waddell and on lap two made his mov e wh en Waddell missed his line. Jones took th e lead over th e doubles for th e win wh il e SCOlt Hochstein worked on Waddell. Time ran ou t, how ever, and Waddell held hi s ground fo r second. -In rnoto two , Jones made it a wireto-wire win whil e all eyes were focused o n th e race for seco nd. Darrell Lilly and H ockstein traded p laces severa l times during the mo to, with Hockstein winning by just inches a t th e checkered flag. Results BOJR: 1. Tony W enck; 2. Rusty Spencer: 3. Jason Smit hson . . 60 SR: 1. Rob Brcka; 2. Stacey Krpan ; 3. Steve Klug . 126 B: 1. Randy Spence r: 2. Kevin Worl; 3. Chr is Clin e. 250 B: 1. Pat Gordon : 2. Bruce Shannon; 3. Mike Skill ings. . 250 A; 1. Brad Jones; 2. Doug Alexander. OPEN: 1. Brad Jones: 2. J im Jo hnson; 3. Daryl Lilly. BO 4·WHL: 1. Justin Luke; 2. Jeremy Roper: 3. David Bla ir. 4-WHL B: 1. Brad Al le n; 2. Lenny We nck; 3 . Bart Baudler. 4-WHL A; 1. J im Shemowski; 2. Dave And erson: 3. Mark Fredrickson. 39

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