Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ul ~ ~ w Z 0 -, r..i a: > CD 0 .... 0 c.. :I: 00 00 O"l ,......; 0 ... c-r >-....... ~ ~ Winner John Houston Jr. leads J im Sisemore in the Gold Country Speedway Scratch main . Sisemore came back to w in the Handicap race. Houston hauls at Gold Country Spdwy 0-2: 1. M ike Browne (Wes); 2. Doug Mignan o (Wesl; 3. Lyle Gossett (Jaw ); 4 . Kenn Sjostrand (J aw). By R.C. Jones Mashue marches at MendotaHM AUBURN, CA, J ULY I J ohn H ouston Jr. cran ked u p h is Fashion H ai r /Coke/Tri ck /Bell / Cody Racin g-sponsored J awa and b last ed to victory over Jim Sisemore in th e Scratch m ain at th e Gold Country Speedway. Jim Sisem ore roared to an o ther win on th e last lap in th e H andicap main and Bill Zirkle kept Rory Rundle at ba y for a trophy in Division T wo ac tion . The two top riders, Houston and Sisemore, went head to head in th e Scratch m a in. H ouston pulled th e pol e position but Sisemore, starting in ga te four was still a th reat coming from th e ou tside. Duane Yarrow a n d Robert Curry were left san dwiched between the two top ri ders . H ouston needed a grea t ga te to keep Sisem ore from shu tt ing th e door atthe first turn, a nd wh en the ' tapes went up H ouston was off like a shot: Sisemore ga ted fine but co u ld n ot break to the in side. H ouston held his positio n perfectl y through the tu rn, lea vin g Sisemore p layin g in th e marbles. Sisemore tried closing down the back straight b u t Houston was o n, takin g turns three and four .o n the rail. Houston grabbed so me brea thing room as they crossed the startfinis h line for th e first time. Sisemore kept close o n the next lap b ut Ho us ton put it away on la p three. Curry dueled with Yarrow all o f th e race and cam e o ut o n top at the fini sh . Only four of the six ri de rs w ho started th e H andicap main fi n ished, but a ll eyes were o n Sisemore as he cha sed leader Bob by H edden for five, _of th e six laps. Sisem ore, aboard h is Vik ing Computer s/ A&A/ H &S/ O ilzal ll A ra iiS m i th / C i r e ll o / L o w e T ires-sponsored Weslake, cou ld n ot ca tch th e you ng H edden until the white flag came o u t. Sisem ore put a wheel in on H ed den as th ey hit turn one , making a great pass th ro u gh th e co rner. Sisem ore th en waved to the cro wd down the back ch u te, fini sh ing a bike len g th ahead of H edden . Following H edden in third was H arlan Bast J r. Bast an d Dave Faria Jr. wa s-the othe r show to wa tch as Bast held th e insid e lin e with Faria working th e ra ce on th e outsid e. Resu lts 42 SCRATCH: 1. John Hou ston . Jr . (Kaw ); 2. J im Sisemore (Wes); 3. Duan e Yarrow eWes); 4 . Robert Curry (Wes). HDCP: 1. Jim Sisemore (Wes); 2 . Bobby Hedden (Wes); 3. Harlan Bast Jr. (Gdn); 4. Dave Faria Jr . (Wes). , 0 -2: 1. Bill 2ir kle (Wes ); 2. Rory Rundle (Wes); 3. Dean New ham (Jaw ); 4. Steve Orlandi (Gdn). .By Bill Holt MENDOTA, IL, J UN E 19 Rodn ey Ma shue made ' th e trip to , nort h -central Ill in ois a good weeken d for himself a nd th e fans a t th e Tri- County Fai rground in Men dota by ta king class wins in bo th the 500cc and Open cl asses. The ' Midland, Mi ch igan native was runn in g high and h ot in th e loos e cushion in both cla sses, fending off th e challe nges of Joe Evans/Gen e Kru th /DC Cycle pilo t, Ri ck Knuth an d Gary Morel for th e 500cc crown a nd th en ca me back to again top Bobby Bro oks and Morel in a h otly-contested O pen class. ' T h is even t, sponsored b y Red Rider P ro m o tions , L td. , marked th e first time since 1963 that the bi g limestone half m ile a t the Tri-Co u n ty Fairgr ound h ad h osted a motorcycle event. T he scout racer wa s th e on ly 'Ill in ois rider to ever win th e prestigious Springfield Mile and win th e #1 p late and the ti tle of AMA Grand National Cham pion. T h e Rockford Rocket , Bullet Bill Tuman , took a ho t la p with che ckers during th e intermission activi ties. T he p ro gra m go t off to a fa st start with Shannon Wright pedali ng off th e line to lead the 50cc class into the first tu rn and slowly pull away from Randy Sm ith a nd Shane Garrison of th e win. Steve H all ma de even shorter work of the Min i class, tak ing a runaway wi n fro m Dana Cu rt in , Chris Payne and G arri son. In th e 125cc fin al David Allen kept th e pressure on Chad Barth, p u lle d · away for th e win wi th David Stan field h olding on for th ird. The ' 250cc class provided som e of th e best ac tio n of th e afternoon wh en Marshall Patrick pulled a h olesh ot a nd 'fed th e pack th rough the ' firs t turn with Dan Carter an d Ken H all in to w. Scott H uff go t a slow start but used the hi gh loose cus h io n throughou t th e fi rst lap to motor by everyone but Pa trick. Huff slip ped in beside P atr ick and for four m ore laps it was elb ow-to-elbow racing for th e lead. H uff got a good dri ve off of th e seco n d turn of the fifth lap and pu lled in front of Pa trick to stay. Dim Caner had th e best spot in th e house in third for th e w hole race, th ough h e was busy with Ken H all , th e even tua l fourth pl ace finisher. For m ost o f th e race th ough h e had " a h ard ch a lle nge from Shawn Wa de Brian Stanley (333) powers ahead of Mark Neiderhiser (001) and doubleclass wi~ner Steve Ch ildress (98) at Steel City. ' in th e m iddle laps u ntil Wade ran ou t of gas on the back stre tch . In th e 400cc class it wa s a battle be twee n Greg Calley and G ary Brennan for th e en tire race with Ca lle y ge tt in g th e nod at th e wire. Results ' SR: 1. Greg J oop (Hon); 2. Randy Love (Suz); 3. Steve Br inker (Yam); 4. Greg Calley (Yam); 5. Gary Brenn an (Hon). 125 : 1. Chad Barth (Hon); 2. David Allen (Yam); . 3. David Stanfe ild (Yam). 200 : 1'. Gregory Vogel (Hon); 2. Klaus e Brunn er (Yam); 3. Gregory Pickens (Suz); 4. Steve Vi gen (Suz); 5. Darlene Dona ldson (kaw ). 25 0 : 1. Scott Huff (Kaw ); 2. M arshall Patr ick (Suz); 3. Daniel Carter (Hon); 4 . Ken Hall (Yam); 5. Kavid Allen (Yam). 50: 1. Shann on Wright (Yam); 2. Randy Sm ith (Yam); 3. Shane Garr ison (Yam); 4. J ustin Filson (Yam); 5. M icah Statl er (Suz). • MI NI: 1. Steve Hall (Hon); 2. Dana Curt in (Hon); 3. Chr is Payne (Kaw); 4. Sh ane Garr ison (Yam ); 5. J es s Robinson (Yam), OPEN: 1. Rodney Mashu e (Hon); 2. Bobby Broo ke (W -R); 3. Gary Morel (Hon). 400 : 1. Gregory Calley ((Yam); 2. Gary Brennard (Hon); 3. Gregory Pickens (C-2); 4 . Randy Blan k (Suz). 500 : 1. Rodney Mashu e (Hon); 2. Rick Knuth (RlX); 3. Gary Morel (Hon); 4. Reed Bert ling (HD); 5. Greg Joop (H-D). Childress takes two at Steel City MX By Davey Coombs DELMONT, PA, JUNE 25-26 West Virgin ia 's S teve Ch ild ress grabbed a pair o f overall wins a t the Stee l City AMA Amateur National R egi o nal Cham pio ns hi p s. C hil dress, moun ted on T eam G reen backedKawasakis, took a step closer to defending th e two Nation al titles he won a t th e Lorett a L ynn 's Final s last year in th e B class , only this time i n the Expert classes. Childress topped both the ' 250cc A Stock and Modified classes, then backed th ose finishes up wi th a seco n d and a third p lace finish in th e 125cc ra n ks. Steve Herman and Brian Carroll were ab le to de ny Ch ildress a fo ur-race sweep by bestin g the 125cc A Stock and Mo dified classes, respecti vely . A th ree-rnot o format was used a t the Steel City H onda Region al s in w h ic h a ri de r 's tw o best scores co u nted to wards th e overa ll . Ch ildress d idn't need a third m ot o in th e 250cc A Stock class after swee p in g to a pair of early m o to wins. H erman step ped in to claim the fin al moto a nd moved up into seco nd in the overa ll tall y a hea d o f Honda mou nted J oseph Maurer. Childress a lso rac ked up a pai r o f Modified wins , bu t in iron m an-fashion h e elected to ride th e final h ead an d accomp lis h ed an impressiv e threemoto swee p. Mar k Kan e an d Yamaha pi lot Rodney Phillips followed. H erman 's 125cc A win ca me on th e basis of a 4-2-1 ta lly th at bettered Childress' 2-1-2 (a fter dropping a moto, th e th ird heat was used as a tie-b re a ke r). Fi r st- h ea t winner Danny Bla ckham claimed third a t the trophy presentation. After pl ac- ing fourth in the fir st l 25cc Modified moto Carroll, a Kawasaki-mou n ted Pro-Am, took th e last two heats t0 4 cla im his o verall. Kane fo ll owed with 1-2 while Childress took third."'> T y Wallace was ano th er two class . winner, taking home both 125 and 250cc B Modified class es. He wa s ) fo llowed in the smaller ranks I)y) J on Levesque and J ohn Bogovich. In th e 250cc class it was Kawasaki ri der Scott Darnold 's turn to follow wi th Yamaha-mounted Jeff Yaglo ski in third. . L evesque impro ved h is position in th e 125cc B Stock class by ta king the win over Br ya n Muscavitch and FMF/Malcolm Sm ith- backed -Scott Sepkovic, In the 250cc B Stock cla ss it was Kawasaki pi lot Cra ig Broo ks securin g th e win ahead of Brian J ones and Suzu ki ri d er Mi chael McDona ld. Keith J ohnson topped the O pen A class with a co u p le of wins in the open in g motos, besting third-hea t winn er Donnie Mel chior a n d H onda -m ounted Mike Graft o n. In th e Open B/C class it was Rick Cover o u t front in th e fir st and . second motos to reco rd th e overa ll. Twice r u nner -up David Crawford was seco nd with Scott Nickerson th ird. After followin g Kaw a sak i rider Ba n Lucas home in th e firs t m o lO' H onda p ilo t Jarre tt Newb y was able 1 to rebound wit h a co up le of Sen ior'! +30 wins in th e fin a l two hea ts. L ucas/.o, -gra bbed seco nd on the wee kend wi tlil J oh n McConn ell third. In th e Sen ior) +40 class it was Bruce St ra tton grabbi ng the wi n ahea d of Suzu ki-~ mou nted Eyvind Boyesen a nd Kawa~ I saki rider Er v Bra un. • Resu lts 125 A STK: 1. Steven Herman (Kaw); 2. Stevie Childr ess (kaw); 3. Daniel Blackham (Yam); 4. Joseph Maurer (on); 5. Larry Fitzgerald (Kaw). '25 A MOD : 1. Brian Carr oll (Kaw ); 2. Mark Kane (Hon); 3. Stevie Childress (Kaw); 4 . Brian Stanley (Yam); 5. M arcus Sell ards (Hon). 125 B STK: 1. Jon Levesque (Kaw ); 2, Bryan Muscavitch (Kaw); 3. Scott Sepkou ic (Kaw); 4. j ohn Bogovich (Yam); 5. Bryan Jones (Kaw). 125 B MOD : 1. Ty Walla ce (Kaw ); 2. Jon Levesque (Kaw ); 3. John Bogovich (YUam); 4. Charl es Mo rr is Jr . (Kaw ); 5. Michael McDonald (Suz). 250 A STK: 1. Stevie Childr ess (Kaw); 2. Steven Herman (Kaw ); 3. Joseph Mau rer (Hon); 4. Daniel Blackham (Yam); 5. Matthew Bond (Kaw). 250 A MOD : 1. St evie Childress (Kaw); 2. Mark Kane (Hon); 3. Rodney Phillips (Yam); 4 . Brian Carr oll (Kaw); 5. Keit h Johnson (Kaw). 250 B STK: 1. Craig Brooks (Kaw ); 2. Brian J ones . (Kaw); 3. M icha el McDona ld (Suz) ; 4. Mark Patt erson (Kaw ); 5. Scott Darnold (Kaw). 250 B MOD : 1. Ty Wall ace (Kaw); 2. Scott Darnold (Kaw); 3. J eff Yagloski (Yam); 4 . Kevin M usser (Yam); 5. Char les Morris (Kaw l. OPEN A : 1. Keit h Johnson (Kaw); 2. Donnie M elch ior (Kaw ); 3. M ike Grafton (Hon); 4 . W illiam Runkles (Hon); 5. Brian Years (Hon). OPEN B-C: 1. Rick Cover (Hon); 2, David Crawford (Hon); 3. Scott Nickerso n (Hon); 4. David Morris (Yam); 5. David Rocco (Hon). PLUS 25 : 1. M ike Postlewait e (Suz); 2. Todd ,Smith (Kaw); 3. Raymond Niebel (Kaw); 4 . Brian .l Doran (Hon); 5. Claude Willett (Hon). SR +30 : 1. Ja rr ett Newby (Hon); 2. Bart Lucus (Kaw ); 3. joh n M cConnell (Yam); 4 . Kennath Frankenb ery (Hon); 5. Claude Mitchell (Hon). Ji SR +40: 1. Bru ce Stratton (Yam); 2. Eyviod Boyesen (Suz); 3. Erv Braun (Kaw); 4 . Skip Stewart (Kaw ); 5. Gerald Orme (Suz).

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