Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

en w z a -, u a:: > CD ~ a :I: 0.. Clevenger went a t .it for the fivela pper as Clevenger came o u t o n to p. Results • SCRATCH: 1. Eddie Ingels (G-M ); 2. J im Sisemor e (W esl; 3. Harl an Bast Jr. (Gdn); 4 . Pau l Orland i (W es). HDCP: 1.' Mike Solis (Wes); 2. Ji m Sisemo re (W es); 3 . Dave Fari a (We s); 4 . Duane Yarr ow (W es). 0 -2: 1. Dereck Cole (Ja w ); 2. M ark Squadr it o (Jaw); 3. Joe Kelly (Ja w ); 4 . Gary Rossi (Jaw). 0 · 3: 1. Ron Cleve nge r (Ja w); 2. Steve Are na (J aw); 3. Dean Newham (Jaw); 4. John Pier ce (Wes). Kelly ignites South Florida RR By Joe McKay Mike Solis (left) held off the charges of runner-up Jim Sisemore to win the Handicap main at Napa Speedway. . (Hon); 3. Dan Johnson (Han); 4. Jo hn Carus o (Honl ; 5. Dave Hernanskey (Yam). ~ 125 SCBV: 1. Ben Fraley {Kawl; 2. Brad Quea r (Hon); 3. Bryan Becker (Han); 4 . M att Martsolf (Han); 5. Zak Schaefer (Kaw) . 125 B: 1. Chr is Grasso (KTM )I; 2. Mike Cain (Vam); 3. Carl Zipf el (Hon); 4 . Dave Caprett a (Cag); 5. Mike Pinchak (Kaw) . 125 C: 1. Brad Quear (Han); 2. Jack Steel e (Hon); 3. Jim Slaughter (Hon); 4. Dave Dolesh (Kaw); 5. M ike Mcclung (Kawl. 125/250 A : 1. John Shay (Vam); 2. Ron Dunfee (KTM) : 3: Barney Barnett (Hon); 4 . Steve Gardiner (Han); 5. Chuck Nicholson (Hon). 250 B: 1. Chris Grasso (KTM); 2. Wayn e Becker (Hon); 3. John Mava r (Hon); 4. James Wol fe (Vam); 5. J eff Johnson (Cag). 250 C: 1. Shan e Smith (Suz); 2. D.J . Heberlein (Kaw ); 3. Steve Smith (Suz); 4. Wayn e Barnett (Han); 5. Jack Steele (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Neal Davis (KTM ); 2. Dan Morgan (Cagl; 3. Rick W elton (Hon); 4 . Tom Rickbrodt (Suz); 5. Tom Gallo (KTM). SR 1: Carl Davis (Han ); 2. Dan Morgan (Cag); 3. Rick Welton (Han); 4 . Bill Gargiullo (Hus); 5. Doug Bower (Kaw ). SR 2; 1. Larry My er s (Kaw); 2. George Singler (Hon);3. Butch Pow nell (KTM); 4. Tom Rickbrodt (Suz). Ingel~ Venegas top Gold l;ountry Spdwy By R. C. Jones 36 AUBU R N, CA, JULY 15 Eddie Ingels blasted to the Scratch ma in win over Jim Sisemore, a nd Charlie Ven ega s to ok h ome the trophy in the Handicap main a t Gold Country Speedwa y. Ingels, aboard his Peteri ch Cycles/ A&A Racing/Quaker State/ K&N Fi 1ter s /Ch am pi on /Si erra /B e 11 sponsored G-M , picked up valuable AMA points and moved so lidly in to third behind Sisem ore and J ohn H ouston with hi s win. The points cutoff was this weekend wi th th e top five rid ers qual ifying for the AMA Series qualifying rounds. Ingels was off first in the Scratch main while Mik e Solis and Mike Parsons battled through th e first tu rn , leaving Sisemore on th e ou tside lookin g for an o pening. After a lap Parsons and Solis were still goi ng a t it as Ingels pulled farther a hea d. Parsons pulled a head of Sol is down the bac k ch ute and Sisemore flew past Solis a nd went after Parsons. On the last lap Sisemore slipped past Parsons for second . In gels won goi n g away with Sisemore a distant seco nd, Parsons third a nd Solis four th. Venegas, sponso red by # 1 Bike Sho p /C ine Ca mea / R& R Bo d y Works/ West Coa st Muffl er , won the H andicap main by holding off the chargi ng Shawn Rep pert a nd Sisemore. Venegas too k charge ear ly a nd led th e ent ire six laps as the o the r riders pl ayed ca tch up. Inge ls a nd Sisemore were kept at bay for most of th e race by Rob ert Curry.'Reppert, once pa st the falle n Solis, shot after Venegas and a t th e halfway mark was hounding th e leader. Venegas hung in the groove though, not allowing Rep pert the opening needed to sli p pas t. Sisemore fin all y blasted ' pas t Cu rry to move in to third. At the chec kered Venegas held o n for th e win , Reppert was second an d Sisemore third. Results SCRATCH: 1. Eddie Ingels (G-M) ; 2. Jim Sisemore (Wes); 3. Mike Parsons (Wes); 4. Mike Solis (Wes). HDCP; 1. Charlie Venegas (Gdn); 2. Shawn Reppert (Wes); 3. Jim Sis emor e (Wes); 4. Robert Curry (Wes). . . 0 -2 : 1. Dereck Cole (Jaw); 2. Jo e Kelly (Jaw); 3. Rory Rundle (Wes); 4. J ess Ochoa (Jaw) . 0 ·3 : 1. Mike Zirk le (Jaw) ; 2. Bill Thoma s (Jawl; 3. Ron Clevenge r (Jaw) ; 4 . Lyle Gossett (Jawl. Ingels, Solis sail at Napa Speedway By R. C. J ones NAPA, CA, J ULY 16 Eddie Ingels sliced o u t of ga te two for a victory in th e Scratch main at Napa Speedway while Mike Solis held off the ch argi ng J im Sisemore for th e H andicap main win. Harlan Bast J r. h ad th e ' pole position in th e Scratch main but Ingels beat everyone to th e turn with a no the r of hi s holesh ots. Jim Sisemore was caugh t sleeping and was fourth comi ng o ut of turn two, then hooked up and roc keted past Bast a nd Pa ul Orlandi into second behind Ingels. In gels , sponsored by A&A Racing / P et er ich CYcl es/Quaker/ Ch ampion/Sierra/Bell , could not be caugh t and all eyes turned to th e Bast a nd Orlandi duel. With Orlandi stay ing on th e ou tside both riders stayed even. On th e last lap Bast .moved ahead to fini sh third behind Sisem ore. A tangle between Da ve Faria and Brian Pecore called an earl y end to th e Handicap m a i n with Solis , sponsored by So lis Ra cing, coming ou t on top. Pecore was the early leader as Solis tracked him down and passed him on th e third lap . As Pecore sta rted to fade Si semore worked up to pass Du ane Yarrow and pu lled in behind Solis. Sol is was doing a great job of keeping Sisemore a t bay wh en Faria a nd Pecore bum ped as Faria ·mo ved into thi rd ahea d of Yarrow. Both riders went down , ca usi ng the race to end two laps early. Dereck Col e fo ugh t off Mark Sq uadrito a nd J oe Kell y for his win . in th e Division Two main. After two laps Co le put the race away as th e o thers couldn 't keep pace with the q uick Col e. Sq ua dri to, af ter an early sho t at Cole, settled in to keep Kell y at bay for second. . Ron Cl evenger he ld off a la te charge by Steve Arena for hi s win in Divisi on T hree ac tion. Arena a nd WEST PAL M BEACH, FL. J ULY 17 Miami rid er Bill " T o p Gun" Kell y ca me back to Moroso Mo torsports Park with one thin g on his m in d , winl He cap tur ed top honor s in th e GTO 5-Miler. Un limited G P, and th e $1000 Shoot-Ou t. Kell y, ridi ng his Yamaha FZIOOO. outd istanced the field by th e .ha lfwa v ma rk of th e GTO Enduran ce feature after dicin g with his teammat e Rick Shaw in th e earl y stages. Sha w had an electrica l problem th a t kept him ou t of th e ba ttle. Paul Bray, o n his Suzuki GSXRlIOO, ga ve chase after working hi s way through half th e pack, but settled for second, 50 seconds behind. Shaw hung on for third a nd Gl enn Barry rode hi s Suzuki GSXR750 to fourth , foll o wed by Paul Sc h we mmer o f Da yton a on hi s Yamaha FZ750. Greg Esser of Pompano rode his H onda RS250 wire-to-wire in th e GTU 50-Miler, foll ow ed by Gl enn Ca rlson on a Honda. Carlson mad e the event a race as he a nd Esser were half-a -Iap a h ea d o f third -place H onda rider Mike Barnes. Carlson h ad troubl e with th e midran ge power on hi s Hurricane which kept him from being able to pass Esser. The big battle was from fourth pl ace back as Gainesville rider Bill Beesch exchanged places with J ohn Ch oat e a nd his Honda-CBR600 Hurricane. Mark Pastir made it a three-way battle a t th e halfway po int. At the flag it was Esser, Carlson, Barnes, Beesch , Ch oat e and Pastir. Kevin Blais of North Miami rode his freshly-broken- in Kawasaki 750 Ninja, sponsor ed by Florida Bail . Bonds, to a convinc ing victory in the H eavyweight Su perbike feature. In th ird pl ace on lap two , he pa ssed Paul Schwemmer a nd Mark Walsh for the lead and never look ed back. Wal sh battled wi th Sch wemmer for second a nd was a bike length ahead a t the chec kers. Choate was fourth and Shaw fifth. J ohn Costa led th e Novice class to th e fla g, taking eig hth pl ace overa ll in th e combined event. Costa is showing some real pro mi se; th e Grand Prix Cyclesspo nsored rid er is very co nsistent and definitel y someone to watch a t Daytona in October. In th e $ 1000 Shoot-O ut, it was Kell y coming hom e first. Sha w, still battling a n electrical grem lin, led th e first lap, but Kell y a nd Bray quickl y went by for first and second. Kell y pu lled ou t a five-second advantage over Bra y a t the line. Blai s foll owed bo th riders hopin g so meo ne would ma ke a small m istake th at would let him by, but no lu ck. Sco tt Ca n trell. who is always in th e front , was wonderin g what Kevin did to hi s bike as he can us ua lly pass the 750 with his 1100 Suzuki. H e said it wasn 't even close th is time. Results 50 MILE GTO ENDUR: L Bill Kelly (Vam); 2. Paul Bray (Suz); 3. Rick Shaw (Vam); 4. Glenn Barry 5. Paul Schwemmer (Vam). 50 MILE GTU ENDUR: 1. Greg Esser (Han); 2. Glen Carlson (Hon); 3. Mike Barnes (Han); 4. Bill Beesch (Hon); 5. John Choate (Hon). L/W GP EX: 1. Greg Esser (Han); 2. Pat O'Leary (Vam); 3. John France (Hon). L/W GP EX NOV: 1. Joe Cole (Han); 2. Ben Stowers (Yam); 3. John Cox (Vam). ( S uz~ H/ W S/SPRT EX: 1. Bill Beesch (Suzl: 2. Danny Robert s (Suz); 3. Wink Price (Suz). H/W S/ SPRT NOV: 1. John Cox (Vam); 2. Nate Donohew (Vam); 3. Steve Was hkill (Suz). U/ L S/SPRT EX: 1. Dann y Robert s (Suz); 2. Rick Shaw (Suz); 3. M ark Foster (Vam); 4. Red Dake (Suz); 5. Russ Colli ns (Suzl. • M /W S/B K EX: 1. Pat Joh nson (Han); 2. Glenn Carlson (Han); 3. M ark Past ir (Kaw). M /W S/BK NOV: 1. M ike Barn s (Han); 2. David Kamps (Honl; 3. John Costa (Honl . M / W S/ SPRT EX; 1. Bill Beesch (Han ); 2 . Pat John son (Han); 3. M ark Pastir (Kaw) . M /W S/ SPRT NOV: 1. David Kamp s (Hon); 2. Kevin Noonan (Han); 3. John Costa (Han ). H/ W S/B K EX: 1. Kevin Blais (Kaw); 2. Mark W alsh {Suz]: 3. Paul Schw emm er (Yam). H/W S/ BK NOV; 1. Joh n Cost a (Suz); 2. Nate \,; Donoh ew (Yam); 3 . ~Jo hn Diericky (Suz). U/ L GP EX; 1. Bill Kelly (Vam); 2. Scan Cantr ell (Suz); 3. Rick Shaw (Suz). L/W S/BK EX: 1. Ji m Ronan (Varni; 2. Mike Spr adlin (Vam); 3. Gary St umm (Vam). L/W S/BK NOV: 1. Ben Stowers (Vam,) 2. Jack ; ¥ A karjali an (Yam); 3. Steve Siegfri ed (Suz). M IW GP EX: 1. Ma lcolme Tuns tall (Due); 2. Glenn Carl son (Hon); 3. John France (Han ). . M /W GP NOV: 1. David Kamps (Honl; 2. Kevin Noonan (Han); 3. Igor Del Haya (Hon). SITW EX: 1. Rand y Kirne c (H-D); 2. Peter Nor lin g (Due); 3. Dw ain e Will iams (Nor). SITW NOV: 1. Marcus Day (Kaw); 2. Dana Phelp s (Due); 3. M iro slav Velickovich (Due). L/W VINT EX; 1. Ji m Reed (Vam). UW VINT NOV: 1. Jean Henriqu ez(Yam ); 2. M ike M oscoso (Yam); 3. Doug M edem a (Due). H/W VINT EX: 1. Joe Drost (Han); 2. James Katz (BMW). HIW VINT NOV: 1. George Rockett (Tri); 2. Jon Stauffer (Han); 3. Randy Ard (H-D). NOV SHT OUT (SSOD): 1. John Costa (Suz); 2. David Kamps (Han); 3. Nate Donohew (Vam); 4. Steve Wa shkill (Suz); 5. J ohn Diericky (Suz). 51000 SHT OUT: 1. Bill Kelly (Vam); 2. Paul Bray (Suz); 3. Kevin Blai s (Kaw); 4. Scott Cantrell (Suzl: 5. Paul Schwemmer (Yam). . McClain moves atOcalaMX · By Gwen Millan OCALA, FL, J UNE 19 Du ring th e second ro und of FMC's Sum mer Series, o ne of the hottest classes of th e da y was th e 15-24 age group o n 125cc or larger machines Grabbing the holesh ot was Pat McClain on a Kawasaki. Trying to clo se th e gap o n him was Ocal a's ow n T .]. Brantley. In third was a Suzuki powered by Bobb y Moriarty. Fourth featured a du el betw een Scott Krause and Ben Sanders. .Coming up from a sixth- p lace sta rt , to fourth by lap two, was Robbie Gl enn. On th e fourth lap, Moriarty was trying to narrow th e gap on Brantley wh en th e wind went o ut of hi s sail s and hi s luck changed dramaticall y as he found himself down in a bo u t l Sth positi on. Gl enn, Sanders a nd Krause were locked in to a tight battle for third. Wi th th e c hec ke red fl ag o u t, McCl ain was satisfied with a clea rcut win while Brantley wasn 't too far behind. Fighting for th ird were Gl enn a nd Sanders. Bingham closed u p in fifth. The . seco n d moto wa s agai n McClain from start to fini sh. Sanders a nd Brantley were locked into a tight battle for second while fourth place also saw a battle, between Glenn a nd J esse Forrs. Sanders' Kawasaki edged ou t Forrs' Suzuki for fourth. Gl enn lost it in th e next lap, dropping to eighth. e T he next few laps sa w Brantley in hot pursu it of McCl ain. Lapped riders soon gave McClain th e advantag e he needed a nd he pulled away a safe di stance. As the chec kered flag came o ut, McClain had sewn up th e 15-24 win. Brantley was second and Sanders pulled in for third. Gl enn a nd Kyle Myers came in fourth a na fifth. Myers had wo rked hard play ing ca tch u p after a 10th place start. Moriarty, despite a dyna m ite rid e, found hims elf and hi s machine in eig h th after some last lap problem s. Results ~ PIW: 1. Stacey Stoller (Yam); 2. Katrina Millan (Vam). 60: 1. Keith M cQua ig (Kaw); 2. John Smith (Kaw ); 3. Brad Packard (Kaw); 4. Dust in Packard (Kaw ). . WMN : 1. Laur ie Kitsch (Kaw); 2. Judy Iorio (Suz); 3. Chris McQ uaig (Han); 4. Marsha Maddux (Yam). 100: 1. Travis Blackburn (Kaw); 2. Josh Latina (Suz); 3. Michael McRae (Kaw) . • MINI A: 1. Michael Poore (Suz); 2. Josh' Latina .. (Suz). MINI B; 1. Travis Blackburn (Kaw); Loverich (Vam); 3. Noel Kitsch (Vam). .

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