Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

MINI C: 1. Josh Hinson IHon); 2. Michael McRae (Kaw); 3. Chris Brown (Kaw); 4. Jonathan Burrell (Suz); 5. Brad Packard (Hon). 125 B: 1. T.J. Brantley IKaw); 2. Bobby Moriarty (Suz); 3. Ben Sanders (Kaw); 4. Jeff Sturdevant (Kaw ); 5. Robbia Glenn (Yam): 125 C: 1. Barry Sanders (Suz); 2. Mika Tidey (Yam); 3. Brad Stoller (Suz); 4. Wayn e Bingham (Hon) ; 5. Steven Starmant (Suz ). 250 /0PEN A : 1. Kyle TalientISuz). 250 B: 1. Pat McCla in IKaw); 2. Todd Wilder (Hon); 3. Mark Bazinet (Kaw); 4. Jo hn Page IHon). 250 C: 1. Brett Singer (yam); 2. Jesse Forrs ( Suz~ 3. Rodney Reber (Hon); 4 . Scott Krause (Suz); 5. David Prince (Hon). SR: 1. Paul Shaddi x (Yam); 2. John Bekanich (Kaw); 3. Todd Hunt ( Hon~ 4 . Henry Prin ce (Hon); 5. Charlie Turner (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Mark Bazinet: 2. Michael Mims; 3. Mitchel Holstein (Hon). 15-24 : 1. Pat McClain; 2. T.J. Brant ley (Kaw); 3. Ben Sanders (Kaw); 4 . Robbie Glenn (Yam); 5. Scott Krause ISuz). 25+: 1. Michael M ims (Suz); 2. Chris Nelson (Yam); 3. Reed Smith (Yam); 4 . Todd Wilder (Hon): 12·15 : 1. Rob Cassube; 2. Barry Sanders (Suz); 3. Scot Robinson (Hon); 4 . Todd Rion (Yam). Chisham survives for La wrenceburg ST win ~ >en ~ o :I: Do Bry an Adam s accepted his award for SETRA ' s top hare scrambles rider of the 1987 - ' 88 season . By Steven E. Sm ith LAW RENCEBU RG, IN, J U L Y 8 J effrey Chis ham survived tensi ve moments during the Open B final at the Lawren ceburg Sh ort T rac k to eme rge vi ct oriou s o ver W illiam Montgom ery a nd Mik e Daniels. Th in gs got cra zy as soon as the race started with Chish am biting the d irt in the first turn, forcing a restart. On the restart, however, ma yh em broke loose wh en H ersch el Benkert's thro ttle stuc k while the pack charged into th e first turn and took ou t every ri der in the race. Most of th e rid ers managed to mak e it back to th e sta rti ng line for a second restart, bu t tra ck promoter H erschel Benker t was taken to the hospi tal with a broken leg and shoul der. The race was pu t on ice until th e survivors could assess their damages. Whe n raci ng go t back underwa y, Chisham mo tored home wi th the win, just a hea d of Montgom ery. T he 80cc class turned into a match race be tween two La wr en ceburg riders - Ma tt Auxier and Brian Knippernberg. Knippenberg took the ear ly lead but had Auxier kn ip' ping a t his heels every in ch of the way. T he dice raged for the whol e race with Knippernber g inchi ng a hea d for the wi n. By th e tim e the Open A class lin ed up for th e start of the race , th e lap s were cut down to just four to abide by the local cur few. Grad y Philli ps grabbed th e hol esh ot comi ng ou t th e o ther side of turn number two, out front to lead th e way for th e win. Pa trick Behrle took th e number two spot wi th Dave Li psco mb finish ing third. T he resu lts of th e race were prot ested as a n eagle eye in th e pi ts spotted o ne rider cha ngi ng machines after th e hea ts, a nd af ter th at situation was resol ved , it didn 't effect any of the first three pl ace finishers. Results 80: 1. Brian Kn ippen berg ; 2. Matthew A uxier; 3. Dan Dotson; 4. Gary Stogsd ill; 5. Ro Stre ich er. 125 /250: 1. Patrick Behrle; 2. Mark Bastin; 3. Dan Dotson; 4 . Brad Hollander; 5. Michael Gurley. - OPEN B: 1. J effrey Chrisham; 2. Will iam Montgomery; 3. Mi ke Daniels. OPEN A: 1. Grady Phillips; 2. Patrick Behrl e; 3. Dave lipscomb; 4. Nicky Ster ling ; 5. Kyle long. S£TRA honors the year's best By Patti Higgins AT LANTA, GA, J ULY 9 After a slight delay, th e 1987-'88 So uth Eastern Trail Rider Associatio n Banquet go t underway wit h ap proxi ma tely 200 gues ts a ttend ing a t the Marri ott Hotel. " R and y H awk in s, th e c u rre n t Nati onal Cham p io ns hi p Endu ro Series points lead er, riding a Suzuki, .was the overall Enduro Champion. Un fort una tely, Hawkins was unabl e to a ttend the banquet due to being laid up wi th the chicken po x. But H awkins con tac ted H &H KTM 's Barry H igg ins the n igh t before th e banq uet and asked him to accept hi s award. Wh ile Hi ggins was accep ting the.a ward, he jo kingly told AA class wi n ne r Alle n Gravitt that it was reall y himself riding all th e while, no t H aw kins. T he hare scra mbles winner was Su zu ki -mo u n te d Bri an Adam s. Al ong wi th hi s tr ophy, h e wa s a warded a pair of th e new Scott EFS goggles from Sco tt USA rep Bevo Forte. A number of manufacturers were on hand to say a few words a nd reward co ntinge ncies to their ri ders. Rod Bush , the new president of KTM America surprised Gravitt with a factory KTM rid e for th e Na tional Enduro Series , teaming him up wit h 1987 National End uro Champion Kevin Hines. Mark Hosbach fro m Cagiva No rt h Ameri ca, Ed Jones representi ng Kawasaki Motors and Brent Men ch from Honda completed the ma n ufacturers list of guests. Area dea lers like Steve H erm anson fro m Ca ro li na Wh eels a nd Pro ps, Sammy a nd Debbie Curlee from Cycle So uth an d Barry a nd Pattie H iggin s fro m H &H KTM , mad e sure th ey took care of th eir riders with some n ice continge ncy prizes for a tough com pe tit ive year. P a tron Committee C hair ma n Allen G ravitt alo ng with so me hel p from Rh onda Carnip mad e sure everyo ne went home with a n ice do o r prize. T he grand prize - a . Mincey ma rbl e spa was wo n by Sa m my Paulk. T he En duro of th e Year Award went, once aga in, to th e Cherokee End uro Riders. T h is run was also a Na tio na l thi s year. A. new award - H are Scrambles of th e Year went to th e Co lumbia End uro Riders for the best hare scra mb les of the 1987-'88 seaso n. The 1988-'89 SET RA seaso n begin s August 7, a t Cumberl and Mo unta in a t the Ala ba malTennessee line. Results 0 / A ENDURO: 1. Randy Hawk in s (Suz). 0 / A AA : 1. All en Gravitt (KTM); 2. Bryan Adam s (Suz); 3. Greg Roberts ISuz). O/A A: 1. Travis Hayes (Hus); 2. Gerald Jones (Husl; 3. Mark Joyce (KTM ); 4 . Derr ell Cox (Hus); 5. Richard Morabito (Hus). 250 A: 1. Michae l Gr izzle IKaw ); 2. George Eaddy (Hus); 3. Keith Shelton (Suz); 4. John Fero (Hon); 5. Wa de Baxley (Hus). SR A: 1. Skip Wy man (Hont. 2. William Shelton (Suz) 200 A: 1. David Barr ick (Kaw); 2. Charles Bridges (Honl; 3. J erry Gr iff in (ATK); 4. Darryl Moody (Kaw). OPEN B: 1. Stan ley Gantt (Hon); 2. J immy Lynch (Husl; 3. Frank Young (KTM ); 4 . Will ie Bradshaw (KTM); 5. Eddie Royals IHu s). 250 B: 1. Carl Ennis (ATK); 2. John Beasley (ATK); 3. Russel Howday IHon); 4 . Tim Burden (KTM); 5. Glynn Mart in (Husl . 200 B: 1. Ricky Dennis IKaw); 2. Stacy Pett it (Kawl ; 3. Scott Crow der (Kaw); 4. Raymond Holt (Kawl; 5. Mark Logan (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Edward Winkler IKTM); 2. Johnny Thomas (KTM); 3. Dale Rogers (KTM). SR B: 1. Larry Baxley (Hus); 2. Bill Watk in s IHus); 3 . Warr en Wetmore (KTM); 4 . Tom Vanderplaats (Hus); 5. Ron Hale (Suz). 4 ·STRK B: 1. Frank Amos (Hon); 2. Curt is Poola (Hon). 4-STRK A: 1. Geoff Poole IHon). SUP SR: 1. J im Crowd er (Kaw); 2. George Ross (Hon); 3. James Bransford (Cag); 4 . John Mellow (Hus); 5. Ned Sanders (Hon). Yamaha- ri der Brad Fram pton (8 2) won bot h USRA 1 2 5 cc Ex pert motos over Scott N ielson (4) and Lance Wa lker (5) at Pillsbury M ills in Utah. OPEN c: 1. Michael Gentry(Hon); 2 . Terry McKee IKTM); 3. Jo hn Strange (Hus); 4. Phill ip Myers (KTM ); 5. Robert Tann er IKTM ). 250 C: 1. Mike Martin (Hon); 2. Sonny Morabito (Hus); 3. Kevin Hudson (Hus); 4. Steve Hardeman (Hus); 5. Kenneth Kelly (KTM). 200 C: 1. John Nutt (Kaw); 2. Doug Sanders (Kaw); 3. Marty Starnes (Kaw); 4. Jay Skeen (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Coy! Parker (Cag); 2. Terry Mcintosh (Hon); 3. James Parham (Cag). WMNS: 1. Doris Clemmons (Hus); 2. Lonnie Gaillard (Kaw ). 0 / A C: 1. Martin Pruett (Kaw) . SETRA HARE SCRAM BLES FINAL 0 / A: 1. Bryan Adams (Suz). AA:. 1. Steve McSwain (Hon); 2. Allen Gravitt (KTM ); 3. Buren Hamrick (Hon). OPEN A: 1. Ma rk Eaddy (Hus! 2. Travis Hayes (Hus); 3. Derre ll Cox (Hus ). 250 A : 1. Mike Mon roe (Yam); 2. Robbie Neely ( Ka w~ 3. Michael Grizzle (Kaw ). OPEN A; 1. Ma rk Eaddy (Hus! 2. Travis Hayes (Hus! 3. Derre l Cox (Hus). 250 A : 1. M ika Monroe (Yam); 2. Robbie Neely (Kaw); 3. M ichael Grizzle IKawl. 200 A: 1. Charles Bridg es (Hon); 2. Ricky Denn is (Kaw); 3. Mark Logan (Kaw) . SR A : 1. George Eaddy (Hus); 2. Jimmy Lynch (Hus ). OPEN B: 1. Man ley Bradshaw (KTM); 2. Harold McLeon IKaw ); 3. Stan Gantt (Hon); 4 . Richard Edmonds (KTM ); 5. David Skoglund (Hus). 250 B: 1. Johnny McCoy I Ka w~ 2. Mack Barber (KTM); 3. Ron Blaine (Hus); 5. Richard Hill (Kaw ). 200 B: 1. Edward Winkler (KTM ); 2. Keit h Bart leson (Kaw ); 3. Doug Sand ers (Kaw); 4 . Brian Carson (Kaw). SR B: 1. Johnny Thomas (KTM); 2. Ron Clemmns (Hus); 3. Larry Balinger (Kaw ); 4. Denn is Travis (ATK); 5. Jam es Everhart (ATK). SUP SR: 1. Larry Baxley (Hus); 2. Gary Nichols (Hus); 3. Harry Gr eenlee (Kaw). WMNS: 1. Ap ril Conner (Hon). Frampton flies at Pillsbury Mills MX By Irwin Roth OGD EN , UT, J ULY 18-19 Brad Frampton was th e big winner at this week's USRA race at th e P ill sb ury Mills track. Fra mpton used a pair of Yamahas to decima te bo th th e l25cc and 250cc Expert ra nks every time he hi t th e track. Brad Bo lton and Scott Nielson (who rode three Expert classes each da y) were hot on h is heels each time out. In Saturday's 250cc Expert class , Frampton tim ed th e fla g sta rt pe rfectly and led into th e first turn' fo llowed by Niel son a nd Corky Ma ug hn. Ma tt J enkins a nd Bolton held up the top five. With in a lap , J enkin s disp laced Maugh n whi le the battIe for the lead put so me di stance o n the pack. Bo lton was th e o nly o ne in the top five to mak e a move aft er the halfway point of th is seven- la p race. H e di splaced Maughn on th e fifth lap a nd held o n until th e checke rs. Niel son never found a way a ro und . long-time rival Frampton a nd J enki ns held on for the third spo t. Pl a za Cycle/Compet ition Produ cts/Bell-s pon sored Fr ampton rep eated hi s sta rt ing lin e magic in th e seco nd rn o to , followed this time by a persistent Maughn , Bolton a nd Lance Wal ker. Nielson was down in sevent h. Bolton quickl y passed Maughn a nd set his sights on Fram p ton before he could ge t too much of a lead. Brian Levitt worked hi s way up from a n eigh th place start to land himself in fourth before the co mp letio n of th e second go-ro u nd, J enkins was righ t on hi s tail, followed by Nielson. The dynamic duo of Nielson a nd J enkins sto rm ed past Levitt in that o rder to cl aim founh and fifth positions. As th e leaders battled o n, Neil son fou ght his way up to third o n th e white-flag la p , di splacing a fading Walker. J enkins moved Walker back o ne more position a nd clai med fourth. At th e checkered, it was Frampton leading th e show, followed by Bol ton, N ielson, J enkins a nd Wal ker. Results SATURDAY P;W: 1. Bart Abboll; 2. Ja son Row ley; 3. Trevor Torr es; 4. Kevin McTee; 5. Lorn i Wh itman. 60 A: 1. Russ Anderson; 2. Dust in Headman; 3. Jeremy Drel ; 4. Lyker Smith. 60 B: 1. Travis Rowl ey; 2. Glen Rainey . BO NOV: 1. Andy Munson; 2. Brad Reusch ; 3. Chr is Peterson ; 4 . Roger Smith ; 5 . Shawn Chavez. 80 EX: 1. Man Smith; 2. Chris Rasmussen ; 3. Chris Cooksey; 4 . Russ Anderson ; 5 . Chance Maughan. BO AM : 1. Shane Bail ey; 2. Craig Till ett; 3. Kell y Betts . 125 NOV: 1. Brad Minar; 2. Bria n Bult; 3. Jason Halousa; 4. Mi .lls Bigelu; 5. Scott Swaner. 125 AM : 1. Curtis Cooksey; 2. Nick Garonfali ass; 3. Jaso n Hill ; 4. Brand on Julio; 5. Kevin Nickotera. 25 0 NOV: 1. M ike Simmon s; 2. Brad Burbank; 3. David Merrill; 4 . W ad e Wa iner; 5. Mike Nickotera. OPEN NOV: 1. Mike Keller; 2. Mike Hill ; 3. Darr en Chr istensen; 4. Jared Eliason ; 5. Greg Sm ith . 250 AM: 1. Kevin Ba,latt; 2. Brad Simcox; 3. Steeve Hutchings ; 4. Scott M iner; 5. Greg Jones. 250 EX: 1. Brad Frampton ; 2. Scan Nielson; 3. Brad Bolton; 4 . Man Jenk ins ; 5 . Corky Maughan. OPEN EX 1. Brad Bolton; 2. Scott Nielson ; 3. : Ma rk Lundgren; 4 . Lynn Worwood. OVER 25 A: 1. Steve Luczn k; 2. Troy Brown; 3. Dave Donaldson; 4. Br ian J ones; 5. Steva Lundgren. OVER 30 A : 1. Les Jones; 2. Keith Rawlay; 3. Robert Loader. OPEN AM : 1. Kevin Banlell; 2. Andy Baldwin; 3. Scott Nixon . OVER 30 NOV; 1. J an Munson; 2. Brian Bawd en; 3. Steve Keller; 4 . Greg Sm ith . OVER 25 B: 1. Chr is loltz; 2. Jim Bungard; 3. · Doug Stade. . SUNDAY PIW; 1. Ban Abbott 2. Trevor Torres ; 3. Kevin McTee. 60 B: 1. Glenn Kainey; 2. Nick Justesen . 60 A: 1. Russ Anderson; 2. Kip Posay. eo NOV: 1. Brad Ruesch; 2. Benny Painter; 3. Chad Posey; 4 . Nathan Reese: 5. Kip Posey. 80 EX: 1. Chris Rasmus sen; 2. Man Smit h; 3. Dus t in Ward; 4 . Chan ce M aug han; 5 . Marlo Painter. 125 NOV: 1. Brad M iner; 2. B,ian Call; 3. David Lusk; 4. Kelly Betts; 5. Bob M icoherra. 125 AM : 1. Curt is Cooksey; 2. Dan King; 3. Scott . M in er; 4 . Matt Smith; 5. Chris Montgomery . 125 EX: 1. Brad Frampton; 2. Scon Nielson; 3. Lance Wa lker; 4. M att J enkin s; 5. Brian Levin . 250 NOV: 1. Brad Miner; 2. Brad Burbank; 3. Larry Lusk; 4. David Merrill; 5. Vinc e lucero. 250 AM : 1. Scott M iner; 2. St eve Hutchings; 3 . Brandon Gerber; 4. Gregg Loves; 5. Rob Heal. 250 EX: 1. Brad Frampton; 2. Brad Bolto n; 3. Corky Maug han; 4 . Lance Walker; 5. Troy Brown. OPEN NOV: 1. Mike Keller; 2. Dave Casie. OVER 30 NOV: 1. Reed Harrell ; 2. Tom Justesen; 3. Brian Bawd en. WMN: 1. Brenda Nuttal; 2. Ter i Justesen; 3. Susan Andrew. OPEN AM : 1. seen Nixon; 2. Richard An . OPEN EX 1. Bred Bolton; 2. Scott Nielsen . : OVER 25 A: 1. Troy Brown; 2. Steve Luczak; 3. Br yon Jones; 4 . Dav e Do n ald son; 5 . Lynn Worwood. 37

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