Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wilbu rn e, before he fell agai n and dropped to fifth behind Pedrero. Co llins got ba ck up and repassed Pedrero th en set his sights o n Wilburne in seco nd. . Mann was still out in front but all eyes wer e o n th e Wilburn e/ Collins battle for second. As th ey came a ro u nd to the double jump, Collins had th e o uts ide line and Wilburn e had th e inside, th ey both hit the fir st jump together, but Collins cleared th em a nd Wilburne did not have th e speed, gi ving second to Collins behind Mann. Mann took th e c hec ke re d flag foll owed b y Collins, Wilburne, Pedrero and Earl May. Resu lts 00 00 O"l ........ Eddie Ingels won both the Scratch and Handicap mains for the second time th is season at Cal Expo. M INI BEG; 1. Kevin Mays; 2. Ja son Thom pson. MI NI B: 1. Chris Brown; 2_Ryan O'leary; 3. Scott Davis. WOS 1; 1. John Vang ilder; 2. David Martin; 3. Bria n Robe rtson. WDS 2: 1. Pete Jordan; 2. Charles New; 3. Jerry Taylor . • 12 5 c. 1. Chris Sch mulbach; 2. Mike Ntchol s; 3. Mike Lati no. 125 B: 1. Bobby Mo riorty; 2. Tim Pangbu rn; 3. Joh n Toragrossa . Ingels doubles at Baylands Spdwy By Bill Spencer FREM ONT, CA, J U L Y 7 Eddie Ingels won his second straigh t double-header at Baylands Ra cewa y Park 's Thursday night Class A Speedway thriller. Ingels now has three nights of double-h eader wins a n d a big p oint lead for th e cha m pio ns hip. Young Ch arl ie Ven ega s was th e kid to beat in th e Handicap main once again . T he former road race r got a big lead a t th e start o f hi s # I Bicycl e Shop/ C ine Cam erasponso red mach in e, a nd fo r th ree la ps had it wired as In gels had to ride the wide side of th e track on hi s A&A Racing/Petri ch Cycle/Quaker Sta te Specia l. Mike Parsons a nd Du an e Yarrow had the insi de wired, testin g Mike So lis a t every turn. In gels got things go ing o n lap three wh en he rousted th e competitio n by ridi ng th e ri m for seco nd a nd th en setti ng up Ven egas for th e kill. Yarrow a nd th e Sn ooky Ow ens . Weslak e ga ted well in the Scratch main with J ohn Houston Jr. by h is side. Once aga in, it was Ingels being steady , takin g the eventual win over Houston , Yar ro w, a nd Kid Curry, tail in g with bik e problems. : J ess Och oa trad ed in his threedigi t number tha t represented hi s workers union for a new number, . (60), and won the Division Two mai n with rela tive ease over Mark Sq uadri toand Dean Newn ham. J od y Patterson scared him self and th e rest o f the Division Three class wh en he won th e crash-i nfes ted ma in over Joh n P ierce a nd 63-yea r-o ld Bill T homas. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Eddie Ingels; 2. John Houston. J r.; 3. Duane Yarrow; 4. Kid Cur ry. HDCP: 1. Eddie Ingels; 2. Char lie Venegas; 3. M ike Solis; 4 . M ike Parson s; 5. Duan e Yarrow. 0 -2: 1. Jess Ochoa; 2 . Mark Sq uad rito; 3 . Dea n Newnham; 4. Gary Rossi; 5. Dan Neilson. 0 -3: 1. Jod y Patterson; 2. Jo hn Pierce; 3. Bill Thomas; 4 . Tom Castagnola; 5 . Cra ig Wa rdner; 6 . Bill Ripl ey. Bast wins at Ascot Speedway By Scott Da lo isio 28 GA R DENA, CA, JULY i Ban Bast won a Scratch main for the fir st tim e in so u the rn Ca liforn ia at Ch ris Agaj a ni an's Ascot Sou th Bay Stad ium. Bast , ridin g h is Si erra /Team Trim /Bast Bros . Weld ing/Justice Brothers Weslak e, beat Steve Lucero, Scott y Brown and Du bb Ferr ell into th e first turn. Ferrell quickly took th ird a way fro m Bro wn but he parked in turn four on th e first lap and Bro wn slid by on the ins ide line. Lucero, riding a Godden, took a look o n the outside of Bast at th e end of th e openi ng orbi t, but Bast kept the lead and slow ly inched away from the pack. When the checkered came down , it was Bast with room to spare over Lucero, Brown and Ferrell. In th e Handicap main T ony Bienert a nd Bernie Tursko butted head s for th e point position while Brad Oxley took th ird from Jim Fishback o n lap two. Oxley charged a t th e halfwa y point and b y the end o f th e fifth revolution he was on Tusko 's rea r tir e. Bien ert ma intained his spot a t th e front until he dri fted off the pole on lap seven. Tusko d ro ve by for the lead a nd befor e Bien en cou ld pu ll it back do wn, Oxl ey a lso got throug h. T hey too k the white with Tusko's KWIV P ro Design/ Santa Ana Suzuki J awa holding with a precarious lead , Oxley tri ed to shoot by o n the in sid e in turn four, but T usko sh u t do wn th e lane an d took th e Ro y Ketting checkered first . Fishback took th e third spot a head of Ferre ll a nd Bien en. Results SCRATCH: 1. Bart Bast (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdn ); 3. Scott y Brow n (Jaw); 4. Oubb Ferr ell (Wes). HOCP: 1. Bernie Tusko (Jaw) ; 2. Brad Oxley (Wes); 3. Ji m Fishback (Jaw); 4 . Oubb Ferr ell (Wes). 0 · 2: 1. Jo sh Larsen (Wes); 2. Jim Bien (Jaw) ; 3. Ken Berry (Wes). 0 -3 : 1. Bobby Cody (Jaw);2 . Er ick Fertsc hneider (Wes); 3. Don Ambrose (Wes). Kossuth clobbers Speedway USA By Scott Daloisio VICTO RVIL LE, CA, J U LY 9 Louis Kossuth th rew hi s G M in the back of hi s tr uck in stead o f taki ng h is J a wa and wo n the first Scratch mai n o f h is career at Speedway USA. After a crash in hi s semi, Kossuth ca me off th e po le with th e lead in th e main on th e NGK/ Arai GM but he had J im Fishback. teve Lucero and Brad Oxley in tow , Oxley made it as far as turn two before he was cro wded wide and fell against th e ou tsid e boards. Fish back eyed th e o u tside early in the event but he co uld n ' t mak e the rear tire hook up. Lucero took over th e second spot on lap two but like Fishback he cou ldn 't locat e th e fast line a nd when th e check ered came down, a j ubi lant Kossuth had th e victory. Rich ard Perkins came into the eig h t-la p H and ica p main undefea ted a nd steered hi s new Weslak e to the poi nt wh en the event go t underw ay. St eve R ussell and Doug Bowers stayed glued 10 Perkins rear fender in the early go ing. Fishback moved by Archie Perez and Bowers before the fin ish o f the opening circui t, which pu t h im in third. Gary Hicks q uickly followed him th ro ugh fo r th e fourth positi on. Perkins took the white flag and R u ssell took a run at him a nd Perkins pulled wide and went fro m first to last. The win looked to be Russell 's but Lucero erupted out of turn four and snuck th e front tire of hi s Shoei/Kal -Gard/STP/K&N/ Oil zall Godden into th e lead as they crosse d under the chec kered. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Louis Kossuth (GM ); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdn ); 3. J im Fishback (Jaw) ; 4. Brad Oxley (Wes). HDCP 0 -1 : 1. Steve Lucero (Gdnl ; 2. Steve Ru ss ell (Wes); 3 . Gary Hicks (Wes t; 4 . Lou is Kossut h (GM). HOCP 0 -2 : 1. TIm Gewecke (Wes); 2. Scott Cor re y (Wes); 3 . Josh Larsen (Wes), HOCP 0 -3 : 1. Bryan Galvin (Wes); 2. Er ich Fenschn eider (Wes); J . Rob Barnum (Jaw) . J R 0 -1: 1. Danny Wr igh t; 2. Chris Werner. J R 0 -2 : 1. Huey Pierce ; 2. Fred Timberlake. MATCH RACE: r . Brad Oxley (Wes); 2. Steve Luce ro (Gdn). Collins wins OCR Motocross By Jeff Sherry BITHLO, FL, JULY 3 H onda World/Pro Pad rider John Co llins put together a 2-2 moto score to tak e overa ll honors at Orange County Ra ceway's new motocross track. ·Seven teen of Florida's best sho wed up to do battl e for th e .$500 Money class purse. T he first Open Money moto saw Kawasaki ride r J ay Mann ta ke th e ho leshot a head of Sem in ol e H onda's Kevin Fol ey foll owed by hi s teammate J eff Lampe , Alan Andrew a nd Kyle Ta lle nt. Fol ey took co ntrol right o ff th e bat and passed Mann for the lead rig h t away. Second lap ac tio n saw Co ll ins take o ver third when he passed Lampe over the tricky do ubles. Collin s got bv Mann a nd started to close o n Foley, until Mann went down hard, dropp ing him back to th ird. H alfwa y th rough th e moto the orde r was Fo ley, Ma n n , Coll in s, Gary Paul a nd Kawasa ki rider Ear l Ma y. Towards the end o f the rno to, Mann dropped out with bike troubl es, giv ing Collins seco n d pl a ce. Co ns Cy cle/ Du nlop/Fox-spons ored Eddie Wilburne, maki ng u p for a last-pl ace start, worked his way u p th rough th e pa ck to fin ish fifth. The seco nd moto start saw Foley taking the ea rly lead followed by Pa ul, Ma nn a nd Semi nole H onda 's Marcus P edre ro a n d W i lb um e. Fol ey, how ever. came off a jump a nd cras hed ha rd. With Fol ey off the pace, Pau l -took over th e lead until he dr opped ou t wi th bike trou bles, giving the lead back to Mann. Mann was styl ing ou t in fro nt wit h Colli ns, who had a first lap crash, working hi s way into th ird behind • 125 C: 1. J ohn Page; 2. Scott Krause; 3. Ti m Lozan . 250 B: 1. J oe Peara; 2. Soon Taylor; 3. Richard Russell . . OPEN C; 1. Norm Cage; 2. Tom Frost ; 3. Je ff Hines. OPEN A ; 1. Todd Yoder; 2. David McWilliams; 3. Rick Ch ew . SR: 1. Keri W heeler; 2. Robart Hunter; 3. David Hall . S/SR; 1. A I Gardener; 2. Ji m Tall ent. MONEY: 1. John Collins; 2. Eddie W ilb urne; J . Earl May; 4 . M arcus Pedrero; 5. Kyle Talle nt. Hayden, Houston dominate Marion ST By Bobby Lewis MARION, KY, JULY 4 T ommy Ha yden a nd Ken H ousto n were unbeaten tonight in WKCRA Sh ort Track action a t Marion. A large crowd was on hand to see 92 riders in a tte nda nce . H ayden sta rt ed th e ni ght o ff with a hol eshot th e 60cc fin al. P aul Morgan jammed into seco nd and th e two front runners were set. Ni ck Hayden was third on th e opening lap but was moved to fourth by J a rrod Barrow. Joshua Knott a nd Jason Goodwin rounded out th e field. Tomm y H ayden went 10 th e front of th e 80cc class a lso and ran o ff eigh t perfect laps to tak e th e win , John Sh err ard kept him close in his second pl ace rid e. Paul Morgan topped the battle [or third which co nsisted of Chris Bo on e, Aaron Ladd, Joshua Kn ott , Ni ck H a yd en a n d Chri s Goodwin. H ouston was in rar e form en ro u te 10 the Open class win. He hol eshot th e final and put gr ound on th e field with every lap. The run for second was in tense with a lot of posi tio n cha nges a nd handl ebar ban g ing. Wh en the smoke cleared J oel Barrow got th e spo t over James Hart, Roy H art , T odd Bo oten a n d Da vid Flow ers. J ohn Lewis led the entire distance in the 250cc fina l. Kevin Woodruff was ini tia lly second bu t was moved 10 fourth by bo th Mark Wa lker and Jim All en . Bea u Braswell u sed a pair of consistent starts to wi n both th e stock and mod ified 50cc classes. J erm y H a yd en carde d seco n d in both events. J o sh Rude got by J ason Goodw in in the last la p of the stock fin a l 10 garner third. Res ults 50 AUTO : 1. Beau Brasw ell (Yaml; 2. Jen ny Hayden (Yam); 3. Josh Rude (Yam). 50 MOD : t . Beau Brasw ell (Yam); 2. J enn y Hayd en (Yaml; 3 . Ja son Goodwin (Yam ). 65 : 1, Tomm y Hayden (Kaw ); 2. Paul Morgan (Yam); 3 . Jarrod Bar row (Kaw). BO: 1. To mm y Hayden (Yam) ; 2 . John Sh err ar d (Kaw ); 3 . Paul Morgan (Yam ). 125 : 1. John Sherrard '(Kaw ); 2. Robie Gri ef (Yam). 250 : 1. J oh n Lewis (Yaml; 2. M ark W alker (Yam); 3. J im Allen (Yam). OP EN: 1. Ken Hou ston (Yam ); 2. Joel Barrow (Hon); 3. J ames Hart (Yam). AM : 1. John Bing ham (Yam); 2 . Char lie Marsh (Kaw ); 3. Buddy Ake rs (SUl). SR: 1. Lee Hibbs (Yam) .

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