Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ries. " I lik e to be in th e lead, " he sai d. Adams credited hi s victory to h is EBC brakes, w hich ena b led h im to b ra ke later for the turns. Fina l res ~ts were delayed due to a forma l protest agai nst Adams' Suzuki. T h e 750 engine was torn down and measured. After th e examination, raci ng o fficia ls declared that the en gine was indeed legal. Mike Williams ret urned from last month 's crash to maintain h is lead over Tom Hickman in th e Middleweight classes. Williams and H ickman , both on H o n da C BR600s, scuffled for fir st in th e Middleweight Supersport a n d Middl eweight Superbike races. Although Williams claims his spe ed ha s decreased since hi s crash, he took fir st place over H ickman in both ra ces. Will ia ms credited h is wins to good fortune. " After m y crash, I' m taking it eas ier on th e curves. I'm a h alfseco nd slo wer o n m y lap tim e. Tom's bi ke was running bad tonight, so that h el ped." . Results F-50 EX: 1. Doug Lin dsay (Yam ). F-50 NOV : 1. Don Jackson (Yam); ·2: Barn ey Johns (Han); 3 . Paul Calvert (Yam); 4 . Dave Babka (Yam); 5 . Ja mas Ferroni (Yam ). 100 KM SO LO ENDUR . GTO: 1. Kell y Byrd (SUl) ; 2. M arc Shaffer (Yam); 3 . J im Cox (Han); 4. Jeff Wi lson (SUl ); 5 . Todd Griswold (SUl). GTU; 1. J im Cox (Han); 2. Stu Morrison (Yam ); 3. Tom Hickman (Han); 4 . Robert Dick (Yam); 5. Lore n Poole (Kaw) . L/W/ HIW S/SPRT HIW EX: 1. Kelly Byrd (SUl ); 2. Br ian Blangsted (SUl) ; 3. A lan Lee (SUl) ; 4. Ja mes M uell er (SUl ); 5 . Brian Jode r (SUl) . HIW NOV : 1. Jo hn Burgoyne (Hon ); 2. David Duprey (SUl); 3. Ja y Phillips ( S Ul~ 4. Peter Bern al (Hon). L/W EX: 1. Mark Hensley (Ya m~ 2. Rich Blander (Yam); 3. Loren Poole ( Kaw~ 4. Dale Whelan (Yam). L/W NOV : 1. Brad Step hens (Ya m~ 2. Trace y Ar mstrong (Yam~ 3 . Wad e Woodard (Ya m ~ 4. Je rry Ad ams (Yam). . LWA C S/BKlMIWIS/SPRT LWAC EX: 1. Joe Shelton (Yam); 2. Stu Morrison (SUl); 3 . Nor m Benedu m (SUl) ; 4 . Mark Lend er (Yam). MIW S/SPRT · EX: 1. M ike W ill iam s (Hon); 2. Tom Hickman (Hon); 3 . Jim Cox (Hon); 4 . Ga ry Bu rn ham (Han). M IW S/S PRT NOV: 1. Peter Br enal (Han); 2. Tom Cooper (Kaw); 3. Eric Wi lso n (Yam); 4 . Norm Benedum (SUl): 5 . Joe Ja ckso n (Kaw) . L/W/ U/ L GP L/W EX: 1. M ark Hensl ey (Yam): 2. Rich Blander (Yam); 3. Lore n Poole (Kaw); 4. Norm Benedum (SUl); 5 . Dale Wh elanock (Yam). U/ L EX: 1. W ill ie Adams (SUl); 2. Kelly Byrd (SUl) ; 3. A lan Lee (SOl ): 4. M arc Shaff er (Yam); 5 . Ji m Jaqu ett e (SUl ). MIW S/ BKlSITW S/ BK EX: 1. Mike W illiam s (Ho n): 2. Tom Hickm an (Hon ); 3. Gary Bur nham (Hon) . S/ BK NOV; 1. Joe Swant ek (Yam); 2. Peter Bern al (Hon); 3 . Eric W ilson (Yam ); 4. Tra cey Arm strong (Yam); 5 . Dave Bur ke (Yam ). S/TW EX: 1. Thom as Moroe (H- D); 2. Gill Lescarbeau (Due); 3 . Stu Mor r ison (Suz); 4. J oh n Scott ITri). L/W/ HIW S/BK L/W EX: 1. M ark Hensley (Yam): 2. Joe Shelton (Yam); 3 . Loren Poole (Kaw); 4 . Dale W hela n (Yam ). U W NOV: 1. W ade W oodard (Yam); 2. Brad Ste phens (Yam); 3 . Pedxro Lopez (Yam). HIW EX: 1. Willie Ad ams (SUl); 2. Kell y Byrd (SUl); 3 . Brian Blangst ed (SUl) ; 4 . Jim Ja quette (SUl ); 5 . Brian Joder (SUl) . HIW NOV: 1. John Burgoyne (Han); 2. David Duprey ( Suz~; 3. Gene Connor (Ka w) ; 4. Morgan Deegan (Han). V1 NT GTO/GTU GTO EX: 1. John Scott ITr i); 2. Kerry Balog (SUl ); 3. Norm Benedum (Han ); 4 . Kirk M itc hell (BSA). GTO NOV : 1. James Ferris [Suz]. GTU EX: 1. Nor m Benedum (Hon); 2. Kirk M itc h ell (BSA); 3 . David Chron e (Due). GTU NOV: 1. David Blue (Due). Reese rocks Las Vegas Motocross By Dick Goodwin LAS VEGAS , NV, JUNE 25 LVIR drew a large n u mber o f riders Sa turday n ight, for its firs t-ever n ig h t race. The n ew ligh ts were a big hit with both racers and fans ali ke as a new era o f ni ght m o toc ross ra cing began in Las Vegas . Randy Reese topped th e Super Vets class, forracers 25-years-old -and-o ld er , wi th so me solid and cons isten t riding. Steve Abbott burned the h ol eshot to begin race o ne, but Reese, Glenn Warren a nd Rick An gelo were right behind h im. Warren made a quick move to pass Reese for seco nd a nd took off after Abbott. Steve co ntin ue d to lead th e race until ta ngling with a back marker la te in th e con test. This allowed Reese. who h ad worked his Shawn McConnell (right) goes inside of Scotty Brown i n a semi race during Fair Derby action at Costa Mesa . McConnell won the main. way back to seco n d to come h om e wi th th e wi n a n d Rich Angelo to fini sh a solid seco nd . Reese grabbed th e h ol esh o t to start race two but Abbott p ut on a sna p py p ass in th e to wer sweeper to grab th e lead. Glenn Warr en wa s ba ck on th e gas a nd was n ext to challenge Reese, th ey di ced for aw h ile until Warren fin a lly broke free and went a fter Abb ott. The two leaders go t into a great last lap duel. with Abbo tt j ust ed g ing Warren. Reese fi nished a strong third a n d that, plus his first moto win, earned him the overall crown. Warren and Angelo finished in the next two spots. The 250cc Intermedia tes were also in action. Brad Simcox wo n the first race by a comfortable m argi n over Kevin Bartlett a nd was lookin g so lid, as he bl asted to th e h ol esh o t to start race two . Der ek T i tus ca m e u p q u ickly , however . an d ba tt led his way into the lead by la p two. Kevin Bartlett fought his wa y past Simcox and tri ed to grab first from Titus, but Derek would n't budge. After a close battle, Titus just edged Bartlett for the win. Kevin Bartlett 's two seconds earned h im the overa ll firs tplace troph y, ahead of Brad Simcox a n d Derek Titus. McConnell moves at Costa Mesa Spdwy By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA , J ULY 8 Sh a wn McConnell rode a ba ck up bik e to th e fair derb y victory at the O range County Fairgrounds . Phil Collins led th e first semi from th e tapes to the chec kere d flag , while Bart Bast passed Steve Lucero ea rly in semi two and advanced hi s lead to th e fini sh. . McConn ell fought off cha lle nges o f Dubb Ferrell to win the third sem i, and Ala n Christian moved G ary H icks o u t of th e wa y to win th e fin al sem i a nd co m p lete th e field for th e main. McConnell sta rted th e R udell Carbide/Team Swollen/ Bell / Oakley/ Teri Wolfe/ Brown's Autom oti ve Weslake on th e pole a nd ro ared into th e lead on the start bu t Christia n went down in tum four o n lap o ne . Ba st and Collins lai d it down a nd o u t came th e red a n d a co m p le te restart. The tapes flew up once aga in an d Ch ristian was ca ugh t ro ll ing backwards. H e was out of the ga te dead last with McConnell setting th e pace ove r Co ll ins an d Ba st. Chri stian p u lle d off a t th e en d of th e first lap . whi le Bast relega ted Collins to th ir d. Collins fou ght back and tried to wo rk th e h igh groove, but he wa s for ced to mome ntari ly back out of it o r h it th e wa ll. Bas t stayed nea r McC onn ell b ut i n th e e n d h e co uld n ' t find a way by and McConnell earned th e wi n. Results FAI R DERBY: 1. Shawn McConn ell (W es); 2. Bart Bast (W as); 3 . Phil Collins (W es); 4 . Al an Chr ist ian . (Jaw). KXBO CHA L: 1. Shawn M cConnell; 2. Scott y Brown; 3. Brad Oxlev. Lucero locks up wins at IMS By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO , CA, J ULY 6 Steve L ucero beca m e th e first rider to co n tro l th e action at th e all n ew In land Motor Speedway when h e dominated th e action by winning th e Scra tch mai n a nd th en co m ing right . bac~ to win the eig h t-lap H and ica p main. Lucero trailed G ary H icks into th e first bend when th e Scratch main got underwa y. He quickl y went wide a nd by th e tim e th e pack screa m ed o ff o f turn two , Lucero had secured th e poin t p osition. Hicks went wide o ff turn four o n th e fir st la p and th a t let Alan Christian by for seco n d . Wh en he hit turn two fOT th e seco nd time, Hicks ba iled hard into the wa ll a nd en ded his even ing. Shoe i/ Oi Iza II/ Ka I-G a rd / K&N / STP-sponsored Lu cero had esta blished a big lead whil e Christian and Bart Bast began to battl e. Ch ris tia n, wh o wa s having a tough time keeping h is front tire do wn , switche d from th e dirt line to th e in sid e a t th e white a n d it wa s enough to g ua ra ntee him seco nd pl ace, far behind winner Lucero. Lucero's start in th e H a ndicap was aw esome. Starting back o n th e 40yard line h e went from th e ba ck to first before th e end o f th e opening lap, a nd when h e took th e point from J essee Fin ch , th e crowd of m ore than 3000 let ou t a roar. Ba st began working on Finch, who momentaril y held him o ff, but wh en th ey co m p leted th e third lap, Bast was by for seco nd. Bast charged and when they h it the halfway poi nt was ca m ped o n the leader's rear tire. Lucero moved it back out on la p five but he cou ldn't get away from hi s . pursuer. On la p seven , Bast drov e it h ard in to turn one and al m ost got through but Lucero m a intained th e- poi nt down th e back ch u te, a nd wh en the checkered came down, it was Lucero for a hard earned victory. Results SCRA TCH: 1. Steve Lu cero (GM ); 2 • . A lan Chr i st ian (J aw); 3 . Bart Bast (Wes ); 4 . Gary Hicks (W es). HDCP: 1. Steve Luce ro (Wes); 2. Bart Bast (W es); 3 . A lan Ch rist ian (J a w~ 4. Brad Oxl ey (We s). 0 -2 : 1. Josh Larsen (We s); 2. Dou g Bowe rs (Wes ); 3 . Kevin Jo rdan (J aw). 0 -3 : 1. Bobby Cody (Ja w); 2. Charl es Erm olenko (Wes) ; 3 . Don Amb ro se (We s). Steve Lucero grabbed victory in the Scratch ma in race at IMS. Grasso rips AmherstMX By Peggy Adamic AMHE RST, O H J U N E 26 At th e fifth a n d fina l ro u nd o f th e Gear Racewa re/ Oa k ley/ Max ima / Autol ire sponsored C. R.A . spring ser ies at Amherst Meadow lar ks Motorcycle Club KTM rider Chris Grasso scored doubl e class wins as he ripped through both th e 125 a nd 250cc B clas ses. Grasso fir st attacked th e 250cc B class wh ere h e went unch all anged through both of th e five-lap motos a n d th e victo ry mov ed him into seco n d pl a ce in th e fin al se ries sta nd in gs. Grasso a lso ran two flawl ess startto -finish m ot os in th e 125cc B class. H onda rider Chris Bodo chased Grasso for a lap a nd a ha lf until he cras hed in th e fir st m oto , Mike Cain took o ver seco n d bu t G ra sso wa s a lready o ut to a better th a n 10-seco nd lead. G ra sso was again out fro nt w hen th e ga te dropped to sta rt mo to two . Bod o , Carl Ziphel a nd Ca in chased Grasso through o ut 'th e rn ot o. Bod o held seco nd as Grasso wo rke d to a seve n seco n d lead . Ca in 'passed Zipfel at mi d-race an d beg an reeli ng in th e two fro nt runner s. At the end, Gra sso h e ld a 13-second lead a n d h ad gra bbed first pl ace in th e series ove r Bryan J ones. Su zu ki ri der Sha ne Sm it h co n tin ued h is domina tion of th e 250cc C class, sco ring 1-2 mot o finis hes en ro u te to th e o vera ll victory. D.J . H eberlien routed to the lead in mot o one with Sha ne Smith a n d Steve Smith o n hi s ba ck tir e. Heberlien went down within the fir st half la p and Steve worked past Sh an e to begin the second lap. Sh ane bounced ba ck and repassed while H eberl ein began wo rkin g hi s wa y ba ck to th e from o f th e pack, mo vin g into th ird by moto's end. Steve Smith routed hi s Suzuki into th e lead of mota tw o with H ebe rlein in pursuit. By mid-ra ce H eberlien began p ressuring Steve for firs t a s Sha ne m oved to within two seco n ds of th e leader s. As the th ree ri de rs began entering lap ped traff ic, H eber lein an d Sha n e bo th moto red p ast Steve a nd th ey ran a ti re- to- tire race to th e chec kered flag. Results . 50 : 1. Lerry Rust (Yam); 2. Ryan Edixon (Hon ); 3', Matt Ma can (Yam ): 4 . J imm y Sosinski (Suz) . 60; 1. Brock Sell ard s IKaw); 2. Levi Henn ing er (Kaw); 3 . Dan ny Sku fca (Kaw) . BO (7 -11 ): 1. Travis Carl isle (Kaw); 2. Scott Prahl (Kaw): BO (1 2 -1 3): 1. John Grasso (KTM) ; 2. M att Martsolf (Kaw); 3. T.C. Carl isl e (Kaw); 4 . Vince Karnow (Yam). . BO (14 -1 5): 1. Trevor Vines (Hon); 2. Tim Cont i 35

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