Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Winner Roy Hart Jr. (82H) and Frank Kaiser battle for the lead during the Pro-Am final at the Elkhorn Half Mile. Calvin Rayborn III won the 750 Supersport class at the last-ever motorcycle road race held at Riverside International Raceway. Kueblers cruise to SIRMXwins By John Dixon KEN T , WA, JULY II Larry Kuebler a nd young brother jon blasted their way to both moto wins in the 250cc Intermedi ate and l25cc junior clas ses, resp ectiv ely, a t th e Seattle International Ra ceway Park.After being closed for over o ne year th e tra ck was reopened and th e riders were treat ed to a redesigned tra ck of sa nd and clay. In the 250cc Interm ediate clas h Kueb ler made sh on work of th e co m pe t i tio n, foll ow ed by Chris Moritz a n d Ca sey Cad e. Moritz p ushed in vain as he had failed to sign up for th e event, but later-won th e Vet Interm ediate class wh ere he was legall y sig ned up. Kuebler had no probl ems in th e seco nd rn oto and th e battle for second p lace was decid ed in the last few yards wi th Cad e tak in g second. Results 80 JR: 1. Shawn Waring (Kaw ): 2. Mark Koeh n (Kaw): 3. Chris Wyr ick (Hon). JET JR: 1. Rick Bates (Suz); 2. Charli e Kestin (Kaw ); 3. Rick Howard (Hon). JET INT: 1. Chris Moritz (Hon); 2. Gary Wozow; 3, Ron Wallace (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Jason Norton (Yam); 2. Joel Howard (Hon); 3. Ty Birdwell (Hon). 80 BEG: 1. Mike Scon (Suz); 2. Al ex Travagl ion e (Hon); 3. Kcrv Barn es (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Khris Hansen (Cag); 2. Ken Plasch (Hon); 3. SCO McFat e (Yam), ll 125 JR: 1. Jo n Kuebler (Hon); 2. Darr en Criss (Hon); 3. Cory Clasen (Hon). OIT JR: 1. EI (Lou) Collins (ATK): 2. Dick Stidham (Yam); 3. Mike Aiken (Hon). OIT MSTR: t. Rick Kelley (Hon). UTH 23 -29 YRS): 1. Jose Perez (Yam); 2. David W. Aldridge (KTM); 3. Eric Van Ruff (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Ernie Trulson; 2. Jeff Pugh (Hon); 3. Pat Eigher (Hon). 250 JR: 1. Joe Belshaw (Yam); 2. Alan Evans (Hon); 3. Tad Schei (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Larry Kuebler (Hon); 2. Casey Cede (Hon): 3. J on Pike (Hon). 50 : 1. Ben Bair (Yam); 2. Bl air W il so n (Suz); 3 . Brent Wozow . 60 (9- 11 yrs.): 1. Paul Conner (Kaw); 2. Robbie Ratliff (Kaw): 3. Hal Mauldin (5uz) . 60 (8yrs) : 1. Keith Fleming (Ka~ OPEN INT: 1. Kevin Wester (Han); 2. Jon Pike (Han); 3. J erry Asbjornsen. OPEN JR: 1. Ken Wo rkman (Han); 2. Bri an Percy (Kaw ). • OPEN BEG: 1. David Aldridge (KTM). Rayborn, Carroll win last Riverside RR By Valerie Peeler 38 RIVERSIDE, CA, JUN E 26 Ca lvin Ra yborn II I and Peter Carroll swapped wins in th e 750 a nd Open Su pe rsport ra ces at the AFM 's lastever mot orcycle race a t Riv erside International Raceway. The even t proved to be a troubled event, as one rid er was killed , two receiv ed broken legs and severa l practice sessio ns a nd races were red- _ flagged. Will iam Burns, AR RA Battle of The Twins Champion, was fatally injured during practice when a panel flew off a sidecar, landing on the track in front of his Ducati, As he swerved in a n attempt to dodge the obstacle, Burn s hit a barrier on the back straight and died within minu tes, In spite of th e da y's misfortune, some go od races developed. T he first start of the 750cc Supersp ort race was red -flagged when jeff H agan went down Just off th e starting line and was run o ver b y a no the r rider , resulting in a brok en leg. On the rest art , as on th e orig ina l sta rt, Rayb orn was fir st o ff th e grid , fo llowed closel y by Peter Carroll. The pair quickl y gained a slight edge over the rest of the pack, which was head ed up by Doug T ola nd, Lee Sh ierts, Scott Cavness, Ch uck Graves a nd Ch arl es Pittman. Carroll moved qui ckl y, and by the midpoint of lap two he had seized th e lead . wh il e To land and Sh ierts had managed to sha ke off their han gers-on. Carro ll led through ou t the bulk of th e race, hounded by Raybo rn who, on th e last laps, struck back, recoveri ng the lead he had held a t the start. Rayborn made th e swi tch stick a nd took th e checkered wi th Ca rro ll in tow . Carroll was ag ain in the th ick of th e race for first p lace in the O pen Superspo rt class. As in hi s first race, he was second off the lin e (this time led by Pittman a nd trai led by Cavness), but led by lap two. Pillman she p he rded Carro ll around the track , leavin g him lit tle ma rgin for error as Cavn ess dogged the du o in third spo t, holding his p lace and stay ing within striki ng d istance. By th e race's midpoint, the to p th ree Carroll, Cavn ess a nd Pittman - had settled into th e posi tions they would hold a t th e end. Ca vness pi cked up the tem po on th e last few laps a nd was soo n sn ortin g dow n Carr oll 's tail pi pe for a kn ock-down , drag-o u t fight on th e last la p. Pi ttm an followe d three seconds behind - a dis tance tha t increased over the last two laps as th e first two turned o n the afterburn ers for their last-ch an ce dash to the fin ish line. On the last lap, Carroll' bobbled just a smi dgen in turn eigh t, th o ugh not enoug h for Cavness to ca tch up. Results 750 5 / 5PRT: 1. Calvin Rayborn (5uz); 2. Peter Carroll (Suz); 3. Doug Toland (Suz); 4 . Lee Shiens (5uz); 5. Chuck Graves (5uz). OPEN PROD: 1. Michael Johnson (Yam); 2. Keit h Kibbe (Suz); 3. Tim Hutch inson . 250 GP: 1. AI 5alaverr ia; 2. John Glover (Yam); 3. David Gibbons (Hon); 4. Curt is Madd ox (Yam); 5. Alex White (Hon). 600 5 1ST : 1. John Fryer (Yam); 2. David DeVeau (5uz); 3. Walter Nitto (Hon); 4. Jeff rey McCabe (Hon); 5. 5 aroch Hanbun trong (Hon). OPEN TW: 1. Duane Summ ers (Due); 2. Bruc e And erson (Due); 3. Ted Lumpk in (Yam); 4 . Arthur , Chambers (Due); 5. Elmer Riddl e (Yam). OPEN 515PRT, 1. Peter Carroll (5 uz); 2. 5con Cavness (Suz); 3. Charles Pittm an Jr. ISuz); 4 . Curt is Adams (5uz). . VINT: 1. M ichael Green (Due); 2. J eff Hecox (Due); 3. 8r et Morsh ead (Due); 4 . Robert Hodgkin son (B5 A). F-4 : 1. Robert Cobb (Hon); 2. Clark Yamash ita (Hon); 3. Gregory Masto ras (Hon); 4. Steve Dyer (Yam); 5. James Smith (Hon). 250 PROD: 1. Jeff rey Leggin ; 2. Francis J . Mazur (Kaw); 3. 5con Charl es; 4 . St eve Nall (Kaw); 5. Kevi n L. Smith (Kawl . 65 0 TW: 1. Bruce And erson (Due); 2. J ason Pereira (Kaw); 3. Keit h Farmer (Kaw); 4. Denn is Kneale (Kaw); 5. Jo nas Eklund (Kaw ). 250 51ST: 1. J eff Hoeppner (Kaw); 2. Kirk Hoeppner (Kaw); 3. Franci s Mazur (Kaw); 4. Steve Man (Kaw); 5. Kevin Smith (Kaw ). F·5GL: 1. Don Vesco (Nor); 2. N. Brian Aghaj ar i (Yam); 3. Kurt Krue ger (KTM); 4. Randy Leonar d. OPEN GP: 1. Phil Kress (Yam); 2. Andr ew Strou d (5uz); 3. Denny Doh erty (Yam); 4 . Ray Adams (5 uz); 5. Timoth y Saunders (Suz). F-2 : 1. AI Salaverria (Yam); 2. David Gibbons (Hon); 3. Alexander W hite (Han); 4 . Kiyo Wata nabe (Hon); 5. Ma rk Schu bert (Yam). 5DCAR : 1. Peter Breedel John Stocklein (Yam); 2. James Kinne / Bennie Thom as (Kaw); 3. Jeffrey Miliardl Peter Essaff (Kaw). F- 1: 1. An drew Str oud (5 uz); 2. J eff Stern (5 uz); 3. Jerry Ernst (Yam); 4. Mark McDaniel (5uz ); 5. John Fryer (Yam). 600 PROD: 1. Walter Nino (Hon); 2. Jeffrey McCabe (Hon); 3. 5aroch Hanbuntrong (Hon); 4. Rod Holland (Honl: 5. Dan J ohn son (Kaw). 450 PROD: 1. Darrell Cli ngerma n (Yam); 2_ Darr ell Parker (Yam); 3. Dave Skaien (Yam); 4. Glenn Filshie(Yam); 5. Tommy Carmic hae l II (Yam). 750 51ST : 1. Charl es Pitt man (5uz); 2. Phil Kress (Yam); 3. Andrew Str oud (5 uz); 4 , Dale Kieffer (Yam); 5. Bob Wr ight (5uz) . 600 5 /5 PRT: 1. David Deveau (5uz); 2. Calvin Rayborn (Suz); 3. Charles Pinman (Suz); 4 . Walter Nino (Hon); 5. Dean Mizdal (5 uz). F-40 : 1. Denny Dohertv (Yam); 2. Ray Adams (5uz ); 3. Gerald Jackso n (Hon); 4. Lorin Ceppard (y am); 5. Jim Smith (5uz). 450 51ST : 1. Mar k Schubert (Yaml; 2. Stephen Rodden (YamI; 3. Kirk Hoeppner (Yaml; 4 . Dale Kieff er (Yam); 5. Darrell Parker (Yam). 750 TW: 1. Bruce Anderson (Due); 2. Chr istopher All en (Lav); 3. Raben Sinclair (Duel. OPEN 5 1ST : 1. Phil Kress (Yam); 2. Denn y DohertY (Yam); 3. 8arry Davis (5uz); 4. Timothy Saund ers (5 uz); 5. Gregg Cawan (5 uz). 750 PROD: 1. Thom as Dahl (5uz); 2. Keith Adams (5u z); 3. Peter Deles (Suz); 4. Curt Giese (5 uz); 5. Randolph Freitas (Suz). Triplett takes Elkhorn HM By Dave Hoenig EL KH O R N, WI , JULY 10 Randy Triplett brought his Al Muth H-D /G en eral Engineering/B ell / Nei l Winston-sponsored HarleyDavidson home first in th e 750cc Pro class a t th e Carroll Resweber Cl assic a t th e Walworth County Fairgrounds by leading every lap. Davey Du relle close d in th e latter laps but ca me up shor t. George Istvanek du eled with Durell e early th en settled into a com forta ble third over Greg Wagenknecht and Chance Darling. T he 600cc Pro class was th e first race run as a light rain started falling. Durel le, who had traveled all night fro m th e H ag erstown National, sho t hi s Donahue H-D / Al Muth H -D/ Ron Wood Ra cing/Shoei/Gen eral Engi neering/ Bell-spo nsored WoodRo tax to th e front. Triplett , Recil H an, Tim Farrell and Dave Camlin were bunched a di stan ce back as the rai n started falling harder. Visibil ity was a problem as the field stru n!?out: Durell e was long gone and Tnplett was safe in second. Hart had proble m s and p u lled off wh ile j im Hauptman was on the move, taking third on lap five over Farrell and Ca ml in. T he Pro -Am final went to james Hart on his Hart MC Repair Ro ta x after a good battle with Frank Kaiser. j o hn 'Dill en burg and Roy H a rt jr: finished a distance back in third a nd fourth. The closest race of the day was in the Pee Wee class as Pete johnson, Brian Wagoner a nd j eremy Deruyter locked in a tight battle for the lead. Wagoner edged johnson at the finish line for the win. The Mini class was another close fa ce as Gl en Schnabel and Paul Morgan battled over first. This lasted unti l th e start of lap 'seven when , as th ey were lapping riders, Morgan' tri ed to go in side Schnabel entering turn one only to hit Schnabel's back wheel , making Morgan high-side a nd bringing out th e red flag . The race was ca lled with Schnabel in first ov er Ri chard Br ett and j a so n Deruyter. . Resu lts P/ W : 1. Br ian Wagoner (Yaml; 2. Pete Johnson (Suz); 3. Jeremy Deru yter (Yam); 4. Brandon Busse (Yam); 5. JJesse Kueth er (Yam). MINI : 1. Glen 5chnable Jr. (Kaw ); 2. Richard Gren (Yam); 3. J ason Der uyter (Yam); 4. Kurt Kromroy (5 uz); 5. Dan Kaiser (Kaw). COMBO : 1. Karter Busse (Yam); 2. Phil Eppler (Kaw); 3. Dan Friday (Kaw); 4 . Bri an Condroski (Suz); 5. Jeff Eastr ide (Yam). . 250 AM : 1. Ken Hall (Yam): 2. Steve Brinker (Yam); 3. Tim Ratliff; 4. David Rout heaux (5uz); 5. Clarence Rupnow (C-AI. . 5 R: 1. Greg Comstock (Hon); 2. Don Herr ing (Yam); 3. John Hanse n (Yam); 4 . Gary Woll in (Yam); 5. J eff Weh rli (W- R). 600 AM : 1. Dan Zitu r (W -R); 2.James Hart (Yam); 3. Roy Hart Jr. (Rlx); 4. Tony Donahue IW -R); 5. John Dill enburg (H-D). PRO-AM : 1. Ja mes Hart (Rlx); 2. Frank Kaiser (Rtx ); 3. John Dill enbu rg (H-D); 4 . Roy Hart Jr . (Rlx); 5. Greg Richards (Rlx). 600 PRO: 1. Davey Durelle IW -R); 2. Randy Trip lett (W-R); 3. Jim Haupt man IW-R); 4. Tim Farrell (H-D); 5. Dave Cam lin (W · R). . 750 PRO: 1. Ran dy Triplett (H· D); 2. Davey Durelle (H-D); 3. George Istvanek (H-D): 4. Greg Wagenknecht (H-D); 5. Chance Dar ling (H-D). . McSwain wins Airport HS By Ted Baxter HICKOR Y, NC, J ULY 3 Steve McSwain cont in ued hi s domin ance of the North Carolina H are Scramble Series today by ta king th e overa ll win a t the Airport H are Scramble. Startin g o n th e fourth McSwai n holeshot th e Open class and qui ckly took a commanding lead . By th e end of th e second lap he had pushed his Barr's/Competition /Scott Goggles Honda 500 past th e ent ire field . Second o vera ll werit to Greg Erwin and his H onda '125. Erwin put in an excell ent rid e th rough th e du sty, eigh t-m ile course,

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