Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Results 450 S/BK: 1. John Hopperstad (Yam): 2. Greg Smith (Yam): 3. Dan Turner (Yam): 4. Greg Nichols (Yam): 5. Staphen Fish (Yam). 600 S/BI<: 1. J .T. Terry (Hon); 2. John Hopperstad (Yam): 3. Dan Turn er (Yam): 4. Joh n Hjelm (So2): 5. Dan Walker (Hon). 750 S/BK: 1. Geoff Cesmat (Suz): 2. J ohn Hopperstad (Yam): 3. Dan Elders (S u z~ 4 . Dan Tur ner (Suz); 5. Greg Cun is (Yam). OPENS/BK: 1. John Hopperstad (Yam); 2. Aa ron Turner (Suz); 3. Geoff Cesmat( Suz~ 4. Guy Clasen (So2): 5. Greg Cunis (Yaml. RACE OF THE ROCKIES: 1. John Hoppersta d (Yam); 2. Aar on Turner (Suzt 3. Geoff Cesmat (Suz); 4. Dan Turner (Su¢ 5. David Old (Hon). 600 S/SPR T: 1. Danny W alker (Hon t 2. Dan Turn er (Suz): 3 . St eve Rupp (Hon): 4 . David Huckabee (Hon): 5. Anhur Schwadron (Hon). 700 S/SPRT: 1. Tim VanName (Suz); 2. Guy Clasen (Suzt 3. Dan Turner (Suz); 4. Aar on Turner (So2); 5. Giul io Bard i (Suz). OPEN S/SPRT: 1. Dan Turner (Suz); 3. Tim VanNam e (Suz); 3. David Old (Hon); 4. Denn is Burke (Suz); 5. Stephen Fish (Suz). F·COLO: 1. Greg Smith (Yam): 2. Tony St engel (Yam); 3. M arly n Plumlee (Yam); 4 . Jim Sonn leitn er (Yam); 5. Stephen Fish (Yam). AM OPEN: 1. Alex Ricketson (Suz); 2. Chuck Oniz (Yam); 3. Brian Bakema (So2);4 . Bill Marone y (Suz); 5. Peter Carranza (So2). AM 600: 1. Brian W ilson (yam ); 2. Lance Alle n (Han); 3. David Merr itt (Yam); 4. Dave Devereaux (yam) ; 5. Bill Rscher (Hon). NOV OPEN: 1. Bruce Holsas (Suzt 2. Chuck On iz (Yam); 3: Bill Maroney (Suz); 4. Brian Bakema (Suz); 5. Mike Hack (Suz). NOV 600: 1. Lance Allen (Hon); 2. Dave Deve reaux (yam); 3. Bill Fischer (Han); 4. Br ian Wilson (Yam); 5. Mike Steinba ch (Kaw). Action hot at Brainerd RR By Gary Sjoquist BRAINERD, MN , J ULY 9 & 10 With man y of th e CRA's top gu ns ou t of commisio n from last week's Road America pro meet, the July 910 CRA event provided some lesserknown but just-as-co mpeti tive local (and a co up le of no t-so-local racers a chance to shine. With tem peratures hoveri ng ar ound th e 90s, Sa turday's ac tio n began with a pair of 75-m ile Trophy Dashes. In th e first das h , class winners included Mike Rueh le, J ay Waal en, J ohn Mu lliga n , Mike Seaton, and Bill Young. Novice win ners were T erry Nemitz, Steve Schober, Mike Petryn a, and Du ane Kopp . The second das h, held for Li g htweight and Ultraligh t classes, had Mike Moores, T im Du pont, Clem Sturdly and Larry Sorenson taki ng ho nors in th e Expert ranks. Novice w inners wer e Ken Doble , Scott Hansen , Bria n G ibbs and Victor Mr otz. P rod ucti on spri nts t hen follow ed and featured a n im pressive bit of iro n man endurance by Doug MacCallum. After racing ' for 75 miles in th e Trophy Dash , Dou g h ad enou g h left for 3 of th e 5 production sprint s o n Sat urday. ' H e too k his H onda CBR600 H urricane to a fourt h in H eavyweigh t, a win in Midd leweight, and a third in Unlimited. Sunday was another ho t da y, but tha n ks to a stor m tha t passed throug h the Bra in erd area Sat urday nigh t, the humidit y was m uch lower a nd the bikes ran a little crisper. MRA racer La nce H olst made the trek over from Colorado and pi cked up a pair of wins in Un limited Su persport and H eavyweight Su perbi ke o n his Mot orsports of Lovela nd/ Bou lder Motorspo r ts Suzuki GSX R. Another no n-local ra cer who had a good weekend was Canad ian Mik e Pet ryn a , who brou ght h is GSX R to No vice wins in H eavyweig h t P rod uctio n , Supersport, a nd Su perbike. Results H/ W PROD EX: 1. Gene Radmer; 2. M ike Ruhle; 3. M ike Seaton. ULTI L PROD EX: 1. Glen Chris tia nson; 2. Larry Sorenson; 3. Don Framst ad. MIW PRO EX: 1. Doug MacCcallu m; 2. Mi ke Seaton; 3. Scon Ruehle . U/ L PROD EX: 1. Mike Ruehle. H/ W PROD NOV: 1. M ike Petryna: 2. M ike Tolle ru d; 3 . Ter ry Nem itz . ULTI L PROD NOV: 1. Vi etor M rot z; 2. Ginger Klugman; 3. Tim Sanders. M / W PROD NOV: 1. Mike Toll er ud: 2. St eve Schober; 3. Gene Radmer; 4 . Doug MacCallum. L/W PROD , X: 1. Tim Dupont; 2. Jo hn Mensch; E 3. Loren Boh!. L/W PROD NOV: 1. Scon Hansen; 2. J on Erickson; 3. Ji m Baldwin . HIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Mike Ruehl e; 2. Gene Raomer; 3. Mike Moo res. HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Mike Petryna ; 2. M ike Toll erud; 3. Bob Mak i. ULTI L S/SPRT ULTI L EX: 1. Glen Christianson; 2. Larry Sore nson; 3. Bob Mads en. ULTI L S/SPRT NOV: 1. Vietor Mrotz; 2. Peter Hoefl er. M IW S/SPRT EX: 1. Doug MacCall um; 2. M ike Moores; 3. Wes Wicklund. MIW S/ SPRT NOV: 1. M ike Tolle ru d; 2. St eve Schober; 3. Duane Kopp. U/ L S/ SPRT EX: t . Lan ce Holst; 2. Gene Radmer; 3. Wes Wicklund. LIW S/SPRT EX: 1. M ike Moores; 2. Tim Dupont; 3. Dave Anderson. LIW S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Scon Hansen: 2. Ken Doble; 3. Jon Erickson . HIW S/BK EX: 1. Lance Holst; 2. Gene Radmer; 3. M ike Seato n. HIW S/ BK NOV: 1. M ike Petryn a; 2. Mike Tolle rud; 3. Terry Nemitz. ULTI L S/B K EX: 1. Clem Sturdly: 2. Ron Bohl; 3. Glen Christ ianson. ULT/L S/ BK NOV: 1. Vietor Mrotz; 2. Pet er Hoefler. M IW SK EX: 1. M ike Seaton; 2. M ike Moores; 3. WesWicklun d. MIW SK NOV: 1. M ike Tollerud; 2. Bob Maki; 3. St eve Schobe r. U/L SK EX: 1. Gene Radmer; 2. Wes W ickl und; 3. Bill Young. LIW SB EX: t . M ike Moores; 2. John M ensch; 3. Tim Dupont. LIW SB NOV: 1. Scon Hansen; 2. Ken Doble; 3. Jon Er ickson. Sulzburger soars at Timber Ridge HS cASTANA, lA, JULY 10 Steve Sulzburger, on hi s Grove Burke Kawasaki. captured overalI honors a t th e Timber Ridge 2-Hour H ar e Scra m bles, for his second consecu tive year . Kirk BalIard pulIed the 'A' class holeshot, followed by J ohn Presler, Bill Kovacevich. Dal e Sm ith and Sulzburger. J ames Nelson jumped o ut first in the B class and never looked back as he pi lo ted hi s Cyclone Sports Cagiva to the overall B win. After the halfway point Sul zburger was in th e lead folIowed by Mark Martin , Dal e Smith , G ary Will iam s a nd BalI ard. Sul zburger and Mar tin diced for the nex t half hour wi th Sulzb~rger holding o n for a two-mi nu te W In. , . Williams passed Smith on the last lap as Jim Murmm mo ved into fifth to ro und out the top five overall. Results O/A A: 1. Steve Sulzburger. BIG A (25(}. OPEN): 1. Mark M an in; 2. Gary W illi ams; 3. Dale Sm ith ; 4. Dennis Mesward; 5. Tim And erson . LmLE A «}'200) : 1. Ji m M urm m; 2. Jo hn Presler; 3. Robert Brown; 4 . Bill Kovacevich; 5. Scan Porter. . SR; 1. Alan Aubrecht; 2. Terry Nice. 0 / A B: 1. James Nelson . BIG B (25(}, OPEN): 1. Gary Barber: 2. M ike McPeak; 3. Mark 8archardt; 4 . Brian Arrowood; 5. Joe l Jo hnson. Lm LE B « 200 1 1. Chad Bradl ey; 2. Patrick }. : Allender; 3. John Ficker; 4 . Ma rty Carlson . C DIV: 1. Manin Alg yer; 2. Bob Dennison; 3. Dan Wall ace. Walker wallops Callahan MX By Gwen Millan CAL LAH AN, FL , JUL Y 3 Mall Walker took wins in bo th mo tos to take the overalI victory in th e Pee Wee class at ro u nd five of FMC's 8th Annual Summer Series at the Nassau County Fairgrounds. Wal ker go t the holesh o t in rno to one as Mason Will iam s pr ovided so me exce lIent co mpetition from behi nd. In third challe ngi ng Wi lliams was Terry Lindsey. A not-toodistant fourth and fifth saw Derek Keyes dicing it o ut with Ka trina Mill an . Walk er' contin ued with an uncontested lead to th e finis h whi le the first-lap p ositions contin ued to hold until th e end. In th e second rnoto Walker sta lked the lead again as Williams kicked up the turf and gained on Walker. Keys took a third pl ace while Lindsey and Mill an finished o ur of th e top five. By lap two Williams came around i n fro n t o f Wa l ker , a n d th ey continued their ba ttle for th e lead until Williams finall y -relinq uished it.' Walker took th e moto win and o vera ll victo ry whil e Williams earn ed seco nd overall. Keys a nd Li ndsey tied o n points for the da y, 00 00 O"l ....... S teve Littlej oh n rode Yamahas t o two second-p lace fini s he s in Open Superbike a nd F·1 , a nd a thi rd-plac e fin is h in 750 S uperbike at SIR . but Keyes' better second rnoto fini sh netted him third overall. Results PIW: 1. Man Walker IYam); 2. Mason W illiams (Yam); 3 . Derek Keyes ISuz); 4 . Terry Lindsey (Yam); 5. Katr ina Millan (Yaml. 60 : 1. Brad Packard (Kaw ); 2. Dustin Packard (Kaw). 100: 1. Michael Poore tSuz); 2. Shale Ander son (Kaw); 3. Michael McRae (Kaw); 4 . Dee J ay Jones (Kawl. MINI A : 1. Michael Poora (So2). M INI C: 1. M ichael McRae (Kaw); 2. Chr is Brow n IKaw ); 3. Dee Jay Jones (Kaw); 4 . Brad Packard (Hon); 5. Dustin Packard (Hon). 125 B: 1. Ernie M illan (Hon). 125 C: 1. J ohn Smith (Ya m ~ 2. lac Freeman (Hont 3. Jo hn Deff es (Hon); 4 . Jer ry Buerger (Hon); 5. Ma rk Youngblood (Kaw). 250 B: 1. Ernie Millan ( H on ~ 2. Todd W ilder (Hon); 3. Charles Rotundo (Hon). 250 C: 1. Whit Brown (Kaw); 2. Mark Prr i (Suz); 3. M ichae l Holste in (Hon); 4 . Jam ie Broere (Suzt; 5. Tim Roush (ATK). SR: 1. Jim Marchant (Kaw ); 2. Paul Shaddix (Yam); 3. High Stouffer (Kaw t 4 . Ern ie M illan (Hein ); 5. Eric lindst rom (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Thoma s Smit h (Hon): 2. Tony Gr iff in (Hon); 3 . J oe Honma n (Hon); 4 . Gene Lovell (Hon). 15-24 VRS: 1. Ern ie M ill en (Hon); 2. J im Edgar (Yam); 3. Mark Perr i (Suz); 4. Tony Gr iff in (Hon); 5. Steven Christianson (Hon). 25 PLUS: 1. Thomas Sm ith (Hon); 2. John Smith (Hon); 3. Todd Wilder (Hon); 4. Erni e M illan (Hon); 5. Mitchell Holstein (Hon). Trinder tops Bellevue Production Challenge Road Race By J ane Steele KENT , WA, J U LY 17 Craig Tri nder won th e Bellevue Suzuki 750 P roductio n Challenge, but not without a fight from Joe Pitt m an, at Seattle Internatio na l Raceway. The race was sponsored by Bellevue Suzuki, a long tim e sup porter of The Washington Motorcycle Roadracing Associa tio n. Bell evu e Suzuki was one of a handfu l of dea lers to offer WMRRA financial s up po rt as th e fle dgling cl u b struggled to ge t o n its feet three years ago. Besides th e fin ancial sup po rt of th e loca l deal er , Su zuki was offeri ng co nti ngency money as part of th eir GSXR Series, and o ther classes were runnin g for Yam aha co ntingency money. The m orning heat race, run for gri d posi tio n onl y, was marred bv a se r io u s cras h w h en Suzuk i'mounted J o hn Duga n ra n off th e track in the tigh t hairpin sectio n and su ffered a back inj ury. After th e track was cleared and racing was able to resume, time cons tra in ts did not a llo w a restart. T he bi kes were gridded from th e po sitions the y held after the firs t lap of the hea t race, gi vng Paulson's Suzuki-sponsored Mike Sullivan th e pole po sit ion . T rinder , sponsored by Insula te Industries , led off the starti ng lin e on his Su zuki GSX R and held the lead for th e first lap , but was q ui ckly passed by Pittman. riding for Hills. bo ro Suzuki a n d Zlock Raci n g. Pittman held th e lead for the next six laps, but T rinder stuck right with him. Trinder a tt em p ted to draft Pittman on the stra igh taway every lap, but each tim e he didn't build up eno u g h ' sp eed . a n d Pittman would be in th e lead goi ng into the first turn. But , o n th e eigh th lap of the 10-la p race, Trinder tried passing on the inside of tum o ne, and too k Pittman by surprise. Tum o ne at SIR is a top speed turn; th e bikes don't slo w even though they have jus t come off 'rh e long stra igh t. But T ri nder had p icked up too much speed to ma ke th e left-h and sweeper that follows turn one, and got o u t of shape. allow ing Pit tman to sli p by. Pittman did not hold on to hi s lead for long, as Trinder drafted past again on the last .la p and held off his opponent to tak e th e checkered flag. Pittma n was ridin g with a badly-injured hand from a highspeed cra sh at sou thern Cal ifornia 's Willow Springs two weeks ago. Mike Sullivan held onto the th ird posi tion, riding by himself for the entire race. Micha el McBrady challenged Oregon.rider Sha wn Roberti for fourth p lace, but when the flag drop ped, R oberti prevailed. Bellevue Suzu ki's own Robert Cam pb ell too k . si x th p la ce. H onda-m ounted Ri chard Levert, in seventh place, was the first finisher not mounted o n a Suzuki GSX R750. Results OPEN S/BI<: 1. Gary Berge (Yam); 2. St eve Unlejoh n (Yam); 3. Mark Haskins (Suz); 4 . M ichael McBra dy ( Suz~ 5. Jeff Menown (Yam). 75 0 S/B K: 1. Jt>e Pitt man (Su z); 2. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 3. StllY8 Uttlejohn (Yam); 4. GaryBerge (Yam); 5. Randy Sherwell (Duc). 600 S/BK: 1. Br ien Sun on (Yamt 2. Terry Williams (Yam); 3 . Cra ig Tr inder (Sul); 4. Bruce U nd (Suzt, 5. Rick Salmon (H on ~ 4 50 S/BK: 1. M ike Kenyon (Yam); 2. Alan Schw en (Yam); 3. Tony Rome (Vamt. 4. Chri s Ninaud IKawt 5. Dave Crock en (Yaml. - OPEN PROD: 1. Joe Pinman (Suz); 2. Keith Pinkstaff (Suzt 3. Craig Trindar (Suz); 4 . Mark Haskins (Suz); 5. Bruc e U nd (Suz). 750 PROD: 1. Craig Trind er (Suz): 2. Joe Pinman ISuz); 3. M ike Sullivan ( S u z~ 4. Shaw n Roben i (Suz); 5. Michael McBrady (Suz). 600 PROD: 1. Craig Trinder (Suz); 2. Bru ce Lind (Suz); 3. Scon Johnson (Hon); 4. Sahwn Robeni (Suz); 5. Scon McMill an (Suz). 450 PROD: 1. Tony Rome (Yam); 2. Chris Denzler (Yam); 3. Todd Vaillancoun (Yam); 4. Douglas Knoyle (Yam); 5. Terry M endez (Yam). F-1: 1. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 2. Steve Lin lejohn (Vam); 3. St eve Mc Ko ssock (So2); 4. Shawn Smith (Honl; 5. Jeff Menown (Yam). F·2 : 1. M ike Sullivan (Hont; 2. Brian Sunon (Yam); 3. Terry W illiams (Yam); 4 . Devin Seferos (Hoo ); 5. Scon McMill an (Hon). F-3 : 1. Doug DuB uque (Yam); 2. Ron Jo hn son (Suz); 3. Chris May (Suz); 4. Jan e Steele (Kaw); 5. Greg Reid (Hon). OPEN SGL 1. Scon Freri cks (Hon); 2. Nick Falcos (Yam); 3. Brad Pinkstaff (Vam); 4 . Dave Crocken (Yam); 5. David J ohn ston (Yam). OPEN BOn : 1. Randy Sh emwell IDuc); 2. Gus Denzler (M · G). 650 BOn: 1. Chr is Ninaud IKaw ); 2. Georg e Schwan (Kaw ); 3 . Man Mo ell er (Kaw ); 4. Mike Correll (Hon); 5. Wayn e Edwards (Kaw l. 250 VINT: 1. Ron Johnson (So2). 500 VINT: 1. Sw iss Niedarberger (BSA). . OPEN VlNT: 1. Tim O'Mahony (Hon). NOV: 1. Todd Powell (Yam); 2. Eric Bell (Suzl; 3. M ike Wassemuller (Kaw); 4. Damo n Mon Wa i (Kaw t. 5. Tom Woods ISuz). 27

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