Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

,...-"- ........,, =-=..--- w o Z :::l ~ Z o o a: o t:l >- '" ~ o :I: c.. 250 BEG: 1. Dennis McG innis (Kawl: 2. Jac k Wo zow (Vam): 3 . Les Vor um (Suzl. 250JR: 1. Craig Steele (Kaw); 2. Rick Bates (Suzl; 3 . Ken Wo rk man (Han). 25 0 INT: 1. Bill W eil and (Honl; 2. Kevin Bet hard s (5021; 3. Mike Enderrson (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Aaron Sharrdelman (Vam ): 2. Scan Grimm (Kawl. 500 BEG: 1. Mike O'Hara (Honl; 2. David T. Moore (Kawl; 3 . Jon Alexander (Cag). 5OOJR: 1. urry Clarit Jr . (Kaw) ; 2. urryMcCany (Hon l: 3. Mitch Troner (Han).. 500 INT : 1. Kevin Wester (Honl: 2. Jerry Asb jornsen (Han); 3 . David Rhodes (Hu s). 500 PRO: 1. tanee Smail (Han ). UTH 23 -29: 1. John Kocher (Yam); 2. Jeff Pugh (Ha n): 3. Gary Krysetopik (Suz). VET J R: 1. Steve Chil ds (Suz): 2. Paul Overland (Han ): 3 . Rick Bates (Suz). VET INT: 1. Jim Myers (Suzl; 2. Ken Workman (Han); 3.Ed Elkin (Suz). OT JR 40+ : 1. Lou Collins (Atk) ; 2. Joe Small (Sul); 3. Dave Nyblom (Hon). OT MSTR 40+ : 1. Rick Kelly (Hon~ 2. Ken Hoplson (Hon) . • Papierniak triples at Illinois RR Leo Papierniak (58) won three classes at Blackhawk Farms Raceway. Here he leads Jed Kimla (85) in Middleweight Supersport action. Knott, ·Nick Hayden, Paul Morgan a nd j ason Goodwin. Morgan was on the move and challenged Barrow b y the halfway point, but Barrow held steady and took the win over Morga n . Kno tt a nd H ayden took each other out o n the fina l lap a nd Goodwi n was there to take th ird. Results 50 STK: 1. Beau Braswell (Yam): 2. Jenny Hayde n (Yaml; 3. Jas on Goodwin (y am). 50 MOD : 1. Beau Braswell (Yam); 2. J enny Hayden (Yam~ 3. Jason Goodwin (Yam). 60: 1. Jarrod Barr ow (Kaw~ 2. Paul Morgan (Yam~ 3 . Jason Goodwin (Kaw). BO: 1. John Sherrard (Kaw); 2. Aaron u dd (Kawl; 3 . Chr is Boone (Han). 12 5: 1. John Sherra rd (Kaw): 2. Chris Goodwin (Yam). 250: 1. John Lewis (Vam): 2. Marit Walker (Yam): 3. Byr on Ward (Vam). OPEN: 1. Ken Houston (Yam): 2. Roy Han (Yaml: 3. James Han (Yam). 250 AM: 1. Charlie Marsh (Kaw~ 2. Buddy Akers (Kaw): 3 . Pat Boone (Yam). SR: 1. Lee Hibbs (Yaml. Carter, Knuth win Wapella ST By Bill Holt 30 WAPELLA, IL, JULY 17 Dan Carter and his Suzuki/Blendzoil Honda and R ick Knuth riding the Gene Knuth/joe Evans/DC Cycle Rotax fought off the heat, a bone shaking track and some very stiff compe tition to take class wins at the season finale of the 1988 Bl oomiruon -Normal M/C Di rt ' Track season. Shane Garrison got h is us ual slow start but made up the ground on the second lap to overtake Shannon Wright for the lead and then he ld on for the win in the 50cc final. Randy Smith settled for the third spot with justin Filson fourth. With the low turnout the 80, 125, 200cc classes were run together and that made a mess for the scorers, but David Allen had no trouble taking the win on his 125 over the 2005 of Greg Vogel and Steve Vigen and the 80 of Pa u l Williamson. Dan Carter shook off a lo ng series of second places of late to shoot into the lead of the two ro w 250 final and hang on for the win. Doni H ol eman moved u p from a slow start to grab the second spot over Da vid Allen and Shawn Wade. With the 400s and the Seniors pitted against eac h other th at gave Steve Meierotto and his 400 Husky a chance to tangle with Gary Brennan. Meierotto sli p ped into the early lead a nd then was surprised b y Brenna n in th e middle laps with a daring inside pas s for th e lead. Meiero tto moved back in front to stay in the late laps setti ng the final order. Steve Brinker had gotten by Brennan by this ti me and Brennan held down third in front of Greg Vogel a nd Ro n Wade. After so me co n fusion over the light the 500cc cla ss was restarted completely and it loo ked like the restart was going to give David Kno wles a new life. Rick Knuth had shot into th e lead on the first try with Kn owles in tow and had things well in ha nd when the red flag came out but Knowles got off first on th e restart and Knuth had to dig down and use a ll of the ponies in the Ro tax to get b y the two-stroke 500 o f Knowles' on the white flag lap to tak e the win. Robin Roberts surprised Terry Adams for the th ird spo t and it was Chip Perry over a disappointed john Brinker fini shing fifth. Results . 50 : 1. Shannon Wright (yam ); 2. Shane Garrison (Yam): 3. Randy Sm ith (Yam): 4. Ju st in Filson (Yam); 5 . M ichael Oehler (Yam). MINI : 1. Jess Robinson (Kaw); 2. Chad Gray (Kawl; 3 . Paul Williamson (Yam ); 4 . Shan e Garrisson (Yaml ; 5. Chr is McNutt (Hon). 125: 1. David Allen (Yam): 2. Richard Han (Han); 3 . Chad Barth (Han). 200: 1. John umbrick (Kawl; 2. Greg Voge l (Honl ; 3 . St eve Vigen (Suzl. 250: 1. Davi d Allen (Yaml: 2. Dan Can er (Honl; 3. Doni Holeman (Hon ); 4 . Dana McNeil (Hon ); 5 . Peter Barnosky (H· D). 400: 1. Gary Brennan (Hoo t 2. Mark Augenstein (Bul): 3 . Tom Sutton (Yam). SR: 1. Gary Brennan (Han ); 2. Les Eslinger (KTM) . 500: 1. Rick Knuth (Rtx); 2. David Knowles(Kawl: 3. Terry Adams (VarnI: 4 . Doni Holeman (Vam). Steele sails at S'RMX By John Dixon KENT, WA, J UL Y 17 Craig Steele, a' U.S. Navy enlisted ma n, left Seattle In terna tio nal Raceway for the carrier Enterprise with a wi n in the 250cc B class. Stee le rode to both mo ta wins, leaving all his land- locked competition in his wake! Tara H a rriso n , sponsored by T eam G reen , Sco tt USA, Hi-Point, Bell evu e Kawasaki, lacked horns with the boys in the 125cc Intermediate class and only a super ride by j ason Norton in the second moto co uld deny her of a first-place finish, leaving her the overall run ner-up to Nonon. In the O ld Timers j u n ior class Lou Collin s provided all the fireworks with a two-m o te win. He was fo llowed by Joe Small wi th Dave Nyb lom in third. In the Old T imers Masters class Ri ck Kell y proved to be too m uch for Ken H oplson a nd com pany for two moto wins. Results 50: 1. Ben Baer (Yam): 2. J. D. Kocher (Yam); 3. Trav is Teylor (Yam). 60 o-B : 1. Keit h Fleming (Kaw). 50 9-11 : 1. Billy Binckley (Kaw); 2. Tory Howard (Kawl: 3 . Robbie Ratliff (Kawl. 50 BEG 0 -16 : 1. Kory Barnes (Ka",); 2. Nick Hansen (Suz); 3 . Ricky Glen (Kaw). 50 JR 12 ·16: 1. Alex Travaglion. (Han): 2. Marit Koe hn (Kaw~ 3 . Destry Scan (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. Greg Swoboda (Han ); 2. Marit . Marzano (Kawl; 3. Doug Kinelman (Kawl. 125 J R: 1. Jon Kuebler (Han); 2. Mike Koehn (Kaw); 3. Darren Criss (Hon) . 125 1NT 1. Jason Nonon (Yam~ 2. Tara Harr ison : (Kaw); 3 . Ken ny Almqnist (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Cory Klaudt (Yam~ 2. Scan Steffy (Ya m~ By Gordon Lunde ROCKTON, IL , JULY 9-10 AMA Championship Cup Series action at Blackhawk Farms Racewa y saw Leo Papiernia k win three of the four events he entered. Papierniak began his wi nni ng ways Sun day in Midd leweight · Superbike on his Madison Road racing -S u p p ty/ E n g leha r t Sports. Honda-sponsored CB R600 . j ed Kimla took th e ea r ly lead over Papierniak, Bob Delie on the Bob's Bik e Shop Hurricane and john Eidenberger on his FZ R400 Yamaha. Eidenberger got by Deli e on lap two but called it quits on th e nex t lap after rain began to fall putting his FZR into a nasty slide throug h the carousel. Eidenberger saved it at th e last seco nd o n the edge o f t he p av ement but pulled in deciding not to chance a cra sh. Deli e rega ined th e number three spot and the n seco nd wh en Kimla and two backmarkers went down in turn one. Papierniak inherited the lead and ca u tio us ly ba cked off to hold on for th e win on the damp track. Win number two for th e Madison, Wisconsin, resident ca me in Middleweight Grand Prix, this tim e aboard a Suzuki 600 Katana he was swapping ba ck and forth with a friend in the Novi ce ranks. This tim e Papierniak led all the way leaving Bob Deli e and Bruce Bain to duel for second. Bain on the Van's Honda /Bob' s Bike Shop / jet-Air Fuel-sponsored Hurricane p ushed hard but could not get by Deli e and finished th ird . In the Middleweight Supersport event, Papierniak j umped out in front at the start with Kimla right behind. The pair pu lled away from th e pack again leaving Delie and Bain to decide the third position. Kimla got by o n lap five on ly to lose the lead the next go around as Pap ierniak repassed for good. Delie dropped off the pace leaving Ba in all alone for third. Results L/W GP NOV: 1. Ron Petr ick (Hon~ 2. Bill Graef (VarnI; 3 . Rick Pautz (Yam). L/W S/BK NOV: 1. Paul Landers (Kaw~ 2. David Burgar ino (Han); 3 . Kevi n Shezewski (Hon). HIW· S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Steve M ack (Honl: 2. Bern ie Fritz. Jr. ( S~ 3. Bill Raether (han). S/TW NOV: 1. Paul Lenders (Kaw); 2. Dave Freeman ( Kaw~ 3. Houst on Heizer (Kaw) . M IW S/BK NOV : 1. Jeff Plummer (Han); 2. Bill Raeth er (Han); 3. M IW GP NOV: 1. Gerard Hoppa (Han); 2. Jeff Plummer (Han); 3. Steve Conner (Yam). MIW S/SPRT NOV : 1. Je ff Plu mm er (Honl; 2. Br ian Englehart ( S uz~ 3 . Bill Raet her (Han ;. HIW S/BK NOV: 1. Bern ie Fritz. Jr (Suz); 2. Steve Mack ( H on~ 3 . Bill Raether (Han). L/W GP EX: 1. John Eidenberger (Yam): 2. Kevi n Gau (y am ); 3 . Bob Newby (Yam). L/W S/BK EX: 1. Brian French (VarnI; 2. Bob Newby (Vam): 3. Dav id Darabosh (Yam). HIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Rick Kirk (SUl); 2. Jed Kimla (Sull; 3 . Ron Widman (Suzl . • S/TW EX: 1. Chris He lland (Due); 2. Bob Camp shure (Honl; 3. Charles Leng (Duel . M IW S/BK EX: 1. Leo Papierniak (Han): 2. Bob Del ie ( H on~ Bru ce Bain (Han). . M IW GP EX: 1. Leo Papierniak (Han); 2. Bob Deli e (Han); 3 . Bruce Bain (Han ). M /W S/SPRT EX: 1. Leo Papierniak (Han): 2. Jed Kim la ( S Ul~ 3 . Bruce Bein (Han). HIW S/BK EX: 1. Jo hn Jacob (Yam~ 2. Er ic M oe (Suzl; 3 . Jo hn Eidenberger (yam). U/L GP EX: 1. Jo hn Eidenberger (Yaml; 2. John Jacob (Vam); 3 . Eric Moe (5 02). U/L S/SPRT EX: 1. Rick Kirk (Suz); 2. Jed Kim la (Suz): 3 . Pat M cGivern (Suz). GTU 100K ENDR: 1. Jed Kiml a (Suz); 2. Leo Papierniak (Hon); 3. Bob Delie (Hon). GTO 100K ENDUR: 1. Jed Kimla (Suz); 2. J ay ~uncan (5uz); 3 . Pat McG ivern (Suz ). Flanagan fast at Shady Hillside Brad & Sha ron Jones WINT ER SET . lA, J UL Y 10 Tim Fl ana gan fought o ff so me to ug h com pe ti tio n to win th e 250cc B clas s a t the Shady Hillside MX. In mota one Flanagan muscled his wa y past . Dave Brown in turn one to tak e the holeshot, Brown spent th e next three laps trying to overtake Flanagan but fell in a muddy spot while attempting a pass. Mike Sk illings inherited second place after moving up through the pack from a mediocre start. By the end of the rnoto Flanagan had seven riders on his tail but held on for the win. In mota two Brown to o k the holeshot and pulled a way from the pa ck on the first lap. It looked like an easy wi n for Bro wn b ut Rob Robey had other ideas. Robey passed Flanagan then whi tt led away at Brown. On the whi te flag lap, Robey nailed Brown in a sweeper tu rn to take th e lead and th e win. Flanagan cruised in for third, good eno ugh for . the o vera ll win. Tom Ma ack came away with an impressive win in th e 80cc Senior class. Maack took a commanding lead on th e first lap wh ich he held all the way to th e checkers in mota one. Stace y Krpan cru ised in for seco nd a nd Rob Brcka was third. In mota two Krpan took th e start a nd led the ope n ing laps, while Moock ran into troubl e a nd was running mid-pack. Moock blasted by several riders o n the first two laps to tak e th e lead a wa y from Krpan. Paul Hunter was al so putting in some fast lap tim es. passing Brcka and Krpan o n lap three. Maack cruised in for th e win ahead of Hunter, while Krpan finished th ird, good eno ugh for second overall. Results 60 : 1. Russ Spencer. 80 J R: 1. M ar k Maack; 2 . Jason Sm ith son ; 3 . Reed Harris. 50 SR: 1. Tom Moock; 2. Stacey Krpa n: 3. Paul Hu nter. 125 B: 1. Rick Spenc er; 2. Chri s Hu nter; 3 . Kir k Tucker . 125 A : 1. Brent Ou ell ete; 2. Tom M oock; 3 . Tony Barber. 250 B: 1. Tim Flanagan; 2. Rob Robey; 3. Mike Skillings. 250 A : 1. Brad Jones; 2 . Ji m Hal e; 3 . Kenton Lon ger. OV ER 25: 1. Bra d Jones; 2 . Jim Hale; 3 . Jim Joh nson. Schiel storms at DeAnzaMX By David Procida SUNNYMEAD, CA, JULY 17 Norman Schiel took a well -deserved wi n in the Vet Novice class overco ming no t .o n ly the heat, bu t a hard ' ch arging Ro n Stieldo n toda y at DeAnza MX. In m ota o ne, Schiel took the holeshot in the large Vet class on hand to day with Stiel d on a n d Honda-mounted Gary Warner in to w. Behin d them the pack was busy sorting th emselves out as Kawasaki pilot, Victo r Parker was attempting to overcome a back of th e pack start. The battle for the number fou r slot was being con tested by ATK rider, Bob Barnett and the Suzuki of Phillip Lock, Parker was on the move as he wea ved his way up through the pack putting Noel Grove and then Lock behind h im. Late in the mota, Parker moved into · the number three slot beh ind Schiel a nd Stieldo n. St ieldon was all over Schiel's Race Tech/Orange County Ya maha and made his move on lap six taking th e lead. Schiel, ri di ng wildly, chased the Honda rider all

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