Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

·lead. j oneswas in 10th by the time he rejoin ed th e race. Bodo had taken over the lead with MacIntyre, Patrick Williams, Sh insky and Mike Pinchak ho ld in g the top five positio ns. Two tu rns af ter remo unting, Jones stop ped to straigh ten his bars and levers a nd in doi ng so, was passed by the Schoolbo y r iders in the stagger-started moto. Jones then set o ut over one minute behind th e front running Bodo and began p icking off the riders ahead of him. Bodo held the lead with MacIntvre falling back after two la ps with bik e troubl e. Williams too k hold o f second, nin e seconds beh ind Bodo. Jones, riding at a n unbeli evable pace, picked off the 16 riders a head of him within four laps, th en caught 'a nd passed Williams on lap four. With a half-lap to go , Bodo held a six second lead over Jones. Jones charged a nd caugh t Bodo two turns befo re th e checkered flag , grabbed the insi de line and passed for the lea d, finis hi ng two bike len g th s ahead of Bod o. Results 50: 1. A ndy Wi cken s (Vam); 2. M ark Calla han (Yam); 3. Jesse Finley (ya m); 4 . Jim my Sosinski (Yam); 5. Krista l Scan (Vam). 60: 1. Randy Salamo n (Kaw); 2. Karl Scon (Kaw); 3. Levin Henninger (Kaw); 4. Seth Begley (Han). SO 12·1 3: 1. Joh n Grasso (KTM ); 2. J ay Hershey (Suz); 3. Brent Abel (Kaw); 4 . Man Martso ll (Kaw); 5. J ohn Bodo (Han). SO 14 -15: 1. M ike How ell (Han); 2. Dave Herna nsky (Vam); 3. Jo hn Caruso (Han); 4. J oe Laws on (Kaw); 5. Tony Bonace (Han). 125 SCHBV: 1. Tony Bonace (VarnI; 2. Bill Koleno (Kaw ); 3. Gene Kelly (Kaw); 4 . Srad Quear (Han); 5. lak Schafer (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Bryan Jones (Kaw); 2. Chris Bodo (Han); 3. M ike Shin sky (Suz); 4. Mike Pincha k ( Kaw~ 5. Patrick Williams (Hon). 125 C: 1. Bill Koleno ( Ka w~ 2. Brad Quear ( H o n~ 3. Joel Eckst ine ( Kaw~ 4. Don Atwell ( H on~ 5. Kelly Johnson (Kaw). 125 /250 A: 1. Ron Dun fee (KTM); 2. Keit h Perry (Kaw ~ 3. Br ian Smith (Han); 4 . Ken Frankenbe ry ( H on~ 5. Rob Venulon is (Ya m ~ 250 B: 1. Bryan Jon es ( Ka w~ 2. Chris Grasso (KTM); 3. St eve W ilmington (J(aw); 4 . Steved Wooledg e (Han). 250 C: 1. Jim DeFranco ( Kaw~ 2. D.J. Heberlein (Kaw); 3. Henry Hauenstein ( Hon~; 4 . Carl Davis ( Ho n~ 5. Bob Davis (Kaw). OPEN B: 1. Louis Spiegelberg (Han). SR 1: 1. Ken Frankenbery (Hon); 2. Henry Hau enste in (Hon); 3. Doug Bow er (Kaw ); 4 . Bill Gargiullo (Cag); 5. Gary Rice (Hus). SR 2: 1. George Sing ler (Han); 2. Denn y Salomen ( H o n~ 3. Larry Coy (KTM). Woods, lesniak, Bull top Trail·Way ST By Len Breech H ANOV ER , PA. JU LY 16 Lew Woods, Da ve L esniak a n d Claren ce Bull took full advantage of th e sma ller rider turno ut a t TrailWa y Speed wa y's Sho rt T rack to claim their first win of th e season a t T ra il-Wa y. Woods pulled away to a fairly easy win o n the Ron Walters/ Coo rs Si lver Bullet Harley-David son in the 250cc Ex pert final, while Lesn iak used a great start to cla im the 600cc Expert class on the Herm y's Tire Sales Ro tax. Bu ll completed the Expert first timers' " hat tric k" by taking the lead from J oe Gately on the second to wi n his firs t 750cc Expert final a t Trail-Way. Not to be ou tdone , a pair of Amateurs also took th eir first win s at Tra il-Way - ' Robert Miller in the 90cc class a nd Scott Snoop in th e 200cc class. On the th ird try, th e 600cc Expe rts finall y go t ro lli ng, with Lesn ia k ge tti ng a big holeshot over Pa ul Crumlin g, J oe Heberling a nd Dave Mill er. Wh ile Lesniak's lead held u p in first , Crum ling a nd Miller got into a battle for second that lasted .the entire ra ce, wi th Crumling taking th e runner-up spot by a few feet. Du rin g the lat e stages of th e race, another ba ttl e for fo urth developed hetween H eberling a nd penalty line sta rter s, Mik e Varnes an d A.J . Snoop. After numerous ch a nges , Snoop took fo urth fro m Varnes. Like Lesniak, Woods grabbed the lead at th e start of the 250cc Expert final from Mike Varnes, Snoop, a nd J e tt Conrad. While Woods wa s Lew Woods won t he 250cc Expert class at Trail-Way. pulling some distance on the others, Co nrad took over th ird at the end of the first lap, and go t in a heated battle with Varnes for second th a t wasn 't decided until the fin al turn wh en Conrad slip ped under heading for the £lag. Jeff Isola took the lead as th e 200cc Ama teur field ca me off th e second turn , with Gary Clark, Mike T homas, a nd Snoop. But as the field entered th e th ird turn, Snoop starte d to slice through it, a nd had the lead by the first turn on the second lap. Isol a had a comfortable margin 10 second, wh ile Clark and Thomas ba ttled for th ird until T homas fell o n the last la p. As he has done several times before, Miller grabbed th e lead as the 90cc class headed into the first tu m , this time followed by Ricky Winsett, Jere Alexander and Todd Wi nsett. Alexandertook over seco nd on lap' two, a nd kep t o n Mill er 's fail un ttl he fell with two la p s left. The Winsett co usi ns then go t into a ba ttl e for third, later second, that went 10 Todd by inc hes. Results 55: 1. J ohn W insen (VarnI; 2. Ben W alters (Suz); . 3. Brady M ill er; 4 . Tom Skethway (Vam); 5. Daisy Lucy (Vam). 600 EX: 1. Dave Lesnia k (RlX); 2. Paul Cruml ing (Han); 3. Dave Miller ( H o n~ 4. A.J . Snoop (W·R); 5. Mike Varn es (Han). 90 AM : 1. Robert M ill er (Yam); 2. Todd W insell (Vamm); 3. Ricky Winsen (ya m); 4 . Mik e Kacker (Kaw); 5. Phil Libhart (Yam). 750 EX; 1. Clarence Bull (Vam); 2. Jo e Gately (Tr i); 3. Jered my LI£Y(H· D). SR; 1. Joe Heberling (Yam); 2. George Price (Vam); 3. Glen Mill er (Car); 4. Donald M ill er (Suz). 100-200 AM: 1. Scan Snoop (Kaw); 2. J eff Isola (Kaw); 3. Gary Clark (Han); 4 . Denn is M ill er (Yam): 5. M ike Thomas (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Lew Woods (H-DI; 2. Je n Conrad (Vam); 3. Mi ke Var nes (Suz); 4 . A.J. Snoop: 5. Dave Lesniak (Hus). 250 AM : 1. Ken Voder ( Suz~ 2. Jun ior Skiles . (Vam); 3. Eddie Hidden (Yam); 4. Chuck Wr ecsics (V a m~ 5. Randy Buzzard (Han). 600 AM : 1. Dalals Baer (yaml ; 2. Je rry Hash (Hont 3. John Salerno (Yamt 4. Ron Baer (yam); 5. George Greeby (Yam). Hicks does the frick at Baylands Spdwy By Bill Spencer FREM O NT, CA, JULY 14 Cele brating Bastille Day a t Baylands Racewa y Park 's weekl y venue of Class A Speedway raci ng sa w Bob Hi cks the H andicap winner , whi le Eddie In gels wo n his ump teenth Scra tch main. In gels go t caught in tra ffic in h is H andicap heat and barely mad a transfer to the sem i whi le H icks hopped a heat race and semi win righ t to the main where he only wai ted two laps before pushing by Ch arlie Venegas for his first H an. 'd ica p win of the season . Ingels was 'Once aga in mired in tra ffic a nd barely ca ught upfor thi rd in front of Mike Solis a nd ,Mik e Parsons, locked in a du el of th eir own. In gels retaliat ed with easy wins in hi s Scra tch heat and sem i a nd dusted th e co mpe tition in the Scratch main Eddie Inge ls leads Duane Yarrow on the way to an easy Scratch main victory at Baylands Speedway. Shawn Reppert finished third . winn ing easi ly for th e six th time th is year. Other sp irited com pe tition saw Steve Martyns e cop th e Divisi on Two win over two fast closing riders in the forms of Kerr y Puccio and Gary Rossi. Steve Aren a topped the Division Three gu ys agai n winning over Bill Rip ley. Results SCRATCH: 1. Eddie Ingels; 2. Duane Varr ow; 3 . Shawn Reppert; 4. M ike Parsons. HDCP: 1. Bob Hicks; 2. Charlie Venega s; 3. Eddie Ingels; 4 . Mi ke Solis; S. M ike Parsons. 0 ·2: 1. Steve"'artynse: 2. Kerry Puccio: 3. Gary Rossi; 4 . Bryan Barrett 5. Tony Morgan. 0 -3 : 1. SIeve Arena: 2. Bill Ripl ey; 3. Brian Sull ivan; 4 . Bill Thomas: 5. John Pier ce. Dukes dominates at Foothills MX By T.K. Bailey KOD AK, TN, JULY 16 The " Su percross Specta cular" at Foothills Sports Park saw pre-race tensions high as riders prepared to battle for th e 3000 at stake in the P ro purse kitty. Riders from 12 dif ferent sta tes converged 10 earn their fair sh are, finding th e trac k surface seem ingly bottomless' m ud. Sean Dukes, hailing from Georgia wh ere red-clay-m ud racin ~ is the norm, won bo th th e qualifier a nd main mo tos of th e 125cc A class. J im C hes ter, who ' fini shed seco n d, refused to conce de a thi ng to Dukes, ho un din g him relentlessly a nd ea ting mud in the proces s, until a lapped ri der fell in fro m of h im as he'attempted a move for the lead on the last lap . Derrick Roe put in a stro ng, consistent effort, ta king advantage of ri der miscues to fin ish th ird. The 250cc A class had Dukes again pu ll ing th e holeshot, but Kenny Kizzar passed him in midair wit h textbook precision o n th e first lap, causin g Dukes to stu mble back into the congested pa ck. Steve Childress showed true grit by sli pping, sliding, falling and fighting his way through traffic to earn second place. Ch ester, ha nging o n behind Childress, ea rned respect fro m fell o w experts by taki ng third place. In a big upset, the cro wded 125cc C class was taken by Bill Lemons o n his origina lly white Cagiva. An obvio usly tired Chris Kitts was able to hold off J eff Ray for the secon d spot, with Ra y fini shi ng 'th ird. In the 250cc C class, th e order go ing into the fir st corner held up throug h th e entire main moto, T he comp lete H onda sweep was led by Jam es W ilkerson , w i th L an ce Shahan-Brannon second and local ace Brent West third. T he BOcc Senior class provided a new definition for chaos as the co urse swallowed up several of the small bikes, leavi ng stra nded min is everywhere and -forci ng the top riders to change th eir lines as they tra versed th e course. As usual , local hotsh oe Shane J enkins h umiliated all ina n d- o u t-o f-to w n com pe ti tors , a lm os t lappin g th e fiel d. Brian Weaver and Clint Pilgrim took turns fa ll i ng fo r each o ther unti l th e merciful ch eckered flag fell , finding Weaver second and Pil grim th ird. Results 125 A : 1. Sean Dukes (Han); 2. J im Chester (Suz); 3. Derr ick Roe (Kaw). 250 A: 1. Kenn y Kizzar (Yam); 2. Stevs Childress (Kaw): 3. Jim Chester (Suz). 125 C: 1. Bill Lemons (Ca g~ 2. Chr is Kitts (Yam); 3. Jeff Ray (Kawl. • 250 C: 1. James Wilkerson ( H o n~ 2. Lance Shahan- Brannon (Hon); 3 . Brent West (Hon). OVER 25: 1. Scan Grubb (Cag); 2. Dewayne Bright (Han); 3. Dew ayne Johnson (Han). OVER 30: 1. Craig Carey (Kaw); 2. Vi ck Dyer (Han); 3. J ames Finch um (Hus). . ENDUR: 1. Gary Reynolds (Kaw); 2. Eddie Sharp (Han); 3. TIm Blevins (Hus). 80 SR: 1. Shan e Jenkins (Kaw ); 2. Brian Wea ver (Han); 3. Clint Pilgr im (Kawi. 80 JR: 1. Chad Rayfield (Han): 2. Byron Robin ene - ( Ka w~ 3. M ike Ivory (Yam). lewis logs Eddyville Short Track win By Bobby Lewis EDDYVILL E, KY, JULY 16 John Lewis was the 250cc class win ner ton ight in WKCRA short trac k raci ng at Eddyville. A wellgroomed track p layed host to 91 ri ders. J oel Ba rrow jockeyed to the lead of the 250cc final wi th Lewis o n his heels. Barro ra n a smooth line bu t lowsided in tum one o n lap five, allowing Lewis to slip.by a nd go on to a n uncontested wi n. Mark Walker maintain ed his race-long dice wi th Byron Ward to ta ke second. Jimmy Alle n to pped Chuck Allen to fill in the top five. Ken H ouston led the Open cla ss down the bac k straigh t with Ro y Ha rt a nd J ames Hart knocking on th e door. Dallas Mayer jo ined th e pack, holding off David Flo wers a nd Barr ow. Hart mad e a valiant last-lap, l a st-cor n er mo ve but Houston slam med the o peni ng and the order was the sam e at th e checkers. . J ohn Sherrard h id fro m Chris Goodwin in the I25cc main the n did likewise to th e BO class. Wh en the cc green flag dro pped Sherrard left everyo ne 10 ba ttle for second: Aaron Ladd he ld the position th roughout th e race with Chris Boone co min g past Pau l Mo rgan for third. Chris Goodwin and Nick Hayden rounded out the pa ck. The opening lap of th e 60cc class sa w Jarrod Ba rro w lead J osh ua 29

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