Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w ~ Cl 0 W ...J W >< > m 0 I0 e J: 11. 00 00 O"l ., 1:~ v .D. 8 v ..... Winner Roger Marshall (1 1 ) leads M ichael Seeber at the sta rt of the Battle of the Twins International race at Belg ium's Spa-Francorchamps. 0. v Cf':J Battle of the Twins 'nt". Marshall wins Belgian Twins RR By Ro be rt Fawcett SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, BEL G IU M, A UG. 13 Roger Marshall, riding the Britishbuilt QuanteI Cosworth, co n firmed his ranking as unofficial Pro Twins World Champion wit h a win in Europe 's m ost presti gi ous Battle o f th e T wins event, held .a s a curtainra iser to the Belgian round o f th e World Endurance Seri es. Marsh all defeated th e crea m o f Euro pea n twin-cylinder ra cers in a fast and furi ous race, run over 12 laps of th e ch allengi ng 4.37-mi le SpaFr a n co rc h a m p s ci rcu i t. Fren ch policema n Marc G ranie took seco n d place o n hi s F l Ducati Pa n ta h after a ra ce-long battle with third-place finisher, Cycle N ew s correspon dent Al a n Cathcart on th e ex-Kevin Magee FI Duca ti, T here wer e no Am eri cans present for th e debut BoTT event a t Spa, but instead all th e leading G erman riders from just across th e border including Stefa n Schulz an d J ens H offman o n Moto-G uzzi s, a n d a fleet o f fast BMW s led by Mich ael Seeber on th e brilliantly enginee red VV m achine with builder Ul ric h Volkel's Elftyped hub-center ch assis design. Marsh all took th e lead a t th e start, track ed by a six-bi ke freight tra in through th e fast swee ps of th e pub lic roads co u rse. Seeber held second place o n th e first lap, followed by Granie, Schulz, Cathcart and th e two BMWs of Manfred Rettig and H a rt-' mut Mull er. Rettig elbowed his wa y 'u p to third with some bra ve riding, wh ile Cathcart sneaked past Schulz, who's Guzzi seem ed to 'be suffering fro m front end handling problems. . Marshall was trying all he knew to break away, but could n o t shake Seeber. " I knew that there'd be a lot of slower riders to be lapped in the seco nd half of the race," said Marshall. " So I tried to bu ild u p a cushio n in the early laps to have some thi ng in h and whe n we came to the traffic." He p artially succeeded, droppi ng Granie a nd Cathcart on la p two, as Re n i ~'s aggressive ride came to an end with transmission problems. Seeber was still in the Coswort h 's draft, occassion a lly tak ing a look up the ins ide, but bad lu ck struck th e Germa n ap proac hing half di stance. " I was co min g round La Source hai rpin in bo ttom gear wh en I saw a p atch o f o il h ad been dropped righ t in m y path, " explaine d Seeber. " I tried to avoid it, bu t co u ldn't." Seeber knocked the rig h t carburetor off th e bike in th e mishap, and lost too much time trying to refit it. Seeb er's mi sfortunes promoted Granie to seco n d pl ace, six seco nds behind Marsh all , but h e wa s soon overtaken by Cathcart on lap five. A lap later , th e bright yell ow Au stralian Du ca ti slo wed with clutch troubles, and G ranie took advantage to reclaim seco n d place. T h e Fren ch a nd British duo then staged a thrillin g battle, excha n g in g positi ons severa l times before Cathcart h it a neutral going up from Eau Rouge . on lap 11. Gra n ie took seco n d place, defea ting Cathcart by .35 of a second, 8.92 secon ds behind win ner Marsh all. Schul z was fourth, just a head of Bel gi an Ducati rider Er ik va n Damrne, Results BOTT: 1. Roger Marshall {Cos}; 2. Ma rc Granie (Duc); 3. Alan Cat hcart (Duc); 4 . Stefan Schulz (M· G); 5. Erik van Damme (Duc); 6. Hayr; W inter (Duc); 7. Jens Hofman (M ·G); 8. Eric Willemse (M·G): 9. Ivan Van D. Spiegel (Duc); 10. Piet Laan (Nor). Peterson pulverizes LACRMX By David Procida PAL MDAL E, CA, AUG. 14 Lisa Peterson finished up the fin a l ra ce of th e IRC Women's Championsh ip Series, run in conjunction with the IRC Tri-R ace Series, with th e o verall win toda y in the Expert class a t L.A . County Raceway, but it was Vicky J ackson who took th e series title. The series trophy presenta tion and ba rbeq u e foll owed th e day's racing. Peter son started in th e back of th e pack in moto one while Dana Evanson p o wered into the lead, bu t Peterson sliced through the pack and soon moved into third behind Jackson. Both Jackson and Pe terso n displaced Evanson, then the two ba uled side-by-side u ntil Peterso n p~lled ahead and took off with the WIn. Jackson rocketed into the lead to start m ot o two with Peterson and Evanson close beh ind. J ackson eventually bailed hard , handing the lead to Peterso n. As Peterson motored to the win, Bonn ie Warch slip ped by Evanson to take the runner -up spot a t th e checkers. Althou gh J ack son crashed out of co ntention, she sti ll picked up th e class champ io ns h ip, finishing the series j us t two points ahead o f Peterson. Warch Im p roved h er finishes eac h week to ta ke th ird in th e ser ies. Katy Sen ger took a wire-to-wire win in th e fir st Women 's Intermediate m oto. Sheila Moritz made a late-moto pass to tak e seco nd from Lori Hedstrom while Tina Zahrt . finished fourth o ver Maria Gonzalez. In moto two Senger holesho t an d led until she fell in a co mer. H edstrom moved by in a charge that would tak e h er to th e checkers first, but Senger sa lvaged second in th e rnoto for the overall win. Lisa Peterson won the Los A ngeles Co unty Racew ay round of the IR C Women's Series, but Vi cky Jackson t o ok the ser ies t it le. Sen~er also took th e class ti tle a fter fin ishin g first in almost every moto throughout the series. Hedstrom di ced with Moritz for se cond , throughout th e seri es and ended up edging h er by one point. Results WMN NOV: 1. Kimberly Morgan (Han); 2. Diane Spizzirri (Han); 3. Candy Hateley (SUl). WMN INT: 1. Katy Senger (Han): 2. Lor i Hedstrom (Han); 3. Tina lahrt (Han). WMN EX: 1. Lisa Peterso n (Han); 2. 80nnie Warch (SUl); 3. Dana Evanson (SUl). Hare' nabs B.A.R.F. Enduro win By Duane Elle r BLACK RIVER FALLS, WI, JULY 29 Steve Narel, o n his Husky 430WR, narrowly edged his co nsta nt enduro riding companion Jeff Haasl , to win overall honors by better tie breaker scores. Bo th rid ers dropped 13 points, with third overall h onors going to l8- year-old Mark Holasek with 18 points on a Honda CR250. Hot, dry conditions in the Midwest ha s led to vario us cancellations and postp one me nts. Bu t, thanks to the cooperation of the Jackson County Forestry Board and some sp ecia l precautions by the Madison M.e. th e event went o rr without a hitch. Rain o n Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, with moderate 80 degree temperatures, m ade for o ne o f the prime riding days of th e; summer . An 18 mph first section, proved to be the u n doing of many past cham p io ns a nd a couple of Minneso ta SixDay Intent riders. The deceivingly fast trails caught many riders three to seven minutes hot at strategicall y located checks. Numerous C and B rider s fo u n d themselves zero in g checks with total looks o f surprise an d p leas u re o n their faces. After the first 20 m iles the speed average was raised to 24 mph to ins ure tha t a ll ri ders wou ld have some la te points. Haasl, o n h is CR500 was one Point u p on Narel a t th e beginn ing o f the seco n d 40-mi le loop. Bu t by th e end of both 17 plus m ile wood sections , Narel wa s alw ays in th e lead. At the fin al ch eck, a 30 secon d ~p left Haasle on th e n ext later mmute to give both riders a tie with the nod go ing to Narel. Mark Holasek appears to be one ' more of Minnesota's up a nd coming ri ders. With cons is ten t riding a n d timekeepin g , he easi ly topped th e 250cc A class. Fellow Minnesotia ns followed him in the next three slots. Resu lts OPEN A: 1. David Iverso n; 2. Frank Schoenbeck; 3. Eric Shafer; 4. Mike Ellis . • 250 A:. 1. Mark Holasek; 2. John Rasmussen ; 3. Todd Mathwig; 4. Jerry Holasek; 5. Tom Eller. 200 A: 1. Dan 8 uck; 2. Mik e Detj ens: 3. Peter W icks. SR A : 1. Chu ck Craig; 2. Bob Kau; 3. John Shaf er. SR 8: 1. Roger McKee; 2. Dick Rhoda; 3. Phil Terry . OPEN B: 1. Dan Ferderer ; 2. Terry Tschida; 3. Steve Barr . 250 8: 1. Mike Roskos; 2. Bob Briswold; 3. M ike Br ubaker. 200 B: 1. Richard McGrath; 2. Jerry Voegele; 3. Dale Sanborn . C CL: 1. Marc Terry; 2. Todd Jackobson; 3. Ron Niebuhr; 4 . Phil Berry . Hammond hot at LakewoodMX By Larry Johnson LAKE WOO D, CO, AUG. 7 Tobey Hammond easily won both motos despite some difficult conditions for the overall victory in th e 125cc Am ateu r class at Lakewood. R a in moved in a n d turned th e usually concret e-hard L a kewo od track into greasy slime, and th e only class that got both rnotos in before the races were cancelled was th e l25cc Amateurs. Mike Mathen y broke from th e gate first in round one , but lo st th e lead so o n after to Eric Ri ck e. ' Then Ma theny crashed hard an d H ammond moved into sec o n d . H e ' dropped R icke to second SOO Il after an d p u lle d away for the win. Ricke kept seco n d to th e finish a head of Brad Willems. . Hammond sho t from the gate in moto two and was go ne immediately. Matheny ran a distant second early, but Matt Sweney took over the position on lap th ree. He stayed th ere u n til th e la st go- 'round whe n h e overshot a berm at the bottom of a steep drop. J im Agnew took advantage and grabbed second where h e stayed for the last half-la p . Sweney ca me back onto the track in third, where he finished. Meanwhile, H ammond was all by h imself up fron t. Resu lts so NOV: 1. Cory Pearman (Kaw). 80 NOV: 1. Frank Kuligowski ( Kaw~ 2. M ike Thieman (Kaw~ 3. Kirk Hunter (Kaw~ 80 AM: 1. Corey Clark (Kaw~ 2. K.C. Cool< (Kaw); 3. Shawn Malone ISuz). . 125 NOV: 1. Jeff Hickey (Kaw ); 2. John Whitmarsh (Hon~ 3.Sean Hixenbaugh (Han). 125 AM: 1. Tobey Hammond ( Kaw~ 2. Jerry Dominick ( H an~ 3. Eric Ricke (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Pat SC honeck (Han); 2. Jeff Karnes (Han); 3. Willie Glover (Han). 250 AM : 1. M ike M itchell (Kawt; 2. Bjorn J orgensen (Yam); 3 . Eric Ricke (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Don Brew er (Han); 2. Steve Hill (Han); 3. For rest Fridlund (Kaw t. OPEN AM : 1. Kevin Brauch (Han); 2. Don Brewer (Han). VET NOV: 1. Dean Calhoun (Vam); 2. Doug W hit e 9Vam ); 3. J im W ild (Yam). VET AM: 1. Steve 80 swell (Kaw); 2. Randy Loewen (Yam); 3. Berkley Osborn (Han ). VET EX: 1. Dave Wolla ston (S Ul). SR NOV: 1. M ike Mau rer (Han); 2. Roger How e (Han). SR AM : 1. Perry Black (Hont; 2. Stan Heff ner (Vam); 3. George Chapman (Hont . SR EX: 1. Dave Wollaston (SUl); 2. Vic Bar lish (Yam); 3. Ben Eckhardt (Han). EX BOMB : 1. Jim Ecker1(Han); 2. 80b Hanrahan (Kaw ); 3. Keith Campbell (Yam). 27

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