Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

t- ..... Q.) ..0 8 .... Q.) 0. Q.) \f) -Tha top riders from the fourth annual Bruce Penhall Classic - (left to right) Charles Ermolenko. brother Sam. Bobby Schwartz. and Brad Oxley. two second pl aces on hi s O 'N eal USA/ Mari n Motorsport/Torgenson Research -sponsored Kawasaki while the two thirds of H arrison , sponsored by Bike World Kawasaki , Rock Oil a nd After Shocks, earne d h im third overall. H onda-moun ted St an Fin ney dominat ed th e 125cc Junior class with two very wide-margin moto wins. Fin ish in g second to Finney a nd his Co ncord H onda-sponsored CR was Kawasaki rider J oe La wwill, but he did it the har d way with a 4-2 finish. Results 80 MIN I BEG: 1. John Leddy (Kaw); 2. Danny Jacobo (Suz~ 3. Neil Goodman (Kaw): 4. Donn ie Bettencourt ( Suz~ 5 . Brian Alves (Yam~ 80 MINI J R: 1. Jame. Alexander (Hont 2. Aaron Cantre ll e (Kawl: 3 . Val Schweizer ( H on~ 4. Shawn Trantham (Kaw); 5 . Anthony Larez (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Chr is Hops (Han): 2. M ike lacopi (Hon ): 3 . Mark Gilbert (Han); 4. Todd Hewitt ( H on~ 5. Mark Klau ser (Kaw). 125 JR : 1. Stan Finney (Hon t 2. Joe Lawwi ll (Kawt 3 . Paul .an Horsen (Suzt 4 . Jea nn ie Pru itt (Han): 5 . Danny Williams (Han ). 125 INT : 1. Joe Bruce (Yam): 2. Fabric io Ciancaglin ia (Hon t 3. Kevin Bou lt ier (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Danny Paladino (Han); 2. Eric Sendstrom (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Jeremy Chisum (Yam); 2. Mike Andrews (Han); 3 . Anthony DeMario (Han); 4. Alan Canaboo (Yam); 5 . Mike Mo rgan (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Cagt 2. Ken 2ahrt (Han): 3. Dennis Hannel (Han); 4. Eric Sandstrom (Kaw). OPEN BEG: 1. Scott Wright (Yam): 2. Jim Pilgrim (Han); 3. Pau l Kieffer (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Tom Conklin (Kaw) . OPEN INT: 1. Jon Nicolaus (Kaw): 2. Tim Fergon (Han); 3. TIm Boone (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw) : 2. Sean Conley (Kaw) : 3 . Glenn Harrison (Kaw) . Q CL: 1. Niclas Granlund (Kaw): 2. Donald Babb (Han). VET JR: 1. Ken Campbell (Han): 2. George Galling (Han): 3 . Bernie Reali (Yam): 4 . Fred Stefani (Han); 5. Rich Kroske (Yam). VET INT: 1. Joe Wytman (Hon t 2. Gary Remmen (Yam). VET MSTR : 1. Duane Hughes (Han): 2. Larry Baker(Han~ OT MSTR : 1. Don Swearingen (Han). Schwartz tops Spdwy's Bruce Penhall Classic By Scott Dalo isio 38 SAN BERNARDINO, CA, AUG. IO Back in the ir British League da ys, Bobb y Schwa rtz and Bruce Penhall ha p pened to be best friends and they also rode side-by-si de whi le they carried the colors of the United Sta tes of America. It was only fi ttin g that for the second year in a ro w, Schwartz cap tured the Bruce Penhall Classic I at Inl and Motor Speedway. T hi ngs went q ui te smoothl y for Schwartz who was celebrating h is 32nd birthday on the ni ght. H e made five starts aboard th e Budweiser/CTI Brace/ STP/Bell Oakl ey GM and he took five wins. That ga ve th e po p ular blonde a perfe ct score of 15 on th e ni ght wh en Ameri ca's o nly two time World Ch ampion was hon ored. Even though things went well for Schwartz, a few of th e o ther top co mpe titors had to ugh nights: "Sudden " Sam Ermole n ko, the o n ly American to q ualify for th e 1988 World Speed way Championship, fell while running last in his opening ride. That miscue cost Ermolenko three points and even th ough lie wen t undefeat ed th e remainder of the evening, he still had to co nt est a runoff with National Ch ampion Brad Oxley for second. Ermol enko ga ted in th e ru noff and Oxl ey, wh o had two wins earl ier in the night, co uld never make up th e distance and went home th ird. Har d ridi ng Steve Lu cero looked to be a shoo-in for th e runoff as he cam e onto the racin g surface for h is last o uting of the night. Lu cero had nin e poi nts 'and on paper, hi s final ride was hi s second easiest. Riding a GM , he gated the field , but Scotty Brown , with an unbelievab le drive off of turn two, zipped past L ucero for the lead. Lucero stayed close to Brown until late in the event when he fell in the secon d turn. H e went from a shot at second overall to a tie for fifth. Ronnie Co rrey, a tea m mat e of Ermolenko's on th e Wolverhampton Wolves of th e British League, was in town for a week of racing and made hi s first appearance o n the lightning quick track. When Correy managed to stay on two wh eels, he won. That happened three tim es but sandwiched in betw een , were two fall s th at resulted in zero points. His most interesting win came in event 15 wh en hi s kill switch was discon nected the entire way. The infrac tio n went .u n no ticed by o ffic ia ls a nd Correy m a intained th e wi n. H e ended up tied with Lucero at night's end. The victory rostrum was cro wded wi th Ermolenkos. Sa m look th e number two spot in First Division while yo unger brother Ch arl es too k th e Support class main. Ridin g a Weslake. he passed J osh Larsen in the fin al bend after Larsen's kill sw i tch disenga ged . Second spo t event ua lly went to Tom H ughes with Kevin J ordan th ird. Results 1. Bobby Schwartz (GM): 2. Sam Ermolenko (GM ); 3. Brad Oxley (Wes); 4. Bill y Ham ill (We st 5 . (TIE) Ronnie Correy (Wes) / Steve Lucero (GM ). SUP : 1. Char les Ermolenko (Wes): 2. To m Hughes (J awt 3 . Kevin Jordan (Jaw ). Hannel hammers BaylandsMX By M ike Va ncil FREMONT, CA. AU G. 5 Dennis Hannel put togeth er a pair of wins in th e Pro class at th e Friday ni ght motocross at Baylands. In moto one th e six rider field charged off the line and within 30 yards Harmel had a slig ht lead. When th ey cam e out of the first corner it was Harmel by a bigger mar gin th an before. Close enough to worry Hannel was Matt Arena but in a lap or two Arena was off the pace and finished mid-pack. Taking Arenas' place in giving some battle to H annel was Gary Fargo on h is Yam aha and it was the pushing of Far go tha t forced Harmel to greater effort. At rnoto 's end it was H armel , Fargo an d Arena foll owed by Randy Dent on and the Porter bro th ers. In the second rn oto H arm el got an even better dri ve off the ga te and im mediately launched into a healthy lead . This time Denton too k up the cha llenge and p ut his Yamaha o n the heels of H a nneI. Dent o n 's best ride this seaso n was what it took to force Harm el's seco nd win of the even ing. Running th ird at this mo to fin ish was Fargo, which by virt ue of his 2-3 evening gave him the second overall behind Harmel. T h ird over all went to Dent o n, who earned th at spot with his 4·2 pl acings. In Vetera n Junior class action an excep tional performance by Douglas Crerar on a Husqvarna was enough to cap ture the o vera ll in an l l -rider field. H ottest rider in th e first moto was J erry Wohlgemu th on a Honda and he esta blished a huge lead early. All moto long Crerar whittled away at this lead a nd was definetl y closing but the even t ended while he was still IO feet back. In th e second rnoto Wohlgemuth was not the immediate leader and th ough he hung o nto Crerar all during the ea rly going he did appear to tire and could do nothin g to keep Crera r from getti ng a 2·1 performance. wh ich was just the tie breaker Crerar needed to take the overa ll. Third was Ken Ca m pbell. Results 80 MIN I BEG: 1. Danny Jacobo (Suzt 2. Eric Thompson (Han): 3 . Vinnie Pedrini (Han); 4. Phillip Jiunti (Yam): 5. Aaron Salinas (Han ). 80 JR MINI: 1. Pete Urfer (Kaw); 2. Aaron Cantrelle (Kawt 3 . Shawn Yuill (Kaw) . BIG WH L: 1. Angelo Jacobo (Kaw): 2. Bryan Rose (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Duane Polsley (Han): 2. Lance Bollens (Han); 3 . Lee Roach (Kaw ); 4. Mark Klauser _ (Kaw); 5 . Chris Fitz (Han). 125 JR : 1. Tyr Denlinger (Han): 2. Larry Moniz Jr. (Han ); 3. Shane W right (Han) . 125 PRO: 1. Dennis Hannel (Han); 2. Craig Poner (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Keith Cattaneo (Kaw t 2. M ichael Rich (Han ); 3 . Chris Pedrini (Han); 4 . Jason Vasilakos (Han): 5. Thomas Bit ner (Han). 250JR: 1. Shane Davis (Hon t 2. Greg MacArthur (Yam): 3 . Mike Ospring (Han): 4. Don Mendenhall (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Scott Edwards (Hon): 2. Doug Sll ve (Yam); 3 . Tom Damsen (Han): 4. Bob Holmes (Han); 5.Pau l Fusco (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Richard Wilson (Han): 2. Gary Gaehne (Han): 3. Warren White (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Dennis Hann el (Han): 2. Gary Fargo (Yam); 3 . Randy Denton (Yam); 4. Matt Arena (Han): 5. Craig Porter (Han). VET JR : 1. Douglas Crerar (Hus); 2. Jerry Wohlgemuth (Han); 3 . Ken Campbell (Hont 4. Mike Sterli ng (Kawt 5 . Roben Foster (Yam). VET INT: 1. Gary Jaehne (Han); 2. Erik Shaff er . (Hont 3. Mark Arthur (Han). Q CL: 1. Jimmy LaMaack (Suz); 2 . Aaron Brandenburg (Hon t 3 . Shanno Bark ett (Suz). Jackson jams at Bandido GP By David Procida SAN BERNARDINO, CA, J ULY 17 Vicky J ackson took ad vantage of an open course in front of her to go virt ua lly unchallenged for the Women's Expert class win a t CRC's Bandido G P at Glen H elen OHV Park. When the n ag dropped to start the co mbined Expert/Intermediat e lin e. Bonnie Warch rock eted into th e first turn ahead of J ackson, Intermediate Lori Hedstrom and Brenda Conners. J ackson wa s on the move and quickl y took th e lead , and with nobody to slow her down th e English rider left everyone behind. Lori H edstrom led th e Intermediate class until a lapped rider took her out and gave th e lead to Kathy J o Ehrp. Hedstrom repassed Ehrp but enco unt ered morebad luck wh en she took a trip into a ditch. Hedstrom fell again a ttem p ting to pass Ehrp on th e next lap. and another fall la te in th e race kept her behind Ehrp at the finish. Resu lt s 80 BEG: 1. Brian Huben (Han): 2. M att Wilson 3. Chris Allen (Kaw). BO NOV : 1. Terry Lee Parsons (yam); 2. Jeff Bluff (Kawl. 80 EX: 1. Dust in Evans . 125 BEG: 1. Danny Peterson; 2. Adam Watters (Yam); 3. Justin Mendibles (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Ste.e Jackson: 2. Todd Clark (Kawt 3 . Cooper Kunath (Han ). 5DO BEG: 1. M ike Steinhoff (Yam): V Randy Wysocki (Kaw): 3 . Steve Schrobsdorf. 125 NOV : 1. Keit h .Lccnstcc t (Suz); 2. Jon Hughlett; 3. Chr is Evans. 250 NOV: 1. Rich Banon (Yamt 2. Chris Leik er (Yam ): 3 . Ear l Watters (Kaw) . 500 NOV: 1. Brett Fulton: 2. Greg At kinson; 3. (Kaw~ Charl ie Stro ng . 125 INT: 1. Jamie Mo rab ito; 2. J oel Tokarsky (Han). 250 INT: 1. M er le Hammer (Yam); 2. Scott M urphy (Kaw): 3. RSonn ie Dens ford (Han). 5DO INT: 1. Georg e Andrews (Han); 2. Da.id Thayer; 3 . Ron Gilben. 125 PRO: 1. Todd Camp bell (KTM). 250 PRO: 1. Larry Roese'e r (Kaw): 2. Rich Truninski (Yam); 3 . Roger Hurd. 5DO PRO: 1. Mike Healy. WMN NOV: 1. Kimberly Morgan (Han ): 2. Terry O'Neili (Kaw): 3. Joy Am es (Kaw ). WMN INT: 1. Kathy Jo Ehrp (Han ); 2. Lori Hedstrom (Han); 3. Maria Gonza lez (Kaw). WMN EX: 1. Vicky Jackson (Han): 2. Bonnie Warch (Suz): 3 . Brenda Conner (Suz). VET BEG: 1. Daid Gauthier (Yamt 2. Raben Wyckoff (Kawt 3 . Richard Swihan. VET NOV : 1. Russ Hoffman (Han): 2. Bret Mandarich; 3 . Doug Broadous. VET INT: 1. Charlie Strong (Han): 2. Cun James (Kaw): 3 . Richard Carlson (Han). VET EX: 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw): 2. Brad W ilii ams (Kaw): 3 . Ronnie Gibson. SR BEG: 1. Neal Neiman (Mai). SR NOV: 1. Jerry Purkell; 2. Bary Gordon. SR INT: 1. Richard W ilson: 2. Robert Lin .iIIe (Suz). SR EX: 1. Robert Mennell. NOV OT: 1. Bill Staley: 2. John Flanders ; 3. Fred Schilling (Han). AM OT: 1. M ilton Roybel (Kaw); 2. Cley on Loonsfoot (Suz): 3 . Cun Heintzman. EX OT: 1. Jack Allen (Han): 2. Dennis Rose nberg (Kaw~ 3 . Tom Widick (Kaw). MSTR OT: 1. Terry Davis (Kaw): 2. John White (Han). Huebner hustles at Aztalan MX By Steve Giuntoli LAKE MILLS, WI , AUG. I4 Round nine of th e Double-Cross Interstate Chall en ge sa w KTM· mounted Fritz Huebner win an outstanding pair of motos at the Aztal an Cycle Clubgrounds in the Super Senior class. Torque Center/D irty Harry'ssponsored Huebn er got th e holeshot and never relinquished his lead and, despite his years of riding experience. received his first ever first -place trophy. Following was Dave Kerr. who also had his best finish to date . and Jon Isakson. Both motos of Senior class looked the same as Kris Klapperich got off to a good start with Ron Rivenburgh in tow . Right behind them Mike Modj ewski was hard charging. Two laps later, Klapperich had extended his lead to 10 seconds while MOd· jewski succeeded in passing Rivenburgh. For th e last three laps the order was set with Klapperich ~n. ing a bigger lead on Modjewski and Rivenburgh. The best di cing of th e afternoon was in th e 125cc B class. Shawn Miller made the comeback of the day when he got off 12th on lap one. He steadily worked his way. up and by lap five got by Paul Philbrick and Matt Radtke for the lead. In moto two Miller started out sixth and passed most of h is rivals on th e first two laps. Mike Moll also came from behind. moving up from seventh to second by th e end of the moto. Resu lts S/SR : 1. Fritz Huebner: 2. Da.. Kerr: 3 . Jon Isakson . SR: 1. Kr is Klapperich: 2. M ike Modjewski; 3 . Ron Rivenburgh. MSTR : 1. Da.e Rath : 2. Ron Ri.enburgh: 3 . Carl Osborne. OPEN A : 1. J eff Kolberg: 2. Eriks Ezerins; 3 . Doug Feeney. OPEN B: 1. Terry Hahn: 2. Dave Pennebecker: 3. Tim Ris ner. 2 50 A : 1. Chuck Melcher; 2. Kris Klapperich: 3. Mike Eidenberger. 25 0 B: 1. M ike Moll: 2. Terry Hahn; 3. Jeff Recker. 25 0 C: 1. TIm Hytry: 2. M ar k M ancini; 3 . 0 ... Windey. 125 A : 1. Darrin Hill : 2. Brian Roberts; 3. Bret S nide r. 125 B: 1. Shawn Miller; 2. Mike Moll; 3 . MIIIt Radtke . 125 c-r : 1. Roy Nafeger; 2. John Degra.e; 3. Bill Fleischman.

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