Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

advances until lap two when, com ing off the second tu m , Sisem ore hooked up and shot by. Christian fell in th e next tum a nd handed third to Ferrell. . Sisemore was all over Brown o n the fin al two laps, bu t Bro wn refused to budge. Wh en the checkered came down , Bro wn , Sisemore a nd Ferrell crossed under th e checkered in tig h t for ma tion. Res ults MAIN: 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 3. Billy Hamill (Wes); 4 . Greg Hancock (Wes). Michaud moves at Lake Geneva MX By Jack Biddison _ LAKE GENEVA, WI , AUG. 19 Jeff Michaud rode to wins in both of th e I25cc Amateur class rnotos for th e overall win a t Lake Gen eva Raceway. Michaud took th e lead on the third lap of th e heat ra ce from Eric Parker and led every other lap. Chris Skyria took runner-up honors to Michaud in th e feature followed closely by Chris Himes. The Open Amateur events were swept by' T erry Hahn, but the real race wa s over fourth between Ra y Shine and Tim Winnemuller. They finished the heat race nearly side-byside aft er several posi tion changes, and they continued this close riding again in the feature and this time it was Winnemuller getting th e fo urth place spot over Shine. More close riding in the middle of th e pack highlighted th e 125cc P ro . classes as Bo b Neb el swept th e top ' spot after a tough battle with J im Heyden. Aga i n th e fourt h spot seem ed to hol d th e attention of the fans as J eff Biaha and Roy Nafzger battled in the hea t race . Blaha won out for the spot in the heat and then return ed to take third in the feature. The mi nicycle even ts proved a breeze and a sweep for Eron Ezerins. Dan Kuhajek was second in both races and Brian Harrison, Yamaha, swept the third place spots. R.sults AM 125 : 1. Jeff M ichaud (Kaw); 2. Chris Skyr ia (Han); 3. Chris Him es (Yam). PRO 125 : 1. Bob Nebel (Han); 2. Jim Heyden (Han); 3.Jeff Blaha (Han). OPEN AM ; 1. Terry Hahn (Kawl; 2. Chr is Benavides (Han); 3. Bob Nieman (Han). AM 250 : 1. Terry Hahn (Kew ); 2. Doug Higg ins (Kaw); 3. Roy Nalzger (Kaw ). MIN I: 1. Eron Ezer in s (Kaw ); 2. Dan Kuhaje k (Han); 3. Brian Harri son (Yam). Shiramizu, Woods shine at Berthoud MX By larry Johnson BERT H O U D, CO, AUG. 13-14 Gary Shiramizu a nd Stan Woods both locked up Old Timers Na tio nal titles a t Berthoud in the nex t-to -last ro und of this year's seri es. Both rid ers won their class overalls, and without even running the final event at Fern ley, Ne vada in ' September, clinched the championships. Shira mizu had no trouble earning his victory in 'the Amateur class , winning all five motos over the two da ys of racing. Bob Krus was the only one to stay clos e, finishing second four times and third once. Ted Hardy took third overall. Woods started the weekend a bit slower, finishing second to Stan Heffner in moto one, then fourth in moto two. Bu t th e newly-crowned Novice cla ss cha mp won the final - three ro unds. H effner went into th e last rna to with a one-point edge over Woods after taking th ree seconds followin g h is first mo ta victory. This left the last mota as the deci di ng factor. Woods and H effner were at the fro nt, and Woods nipped H effner for the wi n. Both ri ders wound up with nine points, but Woods ' last win was the tie-breaker. Byron Wolf a nd Vic Barl ish won a ll the Expert class motos with Barl ish ta king three to Wol£'s two. Bu t Wolf had no worse th an a second all weekend, while Barlish came in fourth on the seco nd round. Wo l£ fin ished o ne point a hea d of Barlish for the overall victory . Jim L ong wo n twice, finish ed second tw ice, a nd was th ird in the firs t mota of the Amateur Senior class. That was eno ugh to win the cla ss ahead of Paul Phelps, who won the las t ro und a fter two seco nd s and two th ird s. Jim Rob erts was on hi s way early after winnin g the first two ro unds, but after a fro nt fla t in moto three, th in gs fell apart. Russ Powell won the final fou r . Master class rnotos for th e overa ll wi n aft er fir st round-winner Dave Wollaston's bike seized. Result s NOV: 1. Stan Woods (Han); 2. Stan Heffner (Yam); 3. Dan Moore (ya m). AM : 1. Gary Shiramizu (Hus); 2. Bob Krus (Han); 3. Ted Hardy (Kaw). . AM SR: 1. Jim Long (Yam): 2. Paul Phelps (Yam); 3. Jim Robert s (Han). EX: 1. Byron Wolf (Han); 2. Vic Bar lish (Yaml; 3. Terry Frydendall (Yam). MSTR: 1. Russ Pow ell (KTM). M STR SR: 1. Bob Mi lner (Han). Jacks, Shaw dominate - Moroso Park RR By Joe M cKay WEST PALM BEACH, FL, AUG. 21 Donald Jacks and Ri ck Sh aw captured the attention of th e fans a nd the other riders by running away with everyt hing in sight at the AMAI CCS Road Races at Moroso Mot orsports Park. Jacks ran off with th e trophies in th e GTU Endurance race, Heavyweigh t Su persports, Middleweight Superbike, Middleweight G P and finishing fourth in the $1000 Shoot-Out. Shaw took top honors.in the G TO Endurance Feature, Un lim ited G P , and first in th e ShootOut. The 50 mi le GTO race started with Shaw and usual teammate Bill Kell y battling for th e lead. Kell y closed up on Shaw's rear fender severa l times, but by th e eighth lap he had to back off as his rear tire faded. The big battle was just behind them with Rick H erndo n , J ohn Ch oate, Gl enn Barry, and Palm Beach Suzuki ri der Danny R oberts. Ch oate, o n hi s P3 Racing/ Suzuki GSXR750, looked exceptional as he picked off Barr y, then R oberts and H erndon on hi s way to th ird place.' Hern do n settl ed for fourth place, Roberts fifth , a nd Rob er t Caraway sixth. In GT(J ac tion, it was a rea l battle go ing on up front with Longevit y Ra cing's J ohn Long and J acks. On th e fifth la p it started to rain and, whe n the lightning started the race was red-flagged. Forty minutes later it was restarted on a very wet track. . Long, who was on sli cks (a nd runs very we ll i n the ra i n ) qui ckly assu med the lead. Jacks took awhile to get aro und some slower riders before camping out on Long's rear fender. They swapped the lead for 10 laps a nd at th e checkered flag it was Jacks by a wheel. Long took second, and G lenn Barry was third. In Unlimited G P, Rick Shaw led . the field from start-to-frin ish , Mark Chin; also of Miami, battled with Kelly and Scott Cantrell on his way to second place. Sha w and Ch in al so collected the lion's share of Yamaha contingency money. In th e $1000 Sh oot-O ut it was Shaw untouch ed from wire- to-w ire . Ca ntrell, in his last race as a motorcycle road racer finished second (Sco tt is offi cially retiring), Bill Kelly th ird, Donal d Jacks fourth and Kevin Blais fift h. Resu lts . 50 MI LE SOLO ENDUR GTO: 1. Rick Shaw (Yam); 2. Bill Kelly (Yam); 3. John Choate (Suz). 50 MILE SOLO ENDUR GTU: 1. Don JIICk& (Hon); g? w '" o l%I l%I > l%I o ..... o :r 0.. Robert Curry, Steve Martin and Shawn Reppert battle in the Sc ratch m ain eve nt at Bay lan ds Speedway . Curry won both m ain ev ents. 2. J ohn Long (Due); 3. Glenn Bar ry (Suz). UW GP EX: 1. John Long (Yam); 2 . John France (Han); 3. Mi ke Spradli n (Yam). LlW GP NOV: 1. Joe Cole (Han); 2 . Ben Stow ers (Yam ); 3. J ohn Cox (Yam). H/W S/SPRT EX: 1. Don Jacks (Suz); 2 . Danny Roberts (Suz); 3. Tim Ledbetter (Suz). HIW S/S PRT NOV: 1. Jim Nievrzydowski (Suz); 2. John Cozx (Yam); 3. Chip Crowther (Suz). MIW S/ BK EX: 1. Don Jacks (Han); 2 . Newton Heston (Han); 3 . Pat Johnson (Han). MIW S/B K NOV: 1. Mark Dalt on (Han); 2. Mike Bar nes (Han); 3. Kevin Noonan (Hon). U/L GP EX: 1. Rick Shaw (Yam); 2. Mark Chain (Yam); 3. Scott Cantrell (Suz). U/L S/ SPORT EX: 1. Danny Robert s (Suz); 2. Ted Dake (Suz): 3 . Jim Nicks (Suz). MIW S/ SPRT EX: 1. Pat Johnson (Han): 2. Bill Baasch (Han); 3. Mark Pastir (Kaw). MIW S/ SPRT NOV: 1. M ike Lehni ng (Han): 2 . John Costa (Han); 3. Greg Seiz (Han). HIW S/B K EX: 1. M ark Crin (Yam); 2. Don J acks (Suz); 3. Jo hn Choate (Suz). HIW S/B K NOV: 1. Frank Kin sley (Suz); 2 . J im Niebrzydowski (Suz); 3. Bow e Herr on (Yam). UW S/BK EX: 1. Jim Ronan (Yam); 2. M ike Sprad lin (Yam); 3 . Gary Stumm (Yam ). UW S/BK NOV: 1. Jeff Johnson (Suz); 2. Ben Stowers (Yam); 3. M ike Nolan (Yam). SITW EX: 1. M alcolm e Tun sta ll (Due); 2. Dennis Liebrecht (Dux); 3. Pete Nor ling (Due). SITW NOV: 1. Ma rcu s Day (Kaw); 2. Dana Phelps (Due); 3. Randall Wi ng (Cog). H/W VINT EX: 1. John ·Long (Vin); 2. Joe Drost (Hon). HIW V1NTNOV: 1. George Rockett (Tri); 2. Mike Moscoso (Yam); 3. Carlos Mart in ez (Due). UW VINT COMB : 1. Mike Moscoso (Yam); 2. Douglas Med ina (Due); 3. Wrl Dalton (Suz); 4 . J im Reed (Yam). MIW GP EX: 1. Don Jacks (Han); 2. John Long (Due); 3. Malcolme Tunstall (Due). M IW GP NOV: 1. M ike Barnes (Han); 2. Igor Del Haya (Han); 3. Kevin Noonan (Han). NOV 5 /0 : 1. Chr is Temm e (Suz); 2 . Jim Niebrzydowksi (Suz); 3. Chip Crowther (Suz); 4 . Mik e Barnes (Hon); 5. Nate Donohew (Yam). $10005/0 : 1. Rick Shaw (Yam); 2. Scott Cantr ell (Suz); 3. Bill Kelly (Yam); 4. Don J acks (Suz); 5. Kevin Blais (Kaw ). Curry doubles at Baylands Speedway By Bill Spencer FR EMO NT , CA, AUG. 18 Robert " Kid" Curry doubled u p wins at Round 17 of Baylands Racewa y Park's Class A Speedwa y. Mark Day grabbed .the lead in th e H an dicap main while Do ug Nicol tried to work an o utside line o n Cu rry a nd Ch arlie Venegas. Donny Odem went wide to pass up to third .when Venegas lost it while Nic ol crept up alongside. Curry stay ed in th e middle line but fou nd himself trapped as Ni col went to pass, just as th e JT Racin g Special dropped it running in second. The ensu ing swa pp ing of spots still had Day o u t front, but Curry worked extra hard to go for a final -corner pass and win. As the gate went for the Scratch main, so did Nicol, who started wide and stayed there while Steve Martin went for the better things to come. IL happened when Nicol wen t for th e pass to lead on lap two and finis hed there as he cras hed , gi ving the lead bac k to Martin who had a bit of tro ub le com ing off the first turn with Reppert very close. Curry was no t looking like a double winner as they went for the last tum of the last la p , but he gritted his teeth and went between riders for the pass and what was a very close win over Martin. Mark Sqadrito topped Kerry Puccio in the Division Two class and th e battle .for division honors will co me ou t a t the cha mpio ns hi p set for September l. Blazing Bill Ripl ey won 'h is first Division T h ree m a in in o n ly a handfull of starts for Hap J on es Di st/Shoei/So Ba y Cy cle/ Co- Ed Honda. Bob Collier h ung on for second with Stacy Ledou third. Results SCRATCH: 1. Kid Curry; 2. Steve Martin; 3. Shaw n Reppert; 4. Doug Nicol . HDCP: 1. Kid Curry; 2. Mark Day; 3. J eff Kniss; 4. Doug Nicol; 5. Brian Pecore; 6. Charlie Venegas. 0 ·2 : 1. Mark Squadrit o; 2 . Kerry Pucci o; 3. Gry Rossi; 4. Bryan Ban en; 5. Steve Martynse. 0 ·3: 1. Bill Ripley; 2. Bob Coll ier; 3. St acy Ledou; 4 . Lee Steinm etz; 5. Jody Paners on. Zahrt zooms at Baylands Motocross By M ike Vancil FREMONT, CA, AUG. 10 Quick-starting Ken Zahrt won th e 250 cc Pro cl ass at the CMCsa nc tioned event at Baylands Racewa y Park. In the 250cc class, Zahrr's greatest challenge was mounted by the north's newest professional, Phil Douglas, wh o also races in th e Vetera n Mas ter class . T he younger pros cou ldn' t ge t by Dougl as to la unch an attack on Zah rt. . In both 250cc motos, Zahrt was aga in qu ickest off the line. He was in the lead fo r good by the time th e race was to th e third corn er. In 500cc Pro class action, it wasn' t all Dan Berg . unti l th e final lap in the second rnoto wh en he clinc hed his second moto win. The firs t moto was hi s from the o utset. In the second _ rnoto, Berg was th e last man off the line but by mid-rnot o had worked up to second beh ind Sean Conley. The trickies t pass in recent weeks was put on Conley by Berg on the whiteflag lap. Turn three is a ri ght-hander . and co mes aft er a long, harsh series of rockers. The turn ha s a n in side line choice that is a slight rise on approach but drops away sudden ly, and this is a sharp way around. The o u tside line is flat and longer but a higher speed is attainable. Conley got to th e inside line before Berg , but Berg jabbed his right foot o n th e crest of the drop-off, flung his machine near horizontal, set it straight again and was on the gas hard. H e was sideby-side wi th Conley for an instant a nd then he was ahead and gone. Results BO MINI BEG: 1. John Leddy (Kaw); 2. Clayton Keates (Kaw); 3. Neil Goodman (Kaw); 4 . Daniel Balbas (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Lee Roach (Kaw); 2. Paul Hernandez (Han); 3. Mark Wr ight (Han); 4. Beau Melvin (Kaw); 5. Mark Klauser (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Tyler Hummel (Suzj; 2. Dan Reger (Han); 3. Paul EszJinger (Kaw); 4. Jeannie Prui tt (Han); 5. Danny W illie ms (Han). 125 INT: 1. Joe Bruce (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Danny Paladino (Han). 35

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