Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

HOCI': 1. Andy Northrup (WeI); 2. Tuff McBride (Jaw) ; 3. Steve Lucero (Gdn~ 4. Bred Oxley (Wes). 0 -2: 1. Bobby Cody (Jaw); 2. Charles Ermolenko (Wes); 3. Tim Gewecke (Wes). 0 -3 : 1. Brian King (Jaw) ; 2. Matt Stoutenberg (Wes); 3. Gary Ackroyd (Gdn). .. Haydens dominate Mal'ion Short TI'ack By Bobby Lewis MARION, KY, J U L Y 29 Tommy and J enny H ayden swept th e Mini classes tonigh t at Marion WKCRA short trac k. J en n y H a yd en overtook early .leader Jason Goodwin in the 50cc Modi fied class to score the eventual win . Goodw in held off Beau Braswell a nd J osh Rude fo r seco nd. H ayden led every lap of the Au tomati c Stoc k class to score the second win of th e night. Rude and Goodwin ra n a close race for seco nd with Rude ge tting th e nod. J ohn Warner and Bobb y Warne rounded ou t the top five. T ommy Hayden wen t to the front of th e 60cc final with Paul Morgan a few feet back. Ni ck Hayden , jarrod Barrow and Joshua Knott were banging bars for third wh en Knott and Nick Hayden went down bringing out th e red flag. On th e single file restart Hayden, o nce again, resumed th e lead wit h Morgan and Barrow following him to th e flag. Knott , Nick Hayd en and Jason Goodwin rounded out th e field. H ayden holesho t th e 80cc fin al and ra n eig h t smooth laps to tak e th e close win over John Sherrard. Chris Boone filled in th e winner's circle by to ppin g Paul Morgan , Jarrod Barrow, Nick Hayden and Chris Goodwin. Joel Barrow led the 250s down the backstretch and never looked behind en route to the win. John Lewis fa n second th e entire way over Mark Walker, Jimmy Allen and Chuck Allen. Results 50 MOD: 1. Jenny Heyden (Yam); 2. Jason Goodwin (Yam); 3. Beau Brasw ell (VamJ . 50 STK: 1. Jenny Hayden (Yam); 2. Josh Rude (Yam); 3. Jason Goodwin (Yam). 60: 1. Tommy Hayden (Kaw); 2. Paul Morgan (Kaw); 3. Jarrod Barrow (Kaw). 80: 1. Tommy Hayden (Yam); 2. John Sherrard (Klw); 3. Chris Boone (Hon). AM : 1. Charlie Marsh (Kaw). SR: 1. Lee Hibbs (Yam). 125 : 1. John Sherrard (Kawl; 2. Chris Goodwin (Vam). 250 : 1. Joel Barr ow (Vam); 2. John Lewi s (Vam); 3. Mark Walker (Yam). OPEN: 1. Ken Houston (Vam); 2. James Han (Yam); 3. Joe l Barrow (Honl . Timberline Endul'o win to Kadlec By Ro ge r Dowden . STEAMBOAT SPRGS, CO , AUG. 2 Fritz Kadl ec returned to the Rock y Mountai n Enduro Seri es after hi s recent National Enduro wins to totally dominate all 350 co ntes tants at th e 16th Annu al Timberl i n e Enduro. The Timberl ine Trail Riders laid out the usual h igh qual it y co urse th at competitors have come to expec t of th eir events. The club co mbined the excell ent tra il system of the Routt National Fo rest with scen ic road sectio ns and a bit of vir gin trail for a th ree loop even t tot aling 125 miles. Mother Natu re did her part Saturday eveni ng by donating a rain shower that created almost perfect traction and dustless trai ls for the r ide rs o n Su n day mo rning. Kadlec, on his n ow fam ilia r Yamaha YZ250, overwhelmed his competitio n with a score of on ly 12 points, five points better th an th e second place rider. Though several of the double A riders had scores eq ual to or at least close to Kadlec's in the ear ly sections , h e reall y asserted himself in th e final 35 mil e A riders-only loop. The spec ia l test in the final section was th e eigh t miles of arrows through a jumble of tight trees and downfall , where there -had been no trail the day before, at a 24 mph average. This was a first gear only struggle for th e majorit y of th e riders, while Kadl ec managed to drop only eigh t points. Second overa ll went to 18-year-old Kelby Pepper, o n a 250 H o nda , with 17 points. After a six mo nt h layoff, due to a knee inj ury , Pep per's second place finish re-establis hes his position as the rising star of the circuit. As has become th e rule in the AA cl a ss, com p etition a mong t he remaining riders was very tig ht. Three rid ers tied with 18 m inutes dropped, with 350 KTM-moun ted T im Willbanks mastering the tiebr eaker for th ird overall. Fourth overa ll was Kevin Davis on a 250 KTM. With one event left in th e series, Davi s a p pears to have wrap ped u p the circuit overall cham p ionship, as a result of consistent top four finishe s. Fifth overall , also with l ~ points, was Willbanks' brother, Ch ris , on another 250 KTM. A minute behind was John Bru ckbauer, who is still nursing a shoulder injury he received at the Boothill Nat ional. First of the non-AA riders was Morrill Griffith, on a 125 Yamaha, at 10th overall with 23 .points. Phil Lindeman was the 250cc A victo r with 23 points and ' taking l l th overa ll. In the Over 40 A class, Howard Utsey and Floyd Stretch continued th eir season long battle with U tsey taking the nod at 38 minutes, to Stretch 's score of 40. Overall B rider was George Villanyi on a 250 Honda, with a score of 14 points gathered on the first 91 miles that constituted the B course. He narrowly beat out another 250 B rider, Phillip West by 37 seconds. Third overall B rider was yet another 250 rider, Jason Johns, on a KTM . These three riders are involved in a close battle for the year-end trophy in th e 250cc B class . Fourth overall B and first Open B went to Dave Lov e o n a KTM wi th -17 poin ts. Eight seconds behind him, o n another KTM, was Jed Goad for second Open B. Tim H erald topped the 200cc B class on hi s old reliabl e IT. In th e Four-Stroke B class, Brad Schwartz and Keith Rholl achieved th e im possible. They tied for first place wi th scores that were exactl y th e same, to a hundredth of a second. Dax Brown, o n a KTM , topped all C riders with an eigh t point loss for th e 5 1 mile firs t loop. Larry Feuerstein, David Midthum, and Fred Bartels finished second, third, and fourth , respectiv ely, all with n in e point scores. Results O/A: Fritz Kadlec (YamI12. 0 / A A: Morrill Griffith (Vam) 23 . O/A B: George Villanyi (Hon) 14 . O/A C: Larry Feuerste in (ATK) 9. AA: 1. Fritz Kadlec (Yam) 12; 2. Kelby Pepper (Hon) 17; 3. Tim Willbanks (KTM) 18; 4 . Kevin David (KTM) 18; 5. Chris Willbanks (KTMI18. 200 A: 1. Morrill Griffith (Vam) 23; 2. Norm Greenlee (Vaml 25; 3. Bob Semborski (83). 250 A : 1. Phil Lindeman (Hon) 23; 2. Gary David (Hon) 26 ; 3. Bruce Field (HonI 28; 4. Todd And erson (KTM) 30; 5. Luke Eachus (31). OPEN A : 1. Troy Raynor (HonI25; 2. Greg Huffer (Hus) 26; 3. David Linderman (Hon) 27; 4 . Jim Rase (281 5. Ken Giles (30). ; SR A : 1. Howard Utsey (Hon) 38 ; 2. Floyd Str etch ; (KTM) 40; 3. Peter Watkins (511 4. Dan McEl roy (511; 5. J ohn Miller (57). 200 B: 1. Tim Herold (VamI22; 2. Steve Brickner. (Hon) 29; 3. Greg Moore (Kaw) 29; 4. David Schadle (291 5. Paul Engel (29). ; 250 B: 1. George Villanyi (Hon) 14; 2. Phillip Wes, (Hon) 14; 3. Jason Jahns (KTMI 16; 4 . Ji m Gray (Vam) 17; 5. Mike Spencer (18). OPEN B: 1. Dave Love (KTMI 17; 2. Jed Goad (KTMI17; 3. CaeyColben (19); 4. Bill Conlon (KTM) 20; 5. Jary Penney (KTM) 20 . SR B: 1. Roger Dowden (KTMI; 2. Jim Manens (Hon) 27; 3. Mick Collins (KTM) 31; 4. Dave Deeny (32 ); 5. Craig Neff (36). .4-TRK B: 1. (TIE) Brad Schwanz/Keith Rholl (Hon) 19; 3. Davie Grimm (Hon) 19; 4. Scott Woolaway (27); 5. Wayne Rayman (3 1). 200 C: 1. Ken Murphy (Kawlll ; 2. Brett Gen sch (Kaw) 11; 3. Mitch Elson (Hon) 11; 4. TroyWilibanks (Hon)12; 5. Robert Ener (121 . 250 C: 1. Joel Sona (Suzl 11; 2. Kirk Rail (11); e. ~ ~ iii 5 ..J < 0 1= o u CJl > aJ c o :I: l- 00 00 "- 0') I""""f ~ r:- .... V ..0 S V ..... 0. V sr: . Young ri ders To ny Bienere. Tr inon Cire llo and Billy Hamill battle at Ascot Sout h Bay Stadium . Ha mill w on t he Handicap m ain eve nt . 3. Scott Ross (HonJ 12; 4. R.E. Bradley (Hon) 14; 5. S. Bunt enbah (150). OPEN C: 1. Larry Fauerste in (ATK) 9; 2. David M idthun (Hus) 9; 3. Fred Bart els (KTM) 9; 4. Keith Hill (KTM) 10; 5. John Wright (10). 4-S TRK C: 1. Uoyd Bowers (Hon) 10; 2. Tom Dillon (Hon) 11; 3. Dan Bowe rs (Hon)11 ; 4. Wayne Grant (Hon) 15; 6. Paul Smith (150. SR C: 1. Lee Beevers (Hon) 13 ; 2 . Dean Hoffachildt (Hon) 13; 3. Bob Ener (Yam) 13; 4 . Mike Dressel (13); 5. Fred Sharpe (14). . SPRTSMN: 1. Dave Kimbley (KTM) 7; 2. Kenny Komrau s (KTM) 8; 3. Karl Miller (Hus) 8; 4. Dave Willbanks (B); 5. Jim Thorson (9). S/SR: 1. Duane Gray (Yam ~ 2. William Ballheim (Hon) 13; 3. Roger Dorcas (KTM) 14; 4 . Jim Sibert (15); 5. Ralph Butler (161. W MN : 1. Debra Nuss (Hon) 13; 2. Shelly Bartals (KTM) 29; 3. Bonn ie Hall (35). Hamill hot at Ascot Speedway By Scott Da lois io GARDENA,CA, AUG. 11 Bill y Hamill came as close as one co uld get to winning the Handicap main at Chris Agajanian's Ascot South Bay Stadium one week ago. H e had th e event in the bag when hi s motor failed with less than two laps to go . This week he made sure no such bad lu ck would stri ke and won th e eigh t-la pper, Hamill was hot all night long as he won his Handicap heat a nd th en defeated " Dangero us" Dubb Ferr ell and Bobb y Schwartz in hi s Scrat ch heat. , Co ming from the 30 yard line o n his Speedway USAISTP/ Vance & H ines /Quak er State Wesl ak e, H amill go t a roc ket 'ga te and found him self just beh ind short yardage r iders S teve Ru ssell a n d T on y Bien ert. While Hamill was sizin g up the lead dU9 , Ronnie Correy was trying to lea n o n Scotty Brown in th e first bend. It didn 't work and Correy went down and pulIed out of th e event . Sam Errnolenko, co mi ng fro m the back, gu ided his GM past Brown before the end of th e opening go around for fo urth. At th e same tim e, H amill had worked hi s way pas t Bienert and was beginning to hone in on Ru ssell. H e ca ugh t th e seco nd year charger wh ile Er mo lenko sho t down Bien ert. H amill checked ou t th e o u tside and decided to try RusselI. The line wor ked like a charm and H amill drove past him on th e back chute on the fourth circui t. Once in th e lead , H amill quickl y opened up so me breathing roo m. Russell hung tough and sur pr isingly didn 't let Errnolenko close in on him and earned a fine secon d p lace finis h. Phil Collins, warming up for th e following week' s USA vs. the World American Cu p Chall en ge, left no do ubt in a nyo ne's m ind as to who was the fastest Scra tch rider at Ascot on T hurs da y. O ££ the pole, Co llins was out-gated by Ermolenko. The world's number three rider pulled it down on Collins in th e firs t turn, but he momentarily parked inturn two. Even though Ermolenko recovered faster than a blink of th e eye, Collins had alread y tak en advantage and drove by on his Rovazzini Electric/STP/ Cirello Racing/JT/ Reebok Weslake. . Collins moved aw ay fro m th e field before anybody else cou ld muster a serio us challe nge at his lead and he left them to battle for second. Ermolenko went wide off turn two the second time around and Correy, with the n icest move of th e ' meeting, threaded the needle between Ermolenko and Bart Bast and found himself in second. Things were not going Ermolenko 's way and when he hit turn four on lap three, he went sideways and a broken drive chain hurtled him to the dirt. Collins led the rest of the way and won by a decisive margin over Correy and Bast. It was th e Englishman's second South Bay Stadium tri ump h of 1988. Res ul ts SCRATCH: 1. Phil Collins(Wes); 2. RonnieCorrey (Wes); 3. Bart Bast (Wes); 4. Sam Ermolenko (GM). HDCP: 1. Billy Hamill (Wes); 2. Steve Russell (Wesl; 3. Sam Ermole nko (GM); 4. Scotty Brown (Ja w). 0-2: 1. Bobby Cody (Jaw); 2. Josh Larsen (Wesl; 3. Tim GeWecke (Wes). 0-3: 1. Dave Sobodos (Wes); 2. Don Amb rose (Wes); 3. Ronny Kemp (Jaw). Bel'g blasts Baylands Motocl'oss By M ike Vancil FREMONT, CA, AUG. 1.7 Dan Berg pu t a spell over the Baylands Ra ceway Pro classes with wins in both th e 250cc and Open ra nks. He did it wi th three wins aboard two to tall y di££erent ma chines. In th e first 250cc Pro class moto it was Ken Zahrt wh o got a great holeshot and proceeded to show seco nd-p lace Berg all the better lines. Zahrt wen t on to win thi s moto over . Berg. In th e seco nd moto there was a restart as three of th e fou r riders in the class got tangled in the ga te. On the restart Zahrt took the lead an d held it for nearly all the moto. But Berg and hi s Cagiva unleashed a mov e that fooled Zahrt into th inking an outside pass was co ming between turns o ne and two wh en an inside p ass was attempted a n d beca m e successful. The 2-1 performance of Berg gave him th e o vera ll over Zahrt's 1-2 evening. Open Pro class racing saw Berg and a big-bore Kawasak i tak e to tal co m mand over Sean Conley and Glenn Harrison . Conley picked up 37

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