Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

IJl ~ w Z .., 0 U a: a § >- '" 0 .... 0 J: c.. 00 00 O'l ,......; ,......; C'I l-< Q.) ..0 8 ... 0.. Q.) Q.) Yamaha-mounted Dallas 'Baer (8 0 1 w on the 60 0 Amateur class over Honda rider S haw n McNary (711 at linda's Speedway in Pennsylvania; if) World team captain Phil Collins scored 34 points at the USA versus the World speedway challenge at Baylands Raceway Park in Fremont. Ward soars at RoseburgMX By Clay Light ROSEBURG, OR, SEPT. 3 While the tem peratures were soa r ing a t the openi ng round 01 th e CMC Go ld Cu p Series, La rry War d did likewise a t Clark's Bran ch Racewa y in Roseburg. Ward won th e 125 a nd 250cc P ro cla sses, sweepi ng bothwith im pressive 1-1 performa nces. T he 107 degr ee tem perature made thin gs mi serabl e for th e maj ority o f the riders . and Yamah a su pport rider Wa rd did breeze to a win in th e first 250cc Pr o co n test, Northw est number one rider T ony G raves loomed in Ward 's shado w for th e en tire moto but Ward slam med the · d oor sh u t o n each o f h is advances . G raves linished second, ahead 01 Larry j ackson , Lance Sma il and Mike Harri s. Mo to two saw Ward take the lead with Graves ra mmi ng lrom beh ind. Harris lound him sell in th ird while Smail and jackson lollowed in the top live. Ward and Graves held down th e top two spots to the linish , while jackson netted th ird, good lor a 3-3 third overall behind two 01 the Northwest's fastest pros. Sma il (4-4) a nd Harris ' 5-5 filled the top five overal l. Ward came back to wall op the co mpe tition in th e 125cc Pro class , th e best of th e da y's pro acti on, and had still co mpe ti tion from G raves, Er ic H all , Stevie Oster a nd Brian Thomson, Smail and Seot i Stelfy. Ward took adva ntage of Graves' poor-ru n ning ma chine to lak e a win o ver im p ressi ve Oster. Mot o two was gated during the heat of th e day. Ward led Hall and Graves aro u nd the loamy two-mile hillside co urse for th e en tire 20-mmute moto to cap off his perfect fourlo r-lour sweep of th e Pro cla sses, while Hall rode impressivel y to take second alt er 3-2 sho wings. Results t 25 PRO: t . larry Ward (Yam); 2 . Eric HalllHonl; 3 . Steve Oster (Kawl; 4. Tony Graves (Han); 5. Lance Smail {Yaml. 250 PRO: 1. Larry Ward (Yam); 2. Tony Graves (Honl; 3.larryJackSon(Yam); 4. Lance Smail(Yamt 5. Mike Harr is (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Mike Williams (Yaml; 2. Jeff Daily (Yamt 3 . Jim Cottst (Yam); 4 . Jack Gabelhausen (Yaml; 5 . Brittan Burlingame (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Daily (Yam); 2. Monty Spalding (Hon); 3. Jason Norton (Yamt 4 . Brett DeVr ies (Han); 5. Billy Radcliffe (Kaw). 250 JR: 1. Alex Kaveney (Yam); 2. Shawn Scoleri (Yaml; 3.John Kocher (Yam). 126 JR: 1. Ale x Kavaney (Yam); 2. Kip Mast (Kaw l; 3 . Joe Belshaw (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Shane We st; 2. Chri s Paterson (Han); 3.Travis Berry (Yam) , • 80 EX: 1. Danny Ulven (Kawl; 2. Ryan Huffman (Yam). . 80 BEG: 1. John Williams; 2. Justin Halterman; 3. Brent Wurz . 260 BEG: 1. Ric Maxwell; 2. All en McComb ; 3. Shawn Co., 609-11 : 1. lach Rund (Kaw); 2. Doug McKuhn (Kaw); 3. Matt Williams (Kaw) . 80 JR: 1. Jason Mathews; 2. Mike Scott; 3. Zach Rund . VET PRO: 1. Craig Praus(Yam); 2. Mitch Kirkpatrick(Yam ); 3. Doug Eckelman (Yam). VET MSTR: 1. Gary Beaver (Kaw); 2. Mart Dickey (Kaw ). OPEN BEG: 1. Bary Udilcy; 2. Travis Samford; 3. Charl es Knows, 125 BEG: 1. Don Schneider; 2. Ken Daron ; 3. Jeff McMillan. Lamson flies at Fernley M X By Kathi Davis 26 FERNLEY, NV, AUG. 14 Steve Lamson o nce agai n won bo th the 125 a nd 250cc Expe rt clas ses to con tin ue his domin ance of th ese clas ses at th e Fernley MX trac k. In th e firs t 125cc Ex pert race, Mark Nason tim ed the backw ard s-falling gate perfectly a nd gra bbe d the lead, followed by L: m son . Lamson got by Nason jn the first lap and, pulled aw ay from th e rest 01 th e field wi th a very co nvi nci ng win. He was followed by Brian Eld er. The seco nd moto was again a Lamson sho w, as he won with a no the r co mforta ble lead. The 250cc Ex pert race ha s had so me 01 the closest raci ng a ll year at Fern ley and toda y was no exception . Dave McCombs holeshot th e first mot a and was on hi s \Yay to wh at loo ked like an easy win. But two laps fro m the finish , McCombs let hi s lront wheel get . too hi gh on a berm , ca using him to go o ver . th e to p and crash. As he scrambled to remo un t, La mso n a nd Elder ~Ol by a nd th ey stay ed i n th at o rder ( 0 th e fi ms h. In th e seco nd 250cc race Lamson was det ermined not to let his win streak end. H e gra bbed th e lead a t th e start of the 20-m in ute moto and didn 't let a nyo ne get in lront 01 him , giving him anothe r pe rfect day . Eld er was the iro n man of the day in th e 95 degree hea t, After ta king a well -deserved second overa ll in the 125cc Expert class and 250cc Expert class, he dom in ated th e O pen Experts by winning both motos, H e was loll owed by Eri c McKenna wh o a lso won th e Vet Expert cla ss with two first p laces. Dave Roberts has been the rider to beat all year i n the 60cc class and toda y he aga in pulled ' oll doubl e moto wins. Casey Smith and j ody Clark traded seco nd and third p laces each moto, but Smith finished second in th e last and decid in g mo to to give h im second lor th e da y. Results 60: 1. Dave Roberts (Kawt 2. Casey Sm ith (Kaw )3. Jody Clark (Kaw), 125 JR: 1: James Morningstar (Kaw ); 2. Jason Tiensold (Hon); 3. Brian Wilson (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Steve Lamson (Yam); 2. Brian Elder (Kaw ); 3 . Shawn Freiling (Kaw) . 125 NOV: 1. Mike Seeliger(Kaw); 2. Ma tt Cooper (Hon l; 3. Tom Lamson (Yaml . PPEN JR: 1. Larry Jone s (Kaw ); 2. M ika Murphy (Hon); 3. Mark Colley (KTM). VET JR: 1. Toby Young (Hon); 2. Jim Gialaliato (Hon); 3. Wayne johnsOn (Kawl. • VET EX 1. Eric McKenna (Han); 2. Dean Perry (Han); : 3. Rod Ginn (Hon). OT NOV: 1. Jan Key (KTM); 2. M ike Miller (Hon); 3 . Jim Hannah (Honl . VET NOV: 1. Dan Harold (Kaw); 2. Randy Fielding (Suz); 3. Mike Costello (Kaw). 250 JR: 1. Brian Wilson (SUIt 2. Steve Nelson (Kaw ); 3. Tim Nobles (Suzl. OPEN EX: 1. Brian Elder (Kaw); 2. Eric Mc Kenna (Hon); 3. Mitch Gallagher (Hon). OT EX: 1. Rich Thorwaldson (Hon); 2. Russ Powell (Hon); 3 . Doug Swearingen (Honl . OT JR: 1. Bill Jones (Mai ); 2. Sill Freili ng (Kaw ); 3. Jim Branada (Hon). 250 NOV 0 -1: 1. Danny Stapl es IHoo l; 2. Dan Allen (Kaw ); 3. Mike McMurry (Sud. 250 NOV 0 -2 : 1. Mike Riddle (Hon); 2. Dave Telford (Suz); . 3 . Dan iel Springs (SUI). 80 0 -2 : 1. Josh Kalbe (Kawl; 2. Jody Branham (Hon); 3. Tom Bauker (Suz). _ . 80 JR: 1. Jason Reynolds (Kaw ); 2. Tim Billings (Kaw); 3. Harty McMahan (Yam). 80 EX:[ 1. Steve Garnett (Suzl. : 125 EX 1. Steve Lamson (Yaml : 2. Brian Elder (Kaw); 3 . Steve Hawk ins (Han). World t eam wins at 8aylands Spdwy By R. C . Jones FREMONT, CA, AUG. 27 The Am erican squad .won the fir st ro und of th e USA versu s th e World tea m speed way motor cycle cha llenge at Baylands Raceway Park. The Yanks held a 59 to 49 poin t lead after co mpe titio n o n th e sho rt Baylands track, but their work was cut o ut for them o n the second da y with the long trac k raci ng. Bringing in a In-point lead was wha t team cap tai n Eddi e In gels needed , bu. with six riders in each heat . th e po in ts cou ld go ei ther way very quickl y. Wor ld team cap tai n Phil • Collins was confide nt th at h is team co uld make up for lost time qu ickl y. This was th e first tim e Ivan Mau ger brought the USA versu s World to northern Ca liforn ia and th e sta nds were packed . In gel s was th e one to wat ch as he powered his way ar ound. In th e two nigh ts of raci ng he o nly dropped two poi nts , mak in g him th e top rider o r th e event. Round one ended with m e World team p icking ul? th e 10 poin ts th ey were down, q uickly tym g the meet. Phil Crump took a close win over In gels in heat o ne and An ton Pilouo led teammate Gary Allen to victory in th e second heat. In ro u nd two, th e USA , with a win by In gels , p icked up th ree points in th e first heat , But the World team, with a win by Co lli ns , ca me back to end round two tied o nce again . In rou nd three In gels battled th e three World team members by himself as Doug Nicol fell, a nd Steve Martin was o ll th e pace on th is go aro und. In th e second heat , Mike Parsons led th e USA team for a win, but no t enough po ints were made up a nd it was the World team wit h a two poin t edge. ' Ingels, Nicol and Martin picked up I I poi nts in th e nex t heat to ta ke a five-point lead as round four star ted. Then Crump led G lyn Taylo r and Co llins to put it to th e USA team , taking th e maximum 12 points and a lour-point lead overa ll . Round five saw Ingels battlin g by himself to keep th e USA in co nten tio n and wh en the second heat came o n, Rocky Robinson p icked up th e win with Robert Curry second and Parsons fourth. Wh en round six sta rted. both teams were even in J}()ints again and th e last two races wo uld settle th e mauer. ; Ingels stro ked to a no ther victory, but Nicol and Martin could not keep pa ce as McNeil, Pilot to , and Allen fin ished two. three, and four for a three-point lead going into th e fin al even t, With a three point lead and going for th e gold, Cru mp , Collin s and T ayl or took the gate and went one, two, th ree Cor the sweep without a blink or an eye. taking maximum points a nd the ove rall victory. The World team won the event with 150 points to the USA team 's 138 po ints. Results W ORLD TEAM : 1. Phil Crum p (39 pts); 2. Phil Collins (34); 3. Gary Allen (28); 4 . Anton Pilotto(21); 5. Gtyn Taylor (17); 6. John McNeil. . USA TEAM : 1. Eddie Ingels (46 ptst 2. Mika Parsons (23); 3. Doug Nicol (22); 4 . Robert Curry (21); 5 . RocIcy Robinson (18 ); 6. Steve Martin (8). Varnes is victorious at Unda's ST By Len Breech JONESTOWN, PA, AUG. 27 The Varnes cou sins, Kevin and Mike took three win s and a close second o n th eir Penn Sta te Cycles-sponsored mach in es as Linda's Speed way bega n winding down the ir short trac k seaso n. Kevin showed why he is th e Na tional l25cc Am ateu r class cha m p as he easily took th e class by a stra ight, and also too k the 250cc Am ateur final on the West Cycl e Shack Villa . Mik e defeated mu lti Nati on al Amat eu r cha mp Georgie Price in the 600cc Expert lin al , alte r Pri ce had beaten him -by a lew feet in the 250cc final earlier. Mike. Varnes had the lead as th e 250s ca me ollthe seco nd turn, clos ely pursued by Price, Kenn y Mo hler a nd Lew Woods. Pri ce got by as th ey came off th e second turn on th e loll owing lap and held it lor the rem ainder 0 1 th e race. Wh ile the positio ns remai ned the sa me for th e top lour, on ly a few feet separated each of th em . As th ey came o ll the linal turn, Varnes tri ed to ta ke Price o n the outside, but came up just a lew leet behind Pri ce. Varnes again was th e po in t man in th e 600cc Expert linal, th is time with Mike Klopp and Price right with h im . With Klopp riding th e high, outside line, the front spo ts changed off 01 every turn, until Klopp got a little too high in the second turn a nd la id it down ' aft er h ittin ~ a slick a rea th at stayed there mo st of th e night, Price was close, but fini shed a len gth down . Kevin Varnes q uic kly jumped in front of the 125cc class and pulled away to an easy strai g ht margin by the end, but the real battle was over second as Robert Miller, Gary Clark, , Ken Coolbeth j r. and jelf Isol a traded second " back and lorth. After battling into th e pack for seco nd al ter a bad start, Coolbeth started to tak e co ntrol of th e gr oup, grabbin g second as the y took the two- laps-left sign . Kevin 's 250 win was sim ilar to his 125 victory as he had the lead a t th e star t, with Ken Yod er, Chuck Wrecsics and Eddie Hidden closely bunched behind him. While Varnes o n ly wo n by 10 yar ds thi s tim e, Wrecsics finally pr essured his way by Yoder about hallway for seco nd. Results 50: 1. John Winsett (Yam); 2. Josh Young (Yam); 3. Tom Skethway (Yam). . 80 EX: 1. Randy Shank (Kaw ); 2. Ken Coolbeth Jr . (Kaw ); 3. Brian Strong (Kaw ); 4. Todd Winsett (Yam). 80 AM : 1. Ricky Winsen (Yamt 2. Mike Hacker (Kaw ); 3. Jeremy Alexander (Kaw ); 4 . Ph il Ubhtlrt (Yam); S. Jaon LhreueuJl (SUl). 60: 1. John Win sett (Kaw). 125 AM: 1. Kevin Varnes (Yamm); 2. Ken Coolbeth Jr . (Kaw ); 3. Robert Miller (Yam); 4. Gary Clark (Han); 5. Jeff Isola (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. John Winsett Sr. (Car). 250 EX: 1. Georgie Price (Kaw); 2. Mike Varnes (Suz); 3. Ken Moh ler (Yam); 4. Lew Woods (H-O); 5. Jett Conrad (Yam). 250 AM: 1. Kevin Varnes (Vii); 2. Chuck Wrecsics (Yam); 3. Ken Yoder (SUI); 4. Eddie Hidden (Yam); 5. Merv Sanse nig (Suz) . 600 EX: 1. Mik e Varnes (Han); 2. Georg ie Price IATK); 3 . Kenny Dahli n (Hon); 4 . Todd Hurst CAlx); 5. Tracay ' 600 AM: 1. Dallas 8aer (Yam); 2. Shawn McNary (Honl ; 3. Merv Sensenig (Hon); 4. Wayne Franklin (Rtx); 5. John Salerno (Yam). SR: 1. Joe Heberling (Yam); 2. Doug Gin (Hon); 3. Chuck Karstens (Bu l); 4 . George Price (Yam); 5. Denn is Miller (Yam). Zecir.man (Yaml. Harth hustles Blackhawk Farms RR By Gordon Lunde ROCKTON, IL, AUG. 27-28 Georgia's Mik e Harth made his trip north worthwhile, taking th e majority of contingen cy money available at th e AMA Ch ampionsh ip Cu p/Suzuki Na tional Cup Series race a t Blackhawk Farms.' _ On a cold, damp track Saturday, Harth grabbed th e win in Unlimited Supersl"'rt. And y Fenwick , rid ing i n the com bi ne d Unlimited GP class took o ll with Harth in tow. Alter two laps, Harth, on th e T eam Hammer/M ich el in lTsubak i/Bel-Ray/Fox/ Ara i Su zuki 1100 backed off due to th e greasy co nd itio ns and did not risk losing Suzuki do lla rs to a cras h. Seo tt Zampach held down thi rd. Beh ind him was a heated race between Charlie Buse, j ay Duncan, Sco tt Blow , a nd j ed Kiml a. Buse hel d on [or th e third pl ace spo t in Supersport while Fenwick was running away , lead in g by o ver 19 seconds at th e finish , havin g turned I:17 lap times o n th e sli ck surface. La ter in th e day , Ch arlie Buse put his selfsponsored Suzuki into th e winner 's spot in the lOOK GTO event . Su nday dawned bri ght and sunny, promisi ng mu ch better racing after th e tra ck warmed. Harth brought o ut his GSXR750 lor battle in Heavyweight Su pers port, alo ng with 14 o the rs for a Suzuki-only gr id. The o n ly non -750 was j ed Kiml a o n a Katana 600. Local fast guy j ohn Eidenberge r was o n hand Su nday and read y for some close raci ng. The hol esh ot went to Harth, foll owed by Eidenberger , Andy Fen wick gra bbed the th ird sp.?t with Sco tt Zampach and Ray Yoder jr. filling the top live, Harth and Eidenberger go t away with H arth bu ilding a lead by lap five. Zampach go t around Fenwick o n la p two and the pair pulled away from Yoder. Zampach got aw ay [rom Fenwick o n lap seven , leaving third th rou gh 15th spread ou t while Harth and Eide n berger ran close u p front, Eidenb erger tried to close th e gap wah no lu ck, turn ing laps in the low I:13 ran ge. Harth held 011 the cha rge lor the win and his seco nd Suzuki chec k. In the Middl ewei ght Su persport event, H arth agai n jumped o ut front throu gh tum I

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