Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

BIG WHL M'N': 1. Angelo J_IKow). 126 BEG: 1. Jeff Ingra m (Hon); 2. Chuck Smillie ("-w); 3. Jeffrey Molina (Hon); 4. Chari.. Tevu lHon); 5. Craig OkuIHon). 125 JR: 1. Dan Reger CHon); 2. Shawn Yuill fKawl; 3. Lance Lucero CVam); 4 . John Kocinski CVam); 5 . S..n Finney (Hon). 1251NT: 1. Joe Bruce (Yam); 2. Kevin Boutier CVam) . 125 PRO: 1. Danny Pailldino (Hon); 2. Eric Sandstrom IHon). 250 BEG: 1. Mike Andrews (Hon ); 2. Mike Hodges lHon ); 3. Rd Brews1er (Hon); 4. DUline Parkhurst CVam); 5. Chr is Saccell (Hon). 250 JR : 1. Gerry Johnson (Hon); 2. Pliul Dugan (Han ); 3 . Robert Boardway (Hon ); 4 . Bob lad.. (Hon); 5. Mati Phipps (Hon) . 250 INT: 1. Brent Panerson (Hoo); 2 . Jon Ntc:o laus lKaw). 250 PRO: 1. Russ Seen (Hon); 2. Ken Zahrt (Ha n); 3. Denn is Hannel (Hon ); 4. Phil Doug las (Suz); 5 . m E) Eric Sand strom lKawVJo hn Dauth (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Scott Wright (tam); 2. Jim Pilgr im (Hon): 3. Roben Holloway IHont 4 . Troy Dul led< IHon). OPEN J R: 1. Tom Conklin (Kawl. OPEN INT: 1. Tim Fergon (Hon); 2. Jon Nicol aus (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw); 2. Sean Conley (Kaw l. Q CL: 1. Nic:Jas Grand lund ISuzt 2. Nd Jackalone (Hon). VET J R: 1. George Goll ing (Hon); 2. Ken Campbell (Hon); 3. Bernie Reali (Hon); 4 . Freer Sl epani (Hon); 5. Steve Camer on (ter.). VETlNT 1. Gary Remmen (Yam). : VET MSTR: 1. Ph il Dougl as ($uz ); 2. Sieve Lawrence (Hon); 3 . Bill Baker (Hon). . Dotson dusts Lawrenceburg ST By Steven E. Smith Willy Musgrave (222) holds off Jeremy McGrath in the first Pro class moto at Perris. McGrath won the second moto for the overall w in. gap to Eickel, Eickel, movinl\recenlly into the A ranks. was kept on his toes by th e experienced Spangler. Meanw h ile Jeromy Bueh l worked his way into th ird. Eickel and Spangler raced side by side arou nd the co urse as ' ' hey bu mped togeth er, Spangler dropped off 'he pace some but managed to regroup and squeeze b y o n th e inside of Eickel to tak e over first. Buehl moved in o n Eickel. T he th reesome storme d aro u nd the obstac les wi th Musselman some d istance back in fourth. By lap four, Spa ng ler .sta rted pulling out some d istan ce o ver Eickel and Buehl as 'he !in al lap saw Mu sselm an cha rge for th ird place. Musselman took th ird at the chec kered with Eickel fourth; Spa ng ler took an early lead in mote two followed by Musselman a nd Buehl. Buehl moved into seco nd b y the second lap as Ch ild ress in seventh stopped o n the co urse with a ma lfu nctio ning mach in e to sco re anothe r DNF for th e da y. Spangl er rod e co nsis tent ly for th e win as Mu sselm an liIed by in second. Buehl wh o fin ish ed fou rth alter Chuck Reed worked his way into th ird . Spangler, Eickel a nd Ch ildr ess were the [rant runners o n th e sta rt of th e first molo of the Heavyweight A. Eickel dr opped to seventh as Reed too k over thi rd. Childress hounded Spa n~ler for !irs t as th e th ird ~ir stretched the distance over th ird place nder Reed. Moto two saw a repeat of th e Spangler/ Childress war . In u nison. the pair rode as Spang ler held out a slig ht edge by the fin a l lap but he was still pressured by Childress. Meanw hile, Reed moved in to join the action. Spangler held lhe th ro ttle open ma rk u p anOlher wi n with Childress laki ng ru nner· up honors and Reed third. Buehl was unstoppable in both motos of lhe Schoolboy class . Hayden Richa rds duked it OUI Wilh Richie Carpenler. Carpenler held (0 second as Richa rds rode o n his rear render. Richards lOok over second over a sectio n o r j um ps with Carpen ter taki ng th ird in malO o ne. Richards returned to the second mota to main tain seco nd with li llIe problem ' while Carpenter took another third. Results ,0 28 125 A : 1. Dale Spangler (Kawl; 2. Mark Musselman (KTMl; 3. Jeromy Buehl (Kaw) . M INI JR; 1. Greg Rand (Yaml; 2. Tommy Collier ll(aw); 3. Jesse Thumaer (Suz). SCHBY: 1. Jeromy Buehl (Kaw); 2. Hayden Richards (Kawl; 3. Rich ie Carpenter (K1M). 250 B; 1. Scott Darnold (Kaw); 2. Doug Flinner (Cag); 3. Robert McPherson (!Caw). MINI SR; 1. Hayden Richards (Kaw ); 2. Joshua St. .1 (Kaw); 3. Robbie Sturgell (Kaw) . OPEN; 1. Bill Hoover CHonl 2. Larry Shumaker (Yam); ; 3. Ja m.. Rooker (Hon). AUTO : 1. Mark Burkhart (Yam); 2. M ike Ivers (Yaml; 3. Scan McM illin (Yam). VET: 1. Denney Burk ett (Kawl; 2. Jim Pen inger (Suz); 3. Roger Shumaker (Kawl. 250 A: 1. Dale Spang ler IKaw); 2. Si eve Chi ldress (Kaw); 3 . Chuck Reed (!(aw) . 125 8 : 1. Ric hHtCarpenler IKTM ); 2. Cart W ill iams (Kaw); 3. Chr i$ Donaldson (Suzl. 125 C: 1. Roy RandtNtt (Suzl ; 2. Jo hn Souders (Hon); 3 . Tim Lun sford (Yam). 60 : 1. Greg Rand (kiI w ); 2. Plil rick M cPher son (Kaw l; 3. Nal e Barnhart (Kaw l. Berg, Scott Pro winners at Bay'ands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, AUG. 24 Ru ss Scull copped the 250cc Pro ciass overa ll honors while Dan Berg did the same in th e Open Pro cla ss. . The fint mota in 250cc Pro cla ss action saw Kenn y Zahn get his customary hol eshot and earl y lead over a pack of six co mpeti tors. Closest to Zahrt throughout the moto was Scott, . Zahrt seemed to go only as fast as necessary to stay ahead of Scott and hi s O'Neal USA! Spectre Oil/Circl e Industries/Flying Machine Factory-sponsored ma ch in e. Each ti me Scull would turn up the gas and mount a challenge, Zahn would in crease his speed. The gap between the two riders sta yed constanL In their second mo lO, it was Scull that gol out to an earl y lead while Zah rt miscued and los t some time near th e sma ll tableto p jump. Most notable acti on in th is mo to was th e ma n ner in which new pro rider Ph il Douglas came fro m near last to seco nd at the checkers. Douglas mad e up gobs of ground eac h of th e seven laps with hard charges to the inside in tum o ne and th e short straight befo re turn two. Progress through th e roc kers was also swif test for Douglas. At th e chec kers, Douglas was five lengths beh ind lead er ScotL Third wa s Dennis . Hannel, who had held seco nd place for most of the molO. Fourth was ZahrL In the Open class, it was a runaw ay for Dan Berg. Berg took both moto wins over Sea n Conley. _ Amateur action included a fin e win by George Golling in the Veteran Junior class, in which their were six contestants. In the first mOlO, Colling was mid-pack at the gate dr op but worked up to second place behind leader Ken Campbell at the checkers. In th e second molO, Colling got a beller stan and was second into the first tum. He took th e lead on lap two and held on to the finish. Results 80 MINI BEG: 1. Danny J8c:obo CSuz); 2. Brilln 8IIrrington CVam); 3. Brian AlveI (Yam); 4. John Reddy fKaw); 5. 8ren WM...... (Kow~ 80 MINI JR : 1. James Alexander CHon); 2. Donnie Bettenc:oun ISuzl- LAWRE NCEBU R G, IN , AUG. 26 Dan Do tson was th e 80cc class winner as the la st race of th e season at Lawrenceburg Speedway nearl y ended earlier th an pl anned . as a short in th e wiring caused a black-out hallwa y through th e heats. Ra cing fans weren 't 10 be denied however as they brou ght . their can and trucks into the infield to Iight the tra ck with th eir headli~hts. So me of th e ligh ts were restored but with the fan s hel p racin g co ntin ued. Dotson too k the hol esho t 10 lead the way after a pi le up too k o u t Shawn Thomas ' resu lting in a restart, Brian Knip penber g and Mall Auxier in itially ba uled il out for second but Sam Lowe picked off Auxier ' he n went on the attack. Knip penberg held his grou nd until th e last lap when Lo we hoo ked u p to sna tch the seco nd-place finis h. J oe Bastin, ridi ng for Jack's Mo torcyc le Sales, grabbed the lead o ut of turn one in the 1251250cc class and never gav e ground, allowing the rest of the pack to fight it OUL Brian Knippenberg a nd Tom Hens ler were pi cked off early as Andrew Breiten bach and Mark Bastin moved in to ba ttle. Brei ten bach managed to ho ld off Mar k Bastin to finish second behind J oe Bastin. Mike Daniels too k the fro nt spot in th e Open B stan 10 lead th e first cou p le of lap's, bu t Robe rt Craig, riding fo r Western H ilt s Honda, kep t up th e pressur e. Cra ig took th e lead and sta yed o ut front wh en it co un ted most, leaving Daniels th e second- p lace fin ish as he held off Jeff Cra ig, who pulled up close for a thi rd- place finish. In th e Open A class Grady Ph illips shot through the first tum out front holding off th e compe:ti tio n for the first few laps. Back in th e Iield Mik e Butler began making hi s way through th e crowd. He picked off Pat Behrle, then Marlo Todd and down to the last lap he knocked off the leader to take the win in a real nail-biter. Grady finished second while Todd turned in a third-place finish. Results 80 : 1. Dan Oobon IHon); 2. Sam ~ (Itaw); 3 . Brian Knippenberg (Hon); 4. Man AUXIer (Han); 5. Gary Slogsdill 15... 1 . OPEN B: 1. Robert Craig (Yam t 2. Mike Daniels (Hon); 3. Jeff Craig (Hon); 4. Mike Gurley CHon); 5. George Collins (Hon). 125/250: 1. Joe Bast in (!Caw ); 2. Anchw Bre itenbach (Kaw); 3. Mart Bast in (Han); 4 . Brilin Knippenberg CKaw); 5. Tom HensJer lHon). OPEN A:. 1. Mike Butler (W-Rt 2. Grady Phillips (Hon ); 3. Mario Todd (Hon); 4. Pat Behrle C Hon); 5 . Rob Collins (Rtx). McGrath strong at PerrisMX By Mary Partelow PERRIS, CA, AUG. 13 " Wh o is that guy?" said ATK pilol Will y Musgrave. af ta th e co mp leti o n of mot o on e in the Pr o class a t Perris Ra cewa y. Musgrave was refeiring to Jerem y McG rath, the 16-yearo ld Yamaha YZ250 rider wh o pressured him throughoUl the race, a nd ended u p taking the overall victory. But Mu sgrav e was not the o nly o bstacle tha t McGrath had to overcome th at day. fn betwee n molOS, McG rath discovered tha t hi s fra me had broken in half o n the right side of th e sea t tu be. "wi just zip- tied it logether and hoped for th e best," said McGrath. . . At the sta rt of moto two , it was McGrath ta king th e holeshot with Honda-mounted .Steve Shippy and Suzuki riding Eddie Arnel close behind. Musgrave had hi s work cut out for him as he ran up to third, displacing Arnet, who slid out in a comer. Musgrave continued his charge, but ShiPr.y had other ideas in m ind. Shippy success ully kept Musgrave at his back until the pressure forced him to give in and he went off the side of th e track, a llo wing Musgrave 10 get by. Musgrave began to close in on McGrath, but ran out of time. Arnet also took advantage of Sh ippy's m ishap and finished third In th e Vet Expert clas s, Honda-mounted Gary Jones grabbed the holeshot in th e first o u ting. Jones looked back and checked the o the r riders' progress, en suring that he had secured a lead. Kawasaki-mounted Gregory Berg was running second midway through the moto, holding off Tom White's advances. White looked like he would be the secondplace rid er until he dumped it in a hairpin corn er, White said, " It was one of those tim es that I had a good finish within sight and then I go a nd do someth ing stu p id." Towards the end of the mot o, Berg made a cou p le of cos tly m istak es, wh ich made it possible for J .S. Hanson to nip seco nd pl ace JUst befo re the fini sh . Although it was Jones wh o again capt ured the star t in mot o two. Alan Ol son proved what a little suspension tun ing can do . Ol son never pressured J ones bu t rod e strong enough to place second, cli nching second overaII in the process. Whi te ha d better luck in the seco nd ro und and finis hed third, but his fifl h place in rnoto o ne put hi m back to fifth overall whe n the points were tallied. Hanson's fourth place second moto finis h was enough to secu re th ird overall. Results PRO; 1. J eremy McGratll (Yam); 2. Willy Musvrave (A TK); 3. Eddie Amel (Suz). M INI BEG: 1. Jertlmy Etl ing er (Hon ); 2.Darren Crile (tam). 12 5 BEG: 1. M ike Mount (Hon); 2. Kerry Vantienen (Kaw ); 3 . Phillip W illiam s (Hon). 125 NOV : 1. Jos h ua Dunn (Yam); 2. Keilh Noyes (Kaw ); 3. Edward Jay (Suz). 125 INT 1. Robert Sh ipman (Yam ); 2. Randy Oanylo : IKow). 250 BEG: 1. Tarek Saba ISuz ); 2 . Courtney Gannett (Kaw); 3. Kenny Kopecky (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Joseph Crouch (Kawl; 2. Brian Thienes (Suz); 3. Rudy Chaves (Han). 250 INT: 1. Tibor Dapp IHonl: 2. Ron Lawson (Suzt 3. Rick Gram (Hon). OPEN NOV; 1. Ron Northrup IHonl; 2. Norman Schiel (Yam ). VETNOV: 1. John Ritchie (Hon); 2. Greg Erieltson CHon); 3. Robert Rex IATK). VET INT: 1. Siev e Clark tHonnt 2. Richard Dick IKaw); 3. Ken Franci s {Yaml . • VET EX; 1. Gary Jones (Hon); 2. Alan Olsori (KTM); 3. J .S. Hanson (Hon ). OT; 1. Bengl Jo hansson (Hon); 2. Ron Way (Hont 3. John Wh il e CHon). Key doub'es at Lotli ST By Mikki M c Bride LO D!, CA, AUG. 13 Ma rk Key was the ma n 10 beat in th e ProAm race at the Lodi Cycle Bowl. He was out in front all th e way from wir e to wire in th e heat, In the main, he had to work o n ly a liule harder. Ro ta x rider John Taylor grabbed the holeshot with Ra ndy Fisher close behind in second. Key came off in third followed by Mar k Corsetti. . Key was by Fishe r o n the o utside, co mi ng out o r tum two o n the firs t lap . and th en set him self in gea r to go alter Taylor. Push in g Taylor ha rd and staying right o n his hack wh eel, Key was able to ge t underneath him wh en T aylor went wide in tum th ree. Key was able to hold hi s pos itio n until th e finish. Wh en Taylor went wid e, he dr opped all the . wa y back to fourth wh ere he rema ined until th e checkered nag . In th e O pen Expert cla ss, Key got just too. much of an edge on the stan 10 pl ease the starter and the race was red-nag~ for a restart, On th e second sta rt, Key again got th e holeshot but th e race was red-nagged when Corsetti went down in the first turn. The third start was a go, and Key again slid into the hole position from an outside start and rode hard for a few laps to maintain his position. After that, he had such a big lead over second place Frank Nye that he began to relax and cruised into first with no . problems. Nye came in second with Fisher in third, Rotax rider Sherman Gresham in fourth and - Corsetti in fifth. In the Vet Expert class , Rotax rider Dave Bostrom showed his stufl He and Frank Nye battled for th e first spot, but Bostrom edzed ahead early in the race and maintained his position all th e way. The 80cc Experts had to ride with the 80lOOcc Juniors , but it was still a great show. Matthew Wait grabbed the holeshot with his brother Nathan close beh ind in second. They held first and seco nd for good. Third o ver th e line was a junior rider, Eric Bostrom, followed by Eamie Martin . • Results P/W B-C: 1. Tony Souza Jr. (Yam); 2. M c hael Patterson (Yam); 3. K.C. Rigmaiden (Yam); 4. David Gassin (Soz); 5. Dan ny VICk CVam). ers 60 NOV: 1. Eric Martin (Kawt; 2. Sammy Sabedr a (Kawt; 3. Aaron Gayle (Kaw) . SO NOV; ] . Steve n Hlebo (Kaw); 2 . Brandon Camehan (Hoo); 3. Aaron Arcemenl (tam); 4. Kenneth ~ Iand (Yam); 5. David Snow (Yaml. SO JR-EX: 1. Manhew W ait C Kaw); 2. Nathan Wait (Kaw); 3. Erc BosIrom (Hon); 4. Eam ie Martin (Kawl: 5. Robert Stevenson (Yam ). VETNOV; 1. T"not hy Snyder (Yam); 2. Don Shipley (W R); 3 . Henry Sanchlz (Han ); 4 . Rick Taytor CVam). VET JR: 1. Robert Meiring (H-D); 2. Gary Cordeiro IHonl; 3 . Scott Etchelbaugh (Yam). VET EX: 1. Dave BosIrom (W-R); 2. Frank Nye (W -Rt: 3. John Taylor (W-R); 4. Roy Fisher CHon); 5. Mark BUller (W-R). 126 NOV-J R: 1. Manhew W ait (Kaw); 2. Chad M cBr ide (Yam~ 3. Rodger Robinson CHon) 4. Earl Deroboam III (Sozl. ; 26b NOV: 1. Anthony Freeman fHon); 2. Herbert Callen III (Hon); 3. John Hlabo (Han); 4. Keilh Wan s (Kawl; 5. Oavid Caukty (yam). 250 J R: 1. Robby Pek:hot o CVam); 2. Gary M ilewski (Hon); 3. Johnnny McGill (tam); 4 . Oion Clardy (Hon); 5. H.P. Myatt (Yam). 500 OPEN NOV; 1. Seen Bricker (Yam); 2. Owene Franc:iKo (Hon); 3. Don Sh ipla., fW -R); 4. Joe Koppi (Yam); 5. Gera 5dPntoni CHon). 500 OPEN JR ; 1. David S.nchez (Hon); 2. Elmiro Alvemaz (Yam); 3. Hector Alcala CVam); 4. Robert Mei ring (H-D); 5. Sam Lohrnanto (Hon). 500 OPEN EX: 1. M.", Key (H-Ot 2. F<.nk Nye (W-Rt 3. Randy Fisher (H-D); 4 . Shennan Gresham (W-R); 5 . Mark CorMttI (Hon). PRO-AM: 1. M.", Key IH-Dt 2. Rlndy Fi_ IH-Dt 3. M.", Co

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