Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

80 9 -1' : 1. Zach Rund IKaw); 2, Doug McKuhn (Kawl; :. ~ ~ 3 . M an Wi ll iams (KJiw l. .. l.amson leads at Sacramento MX r- By Nuklear Neukam England's Phil Collins (left), here leading Shawn McConnel~ and Brad Oxley (right), won the.Scratch main at Ascot South Bay Stadium. 3. RaY' Rin k (Hon); 4 . Chuck Norris (Kaw ); 5. Br et L.er~~l·.rJo"=~ Schmidt (Kaw l; 2. Darr en Stone (Kaw); 3. Kr istoph e, Beiley (Yam); 4. Jeff North rop (Kaw); 5. Greg Fregoe (Kaw) . OPEN INT : 1. Ga ryWalker(Kaw); 2. Lenny Gardner (Va,:"); 3 . Ned Munier (Suz); 4 . Ti m Lynn (Suz); S. Patrick M~'25"1~i:nl~~:~ M ichaellKaw ); 2. Jo hn And.~n (Hon); 3. J.e. Krueg er (Han); 4 .Ja mie Goodno (Hon ); 5. Gary Squier 0CZ5iryAM: 1. Joson "4-n (Kow~ 2. Chris -5. Garrett . (Suz~ 3. Ga Michael (Kaw); . Jamie Goodno ~Hon); Ruase ll (Yam) . OPEN AM : 1. Steven Kopc:ioski (Hon); 2. AI Fin~ (Hon); 3. Peter Natosi (Kaw); 4. William Schwab (Hon). SR A: 1. M ike RobinsOn (!Caw); 2. Bart L.ucas (Kaw); 3 . Skip lCopdowsk i CHon); 4 . Brian ~11 {Hont S. Scott Rhinehart (K8w) . SR 8 : 1. J ohn Stegler CSuzJ; 2. Steven Kopciow*i (Hon); 3. Richard Pi.. (Hon); 4. Denny Trask (Kaw); S. Thomas Lee (Yam ). Pt.US 25 : 1. Morty Morz lKow~ 2. G'"II _ (Kow~ 3 . Skip lCopc'owski CHon); 4 . Bin Robson (Hon): 6. .Joseph Ftoco (Hon) . V1NT IWOS: 1. Bri an Broadwell (Hont 2. Andy Dills (Kaw); 3. TImothy Becht (Yam); 4 . Paul Treharne (SuzJ; 5. Dave Williams UCaw) . 125 EX: 1. Paul Austin etCaw); 2. J immy WooIrtdge (Suzt: 3. .Joe EllingtOn lHon); 4 . Andrew Watsh (Suz); 5. Greg Meeder (KJiwl. 250 EX: 1. hul A ust in (Suz); 2. Jim my WooIrtdge (Suz); 3. Kevin Long (Kaw»; 4. Merty Men (Kaw); 5. Joe t llington lHon~ OPEN EX: 1. KIMn Long (Kowl: 2. Mo.. RobiNOn (Kow~ 3. Ban Lucas (Kaw); 4. M iehael Harnmisz (Hon); 5. Joseph Fioco (Hon). Posca plays at Ascot MX By Ken Faught . GARDENA, CA, SEPT. 9 J ohn Posca took his O 'Nea llCablesav rr/ Whozee/Long Beach Kawasaki/Raa: T ech/ Spectra/ Smith -sponsored Kawasaki 10 th e winner 's eircle in me 500cc P ro class a t Ascot Park. At the start o f the first moto, Po sca nailed the start to lead Sea n Co nley arou nd turn one. Pet e Murry got stuck in the backwards falling starting ga te, but quickly worked hi s way into third before th e end o f the second lap. At the halfway poi nt , Murray managed to sneak around Co n ley a n d move in to the runner-up position, directly behind Posca . Po sca soon dropped h i. bike. allowing both riders to take over the top two positions. Posca 9,uickly remounted and set aftrr Conley. W,th only a lap and a half remaining, Posca darted to the outside of Conley and moved int o second Posca slowly reeled in Murray, but it was too late. Murray took the win followed by Posca and Conley. Posca ca me back in the second moto to holeshot over Murray and Conley. The three ridrr. battled during the entire mot o before problem s forced Conley to drop o ff the pa ce. Po sca held o ff th e char~ co ming from Mu rray during the sho rt five-la p raa: before taking th e Win a nd the ovc=ll a hea d o f Mu rra v a n d Conley. In the 50cc cla ss, Co rey H oefl rode two nawl ess motos to caplUll:' the overall win. Sh awn [Rereic was seco nd with 2· 2 as J ason La rk in ro u n ded o u t th e lOp three wi th 4-3. R yan Tohill was fo urth wi th 4-3, to ppin g Chris McN all·s 5-5 for fift h. Results 50: 1. Corey Hoeft (Vam); 2. Shawn Igercic (Yam t: 3.Jason Lartlin (Y.m); 4. Ry.n TOhill (Y.m); 5. ~hris McNan (Yam). 60: 1. J ason Shir ey (KJiw); 2. Regmald M itchell (Kaw ); 3. Jason Dan iels (yaml; 4 . Paulita (Kaw ); 5. Cory Davenport (Kaw). 80 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Paul Ito (Vam); 2. Josh Bun e (Yam); 3. Nathan EI.rtson (Yam); 4. Domin ic Gayton (Han); 5. Jason HeUer (Suzl . 80 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Ma riano W hitlock IKaw); 2. Keno Oearv IKaw); 3. Tommy Thomas (Kawt 4. Phil Fehlman (yam l; 6. Dian Brown (SUl ). 80 JR: 1 , Ma rc Lippert (Suz); 2. Ja son Shirey (Vam). SOINT: t . Chris Ketalas (Han). AOLT MI NI 2· STRK: 1. Ross Maeda (Suzl. AD LT MINI 4- STRK: 1. Sean Martando (H-K); 2. Gary Manini (Han); 3. Ken Faught (K-H); 4 . J imm y Lew is lHan l; 5. Steve Weidl er IHonl . . 125 BEG O· 1: 1. Steve G• • blein (Han); 2. RH s Tatge fHonl; 3. Keith Fairchi ld (Kaw); 4. Rob Cozad (Han ); 5. Bob Powell (Hon). t 25 BEG 0 -2: 1. Larry Early (Han); 2. Cun is Smalley (Hon); 3. Manu el Ruiz (Han); 4 . Chr is Veager (Kaw l; 5. Skip Early ("-w). 126 JR: 1, Danny Fonteyn (Klwl; 2. ErM: Jasper (Honl ; 3. Kun Rood (e.g); 4. Me rc Laidler (K.w); 6. Tony Barrantl 38 (~~ INT: 1. Dania l BUlih (Hon); 2. Dan Bam ett (Suz); 3. Man eo Contino (Caul: 4 . Chuck Kinne IKaw ); 5. Ja ma. Meana( Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Scott McOono~h (Yaml . 2 50 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Earl Cole (Vam ); 2. Shawn And . rson (Klw ); 3. Joe Uribe (Hon); 4. Corey Hudson (Hon); 5. Bre tt Johnson (Hon). 250 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Greg Mart inez (Hon); 2. Bill Cona n (Yam); 3 . Mtchael Hartm an (Hon); 4. Doug Younie (Suz). 250 JR: t . Joe Ar mstrong (Yam); 2. Tal i Carley IKaw ); 3. TIm Wi llia ms (Yam ). : 250 INT t . Jim Domi nici lHan); 2. M an eo Coestino (Cag); 3. Kevin Lopa (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Bob KIi.... (Han); 2. John Posca (Kawl; 3. Pete M urra y lCag); 4. Ron Turner (Han); 6. Rd Joh nson lHonl. . 500 BEG: 1. Rodney Osman (K.Iw); 2. Lou ie Garcia (Yam); 3, RM:h Hansen (RbI ); 4 . D.R. McCa in (Yam); 5. Scott Joh~M~~Thayer (Hon); 2. St.". Fernandez (Hon); 3. Tony Faux lKaw ). 500 .NT: 1. Koven ~ lHon) . 500 PRO: 1. John Posca (Kaw); 2. Pete Munay (Hanl; 3. Soon ConleY (Kow). VET JR: 1. tim Williams (Yamt: 2. Chris Sl ick (Hon); 3. Douglas Trove (Han). vrr .NT: l .lJlny _ (Suz). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Hon); 2. Rtdl. Johnson (Hon); 3. Dovid Mus (Yom t 4. R....od C ONK). e-, Schwartz sweeps Orange Coo Speedway By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, SEPT. 2 Afler an evening aw a y [rom th e victory circl e. Bobb y Sch wa m returned th er e follow in g th e Scra tch ra a: at th e Orange County Fair gr ounds. J oining Sch wam was Greg Hancock ' wh o won h is seco n d H a ndi ca p ma in in lh e . space o [ nine days. After failing to transfer o u t o f hi s Scratch heat the previous evening at Ascot , Sch wa rt z rode perfectly and swept th e Scra tch side o f th e proceeding•. In the main , Schwam receiv ed a stiff ballie from pole-si tte r Jim Sisemor e. As they ca me o f[ the line. Schwa rtz, o n th e Brace/ Budweiser/ Q uicksilver/STPlToys for Pop Weslake, edged Sisemore into lh e [irst bend. It was lhere mal they went at eac h ot h er ~ nd Billy H am ill had the m i. fort u ne o f being ca ug h t in be twee n. Hamill got p inched and ended up do ing a th ree-sixty. . Sisemore was all ovrr Schwartz. Just behind Sisemore, Alan Ch ri stia n was lookin g for a clear line to advance hi s sta nd in g. Time and again, Sisemore tried to slither his wa y up th e inside. That didn 't work with Schwa nz. H e never budged off the pole a nd nevrr gave Sisemore an inch. Christian 's b ike .uffered a mo mentary lapse o n th e th ird ci rcu it a nd that took h im from co n ten lio n. Sisemore did so me lh ing lew rid ers hav e bee n able to do all season long and that · is stay with Sch wanz, but al the end , it was Schwartz for h is 12th Costa Mesa victory of 1988. Ventura's \ Vall Fa rn u m set the ea rly pa ce in the H an d icap ma in only to h:I\'e the eve nt red -nagged o n lap twO when T uff McBri de b it the dust. . On th e res ta rt, H a n coc k qu ickl y st eer~ into th e point a hea d of Far num. Na tional Cha.m· pi on Brad O xley held do wn th e th ird -p lac e po sition u nti l t he th ird revol u t io n when Sco tty Bro wn raced by. Wh ile H ancoc k was movin g a way . Oxley was lading . He was trapped on th e o u tside a nd there was no place [or him to pull it down a nd get into lin e. Bart Bast took th ird from Ox ley and tried to measure 0 [[ Brown. When H a ncoc k look th e white n ag , he was a ll by himself. Fa rnum was in second, but as soon as he hit tum one, Brown tr ied lO come undem ea th hi m. Farn um, detennined to hang on to seco nd , fought 0 (( Bro wn a nd finished a distant seco nd to Hancock. Results en SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwanz (Wes); 2., Jim Sisemore (Wesl; 3. A lan ChrISti an (Jaw~ 4. Billy Hamill (Wes). HDCP: 1. Greg Hancock {Wes): 2. Walt Farn um (Jaw); 3. Scotty Brow n (Ja w); 4. Ban Bast (Wasl . 0 -2: 1. Mark Hanna h (Was); 2. Tony Gomez (Ja w); 3, Brian Pappil lardo (Wes); 4 . Louie trotechaud (Getn) . . 0 -3: 1; Bobby Campbell (Wn ); 2. Ronny Kemp (Jaw ); 3. Tom Moffen (Jaw); 4 . Doug Grayson (Wa s). Bobby ' Schwartz swept the Scratch program in Costa Mesa. Ward doubles at EugeneMX By Clay Light EUGENE, OR, SEPT. 4 Larry Ward came close to a perfect sweep o f the Pro class motos a t the second round of a two-race CMC Gold Cup Series weekend , held at Eugene's . Emerald Ra ceway. But a crash on th e last lap o f th e first 250cc Pro moto gave Tony Graves a sin g le mota win. Despite the crash , Ward still neued two overall win s, th e 125 and 250cc Pro classes for an overa ll sweep o[ rounds o ne and two. Ward sh o t o ff th e lin e in the first 125cc Pro moto and waved to the cro wd that lined the incred ib le h igh-speed double jumps. Ward was chased by Graves and Eric Hall and pushed his wa y into a IO-second lead by the third lap while Graves did all he co u ld to reel in Ward.. Lap (OUT wa s a di saster [or Hall, as th e Honda Jock ey landed hard off the doubles, hurting h is wri st a nd moving O ster to third. Oster , riding a Kawasaki, could do little to close in on Graves, who had second place a ll to h imself well behind Ward, wh o went o n to w in the mOlo. Finishin g i.n m e number four spot was Bria n Thomson, followed by the most· exciting baule in me cla ss between Sco·u Sleffy and fellow Yamaha-rider Lana: Sma il. which went to th e finish co rn er with Steffy winning o u t for th e spot by a wheel. O ster stol e h oleshot la urels a t th e sta rt o f lh e second contest wh ile Ward: Graves, Smail and Thomson filled th e top five. J ust over halfway into the opening lap, OSler wa ved Ward by, bu t sta yed g lued to his rear fen der [or the nexl several la p s while Craves, agai n nu rsing a sour-sounding Honda, tried to ma ke up grou nd . But Wa rd a nd Oster p laced a hu ge deficit o n th e field . Ward'. first of two overall wins came after his 1·1 showings while OSler took seco nd (3-2) over Graves (2-3), Thomson (4-4) and Steffy (6-5). The· controversial first 250cc Pro mot o , wh ich was the day 's co nuoversy, saw Ward in his familia r lead followed by Graves and Yamaha-mounted Larry J ac kso n . Ward opened up a good-sized lead, but with th e raa: nearing the midway point, Ward hit lapped rider s. and couldn't find a way ar ound, crashing in the process. This. p laced .G ra ves into the lead. Ward was surpnsed to find out at this point that it was the white nag .lap, and ran out of time, allowing Graves a win over Ward. Jackson. Mike Harris a nd Smail. Mota two wa s all Ward's to fin alize his sweep o f the weekend·s Pr o raci ng, bea ting Graves, wh o had to co me from m id pack a nd pass Jackson in orde r to net seco nd o verall. G ra ves ( 1-2), J ackson (3-3), Sma il (4-4) ~ n d H a rris' 5·5 showings ro unded Out .he to p [lYe. Jeff Dail y made up for sou.r1,!ck in l h~ 12?cr Intermediate class by co nv ma ngly wl nn mg both 250cc [ntennedi ate mo tos. Da il y's closest co m pe ti tio n came (rom fellow Yama ha riders Mik e Williams a nd Mon ta na's J ac k G abe lhausen. In th e first mo to , Gablehausen p laced seco nd to Da il y, bu t Williams too k th e n um ber two spot in mot a two for seco nd overall. Bril tan Bu rl in ga me (4-4) a nd J im Co uet (5-5) foll ow ed. Results 125 PRO: 1. Larry Ward (Vam); 2. Steve Oster (Kaw ); 3. Tony Graves (Hon); 4. Brian Thomson (Vam); 5. Scan Steffy (Yam). 2 50 PRO: 1. Larry W ard (Yam): 2. Tony Gravas (Han); 3. Larry Ja ckson (Yam); 4 . Mike Harr is (Kaw l; 6. Lance Smail (yam). 125 INT: 1. Jaso n Nort on (Vam ); 2. J. ff Daily (Yam); 3. Danny Ulven (Kaw i. 260 INT: 1. J eff Oaily (Yam); 2. M ike W illi ams (Yam); . 3. Jack G.belha usen (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Alex Kaveny (Yam); 2. Joe Belshaw (Yam); 3. Shawn Scoler i (Yaml. 250 JR: 1. Joe Belshew (Yam),: 2. A.... Keveny (Yam); 3. Dan M at h;' (Yaml . 125 BEG: 1. Chuck Standatord (Hon); 2. An dy Crosby IYam); 3. Don Sch ne ider (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Steve torain (Han); 2. Corey Shepard (KTM); 3. Anen Smith ISuz). 80 EX: 1. Danny Uhten (KJiw ); 2. Ryan Huffman (Yam). u. VET PRO: 1. era;g PTa (Yam); 2. M itceh Ki~trick (Yam); 3. Mark Greg son (Yam). SAC RA ME NTO , CA, S EPT . 2 Steve Lamson took h is Ya maha to victory in the P ro class a t Sacramento Racewa y Park 's Stadi u m Mot ocross. Lamson, YZ25O-mounted, had n o trouble def eatin", Der ek Currie, aboard a H onda CRSOO, In both motos as he led from stan to finish , never appeari ng to ra ise hi s pulse past idle. In th e Intermediate cl a ss , Kawasakimounted Da rin Chan nel co m b ined a 2·1 score for the ov era ll ah ead o f J erry WrighL Wright won the first moto impressively, b~t tas~ some tu rf in the second round, ending thud behind J eff Ba ldwin. Baldwin 's sec o n d , co m b ined with his Iir st rnot o third. secured h im third overa ll . Ma ico- rnou n ted Paul Conner s took his venerable Teutoni c machine to victory in both motos of the Vet Junior cla ss for the overall. Honda-mounted Tim Ketcham, with a seco nd a n d a third, fin is hed th e nigh t- with seco nd overall whi le third overall we nt to a no ther Honda wi th Bryan Knight saddled u p . In the 60cc class, it was a differen t J eff Bal d win - no rela tio n to the Intermediate rider - with another of h is win. in th at class. Baldwin took h is li llie Kawasaki KX60 to victory in bo th mot o s a head o f Billy Mimin. A pair o f th irds earned Andrew Gregg th ird overall while J esse Ketch am secured fourt,h overall. Rid in g in her first ever race, Carrie Wind ham brought her KX in fo r fifth overall. Results PRO: 1. St eve Lamson (Vam); 2. Oerek Cu~e (Han). INT: 1. Carin Channe l (lCa w); 2. Jerry W n ght (Kawl; 3. Jeff BaldoMn (Yom). VET M STR: 1, Randy Lewallen (Kawt: 2. M ike Patterson (~ JR: 1, Paul Con ne,. (Mait 2. TIm Ketcham (Hon ); 3. tNriR:~~1:i1(H,r~annald (Han ); 2. Mad Man Ulicn y 3. Rodney _ (Kow~ OT JR: 1. Darrell Burr (Hon). 60; 1.Jeff Baldwin fK.aw); 2. Bill y Ma n in (Kaw ); 3. Andrew (Hon ~ Gr:rJe 6_1 : ~ 1 . Toid Birckelbew (Yam); 2. John Wang (Kowt 3. C/u-s V.ndIey (Hon~ ; 80 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Baldwin (Kaw); 2. Sam Killow (Hont 3. Marlin Cole (Sm). BOJ R: 1. Dan M.... (Hon); 2. Trm. Brown (!taw); 3. Brett Kl;_lKow). 125 BEG: t . Victor Umbright (Yam); 2. Eri c Plhnnan (Koww!: 3. ROChOnl Sp

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