Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

f.j 8 ~ ~ f- 00 00 O"l ....... ;.., v ..0 .o ..., u o Yam aha FZR750 rider Tim Kipp captured the Formula One Open Expert ' and Superbike Expert B classes at Nelson Ledges Road Race. Bob McClellan dropped 3 .136 points and finished second in t he 250cc B class at the SCEC Sidewinder Enduro in Barstow. Cal ifornia. VET AM : 1. Don Siegfried(KawO; 2. John Olmst ed (!'1on}; ~kwr~'S~~)Smi1h (Hon); 2. Da n Greenwood (Yam); 3. 3 . Kin. Medina (Hon J . SR NOV: 1. Mike M aur er IHan ); 2. Chuck Johnston (ATK ). SR AM: 1. Bob Krus (Hon t: 2. John Frfdl und (Yam). SR EX: 1. Oave W ol last on (Su zt 2. VIC Bartish (Yam); 3. Ed Pem to n (Honl. Middlebrooks powers to Paducah ST win By Bobby Lewis PAD U CAH , KY, SE PT. 17 J eff Mid dl ebrooks took the 250ec class win to night in short tra ck racing a t Padu cah. Ro bb ie G r ief led th e fi eld d o wn th e backstre tch wi th Middl ebrooks a nd Mar shall Patrick behind. Patrick tried to slu ff h is way through (u rn th ree and wen t down in th e pr ocess. Middlebrooks used an insi de pass o n la p three to tak e th e lead a nd went o n [or a co m fortab le win. Chuck Allen mov ed past Byro n Ward and G rief but low-sided o n th e last lap, allowing Grief a nd Ward to fill in the top three. G rief dia led in the 125cc sta rt also a nd led unt il la p th ree before Mike Lundsfor d ca me by to sta y. Lunsford loo k the win o ver Gri d with J ohn Sherrard ge ll in g by T .]. Burnette for third. Todd Boot en led the Open class off the li ne in what wo ul d be th e closest race o f the n igh t. Ban Schmulbach, Dalla s Ma yer a nd David Menser hooked u p in a fo u r- rider dash which sa w everyone lead at o ne time or a nother. Boo ten led th e beuer pa n o f the race but it was Sch m u lbac h taking ove r for good wi th two laps to go . Men ser dra fted by to ta ke a clo se seco nd over Boo ten a nd Ma yer. Byron Wa rd ro u nded out th e to p five. M a y~r took th e speedway wi n with a wirelO-wi re run while J oh n Sh errard took a clos e 80ec win o ver Aaron Ladd. Beau Braswell cla imed the 65cc win . Results 65 : t . Beau Bra swe ll (Kaw l. . 80: t . John Sherr ard (Kaw); 2 . Aaron L.add IKaw); 3. Cli nt McClard (Hon l. , 25 : t . M ike Lun sfo rd (Yam); 2. Robbie Grief ('i am); 3. John Sherr ard (Kaw ). 250: t . Jeff Middlebrooks (Han); 2 . Robbie Gr ief (Yam); 3. Byron W ard (Yam) . OPEN: , . Bart Sch mulbach (Rtx); 2. David M enser (Rtx ); 3. Todd Booten (Rtx) SPDWY: , . Dall as Mayer (J aw); 2. Bill Jackson IJ aw ); 3 . Alan Dewey (Jaw). Crawford zeros Sidewinder Enduro By Kit Palmer 32 BARSTOW, CA , SEPT . 18 Yamaha rider Scott Cr awford sco red th e onl y 7.ero o f th e day to cap tu re th e overa ll victory a t So u the rn Ca lifornia Endu ro Club's (SCEC) Sid ewinder Enduro near Barstow . Approximatel y 350 riders turned o u t for th e event, which marked th e beginnin g o f the seco nd half o f the 1988 SC EC end u ro season. Crawfo rd, wh o co mpetes in the 250ec AA class. d ropped j ust 0.35 points to secure the o vet'311 h onors a n d class ,'icwry , bea ti ng seco n d p lace fin isher Steve Will ia ms, who tallied a 1.57 score. Will ia ms sco red th e Open AA class win aboard h is Yamaha . In the two-l oop evem. equallin g a p p ro x· ima tely 75 mi les. Crawford d ropped ju st five seco n ds in the first loo p a nd was th e o n ly rid er to zero th e ninth chec k o n th e seco nd loop. It wa s a t th is chec k where all the " o nes" lost their o n ly fu ll poi nt . wh ile Crawfor d sco red a . 10, 40 seco nd s i n to hi s minu te, T en riders in . 11 " o ned " th e ni mh check. At check eig-h t. Cra wfor d had hi s worst score with a .40 , but he scor ed a perfect 0.00 a t chec k th ree o n the first loop. T he o n ly co n troversy happened a t chec k six , whe n ma n y ri ders com p lained o f ge ui ng lost before th e ch eck, claimi ng they were lat e beca use o f the co u rse m arkin~. After some debat in g . it was event ually decided by SC EC 's Ron Webb to turn chec k six in to a n observation ch eck a nd to thro w o u t the chec k's sco res. T ony Ri ckert finished third o vera ll with a 1.66. taking wi th it th e 200cc AA clas s win, while fourt h went to 250cc AA rider Peter Postel , who rode a Kawa sak i KX250. The rest o f th e riders wh o cla imed "ones" were T im Be- II (1st Vet O pen A), .Will ie Kennedy ( 1st a Vel 250 AA). J o hn Ferro (2nd Vet 250 AA), Mark Gl asm eier (1st O pen A), Ti m Moore (2nd O pen AA), Ro bert Bu rt is (3rd Vet 250 AA) a n d Forrest St nwell s (2nd Vet O pen A). Top B rid er was Cli nt Diaz, wh o tied fo r 15th overall wi th Four-Stro ke A winner Ra nd y Ben ne n . Steven Ben ne tt finis hed 47th o vera ll for top C honors in th e 200cc class . Nu m ber o m: "" omen was J ean H etherinJ.;ton. Results O/A: 1. Scott Crawford (Yam ); 2. St eve William s (Yam); 3. Tony Rickard (Yam); 4. Pel e Poste l (Kaw); 5. TIm Bean lHon I.;6. Wi llie Ken nedy lHon); 7. John Ferr o lHon); 8. Ma rk Glasmeier (Yam); 9. TIm M oor e (Yam); '0. Raben Burtis (Yam). 200 A.A.: 1 . Tony Ricka rd (Yam •. 250 AA: 1. Scott Crawford (Vam l; 2. Pet e Post el (Kawt. OPEN A.A.: l : SI8\/'8 Will iams (Vam l; 2 . Tim Moor e (Yam ). 4 -STRK AA:. t . J im Townsend (Husl. VET 250 A.A.: , . Willie Kennedy (Hon ); 2. John Ferr o (Hon ); 3 . Robert Burt iS (Yam ); 4 . Brad Zimmerman (Hus); 5. Sam Bell (Kaw). SR 250 A.A.: 1. Harry Keast IATK); 2. J ohn Bai nbridge (Yam). SR OPEN AA.: , . J oe Dian (Hu s); 2. Bill ()ani el IKTM); 3 . Don M cNamee (Varni . S/SR AA:. t . Dave Hutchens (Kaw ); 2. Ed M 31enko (Han ); 3 . Gu s Paull (Hus l. 200 A; 1. Rick Roddewig (Kaw ); 2 . Kenny W arner (Kaw); 3 . Cra ig Fland ers (Han ); 4 . Gary Garn er (Yam) ; 5 . Dave Larso n (Han). 250 A: , . Br en Bain br idge (Yaml ; 2 . John Uh er n (Han) . OPEN A: Merit Glasm ei er (Yam); 2 . Jorda n Chaney IHus ); , 3. Brad Sied schlag (Hon) . 4 -STRK A: 1. Randy Bennett IHonl ; 2. Randy Bu stam ant e (Han); 3 . Rob Sh eaff er (Hu s); 4 . Jon Hoff a (Han); 5 . Dalla s Baker (Yaml . . VET 250 A: 1. Tim Net hing IHusl; 2. Mi ke Ferro (Han); 3 . Tom Karas (Yam); 4 . A ndre Butch er (Yam ); 5 . Martin Blai s (Han). VET OPEN A: 1. Tim Bea ll (Han); 2 . Forr est Stowel ls(Honl; 3 . Chris Voelk er (HOn ); 4 . Terry Huff man (Honl; 5 . Doug Krausman (Han). SR 250 A: 1. Gregg Turk (Yam ); 2. Dennis Scammell IYam ); 3. Tom Hiclts (Yam); 4 . M etv' Murray {Yam l; 5. M ike Harpe r (Hus ). SR OPEN A: 1. J im Rucker (Han); 2. Steve Peters (Hu s); 3. M ichael Hoehl (Hus); 4 . Gary Niede rhut h (Yam); 5. larry Muon (Yaml . S/SR A: , . Ed But ler (Kaw).; 2. Warren Stirting (Kaw); 3 . Joe l.IPorte (Husl; 4 . Doug Douglas (Yam ).; S. Jerry Harpole (Hus •. 200 B: , . Cratg Anderson (Kaw ); 2 . Step hen Mueller (Yam); 3 . Bill Fla nders (Han); 4 . Greg Bratachie (Yam); 5 . Ryan Stenberg {Yam}. 250 B: 1. Clint Diaz (Yam); 2 . Bob Mc Clellan. (Yam l; 3. Chri s Dobbins (yam): 4 . A ndy Ording (Kaw); 5 . Chris Ande rson (Yam I. OPEN B: r. Sco n Martinez (HUll); 2 . Thane Rivers (KTMI ; 3. Terry Proffer (Kaw); 4 . Michael Galloway (Hu s); 5. M ichael Othiles (Han). " 4 ·STRK B: t . AI Spangler (Hont ; 2. Brad Hagbery IHus L 3. Fred Tutt le (Han ); 4 . Ed Wemmer (Hu,); 5 . Mark Frank er (Hon l. • VET 250 B: t . Ray Wong (Yam ); 2 . Paul McK inney fKTM ); 3. Steve Jenkins (Hon); 4 . Brad Turner (Hu s); 5. Gary Horw ald lHonI . VET OPEN 8 : 1. Wnden Steve ns (Hon k 2. Glenn Hagbe:ry (Kaw l; 3 . David Peoples tHon); 4 . (Tiel Dale Ogden (Hon V Cha rles Howell (Yam ). SR 250 B: 1. Rtchard Griswold (Yam ); 2. John Fonta ine IKTM ); 3. Jerry CJ eland (Kawl; 4 . Larry Ow ens (Yam ); 5. Bill Bailey IHon). SR OPEN B: 1. Trevor Powe ll (Hus); 2. Ridl. Taylor (Han ); 3. Sieve Jenn ings (Hus ); 4 . Neil Kirkland (Yam); 5 . Barry Show (Han) . S /SR B: 1. Keith Anderson (Yam ); 2. Harry Hoffman (Han ); 3. Richard Tomac (Yam); 4 . Joe Ana sta sio (KTM); 5. Bruce Boult er (Kaw ).. 200 C: 1. Steve n Benn ett (Kaw); 2. Jeff Burtr.e (Vam l.; 3. Fred Tessa ro (Kaw); 4 . Dane War e (Kaw); 5.J.D. Ch in iaeff (Kaw) . 250 C: 1 . Darr en Rivers (Hon t 2. Brya n M iche lson (Kaw); 3 . Timot hy Keyes (Hus); 4 . Keith Morgan IHon ); 5 . John R. M iller (Hon). OPEN C: t , John Henderson (Hust 2. Gary Dud ley (Hus); 3. Paul larr (Yam); 4 . Doug Gra ves (Han); 5. Michael Denn is (Hus). 4 · STRK C: t . Scon Sandefur (Han); 2. Steve Johnson (Hus); 3. Chr is Hinrich s IKTM); 4 . Ray Baum (Han); 5 . Greg Appelman (Han). VET 250 C: 1. Glenn Tidwell (Hual ; 2. Steve Mi tchell (Yam); 3 . Dav id Bronson {Yam); 4 . Randy Bruce (Kaw); 5. Char le s Coul son lHan). VET OPEN C: t . larry O'B ri en (Han); 2 . Steven Miller (Yam); 3. Ken Dunn (Kaw); 4 . Ruben Spangenthal (Yam); 5. Edward Pariter (Hon) . SR 250 C: t . J im Kurtz lHon); 2 . Bob Huff (Yam ); 3. Yvon Ma n in eau (Han); 4 . Michael Cevene (ATK ). SR OPEN C: 1. Chr is Hill (Han ); 2. Bob Beaudotn (Yam); 3. Kart M . Sm ith (Yam ); 4 . Phi l Blackb urn (Hua); 5. Rick Kane (Yaml . . S /SR C:' . JackS8bine. Sr.IKTM); 2 . Don Gladden (Kawl : . 3. AI While (Han); 4 . William Bieganski (Han); 5 . M an ny Rivers (Hon). WMN A : 1. J ean Het herington (Yam); 2. Dawn Pech a (Yam). Kipp claims Nelson L.edges Road Race By Larry Bell G AR R ETTSVIL L E. OH SEPT. 9 T o m Kip p made h is firs t visit to Nelson Ledges Road Course - at th e last race o f th e sp rint road raci n g season - payoff by lo gging co n vinci ng win s in th e B Su pe rbike and Fo rmula Ex pert classes. In B Su pe rbi ke, Kipp rod e h is Wiseco/ Shoei/ P hil Fla ck Ra cing/Star Cycle Yamaha su p ported FZR750 to a hands-down win b y easi ly cli cki n g off lap times in th e 1:15 range. des p ite a m ishandling fro n t end. Kip p said o f h is Metzeler Comp K DOT fro nt tire. "It was j us l a strange si tua tio n." Tha t will be cured by cha nging 10 a sliCk. He dow n played th e fact both feet slid o ff the pegs in th e high-speed ca ro usel. In Formu la Open, he had to co me fro m behi nd Gl en l.arek aher a couple o f la p s to tak e th e lea d with Bru ce Nield hard ·chargin g righ t behind o n th e ex-Spe ncer , ex-01a nd ler Honda . Both left th e pa ck easi ly a nd finished one-Iwo . Nield (A.T. Truckin g/ Rock Hard Excav at · ingrreJco Co nstruction ) said la ter in the day a bout his ch oice or tir cs a nd gc::J ring , ·'1 had 10 0 so h o f a lir e a nd too sh o rt gea ri ng . The tra ck is ab rasive a nd th e tire sta rted to ba ll. I j u st wa nted to keep Kipp in sig h t." An ot her veleran making h is £irst trip to Nelso n th is yea r. in sea rch o f National points, w.s Dan Reif with h is H onda RS250 . The AG V/ C indy Racing/NGKlC.astrol-supported rider pi cked orr an easy wi n in Form u la Three by turn ing in lap times in th e 1.19 range, despite having to guess on Ihe jetting and geari n g and only having raced here once before. H e a lso finished Ihird in D Production Expert. No via J.P. Bunting co n lin u ed hi s co ns isten t winn in g pauem by pocketing a win in C Superbike Novice. a seco nd in B Superbike Novi ce, a nd a th ird in th e Combined B Production Expert/Nov ice race (th ird novi ce and fifth o vera ll). The Honda o f Irw in -backed rider is gainin g a well-d eserved reputation among racers a n d workers alike for his seemingl y effortless riding. In B Production , he had to co me from th e eigh th row o f th e 22-rider field. Results F ·' OPEN EX: t . Tom Kepp (Yam l; 2 . Bruce Nield tHan ); 3. Charles Elaner (Han); 4 . Ben Beasley (Yam); 5 . Pete Frost (Yam). ) S/BIKE NOV 8 : t . Ron Nardella ISu n 2 . J .P. Bunt ing (Hon).;3 . Kevin Wa rner CSuz); 4 . J ay Bartlow (Suzt 5. Paul Rohall(Yam). S/ BIKE NOV C: 1. J .P. Bunt ing (Hon ); 2 . Tom Bickerstaff (Hon); 3. Billy Lumadue (Yam ); 4 . Paul Rohall(Yam); 5 . Bud W eber (Han) . S/ BIKE EX B: t . Tom Kipp (Vem ); 2 . Glenn Szarek (Yam); 3 . Charles Elatner (Hon ); 4 . Eric LaCruze (Suz); 5. Br uce Nie ld (Hon l. o S/BtKE EX: 1. Jake Cove (Yam); 2 . J im St ill (Yam); 3. Joe Ma ier (Yam); 4 . Dan iel Reif (Yam); 5. Lynn Rtethmiller (Yam) . o S/BIKE NOV : 1. RicNird 80henb (Yam ); 2. Greg Aft (Yam ); 3. Barry ktehngs (Yam ); 4 . Dan iel Kereekes (Yam); 5. Bria n Kel ly (Yam). VINT 3 : 1. Phil Pummel! (Sw ); 2 . William McDowell (DucJ; 3 . Steve Smel ser lNot).; 4 . J .R. Harris (BSA) . VINT 4 : t . Bob Vokac (Tri); 2. Kart M yers C Bmw ); 3 . Jim Sterner (Duc); 4 . Loren Jury (Yaml . VlNT 5: 1. Jake Coye (Kaw); 2 . Bob Vokac (Suz); 3 . Rtch Graver (Suz ); 4 . Brad elid Walker (Sw); 5 . Bill Bloom (taw. C S/BIKE EX: 1. Brian Gristidc (Han ); 2. Bruce Baldus (Suz); 3. Rex M iller (Han ); 4 . David Bissen (Han); 5. Ji m St ill (Yam I. F-2 EX: t . Dan iel Reif (Han); 2. Joe Ma ier (Yam); 3. Pete Frost (Yam); 4 . Dayid Haldeman (Yam); 5 . Lynn Rieth miller (Ya ml. F-2 NOV: 'l • Barry Iddings (Yam); 2 . Daniel Kerekes (Yam); 3. Rich ard Bolen (Yam); 4 . Greg Aft (Kaw); 5. Rick Mercante (Yaml . A PROD EX: , . Eric LaCrwe tSw); 2. Morris An nis (Yam). A PROD NOV : 1. Ron Narde lla (Suz ); 2. John M aryn ich (Sw); 3 . Kevin Warner (Suz ); 4 . Anthony Ardra (Yam); 5. Rtck Livergood (Hon) . C PROD EX: t . Scot Evans (Han); 2. Bruce Baldus (Suz); 3 . Rex M ill er (Hon); 4 . Steve Pinkley (Honl; 5 . David Bissen (Han). C PROD NOV : t . J .P. Bunt ing IHon ); 2 . Tom Bickerst aff (Han); 3. Rick Pagnia no (Han) ; 4. BiIlV Lum adu e (Yam); 5. Bud W eber (Han). B PROD EX: 1. Gle n n Szarek (Suz); 2. Eric laCruze (Suzl; 3 . Morris A nn is (Yam l; 4 . M ike Leslie (Han) . B PROD NOV: 1. J ohn M arunic h (Suz); 2. Ron Nar della (Suz); 3 . J .P. Bunting{Hon); 4 . Ken Wa rner (Su z); 5 . A nthony Arden (yam) . o PROD EX: t . Thomas Du Pont (Yam); 2 . Lyn Reith milller (Yam); 3 . Dan iel Reif (Yam); 4 . Mark Hill (Yam).; 5. Mike Kegg(Yaml. o PROD NOV: 1. Barry Idding (Yam); 2. Rick M ereanl e (Yam );,&, Dan iel Kere kes (Yam); 4 . Greg Ah (Kaw ); 5. Br ia n Kelly (Yam). F·3 EX: 1. Davld Hald eman (Hon ); 2. A llainhart (MBA). F-3 NOV : t . Don Tr eese (Hon ). VlNT · 2: t . Phi l Pummen (Suzt 2. W illiam McOowelliDucl; 3. J im Siemer (Duel; 4 . Lawrence Wans (Due); 5. J .R. HarTis (BSAI, CLBMN EX: 1. Rich Graver (Suz ); 2 . Eric Smakula (Suz). ClBMN NOV: t . Greg Alt (Yam); 2 . Steve Heilman (Han); 3. Gary CallaNin (Yam); 4 . Chuck Heg (Hon); 5. Fred Aby (Yam ). VINT- t : 1. Phil Pummell (Suzi . Good claims Kincaid Park Supercross By M .R . Edge A:"CH O RAGE, AK. SE PT. 18 Suzu ki- Arctic c.a l Motorspons-sponsored J oe Good wo n the Alaska ~ 1()I()rcyci e Raci n g A s~()ci ation ' ~ lasl race o f th e yea r hel d a t Kin ca id Par k. A supercro~ format was Wit-d with a sho rtt~n ed track. Rider:)were pl aced in to o ne o f two qual ifier s wi th o n ly the top four transferr in g dirff tly to lh e mo n ey-payin g A main. All o tlwr rid er s we rc p laced into a rrophy B ma in. The top fou r 111 th e B main Ihen co u ld tra nsfer to the A ma in. Kawasa ki o f Anch ora ge· sponsor ed Ralph Blanchard jell ed into th e first qualifier lead wh ilc Good ca mc OUI . in lasl place, wh ile Blanch ard stretchc-d out h is lead. Good picked o rr rid ers o ne by one until , with o n ly thrl'C laps to !';O, Good was a t Blanchard's rear fender. Good waited for the rig hr time a nd p asSl-d to tak e Ihe win. The second quali fier start belonl;led to Northwest Gl a ss·sponsored Bruce Sun!';l ey. Kawasaki o f An chorage team males Le if Forsyth e a nd Chris DeWinter bauled th e en tire race for seco nd with Fo rsythe edging o u t DeWinter at th e finish. J ames Croy ea sily won th e B main over The

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