Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z o ~ ~ III a:: w 0 z « ...J >a:: a:: w 0 >lXl e l- o :I: 00 00 e, ~ ....... C'I ....... .... ClJ ..0 0 ..... . U Dan Stanley (7 4 S ) took the 250cc Semi-Pro class win at the Castle ·Rock TT in Was hington , Second place went to Matt Holden (3 4 H), 80 EX: 1. Damon Huffman (SUl). AD ULT M INI: 1. Ron Bunn (SuzO 2. Ray Groo m (KXRI; ; 3. Gary M art ini (Hon); 4 . Sean M arl and o (Ho nl . 125 BEG D· 1: 1. Ronn ie Ste wal1 (Hon); 2. Steve Gaebl ein (Hon) 3. Rob Cozad (Hon); 4 . Mamo Nieves (Hon); 5. Jam es Geoff Ces rna t, o n hi s Bo ul der Mo to rspo rtsspo nsored GSXR750, sq ueaked ou t a half a bike len gt h win ove r H oppersrad in 750cc Superbi ke a nd retu rn ed to cro ss the finis h line a ll a lo ne in Open S u perbike. T he wi ns ceme nt ed bo th cla ss titl es fo r him. R icky Orland o ran a way and h id from everyo ne in 750cc Supersport, Guy Clau sen po sted a win in O pen Superspon and Ton y Stengel copped the chec kered nag in Fo rm u la Colo rad o. Re su lts Starda rdi (Yam l. 12 5 BEG 0 -2: 1. Donald Upto n (Hon); 2. Aa ron Gom ez (Kaw l; 3 . Gl en Carrera Sk ip earl y (Kawl. (Hon ~ 4 . Kei th Simmer (Ceg); 5 . 125 JR: t . Eric Chivira (Kaw l; 2. Eric Jasper (Han); 3 . Rodney Osm an (Ka w ); 4 . Keith Gibson (Suz); 5. Chris Kelalas (Hon) . , 251NT: 1. Steve Scu. ir. (Hon); 2. Matteo Ccestmc (Ga g); 3 . Dan iel Bush (Hon). , 25 PRO: 1. Scott McDonough (Hon); 2. Dan Barn ett (Suzl. 250 J R: 1. Brian Nail (Hon); 2. Ron Bunn (Suz); 3. Tim W illiam s (Yaml . 250 INT 1. Keven Lops (Hon); 2. J im Dom inici (Ho nl; : 3 . Maneo Coestino lCag) ; 4 . J eff Nordstrom IKaw); 5. Larry Forbis ISuzl . 250 PRO: 1. Bob Kli ne (Hon ); 2 . Ton Turner (Hon ); 3 . Brya n Pec uett e (Soz); 4 . Rick Johnson (Honl; 5 . Ton y Full er IS uzl. 500 BEG: 1. Loui e Garcia (Yamt 2 . Si eve Fie lds (Hon ); 3 . Francis Ganance (M ait 4 . Soon Johnson IHon); 5. Dr McCain (Yam I. 500 JR : 1. Don Grant (Kaw) . 500 PRO : 1. Craig Hofmei ste r (Ho n); 2 . Sean Conl ey I Kaw) . VETJR : 1. Ti m Will iam s (Yam); 2. Rusty Spe ncer (Yam); 3 . Ron Seaman lHon); 4 . Pug Ferreira (ONK ); 5. Kelly Gray (Yam ). VETINT: 1. Mark HeUer lHont 2. TonyGaimberdino (Kaw); 3 . Larry Forbi s (Suzt 4 . John Calvert (Hon) . VET PRO: 1. Ron Turne r (Hon); 2. RK:k Johnson (Han); 3 . Cart Gazafy IHon l: 4 . Davtd Maa. (Yam) . V1NT: 1. John McManaway (Yam); 2 . Rod Kirkbtide(Hon); 3 . Terry Pran tel) . Turner, Hopperstad crowned MRA champs By Judith Dominick DENVER, CO, SEPT . 25 Dan Turner 's dr ea m ca me true as he won th e points cha m pions hi p a nd will ca rry th e overa ll number o ne pl at e in 1989, while J ohn H o p perstad ca p tu red th e yellow number one p la te for the Ra ce of th e Roc k ies class cha m pio ns h ip at the nin th an d fina l meet o f the 1988 ·seaso n of th e Mou ntain Roa dra cing Associ at io n (MRA) a t Denver' s Second Creek Raceway. T u r ner, s po ns o re d b y Yamaha-S uzuk i Mo to rspo n s a nd K&K Racing , tu rned in a so lid perform ance to secu re h is crown by winnin g th e 600cc Supcrspo n race . figh tin g off eight la ps o f pr essure from Da nn y Walk er and taking fou r seco nd p laces and top 10 fin ish es in th ree o the r clas~ for th e da y. " This has been a fu n season for me a nd my cre w. Our eq ui p me n t has performed grea t and Dunlop tires have worked really well for me a ll seaso n," .said Turner a t th e awards ceremony aft erwards... It ta kes a tea m effort and a lot o f sacri fice to win th e n u mber o ne plate in th e MRA beCause of a ll ,he gr= t co mpe tito rs who race here. I am very proud and reall y happ y." Dan is th e seco nd Turner to C U T)' th e MRA number o ne. Brother Aar on was th e ch amp in 1983. H oppe rstad, piloting h is Boulder Yamaha/ B&G Oils/Wah Schaefer/ Mich eli n / Shoei / :l-Iotorcycl e Pans Cemer South-sponsored Yamaha FZR750, posted a co n vinci ng win in the Ra ce o f th e Roc kies. Hopperstad ca me o ff th e line in fifth and wo rked hi s wa y to seco nd beh ind CesmaL The two began th eir familiar ga me o f chase until Hoppe rsta d used lapped traffic in a rea ll y tigh t secti on of th e tra ck to mak e h is move and sp ri nt of f for the win . " It is very exci ti ng to wi n the number one pla,e for th e Race o[ the Rockies. We ma de the decisio n th is year to concentra te o n o nly five classes, the Yamaha co n ti ngency mon ey classes and th e Ra ce o f the Rockies, a nd it rea lly pa id off for o ur tea m ," said H opperstad. " It is har d wo rk to wi n any class in th e MRA so it ma kes this o ne very special." H oppe rstad posted h is seco nd win of the .day in 450cc Superbi ke, nabbing th e class ' cham pio nsh ip in th e p rocess . The da y was a lso ma rked wi th th e re'um o f Deiter L ane who s~nt most o f th e su m mer recovering fro m serio us injuries received in a cras h at a n AMA Camel Pro at Lo udon. Lane posted a n im pr essive wi n in 600cc Superbike, second in Race of the Rockies a nd ,hird in 750ec Superspon. - RACE OF THE ROCIOES: 1. John Hoppe rstad (Yaml; 2. Dell er Lane (S uz); 3. Geoff Cesma l (Suzt 4. Aaron Turner (Suz); 5. Ti m Van Na me (Suz).. 450 S/ BK: 1. John Hoppe rstad (Yam ); 2. Dan Tur ner (Yam ); 3. Gr~ Nich ols (Yam ); 4 . M ike Cu nningham (Yam ); 5. J .T. Te rry (Ho n). 600 S/BK : 1. Deiter lane IHon); 2. Dan Tu rner (Suz ): 3. J .T. Terry (Hon); 4. John Hoppe r sta d (Yam ); 5. Dan Walker IHon). 750 S/BK: 1. Geoff Cesmal (Su z); 2 . John HopperSI.t (Yam ); 3. Oon Hough (Yam ); 4 . J .T. Terry (Hon l: 5. Greg Curtis IYa m l. OPEN S/BK: 1. Geoff Ce5IT\at ISuz); 2. John Hopperstad (Yam l; 3. Aaron Tur ner (Suz); 4. Rick y Orl ando (Suz); 5. Guy Cla use n ISliz). 600 S/SPRT; 1. Dan Turner ISla); 2. Dan Walker (Hon); 3 . David Huckabee lHont 4 . Bob Miasek (Yam ); 5 . Arthur Sch wadron (Hon). 750 S/SPRT: 1. RicKy Or lando (Suzt 2. Dan Turner (Suz ); 3 . Deit er LAne fSuz); 4 . Dan Elders (Suz); 5. Steve W ands ISuzi. OPEN S/SP.RT 1. Guy Clausen C : Suzt 2 . Dan Turner CSuzt 3 . Dan Elders ISuz); 4 . Tim Van Name (Suz); 5 . Brian FIF'?C~aL"d~f.z~ony Slengel (Ya m); 2. Marcello Del Gufdici (Yam); 3 . Don Ho~h (Yaml; 4 . J im Fotington (Yaml; 5 . Keilh Kiyota (Honl. AM OPEN: 1. Pet e Hock enstad (Sud; 2 . M ike Hack (S uzl : 3.J im Cole ISuz l; 4 . J im Brown lHon l; 5 . Kun Ha ll (Suzl. AM 0 -600: 1. M itch CooIr.(Ho nl ; 2 . Bill Perete IHon); 3 . Russ Pan niton (Yam); 4 . Tracy Jones (Yam); 5 . Hug h M itchell (Suz) . NOV OPEN: 1. Bry an Bakema (Suzl; 2. Mike Hadt (Suz); 3 . Ron Ratabun ISuz); 4 . Chris Put at ur o ISozl. NOV 0- 600: 1. Bobby O'D eli (Kaw l: 2. Terry Am mer man (Yaml; 3 . Tracy Jones (Yam ); 4 . Daryt Longton IHo n): 5 . Aa ron M erri man (Yam). Schnitzer on form at Castle Rock IT By Derryl Anderson CASTLE RO CK , WA, SEPT. 4 Del Sch nitzer rode a pe rfect race as he too k home first pla ce money in th e J u n io r/ Expert cla ss o f th e TT held at th e Castle Rock Fairgrounds. In th e first o f three heat races J im Servo go t th e ea rly lead ahead o f Sch n itzer , T roy Norris, R icky H en son and th e o thers . Within o ne Jar Schnitzer slid past Servo and took co n tro of th e lead. ' No rr is. Servo, H enson, Perry a nd Da vies. The seco nd heat race saw Kirk Str on g go wire-la -wire a hea d o f Marty Zirbel . T roy Yeo , Kevin Bass, Ki, Farl ey and Rober t Frohs. The th ird heat race was a cro wd p leaser as Mike Su ll iva n ca me out mon g foll owed by John Clayto n, Speedy Kell, Todd Hagman n , Dean Au trey and Tricia Lyons. Im medi a tely Kell sta rted to charge Clayton a nd within a lap he went by and began to reel in Sullivan o n th e T riu m p h twi n. On lap ,hree Kell slid under S ull iva n en ter if\g tu m two. Il looked lik e Su llivan was already riding th e inside line but so me how Kell sq ueezed by cleanly to th e su rp rise of th e Triu mph rider. Mea nwhile Lyons slid by Autry and Hagmann co m ing out o f IUm four. At the end it was Kell , Su llivan, Clayton, Lyons a nd the o thers. Three restar ts were required to get the mai n off th e line fai rly. The early lead er was Kell foll o wed by Sch ni tzer, S ,ron~ , Yeo , Servo and th e ot hers . Sch nitzer put a m ce move o n Kell to ta ke over th e lead for good. Meanwh ile sma ll bau les were tak in g p lace everywhere. Kell a nd Stro ng , Yeo with Servo a ll ove r hi m and Norris, H en son a nd Bass. Perry went down o n lap five but was up and go ing shortly. Mea nw hi le Zir bel was a ll over Strong as the fron t ru nni ns: fo urso me left Ihe o thers a straig htaway beh md. Bringing it dow n to ,he final chec kered flag of the year was Sch nitz er , Kell, Strong , Zirbel, Yeo, Norris Cla yton, H enso n, Bas s and Perry . Resu lts 50: 1. J erod Moore; 2. David Sam s; 3 . Josh Cu rr ey; 4 . J immy Ragsdal e. 80: 1. Darrin Bel cou rt; 2. Beau Manley; 3 . J ason Burch ett. 0 Sixteen-year-old Larry Pegram had no problems sl iding his Woods-Rotax to the Pro -Am class w in at the Zanesville Half Mile in Oh io , 80 B: 1. J erem iah Poner; 2 . Jason Nel son . 80 A : 1. Ryan A nd erson; 2. Noah Kirkland; 3. Frend Gi llson lll . 12 5: 1. Ryan A nde rson; 2. M erk Johnson; 3. Sco tt M cPhe r son . 250 B: 1. Brian Eko; 2. M ike Marshall. 250 A : 1. J .P. Simonsen; 2. Denny Fennell; 3 . Ed Beyers . 250 SEMI · PRO: 1. Dan Stanley; 2. Matt Holden; 3 . Speedy Ken . 30+ B: 1. Ron Evans; 2. Dan Bu shnell . 30+ A: 1. Ma n Nolm; 2. Dan Kirk; 3. Gl en Nickerson.. 40+ B: 1. Leroy Thompson; 2. Jim Kflst. 40. A: 1. Dan Kirk; 2. Gl en Nickerson; 3. Gary Hil e. OPEN C: 1. Monty FUQ ua. • OPEN B: 1. Oavid W ellander; 2. Jerry Browning . OPEN A: 1. Ed Beyers; 2. J .P. Simonsen; 3 . John Bredfield . PRO -AM TROPHY DAS H: 1. Dan Slanley. JR /EX TROPHY OASH : 1 . Kirk Sirong. PRO-AM MAJN : 1. Dan Sta n ley; 2. Sieve Hyson; 3 . Don Paul ; 4 . ChriS Sialey; 5 . M an Holden. HR/EX MAliN: 1. De l Schnrtzer; 2. Speedy Kell ; 3 . Kirk Sirong; 4 . J im Servo; 5. Troy Yeo. DADS RACE: 1. Wayne MooI"e; 2 . Ricky Burchett; 3 . Larry KirtUand; 4 . John Morse; 5 . Ron Port er . MOMS RACE: 1. Sh irley Jueneman; 2 . RQUInne Carlson; 3 . Kar i Claussen; 4 . Ker i W ilk ins ; 5 . Marilyn Waggoner. Durkee tops Zanesville Half Mile By Dave Hoenig ZANE SVILLE, OH , S EPT . 5 Roger Du rk ee, Jr. came o u t th e big: winner at th e La bor Day AMA East ern Reg io na l Ch ampion ship half mi le race. Durkee was cru ising in third pl ace o n h is R. E. Ca rlso n Const.z llarris Racin g / Wo rch ester Co u nty H onda / Be II/Ca s tr o liS rra nd s -s p on sored Rotax wh en lead ers Geo rge Roed er and Steve Mo reh ead tan gled in the last turn o f the last lap eliminating them selves. Kevi n Ath erton co n tin ued to pommel the J u nior cla ss and Larry Pegra m celeb ra ted hi s 16th birthda y by eas ily wi n n in g h is firs t Pro race in th e Pro-Am fina l a t th e Amrou Gro uo -promo ted even t. T he four Pro -Am heats were won by A.J . Sn oo p , Harold Dorsey, Pegram a nd Mik e BUller. Ath er ton, Mark Wyski el a nd J a son Fletch er topped th e J unior hea ts. Roed er backed up h is fast Ex pen tim e tr ia l o f 26.742 seconds by bea ting Durkee, Bob Sweeten a nd Mar ty Bush man in the first Expert heal. Morehead eas ily ou tdis ~ nced Br.ld Haas, Rob G rabbs a nd ·Don Mar, in in the seco nd hea l. Under threat en in g skies ,h e Pro -Am fin al was bro ught to th e lin e. Pegram shot in to th e lea d o ver Butl er, Do rsey and Snoop, but o n lap three, J ess Roeder, Pat Behrle and G ary Mord pi led up in tu rn o ne b ringing out th e red nag. The race was co mp le'e1y restar,ed with Kyle Long tak in g Morel's pl ace in the lineup. Pegram pi cked up wh en: he left o ff o n h is Riley's/KK Mo,orcycl e S u p p ly/ Shoei/ PJ I O il/MJ USA/Je ff Chisham/Smiuy's H-Dspo nsored Wood-Rotax out front o f Dorsey, S noo p, Behrl e, G ordon Sc h u p ie ray a nd Butl er. Pegram pulled to a h uge lead, while Dorsey and Snoop bauled over second with Dorsey co m i n ~ out o n LOp o f a close raa:. Butl er and Bnan Till son wo rked their way up from a bad resta rt for fo urth a nd fifth over Behrle, Sc h u pieray, Robert Kn a pp, J .J . Mc Dowe ll , L ong , R o ed er a nd W ill iam Hunula. Mark Wysk iel go , the hol esh o t in th e Jun io r final o ver Cra ig Este lle, Athe rton and Scou Moh an. Estelle slip ped to fo urth as Wyskiel a nd Alherto n/u lled away. At herton esta blish ed a so li lea d o n h is Wood-Rotax. Wyskiel held o n to second with Estelle closing af ter passing Mo ha n on lap seven . Kris Kiser ·too k fift h fro m Fletch er, as Dave Ra ybu rn , Todd Ma rti n , Da vid Llo yd , Mark Van Housen, Bob b y H aa s a nd Kell y Bo w lb y tr ailed. . The Expert fina l shaped up as a baule bet ween Roed er a nd Mor eh ead a nd so it was . Mor eh ead held th e ear ly lead with Roed er clos ing. Sweeten, Du ~k ee, Wil lie McCo y (who ent ered the race as firs t al terna te wh en Do n Mart in co uld n 't mak e th e sta rt) and Ro b C ra b be foll owed . At th e halfw a y ma rk M orehead and Roed er hel d a big lead o ver Durkee, McCo y. Sweeten and Sco tt Stu m p. Roed er took th e lead o n laps eig h t a nd nine. o l th e 10 lap race. Mor eh ead moved back ahea d do wn the backstr etch o n the last la p but between turns three and [our they ta ng led. Neither r ider wou ld pl ace the blam e o n th e . other , nor wou ld th ey accept it, pr eferr in g ( 0 say, " It was j ust racing-.'· TI le rem ainder o f th e field was well beh in d and able to safely pass the do wn ed pair. Durkee rode home a confused first o ver McCoy , Slum p, Doug Da vis, Sweeten , Bu sh ma n , Cra bbe. Dan Knecht and Brad H aa s. Results PRO·A M : 1. La rry Pegram (W .R): 2. Harokt Dorsey IRtx); 3 . A .J. Snoop (W -R t 4 . M ike But ler (W -R t 5. Br ~n Tillson (W -Rt 6 . Pal Beh rl e ( H on~ 7 . Gordon Scf'1 upie r ay (Han); 8 . Robert Knapp IH -D); 9 . J .J . McDowell (H· D); 10 . Kyle Lo ng (H· D); 1 1. J esse Roeder IH· D); 12 . W il liam Hun ula Jr . (Honl. JR: 1. Kevi n Atherton (W ·R); 2 . M ark WysIc.iel (Ru); 3 . Craig Estelle l H-D); 4 . Scon Mohan (H-OO; 5. Kr is Kise r (Rtx l; 6 . J ason Flel ch er (W ·R): 7 . Dave Rayb urn (W ·RI ; 8 . Todd Ma nin (H-D); 9 . Davi d Lloyd (W · RI; 10. M ark Van Hou sen IH -D); 11 . Buddy Haas (H· D); 12 . Kelly Bowlby IC- AI. EX: 1. Roger Du rtc.ee Jr. (W · R); 2. Willie M cCoy (H-D); 3 . Scon Sl ump (H· D); 4 . Doug Davis (H·D I; 5 . Bob Swe el en ( H · D~ 6. M arty Bush m an (H · D ~ 7. Rob Crabbe IH· D); 8 . Dan KnechI I H-DI: 9 . Brad Haas (H-D): 10 . Geo rge Roede r IlIH-O); 11. Si eve M or ehead (H-D); 12 . Rob Hassey IRIXI. Daily doubles at Oregon State MX C'ship By Clay Light ALBAN Y, O R , SEPT. 17 Yamaha ride r Jeff Dai ly, spo nso red by PJI , Sco t! a nd Yamaha o f Roseb u rg, dem olished th e co mpetition in th e 125 and 250cc In termed iat e class a t th e fir st day of supercross co mpetitio n at th e Oregon Sta te Mot cx::ross Cham pi onship, in Alban y. Dail y ca rd ed per fect 1-1- 1 sweeps in the c1a~ses 10 sta nd a mo ng 23 cl a ss overa ll wi nn ers a t th e comp letion o f th e day's raci ng p rogra m. Desp ite runn in g a!:'1inst th e CMC Gold Cup Series' Spokane ro u nd, o ver 150 rid ers were o n hand for th e a n nua l two-day even l in which overall winners wou ld be awa rded for each da y and th en co mbin td for a ll overa ll cha m pion at th e end o f th l: weekend. In the 125cc Intermediate class, Da il y had stiff competition fro m H onda rid er Lance R ud ~e. wh o wa s Da ily's closest co mpeti tio n in the cla ss throughout th e three mo tos. Dail y to p ped the second mota agai n foll owed by R udge , wbi le third through fift h went the wa y o f Chad Berry , Wes Hanson and Er ic Rogers. Da il y ca rved 'hrough heavy traffic to take the lead in th e early stages of the third and final moto to take the o verall wi n, hi s firs t o f two, with a 1-1-1 win 10 bea t Rudge', 2-2-2 and , he 3-3-5 ta lly of third overall finis her Berry. Cagiva rider Rodney Kell er , a former co n tender on th e 250cc Nation al circuit, was Dail y's co mpe ti tio n in th e 250cc Interm edi at e class. Kell er, ri d ing a new '89 Cagiva, and Daily took turns lead in g, bu t in th e end it was Dai ly push in g int o ,h e lead. Dail y, Keller, Kawasaki r i d~r T erry Ha mness, and H onda riders Ron .Westlak e and Aa ro n Boehmer fill ed the top five in the first moto . Mot o s two and th ree were: much the same as after overco mi ng dismal stans, Da ily took. , he leads fro m Kell er to cap off his two-<:Ia.. sweep and th m earning th e o n ly such honors in th e day's program. Seco nd ·overa ll went to Kell er , most impressive with 2-2-2 showi ngs. H a m ne.., Westl ake and Boeh mer filled th e to p five o vera ll. 29

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