Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

::J ~ ~ , :I: U Z . 0 0 Q lJl (5 ... oct 0 >- >- >0 r_ U lJl >- '" 0 >0 :I: c. 00 00 O"l ,.....; c-r ,.....; $-, Cl,) ..0 0 ... U 0 Bobby Cody (left) and Billy Hamill sl id to victories in the Handicap and Scratch mains, respectively, at Ascot's South Bay Stadium. Steve George collected the overall victory in the 50cc Stock Expert class at Amago Raceway. . An other of severa l excep tiona l performan ces showcased th ro ughou t th e da y ca me by shee r co nsis tenc ey. Kaw asaki jock ey Ch ris H oudek earned a win in th e da y' s largest class, th e l 25cc Beginners but failed to win a ny o f the th ree rnotos . In the first inoto, Kawasak i ride r Bru ce Kugl er rode to a wi n foll owed by Houdek. Yamaha rider Andy Crosby a nd Reu ben Schug. In th e seco nd co ntes t, Sco u Will is, who p laced eigh th in th e first rno ro, lo g ged a wi n o ver Dav e Ac kerma n a n d H o ud ek. Sch ug , who pos ted to p five rno tos in th e fir st a nd second ro u nds. earned a mala three victory a boa rd a Honda, whi le th e previous mot o winner s suffered di smal performa nces, allow in g Ho udek, wh o went o n to place seco nd 10 Sch ug in mo to three, to take the overa ll via 2-3-3 sh owing>foll owed by SehUK'S i -5·1 placings; th ird overa ll fell to Cro sby (3·I-i). Results 250 INT: 1. Jeff Daily (Yam); 2. Rod Kelle~ tCagl; 3. Terry Hamness (Kawi. 125 INT: 1. J eff Oal l" (Yaml; 2. lance Rudg e (Hon); 3 Chad Berry (Yaml . . OPEN INT/JR: 1. Joe Nel son (Han); 2. M ike M ar kham (Han); 3. David Nel son (Hon l. OPEN BEG: 1. R. C. M er ch (Ho n); 2. John Nun es (Kaw l: 3. Lee Tietze (Hus). 250 J R: 1. Richard Postm a (Kaw); 2 . Corey Sh ephard (KTM ); 3. Randy Cole man (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Gary Sath er (Yam ); 2. Ron Chanreau (Yam); 3 . Ken Bellmor e (Ho n ). 125 JR : 1. Bobby Bros s (Ho n); 2 . RobV Leach (Cag); 3. Rich Postma tKaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Chr i s Houdek (Kawl; 2. Reuben Schug (Han ); 3. Andy Crosb y (Yam) . 80 INT: 1. Troy Kibbl e (Kawl; 2. Trav is Berry (Varni . 80 J R: 1. Shawn Highland (Kaw); 2. Jason Mathews (Kaw) ; 3. Russell Postma (Kawl. 80 BEG: 1, Do ug M cKuhn (Kaw); 2. Trona Free (Kawl; 3. Robert Kenerman (Kaw). 6O{9· 111: 1. Corey Fuller (Kawl; 2. Travis W ebber (Kaw); 3. Doug M cKuhn {Kawl. PIW: 1.John Hardy (Yam) ;' 2. Jon Beaver (Yaml: 3 . Jason Moore (Yam l. 30-40 S: 1. Gary Beav er (Kaw ); 2. Randy Limbeck (Kaw); 3. Doug Eckelman (Suz). JO..40 INT: 1. Doug Tuller (Kaw l: 2. Doug Wi ley (Ceg); 3 . Fri tz Manln (Ceg). JO..4OJR : 1. R"an Tayklt (Hon ); 2 . Roben Comstock (Yam ); 3. Daniel M eeker (Hon). OT EX: 1. Gary High land (Hon ). OT INT: 1. Robert Lount (Hon); 2 . J im 'Denevan (Suz); 3. Rusty Ga rrison (Kawl . OT JR : 1. Vern Bellmore (Hon); 2. Cliff Kobe rntck (Yam ); 3 . (:a lon Da rnell (Hus) . OPEN PRO: 1. Fran k M cK uh n (Hon ); 2.Doug Ecltelman (Suz); 3. Ti m my W alk er (Cag). Schwartz on top at IMS Speedway . By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDfN O , CA , SE PT. 14 Getting p repared for the Budw eiser California State C hampionship, Bobby Sehwartz once agai n emerged as the wi nner in th e Scratch main even l at J o h n LaDouceur 's In land Motor Speedwa y. T he win was Sehwaru' seven th a t Ihe th ree-mon th -old ven ue. Schwartz KOI a spectacular Slart off of gal e IWO wh en the mam bega n o nl y to wheelie before ,h e pa ck screamed in to ,he first bend . H e quickl y pulled hi s front tire back ea rt h a nd got down 10 business. Lucero tri ed. to co me a round Schwartz as th ey came off th e second lurn, b UI th e lead er was the re to b lock hi s advances . H a mill wh eeli ed o ff th e turn a nd pi nched Ox ley between hi mself a nd Lucero . Oxley drop ped to th e back whi le H am ill mo ved u p to ch a llenge L ucero on la p two . Schwan z had a tw o-l en gth adva ntage for t h e C. T." Bra ce / B ud w ei ser / AstTodeck / An swer Products/ Malc o lm Sm ith GM a t lh t: ha lfway po illl while Lucero and Ham ill fought fo r second. Schwanz mainlainc.-d h is . mo mentu m an d a nd lOok the win . Hamill got a big- dr ive o rr the final turn a nd, in a p hotO fin ish . edged Lu Ct'TO for the runner-up spot. Kell y Inman .how ed ,h e wa y a ro u n d th e IMS oval when referee Ir win Moon se nt th e '0 30 H andicap main ' on its wa y. Gary Hi cks immediatel y became em bro iled in a con fro ntation for th ird with Greg H ancock a n d Lucero . H an cock took third a n d we n t o ne step farth er when h e passed Tony Bien er t for seco nd. H an cock's position in seco nd d idn't last long . H icks darted past Bien en and at the quarter ma rk, wen t inside Hancoc k and set h is sights o n In m a n. At the sam e time, Ban BaSI was wo rking h is way from the back of the pack a nd he took, Hancock o n lap three for th ird. Inman was rid in g a sm ooth linc a t the head o f the pac k, bu t H icks slowl y c losed in o n th e lead er a nd finally got th e lead from In man o n lap four b ut couldn 't pull a way . Oxley, also co m in g {rom th e ba ck , got in sid e Inman a t th e o utset of la p six. In ma n th en went dow n hard and aceidentlv kicked Hancock in th e chest as h e rode by The red ca rne o u t and . even th ough th ey wer e both sha ken. In man a nd Hancock made th e res tan . T he re were two laps left and it was all H icks a nd th e Modular Casewo rks Systems /STP 1 :\1 ilne Bros.! Quaker Sta te/Scott weslake. Ox ley an d Bast ro u nded o u t th e top three. Resu lt s SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwanz (GMI ; 2. Bll ty Ha mi ll (W es); 3. Steve Lucero (GMl; 4. Brad Oxl ey (W es). HDCP: 1. Gary HiCks (Wes); 2. Brad Oxley (W esl; 3 . Bart Bast (W es l; 4 . Gr eg Hancock ew esl. 0-2: 1. Scan Yarborough (W es); 2. Rand all Dance (Ja w); 3. Charles Ermolenko (We s); 4. Br ian Pappal ardo (W es). D·3: 1. Gary Ackroyd IGdn); 2. Rob Barnum (Jaw); 3. John Grrffens (HD); 4 . Robert Sal sbury (Wes) . Attila attaclls Valley Center Mini RR By Sosumi Ydonchu VALLEY, CENTER. CA. SE PT. II Anita Kemacs destroyed the co m pet ilion in the pop u lar Middl eweigh t Novice Mod ified class at th e Kal- C ard s p o n so red , S REpromo ted min i road race a t the all-new Amago Racewa y. Kernacs' wi n carne as a res u lt of victories in bo th hea ts ahead o f Yam aha rid er Ro nald Coffman , wh o nabbed a seco nd in bo th hea ts. J eff I\led berry co llec ted th ird o verall honors by way o f a 4-3 tall y. Alo ng with the new course, a new raci ng class was added to SRE 's program , scooters. Rid in g a la rge cross-Sot' cti on of Eu ropean SCOOlers. eig ht riders ballied for the overall scooter victory. When th e chec kered flaK flew , N yle Sc hafhouser took home th e o vera ll trophy ahead of J o n Wal ker and Thorn Curier. In th e Middl ew eiKh t Stock Novi ce cla ss, Arden Friesen put his Yam aha Y R50 a hea d o f Don " Do rky" Moore a nd sta yed th ere for both hea t wi ns. Moo re tried whal looked lik e block pass auempts in the first hea t, bUI it was to no avai l as Frie~n held tough for the win. J eff Med berry la nded third o vera ll. Am id co n trov er sy and p roteM, Beach Cil Y \ V;u e rs p o Tls/Y o l\lama · s p on so red S te ve George ,ook th e Middl eweig ht Stock Ex pert class win a head of Da vid Trag-er an d J oel Randel. After th e second heat. Tral;er {iled a p rOlest, sa yin g Ge orge 's e nRine was n 't o f sloc k origi n. After several hea lt.-d words wer e ex c ha nged between Geo rRe a nd Trage r , George ag reed to a top end d i.placem ent ch eck a nd was found with in SRf. Limits. Scott Berger \\'as th e ma n 10 bea t in the ~ridd ll'wcigh t Beg in ner class. \ Vith mixl~ he al results from most of th e Dlher rid ers, Mike G rt'g:'s 4-3 tall y was good cno ug-h for second oVl'fall. wh ile Travis Killd had to !loett le for th ird overa ll wi th a 2-5 scor e. Results UW (Yam) . UW (Yam) . UW UW (Yam) . BEG STK: 1. Alex Burge ss (Yam); 2. Thomas Fang BEG MOD: 1. Tona y Guerre ro (Yam); 2 . Kevi n Sr NOV STK; 1. Greg FountaIn (Yaml. EX STK: 1. Can Gr otz (Yam); 2 . Henry Roada n e • UW EX MO D: 1. Henry Roada ne (Yam) . MIW BEG STK: 1. Scon Berger IYam ); 2. M ike Green (Yar:-); 3. Tra vis King (Yam); 4. Daniel Camacho (Yam) ; 5 . DaVid George (Yam l. . MIW NOV STK: 1. Ar de n Fries en IYam) ; 2. D. M oore (Yaml ; 3. Jeff Medberry (Honl. • MIW NOV M OD: 1. A n il a Kernacs (Yam ); 2 . Ronald Coffman {Yam); 3 . Jeff M8dberry (Hon) : 4 . Rob Robertson (Yam ). . MIW EX STK: 1. Ste ve Geo rge (Yaml: 2. Dav id Trager (Yaml; 3. Joel Randel (Yam ). MIW EX MOO : 1. Gary Drew (Yam); 2 . Thomas Petus (Yam) . HIW BEG STK: 1. Raben Gallo (Ya m): 2 . J im Haydon (Yam) . HIW BEG MOO : 1. Tom O'Clair (Yam); 2. J av ier Arroyo (Yam). HIW NOV STI(;: 1. Jeff OeJowg (Yam). HIW NOV MOO : 1. Je ff Delowg (Yam ); 2. John Taylor (YamO. HIW EX M OD: 1. TJCKarva sek (Yam I. 80 EXOTIC NOV : 1. Rock Wa ll (Yam) . 80 EXOTIC MIW EX: 1. DaVId Trager (Yam): 2. Gary Drew (Yaml . 80 EXOTIC HIW EX: 1. J im M ihal (Yaml . SCOOTE RS: 1. Nyle Sch af hou ser lLaml: 2. Jo n. W alk er (La m); 3. Thorn Cu rt ice (Ves ); 4 . M icha el A nde rso n (lam); 5. ErIk Larson (Ves) . McClain claims Cornhusker MX win By Lisa Wessels ORLEA1',S, NE , S EPT. 18 The 14th ro u nd in the Co rn husker Mo tocro ss ci rcu it a ttracted 71 rider s 10 Orleans' a ll nat ura l roll in g tr a ck . Mini r id er Scott McC la in snatched first place from poin ts leader Pete H azlin with the class win. H azli n too k seco nd 10 McCl ain in the fir st mo ta b ut di d not fin ish th e seco nd rnot o after a bad co llis io n of ] th e sta rt ing lin e. Acti on was tig h t in th e 250cc class as All en Regier a na Jeff Bar gell swa p ped first place. Reg ier cla imed th e first rnot o a nd was leading the second un til a miscue a llowed Bargell to sli p pa st in an o ff-ca m ber co rner, It was neck a nd neck on th e last lap as Reg ier o u t-j u m ped Berge ll to retake th e lead. Regi er however o~ers.ho! the final corne r, allowing Bargell I~ div e in sid e a nd pass (or the win and o verall. Results MINI: 1. Scan McCla in (Kaw); 2. J em ie Bedfi eld (Kaw); 3 . Trent Hans en (Hon); 4 . Br ian Stevens (Kawi. . OVER 30: 1. Greg Driewer (Honl; 2. Gary Gibbs (Ya m); 3. Jesse W essel s (M ait 4. Ron Cornelius (Honl . OPEN: 1. Ed M ill er (Han); 2. JesN W esasels (Mai ); 3. Gr eg Dr iewer (Han); 4 . Tom Kuhl (KTM ). 125 A : 1. Jeff BargeU (Kaw); 2. Ti m Arnokl (Henl. 125 B: 1. Sheldon Brown ("aw l; 2. Gary Bu rn ey (Kaw) ; 3 . Todd Lay IHon );: 4 . Paul Chapman lKaw). . 250 A : 1. Jeff Bargell (Kawl; 2. Al len Regier (Kaw); 3. Tim Arnok:! (Hon ); 4 . Gary GIbbs (Yam ). 250 B: 1. Steve Dahl (Hon ); 2. Randy Regier (Kaw); 3 . MI ke Lans (Han); 4 . Todd Memming (Suz). Hamill handles Ascot Speedway By Scott Da loisio GA RDENA. CA. SE PT. 15 Bill y Hamill repelled the challen!(es o f an a ll star field and wo n the firsl Scr.uch main o f h i. ca reer Thursday n ig h , at Chris Agajan - . ian 's Ascot So uth Bay Siadium. RidinK the Speedwa y USA/ ST P/ Va nce & H in es/Quak er Statel Mr . T -Shirt Wes lak e, Hamill .hot o ff ,h e po le and in to ,h e lead a hea d of Bobb v Schwartz . Sch wartz. who has wo n more mai'ns lh an any rider in so u thern Ca liforn ia o ver th e paM two seasons, went to the o uts ide of H a mill in lurn two but it 'didn't work. Ban Bast th cn a uacked Hamill o n th e i",id~ as ,h ey co ncl uded ,he fir" lap. H am ill wa s t'qua llO the c ha ll e n~e a nd he mai nlai ned h is spo t al the point. O n lap lwO H a mill bega n to p u ll away fro m Ihe field and o pe ned u p a bu lg ing lead. AI 1h(' sa me lim e Sch wan z shoo k o ff RaM a nd Slarlt'd sea rch ing- for one mo re shot a t the elusi "'e H am ill. T he veltTan ri der nt'ver fou nd it a nd H a m il! lOok th l' ch("ckCI"l'd flag with rcxlIn 10 spare. Schwa n l,ended up sla md wi lh l. IUt'rl) and Bast ta ng l i n~ a nd go ing do wn on the fina l circuil. Even thoug h Lu cero no,\,(-o Ihe lin f' in lh ird. BaM wa:-o Kiven th e spo t as Lucero's motor SlOppe d a n d he r~tarted h i., bike. . Bobb y Cody won th e H andi cap main event in th e right fin ish of the season in So u the rn Calilornia. For Co dy. th e son o l legendary " Wild " Bill Cod y. it wa s th e initial Divi sion One win of h is ca reer. Coming from the 20-ya rd lin e o n the Cod y Ra cin g' Pr oducts/Orange Co unt y Welding/ Pro Design/ Bell J aw a , th e yo ungster led th e ea rly goi ng o ver G reg Hancock . In tum o ne Dubb Ferrell nailed Sco tty Brown a nd bo th rid er s h it th e d irt. Ferrell was sen t lO th e pe na lt y lin e for ca usi ng th e. infraction while Brown had to go to the p its for hi s backu p. Cody agai n led o n the restar t over H ancock a nd Gary H icks. H icks a nd Hanconck were not a lo ne wh en Brow n jo in ed the fra y early in the even t. \ Vhile that tr io was ho t after Cody, Ham ill spun out o n la p two. Brown a n d H a n cock wer e ba ttling fo r second when Lucero tried to split them, but it wa sn' t to be. Brown look o ver second at the cros sed flag>, then a tta cked Cody. They slugged it ou t with five riders going fo r the point. Hicks cu t under 8 ro \\'T1 on la p six a nd tried to sh ove Cody o u t of th e wa y an the final circu it. 11 didn 't work, but it made Cody bobble and Bro wn- p ulled a lo ngside. They crossed th e li n e as one and the scorers co nferred and Cody had the wi n. Bro wn too k a har d-fough t second with Hi cks th ird. Results • SCRATCH : 1, Billy Ham ill (W es); 2. Bobb" Schwartz (Wes) ; 3 . Bart Bast (W es); 4 . Stev e Luc ero (Gdn) HDCP: 1. Bobby Cody (Ja w); 2. Scotty 8rown (Jaw); 3. Gary Hicks (W es); 4 . Phil Colli ns (We s). 0 ·2: 1. Brian Pappala rdo (W es); 2 . Mark Hannah (Wes) ; 3 . Char li e Veneg as (W es); 4 . Dave Sobodos (W es). 0 ·3 : 1. Dave Reep (Wes); 2 . Gary Aek rovd (Gdn l; 3. Je rry Mooreh ead (W es): 4 . Chuck Meadows (Wes) . Vohland, Reed conquer Sacramento SX By Nuclear Neukam SACRAMENTO, CA , SEPT. 22 With annual Governor's Cu p Cham p ion ship:' dr ag races dominating the weekend activities at Sa cr amento R a cew a y Park a speci al Thursd a y edition o f th e Fri da y ni ght Stadiu m Mot ocro ss was staged a n d it was Arai /HiPo int/ T ea m G reen Kawa sak i -sp onsored T allon Vohland again th e runaw a y victor in the P ro class wh ile Kawasaki· mou nted Eddie Reed rod e impressively to to p Ihe Imenne· diate class. Due to the u n usua l Thu rsday n igh l Tace da te rider lu rn o u t was lighl so Ihe P ro a nd In termedi at e classes were run logelher a nd sco red separately . Wh en th e ga le dropped for th e first mot o Reed grabbed the hol esh Ol with Vohland ho t o n h is tai l. The IWO Kawasak i riders bega n pulling away from the n,,, o f the fie ld a nd Vo hland soon 'ook co ntrol of the lead position. A co u p le o f lap. into th e race Reed lasted a liule turf in a tu m and fou nd h imself at th e bac k o f the pack. Wh ile Voh land ra n away from everyone else Reed me thodically worked his way ba ck up to second. At the chec kered Voh la n d had lap ped nea rly the en tire field for a decisive win with Rttd seco nd a nd fir st in Ihe Int ermed iat e cJass. Honda-mounle

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