Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Lori A lle n (7 4) , Bonnie Warch (1WI, Valerie Roberts (3 0) and Lor i Hed strom charge off the li ne in the Women's class at Glen Helen . Ch uck Wrecsics (44) powered his Yamaha YZ250 int o the v ic t ory circle after w inning the 250cc Amateur class at Tra il-Way Short Track . Dunhams dominate Glen Helen MX VE'TNOV; t . Bob Dunham (Yam); 2. W .J. Bradbury (Hon); 3 . Randy Paul Wysod;i (Kaw ). VET INT: t . Todd Pl!J1erson (Yam ); 2. Mike Rochest er (Hon); 3. Bret Leef (Han). By David Procida the crowd had j us t witnessed a thriller of a ride in heat I I and everyo ne was su re it co u ld n ot be outdone. Lazor wo u ld n' t sta nd for tha t a nd with S teve \Va tso n they put o n a n in cred ible show. Ever y la p Wa tson wou ld snea k a whee l pas t Lazor, first o n th e outside a n d then o n the ins ide, bu t Lalor ei ther sla m med th e door or held a tight in side lin e to keep the lead in the co rners. The d uo wen t back and fou rt h fo r the ent ire four la p race a nd exiti ng the fina l rt u m Wt son tri ed to usc the similar sli ngshot tact ic of Diem , but the last di tch effort ca me up a foot sho rt. Resu lts 0-1 : 1. Tom Burge (Gnd l; 2. W8rrenDiem fGdn l: 3 . George • LalOf' (Jaw); 4 . len Dillon (Getn). Zirbel, Sullivan split at Castle Rock TT By Derrl Anderson CASTLE RO CK. WASH, SEPT. 3 Labor Da y weeke nd saw a su per doubleheader a t the su m mer final e a t Castle Rock Fairgrounds. All night lo ng, Marty Zirbel took the Lou Kin n ish Tri umph to the limit whi le bauling with Centralia's Mike Sul liva n-also Triumph moun ted. In the 750cc Twin class Su lliva n wo n by a wheel and Zirbel repa id the favor in the Junior/Expert class main. In th e 750 mai n. Sullivan got the scratch fo llo wed by Zirce l, Tony Thorn and Buck Murph y. Zirbel passed Sullivan go in g into tu rn tw o b ut Sullivan slid under Zirbel coming: o u t of fo u r. This went o n la p after la p. Mea n wh i le, Murphy continued to chase T horn. At the checkered flag the order was Su ll ivan. Zirbel. T horn and Murph y. A hu ge junior/ e xpe rt tu rnout made it necessary to ru n th ree hea t ra ces. T he firs t hea t race req u ired two restarts to ~et the a nxi ous ri ders clea n ly o rr th e lin e. Ta ki ng th e lead was Trieia Lyons, who ju st beca me th e th ird woman in AMA hi sto ry to ea rn a n Expert license. Behi nd th e yo u ng lad y was Del Sch nitz er , Jim Perry , T roy Yeo , a nd Speedy Kel l. Kell , Schn itzer a nd Perr y batt led fiercely as Lyo ns conti nued to lead . \ Vilh one la p to go Kel l. Perry and Sch n itzer finall y go t pa st Lyons. That order remained th e sa me. J o h n Clayton led th e second heat race o ff the line foll ow ed by Zirbel. Ricky H en so n , Bob Moran, Rober t Frohs, Troy Yeo and T roy Norris. Zirbel wasted no lime in takin g th e lead wh ile Norris wa s cha rgi ng through th e pa ck. Al th e en d it wa s Zirbel. Clay to n. a nd Norris-with a super move o u t o f four-th en H en so n a nd Moran. • S u ll iva n co nt ro lled the third heat race o ver Kir k Strong , Zirbel. Kel l. Perry a n d Matt Holm. By lap tw o , Zirbel was up to seco nd. Zirbel pushed Su lliva n everywhe re and fin all y gol by o n lap five. Mea nwhi le, Kell a n d Str ong were all over eac h o th er. Zirbel led Sullivan by six to 10 yards at th e most, as t heir battle ca rr ied them half a straightaway ahead o f th e others. At the checkered n ag, it was Zirbel, Su ll ivan. Kell , Strong, No rris, Servo. H en so n . Moran . Perry . Bass a nd Holm. Results 36 50: 1. J erod Moor e; 2. Josh Curr ey; 3. David Pama; 4. J im Ragsdale III. 60 B: t . Cunis M oor e; 2. Ch ris Jo hn son . 80 B: t . Karl Scheck; 2. Jason Nelson . 80 A : 't . Ryan A nderson; 2. Noah Kirk lanct 3. Josh Wel sh; 4 , Jeremy Port er. '25 B: 1. Dwi ght Park er; 2. Joe Juene man , 126 A : t . J .P. Simonse n; 2. Ryan And erson; 3. M ark J ohn son. 250 SEM I·PRO: , . Dan Stanl ey; 2. Chris Staley; 3. Del Schn it zer; 4. M an Holden. 2 50 B: 1. Mi ke Ma rsh all ; 2. Craig Kan en . 250 A : 1. J .P. Sim onsen; 2. Steve Power; 3. Craig Bowman . 30 C: 1. Ro n Evans. 30 B: 1. Tim Fell ows : 2. M ike M arshall . 30 A: , . Buck Mu rphy. 40 B: 1. Frond Gillson; 2. J im Kr ist . 40 A : , . Dan Kirk; 2. M ike Annen; 3, Glen Nickerson . OPEN C: , . J erry Browning. OPEN B: 1. Bryon Lowe ; 2. Ouncan Harkness. OPEN A : 1. Ed Beyers; 2. Si eve Kendig ; 3 . Jeff Ande rson . MSTR : 1. James Berg . 750 SEMI·PRO: , . M ike Sull ivan ; 2. Marty Zirbel . PR O~AM : t . Dan Stanley; 2. Don Pau l; 3. Chris Staley : 4 . Stev e Hyson . J R· EX: t . M art y Zirbe l; 2. M ike SUllivan; 3 . Speed y Kell; 4 . Kirk Stron g; 5. Troy Norr is. Price doubles at Trail-Way ST By Len Breech HAN O VER , P A. SEPT. to With ma ny o f h is Expert ~o m peti tors co rnpe ti ting at the Syracuse pre lim ma ry races in New York state th is weekend . Georgi e Price had a very easy li me wi nning the 250 a n d 600cc Expert classes with relative ease. 'Th e clo sest win came in th e 250cc class wh ere Mike Varnes look th e lead fro m Pr ice, J on Simpso n and Kenny Mohler. The small cla ss helped P rice since he had electrical problems earlier a nd didn't even ma ke th e grid un"til a f ter th e h eat was completed. H e look th e lead co m ing o ff th e seco n d turn on the seco nd lap a nd ran the edge o f th e groove o n h is C & S Cycle-: spon sored Kawasaki. At the midwa y point, Varnes started to close th e ga p running a tight, lo w li ne. On-the last la p , Price moved down to Varn es' lin e a n d kept him a t a five length margin. If Pr ice ra n a h igh line in the 250s, the 600s were even fur ther o UI as he q u ickl y jumped in fro nt of Nick Taylor, Varnes and J erem y Lucy . and he p u lled oUI 10 a strai ~hta way ma rgin by the end. Varn es moved IOta the runnerup spot o n th e seco nd la p, with L ucy p u tt in g Taylo r back one more o n the next la p . Dur in g the m idrace po rti ons. Lucy pressured Var nes fo r seco nd until Varnes pu lled out a littl e breath in g room. After h aving hi s Yamah a eng ine go bad in a big way two weeks earlier . C laren ce Bu ll hooked u p with Norm J aco bs to cla im the 750cc class for the fou rth o r fift h stra ig h t time. H is main co mpetition a nd heal wi nn er, Nick Taylo r, h elped Bull 's ca use by bringi ng o u t two red n ags befo re they made it 10 the fou rth turn , which ear ned him a ticket to the pits. Bu ll took the lead fro m J erem y Lucy. J oe Ga tely and J im Chapman. Lu cy sta yed close in th e ea rly goi ng, b UI Bull fina lly got th e feel o f h is different mount a nd pulled aw a y. The Amateur portion repeated th e basi c pattern that has been th e sa me (or most o f th e yea r. Kevi n Varnes eas ily look th e 2005. Dallas Baer easily look the 6oos . C h uc k Wrecsics to p ped th e 250 cc cla ss. The Winseu co us ins took the sma ll classes, with J ohn again easil y taking the 55cc class. wh ile Ricky took the !lOc class. c Chuck wresics pulled a way in the 250cc final•. with Kevi n Varnes. Mike Walton and Ken Yoder fo llowing behind. With IWO laps left . \Vrec:sics got the breathing room, as Varnes' Villa partially seized , dro pping ba ck to a slow fifth. Dallas Baer did hi s usual di sappeari ng act in th e 600, wi th J erry Hash Merv Sen sen ig. Wa yne Frank lin a nd G u y Stuart battlin~ over seco nd m ost o f th e way . Sen senig had his best finis h ever as h e too k over seco n d wit h two la p s 10 go. Results 55 : t . John Wi nsett (Yam);12. Josh Young (Yam ); 3. Jo hn M iller (Yam); 4 . Sean Stew an (ya m); 5. Tom Sketh wa y (Yam). 90 A M : 'l , Ricky W in sen (Yaml; 2. Jere Al e. ander (Kaw l; 3. Phil Libhan (y am). 90 EX: j • Randy Shank (Kew); 2. Todd W in sen (Yam) 200 AM: t . Kevin Varn es (Yam); 2. Gary Clark (Hon l. 250 EX: 1. Georg ie Price (Kaw); 2. Mike Varnes (Sull; 3. Ken Mo hl er ISull; 4 . Jon S impson (Han); 5. Dave M ill er (Hon ). 250 AM : 1. Chuc k W r8CStes (Yam I; 2. M ike W alton (Yam); 3. Ken Yoder (Suzl: 4 . Edd ie Hidden (Yaml ; 5 . Kevin Varn es (Vii i. 600 EX: 1. Georg ie Price (ATK); 2. Mi ke Var nes (Hon ); 3 . Je remy Lucy (RIX); 4 . Do ug G'es (Rtx); 5 . Nick Taylor . (Atx). • 3. ~ryA~:s~'( ~~);~~G~~CJt:r;~ ~a~r5.~;~:i~rl~~~~ (RIX). SR: 1. Joe Heberl ing (Yam); 2. Jim Chapman (Ra ). 750 EX: , . Clarence Bu ll (Tri); 2. Jeremy Lucy IH -D): 3. Joe Gat ely (Tril; 4 . Jim Chapm an (Tril; 5 . Jesse Edwa rds (Tri!. SAN BER NAROI NO , CA. SEPT. 18 The Dunham fam ily co u ld do no wrong: toda y a t the Ca lifornia Racing Clu b-hosted G len H elen MX . Whil e dad, Bob Dunham had 10 work in orde r to cla im h is first p lace win in the Vel No vice class, Ro bb ie Dunha m won both o f h is 250cc Nov ice class mo te s, the seco nd a lmos t wire-to-w ire, to make it a Du nha m sweep . ' "I Wh en the ga te fell to sta r! th e Vel Novice class Da vid Pr oc ida launch ed ha rd o ff the ga le 10 ch allen ge Ra ndy Pa u l Wysoc ki for the hol eshot, Wysocki overshot the first tum. leav in g Procida with th e hol eshot a n d a sho rtlived lead since W.j. Bradbury a nd Dunha m sl ip ped by late on the firs t lap. The pair pulled a way a nd began a game o f cat a nd mouse tha t would last th e rest o f the moto, Dunham dogged every move of Bradbury's H onda. waiting for a slipup that never came. La te in th e rnoto , Wysoc ki ca u gh t a n d passed Pr ocida for third . The sta rt o f mote two saw Wysock i sta y o n the co u rse 'to sna tch the lead j ust a head o f Dunham and P roci da wit h Bra dbu ry a nd Malone h o ldin!; o ff th e p ack . Bra dbu ry quickly fo un d h IS wa y up behi nd Dunham a nd the pai r p ressured Wysock i for four la ps before po weri ng b y. P it sto p R a ci n g sponsored Dunham made h is bi d for th e lead whe n th e pair ca ug h t u p 10 tra ffic and took a n o utside li ne a nd went in to first. Bradbury co u n terattacked a couple o f co mers la ter to retake the lead fro m Dunham. The IW ri ders O kept up a pace th at left everyone else behind a nd la te in rhernoro Dunham agai n used a lapper 10 reclai m th e lead a nd take th e overall win. Bradb ury claimed seco nd overall with w vsocki, Pr oci da , a nd Ma lone ro u nd ing o ut the top five. .The you nger Dunham had to work to get by J ack Kell 10 ta ke th e lead in th e 250cc Novice class. Tha t didn 't ha p pe n u n tiJ lat e in th e rno to as Kell wasn 't a bo u t to su rrender h is lead volu ntarily. At the en d of th e first mo ta , it was Dunha m wit h the win, fo llow ed by Kell , Mike Ma u te. an d Ran dy Van Dyke . Van Dyke p u t hi s Yamaha into firs t com ing 0 (£ the ga le in moto two o n ly to lose it to Du nham before the begi n ning of la p IWO. Once into the lead , Dunha m went un challen ged for th e win a nd overa ll victory. Ma ute swa p ped seco n d with Kell to fin ish seco nd ' · overall , wh ile Wyckoff di splaced Va n Dvke : for fourth. \Vomen Novi ce class ac tio n saw Valerie Roberts ch ase down Lori Allen to win mota o ne. All en pa ssed Valeri e Parmely when Pa rmel y en co u n tere d problems w ith h er Suzuki. It took Rober ts the better part of th e mot o before sh e ca u gh t Allen for the win. MOIO two action had Roberts and Pa nnely fig h ting for th e lead onl y to ha ve Pa nnel y gel ta ng led u p wi th a nother rider. Alle n was o n th e gas a n d wen t around the fall en ri ders in pursuit of Rober ts. Rober ts stayed o n th e gas and took a comfortable win a hea d o f Allen a nd Pa rm ely. • Results WMN NOV: j • Valerie Roberts IKTM ); 2. Lori All en IKaw ); 3. Valerte Parmel y (Sud. WMN INT: t . Lor i Hedatrom (Han). WMN EX: t . Bonn ie W arch (Sud SO BEG: 1. Chris Allen (Kawl; 2. Tony DeMe lo (Han); 3, Tosh Bult e (yam). 80 NOV; t . Randy Betton (Kaw ); 2. Jo h n Ruof (Hon). BOINT: 1. Tony A mul adio (Y. m). '25 BEG: t . Dar en Ralktan (Kaw l; 2. .Jason Simmons (Kawl; 3 . M ark Val enzue la (Hon). , 25 NOV: t . J erry Je tto n (Suz); 2. Use Peterson (Han); 3. Bob Johnson (Hool . : , 25 INT , . J eff M oor e (Hon ); 2. Tony Qu all s (Yam). '25 PRO: 1. Lance Johnson (Yaml, 250 BEG: , . Chris Smit h (y am): 2. David Boucher (Hon); 3, David Haney (Sud. 250 NOV : ,. Aobbie Dunham (Yam); 2. M ike Ma ul e (KTM ); 3 . J ack Ketl (Yam). 250 1N 1. Todd Brou ssard (Yam); 2 , Scan Mu rphy (Kaw); T: 3. Darr en Richa rds (SUl ). 250 PRO: 1. Ron M eyer (Yam): 2.Jon W il son (Sul l, 500 NOV: 1. Keith Bu rn ight (Hon). 500 INT ,. George An drews (Hon). : 500 PRO: 1. Br ian M yerscou gh (Han). SR BEG: , . Dean Beeson (Yaml; 2. Lenny Rock (KTM). VET BEG: , . J im Lacy (Hon ); 2. TIm Storey (Hon); 3. Brad Fiske (Yaml. Slate slaughters Devil's Ridge MX By Hurley 8< Dot Short SAN FO R D, N.C. SEPT . 25 Patrick Sla te took th e overa ll victory wit h pe rfect I - I fin ish es in the Senior Mi ni class a t Devil 's Ri dge MX . Sla te too k the ho lesh o i in th e first rno to fo llo wed by lac Bradsha w a nd Ch uck Sh irley. Slate mai n tained h is lead followed by Bradsha w a nd Sh ir ley, Dale Hill fin ishi ng fo u rth and Da nny Rich in fifth p lace. In the seco nd rno to Bra dshaw took the hol esho t followed by Slate a nd Sh ir ley. Sla te look over first p lace. follo wed by Shirley . Cla y Andrews, Steve Da lto n a nd Rich . In the l 25cc Novi ce class, Ch uck Green grabbed the h ol esh o t follo wed by Wes Cave . Da vid Hi ll a nd J oh n H ainl in e. H ill moved into seco nd on th e firs t la p as Rohn White moved up 10 fourth. H ill bept the p ressu re ' on Green as White took ove r th ird, then seco nd , droppi ng Cave back to th i rd . Althoug h Wh ite tried 10 move closer 10 G reen. th e rea l ba ttle was back in th e pack as Cav e. Ha in line. Chris Messer a n d J ason Everha rd t tried for third th rou~h six th p laces. Wilh time runnin g o u t, H ainline managed to pass Cave a n d moved to th ird , th en seco nd . Green had a Ilaw less moro a n d took the chec kered nag foll o wed by H a in lin e, Ca ve Everhardt a n d Messer. . In th e second moto Green again grabbed th e h ol esh ot foll ow ed by Cave a nd Keit h Ellis. Ell is moved fast a nd took o ver seco nd early on th e fir st lap, then p ressu red Green a nd took th e lead o n th e second la p as Everhard t moved in to th ird. G ree n made it back to the front wh ere he stayed unt il h e went do wn . gi vin g up th e lead 10 Ellis who fin ish ed first fo llowed by Ever h ard t. Ca ve a nd Todd Bennick. The overa ll went to Everhard t, fo llowed by Cave. Ellis, Bennick a nd David McLa whorn. Lee Martinand hi s Yamaha was the fo rce to be reckoned with in the 250cc Novice class. In the fir st mota, Mar ti n gra bbed the hol esho t follow ed by Patrick Woodall; Chad Win dh am a nd St uart English. Ma rt in took a commandin !; lead with Woodall a nd English try ing 10 gam o n him a t th e halfway poi nt, Woodall went dow n o n the lasI la p a nd a lthough he was ab le to recover, he lost his position. Larry ' While fini shed seco nd followed by Rick Milks a nd English. Milks took the holeshot in th e second rnoto fo llowed by Martin a n d Win dh a m . H ill moved 10 fourth. dropping Windham back to fiflh. Martin took th e lead, pu tting Milks back 10 seco nd . Ma rt in took the checkered n ag foll o wed across the line by Mil ks. Wh ite, Hill and Stacy Cummings. The overall went to Martin followed by Mil ks. Wh i le. Woodall a nd English. • Results J R M INI: 1. Caven Woodruff IKew); 2. P..J. M organ ; 3. Rhen W ilson . SR MI NI: , . Patr ick Slat e (Yam ); 2. Chuck Shirl ey (Kaw); 3. Steve Dalto n (SUl); 4. Danny Rich (Hon); 5. Clay A ndrews (Yam). , 25 NOV; t . J aswon Everhardt (Yamt 2. Wes Cave (S uz); 3. Keith Elli s (yam); 4 , Todd Ben nick (Kaw); 5. Oavtcl M clawhorn (Yem ), SR +30: t . Steve Genter (Hon); 2 ~Cra ig Colli e (Hon t 3. Steve J arj abb (Honl; 4 . Bob Ma ner (Hon ), SR +40: t . Herm an Andrews (Hon); 2. Harvey Andrews (Yam): 3 . J im Rice (Hon) . , 25 PRO: t . J im Neese (Sud; 2. Todd Ulmer IKaw ); 3. Mike And rews (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Lee M art in (Yam); 2. Rick M ilks (Yam); 3 . Larry White (Kaw ); 4 . Patrick Woodall (Han); 5 . St uart Englis h (Hon). 2 50 PRO: , . M .J . And rew s (Suz); 2. Shane Kennedy (Yam l; 3. Eddy Pen nyy (Suz). 250 AM : 1. Han k M oree (Kaw l; 2. J ay Hauser (Kaw); 3 . Steve Starn es (Kaw l; 4 . Tim W ilkerson (Suz); 5. Tim M an toot n (Suli. SCHBY: , . Jim Neese (Suz); 2. Patr ick Slate (Yam); 3 . Chad M at herson (Hon); 4 , Rusty Coleman (Yam). S/ M1NI: " Gage Fonson '(Yam ); 2. J ason Baldwin; 3. Chris Carlso n (Yam); 4 , Ja mes Byrd (Kaw ); 5. Randy Harris (Han). ' 25 AM : 1. Hank M oree (Kaw ); 2. lee Wa lston (Yam); 3. Rohn Wh it e (Kaw ); 4. Kent Rogerson (Yam). 500 A M : , . Kevin A ustin (Honl; 2. Rich ard J . VanBa ne l (Hon); 3 , Cra ig Colli e (Han); 4 . M ike W ood (Kaw); Randy Reg (Hon).

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