Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Results P/W 50 : 1. Mi chael Hann as (Suz); 2. Adam Miller (Yam); 3. Bri an Gusman (Yam); 4 . Lesley Peterson (Hon ) MINI 60 : 1. Shaun Russell (Kaw ); 2. A .J. Herr era (yam); 3 . Ja son Thompson (Yam); 4 . A .J. Kirkpatr ick (Kaw). MINI 80 NOV : 1. Don Hart (Yam); 2. Ron Hinton (Yam ). M!NI BO JR: 1. J ohn ny Murphree ( K a w~ 2. Dan Han (Kaw ). 250 NOV: t . Shawn Edwards (Yam); 2. Scott Graham IKTM); 3 . Mic hael Padill a (Yam); 4 . Bill McN amara (Bu l); 5. John Davis. Jr . (Yaml . 500 NOV: 1. RobertAtkin s(Yam): 2 . Larry Crawford (Yam); 3.Ad am Enti ckn ap (yam); 4 . Scott Grah am (KTM ): 5. M ich ell e DiSalvo (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Brya n Dun iven (Yam); 2. Danny Ritch ie (Yaml ; 3. Bob Pack (Yam); 4. Dan Argano (Han); 4 . David Freeze (Yam); 600 NOV: 'l . Robert At kins (Yam); 2. All en Grisw old(Y am); 3 . Mark Sheppard (Yam); 4 . A lan Volbecht (Tri ); 5. Larry Crawford (Yam). • 600 JR: 1. Danny Ritchi e (Yam); 2. Bryan Dun iven (Yaml ; 3. Dan A rgan o (Hon); 4 . Gary Ritchie {ya m}; 5. David Freeze (Yam). .. VET: 1. Ronald Byrd (Yam); 2. Dan Han (Yam); 3. Chu ck Gorrill (Yam); 4. Tom DiSal\lo (Tri): 5 . Don Robinson (Suz). EX: 1. Rick Smith (Honl; 2 . Joh n Pack (Yam); 3 . Kevi n Crowl ey (Yam); 4. Randy Bereman (RlX) . .... v Damron dashes to Saylands ST win ..0 o ..... u By Mike Vancil o Matt Sh'ue (22) took the overall victories in the Senior Mini and Super Mini classes at Echeconnee. the United Sta tes to finis h ahead of Rick Matteson, Fritz Kadlec, J im Stanfield , Greg Su rdyk e a nd Ch risCaplinger, who filled out the LOp five. Course cond itio ns were idea l, thanks to the rain a da y ea rl ier tha t settled th e dus t. P lea sa n t. coo l, su n ny . weather gre eted about 550 riders over the two-day com pe titio n. Strong co mpe ti tio n in all of the classes was th e or der of the da y. " Iron Ma n" Robert Caplinger. consistent Senior class competitor, rep laced a thrown cha in within the first m ile a nd th en had lO thread his way th ro ugh the Begi n ners to top the Senior class co m po sed of other stro ng co m pe ti to rs li ke Ever ett Sh inault and J ack H ut son . T heir cou nterpa rt in the Super Senio r class. Char lie Burke, co nt in ued his wi nning wa ys to to p a stron g field . . This has been th e fourth co nsecu tive year that the ..Flat Riv er G rand Prix has been des ig na ted the "Governor 's Cup" eve n t. It wa s run In a sta te park, sponsored by th e Chamber of Co mm erceand su p po rted by th e co rnrnunity, The Sunday main event was preceded by a parad e lap from th e St. Joe State Park Gr ounds to the downtown business di stri ct, wh ere th e clas ses were sta rted in waves, led by an ATV pa ce vehicle to the edge of town. State park ran ger Bill Bon nel l was coo pera tive in coo rd ina ting acri vit es, whil e race director Car l Don elson was provided a personal let ter of gr eeti ng from Missouri Gov ernor j o hn Ashcroft. Results 0 / A; 1. Scott Plessinger (Kaw). EX: 1. Rick Matteson (Yam); 2. Fr itz Kadlec (yam); 3 . J im Sta nfie ld (Kaw ); 4 . Greg Surdyke (Yam); 5, Chris Caplinge r ICagl. '. 125: 1. Kenny Olsen, Jr . (Kaw): 2. Randy Jo nes (KTM); - 3. Steve Bland (Yam): 4 . Chad Staggs (Yam): 5. Spencer Balle ntin e (Yaml. 200: 1. J eff Sledge (Kaw); 2. Tim Berry (Yam); 3. Rick Thorpe (Kaw); 4 . Mik e Bock (Kaw); 5. George W ill s (Kaw ). 250 : 'l . Daniel Duckett (Hon); 2. Carta Cracchiolo (Han): 3 . Dw aine M iin ch (Han); 4 . Al Hej le k ( K a w~ 5 . Steve Fischer (Hon). . OPEN: t . Kevin Condo n (Han); 2 . Kenny Little (Kaw); 3. Ray W illiams (ATK); 4 . Matt Sauerwein {Han}; 5. Jay Wi ll iams (Kawl . 4 -STRK: 1. Bill Duff ner (Yam): 2. W ill iam· Braun (Han); 3. W eyne Kertz IHon); 4 . Dann y Su lliv an (Yam); 5. Brian Sergeant (Hon). SR: 1. Robert Capling er (Hus); 2. R.J. Livingston (Yam); 3. Ron Kohring (Hus); 4 . Ever ett Shina ult (Han); 5. John Hut son (Husl. S/ SR: 1. Charli e Burk (Han); 2. Ron ald Rose (Yam); 3. Larry Hayes IATK); ~ . Ji m Benard (Kaw ); 5. G. Ehrh ardt (Yam). BEG: 1. Brad Eggemeyer (Han); 2. Mark Meyer (Kaw); 3. Jeff Semones (Han); 4. Bill Broeker (Yam): 5. Carlos Sardina (Yam). M INI: 1. Mack Vanderbeck (Kaw ); 2. Shawn Taylor (Han); 3. Chris Nesbit (Kaw); 4. Eric Pirtle (Han); 5. Bob Tresch, J r. (Kaw ). Shue shines at · Echeconnee MX By Toni Anthoni 30 MACON, GA. SEPT. 25 Wi th 250 riders fro m a five-sta te area on ha nd to do ba tt le o n the excellently prepared Echeconnee MX track Geo rgia 's Matt Sh ue emerged as th e top rider of the da y. Kawasakimounted Shue totally dominated bo th Sen ior Mini and Super Min i cIasses, leading every la p of each moto. Mot o o ne of th e 250cc cIass ,featured th e comeback race of the day , as cIass favorite, Freewheel ing Honda's La nce Brannon, was • left stuck in the gate. Randy Tomlinso n led th e pa ck in to turn one, but was quickly passed by Roswell Honda's Ken Kowalczyk. Kowalczyk opened a considerable lead on the field but Brannon was moving ul.' fasL At the white flag Brannon had moved mto second place and had his sights on Kowalczyk. Two turns from the finish Lance stuffed his Honda under Kowalczyk to take the lead and complete the comeback win. . , Moto two was a different sto ry as Brannon pulled the hol eshot and di sap peared from th e field , ta king th e overall victory with Ko walczyk placing second and H onda- m ounted Dickie Fountain taki ng th ird. AI, th e ga te dr opped o n th e first 250cc A rnoto Sean Dukes took th e early lea d wit h Mark Crozi er and th e O 'N eal sponso red Todd Neal close beh ind. On lap three Dukes took a hard fall in th e whoop section and retired for the da y, This left Cr ozier in the lead with Nea l at his rear w hee l. The race of the day pr oceeded as Neal tri ed in vain to pass Crozier at every corner, but Crozier was equal to th e task and held off Neal for th e victory. In moto two Neal put his Kawasak i o ut fron t ear ly and mo tor ed to an easy wi n, with G eor gia Cycl e Supply 's T ommy Ma rt i n taking second. Fi rst mota winner. Ma rk Crozier DNF. - In Ju riio r Mini cl a ss ac tio n Malcolm Smith / Ma xima-sponsored Danny H a ynes too k a hard -earned victory as he was pushed to the limit each mo to by Suzuki-mo un ted .Jason G reir . J ames Greir, Jaso n's tw in Brother, finis hed third 'O vera ll. R&D Suzuki's Cha nce Matthews came o u t on top of a three-way tie in th e 125cc B class with a 4- I score. Buzz Dyer placed second wi th a 3-2 and Yamaha-mounted Todd Do wn s went 3-2 for th ird. Wall ace Fincher was in fine for m as he blew away the compe ti tio n in the O pe n B cIass. . The Honda XR 600-mo un ted Fich er wo n each m o to h a ndily. H onda -m ounted Micha el Hende rso n finis hed second with Benn y Durrough ta king th ird aboard an M-Star. Results 50: 1. Aaron Linds ey {Yaml; 2. Jimmy Reeves Jr . (Yam): 3. Chad Albrlnon (Yam); 4. Shamea Cran e (Yam). JR MINI : 1. David Dishmen (Ka:w); 2. Bill y Hlebak (Kaw ); 3. Corey Crane _(Kaw ): 4. Man Boone (Kaw); 5. Nichola s Kosko (Kawl. · . ' SR MINI : 1. Matt Shue (Kaw ); 2. Brian Raymond (Suz~ 3. Johnny Dean (Suz); 4. Dabney Bowen (K 8W~ 6. Way ne Brown (Kawl. S/MINI: 1. Man Shu e (Kaw l; 2. Ryan Reynol ds (Hon~ 3. Brian Raymond (Suz); 4. Johnny Dean (Suz ); 6. Will McEntryre (Ka:w) . . 125 C: 1. Lance Brannon (Han); 2. DavK:lMo rri s (Kaw l; 3. Mila Coleman (Kaw ); 4. Aa ron Yates (Hon); 5. Jon Krieger (Han). 250 C: 1. Lance Brannon (Han); 2. Ken Kowa lczyk (Hon~ 3. Scon McClaren (Yaml; 4. 'D icki e Fountain (Han); 5. Jo e W~~Bt gat)ROSSJohnston (Hon); 2. Todd Downs (Yam~ . 3. Earnest Harb in (Han); 4. Gary Brown (Hon); 6 . Gran t Wood (Han). . 250 A : 1. Todd Neal (Kaw); 2. Tommy Mart in (Han); 3. Robby Neeley (Kaw~ 4. J oe Rogers (Han). OPEN 8 : 1. Wallace Finche r (XR); 2. Mlc heal Hend erson (Han); 3. Benny Durrough (M- S); 4. Ricky Lamb (Han); 5. Mark Vanderkley (KTM). . SR +: 1. Robby Neelev. (!

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