Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z cr w ~ ~ 0 ~ '" o ~ '" « '" z "" cr ~ cr >al 0 I>- 0 I- « "" al 0 I0 00 00 O'l :r Q. :r Q. ,......; C'I .... V ,l:) 8 v :> 0 Z Keith Pinkstaff rode his Suzuki GSXR750 to the w in in the Formula 1 class and set a new track record at Portland International Raceway. S ~ m Wa lkup's fast pit stop helped him take the Expert class win at the first round of the South Texas Hare Scrambles Series at Rockne. '25 YTH: 1. Joshua Steel (Suz): 2 . Gary Hendr icks (Hon): 3. Travis Taylor . '25 C: 1. Ala n Spa rks (Kawl; 2. Andy Pullon (Kawl: 3 . Chris Wilson IKa wl; 4 . M ichael litz (Hon); 5 . Brent W est (Ho n). .- 250 C: 1. Alan Sparks (Kawl; 2. Tommy l invllle (Hon); 3. M ike Howar d (Kawl; 4. J ames Hayes (Hon); 5. Mark Jackson (Hon l. 125 B: 1. Todd Dow ns (Yam); 2. Jeff Shu ler IKaw); 3. Chad Powers lCag); 4 . Gary Da llon IKaw); 5. Chr is Tucker (Yam ). 250 B: 1. Todd Dow ns (Yam); 2. Jeff Shu ler IKaw); 3. Chris Brewer (Kawl: 4 . Ow ein Miller (Kawl; 5 . Chad Power. (CogI . OPEN B: 1. Chr is Shortridge (!(awl; 2. Kev;n A ust in (Hon); 3. Mark Jackson (Hon); 4 . Robert Cunain (Hon): 5. Mark VanderKley IKTMI. 25 =; 1. David A lbert 9Cag ); 2. Jeff Dodgen (Yam): 3 . Jeff Biggers (Yam ); 4 . Larry Harri son (SUI); 5 . Steve lilz lHanl. SR (30 +): 1. larry Harr ison (Sud ; 2. Randy Poynter (Sud; 3, Rhett Sm ith (Hon); 4 . J eff Eads IYam ); 5. Johnny Gibson (Honl . . ENDR: 1. Fred M oor e (Hus); 2. M ike Johnson (Hus); 3 . Christ ian J ensen (Kaw) ; 4 . Char les Bur lson (Han); 5 . Johnny Rasar (Kaw). 125 PRO:: 1. M ike Brown (Kawl: 2. Jim Chest er (Sud; 3 . Stev e Childress (Kaw); 4 . Mike Padgett (Yam); 5. Todd Neal (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. J im Chester (Suz l; 2 . St eve Child ress (Kaw): 3 . Mik e Brown (Kawl; 4 . Robbie Taylor (Yam); 5. Todd Neal (Kawl. Stoller strolls at Ocala MX By Gwen M illan ? Brad Sto ller cla im th e overall win in the I25cc C class at ro u nd n i ne of FMC' s 8t h Annua l Fall Series at O ca la MX . The o pe n in g rou nd saw Stoller lead the first lap wi th Beth Rewis in second . Mike T idey was in thi rd and p ressi ng hard. wh ile Iourth was held by Steven Richburg ahead of Keith Griffi s. By the seco nd lap Stoller had p ulled away a nd Tidey had pulled the ru g o u t from . un der Rewis to claim second. T idey wen t dow n o n the third lap and dropped to eigh th, while Shal e Anderson was steadily ga ingi n ground a nd wa sn 't lo ng befor e he unseated Griffi s and was o n Richburg 's tail. Stoller , Rewis. Rich bu rg and Anderson stead ily held their po si tions but Griffis lost fifth to Gary Allred. And erson went down la te in th e ra ce a nd at th e chec kered nag Stoll er was first over Rewis. Allred, Ri chburg and G riffi s. Sto ller led th e bri gade in moto two , Tidey was second with Rew is. Richbur g and Kevin H al e all in to w. Sto ller had T idey o n h is tai l while Allred charged up to third after a seventh-pl ace sta rt. On th e six th lap Allred zoomed past Stolle r to cla im second. and th e white nag la p saw Allred take th e I~d af!er Tidey fell. Allred went o n for the wm With Stoller and Ri chburg settling for seco nd and th ird . Resul ts PIW: 1. Stacey St oller (Yam); 2. Derek Keyes (Yam); 3. Scott Perry (Yam); 4 . Kat ri na M ill an (Yam). 60: 1. M ackenzie Perry {Kawl: 2 . Kerth McQuai g (Kaw) . WMN: 1. Bet h Rewis ( H o ~; 2. Christ ina McQuaig (Han): 3 . J udy lon;o (Kaw) ; 4 . Catherine priest {Kaw l; 5. Marsha M addu x {Yaml . 100: 1. M ich ael McRae (Kaw); 2. Chris Brow n (Kawl: 3. Sha le A nde rson (Kaw l. MIN I A : 1. Josh Lat ina (Kaw) . M INI C: 1. M ichael M cRae (Kaw ); 2. Chr is Brow n (Kaw) ; . 3 . Jo natha n Burrell (Suz): 4 . Eri c Ja mes (Kawl: 5. Keith McQuaig (Han) . 125 B: 1. Ju st in J ackson (Suz); 2. Rich ie Brooker (Han ): 3. Bar ry Sand er s (Suz); 4 . Todd Rou sseau (Han): S. Ern ie Millan (Han) . 125 C: 1. Brad Stoller(S uz): 2. Gary A llrecl{Hont: 3 . Steven Richbu rg (Han); 4 . Beth Rew is (Han): 5. Mi ke Tidey (Yam). 250 B; 1. M ark Bazin et (Kaw ); 2. Roger Ambs {Yaml. 1. Mi ke Durd en (Han); 2. Brett Singer (Yam); 3. 250 Anthon y Brooks (Han); 4 . Ed Gar lin (Hon t: 5. Tony Vit ale (Han). 15 ·24: 1, Gary Paul (Kaw) ; 2 . J usti n Jackson (Suz): 3 . Richie Broo ker (Honl ; 4 . Brent Cole (Hon); 5 . Todd Rousseau (Han). 25 +: 1. Roger Am bs (Yam); 2. Mitchel Hol stein (Han); 3. St even Richburg (Honl : 4 . Joe Hott man (Han). SR: 1. Ern ie M illan (Han); 2 . Anthony Brook s (Ho n): 3. J ohn ,Bekan ich (Kaw); 4 . Paul Sadd ix (Yam l; 5 . Chip Gall iano (Kaw). OPEN NOV : 1. Marlt Bazin et (Kaw); 2. Todd Hunt (Honl ; 3 . Paul Shassix (Yam ); 4 . Eugen e Lovell (Han). c: 26 Tresser tops Baylands ST By' Mike Vancil ocr. FRE MONT. CA, 2 . Andy 'Tresse r won the 500 Pro class feature today at the short track at Baylands Raceway Park. T resser had several challe nges from Randy Berem a n, but the attempts by Bererna n Iell short as Tresser got th e better dri ves o ff th e comers. Severa l laps 'sa w Berernan exi t a com er with a fur better dri ve but it was never enoug h to get a wh eel under 'Tresser go ing into th e next co mer. Fin ishing th ird in th e fin al was Ri cky Smith, j ohnny Murphree took two firs t p laces in 60cc and 80cc cla ss action. Murp h ree and his pair o r Kawasaki minis took tota l com ma nd of the two classes in wh ich he was en tered. Ta ki ng seco nd to Mu rph ree in th e 60cc di vis io n was j eff G abhart, wh il e Rob ert Stevenso n was to follow Murphree hom e in the 80cc fin aL In 500cc Junior class action it was 'J o h n Gonzales that took the ch ecke rs way o u t in front o f the pa ck . H ea t race winner Bob by In gle on a ma chine loaned to him by T resser got a bad start and bad br eak s wh ich were eno ug h to keep Go nzal es out in Iro n t, Results . PIW: 1. J ake Keeney (Yam ); 2. Scott A rn old (Yam). 60 M INI BEG: 1. Helder A lvern az (Kaw); 2 . Craig Gon zales (Kaw); 3. J u nio r Al vern az (Kaw); 4. Lance Arnbold (Kaw ). 60 M INI JR: 1. Jo hnn y Murphree (Kaw l: 2. J eff Gabh art (Kaw); 3. Raben St evenson (Yam) . 80 M INI J R: 1. Dan Hart (Kaw) ; 2. Don Hart (Yam); 3. Tim Al vernaz (Yam); 4 . Steve Helbo (Kawl . 80 MINI EX: 1. Joh nny Murphree (Kaw): 2. Robert St even son (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Nick Stevens (Yam): 2. M ichell e DiSalv o (Yam ): 3 . Dave Acosta (Hon ); 4 . Jim Poff (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Gary M ile wski (Han); 2. A ll oyn M cBee (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. J oe Koppe (Yam); 2. Jo hn Pierce (Yaml; 3. Dave Acos ta (Hon ): 4. Tom DeSalvo (Tri): 5 . Ji m Poff (ya m). 500 J R: 1. John Gonzal es (Yam); 2. Jack W inans (Yam ); 3, A lloyn McBee (Yam); 4 . Bobby Ingl e (Yam ); 5 . A rma ndo A lvemaz (Yam). VET: 1. Greg Sowle (Hon); 2 . Rocky M alynn (Bu l); 3 . Bobby 118JY;RC!~ 1. Andy Tresser (Rtx ); 2. Randy Bereman (RIX); 3. Rtcky Sm it h (Hon); 4 . J immy Higuera (Rtx); 5. Bob M cDon nell (H· D). Goertz grabs Rockne Hare Scrambles By Tom Tysl ROC KNE , TX, OCT. 2 The DBCSA didn 't hav e to fight Earth First or en viro n me n ta list radi cal s, but Hurricane G ilbert postponed th e first rou nd o f th e So u th T exas H are Scramble Ser ies un til today. Those wh o made th e Dunlop/ Sco tt USA· sponsored ra in date were treat ed to a co u rse and 'wea ther co nd itio ns th at were 'descr ibed as perfe ct, especially for Mark Goertz, wh o was today 's overall winner. Dunlop's Fra nk Stacy, o n a H onda CR500, led the Pro class into turn o ne. Ten m iles later. Stacy had a IO-seeond lead foll owed by Steve Ca rdw ell , Mark Gocru, Cliff Goertz (Mark's cousin) , Doug Paley, and Cha rli e Martin in fi fth pl ace. StacY's lead came to a n ab rup t ha lt two miles into the seco nd loop. S~ingi ng wid e and h itt in g a grass covered stu mp he took f1i~h t, h itting the gro u nd ha rd eno ugh to injure h is ribs. . With Sta cy out Cardwell moved up and took the lead. Ca rd well led through the sco ri ng area at the sta n of lap three, but Mark Goertz pushed hi s KTM past Ca rdwell going into th e river bo tto m part o r th e co urse. They were fo llo wed by Cliff Gocru and Ch arli e Mar tin. Ca rd well seemed faster o n th e MX part of the track a nd aga in took th e lead o n la p five, but Mark Goertz was never far out o r h is roost. Mea nw h ile, Marti n pa ssed e lirr Goeru Ior th ird. O n lap six Mark wa s aga in in the lead which he would hold to the end. Card well seemed to be fad in g with Martin over a "m in u te behind , Cliff G oertz had broken a radiator o n hi s CR250 wh ich left fnu rth to Dou g Pa ley. Cardwell said , "I just ra n outof gas p hysi ca lly , and if I hadn 't gotten the wh ite n ag I migh t have kill ed the n a ~an .' · The most exciting race o r the day was in the Expert class whic h was a fo ur-wa y slugfest between Mark Taylor, Tom Grantham and Richard Coken. Taylo r. i n th e lead again, co m in g down the stra igh t before th e p it ent ra nce took h is left hand off th e bars to signal he was going to pit. Walkup pitted at th e sa me tim e. however hi s crew was faster a nd go t h im back o n the tra ck first . At the chec kered Walkup's KX had a two minute lead o n second pl ace Ta ylor followed by Grant ham a nd Coker. Results PRO: 1. Mark Goertz 1Kl'M); 2. Steve Cardwell (Kaw ); 3 . Cha rlie Manin (KTM). EX.: 1. Sam W alkup (Kaw ); 2. Marlt Tayfor (Han); 3 . Tom Grantham (Han). OPEN: 1. Bob Lewallen (Han): 2. Nick W illiams (Han): 3. Gerald Huegele (KTM) . . 250: 1. Brad Burne (Hon); 2. J on Ball (Kaw); 3 . Herman Goertz (Hon) . 200: 1. J ohn Dud geon (Kaw l; 2. M ike Davis (Kaw); 3. Hardy Dudgeon (Kaw) . 125: 1. George Breehl (Han); 2. Ron Rasbury (Suz); 3. Greg Tarver (Cagl. OV ER 30: 1. A rnold Bragew iu (Kaw l; 2. An dr ew Tr ott IKaw); 3 . Ted Campbell (Han). OVER 40: 1. Guy Hum phr ey (Han): 2. Ferd inand Hroch (Han); 3 . Herb Fish (Han). OVER 50 : 1. Jimmy Jones (KTM ): 2 . Sam Benn ett (KTM I; 3 . Dolph Nes loney (Hon). 80: 1. Daniel Trott (Kaw): 2. M ike M oses (Yam ): 3. Gl en Philli ps (Kaw). 60 : 1. Ja son Moses (Kaw ); 2 . 8 rant Dick erson (Kaw ). 50 : 1. Br ian Johnson (Yaml : 2 . Drew Ounb er (Yam); 3. M icha allowery (Yam). WMN : 1. Barb Rus sell (Suz); 2 . liz Lu ndell (Suz); 3. Chri sti ne Hudspett (Hon). BEG: 1. Br ian M ason (Han): 2. M arek Ja necka (Han); 3 . Brett Dun bar (KTM ). . Pinkstaff, Pittman jamPIRRR By Russ Cazier PORTLAND, O R, OCT. 18 The O regon Motorcycle Road Raci ng Asso cia tio n 's o p tim ism in scheduling an October race at Portland Int ernatio nal Ra cewa y was rewa rded with great weather and a new track record. Keith Pinkstaff a nd j oe Pittman, bo th rid ing Zinck Ra cing Suzu ki GSXR750 Superbi kes, are the new co- ho lde rs of the P IR twowh eel tra ck reco rd o f o ne m inute a nd 12 seconds o n th e l.gI 5-mil e co urse. Th e p re.vious record was a 1:12.55, set by Pin ksta ff 10 1986. Pittman jumped to a n ea rly lead in th e 750cc Su perbike, while P in ksta ff wa s engaged in a lon g dice with Do ug Renfrow for second. Wh en Pinkstaff finally broke clea r on th e fifth o r 10 laps, Pittma n 'wa s a good seven seconds ahea d, but he took off a fter him. The sto p wa tches ca me o ut in force wh en everyo ne co uld see that Pin kstaff was making u p the lead i n bi g ch u n ks. P inksta H closed o n Pittman and pa ssed h im just before th e wh ite flag, th en Pittman passed h im ba ck and the fin al sprint to th e chec kered p roduced the record lap. Pinkstaf£. w he n as ked how a lra ck reco rd cou ld be set o n a coo l 'day , at th e end o f the seaso n , on probably ti red bikes, wi th very litt le at stake for season po ints , ans wered. " Severa l th ings happened at once. T he res urraced track ta kes som e getting usoo to , but it 's actually faster o n th e raci ng line. " We got pretty lo o se i n th e four la p q ualifier" sa Id Pin kstaff. " j oe Pittman and I were tryin g to sh u t o rf each o the r's kill sw itches goi ng down th e stra ig h t, gra bbing dbows ro r a sli ngs ho t, bloc king the o u tside pass by sticking ou t yo ur leg. th a t son o r th ing ." P ittma n had a bi g day all arou nd , winni ng the O pen , 750 a nd 600ce Product ion classes, pl us th e 750cc Superbike. Shawn .Rob ert i made it tou gh fo r h im in the 750 and 600ce Productio n, as bo th races were deci dedon ly in th e fin al laps. Results OPEN PROD: 1. J oe Pitt man (Suz); 2. Kei th Pinltst aff (Suz); 3. Sam Solomon (Suz). 750 PROD: 1. J oe Pittman (Suz); 2. Sha w n Robeni (Suz); 3 . Sam Solomon (Suz). 600 PROD; 1. Joe Pittman (S uz); 2. Sha wn Robert i (Suz); 3 . Arnold An dr ews (Hon). 450 PROD: 1. Gary Cren sh aw (Yam); 2. Stua rt M ill er (Yam); 3 . Mar k Conner (Yam). .. 750 SPBK: 1. Joe Pitt man (Suz); 2. Keith Pinkst aff (Suz); 3 . Doug Renfrow (S uz). 600 SPBK: 1. Mike Ruedebu sch (Honl ; 2. Ken We ipert (Hon); 3. A rnold A ndrews. 450 SPBK: 1. M ike Give n (Yam l; 2 . Gary Cren sha e (Yaml : 3 . St eve Her a (Yam). F-l : 1. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 2. J oe Pittma n ISuz ); 3 . Doug Renf row (Suz). F-2: 1. Terry Willia ms (Yam); 2. Ken Weipert (Han): 3 . M ike Ruede busc:h (Han) . F-3 : 1. A nd y Crane (Hon) : 2 . Rlck Salmin (Hon ): 3 . Greg Gaulke (Han). OPEN SGL: 1. Brad Pinksta ff (Yam ); 2. Bill Fill ion (Yaml; 3. Oan Ball (Yam) . OPEN BOTT: 1. Randy Shemwell (Duc): 2 . Don Horn (Ouc); 3. Tom Baker (BMW). • 650 BOTT: 1. Chr is Ninaud (Kaw ): 2. Don Peters (Kawl; 3. Matt Moeller (Kaw) . OPEN VI NT: 1. Wa rd Rodgers (Kaw): 2. Duncan Cra ick (Nor); 3. DavKt M iller (BM W) . 500 Vl NT: 1. M ike Rivell i (Due); 2. Tim Marek (BSAI; 3 . Lance Raber (BSA ). 250 Vl NT: 1. Ton y Rive ll i (Due); 2. J im Rivelli (Due); 3 . Jon Brenna (Hon). NOV : 1. David Cook (Han); 2. Dave Hein ri cks (Yam); 3 . Don Beckl in (Han). Garza tops Louisiana HS By Karen Kemp WATSON, LA, OCT. 9 H o nd a rider Mann y Ga rza was all smiles as he wa lked away with his four-root overa ll hare scramble trophy pr esented by th e Louisiana Trail Riders Associati on a t the Rivers ide Mo torcycle Par k. Garza competed in th e 200cc Ex pert class, but ou trode all the AA 'ri ders as he turned the fastest tim e o r the da y. : Fastest novi ce time was acco m plis hed by Su zu ki- mou n ted Greg Bryant. who wa s co mpeting in th e 250cc Novice class. Bryant passed man y of th e expert ri ders befor e h is six-la p fin ish . The 0-9 Year Ol d class was th e firs t race o f the day and thes e little guys rode a short course o f woods trai l. j eremy Ables rode h is Kawasa ki to first place, H on da rider jeffrey Albri gh t took second and Brandon Tynes finished third o n his H onda. R iders lined up fo r a motocross sta rt at the start ing ga te and raced a portion o f the motocross track and then into the woods for variety o f tr ail co ndit io ns . T here was sections of tricky slick trail, some thick sand sections, a nd a lso some d ust y a nd sandy sections o n th e rive-m ile course. a Results 0 / A EX: 1. Ma nny Garza (Hon). _ 0 / A NOV: 1. Greg Bryant (Suz). . AA EX.: 1. Kevin Hutchinson (Hus); 2. M ark Jamroz (Hon ); 3. So Cha ney (Kaw ); 4 .Waher FairchikJ (Hon ). OPEN EX: 1. David Hall (Hon); 2. Lee Fugler (Hon); 3. Frank Nugent (Hon); 4 . Jo hn Delee (Hon ); 5. Richard Wise (Yam). 200 EX: 1. Dw ig ht Wheat (Kaw).. INT EX: 1. Jo nn y Kemp (Hon ); 2. Ricky Foste r Ie-At. 3. Joe Burnham lKaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Ken Hagen (Han!; 2. Je ff A lbr ight (Hon l. 250 NOV: 1. Clin t Woods (Suz!; 2. Kelly Chachere (Suz l;: 3 . Marit M urphy IS uzl: 4 . Jim Knotts (Yam); 5. Charlie Simmons (Kaw). 200 NOV: 1. Kevin Flem ing IKawl: 2. Robe rt Bridg es (Han); 3 . Brad M inn in ger (Kaw): 4 . Brian Murphy (Yam ); 5. Earl Nugent (Hon ). . 12 5 NOV: ~ . Chad Tate (Honl : 2. M an Matt h8W$ (Han!; 3. Bubba Daqu ann o (Kaw); 4 . Brennan Bourq ue (Kaw ); 5. Kyle Thi bodeau x (Kaw) . INT NOV: 1. Rand all Robe rts (Hon ); 2. Terry Brown (Hon); 3 . Raymond 8 an ill o (Kaw); 4 . Chris Chopp in (Hen); 5. Ronnie Batt illo (Kaw) . SR: 1. W alt er Brunson (Yam); 2. Carl Shively (Hon); 3. M anue l Garza (Hon): 4 . Ron Steag all (Han); 5. Arth ur Ern st (Kaw) . J R: 1. larry Peavy (Kaw) ; 2. Chr is Moo re (Suz); 3. Bobby Sm it h (Hon): 4 . Bob Keat on (Kaw); 5. Nei l Steagall (Yam). 10-12 MINI : 1. Clay Bru nson (Yam ); 2. Rocky M ill er (Han);: 3 . Jer emy Parker (Han). 0-9 M INI: 1. Jer emy Abl es (Kaw ); 2. J eff rey Albright (Ho n);: 3. Bran don Tynes CHo n). OPEN BEG: 1. Dan ny Morgan (Yam ); 2 . Ronn ie Sm ith (Kaw l.

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