Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

200 BEG: 1. Pllul Stellgllll (Han); 2. Rick Ryan (Hon); 3. ClllY Stanley (Vllm); 4 . Steven Nugent (Hon); 5 . Scott Altazin IHon). Roe, Bias tangle at Freedom Hall MX By S usan Willian LO UI SVILLE, KY ocr. 7-8. H onda -mo u nted Mike Bia s a n d Kawask i T eam Green 's Derrick Roe eac h picked up a win in tw o ni ghts o f action-packed a renacro ss a t Ren egades T NT / Billy Abel Productions Are na cross Cha lle nge a t Freedo m H all . Ni ght o ne sa w a th ree-mot e format in the 125cc cla ss with Roe ru n n ing a wa y with me te o ne followed b y Bias a nd Billy Abel. Mot o tw o found Abel th e ea rl y lea der as he was pu rsu ed by Roe a nd Bia s. By lap three, Roe a nd Bia s h ad moved by Abel a nd Roe rem ained in fir st until Bias applie d pressure. Roe a lmost lost it over a set o f jump s but saved it as he ran o ff th e course, a llo win g Bias to mo ve into the lead. Roe dro p ped 10 fourth as Bia s landed th e w in foll ow ed by Abel a nd Dav id Weis. The final mot a of the even in g sa w Bias qu ick of f th e sta rt with Abel and ROe in pursu it. M id wa y through t he mota Roe mo ved by Abel for second. Bias filed by in fir st wi th Roe and Abel next in lin e. Bias took the overa ll wi n h a vi ng the to ta l lowest score foll o wed by Roe a nd Abel. In the second night of racin g Roe claimed four win s for th e ove ra ll. In th e first ro u nd u f act ion, Abel grabbed th e hol eshot bu t Roe glided by, ta king th e lea d. Abe l dropped 10 seco nd a nd was h ounded by th ird pl ace Bias. Bias eventua lly took ove r ' seco nd wi th Abel finish ing thi rd. Round two agai n found Roe in command from sta rt to finish despite hard cha rges by Bias. Bia s ea rned seco n d with Abel ta ki ng a nother th ird. . Roe aced ro und three of th e ac t io n as David Weis held seco nd d espite th e h eat put on h im by Bias, wh o fin is hed th ird as Abel dropped to fifth. The ma in sa w Roe p rim ed fo r the win agai n leading from sta rt to fin ish wh ile Bia s mo tor ed in second. Weis a n d Abel d uk ed it o ut for third as Abel gas ed it takin g th ird while Weis claime d fourth. Roe earned th e over ll h onor s a with a n unbl em ish ed sco re wh ile Bias took th e runner-u p slot. Results SATURDAY 125 : 1. M ike B.ias (Hon); 2. Derrick Roe (Kaw l; 3 . Billy AbeljHon); 4 . DaVid W els (Han); 5. Terry latham (Hon). SUNDAY 125: 1. Derr ick Roe (Kaw ); 2. M ike Bias (Honl; 3. Bill y Abel (Hon); 4 . David W eis (Han I; 5. J eff Si einr ock (Hon). B;own best'at Berthoud MX By Larry J ohn son BER THO UD , C O , ocr. 1-2 Derek Brown didn 't win the wa r, but toda y he won the battle at Berthoud. The Tea m / Gree n /Go lden Mot orcycl e C enter /DM C / Roc k Oil/Gear/ Sh oei-sponsor ed rider went into th e SR AC season fin al e in -second pl ace in th e 250cc P ro class behind Da ve New ell , wh o had a n in surmo untable poin ts lead for th e c ha m p io ns h i p . Brown h ad been i n co n te nt io n un til a broken a nk le sh o rtcircuited tha t. Stacey Cook led Tim Buchli, Corey Cope a nd Brown early in th e first mot a. then Cook bailed hard. The crash left Cook unconscious and badl y cu t a nd bruised o n th e fa ce. H e was tak en 10 th e h ospital for sti tches, a nd h e retu rned lat er to wat ch . Brown shot to th e lead a nd left Cope a n d Buchli behind by th e chec kers . 'Bro wn led Cope a nd Bu chli ou t o f th e gate in rnot o two a nd never looked back . H e qu ickly built a so lid cushion over Cope a n d won moto two , wh ile Buchl i, agai n , fin ished third. Buch li, Keith Ca m p be ll a n d G il Murray eventua lly passed ea rly-lea der Andy At kins in th e firs t 125cc P ro moto , a n d they fin ish ed in tha t o rde r. It was also the po sitions that they finished th e seaso n in . Atk ins spent th e second h alf o f th e moto in a wild di ce with Scott Fu lcher and J erem y Mid daugh. Middaugh led most o f m oto tw o , while Bu chti g rad ua lly closed th e gap. Then Midda ugh lo w-sided in a dry , slick co mer tryi ng to cu t u nder a la pped rid er. Buchli went by for th e lead a nd win. Middaugh qu ickl y remounted in seco n d a n d stayed six seco nds . behind Buchli to th e finish , ea rni ng th ird overall. Campbell ca me in th ird for seco nd overall. Ne we ll also won the O pen Pro class title and was o n hi s wa y to th e overa ll aft er winnin g mo ta o ne . But tha t went a way wh en he ra n ou t o f gas in mot a two, g iving the victory to Bob H anrahan. Atkins won th e SOcc Expert class a nd took hi s th ird co nsec u tive cha mpio nshi p in th at class. Sha wn Sm ith went I- I in th e Vet Experts,and won hi s seco nd stra ig h t titl e, a n d Dave Wollaston scored a I-I in th e Sen io r Expert class to ea rn h is th ird crow n i n four , years a nd hi s th ird titl e of th e yea r, a lso . H e earlier won both Vet a n d Senior Expert class su pe rc ross cha m pions hi ps . That m at ch ed Buchli's three titles o n th e year. H e a lso won th e 125 a nd 250cc P ro SX ti tles . Result s 60 NOV: 1. Josh Locker (Kawl; 2. Sill Delgado (Kaw). 80 NOV 0 -1 : 1. Bre n Kerrigan (Kllw); 2. Mik e Jones jKllw); 3. Bryan Shepit (Hon). 150 1989 CRs IN STOCK 'N OWI CRSOO CR2S0 CR12S caee Dave N ewell won the 250cc and Open Pro class titles at Berthoud. .80 NOV 0 -2: 1. Bryan Stumbaugh (Kaw ); 2. Aar on Lebsack (Klw); 3 . Don Burn s (Yam). 80 AM : 1. M iCllh Moye s (Kawl; 2. Derek Shaff er (Kaw ); 3. Corey Clark (Kawl. 80 EX: 1. Andy Atk ins (Kaw ); 2. J eremy Midd augh (Kaw) ; 3. Ale lt Neir (Kaw l. . 125 NOV; 1. Mark Mc:Clellan (Honl; 2. Derri ck, Matheny (Yam); 3. David Bragg (Suz). 125 AM: 1. Mllrk Howe (Kawl; 2. Brad Willems (Kaw); 3. Guy McDonald (Han). 12 5 PRO: 1. Tim Buch li (Yam),; 2. Keith Campbell (Yam); 3 . Je remy M iddllugh (Kaw ). • 250 NOV: 1. Gl en Sch issler (Yam); 2. Steve Boswe ll (Kaw); 3. Stacey Rogers (Han). 250 AM: 1. Dave Wo lf (Yam); 2. Mike M it chell (Kllw); 3. Jeff Moor e (Yam). 25 0 PRO: 1. Derek Brown (Kaw ); 2. Corey Cope (Han); 3. Tim Buchl i (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Mik e Riley (Han); 2. Steve Hill (Han); 3 . Mi ke Lu ndquist IKTM). OPEN AM : 1. Jim Rase (Hon); 2. Frank Rogers (Yam); 3. Ed Miller (Hon). . OPEN PRO: 1. Bob Henr enen (Kaw ): 2. M ike Stanfill (Kaw l; 3. Brill n Sharp (Hon). VET NOV: 1. Dean Alexander (Kaw); 2. David Houchin (Suz); 3. Mi ke Jo nes (Hon). VET AM : 1. Steve Bosw ell (Kaw) ; 2. Pat Lellhy (Hon); 3 . M ike Turner (Kllw). VET EX: 1. Shawn Smith (Han); 2. Kirt Med ina IHon ); 3 . Bruce Field (Han). SR NOV: 1. Brae Melton (Kaw ); 2. Larry Johnson (Yam); 3. M ike Maurer (Han). SR AM : 1. Bob Krus (Hon); 2. John Fridlund (Yam l: 3. Perry Black (Hon), SR EX: 1. Dave Wollaston (Suz); 2. Vic Barli sh (Yam); 3. Byron Wolf (Han). WMN:1 . Pat J acques (Yam). Burchamt Bertagnoli top at Inay RR By Tod d Saa lfra nk fNPIA NAPOLlS, IN , ocr. 9 Ge ne Bu rch am, currently ra nked fifth in the WERA pu in ts standings, and Alan Bert agnoli battled eac h o ther ·for th e win in the 4000c P roduction class a t Indiana po lis Ra cewa y Park in In di a na polis. During th e first la p in th e main, Bertagnol i 's Yama h a FZR400 grabbed th e h ol esh o t, while Bu rch a m , aboard hi s Yamaha FZR4oo, was close behi n d in Bert agnol i 's dra ft. By th e e n d of t he, seco n d lap, Berta gn oli a nd Burch am h ad pulled away from th e rest o f the pack a n d set th e pace for th e remainder , of the race . Burch am and Bertagn oli swa pped p laces several ti mes d u ring th e seco n d la p. Bertagnoli then managed 10 hold o ff Bu rcham for the n ext two la ps. The riders were n o t o nly ba ttling eac h o ther for th e title, but also a slic k track. L ight ra in dampened the pave me n t for several h o urs. T he ra in didn 't seem to dampen Bur ch a m 's de term inati on. Burch am slip ped by Bertagnoli b y taking the insi de lin e o n a sharp righthander , du ring th e fo urth lap. Bertagnoli co u ldn' t ma n age to sq ueeze a ny more powe r o u t of hi s FZR 400 10 take bac k the lead. Burch am took h is rlR400 arou nd for th e fina l la p w ith Ber tagnoli rig h t in hi s draft. Despite the fact tha t Berta gno li was o n ly a bike len g th beh in d, Bu rcham held him off a n d took th e checkered n ag for a first p lace win. In th e 750cc Superb ike Expert class, To m Kip p jumped o ut to a n ea rly lead a board h is Yamaha FZR7 50. Kevin Rentzell , aboard h is Ya ma ha FZR 400, stayed right wit h Kil?P a nd j ust a few bike len gths a head o f Ron Widmen , o n hi s Suzuki GS X R750. The three remai ned in th ese sa me posi tio ns for th e enti re six la ps wi th Widmen ta ki ng th ird p lace, Ren tzell ta ki ng $300 in Ya maha seco nd-p lace prize money a nd Kip p ta king th e chec kered n ag for firs t p lace a nd $5500 in Yamaha co nt inge ncy money. Results 7 50 PRO NOV: 1. Doug ShollY (Hon); 2. Greg J on es ISuz)/ 3. Tim Halsmer (Hon). • 750 S/BIKE EX: 1. Tom Kipp (Yam); 2. Kevin Rentzell (Vll m); 3. Ron W ideman (Suz). 600 PRO NOV: 1. Sam Wardr ip (Hon); 2. Keith Merryfield _ (Hon); 3. Kirk Revilhe (Hon). 1 100 PRO: 1. Doug ShollY (Honl; 2. Bob Sandy ISuzl; 3. Jeff Noordyk e (Yam). F-2 /400PRO: 1. Gene Burchllm (Yam); 2. Allin Benagnol i (Yam): 3. Mary Miller (Yam). HONDA OF NO. 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