Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

< c ~ ~ U 0 a: e, c s < c >- '" 0 .... 0 ~ 00 00 e, 0') ~ c-r .... Q.) ..0 8 Q.) . ;> 0 Z Mike Malone (far lane) got away behind Harry Gunusen but crossed the li ne inches ahead to claim the To p Fuel class win at Firebird . Kawasaki's Jeff Matiasevich f inished second in the 125c Pro class beh ind overall winner Michael Ray Cra ig at Perris Raceway. 7 50 PRO EX: 1. Char les Ruse (SuzJ; 2. Ron W idman (Suz); 3. Greg Karm l Su%) . Walls wails at Perris MX VET EX: 1. Gary Jon es (Hon); 2. Al an Olson (Yam ); 3 . Ron Lawson (Suz). OT: 1. Ben'gt Jo hansson (Hon); 2. Jody Weiu l (Hon ); 3 . Ma rvin Olson (Yaml . . HI· TORQUE HOUUGANS: 1. Ed Arn et C Hon); 2. Robb Mesecher (Hon ); 3. Tim Toll eson (Hon). By David Procida P ERRIS. CA, ocr. 8 Cl iff Walls piloted his CR250 Honda to a pair of wins take the 250cc Int erm ed iate cia ss by sto rm today a' Perris Racewa y MX. In rnoto one. Wallis shot off the line a nd grabbed ' he holeshot ahead of Jeff Del Villar and Jeff Kaplan. Del Villar stayed with Walls in the ea rly laps, bUI could n' t keep up with 'he pace 'he Hon da pilot was keepi ng. Del Villa r was n't a lone, ho wever, as Kap la n was applyi ng heavy do~ges of pre ssure . ~arging' Strong up the straightaway , Darren RIchards pu t a q ui ck mo ve o n Kapl an. ta king ove r th ird and p ulli ng in right beh in d Del Vill a r. Rich ards went down trying 10 ge l by Del Villar a nd fell back to fourth. Up fro n t, Wall s was mai ntaining the pace he ha d set earlier a nd had pu lled away from 'h~ pac k. Del Vi l~a r had now put some breathin g room o n thud p lace Kapl an , wh o had an equal d istance o n Ri ch ards in fourth. The ra nking stayed intact for the rema inder of th e moto and w all s look a com forta ble win . Moto two sa w Wa lls take the hol esho t aga in with Rich ard, Del Vill ar and J eff Kap lan tightly bunch ed togeth er . The four riders remai ned close for the o pe n ing four laps before Del Villar dr opped back. By the ha lfway mark, Wa lls. o nce aga in •.took a co m ma ndi ng lead with R ich ar ds leading Kap lan by less 'ha n a bike len gth. La te in th e rnoro, Richards drop ped bac k in to th e pack with Kap lan ta king seco nd a nd Del Villar third. The rno to carne to an end with Walls tak ing his second rnoto win of the da y. Kaplan 's 3-2 edged OUI Del Vill ar 's 3·2. Interm ed iat e 125cc action en joyed a large turnout of riders today. In moto o ne. Pro Circuit's Bud dy Mor gan worked from mi dpa ck u p '0 lead th e class across th e chec kered . He was fo llowed by Chuck Kin ne and Suzu kimounled SCRI}T rider Guy Decker L MOIO 'wo winner DMC-sponsored Randy Danylo . co u ld o n ly m uster a fifth in mo to on~. puttin g hi m out o r co n len don ror th e top slo t. Mor gan finished third beh ind Kinne. gi ving Kinne the o vera ll vi.a a 2-2 scori ng . Mor gan's 1·3 pl aced hi m second overa ll ahea d of Danylo. Deckert and Mission Yama ha/ Scoll/ PJ I rid er Don Burk e rounded o ut the top five sIo... Results '0 MINI BEG: 1. Billy Clihon (Kaw l; 2. Brian Slre Ute, (Kaw); 3. Mike Dumbrowski IKrN). MINI EX: 1. Cra ;g Dec ker (Yam); 2. Der ek Na tvig (Suz) . 126 BEG: 1. Danny Tev ler (Yam); 2 . Owen Dickso n (Yam ); 3. Phill ip W ill iam s (Hon). . 250 BEG: 1. Aa.,.Eberlin (S uz); 2. John Reyno lds (Hon ); , • 3. Todd Heaga1ech (Yam). 12 5 NOV; 1. Crli; Monty (Kawl; 2 . Bobby Hubbard (Hon ); 3 . Kevin H.nt,hen (Hon). 250 NOV; 1. Bill Sauro tHonl; 2. Wi ll Dickson (Vern) 3. ; Ken Grey (Kliwl. 28 By David Tharp & Carol Collins TALLAHASSEE, FL, ocr. 2 Former mo tocr osser Kenney Keylo n, J r. was the overall win ner at the FTRISETRA· sacrio ned , AMA /Di5lricI 7 Capital C ily Enduro. For Keylo n. it was a close bat tle down 10 th e fin ish with th e lOp four riders all droppi ng th ree poi n ts , bUIafter all the seconds were counted, chec ked an d rechecked, it was Keylo n to tal ing the lo west score to na b the overall over J oey H op kins, KT M's Alle n G ravit t and Bob Shi lh nger. The event was hosted by the Talla hassee Trail Riders. A to tal of 70 ground mi les kept 'he riders busy all day long, and the weather was ideal. The key ch eckpoint to Keylon 's success was the th ird chec k, where FTR club mem ber Keylo n dr o p ped j ust one po int, arri ving five seconds lat e. then a t th e foll ow in g chec k, Keylo n scored a two and zeroed the . rest of the end uro. Keylo n 's score at check five was ' he cli ncher. Fifth overa ll with a Iour went to former ISD E rid er George Wall er, whi le six th went 10 O pen A class winner Allen Scou , who pos ted a five. Resu lts 0 / A: 1. Kenny Keyk)n. Jr. AA:. 1. Joey Hopkin s; 2. All en Gravitt; 3. Bob Shillinger. A 200: 1. Oavtd Barriclc.; 2. M itch Greenberg; 3. Sieve Hermansen. A 250: t . Sam Ptumb ; 2. Arty Spencer; 3. Wade BlIiley; 4 . Dean Kronenwett",. A OPEN: 1. Allen Scott 2. Travis Hayes; 3. Derrel l Cox; 4 . Mike Shank. A SR: 1. Thomas Mi ssimer; 2. Charle. Ma nin; 3. M ike Reyno ldo. A S/ SR: 1. J immy Lynch; 2. Larry Baxley; 3. Frank Amos. B 125: 1. Andy Smit h; 2. Johnny Thomas; 3. Andy Spence r. B 200: , . M8ttin Pruett; 2. Man. Logan; 3. M arty Sta rnes; 4 . Shane Henry; 4 . Eddie Graybea l. B 250: , . MIke M art in; 2 . Bobby Moye; 3 . Johnny Nun; 4 . Ashley Brewer. i S OPEN: 1. Glenn M an in; 2. Eddie Royals; 3 . Brett BUt1ttt; 4. RICkChwe; 5 . Terry McKee . • B SR: 1. Ron Hale; 2. James Everhart; 3 . Joe Cuni. S S/ SR: 1. Tom Vanderpleats; 2. Jadl; Terrell; 3. Fred Hammond. B WMN: 1. Ange Hunter; 2. Oar" 08 KreU; 3. Ma rsha Tumbl in . C 125 : 1. Roy Baker; 2. Gene Taylor . C 200: 1. M ike Waters; 2. Larry Amend; 3.Travis Nichol s; 4. Ji m Elmore; 5 . Matthew Pontzer. C 250: 1. Sruce Denton; 2. Jerry Hanman; 3. Joe Royal; 4. Greg Mau; 5 . Larry Srown. • COPEN: 1. Sl acy Youngblood; 2. David Cripe; 3. Richard Giuffreda; 4. Roben Akou ry: 5. Oaryt M cDona ld. C SR: 1. Roben M ock. Jr.; 2. J ohn Kre ll; 3. Larry Fuller. BEG 0-200: 1. Brian Poggie; 2. Matt Zuh n; 3. Ben Cro'chick.. BEG 20 1-0PEN: 1. Tim Scott . 4 -STRK: 1. Geoffr ey T. Poole; 2. Sammy Pau lk; 3 . Cun is Poole. MST R: 1. Kenny Keylo n. Sr.; 2. Joe Haley; 3 . J im Crowder. ,. 250 OPEN: 1. Charli e Gilmore (Hon); 2. J i m AlelUlnd,r (~~ INT: 1. Chuck Keylon wins Capital City Enduro Kin ne (Kaw ); 2. Buddy Morgan (Hon ); 3 . Randy Dany lo (!Caw). 250 INT: 1. Cli" Walls (Hon); 2. Jeff Kapl an (Hon); 3. Jeff Del V ill ,r. ~ OPEN IN 1. lIIrry Nannengll C T: Hon). . 125 PRO: 1. M ich.el Ray Craig (Yam ); 2. Jeff MatialeYich (Kaw); 3. Craig Canoy lSU%). 250 PRO: 1. M icky Dymond (Yam ); 2. J eremV M cGrath (Hon ); 3. Craig Oavi. (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Zinerkopk IATK ); 2. Ed Ar net (Hon ); 3 . Paul Kruse (Kaw l. VET NOV: 1. J im Speight (!Caw ); 2. Ji m Stenu (Yam); 3. Kell y Gray (Ya m ~ VET tNT: 1. Paul Tomori e (Hon); 2. Richard Dick (ICaw); 3. Ken Franci s (Yam). Damron dominates Baylands ST By Mike Va ncil FR EMONT, CA , ocr. 7 When Ihe speed way bike seaso n ended , the fla t trackers tried their hand at th e di mi nutive Il7lh ·m ile o \'a l al Baylands and o n Frida y night Rob Damron sho wed his rear fender '0 'he o lhe r professiona ls in Ihe 500ec final. For Damron and hi s Daman Con struct ion l H og Wa sh Lub r ican 15/ Shoei H el em les/ . Puccio \Velding-spo nsor ecl Ro ta x, it was a piece of cake. Damro n won hi s heat a nd selected a tig h t in side pol e pos ition start for th e final. Gi vin g h im the biggest tussle in the final was Andy Tresser, a professio nall y ra nked Junior o n the ci rcu it. Lap after la p the pair th rew th eir R OlaX mou nt s into th e banked 'corn ers, picked u p their steel shoes and slammed open ' he rhrorr les befo re reachi ng the apex of the cu rve. The cha llenge to Damron in the heat race was Ro tax o wne r/ rider Jimmy H igu era , bUI in the final H iguera had to sett le for th ird. Fin ish in g in the runnerup position to Da mron was Tresser an d his Ro ta x. Amateur action was pro vided by G reg Sow le in the 500cc Ju nior fin al which he won over a field of six riders. Hi s team mat e Alloy n McBee chased him every in ch of the way bu t co u ld not find an openi ng and ha d 10 set tle for second. After the checkers So wle stood o n th e pegs and th rew his fist in u? t!te ai r w,ith such exh ubera nce that the twrstrng mouon in th e celebra tio n action wrenched his knee ou t of th e socket and he was a non -participant in the Veteran cla ss fina l that followed the 500cc Junior cla ss. Re sults P/W; 1. Jesse Dawson ('tam); 2. Micha el Pan erson (Ya m~ 3. Chr istoptMtr Canepa (va m); 4. Scon Ar nold (Kaw) ; 5. Sheena PattMson (Yam). 60 NOV: 1. Shaun Russell lKaw ); 2. Joh n Dawso n (Kaw); 3 . Lance Ar nold fKa w l. • 60 JR: 1. Jeff Gabhan {Kaw) ; 2. Robe" Stevenson (Yam). 80 NOV: r. Tim Al vern az (Yam). 250 NOV' 1. Bil ly Luk er (Hon); 2. Dave Ac osl a (Hon); 3. Robert Stevenson (Yam). 250 JA: 1. A1loyn M cBee (Yam); 2. louis Canepa (Kaw); 3. Tracv Dawso n (Yaml . 500 NOV: 1. Dave Ac osta (Hon ); 2. David Cla rk (Yam); 3 . Ed Neubauer (Hus). 500 J R: 1. Gr eg Sowl e (Honl; 2. Alloyn McBee (Yam); 3. Bobby Ing le (ya m); 4 . J oh n Dawson (Yam); 5. Jeff Eklund (Yeml. 500 PRO: 1. Roben Dam ron (Rtx); 2. Andy Tre sser (Rtx); 3. J immy Higuera (Rtx.) 4 . Bob Cunnington ('yam). ; 2 50 VET: 1. Gar v Milewski (Bul). 500 VET: 1. Bobb y In gle (Yam) ; 2. John Daw so n (Yaml . BIG GUYS/ Lm LE BIKES: 1. Tracv Dawso n (Yam); 2. Jody Pan er son (Yaml; 3 . Tom Gin ley (Yam ); 4 . Chri s wcrtmerr (Kaw) . Malone moves at Firebird Drags By Michael Ross CHAN DLER. AZ. ocr. 8·9 Accutronix and Copper G aske ts -sponso red Mike Malone ro lled his T o p Fu el Kawasa ki past a pac ked field o n Sunday a fternoon and len glhen ed hi.. poin.. lead in that cla.. with a clo~ win over Ha rry Gunusen in th e fin al ro und a t Fireb ird Raceway. Malo ne was th e number o ne qualif ier o n Sa turday . n igh t with a 7.52 run wilh Ca rl Sa rgis a nd -T o m my Bohon lurnin g 7.65 a nd 7.78, respec livel y. On Sunday it was Mal on e beating No rris Bru ce in fint round el im inalio ns. Bruce, who qual ifi ed fo u n h, had lroub le ma ki ng his bi ke run straighl all weeken d. H e gol in to th e marbles a l th e edge of ' he righl lane and had '0 bac k off th e th ro ul e. Round two saw Harry Gunusen adva nce over Clark Sargis with a 7.64 to Sa rgis' 7.67 Gunusen also had trouble with Ihe righl lane wh en he dr ifted very close ' to th e ~ ta in i ng wall a t 184.83 m ph. • G u n uscn sta ged nex t to Mal one fo r the finals fo r wh at wo uld be Ihe close51 race of th e da y. G unusen 's 1988 1394cc Ninja left a tenth of a seco nd lal er than Ma lone w uh both riders turn in g ide n tica l 7.45s. Ma lo ne crossed th e finish li ne inch es ahead of Gu nusen 10 score the win . Ro n Frin ger lOPped Vin ce T esta wil h his 92" Har ley-Davidso n in a popular Overhead Cam Fu n n y Bik e vs. Superfuel P ush ro d Su pe rfina l class with a n 8.07, 163 mph pa " to T esta 's losin g 8.09; 167.91 mph ru n. Harley fans were al so treated to twO National records sel Sunday by Clar ence Thomas Co le in KI SS a nd Bo b Gagnon in XUFB, wh o tripped Ihe lig h.. al 10.46 a l 130.43 mph. Keilh H yde took th e win in the Pro Stock cla ss over Nigel Patrick wit h a 8.43, 154.63 run. Pa trick br ok e a t th e li ne when his transmission refused to shih OU t of thi rd gear•. The P ro Gas class brought the largest nu m ber of competitors 10 Firebird with An Engstrom turning a 9.20 1 on a 9:20 index during Sa turday nig ht q ualifyin g. En gstrom advanced 10 the semi -fina ls wit h a solo pa ss a t 9:31 while Kenny Sh urtz pUI Dwayne West o n th e tra iler with a 9.34. Dave She ll survived ro u nd th ree with a slow pass when SIeve J ohnson broke out with a 9.13 and T .]. j ackson top ped Steve J ohnson to adva nce into quart er-fin al co mpe tition, Shurtz 105110 Engstrom in th e quarter-finals with a red lig ht and Dave Shell p u t Engstrom away with a perfect 9:20 in th e semi -fina ls. Ed Ersk in e topped Jackso n in round two of th e semi-fi nals but [OSl to She ll in th e finals when he broke a chain. Results T/F: 1. M ike Makme(Kewt 2. Harry Gun usen (!(aw}. OHCIF8: 1. Vince Test (Kawt 2. Gari Str oughen (Hon J,. SF/ Pshrd: 1. Ron Fringer (HOl; 2. Ed Sproull (HO). PRO/SR: 1. M ille M clntyTe (Yamt 2. John Morgan (S ud. PRO/DRAG: t . Doug V.ncil (HOl; 2. Bob Griffith (HO}. S / GAS : 1. Sen ji Gibson (!Caw); 2 . Ron Buzbee (Kaw). COMP/EUM: 1. Ron &ymo, (HOt 2. Scott M..,... ( HO~ PROO/ EU M : 1. Bob Warren (HD); 2. Tom Cole (HO}. PRO/ET: 1. Ru.....1 Thoma. (HO); 2 . Sonn y Freeman (1Caw). • SPTM N ET 1. Levi Epcar (Kaw t 2. Roger Wellman (K.w). : SKlSHKHO: 1. Bill Carlson (HO). SKiEVOL: 1. Ron Brym er (HOI. SK/OOHC (2VPC ): t . Russell Caster(Suz). SK/TURBO NIT: 1. Joh n Morgan (S uz~ Jackson tops Idaho State MX opener By Mike Thuleen BU RL EY, !D, SEPT. 24 Ka l -G ard / Sm it b Sport Opl ics/O 'Neall Sudco/Mai er-backed Larry "Ac tio n" Jackson demo lished 'he 250cc Expert co mpeti tio n in ro und o ne o f the EIMA/ O MC 1988 Ida ho Stale MX Series as Hi -Po in t/Sm ith-supported Bob Krah Smas hed th e Vet Expert class. H onda -p ilot Mark H all hol esh ot with Smi th/Boise Ho nda 's Corey Bar to n , Jackson and T rav is Metz up top, Ha ll, Bart on, and J ackson q uickly pulled away from the rest un til th e second lap wh en Bart on crashed horrendously on a gian t jump and dropped o ut . Boise Honda 's H all go t sloppy on the fourth lap a nd J ackwn quickl y dove by on the inside. Despi te havin g th e flu , Jacbon esta blis hed a 20 second lead o ver Hall by the checkers, with Suzuki-pilot Metr , Vernon Li ndskog and Rick H olmes windi ng up the top five. H all n ashed in to the lead of th e second malO, with Jackson, Meu and Barton railing in beh ind. Jackson aggressively bla5led by Hall in th e seco nd lurn en ro ut e to another im pressive victory. Barton sla mmed by Meu and Hall o n ly lofall a nd gel repassed by both riders and fin ish fou rth behind Meu. Winning by abo u' a ha lf a lap, Jackson rema rked, " !t's a n aweso me track . rea lly technical and demandin g." "The finl mot o was a drag-out fightl " rela ted Vet Ex pe rt winner Kra h. " Ma r k Frankl in and I passed each o ther eighl or nine tim es and Kevin Merrill was o ul in front o nce. also. " Krah stonned to the second mota win just scam yards ahead of Merill and Yamaha· mounted Ra nd y Van Dyke, as Don T oussaim survived clas hes wit h Larry Welker and Joe Prall to co llecl bot h Vet In lerm edial e mot o win s. Wh ile Jamie S'ccls mit h pulled bOlh 125cc Expert mot a hol esho ts, it was Kenneth Oliver gOing 1·1 for th e wi n over bro th er Michael''; 2-2. John Newh ouse blazed '0 bOlh 125cc Intermediate moto victories over Paul Fa rbord and Rich ie Reynol ds. Results VET EX: 1. Bob Krah (Yam); 2.' Kevin Merrill (Hon); 3 . Randy Van Dyke (Yam). vet INT: , . Oon TousuinllHon); 2. Larry Welker tHon).: • 3 . Joe Pritt (Hon). OPEN EX: , . Joel HUIby (Hant 2. Rid< 80_ (ICawt 3 . MlItt S pe nce< tKaw) .

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