Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ c-r -~ ..0 8 V ;> o Z Suzuki's Johnny O'Mara, rid ing as a privateer, passed Jeff Matiasevich late in the final 125cc Expert class moto to take the overall victory. wanted Kessler, and a nother battle came alive, 'as Keller chased Kessler 'until he wedged hi s wa y by on lap eigh t. Lechi en was lo ng gone by this tim e a nd cruised in for th e win follow ed by Keller, Kessler , J ohnson and McMillen . In th e 60cc (10- 11) cl as s, th e Ka wasa ki KX60s ca me buzzing ou t of the ga te for the firs t mota with Rya n Kai ch en taking the holeshot and never looking back. He was fo llowed by Viv Guisti, Will Snook and Eri n Rand. By the second go around, Snook sn uc k by Guisti and set hi s sig h ts o n Kaich en , but it was to no avai l. O n the th ird lap Zegin Bragun began making a charge to th e front of th e pac k, getti ng by Rand a nd the n dis p laci ng Gu isti for th e third spot. At th e fini sh it was Kaich en with th e win followed by Snook, Bragun a nd Guisti. The fin al moto was pretty much th e same as Kai ch en , once again, powered hi s littl e 60 to th e front foll owed by Snoo k, Gui sti a n d Bragun. At th e end of three laps th e order was sa me, a nd Kai ch en took th e overall victory foll o wed by Snook and Guisti. David Vezek took hi s Ka wasak i to the fro nt of the pack in the first 80cc (12- 13) mo ta with Wa yn e ' Scott, Keith Troccoli a nd T y Braun on his tai l. Braun q ui ckl y passed Troccoli and set his sights o n Scott, but time . ra n out before he cou ld get by. At the end of th e four- lap race it was Vezek followed by Scott Braun and T roccoli. Wh en th e gat e dropped for the fin al moto, Vezek go t a good jump o n the pa ck o nce agai n, but this tim e it wasn 't so easy. Vezek and Yamaha rid er Damien Pl otts swa p ped ' th e lead throughout th e ra ce wi th Vezek on tap. Scott kept th e battle in sight but co u ld n' t challe nge a nd eventually lost third to Braun at the end. .Jun ior Nadeau parted a sea of green o n his Honda to lead th e 125cc Amateur Division B class int o th e first turn in mota o ne. Doug Iddings was on hi s ta il wai ting for a mistake, and th e pair was foll owed by Dan Mill er and Ken Sheerer. Sh eerer found a way past Miller on th e seco nd lap, and as th e first two put som e distance on the pa ck, Vezek worked his way up from a seventhplace start. On th e sixth of seven laps Idd in g mad e his move to the fro nt a nd held it to the flag . Nadeau was second follwed by Sheerer and J ay Lync h. . Wh en th e gate dropped for the fin al mota it wa s Steve Gibony gelling the j u m p followed by Idd in gs, Sheerer and Mill er. After pl aying second fiddle for most of the first race, Iddings quickly pulled ahead of Giboney a nd ' th e two held th e ta p spo ts to th e end. Nadeau worked h is way up from a fifth -p lace start and began his march up th e ladder by displaci ng Mill er and th en Sheerer on two consecuti ve laps. H e th en set his sig hts on th e leaders but couldn' t break inta th e ta p two. . After falling to th e back of the pack off th e start, Hank Moree mad e the best charge of the race. By th e second lap he had passed eight rid ers; on la p three he passed four more, th en he settled into sixth o n th e white flag lap a nd made it up one more notch a t the chec kers. The fin al order was Iddin g s, G ib o n ey, N ad eau a n d Moree. In th e first 250cc' Novice Division A mo ta , Brian Behrman sho t hi s H onda out into th e lead a nd was never headed thro ughout the six -lap race . Rich Rogers placed hi s Suzuki behi nd Beh rm an follow ed by Ed Grimm, Ron Lehkan a nd Pete Nicolosi. Lehkam bobbled, leuing N icolosi and J eff Prich ard by, and Nico,Iosi advanced a no ther position 0ll the third la p and moved into second by the end of th e race. T om Do wd got hi s Suzuki up from a 13th-pl ace start to eig h th by th e third go-around and fifth by th e end' of the mota. Wh en th e flag fell it was Behrman a hea d of N icol o si , Grimm a n d P richard. In moto two Behrman clicked off a nothe r pot ent start, leading th e pack thro ugh the firs t tu rn and fo r the rest of the race. N icol osi held down second until he cra shed o ut o n th e last lap. H e was replaced by Prich ard , who was foll owed by Grimm and Rogers. Behrman 's hat tri ck gave him th e overall victory ahea d of Prich ard, Grimm, Rogers a nd Dowd. Vic Reval flew his big-bore Kawasaki into th e lead in the first O pen Amateur cla ss moto a nd was fol lowed by St eve Bissenger , Kirk Rogers a nd Derron Reich ard. Rogers Mike Pascarella (62) chases Jeff Ward in a 250cc Expert class moto. Pascarella was the overall winner and Ward ended up third overall. made his way past both Reval a nd Bissin ger to tak e th e lead on the th ird la p before he di sappeared from th e fray. Bissinger took over in first, but on ly for one lap as he fell back down to third by th e end of th e ra ce due to th e effo rt s of J am es Cusson. Cus son bad moved up from a seventh place start to third o n th e fifth lap, adv anced to second o n the white flag lap and took th e lead before th e checkered flag fell. H e wa s followed home by Reval , Bissinger a nd Mike Wass, who had worked hi s way through th e pack after a dism al start. Cusson ca me back a nd grabbed th e holeshot a t th e start of mo to two followed by J ohn Bach or, Reval an d Wass. Wh il e Cusson led ev ery moment of th e race, Bach or started making his move down the rost er and finis hed up in fou rt h . After first being passed by Reval , Bissinger recovered fro m a fifth -place start and climbed to th ird by the whi te flag and held on to th e position beh ind Rivas a t th e finish. There wa s a speci al team race during intermission which paired a mini class rider with a pro ri der . The race feat ured a two -lap, two- mo ta format and the winni ng duo would wa lk a way. wi th a pair of n ew Kaw asa ki KX60s dona ted by a local dealer. T he big battle was between J ohn Kitsch , who was teamed up with J ason Fowler, and Eddie Warren , who .had 80cc (14-15) class winner Sco tt Sheak as a teammate. Kitsch and Warren went at it in a close battle, with Kitsch holding Warren off for the win. The " real" mini racers would be th e deciding facto r," a nd Sh eak went o u t and rode a safe race for third to take the team overall victory a nd the new mi ni. - Results 60 (10 -11): 1. Ryan Kaichen (Kaw); 2. Will Snook (Kaw); 3. Viv Giusti IKaw); 4. Zegin Bragun (Kaw); 5 . Kar l Scon (Kaw). 80 (10-11): 1. Joshua Sweat (Kaw) ; 2. T. Ryan Kaichen (Yam); 3. Darrin O'Bri en (Kaw); 4. Jim Hayre (Kaw); 5 . Pat Outericky (Kaw) . 80 (12 -13): 1. David Velek (Kaw); 2. Wayne Scon (Hon); 3. Ty Braun (Kaw) ; 4. Dam ien Pions (Yam); 5 . Lee Rost ien (Yam). 80 (14-15): 1. Scon Sheak (Kaw); 2. Billy Schlag (Kaw) ; 3. Don Schmidt (Kaw); 4. Shane Lawson (Hon); 5. Jason Fowler (Kaw). 125 NOV A : 1. Dami en Pion s (Hon); 2, Brad Ghidiu (Kaw~ 3. Matt Ramer (Kaw); 4. Jason Prokopcha k (Honl ; 5. W illiam Howard (Hon). 125 NOV B: 1. Mike Long (Hon); 2. Don DiCilio (Kaw); 3 . Brian Behrman (Hon); 4 . Gary Banholomew (Hon); 5. J ay Irwin (Kaw) . 125 NOV C: 1. Rich Zupko (Kaw ); 2. Tom Decker (Kaw ); 3 . Eric Good (Yam ); 4 . Pet er Nicolo si (Kaw) ; 5 . M ike Downey (Suz). 125 AM A : 1. Bill Silva rol e (Kaw ); 2. Roger Molmer (Kaw); 3. Rich Str ia (Kaw ); 4. Scon Shea k (Kaw); 5. Paul Hilar io (Kaw) . 12 5 AM B: 1. Dou g Idding s (Hon); 2. J uni or Nadeau (Kaw); 3 . Ken Sheerer (Kaw); 4 . David Vezek (Kaw) ; 5. St eve Gibon ey (Han). 12 5 EX: 1. J ohnny O 'M ar a (Suz); 2. Je ff M ati asev ich (Kaw); 3. Mike Pascarella (Suz); 4 . Car lo Coen (Suz); 5. Bar ry Carsten (Yam). 250 NOV A : 1. Br ian Behrm an (Hon); 2. J eff Pritc hard (Kaw); 3 . Ed Grimm (Hon); 4 . Rich Rogers (Suz); 5 . Tom Dowd (Suz). 250 NOV B: 1. Rich Zupko (Kaw); 2. James Trefz (Suz); 3 . James Chludziaski (Yaml ; 4. Rich Boepple (Kaw); 5. A lexander Lopez (Suz l. 250 AM A : 1. Bill Sil varole IKaw ); 2. Chris Lykens (Hon); 3 . M an Chapa (Kaw ); 4. Tim Jones (Hon); 5. Jalil Lynch (Hon). 250 A M B: 1. Paul Hilar io (Kaw ); 2. Roger Molnar (Kaw); 3 . Ja son Riva s (Kaw); 4 . Rich Stria (Kaw ); 5. Scon Carpenter (Yam ). 250 EX: 1. Mike Pascar ella (Suz); 2. JoJo Kell er (Hon); 3. Jeff Ward (Kaw); 4 . Ku n McMillen (Hon); 5. Mickey Kessler (Kaw). OPEN AM : 1. James Cusson (Kaw) ; 2. Vic Rivas (Kawl; 3. St eve Bissinger (Kaw) ; 4. Charl es Collins (Hon); 5. John Bachor (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Ron Lechien (Kaw); 2. JoJo Keller (Hon); 3. Mickey Kessler (Kaw); 4 . Kurt McMillen (Hon); 5. Keith Johnson (Kaw) . • SR AM: 1. Wayne Rosman (Han); 2. Lee Rostien (Yam); 3. Any Swift (Kaw) ; 4. Frank Lett ier i (Suz); 5 . James Henshaw (Kaw). S/SR: 1. Erv Braun (Kawt; 2. Bruce Stranon (Yam); 3 . Jim Haddow (Hon ); 4 . Tom Gh idiu (Kaw); 5 . Ken Brewer (Han ). SR EX: 1: Bob Sorenson (KTM); 2. Roben Neely (Kaw) ; 3 . Jay Irwin (Kaw); 4. Ronald Downen (Kaw); 5. Jarren Newby (Kaw) . 19 .

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