Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Winner Ricky Lutz leads David Bagwell (26) in the 500cc Intermediate class. Lutz went 1-1, while Bagwell collected a 2-2. low ed close ly by Sean Conley, Greg Ziuerk opf a nd Turner. Before th e completi on of th e first lap Zitterk opf had tak en control of the lead with Myth en dropping to th ird. Wh it e held th e runner-u p spot. Ziuerkopf immedi ately started to pull away as Jon Nelson and Craig Davi s pushed thei r way th ro ugh th e pack. Both riders suffered fro m poor starts and had worked their way into second and third near the halfway mark. Willy Musgrave took over fourth after Whi te fell ' down in a tum. Mythe n was fifth . AJ; Zitterk opf stretched out h is lead to seven seconds, Turner pressured Myth en for fifth . The two H onda riders battled for th e last three laps with Turner managing to steal away the position. Wh ile Zitterkopf took the win , Da vi s sn uck aro u n d Nelson for second. Musgrave held onto fo urt h with Turner tak ing a well- earned fifth. Davi s vcarn e back in the second moto to h olesh ot T urne r. Zi tterk op l, White and Myth en . Davis' lead was short-lived as Ziuerkopf, aboard his four-stroke ATK with an electric star t, stole the point positio n. Davis soon los t one more position when Nelson dr ove right o n by. Nelson's adva ncement crea ted one of the best two-man battles of th e da y. The two rid ers banged bars several times before tangling in a turn on lap six. Nelson was the first to get up and neither rider lost a position. On lap eigh t the battle ended when Davi s pulled to th e side of the tra ck with mech ani cal problems . Ziuerkopf went o n to take the victory ahead of Nelson, Turner , Pet e Murray a nd White. . Zitterkopf's perfect I-I scored him . the overall. Nelson was second with 3-2, while Turner's 5-3 gave ' him third. Murray took fourth with 7-4 and Mu sgrave cla imed fifth with 4- 8. Tommy Clowers captured the gold in the 80cc Expert class . In the first moto Buddy Antunez gated perfectly to lead Joel Albrecht, Spud Walters, Clowers and Derek Natvig. Albrecht managed to hang with Antunez for two laps before the Suzuki rider pulled away. . On the second lap Clowers shot around Walters and focused his attention on catching the fleeing Albrecht. Halfway through the moto Jeff Grafton made an appearance in the top five as the Suzuki rider passed Walters and began catching Natvig. With less than a lap remaining .Antunez p ulled to th e side of th e track with mech anical problem s. " T he carburetor fell off," sai d Ant u nez in disgu ist. " I wasn' t sure what wa s ha ppen ing." Antu nez's troubl es h a nded Albrech t the win o ver Cl owers, Natvig, Grafton and Walters. Second m oto action saw Na tvig pu ll th e hol esh ot with Cl o wers, Antunez, Grafton a nd Ra y Hen sley close be hind. Clowers and Antunez motored in to the first two spots as Natvig fell bac k to fifth. Grafto n a lso ran into so me d ifficul ties as the Suzu ki pi lot cras hed to seventh. Grafton instan tly got up and again tried to work his way' toward th e fro nt of th e pack. Time'soo n ra n out for Grafton as Ant unez claimed the wi n a head of Cl o wers, Albrecht, Walters and Na tvig, Clowers co nsista n t 2-2 earned him th e overall. Albrech t's 1-3 gave him second 'over Walters' 5-4. Gra fton's 4-5 topped Antunez's 9-1 for fourth. Bill y Felts do m inated the In terrne- . diate portion of th e 80cc cla ss. Felts ca me from 14th pl ace in th e fir st mo to to claim th e win ahead of Steve Andrich, J esse James, Danny Nelson an d Sea n Pagel. . In th e second moto 'F elts ga ted fourth a nd qu ickl y stu ffed hi s way to th ird. Sh ortly after moving .into th e fin al top three position, the Kaw asaki ri der crashed bu t quickl y go t up without losing a spot. Felts aga in pounded his ' way toward th e front to claim the victory ahead of Nelson, Mich ael Stanton, James and Anthony Amaradio. . Felts wraped up th e win with a pe rfect low score. Nelson took home second with 4-2 over James' 3-4. Pagel managed fourth' with 5-7 a nd Stanton rounded out th e top five with 10-3. . In th e 500cc Intermediate class R ick y Lutz and Da vid Bagwell , battled throughout most of th e fir st mot o while B.]. Millspaugh, Tim Nash and David Rosen rounded o u t th e top five. Second moto action saw Lutz come back to take th e holeshot, followed by Bagwell, Nash, Bob Nunez a nd Millspaugh. Lutz immediately started to open up a comfortable lead as Millspaugh moved into third. Millspaugh was riding smooth and soo n challenged Bagwell for second. The last two laps saw Millspaugh push Bagwell in hopes of a mistake. H owever, a mi stake never. material ized and Lutz picked up the win and the overall ahead of Bagwell, Mills. paugh and Rosen. • Frank Lowers went 1-2 to claim the overall win in the 500cc ·J r. class. Chuck Bagwell (behind Lowers) took second with a 3 -1. ---... Damon Bradshaw (45) won the 125cc Pro class via a 3-1 tally, while Mike laRocco (behind Bradshaw) finished third. Results BO BEG 12·16: 1. Josh Boyken (Han); 2. Casey Hinkey (Kaw t 3. Mariano Whitlock (Kaw ); 4. Scott Johnson (Kaw ); 5. Brad Schultz (Kaw ). BO JR 12-16 ; 1. Greg Schnell (Kaw t 2. Ryan Doty (Kaw); 3. Shane Scarp iello (Suzt 4. RUSly Holland (Suz); 5. Travis Fleming (Hon~ BO INT 12-16 ; 1. Billy Felts (Kaw); 2. Danny Nelson (Kawl; 3. Jessa James (Suz); 4 . Sean Pagel (Suz); 5. Michael Stanton (Han). . . BG WH L: 1. Alex McElyea (Kaw ); 2. Brian Strester (Kaw) . BO EXP 12·16: 1. Tommy Clowers (Kaw); 2. Joel Albrecht (Kaw ); 3. Spud Wa~ers (Hon~ 4 . Jeffrey Grahon (Suz); 5. Buddy Antunez (Suz). 125 BEG 0 -1; 1. Eddie Patterson (Ya m~ 2. Sean Wedgewood(Hon); 3. Danny Banford (Han); 4. John Thornson (Han); 5. Andrew VanRooy (Han). 125 BEG 0-2: 1. Donald Upton (Han); 2. Ma rc Bunch (Yam); 3. Dave Kopels(Hon); 4. Danny Seyler (Yamt 5. Peter Gunter (Yam). . . 125 JR 0 -1: 1. Mike Finch (Han); 2. ' Kevin Hanrahan (Hon~ 3. Keith Steinmetz (Han); 4. Jeff Griffin (Han); 5. Rusty Somers (Kaw). 125 JR 0 -2; 1. Joshua Dunn (Yam); 2. Roger Saenz (Yam); 3. Tony Sulek (Kaw); 4. Mike Bulley (Yam); 5. Travis Corey (Han). 125 INT 0 -1: 1. Richard Saxton (Yam); 2. Dana Wiggins (Han); 3. Luke Arcidiacono (Hon~ 4 . Terry Swanson (Vam); 5. Justin Souza (Vam). 125 INT 0 -2: 1. J immy Button (Han); 2. Mark Easley (Vam); 3. Trevor Meagher (Vam~ 4. Spencer Sharp (Kaw); 5. Robert Shipman (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Damon Bradshaw (Vam); 2. Ty Davis (Suz~ 3. Mike laRocco (yam); 4. Kyle Lewis (Han); 5. Steve Lamson (Yam). 250 BEG 0-1 ; 1. Richie Sherman (Han); 2. Kevin Belcher (Yam); 3. Bobby Bien ia (Han); 4 . Luis Asher (Suz); 5. Danny Rudd (Vam). 250 BEG 0-2; 1. Danny Laumbach (Han); 2. Ron Wedgewood (Kaw~ 3. Bob Humphis (KTM); 4 . M ike Glen ( H on ~ 5. John Reynolds (Han). 250 JR 0 -1: 1. ChuCk Bagwell (Han); 2. Robert Dr ew (Yam); 3 . Jason McCormick (Yam) ; 4 . John cameron (Kaw); 5. Chris Murphy (Han). 250 JR 0-2; 1. Scott Hoffman (Han); 2. Bill Sauro (Han); 3. Mi ke Litlle (Han); 4 . Bill Fay (Hon); 5. Bill Scott (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. Tracy Monterone (Vam); 2. Ryan carl isle (Kaw ~ 3. Billy Woods (Kaw); 4 . Duane Benner (Yam); 5. Eddie Reed (Kaw ). 250 PRO: 1. Ty Davis (Suz); 2. M icky Dymond (Yam); 3. M ike Voung ( ca g~ 4 . Steve Lamson (Yam); 5. Craig Davis (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Bill Gilbert (DNK); 2. Rob Edwards (Han); 3. Dan Townsend(Honl; 4 . Manuel Delcanpo (Hont 5. Rich Hansen (RTX). . . 500 JR: 1. Frank Lowers (Han); 2. Chuck Bagwell (Han); 3. Ron Gilbe" (Han); 4. David Thayer (Hont 5. Danny Jones (Kaw). . . 500 INT: 1. Ricky Lutz (Kaw ~ 2. David Bagwell (Hont 3. B.J. Millspaugh (Kaw~ 4. David Rosen (Hon~ 5. Louis Peick (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Greg Zitterkopf (ATK); 2. Jon Nelson (Han); 3. Ron Turner (Han); 4. Pete Murray (eag); 5. W illy Musgrave (ATK). VET JR: 1. Mark Stroup (Han); 2. John Mazor (Yam~ 3. M ike Rank (Han); 4 . Kent Raed (ZTR) 5. ; Mike Nowicki (Han). VET INT: 1. Kenny Millsaps (Han); 2. ·J ohn Slingerland (Han); 3. Richard Dick (Kaw); 4. Ken Dickson (Zun); 5. Walt Olson (Han). . VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Han); 2. Robert Casper (Han); 3. John Adams (Han). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Hont 2. Rex Staten (Vam); 3. Kenny Zohrt (Han); 4 . Mark Wh ite (Vam); 5. Alan Olson (Han). OT JR: 1. Steve Dunlap (Han); 2. Jay Biery (Yam); 3. Carl Ellert (Kaw); 4. Fred Germain (KTM). OT INT: 1. Gary Doggett (Kaw) . VET MSTR: 1. Buster Lawrence (Vam). WMN : 1. Gale Wabb (Han); 2. Kimb erlY Morgan (Han ); 3 . M ar ia Go nza l ez (Kaw ); 4 . Andrea Chamberlain (Kaw) . 21

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