Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

II: ~ ~ Vl C ...J w w > <: > > II: Z <: Z a: u III e ...., w > III > 0 III 0- 0 0 0J: 0 0.. J: 0.. 00 00 0') ....... ~ 0 eo .... (1) ..0 S (1) ;:> 0 Z Denny Stephenson aced both 250cc Expert class motos, then combined a 3-1 score for the overall 125cc Expert win at Ponca City. Runner-up Ken Kowalczyk (45) battles for first with overall winner Lance Brannon (451) in the second 250cc C moto at Echeconnee MX. zip ped thr o ugh the obstacles with ease a nd was in the lead ea rh time be forethe first la p was O\TT . Gaining: second overal l was Greg Norman. who earned that spot with a 2-4 performance. J('££n'Y Molina took a second in the seoond mor o bu. had a Iowlv seventh firM mOln fini\h Ihal earned him f( ')Urth overal l. MilCh Cook turned in a 4·3 eveni ng alter fad in g in 1I1\' seco nd mow, which cnst him M't oud overu II. Results MINI80BEG : 1. Paul Epley iKaw); 2.JaredSpencerIHonl; 3 Casey Shan (yam); 4 . Gil Gerk (ya m l: S. Br ian Alves (Ya m ) MINI 80 J R:: 1. Aaron Can trelle (Kaw ); 2. Val Schweizer (Hon ) MINIBIG WHl : 1. Chad Green (Ka w l; 2 . Brian Barrington (Ka w l: 3 . Chns Dickson (Kaw) 125 BEG: 1. Jam ie Haskin s (Ha n); 2. Greg Norman (Han I; 3 Milch Cook (Yam); 4 . J effrey M olina (Han); 5. John Romanoff IHo n) 125 JR : 1. Dave Kopel s (Han); 2. Jeff Ingr am (Han); 3 Chrts Sect n en c (Honl et 250 BEG: 1 . Joe W agn er (Vam ); 2. Keith Antes (Han ); 3. Al ex W il son l Kaw); 4 . Scott Hurd (Han); 5 Lance Rhinehart (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Lanc e Lucero (Yam) ;' 2. Gr eg Bunl lng (Yam ); 3 Mike H~e s (Hon l; 4 Dav e Kope ls(Kawl. OPEN BEG : 1. Rob Reed (Han); 2. Troy Dulleck (Han ); 3. Tim Sarg in son (Hon) ; 4 . Jeff King (Han); 5. Chr is John!On (Han) OPEN JR: 1. Gary Jaetine (Ho n); 2. Greg Bunti ng (Yam ) VeT J R: 1. George Ga lling (Ha n); 2. Scott Wright (Yam); 3 . Sha ne Wrighl (Han) VET INT: 1 . Ertk Sha ffe r (Yam); 2. Gar y J aehn e (Hon ); 2. Jo hn Swan (Han). VET M STR: 1. Du an e Hu ghes (Ha n); 2. Larry Bake r (Han) OPEN PRO: 1. Jon Nicol au s (Kawl; 2. Steve law re nce (Han); 3 _Den nis Hann el (Han ); 4 . Tim Nob les (S uz); 5. Jerry Calon (Ha n). Lusk, Brannon top Echeconnee MX By Gary Crider ocr. MAC O N, GA, 23 Tea m G ree n'. Ezra Lu .k put 'together three mota wins to take to p hono rs in Senior Min i a nd Super Mini class action a t Echecon n~ MX. Freewheel in g H on da'. u n", Bran non a lso won th ree moto., ta king top go ld in the 250<:c C d ivi. ion a nd lilt h in I25cc C raci n~. Lusk domi na ted th e Senior Mini class WIth a pair of runawa y wi ns wh ile Dabney Bowen, j ohn ny Dean and Mau Sh ue had a fier", bau le for ru n ne r· up honors. Kawasak i/Yok oh amabacked Bowen .quea ked into th e . lot a. h i. 4-2 ta lly to p ped Dea n '. 3-3 in a tied score . Shue sufft"recl a spi ll in moto two and had . to set tle for a 2-6. fourth overall score.e Sh ue's luck was even worse in Super Min i class raci ng as he DNF th e second mota af ter a strong seco nd pl ace finish in th e first leg. Lu sk was held to a thi rd p Ia", Hni.h in mot o two but h i. 1-3 ta lly was still good lor to p go ld. Brian Ra ym ond'. pair 01 lounh p lace fin ish es ea rned th e second pl ace lfophy in a tied score o ver Bow en '. 3-5. Will McEntyre lini.hed seco nd in mo'o two but DNF th e fir st mota . Brannon pu.hed hi . Freew heeling Honda mach ine past Ro. well H on da '. Ken Kowalc zyk bo th times o u t to net a perfect sco re in 250cc C ac tio n. Kowa lczyk had .eule lor a pair o f secon d p lace fini sh es over Roswell H onda teammat e Pax ton O wens. Branno n ca me back to win the opening I 25cc C mor o but o n th e first Jap o f the second mot o overshot a bi g berm. Branno n was slo w to resta rt and finished seven th, neuing fifth o vera ll. Meanwh ile, Freewheeling H on da 's Brian SlDkes held o il cha lle nge. lrom Brandon Smi th to ta ke th e mOlo wi n. Sto kes' 4· 1 was good for top hon o rs in a tied score over Smith. '0 24 who ta llied 3-2. Chris Du n kin claimed th ird pi a", go ld o ver Brian Thoma s. One of the day's most exci ting moments ca me in the final 125cc B mo ta as Cha nce Matth ews and Pa ul Cline bauled lor th e lea d. -A. the checkered nag came out, Ma tth ews and Cli ne entered the fina l tu m aide-by -side and both riders went down. Ma tthew. quick ly remounted. ta king the win and seco nd overall via his 4~1 ta lly . Cli ne lost severa l positions before geuing back un derw ay and had to settle for seventh overall. B U I Dyer was the top scorer by a good margin, finishing 1-2. ATV Pro rider Do n n y Bank. was th e " Iro n Man " of the day as he rod e two mot orcy cle classes in addition to his A TV chores. Banks ear ned runner-up ho nors in Open BIC raci ng, finishi ng second beh ind wa llace Finch er 's XR H on da in bo th rno tos. Ban ks had to sett le ' for third overa l l in Senior class action as Yo ko ha ma/Tsu baki/ An swer /Smit h-ba cked Ro bb y Neel ey won both motos over Logan Atkins. Neel ey ret urn ed for a third overall sho wing in 250cc A racing. Results so M INI: 1. Ma son Williams (Yaml ; 2. J i mm y Reeve s. J r . (Yam); 3 . A aron lindsey (Vam); 4 . Hamp King IY am~ 5. Chad Albritton (Yam) . 65 MINI : 1. Shae Bentley tK 8 w ~ 2. Cor ey Crane IKa w ); 3 . Mall Boone (Ka w); 4 . Brandon Han (Kaw ); 5 . M ason W illiams IKa wl. JR MINI: 1. Jaso n Gr ier (So2); 2. Dan ny Hayn es ( Kaw~ 3. Patrick Hil el (Klw ); 4. J am es Gr ier (S Ul ); 5. Chris M cNeil (Kaw ). SR M INI: 1. Ezra Lusk IKaw ); 2. Dabney Bowen {Kaw l; 3. J Ohnny Dean (SUl); 4 . M att Sh ue (Kawl; 5. Ryan Reynolds (Hon). S/ M INI: 1. Ezra Lust (Kaw ); 2. Bria n Raym ond (SUl); 3. Dabn ey Bowen ( Kaw~ 4 . Johnny D• • n (SUl); 5. Ryan Reynolds (Hon) . 125 C: 1. Brian Stok es (Hon ); 2. Brando n Sm ith (Kawl; 3. Chris Du nki n (Yaml; 4. Br ia n Thomas (Kawl; 5 . Lance Branno n (Hon l. 250 C: 1. La nce Branno n (Hon); 2 . Ken Kow alczyk (Hon) ; 3. Paxton Owen s (Hon ); 4 . Ray Carr oU (Hon ); 5. Joey Roland (Hon). 12 5 B: 1. Bw Dyer (Hon); 2. Chance M an hews (So2); 3. JAso n Grogafl (Ho n); 4 . Brandon Bentley (Honl; 5. Dan Lipscoml> C Hon). 250 B: 1. Jonathon M cCle ll an (Yam); 2. John Triwel (Hon); 3. Robbi e Sm ith (Kaw): 4 . Jo hn M yers CHon); 5. Br ed Hayes (Han). OPEN BI C: 1. Wallace Fin che r (XRI; 2. Don ny Banks (Hon); 3. JeH Ball ard (Yam); 4 . Dan Lipscomb (Hon); 5. Paxton Owens (Ho nl . SR 30: 1. Robby Nee ley (Kaw); 2. Logan Aikin s (Kaw); 3. Donny Ban ks (Hon) 4 . Greg Quade r (Yam); 5. Ray Carr oll IHonI. SPR SA 40: 1. Charl ie Owens (Han ); 2. Bobby Bishop (!(aw); 3. Jim Pin son (KTM); 4 . Ado tf M oral (Ma il; 5 . George Bynl 'KTMI 125 A:. 1. Ashl ey Epps (Hon); 2, Rick Li ndell (Vam ); 3. J ason Col ema n (Hon); 4 . M ike Goolsby (Hon). 250 A:. 1. Ross John ston (Hon l; 2. M ike Goo Isb¥ (Hon); 3 . Robby Nee ley (Kawl; 4 . Rd; Lindetl(Vaml; 5 . Loga n Atkins (Kaw). Mohan 'mows 'em down at Midd'eford ST By Woody Miller ocr. MILFO RD , DE, 21 Even th ou gh coo l tem pe ra tures began to ro ll in , th e co mpe ti tio n a t th e Middldor d Shon T rdck soo n heated th in gs u p. Fi rst u p,_th e Win sen co us ins trad t-d wins in ,he 80cc A and 125cc A classes with Todd Wi nselt ta king the win in the 80cc cla ss and co usin R ick lUrn ing the tabl es in the l25cc feature. . Mik e Varne. thenrut his Penn Sta'e Cycles Yam aha in lront 0 the 250cc A class held and kept it th ere for th e wi n. Va rn es th en ca me back to banle Sco n Moh an in rhe O pen A feature. T he two were lit erall y tied toge ther and .tayed . ide by .ide for the first four laps, but wh en the chec kered n ag came out a t the end 01 the eigh th la p it was Moh an with the win aboard hi s Larr-y Moha n-tuned Yamaha . Varnes took seco nd in fron t o f Amat eur Nati on al Ch am p ion Georgie Pr ice. With $ 100 lD w in o n th e line in th e P roAm lea ture, th e riders let it all ha ng o ut . Mohan was Iirst orr th e line with AT Kmou nted Price. Ro ta x-rnourued Va rnes a nd track cha m p Roy Co llings o n th e ex-Ra ndy Texter .Harley in tow . Lap five saw Du ha ine, wh o was overco mi ng a bad start, move by Sieve Brown into fifth . A. th e race ra n down, Mohan p ulled about two bi ke len gths on Pr ice wh ile Varnes was be ing p ressu red by Collings . Pri ce closed o n Moh an bu t not enough to den y Mohan th e win a lter 15 lap. 01 very co mpetitive raci ng. Varnes held o lf Co lling. lor th ird. Results 80 A:. 1. Todd Winsett (Yam); 2. Rick W in sett (Yam). 125 A:. 1. Rick Winsett (Yam ); 2. Todd Winsett (Yaml . 200 A:. 1. M ike Var nes (Ya m); 2. Dave Du ha ine (Yam ). 500 B: 1. Ivan Carl (Yam),; 2. Keit h Foster (Honl. 500 A:. 1. Steve Br own C n). Ho OPEN A : 1. Scott M oha n (Yaml ; 2. M ike Varnes (Rtx); 3 _Georgie Price (ATK); 4 . Dave Duhaine (Rtx) . P-A : 1. Scali Mo ha n (yam); 2_ Georg ie Price (A rKl; 3 . Mi ke Var ne s (Rtxt; 4. Roy Collings (H· D); 5. Dave Duhaine IRtx). Stephenson steals wins at Ponca City MX By Jenny Bayles ocr. PO NCA CITY, OK, 30 O)() I temperatures d idn ' t chi ll Kawasaki '. Den n y Step hen so n as he took home the o veral l wins in th e 250 and 125cc: Ex pert classes a t the Arnbucs Mo tocr o ss track in Pon ca City . T he first rnoto o f the 250cc Expe rt class saw Step henson stea l the ho leshot fo llow ed by Ho nda ri ders Steve Bayles a nd La nce Noric k. T his mote was u ne ven tful as all rid ers were rons isu-m and ma inta ined th eir posi tio ns to the finis h. Step henson !;reeted the checkered nag wit h an ea. y mOlD W ill, loll o wed by Bayle. in second and No rick in th ird. T ht' second mo w s,,'1W ' Step he nso n once aga in ga in .h e ear ly lead , lo llo wed closely by Bay l~ and Kawasaki · mountt'd Jon Garne r. Whi le Stephenson stretched h i. lead , the baule was on for th ird as Norick Slaned p ressu ri ng Ga rnt'r. Garner bobbled over some whoops and Norick made h is mO\'e and slipped into Ihird. Sleh enson cruised to the molO win a nd overall victory wi th Bayles taking second and Norick finishing third. TIl e 125cc Expert class was by fa r th e- mo st ('xciling evem of Ihe day. T he hea ted raci ng act io n bega n when H on da ·m o u nt ed Brett Shuma tc found his slot in the hol esh o l with Yamaha 's \\'h ispe rin Smi th and Stephenwn o n his back wheel. Lap two sa w Stephenson move into the lead with Shumale, Smith a nd SULUki ', Clill Pa lmer el""" behind. The lou nh lap g,,: StephenM>n go dow n over so me doub les, a llowin~ Shumate to stea l the lead , lo llowed by Smu h a nd P" lmer. The lead posi tio n cha ng:ed o nce more as Smi th cha rged pas t Shumate and into firsc Palmer man agl-d 10 mOlor inlO second place as a determ ined Slephenson jammed fro m behind and inlo thi rd. Srnilh pulled a co mlo nab le lead and gree ted th e chec ke red !lag w ith Palmer fin ishing seco nd and Stt"phc nso n sen ling for th ird. T he Second molO saw Step henso n q uick ly 'ake ,h e lead positio n loll o wed by Smi,h and Sh u ma te. As Step ht'llso n stretched h is lead . Shum a te mowred illlo sl"co nd fo l1owed b y Sm it h. Su;,phe nso n too k th e win by a big ma rgi n. wilh Sh u ma le fin ish ing seco nd a nd Sm ith tak ing th ird . Results 125 EX: 1. Denn y S1ephen son (Kaw ); 2. Wh ispe n n Sm Ith (Yaml : 3 . Bret t Sh um al e I Hon) 2 50 EX: , . Denny St ep henson (Kaw); 2. Si eve Bayles (Hon); 3 . Lanc e Nonck (Han). M~:~~r~,~~ ~(~u~l.0wn (HO~); 2. M arv e Ah en (Kaw); 3. TEENY MIN I: 1. Bubba Elli s; 2. Zac Slater (Yam) ; 3. Larry W aldr on (Yam ). M IN! STK: t , Robbi e Reynard (Kawl; 2. A ndy Bowyer (Hon); 3 . Daniel Or r (Kaw) . MIN I NOV STK: 1. M ike Atkin son (Kaw ); 2. Kyle JoUey (Kaw) ; 3. Br eck Berry Brl Slon (Kaw ). M INI STK INT: 1. CllOt W alker (Hon); 2. Doug Sl one (Kaw); 3. Cliff or d Adoplam e (Hon) 125 BEG: 1. John W hilmar sh (Hon l; 2. Don ald Fay (Kaw); 3. M ichael2won itz er (Han). 2 50 INT: 1. J ason Voung (Kaw ); 2. Chr is Smi lh (Han ); 3 . Dav id laFond (Yam ). ·250 NOV : 1. Dan ny Dam mann (KTM ): 2. Leon VaCCllr o (Kaw) ; 3. Blaine Sch ubanh (Yaml. M INI M INI : 1. A ndy Bowyer (Kaw); 2 . Br ian Sl on e (Kaw); 3. Jacob Maetin (Kaw i. • 12 5 STK INT: t . Rudy Hea thean (Yam l; 2. Jason Owens (Kawl; 3. Kenn y Howa rd tH on). M INI NOV: 1. M ike A tkinson (Kaw); 2. Br eck Berry (.c.wl; 3. J acon Kellogg (Han) . M INI INT: 1. Doug Sto ne (Kaw); 2. Brian Deegan (Kaw); 3. Clifford A dopt an te (Hanl. M INI EX: 1. Patr ick Don aho (Honl; 2. Gary Reeon:f (Yam) . 250 STK NOV : 1. Blaine Schube n h (Yam); 2. Dan ny Dammann (KTMI; 3. M ichael Hul sey (S uz). 250 STK INT: 1. Chris Smith tHan ); 2. M anin Henr ikse n fSuz); 3 . David laFond (Yam). MINI J R: 1. Robb ie Reyn ar d (Kaw ); 2. A ndy Bowyer (Hon ); 3 . Chr is Den tan (Kaw). MI NI BEG: 1. Sieve Klug (Sw); 2. Monte Fra nk fKaw); 3 . Josh Wagner lKaw) OVER 25 : 1. Greg Bro wn IHon); 2. BUICh Wolfe IKaw ); 3. Steve Bayles 'H an) 250 OPEN : 1. Man,n He nriksen (Suz); 2. Richard Bim as (Hon ); 3 . John Mc Millen (Su l l. 125 NOV : 1. Ron A ins wo n h (Kaw); 2. Mike M athe ny (Ha n); 3 . J oh n Rickel (S Ul) . 125 INT: 1. Jason You ng (Kaw) ; 2. Kenny Howar d (Han); 3 . Rudy Heet hccn (Yam) . 250 BEG: 1. J on Owens lKa wl; 2. Dan Dur an t IS uz); 3. Jay Ferguson (Yam ). OVE R 30 : 1. Gr egory Oriewe r (Hon); 2. Terry M arr iso n (S uz ); 3 . Randol ph Driewe r (ATK) . MI NI OPEN : 1. Patr ick Dona ho (Han); 2. Robbie Reynard (Kaw l; 3. M ike Atkinson IKaw) . 125 OPEN : 1. Kenny Howard (Hon l; 2. J ason Owen (Kaw ); 3. Martin Hen rikse n (Su l i. Ballard blasts Bartlett Enduro By Mark Martin ocr. BARTLET T , lA , 2 . Ki r k Ball ard , o n an E.L. R .lS 'ru thers . Bro thers-bac ked Ka w a ~ ki too k top hon o rs at th e 20t h An n ual Barlletl End uro. Out 01 a I il rider lield, Ball a rd dropp<,d 10 poi nts bea,ing W ill i ~ Van lee, Hi ck ma n Racing/ KTM , wi, h the tie-break er. Ma rk Marl in and Denni s Mu rp h y, both o n Ni.h ma Vall ey Hon da . , dropped I I, lo llowed by Peter Wicks wi th 14 LO rou nd out the top five. Ovenll B went to James :'1e1!o01l with a scort: of 16; o n hi. 250 Cagiva. . The Hr.. 50 mil e loop wa' a' an 18 mph pare. Several rid ers burned ,h e seco nd la te check, induding Ballard and Marlin (the two were ridin g on tfwsame minute). and Mu rph y. Wh ile Ballard waited. at ,he reset lo llo wing the chec k, he >!a,ed, " Well ,hat' s th e end 01 o u r race: ' Ah t'r tht· first loo p Tom Eller was lead ing with o ne point, while Van 'Z.ce. Peter \Vicks, Larry Sch Ull , Ga ry \ \' ill ia ms. R ichard :'Iiu II, Vic K",y and Thoma. Dra ke, a ll tied with two. They bumped up the pare o n th e .econd loo p to 21 mph. Trail co nd itio ns became perf ect as the ran.' wore o n. After th e second r her k, Ball ard " nd Manin dimbed back int o the overa ll p iclure, no w tied with Van lee wit h sev<'n , [oll o wed do,e1y by Mu rph y with eig h t. . Larry Bea \'l"r, T im H et zel a nd Doug J\k Clo. ky I..d the B ela» alter ,h e Hrs, loo p with I W O po int s. Fra n k Lauenrot h drop ped th ree a nd Nelson four. Nelson ended up d ropp in g 16 with urry Beaver 22, Mike H einrichs and Fra n k l..a u enrol h 24, a nd Mike F~lr n u m :a nd Rich i\'! anga l 26. Results O I A A~ 1. Kirk Ball ard ; 2 . W illi e Van Zee; 3 . M ark Martin; 4 . Den nis M urp hy; 5 . Peter W icks . O/ A B: , . J am es Nelso n; 2 . Larry Beaver; 3 . M ike Heinr ichs; 4 . Frank Lau enrOI h; 5 . M ike Farnum AA : 1. W ill is Van lee: 2. Denn .s M urp hy ; 3 . Roben M alon e; 4 . DenniS M esw ard ; 5 . A lan J . Wicks. SR A:. L Dennis Thielke; 2. Veryl Shaw; 3 . Roger KlOg SR B: 1. Sh eldon Otto; 2 . Dan Bemth; 3 . Lar ry Burghardt; 4 . A lan Poinl er; 5 . David M ilche ll .

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