Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

its' degr ee DCdifficu h y increased considerIy. Most rid ers co nsidered the entire seco nd p as th e "check in. check o ut." . Nielsen tu rned up the wick on hi s big-bo re DE Kawasaki , dropping six at check eig ht hil e Moody, Williams a nd Keezer dropped route points. Schmidt stayed in th e h unt he a nd Niel sen zeroed checks 11 an d 12. heck 13, the fini sh , was s,ill taking points om th e ri de rs. Nielsen lost two , Keezer three. mid, a nd Moody lour, a nd Will iams live. ielsen won with a 17-poin t loss over Keezer ·34, Mood y 39, Schm idt 41, and Willia ms poin ts lo st. In th e Senior class, and go ing both loops, 01 Bo rsky put i n a very good ride aboa rd KTM . Borsk y fin ished with a til-poin t loss. Ted Watson cla im ed th e Four-Stroke B class ith a 102-point loss. Fred Boettner top ped e Sportsm an class with a 28, whil e Sco tt ( La ugh lin won th e C class with a i5- po int ss. bea ti ng out Dav id Moore a t the tieker chec k. Moore a lso had a 45 po int loss. es ults OPEN A : 1. Jo hn Nielsen IKawl; 2. J im W alker (Kawl; lvle Ouronso (Ya m). 250 A : 1. Joh n Moody (KTM ); 2. Blaine Osta f in (KTM) ; Jeff Barl ow e (KTM) 250 B: 1. larry M iln e (Yam~ 2. Dale Eaton (Kaw); 3 . ry Swan (KTMI . 200 A: 1. M ike Sch m idt (Yam); 2. J ay Bur r el (Kaw) . 200 B: 1. J eff Odom (Yam); 2. M Ike Cr osier (Kaw); 3 . aw n Klei n (Yam ). AA 1. Wayne Keeze r (Hus); 2 . Scott Lathop (Hus); 3 . n Orats (Han) . . SR: 1. Erro l Bor skey (KTM ). 4- STRK A: 1. Darren W illi am s (Hon l; 2 . M ike Koen ig (Hus) . 4-STRK B: 1. Ted Watson (Han I; 2 . Ted Blow (Vam ). SPTMN : 1. Fred Boettner (Vam ); 2. Keit h Bowen (Kaw); Gary Neese (Hu s). : 1. Scott M claughlin (Hon); 2 . David Moor e (Suz); 3 . en Witt (Kawl. §tfor d tops Ventura MX Cliff Morgan NTURA , CA , NOV. 19 e first of five sc hedu led motocross even ts the C o o rs / Vcn ru ra -O x ua rd Kawasaki int er t\tOlOCToSS Series a t Ven tura Ra ce wa y t off to a great s ta r t wit h over 100 riders e u t to ride th e ucwt v-enl arged Ventura cewav stadi u m motoc ross co urse. he 125 a nd 250(:c Beg inner classes were far th e lar gest gr oup of riders and in th e .. .c Beg inn er class Darr en Clifford took top nor s wi th a firs t a nd third in th e two motes, h n Cliffo rd fini sh ed seco nd, with J oe iwers co m ing in third. e 250cc Beginner cla ss was led by John rr wh o dominated action by laking first in th mo tes. Steve Ch arboneau and Ri ck Davis ) seco nd and th ird. n 80cc actio n Kevin Bakk en too k the wi n. won both motos in tigh t rac ing with Jason KKi, who fini shed seco nd , and Derek Va n ue r who finis hed th ird. he closest raci ng of the a fternoo n was in 500cc Begin ner cla ss. T he battle fo r the saw G len w il kin s co me out on top after ishes of five and o ne in two mo te s. Second nt to George Miles wi th a 4·2 finish , whil e rd pl ace wen t to T om Roe with a 2-4 win g for the eve n t. : suits BEG: 1. Kevi n Bakk en ; 2. Ja son Wood; 3 . Derek Van er; 4 . Carlos Murillo; 5. Joseph Ald an a . 25 BEG: 1. Darr en Clifford; 2. Joh n Clifford; 3 . Joe rs: 4 . How ard Smithson ; 5. Darryl Su lla da . 25 JR: 1. M ike Bul1ey; 2. Er ik Lin dstr om ; 3. J eff Hall . 251NT: 1. M ati Drury; 2.Jeff DelVillar . 25 PRO: 1. Lance Joh nson . 50 BEG : 1. Jo hn Far r; 2 . Steve Cha rbo nea u; 3. Rick is; 4 . Jeff Ekh olm ; 5 . Cory Sl ep hen s. 50 JR : · 1. Bud Don al on i; 2 .Ki rk Puern er ; 3. Dav e bert; 4 . Larry Pen rod . INT: 1. 'David lynch; 2. Dave Dan at oni; 3 . Everr et I; 4 . M ark Boren . PRO: 1. Lance Johnson . BEG: 1. Gl en W ilkins; 2 . Georg e Miles; 3 . To m Roe; ale Thr ockm orton; 5. Kevin Lang . J R: 1. Dann y Sty mache r; 2. Bud Donat on i; 3 . St eve o cr' Sea% 1. David lambe rt ; 2. Jeff St evens. JR: 1. Curt J am es; 2. Dave A lexan der; kmo rt on; 4 . Dan KaSkus . INT: 1. Mike Sixbery. 3. Bill ownblasfs . rkey Scratch MX Sharon Jones HO KA, MO, OCT. 30 . ing into the final round 01 th e Kahoka Fa ll Series Dave Brow n . Eri c Gra y. Pa t rdon and T od d Capstick were in con ten for the ser ies win in th e 250ec Amateur s. mo ta one Capstick o ut -br aked Brown ng into the first turn for the lead , wh ile ce Sha nno n a nd Steve H ah enna n ra n th ird lourth. Bro wn gl ued himsel l to Capstick 's lender as the two pu lled away lrom th e k. At the lin ish Capstick held o n lor Ihe wit h Brown ju st inch es beh in d h im . term an found hi s wa'y pa st Shannon o n Ihree lor thi rd. . veryon e kn ew th e sta rt wo ul d be crucial in mot a two Brown rock eted off the line the hol eshot. Ca pstic k took th e in side in one. bu t Brown had th e momentum and t his lead lor the rest of th e moto. Capstick k his wh eel under Brown on every lap Brown pulled away o n the fin al lap. stick finished second and Pat Gordon was Brown. al ong with all th e other ama teur es winners, was aw arded a lour-loot tall , colum n trophy. roughout th e series Brad Jones and Rick nson had been trading mota wins every " end in the Senior class. Both riders kn ew auld come down to th e wire to determine It th e overall winner. In mota o ne Jon es took the h o lesh ot as Munson too k' to the ins ide of jones a nd in turn o ne they ba nged bars and Munson went dow n. Munson narrowl y escaped being run do wn by th e rest 01 th e pack and got up q uic kly. He picked 011 severa l riders each lap un til he fou nd himsell in second, way beh ind moto winner, J o nes. In mote two Jones o nce aga in led th e pa ck, but Munson stalked h im fo r less than a lap befo re maki ng his move on the o ff-ca mbe r camel hump. Mu nson too k th e lead a nd the seri es win. Jones ca me in second. a few bi ke len gths back , whi le Steve Ha lterm an cru ised in for an easy third. In th e 250cc Expert class, series leader Marvin H en drickso n chose to run the P O II C".:I . Ci ty GNC Reg io nal ; leaving J ones th e cha nce ' 0 win th e Ka ho ka Series . J on es too k the ho lesh ot in m ot o o ne with J ason Hap ke second a nd Rick Pa tto n battlin g righ t lro m th e s ta rt. The th ree riders stayed close toge ther for th e en tire race with J on es ta king the wi ll ahead 01 Hapk e and Patton . J on es needed first place to ta ke the series and th e $200 bonus money. He did j ust that by tak in g th e holeshot with Hapk e and Patt o n aga in i n second and third. Hapke took a tumble a nd dropped back to lo urth while Pa uon put the hammer down and worked o n J on es lor th e rest 01 th e moto. J on es held hi s grou nd to take the win and the series o vera ll. R esults 80 JR : 1. Bri an Witzenbur g; 2. Reed Harr is; 3. Joe Ste wa rd . BO SR: 1. Bri an Ol son ; 2 . Sta cey Krpa n; 3. Donney St eward c. 125 AM ; 1. M ark Baumert; 2. Todd Capst ick; 3 . Ron DeV ri es. 125 EX : 1. Trav is Kobu sh; 2 . M .R. Dymond; 3 . Brent Ou ellett e. 250 .A M: 1. Dave Brown; 2. Todd Capst ick; 3. Ste ve . Halt erman. 250 EX: 1. Brad Jones; 2. Rick Patt on ; 3 . J ason Hapk e. OPEN : 1. Rick Mu nson; 2 . Brad J on es; 3 . Rick Patt on . SR: 1. Rick Munso n; 2. Br ad J on es; 3 . Stell e Halt er man . Russell storms to Buckhorn Enduro win By Ter ry Rus t OA K RU N, CA, NOV. 16 Fresh off hi s win at the National end uro in Ill ino is. Yamaha 's J ell Russell head ed out w est to the AMA/D-36 Buckho rn Enduro a nd was gr eeted by mor e rai n, snow and freezin g co ld weather co ndi tio ns . Bur th e chill y tem peratures ju st seemed to heat up Russell as he edg ed o ut Suzuki pi lot Dave Bertram by 10 seconds lor the o vera ll wi n. Third place .' went to Honda-mounted Jeff Irw in. The Bu ckhorn Enduro was o rigi na lly scheduled as a Nationa l poi nt s pay ing event in O ctob er, but was cance lled du e to o verly dry weather co nd itio ns. But it was qui te the o pposite this weekend . It started pouring down rain on Friday aft ernoon whi ch turn ed int o sno w three ho urs into the end uro on Su nday mor ning. Two hu ndred and 10 riders were ready 10 go a t th e seven a.rn. start and the fir st chec k was zeroa ble for most of the th em . H owever, the s econd check saw AA rid er Ru ssell dropping 2.8 points wit h Bert ram losing 2. 18. It wa s at thi s tie-break er check wh ere the dogfight betw een Ru ssell and Bertram would be event ua lly decided . As th e rid er s che cke d i n an d o ut of checkpo int th ree, the rain became hea vier and th e Band C ride rs becam e less a nd less in n umbers. A h'ill just before checkpoint th ree saw ma ny riders ca ll it quits. It was d< -cided 10 oflicially end th e Criders ' da y a t the first ~as at 60 m iles o u t a nd let the A a nd B riders continu e o n int o the seco nd loo p. At the' check both Ru ssell and Beruam dropped two po in ts. Check five was designed 10 be zeroable but the rai n a nd sno w mad e it im pos sible to zero . Russell dropped twO and Bert ram three, but al th e nex t chec k, Benram dropped two and Russell thr ee, so the two riders remained Icx:ked in a points tie. At chec k six the we- lher had turned into a bl il.ard -like co nd itio ns and th e even t was called 011 a nd everyo ne headed back 111 Ihe p its with chec k six officiall y cou nting as lh e fin ish . Only 16 riders man a ged to mak e it th at lar. When th e sco re car ds were ta lli ed , Russell an d Benram were lied, but R ussell beat Bertra m for th e o vera ll by a rr ivi ng 10 seco nds close r lO 30 a l lh e check two tie-brea ker. J: Results AA: 1. Jeff Russell {Yaml; 2 . Dave Bert ram (Suzl ; 3 . Jeff Irwin (Han); 4 . Duk e Lambert (Yaml. 200 A : 1. J . Duby (Hus). 250 A : 1. M . Wa lde n (Hon); 2 . D. Wood (Kaw ); 3 . S. M eyer {Yam I; 4 . C. Biro (Kaw ); 5 . R. Celan i (Han ). OPEN A : 1. K. Goodard (Hus); 2 . G. M art in son (KTM); 3. R. Davia (ATK); 4 . J . Dixon {Ho nl; 5 . T. Turpin (KTM) . VET A : 1. B. Dart (KTM ); 2. B. Sh ann on (Hon); 3 . T. St owe (Ho n); 4 . J . Bowman (Suz); 5. R. Celani (Han). S/ SR A : 1. R. Chr ist ian (Suz); 2. D. Matheson (KTM) ; 3 . R. Ad an (KTM ); 4 . R. Beck strom (Han) ; 5 . J . Carr (Hu a). SR A : 1. F. Shower s (KTM) ; 2. D. Matheson (KTM) ; 3 . R. A dan (KTM ); 4 . R. Beckstrom (Han); 5. J . Carr (Hu s). 200 B: 1. M . Rand ol (Kaw) ; 2 . J . W ilson (Kawl. 25 0 B: 1. B. Stene (Yam); 2 . J . Rand olp h (Kaw ); 3 . C. O'g;'l~n ~~~~)~~p~J;i7~~:;H2.nb. Carpent er (Kaw ); 3 . D. Cobb (Hon); 4 . R. See (Hon ). SR B: 1. W . Tum a (KTM) ; 2 . P. Bishop {Han); 3 . D. Holman (A TK); 4 . S. Rychl ik (Yam) ; 5. T. Robinson (Hu s). 4 -STRK B: 1. R. Kilpalrick (Han); 2 . J . Av eggio (Hon ). WMN B; 1. J . Duffek (!taw) . 200 C: 1. A . Marsha l (Yam); 2 . C. Martin (Kawl; 3. D. Newland (!ta w) ; 4 . B. St ewart (Swl. 250 C: 1. R. Katsura {Kawl; 2. W .J . Faler (Han); 3 . P. Sm ith (Honl. OPEN C: 1. M . London (KTM ); 2 . H. Grant (Hu s); 3 . M . Schmidt (Hon) ; 4 . S. Christensen (Han ). VET C: 1. R. Boyd {Yaml; 2. M . Sylva (Hon ); 3 . M . Corre a (Kaw ); 4 . C. Stanley (Yam ); 5 . Z. zano1a (Han). SR C: 1. J. Berte (KTM ); 2. H. Gra nt Sr . (Hus ); 3 . T. Bud h i (KTM ); 4 . C. M art in (Kaw ) S /SR C: 1. W . Faler (Kawl. 4 .STRK C: 1. R. Kalfsbeck (Han) ; 2 . R. Wa llace (Han) ; 3. E. Spurlak (Hus l; 4 M . Pleis (Ha n); 5. B. Eckert (Han ). Ferro captures Gobbler Enduro win By Kit Palmer . LU CERNE VALL EY. CA. NOV. 13 Honda-m ounted Jo hn Ferro scored the o n ly thr ee to clai m th e o vera ll victory a t th e Sout hern Cali fornia End uro Clu b's G ob bler Endu ro. T he Ve-t 250cc AA rider . Ferro, co llected a lo w 3. 190 sco re, beat ing his nea rest competi to r, Yama ha -mounted Steve \Vill iams by o ne poi nt. Will iam s carded a 1.210. Brett Bain br idg e p .257 ). T im Nething (4.281) a nd Tony R ickard (4.28.1) ro u nded o u t th e top five. N ear l y 320 ride rs ent ered SCEC"s Go bbler End uro which featured two loops, total in g app roxi mate ly 70 gro und m i les in th e So ut her n Cali fornia hi g h dese rt' under clea r and coo l skies. The lirst loop kept the tim ekeeper s happy with man y of th em head ing into loo p two with zeroes o n th eir sco re ca rds, bUI two rather lon g a nd fast specia l tests in the second loo p turned a dean c u d into o ne full of unwanted poi n ts. Checks 'seven a nd nin e were th e point takers and i t was chec k nine tha t determ in ed Ferro's win ove r \Vill iam s. The best scor es tu rned i n a t chec k seven were twos, in cl ud in g Ferro and \VilIiams. but Ferro was th e on ly rider to card a one 3 C check n ine. Ho wever . it was clo se. Ferro arr ived at ch eck ni ne on e m in ut e a nd 59 seco nds lat e, bea ring a two poi n t loss by o ne seco nd , w hi le \Villia m s a rr ived t w o minu tes and eig ht seco nds la te. Ferro was a full n ine seco nds faster than Will iams in this specia l test. Ba in bridge scored a 2.18 a t check nin e. Four rid ers prot ested chec kpoin t two for mi la ge. but th e protests were everuual ly throw n o u t wh en th e distance was recheck ed and fou nd to be acc ura te. Results O /A: 1. John Ferro (Honl; 2 . Stev e W i ll iam s (Yam) ; 3 . Brett Bain br idg e (Yam); 4 . Tim Nething ; 5. Tony Rickard (Yam ); 6 . Joh n Uhern (Honl; 7 . Will ie Ke nnedy (Han); 8 . Scon Crawford {Yam l; 9 . Jason In gersoll (Hon); 10 . Gary Dud ley (Hus) . 200 M : 1. Tony Ricka rd (Varni . 250 AA: 1. Scott Crawford (Yaml. OPEN AA: 1. Steve W ill iams (Yam) . VET 250 M : 1.John Ferro (Honl; 2. W illie Ken nedy (Hon ); 3 . M ark Cook (Honl; 4 . Robe rt Burt is (Yam ); 5. Ken Lewis. Jr.IYam). . VET OPEN AA: 1. Nei l Egg ensper ger (Yam) . SR 2 50 AA:. r . Har ry Keast (A TK); 2 . John Bainbridge (Yam); 3. Pat So uza (Kaw); 4 . Ji m Ingersoll (Hon) . SR Open AA 1. Do n McNa mee (Yam); 2 _Joe Oion (Hus); 3 . Br uce Bor ing (KTM); 4 . Bi ll Dan iel (KTM I. S/ SR AA : 1. Ed Mazenko (Han) ; Gu s Paull (HUll; 3. Neal Kei th lKa w l. 200 A : 1. Cr ai g Fland er s (Ha n); 2. Sco tt Si nn ig (Honl; 3 . Kit Palmer {Ka w l; 4 . Robert Rumri ll (Kaw); 5 . Br ian Urban (Yam) . • 250 A : 1. Br en Bainbridge (Yam); 2. John Uhern (Ha n); 3. Bob McClellan (Yam ); 4 . Mike Sehmardebeck (KTM ); 5. Greg Kennedy (Hon). OPEN A: 1. Jorda n Cha ney (Hus); 2 . Ben Bernardy. J r . {Yaml; 3 . David Larsen (KTM ); 4 . M ark Gla sm eier (Yaml; 5. Robert Wr an osky (Han) . 4 ·STRK A : 1. Randy Bu stamant e (Ha n); 2. Dennis Gr een e (Han); 3. Randy Bennett (Hon); 4 . David Lambert. Sr. (Hus ~ 5. A I Sp angl er (Han) . VET 250 A : 1. Tim Neth ing (Hu s); 2. Sieve Beb eck (Heln) ; 3. John M eur s (Yam); 4. Martin Bla is (Han); 5. Andre Butch er (Yam l. VET OPEN A : 1. Terry Huffman (Han) ; 2. Forr est Stowell s (Hon); 3. Lee Sc heffers (Han); 4 . Richard Gr iffin (Kaw) ; 5. Gary Beau champ (Hu sl '. SR 250 A : 1. Charle s Brown (Vam ); 2. Dana Bell (Kaw); 3. David Ki ncaid (KTM ); 4 . Don Lallier (Han) ; 5. Dirk M cClellan (Yam ). SR OPEN A : 1. Lar ry M ason (Yaml ; 2 . Jim Ruck er (Han) ; 3 . Tr evor Powe ll (Hus ); 4 . Ed Stenberg IATK ); 4 . Rick Claypoo le (Han) . S/ SR A : 1. W arr en St irl ing (Kaw) ; 2 . Doug Do ugla s (Yaml . 200 B: 1. Bill Fland ers (Han). . 250 B: 1. Ben Bernardy. Jr. {Yaml ; 2. Andy Ord in g (Kaw ); 3. M arty Ga rner (Yam); 4 . Scott Allen {Yamt 5. Clint Diaz (Yam ). OPEN B: 1. Gary Dudley (Hus l; 2. Than e Rivers (KTM ); 3. J im M acintyr e (Hus); 4 . M ichael Galloway (Hus ): 5. Paul Zarr (Yam) . • 4 · STRK B: 1. Scon Sa ndef ur (Ho n); 2. David Treen (Ho n); 3. Earl e Kellett IHon); 4 . M ark Fr aker (Hon l; 5 . Jan Bu ij n ink (Yam) . V ET 25 0 8 : 1. Ste ve J enk i ns (Han); 2. Graltme Nrcho lls (Yam) ; 3. Jim Boggs (Hon); 4 . Dan Bun on {ya ml ; S. Rick Early (Han). VET OPEN B: 1. l inden Stevens (Hont 2 . Charles Howell (Yam) ; 3 . Kurt A nder so n {KTM} ; 4 _ Dale Ogden (Hon ); 5 . Glen~ Hagbery IKa w) . SR ~50 8 : 1. Richard Griswold (Yaml; 2. Gray Bullard (Yam ); 3. Larry Owe ns {Yamt; 4 . John Flanders (Han) ; 5 . Ron A .drews (Varni . SR ' .. EN 8 : 1. Ride:Taylor (Hon ); 2. J ohn A lkema (Husl; P 3. Na c; Kirkland (Yam ); 4 . Art Wh itney (Hus). S /~~ B: 1. David L Jones (Ho nl ; 2 . John Bailey (Hon) ; 3 . Kei.n Anderson (Yaml; 4 . Rich ard Toma c (Yam); 5 . Robe rt Jackson (KTM) . 200 C: , . J eff Burte (Yam); 2. Ma rk Couc h IKawl; 3 . c:.teve n Bennet t (Kaw); 4 . Dane Wa re (Kaw ); 5. Robert GJ'&.,;;.Jen{Yam) . 250 C: 1. Darr en Rivers {Hon l; 2. M at Batem an (Mai); 3 . Ma rk W ttsken (Yam); 4 . Joe Cride r (Han); 5 . Bry an M id elso n (Kaw) . OPEN C: 1. Jeff Greene (KTM) ; 2 . Bart Bakk er (Kawl; 3 . Eric Peter son (Ho n); 4 . M ike Allen (Yam); 5. Bry an W hited I Hus l. 4· ST RK C: 1. Ste ve Jo hnson (Hus ); 2 . Chr is Hinr ic hs (KTM ); 3. Ch ris M oehn ke (Hon); 4 . Jack Sa bi ne. J r. (Ha n); 5 . Gr eg Appelm an (Hon) . VET 250 C: 1. Denn is Navarr e (Yam); 2 . Brv a n W el ch (Yaml; 3. Rand y Bru ce (Kaw); 4 . John For em an (S uz); 5 . Frank M cCarthy (Yam). ' VET OPEN C: 1. Dan Roach (Hus); 2 . M ark Hill (Hus ); 3. Rube n Spangen th al (Yam): 4 . Daniel Siapin (Vam); 5 . Marc Perd ew (Yam ). S/SR C: 1. Don Gladd en (Kaw); 2. Georg e Thomas (Kaw); 3 . W illiam Bieganski (Han) . LOOP ONE . O /A : 1. Sl evan Lu sa fSuz); 2 . J eff James (Han ); 3. J ani ce Rubin (Yam ); 4 . Chad Cook (Kaw); '5. Diana Bullard (Yam ). MINI B: 1. Chad Cook. (Ka w ); 2. Dean Beauchamp (Honl. MINI C; 1. Cliff Cook (Kaw). BEG: 1. Jeff James (Han); 2 . Jeffrey Vagt (Kawl; 3 . Si eve Osborne (Han) ; 4 . Phil Call ister (Han) ; 5 . Dan Oelwiehe (Han). WMN B: 1. J an ic Rubin (Yam ); 2. Diana Bu ll ard (Varn I; 3 . Diane Olson (Yam) . WMN C: 1. Chr isty Anderson (Han) ; 2. Tar a Schweitzer (Kawl; 3 . Pam Rockwell (Husl; 4 . FrOSly Cannon (Yam) . 200 C-10: 1. Stevan lusa (Sw). · Brett Ba inbridge captu red thi rd overa ll at t he Gobbler Enduro. .Roberts rounds up MorosoRR By Joe McKay WEST PALM BEACH, FL, OCT. 23 Da nn y Rob ens captured first pl ace honors in the so lo GTO 50 mil e race and th e Un lim ited SUP1. SilOrt class , and Finis hed third in th e 7 $1000 shoot-out today a t Moro se Moto rspon s Par k. At the start of the 50-m ile end ura nce race it was ap pa ren t th e battle was going to be between R ick Shaw a nd Ro ber ts o n hi s Pa lm Bea ch Suzuk i /Larsen P aint i ng z Sueukl GSX R I I 00. The two battled lor most 01 the 22-1ap feature with Sh aw do in g most of the leading. Roberts passed severa l tim es but Shaw kept -coming hack. With six laps to go it beca me a p paren t th at Shaw had developed a problem with his bik e as steam was hiuin g him in the lace shield as he came into the comers. .With three laps to go Roberts took th e lead lor good to tak e th e victory. Jo hn Choa te finished second and Frank Kinsey lini shed th ird and ran a n excellent race. Jim Pennington made his return to raci ng aft er a year off a nd fin ished lilth alter working h is way up throul;h the field . . The Un limited G P a nd Su persport clas ses were co m bined with Mark Ch in pow er ing aw ay lro m th e field lo llowed by John Long. J im Penning ton was third and Rob erts, riding h is 750. was fourth overa ll a nd firs t in . the Supersports class wit h T ed Dake right behind. Dak e tried to pa ss Rob ert s for th e wi n bu t Robert held o n. Mark Foster was th ird in the Supers tpo rt clas s. The $1000 Shoot-O u t was a Chim sho w as th e Gra nd Prix Cvcles/S pecrro Oi ls/ Specialty Im po rts / Dyno Jet Resea rch /W iseco /D.l.D rider blasted aro und the track tota lly un mol ested. Roberts, bac k o n th e 1100 Suzu ki, mad e . a ru n a t h im early but had h is ha nds fu ll wit h Long. Robert s had h is exha ust pipe let go a nd dropped to thi rd just ahead 01 the ha rdchargi ng John Choate. Kinsey rode his FZ750 Yama ha to fifth , one of his best finis hes. Greg Esser, Mike Leh ning, Mark Dalto n , a nd Dwai ne Williams battled lor lhe lead in the Middleweight Superbike class lor the lim cwo laps. Esser , riding the Moor e Racing H urr ican e. put som e di stance between himself and Lehning on la p three as Leh ning had gear tro ubl e and had to n03 l throu gh som e corne r s~ Dalton bauled with \Vill ia ms and fi nally ope ned a two bik e length lead at th e flag . Kevin Noonan fini shed in fifth o\'erall and led th e No vice class hom e. Results 50 M ILE GTO: 1. Dann y Robe rt s (Suz); 2. John Choa te (SOl); 3. Frank Kinsey (Yam) ; 4 . J im Penn ingt on {Suz l; 5. Nate Donohew (Yaml. MI NI: 1_Ben Stowers; 2.. Pier ce Duchene ; 3. Frank Carver; 4 . Bowe Harron; 5 . Jack Akarjalian. U W GP EX: 1. Jam es Rona n {Yam l; 2_Stan Po llock (Yam); 3 . Ga ry Stu mm (Vam l; 4 . M ike Spradlin (yam); 5. Rick Jackson (Yam) . HIW S/ SPRT EX: 1. M ark Foster (Yam); 2. Scott l yman (Suz); 3 . Bill Beesc h (Han,; 4 . J im McGrath (Suzl; 5. Ji mmy Shelton (Suz). M / W S/BI KE EX; 1. Gr eg Esser (Han); 2. M ike lehn ing (Han); 3 . M ar k Datton I Honl; 4 . Dwain e Williams (Han ); 5 . Jody Ch odkowski (Yam). UIL GP: 1. M ark Ch in (Ya m); 2. Jo hn Long {Sud ; 3 _Jim Penni ngto n (Sw); 4 . Fr ank Kinsey (Yam); 5 . Wayne Watts (Suzi. M IW S/SPRT EX: 1. Pat J oh nso n (Honl; 2 . Bill Beesc h (Han); 3 . Gl enn Barry (Han); 4 . M ark Dalt on (Han); 5 . Gor do n Forester (Han) . HIWS /BIKE EX: 1.Joh n Cho at e (Su z); 2. J im Pennington (Suz); 3 . Frank Kinsey (Yam) . 50 MilE GTU : 1. John l ong {Du el; 2. Newton He ston (Hon); 3 . John Choate (Hor'll; 4 . Gl enn Barry (Han) ; 5 . Mike Bar nes (Hon) . l /W GP NOV : 1. Jeff Johnson (SUl); 2 . St eve Wishinsky (Suzl; 3 . Perry Me ln eciu c (Yam) ; 4 . Ed Borowy (Ha n); 5. Gonz alo M eji a (Yam ). HIW S/ SPRT NOV : 1. Chip Crowthe r ISu zl; 2. Nate Donohew (Yam); 3 . Chr is Smith ISu z); 4 . Phil St am atyades (Yam) ; 5. SCOtt Landis (Suz ). M /W S/BIKE NOV ; 1. Kevin Noona n (Honl; 2. Jerry Pellegrino (Han); 3 . Stev en Siegfried (Han); 4 . Mike Rest a (Han); 5 . Kevin McWilliams (Yam) . U/ l S/SPRT: 1. Danny Roberts ISu;r); 2. Ted Dake (Suz); 3. Mark FOSler (Vam) ; 4 . Regan Shaw (Vam); 5 . J im MccGrath (SOl ). MIW S/SPRT NOV : 1. John Coste (Honl; 2. Jerry Pelleg rino (Han); 3 . Mike ReSla (Hon) ; 4 . Paul Denny (Honl; 5. Roger Haberkorn (Hon l. 21

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