Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

00 00. .en ...... The f irst of the four waves leaves the startline on the two-mile bomb run . Twelve hundred riders started this year's event. Refusing to be stymied so close to the finish , Griewe finally so lved his inj u ry problem s b y m oving his throttle asse m bly over 10 th e left side of th e bars and rode one-handed into th e finish. T enth overall earned RM250 privateer Sco tt Steams third in th e 250cc division. . " T h is is great," said Stearns. " I had som~ go od races o u t there tod a y and I'm reall y happy with m y finish . I want 10 th ank Mom a nd Dad for bu ying th e tires 10 get m y van here to th e race. I co u ld n' t have done it without th em. " Parry overalled th e Vet 250cc class in II th overa ll. " Bruce (Ogilvie) and I a re showing that the old guys ca n still do it we're not out of the running yet," sa id th e Kawasaki /Scott's Performance /Sm i th / P J I/Sinisalo/Tsu bak i/T'rick-backed Over-30 racer. Harden brough t his KTM home in 19th overall, earning second Open Vet behind Ogilvie, and Mike Sixbery was hard on his heels to take second in th e Vet 250cc division. Bill Saltzman, who overalled the Senior division in 46th overall , described this year's B-IO-V as " a pretty ordinary race." "I didn't get any kind of a start at all - I almost had 10 push it off the line, but apart from that, and a front flat for part of the distance, everything went pretty well ," said Saltzman. "I just had to pick people off one 'a t a time." Saltzman's nearest Senior competition was AI Hull, who finished 51st overall on a YZ250, with Bill Maxim, Ron Pap roski and Gary Garland finishing no se-to-tail ba ck in 66th overall. " It was every th ing th ey sa id it would be," sai d Maxim. " It was tight a nd slow, it was well marked a nd ' there was hardly an y du st. It was grea t." . Mercedes Gonzalez took the Women 's Div ision honors in 61st overall with Lori Conway fini shing second ( II 7th o vera ll) , a nd Al Guzman headed up th e Super Senior s in 97th ov erall, with' Curtis Horst and Ri chard Christian not far behind. A n eck-in-neck battl e for th e overall Amateur class honors was settled right o n th e finish line when Vet class H onda pilot, Mill Creek Welding's Brent Carnahan edged Open Amateur Eri c Anderson o u t of 104th overall by less th an o ne bike len gth. " Wha t a race," said an obvio us ly ela ted Carnahan. " We were battling it o u t back a nd forth for ages . I fin ally did it , but only just! " Jim Ridenour overa lled th e Novice class racers in 189th ove ra ll a nd the fir st Beginner to com p lete th e course was Yam aha pilot Ra y• mond Bowman. Results O/A: 1. Bruce Ogilvie (Han): 2. Ted Hunn icutt (Kaw): 3. Paul Krause (Kaw); 4 . Eric Hallgath (Yam); 5. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 6. Dan Smith (Hus); 7. Greg Z'tt erkopf (ATK); 8. Dan As hcraft (Yam); 9. Kevin Hines (KTM); 1D. Scon St earns (Suz). OPEN EX: 1. Ted Hunn icun (Kaw); 2. Paul Krause (Kaw); 3. Dan Sm ith (Hus). 25 0 EX: 1. Larry Roeseler (Kaw); 2. Dan Ashcraft (Yam); 3. Scan Stear ns (Suz). 175 EX: 1. Eric Hallgat h (Yam); 2. Joh n Braasch (Yam); 3 . J immy Lewis (Yam) . VET OPEN EX: 1. Bruce 0 9i1vie (Han); 2. Scot Harden (KTM); 3. Gary laPlante (Han). VET 250 EX: 1. Kenn y Parry (Kaw ); 2. M ike Sixbery (Yam); 3. Tracy Hrach (Yam). SR OPEN EX: 1. Bill Saltzman (Hus); 2. Bill Maxim (Han); 3. Ron Paprosk i (KTM). SR 250 EX: 1. Alb en Hull (yam); 2. Larry Gordon Paul Krause (top) makes a pit stop en route to a third place overall finish. The finish (below) was a welcomed sight at this year's grueling race. , (Kaw); 3 . Den ni s Tooma n (Yam ). S/ SR EX: 1. AI Guzman (Kaw); 2. Curt is Horst (Kaw); 3. Richard Christian (Hus). WMN EX: 1. Mercedes Gonzalez (Kaw); 2. Lori Conway (Han); 3. Vicki Scon (Kaw). OPEN AM : 1. Eric Anderson (H u s~ 2. Geoff rey Sanbo rn (Han); 3. Chri s Hodges (Hus). 250 AM : 1. Brad Fay (Yam); 2. Randy Moseley; 3. Teri Woody (Yam). 175 AM: 1. Keith Meter (Yam); 2. Keith Loasfoot (Suz); 3. Eric Hanks (Kaw). VET OPEN AM : 1. Brent Carnahan (Han); 2. TrOy Raynor (Han); 3. Kenneth Ehl ers (Hon). VET 250 AM : 1. David O'Brien (Yam); 2. Bob Camping ( H on~ 3. Duncan Fitzgeral d (Han). SR OPEN AM : 1. Rick Claypoole (Kaw); 2. Chuck Elden on (Yam ~ 3. Jim Farrand (Han). SR 250 AM : 1. Rick Leffler (KTM); 2. Oon Doerksen (Yam); 3. J ohn Huegel (Han). S/ SR AM : 1. Jerry Harpole (Hus); 2. Richard Webester (KTM); 3. Ed Butler (Kaw). OPEN NOV;' 1. Terry Alt mann (Han); 2. Jeff Dresser (Han); 3. Greg Herweg (Hus). 250 NOV: 1. Jim Ridenour (Kaw); 2. Jerry Ewing (Kaw); 3. Quint Bett s (Yam). 175 NOV: 1. Br ian Renshaw (Yam); 2. Skooks Pong (Cag); 3. Matthew Breyer (Yam). VET OPEN NOV: 1. Allie Russell (Han); 2. Kevin Bennen (ATK); 3. Gilben Ashd own (KTM ). VET 250 NOV: 1. Kevin Roseberry (Han); 2. Rudy Stark (Yam ); 3. Joseph Ramirez (Su z). SR OPEN NOV: t . Dennis Thie lke (KTM); 2. Eddie Walker (Yam); 3. Donald Kadlec (Han). SR 250 NOV: t . Frank Chamberlin (Han). S/SR NOV: 1. Duw ayne Larson (Yam); 2. Ned Jo nes (Yam); 3. Ken Johnson (ATK). OPEN BEG: 1. Randall Banks (Han); 2. Greg Eoff (Han); 3. Dave Gieli ng (Yam l. 25 0 BEG: 1. Raymond Bow man (Yam); 2. Steve Maas (Suz); 3. Geoff Ball (Suz). 17 5 BEG: 1. Russell W iley (Han); 2. David Leather (Han); 3. 8randon Reevs (Han). VET OPEN BEG: 1. Gary Gun n (Han); 2. Mi ke Mariscal (Hus); 3. Ed Anderson (Han). VET 25 0 BEG: 1. David Schultz (KTM); 2. John Able (Yam); 3. Sem Hunbter (Yam). SR OPEN BEG: 1. Dan Thom as (Hus); 2. Jerry Ross (Yam); 3 . David Leather (Yam). SR 250 BEG: 1. Loren Stroud (Han); 2. Douglas Caner (Han); 3. Jay Moo re (KTM). 9

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