Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Rudolf Von Lignau ran away w ith t he 50-mile end uranc e race GTO class win at Florida 's Moroso Motorspo rts Park . (Yam); 3 . Denn il Okerl und (KTM); 4 . John Niew oehner (Yam); 5. Kevi n Yarnell (Ho n). 250 JR: 1. Donn ie Anderson (Yam); 2. Greg Bunt ing (Yam); 3 . George Pritchett (Hon) : 4 . Alex Chellew {Yaml; 5 . Mike Impley (Yam) . 250 INT: 1. Eric Pucelik (Honl ; 2. Scott Mclay (Varni: 3. Mike Spenger IHus); 4. Marty Nissan (Yaml; 5. John Thomas (Yaml . OPEN INT; 1. Allen Auzenne (Hon) ; 2 . Mark Harvey (Hon ); 3. Randy Gavron {Sud: 4 . Chr is Riddle (Hon ); S. Tim Boone (Hon) . VET JR : 1. Jim o 'Connor (ATK); 2 . Gary M ilewski (Yam ); 3. Rick Alves (Hon}; 4 . Dave Eaton (Hon); 5. Silty Risne r (Honl. VET INT; 1. Rlchard Danel lHon); 2 . Bill Maloney (Hon ); 3. John Swan (Hon); 4 . Duffy Collin (Yam ); 5 . erlk Seh.ff.r (Yam) . VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughe s (Honk 2 . Gary Mashwn (hof"l); 3. Larry Baker (Hon); 4 . David Morgen (VarnI; 5 . Pat Brown CHon). VET PRO: 1. Butch Cochran (AlK); 2. Phil ip Rtce (Yam t 3 . Chris Cart er (Yamt 4 . Danny M alf att i CHa 5. Dave nt; Bostrom (Han). OT J ft 1. Bi ll W ool man (ATKt 2. Richard Carlson (KTM ); 3. Gera ld Ross. Jr . !yam); 4 . Bob Marchblnks (Hon); 5. Dan Armst rong (Ha n). OT INT 1. Raymond BrindOI (Honl ; 2. Har ry Belacitti : (Vam); 3. Barry Brown (Han); 4 . Eric Buech ley (ATK ); 5. Glen Ol iver ia (Mai). SHARED RIDE: 1. Larry Dobbs Jr ./Tom Ross (Han ); 2. Darr ell Clingerma n/K.C. G ra~er (Yam) . PRO: 1. Breu Cahors (Ha n): 2. Denni s Hannel (Hon); 3. J ack Hulse (Suz),; 4. Steve Silvestri (Honl; 5. John OaU""" IHan). Von Ugnau Day at MorosoRR By J oe M cKay WEST PALM BEACH. FL, DEC. 4 Rudol f Von Lignau of Miami ra n away with the GTO 50-m iler, th e Un li mi ted GP and fin ished second in the $1000 Shoo t-O ut a ll in AMA/CCS co mpetitio n a t Mor oso Motorsports Par k. Newton H eston a nd Gl enn Barry each took home two wins as well . Von Lignau, a series regular at Mor ose and a very co nsis tent rid er, battled with So u th Florida' Raci ng's Bill Kell y for th e first seven or eigh t laps in the GTO 50-miler. Von Lignau on hi s Suzuki GS X R Il OO dogged Kell y for th e fim fou r laps and Ihen passed for Ihe lead a nd never looked back. Kell y suffered some mechan ical problems th a t left him in the pits for the. res l of the day . Von Lignau was foll owed 10 th e chec kered nag by a distant' Rick Herndon, a nd Daytona Beach rider Pa ul Sc h we m mer. Rob ert Caraway crossed Ihe line right behind Sch wem mer in fourth and Miam i rider John Long was fifth. The GTU race was a lot closer call with David Kamps. Mike Barn es. Greg Esser. Mark Pastir, Mike Lehning 'a nd Gl enn Barry all starting out in the lead group. For th e first rive laps it was very tight - New ton H eston . Barn es and Kamps excha nl(ed th e lea d o n all ends of the tra ck. Pa slir a neIEsser had a baltle of their own going o n just behind th e lead group. On lap 12 Kamps, wh o had fall en back behind Barry , crashed co m inll o ut of lurn nine whe n another rid er went · Wide leav in g him no pla ce to go but in th e grass. Heston was all alone o UI in front for the next five laps, as Barry a nd Barnes tra ded painl. Barnes is lear less in his riding style and Barry is a crafty veteran. With three laps 10 go Barry had moved around Barnes a nd held seco nd pl ace 10 the checkered nag. Esser was fourth with Mark Pastir taking lifth. The Lightweighl GP co mbined race was a battle from seco nd place ~ a ck. John Long rode his Yamaha TZ2 50 to an easy win over th e rest of the field . Mik e Spradlin. Greg Flagg, Rick J ackso n. Ben Stow ers and J am es Ron an battled fro m the green nag to th e checke rs. Robert Dough ert y, th e lirst novi ce to the stripe, finished sixth overa ll. j ust ah ead of Rona n. . Dann y Roberts o n hi s Larsen Painting/ Palm Bea ch Suzuk i GSX R7 50 pulled a hol eshol i n th e H ea vywei g h l S u persport fealUre and never looked back. Despite ha vin g a very high lemperature an d a bad nu. Roberts looked to be in full co n tro l. The bi!; surprise of the feature was Gain svill e rider B,ll Beesch o n his Art for Art's Sa ke H urri cane. run ni ng to a second p lace fi nish ahead 0 1 Mik e Montgomer y w ho wa s ri di ng a Suzu ki GSXRl IOO . Resu lts 5O-MlLE GTO SOLO : 1. Rudo lf Von Ltgnau (Suzl . 2. RIck Herndon (Suz); 3. Pau l Schwemmer (Vaml. 4 Raben Caraway I S ul~ 5. John long (Sul i. SO-MILE GTU SO tO: 1. Newton Heston (Han); 2. Glenn Bar ry (Han),; 3. M ike Bar nes tHanI; 4 . Greg Esse r (Hon); 5 . Mark Past ir (Yaml . UW GP COM B EX: 1. John Long evamt 2 . Mike Spradlin (Vam ); 3 . Greg R ag; (lC.8w); 4 . Rick Jackson (Yam); 5. Ben Stowers (Yam ). UW GP COMB NOV: 1. Robert Dougherty (Ya m~; 2. Eric Gumpher (Yam ); 3. Jack AkarJarian (Yam),; 4 . Ed Borowy (Honl; 5. Perry Melneciuc (Yaml . HIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Canny RobertS (Sur): 2. Bill 8ees<:h (Hon ); 3 . Mike Montgomery (Suzk 4 . Jim M cGrath (SULl. HIW S/ SPRT NOV: 1. John D;er ickx (S uz); 2. Chr is Sm ith (Sur); 3 . Bill Willems (Kaw): 4 . Chris Temme (Sur); 5. Den MeG'-IS uzl. M /W S/ BK COMB EX: 1. Glen n Barry (Han ); 2. M ik e 8 arn es (Hon); 3 . David Kamps (Hon ); 4. Ma rk Pasti r (Yam ); 6 . Newt on Heston (Han l. M IW S/ BK COM B NOV: 1. J ohn Dier icJot(Honl; 2. Gr eg Seil (Han); 3. Thoma s Thompson (S uz),; 4 . Steve Siegfried (Han ); 5. Martin 0 . 1a arr io CHon) . . U/L GP & S/SPRT EX: 1. Rudolf Von Ug nau (Su r); 2. Rick Herndon (Sur); 3. Terry Barter (Suz); 4. John Long (Sur); 5. Robert Caraway (Sur). M/W S/SPRT COM S EX: t . Glenn Barry (Han ); 2 . Mike ~~~~{~~~ Bill Heesch (Han ); 4 . Dan W arren (Sud: ): MIW S/SPRT COM B NOV: t . Steven Sievfried (Han ); 2. Greg Seiz (Han); 3. Roger Havenkorn (Hon); 4. Jerry Pelleg rino (Hon); 5. Maruricio A rango (Han ). HIWS/ BKEX: 1. TerrySarker (Suz ); 2. Paul S<:hwemmer (Yam ); 3. Robe" Caraway (Sur); 4. Kyle Spradlin (SUl); 5 . M ike Barnes (Han ). HIW S/S K NOV: t . Chris Sm ith ISuz); 2 . John Dierickx (Suz); 3. Roger Chin (Sur); 4. Nel son Canady (Hon l; 5. Chip Crowther (Sur). UW S IB K COM S EX; 1. Jeff Johnson (Sul); 2. Mike Spr adl ing (Yam); 3. Ben Slowars (Yam ); 4 . Greg Flagg (K8w ); 5. Rick Jackson (Yam). UW S/ BK COM B NOV: t . Jack A karj alian (Yam ); 2. Ed Borowy (Honl ; 3. Perry Mel neciu e (ya m l: 4 . M ike Ronan (Yam); 5. M arc us Day (Kewl. SIiW: 1. Gr eg Flagg (Kaw) ; 2. Si eve Pon leit (Honl; 3. M arc us Day (Kawl : 4. Peter W alson (BMW); 5. Randy W ing (Cagl . H/W VlNT EX: 1. Jo hn Long (Vin ); 2 . Joe Drost (Ha n); 3. Malcolme Tun stall (Duc ). HIWVlNT NOV; 1. Randy Ard (H-D); 2. Chri s Smi th (Nor ); 3. Merrick Pratt (Tril; 4 . Carlos M art inez.; S. Al len Burney IBMW). LIW V1NT EX: 1. JI m Reed (Yam); 2. Sll rling W atts IDue ). l./W VlNT NOV : 1. MIk e Moscoso (Yam ); 2. J im Page (Han); 3. Fran Ktencb (Yam); 4 . Doug Mttdema (D ue); 5. Pat Obr ien (Due) . M /W GP COM B EX: 1. Newlon Heston (Han); 2. M ike Barnes (~J; 3. M alco!m e Tunstall IDuc ); 4 _ Jo hn long (Duel; 5. MIk e Lehnu''IV(Han) M/W GP COMB NOV; 1. Sl even Stegl ield (Hon ); 2. John Oier ickx (Hon); 3 . Tom Tho mpson (Sur): 4 . M au rielo Ar ango (Han); 5 . Bruce Pogue (Han ) $1()(X) SHOOT -OUT: 1. Ria Herndon (Sur); 2. Rudolf Von Lignau (Sux); 3. John Long (Sult 4 . Robert Caraway (Sull; 5. Kyle Spradlin (Sul i. M INI 8 K VSR·50: 1. Bowe Her ron ; 2. Frank Carver; 3 . Todd Keesee : 4 . Jack Akar jalian; 5. John Giliberti . Mulligan sweeps Santa Claus GP By Rick Pin ney LAS VEGA S. NV. DEC. II Kerry Mulligan had a walk in the pa rk loday al Ihe linal race of th e Las Vega s Mot ocr oss Club for th e season. T he rare was half mot ocros-, a nd hall gra nd prix Iype raci ng o n th e na t portion 01 Las Vega s Raceway. There was o nly o ne 40-m inute mOio per cla ss. The l25cc event star ted as usual with th e P ro a nd th e Interm ed ia te classes ha shinll it out for th e hol esho t wilh Chris Trickle in fIrSt, King Richar d Sa xto n in seco nd and Mulligan third. Sax to n quickly passed Trickle in Ihe firs t turn but two turns lat er Trick le stuf£ed Saxton in a hai rpin turn a nd went o n to lead the pack for the rest of the motocross po rtion 01 th e race. Goi ng int o the GP pOlli on 01 the co urse Trickl e had th e lead wit h Sa xto n in seco nd and Mull igan in th ird . By the time Mull ig-dn lini shed the GP po rtion of th e race he had over ta ken Sax ton a nd Trick le. The li rst la p finished wit h Mu ll igan ahead by at least 10 bi ke len gths a nd pull in g away. The lim p lace positio n was ass ured for Mull iga n u nless he ha d a breakdo wn o r ran OUI of gas . bUI second was sti ll up lor gra bs. Greg Atkinson (1 3 3 ) and To ny Su lek battle in the 500cc Novice class at LACR . Sulek w as the over all wi nne r w hile A t kin son finished t hird . the holesh ot in bo th moros and led for a lap. but th e exciternen t was too mu ch and she fad ed back by th e end. Sam Hawl ey just got stro nger an d had th e lead by lap two in both rnot os and seemed to be faster at th e ch eckered than a t th e ga te to earn th e wi n. Four times a year. CRC and Tam i Rice prom ote a " Team Ch all en ge" wh ich provides a ci rc u la ti ng. perpetual tr ophy (or th e winning team. AI toda y's race, th e format was broadened to allo w d u bs and shops o th er than mo to rcycl e deal ers to p articipate. Team s ent ered wer e Gra nada Yamaha, Broo ks Cycle, Suzuki Co untry. Hi-Deser t Kawasaki. Valley Honda-Kawasaki, Schorcher Racing, Desert Motorspons, a n d 1000 O ak s Kaw a saki Yamaha. It was wo n by th e Desert Mororsports ream and will be on di splay at their shop in th e Target center in La ncas ter for th e next three months. Team members incl uded T o m Smith. Ron Gibso n. J ohn Hemme. Lori Hedstro m . Kelly Wad e a nd Mark Neal. Results T he seco nd lap was th e mos t exci ting of the race wit h a th ree -way d ue l betw een Trickle. Titus and Sax ton . Titus ca me o ut o n top 01 this duel by o verta ki ng Trickle a nd Sax to n in the G P portio n of th e race. The li ni sh of the race wa s set with Mulligan in a commanding lead for first, Tit us in second and Sax to n in th ird . The o nl'(, cha nge in the lin eu p was for th ird place a ter Sa xto n wa s penalized a lap for cu tti ng a co mer. The fin al ou tcome far overa ll was Mulligan . Titus an d Trickl e. For Mu lliga n th e 250cc mot o was a lmost a copy of the 125cc race with no co mpe titio n for the leader. Mull igan sta rted off the race by missin g a sh ift a t the sta rt bUI by the tim e he co mp leled th e first lap he had overta ken the en tire field. Mull igan went o n to fin ish with a t lea st a 25-seco nd lead ove r T rickl e. Results P/W eYC: 1. Chris Dizon (Yam); 2. Jesse Will iams (yam). 60 STK: t . John M eng IKaw ); 2. Randy Finc h (Kaw); 3. Chad Nort on (Kaw) . WMN: 1. M ary A nn Gusak ov (Hanl . 80 STK 9 ·11 ; 1. John M eng IKaw); 2. Mike Laskowitz (Kaw); 3. Chad Nort on (Kaw ); 4 . BUlch Gabriel (Yam). 80 NOV 12·1 6: 1. Gary Zaral iegu (Yam l; 2. Oavtd Munoz (Kaw ); 3. Aa ron Laktzi an (Kaw ). 80 INT 12 - 16 : 1. Ty Freeman (Hon t 2. M ike Gi lbert (Yam ); 3. Pal Full mer . 80 MOO 9 -1 1: 1. .Jason PartridQ e (KIwi. 80 MOD NOV 12-16 : 1. Ryan Taylor (Kawl . 125 NOV A : 1. Randy Dol son (Kawt 2. Casey McKinney (Han ): 3 . Dal e Albisl on (Kaw ). 125 NOV B: 1. Pau l Hinkley; 2. Randy Gubody: 3. Jason All en . 125 INT: 1. Der ek Tltus (SUl); 2. Chr is Pocino (Kaw); 3 .King Richar d Sexton (Yaml . 125 PRO: 1. Kerry Mulligan (Suzl; 2. Chri s Trickle (Honl. 250 NOV~ 1. Damon Thor nton (Vam); 2. Dian Den son (S uz); 3. Bren t 8 ecker. 250 PRO: 1. Ker ry M ull igan (Han ),; 2. Chri s Tri ckle (Hon .; 3. Kevin Banlen (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. Gregg Cox (Cag); 2. Kevin Cherry (Honl. VET: 1. Robert Werschy; 2. Tony Ber lOle; 3 . Bar ry Hill. 500 NOV ; , . David Dun: 2. Scott Reynolds. 500 INT: 1. Kevin Cherry. 2. La rry Tashi ro. 500 PRO: 1. Kev in Bart l et (Kaw l. 80 BEG: 1. Paul Gilmartin (KIwI: 2. Aa ron Wasnea (kaw); 3. Cory Austin (Yam ); 4 . Dan King (Hon); 5. Shawn O·Brien. 80 NOV : 1. Br ian Teets (Kaw); 2. Bob Sage; 3 . Marc Lippe rt (Hon); 4.Jason OePan o (Han). 80 INT: 1. Jacob Swain (Kaw ); 2. Joe DePatto (Han); 3. M ike Metzger (Sur): 4. Jeff Lewis (Sur). • VINT: 1. Joe Brou ssard (Hon); 2. Byron Greene (Hon); 3. Tom Sm ith (Ha n); 4 . Ron Aldrich ICZ); 5. Ken Greene ICZl. SR BEG; 1. La rry Kinch (Hon ). SR NOV: 1. Jerry Purkett (Kaw); 2. Steve Dunlap (Kawl. VET BEG: 1. Mart Neal (Hus); 2. Carlos Det ews (Han): 3. Chr is V akner (Han!: 4 . Tim Hiltner (Han): 5. Richard Sw ihart (Sur). VET NOV': 1. Russ Hoff man (Han ); 2. Don Stinchf ield (Kaw); 3 . Gordon Hechter (Han); 4 . Randy Paul Wysocki (Kawl; 5. Bob Dunham (Yaml. VETINT: 1. Scott FreetNlln (Han); 2. Kenny Milsaps (Honl; 3. Paul Tamaris (Han); 4 . Randy Anderson (Yam); 5. Mik e Roch ester (Han). VET EX: 1. Steve Rawsor (Yam); 2 . Ron Gibson lHan); 3. Brad W ill iam s (Kaw); 4 . Je f Harr iott (Kaw i. WMN INT 1. Lori Hedst rom (Han•. : WMN EX: 1. Tam i Rice (Suz). \ 125 BEG: 1. Sam Hawtey (Suzl; 2. Steve Knox (Yam); 3. Mark Vandewalle (Hon); 4 . M ike Steinhoff (Yam ); 5. Joe Condron (Hon l. 125 NOV: 1. Ji m my Cha mberlin (Han); 2. Eric Chav ira (Kaw ); 3. Kenny Sommer (Han ); 4 . Jon James (Yam); 5. Tony Sulek (Kaw) . .' 125 INT: 1. M ike Chamberlain (Yam): 2. Duan e Ben ner (Yam); 3. Chuck Kinna (Kaw),; 4 . M ark Higha m (SUl ): 5 . Guv Decke" (Suz.). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Kiedr owski (Honl; 2. Willie Surr an (Suz); 3. Jeff Barb acovi (Han); 4 . Joe Tuttobe ne ISull; 5. Chr is Radz:nski (Yam). i 2 50 BEG; 1. MI ke Giem (Han ); 2. Man Cla ncy lKawO; 3 . Bob Heum anson (Vam l; 4 . J im Tatone (Kaw); 5 . Rob Baumg art en (Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Robbi e Dunham (Yam),;2. W ill Dlclr.son(Vam); 3. Scott Put nam (Kaw ); 4 . Chua Demsey (Hon); S. M ike M cCarl ey (Hon). 250 INT: 1. M ike Hansburun (Yam); 2. Ryan Carl isJe (Kaw),; 3 . Merle Hammer (Yam l; 4 . Rtch Ben on (Yam ),; 5. Kelly Pichel. 250 PRO: 1. M ike Kiedrowski (Hon); 2. TIm Tefford (Hon); 3 . Kenny Zhan (Yam): 4 . Paul Vlach (Han). 500 BEG: 1. Michael W..- (Kawl; 2 . Jod< Powell (Yomt 3. David Mullen (Hen); 4 . Jason Neal (Hoo ); 5. Olris Day Kiedrowski clobbers LACR Motocross By Terry Rezek PALMDALE, CA. DEC. II Mik e Kiedrowski lOpped the 250cc Pro cla ss a t th e California Racing Club MX at Lo s Angeles Count y Racewa y. O nly 500cc Pro clas s winner Eddie Hick s ever go t close enoug h to be a threal as Kiedrowski went from ga te 10 n ag in bo th o ut ings lor a relativel y easy win. Tim Telford rode steadily enough to keep Kied rowski in stri ki ng di sta nce most 01 th e tim e in th e 250cc·Pro class to pick up secOnd 250 and third overall behind Hicks. Willie SUrTall look up the chase in the l25cc Pro class a nd pushed Kiedrow ski hard in both mot os to no ava il. ha vin g to settle for second l25cc Pr o. In Ihe 250cc Intermediale class. Merle Hammer bea t Mike HansbUltan a nd Ryan Car lisle o rr the lin e in bOlh mo tos. By th e end of lap on e in bo th molOS, Hansburtan had th e lead a nd went on for th e wi n. Carlisle edged H ammer twi ce to fini sh second overa ll wh ile Hammer got stuck with th ird. Mike Chamber la in ca me fro m a fourth pl ace sta rt to ta ke mora ' one of the 125cc Intermediat e race. th en cl inched the overall win with a wire-to-wire rid e in mota two . No vice T on y Sulek tried a 500 for th e first ti me loday and o bvio us ly liked it beller than his 125. He loo k bo lh 500cc No vice class mo lOS lor first overall bUIcould o nly man age a filt h in th e l25c c class . Bonnie Wa rch wa nl ed 10 Iry o u t her ·89 Suzuki in a crowded class and pi cked the wo rSI. th e 125cc 1lel:inn ers class . War ch took . ISUlI. . . 500 NOV: , . Tony Sulek (Kaw); 2. Greg A tk inson (Hon); 3. Kelly Wade (Honl; 4 . Kenny Safford (Hon) . 500 INT: 1. Erc Se ider (Hon ),;2 . Scott Nickerson (Hon); 3 . Tom Smith (Hon) . 500 PRO: 1. Eddi e Hicb (KTM ): 2 . Gary SII ilors (Kaw); 3 . Greg Pierce (Kaw) . Gibson grabs win at Montrose SEMX By Hurley &. Dot Short RAEFOR D. NC , DEC. 18 Van Gibson gra bbed Ihe o vera ll win with a )-2 score in thr Pro cla ss a t Monlrose SEMX_ Brad Proct or grabbed Ihe hol eshot in mOlo o ne follo wed by Jim my Johnson , Gibson o n his Cunn ing ha m Cycle Center of Fayell evill e· sponsored Kaw a sa ki a nd Mik e Pr evatte. G ibso n took over the lead wh en Proc tor ·s engi ne stalled and Pau l J am ison moved 10 seco nd. dr oppin g Proct or ba ck to th ird. With 27

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