Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

0') 00 0') ....... John Patterson negotiates a section at the Sand Springs Tri als. exci ti ng- a nd the fan s were rea lly in to it. Burbank 's h ig-h ba n ks ma ke fo r a lo t of pa~s i ng- a nd all the riders deserve a g rea t dea l o f cred it for adap ting so q u ickly La th is vcrv . u ni q ue indoor track. Results 60: 1. Sha wn Thom as; 2. Jenny Hayd en; 3 . Ni cky Hayden . 125 : 1. Shaw n Thomas ; 2. Tommy Hayde n; 3 . Paul lync h . 2 50 : 1. Dean KIt1~; 2. Todd Mart ain; 3, Brian Spotts . OPEN: 1. Dean Kitts; 2. Ian Seg edy; 3 . l arry Hodg es . PRO : 1. Dean K,ns; 2 . Larry Hodges; 3. Ian Seged y $R : 1. Tom Hodg es; 2 . J im Seck; 3 . Marshall Pa1rick . Reynolds brothers top Idaho Indoor ST By T. Sherman CALDWELL, !D , JAN. 28 The Reynolds brothers co u ld n 't be bea t at Saturd a y ni pJu's i n d o o r sh ort trac k in Caldwell , ta kmg bo th O pen class wins. • 0JXn Expert racing was fa st and furious as a lways. Heat races were won by Jeff Russel and T roy Norris. but the main event was a differ en t story. Honda-mounted Norris go t th e hol esh ot and held rhe lead until th e closing laps, wh en Rodney Reynolds round extra traction for th e Triumph twin to mot or by for the win. Rick y Henson moved up from the rear of the pack to take third, Little brother , Rich ie Reynolds. made a late race move in the clo se Open Amateur final, 10 tak e the win ahead of Pa l Massie and Glen Young. Results 60 A M : 1. Mitch W ard (Kawl ; 2. Matt Ward (Kaw ). SO AM : 1. Chris Kalley (Kaw); 2. Dax Lopez (Kaw l; 3 . Rob Frost (Han). 250 AM : 1. Pat Massie IKaw) . KNOBBY AM : 1. Mike Jard ine; 2. Rick Ingraham; 3 . Chad Fuller . KNOBBY AM : 1. Mark Hall ; 2. Ricky Henson . OPEN AM : 1. Rich ie Reynolds (Hon l; 2. Pat Massie IHon); 3. Glen Young (Han). O ~E N EX: 1. Rodney Reynolds (Tri~ 2. Troy Norris (Han); 3. RIcky Henson (Yaml .Livingston highlight SDR Award Banquet By Tom Blachek BINGHAMPTON, NY, JAN. 28 The Squar e Deal Riders held their an n ua l awards banquet and in th e closest points ra ce in years . Brent Livingston won the title or Track Champion by two points o ver Lou DeLousia. Livingston earn ed the title by passing DeLousia on th e last lap of th e last short track race of th e seaso n. Along with his titl e, Livingston took home an em broidered jacket and _ n engraved wall a clock. DeLousi a didn 't go home em p ty handed, eit her. He was awarded a ja cket as the 250cc Amat eur cla ss Champion. ~ .Lo ng tim e co m pe titor Joe Gould Sr. won a ja cket for the Se,:, i~>r B class Champion ship. Gould was th e o rigi na l Bulta oo dealer in the area and has been racing Ior more years than he cares to ad mit to. Winter Series Ch ampion Mike McKinney earn ed h is red jacket throu gh co nsis tency and perse vere nce . Severa l rid ers had mor e win s . than McKinney, bu t no o ne had as man y top th ree fini shes. SDR Pr esi dent Torn Blach ek , awarde d man y pl aques to deserving club members Cor thei r su pport during the past yea r. T he Famil y Award wasJ >r esent ed to Jane a nd Brad Flint. ·T he co vete Presidents Award went to Tom Steen for the tremen dou s amou n t of time and labor he do nat ed to the cl ub. Re s ults FINAl STANDINGS OPEN AM : 1. Brent Uvi ngston; 2. Lou DeLous ia; 3. Rob Bibln s. .25.0 AM : 1. Lou DeLousi a; 2. Chr isty Scheffer; 3. Rob Blbbin 5.. 2. Bill Tel iska. SA B: 1. Joe Gould SR A : 1. Dave Scheffer; 2. Tom Blach ek. se Gregory.Rand (7 7) stayed out in front of Ch uck Sh irley to w in t he Super M ini class at Camp Coker. 250 EX: 1. Craig Estelle ; 2. Todd Hunter. OPEN EX: 1. Craig Estelle ; 2. Dave Scheffer. WINTER SERIES: 1. Mike MacKinney; 2. Randy Gardner; 3 . Russ Baldwin; 4 . Craig Estelle . ROAD RIDERS: 1. Bill /Bev Roe; 2. Dave/Phyllis Hunter. Wineland, Meredith rule Canyon MX By Michael Ross PHOENIZ, AZ. JAN. 29 Brent Win eland set the pa ce in the l 25cc Expert class, whil e 250 cc Expert Mark Meredith reigned su preme durin~ round four o f th e Arizona Moto-X Association's Winter Icebreaker a t Canyon Raceway. Riding with a broken right ankle aud tom ligaments in th e left, T own and Country Honda /Hump hr ey Bros .-sponsored Wineland t.ook bo~h mo tes of the l25cc Expert class , w mn mg easily o ver Matt Worbes . Top Gun in the 250ec cla ss, Jim Hale, had ' quite sh oc k when for mer Natio nal rider Mark Meredi th returned to raci ng aft er a four year layoff. The first 250cc mota was th e best ra ce of th e da y with Meredith tak ing the ear ly lead away from Hale wh en th e Town and Country/ Honda /M ax im a /Scolt/Wh ite Bros .spo nsored rider wai ted too lon g to shift. Mer edith, a lso sponsored by T own a n d Country Honda set a fast pace during th e first of 10 laps that had Hal e struggling to keep up. Meredith's arms star ted to pump up halfway int o th e race, so Hale moved in and took the lead o n th e next lap but sta lled hi s bik e at th e bottom of Suicid e Hill letting Meredith reta ke first place. H al e red oubled h is effo rts to reel in Mered ith a nd nearly lost co ntro l wh en both h is feel came off th e pegs in th e wh oop-dedoo sectio n. Hale just barely held o n. After tha t. Mer edith eased a way to wi n by a co mfortable margin. . Fourteen- year-old 80cc Expert, David Pingree worked up a swea t wh en he ran away from th e 80cc Amateur class, then challe nged Bill y Demastry (a 125 Novi ce) a nd l25cc Am at eur Mike McMullen to a grudge race whi ch he won, finall y taking second place beh ind 250cc Amateur Bru ce Sylvester in the ~O- m in ute Iron Man race. Results . a JR (6- 8): 1. M ike Zimmer (Kaw). JR (9-11) : 1. J ason Mathews (Kaw ); 2. Dylan Gutherie IK:aw); 3 . Bryan Lindsay (Kaw); 4 . Scan Young (Han); 5. NIck.Stoecke.l(Kaw) . MINI BEG: 1. David FaIT (Han); 2. Aaron Smi th (Han); 3. Danny Perez (Kawl; 4 . Doug Radcliff (Han). MINI NOV: 1. Erik A nderson (Kaw); 2. Brett Ladue (Yam)· 3. Adam Stein (Kaw) ; 4. Ted Campbell (Han). ' eo AM : 1. Scan Williams (J(aw); 2. Jimmy M okry (Han). 80 (9-11): 1. Ja son Mat hews (Kaw~ 2. Dylan Gutherie (Han).. . . 80 EX: 1. David Ping ree IKaw). 125 SEG: 1. Tyler Gibson; 2. J im Ferroni (Han): 3. Bruce Mortlson (Sud; 4 . Herbert Clinton (Cag); 5. Chris Colburn (Vaml . 1 2~ NOV: 1. Bill.y Oema stry (Honl; 2. Brian Davis (Kaw ); 3. MIke Yell owha lr (Han); 4 . Scan Moo re (Han); 5. Troy Kahna (Han). 125 AM : 1. Kevin Carpenter (Han); 2. Shawn Cisco (Yaml: 3. Ml ckey Serg eant (Kaw); 4. M ike McMu ll en (Yam); 5. J ohn Rich (Suz). a a 125 EX: 1. Bre':lt Winel, nd (K, w ); 2. Ma tt Worbes (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Bn an Bemocase l Hon~ 2. J erry Sim s (kaw); 3. Harry RItter (KTM). 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Thompson ( Hon~ 2. John Schraeder . 250 AM : 1. Bruce Sylvester (Kaw); 2. Shawn Cisco (Yam); 3. Chip Young (Han) 250 EX: 1. Mark Meredith (Hont 2. J im Hale (Hon~ 3. Scott Hochste in (Kaw ); 4 . ,Bruce W ill iam s (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Jim QUinn (Honl; 2. Dave Rice lHont; 3. Bru ce Penlhery (Hon); James O'Kane (Han). VET 25+ : 1. Doug Goodman (Hon t; 2. W ill iam Chambe rs (Kawl; 3. Jim Quinn (Han). VET 30+: 1. Dave Burns (KTM); 2. Scott Kinner '(Han); 3. Jon M iller (Yam); 4 . Gary Chaidez (Han ); 5. Jim Conner lHonl. VET 40+: 1. Bill Meyer (Han). .Moree smokes Camp Coker MX By Ear l Walton SO CI ETY H ILL, sc. J AN . 29 Hank Mor ee showed his style a t Ca m p Co ker Motorsp ons Park a nd bolted.into th e lead a nd held o n to ta ke first -pl ace in th e co mbined 250cc Ama teur /Pro races . Moree . a ltho ug h co m pe ting in the Am at eu r class, g rab bed the hol eshot in th e first rnot o a nd ga llo ped aw av from-classm at es a nd pros a li ke, ga i nir~g a 17-second lead o ver th e pack within the first two laps. Actual standings in th e rest of th e field were not decid ed unti l well into the mot o du e to numerous po siti on cha nges. Robbie Taylor, a popular SOUlh Ca roli na Yam aha rider , and North Carolinabased T ony Flor es gave good chase for the Pro lead d uri ng th e first ha lf of th e moto. As the Ama teur second place co n tes t belo n~ed to Ten nessee's Mitch McCuner and Virgini a 's T am Topha m. By the halfwa y poi n t, Mor ee had gai ned a 30 second lead over th e field, and whe n' th e d ust cleared he had ma naged a fu ll ha lf a la p lead . Steve Chi ld ress wh o was sixt h pu lled off a very impressive Pr o class comeback to ta ke the winn in g chec kers over Ka wasak i-mo un ted J im Neese. The secon d 25Oc~ rnoto was per haps th e race of th e day wit h Mor ee gra bbi ng th e holesh ot a nd Childress plugg in g in a tigh t second spot. Riders n ot competing in th e motu flanked the ba rriers a long the newl y added "S" turns a nd a dou ble " Quick Dip" pit. Mor ee held o n to first p lace pos ition a ll the way. The win was not . however. witho ut a to ugh cha llenge by Child ress. Alt hough never more th an seven seconds o ut Irom. Mor ee did nu t a llow Chil dress to gai n closer tha n a four seco nd ga p. T he re was tig h t raci ng in the 250cc Ama teur an d Pro classes th rou gh o ut the seco nd mow pack. Kenned y and Neese bou red Cor seco nd Pro spo t with Neese the victor. In the Ama teur class Top ham too k the fina l posi tion swap over Mitch Me-Cu rter to la ke seco nd. T he combined 125(:c Amat eu r/ Pro motus delivered the sa me kind of exci teme n t. Moree b litzed the firs t rnoro overa ll, and.even th ou gh suffering bike trouble, F is hed wi th a 15 in second lead over the field and a ha lf a lap lea d over seco nd p lace Amateur rider Ro n n ie Yarbro. /' Victori ous in th e Pro standings was Jim Chester wh o pulled off a clean fini sh after rou gh fights wi th Mik e Andrew s, Larry Andrews and Childress. Ch ester went o n to domi nate the seco nd motu to lake first Pr o ho nors over Childress. who took second overall . Billy Cox nabbed first overall in the 125cc Ama teur sta ndi ngs a fter Mo ree's ear lier bik e pr oblems resulted in a seized engi ne. Results 250 AM: 1. Hank Moree (Kaw); 2. Tam Topha m (Suzl; 3 ....Mllch McCu rter (Yam) 250 PRO: 1. Si eve Childress I Suz~ 2. Ji m Neese IKaw~ 3 . Sha ne Kennedy IYaml . 0-85 7-13: 1. Gregory Rand (Yam); 2. Chuck ShIrley (Kaw ); 3 . Phillip Hayes (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Bn an Thomas lHan); 2. Rohn W h ite lKaw); 3. J eff Wall (Suz). PLUS 30 : 1.: Robby Neely {Kawl; 2. Cra ig Coll ie IKaw): 3. StUB" Englis h (Suz). PLUS 40 : 1. Rick Morr is; 2. Marc Min or (Suz). 125 AM: 1. Billy Cox lSuz); 2. Ronni e Yarbr o (Sud; 3. Hank Mor ee (Kawi. 1~ 5 PRO: 1. Ji m CheSler ( S uz~ 2. Si eve Childr ess (Suz); 3. JIm Neese (Kaw). S/r.J!INI: 1. C?regory Rand (Yam ~ 2. Chuck Shirley (Kaw); 3 . Chfls McN eIll (Kaw) . 5DO .AM : 1. Dean Herrin (Hon); 2. Frank St roman (Han); 3. DaVId Graham (Han). ~ 250 NOV: 1. Billy Reel (Suz); 2. Denn is Jon es (Sur) : 3. Ken ny Kowa lczyk C Hon). 125 SCHBY 12 -15 : 1, James Byrd (Kaw l; 2. Benj i Rutledge ISuz). . 0 ·S5 12· 15: 1. Gregory Rand (Yaml; 2. Ja son Minor (Yam I; 3. Lee Todd (Kawl . . Bode best at Sand Spring Trials By Rich Allman SAND SPRINGS, OK . JAN; 15 Gordon Bode blew a way th e Novi ce cla ss with a seven -point score a t the last tri al s event to be held in Sand Springs. Three in ch es of snow blanketed th e ar ea, but 30 rid ers from a th reesta te area braved th e co ld and ca me o ut to participate in Sand Sprin gs ' final even t, Second place in th e Nov ice cl ass wa s captu red by K&:N's Pa t McDonald and th ird place was claimed by j erry Ward with Cla y Fry just two points back. The lon e entryin th e Roo kie clas s was Paul !l<>len and he slogged through five sectio ns In three loops for a very credi ble 33 poi nts. In th e Am ateur class David Bolen was first o vera ll with 34 points. Just four po ints back was Dreu Crane. wh o wrestled hi s Fantic o ut of storage and posted a very respectable 38 points for the da y. Third pl ace was John Mizell o n hi s Montesa with H points. Dr. John Patterson scra mbled in with 48 points for fourth pl ace. In th e Intermediate class Steve Fujan had a really fun da y. tu rn in g in five points total with 21 cleans in just 24 sectio ns. Andre Laporte's 19-po int sco re wa s o n ly good enough for second pl ace toda y. Only th ree po int s back was Pau l Bolen in third place . Aar on Cox . Sta n Mach a n and Rick Robinett rounded oui the top six , as just six points separated secon d thro ug h sixt h pl ace. T he Ex pe rt class was a two-man affa ir wit h Da ve Burris bea ting Kirk May field b y a score of 39 to 49. In th e Master class Rick Land cleaned all but five sections . Allen Guyot was eig ht points back in second place and David Blac k rolled in to thi rd place with 23 points. Ron Lee was close behind with 24 points on his Beta. Results ROOKIE: 1. Paul Bolen (33 pts). NOV: 1. Gordon Bode (7 ); 2. Pat McDo nald (2 1); 3. J err y Ward {27t 4. Eart Sheppard (33); 5. Matt Moore (5 9). AM: 1. Da\'e Bole n (34~ 2. Dreu Crane (38): 3. Joh n 27

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