Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ II: 0 :z: III )0- w .... a: e :::l :z: >lD 0 ~ 0 :z: "- 0') CO 0') 1""""4 1""""4"' i ...c: u ~ ~ ~ Patrick Slate (2 8) and Bo Shannon (17 8 ) battle for t he lead in the Schoolboy class at Sandhills MX Park in Chesterfield . South Carolina. second in the Modi fied class behi nd Scott Berger. After the day 's racin g was comp lete and the awards handed out, a celebrity race was held with current a nd former mo tocross stars wand ering over fro m the pits and ban ging bars on the littl e street mach ines. At last count Rick J oh nso n was leading Mike "T oo Tall " Bell as the su n set on the track. back to fourt h. The win went 10 Greer , Bradshaw, Hen sley, Bo Shan no n and Jason Baldwin. In the second mot o it was Bradsha w off the line first foll owed by G reer and Hensley. Greer wen t down on the first lap , givi ng Bradshaw a com forta ble lead Hensley and Sha nnon follo wed into second and th ird p laces. In spite of h is fall on the firs t la p and losing a lot of ground, Greer was abl e to get it together and .pull up a third pla ce finis h for the second mot o. The leaders were Bradshaw and Hensl ey. Results '0 L/W STK BEG: 1. Lisa Peterson ; 2. J8mey Harr ison; 3 . Patrici: M8ddock; 4 . Keith Vn.ele; 5. Todd Wa rren . HIW STK BEG: 1. M ika Green,; 2. Scott Reed; 3. Travis King; 4 . Don HoUanet S. Anthony Alvarez. • MOO BEG: 1. Matthew Branch; 2. Jam ie Riker; 3. Usa Peterson; 4 . Darren Hawker; 5. Robert Ga no. " STK AM : 1. Matt Harrison ; 2. Mark Nappi; 3 . Scott Berger; 4 . Chr is Brodoro; 5. Ronald Coffman. MOO AM ; 1. Scott Berger; 2. Mark Nappi; 3 . Rob Robertson; 4. Ronald Coffman; 5. Kavin Cunning ham . STK EX: 1. Kurt Hen rdtsen; 2. David Trager ; 3. Oaniel Grotz,; 4. J .R. Hess; 5. Joe l Randel . MOD EX: 1. Mart McDonald; 2. Kurt Henr icksen ; 3 . Joel Randel; 4 . J .R. Hess; 6. Scott Char les. Results . Coleman captures Sandhills MX Park win By Hurley and Dot Short Scott Berger (2 5 ) passed Chris Broders to win the first M odif ied Amateur class heat at the VSR50 Jamboree at Jack Murphy Sta dium. Henricksen hot at San Diego mini RR By Scott Stenberg SAN DIEGO, CA. FEB. I I Kun Henricksen too k the overall victory in th e Stock Expert class at th e Na tional Motospo n Association's first-ever Yamaha YSRSO Jamboree. held in conjunction with the San Diego Supercross at Jack Murphy Stadium. The easy-to-ride and fairly fast track was laid out next to the motocross pits on a slopi ng area of the parking lot, Racers com peted for prizes don a ted by Shoei, Boyesen Reeds and other compa nies. H en ricksen 's wi n came after a knock-down, drag-ou t fight with David T rager. Dan G rotz and J .R. H ess. Henricksen led every lap of the Iirst heat while Hess held second for the first few laps. Hess dropped back to his eventual fifth- place finish as Joel Ran del, Scott Charles, J ames Campbell and Arden Friesen all took turns following Henricksen. It wasn't until lap 14 of the 2o-Iap race that T rager moved in to the runner-up po sition Cor good. Randel took third and Yamaha's Willie Amaradio was four th. In the second heat Daniel Grotz led for two laps until Henricksen pa ssed hi m. Trager moved into second o n the eigh th lap a nd dogged H enricksen for six laps when he took the l ead Trager's stay o ut front only lasted a lap though as his mach ine wen ' sour and he dropped back to third beh ind Grotz at the fin ish. T rager came back to win the firs t heat of the Modified Expert div ision over Henricksen an d Mark McDonald, but dropped ou t of the second heat after pa ssing He nricksen and leading for four laps. McDonald also passed Henricksen and assu med first then stayed there to 'he finish for the overall win , his 3I score topping Henricksen 's 2-2. Mike Green topped the Stock 8el;i nner class alter foll owing Scott Reed home In the first heat and then Travis King in the second roun d. Reed finished thi rd in hea t two for second overa ll an d King ended up third with his 4-1 score. . Matthew Bra nch took overa ll ho nor s in the Modified Beginner class with a win in the second heat over first-hea t win ner Jam ie Riker. In the Stock Ama teur class Mall Harri son put in a perfect I-I da y to collect the overall win a head of Mar k Nappi. Nappi also finished CHESTERF IELD, S.c. FEB. 12 Rusty Coleman pow ered his Yamaha into the winner's circle with a 1-2 score in the 125cc B clas s at Sandhill. MX Park. In the first moto it was Joe No rder orr the line first follo wed by J ames H ardy, Paul Dalton and Thom as Linvill e. Patrick Slate had mo ved to second when he took a fall tltat dropped hi m way back in the pack . Coleman wor ked his way into the lead and at the finish , it was Coleman, Norder and Dalton. In the second moto ' Norder captured the holeshot again. This time he was followed by Kevin Austin, Coleman, Hardy and Slate, After the first lap it was Norder. Coleman, Austin . Hardy and Slate. Slate moved up to fourth as Norder and Coleman put on a real battlefor the Iirst two positions. Coleman took the lead and wouldn't relinquish it, On the last lap Slate mad e a move and took over second pla ce, he was followed by Norder, Austi n an d Dal ton. _ Overall wen' to Coleman, Norder. Slate, . Dalt on a nd Hardy. In the first l25cc moto Tony Cearly took the holesho t followed by Brian Gil es and Lee Mari n. On the first lap, David Stu art moved up to thi rd and SIeve Gilley 10 fourth . G illey quickly moved into second place a nd put presso ure on Cearl y. He eventually took over the lead Gilley stretched ou t his lead over the field and at the fini sh it was Gilley, Wes Cave, Chris Messer, Cearl y and Chuck Greer. In the second moto ; Cave too k 'he ho leshot foll owed by Marcus Cannon, Messer, Steven Burdette an d Richard Hester. Can non moved up to four th on the first "la p, Crossing the finish line first it Ca ve, Burdette, Ca nno n, Messer and Gilley. Overall wen' to Cave, Gill ey, Messer, Canno n and Greer. In the Senior Min i competition Ch uck Greer came orr the line first follo wed by lac Bradsh aw, Kevin Simpson and Brad Joy ce. Bradshaw was closing up on Greer while Sim pso n ma in tained a dis ta n t th ird J eff Hensley moved into third, droppin g Sim pson - JR MINI ; 1. Patr ick Greer (Kaw); 2. Richie Horton (Yam); 3. J ason Baldwin (Yam); 4. Robbie Horton (Kaw ); 5. Chris Carlson (Suzl . SR MIN I: 1. lac Bradshaw (Yam ); 2. Patr ick Greer (Kawl; 3. Jeff Hensley (Hon ); 4. Bo Shannon (Su%); 6. Jason Baldwin (Yam). S/M1 NI: t . Richie Honen (Yam ); 2. Bilty Charl es (Kaw); 3. Robbie Horton (Kaw ); 4 . Paul Canada (Yam); 5 . Rhett Wilson (Yam). SCHBY: t . Patrick Slate (Yam);.2. James T. Hardy (Kaw); 3. Bo Shannon i Suz); 4. J effr ey IQ. Hensley (Han); 6. Mike Chippetta (Yam). 125 C: 1. Wes Cave (Han); 2. Steve Gilley (Yam); 3 . Chris Mes ser (Yam); 4. Marcus Cannon (Kaw); 6 . Chuck Greer (Han). 126 B: 1. Rusty Coleman (Yam); 2. Joe Norder (Hanl; 3 . Patr ick Slate (Yam); 4 . Plul Dalton (Hont S. James Hardy (Kaw). 125 A: 1. Kevin L Walker (Yam); 2. Mart. Spriggle (Suzt; 3 . Chad Lough (Suz); 4. Jim L Neese (Kaw); 6 . Dlniel B. Portz (Su:t). SR 30+: 1. Roger Lineberger (Han); 2. Chris Brewer (Yam); 3. Rusty Allison (Yam); 4 . Andy Williams (ICTM S. Aubrey ); Ken Ferrell (Hon). 25 +: 1. Joe Norder (Suzt 2. Wayne Jefferson Jr. (SUlk 3. Anthony Runion (Suz); 4. Gary Duffy (Han ); 5. Roger Uneberge r (Han). 250 c: 1. Joseph Cummings (Hon ); 2.l.any White (Yam); 3. Sandy Creed. Jr. (Yam); 4. Patr ick Woodall (Hon ); S. Charles Dyson (Yom) . 260 B: 1. Paul Carton (Han); 2. Rusty Coleman (Yam); 3. Shane Templeton (Suz); 4 . Phillip Wilkerson (Han); 6. Todd MorshatllHonI. 260 A:. 1. Kevin Walker (Yam); 2. Jim N.... (Kaw); 3 . Eddy Penny (Suz); 4. Lonnie Taytor (Yam); 6. Kirk Johnson (Yam). OPEN AM; 1. Kevin Austin fHont 2. Mark Ki.... (Han); 3. An4y Williams (KTM); 4 . Tim Julian (Kawt; 5. l.esIer e.-nlKow). Taylor, Childress top Camp Coker MX By Earl Walton SOCIETY HILL, sc, FEB. 5 Cold temperatures and misty rain di dn 't .dampen the spirits of Robbie Taylor and Steve Childress as they copped respecti ve 250cc and l25cc Pro class win s a t Camp Coker Motorsports Park. Taylor pulled the holeshot in both 250cc Pro motos a nd topped the score sheets all the way. His first moto challenge came from Childress, who pushed hard despite a few fails an d mi nor bike troubles. Childress also posed a great threat during the first four laps of the second race with sligh tly faster lap times titan Taylor , however it was. ironically, the dosequarters du el that proved to be his demise. "I j ust couldn 't see the berm, " said the mudcovered Childress. "All the dirt from Robbie's rear wheel blocked my view, my front wheel missed the groove and I flipped over." National Plus 30 champ Robbie Neeley and Shane Kennedy jo ined Childress in hot pursuit, hoping for a mistake from Taylor that would afford one of them a win . The

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