Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Michael Wilson (865) leads the .st a rt of the first 125,cc B class at Whitesburg MX. Lance Brannon (45) sc_ored the overall win. ' By the halfwa y point in the firs t mo to spectator attention had focused on Moree as he dosed to within seven secon ds .of 250cc fro nt-runner Ednes, but th e mo to was red flagged wh en o ne of the local riders sustained inj ury in a cras h which com pletely blocked one of the narrow passages aro und the course. The second moto proved testing to Neill who got the 250cc holesh ot and managed a p ro mis in g five laps until a shoulder inj ury fro m a pra ctice m ish al? the da y befor e for ced him o ut of th e co m pe ution for the day. . Ednes pulled into the lead with Moj o tai li ng 10 secon d. Meanwh ile, Moree was mak in g a thu nd ering challen~ on the 250cc riders. Mo ree pulled to wi thin five seconds of Ed nes, an d the two di sappeared fro m the sig h t of the flags ta n d vantage p o i nt. Sud den l y, Moree exploded in to view over an uphill j ump with Ednes traili ng not fa r beh in d. A fall by Ed nes h ad a ffo rde d Moree the narrow pas sage opport unity to gain the lead to which he gave a comfortable margin of expansion. Moree look the mo to win in th e th ird even t as well as seu ing a new trac k lap reco rd. Ednes took 250cc ove ra ll honors. Ha cker Wil son , bothered by a kn ee injury fro m Sa turday's practice. co mpou nded his problem by a nasty cras h in th e fina l mot o. Wilson took ho me third overall, nonetheless. Servo swift at Clark County ST By Derryl Anderson RIDGEFIELD, WA, JA N. 28 Jim Servo too k hi s Mulkey Ra cin g Honda to th e main even t win in the O pe n Pro clas s of th e sho rt track held at the Clark Co unty Fairgrounds. A lar ge turnout of riders showed up to tune ,u p for the u pcoming short trac k o n th e co nc rete a t Por tla nd 's Memorial Coliseum. . In heat one Servo go t th e scratch fo llo wed by Jeff Kirkland, Kevin Bass, Rex Fisher , Don Paul and Jef f H iatt. Within one lap Dave Bird/ ShoeilMaxi ma /D's Le ath er s-b a cked Fisher took his Ro tax a ll the Way to second. Fisher chased Servo lap after la p to no avail. Meanwhile H iatt &ot past Paul and battled ' with Kirkland unu l he finally took co n trol of fourth. At th e checkered fla g it was Servo, Fisher, Bass and the o thers. H eat two saw Speedy Kell tak e the in it ial lead ahea d of Steve H yson , Pat Munyo n , Marty Zirb el, Steve Baldwin and Clint Ouzel. H yson slid by Kell a nd Zirbel Passed Munyon wi thin the open ing lap . With two la ps to go Kell lost it in tum two and th e o thers mo ved up a no tch . At th e finish it was H yson , Zirbel , Mu nyo n and th e o th ers. Severa l wild p ileups mad e i t necessary to restart th e main , a nd takin g the lead when it go t going was Zirbel then Servo , Fisher, Bass, Kell and H iat t. Zirbel was layirig i t in o n th e cases with Servo all o ver him . Back a few yards Fisher was trying to ca tch th e lead ers. Hiatt moved up a spot while Kell had a prob lem and dr opped back a ways. Zirbel rode flaw less and Servo remained right o n hi s tail. With one lap to go Servo dov e in sid e Zirbel co ming ou t of th e final tum and wo n by a wh eel. Behind the du o was Fisher , Hia tt, Pau l and th e ot he rs. There was a lso two full hea ts of 40 Pl us , rid ers tonight, In heat one Ray Carroll and Dan Kirk were side-by-side with Kirk finally ta ki ng the fro n t spot. Nothing changed and at the end it was Kirk, carroll , Ch uck H od so n, Jack Calli nsk y, Ron Mehner and th e o the rs. In heat two Sonny Burre s go t th e lead th en went too wide an d ha d to co me back fro m las t. Out fro n t was J ack McCo y th en Dick Slush er, Geo rge Tippett, Jan Potter and Dou g . P helps . Bu rres wasted no time in working h is wa y back up to third. At the fin ish it was Slus her edging o ut McCo y, then Bu rr es an d th e o thers, In th e main event Bu rres go t the scra tch ahea d of McCoy, Zirk , Callinsky and the rest. Burr es bu ilt up a 20-yard lead and never looked back right to th e end where it was Burres, Kirk, McCo y, Carroll , who came back fro m a slow start, th en Callinsky, Slusher an d T ippe tt. Results 50 : t . TIm Sheard; 2. Brian Cates; 3. Katrena As h; 4. Ben Bu sh nell. • 80; 1. Nate Bour la nd; 2. J a so n Nelson. 125: 1. J .P. Sim onsen; 2. Dw ight Parker; 3. Kevin Bales. 2 50 B; 1. lewis Pugh; 2. Laurie Coughtry. 25 0 A: 1. J .P. Simonsen; 2. Stev e Herr eid; 3 . Dain Eichel. 250 PRO: 1. Marty Zirbel; 2. Rex Fisher. OPEN B: 1. Kevin Herr ell ; 2. M ike Huffma n. OPEN A: 1. Dave Wa llander; 2 . Buck Mu rp hy; 3 . Tony TIwm. . OPEN PRO: 1. Jim Serve; 2. M arty Zirbel; 3 . Rex Fisher; 4. Jeff Hiatt; 5. Don Pau l. Vl NT: 1. J ack Callinsky; 2. Greg Sheard . 30+ 0 : 1. Rod Estes. 30+ C: 1. Lewi s Pug h. 30+ B: 1. Ron Evans; 2. Art Boustead; 3. Greg Sheard. 30+ A. 1. Rick Halme; 2. Kevin Herr ell ; 3 . Tim Fell ows . 4()+ B: 1. Doug Phelps; 2. Jim Krist . 4()+ A: 1. Sonny Burrel; 2. Dan Kirk; 3 . J ack McCoy. Zont, Brannon win Whitesburg MX By Gary Cride r CARRO L LTON, GA, FEB. 5 The sea son opener at Wh itesburg M(( saw Il li no is resident Mike Zont win the hardfought 125cc C di vision while loca l ace Lance Bra n non ro mped to pe rfect scores in th e 125 and 250cc B co ntes ts. Desp ite th e gloomy weather forecast , a large turnou t was on hand, incl udi ng riders fro m as far away as Missouri and Illinoi s, The rai ns stayed away for th e event, but an earl y-mornin g downpour left th e track very wet. Wagon er Cycle Works-ba cked Larry McGill led the 32-rider field int o th e first tum in th e da y's o pe ni ng l25cc C mo to. Zont go t away a t abo ut mid -pack o n hi s MAC Suzu ki of Sha umburg , Illino is-backed Yama ha. McG ill held on for the win while Zont, a Ior mer Mini class rider making his I25cc deb u t, fough t h is way throug h the pa ck to fin ish second over . Paul Firnschild. Said Zont, "My m ain problem was the m ud in my eyes. I used u p a ll m y tear-offs and th rew away my goggles before the first lap was overl" McGill sho wed the way again at the start of m oto two but th is time be found Zon t latched to h is rear fender. McG ill and Zont circled th e course in tandem un til th e second lap when McG ill cra shed , giv in g the lead, th e win and th e overa ll to Scott/ Maxima's Zon t. McGill remounted to post 1-3 sco res fo r ru n ner -up honors over Fimschil d and Roo d Norton. Aaron Day shook off Hrst-moto difficul ties to earn fifth overall via his 9-2 tally. Day a lso rode th e 250cc C class and after finis hing seco nd in mot o o ne, he led the second mo te . With two la ps remain ing in the 15·min ut e rno to , however, Day too k a spi ll and was slow LO restar t. Alex Scott took over for th e win and a 6-1 tally tha t netted third overall in a tied score over Ch ip Ow ings' 43. Day fin ished 2-4 for runner-up go ld behind Rodney Kimball 's winning 3-2 sco re. Freew heeling Honda's La nce Bra nno n led both 250cc B motos fro m start to finis h .a nd in 125<:c action, Brannon seemed to have no trou ble slicing through traffic en ro ute to anothe r per fect score. The 125cc Pro division was combined wit h the l25c c B class . Pro wi nner Brian Ba ttaglia of Ilfi nois put on a thri lli ng display as he came back from Iirst-lap spills i n bo th motes aboard hi s AXO/Scott / MAC Suzuki. , Warn er Wil bourn do minated th e Senior and Super Senior divi sions with four moto wins aboard his H II: H-prepared KTM. " I think it's going to be a good year for me," sa id Wilbour n, " th is is the second time th is year th a t I've wo n bo th the Senior and Super Senior class es." Results 50: 1. Matt Dicker son (Yam); 2. ladale Sm ith (Yam); 3. Ken ny Mantl e (Yam). 65: M att Boone (Kaw l; 2. She e Bentl ey (Kaw); 3. Matt W alker (Kaw ); 4. T.J. Hodgi ns (Yam): 5. Ben Woodall (Hon). JR M INI: 1. Scott Pinson (Kaw ); 2. Sha e Bentl ey ( Kaw~ 3 . Eric Pinson (Yam)::4 . Ben Woodall (Hon). SR M INI: 1. Rvan Revnolds (Hon ); 2 . Brad Si mpson ( Kaw~ 3. Eric Pinson (Yam); 4 . Bruce Pinson lKaw); 5. Todd Davidson (Kaw l. SPR MINI: 1. David Hurst (Kaw). 12 5 C: 1. M ike Zont (Yam); 2. larry McGill (Suz); 3. Pau l Firn schild (Suz); 4 . Rodd Non on (Han); 5. Aaron DaV (Hon). 250 C: 1. Rodney Kimball (Yam); 2. Aaron Day (Honl; 3. Ale x Scott (ya m); 4. Chi p Ow ings (Hon l; 5. Keenn y Kowa lczyk {Honl . 125 B: 1. lance Branno n (Hon); 2 . Brad Hayes (Hon); 3 . M ich ael Wll son (Hon); 4 . Brandon BenUey (Hon!; 5. Chris Lampell a (Hon). 250 B: 1. lIInce Branon (Han); 2. Brad Hayes lHon I; 3 . Mark M ikeal (KawJ. SR 30+ : 1. W arner Wilbourn (KTM); 2. Kenny Hall (Hon l; 3 . Mark Klein (Suz); 4 . Lee Wi nston (Kawl; 5. Geoff 8urlcha rt (Kaw l. S/SR 4Ot-: 1 . Warna r Wilbour n (KTM); 2. Ji m Pinson (KTM); 3. Jo hn McCorvey !I(a w ); 4 . Lee Win ston (Kawl; 5 . Ken Cox (Kaw). 12 5 PRO: 1. Brian Battag lia (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Joe Roge,. (Hon). Villa vict orious at Hollister MX By Mike Vancil H O LLISTER, CA, JA N. 29 ' Pa ul Villa o pted to pa rk his Suz uk i R M250 and give his RM I25 a real wo rkout in the Open Pro class mOlOS. Villa rode two perfect . mo tos to take top honors and the lio n 's share of th e purse. In the first rnot o serio us challenges were offered by Bob R ichards and Shawn McConn, who were bo th o n Honda 250cc machines. Richard s ha d the holesho t but held the poin t only for three laps of the Io-Iap moto. The lig h tn ess and n imble responsiveness of th e 125cc Suzu ki soo n over took McCo nn and Ri ch ar ds. Vill a was part icu lar ly effective o n th e steep downhill s wh ere he seemed to have a fair share of th ronle applied a nd rode a di fferent line thou gh the corner at the bottom of eac h desce nt. Vill a stre tched his lead in the late portio ns of the moto while Gary Rabe was ab le to put hi s H onda CR500 into a high er pos ition. H e finished third befor e Richards . Dennis Hannel ma de a late-mo te charge u p th ro ugh th e pac k and was running second ahea d of Rich ards un til he crashed. The seco nd moto start saw Ri ch ards again out fron t but Villa was right o n his rear wheel a nd had th e lead before the first la p en ded . Rabe again used a late-m ote effor t to grab th ird behind second-p lacer Richards. Anothe r impressive do ub le-mote winner was T yler H um me l, also Suzuki mounted, and his per forma nce in the popu la ted 125ccJun ior class was also a come-from- beh ind effor t. Todd Maderi s led for a bit in mo to o ne, an d o the r br ief leaders were J ohn Sidey and Sco n Sha d. wh o pulled 0[( tho course with some mech an ica l problems w hil e he was leadin!;:. La te in the rnoto H ummel ba ttled with Chns McCallie befor e he won by abo ut six len g ths after taking th e lead on th e last lap. The seco nd mot a saw the same battle take place as had ha p pe ned in th e first moto. Made ris and H um mel were u p fro n t and the pac k beh ind th em was led by Shade and Sidey. At the end of th e mo to it was H um mel firm ly in the lead and th e persistent Sidey in second p lace. Ma deri s hung on long enough to get by McCa llie in fo urth. Dal e Ra yzor an ni h ilated the 125cc Intermedi ate class, taki ng two large- ma rgi n victori es o n hi s Honda over th e five riders in h is class. Double second p la ces, bu t wel l behin d , bel on ged to Scott Sch u bert o n another Honru. Results . . MINI 80 BEG: 1. Joh n Leddy (Hon); 2. Tom Burger (Hon); 3. Daniel Balba s (Kaw ); 4 . Kevin Moore ( Hon ~ 5. Don Cobral (Kaw ). MINI 80 JR: 1. Val Schweizer (Hon ); 2. Jake Wi koff (Suz). : MINI 80 INT 1. Bryan Noe (Sul); 2. ClaVlen Keat es (Vaml. • MINI 80 EX: 1. Dan Ulven lKaw). 125 BEG: 1. Mik e Genzoli (Hon); 2.Chuck Smilli e (Kaw ); 3. Ma rk FRzsimmon s (Suzl; 4. Rav Mclaugh lin (Han l; 5 . J eff Mol ina (Hon ). 125 JR: 1. Tyler Hummel (Suz); 2. J ohn Sietey (Yaml; 3. Todd Maderis (Kaw); 4. Cris McCall ie (Hon); 6. M ike Haydel (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Dale Rayzor (Hon); 2. Scott Schu bert (Han); 3. Febri cio Cigiang lin i (Han); 4. Jim Olson ( H o n ~ 5. Stev e Matlock (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Eric Grass (Hon); 2. Jeff Andruss (Honl; 3. Keit h An tes (on); 4 . Mi ke Morgan (Hon); 5. Joe Wagn er (Yam). 250 JR: 1. John Sicley (Vaml; 2. Mik e Hodges (Yam); 3. Rick Solano (Kaw); 4 . Don Mendenha ll (S uz~ S. Dan Russ (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Greg Pen ningtOn (Hon); 2. Tom Hamalainen (Hon l. SOO BEG: 1. Rory Bra ndt (Han); 2. Chr is W arr en (Han); 3. Ear l Richardson (Yam); 4 . Je ff Baxter (Yam); 6. Doug Mon tague (Hon). 600 J R: 1. William Art au (Hon); 2. Tom Conkl in (Kaw ); 3. Rich W ilson (Hon ); 4. Lottca Hapsmo (Yam); 5. Jeff Kniss (Hon). • 500 INT: 1. M ark Duval (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Paul Villa (Suz); 2. Bob Richards (Hon ); 3. Gary Rabe (Hon); 4 . M ike An dreatta (Yam); 6. Matt Arena (Hon). . VET BEG: 1. Bill Boswo rt h (Honl; 2. Davtd Boge l (Han); 3. Marti.Johnson (Honl; 4 . Ken Barn es (Yam ); 6. J eff Wi koff (Kaw). ... VET JR: 1. M ika Gr aham (Hon); 2. Tom Ross (Honl ; 3. J eff Baster (Yam); 4. Jo hn Traverso (Honl; 5. Rory Brandl (l:Ion). VET INT: 1. Jo h n Dalla ire (Yam); 2. Doug Clark (Hon). VET M STR: 1. Irvin Achziger Jr . (Hon). OT BEG: 1. Bernard Kabaqe (Hon). OT JR: 1. Bruce Pestana (Suz ). OT IN!: 1. Glenn Prui tt (Hon). w). OT EX: 1. W ayn e Jo hnson (!Ca VlNT: 1. Charl as RflQrutt o (BSAJ; 2. John W ilson (Hus); 3. Gary Bishop (Yam); 4 . Don na Reitz (Yam); 5. M ike Malon e (Tr i). 29

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