Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Josh Welsh (25) was ab le to pass Jeremy Porter (3 3) for t he BOcc class win at the Woodland Motocross Park Scrambles. Results 80 BEG: t . Cory A ustin (Yaml ; 2. Shawn O'B rien ISuz); 3 . A ndy Gu revich IKawl; 4 . Aar;pn Wasnea (Kaw); 5 . Joev Tobin (Kawl. 80 NOV: 1. M arc Lippert ISuz); 2 . Dan Ki ng (Hon). 80 INT: 1. Jason Carroll lHonl . 80 B/WHL: 1. Tor en Avlesworth (Kaw ). VINT; 1. Tony Pulliam (Honl; 2 . Joe Broussard (Ho n); 3. Tom SmIth (Han); 4 . John Bau mgarner (BSAI ; 5 . Kev in Ab n ey (Hon ). SR BEG: 1. Dave DeBord (Hon); 2. Tom Qualls (Hon); 3 . Terry Rezek ISuzl . SR INT: 1. Tim Cash (yaml; 2. Robert Linville (Suz). SR EX: 1. Bob M ill ner (Hon); 2. Ste ve Dunlap (Kaw); 3. Jerry Purkett (Ka w ). VET BEG: 1. J ohn L Sull ivan (Yaml: 2. Robe n Bevington (Ho n ); 3 . Richa rd Swihart (Ho n!; 4 . M ark Rauch (Ka w); 5. Mark Dennis (Hon l. '" VET NOV : 1• Randy Burak (Hon); 2. Mike Gosse lsar (Suzt 3 . Don Stinchfield (Kaw l; 4 . Randy Wysocki (Kaw); 5 . John Tupor (Hon l VET INT: 1. Todd Peterson (yam ); 2. Scon Freeman (Hon ); 3. Chart ie Strong (Hon); 4 . Curt Jam es (Kaw): 5. Randy Anderson (Yam) VET EX: 1. Ja y Irwin (Hon); 2. Brad W illiams (Kaw) ; 3. Ken Ratzlaf f (Honl: 4 . Joe Broussard fSuzl . J R VET BEG: 1. Stan ley Norwoods; 2. Bob Herm anson (Yam); 3 . Greg Sullivan (Kawl; 4 . David Haney (Suz); 5. Randy Van Dyke (Yam). J R VET NOV: 1. Eric ca sas; 2. Tony Pull iam (Yaml; 3 . Chr is Leiker (Yam); 4 . Georg e Andrews C Hon ); 5. Mart. Fie lds IYaml . JR VET INT: t . Jim Sendelbach (Hon); 2. Joh n Gree nway (Hon); 3 . Ken Neitzel (Kaw ); 4 . Jeff Har es (Hon); 5 . Jeff Ferrin (Kaw) . JR VET EX 1. M ike Brown. : WMN NOV: t , Joy Ames (Hen.l; 2. J eanene How ell (Hanl ; 3 . Sju e Sin ma n (Suz); 4 . Chri ssl Smith (Kaw ) W MN INT: 1. Lori Hedst ro m (Hon); 2. Tina Zahrt (Honl . WMN EX: 1. Lisa Peterson (Sur); 2. Tam i Rice (Surl: 3 . Bonn ie Wareh (Suz); 4 . Gale Webb (Honl . 125 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Jeff Pennington IKaw); 2. Kev in O' Brie n (Han); 3 . M ark Edwards IYam): 4 . Randy Van Dyke (Yam ); 5. Joey Toste (Kaw l. 125 BEG 0 · 2: 1. Pllt O'Conn or ISu z); 2. M ark Thomas (Suz); 3 . M att Thom as (Yarn); 4 . Kevin Pin s (Hon); 5. Randy Lipi e ISuzl. 125 NOV : t . Bill Sauro (Han): 2. Mike Bull ey (Yam); 3 . J oe Condon (Hon); 4 . Larry Cam omile (Honl; 5 . Chri s Vald es (Kaw ) 125 1 NT: 1. Ronnie Densford(Honl ; 2. Dan non Bu rg (Yaml; 3 . Joel Tokarsy (Han); 4 . Jeff Rayzloff (Hon l. 125 PRO: 1. Scott Und erwood (Yaml; 2. J eff Barba covi (Hon); 3. Pau l Vlach (Hon); 4 . Gary Reikki (Kaw); 5. M ike Dunl ap (Suz). 2 50 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Todd Diam ond (Han ); 2. Matt Clan cy (Suz); 3 . Peter Vau ri (Hon); 4 . Mik e Freni er (Hen); 5 . Ji m Taton e (Kaw) . 2 50 BEG 0 · 2: 1. Joe Haman (Hon l: 2. Greg Bent on ( Suz~ 3. John Topor (Hon ); 4. Donny M oore (Kaw); 5. Spen cer Bloo mer (Hon). 250 NOV: t . Chr is Connor (Hont 2. Oouv All en (Hon ); 3 . Todd Peterson (Yam); 4 . Eddie Davis IYaml; 5 . Jack Ken (Yaml . 250 INT: t . Ron n ie Densford (Hon); 2. John Green way (Han); 3 . Tony Qualls (Yam); 4 . Ken Neitzel CKawl; 5 . Je ff Ferrin (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Russ Wagema n; 2. Paul Vlach (Hon); 3. Gary Sailors (Yam); 4 . Tony Toste (Suz); 5. .Jeff Barbacovi (Yam). 500 BEG: 1 . James Buren (Hon); 2. Daniel Mourn ing (Hanl . . 500 NOV: t . Charlie Strong (Hon); 2. Kenny Saff ord {Hon). 500 INT: 1. Jeff Hares (Honl ; 2. Er ic Seider (Han l. Bowman best at Woodland Scrambles By Derryl Anderson WOOD LA ND , WA. FEB. 12 Craig Bowman too k a close overall win in th e 2-Wheel Open class of the scrambles held at Woodla nd 's Mot oc ross Pa rk. Bo wman bat tled all da y lon g with Dave Hendershot, In moto on e two 250s were ru n with th e class and sco red separately. T od d Burch et t was o ne a nd Expert Pro dirt tracker T ricia Lyons, who is sponsored o n the Cam el Pro CIrcu it by Supertrapp and J erry Griffi th Racing, was the ot her 250. At the sta rt it was Bowman out fast ahead of Bur chett , Lyo ns, Flo yd Beisel. Dave Hend ersho t and Jan Potter. Lyons hit a slick spo t o n the sweepe r and d ro p ped lD last whi le Hend ersh ot moved up to th ird . Bowm a n wa s o u r to a 30 -ya r d lead a s Henclersot mo ved iiu o st"Cond. Hendersho t co uldn 't ca tch Bowman before the chec kered f1al: ca me oul. Behind the du o was Burch ett . Beisel , Poner and Lyon s. In the final mo to Bowm an got the early lead foll owed by H endershot , Burch ett , Lyons a nd Porter. Herd ersh01 was all ove r Bowman a nd o n lap two he flew by only 10 have Bowman repa y the favo r a lap later. Bowman held th e lead rig h t to the end but Hendershot was never mor e tha n 10 yards back. Beh ind them a t th e fin ish was Burch ett , Lyo ns and Po tter. In the 60cc class J erry Bjorn go t the initia l lead foll o wed by Jos hua St ief, Josh Currey and Dan iel Stief. With in half a lap Josh Stief too k over the lead from Bjo rn and went the d istance witho ut loo kin g back. At the end of moto o ne it was Josh Stief, Bjo rn , Currey and Dan Stief. In th e final rno to Hood River Cycle/Wave Lengths/Steveson Auto / Leathers by Lindabacked Cuney wen t o ut to 3 quick lead but o nce agai n Bjorn too k th e lead. After a no ther lap J osh Stief passed Currey and Dan Sti ef. At the chec kered flag the o rder remained unc ha nge. Results 50 : t . Evan Daley: 2. M ike Todd; 3. Dale A ins lie . 60: 1. Joshua Stief; 2. Jerry Bjor n; 3. Joshua Currey: 4 . Dan el St ief . 80: 1. Josh Welsh; 2. Jeremy Pone r; 3. Brando n LuC8s. 125 : t . Ryan And erso n; 2. Todd Burchett 3. Du sty Kirk . 250: 1. Todd Burch utt; 2. Trieia Lyons . OPEN: 1. Crato Bowman; 2. Dave Hendershot; 3. Floyd Biesel; 4 . J an Pott er . . 4 -STROKE OPEN: t . Kevin Bass; 2. Dave Hendershot; 3. Dan Kirk . Morgart motors at Montrose SEMX By Hurley & Dot Short RAEFORD, NC , FE B. 19 Jason Morgart do mina ted the l25cc Novi ce a nd l 25cc Schoolboy class es at Mo nt ro se tod ay. Althoug h Tony McQ u ire captured th e holesho t in the first moto foll o wed by M og n. a Chad Ma theson, P .T . Mu lliga n and An thony Wa llers, Morga rt took the lead when McQu ire . wen t down. Mor gan opened up h is lead over Mu ll igan an d McQuire was able to move back to th ird. Ar the checkered nag, it was Morgart. Mulli gan , McG uire, Antho ny Wellers and Math eso n. In the seco nd moto, it was Mull igan o ff the line firs t fo llowed by McGuire, Mor ga rt, J o n Ha m ilt on and \Vallers. H am ilto n a nd Matheson raced for fourth and fifth, wh ile th e lead ers extended th eir advantage. Ma th eson came o ut wit h th e fourth p lace spot. McQui re took ..a dvantage of th e situation wh en Mul ligan bobbled as Morgart sta yed a clo se third. McQuire went dow n , a llo wing Mo rga rt to move int o th e lead. Morgart took the win foll owed by Mulligan. McGuire. Matheson and Wall er. Overa ll for th e da y went to Morgart, Mu lligan, McQuire. Matheso n a nd Wall ers. In the 35 Plus clas s it was Roger Li neberger on his Ho nda sponso red by Iro n Hor se wh o took th e ho leshot in both motes. In th e firs t mo te . he was foll o wed by Vicki Reynolds a nd Billy Privane. Li neberger was the wi nner, followed by Reyno lds, Ira Luplow , Privaue and Robert Overb y. In th e seco nd m o to , Lin eberger was fol lo wed off the lin e by Pri va ue and Reynolds and pu lled aw ay with an outstandi n g lead. Fo llo wi ng Linebcrger at the chec kered flag was Luplo w, Reynol ds, Pr ivaue a nd O verby. Li neberger was firsl overall for th e (by. wit h Luplow, Reynolds, Pri vat te. a nd Ov erb y foll owing. . In Ih e 250("(: N ovi ce class it was Rkha rd Benton 's da y. In th e first mo ta Mark Kiser took the hol eshot follo wed by P,T. Mulli ga n, Richard Ren ton and Sy Creed. Creed mad e it to the frollt a nd stayed in tha t posi tion for th e checke red flag wh ile bein g fnll o wed hy Std l, Ben ton . Kiser a nd David Russell , Jr. In the second mot a Kiser too k the hol esh o't agai n , a nd th is ti me he was follo wed by Beman a nd Ru sst'lJ. Benton was th e win ner in this moto. Russell finis hed seco nd. Ricky Bill Hutchens (11) leads 250cc Novice class winner Richard Benton (4 4) during a rnoto at Montrose SEMX. Lankford was third. Steven Stell fou rt h a nd Nick Allen fifth . Patrick Greer o n hi s Kawa saki sponso red by Kawasaki or Hickory co nt inued 10 do rninate th e Sen ior and Junior Mini cla sses. In the Senior l\fini class it was Gr eer and Kevin Simpso n a ll the way. In bot h mo tos, G reer and Sim pso n were off the lin e first a nd fin ished in the sa me or der. Results PIW: 1. Kevin Bean (Kaw); 2. Glenn Cary (Kawl. JR MINI : 1. Patrick Gree r IKaw); 2. Kevin Simpson (Kaw ). SR MINI: 1. Patrick. Greer (Kaw ); 2. Kevin Simpson (Kaw l. 125 NOV : 1. Ja'iOn Morgart (Kaw); 2. P.T. M ulligan (Kaw l; 3 . Tony McGuir e (Kaw); 4 . Chad M atheson (Honl; 5 . An t hon y wauers (Hon). SCHBY; t . Jason Morgart (Kaw); 2. Patrick Greer (Kaw ); 3 . Chad Ma theson IHan). 25 +: 1. Darrell Bell (Hont 2. Roger Lineberger (Hon ); 3 . Craig Collie ; 4. Vicki Reynolds (Yam); 5 . .Junior Bryan t (Yaml. 125/ 250 AM : 1. Craig Elli s (Yaml ; 2. Darr ell Bell (Hon); 3 . Ja son Lassiter (Suz). • 35 +: 1. Roger Li neber ger ( H o n~ 2. Ira Lupl ow (KTM); 3 . Vicki Reyno lds (Yam); 4 . Bill y Privette (Hon); 5 . Robert Overby ( Ka w~. 25 0 & OPEN NOV: t . Richa rd Benton (Hon); 2. Steven Stell (Hon); 3. David Russell (Hon ); 4 . Ricky Lankford (Hon ); 5 . Mark Ki ser (Honl . PRO: 1. Kevin Walk er (Yam); 2. Tony Flor es (Kaw ); 3 . M ike Privett e (Hon). Ham'ann wins Heart of Valentine's Trials By Phillip Camitses L UCERNE, CA, FEB. 19 Tom H amann too k the overall wi n by a wid e margi n in the Expert class , droppi ng o nly ni ne po ints a t -the AMAlAmen ca n ' T rials Ass o c. vsa nc rio ned tr ia ls, h o s ted by th e Plunkers M / C, o ut in the dese rt near the} own 01 Lucerne, Hama n n. aboard a Beta . ha d a good wa rm up at this local event, for he wi ll again be a National con tend er. This year he will be en joying financial support from the ATA a nd his ow n club the Sa n Diego Tria ls Riders (SDT R) as he makes h is wa y around the circu it, . The excitmeru of th e day was the neck-an d-. ne ck co m p e titio n i n th e Advanced Championship class between Clyde Bu tler and Steve Renstr om over fourth place. Gary La Plante easily wo n the class with o nly two points, whil e T horn Engelhardt was 36 poi nts back for second and seven poi nts a head of third-place finis her Robe rt Madden. Brit in th e three-loop event both But ler and Renstro m had the same number of cleans and points. The tie would've been broken by determini ng wh o had the fewest o ne-point sectio ns. however they both had th e sam e number of ones a nd the sam e number of twos . But ler had on ly one th ree a nd beat Ren stro m who had four threes. Resu lts EX 1. Tom Hamann (Set); 2. Paul Webst er (Yam ); 3 . M ark : Oldar ( Mer~ 4 . Kevin No rton ( 8et~ 5. Charl ie Gilf en (Yam). ADV : 1. Gary LaPtante ( Hon ~ 2. TOOm Engel hardt (Fan): 3 . Robert Madden (Bet); 4 . Steve Ranstrom; 6. Clyde Butl er (Yam). INT: 1. Rick Daff ern (Yaml; 2. Tom Lasat er (Yam); 3 . Ma rk Snyd er (Fan ); 4. Jeff Nielsen (Yaml; 5. Charlie Rowlett (Yam). NOV: 1. Randy Ressell; 2. J oh n Colli ns (Betl; 3 . Roger Guard; 4 . T. Gatan ; 5 . Katy Feland (Fan). BEG: , . Pau l Johnson; 2. Kevin Nic hols (Mer) ; 3 . D. Gibbel; 4 . S. Phillips. VET A DV: , . Clive Han non (Me rl ; 2. Kent Graha m; 3 . Rob Shafer (M an); 4. Jack Heminway (Yaml. VET INT: 1. Bob Nickelsen (Hon ); 2. GuY W ard (Fan); 3 . Jo hn Bourdeau; 4. M ark M ill er IHon t; 5. Dennis W ilson (Bet). VET NOV : 1. Tim Weis : 2. l. Va rne ll; 3. Jeff Lati mer ; 4 . Mik e Rieser (Fanl; 5. Jeff Seifert. VET BEG: 1. larry Emge {M onl . SR ADV : 1. An Webste r (Yam ); 2. Gary Conrad . SR INT: 1. Dennis Gilmore (Yam I; 2. Ed Heacox (Fan ). SR NOV : , . Joe Goodson IMer); 2. Bob Thornt on; 3 . Steve Beck (Fan); 4 . J ohn Haney. SR BEG: 1. Denn is Finley; 2. D. Hanu s. S/SR NOV: 1. Dave Stanl ey (Yam); 2. Steve Hill (Bet); . 3 . Duane Stone (Mer). S /SR BEG: 1. AI Nourian; 2. M . Frack er; 3. Jack Volder (Bot) . Tom Hamann was the winner at the Heart of Valentine's Trials. McSwain masters Borderline Hare Scrambles By Lynn McRee TALLAPOOSA, GA , FEB. 19 It was a cold, mu dd y da y at the Border lin e Hare Scrambles, the seventh ro und of the So utheast Enduro and T ra il Rid ers Associa tio n Han: Scrambles Series. Steve McSwain , o n a CR 500 H o nda sponso red by G ear Racewear. Barr Camp and Iron Ho rse Honda, cla imed a hard-fought, on e-second victory o ver Bryan 'Ada m s wh o led five of seven laps o n his RM250 Suzuki. spo nso red by Suzuki of Dalto n , Answ er , Dun lo p and Sm ith . In th e Open A cla ss it was Derrel Cox ta ki ng first place over Willi e Bradshaw by II seconds. The 250cc A class was won by Mich ael G rizzle, who a lso fini shed fourth o vera ll. Mitch McRee finished seco nd pl ace in tha t cla ss. Steve Genter finished fir st in the 200cc A class co mp leti ng seven laps over Ricky Dennis. who on ly co m pleted five laps. In the Open B class it was Carl Ennis o n his AT K ta kin g first over J ud y Main who fin ished second. In th e 250cc B class, whi ch was th e bi ggest class of th e day . It was T ony Lee wh o fini shed first by II seco nds o ver seco nd p lace Ashl ey Brewer. The 200cc B class wa s won by G lenn Recto r with Mike Wa ters ta king seco nd. The Sen io r A class was won by Ceorg-e Eadd y b y six m inutes o ver seco nd place Cha rles Brid ges. [n the Senior B cla ss, J ack Eli ioH too k fir st lead ing every lap with Ja mes Everha n taki ng sec::und. In th e SE&TRA H are Scra mb les Series, Adam s is leading o ver McSwain wit h olily three races to go . Results AA : 1. Bryan Ada ms (Suzl; 2. Terry M ealer (KTM ); 3 . M ark Eaddy (KTM I. OPEN A : 1. Oerr ell Cox (Husl; 2. Will ie Bradshaw (KTM ); . 3 . Kenne Hicks (KTMI . 250 A : , . M lcha el Griule (Yam); 2. M itch McR ee (KTM ); 3 . Chris McOo naki (Kawl. 33

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