Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Winner Duane Veeder (99), Randy Texter (65), Mike Varnes (4 7 ) and Cra ig Estelle fight for the lead at the Harrisburg Indoor Short Track. Eddie Hicks (623) leads Greg Nelson (616) and Jesse Heers t o the first turn in the 125cc Pro /Intermediate class at the Diamond Head GP. Bruce Bugl e took some time o UI of his return visit to Ca lifornia to take ho me th e 25Occ-Imermedia te win befo re retu rn ing to Irelan d. La ncas ter Yam a ha 's Tony Qu all s led Bugle a ro und th e Gl en Helen co urse for over 30 mi n utes befor e the Iris hman put a move on him to take the win. Ken Nietzel put hi s Co nover/Krause Kawasa ki into the n umber three slo t after a long bat tle wi th Jeff Ferri n. Hon da rider J eff Ra tzloff too k ho me to p hon ors in the 125cc Int erm ed ia te class ahea d of Cagiva-mounted J esse Heers and Yamahga pi lot Ron Mal one. Results WMN NOV: 1. Sandy RalZtoff; 2. Crissi Smit h . WMN INT 1. Lori " Her -e ene" Hedslrom. : WMN EX; 1. Usa Peterson ; 2. Carla Nelson; 3 . Bonnie Warc h. BEG: 1. Andy Gur evich; 2. Shawn O·Brien; 3 . Paul Gilmart in. NOV: 1. Terry Parson s; 2. M arc Lippen. V!NT; 1. M . Hilgenbe'll; 2. Tony Pull iam; 3. Chuck McConne ll . 125 BEG: 1. "Robe Muckelroy; 2. Kevin O 'Br ien ; 3. rt Michael Berg. 125 NOV: 1. David Casada; 2. Adam Watters; 3. Dean Ostrander. 125 INT: 1. Jeff RauloH; 2. Jesse Heers. 125 PRO: 1. Eddie Hicks; 2. Greg Nelson. 250 BEG: 1. Mike Blake; 2. Greg Sullivan ; 3 . Phil Han sf ield.. 250 NOV: 1. Tony Su lek; 2 . Eddie Davis; 3. George Andrews. . 250 1NT: 1. Peter Buggi e; 2. Tony Qualls; 3. Ken Neitzel. 250 PRO: 1: M ike Healev; 2. Bob Stephenson ; 3. M ark Decker. 500 BEG: 1. Dan ny Mou rn ing; 2. Si eve Oallo n; 3. Lewi s Greer. _ 500 NOV: 1. Steve Hale; 2. J ohn Hodel; 3 . Kenn y Saff ord. JR VET BEG: 1. Greg Banton ; 2. Kevin Ak rey; 3. Blair Anglin . JR VET NOV: 1. Scott Pekarek. J R VET INT: 1. Gregg Blechm an JR VET EX; 1 . Rich ard Swihart; 2. Hal W ildaV. VET NOV: 1. M ike Gtcssereer. 2. KeUv Myers J r.; 3. Mike Martin. VET INT: 1. Siev e Clark; 2. Ma rk M au eson; 3. Don Bevans . VET EX: 1. Ken Rau loff; 2 . J ay Irwin; 3 . Terry Davi s. SR BEG: 1. David Debord; 2. Phil Blackburn; 3. Denn is Cox. . SR NOV: 1. J im Cooper; 2. Frank Beln acca; 3 . J im Nelson . SRINT; 1. Clive Cheffins; 2. Bob Nelson; 3 . Robert Li nville . SR EX: 1. Bill Denn is. . TEAM RACE 125 : 1. Casey BeetsiDan non Burg; 2. Greg Rosat i/Brandon Clar k; 3 . Nat e Raube /Brian Catte rson . TEAM RACE 2 50 / 500: 1. Kil Palmer /Brad Fay; 2. Je ff Solee/ Oinl Smit h; 3 . Russ Pur:sley/ Joh n Dean . TEAM RACE 80: 1. Ma rc Uppen/ Shawn O·Br ien. TEAM RACE PRO: 1. Eddie Hicks/Ted Hoyt; 2. Greg Pursley/Mark Decker . TEAM RACE IRONMAN: 1. Jeff Ferr in; 2. Seen Nidtser· son; 3 . Ken Nertzel. eo eo J. P. Simonse n ·(4 4 ) gets chased by the 80cc pack at Portland. 200 A; 1. Steve Genter (Hon): 2 . Ricky Dennis (Kaw); 3 . Brian Soutb en (Kawl. OPEN B: 1. earl Ennis (ATKI: 2 . Jody M ain (C· AI ; 3 . Robe rt Tanner IKTM). 250 B: 1. Tony Lee (Yam); 2. As hley Brew er (Sur); 3 . Steve Pee k (Su zl. 200 B: 1. Glen n Rect or (Kaw ); 2 . Mike W at er s IKa w); 3 . Dale Rog er s (KTM) . SR A: 1. Georg e Eaddy (KTM); 2. Charl es Bridges (Hon); 3 . Ji m Ford (Ho n). SR B: JAck Elliott (Hon); 2. Ja mes Everh art IATK); 3 . Bo Bobbit (Hus) . . S/ SR: 1. Harry Gree nlee (Ha n); 2. Larry Baxley (KTMI: 3 . Joe Hudak (S ull . W MN : 1. Kimberly M ain (Hon); 2. Su e Heat h (S uli. BEG: 1. David Hea th (Yam); 2. Gene Carnes (Kawl. Healey, Hicks dominate Diamond Head GP . By David Procida SAN BERNA RDINO, CA, FEB. 19 Factory KT M rider Mike H ealey, alo nll with Pro Cycle KTM p ilot Edd ie Hicks dominated th e Pro classes today a t CRC 's Diamond Head Grand Prix at G len He len Raceway. When th e ga te dropped to sta rt the 250cc Pro cla ss, every bike started with a single kick , making it a mad dash for the first turn , Hondamounted Bob Stephenson edged out the pack wi th Hea ley. Mark Dec ker and Suzukimounted Quintin Smith heading the pa ck. Heal ey had his KT M singing along in it's upper gears as he quickly closed o n Stephenson 's 1989 CR250. The H on da rider fough t ho ld o nto the lead slot, but Heal ey ha d other ideas. By th e start of th e second la p . there was a lead cha nge and H eal ey's wh ite a nd orange KT M was now leading Step he nson . Decker had his Inl an d Empire Kawasaki in the n um ber three slo t with Sm ith and Don Draz rounding o u t the top five slots . Once in th e.lead , Hea ley was there to stay a nd began to pull away from Stephe nson. increasing the ga p wit h every lap . At th e 30 m in ut e mark in the 45 minute race , all th e 250s were pretty well sp read o ut a nd remained th at way to the chec kered flag. Healey took the wi n with Stephe nso n and Decker making it into the to p th ree slots. Also pu tt in g KTM into the spotl igh t toda y was Edd ie Hi cks. Hi cks smo ked to a wire-to-wire win in th e 125cc Pro class wit h Gr eg Nelso n and Troy Sm ith making it int o the to p three. Jeff Har es ran away with the O pen In term edi a te win, while Kolbe Ho nda 's J eff Kaplan and David Thayer were on ly a short d istance beh ind. '0 Anderson doubles at Portland Indoor ST .By Derryl Anderson PORT LA ND , OR, FEB. 20 Flyin' Ryan Anderso n took main event wi ns in the 80 an d 250cc clas ses a t the Po rt lan d Memorial Coliseu m 's In door Sh ort Track. Mor e tha n 4000 fan s showed up for th e race wh ich was ru n o n the co ncre te, In the 250cc heat race Anderson took his E lectro Ra cing /Blen d za ll / Arai /Lon gv iew Hon da / AXO Honda to th e corner first whi le bein g followed close ly by J.P. Simonsen a nd Dave Steri ng. At the chec kered flag the order remained the same. . In the mai n even t Anderson hooked up pe rfectly o nce agai n and reached turn o ne first ahea d of Sim onsen and Sterin g. The ma in was a ca rbo n copy of the heat race wi th And erson slowly building up a near -stra igh taw ay lead. The 800c class was combi ned with th e I25s and scored sepa ra tely. Simonsen and Garth Roet h le rod e the 125s and started in fron t of the 80s. Simonsen go t th e scratch followed by Roethle, And erso n, Noah Kirk land a nd Ja son Nel son. Anderson passed Roe thl e dow n the back stre tch just befor e Roethl e lost it. Anderso n sta rted to reel in Simo nse n wh ile Roethle got restarted a nd lost it o n the o ther stra ig h ta way. An derso n a nd Nelson co n tinued to chase Simonsen while Roethle lost it on the other straightaway. Anderson a nd Nelson continued to chase Simo nsen while Roe th le lost it one mor e tim e. AI th e end it was Simonsen, Ande rso n, Nelso n a n d Roeth le. . In the main event Simo nsen go t th e scratch follo wed by Ande rso n, Kirklan d, Roet h le an d Nelso n. This tim e Anderson was all ove r Simonsen o n th e big bike and th e cro wd was go ing wild. Anderson pus hed Simo nsen but he co u ld n 't get by a nd a ' the fin ish it was Simonsen, Anderson, Kirkland. Roethle and Nelson. In the Pl us 30 class mai n event R ichard Cates grabbed th e lead and never looked bac k. G eorge Tippett ra n seco nd for five laps then Dave Sterin g slid un der hi m. At the fin ish it was Cates, Stering, T ippett , Tim Walters, Don Fenske and the o thers. The Open mai n even t was a virtual freight train as David \Vill an der led fro m sta n to fini sh while bei ng foll owed by Mark Ja mes, Ra y Carroll, Simonsen , Bryo n Lowe. Steve McDonald. Richard Sl usher and Rod Estes. Resu lts 50: t . Kati Ash (Yaml: 2. Ryan Daley (Yam). 80: 1. Ryan Anderson lKaw ); 2. Noa h Kirkla nd lKaw); 3 . Jason Nelson (Hon). 125: t . J .P. Simonsen (Hon); 2. Gart h Roethle Rickma n. 250; 1. Ryan Andef"son (Hon ); 2. J .P. Simon sen (Hon); 3. Daw Ster ing (Hon). +30 : Richard eales (Hont 2. Dave Ster ing (Hon~ 3 . G8Ot"ge TIppett (Bul ); 4 . Tim W all ers (Hon); S. Don Fenske (Hon). OPEN: 1. David w euander (Yam); 2. M ark Ja mes (Yam); 3 . Rev Carroll (Tri): 4 . J .P. Simonsen (Hon); 5. Byryon Lowe (Hon). - 1: Veeder hooks up at Harrisburg Indoor ST By Len Breech HA RRISBU RG, PA, FEB. 17 Camel Pro co mpetitor Duan e Veeder led a trio of Nationa l nu mbers across the line to claim th e feat ured 6000c Pro-Am fina l fo r th e second straight year a t Trail-w ay Speedway's l l th Annua l Motorama Weeken d he ld in the co nfines of the Sta te Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg. In o ther Expert action, Warren Diem picked u p w here he left off at Timonium by taki ng th e wreck shortened 2500c fina l ove r Randy Texter a nd a fast closing Georgie Pr ice. and Ken Dahlin too k the 600cc Expert . Denn is Aungst too k a double in the Am at eur ranks with wins in the 250 a nd 600cc fina ls. Desp ite efforts by tra ck per sonnel. the dirt su rface refused to compact into a workable surface, and gradually the ho les opened up. . Despi te this, Veeder put his Rodney Su tton tun ed -R o o sevelt C hev y/ O ld s-Ch r istmas Honda in fron t of Randy Texter and new Na tio nal n um ber holder Cra ig Estelle. Mike Varn es displa ced Estelle bri efly on th e seco nd lap, bu t Estelle rega in ed the spot after two mor e la ps, locki ng in the top four as they were mor e co nce rned with sta ying up. Diem too k the lead fro m David Reeves beginning th e second lap of the 2500c Expert .final , with Mike Varnes , Ra ndy Texter and Scott Saunders beh ind him . T exter wen t into seco nd o n the th ird la p, while Georgie Price started to move rapidly th rough the pac k afte r sta rti ng o n the th ird li ne du e to a cras h lat e ' in his heal. By ha lfway . he had ta ken o ver thi rd and passed Texter j ust a fter th e end of the sixt h lap, but it was red-flagged for an acci dent and the race was declared o ver. Gary Foard jumped into ' he lead ahea d of Price. Lew Woods a n d Ga ry's broth er , R ich ard, as the 600cc Experts cha rged int o the first tum. Price took th e poin t a t the start of the second lap and started to pad his lead , unti l he sta lled h is machine abo u t ha lfway -and cou ld n 't get it restarted. That ga ve th e lea d to Gary Foard wh o was in a tight battle with his brother and Ken Dah lin for the lead. With two laps to go , Dahlin passed the m bo th o n the o utside of th e first turn. On the nex t lap, Gary got a li llie sidewa ys, and Richard center punched him, kn ocking both o ut, bu t since they were the final survivors. th ey got fourth and fifth. R ichard had ear lier 'won the Senior class . o ver J ohnn y Bowers and J oe Heberli ng. He led the entire di stan ce, wit h Heberling and Bow ers battlin g fo r second most of th e Way. O n the eigh th lap , Bowers slipped under Heberlin g go ing in to the first turn for second The 2500c Am at eu r final a lso had lo ts of pa ssing o n the sma ll , ti g ht tr ack . Ri ch Mell in ger was the initia l leader with Ch arl es Buch an an. Larry Goldstein a nd Ala n Kendig behind. Golds tein mo ved u p to second o n th e next lap and took firs t halfway around. With two laps left he dr opped o ut when his cylinder came off d ue to a blown base gas ket, gi ving the lead to Dennis Aun gst. Tom Du pont had beg u n a la te race cha rge . ta ki ng th ird at th e begi nning of the fina l lap and j ust nippi ng Mellinger for seco nd at th e line. Results 55 A UTO: 1. Brody M iller (M ar): 2. Sean Si ewa n (yam). 65 : 1. John W in sett. (Hon t 2. Jo hn Hill ma n (Kawt 3. M ike M cKee (Kaw) . 85 : 1. Randy Shank (Kaw); 2. Ricky Winsett (Yam): 3. M ike Hacker (Ka w ); 4 . Roy M ill er (KTM); 5. Todd Winsen (y am ). 100-200 AM: 1. Tom Dupont (Kaw); 2. Jeff Isola (Kaw); 3 . Rob M ill er (Yam): 4 . George Buff in gton (Yam ); 5. M ike Thomas (Suz). 250 EX: 1. W arr en Die m (M ai): 2. Randy Texte (H-D); 3 . Geor gie Price (Kaw ); 4 . Scon Saund ers (Hon); 5. David U ovd (Han). 250 AM : 1. Denn is Aung st (Yam ); 2. Tom Du ponl (Han); 3 . Rich M elli nger (Yam); 4 . Charles Buchanan (ya ml; 5. M erv Sensen ig (SUl) . . . 600 EX: 1. Ken Dahl in (Han); 2. Lew Woods (H-D); 3 . Lou OeLou sia (Hon ); 4. Gary Foard (Rtx): 5. Rich ard Foard IRuj. SR: 1. Richa rd Foard (RlX); 2 . Jo hnny Bowers (Yam); 3 . Joe Heberling (yaml; 4 . Tom Showers (Bul); 5. Robert Nelso n (Han). 500 /600 AM : 1. Denn is Aungst Jr. (Yam); 2. Jim Lync h (Rtx): 3. Steve Rvet r (Yam): 4. Roben Nel son (Hon); 5. Merv e Sens en ig (Han) 500 /600 PRO· AM : 1. Duane Veeder (Hon ); 2. Randy Te xter (H-D); 3.C raig ESlelle (W -R); 4 . M ike Varnes (Han ); 5 . Scon Saunders (RlXl . McKenzie claims Hollister Cross Country win By Bill Spencer HOLLISTER, CA, FE B. 12 Ken McKen zie a nd hi s Ren o-backed RM250 had a ll it took - to claim the overall wi n at th e P & J P ro m ot io ns/ Va len t i n e Da y European-s tyle Cross Co untry. How ever, he had a li ll ie help when Phill Do uglas gave u p . the lead and wou nd up in a tree. The first of th ree races saw a ll th e D-36 A and B riders ta ke off fro m the sta rt line with 'he exception of J erry Fo uts who lost a master lin k a t the lin e. McKenzie led Douglas, Pa ul Funaro and Ron Day for the first lap, while it was Duan e Scon moving to fou rth overall and first Vet o n lap two . Donn ie Simo ne too k to p of th e list in the l25cc class the nex t lap mo vin g to sevent h overall , whi le Douglas took th e lead at the start of the fo urth lap. La p five saw Douglas wit h nearl y a m inute o n McKen zie with Scott contin ui ng to move u p . tak in g th ir d o n h is P CP/Hi · Po int Yamaha . Going for the chec kered with six laps in. o ut or the trees came McKenzie with a smile and sta ti ng, " P hil 's back down the tra il in a tree.' Sco tt took th e second overall with Douglas bringing in his new YZ for third o vera ll and expla in ing, " I saw thi s fender o n th e trail and f gu ess f sort of loo ked too hard at it and crashed". It was th ird overa ll and second in th e 250cc Expert for Douglas along with a bloody nose, with Funaro fourth over Gary Fargo . Rich ard Sm it h took th e Co ast Honda to to p ra nkings in the 2500c B d ivisio n wi th teamma te Rober t Bru mi t second o ver Brian Dickey. The second race saw Ha nk Waczkowsk i top the 250cc C gr oup and the overa ll with a five lapper over Craig Avery a nd third to Mike Ryan , who was first in th e Open C class. Third in th e 250cc went to " Airti me" Er ic Pu celik who shows great a ll -around ·ta lent aft er win ning Golden State events and Cow Pa lace Arenacross action.

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