Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Costa Mesa Scratch main winner Steve Lucero holds a slight advantage over Ascot Handicap main winner Billy Hamill with Brad Oxley outside. Andy Schmidt (193) leads fellow Wisconsin rider Dick Koehler (111) on his way to the C Superbike w in at Illinois' Blackhawk Farms. Resul ts A SI STI<.; t . J amie J am es (Sud ; 2. Rick Kirk (Suzl; 3. Jay Den ha m ISuzl . S S /STl(: 1. Scon Russ elllSuzl; 2. J am ie J ame s (Suz); 3. 0 8'118 Sad owski . C S/STK: 1. Dave Sadowski (So2); 2. Scott RusseIiISuz): 3. Rick Kirk (Suzl. A PROD EX: 1. Kerry Sherman (Su z). B PROD EX: 1. Kerry She rman (Suz). C PROD EX: 1. M ik e Gr issom (Hon); 2. Ken Ease . (Hon). o PRODEX: 1. Chu ck Hu neycutt (Yam); 2 ..J immy Mosl ey (Yl m). CLBMN EX: 1. David Hun eycutt (Hon); 2. M ike Grissom (Han) ; 3 . Eddie Haldeman tHan). A Sial( EX: 1 . M ike Earnhardt (SUl); 2. Tray Bal ey (Suz); 3 . Bill y Eisenach., (Yam). B S/ SI( EX: 1. M ike Earnhardt (Suz); 2. Fred Provi l (Hon); 6;,/~ref:1ilty 3. Eise nacher (Yam ): 3 . Danny Ray (Yam) . i. Tod Hog. (Yam ); o S/BI( EX; 1. Robert Nun (Yam); 2. Chuck Huneycu tt (Yam ): 3 . Kent So ignier (Kaw l. F-USA: 1. Bil ty Eisenac:her (Yam): 2. Scott Russell C Suz ); 3.Mb Earnhardt (Suz). F-2 EX: 1. Rober1 Nutt (Yaml: 2. Chuck Huneycutt (Yam~ 3 . Frankl in Fillingham (Yam). A PROD NOV : 1. Oon Taytor (Yam); 2. erte White (Suz): 3 . Tripp Nobles (Sud. B PROD NOV: t . Oon Taylor (Yaml ; 2. Donald Secki nger (Hoot 3 . Eric WMI (Suz). C PROD NOV: t . David M cGral h (Han); 2. Dof\8 ld S"8~~'tiO(~~~ t ~~i~M~: ~i; 2. Joh n Sommer (Yam); 3.John Blake (Honl . CLBMN NOV: 1. Er ic Ludwigsen (Kaw~ 2. John Bl ake (Suzl; 3 . Paul Ludwigsen (Kawl. A S/BK NOV : t . Kevi n McWilliam s (Vam); 2. w.e. Earnh ardt (Han ); 3 . Gary M icha ud (Hanl . B S/BK NOV : 1. Van Lamberty(Hon); 2. Don Taylor (Yam); 3. Kevin McWill iams {Yaml. e SIBK NOV; 1. Van Lambe rty (Han); 2. Kevin Gu lar (Hon); 3. Kevin Mc W illiams (Yaml . e S/ BK NOV: 1. Chri s M uenka (Yam); 2. Phi llip Baker (Vam); 3. M ichael Sivolli (Yam). F-2 NOV: 1. Scon Woo lard (Yam); 2. M ichael Sivolli (Vam); 3 . Steve Norsworthy (Yaml. F·) NOV: 1. Eric Ludw igsen (Kaw); 2 . Paul Ludwigsen IKaw); 3. Bob Dickens (Kaw). VlN T 5: 1. Ron Bart on (Duc). Schmidt wins big at Blackhawk RR By Larry Lawrence S. BELOIT , IL, MAY 7 Andy Schmid, rod e his Freber 's j ewelryl Beaver S po rt H a u s-sp on so red Yamaha FZR600 ' 0 , hree wi ns In WE RA Reg ion al spri nl raci ng action a l the I.B-m ile Blackha wk Farms Ra cewa y. Sch mid, went home $1500 richer thanks '0 Yamaha contingency money available for ,he . even'. Schmid" a firs, year expen from Beaver Dam , Wisco nsin, was unknown even to fellow ra~rs ~fore ,his weekend, and many of ,he WERA regu lars were ask ing w ho ,his guy was aft er Sa,urday 's hea' races . Racers ha d 10 put u p with freezing cold and sno w on Sal urday. It was the second lim e this season that incle ment wea th er gr eeted the riders as o n ly a mo n,h ~fore snow had cancelled ,he Sa'urday events a' Ind ia napolis Raceway Park. Schmid, 'ook an exollng win in the B Superbike co n' est. Bob Sandy put h is Kawasaki ZX7 in'o ,he lead in the opening lap . Sch mid, was bidi ng h is ,i me ~hind Sa nd y. all th e while feeling ,h at he could overtake , he bigger mach in e: "'He was having problems slo wing ,he bi g bik e down goi ng into ,igh ' corners . He a lso co uld n' t keep o n the gas ' hroug h ,h e carouse l.·· Wi,h ' wo lap s ' 0 go , Sch mi d, 'ook a ,igh' line th ro ugh ,h e high-speed carousel and grabbed ,he lead. Sa ndy tried to o u, brake Sch mid , o n ,he las, lap whi le en 'eri ng 'urn one, whi ch was cro wded wi,h lapped riders. "'T ha, was a prelly bo ld move o n hi s (Sandy 's) , par'. I jus, wai,ed until ,h e last poss ible mom ent to brak e, and was hoping that th ose g uys h eld ,heir li ne :· said a wi de -eyed Sch mid,. . Schmidt made it through turn o ne first and ,ha, was ,h e advantage he needed ' 0 hold off Sa nd y. Sandy made one last attemp' '0 take over ,he lead, usin g the power of h is 750 '0 move a lonKside Schmidt's 600 o n the (ro m stra igh t, but a' 'he line it was Schm id , by a wheel. Schmidt wen t o n to win two mor e exili ng races, incl ud ing an u pset win over favored Shawn Nicoloff in th e Fo rmula USA cont est. In another Yamaha mo ney race, D Superbik e. a showdo wn bet ween fo ur top FlR400 pilots - j im Sritl, Steve Patterson , Shawn Nicol off an d AI Bertagn ol i - saw the win go ' 0 · Bertagnol i, with Nicolo rf second a nd Stil] third, Results A S/BK EX: 1. Ron W idman IS ul ~ 2. Gary l enzmeier (Yam). A S/BK NOV: t . Geor ge Tapscot1 tyam): 2. David Voelzke (Suzt 3. Si eve Scheibe ISuz). B S/BK EX: 1. Ar.a, SchmKlt (Ylmt 2. Bob Sondy (Kawl: 3 . Keven LeNmeter (Yam). 8 S/BK NOV: 1. Robert Hom (Suz); 2. Dav id Voelrlte (Sud; 3. Geotge Tapscon (Yaml · e $ /BK EX: t . Andy Schh mittt (Yam); 2. DIck Koehle r (Yam); 3. Si eve Pan erso n (Yam). C S/BK NOV; t . DavM:f Voelzke (Yam); 2. Robert Cadden s (Han); 3. David Deroone (Yam). o $ / BK EX: 1. A lan Sertagnoli (Yam); 2. Shawn NicokJH (Yam); 3 . Ji m Still (Yam). o S/BK NOV: 1. Greg Hut cheson (Yam); 2. Kirk Reu ille (Yam); 3. Jordan Brown (Yam ). A S/STK : 1. Ron Wid ma n (Suzl: 2. John M ad ry (y am); 3. Tim Lampe (Suz). B S /STK : 1. Shawn N icoloff (Suzl; 2 . Ron W idm an (Suz); 3. Scali Rueh le (Yaml . A PROD EX; 1 . Vi nce Bauer (Suz). A PROD NOV; 1. W endall Sulcliff e lSuzl; 2. Si eve Scheibe (Sur) . ' B PROD EX: 1. Vince Bauer (Suz). 8 PROD NOV; 1. Je ff Plum mer (Yam); 2. We ndall Sutcliffe (SUl); 3. Robert Coddena (Hon). C PROD EX: 1. Siev e Pe nerecn (Vam); 2. Brian Lantz (Hon); 3 . Bob Newby (Ha n) . C PROD NOV; t . Jeff Plumm er (Yaml; 2. Robert Caddens (Han); Dave Deron ne (yam) . o PROD NOV: 1. Jordan Brow n {yam}; 2. David M artr. (Yam); 3 . Randy Weaver (Yam). F-USA : 1. Andy Sch midt (Yam); 2. Shawn Nico loff (Suz); 3 . Dick Koehle r (VarnI . F·2 EX: 1. Shawn Nicoloff (Yam); 2. Scali Blow (Yam ); 3. Alan Berta gno li (Yam). F- 2 NOV: 1. Kirk Reuill e (Vam); 2. Greg Hutcheson ty"am ); 3 . Jo rda n Brown (Yaml. F-3 EX: 1. Ralp h Farmer (Han). CLBMN EX: 1. Pau l Morris (Honl . CLSM N NOV: 1. Edwa rd Dell ose (Suz); 2. Carl Morr is (Hon l: 3 . J eff Bands l ra(Honl. VINT 2: 1. R. Roin iol is (Ducl; 2. SCOII Roth erm el (Due); 3 . M ike Comlort (BSAI. VINT 5: 1. Kevin Fardou x (Kawl ; 2. Bob Newby (Yam); 3 . Dan Vo ighl(Hon). Brown aces Carlsbad ST By Elliott Iverson CARLS BAD, CA. AP R. 30 Din tra cker Fran Brown, o n a Honda CR250 equipped wi,h dirt ,ra ck ,ir es, domina,ed bolh 250 a nd 600cc cla sses a ' Dir' Sport Pro motio ns' shon track races o n Carlsbad's eigh thmil e cla y o val. Kawasaki rider Mark Led~uer took ch a rge and led wire-to-wire in the first 250cc heat wi th Bro wn a nd Kawasaki-mounted Ron Wood looking for a way by. Back in ,he pa ck, Ell io u Iverson and Bre' Mandarich . bo,h o n Yamahas, tried to keep th e lead ,rio in sig h" foll o wed by newco mer S' eve Heredia o n a KX250. Ledbeuer held 011 Bro wn and Wood to win the first heat. Heal 'wo lo r , he 250s ~Ionged ' 0. Wood fro m start to fi nis h , lea ving Brown and Iverson to fight fo r ru n ner-up spot. Heredi a bail ed of f o n la p ,hree, and ,he yellow n ag allowed Led beu er and Mandar ich to clo se ,h e ;;a p. Ledbeu er stulled his Kawasak i inside Iverson to ta ke th ird , with Mandar ich in fifth spot. In ,h e 250cc ma in , Brown was fo llowed int o ,he first 'urn by Ledbeuer and Wood. Brow n' s Nati on a l ex per icnce showed in a fla wless rid e to , he checkered nag, whil e Led~uer held 011 Wood to ci nch seco nd spo' . Iverso n . Man darich a nd Hered ia followed in order. Results VET MIN I EX: 1 . Joey W inst on (Han); 2. Elliott Iverson (Honl . 250: 1. Fran Brown (Han); 2. Mark Ledbener (Kawl; 3. Ron Wood (Kaw l; 4. Ell ion Iverson (Yam); 5 . Brei M andarich (yam) . 600: 1. Fl'lln Brown (Hanl ; 2. Rex Haley (Kaw ); 3 . J im Kesktr (Yam ); 4. Ellion Mtr5Qn (Yam); 5 . Si eve Cook (Hon). Lucero lands Costa Mesa Speedway win By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, MAY 12 O n Kawasaki Motocross Nigh , a' Costa Mesa , Steve Lu cero rode a style rem iniscent o r the night he captu re d la s, yea r ' s Natio na l Ch ampionsh ip . I' proved successfu l agai n as he swep t the Scratch side of th e pr0f;:T3 m. Every rider in the Scra tch ma m was a northern Cali fornia na tive. Lucero got his quickes t star' of th e year a nd he had a o nelength advantage as the Iield a ttac ked ' urn o ne. jim Sisemore, battling a case of the Flu. occu pi ed seco nd 011 th e lin e Io llowed by Ala n " Crazy" Ch ristia n and Mi ke Faria. Chris' ian hooked up a nd wh eel ied ahead of Sisemore as ,hey came off 'urn 'wooStaying o n the din lin e. he wheelied again out of 'urn four as did Fari a. Sisemore moved back a lon!?ide Christian as they co mp leted the open m g revolutio n. As th ey went dow n th e back stra ig ht o n . Ia p two , Christia n d id another br eathtaking wheeIie. T hat let Sisemo re bust by and reclaim second. Being ill did no' a ffect Sisemore, the Weslak e rider a ttac ked th e Natio nal Champi o n usin g a low groove. He tried to force his way in side the leader as they came off two on lap th ree. L ucero bea t him in to th e nex t turn . As they ca me off turn four, Lucero stayed glued ' 0 the insi de. Sisemore was a ll over Lucero o n th e last la p , but Lu cero hugged th e pole a nd wo u ld not o pe n up the inside. Sisemore almost hig hsided o ut of the last tu rn , bu t he reco vered in time to main tai n seco nd pl ace. After the Scra tch ma in, Luce ro praised Sisemo re's ridi ng . " He was right there a ll th e way. He never ga ve u p: ' said Lu cero. That was th e case in the Ha ndi cap main as well . Co ming a ll the wa y fro m 'he 40-yard lin e, Sisemore won th e eight-lappet. Results SCRATCH: 1. St eve Luce ro (Gdn); 2. Jim Sisemore (Wes); 3. Alan Chr iSl ian (Ja w); 4 . M ike Far ia (Gdnl . HDCP: 1. J im Sisemore (Wes); 2. Brad Oxl ey (W es); 3 . Billy Ham ill (Wes); 4 . Phil Collins (Wesl. 0 ·2: 1. Tony Ga mel (Jaw); 2. Mike Buff (Ja wl; 3. Dave Si anford (Get l; 4. Gary Ackroyd (Gdn). n 0 -3 : 1. Jo hn Kelly (Ja w); 2. Rudy Maresca (Jaw); 3 . Jeff Hoyt (West 4 . Ron Coch ard (Jaw). King rocks at Blue Ridge Hare Scrambles By Rider Writer MARTINSV ILLE. VA. MAY 7 Mark IVI AXO / Havo line-sponsored Rol an d Kin g rod e a toug h pace to ca pture his seco nd overa ll of the seaso n a t the rourth rou nd of , he Tucker- Rocky/ Bell/ Havoli ne/Si n isalol Meu eler / AXO/ Boyesen / Sco u lTHO RlPjl 1 Ma lco lm Smi , h / RO KO I Acerb is-sponsored Virgi nia C ha mpio ns h ip H are Scram ble Scries. Althoug h King, ,he 1988 series Grand Champion, was th e one smili n~ at the finis h, the victory was not easi ly won. At 'he drop of ,he n ag, i, was Massachusells Mutual Life-sponsored Danny Morrison on a Kawasaki who pull ed ,he holesh o, '0 lead ,he AA riders o nto ,h e course with Kin g closely in to w. As the two rid ers pus hed each o ther to the outer limits, th ey man aged to put some d istan ce o n th e rest of th e cro wd. At the end o f the fi rst 15-mi le m o untainous loo p , Morriso n was still o n ,h e gas and had a 30seco nd lead. Wit h va lua ble cha m pio ns hi p poi nts a l sta ke, bo,h riders stayed o n ,h e peg s '0 keep the la p tim es in th e 42-mi nut(: range and to keep the same d istan ce apart goi ng into th e ,hird and fina l lap. Alt hough bo , h riders weTe riding error free, it was the m istak e of a la pper that ended up costing Morr ison a chance at ta king his firs t overall. Coming in to a one,rdck, off-cam~r wooded ,ra il o n ,he side of a mou ntai n, Morrrison enco un tered a rider crossed up o n the tra il. Wit h Kin g close in his sha do ws, Morrison a ue mpted to pass on the downsid e a nd had problem s ge lli ng back u p 10 th e ' ra il. As he franticall y tried to get back o n track , King was abl e to mak e a successful pass to end u p laking th e checke rs wi th over a minute lead. Afterw ards Morr ison commented, "Roland was ca tch mg me in severa l secti o ns bu t I was faster in th e last section. I knew that if I co uld ho ld th e lead in to that last sectio n, th e win wou ld be m ine." Unfortu na tely lor him the last sectio n was j ust after th e cro ssed-up rider. Morrison sett led for the AA class win and seco nd o vera ll. Action in the 250cc class was ho t. A group co nsisti ng of Mar k Allma n, Rusty Wi lson, j ohnny Edens 'and Ricky Franklin all were within th e span of a minute a t the end of the firs' lap. As Franklin Iell off the pace , the others ma naged to sta y o n the gas wit h Wilson heading into the las, lap with the lead in ha nd a nd feeling the pressure of Allman and Edens. Wh ile Edens couldn 't quite put it tog ether ' 0 make a pa ss. Allman did and scrambled '0 th e chec kers with Wil son and Edens o nl y seconds behind. In th e lOOcc class. Hon da rid er Chris Sau er put tog eth er hi s first ser ies win and led at the end of each lap . Wesley Mo ran co nti nued hi s stri ng of four seco nd- place fini shes to move in to a commandi ng lead in the poi nts . Dan iel Mo rri son on a Havo lin e-spo nsored Kawasaki demonstra ted tha t being th e youngest ser ies rider isn't necessaril y a hand icap as he fin ished th ird a nd moved into second in th e po i nt sta n d i ngs. O u t o n th e trai l, Commonwea lt h Ka wa sak i /H a vol in esponso red Robbie Felts saw h is cha nces or win ni ng his th ird series race end when a sticki ng thr o tt le too k h im from the lead to a DNF. Results O/A: 1. Rol and King (Han). AA: 1. Danny Mor rison (Kawl; 2 . Owa in Miller; 3 . David W hil e (Ceg); 4 . Tommy HO USlon (Suzl: 5 . Glen Hol comb (Honl. 100: 1. Chr is Sauer (Han); 2. Wesley M oran (Kaw); 3. Dan iel M orrison (Kaw l. 125: 1. Robbie Deal (Yaml ; 2. J oel Burgess (Suz); 3. Tom Handy (Kaw ). 200: 1. Chris Short r idge (Kaw); 2 . Mant ey Harley {Kaw t 3. Georg e Reed IKaw l. 250: 1. Mark All ma n (Han); 2. Rusty W ilson; 3 . Jo h nny Edens (Hon). OPEN: 1. Ma rty Hens ley (Hus); 2. Eddie Armentrout (KTMl; 3 . Phill ip Doyle (Hanl . SR: 1. Robert Cox IKTM l; 2. Grahan Kenan (Hu$); 3 . Robert Jones (KTM)• S /SR : 1. Dave Albert (Hus); 2. Frank Phillips (Hon); 3. Stan Norr is (Hus). 4-STR K: 1. Chr is M ain (Hus ); 2 . Mac Price (Hoo t 3 . Oll ie M cKagen fHon) . TR: 1. Shannon Sm it h; 2. Ji m Lambu i; 3. Oon PoIlodc 4 . Tom my Full er . Roth wrap's up Prairie City MX win By Mike Vancil SACRA MENTO, CA, MAY 7 Brian Roth put to~e ther two stellar rides lO ~i n dou bl e moto victo ries a nd th e overall win In th e to ugh 125cc Interm edia te class a t Pra iri e Ci, y SVRA. Ro,h was in co mma nd of ,he class no la, er ,ha n lh e ,hi rd lap of each mo'o. Roth 's ch ief compe,i ,ion KUrl Kuhn , Eric Feig ht and Mark Kerling, a ll led a t o ne tim e o r ano ther a nd eac h suffered from mi nor ridin g erro rs ,h a' kep' ,h em from givi ng Ro,h a hard er run . Fo r Ro th the victory was sweet but he dearl y wan ted to best th e o nly Pro in attendance, Chris Nea l, wh o was seeded in to the class. Neal 's winn in g d idn ', negal e Ro th 's In, ermedia te . victory. In fact, in the second mo to it ' ook a purposefull y. la tc.starting Nea l vir' u. a lly a ll of ,h e mo lO ca'c h the smoo,h and fas' Ro,h_ H ard lu ck ridcr of ,he day ' was Dave H enderson wh o ha d a miserab le day in ,h e 500cc Beginner class. He cou ld do nothing righ,. In ,h e second mot o he go, ,he ho lesho' bu' fen ofI in , he firs, corner. In IOtal, Hen derso n fell off 10 ,imes du ring , he day '0 I

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