Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ a c: U Q. C ~ C > co 8 a :I: a. Alan Christian (4) leads Don Boori (7) and James Keeler (905) into t urn one at the Fou r-Stroke Nationals, Zitterkopf zooms at Four-Stroke Nationals By David Procida P ERRIS, CA, MAY 21 Th e sound of four-strok e thunder shook Perris Raceway as White Bros, hosted the 2nd Annual Fo ur-Stro ke Nationals. TT races were run in th e morning wit h motocross co m pe titio n taking p lace in the aft ernoon, Greg Zitterko p f too k the Open Pro clas s victory with do uble-mo te wins. . Ba rr y H iggins came all th e way out from Georgia 10 dominate both hea ts of the morn ing's TT races in the O ld T ime rs class . He held off Bill G reen as Mike H aney a n d Jim O' Neal swa pped th ird in the heats with H an ey ge tting third in heat two. Rod Whi tcher rode hard 10 a pa ir of fifth s. Hi ggin s was o n th e line aga in for the Vet Expe rt class a nd roosted a way fro m Gary La Pla nte in the first hea t. La Pla nt e sli d o u t a nd Brent Walli ngs ford moved to second wh ere he wo uld finis h, wh il e Bob Rutten moved up fro m a mid-pack sta rt to ca pture th ird. Wall in gsford led hea t two followed by Scott Harden ;Tom White an d Higgins'. H ig gins fell whil e Wh ite moved by H arden for seco nd, bu t he co uld n 't ca tch Wall in gsford for the overa ll victory. Higgins was back in the af ternoon 10 tak e the Old Timers class again wi th a pair of wi ns in th e motocr oss compe tition . Vintage Single class TT overa ll w inn er J ohn Killi an h ad cl ose com pa ny fro m Rick Marqu is in both hea ts as they pulled away from the pack. Jim Coo ke and Rick Brewer fought over thi rd in both outi ngs with Cooke prevailing for third o vera ll. In the motocro ss portion of the program , J erem y McGrath holesh ot the firs t O pen Pro class moto ahead .of Ziu erkopf, Warren Reid a nd Ron Dunfee. McGra th 's clu tch began 10 heat up lat e in th e moto and he almos t fell in a sandy berm , all owing Zitterk opf to get by and take the win. Goat Breker th en moved in and ' hounded McGrath to the finish. Zitterkopf led th e start of moto two and p ulled away from a ba ttle for seco nd between McGrath and Breker. Although McGrath's KTM began 10 misfire la te ' in the moto, Breker co u ldn 't find a way around and settled for third. Earlier in the day Breker beat McGrath in the first hea t of the Pro class TT, but in heat two McGrath grabbed the lead off the start and was gone. Breker spe nt mos t of th e race trying to get by Reid, and fina lly pas sed him on th e last lap. Vet Novice motocross co mpe titio n was wild as Mark Fairfull cha sed down Douglas Cave in the fir st moto. Randy Bank s was up a t th e fro nt early in th e moto, but dropped back as Jim Bacon worked hi s wa y up to seco nd ahead of Cave a t the end of th e mot o. Fran cis McGe e hol esh ot rnoto two and led for much of th e race befor e Fairfull a nd Bacon got by. McG ee held on to finish the race third ahea d of J ack Roten a nd Danny Lowers. Li sa Peterson held off Steve Cook 10 win th e first rnoto of th e 100-200cc class, but in moto two Cook shot into the lead and Peterson did everyth ing to ge t by bu t failed. Resu lts TT VINT SGL : 1. J ohn Killian (Han ); 2. Rick Ma rqui s (Ha n); 3. Jim Cooke (Mat). VINT TW: 1. Man Hilgenb erg (Tri); 2. Ben Fakkeldy (Tri); 3. Terry Pra tt (BSA). or. 1. Barry Higgins (KTM); 2. Bill Green (ATK); 3. Mike Haney (Yam). MINI 100 -200; 1. Mike Baker (KXR); 2. J ohn Killian (Han); 3. Spike Groom (KXR). COMB 250 AM: 1. Kevin Geyer (Ha n); 2. Bret Leef (Han); 3. Craig Mitchell (Han). 250 EX: 1. Brad Tietz (Hon); 2. Keith O·NeaI(Hon). COMB 350/500: 1. John Killian; 2. Brad Tietz (Han); 3. William Nes bitt (Han). OPEN AM: 1. Kenny Viera (Han ); 2. J eff Moore; 3. Rob Mesech er (ATK). PRO COMB: 1. J eremy McGrath (KTM); 2. Goat Breker (Ha n); 3. Ron Durfee (KTM ). VETAM: 1. Alan Christ ian (Han); 2. J im O'Nea l (ATK); 3. Raben Garrabrant (Han). VET EX: 1. Bre nt Wallingsford (KTM); 2. Tom White (Han); 3.Bob Rutten (Han). MOTOCROSS MINI; 1. John Killian (Han); 2. Rodger Doggrel (K/ H ); 3. Jeff Moore (Ha n); 4 . Da le McKinney(Ha n); 5. Will iam Nesbitt (Kaw). 100-200 COMB: 1. Steve Cook; 2. Lisa Pet erson (Han); 3. Andy Kyler (Han); 4 . Dan Ross (Gre); 5. Alan Nicho ls (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Kevin Geyer (Han); 2. Donald Upton (Han ); 3. Mark Sennett (Han); 4 . Chuc k Demp sey (Han); 5. Gary Hollon (Han). 250 EXiINT COMB: 1. Brett Anderson (Ha n); 2. Danny Syler (Ha n); 3. Brad Tietz (Han); 4 . Raben Nunez (Ha n); 5. Ke ith O'Neal (Ha n). 350: 1. Kirk Brown (Ya m); 2. Todd Ailes (Y m); a 3. Murray Day(Yam);4 . J eff Graham (Han); 5. Eddie Arnet (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. J im O'Neal (ATK); 2. George Kohler (Han); 3. Frank Lowers (Yam) 4 . TIm Ardle ; (Ha n); 5. Tom Loucks (Han). 500 NOVl iNT COMB: 1. Jeff Moore (Ha n); 2. Pete Vetrano (Yam) 3. Ed Geiger (Han); 4 . W"liam ; Nesbitt. OPEN INT: 1. Robb M esecher; 2. Ron Lawson (ATK); 3. Kenny Vieira (Han); 4. Mike Dougheny (ATK); 5. Glenn Cave (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Zitterkopf (ATK); 2. J eremy McGrath (KTM); 3. Goat Bre ker; 4. Ron Durfee (KTM); 5. Willy Musg rave. V1NT SGL: 1. J oh n Huega l lind); 2. Ginger Machado {Tri}; 3. Rick Marquis (Han). VINT TW: 1. Man Hilge nbe rg (Tri); 2. Be n Fakkeldy (Tri); 3. Terry Pratt (BSAI 4. Joe Whitche r ; (Tri). ' VET NOV: 1. Matt Fairfull (CCM); 2.Jim Bacon (Suz); 3. Douglas Cave (ATK): 4 . Fra ncis V. McGe e (Han); 5. Paul Ikeda (Han). VET INT: 1. 'J im O'Neal (ATK); 2. Kare l Krame r (Han); 3. Keith Petrangelo (Hus); 4. Tim McArdle (Han); 5. Ken Yarr all (Han). VET EX: 1. Bob Run en (Ha n): 2. Ba rry Higgins (K TM); 3. Brent Wa llingsford (KTM); 4 . Ran dy Rodriguez (Han ); 5. Scott Harden (KTM). or. 1. Barry Higgins (KTM ); 2. Alan Olson ; 3. Jim O'Neal (ATK) 4. Bill Green (ATK); 5. J ohn ; Etchan (Ha n). AltA National Championship HillC#imb Series: Round 1 Pinsonnault, Gerencer take Iron~ horsemen's Hillclimb By Maxine Casey . ELKHART, IN, MAY 21 Paul Pinsonnault powered his H onda 550 over the Ironhorsemen 's mean h ill in 3.27 seconds for his first wi n since th e 1988In vitational National, while Lou Gerencer won hi s first P ro hillclimb a nd set a new hill record, 2.98 seconds, for th e 800cc win. Geren cer made it look easy as he only needed o ne rid e. Brother-in-law J eff Yoder rode over the hill in 2.99 seconds for second place and his father Louie climbed in 3.01 for thi rd . Wad e Williams ca me in fourth with a 3.10-second rid e, whi le USA Racin g T eam's Randy Gabriel edged the four th memb er of the Geren cer team, Ri ck Hunter, 3.19 1 to 1.197. H onda-mounted Conley Newsom e did th e same to Yamaha rid er Charlie Casey with a 3.23 second ride to Casey's 3.28. Danny H al comb rod e hi s im macu late new T rium ph to ninth p lace a nd crashed hard - o n hi s seco nd a ttempt and destroyed th e beautiful back fender a nd ch ipped the paint job. USA tea m rider T om Reiser ro unded ou t th e top 10. The 550cc cl ass showed close action too . Winner Pin sonnaulr's Honda tri pped th e timing light in 3.27 seconds while Greg William s too k hi s H onda over in 3.3 1 seconds. This was just .01 seco nds faster than th ird place finish er Tim Frazier aboard a BSA. J ohn Hislop a nd Larry Li cht, both on BSAs were fourth and fifth, respectively. H onda rider Ern ie Pell in finished sixth. Da vid " Zip " H ale, Doug Klont, Ralph Kreeger a nd Sco tt Everett rounded o ut the money winners in that order, all aboard Triumphs. Results 550: 1. Pau l Pinson au ll (Ha n); 2. Greg William s (Ha n); 3. Tim Frazier (BSA); 4 . John Hislop (BSA): 5. Larry Ucht (BSA); 6. Ernie Pellin (Ha n); 7. David Hale (Tri); 8. Doug Klant (Tri); 9. Ralph Kreege r (Tri); 10 . Scott Ever ett (Tri). 800: 1. Lou Ger enc e r (H-DI: 2. J eff Yode r (HD); 3. Louie Gerenc er (H·D); 4. Wade Williams (Ho); 5. Randy Gabrie l (H-D); 6. Rick Hunter (H-D) 7. ; Con ley Newsome (Han); B. Char lie Casey (Yam); 9. Danny Ha lcomb (Tri); 10. Tom Reiser (H-D). Solen tops Pawnee Trials By Rich Allman PAWNEE, OK. MAY 14 It rai ned most of Saturday a nd th e forecast p redicted more rain all day Su nday at the A KTM rider masters the mud at the Ohio Hare Scrambles. Oklahoma State C ha m p io n sh ip Trials in Pawnee. But in the Roo kie cla ss, Ri ck Du nkin preva iled in th e wet conditions and finall y broke Pau l Bo len 's domination o f th e clas s. Dunki n was first overall with 37 points to Bolen's 47 {'Oin ts. The NOVICC cla ss was a fierce battle betw een Cl a y Fry a nd Matt Moore. Moore had been kee p in g tab s o n Fry a ll morn in g and sa id that he needed a· " two" in hi s last sect io n to win the o vera ll , but Moore 's foot to uched a third tim e in sect io n eigh t. Fry and Moore tied wi th 15 poin ts each. Fry had 18 cl eans to Moore's 14 cleans . Paula Mizel ca me in third with 37 points a n d 12 cleans. The Amateur class saw G ary Pri ce use hi s " home co urt" adva ntage for a 37 to 44 wi n ove r j ohn Mizell of Arkansas. The Intermediat e class had a new name posted in the winner 's co lu mn. Okl ahom a City rider j im Westcott turned in 47 points to Dav id Bol en 's 5 1. Stan Ma chart tallied 64 points for th ird overall . The Expert cla ss wi n was ta ken by Kirk Ma yfi eld, o n a Ya m aha . with 52 points. Rich All man j ust ba rel y surv ived with 102 points a n d Dewey H arper didn 't survive a t all with a D NF. Nat io nal num ber two ri der , j ohnny Anderso n put o n qu ite a sho w in th e Master class. H e ha d two points for the day a n d th e next closes t sco re was Sha n Moore w ith 45 po in ts. . Ar ka nsas' Gabe Mizell wa s th ird wi th 55 po in ts o n hi s Torr Mot o Merlin. Ron Lee pu m ped in 83 points o n h is Beta and Charlie Mallow grou nd -loo ped hi s Apri li a in to a DNF. Sells sails to Ohio Hare Scrambles win By David L. Patton, J r. N ELSONVI L L E. OH, MAY 2 1 Pre-race favorite Brad Se lls . o f La ncaster. q uickly reduced the rare to a battl e for second pl a ce. Sells put hi s Kawa saki out fro nt o n the star t a nd, thou gh he was passed mo men tar ily. had established a so lid lead hy the en d of the first la p . By th e third la p , two fro nt -ru nners had dropped ouL ISD E veteran Wall y Wi lson had lO reti re with a bro ken rear brake line and j oe Krivesti, o f Ath ens . wo k a ha rd fall a nd was o u t for the day. With Sell s com fo rtably o ut fro n t. the o ther rid ers began to divide up class cha mpionships. Mar tin Kehl meier put in a so lid ride to take seco n d overall a nd secon d in th e Pro class. j im Ro bso n , o f Nelsonvi ll e, brough t hi s H onda th rou ~h the pack to cla im third o verall and firs t ID th e 250<:c class. j im Mi ller took fou rt h a nd Di ck Bellar fin ish ed fifth ov era ll . T he ha rd lu ck awar d had to go to former Nationa l C ha mpi on Dick Burleson , as h is KT M ra n out o f gas o n th e last la p a nd he ha d to push across the line for sixth o vera ll. Resu lts t 25: t . Donald At kinson; 2. Jes se Wheatley; 3. Jeff Shum way ; 4. Kevin Gillum; 5. Chr is Wachenschwanz. 200: t . Jeff Elelend ; 2. Brian SugarJd: 3. Michael Bos1 ; 4 . Sam Ramondelli . 250: 1. J im Robson; 2. Jeff Lowery ; 3. Jeffrey Huff; 4. .. Barry Bar nes. OPEN: t . Ji m Miller; 2. Ralph W ithem ; 3. Keith Gw inn; 4. David Poling. SR: t . Lennie Rhoades; 2. Michael Schwartz ; 3. Steve Barbe r; 4. Kenneth Pol ing. _ S/ SR: t . William M ill er; 2. neee n Kehl meier; 3. John Baker; 4. William Yantz. PRO: 1. Brad Sell s; 2. Manin Keh lmeier; 3. Dick Bellar; 4 . Richard Burl eson. Huffstetler hauls to Smoky Mountain MX win By Steve Galyon P IG EO N FO RGE, TN. MAY 14 Sunday marked the return of motocross action to Smoky Mountain MX in Pigeon Forge. Fifteen classes were hotly con tes ted with th e Senior Min i class bei ng th e day's headliner.

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