Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Dale Barber (near lane), ran a 9 .49 second quarter-mile to defeat Dave Earll w ho sto pped the clocks at 9 .43 seconds. Senior Mini first rnoto act ion saw J am ie Harrison, of Kin gston, o n 3 Kawasaki. grab the early lead . Harrison was foll owed closely by fellow Kawa saki rid er T od d H uffstetler. Midway throug h lap two H u ffstetler caught Harrison to contest th e LOp po sition. The two you ng riders battled until lap four wh en Huffstetler go , by Harrison and took th e top spo t. The top !ive a ' 'he co nclusio n of 'he rust moto wa s Huffstetler, Harrison, J ay Allen, Bo Hay es and Neal Wil son . Seco nd moto action saw H uffstetler ge l 3 large first la p lead . How ever , Hulfstetl er encoun tered problem s o n lap two and fell to fourth. This gave th e lead to Rodney Fin chum followed by Allen and Harrison . During th e thi rd circu it Harrison and Huffstetl er both slipped by Allen 10 take the second and third positions, Harrison and Huffstetler co n tin ued their cha rge o n lap four as th ey moved past Finchum to take th e two top spots. Hamson maintained hi s lead until a fin al lap co llision with Huffsterler a llo wed Huffstetler by take the. second m OLD . Harrison took second followed by Finchum in th ird. Fourth went to Chad Ra yfield wit h fifth going to Jeff McMu rry . Results . '0 SR MINI : 1. Todd Huffstetler; 2. J amie Harrison ; 3 . Chad R~::'.4Ch~sH:J::~' ~.od~~ ~~a~~' 3. Scon Grubb; 4. Greg Bergen; 5 . Phil Ford . 30+ : 1. Kenneth Oxf ord; 2 . Ron Nelso n; 3 . Jerry Hebel ; 4 . Davtd Roach; 5 . Eddie Sharp. JR M INI: 1. Chad Rayf ield; 2. Man Harrison . OPEN: 1 . Bryan Lewelling; 2. Bobby Ousl ey; 3. Grady Jones; 4 , Jack Wilkerson, ENDR: 1. Gary Reynolds; 2. M ike Wi lla rd; 3. Robin Gil es. 250 B: 1. Chr is Wi lson , 250 C: 1. Grady Jo nes. 125 C: 1. Rodney Garnder; 2. Larry Ott ing er; 3. Shane Je nki ns: 4 . Ken net h Oxford; 5 . W ayne Harrison. UIW A M : 1, Chad Powers; 2. Marty Dyke: 3. M itch McCarter; 4 . Shane Jenkins; 5. Tony McMahan. 125 B: 1, Marty Dyke; 2. Chad Powe rs; 3. Mike Baker . Watson attacks APE Speedway By Larry McBride G REENE, NY, MAY 20 Weslake ~ mounted Steve Watson not ch ed a Hand icap ma in even t victory on the second nigh t of APE Speedway racing. In the opening Handicap hea t, the P&R Engine Scie nce/ T assis Chassis/V P Racing Fu el -sponsor ed Wat son ma de short wo rk of th e fro nt ma rker rider from the 50-yard-li ne by grabb ing the lead before the end of lap o ne , and the wi n five circuits later ~ Wat son roa red 10 another win i n th e Handicap semi by taking firs t away from Mike Cortese heading out of tum rw o o n lap three. Fo llo wing h im pa st Co rtese in to the mai n event was Tom Burge a nd Danny Fall on . Burge was selling o n th e di stant 70 yard line for th e main w hile Wat son occupied the 50 yard lin e with secon d semi winner J ohn Lewis sa nd wiched between. The green ligh t time sa w 10 yarder Geor ge Lewis hold the lead for nearl y two rim es arou nd while Watson new past Fallon, Dam ien Corn well, a nd Lewi s for first. Burge duplicated those passes . hu t ti me ra n o ut wit h the checkered goi ng to \Val5on. Victor ies in Scra tch heats one and three again sent Burge and Watson head-to -head in semi o ne. Viewing th e green fro m th e penalty line after breaki g the tape, Bur ge had litt le ch ance o f o ver ta king Watson. but managed second and th e transfer spo t. Cornwell and J ohn Lew is rounded out th e o ther Scrat ch main co mpet itors. Burge. from the pole po sition was loo king to de throne Watson who had thus far wo n every o ne of his events. Wa tso n got a gr eat sta rt fro m pos ition three and out~d ista nced Lewis and Co rn well exit ing turn two p ull alo nl;side Burg e dow n the bac k straight. The in Side tractio n , however, propelled Bur ge paSl Watson and in to firSl. Once in the lead Burge fou nd th e smoothes ' way around, and a lthough pressed by Watson, main la in ed the lead and took the victory. Result s '0 HOCP: 1. Si eve Watson (Was): 2. Tom Burge IGdn); 3 , Dam ien Cornwell (Gdnj; 4 . George Lewis IJawt 5 , John Lew is (Wes) . . 0 -1 : 1. Tom Burge (Gch:al; 2. Steve Watson (Wes); 3. John Lew is (Wes); 4. Damie n Cornwell (Gdn). 0 ·3 : 1, Chuck Podany (J aw t. 2. Tim Ma thewson (Jaw) ; 3 . Eugen e Wi lman (Jaw); 4 . Jeff Baker (Ja w) . Barber best at LACR Drags Overall winner Arthur Huffer (16Alleads ·the 1 25cc Beginner Division O ne class around the first turn at Ascot MX. Lewis Se ndrey was second . HIW NOV : 1. Jeff Gran t 2. Shawn Verni eR; 3. Robert Kna u; 4 . Joe M ill er; 5. Allen Ryan. 250 B: 1. Roy Randlett; 2. Mark Scha af; 3. Coby Robb; 4 . Shewn Vernien; 5. Robert Ztepfel. HIW A : 1. Mark Mussel ma n; 2. Chuck Reed; 3. James Eickel; 4 . Ryan Sm ith; 5. Chri s Kno x. OPEN B: 1. Hobie Babb; 2 , Dan Davenport; 3 . Douglas Roener . VET: 1. Phil A lderto n; 2 . Ken ny Reif; 3. Kevin Sh iner; 4 . Ma rk Schaaf; 5. Robert Ziekfe l. 500 JR : 1. Bob Wagner (Hon): 2. Wi ll ie larth (Hon); 3 . Donald Passavant (Hon t; ·4 . Lou ie Garcia (y am ); 5 . Fred Hom mel tHonl. 500 INT: 1. Steve Fernandez (Hon ) 500 PRO: 1. Pete Murray (Hon ): 2. Eddie Hicks (KTM): 3. Craig Hoffmeister (Honl. VET JR: 1. RustY Spencer (Yam); 2. Ron Seam an (Hanl ; 3 . Tim Will iams (Kaw l; 4 . Jack landers (Honl ; 5 . Jeff Salie n (Vaml . VET INT: 1. larry Forbi s (Suzi VET PRO: 1. Ross Maeda ISuz). Murray masters Ascot MX Bradshaw dominates Midway MX Qualifier By Bob Johnson PALMDALE, CA , MAY 13 T he Western Pro Ga s Assn . began its second seaso n of 9.40 Index racin g a' Los Angel es Co u nty Raceway, and Dale Barber, who led th e WPGA Series for mu ch of the '88 season but lost the titl e in th e fina l even t to Don Earll , bega n '89 in a big way with a final ro und win over Elva Earll. th e '88 champion 's wife. With $10,000 in co nti ngency awards th is seaso n, plus even t purse. a nd a $1000 cash awa rd from APE Performace to the seaso n's cha m pio n . the race was o ne Don Earl would prob abl y like to forget as th e defending cha m p red- ligh ted in th e [irst round aga in st hi s son Dave Earll. Mark Man sfield bega n th e first round of eli mina tio ns with a wi n over Dan Co nan, Mall Benusch es lost to Elv a Earll , Ar t En gstrom de fea ted J ohn Larson, Rich ard Brady beat Ron Weem s and Dave Earll upset Don Earll. .- Seco~d ro und action began with Barber 's .030 seco nd starting lin e reaction time and 9.6 7 second, 112.21 mph run , more than eno ug h to end Mansfield's eveni ng as he recorded a 9.54/ 120.23. Dave Ear ll's Trac Dynamics/ Vance & Hines Su n Vall ey-sponsored mach in e ra n a 9.51/ 135.51 to stop En gstrom 's MX Engi neer ing Kawasak i and Elva Ear ll got a n easy win as she needed only a 9.64/ 121.50 to defea t Brady's Suzu ki. In th e semi- fina ls, Barb er trimmed Dave Earll with a .017 reaction tim e a nd 9.49/1 34.70 run . Elva Ea rll received a bye run a t 9.11/ 139.94. Barber reco rded an amazi ng .024 react ion time co upled wit h an easy 9.66/ 123.79, in the fina l 10 defeat Elva Ear ll, as Ear ll was n't prepared fo r the tree to come down and recorded a .122 reac tio n tim e a nd a 9.399/ 139.28 run. Reed, Musselman cash in at Holeshot Hills MX By J im Fli elman CINC INN AT I. O H. MAY 14 Hard riding G reg Rand gave the Min i Expert ri ders something to shoot for at Hol esh ot H ills Mo tocr oss Park. T he Beech rno u ru -backed rider led from start to fin ish in bo th mOlOS. J u stin Ph el p s, R obbie Stu rgell , R ya n Pauley a nd Brad Strunk put o n a super race behi nd th e leader , Rand. With a $1000 dolla r pu rse up for g rabs, th e firs' mota of the H eavyweigh t Semi -Pro class saw a good clea n s!"f' as Ohio's Cliff Wal ker led th e pack th e firs t co up le of la ps. But as the race wore o n, so did \Valker with a list o f some of th e fastest rid ers in Ohio in tow ; Chuck Reed, Mark Musselman, J am es EickeJ a nd Rya n Smit h. Thanks 10 a late rn ot o miscu e by Walker, Mark Musselm an took th e Heavyweigh t class win, followed by Eick el and Reed. Re sults 50 : 1. Adam Short; 2. J oseph Hill ; 3. Joshua Ryan; 3. Joey Rando lph : 5. Chad Ziepfle. 65 : 1.Jason Juskae; 2. Sha wn Randolph; 3 . Joshua Ryan; 4 . J oseph Hill . SOJR : 1. M elind a Rym er; 2. Paul Kar le: 3. M iehael Smith: 4 . Ryan Barker; 6. Chris laUrel!. 80 SR: 1. Greg Rand; 2. Ju st in Phelp s; 3. Robbie St ur gell 4 . Ryan Paul ey; 5 . Brad Stru nk.. \ 80 NOV: 1. Sie ve Cro ss; 2. Crad McCormack; 3. Floyd Hodges; 4 . Jaso n Taylor; 5 . M icha el Nichols . 80 EX: 1, Greg Rand; 2: J ustin Phelp s; 3, Brad Strunk; 4 . Ryan Paul ey; 6 . Sieve Richards. SCHBY: 1. Ad am M err ick; 2. Tom Pugh; 3. J erry Tyffe ; 4 . Travis M cCrary; 5. Gerald Howell. 12 5 C VW NOV: 1, Bill Hapt in gs; 2. Greg Kernan ; 3. M ike Abp lanalk.;" . Tom Nolan; 5 . Jeff Gram . 12 5 B; 1. Coby Robb; 2. Royu Randfett 3 . John Woodfol1t; 4 , Ji m Krauser; 5 . Jeffery Bar ewe r. 12 5 A LIW: 1. Chuck Reed; 2. Cliff Wal ker ; 3 . Ryan Smit h; 4 . M icha el Wheeler; 5 . Owis Oonaktso n. ,By Ken Fau gh t GARDEN A, CA. MAY 26 Pete Murray beca me th e 2 1st rider in th e histo ry of Ascot Park to wi n a ll th ree Pro classes d uri ng a mo tocross event a t the faci lity as he topped five out of six motes to la ke ho me victories in the 125. 250 and 500cc Pru classes . The 500cc Pr o cla ss was o ne of th e most spectacu lar races of the ni ght despite havin g o nl y th ree riders. In th e first mota Murray chased KTM -mo umed Edd ie H icks arou nd the circuit before settling for M."CO nd at the finis h. but it was th e second round that was spectacu lar. Ro und IWO aga in sa w H icks shoot o ut int o th e early lead with Mu rra y and Craig HofImeister clo se behind. As Hoffmeister slow ly d rop ped o ff th e pa ce Murra y ed ged up a longside of H icks a nd stole the lead. Hi cks q ui ckl y retal ia ted a nd moved back in to th e lea d posi tio n aft er trai li ng th e Hon da rider for mor e than three laps. \Vith on ly three laps remaini ng . the pair agai n went head-to-head and soo n found themselves on th e ground. As 'h ey struggled (Q gel up, Hoffmeister pulled near. bu t wasn 't abl e to mak e up 'h e d ifference. Both Murra y and H icks qu ickl y remounted a nd pi cked up wh ere the y left off. H icks pursued Murray to the chec kers, bUI had settle for th e number two po sitio n . Mu rra y captured the o verall with a 2- 1, lopping Hi cks' 1-2 a nd Hoffmeister 's pai r of thirds. In the 250cc Pro class Mur ray devasta ted 'he pa ck . T im Whillo ck chased Murra y d uring the early laps o r th e first mow, but had to sett le for rhird behind Honda-mounted J im Dom ini ci. Kenn y Clifton was fourth . w h itlock bo u nced back in the final motu to cap tu re seco nd behind Murray, and ahead of Domi nici and Clifton . Murray ca p tured th e win and rhe o vera ll a fter lead ing nearl y every lap of the final mo to. T he fin al Pro class or th e ni gh t sa w Murray aga in ca pture th e gold with a perfect score. Yamaha-mounted Kevin Bussey was seco nd with 3-2 rn ot o finishes ahead of Bob Kline's 2-4 and Mike H ook er 's 4-3 sco res. Levi Nobl e was fifth with a 5-5 tally. '0 Results PIW; 1. M ike Kessel l (Yaml; 2. Chr iS ~Nan (Yaml; 3. Bn an M organ (Yam); 4 . Brett Palmer (Vam); 5 . Brandon M org an (Yaml ... 60 0 -8 : 1, Chri S McNa tt (Kawl; 2. Bre tt Palm er (Kaw) 60 9 -11 : 1. Jason Sh irey l Kawl; 2. Jason Dan iel s (Yam); 3. Shawn Igercic lKa w ); 4 . Chr is Kelley (Kawl; 5, Cory Siever s (Kaw) . BEG: 1. Frank Pace (Kaw); 2. Pawnee Davia (Kaw ); 3. Fred Schmitt (S uz); 4 . Bria n Murphy (Suz); 5 . Nate Ellertso n (Suz). 125 BEG 0 -' : 1. Arth ur Huff er (Kaw); 2. lewiS Sendrey (Yam ); 3 . Fran k Horton (Honl ; 4 . O.J . M iUer (Hon ); 5. Brandon Poole (Vaml . 125 BEG 0 -2 : 1. John Vocu m (Hon); 2. Curtis Sm all ey (Hon ); 3. Tomm y Thomas (Vam); 4 , Bran Batllff (Kawl; 5 . Steve Taijillo (Vam). 125 JR : 1. Kurt Rood (Suzj: 2. Robert Kong (Hon); 3. Todd Zorik i (Hon); 4 . Anlhony Rose (Hon); 5. Sl eve Gaet» ein (Honl· 125 INT: 1. Chris Kefala s (Hon); 2. Br ian Nail (Honl; 3 . Steve Fernandez (Suz). 125 PRO; 1. Pete Murray (Suzl; 2. Kevin Bu ssey (Vam); 3 . Bob Kline (Honl; 4 . Mi ke Hoolc.er (Suz); 5 . l evi Noble (Yam). 250 BEG D-1 : 1. Joe Hammer (Kaw ); 2. Mark Romagnoli (Yam); 3, Rid Davis (Suzl; 4 . Todd Hoy (Yaml; 5 . Rick Hamilton (Hon). 250 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Jeff Green (Suz); 2. J im W illi ams {Kaw l; 3 . Scon Lynch (Suz); 4. Skip Early (Hon); 5. Bill Foltz (Kaw ) 250 JR : 1. Jim Carley (Suz); 2. Donn y Maeda (Suz); 3 n m W illi am. tKaw}: 4 , Marc laidler (Suz); 5, Dave Galland (Suzl. 250 INT: 1, Daniel Bush (Suz); 2, Gary Wagner (Vam); 3. Chr is Kefaras (Hon); 4 . Troy Siemon (Kaw) ; 5 . Keven Lopa (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Pete Mu rray (Sud; 2. Tim Wh.tlocIt (Hon); 3. J im Dom in ici (Hon); 4 . Kenny CIJfton (Suzl 500 BEG: 1. David Hol land (Honl ; 2. MM:hael Castillo (Han); 3 . Rich Hansen (Hon); 4 . OR McOIin (Yam }; 5 . Jason Wh ite (Yaml . eo By Susan W illian MIT CHEL L, IN. MAY 13- 14 T roy Brads haw won three o vera ll classes at theMid way Motocross hosted AMA Qualifier. Bradshaw too k a n early lead in rnoto o ne of th e 250 A Mod ified class follo wed by J ohn Robbins. By lap two, Rob bin s took co ntro l of th e lead. Robb in s soo n got a lilli e sideways, but held to Iirst un til he eventually cras hed, movin g Bradshaw into th e fron t positio n. Brads haw was the n pursued by second place Dave \,\'eis. The duo battled in un iso n over the o bstacles on the course for severa l laps. Bradshaw finally got about a five bike length lead after We;" took th e wrong line tryi ng to save time. Brad sha w clai med the moto win follo wed by Weis and Rob bins. In mota two Don Baker ro unded tum o ne as th e leader wit h Bradshaw holding do wn second. Baker and Bradshaw raced side- by-side as the pair bum ped each ot her. Bradsha w came o ut clea n in first as Baker remai ned second. In the O pen A, Bradsha w sho wed h is expert ise a ' rid ing as he held off Mike Smith for the win. In th e Pl us 25 class Bradshaw fired off the li ne in first . and secured the lead in (he first lap. Brad shaw later chalked up anothe r win follo wed by Doug Sm ith. Brad Sichting aced bo th mOlOS of th e 85 Modified.(14-15) class . In moto o ne, Sieht ing rode with ease as Don nie Decker and Jo h n Hall tang led for second. T he pair hounded each o the r aruund the co urse as Decker had problems la nding o ver the tabl etop but kept hi s machin e upri gh t as he sailed on in second . Hall developed som e problems a nd slow ly dro p ped off the pa ce. The fin al lap saw Hall go do wn o n a set of whoops l O lo se two poairio ns. ta kin g fifth. Deck er rem a ined second.Resu lts WMN: 1, M el inda Rhym es (Hon); 2. Carol Siocker (Sw); 3 . Sarah Hession (Kaw),; 4 . Kal hy Uebel hor (Kawl ; 5 . Donna Vi ttaco IKaw). 125 (12 - 15) STK: 1. Brett M ellon (Vamt 2. J osh ua Steel (Hon); 3 . KIMn la mpe (Yam); 4 . Sel by Holler (Sw ); 5 . Tom Sheet s (Yam " 250 A $TK: 1, Jason Gray ISuzJ; 2. RYlan Smit h (Yam); 3. Johnny Robbins (Hon}; 4. Mart Smith (Hon);: 5 . Matt Harr is (Hon). 12 5 STK NOV : 1. EdcbeSm iley (Kawt 2. Ardy Hendr ick son (Hon t 3. Chrrs Haffer (Hoo t 4 . Terry ChaSlJlin (Hon); 5 . M ike Lana. (Suzl . 2 50 Snc: NOV; 1. Eddie Smiley (Kaw); 2. Jeff M ay IKaw); 3. Donn ie Pifer (Han ); 4 . Brad Sichlin IKaw ); 5 . Rick Can (Kawl . 125 A STK; 1. J8$On Gray (Hon); 2. M an Harris ~ Hon); 3 . Ryan Smith (Yam); 4 . Tim Chapman (Hon); 5. Rodney Carrier (Yam). PIW: 1. Dushn Al lm an (Yam ); 2. Benjam in Graves (Yam ); 3. Bred Lesnik (Yam); 4 . Todd Thornburg (Yam); 5. Jamie Castel man (Yam). 12 5( 12 -15) MOO : 1. Brett M eltan (Yam ); 2. Joshua Stell IHont 3 . SelbY' Holl er

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