Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

National Champion Steve Lucero (1) and John Houston Jr. had a close battle for the lead in the Scratch main at Napa Speedway. Lucero won. Wes Keenum (58) leads 125cc A class overall w inner De rek Youngblood at Hyman _Myers Speedway. Keenum finished th ird overall. Boyland best at Hyman Myers MX By Athie SDanoers T ALLA H ASSEE, FL, APR. 23 T om Boyland cruised LO "do uble mota .wins to claim the 125cc C class overa ll W In a t H yman Myers Speedway. lack Freeman nailed th e holesh ot in both mOlOS but !Sdve up th e lead to Boylan d eac h lim e. Freeman kept hi s Honda o ut front most of moto o ne to fin ish a strong seco nd behi nd Boylan d. Rusty Le ver ich. David Paskert a.nd Chris Leona rd rounded o u t the to p five fin ish es. Freeman sell led int o second in moto two but went do wn la te in the race . J osh H in son came u nsaddled ta king th e o u tside line around the dow ned rider bUI man aged to save it a nd move in to second. Just before Freeman rem ounted Pa sker t g ot by th en wen t o n to fin ish . It was good en ou gh for seco nd overa ll. Leverich a nd Brad Franklin rounded o ut the top five. The Plus 25 clas s offered some 01 th e best racin g of the day : Monty Klein holeshot bo th motos but dro pped o rr to finish fou rt h in mote one a nd fifth in mote two. Kevin Knight wasted no tim e taking o ver the lead in mot o o ne a nd held o n for the win . Eddi e Wasdin recovered fro m a poor M rt to fin ish seco nd. a J im Swa nas, Klein and Roger Amb s rounded o ut th e top five. In mo w two Swa na n and Knigh t cha rged aro und Klein durin g lap o ne. Wads in a nd Arnh s a lso passed Klei n and th e front runners spread out. Wasdin lat er close~ th e gap . Kn ight dropped off the pace allo w mg WasdlO to move into the second p lace position. He the n took over th e lead wh en Swa nan fell a nd we-n t o n to claim th e win and the o vera ll. Swa na u a nd Kn ight bartled side -by-s ide thlO uf:h th e whoops, but Knight slow ed, a llo wing Swa na n to cru ise to the second pl~ ce lin ish. Kni ght held off th e rest 01 th e charg ing pa ck to finis h third a nd earn second overa ll. Ambs a nd Klein linished fourth a nd fifth. respec tive ly. Results PiW: t . Stacey SlOlIer(Yam); 2. We s Nobles;. 3. Aaro n Unds ey. P/W MOO: 1. Dawn Gilbert (Suzl. MINI A; 1. ezra Lusk (Kaw l; 2. Tony Haynes (Yaml; 3 . Brian List (Hon). MINI B: 1. Dwayn e Bone (Honl; 2. Brian Poggie (Kawl; 3 . Steve AJlr ed (Kaw). MINI C: 1. Greg Gaitanes lKaw); 2. Joey Clark (Kawl; 3. Jonathan Burr ell {Suzl . MINI BEG: 1. Jason Floyd (Hon). YTH (12· 15): 1. Ezra Lusk (Kawl; 2. Travis Blackbu rn (Kaw); 3 . Todd Rion (Yam). YTH (15·2 4): t . Ernie M ill an (Han); 2. M ichael Stormant (Suzl; 3. Steve Rayborn ISuzl. 12 5 A : 1. Derek Youngblood (Hon ~ 2. Ernie Mill an (Hon); . 3. W es Keenum (Yam) 125 B; 1. Ryan Dean (Hon); 2. Travi s Blackburn (Kaw); 3. Roger Adam s (Suzl. 125 C: 1. Tom Byland IKaw); 2. Zac Freeman (Han); 3. David Payert (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Davis Bishop (Han); 2. Jeff Kincaid; 3. J im i Kephart (Hon). OPEN NOV; , . Monty Klein (Kawl; 2. David Shirah ; 3. Joey locke (Hanl . 25+: 1. Eddie Wasd in (Kaw); 2. Kevin Knight (Suzl; 3. Jim Swanan {YamI. SR: 1. Don ny Banks {Han l; 2. Roger Ambs (Yaml; 3. Ernie M ill an (Han). Hardy hammers 'em atDeHaMX By Brian Barnes 58 PORT LA ND, O R , MAY 4 Pon land International Raceway hosted yet another of its regu lar Th ursday night mo tocross seri es races wit h Yamaha riders John Ha rd y and J ason Moo re pUlling on som e absol utely lantastic racing in the Wee Pee Wee cla ss alo ng wi th severa l other riders. The lirst race lound Moore, Jeremi Lee Green, Chris Lavedner and Todd Dowty lo llowi ng Hardy on th e holeshot with Brandon Bennett and Mau Kr u m close behind. Hard y a nd Moore i m m ed iat el y sho wed the race fans' in a ue nda nce who th e race would be between . T he two Y-Zi nge r rid ers went at i t tooth and nail from the tim e th ey rounded turn o ne until th e chec kered nag fell. Hardy had th e advantage in rnoto number o ne as he linished just a lew bike len gths ahea d 01 Moore lor th e win. Dowty took th e third spo t a way back , while Gr een and Lavender rounded o ut th e top live. T he second moto was o ne 01 the best 01 the night as Hardy and Moore again put o n a grea t show. On th e hol esh ot Ha rd y, Moore, Dowty a nd Lavender rounded tur n o ne in th e top lour spots with Hardy ju st a lew feet apart fro m Moore. In this m o to tho ug h. Moore was jus t a bit m ore determined as he found his way past Hardy severa l times o nly to be repas sed. On lap two Moo re was o u t front and with the white nag wa vin g, set his sights o n th e fini sh lin e. It was not to be as Hard y agai n passed. ta ki ng the second moro win and th e overa ll to boot. Moo re's lin e rid e netted both second in moto and o vera ll while DOW1Y was again th ird . KTM rid er Dav id Hanken s took th e overa ll win in the Open Beginner class but o nly after some close racing in both heat s. Hanken s won the first race with Honda rid er Rick Cunningham dogging him all the wa y, while Dan Finley and To ny Rathmanner put o n a good race lor third and lourth with Finley tak in g third after a hard lo ught baili e. The seco nd round saw Hankens again ou t front for near ly th e duration o n hi s KTM , but o n th e last lap Jell Roden go t past Ha n kens a nd went on to tak e the win. Hankens held on for th e ru n ner-u p spot wi th Cu nningham, Finley and Iou r-stro ke ace Larry Sause ro u ndi ng out th e top five. Results P/ W: 1. John Hardy (Yam); 2. Jaso n Moore {Yaml; 3. Todd Dowty (Yam I. PP: 1. Julie Kent (Yam); 2. Dianne Hurst {Kawl; 3 . Janet Dean (Yam). P/W (6-8): 1. Jason Hanson {Kaw l; 2. J ohn Hardy (Kw l; 3. Brian Blackkwell (Hon). PIW(9· 11I: 1. Travis Webber (Kawl; 2. Kevin Eakin (Kaw); 3. Robert Holtgrew (Kaw). MINI BEG: 1. Brandon Lucas (Honl ; 2. Josh True (Kawl; 3. Travis Webbe r (Kawl. MINI JR; 1. Todd Kibble (Suzl; 2.. J osh McVe igh (Kawl ; 3. Tim Halas (!(awl. MI NIINT; 1. Troy Kibble l!(awl. 125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Ant hony Tumbaga (Kaw ); 2. Rusty Garman (Han); 3. Shad Sharp (Yam). 125 BEG 0 · 2: 1. MChael Woods (Han ); 2. Jeremy Harwood (Kaw~ 3. Eric Foster (Han). 125 JR: 1. Lou Caulkins (Suz); 2. Craig Rudge (Kaw); 3. Tony Renfro (Yaml . 125 tNT: 1. Adam West (Han); 2. Ern ie Roberts (Suz); 3. Ed Jensen (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. W illiam W inden IHon); 2. Jeremy Harwood (!(aw); 3 . Terry Hamness (Hon). 250 JR: 1. Mike Whalen (Kw ); 2. J ames Knight (Yam); 3. Jesse Dean (Hanl . 250 INT; 1. Doug Gravelle (Kaw); 2. Todd Hamneu (!(awl; 3. Mikes Kates (Honl. 250 PRO: 1. Grayson Hart (Suzl: 2. Darr en Rogers (Han).; 3. Oon Boespflug (Kaw l. OPEN BEG: 1. David Hankins (KTM); 2. Rick Cunningham (Han); 3. Jeff Roden (Hanl . OPEN JR: 1. Mike Whalen (Kaw); 2. Stephen Cathey (Hon); 3. Kory Crippen (Honl . OPEN INT: , . Mark Benne n (Hon~ 2. Tony Ma rt in (Hon). UTH: 1. Steve Smith (Suzl; 2. Jim Tully (Han); 3. Mike Dean (Hon). OTH A : 1. Dave Eakin (Honl; 2. Tom Viell e 1Honl; 3. M ike Chase (Honl. OTH B: 1. Jay Loundagan (Yam); 2. Bud Ashcrah (Honl; 3. Darryl Hamil ton (Honl. OTH C: 1.Les Bennett (Honl; 2. M ichael Schwszler(Yaml; 3. David Hucke (Yam). OT EX: 1. Jim Lamkin (Hon); 2. Dave Mer~li n (Suz); 3. M ike Hickman (Yam). OT INT; 1. Larry Sause (Yam). OT NOV: , . M ike Reuth er (Suz). Carsten clobbers Raceway Park MX By Rosanne Lukaitis ENGLISHTOWN, NJ , MAY 14 Barry Casten took the 1250c Expert class overa ll win at Raceway Park's fourth mot ocro ss race of the '89 season. When th e "ate lell on th e lir.. molO. MontgomerYVllle/CastroIlHi-Point/Carr's Co m p/ Arai /Scon-sponsored Cars ten jumped . o ut to take a n ear ly lead . Steve Herman d id a wheelie off th e gat e and started dead I ~ st. Behind the leader was Ty Wallace wah Suzuki-mo urned Mike Pas care lla rig h t on his tail. Carsten sai led away and Iel t the ba ttle temporaril y behind him, while Pascarella made a pa ss stick on Wa llace to take over second. Wallace then crashed moving Eminel Neda into third. Pascar ella was o nly three seconds behind th e leader as Herman battled all th e way up to third under th e checkers. First went to Carsten followed by Pa scarell a, Herman, J im Mcilvaine and Ed Bao. In the Iinal moto Herman grabbed the hole shot with Carsten right behind. Wallace, Bao and Mcilvaine rounded out the top five. In the back sectio n Carsten too k over th e lead an d held it to th e ch eckers. Bao mad e a pa ss st ick o n Wallace a nd held o nto third. Pete Jastremski sli p ped by Mcilvaine, but McIl vaine repassed. Po siti ons between th e two cha nged frequently but under th e checkers it was Jasuemski who finish~ ah ead 01 M ~Il va in e. The mota ended WIth Carsten gomg I-I to tak e th e o vera ll . Herman took second and th e same overall. Bao handled third th e sa me way. Fourth in th e mota went to Jastr emsk i but fourth o vera ll was earned by Mci lvaine. A hard earn ed lilth overall went to j astrem ski . Results 125 AM ; 1. Joe l Dengler (Yam ~ 2. Jason Rivas (Suz); 3. Rich ard Zupko (Hon ). 2 50 AM: 1. Joel Dengler (ya m); 2. Jason Rivas (Suz); 3. Wi llia m Lasche (Kaw). OPEN AM : 1. Gaby Jim en iez( Honl; 2. Charles Collins (Kaw); 3. John Moore (Hon). 125 NOV A : 1. Dan Gebert h; 2. Ja mes McCurry; 3. J eff AS\ 5 NOV B: r. Gary Barth olomew; 2. Cory Trucksess; .3. 'J ohn Kidd. 125 EX; 1. Barry Carsten (Suz); 2. Steve Herm an (Yam); 3. Ed Baa ISuz). 260 EX; 1. M ickey Kessler (Kaw); 2. J im Kapitan (Suz); 3. J erry Seip (Honl . OPEN EX; 1. M idt ey Kessler; 2. J im Kapitan (Honl ; 3. Je rry Seip (Han). 2 50 NOV : 1. Ray Egloff; 2 . Sam Lair son ; 3. J im Chu ldziaski. SR AM : 1. Tom Malo ne (Hont 2. A. Chicarielli (Kawl; 3. Frank Lettieri (Suzl. S/SR: 1. Dan Heider; 2: Kenneth Brew e; 3. J ames McGin nis . SR EX: 1. Jay Irwin (Honl ; 2. Bob Sorenson (KTM I; 3 . Bruce Dengle r IKawl . MINI (7·11): 1. Newton Swartz (Suz); 2. Neil Woener (Kaw); 3. Vi ncent Giust i IKawl . MI NI (12· 131 t . An uti Stout (Hont 2. Dan iel Burnett : (Kaw); 3. Ertc Flagg (Honl . MI NI(14-151: 1. Lee Rostien (Han); 2. Bill y DeLanzo(Hon); 3. Thomas Ul ikowslti (Honl . L.ucero lassoes Napa Speedway win By R.C. Jones NAPA. CA. MAY 20 Nati on al Champion Steve Lucero pow ered hi s way to victory o ver John Hou ston in the Scra tch main and Charlie Venegas held o il Robert Curry in the Handicap main at Napa Speedway. Hou ston go t a great start in th e ?catch .ma in, taking th e lin e away from Ro bInson 111 the first co rner. Lucero arrived in th e tum even with Houston, and the two were neck and neck. Lucero let Houston have th e inside lin e and slipped 10 th e high part 01 th e groov e loo king to capture first. Ho usto n and Lucero exited the first corner even, but Lucero aboard hi s Coors Light /S hoe ilOakley-powered Godden had the edge and in ched away lrom Houston down th e back ch ute. Ho usto n uied to di ce with Lucero th rough turns three and lo ur but the Na tio na l champ had worked too har d at get the lead a nd wasn't givi ng up d uri ng th is lo urth lap allair. Curry an.d Robin son shut out by the other two had ,h eIr own race fo r a couple of lap s unt il Robin son backed o il with som e engi ne problems. At the linish Lucero was still being dogged by . Houston taking the win by a bike length. Charlie Venegas riding his Blendzall /R&R Body Works /H&S Cycles/Dr Slater/Dr Peterson/John Barth Welding-sponsored Godden spent two laps tracking dow n the lti>der Brian Pecore. By lap th ree Ven egas was l i~ l y , in the lead as the o the rs p la ~ed ca tch up: w ith Mike Delacy and Lucero lighunt: then way past Peco re, Rob ert Curry had hIS sig hts .set on th e speeding Venegas. As tim e was runm ng out Curry was ab le to get close enough to sme ll the exhaust of th e leader. Lu cero worked his wa y int o third but was too far back to seriously cha llenge the lead ers. As they da shed to th e chec kered Curry co u ld o nly hope lor a mistake, but Vene gas was not making an y and picked u p hi s victory . . . . Little T ommy Hedden pi cked up hIS first victory in hi s Tirst speedway sea~on. Hedden rod e as a junior last year and It looks like hi s training paid o lf, as he had no problems in th e Divi sion II main event. Una ble to get close to Hedden. Dave Worthen settled for second and Mark Squadrito third. Results SCRATCH: 1. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 2. J ohn Houston Jr . (J aw); 3. Robert Curry (Wes); 4 . Rocty Robinson (Wes). HOCP: 1. Charl ie Venegas IGOO); 2. Robert CU!'"Y (Wes); 3. Steve Lueero(Gdn); 4 . M ike Oelacy(Gdn); 5. Brian Pecore (W~~': 1. Tommy Hedden (Wos): 2. Dave Worthen (Gdn); 3. Mark Squadrito (Jaw); 4 . Ted Scruggs ewes) . 0-3: 1. Rich Baker (Jaw ); 2. Ron Clevenger (Jaw); 3. John Pierce (Wes); 4. Lee Steinmetz (Jaw). Sisemore smooth at Speedway USA By Scott Daloisio VIGrO RVILLE, CA, MAY 27 Jim Sisemore tied a Speedway USA record when he won the Handicap main for the third week in a rowan Memoria l Day weekend The win tied him with Lo uis Kossu th who set the ma rk in 1986. When th e eigh t-la p ma in got underwa y, Josh Larse n got the drop lro.m th e. starung gate as Ra nd y Beddow, Bnan Kmg and Ra ndall Dan ce chased hi m into the firs t bend. Dance passed Kin g lor third on lap o ne. but before th e lap ended, Sisemore came through the field and took third lrom Dance. O n the next circuit, Sisemore pushed the Viki ng Co m p u ter Products/ Ara i/Oilzall /lnterli nk Weslake past Beddow on the back straight lor seco nd. Sisemor e o nly had o ne rider to catch an~ that was La rsen . but as th e race wor e on It became obvio us thai he was not go in g to catch him, Larsen had a huge lead and Sisemore didn 't have en ou gh tim e. On lap seven , Brad Oxley's front end co lla psed in turn two and he slam med hard onto the track surface. The red sto pped the event a t th at po in t. After a co u p le of anxio us minutes, Oxl ey walked away . Louis Kossuth loaned Oxl ey a bik e and he took part in the restart. . Sisemore lined u p ou tside La rsen and beat him off the lin e o n th e: restart, Two circuits later, Sise more took th e checkered. A disappointed Larsen finished seco nd loll owed by Steve Lucero and Beddow. In th e Scra tch main, Steve Lu cero edged Sco uy Brown into th e first tum. Oxl ey was in the third spot with Mik e Faria lourth. Brown went wid e in tum two and that a llowed Oxley to race inside him lor second. Oxley then pulled to the rear lender 01 Lucero as soon as he got by Brown. Lu cero and Ox ley moved away from Brow n a nd Faria and co nducted their ow n pr iva 'e bailIe lor the lead. Ox ley loo ked lo w on lap three. but Lucero had it covered a nd as they took th e whi te nag. he ha d a one· len gth Jead. Lucero ma intai ned that advantage 10 the checkered and .too k the win . Results SCRATCH: 1. Stew Lucero (Gdnl ; 2. Brad Oxley ewesI; 3. M ike Far ia (Gdn ~ 4. Scott y Brown (Jaw ). HDCP: 1. J im Sisemor e (Wes ~ 2. J osh Larsen (Wes); 3. St eve Lucero CGdnl; 4. Randy Beddow (Wes). 0 ·2 ; 1. Ryan Evans ewesl; 2. M ike Reed (Wes): 3. Mark Coker (Wes); 4 . Kenny Hanse n (Gdn). 0 ·3 : 1. M ike Buff (J aw ); 2. Dan Fraley (Wes~ 3. Mark. Coker (Wes); 4. Kenny Hansen (Gdn). JR 0 ·1 : 1. Brent Werner; 2. Kevin Nickl as; 3. Chris Manchester; 4. Fred Timberlake . JR 0-2: 1. Ryan Man eson; 2. St ephen Down ing; 3. Heath Hammonds ; 4 . M ark Nickl as.

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