Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

The 250cc Pro class rounds turn one at the Washougal. Washington. motocross. Scott Tyler (68) wound up taking the win over Grayson Hart. Handicap main winner Jim Sisemore (right) slides to the inside of Kelly Inman during Speedway USA race action . Hendrickson (Hon); 3 . Je ff May (Kaw ): 4 . J oey W est (Kaw); 5 . Da rren Turn er (Kawl. 40* : 1. Bob Lewis (Honl; 2 . Robert Wilson (Yam ); 3 . Roger Dav ia (Hon ); 4 . Dan iel Beher (KTM) . 125 A MOD: 1. Ji m Jone s 15uz); 2. David Weis (Suz); IHon~ 5 . Rodn ey Carr ier (Ya ml. 12 5 B MOD: t . Si eve Chr istia n (Yam); 2 . J eff Bergman (Suzl; 3 . Kevin Shemwell (Hon ); 4 . Jo hn Hatfi eld (Suz); 5 . Jason Aliff (Yaml. . 250 MOD NOV: t. Eddie Sm iley (Kaw); 2. Donm e Pif er (Hon); 4 . J im Crawford (Yam); 5. Richard Farm er (Yam ). 85 (9· 131 MOD : t . Brian Wo lff {Yam); 2. Scott Graves (Kaw ): 3. John Hillman (Kaw l; 4. Mike Greeley (Kawl : 5. Carey Wes t (Honl. 250 A MOD: t . Troy Bradshaw (Hon); 2 . Dave W eis (Suz); 3 . Donald Baker (Honl ; 4 . Johnny Robbin s (Han); 5 . John 3 . Johnny Robbins (Hon); 4 . Tim Chapman Eby(Yam) . ~5+: 1. Troy Bradshaw lH on ); 2. Doug Smith lSuz) ; 3 . Mark Swe eney (Yam); 4 . Chuc k Ham ilton (Suz); 5 , Rodn ey Sull ivan (Yam ). . Sisemore slick at Speedway USA By Scott Daloisio VICTORVILLE , EA , MAY 20 For the second week ina row , N orthern Ca lifo rn ia Ch ampion J im Sisemore wo n the eig h t-lap H and icap mai n at Speed way USA. O n the Scra tch side of th e progr am , Bobby Schwartz took h is second Speedway USA tro phy of the seaso n. In th e Handicap ma in th e pac k never go t pas t tu rn o ne before the red nag waved when Randy Beddow sp un ou t and three rid ers went dow n in a ta ngle. When th e event restarted , Jos h La rsen beat Mark Hannah off th e lin e and hel d the to p spot un til Sisemore too k th e Vikin g Co mputer Prod ucts/ Ara ilOi lza ll / I nter li n k W~s l ake in to the lead on lap th ree. Once Sisemo re too k over th e lead , the race was over as he pulled away fro m th e pack. .Larsen wen t wide near th e end of the fifth lap and dro p ped from seco nd to fifth. Ha nnah held second until he left a sma ll ga p and Scotty Brow n and Alan Chr istian shot throug h th e opening for second and thi rd at the finish. Sch wartz la unch ed the Pro mot ion Products/STP/CTI Brace/K&N/M alcol m Smith Wesla ke off the lin e in th e Scratch ma in and turn o ne was a full bike len g th ahead of Sisemore a nd Christia n. Mike Far ia used the outside o n the firs t lap lO pass Christian a nd Sisemore, bu t he cou ldn 't close in o n lead er Sch wa rtz. Wit h Schwartz hold ing a slim lead. the mai n battle was for seco nd as Sisemore a nd Christian wouldn't let Far ia go . As they closed th e second lap , Sisemore pull ed a longsid e Faria and then powered by to take the second spot. Sisemore pus hed it to th e lim it, but there wo uld be no denyi ng Sch wa rtz. Christia n edged pas t Faria as th ey too k the checkered and rook thi rd, Results SCRATCH: 1. Bobb y Schwartz (Wesl; 2. J im Sisemo re (Wes); 3 , Al an Chr ist ian (J aw ): 4 , M ike Faria (Gdn ). HDCP: 1. J im Sisem or e (Wes); 2 , Scotty Brow n (Ja w); 3 , Al an Christian lJaw); 4 . M ark Hann ah (Wes). 0 ·2 : 1, Chris Castin (Wes); 2. J ohn Kell y IJ aw ); 3 . Tony Gomez (Jaw) ; 4 , Martie W ells (We s). 0 -3 : 1. Tom Moff ett (Jaw); 2. Dan Fraley lJ aw l; 3 , Ryan Evan s (Wes): 4 . Mark Pow er s (Gdn). i JR D ~1 : 1. Ke...n Nicklas: 2. Danny Wright 3 . Chri s Manch este r: 4 . Brent W ern er . JR 0-2: 1. Randy E... n s; 2. Ryan M an eson ; 3 . Aar on a Matteson ; 4 , St ephen Downing . Pepper hot at Pine Ridge Enduro By Roger Dowden 32 CRAWFORD, NE, MAY 14 Eighteen- year·old Kelby Pepper triumphed over a field of seaso ned veterans to win th e o vera ll a t the 21st running of th e Pin e Ridge Enduro. The second round of th e Rock y Mountain Enduro Circuit was set in the pine-covered hill co untry of northwestern Nebraska. The Pin e Ridge Cycle Club teamed with Mother Nature to produce that near -perfect event end u ro riders dream of. Mother Nature furn ished a coo l, overcast da r. and a I?re-da w n show er -tha t crea ted velcro-like tracuon, T he club provide d fau ltless o rga nizatio n , a nd per fectly -placed chec ks along a po tpourri of trail s that included rocky ra vines, slo p py strea m beds, tight ridge-to p single trac ks a nd sla loms th ro ugh th e bottomland har d woods. As frostin g on the cake, th e club arra nged for a curvaceo us exo tic dancer in a very skimpy costume to work the fina l check. It was defin itely the per fect end uro for young Pep per wh o is sponsored by Team Gr een , Dunl op. Ma lcolm Sm it h and his pa rents. " I had absolutely no probl em s" , he sa id. My o nly real exci tement was wh en] wa tched (250 A 'ride r} Kelly Wright dive off a 20-foot cliff.'" Pepper was no t without co mpeti tion, how ever. Three-time RM EC champ Fritz Kadlec had perfect zeros until the seven th check whe n h is tra ns mi ssion stuck in third gear. Pepper had carded 10 po ints at th e II th and fin al check to beat ou t former Six Days rider Dennis Larrau , who fin ished with II poi nts . Third overall and first in the 250 A class was loca l mot ocrosser Leverne Berry , wh o dropped o nly 14 poi nts in his first end uro. Fo urth overa ll went to 250cc KT M rider Dwain T ayler. with .a sco re of 15. He was foll owed by last year 's RM EC cham p Kevin Davis. DaVIS has earned the ti tle of "Sargen t Rock " by ridi ng th e first even t in Ph oen ix wit h a bro ken fOOL. and this even t with a broken leg and two cracked ri bs. The lat est inj uries were hi s tro ph ies fro m the T ulsa T wo- Day. Pepper's victory is even more impressive wh en you rea lize th at there were six Six- Days vetera ns amo ng the top 11 finishers. Desert ace Ganh Sweetland earned the ri ght to haul the firs t pl ace Open A trophy back lO Arizona with a score of 21. Fellow H on da rider T roy Raynor tied Sweetland 's score. but lost o ut on tie-break er scores. Form ers 250cc rider George Vill anyi dem onstrated h is fon d ness for hi s new Kawasaki KDX by to p p ing th e 200 A class, o utscori ng second place by II minu tes. In th e Se ni or A cla ss; H ow ard Uts ey do mina ted, ta ki ng more first-p lace gold back Arizona. Ove ra ll B went to 250cc Honda rid er Ron Sandoz who dropped o nly 25 po in ts. Second overa ll B rid er was Rick Ro beson o n a Yamaha 11350 with a scor e of 29. KTM rider Curl Larson's score of nin th p ut him on top of th e C classes. Ever-im proving Susa n Chee ny 's score of 12 gave her the n umber o ne tro phy in th e 250 C class. Results to ENDR O /A ~ 1. Kelby Pepper (Kaw); 2, Denn is larran (Hon); 3, Levem e Barry (Hon); 4 . Dw ain Taylor (KTM ); 5, Kevi n Davis (KTM ).1 OPEN A: 1. Garth Sweetland (Hon); 2. Troy Raynor (Han); 3. Bill Niem iec (ATK) . 250 A : 1. Leve -ne Ber ry (Han ); 2. Ma rk M auz (KTM ); 3 . Morr ill Gr iff ith (Yam ). . 200 A: 1. Georg e Vill any i IKaw ); 2 . Ed Beaumon t; 3 , Joe Gut ierr ez (Kaw) . SR A : 1. Howard Ut sey IHon); 2. J eff Rehberg; 3. Cap Kuney (KTM) .1 0 / A B: 1. Ron Sandoz (Hon). OPEN B: 1, St e... M ill er (KTM ); 2. Rocky Pace lKTM): e 3. Scott Wallay (Hon). 250 B: 1. W ayne Inter m ill l Yam); 2 . M ar1l: Beagley (Kaw); 3 . Dav id Bergeron (Hu s). 200 B: 1. Roy McMurtry (Kaw); 2. Brad DuVall (Kaw) ; 3 . Mark Engel (Kaw) . 4 -STRK 8 : 1. Ric Robeson (y aml; 2. J ay Cheeny (Yam); 3 , Tracy Smith {Hon - , SR 8 : 1. Roger Dowd en (KTMI ; 2. John McDonald (HoN); 3 . Richard Peterson (Hon) . 0 / A C: 1, Curt LBrson (KTM). OPEN C: 1. Jason Ward (Hus); 2. Keith Hill (KTM) ; 3 . Pat McCla in (KTM) . . 250 C: 1. Susan Cheeny (KTMI ; 2. Craig Beeman (Hon ); 3 . Robert Ener (Yaml . 200C: 1, Dave Whitlock (Kaw t 2. TeTTY Monteith (Yam); 3 . D8V'8Bult.r (Kaw ). 4-STRK C: 1. John Moody lHon); 2 . Greg McCully (Hon); 3. Don Bowers (Han) , OVER 40 C: 1. Terry Der iu s (Kaw~ 2. Da.... Hersperger lHon); 3 . Keith Blanken Sh ip (KTM) . S/SR : 1. Wayne McFetridg. (Han); 2. Bill Oben (KTM ); 3 . Roger Sorcu a IKTM) . SPRTMN : Dave Kimbley lKTM); 2. Bill Williams (KTM); 3 . Randy Fuerstein (KTMI . WMN: 1. Unda Scon (K.ew); 2 . Debra Nuss lKawl; 3 , Kathie Beard (Yam), Smail sails to Washougal win By Brian Barnes WASHOUG AL, WA, MAY 7 La nce Smai l sho wed Washou gal race fan s wh y he is the number six po ints ma n in West Coast 12-,cc Supercross raci ng after demo lish in g a stro ng field of I25cc Pros at Wash ougal's seco nd race of the seaso n. Sco n Ty ler , meanwhile. was winning bot h the 250cc a nd O pen Pro classe s for his 10th stra igh t mote win of the weekend incl udi ng Woodland 's Sa turday series race. In Powder P uff raci ng J ulie Kent and Dean na Holbrook du eled for th e overa ll with Kent comi ng o ut o n to p, Suzuk i-moun ted Jim Co ue t was also a force to b e reckoned with as he took overa ll wins in both the 125 and 250cc Intermediat e Cla sses. T he first 125cc mo to found long-rim e Northwest racer Steve Oster returmng to act ion a nd takin g th e hol eshot and leading severa l of the area's best rid ers for tw o laps. Oster led Sma il, Sco u , Steffey. J eff Dail y, Ga ry Beyer and Jason Norton until lap three when Smail cruised by and go t th e lead for good. Steffey follo wed sui t and when Oster had bike problems . he was able to relax just a bit , as Da ily, Grayson H art and Beyer fou gh t a ways bac k for th ird, fourt h a nd fifth. Sma il easi ly too k the win with Steffey, Da ily, Hart, Beyer a nd Darr en Rogers roundin g o ut the top six. Oster again took th e hol eshot in the second . moto bu t th is time hi s lead o nly lasted a lap. Smai l. Daily, H art , Rog ers and Beyer foll ow ed Ost er d uri ng lap one bu t again Smai l found his way by Oster an d was gone for good. Os ter kep t go ing o n to fini sh a well-deserved seco nd, w hile new Pro rider J eff Da ily was third. Hart, Steffey, Rogers and Beyer were fourth through seventh. Results PP: 1. Ju lie Kent (Hon ); 2. Deanna Holbrook (Cag); 3 . Diana Hur st (Kawl. PIW: 1, Brian Blackwell (Yam ); 2 , Bren Shanniak (Yam) . 60 (6·81: 1. Eric W ill !am s (Kaw); 2 . Br ian Blackwell (Han); 3 . Ju st in Jacobs (Hon) . 60(9~ 1 1 ): 1. Trev is W eller (Kaw ); 2, Ma tt W illiams (Kaw) ; 3 . J eff W eyr aich (Hon). 80 BEG: 1. Dou g M cKahn (Kaw) ; 2 . Chad Reed (Kaw) ; 3 . Trona Free IKaw). 80 JR: 1. Ryan Hagemann (Yam); 2. Ben Rhoad es (Kaw) ; 3 . Monty Harr is (Hon). 80 INT: 1. Chr is Peter son (Hon); 2 . Bradl ey Ecehm (Kaw); 3. Jbolx~i~~:~~~~rmick (Kaw ); 2 . Dann y Ulv en (Kaw ). 10 5: 1. J ason McCormick (Kaw l; 2 . Danny Ulven IKaw). 12 5 BEG: 1. Rusty Gauman (Han ); 2. Bill Coppe r (Han ); 3 . Shad Shar p (Yam). 12 5 JR : 1. Shan e W eS! (Yam ); 2. Chad Brown (Kaw ); 3 . Ken Kellmore lHon). 12 5 INT: 1, J im Cotte t lSuz); 2 , An thony Wh ippl e l Hon); 3 . Joe "Belsha w (y am ). 125 PRO: 1. Lance Smail lSuz }; 2 . Jeff Daily (Yam); 3 . Grayson Hart (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Ern ie Tail son (Yam ); 2. A lan Call iso n (Han); 3 . Barry Hendr icks (Honl . 250 JR : 1. Br ett Biere k (Yam); 2. Kell y Harn ess (Han ); 3 . Dan iel Cook (Kaw l. 250 INT: 1, J im Cott et (Suz); 2, Kenn y Almqu ist (Su z); 3 . Oa...e Silv est i (Suz), OPEN BEG: 1, J im Kasper (Kaw ); 2 . Rod Yeager (Hon): 3 . Gary Trog li n (Kaw) . OPEN J R: 1. Br ett Bier ik (Yam ); 2. Da... Hend er sh ot (Hon): e . 3 . Scott Jenair (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Rick Har ken (Hon); 2 . Richard M erritt (Hon ); 3 . St e... Shepherd (KTM ). e OPEN PRO: 1. Scott Tyler (Hon); 2. Ke...n J ansen (Hon ): i 3 . Scott W illiams (Han). UTH: 1. Denn is Sw eeten (Kaw ); 2. Da... SiI... stri (Suzl: e e 3. Steve n Hills (Yam) . 30-40 BEG: 1. Bill Kent (Yam ); 2. Pat Ogr ady (Honl ; 3 . Dan iel M eek er (Han). 30·40 B INT: 1, Ja mes Harris fSuz); 2. Je ff Troop (Yam ); 3. Dan Fit sh IS uzl, 30 ·40 S: 1. Ron Sun (Hon); 2 . Tom Row land lHon); 3. sC3g_:or~~~nlH~i Prutsman (Yam); 2, Ted Devol ISuz); 3 , Jerry Wilson (ATK). OT BEG: 1. Dick St idman (Yam); 2 . Robert Comstock (Yam ); 3 . Mike Ruether (Suz). OT INT: 1. Bob Harrison (Suz); 2 . Rusty Gainson (Kaw) ; 3 . Russ Fletcher (Yaml . EX: 1. David Bowman (Yam); 2 . Melvin Merkl in fSuz) . or Price charges to Harpursville ST win By Tom Blachek H ARPURSVILLE, NY, MAY 20 Georgie Pri ce used qu ick starting techniques to win all three classes he entered at Square Deal Riders' openin~ short track event. While Price led every lap In th e 250cc Expert race, Craig Estell e and A.]. Snoop bauI~ for seco nd. Sooop moved h is high ly co mpe titive Ossa into seco nd on th e white nag lap , p ushing Estelle to thi rd. . I Pri ce repea ted his wire-to-wire win in th e Pro-Am fin al despite a stro ng effort by East Coas t Pro- Am po in ts leader Conrad Parshall. T his was th e first lime a Pro-Am , class was of fered at SDR a nd the rider interest was very hi gh . Threatening skies for ced referee Lee Thomas to shorten a ll the fi na ls 10 six laps, but even that wasn 't sho rt enough. T he Open Expert class too k to th e lin e in a ligh t ra in. ' T he mo istu re did not seem to bo ther Pr ice as he led every lap. There was plenty of action behind Pri ce, as David Ll o yd. Snoop, Par sha ll, Bill Newkir k and Estelle a ll fou ght for seco nd place . Estelle mad e a last lap cha rge from fifth to co me u p inc hes sho rt of Lloyd's second p lace. Fo urt h went to Par shall with Newkirk ro u nd ing o u t th e top five. Ken ny Coo lbeth , Jr. was ano ther multiple race win ner , leadin ~ the 125cc Amat eur class from sta rt to finish. In the Mini fin al , Coo lbe th worked his way by his co usin, Mor gan Coo lbet h . durin!; the fourth lap for th e win , with Morga n fini sh in g second Results Y-l : 1. Aaron Creamer (Kaw); 2 . Matthew Murray (Kaw); 3 . Joshua Bai ley (Han); 4 , Tracy Edwards (Yam); 5 . Bradley J ohnson (Yaml. MIN I: 1. Kenne th Cool beth J r. (Kaw ); 2, M organ Coolbe1h (Kaw ); 3 , Dean Bush (Kawl; 4 . A . Paul Lynch (Hon); 5 . J oshua Bai ley (Han). 125 AM: 1. Kenn eth Coolbeht J r, (Kaw): 2 . Tom We iss lH on); 3 , Scon Snoop (Kaw) ; 4 , Stan Nittiskie (Hon); 5 . Jo s9ph Nei er (Hon) . 250 AM : 1. Tom W eiss (Honl: 2 . Richard Edwards lSUl); 3, William W arford (Yam); 4 . Robert Durand Jr . (Honl ; 5 . J oseph Addabbo (Yaml . OPEN AM : 1, Ben Saglimbeni (Hon); 2. William Adam s {Rot l; 3 . Chris Wn uk (Hon); 4 . Robert Roosa (Yaml ; 5. Joe Gou ld (Hon) . . SR A : 1. Dave Sch eff er ( H ~ D); 2, Jay Skidm ore (Rot); 3 . Steve Longo (Rotl; 4 , John Hildebrand (W~R ); 5 , ~Nor ma n Lavio lette (Kaw) . SR B: 1, Robert Durand Jr . (Hon t 2. J oseph Addabbo (Yam ); 3 . William Teliska Jr . (Yam ); 4 , Norman Harr is (CZl: 5 , Charles McGurtr. (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Bob W ei ss (Hon); 2. Bill Newk irk (Han): 3 . Tom Danielle (Hon ); 4 . David Bellows (Yam). 250 EX: 1, Georg ie Price (Yam); 2. A .J . Snoop (055); 3 . Craig Estelle lHon); 4 . J ay Skidmore lH on): 5 . Harold Dor sey Jr .IHonl. PRO AM: 1. Georgi e Price (Rot ); 2. Conra d Parshall IH 0 ); 3 . Tony Anderson (H-D); 4 . Steve Long o IRt x}; 5 . Brent Livingston (W ·R), OPEN EX: 1. Georgi e Pric e (Rtx); 2. David Uoyd IRue ); 3 . Cra ig Estell e (H-D); 4 . Conrad Parshall (H·D); 5 . Bill Newkirk {Honl. Dougherty leads the way at Royal Mountain MX By Carla Nelson CA ROG A LAK E. NY , MAY 21 Over 200 riders were o n han d for Ro ya l Mountai n 's seaso n o pe ne r whic h saw Mike Do ugh ert y co llect th e wi n in the 25 P lus class. Prom ot er J im Blase had the trac k in excellent con di tion addi ng sand 10 man y sections. A la te morni ng sho wer mad e for messy con ditions thro ugh the Iirst set of mo te s. Dou g her ty shot into the lead in th e first mo te and was foll ow ed by Stan Nepa and G reg Ne lso n. Nepa lost it in th e firs t tu m end ing hi s chance fo r a to p positio n. O ut of the woods sect ion , Dou g hert y still was leadin g rig ht beh ind. The pair d ueled with Dou ghert y gaining in lhe woods, Nelson ca tch ing u p in the fro nt sectio n. Third pl ace rider T odd Kish pa ug h had a problem o n his hands as Mike Murra y was close enoug h 10 pass a l any time . At th e end of the mo to Nelso n spun o ut in a muddy turn. He remounted to finis h second. Mu rra y finall y go t Kishpaugh on the last lap, two turns fro m the chec kers. Dougherty aga i n h oles ho t m o to two . Dougherty led Paul Burfeind, La rry Loudis and Nel son. In th e woods th e order cha nged. Doughert y still led , just a hea d of Loudis and . Nelson. Kishpaugh was up to fourth. The top three were within on e second of each o ther. Nel so n- pas sed Loudis near the checkered na g turn and set after Dougherty. In the mudhole Nel son went down again . Loudis go t by putting him in secon d and Kishpaugh was alo ne in fourth. Sco tt Palmer and Murray wer e dicing for fifth place. On the last lap Dougherty had a huge lead. Nel son passed Loudis for second, and for fifth Murray pa ssed Palmer.

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