Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

r-- - -- - - - - -----.,eIl ell w Z a: w 6 w U. ...J o a: > !Xl § :I: Q. A pair of riders battle for position at Midway Recreat ion Park MX. Res ult s 50 : 1. M ich ael Dough erty J r. (Yam): 2. J usti n Murray (Varni . JR MINI : 1. Dann y Gott (Han); 2 . J arr od Brown (Han); 3. Pau l Bradl ey (Kaw) . S R M INI NOV: 1. Tom Young (Su ll; 2 . Scott Horan (Suz ); 3 . J eff 'te t rac h (Yam). S R M INI: 1. M ike Call ahan (Yam); 2 . John Bl ake (Kaw); 3. Ste ve Simmons (Suz:) SCHey: 1. Chad Brown IKaw ); 2. Jason Bowman (Suz); 3 . Nick VanP raag (Kaw ). 200 NOV: 1. Chris Pavall lYamJ; 2. Pet er Beecher (Han ); 3. Chris M illi ngton (Kawi . 125 A M : 1. Dave Pirar enc (Kawl; 2 . Bret Leonard (Yam); 3. Brian Fri nk (Kaw) . 126 EX: 1. Tim Rice (SUl); 2 . Bru ce Stratto n (Yam); 3 . Dave Burge r {Suzl. ." 250 A M : 1. John Young (Yaml; 2. Bill Saffo rd (Yam); 3. Denms BaldWin (Kaw ). • 260 EX; 1. Br uce Stratton (Yam); 2. Dave Phe lan (Kaw); 3. Greg Nelson (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. Chri s VanPraag (Kow); 2 . Robert Laman (Suz); 3 . Shane Brown (Han). OPEN AM: 1. J ohn Hams (Kaw); 2. J eff Che ney (Kaw); 3. Robert At frod IHon). o OPEN EX: 1. Larry L: udis (Hon); 2 . M ike Dougherty(KTM l; 3 . MIke Murray (KTM). 25+ : 1. Mike Doughert y (KTM ); 2. Greg Nelson (Suz); 3. Todd Kis hpaugh(Ya mJ. SR: 1. Todd Kish paug h (Yam); 2. J err y Harr is (Kaw); 3 . Ma rk M atott (Yam) . I Vt NT: 1. J ohn Young (Yaml ; 2 . Benie Kohler (Suz); 3 . I;.arry Siosek (Han) Keeney crushes MidwayMX By Rolfe Otterness KELLOGG. MN . MAY 2 1 Co ry Keeney co ntin ued his winn in g ways a t the Mid way Recrea tion Park 's lat est ro und o f Disu ic t : 23 mo tocross as he g u n ne d h is Kawasak i to four mot o wins to take the 125cc You th and 125cc B di visio ns. Ent ries totalled 285 for thi s event, the third at the track th is year . T he tra ck was in good shape with wa rm tem per atures testi ng rider co nd itioni ng. Keen ey shot OUI fron t in the first 125cc You th class mo to wit h Pa l Donaho in p urs u it, Do naho stayed close for the first lap but wen t do wn on th e next circu it. Brandon Backes a nd Aaron Carlson go t by to drop him to fou r th. Keen ey a nd Backes cruised ou t fron t for the rest of the race while Donaho managed to bailie hi s way by Carlson for third. Keen ey again p'ulled the hol esh o t in the seco nd rno to while Carlson bull ed his way by Don aho -in io second. Do nah o retalia ted befor e the la p end ed. Keeney co nt in ued in the lead a nd bu ilt a big cus h ion over Do naho before taking th e chec kered flag. Backes took third o n his Big-Wh eel Kawasaki KX80. Chris Bense grabbed a n early lead in th e 125cc A class while Pat Ri ley a nd R ich H al stead motored in purs u it. Ril ey look over th e lead o n the second lap while H alstead closed in o n Ben se. Ha lstead was riding extremely we ll un Iii h is rear sus pe ns io n co llapsed. He attempted to finish the mot o a nd rod e amazingly fast for severa l laps before dropping o ut, Bense safely held on to second behind Ril ey at th e flag. Ja ck Lane and Hunt dropped Chris Hughes to fihh when th ey got by o n the last lap. . Ben se too k off in the lead as th e seco nd mot e began. Lane ini tia lly held second but dr opped back wi th a flat tir e by th e third lap. Ben se co nt in ued to lead as Tim Bernloehr moved iIlIO second ahead of Tom \\'ent worth. Riley dropped ou t ear ly in th e race a fter a hard cras h . so Hens e was guaranteed th e win with his 2· I score . Hunt p laced his Suzuki in fourth a t • th e n ag to ta ke second overa ll. Results MINI PIW: 1. Sh elly Kann ; 2. J ohn Sandberg; 3. Ryan Broughton. MIN I JR : 1. Tim Pospisil ; 2. Shawn W ehl age; 3. Ryan Smolach. M INI SR: 1. Bra ndon Back es; 2. Mik e Atk in son ; 3. Jim I P'2~~: 1. Cory Keeney ; 2 . Pat Donaho; 3. Brandon Backes. 25+ : 1. J ack Lane; 2. Scott Miller; 3. Jeff Sor ensen. SR C: 1. To m Clark; 2. A ll en Staiga; 3 . Ber nie Pospisil. SR A: 1. Michael Graif; 2. J ack Parenteau; 3 . Brian lJSatt erlee . S/SR: t . Jerry Becker; 2 . Roger Niedzi elsk i; 3. Marlo Vill g. , 26 C 0 - 1: 1. Mi ke Lund; 2. M att Hills; 3 . Michael Luon a. 125 C 0 -2 : 1. Scott M ar sche; 2. Kirk ' Morehead; 3. Chuck Chesler. 126 8: 1. Cory Keeney ; 2. M ike Tho mpson ; 3 . Pat Donaho. 125 A: 1. Bryan Hunt; 2. Pat Riley ; 3. Corey Holcomb . 2 50 C: 1. Craig Schwarz; 2 . Jason Todora ; 3. Jo hnny DeOtis. 250 B: 1. A l Novotny; 2. Bruce Sch utteneier; 3 . Brian O~t~~N c. 1. Brett Vesel; 2. Mike Rohl; 3 . David Ettssvold . OPEN A: 1. J ay Hoen k; 2 . Jeff Sor ensen; 3 . Scott True mpi. TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: (416) 872·1111 U.S. TICKET ABENT: (716) 836·1792 •. =z.~

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