Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ffi ~ e ~ ~ W :E ><: u e- o{ :I: 0 >al c o l- :I: O'l 0- 00 O'l ~ ~ ~ ~ v l:::: ;j I---) Richard Arnaiz piloted his 1000cc Yamaha to the Open Super Street class victory over Brian Brinkman at Sears Point. Brian Cook (11) turns inside Tim Filipi (31) and Eric Lewis on his way to a third in the first Expert moto at Motosports Park. up seco nd with Sch war tz th ird and Lucero fourth. O n their coo l down lap, Sch wart z a po logized 1 Lucero for drifting mto hi s line 0 on hip on e. Subs titute driv er Cmf T olley learned wi th . SIeve Hardwi ck a nd th ey led the en tire d ista nce in the Sideca r ma in o n th e Del Amo Suzu ki and Kawa saki/Rob Purvuss/Barnell T ool a nd Eng in eering-b acked Kawasaki . Jeff Lerc h and Ken Ohrt had motor problem s with th eir Harley-Dav idson bu t they man aged to tak e it hom e in second. T hird spot went to Steve SIan ton an d Tom T u fts. Results SCRATCH: 1. Phil Collin s (Was); 2. Billy Ham ill (Was); 3. Bobby Schwartz (Was); 4 . Steve Lucero (Gdn). HDCP: 1. Billy Hamill (Wes); 2. P~i1 Coll ins (Wes). 0 ·2 : 1. Dave Sobodos{WasJ; 2. Mike Reed (Wesl; 3. Randy Skinnerr (Wes); 4 . Craig Furman (W es). SDCAR: 1. Cliff Tolley /Steve HarTWick (Kaw); 2. Jef f Lerch/ Ken Ohrt (H·D); 3 . Steve Stan tonlTom Tufts (Kaw); 4 . RusseIlTranswell/L8nce Irving (Suz); 5. Craig Dempste r/ Peter Lew is (Kawl. Haydens win Marion TT New Zealanders Craig Demptser and Peter Lewis hold a slight " advant age over Australians Russell Transwell and Lance Irving at Ascot. Sears Point RR draws 600 racers By Vincent Strykers SONOMA, CA, MAY 14 Denny Dohert y. Ri ch ard Ara iz, Jeffrey Legge tt a nd Chris Crew were win ners th is Mother 's Day as over 600 riders battled a t Sears Point Internat ional Ra ceway in the second round of AFM competition th is season . . After finishing third in th e Open G P class a nd Iifth in the Open Super Str eet race, Doh ert y came back to race in th e Formula 40 event. However, fatigue set in early a nd Doh ert y began experienci ng cramps in hi s rig h t hand du ring the warm- u p lap . But th e seasoned vetera n Im provised by braki ng and throttling .with his wris t usin g his hand as a block of dead weigh t. In the Iirst half of th e eig ht- la p race Doherty was chasing hi s longt im e ri val in the Form u la 40 d ivision , Gordon Sei m. Seim had already wo n the Formu la Twin race o n his smoothhan dlin g Duca ti. Bu t as th e two crossed un der the start-fin ish br idge, Seirn's bike, as a result of a n ig nition problem, sta lled . Dohert y lrailinr; rig h t behind, made a slick man uever to avo id sla mming into Sei m and passed th e leader. Doherty , desp ite the cra mp s, wen t o n to win easily with la p times in the 1:56 ra nge . Rider Dave Deau in the 600cc Super Street even t o n hi s Yamaha , caught th e Formu la 40 riders in th e seco nd lap. Deveau seemed to he on hi s way to victory wh en he went down in lap th ree, sandwiched between two No vice riders in the new ch ica ne section a fter turn II. Brian Bri n kma n , rid ing for Suicy cle in th e O pen Super Stree t class, o n a lOOOcc Yam ah a , fini sh ed second behi nd win ne r Arnaiz who was a lso on a Yamah a . But Brinkman returned to the track la ter in the day to run away with lh e O pen GP lrophy, finishing a head of Kenneth Lou ketis. Arna iz also won the 750ec Super Streel race agains l a Held of" 48 ol he r riders. J eff Leggiu won bOlh lh e 250cc P rOduclio n class and 250cc SIS races. Bu t not without a, tough ba tt le fro m hi s o ld ne mesis Fra ncis Mazu r. ]n the 250cc Production chase Mazur led for seven of th e eig ht laps bUl never had mo re than a t w o- sec~nd lead over Legg itt. Mazur lost hi s lead on th e fina l lap a nd lost some time in th e turns behind so me Nov ice rid ers and never recovered in tim e to possibly ca tch Leggitt . In lh e 750cc Super Str eel class, Chris Crew led fro m sta rt to fin ish bu t a viclOry wheel ie al llhe chec kered flag cosl him the race, and th e win was aw ard ed to Arna iz. Cre w returned lat er to win th e 750cc Pr oduction class. Results ' . 600 51ST: 1. David Deveau (Yam); 2. Jo e Brett Williams (Han); 3. Jeff Hoeppner (Yam). F-T·750: 1. Eric Swortsfigure (Nor); 2. Chris Ail een (Lav); 3. Vance Breese. F·T OPEN: 1. Gordon Seim (Duc); 2. Elmer " Bud " Riddle {Yaml; 3. David Vanderford (Yaml. OPEN 51ST : 1. Richard Arna jz (Yam); 2. Brian Br inkman {Yaml; 3. Kenneth Loukettis (Suzl. T-650; 1. Curt Kimbl e (Kaw); 2. John Taylor (Han); 3 . J ona s Eklund (Han). 750 PROD; 1. Chr is Crew (5 uz); 2. Keith Adams (Sud; 3. Ralph Santiago Loera (Sur) . _ 600 PROD; 1. Daniel McCann (Yam); 2. Peter Wen sloff (Suz); 3. Lar~ Fraser (Han). Lo~r~~ (~~Z);D3. ~~n~~~h l~~~i(a:). (Sur); 2. Kenn eth F·40: 1. Denn y Doherty (Kaw); 2. Randy Redmond (Hon ~ 3. Thom as Silm an (Yaml . 450 51ST : 1. Darr ell Parker (Yam); 2. Darr ell Cling erma n (Yam); 3. Thomas Montano (Yam). F-S: 1. Vincent Me yer (Han); 2. Eron Flory (Han ); 3. Paul Shill ito (Yam). .. 250 PROD: 1. Jeff Leggitt (Yam); 2. Francis Mazur IKaw); 3. Steve Pullin (Kaw). VINT: 1. Er ic Swortsfigure (Nor); 2. Chris All en (Lav); 3. Stye Van Deusen (BMW) . F·4 : 1. Kevin Murray (Han); 2. Robert Holl ister (Suz); 3. John Barnes (Yam). F·1 : 1. Joe Brett W ill iams (Honl ; 2. Rod Smit h (Yam); 3. Mik e Mondo (Yaml. OPEN GP; 1. Br ian Brinkman (Yaml ; 2. Ken neth Louk etis (Suz); 3. Denn y Doh erty (Kaw ). 450 PROD: 1. Darrell Parker (ya ml; 2. Derrell Cli nge rman (Yam); 3. Hugh March (yam). 250 5 / 5 : 1. J eff Leggett (Kaw); 2. Franc is Mazur (Kaw ); 3. Steve Pullin (Kawi . . 450 -T: 1. Craig McLean (Han); 2. Jeff Leggin (Kawl; 3 Raymond Zech (Kaw) . Collins claims Ascot Speedway win By Scott Daloisio GAR DE NA, CA, MAY 11 Wh en Phil Co lli ns figu res o u ' the o Ulsi de al ASCOI So ut h Bay Stadium , he usuall y finds hi s wa y to the from of the pa ck. He go t th ing s fig ured ou t T h urs da y and won fou r of his six races incl ud ing the Scra tch mai n. Eng lish born Co ll ins cam e off th e lin e in a dea d heat wit h Bill y Ham ill and Bobby Sch wartz. H e kn ifed his way between the two Ameri cans an d look lh e lead as they nego tiat ed turn o ne. Sch wa rtz drifted wide o ut of tu rn lwo and a lmos l co llecled a piece of defendin g Nat io nal Cha m pi o n Steve Lucer o. T ha t effectively en ded th eir Scra tch ma in victo ry ho pes. Ha mill, lwo weeks shy of hi s 191h binhday , tried to stay clo se to th e ever sm iling Cal1ins. He d id for a couple of laps. O n lap lhree, Co llins too k h is Weslak e away fro m th e co mpetition. Wh en . Co lli ns received lh e Roy Kell in g checke red !lag, he had his second Sou th Bay Sta di um Scra tch main of 1989. Hamill ended By Wanda Braswell MARIO N, KY, MAY 7 Tom my and Nick y Ha yden turned o ut 10 be th e do minant riders in th e Mini cla ss at . Mari o n 1T. Nicky H ayden captu red the go ld i n th e 65cc class while brother Tommy ' wra pped u p th e win in th e 85cc class , In th e 85cc. cla ss Chris Boone gOI th e hol eshct, bu t was soon overta ken by T ommy Hayden , Boone and Paul Morgan JlJ put on th e pressure un til Boone went down, the n Mo rga n to ok ov er second p lace behi nd Ha yden . Rounding out th e field was Ni cky Hayden , Chris Go od wi n and Beau Braswell . Nic ky Hayden capture d th e lead aga in in the 65cc class feature with Braswell co m ing fro m behi nd after a lat e start to work hi s way into second pl ace. This pl ace was Jenny Hayden 's, wi th a close fourth place go ing 10 J oshua Knott. J ason G ood win took fif th p lace. Joel Barrow won th e 200cc class after bein g cha lle nged by Billy Hester who fini sh ed seco nd . A close th ird was Robbi e Grid wi th fourth pla ce going to T .]. Burne ll. Charlie Ma rsh finished fifth. T he action hea ted u p in the 250cc class, wh ile lead cha nges prevailed thro ug hout th e race. Crossing th e fini sh line to receive th e checkered flag was K. Woodruff in the num ber o ne spo t wit h Dall as Mayer receiving seco nd. Th ird p lace J oel Bar ro w was follo wed by J ohn Lewis in fourth with Ran dy BUller fifth . Den ne Will iams took th e lead in th e O pen Pro class featu re race and never gave it up wit h J oe Rude running a very close second. \Vith the posi tion s rema ini ng uncha nged th ro ug ho ut th e race. T .]. Bur nett fini shed third and Ch uc k Beau mont fou rth. Resu lts 50 MOD : 1. Beau Braswo ll(Yam); 2. J osh Peck (Suz). 65 : 1. Nicky Hayden (Kaw); 2. Beau Brasw ell (Kaw ); 3. Je nn y Hayden (Kaw l; 4. J oshu a Knott (Kaw); 5. J ason Goodwi n (Kaw). 85: 1. Tommy Hayden (Yam); 2. Paul M organ III (Yam); 3. Nicky Hayden (Yam); 4 . Chris Goodw in (Kaw); 5. Beau Brasw ell (Kaw). 200: 1. Joe l BarrowIHon); 2. Bill y Hester (Yaml; 3. Robbie Grief (Han ): 4. T.J. Burnett (Yam); 5. Charli e Marsh (Suzi . 25 0 PRO: 1. K. Woodruff (Yam); 2. Dalla s Mayer {Yaml ; 3. J eetB arrow (Han); 4. John Lew is (Yam); 5. Randy Butler (Yaml. OPEN PRO: 1. Denn e W illiams (Yam); 2. J oe Rude (RlX); 3. T.J Burn en (Yaml; 4. Chuck Beaumonl (Yam). SR: 1. David Flow ers (Hont; 2. Alan Dew ey IC-A ). Sowen blitzes Motorsports Park MX By D. Hachmeister BYRO N, IL, MAY 14 Keith Bow en , a priva teer MXer sponsored by T u f Racin g, used a two·week la yoff in th e . Na tio na l sched ule to swi ng through Illinois and p ick up lh e o vera ll win in lhe Expert class a t Motosports Park. In lh e . first Expe rt mOlO wh en lh e ga le dropped, Bowen grabbed lhe lead, bUl al lhe end of th e first lap it was Breck Pow ers ou t front. It didn't take Bowen long 10 pick up th e pa ce and he ch arged by Powers and began 10 stretch out a lead . By th e halfway mark, Bowen was crui sing with a 25-second lead . Powers, in second, had a co mforta ble cushion over th e bailie for third. Brian Cook and Tim Filipi traded third lap after lap, and it wasn 't until th e last lap that Cook mad e a pass that wo uld lock up th e th ird spo t. Filip i finished the rnoto fou rth an d Eric Le wis mo ved through th e pack to finish fifth . Powers cha rged a bit too hard a t the start of th e seco nd moro and wound up down in the sawd ust o n the fir st uph ill , gi vin g Bowen a cha nce to go ou t and ha ve some fun with the cro wd. Wilh an unch all en ged lead Bowen p lea sed th e fans with som e sky shots over the Jumps. As the rnot o came to a clo se. Pow ers was able .to move thro ug h 'he pack 1 recapture 0 second. Both Ru ss Wri ghl and Brian Battagl ia charged th rou gh the field 10 finish the mo to third and fourth, wh ile Filipi captured the fifth spot. Scott y Weatherington rode to two mota wins to score th e overall victo ryin the Mini Sen ior class, Lor en Coo k swept bo th ends of the +40 class while Kevin Dory grabbed first in both motos of th e Vin tage class. T roy Wrighl look both ends of th e 125cc C class a nd Chris George swep t the 250cc B class, T oppin g all the sweeps was Ron Down en , winning four rno tos. Downen won bo th mOlOS in th e +30 clas s, as well as th e +25 cla ss, Results 125 A:. 1. Keith Bowen (Tuf); 2. Breck Power s (Han); 3. Tim Filip i (Yam); 4 . Brian Battaglia (Tuf); 5. Russ Wright (Kawl. 125 B: 1. Steve Mar in (Kaw) ; 2. Mark Noiwack (Yam); 3. Travis Schnowske (Hon); 4. Rick Rodgers (Suz); 5. Joe Drewlow (Yam). . 125 C: 1. Troy Wright (Kaw); 2. Jeff Grezyak (Yam); 3 . Ronni e Jon es (Kaw); 4 . Dave Barber (Han); 5. Scott l indl ey (Kaw) . +25: 1. Ron Downen (Tuf); 2. Ron Walker (Honl; 3. Ton McShane (Han): 4. Chuck Kocan (Kaw) ; 5. Dave Thomas (Suz). SR +30: 1. Ron Downen (Tuf); 2. Bill Clark (Han); 3. Brad Nordlof (Suz); 4. Jerry Jensen (Yam~ 5. Loren Cook (Han)• . MINI SR: 1. Scali Weatherington (Suz); 2. Jim Lackowski (Suzl; 3. Nick Segal (Kaw ); 4. Nick Holdcra ft (Han); 5. Jason Busch (Kawi. 250 B: 1. Chr is George (Kaw); 2. Chu ck Kocan (Kaw): 3. Tom Smith (Honl : 4. Mik e Hinds (Hon ~ Ken Pearson (Yam). 250 C: 1. Rick Tall erico (Suz); 2. Jame s Waldron IHan); 3. Sam M iuccio (Yam); 4 . Rick Stang eland (Yam); 5. Mik e Grenlund (Han ). VINT: 1. Kevin Doty (Suzl; 2. Jeff Niesman (Hon ~ 3. Joe Wagn er (M -SJ;4. Br ian McNamar a (Honl; 5.J on Well s (Suz). S/SR +40: 1. Loren Cook (Han); 2. Don Hachmeister (Tuf). Westby takes three of four at Hallet Road Race By Simone 'Janssen HA L L ET , O K, MAY 27·28 The Ha llet Roadr ace Club hosted th eir second AMA/CCS ra ce oU989 wi th a terri fic turno ut of 65 riders from five stales. T ryg Weslb y of Tulsa, O kla ho ma , won three o ut o f fou r races he entered wit h his o nly defeat coming from a low bauery wh ile lead ing o n his Honda VFR750 Superbike, " I reall y wanted to ma ke it fou r for four like last race. but I ju st forgot to charge lh e battery ," Weslby said. T he Middl eweight G P race saw Westb y lead from sta rt to fin ish o n hi s Honda CBR600 Hurrica ne wit h Dan Ray on a Yamah a FZR600 ta king seco nd. Danny Low ther, who pressured Ra y early in th e race, sett led for th ird . J erry Ca rrens of T ulsa , Ok al ah oma, took the No vice·class win o ve r Donny Mead or 's Tulsa H onda·sponsor ed CBR600 with a no the r T ul san. Kevin J anney, o n anot her CBR600 third. T ne H ea vyweighl Super bike race ont~ again saw Weslby strea k off from lhe field on hi s way to an easy victory over Dewayne Davis' Suzuki GS XR 750 and Jim Sadin 's · GSXR, ' Gr eg McKinslry, Yama ha FZR750· mounted, won th e Novi ce class. , Middleweighl Su pers port proved 10 be Weslb y's lough esl race, Leading off lh e start , Weslby held off charges fro m Rick Kirk on

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