Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

June 25th Road America Elkhart Lake, WI Bel-Ray Riders Sweep Pro Twins Grand Prix Rob Majeski (15A) passed his o lder brother Tom (3A) halfWay throug h the 600cc Pro-Am f ina l to take the win at Tra il -Way Speedway. (Kaw); 3 . Br ian Thordsen (Yam). • 80 B.EG 0 -2 : t . Jim Rowe (Kaw); 2. Bre nt Paysenni (Hon); 3 . David Retzel off IKa w) . 80 J R: 1. Shaw n Trantha m (Kawl; 2. Todd Berkelbow (Yam). 12 S BEG 0 - ' : 1. Dav id Ball (Kaw l; 2 . Oan Murph y IKaw l; 3 . Kevi n Felkin s (Hon ). 125 BEG 0 -2:'1 . AndrewCabalo(SUl); 2 . James Faulkner (Yam) ; 3. How ar d M int z (S Ul) . PP: t . Andr ea Chamberl ain (Kaw); 2. Ell en Byer (Yam); 3 . Lisa Ros s (Kawl 125 JR: 1. Jeff Brownl ee (SUl); 2. Jack Valeri o fCag); 3 . Eric DuC raV (Hon). . 250 BEG 0 -' : t . Tim BenOll IKaw); 2. Brad DIck son (Hon ); 3 . Jason Edis (Kawl. 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Ja n Opperman (Ya m); 2. SIeve Vanon i (Yam); 3 . Mark Sch ri ms he r (Hon). 250 JR ; 1. Aa ron At han a s ISuz); 2. Oarrin Gra vlet (Yam); 3 . J er ry Kin g IKaw) . 500 BEG: 1. Kevin Felkins (Yam),; 2. Alan Kelly lHon); 3_Scott Lynn (Hon) . 500 JR: 1. Paul Hadjes (Hon),; 2. Dan Spring lHon): 3 . Kns Svenson (Kaw). VET JR: 1. Bill Perkins (Honl 2 . Tim Ketcham (Han),; ; M adr id ISuz) . 3. John , / / / 1st Dale Quarterley 2nd Randy Renfrow 3rd Duane Summers . la nded the seco nd mo to wi n followed by Bowe n, Ch ris Kno x, Becki ngto n , Derrick Roe and th en Beuh l. Results Congratulations Dale, Randy and Duane! M INI SR: 1. Hayden Richards (Kawt 2. Greg Rand (Yam l; 3. J ustin Phelps (Hon); 4. Robbie Sturgell (Kaw); 5. Brodley Strunk (SUI). 125 B (Group 21: 1. Dean Baker (Hont 2. Doug Kr amer (Yam); 3. Ja V Gre' (Yoml; 4 . Scott Cremeans (Cag); 5. Brandon Drake (Yam). OPEN B: 1, Dean Baker {Hon); 2. Scott Krauser (Han) ; 3. Dan Davenport (Kawl; 4 . David Bla uman (Hoot 5. Andy Hatcher (Honl. 250 B (Group 1): 1. Coby Robb (Hon); 2. Doug Kremer , (Yam); 3. J im Krauser (Han) 4 . Charles Smith (Honl; 5. ; Dean Ross (Yam). 250 8 (Group 2); 1. Bob Heeret h (kaw) ; 2. Shane Shipley (Kawt 3. BillWilliams (Suz); 4 . Steve Kiesler (Kaw); 5. Gene Hodg (kaw). e 125 B (Group 1): 1. toby Robb(Han),; 2 . earl Williams (Kaw); 3. Man Powers (Sw); 4. Brian Hammond (Suz); 5. Je ff Bergman (Suzl. M INI J R: 1. RandySalamon lKawl; 2. JImmyWIlson(SUI); 3 . J im Post (Kaw),;: 4 . TnMy Hudson (Kaw),; S. Karl Scot1 (kaw ). Richards, Baker dominate Troy Motocross By Susan W illian T ROY , OH , JUNE II Kawasaki Team Gree n /B ell /PJ I-ba c ked Hayden R ic h ard s won three ou t of four motos (0 take double class wins i n the Mini Senior a nd Schoolboy classes wh ile Dea n Raker won a ll four o f his mows to take overal ls in the 125« B (G rou p 2) a nd Open classes at Ken wor th y's G _ Club Mot ocr oss. P. R ich a rd s led fro m s tart to finish i n m oto o ne of the Mini Senior class foll owed by G reg Ran d , Ju>ti ll P hd ph, a nd Rob bie Sturgell. Rand pu rsu ed Rich ards the e ntire mo to to ta ke seco nd wi t h Sturgell a n d Phe lps n e xt in l in e . Moto tw o saw Rand aga in i n pursuit o f R ich ard s to ta k e ano t her seco n d a t th e chec kered while Phelps filed by in th ird a nd Sturgell fou rt h . j o sh u a S teele was the ear ly leader in round o ne o f th e Sc hoo lboy class follo wed b y Richa rds. Rich ards closed the ga p lO Steele o n the fina l lap bu t Steele had dial ed ill the track to tak e the w in , gi vi ng Ri chards h i s o n ly Joss of the d.ay as he took runner-up h ono rs . Ri ch a rd s was d et erm ined to w in in malo SR 40+ : 1. Henry Gret (Yam); 2. Roger Shumaker lKawl; 3. Stan Courtad (Han): 4 . Denny Salamon (Han); 5. Dan Post (Kaw). SCHBY: 1. Hayden Richards (Kaw); 2. Trawis McCrary IKaw),; 3. John Souders (Hon);: 4 . Brandon Drake (Yam),; 5. John Bruna lHon ~ HIW A:. 1. Jeff Beckington(Hon); 2. Jeremy Buehl (Sud; 3. Chris Knox (Kaw); 4 . Derrick Roe (Kawl 5 . Mike Blair ; (Suz). lIW A: 1. Greg Bowen IHon); 2. Jeromy Buehl (SUI); 3. Jeff Beckington (Hon); 4 . Chuck Reed (kaw),; 5. Ja mes Eickel (Ya ml. 60: 1. Karl Scott (Ka 2. Jake Morris (Kaw); 3 . Randy w); Salamon (Kaw); 4 . Jaso n Ju skae (Kawl; 5 . Joey Ballinger (Ka w). SR 30+: 1. Philip Alderton (Han); 2. Tim Smith (Yam); 3. Denny Ashworth (Yaml; 4. Kenny Rei' ISuzl; 5. Gene Hodge (Ka w). Burkholder blasts Trail-Way ST By Len Breech HA NOV ER . PA , J UN E 17 S tev e Burkholder fou gh t his way past t hree ot h er Ex perts a n d a s l ic k track to take his seco nd 250cc Expert fin al of the season a t Trai l-way Speedway. O ther Expe rt wi n ners were Ji m H of l ist er in th e 75 0cc class a nd G eo rg ie P rice lo p p in g t he 600cc Expert class easily. R o b Maj eski passed h is o lder brother Tum corni ng o ff th e fourt h turn ha lfway 600cc P ro- Am two as he fired off the ga te int o th e lead. Stee le took charge on lap o ne bUI by lap two th ro ug h th e R ich a rd s returned to th e fron t pos i tion where h e re m ained a t th e fin ish. S tee le p u lled o ff th e tra ck o n l a p tw o w i th mec ha n ica l fina l earlier in t h e evening. P rice looked l i ke he wa s go ing fo r ye t a nother double as h e pur h is Dorse y Builder s Yam a h a in fro n t of p ro blem s. th e 250cc fina l wit h Mike Varnes. Ken Yod er and Bu rk hol der close behi nd. Varnes took the lead on the seco nd lap . with Bu rk hol der There we re t wo separa te classes for the l2.lJcc B cl a ss due to a n overwh el m i ng response o f rid ers. In gro u p one , Carl Wilhams grabbed th e holesh ot in mo to o ne and didn't loo k back as h e escorted the crew a rou n d the o bstacles take the checkered. The second mot a saw Coby Robb , wh o '0 finish ed seco n d i n m or o o ne. rou n d turn o ne first, J eff Bergman ca me o ut o f n o where to . glide by Robb a nd tak e the lea d as W illi ams was hu ng up in third. Th ro ugh a set o f 12 j u mps Robb went back in to th e fro m slo t foll owed by Will iams with Bergm an running full throttle in th ird. Will iams edged in close lO Robb as he kne w he needed the malo win for th e overa ll. Robb end ured as Williams tr ied desper tely 10 ca tch him but Robb hun g a o n to first followed by William s a nd th en Bergman. Greg Bowen wa s t he ea rly leader in the first Heavyweigh t A class mot o follow ed by All en Horne, Ja mes Eickcl, David Weis and J eff Beckington. Bowen lost hi s lead to Horne when he dropped 10 15th aft er lo sin g co n trol in t h e supercross secti o n of the cou rse . E ieke l , up to seco nd , locked handlebars with H orne a s H o rn e m a intained first, Beckington m o ved throu gh to take o ver seco n d a n d Eick el dropped to third. Me- n wh ile, Bowen worked a his wa y through riders. 10 be involved in a four bik e pileup again in th e su percro ss sectio n. Bowen ended up 19th . Beckington took th e mota win followed by Suzuki-Answer backed Jeromy Buehl, Eickel and H om e. Chuck Reed was Ihe early leader in maio two . Reed. who didn ', fare well in mota one final. After he had eas ily taken the 60(kc Ex per t d isp laci ng Pri ce t h e ne x t lap for secon d, whi le J en Co nrad moved into fou rth. After sta lki ng th e yo u ng Expert for two laps o n a very slick track . Bur kh old er sl ip ped h is Wh ite's H arl ey. Da vidson -sponsored H arl ey u nder Varnes as th ey we n t dow n the back straig h t o n the foun h lap . While the top fou r rem a in ed set, Burkholder co uld n 't add to hi s 20-foot marg in. After bea ting hi s br other in the ir 600cc ProAm heat , Rob Maj eski kn ew Tom was goi ng to ma ke it very hard to wi n t h e fi na l. Tom wa s first o u t of the seco nd t u rn , wit h j im Hollister , Rt>b Majeski a nd Pa ul Crum ling close behind. Rob took seco nd o n the third Limited time pricing. Any valves. Chrome plated• one piece stainless steel. $10,00 each Triumph 1 21/32 Intake Dist ribu to rs or Dealers Ca ll for produ ct (213) 946-3581 lap, and sta rted to probe T om's lines. As the y ca me off th e fourth turn o n th e fifth lap. Rob slipped under T om for the le ad a n d the w i n as th e D & S Cycl es-sponso red riders fi nis hed one-t wo. H olli st er qui ckl y j u m ped in front of Claren ce Ru ll, J oe Ga tely and J erem y Lu cy as th e 75(k c Expert class roa red o ff th e second turn. Lu cy took third o n th e th ird lap , a nd : 11 the halfway point started lO clo se th e gap o n Rull for second. Bull managed to hold o ff the you ng, improved Expert for second. Se ve ra l riders took thei r first o u tdoor win of the season . j ohn Bower topped the Seniors , J er ry Alexander the 8Sec Experts, Paul Lynch the 85cc Amat eur and Mike T ho mas took th e 200cc Amat eur class w in. Bower' s w a s th e closest a s M ax G eorge kept close most o f t h e d istance and ,ook Ihe Ie-ad with one lap left , whil e Ih e y w ere lapping a rider. Bower ~~fi~ Motorcydes Wh ere th e Differen ce is Caring for You • Yamaha • Wave Runn er KTM _ Wave Jamm er Husqvarn a _ Mountain Bikes Cagiva • Financing & Insurance Mail Order Mon.-Sa L 9:00 • 6:00 7563 Indian a . Riverside (Ilury. 9/ IT Madi.w,, ) • - (714)'687-1300 Tr iumph 1 15 /32 Exhaust Honda ATC23mm Exhaust Honda ATC 27mm Exhaust Kaw. KZ650 28mm Exhaust Kaw. KZ65033mm Intake Suz. GS750 /BSO30mm Ex. Suz. GS750/BSO36mm Int. "Sua, GS1000 32mm Exhaust Suz. GS1000 3Bmm Intake Honda V45 23rgm Exhaust Honda V4 5 26mm Intake Honda V45 25.5mm Exh. 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