Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Winner Rocky Robinson leads Steve Crawford. Mike Parsons and Steve Martin at the start of the Scratch main at Gold Country Speedway. 125 NOV: 1. Matt Pol osky; 2. Greg Thom a; 3 . Ja son Si mmons. 250 BEG: 1. Bart Tallakson; 2 . Dani el Peterson; 3. Jim Taton e. 250 NOV: 1. Philip Wurster ; 2. Steve Hale ; 3. George Andr ews . 250 INT: 1. Dave Donatoni; 2 . Ken Neitzel . 250 PRO: 1. Todd DeHoop; 2 . Gordon Ward . 500 BEG: 1. Terry Volland; 2. David Mullen; 3. Richard Brown. 500 NOV: 1. Karl Allen; 2. Jerry Ehlers II 3. Andr ew ; Am our . 500 INT: 1. Merle Hamm er; 2. Chri s Crandall. Gordon 'W ard (left) and Todd DeHoop battled throughout the Meadow Muffin GP until DeHoop made a pass stick and hung on to win. DeHoop detonates at Meadow Muffin GP (y am ); 3. MArk Long (Yam); 4 . Kent Riches (Yam ); 5 . John M cKenz ie (Yaml . AM STK: 1. Lisa Peter son (Yam) . AM MOD: 1. Kevin Cunningham (Vam); 2. Mike Green (Yam); 3 . Robert Gall o (Yam ). By David Procida EX STK: 1. Jam ie Riker (Yam). 80 : 1. Dave Trager {Varni; 2. J ohn Park (Yam); 3 . Kevin Cunn ingham (Yam) . Carter claims two at L.ake Whitney MX By Joyce Ladd WHITNEY, TX, J UN E 18 Kawasa ki-mo unted Dwain Carte r too k top honors in th e 250cc Intermediat e class at Lake Whi tn ey Cycle Ranch . In rnoto one Carte r followed Jeff Talley arou nd th e track to fini sh second. bu t mo ta two was a different story as Ca rter started in front and kep t th e lead th e en tire moto. With his 2-1 finishes Car ter took fir st overall , T all ey was secon d with }-2 finishes and Suzuki mounted J ohn Riekel third wi th 3-3 finishes. In the 30-m inute, l6-lap G ra nd Pr ix Carter was uncontested as he lapped a ll bu t two rid ers. This race was th e last ra ce of a da y full of racing. Eleven rid ers sta rted but o nly seven finished . Jeff T all ey took second and Jon Kolv ensv ik took th ird. Lake Whitney MX held its first mot ocycIe dr ag race at th e en d of th e day . T op hon ors in the 80cc division went to Honda rider Wesley Brown. O 'N eaIlFMF/E K Racingsponsor ed J eff T all ey took his Kawasaki to win in the 250cc d ivision, while Frankie Ladd, H onda /PJI /S COll US A/ Ho n da Townsupported, took the win in the l2 5cc division. To celebrate Father 's Day, a special Father/ Son race was held with the fath ers waiting at th e finish line, wh ere they cha nged place. The fathers made one lap and th e sons were read y to aga in ta ke over at th e finish line for the final lap. Ricky and Brent Dyer took first over Larry and Lee Wat son, Randy and Jeff Long ].T. and Dan Mill er, A.D. a nd J ason Matus and Frank and Frankie Ladd. Results 34 TEENY MINI (4-8) : 1. Gabriel Torres (Yaml . MINI MINI : 1. Tony Monoz Jr. (Kawl. MINI BEG: 1. Casey Cheatham (Kaw) . MINI NOV: 1. Billy Gunman (Kaw) ; 2. Jeff long (Kawl; 3. Wesley Brown (Kaw) . MINIINT: 1. Randy Gates (Kaw l. MINI EX: 1. Eddie Dickerson (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Lee Watson (Hon); 2. Matt Spencer (Suzl; 3. Marlt Rush (Suz); 4 . Ch ip Burrell (Kaw); 5. Tim Boney (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Allen May (Yam); 2. Rodger Banon (Han); 3 . Man Spenc er (Suz); 4 . Jason Matus (Han ); 5. Kell y Wom ack (Han). 125 tNT: 1. Fran kie Ladd (Hant, 2. John Rickel (Suz); 3 . J oey Hardin fSuz); 4 . J eff Tall ey (Kaw ). 125 EX: 1. Bri an M cGary (Han). 125 OPEN: 1. Frankie Ladd (Han); 2 . Jason Matus (Han ); 3 . Kelly Wom ack (Han). 250 OPEN BEG: 1. Joe Rodrigu ez (Kaw ); 2. Donn ie Kattner (Ksw); 3. Dan Mi ller (Hon); 4 . Russ Wood (Hon); 5. Randy Sout hard (Kaw ). 250 NOV: 1. J err y Jo iner IKaw); 2. Cris Barton IKaw) ; 3. Earl Ing ram (Kaw ); 4 . Jeff Schwi rtz(Hon); 5 . Steve M rvica (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Dw ain Carte r (Kaw); 2 . Je ff Talley (Kaw) ; 3. John Rickel (5 uz); 4. Brent Dyer (Suzl. 250 EX: 1. Brian M cGary (Han ). 2 50 OPEN: 1. Brent Dyer (5 uzl; 2. Donn ie Katt ner (Kaw ). 25+: 1. Joey Hardi n (Suzl ; 2 . J err y Joi ner (Kaw); 3 . Norman Reed (Yam ); 4 . Bl ake Hamil ton (Han); 5. Cris Bart on (Kaw) . 30+ NOV: 1. David Guillen (Han). 30+ INT: 1. Joe Busl ey (Han); 2. Billy Boyd (Hon); 3. Ph ilip Ramirez (Kaw) ; 4 . Joe Kolbe nsvik (Kaw); 5. Tom Holli st er (Hon l. OPEN 50 : 1. Bill y Boyd (Hon) . c- SAN BERNARDINO, CA, JU NE 18 Suzuki team rid er T odd DeH oo p p u t hi s Shoei/Scott/ Bel-Ray / H i-Po im , RM250 into . th e wi n ne r's ci rcle, but it wa s no cake wa lk as SCRIMS RacinglTorco-sponsored Go rdo n Ward swa pped th e lead back and fort h for the majo rity of the 45-minu te 250cc Pro race at the Meadow Muffin G P a t G len Helen . DeHoop's Su zu ki was the firs t bi ke to co me alive in the dea d-en gin e start, wi th T &:O Yama ha /Shoei-su p po rted Gary Sailors and Ward less tha n a couple of bik e lengths apa r t. Sailors powered by DeH oop in th e ro llers before th e riders hit the th ird turn, bu t h is -lead wa s sho rt-lived. By th e time the lead tr io reap peared from the back sectio n of th e track , DeH oop had reca ptu red the lead with War d now in second on ly a few len gths back. O nce on th e road portio n o f th e course, Ward q u ickly mad e up grou nd as he pulled to th e rear fender of Del-loop. Sailo rs was beg innin g to drop back as th e pace becam e too 'demand ing. Both DeH oop and Ward soa red off the bi g hillside jump with Ward us ing th e en tire tra ck in an a tte m p t to tak e the lead. A the d uo took different lin es throu gh the sta diu m wh oops, Ward was a littl e faster and pow ered by DeH oop. Ward led th e next co u ple of laps until DeHoop retook th e lead , but Ward again used th e whoops to rep ass. Sail or s was now far behi nd, but still holding down third. Ward almos t lost the lead wh en he m isjudged a jump a nd landed off course. H e qu ickl y recov ere d, but DeHoop was now br eathin g down hi s neck and used th e roll ers in the infield to jump past Ward this tim e for good since time ran o u t before Ward co u ld m ount ano ther cha llenge. Merl e Hammer took th e win in th e Open Intermediat e class , holdin g off Desert Kawa saki racer Chris Cra ndall and Phil Davy. Cra nda ll and Hammer swap ped th e lead in the ear ly stage s of th e race befor e Hammer took the lead and held off Cra nda ll's charges until th e finish. In the 250cc Interm edi at e class, Dav e Donaton i and Ken Neit zel diced bac k a nd forth until Neit zel crashed. Do natoni co ntinued to tak e th e win. Results - W M N INT: 1. Lor i Hedstr om (Han); 2. M elan ie Park es (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. M Ike Acne te : 2 . Paul Gimart in; 3. Tom Mclaughlin. 80 NOV : 1. Phih p Richmond; 2. Tracy Asher; 3 . Shaw n O·Brien . 80 INT: 1. Terry Parsons; 2 . Bob Sage. VINT: 1. Ch uck M cConn ell; 2 . Gary Moo re; 3 . Thom as Ku hns. VET BEG: 1. Bob Green e; 2. Ken Greene ; 3. Bret Gree ning . VET NOV: 1. Rand y Wysocki ; 2. David Minnick; 3. Chuck Dur an. VET INT: 1. Brad Bielec; 2. Russ Hoffman; 3. M ark J ohnson . VeT EX: 1. Bru ce M cDagal; 2. Terry Davi s. SR INT: 1. Joh n Huegel; 2. Robert Linville. SR EX: 1. W ill iam Saltzman ; 2 . Bi ll Denn is. J R VET BEG: 1. Alt en Layton ; 2. Gary Song stad; 3. Scott Hamm ond . J R VET NOV: 1. Karl A llen : 2 . C.. Brunson; 3 . Denni s Foster. JR VET INT; 1. Dave Donaton i. JR VET EX: 1. Will iam Saltma n. 125 BEG ' 1. Kevin O·Brien: 2. Kris Keefer; 3 . Jim Nutt er. Robinson, Delacy fop Gold Country Speedway By R.C . Jones AUBURN. CA, J U NE 16 Ro cky Robi n son o u tpowered Steve Ma rtin in the Scratch ma in an d Mike Delacy sto le a victory in the H and icap ma in a t Gold Coun tr y Speedway. R obinson shot o ut of ga te fou r a n d closed dow n th e lin e into tu rn o ne. P ol e-sitter Ma rti n was ab le to keep pace through th e turn a nd th e two sh u t the door on Mi ke Parsons a nd Ste ve Cra wford. Robi nson an d Ma rti n went wheel-to-w heel down the back chute with neither rider g-ell ing th e edge. As they back ed into turn three Mart in ga ve Robinson th e openi ng wh en he slowed just a little. As th e two roc ke ted o u t o f turn Iour, Rob in son had th e lea d and p u t th e race aw ay as th ey sta rted . th e seco nd lap. Martin followed but was not a match for th e chargi ng Robinson. W ith hi s victory, Robinson is the first to p ick up two Scratch ma in wins th is season. Delacy spe nt ove r five laps fo llo wing th e leader s as th e Ha nd icap m a in unfolded. J ess Och oa led all but the last 40 yards. Cha rl ie Venegas had been track in g Oc ho a all of th e race bUI was unabl e to pass th e seco nd yea r rider. De lacv had overcome a short battle with Robi n son 1<) slip behind Venegas wa iting for so me thi ng to ha p pen as th e w h ite fla g ca me ou t. In tu rn fou r Ven egas tri ed t o g ive Ochoa the hu mp and go. Both rider s a lmost fell a nd slowed. Delacy was sti H runn in g sm ooth ly an d sl ip ped past befor e either co u ld ,recover and too k th e w in . Robinson a lso too k adva nt age, gra bbing th e seco nd spo t before Och oa co u ld recover. Joh n Gra m cha sed do wn J ero me Heiberger a t th e end of th e Divi sion 11 main to p ick up th e win by a ha lf a wheel len gth. Grant ha d to pas s th e o the r five riders befor e co llec ting hi s seco nd victory this seaso n . In Divi sion III ac tio n Gl enn Moore pi cked u p his first troph y by holding off Dan Smith and J ohn Pierce. Results SCRATCH: 1. Rocky Robinson (Wes); 2. S'teve Martin (Wes): 3. Mike Parsons (Wesl; 4 . Steve Crawford (Wes). HDCP: 1. M ike Delacy (Gdn); 2. Rocky Robinson (Wes); 3. J eff Ochoa (Wes): 4. Mark Day (Wes); 6 . Charli e Venegas (Gdn) . 0 -2 ; 1. John Grant (Wes); 2. Jerome Heiberger (West, 3. Rick Swalley (Jaw) ; 4 . Tommy Hedden (Wes). 0 -3 : 1. Glenn Moore (Jaw) ; 2 . Dan Smith (Jaw); 3 . John Pierce (We s); 4 . Gary Eckman (Jaw ). McDonald brothers enjoy Hallet Road Race . By Simone Jassen H AL L ET , OK, J UN El 8 Brothers Sam and Phil McDon al d had an excellen t o ut ing a t Hallet R acewa y, wit h Sa m laking home two wi ns and Phil o ne . The wea ther was pe rfect fo r th e H all et Road race Club's th ird event o f th e 1989 season . _ wi th riders fro m six states competing. S ixt een r ide rs took th e green . fla g for Heavyweigh t Superb ike. Tryg Westby on a H PI -sponso red H o nda VFR 750 too k the ear ly lead with Sam McDonald on h is K & N/Be ll/ T subaki -sponsor ed -Ya ma h a FZ R 750 on w estby's rear tire. At the co mp letion of th e first lap , Westby held a one bike-length lead over McDona ld, while De\Va yne Davis on a Suzu ki GSXR750 a nd Step han Wan ds o n anoth er Yamaha had the ir ow n ha u te for third. On th e seco nd lap, McDo na ld pa ssed Westb y and began to stretch hi s lead , whic h he stre tched to six seco nds by th e half-wa y poin t. w estb y. in tu rn , ha d a four-second adva n tage over th e ba ttle ragi n g . between Dav is a nd Wands. O n the eig hth lap , Westb y sta rted to close in o n McDonald, w ho had begun to slow dow n. Westb y too k th e lead o n the 10th lap and McDon ald pulled into the p its with a n ove rhea tin g moto r. Westb y cr uised to th e chec kered flag wit h a 10-second lead over Davis, foll ow ed by Wand. Middl eweig ht Superspor t was the most exci ti ng race of the day. Phil McDonal d o n h is brother Sam 's bi ke an d Dan Ray too k off togethe r wit h McDonald ta king th e ad vantage in tu rn o ne, leadin g R ay. Dan n y Luther a nd Ran dy Stamps . a ll o n FZR600s. Ray took the lea d in tur n two o n la p two a nd pulled a twoseco nd ad vantage over McDona ld by th e third lap. McDon al d closed the ga p , an d th e two began to swap the lead back a nd forth till the white £lag , wh en Ra y tri eda darin g o u ts ide pass in tu rn two, but McDon ald held him off. T he two stayed whee l-to-whee l till the last cor ner, whe n McD on a ld attem p ted to p ut a lapped r ider between th em. Ray foll ow ed him! th rough and atte m p ted to dr aft pa st at th e fin ish. but McDo nald held him off by a whee llen gth. Back in the p its, McDonald a nd Ray shook hands a nd complime n ted eac h other. agreeing th a t .it wa s th e most fun ra ce th ey had ever engaged in, Ra y told McDon ald, " It felt good to race wi th a leg en d. " T he Un lim ited Grand Pri x race saw Westb y ta ke th e lead a t th e sta rt foll owed by Wand a n d Da vis. Sam MacDonal d, now riding hi s o wn FZR600, got it side ways in turn two , co rne ring din trac k-sty le with hi s root down, a nd ex ited tum two in seco n d behind Westby. McDo nald, riding hard to stay wi th Westb y's 750, th en ran off th e trac k entering the front strai g htaway. Wes tby co n ti nued to lead over McDo nald by a bi ke-length a nd th e two en joyed a F our-second ad vantage over Wands and Rob ert Blevin s. On lap five, McDonald too k co ntrol by passing Westby entering tu rn four, and bega n putting a second a lap o ver Westb y. On th e eighth lap, Westby came by th e pits p ointing to hi s cre w - so me th ing had go ne wron g. McDonald cros sed th e fin ish ' line standing o n th e pegs with arms rai sed. in victor y, as Westby h eld on for seco n d a n d Wanda held Blevins off for third. After th e race Sa m sa id: " It felt good to win thi s o ne". Westb y added, "I wish my bik e hadn't gone, sour. I was having fun racing with Sam. " Li ghtwei gh t Su pe rs po rt , Middleweight Su pe rbi ke and Supertwins was a co mbined race a nd Sa m McD onald. agai n o n hi s FZR600, strea ked from th e sta rt , never to be seen again by th e rest of th e field 0 11 his wa y . to a 14-second margin of victory over Ra y. Ra y was chased by Danny Lowther , a lso o n an FZR600. who fini shed th ird . Results M /W GP EX; 1. Danny Ray (Yam). M /W GP NOV : t . Donny Meador (Han); 2. Kevin Janney (Han); 3. Charles Inman (Han); 4 . Frank Jaworska (Han);' 5. Ja ck Rose (Kaw). UW GP EX 1. Dewayne Davis (Yam); 2. M att Greene : (Yam); 3. J immy Mosley (Yam). U W GP NOV: 1. Kevin LeGrande (Han); 2. Dan iel Domingues (Kaw) . U W S/BK EX: 1. M att Gr eene (Yam ); 2. J im Reffer (Yam); 3 . J immy M osley (Yam). LIW S/BK NOV; 1. Charle s M art in (Han): 2 . Kevin LeGr ande (Han); 3. Tom Bayles (Han). H/W S/SK EX: '1. Tryg Wes tby ,Han); 2 . Dewa yne Davis (5 uz); 3 . Stephen Wande (Yam); 4 . Dann y Ray (Ya mt, 5. Doug Carm ichael (Yam). H/W S/BK NOV : 1. Charles M artin ISuz); 2 . Anthony Roya l (Suzl; 3 . Mic hael Sulliva n ($ uz); 4 , M ich ael Tate (Kaw ); 5 . Vill y Ack lin (Kawl. M / W S/S PRT EX: 1. Phil M acDon ald (Vam ); 2. Dan ny Ray (Vam); 3 . Dan ny l owt har (Yam). M / S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Randy Stamps (Yaml; 2. Donn y M eador (Honl ; 3. Luther Lowman IHon). U/ L GP: 1. Sam Mc Dona ld (Yam); 2 . Tryg We stby (Hon); 3. Stephen Wanda (Yam); 4 Robert Blevin s (Suz); 5 . M art y SuUen (Suz). U/L S/SPRT EX: 1. Rick Rark (Suz); 2. Dewayne Davis ISuz); 3 , Keith Brew er (Suz); 4 . Robert Blevi ns (Suz); 5 . Brad Peterson (Suz). U/l S/$PRT NOV; 1. Bruce Hart (Kaw); 2 . Ron Sorrell (Yaml; 3 . Bill y Acklin (Kaw); 4 . Gary Case (Yam). S/ TW : 1. M au Greene (Duel. l /W S/ SPRT: 1. Kevin leG rande(Hon); 2. M ike Manzell (Yam); 3 . Dani el Domin gues l Kaw) . . H/ W S/SPRT EX: 1. Rick Kirk ($uz); 2 . Deway ne Davi s (Suz); 3. Robert Blevins (Suz); 4. Keith Brew er (Suz). H/W S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Randy Stampe (Yam); 2. Charles Martin (Suz); 3 . M ich ael Sull ivan (Suz); 4. Don Davis (Suzl .

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