Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ken Wheaton (95W) leads David Bachmeirer as t hey bo th try to haul in Pro -Am class w inner Steve Hyson at the Castle Rock n . Seckington flawless at Central Ohio MX By Susan Willian SUGAR GROV E, OH, J UNE 3 . American H onda/O 'N eal /Scott-backed j eff Beckington won three o u t o f three motos a t Central Ohio's Competi tio n R id ers MX to tak e overa lls in th e Li ghtweight a n d H ea vyweight A classes. In ro u nd o ne o f the H ea vywe ight A class, Chuck Reed was th e first arou nd turn o ne followed by jeromy Buehl, a nd J. Beckin gton, Buehl sq uee zed by Reed o n lap two to take the lead. Beckington moved by Reed afte r Reed mad e a m iscalculat ion. Buehl then erred wh en he SW U O$ wide a ro un d a tum and wa shed o u t for Beckington to ta ke o ver the lea d. Bu eh l fought back , bu t Beckin gt on stre tch ed his lead for th e win . Buehl went down but got bad underway to remain second a t th e finish with Reed taking thi rd. The seco nd mo te , Beckin f;ton led fro m start to fin ish with a repeat finish for Bueh l a nd Reed . . j a mes Eickel ca lled the hol esho t in th e first mo to o f th e L igh twei s h t A class followed by j eff Becki ng to n, Beckmgton too k th e lead as Eickel sta rted to fad e d ue to a previous wri st inj ury . Bueh l in fourth, ch a rged for Mi ke Wh eel er in th ird . Buehl made his pass a nd then gassed it to go by seco nd place Eickel. On lap thre , Eic kel went down as five rider s e wen t by. Meanwhile. Davi d Beckington , who had a poor start moved int o th ird . Buehl went down, but got back underw a y in ti me to h old o nto seco nd. T he finish sa w jeff Beckington with a huge lead followed by Buehl a n d th en David Beckingt on , Threat ening weather co n d itio ns ca nce lled moto two giving Beckingt on th e win for th e da y. Only one mow o f th e Mini Senior was co mp leted because o f poor wea th er co n d ition s. Thirty riders went to th e line as Rob bi e Sturgell su rpassed th e fi eld to ea rn th e h ol esho t in rnot o o n e, foll owed b y j a y Hersh ey. justin Phel ps a nd H a yden Ri ch ards. Richards pa ssed Phel ps to take ove r third a nd moved int o th e lead by lap two . Richards began to pull away to smoke h is competito rs. Stu rge ll drop!",? to fourth. but managed to mo ve into th ird by th e checkered. R ichar ds landed first followed by Phelps. In the Schoolboy class, Andy H enrickson was quick off th e li ne foll owed by Rich ard Ca rpe nter a nd Tom Pu gh . Ea rly in la p o ne , Carpenter took th e lead follow ed by Pugh. H endrickson a n d j osh ua Stee le. ' Ri ch ar ds , in fifth , pi cked o ff rid er s to mov e into th ird a n d tried to clo se the ga p to seco nd place Steel e. Carpenter cross ed th e fin ish line in fir st. followed by Steele a nd Ri ch ards. Ca rpe nter was .doc ked a posi tio n for no t o beying th e yello w n ag putting Stee le th e winner with Carpenter seco nd a nd Rich ards third . Results SCHBY: 1. Josh ua Steel (Sud ; 2. Richa rd Carpenter (KTM); 3. Hayden Richard s (law). 126 B: 1. Richard Carpenter (KTM); 2. Carl W ill iams (Kaw); 3. Dean Baker (Hon). 1. J eff W ooledge IHon l; 2. Dona ld Edwards (Kaw); 126 3. Jo hn Sounders (Hon). SR 30+- 1. Gerry Bennett (Honl ; 2. Bill Reiss (Hon); 3. : larry Shumaker (Kawl. 250 B: 1. Robert Mc Pherson IKaw ); 2. Harla n Bowser IKaw ); 3. Coby Robb (Hon). 50: 1. Benjamin Graces (Yam); 2. J eff Gibso n (Yam); 3. Joshu a Ryan (Yaml. 250 C: 1. Keith Gwi nn (Yam); 2. Shaw n Hawk es (Suz); 3. John Pittm an (Yam). .. SR 40.: 1 ROfiIer Shumaker IKaw ); 2. Hen ry Gref (Yam); , 3 . Tom Ballinger (Hon,. LIW A: 1. Jeff Becki ngto n (Hon); 2. Jeromy Buehl (Suz); 3. David Beckington (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Dean Baker (Hon); 2. Larry Shu maker (Kaw ); 3. Brian Bowlby (Hon). MINI SR: 1. Havden Richards (Kaw); 2. Justin Phelps (Hon); 3. Robbie St urgell (Kaw) . 65 : 1. Brock Sellards (Kaw); 2. J .D. Collins (Kaw); 3. Karl Scott (Kaw). . HIW A: 1. Jeff Beckington (Hon); 2. Jeromy Buehl (Suz.); c: 3. Chuci< Reed(Kawl. MI NI JR; 1. Brodt Sellards (Yam); 2. Patrick Mc Pherson (Yam); 3. J.D. Collins (Kaw ).. Bobby Hedden (left) took off on the Napa Speedway Handicap ma in restart and led Rich Marcucci all the way to the checkered flag , Zirbel zaps Castle Rock IT By D~rryl Anderson CASTLE ROCK, WA, JUNE 17 Garth Mulkey-ba cked Marty Zirbel took h is Honda to th e main even t win in th e Junior/ Expert class of the TT held a t th e Castle Rock Fairgrounds. An other lar ge turnout of rid ers showed up as Zirbel slid past Arai's Speedy Kell with just o ne lap remaining. In th e seco nd heat race Zirbel and Kell led T ro y Yeo, j eff Hiatt, Kit Farley a nd Don Pau l wire to wi re. The o ther heat race wa s a battle from sta r t to finish bet ween Randy Roose a nd Loug Kinnish -backed j ohn Wincewicz. At th e en d it was Wincew icz. Roose, Ricky H enson. Todd Davi es and th e o th ers . Kell got th e hol eshor in the main even t followed by Wincew ia., Zirbel. H en son, Roose a n d th e others. Lap aft er lap Zirb el wa s all ove r Kell wi th Roose ri gh t behind them just waiting for an opening. Meanwhile Yeo and Del Sch n itzer moved up to fo urth a nd fif th . respectivel y. With a lap a n d a half to go Roose ca ug ht Kelt 's rear wh eel and n ew off the bank jus t before th e jump. Roose did a ni ce /'ob of saving it bu t he co uldn 't ge t restarted as t enoug h to co u n t, At th e checkered n ag it was Zirb el , who j ust passed Kell, th en Win cewicz. Yeo . Schnitzer , He nson a nd the rest o f th e junior / Ex perts. In the P ro-A m class Steve H yson too k th e ma in even t win a head o f Kenn y Wh eat on, Da vid Bachmeir er , Gra nd Dish on a nd th e o thers. A special Fa thers Da y rac e was won by Wa yn e Moo re, who was foll ow ed by Aaron Waggoner, Mike Ainslie, Ed Ka ut z, Mike Waggon er , jim Ragsdal e. Mike Spa u ld ing a n d Ala n Dal ey. Results 50 B: 1. Evan Daley (Hon,; 2. Paul Cast ill o (Yam); 3. Jo nathon l ingle (Suz); 4 . Ben Bush nell (Suz). 50 A : 1. Jerod Moore {Yam,; 2. Katrina Ash (Yam); 3. Jimmy Ragsdale III (Yam); 4 . Dale A inslie (Yam). 60 : 1. Darin Belcoun (Kaw ); 2. J oshua Currey (Hon). 80 : 1. Noah Kirtland (Kaw); 2. Nathan Bourland (Kaw); 3. Josh Welsh (Kaw ). 125 : 1. Jer emia h Poner (Hon~ 2. Dusty Kirt (Hon). 250 B: 1. J eff Rist er (Yam); 2. lee Thompson (yam) . 250 A: 1. Dave Stering (Cag); 2. Phil Prutsman (Yam); 3. Crai g Bowman (Hon). +30 250: 1. Dave Stering (Ceg); 2. Tim Fellows (Hon); 3. Dan Bushn ell (Hon). +30 OPEN B: 1. Ron Evans (Yam ); 2. Mar c Melcher (Yam). +30 OPEN A: 1. Man Holm (BSAl; 2. David Ande rson (Yam); 3. STeve McCaul ey (Rtx' . +40 : 1. Sonny Burr es (fri); 2. Oan Kirk IHon); 3. Ray Carroll (Tr i). OPEN B: 1. Todd Fish er (Yam); 2. Steve McCaul ey IRtx); 3. Arion Salat er (Honl . OPEN A: 1. David Wellander (Yam); 2. Ed Beyers IHon); 3. John Bredf ield (Yaml . VlNT SGl: 1. Marc Melcher (Yam). VlNT TW : 1. Sonny Burr es (Tri); 2. Tony Thorn (Tri); 3. Ray CarrGlI (Tri). 250 SEMI PRO: 1. Speedy Kell (Kaw ); 2. J .P. Simonsen (Honl ; 3. Jeff Hiatt (Hon); 4 . Ryan Anderson (Hon). PRO-AM : 1. Steve Hyson (Han); 2. Ken Wh eaton (Hon); 3. Oavid Bachme irer (H.D ): 4 . Grant Dishon (Hon); 5. Je ff Annen (H. D). JR/EX: 1. Marty Zirbel (Hon ); 2. Speedy Kel! (Rw); 3. John W incewicz (Tri); 4 . Troy Yeo (Hon); 5. Del Schn itzer IRtxl. FATHER' S DAY RACE: 1. Wayne Moore (Yam); 2. Aar on Waggoner (Yam); 3.Mike A insli e (Yam); 4. Ed Kautz (Yam); 5. Mik e Waggoner (Yam' . Erwin scores at Devil's Ridge HS By EI Toro SANFORD, NC, JUNE 11 Greg . Erwin. after a race long ba ttl e wilh Fer rell Smilh, ca p m red hi s first over all wi n of lh e year in round ni ne o f th e North Ca ro li na Hare Scrambl e Series a t D evil' s R id g e. Althoug h Erwin, riding a T ri angl e Cycles Honda CR250, grabbed th e hol esho t and led every la p at the sco ring barrels, lh e race was a real do gfight between th e two AA rid er s. Ther e wa s o n ly a twp~second sp rea d wh en Smith stop ped at the end of th e three to refu el and adj u" hi s bars. This ga ve Erwin a bit of room to br eathe until he stopped for fu el o n lap six. From th at point on , th ey were never more th an seven seconds a pa rt un ril Sm ith cras hed hard near th e en d o f lap 10 o f th e l l -la p race . Smith su sta in ed a crac ked vert ebra a nd wi ll be required ro wear a neck-brace for severa l mon th s. T he race was red-flagged after two laps because o f mas s co nfus io n in severa l wooded sectio ns a nd a co lla psed brid ge. After new banner s were ins ta lled and a parade lap co nd uc ted . th e race was restarted wi th th e len gth cu t fro m two h ours to o ne -an d-onehalf hours. After the restart . no further probl em s wer e en co u n tered wi th the cou rse a nd racing in a ll classes was very close. Onl y o ne class had a sepa ra tio n o f mo re th an two m inutes betwee n fir st a n d seco nd pl ace. T he O pen class de velo ped into a battle between Darrell Co x o n a H usky, a nd Rich ar d Far ia. ridin g a Montesa , with the win go ing to Cox by I :49. T hese rid er s were in th e top five overall whe n Smith went down . At this point, Cox mo ved up to seco nd overall a nd he finished three mi nu tes behi nd Erwin. Fa ria finis hed thi rd overa ll, a n d 250cc class rid ers Tommy Do bb in a nd Ma rk Roll in s, bo t h Suzuki-mou nted, were fo u rth a n d fift h overall a nd first a nd seco n d in class respectively. Results 125 : 1. M ike Pott s IKawl ; 2. Richard Hicks (Kaw); 3. John Carswe ll (Kaw); 4. Michael Hall (Hon) 200 : 1. Bill Sh errill (Kaw); 2. David Orose (C· A); 3. J immy Dishman (Kaw ); 4. Steve Henry (Kaw ). 260 : 1. Tom my Dobbins (Suz); 2. Mark Rolli ns ISuzl; 3. Steve Cooke (ATK); 4 . Ron Blai ne (KTM ) OPEN: 1. Darr ell Cox (Hus); 2. Richard Faria (Mon); 3. Frank Goodwin (KTM); 4. M ike Morgan (Kaw) . SR: 1. Harry Greenl ee (Han); 2. J immy l ynCh (Cag); 3. Robert Cox (KTM ); 4 . Worth Carsw ell (C-A ); 5. Larry Boll inger (ATK). 4·STRK: 1. J oeV lawson (Hon); 2. Walter Mclean (Hon); 3. Chr is Walton (Hon); 4. Darryl Hughes (Han) AA : 1. Kent Cameron (Suz); 2. Ferrell Sm ith (Yam). TR: 1. Manhew Child (Suz); 2. Keit h Blackbu rn (Yam); 3. Robert Mc Dan iel (Suz); 4. Thomas Bryant (Hon ); 6. Todd Morrison (Yam). Curry collects Napa Speedway win By R.C . Jones NA PA , CA , J U N E 17 Rob ert Curry roared O U I o f starting g a te tw o for a big win in the Scra tch main. whi le Bobby H eddt''; loo k 3 restart to 3 w ire-to-wire victo ry in th e Hand ica p mai n o n a crash-marred eveni n g a t Napa Speedwa y. It appeared to be a r epeat o f two weeks ag o wh en bi ke a nd rider s spent more time in th e din th en raci ng o n top o f it. This time th ere wa s a full moo n and a nnoun cer Mi ke Roon ey had the crowd how li ng . When t he dust clea red Curry had ta ken hi s first Scratch victory th is seaso n a nd so lid ified h is lead in the poin ts chase to wa rd s the n u m ber-one p la te. Curry p u lled th e ho leshot whi le Steve Martin and J o hn H o usto n Jr. were caugh t sleep ing when th e tapes wen t up. C urry h it the first turn wit h th e edge an d sh ut dow n Mart in thro u gh th e tu rn. As Cu rry led do wn th e back chu te Mart in a nd H o u ston we nt aide-by-side figh ting fo r seco nd . After a la p Cu rry was gone a nd Martin ha d tak en the runner-up spot. T he first sta nof th e H a ndica p main made it u nt il turn three whe n Bob H icks. J oe Ledu c a nd Paul Orlandi ta ng led ca u sin g a red £lag . O n th e res ta rt H edd e n gat ed bett er th an lh e fir st time. getting pa sl Ri ch Marcu cci in th e first turn. H edd en po wered hi s \Veslake· LO a co mma n d ing lea d down th e bac k ch u te. With H edd en out of ha rms way th e other s di ced cdrd u lly fur pos itiun as th e six lap affa ir wo u nd down. Rich Marcucci was seco nd keepin g ,h ird pl ace H ick s beh ind him . Ruunding o ut the top fo u r was Leduc. Results SCRATCH: 1. Robert Curry ewesl; 2. Steve Mart in (Wes); 3. Joh n Houston Jr . Waw); 4. Steve Crawf ord (Wes) HOCP; 1. Bobby Hedden (Was); 2. Rich Marcucci (Wes ): 3. Bob Hicks (Wes); 4 . Joe leduc (Wes); 5. Paul Orlandi IGM). 0 -2 : 1. Ron Clevenger (Wes ); 2. Gary Rossi (Jaw ); 3. Steve Martynse (Jaw'; 4 . Mar k Squadrito (Jaw ). 0 -3 : 1. J ohn Pierce (We s); 2. David Lewis (Ja w); 3. Dan Smith (Ja w); 4. Glenn. Moore (Jaw) Skidmore doubles at Harpursville ST By Tom Blachek HARP URSVfLLE. NY , J UN E 17 j a y Skidmore cr u ised to a pa ir o f wi ns at th e Squar e Deal Riders M.e. short tra ck. Skidmor e jumped to th e lead in th e Open Ex per t fin al a n d held off the hard -ch ar ging David Lloyd for all 10 laps. On his wa y to th e win, Ski dmor e set th e fas test la p o f th e seaso n as he was clocked a t 17.31 seco nds for th e 1/4mile round tri p. Skid more a lso fin ish ed firs t in th e Sen ior A final. The finishi ng o rder was set rig h t Iro n th e sta rt as everyone settled in to a nose-tota il freigh t trai n. Nobody in thi s hi gh ly- . co m pe titive O ver 30 class co u ld mou n t any serious attem pt a t passing. Fi nish in g seco nd was Steve Longo wi th No rm Laviolett e third. Ma rk Ko ryt ko wsk i fo urth , a nd T o m Blachek fifth. T he Pro- Am cla ss was a real dogfig h t with posi tio ns cha n g in g every lap. T o mas RUlli held th e rop spo t followed by Bob Weiss, Steve Longo , a nd T ho mas Daniele a fter one ci rc u it. On la p two, Bu zzie kep t firs t wit h Longo mov in g to seco n d , Dan iel e to thi rd. a nd Weiss to fourth. Lap five sa w Weis s slip into third , pushing Daniele to fourth. Lo ngo mad e a lastlap ch a rge to overta ke Buzzi for the win . Buzai held on for seco n d . Weiss was th ird a nd Daniele took fourth . wit liam Adams turned in o ne of the best rid es o f th e ni ght. Open Amateur cla ss actio n sta rted with Adams jumping th e ligh t, a nd sta rter T om Steen put Ada ms o n th e penalty line for th e rest art. Rodger Manwarin g gra bbed the lead on th e resta rt while Adams was stuck in th e ba ck o f th e pack. Ma n war in g P U l h is bik e o n cruise, a nd rod e a fla wless race for the wi n. Mea n wh ile. Ada ms was showing grea t patien ce a nd de ter mi nat ion by slow ly working h is wa y throug h traffic ro a seco nd pl a ce fi nish . Ke n Coo lbeth, J r. co n tin u ed h is win ni ng wa ys with a not her do ub le wi n n ight. Coolbe th romped to firsr in t he Min i class a n d in the 125cc Am a teur fina l he sailed o u t front a nd led every lap. Behind him Tho ma s Wei ss. Dea n Bush and Sco tt Snoop carried ona n eig ht -lap war . Weiss wa s usi ng th e top o f the groove while Bush tried. to p ass h im underneath a n d Snoop do ve low in tum three a n d pushed Bu sh back to fo urth. The move left Sn oop just sho rt o f Weiss' seco nd pl ace fin ish . Coolbeth h as no w won seven of eig h t fin a ls. • Results so: 1. Robert Roosa (Vern): 2. Kegan McGur1l; (Hon ). 60 : 1. Aaron Creamer (Kawl. MI NI: 1. Ken Coolbeth . Jr . (Kaw ); 2. Dean Bush (Kaw); 3. Aaron Creamer (Yam); 4 . Jacob Reese (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Ken Coolbeth . Jr . (Kaw ); 2. Thoma s We iss (Hon); 3. Scott Snoop (Kaw); 4. Dean Bush (Kaw ); 5. Stan Nittiskie (Hon). . 260 AM : 1. Scon Snoop (Ossa); 2. Robert Gene (Hon); 3. Thoma s Weiss (Honl ; 4 . J oseph Heier (Hon}; 6. W illiam Wearford (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. Rodger Manwarring (Hon); 2.- W illiam Adams (Rtx); 3. Chris Wnu k (Honl ; 4 . Robert Gett s (Rtx); . 5. J oseph Gould (Hon). SR B: 1. Robert Lavioletle (Kaw) ; 2. Wi llia m Warford (Yam); 3. Wayn e Livi ngsto n (Rtx); 4 . Char les McGurk (hon). SR A : 1. Jay Skidmore (Rtxl; 2. Steve Longo (W-RI; 3. Norman Laviolett e (Kaw ); 4 . Mark Korytkowski (yam) ; 5. Tom Blachek (W. R). 125 EX: 1. Thomas Daniele (Han,; 2. Bob W eiss (Hon); 3. Daniel Mcloughlin (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Bob We iss (Hon ); 2. Ja y Skidm ore (Hon l; 3. Kenny Dah lin (Hon). PRO/ AM : 1. Steve Longo (RlX); 2. Thomas Buzzi (Rtx); 3. Bob Weiss (Yam); 4 . Thoma s Daniele (Rtx);5. Tony Anderson (H-D). OPEN EX: 1. Jay Skidmore (Ru); 2. David U oyd (RlX); 3. Kenny Dahli n (Hon); 4 . Steve Longo IRtx); 5. Todd Hunter (W. 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