Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ "" W N W a:: >- a:: a:: w ~ >- m 0 ~ 0 :I: a. 0') 00 0') ........ 0') ........ ;>- ........ ;j . ~ Ron Carlisle (901 took f irst place in the 250cc Intermediate class at the Antelope Valley Supercross; Todd Broussard (2XI pursued. . urry's a ttem p ts to pass Melton [ailed. !ly lap hr ee Curry was li nally successfu l III hIS uempt to get by Melt on and ta ke over seco nd. urry closed in o n Brown and a race [or fir st eveloped, Cu rry ca ugh t Brow n off-guard to ke over firs t, Brow n fo ugh t back but Cu rry s gone. Brown finis hed seco nd a nd Melt on lung 10 third. e.ults 80 STK (14- 15): 1. Hayden Richards lKew J;.2. Tommy irk (Suzt 3 . Justin Phelp s CHon); 4 . Robbie Sturge ll (Kaw ); _Tony Bauer (SUL. 1 80 MOD {14,.15l: 1. Halyden RCha rd& (Kaw); 2. J usti n Ips (Hont 3. Robbt Slurgel l (ltIIwI; 4. Trevor Trace e Kaw); 5 . Tommy Kirt (Suz •. 65 : 1. Brock Sellards (Kaw); 2. J ustin Blake (Kawl; 3 . .0 . Collins (Kaw); 4. Boyd Wo lff (ltIIw); 5. Chri s Consid ine oc.w ). , 25 C STK: 1. Gene Kelly (S un 2. John Souders (Hon); · Jeff Wooledge (Hont 4 . M ik. Kalin (Hon); 5. ....th ronk.eNi (Hon). 85 MOD (9·1 3~ 1. G ~ Flo"" (Yomt 2. 8redley Sb'unk Suz ); 3 . Er ic Bowman (Kaw); 4 . Bred Ritch ... (Suz ); 5 . Carey est (Hon) . • 85STK (12 ·13): 1. Greg Rand (Yam ); 2 . Brad Strunk (Suz ); · Brian Wotfl (Suz); 5. Ryan Pluley (Kaw). 125 e MOD: , . Joh n _ (Hont 2. G... Kelley (Suzt · M ike Katin (Hont 4. Heat h Bron kena (Hon); 5. JtJff May Kew). 250 e STK: 1. Km n Kuhn (Kow); 2. J eff Moy (oc.wt · Shewn Hawks (Su d; 4 . Wi lliam Wood C Suzl: 5 . M ichael iller (Yam). . WMN : 1. Carrie laBlanc (Kaw~ 2. Heather DiePeveen SUZ); 3. Sarah Hession (Kew); • • Melinda Rhymer C Hon); · Kethy U-lho< (oc.w~ 125 STK(12·15): t . Jeff Cuny (Suzt 2. J_ 8rown (Hont • J.son Flet ); 4 . Brett Me tton (Yam); 5. Josh teel. (Sud. 250 C MOD : 1. Shawn Hawks (Suz); 2. W ill iam Wood s Sur); 3. Robert Radunz (Suz); 4. Keit h Gw inn (Yam); 5. n W....herby (Yam •. 125 MOD (12 · 16): 1. Brett M elton (Yam); 2. Richard epenter (KTM ); 3 . Jeff Curry CSur); 4 . Josh Brown (Hon); · Tom Pugh (Hon). B6 STK (1 .11): 1. BrocIc. Sellards (Yam); 2. J .D. Collins Kaw); 3. Ju stin Blake (Kaw); •. Ahmad Owens (Kawl; 5. defy Turner (Honl. AUTO: 1. Chr is Considine (Yaml ; 2. Benjamin Grave s ami ; 3. Dustin Allman (Yaml; • . Mi chae l Ivers (Yam); 5. oahua Knight (Yam). Andersson aces Windy City Trials By Corina Chen ELK GROVE, IL, J U N E II On a n ei g h t-acre lot i n the El k Grove Industrial Park near Ch icago. a differen t type: of trials evt:rlt was held by the W in dy City Trials Club. Thirt y-rive riders compeled in this three loop even t which co ntained a variety o r challenging sections. T here we re ro ur stadi um-style sections that incl uded 12 giant ei gh t.foot diameter tractor tires , pyramids, balance beams. and see-saws for all classes. The half·mile loo p was di vided into 14 to tal sections whi m consisted of steep dirt hills, boulders , giant logs, and co ncre le slabs. Bogdan PUlyra in his firs t tria ls even t in IS years , took firs l in th e Novice class on his newl y aajuired Yamaha TY350. Seco nd pl ace wenlloL.arry Kin cannonjr. and third to j ohn Wellenslein. Eight-year -old Keith Westpahl easily lOpped the Youth clas s o n his Yamaha TYBO. In the junior class, joel Ripper edged out OTA organizer. Ger:ry Westpahl by only points. A close thIrd went 10 Michael "Everyone was in awe 10 see the Experts and mpionship riders maneuYft' over monstel' · , giant logs and steep ledges. The Experl lass had the biggest turnout of II riders. ames Snell on his new Aprilla took first with points. Charles Blose lOOk second with 70 tnts and Brian Runyard took third. both 'di ng Yamaha TY3!>Os. From Sweden.jonny Andersson. 1988 U.S. ational number two stopped by en-route rom the Canadian World round in Oltawa the Texas National to compete. Andersson moked the Championship class by taking y rive poilnS aboard hIS HRC RTL250, ext came Sven Bley.president of Windy City rials Club. also riding an HRC RTL250. ith a distant 51 points followed by Dave Ro h rschneid er o n his new hOI orange and wh ile Pan tie, Results C'SHIP: 1. J onny Andersson (Han ) 5 pts .; 2. Sven Bley (HonI51; 3. Dave Rohrschneider(Fan) 58. EX: 1. James Snell (Apr) 66; 2. Charles BIos- (Yam) 70; 3. anan Runprd (Yam ) 84 . JR: 1. Joe l Ripper (Yam) 70: 2. Gerry Westpahl (Bet) 73; 3. M ichael Leon lBul) 81 . NOV : 1. Bovdan Putyra (Yam. 36; 2. Larry Kinca nnon (Fan) 64; 3. John We llenstein (Yam) 86 . YTH: 1. Keit h W.sq>ahl (Yam) 48 . Eisenacher beats the heat at Talladeg a RR By Claire Franks TALLADEGA, AL .jUNE 24·2.> Bill y Eisenacher came away th e big winner o n this hOI weekend a t Talladega Grand Pri x Ra ceway with wins no t only in the Fonnual USA, B Superb ike a nd C Superbi ke, bUI th e o ne-hour endurance race held on Saturday as well. Eisenache r's Yamaha FZR600 performed flawlessly all weekend, turning co nsistent lap times in the 1:01 range. Buzzy Clevenger, a local rider [rom Anniston, Alabama, also had a good day , taki ng the checkered nag in the C Productio n and C Superbike Novice races . Clevenger also claimed two seco nd- pla ce finishes in th e A Pr od ucti on and A Superbi ke races in whim he raced hi s 600cc Yama ha agains t bikes up 1011 00cc. Saturday's end urance race was run in lieu of heal races du e to a shortage of rid ers in certain classes. Seven teen riders launched thei r bikes a t the sig h I of the green li(:ht only to have th e ra ce red -flagged o n th e first lap due 10 a three-rider cras h in turn o ne. None o r th e th ree riders were hurt , and after a 10m inute delay to clea n up the trac k, th e race was restarted. Eisenache r pulled out 10 an early lead th at grew 10 a two-lap advantage at th e chec kered llag ove r second-place Cleven ger, also o n a Yamaha FZR600. Eisenamer co mp leled 57 laps 10 Cleve nger's 55. Cleven ger fimsh ed first in the Middl eweigh l Producti o n class [01lo wed by Rob ert NUll o n his Yama ha FZR400 [or Ih ird overa ll a nd rirst in the Ligh tweight class, a lso completi ng 55 la ps . Kevin McWilli a ms o n his FZR600 was fo urt h overall. Rounding o ul the top-five o verall positions was J ohn Kennett on his Suzuki GSXR750. which was good enough for first place in the Heavywei gh t Superbike class. Sunday's sprint races ran into more heat· related problem s. In the Cl ub manlVin tage Two class . only o ne of Ihe 10 en tries was able 1 take Ihe green lighl for the starl of Ihe race. 0 Michael Grissom. o n his Kawasaki EXSOO, ha d th e easiest race o r the day when non e o [ his competition cou ld field a hea lthy·ru n ni ng ma chine. He completed j us t o ne lap to ta ke th e win. Even with the hot weather and off-track excursions of severa l riders th rou!;hout Ihe weekend. Ed Bargy, riders' school Ins tructor a nd WERA official, said. " The best part abo ut th e weekend was th e ambula nce never left i ts stand-by posi tion. " Results ENOR 0 1A:. 1. Billy Ei..necher (Yam); 2. Buzzy C1ewnger 3. Robert Nua (y.m); • . Kevin McWilliams (Yam); 5. John Kennett CSuz). HIW SlBK: 1. John Kennett (Suz); 2. Clair Franks (Suzl). M/W S/BK: 1. Billy Eiae n.cher (Y.m~; 2 . Kevin McWilliamaevam); 3. MichHl LahniniJHon). MIW PROD: 1. BuzzY Cleve~ (vam); 2. Not Rally R.cing (Hon); 3. Michael Shivers ,Han). VW: 1. Robert Nutt (Yam!: 2. ~I Eagle Racing (Hon); 3. Dog Dish Ro<;;ng (Yom) . B S/SPRT EX: 1. hut Wright (Suz); 2. Mike Synder (Sux); 3 . Michael Lehning (Hon). 8 S/SPRT NOV: 1. Don Toytor (Yomt 2. John Pollortl (Suzt 3. 8uzzy o--r (Yoml. a.BMN VlNT 2: , . M dlool Griaom (Kew). B S/BIC EX: 1. Billy Eisenacher (Yamt 2. Paul Wright (SlUt 3. Fre,*,in Knigh t (Suz). B S/8K NOV: 1. Don Torto<(Yomt 2. John Pollerd ISuzl; 3. Mort Goz;e,. (Honl. e PROD EX: 1. Ken eo- lHonl . (Yam); ~ Swede Jonny A nders so n swung by the Windy City Trials in Illinois, while travel ing t o the Texas National, and won the Champion class. C PROD NOV; 1. Buzzy Clevenger ('(am); 2. Scott Elacqua (Han). C S/SPAT EX: 1. M ike Synder (Suzt 2. Mik e l ehni ng IHon ). PROD EX: 1. J eff Reeves (Yaml . o PROD NOV: 1. Gary M ichaud (Yam !: 2. Buddy Harvey (Yaml ; 3 . ~c twlrd Champ ion (Yaml . F-3 : 1. Curtis Carpe nter (Kaw) . A S/SPRT EX: 1. Tray Batey ISuz); 2. Goug Kidd (Suz!: 3. Frankl in Knight «Suz). A S/SPRT NOV: 1. Don Taylor (Vam); 2. Buuy Clevenger (V.ml; 3. Jo hn Poll ard (Suz). A PROD EX: 1. Paul Wr igh t (Suz). F-2 EX: 1. ChOck Honeycutt (Yam ); 2. Robert Nutt {Yamt 3 . Kent $otg nier (Kawl. F·2 NOV; 1. Gary Michaud (Yam); 2. Rich ard Champion . (Yam); 3. Ken Pruitt (Yam.. A S/BK EX: 1. Paul Wr ight (Suz); 2. Doug Kidd (Suz) A SIBK NOV: 1. John Pollard (Suz); 2. BuzzY Clevenger (Yam); 3 . Kevin McWill iams (Yam). F-USA: 1. Bill y Eisenacher (Yam); 2. Franklin Knigh t (Suz). C S/8 K EX: 1. Billy Eisenacher (Yamt: 2. Glenn Cooper (Hont 3. M ic:hael lehning lHon) . C S/BK NOV: 1. Buzzy Cleveng er (yaml: 2. David Frederic:t (Hon ); 3 . Gray MathewS. S/8K EX: 1. Ch uck Honeycutt (Yam); 2. Robert Nun (Vern); 3. Kent Soignier (Kawl. S/BK NOV: 1. Gary Micha ud (Yarot 2 . Buddy Harvey (Yam); J . John Chance (Yam). o o o Sur r att, Holley t op Antelope Valley SX By Terry Rezek ANTE LOPE VALLEY, CA, J U NE 9-10 Supercross came to the Antelope Valley Frida y ni ght a nd Sa turday, a fter Rob Tolleso n o r Desert Motor spo rts in Lancaster and J ohn Hem me o f La ncas ter wor ked [or mo n th s wit h the hel p or li tera lly doze ns of peop le and busi nesses in the Valley to a ttract the riders a nd prepa re th e tra ck at th e Ant elo pe Vall ey Fairgrounds. Over 3000 fan s turned o ut in force Friday ni ght 10 wat ch Nati onal ranked Pr o racers in actio n. Beca use o f nearb y residences. La ncaster has a curfew of 10 p.m . for fairground events. This caused some o f th e lat er races to be co mbined and shortened. So me riders came up sho rt at the [in ish beca use of th is, Willie Surra tt su ffered the bite the mos!. Surrall had entered three different Pro evt:rlts ror a to tal or six mOlDS. He wo n five or th ose six motos a nd yet ea rned less tha n J im " Ho llywood" Holley wh o wo n one . .. bUI it was the right one. Surratt began his win ni ng streak wit h mo to o ne o[ the 12!>cc Pro race, ta king the holeshOl a nd going all the way [or the wi n . In mOlo two , Shane Trilller a nd jeff Dunlap hea l S urratt off the line. Trilller went do wn in th e £i£th lurn of lap o ne and slowed Dunlap , lelli ng Surrall by for the lead. Once there, Surrall look molO IW a nd the overall 125cc O Pro wi n. The pay back was 100 percen t o r Ihe Pro elll ry fees, or whic h Surrall go l abou l $300. There were rewer en tries in the 500cc Pro race so the payback was less. Surratt took the immediatt lead in m ot a o ne and won easi ly. j eff Mabery go t a poor sta rt bu t fought hts way to seco nd at th e end. Surrall was first o rr th e line aga in in ma lO twO, this time Mabery was hot o n h is heels. Mabery co u ld not gel pa st th e hOI Surra ll a nd set tled for second ~ p lace money. • The format of th e even ts placed Ihe big money in the 250cc Pro class, a guaranteed $1000 to Ihe winner. Hol eshol ar tist Kenny lahrt was easil y first through lurn one but bl ew right through a sofl berm Ihr ee lurns lat er , handing Surrall the lead . jim Holley followed inlO seco nd and pressured Surratt for the rest or th e race withoul finding a way around. The stage was set ror the climax (or anti ~ climax) of th e evening. The final molO was shortened 10 five laps because of the time. lahrt again led to tum one. Surrall passed for the lead within IWO lurns, and Holley moved in to ~nd in another th..rtt turns. Al th e start of lap IWO, Surrall slid out on th e north side of th e course and Holley had Ih e lead. Surratt recovered q uickly but something had gone wrong with his bike and he pulled o lf th e track less tha n a lap lat er wi th a blo wn engine. Holl ey cruised o n [or th e $1000 win, taki ng advantage of a huge lead to PUI o n a n aer ia l show [o r the crowd. Results FRIDAY WMN INT: 1. M ercedes Gonzalez; 2. K.O. Halfhill; 3. Mar ie Gon zalez; 4 . Tina Zlhrt; 5 . J(TtfAm es. . 125 PRO: 1. W ill ie Surratt; 2. Rich Truch inski ; 3. Shane Trittler; 4. Je ff Dunlap ; 5. J on Wil son. 250 PRO: 1. J im Holl ey; 2. Russ W agema n; 3 . Ken Zahrt.: 4 . Jon ny 2ah rt; 5. Jason Bott le 500 PRO: 1. Wi ll je Surratt; 2. Jeff Hares ; 3 _Jeff Ma be ry; 4 . Tom W ebb. SATURDAY 50: 1. Ryan Bevans; 2. Jerry Sulek; 3 . Robert Bragg. 60: 1. Jason Sh irey; 2. Jay Theys: 3 . Paul Ito; 4 . Kany Terr aceiane; 5. Jeff KralL eo BEG: 1. Pau l Ito; 2. Jason Shirey; 3. Tracy Asher; 4 . M ike M art inez; 5. Ryan Evans.. • eoINT: 1. Brian Teets; 2. Bob Sage; 3 . Terry Parsons . JR VET BEG: 1. Cornelius Van Der Eyck;2. Tim Forsythe; 3. Mall Lorenzo; 4 . Kim Seeger; 5. John Roger. JR VETNOV; 1. Karl A ll en; 1 . George A ndrews ; 3. Richa rd Guilmette; 4. Ma rk Fjelds; 5. Bob Graham. JR VET INT: 1. Al an Anderson. VETBEG: 1. Tom Clutter: 2. Richard Swihart: 3. JoeWard; 4 . Robert Bevington; 5. Bret Green ing . VET NOV: 1. Joh n Topor: 2. Randy Paul Wysocki; 3. Bob Dun ham ; 4 . Ron Sam mons: 5. Raben Kill ian . 125 BEG: 1. Justin lannalto; 2. Dav id Brldahaw; 3 . Matt Lore nzo . 125 NOV: 1. Oonakt Upton; 2. Tony Barrant;; 3. Jason M elton.; 4 . Tim Enoch; 5. Brock Sut er. 1251NT: 1. R. ymond Anthony. 2. RYin Carlisle; 3. Dar in Channer; 4. Jeff Finch; 5. Thaddeus Me rz. 250 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Toby Lawes; 2. Dal. Gunter; 3. M ike Al dr ich; 4 . Robbie Tate: 5. Joe Haman. 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Chad Hunwa rdsen; 2. Robby Kelsey; 3. Clint Hamilton ; 4 . Roger Hitchen. 250 NOV: 1. Bill Sauro ; 2. Ma rk Fields; 3. M lttwlel Mau te; 4 . Trev is M ullin s; 5. Robbie Dun ham . 250 INT: 1. Ryan cerns 2. Dar in Cha nner; 3. Tony re: Sulek; 4 . Adam Ponttou S; 5. Art Higgins. 500 BEG: 1. Kenny Wat son. 500 NOV: 1. Karl Allen; 2. Billy Mercie; 3 . John Buckn er. SOOINT: 1. Tony Sulek . Curry Parsons take Gold Country Speedway By R. C . J on es AUBU RN . CA . J U N E 24 Ro bert Curry took th e Scra lCh main o ver Steve Mart in and Mikl: Parson s won th e Ha ndicap main for the £irst tim e this ~son at Gold Cou ntry Speedway. As the Ha ndi ca p main un[olded Ma rk Squadrito led Mark Day around Ihe oval. Pa rsons, spo nsored by Do ony Brown/ Wood· ruf£',/ Ri cky Fa ust and Father, gO! Ihe jump on the o ther two 30-yard stan ers Bob Hick> and Shawn Reppert. With ' Parso n> ru nn ing in third Sq uadri to was still leading aft er three laps. O n lap [our Parso ns started his marKe 10 th e fron!. Quickly dispatching Mark Day, Parsons set his sighlS on Squadrito. As Ihey passed th e stan-finish lin e Parsons blew by a nd - led ror the final two laps. Fo llo wi ng Parso ns through was Bob H icks and Shawn Reppe rt. H ick> tried c1osins. in on Parsons bUI with Rep per l on his tarl had 1 prolect 0 his runner-up spot. Parson s won h iS £irst H and icap main this season by two bi ke lengths over H icks. T he action staned rast in the scra tch main. Robert Curry, sponsored by Ha rley· Davidson o [ Sacra mento/ O f£ice Netw ork Sys te ms / He ath Racing Spec ia lists/Goshe n OUldoor Li vin g and Bell Helm ets, wh eelied orftheline. bumping Steve Manin sligh lly. By Ihe lim e Curry and Martin settled down and entered Ihe first tum, pol esill er Rock y Robin son was gone with th e lead. Curry pulled into second ahead of Manin down th e back ch u te a bik e len gth or so behind Robinson . As Robinson went through turn o ne o n th e second lap his engine mi sfired. Curry had closed in Ihe turn and took quick advantage. shoo till!; into th e lead. Robinson went out wide looklllg at hi s engine as th e others raced pa st. Curry was out joy riding as Martin co uld n 'I ge l any pressure on him. Al the fini sh it was Curry with his first Scratch ma in win this season. over Martin, Parsons and Rob in son. Bill Zirkl e picked up hi s second Division Two victory aft er a ra ce-long ba ul e wilh john 27

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