Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Matt Drury (64) led Joel Tokarsky (53) ear ly in the second 125cc Intermediate moto,but Tokarsky swooped by and rode on to the win . m an ce/Wh ite Br o s-sponso red Cal ifornian. ~ ' I have ' to thank my tuners Kenn y Tolbert a nd Sammy Sweet, We ha ve one of the best combinations going. We're like bro thers on the roa d, kind of like the Three Stooges. But I haven 't figured out wh ich one of us is Curly yet," said a smiling Carr. Third went to Ingram a nd St ump took fo urth in front of Moreh ead . T exan H al e had th e Junior fin al in hand for six of th e IO laps, but he fell in tum two , unhurt, on lap seven and Kiser sailed home the winner. Tillson, Scott Buchan and Jason Fletcher fought over second but Fletch er got th e drive off of four when it cou nted and took th e spot at the line. Tillson ended up third with Buchan fourth. " I need to th ank m y dad and Marlin H art, Honda of Ma ui , Arai , Kiser H onda , AXO a nd Tsubaki for all their help, I just ride the missile!" said Kiser. Dorsey led the Pro-Am main but soo n brought out th e red flag when he crashed in tum one. The rac e was restarted with Dorsey at th e rear and Donahue at th e front. Donahue a nd Sims ba ttled for th e lead but Sims crashed in turn two and Donah ue went on to win with Scott Sehl taking seco nd and Conrad Parshall third. " I was lucky th at I go t by (the downed Sims and his bik e)," said Donahue, w ho th anked Butch Donahue o f Donahue H arl eyDavidson , Ron Wood, General Engineerin g, Bell a nd Dave Durelle for their support. Results EX: t . Chris Carr (H·D) 2. St. ... Aseltine (H; D ~ 3. Dan Ingram ( H on~ 4. Scon Stump (H· D); 5. S••ve Mor.h.ad (Han); 6. steve Burkhold. r (H-D); 7. Randy Texter IH·D); B. Donnie Est.p (H· D) 9. ; Chane. Darling (H-D); lD. Garth Brow (H-D) 11. ; P•••r Hook (W-R); 12. Erid< Graybeal (W-R). JR: 1. Kris Kiser (H-D) 2. Jason FI.tch.r (RlX); ; 3. Brian Tillson (W-R); 4. Scon Buchan (H· D); 5. Larry P.gram (W · R~ 6. David Lloyd (RlX); 7. Mark Van Heusen (H-D); B. Andy Segal ini(W-R);9. David R•• ves (H-D); 10. Dave Duhaime (W·R ~ 11. Mik. Hal. (W· R) 12. David Rabin. n. (H·D). ; P-A: 1. Tony Donahu. (W·R); 2. Scon S.hl (HD); 3. Conrad Parshan (H· DI 4. William Broml.y ; (RlX); 5. RoyHart (Rtx); 6. Kyl. Long(H-D); 7. Br.nt Armbrust. r (H-D); B. Shawn McNary (W·R); 9. St.v. B.ani. IW·R); 10. Harold Dors.y (H-D); 11. Gr. g Sims (W-R); 12. GI.n Brown (RlX). Parsons wins first LACR night MX By Terry Rezek PALM DAL E. CA. J U N E 3 The air temperature may have go ne down with th e sun but th e racing healed u p as th e California Racing Club began n ight raci ng at LA. County Ra""way. The first ra"" saw a hor de of m in is hit th e track with Int erm ediat es Terry Pa rso ns and Robb y Hock leadi ng the pack. Hock wo n moto o ne but Parsons jammed on the one-lap sho rtened seco nd rno to for that win and th e overal l. In the Vet Begi nner class , Bret Greening swept bot h motes for th e win wh ile David Kaiser took the overall in the Vet Novi ce co n lest wit h a seco nd moto win. R u ss H offma n took mo to one of th e Vel Interm edia te race , followed by Cun Ja mes and Ra nd y An derson. Hoffman grabbed the hol esh o t in mo to two and was well o n his way to the overall wh en he decided to admire th e wellprepped track Ire..'TI close ra nge. J ames slipped by to take th e moto and th e overall . followed by Hoffma n and Anderson, Kevi n O 'Br ien nailed both mOlDS of division one oC th e 125cc Begin ner class for the firstp lace tro phy . Seco nd went to Dan Ga rb who recovered from a poor first mo to to tak e seco nd in moto two . Kendall Sta nley also had a pair of aces in d ivisio n two to lake the pot th ere. Donald Ul'lO n left the ot her 125cc Novices in the du st In both rno tos for an easy win. Da ve Kopels got second a nd Ch ri s Cole finis hed third. The 125cc In term edia te class was fra ntic. Steve n Kotajarvi holeshot i n moto o ne, but Joel Tokarsky blew by before the second tu rn. In th e mid d le of th e first lap Du stin Evans o ut -po wered bo th of them and too k the lead. Evans kept th e wic k u p and wo n by a large marg in , lo llow ed by Tokarsky a nd Kotaj arv i. Malt Drury led of! th e li ne in moto two wit h To ka rsky agai n swoopi ng by for th e early lead. Evans got a last-p lace sta rt and a ttacked. th e co urse with aba ndo n. So m uch so that he went down hard in the m iddle o f th e race a nd was barely able to finish. Randy Moody led moto o ne of the 125cc Pro race fro m (f<' te to flag, despit e a bik e tha t so unded like lt was in the final stages of meltdown . Rich Truchinski and Mik e Dun lap cam e in th e nex t two spots. Eric Wicker took the holesh o t away in mo to two but gave the lead to Moody before the lap was hall over. Moody led until he fen over 50 feet from th e checkered Oag a nd T ro y Welt y slipped past for th e win before Moody co uld ge t his sti ll-run ning bike up. Welt y took th e overall. with Moody recovering for seco nd. . Resul t s 80 BEG: 1. James Theys Jr . (Suzt 2. Rvan MacK in ney (!(awl; 3. Bobby Kill ian {Yam}; 4 . Raymond Carrion (Hon); 5. M .ke Rust (Kawl. 80 NOV: 1. Marc Uppert (Suz); 2. OavKi Evilsizer (Suzl; 3. Scott Jo hnson (Suz); 4 . Tracy Asher (Suz); 5. Chri s A llen iSuzj . 80 INT: 1. Terry Parsons (Han); 2. Robby Hock (0). SR BEG: 1. Larry Kirsch (Hon); 2. Dale Brocket. SR INT: 1. Robert Linville tSuz). SR EX: 1. David Rogers (Hanl . V£T BEG: 1. Bret Greening (ATK); 2. M ike McAlpin (Kaw ); 3 . Richard Sw ihart (Sw); 4. Brian Schultz (Yam); 5. Herbert All an (Kaw ). VET NOV: 1. David Kaiser (Suzl; 2. Jim Hale (SUl); 3. Bob A rell ano (Hon}; 4. Joh n Sull ivan (Yam); 5. Peter Terracc iano . VETINT: 1. Curt James (Vam); 2_Russ Hoffman; 3. RandY And erson (Yam). VET EX 1. Mi ke Baswo rth. : JR VETBEG: 1. Terry Puis (Hon); 2. Pete DeGr andi s (Vam); 3. M ark M arqu ez (Hon); 4 . Charles Bang (Hon); 5. Dan Thompson (Hon). OG); 2. Karl All en; 3. Mark JR V£T NOV: 1. eric Casas C Parkerson (Kaw); 4 . Man JohnS9n (ATK); 5. Rod Ana stasia IVam). JR VeT INT: 1. Ken Neitzel (Kaw); 2. Mart in An sorge {Hon l; 3. Tony Pull iam (Vam). JR VET EX: 1. David Thayer (Hon). 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Kevin O' Brien (Hon); 2. Dan Garb (Hon); 3. Chuc k Rom aine (Kaw}; 4. Eddie Tanner (Hon); 6. Gene Nardone (Hoo). 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Kendall Stanl ey (Hon); 2. Rand all Lippie (Suz); 3 . Ji m Nun er (Kaw); 4 . Chris Garc ia (Vam); 6. Rob Pankr atz (Han ). 126 NOV; 1. Donald Upton (Hon); 2, Dave Kopels (Hon ); 3. Chris Cole (Kaw J; 4 . Raben Kong (Hon): 5. Joe Condron (Hon). 12 6 INT: 1. Joel Tokarsky; 2. Steven KatajaM (Kaw ); 3 . M alcolm Br~ (Suz); 4 . Tony Barranle (Hon); 5. Jimmy Chamberl ain . 126 PRO: 1. Troy We lty; 2. Randy Mooctv (Han); 3. M ike Kurt Hall dominated the WERA National sprint races at Road Atlanta. He won a total of five classes and earned $1200 in cont ingencies. Ounlllp (Suz); 4 . eric W icker (Hon); 6. Rich TruchinsIU (Yam). 250 BEG, 1. Jeff 110_ IMont 2. Tony Pul. IHont 3. Cart Dehaan (Yam); 4. Mike Blair (Kawt: 5 . Dal. Gun tar (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Dan';" .Seyler (Hon); 2. Mike Geim (Hon); 3. Jim Ryder (swt 4 , Nick At han s (Yam); 5. Travil M ullins ISuz). 3. 2~~:r:p1~n~=~sp~~)~ ~~~e~ieSe.:;:;~~ey5~H.1~ Sendelbach I Hon~ 250 PRO: 1. Tim Telford C Suzl; 2. Er ic Wtdter (Hon t 3. Rich Truchinslti (Vam); 4 . Jeff SlacIt (Hont 5. Jonny lahrt ISuzj. 500 BEG: 1. Geoff Cobbett (Hon); 2. Dave Tieskoen er IHon); 3. Bru ce Zacuto (Hon); 4 . Dan Renwick (Yam); 5 M ike Hansen (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Dave Kopels (Kaw ); 2. Jerry Eh lers lKawI; 3. Karl All en (Hon); 4. Scott Pearson (Hont 5. Rvan Cunya IHo n ~ 500 INT: 1. Dan ny Casson; 2. David Thayer (Hon); 3. Man in An sorge ( Hon ~ Hall takes five at Road Atlanta RR By Larry Lawrence BRASELTO N, GA, J UN E 18 Kun Ha ll , riding a Yamaha FZR lOOO and a Suzuki GSX R750, do mi na ted WE RA Na tio na l sprint-race action at Road Atla nta. Hall was practically unsto p pa ble this weekend, winning mos t of the races by large margi ns. H is victories cam e in A a nd B Superbike, A Pr oducti on . B Superstock a nd Formula USA_Hall won $1200 in WERA a nd Yamaha co ntingency money for his efforts, Hall's biggest victory came in th e regi o nal Formula USA con test. which co un ts towards th e National Seri es Champion sh ip . Califo rni a rider Chuck Graves, wh o had won both National F· USA events to date, was o n hand. H is reason was two-fold - he needed th e po in ts for th e o vera ll seri es sta nd ings. plus he wanted to ge t race time in a t Roa d Atlanta. Dun Canet had also traveled from Ca lil ornia to co mpe te in thi s race, as th e fina l round of the F· USA series will be held her e in November. Series regulars 'and T eam Suzuki Endu ra nce teammates Mik e Smith and Paul Bra y would be tough to beat o n this. their home track. As ex pec ted, H all , Sm ith and Bray esta blished th em selves as the riders to beat . Hall led th e first lap but was pa ssed by Smith going into tum one to start th e seco nd lap. Tbe next time around it was Bray leading th e way with Hall having dr af ted by Smith o n th e back stra ight in seco nd. G ra ves was dr opping well beh ind th e leaders a nd was having a tough tim e wit h Southeast riders Mike Reed , Fabian Cortez o n an FZR600, a nd Jeff Duckworth. Hall began to pull awa y, using the abu nd · a nt pow er of hi s Dave Zu pan·tuned Yamaha. By the ha lf way point in the race, Hall was four seco nds a hea d of Bra y, wit h Smi th a nother five seco nds behi nd in third. H all went on to pos t a seven- second margin of victory ove r Bray. Graves finally out-moto red the local s and moved up to a soli d fourt h . Graves la ter said th a t he was havi ng problems gelling used to th e high -speed do wnhill section of the back stra ig hL Fabian Cortez finished exceptionally well . ta king fifth o n h is lillie 600 among the large pack 01 I IOOs and lO00s. Cortez showed again wh y he is one of th etop up-and-comers in th e Formu la Two race, Pat O 'Leary led most 01 th e race on his Yamaha TZ250. Cortez was pushi ng his FZR400 to its limits and carv ed away at O 'Leary's lead. With two laps to go Cortez was able to get around O'Leary goi ng int o tum five. Even th ough O 'Leary is a good rider and his two- stroke had m uch more top speed th an the FZR400, Co rtez held him off to th e checkered flag . R. sults F-USA: 1. Kurt Hall (Yam); 2. Paul Bray (SUl); 3. M .ke Smith (Suz ); 4. Chuck Graves (Su z); 5. Fabian Cortez (Vam). A S/ BI< EX; 1. Kurt Hall (Vam); 2. M ike Reed (Suz); 3. Oann y Robert s (Suz). A S/BK NOV: 1. Scon Tutner(Suz); 2. Jadl. Dupree (SUl); 3. Rob Lacom be IKaw). B S/ SK EX: 1. Ku n Hall (SUl); 2. Fabian Conez (Yam) (Vam); 3. M ike Reed (Suz). B S/ SK NOV: 1. Tripp Nobles (Su z); 2. Kelly Drew (Yam); 3. Jack Dupree (SUl) . C S/ SK EX: 1. Fabian Corte z (Yam); 2. Bob Rentzell (Yam); 3. Billy Eisenacher (Yam). C S/ BK NOV: 1. Kelly Drew (Vam); 2. Van Lamberty(Hon); 3. Buzz Clevenger (Yam). o S/BK EX: 1. Fabian Conez (Vam); 2. Jim Shll (Vam}; 3. Chuck Huneycun (Vi m). o S/ BK NOV; 1. Jack Dup ree (Vam); 2. W illiam Qu inn (Vam); 3. Ma n Jung Klaus (Yam ., A PROD EX: 1. Ku rt Hall (Suz); 2. Ear l Spell man {Suz); 3. er ic Lin lef..ld (Vam). A PROD NOV: 1. Tr rpp Nobles (Sw); 2. Oon Taylor (Vam.; 3 . Dana Rueh le (Yam). B PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Swl; 2. Gene Burcham (Kaw); 3 . Robert W right (Suz). B PROD NOV: 1. Tripp Nobles (Suzl; 2. Don Taylor (Yam); 3. Dana Reuh le (Yam), C PROD EX: 1. Glenn Cooper IHon); 2. RICk Pagn iano (Hon l; 3. M ichael Gr issom (Hon). C PROD NOV; 1. Dana Reuh l. (yam) ; 2. Jeff McKinn ey (Vaml; 3. Ken Potts (Yaml. o PROD EX: 1. Jim Still (Yam):: 2. Joe Cox (Yam); 3 . Dave M ims(Yam). PROD NOV: 1. W illiam Quin n (Yam); 2 . Man Ju ng Klaus (Yam); 3. Scon Pruin (Yam). A S ISTI(; 1. Paul Bray (Suz); 2. Billy Eisenacher (Suz); o 3. ".". Rood(Suz l. S S/STK: 1, Dan Roberti (Suz); 2. Billy EtsIlnacher (Suz); 3 . Mike Reed (Suz). C S/ STK: 1. Gary Sherr od (Yam); 2. Robett Willis (Yam); 3. Morris Foor (Yam). F-2 EX: 1. Fabian eonez (Y.m}; 2. Pat O"Uary (Yaml: 3. Chuch Huneycutt (Yam). F·2 NOV: 1. Jack Dupree (Yam); 2. W iniam Qu inn (Yaml: 3 . Paul Black (Yam). : F·3 EX 1. James East fKaw ); 2. A ndre Van Deubery (Kaw). F·3 NOV: 1.Paul Ludwigsen (!Caw 2. Ken Waycaster !: (Yaml; 3. Bob Dickens (K.awl. CLSMN EX: 1. Bernard Desai (Vaml; 2.larov Montgom ery (Hoo); 3. M ichael Grissom (Hon). CLBMN NOV: 1. Carl Barrow (Yaml; 2. CIaI1l. Bell (Yam); 3 . Paul Ludwigsen (KIwI Berger bombs Smoky Mountain Motocross By Steve Galyon PI G EO N PASS. TN . J UNE 25 Sunday marked th e kickoff of th e Smoky Mou nt ain MX 1989 Sum mer Point Ser ies. The O ver 25 cla ss .highlig h ted first ro u nd action with a spirited baule betwee n G reg Bergen and Jerry Ma ttox . Mattox too k the first -moto lead as the field left the sta rting line. Suzuki-mou nted Harvey ' Wiggins ra n seco nd. T he Yamaha of Bergen was m ired in foun h I?lace on the start. However , th e' Yama ha n der wasted no tim e as he mo ved past Wiggins to take seco nd pi a"" by the ha lfwa y mark of the firs t moto. Ma ttox had moved hIS Honda to a H)-second ad vantage as Bergen wo rked hi s way thro ugh the

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