Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z ~ ~ « -. :iE ...J ...J « :J: u c:: >- '" 0 I- 0 :J: I>- 0') 00 0') ,..;.., ~ <.0 CN ~ ........ ;:l ~ Dave Bo len won the Intermediate class at the Oklahoma State Trials. were tied a t eig h t points eac h nec essitating another race runoff. From th e pole Bur ge seemed to be in th e best position to take th e victory. but overa n xio us ness ca u sed him to spin o u t in tu rn one, and th e lead went to Wat son wh o held it for the bal an ce of th e race 10 pi ck up a hard fought champion ship chec kered nag. Bode bombs Oklahoma State Observed Trials · By Rich A llman PAWN EE. OK , J U N E 18 The June round o f the Oklahoma State Cham pio nshi ps for Ob served Trials was he ld at Pawnee. Gary Price an d Stan Machart had set up seven very enjoyab le sections o n a rel a ti vel y sho rt loop. T he sections we re cha llengi ng but clea nable. fn the No vice class, Gordon Bod e co n tin ued his do min an ce a fter a one month la yoff. He a lmost clea ned th e en tire tr ial, Laki ng Ju st four po in ts for the da y. Ma tt Moore rode the wh eels off his Yamah a 80, scori ng seco nd pl ace ove rall with just 14 po ints. Arkansas ' Pau la Mizell reall y showed the g uys u p th is month wi th a nother so lid rid e. She look th ird overall o n her Beta with just 19 poin ts. Oklah oman Dave Bol en reall y pou nded the Intermediat e class with jus t rune points o n his Beta . The next three rider s were very close. La st month 's winner Jim Westcott was just one dab sho rt, scori ng 21 points for fourth overa ll. Andr e Laporte a nd Steve Fuj an both scor ed 20 po ints but Andre had 12 cleans to Steve's nine cleans. Andre wa s second pl ace overa ll and Steve was th ird. The Expe rt class win was tak en by Oklaho man Paul Bo len with 12 points. Kans an Mack Burnett rode hi s Yama ha to seco nd pl ace with 16 points. Rich Allman cruised aro u nd in third place. Loy Burnett ran away fro m th e rest of th e Master class with n in e poi nts on hi s Yamaha. Arka nsas' G abe Mizell has been puttin g in some serious pract ice time on his Torr-Mote Merlin. He was seco nd ove rall with just 16 poi nts . Ron Lee too k his Beta to th ird overall wit h 21 po ints . . Resul ts NOV: 1. Gordon Bode (Yam); 2. Man Moor e (Yam I; 3. Pau la M izell (Bett 4 . Rick Dunkin I M on~ 5 . J im Price (Ya m) . AM: 1. John M izell (Mon). INT: 1. Dave Bol en (Yam); 2 . Andre Laporte (Yam); 3 . Sie ve Fujan (Yam); 4 . J im W es1 tt (Yam ). co EX: 1. Paul Bolen (Yam); 2 . M ack Burnett (Yam); 3 . Rich Allman {Y ml. a • MSTR: 1. Loy Burn ett (Yam); 2. Gabe M izell (Me r); 3 . Ron lee (Bet l; 4 . Shan Moor e (Yam). Dashiell dominates Marysville night MX By Nuklea r Neukam MARYSVILL E, CA , J U N E 24 Larry Dash iel l roo sted hi. H onda to victory in both the 250 and 500cc Pro clas ses at the new n igh t mo tocross races a t Ri verfr ont Par k in Marysvill e by winning a ll fou r of th e mot e s. Promoter Charlie Sexto n had ligh ts in stall ed o n the Su nday MX trac k at the pa rk cre-ating a hybird indoor/ou tdoor faci lit y to stage bi weekly CMC ni ~h t mo tocross races . Dashi ell dominated both 25Occ. Pro mot os, whi le G &:B Kawasak i-mounted Sea n Conley assumed th e bridesm aid ro le eac h time o u t for second overall. A fourth a nd a third by Larry Co lema n earne d the Kawasaki rid er third overa ll a hea d o f Tim Phillis (3-4), also a board a green machine. Rounding o ui th e top five was Mik e Newman and h is Yamah a . Alth ough the 500cc Pro cia .. was rather sm all it was far from being a big bor e. o>nley was back to cha lle nge Dash iell but problem s beset th e Kawasak i rider and he was forced 10 retire ear ly in round two. Dashiell found the checkered firsl eac h molO but om without formidab le cha lle nges fro m for mer 80cc ace Mark Brown (17 4 ) and Dick Mann (5 ) lead the pack at the AHRMA Na t ional Vintage MX in Massachusetts. JJ T aylor and hi s Honda. But in the end Taylo r was runner-up tw ice a n d had to seu le for seco nd overa ll. A th ird overa ll by Paul Bostr om mad e it a H onda sweep. Case y Farrell o nly fin ished fourth in th e fir st 250cc Intermediat e moto but a win in th e final was en ough to take th e o vera ll from Ma ico-mo unted Tom Sa tchel (3-2). H ondamo urned Dave Pil e wa s th ird overa ll cornbi ning a seco nd moto fou rth with his round o ne victory. Int ermed iat e 500cc rider J ohn Martin flew hi s H onda to th e wi n in both rno tos o f a co mbined hall-firer class. J immy Pil gr im top ped the Juni o rs an d Ron Azbell wo n th e , Begin ner division. ' Result s . 250 PRO: 1. Larry Dash iell (Han); 2 . Sean Con ley (Kaw) ; 3. Larry Coleman (Kaw i. 500 PRO: 1. Dash iell (Hon); 2. JJ Taylor (Hon); 3. Paul Bostrom (Honl. 60: 1. Jerry Harvey (Kaw); 2. David Keen ey IKawl: 3 . Andy Gregg (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Paul Morgan (Han); 2. Donov an Placencia (yam ); 3 . Chri s Vend ley (Han). 80 JR : 1. Nei l Goodm an (Kaw ); 2. Andy Morris (Kaw ); 3 . Todd Birk elbow (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Tim Keen ey II (Han). 12 6 BEG: 1. Greg Norm an (Han); 2. Kearn Simk in s (Hon); 3. Steve Moo re (Kaw). ' 125 JR: 1. Darr en Kitzmiller (Han ); 2. Stev e Ar en a (Suz); 3. John Baker (SUl) . 125 INT: 1. Joe Bruc e (Yam); 2. Jason Gibson (Yam ); 3. Steve Edward s (Suli. 2 50 BEG: 1. Tre nt Tho mas (Kawl; 2. Denny Santo s (Han); 3. Fred Nordstrom (Kaw ). 250 tNT: 1. Casey Farel! (Kaw); 2. Tom Satchel (M ail ; 3. Dave Pile (Han). 250 JR: 1. J erry King (Kaw); 2. Curtts Kn utson (Kaw); 3. Rick Alv es (Yam). 500 tNT: 1. John Manin (Han). 600 JR: 1. J immy Pilgrim (Han); 2. Phil Mor ris (Kaw l. 500 BEG: 1. Ron Azbell (Han); 2. Fred Morr is (Hus); 3. Ed Tatum {Hon). VET JR: 1. Lance Selle rs (SUl ); 2. M itch Sylva (Han ); 3. Wad e Holbrook (HanI. VET tNT: 1. Glenn Welsh (Han); 2. Phil Mo rr is IKawl; 3. Jim Calat ioto (Han). VET MSTR: 1. Rod Nordst rom IKaw ); 2. Andy Warnoclr. (Hon); 3. M ike Patt erson (Kaw) . VET PRO: 1. Paul Bostrom (Han); 2. Mike Harper (Han); 3. Mike New man (Yam l. OT JR: 1. Randy Birk elbaw (Yam); 2. Marc Diab (Mai l; 3. Billy Fai n (Han). OT INT: 1. W es Bradw ell (Hon). OT MSTR: 1. Wayne Joh nson (Kaw ); 2. JIm Salton e (Honl ; 3. Larry Hannen (Sur). Allen aces Sacto Raceway MX Pros By N uklear Neukam SACRAM ENTO, CA, J Ul\' E 23 Ro n Allen traded mot o wins wit h Sean Conley in th e 250cc Pr o class in ro u nd six of th e 1989 Sacramento Raceway CMC Champio nship MX Seri es a nd secu red the overa ll by winni ng the seco nd a nd deciding round. Yama ha-mounted Beau Mag ley pulled the ho lesh or in th e first 250cc Pr o moto , bu t Co n ley soo n swooped the lead, whi le Allen moved u p to third to begin a mu lti- lap battl e wit h Magl ey. Allen fina lly moved into seco nd but Co nley had buil t up a co nsidera ble lead which Al len found impossib le to overcome. Co n ley took mota nu m ber one win wi th Alle n in fo r second a head of Mag ley, Suzuki mo u n ted Jim m y R o bertson a n d Mik e Ne wma n. Conley a nd Allen sta rte d moto two loc ked in battle bu t Co n ley tasted a litt le turf whi ch ga ve Allen a co m fortable lead tha i he held for th e wi n a nd th e overa ll. Co n ley rem ounted a nd moved back to seco nd but thai was all the northern Ca liforn ia CMC cha m p co u ld do a nd he had to sett le for second overa ll. Magl ey suf fered a knarly cras h - which resulted in a n ea rly chec kered flag - a nd Ro bertson took th ird thi s ti me o ut for th ird overal l. Newman's fou nh in round IWO was good fo r fo urth overall. Kawasak i·m ounted J erry Harv ey roo sted to the win in both 60cc m OlD S,: o nce aga in , for th e o verall ahea d of And y Gr egg. Matthew Hawkins and JJ Cu mmings. Res u lts 250 PRO: 1. Ron Allen (Kaw); 2. Sean Conley IKawl; 3 . Jimmy Robertson (SUl). 12 6 PRO: 1. Michael M injares (Suz): 2 . Sergio Fernandel (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Eric Sandstrom (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Randy Jone s ISuz); 2. Robert Stulf er (Yam); 3. Ken Schroed er (Honl. 60: 1. Billy Gross (Yam); 2. Daniel Blair (Yam); 3. J im Hansen (Yam). 60: 1. Jerry . Harvey (Kaw); 2. Andy Gr egg IKawl; 3 Matthew Hawk ins (Kaw) . VET JR: 1. M itch Sylva (Honl; 2. Paul Conn ers (Suz); 3. St eve Bacch ini (Kawl. VET PRO: 1. Ala n Loredo (Kaw ); 2. M ike Newman (Yam); 3 . Neil MacDannald (Suz ). 80 BEG 0 -1: 1. Adam Hawk ins (Kaw); 2. Steven Young Knutson (Kawl; 3 . Nick Scar mazzo (Yam). 80 BEG 0 -2: 1. David RetzeloH (Kaw l; 2. Brent Pevseno (Han); 3. Neil Mac Dannald tHon) . 80 JR : 1. Shawn Trantham (Kaw l. 125 BEG D-l : 1. David Ball (Kaw); 2 . Phil Am ato (Hon); 3. Carev Wilder (Han). 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Tim Young (!(aw); 2. Jam es Faulk ner (Yam); 3. Jame s Foran (SUl ). 125 JR: 1. Ma rc Wemvs s (Hon ); 2. Rick Nye (Han ); 3. Robert Gramm (Yam) . 250 BEG 0 -1: 1. Frank Dufur (Yam); 2. Brad Dickson (Han); 3. Shawn Parks (Kaw ). 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Oan Augino (Han); 2. Andrew Myn att (Han); 3. David Sobol (ya m). 250J~ 0 - 1: 1. J erry King IKaw); 2. Aaron Ath ana s (SUl); 3. Ted PIppin (Kawl. 250 JR 0 -2: 1. King (Kaw); 2. Pippin IKawl ; 3. Oarr in Gravi et (Yam) 500 BEG: 1. Al an Kelly (Han); 2. Ed Tatu m (Hon); 3. Bill Cane r (Hon). 500 J R: 1. Jim Tipton (Hon); 2. Paul Hecie s (Hon l; 3. Danie l Spring (Hon). Oldies but goodies time at Southwick MX By Doreen Brown SOUTH WIC K, MA, J U NE 17 Sun, sa nd a nd tracti on g reeted the 6O-pl us en tra n ts wh o were a t So u th wic k [or the th ird ro und of the AHRM A Vin tage Na tio na l MX Series. Track cond it ions a t th e MOlo--X 338 a nd Cycle Design -promo ted event we re outsta ndi ng. Several days o f rain p rior to the race left the trac k d ust -free. In the Pr em ier 500cc and Sportsma n 500cc co m b ined first moto, Dick Ma nn was lead in g th e P rem ier class u nt il h is bike qu it with elec trical troub les. In th e Sportsma n division, Lloyd Patterson a nd Mark Brown fo ug ht for the win. Brow n had gone do wn for a soi l sam p le o n the opening la p , but he got u p a nd gave chase beh in d Pa tterso n. Nea r th e end of th e mote. it looked like Pa tter son was going to take the win bUI h is CC M's gas tank ran dry just 100 yards from the checkered nag. Brown mot or ed bv for the mo ro win wh ile Pa tterso n managed to push across fo r second p lace, Kawa sa ki-mo u n ted Bro wn took th e win in th e seco nd mo tu a fter Pa tterson 's b ike [ai led to fire. At the en d of the day, Pa tterson go t so me reven ge b y besti ng Brown in th e Vet Am ateu r class. New Eng land patriar ch Dick Bett en co urt was u n hand with his newl y restor ed CZ tha t he. purchased at Daytona in Mar ch. He a nd Dick Mann co n d uc ted so me ser io us ben ch racing durin g th e da y, and Bett en court a lso rou nd ti me to fin ish third in the O ld Timer Expert class. New com er John H ar t went home with tw o trophies - o ne for h is -efforts in th e 250cc Novice class a nd a nother for win ni ng th e Vet No vice di vis io n. H art even -ga ve th e Vet Am at eu rs a ru n [o r th e money in the co m bi ned m olO. Beno Rodi was also a double cla ss wi n ner , toppin g both th e Pr emier O pen Twins a nd Sponsman Open T wi ns classes. ft was a famil y affair for th e Weaver fam ily from th e state of New York. T im Weaver cleaned house in th e 125 a nd 250cc Amat eu r classes. and " Pa pa " Weav er finished first in th e Old Timer N ovice class. C ro wd favor ite H owie Roesk e had th e specta to rs chee ring as he cres ted the spectato r jum p on hi s Gr eeves. Hi s pudding bowl hel met a nd bib lea the rs reall y added a uthendcity to the day's even t. Roeske was seen whi p pi ng h is Gr eeves a la a hor se jockey as it sta rt ed to load u p o n h im. He sull pulled off the wi n in th e P rem ier Light weig h t class . Results 125 NOV: 1. Fred Wa lsh ISuz); 2. Rob Schu lu (Bul) . 125 AM : 1. Tim Weaver (Sui) . 126 EX: 1. M ichael Roche (Han); 2. Howi e Boese (DKW). 250 NOV: 1. John Hart (CZ); 2. Rob Schultz IBul ). 250AM: 1.Tim Weave r (Bul t 2. BobEll is (Ma i); 3. M icha el Haas (Bul); 4 . Richard Baulc h (Hon). 500 AM: 1. Mark Brown (Kaw ). VET NOV: 1. John Han (CZ):: 2. J im Seery IM ai). VET AM: 1. Uoyd Patterson ICCMI; 2. Mark Brown (CZ) VET EX 1. Joe CeSternino (SuI). : PREM 500 EX: 1. Did!. Mann IBSAI . PREM OP TW EX: 1. Beno Rodi (Nor) . PREM L/W EX: 1. Howie Boeske (Gre). PREM UW AM : 1. Tim Kinnaman (Due). SPTSM OPEN TW EX: 1. Bena Redi INor) . OT EX: 1. Dick Mann (BSA ); 2. Bob Hogan IBul ); 3 Dick Bett encoun (CZ). OT NOV: 1. Hugh Weaver IBul); 2. Fred "B utch" Wa lsh ISuz). . .' Underwood, l.ane smoke l.as Vegas MX By Dick Goodwin LAS VEGA S, NV , J UN E 24 Scan U n de rwood trounced th e 125cc Pr os a t Las Vegas International Racewa y Sa turday n ig ht w ith a doub le victor y, hu t 12Scc Int er medi at e Brian La ne, not to be outdo ne , p ut h is H o nd a in the winner's circle every ti me o u t as well. T he g reen strea k leading o ff in race o ne was Kevin Bart le tt. as co mb ined q uarter-lite r race ac tio n began. Int er med ia tes Bria n Lane a nd Brad Simcox were dishi ng ou t the hea vy pressure as the pack went blasting arou nd th e tra ck. P ro Sco n Underwood was in ove rd riv e by lap th ree. passing riders right a nd left. La te in the race , he passed three of the hea vy hillers in one lap! U nderwood powered h is way to the P ro Win , whi le Br ia n Lane. finishing close behind. topped the Int ermed ia tes. La ne, pumped fro m his first-race heroics, charged to the Iront in mo to two after a restart. Simcox and Bart lett we re close behi nd. Barden soon fought his wa y into second place, but Lane kept up his scorch ing pac e to stay ou t in front. Underwood, as in race one, was hu lling his way through the pack, Lane. leading everyone an d racing in the dean air. was u nconcerned. H e [lashed ho me with the victory a nd the ove rall 125cc Intermed iat e crown . Un derwood, passing Ba rden o n the while n ag la p, sewed up the J25cc P ro victory. Results PIW: 1. Monte Montague (Yam); 2. Jess ie W illia ms (Yam); 3. Marcu s Mont agu e (Yam). JR CYC: 1. BUICh Gabriel (Kaw); 2. Mon te Montagu e (Kaw). 80 BEG: 1. Chad Nort on (Kaw); 2. Butch Gabri el (Kaw); 3. Daniel Fry (Kaw); 4 . Leo Sant oro (Kaw ) 80 NOV: 1. Greg Zarati egu i (Yamj; 2. Brent Hlinman. 80 INT: 1. Jason Partr idge (Kaw); 2. Mik e Gilbert (Yam); 3. Jon n Meng (Kaw). 80 M OD: 1. Mike Gilb ert (Yaml ; 2. Gr eg Zarat i9gui (Yam); 3. Joh n Meng (Kaw l. 125 BEG: 1. David M unoz (Han ); 2. Shan e Nort on (Han); 3. Ted Anderson (Han); 4 . Sam Bond (SUl). 125 NOV: 1. Dale A lbiston (Kaw ); 2. Randy Gubody (Han); 3. Je ff Grady (Kaw); 4 . Casey McKinn ey (SUl ) 125 INT: 1. Brian Lane (Han); 2. Brad Simc ox (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Scott Und erwood (Yam); 2. Kevin Bartlen (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. Mi tch Yeary (Honl 2. J essie W illi ams (Han) 250 NOV: 1. Paul Helms ley: 2. Randy Gubody (Han): 3. Damon Wasden ; 4 . Cornell Camet". 2 50 INT: 1. Derek Tll us (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Kevin Bartl en (Kaw ) 500 INT; 1. Kevin Cherry (Han•. 19

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