Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

><: Vl w W Z w a ~ ~ N .., c:: >c:: t..i c:: c:: w >>- al >- al a a >>- a J: a c.. J: c.. O"l 00 O"l ...... ~ to c-r ~ ...... :l """""" Rocky Rob inson leads Robert Curry in the Scratch main at Napa Speedway; ~obinson took the w in with Curry taking second. Eric Marnoch (6) and Todd Broussard (16) finished second and third in the 500cc In termediate class at LACR MX in Palmdale. California . Weygandt wins Lake Whitney Motocross Jr. Vet action heats up at LACRMX By Joyce Ladd By Terry Rezek WHITNEY, TX. J ULY I Du sty w eyga nd t tock top honors in th e Teeny Mini class a t th e Blow Om Nati onal \Varm · U p for th e Good T im es Na tional a' Lak e Wh i tney Cycle Ranch Sunday. The trac k wa s run ba ckwards for th e first time in severa l yea rs. MOlO o ne brought Brad ROlen o u t fro n t, but by lap two Weygand' moved hi s Yam ah a int o th e lead. At 'he chec kered na g it was Weygand, fi rst , Ro ten seco nd a nd L ynn Nick erson thi rd. MOIO two saw Weyga nd' take th e lea d from star' finish . weygandt sta yed on 'he gas an d go, a co m fort able lead on second place rider Ro ten . Ro u nd in g out the top three aga in was Ni ckerso n. Actio n in th e 125cc Nov ice cla ss saw Jason Ma tus pi lo t h is H onda for bo th mo to win s. In moto one Ma tus look the lea d and never looked back. Second p lace we n' Sa n An tonio rider C ha d C hrist ian and th ird p lace was Yamaha rider Alle n May. M OIO two saw Christia n lake th e lead followed by Matus and Tren t Crawford. By lap two Ma tus had th e n u mber-o ne positio n, C h ristian a nd Crawford ba ttled it out for seco nd . Crawford passed Christia n in lap four , b u t Christia n passed Crawford back 111 lap five. At th e finish it was Matus first , Christia n seco nd, David Kno wles th ird and Crawford fourth. T h e 250cc Novice class win w e n t lO Kawasaki rider Bill y Def' ri est with perfect II fin ishes. In both mo to s DeP riest was followed by H on da-mounted J eff Schwiru and H on da rider Fra nk Morris. PALMDALE, CA , J UNE II Jr. Vet rid ers George Andrews an d Jim O 'N eal spe nt 'he day dicing aga inst each other despite being scored separately a' LA. Co u n ty MX. Andrews a nd O 'N eal battled ill so me o f 'he tigh test racing of 'he da y. O 'N eal ended up o n to p, head in g th e Jr. Vet Ex pert cla ss, whi le An drews sco red t he win i n th e Jr. Vel Intermediate divi sion. Bot h O 'N eal and Andrews left 'he rest of th e J r. Vets in th eir wak e. Rich ar d Ch ouinard topped 'he J r. Vet Novice class with double moto wins, while Gary Songstad edged a hea d o f David Kod a to win the Jr. Vel Beg in ner class. Vet In term edi ate Ru ss HoHman led 'he class for a lap in rno to o ne before Vet Expert j ef H arr io tt p ut h im a way. H a rri ou loo k both m oto s to wi n the Expert clas s whi le Chr is Lei ker too k the Intermediat es. Hoffma n held o n to fin ish second in the Vet Int ermed iat e di vision . . Brent Pl ako vic took the 125cc Begin ner lead in the mid dle of lap two a nd went for th e win. Palk ovic was somewhere aro u nd eig h th when mote two s tarted but wor ked h is way u p to seco nd a t the end for first overa l l. '0 '0 Resu lts 16 TEENY MIN I: 1. Dusty W evgandt (Yam~ 2. Brad Roten (Yam); 3. Lynn Nickerson Jr. (Yaml . MINI M INI 6-11 : 1. Billy Gart man (Kawl; 2. Brian Stone IKaw ); 3. Tim Roten Jr. {Kawt 4 . J ared Murphy (Kaw l; 5. Carte r Schne ider (Kawl. M INI BEG: 1. M ichael Moses (Kaw ); 2. Tommy Rapp (Hon ); 3. luke Glines lKaw l; 4 . Jordan McBrid e (Kaw) . MINI JR 7· 11: 1. Billy Gartman (Kaw); 2. Br~n Stone (Kaw); 3. Tim Roten Jr. (Kaw l; 4. Carter Schn eider (Yam). M INI NOV 12-16 : 1. W esley Brown (Hon); 2. Jeff long l Kaw); 3.Jeff Covington (Kaw); 4 . Jo hn Cantr es (Han). MINI INT: 1. Doug Ston e (Kaw ); 2. Aar on Justus (Kaw); 3 . J ason York (Suz); 4 . Randy Gates (Kaw). MINI EX: 1. Steve Olson (Hon). MINI OPEN: 1. Steve Olson (Han); 2. DoUOStone (Kaw); 3. Aaron Ju stu s (Kaw ); 4 . Jeff Long lKaw). 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Deas (Kaw ); 2. Lee Wat son (Han); 3. Chr is Black man (Han); 4 . Tim Boney (Han); 5. Greg Robert son (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Jas on Matu s (Han); 2. Chad Chr ist ian (Han); 3. David Know les (Yam); 4 . Trent Crawfo rd (Kaw); 5. All en May (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Dennis Bonner (Han ); 2. Joey Hardin (SUl); 3. Travis Hodges (Kaw); 4 . J ody North (Han ); 5, J eff Talley (Kaw) . 250 OPEN BEG: 1, W illia m Tichenor (Kaw); 2. Lee W atson (Han ); 3 . Dan Miller (Han): 4. Russ Wood (Han); 5. Dan Mosely (Han). 250 NOV; 1. Bilty DePriest (Kaw ); 2. J eff Schwi rt l (Han); 3. Frank Morri s (han); 5. Bill Sch utt (Kaw ); 5. Too Day (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Travis Hodges (Kaw); 2. Dwain Cart er lKawl; 3. J oe Jo rdan; 4 . Jeff Taley (K.aw ); 5. J eff Terrin (Kaw ). 250 EX: 1. Paul York (Han); 2. M ike Clingan lKawl OVER 25 : 1. Joe y Hard in (Sul); 2. J eff Ferrin (Kaw); 3. Ja mes Taylor (Yaml; 4. Bob Mitchell (Kaw); 5. Joe Jord.an. OVER 30 NOV: 1. Steve W esehk (Han); 2. Ron Pn nce (Yam); 3. Jim Barnes (Yam); 4. Quem J ones (Han ). OVER 30 INT: 1. Scott Dup licaban (Han); 2. Tom Haynes (Kaw); 3. Tony Wr ight lSuz): 4. Darr ell Bishop (Han); 5. Dw ight Leathe rwood (Han). OVER 30 EX: 1. J ohn ny Adams (Han); 2. Edward Hays Jr . (Kaw l; 3. Kinnie McGraw (Kaw); 4. Randy Long (KIw i. Hon ); 2. Tom Conner (Kaw l. OVER 40: 1. Darrell Bishop C OPEN 500 : 1. Marle Benso n. Results 80 BEG: 1. Paul ita (Kaw); 2. Ja son Stoner (Suzl; 3. Mika Anche ta lS uz); 4. M ike Weed {Kawl; 5. M ike Rust IK~w l . 80 NOV: 1. Da\lid Evil Sizer (Suz); 2. Shaw n O'Br len; 3. Tracy Asher ()Sull; 4. Chr is All en ISuz); 5. Andy Gure vuch lKawl . VINT: 1. Ken Green ICZ); 2. Ginger Machado IBul). VET BEG: 1. Mark Ranch (Kaw); 2. Bret Greeni ng (ATKt 3. Robert Wycko ff (!(aw). VET NOV: 1. J ere Mason (Yam); 2. Randy Wysocki (Kaw l; 3. Bob Ar ellano (Han ); 4. lynn Larson (ATKI; 5. W . Saylo r. VET INT: 1. Chris Leike r (Yam); 2. Russ Hoff man (Hon); 3. Ken Symer (Hon); 4 . Lee Jo hnso n (Yam); 5. Randy And erson (Yaml . VET EX: 1. Jef Harr iott (Kaw ); 2. Rick Grant; 3. Russell Garcia CHon); 4. Joel Harriott (Kaw l. JR VET BEG: 1. Gary So ngstad (Han); 2. David Koda (Hon); 3. Sta nley Norwoods (Kaw); 4. Jack Brady (Han); 5. Ron Hupfel d (Han). JR VET NOV: , . Richard Chouinard (Han); 2. Mark Pakerson (Kaw ); 3. Kenny Safford (Hont; 4 . Je ff Frey. JR VET INT: 1. George Andrews (Han ). JR VET EX: 1. Ji m O·Neal lHonl. 125 BEG: 1. Brent Palkovic (Honl: 2. Eckh Tann er (Han); e 3 . Kevin O'Bn en (Han); 4. Roy Bremenour (Honl; 5. Randall lippie (SUl) 125 NOV: 1. Rob Healy (Han); 2. Ja son Simmons IKaw); ... 3. Don ald Upton (Han); 4. Bruce Delgado (Han); 5. Robin Hall (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Cliff Oakes (Kaw) . 250 BEG: , . Shane Stanl ey (Kaw ); 2 . Donald Colyer (Yam); 3. Ji m Taton e (Kaw); 4 . Gary Torr es (Kaw): 5. Robert And erson . 250 NOV: , . Tony Seckman (Han ); :?- Rob Healy (Han); 3. Bri an Raleigh (Kawl ; 4 . Todd McM aster (Han): 5. Byron Greene . 250 1 NT; 1. And y Grider (Kaw ); 2. Todd Brou ssard ,Yam ); 3 . Ken Neitzel (Kaw ) 250 PRO: 1. Chris Radlinski (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Chri s Scan (Hont . 500 NOV; 1. J err y Shler s II IKaw ); 2. Danny McK ee (Han): 3. Kenn y Saffo td (Hon). 500 INT: 1. And y Gri der; 2. Todd Broussard; 3. Er ic Marn och. Woodcock brothers spoUight Dade City MX By Scott Shepherd DADE CITY, FL , J ULY I Dan iel and Michael \ Vood coc k use co nsistent riding and delermi nat in n to ta ke rirs t and second in lhe 80cc C, B a nd Super Mini classes, du rin g ' he fir st race of 'he Dade Ci ly MX , live-wee ks Summer Series . Dani el. rid in g- a Kawasaki , was last o ff the li ne in the 80< C class firs t rn ot o and wo rked :c hi s way th rou g h th e pa ck of I I riders. On 'he whi le n ag lap , he fina lly caugh t fellow Kawasa ki rid ers Danny Scavel li a nd Kevin Lei be rek a nd esta blishe d t he lead to the chec kered nag. It was a th ree-ma n bante fo r the lead ea rly on in the 80cc Al B first m ote as Kaw asaki ' ride rs Mik e Woodcock , Ken n y Yoho and j acob Fog g dice d fro m ' he ho lesh c t in to 'he halfway point o f ' he race. T he lon e rider, Yah 0, th en powered aw ay leavin g \Voodcock in front o f ' he SOcc B cla ss; Woodcock fell in th e bac k co rne r before the long fron t stra ig h tway. Yamaha rider J ar reu Tipping and Fogg passed hi m. Fogg held o n for th e wi n a fter Tipping fell o n the last fro n t straight with Woodcock in hot pursuit. In the seco nd BOa : C rnot o Dan iel w ood coc k was seco nd o ff t he line: behi nd Suzukimou n ted Terry Lillie. BUI this rime thing s were a lillie easier for h im as he maintained an ea rl)' lead a nd held it to 'he fini sh . Res ults PIW: t . Kenny Burkholder (Yamt; 2. Tanne r Mathis (Yaml 3. Josh Lustic (Yam) Q..60 AM ; 1. Jarrett Tipping (Kaw l; 2. Eric Waters (Kawl; 3. Bill y Wood (Kaw). 0 -60 NOV: 1. Shawn Beal (Kaw ): 2. Je remy Doctor (Kawl 80 A~ 1. Kenny Yoho (Kaw ) 80 B: t . J acob Fogg (Han); 2. M ika Woodcock (Kawl; 3 J arrett Tipping (Yam) 80 C: 1. Darnel Woodcock (Kaw); 2. Kevin leiberick (Kaw); 3. Danny Scavelli (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. J immy Hopper (Yam); 2. Chri s Wall ace (Yam); 3 _J eff Pankey (Kawl 100 S/ MI NI: 1. Kenny Yoho (Kaw ); 2. M ike W oodcock (Kaw); 3. Matt Bell (Han). 125 A: 1. Donn ie Delgado (Yam). 125 B: 1. Joe Hund sader (Hon ); 2. David Sander son (Hon t; 3. Andy Kelly (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. Tom Pant ley (Honl; 2.Tim Hafke (Kaw l; 3. Steven Parrin o (Kaw ). 125 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Robert Sheppard (Suz); 2. J ay Pankey (Kaw); 3. Stan McKay (SUl) . 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Jason Keene (Kaw ); 2. Roy Pierce (Hon); 3. Eric Harr ison (Han). 250 A: 1. Keeny Keylon (Kaw ); 2. Donni e Delgado (Yam); 3. Fred Van Wag oner (Yam). 250 B: 1. M ike J ones (Kaw) ; 2. M ich ael Oliver (Yam); 3. Mik e Sommervi lle (Kawl . . 250 C: 1. Wesley Shallow (Han); 2. Tom Allen (Ht)n); 3. Mik e Padgett (Han). 250 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Dan iel Al len (Han); 2. Steven Daniels (Han); 3. Scan SmIth (Han). 25 +: 1. Kevin Seidl (Yam); 2. Dave Elli s (Han ); 3. Keith Westbrook (Han) VINT: 1. Tom Bragg (Cz ); 2. Ed Gartin (ya m); 3. Dwa vne Je nt (Kawl. S /SR: 1. Tom Bragg (Han); 2. Charles Lehi ng (Han); 3. Gerald Nuccio (KTM). SR: 1. Tom Bragg (Han); 2. Robert Noa (Hon); 3. Wesley Shallow (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. R~y Hamp shire (Yaml; 2. Steve Stojack (Yam~ 3. Eddie Sanderson {Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. KeIt h Westbrook (Hon); 2. David Berger (Hon); 3. Tommy Str ingf ield (Honl . OPEN MONEY: , . Kenny Keylon (Kaw); 2. Wes Kennum (Yaml; 3. Rid: y Hampsh ire (Yaml . . Robinson rai's to Napa Speedway win By R.C. Jones NAPA ,CA,J ULY I Roc ky Ro binso n won the Scra lch main for the first time in two years a t th e Napa tra ck a n d Sl ammin g Sa m m y H arl a n Bast J r. in heri ted the lea d .a nd vklO Ty wh en J ess Och oa lrit'd o u t [or th e Weslak e LOSS in lh e H andica p main event . Rob inson held o n lO his po le po siti on Ih ro ug h ' urn o ne a her ga ti ng ; Iig ht ly behind Robert Cu rry as the Scratch main started. C u rry d r ift ed o u t i n t he tu r n ' a llo wi ng Robinso n lO han g in lhere and gra b the l ea d ~ as the two streaked into th e nex t co rne r. J oh n Houston Jr. tr ied slippi ng pasl o n dt e inside b U l h is ga te lhree SlaTting poshion Jeft hi m wit h littl e room to wo rk. T he th ree were in a tig h t g ro u p l hro ug ho u t th e fir sl lap and as ' hey ente red 'urn o ne. All Ih ree held firm and Robinso n gai ned so me br ea th in g roo m . Curry was ke:pt b usy by H ou ston, as Rob in son kep, 'he lead for th e four-lap affair. A, ' he fin ish it was Rob ins o n, C urry, H o uslon and Hicks. . J ess Ochoa grabbed 'he lead over Brian Pecore and Vance Felici o in the:- H andicap main even t. As O choa pa ced ' he field. Bast was working h is way u p a nd moved in beh in d O choa o n lap three. With H ou ston rubbing h is fro n t tire on hi s leg, Bast went alter O choa wi th a ven geance. Och oa co u ld hear Bas t a nd grabbed a ha ndfu l o f th ro ttle leaving 'he ' urn. When O ch oa hoo ked up a nd h is fro n t wh ee l came up hi s hand was wrapped so far aro u nd th e throttle tha t he cou ld not let o ff th e gas . By the time O choa figu red o u t wh at was go ing o n it was time for the WesJak e lOSS a nd wi th a mediu m type th ro w Och oa was able to ta ke Out o ne pane l o n the back ch u te. The race was then red nagged and an early end 10 the Iu n. Bast was th e winner with H ou ston second a nd Mart in third. Results SCRATCH: 1. Rocky Robin son (Wesl; 2. Rober1 Curry (W es); 3. John Houston Jr. (Jaw).:4 . Bobby Hicb (W es). HDCP: 1. Haria n Bast Jr . IGdn); 2. Jo h n Houston Jr . (Jawl; 3 . Steve Mart in (Wes); 4 . Vance Felicia (Wes); 5. Brian Pecore (W es). 0 -2 : 1. Bob Collier (J aw ); 2. Gary Rossi (J aw); 3. Mark Squadrito IJa w); 4 . Joh n Grant (Wes). 0 -3 : 1. John Pierce (Wes); 2. Glenn Moore IJa w); 3. Je rome Heiberger (Jaw l; 4 . Marty Mat hews (Ja w). Hannah tops Tichenor at Raceway Park By Rosanne Lukaitis ENG LIS HTO WN , Nj , J U N E 24-25 Bo b H a nna h put o n a spectacular performa nce for his last race at Raceway Park during 'he pr estigio us 4, h Annua l Suzuki New j ersey Stal e Mo tocr oss C hamp ionsh ips . T he two-day even t was sponsored by Suzu ki MOlOr Co rporatio n and local Suz uki dealers. Flori da 's Ron Tichenor gra bbed 'he ho lesho t when the ga te fell on ' he fir st 250cc Ex!":rl mot o. Local racer. Ty Wa llace was ri ght a lo ngs ide T ichenor headi n~ ' he Woodb rid ge Kawasak i steps. Keepi ng an eye to the plu n ge th e o rde r was T iche nor, H an nah, Ray Sornmo , j err y Seip and Wall ace. Feelin g qui te co mfo rta ble o n hi s Suzu ki , 'Tic he nor sta rted to put a litt le spa ce betw een h imself a nd H annah, and by 'he second lap, he wa s ru n ning a five-second lead . LC)Gl1 favored Mickey Kessler mad e h is way th ro ugh 'he pack and set h is sigh ts o n the leader. T iche no r dominat in g ' he lead had H annah trying get hi s act together. T he you nge r Tiche no r was no t lett ing up for a mome nt, Kessler in the mea nt im e, sta rted to p ick off riders and passed thi rd p lace Sommo do wn ' he flagpole straight. So mmo wo u ld no' let Kessler keep h is th ird for lon g. T iche nor a nd H annah started to ge t ca ug h t up wi th lap pers bu t 'he gap d id not dose. Sommo took back th e ' hird p lace spot and Kessler went do wn in lhe flagpo le suaighl cos ti ng him so me: serious ' im e. T ich en or and H an nah had 'he crowd wild . as H an nah sta lled a' ' he bottom o f 'he p lu nge. H e los t no time b ut was unab le lO preve:nt Tichenor fro m ta king the molo wi n. H annah ca me in second. Somma thi rd . Sleve Childress fou rth and Bria n Austi n fifth. Aher a di sappoiming first molO , H anna h reset his bik e and h is lhoughts a nd wa s read y to giv e th e Spec la tofS th e " H u rr ica ne" styJe o f raci ng. Grabb in g 'he holesho ' and ' he lead H a n nah had hi s Suzuki sai ling bu, Tichenor a lso was sel to g ive everyo ne a race lO be reme m bered , as he got righ, beh ind H a nn ah. So m mo and j im Kap i'a n fo llowed ' he leaders up th e sta ircase and in to the back sC Clion. Ov er th e plunge a cha nge in leadns look pl ace as Tic hen or ga ine d th e lead from H an nah. H annah sta n ed 10 pla y psychological games wit h Ti chenor lO make hi m nervou s and per haps break h is co nce n tration. T he co mpeti tion was in tense as the two bOlh eyed th e win . Sommo and Kessler were aga in a t odd s ba ttling for ' h ird. T he ' wo kep t a fierce batt le and mor e th an once ca me over lh e sla rl l fin ish line wi th o n ly o ne wheel separating ' he m and a 25-seco nd lead o ver th e rest o f the pac k. T iche nor mad e lh e mi stak e thal H a n nah was wa il ing for as he wenl down in the first turn an d losl hi s win lO H an nah. Thirty-, wo -year- old Hannah finished first overall in 'he 250cc Ex pert d ass. Second wellt lo Tich en or . Th ird went to So mmo, founh Kessler a nd fifth to Au stin. '0 '0

• Cover