Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

The 125cc EXJX71 cla ss sta rted with J im Mcil vaine: shooting o ut o l th e ga te on hi s Yamaha to tak e th e h ol eshot. H ow e ver , Suzukis were running h OI as Barr y Carsten and Steve C hi ld ress look o ver th e top two spots heading in to the back section. Carste n and Ch ildres s battl ed for the lead, side by side over the pl un ge, but Carsten still held a slig ht margin. Carlo Coen holding onto third was ge nins: so me preSSUTr from srill another Suzuki-mou nted racer. Brian Au stin. In th e m eanti m e, Childress we n t down in the Ilagpole straight sectio n of th e track, lost some tim e bill still held Onto seco nd . Wh en th e checkered flag lell o n the fir st moro , i. was Carsten. Ch ild ress, Coen. Au stin a nd Brian C arroll, Coe n took the earlv lead in the linal 125", moto. Cars ten kept 'rig ht o n h is back tire. waiting for th e o ppo rtu nity to mak e a pa ss, TIl cre was a lot of di cin g Ior -pos itio ns a nd Carsten mad e his move o n Coen right aft er the steps . The heal ed battle was o n a nd as the leaders head ed for the su pe rcross section . Coen too k back th e lea d a nd held it to th e end. \Vilh a 1·2 sco re, howev er . Carsten prevailed. Coen too k secon d . Childress third. Ed 11.10 lo urt h and Carro ll fifth . O'l 00 - O'l ...... Results 125 NOV A: 1. Jason Corzine (Kaw); 2. Ralp h Delanzo (Hon); 3. Darr en Mclaughlin lKaw ), 125 NOV 8 : 1. Mark Constan tino (5 uz); 2. Kevin Baby (SUI); 3. Jason Durh am ISuz). 125 NOV C: 1. Gary Squ ier lSuz); 2. Dan Gerbenh lSu z); 3. Mike Daddio (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Mickey Kessler (Kaw ); 2. Jim Kapit an (Han ); 3. J erry Seip (Hon). ADV SR AM : 1. Ant hony Chicar elli (Kaw); 2 , Frank Lett ier i (S UI ); 3. Jame s Henshaw (Kaw ). OPEN AM : 1. Charles Colli ns (Hon); 2. Carl W eiss (Kaw ); 3. Bob Mikul ski (Han) 14 & 15: 1. Lee Rost ien (Hon); 2, Danny Gold en (Kaw); 3. Tom Ulikows ki (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Hank Mooree (Kaw ); 2. Brett Ma rcia (Kaw ); 3. J im Cusson (Honl. S/ 5R : 1. Jo hn Didom enico (Kawt; 2. Don Heider (SUI ); 3. George Denke (Suz). 250 NOV: t . James Chl udliask i (Vam); 2 . Carl Otero (Hon l; 3. Adam DaVIS(Honl . 125 EX: 1. Barry Carsten (Sull; 2. Cark) Coon (SUI ); 3 Stev ie Ch ildr ess (Suz). SR EX: 1. Jay Irwin (Hon ); 2. Wayn e Roseman; 3. Lee Rostien . 250 EX.: 1. Bob Hannah (Suz): 2 . Ron Tichenor (SUI ); 3. Ray Sommo (Su zl. 10 ' 11: '1. Newt on Sw aN (Suz); 2. Don Opdyke (Swl; 3. W illi am Snook (Yam). 12 , 13: 1. Chris Or mc fSuz): 2. W ayne Scon lHon ); • 3. Anuti Stoul (Mon) 125 AM : 1 . VICtOl" Rivas fSw);: 2. Hank Mooree (Kaw l;; 3 . Bruce Catkin (Kaw). Winner Jason Fletcher (1 4 U) leads t he J unior fi nal event at Barbar a Fritchie Half M ile in Maryland. bot h Tan into them. wi th Woods' cha in ge tting knoc ked o IL In add ition to heat posi t io ni ng, tim e trials were also used 10 set a specia l $1000 "S mi tty's Cha llenge" opened to th e live fastest 750 Harlev-mounred Experts. The race was in mernorv of lo ng time Har ley deal er simr.ly kn own as Smi tty, who passed awa y j ust a rer thi s race las t year. Farris grabbed th e lead lrorn Roeder , Tex ter a nd Davis. On th e third lap , Fa rris fell coming o ut of the fou rth turn, bringing o ut t he red lIag . O n th e thr ee lap sprint restart , Farri s took over second behi nd Roed er by the third tu rn , but co uld n' t ge t by the young expert on the Heyser 's Cycle machi ne, th at carried Steve Morehead 10 the las t two wins her e. Results PRO· A M : 1. Scan Sehl (H-O); 2. M ike Klopp (H-O); 3. Thom as Danfe le (WoR); 4. Harold Hilla rd (W -R); 5. .Jess Fletcher, Sehl head Barbara Fritchie HM By Len Breech FREDERiCK, MD, JU LY 4 Both J ason Fletch er a nd Sco u Seh l are sta rti ng to mak e a hab it 01 winnin g Eastern hol ida y races. as bo th repealed their York Memorial Day class win s wi th a nother wi n 31 th e 67th Annual Barbara Fr i rc hie C lassic. with Fletch er again topping Brian Tillson lo r the Jun ior win and Seh l lig h ti ng Mi ke Klo p p lor th e Pro-Am victory . The Experts go t in three laps of th eir fin al, befor e Mike Scott lell in th e thi rd turn, a nd within minutes, th e darkenin g clouds brought a brief , hard shower. A lew m inutes aft er it stopped, vario us veh icles tried 10 wh eel pa ck th e soggy tra ck, but aft er 45 minutes, and very lillI e improvement. it wa s decided to ca ll th e event , pay ing th e Experts Irom their start ing pos itio ns lor th e lin a l. By th is tim e il had started to ra in lightl y again , a nd within m inules. th e place was dr en ch ed. By virtue 01hi s last heal lim e, Rodney " HOI Rod " Farris took th e win o n hi s Harl ey. . In the three laps th at were ru n , Farris had started o ut wilh a lO·yard lead and pulled away from Randy Texter, Mart in La Voie and th en Crai !l Estell e. Fo r Far ri s, it was hi s th ir d win here In th e lasl six years . Pro-Am Scra lch he-"ts went 10 Mike Klo p p a nd Sehl, while Seh l and J ess Roed er look Ihe semis . Roed er was the leader as th e field roared do wn th e back str igh t with Seh l, " Klo pp an d Thomas Daniel e. O n the nexI lap, Roeder dropped to lo urth with a sp uuering machine tha t slipped to a dhta nf lo urth by the end. Sehl slipped into Ihe lead wilh Klop p slayi ng with him lor Ihe early laps. As Seh l stalled 10 pull awav. Daniele moved up to cha ll enge Klo p p (or second arou nd th e seventh lap, bUI Klo pp got back o n il and secured his place. In the closing laps, lasl year's Pro-Am wi nner , Harol d H ill ard mo ved up to pressure Daniele fo r thi rd. As wit h York, Jason Fletch er a nd Brian Tillson led th e Juniors in time tria ls. Scott Mohan battled Fle tcher lo r Ihe wi n in th e o pe ni ng heat w hile Tillson had an easy time winning his, with Lew Woods la ki ng second o n the last lap lrom Ken Dahl in . At the wa ving 01the gree n flag, T illson , Moh an a nd Fletc her j umped in lront 01 th e field. Fletch er and Moh an uaded seco nd severa l tim es. wh ile a heat ed race·long ba tt le for th e nex i spot was sha p ing up betw een David Reeves, Woods and Varn es. On the lourth lap, Moh an cl ipped a hay bal e co mi ng off Ihe seco nd tu rn . ja mmi ng his bra ke peda l. J ust pa SI half way. Fletch er took Ihe lead as th ey ca me 011 the second turn, wh ile Reeves a nd Woods and Reeves were en ga ged in their heated ba ttle lo r third. Abo ut Ih ree la ps lro m th e end, Ti llson go t a litt le high coming o rl th e seco nd tu rn and knocked a few hay bal es on th e tra ck on this somewhal narro w trac k. The lield avo ided th is lor two laps, bu t as Woods p ulled a lo ngsi de Reeves lor third on Ihe lasl lap , they 60 19·11): 1. Ja son Shirey (Kaw ); 2. Andy Gregg (Kew); 3. J erry Harvey (KiwI. 50 : 1. Bill y Gross (Yam): 2. Daniel Van Dyke (Vam); 3 Darren Riddiough (Yam). 80 BEG 0 -1 : 1. Bren Klin ger {Kawl; 2. Ad am Hawk ins (Kaw): 3 . Jason Shirey (Kaw ). 80 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Klinger (Kaw ); 2. DaVid Retzelott (Kaw l; 3. Tim CampbeIl IKaw ), • . 125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Andrew Cabato (Suzl; 2. Greg Nor m (Honl; 3. David Ball (Kaw). 125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Ja mes Faulkner (Vam); 2. Robert Pecrnes (~~~ 3R~'~~rg~~~r(~yOrn~n); 2. Matt King (Kaw l. 250 BEG 0 · 1; 1. Brad Dtckson (Han ); 2. Andr ew M ynan (Han); 3. Mark J ensen (Yaml . 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Jan Opper man (Yam); 2. Tim Weberhng IHon); 3 . Charlie King (Vam) 250JA 0 · 1: 1. Daffln Gra vlet (Vam); 2. Ene Duerly IHon ); 3. Dan All en IKawl. 250 JR 0 -2; 1. Gravle t (Yaml; 2. Gus Berquist lKaw); 3 . Stacey Rowe (Han) 500 BEG: 1. Mike Lew is (Yam): 2 . Glen BrICkey IKaw ); 3 . Jim M oe (Hon) 500 JR: 1. Robert Austin (Hon ). VET JR; 1. Tim Ketcham (Hon ): 2. John Mad rid (Suz); 3. Mi tch Syfve (Han) Roede r (H·O ) JR; 1. Jason Fielcher (W·R ); 2. Brian Tillson (W -R); 3. David Reeves (H· O); 4 . M ike Vl mea (Hon ); 5. Kenny Dahli n (W· R). SMITTY'S CHAL: 1 . Geor;e Roder (H-Ol;; 2. Rodney Farris (H· D); 3. Wi ll Davil (H-D): 4. Randy Texter IH-D); 5. Mart in Lavoie (H-O). EX; 1. Rodney Farr is (H· Ok;2. W ill Oevis(H ·D ); 3. George Roeder (H·D I: 4. Manin laVoie (H-Dl;; 5. Craig Este lle (H- 0 ). Crumb claims Sacto Pro Motocross win By Nuklear Neukam SACRAMENTO. CA, JU NE 30 Ray Crumb cla im ed th e victory in the 250rc Pro class at the Frid ay ni~ h l Sacra me nto Raceway CMC Championsh.p MX by win nin g b

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