Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

..",-- - - - - - --,--- - - - - - - - - - -,-- - - - ' ... :I: (:l :;) ~ Z w ~ > In ~ o :I: 0.. fifth on lap two when he out-braked Dominici in the finish turn. Kline pressured Young, but th e Suzuki rider held hIS lines a n d took the moto win . Kline was second. Bussey was third, and Matson was fourth. Nel son who h ad been running fourth, clip ped a hay bale in th e last turn and d ro p ped to tenth. Kline had th e quickest clutch hand in th e seco n d mot o , but Young once again u sed th e first turn to gai n th e lead po sition. Bus sey, Ma tson and Dominici ch ased the two leader s. As Young began to pull a way , Bussey rode lik e a man pos sessed and stuc k to Kline's rear fender like g lue. On lap three Bu ssey made h is move, holding it o n a secon d longer than Kline as th ey a p p roached the fro nt j ump. Bu ssey sailed in to secon d p lace . a nd se t his sights on Young. Wi thin o n e lap, Bussey had reel ed Young in a nd began to pressure for th e lead. Just before they reach ed th e ch eck ers, Bussey dove to the in side o f a sli PJX:f1' lef thander and lost hi s front wh eel. This handed Young a n easy mot o victo ry over Kline. Ma tson , and Dominici , Young's perfect score gav e him the o verall , foll owed by Kline in second, a nd Ma tson in th ird. Results PIW: 1. Brandon Morgan (Vaml ; 2. Nick Puccio (Yam); Chris Young (23) gets sideways on his way to a 125cc Pro class victory during Ascot's Friday night MX. Young also topped the 250cc Pro class. With his two most recent wins, Kurt Hall has taken the WERA Formula USA points lead . in the second wave, but by the end of the first lap was up to 14th place. Three laps later Hall shot past the leading trio of Randy Gaddey, Phil Pummell and Marty Mill er. With record lap tim es in the low I:26s, Hall went on to an easy victory. Hall go t hi s normal hol esh ot at th e sta rt of th e F-USA ra ce bu t surp rising ly Mike Smi th led coming out of tum one. Smith was ridi ng a nearly stock GSXRllOO and was definitely at a deficit in the horsep ower department. Smith realized his disadvan tage and was trying to break away with a quick start. It didn't take long for Hall to take over the lead ; a clean pass going into the esses dropped Smith to second. Bray a n d Graves were ri gh t on Smith 's tail but Hall wasn 't waitin g around for them. As the leaders .hit the rising'sweeper in the back section of the track, Hall pulled 20 bikelengths on the others. As he crossed th e start/ fin is h line, he h eld a comma nding two-second lead. Smi th su ccumbed to teammat e Bra y's h orsepow er on th e front straigh t at the end of lap one. Graves, who has perhaps the fastest bike in the series in the form of the Greg Lundy-tuned Suzuki, moved into thi rd on the next lap and was zeroing in on Bray. . Hall turned his record I:25.32 on the second lap and was now prett y mu ch out of reach. Attention focused on the second-p lace ba ttle between Bray and Graves. Bray was just fast enough in the twisty sectio ns of the trac k to hold the horsepo wer-Iadened Suzu ki of Gra ves at bay. T he one place that Graves seemed to have an adva ntage was co mi ng into th e Grattan bowl , a banked, second gear left-hander. Graves had tri ed to snea k under Bray a couple of tim es there and came up just sho rt . . On th e sixt h lap Graves dove under Bray aga in , but thi s tim e when Graves tapped his brakes the front wheel tucked comp letely sideways, and he fought the bike all the way to the edge of the track surface. Nine tim es out o f 10 this type of slide resu lts in a crash. However, with a little skill and a lot of lu ck Graves managed to save it, but not without a cost.' By the time ~ was back up to racing speed Bray was out of reach. Hall breezed to the win and hopes to co n ti n ue his winning strea k. Results . F-USA: 1. Kurt Hall (Yam); 2. Paul Bray (Suz); 3. Chuck Graves (Suz); 4. Mike Smith (Suz); 5. Randy Gaddey (Suz). MICHIGAN GP: 1. Kurt Hall (Yam); 2. Phil Pummell (Hon); 3. Randy Gaddey (Suz); 4. Marty Miller (Suzt 5. Steve Patterson (Yam). A S/BK EX 1. Pascal Picotte (Yamt 2. Phil : Pummell (Hon); 3. Aandy Gaddey (Suz). A S/BK NOV: 1. Tom Wilson (Suz); 2. Jim Pekowsky (Suz); 3. Tim Lampe (Suz). BS/BK EX: 1. Andy Fenwick (Yam); 2. BillyGraff (Yam); 3. Phil Pummell (Hon). B S/BK NOV: 1. AI Hall (Honl; 2. Mike Ruditys (Suz); 3. Doug Sholtly (Hon). ; C S/BK EX: 1. Pascal Picotte (Yam) 2. John Eidenberger (Yam); 3. Dave Deveau (Yam). C S/BK NOV: 1. AI Hall (Hon); 2. Larry Martin (Yam) 3. Jim Kusar (Yam). ; D S/BK EX 1. Steve Patterson (Yam); 2. Jim : Still (Yam) 3. Jeff Vos (Yam) ; . D S/BK NOV: 1. Kirk Reuille (Yam); 2. Jordan Brown (Yam); 3. Greg Hutcheson (Yam). A S/STK: 1. Carl Musat (Suz); 2. Tony Atwater (Suz). B S/STK: 1. Bob Sandy (Kaw) 2. Ken Kosieracki ; (yam); 3. Carl Musat (Suz). . C S/STK: 1. Ken Kosieracki (Yam); 2. Tony La Grene (Yamt 3. Doug Woods (Hon). A PROD EX 1. Vince Bauer (Suz); 2. Jay Denham : (Suz); 3. Bob Hill (Suz). A PROD NOV: 1. Doug Shohy (Hon); 2. Tim Lampe (Suz); 3. Steve Scheibe (Suz). B PROD EX: 1. Vince Bauer (Suz); 2. Keith Merryfield (Hont 3. Bob Lill(Suz). B PROD NOV 1. Doug Sholtly (Hon); 2. Larry : Martin (Yam); 3. Kris Badger (Yam). . C PROD EX: 1. Steve Patterson (Yam); 2. Keith Merryfield (Hon) 3. Brian Lantz (Hon). ; C PROD NOV: 1. Kris Badger (Yam); 2. Larry Martin (Yam) 3. Scott Selerian (Hon). ; o PROD EX: 1. John Durkin (Yam); 2. Eric Smaku la (Yam); 3. Ken Sch iefelbein (Yam). o PROD NOV: 1. Jordan Brown (Yam); 2. Robert DiCelio(Yam) 3. Todd Stanley (Kaw). ; F-2 EX 1. Donn Lewis (Yam); 2. Marty Miller : (Yam); 3. Jeff Vos (RlX). F·2 NOV: 1. Jordan Brown (Yam) 2. Greg ; Hutcheson (Yam); 3. KirkReuille (Yam). F-3 EX: 1. Tom Exinger (Kaw); 2. Ralph Farmer (Hon); 3. Jim Doll(Hon). F-3 NOV: 1. MarkJones (Duc); 2. HeidiSmackula (Duc). CLBMN EX 1. Pat Kenney (Yam); 2. Tom Exinger : (Kaw); 3. Paul Morris (Hon). CLBMN NOV: 1. Steve Heilman (Hon) 2. Carl ; Morris (Hon) 3. Jim Fisher (Hon). ; . WERA Toyota/Dunlop Formula USA load lace Series: lound3 Hall hauls at Pocono LONG POND, PA, J UNE 25 Kurt Hall .ra n away from the field in th e Toyota/Dunlop Formula USA race at Pocon o Intern ation al Raceway's an n ua l Pocono Cycl e J am. Hall, riding the Human Race T eam Yamaha, built up a 33_ 18seco nd margin o f victory o ver Suzuki-mounted Paul Bray of Georgia. Sou th Carolinian Hall avera ged 91.84 mph en rou te to hi s first victory in the newly-formed series. Cali forni an Don Can et , a lso Suzuki mounted, fini shed th ird. Chuck Graves, the Formula USA point standings leader going into the even t, dropped out of the race when he encountered engine problems on the first lap of the 15-lap race. Hall's victory moved him into the series point lead and he headed for the next round at Grattan, Michigan, leading Gni'Ves, 158 to 120, with Team Suzuki Endurance rider Bray third with 90 points. In addition to his victory in the Formula USA race, Hall capped his weekend by winning three other races - A Superbike, B Superbike and B Superstock. He also finished second in the Formula II race which was won by Marty Miller. 3 . M ike Kessell (Yam); 4 . Chr is Fur isso (Yam); 5. Ian 1gercic (Yaml. Sunday's Pocono Formula USA race drew 70 entrants and the threeday Cycle Jam drew 5000 spectators who watched 255 Novice class riders and 177 Expert riders do their thing in Suzuki National Cup Series races and other classes, for double National po ints, on the facility 's combined ova l/road course. With many of the racers entering more than one class, a total of 1010 entries were filed with WERA . Results , F/USA: 1. Kurt Hall (Yamt 2. Paul Bray (Suzt 3. Don Canet (Suz); 4. Britt Turkington (Suzt 5. Marty Miller (Suz); 6. Soan Osowski (Suz); 7. Chris Martone (Suz); 8. David Murray (Suzj; 9. Tim Morrissey (Suz); 1D. Ian Asheley (Suz). . F·2 EX: 1. Marty Miller (Yamt 2. Kurt Hall(Yamt 3. J im Still (Yam) . F-2 NOV: 1. Greg Hutcheson (Yam) 2. Andrew ; zanilinski (Yamt 3. Tom Dinardo (Yam) . A S /STK EX: 1. Paul Bray (Suz); 2. Britt Turkington (Suzt 3. John Marunich (Suz). A PROD EX: 1. Paul Rohall (Yam); 2. Eric Uttlefield (Yamt 3. Tony Montenegro (Yam). B PROD NOV 1. Tom Stiller (Suz);2. Greg Moore : (Suz); 3. Tim Rabe (Suz). CLBMN EX: 1. Keith Wakefield (Hont 2. Bill Cerdell (Yam) 3. Rich Graver (Suz). ; CLBMN NOV: 1. Bayard Michael (Yam); 2. William Lantz Jr. (yam); 3. Charles Hess (Hon). ; C S /STK EX: 1. Joe Ribeiro (Hon) 2. Mark Christie (Yam) 3. Bruce Baldus (Suz). ; C PROD EX: 1. Steve Patterson (Yam): 2. Sam Wardrip (Yam): 3. Keith Merry (Hon). B S/STK: 1. Kurt Hall (Suz); 2. Chuck Graves (Suz): 3. Chris Martone (Suz). B PROD: 1. Matt Willacker (Kaw); 2. Ron Nardello (Suz): 3. Gary Greenholt (Yam). VINT 2: 1. David Paller (BSA) 2. Gary McCaw ; (Duc); 3. Jake Cove (Duc). VINT 4: 1. Pat Moroney (H-D); 2. Michael Tiberio; 3. Jesse Morris (Tri). " C S/BK NOV: 1. Brian Miller (Yam); 2. David Ross (Yam) 3. Pat Moroney (Yam) ; . ; C S/SB EX: 1. Fabian Cortez (Yam) 2. Marty Miller (Suz); 3. David Murray (Yam) . o PROD NOV 1. Chester Diem (Yam) 2. Jack : : Kapinos (Yamt; 3. Thomas Dinardo. o PROD EX: 1. J im Still (yam): 2. Matthew Winnaker (Yam); 3. David Nuner (Yam). F-3 EX: 1. Ch ip Carleton (Hon); 2 . David Haldeman (Hon) 3. AI Lain Hart (MBA). ; F-3 NOV: 1. C. Schramm (Kaw); 2. AI Clawson (Hon) 3. Bob Georghntzias (Kaw) ; . A PROD NOV: 1. Bill Thomas (Suzt 2. Anthony Arden (Yam) 3. Curtis Talbert (Yam) ; . o S/BK EX: 1. Robert Von Nessen (Yam); 2. Jim Still (Yam) 3. Fabian Cortez (Yam). ; o S/BK NOV: 1. Tom Dinardo (Yam); 2. Andrew Zawilinski (Yamt 3. Greg Hutcheson (Yam). A S/BK EX 1. Kurt Hall (Yam~ 2. Don Canet : (Suz); 3. Anthony Breon (Suz). A S/BK NOV: 1. Steve Broadstreet(Suz); 2. Chris Reiner (Hon) 3. Jeff Taylor(Suz). ; B S/BK EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Suz): 2. Chris Martone (Suz); 3. Fabian Cortez (Yam). VlNT 3: 1. Jake Coye(Kaw) 2. Bruce Egan (Hon) ; ; 3. Tom Diettorre (Kaw). VlNT 5: 1. Jesse Morris ITri); 2. Robert Smith ITri); 3. Tim Richards (Suz). B S/BK NOV: 1. Chris Reiner (Hon); 2. William Hausler (Suzt 3. James Leslie (Hon). Young tops Ascot MX By Donn Maeda G ARDENA, CA , J ULY 14 Chris Young cla imed the 250cc Pro class win during th e seco nd round o f th e Dod ge T rucks CMC Summer Series at Ascot Park after postin g a perfect I-I score. . Kevin Bussey grabbed th e hol esh ot in moto number one , but Young out-powered him while exi ting the firs t tum. The lead pa ir was sh ad owed by Jon Nelson, T im Dominici . and Bob Klin e. Kline was o n th e ga s, a nd flew by Domini ci a n d Nel son in th e j umps following the start to take over third place. Klin e moved into the seco nd spo t when h e dove to th e in side o f Bu ssey in a tig h t lef thander. Meanwhile, Dean Matson was recoveri ng from a bad start a n d began to pressure Dominici for fifth pl ace. Ma tson took over 60 10·8) : 1. Riginald M itchell (Kaw ); 2. Chr is MeNan (Kaw); 3. Chris Panik (Kawl; 4 . Brian Morgan (Kawl: 5. Micheal Morton (Suz). 60 (9-11): 1. Jaaon Shirey (Kawl; 2. Paul ito (Kaw); 3. Jason Dan iels (Vaml : 4 . Shawn Perolio (kewl: 5. Cory Seivers (Kawl. 80 BEG 0 -1: 1. Dylan McConnel CSuz) 2. Eddie Chavez ; (Han): 3. Montie Micheal (Suz): 4 . Grant Phillips (Kaw); 5. Erik Baskett (Kawl. 80 BEG 0~2 : 1. William Jackson (SCRI; 2. Shawn Perolio (Kaw) ; 3. Dam ian Loudd (Honl ; 4 . Robert Larsen (Han) ; 5. Ryan Cameron (Kawl. 80 JR :' 1. Ty Cady (Kaw) ; 2 . Jeff Willoh (Kaw) ; 3. Aaron Wenstrup (Suz); 4 . Joey Curtis (Han); 5. Jason DePano (Han ). • 80 INT: 1. Jeff Lewis (Suzl : 2. Steve Hengevera (Kaw); 3. Ti m Stanfenbeil (Han ); 4 . Br ian Teets IKaw); 5. Jason Carrol (Hon) . 80 OPEN: 1. Jason Sh irey (Yam): 2 . Pau l Ito (Kaw); 3. Travi s Preston (Kaw l; 4. Reginald M itchell (Kaw ); 5. Mart Spa rts (Kawl. 80 EX: 1. Craig Deck er (5uz); 2 . Damo n Huffman (5 uz). BIG WH L: 1. Chr is Borge s (l(aw); 2 . Tim Santana (Kaw). ADULT M INI:. 1. Br ian Nail (Suzt: 2. Bill Boyce (Hon) : 3. M icheal Rossi ( Kaw~ 4 . Chuck Vr eeland (Han). 125 BEG 0 ·1: 1. Bobby Van surksum (Suz); 2. Jason Thomas (Yam); 3. Tommy thomas (Yam); 4. Dav id Nickols (Kaw); 5 . Mario Cano (Hon l. 125 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Keno Deary ('::-w); 2. Tim Welch (BSA ); 3. Eric Boon sua (Han ); 4. Mario Wh it tock (Kaw); 5 . Rodney Peterson (Yam). 125 JR 0 -1 : 1. Sam Hawtey (suzl; 2. Donny Mclaughlin (Han); 3. J eff Brownlee (sut) ; 4. Robert Kong (Han): 5. Raben Muckelroy (Hon ). . 12 5 J R 0-2: 1. Danny Fon teyn (Kew ); 2. Joe DePano (Kaw); 3. Kart Fernandez (SCR); 4. Brandon Mastroppilito (Hon); 5. Bruce Delgado (Hon) . : 125 INT 1. Danny Barnett (s uzl 2 . Scotty Takacs (SCR); 3 . Kenny Maddux (Suz ); 4 . Eric Chavi ra (Hon); 5 . Br ian Nail (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Chr is Young (Suz); 2. Dean Matson (Suz); 3 . Jon Nelson (Suz); 4 . Subba Erickson (tag); 5 . Kevin Bussey (Yam l. 250 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Mat Bateman (Yam): 2. Jim Williams (Kaw); 3 . Robert Bart en (Yam); 4 . Chr is Anderson (Yam ); 5 . Joe Ham mer (Kaw l. 250 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Chri$ Shipman (Yam ); 2 . Mart Fields (Yam ); 3. Skip Early (Han ); 4 . Boa Malich (Han ); 5. Darren Rivers (Han) . 250 JR : 1. Guy Giffen (SOl ); 2 . Tony Seckman (Han ); 3. Earl Cole (Yam); 4 . Danny Pacheco (Hon ); 5 . Nick Santana (Han). 250 INT: 1. Doug Bowers (Han ); 2. Chr is Ridgeway (Kaw); 3. Kevin lopa (Han); 4. Stev en Katajarvi (Kaw) ; 5 . Jeff Fine (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Chr is Young (SOl ); 2 . Bob Kline (Honl; 3 . Dean Matson (Suz); 4 . J im Dom in ici (Han); 6. Shawn Wynne (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Marcu s Garden (Han): 2. Scott Hoffman (Han); 3 . Gregfory Davis (Hon); 4 . Francis Ganance (Ma i); 5 . Jamie Morton (Han) . 500 JR : 1. er ic Clemson (Hon); 2 . Bryan Hansen (Han); 3 . Jack landers (Han ); 4 , Fred Homm el (Han); 5. Donald . Passana t tHon) . 500 PRO: 1. Eddie Hick s (KTMI ; 2 . Greg Zitterkopf (ATK ); 2. Carl Galafy (Honl ; 3. Cra ig Hoffmeister (HaN). UTH JR : 1. Randy Ross (Han); 2. Kar l Fernandez (SCR); 3 . Bill Scott (Yam); 4 . Robert Muckelroy (Han); 5 . Frank Horton (Han) . UTH INT: 1. Jerry Jetton lsuzl; 2 . Bob Nunez (Han); 3 . David Halverson (Hon ). VET J R: 1. J im Sten tz (Yam); 2. Randy Skinner (Suz); 3 . Tim Will iam s (Kaw ); 4 . Bob Sullivan (Han); 5. Brad Anderson IKaw) . VET INT: 1. Brad Sloan (Honl ; 2 . Larry Forbi s (S Ul ); 3. Sret Leef (Han ); 4 . Bill Wingerning (Han ); 5. Gordon Th ul emeyer (Hon). • VET MSTR : 1. Bob Tippit (Cag); 2. Br ad Sielec (A TIC 3 . ); Ti m Ma rs h (Honl. VET PRO: 1. Rex Stat en (Yam ); 2. Rick Johnson (Han); 3 . Ca,1Gazafy (Hont 4 . Bob Stepheson (Honl. OT JR : 1. Vasek Ulrich (Han ); 2 . Rob lytle (Han); 3 . Gary streuler (Ha n). Chaplin catches win at Perris GP By Ruth Roberts P ERRIS, CA , J U N E 25 Gary Chaplin a n d Kurt Pfeiffer battled in th e Open Ex pert class during SRA's G ra nd Prix a t Goat Brekers ' Perri s Racewa y. With an excitin g sta rt th at saw a p p ro xima tely 10 riders rollidi n gd in th e first turn, Chaplin and Pfeiffer avoided the co llisio n a nd fought hard to maintain their lead durin g the race. After th e pileup Chaplin, Randy Morales and Pfeiffer ch a n ged guite a few ti mes . Pfeiffer moved out int o hrst , leading until th e last few laps of the race. Chaplin saw his chance and Wtth only tw o laps to go made a smooth move to capture the lead. Pfeiffer fought hard to regain first but had to be satisfied wi!h second. "I'm not su re how th e pileft'p h appened, " said Pfeiffer , " all I know is I saw a n opening, charged for it, avoided Adams a n d kept c ha r g m g. " Craig Adams g o t untangled and a tte m p ted to charge out even with dutch and brakin g problems resulting from th e co llisio n. He finished in the top five. With th e Open race before lunch and the Vets race after, Craig Adams was given a sh ort rest aher the problems in the first turn. The Vets rac e saw Ron Haase and T racy Hrach fighting for first place. Hrach passed Haase

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