Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

" s ~ ~ 0 u iii 0 en ..J w -c ::E 0 « ., 1= >- 0 al U en a >fal a :x: a 11. f- a :x: 11. O"l 00 O"l ......... c-r ..... CI:J ~ eo ~ ~ Dennis Hawthorne (1) and Terry Tinney (94) battled for the win in the Pro class at Mosier Valley with Hawthorne coming away with the victory. Kopecky (spo nsored by Trick Racin g Fuel, Bell Ray, Arai , T on y Smit h Raci ng, ICRT Micheli n and SuperTrapp) , Pa ul Vogel and Clinton Whiteh ou se, a ll three rid in g 750cc Suzukis, battling hard. Unfort u nately, Wh itehou se lost contro l of hi s bike around the middle of the race, leaving Kopec ky and Vogel in contention for m ini. .On the fifth lap , Toland ma naged to ease by Burke in turn one, stea ling his lead. The back straightaway had T oland break in g away from Burke, bu t Burke did n't like tha t one bit and p ushed it hard, erasi ng the distance between th em a nd starting to cha llenge Toland for hi s lost position. Up towards the turn five Budweiser Balcony, Burk e closed the doo r on T ol and and regai ned his first pos ition. Toland, havin g enjoyed the view from the fron t, wasn't abou t to give up and stayed with Bur ke for the rest of the race, hop in g to get a second cha nce for the lead. Meanwhil e, third-p laced Kopecky ha d a mishap wh en he broke too ha rd goin g into tum one, and Vogel had no trouble passing him on the insid e. Kopecky started failing back and Vogel pulled away . " I was j ust following you around. waiti ng for you to make a mistake," said Vogel to Kopecky, later. " I noticed you were po inting a t your bike and you left a big hole, so I took it. " On the last lap of the l2-lap sprint race, Burke crossed the lin e first, soli di fying his second win in a ro w in th e Formula One series . T oland came across for second, Vogel third and Kopecky fourth. T oland had thi s to say: " We had a rea l good ride. Barry rode real hard. The front end of my bike kept comi ng loose so I rode safe." " Kenny sli p ped a gear a t the beginning and that help a lot ," said Burke. "The bike is handling real well and my tir es worked fin e throughou t." Results • F-1 : 1. Barry Burk e (Yam); 2. Doug Toland ISuz); 3. Paul Vogel (5 uz); 4. Kenny Kopedcy (Suz); 5. Br ian Bernard (SUl). F·2 : t . Nick lenatsch (Yam); 2. Kent Kun itsugu (Yaml; 3. Kurt Heppe (Yam); 4. Steven Rodden (Yam); 5. Dave Koshkin en (lCawl. F-3 : 1. Thom as Dah l (Hon); 2. Kevin Murray (Hon); 3. Marte Nolen; 4 . A lberto Gonzale. (Hon); 5. Kevin Smith (Kawl. F-SGl.; 1. Nick lenelsch (Yam); 2. Thomas Dahl (Hon); 3. Andy Mittoh (Yam); 4 . Greg Law (Hon); 5 . Kevin Johnson (Yam). 450 NOV: 1. Scott Bolton; 2. Keith Moreland; 3. Robert Armstrong; 4 . Ed Allred; 5 . Ch ip Wh itche r.· 600 NOV: 1. M ehael Spephen a; 2. Brian Sato ; 3 . Martin Bertowski; 4 . Ross Hahn ; 5 . Craig Barter. OPEN NOV: 1. Robert M iller; 2. Troy Regier; 3. Ja me Mia l; 4 . Jam es Tsusaki; 5. John Mo rena . 400 MOD PROD: 1. Greg Mazzola; 2. Eddie Brush (Yamt . 3. Patrick Murray (Yam); • . Hirosh i Nakaj ima (Yam); 5. M ichael Hughes (Yam). 500 MOO PROD: 1. Morgan Seim (Hon); 2 . Mike OrsoJon ("-w); 3. Eric Sherre r (Yam). 600 MOO PROO: 1. Nick le natsc h (Yam); 2. Kent Kun itsugu (Yam); 3 . Alan Sm ith (Yam); 4 . Sarosh Hanbuntrong (Yem); 5. Hank Raney (Yam•. 750-PlUS MOO PROO 1. Gnov B _ " (Suzt 2. Ken : t' Reynolds (Suz); 3. Chr is Gan im ian (Suz); 4 . Steve Elmore (Suz); 5. Joe Ar ia. (Suz). 400 S/ST: 1. Nick lenatsch (Yam); 2. Dale Kieff er (Yam); 3. Stephe Rodden; 4. Andre Castanos (yam); 5 . Eddie Brush (Yam). 500 S/ST: 1. Jim Malovin (Yam ): 2. Wa h Holder (Yam); 3. Jason Pereire (Kaw) ; 4 . John Thorton; 5. Morgan Seim (Honl. 600 51ST : 1. Nick lena t sch (Vam); 2. Kent Kun isugu (Yam); 3. Tom Aqu ino (Yam); 4. Dale Kieffer (Yam); 5. Kurt Heppe (Yaml. 750 51ST: 1. Barry Burke (Yaml; 2. Kenny Kopecky (Suz): 3 . Paul Vogel (Suz); 4. Dale Kieffer (Yam); 5. Greg Blackwell (Suzl. OPEN 5 1ST: 1. Doug Toland « (Suzl; 2. Lee Shi erts (Suzl; 3. Clinton Whitehouse (Suzl; 5. John Livings (Suz). 400 STK PROO: 1. Patrick Murray (Vam); 2. Eddie Brus h (Yam); 3 . Hirosh i Nakajima (Yam); 4 . Leo Kirsehner (Yaml; ~~a;~ ~~D~r1~1~ S~ith S. (Yam); 2. Steven Mikolas (Hon); 3. Raymond Halh cock (Yam I; 4 . War ren Gould (Yam); 5. Hank Raney (Yaml . 750 STK PROD; 1. Si eve Gonzales (Suz); 2. Bruce Tebo (Suz); 3, Shawn Leipold (Suz); 4 . Tim Pennell; 5. Tom Christ ian (Suzl . BaTT VW: 1. Jason Rereir a (Kaw); 2. Andy Milton (Yam); 3. Mike McClu rg (Yaml; 4 . Kevin Joh nson (Yam); 5. Mark. Nolan. BaTT HIW: 1. Gary Mansfield (Due); 2. M ick O'Field (Duct 3. Eron Flory (BMW). BOTT VlNT: t. Eran Flory (BMW); 2. Dann y Farnsworth (D ue). 600 SGL: 1. Ntck lenauch (Yam); 2. Andy M ilton (Yaml; 3. Greg uw(YamJ;4. Kev;n Johnson (Yam); 5. Eric Sherrer (Yam). 50 51ST :1. Kevin Murray (Kaw); 2. Lynda Donova n(Yam); Thi rd D iv isio n speedw ay rider Tawa Jeffrey heads f or t he wall at Speedway USA, J effrey destroyed the bi ke in t he crash but was uninj ured . . 3. Dian a Williams (Yaml . BO 5 1ST : 1. Darcy Decoste (Kawl; 2. Scott Fabbro. Hawthorne masters .Mosier Valley MX EU LESS, TX, J U NE zs Den nis H awthorn e overcame a ha rd-charging Terry Tiney to capture two mota victo ries for the overa ll win in Pro class ' action at Mosier Valley Motocross Par k. In the first moto , Tin ney grabbed the ho leshot ahead of Cla y H oen sh ell a nd Hawthorne lor the ear ly lead. O n the secon d la p Hoens hel l block-pa ssed his way past T mney in the chicane and too k over the lead. O n the next lap Tinney pu lled next to Hoen sh ell in a whoops sectio n a nd took the lead when Hoen sh ell clipped a tire on the inside of the track a nd fell. H awth orn e the n used the open track to catch Tin ney mid way through the moto. The two Kawasaki riders blitzed the track a nd built a lead tha t too k them lar in fron t of the rest of the pack. T inney mai ntai ned his lead throug h the entire moto until, in the las t tum before the checkers , the two riders collided and Tinney was sent into the fen ce, H aw th orn e then took the ch eckered llag un contested. Tinney man aged to hang onto secon d while Roy Sche llen berg er ro unded out the top th ree. - In th e second mo to , Sam my Wh i te ' s Ka wa saki C it y/LCS/Ans wer /Jeff Lo n g Graphics-spon sored H a wthorn e led Irom wire-to-wire as T inney remained on h is rear fend er lrom start to finish. O nce again Roy Schellen berger fin ished third. In the Combined Intermediate class David Widmer put in hi s last ride befor e turning pr o a nd proved that he is ready to move up. In the first mo ta, Widmer su ffered a poor sta rt that left him midpack in the openi ng laps. Kent Eliff held the early lead ahea d of Dennis McCoy, J r. as Wid mer bega n his charge th rough the pack. By the mid way po in t Widm er had moved into th ird place a nd soo n pa ssed McCoy. With two laps rema ining Wid mer set up and passed Eli ff, and from there it was Widm er 's race as the Den ton Ya maha rider easily held the lead to take the first-mote victory. In the second moto Widmer gra bbed the holeshot and never looked back, taking the second mo ta and overa ll victory in convi nci ng style. Scott Moran cha rged from a poor start to claim second ahead o[Eliff, whose 2-3 moto scores were good eno ug h for second overa ll. Tony Smith was third overa ll with 4-4 moto finis hes. In the 125cc Novice class Doug G ill put his Ted Edward's Kawasaki /PJI -sponsored H on da in the winner's circle with victor ies in bo th motos. Behind Gill, Larty Massey worked his way throu gh the pack in both motos after sufferi ng from poor starts to 2~ 3 moto scores and second overa ll. Roundin g ou t the top three was Casey Osborne, who finished second in the second mota after a seventh- place sho wing in the first ro und. Results 5O{FUTUREPROS): 1. Ma tt Davis (MM); 2. Gabrie l Molina (MM) ; 3. Dusty Founta in (Yam); 4 . Ju stin Sates (y aml: 5. Paul Leist (Yaml . 60 : 1. Joe Mcintyre (Kaw) ; 2. Aaron Seldon (Kawl; 3. Scotty Spencer (Kawl; 4. Anthony Garc ia (Kaw ); 5. Man Davis (Kawl. BO BEG: 1. Cory Watson (Hon); 2. Greg Duvall (Kawl; 3. Brad Dean (Kaw ); 4 . Ron Jones (Yaml: 5. David Absh ire (Hon). .BO NOV: 1, Joey Pratt (Kawl; 2. Chr is Young (Kaw) ; 3 . Jason Narramore (Yam ); 4. Man Goleman (Suz); 5. J .J. Spence r (Kaw). OVER 25 : 1. Ma,* Lamb (Hon); 2. Greg Franks (Honl : 3 . Dave Pellham (yaml; 4. Jerry Hill (Suzl. OPEN NOV: 1. David Widmar (Hon); 2. Greg Franks (Hon t 3. Jeff Douglas (KTM); 4. Kurt Sears (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. J eff Deas (Kawl; 2. David Ramey (Yaml; 3. Kent Barnett (Yam); 4 . Brad Haydicky(Suz); 5. Ron Stan ley (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Kenn y Long (Suz); 2. Raymond Otten (Honl ; 3. Ron Goodwin (Kaw l; 4. Lance Sewell (Hon); 5. Jo hn Fisher (Hon). OVER 30: 1. Hazan Sm ith (Hon); 2. Sean Kraack IKaw ); 3. Steve Rich (Yam): 4 . Randy Tinney (Honl : 5. J eff Haney (Honl . OVER 30 EX: 1. Raymond On en (Hon); 2. Jerry Hill (Suz); 3. Steve McCombs (Yam); 4 . Gordon Rice (Kaw); 5. Harvey Higdon (Honl. OVER 21 250 BEG: 1. David Schaef er (Yam): 2. Eric Palmgren (Hon); 3. Bruce Ties (Kaw); 4 . Jam es Hugh es (Yam); 5. Tom Bales (Yam). . OVER 2 1 125 BEG: 1. Albert Doty (Kaw ); 2. Leonard Bollman (Yam); 3 . Todd Webster ISuz); 4. Wil son W hin (Kaw ); 5. Bobby Brewer (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Allen Davis (yam) ; 2. Danny Heard (Suz); 3 . Tracey Hayes (Hon); 4 . Chad Crawford (Hon); 5. Randy Cook (Kawl. . 125 NOV: 1. Doug Gill (Hon); 2. Larey Massey (Yam); . 3. easey Osborne (Kaw); 4 . Silly Sell (Hon ); 5 . Lann y Cox ( Kaw~ COMB INT: 1. David Widmer (Yam); 2. Kent Ell iff (Hon); 3. Troy Sm it h (Hon ); 4 . Denn~ MccCoy Jr . (Han); 5 . Sean Moran (Hon). COMS EX: 1. Dennis Hawthorne (l(aw); 2. TerTYTinney (Kaw); 3 . Roy Schellenberger (Ka w ); 4 . Clay Hoen shell (Suz); 5. Mark.Fill er (Kew). 80 OPEN: 1. J eny Hill Jr . (SUl); 2. Casey McCork le (K.a ). w Duprey performs at Firebird RR By Na omi Bo urne CHANDLER , AZ, J U NE 24 Dave Du prey, the W8:W Racin g T eam 01 Will ie Adams and J eff Wilson , and Jim Cox performed expe rtly on the dimly -lit tra ck at Firebird Racewa y's first su mmer night race. The races were mu ch sho rtened, du e to an un expected midnight curfew, whi ch for ced the lOOkm so lo endura nce race to a 50-mi n ute timed event, and the normal IS-lap sprint races were shortened to 12 laps. Duprey, sponsored ' by Honda-Suzuki of Tucso n/ MetzeIer/ Klotz/ L ockhart / AG V/ G S Racin g, took the checkered flag in bo th the H eavyweight Su pers po rt and H eavrweigh t Superbike races. Duprey rode a hel -bound battle against second-place Brian BJan gsted in the Heavyweight Su persport race, then man a ged a runawa y first place over W8:W Racin g's J eff Wilson in the H eavyweigh t Su per bike race. W8:W's other half , Willi e Adams, sponso red by AV Center/East Side Perfor man ce, won th e solo end ura nce race GTO division on a mod ified Suzuki 750. Adam s' mach ine turned into a rocket on the stra ig hts, h is tires slipping as he accelera ted out of the tower tu m . T ric k/ Avo n /S.T.A.R.l Maier/ J8:D Racing/Cycle Tune/ Motul/ Dyno jet-sponso red J im Cox fin ished first in the GT U class, and second overall beh ind Adams, in the solo end ura nce ra ce. Cox ove rca me th e extra hand icap of sta rti ng in a poor grid location . La ter in the n ight, Cox returned to easi ly win the Midd leweig h t GP race, wit h Joe Shelton fin ish ing second. Novice rider Mart in Harvey fin ished first in his class and ahead of several expe rt rider s in the Ligh tweight races. Harvey finis hed third overa ll in the Ligh tweight Supers~rt race, and fou rt h overa ll in the Lightweight GP race. Result s lOOK SOLO ENDUR GTO: 1. Willie Adam s (Suz ); 2. James ~T~,:~~~~~~~~~tneider (Yam); 4. Tom Hickman (Ya~); l OOK SOLO ENDUR GTU: 1. James Cox (Yam); 2. Brian Blangsled (Yaml; 3. Tom Hickman (Yam); 4. Mark. Hensle y (Yaml; 5. Brad Stephans (Yam). F-50 ; 1. Barney Johns (Hon); 2. Roger Gangwer (Yam); 3. Jim McCollough (Yam); 4. Ja mes Burke (Yam). HIW S/SPR T EX: 1. David Duprey ISuzO; 2. Brian ' Blangsted (SUl); 3. Br ian Enos (Suz); 4. Brian Jode r (Suz); 5. Jim Jaqu ene (Hon). HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Dave Burke (Suzl; 2. Tene Connor (Kaw ); 3. Josh ua Pin (Yam): 4. Carlos Kimbrough (Suz); 5. Eric Wilson (Yam). UW S/SPRT EX: 1. Malt Hensl ey (Yam); 2 . Michael Ross (Yam); 3. Wade Woodard (Yam). UW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Martin Harvey (Yam). MIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Joe Shelton (Yaml; 2. M ichael Beel (Yam). MIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Robert Dick (Yam); 2. W arren At kin s (Yam); 3. Thoma s Lawlor (Hon); 4 . Gene Redmon (Yam); 5. Todd Gessel (Honl . U/ l S/SPRT EX: 1. Oavid Duprey (SUl ); 2 . Doug Sch neider (Yaml. UW S/TW EX: , . Jason Perfira (Kaw ); 2. Robbin Bend er ISuz ~ 3. loren Poole IM -GI. VW S/TW NOV: 1. Joe Johnson (Kew) . U W GP EX: 1. Mark Hensley (Yam); 2. Br ian Joder (Yam); 3. Brad Sleph ans (Yam); 4 . Marc Shaffer (Yam); 5. Dale Whelan (Yaml . LIW GP NOV: 1, Martin Harvey (Yam); 2 . W illiam Rueth (Yam); 3. M ichael Hugh es (Kaw). U/L GP EX: 1. Jeff W ilson (SUI): 2. Srian Joder (Yam); 3. Ji m Jaquene (Hon ); 4 . Brian Enos (SUl); 5. Charl es Dixon (Yaml. MIW S/BK EX: 1. Br ian Blangsted (Yam); 2 . Joe Shelton (Yam); 3. James Cox (Yam); 4 . Stu Morr ison (Yam); 5. Brad Stephan s (yam ). MIW S/BK NOV: 1. Robert Dick (Yam); 2. Er ic W ilson (Hon); 3. Joe Jack son (Kaw ); 4. Gen e Redmon (Yam ); 5 . Todel Gessel (Honl. HIW SITW: 1. Robbin Bender (Kaw ); 2. Loren Poole IMGJ; 3. David Chrone (Suz). UW S/BK EX: 1. Ma rc Shaff er (Yam); 2. Dale Wh elan (Yam). UW S/BK NOV: 1. Martin Harvey (Yam); 2. W ill iam Rueth (Yam). HIW S/BK EX: 1. David Dup rey (Su z); 2. Jeff Wil son . (SUI); 3. Brian Blangsted (Yam). HIW S/BK NOV: 1, Dave Burke (Yam); 2. Tom Tatosian (Suz); 3. Gene Connor (Kaw); 4 . Jos hua Pin (Yam). MIW GP EX: 1. J ames Cox (Yam); 2 . Joe Shelton (Yam): 3. Br ian Joder (Yam); 4 . Mar c Shaff er (Yaml; 5. M icha el BeeI (Yam). MIW GP NOV: 1. Robert Dick (Yam); 2. W arr en AI kins (Yam); 3 . Thomas Lawt or C Hon). . CL GP EX: 1. Tom Fujlba yashi (K!lw). Cl GP NOV: 1. Scon J amison fKawl . YlNT GTO NOV: 1. J ay Taylor~ S uz) . VINT GTU EX: 1. David Chrone IDuel. VINT GTU NOV: 1. Eric Maass (Yaml ; 2. Steve Slon e (Due); 3. Pau l Saarup (Duel. Schwartz shines to Speedway USA win By Scott Daloisio / VlCTORVILLE, CA, JULY 4 Independence Day 1989 saw th e temperature soar past 110 degree s a t Speedway USA. That did not hinder the action a nd at the meeting's end, a swea ty Bobby Schwartz a nd Scott Brant mounted the victory podium. Schwartz coll ected hi s sha re of the holiday loot on the Scratch side of the program. Nati onal Champion Steve Lu cero gra bbed the early lead in the four lap main. Schwartz forced the leader wid e in tum three on the inaugural circui t. They crossed the line side by side to end the first lap and continued tha t way down the back ch u te on lap two . Hard charging Billy Hamill forced his way insi de of Lu cero. Lu cero hung with the 19year -old for a lap before he dropped back to third. On ce he sh oo k off Lucero, Hamill went call ing on Schwartz. H e tried to use the ins ide. but Schwam slam med the door in h is face. Hamill stayed with the vetera n, bllt he found the insi de path blocked by Schwartz every time he tried to shoot br.. At the ch eckered flag, Schwanz bea t Hamill by inches. Lu cero a nd Eddi e Castro rounded out the field. In the Handicap main, Steve Rus sell and Tony Bienert beat Charles "Duki " Ermolenk o in to the first tum on the start, Bienert go t the best of Russell on the first circui t and took full control of first . Brant wen t insi de Ru ssell on lap two for the numb er two spot. Rus sell dropped one more spot at the end of the third revolution when fanner National Champion Brad Oxley wen t by h im. Mike Faria had mechanical ills ; he pulled out on lap four. Finally on lap six, Bienert wilted under Brant's constant pr essure. H e slid off the groove in turn two and Bran t raced ben eath him for the lead. . Brant sh ot away from the pack. When the eig h t lap race ended, he had a half straigh t on second place Bienert. Oxl ey finished thud. Results SCRATCH: 1. Bobby Schwartz ewe. ); 2. Bill y Hamill (Wes): 3. Steve Luce ro (Gdn ); 4. Eddie Castro (Wesl . HOCP: 1. Scott Srant (Jaw); 2. Tony Bienert (Wast 3. Brad Oxley (Wes t 4 . Char les Ermolenko (Wes). 0 -2: 1. Mertie Well$ (Wesl : 2. George Armas (Jaw~ 3. Ryan Ev8ns (Wes); 4. Mart Coker (Was). 0 -3: 1. John Kelly (Jaw); 2. Tawa Jeffrey (Jaw); 3. Scott Thurlow (Jaw); 4 . Robert Salsbury twal. JR 0 -1: 1. Brent Werner; 2. Kevin Nickles: 3 . Oanny Wr ight 4 . Chris Werner. JR 0-2; 1. Randy Evens; 2. Ryan Matteson; 3. Aaron Maneson; 4, She kjon Downing . SOCAR: 1. Randy Mcintyre/Ken Mdmyre (Kawt 2. Craig DempllerI Peter Lewis (Kawt; 3. Jeff Larch /Ken Ohrt (H- D. 27

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