Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w z .~ 11 0 ::J ...J Z 0 0 a:: e 0 (:J > CD 0 ~ 0 J: CL O'l 00 O'l ,.....; "' c-r ..... [FJ ;:j OJ) ;:j ~ Shawn Reppert (center) passed Bobby Hedden (left) on the last lap of the Handicap main and went on to take the win at Napa Speedway. Andy Schmidt and John Erdrich of Morry's Bar Racing were the winners of the 3rd Annual Wegman Benefit Endurance Race at Blackhawk Farms. Farr, Kelly clobber Ventura Motocross OXNARD, CA, JULY 8 The third ra ce i n the Coors/Kawasaki Summer Motocross Series Ventura Ra ceway saw more th an 130 riders thriJl the largest mo tocross crowd of the year. With 28 rideis entered in the 80cc Begi nner class , two sectio ns were ru n. The two winners were Jo hn Farr of Ventura a nd Steve Kell y of CamariJlo . Taking second in th e two sections were Jason Wood and Pa trick Carson. Other 80cc winners were Ji mmy Lavoroi, in the J unio r class and Torey Rolla nd in the Pro clas s. Beginner class 125cc action saw Ro n n ie Bro wn Jr. and David Bradshaw take wins in th e sp ill class. J osh Guggenmos and Scott Brow n took seconds. Bru ce Hiroshima contin ued. where he left off last race by taking the win in the 125cc -J unio r class. Hiroshima was th e Winter Series Champion a nd is out to d u p li ca te the championship. Bria n Staben took second. In other 125cc action, Mars ha ll Wilcox took the win in the Intermediate class . Chris Young too k Pro honors. at Schmidt, Erdrich win Wegman Bener" RR By Gordon Lunde SO UTH BEL OIT . IL. J ULY 8·9 The 3rd An nual Wegman Benefit Endurance Race was won by Andy Schmidt and John Er drich ab oard the Morry 's Bar/Frebers' Goldsmith/Beaver Sports Ha us/ E8cH Ra eing / P ir eJli T ire/EBC-sponsored Ya ma ha FZR6OO. The a nn ua l event, held at Blackhawk Farms Raceway, was ru n in near 100 degree heat, causing some riders to make pi t stops earlier tha n planned. The Red Line Racing entry of Leo Papierniak, Brian Engleha rt a nd Ro n Foye led a t the start wit h T eam BZ, Morry's Bar Racing, Young and O ld Racing, and Chic Magnet in a freigh t train beh ind the m. Clos e doe s not describe the racing up fro nt. It was wh eel to-wheel u nt il lap 18 when You ng and Old rider Kevin Siezewski crashed the Doucas Cycle Honda CBR600 Hurricane in turn two. The machine was very heav ily da maged bu t fortunately' Kevin walked away wilh only a spra ined thumb. ' . By lap 30, ther e were only four teams on the lead lap. Red Line Raci ng 's Suz uki GSXR750 was lhe only GTO bike entered and the extra ho rsepower seemed to be keeping them u p fro n t. AMA Pro co m pe ti tor Scott Zampach was va liantly trying to ca tch Red Line, ridi ng the T eam BZ 600cc Hurricane. Papierniak pitted on lap 40 letting Zampach by for the lead. When Red Li ne re-entered, they were in fourthllace. Morry's Bar an d Chic Mag net h el seco n d a nd third, respectively. The first- hour p it stops were cha ngi ng the order. Mo rry 's Bar led with Ch ic Magnet fourth, Team BZ lhird an d Red Line second. Chic Magnet went a lap down d uring its stop. Morry's Bar rider Erdrich got off that team 's .bike an d onto lhe FZR400 of J us' H avin ' Fun for hour two , rep1 acinl> teammate Les Wh ite who had their ride in ftfth place. Red Line's Ron Foye lost second pl ace to R ick Breuer, riding the BZ mac h ine. A few laps later. Breue r 'rode past the Morry 's Bar RZR to tak e over the lead. The lead was short· lived , thou~h, as Zam pach took over the riding chores a In for BZ a nd wen t out to build a lead o n Morry 's Bar rider Sch midt . In his has te to get some distance, Zampach over- rode the tire s a nd crashed out of the race. Andy Schmid t took the Morry 's Bar ride to the checkered n ag in the fina l hour. No mishaps occurred except for Brian Englehart coming in the pits suffering hea t exhaustion. Leo Papierniak took over the ridi ng chores with 10 minutes to gn . Englehart fell to the pavement o n pit road and was treated by medical personnel in the pits; he was alri~h t after some shade and coo l water. Papierniak kep t the Red Line Suzuk i in second p lace ahead of the Chic Magnet Honda (third ). Os mosis Racing (fourth) and Dynamic Duo (fifth) . Special mention is needed of two novice riders. Pau l Schraith and Dave Doe. who together took Schraith's Ya maha (Team Obsession) FZ600 to eighth place wit h 117 lap s. By getting p ledges per lap and other donations, this pall brought in over $1400 for the Wegman Ben efit Fund. An a uction after the race raised anothe r $1800 for th e fund wh ich heI ps seriously injured competitors wi th their medical expenses. Results ENDUR: 1. Morry's Bar Racing (Yaml; 2. Red Line Racing (Suz); 3. Chic Magnet Racing (Han); 4. Osmosis Racing (yaml: 5. Dynamic Duo (Suz). lIW 1W EX: 1. M ark Johnson ISuz); 2. Br ian French (Han ); 3. Chr is Helland (Cag). MIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Jeff Plummer (Yaml; 2. Stua rt Langr ehr (Yam); 3. Dave Darabosh (ya m). HIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Lao Papiarn iak ISuz ); 2 . M att Winnackar IKaw ); 3. Gerard Hoppa (Yaml. U/ L S/SPRT EX: 1. Leo Papierniak (Suz); 2. Ger ard Hoppe (Yam); 3. Ma rk Erickson IYaml . U/L GP EX: 1. AI Ham mer (Suz). HIW SITW EX: 1. W alter Sakowski ID ucl ; 2. Chr is Hell and (Due); 3. Dave Bradford (Nor) . UW GP EX: 1. Mika Hunter (TZ); 2. larry Cohee (Yam); 3. Rick Puetz (Yam). LIW S/BK EX: 1. Frank Brat z (Honl ; 2. Bob Newby (Yam); 3. Lar ry Berg ema nn (Suzl. UW S/SPRT EX: 1. Rick Puetz (ya m); 2. M an Wlnnaclter (Yam ); 3 . Kurt Horvat h (Yam ). MIW S/BK EX 1. Jeff Plummer (Yam); 2. Stu art La ngre hr : (Yam); 3 . Ger ard Hoppa (Yam). H/ W S/BK EX: 1. Leo Pap i ern ia k (Su zl; 2. M att W innacker (Kaw ); 3. Ger ard Hoppa (Yam). . M IW GP EX: 1. Je ff P1ummer (Yam); 2. M ike' Hunter (12 ); 3. Stua rt Lang reh r (Yam). LIW SITW NOV : 1. J on Gouger (Suz); 2. M an McNall (Kaw); 3. Dave Freeman IKaw). HIW SITW NOV: 1. Ken Paul son (Duc); 2. Ma tt McNall (Kaw) ; 3. Dave Freem an (Kawl. UW S/SPRT NOV; 1. Jordan Brown (Yaml ; 2. Dave Doe (Yam); 3. Randy W eaver (Yam). MIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Darin Ch ic (Honl; 2. Rick Br euer (Han ); 3. Mark Tesc h (Han). HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Br ian Engle hart (Suz ); 2 . Man Sheldon (Yam); 3. John Rinelli ISuz). LIW S/BK NOV : 1. Ti m Bing en (Kawl; 2.J im Vaupel (Yaml ; 3. Ma tt McNall (Kaw ). MIW S/BK NOV: 1. Dar in Chi c (Hon l; 2. Rick Breue r (Hon ); 3. Stephen Poliui (Yam). . HIW S/BK NOV: 1. Man She ldon (Yem); 2. Br ian Engl ehan (Suzl ; 3 . Jim Holde r (5 02). LIW GP NOV: , . Jordan Brown (Yam); 2. Dave Doe (Yaml ; 3. Les Wh ite (Yam). MIW GP NOV: 1. Dar in Ch ic (Hon); 2. St eph en Polizz i {Yaml; 3. Rick Breuer (Han) . SOLO GTO: 1. Bob Sandy (Suzl; 2. Man Sheldon (Yam); 3. Ron Faye (Suzl . SOLO GTU: 1. J eff Plummer (Yam); 2. Bob Delie (Honl; 3. RonPetr tck (Han ). Kizzar uncatchable at Boyds Creek MX By Larry Finchum SEVIERV ILLE. T N. JULY 2 Kenny Kizzar pro ved to be the fastest in lh e Pro class at th e Firecracker Specia l at Boyds Creek Mo tocross. Allhough lhe rain-soa ked track was slick , slimy and downr ight slo p py , it didn't put any dampers on the Suzukimounted Kizzar as he hoJeshot a ll motos of the 125 and 250cc P ro classes a n d led unco ntested to th e finish of a ll. Kizzar's efforts earned him $600 o ut of th e pro payoff pol. Suzuk i-mounted Chad Lou gh and H on damoun ted Cu r t Libbey battled fo r second an d - third in the Pro motos with Lo ugh taki ng the higher finish in mo to one of the 125cc class an d Libbey ta ki ng th a t spot in moto two . Libbey was able to stay narrowly ahea d of Lough in bo th motos of th e 250cc class . Grady Jones d id abou t the same in th e 250cc class as he holeshot mo to one an d led a ll the way to the checkered n ag uncontested , despite getti ng a nat rear tire ab o ut midw ay through th e race . In the seco nd heat Travis T aylor o n a Honda too k th e lead through th e firs t tu m , howev er, Jones used his excellent mud riding skill s and moved into the lead th rough the wh oops. From th at poi nt on it was J on es' aga in as the Cagiva rider built a huge lead a nd practically coasted to th e overall wi n. Results PIW: , . Todd Thornburg (Yam); 2 . Rusty Dockery (Yam); 3. Dam ian Headrick (Yam); 4. Robbie Fritts (Yaml; 5. Roben M . Sm ith (Yam). JR MINI: 1. J eff Bowman (Han ); 2. And rew T. W ilson (Kaw); 3. Br ian Thornburg (Kew); 4. Chad E. Huffstetler (Kaw); 5 . Matt Harrison (Kaw). SR MIN I: 1. Todd D. Huffstetler IKaw); 2. Shane Ber ryh ill (Suz ); 3 . Sammy Hayes III (Kaw); 4 . David B.Wilson IKaw); 5. Ma tt Harrison (Kawl. 125 C: t . Eddie Sm iley IKaw); 2. Brad K. Clark (S uz); 3 . W ayn e Harr ison (Kaw) ; 4 . J ames R. Buchman (Han ); 5. St eve N. Davis (Yaml . 125 B: t . Martin C. Dyke s (Kaw); 2. Eddie Addair ISuz ); 3. Mitch McCarter (Honl . 12 5 PRO: 1. Kenny Kizzar (Kawl; 2. Curt L U bbey (Han); 3. Chad Lough (Suz ); 4. Jeff A. Shuler ISuz); 5 . Mi ke Padgett (Yaml . 250 ~ t . Grady Jones (Cag); 2. Travis W . Taylor (Han); 3. Phillip L. Hurst (Hon); 4. Jason Rowe (Yam); 5. Junior D. Brakins (Hon) . • 250 B: 1. J effrey J . Dodgen (Yam); 2 . Owain D. Miller (Kaw); 3. M ike Howard (Kaw); 4 . Ray Boruff (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Kenny Kizzar ISuz); 2. Curt L Libbey (Kawl; 3. Chad Lough (Suz); 4 . Jeff A . Shuler ISuz l; 5. Roben F. Campbell (Hon) . OPEN B: 1. Chr is Shortridge (Kawl; 2. Ray Boruff (Hon); 3. Ronald R. Nelson (Hon); 4 . Eric Neal Capps (ATK); 5. Jeffrey W . Slate {Hont. 25+: 1. J effrey J . Dodgen (Yam); 2. M ike Howard (Kaw); 3. Gr"V H. Berg in (Yam); 4. JeffreyW. Slate (Hon l; 5. Denn is H. Scalf IKaw ). 30+: 1. Ronald R. Nelson IHonl; 2. David A. Farris (KTM) ; 3. Craig Carey (Yam); 4. Guy E. Je rnigan (Yam l; 5 . Cliff Docke ry IYaml. 40+: 1. Terren W . We lborn (Suz); 2 . Phillip D. Reese (Suz). 210 PONDERS : 1. Randy S. Farris (KTM ); 2. Kirk McWilliams (Hon ); 3 . Denn is M. Scaff (Kaw ); 4 . Raymond P. Slate Jr. (Hon ); 5. Warren C. Bradley (Hon). U/lAM: 1. Mitch McCarter (Honl; 2 . M erkJackson(KTM): 3. Ja ck W at son (Yam l; 4 . Bert Carpen ter (Yam l; 5. Nea l Shaw (Yam l. NON -CURRENT: 1. Al len W . Buchanan (Hon); 2. Raymond P. Slate Jr. (Hon); 3. Johnny D. Davi s (Han). ENDR: 1. And rew A . l ock e (ICTM); 2 . Randy S. Far ris (KTM l; 3 . Ti mot hy R. Brannon (KTM I; 4 . Br ian Math (Yam); 5. Don ald Farmer (Kaw). Michael masters Frozen Ocean MX By Dave Denman AU BUR N, NY, JUNE 11 Gary Michael made a lon g trip to Froze n Ocean Motocross Park wo rt h his while by winnin g bo th the 125 and th e 250cc Ama teur class es. In the 250 cc Ama teu r class, Micha el, sponsored by 'Valvo line, bauled wit h Brad Ghidiu an d Marti n McDon ald in bo th mo tos. McDonald. sponsored by Dean 's Cycle and So uthgate O Il, fin ish ed i n the number two pos itio n in the second molO lO p ush G hidiu back to third in th e overall results. Michael o pened u p co mfortable leads by the end of each moto in the 250cc Amateur di vision, bu t in the 125cc Amateur class , consistant ridi ng earned him the o vera ll . Ken Shee rer an d Steve O versla ugh hlitzed the field to wi n mOlDs. O versla ugh fell in th e first moto and Sheerer, sponso red by Dyno po rt , had problems in th e second m oto . Michael finished 2-3 for lhe overall win . T he I25cc Expert class had great race action as Mike Dries, sponsored by Hi·Point as nd Frozen Ocean Mo tocross Park, and R ick Pinney p ut o n a show . Pinney sponso red by Honda East and Dynoport . co uld n't hold back the tide of Dries. In lh e second mot o Don Schmidt was leading wilh Pinney and Dries ru nn ing second a nd third. Schmidt was putting in an exce llent showi ng in on ly his second Expert race. Sch mid t made lh e mista ke of taki ng an outside line in a tight comer a nd Pin ney, wilh Dries righ t on his back tire, shot by'o n th e inside. Dries p ulled u p besi de P inney and made his pass over a downhill jump to win the moto. Results OPEN AM: 1. Charles Margon (Han); 2. Russ Bellinger (Kaw ); 3. Scott Wolfer (Yam). OPEN NOV: , . Bill Burgess (Kaw) ; 2. Patrick Mclaughlin IKaw); 3. Eri c Bower (Yaml . 125 BEG; David Michel (Kaw ); 2. Mike Mas tyn (Yam); 3. Craig Ene" (Hon). MINI AM: 1. Justin Borg (Kaw) ; 2. Scott Ghidiu (Kaw); 3. Jason Luce lKaw). " 25 +: 1. Greg Finc h (Kaw); 2. Dan Fields IKaw); 3. Ger ald Divelbl iss (Kaw). MINI NOV: 1. Rich Daly (Suzl; 2. Scott Keetc h IKaw); 3. Chr is Blak e (Suz). 250 AM: 1. Gary M ich ael (Kaw); 2. Martin M cDonald (Kaw); 3. Brad Ghidiu (Kaw). 250 EX: 1. Rick Pinney (Han); 2. Don Schmidt CHon 3. ); Dan Fields (Kawl. . SR A: 1. Bart Luca s (Kawl; 2. M ick Harasmisz (Hon) ; 3. Brian Broadwell (Suz). SR B: 1. Fred Luca s (Yam) ; 2. Georg e Martin (Hon); 3. Scon Galliford (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Benji Trask (Suz); 2. J im Fowler (Kaw); 3. Jeff Eller (Sul). OPEN BEG: 1. Ken Paton (Kaw l; 2 . Tom Helmtehi IKaw); 3. Dave Speanburgh (Yaml , 125 AM: 1. Gary M icha el (Kawl; 2. Ken Sheer er (Kaw); 3. Garrett Russell (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Mike Dr ies (Kaw); 2. Rick Pinney (Hon); 3. Andy Part is . M INI BEG: t . Chad Br iggs (Yaml ; 2 . M arie Mullen (Yam); 3. Br ian Hinz (Yam) . .... 60 : t. Dou g Reter er (Kaw ); 2. J . Callaha n (Kaw); 3. Casey Higg in s (Kawl. VINT & WOS : 1. Rich Field (Kaw ); 2. Joe Brillo IKaw ); 3. Tim Bech t (Varni . 12 5 SCHBY B: 1. Benj i Trask ISu z); 2. Ju st in Borg (Kaw ); 3. Mark Krueger (Han) . OPEN EX: 1. M arc Brown (Hon); 2. Miclt Hara sm isz (Hon); 3. Bart l ucas (Kaw ). r. Martin.z. Reppert rip Napa :tpeedway By R.C. Jones NAPA , CA, J UL Y 8 Steve Mart in blasted lO h is second Scratch mai n victory and Shawn Reppert waited un til the las. lap to pull out the win in the Handicap main event at Napa Speedway. Ma rt i n , sponsored by' Castro l/Maier / Interlink/Oury/H8cS/ Arai and T eam Trim , too k his pole position to th e lead and the Scrat ch mai n win after a brief battle wi th Joh n Houston in the first tu rn . After th e gat es wen t up Ho uston was a longside Mart in thro ug h th e turn un til Harlan Bast Jr . moved h is Godden on (he inside ra il as they shot down the back ch ute. Mart in kept Ho uston wide through th e next corner where the outsid e traction was min im al. Bast was then ab le 10 slip in to second down the start-finish straig ht. As Mart in pulled out a littl e further, Houston fou nd the o utside tracti on ag ain and shot past Bast for second. By now Martin had things u nder con tro l, go ing aw ay with the victory as Hou ston followed. Bobby Hedden found himself in the lead of the Ha ndicap ma in bu t could n 't keep e n o u~ h di sta nce from th e pack as they caught u p wIlh him on the last lap. Ch ar lie Venegas , Roberl Curry a nd Reppert were in a race· lon g baule together, eac h pas sing each ot her as all th ree slowly reeled i n the lead er. O n lap four Reppe rt , sponsored by Ca rpemer Racin g a nd Solano Mech a ni cal, drove aro und Venegas and Curry to close in o n leader Hedd en . As the w hile flag ca me o ut Reppert d rove hard in to turn o ne and shot past Hedden fo r the lead as Curry sta yed close beh ind. Pau l Orlandi slipped into th ird mak ing th e fina l turn to the ch eckered a crowded o ne. Rep perl exited cleanly keepi ng Curry a t bay as they dashed to th e checkered. Brya n Barreu got his first-ever Divisio n Two trophy by ho lding off Steve Mart ynse in the mai n event . In th e Divisio n Three ma in Mart y Ma th ews scored hi s fir st victory a h er ho lding off Gl enn Moore. • Results SCRATCH : 1. Steve Martin (Wes); 2. John Houston J r, (Jaw); 3. Harl an Bast Jr . (Gdn); 4 . Paul Or land i (GM ). HDCP: 1. Shawn Reppert (We s); 2. Robert Cur ry (W esl; 3. Pau l Orla nd i (GM); 4. Bobby Hedden ewes); 5. Joe Ledu c CW . esl 0 -2: 1. Bry an Bar rett (Jaw ); 2 . St eve M art ynse (Jaw l; 3. J er ome Heiberger (Wes); 4 . Gary Rossi (Jaw) . 0 -3 : 1. Marty M at hew s (Jaw) ; 2. Glenn Mo ore (Jaw ); 3. Bill Combe st lJaw); 4 . Rich Mi gn ano (Jaw) .

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