Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

The decisive bl ow came fro m th e Ermo le nk o-Pfe tzing pairing tw o heat s lat er with th eir th ird 5-1 score . America never look ed bac k after th a t. T hey held on to th e lead despi te th e loss or Correy, and 'alt ho ugh seven or the last nine heats were eq ually shared, En gland co uld n' t co me bac k. >co Results 0 .... ENDLAND: t . Chri s Mort on (14); 2. Simon Cross (' 1); 3. And rew Silver (10); 4 . Paul Thorp (7); 5. Manin Oug ard (6); 6 . Jeremy Doncaster (4); 7 . Neil Collins (1); B. Andy Smit h (0). USA: 1. (TIE) Sam Ermorenko/ Lance Kin g (13 ); 3. Shaw n Mo ran (12); 4 . Rob Pfetzing (11); 5. Ronnie Correy (3); 6. Greg Hancock (2); 7. (TIE) Rick MillerlBart Bast (0). 0 1 ~ Cii 0 ~ <{ 0 1= 0 e - u til 0 :I: O'l 00 O'l 0- O 'l ...... 1989 Speedway National Championship Qualifier Series: ~ ;:l co Round 1 Ham;II hammers Long Beach By Scott Daloisio ;:l --< Billy. Hamill topped the National Speedway Qua lifier in Long Beach. LONG BEACH, CA, J UL Y 21 Bill y H amill won the battle, but veteran Bobby Schwartz won th e war at Long Beach Veteran s St adium . H amill won th e mai n event, but Schwartz scored two more points and took the ea rly adva ntage in the six -ra ce Nati onal Championshi p Seri es. Schwartz, Phil Co lli ns and Eddie Cas tro breezed through their three qualifyin g ri des wi th perfect n in epo int scores. T hey were the o nly ride rs in the 24-racer field to go undefeated in the early going. Colli ns was go ne at the start of the firs t sem i, leavi ng Scott Bro wn a nd Sco tt Bran t to ba tt le wi th Tony Bienert for the transfer spot to the Co nsolation . Bien ert n earl y p u t Bro wn into the back chute fence on lap o ne then ra n away from the ot her two riders to ta ke the tra nsfer spot to th e consi, which he later won. Collins, with his easy wi n, kept h is perfect score a live a nd earned a spot in the main. Hamill , after only record ing one win in th e preliminari es, led the second sem i from the tapes to th e chec ke red. Ca st ro tri ed to come inside Hamill but had to settle for second. In the third sem i, Brad Ox ley a nd jim Sisemore mad e contact in turn one and Sisemore went hard into the fence a nd the red £lag flew. Oxley led th e restart until Mike Faria took th e lead just before the end o r lap one. Wh en the race ended , Faria joined H amill a nd Co llins in the main. T he rina l semi was a Schwartz benefi t. H e g ui ded th e C.T.I. Bra ce/ Silkol ene/P rom otion Products/ STP/ K&N G M into the lead arid rode straight to the main event . At the start of the mai n , Fa ria was cro wded out as they headed for turn o ne on th e big q ua rter mi le and watched as the o ther three went sideby-side in to turn one. Co lli ns, o n a Godden , carried a sligh t advantage through the rirst bend. H am ill a nd Schwartz swung wide as th ey ca me off turn two , then H amill, on the Grea t White Limousine/Me sa M u £fler/j &j R ep a ir / Quaker Sta te/ Bieffe Godden , drove by Collins ror th e le ad whil e Schwartz pulled even in th e battle for second. Schwartz di sposed or Coll in s and then went to th e inside of Hami ll on lap two. There was no drive a nd there was no way he was going to get past the teena.ger. As th e checkered ca me ou t, Hamill took th e rirst major win o r hi s career. Schwartz rin ished in second with Collins edging Fari a at th e line fo r th ird. After hi s big win, H amill told rriends, " I kn ew I had to ge t betw een Collins and Schwartz in th e first turn." A few feet a way Sch wartz smiled and said , " It may have been his first big win, bu t you can be sure th at it will not be his last." Results M AI N: 1. Bill V Ham ill (Gdn) ; 2. Bobby Schwart z IGM ); 3. Phil Coll ins (Gdn); 4 . M ike Faria fGdnl. . NATIONA L CHA M PIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS: 1. Bobby Schw artz (20l 2 . P hil Collins 119l 3 . Billy Ham ill (18); 4 . M ike Faria (17); 5. Ed Castro 1 14t 6 . (TIE) Tonv BienertlBrad Oxlev 11 H 8. Alan Chris l ian 1101; 9 . S~n Br an1 (9); 10 . lTIEI Sieve Lucero/ Wal1 Farnum/Jim Sisemo re 171; , 3. {TIE} Scotty Brown/ Charles Ermolenko (6) . Carlisle collects L.A CR win By Terry Rezek PALMDALE, CA. J ULY 7 Be 9 With th e adv ent o f Friday n ight mot ocro ss by the California Racing Club a t Los Ang eles Cou n ty Raceway, ma n y riders ar e usin g the non-points Frida y sched u le 10 get ready fo r th e Su nday poi nt s races. Int erm ed ia te Rya n Ca r lisl e ca me out Friday ni ght a nd showed th at he doesn' t need day ligh t to go very fast. Carlisle was last o rr the line in mot a on e a nd immedia tely began p icking o rr rid ers o ne and two per lap. H e ra n ou t of time in the fast -paced n igh t sched ule a nd took second in mo ta one. In moto two , Carlisle go t a seco nd -p lace sta rt a nd had the lead by lap three. Fro m there, h e j ust p u lled away a nd won with room to sp a re, taking first overa ll. When mo to o ne o f th e 25O<:c Int ermediat e race ro lled. Catlisle was orr like a ra bbi t and fin ished the mota with a six -seco nd lead . Ron ni e Densford grabbed th e holesho t in mo ta two b u t Ca rlis le was o n ly a whee l width beh ind. Less th a n o ne- fourth o f a lap later. Ca rlis le swooped to th e lead a nd. ~tar.ted add ing seconds per lap to h IS lead . fin ish in g well ahead o f seco nd pl ace and wi n ni ng h is seco n d race of th e night wit h ease. Su nday was a lmos t coo l by compariso n to the recent wea ther. but the prospect o f heat kept man y riders away. T hose who ca me had Lhe advantage o f long mo to s. The Vintage cla ss must have taken a lot o f p unishmen t . in those extra laps. but Ron Alric h kept bouncin~ merrily. along on his CZ for th e overall Vintage wi n. . The firs t molO o f th e 250cc Novlees saw a close co n test between Robert Kuzm in ski and George Andrews. Andrews nailed th e start of mot o o ne a nd held o n for the win. despite being hounded for th e entire second haH o f the race by Kuzminski. Moto two belo nged 10 Kuzm insk i as Andrews sli p ped a co u ple o f tim es a nd took a th ird to Kuzminski 's first. Kuzminski took the overall wi n and Andrews gOl seco nd. Ken Neitzel led moto one o f th e Intermediate but seemed to su ffer from th e h eal , giv in g th e lead and the 25O<:c Inter med iate molO win to Bill Sauro. The pattern repeated itself in mo ta two . b u t th is time it was Sauro wh o ga ve up, handing Neitzel th e win and the o vera ll . Res ults FRIDAY 80 BEG: , . Rvan MacKi nney (Kaw l; 2. Ravmond Carrion; 3. Ja son Helle r ISuz); 4 . Bobby Killion (Vaml; 5 . Jer emy Hell er (Suzl. 80 NOV ; 1. J ack Cox IKaw ); 2 . David Evilsizer (Suz); 3 . Sco1t Joh nson (Suz); 4. Shawn O'B rien ISull; 5 . Aaro n Wasn ea (Kaw ). 80 INT: , . Torev Aglesworth lKew}; 2. Robby Hock IKew). VET BEG; , . Chris Varner (Hon); 2 . Herbert All en; 3. Stev e Lee ISul): 4 . Du sl y Rhoade (I(aw ); 5 . M it ch Banks (Honl . VET NOV; 1. Greg Benton (Suz); 2. Greg ' Robert sons (Yaml: 3. Jo hn Tadar (Hon); 4 . Bob Dunham (Yam); 5. Crai g McConnachie (Yam). .VET INT: 1. Russ Hoffman lHan); 2. Mike Webb (Suzt 3 . David Rogers (Hon); 4 . Dean Taylor (Hon); 5. Steve Dun lap. VET EX: 1. M ike Bosworth; 2 . J eff Kadvan (Hon ). JR VET BEG: 1. David Koda lHan ); 2. Rick Scan (Yam); 3 . Larry Nasio n (Suz~ 4. Dan iel Tho mpson (Hon ); 5. Tina Zahrt lHonl JR VET NOV: 1. Mark Parkerson lKaw); 2. Tony Pull lam (Yam); 3. Den nis Foster (Hon); 4 . Kenn V Safford (Hon ); 5. Dean Je nni ngs lKawl. Yamaha -mounted Erick Hilton took f irst place in the 125cc Pro class. during Friday night motocross at L.A, County Raceway in Palmdale. JR VETINT: t . Eric Casas COG); 2 . John Greenw av (Hon ); 3. Scon Stearns; 4 . Jim Sendlebach lHon) . 12 5 BEG 0-1 : , .C.R. Brun son (Yam ); 2. Jeff NUl1er (Hon l; 3. Josh Guggenmos ISuz); 4 . Mark All en (Kaw ); 5 . Gene Nardon e (Hon). . . . 12 5 BEG D~ 2: 1. Ran dall Lippitt (Suz); 2. ChrIS Garela (Yam t. :1. JUS1 in lann afl o {Yaml; 4 . Jo hnnV W ilh oil (Hont. 5. Roger Fonesca (Hon). '25 NOV: 1. Donald Upton (CRI; 2. Jason Mehon (Hon); 3. Charlie Love (Hon); 4 . Roberl Kong (Honl; 5 . Mark Vanderwa ll e (Hon). 125 INT: 1, Ryan Carlisle (Kaw l; 2 . Derek NalYig (Kaw l; 3. Matt Drury fHoo); 4. Tony Barr an1i (Hon); 5 . Joel Toka rsky (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Erick Hlnon (Yam); 2. Randy Moody lHon); 3 . Je remy McGral h lKa wl; 4 . Levi Noble {Yam l; 5. Rich Truch insky (Yam). 250 BEC D· ' : 1. Don Moore (Kawl; 2. M ike Blair (Kaw ); 3. Shane Stanley; 4 . Carf DeHaan (Yam); 5. Pab'o Tiribelli (Hon ). 2 50 BEG 0 ·2: 1. J ameV Harm on (Suzl; 2. Robe rt Anderson (Han); 3. Stanley Norwoods lKaw ); 4. J ust in lannaflo lKaw ); 5. Rod Spr inkle (Han). 250 NOV: t . Danny Seyler (Hon); 2. M ike Glem (Hon l; 3. Man Clancy ISuzJ 4 . Jeff Frey (Hon); 5. Dave Larson ; (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Ryan Carfis le lKaw ); 2. Sean Brad ley lHon); 3. Jim Sendel bach (Hon); 4 . Jeff Moo re (Hont 5. Joh n Gree nwav (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Randy M oody (Hon); 2. J erry Fowter lHon); 3. Je remy M cGra1h (Kaw ); 4. Er ick Hillon (Yam); 5. Ti m Telford (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. David M ullen lHon); 2. BRuce Zacu10(Hon). 500 NOV: t . Kenny Saffo rd lHon l; 2. GuV Ar one (Yam); 3. Scan GiliV (Kaw). 500 INT: 1. Merle Hamm er (Yam}. SUNDAY . BO BEG: 1. Pau l Gilmartin; 2 . M ike W eed (Kaw); 3. Greg Bitt ing (Hon ); 4 . Fred Ogr im (Hon); 5, Travis Ogburn lSuz) . BO NOV: 1. Scott Johnson (Suz); 2. Chr is All en ISuz); 3. Aaron Wasn ea (Kaw ); 4 . Tracy Ash er (Suzl; 5. Pablo Lara 1II1K awl. VINT: t . Ron Aldr ich (CZ); 2. Randall Sandefer; 3. W alter Brecheen (Cl). WMN NOV: t . Joy Am es (Han); 2, Kim Trudell {Kaw} . VET BEG: t . Kim Seeger (Su z); 2. Robert Wydl.off (Kaw); . 3. Sieve Niles lKawl; 4. M ike J ervey lHo n). VET NOV: t . LVnn Larson lAT K); 2 . Bre1 Greening lA TK); 3 . Mart y Westerm an (Kaw ). , . VET INT: 1. Char li e Stron g (Honl; 2. Randv Tittt emter (Suz); 3. Russ Hoffm an lHon ); 4 . Randy Ander son (Yam); 5. Barry Roberlso n (Yaml. JR VET BEG: 1. Tim McAda ms IKaw); 2. Jack Bradv lHon); 3. Sean Hudson (Hon); 4. Larry Naston (Suz); 6. Barry Logan. JR VET NOV: 1. Todd Wimen (Hon); 2. Dean Jen ni ngs (Kawl; 3. Todd Clark (K8w ); 4 . Rid Chou inar d (Hon); 5. B.J. Leh n lSuz). 12 5 BEG: t , Randall lippie (Suz); 2. M ike Heavin (Kaw ); 3. Jos h Guggenmos (Suz); 4 . M ike Gower (Yem); 6. Neil Rust (Hon). 126 NOV: t . Cha rli e love (Hon); 2. S1an1onBarr en (Honl; 3. Tami Rice (Suz). 125 INT: , . Joel Tokarsky (Hon); 2. J immy Chamber lin (Hon); 3. TonV Barranti (Hon l. 250 BEG: 1. J im Ta10ne l!{aw); 2. Rod Spr ink le (Hool; 3. Sha ne Stan ley lKaw); 4. Tim McAdamslKaw ); 5 . M icha el Vtetorian lHon). 250 NOV: 1. Roben Kuzminski (Suz); 2. George And rews (Hon): 3. Tony Alessi (Hon); 4. Matt Wyckoff (Ka w); 5. Scott Mu rph y (Kaw). 250 1NT 1. Ken Neitzel (Ka w); 2. Bill Sauro (Honl . : 250 PRO: 1. OavM::l Barr ett (Han). 500 BEG: , . M ichee l Vi lla (Hon). 500 NOV; 1. Cherlie Stro ng (Hon). Sean sprouts to Northern Indiana HS win By J,R , Barber LIGON fER , fN, j U L Y 16 KTM / Action C ycle-backed Bob Bean won th e Overall a t th e fifth ' round o f th e Northern In d ia na H ar e Scramble Series/D istrict 15 Har e Scra m bles. Brian H o well , o n a 80cc Suzuk i. led th e fir st five laps by j ust seco nds o ver even tua l winner Andy C regg . o n a 80<:c Kawasak i. Howell lost th e lead on lap six o n ly to sto rm back to a I5-second lead o n la p seven befor e retiring o n lap eig h t. Cregg kept the wick u p till th e end 10 lap th e field tw ice. T he main even t p ro mised to be evem fu l as severa l ISD E a n d oUl-of-sta te rid ers were o n th e line. All the A classes led the fir st o f five waves orr th e lin e. Bob Bean on a 350 KTM , led most o f the first la p with Brent Floyd gelling alOu nd for a sho rt period. T he lap ended w ith Bean lead in g Bria n Wa lker and Floyd by four seco nds . All the A rid ers bu t o ne were withi n 60 seco n ds 'o f th e leader after one lap. One local rider jeremy Ga rbver, on a 250<:c Honda, Iouled a pl ug o n the sta rt a nd ha d problems changing it. He trail ed the leaders by six mi n u tes aft er o ne lap. G ar ber sto rm ed th ro ug h a lmost the en tire fie ld to co me up three rid ers a nd o ne minute a nd 43 seco nds sh o rt o f winn ing th e two -ho ur race. Bean co n tin ued to respo nd 10 wa lker's blitz es. On the si xth la p co m ing throug h th e barrels. th e lead wa s two seco nds . While goi ng u p the big hill a fter the swa m p. they were heel to toe, \Val ker's cha rge co nt in ued till a vin e parted him fro m h is bik e. Rea n cr u ised. in 10 win by 17 seco nds with third o verull.: first 250cc A Kevin Vo ll ma n was a no ther o nem in ut e- and 13 seco nd s back wi th Gaber d own 13 seconds mor e. Results O/A: 1. Bob Bean lKTM ); 2. Bn an Wa lker (Kawl; 3. Kevin Voll man (S uz ); 4 . Jeremv Garbe r lHon); 5. Brenl Floyd . 125 A:. t . Br ian Wal ker (Kawl; 2. Phil Sanders (Honl; 3. Reic Good (Hon l. 200 A : 1. Si eve Vollman lKaw); 2. Terry Bender (Yam); 3. Joe $chmtdr. (Yam). 250 A : 1. Kevin Vollman (Suz); 2. Je remy Garber (Hoo t. 3. Bren t Floyd (KTM ). OPEN A:, 1. Bob Bean lKTM l; 2. Neal Peunt (Hon); 3. J an Warner (Hon). 12 5 B: t . Tom Eas1 1Hon); 2. Glen W ill oughbV (Hon);3 . Rich Brown lSuz). 200 B: t . J eff Calbor n (Kaw ); 2. Dean Dahlqu iS1 (Kaw); 3. Dan Carter (Kaw). 250 B: 1. Ben Shafer (Hus); 2. J eff Goss (Kaw); 3. Aaron SIou1(Kaw). OPEN B: t . Sab Tharp (Hon); 2. Dan Wise (Honl; 3. Bill Burn s (Hus). SR: 1. Dave Huff man (Hon); 2. Don Hunt (Yam); 3. Denn y Artrip lKaw). S/SR: 1. Lon W al1ers (Kaw ); 2. Jim Benttev (Kaw); 3 . Glen Helser (ya m). TEAM : 1. Mik e RiekeU/ Sleve Rieken . M INI: 1. Andy Cregg {Kaw l; 2. J eremv Slon e (Yam); 3. Darvl Howe ll (Kaw) . Mabrix mauls 'em at Cycleland MX By Leo Trombley CHICO, CA. J ULY 15 Darrell Mabri x too k hom e th e firs t p lace tro p hy b y postin g a 1-4-1 sco re in th e. l25 cc Novice cla ss at Cyclel an d Raceway to n ig ht, In mota one Mabri x took th e hol esh ot foll owed by Lowell Moural a nd Ralph Lane. justin McG o wan a nd Bo bb y Fear, bo th moun ted o n Ka wasakis, tra iled the three H onda ri ders in to the firs t swi tch back a fter th e whoops . Ther e, the two Kawie rid ers tangled and bo th ended up on the grou nd. lea ving Mab rix . Mo ural and Lane to pull away. Mo ura l and La ne traded second several times until the third lap when Moural sett led into second and La ne dropped back severa l seco nds.. Ma brix ma in ta in ed a stro ng lead fo r the rest of Lhe moto and cruised to an easy wi n. Moural took seco nd and Lane. who held orr a ha rd-charging McGowen , ca p tu red th ird. Moural ripped oU th e ho leshot wh en th e gate dropped fot mo lO two. Both McGowen a nd La ne were right behind until McGowa n bailed. leavi ng the chase to Lane. Mabrix got a terrible start and wa s wa y back in sixth. Moural a nd La ne d iced around th e lf3ck . swa p ping th e lead until th e front end of Moural 's H onda washed o u t in a tight turn. As La ne p ulled away, Moural restarted. but the fall gav e Mabrix. wh o ha s moved up th ree p ositions, tim e to d o se. Mab rix ba ul ed .Mo ura l for two lap s before he fin a lly got past for seco nd. Then It was Mabrix 's tu rn to bail, dropping him back 10 fifth . Mou.ral began to reel 10 Lane and d osed to wlthm a seco n d , o n ly 10 fall again. At the drop o f th e white flag, La ne had a seven -seco n d cush io n. Moural aga in d o sed th e ga p and as th ey appro ac hed th e fin ish line, he was jusl a seco nd beh ind b ut it was a distance that h e co u ldn' t ove rco me a n d Lane held on for the win. McGowen held th ird a nd Mabix reco vered to take fourth. Mota three was a no t he r h ol eshot for Moural. followed by La ne , McGowen and Mabrix. Moura! maintained th e lead ror a lap 17

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