Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

len PRO·AM: 1. Steve I-fyson (Hon); 2. J .P. Simonsen (Honl; 3. Steve Liberty (Hon); 4. David Wellander (Vam); 5. Pat en ~ Iw St~~~~~~.: z a: Speedy Kell (Rtx); 2. Marty Zirbel (Hon); 3. John Wincewic.z (Hon); 4. Joe Kopp (Hon); 5. Randy' Roose ~ (H7~ EXHIB: r . John Wi ncewic.z CTri); 2. Arney Wick (.H- w 0 w e D): 3. Oon Wilson (Hon); 4 . Mike Sullivan CTri); 5. Rick Henson (Tri). 600 DFC: 1. Mickey Fay (H· D). 750 DFC: 1. John W incewicz CTri). u.. ...J 0 a: > Poor pounds Thunder Valley MX '" 0 ~ 0 ~ By Chris Johnson :r .... a. 00 ~ "' ~ rn ;j eo ;j M ark Ch in beat Scott Russell in the GTO 50 -m iler at M oroso Park . < Overall winner Craig Hejda (20 3) and t hird -place Jesse Edmonson (401) battle in the 125cc C Group 2 class at Spring Creek Park. until he fell and surrendered the lead to Lane. Mabrix edged out second-place McGowan in a tight turn and began ~o stalk Lane. In. a wide switchback, Lane railed the berm, while . Mabrix sq uared it off and shot into the lead for good. Lane, in second, had to fight ~ff charges by both McGowen , who ended up m third and Moura!, who finished fourth. Results . MIN I: 1. Damien Rush (Hon); 2. Jim Ferguso,:, (Yam); 3. Jor~·~c!,~~· Darren Mabrix lHon); 2. Ralph Lane (Hoo); 3. Lowell Moural Jr . (Hon), 260 NOV: 1. Dennis Del Braggia (Kaw); 2 . Stet Rosenberg (Hont, 3 . Wade Snodgrass (Hon) . 260 JR : 1. Rich Soleman (Kaw); 2. Rich Wau .gh (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Todd W,oe (Hon); 2. John Nohnd (H~nl. VET: 1. Steve Law(Hon); 2 . Lance Sellers (Suzl ; 3 . Michael RichlHonl. . EX: 1.l'ony McGrath (Hon); 2. Tom Odekirk (Sur); 3. Jim Phillis (Kaw). Paterson takes Spring Creek MX win _ By Rolfe Otterness MILLVILLE, MN , JULY 16 Dwayn e Pat erson sna red th e ov~ra l1 win at th e Spri ng Creek Park Motocross m the hot.lyco ntested 125cc A divi sion. His Suzu ki C3rrted him to 2-1 fin ishes over Co ry Keen ey's 3-2 score. T he (irst a ttem p t at sta rting th e (irst mot a had to be abo rted as an inj ured rider was left o n th e track after several coll isio ns in th e fir~t tum. The restart saw Keen ey, Pat erson and Pat Donaho surge to th e front of th~ pack. Keeney led [or nearly two laps. bu t balled off wh en he failed to nego tiat e a new turn. Pat erson took th e lead with Don aho behind a nd under pressure from Ch ad Pederson. Pederson took two laps to work h is way into the lead with Donaho beh ind and under pressure from Chad Pederson. Ped erson took two lap s to work h is way in to th e lead with Donaho bri efly holding second, before a cra sh dro pped him back. Pederson led the second ha lf of th e ra ce and took th e win o ver Paterson, Keen ey, Rob Engstrom and Scott Ru egg . Pat erson quickly moved into th e lead in th e seco nd ma lOwith Lee Erickson and En gstrom... trailing. Engstro m took over ~o n d o n th e seco nd lap th en pressured Pat erson for two laps befor e moving by. Engstrom's bik e then lost a footpeg and he was forced to dr op o ut of co nten uon . Ped erson cra shed ear ly in the moto a nd was never up to speed. At the nag, the order was Pat erson Eri ckson, Keen ey, David T ait and Ruegg. . En gstrom led every lap of both 250cc A motos for a perfect score. making .u p for h is bad lu ck in th e 125cc class. In th e hrst mOlO Ped erson pursued him for th e entire di stance, but co uldn 't close in. David Niem i ran stron g to take third with Chris Hughes moving up to fourth after a midpack star L In th e second mo lO Engstrom blasted his Honda far ahead of th e pack 10 tak e th e win by over 40 seconds. Niemi pa ssed Lane o n th e last lap for second w!th Chad Win~ke and David Brommel rounding o u t th e lOp hve . Results 125 YTH: 1. Cory Keeney; 2: Brandon Backes; 3. Mike At~~+~,n..John Niemi; 2. Jack Lane; 3. Alan Stevensen. . MINI JR : 1. Tim Pospisil; 2. Bill¥, Edmonson; 3. Dustin No:~ec: 1. John Schweppke; 2. Dave Hencir; 3, William TUS~'~: 1. Jerry Becker; 2. Roger Niedzielski; 3. Larry Na:~e.A.: 1. Brian Carney. 2. Rick Munson; 3. Dan Zelazny . PIW: 1. Shelly Kann ; 2. Danny Edmonson ; 3. Ryan 18 Br~~~7ts~': , . Brandon Backes; 2. Jim Povolny; 3. Craig Cutr~ntG~': 1. Ben Zimmerman; 2. Michael Raiche; 3. Aer on Baufield. 125 C G-2 : 1. Craig Heida; 2. Craig Thor eson; 3. Jesse EdUSnCG·.3 : 1. Chris R~sset; 2. Kun Koester; 3. William leg~B: 1. Steven Mitchell; 2..Chris Christ ensen ; 3. Jason 21 Ke, '5 A: 1. Dwayne Paterson ; 2. Cory Keeney; 3. Lee Er~C·G.' : 1. Kurt Koester; 2. Mark Smilanich; 3. Rory vers:> C G-2 : 1. Tim Mentzer; 2. Bob Opartz; 3. Greg ~Iis. 250 B: 1. Brian Oeltjen; 2. Eric Reynolds; 3. Ricky Sc;58;':':C: 1. Craig Seeley; 2. David Niemi ; 3.3.Jack Lane . . 1. Rob Engstrom; OPEN 2. Fr.nk Spanel ; Jeff Hause OPEN A: 1. Mike Nathe : 2. David Brommel; 3. Jeff Sorensen. Barnes, Harth dominate Moroso Road Race By J oe McKay WEST PALM BEACH, FL , J ULY 16 . Mike Barn es and Mike Harth cap tured wms in their respective classes a t Moroso Motors ports Park. Geo rgia rider Harth t~k ho"!e Suzuki con t i nge ncy m oney WIth his GSXRllOO in th e Un li m i ted Supersports class, beat Donald Ja cks to th e lin e by a bike length in the Su perbike feature, and capt ured top honor s in the SIOOO Shoot-O ut. Barnes, a Moroso re(I.Ular, absolu tely dominated the GTU 50 -m.le sol o event, Mid dl ew eight Supersports a nd Middleweight GP. . The day's activi ties star ted with th e 50-m. le solo GTO evenL Rick Herndon blasted off the lin e for first place goi ng into tUI"? five, but was quickl y consumed by Mark Chm and Sco tt Ru ssell. Don ald J acks was th e next rider by on th e fourth lap. Chin brok e awa y l~om the field with a IO-second lead o n lap mne. J acks had worked hi s way around Ru ssell ~or second and sta rt ed 10 close th e ga p on Chm. Young Jacks pulled up o n

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