Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

25 -28 : 1. Dennis McBride; 2 . Denny Flett ; 3 . Oag obeno Cervantez; 4 . Jos eph M cClughan. 29 & UP: 1. eric Fait; 2. Chu ck Erg le; 3 . Barbie Spears; 4. Bill leSueur ; 5. Tony Wri ght . S/SPRT; 1. Joh n Ew ing; 2. Doug Carmicha e l; 3 . J immy Ada ms; 4 . Al an Miles; 5 . Oagoberrt o Cerva nt ez. S/BK: 1. J ohn Kindhart; 2. Brad Kindh art; 3. J ay Deaton; 4. Chuck Ergle; 5. A lan M il es. U/ L: 1. John Kin dhart; 2. Brad Kindhart ; 3. Doug Carmichael; 4. Jay Deaton; 5. Bill Hefl ey. ROC STIC: 1. e ric Fait; 2. Doug Car micha el; 3 . J imm y Ada ms; 4 . J ohn Ew ing; 5. Barb ie Spears . ROC S/BK: 1. J ohn Kindhart; 2. Brad Kindhart; 3 . Jav De81 4. Alan M il es. 0n; I Briggs bags Smoky Mountain MX wins By Steve Galyon PIGEO N FO RGE. T N. JULY 9 J imm y Briggs domina ted both J unior a nd Senior Mi ni action at rou nd two of the Smo ky Mountain Moto-X 1989 Summ er Point Series. All four motos saw Bri ggs grab the lead off the sta rti ng lin e and do mina te the remainder of the race. Jay J a y Alle n and Rodney Finchum roun ded ou t the top three in Senior Mini actio n . Honda -moun ted Jeff Bowman follo wed Briggs across the line in J unio r Min i actio n. The action in 125cc e class was as intense. T he consisten t ridi ng of Raben Nowlin enabled hi m to take the overa ll win . First moto winn er Cri s Kitts encoun tered problems in the second mo to but held on to take second overa ll. Second mo to winner Sha ne Jen kins overcame a sixt h p lace fini sh in the first moto to take th ird. G rady J on es took the win in the 250cc C class. Jones had to cha rge from a midpack start to take the first moto win . Jon es took the lead from the start of the second rnoto an d took the easy overall win. Second overa ll went to Michael Ed wards wit h Phillip H urst taking third. Results OVER 30 : 1. Ron Nelson' (Han); 2. Greg Keith (Honl; 3. Jo hn Gibson (Han); 4 . Stephen Hackler (Suz); 5. David Roach (Yam). • 125 C: 1. Robert Nowlin (Kawl; 2. Chr is Kitt s (Hon); 3. Shan e Je nkins (Ca) ; 4 . Larry Ott inger (Yam); 5. Rex Barn es (Hon). 250 C: 1. Gra dy Jo nes (Cag); 2. M ichael Edw ards (Kaw); 3. Phil ip Hur st (Hon); 4 . J ohn Gibson (Honl ; 5. Georg e We st (Kaw). ENDR: 1. Gary Reynolds IKaw ); 2. M ike W ill ard (KTM ); 3. Kirk McWilliams (KTM); 4 . Robin Gil es (Kaw); 5. Br ian Math is (Yaml. .,.. SR M INI: 1. J immy Brigg s (Kaw); 2. J ay J ay All en (Kaw l; 3. Rodney Finchum (Kaw); 4 . Neal W ilson (Han); 5. J ason McCalllKawl. 250 B: 1. Barry Tapp (Han). OPEN: 1. Darrell Bail ey (Han); 2. Ron Nelson (Han); 3. Kirk McWilliams (Hon t 4 . Bobby Ousley (Hont 5. Steve Stanley (Kawl. OVER 25 : 1. Larry Ottingar (yaml; 2. Greg Bergen (Yam); 3.Harvey WigliJ ins (Honl; 4. Jeff Tallent (Yem); 5. Charl es Headrick (Hon). PIW: 1. Dam ian Headr ick (yam); 2. Robert Smith (Yamt 3. Jimmy Keith (Yam). 60 : 1. Robbie Fritts (Kaw). U/L AM : 1. M itch McCarter (Hon); 2. Robert Nowlin (Kaw); 3. Bobby Ousley (Hont 4. Chris Kina (Hon); 5. Clint Pilgrim (Honl. 125 B: 1. Mitch McCarter (Hon); 2. Jam ie Hackiny (Honl . JR MINI : 1. Jimmy Briggs (Kaw); 2. Jeff Bowman (Honl . Britton best at Dade City MX By Scott Shepherd DADE CITY. FL . JULY 15 The aggressive riding of H onda rid er Robert Britton earned hi m a 125cc class overa ll victo ry du ring the th ird round of the Dade Cit y Raceway Summer MX Series. The track was tight and twisty and Britton used th is to hi s advantage. capita lizin g from the mistak es of other key riders. ' In the first moto Britton and Kawasaki rid er Billy Broo ks grabbed the holeshot together. but it was Brooks wh o settled into the lead. Tom Pantley pushed hard at the hal fway point of the six-lap mo ta and ran in to secondpla ce Britton 's rear tire. This caused Pantley to , fa ll. twice in th e same ru t. After being passed by mo st of the pack Pantl ey caught and passed Britton on the last lap and came within a few yards of ca tching the winner Brook s. The second mo to was sim ilar to the firs t until Britton collided in ni ght over a tabletop with Brooks. Britton cam e ou t on top while Brooks crashed hard but finis hed the race sha ken. Brit ton went on to win the mota but had to hold back Kawasak i rider Ken Bills. Pandey, trying hard lO master the ru ts. was also in the final fight at the fini sh . Results PIW: 1. Tanner Ma thi s (Yam); 2. Stephen Lenzi (Yam). 0 -60 AM: 1. Erik Waters (Kaw); 2. Shawn Supvppo (Kawt 3. 0-60 NOV: 1. Billy Wood (Kaw); 2. Shaun Beal (Kaw); 3. Adam Crossley (Yaml. 80 B: 1. Mike Woodcock (Kawl; 2. Tim Carr (Kawl; 3. Terry Little (Suzl. 80 C: 1. Djan Woodcock (!Cawl; 2. Erick Waters (Kaw); 3. Dan Scavelll (Kaw); 4 . Dan Tipton (Yam); 5. Jacob Kielty (Suz). 80 BEG: 1. Kyle Sm ith (Hont 2. Scott Lamb (Han); 3. Chr is Wallace (Yam); 4 . Steven Etwood (Yamt 5. Vinny Hopper (Yam). . S/MINI: 1. Oavid Sanderson (Han); 2. M ike Woodcock (Kawl . 125 B: 1. C J Cwiklinski (Kawl; 2. Joe Hunsader (Han); 3. Doug Mat heny (Yam); 4 . Jeff Warlngton (Hon); 5. Shaun Caputo IKaw). 125 C: 1. Robert 8ritton (Hon t 2. Tom Pantley (Han); 3. Ken 8i11s (Kaw ); 4. Billy Brooks (Kaw); 5. Tim Hamer (Yaml. 125 BEG 0 -11: 1. Robert Sheppard (Kaw); 2 . M ichey Cloniger (Han); 3. Mitch Jerger (Kaw); 4. Troy Pfost IKaw); 5. Ben Joseph (Yam). 125 BEG 0 -1 1. Ma rk Payne (Hon); 2. David Sun ser (Yam); : 3. Roy Peirce (Hon); 4. Joe Way (Yam); 5. Mik e Shaul (Yam). . 250 A:. 1. Fred Vanwagoner (Yam). 250 B: 1. Rob Summerville (Han); 2. M ichael Oliver (Yam); 3. Todd Hensley (Hon); 4 . Steve Sidjadl: (yem) . 250 C: 1. Wesley Shallow (Han); 2. Paul Ridgeway (Yam); 3. Doyle Wiggins (Yaml ; 4 . Chr is Redding (Yam); 5. Dave Fatino (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Scott Sm ith (Hon); 2. Brett Stromsnes (Hon); 3. Kirk Stu lz (Kaw); 4. Dani el Young (Suz); 5. John C~lema n (Kaw). OPEN MONEY; 1. Fred Vanwagoner (Yamt 2. Dave Ellis (Honl; 3. Rob Summerville (Honl; 4. Je rry Sales (Hon t 5. J oe Hunsade r (Han). OPEN AM : 1. M ichael Ol iver (Yam); 2 . Steve Stojack (Yam); 3. C L Cw ikli nski (Kaw ); 4 . Todd Hensley (Han). "OPEN NOV: 1. David Berger (Hon); 2. Tommy Stri ngfield; 3. W illi am Hobson (Kaw ); 4 . Rudy Scavelli (Han ). 2 5+: 1. Dave Ellis (Hon t 2. David Berger (Han); 3. Dw ayne Je nt (Yam); 4. W ill iam Hobson (Kawl: 5. Andrew Saulo (Yam). SR 30+: 1. W esley Shallow (Han ); 2. Dona ld Keene (Honl ; 3. Robert Nee (Hanl ; 4. Jo hn W heeler (Kaw l; 5. Charl es l ehi ng (Han). SR 40+ : 1. Charles Lehing (Hon); 2. Yor k Summerville (Kaw ); 3. Gart h Imhoff (Han); 4. Herb Ooan (Yaml . VINT: 1. Dw ayne J ent IKaw ); 2. Ed Garli n (Yam I; 3. Roy Pierce (Hont 4 . l eonard Law rence (Han). Sweetland taste's victory at Cinder Mountain 100 By Michael Ross FLAGST AFF. AZ. J ULY 16. Sunnys lope Honda -sponsored 'Garth Sweetland scored a hard -fought victory over Scott Davis an d J eff Darl an d after 120 mi les of high speed raci ng during , the Amer ican Desert Raci ng Associatio n' s. 8th An n ua l Ci nder Mo untain 100. The victory was twice as sweet for CR500mo un ted Sweetla nd becau se. after narrowly bea ting Darla nd a t the prev ious race in Prescott he lost the win to Dar land when he crossed the finish line without a spa rk arrestor and incurred a five-minute pe nalt y. Bu t this tim e it was Dar land who got the penally. Darl and ho lesho t the five-ma n sta rt at 9:30 a.m , to lead Davis, Sweetland, Mark Miller and Ga ry Wells in to tum on e duri ng the first of fou r 30-mile loops. By the end of the first lap . Darland had established a com ma nding lead over Sweetland and Davis. But wh en Darland pitted for fuel on lap three. his 500 KT M was sounding ratty a nd missing from a bro ken expansion chamber. Mea nwh ile, Sweetland ha d p icked up the pace an d closed in on the slowing KTM to cut Dar land 's lead to less than 30 seconds. On the last lap Darland pu shed the KTM as har d as he cou ld but Sweetland motored by to score first a t the fin ish line. Sweetla nd had a tense mo ment minutes la ter when race directo r Phil Auernheim er not iced his spark arres tor ha d extra holes dri lled in it. Upon remo val and inspection Auernh eim er declar ed the spa rk arresto r to be legal . "since it go t by tech inspection," but doubted its spark arresting a bility a nd warned Sweetla nd to repl ace it before the nex t race. Jcle/ Honda H ouseSp arks Cycle/ Star C backed Davis too k seeon overall'J'ust over five minutes beh ind Sweetland. a n after a 10minute pena lty for a broken exhaust system , Dar land ended up third. T odd Johnson bro ugh t his Dirt Unl im itedbacked 500cc KT M acro ss the fin ish li ne fourth overall. Johnson set a bl isteri ng pa ce on the first lap bu t slowed la ter in the race with probl ems. Fifth overall went to Pat Prosser. T he firs t 250 to cross the finish li ne belon~ to rookie expert Dan iel Marchand. wh o finished two-a nd-a-ha lf minutes behind Prosser to score sixth overall and first in the 250cc Expert cla ss. Results OPEN EX: 1. Garth Swee tland; 2. Scott Davis (Han); 3. Jeff Darland (KTM); 4 . Todd .Jotmscn (KTM); 6. Pat Prosser (KTM). 200 EX; 1. Drey Dircks (Honl . OPEN AM: 1. Craig Connor (Hon); 2. David Gilbert (Hon); 3. Mike Berkner (Hon); 4 . Gaylan Hathaway IHonl ; 6. John AJbro (Yam). 250 AM : 1. Neal Ignace (Han); 2. Destry Abbott (KTMt 3. Todd J. Smith (Hon); 4. Kirk Maier (ICTM 5. Mike Ma ier ); (HUI ), 200 AM: 1. Bob Henderson (Han); 2. Andy Reid; 3. Robert Kinnamon (Suz); 4. Cody Ramo (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Robert Gentseh (Hon); 2. Dave Oougan (Han); 3. J immy Francis (KTM); 4 . Mike Gail (Hon); 5. Dan Lowenberg (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Meny M ihay (Hon); 2. Andy Smallhouse; 3. Mark Winkelman (Hon); 4. Ray Baumgardner (Hon t 5. Mike Ma ier (Hus). 200 NOV: 1. Clay Ramo (Han); 2. Chuck Charamy (eag); 3. A llan Schaible (Yam); 4. M ike Fought (Yam); 5. Jason Belisle (Hon). 4-STRK: 1. Gilbert McDaniel (Hon); 2. Mike Didl:ey(Hon); 3. Kevin Thonoff (Hon); 4. Doug Hastings (Han). . OPEN BEG: 1. Ryder Wol f (Hon); 2. Tony Fisk (Han ); 3. Len Bymoen (Han); 4 . Hank Foster (Han); 5. David Hoing (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Devid Forsyt h (Han); 2. Rob Paquette (Hon); 3. Shawn Schm itz (Hon); 4. Arthur Throckmorton (Han); 5. Shewn Morris (Han). 200 BEG: 1. Donni e Lantrip (Kaw ); 2. Perry Tubbs (Yam); 3. Ben Tyminski (Yam); 4. Ralph Rosar io (Kaw ): 5. Greg Reilly (Kaw) . . WMN: 1. Uz Paquette (Suz). 28+ EX: 1. Tim Leahe (KTM); 2. Howard Dendy (Hon); 3. Tommy Cleveland (Hus); 4. Richard Genove se (Hont 5. Tim Abril (Honl . 38 + EX: 1. Elmer Attaon (Yam); 2. Jerry Smith (Hust 3. Wayne Didl:lever (Kaw); 4. Elton Ongley (Hon); 5. George Tachick (Yam). • 3Ot- AM: 1. Edward Zukowski CSuz); 2. Butch Odom (Yamt 3. Randy Chamberlin (KTM); 4. Steve W ein stein (Hust 6. Kenneth Stumpff (Suz). . 30+ NOV; 1. Scott Stuz tKTMI ; 2. Barry Myers (Hon); 3. Randy M iller (Honl ; 4. Olen E. Webb Jr . (KTM I; 5. Robert Clin e (Yam l. 40+ NOV: 1. Ken Asch (Yam); 2. Gerard Freedman (HOI); 3. Ed Taylor (Kaw ); 4. Dave McElyaa (Kaw ); 5. Mik e Baumgardner (Hon). 30+ BEG: 1. Russ Freund (Hon); 2. Dave Hawthorne (KTMt 3. Bruce Muster (KTM); 4 . Mike Furr (ATI(); 5. larry Beshaw (C-Al. 45+ OTHG: 1. AI Forbes (Yam); 2. Ron Zellitti (KTM); 3. Lee Balick i (KTM). . 50+: 1. Joe Prosser (KTM); 2. Louis Lecrone (KTM); 3. Delbert Garst (KTMI; 4 . Dal Langham (ATK). DINO V: 1. M ichael Wadd ing (Yam); 2. Ron Smith (Suz); 3. Robert Neill (Mai) ; 4. Alan Bennett (yam): 5. Randy Herschell (Hon). DINO C: 1. David Finney (Honl ; 2. Mike McGough (Kaw); 3. Pat Allen (Hon); 4. Michae' Hack( Hus); 5. Randy Herschell (Han). . BUDDY BI(: 1. Gabr iel Mazzarolo /Greg Baumann (Hon); 2. Jame s Rosenau /Scott Kathan (Han); 3. Gregory King/ Ron Willoughby (Suz). IRON MINI : 1. Tony French (Hon). FUN RACER: 1. Vern Hause CHus). SPRTSTR 1. M ark Sutt on (Hon); 2. Vince Thomas (KTM); : Jimmy Briggs dominated Junior and Senior Mini class action at Smoky Mountain MX with start-to-finish wins in all four motos. 3. Sam Pinckard (Husl; 4 . Liz McDan iel (KTM); 5. Bill Wol fe (Yam). . AM MINI : 1. Mike Shivers (Kaw ); 2. Tony French (Hont 3. Chri s Freedman (Kaw); 4 . Scott Clifton (Kawt 5. Steve Murray (Han). NOV MINI : 1. Robbie Verm ily aIYam); 2. J oshua Manford (Han); 3. Jim Edwards (Kaw); 4. Michael Cruz (Kaw) . BEG MINI: 1. Bobby Duvall (Kaw t 2. Richard Ramos (Kew); 3. J .L Echeverrie (Hon);14 . Matthew Murphy (Han); 5. John Tachick (Yaml . Wooten aces Conley at Marysville Night MX By Nuklear Neukam · MARYSVIL LE. CA. J ULY 22 Shaun Wooten and Sean Conley cont in ued th eir epic motowarfar e by tra ding moto wins in the 250cc Pro class at Marysvill e's Riverfron t Pa rk n ight races with Wooten winn ing the seco nd and deciding. battle for the overa ll. Shawn Frei ling finished third overa ll at round four of the Fairfield Kawasak i Su mmer Series. Conley did, however. cap ture the 500cc Pro comba t by winnin g both motos ahea d of Clayton Blood. A pair of th irds earn ed J oh n Willard th ird overa ll. Tony McGrath holesh ot the first 250cc Pro moto but Kell y Audris , racing h is first loca l moto since recoveri ng from a severely broken leg while raci ng the Brazili an Nati onals. soon mov ed ou t front a n d began open in g a com manding lead. Mike Men nig held off Andris ea rlier but soon drop ped 10 fift h wit h Conley. Wooten a nd Freili ng sandwiched in between . Late in the race Andris th rew a chain a nd dropped out while Conley assu med the lead ' with Woot en cha llengi ng. Conley held on for the win ahead of Wooten wh ile Freiling finis hed th ird with Men n ig and T im McCli ntock roundin g ou t th e first five positio ns. As things go t sorted out in molO two Andr is was agai n out fro nt with Wooten a nd Conley in hot pursuit. Then Andris detected mot or problems and slo wed to a tria ls pace. whil e Wooten and Conley bega n their du el. Woot en greeted the checkered ahea d of Conley for the win a nd the overall. Freiling foll owed J ed G reen past the checkered for fourth and third overa ll. Green 's 6-3 tally put hi m in fourth overa ll while Men nig fin ished fifth and fifth overa ll. Da nny Paladino won both l25a: Pro motos for . the overa ll ahea d of McClintock. wh o fini shed third in the first moto and a close second in the final. A second and a third ga ve Green thi rd overall . Results 500 PRO: 1. Seen Conley (KawJ; 2. Clayton Blood (Hon); 3. J ohn Willard (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Shaun Woot en (Kaw); 2. Sean Conley (Kaw) : 3. Shawn Freiling (Kawl. 125 PRO: 1. Dann y Paladino (Suz); 2. Tim McClin tock (Hon); 3. Jed Green (Yam). VET PRO: 1. Eric McK enna (Han); 2. Mik e Harper (Honl ; 3. Duan e Jo ice (Kawl. . VET MST: 1. Rod Nord st rom (Kaw ); 2. Andy Wa rnock (Hon); 3. Loren Stewart (Han). VET INT: 1. J ohn Madr id ISuz); 2. Jim Galatioto (Han); 3. Mik e Costello (Kaw ). VET JR: 1. W . Tracy Thompson (Honl;' 2. Si eve Garbo (Suz); 3. Wad e Holbroolt (Honl . aT MST: 1. Wayn e J ohnson (Kawl: 2. Larry Hartn ett (Suz); 3. Denn is Hausmann (Hon ). aT INT: 1. Glenn Pru itt (Honl . OT JR: 1. Bob Kosovilka (Kaw l; 2. Randy Birkelbaw (Yam); 3. M ike M ill er (Kaw ). 500 INT: 1. Tevin W einri ck (Honl; 2. Scott McCoy (Kaw l: 3. Phil Rose (Han). 500 JR: 1. St eve Stor ie (Suz); 2. Dave Matheson (Hont 3. Sieve Ma ttock (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Pete Hampel (Hon ); 2. Ed Tatum (Han ); 3. Ron Azbell (Hon). 2 50 INT: 1. Scott McElroy (Suz); 2. Darr en Gall agh er (Kawl; 3. Melvin Stark (Kaw ). 250 JR: 1. Ma tt Brown (Kaw ); 2. Curt is Knutson (Kaw ); 3. Ma tt Heth erington (Hon). 2 50 BEG: 1. Denn is Kr iter (y am); 2. Tim Weberling (Han); 3. Charl ie King (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Ja&On Johnson (Kawt 2. Joe Bruce (Yam); 3. Kurt Kuhn (Kawl. 125 JR: 1. Tyler Hummel (Suz); 2. Sco tt Rusyn (Kaw); 3. Jo hn Baker (Sul l. 125 BEG: 1. Todd Brown (Kaw ); 2. Dan Murphy IKaw); 3. Justin Owenby (Kawl. 80 INT: 1. Casey Johnson (Kaw); 2. Tim Keeney (Han). 80 JR: 1. Aaron Camrelle (Kaw); 2. Jak e W indham IKaw); 3. Dust in Pargons (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. Shawn Burr ell (Suz); 2. Donovan Placenc ia (Yam); 3. Mike Wagner (Suz). 60: 1. David Keeney (Kaw); 2. Andy Grew (Kawl; 3. Daryl Selix (Kaw). Adams tops Virginia State Hare Scrambles By Rider Writer BRISTOL. VA,JU LY9 Suzuk i-moun ted Bryan Adam s took advantage of ro ugh wea ther a nd some tough riders to walk away with the overa ll win a t the seventh round o [ lhe Virgin ia Ch ampio nsh ip Hare Scra m ble Series. Adams. la st year 's SETRA Hare Scra mb les Ch am p ion a n d la st yea r ' s H arl eywood winner. lu rned a holeshot into a com manding thr ee-m in u te lead by the end of the two-an da-ha lf hou r. four -lap even t. fn the first lap Roland King and Dwayne Miller mana ged to stay within stri kIng distance. but by the second la p Miller began to fade while King stayed close for another lap before dropping off Adams ' pace. With torrential rains pl aying h a voc w it h the moun tainou s course, riders were strewn across th e icy clay hillsides crea ti ng additio na l hazard s for the fast guys. At the fin ish . King slid int o second overa ll. while Mill er man aged to keep both wheels dow n for th ird overall. In the 200cc cla ss, Mont ey Harley had the record th is. season fOT the most num ber of second· place fin ishes. Un fortunately for hi m . fellow team mem ber Chris Shortridge holds do wn th e distinction o[ havin g won more races tha n anyone else in the series. The two riders hav e p laced 1-2 a l every even l en tered thi s year and that's how they fin ished today in fronl of a hom elow n crowd. Bolh riders 19

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