Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ ..J ::;) U en w ~ ~ > III 9 0 0 I- J: D- Ol 00 01 ....-.I ~ c.o ....-.I ..., (rJ ;::) bJ) ;::) < James Stephens (24) goes under Mark Shubert on his way to the Formula Two class win at Sears Point. Shubert f inished third behind Mark Drucker. Robert Stevenson (Yam): 4. Br ian Sgheiz8 (Kaw ); 5. Eric Martin (Kaw ). 80 A: 1. J es se Sanchez (Yam): 2. Ben Bostrom (Hon); 3. Eric Bostrom (Han); 4, Oon Hart (Kaw); 5. Earn ie Martin (Kawl. 250 C: 1. Ben Bostrom (Han); 2. John Hlebo III (Hon); 3. Herbert Callen 111 (Hen): 4 . Jim Poff (Yam); 5. John Navarec(Yaml. 250 A-S: t . Man Wait IRlX): 2.-Jesse Sanchez fC-A); 3. Perry lang" (yaml: 4 . Troy Watts (Yam): 5. Dann y Hart {Kawl. OPEN 1. Ted Thompson (y am) ; 2. Rich Facci ano (Hon): 3. Mic hell e DiSalvo (Tri ): 4 . Randy Cechetto (Yam): 5. Shannon Ad am s (C-AI . OPEN B: 1..Tory Bostrom (W-Rf.'2 . David Freeze (Yam): 3. Norman Stor r IW-R); 4 . Dwan a Francisco (Hon): 5. Scott c: Bri cker (W .R) . vtNT : 1. Scott Eichelbaugh (Yam): 2. W ill iam Knigh t (Kaw); 3. Dan iel Malfatt i (Hon); 4. Roger Hamilton {Yam); 5. Troy Watt s (Yam). OPEN A : 1. Bryan McDow ell (W -R); 2, Bobby McDowell (Han); 3. Dan iel McDonn ell (H-D): 4 . All on McBee (Hon); 5. Micha el Gresham (H-D). PRO·AM: 1. Bobby McDowell (Han ); 2. Bryan McDowell (W -R); 3 . Michael Gresham (H-D); 4 . Dani el M cDonnell (H. D); 5. All on McBee (Honl . o ther Suzukis mounted by Ken Louketis and Mark McDaniel. The GP victory puts Koci; on top of th e AFM 's G P sta nd ings . R idi ng a Yam ah a . David Deveau won the O pen Production and 600cc Su perstreet races, bu t co uld not keep up with Dwayne Ch ung a nd his Honda in the 600cc Producti on race . Deveau and Ch ung were never mor e th an three seconds apart until the. last lap. As Deveau was about to take the checkered fla g, H ank Raney, rid ing his Yamaha, came charging past Deveau to ta ke seco nd place by a half a 'b ike length. With th e firs t-p lace finish . Ch ung increased his a lrea dy huge lead in th e AFM's 600cc Production sta ndi ngs . Results . 760 51ST : 1. Phil Kress (Yam); 2. Bob Vangr in (Suz ); 3 . Jon Thomas Litsey (Suz). 600 51ST: 1. David Deveau (Yam); 2 . Calvin Rayborn III (Yam); 3 . Peter WensloH (SUl). F·TW 750 : 1. AJlan Satterlee (H-D); 2. Brian Aghagani (B~ ·McBride jams to Victory Speedway.win By Larry McBride VICTORY. NY , J UL Y 9 On hi s first appearance at Victory Speedway T uff McBride topped th e field in Scratch ma in even t speedway action . After racing p ro fessio na lly in southern Ca lifo rnia for th e past three years, McBri de had decided to return to h is New York hom e to con tin ue his raci ng career . Taki ng to the Victory track for th e fir st Lime McBride had some difficulty in adapti ng to the different track surface offered at Victory Speedway. In win n ing bo th his Scra tch heat and sem i McBride fam iliari zed himself with the pecu liarities of the track an d took himself to the main event aga ins t Cana d ia n G uy Fafard, Dam ien Cornwell a nd h is brother Len ny McBride. Fro m the third ga te position Tuff McBride was where a little ex tra traction existed a nd powered in and o ut of tu rn one an d two for the lead down the back straig h t, Seco nd turn action , however, brou g ht Len ny McBride a nd Dam ien Cor n we ll in vi ew , with Len ny dr a win g a hea d mome ntarily , Tuff stayed where the tract ion was a nd o utraced hi s · brother to th e finish for th e chec kered flag. In the Han di cap event Damien Co rn well went to an easy victory in his hea t rac e, bu t settl ed fo r a seco nd i n the semi beh ind Canad ian Nat ion al Champion Lenny Dill on . Stephens, Deveau score at Sears Point RR By Vincent Strykers SO NO MA, CA. J UL Y 16 James St eph en s and David Deveau each earned two firs t-pl ace fin ishes as over 700 AFM road racers in vaded Sears Point In ternational · Ra ceway. O n e la p in to the Fo rm ul a O ne race, Stephens , a Natio nall y ranked 250cc Yamaha rider, found himself in 10th pl ace among th e 75 en tran ts. Stephe ns q uickly ma de his way to the fron t and by the third lap had worked his way to second pl ace behind J oe Brerr Will iams, the AFM 's Fo rm ul a One point leader. After a lap and a half of no n-stop bat tling with Will rams , Stephens took the lead an d bu ilt a comfortable margin by th e ti me he received the checkered flai;. Will ia ms spent th e rest of th e race holdmg o ff ano ther 'Yam aha p iloted by Jerry Ernst. Stephens easily too k the Formul a Two race, leavin g Mark Schubert and Mark Drucker to fight for second place. Drucker , a No vice rider , fin ished ah ead of Sch u bert, wh o's th e point leader in the Formu la T wo standings. Peler Koci . who ear lier in th e a fternoon p laced fourth in the Open Superstreet event beh ind three of the AFM's lOp riders Bria n Brinkman (the winer). Jim J ep sen an d Ken · Lo uketis, came back to grab th e Open G P trophy. Koci cl imbed fro m th ird place in the th ird lap of th e seven -lap race to beat two 3. Ernn Flory (BMW). F-lW OPEN: 1. Gordon Seim (Ducl; 2. Bud Rogers (Vaml: 3 . Elmer Riddle (Yam). " OPEN 5 /ST: 1. Brian Brinkman (Yam); 2. Jim Jep sen (Yam); 3. Kenneth Louketis (Suz). F-SGL: 1. Vincent My er (Han); Paul Shill ito (Yam); 3. Kurt Mund (Hanl. 250 51ST: 1. Robert Nunez (Yam); 2. Kiek Hoeppner (Kaw); 3 . Steve Pullin (Kaw). VINT: 1. Allen Settelee (H-D); 2. Brian Aghagan i (B); 3. Eric Swortsfigure (Nor). OPEN GP : 1. Peter Koci {Suzl; 2 . Mart McDaniel (Suz): 3. Kenneth Louketis (Suz). F-2: 1. James Stephens (Yam) ; 2. Mark Drucker (Hon); 3. Mark Schuben (Yam). F-40: 1. De nny Doherty (Yam) ; 2. Gordon Seim (Duc); 3. Richard Brady (Yam). 450 TW: 1. Francis Mazur (Kaw); 2. Eric Diet iker (Kaw); 3.Joh n Barnes (SOl). F·l : 1. James Stephens (Yam); 2. Joe Brett Williams {Honl; 3.Jeny Ernst (Yam). 450 51ST: 1. Stephen R'odden (Yam); 2. Wayne Emerson (Yaml; 3. Thomas Montano. 250 PROD: 1. Steve Pullin (Kaw); 2. J eff L.eggit (Kaw); 3. Franci a Mazur (Kaw). 750 PROD: 1. Chr is Crew (Suzt; 2. Keith Adams (SOl); . 3. Henk Lenshoek (Suz). OPEN PROD: 1. David Deveau (SuII: 2. Mark McDaniel (Sul); 3 . Kenneth Louk-eu(Suz)•• 450 PROD: 1. Darrell Parker (Yaml; 2. Darrell Clingerman (Yam); 3. Dwayne Cross (Yam). 600 PROD: 1. Dwayne Chung (Han); 2. Hank Raney(Yam); 3. David 0 - . (SOl). . • 650 TW: 1. Kurt Kimble IKaw); 2. John Taylor (Hon); 3. ~hris Dailey (Han). Cwiklinski quick at Dade Cny M X By Scott Shepherd DAD E CfTY, FL, JULY 23 Kaw asaki rider C] Cwik lins ki sliced th ro ugh the slime to ta ke a first mot a and o vera ll 125cc B class win at the fourth ro und of th e Dade City MX Sum mer Series. Cw ik linski o utra n Kawasaki rider Shawn Car.UIO a nd Steve Nen to the first turn and built his lead to 10 bik e lengths. At the ha lfwa y po int Caputo ca ugh t hi m and they bo th bu sted out 10 a 50 yard lead over th ird-pl ace Nen. Caputo got in tro ubl e in the sli me at the end, a llo wing Nen to pas s him. Cwikli nski wo n easily fo llowed by Nen a nd CapUIO. , T h e rain hel d off fo r th e open ing Pee Wee first mo to. After tha t race th e sky ope ned u p and it rai ned steadily for the rest of the nigh t. T he weat her forced track manager/ o wner Ra nd y Yoho 10 cut th e overall down to first mota finis hes. In the Open Novi ce cla ss, Honda rider T om my Stn ngfield didn 't expe ct to do well in th e sli me. After a bad start and midpack surviva l tactics, his game plan developed in to ca pi talizi ng on the m istakes or the leaders. H is p lan worked and neued him an overall. Results PIW: 1. Tann er Mathis (Yam); 2. Stephen Lenzi (Yam). 0 -60 AM : 1. Eric W aters (Kaw ); 2. Joe Haley (Kaw ); 3. Jason Litt le (Yam). 0- 60 NOV: 1. Bill y W ood (Kaw ); 2. Shaw n Beal (Kaw); 3. Ryan Kelly (Kaw); 4 . Adam Crossley (Kaw); 5. David Lindsey (Yam). 80 B: 1. Mike Woodcock (Kaw); 2. Tim Carr (Kaw);3. Terry Litt le (SOl); 4 . An th ony Pocorob a (Han). 80 C: 1. J ason Peres ISuz); 2. Daniel W oodcock (Kaw ): 3. Dann y Siavelli (Kaw); 4. Erik W aters (Kaw); 5. Jaco b Kielty (SOl ). . 80 BEG: 1. Vinny Hopper (Yam); 2. Mi tch Spradli n (Kaw ); 3. Scott LLamb (Han); 4. J ason McConn iel (Kaw); 5. Jeff Povkey (Kaw). 125 B: 1. CJ Cwi klin ski (Kaw); 2. Steve Nen; 3. Shawn Caputo (Kaw) ; 4 . Eddi e S and er son (Hon ); 5 . David Sandarson (Han). 125 C: 1. Billy Brooks (Kaw ); 2. Robert Britton (Hon); Jim Randa (928) leads Junior Jackson in the 125cc Ex pert class at Motosports Park, Randa went dowri and Jackson took the overall win . 3. Mark Lee (Yam); 4 . J im Bennett (Hon); 5. JR Wh it e. 125 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Roy Pierce (Han); 2. Stan McKay (Suz); 3. Ricky Kn ight (Yam); 4 .Mark Payne (Hon); 5. Steve Vondrasek (Suzl. 125 BEG 0-2: 1. Ronnie Lay (Kaw); 2. Rob Shephard ; 3. Ja son Keene (Kaw); 4. Mi ke Shaul (yam); 5. John Kay (Hon). 250 B: 1. Rob Lack (Hon); 2. Rob Somerv ille (Hon !; 3 . Todd Hensl ey; 4. Steve Stoja ck; 5. Greg Dillow (Han). 250 C: 1. We sley Shallow (Hon); 2. Joe Zimeck (Kaw); 3. Chris Redding (Yam); 4. Roy Routh (Suz); 5. Karl Rhoad es (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Steve Daniels (Han); 2. Marl!: We sley; 3. Kirk Stul z (Kaw) ; 4 . Frank Bratley ; 5. Kim Vanluven. . VINT: 1. Ed Garl in (Yam); 2. Roy Peirce (Hon); 3. Steve Combestt (Han): 4 . Anthon v Nucc i; 5. York Somerville. OPEN S: 1, Keith Oelerich (Kaw ); 2. David Ellis (Hon); 3. Steve Blakely (Yam); 4 . Fred VanW agoner (Yaml; 5. Rob Somerv ille (Honl . OPEN AM : 1. Todd Hen sley (Han); 2. Sie ve SlojaCk (Yam); 3 . c.J Cwik lin ski (Kaw); 4 . Rob Black (Han). . OPEN NOV: 1. Tommy Stringfield; 2. Anthony Nuccio (KTM); 3 . W illiam Hobson (Kaw ); 4 . Jo e Zemeck (Hon); 5. David Berger (Han). 100 S/M INI : 1 . Mi k e Woodcock (Kaw); 2. Dav id Sand erson (Hon); 3. Tim ca rr (Kaw) . 2 6+: 1. Dave Ellis (Han); 2. Dale Keen e (Honl; 3. David Berg er (Han); 4 . William Hobson (Kaw); 5. Dwayn e J ent (Yam). SR 30+: 1. W esley Shallow (Honl; 2. Alan J ackson (Yam); 3. Charl es Lehing (Han); 4 . Bill Garlin (Yam); 5. John Eaton (Kaw ). S /SR & OT: 1. Charles Lehing(Honl; 2. Dan 8arlow(Kaw); 3 . York Somerville (Kaw); 4 . Gerald Nuccio (KTM ). Taylor t ops Lodi ST By Mikki McBride LOD!, CA. J ULY 8 In the P ro-Am class a t the Lodi Cycle Bowl. Harley rider, Dan n y McDonnell jumped into the lead wh ile th e rest of th e pac k scra m bled to try ' a nd o vertake him. Wh ile McDonnell was setti ng the fa st pace, th e McD owell brothe rs, Bobby and Bryan , once again got ta ngled up. Las t week th is happened and Bobby went off o ver th e handleba rs; T his week i t was Bryan 's turn. H e was a llo wed to rejoin the race o nce he co nvinced the referee tha t he was really o kay by riding a hard lap by hi mself , then was put at the end of the line for th e resta rt. McDonnell led off bu t a no the r Harl ey rider, Teddy Taylor . was able to swing ou t a nd aro und McDon nell in a very q uick move that ca ugh t McDon nell off g uard. Taylor took over th e lead spot and stayed th ere. In the 60ec class . Kawasaki rider Shaun R ussell act ua ll y won th e class after being given two w hite £lags and one checkered whi ch mad e it look li ke he and seco nd pl ace finisher J eff Gabha rt had come in last, In the Vintai;e Two-Stro ke class, it was fun wa tching the Eich elba ught br ot hers, Sco tt a nd Jo n, bat tle for th e lead. Both were ridi ng Yama has , but Jon explai ned th a t SCOll 'S engi ne was the bigger of the two . Jo n kept th e edge o n Scott all th e way, bu t SCOll was rig ht up there wit h him a nd it looked lik e he ju st might get on by a few tim es. However, Jon wou ld just tu rn o n the gas a li tt le mo re, JUSt eno ugh to keep Scott in second. Results PIW C: 1. Matthew Proto (Yam); 2. Tony Meirin g (Yam); 3. Mi chael Erl (Yaml ; 4 . Wade Garri son (Yam); 5. Bran don George (Yam). PIW B: 1. Toby Jo rgense n (Yam!; 2. Dan ny Vickers (Yam); 3. K.C. Rigmaiden (Yam); 4. David Gassin (Yam); 5. Scott Ar nold (Yam). VET AlBI C: 1. Dave Bost rom CW· R); 2. All en Auzehze (Hon); 3. William Rider (Han ); 4 . Lawr ence Green (W-R); 5. Henry Sanchez (Hon). 60 AlBI C: 1. Shaun Russell (Kawl; 2. Tony Souza (Kaw ); 3. J eff Gabh art (Kaw ); 4. Eric M art in (Kaw ); 5. Aaron Gayle (Kaw) . PP: 1. Carr ie l ee (BSA): 2. Verna Ober (Hon!; 3. Clarissa Holland (Yaml; 4 , Amanda Meiring (Yam); 5, Tami Qua n (Hon). 80 C: 1. Tony Souza (Kaw); 2. Ricky Lew is (Han); 3. Lance Arnold (Kaw ); 4 . Kenne th Hofland (Yam). 80 B: 1. Robert Stevenson (Yam); 2. Steven Hlebo (Kaw ); 3. Tim Alverna z (Yam); 4. Shaun Russell (Yam). 80 A : 1. Ma tt Wait (Kaw ); 2. J esse Sanchez (Yam); 3. Sen Bostrom (Hon);14. Eric Bostrom (Han); 5. Earn ie Mart in (Kaw l. 250 C: 1. Herbert callen, III (Han); 2. Ben Bostr om (Hon); 3. Jo h n Hlebo III; 4. Jim Pott (Yam); 5. J ohn Navarec (Yam). 250 A -S: 1. Man Wa it (Rtx); 2. Martin Mon tes (Suz); 3. J esse Sanc hez (C-A); 4. Robby Peichoto (Yam). VI NT 2 ·STK: 1 . J on Eic he lbaug h (Ya m); 2. Scott Eichelba ugh (Yam); 3. Roger Hamilton (Yam); 4 . Eric Bailey (Yam); 5. J ohn Proto (Bul). VINT 4·STK: 1. lynne Georg e (Han); 2. Tom DiSalv o (Tri); 3 . Ralph lee (BSA); 4 . Ken Heuser (Tri) . OPEN C: 1. M ich ell e DeSalvo (Yam); 2. Rich Facciano (Hon); 3. Don Shipley (W·R); 4. Shann on Adams (e-A); 5. St eve Sco n (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Scott Bricker (W.R); 2. All en Au zehze (Han); 3 . David Freeze (Yam); 4 . Dw ane Franc isco. Jr . (Hon ); 5 . Tory Bostrom (W -R). OPEN A : 1. Bryan McDowell (W·R); 2. Daniel McDo nn ell (Han ); 3. Bobby McDowell (W·R); 4 . Ted Taylor (H·D); 5. Robert Damron (W·R). PRO-AM : 1 . Ted Taylor (H·D); 2. Daniel McDonn ell (HD); 3. Robert McDonnell (H· D); 4 . Ricky Smith (Hon ); 5. Robert Damr on IW -RI. Jackson jams at M otosp orts Park M X By D. Hachmeister BYRON. IL , J ULY 23 Junior J ackson held o n to a sli m second m oto lead over first mo to wi nner Rich H alstead to cap tu re th e overall 125cc Expert class win in th e opening ro u nd of Motosports Park's Nuclear MX Series . . In m oto o ne, J ackson ga ted seco nd behind Jim Randa , bu t by the en d of the first lap moved h is Kawasaki in to th e lead Ra nda p icked up th e pace and stayed with J ackson while RIch Hal stead, John Ki tsch and Bob Behrens moved up to challe nge th e leade r. At the halfway mark. fir st Kitsch th en Halstead zapped Randa and pur th eir sigh ts o n Jackson. . Kitsch char ged up to challenge J ackson but was turned back and, still su fferi ng from a broken bone in his hand, fell sligh tly off the pa ce. Halstead ra ced by and moved up right on J ackson's rear fender, but Jackson successfully defended hi s lead . Finall y, o n th e last lap, H alstead passed o n a downhill and thi s time made it stick to take the win. Kitsch held o nto third and Bob Behrens mov ed up to ta ke th e fourth spor from Randa. Whe n th e ga te dr opped for th e second m o to Randa shot into th e lead with Jackson. Behre ns and Hal stead o n his heels. J ackson faltered and Behrens got by and immediately cha llenged Randa for th e lead . While Randa and Behr en s battled, Ki tsch moved up from a midpack start to battle with Jackson and Hal stead . Three laps in to the mot o, Behrens a nd Ran da loc ked bars and bo th went do wn, turning th e fight for the lead over to J ackson. .H alstead a nd Kitsch . The tangle moved Randa back to nin th a nd put Behren s o n the side lines . J ackson and H alstead again pulled away fro m a n ai li ng Ki tsch , while Greg Randa a nd Kevin Popeako moved up to ro und out the top five.• Results . MINI JR: 1. Nich $pierowski (Suz); 2. Wa de Timmermann (Suz); 3. Nick Holdcroft (Han); 4 . Kiley Szafranski .(Yam ); 5. Bruc e Kohler (Yam). • 125 A: 1. Junior Ja ckson (Kaw); 2. Rich Hals1ead (Tufl; 3 . John Kit sch (Tuf); ' 4 . Greg Randa (Tri); 5. Jim Randa rr-u 125 B: 1. DaVEt Berqui st (Tuf); 2. Craig Noack (Kaw ); 3. Shawn Miller (Kaw ); 4 . Steve Mar in (Kaw ); 5. Don Har ms (T. I). 125 C: 1. Tim Davis (Ogy); 2. M ike Vlasi k (Yam); 3, Brad J eron in ski (Suz); 4 . D.J effe ry (Yam); 5. Danell Sucher (Kaw). OPEN: 1. Troy Bradshaw (Tri); 2. Bill Clark (Trit; 3. J on Kult on (Han ); 4 . Brian Cook (Han); 5. Robert Elder (K,TM). SR MEN (+30): 1. Ron Dow nen (Tuf); 2. Bill Clark (Tri ); 3. Brad Nordlo' (Tuf); 4 . J erry Jensen (Yam); 6. Ron Poplowsk i (Tri). MI NI SR: 1. J eff Faley IKawl; 2. Math ew Sapyer (Suz); 3. Pete Zerial (Suz); 4 . Todd Mayer (Suz); 5. Ja son Reesman (Kaw) . 250 A: 1. J ohn Kits ch (Tuf); 2. J ames Veugele r (Tuf); 3. J uni or J ackson (Kaw ); 4 . Rich Halstead (fuf); 5. Breck Powers CHon). 250 B: 1. Craig Noack (Kaw ); 2. Mi ke Hinds (Hon); 3 . Chr is George (Kaw) ; 4. Steve Claw itt er (Yam); 5. Tom Sm ith (Ka w). . 250 C: 1. Doug Lenth (Kaw ); 2. Jeff W itt enkelle r (Suz); 3. J ames W aldron (Hon); 4. J oe Courchen e (Hon); 5. Jo n Gieson (Yam). V1NT 1. Jeff Niesman (Han); 2. J ason Oolla s (Yam); 3. : Roger Sm it h (Suz); 4 . Jim W in nemull er (yam ): 5. Troy Schn ows ke (Yam). S IS R (+40) : 1. Loren Cook (Honl ; 2. Don Hachmeister (Tut); 3. Jo hn Wagn er (Kaw); 4 . M artin Horn (KTM); 5. Len Randa (Suzl. PIW: 1. Scott Olson (Suz); 2. Jeff Mcinty re (Yam); 3. J ason W at kins (Yam); 4 . Brae John son (Hon); 5. Brian Kooist ra (Suz). . 60: 1. Fred Murphy (Kaw); 2. J erom y W icker (Kaw ); 3. Sku Hartmann (Han): 4 . Mike Pumfr ey (Kawl. 31

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