Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Vl w z a ..., t.i a: > D:l a S :I: l>. John Houston Jr. (rig ht) put the Scratch main at Gold Country Speedway away early as Rocky Robinson and Bob Hicks went wide in turn one. Jeremy McGrath (1 2 5) chased down Dan Berg for second in the 250cc Pro class at Perris Raceway, but he couldn't catch winner Brian Manley. 750 S/ BKPRO: 1. Steve Crevier (Yam); 2. Michel Mercier (Suz); 3. Gary Goodfellow (Suzl; 4. J amie James (Suz); 5. Steve Dick (Suz). 750 PROD PRO: 1. Michel Mercier (Suz); 2. Steve Did<(Suz); 3. Ja mie Ja mes (Suz); 4. Mike Griffiths (Suz); 5. Paul MacMillan' (Hon). 600 PROD PRO: 1. Tommy Douglas (Yam); 2. hi s way into th e lead while Woot en worked his way into seco nd. Clayton Blood and Jon Nicolaus, both on 500s finall y settled in a t th ird and lourth, respectively. Wooten would clo se in on Conley 10 the tigh t sectio ns bu t Co nley's 500 would pull away lrom Woo,en's 250cc mount in the power sections. This went on lap aft er la p until the checkered lIag ended 'he battle. Con ley won th e lirst moto with Wooten seco nd and lirst 250. Blood was seco nd in th e 500cc class with Ni colaus third an d Eri c Sans tro rn fourth. In th e 250cc Pro class Jack Azevedo and Ron Allen lin ished second and th ird, respec tively. T irhei rner topped Sergi o Fernandez in th e I25s. Moto two starred with Conley ahead 01 Wooten , who soo n took th e lead. Two laps lat er, with Wooten merrily motoring away, Co nley fell over in a hairpin tu rn . Tirheimer, wh o was up in third o n his 125, happily accep ted Co n ley's gi lt of seco nd. Nicolau s also took adv antage 01 th is limited o lle r and Followed i nt o third a nd top 500. Conley rem ounted and ~t by Nico laus but Wooten roo sted to th e WIO and th e 250cc Pro overall as Tirheimer lIew to the l25cc o vera ll close behind. Conley still won th e 500cc Pro money wh ich was en hanced wi th a bonus from Pro Bike Su pe r Shop. . Results St eve Crevier (Yam); 3. Pascal Picon e (Yam); 4 . Den is Royer (Yam);5. Ja cques Guenene (Yam). SDCAR: 1. Jeff Millardl Jack Han (Yam); 2. Jo hn Daleyl An Daley (Yam) 3. Kevin Gale/Steven Gale ; (Y am); 4. Mike Orchard/ Greta Orchard (Kaw) 5. ; Kun Dillman/Mark Wulfe (Suz). 250 GP AM: 1. Was Eastveld (Han ); 2. Chris Busby (Yam); 3. Jeff Taylor (Han); 4. Ja mes Nisben (Yam); 5. Stephen 500 Lum (Yam). 750 S/BK AM: 1. Richard Nelson (Suz); 2. Darren Knight (Suz); 3. Tom Etherington (Vam); 4. Peter Fuerst (Yam); 5. Michael Taylor (Ksw). 750 PROD AM; 1. Darren Knight (Suz); 2. Peter Fuerst (Yam); 3. Richard Nelson (Suz); 4. Tom Etherington (Yam); 5. Jo hn Morgan ISuz). 600 PROD AM: 1. Peter Fuerst (Yam); 2. Tom Etherington (Ya m); 3. Andrew Bun (Han); 4. Carl McKellar (Ya m); 5. Claude Bedard (Suz). 400 PROD AM: 1. David Harris (Yam); 2. Andre Kipin (Yam); 3. Lance Sto neman (Yam); 4. Peter Wilson (Han); 5. Wes Eastveld (Yam). FAST RCG SCH C'SHIP: 1. Raben Zerbisias (Yam) 2. Wes Eastveld (Ya m); 3. Owe n Weichel ; (Yam); 4. Andrew Fowler (Yanil; 5. James Wiggleswonh (Yam). Sprinkle reigns at LACR night MX By Terry Rezek PALMDALE, CA, J ULY 21 Rod Sprinkle is spe nd i ng hi s weekends productively - winning races . In th e 250ec Beginner div ision one class first moto 01 CRC's Friday night motocross at L.A. County Raceway, Sprinkle got a last place sta rt and spent th e en tire short mota moving up. At the checkered, he had com e all th e way to a very close third. Sprinkle got a mu ch bener sta rt in mot a two in third. th en he moved to seco nd in lap two and spe nt th e next three laps pre ssuring th e lead er. He lound th e needed opening, took the lead, and th e moto lor first overa ll. In th e 250cc Pro event, Kenny Zahrt took th e instant lead in moto o ne and was followed by J ell Mab ery. Mab ery pre ssured Zahrt lor two laps a nd bounced to th e lead in th e very deep wh oops that are a feature 01 the Friday ni ght races. Erick Hilton got pa st Mabery bnelly in lap seven but co uldn' t hold it a nd Mabery was soon back in the lead [or good. _ Mot e two was a lmost a repeat, excep t that . H ilton was mu ch closer and the three cou ld ha ve been covered by a lar ge blanket lor the firs t two laps. Mab ery ra iled around th e o utside of the big: sweeper to tak e the lead in lap three. By th e tim e H ilt on got aro und Zahn. Mabery was long go ne. Mab ery took the seco nd mo te win as well and first p lace mo ney lor the ni ght. Re s ults 22 80 BEG: 1. Ryan McK inney (Kaw); 2. Mik e Weed (Kaw); 3 . J ake Carothe rs (Kawl; 4 . Casey Sumaylo (Suz); 5. J usti n luszczyk IKaw ). 80 NOV: 1. Scott Johnson (Suzl; 2. Chris All en (SUZ): 3. David Evi lsizer ISuz): 4. Tracy Asher (Suz); 5. Shawn O'Br ien (Suz). SR BEG: 1. larry Kirsch (Honl. SR INT: 1. Tom Spurgin (Han). SR EX: 1. Steve Dunlap (Yam). VET BEG: 1. Ken Gr eene (Han); 2. Kim Seeger (Suz); 3 . Carm en Lipari (Yam); 4 . Bob Bednarc:zytc. (Yam); 5. Frank Pietremcmc (Yam). VET NOV: 1. Michael Bryant {Kaw l; 2. Greg Benton (Suz); 3 . Jo hn Topor (Han); 4 . Bob Dunl ap (Yam); 5. Bob Ar ell ano (Han). VET INT: 1. Mike Webb (Suz); 2. Mark Matt eson (Han); 3 . Chris Leik er (Yam); 4 . M art Mango ld (Suz); 5. Manin Ansorge (Han). VET EX: 1. Tom Webb (Han); 2. John Bumgar ner (Suz); 3 . Rick Grant (Han). JRVET BEG: 1. David Koda (Hon ); 2. Gary Song stad (Han); 3. Ron Hupf eld (Han); 4. Bru ce Zacuto (Han); 5 . Kelly lawson (Han). JR VET NOV: 1. Danny Carson (Yaml ; 2. M el Brow n (Kaw); 3. Ken Safford (Honl; 4. Jeff FreyIHon): 5. Bryan Rury(Yam ). 12 5 BEG; 1. Aaron Van Dyck {Vaml : 2. Ju stin lon aflo ; 3. Jimmy Russel (Suz); 4 . Carl DeHaan (Kaw l: 5. Roy Bremenour (Han). 12 5 NOV; 1. Bruce Delgado (Han): 2. Ernie Barba (Han): 3. C.R. Brunson (Yam); 4 _Ja son Simmons (Kaw); 5. Danny Sanc hez. 125INT: 1. Man Drury (Han); 2. Jeff Finch ; 3. John Oliver . 250 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Rod Sprinkle IHon); 2. Pablo Tir ibelli (Hon); 3. Daniel Peterson (Hon); 4 . Mike Blair lKawl; 5. J ames Anderson (Han). 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Dean lane IYaml; 2. Frank Sonile (Suzl; 3. Mark Gonzales (Han); 4 . Kurt Larson (Han); 5. Greg Heath (Han). 250 NOV: t . Eric Casas C D-G): 2. George And rews (Han); 3. M ika Geim (Hon); 4. Byron Greene (Yam); 5 . Tom Smith (Yam). 250INT: 1. J oeI Tokarsky (Hon); 2. Ronnie OensfordIHon); 3. Sean Bradley (Han); 4. Robb ie Dun ham (Yam); 5. Ken McGrath (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Jeff Mabery (Yam); 2. Ericll: Hilton (Yam); 3 . Kenny lahrt (Yam~ 4 .-John Drury (Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. David Mullen; 2. Dave Pera (Han); 3. Patrick Mullen; 4. Kenny Watson (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Joh n Cash (Honl; 2. Kenny Safford (Han); 3. Danny Casson; 4. Jerry Ehlers ; 5. Ken Miller (Honl . 500 INT: 1. Kevin Cherry (Hanl . Houston streaks at Gold Country Speedway By R.C. Jones AUB URN, CA, J ULY 28 J ohn Houston Jr. strea ked to his lourth Scra tch main event win and Rich Marcu cci brought home th e go ld in th e Handicap main a t Go ld Country Speedway. The chase lor number one in northern Ca li forn ia gets tigh er with Rocky Rob in son and Robert Cu rry virtually tied aller 13 weeks 01 racin g. H ou ston abo ard hi s Cl assic & Fashi on H air st y I i n g /C o c a ·C ol a /Tri ck /B ell· sponsored J aw a , was lirs; o ut 01 'he gate when the tapes went up in the Scra tch main , leavin g Robinson, Charlie Venega s a nd Bob Hi cks in th e du st. As Houston went styling, the battle was o n for seco nd. Hi cks and Robinson were locked int o a two lap duel with Ven ega s .lurkin!; just behind. On lap three Robinson a nd HICks almost parked it. Ven egas saw a good thing and slip ped int o second. A lap la ter Houston cruised to the ch eckered as Venegas, Hi cks and Robinson lo llo wed. Marcu cci took th e lead lrom Scott McN eil on lap o ne of Handicap main action th en sped to victory as no on e co uld catc h the Ram Constru crion- sponsored Weslake rider. Cu rry worked hi s way 0(( th e 40 and throu gh th e pack to li nis h second. T he Orlandi brothers' sho w never mat erialized as Steve put Paul away o n lap two a nd went o n to fini sh third. J oe Leduc was pr essurin g Steve Orlandi for third but co uld n' t get the tra ct ion for the pass a nd settled [or fourth. Robinson started th e nigh t with a 30 po int lead over Curry in th e po in ts chase as Steve Martin had clo sed th e ga p and moved a head of Houston fo r th ird. At th e even ing 's end Robinson a nd Curry were even close r in poin ts a nd the next two n igh ts of regular raci ng will ' ell the tal e, and it looks lik e th e ti tle will be determ ined on the last ni ght, Results SCRATCH: 1. John Houston Jr . (Jaw l; 2. Charl ie Venegas (Gdnl; 3. Bob Hicks (Wes); 4. Rocky Robinson (Wesl . HOCP: t . Rich Mar cucci (Wesl; 2. Robert Curry (W es); 3 . Si eve Or land i (Wes); 4 . J oe l educ (Wes); 5. Scan McNeil (Wesl. 0 -2 : 1. J ohn Pierce (Wesl; 2. Rich Baker (W esl; 3 . Steve Aren a (Jaw); 4 . Ted Scruggs (W esl . 0 ·3 : 1. Shane loessberg (Jaw ); 2. Ma rty M athews (Jaw ); 3 . J ay Brown (Jawl; 4 . Glenn Moore (Jaw) Wooten, Conley top Sacramento Raceway MX By By N uklear N eukam SACRA MENTO , CA, J UL Y 28 Hi -P o intl Arail R P I Fa i r lield Ka wa sa ki pow ered Sha u n Wo ot en an d ..O ' Neal/P ro C irc ui t/ Pau lson Br os.l G &B Kaw a sak im o u n ted Sean Co nley d ueled o nce again in Pro co mpelitio n at Sacramento Racewa y Park 's Fnday nigh t Stad ium MX races and each Glm e a way a winner. Woo ten took top hon ors in lhe 250cc Pro class while Co n ley claimed Ihe 500 Pro victory. H i· Point/Am il R Prfor co / Su r[ ·n -Turl Suzuk i rider G reg T ir heimer secured lhe 125cc Pro clas s wi n. With all th e Pro classes run in th e same ract' and scored individually, spec tators were trea ted to some exci li ng competilio n as racers vied not o n ly for thei r respec tive cla ss wins hut for the sheer th rill 01 victory itse l!. As the first mot o soned ou t Co n ley pow ered 125 PRO; 1. Greg Tirhe imer (Suz); 2. Sergio Fern andez (Han). . 250 PRO: 1. Sha un Wooten (Kaw); 2. JaekAzevedo (Suz); 3 . Ron A ll en (Kawl. 500 PRO: 1. Sean Conley (Kaw ); 2. J an Nicolaus CKawl; 3 . Clayton Blood (Honl . 250 INT: 1. Jerry W right (Kaw); 2. Billy W h ite (Kawl. 60: 1. Jared Wash. baugh (Honl; 2. Hoke Sm ith (Sun 3 . Daniel Van Dyke (Yam). 60 (o-S): 1. Jesse Ketcham (Ka w). 60 (90- 11): 1. A ndy Gregg (Kaw ); 2. A ndy Han sen (Han). 80 BEG 0 ·1 : David Retzloff (Kaw); 2. Tim Campbell lKaw); 3. Retzloff (Kaw) . 125 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Klinger (Kaw); 2. Todd Clerk (Kawl; 3 . Kevin Sidham (Han). 125 BEG 0- 2: 1. Dan Murphy (Kaw); 2. J onat han Linvingston (Han); 3 . Clark (Kaw l. . 250 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. Tyron Farley (Yaml; 2. Todd Clapman (Kaw l; 3. Jerry Miller IYam). 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Randy Medley (Suz); 2. Ja n Opper man (Vaml; 3. Raben Wright (Han ). 500 BEG: 1. Mike Biggle (Han); 2. Jeff Burkhardt (Han); 3. Glen Brickey IKaw ). 500 JR: 1. Raben Austin (Hon). 125 JR: 1. And rew NickelllHon); 2. Joh n Shipman (Kaw). VET JR: 1. Tim Ketcham (Han); 2. Tracy Green (KTM); 3. Tim Wa llace (Kew l. r. Rulau tops Freedom To Ride Enduro By Kenny Jones NEW WAVERLY, TX, J ULY 30 Warren Rulau , pi loring his Kawasaki KDX200 in the 200cc A clas s, was 'he overall winner 01 the Freedom To Ride Enduro, th e final even t of the T rail Riders of H OUSlon End uro Ser ies as well as th e open ing round 01 th e 1989·90 Sabi ne Enduro Circu it. Ru lau posted a perfect sco re in 'he 71.8'mile run . Rulau , who started on row o ne, sa id, "Course co nd i tio ns co u ld not have been bet ter , tracti o n was unbelievabl e and th e co urse was marked well . Not having traffic to light was a delinite adv an tage. That's why we rod e o n row o ne. " The enduro took pl ace in th e Sa m Houston Na tio na l For est and was th e club's last even t befor e th e AMA Na tional Ch ampionship En duro Ser ies ro und o n Septe mber 3. Course cond itio ns were questionabl e a week befor e th e even t du e to th e lar ge a mo u nts of rain tha t fell o n sou theas t Texas. T wo weeks prior to the even t, six in ch es of wat er co vered lh e majo rity of th e co urse whi ch co nsis led o f very fast two -lrac k tra ils to handlebar-width t.rails thro ugh heavil y foresled sectio ns, and swo llen creek crossi ngs whi ch co n tra sted with . dry and dus,y clea rcuts. ~ - :.severa l ~eries class ch a mpio nsh ips were up lor grabs going int o th e lin al even t and tha t bro ught o ut approximatel y 135 rid ers. Trail Riders of Housto n Enduro Ser ies Ch ampion jackets will be awa rded at th e series banquet whi ch will be held in Sep tem ber. The jackets will be presented to Marty H owell (O vera ll), Kenny Jones (O pe n A), Warren Rulau (200cc A), Rich Rulau (Over 40), Nadine Holbert (Wo men A), Danny Machacek (Open B), Mike Winstead (200cc B), Ouokar Benke (FourStroke), Amy Teltsehick (Wo men C), Robert Malone (Sea t 01 th e Pants), Gary Windham (Jr. Boys), Holl i Kaiser (Jr. Girls), Brent Klima (Youth 0-9), Ri cky Collins (Boys 10·12) a nd Becky Co ll ins (G irls 10-12). Results 0 / A:. Warren Rulau lKaw). OPEN A:. 1. Onaka r Ben ke; 2. Dan Cogdale: 3. J ade Jen nings . 200 A; t . Duane Badgley: 2. Terry Bainbr idge; 3. Marti: Gaont. OPEN 8 : 1. Bob Part in; 2. -Jeff Pe arson; 3 . Clint Boyd. 200 B: 1. Richard Watso n; 2. Josh Wh itt aker; 3. M ichael Winstead. : OPEN 1. Robert Davis; 2 . Kent Atwood; 3. Marty Mach. 200 c: 1. Mi chaei Hodgson; 2. lenord Morgan; 3. Kerry c: Whittaker. J R. BOYS: 1. Russell Dism uke; 2. Hyden Franklin . J R. GIRLS: 1. Tara Brown; 2 . Tammy Brown. WMN A: 1. Carol Jones ; 2. Ramona Hensley; 3. Bonnie Phillips. 4 / 5: 1. Richard Barnh art; 2. Dale Cessna ; 3. Bob Umba ugh. OVER 40: 1. Bob McKnight; 2. Dan Simpson: 3. Ja mes Naler. SEAT OF PANTS : 1. Sco tt Cerrlt on ; 2. Geo rge William . WM N C: 1. Am y Teltschick; 2. Connie Davis; 3 . Theresa Tettsch ick.. BEG: 1. Mike M itche ll; 2. Mark Hale; 3. D.C. Willillms. YTH 10-12: 1. Gordo n Roben s; 2. Brian Mullins; 3. Brandon Morgan. YTH 0 ·9 : 1. Brent Klima . Calhoun dominates Perris MX By Donn Maeda PERRIS, CA, JULY 16 Suzuki-mounted Brian Calhoun managed to capture both the 125 and 250cc Intermediate classes at the third round 01the Dodge Trucksl CMC Summer Series at Perris Raceway. The SCR /MNFX /JT I EOl o Racing-sponsored rider turned. in four perfect mota finishes to claim hi s pair of overall wins. Ca lhoun holeshot the lirs t 250cc moto ahead of Doug Bowers , Sca n Sease and Steve n Kotajarvi, Gary Lacey was stuck back in seventh p lace , but by the third lap had worked his way IOtO fourth. As Calhoun began to open up a lead over Bowers and Sease, Lacey began to clos e th e gap between himself and the leaders. On lap live, Lacey ra iled th e o utside 01 a right- hand sweeper and passed Sease to take over third. La cey then reeled in Bowers, and bounced pa st th e Honda rider o n a wh ooped out stra igh ta wa y. Calhoun took an easy win, lollowed by Lace y, Bow ers and Sease. Seco nd malo action saw Bowers power down the start strai g h t ah ead 01 Kenn y Maddux, Ken Erb and David Smith. Smith blasted into second place within the lirst lew turns and began to pressure Bowers. Meanwhile, Calho un was workin g up lrom a 10th place star t and went down in a muddy rig h t· hander. Calhoun remounted in last place a nd set a blistering pa ce in a n a ue mp t lO rega in pos itio ns. On lap lour, Chris Ridgewa y Hattracked his Kawasaki aro und a lefr-hander a nd passed Erb lor third place. Calhoun .was close behind, a nd found m ore tr a cti on o n a wh ooped o ut uphill toalso overta ke Erb. Once in fourth , Ca lho un set after th e lead ers Ridgeway, Bow ers and Sm ith. Smith slid ou t in a slippery sectio n 01 th e trac k and dr opped to lilth. On th e last lap, Calhoun g lided through th e wh oops and passed Bowers lor ' second pl ace. This would have secured th e o vera ll win, but Calhoun con tin ued to cha rge, passi ng Ridgewa y two turns from th e fini sh lO tak e lh e molO win . Ca lhoun 's pe rfect sco re earne d h im the overa ll , loll owed by Bowers' 3-3, a nd Lacey with a 2-5. J ell Fin e holeshot the lir" l25cc Interme· d iat e mo to a head 01 Merced es G onzal ez, Steve n Kot aj ar vi ' a nd Ca lho u n. Ca l ho un q u ickl y moved into second. passin g both Go nza lez and Kotajarvi in a downhill sectio n of th e co urse. On lap four, Fin e went down in 3 slippery corne r, handing the lead to Ca lhoun. Calhoun took 'he checkered ahea d 01 Kotajarvi, Chuck Kinne a nd Gonzalez. -

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