Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Gonzalez was fastest out of the gate in mot o two 'lI"t clawing at her rear fende r were Kin ne, Kctajarvi and Scou v T aches. At th e hallwa y ! point. Ko tajarvi led Kinne, Tackacs and : Calhoun . Calhoun proceeded to weav e th rough th e pa ck and lead Kotajarv i, Tackacs and Kinne across the fin ish line. Calhoun co llected the overa ll win , Kotajarvi was seco nd wit h a 2-2 and Kinne was th ird with a 3-4. I Results 80 B~G: 1. Sh awn Percnc (Kawl ; 2. Aa ron Winston IS uzt 3 . Davld Hicks (Kaw); 4 . Robert Larse n (Hon); 5 . Rvan Cameron (Kaw). 80 JR: 1. TV Kady (Kaw); 2. Aar on Westrup (SeR ); 3. J eff Willoh (Kaw); 4 . Gu't Ban aglia (Suzl; 5. Jack Cox (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Tony Amaradi o (Hon );, 2. Sieve Hengevel d (Kaw ); 3 . Ter ry Parson s (Ho n); 4 . Mike M etzger (Se R); 5. Tim Staufenbeil (Ho n). 80 EX: 1. Craig Deck er (Suzl: 2. Dam on Huffm an (S uz). BIG WH l : t . Tim San ta na (K,aw); 2. Chri s Bo rges (Kaw). There'$ no other feeling e like it in the world. •• ~ This is the magazine you hayebeen waiting for: 125 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Bobby SmIth (Hon); 2. Mario Whitlock Road racing . Hiq h spee d . On e hundred sixty-seventyeighty mi les an ho ur . Neck and neck. Down th e st raigh t. Ar ound th e sweeper. Thr ou gh t he chica ne . Road raci ng . That' s ho rsepower and speed . On t he pave me nt . On t he race t rack . From around the w orl d and ac ross the cou ntry. (Kaw) ; 3 . Keno Deary (Kaw) ; 4 . Al an Kadl ec {Honl; 5 . Rodney Peterso n (Yam) . 12 5 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Kenda ll St anl et (Han); 2.John Clifford (Vam); 3. Chawn Mcintosh (Kaw ); 4 . Ste ve M cClell and (Suz); 5 . Roderick Rimm er (Vam). 12 5 J R 0 -1: 1. J ason M elton (Han); 2 . Sam Hawley (Suz); 3. Ryan J ohnson (Hon); 44 . Ryan Paul s (Han); 5. Karl Fern and ez (SCR). 125 J R 0 -2 : 1. David Casada (Suz); 2 . Br uce Del gado (Han); 3 . J oe Dea ettc (Kaw); 4 . Kevin Han rahan (Han); 5 . Robe rt Kong (Han). 12 5 INT: 1. Brian Cal houn (SCR); 2. Ste ven Kotajarvi (Kaw ); 3 . Chuck Kinne (Kaw ); 4. Merced es Gonzalez (Kaw); 5 . Scotty Tackacs (SCRI. 125 PRO: 1. Willie Surratt (Han); 2. Budd y Antunez (Suz): 3. Chris Young (Suz); 4 . Jer emy McGrat h (Kaw ); 5 . Rand y Moody (Hon) . . 250 BEG: 1. Chri s Shipman (Yam); 2. Mark Fiel ds (Yam); 3 . TroyCunningham(Yam);4. M at Bat em an (Vam); 5. Donny M oore (Kaw). 250 JR : 1. Danny Seyler (Han) ; 2. Guy Giff en (Suz ); 3. Rick Barton (Yam);, 4. ' Bryan O'Neill (Yam ); 5 . Ma gn et Polosky (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Br ian Calhoun (SCR); 2. Doug Bow ers (Han) ; 3. Gary Lacey (Kawl; 4. Chr is Ridgeway (Kaw) : 5. Ken Erb (Suz) . 250 PRO: 1. Brian Manley (Kaw) ; 2 . J er emy McG rat h (Kawl; 3. Dan Berg (Kawl: 4 . Chr is Young (Suz); 5. M ike Chamberlain (Yam). • 500 BEG: 1. David Storck (Kawl; 2. Scan HoHm an (Han ); 3. Jamie M orton (Han ): 4 . Scott Johnson (Han ); 5. M ar cu s Gordon (Han). 500 JR : 1. M arc Ma tson (Han ); 2. Eri c Clem son (Hon); 3 . Chr is Wilin ski (Ha n); 4 . Brad Sl oan (Honl; 5 . Jo hn Riggl e (Hon ). 500 INT: 1. Kevin Fringer (Honl ; 2. Mike Doug hert y (ATKI; 3. Dannon Burg (Han ); 4 . Scon Lee (Hon); 5. Char l es Heers M otorc ycl e roa d raci ng. Th er e's reall y no other feel in g l ike it i n the world . Now t h ere is a glossy. full -colo r mag a zin e tha t s pecia lizes in bri ngi ng road racing into yo ur home. In an exciting package unl ike an y ot he r motorcy cle mag azi ne cu rre ntly pub lishe d in th e Unit ed States. This is the magazine. Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated w ill put you at the race track. Every issue . Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated w ill presen t th e machines and th e people that m ake up worldwide road racing and th e high -perf ormance rnotorcvcle world, USin9 w ell ch osen w ords an d lots of pi ct ur es. Special.Subscription Offer Become a subscriber to Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated and receive six issu es (a year's worth) for onl y 59 .00 ! Th e regular cover price is six iss ue s. Th at mean s you save 56.00. Th at 's 40% oil th e normal cov er price. And you sav e 56 .00 (tha t's 40%) oil t he n ormal subscri pt io n pr ice of 515.00. (KTM). 500 PRO: 1. GreQ Zitterkopf (A TK); 2. Br ian M anl ey (Kaw ); 3. Cra ig Dav is (Yam ); 4. Joe M er r iham (Han); 5. Lan ce Johnson (Kawl. UTH J R: 1. Bill Fay (Han ); 2. Tom Lym an (Han); 3. Tom my Brackens (Han ); 4 . Lou Sot o (Vam): 5 . Fran k Hort on (Han) . UTH INT: 1. M ike Dougherty (AT K); 2. Je rry Janon (SCR); 3 . Robert Nunez (Han). VET JR 0 ·1 : 1. Ken Wilson (Ho nl; 2 . Rudy Chavez J r. (Hon); 3. Joe Zipay (Hon); 4 . Franc is M cGr e8 (Han); 5. Adrian Mesa (Hon). VET JR 0-2 : 1. Ron Wat ts C Hon); 2 . David Ivory (Han); 3 . Randy Skunner (Suz ); 4 . J im Hal e (Suz); 5 . Bob Humphys Just fill out th e Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated or der for m bel ow: -----------------. Motorcycle ROAD RACER Illustrated Subscription Order Form iVam). VET INT: 1. Brad Sloan (Han ); 2 . Bret Lee! (Han); 3. Si eve Gerber (Hon); 4 . Bill W ing erning (Han ); 5. Donny Shaw (Honl. VET MSTR : 1. Tim Marset (Han); 2. Brad Biet ec (ATK ); ' 3 . Bob Tippit (Kaw) ; 4 . Phillip Taboad a (Hon) . VET PRO: 1. Rex Staten (Yam); 2 . Vincent DeLuca (Han I; 3 . Doug Boyd (Han); 4 . Carl Gazafy (Honl : 5. Bob Post (Hon). OT JR: 1. Vasek Ulrich (Han); 2. Rob Lytl e (Han); 3 . J im But l er (Suz). OT INT: 1. Jo hn Huegel (Honl. Name Address Davis stars at Indy Regiona'ST . State City Zip Code By Ed Ahlf INDEPENDENCE, JA, JU LY 21 . Blue's G reat er Iow a Racin g presented th e first professio nal mo to rcycle even t a t this ven ue in severa l vears. . a leg of the Wester n R egion al Championship Seri es. The even t was held on th e three-eigh ts mile banked o val during the Buc ha na n Co un ty Fair. Expert Dave H ebb on th e J80M Racing/ Moto Promo/ Hog Wa sh / Canton Auto/ H arley ticked the clocks a t 17.827 to set fast tim e for th e wh ite-p la ters. Will Davis, riding th e Live Wi re E lec tri c/Shoei /Cox/ P eel/ Diamo n / Ha rle y was a few clic ks behind a t 17.849. Mike Reid , 17.903, Dave Dur ell e, 17.979, and Rex Fis her , 18.0 15 rou nded out th e top five Experts. J unior And y Tresser, riding a Woods· Rotax sponso red by ABC Body/Ron Woods/H R D/ TsubakilAra i/ K8oN / Spo rt s Fu el/Ken dall/ Yoko / l nter link/ S urf & Tu rf/was fa st est overall with a 17.785. Kris Kiser logged a 17.830 (four th overall), Jim Hauptma n n on the Gary Bla kney/ Floo r Store/ Bell /Capod ice Foods /Sportla nd R n tax clocked 17.992, followed by Jim Hart, 18. 165, and Mike Eddie, 18.179. Heats were held with a ll riders advancing to th e semis . Pau l Pol hemus pu t hi s selfsponsored Woods-Ro tax into the lead in th e firs t Pro-Am hea t and was never challenged. Tim Selby won the ot her o n hi s Megatech Honda. In the fin al , Polhem us mo tored to th e lead o ver Selby . T ony Do nah ue o n the Don ahue H·DlDela no Sports/ Ron WoodiBell/Wood· Rotax overcame a slow sta rt and passed Selby for th e secon d positio n in th e late laps. Tresser won th e fastest J u nio r sem i, with Kiser tak ing th e ot her one. H e made h is poleselling spot payoff in the final , mo tori ng to the victory wit h on ly a lit tle pressure fro m Kiser. Ri ch Kin g, winner of th e first Ex pert heal , took th e ear ly lead in sem i n umber o ne. bu t was passed by H ebb, wh o took th e chec kere d first. Aaron Hill took th e o ther semi , whil e Will Davis and T roy Norris fough t to a p ho to fini sh , with Davis gell ing the nod by in ch es. In th e fin al , King came fro m th e middle of th e front ro w to gra b th e top slot for the fir st few laps. He was feel ing heavy pr essure from Davis, Hill, H ebb and Durell e. Peter Hook joined the party by the hallway point. 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