Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Mid way th rough the race Au kinso n h it a slick spot on th e sweeper and went down. He nson, j ust a lew Ieet behind, did the same 10 narrowly avoid the fallen rider. Russell , still in lront, went on lor th e wi n, followed by Husk y and McPhearso n. Open Amateur - .and Vel - Co mbined raci ng, put Sh erman in th e top pos ition after dueling with Gary Bonney. Open Amateur winner Dennis Neibaur was a close third, foll owed by Onida and Young. Results FRlDAVST MICRO: 1. Man Ward (!Caw); 2. Brandon Chaffin (Hon); 3. TravlS Harper (Kawl. 80 AM: 1. Mitch Ward (Kaw ); 2. Jay Skinner (Yam); 3. Trevor Sherman (SuzJ . 250 AM: 1. Darrel Murphy (Hon); 2. Mark Flolh (Hon). OPEN AM: 1. Tom Shennan (W -R); 2. Greg Onida (Yam); 3. DennIS Neibaur (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. RiCky Henson (Trl); 2. Jeff Russell (W -R); 3. Joel Husky (Honl . SATUROAVTI MICRO: 1. Man Ward (Kaw); 2. J acob Cross (Hon). 80 AM : 1. Mitch Ward IKawl; 2. Trevor Sherman (Suz); 3. Jay SkJnner (Yam). t25 AM : 1. Tress ia Steven s (Kaw). OPENAM: 1. Dennis Neibaur(Yam); 2. Greg Onida (Yam); 3. Glen Voung (Hon). OPEN VET: 1. Tom Sh... man(W.R~ 2. Gary Sonnev(Hon). : OPEN EX 1. Jeff Russell (W -RI; 2. Joe' Husky (Hon ); 3. Scon McPhea rson (Hon). Hale storms to Perris MX win By David Procida Junior Vet Beginner class winner Joe Hargrove (81) tries to stuff underneath 250cc Novice class winner David Barlow at Perris Raceway. off th e pace. Hook and Durelle battled in third and lourth behind Davis and Hill as th e 12 laps drew to a close. Results PRO-AM : 1. Paul Polhemus (W.R); 2. Tony DonahuerwRt 3. Tim Selby (Hont 4 . Bret Beyer IICTM) . EX: 1. Will Davis (H·D ): 2 . Aaron Hill (H-O t 3 . Peter Hook,; 4 . Dave Durelle (W -R);"S. Troy Norris (W-R) . JR: 1. Andy Treaser (W· R); 2. Kris Kiser (H-O); 3. Steve Raymond (H-D),; 4 . Jim Han (RtxJ; 5. J im Hauptman (W R). Geariaty rails to Broome-Tioga MX win By Greg Nelson LISLE. NY. J ULY 23 Bro ome-T io ga S ports Center host ed its an n ual Paren ts Day race in lront 01 a large crowd. T a kin g a n ea rly lead in th e Parent 's race was Tom Par ker and Gr eg Maurer. Right away William Seavy blew by th em bo th . For the lirst lap Seavy rode lik e he was the sure winner. Sudde n ly Seavy slid OUI in th e offca mbe r (urn. TI13t was followed b y a series o r cras hes. In the meantime. William Gearaity was bu sy passing Parker and Maurer. lak in g th e lead. Parker fell , remounting in lourth beh ind Chauncy Bush. On the last lap, Seavy cha rged up th rough the pack. The linal order had Gearaity winning easily. Maurer was second, Parker third ahead of Seavy and Bush. Sco u Rockwell, rid in!; a Kawasak i, won th e overall in the Junior Mmi class . He rode out in fro nt 01 the class unti l the last lap. Rockwell lell in a turn leu ing Danny Cou take over first . The pair linished lirst and second, four seconds a head 01 Paul Bradley. Rockwel l look th e holeshot in mOlD lwo. Cou and Bradley were right beh ind him hoping he would aga in mak e a mistake. This lim e Rockwell rode perlectl y a ll th e wa y to lh e linish lin e. Gou rode hard, pulling away lrom Bradl ey, but he co uld n 'l malch Rock · well's ipeed. Results PARENTS RACE: 1. William Gearity; 2 . Greg Maurer; 3. Tom Part.er; 4. W illiam $eavv; 5 . Chauncy Bu5h. PlUS 25: 1. Greg Nelson (Suz); 2. Greg lykens (Hon); 3. Mike Murray (KTM l; 4 . Bob P ustln (Kawt; 5 . larry loudis IHonl. SR: 1. Mark Matott (Yam); 2. Bruce Stra tton (Yam); 3. Ed Downing {Yaml; 4 . Phil Dilmore (!taw ); 5. Rtehard Zogg (!ta w '. 50: 1. Chad Rockwell {Vaml; 2. Mike Dougherty (Yam); 3. Jerem., Rosenkrans (Yam); 4 . Justin Murray (Yam); 5. John Hand (Yam). JR MINI : 1. Scott Rockwell (!taw); 2. Danny Gatt (Hon); 3. Paul Bradley (Kaw ); 4 . Matt Rockwell (Kaw ); 5. Philip Davia (Kaw). SR MINI NOV: 1. Jason VanBenschoten (Kawt; 2. Jeff Tetrauh (Kaw ); 3. Chadd Groome (SUl k 4. Brilln Adam i (Yam); 5. Chris Shova (Suz). SR MIN I: 1. Paul Rockwell (!taw); 2. Erie Reilly (SUl ); 3 . Shane Lipe (Yam); 4. Steve Simmoos (Suz); 5. Robert Brown (Kawl. SCHBV: 1. Chad Brown ("aw); 2. Jason Grady (Yam); 3. Josh Hurlbutt (K8w k 4. Ben,am in Law (Hon); 5. John Blake (Kaw). 200 NOV: 1. Jefry e«son (Honl; 2. Mark Delorenzo (Kaw); 3. Vince nt Cataldo (Su;rl; 4. Rick Penoyer (Kaw); 5. Jim Stewa rt (Yam). 125 AM : 1. Jason M iller (Kawl; 2. Bill Maney (Kaw l; 3. Aaron Brush ingham (Hon); 4. Andy Brooks (Yam); 6. Robert Mann (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Chr is Coleman (Kaw l; 2. Scott Sheak (Kaw); 3 . Rick Pin ney (Hon); 4 . Steve Hess (Kaw); 6 . Terry Kuhn (Kaw l. 260 AM: 1. Thomas Cole {Kawl; 2. Stan Nepa (Vam); 3. Aa ron Bruahing ham (Hont; ~ . Ra.,mond Davis (Suzl; 5. Br ian Malyszek (Su d . 260 EX: 1• Chril Colema n (Kawl; 2. Bruce Stratton (Yaml ; 3 . Scott Sheek (Su;rl; 4 . Steve Hess IKawl; 5, Greg Nelson (Suzl . OPEN NOV: 1. Ja mes Pizzo (Vam); 2. Joe Gray (Vaml ; 3. Steve Gardner (Yaml; 4 . Tom Wyaaski (Kaw); 5. Lion el Thurston (Hon) . OPEN AM : 1. Robert Alfred (Hon); 2. Chris Coats (Hon); 3. Raymond DavislKaw); 4 . Brian Holliwell(ATK); 5. John Harris (Kaw). OPEN EX: 1. M ike Dougherty (KTMl; 2. Mike M urray (KTM); 3. Marc Brown (Hon) ; 4 . Larry loudis (Hon); 5. Richard Clar1r.e(Hon ). V1NT: 1. Bern ie Kohler (SUl ); 2. Robert Matyuek (Hon); 3 . Ted Smith (Yam); 4 . Sam Ray mond (Suz); 5. Scott Petridl (Honl. Karvasek tops Willow Springs MiDI RR By Dan Steele ROSAMOND. CA. J ULY 30 Yam aha-mourned T ony Karvasek won bo th th e He avyweight Box Stock and Heavyweight Superstreet classes at the ARRA Mini Road Race o n The Stree ts 01 Will ow Springs race co urse. The lim race 01 th e da y was th e Heavyweight 50cc Box Stock class. At th e drop of the gr een flag, Karvasek, Mark McDonald and Mark Long left the lin e Cirst with Dave Wolfe close behind. As Karvasek and McDonald bega n 10 pull a way in a battle oC their o wn . Long bega n to sett le into th ird with Wolle a d istant fourth. McDonald sta yed close till mid-race wh en Karvase k bega n to pull away, ta king the win wi th McDonal d seco nd a nd Long th ird. McDonald had th in gs hi s way in th e co m bi ned Lightweighr/Heav yweight 50cc Mod ified Producti on classes. Al th e sta rt, McDonald pulled o rr th e lin e firs t closely loll owed by Mike Green and Mark Long. As McDonald and Gr een lought lor th e lead. Long established himself lirmly in th ird. G reen pressed McDonald lor severa l laps o n ly to hav e McDonald pull aw ay to win. Green fin ished second with Long third, In the H eavyweight SOcc Superstreet class, Tony Karvasek and Mark Long pulled a wa y from the field a t th e start. Long began a charge lor th e lead and closed in on Karvasek. After several laps of close racing, Long pa ssed Karvasek. then Karvasek repassed Long a nd held on to ta ke lh e win . Long, a recen tly. signed FMF-sponsored rid er came in second a nd sco red a hat· trick as he fini shed in th e to p three in three races. Robert Gall o took thlld. Results HIW 50 BOX STK: 1. Tony Karvasek (Yam): 2. Mark McDonald (Yaml; 3. Mark long (Yaml; 4 . Dave Wolfe (Yam); 5 . Todd Bell (Yam). UW 50 MOO PROD: 1_Dia na W iU"ms (Yam). HIW 50 M OD PROD: 1. Mart. McDonald (Yam); 2. M ike Green (Yam); 3. Mark long (Yam); 4 . Robert Gallo (Yam); 5 . Da.... Smrt:h (Yam). HIW 51ST: 1. Tony Karvasek (Yaml; 2. Mark long (Yam); 3. Robe" Gallo (Yaml; 4 . Dave Wolfe (Yam) Henson, Russell top Idaho Short Track By early Sherman BOISE .ID, J ULY 21-22 Triumph·moumed Ricky Henson took lh e O pen Expe rt win a t Ow yhee Mot or cycl e Club's Friday night short track. SCott McPhearson go t th e holesh ot a nd held o n for three laps, but heavy pr essure fT om beh ind won o ut . as Hen son and Ru s....ell sho t by him. Attkinson lhrew il awa y with hi s pa ss a urm pt and was out [or th e evening . Russ ell pressured Hen son a ll lhe way to lhe checkers but C3mr up shan. Open Amateur racing was exci ting with a midrace cha rge from veteran rider Tom Sh erman. Kurt Pos ton took th e lead lo llowed by Onida, Neib a ur, Sherman and Young. Four la ps inlo trying OUI his new ly aquired Wood· ROLa x, he took Neibaur on the o utside in turn o ne, a nd lhen Onida down the Iron I straig hL He pa ssed Poston coming o fC turn two th e lollowing lap a nd went o n lor th e win . Onida look seco nd with Neibaur th ird. Saturday nighl IT racing had J eff Ru ssell first in do~ action. Main even t racing started o ut with Russell . Auk in son and H enson up lrom. lollow ed by McPhearson and Husky. PE R RIS, CA , JULY 22 J im Hal e piloted his R MI 25 Suzuki to a seco nd mo to win to claim th e overall victory in the Vet Novice class today at Perr is Raceway. J ohn Ritchie led the pack into the first turn 10 start olC the Cirst moto, foll o wed by a large number of Vet novices. As the riders sorted themselves out. Dave Breno and Jim Bacon were closing fast on Ritch ie's CR500 . Both Breno and Bacon were ba ttling back and Iorth and shot past the lading leader without realizing it, Ritchie's problems continued when he stalled his big-bore Honda in a tight, orr-camber switchback. Rit ch ie dropped to the back 01 th e pa ck while tryi ng to start his bike, Up front. Breno and Bacon were joined by Chuck Freeman and Hale. On lap eight. Hale, wh o had been looking Cor a wa y 10 get by Freeman. found it and quickl y clo sed on Bacon. Bacon fell victim to m echanical problems on lap nine, dropping him out 01 the race. This put Hale into seco nd beh ind Bren o, and for th e next lWO la.l'" Hale rode in Breno's Suzuki shado w, chasing h im to the checkered. Freeman finished third with T om Loucks and Wally Moore roundin g o ut th e top five. Bren o picked up the seco nd moto , where he left orr in rnoto on e, at th e fro nt 01 the pa ck. Hot on hi s trail were Bacon and Hale, The lead trio swapped pos iti on s back a nd forth with a different lead er lrom lap lour through 'lap eight, Bacon retired late in the rnoto with problems, again leaving Hale and Breno to lig ht for the point position by th emselves. Hale was pushing hard a nd once into th e lead. was not going to relinquish it. Using lappers to h is advantage. Hale held o lC Breno the remainder of the mo to , thereby capturing the overall victory. Freeman again fin ished in third while Moore and Ritchie rounded o ut the top overall live slots . Results MINI BEG: 1. Dean Van Riper (Yam); 2. Bradley Whi te (HoN); 3. Berna rd Leit ner (Yam). MINI NOV: 1. larry Unkogle (Kaw); 2. Travis Presto n (Kawl . _ 125 BEG: 1. Robert West on (Yam). 260 BEG: 1. M ike Maniscalch i (Yam); 2. Jason larson (Yam). OPEN BEG:. 1. Jon Her nand ez (Ho n); 2. Samual Hernandez (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Bob Graham (ISUZ); 2. Jack Phinn (SuzJ; 3. Tim Olson CHon). 250 NOV: 1. David Barlow (Kew); 2. Terry Varner (Yam); 3.W.J . Bradbury C Hon). OPEN NOV: 1-0 Chr is Bergstrom (Yam' . 1251NT: 1. Rondy Oonylo (KawtI2. Jell lambson. OPEN INT: 1. John Anderson (Honl; 2. Patrick Markham (ATK). 125 PRo: 1. Kyle Kl l _ (Honl . 250 PRO: 1. Joe Wadd ington; 2. P'ul Thede (Suz); 3 . Jim Hale (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Willy Musgrave IATK). JR VET BEG: 1. Joe M. Hargrove (Hon); 2. Danny Pabow (Hont 3 . Robert Tabor IHon~ JR VETINT : 1. John Anderson (Hon,; 2. Petr a Martdulm (ATK). VET NOV: 1.Jim Hale CSuzt 2. Dave Breno (SUl); 3. Chuck Freeman (Suz). VET BEG: 1. OllYid Proe;da (Kawt 2. Don H _ (Hont 3. Jell - . o l d (Hon). VET INT: 1. St.... Donovan (Han); 2. W illy Haney (Hon); 3. Oavid Fox(Hon ). VET EX: 1. Brent W alli ngsford CKawt; 2. Tiber Papp (Yam); 3. Gary Jones (Hon). OT: 1. John Whtte (Hon); 2. Jody Weisel (Hon); 3. Marvin Olson (Yam). Stanfield strikes at MXPHS By Arlene Hejlek COLUMBIA, MO , i ULY 23 Jim Sta nfield captured first overa ll for the second tim e this season with his wi n in the seventh round of th e Missou ri Hare Scrambles Ser ies rou nd seven MXP. Sta nfield quick ly puta bad slart behind him and was bus y pas sing ride rs as they went over the sho Tt srction of the motocross co urse that was included in th e race. It was a hill y, muddy co urse that all owed few opportunities to pa ss. but Sta nfield picked off nders on e by on e and worked hi s way up 10 lhird posilion by the end 01 th e first lap. By th e third lap Slanlield was di cing with th e lead er , Chris Caplinger. Slanlield lh en gass ed his KX25ll into lhe lead and kept it there until the end of the twoho ur event. Caplinger took first p lace in the Expert class on his Cagiva loll o wed by th e Honda CR250mounted Tim Newell. Rusty Reynaud and Steve Leivan were nose-to -tail for severa l la ps but Kelly C etz nosed ahea d 01 Leivan and they finished in that o rde r. Dave Osborn appeared 10 have th e O pen clas s win in th e ball but was demoted 10 second when Mark Beck pulled a surprise pass near th e end of the last lap. Ca rlo Cracchiolo had a ~ start and made tak ing the 250cc class Will look easy as he pow er ed hi s Honda o ver the seven- m ile co urse . The 200cc cl a ss sa w Kev in O 'Brien ' s Kawasak i o u t fro n t from start to fi nis h with seco nd p lace go ing 10 R ick Thorpe. Tho rpe overshot a tum o n th e first lap a nd was never able to close th e gap with O 'Bri en after th a t. In th ird pl ace was Mike Bock loll o wed by Mike Heaven s. Sco n Bran stetter was in third but had 10 pi t a nd fix a broken rear bra ke rod . Thanks to hi s pit crew he was able to get go ing in lime to sa lvage fifth place. Brian Sergeant rhou ghr he had th e Fo ur Stroke class wi n for su re wh en his bat tle with Eddi e La Cha nce was interrupted. La Cha nce went o ver th e ba rs 0 1 h is XR600 wh ile negoriaring th e double ju m ps o n th e motocross section of the co urse . Lat er Sergeant beca me hopelessly mired in a large mudhole and settled for seco nd p lace when LaChance passed to take the win. Results O/W: 1. Ji m Sta nfield (Kaw) . EX: 1. Chris Cap li nger (Cag); 2. Tim Newell (Hon); 3. Rusty Reyna ud (Yam); 4 . Kell., Gea (Honl; 5. Steve Lewan (Kaw ). OPEN: 1. M. Beck lKaw); 2. D. Osborn (Honl; 3.J . WIlli ams (Kaw); 4 . M . Turp in (ATK); 5. M. Gr umke (Hus). 250 : 1. C. Craeehiolo (Hon!; 2. F. A ut (Kaw l; 3. M . M. Bucha nan (!Caw); 4 . C. Hutson (Hon). 200: 1. K. O'Brien (Kaw l; 2. R. Thorpe (Kaw l; 3. M . Bodt (Ka w); 4 . M . Heavena (Kaw); 5. S. Branstetter (Kaw) . 125 : 1. L M ill s (Hon); 2. V. Throckmorton (Cagl: 3. K. Kolka (ICaw ); 4 . M. Vander Beek (Kaw); 6 . J. Owen (!Caw). 4-STRK: 1. E. taChanee (Hon t; 2. B. Sergent (Hon); 3. P. Taylor (Hon); 4 . .1. Newberry (Hon). JR: 1. S . Taylor (Hon); 2. C. Green ing (Hon); 3. D. Wi"ong (Hon). SR: 1. B. Caplinger (Cag l: 2. R. LeRette (Yaml; 3. R. Whelove(Suz); 4 . F. leivan (Kawl: 6. M . Hollenberg (Hus~ S/SR: 1. L Hayes (ATK); 2. J.letellier(KTM); 3. B. Hetten IKTM). BEG: 1. S. King (ICa w); 2. 8 . Taylor (Kaw!; 3. C. Dobsen (Hon ); 4 . J . FInch (Yaml; 5. S. M oss tHon). Murphree mops up at l.odi ST By Mikki McBride LOD!. CA, J ULY 22 T en- year -old J ohn Murp hr ee, a regular rider at the Lodi Cycle Bowl. ca me back alter winnin g th e Grand Nati onal Ch amp ion sh ip a t th e AMA Ama teur National Ch ampion sh ip ' Dirt Track races in Peoria, Illinoi s, earlier this month to slide into yet a no ther win a t Lodi. The BOcc Kawasaki rider, sponso red by Chris Carr Racing, Ca ncilla Racin g En gines, ProTrac Tra ilers, Shoei Helmets and Gr ey Boy Kawasaki . was back to show th e 80cc expe rts th e way he does it. Another Kawasak i rid er a nd District 36 Bla ck P la te #1 , Mall Wait, g ra bbed the holeshot o ff the line, but on the first lap, co m ing out of turn fou r. Murphree was b y on.th e o u tside in a n ash anti went on to win . In the l' ro ·Am cla ss, Danny McDonnell d id a gr eat job 01 ge tt ing the ho leshot an d defending hi s lirst . pot all th e way to th e chec kered flag . Bobb y McDowell . coming in a close sf'cond, was ju st not able to ge t around lhe Harley·riding McDonnell but stayed busy wa rding olf Rotax rid er Bob Dam ron, who was in third, a nd Steve Mayfield in fourth. In th e Open Expert event, ROlax rid er Steve Mayfield surp rised everyone by gelli ng the j u m p o n Bryan McDowell and kepI il lhe wh ol e d istance. Both Bryan and Mike Gr esham tried hard to gel by Mayfield, but cou ld n 'l find the ri\: ht openi n\:. . In the Open NOV class , 1I.1Ich eile DiSa lvo Ice showed her tal ent by taking the chec kered flag belor e an yone else co uld get th ere. R ick Faccian o did a great job of Lryi ng to ~ss DiSalv o bu t just co uld n' l ge ' past her ught line. In lh e 250cc Junior · Expert class ju ni or Jesse Sanc hez surpn sed ex pe rt rid er Mau Wai t by sta yin g in th e first spot a ll lh e way to lh e chec kered flag. Results c: PIW 1. Wade Garr ison (Yam); 2. Brandon George , (Yam); 3. Tony Meiring (Yaml; 4 . J im Hansen (Yam). P/W B: 1. Danny Vidl;erl (Yam); 2. Michael Patterson (Yam); 3. Toby Jorvensen (Yam~ 4. David Gassin (Yam); 5. Jesse Dawson (Yam). PP: 1. Jami e Sgh ei;ra (Kaw l; 2. C1arrisa HQ4land (Yam); 3 . Donna Lee (Hon). V1NT: 1. l ynn George (Hon); 2. Bill Knight (Kaw); 3. Joseph Cannon (HUll; 4. Harold Gepfor d (Suz); 5. Ken Heuser (Tri ). VET A·C : 1. Don Shipley (W -R); 2. John Taylor (W -R); 3. Dave BQ5trom (W -R); 4. A ugus~ Balisteri (Hon); 5 . "fra nk Fondi IVaml . 60 A, B.C.: 1. Shau n Russen (Kaw); 2. Gary M Ill er (Kaw l;: 3. Ton y Souu. Jr. (K.wl; 4 . J eff Gabhart (Kaw ); 5. JUOlor Alvern a;r (Kaw). 80 C: 1. Greg M ill er (Kawl; 2. Aa ron Gayle (Kaw); 3. Ken net h Holla nd (Vam); 4 . Ricky Lewis (Kaw ). 80 B: 1. Robert Steve nson (Yam); 2. Brian Sghel;ra (Kaw ); 3. Erie Ma" in IKaw ); 4. Shaun Russell (Kaw); 5 . Tim Alv erna;r (Yam•. 80 A: 1. J oh n M urphree (Kaw); 2. Man W art (Kaw) ; 3. Natha n Wait (Kaw); 4 . Don Hart (Kaw); 5 . J esse Sanchez (Yaml . 250 C: 1. Ben Bostrom (Hon); 2. Herb Callen . III (Hon); 3. Bogus Navarro (Kaw); 4. J im Poff(Yam); 5 . Larry Edwards (Yam). 250 A, B: 1. Jesse Sanchez (C-AI; 2. Man Wa it (At.l; 3. Perry lang (Yam); 4 . Lonnie Pauley (Yam); 5. Danny Han (Kaw). OPEN C: 1. M;chelle DeSalvo (Yam); 2. Rick Facciano (Hon); 3 . Bogus Navarro (Kaw); 4 . nmothy O·Har. (Yam); 5 . Raymond Canneci ll (Yam).

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