Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

'0 I~ , -l ,« 1 ° ,~ '0 U '" > '" o '" ... o :I: e, Martie Wells was the Division Two main event winner at Ascot. Gabler grabs gold at Carlsbad ST Billy Hamill led from the first lap on to w in the Scratch main at Inland Motorcycle Speedway. He also finished second at Ascot. finals. H is cousin, Morgan Coo lbeth led the Mini fina l b ut Kenny passed Morga n o n lap lWO. Mor gan di d a good job 10 stay close and finis h second. Mark Gour ley finis hed thi rd. Results FRIDAY MINI : 1. Kenny Coolbeth (Kawt; 2. Todd W in sett (Hon); 3 . Morgan Coolbeth (Kaw); 4 . Dean Bus h (Kll wi; 5 . Aaron Creamer (Yam). 12 5 AM: 1. Kenn y Coolbeth (Ka wl; 2. Scott Snoop (Kawl; 3 . Thomas W eiss (Hon); 4. Dean Bush IKaw); 5. Joseph M eier (Hon) . 250 EX: t . Georg ie Price (Yam); 2. Cra ig Est ell e (Hont 3. Brian Ti llson (Hon); 4 . Mike Varnes (Suz l; 5 . A.J . SnOClP 1000l, OPEN EX: 1. Cra ig Estell e (H- O ~ 2. Georg ie Price (WR); 3 . Duane Veeder (W -Rt 4 . Brian Till son (W .R t 5 . Jay SlUdmo<. (Rtxl, OFC: 1. eratg Estena (H-D): 2. Duane Veeder (W-R); 3 . Georgie Price (W-Rt 4 . Mike Varnes (Hon); 5 . Brian Tillso n (W-R ~ SATURDAY V-ZINGER 50: 1. Roben Roosa. Jr . (Yam). Y-ZlNGER 60 : 1. Mark Gourtay (Kaw); 2. Aaron Cr• • mer (Kawl; 3. Joshua Bai ley (Hon l. MINI: 1. Kennet h Coo lbeth Jr. IKaw ); 2 . Morgan Coolbeth (Kaw); 3. Mark Gourlay (Kaw); 4. Dean Bush (tCaw ); 5. Josh ua Bailey (Han ). 125 AM: 1. Kenneth Coolbeth . J r. (Kaw); 2. Thoma s Wei ss (Han ); 3. Scon Snoop (Kaw); 4. Joseph M eier (Han); 5. Dean Bush (Kaw) . 250 AM : 1. Scon Snoop (Oss); 2. Thome s ,Weiss (Han); 3 . Bob Gan e (Suz); 4 . W illi am Warf ord (Yaml ; 5. David Gemble (Kaw) . OPEN AM : 1. Rodger M enwaring (Han); 2. W illi am Adem s ~I~'. ~~BG~~1::'beni (Rtx ); 4. W ayne Eldred. J r. tH. SR B: 1. W ill iam Warf ord (Yam); 2. David Gambl e U{ew l; 3 . Roben Laviolett e (Kawl; 4 . Wi llia m Teli slta. Jr. (Yam); 5. Raben Skidm ore (Honl . SR A: 1. Jay Skidmo re (RlXl: 2. Steve Longo (Rm ); 3 . M ark Koryt kowsk i (Yam l; 4. Norm Laviolene (Kaw) . 125 EX: 1. Bob Weiss (Han ); 2. Jay Skidmore (Han ); 3 . Bill Newkirk (Han ); 4 . Ke nny Dahl in (Ho n l; 5 . Dan M cLough lin (Kaw l. 250 EX: 1. Brian Till son (Hon); 2. Jay Skidmore (Honl ; 3 . A.J . Snoop (Oss); 4. Bob W eiss (Han); 5 . Kenny Dahl in (Han). OPEN EX: 1. Craig Estell e (H· D); 2. J ay Skidmore (Ruc); 3 . Brian Tillson (W·R ); 4. St eve Longo (Rn); 5 . Ken ny Dah li n IHanl. PRO-AM : 1. Steve Longo (Ru ); 2. Bob W eisl (H-D); 3. Shawn Clark (H-Dl: 4. Conrad Parshall (H· D); 5 . Tony Ande~n (H·D). • Collins cruises to Ascot Speedway win By Scott Daloisio 26 GA RDENA, CA, JULY 20 Phi l Coll in s gave a textboOk lesson on how 10 rid e the o Uls ide and he won th e Scralch main al Chris Agajanian's Ascot Soulh Bay Stadi u m. The key to beati ng Co llins in th e main was to keep him away from the inviting cu shio n and whe n he dr ew ga le four, for that gave him a distinct advantage. When th e tapes went up Bobb y Schwaru carried a narrow adva nrage over Collins and Billy Hamill into lum o ne. Collins imme· dialel y went lor th e di rt. and as th ey cam e olf lurn two he hooked up and th e drive he gOl thru st him into the lead. By th e time Co llins made it to tum three, he had a four length lead over Hamill. Coll ins held lhe co mmanding lead as the first lap came to a close . H ami ll manned second wh il e Sc h wa nz d ro pped to la st, movin g Nation al Cham pio n Steve L ucero into th e number three spot. T he pos itio ns never cha ng<-d a nd Co llins added to his lead all th e way. In th e eigh l· lap H andicap ma in Sco tty Brown seized th e lead o n the start over J osh La rsen. Larsen got ins ide Brown as th ey closed the lirst lap a nd wres tled the lead away . Larsen slow ly moved h is Visio n Streel WearlTro y Lee Design / Bell Helm ets/ Mal col m Smith/ Oa kley Weslake away lrom Bro wn a nd built u p a co mma nding lead wh ile the rest of lhe pack scram bled for position . Hamill was trying to ride o utside Charles Ermolenko for th ird o n lap four . Enno lenko u nimen ucnaf ly d rifted wide a nd fo rced Hamill 1 the wa ll. By the time th ey recovered , 0 Ala n Christian found his way to third. By the en d of the next circu it, Collins was by Christian and into th e third sp'o t. th en passed Bro wn o n the last lap but didn 't have a cha nce o r catching La rsen. Re su lts SCRATCH: t . Phil Coll ins (Wes); 2. Billy Hamill (Gdn); 3 . Steve Lucero (Geln); 4 . Bobby Schwam (W esl. HDCP: 1. Josh Larse n (W es ); 2. Phil Collins (Wes). D·2 : 1. Martie W ells (Wes); 2. Ronn ie Kemp (Wes ); 3 . Bryce Eikelberger (Gdn); 4 . Ant hony Sanchez:(Wes). 0 · 3: 1. Dave Reap (Wes ); 2. Jason Rock (Wes); 3. Bobby Campbell (Wes); 4 . Mark Powers (Gdn) . SOCR: 1. Randy Mcin tyr e/ Ken M ci ntyre (Kawl; 2. Craig Demp ste r/Peter LewiI (KeW ); 3. Su eve Stanton/Tom Tuft. (Kaw); 4. St eve HardwictlJanine Cummings lKaw). Hamill hooks up at IMS Speedway By Scott Daloisio SAN BER NARDINO, CA, J ULY 19 Youth loo k a giant step forwa rd at Inl and Mot or Speed way o n Fox Nigh t, Wi lh th e largest crowd of the season looking o n, 19 year-old Bill y Hamill wo n th e Scra tch main. You ng Hamill had 10 dea l wit h three speed way gray bea rds in the main . T wentynin e year -o ld Brad Oxley alo ng with Mike Faria and Boby Schw artz, both ~2, made up the teen ager 's co mpetitio n. Hamill started o n th e po le. Wh en referee jim "T he An im al " Fishback released th e tapes, Hamill was even into turn one with Fa ri a and Sch wa nz. Sa ndwiched o u t in a ti gh t seco nd turn , Sch wam dr opped 10 third, Faria held a slig h t lead as the four racers screamed into th e th ird co m er. There. Hamill wen t insi de Fari a , took him out wide, and raced off for th e lead. Schwartz wenl through the hol e Hamill created and lou nd h imself back in second. O n lap lWO, Hamill pegged the throllle and ran 3V."3y Crom Schwam. who in tum ran away Irom Faria a nd Ox ley. At lh e ch eckered, Ham ill had bagged an easy victory. Schwaru, unhappy with the sta rt ing procedures of th e referee , finished second. Faria and Ox ley ro unded o ut the [o ur rid er field. Lanky Kevin j ordan set lhe early tem po o nce lhe Handicap mai n left th e li ne. A charging Tony Bien ert went by him on the back chUle o n th e openi ng lap. Earlier in the night. Bien en had w on hi s two pr eliminary races . It would be hard cal chi ng him if he gOI away from th e pack in the main. Bienen im mediately began to sel up a big lead. T he best race was for third . Walt Farn um was in that SPOl, bUl he was being ho unded by Mark H annah . Schwarll, Ox ley, josh Larsen a nd Sco tty Bro wn took u p reside nce jus l behind them hoping 10 lind a ho le. Sch war u had the oUlSide working. but cou ld no t gel lhrou gh the heavy tra lli c around the third place po siti on . By th e halfw ay mark, first pl ace had been decided. Bien ert bui lt up a hu ge lead and unless he broke, the victor y was his. Jordan tried hard but there was no ca lch ing Blen er!' s Weslak e. Third spot, ahe r a last-lap skir m ish wi th Farnum , wen t to 17 year-old La rsen . For Bien ert , it was h is first IMS viclory 01the 1989 campaign. Results SCRATCH: , . Billy Hem ill (Gdn); 2. Bobby Schwartz (GM); 2. Mike Faria (Gdn); 4. Brad Oxley (Wes). HDCP: 1. Tony Bienert (Wes); 2. Kevi n Jordan (Wesl; 3 . Josh Larsen (Wesl; 4 . Walt Farnu m (Jaw) . D· 2: 1. Chris MeGee (Wes); 2. Johnny Walker (Weal ; 3 . Jason Chism lJa w ); 4. Manie W ells (Wes). D·3 1. Jaso n Rock (Wesl; 2. Dan ny Perez (Wes); 3 . Robbie Hackm an IJaw l; 4 . Bobby Campbell (Wes). By Elliott Iverson CAR LS BAD, CA, J U LY 22 Bob Gabler bi asled hi s Yam aha 250 to the from 1 take wi ns inboth the 250cc a nd Vet 0 Expert classes tonight o n Car lsbad Racewa y's one-eig h th m ile clay oval. Ron Bartels and Rex Ha iley also earned top pos itions in the Open j unior and Expert classes at Dirt Spor t Promotion's Sat urday nigh t short trac k. The first 250cc heal was a parade led by G abler and follo wed by Don Fraunburger. The DTX mac hi nes 01 Elfion Iverson . j oey winsto n and Bill Hamm foll o wed to th e checkered flag . Slightly muddy con ditio ns mad e passi ng tough. Iverso n took a tum in the lead in heat two , putting his Yama ha in fro m 01 Ga bler a nd Fraunberger. j oey Winston low -sided o n lap five, bringi ng OUI the red flag . The singlefile restart was led by Iverso n , Gabler a nd Fraunburger, with Winston passing Ham m o n th e restart, finishing in tha t o rder. Ga bler ho leshot the 250cc ma in follo wed by Fra unburger and Iverson. On la p four Gabler 10Sl th e front end o n his Yam aha and was narrowly missed by th e next two riders . Fraun burger had the poin t o n the restart, wh ile Gabl er had to start fro m the rear. Wh en th e green came out. Iverson went arou nd to lead the field until th e whi te fla g mo tiva ted Ga bler 10 stuff h is way past Iverson , leading across the stripe wh en the chec kered flag wav ed . Fraunb ur ger a nd W inston ca me beh ind. Vets too k 10 th e muddy track in th e lir st hea t and were led by G ab ler fro m sta rt 10 fin ish . Duncan H ar kness fell wh ile in second, restar tin g at th e back. Ken Barro w settled in to secon d follo we d by R ic k Schro ed er a nd Harkness. Heat two was full of excit ement as Gab ler 's lead was cha lle nge d a nd ta ken by R ick Schroeder, o nly Sch roeder tossed his lead away on la p six. The restart was led by G abl er as the held drag-race d 10 th e flag. Duncan Harkness took second foll ow ed by Sch roeder, Barrow a nd Win ston . Gabler earned his second main -even t win of th e night, leadi ng the Vet Experts aro u nd th e banked oval. Schroeder and Barrow cha llenged. but co u ld n' t pass the leader a nd sell led for second an d th ird. Win ston a nd Harkness diced for the nex l Spol , wit h the advan tage going 10 Harkn ess. Results 250 EX: 1. Bob Gabhtr (Yaml; 2. Ell iot t IV'8f'SOn (Yam); 3 . Don Fraunburger (Yam); 4 . Joey W inst on (Han ); 5. Bill Hamm(Yaml. k VET EX: 1. Bob Gabl er (Yam); 2. RM: Schroeder (Yam); 3. Ken Barrow (Yam); 4 . Du ncan Hark ness (Yam); 5 . Joe Winston (W- R). OPEN JR: 1. Ron Banels (Yam ); 2. Loren Bjortt man (Han); 3 . Greg M inor (Hon ); 4. Ak ira IUzuoka (Hon); 5 . Curt Li ndbl om IHan l. OPEN EX: 1. Rex Hailey (Yaml; 2. Rick Sch roeder (Yam); 3 . .Joe Wi nsto n (W- R); 4. Du ncan Hark nes s (Yaml ; 5 . Steve CooklHonl. . Conley cooks at Argyll Summer Series MX By Nuklear Neukam DIXON, CA, J ULY 16 Kawasa ki rid er Sean Conley lOpped bOlh lhe 250 a nd 500cc Pro classes at lhe lh ird round of the Fairfield Kaw asak i Su mmer Ser ies a t Argy ll Park . Honda·moum<-d Danny Pa ladino claim ed lhe I25cc Pro win. Haywar d Suzu ki-mo un ted Pa ladino set a blis teri ng pa ce in the first 250cc Pro mota and took the wi n bu t no t without a serious challenge from Sha un Wooten , wh o hadn't raced for five months. Wooten got a wh eel by a few times but Pal adino held o n lor lh e wi n. Co n ley fin ish ed a close lh ird with Kaw a sak i-m ounted Shaw n Fr eiling a nd Honda · moumed Rob Richa rds ro und ing o u l the to p five. Paradin o disco vered serious suspensio n problems before rnot o two and d idn 't line u p [or th e m oto. This produced a cla ssic duel between th e Kawasakis 01Co n ley and Wooten . The two Pr os d iced for th e en tire mot a wi th Co n ley ge tti ng th e edge at th e checkered fo r the o vera ll with Woo ten seco nd overall. Fre ili ng roos ted 10 third for a thi rd overa ll while fou rth overall went to Kurt j or genson and h is Hon da (6-4 ). Another filth earned Richards fifth o verall. Paladino and Ra y Crumb kep t things hot in th e l25cc Pro clas s. Crumb hol esho t the first mot o but flew off th e side of the hill a nd re-en tered the co n test be hind new leader Pa ladino. Kawasaki-mounted Ricky LUll was in third. Pa lad ino a nd Crumb pulled a way from the pack wh ile trad ing th e lead positio n period icall y. At the checkered Pal adino ws th ere first ahead of Crumb wit h L Ull th ird. Suzu ki mo un ted Monty Ow enby look fourth ahea d of Mark Myers' Hon da . Pal ad ino and Crumb flew int o th e lead of mo to two and went th e entire mo ta swa p ping the lead. Pa ladino was in the lead at th e fin al tum a nd Cr u mb dove in sid e but co uld n' t hook up for th e pass. Paladi no and Crumb were 1·2 again, while Myers finished third for th ird o vera ll . Lutz had some probl ems in ro und two and o nly finished sixth, good for fourth ove ra ll. In th e first 500cc Pro mot o Co nley shot in to the lead but a cras h ga ve th e . top spot to Clayton Blood. Blood stayed o ut front for th e win whil e Co n ley moved back to seco nd ahead 01 Erie Sa ndstro m . Co nley pu t hi s Kawasak i ahead of Blood's Honda in round two and stayed there for the win and the overall . Blood was seco nd overa ll w ith H onda-mounted Sa n ds tro m t h i r d o vera ll . Results 12 5 PRo : 1. Danny Pa ~ di no (Hon); 2. Ray Crumb (Kaw );· 3. Man. Myerl (Han ). • 25 0 PRO: 1. Sean Conle y llawl; 2. Shaun Wooten lKaw); ~~~~I~~ ;)iKawt; ~ 3. 2. Clayton Blood (Han ); 3. Eric Sandstrom (Hon ). 125 INT: 1. Pat Gomm (Hon); 2. Jason Gibson (ya m); 3. Stan Finney (Han ). 250 INT 1. M elv in Stan. lKa w ); 2. Shad Echelbe rge r : (Yam); 3. Jo hn Thomas (Kaw). 500 INT: 1. Tav Weinr tck (Hon); 2. Scon McCoy (Kaw); 3. Byron Rilfonbu'll IKTM~ 500 JR: 1. Dave Matheson (Hon); 2. Raben Austin (Han); 3. Troy Dulledt C HonI. VET JR: 1. Paul Flor es (Hon); 2. Craig Watts (Hon); 3. Ven in Copeland (Suz). VET INT: 1. John M adr id (Suz); 2. Jeff Thompson (Kaw); 3 . Jad< Kilgore (Su z). VET MSTR: 1. Daniel Stur geson (Han); 2. Steve Ferroni (Han ). VET PAO:'"l . Sieve law (Hon); 2. lee M ill er (Hon); 3 . Steve Lawrence ISuz). .OT JR : 1. James Farr is (Hon); 2. Dale W ell s lHan); 3. Ralph Tho mure (Kawl. OT tNT: 1. Erv Ri' en berg (KTM); 2. J im Boyd (Yam); 3. M err ill Rem ' ar (KTM ). OT MST R: ., . Van DePiero (Hon); 2. J im Sarton e IHont 3 . Bill M cClin ton (AlK). 80 BEG: 1. Brett Klinger-(tCaw); 2. Nick Scarmaz.zo(Yam); 3 . Donovan Placen ci a (Yam). JR: 1. Val Schweizer (Honl; 2. Claron Cantr elle (Kaw); 3. Neil Goodm an (Kaw). eo EX: 1. Danny Nelson (Kawl. 60: 1. Daryl Salix (Kaw); 2. J erry Harv ey IKaw l.; 3 . Donova n M itchel l (Kaw). • eo OPEN: 1. Al ben Tnig uez (Kaw); 2. Kl ing er (Kaw); 3. Nelson (Kaw ). 125 BEG D·l : 1. J ustin Owe nby (Kaw); 2. Ji m Row e (Kaw ); 3 . Todd Canale (Kawl. 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Ma n Lorenzo (Kaw); 2. Brian Utaked is (Honl ; 3 . Bren Wh itm ore (Kaw) . 125 JR : 1. Greg Allen (Kaw); 2. Darren Kitzmiller (Han); 3 . Eric DuG ray (Han ). 250 BEG: 1. Den nis Kritzer (Yam); 2. Jan Opper man (Yaml ; 3. Tim We ber ling (Han). 250 JR : 1. Graham Legge (Han ); 2. M an Brown (Kaw); 3 . Ma n Hetherington (Hon). . 500 BEG: 1. Edw ard Tatu m (Honl; 2. Gary Bernal (Han); 3 . Ron Azbell (Han). eo Speedway USA win claimed by Lucero By Scott Da loisio VIGrORVILLE, CA, J ULY 22 Na tional Ch amp ion Steve Lu cero raced to h is fourth Speedway USA Scra tch main win of lh e season Salurday nighL Lu cero , before o ne of th e biggesl crowds o f lhe season al th e lou r-year·old tra ck, raced off of gate lWO when lhe ma in began . H e led lhe trio 01 Tony Bienerl, Bill y Ha m ill and Bobby Schwaru imo th e lig ht first bend. H am ill split Bienen an d Sch wa rtz in turn two an d too k co ntro l 01 s< o nd. [n th e next bend, 'C Schwartz. the top winner a t the tr.Jck. th e pas t lhree Sl'3sons, bobbled. H e dropped far o lf lhe pa = Ham ill wem o n th e a ttack.. He tri ed the inside line on lap two , but th e National Champion was not abo ut to give up the pol e. Bien er l co uld not k<:<;> u p th e sti ff pace of lh e lead duo. He sell led 1010 lhird o n lap two. Wit h a blu e groove a ll th e wa y aro und th e trac k, it was goi ng to be tough o n young Hamill. He kn ew he co u ld nOl ge t paSl Lucero do wn lo w so he went wide o n the lasl lap. The ga mble did nol payoff. Hamill co uld not find any traction. Lu cero o pe ned up his advan tage a nd won go ing a way. With th e blue gr oove . a good star t and a smooth ride wo uld a lmost g uaran tee a sha n ya rda~e rider the win o n lh e ni ght. Seco nd year rider Kevin j ordan go t th e jum p o n th e sta n and set the pace over And y Northrup and Charl es Erm olenko. Sca lly Brown was in founh at th e start, but he slid off th e groove. By th e time th e firs t lap ended, Brown had dropped three SpolS 10 seventh. Errno lenko gave Northru p a sma ll tap in tum two on lap two. It was enough to move Northrup off lh e groove a nd Erm ol enko took over seco nd. Hamill lollow ed Ermolenko

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