Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

" I cou ld n't get into it in thi s cla y," said Hopki ns. "just slidin' aro und all day. It was a good rid e, but not much fun. " Ka wasaki 's Kurt H ough came o u t to try to better his overall points after su ffering a " DNF" in Mississippi. Hough finis hed with 26 po in ts, just 34 seconds behind H o pkin s, for fifth overall. Suzuki's Dave Bertram a nd Ya maha rider Mike Toole tied for sixth overall, .with Bertram doi ng ener on seconds and pushi ng Toole to seventh. KTM rider Allen Gravitt finished eig hth with a 29, also blaming the slippery ground for a poor performance. He tied with Ka wasa ki 's Terry Cu nn ingha m, who suffered a fla t tire on the second loop and dropped ex tra points a long the way. Round in g o ut t he top 10 were Mich igan 's Allen Ra ndt , riding a KTM , with 32 poi nts . The co urse was la id ou t as a threelooper , start ing and endi ng a t th e ca mpground. The first loop was a 40-mi le test of sta mina th at even the club wis hed was a little easier. A n umber of th e C class, Women and Super Sen ior riders agreed, after ho uring o u t o n the slippe ry trails. The second loop was a littl e easier, altho ug h th ere were two or three points-tak in g sections th at had th e B riders mumbling to the mse lves. Ncw j ersey's Fred Hoess topped the A Expert .class, consisting of th e ECEA AA riders, wi th 34 poi n ts over NETRA Ch ampion Bert Guerrcttc's 38 po ints . Brian Lohman bra ved th e course o n a 125 to wi n th e A 125cc class with 50 po ints , and Ed Stro hak topped th e A 200cc class, a lso with 50 points. Chris Sm ith was th e best in the A 250cc class with 24 poi nts , a nd j eff Post was th e fastest 200cc B rid er with 40 points. j eff Pritch ard, riding o n minute 30, posted another 24, and bested the rest of th e 250cc B rid ers. The B Ope n clas s went to Keith Brown with ·27 po ints, and Steve Kanya won th e B Fo ur-Stroke top honors with a 40-po int deficit. Fra nk Wortman's 28 was the best B Senior score, Carl Sch arphorn aced the B Super Senior cla ss with a 48, and Ka th i Cambell toughed her way to a 151-poi n t win in th e Women 's class. • -.,.- -• " , . t •• ... .. .. -. ".. .,.",,, . • .,# . . /If :- ~- fltI.- ' .. ..... .. ..,..,'-..." . -.. .. ,...".: .. ..,.t • • -... ..•. -..•••• • · ., • . ...... ... - ~. • It.., ·. I • -.., .. *,0 . . . ._ , . #>.' . -, . . _ •• . .-. ", ~ • ••• ~ .,. • ••••••• ;. · ,.. \ • •• , • .e , • .... " ~J '" ... ~ , . .. \ •• .......c ~ 0 eo ..., ~ eo • ~ ~ ~. :":> ": .. O'l 00 O'l tr.J ... • f t ;. • • . . . " ..~".. -""--=--;c::-~~--:::,..-""-··~ V ." • • . , ~ :'. •. • " ••• ._ • • •• - _. ~ ' _ ...... !" I . J • I " ••• / "IIJ " . , " .eI . .. .-." \ ,. ...... ,. ... ft-; .,'. --.. --- ...... --..... ,." .- ., ..... - -_. - ..I " • •••• "l . tI# , ! _. . _ ....- _' --' ~. .•• •.; =• ' •••, ~ • •• J'" • ~....; .~-~ ~ -".;fIJ "e ....... , . ~ ..: ..... ,.., "'- - • .: -•• -• • •• &.. • ....... e)' J"...... .... • •. •• • , . • ' '. .... . , ... , . . .. •• • t Results GRAND CHAMP: 1. Randy Haw kins (Suz). HI PT A: 1. Steve Hatch . HI PT B: 1. Paul Aus tin . HI PT C: 1. Paolo Landri n;, 0 / A A: 1. Randy Hawkins (Suz) 1B; 2. Kevin Hin es (KTM) 20 : 3. J eff Russell (Yam) 24; 4 . J oey Hopkins (Kaw ) 26; 5. Kun Hough (Kaw ) 26; 6. Dave Ben ram (Suz) 27; 7. M ike Toole (Yam) 27: 8. All en Gravitt (KTM ) 29; 9. Terry Cunni ngh am (Kaw ) 29; 10. All en Rand! (KTM ) 32; 11. Richard Scharphorn (KTM ) 33; 12. J eff Fredett e (Kaw ) 35; 13 . Drew Sm ith (Suz) 37; 14. Kevin Bennett (Yam) 50; 15 . J ack Laffe ny Jr. EX A: 1. Fred Hoess; 2. Danny Nenst iel: 3 . Wally Holl enkopf; 4 . Rich 0001; 5. Kenny Yankowsk i. 125 A : 1. Br ian Lohman: 2. Ker ry Clarle; 3. David Tucker; 4. Dale Hiles Jr.; 5. James Lafler. OPEN A: 1. Dennis Zurawski Jr.; 2. A I Buchho lZ; 3. Clifford Tenney; 4. M ike McHale; 5. Mark Davis. 250 A: 1. Ben Guerrette; 2. Chr is Smith: 3. J erry Garber; 4. Ken Hammond; 5. Richard Heins . 200 A: 1. Ed Strohale; 2. Jeff Honon; 3. M ichael Resskows ki; 4. Kevin How ely; 5. J eff Rosenberg. 4·STRK A: 1. Roben Bennett; 2. John Cush ing; 3. Ste phen Chapkovich; 4 . Bill Johnson; 5 . Bob Dugan. SR A : 1. Bob Thompson; 2. Tom Ebersole: 3. Gary Doerr; 4. M ike Lauterborn; 5. Jo hn Laffeny Sr. 250 B: 1. Jeff Pr itchard; 2. M ark J oyce: 3 . Edw in Queitzseh; 4 . Terry West: 5'. J ohn Creasy. OPEN B: 1. Keith Brown; 2. Uoyd Gottshall; 3. John Walaszek; 4 .James Goedeke; 5. Ed Buchholz. 200 B: 1. Jeff Post; 2. Alben Schwarz; 3. Tim Hart ; 4. John Carson; 5. Kenneth Poemer . 125 B: 1. Ken Long; 2. Michael Laffeny; 3 . ~Dav id Barlow; 4. Mark Ma rcin; 5. John DiObi lda. 4·STRK B: 1. Steve Kanya; 2. Doug Mason; 3. James Burns; 4 . Steve Snyder; 5. Howie Albrecht. WMN B: 1. Kath i Cambell ; 2. Nichole Schl ot terbec k; 3. Ann e Hewin. SR B: 1. Frank Wonhen; 2. Jack Shuffstall ; 3. Richard Schoonhaker; 4. James Spence r; 5. Martin Sonesine . . S/SR B: 1. Carl Scharphorn; 2. Farrell Lord; 3. Wol'gang Kru se; 4 . Kenneth Pellor Jr. ; 5.Joe Horel. 200 C: 1. Christopher Petto; 2. Anthony Pelto; 3. Many Van Etten; 4. Bob Crim i; 5. Dave Wagner. 250 C: 1. Ken Westfall; 2. Kevin Koch; 3. Steve DeLoy; 4. Gary Vogel; 5. Enrico Galassi. OPEN C: 1. Larry Deloy; 2. Bob Anderson; 3. Scon Danner; 4. Todd Way ; 5. John Ste iner. 4-STRK C: 1. M ike Hawkins; 2. John Peoli; 3. Charles Fabian; 4. Tim Portell ; 5. Don Testerman Jr. • ,. 2 •.--- . ..... ........, .. 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