Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Kevin Ha rm on , a nd Harvey Finlay were one, two , thr ee in th e 250ec class and th ey stayed in th ese po sitions th e en tire race. Kevin O ' Brien took th e ho lesh ot in th e 200ec class fo llo wed close ly by Rick Thor pe. They stayed ju st a few seco nds a pa rt [or two hours a nd came through the sco ring lanes heel to toe at the end. Tlie l25cc class sa w Brad 8cnneu put hi s Yamaha o ut front and keep it th ere. Keith Voss thought he had second pl ace sewed up but Rich ie Caviness pa ssed him while he was pitted (or gas and dem oted him l O third. Re sults 0 1A : 1. TIm Newell (Hon). EX: 1. Rusty Reynaud (Yam l; 2. J im Stanfield (!Caw),; 3 Owane M iineh(Hon); 4 . Chr iSCapl inger l Cag); 5 . Ron Rlbo lzl "GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP". SYRACUSE•••••THE "NATIONAL HOLIDAY" * **" * «: MOTORCYCLE NEWRACES YORK STATE FAIRGROUNDS Syracuse, New York 1 Exit 39 -90 (Hon) . OPEN: 1, J . Williams (Kaw); 2. O. A gnew IATKI ; 3. O. Osborn (Hon); 4 . J . Ardrey IKaw); 5 . M. Sheridan (Hus ). 260: 1. C. Hutson (Hon ); 2. K. Harmon (Yam t 3 . H. Finl ay (Suzl; 4 . R. Gerding (Han); 5. M . De imund (Han). 200: 1. K. O'B rten (Kaw); 2. R. Thorpe IKaw ); 3 , S . Goff (Kawl; 4 . M . Bock (Kaw); 5. B. Clarite (Kaw). 125: 1. B. Ben nen (Yam) ; 2. R. Cav;ness IKawl; 3 . K. Voss IYam ); 4 . C. Huff (Han I; 5 . J . Owen IKa wl. 4 ·STRK: 1. laChance IHa n); 2. J . Newberry (Honl; 3 . P. Taylor (Hon l; 4 . T. W isecup ((Ha n); 5. C. Poner IHan) JR: 1. S . Taylor (Honl; 2. S. M erri n (Hon);; 3. D. W ilfoOQ e. SEPT. 10 (Hon). SR: 1. B. DuHner (Kaw); 2. R. Whelove ISuz l: 3 . R. Carpen ter ISuz l; 4 , L Gilliand (ATK); 5 . L Feigenbaum (Ka wl. S/SR: 1. L Hayes (ATKI; 2 . B. Hanen (KTM ). BEG: 1. B. Tayl or (!(a wl; 2 . G. Hor li ck (Ha n); 3 . J . Finch (Yam l; 4 . C. Dob so n I Han); 5. S. Mo ss (Hon) . SUNDA Y2PM Davis dominates lawrenceburg ST ALIM By Steven E. Smith LAWREN CEB UR G , IN, AUG , II O hio r id er Do ug Davis wo n the O pen A feature at th e Lawrence burg Sho r r T rac k tod ay, Davi s shot through the first turn o u t in fro m of the pac k, and. tho ugh he was pursued right down to the wi re, he never turned o ver the front po sition. Grady Phill ips staved o n h is rear wheel, pu llin g alongs ide o ut of tum four down the fro nt stretch only to be shut do wn in th e seco nd turn whe re Davis in ch ed ahea d. ro und after ro und, Pat Behrl e finis hed third, In the BOec race, il was a ll Ben Bellman. as he took a no ther class win. Bellman was o ut fro nt for his hea t th en came back in th e feat ure to do iI again, as he held orr the a ttack by Brian Knippen ber g a nd Mau Auxier. Phil Palmer was leading th e pad: in th e 125ccclass. Palmer ran h is own race o ut fro nt , wh ile the action look place fo r the nex t two spo ts. Knip pen berg a nd Dan DOlson tra ded back a nd fort h la p aft er lap, bUI a t th e wir e it was Knip penberg second a nd Dotson third. Open B racing held th e Ian 's at tention for 3 n u mber of reasons, not th e least of whi ch was Mike Dan iels' ru n for th e win . He held off Mike Ski mme rhorm and Barry Benkert. Addit io na lly, all eyes were o n track promoter Herschel Benkert, as he mad e h is co me-back ride after recoveri ng from last year 's injuries. Al th o ug h he Ii n is hed sixt h, he seemed satisfied wit h h is perfor mance. Resul ts 80 : 1. Ben Bell m an; 2. Bri an Kn ippenberg IHan); 3 . M alt A uxier IHo n ~ 4. Doug Wagner; 5 . Trav is Bur nett . 125: 1. Ph il Palm er (Han); 2. Dan Dotso n (Yam); 3 . Brian Kni ppe nberg (Kaw); 4 . Br ad Hollan der (Hon l; 5 . M att A uxier (Yam) . 250 : 1. Pat Berh le (Ha n); 2 . Don Lew is (Yam); 3. Br ian Kn ippen ber g (Kaw l. OPEN B: 1. Mike Dani els I Hon); 2. M ike Skimmer ho rn (Hon); 3. Barry Benkert (Ho nl; 4 . M ike Gurley IHan); 5. Georg e Coll i ns (Ha n). OPEN A: 1. Doug Dav is IHo n); 2. Grady Phill ips (Han); 3 . Pat Ber hl e (Han); 4 . Don Lewis (Han) ; 5. Rob Colli ns (W. RI. ,A I\ICTI OI\Il!O "S YRA CUS E... THE BES T MO T ORCYCLE RA C E IN MilES" 1-800228·5150exil39 ROGER BURDICK'S ISUZU GIIMe(. N racuse. NY . 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Box 453 Syra cu se, NY 1320 9 JW_ NAME _ AODREss RESERVE GRANDS TA ND 1 16 . _ _ • , D 2 ND l EV(l Posta ge & Handling . _ ClfY STATEIZIP _ _ _= ,-. ,.,= = Cesmat roars to third Race TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED S Ticbts al Gale . day 01'XB. or Tic ll.etron SI S. $ 18. $.20 of Rockies RR win AND TRETRON: : : : " 1-800-382-8080 By Judith K. Dominick MEAD. CO , J ULY 30 Geoll Cesma t, rid in g hi s Boulder Mo torsp ortsvSuper tec b / R a c i n g En gine Com ponents-sponsored Suzuki GS XR contin ued his do mi na tio n of Ra ce of th e Rock iesGTO by scori ng another dominati ng win in ro und si x of the Mo u nta in Road raci ng Associ at ion ( MR A)asa nc tio ned se r ies at Moutainview Motorsports Park. Cesm at nabbed th e holesh ot in the feature event of th e da y and sp ri n ted o il to a good lead while John Ho p pe rstad , Aaro n Turner , Ricky Orl ando a nd Dan Turner bauled it out for th e second th rough fifth pl aces. Aaron Turner and Ho p perstad were able 10 break away fro e ot her two riders and wage a great ba ttle h ile trying to run down Cesmat . At the checkered, it was Ces ma t, Aa ron Turner , Ho pperst ad . Orl and o a nd Da n Turner ro und ing o ut the top five. Da n n y Wa lker , on ·h is Honda RS250, contin ued his stri ng of victories in both Ra ce of the Rockies GTU a nd Form ula Co lorado, ear ni ng him the ti tle of " Mr. Un bea table" by th e o ther riders, The KBP I/ Sikken s Pai n t! AG VI T su baki/Fo x Shocks/ Dynoje r/Co lo r Work s-sponsor ed Rider led from Flag-to-Flag in RO R-GTU , but sta rted in the back ro w of Fo rmu la Co lorado and th ri lled th e crowd by worki ng h is way th rough the pack to ta ke the wi n for th e sixth time thi s seaso n . Deiter Lane was th e king of th e 600cc classes. lak in g the win s in bo th the 600cc Su perbike a nd S upersport cl asses o n h is Yamah a Motorsports/Dunlo p/Pcrforman ce Leathers-sponsored FZR600. 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