Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Paul Cates (34) and Vince Oddo (39) dice for the lead in heat-race action at Bakersfield TT/Short Track. Ca,tes took the Open Vet TT class win. Scott Brant used the outside line and came from third to first on the final lap to win the Speedway Handicap main in San Bernardino. two , bu t right on his tail were Komagnoli, Bateman and J ason Ga n na way. Kom agn oli go t aro und Parks o n lap two wh en he do ve to the insi deofthe new hairpi n turn . Will iam s a lso used the sa me tu rn to h is adva ntage a nd stu lled Ga nnaway for fo urth pl ace. Batema n and Will iam s both picked u p posi tio ns wh en Parks we nt dow n o n the back straightaway. Kom agn ol i crossed th e finis h li ne fir st , Bat em a n seco nd a nd \Villia m s a very close thi rd. Batema n 's 1-2 earned him to p hon ors over Ko magn o li's 3-1, and Will iams' 2-3. Results . P/W: t , Brandon M organ (Yam); 2. Brian Morg an (Yam): 3 . Jimmy Stewart (Yam l: 4 . .Jescn Larson (Yam); 5 . Ian tgercic (Yam). 60 10·8): 1. Reggie MitchelllKaw); 2. TJ Dick.rson IKaw ): 3. Br ian Morgan (Kaw); 4 . Chris Panek IKawl; 5 . Chr is McNe tt (Kaw) . 60 (9-1 1): 1. Jason Shirey (Kawl; 2 . Cory Se ivers (Kawl; 3 . Shawn Igercic (Kaw); 4 . Theodore Spencer (Yaml ; 5. Joshua Spencer (Yam). 80 BEGO· t : t . Damian Coud (Kaw); 2. Erik BaskeU(Kaw); 3. Oeonte Watson (Hon); 4 . Robert Morgan (Kaw~ 6. Montie Michael (Suz). 80 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Robert Fiesler (Yam): 2. William Jack son (SCR); 3 . Alex, lamora {Hon~ 4. Sian Ma rtin (Kaw); 6 . Charles Jones (Kaw) . 8OJR: 1. Frank Pace (Kaw) . 80 OPEN: 1. Paul Ito IKaw }; 2. Jason Shirey (Yam). ADLT 80: 1. Dan Berg; 2. Br ian Nail (Suzl; 3. Bill Boyer (Hen); 4 . Ma n::Deslauriers (Han ). 125 BEG D· T: 1. Bren Michea l (Suz);; 2. Lewis Sendrey (Yaml; 3. Dan Kel ch um (Hon); 4. Tom Wi IlUims (Kaw l; 6. Keith Wad e (Kawl. 125 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Sean Wedgewood (Hon); 2. Roderick Rim mer (Yam.; 3 . Brian Faleett i (Hon); 4. Robert Feiser (H~2% ~R~~s~.~T ~~~isuz); 2. Donald Upton (Hon); 3. Pull Ybarr a (Suz); 4. Sl ave Gabl ein (Hon); 5. Ern ie Man (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Brian Nail (Hon ); 2 . Chr is Kefalas (Hon); 3 . Sieve Fernandez (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Kevin Bussey (Yam): 2. Jon W ilson (Suzl; 3 . Murray Shackelford (Suz). 250 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. M at Bat eman (Yam); 2. Mark Komagnoli (Yam); 3. J im Williams (Kawl; 4. Jason Gannaway (Hon); 5. Chris AndertlOn (Hon). 250 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Scott Correra (Honl; 2. Skip Early (Hon); 3. Marc Oeslauries (Yam); 4. Ste ....e Maa s (Suz); 5. Darin Nishimura (Honl . 250 JR : 1. Earl Cole (Yam); 2. Danny Pacheco (Han); 3. Donny Maeda (SCR); 4 . Randy Ross (Han); S. Peter Boonstra (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Kenny Garnica (Suzl: 2. Dan iel Bush (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw ); 2. Levi Noble (Yam ); 3 . Chu Pie Godi nez (Suz); 4. Rick Johnson (Hon ); 5. Shewn Player (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Mar cu s Gordon (Han); 2. M ichae l Cast illo (Hon); 3. J eff Herrera (Hon); 4. Grego ry Davis (Han); 5. Robert M eit her (Hon). 500 JR : 1. Jack landers (Hon); 2. Ma rk Mu ller (Han) . (H~~:r:.?~r~~y~~~~I~= :~~\~To~:~ul~ee;t:~a~~er UTH JR: 1. Buck Ybarr a (Suz). VET JR : 1. Bill Boyer (Hon ); 2. Tim Williams IKaw l; 3. Rusty Spencer (Yam); 4. Jeff Salm en (Yam ); 5. J im Stentz (ya m). VET INT: 1. Todd Varbl e (Han); 2. Larry Forbis (Suz). VET PRO: 1 . Rick Johnson (Hon). Brant snags IMS victory By Scott Daloisio SAN BER NA RDINO. CA. A UG. 2 Scott Brant cam e [ro m third to fir st on the !ast lap an d won th e Han d icap mai n at Inl and Motor Speedway. Brant was on e of three- rid ers ha ving to co me from the 50-yar d lin e and he had to pass a t least five ride rs to win . Do n Odom led o rr th e sho n yardage o n the sta rt . Charles Ermol enko, o n a \Veslake, replaced O dom at th e poi nt befor e the first circuit ended. Bill y Ha m ill . o ne of the o ther riders orr the 50. too k secon d by the end of the first lap wh en Od om d rifted wide a nd Greg Han cock manned thi rd. As the pack jockeyed th rou gh turn two o n lap two , Han cock had to go wide a nd dr opped all the way to th e back. movin g Brad O xley into thi rd. One lap lat er, Ham ill was o n the at tack but he had a mechan ical fai lure a nd dropped o ut. O xley a dvanced o ne more pos rnon to second. Bra nt, riding the KC Pro per ties/ Na Na & Warren Ru ssell /Chri s Petersen/ O ury Grips/ Champ ion Spar k Pl u gs GM, ha d been inco nspi cu ous th rough the firs t three revo lut ions. Sud denly, at the end of la p four, he beca me a big playe r as he chased down Tony Bien ert for th ird a t the end of la p five. That looked 10 be as far as he wou ld get. O xl ey was far ahead of h im in second. Errnolenko had a sizable lead o ver Oxley. Brant swep t to th e o uts ide o n lap six and cut do wn Oxley's ad vantag e. As they took th e white fla g, they were side by side and Brant disposed of Oxley in th e foll owing turn. Brant th en reeled in Ermol enk o as th ey went towards tum three, left the throttle o n again and pl owed the cu shi on . He pulled ahead th rough the bend and as th ey came off turn four, his rea r tire h ooked up. Brant 's G M shot ahea d by a bi ke len gth a nd he ma intain ed th at adva ntage all th e way under th e checkered flag. " Booga loo" Bobby Sc hwartz to o k his seven th IMS Scra tch main of th e seaso n after an early battle wi th Mike Faria . Godden ridi ng Faria had the edge and tried to ta ke Schwartz wide in tu rn two o n th e first la p. but Sch wa rtz kep t the throttle o n. He whee lied between Far ia and th e wall a nd took the lead . From th at point o n it was easy for Schwartz and hi s Budweiser/C.T.!. Brace/Silkolene/Oak ley/Bell GM . Faria too k seco nd with Hamill th ird. Results SCRATCH; 1 . Bobby Schwartz (GMI; 2 . M ike Faria (Gdn); 3. Bil ly Ham ill (Wasl : 4 . Sle .... Lucero (Gdn). HOCP:J . Scott Brant (GM ); 2. Char les Ermolenko (Wes); 3. Brad Oxley ewes); 4 . Tony Bienert (W es) 0 ·2 : 1. Je rry Bla de (Wes); 2. Chr is M cGee ewes); 3 . M ike Buff (Wesl; 4 . Brian King ewes). 0 -3: 1. Chuck Lybarge r (Jawl; 2. Bobby Campbell (W es ); 3 . Chris Castin (Wes); 4 . Robbie Hackman (Jaw) . Cates brothers at Bakers- field Speedway TT/ST By Laura Tisinger BAKER SFIELD . CA. J UL Y 28 Ron a nd .Paul Cat es do m inated the Open Veteran Sho n Track and the IT main even ts at Bak ersfield Speedway. Riders rel ishin g th e choice of a 1/ 4· m ile ova l or IT track mad e fo r exci ting and co m pe titive racin g. Yam ah a -mounted Ron Cat es pulled th e hol esh ot for the ear ly lead in the Open Vet o va l cla ss. Vince Oddo a nd Mike Go nza les worked sepa ra te lin es figh ting for second and third. Cat es took the checkered for a styli sh heat win followed by Oddo, GOO1.ales. Sta n Swea ney, Da n Do wd in g a n d Gr eg Bill in s rou ndi ng o u t th e top five. Gonzales pulled the lead for the mai n event pressured by Dowding, Oddo, and Cates. Arter wh eel-t o-w hee l ra ci ng, Od do m ov ed on Dowd in g for seco nd, Cates quickl y foll owed sui t. Go nza les a nd Oddo bo bbled and Ca tes seized the moment pulli ng into th e lead . Gonzales then took adva ntage of the o utside lin e o n the bac k straight to pass Od do , bu t Oddo quickly reta lia ted to take second beh ind Cat es. Gonzales, Dow ding and Birchfield fo llowed for third th ro ug h fifth at the fla g. Paul Cat es domi na ted th e Open Vets 1T class . running away with the heat wi n fo llowed by bro ther Ro n. Tim T olleso n, Oddo an d Swea ney at the finis h. Paul Cates agai n rocketed his Kawasak i for th e main event lead a nd d u plica ted his earlier ride for th e victory a t th e flag . Oddo and Ca tes riva led fo r seco nd the entire rac e. Oddo maintained second and Ron Ca tes th ird. Jo hnny Murphree stru tted hi s stuff for th e 80T sta n. Gu n n challenged and wo n over Burgo yne, who ra n firs t dunng th e ear ly part of th e lOOK So lo Endurance race. G unn passed Bu rgoyne and increased his lead wi th eac h lap, fini shing at lea st six seco nds ahead of seco nd place Bur goyne. Co x entered bo th GTU a nd GT O classes in the lOOK, winning th e GTU and finishi ng fourth in th e GTO cla ss. Cox retu rn ed lat er to ta ke an easy first in th e Middl eweight GP. Dave Duprey cap tured first in th e U nlim ited Supers port, an d seco nd behind Guno in H ea vywei ght Su pers port. Despite engine p ro b lems which ca used h is ma ch in e to back fire badl y, Duprey managed a third in the U n li mi ted G P beh i n d Gu n n a nd Burgoyne. Brian Blangsted bested J im Cox in the Middleweight Superb ike to capture first. and ra n third behind G unn and Burgoyne in the Heavyweigh t Superb ike race. Race directo r Tom Dahl moved up from la st place at the start to win the Clu bman Expert class riding a small but very swi ft Ho nda 125. Bill Ja m ison . mo unted o n a 250 Ninja . took second. Results GTO 100K SOLO ENDUR: 1. Kye Gunn (Suzl; 2. John Burg oyn e (Yam); 3. Doug Schn eider (Yam); 4. Ja mes Cox (Yam); 5. Brian Jod er (Suz). GTU l OO SOLO ENOUR: 1. J am es Cox (Yam); 2. Brad K Stephens (Yam); 3. M ichael Ross (y aml; 4 . Darv in Crone (Yam); 5. Todd Gessel (Honl. F·50: 1. Barn ey Jo hns (Hon): 2. Dw ig hl Hopkin s (Yam); 3. Roger Gangw er (Yam); 4. J im M cColl oug h (Yaml ; 5. J ames Burk e (Yaml . HIW S/SPRT EX 1. Kye Gunn (Suzl ; 2. David Duprey : (Suz); 3. Brian Joder (Suzl; 4 . Avery St ewa rt (Suz); 5. J im Jaquette (Yam). HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Gene Connor (Kaw); 2. Eric W ilso n (Yam); 3 . Carlos Kimbro ugh (Suz); 4 . Ron Genlile (Suzl. UW S/SPRT NOV : 1. M art in Harve y (Yaml. M /W S/SPRT EX: 1. Gary Burnham (Hon); 2. M ichael Beel (Yamk 3 . W illiam Ja mrson (Honl; 4 . Doug Carte r (Kaw); 5. Hiram Perez (Honl . M /W S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Robert Dick (Yam); 2. Darv in Crones (Yaml; 3 . Gen e Redmon (Yaml; 4 . Doug Cart erfKaw). U/L S /SPRT EX: 1. David Duprey (S uz); 2. Doug Schn eider (Yam); 3. Av ery Stewart (Su z). l /W SI1W EX: 1. Ja son Pereir a (BMW); 2. Robbin Bend er (Kaw); 3. loren Poole (M·G). U W SI1W NOV : 1. J oe Ja ckson {Kaw l. U W GP EX: 1. Brian Joder (Yaml; 2. Thoma s Oahl (Hon); 3. Brad Steph ens (Yam); 4. Dal e W heta" (Yam); 5. Hugo Perez (Hon l. . UW GP NOV: 1. M art In Harv ey (y am l; 2. M ichael Hugh es (Kawl; 3. Wi lli am Reulh (Yaml. U/L GP EX: 1. Kye Gunn (Suzl; 2. John Burgoyn e (Yam); 3. Oa....e Dupr ey (Suz); 4. Brian Joder (Yam); S. J im JaQuette (Han). M/W S/Bl<. EX: 1. Brian Blangsted (Yam); 2. Jam es Cox (Yam); 3 . Brian J oder (Yam); 4 . Brad Sl epha ns (Yamk 5. M ich ael 8 eel (Yam). M IW S/Bl<. NOV: 1. Robert Dick (Yarnl; 2. Kraig Kessler (Yaml; 3. Eric Wi lson (Yamt 4 . Oarv in Crone (Yam l; 5 . Todd Gessel (Hon ). HIW S/1W: 1. J ason Pereira {BM W); 2. Thomas Moore (H·D ): 3. Robbin Bender (Kaw); 4 . Loren Pool e (M- GI. U W S/BK EX: 1. Dal e Whe lan (Yaml . UW S/BK NOV: 1. Martin Harvey (Yaml ; 2. M ichael Hugh es (Kaw); 3 . William Ruelh (Yaml ; 4 . ,Mark Dargi s (Yaml. HIW S/BK EX: 1. Kye Gunn (Suz); 2. J ohn Burgoyne (Yaml; 3. Brian Blangsled (Yam); 4 . Chartes Dixon (Yam); 5 . Dave Dupr ey (Suz). . HIW S/Bl<. NOV: 1. Deve Bur ke (Yaml ; 2. Tom Tetcsten (Suzl; 3. Gene Conno r (l<.aw) 4 . Eric Wil son (Yam); 5. Ron ; Gentile (Suz). M IW GP EX: 1. Ja mes Cox (Yam); 2 . Brian Jod er (Yam); 3. Mich ael Beel (Yam). M IW GP NOV: 1. Robert Dick (y aml; 2. Danny Lyon (Hon); 3. Joe Jackson (Kaw ); 4. Gene Redmon (Yam). ClBMN GP EX: 1. Tom Dah l (Hon); 2. William Jam ison (Kawl . ClBMN GP NOV: 1. Danny Lyon (Han l; 2. Secn Jam ison (Kaw l. VlNT GTU EX: 1. Da....id Chrone (Due). Enscoe smokes Sunrise MX By Donn Maeda ADE LANTO, CA. J ULY 30 Kaw asaki -mounted Chuck Enscoe cap tured th e overall win in the 80cc Beginner cl ass at round fiv e . o f the Dodge Trucks /CMC Summer Series at Sunrise Cycle Park. Lex Mal an powered hi s Yamah a to the fron t of . th e pack In mo to o ne, but close behind wer e Ensco e, Sh aun P erolio a n d Grant Phill ip s. Malan was o n th e gas . a nd bega n to pull away from the pack. On lap two Ph illi ps j u mped past Perollo for seco nd pl ace as th e d uo exited th e dugout foll o wing th e first turn. O n the fourt h lap , Mal an swa pped out o n the Car straightaway and went down hard This left Enscoe in th e lead, follo wed by Ph illips, Perol io , a nd Eric Adams. On the lap five. Perolio cha rged around the o utside of a sweeper and overtook Ph ill ip s for the run ner -u p spot. Adams bounced by Phillips in th e wh oops, a nd be~n to pr essure Peroli o, On th e last lap. Peroho slid ou t in a mudd y turn a nd dropped to sixth. Enscoe took th e chec kered a hea d of Adams. Aaro n Wens ton and Phillips. Mo to two saw Perol io grab the hol esh ot with Ada ms, Enscoe, and Win ston righ t on his tailpipe. While Peroli o began 10 pull away, Ada ms a nd Enscoe argued ove r second place . T he two riders excha nged positions a n um ber of times, but it was Enscoe who ma de th e pas s sti ck. Pero lio took th e mota win ahead o f Enscoe. Adams, and WinslOn. Enscoe 's 1-2 earned him th e overall. while Ada ms' 2-3 was good enough for seco nd. a nd Peroli o's 6-1 for th ird. Bill Fo y had th e quickest reflexes in the firs t U p The Hill J uni or class moto, but Kenn y Yo rk and Fra nk Ho n an were right o n hi s rear knobs. Fo y was £lyin g and had opened u p a five-seco nd lead by the third la p. Mean wh ile, Buck Yba rra had wo rked h is way u p [ro m a poo r sla rt and began to pressure HOTto n for third. Ybarra mad e h is move over the tabletop and flew o ver Ho rton to take over third. Next in Ybarra's sigh ts was Kenn y York . Ybarra reeled York in , b ut ran out of tim e. Foy too k an casy win a head of York, Ybarra. and H ort on. Fo )' blasted out of th e ga te to clai m his seco nd holeshOl of th e day a head of York. H on an a nd Yba rr a. O nce aga in , Fa y bega n to pull away wh ile Yba rra wor ked up th ro ugh the pac k. Ybarra passed Ho rton in a sweeper

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