Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a: 0 w iii ~ ~ 0 ...J en « 0 U en ~ a: 0 > u a> :J I en 0 a> .... > 0 :I: c, 0 .... 0 :I: l>. O'l 00 O'l ,.....; '" <..D .... V ..0 S v ..... 0.. v o: Mike Faria (left) and Billy Hamill battled early in Costa Mesa Speedway's Scratch main until Faria pulled away for the win. Joe Pittman won three classes in OMRRA competition at Portland International Raceway and crashed while leading another race. Matt on the outside co mi ng down the front straigh t to take over the second spot. Ben Bostrom finally man aged to ge t by Nat e Wait to take over fourth at the fin ish . Ha rt took the wi n . Results PIW c: 1. Brand on Geor ge (Yam); 2. J im Hans en (Yam); 3 . Brian Gonza les (Yam); 4 . Sheena Pett erson (Ya ml. P/W B: 1. Toby Jorgensen (Yaml; 2 . David Gassin (Yam); 3 . K.C. Rigm aiden (Yam); Class prot ested. pp : 1. Ja mie Sgh eiz8 (Kaw ): 2. Debbie Anderson (Kaw); 3 . Ve r na Ober (Hon), 60 A BC: 1. Tony Souza Jr . (Kawl; 2. J un ior A lvernaz (Ka w); 3 . Jeff Ga bhart (Kaw); 4 . Aaron Gayle IKa w l; 5. Lance Arn old IKaw). VET AS : 1. Mark But le r (W· RI; 2. J oh n Taylor IW · R); 3 . Ste ve Stewart CW -R): 4 . A lla n Au seh ze (Ha n); 5. Roy Fisher (W-RI. 80 C: 1. Gary Mill er IKaw l; 2. Aaro n Gayle (Kaw ); 3. Bill y M art in (Kaw) . . BO B: 1. Greg Miller (Kawl ; 2. Brian Sghelzs (Kaw); 3 . Eric M art in (Kawl; 4. Steve Hl ebo (Kaw); 5 . Tony Souza (Kawl. 80 A: 1. Don Hart (Kawl; 2. Jesse Sanchez (Yam); 3. M an Wait (Kawt; 4 . Ben Bost rom (Hon); 5. Natha n Wait (Kawl . 250 C: 1. Ben Bostr om (Hon); 2. Michell e DiSalvo (Yam); 3. Herbert Calle n III (Hon); 4 . Jim Poff (Yam ): 5. Don W ilhite (Yam). 25 0AB: 1. M an W ait (Rtx); 2. Joh n Hlebo (Hon ); 3 . Danny Hart (Kaw) . OPEN C: 1. Rick Fecci enc (Hon); 2. Mi chelle DiSal vo (Yam); 3. Randy Cechecco (Yam); 4. Raymond Danvill e (Yaml ; 5 . Don Sh ipl ey (W-R). OPEN B: 1. Tory Bostr om (W -R); 2. Scott Brick er (WR); 3. Steve Stew art (W -R); 4 .Ted Thomp son (Yam); 5 . Allen Au sehze (Hon) . VINT 2ST: 1. Roger Hamilton (Yam ); 2. Scott Eichelbaugh (ya m); 3 . J oseph Cannon (Hus ); 4. John Gran t (Yam). VlN T 4ST: 1. J ames M ahon ey (Hon); 2. Dan iel M alf att i (Hon ); 3 . l ynn George (Hon); 4 . Richard M arquis (Hon); 5 . Kelly Shane (BSAl) . OPEN A : 1. Robert Damr on (W -RI; 2. M icha el Gresham (H-D); 3 . Bryan McDowell (W -R); 4 . Bobby McD owell (Honl; 5. M ark Butl er IW -RI. PRO·AM : 1. Bobby M cDowell (Hon ); 2. Bryan McDowell (W -RI; 3. Robert Damron (W ·R); 4. Randy Fisher (H-DI: 5 . Mi cha el M cDonn ell (H-OI. Pittman wins again at P'R Road Race By Russ Cazier 22 PORT LA ND , O R, AUG _20 J oe Pittman wo n three o f th e four classe s he en tere d a t the Oregon Mot o rcycl e Road Racing Associa tio n meet at Po rtla nd In ternat ional Raceway. H e cras hed wh ile leading the fourth. " I ju st th rew away $500 bu cks," Pillman said. " f was bouncin g around and pushin g th e front end every time I went through th ere (tum [our), and I fina lly had eno ugh of a lead over Rob ert and Sull iva n th a t I cou ld've slowed down th rough four.' · Pillman 's cras h came o n th e fifth lap of th e first race of the af ternoon ro und, bu t he came rig ht back o ut a nd wo n the 750cc Pr oduction class in the next race, so he was no nc the wor se for th e cras h. . Keith P inkstall , Doug Ren frow and Shawn Smi th mad e th e 750cc Superbike div ision th e best race of the day, with a three-way dice th e entire eight lalls. Pinkstall and Renfrow pa ssed and repassed six tim es, with Sm ith right beh ind and waiting for a mi stak e. but P inkstall mad e it stick. ge tting pa st Renfrow in tu m seven on th e last lap. The 600cc Product ion class provided two good races for the price of o ne with Marvin Braun edgi ng T odd Powell o n the last lap for th e win, and veteran ract:fS Bru ce Lind and Gene Brown goi ng at it for third. Lind had a poor sta rt but worked up to fourt h , then th ird, a nd Brown tried to tak e i t bac k with a last-tum, last-lap pass, bu t Lind held him o il by in ch es at the chec kered nag. Vintage rac ing returned to PIR, with th e Rivellis tak ing hom e a ba tch of trophies with th eir stable of Du cat i singles. T he re was also a displ ay of vintage mach inery, a nd a parade lap dUrin g the noon break that even lured announcer Charlie Mart in o U( for a spi n o n hi s 750cc Royal Enfield. Results OPEN PROD: 1. Joe Pittman (Suz); 2. Keith Pink staff (Suzl: 3 . M ichael McBrady (Suz). 750 PROD: 1. Joe Pittman (Suz); 2. Mi cha el McBrady (Su,¢ 3 . Doug Renfrow (S uzl. 600 PROD: 1. Marvin Brau n (Yam t 2. Todd Powell (VarnI; 3. Bru ce l ind (Yam) . • 450 PROD: 1. Robert Hino josa-(Yaml; 2. Stua rt Miller (Yam); 3 . Todd Powell (Yam). OPEN S/BK: 1.J oe Pinman(Yam): 2. Doug Renf row (Suzl; 3 . Keit h Pink5tatf (Suz). 750 S/BK : 1. Keith Pin kst aff (Suzl; 2 . Doug Renf row (Suzl; 3. Shaw n Smith (Honl . 600 S/BK: 1. Shawn Robert i (Yaml; 2 . Mike Su ll ivan (Hon); 3 . Marvin Braun (Yaml . 400 S/ BK: 1. Al an Schwe n (Yam); 2. Robert Hin ojosa (Yam ); 3 . M ike Kenyon (Yam). M /W S/BK; t . Robert Hino josa (Yaml ; 2. Scott Soper (Ya m l; 3 . Alan Sch wen (Ya m l. LIW S/BK: 1. Scan Soper (Hon); 2. Cliff Bake r (HYH); 3. Ja ne Steele (Kew) . OPEN BOTT; t . Don Horn (Due); 2. Sieve Saunders (M GI; 3. Oa\/e M ill er (BMW). 650 BOTT: 1. Christian Nin aud (Kaw): 2. Matt M oell er (Kaw); 3. Geor ge Schwen (Kaw) . . OPEN V1NT 1. Steve Gibh n (Tri); 2. Reno Ortiz (Tri ): 3. : TO~~R~~~ (~~;k8 Rivall i (Du c); 2. Tim Marek (BSA); 3. Mon ica Nosek (BSA) . 250 VINT: 1. Tony Rivelli (Duc): 2. Sammy Schwa rz (Ducl ; 3 . Cliff Baker (Bul). NOV: 1. Sean Storment (Hon); 2. J eff Higg inbot ham (Yam l; 3. Rob Costew (Yam). Geresola gathers win at CheyenneMX By Sheryl Chew & Mark Anderson CHEYENNE, WY, AUG . 20 Kawasak i-mou nt ed Arne! Oeresola did n 't wi n a mo to, but loo k the overa ll win in the 250cc Novice class with hi s 3-2 finishes at th e Ch eyen ne Cycle Clu b's fin al MX race of the season. T revor Dykes put h is Hon da in front of the o ther 26 riders at the start of th e fir st mot o and never surrend ered the lead. On lap thr ee C eresola. ru n n ing in seco nd. wa s pa ssed by Steve Werni ng when he bobbled co m ing o u t of a tu rn befor e a lon g. do u ble-ju mp straight. Da le Nickel passed Geresola o n the last lap an d !Wiled u p to Wernin!? to ba u!e for second. With the checkered flag In view, Ni ckel tri ed to make his mov e in a down hi ll whoop section but cras hed ha rd. Ni ckel wa lked a way, but was o u t for th e day. At the finish it was Dykes wi th the wi n followed by Werni ng a nd Gereso la. TI le start of the seco nd moto saw a threerider fight fo r the lead whi ch lelt Mi ke G lick man on th e grou nd . He remo unt ed , bu t the pack was go ne. Geres o la was up fron t with Dykes in second. O n th e third lap Josh Con ley, movi ng up from fifth off the sta rt, ca ug h t a nd passed Dykes for seco nd . Con ley th en set his sights o n lead er Geresol a and the twn pulled aw ay fro m the field _ O n th e whi le nag lar., Co nley n ew by Geresola on a lo ng dow nhill j um p and look the mOlo win . Results PIW NOV: 1. Dayven Johnston (Kaw); 2. Shan e M agrum (Kew ): 3. Travis Riley (Kaw) ; 4 . J essie Effi nger (Kaw); 5. J osh Perriton (Kawl. MINI NOV : 1. Curt is Elwo rth y (!C ); 2. Chad Sanger aw (Kaw); 3. Brandon Bidw ell (Kaw l; 4. J .P. Thibod eau; 5 . Shan e Benn ett . 125 NOV: 1. M ark Jenk in s (Yam); 2. Jeff Sopha (Yam); 3 . Brian Miller (Kaw l; 4. Shan e Plejdr up (ICaw); S. Greg Trock. . 250 NOV: 1. Arnel Gere solaIKaw); 2. Trevor Dykes (Hon); 3 . Josh Conl ey (Hon ); 4 . Steve Wernin g (ya ml; 5. Eric Preu ss (SuI). OPEN NOV: 1. Larry Cramer (Kaw): 2. Scott W iseman (Hon); 3. K.C. Tarpl ey (Hon ): 4. Gary Beckm an; 5. Ed Lundquist . VET NOV: 1. Russ Barr (Hon); 2. Davi d Houchin (Suz): 3 . Paul Trujillo (Yaml ; 4. Ken Mo ss IHonl: 5. Dan David (Yaml . SR NOV : 1. Larry Tarpley (Hon ); 2. John M alsan (Suz); 3 . Charles Jo hn ston (ATKI; 4. bill J anz (Kawl; 5. John Bidw ell (Kawl. P/W AM : 1. John Locker (Kaw ); 2. Cory Pearman (Kaw) ; 3 . Chr is Chew (Kaw) ; 4. Wad e Corl iss (Kawl. MINI AM : 1. Aaron Lebsack(Kaw); 2. Dan W i enran k (Hon ~ 3 . J eremy Hinricks (Kaw); 4 . Todd Robert son {Kaw l; 5. Shawn Corlis s (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. David Gonzale s (Suz): 2. Ja son Locker (Hon); 3 , David M atheny (Kaw); 4. Evan Hughes (Hon); 5 . John Russell (Kaw) 250 AM : 1. Bla in e Schubanh (Yaml; 2. Ken Swats ISuz); 3 . Kurt Eicha ker (SUl): 4 . Jason Cesario (Hon); 5 . J eremy John (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. Brian Thom sen lHon) ; 2. Willie Glover(Honl VET AM : 1. Lindsey Pierson (Honl: 2. Russ Coleman (Yaml; 3 . Mark Anderson (Kaw); 4 . Berkl ey Osburn (Hon): 5. Steve Grist (Honl . SR AM : 1. John Fridlund (Yam); 2. T. Sell er (Kaw l; 3. Sta n Heffn er (Yaml; 4. Dan M oor e (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Shawn Morgan (Kaw); 2. Al ex Neir (Kaw ); 3. Barry Lynch (Kaw); 4. Corey Clark (Kaw ); 5.. Shawn Malone IKaw ). 125 PRO: 1. Tim Buchli (Yam); 2. Gil Murray (Kaw); 3 . Keith Carnpbell (Yam); 4. Kip Sandell (Yam): .5. Joh M erwin (Suz) 250 PRO: 1. Tim Buchl i (Yaml ; 2. Gil Murray (Kaw); 3. Keith Campbell (Yam): 4. Robert Revoir (Kaw); 5. Scott Fulcher (Kaw i. OPEN A : 1. Robert Hanr ahan (Kaw l; 2. Keit h Campbell (Yam I; 3. Brian Sha rp (Hon); 4. Kevin Magee (Hon ); 5 . Joe Shedron {Han} VET A : 1. J im Ecken (Hon); 2 . Dave Ster mer (Suz); 3 . Mik e Kappelma n (Hon): 4 . Terry Kappelman (Yam); 5 . Dan Greenwood (Yam). SR A: 1. Ove Woll aston ISull; 2. Edgar Perriton (Hon ); 3. Vic Ziemer IKTM ); 4. Vic Barl ish (Yaml; 5. M elvi n Kie l (Yam). S/SR: 1. Tomm Ham m (Suz); 2. J im Long (Yaml; 3. Ken M ill er {Kaw l. W MN : 1. Becky Cesario (Kaw ): 2. Pam Nel son (Yam); 3 . Cynthia Benn en (Hon ); 4 Fran Hann if in (Yam ) Wagenman wai's at P' R MX By Dan Meeker PORT L AND, O R , AUG. 17 Ben Wagen ma n to pped th e Open Pro class a t Po rtland Interna tion al Raceway Thursday ni gh t in one of the most exci ting P ro classes in recen t weeks . Wood la nd Honda -backed Wage nma n took the first rno to hol eshot , foll o wed by Hillsbo ro Honda rider Reid Goldmann and Steve Smith. O n lap three. Smit h mad e it by Goldman n, bu t a few la ps lat er Go ldma n n repas sed Sm ith to regain seco nd a nd set u p the fin ish o rde r of Wag enman, Go ld ma nn and Smith . T he second mota p roved to be even mo re int ense than the first as Sm ith po wered to th e lead followed clo sely by Goldmann a nd th en Wagenman. Less th en 50 feet separated the three front - run ners for mo st o f th e race with n umerou s pa ss attempts being ma de and fou ght ofL The o rder remai ned the same, ho wever, unti l the filth lap w hen Go ld ma nn 's rear . tire hoo ked up to so me unexpected tra ct io n on the fron t strai g h t and stood h is Honda stra igh t u p. T his allowed Wagenman to clo se the a lready sma ll ga p an d soo n after pass for seco n d. With tw o la p s to go, Wagen man managed to get by Smi th .and com plete a tw o-mo te sweep of th e class. Sm ith held o n C seco nd and Gold ma n n rounded or out the top th ree. Wh ile the Open Pro class proved to be an exci ting th ree-ma n show, the 125cc Junior class p roved to be a hi ghl y·com petitive group of 11 yo u ng riders. Mike' s Suzuki rid er Lou Caulkin s managed to wi n both mo to s fo r th e overa ll , but it took him un til th e fin al lap of the seco nd mo to to get past Yam aha rider Troy Kibbl e, who had man ag ed no better than n in th in the firs t mo lO roll ow ing a poor sta rt : TCY H onda ri der Fo rrest Transu e used a 23 fin ish to ga rn er second overa ll . while H on da rider J osh McVeigh went 3-4 for third. Results w /p/w: 1. John Hardy (Yaml; 2. Jason Moore (Yam); 3 . Greg Blackwell (Yam). 6-8 PIW : 1. Jason Hanson (Kaw ); 2. Michael Smith (Kaw); 3 . John Hardy IKaw). 9 ·11 PIW: 1. Trav is Webber IKaw); 2. Kevin Eakin IKaw); 3 . Josh Santos fKaw) . PP: 1. Janet Dean (Yam); 2. Kelly Smith (Yam) MINI BEG: 1. Nathan Gravelle (Kaw); 2. Cory Johnson (Kaw l; 3. Richard Steiner (Yam). MINI JR : 1. Shawn Sowfe (Kaw l; 2. Brandon lucas IHonl; 3 . Tra";s W ebber (Kaw ).125 BEG D· 1: 1. Anthony Pileggi IKaw); 2 . Devin Roe (Hon ); 3. Lar ry Jones (Kaw) . 1258EG 0 -2: 1. Matt Slsson{Honl; 2. RobWilliamsIHon): 3. Eric Schulz (Honl . 125 INT; 1. Erni e Robens (SUl); 2 : Ed Je nsen (Hon); 3. Chad Berry (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Darren Rogers (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Paul Gagner (Hon); 2. Mark Tolna (Han); 3 . J eff Nichol s (Hon) . 250 JR; 1. Jes se Dean IHon): 2. Todd Dolan (Hon); 3. Rod Nees (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Doug Grav elle (Kaw); 2. Chad Gravelle (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Mike Sell (Suz); 2. Oon Bisceglia (Suzl: 3 . Don 80esPflug (Kawl . . OPEN BEG: 1. Ken Earhart (Honl; 2. earl Wadd ington (Hu sl; 3 . Doug Veltschi (Hon). OPEN JR : 1. Bill Waring (KTMI ; 2. Rick Cunn ingham (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Shawn Colanvc:tol (Kaw); 2 . Tony Martin (Hon); 3. Reid Goldmann (Honl. OPEN PRO: 1. Ben Wagenman (Honl ; 2. Steve Smith (Hon); 3. Reid Gok:lmann (Han). OTH C; 1. David Sio ssar IKaw); 2. Dan M eeker (Hon ); 3 . Tim Siddall (Kaw) . OTH B: 1. Jesse Dean (Hon ); 2. Bud Ashcraft (Honl . OTH A : 1. Tom Vi elle IHonl; 2. Dave Eakin (Hon): 3. Reid Goldmann. OT NOV : 1. Mike Reuth er (SUl). OT EX: 1. J im Lamk in (Hon); 2. David Merklin (SUl ); 3. Mike Hickman (Yaml . Faria, McConnell top Cos ta Mes a Speedway By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, AUG. 18 Veterans Mike Far ia and Shawn McCon nell met in victory ci rcle a fter posting First Div ision wi ns a t th e Orange Co u nty Fairgro u nds Friday n ight. Faria took h is exci ting win in th e Scratch main event . O n the Of f-Shore/Team Scopeliu e/ Shoe i/ O itzal l/Tsu bak i Godden. Far ia beat Bill y Hamill and Steve Lucero in to the firs t turn , a nd they pushed Ph il Co lli ns wid e. . L ucero staye d o u tside H amill unti l the end of th e firs t lap wh en the teenager pinched him ocr. Wh en th ey ex ited tu rn two on (he next lap, Ha mi ll hook ed u p a nd pulled a big whee lie forci ng L ucero a nd Co lli ns to slo w whi le H amill recovered. That allowed Fari a ( 0 bu ild up a massive lead. Wh en (he fourlap ra ce ended, Faria had a hu ge lead. Hamill fin ished in the ru nner-u p spot foll owed by Lu cero and Co lli ns. .Wh en the Han dicap main began Cha rles Ermo lenko had the lead . Bob Hi cks occupied seco nd o ff th e sta rt but McConnell immediately attacked him . H icks held McConnell hac k unt il t u r n o ne o n lap t wo wh en McConnell kn ocked Hi cks out of th e way. McConnell p ulled up to Er mo len ko at the end o f th e seco nd la p . the n a lap lat er Errnolen ko 's Weslake start ed lO backfire and slo w drama tica lly. McConnell , o n the Rudell Ca rbi de/ Pro Desig n/ Brown 's Au tomo tive/ Dr. Wolle Godden, inherited the lead wit hout a f i~ ht. . J irn Sisemore and Fa ria went a t it for second o n lap four. Fa ria wen t wide o n la p five, and befo re he cou ld get back to th e po le, Brad Ox ley had sneaked by for th ird. Sisemore caug ht up to McConnell o n lap five and tri ed to mo ve him of f th e pole. but McConnell wo ul dn 't budge. T he chec kered came o ut wi th Mc Con nell , Sise mo re , Oxl ey a nd Faria finishing in a tight pack. Results SCRATCH: 1. Mike Faria (Gdnl; 2, Billy Hamill (Wes l; 3 . Steve Luc ero (Gdnl ; 4 . Phil Coll ins (Wes). HOCP; 1. Sh awn McConnell lGdn) ; 2. Jim Sisemore (Wesl; 3 . Brad Oxley (Wes); 4 . Mike Fari a (Gdn). 0 ·2 : 1. Gary AckroYd (Gdn); 2. Chri s McG ee (Wes): 3. Jason Chism (Jaw) ; 4 . Mark Faul (Wes). 0 ·3 : 1. Chuck M eadows (Wes); 2. Dave Wend landt (Jaw) ; 3 . Ma rt OeVay (Wes); 4 . Mike Boyle (Jaw) . MATCH : 1. Bobby Schwartz (Wes); 2. Rob Pfetting (Wes). Denevan dynamite at M ountain View MX By Dan Meeker SANDY, OR, AU G. 20 T he ent ire field of Old Timer Amat eurs and o vera ll winner J im Den evan p ro ved age is not rela ted ( 0 competit iveness during the mot o-cross a t Mo u ntai n View Raceway. Wh en th e first mo to ended , th e top five ride rs were all less than five seconds from th e leade r: Dick Stidham took the early lead, but was passed o n th e second lap by Eric Burkin shaw. Burkinsha w exten ded hi s lead as th e ac tio n behind him co n lin ued to heat up. Den evan a nd G ary Back strom both worked their way pa st Rich ard Duncan to tak e o ver th e third and fourth positio ns , respec · tivel y. By the end of th e th ird lap th ey had caugh t up with Stidha m and all three began

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