Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Runner-up Randy Lippie (9 7 ) leads overall w inner Jason Simmons in the 125cc Novice class at Los Angeles County Raceway. Great Br itain 's Phil Collins captured his f ifth-straight Scratch main eve nt win at Ascot 's South Bay Stadium Speedway; Steve Lucero took second. o PROD EX; 1. Ch uck Huneycutt (Ya ml; 2. Pat Chandl er (VarnI; 3 . Dave M lms (Yaml o PROD NOV: 1. W ill iam Qu inn (Yam); 2 . Gary M ichaud (Yaml; 3 . Scon Pru itt (Yam) F-3 EX: 1. Joh n Hodgk.ss (Yam); 2. Joe Cox IKawl; 3. i J IH MllIslHonl F·3 NOV: 1. David Cook (Hon); 2. Bob Dickens (Kawl; 3 . Eddie Bauer IKaw) , VINT 5: 1. James Si ewert (Nor); 2 . Paul W righ t I M ·G); 3 . Ron Banon (Duc). VlNT 3 : 1. Ted Hu bbard IBSA l; 2. Dav id Cornelison (BSA) . A S I S : 1. Mike Reed (Sul) A PROD EX: 1. Kurt Hall (Suz); 2 . Frank Fillingham (yam). A PROD NOV ; 1. Don Taylor (Yam); 2. Tr ipp Nob les (Suz); 3. W ill iam M ercer (S ull F·2 EX : 1. Brad Sawyer (Yaml; 2. Ch ud; H u neycutt (Yam); 3 . Robert Nutl (Yaml. F·2 NOV : 1, William QU in n (Yam l; 2. Gary M tChaud (Yam); 3. Scott Pruitt (Yaml A S I B EX: 1. Paul Bray ISuzt. 2. M ike Reed (SuI). 3. J im Sab i n (Sud . ier A S IB NOV : 1. Tripp Nobles (Suz); 2. M ark CrOZ lHon ~. B S IS : 1. Tray Bat ey (Sull; 2. Paul W ri ght (SUl ); 3 Fra nklin Kn ight (Sull B PROD EX: 1. Ku rt Hall l SUl ); 2. Dave Mlms (K.w); 3 Ken Esse x (Ho n ). C S IB NOV : 1. M al1t Crozier (Ho n); 2. Kev," Gular l Hon ); 3. BUl ZYChtven ger (Yam). C S IB EX : 1. M ichael M art," (Yam l; 2. Bill y Elsen . ch ef" (Yam ); 3. Fabi. n Cort el (Yaml. B S I B NOV : 1. Tr ipp Nobl es (S Ul); 2 . Mark Cr Ol ler (Hon); 3. Kev in Gu lar lHon) . F-USA : 1. Kurt Hall (Yam); 2. Paul Bray (S Ul ); 3. M lch.el M artin (Yam). o S I B NOV : 1. W i ll iam Qu inn (Yam ); 2. Gary M Ichaud (Yam); 3. Sco tt Pr uitt (Yam) o S IB EX : 1. Fabi an Cortel (Ya m); 2. Robert Nu tt (Yam ); 3. Jim Sti ll (Yam) Perris Night Motocross win to Bacon By David Procida PERRIS, CA, AUG . 5 The Vet Nov ice class featu red so me of th e most co m pe t iti ve ra cing o f th e night a t G FI Saturday ni ght MX. and Jim " Bones" Bacon was th e overal l winner agains t over 15 o ther riders. In moto o ne Mark Ol sen took an ear ly lead with Sco u Ma ys, Bacon and David Ivory foll owing. Bacon dropped Mays ba ck a no tch wi th Ivo ry follow in g by o n the same la p. fvo ry th en ca me under a ttack b y l 25ec Ce giva mounted Leo Sau l wh o took th ird a way fro m Ivo ry o n th e fo urth lap. Ro undin g o u t the to p five lat e i n th e m ot a was Yamaha mounted Jim Stentz. At the end o f n in e laps . th e rid ers had sp read o ut, but positions rem ained in tact for the top five slo ts. \,t hen the ga te feJl for mOlo two , Bacon ca me cha rg ing o u t to gr.Jb th e holesh o l_N ick \ Vu km ir, who ha d fini shed ni n th in mOlo o ne, was o n Bacon's tail ahead o f Slen u, Sa ul and SCUll Ma ys. A. th e laps clic ked o ff, the top five saw new faces with the exce p rio n o f Bacon. wh o was enjoyin g a co mforta ble lead. Ivo ry charg(-d up th ro ug h the ran ks to fourt h behind Bacon. Wuk mir, and Sa u l, while Slenu los t posiio ns 10 bo th rid ers. O n lap four. Ivo ry po werro by Saul and began to clo", o n Wukm ir. The two d iced fo r two laps hdore Ivor y fo un d th e ma ~ic line and went int o st'nm d pl an ' with twO laps rem aining. Bacon sensed a ridt."r approa chi ng and pi cked up (h e pa ce a nOlch to tak e th e chec kered flag. Ivor y hdd o rr Wu km ir's la te mOlD cha rge to tak e seco nd: Round in R o u t the lOp five was Saul a nd O l",n. A((io n in th e Pro rnn ks toni g h t was exciting as T eam Yam aha 's Micky Dymond was o n hand ridi ng an open YZ. Dymon d easily wo n tht" Opt'n class a nd took th e overa ll in mow two. ·In l 25cc ac tio n Craig Ca no y wo n bo th mows wilh e ris Pocino playing ru n nc:r·up in both moto s, whi le in the 250cc dass Sco u Brown p u t h is Kawasak i illlo th e win n rr 's circle with Bryan Paqueu and KelT)' Mulli gan ch as in h im to the chec kered in both mOlOS. Results MIN I BEG: 1. Chad Si ewart (Kawl; 2. Keith W ukm lr (Honl; 3. Bry an Pritchar d {Sullo XR80: 1. Ray Spik e Groo m; 2. Ron W ood ; 3. Scott Delamet er . 125 BEG: 1. Randy Betten (Ya m); 2. Jonny Robe rg (Kawl; 3 , Cory Clark (Hon). 25 0 BEG : 1. Greg Gidd ing s lSutl; 2. Joe Uribe (Honl; 3 . Randy Green (Honl . OPEN BEG: 1. Chr is Gendusa (Honl. 125 NOV ; 1. Travis Aeming (Hon !.; 2. Tim Tuetter (Kawl; 3 . Cory Cla rk (Ho n). 250 NOV : 1. Jeff GriHin (Hon ); 2. Tim Tuck er (Ka w~ 3. M an Polosky (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Tha ddeus M erz (Yam ). 12 5 PRO: 1. Craig Canoy (Yam ); 2 . ChriS POClno(!{a wl 250 PRO: 1. Scan Brown (Kaw t 2. Ker ry M ull lva ll; 3 . Bry an Paque tt e (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Mickey Dymond (Yaml. 25 -29 BEG: 1. Tim Jon es l Hon ); 2. DaVid Holl and (Hon); 3. J im M ang old ( Hon~ 25 -29 NOV: 1. M ike Johnston (Yam); 2. Randy Ve n Dyke (SUl ); 3. Dave Cochran (Suz). 25-29 INT: 1. Tom Enge l l SUl); 2. Cunrs W. Bingham (Hon); 3. Randy Blev ins (Honl . VET NOV ; 1. J im Bacon CHon); 2. Dav id Ivory IHon ); 3. M ark Ol sen (Hon) VET INT; 1. John M cCaug hey (SUlt 2 . J eff Bragia lKa w ). VET EX: 1. Charl es Halcomb (Sud: 2. Br ent W ill i ng sford (Kawl; 3. Tom W ebb (Sul). Schiff shows off atDaytonHM By Donna Smith DAYTON . OH. AUG . 19 The second round of th e Pennsylvan ia Sta te Fair Dirt Track Series at th e Dayton HalfMile was basically a o ne -man show as Blai n Sch i k got the ho lesh ot in both th e Knobby class heat and feature and g lided 10 a n easy win over Dean Rich ards. Dave Onuska p laced a clos e th ird. The Open Expert class sa w Pau l Starr des troy th e field of I0 riders. T he o n ly tim e Sta rr was threat ened was in th e 10 lap heat race. Tom Portman got th e holesh ot. but runnin g up high Stan go t past Portman OUI o f turn two a nd never looked back. In th e 12·l ap fea tu re, Starr go t th e holesh ot a nd was go ne. Sta rr ra n up h igh a nd ra n a pe rfect race to win th e feature. Portman fin ished seco nd with Dave Onuska fini sh in g third. Resulu . !(N OBBY : 1. Blain Schik (KTM ); 2. Dean RIChards rvem); 3 . Dave Onuska (KTM ). OPEN EX: 1. Paul Starr (Kaw l; 2. Tom Ponman (Hon); 3 . D..... Onuska (Yam l Lucero scores Ascot Speedway win By Scott Daloisio GA RDENA. CA. AUG . 17 For th e fifth wet·k in a row , Sleve Lucero finished seco nd in the Scralch ma in a t AscOl 50Ulh Bay Stadi u m. Lu cero 's per fo rm ances ha ve go ne la rgely unnot iced as in a ll five o f tho se weeks. Phil Co lli ns has fin ish t-d firsl. With Co ll ins com ing o ff tr he po le in the ma in. th e ear ly ad va ntage was to the o the r riders. T heir job was not co m plica ted. All th ey had to do wa s ga te Co llins and keep h im away fro m the o uts ide d irt. L ucero di d hi s job wh en he got o ff the lin e first and p ulled it do wn o n th l' Eng: lish ri der in turn o ne . Sch wa rtz. o u tside o f Co lli ns. tried to batt le the Brit for ~t"Co nd u n lap o nc. Co llins had hi m by an inr h as th e fim la p ended. Co lli ns fou nd an open ing a few ftt t in to lap two _ II a llo wl-d h im to the o utside wh ere the din was. \Vhen he wem outside, Sch wa rtz blazed undern ea th h im and mo mentarily too k second. Co lli ns wo uld pull Sch wa rtz down the straights, b ut Sch wartz wo uld catc h h im in Ihe co rne rs. T h ro ug h the first four viclo ries in the str eak, Co ll ins usuall y pulled into the lead ea rly. Halfwa y throug h Thursday's even t, he was sti ll in second . On lap three, Co lli ns shoo k o ff Sch wa rtz and p u lled to th e leader's rear tire. As th ey headed for th e white n ag, Co llins p ull ed wide and found th e dirt aga in. T hey hit tu rn o ue o n th e fina l lap and Co ll ins sec u red the lea d. The cro wd ca rne to its feet a nd cheered (".011in s home over the fin a l la p. Lucero. once again . was th e bridesmai d. Billy H am ill , afte r passi ng Schwartz o n the fina l lap, too k th ird. Resulu SCRATCH: 1. Phi l Collins ewes ); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 3. Bi ll y Ham ill IGdn); 4 , Bobby Schwartz (W es ). HDCP: 1. KeVin Jo rdan (W es); 2. Steve Russell (W esl; 3. M ike Faria IGd n); 4 . Phil Colli ns (W es ). 0 · 2; 1. Chns CaSlin (Wes); 2. Ma rt ie W ell s (Wes); 3 . J erry Black ewes) ; 4 , Bobby Stillwe ll En ). 0 -3: 1. John Kell y (Ja wl; 2. J erry M or ehead (Wes); 3. Dave Wendlandt (Ja wl; 4 . Dave Reep ewes). SDeR ; 1. Crai g De mpster / Peter Lewsi (Kaw ); 2. J oh n Thompson/ Frank Br owell (Ka wl; 3 . St eve Stanton lTom Tufts (bw); 4 . Carry Pollard/ Ken t Bern a nd er (Ka w ). 80 JR 1. Sh awn Tra ntha m (Ka w) ; 2. Brett Kli nger (Kaw ); 3 . J ohn Leeddy (Hon). 12 5 BEG 0 -1: 1. David Ball (Kaw); 2 . Troy Stonlernyre (Yam) ; 3 . Bre tt Kli nger (Kaw) . 125 JR : 1. Eric DuCray (Hon ): 2. J immy M ec hem lKa wl; 3 . J eff Brownlee (SUl ) 125 B.e~ 0 -2 : 1. Dav id Ball , K. w ); 2. Tim Youn g (Kaw l: 3 . Jo n l IVIngston (Honn). 250 BEG p -t : 1. Eri k Van dagn ff (Hon); 2. Brent Holl oway (Yam); 3 . Bill Sto ne (Yam). 250 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Den nis Krit zer (Yam); 2. Tay Gr agg lKaw l; 3. John New ell lH onl . 250 J R 0 -1: 1. Darrin Grav!e t lYa m); 2. Gus Berq uist (Kaw ): 3. Dan A ll en (Kaw). 250 J R 0 -2: 1. Dan All en (Kawl; 2. Darrin Grav iet (Yam ); 3 . Jam es Rand olp h (Kaw) . 500 BEG: 1. Glen Brickey (Kawl; 2 . Je ff Bu rk hardt (Hon ); 3 . Da na Fann in (Honl SOO J R; 1. Jim Tipton (Hon!.; 2. John M ay (HusH; 3. Shannon Healy (Hon ). VET JR : 1. Bill Perkins (Hon); 2. Pau l Conners (Su d ; 3. Mitch Syl va (Hon). VET INT: 1. Rex Powell (Yam); 2 . W .C. Roberts (Kawl; 3. Randy Horrell (Kawl OT M STR. 1. Russ Powell IKTM ). Johnson jolts LACR MX By Terry Rezek Blood, Thompson hot at Sacto Night MX By N uk lear Neukam SACRA :\IE NTO. CA. AUG . II Ho nda -ace Clay to n " Dra cu la" Blood muscled hi s way 10 victory in th e 500cc Pro class in round o ne of (he Sacrame nto Racew ay CMC Summer Series Stadi u m i\IX races. whi le the 250c( Pro class was do mi na ted by Low ell T hom p..o n a nd hi s Su zu ki. Blood and Kawasak i rid er Sean Co nley bega n the first SOOcc Pro m ot e di cing for the I t";~d . Co n ley soo n took co n tro l a nd bu ilt a ro m fo r ta b le lea d w he n rh e wh it e fl a g up pean-d. Rut Blood closed in o n Co n ley. Two Huns fro m the checkered , U100 dove inside d Co n ley a nd fou nd himself side b y side with .. li lt' leader down th e str ai ght. Then their hand leba rs locked and Blood won th e duel . it> Co n ley crashed into th e hay bal es. Blood too k th e win, while J on Nicol aus and Eri c Sands trom secured seco nd a nd third respectively. and Con ley lim ped to fourth. Co n ley. wh o had injured hi s a n kle a week before a nd co m po u nded th in gs in th e fir st mow, chose to sit o u t mota two. Bl ood held o rr N icolaus' cha llenges for the wi n a nd th e o vera ll in th e fina l mota . A pai r o f twos ea rned N icol au s the ru n ner -up spot. whi le Sa nd stro m was aga in th ird fo r th ird overa ll. T hompson was unbeatable in th e 250cc Pr o r lass, as he mot ored to both m o to wins by wide margi ns. Ro n " Alien " Allen secu red seco nd overall wit h two seco nds whi le Suzu ki mo u n ted j immy Rob ert son finished th ird overa ll (3· 3). Ya mah a- mo unted Edd ie Reed. retu rnin g to action ahe r an injury sideli ned h im a t th e bt:"gi n ning of the su m mer , looked ho t in the first 25fk'c In termedi ate m ot o . as h(" pa ssed Kaw3sak i· mo ulll ed J err y \\' righ t in the ea rly going to ta l l" the lead and Ihen new to th e w in whh \V r i ~h t seco nd a nd Ya m a h a · moullIed Randy Bla ir th ird. Rut mow I W O pr oved a littl e toug her as he mo\'t"d tip 10 ~t'n m d beh in d \ Vrig h t o nly to nash uack to fifth. H e IIIl'II adva nn-d to th ird o n l\" to suffe r ano lht'r sp ill. In th e end , \ \' rig lll took tht' wi n a nd lh e o \'t'ral l. wh ile Reed o.;a lvagl·d St'Cond o \'tTall w illl a th ird -place fini sl; . Bla ir's 3-2 SCOTt' ca rried him th ird ()\Tra ll. Results 500 PRO: 1. Clayto n Blood (Hon); 2. Jon Nicol au s (Kaw ); 3. EriC Sa ndstrom (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Lowe ll Tho mpso n lSul); 2. Ron A llen (Kaw) ; 3 . Ji mmy Robertson (Sul). . 125 PRO: 1. Gr eg Tir helm er (Su z); 2. Serg io Fernande l (Hon ) 500 INT : 1. Ken Schroeder (Ho n); 2. Dav e Eng str om (Hon ): 3 De rek CUffle(Honl. 250 INT: 1. Je rry Wnght lYa m); 2. Eddie Reed (Yam) ; 3. Randy BlaIr (Yam I 125 INT : 1. ChriS Ph ill ips (Hon) 50 : 1. Dan Iel Blair l Yaml; 2. Ja red W ashabaug h (Ho n); 3 . Blllv Gross (Yam). 60 : 1. A ndy Gr egg (Kawl; 2 . Jesse Ketcham l Kaw l 80 BEG 0 -1: 1. Sh awn Burrell (Suz); 2. D. vld RelleloH (KawJ; 3 Tim Cam pbell (Kawl 80 BEG 0 -2: 1. Shawn Bur rell (SUl); 2. Tim Campbell (Kaw); 3 . Casey Jones (Kaw) . PALM DA L E, CA. AUG 13 Stoll j ohnso n a nd T racy Asher have been chasi ng eac h o ther a ll summer in the 80 Novice cla ss in e RC mo tocr o sses at LA. Co u nty Raceway. a nd toda y j ohnso n was th e wi n ner. Mot o o ne wa s a ll j o hnson 's as he took th e lead o n lap one a nd was never head ed o n his way to th e ch eckered . In mo to two J nhnson go t th e hol esh o t and Ash er moved to second o n lap four and rapidl y d osed o n Johnson. Asher powered to the lea d two laps from th e end but j ohnson didn 't give lip a nd stayed ri ght o n Ash er 's ta il, At the start of th e last lap. Asher wen t high in the first turn a nd lost power in the hi ~ h . soft berm. Johnson sta yed low , ca ugh t tracti on , and shot past for the lead. johnso n held on to take malo two and the overa ll whi le Asher had to sett le for second. Kris T erito had a gr eat da y, topping both motos of the 125cc Beginner class from gate to flag for first o vera ll . Roy Brernenour had tro ubl e wit h hi s starts and he spent most of eac h lo ng, hot mot o grindin g h is way up to second and finishing the re to earn seco nd o vera ll. George Andrew s, wh o rid es for Petr olock, R id er 's Choi ce, a n d AXO. !tra b be d the hol esh or in th e fir st 250cc N OVI ce mot o and looked to be o n h is wa y for th e win . At th e start o f lap three. Andres took th e h igh and so ft line throu gh tum o ne and lo st momentum. Chuck Dempsey d osed in for the kill and took th e lead two tu rns lat er. Andrews moved ba ck up o n Dempsey but took th e same bad lin e agai n a nd dr opped into second to stay , for the mot o. Andr ews got Ihe ho lesho t again al the sta rt o f mot a IwO a nd thi s ti me avo ided (he slow lin es 10 stay o n lOp for the entire mOlo . taki ng the wi n and th e overa ll. In Vet acrio n. Ra nd v Ti u leme ir ha s been ma king some stro ng showings in th e In termedi a te dass la tely, and d id aga in today, t.. ki ng first ove ra ll wit h two mo ta win s. Kenn y 1 Neirzel has IJl'Cll k ick in g up so me du st in the Vet Expe r t and the 250cc In termed iate classes, a nd the o n ly ti me he wasn 't lead ing the Vet race was lap o ne o f mo to o ne bu t after tha t it was all Neit zel. In lh e 250 In ter medi at e even t, Ro bb ie Dunha m nailed th e sta rt o f molD o ne a nd Neilzel ca me o ff Ihe lin e last. Neil1.el moved up bst a nd by th e end o f lap s.even he was in seco nd and d ose to Dunham . In the middle o f lap eig h t Dunha m fluffed throu g h a so ft ber m a nd Neill.eI sh o l hy th e.. lead and th e wi n. Nei tl cl gOl ano the r di sma l start in mo ta two and was movinK u p 3Kai n but nOl as fast. When the chec kered fell, he had on ly made it to seco nd behind Da vid So ma . Fort u natel y for Neitzel , So ma ha d fini shed th ird in mo lO o ne a nd Nietzel came o ul the overa ll w in ner. Results 80 BEG : 1. Fred Og nm (Ho n); 2. Kenneth Reed l Kawl: 3 . Ben Belar and (Kaw); 4 . Scott Reed. Jr . (Kaw); 5 . J eff Rogers (SUl ).

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