Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z o en a: w C z « ...J > a: a: w C > '" ~ :r e, o Rod Estes guided his BSA to the Plus 30 B class win over Jim Roseth at the S.W. Washington County Fairgrounds Half-Mile. th e lead , but was passed by Champine in tu rn two . Champine led King, Kasten and George Istua nek acro ss the line a t th e end of one lap. Frank Kaiser, Glenn Sa lpacka Rotex, took over ' fourth when Istuanek went to th e wall in turn two selling th e finish order. Greg Wa genknech t led heat three aft er one lap. Rick Gruber o verca me a penalty-line sta n to finish seco n d a head of Sumner. Kaiser took th e sem i over Istuanek and Brian Kromro y. Kin g won the drag race to tum o ne in the fin al a nd led Ri ck Gruber, Camlin and Cha m p ine a t th e en d o f o ne lap. Once aga in. Kin g motored to a n easy victo ry. Carnl in , G ruber a nd Champine fought ove r th e seco nd spot until th e h alfwa y point. when Ch ampine sp l it a nd cruised to seco nd . Local favorite Wagenknecht o verca me a poor sta rt to la ke th e th ird spot o n lap si x a nd ba ttled to hol d h is pos itio n wi th Ca m ti n to th e wire. Results 50: 1. Chr is Wilwert (Ya ml. 80: 1. Kurt Kro mroy ISuz ); 2 . Tracy Hone k (Yam}. 250: 1. Steve Champine (Hon); 2. Steve Kast en (5 uz); 3 . Shawn Wad e (Hon); 4 . Cla ir Rupnow Ie-At 5. AI Unnaman (Suz). _ 500 : 1. Rtch King lHon !; 2. Steve Kasten (Hon): 3. Jon Dillenberg (W -Rl; 4 . J im Sumner (Suz ); 5. Brad Christensen (Rtx) . OPEN: 1. Rich Ki ng C Hon ); 2. Steve Champ ine (H-O); 3. Greg Wag enknecht (H· Dt 4 . Dave Camlin (H-D); 5. Rick Gruber (RtJl). O'Mara earns Perris Motocross win By David Procida PERRIS, CA, AUG. 5 J ohnn y " O-S ho w" O 'Mara ca me o u t to Perr is Ra cew a y with hi s ,125cc Suzu ki tod ay, but it was not a cake wa lk as T eam Kaw asaki 's Jeff Matiasevich mad e th e factory Suzuki pi lot ea rn hi s money in the 125cc P ro class. In mo to one Mari asevich hol eshot the crowd with O 'Ma ra a nd Todd Nel son close behind. T he tw o factory ri ders im media tely p u lled aw ay . show ing why th ey ar e h igh- pa id riders. T hroug hout th e m ot o , O'Mara d o g g ed Mar iasevich the en tire race , b u t Ma riasevich rode witho u t error for 17 la p s a n d took th e ch eck ered mere feet a head of O 'Mara. Todd Nelson completed 16 of th e 17 la p s, st ill cla im ing th ird behind O 'Ma ra . In mot o two, th e facto ry Kawasa ki p ilot agai n was fou nd lead ing the pac k through turn o ne with O 'Mara at tempting to get by. On lap seven , the two encou n tered la p ped riders and o ne we nt into O'Mara 's li ne a nd he went dow n. O 'M a ra was quickly up and go ing and wi thin a few laps he again pulled to th e rear of Ma ria sevich 's KX1 25. Th IS tim e he applied heavy p ress u re a nd with o ne la p rema ini ng, O 'Ma ra found the opening he had bee n lookin g for and slipped by 10 tak e th e rnoto win a nd the overall victory. Nelson was agai n a d ista nt third. In th e Vet P ro class, Ala n Olson pulled off a first motu wire-to-w ire win . Gary J ones ga ve O lso n a ru n for h is money, cha lle nging re p eated ly before run n ing int o p roblem s which dro pped him ou t of th e to p five. Mar c Crosby a nd Ron La wso n di ced for th e two slo t, with La wso n ga in ing the uppe r han d . T racy Hrach wor ked h is wa y u p through th e ranks to fin ish fourth foll ow ed by George Kohler. J ones took co m ma n d of th e seco n d mo tu a nd never loo ked back . O lson was hot o n hi s heels for th e opening la ps, but cou ldn ' t maintain J on es' torrid pace, Knowi ng he d idn 't nl.'Ca to beat Jones to tak e th e o vera ll , O lson decided to r ide his own race. In third, La wso n ·d id all he co u ld to keep O lson in sight, wh ile Hrach was dogging his roost. Roundin g o u t th e top five this moto was Crosby. Results 30 MINI BEG : 1. Richa rd Dick. J r. (Kawl; 2. Bernhard Leitner (Yam); 3 . Chr is Bellard (Su.z.). M INI NOV: 1. Dan BunnelllHonl. 125 BEG: 1. Chuck McCary (Kaw) ; 2. Dan iel Hallader (Kawl; 3 . Gary Gue nther (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Ada m Spi tz (Hon); 2 . Todd Heagstedt (Yam); 3. Brian M ill er (Suz). 12 5 NOV: 1. Bria n Ross (Vam ); 2. Tim Ol son (Hon); 3. David Figu eroa (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Christian Holl and (Hon); 2. To mmy Brackens (Hon); 3. W illi Zart h (Cagl. 125 INT: 1. Randy Danyl o (Kaw); 2. Jeff Lam bvso n (Vam). 250 INT: 1. Patrick M arkham (ATK); 2. Robe rt Henricksen {YamJ. OPEN INT: 1. J ohn A nderson (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. J oh nny O'Mara (Suz); 2. Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw) ; 3. Todd Nelson . 250 PRO: 1. Jade Scott (Hon) . OPEN PRO: 1. Jason Jones (Honl . 25 -29 NOV; 1. W illi Zarth (Cag); 2 Chr is Bergstrom (Vam); 3 . Don Hoeratich (Hon) . 25·29 INT: 1. John Anderson (Hon); 2. Patr ick Markham (ATK); 3. Tim Harris (Ma i). VET NOV: 1. Greg Pagan (Hon); 2. Joh n Ritch ie (Hon ); 3. Chris Perez (Yam) . VET INT: 1. Larry Nannenga (Hon); 2 . W.J . Bradbury(Hon); 3 . Steve Cl ark (Kaw ). VET EX; 1. Alan Olson (Yam t 2. Ron Lawson (Sw); 3. Tracy Hrach (honl. OT: 1. John W hi te (Hon); 2. Jody W eisel (Hon); 3. Bengt Johansson (Hon l. Wellander wins Chehalis HaHMile By Derryl Anderson C HEH AUS. WA, J ULY 29 David \Vell ander rode h is H onda to the mai n event win in the P ro ! Am class o f th e ha lf m ile held a t the S.W. Washi ng ton Co u nty Fa irgro u nds in Che ha lis. A large turnou t o f rid ers sho wed up o n a perfect da y to ride the fin al half mi le event o f the year. In the co m b ined Jun ior/Expert class the mai n even t was a real bail ie betw een season -long rival s Speedy Kell a nd Marty Zirbel. In th e hea t race Steve H yson ca me o u t s mo k i n' foll owed h y Well and e r , J .P. Simo n sen . Brian Lowe and Pal Mun yon. T he ac tio n was fierce but the order remained un changed ri gh t to th e end. In th e ma in event it was H yson o nce aga in , a head o f \Vell ander , Si mo nse n a nd Munyon. Low e reti red wi th mech an ical p rob lems, as \Vell an cler Maned to p ress u re H yso n lookin g for a n openi ng that ca me o n la p three. tv ellan der stretched h is lead to 35 yard s as S imo nsen chased H yso n. At the check ered flag it was \\'ellander , H yso n , Simonsen a nd M unyon. . Ma n y Zirbel led the J u n io r/ Expe rt heat race o ff th e lin e follo wed by Kei l, Mi ke Su lliva n . Don Paul , Kevin Bass a nd Todd Davi es. Pa u l and Sullivan rode side bv sid e for a lmo st 1\"' 0 la p s with Su lliva n fin ally pu lling ahead. Meau wh ile. Kel! \\"3 S a ll o ver Zirbel to find an opening. O n lap four KeH took o ver th e lead a nd never look ed hack. At the finish it was Kel l. Zirb el. Sullivan, Pau l. Bass a nd Davies. In th e main even t Kell took hi s Ro ta x into the 1 ".Jd ahead o f Zirbel, wh o was a boa rd h is C' Ho nda. Behind th em were Su llivan, Bass, Da vies a nd Pa u l. A lap la ter Sullf ivau ret ired fo r the da y wit h mec ha ni cal problems. Kell was ron rinuing to stretch hi s lead whi c h was 50 yard s by th e finis h, wh ere the o rde r read Kell. Zirbel. Bass, Davies a nd Pau l. Resu lts 50: 1. J erod Moor e (Yam); 2. Tyler M anley (Yam); 3. J immy Ragsdal e (Yam); 4 . Dale A insl ie (Yam ); 5. Kat i A sh (Vam). 60: 1. Josh ua Currey (Hon); 2 . Darr in Belcourt (Kaw ) BO: 1, Nathan Bour land (Kaw); 2 . Noah Kirkland (Kaw) ; 3 . J ere miah Port er (Hon). 125 : 1. J er em ia h Port er (Hon l; 2. Du sty Kir k (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Noah Kirkl and (Hon); 2 . Tim Ball (Hon); 3 . Tim Williams (Suz). . 250 SEMI PRO: 1. Speedy Kell (Kaw); 2 . Ryan And er son (Hon). "'30 250: 1. Tim Bait (Hon); 2. Dave Staring (Cag). "'30 8 : 1. Rod Estes (BSA); 2 . J im Roseth (Tri); 3 . Tim Mitch eIlIYam). ...40 B: 1. Dan Kirk (Hon) . +40 A : 1. Sonny Burres (Tri); 2 . Ray Carroll (Tr i); 3 . Gary Htte (H· D): 4 . Dan Kirk (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Dust y Kirk (Hon); 2. Don Cookson (Han ). OPEN A : 1. Vince Gi ldner (Honl ; 2. Gary Hite (H· D); 3 . KeVin Me rri ll (Vam). VINT SGL: 1. KLeeve Hodsdon (BSA). V1NT TW : 1. Sonny Burr es (Tri ); 2 . Buck Murphy (Tn I; 3 . Ray Carroll (Tri). PRO AM : 1. David W el lander (Yaml; 2 . St eve Hyson (Han); 3 . J .P. Simonsen (Han ); 4 . Pat Munyon (Han); 5 . Br ian Lowe (Hon). JR /EX: 1. Speedy Kell (H· 0 ): 2 . M artin Zirbel (Han); 3 Kevin Bass (Han ); 4 , Todd DaVies (Hon); 5. Don Paul (Rtx). Steve Lucero leads Shawn McConnell at Ascot: Lucero was second in the Scratch main, while McConnell was runner-up in the Handicap main. Commotops Wrentham Trials By Dan W illiams WRENTHAM, MA. AUG. 13 Thunderstorms and torrential downpours didn 't pr event Ron Commo fro m taking the High Point aw ard a t ro u nd six o f th e New England Trials Association 's 1989 Championsh ip Seri es held in Wr entham, Massachusetts. Usin g un orthodox line selectio n a nd throttle co n tro l, Comma manuevered his Tryal s Shopspon sor ed Fantic through th e slick mud to sna tch a th ree- po in t vict ory over Tryal s Shop teammat e. 16-year -old Geofl Aaron o n h is factory Aprilia. Aaron held a n ea rly lead but co u ld n ' t h old back the chargi ng Co m mo, who was riding hi s las t even t in th e U.S . before riding th e T rials de Na tio ns in Belgi u m, Sep tem ber 17, as a me mber o f the fo ur man U.S . team. Desp ite reinjuring th e sho u lder he fra ctured a t the U.S. World ro u nd in Tennessee earlier in the yea r, H onda-mounted Brian N ag en gast p u t in a n exce llent rid e to ta ke seco nd in th e Ex pert class behind Aa ro n. Third-place seesa wed betwee n Bobby Micket a nd Darren Lane with Micket ta ki ng th e nod by a single poin t, In Advanced class action Dan Bour~ue co llec ted hi s second win in a row over M ike Sa m ua lma n. Samualman's win strea k at th e beg innin g o f th e seaso n looked unstoppable but Bou rque's wins seem to sig na l a good battle for the remainder o f th e seas o n. In th e Intermediate class Canad ian Louis Bergeron braved th e lightni n g bohs to tak e th e win over J essie Sta n ho pe , wh o was riding h is first tr ia l as a n Intermedi at e. Novice class ac tio n sa w Bill Bliven tak e a co m ma n d ing 32·poin t victory over J oh n Dimeo . Bliv en d id n' t look like a nov ice as he hopped a n d popped h is wa y th rough the sli ppery sectio ns o n an o ld twin shoc k Yamaha. Resul t s EX: 1. Geoff A aron (A pr); 2. Br ian Nageng ast lH on ); 3. Bob M ickel (Yam ); 4. Darr en Lane (Fan); 5. Paul Ivan Bel anger (Yam ). AD V: 1. Dan Bourqu e (Bet); 2. M ike Sam ualma n (Yam). INT: 1. louis Ber geron (Yam); 2. J essie Sta nnope (Fan); 3. N. Dupon t . SR A: 1. Fran k Roder iqu es (Bel) . SR B: 1. George Truesda le (Mon); 2. Bill Mc Cor mick (Yam); 3 . Dave Dorey Sr. (Yam). NOV: 1. Bill Bl iven (Yam) ; 2. John Dim eo (Bet); 3. G.Bacon; 4 . R. Bertrand: 5 . John Tyler (Yam). Padgett wins at Central Mississippi MX By Lut her Stowers PEA RL, MS, AUG . 13 Honda -mounted \\'ayn e Pad gett easil y won both rnot os of th e Senior class to ga rner the overa ll win at the Central Mississip pi Mot ocross Association's race in Pearl. The first moto saw Rand y Da wson p u ll the holesho t wi th Padgett , Sco tt Woolard. Cycle Service-spo nso re d Da vid Bu rn h am , Bill Lackey, Gary Speaks and Ma rk Wool ard in formation be hin d . Dawson a n d Padgett immediat ely began to pull a way from th e rest o f the pa ck , with th e riders from third pl ace back ha vin g to co ntend with heav y du st in pa rts o f the tra ck. Dawson ci rcled th e tra ck twi ce with Pad ge u nippi n g at hi s heels th e en tire way until . o n th e third lap, Pad geu got pa st a nd was ab le to run away and hide from Dawson and the rest o f th e co m pe tition. Wh en the ch eck ered [Jag fell Padgett was well out in front; Daws on in seco n d , Burnham bringing up third position , a nd Scott Woolard, Bill Lack ey and Mark Woolard trailin g behind. Padgett didn't wast e a n y time in th e second moto, tak ing th e lead from th e drop of th e gate a nd, with clear tra ck ahead of him from th e sta rt. bui lt a comfortable lead o f II seco n ds over seco n d-p lace Dawson by the en d of two laps. His lead built to more than 20 seconds by th e fin al lap and. upon seeing the white flag, Pad!(ell cruised th e last circu it to tak e his second molO win and secu re th e overall victory. Dawson backed. up h is firs t-mota p laci ng w it h another second for the second overall trophy . Burnham finished third a nd took h ome th u d place honors. In th e first Beginner class moto, Reggi e Pea gler pulled out to a nine second lead by the end of th e firs t lap. Beh ind Peagler a fierce battle for seco nd through seven th raged as Chris H icks was busy trying to hold o ff six riders. On lap two Peagler dropped his bike in a sha rp turn and his bike refused to start, Hicks inherited th e lead and pulled out to a comfortable margin a t the checkered flag. In th e seco nd mot o , Peagler took th e lead from the first turn a nd nev er looked back. Hubbard Partrid~e put some di stance between himself and thud-place H icks. who wa s passed by Johnny Week s. Pea gl er took the ch eck ered first with Partridge in seco nd, Weeks in third an d Hicks fourth. Results 125 NOV : 1. Casey Ford (Swl; 2. Donn ie Hicks (Yam); 3 . Shane Harrts (Suz). SR: 1. Wayne Padgett (Hon); 2. Randy Dawson (Kaw); 3. David Burnha m (Suz ). BEG: 1. Chr is Hicks (Suz ); 2. Johnny Weeks (SuzJ; 3. Hubbard Panridge (Suz). 80: 1. Jeff Eason (Hon ); 2. Lance Ford (Sill). MIXED OPEN: 1. Mark Lowry C!(aw) ; 2 . Kevin Hicks (Henl . 250 NOV: 1. Wayne Padgett (Hon ); 2. Donnie Hicks (Honl . Collins sweeps Ascot Speedway action By Scott Daloisio G AR DEN A. CA, AU G . 10 Manch est er, Eng la nd, native Phil Co llins made a sha mb les o f th e proceedings a nd won th e Scra tch a nd H and icap mains at South Ba y Stad iu m on Bikini Co ntes t N igh t. The Handicap main wa s marred b y a specta cular cra sh o n lap two . Kell y Inma n , then initial leader o f th e race , a nd Cha rles Erm olen ko ca me to g-et her a nd both cartwh eel ed into the firs t ben d wa ll. Er molen ko wa lked aw a y fro m th e inci de nt but Inman br oke hi s an kle in fo ur p laces a nd un derwe nt su rg ery th e next mornin g with more sch edu led 10 da ys la ter. \Vhen th e race restarted, an irat e Shawn McCo nnell. who received a $50 fine earlier in th e n ight from track o fficia ls moved in to the lead a nd took off with a vengea nce. Co llins , wearing his fam ili ar Kell y Micro Svstems/ Rovazzi n i Elecrric/Ca stro f/Bell v Cirello Raci n g lea thers, challeng ed Erm oIenko o n lap two o n ly to have Ermolenko hook up nea r th e end of th e la p. Co llins n arr ow ly s li p pe d b y a n d went a fte r :'lcCon nel I. Coll ins then bega n to hack away at McCon· nell 's adv antage, a nd by the time la p three en ded was w ithin striking distan ce. As they screamed down th e ba ck chute o n the fol lowing lap, Co llins raced by for the lead. Ther e wa s no stoppi ng Co ll in s and he sco red a popu lar victory. McCo nnell h eld on for seco nd wi th Billy H a m ill th ird . Co l1in s ga ted from th e po le in the Scratch main an d led Ala n Christian off the li ne. Stev e L ucero and Mike Faria sa nd wiched Christian in the firs t bend a nd we nt by. Luce ro , o n la p one a lmost pu lled even wir h lead er Co lli ns, b ur as they exited tur n fo ur L ucero pulled a hu ge wh eeli e a n d by th e time he bro ug h t it back dow n Co lli ns was go ne . Co llins was un stoppab le a n d whe n Ro y Kelt in g threw th e chec kere d, he had hi s fo urth Ascot Scrat ch main victo ry in a ro w. Lucero , for th e fourth week in a ro w, too k second. Far ia LOOK third with Christian fourt h. Results SCRATCH: 1. Phi l Coll ins (W es); 2 . Sieve Lucero (Gdn); 3 . Mike Faria IGdnl; 4 . A lan Chr istian (Jaw). HOCP: 1. Phil Collins ewe sl; 2. Shawn McCo nnell (GM); 3 . Billy Hamill (Wesl; 4 . M ike Faria (Gdn) . 0 -2 : 1. Je rry Black (W es); 2 . Bob Hicks (Ja w); 3 . Ma rk Faul (Wes) ; 4 . Don A mbrose (Wes) . 0 -3 : 1. Jason Rock.(We s); 2 . Kevin Rubio (GM ); 3. Dave Wendlandt (Jaw); 4 . Chuck Lyba rger (Jaw) . SDCAR : 1. Cra ig Dempster /Peter Lew is (Kaw); 2 . John Thompson/Frank Browell IKaw); 3 . Steve Sta ntonlTom Tufts (Kawl; 4 . Steve Hardwic k./Janine Cummings IKawt 5 . Ken Ohrt/Broben Sugg s (H· DI.

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