Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

'TOm th en o n I began to fade from • e heat a nd I just ro de to keep m y .1 o vera ll positio n. " a ylor, wh o rode a n ATK 406 to . o u rt h o verall, sa id, " I had a decen t ta rt , an d a fter the first la p I was bo ut fou rt h overall. But i t was u ri n g the seco nd la p th at I got b ing' pretty good. I fou nd a co uple f good lines and m oved in to second ilace. T hen I got out of shape a li ttle .rt and I never got ba ck into th e . roo ve of things. It. was dusty in th e -pen fields a nd that was n 't too good. passed Summers a nd P less inger i n • mudhole, but th ey ca ug h t a nd .passed me. They were faster tha n m e today . I' m from Cali forn ia a n d I' m no t us ed to this style of riding a nd { was ri ding cautious . I fin ished 'o urth ove ra ll a nd I don' t feel bad ib ou t th at, o n ly it wo u ld 've been ieuer to ta ke an o vera ll win hack to .n y son Tren t. H e's th ree-days o ld." - " I had a rea l b~d sta rt, " sai d fifth -'era ll fini sher, Tea m Yamaha 's ' a ne Co nno rs. " I was dead la st. en I rode hard fo r th e fir st co u p le 'aps to catch up a nd it wore m e . O n th e fo u rt h lap I was getting d and I sta rted droppi ng back a .. . ' e bit. L ast year I too k secon d verall here. It 's th e kin d of track th at . ' iike, But th is year th e hea t was m ore If a facto r. " I d idn 't ride too good toda y," sa id ' fo rm er cha m p io n Mark H yde. " I h ad ,I bad start a nd worked m yself u p a ll lay, a nd at the en d I just fad ed . On he fi nal lap I ca ught Connors as h e ' las co m in g o ut o f a co rner a nd I las go ing in , bu t I just co u ld n ' t push la rd eno ugh to ge t a ro u n d h im . I o u ld 've gone five la p s just fin e but hat six th la p wa s a kill er. " T ea m Ya ma ha's Ti m Sh ephard in i sh ed se ve th overa ll on a 'Z250WR. " I had a 'rea l bad start a nd had to ig h t ba ck up through ride rs and _.u st; I ca ugh t Mark (H yde) in th e 'u e lap s but I had worked too h ard t th e begi nni ng, so I faded a t th e nd ," said Shephard . • " I h ad two fla t tires in the fir st J Op and up stairs the brain did n ' t tay o n, " said form er champ J o hnn y 1artin, who too k sixt h in th e Open , class . " T he re was o ne tree wh ere ny footpeg an d foot sa m p led th e lar k. I a lso found o ne o f th e few n ud holes on th e co u rse a n d I fell (ow n in it. Team Kawasaki 's J eff Fredette vo n th e 200cc A clas s a nd sa id, " It l a s hotter h ere th a n it w a s in 1i11ville in July a n d it got to me. got fir st in m y class but I didn 't ave that great a day. R on Ribolzi, the Sen ior A class .in ner sa id, " My Honda li kes a ll lose stutter bumps but I don' t. " . T erry Meal er a nd J oe L oj ak filled u t th e nex t tw o slo ts. • . ~ ~ es u l ts 0 / A : 1. Ed Lojak (Yam); 2' Scan Summ ers (Han ); 3 . Scott Summers (Han ); 4. Ron Naylo r (ATK); 5 . Du an e Connors (Yam.). 125 A : 1. S. Lojak; 2. C. Jones; 3 . J . Au st in ; 4 . M . M cCar ren; 5 . M . Gri ggs. 200 A :-1. J . Freden e; 2. G. Thurman . 250 A : 1. S. Plessin ger; 2. D. Conn er s; 3 . M . Hyde; 4. B. Adam s; 5 . C. Capl inger. OPEN A : 1. S. Su mmers; 2. R. Naylor; 3 . T. Shepard; 4. G. Holden; 5. G. Schaffer. 4 -STRK A : 1. H. Wh itaker; 2. C. W illiams; 3 . L. Martin. • SR A : 1. R. Ribolze; 2. T. M ealer; 3 . J . Lojak; 4. B. Rust . S/SR A : 1. C. Galbr ait h; 2. G. Doerr ; 3 . R. Capling er . 0 / A B: 1. M . Corne n . . 200 8 : 1. L Mills; 2 . R. Kerse y; 3 . B. Su lli van ; 4 . R. M ay es; 5. J . Moore. . 250 B: 1. J . Sledg e; 2. M . Me nuron; 3 . C. Hartl age; 4 . B. Shafer; 5 . E. Sauer . OPEN B: 1. D. Ricket s; 2. M . Edwards; 3. M . Turpin; 4. J . Ba umert ; 5 . T. S nider . . 4 -STRK B: 1. T. Richey; 2. T. Wisecup; 3. T. Hamm ond; 4. J . Fr izzo; 5 . A . Floyd. SR B: 1. L. Dearman; 2. M . Cluse; 3. D. Huffman ; 4. R. Prince; 5 . B. Bieschke. S/SR B: 1. J . Bentl ey; 2. J . Duke s; 3 . B. Grider; 4 . K. Warrender; 5. L. Lin blad. C P. Con ner ; 2. P.. Bar ker; 3. J . Sexto n; 4 . .B. Hall ; 5. R. Tresch. BUDDY: 1. G. Ada ms /K. Clark; 2. P. Short/To Pet ers; 3 . D. Aig ner /D Barnes; 4 . L Gilliland/ T. Gi lliland . D erek Minzel (3 3 3 ) and Nathan Gravelle (32) lead the 80cc Beginner charge at the Washouga l A ma t eu r M X. Sun, Huffman win Washougal Amateur Motocross By Clay light WASH O UG AL, WA , AU G. 26 More than 600 riders, coming from a nine-sta te ra di us , which ' in cl u ded Wa shi n g ton , O regon , Califo rnia , Idaho , Monta n a , Nevad a, U tah a nd T exa s, as well as fro m as far a way as Mi nneso ta . a nd several Canad ia n provin ces, were o n ha nd for wha t was by fa r the m ost success fu l o f t h e Washo ugal Amateur Na tio na ls, h eld a n n ua lly th e da y before Wa shouga l 's Na tio na l MX. Amo ng the d a y 's bi g o vera ll winn ers were R o n Su n , a fo rmer T eam H onda rid er , and Ryan Hu ffm an , w ho was vic toriou s in the 80cc Expert class. Su n, who nearly po sted a w in a t th e 198 1 I25cc U. S. G P unti l ru n nin g o ut o f ga s on the fin a l lap in th e seco n d moto , wa s somew h a t rem iniscen t of his fo rm wh ich ea rned h im a factory ride. Su n eas ily won bo th 30-40 class m otos lO sta nd amon g Hu ffm an a n d 36 ot her o vera ll Class winners a t th e end o f the day o f co mpetitio n . Severa l classes were ol o verflo w ca p ac i ty, forcing two di visions in th e 125cc Jun i or , Int erm edi ate a n d Beginner cla sses, as well as th e 250cc Beginner a nd Jun ior events. In th e 250cc Intermedi at e class, 42 riders were o n hand, two rid ers short of th e 44-ri der ga te ca p aci ty, R al ph Huffm a n , o ne of three promoters presently, an d o ne o f th e origi nal tw o promot ers to tak e over ' th e o nce a ili ng Wash ougal Mo tocross tra ck and a ide d i ts m iracu lo u s . turnaround, was p lease d wi th th e a ma teur da y o u tco me , co m me nting , " We got a hundred m or e ri ders tha n we did la st year, ma ki n g it the most su ccessfu l of th e a ma teur races we' ve h ad th e da y befo re the Nationa l, " O u r ma in co n cern was keepin g the d ust down ," added Huffm a n . " We'd li ke lO forget what h ap p ened a few years ago, the terrib le dust problems." Bob Leach , another o f Washo ugal's p romoters, a greed , comment ing, "This yea r's hel p from Mo th er Nature was rea lly beneficial." Saturda y'S ra cing program got und erwav a t 9;30 a. m ., a n d wa s co m p lete' by' 6;30 p.m . . Sun . who th is yea r turned 30 yea rs o ld, had initi all y pondered ap p ly ing for a n AM A P rofessional license, but was i nj u red in a Jul y crash , a n d reta ined hi s a m ateu r sta tus in ho pes o f takin g a win in th e 30-40 P ro class: last yea r wo n by former AMA 500cc Na tio na l Cha m pi on Ri ck Burget t. Aboard a Honda , Su n, rid in g for H ill sboro H o nda . g ra bbed th e h ol esho t in th e first moto and was never serio usly cha lle nged. Fellow H onda · rid er R ich Me rri tt was Su n 's closest co m pe ti tio n in th e 20-m inu te rn o to, ea r n in g seco n d at the co m p letio n . Fill ing the top-five were W illie Phee, Ted DeVo l and SCO tl Bergren. MOlO two was much the sa me for Su n ; ho wever, th e nu mb er two spot wa s d ifferent as DeVol, rid in g a Suzuk i R M250, h eld th e posi tion to the finish followed by P hee, Merrill an d Ber gren. Ov era ll i t was Sun ta kin g lOp cas h payoff wit h I-I rides. DeVol's 4-2 p laci ngs netted seco n d a n d th e 3-3 co ns iste ncy o f P h ee ta lli ed a th ird. In th e Up The Hi ll class, wh ich ra n co m b ine d a nd ca ters to ride rs 2429 yea rs of age, Fra n k McKuhn , ridin g a Kawasak i KX500 , m an ha n dl ed th e co mpeti tio n, earn ing him the o vera ll winafte r impressive I-I showings. Second to McKu h n was Ho nda rid er . Ph il Bridgers (53), whi le Mike Kat es (4-4) , David Silvestri (4-6) an d ex -Na tional ca mpa igner Curtis Clark (6-5) fill ed the to p Iive o vera ll. . . Ryan H uffman so undlythrashed the co m petitio n in th e 80cc Expe rt class, wh ich ran co m b ine d with th e Intermedi a tes. In bo th m otos Huffm an showed the co m pe titio n h is rear w heel, bu t in the first mo to the PJ IIAX O / Yamaha Suppo rt/Yama ha -Ho nda of R oseburg-sponsored ride r h ad to o verco me a dismal start an d overtake Montan a sp eeds ter Ch ad Sc ha ff , riding a Yamaha , a n d Bri an N oe. Alter relega ti ng th e duo , Huffman sped o n hi s way to a 10-second win ahead of N oerSch aff n etted th ird . Huffm an eas ily dom inated the seco nd m o to , beat ing Scha ff, who was seco nd overa ll .via 3-2 p erforma nc es, a nd th ird o vera ll fin isher Noe's 2-3 rid es. Ka wasa ki rider Bestry Scott used co ns istent performances to post th e win in th e i ntermedia te portion , tall yin g 1-2 r ides. Bradley Bo ehm , a lso Kaw a sa ki -m o u n ted, won the second moto, and co m bine d , wi th a firs t moto third , was seco nd o verall. T h ird overa H went to Alex Travaglio ne wi th 2-3 showings. Idah o's Mark Hall , despi te faili ng lO win ei ther mo to , ca m e o ut o n top o f a 42-rider field of 250cc Int er m ediate co n testa n ts. Kawa saki r ide r Dan Mo or e, of Yakima, Washington , carded a firs t moto win a head o f H all a nd Cha d Manes. Kaw as aki rider T im Phillis had a di smal showi ng in th e fir st m o to , bu t mad e up for th at by h an d il y winning th e seco nd moto , bu t was o u t of th e o vera ll picture. That went Hall 's way via 2-3 sh o wi ngs, a head of M o or e ( 1-4), C a n adia n Da rr en Poulsen , w inner o f th e Cl ass last year, ('1-6), Malt Shea (7- 12) a nd fifth p lace- finish er overall Terry Hamnes~ (616). A lik ew ise exci ti ng 80cc Junior class fea tured 32 ri ders a nd was wo n by Cory Fu ller, rid in g a Ka wasaki. Fu ller easily wo n the first m o to a hea d o f Ru ssell P o s tm a , Bre tt Boehm , Chad Reed and J oh n Wi l-_ Iia m s, b ut had to ugh competi tion in th e second m oto from Will iam s, wh o lat e in th e m o to d ro p p ed off pace, a nd Boeh m , who was the event ua l seco nd place fin isher. T ra ilin g Fu ller 's I- I show ings was the 3-2 tallies o f Boehm. Filling o u t the to p five overa ll were Reed (4-3), Postm a (2-5) a nd Brent Gonza lez (76). L ocal rider Bill y Cooper, aboa rd a H onda , controlled th e tempo in the first d ivisio n o f the 125cc Beg inner class, whi ch in two divisions had 67 en tries. Coo per's 2-1 postings netted the o verall wi n followed by firs t moto w in ner Mike Quick's 1-3. Ro b . Drin ka rd (3-4), Tim Gates (8-6) a n d R ya n H a g em a n n fill ed out th e rema in ing top five. Hagemann h ad a 15-2 tall y for fifth in the class. Divisio n two h ad Yama ha ride r Do yle Sa velberg come out on to p by virtu e o f 4-2 fin ishes to bea t J ames N elso n (3-3), Tony H aas (2-4), Bria n St uve (6- 1) a nd Rob Williams (7~5 ) . Res ults OPEN BEG: 1. Craig Essebaggers (Han); 2. John 'Hodges (Kaw) ; 3. Rob J oh nson (KTM ). 250 PRO-AM : 1. Bryan Birkestol (Suz); 2. Bob Price (Yam); 3 . Clarenc e Reddick (Han). . 2501NT: 1. M ar k Hall (Han); 2. Dan M oore (Kaw ); 3 . Darr en Poul sen (Han ). 250 JR 0 -1: 1. Kell y Harn ess (Han); 2. M ike Greenwood (Kaw); 3. Tonv Nurkle (Yam). 250 JR 0 -2 : 1. Tyle Barm or e (Yam ); 2. _Todd Starchuk (Han); 3 . Rod DiSt efan o (Han). 250 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Chri s Youn ce (SUl ); 2. Scan Starbard (Yam); 3. Marty Mann (Su z). 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. A .J . Belch er (Han) ; 2. Ja mes Smi th (Han); 3 . All an Dubr ay (SUl ). 125 PRO-AM: 1. M ont y Spald in g (Han); 2. Cha d Schaff (Kaw); 3 . W illie Nash (Yam ). • 125 INT 0 -1: 1. Dann y Ulven (Kaw) ; 2. Billy Radcliffe (Kaw) ; 3 . Pat Gom m (Han). 125 INT 0 -2 : 1. Bart M cDan iel (kaw); 2. Tv Birdwell (SUl); 3 . J eff Sow ards (Han). 125 JR 0 -1 : 1. Low ell Fretz (Kaw); 2. Jeff Brownlee (Suz); 3 . Cory Clasen (Han ). 12 5 JR 0 -2 : 1. Doyl e Savelberg (Yam); 2 . J ames Nelson (Han); 3 . Tony Haas (Han ). 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Bill y Cooper (Han); 2. M ika Qu ick (Han); 3 . Rob Dri nkard . 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Todd Star ch ak (Han); 2. Dusti n Heikkin en (Kaw) ; 3 . Dar ren Barrett . . 80 EX: 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam ); 2. Chad Schaff ' (Kaw); 3 . Bryan Noe (Suz). 80 tNT: 1. Destr y Scott (Kaw); 2. Brad Boehm (Kaw); 3. A lex Travagl iane (Kaw) . BOJ R: 1. Cory Full er (Kaw );2. Brett Boehm (Kaw) ; 3 . Chad Reed (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. Steve Lie betrau (Kaw); 2 . Tron a Free (Kaw ); 3 .Jessy W ill iam s (Kaw). 60 (6·8 ): 1. Er ic W ill iams (Kaw ); 2. Jason Hansen (Kaw) ; 3 . Tyle r Kavaney (Kaw). 60 (9- 1 1): 1. Jerry Harvey (Kaw) ; 2. Robert Holtgr ew (Kaw); 3 . Je ssy Williams (Kaw) . P/ W : 1. Tyler Kavaney (Yam); 2 . Jim Robenson; 3 . J esse Skipton (Yam ). PP: 1. J uli e Hiersche (Kaw) ; 2 . Shari Ober (Han); 3 . Rachel Brock. 30 -40 PRO: 1. Ron Su n (Han); 2. Ted DeVol (Suz); 3 .Willie Phee (Han) . UTH: 1. Fran k M cKu hn (Kaw ); 2. Phil Bridg ers ) (Han); 3 . Mike Kat es (Han). OT EX: 1. Gary ' Doggett ; 2. Norm an Tw a (Han); 3 . David Russell (Hu s). OT INT: 1. Gary Backst rom (Han ); 2 . Jim Oen evan -<", (Suz); ·3. Richard Du ncan (Han ). 30 ·40 INT: 1. Jeff Thr oop (Han): 2. Mike Bru baker (Han); 3 . Bruc e Hill (Han). . 30 -40 NOV :. 1. Daryl Hamilt on (Han) : 2. Jeff Lancast er (Han ); 3. J essie Dean . OT NOV : 1. RIcky An derson (Han); 2. Don Cot e (Han); 3 . St eph en Forte (Han). 27-

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