Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

McBride brothers triumph at Victory Speedway Stanley steams at Coeur d'Alene HM By Larry McBride By Derryl Anderson VICI·O RY. NY. AUG. 20 Lenn y and T uff McBrid e swep t th e Scra tch a nd Handi ca p ma in even ts at Vi ctory Speedway. Lenn y Mchride took a M"COnd place fin ish in the th ird scra tch heal behi nd Da mien Co rnwell. and another second in Scra tch semi o ne in bac k of Tom Burge. Len ny avenged those second-p lace fini shers at main even t time as he sat o n position three with J ohn Lew is to his righ t, h is brother T uff o n his leh a nd T o m Bur ge silti ng o n th e pol e. All rid ers actua lly bea t th e Mario's Pi zzasponsored rider to th e first turn, but Lenny had posi tio ned himself well as he squar ed the corne r perfectl y and took th e insi de lin e a nd the lead down th e back straight. Never mor e tha n a bike length behind. Tuff mad e every attempt to gel by his brot her. b UI was unab le to a nd Lenny ma intained his track poi nt lead by carry ing the ch eckered nag. Tuff McBrid e do m ina ted the Hand ica p event s lead in g u p 10 the ma in a nd wa s accompan ied o n (he 70·yard li n e by hi s brother Lenny, Bu rge a nd Le wis. wit h Dann y Fallo n goi ng orr th e 20-yard line. Looking like a Scra tch race from th e 70 both Tuff a nd Le n n y bea t Lew is and Bur ge to tu rn on e and dia led in on Fall on . Len ny went h ig h en teri ng turn four to dr op to four th behind Bur ge a nd T uff. T uff pressu red Fall on o n the pipe for th ree circui ts. but was una ble 10 tu ck his wh eel ins ide eno ugh to move Fallo n. O n lap four McBrid e sh ifted 10 an o uts ide lin e and th e trac tion pro pelled h im past Fallon and two laps la ter to the victory. Time Mathewson took to a first ride o n a new Godden very nicel y by winni ng his first ma in ev ent i n Divisio n Two a t Victory Speedway. COEU R D·AL EN E. !D, AUG. 20 Da n ny Sta n ley sho t 0 [( the line a t the sta rt o f the WOcc Pro class final a nd never look ed back on h is wa y to th e win in th e half m ile dirt track program at th e Koo tena i Co unty Fairgr ounds. Kni ght Frame/Stev e Ba ker Ka wasak il BBRP / Bel l/Max im a/Budwei ser-sp onsor ed Sta n ley. a Ju nior class rid er , fin ished second to Speedy Ken in th e first 600cc Pro heal race with T ro y Norris taking th ird . Veteran Mickey Fay took the win in th e seco nd heat a fter leader Steve Aselti ne dr opped o ut two laps from th e end wit h a brok en spa rk plug wire. Jo h n Wincewica was seco nd a nd Mar ty Zirbe l came in th ird , In th e ma in event, Ro ta x-rno un ted Stanley pu lled the hol eshot bu t a t the end of lap o ne ra in bega n to fa ll an d th e ra ce was sto pped a t the end of th e fourth lap. T he rai n came down hard (or approxi mately 20 minutes an d a IOl of the spectators left. But those who hung around were the sma rt o nes as ha rd work o n the tra ck - first wi th a sp iked drag and th en a n ho ur of whee l packi ng - pr oduced a n abso lu tely bea uti fu l su rface two ho urs a fter th e red nag had waved . Sta n ley was first a way in the sing le-file resta rt and he soo n built up a hu ge. u nc ha llenged lead. At the chec kered nag it was Sta n ley, Ken , Fay. Norris and Don Pau l tak in g the top five spots. In th e hotly co ntested Pro-Am class. J.P. Simo nse n and Steve H yso n co n tin ued their seaso n- long battle wit h Simo nsen co mi ng o ut on to p o n th e bi g track. Aselt ine ma de up for th e problems he had in bot h the 600cc Pro heat ra ce and ma in even t by ha nd ily wi n n in g the 750cc T wi n class final aboard th e Manko / Lo p p Harley-Davidson. Do n Wilso n too k seco nd wi th Rex Fisher third. Result s Matiasevich masters Perris MX By D av i d Proci da PE RR IS. CA. AUG . 12 While Kawasaki facto ry rid er Jeff " Chicken" Matiasevich d iced wi th Pro Circuit's La rry Brooks in the 125cc Pro class , th ey were joined by Open Pros Bria n Manley. Will y Mu sgrav e and Vince Wa rren . makin g an exci ting ra ce for spectators a nd racers a like. In rnot o o ne, Ma tiasevich led th e rnoto with Broo ks hut o n his trail. Movi ng up fa st Manley too k over seco nd and began to close o n Ma tiasevich. ATKlHa llman-sponsored Will y Musgra ve was o n the ga s a nd had his 406 mo torin g a lo ng behi nd . Brooks' screaming Honda CR 125. O n la p seven , Manl ey pow ered by Ma tiasevich fo r the lead b UL, two laps later Matiasevich retook the lea d. \Va rren was ru nn ing a short di stan ce beh ind Musgr a ve, but W3 $ still in the hunt. U p fro nt, Mat ia sevich increased h is lead whi le Brooks dogged Manley. For the next six laps the two p rivateers fough t back and forth, keep ing th e crowd o n their feet. La te in th e 17-la p race Man ley o pe ned up a lit tle brea th in g room , but was a co n sidera ble di stance behi nd Mari asevi ch . Mu sgrave held onto fo urt h ove ra ll as Ma tiasevich too k th e _ chec kered. fo llowed by Man ley a nd Brooks. In mot a two Manley too k th e helm with Broo ks a nd Ma tiasevich close behi nd. Manl ey held th e lead for the fir st co u p le of laps before Broo ks a nd Mat ia se ich flew by. The ac tio n v kept everyone's eyes o n the lead pair as the Kawasak i p ilot pressured Broo ks in every co rne r. La p six saw the th ird leader of the rnoto as Mat iasevich mot ored in to th e lead. Manley was o n ly a heart bea t beh ind and was no w breathi ng dow n Brooks ' co lla r , but :'I anley wasn 't alo ne as Musgra ve was o nly a bike length behi nd . Man ley stormed by Broo ks. wh ich left Musgra ve knocki ng at Broo ks' door. O n lap 14 Musgra ve also go t by Brooks. As th e mo ro wore dow n , Mauasevich held o n to the lead with Man ley o n ly 3 short dista nce back. Musgrave mad e a charge that carried hi m to wi thi n a few bike len gth s of Manl ey. Brooks finis hed fourt h overa ll wit h Warren a d istant Fifth . Resul t s MINI BEG: 1. Richard Dick J r . lK. w t 2. Kris Hawk (Hon); a 3 . Chris Benard (Su.r: ; 4. D.J . Radcliff (Hon); 4. Bern hard J Leitn er . , 2S BEG: t . Ty Kady IKa w l; 2. Cory Cla rk (Hoo ); 3 . J immy Thom pson (Kaw ); 4. M an Holl and IHon •. 250 BEG: t . M ike M an iscatch (Yam); 2. Chad Mcint osh IHon); 3 . Darin Nish imu kr (Hon); 4 . Brian M ill er ISuzl; 5 . Frank Pagl ia (Hon) . 12 5 NOV: 1. Donald UPlon (Ho n); 2. Kavi ka Sh ib uya lKa w); 3 . J ason FolIe (Han ); 4. Christ ian Holl and (Han); 5 . . Ang elo Morgan (Hon). 250 NOV : t . Bf en Stubbs (Kaw); 2. Tonrad Rodr iguez (Yam); 3. W .J . Bradbu ry (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Randy Dale (Han); 2. Jeff Dresser (Hon ); 3 . Chr is Bergstrow (Yam •. 12S INT: 1. Thaddeu s M ert (Yam); 2. Jeff Lambso n (Yam). 260 INT: 1. Pal Woma ck (Hon ). OPEN INT; 1. Mika Dougherty (ATK); 2. Patrick Markham IATKI. '25 PRO: 1. Jeff M at iasevich IKaw); 2. Larry Brooks (Honl. 250 PRO: 1. Scan Brown (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Bri an M an ley (Kaw); 2. W illy M usgrave IATK); 3. Vince Warren . 25-29 .~EG : t . Reid Nord in IKaw ); 2. Kirt Ump h ress. 25 -29 NOV: t . Brian All en lCeg ); 2. Chr is Berg slrom (Yaml . 25-29 INT: 1. M ike Oough erty(ATK.); 2. 8 i11 ~eef e (Kaw ). VET NOV: 1. Pat Orescan in (Su z); 2. John RI!ch ie (Hon); 3 . Chris Perez (Yam); 4 . Wally M oor e; 5 . J im Ashcraft (Hon). VET INT: 1. David Fox (Han); 2. Wal l Olson (Hon); 3 . W ..J. Bradbury (Hon); 4. Nick Cos!ello (Hon ); 5 . Ray Pisarsk i (Hon ). VET EX: 1. Larry Nann enga (Hon ); 2. Alan Olso n; 3 . Tracy Hrach (Hon); 4. Ron Lawso n (Su.t); 5. Richard Dick (Kawl. OT: 1. Seng! J ohansso n (Hon ); 2. Marvin Olson; 3 . Jody W eisel (1CTMl; 4 . Hal Grady (Hon); 5. Richard Bealer (Yam). Millville, MN August 20,1989 Washougal, WA August 27,1989 Jeff Ward dominates first two rounds of AMA National SOOcc MX Series using H1R. H1R Congratulations Jeff! 50 : 1., Dale Amslie (Yam ); 2. I(ati Ash (Yam); 3 . J .P. Carpenter (Yam); 4 . Jacob Currey (Yaml . 60: 1. .Josh Currey (Hon). 80: 1. Jason Nelson lHon ),; 2. Noah Kirkland (Kaw); 3 . Josh Currey (Hon); 4 . Sieve Smit h (Kaw ); 5 . JustIn Popple (Yaml . 250 AM : 1. Pat Galles lKa wt; 2. Dave Si er ing (Cegl. 250 S-P: 1. Dan Sta nle y (K.a ); 2. Joe Kopp (Hoo); 3 . w Speedy Kell (Kawt; 4 . Ryan Anderson IHon ... OVER 30: 1. J im Roset h (Tri); 2. M ark W aterson (W . RI. OVER 40: 1. Gary Hue (Tri ): 2. Ar ch ie Triber (Hen); 3. Dick leRoy (Rtx): 4 . Ray Carroll (Tri); 5 . Duane Sanehn (Tril . 600 AM : 1. Ryan A nderso n (Hon); 2. f.John Jurkovich (Hon}; 3 . Mark Bronc hea u (Yam}; 4 . lonny I(opp (Kaw); S. Archie Tr jbef (Honl . 750 TW : 1. Sieve Asel t ine IH·D): 2. Don Wi lson (Hen ); 3 . Rex Frsher (H-D); 4 . John W incewic.t (Tri); S. Ma rk GIbson o E u.s. (.473 LITER) (H-DI. P·A : 1. J .P. Simo nsen lHo n); 2. Si eve Hyson (Hon); 3 . Pau l Lavo ie (Hon); 4. Joe l Husky (Hon); S. Tom Sherman (W·RI. 600 PRO: t . Dan Stanl ey (Rlx); 2. Speedy Kell (H-D); 3 . M ickey Fay IHon ); 4 . Rex Fish er (W -R); S. Troy Norr is (W - RI. Alvarez ropes Riverside YSR50RR By Dan Steele R IVERSID E. CA, AUG. 27 T on y Alvarez wo n in the Beg in ner Stoc k class of the NMA Roa d Race a t Adams Raceway in River side. T he first heat of th e day saw Ken n y Robert s J r. get off the lin e with Alvarez and J im Da lto n close behind. As Da lto n an d Alvare z fought for th e second spot. Rob ert s bega n to stretch o ut hi s lead. In the back eases, Da lto n mad e a bol d move to pass Alvarez bu t went o ff th e ' tra ck into the dirt. When Dah a n re-ent ered the trac k he was in fro nt of Alvar es, ca us ing him to be black -n agged. Alvarez set his si~hts o n Rober ts but th e chec kered nag ca me a lit tle too soon and Rober ts held o n to win by a nose. In the second Begi n ne r Stock class hea t race. Mark Lo ng got th e hol eshot a nd by th e second lap was (ar O UI in fro nt with nobod y to challenge hi m for the lead. At th e finish . Long was firs t with Mark R ich ards second and Dawn Peck third . The race of the da y was a 16-rider main event in th e Begi nner Stock class . At th e dr op of the green n ag, Alvarez blast ed into the first tum with Ro berts , T odd Bell . Lo ng a nd Da lto n in tow . In th e seco nd turn, Dalton pa ssed Long and Bell to ta ke third By th e third turn. Lo ng charged a nd pa ssed th ree riders o n the insi de to ta ke the seco nd spot, As Alvar ez and Long began to pull away fro m the pack, th e race for third was o n. Da lton pa ssed Roberts and then crashed, wh ich held u p both Rober ts and Bell. Dalto n remou nted a nd despe ra tel y tried to ca tc h the fro ntru nners. As Dalton was passing backrna rkers o n th e straigh ta way, he ta ng led wi th Peck a nd bo th rid ers went do wn hard. Peck was pl aced on a bac kboard and taken 10 th e hosp i tal via am bu lance in mu ch pa in . Alvarez took th e win with Lo ng finishing second a nd Roberts th ird . . Results 50 BEG STK: 1. Tany AJvarez (Yam ); 2. Mark Long (Yaml; 3 . Ken ny Roberts Jr. (Yam). . 50 BEG M OO: 1. Carlo Oddo (Yam }; 2. M art Long (Yam); 3 . Kenny Roberts J r. (Yam). 50 AM M OD: 1. M ike Green (Yam ); 2. Robert Du ran {Yam); • 3 . U.. Peterson (Yaml . 50 PRO STK: 1. Ma rk McDonald (Yam); 2. 0 . \08 Trager (Yam); 3 . Je mie Riker (Yem). 50 PRO M OD: 1. Dave Trager .(Yam ); 2. Mark McDonakt (Yam); 3 . Jamie Riker (Yam). MOTORCYCL E SAFETY FOUNDATION W BANSHEE 409ccBIG BORE!! MORE SCREAMING POWER with L. A. SLEEVE's Banshee 350 to 409cc Big Bore k it. This big bore kit utilizes your stock cyli nd ers and head. 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