Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Larry Roeseler tuned up for the IS DE by topping the Vet Expert class aboard his 80cc Kawasaki KX125 at L.A. County Raceway. Roeseler rips L.ACR MX 500 BEG: 1. Keilh Brow n (Kaw); 2. Don Demyan (Han): 3. Sie ve Reeves (ATK). 500 NOV: 1. Kerl Alle n (Honl; 2. M ike DeStefa no (Kaw l. . 500 PRO: 1. Jeff SCOti By Terry Rezek . PALMDALE. CA. AU G . 25 La rry Roeseler to p ped th e Vel Expe rt class a t eRe's n ight mot ocr oss under th e ligh ts a t L A. County Raceway. Roeseler was agai n o n h is ISDE specia l. a Kawasak i KXI 25 fra me sporti ng an 80cc en g ine. Roeseler has a lready sh ipped Iw O of th ese to Eu rope to rid e in the Inter national Si x Days End uro at th e end o f Sep tember. H e b uilt th is o ne j us t fo r p ract ice a nd is deb uggi ng it IW T(" in th e sta tes befor e he leaves for Eu ro pe. He ca n 't leave 100 quick ly lor the Vel Experts. Ir's ernbarassing to light yo u r way around th e tra ck o n a 250 or 500. on ly be blown 0(( by a n 80, even if the ri der is o f the ca liber o f Roesel er. As expec ted, th e 80 d id n't get hol eshor s agai nst 250.. so Roeseler cam e from mid-pack in both mOlOS to tak e the lead by mid- race a nd a pair of firsts lor first overall. Kyle Lewis too k bo th 250cc Pro class mo tos a nd fim p lace cash with lillie di fficulty. Terry Fowler came in seco nd with Ti m Telfo rd in th ird, Telford a lm os t pulled o ff a seco nd wi th a ch arge o n Fow ler th ro ugh the rock ers. but lost his rhyt h m in the rough and cou ld n 't pick up th e pa r-e agai n. La.. week Rya n Ca rl isle tu rned pro a nd pr o ved he co u ld win o n hi s 250. To nig h t, th e 250 was in th e sho p, so Ca rlisle brou ght OUI th e 12.' an d led every lap of bOlh 125cc Pro ; mo lOS Cin a nm her win . Ro g:t'r Foust'GI was Ihird orr Ihe li ne in eac h I 25c'c Beginner mow and worked har d to move up. By lh t, c:hec'kcred in each molO. h is hard wo rk had paid o ff wilh a pair o f wi ns for first ovt'Tal1. Mikt, Pi cht'll c s('ored a g-r l pa ir o f wins ea in th <.' 2.I)Oc·c Beg inner divi sion IWO race. P idlt'tle was back in Ihe cro wd a t bo l h starts but ()\urodc' lh <.' t'arly lead ers to win bOlh mo lOs and ear n first o vera ll. Df'an La ne wasn't near Ihe It-aders al lhe sia n o f eithe r d ivisi on mo W but he W ;:IS in frolll a l th e chec kerro lU ta ke firM in Ihal division. Resul t s '0 80 BEG: t . Bobbv Killian (Yam~ 2. $erg M urn ll o (Suz); 3. Scon Reed Jr . (Kaw ); 4 . Kenneth Reed IKa w l; 5. Jason Selsor (Hon) . 80 NOV: 1. David EVllsue r (Suz); 2. Armando Over land 28 (Hon); 3. Tim Sanlana (Kawl. 80 EX: 1. Jesse Tewksbury. SR BEG: 1. Larry Kirsch (Hon); 2. Dale Brocketl (Suz); 3 . Terry Rezek (Suzl. SR NOV: 1. Phil HaskelllSuzl. SR INT; 1. Tom Spur gin (Hon). SR EX: 1. Davtd Rogers (Honl . VET BEG: 1. Mi ke McA lpin (Kawl; 2. M il Ch Banks (Han); 3. Kevin Kle Insm ith : 4 . Bob Wells (Hon); 5. Al an l ee Busby (Hon). VET NOV: 1. Greg Benl on (Sud; 2. Brei Greening (Kaw); 3. Craig McConn ach ie (Yam); 4 , Kelly Gray (Yarn);: 5. Lenny Baker IYam). : VET INT 1. M Ike Van Acker (KBW); 2:Dave O'Brien IYam); 3 . Tim Tolleson; 4 . Dean Taylor (Honl; 5 . Brian Curry (Kaw). VET EX; 1. larry Roeseler (Kaw); 2. Terry DaVIS; 3. Joe Broussard (Suz) JR VET BEG: 1. Gary Songsl ad IHan l; 2. K.O. Half hill IKawl; 3 Ed Spurli ng (Yaml ; 4 , Scon Nammond (Yam ); 5 Randy Hoehn {Hon l. JR VET NOV; 1. Eddie Davis (Yam); 2. Denni S Jacobsen .(Hon); 3 , Mel Brown (Kawl; 4. Dean Jenning s IKaw ): 5. Mitch Gr iffin (Kawl. JR VET INT: 1. Karl All en (Hon); 2. George Andrew s (Honl. 125 BEG: 1. Roger Fon seca (Hon); 2. Gary Songstad (Hon); 3. Tony Bracken tHon ); 4 . Mark Allan (Kaw~ 5. Cory Davis ISuz). 125 NOV: 1. Chri s Cole tKaw); 2. Ryan Spurgin (Hon); 3. Ow en Dickson (Yam); 4 . Kelly Pate (Yam); 5. Bonn ie Warch (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Jeff Moore (Hon): 2. Tigl)r Garc ia (Hon). 125 PRO; 1. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 2. Chris Radzlnski(Yam). 250 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Dean Lane (Yam); 2. Scan Mumford (Yam): 3. luke Hogue (Suz): 4. lawrence lewis (Yam!; 5. Chuck Kober (Kaw ). 250 BEG 0 ·2 : 1. Mike Pichett e (Han); 2. Rob Pelers (Yam); 3. Ab le Lara Jr . (Yaml; 4 . Peter Yaur i (Han); 5. Roger Hllchen (Hon l 250 NOV: 1. Eric Gu y Casas (DG); 2. MIke Ge,m (Hon ); 3. Nick Sanl ana (Yaml; 4 . W ill Dickson (Yaml; 5. George Andr ews {Honl . 250 INT: 1. Merl e Hamm er (Yam); 2. Derek Borg IYam l. 250 PRO: 1. Kyle Lew iS (Yaml;' 2. Terry Fowl er (Han); 3 Tim Telford (Suz); 4 . Todd Lehman IHon ); 5. Troy W elly (Suz) Hunnicutt, Hull top Ridgecrest Euro' Scrambles By Donnetta and Bob Murray RED MO U NTAf N . CA. AUG. 26-27 Bot h 2.I)Occ rider Ted H u nnicutt and Senior rider AI Hull won their two classes in the Ridgecrest M.e. Larry Hal ey Memor ial Du a l Eu ropean Scrambles by decisive margin s, as we ll as an add it io na l two cla sses i n a concurre nt d ual scramb les hel d o ver the wee ken d. The race s were sta ged at C ha rli e's Pl an ' near Red Mo u n ta in . Team Green rid er H unn icu tt had o n ly a fair start in Saturday's even t, forcing h im to bash th roug h th e boo nies in o rder to pass lea der Sco tt Stearns. on 3 Suzuki. From there o n. H u nn icu tt 's Kawa saki blazed a trai ! a nd extended a lead no o ne was ab le to threa ten, Ste m s an d H unn icutt were first o rr th e start a in Su nd ay's race. a lso. They bumped bars. H u n ni r uu p ulled awa y a nd the rest was hi story. (H u n n icu tt a lso wo n two scra mbles spo n so red by a nothe r c1uh Oi l th e same local ion for a "dua l-d ual " weekend .) A man o r few words, H ull sa ves all 'h is t'rwrg y for h is racing. T he Yama ha 250ccrider, who IS sponsored by \Vhelan Co nstr uc tio n, ran away wi th bo th his RCM C Senior cla sses. wh ich spo rted the largest tu rn o ut s o r the weekend. (H e. like Hunn icutt, made it a four· Cor· fo u r weekend.) Roo Bragdon . aboa rd a H on da . CR5oo . wo rked hard lO win h is Vet classes Satu rday and Su nd ay. RrecHhing do wn h is neck in Sa tu rda y's event was H onda 's Bru ce O lgi vie. Brag:don managed to hang o n to th e lead fo r a wi n with Ol givi e la kin g ~t'cond . H e wrapped up the Vet wins fo r Ihc RCM C courses by ('rossi ng th e rinish line fir sl o n S u nday . Kaw asa ki's Rrf'll H o well led Sa tu rday's 12. 0: race a t Ih t" bomb wi th Keith Loons foot, , a lso abo ard a Kawasa ki, in a stro ng M·ccmd. H o nda pi lo ' Eric Wic ker pa ssed Loonsfool ~()i ng o u t into th e va lley. \ Vickers look a spill a t lhc' bonom o f a hard- p;lch'd dow nhi ll ~pri n k l ed wilh gra \'e1as he was tr yin g to mak e .1hard r ig h t. H r go t it bad: I (Tird to close o n Carlisle l.lU1 C.ar l i~ l t" wa s h ot a nd Ihefr wa s no ca tch ing h im this ni gh t. Carlislf' lOok hi s firM I)fo pur!le wit h Telfo rd p icking u p seco nd money. \\'i( kt'r do ~'tI OUI in fourth. Ton y Sul ek \\'a ~ M'('(md o rr lh e lin e in mOlD C c)f 11)(' 2.1)0<"(" Int er med iat e c lass behi nd Ihe Hle \'t"ry ra ~1 Ronn ie [)en ~ rord . O n every la p , Su lek wo u ld p u ll up ju st a bil an d D rn ~Cord wo u ld pull awal'. O n la p six . Sulek bl;lIed th ro ugh li lt" roc'kt"rs. pullf'd f'Vf"n Wilh Dt-n ~ for d. th t'n n il 10 til(' in sid e o f the swrrper imm t'dial el y foll o win g. Sulek loo k IIw lead and hdd it 10 Ihc' d wc'kt'red o ne lap la lr T. Bill Sauro a nd Joel T o ka r!l ky were firsl o rr till' lil w and Sukk was reall y back in til(' w('('ds al tlw ~ t a rt of molO IW O. By lap dure, Sulek had gro u nd hi~ way up lO a ver y distatH seco nd In'hind ~lU ro. Sul ek moved up to ~c'\'t'fci l bi kc' I l'n ~ll " bl' lhe wh ile nag la p but co uld n ', ('au h Sauro. Su lt" k'~ seC"Cmd in 01 0 10 two was good t"lIoll~h fOT Ihe o\' t'r.1 1l wi n, :r . illC"t' Sa u ro had fi ni~ll('d fou n h in mo w (Hlf'. Resu lts 80 BEG: 1. Bobby Killian (Yaml; 2. Jimmy O'Neal; 3 . Jim Bunlln (Han); 4. Casey Suma yto ISuz); 5. Scott Reed (Kaw) . 80 NOV: 1. DaVid Evilsizer (Suzl; 2. Ryan Macklnn ey IKawl ; 3, Joey Clr occo (Hon). SR BEG: 1. Gene Dempsey (Hon ); 2. Larry Kirsch l Hon). SR NOV: 1. Steve Pyle (Hon). VeT BEG; 1, A Dusty Road (Kaw); 2. M ike McAlpin (Kaw ); 3. Ala n l ee Busby (Han); 4. Joe Ward (Yam); 5. Herb All en (Kaw) . vel NOV: 1. Craig McConnachie (Yam); 2. Kim Seeger (Suz); 3. K. Gray (Yam); 4 . Lenn y Baker; 5. Mark Neal (Yam). vel INT 1. Karel Kram er (Suz); 2. Bn an Curry (Kaw); : 3. Chris Leiker (Yam); 4. An Den (Honl . VET EX: 1. Charl es Halcomb (Suz); 2. Tom Webb (Suz); 3. Ken Neitzel (Kaw ); 4 . John Haleley (Yam); 5. M ike Webb (Suz) • JR VET BEG: 1. Gary Song st8d (Honl ; 2. Bob Hausman (Hon); 3. Rick Scon (Yaml. JR VET NOV: t . Me' Brown (Kaw); 2. Ron Hupfekt {Honl; 3 . Karel Kram er (Hon); 4 . Erni e Barba (Hon). JR VET INT: 1 . J im Sendelbach (Hon); 2. J oh n Greenway IHon l: 3. Karl All en (Hon); 4 . Scon Sl earns (Suz); 5. John Hemme (Hon). 125 BEG 0 -1 : 1. Roy Bremeno ... (Hon l; 2. Chri s GarCia r (Yaml; 3. Mark All en (Kaw); 4 . Gary McCrea (Honl; 5. Jordan l ieberman (Hon). 125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Roger Fonesca (Hon); 2. Ju stin InnaUo (Yam); 3. John Dean (Yam); 4 . Deacon Ja mes (Yam); 5. Tony Bracken (Hon). 125 NOV; 1. Jeffrey Brow n lee ISuzt 2. Colin Couto (Honl; 3. J ason Simmon s (Kaw); 4 . Jaso n Mehan (Honl; 5. Roben Kong (Han). 125 INT: 1. Joel Tokaraky (Hon); 2. Cole G,e ss: 3. M Ichael Br lX(SUl); 4 . Raymond Anlhon y (Honl . 125 PRO; 1. Troy W elty (Suz ~ 250 BEG 0 - 1: 1. luke Hogue (SUZ); 2. Jayson Grodzlens61.i C Kaw).; 3. Ch uck Kober (Kaw); 4. Dal Trubey (Su. ); 5. Peter z Yaun C Hon l. 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. Ron Huplekt (Hon); 2. Dean Lane (Yaml: 3. J im Talon e (Kawl; 4 , Able Lara. Jr .lKaw); 5. David Naba (Hon). 250 NOV: 1 . Mik e Geim (Hon); 2. Eddie Davis (Yam); 3 , Nick Sanlana (Yaml; 4. Chuc k Dempsey (Hanl; 5. Rick Smilh (Honl . 250 INT: 1. Tony Sulek (Kaw); 2. Bill Sauro (Hon); 3. Dave W ell y (Suz); 4 . Ronn ie Densford ; 5. Adam Pontious (Hon ) 250 PRO: 1. Ryan 'Carlis le (Kaw l; 2. Tim Telford (Suz); 3. Todd Lehman (Hon); 4 . Er ic W icker (Hon l. 500 BEG: 1. Dave Tieskoetl er ( H o n~ 2. Keilh Brown (Kaw); 3 . Aar on Van Dyck; 4 . Chr is Webber (KTM); 5. Ron Thomp son (KTMI 500 NOV: 1. Karl All en (Han); 2. J im Ale xander (Hon); 3 . Scan Martin (Yam) Hopperstad hauls at Pueblo RR By Judith Dominick PUEBLO. CO . AUG . 27 J ohn H opperstad ca m e. he saw a nd he co nq uered a t the eigh th round o f th e Moun· tain Road racing AssOCiati on's 1989 ~a~n a t Pu ebl o Mo to rsporls Park . Ho p pe rstad p ilo led hi s Bou lder Yama ha / Mo,orC)'cle PariS Gemer Soulh/Shoei/ BG Oils/J on es Gl asso /Fieldsheer / Wa h Schaefer-Michelin/ Farm er Pla Slics-spo nsor ed n eel o f Ya maha FZRs 10 hi s firsl Race o f ,he Rock ies GTO class win of the season, plus wins in 150cc Superb ike. 750cc Su perbike and O pen Superbi ke. H op perslad grabbed Ihe ho lesh o l in Ihe ROR. led Aaron Turn er. G uy Clase n. Ri cky O rl ando and Dan Turner into turn o ne and began p u ll o u' a slro ng lead. Aaron T u rner seuled in to a co m forta ble seco nd p lace as Ihe riders loo ped ,he 2.2-m ile co u rse in ,he 12lap race. T he gr eatest haul f' o f th e race was staged between Cla sen a nd Orland o wh o diced Ihe em ire wa y with Orlando pu lling a lo ngs ide do wn Ihe long ha lf mil e fro m slraightaway on ly to see Clasen tak e th e l ine in tur n o ne every lap . Currelll ROR poi nlS leader Geoff Cesm al suffen-d mot or gremli ns and was o n ly able 10 pull o lf a 12th p lace linish ligh len ing the po ims baili e slig h tly go ing int o th e lin a l two races o r Ihe seaso n. Mot or g remli ns 311acked H opperstad too as he pulll-d up 10 gri d for O pe n Su pe rbi ke wh en hi s FZRlooO would not run and had 10 su bstitu te hi s 750 whh no warm ·up lap. Aar on Turner too k Ihe ea r ly lead with H oppers tad . clo se beh ind. T he two pulled away from th e field wilh Turner holding o n 10 Ihe lead . On ,h e laS! lap as they wor ked ,hrough lapped riders, Turner suffert"d a n easy low·side a nd H opperstad went o n C the win. His win s or in Ihe 150cc and 750cc classo were n ag'lo n ag perrorma nces with no serio us cha lle nges. R~~ : '0 ROR GTU: 1. John HopperS1 (Yam); 2. Aaron Turner ad (Suz); 3. Guy Clasen (Suz); 4. Ricky Or lando (Suzl; 5. Dan Turner (Sud.

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