Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ , e CJl a ...J « c ~ ~ 0 u CJl > !Xl CJl 0 .... 0 :I: 0') c.. 00 0') .-. .....-4 0 ... C'J ... Q.) ..0 S Q.) ..... 0.. Q.) o: Billy Hamill (left) w on the Handica p main and Mike Faria (ri ght) won the Scrat ch main at IM S. Fari a's daughter, Jada, w as t he t ro phy girl. Phil Co llins wheeli ed hi s way t o his sixt h -straig ht Scrat ch m ain win at A sc-ot's Sout h Bay St adium ; Brad Oxl ey capt ured t he Handicap main. Faria, Hamill star at IMS Speedway By Scott Dalo isio U/ l EX: 1. Kye Gunn (Suz); 2. J oh n Burgo yne (Yaml : 3 . Ken Older (Yam). M /W S / BK EX: 1. Tom Hickma n (Yaml; 2. J ames Cox fYaml; 3 . Br ian Jode r (Yaml: 4. M ard Mc Kenny (Yam ); 5 . Brad Stephens (Yam). MIW S/B K NOV: 1. Danny lyon (Han); 2. Roben Dick (Yam); 3 . Eric Wilson (Yam): 4 . Gene Redmon (yaml; 5 . Kraig Kess ler (Yam). • H/ W SIlW: 1. Nige l Gale (H· D); 2. J ason Pereira (Kaw l; 3. Rob in Bender (Kawl; 4 . loren Poole (Kaw i. UWT EX: 1. M arc Shaff er (Yam); 2. Dale W hel an (Yaml; 3. J oe She lto n Sr. (Yam). UW NOV: 1. Martin Harvey (Yam). H/ W EX: 1. Kye Gun n (Suzl; 2. Jo hn Burgoyne (Yam ); 3. Ken Older (Yam); 4 . Char les Harri s (Suz). H/W NOV: 1. Tom Tetosian (Suz); 2. Gene Conno r (Kaw ); 3 . Ron Gentile (Suz); 4 . Eric Wilson (ya ml; 5. Carlos Kimbrough (Yaml MIW EX: 1. Tom Hickm an (Yaml: 2. James Cox (Yaml; 3 . Bria n Jade r (Yam): 4. Charl es Dixon (Yam); 5. Mard M c Kenney (Yaml . MIW NOV : 1. Danny lyon (Honl : 2. Robert Dick (Yam): 3. Kraig Kessl er (Yam); 4 . Todd Gessel (Honl ; 5 . Gen e Redmon (YamI. . ClBMN EX: 1. Dale Wh elan (Kaw); 2. l oren Poole (Kaw); 3. Bill Jamison (Kaw l; 4 . Tom FUJ ibayashi (Kaw) . VINT GTO EX: 1. Dan Ray (Tri). VINT GTU EX: 1. John SCali ('Tri); 2. Mike Haracourt (Tri); I 3. Eric M aass (Yam), The Knights storms Beaver Dam Hare Scramble By Karen Kemp VOSSBURG. MS. AUG . 27 The Kni ght family dominat ed three of th e 11 classes o f co mpe titio n at the fourth round of th e Southern H ar e Scra mble Championship Serries in Vossburg, Missisaippi. Don Knight took th e Senior class win, while his youngest so n. Nathan. easily topped th e Mini class. BUI then in the A and B race, another Knight was lined up o n the start. Don 's o ther son, No lan , domi na led the AA class. All th ree rid ers held thei r first-place po sitions from start to fin ish. Honda rid er David Hall finis hed second behind Knight in th e co m pe ti tive AA class . with ISDE·bo und Tim Singleton coming in [or third aboard his Yam aha. In th e Junior class co m pe titio n Hondamounted Stephen Reed took the lead at th e start o f th e race, but in the third o f hi s four lap race he go t h is bike stu ck in on e o f th e few mud holes in th e co u rse. SeriesJuniordass points lead er. Larry Peevy, jr.. then took th e lead from Reed an d piloted hi s Honda acr oss the fini sh line in first place. Brad Lan e ca me in [or third pla ce and j eff Allman [or fourth . Birm in gh am rid er s Phil Williams a nd Larry Deck er test ed th e 200cc B Novi ce co mpe titio n. Williarn s took first and Decker second , while Cleve Altman was third. The club wanted 10 th ank th e Beaver Dam Huntin g Clu b for a llo win g the m to use their property a nd ca m p. Results 44 AA:. 1. Noland Knigh t (Hon); 2. Oavid Hall (Han); 3 . Tim S ing leton (Yam) ; 4 . Dw ighl Wheal (Kaw ); 5 . Gl enn Hollingshead (KTM I. OPEN A : 1. Jerry Peavy (KTM) . 250 A : 1. Tom Krag (Suz); 2. l ee Fugl er (Han); 3 . Mi cky Voung (KTM ); 4 . David Shutt (Han); 5. Craig Irby (Vam). 200 A: 1. Benn ie Wa ldrop (Kaw); 2. Gary Goff (Kaw); 3 . Tim Fine (Kaw); 4 . Mik e Canlrell(Kaw); 5 . Jo nny Kemp (Kaw). OPEN B: '1. Dary l Fosl er (Honl; 2. J eff Kennedy (Hus); 3 . Ricky Foster (Han) . 250 B: 1. J ohn Delee (Hont; 2. Chr is Burchfie ld (Suz); 3. Ladd Dilworth (Ma i); 4 . Andy Hayes (Han); 5. Scoll Blankenshi p (Yam). 200 8 : 1. Phil Wi llia ms (Kaw) ; 2. Larry Decker (Kaw) ; 3 . Cleve A lt man (Kaw) ; 4 . Dennis Gr iffith (Kaw ); 5 . 80 BurroughS (Hon ). 125 B: 1. Corey Martin (Yam); 2. Bruce Nugenl (Suz); 3 . Gary Mc Gee (Hon). SR: 1. Don Knighl (Han); 2. Billy WulfersIKaw); 3 . Tommy lane (kaw); 4 . Bob Babcock (KTMI: 5. Carllvey (Kawl. M INI: 1. Nath an Knigh t (Honl; 2. Chrislopher Whatley (Suz); 3. Asa Whatley (Suz); 4 . Kyle Henderson (Han); 5 . (TIE) Chris Cantre ll tSuz)lZach Ivey (Kaw). J A: 1. larry Peevy Jr . (Hon); 2. Step he n Reed (Han); 3 . Brad Lane (Kawl: 4. Jeff A lt ma n (Kaw); 5 . Davey Sh ulz (Yam). WMN: 1. Karen Kemp (Kew) . OPEN C: 1. John Smilh IKawl: 2. Perry Slo~dey (Suz): 3. Glenn Kraft (Suzl; 4 . John Barr (M ai); 5. Jam es Web b (Suzl . 200 C: 1. Denv il Smilh (Suz); 2. Danny Windham (Hon); 3. M ark Feallock {Kawl; 4. Mart Woola rd (YamI; 5 . Earl Nugent (Han). Collins owns Ascot Speedway By Sc ott Dalo isio GARDENA. CA. AUG . 24 Phil Co llins set a new track record wh en he wo n hi s sixth Scra tch main in a row a t Ascot South Bay Stadi um . br eakin g the previous record o f five wi ns in a row set by Bobby Schwartz in 1987. After a red nag du e to Schwa rtz falling o n the o rigi nal sta rt, Co llins too k th e lead o n the restart. He went o u tsid e to the cush io n in (Urn two 0 0 lap one a nd opened up a huge lead ov er Mik e Faria a nd S teve Lu cero. Schw artz wa s eli m ina ted for ca usin g th e restart. with th e Briti sh -born rid er in th e lead , the question was no t wh ether he wo uld win, but by how much . With the fans chee ri ng h im o n , Co lli ns put th e Kelly Micro Systems / ] T Ra cing /Cirell o Ra cin g / STP / Ro vazzi n i Electr ic-spo nso red Weslak e til TOugh i ts paces, a nd by th e lime the race ended. he too k the victory with room to sp ar e. Lu cero, wh o fini shed second to Collins in th e pr eviou s five victories, gave up second o n the n ight, with that honor going to Faria, Billy Hamill impressed everyo ne but referee Dave Sim s with his start in the Handicap main . Si ms saw H am ill leave ear ly and penalized th e 19' year-old a ll the way to the 80-yard· line. Wh en the pack started th e second tim e, Tony Bienert, riding with a broken bone in his hand. led over Don Odom. " Rad Brad" Ox ley. coming 0[[ th e sick list. badthird b u t lost it 10 Sco tt Brant. T wen ty-year-o ld Bra nt co n tin ued hi s drive a nd went by Odom for second. A few moments la ter, Odom parked, forcing Oxley to tak e evasive ac tio n. Brant was reeling In Bien ert , but on lap five, he d id a hu ge wh eeli e ou t o f tum two , and sudden ly found himself in a fight with Ox ley. At the end o f lap si x. Ox ley a nd Brant were side-by-side. Oxley. th e 1987 Nati on a l Champi on , wen t inside Brant in turn o ne o n th e last la p , and began to pr essure Bien er t. Coming o ff the fina l tu rn , Bienert folded under Ox ley's pr essure and park ed it. Oxl ey, pumping his left hand into the n ig ht air, went Inside and too k the lea d. Bran t. a lso takin g advan tage o f Biemert 's m iscu e, went by on rhe outside. As th ey took th e Roy Kelt in g chec kered na g. Ox ley held a slim lead o n hi s Co ors Extra Gol d / KL OS / Fra me S ho p / Sh oei / Cirello Racing w eslak e. Bra n t ca me across in second with a di sgruntled Bien ert third. After th e race, Oxley cred ited his fath er Harry for the win: " He told me I beu er win wn ight becaus e my mom is hert' wa tch ing ." Craig Dempster a nd Peter Lewis again g uided th eir Kawasaki 10 the victory in the Sid ecar main even t. Rand y McInt yre a nd new partner Rob ert Fox p laced seco nd w ith Steve Stanton a nd Tom T ufts thi rd. T he wildes t ac tio n in the main ca me when Sta nt o n and Tulls tangle d wil h Frank Brow ell and j ohn Thompson. Both teams vl'ered ou t of co n tro l a nd almost smacked a pickup tru ck in th e cen ter of the infield . Results SCRATCH: 1. Ph il Collins (Wesl; 2. Mike Fari a (Gdn); 3 . Steve lucero (Gdn); 4. Bobby SchW8rtl(GM). HDCP: 1. Brad Oxley (Wes); 2. Scott Branl lJ aw l; 3 . Tony Blenert (Wes); 4 . Bill y Ham ill (Wes). 0 · 2: 1. J ohnn y Walker (Wes); 2. Gary Ackroyd (Gdn): 3 . Don Ambrose (Wesl; 4 . Ma rk Faul (WeSI. 0 · 3: 1. Jason Rock (Wesl; 2. Tom Norris (Gdn); 3 . Dave We ndla ndt (Jaw); 4 . Bobby Campbell (Wes). SDCAR: 1. Craig Dempst er / Pel er lewis (Kaw l; 2. Randy Mcl ntyre / Robert Fox (Kawl: 3 . Ste ve Sl anlonlTom Tuh:s (Kawl : 4 . John Tho mpson /Frank Srowell (Kaw) SAN BERNARDINO. CA. AUG. 23 Mik e Faria and Bill y Hamill stunned a huge crowd with a breath-taki ng di splay in the Scra tch ma in at In la nd Motor Speedway. Faria edged Ham ill for the win. but la ter H ami ll ca me back to win the H andicap main. O ff the po le. Far ia ca me off th e line like he had been sh ot out o f a ca n no n. Bobby Sch wan z trie d to hang wi th him as they attac ked the first bend. but he hooked up and fell in turn two , giving Faria a big lead . O n the.' second lap , Hami ll went to th e o u tside in th e first bend and blaz ed aro u nd th e boards. As he headed down the back ch u te. he hooked up a nd shot a hea d of Faria. T hey went thro ugh turns th ree and ff!ur side-by-side a nd as they ended th e lap . Fana had a sma ll lead. In turn (WO on la p three, H am ill go t a no the r drive, bu t th is tim e it sent h is front tir e straigh t int o the air. T he \Veslak e rid er never 10Sl a spo t, bu t he did lose grou nd. After Ha mill 's near m ishap o n lap thr ee, Far ia seem ed to be hom e free. H ami ll , th e feat ur e sto ry in th e local newspaper ea rlier in th e day, ha d other plans. H e cha rged Faria on the last lap a nd pulled to his rear tire in turn thr ee. Fari a drifted wide and H amill pu shed h is front end a nd tr ied to co me un der neath. Cro ssing the line Fari a had a halflengt h adva n tage for the Off Shore/ Sh oei / Oi lzall/Tea m Scopelitte / H i. Po int·spo nso red Godden. Don Odom had "the in iti al lead in th e H andicap main, w ith Steve Russell taking over by th e end o f the opening revolution. Il ami ll, 0 [ [ th e 60, mad e hIS move o n lap two. weavin g h is way through traffi c and securing secon d. As H ami ll moved in on lead er Russell, he had a familiar rival just behind his rear fend er, as Faria found h is way through th e traffi c, As Hamill ca me off turn two on the fourth ci rcu it, he went lO the grippy o u tside and p icked up a big dr ive, and shot aro u nd Ru ssell to tak e o ver th e po int. On lap five, he did a big wbeelie o n the Denny's Forming/ Monrovi a Diesel/Quak er Sta te/ST P/ C rea t \ Vh ite L im ou sin e-sponsored w eelak e, but on e lap later he went wid e. hit th e deepest dirt on th e track and began to swap , end ing u p O"'Tr the bars. Som eh ow he managed to save it. O ver th e fin a l two laps, he took a more co nser vative line and , event ua lly, th e victory. Afterwar ds, the weary l il-year-Old slipped o ff h is helm et and said , " Ma n, I am tir ed. I co uld bar ely han g th e last two laps." Results SCRA TCH: 1 M ike Fari a (Gdn): 2. Bill v Hami ll (Wes); 3 . Steve l ucero (Gdnl: 4. Bobby Schwartz (GM ). HDCP: 1. Bill y Hamill (Wesl; 2. Steve Russell (Wesl; 3 . Mik e Far ia (Gd nl; 4 . Sieve lucero (Gdn ). 0 ·2 : 1. Dave Reep (Wes); 2. Chri s Castin (Wes); 3 . Jerry Black (Wes): 4 . Gary Ackroyd IGdnl. ,; 0 ·3 : 1. Ma rk DeVay (Wesl; 2. Bobby Camp bell (Wes); 3 . Ben M ears (Jaw ); 4 . John Gflffill s {H· DI Nielsen reigns at Mt. Baker Hare Scrambles By Paul Ni elsen BEI.I.I NGHAM . \VA. AUG . 2 1 En u mclaw Cycle/ O p timal Lubrialllts/ Smith Go gg les· sponso rffi J ohn Nielsen took th e O (X'n Ex}X'rt d ass and th e o vera ll win at the MB~-1 C H are Scra m bles. The last race o[ a nine-r;lC ser ies. had five closely co ntes ted c S('a ~ o n class cha mp io nsh ips o n th(~ line. T he Open Experts were lh e first bik es o n lhe s ta rt g rid. N ielsen, on h is big ~bor e Kawasaki , was in fro m when they dissap(>eared over th e hi ll. However , a t the co mpl et ion o[ th e firsl lap. Keith Cayt on had taken th e lead w ilh Mik e Schmidl second and Nielsen ru nning third. At the end of lap two , Cay to n was sti ll leading and Nielsen had mu ved to st'co nd . By th e end o f lap three. N ielsen had the lead and held it 10 the finis h. Cayton withdrew on th e fifth lap with an in jured root . Schmidt went o n to a seco nd -p lace finish with Dan Hart taking third and Ted McDow ell fou rt h. Sch m id t's second-place finis h gave him the points he need ed 10 claim the Open Expert ch a m p io n sh i p ov er McDowell. who wa s lead in g the class by two poi nts goi ng into th e even t. T he Open Expert Vet class was another cha m p io ns h ip on th e lin e. b ut it ended in a tic. Delmar Ja ckson was ahead in the points race, hut Lyle Duronso was not a bo u t to give an yth ing aw ay. Dur onso put in a strong rid e. ga in ing lim e every .Iap. He fin ished with a cc m lo nab le six-minute lead over Jackso n. who finished second. The Expert 200cc cla ss cha m p io n sh ip was claimed by David Sco u. finishi ng seco nd , while h is close co m pe ti to r. Ed Wagsta£[ fini shed third, Results EX ovss 200 : 1. John Nielsen lKaw l; 2. Mike Schmidt (Yam); 3 . Dan Hart e (kaw ); 4 . Ted McDowell (Yam); 5. Paul Ost OO (Kaw) . EX UNDER 200: 1. Rob Flager (Suz): 2. David Scon (Yam): 3 . Ed Wagstaff (Kaw) . VET OVER 35 A: 1. lyle Duronso (Yam); 2. Delm ar Jackson (Han); 3 . Errol Borskey (KTM). VET INT: 1. Bucom Aldridge (Han): 2. Robert Mclean (YS~)b30~Ei~~1~~~~&:~~~:"(HOn); 2. Philip Everett (Yam); 3 . Bruce Vanderwyk (Yam). SR C UNDER; 1. Mike Vai l (Kaw); 2. Rick Brauer (Kaw) . JR COVER : 1. Larry Binschus (Yam); 2. Bret Vanderwyk (Honl ; 3. Robert Hen (Han); 4 . Denis Mu rry (Yaml . JR C UNDER: 1. Ted Conner (Kawl ; 2. Fred Sioot weg (Yaml ; 3 . M ike Kamerling (Yam);4 . Wa yne Vanloo (Han). Reed rolls to Ohio State MX win By Susan Willian COLUMB US. OH. AUG. 18 More than 550 riders co mpe ted at the inaul;ura l ru n ning o f th e District I I Ohio Sta te FaIT Motocross C hampions hip. The Drew Wolf· designed stad iu m su pe rcrcsstrac k was Javo rab le to Kaw asa ki-mou nted and Answer/ Ma iers/Seer Goggles/Kevi n Sh inner-backed Chuck Reed who won the big bu cks by swee pi ng th e 125 and 250cc A cla sses. In round on e o f the l 25cc A moto, Reed rook co n tro l o ff th e start with a commanding lead. H e was unstoppabl e as he pi loted his mach ine past the chec kered flag. James Eickel had his hands lu ll , as Troy Graham was in hot purs uit- Eickel held the thrott le o pen a nd did no t a llow Crah am to ca tch h im. Eickel landed second; In the seco nd round of the 125cc A mo ta , Reed was aga in th e dominate force . Reed stretched an ear ly lead , as Cliff Walk er fina lly moved into second pursued by third p lace Eickel. Eickel and Walker diced for second. as Eickel sl id sidewa ys in a turn a tte m p ting to pas s Wa lker. Reed was o u t of sig h t, as \Va lker took cha rge o f second and Jason Gray moved int o thi rd , while Eickel slip ped to fou rth . As Reed took th e checke red . Walker a nd Gra y had a hea tlod race for second. Gray erred , losing valuabl e tim e but took Ihe heat o f[ o[ Wa lker who Wed by in seco nd . wh ile John C rewe took over th ird. In the senm d 250cc A mOlD. Reed shot o ff lh t" b c and wen t in to the lead as he was Fdt chased by Walk er and j ay WentzeL Wa lker kept Reed on t-dge throughout the fast-paeed mow. Reed and Walker rod e in unison thr ough th e 10 co mma nd me nt s - a set o f 10 whoops. Reed t

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