Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

3 . M urray Shackleford (Hus); 4. Craig Hoff meister CHon); 5 . Wilty Musgrave CATK) . UTH JR ; 1. Randa ll Ross (Hon) . VET JR: 1. Mark Martinez (Hon); 2. Bill Boyer (Hon); 3. Tim Williams (Kaw); 4 . Mark M uller (Suz); 6. Michael Rigdon CHon). S VET INT: 1. John McCaughey (Suz ); 2 . Larry Forb is I u¢ . 3 . Roben Feisler (ATK); 4 . Todd Varble (Hon) VET PRO: 1. Gary Bartlett (Han) . Savelberg sa;Is at Boise Stad;umcross By Mike Thuleen BOI SE, 10. AUG. 20 . Al Russell Ya maha 's Doyle Sa velberg cli nched a no the r 125cc Begi n ner class victory at th e final event of Owy hee M/ C's Su m me r Stadi umcross series held at the Peacef ul Cove Racin g Faci lity. The large turnou t of riders necessitated !WO q ua lifiers to be held to determine the field for the ma in . J ust in Wrigh t lea ped into th e front o f the first qua lifier , buildi og a sizeable lead o ver J ason Lyo n a nd Chris Kell ey. Kell ey took over seco nd. leav in g Lyon to set tle for th ird a hea d 01 Cha d Co lton. Sav elberg charged. int o th e first (urn ahea d 01 La nce C hapma o and Allen Hen dry in th e seco nd qua lifier. and like Wri g ht, pu t some l:'0u nd o n the pack. With Sa velbe rg lirml y 10 co n tro l of firs t, Chapman and Hen dr y balded fiercely o ver seco nd. The wave o f th e 'checkered n ag saw th e orde r read Sa velbe rg, Chapman and H endry. . . Wright . look co mma nd a nd Jammed mto the lead 01 th e main . Kell ey forced hi s way by Savelberg int o second , but Savel b~r$ soo n ret aliated a nd th e paIr fought vi ci ously aro u nd the co u rse. Lyon kept co n tro l o f fourth ahead o f Lincoln Assendrupand Dion Batt les. Wright pulled a way sligh tly until Savelberg reso lved the right C second with a darting or pa ss. Savel berg then reeled in Wri ght, ~ho held him 011 unril Savelberg took the h lg!' line throu gh a dogleg turn and slas hed hIS way into fir st and th e event ua l win . Kell ey co n tro lled th ird after Wright, with Lyon and Chapman round}n g .out the top five. , Sm ith / Pro Cir cuit/Honda 01 Caldwell s Danny Fuhrman opened up a wid e lead ~vl:'r Kip Smith in th e first 125cc Int ermediat e mot a but hai led in the wh oops wh ile lead ing th e second mot o and brok e h is hand lebars. Mired in t he pack, Sm ith even tua lly swept up throu gh the riders and into the lead , ta king th e overall victory o ver SIeve Sa ba la and JIm Noll. O 'Neal /PJ I/ Sm ith /Carl' s C ycl es/R ich Drywall 's Chad Rich claimed. bo th rnot o victo ries in the 80cc Int ermediate class, as Mik e Dou glas wh ittled his way through th e pa ck in th e second mor o to seco nd overa ll ahea d 01 Dan Lopez and Shad Greear. Resuhs 250 PRO : 1. Larry Jackson (Hon); 2. Jimmy Lyngar (Yamt ~j:e~o7~!:~ ~rri. 3. (Han); 2. AI Stansell (Yam); 3. Sumner Price lKaw). , . VET PRO 1. Herb Nachtigal! (Yaml; 2. Bruce Garman : (Yam); 3 . Randy Van Dyke (Yaml . OVER 25: 1. Herb Nachtigal! (Yam); 2. Doug Newcomb lHon); 3. lee D.niels (Varni. 250 INT; 1. A.J . Belcher (Hon); 2. Tommy Ady (Yam); 3 . f~~h:~eT~:!~~~ (Hon); 2. Steve Sabala (Kaw); 3 . Jim Noll (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Jason Rich (Kaw); 2. Da. Lopel (Yam); 3. Mike Douglas (Kaw) . . ' 250 BEG: t . Jay Easterday (Hon); 2. WI ll Slone (Hon); 3 . Mike Jackson (Han). . ' 125 BEG: , . Doyle Savelberg (Vam); 2. Justin W right (Hon); 3. Chr is Kell ey (Kawl. 80 BEG: 1. Ryan McRoberts (Yam); 2. Josh Mcintosh (Kaw ); 3. l incoln Assendrup (Kaw) . MICRO: 1. Josh Strasser (Kaw); 2. Brandon Ch.ffin (K.w); 3. Cory Rowland (Kaw). Slay sa;Is to win at PearlMX By Luther Stowers 48 P EARL. MS. AUG . 27 ScOIl Slay took h is Ca m 2-spo nsored Kawasaki to a pair o r mOlD win s to ga mer Ihe overall win in th e Mixed O pen class a t Cen tra l Mississip pi Mo tocr oss Assoc iation 's race in Pearl. The August heat a nd the d usty track proved to be a bigger challe nge to the racers than thd r competitors with .the tempe~t~re soa ring into the upper 90s w it h th~ humldn y in the 9()'l; ra nge . The heat took liS toll o n both ri ders a nd C'fl uipme n t w ith seve ra l pa n icipants faili ng to mak e it to th e sta rti ng line ror their second race . The sta rt o f th e first mot o sa w ,:'ilay tak e the lead com ing o u t o f th e £intt turn a h~d 01 Wayne Pad gell wi th Mark Lo wry a nd Johnn y O verb y close behind. Slay im!T!e. d iatel y pulled aw ay lrom th e po'C whIl e k Pad gett went do wn in th e slic k thud turn and lell back to sixt h place. Lo wry held oil Overh y lor a lmost hall a lap but a n ag gress ive Overby was p ushi ng: Lo wry hard and managro to squeeJ.e by in lO second. . ACter twu laps, S lay was on hi S way to an easy win wilh a IS-second 1C" .ld over Overb y . and Lowry. w ho were fightin g for seco nd. Pad ~tt ton.' back a nd wa s ab le 10 set hi s s i~h ts o n third -pi n >Low ry before he ran out o f lim e. Pad gel1 a nd Lowry exiled the first turn side by side a' th e Slart o f the seco nd molO. P.ad gell lOok a slig h t It'ad mto th e (ront sectIOn o f th e co urse with Lo wry pressing. lollow ed by Slay , Overby, Shawn Ro yston, Mich ael Leac h a nd Curtis Massl·y. Lowry p us hed Padgell for th e lead but stalled in a m ud dy ' u rn wit h Slay and Overby passin g befo re he co u ld get reslarted . Lap two saw Slay d o~ th e ga p on 1 .KI Padgell th en la y back a nd study th e .,. er leader's li nes, providin~ j ust enough p ressure to keep Pad gett on hIS toes. O n lap. three. Padgett grabbed too much thrott le rommg out of a sli ck turn. giving Slay the ope!,ing he wa s looking lor . Slay blew by and, with clear tra ck ahea d , wa s abl e to pull o u t a hu ge lead. The frantic battle with Slay in the inten se heat had nearly exha us ted Pad gett who slo~ed. a llo wing O verb y to close th e ga p by th e fina l lap. The two were whee l-to- whee l severa l tim es but Padgeu ma naged to ho ld o lf th e deter mi ned O verb y and take the checkered nag in seco nd beh ind a distan t Slay. Overby took thi rd followed by Lowry. Results · 12 5 NOV: 1. Joh nny Ove rby (K.wl; 2. D.vtd Husband (Hon). 80 SR: 1. Mark AllelMn f"-wl. SR: 1. Wayne Padgett tHon); 2. Jimmy McNa ir fHoo); 3. Randy Dawson fKaw). 250 NOV: 1. Reggie Peagler (Kawl . BEG: t . Mark Bales (b w); 2. Hubba rd Partr Idge (Suz);: 3. Johnny Weeks (SuI). MIXED OPEN: 1. Scott Slay lKaw); 2. John ny Overby IlttI w t; 3 . W ayne Padgett (Hon). Westby wins four out of four at Hallett RR By Simone Janssen HALLETT. O K, AUG . 19-20 Tryg w est by wo n all Iou r o l the races he ente red to do mina te a t Hall en Raceway. T he day's racing sta r ted ~ i th l~e com bined Middleweight G P and Li ghtweight Supersport even t. Westb y o n hi s ~on~ Produc~s In lerna ti ona I/K a n o Spec ia I t ies zS hoe i v' Mich eli n-sponsored H onda CBR600 took th e le d followed by Dan Ra y on a Yamaha a FZR600 a nd Donn y Mead or s o n a H onda CBR600. Westb y and Ra y engaged in a d o se race wit h Westb y a ble to hold Ra y o ff. On lap seven , th e duo encou n tered la ~ped traffi c, g iving Westb y a two -second m ar gm over Ray whi ch Ray was unabl e to mak e u p. At the linish it was Westb y loll owed by Ray and Mead ors. Brad Saw yer , ridin g a Yamaha TZ25 0W, ma de u p lor a seven th -place sta rt to fin ish fo urth. Hea vyweight Superbi ke saw Westb y on h is H onda VFR 750 got the holes h ot over Dewa yne Davis o n a Suzu ki GS XR750 a nd J im Sa bi n. also o n a GSX R. Westby p u lled a sa fe marg in over Davis , who also held a secure seco nd over Sa bin and Jelf Harder o n a third Suz uki. H ow ever, Sabin and Harder were battl in g for th ird. with the two exc ha ngingp:>si tio nsonceor.twicea lap . O n.lap seven, Davis be!?n to dose m o n Westby with H arder and Sabin still fig h ting over third. At th e chec kered flag, it wa s Westb y ove r Dav is and Sabin, makin g a pa ss in turn IO10 hold H a rder off a t th e lin e. Middleweight Su persport and Lightweight GP lound Ra y and Westby side by side into tum o ne , with Westb y taking th e lead. in turn two. Westb y had hi s hands lull holdmg Ra y o ff, who was feeling the pr essure from Ri ck Kirk o n a Suzu ki GSX600 Katana. Wes,by held a safe lead over Ray, while kirk was clos~ 'n in . With o ne lap to go Kirk 's bike ~top . in turn three. As th ey ca me for th e Iinis 11 was Westb y foll owed by Ra y. wit h Randy Sta m ps pas sin g Donny Mead o rs for th ird . U n lim ited G P had Sabin and Har der both bearing Westby 10 turn o ne. w estby took th e Il"Cld in turn two and led them ar ound th e first lap. On lap live , H arder o vertoo k Sabin lor seco nd a nd Rob ert Blevins o n a G SXR750 moved into fourth. While ""'t'stb y cr uised up fro l1l Harder and Sa bin co n tin ued to swap p lace's. a llowinR Blevin s to move in closer. At ,h e finis h it was Wes,by goi ng four for lour. chased by Sabin. Harder a nd Blevin s. In K&N Yam ah a Gold Cup Endu ra nce racing ac tion, Ph il McDon ald o n a Yamaha FZR 600 sponsored by K&N Racing , Bell H elm ets, Ts u ba ki Chai n a nd Triple "S " R eM) UrCf:~ made it a so lo eHort in ta king the overall win and cli nching th e series title. • Results vw GP: 1. Jim Mos ley (Yam); 2. BrMt Sawy er.lVam t. 3 . Je rry Perry (Hont; 4 , Gen e Zirger (Y.mt; 5. All All en (~ GP: 1. Tryg Westby (Han); 2. Danny Ray (Yam); 3 . Brad Sawyet' (Yam); 4 . M att Greene lDue); 5. Don M~~~~~ITryg Westby lHan); 2. Jim Sabin (S UI); 3 . Je ff Harden fSul): 4 . Robert BlevinS(Suzt 5 . Darnell Darcey (Y~ S/BK: 1. Matt Greene (Vam); 2. Ji m Kiefer (Yam); 3. Charles Martin (Hon); 4. Kevin Legrandt Hon); 5. All Al len (Hon). M /W S/BK: 1. Dan Ray (Yam l; 2. Randy Siamps (Vern); 3.. Donny Meadors (Hont: 4 . Rob Goodwr n (Vam); S. Tony Fil~Afs'7~K: t . Tryg Weslby (Honl; 2 . Dewayne Day,1 ISult: 3. Jeff Sabin (Suzl; 4. J eff Harden (SUI) ; S. Darnell Darcy (Yaml . l/W S/SPRT : 1. J im Mosley (Vam)); 2. Danny Dom ingues (Kaw l; 3. M ike Hart sell (Varni. M/W S/SPRT : 1. Tryg Weslby (Hon); 2. Dan Ray (Yam); 3. Rick Kirk (Suzl; 4. Randy Slam ps(Yaml; 5. Donny Meadors (HH~ S/SPRT : 1. Rick Kir k (Suz); 2. Oewayn e Davis (SUI ); 3. Keilh Brewer (SUI); 4 ,J eff Harden( Suz); 5_Roben Blevin s (S~~i. S/SPRT: t . Rick Kirk (SUI); 2. Dewayne Davis (SUI); 3. Keith Brewer (SuI) ; 4 . Raben Blev ins (Suz); 5. Bruc e Nicho lson (Suz). UW SI1W: 1. Jerry Perry tHonl; 2. Chn s M ilin (Han); 3. Guy Pointdexter (Yam). HIW SI1W: , . Matt Greene {Duel. YRS 50: 1. John Ewing ; 2. Todd Thompson; 3. David Carter ; 4. Gene Zirger; S. Ron Sorr ell . ENDUR O/A: 1. K&N A:acing (Yaml; 2. Team Romp an~ Stomp ISuzl; 3. Team Action {Yaml ; 4 . Time Bandit s (Honl . 5. Team Gleam (Han). ENDUR GTO: 1. Team Romp and Stom p lS uzl; 2. Team Act ion (yam); 3. GT RaCing II (Yam); 4 . Royel Racing (SuI) ; ~JD~~iG¥i.J: 5. 1. K& N RaclOg (Yam I; 2. Time Band its (Hon); 3.Team Gleam (Hon); 4. Team Smoke (Han ); 5, C&O RaclOg (~~DUR POINT STANDINGS, 1. K& N Racing (100) ; 2. Team Smoke (57l; 3 . Team Excel 1 451; 4 , TIme Bandi ts (391 ; 5. Team AChon (38 l. Calendar listings are a free service for Cycle News readers and race promot er s. A ll infor rnation is the responsibil it y of the pr omoter ~ Cale nda r list in gs ca nnot be accepted over th e ph one. we m ust have a com plete Cal enda r lis ti ng form g n f il e. Lis ti ngs must be received b y Wednesd ay for publication in the following w eek's issue. W e strongl y suggest rac ers /specta tor s ca ll the promoter/track to confirm details before traveli ng to an event. CHAMPIONSH IP EVENTS World C'ship Road Race Series Goiania. Br azil 9/17 World C'ship Superbike Road Race Series 9/17 9/24 10/8 10/15 Hockenheim. West Germany Pergusa Sicily . Oran Pari. Australia Manfield. New Zealand International Six Days Enduro 9/25·30 Waldum. West Germany Camel Prol AMA Grand National C'ship Dirt Track Series 9117 SanJose. CA M Gardena. CA H IM Sacramento. CA M AMA Nat'l C'ship Hare & Hound Series ° 911 10122 Inlo 614/89 1·2425 Maybelle. CD lucerne. CA AMA/CCS Road Race Series Florida Region 9116· 17 W Palm 8

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