Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

'" W N W a: >a: a: w .... >en a .... a :I: a. Phil Law renc e piloted his Honda to the 250cc Pro class win w ith double. moto victories at Los Angeles County Raceway. Backes doubles at Mankato MX By Ro lfe Otterness (Q)CCfi:1ILfi:1 JMl(Q)'1T(Q)CCIPJ(Q)§§ IPfi:1IPJM Racing & Training Facility OCALA, FLORIDA 30 Minutes South of Gainesville ~~ Fi rst S TOP! is a lways best! Read cycle News! , DON'T TRASH THAT WORN CHROME PLATED CYLINDER. A LASCO SLEEVE. SAVE IT WITH Los Angeles Sleeve Co. has sleeves for mos t popu lar makes and models of motorcycles and ATV's. We also stock piston kits, rebu ilt cylinders and Big Bore kits. For more information, contact: LOS ANGELES SLEEVE CO., INC. 831 1 Chetle Ave ,. Santa Fe Springs. CA 90670 (2 13) 945-7578 Call or writ. for your tr •• ca talog and decals . . ! KNIGHT BOSS CHAMPION Grrmeca Brake Sys tem s. I rame s or r ollt ng c h aSS IS frOnl spoo l. QUic k ch a ng e rear ......heels. spr ocket s cams . ca ms. o.oe s. spring kits. orsron s. glass. fork s. spares K&N . M ar zocchl 36 PERFORMANCE ACCESSORIES Nell Keen 314{426-69S9 AdVERTisiNG TItATWORks BOYESEN REEDS " OSC Distrib ut in g 4232 Dixie Hwy. Drayton Plains, M ich. 48020 (3 1 31.6 7 3-1 3 7 0 UPS Daily MANKATO, MN , AUG . 27 Brandon Backes snared overa ll victor ies in two tou gh cla sses a t the Kato Cycle.Club's second District 23 mo tocross o f the year, winning in th e I25cc Youth divi sion and th e Mini Senior class. Mik e Atkin son led through the fir st turn in the first Min i Sen ior rno to, but Backes j umped ou t front before th e co mp letio n o f th e firs t lap. Atk inson held second with Robbie McDow ell an d J im Povo ln y battling , ove r third. P ovo ln y got a bett er drive through the whoops near the midpoint o f th e race to lak e ove r third. Mark Oe u and Cra ig Cu nnin gh am co ll ided near th e end of th e race whil e co ntes ting filt h an d Ben Van Cleve wok over to trai l McDo well a t th e chec kered. Atk in son , o nce aga in , led th e way in th e seco nd mow , while Backes had to deal wi th a poor start. H e worked h is way by Povoln y to hold second by . th e end o f th e first lap . then reeled in Atk in son's Suzu ki to tak e o ver the lead . At th e end Backes pr evailed over Atki nso n , Povolny and McDowell. T he Kato Clu h's mem bers put in lon g hours to i nsta ll th eir new ly acq u ired wa ter ing system in tim e' for th e even t, a nd co ndi tio ns were near ly idea l throu gh out th e da y. \Vith the earlier ad d itio n thi s year o f the ir new starti ng ga te th ey have managed to grea tly im prove the ir track. In th e 125cc C class , Russ Wiltschick and Rick Doff in g battle over the lead earl y in the first m o tu , bu t Do ffin g co uld n' t get by despit e a frenzied dash th ro ug h th e whoo ps. Wiltsch ick wen t on to b uild a solid lead by th e end of th e rare. George Hodkin son cr u ised to th ird o ver Mik e Bragg . Do ffing took over th e fron t-runner po si tio n from Mik e Rai ck e in the first few turns o f th e second mot a and went o n to win. Raicke held o n lo seco nd whi le Wil tsch ick moved up to tak e th ird over Sh awn Corco ran. Pat Riley led mo st of th e fir st lap in the 250cc A class o n ly to slide o u t in a 180 degree tu rn . hand in g th e lead lo Ch ris Hugh es. Rob Engs tro m di sp laced Hughes with a ma sterf u l blast throu gh th e whoops and went o n to bu ild a big lead. Ril ey recovered to tak e second Ji m Sco tt paced th e pack for th e first lap in th e next moto o n ly to see Engstrom get by o n the next lap. Engstrom cr uised out front for th ree laps while Ril ey su ppla nted SCOll ,in seco nd . En gstro m sl id o u t while out in front by five seco nds and Riley in heri ted th e lead . Desp ite a berserk last lap dash, Engstrom co u ld n' t ca tch him a nd Ril ey too k th e win o n hi s Burnsvill e Mor crsporrs v a ck ed -b H onda. SCOll a nd Cha d Winecke filled the top four. . Resu lts 25 PLUS : 1. John Niem i; 2. J ame s Scan J r.; 3. Scott Stein l e YTH: 1. Bra nd on Backes; 2. Cory Keeney ; 3. Mike Luoma. PIW: 1. Lan ce Cunn ingham; 2. Dan Edmonson; 3. Ryan Broughton. MIN I JR : 1. Tim Pospisil; 2. Billy Edmon son ; 3 . Ryan Smo tach. M INI SR: 1. Brand on Backes; 2. Mike Atk in son; 3. Ji m Povoln y. SR C: 1. A .J . Kazla uskas ; 2 . J im Povolny; 3 . Rick Lam br echt. SR A : 1. Brian Carne y; 2. Dan Zelazny; 3 . M ike McNei l. S/SR: 1. Robert A dam s; 2 . J erry Becker; 3. Marl o n IlIg 125 C 0 - 1: 1. Rick Doffing; 2. Russ W ilt schick; 3 . Mike Br~~~. C 0 -2 : 1. M ark Grego r; 2. Peter A shl ey; 3 . Kurt Fosberg · 25 B: 1. Steven M itchell ; 2. Mik e Lu oma; 3 . Brand on 1 M cKean . 125 A : 1. Robbie Engst ro m; 2 . Pat Donah o; 3 Eri c M etzger. 250 C 0 -1 : 1. Greg Kalis ; 2. Tim Bentf ield; 3 . Tom Peterson . 250 C 0 · 2 : 1. M ark Gregor: 2. Sh awn 'lew is; 3 . Patr ick Long 250 B: 1. M ickey M ickelson; 2 . Jay Thomp son; 3 . Dave W eseman . 250 A : 1. Pat Riley; 2 . Robbi e Engstr om; 3 . Jam es Scott J,. OPEN C: 1. Greg Kalis; 2 . Bri an Byrn e; 3 . Mark Stailavich . OPEN A: 1. Chr is Sense; 2 . Rust y Sorensen; 3 , Curt Cohrs. Carlisle cruises to L.ACR MX win By Terry Rezek PALMDALE, CA, SEPT. I Ryan Carlisle was back on his Kawasaki KX I25 and preceded lo wrap up th e I25cc Pro class win a t L.A. County Ra ceway. Ca rli sle gra bbed the hol esh ot in the first moto of the 125cc Pro/In term edi ate moto and led for o ne lap before Phil Lawren ce flew by o ver th e tab letop jum p. Lawren ce ex tended hi s lead a nd took the win o ver Ca rl isle. In th e second rnoto, in ter media te Dana Wiggins beat Ca rl isle off th e lin e, while La wrence wa s ham pered by a mi dpa ck sta n. H ow ever , a pi le-u p occ u rred wh ich a lso claim ed Lawren ce, leaving him without any cha nce of ca tch ing Carlisle. T he lead er develo ped a co m for table ad van ta ge after pa ssin g Wigg ins, still having p lenty o f tim e to spare wh en he cra shed lat e in the mot a . ) Wiggins went o n to ta ke the overall victory in the 125cc Intermedi at e class over Mickell Brix and Mik e Bulley. Lawren ce was ba ck for th e 250cc Pro race and ca me out of th e ga te with T odd L ehman and Ri ch Truchinski o nly in ch es behind him. Abou t 100 yards from th e sta rt, Le h ma n went down, tak ing Truch in ski with h im . La wrence sa iled o n for th e win a nd Truch ins ki go t up first to fin ish seco nd with Lehman third. T he sta rt of rno to two was a lmos t a repl ay o f th e first. This tim e, however , T ruch inski went do wn o n hi s own and failed to fini sh th e mot a . La wrence took th e mota and th e overa ll win wit h Lehman second. Roy Brern en our swapped moto wins with Dav id O liver i n the 125cc Novice class. Brem en our, however, won the tie-breaking seco nd moro for the overall victory. Mik e P ich ett e made goo d use of a come from -behind ride to win the firs t 250cc Be~inner mota, with Steve Charbonneau finis hing seco nd. • Pichette's lu ck didn 't hold up in the second moto when he jumped the green light a nd got hung up in th e ba ckw ards-fa lling gat e. Back in 14th, Pi ch ett e began moving up through th e pa ck but cou ld go no further tha n fourth. Meanwhile, Charbonnea u wa s enjoying the ac tio n up [ra n t and took th e rn o to wi n for the o vera ll victory, as well. Results so BEG: 1. J ason Helle r (Suz); 2. Brian Kor n (Suz); 3 . \ J er emy Heller (Suz): 4. J esse Vreeken ISul); 5. M ark M et calf (Suz). 80 NOV : 1. Scon J ohn son (SUl); 2. Marc Lippert (Suz); . 3. Bobby Lu kezich (Kaw ). SR EX: 1. David Rogers (Hon ); 2 . Phil Haskell (SUl) . VET BEG: 1. Mitch Banks (Hon); 2. Dann y Gonzales (Yam); 3 . Joe W ard (Yam): 4 . M ike Hai nes (ya m); 5. Dann y Bern adin o (Yam). VET NOV : 1. BrM Geening IKaw) ; 2. Kell y Gra y (Yam); 3. M ark Neal (Vam); 4 . John Sulli van (Yam ); 5. A. Dusty Rode (Kaw) . VET INT: 1. Dave O'Brien (Yam); 2. S. Michael Bryant (Kaw) ; 3. M ike Gosselaar (Suz); 4. Greg Benton (Sud ; 5. M ike Van Acke r (Kaw) , : VET EX 1. larry Roeseler IKaw); 2. Mike Bosw ort h (Suz); 3 . Joe Broussard (Suz); 4 . Terry Davis (Kaw) . J R VET BEG: 1. Stanley Norwoods (Kaw ); 2. Rick Scott (Yam); 3 . David Mullen (5 uz); 4 . Wade Carley (Hon): 5 . Dan Thompson (Hon ). JR VET NOV: 1. Denn is J acobsen (Hon); 2. Dean Jen n ings (Kaw) ; 3. Kei th Burnlot h (Hon): 4. Bra in Part (Yam); 5. Ron Hupfeld (Hon). JR VET INT: 1. Scott Stearn s (SUl) ; 2 . Karl Allen (Hon) . J R VET EX; 1. John Greenway (Han); 2. J im Send elbach (HOn); 3 . Quinton Smith (Suz). 125 B~ G : 1. Ron O'Byrne {S Ul }; 2 . A aron Van Dyck (Yam); 3 . Cory Oavi s(Suz); 4 . Deacon Ja mes (Yam); 5 . J ohn Haskell (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Roy Brem enour (Hon); 2. David Oliv er (Kaw ), 125 INT: 1. Dana Wigg in s (Yam); 2. M ickell Br ix (Hon); 3 . Mik e Bulley (Yam); 4 . J er em ey Albrecht (Kaw) ; 5. Joel Albrecht IKawl 125 PRO: 1. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw) ; 2 . Phil law renc e (Yam) , 250 BEG: 1, Steve Cahrbonneau (Hon): 2. Mik e Pichette (Hon); 3 . Able Lara (Kaw) ; 4 . Pete r Yauri (Hon); 5 . Brent Wh eel er (Hon) . 250 NOV : 1. Cuch Demp sey (Hon): 2 . John Burton (SUl) . 250 INT: 1. David Soma (Yam ); 2 . Mike Bulley (Yam)." 250 PRO: 1. Ph il Lawrenc e( Yam); 2. Todd l ehmann(Hon); 3. Rich Truc hi nski (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Keith Brown (Kaw) ; 2 . David Pera (Hon); 3 . Jason NeallHonl ; 4 . V ince Blankenship (Hon) , 500 NOV: 1. Karl All en (Hon).

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