Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Yamaha's Doug Dubach came from third to win the 250cc Pro class. He wasn't so fortunate in the 125cc Pro class as he took a third. Denny Stephenson (3 60) held off Guy Cooper (10) for second in the 250cc Pro class, but Cooper topped Stephenson in the 12 5 cc Pro class. Dubach, Cooper claim Colorado Supercross wins By Mike Larson GREELEY. CO , SEPT. 9 Factory riders Doug Dubach and Guy Cooper took home victories in th e 250 and 125cc Pro classes, respectively, at th e 26 Co lorado Super cross Ch ampionships. In fact , th e visiting factory rid ers, includin g Kawasaki 's Denn y Step he nso n, claimed the top three spots in both th e 125 and 250cc Pro classes. Tea m H ond a r id e r Coo pe r grabbed th e holesh ot in the I25cc Pro ma in a nd never looked back . mot oring to the win ahead o f Stephenson a nd Dub ach. In th e 250cc Pro ma in , Step henson je tted o u t 10 th e early lead ahead o f Co lorado fa vorit e Sta cey Coo k a nd Cooper. Wh en Cook went down o n la p two, Dubach pa ssed both the fa llen Cook an d Cooper 10 move in to second, then sn uck by Stephenson o n lap eig h t a nd we nt o n to cla im th e win . Stephenson held o ff Cooper fo r seco nd. In addi tio n to the two big Pro classes, a full sla te o f Amat eur riders slugged it out for th eir sh ot at th e Stat e Ch ampionship titles. Heavy rain s th e day befor e the even t threatened 10 tu rn the track into a mud bog, but a lot o f hard work by th e E&M Enterprises' crew had the tra ck in good sha pe by race tim e. The race, spo nso red by Ni ssan a nd Boll e, is th e 5th Annual Brian Cason Mem oria l, in memory o f one of th e sta te's top mini riders wh o di ed of leukemia in 1984. The event 'drew more than 420 rid ers. At th e sta rt o f the IO-lap 125cc Pro main , Cooper na iled the hol eshot and led th e 24-rider pack around turn o ne, foll owed closely b y Co ok , Stephenson , D u ba c h a n d Tim Bu chli. The top fiv e riders all remained in close form ation through "the first three laps, with th e o nly cha nge being Stephen son passing Co ok for seco nd. La p four saw Cooper begin 10 put some di stance on Steph en son . wh o had pulled awa y slightl y from th e Cook-Dubac h battle for third. The next two laps saw no cha nge in th e top four spo ts. As th e leaders moved in to lapped traffi c on lap seven , Cooper managed to wor k h is way through th e slo wer rid ers a littl e quicker than Ste p he nson a nd put a little cushio n betw een him self and th e Ka wasaki ri de r. Cook and Dubach were still ru n n ing nose-to-t ail in an inten se battle for thrid , Dubach look ed for an .o pe ning , but Cook slammed the door o n him every ti me. Coo per held a sm a ll lea d o n tephen so n a t the beginnin g of.the fin al la p , but Step henson pi cked up th e pace a not ch a nd zeroe d in o n Cooper. Step he nso n kep t close ta bs o n Cooper, but ca me up a co u ple of bik e len gths short , as Cooper sailed over th e fin ish lin e jump first. Dubach mad e a last-d itch effo rt to get by Cook a nd it pa id o ff as he jammed by th e Fay Meyers H ondabacked rid er to cla im th ird. " I got a real good start," sai d Cooper. " And everything was workin g good. T he tra ckfwasn 't tha t slic k and the bik e was running grea t, I just stayed in front a nd had fun . T his is a lways a su per fun race a nd a ll th e Col orado people mak e it grea t, I'd like 10 come back aga in next year. " Stephenson got th e jump on the 250cc field coming o u t of th e .ga te and powered around turn o ne a head of th e pa ck. Cook follow ed closely in seco nd with Co oper, Dubach , Corey Cope , Buchl i and Kip Sa ndell in hot pu rsuit. Stephen son was po uring it o n , gett ing some breathing room o n lap two wh en Cook went down in a fast right-hand sweeper, almost taking Cooper a nd Dubach with him. Wh en Cooper clipped th e fallen Cook, he also nearl y went down, whi le Dubach just sq ueezed through and took over second. Cooper saved it and held o n to third. By lap four Stephenson was holding a sm all lead over Yamahamounted Dubach, who had Cooper right on his rear wheel. The top three had a safe margin on Cope, Sandell and Cook who were battling over fourth . Things soon tight ened , however. On lap eigh t. Dubach, who along with Cooper had gained co ns idera bl y, mad e hi s move a nd zip ped by Stephen son to grab the lead, but Stephen son a nd Cooper were still g l ue d to D uba ch ' s rear fender through the whole lap. Lapped traffic let Dubach pu ll aw ay from Stephenson and Cooper by a few bi ke len gt hs on lap nine, but -as the lead ers ca me to the line for th e white fla g, Cooper a nd Step he nso n ta ng led a nd Cooper fell. Th is was a ll th e ad van tag e th ai Dubach needed as he pulled away fro m Step he nson to cla im the win. Cooper was up quickl y a nd was able to hol d o n to the third pl ace spo t. Cook came back from hi s earl y race crash 10 fig h t o ff Sandell a nd Cope for fou rt h. " T h ings were real ti gh t," sai d Dubach . " I was able to get into seco nd a nd then I ca p ita lized o n a mistake by tephen son a nd got the lead. th en I just enjoyed m yself. " In th e seco nd 500cc Expert class mot o Keith Campbell sha do wed first mo to winner Brad Bolton during the first part of the race, then muscled hi s Yam aha YZ490 into th e lead and stayed th ere to claim the win. Bolton maintained a clo se seco nd for second o vera ll. Rob ert Ha nrahan , Dennis Hurlbut a nd Jim Eckert filled out the res t of th e top five o vera ll. The Mini Expert clas s featured a sta rt- to- finish romp by Kaw asaki pi lot Shawn Mo rga n. Morgan grabbed the lead at the sta rt of the main event and never loo ked back , co nsis tent ly sai li ng h is KX80 over the 60-foot quad jump that some o f th e 125 a nd 250cc Experts weren 't even clea ring. Alex Neir and Micah Moyes turned in good rid es to claim seco nd a nd third, respectiv el y. Mik e Thieman went home with the first pl ace trophy in th e 125cc Novice cla ss a hea d of Troy Smith, Don Zaswicki a nd Mike Walsh. Curtis Elworthy piloted his mini through th e mud in the afternoon races to grab th e go ld in the Pee Wee Amateur class, fo llowed by Rya n Clark and Nate Lesba ck. Results 50: 1. Seon Burris; 2. Tyler Gentry; 3 . Dale Sherr in; 4 . Russell Tillman; 5. K.C. Opf er. PIW NOV: 1. Nicholas Ralston ; 2. Travis Riley; 3. Josh ua Chavez; 4 . Shane Ma grum; 5. Greg Ne lso n. PIW A M : 1. Curtis Elswonhy; 2. Ryan Cla rt; 3. Nate lesback; 4 . Wade Corliss; 5. Christ op her Ch ew. MI NI NOV: 1. Jason Riley; 2. Eric Jo hn son; 3. Brandon Bidwell; 4. Denton Shaffer; 5. Gregory We rtz. MINI A M : 1. Bren Kerr igan; 2. Todd Roben son; 3. Jason Gan ner; 4. Shawn Corliss ; 5. Aaron Lesback. MINI EX; L Shawn Morgan; 2. Alex Neir; 3 . Micah Moyes; 4. Brad Stei nmiller; 5. Bear Lynch . 125 NOV: 1. M ike Tieman; 2. Troy Smit h; 3. Don lawicki; 4. Mike Wa lsh ; 5. M an Sharpee. 12 5 AM : 1. A lex Neir; 2. Bob Stanb y; 3. Jaso n • Locker; 4 . Evan Hughe s; 5. Randy Stahl a. 250 NOV: L Gary Ficken; 2. Steve W ern in g; 3 . Br ett Sch lo ck; 4 . Rober t Hal e; 5 . Georg e Koutsoubos . 250 AM ; 1. Evan Hugh es; 2. Pat Keane; 3 . Peter Lewi s; 4 . Ch uck Pitn er; 5. Kelby Pepper. OPEN NOV: 1. Brent Kraeme r; 2. Casey Tarp ley; 3. Joh n Forrest; 4 . Kevin Boshart; 5 . M ik Lundquist. OPEN AM : 1. Dale Schocke ; 2. Ed Mi lle r; 3 . Thomas W ert z; 4 . Aaron Franson; 5 . Bri an Thomsen. OPEN EX: 1. Keith Campell (Yam); 2. Brad Bolton (Han); 3 . Robert Hanrahan (Kaw); 4 . Dennis HurJbut; 5. J im Eckert . \ET NOV: 1. James W ild; 2. John Davis; 3. Paul Trujillo; 4. Dave Slatten; 5. Joe Snavely . VET AM : 1. Mike Sagel; 2. Mark Corben; 3. Russ Coleman ; 4 . Thoma s Wertz; 5. Boyd Lennberg. VET' EX: 1. Jim Eckert; 2. Ed Miller; 3. Arlo Englund; 4. Jeff 8 argell; 5. Rusty Lat imer. SR NOV: 1. Phil Stahl e; 2. John Malsom; 3. Geoffrey Ralston ; 4 . Wayland Brin. SR EX: 1. Edgar Perr iton; 2. Bill Vickery; 3 . David Wollaston; 4 . Melvin Kiel . S/SR: 1. Jim Long ; 2. David Sn ell; 3. Paul Phelps ; 4 . Tom Hamm . WMN: 1. Becky Cesario; 2. Pam Nelson; 3. Mo ll ie Bourke. 125 PRO: 1. Guy Coope r (Hon ); 2. Denny Stephenson (Kaw l 3. Doug Dubach (Yam); 4. Stacey Cook (Hon); 5. Tim Buch li (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Yam); 2. Denny Stephe nson (Kaw); 3. Guy Cooper (Honl 4 . Stacey Cook (Hon); 5. Kip Sand ell (Kawl. AHRMA Historic Cup Trials Series: Round 3 Bog Wheelers in Paradise By Steve Martin STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO, SEPT. 7 T he American Histo ric Racin g Motorcycle Associa tion (A H RMA) h eld a Vi nta ge Trials National on Thursday preceding Friday's Vintage \\-IX and (Con tinued to page 51)

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