Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Norris takes two at Idaho TT/Shorf Track By Carly Sherman BOI SE, Ill, AUG. 25-26 Troy Norris took easy victories at Friday n ight's short track and Sat u rday n igh t's T'T races. Short track racing saw Norris grab the front spot rig ht from the: sta rt and motor to the win. un cha llen ged . H e was foll ow ed by Jell Rus sell a nd Rick y H en son . Open Am a le u r/ 250cc Expert combi ned rac in g was wo n by Russell. H e led (ro m ' he begin ni ng to the chec kers o n h is Ya ma h a. Open Amateur winner. Ku rt Poston made a perfect pass un der poin ts lead er Denn is Neibaur. 10 ta ke seco nd overall. Sat urday n ight IT ra cing started OUl with 80cc riders Mitch Ward a nd T revor Sherma n putting a ll a crowd-pleasing show. They raced side by side, ba nging bar s th e en tire race wi th th e advantage going to Ward a, the linish. Open Expert racing brough t a u' ' he red n ag with a Iirst -corner co n fro nta tio n, putting j oe l H uskey o n th e grou nd with a brok en clu tch lever. Two minutes lat er they wer e o ff agai n o n th e restart. H en son grabbed th e lead a nd held o n (o r two la ps, until Troy Norris o ver po we red him down the fro n t stra ig h t a n d headed th e Held. Huskey cha llenged H enson (or seco nd p lace but co u ld n' t mak e hi s pass a tte m p ts stic k. T he finish was w heel-to-whee l with NOITis up fro n t. Results FRIDAY MICRO: t . Man Ward (Kaw); 2. Travis Harper (Kawl 80 A M : 1. Mi tch Ward (Yam); 2. Trevor Sherm an (SUl). 250 EX: 1. J eff Russell {Yaml: 2. Rodney Reynold s (Yaml . OPEN AM : 1. Kurt Poston (Hon); 2. Denn is Neibau r (Yam l: 3. Glen Young (Han). OPEN EX: 1. Troy Norris ( Rtx~ 2. Jeff Russell (Rtx l: 3. Ridty Henson {Yaml. SATURDAY MICRO: t . Matt Ward (Kawl : 2. Travis Harper (Kaw ). 80 AM : 1. M il ch War d (Yaml; 2. Trevor Sher man (Sull OPEN VET: 1. Tom Sher man(W-R ~ 2. Gary Bonn ey (Hon). OPEN AM :: 1. Denn is Neibaur {Yam); 2. Pat Massey (Yam). OPEN EX: t . Troy Norr is (Rtx); 2. Ricky Henson (Yam); 3, Joe l Huskey (Hon). Brown two for two atZuberMX By Ky le Myers ZU BER . FL. A UG . 27 T he last race o f the ummer Ol ympics Series wa s held a t Zub er MX. Chris Brown. riding a Honda, won both 'he 125 a nd 250cc B cla sses, In th e first 250cc B rno to Tom Boyland pulled th e hol eshOI wit h T od d H ensl ey, Mi ke Storm ant a nd Brown in tow . Brown pa ssed Storma nt and sta rted 10 reel in H ensley. On the seco nd lap Brown lo st h is rear brakes, while Boyland sta rted [ 0 pull o u t a lead . Brown caught up to Hensley by doi ng the double. The next la p Brown passed H en sley over the do ubl e, ' hen three turns la ter H en sley stuffed Bro wn in th e sweeper to la ke back th e seco nd -p lace pos iti on ju st before th e wh ite flag. Brown o u t-bra ked H ensley in the n ex t turn and pulled a way to chase Bo yland, but time ran o ut . Bo yland took th e win . with Brown, H en sley a nd Sto rmant roundin g out the to p (our. T he seco nd moto , H en sley pulled the hol esho t wit h Bo yland. Sto rma n t a nd Brown (allowin g. Brown qu ickl y passed Boyland and Stormant, th en set a fter H en sley. H en sley a nd Brown went a t it for a co u p le o r laps, until Bro wn passed H ensl ey o n th e do u ble aga in . But h e wen t wid e in the turn a nd H en sley shot to the ins ide a nd stu ffed Bro wn (or the lead A co up le tu rns later. Bro wn retook the lead and p u lled away slig ht ly wi n th e moro and overall wit h H en sley ta kin g seco nd , Boyla nd th ird a nd Storrnant fourth. The o vera ll went to Bro wn , with Boy land, Hen sley a nd Stormant rounding ou t th e top four. Bro wn lat er wo n both 125cc B motos. Results '0 125 A : t . Jus tIn JackSon (Han). s 125 B: t . ChCl Brown (Han ); 2. Randy Chum (Han); 3. Josh latIna (Hon ); 4 . J ohn Lake (Kaw ); 5. Kyle Myers (Hon ). 250 8 : 1. ChCl 8rown (Hon); 2. Tom Boyland (Kewl; 3. s Todd Hensley lHoo); 4. M ike Starmant (K,ew). PIW: 1. Scon Perrv (Yam); 2.Tyler Sh ields (Yam); 3 . Dere k Jackson (Yaml. 60 : 1. Mack Perry IKawl. Ribolzi romps at Stone Gate Hare Scrambles By Arlene Hejlek STEELV ILLE. MO , AUG . 20 Ro n Ribol zi ca p tu red first overall (or the seco nd t im e thi s season in the Misso ur i H ar e Scrambles Ser ies ro u n d ni n e a t Sto n e Gate Far m . T he St. Lo llis Honda /Answerl Shoe i/PBI S p roc ke ts-s po ns ored Rib olz i was in th e m iddl e o f the pack at the start. but USl-d lh e cree k sect io n immedi a tel y foll ow in g to p ut hi s H onda in to seco nd behind 'he leader Rust y Reyn aud. By the end o( th e first lap Reyn aud had stre tched hi s lead to almost a mi n u te, while Ri bo lzi a nd H onda -m ou n ted T i m Newell d iced rur th e st"Cond positio n. O n th e third la p, Reyna ud dro pped out whh engin e pro b lems , a nd Newell overshot a tu m a nd benl hi s shih lever. While Newell was mak in g repair s. Ribol zi 'oak the lead and poured o n th e ga s ror tw o mor e la p s o n th e 12-mile course. New ell finished fir st Expert. Jim Stan field, who had to pit and fix a !Ia t 'ire a fter th e fir st lap. rook second Expert. Dwa ne Miinch was ri ght o n th e heel s o f Ribu lLi a nd New ell at the begin ning , bu t dr o wn ed h is engine in the mi le-lo ng creek section. Third Expert went to Wayne Struckoll fol lowed by Steve' Leivan. Senior Bill Dunner ra n ri ght up th ere wi th the top rider s fin ishi ng in the top 20 o vera ll . T his was the firs t ~ti s~our i Ha re Scram bles Series even t held a t scen ic Stone Gal e Farm a nd Ric k Carpent er is to be co mmend ed for hol d in g a re...1 first class e ve n t. . Result s O /A : Ron Rlbolzi (Hon). EX: t . TIm Newe ll (Han ); 2. Ji m Stanf ietd (Kaw ); 3 , Wayne StruckoH {Yamt, 4 . Sie ve Leivan (Kawl; 5 . Rusty Reynaud (Yam). OPEN: 1. O. Ag new : 2. J. Williams; 3. H. Mal one; 4. M . Sher ivli n; 5. C. Spann. 250: r . J . Sledge ; 2. O. Youngblood.; 3. H. Finl ay; 4 K. Harmon; 5. C. Hutson. 200: 1, K. O'Brie n; 2. D. Dilli ngham ; 3. M . Bock; 4 S. Benton; 5. D. Ryan. 125 : 1. V, Throck mort on: 2. C. Nesbitt; 3. M . Jam Ieson; 4 G. OatoH; 5. R. Cavtness. 4-STRK: 1. B8 . Sergeant; 2. E. laChance; 3 , T. Bule; 4. P. Taylor ; 5. T. Wisecup. JR: 1. S. Taylor ; 2. S. Merritt. SR: 1. B. Duffner; 2. R. Capl inger; 3. D. w netcve: 4 . L. Gi lliand; 5 . J . On bals. S / SR : 1. C. Bur1(; 2. C. Donelson; 3. 8 . Adams; 4, M Srruth. BEG: 1. R. Ebrecht ; 2. G. Coleman ; 3. D. Joh nsto n; 4 , J . Stevens; 5. R. Brake. Pepper lands Long Branch Enduro win By Roger Dowden GU N N ISO N, CO, AUG . 20 Kel by Pep per main ta in ed h is series po in ts lead wit h a victory o n th e roc ky trails o f Long Brandl End uro, th e six th ol seven Roc ky Mo un ta in En duro Circu it events. Duane Gray and his large cre w of Gun ni son, Colorado area riders received permission to stage th e LOng Branch o nl y th ree weeks before th e event . They d id a tremendous job ' of o rga n iza tio n a nd la yo u t o f over 100 miles o f tra ils. The start wa s at the edge o f a bea u tiful vall ey meado w a t an elevati on o f a bo u t 9000 feet. Three m iles in to the en d u ro . coruestants round themselves o n a narrow shel f trail th at went o n a nd up fo r mi les. Wh en th e tra il finally stopped asce nd ing . it beca me a slick rucky p ath a mong th e tr ees, occasio na ll y drop ping int o low er sageb rush co u n try. b u t never g ivi ng the riders a break in int en sity. Pep per. who will ri de h is firs t (SD E this mo nth, ma na ged to n ego tiat e th e en d less roc ky trail s with o n ly a IO-poim loss . T h e no rma ll y coo l yo u ng ri der wa s a bit unsettled wh en hi s co m p u ter railed a t 50 m i les. " ( was !l yin g blind (or th e las , ha ll of 'he race:' sa id th e T eam G reen rider . Pepper jammed the rem ainder o f th e e nd u ro wit h Rood res u lts . des p ite o n e burned c heck. Though Pepper's usu al adversary Friu Kadl ec work ed t h e eve n t, he was not with o ut competition. KTM rider C h ris Will ban ks wi ll a lso attend h is first Six Days th is year. T hey were followed by th e ever co nsisten t Dennis Larra tt wi th a 16-point ta lly . Vel anot he r Six Da ys lea rn me m ber , Dwa in Taylo r, was just o ne mi nute back with 17. TIle fou r AA rid er s were fol lo wed by Bru ce Field , who topped th e 250cc A cla ss with a 20· po in t sco re. Sixth o vera ll went La th e 200cc A victor Nea l Pay ne, who dropped 22 poi nt s. A 24-m in u te defici t gave Tro y Raynor his seco n d Open A win in as man y events . H ow ard U tsey wrapped u p th e yea r en d Senior A class honors wi th another class tro p hy. O pe n B rid er Pete Wari ng was th e best or the Bs a t nego tiating th e h igh rock y ter rain. He ga rnered 'he o vera ll B tro p hy with a score o f 35. Yama ha rid er Wayn e Inter milJ co ntin ued h is dom in a nce of th e 250cc B class by ca rd in g 54 points a n d earning a no th er firs t place. The third overall B score went to 200cc B vic tor Mark Bergman. wh o dr opped 5; points. The overa ll C h ono rs wen t to 250cc Suzuki rider Cla y L u p ton, wh o posted a very cred ib le score o f 25 for 'he hall loo p. Second overa ll placing .(or th e hall-loopers went to Super Senior rider Buck Walswo rt h who lost o n ly 27 poi nts. • Resu lt s AA : t . Kelby Pepper l!

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