Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-Iiiiiii_--''-' ;§~ j-!!!!!I!l!""""!'!!!!''!!!!'.III!!!!'''!I!!!I!!!I• • • • •g:i!!~5a:'i'~==!'!!!'!'!J%:;1lI • • g« 9 a: Q. o ~ 0 l: 0 o ~I >- >- l."~..........~= CO CO 00 Io 0 I- :I: Q. :I: Q. Handicap main w inner Charles Ermolenko leads Josh Larsen and Brad Oxley du ri ng In land Motorcycle Speedway action . Mark Vandewalle (107) jams under 125cc Novice class w inner Charlie Love (3 1 6 ) and Stan Keller (36) at DeAnza Cycle Park. fir st -year , B class rider. Andrews H onda ride rs Mik e Kalin a n d J ack Stee le chased Kol en o thro ug hou t the ra re, never a llo wing Kolen o a ny brea th in g ro om. Ch r is Bod o Touted h is H onda th ro ugh turn o ne 10 hegin the seco n d moto with Kol en o taking over the to p spo t m idway th rough lap o ne. Less th an a la p la ter, Ti m Bak er routed around Bodo in pursuit of the fro m -ru n ni ng Kol en o . At rnidrace, Bak er took over th e lead as Koleno p icked himself up o ff th e ground alter a cras h and round himself in lo urth. behind Bak er, Bodo a nd Steele. Kol en o remount ed hi s bik e a n d passed both Steel e a nd Bodo before th e beg inning of' la p th ree. Sh ane Smith joined in th e race, as he mov ed aro u nd Bodo to beg in the fina l lap, Bak er took the win w ith Kol en o , Steele, Smith a n d Bod o cha sing th rough the chec kered £lag. Results 50: 1. Derek Knack (Yaml; 2. Ryan Edixon (Yam); 3. Larry Rust (Yam); 4 . Carlo Bon signore (Yam); 5. J eff Bunon (Yam). BO7 - 1 1: 1. Jason McG uyn (Kaw ); 2_Kurtts Fryer (Suz); 3 . David Hast (Kaw); 4 .Robert Carlo (Kaw). 80 12- 13 : 1. Brent Abe l (Suz); 2. Jeremy Lawson (Kaw); 3. TJ Somers(Yam); 4. Shawn Garvin (Kaw ); 5. Pat Donovan (Yam). . 80 14- 15: 1. Doug Fryer (Suz); 2. Eric Nepodal (Kaw); 3. J ason Myers (Kaw ): 4 . Biff Capaone (Hon). 125 SCHBY: 1. M ike Baker (Suzl; 2. J eff Woote dge (Hon); 3. Tim Boceq (Suz); 4 . Brad Quear (Han); 5. Chuck Neff (Yam). 125 A : 1. Ma rcus Sell ards (Han); 2. Steve Wooledge (Hon); 3. Chuck Nicholso n (Han); 4 . Gen e Kelley (Suz). 125 B: 1. Bill Koleno (Yam); 2. Tim Baker (Suz); 3. Jack Steele (Han); 4. Shane Smit h (Suz); 5. J eff Wo oledge (Han). 125 1. Pete Baughman (KTM); 2. Jo hn Kreps {Suz); 3. Bruce Robinson (Hont 4. Dave Kacmar (Han); 5. Jo hn Cooper (Han). 250 A: 1. Brian McElroy (Cag); 2. Bryan Lineman (Yam); 3 . M ike Boggia (Cag); 4 . John Hill (Han). 250 B: 1, Sh ane Smit h (Suz); 2. J ack Steele (Hon); 3.Trevor Vines (Han); 4 . Brad Quear (Suz); 5. Hen ry Hauenstein (Han). 2 50 C: 1. Tim Scarvelli (Honl; 2. Chad Bailey (Han); 3. Neil Barn ett (Han); 4. Tre nt Ban olott i (KTM ); 5. Peter Smi t h (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Brian Kohl (KTMt 2. Jeffrey Penn ell (Han); 3. Greg Matern (Honl; 4 . Tom Sm it h (Han); 5. Bill Stallings (Kaw). SA I: 1. Paul Fox (Kaw ); 2. Ken Edie (Yam); 3. Hen ry Hauenstein (Hon); 4 . Gary Giffen (Suz); 5. Charles Huegel (Hus). SA 2: 1. J erry Boyd (Han). c: Hoffman hauls at DeAnzaMX By David Procida 34 SUNNYMEAD, CA , SE PT. 3 Russ Hoffman a ll but o wned th e CRC Vet In ter medi at e cla ss today at the tight, .twistv DeAnza Cycl e Park MX tra ck. Charlie Strong led th e pa ck up th e start straight '0 take the ho leshot, but HoHman was all over Strong. Strong u sed h is b ig bore's horsepower to h is ru ll adva n ta ge. pu lling aw ay from Hoffman's 250 in the straig h ts, only to have the gap clo sed in th e tight secti ons or th e track , Randy Anderson a n d Mik e Rochest er also joined in on Horfma n's bid for th e lead and moving up from a first-tu rn m ish ap was Dave Simmon s. On lap seven o r the 1O-lap race HoHman passed Strong on th e back secti on of th e co urse and a la p later Rochester followed su it. Simmons di splaced And erson for fourth , a n d with two la p s remaini ng jammed under Strong to claim third . The positions remained intact wi Lh Hoffman takin g the win , and Roches ter the runner-up slot. Simmons rocketed ou t of th e ga te to lead th e pa ck th ro ug h tu rn one, in moto two with HoHman. Strong, Roch ester and Anderson hot on his hee ls. Simmons pulled a co uple o r bike . len gth s on Horfman as Ro chest er closed on Strong, Strong handed ro urth to Roc hester when he cra sh ed at th e end of the longes t straight, a n d retired from th e moto. Simmons con tin ued to ex ten d h is lead as Horfma n realized he had th e overa ll a ll bu' sewn up and backed orr Simmons' demanding pace. Roch ester began to reel in Horfman. bu t H offman pi cked u p hi s leisurel y pace to h old o nto seco nd beh ind Si mmons. Resul ts 80 BEG: 1. Troy Mo rgan (Kew ); 2. Mike Batti sta (Suz); 3 . Stephen Cox (Suz): 4 . John Robert son (Suz); 5. M ike Anchet~ (Suz). ~ BEG BIG W HL; 1. M ike Rossi (Kaw); 2. David Delgado. 80 NOV: 1. Joey Cirocco (Hon); 2 . Pau l Gilma rtin (Kaw); 3. Andy Gurevich (Kaw); 4 . Aaron W asnea (Kaw ); 5. Raul Vill alobos (Yam). NOV BIG W HL: 1. Joseph Roberts, 125 BEG: 1. Gregory Lonergan (Kaw): 2. Keith Shige ta (Yam); 3 . Alan Kadlec (Han); 4 . Bob Oye (Hon); 5. Mar iano · Wh itlock (Kaw ). 2 50 BEG: 1. David Schmidt (Han); 2. Law rence Lew is (Yam); 3 . Rick Firzgerald (Yam); 4 . Peter Yaurl (Han); 5. Joe Kettey l (Han). 500 BEG: 1. Mike Carr (Han); 2. Al an Kadlec (Han); 3. David Pera (Han); 4. Don Rice (Han). 12 5 NOV: 1, Charlie Love (Han); 2. Mark Vand ewalle .(Hon); 3 . Scott Mu rphy (Kaw); 4. J ason Simm on s (Kaw); 5. Stan Keller (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Brvon Gree ne (Yam); 2. Matt Wyckoff (Kaw); 3. Dale Galford (Hon); 4. Kit Palmer (Han); 5. Paul Zeli nsky (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Charlie Strong (Hon); 2. Je rry Ehlers II (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Joe Me rria n (Yam), 250 PRO: 1. Joe Onner (Han ). JA VET BEG: 1. Robert Baldw in (Yam); 2. Eric Beingesser (Yam ); 3 . Ted Chott (Han); 4 . Terry PuIs {Han); 5. Kelly Lawso n (Hon). JR VET NOV: 1. Scott Foster (Cag). JR VET EX; 1. J eff Scott (Kaw ). VET BEG: 1. Daniel Webece (Hon); 2. Steve Henson (Han); 3. Troy Morgan (Kaw l; 4. Raben Wyckoff (Kaw); 5. Tim Hnm er (Hon). VET NOV: 1. Ken Green e (Hon); 2, Leo Saul (Cag); 3 . Dave Graham (Suz); 4 . J im Brown (Yam); 5. Mark Neal (Yam). VET INT: 1. Russ Hoffm an (Han ); 2. Dave Simmons (Kaw ); 3. M ike Rochester (Han); 4. Randy And erson (Yam); 5. Charlie Strong (Hon). VET EX: 1. Randy Tittl em ier ISuz). Schultz sweeps Thunder ValleyMX By Karen Guthrie MAYER, AZ, SEPT. 3 Ch ad Sch u ltz won bo th mo tos to tak e th e o vera ll victo ry in the 125cc Novi ce class a t round two o r the Thunder Valley Ra ceway's Kin g or T he Hill Series, After finishing first in the opening moto, Schu ltz round himself rounding ou t the top th ree at th e start o f malo two. An aeria l pa ss a ro u nd Tom J o hn so n earl y o n th e second. lap pu t Schultz int o second and hot on leader Troy Kalina 's tail. J ohnson. who had finished 10th in th e first m or o, had to def end thi rd from Frank Paterno, who rook it aw a y fr om Johnson. The victor y wa s sho rt-lived wh en Johnson round th e edge he needed to for ce Pa terno back to fourth at th e fin ish . Meanwh i le Schultz was bu sy chasi ng Kalina 's back tire and wh en opportu nity kn ock ed . Sch ultz was right a t th e door to enter into first for the win . MOlOone o f the 250cc Nov ice class saw Mike Paterno' s ho leshot short-lived wh en CWf Piper o u trode him into th e firSl turn. Pat erno wo rked hard lflToughout th e mow to rega in h is initial lead b ut co u ld n', keep pace, ra iling into a t h ird p lace fini sh beh ind Jus tin McCurrich . In moto two Pat erno lOok th e hol esh ot agai n but this time it was Ch ri s J or dan ta king hi s lead aw a y while a bad Sla n found Pip er back in sixth. At midmotu Paterno was losin g gr ound slea d ily whi le Pi per was climbing back up th e ladder to thi rd a lo ng with Gary Chardez. At th e chec kered £lag a triu m p ha nt Jordan claimed rirst place whi ch ea rn ed hi m second ove rdll. Chardez hung o n to seco nd wh ich pUl him in to th ird overa ll a nd Piper's hard-earned th ird ga ined him eno ug h poi nts to claim the first place tit le. . The 250cc In termediate class acti on had Sh aun Cisco a nd J eer Almond clashing ro r the hol eshot with Cis co out-manuever ing Almonds in th e first curve. Almond was a n ever-p resen t threat to Cis co , waiting for just o ne mistake. Just wh en it seeme d there would be no m istak es, C isco's brief hesitat ion in a _berm was all Almond needed to tak e th e edge a nd the win. Mote two saw Alm ond tak e th e hol esh ot a nd keep Cisco a t ar m 's len gth to gai n the first overa ll honors. Results 125 NOV STK: 1, Jami e Young (Yam); 2. David Wi ck (Kaw); 3. David We ber (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Chad Schu ltz (Suz); 2. Troy Kal ina (Han); 3. Frank Paterno (Han); 4 . Ju stin McCur rich (Yam); 5. Tom Joh nson (Yam). VET 25 +: 1. Je ff Alm ond (Hon); 2. Scott Stallard (KTM); 3 . Doug Goodman (Han). VET 30+ : 1. Gary Chardwz (Han); 2, Dave Burn s (KTM); 3 . Jim Connor (Han); 4 . Kenn eth Young (Yam). 1. A l Cone (KTM). 609-11 : 1..Dylan Gut hr ie (Kaw); 2. Sterling Dillow (Kaw); 3. Ben Hutch mson (Han). 80 BEG: 1. Shawn Foster (Yam); 2. Art Monkel (Yam); 3 . Ch ris Brown (Yaml; 4 . J .R. Bivens (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Clifford Piper (Yam);-2 . Chris Jor dan (Han); 3 . Gary Chardez (Han); 4 , Ju stin McCurrich (Yaml; 5. Mark Lenz (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Ja son Beli sle (Kaw ); 2. Ju stin Stanning or. IKTMI. 125 NOV MOO: 1. Troy Kalina (Han ); 2. Brian Davis (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. JeH Almond (Han); 2. Shaun Cisco (Yam). DESERT NOV & AM : 1. Ja son Besisle (Kaw) ; 2. Destry Abbott (KTM j 80 INT: 1. Eri k Ande rson (Kaw). 80 9 - 11: 1. B.J . Parri sh (Han); 2. Dylan Guthri e (Hon); 3. Scan You ng (Han). MX PRO: 1. Brent W ineland (Han). 125 tNT: 1. Pat McMullen (Han); 2. Shawn Cisco (Yam); 3. David Rosko (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. Gary Loomi s (Han). McBride, McCarthy Pairs Champions at APE Spdwy By Larry McBride GREENE, NY, SEPT_ 2 Months befor e St. Patrick's Da y th e lu ck o r th e Irish was preva lent as TuH McBri de and Jim McCarthy were victo rio u s in the ann ual Pa ir s Racing Cha mpionship at Act ion Par k East. Eigh t teams were made up of Division One a nd Division Two: ri der s with each team riding aga in st eac h of th e o ther teams, a n d points were allotted on a 3-2-1-0 basis, At th e h alfway po int or the 20-ra ce program, McBride and McCarthy had a tw o-point lead over the team o f Steve Watson and Marco Mor ello, who had posted six po ints, Round thr ee saw McBride take h is Castrol/McBride Video -sponsored Jawa to his th ird victory wit h teammate McCarthy posting three th irds for a 12 poi nt total. Mike Cortese a n d Dale w ak efield had now d ispl aced Wa tson and Morello as th e runner-up team two .poin ts back wi th I O . The fourth and fina l round took the Irish tea m to th e line against Len ny McBride and G uy Fafard. The two McBrid es, Len ny fro m the inside a nd TuH from the outside, battled for th e number-one spot in and ou t of turn o ne a nd two a t th e o nset with Len ny ga ining a slight lead , Lenn y held th e -Iead for th e ba la nce of th e four laps to ~et his first victory o r th e meet , a nd handed hIS brother hi s only def eat. McCarth y rem ained co ns isten t by o utracing Fa rard for third, a nd rinished the night by sco ri ng po in ts in eac h race tha t became in str.u m enta l i n w inn ing th e Pairs Cham p io ns h ip . In th e reg u lar portion o f th e program , McBride a n d McC arth y wer e si ngu la rly victorious as McCarthy dom inat ed his Div ision Two h eat befor e tak in g hi s ] aw a to th e winner 's circle in th e main even t. McBr id e's ea rly victories ca me in Ha ndi cap raci ng where h e won th e h eat/ th e sem i, a n d the mai n eve-n l. In Divi sion Three acti on, Kelli McMahon beat Eu gen e Wilmarth in hea t number o ne. Wilmarth , however, reversed that order in lh e main even ' by tak ing the high sid e around McMahon o n la p n umber tw o to gra b th e chec kered £lag. Resu lts HOCP: 1. Tuff McBride (Jaw ); 2. Warr en Diem IGdn); 3. Lennv McBride (Gdnl; 4 . J im McCart hy (Jaw) ; 5. Damien Cornwell (Gdn). 0 -2: 1. Jim McCarthy (Jaw) ; 2. Kyle Dixon (Jaw); 3. Tim Mathewson IGdn); 4. Marco Mo rello (Jaw ). 0 -3: 1. Tim Wi lmarth (Jaw); 2. Kelli McMahon (Ja w); 3. Russ CornelllJaw); 4. Scott Titchn er (Ja w). PAIRS: 1. Tuff McBr ide (Jaw )/ J im McCarthy (Jaw) ; 2. Mi ke Cortese IGdn )/Oale Wakefi eld (Wes); 3. Steve Watso n {Gdn)/Marco Morell o (Wes); 4. Damien Cornwell (Gdn)/ Kvle Dixon (Jaw) . Faria fast at IMS By Scott Da lo isi o SAN BERNARDINO, CA , AUG , 30 Mike Fari a held back Bobby Sch wartz to wio h is seco nd Scra tch main in a row a t In lan d M OLor Speedway o n Fan Appreciati on Night. Wh en th e F ield left the lin e, it was Schwar tz leading into the fir st corner . Lucero manned the number two spo t whi le H amilJ a n d Faria tu ssled for third. Faria threw his orr Shor el T eam Scopel i t te / S h oei / Oi l za lll Hi- Po in t G odden wi de a n d rode th e boards through th e first bend, trying 10 sneak betw een the leader a nd the back ch u te wa ll. It did n' t work, Faria kept th e hea t o n a nd raced ahead of Sch wartz o n lap two . Schwartz drove hard un der Fa ria in turn one o n th e n ext lap and poked his fro n t wheel in to th e lead . They ca me off turn two to gether. but Fari a slowl y pulled back into th e lead 00 th e back str aight, At the wh ite clo th , Fari a fina lly had so me room over Schwartz a nd had a two len gth lead wh en he ca me under th e checkered flag'. Schwartz en ded up seco nd wi th Lucero a n d H amill rounding out th e field, Don Odom led th e Handicap main and s tay ed i n fr ont until lap two . Charl es Ermoleoko nos ed a hea d or Odom , but qu ickl y rep assed. Od om sta yed glu ed to th e inside with Ermolenko on hi s Ila n k. Ermolenko drifted wid e a n d tri ed to pass Odom, pulled a big wh eelie, but left th e throttle on and pa ced Odorn into th e next co rne r. Once out front th ere was no stoppi ng Ermolenko and h is Mi n i Truck /S hoei Weslake. He pulled away a s Lance King ca me £lying through th e field , King passed Sco tty Brown a nd Odom on lap seven for second. \Vhen th e checkered came o u t, he was closing fast but ran o u t o f tim e. Resu lts ,,,,I SCRATCH: t . Mike Faria (Gdn); 2. Bobby Schwartz (GM); 3. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 4 . Billy Hamill (Wes). HOCP: 1. Charles Ermolenko (W es); 2. Lance King (Wes ); 3 . Scotty Brown (Jaw) ; 4 . Bill y Hamill (W es). 0 -2: 1. Chris Casti n (Wes)~ 2. J erry Black (Wes); 3. J ason Chism (Jaw ); 4 . Dave Reep (We s) 3. ~~3~ l~Bb~:~ ~;~;~~I~'ZrtS~o~e~~(8d~)~yson (Wes); SDCAR: 1. Steve Stanton/Tom Tufts (Kawl; 2. Craig Dempster/Peter Lewis (Kaw); 3. Ken Mcintyre/Robert Fox (Kaw); 4 . Steve Hardwick/ Jan ine Cummings (Kawl; 5. Ken Ohrt /Robert Suggs (H-D). Obendorl dominates Cycleland MX By Leo Trombley CHICO, CA , SEPT. 9 Sh ane Obendorf motored his Kaw asaki to an overa ll victo ry in th e 125cc Nov ice class a l Gyclela n d Racewa y. The young and quicklyim p ro vin g rider took hi s first overa ll victory by posting 3-3- 1 finish es in th e three-moto seri es. When th e ga te dropped ror malO one, 17year-old Keith Wood, in only h is third race, gra bbed th e ho leshot. Wood 's H o nda was closely ro llowed by Yam aha rider Doug Pears on, Lowell Moural J r, o n a H o nda a n d Kawasaki-maU nie

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