Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ > -c "" ::?; u w a -, > l%l ... a a :r 0.. O"l 00 O"l ...... -e-"' l-< (j,) ..0 0 .... U 0 Doug Batson pi loted his Honda 650 Twin to victories in four classes at the Sebring International Racing Facility, M cint osh (Kawl; 4 . Tony Seckm an (Hon); 5. Pat Womack (Hon). • 250 PRO: 1. Ryan Hughes (Kaw l; 2. Kerry Mulligan (Kawl; 3. Bubba Erick son (Cag); 4 . J im Cham berlain (Hon); 5. Martin Klossner (Yaml . OPEN BEG: 1. Si eve Reev es (AlK); 2 . M ike Seel ey; 3 . Steele Friedrich {Ho n t; 4 . Jim Pittman (Hon): 5 . Kenn y Watson (Vam) • OPEN NOV; 1. Donald Pessevent (Hon ): 2. Jeff Dresser (Hon t 3 . Doug Funderburg (Hon ), OPEN lNT: 1. Phil ip Taboa da (Hon) ; 2 . Br ian Davy (Hon); 3 . Pat M ark ham (AlK). OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Andrews (Hon ). 25 -29 BEG: 1. Mik e Sale (Hon ); 2 . Val Rosario (Yam): 3 . Scott Carrera (Hon): 4 . Harry Lang ley (Yaml; 5 . Rick Remy (Hon ) 25-29 NOV; 1. Brian A ll en (Cag); 2 . Ran dy Van Dyke (Suz l; 3 . Lou SolO (Yaml; 4. Ar cn Br iggs (Han) ; 5 . Terry Boyd (Hon). 2 5·29 INT: 1. Raymond Swartz (Yam); 2. Bill Foy (Hon); 3 . David Halv er son (Suz); 4 . DaVid Bredenb eck (Suzl ; 5. Pat M arkham . V ET NOV: 1. Si eve Fry (Kaw l; 2. M ar k Olsen (Honl ; 3 . Rudy Chavez (Hon !; 4 . Robert Sheldon (Yam); 5 . Fran k LaVres (Kawi . VeT INT: 1. RIchard Dick (Kaw) ; 2. J oe Zipay (Hon); 3 . Don W alli ng sford (Hon); 4. Ray Pisar ski (Hon); 5. J ohn M cCaugh ey (Suzi. VET PRO: 1. Br ent Wa ll ingsford (Kawl; 2. Tibor Papp (Yam l; 3 . Philip Taboada (Hon); 4 . Bob Casper (Suzl ; 5 . Carl Gazafy (Honl . Sta nley sizzles at Castle Rock TT By Derryl Anderson CASTI.E ROCK, WA, SEPT. 2 Knight Fram e/BBRP/Iludweiser/Steve Bak er Kawasaki- Yam ah a/Ilell Helmet sponsor ed n an Stan ley UK)k a last-lap main event win in th e Junior/Expert cla ss of the T'T held at the Ca stle Rock Fa irgrounds. For Sta n ley, who is still a junior. it was his fifth main even t wi n in a row. In th e second heal race Stanley had 10 fight his way past Rand y Roo se. The two were side by side lap aher lap with Stanley finall y taking th e win o ve r Roose , T roy Norris , Del Sch nitzer, Kevin Bass, John Clayton and Troy Yeo. . H eat race number o ne was ano ther battle bel wee n vet eran s Mickey Fay a n d John Win cewicz. O n the las t lap Win cewicz took th e win over Fay, Rick Henson, Brian Miller, Kil Farl ey,]eff Hiatt and Pal Mu nyo n. Many Zirbel wok th e last heat race win o ver Rex Fisher , ]oe Kopp, Chris Sta ley, Robert Frohs . Er ic Sa terwaiie and Brian Baldwin. In th e ma in event Wincewicz got the scrat ch fo llowed by Zirb el. Roose, Fa y, Sta nley, Fish er and th e ot hers. By lap three Stan ley was by Fay and Roost." a nd wo rking o n Zirb el. A lap later Stan ley slid under Zirbel 'and took off after Win cewicz. The rest of the race Stan ley was a ll o ver Win cewicz o n th e outside ~oin ~ itHO turns o ne a nd two bUI \Vin cewi cz !thut the door on him ("(lm ing: t hrou~h th e sharp I('h ·h ander . Going into th e ri~ht ·h ander St~tn ) ey went aro und Win{'(-'wicltht')onK way and pulled him ("oming over the jump to tak e Ihe chec'kered n a!: first. Beh ind the duo in order was, Zirbel , Fay and Roose. In Ihe Pro..Am main event J .D. Sim onsen and Steve Hyso n came orr the line sidc ' by side with Simonsen fina lly gelling th e nod . On lap two David Wellander was a ll over H YMlIl while Ken Wheaton , David Bachml·ier and Bru ce ScOll ran three abre-dSI coming: out of four ..Allhe dl('('kered flag: it was Simon sen, Hysoo , Wella nder, Sco tt , ]oe l Husky, Wh ea · ton. Uach meir and Ho lden . Results SOB : 1. Justin Rut h IS uzl; 2. Katie Ash(Yam); 3 . J onath an tinge (Yam l; 4 . J acob Currey (Yam); 5. J oshu a Ma rtha ller (Yam ). 50 A : 1. Jerod M oor e (Yam l; 2. Tyl er M anl ey ' r 3. Jimmy Ragsda le 111 (Yam); ~ . Dal e A in slie {ya m l ' l . ~ , "'Oter Ver non (Yam); 5. Paul Castil lo (Yam). . 60 B: 1. J im my Ragsdale III(Yam); 2 . Kr istina Paul (Hon). 60 A : 1. Beau Manley (Kaw); 2. Darrin Belcourt (Kaw) ; 3. J oshua Curr ey (Hon). _ _-' 80 B: 1. Bea u M anl ey (Kawl; 2. J oshu a Curre y (Hon). 80 A : 1. Noah Kirk la nd (Kaw ); 2. J erem iah Port er (Hon); 3 . Nath an Bourland (Kaw) . 125 : 1. J er em iah Porte r (Hon ); 2 . Dusty Kirk (Hon); 3 . Noah Kirkland (Hon ). 250 B: 1. Rick Hill (Bull; 2. Earl Fran k (Honl. • 250 A : 1. Ph ill ip Pru t sman (Yam); 2 . Dav e Stering (Cagl: 3. Cra ig Bowman (Hon). 250 SEM I PRO: 1. Del Schnitzer (B ul l; 2 . M an Holden (Kawl ; 3 . Ryan An derson (Han). +30 B: 1. Neil Beanie (Kaw); 2. Ron Evans {Yaml . +30 A:. 1. Buck M ur phy (Tri); 2 . Jim Roseth (Tri); 3 . M att ,m); Holm IBSAI. +30 250 : 1. Phill ip Prulsman (Yam); 2 . Dave Stering (Cegl; 3 . Timo thy Ball {Honl . +40 : 1. Ray Carro ll (Tri); 2. Gary Hi te (H -D); 3 . Dan Kir k (Hon) . OPEN C: 1. MIk e Cameron (Hon). OPEN B: 1. J eff Brown (Hon) ; 2. Steve M cCau l ey (Rtxl . OPEN A : 1. Ryan And er son (Hon ); 2. Jim Roseth (Tril; 3 . Gary Hite (H·D). VI NT SGL: 1. M ar c W elch er (Yaml ; 2. Ron Poi tr as (Hon); 3 . Mik e Morris (Yam). VIN T TW: 1. Tony Thorn (Tril; 2. Buck Murphy (Tri); 3 . Ray Carroll (Tri) PRO· AM : 1. J .P. Sim onsen (Hon); 2. St eve Hyson (Hon ); 3 . David W ell and er (Yaml ; 4 . Bru ce Scon (Hon); 5. J oel Hu skoy (Hon) .· JR /E X: 1. Dan Stan ley (Rtx); 2. Jo hn Wincew icz (RU;); 3 . M ar tI n Zirbel (Hon!; 4 . Mi ck ey Fay (Hon); 5 . Randy Roose (H - D) Costa, Batson run away with Sebring RR bounty By Joe McKay SEIlR ING . FL, SEPT . 4 Bartow, Florida , rid er Robbie Co sta cap tured top hon o rs with wins in th e So lo End urance T hree, Modified Production T h ree and Grand Pr ix Th ree classes, a nd took the overa ll win in th e Sho o t-O u r a t th e Sebring Internatio na l . Raci ng Facility in South Cen tra l Florida on La bor Day. Robbie, a neighbor of T eam . T oomer rider Gl enn Barry and stoc k car driver Rick Wil son, dedicated his da y's victories to the memory o r John Beu encourt, on e of hi s heroes. Cos ta rod e his Yamaha FZR600 to easy victo ries on th e very tight. tra ck. T he only cha llenge came in th e Sh oot-Out as Chris Damian pulled up o n hi s rear wh eel for an unsuccessful pa ssi ng attempt. Robbie crossed the finis h line with a rive-second lead. Costa 's sponsors ar e Avon Tires and Steve's Auto Parts, with special th anks to his mom a nd dad. Doug Batson started hi s day with a wi n in th e Group Two Enduran ce Solo event followed by a victory in the GP Two event, and wins in Modified T wo and the Twins cla ss. The Ho nda 650 twin he rid es in Florida Grand Prix events had him in the points lead in his classes . H is teammate, Steve Pon elei t, is the current AMA/CCS points lead er in both of his cla sses. The two riders spli t riding duti es betw een both series. 'The a re sponsored by y Marder Chiropractic, Ice Cold Air and Luigi 's Ca fe of Daytona. Kyle Spradl ing and Mark Walsh spent the da y loc ked tog eth er in every turn as they went o ne-two in a ll four even ts the pair ran in. Kyle cam e out on top in Cla ss Four Endurance, Modified Fo ur , Gra nd Prix Four and th e Shoot -O u t. Both were on Suzuki GSXR750s. Another Suzuki rider, Jake Van Fleet, cap tu red lOp hon ors in th e Modified Five fealure, o n his GSXRIIOO, sponsored by Avo n Tires. Courtney Cummings co ntin ued his win ni ng ways with Prod uction Three honors, Rick ] ansik led th e novices to Ihe str ipe. Ruhl Powella of H onda of Bart ow led th e Grand Prix Five class to victory on Jake Van Fleet's bike. Results VINT EX: 1. Joe Drost (Honl: 2. Bill Banno n (Yam); 3 . St¥:~r~~~~a~~~ Williams (Nor) . TW NOV: 1. Doug Batson (Ha n!; 2 . Steve Ponele it (Hon). PROD 1 NOV: 1. J ohn Groover (Suz). PROD 3 EX: 1. Courtney Cum mi ngs (Yam). PROD 3 NOV : 1. Rick J ansi k (Yam I; 2. Ray Dup ui s (Hon ). PROD 5 EX: 1. Jake Van Fleet (Suz). M OO PROD 1 NOV: 1. J am es Brannon (Yam ). MOO PROD 2 NOV: L Dou g Batson (Hon); 2 . Ken W olfe (Yam); 3 . Scon Vall {y am l; 4. Robert Drost (Hon); 5. Josh Bennen (Yam l. . M OO PROD 3 EX: 1. Robbie Costa (Yam); 2 . Tam Franc is (Yam); 3 . Dw aine William s (Hon); 4 . J oe McKa V (Hon) . MOO PROD 3 NOV : 1. Pat Dough erty (Yam ); 2. David Berglun d (Hon) . MOO PROD 4 EX: 1. Kyle Spr adli n (5uz); 2. Ma rk W alsh (Suzl ; 3 . Robb ie Bri ght CHon). M OO PROD 4 NOV: 1. Carlos Gonzalez (Suz); 2. J im M cConnell (Suz); 3 . lewis Rull en (Hon); 4. Per ry M ill er (Suzl . MOD PROD 5: 1. J ake Van Fleet (Suz). GP 1 EX: Bill Ban non (Yam ). GP 2 EX: 1 . Stan Polla ck (Yam); 2. St irlin g W an s IDu c). Ho GP 2 NOV : 1. Doug Batson C n); 2. Robe rt Orosi (Hon ); 3 . Josh Ben net t (Yam ); 4 . Joe Kidd (Yaml . GP 3 EX: 1. Robb ie Costa (Yam); 2 . Tom Francis (Yam); 3 . J oe M cKay (Hon). G~ 3 NOV :. 1. Chris Dam ian(Honl ; 2 . Pal Dougherty {Yam ); 3 . Rick Janslk (Yam l. GP 4 EX: .1. Kvle Spr8dlin (Suz ); 2. M ark Wa lsh (Suz); 3 . Robbie Brigh t (Han). GP 4 NOV: 1.. lewis Rull en (Hon); 2 . Car~ Gonzalez Johnny Wa lker blasts off the line to begin a winning ride in the Division Two main at Ascot South Bay Stadium Speedway. (5 uzl; 3 . J im McConnell (Suz). GP 5 EX: 1. Ruhl Pow ella (Suz). SHOOT · OUT: 1. Robbie Costa (Yam); 2. Chris Damian (Hon); 3 . Kyl e Spradling (Suz);4. Mark Wa lsh (Suz); 5 . Robert Drost (Hon). Faria ends Collins' streak at Costa Mesa Speedway By Scott Daloisio . G ARDE NA, CA , A UG . 3 1 T he Ascot So u th Bay Stadium winning- streak of Ph il Co lli ns ended at six wh en " Flyi n ' " Mike Far ia steered hi s Godde n to th e win in the Scra tch ma in . T he strea k actua lly never go t as far as th e main. Co lli ns. facing Bobby Schwartz, Bill y Ham ill a nd Brad Oxl ey in a semi, did no t pi ck up on e of th e transfer spo ts. That PUI an end to th e streak three races before the mai n roll ed ont o th e tra ck . Red hot Fari a jumped off the po le and took th e lead as soon as the rape s went up. Ha mill came off the line in seco nd. Sch wartzcu t under the yo ungs ter in th e fi rst bend, th en tried 10 co n ti n ue the drive and go by Faria, but th e slender lead er had him co vered. On the seco nd circu it, Ham ill came call ing on Schwartz. They hooked up in a battle for th e number two spo t. While they fough t wit h each o th er, Faria moved o u t front, Faria cru ised to his second win in 24 hours . Schwartz ma naged 10 hold Hamill off for second. Fourth went to th e disgrunt led Steve Lucero who fried his clu tch wai ting for the tapes to go up. You ng Steve R ussell o ut -battled Don adorn at th e start of th e ei gh t-la p Handicap main. adorn h ung with Russell until Tony Bienert cha llenged. Bienert, with a wild mov e, went inside Odom in turn three. Odom came back at his challenger on the front ch u te and th ey sla m med together as the Iirst la p ended . Neit her rider fell , hut they allowed Russell to pu ll away. Sco tt Brant decided to ge l by them before disaster struck. He went inside Odom at th e end of lap two . He set his sig hts o n Bien ert but before he co uld dose in on him, Ha mill snaked hi s way between adorn a nd Brant. adorn shoo k hi s head in di sbelief as Hamill n ew by. H ami ll wanted mor e. He went around Brant wh en he hooked up his rear lire on the o utside a t the halfway point. ThaI pUI him in Ihird. One lap lat er, he di sposed of Bien erl and th e o nly man left Was Russell . Slowly bUl surel y, he reeled in Ihe leader. On lap seven , Hamill pulled to th e lead er's back lir e. As th ey too k the white, Hamill swung wide and pulled even . Ru ssell, wilh a bell er lin e, led through turns o ne and Iwo o n the fina l la p. Coming from Ihe outsid e line, Hamill cut back a nd wen l under Russel l and took the lead away. A few seconds later , H amill had a hard·earned victory. Results SCRATCH: 1. M ike Faria (Gdnl; 2. Bobby Schwartz (Wes) ; 3 . Billy Hamill (Wes) ; 4 . Steve Lucero (Gdn). HDCP: 1. Billy Hamill (Wes) ; 2. Ste ve Russell (Wes); 3 . Phil Coll in s (W es);..4. Tony Bi enert (Wesl. . 0 -2: 1. Jo hnny W alker, (WeS); 2. Don Ambr ose (Wes); 3. Jerry Black (West 4 . Randy Skin ner (Wesl. 0 -3: 1. Rich Ma rcuch i (Wes); 2. Bobby Campbe ll (We B); 3. Bud Carroll (Wes); 4 . Robert Froom (Wesl. SDCA R: 1. Joh n Thom pso n/Frank Browell (Kawl; 2. Stev e Hard wi ck!Ja ni ne Cummi ngs (Kaw ); 3 . Ken Oh rt / Robert Suggs (H-D): 4 . Ken M ci nt yre/ Robe rt Fox (Kaw). McBride ma rches to double victory at APE Speedway By Larry McBride G REENE, NY, SE PT, 9 Tuff McBride joined W':rren Diem and SIeve Watson as being the only riders to capture doub le main event victories at Actio n Park EaSI Speedway. McBride, a sou lhern California speedway regular until returning home to New York in ]ul'y , appeared to hav e m ast ered th e d ifferent tra ck co nd iti o ns as he look his Cas ual O il-sponsored Jawa to victo ries in a ll even ts exce pt Handicap sem i o ne, wh ere he was beaten by J im McCarth y. In Handicap main act io n, McBride sa t o n the o utside, 70·yard.l in e pos itio n with T om Bur ge and brother Lenn y McBri de to hi s left. On the front lin e was Jim McCarthy and T im Mathewson and Canadia n Jo hn Keh oe ge lling off th e 40. Entering turn o ne Lenn y McBride and BU'l\e hooked together , forcing Bur ge to th e o u tside and in to T u ff with both go ing down very hard, bringin g o u t th e red n ag. On th e res tart, Tuff gOI a perfect ga le 10 lead Ilurge and Lenny int o th e first tu rn and dosed th e ca p on Keh oe. Seco nd circuit act ion o n turn fo ur had Keh oe spi nning OUl, forcing Tuff wide to th e wa ll and gi ving Burge an easy third spot with Tuff sti ll fourth. Bur ge tucked under McCarthy th e next ti me a ro und as Tuff followed with bo th now go ing a fter lead er Mathewson. On the back stretch o n lap four, Burge led th e wa y past Mathewson for first , with Tuff foll owing into seco nd. Fo llo wing [or th e last two laps McBride sta yed lig h t 10 the pipe as Bu rl;" went high comi ng off turn four and a spnnt en sued to rhe finish line. McBride pulled oUI the win by mere in ch es. In th e Scratch main , McBride ca me from the pole position and was never challenged, taking h is second checkered n ag of th e even ing. Results HDCP: 1. Tuff McB r ide (J aw); 2. Tom Burge (Gdn); 3. Lenn y M cBr ide (Gdn); 4. Ti m Mathewson (Gdn); 5. J im Mc Carthy (Ja w) . SCRATCH 0 -1: 1. Tuff McBride (J aw); 2. John Kehoe (Gdn); 3. Le nny M cBr ide (Gdn ); 4. Tom Burge (Gdn ). SCRATCH 0 -2 : 1. Scan Colli er (Ja w); 2. M arco M or ell o (,Jaw l; 3 . Kyle Dixon (J awl ; 4 . Ti m M at hewson (Gdn); 5 . J im M cCart hy (Jaw). SCRATCH 0 ·3 : 1. Kelli McM ahon (Jaw); 2. Jeff Baker !Jaw); 3. Euge ne W ilman h (Ja wt; 4 . Scott Tlrchner (J aw) ; 5 . Russ Corne ll (Ja w ). McElroy romps at MalvernMX By Peggy Adamic MALVERN , OH, SEPT. 3 Cagiva-sponsored Brian McElroy look th e doub le moto wins in the combined 125/ 250<:c A class at Ma lver n MX Park. In molO on e Andrews Honda rider Marcus Sellards shol o ut 10 a quick lead with McE lroy ca m ping on his rea r wh eel. The two frontrun ners left Ihe pack of riders behind to battle for th ird , Midway Ihro ugh lap two Sellards losl con trot of his CR and McElroy, bei ng handed th e lead, slowed down, lurn ed 10 Sellards and egged him o n. Sellards picked u p the pac e in fifth place, wo rked Ius way inlo secon d bu t McEl ro y held a commanding lead and Sella rds had 10 seu le for second. Ch uck Nich olson, Willow Ha rd wear/Pent o n Honda·sponsored SIeve Wooledge and Gene Kelley rounded o ut th e lOp five. fn moto IWO, McElroy powered his 125« bike th rough lurn one and wen t un louched in his start-to -finish ro mp: J B Race P rod uct· ba cked Mik e Boggia mo unted his 250« Cagiva and dlased McElroy Ihrough lap eight of Ihe nine-lap race whe n Sellards powered his 125cc bik e into seco nd. Boggia held Ihird followed by Wooledge an d Kelley. Brunswick Suzu ki· mo u nted Shane Smith bested Ihe field of riders in the 25O<:c B class, winning both motos in the same stan-to£inish fashion. In eac h of th e lWO outings. Andrews Honda-mounted Jack Sleele kept with in a bike leng th of Smith througholll Ihe five-lap races , Bill Koleno mo un led his Cycles Wesl ' bac ked Yama ha YZI25 and took the overall victory in th e 125cc B class, scoring 1·2 moto £inis hes. MalO one was a start·to--finish win [o r th e 3~

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