Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

th e pack fro m last pl ace. Mo ural succeed ed in pa ssing Brow n to ta ke o ver first, o nly to fall an d dr op back 10 last. Ob endor f battled Johnson and tried every lin e th a t he cou ld. but he could n 't gel pas t. As th e two do ubl ejumped in front of the checkered flag. J o h nson held o n 10 take seco nd by the wid th of h is fron t lire. Bro wn cap tured £irst in fro nt of th e bau li ng du o . Mo u ral a n d Wo o d both reco vered and p la ced fo urt h a n d fifth . respective!y. . MOIO three saw Shane .Oberdo rf tak e the ho lesh o r, bea tin g ou t a har d -r id in g trio consisting of Mo ura l, Johnson a nd Wood. Mou ral pressed Obendorf for th ree la ps until he fell . leaving O ben dor f to ride o n unmol ested 10 the chec kered flag and a n overall victory. J o hnson fought Wood for seco nd throughout th e rnoto a nd held on to fin ish in Fron t. Wood look th ird . wit h Bro wn fourth a nd Mo ura l finis hi ng in fifth . Resu lts 50: 1. J ake J ah nke (Suz). 80 NOV: 1. Jim Ferguson (Yam); 2 . J osh Giffin (Kaw l; 3 . Bo Vates (Yam ). SOJR : 1. Dem jen Rush (Hon) . 125 NOV: t . Sha ne Obe ndorl (KIwi; 2. Eric Johnso n (Kawl: 3 . Keith Wood (Hon). 250 NOV: t , Scott Hurd (Hont 2. Charlie King (Yam); 3 . Dean Ha rpe r (Kllw l. 2S0JR: 1. Rich W augh (Yaml; 2 . Bra ndon Wi ll iam s (Hon); 3 . Ken St rat hman (Kaw l. OPEN NOV: t . Todd Wore (Hon); 2 . M an Talbot (Hon). VET: 1. Micheal Rich (S uzl; 2 . Lee J ahn ke (KIwi; 3 . Flint Forrest er (Hon). EX: 1. J immy Robertson {Suzt 2. Ray Ol sen (Kaw~ 3. Tom Odekirk (Suzl. Barnett takes Gran Prix Raceway MX win By Peggy Adamic CANAL FULTO:-l. OH . SE PT . 2 Andrews H on da-spon so red Barney Barn ett con tinued to add to his class po in ts lead by sweeping both mo tos of the com bined 125/ 250ec A class a t Gra n Prix Raceway in O hio. Barn ell held the lead in the A d ass as Ro b Black ro u ted hi s Ho nda CR250 10 the lead in th e 250ec B class. The Expert ra nks were run with but sco red sepa ra tely [rom th e 250cc R rid ers. Brunswick Suz u ki-back ed Sh ane Smith ho lesho t moto o ne of the co mbined race with Barnell and Pennsylvania's Black in pursuit. Barnell passed Sm ith th ree and a half laps into th e moto with Black a nd KT M rid er Brian Koh l g rabbi ng second and third wh en Smith hit a tir e and was dr opped to fourth. Barn ett moved to a 20-second lead by mow's end with Black. Ko hl, Smith a nd Vern Zweifel behind. Sm ith and Black go t ahead o f the pack to begin mote rW D , with Kohl movin g ar o und Bar nett lO grab th ird. The race heated up as Steve G ard iner moved in o n th e Irom-runners to make it a rive-way race for the lead. With two laps remaining, Rlack CU t under Smith 10 take the lead a nd Barn ett o vertoo k Kohl . Black too k the B cla ss win wi th Barnett doing lik ewise in th e A class. Cycles W< ·>l-backed. Yamaha-mounted Bill Ko len o too k the overa ll wi n in th e 125cc B class, scoring 2- 1 mota Iinishe s ahead of And rews Ho nda rider J ack Steele. Mike Kalin rod e hi s Honda CR 125 to the double rnoro win in th e Schoo lboy class, leadi ng bot h mo te s fro m the drop of th e gate thro ug h th e chec kered flag. And y Wick en s co n tin ued his domi nati on of the 50cc class as the young ride r remains un defeated th is year in hi s 25 CRA outings . Resu lts 50 : 1. A ndy W ickens (Yam); 2. Larry Rust (Yam); 3. J osh Sm it h (KTM l: 4. M ickey Ma rsha ll (Yam); 5. J eff Burton (Yam). 807· 11: 1, Ja son McG uyn l Kawl. 80 12· 13: 1, Jeremy Lawso n (Kawl: 2. J am ie M art in (Hon) . BO14 ·1 5 : 1. M arty Ling (Hon). SCHBY: t . Mike Kalin (Hon ); 2_ Kevm Oeyling (Yam); 3. Joe Lawso n (Hon). 125 A : 1. Barney Barn ett (Hon ); 2. Steve Gard in er lH onl 250 A; 1. Vern Zweifel (Yam). . 125 8 ; 1. 8 i11 Kolan o (Yam); 2 . J ad Steele (Honl ; 3 . Jason Robe rson (Honl; 4. Troy Howard (Kaw) 250 8 : 1. Rob Bl ack (Honl ; 2. Shane Smi t h (Sw:); 3 . Bn an Kohl (KTM) . 125 C: 1. John Harr ing ton (Hoo).; 2. Tandy Fnley (Hon); 3_M ike M on tgomery (Yam); 4 . Todd M arn in (Yam); 5 . M ike Kochman (ICTMI. 250 C: 1. Br uce Sl elnf urt h (Hon ); 2. Tony Olszko (Kawl; 3 . Curt Baldwin (Hont 4. Oan M organ (Cag); 5. Chip A dams {Kawl. OPEN B: 1. Brian Koh l (KTM); 2. Rob Blad (Hon l; 3 . Bob Harrington (Hon ); 4 . Thorn Smith (KTM); S. Roger Liat on IKawl · SR l: 1. M ike W illiams (Vam); 2. Dan M or gan (Cagl: 3. Thom Sm it h (KTMI ; 4 . M ark Leighty (Yam). SR II: 1. J erry Boyd (Hon); 2 . Tom Knapp (Yaml; 3_Ralp h Salin (Kaw) . Plessinger grabs Stoney Lonesome HS win By Jeff Claborn COLUMBUS . IN. SE PT. 3 Team Grcen / Hi- Poi m /Sco u Goggles· bac ked Kawasaki KX250 rider SCOll Plessi nl':er too k th e overa ll win a t th e fou rth rou nd of th e Sto ney Lo nesome '89 Series . I! was a fie ld filied wi lh man y exce llent riders, like fSDE me mber Aawn Hogh . backed by Team Green / M.S. Racing/ Acerbis/Pro C ircuit /Sco l! Goggles/ Slo ug hto n Cycles. wh o look second overa ll aboard fellow Team Green mem ber Larrv Roese Jer's KDX200. TI,e co urse co nd;rio ns were a little more than three mi les of lig h l. slippery tra ils th at mad to pa ssin g extremely to ug h. Deep ru ts, offcambe r hill s a nd some big mudhol es daimed mo re th an o ne rider a nd made th e race cha llenging to all. Br ia n Wal ker , the ser ies poin ts leader aboa rd a P la i n field S po rt / M.S. Raci ng / Sto ug hto n Cycle-backed KX 125. clai med th ird overal l to keep a stro ng lead in the- five-race series. Ro und in g ou t th e top rive were Hondamoun ted Ch ris Hartled ge and Bill Ca pslew. who wen t one-two in th e 250cc A clas s. After th e- race, a ben efit auction was held 10 su p po rt local District 15 ISDE members Kurt Ho ugh . Aaron Hough. Gary Hazel . Bob Beam and J cra m y Garber. The action wa s a bi g success with plenty of apparel, memorabilia and racing accessori es for a ll. Result s 0 1A : 1. Scc tt Plessi nger . 125 A: 1. Br ian W alker; 2. Ben Br eedlove . 200 A: 1. Aaron Hough; 2. A ndy Harden . 250 A: 1. Chr is Hart ledge ; 2. Bill Capehew: 3. Greg H ump hr ey. OPEN A: 1. Todd Sn ider; 2. Kent W agner; 3. Herman Pelt . 4 -$ TRK A:. 1. Charl ie W ill iam s; 2_ Dave Gorbit 3. Gary RobInson ; 4 . Robbin Spr iggs. 12 5 B: 1. M ike Sam pson; 2 . Rob Surf ace; 3 . Dan M oor e; 4 . Tom East; 5 . Ben McManawa y. 200 B; 1. Br uce Love: 2. J eff Clabo rn; 3 . Jeffrey Carter; 4 . Bre" Chttwood.; 5. Lewis Tho mas . 260 B: 1. Richard Gam t 2. J eff Yeager; 3 . Gregg Martin; 4 . Jo h n Sexton; 5. John Fug lt. OPEN B; 1. Mark Edwa rds; 2. Rick Cook; 3. Kelvin Tho mas; 4 . Scott Ru giast ien . SR: 1. Rid Sl ine s; 2. earl Pruett; 3 . Da ve Huffman; 4 . Jeff Surf ace; 5 . Oave Groves . S /SR: 1. Don Hou gh ; 2. Lawrence Hayes; 3. Lon W alt er s. NOV : 1. Donn y Lusk; 2. J eff Copas . High Quality MX & Enduro Plastics Now Exclusively Distributed In The U.S.A. by: - Gresham leads the pack at Lodi ST By Mikki McBride Lo ne, CA. SEPT. 2 M i ke Gresham, a hard -r id in g H a r leyDavidson rid er. was really in grea t form to nig h t. In th e Pro-Am heats . G resha m WO II h is race with Honda rider Bobby McDow ell push in " hard. right behind him in second . In the Iirst heat race, newcom er Allan McBee surprised a ll by pass ing Bob Dam ron 10 ga in the firs t spo t o n a Honda wh ile in the th ird hea t. Ro ta x rid er Bryan McDo well skidded into firs t with di sta nce between h imself a nd second-place rid er Mike Inderb itzin o n a Honda. In th e Pr o-Am semi. Ha rley-Davidson rider Ma rk Key led the pack all th e wa y wi th Danny McDonnell a nd Sco n Chappell ridi ng hard to ca tch up_ In th e ma in even t, Gresham and Bryan McDow ell go t o ff the line a t th e sa me tim e, but Gresham on the o u tside was able to ge l th e edge by riding just a tad faster and shutting the door o n McDow ell by th e tim e th ey had reached turn two. Bob Damron loo ked good in th ird spo t. a nd SIeve Mayfield came from behind Danny McDonnell 10 tak e over fourth. In the Open Expert cla ss, Bo bby McDowell . Gr esham a nd Bryan McDowell all ca me o lf th e lin e tog ether. Bobb y was ab le to han g on to th e front line while Gr esham had 10 g ive up the p ush and slid i n to the seco nd spot. Bryan took over third, but no t for lon g. A surprising mov e by Damron put h im b y Bryan, a nd int o the thi rd spot wh ere he stayed unt il the chec kered Ilag, Brya n was fourth and Steve Ma yfield ca me in fifth . In the 80ec Expert class. li ule Nathan Wa it sho t o rr th e lin e a head of his bro th er , Mal t. Ben Bostr o m was in the th ird spot try ing- to catc h u p wit h Matt , while Ear n ie Marl in was rid ing har d in fifth. Jesse Sa nchez, a lways a good hard rider in this class, was un th e move a nd passed Martin, Bostro m and Matt to ga in the second spot o n his Yamaha. Na tha n d id a fantastic job of ho ld ing o rr San ch ez, but ju st after the white n ag, Sa nc hez mad e a no the r move that shot h im ahead of Nat e, . In the ·80ec Novice class . J err Gabhart' too k a mu ch deserved win. He used ( 0 wi pe o ut the Pee Wee class. but had slowed down by th e time he jumped into the 60 a nd 80cc classe s. Not tonight. ho wever. Ga bhart d id a grea t jo b co ming in fro nt of Bill y Martin a nd Ju nior Alvemaz. Resu lts ~!?12~~;~~ , CHARGE TO MASTERCARD, VISA or UPS C .O.D. • NEWADDRESS: W HlrE BR OrHERS. 142 41 COMME RCE OR.. 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Tony Souza (Kaw ); 5. Aaron Gayle (Kawl . 80 B: 1. Br ian Sgheiza (Kawl; 2. Sl even Hl ebo (Kawl; 3 . Tony Sou za (Kaw ); 4 . Ti m A lvernaz (Yam). 80 A : 1. Jesse Sanche z (Yam); 2. Nath an W ail (Kaw); 3 . M att hew W ait IKa w); 4 . Earnie M art in (Kaw); 5 . Ben Boalrom (Han) . 250 C: 1. Herbert Calle n III (Honl; 2 . J im Poff (Yaml; 3 . Bi ll Holland (Hon); 4 . Don Wilhite (Yam); S. Eric BoSlrom . 250 A -B: 1. J esse San ch ez (C-A): 2 . Ben Bostro m (Honl; 3 . M att hew W ail (W-R): 4 . Neil Clifton {Honl . OPEN C: 1. Don Sh ipl ey (W- R); 2. Tim othy O 'Hara (y am); 3 . Keit h Watts (Vam l; 4 , Sha nnon Ad am s (C-A); 5. Haro ld Geplo rd (Suz). OPEN B; 1. Dw ane Fra nc isco (Han); 2 . Ste ve Si ew art (K-R); 3 . A ll en A useh ze (Hon); 4 . Jeff Eklun d (Vam); 5 . Tory Bostr om (W -Rl. VINT 2 ·ST RK: 1. SCOtl Eichelb augh (Vam ); 2 . Jo n Eic helbaugh (Vam); 3. Roger Hami llon (Vam ); 4 . J on Gf 8Qg (Yam I; 5. Todd FoisUi C BSAl . VINT 4 -STRK: 1. Ja mes M ahon ey (Honl; 2 . 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