Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

World Finals Saturday & Sunday OCTOBER 14 & 15 THE NEW ATlANTA DRAGWAY Commerce , Georg ia 50 miles NE of Atlanta on 1-85 at US 441 · See Funny Bike Stars including Terry Kizer, Steve Drake - Pro Stocker Dave Schultz and John Myers - Pro Comp Champs Dwight Seldon and Reggie Showers - wit h up to 400 of the quickest, fastest professionally prepared race bikes in the world. Tune& Test Friday - 12 noon to 5 p.m. Time Trials/Qualifying Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.rn. Grand Eliminations Sunday- 1:30 p.m. Adult Pit Admission $15.00 Saturday $20.00 Sunday Child ren under 12 FREE both days TRACK HOTLINE: (404) 335-2301 Local Racers WeJcome! -Call for Info: (205) 84~7886 ~~;~EENT LEADERS CONGRATULATIONS sunstar ~989 '''h . W ~OLESHOT CHAMPIONSHIP!! SPROCKETS ~~l!¥ JOHN DAVIES Next Grand Pri x October 8 Perris 40% Trophy Day Info (714 ) 371-6333 GREG STUART ~~ DDUBl£CRDSS G SERIES .P. HDLESHOT LEADE R BAJA CRDSS ATV SERIES HOLESHOT LE R ADE ~ ~ ~~ Info (714) 737-7063 Competition Schedule Date Club Oct. 8 Dn , rt Diggers ltentabn) locatio. : Red IlIDUnb i. ; 395 .t £Yent II&.H Slirtes Station lof Oflloa1ion: Rod Dog (818) 348-0893 Th< PRESIDDoTE / SCOR E HBAJA 1000" Oct. 15 T,oiaiog Wheols EBd... locatioa: Rind - Red Mta.. 1 000r. _ Oct. 22 IIm l Joy (213) 830· 9850 Ann (7141848-0918 100" II.C . . NaII...1HIdI l ocltiolr.JolI. . . V.II.., • Soggy Dry like 1010".....: Bill (714) 9B2 ·6136 JdI (714) 778-3674 J'" (714) 567-4811 - NOTE: So•• auM .r. el.eti • • to resclaedal. fl cn to SlUGDS .... dI. desert tortoise is in IlibernetilMl. h is tughty Aggested dalt fO'I contact the cmbs brior. r.c. weekeN. CIoeUJooiot ..c. E - . _ l e d for 0cI0IMr29tfI......... rescloeduled. DRAWING , FOR STARTING POSITIONS OCTOBER 10th. Road .. DealSport Schedulo INFO: (B18)249-2141 (Poilrt & NOR·P oiat Ewents) For an entry form or mo re in formation call : SCORE INTERNATI ONAL (818 ) 889-9216 SRAGPI Carlsb ad HilhoPllan GP Rosarito Beach. Me xico Octoblr 29 Gil. Hi la. In fo (714) 957-2985 Slptlmber 24 Octobl r 15 40 California Schedule GeL 14 rnri.. Wins of S' R G.briel D-37 Rood Poi .. . v ., .n Lat.l1ioa: Accessor Unftd NewHIlI ies .• 1000". llion: (818) 963-6318 - ~- Su n. Oct. 1 DeA nza Sun. Oct. 15 DeAnza IIIFO (714) 513-7486 e By Donna Smith RO CH EST ER , I' A, SE PT. I Paul S tart a nd Tom Po rt man wer e th e featu red a u rac tio ns at th e final round o r the AMA Distr ict 5 Penn sylvan ia Sta le Fair Dirt T rac k Series. The 125. 200cc a nd Open Knob by class had Dave Bach ma n o u tpower everybod y on a 500cc H onda . Jell Cri spo o n a Kawasaki 200 fin ishe d beh ind Bach man to win the 200cc Knobby class. Eric Mayer o n a H on da CR I 25 took top ho nors in th e 125cc Knobb y class. Don Wi lso n a nd Ken Pu rvis, bo th o n Kawasa ki KX 125s, bat tled it o u t. \\"hen it was all o ver, Purv is was seco nd wit h Wilson a very close third. The 250cc Knob by class wa s a batt le betw een Dave Bachman and Dea n Richard s. Richards' Yamaha did n't ha ve enough smo ke to get a rou nd Bachman 's fast Honda. a nd Bachman wo n with Richar ds second and Dave Onuska third o n a Ho nda CR250. The Vin tage short tra ck class was a o ne man sho w wit h Pau l Starr ru nning away with the win in both the six-lap hea t and eight -lap fea tur e. Starr got th e hol eshor both tim es a nd was gone. .And y Laskcwskv. o n a Su zu ki and Ron Czak ba ttled eac h o ther bo th times but La skowskv's Suzuki was a bit quicker to g ive h im seco nd and Czak th ird. The 125cc Expert a nd O pen Expert sho rt tra ck classes were ru n togethe r. T he heat race had T om Portman get th e ho lesh ot with Dave O n us ka seco nd and Pau l Sta rr in th ird. At the halfway point, Sta rr Rot aro u nd Onuska . Portma n wo n th e O pen Ex pert with 125cc Expert Starr righ t on h is tai l. The feature had Portman o nce aga in ge t the ho lesh ot with Starr nipping at hi s heels . Sta rr o ut -do ve Portman iruo tu rn three, bu t Portman 's m ighty 600cc H onda go t past .Sta rr 's KDX 125. Fo r th e ba lance o f th e race, it was a see-saw battle, Portman o ut -powered Starr o n th e straig h ta way, Starr ca tch ing Portman in the tu rns . A ser res of missed sh ifts o n th e last lap gave Portm an 'the victory . Sta rr was second and wo n the 125ce Expe rt ShOTt trac k class . . Res ults 125 KNOBBY: 1. Eric M ayer lH on ); 2. Ken Purv is {Kaw}; 3. Don W ilson IKaw). 250 KNOBBY: 1. Dave Bachm an (Honl ; 2. Dean Richard s (Yam); 3. Dave Onu ska (Hon). VINT: 1. Pau l S ta rt (Kawl: 2. Andy Laskowsky ( Suz~ 3 . Ron Czak (H-D). OPEN EX: 1. Tom Portma n (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Paul Starr (Kawl . Murray masters Ascot MX By Donn Maeda Next Baj a Cross October 22 Glen Helen Got A Hot 'Clutch Hand? 51500 In CASH To Year - End Holeshot Leaders! arr, 0 man at Big Knob ST GA RDENA. CA , AUG . 25 Round thr ee o f th e C MC Ascot Ni ght Cha llen ge marked th e return o f Pete M u rray. The Cycle Servi ce/ O' Nea l/ Pro Ci rcui t/E nzo Racing-sponsored ri der had been sid elined for the pa st four mo nt hs with a kn ee injury. Murray how ever, seemed unaffected by the tim e o ff as he swept the 125; 250 and Vet Pro classes. I n the fir st 12S< Pro mota Murray gra bbed :c th e ho lesho t ahea d o f Kevin Bu ssey, J oh n Pos ca and Sha ne Trittler. Bussey p ressured Murray a nd th e pair began to pull a way from the Held. O n lap four Bu ssey mo me ntari ly took the lead , but lost il when Mu rray pushed him ou t o f h is line in a turn. Murray too k the win o ver Bussey, Po sca and Trittler. M u rr ay bi ased o u t o f th e ga te in rno to two a hea d of P O SGl . Bussey a nd Mu rray Shackleford . As Murray opened up a lead, Bussey ra iled a tu rn a nd swep t pa st Posca . taking the ru n ner-u p pos ition . Bussey tr ied to cat ch Murray, b ut lost con tro l a nd went down. Murray took the seco nd mota win ahead of Posca. Tri ttler and Shack leford. Murray gr abbed h is thi rd ho lesho t of the n ight ahea d of Dan Berg. Bussey a nd Rick J ohnson in 250<:c Pr o class ac tio n. Berg soo n took th e lead and Mu rray ma de repeated attem p t. to regain first, but had 10 sett le for second pl ace a he ad o f Russey a n d Tim Domin ici . Mu rray gra bbed. yet a no the r holeshot in moto two , b u t h ot on h is tail were Bus sey, Berg a nd Dom inici. Murray was o n the gas and p u lled awa y as Berg look ed for a way arou nd Bussey, wh o held hi s lines a nd kept the runner-up spot. Murra y took the che ckered flag with a co m fo rtable lead o ver Bussey. Berg and Do m in ici . In h is debu t Vet Pro race. Murray stole th e ho lesh o t and hid from the pack in bo th mOlDS. Rick Johnso n was a stead y secon d in both mOlOS. while Brad Bieler a nd Gary Bartl ett dic ed it OUl in both rno to s. Murray's perfect scores ga ve him his th ird o vera ll of the ni ght. J o h nson was second ove ra ll, wh ile Bieler topped Bartl ett for thi rd. Res ults P/W: 1. lan Igerc ic (Yam); 2. Jason Lark in (Yam ); 3 . Bri an M org an (Vaml; 4 . Tanya Faulkn er (Vam); 5 . Ji mm y Stewart (Yaml. 60 0 ·8 : 1. T.J . Di ckerson (Kaw ); 2. Regina ld M itchell (Kaw l; 3. Ito Posca (Kaw); 4 . 8rian Morgan (Kaw ); 5 . Chr is Fras (Kaw) . 60 9·1 1: 1. J ason Shirey (Kaw); 2. J ason Dan iels (Kaw) ; 3. Shawn Igerc ic(Kawl; 4 . Hillman Pinman (Kaw); 5 . J oshua Spencer (Kaw) . 80 BEG D~ 1: 1. Eric Basken (Kaw); 2. Dust in Sye rs (Kaw); 3. Damion Loud (Kaw); 4. Mont ie M ichael ISuz); 5. Ed Chavez (Hon ). 80 BEG 0 -2: 1. Shaun Peroli o (Kaw l; 2. Kennet h Fran cis (Suzl; 3 . Aiel( Hernendez (Honl ; 4 . Ai el( la mora l';on); 5 . Stan Kilmartin (Kaw) . 80 OPEN: 1. Jason Shir ey {Yam l: 2. Paul Ito (Kaw) . ADULT MINI : 1. Eddie Hicks (KTM); 2. Brian Nail ( Suz ~ 125 BEG: 1. Roderick Rimmer (Yam); 2. Sam Wedgewood (Hon); 3 . Frank Pace (Kaw); 4 . Dan Ketchum (Hon); 5 . Joe Heald (Hon). 125 JR : 1. Eddie Ganley (Hon); 2. Donal d Upton (Hon); 3 . Mike Kels ey (Hon); 4 . Bobby Van Surksum (Suz); 6. Shawn And erson (Hon l. 125 INT: 1. Brian Nail (Hon); 2. Chr is Anderson (Suzi. 125 PRO: 1. Pedro Murray (Suz); 2. Johnny Posca (Kaw ); 3. Shan e Trittl er (Suz); 4. Kevin Bussey (Yam); 5. Mu rr ay Sh ackle ford lSu z). 250 BEG D-l : 1. Ma t Bateman (Vam); 2. Jim William s (Kaw); 3. Chris And erson (Hon); 4. Eric Habermehi {Yam}; 5. Tom Seulke (Hon ). 250 BEG 0 -2: 1. M arc OeSlau rers (Vam); 2. Skip Ear ly lHan ); 3. Darin Nishimura (Hon~ 4 . Sam Rodriguez (Yam); 5 . Bobby Dicker son (Hon). 250 JR : 1. Earl Cole (Ya m~ 2. J im Carl ey ISuz ); 3. Randy Ross (Hon ); 4 . Bren J ohnson (Han); 5. Tommy Bracke ns (Honl. Christian claims Costa Mesa Speedway win By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA , CA . SE PT. I Lo ng time veter an Ala n " Cra zy" Christian HXJk advanta ge of Mik e Faria's mi sfort un e a nd wo n th e Scrat ch main at the Orange Cou n ty Fairj;rounds on K:-IAC Fox N igh t. Fari a and Chri stia n ha . . e been two o f the ho ttest riders o n the cir cuit in rece nt weeks and had a headto-h ead Iig tu for the lead in th e four lap main . Christia n too k the ini tial lead wh ile J im Sisemore occu p ied second until Faria ca me aro u nd him on the back stra ig h t. Flyi ng in to tu rn three, Faria swept past Ch ristian a nd took th e lead. Ch rist ia n stayed close 10 the lead er but co u ldn't ga in an in ch o n Fari a. As Faria h it th e third turn o n lap three all th at cha nged. A loud sna p came from hi s bike and he pulled wide. Christian, Sise more and Bobby Schwartz a ll blazed under Faria as he slo wed to a cra wl with a grenaded bottom end. Ov er th e fina l lap, Christian went uncha llenged o n hi s STP/Gi l Arm aslTro y Lee Design/ Cal-Fab /Bel l Helmets Jawa. Sisemo re mainta in ed hi s second pl ace sta ndi ng with Sch wartz a d istan t th ird. Steve Ru ssell , o n th e Ru ssell 's Gra ndsta nds/Gold Coast T ire/ Avery H ammer Ins .z' Coast G ra in / Vision Stree t w ear Wesl ak e, defeated h is mento r - Bobby Sch wa rtz - 10 take th e eigh t-la p H andicap main. In Division T wo raci ng . Mark Faul rode hi s Weslak e to the victory o ver Ca nad ia n J ason Rock and Randy Ski n ner . J ohn Kell y cop ped th e coins in Divisio n T hree a hea d of th e H arleyDa vid so n of J o h n Griffitts a n d Bo b by Ca mpbell. Results SCRATCH: l . Al an Ch ristian (Ja w ); 2. J im Sisem ore (Wes); 3 . Bobby Schwartz (Wes ); 4 . Mike Faria (Gdn ). HDCP: 1. Steve Russell (Wes ). 0 -2 : 1. Ma rk Faul (Wes); 2. J ason Rock (Wes ); 3 . Randy Skinner lWes~ 4 . Pal Hawley fGd n). 0 -3 : 1. Jo hn Kelly (Ja w); 2. John Griff itts (H4D): 3. Bobby Campbell (We sl; 4 . Dave Delbr idge Waw ) Morris magnificent a t SME Motocross By J ames Jarman DILLWYN. VA. SEPT. 3 G ary Morris, o n h is j a rm an 's Sportcycle Yamaha , swep t (he combined 20/30 Pl us clas s and Str eet and Trail /J enks Raci ng/ Shen k H on da-spon so red rider Kala n Bun ch swept th e I 25cc B class at SME Raceway. T he first 25/ 30 P lu s class rnoto holes hot wa s tak en by Mor ri s, who wa s never cha llcn ged the en tire more . Seco nd place in the mal o wen t to Arti e Murph o n a Su zuki. T he seco nd m ot o h o lesh ot was ta ken b y M ur ph ' foll o wed closely by Mo rri s. Mu rph went in to the back sectio n in th e lead but when the t w o rid ers ca me into sig ht Morr is had ta ken the lead £ro m Murph, Morr is hung toug h and wen t on to ta ke th e victory in th e 'seco nd mot o as well as the overa ll. Mur ph fini shed seco nd and seco nd overall. T he first 125cc B class mo to hol eshot was ta ken by Kalo n Bu nch and he sta yed o u t from for the en tire rnoto . Behi nd Bun ch was J ohn Dru mhell er and Darrell Ru p pe l as the two d iced for second w ith Drum heller getting th e po sitio n. The seco nd mot o a p pea red to be a co py o f th e firs t. Bunch wa s out fro n t o nce again . bu t lat e in th e m o to Bu nch fell and Dru m heller in he rited the lead . Bunch was back up quick ly and hack in th e h u n L T he two rid ers swap ped th e lead lap a fter lap unt il Drumheller went too hard in to the finish line cor ner and overshot it. Bun ch sn uc k under neath Drumhell er to stea l th e second mow win as well as th e o vera l l wi n. Josh \ Vood co n tin ued hi s win sneak by winn ing th e 50cc class o n h is Yamaha an d 60cc class o n h is Kawasaki. H on da-mo u n ted Mike H ar ris was on a strea k of hi s own by winning th e combined Expert A cla ss and also wi n ni ng th e Ca lcutta Money class. Res ults EX A : 1. Mik e Harris (Han); 2. Robbie Wakefi eld (Hanl ; 3 . Kevi n Spi tl er (Hon) . 40+ : 1. W arr en Glass (Honl.. 20 /30+: t . Gary Mo rri s (Vam); 2. Artie Mu rph ISuz). 125 8 : 1. Kalon Bunch {Honl ; 2. John Drumheller (Yam); 3 . Tim Dean (Hon ). 250 B: 1. Wa lter Wats on (Suzl; 2. Wayn e Curt is (Yam); 3 . John Drumheller (Yaml ; 4 . Paul West (Hon) . OPEN B: 1. M ike Taylor (Hon!; 2. Wayne Curt is (Vaml. 125 C: 1. Mark Swart (Vam); 2.James Pfizenmayer (Yam); 3 . Brian Quarles (Yam); 4 . Lowell Hensley (Yaml; 5. Charles Dwyer (Suz). 250 C: 1. John Bastin (Hon); 2. Larry Thaxton (Han); 3 . Jay Kruger (Vam ); 4 . James Crouch (Vam); 5 . Kevin Branch (Yam). . 50 : 1. Josh Wood (Yam); 2. Max Gla ss (Vaml . 60 : 1. Josh Wood (Kaw); 2. Mal( Glass (Kaw) . 80 : 1. M an hew We lls (Kaw ); 2. Simo n Green (Kaw).

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