Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

D ustin Evans (1 8 2) won two classes at t he YSR50 World Championships in Reno. riders beh ind as J ames \Vag ner moved in a nd challenged Beech for fifth . Swee ne y held a co m mand ing 36-seco nd lead a t the chec kered . fla g. Con tin . Kol eno , Bod o a nd Wag ner ro unded ou t th e top five. Results 50 : t . Andy Wi ckens (Yam); 2. Rvan Edison (Yam); 3 . Derek Knack (y am ); 4 . Larry Rust (Yam): 5 . Chad Fryer . 60: 1. Broc k Sellard s (Kaw l; 2 . Karl Scott (Kaw ); 3 . Joey Sedmak (Hon). 80 7-1 1: 1. J ason McGuyrt (yaml; 2. Karl Scott (Yaml; 3 . Chris Skeels (Sul); 4 . Kurt is Fryer (Suz). 80 12-13 : 1. Vince K.rnow (ya m); 2. Brian Belli nger (Kaw); 3. Jeremy Lawson IKawl; 4 . Tom Calvin (Kaw ); 5 . Adam Beckdel (IC.wl . 80 14 · 15 : 1. J ay Hers hey (SUl); 2 . Matt Ma n so lf (Ka w ); 3. Brock Sell ards (Vam l; 4 . Rid Roosa (S Ul); 5 . Doug Frye r (S UI ). 125 SCHBY; t . Kevin Sw eeney (Kawl; 2. Brad Qu ear (Hon); 3 . Joe Lawson (Hon): 4 . Rick M cGu ire (Ho n); 5 . Todd Vehner (S uz). 125 A: 1. M arcus Sella rds (Hon t; 2. Rob Venu lon is (Yam); 3. Barney Barnen (Hon); 4 . Steve Gardiner (Hon). 125 B: , . Kevin Sweeney l"-wl; 2. Chris Bodo (Hon); 3. Bill Koleno (Yam ); 4. Jack Steele (Ho n); 5. Tim Cont i ISozl. 125 G-1 : 1. J ason M yers (Kaw l; 2. Greg Hoover fHon ); 3. John Kreps (Suz{); 4 . Oave Bodo (Hon ); 5. Mike Kochman IKTMI 125 C G-2.: 1. Bruce Robinson (Hon ); 2. Dave Kaemar (Hon k 3. Todd Marnin (Yam): 4. Paul Karno w{Yam); 5. Dave Johnston (Yam). 25O/ OPEN A:. t . Joe Maurer (Hon); 2. Chuck Emery (Kaw ); 3. John M avar (l(a wl; 4 . John Shay (Kaw); 5. Dave Hand (Honl. 250 B: 1. St eve Gilland (Hon ); 2. Brian Koh l (KTM ); 3 . Brad Quear (Suz); 4. Steve Wilmington (Kaw); 5 . Steve Benschy (Kawl. OPEN B: 1. Dave Sulecki (Hon ); 2. Bob Harrington (Hon); 3. Dan W atson (Hon ); 4 . Jeff Pennel (Hon). 250 C G· 1: 1. Tony Olsz: o (Kaw); 2. Bruce Steinl urth k (Hon ); 3. Jerry M yer (Kaw); 4. Jo n Wag ner ,(Hon); 5 . Todd Sylventer (Yam). 250 C G·2 : 1. Andrew Estep (Yam); 2. Dan Morgan (Cag); 3 . John Gosn ell (Yam!; 4 . Rob Strodbeck (Yam); S. Ken Collier (Hon). SR 1: 1. Hal Dah rin ger IKaw); 2. Hen ry Hauen stein (Hon); 3 . Dan M org an (Cag); 4. Scan Finley (Hus): 5 . Bla ine Dueaster (Suz). SR 2: 1. Jim Morohov ich (Ceg); 2. Tom Knapp (Yam): 3 . Tony DIsz: o Sr. (Hon). k EXTRA: 1. Marcus Sella rds (Hon); 2. Steve Bertsc hy (Kaw); 3. Len ny Began (Kaw); 4. Tim Conti (Suz); 5 . A llan Lotts (Vam). Evans, Peterson double at YSRSO World C'ship By Dave Vinson R ENO . NV . SEPT. 6 Dustin Evan s won both th e Amat eur Stock a nd Am at eur Modified classes a nd Lisa Peterson did th e sa me i n th e Women 's Stoc k and Modified classes a t th e Yamaha /N MA YSR50 World Cha m pions h ips at Ball y's Hotel. • Heat o ne of the Lightweight (up to 160 po u nds) Beginner Stock class saw Kenn y Roberts. Jr. lead flag-to-fl ag. Beh ind h im . Yui chi Furukawa passed Todd Hessling 10 tak e o ver second. J ak e Zemke was moving up th rough the pack and soo n passed Hessling to ta ke o ver third. Rober ts took the win with Furukaw a a close second and Zem ke hold in g o n to third. Furukawa go t th e ho leshot in heat two with Robe rts and Zem ke close beh ind. Furukawa and Roberts excha nged the lead several times with Rob erts finally co mi ng o u t o n top at th e flag . Zemke sli p ped under Furukawa on th e lasi lap to tak e seco nd with Furukawa th ird . . Lisa Peterson dominated both th e Stock and Modified classes for th e wo men with th e ra cing co m ing fro m T eri Bil erback a nd Audrey Men ar ik for seco nd. In Stoc k Bilerba ck look second in the first hea t with Men arik taki ng second in heat two. T he Mod ified class saw Menari k tak e bot h seco nds and Bilerback bo th thi rds. In heat o ne of the Ama teur Stock class, Evans was firSl off the lin e wit h Peterson a nd Brad Kind hart close behind . Evans slowly pulled awa y as Peterso n and Kind hart ra ced for second . Rob er t Du ran m ove d up to cha lleng e Ki ndhart. bu t the pair 'ta ngled in a corner a nd crashed. Peterso n a lso got caught up in th e cra sh bu t kept her bike up. Travis Kin g used the pi leup to hi s adva nt:lge a nd slip ped b y to mov e into second. Peterso n rode hard to catch Ki ng. but to no a vai l as the chec kered flag ca me o ut . Evans took th e win with King fin ishing seco nd and Peterson third. Billy Hamill (left) won the Scratch main at Inland Motorcycle Speedway but finished th ird at AscQt . Evans again pu lled the hol eshot in heat two, but th is tim e Du ran and Jim Henn were th e battle for second wit h Peterson a bik e len gth behind. They finis hed th e sam e wa y th ey sta rted -Eva ns, Duran. a nd King. The overa ll win went to Evans, with Dura n seco nd and Pet erson , scor in g a blow fo r th e gi rls. finishi ng third. The Pro Stoc k cla ss sa w Ku rt Hen ricksen jump 10 an ear ly lead . Chris Broa den and Bryan Sm ith wer e close off th e star t, bUI H enricksen pulled aw ay quickly and bega n 10 stretch o UI a Ion!; lead. Cave Trager get a poor sta rt. but within three laps passed bo th Smith and Broad ers 10 ta ke over second place. Trager was slo wly catching Hen ricksen . but hi. lead was too long. H en ricksen crossed the li ne firs t foll owed by Trager and Broa derrs. Heat two was a repeat of heat o ne as H en ri cksen pulled away ear ly and Trager pla yed catch- u p. Trager got caugh t in lapped tra ffic and th e race ended, The finishing o rder wa s the sa me..: Henri ck sen , Trager and Broaden. . During th e mandatory tear-down o f th e winners' bik es. Hen ricksen 's bik e was fou nd 10 be ill egal and the overall win was gi ven to T rager. This mo ved Broader. up to second a nd J amie Ri ker u p to third. Pro Modified saw th e same bail ie as Pro Stock bu t thi s time Trager pulled the early lead a nd Henricksen got the poor start and had to work hi. way th ro ug h traffi c 10 tak e seco nd. Ja m ie Riker rod e a co nsist ent race to hol d o n to th ird. Trager won with Hen ricksen a hard -fou ght se co nd a n d R i ker third . H en ricksen cam e back in hea t two to tak e the lead as Trager took seco nd and thi s tim e Riker got the poor sta rt but rode har d to mov e u p and pass Trager two laps from th e finish . T rager repassed on the last lap to ta ke seco nd. H enrickse n crossed the lin e first: T rager and Riker rounded mi t the top three. Results UW BEG 51K : 1. Kenny Roberts (Yam); 2. Jake Zemke (Yam); 3. Vuich i Furuka wa (Yam); 4 . Todd Hessling (yam) ; 5 . Brock Silver (Yam). HIW BEG 511C: 1. Mark Long (Yam); 2. J im Dalt on (Yam); 3 . Tony Alver ez (Yam); 4 . Thoma s Carlson (Yam); 5 . Glenn Bell tyaml. WMN STK.: 1. lisa Peterson (Yaml; 2. Audrey Menarik (Yam); 3 . Teri Bilerback (Yam); 4 . Debra Coles (Yam); 5 . Daw n Peck (Yam). AM 51 IC 1. Dustin Evans (Yam); 2. Roben Du ran (Yam); : 3 . U sa Petersen (Yam); 4 . J im Hen n (Yam); 5. Travi s Kin g (Yam). PRO SlX: 1. David Trage r (Yam); 2. Chris8roaders(Yam); 3 . Jamie Riker (Yam); 4 . Bryan Sm ith (Yam); 5 . Marte Mc Dona ld (Yaml. BEG MOD: 1. Carta Qddo (Yam); 2. Kenny Roberts (Yam); 3 . Jake Zemke (Yam); 4. Todd Hessling (Yam); 5. Vuichi Fur uka wa (Yam ~ AM MO D: 1. Dust in Evans (Yam); 2. J im Henn (Yam ); 3 . M ike Green (Yam); 4. Brad Kindhart (Yam); 5. Lisa Peterson (Yam). W M N MO D: 1. Usa Peterson (Yam); 2. Audr ey M enar ik (Yam); 3 . Ter i Bil erback (Yam ); 4. DebnI Coles (Yam). PRO MOD: 1. Kurt Henr icks en (Yam); 2. David Trager (Yaml; 3 . M ark M cDo nald (Yam); 4 . Scott Berve r (Yam); . 5. Bry an SmIth (Yam ~ Hamill vs. Lucero at IMS Speedway By Scott Da loisio SAN BER NAR DI NO . CA, SE PT. 13 Ro und th ree of th e Bill y Ha m ill vs. Steve Lucero bou t too k place at Inl an d Motor Speedway Wed n esda y n igh t. This time . Lucero delivered the k nock-ou l blow but Hamill was awarded the victory in th e red flag·sho rten ed Scratch ma in . The Ham ill / Lucero war started at Costa Mesa in J ul y, when H am ill was lead ing a Scratch mai n a nd Lucero kn ocked h im do wn. One month la ler. Lu cero was leading the Na tional qualifier ma in at Speedway USA, wh en H am Ill knocked him down in the last turn . On Wednesday, th ey brought the ro ugh and-Ium ble sho w to IMS. Bob by Schwartz beat Lucero off th e lin e to sta rt th e mai n even t, bu t L ucero. wi th a big drive. took Schwartz wide in tu m two and put his Godden into th e lead. By the time the first circuit ended. Hamill had disposed of Schwartz and poked his fro n t tire a few inches ahead of L ucero . Lu cero pu lled even with th e hard-riding teenager in turn o ne o n the seco nd la p. As the y ca me o rr tum two. Ham ill got a better drive in the cushion and pushed Lucero back 10 seco nd. L ucero sta yed clo se to Ham ill as they ended th e lap and that set th e stage for th e lap-three firewor ks. Gomg dow n th e back chute. Lu cero began to reel in Ha mill . and he went into the tu m mu ch harder tha n Ham il l. It became apparent 10 Lucero that he was goi ng to drill his young opponen t, Lucero tried 10 slow it down by backing it in as hard as he could . bUI it was 100 lat e he tagged the leader. wh o went sa iling 0[[ th e Monrovia Diesel/ G reat White Limousin e/STP / Bieffe/Mesa Muffl er sponso red Weslake. Schwartz tried to steer through the tangle of bodies and bik es. bUI he had 10 la y it down. The end result was a good bell-ringing for Hamill. Sch wartz was momentarily sha ken wh ile Lu cero ripped ope n th e sea t of h is leathers and lost som e hide off h is rear end. The referee threw Lucero ou t for the cra sh . g iving th e victory to Hamill. Sch wartz too k th ird with Mike Faria fourth. Always-impressive Scott Brant brough t the Chris Petersen / Wa rren 8c Na Na Ru ssell/ O ury Gri ps/eTI Brace/ Ca strol -backed WesJake from the rear to win th e 'Handicap main . " Rad" Brad O xley. the 1987 Natio na l Ch am pi on, h ung o n for secon d. Schwartz, Faria a nd Hamill rounded out the top five. New Zeala nd 's Crai g Wi lki e (Wesla ke) look th e lead at th e start of the 1989 IMS Divisio n Two Track Champ ionship a nd sco red a ru naw ay victory. Pat Haw ley and Mark Fa ul chased th e speedy " Kiwi" home. In Sideca r acti on. Jeff Stanton a nd T om T uft co nti n ued with th eir hot riding by taki ng th e fin al regu lar ma in of the season. . Results SCRATCH: 1. Billy Hamill (Wes); 2. Bobby Sehwartz IGM); 3 . Mike Faria (Gdnt 4 . Steve Lucer o (Gdn). HDcP: 1. Scott Brant (GM t 2. Brad Oxley (Wesl; 3 . Bobby Schwartz (GM t 4. M ike Faria (Gdn). 0 -2: 1. Cratg Wi lkte (Wes); 2. Pat Hawley (Gdn); 3. M ark Faul (Wes ); 4. Ronn y Kemp (Wes) . Collins doubles at Ascot Speedway By Scott Da loisio GARDENA. CA. SEPT. 14 Popular P hil Collins recorded his seco nd double win of th e season when he wo n th e Scratch and Handicap ma in s at Chris Aga ja n ia n 's Ascot South Bay Stadium. Collins, win ner of five o f his six TaCO o n the night, was seco nd off th e lin e at the start of th e Scra tch mai n. Pole-si tter Bill y "The Bul let" Hamill set the initial tem po. Third off the start was National Cha mpion Steve Lucero. Bobby Schwartz. the fourth starter. had a lready been kicked out by referee Dave Sim s for breaki ng the tapes. Hamill, using a wom~ out Barr u m rear tire w hile the competi tors had new Kend as, had a short visit to th e va nguard pos itio n. Fast riding Collins rod e around him for the lead as th ey shot off tum two th e first ti me. Weslake-riding Ha mill ha d a shorter sta y in the seco nd · p lace spot. O ne second after Collins wmt by o n the o u tside. Lu cero flew u nd er him down low. Lucero ga ve chase to Collins. but thaI is a tall order at AscoL The English -born rid er p ut th e Kelly Micros Syst em s/ fMS/ Rova zin nilJ T Racing/STP Weslake through its pa ces. Wh en th e ch eckered ended th e even t. he had th e win by ligh t years. Lu cero held off a charging Ham ill o n the last lap to hol d on to second. Co ming all the way fro m th e 6O -yard li ne, Collins waited until late in th e race 10 ~el involved in th e eig ht-lap Ha nd icap main. Kevin J ordan o ut-ba ttled northern Cal ifornia visitor Charl ie Venegas o n the start. O ne lap later , Venegas flexed his m uscle and relega ted J ordan back 10 seco nd. On lap three, ScOIl Bra nt went dow n in tum two and suffered a knee in jury. Lucero and northern California Ch ampion J im Sisemore took Jordan on la p fo ur. Sisemore th en held back Lucero a nd establis hed a ho ld o n second. Colins zipped a hea d o f Lu cero and Sisem or e and began to sta lk th e lead er. As th ey went dow n the ba ck stra ight o n la p six, th e " Brie r Flier" swep t ar ound Ven ega s. As was th e Gist: in th e Scratch ma in . Collins im mediately ra n awa y fro m th e field to score an easy win. Venega s eventually faded to four th while Sise more and Lucero occupied seco nd and third. Sa n ta Ana. Ca lifornia 's Ryan Eva ns ca me from th e 40~yard lin e to wi n the Division Two ma in . Ha rd-chargi ng Ch ris Caslin placed seco nd with Martie Well s th ird. In Third Division . " Big" J ohn Kell y scored a costly win . Kelly was leading wh en Robbie H ackman took him down in turn three o n th e fina l lap. Ha ckman was kick ed o ut a nd Kelly received th e win; he a lso received a broken left arm whe n he hit th e dirt. Doug G reyson , Jerr y Mor eh ead a nd Ca nada's J ason Roc k ro unded o u t th e top four. Resu lts SCRATCH: 1. Phil Coll ins (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdn ); 3. Billy Hamill ~e s); 4 . Bobby Schwartz (Wes~ HDCP: 1. Phil Colli ns (Wes); 2. J Im Srsemore (We s); 3 . Steve Lucero (Gdn ); 4. Charlie Venegas (WEtS). 0 · 2: 1. Ryan Evans (Wes); 2. Chri s Cast in (Wes); 3 . M art ie Wells (W es); 4 . Jason Chism (J aw ). . ,0 ·3 : 1. John Kelly (Jaw): 2. Oou", Greyson (Wes); 3 . Jerry Mo rehead (Wes); 4. Jason Rock (Wes). Sense best at Mora MX By Ro lfe Otterness MORA. MN . SE PT. 10 Chris Bense bested th e field in bo th the O pen and 250cc A classes a t the Berm Benders mo tocross. after roostin g to victory o n a H on da in th e O pen class. he swi tched to a Yam aha in the 250cc d ivision. Other double winners were Co ry Keen ey in th e Yo uth a nd l25cc A classes and DaVId Euesvold in th e Sen io r a nd Open C cla sses. The firs t 250cc A mo to sa w J im Scou jam into th e lead o nly to hav e Rob En gstrom motor by. Gary Bro n iko wski quickl y moved in to second in pursuit of Engstr om. Near the halfway point, Bro n iko wski shot by Engstrom o ver a jump and went o n to win. En gstrom cruised in for seco nd with Pat Riley th ird o ver Ch ad Wineck e. Bron ikowski and En gstrom were left in a heap as the pa ck swarmed through th e first tum in the secon d mote. Joh n Niemi a nd Bense began a tussle over the lead which Ben se won on the third lap . Ji m ScOIl. Ril ey, Chris H ugh es and David Ni emi were battling o ver thi rd not too far beh ind. Bro nik ow ski and Engs trom were racing each o ther through the pack. only 10 fall near the end of th e mo lO while in the lOP 10. With the fall of th e checkered flag. Bense took th e wi n over John Nie m i. H ug hes. Da vid Ni emi a nd ' Ril ey. Ben se's 7·1 score was eno ug h to take the overall. Keeney led the pack thro ugh the first turn in Ihe firs t Youth cla ss molO with ScOIl J o hnson in lOw. Keen ey pulled away as Mike Atki nso n first d isplaced J ason Kem pel a nd th en Joh nson. Keeney went in for th e win with Atkinson second.. Keen ey ju mped o u t front in th e seco nd mo lO 27

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