Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

the position twi ce. Wi llis, Smith and Pa iement a ll pulled away from Hu nnicutt in th e Valley. which was th e fastest section of th e co urse. On ce th e tri o hit the rock y hills, H unnicutt was able to ca tch up and he passed Paiement for the final tim e. Action co nt in ued between the first two rid ers as th ey head ed into the final part of th e first loop . " 1 put some li me on Dan in the real fast. ope n stuff," said Willis, " but he ca ug h t up with me in th e tight sectio n." Sm ith eventua lly too k the lead in a gnarly, rock y area, but sho rtly af ter that he pulled a groi n muscle. " At first it didn 't hurt because of the adre na li n pumpin g." Sinith said. " B u t w hen I hit that do wn h ill , I kn ew I wasn 't go ing 10 mak e it a nd tried to wave Tom by, bu t he wouldn't pass me." The downhill was the fin al section o f th e co urse, just befo re pit row . Freshl y cu t by UE A mem bers for the race . it was o ne of the tough er do wn hi lls faced by racers in the Ca lifornia desert, Finall y, at the bo tto m of the dow n h ill, Willi, passed Sm ith co mi ng into pi t ro w wh ere Smith pack ed iti n. \Vill is was o n cru ise co n tro l for the rest of th e race, happil y facing th e do wnhi ll o ne mo re lim e before ta king the. checkered na g. Hunnicutt rod e a co nsistent seco nd loop, ta kin g seco nd overa ll and first 25Occ . John Rudder, mo unted o n a 250« Cag iva, and Rand y Moseley on a 250cc Ya maha diced back and forth dur ing the second loo p until Moseley expe rienced a rear fla t, giving th e third po sit ion up to Ru dder. Yamaha' s Joh n Braasch o n a 125cc, who had had a n "aweso me s tart, j umping everybody" in his sectio n, got past Moseley a lso , T hey finished Ru dd er th ird , Braa sch fo urt h a nd Mosel ey fi ft h o vera ll. Ro und ing o ut the lOP 10 were Kenj i Gauthier o n a Suzuki 250cc (cl inching the BeM of the \Vesl tide in tha i d ivision), Keit h Loonsfoot aboard a Ka wasaki 125« , Robert Baehr. Pa irnent a nd Kenn y Pa rry. Resu lts O /A . 1. Tom W ill .. (KTM); 2. Ted Hunnicutt (Kaw); 3 . Jo h n Rudder lea g); 4. Jo hn Braasch (Yaml: 5 . Randy Moseley (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Tom WiII i5(KTM); 2. Derr ick Pai ement (Kawl; 3. Abe Baum ann (Kaw); 4 . Todd Colley . 250 EX: 1. Ted Hun nl cun (Kawl; 2. John Rudder (Cag); 3 . Randy Moseley (y am); 4 . Kenjl Gauthier (Suz); 5 . Robert Baehr . 12 5 EX: 1. Joh n Braasch (Yam); 2. Keith Loonsfoot IKawl; 3. Eric Hanks (Kaw); 4 . Bren Howell (Kaw) . VET 250 EX: 1. Ken ny Parry (Kaw); 2. Charles Bar ney (Kaw l; 3 . Jod Ie Part aIn (KTMl; 4. Dale Conner ; 5. Peter Med;na. VET OPEN EX: 1. Ken Ehl ers.; 2. M Ike M ulco nery (KTM); 3. Mike McKeever (Hus ); 4 . Steve Ot is; 5 . Robert Du nl op. OPEN AM: 1. Je ff CaPI (Hon); 2. Greg Herweg; 3 . Nick Case (!(aw); 4 . Kurt Hintz.; 5 . Brett Hoff man. SA OPEN EX: 1. Tom Holmes (KTM I; 2. Gary Gar land (Yaml; 3. Bob Ashcraft (Honl; 4. Art Mo re . SR 250 EX: 1. Si eve Thompson IKa w ); 2. AI Hull (Vaml ; 3 . J im Smith; 4. Rick Claypoole; 5 . Ray Waldbaum . 12 5 AM : 1. Bren1 Farr ell (Kaw); 2. Ja mes Sumner s (Cag); 3 . Brian Davi s (Yam ) 250 AM : 1. Erik Wolfe (Vam); 2. Steve Ogren (Vaml; 3 . DavKt Ondas; 4 . Gary Bor stnar (Kaw l; 5 . Charl ie Spell man (Kaw) . VET OPEN AM: 1. Kris Goolsby (Kaw); 2. Unknown; 3 . Richard Karr (Kaw); 4 , Larry Kun kel; 5 . Russ Boyd . VET 250 AM : 1. Larry Georg e; 2. Ryan Gresz; 3 . Doug Dill ey; 4 . Dave Fortin; 5. J im McCartney. SR OEPN NOV; Phillip Hendr icks. 125 NOV: Gegg Brownell (Kaw) . OPEN NOV: Gary Sha w 0 1A BEG: 1. Unkn ow n; 2. Steve Nakamo to; 3. Ken Own es; 4. Don Eckersley (Hen ); 5. David Ray (KTM) , Sandstrom sizzles at Sacto Stadium MX By Nuklear Neukam SAC RA MENTO, CA, SE PT . 22 The Frida y n igh t CMC Stadium MX races pr oved a cro wd p leaser and wh en a ll was said a nd done Surf· n-Tur fl North Ba y Hondaspo nso red Er ic Sa ndsLrom proved he was definitdy back in lOp form by do m inal inR th e 500cc Pr o class for the second wt"ek in a row as he topped Cl ayton "Taste of Clay" Blood a nd his Yoko USA/ Co ncord Honda both mo lO al Sacrame nto Raceway Par k. s With the CMC Tra ns-Ca l Series ru n ni ng th e foll owing day, rider lurn·oul in the Pr o class was sma ll but co m pe titi ve. In Ihe first 500cc Pro mo to Sa ndstrom shot into Ihe lead with Blood in p ursu it while D8cR Racing / Su icyd e Kaw a saki -m oun ted Ron Allen foll owed in th ird . Sa ndslrom opened up a lead and then a t th e haI[way point Blood beKan to close back in. T he n Blood bobbled in a IUrn and Sa nds lro m he ld a co mfor ta ble ma rgin to the checkered follo wed by Blood and Allen . Another pi cture-perfect holeshot by Sa nd · strom left Blood figh tin g in second o nce aga in. Blood bega n 10 charge a t m id-mo to bu t a soi l· sampli ng crushe d his cha nces o f ca lchi ng the lead er and Sa ndstrom went o n to the win an d the overa ll with Blood socond. Results 500 PRO: 1. Eric Sand strom (Hon); 2. Clayton Blood (Hon); 3 . Dave Pile (Hon) . 250 PRO: 1. Ron AUen (Kaw) . . VET JR : 1. M it ch Sylva (Hen ); 2 . Dave Ma tson (Kaw); 3 . Brent Poplawski (Kaw) . 50 : 1. Jarred Wa shabaugh (Hen l; 2. Jim Hansen (Vam); 3. Beau Perry (Hon). 60: 1. Chad Biel (Kawl ; 2. KC Rigmaiden (Kaw); 3 . JJ Cum min gs (Kaw ). 80 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Br ian Thordsen (Yam); 2. Brian Smi th (Kaw l; 3 . TIm Hansen (Kawl. 80 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Chri s Vendley (Hon); 2. Thord sen (Vam); 3 . Hansen (Kaw) . 80 J R: 1. Casey J enes (Kaw) . 125 BEG 0 - 1: 1. Dave Calderon (Yam); 2. Todd Clark (Kaw ); 3 . David Ball (Kawl. 125 8 EG 0 -2 : 1. Andrew Cabato ISuz); 2. Dw ayne Nystrem (Kaw); 3 . Marty McGovern (Kawl. 125 JR ; 1. Jimmy Mechem (Kaw); 2. Jeremy Cash (Hon ). 250 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Tim Beno rt (l(awl; 2. Robert Pacilla s (Hoo t 3 . Ben Gledhill (Yam). Cl ive Hannon f inished second in cl ass at the Back-to-School Trial. 250 BEG 0 · 2: 1. Robert Wr igh t (Hen); 2. M ark Biel (Kaw ); 3 . Dw ayne Koski (Kaw) , 2 50 JR 0 · 1: 1. Dave M atson (Kaw); 2. Darr in Graviet (Vaml : 3 . Hank Watlkowski (Kaw) . 25 0 JR 0 -2: 1. Gra viet (Vam); 2. Skid Row e (Hon); 3 . John Taylor (Suz), 500 BEG: 1. Glen A . Brickey (Kaw ); 2. M ike Joi liHe (Hon). 500 J R: 1. J ehn May (Hus). Bush, Rumsey to p Plonk ers Back -t o-School Trial By Mike Cushio nbury CACTUS FLATS, CA, SEPT. Ii G reg Bush kep t tile co mpetitio n at bay for a ll th ree loo p s 10 ta ke th e Ch a mpi on sh ip Int erm ediate class win at the Plon kers Backto-Sc hool T rials . After the firs t loo p . Bush had a three-poi nt lead over seco nd- p lace Rick Bieniak , wh o lo st 19 po ints whil e Bush 10Sl just 16. On the second loo p , Hush rode Ilawl esaly to lose o nly six points, putti ng hi m wa y up in the lead with 22 po ints tota l. Bieniak didn 't have qu ite 3S success fu l a second loop. He lost 2·1 po ints for a total of 43, whic h p ut h im in th ird pl ace, a sca n t o ne poi m beh in d seco nd-place Mike Cushionb ury. who lost Z! pain ts o n each loop. The th ird loop belo ng ed to Bush , los ing only fo ur poi n ts which gave hi m a total of25 points an d the vi ct ory. Cushion bury held o n 10 seco nd p lace by losing o nly II po ints for a to tal of 53. and Bieni ak lost 16 o n loo p three lO co me in th ird with a total of 59. In th e Veteran Novi ce class, Todd Rumsey took a hard-fou ght victory o ver J.D. Miller. After th e fir st loop, Mill er led Rumsey by o ne point with a score of 10 to 11. As th e bau le raged on in th e second loo p , eac h rider ended up wi th a n ine. Miller still ha d first p lace in hi s grasp. bu t Ru msey was about 10 tak e it a way. As both riders turned in their loop car ds a lter the th ird and fin al loo p . Ru msey 10 SI five poinls and Miller ended up losing six poin ts. giving both riders a total o r 251 In lh e case of a lie, th e rider wit h the mos t de--lI1s ge lS lhe ,:ie lOfy. As lhe scores were •. checked , Rumsey came out the victor with Mill er in a very tight seco nd and Do n \ ViJliams la kin g a dose lhird wit h a lo tal of 28. In 'Ihe Expert class, Tom Hamann came o ul of seco nd p lace after th e fi rsl loop to take an easy victory . Katy Feland fa' away with th e win in lh e Cha mpionsh ip Nov ice class a nd Gary O born took th e victory in th e Cha mpionship Beg inner class , as did Rick Daffern III the Cha mp ions hip Advan ced class . Results EX: 1. Tom Hamann; 2. Paul Webster; 3 . Davtd Webster . ADVc-SHIP; 1. Rick Daffe rn: 2. Tom Lasat er; 3 . Ed Stovin. ADV VET: 1. Jack Hemi nwa y; 2. Clive Han non; 3. Pat Fex. ADV SR: 1. Art W ebst er. INT C-SHIP: 1. Greg Bush; 2. M ike CUshionbury; 3 _ Rtct. Bien iak . INTVET 1. Guy Ward; 2. M art M ill er; 3 . Bill Hann on . : INT SR: 1. Ed Heacox; 2. J . Bourdeau . NOV C'S HIP: 1. Katy Feland: 2. Paul J ohn son; 3. Roger Guard. NOVVET; 1. Todd Rumsey ; 2. J .D. Miller; 3. Don W illi am s. NOV SR: 1. John Haney; 2. Bob Gaou ett e. NOV S/ SR; , . DW1ne Ston e; 2. Stev e Hill ; 3. les Peterson. BEG C'S HIP: 1. Gary Oborn; 2. M ike Thompson. BEG VET: 1. Larry Emge; 2. Denn is Thompson; 3, Randy M int er . BEG S/ SR: 1. Del Harland; 2. AI Nourian . Allen, Maniscalchi top Glen Helen MX By Anthony Radoumis SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEP T. Ii Karl Allen lo pped th e 500« Novi ce class whi le Mike Maniscdch i cla imed th e 250cc Beginner class win a t the Ca li[omia Ra cin g Clu b's mot ocross a t Glen Helen OHV Park. All en po wered hi s Hon da int o the rirslturn ahea d of Honda·m ounted Cha rlie Stro ng in th e first 500cc Novice molO. By lhe end of th e first lap it was all All en as he 'p owered away ror lhe win. In ma lO two All en took a nothe r ho lesh ot bu t was pr essu red every lap by . Strong. Everytime Stro ng would go for a pass Allen wo ul d mot or away, by the white nag Stronl'; J im Cox (3) won the M iddleweight Superb ike race and earne d the right to wear t he number one plat e at Arizona 's Firebird Raceway , wa s leuing it all han g o ut as he went for th e pass in every turn . H is o n ly prob lem were lapper s w ho woul d n' t let h im by. All en took fu ll adva ntage a nd mo tored aw ay lor th e win . In the first 250« Beginner class moi o Maniscal ch i rocketed hi s Ya maha to tile lead a head of abo ut 12 ot her hard-ch argin g riders . But they were no mat ch as he was never within 25 seco nds of second pl ace. The real baule was for seco nd pl ace as Dave Boucher gave Donald Co lyer a ru n for hi s mon ey. The two battled for a few laps but Bo ucher co u ld n 't find a n open ing around Col yer. MOlO 1w 0 saw Suzu ki pilot Ch ri s Kurtis grab ' he hol esho t but he was q uickly displ aced by Co lyer and Maniscalch i. By the end of the firs t lap Man iscalchi was never to be seen a~ i n as he mot ored away to th e win. The big bailie was for seco nd o nce a~ i n between Co lyer and Bo uch er. Bou cher JUst co uld n' t seem to pu t il all toge ther as he fell and sta lled . Results 80 NOV: 1. David Evilsize r; 2. A rmando Over lan e; 3. Scott Jo hn son . 80 BEG: 1. Jess e Vree ker; 2. Troy Mo rgan ; 3. Shawn Ful shar . BIG WH L: 1. Oavid Delgado . WMN NOV: 1. Teal Nakayama . WMN 1 NT: 1. Candy Hale ley . 0 250 BEG: 1. M ike Ma niscal ch i; 2. Dona ld Colyer; 3 . Oave Boucher; 4 . Greg Clark. 500 BEG: 1. Dav id Pera; 2. Frank lin Betcher . 500 NOV: 1. Karl All en; 2. Char lie Str ong. 250 NOV: 1. Jaso n Simmo ns; 2. M att Wycke ff . J A VET NOV: 1. Chuck Guyler; 2. David Haney. JR VET INT: 1. Karl All en . VET EX: 1. J eff Scett . J R VET BEG: 1. Terry Puis; 2 . David Mullin; 3. Kevin Davidson . SR EX: 1. Jack Kell; 2. Jer ry Purk en . VET: 1. Russ Hoffman; 2. Char lie Strong VET EX: 1. Jo hn Hateley. VET BEG: 1. Carlos Detevis; 2. Robert Wyckoff . VET NOV: 1. Dave Gra ham; 2. Randy P. Wysocki. 125 BEG: 1. David Evilsizer; 2. M ike Heaven ; 3. Brian Ratliff ; 4 . Anthony Radoum is; 5 . Lory Au st in . 125 NOV; 1. Lar ry CamomI le; 2. Scott Murphy; 3. Jason Simmons. 250 1NT 1. Todd Bro ussard ; 2. Ken Neitzel. : 125 INT; 1. Char lie Love ; 2. M art High am . 125 PRO: 1. Ma tt Fondie . OPEN PRO; 1. Willy Musgrave. Cox earns Number One Plate at Firebird RR By Naomi Bourne CHAN DLER, AZ, SEPT. 17 III the fi nal AMAlCCS So ut h west Region race fo r 1989, J im Cox finished with high points, earning th e righ llO wear the n umber o ne plale for lh e next seaso n. Yamah a -moutued Cox . sponsorl'tl by J &D/Avon/ Cycle T une/Lockharti Dyn oJ eti Ma xima/ Ma rushi n /S.T.A. R. , led the field in the Middl eweigh t Superbi ke rAce,runn ing th e l.6-mile track with lap times ar ou nd o ne minute, 12 seconds. Cox's per fect a llende nce record a t this year 's races hel~ him earn the title, des pite a few losses to his Middl ewei gh t riva l Tom H ick man . SuperBrace o f CAlCustom AT CIDesert Cyc1e/C.S.E.·sponsored Hi ckman wo n th e Middl eweight GP race a nd th e lOOK So lo End ura nce GTU, finishing third overa ll in GT O / GT U. Hi ckman took second behind Cox in the Middl eweigh t Su pe rbi ke race. Suzuki National Cup con tingency money dre w Ca lifo rn ia n Dean Mizdal , and brought Tucson's Scon Will ock back fro m lhe roa d lO race ag....in st co nsis tenl wi n ner Kye Gunn. Dull Conage/Chicago Bar &G r ill / Sparks Cycle/ DynoJ el / Dese rt Ka wa sak i-Suzuk ispo nso red Gunn co m marided a strong lead. winning th e Hea vey-weigh l Superspon mel' 10 seconds ahead of Li meuee/ Sparks/Fosters/ Wheei sm ilh·backed Will ock. Dave Duprey, spooosred by Kal -G ard /Honda -Suzuki o f Tucson/ Meuler/ LockhartlAG V/ G S Racing, passed Mizda l to capture third. Cy cle Ra cer / R . Holla nd /P erforman ce Built En g in es/To m Houseworth / Raul Villa nueva/Vance &: H in es of Anah ei m/Dunl op/ Denni s Smi t h /S hoei /S teven T's / EBC · sponsored Mizda! loo k home Iir st -pla ce Su zu ki mo ney in the Middleweight Su perspan race. Results l OO SOLO ENDUR GTO: 1. Kye Gunn (S uzJ; 2. Dave K Dupr ey (Suz); 3 . Tom Hickma n (Yam); 4 , Jim Cox (Yam): 5. Tom Tate sian (Suzl. l OO SOLO ENDUR GTU: 1. Tom Hickman (Vam); 2. K James Cox (Yam); 3 . Brad Step hens (Yaml: 4 . Ty PlZ (Vam); 5 . Pal Fowler (Kawt . F·5 0: 1. Roger Gange r IVam),; 2. ~nnl a Scu lly (Vam l; 3 . James Burte (Yam): 4 . Swt ght HopkIns IVam). . HIW S/ SPRT EX: 1. Kye Gu nn (Sul l; 2. Scott Willock (Suz); 3 , Dave Oupr ey (Suzl; 4 . Dean M lzdal (Suz); 5 . Pet er Deleo (S uz) HIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Dann y l von (Hon); 2. Robert Dick fYam ); 3 . Josh Pitt (Yam); 4 . Er ic Wi lson (Hen); 5. Thoma s LawkM"(Hon). UW S/SPRT EX; 1. Ma rc:Shaffer {Yaml . UW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Ma rti n Hanley (Yam); 2. James Eiland (Yam) MIW S/S PRT EX: 1. Dean M izda r (SUI); 2. Peter Deleo (SUI ); 3 _ Michael seel (Yam); 4 . Charles Dixon (Yam); 5. W ill iam Jamison (Hon). MIW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Danny lyon; 2. Kraig Kessler (Vam ); 3 . Robert Dick (Yam); 4. Gene Redmon (Yaml; 5 . Bren Sullivan (Vam). l/W SITW EX: 1. Lor en Poole (Kaw); 2. Oave Blue (M . N) U.S, TW EX: 1. Nige l Gale (HD); 2. Robbin Bender (HOI; 3 . Ernesl Snair (HO). lIW GP EX: 1. Tom Dah l (Hon); 2. Brian Jode r Iyam ); 3 . Brad Stephe ns (Yaml; 4 . Marc ShaHer {y aml; 5 . Mi chael Sch neider (Hon). llW GP NOVICE: 1. M ichael Hughes (Kawl; 2. M art in Harvey IVam ); 3 . W ill iam Rueth (ya m ); 4 . Ja mes Eiland (Ya m); 5. Jam es Bur ke (Yam). U/N GP EX: 1. Kye Gunn (Suzl; 2. Ken Old er (Yaml; 3. Tom Dahl (Hon); 4 . J im JaQuen e (Hon) , U/N GP NOV : 1. Eric W ilson (Hon) 2. W arr en Atk in s (Suz). MIW S/sK EX: 1. J im Cox (Yaml; 2. Tom Hickman (Vam); 3. Pel er Barnal (Hon ); 4 . Brad Steph ens (Yam) 5 . M ich ael Beel (Vam ). M IW S/BK NOV: 1. Dann y l yon (Hon); 2. Kre ig Kesste'r (Yam); 3. Rebert Dick (Yam); 4 . M ar1l. Curt ler (Hon); 5. Brett Su llivan (Yaml . HIW S/TW: 1. Nigel Gale (HD); 2. loren Poole (Kawl . UW S/BK EX: 1. M arc Shaffer (Yaml. UW S/BK NOV : 1. William Rueth (ya m); 2. MartIn Harv ey (Vam ); 3. Chr istopher Dudl ey IVam); 4 . James Burk e (Yam). HIW S/ BK EX; 1. Ken Older (Yam). HIW S/BK NOV; 1. Tem Tatesia n ISut); 2. Eric Wi lson (Yam); 3. Robert Dick (Hon); 4. Gene Connor( Kaw); 5 . Carlo s Kimbr oug h (y am). . M/W GP EX: 1. Torn Hickm an (Yam); 2. Peter Ber nal lHon); 3 . Brad Stephens (Yam); 4 . John Burgoyne (Yam); 5. Michael Bee l (Yam). "'" M IW GP NOV: 1. Kra ig Kessl er (Vam); 2. Robert Dick (Yam): 3. Gene Redmon (Yam): 4 . Todd Gesel (Hon); 5 . David Cook (Yam). CLSMN GP NOV: 1. Lor en Poole (Kaw ); 2. BIll Ja mison (Kawi. . VlNT GTO EX: 1.John Scon {TRl t 2. Phil,p StepherafLAVJ VINT GTO NOV: 1. Dan Ray (TRII. VINT GTU EX; 1. Oeve Blue (M -M) . VINT GTU NOV: 1. Pau l Saarup (DUC). Bartolini best at Masters of Motocross opener By Alex Hodgkinson MAGGIORA, ITALY, SEPT. 17 Andrea Bartolini was th e surprise win er of lhe open ing race of th e Masters o r Motocross Series a t the hillside track of Maggiora in northern Ital y. The Ho nda pri valeer, whose machine is prepared by J an De Groot, th e Dut chman wh o con tro ls the Venko GP team and ~repared lh e bike s whi ch took rid ers of th e cahber of G enJan Van Doorn, Dave Strijbos a nd Ped ro T ragler to lheir first GP win s, was o ne of o nly three riders 10 finish each of th e three, sho r t 2O-minute mOlDS, but th ere was no questi on of lu ck bein g o n hi s side as he took 1·3-1 molO placin g•. In the opener Barto lin i head ed a four-man tra in wh ich remained under lhe proverb ial blanket to th e finish as he head ed home Michele Fan to n, Johnny O'Mara and Ales sandro Pu zar paSl fast staTler Van Doom.

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