Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Q l' rn s -' « Cl l= f o u rn > al o .... o :J: lL Nate Donohew (127) leads Kevin Blais (162) and John Ashmead (4) - in the Heavyweight Superbike Expert class at Moroso Motorsports Park. Ed Castro (right). Billy Hamill and Scratch main w inner race three abreast during Costa Mesa Speedway action. wh ile Brandon Backes slid out in the first tum. Aaron Carlson ~bbed second and maintained that position throu ghout the race despite Atkinson' s efforts to oust him. Backes recovered for fourth with Johnson fifth. Results YTH: 1. Cory Keen ey; 2. M ike Atkinso n; 3 . Aa ron Carlso n. MINI PIW: 1. Sh elly Ken" ; 2. Lance Cunn ingham; 3. Ryan M agaw . 25 & OVER: 1. J ohn Niemi; 2. J am es Scott . Jr .; 3. Tim Bartylla. M INI J R: t . Tim Pospisil; 2. Du st in Noble ; 3. Ryan Sm olich . MINI SA: 1. Brandon Backes; 2. M ike At kinson; 3. Jim Povoln y, Jr . SR 1. David Ett esvold; 2 . Dave Hencir; 3 . J im Povoln y. SR A: 1. Brian Carney; 2 . Ran dy Nagel; 3 . J ack Paren teau. c: 125 C 0 -1: 1. Brett Caswell; 2. David Wylano; 3 . Greg George. 125 C 0-2 : 1. Bob Gobish; 2. Kevi n ZitzloH; 3. Edwa rds Sch ubitVte. 125 B: 1. Dusty McM ill en; 2. Mike Lemke: 3. Robert Rainer. 12 5 A: t . Cory Kee ney; 2. Pa t Dona ho; 3 . Pat Riley. 250 C D·' : 1. Rod Nath eson; 2. Rol and Rainer; 3. Shawn Lew is. 250 C 0 -2: 1. Bob Opatz; 2. Scott Waletzko; 3. Todd Larson . . 250 B: 1. Steve M ilverst edt; 2. Kyle Love; 3. David Wese ma n. 250 A : 1. Chris Bense; 2. John Niem i; 3 . Pat Riley. OPEN C: 1. David Ett esvold; 2. M ark Sm ilovich; 3 . Brent Herbe r. OPEN A : 1. Chris Be nse; 2. M ike Nat he; 3. Chad Cunn ingh am. Lucero lands Costa -, Mesa Speedway By Scott Daloisio 28 COSTA MESA, CA, SEPT. 15 National Champion Steve Lucero began war ming up for defense of h is tit le by winmng the Scratc h main on Los Ange les Ram Nig ht at the Orange County Fairgrounds. J oim ng Lu cero in victory circle was form er Nationa l Champion Bobby Schwartz, who won the eight-lap Handicap main for the secon d time this season . Lucero came into the mai n event winless in his prel iminaries. Whe n referee Irwi n Moon tripped the tapes L ucero pushed the Coors Light/Epic Surf & Skate /Shoei/Hog Wash /Oilzall/O' Neal USA Godden into first from his po le pos ition. Hamill was second off the line, foll owed by Schwartz and Steve Ru ssell, who was com petin g his first -ever Scratch main a t the famous facility. Hamill looked inside of Schwartz on lap on e, but the clever veteran wou ld not give him an in ch , and while the duo locked horns for second , Lu cero began . to p ull away . The defending champ moved away all the way to the checkered flag, as Schwartz stayed tough and fou ght off all of Ham ill 's advances for second . The Handicap main looked to be the private property of Don Odom from the start. The lanky Redondo Beach ride r took the lead an d held off veteran Andy Northrup over the first two laps. On the third circuit , Odorn, also known as "Too Tall" , pulled away and built up a large lead . Northrup found himself battling with the Iierce-riding Hamill on lap three. Northrup held his own until la p four when Hamill and Schwartz sandwiched h im at the end of the circui t. A few seconds lat er, .Alan "Crazy" Christian also got by, but his Jawa motor broke and he pu lled ou t. After disposing of Northrup, Schwartz and Hamill cha rged the leader. Schwartz got inside him at the end of the sixth revolutio n. When they slid into turn on e on lap seven, Schwartz gave Odom a big taste of his front tire and knocked him ou t of the way. By the time Od om recovered, he had dropped out of con ten tio n . Less than two laps la ter. Schwartz took the CTI Brace/Prom oti on Products/ KNAC /Russel l's Grandstands/Budweiser spo nso red Weslak e under the wi nner' s flag . Hamill a!;ain finished behind Schwartz with Lucero thud. Early leader Odom fell in turn one on the last lap. His shoulder popped ou t of the socket, but he was able to walk to the in field. Reserve rider Martie Wells rode the Medieval Times Weslake to the win in the Division Two main . Veteran Mark Milazzo fin ished second . In Third Division, Mark DeVay rod e a Weslake to the trophy. In the wild Sidecar main , Steve Stanton and Tom Tufts beat Craig Dempster and Peter Lewis across the lin e. Results SCRATCH: 1. Steve Lucero (Gd n); 2, Bobby Schwa rtz (Wes); 3. Bill y Ham ill (Wes); 4 . Sieve Russel l (Wes). HDCP: 1. Bobby Schwart z (Wes); 2. Bill y Hamill (Wes ); 3. Steve Lucero (Gdn); 4. Scotty Brow n (Jaw). 0 -2: 1. M art ie W ell s ewesl: 2. Mark M ilazzo (Jaw); 3 . M ark Feul ewes); 4. J ason Rock (Wes). 0 -3: 1, Ma rk DeVey (Wes); 2. Greg Molina (J aw ); 3. Robbie Hackm an (Jaw) ; 4 . Dave Delb ridge (Jaw ). Dave!lport dusts Elizabeth CityMX By Caryl Pigg EUZABETH CITY, NC, SEPT. 17 Darrell Davenport outdueled Bob Gerken to take the Open A class overa ll wio at Eli zabeth City. Davenport and Gerk en ran the first half of mota one neck and neck until Gerken lost it and pis rider less bike put Davenport dow n too. From that poin t the battle was on but Gerken cou ld never quite take Davenport. MOlO two saw Rick Saunders with the holes hot but Davenpo rt soon shot by with Gerken doi ng the same when Saunders wen t wide on a tum. Gerke n la ter wen t do wn , settling for second with Davenport taking a har d-earned first overa ll. In the 250cc A class first moto Yama ha mo un ted Scot t Holli man was out in fron t with a big lead but by the checkered flag Ger ken . was putting on the pressure. Moto two saw Holliman in first followed by Kevin Musta in and Mike Harris. H arris soon took over second followed by Gerk en. The real bat tle emerged for fourth between Robb ie Wakefield and Mustain . Gerken fell back with motor problems leaving Holliman to take the checke red followed closely by Harns. Honda rider Son ny Mitchell recovered from a fourth-place start in the first 25 Plus class moto two win followed by J.J. Dea n and Ed Lowe rre. Mitchell was ou t first in mota two wit h Dwight Fraser in pursuit followed by Gr eg Pieper . Dean aod Lowerre passed Pieper to follow Mitche ll across the finish line, David White jumped out in front and held the lead all the way in the 125cc B class first moto. Jason Faulkner rod e in second un til la te in the moto when he lost out to Kawasaki rider Tim Askew. In rnoto two Askew tried hard but couldn 't quite ca tch White. Results 125 A : 1. Scott Holliman (Yam); 2. Kevi n Mustain (Kaw) ; . O ~EN A : 1. Darrell Davenport (Kaw ); 2. Bob Gerken (Hon); 3. RIck Saunders (Hon); 4 . Alan Kccctes (Hon ); 5. Mi ke Curry (Yaml . JR MINI : 1, Ben Stilley J r. (Suz); 2. My les Scar no (Suz); 3, Ian Fort une (Hon). SR MIN I: 1, Shawn Schultz (Kaw); 2. Bill y Judah (Hon ); 3. M ar kWilliams(Kaw); 4 . M attWell s (Kaw ); 5. Gary Dinges (Hon ). SR; 1. Sonny M itchell (Hon); 2. Jeff Brown; 3. Brian Batt erson (So2); 4. Gary Morris (Yam); 5 . Ben snnev (Hon). S/SR : 1. Dave Clark (Kawl . 25 PLUS: 1. Sonny Mitch ell (Hon); 2. J .J . Dean (Hon); 3. Ed Lowerre (Cag); 4. Greg Pieper (Hon); 5. Dwight Fraser (Hon). OPEN B: 1. M ike Taylor (Hon);. 2. Brian Glad (Hon ). 60 : 1, J osh Wood (Kaw) ; 2. Michael Ford (Kaw) . 50 : 1. Isha Wood (Yam); 2. Josh Wood (Yam); 3. J imm y Hensel (Yam). 250 B: 1. Tim As kew (Kaw); 2. Raymond Smith (Hon); 3 . Danny Edwa rds (Cag); 4 . Bobby Mas on (Hon); 5 . Fred Gibson (Hon). 250 C: 1. Char les Dwy er (Hon); 2. Richa rd Stake (Yam); 3. Grady Rhine hart {!; 3 . Frank Hessme r (Cag); 4 . M ike M oor e (Yam); 5 . Ji m H igh (Yam). LlW GP EX: 1. J oe Cole (Yam); 2. Greg Esser (Yam); 3. Jeff J oh nson (Suz); 4 . Stan Pollo ck (Yam); 5 . Ja mes Ronan (Yam). LIW GP NOV: 1. Perry Meln ecuc (Yaml ; 2. Mike Ronan IYa'!'); Sie ve W ish in sky fSuz); 4 . Tim Dal y (Yam ); 5. Jeff Wh itmire (Yam). S/BK EX: 1, J eff Jo hnson (Suz); 2. Jim Ronan (Yam); 3. Bill Kra nenberg (Suz); 4 . Gary St umm (Yam ); 5. Greg Flagg (Kaw ). • LlW S/BK NOV: 1, Perr y M eln ecuc (Yam ); 2. Si eve W ,shinsky (Suz); 3. David Murphy (Yam); 4. Mike Ronan (Yam); 5. Jeff Whitmi re (Yam). SIlW EX/NOV COMB : 1. J ohn Long IOucl; 2. Dou g Gross (Ducl ; 3. Greg Flagg (Kaw); 4 . Dan a Phelps (Due); 5. Fran k Hessmer (Cag). VINT L!W ; 1. Ronn ie Holl oman (Hon l. VINT .HIW: 1. Pete M igli (BMW); 2 ~ J im Brewer ITri); 3. RonOie Hollowma n (Hon); 4, M .T. Wade (BM W ); 5. All en Bunay (BMW) . MIW S/SPRT EX: 1. Newton Heston (Yam ); 2. Pat Johnson (Yam); 3 . Mark Foster (Yam); 4 . Terry 8a rkr (Yaml; 5, M ike Lehn ing (Hon). MIW S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Denn is Nebus (Yam ); 2. Mi ke Luke (Yam); 3 . Lee Ponders (Hon); 4. Jerry Pelligrino (Hon); 5 . Terry Greene (Hen). MIW S/BK EX: 1. Mike Barn es (Yam); 2. Jo n Robert s .3. LJY'I (Yam); 3. Pal Johnson (Yam); 4, M ike Lehning (Han ); 5 . Gary Lewi s (Yam ). MIW S/B K NOV: 1, Sieve Siegfr ied (Hon); 2. Chr is Damian (Hon); 3 . Terry Greene (Hon); 4 . J erry Pelle gri no (Hon); 5. Craig Small (Kawl. MIW GP EX 1. Mi ke Barn es (Hon); 2. Greg Esser (Yam); : 3. Jo e Cole (Yam); 4. NeWlon Heston (Yam); 5. Pal John son (Yam). MIW GP NOV: 1, Denn is Nubus (Yam ); 2. Sieve Siegfried (Hon); 3. Lead Pound ers (Honl: 4, Mike l uke (Yam); 5, Chr is Dami an (Hon). HIW S/ SPRT EX: 1. Dann y Roberts (S uz); 2. John Choate (Kaw) ; 3. Nate Oonohew {Su z); 4 . Kevin Blai s (Kaw ); 5. Kevin Noonan (Suz). H/ W S/SPRT NOV: 1. J ohn Spitul ski (Su z); 2. J im Kingsley (Suz); 3 . Chip Crowther (Suz); 4 . Chr is Temm e (Suz); 5. Todd J ohn son (Suzl. HIW S/BK EX: 1. Donald J acks (Suz); 2. Joh n Ash mead (Kaw); 3. Nate Donoh ew (Suz); 4 . Kevin Noon an (Suz); 5 . Terry Barker (Suzl. H/W S/BK NC;>V: 1- Mi ke Seymo!Jr (5 uz); 2. J im Kingsley (Su zl; 3 . J ohn Olerl ck. (Suz); 4. Craig Small (Kaw); 5 . Ste ve Siegf ried (Hon). U/L GP: 1. Donald J acks (S uz); 2. Rick Herndon (Suz); 3. Ter ry Bark er (Suz);. 4 . Frank Kinsey (Yam); 5. Ma nny Qu int an ill a (Yam ). U/L ~ /SPRT: 1. Ted Dake (Suz); 2. Nete Donohew (5 uz); 3. KeVin Noonan (Suz); 4 , Tim Ouell ett e (Suz); 5. J im McG ralh (Suz). 81000 SAO: 1. Donald Jacks (Su z); 2. M ike Barn es (Hon); 3. Dann y Roberts (Suz); 4, J ohn Choate (Kaw); 5 . Kevin Bla is (Kaw ). Raggett smokes to Heart of Dixie HS win By Ronnie Cicero DOUBLE SP RINGS, AL, SEPT. 10 Neal Raggett, a Yama ha YZI25 rider from Tennessee proved to be the fastest rider of the day at the Heart of Dixie Hare Scram bles. Starting back in the pack of 200cc A riders , he wor ked .his way through the field for the overa ll win. T he race was close all day with Raggett edging the secon d overall rider of the day by 45 seconds. Second 200cc A went to Larry Wh ite, who a lso captured third overall. Tim Fine finished third 200cc A wit h a good fast race. The 250cc A class star ted ou t to a very fast pace with Kawasaki-mounted, Geo rgia rider Chri s McDonal d lead ing the field for two la ps until he lost a foo t peg and dropped out after th e th ird lap. This change p ut Robert Pa tterson of Tennessee, a Suzuki R MX rider into first 250cc A for one lap , only to lose it the next lap to H onda ride r Wyles Griffith. Griffi th fa ltered twice on the next lap , putting Pa tterson back in the lead for the next six laps to captur e the 250cc A wi n and second overa ll. Gri ffith fin ished a close second. T om Krag , a Mississippi rider also on an RMX finis hed third in the 250cc A class. Open A was led from start to finis h by Alaba ma rider Larry Arrington , taking the win on a four-stroke Honda. Second and third p lace had no po sition cha nges with two more Alabama riders winning, Kawasaki-moun ted Buddy Phillips second and Perry Mountain Club mem ber Ch uck Elan on a KT M too k third . Another Heart of Dixie Kawasaki rider, Mark Herro n, took the 25Occ-Open B class wi th his best race of the season. Second p lace wen t to Ten nessee Yamaha rider Scott Bla nken sh ip. Third went to Alaba ma Husqvarna rider Mark Rusak and four th went to Georgia KTM rider John Futo. Fifth was won by Alabam a H usqvarna rider Richard Man n. T he 200cc B class went to a fast Florida Ka wasaki rider Dennis Griffith, with second won by Perry Mountain Club memb er Wade Gree ne. Third place was taken by Tennessee rider Rip Sewell with fourth captu red by Alabama rider Scott Waldrop at his firs t ever hare scrambles. Fifth place went to Cagiva rider Terrell Pa ul. T he Junior class was won by Ron Bish ip , J r. wit h second place going to Brian Rigsby. Results 0 1A : 1. Neal Raggett . OPEN A : 1. Lar ry Arr ington ; 2. Buddy Phillips; 3. Chuck Elan. 2 50 A: 1. Robert Patt erson ; 2. Wy les Gr iff it h; 3 . Tom K.ag. - 200 A:. .1. Neal Raggatt; 2. Larry Wh ite; 3. Tim Fine. 2 50 · 0 PEN B: 1. Mark Herr in; 2. Scott Blanken sh ip; 3. Mar k Rusak; 4. J oh n FuIO; 5. Rich ard M ann . 200 B: 1. Denn is Gr iffith ; 2 , W ade Gr eene; 3 . Rip Se neil; 4 . Scott Waldrop; 5. Terre ll Paul. J R: 1. Ron Bishop. Jr.; 2. Brian Rigsby.

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