Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

l!J C'J .... V ..0 o .... u o Joey Hopkins was the overall winner at the Barkbuster Enduro. Winner Mark Taylor (85) leads the Expert class into the first turn at the Rockne Hare Scrambles. and Rodney Teddar powered his Kawasaki pas t Cooksey to tak e over the n umber four slo t, when the checkers came out it was Gr ay , McDonald . T homas and Teddar. First place ove rall went to Gray with hi s 2·1 fini shes. while McDonald took seco nd with 1·2 fini shes a nd Teddar rook third with 5-4. Result s TEENY MINI STK 4 -8 : 1. Dustin Brewer (Yaml ; 2. Brad Roten (Y8m ~ 3 . Du sty We)1I8nd1 (Yam); 4 . Dusty Fountain (Yam): 5 . Ryan Pond (Yam). TEENY MINI MOO 4 -8 : 1. Chr is Carlisle (Yam); 2. Dusty Weygandl: (Yam); 3. Cody Br azier (Yaml; 4 . J .R. Patrono (Yaml; 5. Dusti n Fountain (Yam) . MINI MI NI: 1. erick Vallejo (Kaw~ 2. Brad Roten (kaw); 3 . Tony Munoz Jr .IKaw); 4 . Joe Mcintyre (Kaw): 5. Caner Sch neK:ler IKaw) 80 BEG: 1. Morgan Martin (Kaw); 2. Michael Curler(Hon); 3 . Jeff Greer (Kaw); 4 . Arthur Young J r. (Kaw); 5 . Scott Gray (Ka w l. MINIJR 7 ·11 ; 1. Erick Vall eJO (Yamt 2. Tim RotenCKaw); 3 . J ordan Jordan (Kawt; 4 . J ason Moses (Kaw): 5 . Carter Schneider (Yam ). MINI SR 12 ·13: 1. Robbe Skag gs (Kaw); 2. Billy Aket'$ (Kawl; 3 . Brian Oest rl ck (Kaw): 4 . Dan iel Davis (!(awl; 5 . Billy Ga rtman (Kawl. M INI SR 14 ·16: 1. MICha el M oses (Kaw): 2. Je ff Long (Kaw ). MINI STIC.: 1. Jerry HIli Jr. (SLlZ): 2. Morgan MartIn (Kaw): 3 . Dan ie l Dav is (Kaw}; 4 , Jeff long (Kaw); 5 . Jordan Jordan (Kaw). 125 BEG : 1. M ike Gray (Yam ); 2 . William McDonald (Honl; 3 . Rodney Teddar lkawl; 4. Toby Cooksey (Kaw l; 5. Rell Thomas (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. Kyle Parks (Han); 2 . Roger Barton (Han); 3 . Robbie Floyd (Honl; 4 . Aaron Justus(Hon); 5 . Lee Watson (Ho nl. . 125 INT: 1. Denn is Bonner (Honl: 2. Joey Hard in (Su z); 3. Strip Sm Ith (Yam ); 4 _ Jody North (Han); 5 . Jeff Tall ey (Kawl. 125 EX; 1. M an Harlan (Yam); 2. Jerry Benner (Suz); f2~Op~nN~~~~~:;,~:r:~~~)~2~~r~~~Ii..add (Han); 3. 3.J eff Ta lley (Kaw); 4 . M ike Marlo (Hon); 5. Ja son Matus (Han). 250 OPEN BEG: t . Carlos Rainwater (Han); 2. Doug Kalls tron (Kaw ); 3. Bi ll Peek (Han) ; 4 . P.J . Flore s (Han); 5 . Bob Hecht (Han ) 250 NOV: t . Man Tall on (Han); 2. Roger Starnes (Kaw); 3 . Tom Ficht er (Han); 4 . Seen Hag ins (Yam); 5 . Russ Sch oo ley . 250 INT: 1. Dwain Cart er (Kaw ); 2 . Jeff Talley (Kaw); 3, Jo e Jordan (Kaw); 4 . St even Hu nt er (Kew ); 5 . Kev in W ill iam s {Honl 250 EX: 1. Shannon Cook (Kew); 2. Rudy Heathcon (Yeml; 3 . Kay lon Voung (KTMI; 4 . M an Harlan (Yam). OVER 25 NOV : , . Norman Reed IKaw); 2. Matt Tallon (Han); 3 . John Fish er (Han ); 4 . Bob M itch ell (Kaw); 5. Er ic M vvs ti (Han) . OVER 25 INT; , . J oey HardIn (Suz); 2 . Joe Jorda n (Kaw); 3 , Roger Hardman (Suz,; 4 . Mike Klem en t (Yam); 5 . Richard Pae (Han ). OVER 30 NOV : , . David Gu ill en (Honl; 2 . Scoo ter O'Bradovlch (Hanl; 3 . Anhur Young (Suz); 4 . St ew Ligon (Yam l: 5 . Dann y Hagins (Yaml . OVER 30 INT: , . Tommy Pawlka (Honl; 2. Chr i s Dunson (Hont 3 , Roger Hardman fSu zt 4 , Dwight Lea therwood • (Hon); 5 . Ben Brown IKaw). OVER 30 EX: , . Johnny Adams (Honl: 2. St ew St arnes (Kaw l; 3 . Charlie Brown (Hon ); 4 , Ed Hays Jr . (Kaw); 5 . Delbert McDonald IHonl. OVER 40: , . Bill Kasson (Varni; 2. DwIg ht Leatherwood (Hon); 3 . Roger Hardman (Sud : 4 . Gary lee ( H on~ 5 . Smoky Joe M ili an (Yam ). OPEN: 1. Michael Sparks (Kawl; 2. Man. Brandl (Yam t 3 . Richard Pae (Han). Rockne HS win to Semar By Tom Tys l 30 ROCKN E. TX. SEPT. 24 Alley Sema r grabbed 'he Pro class win a l th e firS! ro u nd of 'he Dunlop/ Scull USA 50 Ulh Texas " 'inter H ar e Sc ra m b les Se ri es a1 Roc kne. The Pro class was first off the lin e and Sema r. o n the Cycle World of Sa n Ant onio CR250 Honda. go t the ho ieshm leading Steve C.,rdwell o n an ATK. Walter Birchfield and Charl ie Martin mounted on KTM s and Marcus Pepper o n anot he r CR250 Ho nda. About 20 minutes laler Sema r came th rough the chock poi lll wi th 15 st"Conds o n seco ndplace Cardwell. Birchlield was third followed by Pepper. Martin and the K awasaki 125 of Pete Su llivan. On lap th ree Ca rd we ll a nd Bir chfield t"me red th e chec k a hea d of Sema r, but , th eir lead was sho n -Jiw:d as Semar qu ickl y mot or ed past into a lead he would ne\'er g ive up. " I' d push hard and catc h u p 10 him (Sem,,,) but as soo n as he saw me he seemed lO find ano the r gea r an d pull a way ," sa id Ca rdwe lL Sema r gOt the chec kers wit h two minu tes o n Ca rd well wil h Pep per thi rd alter Birchf ield ~ n ou t of gas, leavin g fo unh to Sullivan. The closest race of the day was the 25Occ/ Open Expert class with Ma rk Tay lor o n h is Kawasaki leadin g a tri o of Yam ah a YZ250s pil oted by john Mesk y. Kevin She lburne a nd Darrell Willis. By the halfway nags Ta ylor a nd Mesky had broken awa y and had two minutes o n third pla ce Willis. When 'he white n ag ca me o ut Mesky tried every way he cou ld to ge t pas t Tay lor in the last nine mil es. Alter nearl y three hours of raci ng T a ylor slid into th e sco ri ng area ju st four seconds ah ead of Mt'sky wi th j ack O 'Leary and Wi llis fillin g o ut 'he top (our. The Expert class win ga ve Mar k T aylor the first non-pro pos iti on makin g him fir st ove ra ll (or the da y and lead er in th e series po in ts chase. Resu lts PRO: 1. Alley Semar (Honl: 2 . Si eve Cardwell (A TK); 3 . Mareus Pepper (Han). EX O/A: 1. Mar1l.Tavtor (Kaw). EX OPEN: 1. Jo hn Mesky (Yam ); 2 . J ack O·Leary (Yam); 3. Darrall W ill is (Yaml. INT OPEN: 1. Sha un Martin (Yam l: 2. M ike Archambault IAT K); 3. Jay Huffman (yam). INT 250: 1. Sam Knowlton (Hon); 2 . Mi ke W est (Hon!; 3. Donny O·NeaIISuZ). INT 200 : 1. Rodney Bartsch (Kawl: 2. Tom W alk ar (Kawl: 3. Doug Kl ima IKaw). ~ INT, 25 : 1. Dond i Atwell(Yam l: 2. ChrisJumonv lll e( Kawl; 3. Ma rek Ja necke (Hon) . OVER 30 : 1. Man. Cole (Han ); 2. John Moo re (KTM) ; 3 . J"ff Hards (Yaml. OVER 40 : 1. Darrell Cimbanin (KTMl; 2. A ndy Tran IKaw); 3. Fredrick HrQCk(Suzi . 4 ·STRK : 1. Johnny Jo hnson (Han); 2. Bob Lewa lle n IHo n); 3. San" Tabassi (Hon). WMN ; 1. Sheila Meuhr (Han); 2 . Ci ndy Hut chInson (Ha n): 3. Chr i51lO Hudspeth (Han) . e J R BOYS 13·' 6: 1. Daniel Troll {ltawl; 2. Bri an Bart sc h (Kaw l; 3 . Donn y Coker (Kaw). JR GIRLS 13 -16: 1. Lisa DeWeers(Hus). 80 ; t , John Pluket1 (yam); 2. Chris Cole (Yam); 3 . Btl an CaCli n (Kaw). o 60; t . Br ian J ohn son (Kaw); 2. W ayn e Lowery (Kaw); 3. Mi chael Lowery (Kaw ). 50 : 1. Br enk Klima (Yam); 2 . Je nnife r Joh nso n (Yam); 3. Jason My ers (Vam) . BEG: 1. Brent Bartsch (Han) ; 2 , Bret Dun bar I KTM) ; 3 . Mark Holt (Honl. Hester mauls Montrose Motocross Park By Huley 8t Dot Short RAEFORD. NC. OCT. I h wa~ Richar d Hester 's day at Montrose MX Park as he went I-J to to p th e 125c(' No vice dalts. Richard Hester, David M orr i ~on , Kevin Simp.son an d Steve \Villi a ms were off the lin e first in th e (irS( ma lOof th e I 25(-c No\' in:' claslt. Hester moved way ou t from foll o wt."d by Morrison a nd Sim pso n . Sim pso n pu t th e pressure o n Morrison a nd look over set~o n d place:. At th e fini sh it was Hester, Simp.son a nd :'Iorrison taking 'he chec kered nag in 'hal o rder. foll o wed by Rod Matthew, and Bobb y Hon eycu tL In th e seco nd ru n ni ng o( the 125cc ~ ovi ce cla ss. Ned Blackwelder was off the line first, (ollowed by Hester . Morr ison and David Rr

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