Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

P roduction classes, tu rn in g mid I:54s. In the Supersport class , Moores round th e going a little tougher as he was bea ten in H eaavyweight Supers po rt by John J acob s. Moores ca me back to tak e wins in the Middlew eight a nd Un lim ited Su pe rspo n classes. Schow wo n th e Li g ht weight Producti on class with a fla g -to-Hag win o ver J ohn Men sch a nd Vin et" J ohnson. In ' he H ea vyweight Superbike cla ss, Todd Stra ng 's FZR 750 blew up a ' the end o f th e first la p. Tom Mason didn 't want to mess up the poin ts str u gg le for the others. so he pulled in a fter five la ps, lea ving th e win to J acob s, who cho se' to run h is FZR600 rat her tha n hi s a ili ng Superb ike. Moo res too k seco nd , wi th Andy T oc ko th ird . In t h e M id del wei gbt Su p er b ik e cl as s, Moores cha rged to a fo ur- seco nd lead a nd was pull ing away fro m Stra ng a nd Sco n Ru eh le. But on la p six , Moo res' tran smission fa iled hand in g th e le.a d to Stra ng. Un fo rt u na tely . Strans: th rew it a way o n the last la p to g ive the W in 10 a su rp rised R ueh le. Results Jay Hauser (29) and Joe Norder (816) finishe~ Schwa rtz held th e adva n tage o ver Lu cero . Lu cero almost lagged Sch wa rtz. but en ded up going do wn to a vo id th e ta ng le. From th at poi nt o n Schwartz rul ed . H e won th e ~ro w n wit h 11 poi n's.. Co ll in s took second with 13 wit h Fari a co ml.llg ho me th ud with 12. Re sult s Fortson strikes at Rolling Hills MX FINAL: 1. Bobb y Sch w artz (W es) 14 ; 2. Ph il Colli ns (W est 13 - 3 M ike Fari a (Gdn) 1l; 4 _ (TIEl Steve Lucero IGdn)/ Bili y Ha mill (Wesl 10; 6 . (TIE) Shaw n M cConnell tG-M )/ Scott Brant (J aw )/ Ed Castro (Wes) 9; (TIE) Steve Russell {Wesl/Charles Ermolenko (Wes) 6 SDCAR: t . Craig Dempster I Pete r Lewis (KawI 9; 2. Sieve Sta ntonllom Tufts IKa wl 8; 3 . Ken Ohrt/ Doug Wh itso n (H ·OI6; 4 . Carr y Poll ard/Ken t Ber nand er (KawI 5; 5 . Steve Har dwick l Janine Cum m ing s (Kawl 4 Doherty, I.etellier split Santa Fe HS wins By Phil Ellsworth CA R BON DALE, KS, SE PT. 30-0CT. I T o m Do hert y and Leigh Le tellier each look o vera ll wins du ring th e weekend of ha re scra m b les a t Sa n ta Fe T rail Cycle Par k. A ra in o ut ea rlier in th e mo n th resu lt ed in th e ha re scra m b le seg me n t o f th e Ka nsas State O lym pi ad being held 'he Sa tu rda y preceding a no ther ran'. T he Ol ym p iad is a th ree-race ser ies of har e scramb les, motocros s and 11. T he Sa tu rda y race was run over a p raticul ar ly tight a n d technical co urse, keep in g th e la p tim es up. Rog-er LeRette a n d Rand y Bay less o n Yamaha YZ250s wer e out front of th e si ng lewave sta rt as it wound th ro ug h the mead ow sect io n. Doherty, w ho gated from th escccnd ' row du e to a last-minute clu tch adj us tme n t, was wo rking hi s way up. By lh~ end o f the first la p he was a hea d , but feeling p ressu re from the pr evio us lead ers. Le kett e even tua lly fell a nd twea ked hi s handl ebar s, but held o n for seco nd pl ace wit h Ba yless thi rd . They were th e o n ly riders to go n in e laps, while fourth a nd fifth o vera ll we re ho rly co n tested by Dave H aw ort h a nd Bru ce C la rke. who did eigh t laps eac h. . Su nday's race co u rse was id entica l, bu t ru n backw a rds . T h e large turnout resu lted in a lin ce-row star t. Expert a n d Amat eur class rider s sta rred firs t, and Dohert y go t th e hol eshot bu t was soon overt a ken by Letell ier Ih e o n ' he Letk o KT M 250. Le telli er led en d . foll o wed by Bayless, who aced a no ' her seco n d. and S,eve Gron o n a KT:'v1. P h il Ellswo n h got lhe seco nd wa ve hol e.ho' a nd led th e first la p u ntil h is rea r brake weIll a way . Er ic H a nson got by fo r the lead in th e Plus 40 class whi le Da vid J.effery inh er ited th e '01' Plus 30 class spot u nnl Lo u ie Bale passed for Ihe wi n. Results '0 SATURDAY EX: 1. Tom Doherty (Yaml ; 2. Rand y Bayless (Yaml. 12 5 : 2. Paul W eber (Hon); 2. Doug Parrish (Kaw ). . 200: 1. Dave Haworth ("aw); 2. Bru ce Clark e (Kaw ); 3 . Greg Young {Kawl; 4 . Curti s Boyd (Hon). 500 : 1. Randy Robert (Suz); 2. Ed Blocker (Hon); 3 . Reg Wescon {Husl. . PLUS 30 : 1. Roger LeRette (Ya. ); 2. Phil Ellsworth (Kaw ); m 3 . Dav id J eff ery (KTM); 4 . Mike Frye (Hon); 5. Chuck pa~tGd84b~~~)Bill Snyde r (Hon); 2. Bob lves (Suz); 3 . Ron Nockt oni ck (Kaw); 4 . Larry Parson (Hon). BEG 1: 1. Clift on Dobson (Yam); 2. Mik e Dobson (SUt ); 3 . Terry Picken s (Kawl ; 4 . Frank Nile s (Kaw) . BEG 2: 1. Tom Craig (Suz); 2. Dan Ma rtine (Yaml ; 3 . Carl Dobson (Hon); 4 . Todd Tu rnbull (Suz); 5 . Doug Robertson (Suzi. SUE~~~~ ~. leigh Lete ll ier (KTM I; 2. Randy Bayl ess (Yam); Steve Gru n IKTM); 4 . Jay W illiams (Kaw); 5 . Daryl Dav.s IAT . K) 24 80 : 1. Brian Beck (Han); 2. Steve Pein e (Suzl . 125: 1. Troy Smith (Hon ); 2. Randy Singleton (Kaw ): 3 . Chft on Dobson (Yaml. 200: 1. Dave Haworth (Kawl250; 1. Jerry Sm ith (Yam); 2. David Wood (Hon~ 3 . Kevin Chri stian (Yam) . 500 : 1. Dan J ohnson (KTM I; 2. Curtis Uggen (Yaml . 1-2 in bo th motos of the 25 Plus class at Rolling Hills. By Henry Muller R EID SVILLE. NC. SE PT. 17 Suz u ki -moun led Ga ge Fort so n cl icked o ff f~ur mo ro wi n s fo r a d ea n sweep o f th e Senio r Min i a nd Super Mini classes in fo u nd three o f ' he N.A.M.E . Carol in a Fa ll MX Series a t Ro ll in g H ills Cycle Pa rk. Answer Pr od ucts/ Ma ier Mfg .lPro Circu ir/ Scou US A's J a y Ha u ser was a double class winner as well . to ppi ng a ll (o u r mOiO S i n th e 250cc Am a teu r a nd 25 Pl u s di visions. Fort so n 's win in the Super Mini division ga ve h im a I7-poin t lea d over a n abse n t Ch uc k Sh ir ley w hil e C hri s Bowman's seco nd o verall moved h im to th ird in poi nts . In the Sen io r Min i class it was J ason Mino r wh o gave Fo rtso n h is b igg:e~ l ch ~ lI e n ge , ta k in g seco nd ove ra ll a nd the senes po uus lead wit h Fortson just th ree poi n ts shy . R yan Ga rn er took th ird overa ll for 'he day a hea d o f Bowman a nd Rhett Witso n. In 125cc Novice class ac tio n Rich a rd H ester wo k the lead and sca mpered to th e fin ish lin e wh ile C had Pow ell a nd Bill y Long dueled for seco nd with Pow ell ta kin g th e po si tio n a t th e n ag. Rod Mat th ews a n d Da n iel Morrison rounded o u t the top five. N ed Bla ckwelder dominat ed th e seco n d m o to w ith H es ter' s seco n d pl ace fin ish lan d ing the overa ll fo llow ed hy Po well a n d Blackwelder. Morrison edge d Ma tth ews 10 p ick up fo u rt h overa ll. Results 85 YTH: 1. Shan e Ham ilt on (Suz). 857 -13 : 1. Chad Newton (Yam); 2. Kell y Kell is (Yam); 3 . J eff Donald son (Kaw l; 4 . Bry an Stevens (Kaw l: 5 . Rhen W ilson (Yaml . . 85 12 · 15 : 1. Gage Forts on (Suzl; 2. Ja son M ino r (Sut); 3. Ryan Garn er (Hon); 4. Chr is Bowman (Hon); 5 . Rhen W ilson (Kaw l. S/MINI; 1. Gage Fortson (Sull; 2. Chr is Bowman (Honl. 125 NOV : 1. Richard Hest er (Hon l; 2. Chad Pow ell (Yam); 3.Ned Blackwe lder (Kaw~ 4. Dan iel Morrison (Yaml; 5. Rod M an hews {Kawl. 250 NOV: t . Bill y Taylor (Kaw l; 2. l ee M arti n (YamI; 3. RK:hard Bu rton (Han); 4 . Patr ick Flem ing (Han); 5 . Ja mes Womadi: (Kaw) . 12 5 AM : 1. Tomm y Lin vill e (Suzl; 2. Jason Mo rgart (Kaw ); 3 . Glenn Krofchick ( S uz ~ 4 . Kent Rogerso n (ya m). 250 AM : 1. Jay Hauser (Kawl; 2. Jason Everhart (Yam ~ 3 . Ed Sent uk (Han); 4 . Joe Norder (Suz); 5 . Donal d A lford (Kaw ). 500 AM : 1. Ricky Gardn er (Hon l; 2. Steve Starnes (Kaw l; 3 . Scon Snelli ngs (Hon); 4. Dean Herrin (Hon); 5 . Darrell Bell (Honl. T: ENDR & V1N 1. Fran k Str oman (Mai) ; 2. Gary Duf fy (~~)' PlUS: 1. J ay Hau ser (Kaw); 2. Joe Nord er (Suzl; 3. Ron ald Dobbs (Yam); 4 . Richard Van Bort el (Han ): 5 . DafTell Bell (Hon). 35 PLUS: , . Bob M an er (Hon); 2. W illiam Drenno n ( H on~ 3 . Raymond Dawso n (Yam ). 40 PLUS: 1. Ed Don aldson (Kaw ); 2. Ma rc M in or (Suz); 3 . Harvev Andr ews (y aml; 4 . J im Rice (Hon); 5 . M art y Shack leton (Yaml 125 PRO: 1. J im Neese (Kaw); 2. M ike A ndrews (S uz); 3 . lee Wal ston (Yam); 4 . Jo hn W in slow (Kawl; 5 . Paul Jamison (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Andr ews (Suz); 2. Paul J amis on (Suz); 3 . Richard Van Bort el IHon); 4 . Ronald Dobbs (Yam); 5 . John Winslow IKaw) . Engstrom on top at MankatoMX a n d multiple li n es through th e co rners develo ped a llowing for close racin g. Bill Engstrom led you n(;er brother Rob th ro ugh 'he firs' tu rn in the first I25cc A mote. Rob mo ved in front befo re th e end o f th e Iir st lap, whil e Co ry Keen ey a nd Pat Ril ey c10~ in o n Bill. Rob mot ored a way fo r the W in . as Keen ey hel d o ff Riley for seco nd. Eri c Metzger ra n a stro ng fou rth with Pat Donah o di splacing Bill En gstrom o n th e last la p to ta ke fift h. Metzger led the first lap of the next .m ot ? bu t En gstrom p u lled a head o n th e next crrcu u . Keen ey cha lle nged Metzger for a co u p le o f laps before d ivi ng by o n th e in side. Riley was clo se beh ind a nd h e dropped Metzger a no the r positio n before th e end. J el f Co lbert a n d Donaho tra iled hi m a t th e n ag . Ch ris Hug hes roosted to th e fro n t o f th e pack. as the 250cc class got u nder wa y. but Engstrom blew by a nd wa s gone l ike the wind. A hea ted di ce developed bel ween H ughes, Ri ley a nd Bensc, as th ey d isputed seco nd . Riley won o u t a nd tra iled En gs tro m by 20 seco nd s at th e end. Ben se was th ird o ver Hughes, wh ile J ack La ne took fifth. Engs trom a nd Ben se ra n in fro n t a ll ~h e wa y in the second m o~ o. Hugh es secu red t~l rd a fter a n ea rly scra p with C had WII1e< 'ke. RIl ey dropped Win ecke lO fif'h in th e closin g ~ 'a ge s of th e race. Results YTH: 1. Cory Keeney: 2. Brandon Backes; 3 Aaro n Carl son . 25 & OVER: 1. Jeff Sor ensen; 2. Brian Carn ey; 3 . Joh n Niem i. M INI SR: i . Brand on Backes; 2. Mik e A tkin son; 3. Tim Pospisil. MINI JR : 1. Bill V Edmonson; 2. Dust in Noble; 3 . Core y Smolac h. SR C: 1 . Roger Schellhammer; 2. Chr is DeMars; 3 . Tom Clark. • _' SR A : 1. Bria n Carne y; 2. Dan Zela zny; 3 . Randy Nagel r S/SR : 1. J erry Becker; 2. Roben Adam s; 3. larry Noble . MINI PIW: 1. Dann y Edmon son; 2. Lance Cunningham; 3. Shelly Kann . 125 C 0 - 1: 1. Kevin Zillloff; 2. Troy Goe hrs; 3. Jed cOf;~~ 0 .2 : 1 Bob Gohlisse n: 2. David Nyland; 3. Greg . G-;02~eB: 1. Darwin Fr ider s; 2. Mi tch Wo lff; 3. Aar on Carl son. 12 5 A : 1. Robbie Engstrom; 2. Cory Keeney; 3. Pal Riley. FA THER-SON (BIG BIKES): 1. Tom /Marty Clark; 2. RlchardlTom Peterson; 3 . BerOlelTlm PospiSIl . FATHER-CHILD (MI NII: 1 . J im/Jim Povolny; 2. J ack! Sh2e~ ~n~: 3Da~~~/g:~~~~2~om Peterso n; 3 . Rick lambrecht. 250 B: 1. M ickey M ickelson; 2. J ay Thomp son; 3 . AI Novotny . 250 A:. 1. Robbie Engstrom; 2. Chri s Bense; 3 . Pat Riley. OPEN C: 1. M ike Bourg eois: 2. Brian Byrn e; 3 . Dean Basco. OPEN A:. 1. Chris Bense; 2. Je ff Sore nsen; 3. Chad Cunn ing ham. PLUS 30 : 1. louie Bate (Hon ); 2. David Jeff ery (KT~ ); 3 . Daryl Cockriel (Hon ); 4 . Charl es Partridge (Hon); 5 . J ,m Pra" (Honl. PLUS 4 0: 1. Eric Hansen (Hon); 2. Bill Snyder IHon); 3 . Duan e Buck (Yaml; 4 . Ron Nockton ick {Kawl; 5 . Bob lves (SB~G 1;" Chr is Strawn (Hon): 2. M ike Dobson (Suz); 1. 3. Rich Taylor (Yam I: 4 . Steve Peine lKaw); 5 . Shannon loerzeI IKaw ). BEG 2: 1. Carl Dobson {Honl; 2. Rick Shank s {Honl ; 3 . Doug Robert son (Suzl; 4. Lynn At keisson (Han ). Moores, Schow dominate Brainerd RR By Rolfe Otterness By Gary Sjoquist MANKATO, MN , SE PT. 24 Robb ie Engstro m had a n exce lle n t day a t th e Ka lo Cycle C lu b's mot ocro ss even t, wi n n ing: bo'h 'he 125 and 250cc A classes. He 'ook cha rge in all fo ur mOlDS for a n~ w less .d.ay. Chris Hens e won the O pen A class 10 addItion to pl acing second in the 250cc A div is io n . The Ka,o Cycle C lub members had th e track well -p repped for Ihe DistricI 23 evelll. The wat ering system hel ped keep th e dust dow n IIRA IN ERO, MN , SEP T . 16- 17 Mik e Moor es and Pete Sc how do min at ed sp ri ng ac tio n a t th e C R A's fin al even t o f th e seaso n a t Br a inerd In ternati onal R acewa y.Moo res took rive class wins as well as a co u p le of seco nd s o n hi s Dou g Lo£gren prepared Yam aha FZR600 with Schow grab bing three class wins o n hi s FZR400. Moores bega n h is cr usade with win s in th e Middleweigh t. H ea vyweight a nd Un l im i'ed HIW PROD EX: 1. Mike M oor es (Yam ); 2. Ron Oert er (Kaw l; 3 . Joe Spoon er (Yaml . HIW PROD NOV: t . M att Will iam s (Suz); 2. Bru ce Eisermmmer (Kaw); 3 . Mike Golden (Yaml. ULT /L PROD EX; t Don Fra ms tad (Suzl; 2. Glen Chr ist ian son (Yaml . ULT/ l PROD NOV: t . Kevin John son (Suz); 2. Dean Adam s (Yam); 3. Bill Stry k (Yam). U/ t PROD EX; 1. M ike Mo ores (Yam); 2, Gene Radm er (Yam); 3 . Ron Oerter (Kaw) . . MIW PROD EX: 1. M ike M oor es (Yam ); 2. Joe Spooner (Yaml; 3 . David And erson (Yaml. M /W PROD NOV: 1. Brett Donahue (Yam ): 2.Ma r1l. A nderson IYam ); 3. Robb Anderson (Yam). U W PROD EX; 1. Pete Schow (Yam); 2. John Me nsch (Yam ); 3 . Vi nce J ohn son (Yam). l / W PROD NOV: 1. Raf.1dY Kallevi g lYam) ; 2. Robb A nderson (Yam); 3. Wayne llndsberg (Ya!"'l. H/ W SS EX: 1. JohnJacobs(Ya m); 2. Mik e Moor es(Ya m); 3. AndV Tocko (Suz). H/W SS NOV: 1. Mati Williams (Suzl; 2. Mike Golden (Yam); 3 . Bru ce Eisenzimmer (Kaw ). Ul TlL SS EX: 1. Glen Christianson (Yaml; 2. Don Fram stad (Suz); 3. Tom Ma ier (Yam). UlTI t SS NOV; t . Cory Hoggarth (Suz); 2. Bil l Stryk (Yaml; 3 . Sandy O'Br ien (Yaml. MIW SS EX: 1. M ike moor es (Yam); 2. John Jacob (Yam); 3. Todd StranQ (Yaml . MIW SS NOV; 1. M ike Gold en (Yam ); 2. Brett Do nahue (Yam); 3 . Doug l indhom (Han ). U/ l SS EX; 1. Mike M oor es (Yam); 2. John J acob {Yaml; 3 . Andy Tocko (Suz). UW SS EX: 1. Pete Schow (Yaml; 2. Tim Dupont (Yam ); 3 . Kevin Morse (Yam). UW SS NOV: 1. Randy Kall evig (Yam l; 2. Jo hn Stan ley (Yaml; 3 . Wayne l indsberg (Yam). HIW SB EX: 1. J ohn Jacob (Yam); 2. M ike M oor es (Yam ); 3 . An dy Tack o ISuz). H/W SB NOV: r. M ati Williams (Sul); 2. Brett Donah ue (Yam); 3 . Mike Golden (Yam ). UlTI l SB EX: 1. Bob Poore (Rtx); 2. Ron Bohl (Yam); 3 . BrUin Gibbs (Yam). UlT I l SB NOV: 1. Cory Hoggart h (Sut); 2. Dean Adam s (Yam); 3. Bill St ryk (Yam). MIW SB EX: 1. Scott Ruchl e (Yaml; 2. David A nderson (Yam); 3. J oe Spooner (Yam). MIW SB NOV: 1. Br ett Dona hue (Yaml; 2. M ike Golden (Yaml ; 3. Ooug U ndhom (Hon). U/ l SB EX: 1. Tom M ason (Yam); 2. Jo hn J acob (Yam); 3. Scon Ruehle (Yam). UW SB EX: 1. Pete Schow (Yaml: 2. Tim Dupont (Yam); 3. John M ensch (Yam). UW S8 NOV; 1. Jo hn Stan ley (Yam); 2. Brad Frey (Yam); 3 . Wayn e Li ndbe rg (Yam). Merklin moves at Mountain View MX By Dan Meeker SAN DY, OR. O CT. I Dave Merklin mot ored lO th e O ld Timer Expert cl ass win o n a mudd y bUI we l lg-r omed track a t th e final Mo u nt ain View o Ra cewa y even t o f th e Mot ocross Northw est Su m mer Series. Mow o ne began wi th Jim Park s powering his Honda int o the ea rly lead fo llowed by Mik e's Suzu ki rider Merkl in , G a ry Bo nd s a nd Do ug Rh a y. On la p t ~ o, Bonds made a ffi.ove a nd got by riv al Merklin, th en wasted n o ume in raking over th e lead with a not he r g rea t p ass that left Parks i n seco nd, Merklin third a nd Rh a y a clo se founh. Bonds began lO pull a way from the o the r rid ers who co n tin ued to ba tt le for position behind h im. On 'he fin al lap o f th e moto Merkli n managed gel by Pa rk s to finish seco nd a n d keep h imself in the hum with Bonds for the o vera ll. As th e riders waited for the start of th e second ma lO, a li gh t ra in bega n to £all, threat ening to ma ke th e a lready dam p tra ck even slic ker. Merk lin , who had confessed a d isl ik e for racin g in th e mud , was n 't p leased , bu t when th e gate dr opped for mo lO IWO he was righ t o n the rea r wh eel o £ Bon ds, wh o had gOllen th e hol esho t. Behind Ih em Rhay an d Parks were g ivi n& chase, b ut went dov.:n in a tig h t com er, IC4I vm g Bon ds a nd MerklIn to sett le ma tter s between them sel ves. T he two riders en terta ined th e cro wd la p a fter la p as they were seld o m mor e than a ~ i k e Iengt~ a pan . Finally, on la p four, MerkIn! made hIS mo ve o n what a p pea red lo be hi S £a voTIle sect io n o f the 'rack. Foll o win g a ri ghI-han d sweeper leading in to a long stra ig h ta way with 'hree j u m ps , Merklin never let o ff a nd passed Bon ds o ver th e last tabl etop. Bonds never ga ve up ' he figh', th o ugh, a nd kep , il exci , ing un,il th e checkered flag ga ve Merlin 'he molO win as well as th e o vera ll victory. Results '0 P/ W 9·1 1: 1. Robert Holtgrew(Kaw); 2. Dusty Lenabe rg (Kaw); 3 . Wayn e M anning (Hon) . MINI BEG: , . Nathan Gravelle (Kaw); 2. Kevin Pfeifer (Kaw ); 3 . Greg Eaton (Suz). MIN I J R: 1. Robert Kitt erm an IKawl; 2. Ed Pearso n (Sud; 3 . Brandon White (Yam). MINIINT: 1. Nick Hansen (Kaw l. PP: 1. Pan i Bren (Hon) . 125 BEG: 1. Bill Cooper (Hon); 2. Steve Selby (Kaw); 3 . Ryan Blodgen (Kaw ). 125 J R: 1. Ma tt Barnha rt (Kawl; 2. Bill Kent (y am ); 3 . Grr~5SI'N!r~ \~~~wn Waring ISut );' 2. Alex Kavanev 3 . M ike Hamness (Kaw l. (Y~m);

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