Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

z z [4 0 « rn ~ Z 8 ...J ...J s « :I: W > « 0 !d a: > > Cll Cll ~ 0 0 >- >0 0 :I: ll. :I: a, 0') 00 0') ....... ~ c-r .... V ,D. 0 ... Expert Modified cl ass w in ne r Dave Trager (8 8 ) leads runner- up Mark McDonald at the YSR50 mini road races at Adams Raceway. ' as he was fo llo wed by Kin g , L u ndgren a nd Ri ck C ycle' s Ri ck All en . Li edh er g was o n th e move a nd p assed Kin g before th e first lap wa s over. All en moved by Lundgr en for fo u rt h as th e pa ck sorte d o u t. Meanwhil e. up from, Liedberg ca ugh t T h omas a n d tried every tri ck in the book to pass him. Hack in the pa ck , - Lucero was qui etl y makin g h is way tow ards th e front, di sposing o f Lundgren a nd All en in th e process. Kin g was Lu cer o' s next tar get as he tried desperately to ree l in the Kaw asaki rid er. T ho mas held o n to win over L iedber g , Kin g, Lu cero a n d Allen. MOlO three was tense as Tho mas had tw o points over Liedber g 's four. Thom as blew o u t o f th e ga te a nd tr ied to pu ll gr o u nd o ver Allen , Liedb erg a nd Kin g. Li edberg qu ickl y p assed Allen a nd wen t aft er 'Th omas. On lap two. Li cdber g pas sed T ho mas in a Iirst-tum swee per and qu ickl y p u lled a way . Thomas wa s co ntent holdi ng down seco nd , kn ow in g fu ll well he had th e ove rall if he cou ld maint ain hi s positio n. All en , Kin g , Lundgr en a nd Lucero foll ow ed . Li ed berg sty led o ut from for th e crowd wh ile Lu cero was on the mo ve an d rig h t o n Kin g a n d All en . The th ree riders baul ed [or third wi th Lucero com i n~ o ut o n top. The fi ni sh ing o rde r read Li ed ber g , T homas, Lucero. Ki ng an d Lu n dgren . " Holesho ts were the key tonight. The track go t rutted a nd very sl ippery in the fin al moro , so when Li edb er g got by I ju st let him go. I'm ha p p y lO be racing beca u se I lo ve th e sport," sta ted OJ cheerful T homas a fter th e event. Resul t s FINAl.: 1. Mike Thom as (Yam); 2. Steve liedberg (Kaw ); 3 . Vin ce lucero (Honl; 4 . Dan King (Kaw ); 5 . Ma rk Lundgren (Yam); 6 . Rick All en (Suz); 7 . Robert Ruud (Suz); 8. Rusty Hunt (KTM ). Fee tops Riverside YSR50RR By Dave Vinson RIV ERSIDE, CA, ocr. I Rodney Fee wo n bo th hea ts of the Beg inner Sto ck cla ss with co me- fro m -be h ind cha rges at th e RMD/NM A YSR 50 roa d race at Adams Ra cewa y. T he first hea t ..aw Teri Bilerback ge t the hol esh ot fo llow ed closel y by G eor ge Zepeda a nd j ose Ibarra . C h ris Blach e moved up a nd passed Ibarra to tak e over thi rd but was soo n pas sed by th e hard chargi ng Fee. Rilcrback co n ti n ued to lead unti l the last la p wh en Fee , wh o had alread y passed Zep eda , slipped under to tak e fir st a nd th e win . Zepeda al so got b y Bilerb ack to gra b seco nd . Bilerback h ad to seu lc for a dose third. Bilerback again jumped to an ea r ly lead in heat two but th is time Zepe da a nd Fee passed quickl y, lea vin g her 10 ch ase them . Zepeda held on to th e lead for most o f th e race but j ust as he ha d done in heat o ne , Fee passed o n th e last la p to tak e th e lead . Blach e a lso passed Bilerb ack 10 ta ke third. Fee wo n with Zeped a seco nd a nd Blach e third . Dust in Eva ns lOok th e lead ri ght from th e sla rt in th e firSl heat of th e Ama teu r Stoc k clas s a n d b t'~all lO pu ll a wa y. Lisa Peter son gOI 0[[ th e lin e seco nd [ollow ed by Tony A lv e re z. A lve rez was p u shi ng: h a rd b ut Pt.·tl~rson seemed up to the cha llen ge a n d co nt in ued to ho ld o n to secon d by a few b ike len gth s. At the fin is h Eva ns crossed th e lin e well in fro nl fo r the wi n . Peler son wo k second , a n d Alveraz was a dose th ir d. Evans go t lh e h ol esho( again in hea t two a nd aga in p u lled away q llickly wit h Alverez - runn in g seco n d a n d Peter son rig h t beh ind . The two ra n ·d har d for severa l laps with Peterson p ~ lI i ng u p nex t to Alver ez severa l times but not quite a b le La pass. She fin all y pa s _h im wilh tw o laps to go a nd as q u ickly as she h ad. Al ver ez we nt h igh in turn five a nd crashed h ard . Al var ez gO! bac k up bu t nOI before Ma rk Long had pas sed him. Evans aga in won easi ly wi th Peters on a co mforta b le secon d a nd Long third. Resu lts . 4 BEG STK: 1. Rodney Fee (Yam); 2. Georg e Zepeda (Yam); 3 . Chris Blacke (Yam); 4 . Teri Bilerback (Yam); 5 . Thom as Childs (Yam). BEG M OD: 1. John Rini on (Yam); 2. Nivald o lopez (Vam); 3 . Guy Philpott (Yam); 4 . Jer emy Ferr ee (Vam). AM STK: 1. Dustin Evans (Yam ); 2. Lisa Peterson (Vam); 3 . M ark long (Yam); 4 . Tony Alverez (Yam). AM MOD: 1. Dus tin Evan s (Yam); 2. CArlo Oddo (Yam); 3. Ma rk l ong (Yam); 4 . Robert Gall o (Yam); 5 . Lisa Peter son (Yam) . EX STK: 1. J ami e Riker (Yam); 2. Mark McDonald (Yam l. EX MOD : 1. Dave Trager (Yam); 2. M ark M cDon ald (Yam); 3. Jamie Riker (Yam). Ward tops Sapulpa Trials By Rich Allman SAPU L P A, OK , SEPT. 17 J erry Ward lodged o u t Ri ch a rd Dunkin by tw o poin ts to take th e Novi ce class win a t th e September round o f th e Oklahoma Sta te Trial s C ha m p io ns h ip in Sa p u lpa . T he Nov ice class had som o f the closest co m petition of the day . War d doesn 't mak e it to a lot of even ts bu t wh en he does, 11l~ turns in ou tsta ndi ng rid es. T od a y was no exce p tion as h e made the t urn o n the seco nd loop just o ne poi n t ahea d of Dun kin a nd C u rtis ... Mit ch ell , O ne last , nerve-wra ck ing loo p lat er a nd Ward left no do ubt b y tu rn in g in a clean loop. Du n kin too k a single dab 011 h is Merli n whi le Mi tch ell dropped Iwo points to finish seco nd a nd third ove ra ll. respectivel y. The Am a teur class finish ed the second loo p wit h T ommy Moore o ne po in t up on j o hn Mi zell, seve n to eigh t. Lee Cooper's first loop rea lly hurt h im a nd he was p layi ng ca tch u p with 12 poi nts . Mi zell really go t dow n lO bu siness a n d tu rn ed in a two -po in t fina l loop Ior th e ove ra ll vict o ry. Moore took a seven o n h is last go-arou n d a nd came in seco n d overall wh ile Lee Cooper's five-point loop ga ve h im a resp ectabl e th ird overa ll. After stu dy i ng the sco re ca rd s. th e o n ly majo r poi n t differen ce between these g uys was sectio n two , a steep banked cree k bottom wi th lot s o f tree . roots. Afte r th ree loops, Steve Fujan led th e In termed ia te class wi th 30 po in ts, w h ile Dave Bo ln was just o ne p oi n t a head of Sta n Ma ch a rt , 33 lO 34. Bol en p u lled o u t a ll th e sto ps a nd posted five po ints on hi s last loop lO pull up even with Fujan. They wer e tied o n to ta l po in ts a nd d eans. but Fuj a n edged Bol en o u t o n o nes for the ove ra ll , II to 8. Mach a n 's last loop 'relega ted him to th ird overa ll with Andre La po rte cruising in with fo u rt h overa ll. . In th e Expert class T ra vis Mit chell , hot o ff th e National circ u it, ca me wi th in o ne po in t o f ca tch ing Paul Bolen. T hey ca me in third a n d fourth. respe ct ively. Second place wa s ca p tu red lJy National mo tocrosse r , G uy Coope r. Cooper is sponsored by H onda bu t rode hi s Fan tic 305 p lay b ike to a very cred ib le seco nd p lace, almost 20 po in ts clea r o f third . Even WI th a ll of this form idable talent stacked agai ns t h im , jim Westco tt was still undetered a n d rod e th e wh eels off of h is Yamaha a n d tu.rned in a n impress ive 27 po ints for th e class W In. Result s NOV : 1. Jerry Ward (Yaml; 2. Richard Dunkin (Me rl; 3 . Cu rtis M itch ell (Bet); 4 . Pete Kin ney IM on); 5 . Matt Moore (Yam) . AM: 1. J ohn M izell (Man ); 2. Tom M oor e (Yam); 3 . l ee Cooper (Yam); 4. Don Varm eulen (Aprl. INT: 1. Steve FUJan (Yaml; 2. Dave Bolen (Bet): 3 . Stan Ma ch art (Vam); 4 . Andre Laporte {Yam); 5. M ike Peters (Bet ). EX: 1. Jim Westcott IYam); 2. Guy Cooper (Fan); 3. Paul Bolen (Yam); 4. Trav is.Mitchell ( Fa n~ 5 . Dew ey Harp er (Apr) . MSTR : 1. Gabe MIzell (Y 8 m~ 2. Shan Moore (Yam); 3 . Charley M all ow (Apr ). Decker demolishes Glen Helen MX SAN BERNARDINO, CM SE PT. 24 Cra ig Decker ha d the best sco re of 2· 1 mot o finish es to lOp the Mini Expert class a t round four of th e GFI So Ca l Fall Ser ies held a t G len H elen OHV Park. Stev e An drich took over first from Decker o n th e seco nd lap o f molO o ne a nd led fo r three laps o f th e severt-la p moto. On la p five · Damon Huffman too k th e lead for good as Andrich [ell back III third behind Decker. U 0 Factory Honda m ot ocrosser Guy Cooper used a break in the 125cc Nationals to take second in the Expert class at the Sapulpa Trials. HuHman led half o f th e o ne -lap shorte ned seco nd rnot o before dropping back to third. Decker, wh o started out third, passed Andrich o n th e seco n d lap a n d th en assumed th e lead wh en Huffman su rre n de red it o n la p three. Decker stayed o u t front to th e fini sh with Andri ch foll ow in g hi m ac ro ss th e finish line. Donald Upton had a perfect da y in th e th e l 25cc No vice class as he led every lap o f both m O lD S for th e o vera ll wi n. La rry Camo m ile fo llowed Upt on thro ughout th e first m ot o for seco nd , but in m ot o two it was j eff L ewi s who stayed in seco nd throughout th e m o to, Co rnorni le spent severa l la ps in fo urth befo re mo vi ng to third for th e rem ainder o f th e mo ta whi c h cl inc hed second overal l. Lewi s' 7-2 ea rned him third a t the tro p hy booth . Resu lt s XR80 : 1. Ray Groom (Han); 2. M ike Han ley{Hon); 3 . Steve Knox (Han) . MIN I BEG: 1. M ike Battista (Suz); 2. Shaun Perone IKaw) ; 3. Chuck Enscoe (Kaw); 4 . D.J . Radcliff (Han); 5 . Rick M ora les (Kaw) . MINI NO.V : 1. Scott John son (Suzl; 2. larry l inko gle (Kaw ); 3 . David Ferr ier (Suz); 4 . Lyle Danu ser (Suzl. M INI INT: 1. Steve Hengeveld (Kaw); 2. Tim Staufenbe il (Han); 3 . Jac k Cox (Kaw l; 4 . Chr is W heel er lSuz); 5. Ty Kadv (Kaw) . MI NI EX: 1. Crai g Decker (Suz); 2. Damo n Huffm an (Kaw); 3 . Steve An drich (S uz). 125 BEG: 1. Br ian Pr idemore; 2. Shawn Mcintosh (Kaw )l 3 . David Chase (Kaw ); 4 . John ny Wilhuit (Han); 5 . J ay Pevtcvec (Han ). 125 NOV : 1. Don ald Upt on (Han); 2. Lar ry Camo mile (Han); 3 . Jeff Lewis ISuz); 4 . Denn is Dahli n (Kawl; 5 . M att Polasky (Kaw) . . 125 INT: 1. Jo el Albrecht (Kaw) ; 2. Der ik Natv ig (Kaw); 3. Tommy Clowers (Kaw) ; 4 . Billy Felts (Kaw ); 5 . Jeremy Albrecht (Kaw l 125 PRO: 1. Ryan Hugh es (Kaw ); 2. Bubba Erickson (Cag); 3 . King Rich ard Saxton (Yam); 4 . J oe T utt obene (Han); 5. Chris Pacino. 250 BEG: 1. Eric Being esser (Yam); 2. Chad Mcintosh IHon l; 3 . Eri c Chri stiansen (Han); 4 . David Schmidt (Han ); 5. Nick Kraus (Han). 250 NOV: 1, Dann y Seyl er (Han); 2. Bobby Hubbard (yam ); 3 : Steve Soui sa (Suz); 4 . Phili p Wurster (Han); 5. J erry Jetton (Suzl . 250 INT: 1. Kellv Pichet (Kawl ; 2. Bill Sauro (Hon); 3 . Tony Seckman (Han); 4 . Jeff Fin e (Han); 5. Steve Piaton i (Su z). . 250 PRO: 1. J eremy McGrath (Kaw ); 2. Kerry Mull igan (Kaw); 3. Chris Trickl e (Han); 4 . J im Hale (Han ); 5. Martin Klossner (Yam I. OPEN BEG: 1. Mik e Seel ey; 2. Steve Reeves (ATK); 3 . Kenny Watson (Yam); 4 . Scott Owen (Han ); 5 . Rick Remy (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Bryan"Hanson(Honl; 2. Joe Chidl ey(Hon) OPEN INT; 1. Tony Bien ert (Han); 2. Brian Davy (Han); 3 . Mike Dougherty (AlK); 4 . Patr ick Markham; 5 . Dean Teagu e (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Willy Musgrave (ATK). 25 ·29 BEG: 1. Mike Sal e (Han); 2. Rick Ware (Han); 3 . Ted Chan (Han); 4 . Vel Rosar io (Yam); 5. Scan Carr era. 25 ·29 NOV: 1. loe Sot o (Yam); 2. Randy Van Dyke (Han); 3 . Don Horveticn (Han) . 25 ·29 INT: 1. Bill Fay (Hon); 2. M ercede s Gonzal ez (Kaw ); 3 . Mi ke Doughery(ATK); 4. Patr ick Markham (ATK); 5 . David Halverson (Suzi. VET NOV; 1. Stev e Fry (Kaw ); 2. Rudy Chavez (Han ); 3 . Dave Graham (SuZI; 4 . Ma rshall M arion IKaw); 5 . Greg Pagan (Han). VET INT: 1. Richard Dick (Kaw ); 2. John M cCaughey(Suz); 3 . Alan Kent (Han); 4 . Willy Han ey (Han); 5. Donn Sar ian (Hon ). VET PRO: 1. Brent W alling sf ord (Kaw); 2. Bob Casper {Suz}; 3 . Bob Rutt en (Hon); 4 . Al an Olson (Hon). OT NOV: 1. Adr ian M esa (Han); 2. Vasek Ulrich (Han); 3 . Chu ck Caston (Han). Baughman tops Millsport MX By Peggy Adamic MILLPORT , O H, SEP T . 17 KTM -m o unted, Dirt Works- ba ~ked P et e Bau~hm an cap tured th e 125cc C class victo ry , seaTI ng 2-1 mo ta finish es at Mot oSporr Trails MX . Ba u ghma n was o ne o [ on ly 80 rid er s bold en o ugh to face th e rai n-drenc hed a nd rutt ed track . Kaw asaki rider J ason Myers a n d Baughman chased J oe Bechdel th rou gh turn o ne, and di spo sed th e H onda-mounted rid er within th e first three turn s. Myer s held th e lead througho u t th e remainder of th e five-lap moto with Ba ughman ca mping in second p lace, n~arl y 14 seco n ds beh ind Myer s a t tne checkered n ag . In molO tw o , Becndel ag-a in gr abbed th e lead o ff th e line w ith Bau ghman a n d Myer s chasing. Baug h ma n a n d Myers repeated th eir first -mot o moves, passing Bechdel within th e firs t ha lf-la p. Baughman held th e lead with Myers a di stant seco n d despite h aving to pi ck h im self up o ff the tra ck on severa l diHer ent occasions. Pennsylva ni a rider Brad Quear mounted his H onda a n d routed 10 the double moro wins in th e 125cc Schoo lboy class. MOlO o ne was a sta rt-to- fin is h victory for th e rid er. Quear was chased th rough the first turn a nd the en ti re m or o by Mi ke Bak er and Willow H ar dw ar e's j eff Wo ol edge. In rnoto two , Bak er too k the h ol esh ot , as Quear a n d Wooledge foll o wed . Ba ker a nd w ooledge trad ed pl aces, lea vin g Quear in th e m idd le un ti l mi dway through .lap t wo whe n Q uear took o ver th e to p spot. Wooledge held second un til rnidrace whe n Baker powered hi s Suzuki a ro u nd th e Pent on H on da -mo unted Wooledge. Quea r held a n eigh t-second lead o n Bak er a t m o te 's end . Results 50:. 1. Larry Rust (Yam); 2. Ryan Edixon (Yaml ; 3 . Derek Knack (Yam ); 4 . Peter Smit h (Yam); 5 . Fred Purn ell (Yam). 60 : 1. Bro ck Sella rds (Kaw); 2. Karl Scott (Kaw ). 807·1 1: 1. J ason M cGuyrt (Kaw) . 80 12·13: 1. Brent Abe l (Suz); 2. Jer emy lawso n (Kaw ): 3. Adam Bechd el(Kaw) . 80 14·15: 1, Jay Hershey (Suz); 2. Frank Sudol (Suzl. 125 SCHBV: 1. Brad Qu e8r (Han); 2. M ike Baker (Suz); 3 . JeffWool edge(Hon); 4 . Jim Reznik (Han); 5 . Rick M cGu ire (Han). 125 B: 1, J ack Steel e (Han); 2. Mike Kati n (Hon); 3. All en Beech (Yam) . 125 C: 1. Pete Baughman (KTM): 2. Ja son M yers (Kaw); 3 . Chuck Bortz (Suz); 4 . David John st on (Yam); 5 . Joe Bechde l (Hon). 250 B: 1. Sieve Gilla nd ( Hon~ 2. Brad Qu ear {Suz); 3. Shawn Gates (Han). 250 C: 1. Tony Olszko (Han); 2. Dan Morgan (Cag); 3. Jerry Meyer (Kaw); 4 . Jeff Bran (Kawl; 5 . Mark Torres (Yam). OPEN B: 1. Bob Harrington (Han); 2. Greg Thom pson (Vam). SR 1: 1. Bud Wy att (Kawl; 2. Dan M org an (Cag); 3. Greg Thompson (Yam); 4 . Steve Leat herperry (Han ); 5 . Doug Rhoades (Han) . SA 2: 1. Phi l Andr ew s (Han); 2. Chi p Smit h (Han) Cook claims win at WhitneyMX By Joyce Ladd WHITN EY, T X, ocr. I Sh annon Cook- too k top h o no rs in the 250cc Expe rt cla ss with per fect I-I fin ishes in round two o f the G NC /Tea m T exas a rea q uali fiers a t La ke Whitney Cycl e Ran ch . In motu one, Cook powered h is Kaw asaki in to th e early lead which he held to the checkers , follow ed by Ya maha-mounted Rud y H eathcon. Suzu ki rid er j erry Benner a nd KTM pilot Ka ylo n Young. Mot o two aga in saw Cook ta ke the lead , follo wed by H eathcoll, Ya maha ri der Mall H ar lan a nd Young . Coo k lOok firs t ove ra ll for th e day wit h 1 finis hes . H eathen ll was .-1 seco nd wit h 2-2 finis hes a nd You ng was th ird with 4·4 fin ish es: In th e 125{:c Expert cla ss il was H arlan tak in g firs t. Benner second a nd Cook fin is h ing thi rd . Ya ma ha · mo u n ted Mi ke Gray took th e win in t he 125cc Beginner class, one of the lar~est classes of th e day . In molO o ne , Gray pulled the hol esh ot [oll ow ed by Kawasak i rider Toby Coo k sey a n d H o n d a -m ounted \Vill iam McD ona ld. Wh en th ey came Ollt o f th e bac k sectio n o f lh e track, it was O)Qks ey in th e lea d [oll ow ed by McD onald a nd Gray. On lap t h ree~ McDonald CUl un der Cooksey in a leftha nd turn a nd lOok o ver the n um ber o ne slot. T h en, cc,ming ou t o [ Chuck Sun hill , Cooksey overs hot the t urn. a llo w ing Gray a nd H onda · moumed P.J. Flores lo get by. Wh en th e chec kers ca me OUl it was McD ona ld, Gray, Flor es a nd Coo k~ey . MOlO two sa w Gray pull th e hol esh ot a nd lead fro m sta rt to fin ish, followed by Flores, McD ona ld and Ka wasaki-mourned Rex Tho~ mas. On lap three, Flo res fell back to last place 29

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