Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

...J (/) ~ ::!: o .... >- '" o .... o Z a. second it took Wu rsler on ly another Jap to zero in and pass Vite lli to take the win. Vite lli was second a nd first in the 125cc Novi ce class , wh ile Mo rgan was third across the line and H o ldren slipped to fourth overall. H oldren led ea rly aga in in the seco nd mota, but th is tim e Wurster start ed second and. with no 125s to pa ss, ass u med the lead for good on lap three. Morgan sta rted o u t third but moved in to second on (he fourth lap and stayed ahead o f Vitelli for 'he 125« Novice over U win. T ern Varner was th e second 250 a across th e line in fourt h, and his 3-2 score earned second overa ll in the 250cc Novi ce clas s si nce Holdr en dropped to fifth in ' he second m ot e . In the 125('c Begi n ner class, J a mes Thornbur g wo n the first mo ta bu t in the second ro und he had LO tak e a back sea t LO Kaw asaki KX80-mountro Travi s Pr eston . Preston raced the fir st mota in the Mini No vice clas s. but af ter leading every lap decid ed to move in with the 125cc _ in ners. Thornburg was second Beg in moto two and hi s 1-2 scor e earned him the overall victory in the 125cc Beginner class . 00 .... Q) ..0 a Q) Results ;> M INI BEG: 1. Doug Radcliff (Han); 2. Dean Van Riper (Yam); 3 . Brad W hite (Kaw) . MI NI NOV : 1. David Ferrier (suz). 125 BEG: 1. Jam es Thorn bu rg; 2. Bonnie War ch (Suzl; 3 . Gary Guent h8f" (Kaw); 4. Christopher DeCannen (Han): 5 . M ike Koger l Hon ). 125 NOV: 1. Nick Mor gan (suz); 2. Ed Vitelli (Suz); 3 . Bobby Graham {s uzl; 4 . Keith Shige ta (Yam); 5 . Mark Green (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Derek Natv ig (Kaw); 2. Randy Danylo (Kaw); 3 . Brian Beach (Han); 4. Brian Davis (Kaw ). 125 PRO: 1. J eremy McGrath (Kaw ); 2. Darr in Hoeft (Han); 3 . Randv Moody (Han); 4. John Blood (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Greg Giddin gs ISuzl ; 2. Ronald Burrows (Suz); 3 . Hary Langl ey (Yam); 4. Bee Gee Kaya (KTM I; 6 . Dave Dain (YamI. 250 NOV: 1. Phili p Wurster (Han); 2. Terry Varne r (Yam); 3 . Bryan Holdre n (Hon); 4. Dale Galford tHonl : 5. Chr is Berg str om (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Bill Sauro (Han); 2. Bill Erb (Hon); 3 . Ty Sw artz (Yam ); 4. Richard Calsadill as (Hon l. OPEN BEG: 1. Colin M organ (Kawi. • OPEN NOV: t . Chad M cin tosh (ATK); 2. Jim Al exander (Han ). OPEN INT: 1. Kevin Frin ger (Han): 2. Brian Davy (Han ). VET NOV: r. Ed W ilson (Yam); 2. Rob Rex (Hon); J . Ken Francis (Yam ); 4 . Ad ria n M esa (Hon); 5 . Kirk Schrader (Suz). VET INT: 1. Scott W allenbe rg (Han); 2. Randy Skinner IsUZ); 3 . Gary sherohman (Suzl: 4 . David Fox (Hon); 5. Don Walli ngsf ord (Honl VET EX: 1. Brent Wallingsford IKaw~ 2. Gary Jones; 3 . Val Tamiett i (Hoo); 4. A lan Olson ; 5 . Tom White (Hon). OT: 1. M arino Bast ionell (Yam): 2_ Tom White (Han); 3 . John White (Han); 4 . Jody We isel (Yaml; 5. Marv in Olson (Yam). o Z John Moore (764) reaches the first turn ahead of the Over 30 class pack at the Sabanal Hare Scrambles. Howerton hauls at SabanalHS By Tom Tysl SABANAL, TX, ocr. 8 Ken t Howerton topped a star studded Pro class a t round three of the Dunlop/Scott South Texas Winter Hare Scramble Series a t Sabanal. Howerton , Danny Storbeck, All ey Semar and Marcus Pepper, all Honda CR250 mounted, along with ' he ATK 406 of Steve Cardwell blasted into the firs' 'urn, dropping down to th e rocky Sabanal River bottom th at made up most of 'he 5.2-m ile 'rack set up by 'he Dirt Bike Club of San Antonio. It wa s Storbeck roosting past th e pit a rea first . sta rting th e second lap with six seconds on Cardwell. Pepper and Sem ar. Howerton came into view almost a minu te behind with a layer o f mud on his righ t side. Lap three saw Sem ar pit with a rear Oat a nd Pepper unload hard when a rock look away from hi s front wheel o n a fast downhill. Pepper rem ounted but soon pulled out to fini sh the aft ernoon riding an ice chest. Cardwell had a co mmand ing lead by lap five as Storbeck 's rear tire went n a t, leavi ng Howerton in second . Hard work in the pits had Semar and Storbeck back o n the 'rack but bo th had lo st a 101 of time. By lap nine Cardwell had ' he money a lready spe n t wi th h is pi t board read ing " big lead " but H ow erton was laki ng 15 seconds a lap from the leader. T he white flag ca me o ut and Howerton pass ed Cardwell for the lead and went on to take the win. Semar fini shed thi rd a lap down with Storbeck fourth . Results O/ A : 1. M ark Taylo r (Kaw) . PRo : 1. Kent Howerton (Hon); 2. Steve Cardwell (ATK); 3 . Alley Sema r (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. M an Cessna (Yam); 2. John Maldonaho {Yam~ 3. David Keith (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Shaun Ma rt in (Yam); 2. Ken Bauer (Hon ~ 3 . An dy East (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Jeff Wilson (Hon); 2. Donny O'Neal (Suz); 3 . Stacy Horn (ya m). . 200 INT: 1. Rodney Bart sch (Kaw ); 2_Tom Sales (Kaw ); 3 . Doug Klima (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Mark lucke (Kaw); 2. Wally Ryne (Han); 3 . Mel Candancsa (Suz). OVER 30 : 1. Mark Cole (Hon); 2. Peanut Baird (Han ); 3 . Eddie Harr ison (Kaw) . OVER 40 : 1. J im l inle (Yam); 2. Andy Tron (Kawl ; 3 . Fredrick Hrod IATKI . 4 ·STRK: 1. Johnny Johnson (Han); 2. Sanee ' Taba$Si (Han); 3 . Brian Mengle (Han). WMN : 1. Cindy Hutch ison (Han); 2. Barb Russell (Suz). J R BOYS 13 -16: 1. Dan iel Tron (Han); 2. Gary Windham (Kawl; 3 . Jeff Bartsch lHonl. 80 : 1. Chris Cole (Yam); 2. J ohn Pucken (Yam); 3 . Mike Cole (Yam). 60 : 1. Drew Dunbar (Yam). 50 : 1. Michael lowery (Yam); 2. Brent Klima (Yam); 3 . Ma rk Olley (Han). BEG: 1. Tim l ehmann (Kaw); 2. David Thr ift (Han ); 3 . Brent Bartsch (Hon). Thomson conquers Sacramento Motocross By Nuklear Neukam 34 SAC RAMENTO, CA, ocr. 13 Wi th 'he seasonal run of 'he 1989 Sacramento Racewa y Par k CMC S'adi u m MX ra ces nea ri ng its fin aJ even t•.you mi gh t think the co m pe ti tio n has setlled into co mp lacency. If Frid ay n igh t's event is the sta nda rd by whi ch suc h conclusions are d ra wn , the ho tl y con tested battles in each class - most notably the Pros - wou ld change that. In th e en d , C PE /AXO /FMF/S uzuki sponsored Lowell Tho mso n conq uered th e 250cc Pro class with a. pair of moto wins in his fas ,-paced ye, ,o ta ll y-controll ed s'y1e. Yoko USA/Bierre/Concord H o nda -mo u nt ed ClaYlOn Blood won the 500cc Pro cla ss while the 125cc Pr o win went to Honda-mounted Sergio Fernandez. The sta rt of the firs t 250cc Pro moto was a Suzuki duel as Scott McElroy o u t-d ue led Thomson for 'he lead whi le Scott Myers settled in at t hird. Thomson press ured McElroy for the first half of the mot a until fin aHy moving in to the lead and Slay ing there to 'he checkered nag with McEl ro y seco nd. Ron All en pass ed Myers and cl osed o n McElroy but third was wh ere he fin ished this mot a with Myers fourth. After a stro ng stan, machine problem s slowed Jerry Wri ght's pa ce and he had to settle for fifth . Thomson took co n tro l of the second moto a lillie soo ner a nd pulled a lead to ' he chec kered for 'he win and the overall wh ile McElroy rode smooth ly in for second a nd seco nd overal l. Myers held o n for th ird and third overa ll to co mp lete a Suzuki swee p with \Vrigh t improving to a fourth thi s mot o for fifth o vera ll. Allen go t tangl ed in a first-turn pileup a nd spen t th e second moto making up los' time a nd fifth was a ll he co uld pull o ff to secu re fourth overa ll . Results . , 500 PRO: 1. Clayton Blood (Han); 2. Terry Bastard (Han). 250 PRO: 1. lowell Tho mson (Suzl; 2. Scott McElr oy (Suz); 3 . Scott M yers (Suz); 4 . Ron Allen (Kawl; 5 . Jer ry W;i~~t~~~~', Serg io Fern andez (Han); 2. Tim Noble (Suzl. 500 INT; 1. Dave Pile (Han). 125 INT; 1. J eff Brown lee (Suz). 250 INT: t . M an Brown IKaw ); 2. John Thom as (Kaw) ; 3 . J erry King (Yam). 50 : 1. Ji m Han sen (Yam); 2. Beau Perry (Han). 60 0 -8 : 1. Jesse Ketch am (Kawl; 2. KC Rigm aiden (Kaw l; 3 . JJ Cumm ing s (Kaw) . 60 9 -11 : 1. Don avan M itch ell (Kaw ); 2. M atthew Mont esant i (Kaw); 3 . An dy Hansen (Han). SO BEG 0 -1 : 1: Brian Thor dsen (Yaml; 2. Sria n Rocks (Yam); 3. Greg Dem pster (Kaw) . 80 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Brian Thordsen (Yaml; 2. Bria n Rocks (Yam); 3 . Eric Williams (Yam). 80 J R: 1. Chri s Ve ndley (Honl; 2. Casey Jones (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. David Ball (Kaw); 2. Je rry Skaggs (Kaw~ 3 . Art Ross (Han). 250 BEG: t . Erik Vandagr iff (Han); 2. Charli e King (Yam); 3 . M ark Jensen (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Oscar Thompson (Hon). 250 J R: 1. Mike Callaghan (Han); 2. Kelly Hoffer (suz l; J . Greg W inters (ya m). VET J R: 1. John TaykM' (suz ); 2. Mark Benedetti (Yaml; 3 . Dennis Wheeler (Hon). VET MSTR : 1. Gary Gallagher (Suz). Estelle doubles at SDR ST By Tom Blachek H ARP URSVILLE, NY , ocr. 15 Crai g Es' ell e won the 250ec and O pen Expert classes at th e final sho rt trac k even t of th e seaso n for ,h e Square Deal Rid ers. In the 250ec Expendass, Bob Weiss grabbed th e lead o n the first lap foll o wed by Estell e, Kenn y Dahlin, J ay Skidmore and Du ane Veeder. EsteHe pr essured \Veiss while Ja son Fletch er moved to thi rd a nd Veeder 10 fo urth. Estell e and Fletcher pa ssed \ Veiss o n th e fihh lap. The seven th lap saw Veeder move from fourth to second. pushing Flet ch er to th ird and Weiss to fou n h. Estelle led right to the finish. On ' he las' la p, Fle' ch er attempted to pa ss Veeder on the ou tsid e and Veeder crashed wh en hi s front wheel cam e in co nt ac t wit h Flctcher's sliding fool. Fle tche r went o n to finish second, wit h Weiss finis hing th ird. T he Open Expert class race was deci ded on thc firs t lap as the firs t five positions did not chan ge th roughout ' he race. Estelle pu' hi s R&I Mfg.lH arr is Cons'ruction / Harold Ra ymon d / Oakl ey/ Bob 's Shop/ Bell/Sou,he r Tire H- D/Oury Grips / Bruce Underwoodsponsored ' H arl ey-Davidson o u' from, fnllowed by Brian T illson, Veeder, Fletch er and Conrad Parshall. Ken n y Coolbeth pulled off the ha' trick again wi nning th e Mini, 125 and 250cc Ama ,eur classes. In 'he Mini class , Coo lbeth grabbed 'he lead orr 'he start a nd was followed by brother Todd and Rickey Wi nse tt. The to pthree riders held their positio ns to th e finis h line. Coolbeth led fro m stan to finish in the .125cc Ama teur class . Scott Snoop j umped into th e lead in the 250cc Amateur class wi th Robert Getty and Coolbeth in 'ow. Lap three sa w Coolbeth mov e a ro u nd Getty to take second place. Snoop held off Coolbeth unt il lap six. Wh en 'he chec kered nag flew on lap eigh t, Coolbeth was in from followed by S noo p and Getty. Coolbeth finished th e seaso n with 24 wins o u t of th e 26 fina ls he started. Chris Wnuk won th e Open Amateur class in easy fashion as he led every lap. William Adams and Rod ger Manwarring chased Wnuk th e en ti re eigh t laps but were unabl e to mov e aro u nd him. \ Vn u k has reall y co me o n in th e second ha If o f 'he seaso n. Results Y-ZINGER (SO): 1. Robert Roosa. J r. (Yam ~ 2_ Tracy Edwards (Yam); 3 . Cam Rafferty (Yam). Y-ZINGER (60): 1. M ark Gour lay (Kaw ); 2. Aaro n Crea mer (Kaw ); 3. M an hew M urray IKaw); 4 . Jo shua Bail ey (Hon) MINI : 1. Kenne th Coolbeth Jr . (Kaw); 2. Todd Winsett; J . Ricky Winsen (Yaml; 4. Randall Shank (Kaw); 5 . M organ Coolbeth (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. Kenne th Coolbeth Jr . (Kawl; 2. Thomas Weiss (Han ); 3 . Joseph Meie r (Han); 4. Sian Nin iskie (Hon); 5. M organ Coolbet h (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Ken nelh Coolbeth Jr . (Hon); 2. Sean Snoop (0 55); 3. Robert Gene (Suz); 4 . William Adams (Hon); 5 . Thomas Weiss (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Chris Wnuk (Hon); 2. Wi ll iam Ad am s (Rtx); 3 . Rodger Ma nwaring (Hon l; 4. Scon Snoop (Rtx); 5. W ayne Eldred (H-D). SR B: 1. Paul Norm and in (H-D); 2. W illi am Warf ord (Yam); 3 . Do uglas lent (Yam); 4. Frank Wortm an n; 5 . Edgar Nel son (Honl . SR A: 1. Jay Skidm ore (RlX); 2. Jo hn Bower Jr . (Yam); 3 . John Hild ebrand (W -R); 4. Steve W ilson (W -R); 5 . Andy Kara dontes (Yam). 125 EX: 1 ~ Bill Newki rk (Han); 2. Bob W eiss (Han ); 3. J ay Skidmore (Han); 4 . Kenny Dah lin (Hon): 5. Randall Sha nk (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Craig Estell e (Suz); 2. Jason Fletcher (Honl ; 3 . Bob Weiss (Han); 4. Brian Till son; 5. Kenny Dahl in (Suz). OPEN EX: 1. Craig Estelle (H-D); 2. Brian Till son (W- R~ 3 . Duane Veeder CW-R): 4. J ason Flel cher (Alx); 5 . Conrad Parshall (H-D) . PRO-A M : 1. Bob Weiss (Rtx); 2. Conra d Parshall (H-D); 3 . .s hawn Clark (H-D); 4 . Tony Anderson (H-D); 5 . Mark Korytkowski (Yam). Vanasse tops King Philip Enduro Trials By Laurier J . Cantwell WRENTHAM, MA, ocr. 8 Steve Vanasse, aboard a KT M, won the King Philip Enduro Trial s with a high point score o f 15 in 'he A cla ss. Class B winner with a score o f 20 was . Rich ard Olivier ri gh' in 'he ba ll park with th e A riders. A real surp rise was Paul Giraldo with a score of 20 in th e C class, bea'ing th e nex'rider by 18 po ims. the C rid ers rod e all th e sections that th e A &: B rid ers rod e. excep t th ey rod e a different line in sectio n six . Results A: 1. S. Vanasse; 2. R. Ryan; J . R. Flower . B: 1. R. Olivi er; 2_D. Bett s. C: 1. P. Gira ldo; 2. J . Carleucci; J . R. Rose; 4 . D. W arr en; 5 . L. Carlso n. Perris MX win goes to Wurster By Mike Nolan PE R RIS, CA , ocr. 21 Ph ilip Wur s,er wo n bo th motos for 'he overall viclOry in th e 250cc Nov ice class at Goa t For h Racing 's Sa,u rday MX a t Perr is Raceway. Wurster didn 't have it easy in the first mo lO as he staned fou r, h behi nd Bryan Holdren and l25cc Nov ice riders Ed Vitelli and N ick Mo rgan. Vi,e11i moved in,o the lead on la p three o f the ni ne-la p moto while Wu rster mm·ed in beh ind Holdren. h took Wurs,er severa l laps to pass H ol dren . bu t once in to Edwards excels at Lake Whitney MX By Joyce Ladd WH ITNEY, TX, ocr. 15 j aso n Edwards took top honors with three cla ss wins in round three o f the GNClTeam T exas Series at Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch. Edwards pow ered his T eam Gr een / PJ L'Sco n USA/Barr Competi tion / Ara ilO'Neal/Howell Fu el-sponsored ma chine 10 first p lace in a ll six rnotos in th e 125 and 250cc Int ermediat e and I25cc Open class es. When the gat e dropped io moto on e of 'he 125cc In term ed iate class it was Frankie Ladd out fro n t with 'he ho lesho t and he held the lead unt il lap fo u r. Edwards started fourth, passed Str ip Smith for th ird on lap two and o n lap three passed Jason Ma tus to ta ke o ver second . At th e stan of lap (ou r Edwa rds wen t low in a turn to pass Ladd a nd gai n the num ber on e spot. Jady Nort h moved into th ird p lace on lap five. When the checkers came o u t it was Edwards, Ladd and ' Nort h tak ing first, second and th ird respectively. Moto two saw Edwards take th e ea rl y lead which he held un contested the entire moto. He was followed by Todd Bates and Jeff Talley. Results TEENY MI NI STK 4 -8 : 1. Brad Roten (Yam); 2. J .R. Patrono (Yam ); 3 . Joseph Anderson (Yam); 4 . OustyWevgandt (Yaml_ TEENY MINI MOO 4 ·8 : 1. Brad Roten (Yam); 2. A1ea Shin n (Yam); 3 . Brad Hiser (Yam~ 4. Chris Carlisle (Yam~ 5. Dusty Weygan dt (Yaml . M INI MINI 6 -11 : 1. Kevin lowell (Kaw); 2. .Joe McI ntyre (Kaw ); 3 . Er id Vallejo (Kaw); 4 . Cart8f" Schne ider (Kaw); 5. Ktisty Shealy (Kawl. MI NI BEG: 1. Casey Cheatham (Kaw~ 2. Joe Hammons (Kaw); 3. J .J. Spencer IKaw); 4. Richard W inn (Kaw); 5 . Morgan Martin (Kaw) . MINI J R 7-11 : 1. Erick VallejO (Yam); 2. Tim Roten (Kaw); 3 . Jot"dan Jordan (Kawl; 4. Kristy Shea ly (Ka w); 5_Jason . Preston IKawl. M INI SR 12 -13 : 1. Brlan Oestrid (Kaw); 2. Brad Woolsey (Hon); 3 . Billy Gurt man (Kaw l; 4 . BillyAkers(Kaw); 5 . Dani el Davis (Kaw) . MINI SR 14 -16 : 1. Joey Pran (Kawl ; 2. Travis Franklin; 3 . Chr is Dalu n (Kaw); 4 . Michael Moses (Kaw); 5. Joe Hammons (Kaw). M INI STK 7-16: 1. Joey Pran (kaw ): 2. Brad Woolsey (Honl ; 3 . Bill y Gunman {Kawl; 4 . Scotty Rice (Suzl; 5. Dan reIDavis (Kaw l. 125 BEG: 1. W illiam McDonald lKa wl; 2. Brad Haydicky (s uzl; 3 . M ike Gray (Yam); 4 . Mark Rush (Sull; 5 . Alben Dotv IKaw ). 125 NOV: 1. Shea Taylor (Kawl; 2. Keith Ad ams (Hon); 3. kyle Parks (Han); 4. P.J . Kerr (Suz); 5 . Brian Colmer (Han ). 125 INT: 1. J ason Edwards (Kaw); 2. Todd Bates (Hon); 3. J eff Tall ey (Kaw); 4. Str ip Smith (Yam ); 5 . Jody North (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Tim Hodes (Han ); 2. Heath Kirkl and (Han); 3 . Je rry Benn er (Suz); 4. M ark Huff (Kaw); 5. David Jo nes (Yam). 125 OPEN: 1. Jaso n Edward s (Kaw); 2. Todd Bates (Han ); 3 . Jody North (Han); 4 . Str ip Smith (Yam); 5. Chad Clark (Kawl. 250 OPEN BEG: , . Greg Hall (Kaw ); 2. s con lana (suz) ; 3 . Randy Cook (Honl ; 4. Oon Henson (Yaml; 5. W es Kawa ta Jr . (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Thom as Ficht er; 2. Earl Ingr am (Kaw); 3 . Mark Eades (Hon); 4. Ow ane Wi lson (Hon ). 250 INT: 1. Ja son Edward s ( Kaw~ 2. Dw ain Cart er (Kaw~ 3 . J eff Talley (Kaw ): 4. Tim Chapman (Han); 5 . Keith Hagins (Yaml. 250 EX: 1. Tim Hodes (Han ); 2. David Jo nes (Yam); 3 . Gary Benton (Han );4 . Jerry Benn er (Suz); 5. Rudy Heat hcoU (Han). OVER 25 NOV: 1. Dw ane W ilson (Han); 2. J oh n Ftsher (Hon); 3 . Ere Nyyst ii (Han); 4. Doug Burrow (Yam): 5. Joe Rodrigu ez (Kaw) . OVER 25 INT; 1. Joe Jorda n IKaw~ 2. Bill Kelly (Han);;

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