Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w > w a: :E <0 a .... a BANSHEE 409ccBIG BORE!! MORE S CREAMING POWER with L. A. SLEEVE's Ban s he e 35 0 to 409cc Big Bore - k it. J: This big bore kit utiliz es your stock It leatu res cylind ers and head. special Big Bore sleeves, PRO-X Big Bore piston kits and a new head gasket. l. A. Sleeve will do all the sleeve installati on and head modification. The price lo r parts and maPower opchining is $645.00, tions are Kei hin Car b kits , N I K 5 pipes, and lor a ride on the WILD side Stage II porting. c, Intermediate Tony Seckman (5 ) and Pro c lass rider ·Chris Lance ba t t led in two of t hree motos at the Per ris Sa turday N ight MX. 3 , J oey Hardin (Suz): 4 . Ch uck Tres idd er (Hon); S. Sea n Knack IKaw) . OVER 30 NOV : 1. Ronn ie W el ch (Hon l: 2. Larry Colins (Hon ); 3 . Rand y M eacham (Kaw~ 4 . Do ug Hi cks (Ho n); 5 . Dann y Hagin s (Yam ). OVER 30 tNT: 1. Tim A dams ISUl ); 2. Darcy BraseIIYam ); 3 . Jo hn Mi tch ell (Ho n); 4 . Chris Dunso n (Hon,; 5 . Hazen Sm it h (Hon). OVER 30 EX: 1. John ny Adam s (Hon ): 2 . Pete wetsc n (Varni; 3 . J eff J ones ISuz); 4 . Ch uck ' Tre sidd er (Hon ); 5 . St e ve Mack ISu zl. . OVER 40: 1. Hazen Sm it h (Hon); 2 . Bill Kasso n (Yam l; 3. M ike Lambert; 4 . Roger Har dm an (SuII; 5 . Smo key Joe M ilian (Yaml . OPEN 500: 1. M ich ael Spark s IKaw); 2 . J im Bob M orr is IKaw); 3 . Richard Pae (Hon). lance, Seckman battle at Perris night MX By Pat Moran . PE RRI S, C A, OCT. 21 Ch ris La nce and Tony Seckma n waged a wa r in the co mbined Pro / Int ermed iat e class a t the G FI-sanc l io ned Sa tu rday ni g h t MX a t Perr is Raceway. In c le m e n t weat her i n t he ne ighborin g co u n ties led to a slim turn out, bu t th e weather at Perr is was pe rfect fo r raci ng- a nd gave the rid ers lot s o f track ti me , wi th each class running- three lo n g- m o te s. Seckma n, a n In ter med ia te on a Wh ite Bros.spo nso red Honda C R25 0, sho wed tha t he was a for ce to be reck oned with as he led the first rnot o u n til la p 10 of the 12-lap race . wh en La nce, a Pro rid er o n a Kawasak i o f Riverside KX12S, moved in for th e kill . Once past, Lance stretc hed hi s adva n tage to th e checkered flag. Mo to two was a sno re as La nce led flagto -Hag with Sec kma n seco nd . BUI the th ird a nd fina l mot o saw so me rea l firewo rks as Seckma n took the holesho t, a nd was pa ssed by La nce befo re the co m pletio n o f la p two. La nce then held th e ad van tage um il la p seven wh en Seckma n used a di fferent line on th e ro ug h backstrai gh t to ta ke the lead and th e win . Lano-a nd Seck ma n were each awarded the overa ll will in their respective classes. Vet In ter m edi a te Fran k S tei ne r fin ished th ird in all th ree mOlDS o n his Ya m a ha fo r second o vera ll in .th e Interm ed iat e class. In th e Min i class. T im H oo le, a n a d u lt rider Oil a H onda XRBO-p o wen:d Su zu ki R M, batt led wit h G reg- Westem o n a Suzu ki RM 80. \Veslcrn to p pe d rhe first mo ro. bu t Hoole ca rne hack to wi n the fina l two. In mo te> two. Bryan Lemb o snuck his Yam ah a YZSO between the ba ttling du o 10 claim second , w ith Trent w ester n o n a Su zuk i laking: th ird aw ay fro m bro the r C reg . Ho ol e's I- J-I class fin ish es g-a ve h im the XR80 Ad ult class win . G reg Wester n took first overa ll in the Mi ni class with h is 1-3-1 class fin ishes, wh ile Tren t Western took second with his 2-2-2 SCOT(' and Lembo was th ird via 7· 1-3. Results PRO: 1. Chris La nce (Kaw ). INT: 1. Ton y Seckm an (Hont; 2. Fra nk Stei ner (Yam l; 3. Brian Davis (Kaw ); 4 . Dean Teague (Ho n); 5 , J ohn M azzacane (Kaw l . . 125 NOV : 1, Gran t Gaspar (Yam ); 2 . Bobby Hubbard (Yam); 3 . Ste ve Dr ew (Yam); 4 . M ark Green (Sud; 5 . Nat e Rauba IKaw l 250 NOV; 1. Bryan Curtis (Kaw); 2. Tony Hadsall (Suz). OPEN NOV : 1, Eddie Kennedy (Han); 2 . J oe Chi dley( Hon). VET NOV : 1. Nick Wukm ir (Yaml ; 2. Karl Scanla n (Yam); 3 . Rod Hefin gt on (Han). . 125 BEG: 1. Sha y Fret we ll (Suz l; 2, Brta n Catte rso n (Han); 3 . Steve Thornt on (Suz); 4 . Jo n Blonk he im en (Yam ). 250 BEG; 1. J oe Urib e (Han): 2 . Chr is Le mbo (Yam); 3 . Danny Pabo n (Han); 4 . Chr is J am es (Han) OPEN BEG: 1. S hann on Ch id ley (Han), XR80 ADULT: 1. Tim Hool e (Han) . M INI: 1. Gr eg W ester n (Suz ); 2, Tre nt W est ern (Suz); 3. Brya n Lembo (Yam); 4 J oshua Rahm (Yam l; 5. Clat on Thomas (Suz). Brooks tops Bloomsburg Two-Day Vintage Trial By Clark Francy IILOOM SBURG . PA, O CT. 7-8 Rich Brooks, ridin g 3: 250cc G ree ves An g lia n, pos ted th e best score o f th e weekend at the Vint ag e Trials held nea r Bloomsbur g, Pennsylvani a: T he two -day even t, last of the AH R MA Vintage Tria ls Series 10 be held on the Eas t Co as t th is year , was ho sted by the Susq ue ha n na Vin tage R iders. Brooks, who dro pped o n ly live po in ts over . the two-d ay meet. bested the field 0 1 30 ri ders mounted on a dive rse selec tion of vin tage trial s ma ch in es. Wh ile BSAs were easily the mos t po p ular ride in the o lder bi ke classes, severa l other mak es were a lso represented a t th e even t. J im Sm ith, fa ther of wel l-kn o wn enduro rider Drew Sm ith , co ntested th e H ea vywei ght class o n an early '50s Norto n 500 T . H o wever, acco rd ing to d u b spo kesma n Craig Klesh , th e ho ped for show-d own between Sm it h a nd Mike Hosa fros , cu rre n t AH RMA n u mber o ne rid er wh o also ca m paigns one o f the u ltra rar e No rt o n trial s models, never mat eria lized because o f sched u ling co nflicts. " H o pe fu lly. the two will get together next year a nd t he n we' Il a ll know wh ose Norton IS best," sai d Klesh. The layo u t crew headed by Ji m VanS ickle and so ns Marc a nd Ja son, d id a n o utsta ndi ng job despi te the la nd sho rtage pr esently faci ng Eas ter n rid ers. T he sectio ns p resented a variety o f obs tac les fro m roc ks to mud and had to be ridd en five ti mes over the cou rse o f the even t. Results uw VINT CLBM N: 1. Rich Brooks (Gre); 2, Wa rre n Kleis (Tri); 3 . J eff Cha mbers (BSAl; 4 _J ohn Towery (BSAl. I. VINT UW EX: 1, Clark Frincy CBSA HIW: 1. Lew Stretc h (R-E); 2, Stan J akuba szek (BSAl; 3. J im Sm ith (Norl . M O DERN CLBMN : 1. Don Pugh (Bul); 2. M an hew M om enl (M onl; 3. Duncan W right (M an); 4, Tom Waner s (Bu l). M ODERN EX: 1. J ason Mankey (Ma n); 2 . Dave Diehl (Bull; 3 . Dick Bussler (M an ); 4 . Pat e Keen (Han); 5 . Dave Mankey (Ossl. . LONG OIST: 1. Duncan Wrig ht (550 mil. Coolbeth again at Electric City ST By Pat Gamble SC HE NECTADY, N Y, OCT. 8 Ken Coolbeth wo n everyt hi ng he rod e, at the Electr ic City Short Track, toppi ng the 125 and 250<:c Amateu r classes. T her e.is not much o ne ca n say abou t thi s rider without beco m ing red undan t. He is co nsis ten tly a win ner wit h a styl e so smoot h that he makes it loo k easy. In the 125cc Expert class the hea r race was Jay Skidmore all t he way, but the final was a not her slOTV. Bob w eiss and Sk id more rod e wheel to wh rt l C rom the first lap o n. W ilh th ree la ps to go Weiss too k cha rge and ga ined the gro u nd needed to lak e the first p lace money. . In the 250cc Ex pert race S kid mo re and Weiss were back a t it 3R3in. Duane Veeder h it the h o lesh oi and was gone. H ~ he ld first [or six laps wh ile Sk id mo re a nd w eiss were wrest ling fo r the second spot. T hi s race sho wed yo u ca n never cou n t o n anyt h ing o n this trac k because wh ile this was goi ng o n Jason Flet cher was making: ground fro m th e back o f th e pack . After six laps Fletch er squeezed in to seco nd a nd was sti ll ma ki ng gro u nd on every la p. He was soon ch a llenging Veeder for Fi rst and w ith two laps to g-u Fletcher look the lead a nd first a t the fin ish . • Results Y·lINGER; 1 . Tracey Edwards lYa ml 60 A M : 1. M ark Gou rlay (Kaw); 2 . Aaron Crea me r (Yam); 3. Ma tt hew M urray (Kaw ). . BOAM : 1. Mo rga n Coolbeth(Kaw ); 2. M ar k Gourla Yl Kawl; 3 . Aa ron Cre ame r (Kaw }; 4 . M atthew Murray (Kawl; 5 Jaso n Full er (Kaw) . SR B: 1. Will W arf or d (Yam); 2. Joseph Gou ld (Han); 3 . Mi chael M oss (Han ). SR A : 1. Ja y Skid mor e lRtx); 2, John Hildenbr and l Rtxl ; 3 . Dave Schei lfer (H-D); 4 . Rob Bibb ins (Rtx). 12 5 A M : L Ken Coolba th (Kaw ); 2 , Tom Weiss l Hon); 3, Joe M eier (Hon); 4, Stan Nlni skie (Honl; 5 . Morgan Coolbe th (Han) . . 125 EX: L Bob W ei ss (Han): 2 . Ja y Skidmore (Han); 3, Ken Dah lin (Han); 4 . Bill New kirk (Han). 250 A M : 1. Ken Coolbe t h (Han); 2. Bob Getty J r. (Suz); 3 . Tom W eiss (Han); 4, W ill W arl ord {Yam l; 5 . J oe M eie r {Honl. 250 EX: 1. Jason Fletcher (Han ): 2, Dua ne Veeder (Han); 3 , Jay Skid mor e (Hon l; 4 . Bob W eiss (Han); 5 , Cra ig Est elle (Kaw) , OPEN A M : 1. Will Ad am s CRtx); 2 . Roger Ma nw ar ing (Han); 3 , J oe M e ier (Rn l; 4 . Bob Getty Jr . (Rtx l; 5. Chr is Wnuk (Han). Contact: LOS A NGELES SLEEVE CO., INC. 83 11 Chelle Ave.• Santa Fe Springs Cal l or w rit . 'Of your tr. . c atal og and sUcker•• CA 90670 (21 3)945-7578 FAX( 213 )698 " 7029 ~ 00 .... V ..0 S V >o Z CHARGE YOUR CYCLE NEWS SUBSCRIPTION ON YOUR VISA OR MASTERCARD *Maico / M-Star* What Is Your Problem? Tell it to the editor, wri te him a letter. 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