Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

...... v ..0 E v > o Johnny Dean (6 22) won th ree of f our m ot o s f or the 1 2 5 and 250cc C class overa ll w ins at Ci rcle-C MX. Z Steve McNeal took the overall win at the Tennessee Autumn Trials. Ah hcug b All en G riswo ld foll owed Larry Cra wford in the 500ec No vice heat race. it was till' ot her W ;I\' aro und in th e fina l as both men o utd ista nn:t..l the o ther ri ders. Allen a lso took horne a seco nd place trophy for his effo rts in th e Vt'l class fi nal behind wi n ner Kevin Crowley. Results PIW 50: 1. Kenn y Hees s (Yam); 2 . Rytan Han sen (Ya ml; J . Bryan Grier (ya ml ; 4 . Chr istopher Canepa (Yam); 5 . Jaso n Russo (Hon). MI NI NOV 60: 1. Curt is Peebl es (Kawl; 1. A .J . Kiritpatridl. (Kawl; 3 . lesley Pete rson (Kaw). . MI NI 80 NOV/ JR : 1. Greg M ill er IKawl; 2. Gary M ill er (Kaw ),; 3 . Ti m A lvernaz (Yam l: 4 . John M ontgomery (Vaml. MINI 80 EX: 1. Johnny Murp hree (Kaw l; 2 . Brian Sgheiz8 IKaw ),; 3 . Shaun Russe ll (Yam ),; 4 . Roben Stevenson (Ka w). 250 NOV: 1. Will iam Lu ker (Hon),; 2 . Aa ron Twin (K.awl; 3 . M ark Anthony lHon); 4 . M ark Lrvlngston (Kaw) ; 5 . M ike Bettencourt (Hon) . 250 JR ; 1. Lonnte Pauley (Yam).; 2. Perry lang (Yam l; 3. Dan Hart (Kaw); 4 . Gr egory Eny art (Yam) . 500 NOV : 1. Allen Gri swold (Hon ); 2. larry Cra wford (Yam ); 3 . John Pierc e (Yam); 4. Aa ron TWin (!taw ); 5. Bob Watts (Yam) . VET: 1. Kevi n Crowley (RuJ; 2. A ll en Grrwold (Hon t 3 Sam Freeze (Yam); 4 . Tom DISa tvo (Yam ). 500 JR: 1. Jeff Ekl und (Yam); 2. Dav id Fr eeze (Yam); 3. Da n A rgano (Hon); 4 . Dan Hart (Kaw); 5. M iche ll e DiSal vo (Yam) 600 J R: 1. St eve n Gr ier (Yam); 2 . DanH art (Kaw ); 3 . Cav id Freeze (Yam); 4 . Can Argano (Hon ); 5. Patr ick McDan iel (Rtxl. 600 EX : 1. Allon McBee (Ho n); 2. Jon Nun ez (RUI); 3. Ji mmy Higu era (Rtx ); 4. Kev in Crowley (Rtx); 5. Gordon Rudy (Hon ) Carr, Poovey star at Devils Bowl ST By Bob Bagwell 26 DALLAS, TX, OCT. 15 Fresh from his second place Camel Pr o Series fini sh , Ch ris Carr cam e 10 Texas co urtesy of th e T exas Harley-Davidson Dea ler s and promot er Bob Bagwell, to put on a show for th e fan s as he won th e junior /Expert class a! Devil 's Bowl. T erry Poovey, from nearby Dall as/Ft. Worth Metroplex area , looked at th is as a n inv asion of hi s territory and went abou t the task of bea ting th e California rider. Each race was to be a hard fou ght battl e. Poo vey won h is heat and Carr won hi s. The Cash Dash wa s to be the fir st battle between the two rid ers, a nd a determ in ed Poo vey bea t Carr off the sta rti ng line a nd led all th e way to la ke th e wi n with Carr beside him the entire race. Nei ther rider ga ve an inch or made a mista ke, As th ey lin ed up for the main, a bo n us of $500 went to th e first Harl ey-Davidson rid er co urtesy of th e Harley Owners G roup. Both Carr and Poov ey were riding Harleys, plus severa l fans p ut up extra cash for Poo vey to beat Carr. Wh en th e n ag dropped, Poov ey bea t Ca rr into the first comer. The first two laps saw Carr tryi ng to get by o n th e insi de a nd o utsi de , bu t Poov ey wasn 't movin g over . A£ter five ha rd-fought la ps Carr let it all han g o ut and never sh ut it off down the bac k straight. pass ing Poo vey go ing into turn thr ee o n th e o utsi de. Carr ·stayed o n th e o uter edge of the black· ru bber groove. comi ng across Poovey's Iron t wheel to co m p lete th e pa ss. Poov ey came rig ht back but .co uld n't get by the hard · charg ing Harl ey ractory rider, a nd Ca rr won with Poov ey seco nd. Another bailie was going on directl y behind th e Carr/Poovey clash as Mike Hale a nd Willie McCoy battled back and forth , rubbing handlebars and paint with McCoy taking third pla ce. In the Pro--Amheat ra ces Aar on Crocket was hot and won hi s heat as did Bubb a Jl<·ntley and Vietor McAnnaly. In the final , Crockell go t Iang led o n the ' 12-man , lwo·row sta n a nd co uld n 't ge t by 10 cha llenge the front-runners as Bentl ey led McAnnal y and Da vid Mor gan over the fin ish lin e. Resu lt s JR /EX: 1. Chr is Carr (H·DI ; 2. Terry Poovey(H ·D ); 3 . W illi e McCoy (H·O ); 4 . Dav e Cope land (H· D); 5 . Chad McCrack en (Hon) . PRO-AM: 1. Bubba Bentley (H· O); 2. Vietor McAnnaly (H· D); 3. David M organ (H-D); 4. Tony M cCanhy (Hon ); 6. Toney Rull i (H-D). McNeal aces Tennessee Autumn Trials By Curt Comer BELVIDERE, TN, OCT. 15 Steve McN eal in creased h is 1989 series lead by lak in g his Cos mopolitan Mot ors /Mad icao n Cycle Su p ply-spo nso red Beta to th e overall win at th e STRA Autumn T ria ls. McN eal negotiated the four la ps o f 10 cha llengi ng sect ions with o nly 18 mark s lost. T he o nly mish ap McNeal incurred en route to victory happened by section ni ne, a d ifficul t uph ill clim b o f loose bo wlin g ba ll -sized rocks. Surprisi ngly, o ne of th ese roc ks fou nd its wa y to beco me wedged bet ween the Bela 'S rear fender and tire. resu lting in an abrupt stop and su bseq uen t tri p over the bars ! Follo win g McN eal in th e Expert class was hi s teamma te Freddi e Steele. Firs t loo p score of 10 bandi capped him as Steve had pos ted a three. The next th ree laps saw Steele turn o n th e pressure with low co ns isten t scores, but he was unable to red in :'oleNeal and settled for seco nd with 26 points, Co m pleti ng a Bela sweep in th e Expert class was local rider Nelson Crouch in th ird . In the Advan ced class, Denni s Seiler, a former top 10 National rider, contin ued his return to form with the class win at a loss of on ly 35 po ints. North Caroli na rider Geo rge Bostic piloted hi s Yamaha to second with 63 points foll ow ed by Bicycle Trials supersta r, T o m McN eal. Doug Kin sey topped th e Spo rtsman class aboard hi s Bela with 13 points. Second went to the Bela of jeff Gill, losing 20 mark s. jeff Poo ler brought hi s European Yamah a TY250 in third on 24 points, wh ile David Sm ith finished fourth, Pr o mot ocr osser Kevin Fol ey traveled from Florida to compete on his HRC RTL250 Honda and took fifth pl ace Sportsman honors. Si x teen-yea r-o ld joh n Cla rk clai me d a co nvinci ng win in the Int erm edi at e class. Seven teen points back were Beta-mo un ted Barry Mantooth a nd Fantic rider Don S pra in. Mantooth go t th e nod for second by virt ue o r havi ng more clea ns tha n Sprain. Fo urth a nd fifth pl ace Intermed iat es, R ichar d Carter a nd Dan . Mor iart y, also had to be settled by the tiebr eak er method o f co unting dea ns. Results EX: 1. Steve McNeal IBel); 2. Fredd ie Steel e {Bet}; 3 . Nelson Crouch lBetI. AOV : 1. Dennis Seiler (Bet); 2. George Bostic (Yam ); 3 . Tom McNeal (Fan); 4 . M ich ael Shore (Yam); 5 . Darrol Peck (Be t ). SPTSMN: 1. Doug Kinsey (Bet); 2. Jeff G ill (Bet); 3. Jeff Pool er (Yam ); 4. Davtd Sm ith (Yam ); 5. KlMn Foley (Honl. INT: 1. John Clart. (Bet); 2. Barry M ant oot h (Bet); 3. Don Spr ain (Fan); 4. RM:hard Cart er (Bet); 5. Dan M or iarty (Yam) NOV : 1. Jeff Tarver lBet); 2. Randy You ng (Hon '; 3 . M art. Bigg s (Hon); 4 . Oan Parker (Bet); 5.,Paul Gibbs (Mon~ JR : 1. Dustin G inder (B&J I; 2. Mi ke Spr ain (Ya m). JR B: 1. Loga n Glass (Yam); 2. Ja son Kinsey (Hon); 3. Harl ey Hubbard (Yam ); 4 . Ada m Monl gom ery (Yam). Windham, lusk baffle at Circle-C MX By Gary Crider TALLASSEE , AL , OCT. 22 Round five of th e Southeastern MX Cha m · pi on sh ip Series at th e new Circle -C MX facility sa w Louisian a 's Kevin \Vindham ro mp to both mot a win s in Mini Bracin g with Georgia 's Ezra Lu sk perfect in Mini A racin g. Windham and Lu sk, both Kawasaki su p po rt riders, th en squared o f( for a heat ed debat e in th e Super Mini di visio n where Lusk Glme out th e winner. Ove r 2.30 riders from seven sta tes were o n hand for the event. The new ly·opened Circle·C faci li ty is the creation of lon g time MX promoter Gr eg Co le a nd rodeo prom ot er Char les WebSler. T he 1.25 m ile co u rse fealUres bot h ou tdoo r a nd Su percro ss styles a nd has been very well · received by rid ers. Co le said, "The c:n1r.hasis is on technical cha lle nges but we built th e tra ck ( 0 su it the wh o le ran ge o f rid er s' ab ilities... \Vindham qu ickl y took co nt ro l in both Mi ni B mains ( 0 net a perfect score over ser ies lead er Dwayne Bone. Scou Bryan t's 2-7 sco re was good for th ird o ver Florida -resid em j ason Sybert . Lu sk ran away with both Mini A mor o win s. When Lu sk returned for the Su per Mini first rno ro co n test, he had ( 0 co ntend with th e roo st thrown up by Windham's mach in e! Du ring th e open ing laps the pair took turns in th e lead po siti on, but Lusk was able to dominat e and po st a I-I score. windh am ran into problem s in mota two and ha d to sett le for 2-6 fini shes a nd fifth o vera ll . Positi on s second thro ugh fourth were hard fou gh t with Bone coming o ut o n top o ver Sybert a nd P.]. Howell. Ra ym a n Sta ne ll e topped th e Min i C division over A&:A Racing's Ada m H um phrey whi le first mot a winner Scou Pinson finished a n un luc ky l Sth in mot o IWO . Pinson a nd Shae Bentl ey co nti nued their 60cc wars an d Bentl ey won bo th m oto s o ver 'Pinson. Pin son , how ever, ti ll has the points lead . J am es Garrell won the 50cc Aut omat ic class o ver series leader J imm y Reeves. Garrett now tra il s Reeves by o n ly five poi n ts i n th e sta nd ings with o ne round remaining. johnny Dean built up a huge lead in the first 250cc C moto and he needed that margin as his bik e's cha in derailed some 30 yards from th e chec kered nag I Dean pushed hi s bike to th e fin ish lin e Ior the win over Brandon Smith for an even tua l perfect score. Smith went 2· 2 wh ile Kenny T ip ton edged Aaro n Day in th eir da y-lon g fight for th ird. Sm ith and seri es lead er Dean returned in 125cc C action where Dean's 1·2 topped Sm ith's 3· \. Will McEntyre posted 2·3 for thi rd. Florida's Kevin Knight pulled off a I-I victory in 250<:c B racin g despite cha llenges from Robbie Sm ith and Brian Robertson. Sm ith a nd Robertson fini shed 3-2 and 2-3, respecti vely, o ver j eff Ball ard and j im Creasy. Knight ret urned in th e 25 Plus cla ss bu t had to sen Ie for second beh ind Ross j ohnston a ha shari ng mo ta wins. Ans wer's Tommy Mart in agai n domin at ed a ll motos in 125 and 250cc A racing , but in the 250<:c A mote s, Ma rrin had to fig ht his way past Ma xi ma /W h ite Bro th ers/ Scottbac ked Earnest Harb in. Harb in held for ru nner-u p honors over j ohnston. The 40 Pl us co ntest was a classic as Warner Wilbourn a nd Rand y Tom linson squared off for ba u le. Tom linso n even tua lly had ( 0 sett le for seco nd bo th times behind ser ies lea der Wilbo urn . Resul ts 50 AUTO : t , James Ga rre tt (Yam); 2. Ji mmy Reeves. Jr . (Yam ); 3 . Aaron Lindsey (Yam); 4 . Lada le Sm it h (Yam ); 5. M att DIckerso n (Yam). 60: 1. Sha e Ben tley (Kaw ); 2. Seott Pinson (K.awt; 3. M ason Williams (Kaw); 4 . Ja mes G.rrett (Kaw); S. Ma tt W alk er (Kawl M INI C: 1. Rayman Sta nelle (Hon); 2. Adam Humphrey (Yam); 3. Ch ris Morrow (Hon); 4 Bryan Johnson (Yam); 5. Kim Sybert (Hon) . M INI B: 1. Kevi n W ind ham (Kaw); 2. Dwayn e Bon e (Ho n); 3. Scott Brya n t (Hon); 4 . Jason Sybert (Ho n); 5 . Damyn Swan epoel (Yam ). M INI A: 1. Ezra lusk (lC.aw ); 2. Ryan Reynolds (Hon ); 3 . PoJ. Howell (Hon); 4 . Eric Pin son (Suz); 5 . Jason Col eman (Honl. SR MIN I: 1. Eva Lusk (Kaw); 2. Dwayne Bone (Hon ); 3. Jason Syben (Hon) ; 4 . P.J . Howell IHon); 5. Kevin Windham (Kaw l. 12S C: 1. Johnny Dean (Hon) ; 2 . Brandon Smith (Kaw); 3. Will McEntyre (Kawl; 4 . Brion Burnett (Yam); 5 . Scott Stephen s (Kawl. 250 C: 1. Johnny Dean (Hon ); 2 . Br andon Sm ith (Yam); 3 . Kenny Tipton (Hon) ; 4 . Aaron Day (Hon ); 5. Chr is Mc NeIll (Honl. 12S B: 1. lonnie Brown IKaw); 2. Jonath an McClellan (Yam ); 3 . Aar on Yates (Hon); 4 . Dan lipsco mb (Hon ); 5. Gran J eff er son ISu z.) . 250 B: 1. Kevin Kni ght (Suz); 2. Robb ie Sm ith (Yam ); 3 . Br ian Robertson (Suz); 4 . J eff Ba llard (Yam); 5 . J im Creasy (Hon) OPEN AM : 1. Bill Earle (Hont 2 . Ken net h W ood (Ho n); 3 . Ste ve Voll o (Ho nl; 4 . 8rel1 Cum mi ngs (Hon); 5 . Todd Cran e (Kaw ). 25 +; 1. Ros s Johnsto n (Hon!; 2. Kevi n Knight (Suz); 3 . Ji m Cr easY (Hon ); 4 . St eve Sa unde rs (Hon ); 5 . Tim Timm ons (Kaw). 30+ : 1. Donny Bank s (Hon); 2. Jay M cCle llan lYam) ; 3 Bill Mathews (Yam); 4 . Benny Ourrough (KTM) ; 5 . Steve Voll o (Honl. 40+ : 1. Warner Wilbourn (Kaw); 2. Randy Tomlinson (S uz); 3. Char li e Owens (Hon); 4 . Randy Tillery (Hon); 5. larry Brinkley (Kaw) • 125 A: 1. Tommy Manin (Hon) ; 2. Allen Ross (Hon) ; 3. As hley Epps (Hon ); 4 . Darryl Heisl er (Yam ); 5 . Kevin Dollar (Kawl . 250/500 A : 1. Tommy Manin (Hon); 2. E.arnest Ha rbin (Kawt 3. Ross Johnston IHon); 4 . KlMn Dollar (Suz); 5. Grant Wood (Honl. AM SPECIA L OPEN : 1. Larry Cook (Hon!; 2. Shane Pope (Hon); 3 . Brian Gil es (Hon); 4. Je" Nichols (Han); 5. Henry Avant IHon). MONEY SPECIA L OPEN : 1. Donny Banks (Hon); 2. Cecil Pettway (Hon t 3. John Wilson (Hon ); 4 . Tim Morrow (Hon); 5 . Jason Coleman (Hon~ .Peninsula 100 Classic HS win to'Arthur By Rider W riter N EWPORT NEWS, VA, ocr. 15 Steven Arth ur . o n a CR250 Honda, finally kept his act and hi s bike together to lake the o vera ll win at th e 14th Annual Penin sula 100 Class ic Ha re Scra mbles. The race was the 11th round of th e T uc ker-Roc ky/ Bell/ Ha\'o line/ Sinisal o / AXO/ Scott/Malcolm Smith/Metzel e r / THOR /B n ye s e n /P j I / Ac ereb i s / ROKO·sponsored Virg ini a Ch ampionshi p Han: Scra mbles Series. For AA rider Arthur, the challenges from other rid ers co ntin ued all da y lon g. At th e end of the first 12-mil e loop, only 14 seconds separated Arthur from Derek Kutcher a nd Andrew Williams. The actio n stayed close until about rmd -race when Wllhams look a hard fall while Kutcher seemed to run out of steam. T akin!,! up the slack and moving up to within sm king range was jeff Blankenship on a YZI25 Yamaha and 1988 Series Grand Champion Roland Kin g. King, who carne to the race with an injured leg, decided to use his head in stead of hi s throule to pr otect his current ~inl.S lead and backed off th e gas near the fm ish to ensure he placed hi gh enough to gain valuable . points. Meanwhile Blankenship was runn in g a ll out and was steadily gaining on Arthur by th e end of th e five-lap even t, But tim e ran out and Arthur managed to keep the pace up long eno ugh to lak e the checkers a long with 3 prize of new boo ts and a set of tires. Blankenship held o n for seco nd overall less than a mi n ute behi nd wh ile Kin g held o n for th ird. In the 250ec class, Ru sty Wil son held o ver a minute lead by th e end of the second lap o n Ricky Fran klin a nd Edd ie Young. Wil son ra n out of gas before co mp leti ng th e third lap , and Fran klin and Young jumped a t the o ppon unity to take the top slo ts wh ile Bri cky H ugh es a lso po wered by to come in third Wit h the win , Fran kl in locked up his first series class championship whi le ' ...'Ilson look six th . O pen class action was fast and furi ous. Robe rt Ga lyon ra n h is best race of the seaso n a nd was in the lead by th e end of the firSl lap with cu rrent po ints leader Eddi e Armcn trout a nd a host of ot her determ ined riders trying to track him down. By the second la p , Armen trou t managed 10 mak e a pass for th e lead and appeared 10 be o n his way to hi s si xth win o r lhe ser ies. But th e wann day a nd fierce act io n took th eir to ll and o n the th ird lap he beg-an to slow with ex ha us tion. On th e fourth lap, positi ons changed as j esse Eden beck and Bobby Wilt mana~ed t<> tak e con tro l of th e race and the top posltions. By the end of the rdce, Edenbeck and Wilt became the only riders in th e cla ss to go the fu ll di Slance. Galyon sett led into third while Armentrout Cl Ued it a day in fourth. In th e l25cc class, th e battle contin ut" d betwt-en Brian Hess and Georg e Gr eer. Both riders account ror nine win s in 11 races. Dav id jackson came (lUI or relir ement and stayed in hoI p ur sui t trying to spoil th e a:lebra tion. Hess qu ickl y put himself in th e lead wh ile G reer fnund h imse lf at th e bonom of a firs t· tum pi leu p with a lot of tra ck to mak e up. By th e chec kers, Hess walked away with the large trophy -and an arm fu l of

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