Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Greg Bebeck (3) checks on' Lewis Pugh (44) and David A nthony (2 4) as Vet N ov ice class w inner M ike Marion (3 5 ) prepares to take the lead . The Ove r Th e Hill Ga ng w as part of Sat urday' s prog ram, and Bo b Cas per (2 5 8) topped Scott Free man for the OT HG Expert class overa ll w in . to retaliate, but had his hands full with Bo b Bellvwho was clawing a t his rear knobs. Mesh took th e mota win j ust a head o f Whil e a nd Bell. Mesh sto le the hol esh ot in the seco nd mot o a nd never look ed bac k. Bell looked for a way arou nd Mesh , whi le Wh ite was o verco m ing a poor (sta rt. By lap three, White had scoot ed into th ird a nd began to pressure Bell for t he ru n ner -up p osition . Alt hough W h it e mad e repea ted a ttempts 10 pass, Bell held onto seco nd behind Mesh. Mesh took the overa ll win , whi le Bell's 3-2 topped Wh ite 's 2-3. Alw a ys a goo d s port, Bre ker donned hi s swi m trunks, wad ed to th e m idd le o f th e muddy po nd a nd di d repea ted belly flo ps in the murk y water to the de lig ht of abo u t 50 on lookers. R iders in the 25-29 No vice div isio n two class ma y ha ve suffered a blow to the ir egos this weekend, as Ern ie Becker screamed to the overall victory a board a n 80cc Ka wasaki. Sea n Reis na bb ed th e ho leshot in mo to one, whi le Becker started in fourt h behind Do n Vall ier a nd Lo uis Peick. Becker quick ly b uzzed into seco nd, a nd spe nt th e entire mo to looking for a wa y around Reis. Reis he ld o n to ta ke th e mo to wi n over Becker a nd Vall ier. Somehow Becker screa med hi s way down th e start stra ig h t a head o f th e entire field in mala two . It was smooth sai ling fro m th at po int o n, as Becker opened u p a comfortable lead by th e rnoto 's end. J ay Pa vloec and Vall ier followed a few seco nds behind. Becker claimed th e overa ll win , Reis was seco nd with a 1-5 score, a nd ·Vallier was thi rd with his 4-3 tall y. Rudy Ch avez topped a to ugh field of 29 Vet Intermedi at es, claim ing his o ve ra II vic tory wi. h 1-2 sco res . Chavez led nearl y every la p of th e first mo to , but cou ld n't find hi s way aro u nd Mar sh all Marionn in th e second mot o. Todd Peterson' wa s second wi th a 2-3 tally a nd J oh n Ada ms was third wi th cons iste nt 44 rides. . Saturda y's ra cing wa s jus t as exciting, as the O ver The H ill Gang loo k to th e tra ck. Expert class action saw Bo b Casper roos t away to two co n vinc ing rnor o wins for th e o vera ll , while Scott Freeman a nd SCOII Wallenberg d iced back and forth for th e ru n ne r- u p position. Freem an ca me o u t o n top, claiming seco nd overa ll ah ead of Wallen berg. The Over T he H ill Ga ng Intermedi a te class was topped by Yama ha rider Bob Cla rk. Cla rk came back fro m a ho rri ble start in mot o one to fini sh seco nd behind Ernie Kopasz the n smoked th e pack in the seco nd mala . Kopasz was seco nd with a 14 a nd Mike Cos tello's co ns iste nt 33 ro u nded o ut the to p three. Mi ke Ma rion posted two per fect sco res in th e Vet Novi ce d ivision o ne class to cla im the overall win. Ma rion hol eshot the firs t mo ta , a nd led Lew is Pugh a nd Mich eal Nowicki acro ss the lin e. J im " Bo nes" Bacon ho lesh o t th e seco nd mota but chose to go straight, whi le the rest of th e pack tu rned left. This was all that Marion needed , as he roosted to th e second mo to win a nd overall. Nowicki a nd Da vid Procida argued over second, but Procida was nursin g a n inj ured ha nd a nd had to ba ck off th e pace. Marion took th e overa ll, Nowi c ki was seco nd , a nd Procid a was third with a 6-3 score. T he 25-29 Ex pe rt class was a Will y Mu sg ra ve benef it, as the ATK rider motor ed away to two easy mo to wins o ver Rusty 0 11 a nd Allen Berluti. Ott to p ped Berlu ti in th e seco nd a nd deciding mo to , thus taking seco nd overa ll aboard hi s T ri Pro Suzu ki. Ala n Ol son top pe d th e 40 -49 Expert class with a perfect score. T om Wh ite did hi s best to overta ke him in both mot os, bu t had to sell le for the runner -up spot in eac h mo to and in the o vera ll co lu m n. Ga ry Pea r scored two th ird -p lace fin ish es, th us g iving him thi rd overal l. T he 40-49 Interm ediat e class fell victi m to Gary Doggett, wh o cru ised to two mo ta wins. Fred Wrigh t a nd Lero y Sm it h tra ded seco nd in bo th Pete Murray (2) won the Vintage Expert class and also won the most money in the Vet Pro class with B-1 scores which earned him third overall. OTMX EX: 1. Alan Olson; 2. Tom Wh ite; 3. Gary motes, wi th Wri ght emerg ing on top in t he seco n d m o to . Th is gave Doggett the over a ll a hea d o f Wrigh t a nd Sm ith. _ Peak; 4 . Bengt Johan sson ; 5. J ody W e isel. OVER 50 NOV: 1. Fred Sessions (Han); 2. Dempsey RUley (Hon); 3. Bruc e Fra n zen IHus); 4 . Will Sauro (Han). SUNDAY VET PRO: 1.'Warren Reid (Kaw); 2. Mark Wh it e (Yam); 3. Pet e Murray (Suz); 4 . Ron Sun (Han); 5. Al an Berluti (Han); 6. Gary Jone s (Han); 7. Ron Results SATURDAY BO SUP: 1. Shawn Fortier tKaw) : 2. Bernhard Leitn er (Yam). OPEN SUP: 1. Larry Lawrence (Yam): 2. Patrick Martin (KTM); 3. Guy Deckert (Suz); 4. Randy Law rence (Yam); 5. Tim Olson (Yam). 25·29 NOV 0 · 1: 1. Eri c Casas (Han); 2. Ed Vitelli (Suz); 3. Brian All en (Cag); 4. J ohn Taylor (Han); 5 . Jim Henn (Yam) . 25 ·29 NOV 0·2: 1. Bryan Holdren (Han); 2. J erry Jellon (Suz); 3. Tony Al essi (Han); 4. Randy Van Dyke (Suz); 5. Aron Briggs (Han). 25 ·29 INT; 1. Brian Davy (Han); 2. Patrick Markham (ATK); 3. Mike Yenerich (Suz); 4. Cliff Wall s (Suz); 5. Bil l Erb (Suz). 25 ·29 EX: 1. W illy Musg rave (ATK); 2. Rusty Oil (Suz); 3. Allen Berlutti (Hon); 4 . Chr is Heinrich (Yam ). VET NOV 0 ·1 : 1. M ike Mar ion (Kaw); 2. M ichael Now icki (Han); 3. David Procida ( K a w~ 4 . Bob Rathkamp (Han); 5. Oscar Jackson (Han). VET NOV 0 -2 : 1. Brad Sherr ill (Han); 2. Leo Saul (Cag); 3. Del Oche ltr ee (Han); 4 . Alan Nichol (Han); 5. Greg Wh itfi eld (Han). VET INT: 1. Bob Blose (Han); 2. M icha el Gibson (Han); 3. Rudy Chavez (Han); 4 . Mark Olsen (Han); 5. Steve Gent er (Han). VET EX: 1. Gary Jon es (Kaw); 2. Ron Sun (Han); 3. Allen Ber luni (Hon); 4 . Jon M ill er (Yam ); 5. Ron lawson (Suz) , OTHG BEG: 1. Steve Nilles; 2. Wa rr en Brown; 3. Tim McCue; 4. Dale Brockett; 5. Bruce Brown. OTHG NOV: 1. Carlos Mar in; 2. Mitch Langjah r; 3. Joe Churilla ; 4 . Bill Schu ltz; 5. Jam es Dill s. OTHG INT: 1. Bob Clark; 2. Er nie Kopsz; 3. Mik e Costello; 4. John Chu rilla; 5 . Louie Spr inger. OTHG EX: 1. Bob Casper; 2. SCOll Freeman ; 3. SCa Wall enberg; 4. Georg e Kohler; 5. Robert li Han sen . 40 ·49 NOV: 1. Adrian Mesh (Han); 2. Randy Sm ith (Han); 3. Denn is Prescott (KTM); 4. Vasek Ulr ich (Han); 5. Ron Neill (Yam). 40 ·49 INT: 1. Gary Doggett (Kaw); 2. Fred Wr igh t (Han ); 3. l eroy Sm ith (Han) ; 4. Gary Sh iramizu . Turn er (Hon); 8. John Greenway (Ho n); 9. M icha el Tripes (Han); 10. Bob Casper (Suz). 25 ·29 NOV 0 ·1 : 1. Ed Vit ell i (Suz); 2. Brian All en (Cag); 3. Eric Casas (Han); 4. J ohn Clifford (Yam); 5. Mike Rambo (Suz). 25·29 NOV 0 -2: 1. Eno Becker; 2. Sean Reis (Suz); 3. Don Vallier (Yam); 4. Louis Peick (Han); 5. J ay Pavloec (Han). 25 ·29 NOV 0 ·3 : 1. Frank Lowe rs (Han); 2. Jo e Bond (S uz); 3. Terry Varner (Yam) ; 4 . Scott Pakar ic (Suz): 5. Rodney Fowler (Han). . 25 -29 INT: 1. Larry Lawrence (Yam); 2. Ken Erb (Suz); 3. David Lynch (Han); 4. Paul Donelly (Han); 5. St eve Pfaff (Yam). 25 ·29 EX: 1. Tony Spear (Suz); 2. RuSty On (Suz); 3. Mike Baker (Yam ); 4. Chris Heinrich (Yam ); 5. Martin Klossner (Yam ). • VET NOV 0 ·1 : 1. Lynn Barn es (Yam); 2. J im Bacon (Han); 3. Fran k Laures (Kaw); 4 . Tom Loucks (Han); 5. Rod Duriivent (Kaw). VET NOV 0 ·2 : 1. Randy Bura k (Han); 2. Dave Ivory (Han); 3. Jim Diyo lid (A TK); 4. Jo hn Clifford (Yam); 5. Bob Hump hus (Yam). VET NOV 0 ·3 : 1. Denn is Burns (Kaw); 2. Dan Shaw (Yam); 3. Oscar Jackso n (Han); 4 . Karl Schindler (Han); 5. Dean Kirk (Han). VET INT: 1. Rudy Chavez (Han); 2. Todd Peterson (Han); 3. John Adams (Han); 4 . Kelly Me yers (Han); 5. Michael Gibson (Han). VET EX: 1. Jon M ill er (Yam); 2. Andy Seig el (Yam); 3. Steve Ranson (Yam); 4. Tom White (Han); 5. Ted DeVol (Suz). 40-49 NOV: 1. Adr ian Mesh (Han); 2. Bob Bell (Han); 3. Dan Wh ite (Han); 4. Bob Ridgewa y; 5. Bill Johns (ATK). 4O·49INT: 1. Allen Kent (Han); 2. Gary Shiramizu (Yam); 3. Leroy Smi th (Han); 4 . J erry Young (Han); 5. Russ Fletcher (Yam). 40·49 EX: 1. Alan Olson (Yam); 2. Gary Peak (Yam); 3. Tom White (Han); 4 . Rick Kelly (Han); 5. John White (Han). OVER 50 NOV: 1. Chu ck Cast on (Han). OVER 50 INT: 1. George Spear ing (Han); 2. Bill (Yam); 5. Russ Fletcher (Yam). ,'1 I ,<1 I 40·49 EX: 1. Al an Olson (Yam); 2. Tom Wh it e (Han); 3. Gary Pear (Yam); 4 . Jody Weisel (Yam); 5. J ohn W hite (Han). OTMX NOV 0 ·1 : 1. Bill Millspaugh ; 2. Kurt Soeks; 3. John Fl and er s; 4 . Bob Klatt; 5. Bru ce (Yam); 5. Ken Beach (Yam). OVER 50 EX: 1. Ron Way (Han); 2. Bob Mi ln er (Han); 3. Bob Richard (Yam); 4. Hal Grady (Han). VINT NOV: 1. J eff Pugh (Suz); 2. Lew is Pugh (Yam); 3 . Rod Kirkbrid e (Hon) ; 4 . doug Veirs ; 5. Cornell . Ji m Pierce (Suz) . OTMX NOV 0 ·2 : 1. J ohn Webb; 2. J im Sw ind ells; 3 . W endell Par k; 4 . Fra nk Derby; 5. J ack Vat Ion. OTMX AM: 1. Gary Phillips; 2. Gary W ill ison; 3. James Di ll s; 4 . Richar d Du ncan ; 5. Ke ith Phillip s. Malone (Hon); 3 rFred Se ssion s (Hon); '4 . AI Smith VINT INT: 1. Gera ld Fasod (Han); 2. David Dewhurst (Hu s). VINT EX: 1. Pet e Mu rr ay (Mai); 2. Duane Quayle (Suz); 3. Rick Doughty (Yam). 19

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