Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Pegas us Racing 's Richard Brad y finished third in the For m ula 4 0 class at the A FM 's f inal race of the year at Sea rs Point International Raceway, Dave Bostrom (7Z), the 1968 Cal State 1T Champion, passed Jim Mahoney (77) to win the Open A Vet class at the Lodi Scram bles. 3. John Haske ll ; 4 . Gar y Chr ist ie; 5. An gel Figueroa . . 125 NOV: 1. Dan Tucker: 2. Alan Kadlec: 3, Chad Camping; 4 . Robe n Pace; 5. Brad Vand en berg . 125 BEG: 1. Kets Keefer: 2. Curry Davis; 3. Mart Roger; 4. Jeff Wasel us; 5. Mark Eckmann. WMN0 / A: 1. Glenda Jackson; 2. Janene Vigar; 3. Heath er McN abb. VET OPEN EX: 1. Mike McDonald; 2. Phil Cloward; 3 . Gary Scheidler; 4. Bryan Bennett; 5. M ike M ul conery. VET 250 EX: 1. MikeSixbery(yam); 2. TerryDavis (Suz); 3. Bruc e Bailes; 4. Dennis Tipton ; 5. Jeff J ackson . VET OPEN AM: 1. Chris Peterson; 2. Dean Taylor; 3. Dal e Line k; 4 . Steve Dalton; 5. Mike Hendrie. VET 250 AM: 1. Steve Gilmore; 2. Jesse Ellical; 3. Gordon Thulemeym; 4. Ryan Grosz; 5. Bob Lumley. VET OPEN NOV: 1. Stuan Powell; 2. Charles Herrick; 3. Gilben Crashashdens; 4. Alan Busby; 5. Keith Ecklund. VET 250 NOV: 1. J im Dodge; 2. Rudy Stark; 3. J im Brown; 4. Steve Burklow; 5. Don Stinchfield. VET OPEN BEG: 1. Greg Hamber; 2. J eff Hoffman; 3. E. Wingfield; 4. Kerry Talbot 5. Alan Pinch. . . VET 250 BEG: 1. Chuck Olive; 2. Dennis Waselu s; 3. Wayne Cate; 4. Bob Moore; 5. Mike Brown . OPEN EX: 1. Ty Davi s(So2); 2. Derrick Paiement , (Kaw); 3. John Rudder (Hus); 4. Chris Crandall (ATK); 5. J eff Capt (Han). . OPEN AM: 1. Erik Wolfe; 2. Mike Davidge; 3. Eric Graff; 4 . Nic Case; 5. M ike Whitcomb. Bostrom t ak es deja vu win at lodi Scrambles By Bill Spencer LaD! , CA, NOV. 5 \Vhi le it was the end or the reg ul ar scra mbl es and short tra ck seaso n a t the Lodi Cycle Bo wl, it was deja vu for this reporter. : Co veri ng th e races for the past 22 years o nly goes to sho w that little chan ges in th e big: world o f raci ng as Dave Bostrom, th e 1968 Cal State IT champ, won th e Open A Vet cla ss whil e the likes o f 4Q-inch Triumphs and even J ohn Hlebo's 1972 Yama ha 360 still ru n ar ound th e tree tum, m uc h the sam e way Kenny Rob er ts d id j ust that many years ago. Ro b Dam ro n was the big winner in the Open A ma in even t. Damron and the Daman raci ng w ood-R o ta x ba nged handlebars wit h young Ben Bostrom off the line and Rob had to wo rk for thi s o ne, bu t ably so . Da n McDo n nel and his Harley-Davidson took the poi n t wit h Ji m Mahoney, a nd Dave Bostro m close in to w. Damro n- worked arou nd Steve Stewa rt, in h is firs t Expert sho w, th en took o n Mark But ler a nd Steve Mayfi eld before buning he- ds wi th th e elder Bostr om and a McDonnel l. T he tree turn hasn 't cha nged mu ch ove r th e years, bu t th e infield had so me stra nge par .. wit h a hard ri gh t foll o wed by a n even har der right befor e rejoi n ing the short tra ck . Damr on had to con tend wi th both as Bostr om took o ver th e r.o int, o nly to be repassed by McDonnell while Dam ron wiggled arou nd for th e lead a nd a big whee-lie win . Tory Bostrom topped th e O pen B class in a good ride over Bill Rid er a nd Ted T hom pso n, wh o rod e h is ancien I Yamaha TfSOO very well in a lso winnin g the 500cc B class ove r Dwane Fran ci sco , who j ust happened to have hi s dad, Mousy Francisco, as h is pit man. . Mi ni bike classes saw Eric Bostrom win the A versi on over Nathan Wait while Steve Hlebo topped the B guys and Sh ennan Lee. with a lat e lap move, wo n the C race over Bill y Martin and T oby J orgensen, Kim is not Alex's son , bu t all in th e family. T im O 'Hara brought ou t a G B Kawasaki for th e Vet C win over Larry Gr eene's New A(:e Cycle sponsored Wood-Ro ta x while Bill RIder was the B Vet wi n ner over Don Shipley. Eric and Ben Bostro m won their respective 250cc classes with Ben winning th e combined A & Bo ver J ohn Hl ebo , III and J oh n n y McG ill in for third. All and all, a great day wi th great family and tha t's what scrambles raci ng has been. 1 th ese ma ny years. 0 Results sufferi ng fro m a bad cold, in the Cham pio nsh ip Adva nced class (50-53 ) a nd Veteran .:Beg inner Dou gl a s Step he ns u nders co ring Dennis T hompson by 6- 10. The big W ill o f the day went 10 John Bourdeau in the Senior (10+) In ter mediat e cla ss. H is 27-po in t score was a whopping 44 po ints less tha n hi s nearest compe ti to r. Results EX: 1. Tom Ham man; 2. Kevin Norton. C'SHIP ADV: 1. Ed Stovin; 2. Rick Daff ern; 3. Robert Madden . VET (30+ ) ADV: 1. Kent Graha m; 2 . Pete Croft . SR (40+) ADV: 1. A rt Webster . S/SR (50+) ADV: 1. Ed Heacox. CSHIP INT: 1. Rick Bieniak; 2. Jim Rogers. VET (30+) INT: 1. Dave Whittle: 2. Bruce DeHaven; 3. 8 . McClellan; 4 . Joe Slaug hter. SR (40+) INT: 1. Jo h n Bourdeau. C'SHIP NOV: 1. Katy Fetand; 2. Scan Hami hon; 3. Roger Guard; 4 . Paul Joh nson . VET 130+1 NOV: 1. Jim M ill er; 2. Jeff Seifert; 3. J eff Latim er. SR (40+) NOV; 1. Bob Thor nl on; 2. Jo hn Coll ins; 3. Mart Atpen. S/ SR (50+) NOV: 1. Days Stan ley; 2. Duane Slone; 3. Steve Hill . . C' SHIP BEG: 1. Phil Luna ; 2. R. Rant a; 3. Gary Obor n; 4 . J. Malmquist . . VET (30+) BEG: 1. Douglas Sl eph en s; 2. Denni s Thompson; 3. M ike Thompson; 4 . M im i Setty. SR(40<1 BEG: r . De. Harla nd . PIW: 1. J im Hansen (Yam); 2. Brandon George (Yam); 3. Tony Me iring (Yaml. 60: 1. KC Pigma iden (Kaw); 2. Andy Hansen (Hon); 3. Matt Becker (Suz). PP: 1. Debbie Anderson (Kaw ); 2. Vema Ober (Kaw); 3. ca rrie lee (Kaw) . 80 C: 1. Sh erman Lee (Kaw); 2. Billy Martin ( Kaw~ 3. Toby Jorgenson lKaw l. 80 B: 1. Steve Hlebo (Kaw ); 2, Tim Al vern az (YamI. 80 A : 1. Eric Bostrom (Hon~ 2. Nathan Wait (kaw) . 1. Tim O'Hara (Kaw l; 2. Larry Greene lW -R); 3. VET Rich Murray (Tril .. VET B: 1, William Rider (Hon); 2. Don Sh ipley (W.RI. 250 C: 1. Erie Bostrom (Han); 2. Steve Vanou i (Yaml ; 3. Haro ld Gepford (Suli. 250 AlB: 1. Ben Bostrom (Yaml; 2. J ohn Hlebo III (Honl ; 3. J ohnn y McGill ( Kaw ~ 500 C: 1. Tim Bucholtz (Hon); 2. Rich Brindos (ATK); 3. Tim O'Hara (Kaw i. . 500 AlB: 1. Ted Thompson (Yam); 2. Owane Francisco ( H o n~ 3. John Hlebo (Yaml. VINT C: 1. Rieh Marqu is (Hon); 2. Rich Murray (Tri); 3. Dave Tucker (Suz). VET A: 1. Dave Bostr om (Rtxl ; 2. Jim Mahoney IATKI; 3. Lynne George (Han). . OPEN C: 1. Rick Teylor (Yam); 2. D.P. Krohn (H-D) OPEN B: 1. Tory Bostrom (RIX); 2. Wm Rider (Hon); 3. Ted Thompson (Yam). OPEN A : 1. Rob Damron lW-R ); 2. Dave Bostr om (Rtx); 3. Dan McDonn ell (H-D). c: Hamman d inches title at Tecate V Trial By Don Williams CORRAL CAN VO N, CA, ocr. 8" \Vith th ree ro u nds rem a in in g in th e America n T ri a ls Associatio n Cha mpionship Ser ies, Tom H amann cl inc h ed the n u mber o ne Expert p la te for th e th ird yea r in a row with a wi n at the Sa n Diego Trials Riders Tecate V O bserved T rials. H a mman , a Ma lc olm S mit h R acing / Cos mopolitan MotorslTho mas En glehard t/ SDTR-sponsored Beta TR34 ri der , do mi na ted th e Expert class co mpeti tio n a t Conal Ca nyon OHV Area by fin ish in g with only 25 marks to runn er -up ri der Kev in No rt on ' s 62. H am ann says he is now sell ing hi s sig hts o n winn in g th e 20th Annual El Trial De Expana o n Decem ber 3 at th e Johnson Vall ey OHV area. Both th e Ch ampionship No vice and Vetera n (30+) Advan ced cla sses were decided by a si ng le dab . Vel Advanced winner Kent G raha m was able to hold off a strong last-loo p charge by Pete Cr oft to sco re a 47·48 victory. C ha mpions hi p Novi ce po ints lead er Ka ty Feland. o n a Fanric 243, dabbed o n ly three tim es o n th e fina l loop to ta ke the win away from Yamaha -m oun ted Scott H am ilton. H amil ton drop ped eigh t o n hi s last loo p to fin ish with 25 po in ts to Fela nd 's 24. . The on ly ot he r close fini sh es o f th e day were Ed S ta vi n over R ick Da ffern , w ho was Hagan shines at darknessshortened Sears Point RR By Tony Sakkis SONpMA, CA, NqV. 5 Da yh ght savm gs u me came a day too ea rly for the AFM North, As d ock s were set back a n hour the pr eceding eveni ng , th e effects were felt at ,Sears Point Raceway the following a fternoon. La ck of lig h t abb revia ted th e fin al 1989 race, so th e seaso n - and th e decad e - ended with the overa ll poi n ts from th e last race cou nt ing as th e fina l sta nd ings . Alt ho ug h the day was sho rte ned, it did n't matter much. In the' opening race Dwayne Chun g took seco nd behind J oe Brett Will iams. los ing his hope for the number-one plat e for next seaso n. In 450<:c Productio n. Darrell Par ker. who started on the o utsi de o f the first row . wheel ied at the start a nd lost a ha lf-doze n spots. By the end o f the first lap, however, he had regai ned his po le spot a nd led the race fro m th e seco nd lap o n. Hugh Match ha d kep t h is Yamaha in third spot for th e first few laps, but was passed by J eff H asselt in e a nd Ron Van Cleve. Mike Kryloc k, in the meantim e, was mounti ng a n assau lt as wel l. Krylock (:ot around March o n th e fourth lap, H asselune on the si xth, Clingenna n (w ho had problem s) on the seven th, and Van Cleave o n th e fina l lap to fin ish an admirable second spot. A second wave in the same race held a fine baule in th e Sin gles class. In o ne o f th e best battles o f the day , Eron Fl o ry led a ll but o ne lap o f th e race, but was never dear o f the seco nd -spot man, Vi nce n t Meyer . Co nse quentl y, Meyer was hounded for th e duration by Maul Sh all ito a nd Mike Canfield. Meyer showed he co uld launch h is mo larcycle into th e lead a t the gree n flag, hav in g do ne so in a n ear lier abo rted star t, On the second start, he repeated th e effort and led to th e to p o f th e hill. By th e stri pe , how ever , it was Flory wh o led th e co n tinge nt , followed b y Meyer , J o seph Elkins , Shal lito a nd Ca nfield. At th e end of th e th ird la p the o nly cha nge in the order in th e top five was the sw itch o f fourth and fifth spots. On th e fourth lap, Meyer passed Flory in turn two and held th e lead past th e Sian / fin ish line. Flory regained the lead befor e th e ch icane o n the foll owin g . lap, and held o n to win , with Meyet close o n hi s rear tire. J eff H agan's time in Ge rma ny may not ha ve made h im rich , bUI it cer ta inly made him faster , If the Berk eley-based O pen GP class rider was n 't qu ick eno ug h pr eced ing th e '89. AF M season, hi s stint in Europe mad e him han ds-dow n th e class o f the field. In bo th O pen G P and Open Superstreet he led from sta rt to finis h - taki ng the gree n from the bac k of th e pa ck. Addi tiona lly, he was the favo ri te in the O ~n Produ ct ion . bu t H agan's ha t-trick possib ility was el im inated d ue to lack o f day lig ht. ' AI Salaverr ia rod e a broken Yamaha Tl250 to vic tory in the Formula Two race. narrow ly beating J am es Stephens. Sa lvarria's clut ch ca ble popped o ut the fir st lap a nd th e yo u n gs ter was forced to sh ifl wi th out the d u tch. Althou gh he led Step hen s the en tire race, he had a difficu lt time keep in g Stephens at bay . In th e mea ntime, thi rd -place finisher Wayn e Montoya put a good d istance between h im self a nd fo ur th-pl ace Mar k Schubert. Resu lts OPEN PROD: 1. Derick Powell (Suzl; 2. Robert Mesa (Yam); 3. DavtcICanno n (Suor). 750 PROD: 1. Geep T8fTanova (Suzt 2 . Greg Jackson (Sud; 3. David Hoenick e (Sud 600 PROD; 1. Peter Wensloff (yam); 2. Tim Blasquez (Han); 3. Dan iel McCann (Yam). 450 TW: 1. Eri e Dieliker (Kaw l; 2 . Franc is Mazu r (Kaw l; 3. David Tinga (Kaw l. . 750 51ST : 1. Jerry Ernst (Yam); 2. Man Presley (Suorl; 3. Kenneth Evans (Suz). F-40: 1. Denny Doherty (Yam); 2. Gordon Seim (Duel; 3. Richard Brady (Suz) 450 S /ST; 1. Steph en Rodden (Yam); 2. Paul Hart (Yam~ 3. Thom as Mont ano (Yaml . F·2 : 1. AJ Salaverria (Yam); 2. Jame s Stephen s (Yaml; 3. Wayn e Montoya (Hon) OPEN GP: , . J eff Hagan (Suorl; 2. Peter Koc i ISuor); 3. Shawn Healey (SUI). 450 PROD: 1. Darr ell Parker (Yam); 2. Mike Krynock (Yam); 3. DareU Clingermann (Yam). • 250 S IS : 1. Steve Pullin (Kawl; 2. Rosslyn Well s ISul~ 3. Francis Mazur (Kaw) . F·SGL : 1. Eron Flory (Han); 2. Vin cent Meyer (Hon); 3. Paul Shellito (RIX). T-650: 1, Curt Kimble (Kaw ); 2. John Taylor (Hon); 3, Pete Demas (Hon). OPEN S /ST : 2. Jeff Hagan (Suz); 2. P~ter Koci (Suz); 3. Denny Doherty (Yam). F-TVI/OPEN: 1. Gordon Seim (Duc); 2. Nick Hayman (Moot 3. Arthur Chamber s (Duc). F·TV!/ 750: 1. AUen Satt erlee (H-D); 2. Eron Flory (BMWI; 3. Chr is All en fLav). 600 S/ST: t . Joe Bren Williams (Hon): 2. Dwayne Chung (Hon!; 3. Peter Wen sloff (Yam). Keen captures crown at Glass City HS By M ark M ontgomery DELTA, OH, ocr. 22 Mo th er Na ture dropped a th ick la yer o f sno w o n northwestern O hio just a few days before th e G lass City Mot orcycle Club ho sted their a n n ua l fall hate scra mbles. T he o nly storm o n race da y, how ever. was betwee n Mark Knox , Eldon Keen and Brad Lo we, wh o diced it out beneath clear, warm and su n ny skies. A full field o f 125 adu lt rid ers mad e their way to th e starti ng ga te, three hou rs and 21 laps lat er , it was Eldon Keen wh o too k th e checke red nag first alter a heated contes t with th e always-strong Mark Kno x a nd recent ISDE Silver Medalist Brad Lo we. Hi -P ointlSmith Go ggl es/ Lansin g Cycle / End u ro Engi neeri ng-sponsored Keen descr ibed it as, " The best race bet ween Knox , Lowe and myself th at we have had all year long. The track was excelle nt , all three of us were strong and we a ll ran without mechanica l problem s. it was a gr eat race." An en th used Brad Lowe was still ex u berant from his Silver Medal in th e West G erman ISDE . ' T he Proffers Kaw asaki /Pirelli /Tsubaki/'J on es Goggl e/ Answer-Si lkolen e Produ ct /White Bros.IS u n st a r/ Q u ick SavC a me trac ker and Ma ier Plasti c-sronsor ed rider sa id , "The track wa s fast. wei laid-out and enjoyable. I especia lly enjoyed the backand- forth co mpetitio n with Keen and Knox ; usually Keen is so [ar ahea d I can 't even say . for su re th at he races motorcyclesl But toda y was a hi ghl y-competitive race, until I tired with 30 mil es to go ."

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