Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

c-r c-r ..... IJ.) .o 6 IJ.) ;:;- o Z Ben Ricks (63 ), Jason M inor (9) , Michael Northcutt (15) and Brent Lough (4 ) lead the start of the Senior Mini rac e at Cam p Coker MX. la ps hu n . han d ing Du nl ap the mo w and the overnl l win. Ton y Su lek i", ddini ld y a fter tilt' 250n ' In ter m ed iate- dass ti tlt' a nd ano the r yea r's spo ns o rsh ip. Alread y spo nsored U)' Hi g h Dl ' ~ ' Tl Ka wa sak i. Thor Rac e \\'('a r a mi Dad . it' s dad who' s I()oki ll~ forward to som e help for the 1990 sea so n . At t he sta rt of m o to o ne. it loo ked [ik e S ult·1.. wa !'l w('11 on h is way 10 addi ng:ano ther m o to win 10 the two from last we-ek. Su lek was hol d in g the lead des pite hea vy prcsvure- fro m Rill Sauro o n a G lenda le Honda a nd ha d jusl star n-d to O pC: 1I u p an increas in g ga p betwee n th e-m when. a t th e beg inni ng of lap ('igh l. Su le-k rolled off the truck wit h a wau-r p u m p. Sa u ro took the win as Su lek p ushe-d back 10 tilt, pits. Su lek was bac k 0 11 hi s " p ractice' bik e for mot u two a nd aga in loo k the immedi at e lead a nd aga in was pushed by Sauro. Sulek went (( M) hi g:h on a soh berm at the beginn in g of lap three and dropped 10 secon ds behind Sa uro. Four laps la ter, he w~~ righ t back in a ve-ry d OM ' second and rcturru ng the pr essu re 10 Sauro . This tim e Sa uro wen t dow n a nd Su lek W ( ' IH by for a not her motu win but third o vera ll. Sauro re-cover ed lO fin ish second a nd first overa ll. T he series req uires a rider 10 finis h t'igh t o f ni ne motes to q uali fy. so Su lek nee ds to fin ish high in the next five rounds 10 repea t his last year's ser ies wi n. Results 80 BEG: 1. J ason Stoner (Suz ): 2. Lex Ma lan (Kaw) ; 3 . Jason Reed (Suzl ; 4 . Jim Buntin (Honl ; 5 . Sahne Farr is (Kaw) . 80 NOV ; 1. Jimmy Lavor ci (Yam); 2 . Tracy Ash er (SOl); 3 . Arm and o Overl and (Hon) ; 4 . Aaron Wasnea (Kaw) ; 5 . Chr is Allen (Sull. 80 INT: 1. Terr y Parson s (Honl: 2. Jack Cox (Kaw) ; 3 . J ason DePano (Hon ); 4 . Bob Sage (Hon); 5 . David Evilsizer (Suzl. 80 BIG WHL: 1. Raymond MOrales (Kaw); 2. V ict or M ar es (Kawl . WMN NOV : 1. Carle M artinez (Honl , SR BEG: 1. Charl es How elllYam l. SR INT: 1. Robert linville (Suz); 2 . Ter ry McDonald (Hon ); 3 . Ken Beach (ya m). SR EX: 1. St eve Dunlap; 2. Bob Millner (Hon ). VET BEG: 1. Mike McAlpin (Kaw); 2. RobIn Young (Hon ); 3 _ A lex Spin elli (Yam); 4 . Robert Wyckoff (Kaw); 5 . Tim Lavorcl (Yam) VET NOV: 1. Cllhon W arr en ( Hon~ 2.. Donn Sar ian (Hon ); 3 . David M ason (Kaw); 4 . Dav e Graham (SUl); 5 . Ken Green e (Hon). VET INT: 1. Todd Pet erson (Hon); 2 . Rus s Hossma n (Honl; 3 , Cha rlie St ro ng (Hon); 4 . Randy Bur ak (Hon); 5 . Randy And er son (Yam l. VET EX: 1. Jo hn Gr eenway (Hon); 2 . Randy Tillem ier ISuz); 3 . Joe Brou ssard (Suz). J R VET BEG: 1. Man ny Del Campo (Hon); 2 . Bob M ich ael IHon ); 3 . Terry Puis (Hon); 4 . Scan Ham mo nd (Yam); 5 . Kevin Davidson IKawl J R V ET NOV: 1. Richard Chouinard (Hon); 2 . Todd W imen (Hon ); 3 . Dea n Jen nings (Kaw) ; 4 . Bobby Gr aham (Suz); 5 . M ike Little (Hon) . JR VET INT: 1. David lynch (Hon); 2. Shawn Davis (Hon ); 3 . Greg M art in ez. JR VET EX: 1. Kar l Allen (Hon ). 125 BEG 0 · 1: 1. Tracy Asher (Suz ); 2. Just in In08flo (Yam ); 3 , Deacon Lee J ame s (Yam); 4 . Jos h Guggenmos (Su z); 5. Ja y Hammond (Suz). 125 BEG 0 · 2: 1. Mike Steinnoff; 2, Brian Ratl iff (Kaw) ; 3 . Gary McC rea (Hon); 4 . Ken Phill ips (Hon); 5 . Breit Anderson (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Donald Upto n (Han); 2. Andrew Ol ivia (Suz); 3. David Casada {Sull; 4 . J eff lewis (Sud; 5 . Ja son Mellon (Han ). 125 INT: 1. Er ic Sam son (Hon); 2 . Shawn Davis (Hon); 3. Charli e Love (Yam); 4 . Derrick Willis (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Oarr in Hoeft (Hon); 2 . Mike Dunlap (Su zl; 3 . Duan e Benne r (Yam). 250BEG : 1. J eff Nutter(Honl; 2 . Gregory Lonergan (Kaw) ; 3 . Chr is Kurtis (SOl ); 4 . Bret Gr eening (Kaw ); 5 . Geoff CobOOt(Hon) . 250 NOV: 1. Byron Gre ene (Yaml ; 2. Donny Fish (Hon ); 3 . Danny Seyler; 4 . Doug Russell (Kaw ); 5 . Dona ld Coly er (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Bill Sauro (Han); 2 . Jon James (Hon); 3 . Tony Sul ek (Kaw ); 4 . Robbie Dunham (Yaml; 5. M an Wyckoff (Kaw i. 250 PRO: 1. Ti m Telford (Yam); 2 . Todd Leh mann (Hon); 3. Jo hn Gr eenway (Hon ); 4 . Gary Sail ors (Yam); 5 . Tim W inslow (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Chip Hamrick (Hon); 2. Glen W ilkIn s: 3 . Mark All en ; 4 . Ja son M yron (Hon); 5 . Manny Del Campo . 500 NOV: 1. Je rry Ehl ers (Kawl; 2. Char lie Strong; 3 . Keilh Brown (Kaw) ; 4 . Tr avi s Mullin s (AT K); 5. Dann y 38 M~'&r:~~:l~~~rry Lawrence (ATK); 2. Karl Al len (Hon!. Larsen lands IMS Sportsman Speedway win By Scott Daloisio SAN BERNARDINO, CA, NO V. 5 Fo rmer Junior Nationa l C hampio n J osh La rse-n de feated vetera n "Danger ous" Du bb Ferrell in th e Spo rts man Speed way Assoc ia lion 's season-o pen ing Expert main even t a t Inl and :'\,Iolor Speedway. Larsen and Ferr ell both sta rted the ei ght lap main o ff th e 40-yard lin e. Ran dall Dan ce, o n a w eslake. set the ea rly pace o ff th e 20. while Larsen and Ferr ell wo rked the ir way th ro ug h th e tra ffic. La rsen got to the leader . [irst a nd went in side of h im as th ey ex ited tu rn two. Ferr ell ca me th rough th e same o pe n ing a nd stayed with Larsen fo r a co u p le o f laps before the teenager pulled away. Wh en the chec kered nag ended th e event, Larsen had h i, Vision Street Wear /Bell H elm ers/Troy Lee Design Weslak e in fron t by a comfort abl e margin. Ferre ll mai ntained second with Dance, J erry Black, Kelcey Go rdon a nd Brian Pappala rdo roundi ng o ut the six -rider field : John ny Edwa rds, a 52· year·o ld Eng lish rider who toil ed in the Bri tish League nea rl y 30 years ago. led at th e start o f th e In term ed iat e class ma in . Kevin Ni cklas a lmos t whee lied int o Edwa rds o n lap one bUI sacr ificed h im self and went down. T he race contin ued w ith Ed wards in the lead until 16-year-old Ch ris Man ch ester passed h im at the end o f th e first circ u it. Fro m that po int o n ,Ma nchester lengthened it o u t to th e victory. Nob ody co uld ca tch Ed wa rds a nd he nailed down second. Mik e " Po ps" Dwyer , just a year or two yo u nge r tha n Edw ard s, fin ish ed th ird. Ah er gelli ng kn ocked to th e grou nd o n th e last circuit. Ch ris H arrin gton wo n th e rednag sho rte ned Novi ce main even t o ver first tim e racers J ohn Aden a nd Mark Castin. Results EX: 1. Jos h Larse n (Wes); 2 . Dubb Ferrell (Ja w); 3 . Randall Danc e (Wes ); 4 . J erry Black ewes); 5. Kelcey Gordo n (Wes). INT: 1. Chfls Manchester; 2 . J ohnny Edw ard s; 3 . M ike Dwy er; 4 . Kevin Rubfo ; 5. Kevm Nick les. NOV: 1. Chr is Harr ington; 2. Joh n Ad en; 3. M ark Casli n; 4 . M ike Summers ; 5 . Mike Newman. JR A: 1. Chr is We rne r; 2 . Heat h Ham mo nds; 3. Ryan Maneson ; 4 . Aaron Maneson. J R B: 1. M ichael Hull ; 2. Amber Koss uth. Speedway returns to Santa Barbara By Bill Locey SANTA BARBARA. CA, NOV . 4 Wh en Ventura Raceway sh u t do wn in April 1987 afte r pr esentin g speedway rari ng for 17 Yl'ars. ft-w tho ug h t th ey'd ha ve to wai t nearl y thr et' years for th e retu rn of the sport to th e Sa nta Barba ra area. Bu t speedway did rerum . fu unt'sy o f pr o moter Cliff Carr. owner o f H arley-Oavidson o f ,Sa m3 Barba ra . whe n the Ear l Wa rren Show!:rou nds drew a packed hou se 10 Sa tur day m gh t' s pr ogram. Lcd by Santa Barbara native and Na tion al C ha m pio n Bobby Sch wa rtz. Ihe crowd wit· nessed a complt'te Scra tch p rogra m, p lus H andi(:ap r dC('S and th e customa ry hi stri onics o f a llno u nfer La rry H uffm an . Brad Oxl ey. who buill lhe tra ck . ca me o u t on lOp o f the Scra tch {lOTlion of th e pr ogram wit h a to ta l of 12 POint S. H e was (I('d w ith G reg H an cock at the end o f th e sched u led pr og ram . but wo n a run-a£( aga inst H ancock . Don Odo m won the H andicar mai n after Steve Martin picked a real bac time to fall down - abo ut 10 feet Cra m the finis h lin e. Th ings went as expt'c ted during t he two Handica p healS as the hot guys pass ed the slow g uys wi th relative ease o n the Cos ta Mesa· sizc.·d oval. di no with the Scra tch heal S. Loca l hero Sch wartz cra sh ed in h is thi rd 'scratch hea t, a nd needed a wi n in hi s last ride to q ualify fo r the ru n-off but he br oke the sta rti ng tapes a nd refer ee Ph il M oon g'".Ive him . th e boot. T he cro wd reac ted stron gl y. w inging th eir programs o nto th e track. but Moon 's decis io n st ood. Oxl ey ea si ly handl ed H ancock in the ru n-o ff C th e win. or In th e H andicap main . Mattin led from sta n 10 fin ish . well, a lmost 10 th e fin ish. He cras he d a short di stance away from th e ch eckered fla g fo r no apparent reason and he went [ro m F irst to last as Odom happil y took th e gi ft win. Results SCRATCH; 1. Brad Oxley 1121 2. Greg Hancock (12 ); 3 . ; MI ke Fari a P O); 4 . (TIE) Bobby Schwartz/SIeve M artinI Sieve l ucero (9 ); 7 . Tony Beinert (8); 8. (TIEl Ed Castro/ Steve Russell/Bart BasVPeter Carr (7) . HDCP; 1. Don Odom ; 2. Brad Oxl ey; 3 . Bart Ba st; 4 . M ike Far ia; 5 , Greg Hanc ock; 6 . Stev e M artin . Neely shows the way at Camp Coker MX By Hurl ey & Dot Short ' SOCIETY HI L L , SC, OCT'. 29 Robb ie Neel ey drove to the fro m to wi n both 25 P lus class m ote s a t Ca mp Co ker MX Par k. R ick w ri ght took the hol esh o t in the first m o re fo llowed by Ri ch ard Van Bortel . Darrell Bell an d Ron ald Dobbs and o n the first lap Neely moved int o fourth. w right went do wn a nd even thou gh he reco vered , he kept lo sing grou nd to th e Held. Neely moved in to seco nd and co n ti n ued hi s drive 10 the front. He moved to th e in side a nd took over first as Van Bortel d ropped back III second. At th e fini sh it was Neely , Van Bo rtel . Dobbs, J oe Norder a nd Keith Ri venbar-k. In th e second mo to , the hol csh ot went to Va n Bone! fo llowed by Neel y, Norder and Bell. Nee ly passed Van Bortel as th ey began .he second lap and man aged to p Ul a lot o f day li!:h t betw een h im self a nd Van BOllel. At the fmish i. was Neel y, Van Bolle!. Dob bs, Riven back a nd Norder. Kell y Kell is grabbed the hol esh ot in the first running of the J u n io r Mini class foll o wed b y J elf Do na ld so n, Brent L o ugh a nd Will Step henson. Althou!?h Kell is held a com· man d in g lead at o ne urn e. he was overpowered by Do nald son . After taki ng th e lead , Do na ldson hu ng o n for the chec kered flag and was fnllowed by Brent Lough, Chad NeWlon, Kell is a nd Dav id Price. NeWlOn was followed by Don ald son, Lough and Stephenso n in th e seco nd ro u nd. New ton and Don al dson pulled o u t to a good lead, bUl Lo ug h moved up and passed Don al dson. But Don aldson wouldn't gi ve u p and kepI th e p ressure o n Lough. Newt on took th e checkered flag while Donal dson a nd Lough rared rig h t do wn to lh e wire. Don aldson took a sp ill whic h gave seco nd pl ace LO Lo ugh , foll o wed by Step he nso n and Kell is. In the firsl Sen io r Mini class mot a it was Ben Ricks o ff the line first foll ow ed by Gage Fortson , J ason Min or a nd C h uc k Sh irley. Sh irley mo ved IIp 10 third. but fell. Wi th a fast recover y. Shirley held o n to fourth while Ri cks mo ved ou t «) a n im p ressive lead . Minor also wellt down , but reco vered and rejoined th t' ract' . Sh irley managed to tak e o ver second ,,1'Ke befor e th ey llx,k ih e checkered flag, and a l ·the fin ish-! it-wa Ri eks..LS h irJey, Fo rtso n; Min or and C h r i ~ Bowman. In Ihe second mota. it was Shi rley, Ricks. Minor . Fortso n and J ell Do na ldso n o u t front. O n the seco nd lap. Sh irley fell and Ri ck s mo ved out fran I. Sh ir ley m ade a qui ck reco very a nd stayed in second, th en was ab le to regai n th e lead. Shi rley took th e checkered flag foll owed by Rick s, Minor , Fonson and Bo wm an. As th e 250cc No vice class roar ed of f the line in th e first mow, it wa s Chuck Vaught leading Sa m Mitchner, Gar y Mill er, Lee Martin and Bill y Taylor. Vaught held th e lead o n the first la p wh ile Miller and Marr in di ced for second a n d t h ir d. M arlin too k seco n d a nd pUI co ns idera b le di sta nce between h im self and ~li11er. while Vau ght co n tinued lU increase h is lead. Mit chner moved up 10 fini sh third beh ind Vaught a nd Martin. In th e seco nd moto. Va ught gra bbed the , hol eshot again F llo wed by ~I il(hnrr. Mart in o and Miller . Mitchner dro pped back to fourth. but was able to move back up to seco nd . At th e fini sh it was Vaught. Mit chner. T aylor. Marrin a nd Ri ch ard Burton. Results JR M INI: 1. Chad Newton (Yam); 2 . Brent Lough 1 5w); 3 . Jeff Don aldso n (Kaw l; 4 . Kell v Kell is (Suzl . wl; SR MINI : 1. Chuck Sh irley (Kaw): 2. Ben Ricks (!

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