Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Clarence Bull (5) stuffs a wheel under Harold Brossman (2 5) on his way t o the 3 60cc class win at t he Timonium Indoo r Short Tra ck. Engstrom excels at Berm Benders MX By Rolfe Ottern ess MORA, MN , ocr. IS Rob Engs tro m ran strong in the la st District 23 m otocr os s of th e year , winning th e 125 a nd 2SO<"c A classes. Pat Ril ey bo rrow ed a new 1990 H o nda CRSOO from Un iversi ty Motor s a nd wo n the Open -A class in h is firs t O pen class race this yea r. Mike Atkinson fo u nded 0 (( a good yea r in the Mini Senior class with a win o ver Ti m Pospisi 1. The Ber m Benders had the trac k wat ered 10 hel p p reve n t d ust b u r th e track beca me very rough through out th e da y. The tr aditional year-e n d 'fu n ' races were held o nce again. Michelle Gundhofer roosted in for th e win o ver Amy G roth a nd 2 1 o the r riders in th e w omen 's class. Pat Riley handled a min i a lmost 35 well as h is Open cla ss hi e to take th e Ov er 18 Mini cla ss. a nd Team Pospisil snared th e Father-Son com pe ririo n. One o f th e most fierc el y com pe titive classes , th e Pl us 25 division , still had the seaso n cha mpi o ns hi p o n th e lin e. Long -rim e ra cer Jeff Sorens en and Jack Lane were both in co n ten tio n. but La ne's third overall for the da y ga ve him the nu mber on e pl ate for th e firs t time in a lon g career. Resu lts YTH: 1. Cory Keeney; 2. Brandon Backes; 3. Aaron Carlso n . MINI PIW: 1. Dannv Edmonson; 2. M ike Kenn ; 3. Ryan Broughton. MIN I J R: 1. BIlly Edmon son; 2. Dust in Noble; 3. Shaw n Weh lag e . MINI SR: 1. M ike At kin son: 2. Tim Pospisil ; 3. Jam es Pp~~$''i5; ,.John Niemi; 2. Brian Carn ey; 3. Jack Lane. SR A : 1. Bri an Carney; 2. Tim Barty lla; 3. Dan Zelazny . SR c: 1. Dave Hanson ; 2. Gary Groth; 3. Ji m Jordan. 125 A: , . Rob Engstrom; 2. Pat Dona ho; 3. Cory Keenev. 125 B: 1. Gary Sheldo n; 2. M ichael Lemke; 3. J ean Kempel. 125 C0 -' : , . Greg Georg e; 2. Craig Raes; 3. Mike heg gen . 125 C 0 · 2: 1. M ike At kin son; 2. Brett Caswell; 3 . Eugen M Ill er. 2 50 A: 1. Rob Enstrom; 2. Troy DoIlanaky; 3 . Jack Lane. 2 50 B: 1. Kyle love; 2. M Ike Anderson; 3 . Dan iel l ew Is. 250 C 0 · 1: 1. Jo hn DeOti s; 2. Rol and Rainer; 3 . Jeff Sandbeck. 250 C 0 -2 : 1. Bren Vesel; 2. Charles Pospisil; 3 . Jo hn Kir kelde. . OPEN A; 1. Pat Riley; 2. Jeff Sor ensen; 3 . Jay Hoen k. . OPEN C: 1. Jeff Berg; 2. Jeff Wal etzko; 3. David Jendro . WMN:1. M ichelle Gr und hofer; 2. Am y Groth; 3 . Brtdget Dollansk y. FATHER·SON: 1. Bern ielTim Pospisil; 2. Tom /Richar d Pelerson; 3 . David/Eric M ezger . OVER 18 MIN I: , . Pat Riley; 2. Bill Engstr om; 3 . Scott A tkinson. New winners at Timonium Indoor ST By Len Breech 54 T IMONIU M, MD. NOV. 4 With th e excep tio n oC Brod y Miller's win in the 50cc class, every class at the second indoor short tra ck race o( the wi n ter seri es at the "T imo lO dome " had a new .....inner. Three o f laSl wec:l:. 's T imonium winners managed to cras h their way o ut o ( contentio n, wit h one not even mak in g the £ina l. Wi n ni ng their firM (in al s ever here were Randy Shank and Robert Miller in ,he 80 and 125cc classes, resp<>ctively. Best (in ish o( the p reviou s w in ners was Mike Mester's secon d ta Dan Reich ert in the 250cc class, wh ile Clarence Bull nu dged h is way by H arol d Bross man fo r , he 360cc wi n and Steve Burkholder uSl-d a ho lesh Ol IOclai m ,he 25O<"c Pro w in a t th e Balt im or e Co u n try T ra il Ri d ers / Co ck eysv ill e Op,i m ist C l u b· spo nso red event . . After Bro sy Mille r a~ai n do m ina,ed th e SOC( fina l. Sha nk jumped mto a q uick lead in th e 8lkdina l in fro n t o f Roy Mi ller. Todd Win Sltt · a nd Mik e Hacker. H acker fell on ,h e ,h ird lap. rejo in in g in th e same spot he was in but a lap down. \Vinseu and Mi ller bauled O\'er second, a llowing Shank 10 pull away to a halflap mar g in . As th ey ent ered th e first lu rn , Winsett . Iip ped under Miller for th e second Spal, selling th e lOp th ree. Robert Mill er used hi s pole po siti on to 'j u mf> in to th e lead at the sta rt of the 125cc fina . an d grea tly increased h is margi n rig h t away as Todd Stith, Georgie Pri ce and Jerem y Lu cy went down in the third turn whi le ba u fing for seco nd o n the o pe n in g la p, ca using the rema inder of the field to- tak e evasi ve . ac tio n. Edd ie Hidden eme rged in seco nd wi th Rill y Bromley and Kevin Va rn es o n h is tail , Aro und the hal fway mark . Brom ley go t under H idden , with Varnes com ing alo ng for th e ride. Around the 10th lap, Varnes fina lly got aro u nd Bromley to set th e top spo ts. Varn es did CUt into Milfer's rnargin but ra n OUt o f tim e. Aft er using last week 's race lO "clea n OUl" hi s Bultaco that had sat idl e since th e fin al indoor last year, Dan Reichert was primed (or to n ig h t and he led a front-runn in g tri o th at had to have 50 yea rs experience amon g them, with last week 's wi n ner Mik e MOler and Larry Sweeten behind him. The from three qu ick ly pUI a margin between each o the r as Reich ert sli ced his way through th e field , lapping up to fourth pla ce a nd he was on John Kitzmiller 's tail as th e checkered nag fell. while most o f th e fina ls were rather tam e by Timonium standards, the 360cc fin al wa s more in tune wi th paSI races here and the pa cked house roared us a p p rova l. Last week 's winner, J oe White, hurt hi s chances when he got caught jumpi ng the start. goi ng th e pe nalty line. H arol d Brossman g rabbed th e lead Crom Greg Boutwell . Clarence Bu ll. White a nd Charles Majeski. Bull too k over seco nd co min g off Ihe second turn o n Ihe third lap a nd sta rted to close in o n Bross ma n. Whi tt' shpped under Bout well as 'hey en tered ,h e thnd turn abo u t halfway, bri ng ing a lo ng Maj e.ki. Abou , th e 10th lap, Bross ma n lef, ,h e in sid e slig h tly open and Bull ,oo k it, as he did a typi ca l T imo n iu m " I' m-co rnin gthru- lir e-behmd -your-leg" mo ve, lak in g the lead a nd then th e wi n. Brossma n stay ed up to fin ish seco nd. S'eve Bur kh ol der read th e ligh, perfect ly at th e st3rt of th e 2SOce Pro fina l, head ing in,o the first turn almost a bike len gth in front of Mike Scott, Torn Majeski and J im Ho llister, Two laps later. Maj eski ,ook over second co ming off the second 'urn and he moved right up to Burkho lder's rear. Whil e he didn 't have eno ugh to get by, it loo ked like he was seuing u p for a fin al lap "bu mp·n·ru n" move, bu t that went away when he cha ttered his way into th e third turn about three laps from Ihe end. Results '0 DFC: 1. l ew Woods (Mail; 2. Dan Reichef1 (Bul l; 3 . Tom Majeski {Yaml; 4 . Tony Parr is (Hont 5 . Georg ie Price (Han). 50: 1. Brody Millet" (M ·Ml; 2. Jacob Johnson lHon); 3. Travis Oswald ISuz); 4 . Tom Skethwa y (Yam); 5. Silly Kraft Ik,l. ao: 1. Randy Shank (Kaw); 2. Todd W in sen IHon ); 3 . Roy M iller IKTMl; 4 . Chock Blessing (Yam); 5 . Paul lynch IHonl . 125 : 1. Robert Mil ler (Yam); 2. KevIn Varnes (Yam); 3 . Billy Brom ley (Suz); 4 . Geor g;' Price IHonl; 5 . Jeremy lucy (Han). 250: 1. Dan Reiche rt (Bul),; 2. M ike M esler (Yaml; 3. Larry Swe eten (Yam); 4 . John Kitzmill er (H·D); 5 . Ken Moh ler ISuzl. 3 60 : 1. Clarence Bull {Hon l; 2. H ar~d Brossm an (Hon); 3. Joe W hite (H-DI; 4 . Charles Majeski (Bul ); 5 . Greg Boutwell (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Si eve Bur khoJder (H·D); 2. Tom M aJeski (Varni; 3. M ike Scon (Yam); 4 . Bob Swee le n (Kaw); 5 . David Reeves (Kaw i. Gilland flies at Meadowlarks MX By Peg gy A damic AMHE RST, O H, ocr. 22 .,I Honda rider Steve Gi lla nd ripped ' hrough bOlh molOSo f the 2SO<"c B class, sco rin~ perfect I- I moto fin ish es en rOUle to hi s VI Ctory a l the Amherst Mead o wlar ks MX. J ack S,eele ho leshOl 10010 on e wi,h D.J , Heberlein and Trevor Vines in l OW . Vinet's passed H eberlein with in the first half lap. Stee le a nd Vin es rema ined 1-2 as Gilland worked h is wa y ' hrough th e gro u p o f riders fro m hi s eij1h th- place start. Gi lland grabbed third fro m J rrn Slau g h ter and too k o ver second from Vin es to beg in lap th ree. Sla ugh ter rema ined in fou rth as Sha ne Smi th ro ut ed h is Brunswick Suzuki-backed R M250 ahead o f H eberl ein. With less th an two la ps to the checkered fla g. G illa nd passed Steele for first. Steele held seco nd with m two seconds o f the leader. Vines held third wit h Smith ro u ting around a stalled Slaughter for fourth. Vines, Sm ith . Gilla nd and Stee le routed through tu rn one to begin rno to two. Smith and Steel e locked bars through turn two wit h Smith la ndi ng on the . ground. After severa l bik es ran him over. a slow-moving Smith mou nted h is bike. ha lf a lap behind th e pack. G illand moved iruo the lead to begin la p two as Vin es, Steele and Slaughter fo llowed. Slaughter routed around Steele a half-lap later , sett ing th e stage for the checkered nag as th e top-four riders rode Flawl essly througho ur the remaini ng four laps. Herber lein rounded o u t the top five. J ason Ba las rod e hi s Honda to the o vera ll 125cc Schoolboy cla ss win. scoring 2-1 rno to finish es. Penton Honda/Willo Hardwearba cked Jeff wooledge took the first moto wi n as the 15-year-old routed through turn one a hea d o f th e pa ck o f ride rs and never let off th e gas in his wire-to- w ire win. In -rno to two , Suzuki rid er Jau Hershey grabbed the lead with Woo ledge a nd Balas chasin g, \Vithin IWO laps, Balas had ro u ted aro u nd both Woo ledge and He rs hey to ta ke th e lead. Wool edge followed Bal as arou nd Hershey a la p la ter. Balas too k the checkered nag firs, wi th Woo ledge and Bal as chasi ng . Resul ts 50 : 1. Ryan Edixon IYam ); 2. Ji m Sosin ski ISuzl; 3. Dereck Knack (Yaml . 807·11 : 1. Brock Sell ard s (Kaw ). 80 12-13 : 1. J eremy lawson (Kawl. 8014-15 : 1. J ay Hershey (Suzl: 2. Trevor Trace IKawl; 3. Joh n Gra sso (K1M I; 4. Eric Nepodal (Kaw); 5. Charl ie M arin o (Kaw ). . SCHBY: l . Jason Balas (Honl; 2. Jeff W ool edge (Honl; 3. Jay Hershey (Suz); 4 , Joe Balor (Kawl; 5 . ChriS Baker (Han ). 125/2 50 A: 1. Chris Grasso (KTM); 2. Barney Barne n (Han): 3 . Harold RobIson (Suz); 4 . Steve W ooledge (Hon); 5 . Chuck Nich olson (Han) 125 B: 1. Bill Koleno (Yam); 2. Jeff Wootedge (Hon ); 3 . Trevor Vines (Han ); 4 . James Wagner IHon): 5. A ll en Beech (Yam). 125 C: t . Bruce Robi nson (Honl; 2. Kevin Deylintil (ya ml; 3. Dave Bodo (Han ); 4 . Dave Kacma r (Honl; 5 . Joe lawson lHonl. 250 B: 1. Si eve Gill and IHonl; 2. Trevor Vines tHon); 3 . Jack Steele (Han ); 4 . Jim Slaughter IHon); 5. 0 ..;. Heberl ein (Honl . _ 250 C: 1. Tony Olszko ("-wl; 2. John Harrington (Han); 3 . OerrM:kSmith lKa w ); 4 . Tim Scarvelli (Hon); 5. Todd Arnen (Yam). OPEN B: r. Bob Harring ton (Hon) . SR 1: 1. Ken Franken bery IHon ); 2. Dan M aroan (Cag); 3 . Gary Rice (Kaw). SR 2: 1. Joe Jacobs lKa w) . Shade, Harlan show off at !AESULTSI Motocross NESC Middleboro. lolA Oct. 29 By AMIy Cllisewslti 125 NOV J,ff Flora &ya.Sm ittl Rob Ma d,on BiIl8elmore - SconBunce 250 NOV Rob Lemieur Dan Finan thrales FISh er Chris Wimpfheimer Arty Turner Suz Hon l aw SOl Vam SOl SOl law Hen SOl VET 30·34 Mike Degaelano Dan MacNeil Norm Hebert J.B. Hopkins Chris Knuth Hen Hen l aw SOl Ho. S/VET 35. Rich Pinard Ed Longacre Ken O Angelo ' Lou Colon Ed Kania PLUS 40 lo u Colon E Kania d John Barone Sr. Jerry Borrello Hon Yam Hen Yom Yom Yom Yom Hen Hen 125 AM Wally Silva Joe K.lmir Tony loruWJ Brian Wheeler Keilh Goyett e Yam SOl Yom Ho. Vam 250/ 0PEN AM Mark8ohenko SOl l aw !Caw Yam Tom Vall ee Kaw SleY! Grift Scon ChlS e Bill Lacourse 125 EX Sleve Cooke JuJo lener Ff!d Cerundo lo Scott Carter Ken K,eUe ll r l 250/0PEN EX John Oowd 00"11 Hemy Mike Treadwell JoJo Keller Pat Banon By Tr acy Haner Mite Wilcox Joe Russo Chris Flandaca Clnt Rooney i 50: 1. Chris Carl isl e (Yamt 2. Oer.. Gerdes (Yam); 3. Am y Haner (Yam). 60: 1. J ared M urphy (Kaw); 2. Vietor AdenlKaw); 3. Barry Tutt le (Kaw) . 80 JR: 1. Vietor Aden (Kaw); 2. Kevi n Garr etl (Kawl. 80 SR: 1. J oe Hammon IKaw ); 2. Daniel Davis (Kawl; 3. T.J . Green (Kawl. 80 OPEN: 1. Eddie Thort on (Kawl. 125 BEG: 1. Kelly Cloud IKaw); 2. Greg Flores IKawl; 3 . Chris Frye (Yam) 125 NOV: 1. Eddie Tho rt on (Kaw); 2. Bobby Michie ISuz l; 3 . Kevin M ig ura (Kaw ). 125 1N 1 ~Jason krem pi n( Hon); 2. Jam es M itc hell (Kaw ); T: 3 . Darr ell W hit e (Yam). 12 5 EX: 1. Dave Shade {Sud : 2. M an Harl an (Yam); 3 . Joe Benjak (Kaw) 250 BEG: 1. Jody Harr is (Suzl; 2. Chu ck Duke (Kaw); 3 . Robert Porter (Kaw ) 250 NOV: 1: Craig Helm ore (Yaml ; 2. OUo Geisendorff (Suz); 3. Ralph Ragla nd ISuz). 250 INT; 1. Billy DePriest (Kawj; 2. Russell M ish (Han); 3 _Cli nt Wa rd IYam) 250 EX: 1. J aeme Killi on IKaw); 2. Man Chapa (Kaw); 3 . J oe Benjak (Kawl. 500: 1. CharlIe Brow n (Honl : 2. Bill y DePriest (Kaw ); 3 . Shaw n M urph y (Kawl . 0 -30 NOV : 1. Scon Pedl.in (Suzl; 2. Randy M eachan (Kaw l; 3. Randy Kacir IHon) . 0·30 INT: , . Cli nt W ard (Yaml; 2. M ark M ann is (Han); 3. Joh n Mitchell (Han). 0 -30 EX: 1. Charlie Brown (Han); 2. Bob Stopler (Yam ). Hon law Yam O PEN NOV Chris Wimpfheimer Rob Lemieur David Levesque James Grimley Malt Tones SkeeterMX ALGOA. TX, ocr. 24 Over 12S riders ,urnl-d ou' fo r the 2n d An nu al Spook Flook Nationa ls a t Skeeter MX. The Spook Flook was kicked off by a pre· race day filled wit h fun a nd ac tivi ties for everyone. There was volley ball , lU!,:·a· war , horsesh oes. a rock -and·roll ba nd, a nd even a ha unted hayrid e to ,o p o ff the n ight. And if that wasn 't eno ug h there was pl ent y of free ba rbeq ue wi,h a ll th e trimmin!,:s. The most exci ting race o f the da y w a s lhe 12Scc Ex pe rt cl a ss . In t h e first m o to , Ka wa sa k i-m o un ted Joe Benj ak to ok th e ho lesho t a nd Jed the race un ,i1 the fift h lap when the last· pl ace sta rter. Dave Shade, rid ing a Suzuki , passed Benjak and kep t th e lead to finis h firsL In the second mota, Yam aha-mo u nt ed Ma tl Harlan too k the holes hot and rode a flawl ess race, never giving u p the lead. As in the firs t moto, Shade carne from behind, chargi ng but u nable 10 fi nd a line to go arou nd H arlan. The overall fin ish was Dave Shade first , with Mall Harlan taking second. In Ihe l25cc Novice class there was a su rp rising victor, a back-to-back, first -place molO to Eddie Thonon, riding his "B i!,: Wheel Kawasa ki 80·'. At the dosing ceremon ies, Trace Bro wn , track owner and promoter, presented a special first·plce trophy to James Wh itsitt. who has cerebral pa lsy. but dId not allow h is disability to get in h is way whe n it came to hav in g a . good time at Ihe races. • Results Kaw Kaw Kaw Hoo . Hoo Suz l aw Suz Vam Suz Ho . Ho. 85 8E G Sh_ Murphy 85 JR 8ob Su .. David Souza Bill Turgeon Mike Perron Ed Lyons Hen Ho. SOl Ho. SOl Ho. Kaw SOl Kaw SOl 85 SR Jason Buuee John Barone Jr. Jeff Debelis Kaw Ho . SOl 125 BEG Y1H Will iam Nuzzo Frank McKenna Jason Marriney Kevin Hitni ng1 0n Austin Squires Ho. Hon SOl Suz ' Yam 125 JR Y1H Bin Turgeon Dan Boone Jr. . Bryan McKenna Roman Zippe Jason Graves 125SRY1H Tooy lDrusso Keilh Goyette Willy Silva Dan Boone Jr Jason Buuee Suz Kaw Hon Ho. !Caw Yom Yom Yom law Kaw Dirt Trlclt AloiA District 3 Filllll Poitlt Sbtldi. BinIUIltOn. NY Nov. 4 By TUI Bllch.k H INGER (SO) Rob Roosa. Jr. en Tracy Edwards Kegan McGurk Bradley Johnson 102 55 12 4 H INGER (60) Aaron Creamer Ma Gourlay rk Dean Bush 54 44 32 125 AM ItaM,tII Coolb,th. Jr. 154 Joseph Meier Thomas Weiss Slln Nittiskee Scon Sn""" 250 AM R oben G ne , 69 68 58 31 119 95 · 78 Joseph Meier 11 lta....tI1 Coolbeth. Jr. 55 OPEN AM Will Adams 124 Chris WrnJk 89 Rod~ r Manw. ring 78 Roben Gene 66 Ben Saglimbeni 47 SR 8 Winiam Warford 92 Roben uviolene 61 Qav;d Gamble 49 Douglas le nt 48 Rob Durand en 31 SR A Jay Skidmore 145 Sieve Longo 56 Dave ScheHer 56 MarkKlJryttcwsij 53 John Hildebrand 39 125 E X Rohen Weiss 91 Bill Kewkirt 12 Jay Skidmore 65 Kenny Dahlin 49 Tom Daniele 36 250 EX Jay Skidmore 86 Juon Fle tcner 80 Brian Tillson 51 . 51 Roben Weiss Kl nny Dahlin 49 OPEN EX Jay Skidmore 95 Craig Estelle 19 Brian Tdlson 70 Jason Fletcher 65 ICenny Dahlin 55 Thomas Weiss Scon Snoop Dirt Trick Final Point Standings Teus Dirt Trick Assoc. Ining. TJ( Nov. 9 By Mlrgl ret Orr FLAT TRACX SO STK Sl even Baneras Nal asha Emerson Chris Piler Alea Shinn Robbie Shinn 533 170 155 52 42 SOMO D Steven Baneras O usly Crow Robbie Shinn Alea ShiM 454 324 9 8 60/ 80 Marc Will iams Billy Kennedy t asey Bunon Trey Glasco J ason Tyer 447 250 243 194 78 125 Bill y Kennedy Mart Young Trey Glasco 224 112 86 250 A David Khoury Ty Howard Marc Willi ams Mark Young Wesley William s 414 385 331 319 19 250 8 Jim Burton WISley Willi ams OPEN AM TyHowanl David KIlowy Billy AIle . Jeff Pizer Wisley Will iams OPEN EX Alan Powen Scon Scherb ChArtit Orr Jeff Piler Brian Fleck 260 132 404 384 110 146 140 381 265 63 17 17 IT 60/80 Mlrc Williams Jason Tyfi Casey Sutton SteveMiller TyHOWInI Trey Glasco Aaron Creamer 101 DPE AM N Billy Alia. MarkGourlay 11 Jim Bunon Matt hew Murray Joshua Bailey 32 23 138 SO 48 25 13 8 O PEN EX MIN I Kennelh Coolbelh, Jr. Morga. Coolbeth 141 13 Alan Powers Scon Scherb Charlie O n Mark Young 32 9 14 39 20 13 Res uth: Ihould be sent to Resuhs Editor. Cycle News. P.O . Bolt 498. Long Ileach. CA 90801-0498. ASAP after the event. Foll ow the above otyte : Uor type of eve nt. track name. city and l ta te . dete of event and your name. Ust the top five fin ish.,.. and the bnlnd of bike each roda. Plea.. .... a typewri1at" and double space. or p rint legibly .

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