Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

T 'inlemier was breat hi ng Temple's exha us t a nd di d n' t like it. Tiulemier regain ed the lead in lap six and steadily opened th e gap, winning with a la Q~"(' lead . . Ch arlie Strong was back in the Vel Intermediate cla ss to conti nu e his year-long baule wi th R u ss Hoffman. Hoffman led from ear l y on , but Strong was dust' um il Iap [our, when SuolIg's hom tin' went Hal and he found himse lf doin g a dan ce on his head. Strong waited o u t the fini sh and Hoffman took a third overall in the \ 'el ln ter med ia u- clas s and a burket of points o ver Strong in the series sta n d in gs. III th e Junior Vt'l ra n ", Expert \Villi~lIn Salmnau and Int erm ediate Grt'g Man ine l we-resfid in g side- by-s ide through turn one and sta yed that cl ose- umil la p five. wilton Man inez wok the lead at mid- lap. Less rhau o ne- half lap hi ItT , SOl lt/m~11111a d it bark. Saltzman faded a lter the ninth lap a nd Martinez gOI the lead and th e overall Will . when the Begi n ner race sta rted. l\I ~lIlI1 Y Del C ampo wa s well bar-k in the first-row 5OOs. By th e ti me th e r..n 'e was IO-minutt"S o ld. he had the- lead and ('vt'l1tuall y won by a n em ba rasa iug ly-lurge margin. Chris Ra ywus lhe in it ia l lead er of th e- 250n' Begimu-rs. bu t 1 rode so hard [or duet' lap:"! Irying to keep 1(' Jdf Nutter behind him that he burned a nd fin ished far bac-k. Nuner. meanwhile. cru ised in for th e win. Tracy Ash er ha s be-en winningregularly in tilt' 125f (" ~'~illl1('r divi sio n a nd d id toda y a lso, OIl th« C'X I >t ' I1 ~t' of t'ar ly leade r Aaron Van Dyrk. who finished St"( ·OIUI. - TAKE AN RV WITH YOU TOTHE TRACK RVs Available Now ~i41.43 per. mo. 1989 FI.-twooc:I Teny Resort 23' 5th Wh_1 (Queen bed. rear kitcoon, sofa &dinette. sleeps 6) (12% - 96 rnos,- 20% down) Results Vet Novice Clifton Warren (703) and Senior Expert Tommy Pearl (65) go at it during CRC motocross action at Sunrise Cycle Park in California. 50 AM STK: 1. Rod Fee (Yam); 2. Mark Nappi (Yam); 3. J ake Zemke (Yaml; 4 . Mark Long (Yaml ; 5 . Tony Alya rez (Yam). 50 AM MOO : 1. Mike Green (Yam); 2 . Mark Nappi (Yam); 3 . Robert Gallo (Yam); 4 . Man: Long (Yam); 5 . Nid Tierno (Yam). 50 PRO STK.: 1. Jamie Riker (Yam); 2. Mark McDonald (Yam). 50 PRO MOD: 1. Ja mie Riker (Yam); 2. Mark McDonald (Yam). 80; 1. Rod Fee (Yamt 2. Thomas Ch ild s (Yam ); 3. Kevin Cunningham (yam). Fisher, Anderson win Clark County Indoor ST Opener By Derryl Anderson Now ~295 per. mo. Like New! Now ~i5,600 ~,OOO 198837' Holiday Rambler Imperial ( Queen island bed. loaded) SDffY. no trades on th is one ) . We live Western PA's ~st CR Supporl Dealer Call Us For Your Best Deal On A New 1990 CR!! -- _...... STREET. TRACK 'nTRAIL Route 322 Between Meadville 6 Con neaut Lake. PA 16316 Phone : (S14) 3S2-4821 0< Toll Free (SOO) 228-STNT : Hours Mon. & fri . 9-8 : Sat. 1(}2 Tues... wed. & Thurs. 9-6 30 AdVERTisiNG TItATWORks RIDGEFIELD. WA. NOV. 4 Rex Fisher took h is Wood Ro tax to th e Pro main even t win a t th e ind oor short (Tack o pene r held at th e Clark County Fairgrounds. Multi-lime Am ateur Grand National Ch am pion R yan Anderson rook a double win tonight in th e 125cc a n d Open Am at eur cla sses. banked [T ack go t a liule narrow a~ the night went by , ~Ul a large l~rnOUI DC riders and spec ta tors enjoyed th e.racing. . In heat one 01 'he Pros. J.P. Simo nsen go t the initial ' lead followed by Speedy Kel l, Fisher , David Wellander and Clint Cluzel. By li p two Kell and Fisher had pa ssed Simonsen . who is just a first yea r pro. Fisher pressured Kell iap aher lap, looking for a n opening that fin a lly ca me with just one lap to go. Coming out or tuTn two, Kelt went just wid e eno u gh for Fisher to squeeze by o n the inside: At the fini sh it was Fisher, Kell and Simonsen in that order. In the second heat race, Brian Mill er got th e scra tch a hea d of Cast le Rock Pro-Am National winner Steve H yson, foll owed by Kevin Bass and Pat Munyon. H yson took co mma nd o f first 'p lace on lap two a nd went th e dis lance followed by Bass. Mun yon a n d Mill er , In th e main even t, Kell a nd H yson got a n xio us a nd ended up sla rt ing o n row three. Fish er got th e hol esh ot foll owed by Bass, Munyon, Simonsen and th e rest o f Ihe J!ros. \Vilhin two laps, H yson had pa ssed [our nder s with Kell in (Ow . On lap [our, H yson was up to fourth but co u ld n 't ge t by Si monse n , Up front. Fish er a nd Bass put o n q ui'e a sho w umil Fisher pulled so me di stance o n Bass, who a lso had da yli ght over th e o thers , Meanwhile. Kell was all o ver H yson an d co ming ou t o f tum tw o o n lap six, he £lew by. Kell went a h er Simonsen a n d he !:ot him a lap lat er. It was a gr eat openi ng ni ght pro race wi th Dave Bird/D 's Leather s/ Sh oei / Maxima /H o gwa sh-back ed Fish er fin all y taking the win over Bass, Kell , Simonsen, H yson . Mill er , Well a n der . Mun yon . C lu zel a nd Low e. The biggest class of th e ni ght was Open Amateur wilh Ihree h eat races. E lec tro Racing/Chris Carr/ Ara i/Blendzall/Quality Machine·back ed Ryan Anders on look th e Mulkey Racing Honda to th e heat race win, go in g wire-to-wire a hea d o[ Ri ck Bur chell, Tim Rick etts/J ohn Sherwood and Jay T er ry. The nexi heal race was won b y Brian Krist, who went wire-Io -wire a he a d of , Aaron Waggoner . Bill Ha lbert, nan Rohrer a n d Ren o Ortiz. ~ Kevin Merr ell went the d istance in th e third ' h eat race followed by Jeff Anderson, Dain Eich el, Cory Ferris and Wayn e Runkle. In th e main eve n t, Ander son go t Ih e h o lesh o, ah ead o f Kr ist , Bu rch ett . J eff Ande rso n a nd the others. Lap by lap. Anderson built up a lead th at was half a track len gth by th e fini sh. At the chec kered n ag . th e order read: Ryan Anderson. J eff Anders on. The Eic he l, Krist, Halbert , Burchett , Ferris , Waggoner and Rick ett s. In th e 80cc Expert A main , Longview 's Jason Nelson look hi s su per-clea n Honda to a well-deserved win o ver Kawasaki -mounted "Bea u Manley and Nat e Bourland. Results 50 8 : 1. Tony Herreid (Yam); 2. Clint Bishop ISuz ): 3 . Colin Manley (Yam t 4 . Jacob Currey (Yam) . 50 A: 1. Br ian Cates (Yam); 2. Justin Ruth (Sud; 3 . Dale Ainslie (Yam); 4 . Kat i Ash (Yam) 50 : 1. Beau Manley (Kaw) ; 2. Josh Currey (Han). 80 B: 1. Paul Wood (Yam): 2 . Bryan Me ier ISoz) . 80 A : 1. Jason Nelson (Han ); 2. Beau Manley IKawt 3 . Nate Bourland (Yam). 125 : 1. Ryan Anderson (Hon t 2. Jeremy Porter IHan) ; 3. Jason Nelso n (Yaml 250 B: 1. Doug Burson IHonl ; 2 . Ter i Thompson (Yam ) 250 A: 1. Cory FetTi s (Yam l; 2. Rick. Hill (Bul) ; 3 . Ti m Fellows lHan). +30250: 1. Cra ~ Kanen (Suz l; 2 . Tim Fellows (Hon l. +30 OPEN B: 1. Ron Evan s (Yam); 2 . Rod Estes lasAl. +30 OPEN A; 1. Rick Cate s (Han) ; 2. Man Holm (asA); 3. Willie Halbert (Yam). +40 B: t . Doug Phelp s (Yam); 2. Gary Lande (KTM) . +40 A: 1. Sonny Burres (Tril; 2. Rick Slu sher IHonl; 3 . Ray Carroll (Tril . _ VINT SGL: 1. Jact CalJinsky IMail. VINT TW : 1. Ray Carroll (Tri); 2. Sonny Burres (Tri); 3 . Chuck Hodson (Tri). OPEN AM B: 1. Cory Ferr is (Yam ); 2. Dan Rohr er (Hus) . OPEN A M A : 1. Ryan Anderson (Hon); 2. Jeff A nderso n (Hon); 3 . DaveEich el (Yam ); 4 . Br ian Kri st (Yam) . PRO: 1. Rex,Fisher lW-RI; 2. Kev in BasslW-R); 3 . Speedy Kell (H-Dl; 4 . J .P. Simo nsen (Han); 5. Steve Hyson (Yaml Sulek slams Sunrise GP By Terry Rezek ADELANTO, CA, NOV.5 The California Racing Club mov ed to Sunrise Cycl e Park for lhe third race of its five-rac e spo n so rshi p se r ies. Po ints lead ers we re emergi ng a nd working hard 10 maintain lheir po sitio n s. Although the IOlal s weren 't co mp letea l th is wr iling. T o ny Sul ek , a 250(T Int ermedial e, wo u ld a ppea r to be th e o\'e ra ll po ints leader , as wdl as the class lead er wilh (our win s out o[ five rounds co m p leled. At Sunrise toda y, Su lek go t 0 [£ ,h e line in seco nd a t the sla Tl o f th e 'I5-m in ute G rand Prix. Bill Sa u ro had nail ed th e dead ·en gin e . sia n a nd went thr ough lu rn o ne ba rd y a hea d o [ Su lek_The two ~et a furi ous pa ce, and wh en Su lek wok lh e Intermediate lead near Ihe en d~ of Ihe seco n d lap, he had movl-d 10 fourth ove r..t ll, with o n ly Ihr ea rlirr-sta rt ing Pr o s a hea d o[ him. Su lek grad ua lly pulled away despite Sau ro 's b~ t efforts to say clo~e. Su lek too k the 250cc Int erm edi at e class win , wit h Sa uro foll owing in ~eco n d. a nd Ra v Mdmo sh lhi rd. C har lie Stro ng loo k th e early lead right off the lin e a t th e slart of th e 500cc :--Jovice race. J erry Ehl er> was ba<:k a bo u t rifth but moved u p steadil y until he was ri ghl o n Siro ng by t he en d o f lap three. Ehl ers a nd Stro ng were wh eel·to-wheel for thr ee laps un iil Eh ler> got by o n lap seven. Once Eh lers gOI by, S tro ng faded a nd event ua lly wound u p th ird o vera ll whi le Ehl er s went o n to win th e clas s. J ason Simmons moved up to th e 250cc Novice class for tod a y's race, leading from Ihe start th rough la p o ne. but broke and did not finish . "Steady " ,Byro n Green . who was nOI even in the first five a l Ihe l'nd of lap ail e, kept moving up a nd event ua lly won th e class o vera l l. Donald Up w n also was a slea dy ri ser , co mi ng from fourt h a l th e sta rt to fir st at -Ihe checkered nag, Vet Ex pert Randy Ti tt lem ier was hot 6 [£ th e line a nd took Ihe immedi al e lead as the Vet's classes ro lled. Fellow Vet Ex pert Rob ert T emple wa ' very close for a lap and a half.. a nd took over the lead in th e m idd le o [ lap tw o . T emple qui ckl y pulled awa y, th en Tiulem ier found a second wind a nd re-closed the ga p. As th ey went o u t for lap three. . 80 BEG : 1. Lex Ma la n (Kaw );' 2 . Jason Stoner (SulI; 3. J im Bun tin (Han); 4 . Jason Reed (Suz); 5. Fred Ogrim (Hon) . BO NOV: 1. J im my Lavorc i (Yam); 2 . Tracy Ashe r (Suz); 3. Joey Cirocco (Han); 4 . Mike Weed (Kaw ); 5 . Chris A llry (Suzl . BO INT: 1. Jack Cox IKawl; 2 . Jason QePano IHonl; 3 . Bob Sage (Han); 4 . David Eyilsizer (Suzl . BIG WHL: 1. DaYld DelGado (Kaw) ; 2. Raymond Morales (Kaw) . WMN NOV: 1. Carie Mart inez (Han); 2. Teal Nakayama (Kaw) ; 3 . Chrissi Smi th (Kawl. . WMN INT: 1. Candy Hateley IYam); 2. Tina zenn (Han) VINT: 1. John Hale ley (Tril ; 2. Kelly Cole (Han) . SR BEG: 1. Dal Calais (Kaw) . SR NOV: t , Manuel Serrano (Yaml ; 2. Jo hn Braasch (Hon ); 3 . Jon Cooper (Han) . SR EX: 1. W ill iam Saltzman (Hu sJ; 2. Tommy Pearl . VET BEG : 1. Mark Rauch; 2. Alex Spinelli (Yam); 3..Barry Logan (Honl; 4 . J Im LaVOrcl (Yam ); 5 . Robert Wycltoff (Kaw ). _ VET NOV: 1. Clifton Warren (Han); 2 . Dayid Mason (Kaw t; 3. Dave Gra ham (Suz),; 4. W .J . Bradbury (Hon); 5. lenny Saker IKaw). VET INT; 1. M ike Gesseraer (Yam); 2. Chr is Leiker (Yam); 3 . Russ Hoffman (Hon); 4 . Sam Gr oce (Suz ); 5 , Randy Andet"son (Yaml . VET EX: 1. Randy Tin lem ier (Suz); 2 . Robert Temp le (Han); 3 . Russell Gar cia lHanl JR VET BEG : 1. Bob M ic hael (Hon); 2 . Kev in Dayidson (Kaw); 3 . John Lowell (Hon); 4 . Ronald Harr ison (Yam); 5 . Ter ry Puis IHan) . JR VET NOV: 1. M ike Little (Suz); 2. Todd W im en (Honl ; 3 . Rich Chouinard (Honl; 4. George Wallace (Kaw); 5. Chu ck. Gunter . J R VET INT: 1. Greg Mart inez (Han ); 2. Cra ig Conaway (Yam); 3 . George Andrews. J R VET EX: 1. W illiam Saltzman (ATK). 125 BEG : t . Tracy Asher (Suz); 2 . Aaron Van Oyck (Yam); 3 . Jimmy Russ ell (Suz); 4 . Seth Podell (Han); 5 , Josh Guggenmos ISw). 125 NOV: 1. Donald Upton (Hon); 2 . David Casada ISuzl; 3. Shawn M cintosh (Kaw ); 4 . Chr is Valdes (Kaw) ; 5 . Joh nny W il hoIt (Hon) 125 INT: 1. Ty Birdwell (Suz); 2. Derek Meyer (Han); 3 . Shawn Dayis IHon l; 4 . Ronnie Densford (Hon); 5. Charlie Love IYam) 125 PRO: 1. Butch Sm ith (Yam); 2 . Chris Lance (Kaw) . 25 0 BEG: 1. Jeff Nutter (Hon); 2. Gregor y Lone rga n (Kawl; 3. Eric McKeown (Suz); 4 . Scott M umford (Yam); 5 . Joe Ketter! 25 0 NOV; 1. Byron Greene (Yaml; 2. Roben Kuzminski (Suz); 3. Bi llV M ercier (Hon ); 4 , Dan ny Sey ler (Han); 5 . Jeff Rands (Han). . 250 INT: 1. ·Ton y Sulek (Kaw): 2 . Bill Sauro (Han); 3 . Ray Mci ntosh (Kawl; 4 , Merle Hammer (Yam ); 5 . Kelly Pichel (Kaw ) 250 PRO: 1. Todd l ehman (Hon). 500 BEG: 1. Manny Del Campo (Han); 2. Chip Hamri ck (Han); 3 . Mike Seeley (Kaw) ; 4 . Gl en Wi lkins (Hon); 5. Victor Mesa (Han ) 500 NOV : 1.Jerry Ehl ers (Kaw ); 2. Chad Mc intosh (ATK); 3 . Charl ie Strong (Han); 4 . Danny Mourn ing IHonl; 5. John Dayies (Honl Branch doubles his first at SME MX By James Jarman DILLWYN. VA. NOV, 5 Kevin Branch was th e big winner at SME Mot ocros s Pa rk , taking vic tor ies in the l 25cc C and 250cc C clas,".. Yamaha-mounted Branch d id so by winning h is [ir sl molO ever a nd even lua lly weill o n 10 win all he entered in co nvi nci ng style. Randy Jordan o n a H onda pulled the hol esh ot in th e first 125cc C Illat a foll owed c1oM:l y by Branch . Branch soo n pas>ed J ordan through the ai r o ver th e double jumps and never looked back . Yamaha-mounted Chris HUlchison worked hi s way up from a [ourthplace sta rt 10 fini sh seco n d , a nd Jordan wound up third. _ Hutchison powered o u t of th e hol e [or th e seco nd mOlO , foll owed by Bran ch . Hutchison began to .str etch it o u t a bit o ver Bran ch. By halfway, Hutchison a p pea red to be tiring, aHowi ng Branch to close Ihe gap. Bran ch outpowered Hutchison and stuffed hi s way into Ihe lead. HUlchison ran off the track and [rom then on was un ab le to ca lch Branch . Hu tchison hu ng o n for seco nd foll owed by Yamaha·mounled J ames Pfizenmayer. Robert Sawy er on a Kawasaki pulled th e hol esh o tto start th e first 250cc malO followed by Bra nch and Larry Thaxton o n a Honda. By th e seco nd lap, Branch a nd Thaxton both found a line ar ound Sawyer. II ca me down 10 th e fin a l lurn with Thaxton nOl gelling on the brak es in time a nd o vershoo ling th e tu rn , a lmosl takin~ Bran ch down. Branch held o n to win wuh Thaxton a nd Sawy er rounding o u l th e lap three.

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