Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

fir st in th e Open bike class , sai d, " I boun ced off a r ock so me w here betw een th e start a nd th e fini sh 900 rocks. Actua lly, it was in a tig ht canyon ." Mi les had passed No ble going over the rocks; Nob le fi n ish ed th ird Ama teur. First l25 cc Ama teur to place .was Chase Bankhead on a Yamaha . Novice class leader Mike Ga tes was cru ising alo ng on a fla t across the last stretch of the course to wards the finis h whe n he was pa ssed by J eff Pace aboard a Honda. "They kept telling me I was in second place, so I kept pushing it," said Pace at the finish. " I got him. a half mi le back on the flat roa d just before th e finish. I steamed past hi m ." . It was th e first overall Novice win for Pace. It wo uld have also been th e firs t Novice win for Gates, who . didn 't rea lize Pace was in his class and had to settl e fo r second. r · CONGRATULATIONS TO TSUBAKI CHAIN WINNERS T5U~AKI ...... S~C::»~E ES.A.... .A. 1 0. 0 0 ...... .1 st Class 22 R O E S E L E R- La PORTE-HUNNICUTT/Team Green • 2nd Class 22 MORRIS -FO LKS-HAMMEL/KTM • 3rd Glass 2 2 K R A U S E - S W E ET LA N D - Z ITTE R K O P F / ATK • 1 st Class 21 V AN S C O U RT- L A N E - P L A VTH A / T e a m Green • 1 st Class 2 0 MARTINEZ- HURD-MORTON/Kavvasaki . • 1 st Open ATV SUNDAHL-CORDA-SCHOONMAKER/Yamaha . * •'89 Wera' Nat ional Endurance Champion. TEAM SUZUKI ENDURANCE * •'89 AMA/CCS GTO Endurance Champion DUTCHMAN * •'89 AMA GrandRACING. Cross Country Champion National ED LOJAK/Yamaha . * •'89 AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion SCOTT PLESSINGER/Kavvasaki Results a / A : 1. Eric Hallg ath (Vam); 2. Greg Searle (Hon); 3. Jimmy l ewis (Yam); 4 . Scott Stearns (Suz); 5 . Kanji Gauth ier (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Eric Hall gath (Yam ); 2. J i mm y Lewis Ask your dealer for Tsubaki•••the chain more racers use and win on by choice! U.S.T. (Yam); 3. Eric Hanks. 250 EX; 1. Greg Searl e (Hon); 2. Scott Stearn s (Suz); 3. Kenji Gauth ier (Suz); 4. John Rudder (Cag); 5. Robert Baehr (Kaw). OPEN EX: 1. Bryan Holmes (Hon); 2. Oanny Reider (Kaw) ; 3. Todd Coll ey (Hon); 4 . M ik e Kor nwin der (Han). VET OPEN EX: 1. Ron Bragdon (Hon); 2. Mik e McDonald (Hon); 3. Kevin Ma th eson; 4. Scott Webst er; 5. Mike M cKeever tHus). VET 250 EX: 1. Bill Becker (Hon). : SR OPEN EX; 1. Bill Maxim (Kaw ); 2; Craig Wo lfson (Vam); 3. Robert Torgerson (Vam); 4. M ike Condit (Hon); 5. Ji m Farrand (Hon). SR 250 EX: 1. Rick Claypool (Kaw); 2. Wa lt Baehr (Kaw); 3. Jim Smith (KTM). 250 AM : 1. Frank Chamberli n (Hon); 2. Gary Noble (Vam); 3. Charl ie Spellm an; 4 . Donald Barker (Kaw ); 5. J ohn Flores (Hon). K80 TEAM ~ I e"';n spon_ .: GREEN OPEN A M : 1. Kev i n M il es (Hon); 2. Gar y Carmen {KTM I. 125 AM : 1. Chase Bankhead (Vam); 2. Kenneth Harman (Kaw l; 3. Angel Figueroa (Yam); 4 . Steve Moore (Yam). VET O PEN AM : 1. Unkno wn; 2. Kris Goolsby (Kaw); 3. Chr is Peterson (Hus); 4. Mike Hendrix; 5. Keith Collins. VET 25 0 AM : 1. Bob Lumley; 2. Ryan Grosz: 3 . ' Larr y Georg e; 4 . Ka lle n; 5. Steve Gilm or e. SR OPEN AM : 1. Ross Barnes; 2. Don Kadlec; 3. W ill iam Seales. I OPEN NOV: 1. Robert Heim; 2. M ike Adam; 3. J oe Custer; 4 . Todd Garri ck; 5.Ma rk Habert . 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Pace (Hon); 2. M ike Gates; 3. Robert Wh ite; 4 . Todd Hoy (Vam); 5. J eff Patt en. 125 NOV: 1. Chris Glind (Vam); 2. Aaron Aragon. S/SR EX: 1. Dennis Davidge (Hus); 2. Dick Postma (ATK); 3. Jerry Harpole (ATK). VET 250 NOV: 1: Geoff Eldridge (Suz); 2. Greg McLa ughlin (Vam); 3. Steve Barklow (Vam); 4. My ro n McCorkie (Hon) ; 5. J ohn Jenkin s (Yam). VET OPEN NOV: 1. Randy Perkin s (Hon); 2. Alan Busby; 3. Willy Tummers (Hon). Kindhart wins big inMiniRR By Audrey Menarik DALLAS, TX. NOV. 12 Joh n Kindh art , sponso red by Cen tra l Yam a ha Il1 P la no, Texas, wo n a ll six classes he entered a t th e fina l race DC the seaso n in the T exas Track Ch a llen ge YSR50 Road Race Series. The new Supersport class (wh ich a llows p ipe a nd jettin g cha ng es o n ly). wa s the largest class o f th e day , with 14 YS Rs das hi ng into turn o ne. Riv als Carmichael a nd Ewing wer e tied C first in points go ing in to the race . or Ewi ng gO! the ho leshot: as Carm ichael a nd Carter bum ped durin g th e hectic start. Ewi ng maint a in ed the lea d fro m flag flag. All eyes were on the Expert Cas h class, as o nly a lour-point spread separated th e top p roduction ri ders. Carmicha el led for four laps , but on la p five Kindhart too k th e in side of the sweeper and moved into the lead. On th e n in th lap , Ewi ng go , arou nd Carm ichael a nd they finished th e rate a nd overall in that o rder , Su perb ike ac tio n was spec tacu lar as 13 expert and no vice riders lin ed up o n the grid. Novice Tom my Hi ck man sta rted o n ro w o ne, bu t went do wn in the first turn o n lap o ne, Corcing th e ot her s to scram ble for posit ion . J ay Dea ton led for thr ee la ps. but th e Kind ha rt brot hers mot o red by h im go ing into the sweeper; Brad Kindha rt retired when h is exhaust pipe cam e loos e. Barbie Spea rs ca me from th e bac k of th e pa ck to be th e first no vice rider to fin ish . which q ua lified her for the Race o f C ha m pio ns. Kindhar t blaste d off the li ne in Race o f Cha mpio ns Superb ike. and like 'he rest o f h is un defeated seaso n in th is class he too k the win. Real raci ng ca me Cram LOuisiana riva ls Jay Dea to n and J oe Pr u ssian o. Dea ton held second Utili! the six th la p when he crashed. and Bari be Spears mo ved into a temporary second positi on unt il she Cell in turn th ree. Dea ton passed h is way back into th ir d, but cou ld n 't get a ro u nd Pru ssia no w ho hel d second the flag. '0 '0 }1 .' Tell them'you saw it in ·.. .-IDm .....\ . ' , . I ' ' .-c Kawasaki ' 1989 KX250G1 $3078 . 5 left . 1 l\fTl1-1 ' ~~ Weekly news, not monthly history '. ~ ~ .~ \ 'L[7 ~ . 1989 KX125Gl$2527 3 left Crated Ready To Sh ip CA residents add tax & lic ence Team Green Dealer Ca//Bud Harrelson TEMPLE CITY KAWASAKI 5300 N. Rooemead e Sen G.briel. CA 91775 L-~_(8"1 8) 287-6"167 _ _'" ~A Call To All Mororcyclists. __ Share The Joy of Christmas With A Needy Child. join the u.s. Marine Corps Reserve and Cycle News in the Toys for Tots toy drive. y ou can drop off a new, ($5.00 minimum value), unwrapped toy at Cycle News headquarters located at 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA or call your local Marine Corps Reserve for the local drop off point near you. ,. . MARINE CORPS RESERVE [)eadline for toy drop off isDecem ber 14, 1989 27

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