Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

'z ~ z ~ Ul Z s w ><: >m ~ o :r Q. was hot . the racing was clea n as O lds an d Hutson rode all-out, aids came in with the lead a ' th e end ot th e first lap wi th H u tson and Cox close behind. By the second lap , Hutson, who won the 200cc class championshi p in 1985, had the lead with O lds breathing down his neck . A qu ick pit stop and a quick throttle put a ids back in to the lead [or the fina l th ree laps and first across the chec kers with 20 seconds to spare. aids o nly had to wait an other minute before Cox came in for th ird and the championship. . Open class rid er Larry Lewis ha d everyone looking as he charged through the barrels a ' th e end of the Hrst lap with the lead . But his moment of g lory soo n faded as lellow ATK rid er Jesse Eden beck made his prese nce known and passed Lewis in th e second lap. With Edenb eck extending his lead, Phil ip Doyle was making up lime and managed to also pa ss a nd hold 0[[ Lew is in the final moments 01 the even t to garner seco nd. Resulu O/A: 1. An drew Williams (Kaw) . AA 1. Jeff Blankensh ip (Yam); 2. R.J. Faddis lHon); 3. Dw ain Miller (Kaw ); 4 . David Ashl ey lKaw ); 5 . Danny Morr ison (Kaw). • 100 : 1. Wes ley Moran (Kaw); 2. Dan iel Morr ison (Kaw) ; 3. Paul Lutz (Han); 4. Jason Greer (Kaw ); 5. J ohn Laster (Kaw) . .. . 125 : 1. Brian Hess (Kaw); 2. George Gree r (Hon). 200: 1. George Reed (Kaw); 2. Gary Hat ch (Yam); 3. Sherri Staples (Kaw). 250: 1. Rusty W il son (Hon); 2. Jo hn ny Edens (Han); 3. Ricky franklin (Han); 4. John Hurley; 5 . Kevin Campbell (5uz). North Carolina's David Olds rode his Yamaha to the Senior class w in in the final round of the Virginia Champ!onship Hare Scranbles Series. six racer s with Funaro's .YZ seventh and motocr osser Larry Co lema n in eigh th. Smi th had a 10-.second lead o n lap two with McKen zie in third o ver Funaro a nd Co lema n. Si lvestri h un g in for sixth over March ini a nd a nd grabbed the lead a couple of times, but Kell stayed ca lm and rega ined 'he lead and . held 0[[ And erson 10 ' he chec kers Sm ith pi ned a ' the end of [our laps with a flat rear tir e. There were no w hee ls to cha nge a nd so with a gu lp of gas a nd liquid. it was bac k to ' he Task a ' hand. Naylor sto pped and was fou nd to he witho ut a front brak e an d a few mi ssing p ieces. Bill ' \Voolman , the eng ine bui lder j ust happened along, riding the Sen ior B d ivis io n and helped with th e ma in tena nce . bu t noth in g could be done a bo u t th e front brak e problem. . Desp ite th e rear flat a nd th en a Iront n at (or lap six a nd seven , Sm ith kept up a torrid p ace that started at around 17 minutes a nd was still in th e hig h 18s. The lim e sho wed a good. chance for a few guy s to run aro u nd th e lim e cloc k" for an extra lap, but the wear and tear was working against Sm ith who did on e quick finger po int at the from end a nd th en d idn't mak e it back for th e chec kers. " I was ju st tr yin g to save eno ug h to fini sh a nd 'hen th e lire started slappinf; the seat and th en it a ll ca me a part." said Smith. . "I.saw him (Sm ith) on th e side 01 the trail and tri ed to stop to see if he was o kay, but I didn't hav e any brak es," said Nayl or , who was visibl y ' ired [rom ba u li ng his lack 01 brakes problem . 250 8 : t . 8. Hatch ; 2. K. Curban ; 3, D. Cobb. 250 A: 1. T. Abern athy ; 2 . C. Larsen; 3 . J . Bowle s. OPEN B: 1. D. Anderson; 2. W . Malber; 3. J . Denoma . . OPEN A: 1. S. Rose; 2. C. Larsen; 3. D. St ens . OVER 30 : 1. Seon; 2. T. Simp son; 3. N. Beattue . OPEN PRO: 1. Speedy KeU; 2. D. And erson; 3. Troy Rose. SPOWY A: 1. S. Church . SPDWY B: 1. D. Hinsley. Jo rgense n . Results OPEN A : 1. Ron Naylor (ATK); 2. Steve Silvest ri (Hon!; 3 . Curl W ilcox (Honl. 250 A : 1. Paul Funaro (Yam); 2. Ken McKenz ie (Suzl; 3. Ed March ini (Suzl . VET A : 1. Alex Jo rgensen (Kaw ); 2. M ike Harper (Han!; 3 . Tom Barbero (Han!. . SR A : 1. Eddie Edgyed (Han ); 2. Don Ivan (ATK); 3 . Edd Haymond (Yaml . OPEN B: 1. Dave Mozingo (Han!; 2. Paul Dugan (Han); 3 . Rich Boe (Hon). . 250 B:' l, And y Borth (Yam); 2. Scott Link (Suz!; 3 . Dave Meek (Han). ' VET B: 1. Rich Dyer (Han!; 2. Ken Stewarl (Suzl; 3. Dave Robinson (Yam). SR B: 1. Jim Reger lHon); 2. Earl Frederi ck (Kaw ); 3 . Willy Woolm an (ATKI. _ OPEN C: 1. Kevin Felkins (Yam); 2. Harold Harr is (ATK); 3 . Ryan O·Call aghan (Yaml . 250 C: 1. Tim Forsli nd (Han); 2. Steve Nelson (Han); 3 . Eric Lillund (Han). 200 C: 1. Jo hn Wa rd (Kaw ); 2. Dave Dabney (Kaw); 3 . Ryan Fraser (Hon). 125 C: 1. Vinc e Caramella (Han); 2. Jeff Ball ard (Yam!; 3 . Rod Goehri ng Jr . (Kaw). VET C: 1. Ron Knarr (Suz); 2. Paul Sciabica (Kaw); 3 . Blak Uek i (Hon). SR C: 1. Frank Carevi ch (Honl; 2. Bob Hirsch (Han); 3. Russ Greenf ield (Han). S/ SR C: 1. Bob W h ite (Han); 2. Carl Merr itt (Han); 3. Ron Colombo (Han). Ennen all the way at Monroe Indoor ST By Jeremy Bell 26 MONROE, WA, NOV . 3 J ac.ob Ennen cru ised to an easy heat ract' win over Kevin Hawk. th en rame o ut and again gOl th e hole shot over Ha wk a nd led a close 50("c main event wir e to wire for a well deserved win a t th e Mo nroe In doo r Short Track. In the Open Amaleur hea t races riders o pted for a IT co ursf'. Todd Davies , on a Kawasaki KX500, grabbed ' he holeshot a nd put in a stellar ride to earn the po le posilion for the main event. . At th e starl of the main event riders swit ched again and rod e the short tra ck. Davies got shut o u t and left Ted Abernathy a nd his brand· new Yam a ha YZ250WR to ta ke contro l o[ the rest of Ihe main event. Speedy Kell won lwo hard-lought races 10 la ke ho me lOp ho no rs in lhe Open Pro class . Dave Anderson pressured hard in both races Res ults 50 : 1. Jacob Ennen; 2. K. Hawk . 60 /80: 1. R. COli.; 2. M. Carlton ; 3 . R. Revoxer . 125: 1. C. Larsen; 2 . J . Bow les.; 3 . J . Jam es. s Williams wails at Surry 100 Hare Scrambles By Rider Writer CHESAPEAKE, VA, NOV . 5 The last round 01 the Virg inia Championship Hare Scra mb le Series turned o ut 10 be a breathtaker as Andrews Will iams o n a Casey Cycle City/Havoline-sponsored KX 250 Kawasaki claimed his first series o vera ll victory . Williams appeared ready 10 'bo gg ie' as he jumped o ut of the start and into the first turn wi th th e lead. One by on e, Williams managed to overcome th e cha llenges of an assortment of AA riders. For the fir st two la ps. Kawasaki of Ra leigh-sponsored David Ashl ey and Motor Im ports/ Ma ss. Mutua l-sponsored Dan ny Morrison took their turns at making a bid [or th e lead. By th e third lap , David White. o n a Cagiva, and R.j. Faddis, o n a Mark [V Honda, were takin~ their turns at looking for a weakness in Williams' riding. By the fourth lap, Wh ite was loo king to mak e th e move until a sti ckinlllhrolile forced him 0 [[ lhe course. Meanwh ile, 125cc Yam ah a-m oumed Jel[ ' Blanken ship was trying to for get a bad sta rt and was o n th e prowl. Go ing int o th e last eig ht-m ile lap, Bla nk en ship was withi n 30 seconds of Williams a nd th e situ a tio n was looking serious. T o the screams of n is pit crew, Williams em er ged fro m th e woods with Blanken.ship hanging onto h is rear fender. With 'he last 500 leel · o[ lh e co urse being co nd uci ve to speed. Will tam s powered aqoss the finish line with Blanken ship less than two seco nds behind. Faddis held o n lor thi rd. Blankenship's finish secured the class cha m· pionship lor 'he AA class . Absem [rom th e action d ue to inj uries was Ro land King who had a lready secured lhe ' it le as 1989 Grand Champion fOT the. second co nsecutive yea r. [n 'he 250cc class, Lejune Honda-sponsored Rusly Wil son a nd Honda·mounted John ny Edens mad e lh e trip from North Carolina to banle it OU! with Honda rider Ri cky Frank lin. Wil h 'all three riders being advan ced th e AA class next season..a ll were loo king (Q go ou, wi lh a banll. Wilson, ra n 0 [[ with ' he lead of each la p bu r co uld nor run away from the pack. While Wilson had rl ear sailinll al th e sta rt, Eden s and Franklin were both regr ouping and ealing mud [rom th e middle o[ 'he pa ck. By midrace, Edens had powered into the runner-up spot, while Frankli n was still look inlllor passes. By lhe end 01 the lwo- and· a-ha lf hour event. all three were in flying form ati on with Wi lson having the edge and Edens lak ing second. Franklin finished thi rd and th e season as the 250cc class ch ampion. The stak es were high in th e Senior class with three riders having a shol at the class cha m pio nship. Las t year 's cha mp io n Ro bert Cox, o n a KT M, needed at leasl a lhird-place finish 10 nail it down , while,David aIds, on a Yamaha. and James Hu tson , o n a Ho nda, sat on the start hop ing to wi n today wi th Cox linishi nll fou rt h o r worse . AlthOlJIl~' the battle '0 OPEN: 1. Jessie Edenbeck (ATK); 2. Ph ili p Doyle (Han); 3. Larry lewis (AT!(); 4 . Montie Orr ; 5. Jeff M it chell (Kaw ). SR: 1. David Olds (Yam); 2. James Hutso n {Han !; 3. Roben Cox (KTM); 4. Bobby Witt (Han); 5. Robert Will iams (Kawl . S/SR: 1. Sonny Wood IKTM ); 2. Dave Al bert (Hus); 3. Stan Norris (Hus); 4. Donni e Lew is (Han); 5. J imm y Mi ller . 4 ·STRK: 1. J oey lawso n (Han); 2 . Jeff Hilll Hon); 3 . M ike Ruhlin (Han ); 4. Mik e OeMaste r (Han); 5. Mac Price (Han). TR: 1. Chr is l ew is; 2. Matt And er son; 3. Randal Fitzegerald; 5. Rodney Gravenor: 5 . Chr is Caddy. olil Timer's MX at Carlsbad By Greg Robertson CARLSBAD, CA, NOV . I I It cou ld ha v'e been called a veteran racer's d ream at Car lsbad Raceway. Racing Enterpri ses o pe ned th e gat es excl usively for th e L.A. Cha p ter of th e Over The Hill Gang MX Club and th e O ld Timers MX Associatio n. Once ' he early morning fog burned 0[[ and th e track dr ied o ut from what seemed like an extraslop py practice session . grea t raci ng prev ai led. In the OTHG first moto Novi ce action , Car los Marin (Hon) worked up 10 ' the lead posi tion on th e opening lap and appeared to be ready to ru n away and hid e. J oe Churilla ( H o n) a n d Mitch Langj ahr (Y am ) h ad d ifferent plans, and within three laps closed 10 within strikin g dista nce.'Th e next few laps provided excellent racing as each rider had his own idea of the fastest line up Carlsbad's infamous uphill. Mari n wasn't able to p ull aw ay from eit her rider, but neit her pursuer had what it was go ing to take to get around Marin. It ap peared lapped traffi c might help Churilla a nd Langjahr lind a way pa st on tl!e last lap , but lime ran ou t as Marin look rhe moto win wit h Churilla and Langjahr a very clo se second and third..respectively. G reg Robertso n (Yam) nai led the seco nd moto ho leshot with Churilla, Marin a nd Lagjahr in-tow. O n the th ird lap, Ch urilla fou nd a smoother line and powered his new Honda past Ro bertson on the lo ng u phill sectio n. Robertson camped out on Churilla's rear fend er the remainder of Ihe moto, waiti ng [or th e elusive bobble. Churilla kept a sleady head under pr essure and took the moto win and the o vera ll honor s. Ro bertso n 's secondmoto run ner ·up fini sh didn·t figure in th e overa ll results since he DNF the first mOlD. Marin charged in for third place and second o vera ll. Lanlljahr had the di spleasure o[ st'ei ng the Ca rlsbad hard pack up d ose three lim es in the second mo to, but still fin ished seventh, whi ch gave him Ihird overall. T he Interm edi a te first molO saw Gary Will ison (Kaw) jump o ut-to a good start only to ge ' accidem ly kn ocked down by Louie Spri nger (Ya m) . Pau l Ik eda (H o n) took advantage of the situ<}tion and mOlored on 10 'he first mow win . John Churilla (H on ), Ca rl Powe ll (KawJ and Ernie Kopasz (Yam ) w ll erled seco nd ,hrough fourt h p laces , respeclively. T he Sprin!;er/Wi ll ison co llisio n look its to ll o n bOlh nders. Springer cou ld o nly manage a SiXlh place while all Willison co u ld do was circu lat e the . tra ck with a damaged [rom brak e lever lor sevemh. Springer won th e drdg race 10 the first turn in moto two, with Willison, Ikeda , Churilla and Powell a ll wit hin stri king 'd ista nce. By 'he end 01 lap one. bot h Ikeda ,and Will iso n found a way around Sp ri nger whi le Ch ur illa was looking 10 do 'he sam e. Williso n q u ick ly pu' lh e move on Ikeda o n the uph ill and took th e lead. Al the sam e lim e. bOlh Ch uri lla and Pow e ll relieved Springer 01 a lew more po siti ons. Powell was o n th e mov e and overtook Ch urilla a la p later for third p lace. Wi llison took lhe chec kered [lag lor ' he molO win . Ikeda earned seco nd in fro nt of a faslclos inll Churilla, who gOI pas t Powell o n th e last lap. [kedas' 2· 1 score gav e him the ove ra ll win ; Churilla too k seco nd-place brass with 2-3 finishes ahead 01 Po well 's 3-4. Kawasaki·mounted Joh n Knig ht couldn't lind a way aro und Honda rider Tommy Pea rl in th e first O ld Timers Expert molO and ha d to settle for th e runner-u p SpoL Lyle Sweeter (Hon) and Mike Broo ks (Yam) kep I an eye on 'he leaders lrom their lh ird- a nd lo urt hplace finishes. Knig h t, not happy with p layi ng follow -theleader , wor ked hIS way into the lead and held it 10 the linish [or the second- mote win and the overall. Sweeter bested first -mota winner Pearl for second place and second overa ll . Pearl' s 1-3 score netted him a th ird -place trophy. ResulU OTHG EX: 1. Scon Freeman (Han). OTHG INT: 1. Paul Ikeda (Han); 2. John Churill. (Han); 3. Carl Powell (Kaw); 4 . GaryWillison (Kawl; 5 . ErnieKopasz (Yam). OTHG NOV: 1. Joe Churilla (Hon); 2. Carlos Ma rin lHon); 3. Mi tch la ngjahr (Yam); 4 . Wes Rolli ns (Yam); 5. Mark All en (Hon). OTHG BEG: 1. Skip Skinner (ATK); 2 . Tim McCue (Han); 3. Steve Pobjoy (Kawt 4. Eric Fish (Yam); 5. Susan Wil day (KTMI. OT EX: 1. Joh n Knight (Kaw); 2. Tommy Pearl (Han); 3. lyle Sw eeter (Han); 4 . Mike Brooks (Yam); 5. Ron Tuzinski (Han ). . or AM : 1. Tom W idick (Kaw); 2. Gary Phill ips (Han); 3 . Gene Phelps (Suz); 4 . Keith Phillips (Han ); 5. Aslter larnkjaer (Suz). • aT NOV 0 -1: 1. fred Kalmi ck (Han); 2. Bill Millspaugh (Kaw); 3. Steve Pobjov IKaw); 4. Ma nuel Serra no (Yam): 5. Kurt Sofka (Han). . a T NOV 0 -2: 1. Joh n Webb (Han); 2. Frank Derby (Yam): 3 , Robert Anderson (Han); 4 . Jack Biery Sr. (Yam). Hough sparkles at Turkey Creek 100 Enduro By Jim Garber NEW PARIS. IN, NOV . 5 A seven in ch snowfall on Thursday evening did li ul e 10 det er th e 212 riders lrom seven sta les in shooting for the 50 pound live turkey ' ha t traditionally goes to the overa ll winner. The snow was go ne by Friday leaving the 110. 1 mile trail in its best condition in 18 year s. T he joint District 14/15 Shoot-Out showed why the 14 AA riders carry that classification, as only on e rider, H ig h Po int A, fourth overall, 200cc A rider Ken Brown, beat a ny of them. The Riders M.e. la id th e even t o u t with six speed cha nges 01 between 18 and 30 mph with 22 timed and observed chec ks 10 co nfuse and keep th e rid ers honest. Through check three it was [SDE pace rider KTM-backed Allan Ra nd t lead ing ISDE Gold Medalist, T eam Gr een -backed Kurt Hough by I I seconds, as both dropped one each at checks o ne and three. Four other AA riders had carded Ss. at this point to keep the pressure o n. Check four 10 five was a fast 5.2-mil e Turkey Creek River Bank section with o nly Hou gh and Jeff Fredet te snaring 2s. Section six to seven was co rn fields, woods, gravel pit , ski lod ge, mor e. corn fields and woods with speed cha nges to confuse and bU Tn th e riders. The AA riders didn 't bile and zeroed 'he chec k with most of the B riders still dropping poi nts . At th e first ~s, Hough was leadi ng Fredette , Ra ndt , and RIck Scharphorn by a sing le point, 4-5. The other two 19B9 ISDE riders Gary Hazel and Jeremy Garber had pr obl ems in the first sections. Haze l pi cked the wrong line in the " go tcha " woods before ' he Iirst check an d spent severa l mi n u tes extracting his 600cc Honda. Garber's odometer acted up rig ht off th e start lin e ca using him to stop for several minutes before the first check thinking he was hot , They picked up the pa ce 10 smo ke the later sections and tum in respectable sco res. In check eig ht 10 o ut-check nine, the longest complete woods sectio n of th e da y, saw Hough a nd Ra ndt check in with Ss. 174 seconds to 202 seconds. Fredette, Scharphom, Garber, Brown an d Brad Malon scor ed 4s. Randt's KT M's brakes started going south 'a nd would bo lher him the rest ollhe day. He would end th e da y in [ilth o vera ll. H o ug h put anot her poinl on everyone in sectio n 10 to I I . Fred elle, Scharphorn, Ga rber a nd Brown breezed in Wilh 2s. At th is poi nt Hough was up by three, B·ll, over th e Ilrou p 01 Fredelle, Scharphorn and Randl. Everyone kep t pace with a o ne Ihrough check 12. Ch eck 13 was cleaned th rough the hOIl wall ow by Hough , Fr ed elle a n d Sch arphorn . The B, C and Su pe r Sen ior riders [oll owed the blue arr ow s back to lh e [in al 08 check, wh ile th e A and AA riders tacked the fina l 9.5-mile, 20 mph J effy Yoder loop. Aga in , Houll hpaced Fred elle, Garber a nd Malo u all with 5s. T he layo u t crew had figured 8s. The end saw HOUllh over Fredeue by three points , 14·17. The B class was won by Co rni elous . Scharphorn by o ne poi nl. over Mark Kno 2B·29, o n th e short co urse. Both were on 1251. Super Senior rider Carl Scharphorn aClually beal all th e B riders wilh a 24. Results 0 / A : 1. Kurt HOl,lgh. TOP A: 1. Ken Brow n. TOP B: 1. Cornielous Schar phor n. TOP C: 1. Eric Shonts . TOP 10 : Kurt Hough ; 2. J eff Freden e; 3. Rick.Scharphorn; 4. Ken Brow n; 5. Alan Randt; 6. Jeremy Garber; 7. Brad Makrtt; 8. Bri an lohman; 9. Ron Rehm ert; 10. J erry Spence . AA : 1. Jeff Fredette (Kaw); 2. Rtch Scharphorn (KTM); 3. A lan Rand! (KTM); 4. Je remy Garber (Han). OPEN A : 1. Oan Hoekse mz (KTM); 2. Todd Weaver (KTM); 3. Rodney Benj amin (Han); 4. Brian Reider (Yam). 250 A : 1. Fred Fishm eister (Kaw ); 2. Pat Waldie lHon); 3. Je ff Mezosi (Kaw ); 4 . Kenny M ill er (Kaw) . 200 A : 1. Br ian Walker lK aw); 2. Harry McAll ist er (Kaw); 3. Jeff Brom ley (Yam); 4 . J oe Schm idt (Yam). ); SR A; 1. Steve Sm iQ:iel (ICTM 2. Harold Hall (KTM ); 3 . Terry Flynn (Han); 4 . Mika Hempstead (Hus). S/SR : 1. Carl Scharphorn (KTM); 2. Don Hough (Kaw); 3. Rich lenover (Kaw ); 4. Charli e Alber (Kaw) . 4-STRK: 1. David Bohney (Han); 2. Frank Philips (Han); 3. Doug Graha m (Han ); 4 . Denn is Wel sh (Honl . C: 1. Sill Fors (Kaw ); 2. Todd Benne tt (Kaw ); 3. Anthony Donley (Hus); 4 . Kevin Kr uer (Suz). 125 B: 1. Man: Knox (Han ); 2. Tom East (Han); 3. Rob Surfa ce lHOn ); 4 . Ji m Hunt (Yam). 200 8 : 1. Roger Mo rr is (Kaw ); 2. M ike GaN ey (Kaw ); 3. Dean Dahlquist (Kaw) ; 4. Kun Bauer (Yam). 250 B: 1. Jeff Smit h (Hon); 2. Jeff Lowery(Yam); 3. St8Y& Rickett e (Cag); 4. Brian Johnson (Kaw ).

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