Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

on th e in sid e. Once o UI rro~t,- he mo ved away and reco rded a co n vincing victory, Man ch ester dropped to th ird o n th e fina l lap when stro ngridin~ Archie Perez mo to red through on th e low side. Kevin N icklas ca me back from a fall in hi s first hea t ro win the In termediat e main on th e eig h th-o l-a-nule oval. " Big" J ohn Kell y SCI the tem po at the sta n and held th e poi nt po sit ion until lap two, There N icklas went by and moved a way fo r th e win . Yel lowleathered Kevin Rub io fin ished second to Nick la s w it h ex-Brit ish lea guer J o h n n y E wa rds third, Kell y ca me hom e founh. d Six roo kies took 10 the track in th e Novi ce cla ss and the win wen t to Brian Moo re. Seven teen year-o ld J o hn Aden , after lead in g m uch o f the race, look second ahea d o f Mike _ Newm an. C hris \Verner wo n the Ju n ior A ma in in fro m o f Heat h H ammon d s a nd Peter Peral ta. In Jun ior B raci ng , Da nn y Bandf ield held off Michael H ull for h is seco nd stra ig h t win. Results Ex.: 1. Kevin Jordan (Wes); 2. Arch ie Perez (Gdn); 3 . Chris Manchester (Gdn); 4 . Chr is Cashn (Wes ); 5 . Bren t W erner ('Ne ~ . INT: 1. Kevin Nickla s (We,); 2. Kevin Rubio (GM); 3 . Johnny Edward s fGM): 4 . John Kelly (Jaw l: 5. Bobby St illwell (Wes). NOV: 1. Brian Moor e; 2 . John Aden ; 3 . M ike Newman; 4.Mark Cast in; 5. Jason Ruff . JR A: 1. Chr is Werne r; 2. Heath Hammonds; 3. Pel e Peralt a. JR B: 1. Danny Bandf ield; 2. Michael Hull ; 3. Timmy Cochran . ROUNDS): t . (TIE) Chr is Manches· SSA POINTS (3 of ter /Michael Hull /Heath Hammonds (32 ); 4 . John Aden (30) ; 5 . Chris Werne r (28) ; 6 . (rIE) Kevin Jordan/ Danny Bandfield (24 ); 8 . Josh Larsen (22); 9. Johnny Edwards to 118) . Fuller, Johnson fast at Salem Arenacross By Clay Light SALEM , OR. DEC. I Cory Fu ller a nd Co ry Johnson, both riding Kawasak is, posted ste llar I-I pe rfor ma nces in th e 80cc Jun ior and 60cc (9- 11) classes. respectively. at th e first o r two co nsecu tive evenings o f th e Sa lem Arenacross, held a t the Oregon Sta le Fairgrounds. Fuller , riding for Cycle Sports , first had 10 overcome a pes ky T ravi s Webber before laying clai m to th e overall win in th e 80cc Junior class. Webber tra iled Fuller across th e fini sh in bo th mot o s 10 net second overall while Doug McKuhn used 4-4 co nsistency for th ird overall foll owed by T im Hol as' 3-5 pl acings and Joh nson 's 6-3 score. Johnson made up for medi ocre fin ish es in the 80cc ranks by to tall y domin ating th e 60cc (9-11) class. Kawa saki ri ders Rob bie Ratliff a nd Robert H oltgr ew fini shed in th e n um ber two spots, respectively, in bo th o utings, bu t neither co uld mat ch [he spee d of J oh nson . Seco nd went the way of H oltgr ew by virt ue o f 3-2 p lacings whi le Ratl iff (2-3). Dus ty Lem berg (4-4) and H on da -m o u nt ed Wayne - Man ni n g (6-5) fill ed th e to p five overal l. An unusu a lly large field o f Wo men ', class co mpetitors were o n ha nd. Deanna H olbrook riding a 125cc Cagi va, was the winner of the Iirst mow a fter a six-la p shoot-ou t with Kawasak i rider J ulie H iersch e, second pl ace: finis her. Mote two saw H iersche, rid ing a Kawasak i KX250, ge l th e jump on th e pack and tak e ad vantage o f a mid-pack sta rt by Ho lbroo k 10 open u p a co mforta ble lead u nti l H o lb rook ra llied lo wi th in a wheel. H ol brook 's ra lly wa s a bit too lat e, ho wever, a nd H iersche took the wi n a nd overall ahead o f H ol brook's 1-2 p lacings a nd the 3-4 ri des o f La uri e Sta nge . J eff Da ily, a Yamaha su pport rider, a nd KTM-mount ed Gary Beyer p ut on quite a sho w in th e l 25cc Pro class . Dail y won the first moto ahead o f Beyer, wh ile Alex Kavan ey to p ped the co mbi ned Intermedi a te class. Mota two wasn't 35 fortu na te for Daily as he go t ca ug h t in th e ga le. allowing Beyer lo open up an untou ch abl e lead and get th e overa ll wi n . Kavan ey aga in won th e Intermedi at e port io n , beating Anthony Renfrow, Ch ad Berry, Mike Boe and Mik e Aut io. Results PIW: r . Todd Dowty (Yam ); 2. Tyler Kaveney (Yam); 3 . Chris lavender (yam l; 4 . Greg Blad:well (Yaml; 5. Isaac Dawson (Yam). 60 (6-81: 1. Tyter Kavaney (Kaw l; 2. Kelvin Schoen (Kaw); 3, Greg Blackwell (Kaw). 60 19·11) ; 1. Cory Johnson lKaw); 2. Robert Holtgrew (Kawl; 3. RobtMe Ratliff (Kaw ); 4 . Dusty Lemberg (Kaw l; 5. Wayne Manning lHonI. 80 BEG A: t . Matt Williams (Yam); 2. Bradley Ston er (Yam); 3. W illiam Moore (Yam); 4 . Justin Mason (Han); 6 . Robbie Ratliff (Yaml. 80 JR : 1. Cory Fuller (Kaw); 2. Tra"';$ Webber (Kaw ); 3. ); Doug McJtuhn (Kaw); 4 . Tim Halas (ICaw 5 . Cory Johnson (S.... ~ _ 80 INT: 1. ChIld Reed (ICaw ); 2. Shawn Highland (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Ryan FiSher (Yam); 2. Steve Polanski (Hon); 3. Matt Krause (Yam); 4 . Chr rs Seber (Hon); 5. Sieve Lewis lKaw). 125 JR: 1. Ryan Hagemann IHon t 2. Troy Full er (Kawl; 3 . Ryan Leach (Cag); 4 . Andy Crosby (Yam); 6. Roby leach (KTMI, , 125 INT: 1. Alex Kaveney (Yam); 2. Anthony Renfrow (Yam); 3 . Chad Berry (Yam); 4 . Mike Boe (Hon); 5 . Mike Au t io (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Gary Beyer (KTM ); 2. Jeff Daily (Yam),; 3. Doug Eckelman (Suz). WMN: 1. Ju lie Hienche (Kawt; 2. Deanne HoUlrook (Cag); 3. taurte Stang e (Kaww); 4 . Jean ne VanBusk irk (Yam); 5. Dian e Hurst (ICaw). Riches smokes Amago Mini Road Race By Dave Vinson LA KE H ENSH AW, CA, NOV. 12 Ken t Riches won both heat s o f th e Beg inner Mod ified class at the RM D-p romo led Min i Road Race at Amago Raceway. J o h n R in con jumped [ 0 [he ea rly lead in the first hea l of the Begi n ner Mod ified cla ss, follo wed by Rich es and Ra y Si mental. Teri Bilderb ack soo n moved up to pass Simental 10 lak e over th ird place. Rich es slip ped by Rinco n 10 ta ke the lead a nd slo wly began 10 p u ll awa y. As Ri ch es pu lled away from R in co n . R inco n was mo vin g a way from Bild erba ck. As the race: p ro gr essed th e th ree lead in g riders co n ti n ued to increase their lead s. At th e fin ish , Riches wa s th e easy winner with Rincon a sol id second a nd Bilderback third, . H ea l IWO saw Bilderback pul l the ho leshor, but Rin con was q uick to pass a nd ta ke th e lea d. Rich es a lso pas sed and began 10 cha se Rincon. Ri ches passed a fter so me dose racing and aga in slo wly p ulled aw ay. The race: ended wit h th e riders In th at order: Rich es first, Rin co n second a nd Bilderback third . In th e first heal o f th e Beginner Stock class Bild erback was first o ff the lin e with T homas C h ilds a nd Kell y McKillerick in lOW. C h ilds was pushing hard, but slid and let McKillerick pass 10 ta ke second, C hi lds recov ered quickly a nd was soo n pr essuring McKitteri ck . Childs pa ssed a lap la ter a nd began h is charge on Bilderback. T he front three had pulled aw ay from th e rest o f th e pack and were racing eac h o ther for the top positi ons, Ch ilds even tually passed Bilderb ack 10 tak e th e lead as McKiI ' erick moved up 10 ch allen ge Bild erback for seco nd. McKillerick was pushing hard bUI Bild erb ack was up' 10 th e cha llen ge and held o n for second. Childs crossed the line first with Bild erback seco nd and McKillerick third, Hea l IWO saw Childs off the li ne fir st followed by MeKillerick and George Zepecia, The lea d three held th eir positions th ro ug hou t th e race a nd fin ished as th ey started, Mark Nappi look th e lead in th e first heal o f the Amateur Stock class and held it 10 th e fini sh as severa l ri ders battled for th e positi o ns behi nd. J ak e Zemke was seco nd o ff th e line bUI didn 't hold o n 10 the positio n long as Rod Fee passed quickl y a nd pulled a way. Mark Lo ng soo n passed Zemke for th ir d , bUI di dn ' t hold it lo ng as Zemke slipped underneat h h im to reta ke Ihird. The lea ders began Jake Zemke was a class w inner at the Amago M ini Roa d Race . to sp rea d out a nd fin ish ed in th e sa me po sitions: Nappi first , Fee seco nd and Zemke third. Fee look th e lead in th e seco nd heal and never looked ba ck. Nappi was seco nd o ff th e line foll owed closely by Zem ke, Zem ke moved up 10 cha llenge Nappi fo r seco nd but co u ld not•. pass . Nappi slo wly pulled away from Zem ke and began 10 mak e a bid to tak e th e lead from Fee, Nappi gave h is all . bu t Fee held o n and too k th e checkered nag and the win . Nappi was second and Zemk e held o n for third, Resul ts BEG STK; 1. Thoma s Childs (Yam); 2 . Kelly McK.itterick (Yam); 3. Teri Bilderback (Yam); 4. Dave WoK (Yam); 5 . George Zepecia (Vaml. AM STJ(; 1. Rod Fee (Yam): 2. Man: Nappi (Yam): 3. Jalte Zemke (Yam); 4. Mark Long (Yam l; 5 . Tony ANerez evam). EX STK: 1. jamie Riker (Yam); 2. Mark McDo nald (Yam). BEG MOO: 1. Kent RChes (Yam); 2. John Rioeon (Yaml: 3. Teri Bilderback (Yam); 4 . Guy Philpon (Yam): 5. Ray Simental (Yam). AM MOD : 1. M ilte Green (Yam); 2. Mark Nappi (Yam); 3. Robert Gallo (Yam); 4. Ma rk long (Vam); 5. Ntck Tiermo (Yam). EX STK: 1. Jamie Riker (Yam); 2. Mart McDonald (yam ). 80: 1. Rod Fee (Hon ); 2. Kevin Cunn ingham (Yam ); 3. Thorna" Oli~ (Yaml. Tecate? We Told You, We It. O K, Baja's over, b ut nobody ever came back to work . .. you guessed it, Tecate. It looked like there were more,MS riders in th e winner's ci rcle than at the MS pre-race cook-out. And everyone was there; Malcolm , LR., Kt. \in Hines, Fritz Kadlec, " Dick Burleson .Jeff Fredette, Jimmy Lt.-wis. Larry took the overall. ( which is a goo d thing b''Caltse he s never going to make it as a cook!) And ifyou're co nfused abo ut your geography, Tecate is in Baja . . . and as we said before - we 0 ....'11 it. " ' .. . ..... . ~~ . ' , .....: ". ~ . ." ... MS ~'intt HOt .4li'i..( .!HU KSO ~brlht M'UlJ}:h . Kn...rJOc' . CA 1J J'7' ) . • 1'i4 r ~JI fi''' .I'II ',. II(' /"-'SI ,".\' fuller. ( 63

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