Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. NORTHERNheDAT'ELiNEaSh,ng,on.,dah<>-u,ah.Alaska.canada.Northe," Call1o,";a·Northa," Nevada·O,egonWashlng'on·ldaho·Utah·AJa 1 e I OPEN EX: 1. Mark Envolsen (Han). OTH NOV: 1. Don Woodson (Yam); 2. Darrel Kishpaugh (Yam); 3. Larry Cate (Yam). OTH INT: 1. Jeff Chikusa (Han); 2. Rusty Gar rison (Kaw ); 3. Mike Mather (KTM). OTH EX: 1. Carl Cranke (KTM ); 2. Pat McCaff erty (Yam); 3. Tim Sullivan (Han). OT NOV: 1. Jerry Hier sche (Kaw ); 2. Richa rd . Abrams (Yam); 3. Doug Sawtell (Jon). OT INT: 1. Bill Teste r (Mai): 2. Sandy Beebe (Han): 3. Gary W aldner (Mai). OT EX: 1. J im Newman (Ma i). I I' I I I Crashes mark I I SIRRR -I By Bruce Scholten Photo by M artha Young Sholten KENT, WA. JUNE 20 ..,;;:" Was it the heat, Father's Day, th e full moon? Whether a slippe ry track, riders' wandering a ttention or just good ole bad . Dave Roosevelt hung off to second 600cc Modified Production at SIR . Dawn Piazza smoked the Powder Puff' race on her Yamaha, pos ting a I-I score. Julie H iersche (Yam) was second with Lori Howard , on a Suzuki, th ird. Results PP: 1. Dawn : Piazza (Yam); 2. Julie Hiersche (Yam); 3-,LOri Howard (Suz). PEEWEE JR : 1. Darran Frye (Yam); 2. Chr is Cate (yam ); 3. Kenny Bufton (Yam). PEE WEE EX: 1. Britt Woodring (Yam); 2. Denny Kishpaugh (Yam). MINIINT: 1. Darren Rogers (Yam); 2. Mark Baum gardner (Suz); 3. RaOdall Klettke (Han). 100 JR: 1. Craig Clark (Yam): 2. Brian Reiter (Yam); 3. Dan Cook (Yam). 100 INT: 1. Jeff M iles. 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Glenn Hunter (Suz): 2. Kerry Ovall (Han); 3. Rick DaSilva (Yam). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Jeff Yoder (Kaw ); 2. Ben Will iams (Han); 3. John Foeckler. Jr . (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Mike Klett le (Suz); 2. Darrin Curr ier (Suz); 3. Ford Tannock (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Ted Holt (Suz); 2. Steve Corcoran (Yam); 3. Ric Bur kins haw (Suz). 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Tim Dyke (Kaw) ; 2. Craig Au stinson (Suz); 3. Monty Bloemke (Han). 250 J R DIV 2: 1. Ron Kent (Han ); 2. Todd Lusk (Han); 3. Bob You ng (Han). 250 INT: 1. Jer ry Ebert (Kaw); 2. Rick Wylder (Kaw); 3. Dave J uba (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Tim M ichlitsch (Kaw ); 2. Rick Bozarth (Suz); 3. Ron Vandehey (Hus). OPEN J R: 1. Dave Cotte r (Yam); 2. Carl Burkhart (Yam); 3. Jeff Younce (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Dave Eakin (Han); 2. M ike Perry (Suz); 3. Grayson Hart (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Darryl Semmler (Han). OTH NOV: 1. Richard Du ncan (Kaw); 2. Sta n W oods (Han); 3. Lanni e Nyseth (Han). . OTH INT: 1. Jeff Younce (Yam); 2. Richa rd Mathen (Mai); 3. George Dennis (Kaw ). OTH EX: 1. Bob Leach (KTM); 2. Roger Knight (Yam); 3. Mi ke Perry (Suz). OT NOV: 1. Jer ry Hiersche (Kaw): 2. Richard Abrams (Yam). • OT EX: 1. Gary Bonds (Kaw); 2. Larry Sause (Han); 3 . Jim Lampkin (Han). • Exciting Amateur action at Mt. View Gold Cup By ~rian Barnes ' SANDY , OR, JUNE 20 You couldn't have asked for a better race da y a t this weekend's Yamaha Perpetual Gold Cup held at Mt. View MX Park. I I } . f .. 40 With sunny skies and a large rider turnout, Amateur racing was at its best all day long. Southern California's Team Green speedster Scott Brown made th e trek to the Northwest to put in a weekend of racing and won the Mini Expert class convincingly. Brown co m mented though that three rid ers from the ar ea should be watched in upcoming .NMA and AMA Nationals - T eam Yamaha ace Lo well Thomso n, Jr. out of Idaho, who won the Pee Wee Expert cla ss and finished second to Bro wn in the 80cc Expert race, ATKlTeam Green rider Larry Wardand Yamaha su pp orted T odd Hoover, bo th from Wash ington. Wade Janssen (Yam) came up with the Ioocc Expert overall wi n by virtue of his 2-1 score. H e outdistanced Yamhill Yamaha 's Denny Fennel, whose 1-3 score was good enough for second. Another Yamaha rider, Bill y Weiland, finished th ird. 125cc Expert saw lo ts of action in bo th motos, In th e firs t, Fennel was not to be den ied the wi n , finishing with room to spare ahead of Yam aha ace Dennis Dolquist, T odd Hoover (Yam) and H ighland Honda 's David Froembling. . In the second moto it was Froembling's Honda that took a well deserved first at the checkered in front of Hoover, Fennel, Suzuki-mounted Steven Oster and Dolquist. Fennel was first overa ll wi th a 1-3 score, and Froembling took home second place. Mini Intermediate Gold Cup series leader Mik e Crowell took another fir st overall with a perfect I-I, placing on his Crowell Auto Parts/DG Yamaha. Crowell finished in front of fellow Yamaha riders Shane Cameron and John Kipper. The 250cc Expert race .saw Scot t Isbell (Suz), Kyle Fast (Yam ) and Logan Edrington (Kaw) stage gr eat battles in both motos. Isbell took both wins, but righ t on his tai l were both Fast and Edrington , who took pairs of seconds and th ir ds to fin ish in those overall positions. Mt. View owner Ron Long (Suz) ma de his knowledge of the track payoff in Open Intermediate, taki ng th e overa ll wi n over Yamaha riders Grayson Hart and Denn is Sweeten. Results PEE WEE JR : 1. Tara Harrison (Yam); 2. Chad Kishpaugh (Yam); 3. Boris Portnoy (Yam). PEE WEE EX: 1. Lowe ll Thomson. Jr. (Yam); 2. Jeff Daily (Yam); 3. Grant Bergstrom (Yam). MINI JR: 1. Brian Thompson (Yam); 2. Troy Ste wart (Yam); 3. Greg Werner (Yam). MINI INT: 1. Mike Crowell (Yam); 2. Shane Cameron (Yam); 3. John Kipper (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Scott Brown (Kaw); 2. Lowe ll Thomson. Jr. (Yam); 3. Larry Ward (Kaw ). 100 INT: 1. Roger Sherrel (Yam); 2. Jeff M iles (Yam); 3. Todd Bruggman (Yam). 100 JR: 1. Craig Clark (Yam); 2. Kevin Wattenburger (Suz); 3. Dan Cook (Yam): 100 EX: 1. Wade Janssen (Yam); 2. Denny Fennel (Yam); 3. Billy Weiland (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Chuck Goodrich (Kaw ); 2. Ben Will iams (Han); 3. Brett Gilkson (Suz). 125 INT: 1. M ike Klettke (Suz); 2. M ike Francois (Yam); 3. Todd Bruggman (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Denny Fennel (Yam); 2, David Froem bling (Han): 3. Todd Hoover (Yam). 250 JR : 1. Scott Williams (Yam); 2. Mark Snover (Suz); 3. Ron Kent (Han). 250 INT: 1. Rick Wy lder (Kaw ): 2. Todd Morris (Kaw ); 3. Jerry Black (Kaw). 250 EX: 1. Scott Isbell (Suz); 2. Kyle Fast (Yam); 3. Logan Edrington (Kaw ). OPEN JR: 1. Ron Meyers (KTM); 2. Carl Burk hart (Yam); 3. Dale Sahleen (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Ron Long (Suz); 2. Grayson Hart (Yam): 3. Denn is Sweeten (Yam). luck, Mel Nordberg and others in ch arge of Seattle Intern ational Raceway's track safety were glad to see day's end. Mind you, no one was seriously hurt, but mo re than a few newcomers wondered why tech inspectors were allowing ambulances to run in the heats. The Denzler brothers made assaults on combined 450 and 600cc Production. Gus (Yam Vision) won 600, pressed by Scott Moon (KZS50) and new rider Ken Maeda (G Pz550). H eat two quickly turne d hotter. Zooming up left hand turn seven , beh ind Maeda and Dave Roosevelt (Lynnwood Yam 550 Seca), Gus ma y h a ve leaned his Vis io n too far. Roosevelt recalls a brake lever brushing h is leathers, then G us was down on the ins ide, ready for a trip to th e X-ray man. By n ow Roo sevelt ha d passed Maeda, in hot p ursuit of ha ng-off artist Scott Moon (something he mastered on H onda H awks) . Moon wouldn't relin q uish , pressing on to first overall, leaving second and third to th em. Ignoring attrition , Chris Denzler soldiered on . With his bro the r's o ld 1977 RD 400, he clipped off a pair of back-to-bac k th irds, behind Larry Buck (H igh land Hon ) and Ri ch ard Burnham in the " new wave " of 450cc Production. With only one season under his belt , Burnham is undefeated in the class . No holeshot hero, he makes most of his progress after the fir st few turns, when the pa ck th ins a bit. H e lik es th e stopping pow er of h is stock RD 400C but credits immaculate pr eparation for its perform ance. L ike many relative new comers to road racing, he 's a happy member of the North End Street Ra cing Association . NESRA takes its pizza and its cafe racing seriously. . H ave you ever seen an awesome Honda Hawk? Marty W ilkison's totally cafe'd Nighthawk blasted combined 450 and 600cc Mod Prod for the 450 win. At the end of heat two he actually led the closest rider by 1000 feet. Dick Burnham and Larry Buck followed him for more second and third place gold. Dick Wascher's frames show up all over. Steve Giblin won Open GP Single on e coupled with TT500 power. Eldon Warren 's BSA Victor might have triumphed, were it not for a heat one DNF. As it happened, Ralph javins' MEl Services Yamaha 125 took second overall, John Doyle 's H onda third. The AMA Sem i-pr o licensee Claude E. H ammond Enterprises paid $500 in toda y's two money classes. In Formu la Two, Dale Fra nklin left th e pack with on ly Rent on . Yamaha 's Pa u l Peiroli clos e by. Unt il th e las t lap of the second ra ce, Sid Collier looked like he had thi rd p lace money in the bag. Bu t, after waiting so long, Mike Kenyon crept past at the flag for that all important second heat finish. Brian Sutton brought some interest to Superbike. Of course Randy Skiver (Bellevue Suz GSl100) took home top money, but Sutton (H on 900RSC) raced him all day. Sponsored by Universi ty Honda a nd Dewey's Cycle, tu ned by. Steve G iblin, the formi dable Sutton predicts tha t Skiver can be reeled in by season's end. Gi ven more RSC parts from Honda, that's poss~ble . Results SUPERBIKE: 1. Randy Skiver (Suz); 2. Brian Sutton (Han); 3. Ken Hague (Kaw). FORMULA TWO: 1. Dale Franklin; 2. Paul Peiroli ; 3. M ike Kenyon . OPEN MOO PROD: 1. Randy Skiver (Suz); 2. John Brody (Kaw); 3. Tom Nakashima (Suz). 860 MOO PROD: 1. Dan Zlock (Suz); 2. Gary Goodfellow (Suz); 3. Marty Wilkinson (Han). 600 MOD PROD: 1. Dale Zlock (Suz); 2. David Roosevelt (Yam); 3. Daryl Hussey (Yam). 450 MOD PROD: 1. Marty Wilkinson (Han); 2. Dick Burnham (Yam); 3. Larry Buck (Han). OPENGP SINGLE: 1. Steve Giblin (Yam); 2. Ralph Jav ins (Yam); 3. John Doyle (Han). 750 PROD: 1. Joe l Ittner (Kaw); 2. Scott Moon (Kaw); 3. Mark Hislop . 600 PROD: 1. Scott Moon (Kaw); 2. David Roosevelt (Yam); 3. Ken Maeda (Kaw). 450 PROD: 1. Dick Burnham (Yam); 2. Larry Buck (Han); 3. Chris Denzler.lYam ). Wosick wins at SHRMX By Sa lly Sideliner BRENTWOOD, CA, JUNE 20 Not even the drive-in movies could compete with the action at the triple event today at Sand Hill Ranch. Afull day of racing included m otocross, scrambles and ATVs on separa te tracks. Earl iest even t of the day was the mo tocross course line -up with Vetera n racer Frank Nye sweeping the cla ss for the win. The 250cc Intermediates were led by Ray Flow's Honda for the first six laps, but Flow fell in Horsesh oe Bend. Rick Mythen .took the lead all the way to the chec kers. Shawn McConn hol eshot th e 250cc Experts followed by Larry Wosick, Mike Hersman and Kimo Casey of Walnut Creek H onda . The four broke from the pa ck , but Larry Coleman 's new Husky began to close it up. Kimo passed Hersman on the downhill jump, but both headed for the berm side by side. Kimo squeaked through first to grab th ird and was able to hold that position desp ite a flat tire the last four la ps. McConn held a good lead on Wos ick the entire race. McConn and Wosick again showed the way aro und the track in moto two with Co leman and John Beeman in hot pursuit. Coleman pulled off with bike problems again, and Donnie Hawkins took over third. Casey began closing on Beeman but pulled off with another front flat. Wosick began to turn up the wick and closed on McConn. On the next to last lap, Wosick passed McConn and blitzed to the finish. Results VET: 1. Frank Nye (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Tim Copeland (Yam); 2. Rick Olson (Han). 250 EX: 1. Larry Wosick (Han); 2. Shaw n McConn (Han); 3. John Beeman (Han). 250 JR: 1. Fred Jennello (Yam). OT EX: 1. Rick Lokke (Han). MINI : 1. David Johnson (Yam). MINI INT: 1. Kevin Brown (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Jerry Brandt (Yam); 2. Kimo Casey (Han); 3. Kelly Barry (Han). OPEN JR: 1. Richard Horne (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Craig Chr istian (Yam); 2. Jan Nelson (Han). 125 INT: 1. Tim Copeland (Yam); 2. Ray Flow (Suz). . 125 JR: 1: Tyrone Earl (yam); 2. M ike Hamilton (Suz).

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