Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ami d&'- Northe~~ California-~orthern Nevada-Oregon-Washingtori- l daho- U'tah·~1 "COLO R YOUR ENGINE BLUE" Watilo leaves his mark at M Ikey X By Cl ay Light McMINNVILLE, OR, JU L Y 4 Local rider Ro bby Watilo, riding for Yamaha supp ort, went for a double mo to blitz today in the 125cc P ro class a t Mulkey ORV Park, which was p lagued by th e wet version o f Mother Nature but rema ined in per fect track conditions. Eugene Suzuki rider Loch Names took the 250cc Pro ove ra ll with a 2-2 tall y, riding co n sisten tly to sna tch the overall fro m Watilo wh o went 4-1. Ben Grable took the win in th e small Open P ro class with a 2-1 on a new 500 Husqva rna. The track looked perfect, and will host the next G old Cup ra ce J uly 25. Fir st 125cc P ro mota ha d Steve Pl ess (Fred' s Cycl e City Suz ) ta ke the holeshot over Steve Corcoran (Vancou ver Yam ), Watil o (R W Racing /Scott USA/Yam su pport), Ca na dian All an Dyk e (H a n ) and Mike McC ormick (Fred' s Cycle City/ Sup er Seer Suz ). The order rem a in ed the same a t th e end of a lap; bu t at the half it wen t Watilo and Co rco ran fig hting fo r th e lead and Dyke trailing in th ird followed by David H etti nga (R W Racing/Steve's Yam ) and ea rly leader Pl ess. McCo rm ick 's ride ca me to an end when the former Orego n State champ went off the trac k and wrapped a hundred feet of banner in h is rea r wheel , causing him to slow. Up fron t Watilo moved away fro m Co rcoran , who began to fade allowing Dyke to ch a ll en ge wi th a lap to go. Pl ess rode in sale possessio n of fourth, a spot which he wo ul d take to the fla g behind Watilo , Corcoran and Dyk e. Watilo, Dyke, Clarence Gard ner (Cycle Country Han), Corcoran and Pless led off th e seco nd mota. Watilo pulled away on the fir st lap as Dyk e held second, and Kevin Jansen (Kaw USA /Beaverton Hon/ Ka w) wo rked through he avy first lap traffic to push Dyke. Jansen eventually got the drive on the determined Canadia n and made a spectacular p ass to ta ke second and close in on Watilo , which h e did at three seconds a lap. Wa tilo took th e win by half a bikeleng th with Jansen second and McCorm ick third . Loch Names nai led down the.start of the first 250cc P ro m o ta while 16 riders got to see one view of th e southern O regon rider. H ettinga and R ick Boza rth (Gresham Suz) ga ve early chase, bu t it was J a n sen again coming on strong aft er a lap of ca tch-up. Janse n got by Names after a four-lap battle to ta ke over the lead, which was never more than 10 feet th e whole mota. Dyke and Jon Buyas (Buyas Meat Packing Su z) he ld down th ird and fourth , but Bu yas slo wed, letting Watilo move into his vaca ted spot. Jansen held o ff Names to take th e win. Third went to Dyke foll o wed by Watilo, Bu yas, Boza rth and Skeet Hise (DG / Eas tside Kaw). Mota two wen t Watilo 's wa y fro m start to finish . All Names ne eded was to finish second and the overall would be his . Watil o kicked in an afterburner and quickly sped aw ay from Names and Ja nsen , wh o entered th e picture and a lso was looking fo r th e overall win but would first have to get around pesty Names. Jansen DNF at the half, wh ich let Bu yas mo ve to third, but he too wou ld fall prey to . the DNF grem lins and drop o u t, letting Bozart h , Vincent Wa rren (Ya mhill Yam) and Dyke in to a m ad clash for third pl ace cash. Bozarth claimed it for his ow n bu t was a good distance FACT: back of Watilo and Na m es. Resu lt s OPEN PRO: 1. Ben Grable (Hus) ; 2. Gary Bau lt (Yam); 3. M itch Kirkpatrick (CCM). 250 PRO: 1. Loch Names (Sur); 2. Robby W atilo (Yam); 3. Allan Dyke (Hon) . 125 PRO: 1. Robby Watilo (Yam ); 2. Allan Dyke (Hon); 3. Kevin Jansen (Kaw) . OPEN EX: 1. Dean Glass (Hon ); 2. Gregg Glass (Hon). . 125 EX: 1. M ike Klettke (Sur); 2. Darren Mo nen (Hon); 3. Wade Anton (Yam). INTRODUCI NG THE COLORTU NE 5.00 TRANSPA RENT TEST SPARK PLU G CO LO RTU NE 500 takes t he guesswork ou t of carburetor tuning and synchronization in all int ernal combustion en gines. Using a COLO RTU N E 500 tem po rarily in place of an exi stin g sparkplug, the col or of com b usti on can act ually be seen and the appropriate adjustment made to the carb uretor. Corcoran, Crisman collect first PI R MX wins Com plete COLORTUNE kit inclu ding instructio ns and d iagnosis chart for engines using 14 mm sp a rkplugs is available in sto res at $29 .95 o r directly from us, by adding $1.75 ship ping. Adapt ers for'10 mm, 12 mm, 14 mm tapered sea, 14 mm long reach and 18 mm engines $3.95 each. Tenns: C.O. D., Money O rder OVER 1 MILLION SO LD IN EUROPE or Bank Check. New Jersey residents APPROVED BY LEADING AUTOMOBILE add 5% sales tax. Dealer inq uires' AND MOTORCYCLE MANUFACTURERS 30 DAYMONEY BACKGUARANTE E welcomed INfER-GUARD CORP ORATION 6 Windsor Road By Brian Barn es PORTLAND , OR, J U L Y 1 The first of July provid ed some fire works of its o wn here at Portland Internatio nal Raceway's 13th race of th e year 's , high point cham pions hip. Yamaha-moun ted Steve Corcoran and Su zuk i ace Randy Crisman took the ir first overa ll wins th is season in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes, respectively. Corcoran, who has just returned fro m a leng th y layoff from racing, shook off the cobwebs and ran to an impressive first rn oto win after a holeshot. H e never looked ba ck, ru n ning a ll nine la ps out front. The real race, was fo r the next four spots. Suzuki riders J ess Dirks, T ed Holt, Ra lph Dunlap a nd Chuck Ensrud were all runn ing in the sam e pa ck the entire race , but Dirks rode h is best race o f the year to fin ish second with D & S Cycles ride r H olt third . Dun la p and En srud, both new to PIR, were fourth a nd fifth . The seco nd mot a found H o lt ta king th e holeshot with Ens ru d a nd Corcoran in to w. H olt had no problems coas ti ng to a n eas y win , wh ile Co rcoran was bus y in seco nd tryi ng to hold o n to hi s spo t to get the ove ra ll. H e en ded up doing it with Ens rud and Dirks third a nd fo urt h . Cri sm an 's 250cc win was a lmost ide n tica l to th e one Corcoran ha d taken in 125. H e wo n the first moto a head of Eugen e Suzuki 's Mark Freese a n d Po wer Master Su zu ki ri der J ohn Woodley, but in the second had to settle for the runner-u p spot beh ind Woodley who turned up th e power a nd flew to a n impressive seco n d moto win. Crisman was second and first o verall , and Freese fin ish ed third. Kaw asaki rider Mark Sch o nberg won th e Mini Junior class, ta kin g both moto wins but not wi thou t being hounded in ea ch m oto by Shawn Shevel and Mike Bell , both on Yamahas. Bell finished second behind Schonberg the first moto, bu t moto two saw Sh evel turning on th e afterburners to take second and seco nd overa ll. Bell was third and also third o vera ll. Resu lts PP: t . Dawn Piazza (Yam); 2. Lori How ard (Sur ); 3. Valorie Sales (Yam). PEEWEE JR : t , Jason McCormick (Yam); 2. Chris Cate (Yam); 3. Geoff Goldspink (Yam). PEE WEE EX: 1. Rich ie Abra ms (Yam); 2. Denny Kishpaugh (Yam). MINI INT: t , Darren Rogers (Yam ); 2. Randall Klettke (Hon); 3 , Mark Baumgardner (Sur). MINI JR : t , Mark Schonberg (Kaw); 2. Shawn Shevel (Yam); 3. M ike Bell (Yam). 100 JR : 1. Cra ig Clark (Yam ); 2. Da n Cook (Yam ). 100 INT: t . Roger Sherrel (Yam); 2. J eff M iles (Yam). 125 JR A : 1. Glenn Hunt er (Sur); 2. Kerry Ovall (Hon); 3. Steve Hiersche (Kaw) . 125 JR B: t , Wes Hanson (Sur); 2. Br et Sch ucker (Yam); 3. Ron Robinson (Yam). 125 INT: t , Randy Jungwirt h (Kaw); 2. Randy Webber (Yam); 3. Dan Zimmerman (Sur) . 125 PRO: t , Steve Corcora n (Yam); 2, Ted Holt (Sur ); 3 . Jess Dirks (Sur). 250 JR A : t , Ron Kent.(Hon); 2. Cra ig Au sti n son (Sur ); 3. Tim Dyke (Kaw). 250JR B: 1. Monty Bloemke (Hon); 2. Ter ry Dav is (Kaw); 3. J im McAllister (Sur) . 250 1NT t . Kelly Welchel (Sur); 2. Rick Wylder : (Kaw); 3. Scott Russel (Sur) . 250 PRO; t , Randy Crisman (Sur); 2. John Woodley (Sur) ; 3. Mark Freese (Sur) . The col o r of combustion of a lean running engin e is wh ite, a rich one yellow, and an efficient one b lue. 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