Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- -- -------------:--------------------------------~--------------- John Beeman flies past Dorene Payne at Fremont's night MX. Jim Anderson (244) leads a group of Pros at Washougal. Results 125 : 1. RodWilliams/Mike Daws (Yam); 2. Barry Velasco (Yam); 3. Phil Cascio/Dam Demario (Yam). 250; 1. Scott Keller/Greg Pennington (Han); 2. Miek Brumit/Scott Fendorf (Han); 3. Bret Cahors (Han). • OPEN: 1. Curt Wilcox (Yam); 2. Jim Turner (Han); 3. Gary Rabe (Mai). Anderson, Michlitsch, Tyler terrific at Washougal MX By Brian Barnes WASHOUGAL, WA, JULY 18· On a day made for racing, Washougal Motocross Park put on one of its finest shows to date today with Jim Anderson ... (MX Fox/Kal-Gard/Dallas Baker Products/Yam support), Tim Michlitsch (DG /Bel-Ray/ Arai /Yarn support) and Scott Tyler (Mai/Hus Northwest) picking up Pro wins in races that some people called ' the most thrilling seen at Washougal in some time. After cloud cover broke of(rightaround noon, a great turnout of 34 125ccPros were ready to begin their first moto. Rob Watilo (Yam of Salem/RW Racing/Yam support), Michlitsch and Mitch Lorenz (Bellvue Suz) sprinted to the first tum ahead of the pack, and by the time they rounded the first .comer it was obvious that one of the top riders had been left in a big first tum crash. Unfortunately, that rider was Anderson. WatHo rode smoothly in the lead until Michlitsch passed him up at the halfway point. Meanwhile, Anderson had already passed 30 riders for fourth place trying desperately to catch the leading trio of Michlitsch, WatHo and Lorenz. After moving by Lorenz, and then Watilo, Anderson slowly started to work on Kawasaki's ace Michlitsch. His efforts came up short though as time ran out in the , moto. Michlitsch edged out Anderson for first, .W~tilo was third. Mike r 24 McCormick (Fred 's Cycle City Suz) rode an equally impressive race for fourth, coming from the tail end of the pack for his strong finish. Doug Lange (MX Fox /Vancouver Yam) grabbed fifth wit h Burien Suzuki's Danny Kiesso storming for sixth. . In the second rnoto, no one could stop Anderson, who streamrolled his competition for a strong moto win. Jim showed off some of his awesome riding ability, rewarding the fans with some unbelievable jumps en route to the win and overall. Michlitsch finished second after getting by fellow Kawasaki rider Joe Spangler, who finished an impressive third. McCormick was again fourth with Watilo and Diesso ending up fifth and sixth. Twenty-four 250cc Pro riders graced the line for their first moto, and this is where the best race of the day took place. Michlitsch, Dave Hettinga (RW Racing/Salem Yam), Loch Names (Eugene Suz) and Anderson rocketed around the first tum together, and by the end of lap one Anderson was behind Michlitsch in second, and the duel to the finish began. Michlitsch, who had already held off Anderson in the first '125cc moto, began to ride flawlessly, keeping the Yamaha ace at an honest distance until their battle came to a head on the last lap. With nearly half the last lap complete, shades of last year 's GloverSun battle- at the National came to mind, but Michlitsch didn't let Anderson's last lap surge bother him, finishing only feet in front of Anderson with a thrilling conclusion. Gresham Suzuki's Rick Bozarth rode to a great third, Hettinga was fourth arid Husky USA pilot Eric Eaton made a strong return to racing, finishing fifth; In. moto two; Michlitsch again holeshot with Diesso, Anderson and Hettinga in tow. The rnoto looked like nearly a repeat of the first race with Anderson going by Diesso to work on Michlitsch, who was again 'ridin g 120 percent faster! Anderson's day came to an end, though, when his unfortunate spill on Washougal's gi ant uphill left him unable to fin ish the rest of the mo to , leaving Michlitsch with clea r sai ling to the checkered . Diesso pi cked up a n ice seco nd, Sco tt Ty ler was th ird , H euinga, Names and Eastside Kawasaki 's Skeet Hise finished fourth through sixth. Open Pro saw a T yler - Tom Moen (Yam) - Robb Manning (HiPoint/ American Hon ) freight train run 1-2-3 for those finish positions in th e first moto. Small Engine Specialties Husky rider Brian H all was fourth on his brand new 500CR withlGresha m Suzuki 's Barney Newman fifth. In moto two Manning held off T yler for the number one spot and second overall. T yler, knowing he cou ld take th e overall, p layed it safe, taking second and winning th e class. T h ird overall a nd th ird in the moto wen t to Moen with Newm an fourth and fourth overall. Don 't forget th a t d ue to th e Washougal Yamaha 125/500cc National on Aug. 8, the next race will be held on Aug. 29. Results PP: 1. Usa Kemp (Suz). WEE PEE WEE: 1. Brad Brooks (Yam); 2. Eric Kaste (Suz). • PEEWEE JR: 1. Jim Row (Yam); 2. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 3. Chris Cate (Yam). PEE WEE EX: 1. Jeff Daily (Yam); 2. Richie Abrams (Yam); 3. Travis Whitaker (Yam). SO EX: 1. Jamie Munson (Yam); 2. Larry Ward (Kaw); 3. Dell Smith (Yam). SO INT: 1. Kevin Mann (Kaw); 2. Mike Crowell (Yam); 3. Joe Pitts (Suzt. . SOJR: 1. Troy Stewart (Yam); 2. Jim Larsen (Hon); 3. Edward Portz (Suz). · 100 EX: 1. Todd Barker (Suz). 100 INT: 1. Roger Sherrell (Yam); 2. Jeff Miles (Yam). 100 JR: 1. Jeff Petrich (Suz); 2. Carl Renfrow (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Jim Anderson (Yam); 2. Tim M ichlitsch (Kaw); 3. Mike McCormick (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Steve Oster (Suz); 2. Mike Hauskins (Hon); 3. Mike Nyberg (Yam). 1251NT: 1. Doug Eichner (Suz); 2. John Tollefson (Suz); 3. Bill Kent (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Bill Williams (Hon); 2. William Ormsby (KTM); 3. Glenn Hunter (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Tim M ichlitsch (Kaw); 2. Dave Het: tinga (Yam); 3. Danny Diesso (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Scott Isbell (Suz); 2. Jay Bird (Yam); 3. Stan Lund (Kew). 250 INT: 1. Jerry Ebert (Kaw); 2. Steve Jones (Suz); 3. Scott Williams (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Mike Tomasini (Yam); 2. Mike Hess (Suz~ 3. Dallas Johnson (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Scan Tyler (Ma i); 2. Robb Manning (Hon); 3. Tom Moen (Yam). OPEN EX: 1. Ken Shondron (Yam); 2. Mark Envolesen (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Mark Spooner (Yam); 2. Scan Bergren (Han); 3. Roger Evans (Han). OPENJR: 1. David Winters (Suz); 2. Dale Sahleen (Yam); 3. Dave Caner (Yam). OTH EX: 1. Jay Boufford (Mai); 2. William Ormsby (KTM); 3. Craig Pennell (Mai). OTH INT: 1. Scott Smith (Yam); 2. Gary Backstrom (Yam); 3. Vic Danko (Han). OTH NOV: 1. Randy Williams (Yam); 2. Frank Daily (Yam); 3. Gary Larson (Mai) . OT EX: 1. Bill Cook (Mai) ; 2. Bob Wh ite (Mai) ; 3. Gary Bonds (Kaw). . ' OT INT: 1. Bill Tester (Mai) ; 2. Jim Deneran (Mai) ; 3. Nate House (Yam). OT NOV: 1. Dave. Galloway (KTM); 2. Jerry Heirsche (Kaw); 3. Dick Abrams (Yam). DeHerrera doubles; McConn still # 1 at Baylands night MX By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CA, JULY 15 East Bay Yamaha's Troy De Herrera backed into one Pro class win and then doubled up for a takeover win. Shawn Mc Conn remained the number one CMC motocross cat in these parts as regular Thursday night under the lights MX action continued tonight at Baylands Ra cewa y Park. . Veterans and Old Timers still make up a big part of racing, and the Vets led out th e n ight's activities with Mik e Yam becoming casuality number one when th e sprocket broke gi ving the Expert portion to Mike Collins. Frank Nye aced both ends of th e Intermediate side with Pete Francini low pointing for second, 3-3 over Mike Men esini's 2-6. Rod Smith, D-36 number one rid er and heir apparent to these parts in the 125cc Pro class, was long gone in the first rnoto before his RM urched to a halt andwas found to have blueended a rod. Mike Whalen went on to win the rnoto over Cory Cantaloupi and Troy DeHerrera. DeHerrera went by Rich Wilson and Whalen to win the second round and take the overall. Whalen rode the Hayward Yamaha to the reverse, 1-3 for second over Wilson (5-2), Cantaloupi (2-5) and Craig Christian. Shawn McConn was never headed in 250cc Pro, riding the CR250R flawlessly for the entire distance and continuing his reign on the top NorCal CMC plate. Doug McRae held the second spot with a pair of dueces. Jeff Holder definitely flew high Ior third over Larry Coleman and John Beeman, coming from behind in both motos. Lance Coleman had his Husky wired for the first moto win in Open Pro until a chain came askew withJerry Brandt ready on his Concord Yamaha. Troy DeHerrera was second over Wayne Archer who motored off late when he caught the gate. In the second round Brandt had some troubles with the track while DeHerrera took the win and a double 'overall for the night with Coleman taking a nice second. Brandt was second overall over Archer. while

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