Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

i. NORiHERN·DAjELiNE·_sh;ngton.'d.h~Ut.h.A,aska.canad. ; c-r 00 0'> r-4 '" in c-r ~ fI) ~ eo :3 - < Jeff Doan motors around Mike Sorge at PIR: Moffett, Doan win slid.for-life atPIR By Russ Cazier Photo by Brad Pinkstaff . PORTLAND, OR, JULY 8 The Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association held its second two-day event of the year at Portland International Race- - 50 wa y this weekend. Saturday wa s hot and sunny for open practice and new riders' school, but Su nday da wn ed cloudy and wet. PIR had been the site of a big-time a u to (i.e, oil dumper ) rac e th e previous weekend and a light, inter mittent rain created th e slickest tra ck, at . times, in an yone's experience. Howard Pinkstaff, after a flag-to£lag duel with John Moffett in th e fir st heat of the Open Single GP , won the heat by about two bikelengths. In th e second h eat , in th e ra in, Moffett used a treaded rear tire and lapped P inkstaff, who still had on slicks. " T he son of a gun punch ed me on th e shoulder when he lapped me," Pinkstaff said. " I sta rted to gas her up and race h im th e la st lap u nt il m y brain got back in charge of m y g lands." Turn workers on turn one fel t compelled to carefully pace off th e distance traversed when Tony Howard crashed his KZ750, because th ere was an obvious track record in volved. The numbers, now accepted as official by OMRRA, ar e 564 feet for th e bike and 375 feet for Howard. Howard, unscathed, described it. " I sat up to brake at marker five. I'm always red-lined in fifth at the end of th e straight, which is about 130, I guess. I touched the front brake and was instantly on the track and sliding. The track was so slippery I could move to different positions as I was sliding. I found just sitting up with your legs straight out in front is the most comfortable." jeff Doan won th e 600cc Cafe class on his very fast RD 400, which is no t so unusual , but 600cc Cafe was ru n in a combined heat with Formula I a nd Doan won the overall, edgi n g ou t Mike Sorge on a 970cc Honda. Though slicks are legal in Cafe , Doan has always run K81R Dunlops a nd they were especially effective on th e wet track. - Results OPEN PROD: 1. Jeff Morrow (Suz); 2. Keith Pink staff (Suz); 3. Dennis Dudley (Kaw) . 750 PROD: 1. Mike Johnson (Yam); 2. Quentin Hogan (Kaw); 3. Paul Gillen (Yam). 550 PROD: 1. Mike Johnson (Yam); 2. Paul Gillen (Yam); 3. Quentin Hogan (Kaw) . 430 PROD: t . Dick Burnham (Yam); 2. Don Horn (Yam); 3. Jerry Hicks (Yam). 600 CAFE: 1. Jeff Doan (Yam); 2. John Haskin IKaw); 3. Joe Bouquet (Han). ~ . ,:' 850 CAFE: 1. Dan Zlock (Suz); 2. Quentin Hogan (Kaw); 3. Dale Zlock (Suzl . OPEN CAFE: 1. M ike Sorge (Han ); 2. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 3. Kevin Frazer (Suz). .. FORMULA 1: 1. M ike Sorge (Han); 2. Keith Pink staff (Suz); 3. Dan Zlock (Suz). FORMULA 3 : 1. Dean Zinter (Han); 2. Warren Bu rton (Man); 3. Chr is Kerber (H-D). OPEN SGL GP: 1. John Moffett (Kawl; 2. J im Rivelli (Han); 3. Howard Pinkstaff (Yam). Word, ~reen, Bennett lead Re~onalTT By Clay Ught CLACKAMAS, OR, JULY 30 "Fra n k Word III wo n the opening round of the three-race AMA Regional TT series today by claiming the Expert main event, j ust as he did a t the las t Region al held here a t Sidewin ders earlier this summer. T he weather was also a repea t, as th e AMA's ra in format was put to use. America n Honda 's Randy Green took a sea t edger of a J u n ior main event, continuing h is battle fro m last week with teammate Da n n y Moo re (American Hon/ Bel-Ray /Engi ne Dynamics/Ba tes/ Simpson ). Honda rider Da n Ben nett took th e Novice win, which was n o surprise, this up an d com in g rider made it another kill in the ma in event. Not ab le riders in auendnace were vis iting riders Ted Boody, H onda 's Sco tt Pea rson and form er National C ham p St eve Eklund, w ho was brough t up by th e efforts of Sp ike, of Ou t Front Number P la te fame a nd Vern of Vern 's Air Sales. All th ree had a med iocre night, m issing out on the sho t a t th e $3000 series purse (avai la ble onl y to th e ri der who wins all three). . Brett Barkman (Yor k H an/Simpson/Ou t Fro nt No. Pl a tes) set the Expert fast time with a 14.96 on th e slick , mo ist, dust-free course, with Junior Do ug Cha ndler pu tting in a 15.36 ru n for th e h on ors in h is class. R id ers for the Novice main were th e sol e wi n ners of th eir heats or they earned th eir p lace in th e semis. Three Ex perts transferred from each o f th e three Expert hea ts. The Expert main ran first d ue to the threate ning skies . Mickey Fay was first off the lin e at th e gr een light, ahead o f Word, Darrel H endri ckson , Brad Hurst, and Mik e Inderbitzin . Wi th 15 laps to go , Fay a nd Word starte d a battle for fir st, Word coming out on top a t th e start of th e third lap. The order was now Word, Fay, H en drickson, Hurst an d Brett Barkman. T he battle betw een H endrickson, Fay a n d H ur st was a spectacular one; H endrickson pulled ou t on top. · Wo rd open ed up o n th e pack at th e half, while Barkman a nd Hurst were Northe..Ca';fo..;a·Northe.. Nevad.·O..gonW.sh;ngton·'d.h~Utah·M .. k Joe Knight started seco nd, ah ead of d icing ; the pair got too close in th eir Gary Trull, Vin ce Gildner and Robert c harge forwa rd and went dow n. Land, but Bennett opened up an J effery Cam p bell moved into th e early lead. Near th e end of the race, vacat ed fou rt h spot and anothe r good Knight made a good charge behind battle erupted between Don Dodge, Bennett, but Bennett sh u t th e door on team ma te T homas McC u llough, and his ever y attempt. Bennett won, folRon Yamamo to, whowas on a Honda lowed by Knight, Trull, Gildner and 480cc MX bike. The tri o pulled themJ eff Harsha. selves wi thi n contention of the CampMark Rooks put his Honda into bell / In derbitzin clash , but time ran .th e lead at th e start of th e 12 lap Juout. Word took the finis h ove r Hennior main event. Beh ind..Rooks wer e drickson, who had cl osed th e gap Brian Yocum, Mark Key and Moore. considerabl y. Fay , Campbell a nd In- , . Randy Green and Barry Pelkey moved derbitzen rounded out th e top five. through traffic at a blistering pace to Green holeshot the J u nior main dent the top five. Meanwhile. Rooks with Brian Yocum, Moor e a nd Scott '. continued to lead and looked good. Miller in tow. Green and Moore waltzed a wa y from the 12 rider field ' , Moore moved up and Rooks held him off until lap nine, when Moore in . th e ea rl y going, while Doug ,.' sneaked a Wheel past -the startled Chandler , who got off th e line badly, Honda rider and pulled away. Green was moving up at a bli stering pace. moved up to p ressure Rooks, but ran Chandler passed Yocum, th en Miller . out of time. Moore took thecheckers and a while later, reeled in and overahead of Rooks, Green, Pelkey and took Moore. Green took th e win with Yocum. teammat es Chandler and Moore comWith four out of the 15 laps run in ; pl eting th e Honda sweep . Yocuin the Expert main, leader Campbell was fourth and Barry Pelk ey overtook received the shocking news that there Miller lat e in the race to fin ish fifth. would be a restart. Hurst led the reSco tt Nail led the start of th e l O-lap start a good distance ahead of CampNovice main with Ben nett and Jeff bell, Scott Pearson and Frank Word. H arsh a righ t th ere challenging. BenMickey Fay was next to last at the nell go t by after a three la p argu ment sta rt, but worked his way into fourth a nd h eld the lead to th e finis h . Nail early in the race. With two laps to go, and H arsha fo llowed Ben nett by the Campbell made one last charge on checkers and Joe Kn igh t and Gary · Hurst, but fell sh ort at th e checkers. T rull ro unded out th e top five after Fay slipped by Brett Barkman at th e Fra n k Sanchez lost contro l and fou rth end for third; Scott Pearson was fifth . pl ace. - Results EX: 1. Frank Word III (H-D); 2. Darr ell Hendrick- . son (Tri); 3. M ickey Fay (Han); 4 . Jeffrey"Campbell (Yam); 5. M ike Inderbitzin (Tri); 6. Don Dodge (Tri); 7. Thoma s McC ullough (Tri); B. Ron Yamamoto (Han); 9. Lars Tr ulson (BSA); 10. Larry Legarra (H-D). JR : 1. Randy Green (Han); 2. Doug Chandler (Han ); 3. Danny Moore (Han); 4 . Br ian Yocum (Han); 5. Barry Pelkey (C-A) ; 6. Scott M ill er (Tri ); 7. Mark Key (Yam); B. M ark Rooks (Han); 9. Tony Cruikshank (Yam); 10 . J eff Hardan (Han). NOV: 1. Danny Bennett (Han); 2. Scott Nail (Bul); 3. Jeff Harsh a (Yam); 4 . Joe Knillht (Yam); 5 . Gary Tru ll (Kaw ); 6. Randy Blanitenship (Yam); 7 . Rodney Reynolds (Kaw ); 8. Vince Gi ldn er (Han); 9. Mike Oglesbee (Yam); 10. Scott Annis (Kaw) . TROPHY DA SHES EX: 1. Brad Hurst (Tri). JR: 1. Doug Chand ler (Han). NOV: 1. Scott Nail (Bul). Hurst, Moore, Bennett take Regional TT #2 Result s EX: 1. Brad Hurst (Tri); 2. Jeffrey Campbell (Yam); 3. Mickey Fay (Han); 4 . Brett Barkman (Han); 5. Scott Pearson (Han); 6. Frank Word III (H-D); 7. Thomas McCullough (Tri); B. Ted Boody (H-D); 9. Donald Dodge (Tri); 10. Mike Sullivan (Yam). JR : 1. Danny Moore (Han); 2. Mark Rooks (Han); 3. Randy Green (Han); 4. Barry Pelkey (C-A); 5. Brian Yocum (Yam); 6. Mark Key (yam); 7. Emory Gray (Yam); 8 . Doug Chandler (Han); 9. Trav is Babcock (Han); 10. Kevin Hug ill (Yam). NOV: 1. Danny Bennett (Han) ; 2. Joe Kn ight (Yam); 3. Gary Tru ll (Kaw) ; 4 . Vince Gildner (Han); 5. Jeff Harsha (Yam); 6. Greg Gray (Yam); 7. Rodney Reyno lds (Kaw}; 8. Dan Cordell (Yam); 9 . Frank Sanchez (Han); 10 . Kelly Perkins (Han). TROPHY DASHES EX: 1. M ickey Fay (Han). JR : 1. Randy Green (Han). NOV: 1. Danny Bennett (Hon). Bennett takes third of 3 at final RegionalTT By C lay Light By Clay Light CLACKAMAS, OR, AUG. I CAST LE ROCK, WA, J U LY 31 Today's final round of the AMA Western Region TT Championships was also the final race of a three race weekend Brad H urst (Blomfeld t/Panther R a ci ng Frames /KR Wl O u t Front No. Plates/Tri ) took a fast paced Expert main event at tod a v's second-ro und of the threerace Regi onal TT weekend a t Castle Rock . H urst took control ofthemain event in sh owery condi tions after a red-flagged race th at J eff Ca m p bell (Eli te/Harry Lillie/Out Front No. Pl at es/ Vern 's Air Sales/ Simpsoni Ya m ) ha d been leading. Steve Eklund a n d Brett Ba rkman piled u p, making for a restart in the contro versial event. Ame rican Honda's Da nn y Moore took the Junior main event with a win over ea rly leader Mark Rooks. Danny Bennett made it two Novice win s in a row , · cappi ng th e win ton ight with a good lead on th e pack in th e 10 la p event. Time tri als ' had Campbell set a blister in g 22.83 to take fas t time honors . Hurst went around once and had problems , but on th e secon d try he put in an identical 22.83. Junior fast time went to Barry Pelkey who post ed a 23.09 , comparative with many Expert times. The Novices saw but one view of Bennett through.out their 10 lap main. h ere in the northwest. Danny Ben nett (ND/Bel-Ray/Out Front No . Plates/ Lectron/Hon) won again today to complete his sweep of all three Novice mains this weekend. American Honda 's Randy Green (Bel-Ra y/ Sim p son/ND) took his second Junior main of the weekend. The Expert main win went to Mickey Fa y (Am er ica n Han/Bell Helmets/Bel-Ra y/Panther Racing) which, lik e last night, was red-flagged during the early stages, this time robbing Frank Word (R & B H-D/York Han/Electro West/Scott USA/Simpson/Out Front No . Plates/Vern 's Air Sal es) of the win. The fast time went to Fay at 14.50, which due to the slick track, was considerably faster than Friday night. Bennett disappeared in a flash at the beginning of the Novice main, leaving Jeff Harsha, Randy Bla n ken ship, and Rodney Reynolds to dicker for the runner-up honors. Bennett and Harsha soon pulled away to secure their front two positions, while Reyn olds pushed Blankenship for

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