Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

,ada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada-Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Ut Hurst first in Sidewinders' TT By Clay Light CLA CKAMAS, OR, J ULY 23 Cal i fo r n i a n Danny Mo o r e (S i mpson /B e l - R a y/ Ba t es/ American Hon) took an exciting 1unior main event at the Sidewi nders TT, bu t had hi s wor k cut o ut for him in th e form of teammat e Randy G reen (Simpson /N- D/ BelRay / P a n t he r R a ci n g / Amer ican H a n) , and the two crossed the line in 'a photo finish. Dan n y Ben nett (BelRay/ KR Wl O u t Fro nt No. Pla tes/ H a n) swe pt another Novice win a nd Na tiona #51 Brad Hurst (Blom feld t Rac i n g / P a nt her F ra m es / KR W / Wood land HonlTeam Moo n/ Tri) did the dirty deeds in a devastating Ex pert ma in event. The tro p h y dash es had Je ff H arsha put his Yamaha into the lead to bea t so me impressive Novice names for the win. Ben nett gav e chase, but to no avail. The Jun ior dash saw G reen grabbing th e lead over three rivals to snag th e win wh ile Honda 's Mickey Fay wasted th e Expert dash, ba ttling all th e way to the flag wit h Frank Word III and Don Dodge. Fay o pened up on the last lap to secure the wi n. The mai n events first saw the weekly ro mp by Ben nett in th e Nov ice. Gary T ru ll, Harsh a and Ben nett blazed to the head o f th e 12-rider field in th e final restart with Sco tt Nai l p ut ting his Bu ltaco int o a challenging posi tion. Harsha dropped back, wh ich resulted in Ben nett leading on the next lap over Nail , who wa s doing everything in the boo k to get by, and do ing a fin e job on a stock looking Bu lt aco As tra vs. a se m i -wo r ks Honda. Bennett an d Nail were in the 1-2 spots while Vin ce Gildne r, T rull , H arsha and Sco tt An nis were clo sely knit. Nail lost it in on th e las t la p p u tting Tru ll in seco nd and J oe Knigh t (Yam ) in th e th ird spot, working madly th ro ugh traffic to pa ss Harsha, who also was disp laced by Ryan Fisher. T he Junior main event ha d Moore co llect scratch honors over Do ug Chand ler and Mark Rooks. G reen and Pelkey worked th em selves amidst th e warfare and th e or der beca me Moore, Green, Roo ks, Pelkey, Sco tt Miller and Chandler, who dropped back, but took three o n the last la p to settle into third beh ind an ama zing Moore/ G reen showdown . It was a p hoto finish at th e flag a nd Moore wa s given the win o ver G reen , Chandler, Ro oks an d Pelkey. Word led th e Expert main but on ly briefly as Hurst had other ideas and took it away. Brett Barkman, Fay and Darrell Hendrickso n ga ve Hurst fits for a lap, but Brad kicked in the afterbu rn ers and d isa p peared, leadin g all the wa y. Word and Fay were figh ting for second , and Fay would p ull into second on hi s 500cc, but Word's 750cc wo uld outpower Fay o n the straights. Fay eventua lly got by for second and Barkm an foll owed in third. Campbell got o ff th e li ne poorly, but settl ed into fift h with a la p to go, ahead of Dodge a~d Hendrickson . Hurst took the Will by a large margin over Fay, Barkman, Word a nd Ca mp bell , wh o ro u nded ou t th e top five. Result s EX: 1. Brad Hur st (Tri); 2. M ickey Fay (Han); 3. Brett Barkman (Han); 4 . Fran k Word III (H-D); 5. Jeff Campbell (Yam). JR: 1. Danny Moo re (Han); 2. Randy Green (Han); 3. Doug Chandler (Han); 4. M ark Rooks (Han ); 5. Barry Pelkey (C-A ). . NOV: 1. Danny Bennett (Han); 2. Gary Tru ll (Kaw ); 3. Joe Knight (Yam); 4. Vince Gildne r( Hon); 5. Ryan Fisher (Yam). EX TO: 1. M ickey Fay (Han). JR TO: 1. Randy Green (Han). Harsha (Yam). NOV TO: 1. Jeff Holt, Michlitsch take PIR MX wins By Brian Barnes PORT LAND , OR, J UL Y 22 T he 16th race of th is year's high -point ch am p ionship at Portland International Raceway went off withou t a .hitch tonight. G rea t wea th er and a large rider tu rn out have become commonplace this season and ton ig h t's race was no excep tion. Takin g the Pro wins were up and coming D & S Cycle's Ted Holt (Su z) in 125s, DG /Kawasaki-su p port ace Tim Michli tsch in 250s and Brian H all (Sma ll Engin e Specialties) in Open . Hall and Barney Newman (G resham Suz) were the only Open Pro riders and ran with the 250s in their mota. H a ll grab bed both wins as Newman drop ped ou t with bike problems. Eric Hall (R PM /Yam support), who has just returned from competing in th e whole Na tio nal circuit, jetted to a bea u tiful 125cc holeshot in mota number one. Righ t beh in d him were Suzuki riders Mike Chase and Power Master's John Woodley (Suz) . H all ran first for six laps u ntil a blown rod withdrew him for the ni g h t. Tha t enabled H o lt to gai n th e lead wi th Michlitsch second on Don Robinson 's graciously loaned bike. Woodley was th ird a nd Vancover Yamaha' s J im R . Anderson fourt h . The second mota saw Chase tak e the holeshot with H olt right on his tail. Holt got the lead on lap two and never looked back, ta king another win for a perfect n ight. Michlitsch was again second with And erson th ird and Randy Cr isman (Suz) fourth. Hillsboro Suzuki rider Ra nd y H ubbard a nd G resham Su zu ki 's R ick Bozarth ra n first and second until the mi d -point in th e first 250cc mota. Hubbard was th en displaced to third when Bozar th and Mich litsch both passed h im afte r a sli gh t bobble. That order hel d to th e fin ish with Bozarth tak ing a well deserved wi n . T he second mota saw Mich litsch gain the lead on lap two , never looking back on his way to the win and overall. Bo zarth to ok seco nd and Randy Crisman aced out H u bbard for third. Tonight's Wee Pee Wee race sa w a great deb u t for Ya ma ha mounted Jason Osborn, son of Northwest Motocr o ss Enterprise 's prom o ter Bob Osborn . Jason did very well for on ly his first race, taking his first mota win over Lance Schiedler (Suz) . In the second mota, J ason had to start way behind everyone else after his m otor sta lled, det er m ina tion on h is part enabled him to get by Schiedler o n the last lap to ga in the overall. Results PP: 1. Lori Howard (Suz); 2. Dawn Piazza(Yam); 3. Jill Harteloo (Han). . WEE PEE WEE: 1. Jaso n Osborn (Yam); 2. Lance Scheidl er (Suz). PEEWEE JR: 1. Ja son McCormick (Yam); 2. Chad Kishpaugh (Yam); 3. Darr in Frye (Yam). PEE WEE EX: 1. Britt Woodring (Yam); 2. Rich ie Abrams (Yam); 3. Denn is Kishpaugh (Yam). M INI JR : 1. Mark Schonberger (Kaw); 2. Paul Winn (Kaw); 3. Ju sti n Stann ing (Yam). MI NIINT: 1. Ma rk Baumga rdne r (Suz); 2. Randal Klettke (Han); 3. Darren Rogers (Yam). MIN I EX: 1. Dell Smith (Yam). 100 JR: 1. Dan Cook (Yam). 100 INT: 1. Jeff M iles (Yam). 125 J R A : 1. Cri s Swa ja (Han); 2. Jere Meeker (Han); 3. Doug Gravell e (Yam). 12 5 JR B: 1. Glenn Hun ter (Suz); 2. Ma rk Bell (Han); 3. Steve Hiersche (Kaw) . 12 5 1NT 1. Craig Timm {Han}; 2. Dan Zimmerman : (Suz); 3. Brent Bowe r (Suz). 125 EX: 1. M ike Klett ke (Suz); 2. Grayson Hart (Yam); 3 . Wade An to n (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Ted Holt (Suz); 2. Tim M ichlitsch (Kaw ); 3. J im R. Anderson (Yam). 250 JR A : 1. Dave Hender shot (Yam); 2. Terry Davis (Kaw ); 3. Dan Martin (Yam). 250 JR B: 1. Ron Kent (Han); 2. Monte Bloemke (Han); 3. Art Me isner (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Scott Russe ll (Suz); 2. Kyl e Hall ; 3. Randy J ungwirt h. 250 PRO: 1. TIm M ichlitsch (Kaw); 2. Rick Bozarth (Suz); 3. Randy Crisman (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. M ichael Perry (Suz); 2. Denn is Swee te n (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Brian Hall. OTH NOV: 1. Jerry Hiersche (Kaw). OTH EX: 1. Gary Bo nds (Kaw l; 2. Lar ry Sause (Han); 3. Robert Knox (Yam). OT EX: 1. M ichae l Perry (Suz); 2. Bob Leach; 3 . Jim Parks. OT INT: 1. George Denn is (Kaw ); 2. Gary Backstrom (Yam); 3. John McB ride (Yam). OT NOV: 1. Ja ck Monte it h (Yam); 2. Bill Golds pink (Hus); 3 . Wm . Corbett (Kaw) . Chandler sweep's three at Baylands ST By Bill Spencer FREMONT: CA, J ULY 21 A n ew and slightly shorter track greeted th e D-36 crew for the mid-season running of Wed -· nesday night racing Fremontstyle. Dan Heene y cu t a track wi th in a tra ck that will event ually encom pass a full tim e quarter-m ilewit h a big time TT tra ck as part of the threeeighths Im ile oval. Track manag er T erry Kni ss hopes to have TT racing later in th e year and even tuall y a Pro TT and maybe even a National someday. The 250cc Expert s had a rather large tu rn out and it was Scott Podergois , rece ntly turned Pro Expert, leading into th e first corner just in fron t o f Dave Caballero from the back ro w. Mike Arth ur got around th e Dirt Works Yam aha the next time around wi th Doug Chandler moving through th e p ack to ta ke second behind Podergois and the n make the big pass to run off with the win. Doug's commen t, " I reall y like the wa y that CR250 works." Podergois held on for th e second over Caballero and Arthur. Bill y Gonzales led off the 360cc Novice main as he usually does with Mark Steinke in close tow, but on the third lap, he got into a triple wheel wobble down th e front straight and Steinke slipped by as Gonzales saved a sure-looking crash. Mark went on to win big on the Bob Scally/Dick Steinke/SK Bultaco wi th Gonzales . surviving over Mark Corsetti. Matt Dunstan led off the 500cc Novice show wi th Ron Musseder in tight. Dave Lewis got inside Iowan the Red Racer Maico out of Cycle Center and led for three laps 'until Jack Winans put on the pressure and made a pass attempt stick at the checkered. Rich Kroske got in to the first turn of th e 500cc Junior main once again on the EDCO XR500 Honda but couldn't hold off the hard charge of Joe Martins, despite some good racing action. Randy Holycross and the West Bay Cycle TT500 also made a pass stick, chasing Martins to no avail. Chris Paulson led off the 500cc Expert show, but was q uickly replaced by Chandler's H onda and that was the name of tha t tune with Chandler much the same over Paulson in the King-of-the-Bay ra ce. Results PEEWEE: 1. Scott Corsett i (Yam); 2. Kristy Keyes (Suz); 3. Phil Fuentes (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Billy McKinney (Yam); 2. Scott .Eichelbaugh (Yam); 3 . Karl Matterson (Yam). 250JR: 1. Kurt Chand ler (Kaw); 2. Adam Sabedra (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Doug Chandler (Han); 2. Scott Podergois (Yam); 3. Dave Caballero (Yam): 360 NOV: 1. Mark Steinke (Bul); 2. Billy Gonzales (Yam); 3. Mark Corsetti (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Jack Winans (Yam); 2. Dave Lewis (Mai); 3. Matt Dunstan (Yam). 5OOJR: 1. Joe Martins (Hon); 2. Randy Holycross (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Doug Chandler (Hon); 2. Joe Flowers (Yam); 3. John Taylor (Mai). KING OF THE BAY: 1. Doug Chand ler (Hon); 2. Dave Caballero (Yam); 3. Kurt Chandler (Kaw ). Moon, Ittner f;lice at SIR RR By Bruce Scholten . SEATTLE, WA, JULY 18 " N 0 way is Sco tt Moon getting away with that again!" insisted Joel Ittner. A long time contender in 750cc Production, this year the Tacoma Kawasaki GPz750 rid er has a good poin ts lead, and no inclination to lose th e 1982 crown to any u p pi ty 550s. T oday's round was at Seattle Internat io nal Rac ewa y and the raci n g was great. Moon 's KZ550, which als o wo n 600cc Production , led la p one of th e combined 750cc and Open Prod uction heat. Wayne Tanner's Auro ra Suzuk i GS ll 00 soo n passed and stayed in front for th e O pe n win. Moo n con tinued first in the 750cc class, while Ittner dogged h im , co n fide nt for eventua l victory. It tn er tri ed to outbrake Moon into the down h ill hairpin, bu t a more cautious big bore rider cut him off. T he mo torcycles of Greg Froberg, Jeff Morrow, and Chris Phillips flashed past, and Moon was far ahead. Ittner cu t thro ugh traffic up the back chute, bu t much to his chagr in , he still trailed Moon at the checkered flag. Ittner wasted no time in heat two. Moon bogged down in the crowded esses, and trailed by 100 yards on lap three. Ittner widened the gap, finally tak ing first overall fro m his ri val. Ahead of them, good for first overall, Wayne Tanner took another Open Production win. Second honors went to Jeff Morrow. You never know who'll win Open Gran Prix Single (a class which now accomodates " rnu ltis" up to 125cc). Ralph javins trashed hi s MEl Yarnah.a twin in practice, and Mike Condit left lots of oil in turn three when he crashed early in the race. Dan Haug beat Eldon Warren on the last lap, after Warren had led most of it ; both rode Yamaha 500s. Haug and Warren were nip and tuck again in heat two 'til Warren exited with an oil leak . Chris Myamoro (Patrice Pelton MTRl25 Honda) passed John Doyle's Ascot in the chicane, then filled in for MIA (missing in action) Warren, taking second overall. Aberdeen Suzuki 's Dale Zlock ran away from 35 other people in the 600cc Modified Production race, which was combined with 450cc Modified Production bikesvin two heats designed to drive lap scorers crazy. In the first race , Dave Roosevelt's Seca managed second ahead of Canadian Ken Breier's Abbotsford Kawasaki GPz. In heat two they raced fiercely, back and forth . On lap five Roosevelt zapped Breier with a spectacular inside pass toward the downhill, but Breier bit back in the chicane, winning second overall. Not too far behind, Wa yne Tanner won the 450cc Modified Productio n class, ahead of Larry Buc k. O ver $650 was up for grabs in the two money class es. Steve Dick and .Dal e Franklin too k home the biggest , slices in Superbike and Formula 2, respectively. The purse may be even larger a t S.I.R. on Augus t 29. • 33

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