Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

New Mexico -Co lo l'a d o-Wy oming -Mo n ta n a -'No l'th Dak o ta -South Da: Centra l Pipelin~ LOOK AT THAT! Intro ducing t he new MX Ca t T-shirt. ·Ava ila ble NOW. To ord er yours • . check o ut t he Cycle Ne w s Pro d uct Order Form o n the Dealer .Dire cto ry page. • Rick Orlando leads Keith Kiyota a nd Bruce Sass at the Cast le Rock RR . Kiyot a sli ps by Orl ando at Castle Rock RR FORMULA III: 1. Orlando ; 2. Kiyota; 3. Sass. FORMULAVII: 1. Kiyota; 2. Orlando ; 3. Kieffer . Bicek, Norfolk nail Sturgis MX By Joe Day By Bria n Georg e CASTLE ROCK, CO, JU L Y 25 STURGIS, SD, JULY 18 Talent showed up in full force for the Mountain Roadracing Association 's sixth race of the seaso n. Between Na tiona ls, In the three Pro classes of the a ft er n o o n Rushmore Cycle Club's motocross, Perry Bicek (H on) scored a 1-2 moto tally Keith Kiyo ta, of K&K Racing, put on a display of riding a bil ity seldom . seen in club level racing, Formula One and Two were Kiyota's sh owcases. From a field of 24 entries, Keith , on his T Z250, worked . his way up from sixth p lace to third in th ree la ps. O nce in th ird pl ace , Kiyota had to cope with Rick Orlando, Dr . Da ve Kieffer and Bruce Sass, the favorites in this event. Rick Orlando 's domination was consta ntly ch allenged. Kiyo ta, Kieffer an d Sass tossed seco nd a ro u nd for seven la ps; it was anybody 's bet. Kiyo ta had worked sol idl y into second place and followed O rlando by inches through th e sweeper onto the straightawa y. Executing a perfect exa m p le o f slips treaming, Kiyo ta poured on the gas and di p ped under Orlando to win by a wheel. Kieffer, of Rough Stock Racin g, held th ird on O h is built KZIOO ; Bruce Sass was a tigh t fourth on his Ya maha th u mper. In Formula III, dependa ble TZ250 action was in terru p ted by Sass , aga in on the thum pe r. H is early lead wa s bested by Kiyo ta who led Orlando for th e bulk of th e race. O rlando kept u p his challenge until th e end and passed Kiyo ta for the checkered fla g. Sa ss took third. Kawasaki flexed its m uscle in O pen Superbike. When th e gree n fla g dro p ped, Ed Flemin g's G Pz750 was pursued by Norm Meyer's G Pz550, Ke iffer 's 1000 an d Orl a n do ' s RD3 50LC. Kieffer moved ahead of Meyer and Orlando . Mark Smith , mo u n ted o n the Wo od y's W heel W o r ks CB 750F , followed Kieffer arou nd O rlando. Smith co u ldn 't pass Flemi ng, and the crowd wa tched as the flag saw Kieffer, Flemin g , Smith and Orlando . Wa tch for th ese names all season. for the overall win in th e Open Pros , while Da ve Molder blasted a 2-1 day fo r th e w in in the 250s.1n th e 125s, Ben Norfolk roosted to a 1-2 score as well for his overall laurels. In the first moto of the I 25ccPros; Norfolk holeshot, and proceeded to pull away immediately. Behind, Mike Friend, Todd G ikling .. Billy Stork and Doug Wilson swapped positions, before Friend took firm control of secon d and left Gikling to hold off Stork. Soon, Stork slipped past, but by this time Norfolk and Friend had a tremendous lead. Then Stork, in his bid to stay ahade of Gikling, dropped his YZon the third lap , and remounted behind a hard -chargi n g Lee Vern Berry , who was n ow h o t on Gikling's fender. Stork immediately got by Berry, but it too k him two more laps before he could slip by Gikling. Once this was a cco m p lished, however, Norfolk and Friend were too far ahead for Stork to make a bid for the runnerup slot and Stork had to settle for third. . In round two, it was Stork wi th the h ol eshot and early lead , as Norfolk pulled into second a head of Doug Wilson, Curt H yde, Friend , Gikling , and Berry . Stork took total control of the moto, as . Norfolk rode a close, cautious, second . When the pack headed down from the top section and into the sweepin g ri ght turn, Friend blasted th ro ugh the berm an d off the track, then- hopped off his H onda to peer down at a flat rea r tire. Gikling, on the other hand, had his work cut out, working past H yde and then Wilson before confortably taking over the third slo t. At the wire, it was Stork, Norfolk and Gikling, followed by Wilson and H yde. • Results BEG: 1. Jeff Roman; 2. David W il son; 3. Dan Turner. COLORAD O CLA SS: 1. Sass;. 2. Blakley; 3. Descherma ier. 450 PROD: t . Orlando; 2. Smith ; 3. Kiyota. 555 PROD: 1. Meyer; 2. Amundson; 3. Roddy. 860 PROD: r . Smith; 2. Fleming; 3. Orlando. OPEN PROD: , . Fleming ; 2. Smith; 3. Orlando. 450 SUPERB IKE: 1. Orlando ; 2. Gray; 3. Piz. 555 SUPERBIKE: i . Sass; 2. Smit h: 3. Gray. OPEN SUPERBIKE: r . Kieffer; 2. Fleming; 3. Smith. Results 125 PRO: 1. Ben Norfolk (Yam); 2. Bill y Stork (Yam); 3. Todd Gilding (Yam). 250 PRO: t . Dave Molder (Han); 2. Bill y Stork (yam): 3. 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