Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

n-W ashingt on-Idaho-Utah-A laska-Canada' Northern Cali f ornia-Northern Ne OPEN JR: 1. Sha un Smith (Han); 2. Stev e ZlIn one on); 3. Tom Quirk (Suz). Howard, Pinkstaff dominate PIR Road Race By Bruce Sc hlot en SEATTL E, WA, AUG. 1 Rhys H oward and Keith Pinkstaff threw monkey wren ches into the Sea ttle International Raceway machinery today. Anytime one,of these guys shows, a contest is ass ured. Randy Sk iver is not exactly a pushover. T he Bellevue Suzuki GS 1200 ri der he ld off Brut e Lind's TZ- Yamaha and Brian Sutton's University Honda to wi n the fast Formula I ra ce. Rhys Howard (also one of the new T eam Ham mer Endurance rid ers) DNF hea t one, but made some seaso n points with a second place fin ish in the next round. Aga in reassert ing his turf, Skiver led every lap of the Open Modified Production class , otherwise known a s Open Cafe. Pinkstaff took hi s O Wheelsp ort-spon sored GSll O to ' a credible second, followed by J oh n Brady's Z-l. Between th em , Howard and P inkstaff pretty much divided up what was left. GPz750 master Joel Ittner he ld the dreaded Scott Moon, who also won 600cc Production, at bay in 750cc Production . Nick Defago's Suzuki too k second, Chris Phillips th ird. Howard 's 15-6 finish garnered him o n ly a 10th, bu t the best was yet to come. This class was combined with O pen Prod uction and in bo th heats, Keith Pi nkstaff took the lead at the midpoint fro m us ua l victor Wayne Tanne r. They rode GSllOO s as did th ird pl ace Kevin Fra ser. Howard 's Seca won 600cc Modified Production , free and clear, both heats. Fellow British Columbian, Ken Brieir managed second ahead of Bruce Beha l, also on a GPz. Tanne r' s Mod ified GS450 took the season poin t lead from Richard Burn ham 's R D400. Dan Wood got second, a nd J ohn Johnso n is still very much in the point h unt with a th ird. Dan Haug feathered his season point lead wh en Chris Miya moto's MTR 125 holed a piston . Haug's big H onda single stayed ahead of Howar d Pin kstaff 's (Keith's father) Yamaha, and came alive wh en heat one winner, Eldon Warren DNS heat two. Mike Kenyo n is gettin real fast and m igh t take th e season cham pionsh ip fro m Da le Fran klin , wh o didn't finish heat o ne of th e Formula Two money race. H o ward is even faster; he be a t Kenyon, and even Na tional Sidecar Champ ion , Bruce Lind, who is no slouch on a TZ250 . Franklin dro pped out on lap four of the first hea t, bu t took second in heat two, leaving second overall to Rent on Y~ rnaha 's Mike Kenyon . Sutton's RSC900 took top m oney in the Superbik e race . Howard's Kawasaki DNS the first heat, but led every lap of the second. Sutton's heat one win and later second place gave hi m first overall, ahead of Claude and Mark Hislop. Result s OPEN GP: 1. Dan Haug (Han); 2. How ard Pinkstaff (Yam); 3 . J im Blake (Yam). 450 PROD: 1. Larry Buck (Han); 2. Dan Wood (Yam); 3. Chris Denzler (Yam). 600 PROD: 1. Scott Moo n (Kaw); 2. Bru ce Behal (Kaw ); 3. Mike Kenyo n (Yam). 750 PROD: 1. Jo el Ittner (Kaw); 2. Nick Delago (Suzl; 3. Chris Phill ips (Suz). • OPEN PROD: 1. Keit h Pinkstaff (Yam); 2. Wayne Tanner (Suz); 3. Kevin Fraser (Suz). FORM ULA 2: 1. Rhys Howard (Yam); 2. M ike Kenyon (Yam); 3. Bruce Und (Yam). B60 MOO PROD: 1. Doug Bont ragger (Han); 2. Lewis Harru ff (Due); 3. Greg Froberg (Han). FORMULA 1: 1. Randy Skiver (Suz); 2. Brian Sut ton (Han); 3. M ark Hisl op (Suz). 450 M OO PROD: 1. Wayne Tanner (Suz); 2. Dan Wood (Yam); 3. John Johnson (Yam). 600 MOD PROD: 1. Rhys Howard (Yam): 2. Ken Brieir (Kaw); 3. Bruce Behal (Kaw). 800 MOO PROD: 1. Doug Bontragger (Han); 2. Lewis Harruff (Due); 3. Greg Froberg (Han). OPEN MOOPROD: 1. Randy Skiver (Suz); 2. Keith Pinkstaff (Suz); 3. John Brady Kaw). ' SUPERBIKE: 1. Brian Sutt on (Han); 2. Claude Hislop (Han); 3. Mark Hislop (Suz). 'Cool Hand' Furrh hot at Little Okie By Beverly McCrory MADE RA, CA, J ULY 31 Wesley 'Cool Hand' Furrh won both 125cc Intermediate motos today at the CMC L i ttle Okie motocross in Madera, CA. The 60cc Pee Wee class was dominated by no-nonsense rider .Todd O 'Rear on a Yam aha, winning first in both motes. Second p lace rider John Culwell (Suz) h ung tight behind O 'Rear in the fir st rn o to but was unable to pass before O 'Rear made it to the checkered. The second moto found O 'Rear again 'leading the pack and he soon left the o th ers behind. Cu lwell and Rene Valles Jr. (Yam) were the two to watch this moto. Valles gave Culwell a good cat and mouse run up until the las t lap, whe n he decided Culwell wasn't going to be an easy task and fell back to hold h is p osition . O'Rear had clear sailing all the way to the checkered flag with Culwell coming in second, Valles third. The 125cc Int erm edia te class had Furrh leave no doubt about who deserved the first p lace trophy. It wasn't an easy task with Dan Hannah (Suz ) and J ohn Fram p ton (Suz) wanting the same tro phy. Furrh and Hannah p layed leap frog from the first rnoto, with Fra mp ton hoping for a mistake fro m one or both. The mistake didn 't come. Fu rr h came in first, Hannah second , Framp ton third. The second m o to Fu rrh was still th e one to beat. H e held tight the first place position un til the checkered flag. Positions changed for second and third place riders. Fra mp ton held second with Greg Anderson (Kaw) in third H annah also took a bad spill while trying to pa ss Anderson. Hannah fell to last, bu t was able to pas s three riders before the checkered flag and ended up fifth place. Furrh was first , Frampton second, and Anderson third. • T hat st a c k o f Cycle News piled over in' the corner c ou l d bec o me an attractive addition to your living r oom or t rophy shelf. All you need is our new, brigh t -red, top quality binder. Each one holds 25 issues of A m e r i ca's Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper. T h e y als o pro v ide a handy filing system when you n eed to refer bac k a few issues to an informative arti c l e , and t h ey're a positive statement abou t the spo r t you li k e best: Motorcycli ng. Result s 50 PEE W EE: 1. Bob Mc Pherson (Ita); 2. Chad Gould (Yam); 3. Ern ie Mo reno (Suz). 50 PEE WEE INT: 1. Rene Vlllles. Jr . (Suz). 60 PEE WEE: 1. Todd O'Rear (Yam l; 2. John Culwell (Suz); 3. Rene Vall es. J r. (Suz). 80 STK JR 9 -1 1: 1. M ike Quaschnick (Yam);' 2. Todd Pipes (Yam). 80 STK INT: 1. Steven Hunt er (Yam). 80 STK JR 12-16: 1. Doug Belcher (Suz); 2. Tony Hagrove (Yam); 3. J unior Richardson (Yam). 80 STK JR PLUS 12-1 6: 1. Rooster McCrory (Kaw). 80 STK INT 12-1 6: 1. Dean Matso n (Yam); 2. John Garcia (Yam); 3. Tyrone earl (Yam). 80 MOO JR: 1. Rooster McCrory (Kaw); 2. Ryan McKenney (Hon). 12 5 J R DIV 1: 1. Wayne Schott (Yam); 2. John Wilson (Yam); 3. Derek Nott (Yam). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Aar on Pipes (Suz); 2. M ike Ewers (Suz): 3. Tyr one earl (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Wesl ey Furrh (Han); 2. John Frampton (Suz); 3. Dan Hannah (Suz). 250 JR DIV 1: 1. David Deuser (Han); 2. Bob Barr on (Suz); 3. Roy McDowell (Han). 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Gregg Weeks (Han); 2. Tim Tartaglia (Han); 3. Mark M eadows (Yam). 250 1NT 1. Glenn Brummond (Suz); 2. Tim Wh ip: ple (Suz); 3 . Pat Sparks (Suz). OPEN J R: 1. Robert Hort on (Mai); 2. Terry Deegan (Yaml ; 3. Terry Adam s (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. Gary Wil son (Han). • VET JR: 1. Jo hn Cook (Mai); 2. Mark Meadows (Yam); 3. Loren Lowdermilk (Kaw). OT: 1. Ken Beasley (Yam); 2. John Was son (KTM). 125 PRO: 1. Derek Stand ridge (Han). Just fill o u t the order blank below, mail it to Cycle New s, a nd we'll ship you the Cycle News Produ ct that's bound to please. ._._._._._._._._._._._._._~._._._. I Please se nd me i~~;::~.~~i:'~~~'=~~~l I ,. I • I • I • I • N ame A d d r e ss City The Iss uer o f the car d id en .• I ,,~I ~~~~{~~~ ! 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