Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

lana -No rth Dakota -South Dakota-Nebr..ka ~Kaa.a.-Oldahoma;'Texa.- Ne. Mexic:o-Colorado-Wyomiag-Moataaa-Norih Dakota -South Duot field open th e th e rest of the very capa ble MRA riders. Actio n began hot and heavy in th e Beginners race . From front row positio ns, Bob Quijano (Seca 550), Allen Rohr (Seca 550) and Da n Turner (Yam 500) set a pace few ot hers could match. Quija no led Rohr and Turner from th e start. Rohr made bid after bid to tak e first away fro m Q uijano and finally succeeded o n lap seven. Never more than th ree-seconds back, T u rner wa tched as Quijano repassed Rohr and made it stick for the th ree laps to the checkered flag. Jim Forington rode well to take fourth. The Open P rod uction race was anybody's guess from the word go. The grid included Norm Meyer, Last year' s number one rider, R ick O rlando, nu m ber two, Ed Fleming, number ten and Mike Ma ngham. Meyer grabbed th e holesh ot fo llowed _by Orlando, Fleming and Ma ngham. Meyer's lead lasted two lap s as Orlando , on a GS 750, outrnotored Meyer's GPz750 and Mangham 's GS I IOO got by Meyer. T he battle for second p la ce boiled over as Mangam squeezed by Fleming on the white fla g lap. Orlando led th e pack by fou r seconds to take the wi n . Mangham and Fleming took second and third. Meyer's fourth p lace was fo llowed by Kei th Rholl 's fifth. Results BEG: 1. Bob Quijano; 2. Allen Rohr; 3. Dan Turn er. 450 PRO: 1. Rick Orlando; 2. Scott Elledge; 3 . Norm Me yer . COLORADO CLASS : 1. Dave Desch ermai er; 2. Mi ke Blakley; 3. Don M edina. 550 PRO: 1. Rick Orlando; 2. Norm Meyer; 3 . Dave Deschermaier. B50 PRO: 1. Rick Orlando; 2. Ed Flem ing; 3. Keit h Roll. OPEN PRO: 1. Rick Orla ndo; 2. Mike Ma ngham; 3. Ed Flemi ng. 460 SUPERBIKE: 1. Dave Desch ermaier; 2. Gary Am undson; 3. Rick Orlando. 550 SUPERBIKE: 1. M ike Cameron ; 2. Brian An derson; 3. Norm Meyer. B50 SUPERBIKE: 1. M ike Cameron; 2. Brian An derson; 3. Bruce Gibso n. FORMU LA III: 1. M ichael Cameron; 2. Rick Orla ndo; 3. Dave Deschermaier. FORMULA 1111: 1. M ichael cameron; 2. Bruce Gibson; 3. M ike Mangham. Boston bom bs Race Place Pros By Sharon Jones CHA PMAN , KS, AUG. 7 One hun dred and five riders were present for the first day of th e two -day race at Ka nsas' Race Pl ace II . R iders were treated to a cool north wind a nd a well soaked track courtesy o f th e Race Place crew. Large ber m s an d min imal d ust were the welcome results of the crew 's prepara tion . The first race of the day started with Ton y R eyno lds ta kin g th e Enduro class by storm on his DR Suzu ki. In mota two, Reynolds DNF to give Randy Jones a first overall wi th a 2-1 finish. Jim H oover, from Eud ora, KS, took his Yam aha to a perfect I- I sweep in th e I25cc J unior class . Randy Bayless cruised in with a 3-2 fini sh for a respecta ble second overall. Mike Boston cam e do wn from Crete, NB, to domina te the 125cc Expert class wi th a co nvincing I-I finish. Tony Reynolds, of Emporia , had a close race with Bobb y Lowman, in rnoto one, o nl y to ha ve Lowman brea k his frame in mota two. Reynolds finish ed second to coll ect th e second overall mo ney. Steve Grun fro m G ladstone, MO , ca me to sharpen up for the Black Jack Enduro cir cu it. G ru n ro de h is McBrann Cycle Sh ed Ca n- Am to first in mota one of th e 250cc Novice cla ss, but only managed a third in mo ta two, gi ving Ross McCl ell an the overall with his 2-1 finish. Mik e Boston sped aw ay with a I-I fin ish in th e 250cc Expert class , leaving Brad Jones and Tony Reyn old to battle it out for seco nd . At the checkered flag , it was Jones' H onda edging out Reyno ld 's RM for the second place cash. R ichard Crawford blasted to a I-I finish on his H orizon 's Honda for a convincing win in the Open Juniors. Bruce Staples made for some quick lap times, win ni ng bo th Open Expert motos on his R M465. Brad Jones brought his H or izon 's 480 in for a solid second place. Results MINI JR: 1. But ch Me ff ord; 2. Don Hickey; 3. Charl es Youn g. MIN I NOV: 1. Joel Naverth; 2. Alan Summers; 3. Rhonda Joh nston. MINI EX: 1. Brian Carlson; 2. Scott Backman ; 3. Jaran Cox. M INI OPEN: 1. M arty Tarrant; 2. Butch Mefford. MI NI M INI: 1. Jackson Ivestor; 2. Joel Me yer; 3. Chad Mercer . JR CYCLE: 1. Jason Hoover; 2. Shane Bair; 3. Jayme Cunn in gham . OVER 30 : 1. Steve Coff man; 2. J im Harwick; 3 . Gary Dick ie . ENDURO: 1. Randy Jones; 2. Steve Grun; 3 . Quento n Rumba ugh. 125 NOV: 1. Tony Billa m; 2. Mark Devlin; 3. Randy Rhlme ier. 125 J R: 1. Jim Hoover; 2. Randy Bayless; 3. Troy M attheyer. 125 EX: 1. Mike Boston; 2. Tony Renolds ; 3. Bobby Lowman . 2 50 NOV: 1. Ross McCellan; 2. Steve Grun ; 3. Daryl Davis. 250 J R: 1. M ike O'Shea; 2. Rich Crawford; 3. Dale Schmick. 250 EX: 1. Mi ke Boston; 2. Brad Jones; 3. Tony Reynolds. OPEN JR: 1. Rich Crawford; 2. Randy Jones; 3. Steve Ma tt heyer. OPEN EX: 1. Bruce Staples; 2. Brad Jones; 3. Jay Horn . Herndon triples, Clarkson doubles at Hillside. By Charle s E. Bishop BOYD , TX, AUG. 7 Bill Herndon took time out from the AMA Winston P ro circuit to return to Mike Kidd' s Hillside Raceway to give lessons in " G o-Fast" to all the racers in the 250cc and O pen P ro short track even ts and the Open P ro TT event. Jeff Clarkson watched intently and applied the sa me amount of twist to the throttle to chal k up two wins in th e Open Amateur class of th e short track and TT. In both the 250 and Open short track events, Bill Herndon jumped out front to let the rest of the pack " follow th e leader." Although neve r headed in either race , Bill had Duane Duvall , Ross Du ncan and Rusty Pattillo to contend with for six laps. Bill had to hang it all out, fly into the turns, drop the motorcycle on its side, anchor th e handlebars into th e dirt and slide into, through and o u t of the turns at 70 miles per hour. After several laps of this, th e rest of th e pack decided they would battle for second and third places instead. J eff Clarkson didn 't have it quite so easy. In the O pen Amateur TT heat, Jeff had to chase Mike J ay and his Yamaha around th e track, never having quite the horsepower to pass, but just enough to sta y even. The Open Amateur TT fin al a p peared to be a replay of th e heat. At the endof the first lap, before com ing onto th e main straight, Jeff got under Mike and the pair came do wn the straight side by side. However , J ay wasn 't being faked out, the duo race d whee l to w heel and shoulder to shoulder for th e entire six la ps o f the final. Clarkson finally edged out Jay Bill Herndon get his Honda down at Hillside Racewa y. in th e last two tu rns of the last lap to take th e checkered fla g first. The results were similar in the Open Amateur short track race with Clark son 's co m petition being Mike George on a Yamaha. Racing between these two co m batants was equally as furious for five laps with Clarkson gt:tting by on the las t lap to take the WIn. Results SHORT TRACK 60: 1. Greg Teague (Yam); 2. Clayt on Hull (Yam); 3 . Scott W ill iam s (Yam). SO JR : 1. Clayton Hull (Han). SOSR: 1. Trace Polson (Yaml; 2. M ike Hale (Yam); 3. Shane Jolly (Yam). 12 5 AM : 1. M ike Hale (Yam); 2. W ill ie McCoy (Yam). 250 A M : 1. Todd Hass (Bul); 2. Rocky Frenc h (Han); 3 . Ray Priestley (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Sill Hern don (Han); 2. Duane Duvall (Han); 3 . Ross Duncan (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Jeff Clarkson [Hon] : 2. M ike George (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Sill Hern don (Han); 2. Ross Dun can (Yam); 3. Rusty Patt ill o (Han). IT 60 : 1. Zack Davis (Yam). SO: 1. Sha ne Jolly (Yam); 2. Kregg Sent ly (Kaw ); 3. Ma rk Rainwate r (Yam). 125: 1. Kell y Joh nson (Han); 2. Bob Haynes (Suz); 3. Alle n Powers (Yam). 250: 1. Dodd Dyson (Han); 2. Rocky French (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Charl ie Orr (Han); 2. Jack Beckham (Han); 3. Gary Kidd (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Jeff Clarkso n (Han); 2. M ike Jay (Yam); 3. John Neyland (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Bill Herndon (Han); 2. Rusty Pattillo (Han); 3. Charlie Orr (Han). Wilson hammers Amateurs at Suntana By Eric Raits SPRING VIL L E, UT, AU G . 6 Bu tch W i lso n conti n ued to . stym ie 250cc Amateu rs atSunlana tonight wi th two wins in as many moios, though he's lost the holeshot touch he had earlier in the season. Wilson trailed Russ Banks in to the first turn, then wheelied past Banks into the lead and stayed th ere in sp ite o f serious cha llenges by Lynn Hia tt and Gary Ames. Hiatt came close to Wilso n , then fell hard and Am es ran ou t o f time in the first mota. Mark Younkin went down in th e first turn and spent the race wo rk ing up to a fourth place finish, then grabbed the holeshot in th e second moto. Wilson started thi rd and q ui ckly passed Younkin and Banks for the win. Younkin took seco nd overall and Ban ks was third. Kenny U libarri tu ned up for th e two day CEMA mo tocross at P rice wit h a pair of easy wi ns in th e 125cc Expert class over steady Warren Lewis who had a couple of seconds. Speedy Roger Bra ith waite retu rn ed after tear- ing knee ligaments at Manning and finished third overa ll. " I co uld n ' t get in to see the doctor, but I guess th e kn ee is alrigh t." he said. . Dean Brook won two motos in 250cc Expert racing, the first easily, and then had to move through the pack fro m fif th to first in the last mo ta. Braithwaite led the second mota until a fall handed the wi n to Brook. Kur t Jensen wa s second and Jeff Barn es, newly promoted to Expert, took third. U nstop pable J im Quist teased the 125cc Amateu rs with a fall whi le leading but hi s margin was wi de en ough to keep first sp ot and win both motos. Brett Ro wl ey too k second and Craig Wa ym an was the survivor of a Wayman-Brett Wi lson dogfight for third. Vince Barn es and Brad Lewis fou ght fu riously all night long, swap p ing leads and wi n ning a mota a p iece. Barnes won the second and deciding race for th e overall win. Zeppelin Tittenson sna gged holeshots in both Min i races bu t couldn't maintain position and fell to th ird o verall behind Kell y Bird 's two wins and Chance Maughan 's twin seconds. Selby Bringh urst wo n two over Bro ok Beckstro m and Galen Clayson beat ou t Zach T'ittenson in l l- Under 80cc Amateu r and Novice classes respectively. Robert Long had two wins in 12-15 80cc Novice action whi le Sh awn Christensen earn ed second overall with a come-from-behind ride in the first mota. J arred Clayson fin ished thi rd. . Ch ris Dever overcame Sco tt Leinba ch 's holesh ots in O pen Novi ce act io n and won both motos for firs t p lace over consistent Randy Gray and his Su zu ki thumper. Lei n bach narro wly bea t out Spencer L unt for • third. Results ' M INI: 1. Kell y Bird (Suz); 2. Chance Maughan (Yam); 3. Zeppeli n Tittenson (Yam). 80 11· UNDER NOV: 1. Galen Clayso n (Yam); 2Zach Tittenson (yam). 80 11- UNDER AM : 1. Selby Bring hurst (Yam); 2. Brook Beckstrom (Yam). 80 12-1 5 NOV: 1. Robert Long (Yam); 2. Shawn Christen sen (Yam ); 3. Jarred Clayson (Yam). 80 12-15 AM: 1. Vin ce Barnes (Suz); 2. Brad Lew is (Yam); 3. Scott Keller (Yam). • 80 12- 15 EX: 1. Corky Maughan (Yam); 2. Casey Newberry (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Bryon Hatfield (Suz); 2. Andy Ottes en (Yam); 3. Bruce Bryant (Suz). 125 AM : 1. J im Quist (Yaml; 2. Bret Rowley (Yam); 3. Craig Wayman (Suz). 12 5 EX: 1. Kenn y Uliba rr i (Yam); 2. W arren Lewi s (Suz); 3 . Roger Braithw ait e (Suz). 25 0 NOV: 1. Gregg Jasperson (Yam); 2. Brett Gates (Han); 3 . Bill Olive r (Han). 250AM: 1. Butch W il son (Yam); 2. Mark Younkin (Kaw) ; 3. Russ Banks (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Dean Broo k (Han); 2. Kur t Jensen (Han); 3 . Jeff Barnes (Suz). NOV OPEN: 1. Chr is Dever (y am); 2. Randy Gray (Suz); 3. Scott Leinbach (Yam). 49

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