Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-eNoRTHERNheDAT'ELiNEa.h;ng,on-'daho-u,ah-Aaska-canada-Nonhern Californ;a-Nonhern NevadaOregon-Wa.hlngton-ldaho-U,ah-Ala. . , ~ Gary Bonds leads Joe MacKenzie 'a t the Mt. View Old Timers National. 38 built up a considerable lead, continued on to the Open class victory. The 250cc bikes seem to get around the Ridge Runners course the best, taking the overall in all but one of the marathons this year, so the fight for 'the trophy has developed into a battle , between two teams, Keller/Pennington against Brumit/Hardman. Both teams are closely matched, finishing each of the marathons within seconds of the other after two hours of hard riding. Keller/Pennington hold, the edge with three out of four races to their credit, but today the trophy went to their closest competitors, Brumit/Hardman. . Brumit/Hardman took the lead off the starting line while Keller and Pennington took a couple of laps to play catch up. Lone rider Rich Smith (Han ) grabbed the lead on the second lap, but was overtaken a couple laps later by the Keller/Pennington team , who took over the lead on the fifth, time around the two-mile course. Smith dropped to second, with Brumit/Hardman in third. Smith rode well against the two teams , eventaking the lead again when the others stopped for gas and rider changes, but shortly after the halfway point Smith dropped out with mechanical problems. This left the two teams to battle it out and the race continued with Keller/Pennington holding the lead and Brumit/Harman staying only seconds behind the m. As it turned out, the Keller/Pennington team crossed the finish lin e a few feet ahead of Brumit and H ardman and were convinced they had their fourth win until the results came out. Racing is more then going fast and that is esp ecially true in a marathon. During the two hours of hard racing, the riders must also make near perfect pit stops, keep their signals straight with their teammate, follow a strategy which they've devised before the race and follow the directions on the track its elf. T h is last item was the undoing .of th e Keller/Pennington team. As the riders come around to the checkstands at th e end of each lap, they must enter a gate designated for their class , so the scorers can mark them down in the right order. As it 'tu rned out, the scorers showed the Keller/Pennington team had gone through the Open class gate on th e first two laps of th e race and, according to the rules, those two laps weren 't scored for that team. . It was a tough break, but ~ t was the same type of error that got them the win at the last marathon when one of the Brumit/Hardman team slowed down to look back for the checkered flag a n d was p assed on the fInal lap. It is really a credit to Keller and Pen'. nington though , that th ey could be docked two laps and still come out in ' second place. Results OT: 1. Bob Chr istensen (Ma i); 2. J im Armada (Mai) ; 3. Rich Lakely (Han). VET: 1. Bob Bowers (Ma il; 2. Tom Barry (Suz); 3. Scot Davis (Mai) . . 125: 1. Tom Dalziel (Yam); 2. Brian Bowen (Yam); 3. Roger Lollar (yam) . 250 : 1. Mike Brumit/KellY Hardman (Hon); 2. Scott Keller/Greg Penn ington (Hon); 3 . Dennis Stapleton (Yaml. OPEN: 1. Gary Rabe (Mai); 2. Eric Von Urff (Yam); 3. Tim Alarcon (Yaml. ' White masters Oregon OT National By Jan New ma n SANDY, OR, AUG. 14-15 Washington's Bob White topped off a 3-2-7 record on Saturday with three wins today to take the Masters win at the Oregon Old Timers 10th Annual National motocross at Mt, View. Riders from all seven OT Chapters were on hand to help celebratethis m,ilestone as Oregon earned the team Win . Saturday's Mast er class wins went to Bill Cook (OR) and Gordy Ochs (W A), both riding in their first OT "Na tiona l competition. Cook took two win s, but his third mota bail- off da maged both h is ribs an d his Ma ico . H e didn 't return today. O chs took the th ird mQ!o win; but p rior commitments kept him out of today's racing also, so White took complete ch arge; Joe MacKenzie (WA) finished second an d G ary Bonds (O R) third. T he Expert win went to Jim Lamkin (O R) after a couple of super comefrom -behind rides; H e was really p umped in his first mota, .when he ca me from dead last to win; a last-tofifth mota today helped keep him on top. Phil Frisbie (Sie ) held consistently in th e top five for second, just ahead of teammate Jack Coulombe. Gary Chase (WA) lost his bid for the I win in the first mota; he was running . secon d when he dipped something . that sent th e rear wheel over his head, resulting in a sp ectacular endo , in front of everyone. Even though the bike sm ac ked him into the ground, h e was able to finish in 20th place. T his last fin ish, alon g with three wins and two seconds, dropped Chase to fourth. Ji m New ma n (O R ) edged J ohn Sem mler (WA) by one point for th e Amateu r A wi n aft er the track was reve rsed to h is favori te directi on on Su nday . Sonny Neff (O R) was third. Ama teur B wen t to Len Edward (BC), fo llowed by Oregon ri de rs Norm DuVall and Nat e House. Dick G raha m (WA), Larry Rob ert s (NV) and J err y H iersche (O R) battled it ou t in th e No vice A division, wh ile Dennis Pangborne (Sie) polish ed off th e No vice B with three wins tod ay. . Mike Nich ol s a n d Gl en Finneran of Washington Chapter took second a nd third. A DNF due to a broken brak e rod, cos t Los Angeles ' Alan Ol son th e win in th e O ver th e Hill \Gang A class; Ron Long (OR) inheri ted th e honors. Ol son was second and Fred Wright (WA) th ird. Chuck Goodrich (O R) scored a perfect six wi ns for the OTHG B title . J eff Ch ik usa a n d Mike Doherty took seco nd an d third for Washington Chapter. R ic Sh epard (WA) inverted Goodrich 's swee p a nd became th e on ly rider in th is group to fail to , complete a ll six motos. Wash in gton Chapter nabbed all three top OTHG C spots as Ron ni e " Kem p coasted through the fin al race to top Cha rles Margha m a nd Mike Marsha ll. Results MASTERS : 1. Bob Wh ite (WA ); 2. Joe Mac Kenzie (WA ); 3. Gary Bonds (OR). EX: 1. J im Lamkin (OR); 2. Philip Frisbie (Sie); 3. Jack Coulombe (Sie). A M A : 1. J im Newman (OR); 2. John Semmler (WA); 3. Sonny Neff (OR). AM B: 1. Len Edwards (BC); 2. Norm DuVall (OR); 3. Nate House (ORI. NOV A : 1. Dick Graham (WA ); 2. Larry Roberts (NV); 3 . Jerry Hlersche (OR). NOV B: 1. Denn is Pangburn (Sie); 2. M ike Nichols (WA ); 3 . Glen Finnerin (WA ). OTHG A : 1. Ron Long (OR); 2. Alan Olson (LA); 3. Fred Wr ight (WA). OTHG B: 1. Chuck Goodr ich (OR); 2. J eff Chikusa . (WA); 3. M ike Doherty (WA ). . OTHG C: 1. Ronn ie Kemp (WA) ; 2. Charles Margham (WA ); 3. Mike Marshall (WA). MIN I: 1. David Walton (BC); 2. Kurt Irwi n (BC); 3. Tyler Wadd ington (OR). PP: t . Lisa Kemp (WA); 2. Jody Aker s (WA ). '25 SUPPORT: 1. M ike Hausk ins (OR); 2. Steve Hiersc he (OR); 3 . David Montgoemry (Sie). 250/0PEN SUPPORT: 1. Rick Burgett (OR); 2. Barne y Newman (OR); 3 . Ron Myers (OR). Hurst, McCullough clash at Castle RockTT By Clay Light CASTLE ROCK, WA, AUG. 21 Brad Hurst{Blomfeldt /Panther Racing/Out Fron t Number Plates/Tri LTD) and fellow Oregonian Thomas McCullough ( L o u Kinish /Out Front Number Plates /Bel-Ra y /Bell Helrnets/Tri ) put on a spectacular display of TT riding skills, Hurst again coming from behind to tak e the Expert win to totally dominate the weekend. Californian Steve Kar sten (H-D West ) took the Junior class win with a good sized lead and, if yo u haven 't guessed it , Dan Bennett (BelRay / N-D/KRW/ H on ) also swept th e weekend in his Novice heats, dashes and mains. . The Junior main event was also led by a runaway winner; who was on the only Harley-Davidson in the pack of nine finalists . Karsten clo bbered them in fine style to lead, with hot local-rider Don Gore (Jiffy Marti Yam ) there to give him an early run , followed by Travis Babcock (H a n) and Susan Word (Gra nts Pass Suz ). Karsten motored away from everybody to state hi s claim early in th e event an d by the half he had a comfortabl e lead . Karsten , Gore a nd Don Wilson (Ya m) now fill ed ou t th e 1-2-3 spots, with Babcock in fourth and Word h aving problem s. Wo rd faded back and open ed the door for Ron Adam s (Ada ms Cycle Suppl y/Tri) to move up. Karsten had it in th e bag wit h a lap to go and went all the wa y to the chec kered flag Jar a win. Gore h eld on to seco nd , wh ich was his best ride of th e season , third went to Wilson, who h eld off advances of Babcock a nd Adams , who finished fourt h a nti . . fifth , respectively.. Thomas 'the ch ai nsa w' McC u l-" laugh p ut h is Lou Kinish Triu m ph int o the lead immediately at the Exper t green light, with teammate Do n Dodge (Lo u Kinish / Ara i/Out Fro nt Number Plates/Tri ) right there to ch all enge. It was a Triumph 1-2 punch a nd a lap later Hurst mad e it 1-2-3. Hurst moved by Dodge on la p th ree to sett le in to seco nd behi n d McCullough, who made it more than apparent that he is back on form and wanting nothing mor e th an a win before the end of th e sea son. By the half, the order read McCullough , Hurst a n d McDaniel , wh o got off th e l in e poo r ly, bu t motored m a d ly th rough th e traffi c to sna p th ird away fro m Dodge, wh o wou ld later go DN F. Fran k Word III (Electro West/ York H on /R&B H -D/Simpson/Scott USA / Out Front Number P lat es) wa s on the prow l, bu t co uld do little at ta king the spot away fro m M cDan ~ iel' s 500 single. By lap II , thi n gs were incredi bly close between McCullou gh and Hurst, who ended up fighting for another ' lap . Hurst wou ld close in on th e dog leg sect ion, but after that McC u llough would open his black 750 up a nd fly a way. H u rst go t by with two laps to go and too k it a ll th e wa y to h ome base, wi th McC u lloug h no more than inc hes behind for second p la ce p ayoff. Third wen t to McDa n iel foll owed by Wo rd, Jeff Campbell (Eli te/ H a rry Lill ie/ Si mpson / Out Fr o n t Nu mb er P lates/M ounta in Sprin gwat er/Ya m ) and Eric Swan so n (Tri). Resu lts NOV: 1. Danny Bennett (Han); 2. Gary Tru ll (Kaw); 3. Jeff Harsha (Yam); 4. Vince Gildner (Hon); 5. Ryan Fisher (Yam); 6. M ike Huffman (Han); 7. Dan Cordell (Yam); 8. Don Dr iggs (C-A); 9. Ken Gray ' (Yam); 10. Scott Annis (Kaw ). JR: 1. Steve Karsten (H· D); 2. Don Gore (Yam); 3. Don W ilson (Yam); 4. Travis Babcock (Han); 5. Ron Adams (Tri); 6. Steve Vaslauskas (Yam); 7 . Bruce Russell (Tri); 8. 21 Z; 9. Susan Word (Suz]. EX: 1. Brad Hurst (Tri); 2. Thomas McCullough (Tri); 3. Jeff McDaniel (C-A); 4. Frank Word III (H-D); 5. Jeff Campbell (Yam); 6. Eric Swanson (Tri); 7. Pete Simonson (Yarn] : 8. M ike Sullivan (Yam); "9. Mark Legarra (H-D); 10. Don Dodge (Tri). TROPHY DASHES NOV: 1. Danny Bennett (Hon].

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