Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

nada- Northern Calif orn ia-Northern Nevada-Oreg on-Washington-Idaho-Ut ah-A I JR: 1. Steve Karst en (H-D). EX: 1. Brad Hurst (Tri). Key, Hill t ake Lodi Series finale By Marty S cott r.onr, CA, AUG. 21 Mark Key and Aaron Hill took the 250cc and 500cc Expert wins, .respectively, in the fina l race of the Lodi Shor.t Track Series ton igh t. Litt le Ma tt Wait got th in gs started with the Pee Wee win and J o h n n y McG ill followed with the 80cc Novice wi n in fin e fashi o n ov e r Bi lly McCleary . Shad Johnso n once agai n was th e 125cc Nov ice winner, so look for th is kid on a 250 a nd a move to th e J u n ior class in the not too distant fu ture. Second was Dan Feldhaus over former mini bi ker Kevin Bricker. .Scott Eich elba ugh took h is first o f two wi ns for the night in the 250cc Novice class over Ri ck Lovitt who return ed fro m a nasty heat ra ce crash to take a close second. The 250cc Junior class was a cruise for Randy Fish er who led wire to · wire, ta kin g the win by a wide ma rgin over Steve Fish er and a deter mined Ada m Sabedra, w ho h a d wor ked fro m last to th ird. Mark Key p u lled a super holeshot ahead of th e 250cc Experts an d cru ised home for th e win, setting a super pace lap aft er lap on his crisp ru n ning Yamaha . Chris Carr, on the Jorgy' s Can-Am , was seco nd, th us clinch in g the 250cc and Ove rall hi gh p oi nt awards for the seri es; Team H onda' s Dou g Chandler was third wi th Bru ce Joh nson fourth. Eichel baugh followed wi th h is second win of th e night over Ken J ernigan in the 500cc No vice class. Joe Martins contin ued to domin a te th e 500cc Juniors and Roger Ham ilt on was second. Bob McDo n n ell led the 500cc Experts u p to th e fourth lap, wh en a nasty cra sh brough t out th e red flag. O n the restart, it was all Aaro n H ill on hi s Malott 's of Manteca H o nda. Hill took th e win over McDonnell and Mike H ayward , also ta king th e series h igh-point for the class a nd second in th e overall high-p oint. Result s PEE WEE: 1. Matt Wa it (Suz). SONOV: 1. Joh nny McG ill (Yam); 2. Billy Mc Cleary (Suz). 125-200 NOV: 1. Shad Johnson (Yam); 2. Dan P. Feldhaus (Yam); 3. Kevin Bricker (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Scott Eichelbaugh (Yam); 2. Rick Lovitt (H· D). 250 J R: 1. Randy fisher (Yam); 2. Steven Fisch er (C·A); 3. Adam Sabedra J r. (Yam). 25 0 EX: 1. Mark Key (Yam); 2. Chris Carr (C· A); 3. . Doug Chandler (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Scott Eichelbaugh (Yam); 2. Kenneth L Jernigan (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Joe Ma rt ins (Han ); 2. Roger Hamil to n (Suz). 500 EX: 1. Aar on Hill (Han); 2. Robert M cDonnell (Han); 3. M ichae l Hayward (Yam). Hurst, Green,' Bennett, replay at Sidewinders TT By Clay Lig ht CL ACKAMAS, OR, AUG. 20 Brad Hurst (Blomfeldt/Panther Frames/KRW/ Woodland H on/ O u t Front Nu m ber Plates/Triu mp h LTD ) co p ped a win on his 750 in th e Ex pe rt class after a come-fro m-beh ind rally to ta ke th e ch eckered flag and first-p lace p ayo ff, wh ile Randy G reen (America n H on/ Pa nt her Frames/N -D/ Bel-Ray/Simpson ) led a ll the wa y in Junior racin g. Another no-surp rise, Den n y Bemlett ( N -D/ Bel -R a y/ KR W./ O u t Front Number P la tes/He n ) did the same in a red -fla gged Novice main even t. The Novice main had Ben nett, who by the way has more than enough points to go J u ni or, pull away on la p one followed, and I mean distantly, by Gary Trull (Longview Kaw ) and Jeff H arsha (Med ford Yam). All three pulled away, but Ben n ett did the most ,da mage to the class, putting a gap between the d uo until a pile up occurred, resulting in a red -flagged event, which meant a restart. On the staggered restart, Bennett kept his usual position, but riders ' were . spaced 10 feet a part, giving Trull and H arsh a a better view of Ben n ett. Bennett motored away unmercifully on th e 12 rider field to go for a killing, again, ove r second place Trull, who staged a duel with Harsha, who ended u p in third. Fourth went to Da n Cordell (Yam), who settled into the spot after fighting off Ken Gray (Ya m ), who was fifth . Well now, with things looking much the same in Novice, wh y change things? Green took the holeshot honors to lea d Steve Karsten (H -D West) , Scott Miller (Trak Tak/Tri) an d Jeff Harnden (Out Front Number Plates/Hon), who entered turn one four abreast. Bu t after turn one, it was a whole other story. Green gave them a very distant view of himself, lea ving the racing up to Karsten and Miller, who were KO ing themselves silly over the ru n ner-up spot , which is as good as a wi n with a ru naway like Green. Susan Word (R&B H -D/ G rants Pass Suzuki/ Suz) and Mike Kearney (Yam) made up the bat tle that was erupting for fo urth . Wi th a la p to go, it was Green a nd Karsten , who were holding off Miller. Karsten kep t the handle on thin gs for second, Miller was third and H arnden fourth were ahead of Susan Wo rd. Experts ran 15 la ps a nd their race was by far the most exciting of the mains. J eff Campbell (E lite/Out Front Number Plates/Simpson/ H arry Lillie/ Boss Frames/Mountain Springwater/Yam ) stun ned the field with a devastating holeshot over Jeff Mc Daniel (York/ H on/ Si mpson/C-A) who, by the way, was sto ked after fin ishing 12th at Peoria 's National TT and was looking for a win. Word-thethird fo llowed beh in d, lead ing Charlie Barkma n (York Hon / Si m pso n / Oilzall) , who was Expert heat winner and wa s also h ungry for a win. Hurst started mid-pack a nd by the half, had come up to challenge Word successfully. Ca m pbell padded his lead as he pulled away, wh ile Hurst moved into second, fo llowe d b y Ba r k m a n , McDaniel and Word, who had experienced problems and dropped ' to fifth . With a lap to go, H urst made his move and surprised Campbell going down th e long down hill to snatch the lea d away and tak e the win. .T hird went to Ba rk ma n with McDaniel fou rt h an d Word fifth ; another National n u mber sweep! _ Result s NOV: 1. Danny Bennett (Han); 2. Gary Trull (Kaw); 3. Jeff Hars ha (Yam); 4 . Dan Cordell (Yam); 5. Ken Gray (Yam); 6. M ike Oglesbee (Kaw); 7. Ryan Fisher (Yam); B. Steven Liebr ant (Kaw); 9. Danny Cain (Yam); 10. Don Driggs (C·A ). JR: 1. Randy Green (Han); 2. Steve Karste n (H· D); 3. Scott Miller (Tri); 4. Je ff Harn den (Han); 5 . Susan W ord (Suz); 6. M ike Kearney (Yam); 7. Don W ilson (Yam); 8. Don Gore (Yam); 9. Steve Vaslauskas (Yam); 10. Bruce Russell (Tri). EX: 1. Brad Hurst (Tri); 2. Jeff Campbell (Yam); 3 . Brett Barkman (Han); 4 . 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