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Centra·1 Pipeline all victory as Ivey and H yde finished second and third, respectively. For the Opens it was almost no cont est. Olson grabbed the holeshot in both 500cc Pro motos and ran ' them wire to wire, while Mike Schurman worked h is way up for second in both rounds. Overall it was the same two , Olson, then Schurman. Results 125 PRO: 1. Mike Friend (Hon); 2. Shannon Ivey (Suz); 3. Curt Hyde (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Friend (Hon); .2. Dave Molder (Hon); 3. Billy Stork (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Kelly Olson (Hon); 2. Mike Schurman (Yam). Orlando, Sharp, Cameron win Aspen 6-Hour .Cameron (2) follows Bruce Gibson during the Aspen 6-Hour. Gikling, Stork, Olson grab Sioux Falls Fall Classic MX wins By Brian George SIOUX FALLS, SD, SEPT. 6 Round three of the South Dakota Fall Classic Motocross Series moved to Sioux Falls and the Sioux Valley Raceway ... ..42 . ~ on the final day of the Labor Day weekend, where another 100-riderplus .crowd gathered under overcast skies and chilly temperatures for an . excellent day of racing on a dust-free course; a luxury not afforded So Dak ,racers very often. Thanks to the efforts of the Sioux Valley Cycle club, the event came off without any hitches. Although Kell y Olson continued to dominate the Open ranks, the 125 and 250cc Pro points titles closed up considerably as Black Hills Yamaha, Yamaha-supported teammates Billy Stork and Todd G ikling posted overall victories at the end of the 'day; Stork's coming with a pair of moto wins in the 250ccaction, and Gikling's from two 125cc wins. First out of the gate in the opening 125cc Pro race was Todd Gikling, as Stork, Shannon Ivey and Curt H yde trailed. Stork an d Gikling set up a fierce fight for the front pos ition, and for two laps it wa s either rider's race , but a sligh t bobble put Stork down onto th e turf, and allowed G ikl ing to pull away. Ivey and H yde pulled up into the second and third slots, while Stork started dropping back farther and fart her off the pace with each lap. On the sixth go-around, Mike Friend, who started way back in the pack, began to pressure Hyde and Ivey for their positions, and quickly dispatched the two and set his sights on Gikling. Friend was too far behind at this point to mount any serious charge, and Gikling went on to win over Friend and Ivey, withStork finishing back an entire lap. Gikling grabbed the holeshot in round two and once again took his YZ out to a strong front-running position. Friend and Stork began their own battle for second on the first lap. which wound up going motolong. As Gikling rode consistently out front, Friend fought to hold off Stork the whole way, a task he successfully accomplished, but the fight for second kept either Friend or Stork from pulling up to Gikling. When the checkered flag came out, Gikling rolled across with the moto and overall win, followed by Friend, Stork and Ivey. · . . .. .,.. . ... Resultst . Todd Gikling (Yam); 2. Mike Friend 125 PRO; (Hon); 3. Shannon Ivey (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Billy Stork (Yam); 2. Dave Molder (Hon); 3. Mike Friend [Hon) , 500 PRO: 1. Kelly Olson (Hon). · d 01son, Frlen fastest at S D Fall Classic . By Joe Day Photo by John Phillips ASPEN, CO , AUG. 29 The weather was perfect for the ninth running of the Mountain Roadracing Association' s Aspen 6-Hour Endurance Roadrace. Saturday's practice and qualifying went off without a hitch. The pole position was nabbed by Team Neckbone 's Yam aha 500 with Rick Orlando at the wheel, with By Brian George what wasto be the fastest lap turned YANKTON, SD, SEPT. 5 all weekend. Thirty-eightteamscomSouth Dakota kicked 10 it's prised the final grid, all trying for the final motocross series of the $1,000 first place prize. , As is the case with endurance raeyear with the Fall Classic Motoing, many strategies were played out cross Series. Round two action during the six hours. There were teams which set a pace akin to sprint moved to Yanktown, in the Eastern half of the state, where roughly 100 racing, hitting the track hard and fast rig h t from the start. Others kept the riders were on hand to compete on gas on a medium setting, pacing the rough Yankton Scramblers-prepped course, that took more than it's themselves for the long road ahead. toll on both bikes and riders throughReaders of this col umn will recall out the afternoon. the names of Bruce Sass , Rick In the professional ranks, two ridOrlando, Bruce Gibson and Geoff Cesmat. These riders were to figure ers and one brand of bike were king of the entire field as Kelly Olson ripped during the opening hour of the race . Sass and Orlando seemed indifferthe Open riders with his big CR480, and Mike Friend roosted on the 125 ent to the length of the event and and 250cc categories on his Spearfich began a sprint race. These aces led the Honda mounts. Olson and Friend, first hour wheel to wheel. The leaders both Rapid City residents, had little - were tracked by Gibson, Cesmat, Piz, trouble completing their sweep as and Deschermaier. Olson won both of his motos and Time, fortune and fate ruled the Friend won three of his four rides. race , for the first two hours, when the In a heated 125cc Pro. first moto, weather played its trump card, and ' rain began to fall. Two acciden ts Black Hills Yamaha-sponsored Todd Gikling grabbed the holeshot, folthreatened the otherwise smooth action . In the far end of the course, lowed by teammate Bill y Stork, Shannon Ivey, and Mike Friend. On awild Rusty Sharp riding for T eam Neckbone, was unable to avoid a fallen first lap, Friend went down almost immediatel y in a se t o f double rider and crashed. This put the team whoops, and had to remount in last o u t for a painstaking 10 minutes. place. Up front, Gikling, who won T eam #121, Sass and Englund, took the opening round in Mitchell had advantage of the situation and corcontrol until the halfway mark ofthe nered .the first place position. opening circuit. Then his Yamaha While they enjoyed their lead, an seized and put him in permanent accident at the end of the straightspectator status for the rest of the day. away spilled a gallon of oil. The rain, This gave the lead to Stork, but in the the oil and the seriousness of the , final few corners of the same lap, his injury caused the race to be redYZ locked up as well, ending his flagged at the three-hour mark. moto, and as quick as they started, The remaining teams were quick three of the top four were ei ther well to take advantage of this unscheduled back, or out all together. Ivey rolled pit stop and began repairs which his Suzuki out in the lead with Wes would have otherwise been impossiTumey and Curt Hyde running twoble . The delay lasted 55 minutes. The three. The real action was going on rain stopped. The track dried. The behind, as Friend picked off riders, ambulance crew completed their almost at will, and by the fifth lap, he work, and the race was restarted with was the runner-up and dosing on three hours to go. Ivey.Beforethetriparoundwasover, Sharp was replaced by Cameron, Friend stuffed his Honda underneath the number one rider from the 1980 season. Orlando and cameron focused Ivey's RM, put up a beautiful block pass, and went out into the front their talents on winning the race. position. In the remaining laps, Sass and Englund suffered a blown Friend pulled out to a 15-second lead top end and withdrew from the race. over Ivey and Hyde. The final hours saw several teams Round two was all Friend. Friend drop out with motor problems, in.roosted off to an eas.y.moto and over: .•.. • •eluding bike number one, Me¥e~and • Deschermaie r. Out- of th e 38 starters, th e ch eckered flag saw 27 finishers. The sixth hour belonged to Orlando as he passed and repassed the teams vying for second, third, and fourth. Orlando's hard work paid off in the fin al standings. The trophies and the $3,500 purse were awarded, and the champagne flowed to mark the end of the best · racing the MRA had seen in the 1982 season. After all was said and done, Rick Orlando was overhead saying, " We had a lot of strategies, and we were destined to win it! " Results 1: Orlando. Sharp. Cameron (Yam 500) 308 laps; 2. Gibson, Fleider, Magnham (KZ 750) 306; 3. Piz, Glassnappe. Davidson (Yl 465) 303; 4 . Cesmat. Brownell (C-A 400) 302; 5. Turner. Stevenson. Turner (Katana 1000) 300; 6. Amundson. Kiyota (RD 400) 296 ; 7. Keiffer, Farrow (KZ1ooo) 296 ; 8. Willis, Enderle (GPz550) 290; 9. Anderson. Farmer (TT 500) 289. Braithwaite back on form at Suntana By Eric Raits SPRINGVILLE, UT, SEPT. 3 . Roger Braithwaite returned to early season form tonight and handily trounced the 125cc Experts at Suntana. Runner-up Warren Lewis managed to stay within a respectable distance of the leader, but never threatened, and the rest of the Experts were along ways back. Micke y Kirk supervised his five yearold son Josie's debut in racing- both garnered third place finishes. Dean Brook led the 250cc Experts with two wins and Kelly Smith did the same to the Open Experts. Steven Hatch and Zach Tittenson won a moto apiece in 80cc Amateur action; Hatch took first overall by virtue of a two-rider pass just before the flag to sink Tittenson's hopes for a win. Corky Maughan dominated the 80cc Expert class, winning two in spite of Vince Barnes' efforts. Barnes pushed Maughan hard. but fell while funning second in both motes to salvage third behind Brad Lewis. Jay Neve continued his winning ways in the fiercely competitive 125cc Amateur division . Neve won both motos while the rest of the pack fought over the crumbs of second place. Byron Hatfield's second in the last rna to aced out Bret Rowley for --the runner-up spot. Mark Weathers won a pair in 125cc Novice racing ahead of Alan Page, and Jack Bryant and Mark Younkin did the same to lead the 250cc Amateurs. Younkin was aided by the spectacular get-off of Russell Banks just yards from the flag in the first moto. Gregg Jasperson took second, Gary York was third and the unfortunate Banks was relegated to fourth . • Results MINI 50: 1. Tasi Dever (Yam); 2. Angelique Tittenson (Suz); 3. Josie Kirk (Suz). MINI 60 : 1. Zeppelin TItlenson (Yam); 2. Chance Maughan (Yam); 3. Jason Walker (Suz). 80 NOV: 1. Russ Deleeuw (Yam); 2. Spencer Lunt (Kaw); 3. James Chappel (Yam). 80 AM; 1. Steven Hatch (Kawl; 2. lach Tittenson (Yam). 80 EX: 1. Corky Maughan (Yam); 2. Brad Lewis (Yam); 3. Vince Barnes (Suz). 125 EX; 1. Roger Braithwaite (Suzl: 2. Warren Lewis (Yam); 3. Mickey Kirk (Suz). 125 AM: 1. Jay Neve (Yam); 2. Bryon Hatfield (Suz); 3. Brat Rowley (Yam). 125 NOV; 1. Mark Weathers (Suz); 2. Alan Page (Suz); 3. Jack Bryant (Suz). 250 EX; 1. Dean Brook (Hon); 2. Jeff Barnes (Suzt. 3. Roger Zeeman (KTM). OPEN EX: 1. Kelly Smith (Mai); 2. Jeff Boyd (Yam). 250 AM : 1. Mark Younkin (Kilw); 2. Gregg Jasperson (Yaml; 3. Gary York (yam). 250 NOV: 1. Roger Crews (Hon); 2. Larry Moss (Hon); 3. Rick Wissler (Yaml . OPEN AM: 1. Kurt Steadman (Hon); 2. Randy Gray (Suz); 3. Chris Dever (Yam). • • (Y~~~ ~~~: ~.. ,S ~~ ~':'ith (Mai); 2. Randy Labrum •

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