Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ad a- Northern Californ ia-Northern Nevada-Oregon-W ashington-Idaho-Ut ah-A laska-Canada-Northern California-N orthern Nevad a-Oregon-W ashingt on-Idaho-Ut Harsha, McCullough take Junction City FT By Clay Light JUNCTIO N CITY, OR, SEPT. II T o m my " Chainsaw" McCullo ug h on th e Lou Kinish / BelRay/ Bell H elmets/ O ut Front Num ber Pl a tes Yamaha too k an exci ting 250cc Pro main even t on th is cha m p io nsh i p evening under showery condi tions in J unction Ci ty. AMA Nov ice Jeff H a rsha (Data Co n trol! H uffman Wri gh t Logging/ Yam) took a sp ecta cu lar come-from-beh ind race in the Open P ro main to overtake TT Regiona l wi n ner Scott Miller (Trak Tak/ O u t Fro n t Number Pla teslTri), who came back to win a spectator/ ri der donated purse race for th e top money over McCullough. Miller was still stoked fro m wi nni ng the biggest race of th e season just two week s ago and was out to do the same at th e start of the Open Pro mai n event, p u lling the scratch ove r McC u llo ugh , Steve Kendig (T ri) an d Ron Adams. It soon became th e battle of the ba rs as yet another of the Jun ior/ Expert slug fests for th e 1-23-4 sp o ts ca me about, with McCullo u gh losing second after a so urin g mo tor to No vice sensation H arsh a , who went into the runner-u p position a n eighth lap down . H arsh a close d in on first at a spectacu lar ra te with two la ps to go , got Miller for the lea d go ing in to turn one an d kep t the hot Junior a t bay for th e remainder of the race. Harsha got the first p lacepayoff, Miller was seco nd and McCullough stayed in th ere, nursing his Triumph for a narrow third; Ada ms was fourth and Ken dig fifth . The Open A main wa s o u t to set the same tempo, but just didn 't quite have the same da zzle the O pen Pro event had. McCullough wasted no time boogieing to th e lead and was hounde d by Ken dig an d Ma rty Zir bel (Yam ). McCullo ugh showed them a distant view all th e wa y to the last la p flag whe n the AMA speedster again was forced into a trailing position when th e mo tor soured, giv ing Kendi g th e win and Zirbel second. The 250cc Pro main was a 12 lap ba ttle with Blagg collecting the holesh ot over McC u llo ug h and Clark in tu rn one, but after that, McC u llough took a co m manding lead to gi ve th e specta tors on hand their on ly ch ance of seeing th e expert en ro ute to a main even t w in this evenin g.McC u llo u gh had Blagg to deal with , but he ld off all attempts to the flag for first money; Blagg was second and Clark th ird for the fin al payoff. Result s PRO SWEEPSTAKES: 1. Scott Mi ller (Tri); 2. Tommy McC ullo ugh (Yam); 3. Ron Ada ms (Tri). OPEN PRO M AIN: 1. Jeffrey Harsha (Yam); 2. Scott Miller (Tri); 3. Tommy McCullough (Tri). 250 PRO: 1. Tommy McCullough (Yaml; 2. Robbie Blagg (Yam); 3 . Clay Clark (Yaml. OP.EN A: 1. Steve Kend ig (Tri); 2. Ma ny Zirbel (yam); 3. Tommy McCullough (Tri). 250A: 1. Robbie Blagg (Yam); 2. Clay Clark (Yam); 3. Duane Zilanek (Yam). M INI EX: 1. Andy Dixon (Yam); 2. Chri s Humphre y (Yam); 3 . Skip Cox (Yam). TROPHY DASH OPEN PRO: 1. Je ff Harsha (Yam); OPEN SPTSMN: 1. Ma ny Zirbel (Yam); 250 PRO: 1. Tommy M cCullough (yam); 250 SPTSM N: 1. Robbie Blagg (Yam); MI NI EX: 1. Andy Dixon (Yam). FAST TIM E: Scott Miller (Tri) 20 .03. Key showboats at Hills Ferry ST By Bill Spencer NEWMAN, CA, SEPT . 5 Ma rk Key ca m e off the big winner in th e seco nd round of Labor Day action at the Westside Eagles sh ort track at Hills Ferry Speedway. A reverse order of mai ns saw Key run off with the 500cc Expert event with Jeff J ohnson doing th e trailing. Mike Kunsman kept Mik e Kirb y a t ba y with Danny McDonnell in for fifth over Rod Sullivan and Mik e Hayward. Johnson is sometimes o n the Pro circuit, while Kirby is one of the kids who won at Houston back in February. The 250cc Expert race was a barnDurning thri lle r with five going for the lead at each tu rn in g point. Mark Key and Bruce J ohnson led out the 15-lapper with Chad Felicio, Rog er Thompson , Mi ke Kir by and Joe Knight chas ing. Chris Carr ro de around most o f the troops and was running third on the bu bble near th e halfway mark. Just past lap 11, Carr went to make his move and was riding the outside slick line in what looked like a real good attempt to make a pass stick. J ust about that time, up 1" Sanc hez threw his Yamaha away down the back straight a nd Mike Arthur had to h it the bike to miss PJ and the ensuing flip closed the track lines down. Carr ca me off the first turn WFO and riding about two feet off of J oh nso n and Key who . were d ialed in fo r the line. As he exited turn number two , h e had to go wide off the track to miss bikes, bodies and debris and starter Leroy Baker wisely shut th e whole opera tion off with a che~kered flag. Results PEE WEE: 1. Nath an Wait (Suz). 500 EX: 1. Ma rk Key (Yam); 2. Jeff Joh nson (Hon); 3. Mi ke Kunsman (Yam). 5OOJR : 1. Eric Gree n (Yaml; 2. Billy Taylor (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Bill y Gonzales (Yam); 2. Joe McDaniel(Hon). . 250 EX: 1. Mark Key (Yam); 2. Bruce Johnson (Yaml; 3. Chr is Carr (C-A). 250 JR: 1. Jon Nun ez (Yaml ; 2. Ada m Sabedra (Yam); 3. Billy Taylor (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Perr i Turner (Yam); 2. Ste ve Raymond (Bul). 12 5 NOV: 1. Shad Johnson (Yam); 2. Harold Gepford (Suz]. 100 JR -EX: 1. Tom Carriger (Yaml; 2. Dave Woodward (Yam). 80 NOV-JR: 1. Steve Raymond (Kawl; 2. Malt Stoutenburg (Yaml. Anderson, Eaton match and win at Mulkey ORV By Bria n Barnes McM IN NV I L L E, OR , SEPT. 5 T he northwest's hottest motocross ri der co ntinued his domination of the area by sweeping four straig h t motos from his competition today at Mulkey ORV Park. J im L. Anderson (Yam support/MX Fox / Kal-Gard/ ATK/Dallas Baker P ro ducts) has been almost unbeatable for the past couple of months. Besides sweeping both th e 125 and 250cc classes, Anderson was able to run against O pen Pro winner Eric Eaton (Husky USA /Maico-H usk y NW / Answer Products) in a special dash for cash. The race consisted of three laps backwards on Mulkey's course, with An derson 's 250 holding off Eaton for the entire race a n d pi cking up some extra spendi ng money for his efforts. The first 250cc moto saw KTM/ A-I Cycle's Rod ney Keller lead Anderson for three laps u n til the Yamaha ace swe pt by to take the lead and motor away for the win . Tim Michlitsch ran in secon d until mechanical woes dropped him fro m the race, allowing Keller to regai n second and Chris Carr (8) sets up Aaron Hill in Hills Ferry heat racing . sta y th ere till the fla g. R W Racing/ Yamaha of Sal em- rider Bob Watilo took a well deser ved th ird with G resh a m Su zuki 's R ick Bozarth fo urt h a nd Yama ha mounted Da ve Hettinga fifth. The second moto saw Michlitsch hound Anderson the whole moto wi th Kell er fin ishing th ird a nd takin g second ove ra ll. Bozarth a nd H ettinga were again fou rt h a nd fifth . When the first rno to of the 125cc class blasted off the line, Hondamounted Kevin White took th e holeshot. Anderson was n't far beh ind th ough , a nd by the end o f the first lap had gain ed th e lead a n d was long gone to th e checkered. Doug Lange (Vancouver Yamaha/ MX Fox/Bel -R ay) rod e a superb race to finish a h ighly credita ble seco nd overall, while the ot he r J im An derson (Jim R .) took a grea t third. Wa tilo finished fourth a n d Wapato, WA's Den n is Ostriem (Yam) rounded out ilielOp~ ~ ' . Results WEE PEE WEE: 1. Brad Brooks (Yam); 2. Jason Summerlin (Hon). PEE WEE INT: 1. Ryan Huffman (Yam); 2. Chad Kishp augh (Yam); 3. Jas on McCormi ck (Yam). PEE WEE EX: 1. Jeff Daily (Yaml; 2. Gran t Bergstrom (Yam); 3 . Travis W hitaker (Yam). M INI JR : 1. M ike Sorensen (Kaw); 2. M itch Cald we ll (Yam); 3. Troy Sewa rt (Yam). M INI EX: 1. M ike Crow ell (Yaml; 2. Cory Wh it aker (Yam). 100 JR : 1. Gran t Furrer (Yam); 2. Martin Hansen (Yam); 3. Dan Cook (Yam). 100 INT: 1. Roger Sherrell (Yam); 2. J eff M iles (Yam). . 125 JR : 1. Glenn Hunter (Su z); 2. Steve Cooper (Yam); 3. Bret Gilkson (Suz). .125 INT: 1. Doug Eichner (Suz); 2. Lonny Sayles (Su z); 3. M ike Kiemele (Suzl. 125 EX: 1. Keith Foidel (Hon); 2. M ike Klettke (Suzl; 3. Grayson Hart (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. J im Anderson (Yam); 2. Robby Wat ilo (Yam); 3. Denn is Ostr iem (Yam). . 250 JR: 1. Jay Vice [Hon]: 2. Joh n Wilson (Suz); 3. Mark Snover (Suz). . 250 1NT 1. J erry Ebert (Kaw); 2. Li ndsay Wurm : (Yam); 3. Mark Emery (Suzl. 25 0 EX: 1. Dean Glass (Hon); 2. GregG lass (Hon)' 3 . Craig Koski (Suz). • 25 0 PRO: 1. J im Anderson (Yam); 2. Rodney Keller (KTM I; 3. Rick Bozarth (Suz). OPEN J R: 1. Dave Cotter (Yam); 2. Carl Bur kha rt (Yam); 3 . Dale Sah leen (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Brad Turmige (KTM ); 2. Scott Bergrin (Hon); 3 . Mike Rieck (yam). OPEN EX: 1. Doug Foster (Hus). OPEN PRO: 1. Eric Eaton (Hus); 2. Scott Tyler (M ai); 3. Larry Hooper (Hon). OTH EX: 1. Carl Cranke (KTM ); 2. James Gald ish . (Hus); 3 . Wi ll iam Ormsby (KTM). OTH INT: 1. Dan Summerlin (Hon); 2. Willia m H. Cummings (Suz); 3. Rusty Garrison (Kaw). OTH NOV: 1. Frank Dail y (Yaml; 2. Randy W ill iams (Yam); 3 . Bill Goldsp ink (Hus). .OT EX: 1. Cliff Stump (M ai); 2. Bill Teste r (Mai); 3. Bill Naylor (Yam). . OT NOV: 1. Ken Rieck (Yam); 2. Dave Scott (Ma i); 3. Doug Sawtell (Honl. Carr, Key start & win Hills F~rry ST By Bill Spencer NEWMAN , CA , SEP T . 4 It was a dou ble-header Labor Day weekend at Newman 's H ill s Ferry Raceway as the Hotline short track kicked off the start of the program tod ay. Chris Carr took h is TV Servi ce/Jorgy's/ ND Can-Am to the big 250cc win and a stro ng hold on th e top black p late, wh ile Mark Key won the 500cc class in fine styl e. J erem y Gonzales rounded all the turns fOT th e Pee Wee class win with Winki e Freitas still top mini kid, winning both 100 a nd 80cc Expert classes ove r Tommy Ca rriger Shad J ohnson ret ired th e minibi ke and wo n th e .I25cc No vice portion with Dave J ackso n tops in th e 200 combined race . Chris Ca rr led th e most important lap a n d ra p idly advanced toward ano the r n u m ber one p lat e. Chris has 10 Na tional titles, including two mi n i champ ionships and is well on h is way to th e big time. Bru ce Joh nson took second over Joe Knight, Chad Feli cio and Aaron H ill ; Ma rk Key DNF after some good action. Mark Key had th e 500cc Expert lead to h im self after Chris Carr stuck the Can-Am 370. Mik e Kunsman di d a fi ne job of taking seco nd , being on th e come back trail aft er a three-year la yo ff whe n he was one of the promisin g j u n ior p ro s. Aaron Hill has been riding the Mike Macedo TT500 well and took third over Kevin Hugill a nd Ken Netto. Results PEE WEE: 1. J eremy Gonzales (Suz). 100 EX: 1. W inkie Fre it as (Yam); 2. Tom Carr iger (Yam). 80 NOV: 1. Bill y McCleary (Suz). 80 JR: 1. Dave Woodward (Kawl. 80 EX: 1. W in kie Freitas (Hon); 2. Tom Carr iger . (Yam); 3. Steve Mayfield (Yam). 100 JR: 1. Ricky Smit h (Yam). 125· 200 NOV: 1. Shad Jo hnson (Yam); 2. Dave Jackson (Bul). 250 NOV: 1. Brya n Mc Dow ell (Yam); 2. Ant M it chell (Yam); 3. Jim Phill ips (C-A). 250 JR : 1. Jon Nu nez (Yam); 2. Adam Sabed ra (Yam); 3. Brian Sans ing (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Chris Carr (C-A); 2. Bru ce John son . (yam); 3. Joe Knight (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Rod Cahoon (Yam); 2. Jack W inans (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Eric Green (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Mark Key (Yam); 2. M ike Kunsman (yam); 3. Aaron Hill (Hon).

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