Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

c eNoilTHERttoATEiiNEash09,on-'daho-u,a-Alaska-canaa i h d-Northem i-Northem Nevada-O,egon-Washing,on-Idaho-Utah-A Califom a ~ . '- - - ,. " ' . OPEN JR: 1. Russ Boehn (Ma i); 2. Tom Shroe r (S Ul); 3. Dean A llen (Yam). VETINT-EX: 1. M ike Coll ins (KTM); 2. Carl Tresser (Yam). VET JR : 1. Bob Tom schin (SUl ); 2. Ron Sutton (MOT INT-EX: 1. Rich Lokke (Hon); 2. Pat Doyle ai). (M ai). MINI: 1, Tod Hicks (Yam); 2. Bob McPherson (Ita); 3. Ma rcus Jo hnson (Yam). BO: 1. Tony Flores (Yam); 2. Matt Harvey (Ita); 3. George Kosovilka (SUl). 125 PRO: 1. Shawn McCo nn (Hon); 2. M ike W halen (Yam); 3 . AI Silhanek (S Ul ). 125 INT: 1. Tony Richards (SU l); 2. Dann y Boles (Yam); 3. Bin Avery (SUl). 125 JR DIV I: 1. Russ Scott (S Ul ); 2. Phil Gr ibnau (Kaw ); 3. Tim Forrester (Yam). 125 JR DIV II: 1. Tim Bal ist rer i (SUl); 2. Larry Divine (Yam); 3. Pat Pounders (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Rod Smit h (S Ul ); 2. Larry Wos ick (Hon); 3. Brett Cahor s (Hon). . 25 0 INT: 1. Robbie Webster (Hon); 2. Chuck Barker (Yam); 3. Chr is M it chell (Hon). 250 ·J R: 1. Ron Douglas (Yam); 2. Mike Fru zen (Yam); 3 . Todd Radach (Hon). Carrigan wins 125 at Argyll Labor Day GP By Sue Ellis DIXON , CA, SEPT. 5-6 Rod Smith continues to win at the weekly Baylands MX. Steve Naumans' H o nda pulled th e holeshot of the l 25cc Pro class as Sco tt Kell er and Kimo Casey of Walnut Creek Honda bot h tried to push h im o u t on la p one. Kirno'fina ll y got the adva ntage around chicken -coop corner as Nauman sudden ly fo und Alle n Silhanek 's Suzu ki o n h is rear fen der. Brett Stevens began ta charge through th e p ack next, as Casey and Silhanek stre tchedtheir lead . Turn for ' turn , th ey mark ed off the laps u ntil Casey made a tight ins ide turn too tight an d Silhan ek flash ed by. Nauman passed Cas ey as h e p u lled o nto the track a nd Brett Steven s conti nued h is charge all the wa y to second pl ace by th e chec kere d. Kimo took command again in mota two as Silhanek p ulled in for the n u m ber two posi tion. Cra ig Christain and Stevens rounded ou t th e top four as Silhanek bobbed and weaved to get by Case y again. Cas.ey ~idn ' t let Silhanek get as close thi s nrn e, but dropped to fourth with a fla.t rear tire a nd Silhanek took another first: Stevens and Keller got second and th ird. Bryan Wargo's Honda holesh ot th e 250cc Pro class as Silhanek, Phil Oveland and Doug McRae jostled for positions. Oveland took Silhanek and Wargo on the same in sid e turn . Sil. hanek moved to second when Wargo crashed, and set his sights on Oveland. But Oveland overshot the next corner, giving clean sailing to Sil hanek and Mckae, The same four went at it again in rnoto two, only in a different order. Wargo led for several laps till he slid out on chicken coop corner. Silhanek moved up on McRae on lap six and O veland continued to pace himself as he had los t his rear brake. Ca sey had been moving through th e pa ck an d began to close on third by the checker. Silhanek was firs t overall , O veland second and McRae th ird . Results OPEN PRO: 1. Jerry Brandt (Yam); 2. Phill ip Oveland (Hus); 3. Kelly Barry (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. A llen Silhanek (SUl); 2. Bret Steve ns (Yam ); 3. Scott Keller (Hon). . ' OPEN JR: 1. Richard Horns (SUl); 2. Scott Kinsman (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. John Wells (Hon); 2. Shawn Sm it h (Hon). . 125 1NT 1. Bin Avery (S Ul); 2. Jeff J ohnson (S Ul). : 125 JR : 1. Kevin Brown (SUl ); 2. David Hart (SUl); 3. Hector A lcala (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Allen Silhanek (SU l ); 2. Phil Oveland (Hus); 3. Doug McRae (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Brett LaJ ayette (Yam); 2. Jim Wh ipple (SUl) . 34 250 JR : 1. David Couc h (S Ul); 2. Jerry Caton (S~l)- _ • ' _ _. • _ ___ ,·Smit h, Wosick dice at Baylands By Bill Spencer FR EMO NT , A, SEPT. 9 Bountious beauties and bo dacious bashing \a re the them e words for regul a r Th u rsda y nightBaylands Raceway motocrossing a s Team H o nda'\s Larry Wosick an d Rod Smi th diced for th e 250cc honors to ni ght whi le Sh awn McConn is' the 125cc Pro to bea t of la te. Wosick bea t O pen P ro point leader J err y Bra nd t for the hon ors in that class. Don Wilson rode off with th e first ro und of Open Intermediate on his Dick Man n Special , but co ul dn' t get it all goin g th e ri gh t wa y in th e seco nd ro und as G reg Raub ca me back fro m a get-off to win th e second roun d. Consisten cy paid off for Keit h Adams on the Sou th Ci ty KT M . though , as his 2-2 was good enough for th e overall. J ohn Wells was seco nd (3-4) a n d third was Wilson (1-6). Larr y Wosick and Rod Smith were having one heck of a dice in the first .round of the 250cc Pro battle with Smith doing the cat ching portion on his Cancilla Tensioner RM. Rod has been smoking the doors here of la te and was working up and catching well when the two speedsters overcame a back marker. Wosick passed well, but Smith got caught just about the time he would have made th e move for a pass. While he was dis gusted with himself for a minor mistake , he came back in the second round with a vengeance and won, taking the ove rall wtih Wosick committed to second on th e last lap. Robbie Webster, with his Zoo m Cycle spe cial, was tops in th e 250cc Intermed iat e class with aces a pair over Chuck Barker with two twos and Chris Mitchell third wi tha 4-3. Ron Dougl as got th e holeshot of the 250cc Jun iors wi th a 1-2 overall win, wh ile Mi ke Fruzen ha d to play ca tch up in the first round, winning the second moto and second overall with a 4-1. T odd Rodach came out th ird with a 2-3 count over Do ug Fenell (5-7). Results OPEN PRO: 1. Larry W osick (Hon); 2. Jerry Br andt (Yam); 3. Pete Han n (M ai). OPEN INT: 1. Keith Ada ms (KTM); 2. John Wells (Hon); 3. Don W ilson (Yam). • The eighth annual Labor Da y Motocross at Argyll Par k was held yesterday and today o n a well-prepared track. Track sponsors Argyll Park Pro mo tion s and Boss MX had p repa red th e track wi th rice hulls which improved it immensely . Courtesy of B & T Ka wasaki and Wheels of H a waii, a 125cc Kawasaki water-pum per was given away to the top sports man contender forthe two day event. The wi n ner of the mo torcycle was Bart Ca rr iga n from Sunnyval e, CA. Bart .fin i~h ed .sec~md in two m o to s a n d first m hIS fin al mota, givin g h im th e lowes.t sco ri ng p oints of the da y a nd the wm. Kicking off today's event were th e 125cc Ex pe rts. In mo to o ne Ti m my Aston (Kaw) grabbed a clean hol eshot followed by T ony L ucente an d Andy Tresser. Asto n hel d th e lead while H anford Yama ha 's J on Ne lson moved into second. Eddie Mi nton (Suz) moved passed Steve Vlahos for third. In moto two , Asto n got the hol eshot again wit h Cor y Ca ntaloupi (Yam) an d Vlahos (Suz). By lap th ree Vla hos moved to seco nd. J on Nelson, recove ri n g from an early fall , passed Scott Rebuck (H o n) and Cantaloupi for th ird. H i Point-sponsored Danny T urner (Suz) sta rted off the 250cc Expert class by grabbing the holeshot with Sierra/ Answer Product's Rodney Smith and Honda 's Larry Wosick in second and third. Suzuki rider Dave Coupe moved into th ird and Wosick into second after Smith got off on th e uphill. At the end of th e moto it was Turner, Wosick, Smith and Jim Ell is (Hon ). Turner pulled the holeshot again ' .in the second rnoto with Joey Schlag (KT M) and Smith follo wing closel y. By th e halfway point, Wos ick took over second, Smith third and Schlag fo urt h. First and second continued th e battle till Wosick passed Turner a few laps befor e th e checkered . In th e Open Pro race, Dave Wood go t th e holeshot ahead of. Donn~e Ca ntalo u pi (KT M) and J Im Ell is (William H arrison Const.), Ca!1talo u pi took an ear ly lead but ~ ost It t.o Ell is after a fall o n the uph il l, Ellis led with Ca n taloupi behind and Larr y Wosick third. Towards the end oft he moto, Cantaloupi took the lead and Ellis seco nd. " U n kn own " Jerome Heiberger moved in to third after Wosi ck was out wit h bik e tro u ble. Moto two saw Da ve Wood repeat the hol eshot wi th H eiberger second and Ell is t~ir.?Hejge,rger soonpassed Wo od a n d Ca nta lo u pi took ove r secon d . At the halfway poin t, H eiIi d berger an d Cantaloupi were rrst an 'seco nd but now Wosick h ad moved into third . Cantaloupi wo n, Wo sick passed H eiberger for second, H eiberger h eld third an d Ellis fourth. Result s A II 3 125 NOV : 1. Ma rty Cooper ; 2. Ma nny rne os; . Bob Blose . 125 JR: 1. Chris Ladd; 2. Keith Fox; 3 . Eric Lidde ll . 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. Richard W ilk ; 2. Glen Sabol ; 3. Chris Sething. . 250 NOV DIV 2: 1. D. Lucchesi; 2. Rodney Harron. geVn ; 3 ·NTO ~ .~~~~~':.; Morris; 2. Steve Reeves; 3. Les i ET Outman . VET JR: 1. Doug Lit tle . VET EX: 1. Jerry Dekay; 2. Bob Dun n; 3. Bill Grigg . 250JR : 1. Dorene Payne; 2. Rich My t he r; 3 . Fred Jen nell e. . OT OPEN NOV: 1. Ralph Thom ure ; 2. Jo e Morec,; 3. Dave Raymond. OT OPEN: 1. Gary Nauman. OT OPEN JR : 1. Cra ig Bost ard; 2. Pat Doyle; 3. Gary Lane. OT OPEN SR: 1. John Travers o; 2. Steve Parker; 3. Dave Eaton . 80J R: 1. Shaun Wh ooten; 2 . J ay Kn oles; 3. Sean Dun con . 80 EX: 1. Tony Flores. W OM AN NOV: 1. J oyce Ford . WOMAN JR: 1. Dina Bevilacq ue. OPEN NOV: 1. Bart Carr igan; 2. Joe Agb ulos; 3. J ohn W ells . 80 NOV DIV 1: 1. Dean M aison; 2. Don Piant anva; 3, Steve Lamson. OPEN JR : 1. John Boitenger; 2. Richa rd Boe; 3. Steve Parker . ., CLASS IC: 1. J oseph A bicht; 2. Richard Fern ; 3. Sam Flores. 125 PRO: 1. Tim Aston; 2. Jon Nelso n; 3 . Steve Vl ahos. 250 PRO: 1. Larry W osick; 2. Dan Turne r; 3. Rodney Smit h. . OPEN PRO: 1. Donnie Canta lo upi; 2. Jer ome Hei ber ger; 3 . J im Elli s. Mann rides again at Nevada OT National By Moto-Depo ST EAD, NV, SEPT. 4-5 Dick Mann continues to a we the spectators a n d make spectacula r Cl ass C slides through turns tha t h ad novice race watchers ' mo uths dro p a nd as k, who was that masked ma n? The Neva da Old T ime rs worked hard in prep aring th e track. It was sm oo th a t the beg inn ing of this two da y cha m p io ns h ip an d held up well th roughout the weekend. Ma n n used the smoothness of th e track to hi s advan tage, power-sliding through most of the smooth turns and making daring passes from hi s usual middle ofthe pack start. Mann's seventh place first moto. was. d.isappointing an d Bob White fin ish ed first with Gordy Oahs second. But for the next five motos, Mann was the first man to the checker flag, beating Bob White by two points and win ning the Masters class. Gordy Oahs did not start on Sunday and Ken Shandrow took third. The turnout was excellent and at the awards banquet the sponsoring . club had a surprise. They video taped the races and everyone stayed and watched except for Mann. Where did he go an yway? Hi, ho, Silver, away! • Results OT MASTER : 1. Dick Mann; 2. Bob Wh ite; 3. Ken Shandrow. OT EX: 1. Gary Chase; 2. Phil Frisbie ; 3. Bill Sturdivan. OT AM DIV 1: 1. Carl Bowling; 2. Sonny Neff; 3. Lee Shepard. OT AM : 1. Je rry Horton; 2. Nate House ; 3: Jac k Dossey . OT NOV DIV 1: 1. Dick Gra ham ; 2. Larry Robert s; 3. Bob Caudle . OT NOV DIV 2: 1. Denn is Pangburn; 2. Jay Park; 3. Bob Kendal l. OTHG EX: 1. Dick Butt ner; 2. A lan Olson ; 3. Buzz Presser. OTH AM : 1. Gary Richtes;,2. RandyWissensa ck; 3. Bill J ones . . OTHG NOV: 1. Larr y Roestel; 2. Dana Bran ham; 3. Brent Anderson. MASTER CLASS TEAM: 1. Wash ington; 2. Sierra; 3. LosAnqetes. EX TEAM : 1. Sierra; 2. Wash ington; 3. Nevada. AM TEAM : 1. Sierra; 2. Oregon; 3..Nevada. NOV TEAM : 1. Nevada ; 2. Washington; 3 . Sierra. . . . - .. ... . . . ~ ~ _. .

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