Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Lucerne Valley - Red Mountain - Plaster City - Searchlight - SlcIewlnder Road - Superstition Mountain - Jean - Rand Mountains - Lucerne Valley - Red Mounta An enduro rider gets checked in by the UEA. Perkins. . SR 250 AM : 1. R. Watson; 2 . '#0 72><: 3. 1I056x. SR 250 NOV: 1. G. Brick; 2. C. Dew eese. SR C EX; 1. D. Kersting ; 2 . M. Teney; 3. R. Hens ing . W OMEN EX; 1. L. Farmer. WOMEN NOV: 1. V. Scon. Harden hot in 0-38 H&H By Loretta Pipkin PLASTER CITY , CA , APR. 24 Scot Harden rode his brand new 500XC Husky to the over- all win in Tank Slappers M.e. D -38 hare and hound . The co u rse divided into a 20-30·20 mile clover leaf o f vari ed terrain, kept the rid ers a lert a t a fast pace. H arden, Gordon Cl ark, T .T. Mar- kl e a nd Leon Livingston were the ea r ly leaders as th ey fa nned out near- ing th e railroad undercrossing. Clark th en edged hi s Kawasaki a h ea d . H arden seem ed to be nursing hi s bik e but having th e gr een machine just ahead was more than h e co u ld bear. H e gassed it, blowing by Clark 's 250cc. Markle wa s al so on th e ga s, co mi ng in two minutes behind Har- den to s ta rt th e seco nd loop. Markle wa s foll ow ed by Cl ark , Livingston , Matt H o pe , a n d Ed Foland 's health y 125 Kawasak i. Li vingston had pitted befor e the start of the seco nd loop and was n ow fu rio us ly tryi n g to make up time. " I don 't kn ow wh o IT was," he sa id lat er , " but h e wa s putting so me smoke o n u s. H e went down th ree tim es in m y sig h t but was righ t ba ck u p a n d gone a ga in . I had to rid e by buns o ff, to pa ss h im ." H arden' s 0-38 j in x seem ed to have di sappeared in th e big Huskys whine. At th e fin ish of th e second loop h e had built a three-minute cus hi o n which he kept th e rest of the wa y. Livingston was now a minute ahead . of Cl ark a n d Karkl e, who were fol- lowed by J eff Bennett, Todd Kennedy a n d Foland. Jamie Tuck er wa s putting spaces between himself a nd Kirk Hester. who had loaned him a bik e for th e race . That' s g ra titude for ya. Still in th e sma IIbor es, Roy Basin was dicing it w ith Mike Pipkin . " I had him in th e rough stu ff," sa id Basin, " bu t he would ca tch me in the fast stu ff. H alfwa y through th e seco n d loop I didn't see him ' a ny m ore." P ipkin went down with a sp ra in ed knee a nd gav e up for a n ice pa ck at the end of th e seco nd loop. H ard en sa iled into fin ish with his co m forta ble cush io n . " It was a good ra ce, " sa id H arden . " Yes , I was wat ching th e bi ke at first. You know th e pe tt y h a ssles I seem to hav e h ere. No p robl em , it was great. I liked th e second loop th e best , it wa s th e ro ughest bu t th e most fu n to rid e." L ivingston was second o vera ll with Cl ark third a n d Markl e fourth . Cl ark sa id h e a n d Ma rkl e di ced for a wh i le but Markl e wa s a hea d of him wh en home check ca me into view. " I went for it ," sa id Clark, "an d I pa ssed h im in the last whoop-de -d oos . Markle wa s o n Cl ark 's fender as th e finish fl a g fell. H e m ot ored ri gh t o n th rough , no interv iew , no name. Fol and, Robert Bird a nd Basin took th e sma ll bore cla sses, Expert , Am at eur a nd Nov ice respect ively. Ed Mund y led th e Vet s class a ll th e wa y: Ro ger Adsi t cruised in for th e Sen io r win 10 spots a hea d o f nex t in class. • Unofficial results OVERALL : 1. Scot Harden (Hus); 2. Leon Uv ing- ston (Hus ); 3 . Gordon Clark (Kaw); 4 . T.T. M arkle; 5. Jeff Bennen (Yam); 6 . Todd Kennedy (Yam); 7 . Ed Foland (Kaw); 8. Scon M eth ison (Yam); 9. Randy Byers (Yem); 10 . Ra ndy Hollenbeck (Hus): 11 . M a Hope (yam); 12 . Ed Mundy (SuI). - I J ~ • J ~ J ~ front with 250cc rid er Tim Sinclair seco n d . A cl ose third and fourth wer e Stearns a nd Chris Crandall (H o n). These four riders wo u ld have it o u t for th e nex t 35 m iles, push ing each o the r to th e lim i t. Running fifth was second 250cc r iderr Pa ul Palmer. Dave Ch ase was si xt h . Co m ing by a t sev- enth was Tony Epperso n . Eighth a nd nint h were Co ry T imms a n d Mike " Dow n h ill" Alexander. Run- n in g 10 th wa s fir st 250cc Am at eur R ick Lund in . R ich ard J ackson was o u t in front in th e Open Vet class. In th e Novi ce/Beg inner race it was Rocky Vaughn Morri son leading a nd Mark H uft flyin g by seco nd. After o ne 45-m ile)oop Stearns came into hom e chec k wit h a beautiful lead . Sch effers had go ne down hard a nd Crandall stop ped a nd gave him so me wa ter a nd made s ure h elp wa s o n th e wa y for Lee. Sincla ir was now runn in g seco nd o vera ll. Ch ase had mov ed up to th ird. Crandall ~as now running fourth a fter showi ng h is good spo rtsma nsh ip. Running second 250cc was J ohn Blak en ey a t fifth overa l l. T ed Hunnicutt wa s six th. Sevent h wa s Paul Palmer. R a y Con- way reall y mov ed up in th e ranks to run eig h th. In th e C bike race betw een Brett Lawren ce a nd Bret Howell it was La wre nce in the l ead . L eading in the very compe titi ve O pen Vet cla ss was Bill Saltz ma n . Fir st 250cc Sen io r rider was G a ry Cha rt ers. Afte r a not he r 45 mi les o f sa nd a n d dus t it was Stea rns ta ki ng the check- ered o n h is trusty Yama ha . In for seco nd was Cran dall wh o had a bea u- ti fu l ri de th is las t loo p. In for th ird overa ll a nd first 250cc was Sinclair, wh o got a flat o n th e fir st loop. Hun - ni cutt , a fter recovering from a 10- kick start , had a beaut iful rid e and m o ved up to tak e fo u rt h. Chase a lso m oved up to ta ke a well earn ed fifth. T aking six th a n d seco nd 250cc wa s Ed Pi erce Jr. After a bad bomb run put him ba ck in th e du st, Phil Clo- ward wo rked hi s wa y up to tak e sev- ent h . Ta ki n g eig h th pl ace was KTM r id er Ken O vi a tt. At ninth wa s " Do wn h ill " Alexander , a nd round - in g o u t th e top 10 was Mik e Mul- co ne ry . Co mi ng back a fter a co u p le m on th s o f R&R from a brok en wri st, Brett Sh an er ca rri ed th e Stump Jum per's ban ner to first in th e 250cc Am ateur class. Charl ie G oodban m oved up to tak e th e fir st in th e 250cc Senior cla ss. T aking fir s t Novi ce wa s Brian H arris, rid in g o u t o f Race Craft Cycle. Taki ng firs t overa ll Beg inner was hard r iding G a ry Chri st ie who had a n exci ti ng bai l-o ff, o ff a cli ff! Fir st Beginner C bike a t third overa ll wa s Bruce Arm strong o n h is 125 Suzu ki; his on ly problem be ing a ba ck flat. Results OPEN EX: 1. C. Stearns; 2. C. Crand all ; 3. T. Hunn icun . OPEN AM:'"! . C. Clark; 2. S. W ill iams; 3 . J . Troner . OPEN NOV : 1. B. Harri s; 2 . G. Scon Jr.; 3 . R. Hol tz. OPEN BEG: 1. B. Call icon: 2. #338; 3 . D. Stevens . 250 EX: 1. T. Sincla ir; 2. E. Pierce ; 3. P. Palmer. 250 AM: 1. B. Shanner; 2. R. Lund in ; 3 . B. Statham . 250 NOV: 1. R. Cooper; 2. H. Allen.;3. M . Gorgone. 250 BEG: 1. G. Chr ist ie; 2. T. Nu man n; 3. G. Downs. 125 EX: 1. B. Lawrence; 2. B. Howell; 3 . J . Braasch. 125 AM : 1. B. Baum an; 2. #1450; 3 . M . Dey . 12 5 NOV: 1. # 162c; 2. R. Elmo re . • 125 BEG: 1. B. Armstrong; 2. G. Armstrong; 3 . B. Crawford . VET OPEN EX: 1. B. Saltzma n; 2. C. Snyder; 3. R. Jackson . VET OPEN AM : 1. M . Pollard; 2. S. Manin ; 3. S. Thom pso n. . VET OPEN NOV : 1. T. Gilligan; 2. K. House; 3 . E. Thomas . VET OPEN BEG: 1. S. Pricopie; 2. D. Au st in . SR OPEN EX: 1. W . Cooper; 2. B. Lewellyn ; 3 . L. Elias . SR OPEN AM : 1. A . Cossio; 2. R. Heatherington . SR OPEN EX: 1. #0168; 2. B. Bullingston; 3 . A. Muller. SR 250 EX: 1. C. Goodban; 2. W . Goodm an; 3 . B. Stearns earns 0-37 Virgin Run H&H win By Shirley Upp LUCE RNE VALLEY , CA, MAY 8 Today C h uc k S tea rn s a n d Mon tcl ai r Yamaha were both w in ners a t th e Mas ter L inks Virgin Run H are and H ound as Stea rns a nd six of the to p 10 fin ish ers tod ay wer e Mo ntclai r-sponsored bi kes. Stearns a nd Floyd Mat to x of Montcla ir Ya mah a were two ha p p y men . Th e bomb run wa s a lo ng sa ndy u p h ill pu ll and o u t pa st th e bo m b th ere were [our riders d icing fo r the lead . Lee Scheffers had p u ll ed out in in th e tra in , th ey p laced a sign whi ch r ead : " Ha rd w a y/ ea sy way! You cho ose ! Ri ght o r left! Mil eage th e sa me. terrain 's th e nam e o ft he ga me!" A lot of riders were hard pressed to m ak e a cho ice. In fun th e UEA had a sig n fu rth er up th e tr a il bo th wa ys which read " Co ngra tu la tio ns! You have just chose th e ha rd way!" Act u - ally nei th er trai l was ha rd . In firs t loop ac tion , the husba n d / wife team of Sam (Ma i) a nd Da na (Ya m) ha d a ver y successful day as Sam too k overa ll o ne loop ho nors, losing j u st 2- 125 in edging out H usky r ider Ron Bresn ik by that magic two- second ma rgin. Da na won the Wo ma n B hon or s, dropping four poin IS. Kath y H erndon (Kaw) too k the Woman C class wi th a five-point loss. Results TOP 10 : 1. Jo n M iller (M ai) 2 :174; 2. Scon Samp- son (KTM ) 2:174; 3 . Randy Daugheny (Hus)2:215; 4 . W illiam Decker (Yam) 3:226; 5. Greg Newlend (Hus) 3:236; 6 . Dave Bender (Yam) 4 :247; 7 . Rick Daniel (Ma i) 4 :266: 8 . Mike Jones (Yam) 4 :271 ; 9 . Vernon Gabben(Hon)4 :274; 10 . Mike Haney (Yam) 4 :291. OPEN A : 1. Jon M ill er (M ai ); 2. Randy Daugheny (Hus); 3 . Greg Newland (Hus). 202 A : 1. William Decker (Yam); 2. Mark Cook (Kaw); 3 . Jerry Bailey (Yam ). SR A : 1.Harry Kea st (M ai); 2. Jim Ingersoll (Hen); 3. T.W. Swots (Su z). 250 B: 1. Dav e Bender (Yam); 2 . J im Tr ipp (Hu s); 3 . Roben Bunis (KTM ). FOUR STROKE B: 1. Skip Cri Sly (KTM); 2. Eri c Nicholson (Hon); 3 . Bill Herndon (Han), WOMEN 8 : 1. Dana Bell (Yam); 2. Ca ndy Hand (Kaw). . 250 A : 1. Scott Sampson (KTM ): 2 . M ike Garr en (Yam); 3 . Craig Lair (C· A). FOUR STROKE A : 1. Vern on G.bben (Hon ); 2. Tom Getzfrid (Hon): 3. Rob Sheaffer (Hon). OPEN B: 1. M ike Jones (Yam ); 2. James Bcrtree (Yam ); 3 . Tom Cole (Yam). 200 8 : 1. Steve Jensen ISuz); 2. Rusty Adam s (Yamt, 3 . Todd Johnson (Yam). SR B: 1. 8 ill Dan iel (Kaw) ; 2. J oe Dion (Hus); 3 . Joe Holmes (Suz). OPEN C: 1. Sam 8e ll (M ai); 2. Ron 8 res nik (Hus); 3. Ed Bresn ik (Hus). 200 C: 1. Rick Powers (Kaw) ; 2. Er ic DeShon (Yam); 3. Cun Randoll (Yam). SR C: 1. J effrey Fort (Yam); 2. Robert Ha n na (Hus); 3. David Bus hatz (Yam). 250 C: 1. John Bingama n (Yam); 2. Steve Roma s (Yam); 3 . Roben Kell er (Yam). FOUR STROKE C: 1. Greg Tu rk (Hon): 2. Dave W helde n (Hon): 3 . Doug W he lde n (Hon). WOMEN C: 1. Kath y Hernd on (Kaw) ; 2 . Anne Crawshaw (Hon); 3 . Kat h lee n Swee ny (Su z). By Sylvester Bogard LUCE RNE VALLEY. CA. MAY I Maico-mounted J on Mill er earned th e overa ll victory a t the Uni ted Enduro Associa tio n's an n ua l D-37 enduro by virt ue of having a score of just two seco n ds better than KT M rider Scott Samp- son at the check-out of the second loop special test. After I I fie ld secret chec ks, six of w h ich were tie-brea ker (timed to th e seco n d), the two r id ers were dead- lock ed wit h scores o f 2-174. AMA rul es requi re th a t ties be brok en by chec ki ng scores fro m the last tie- break er back . Wh en th e score cards were checked, bot h had lost six seconds at check K, so th eir scores were the n co mpared a t c hec k I, whe re Miller had j u st a two seco nd mar g in ! Sa mp- so n had to be sa tisfied with th e 250cc class win. T he o n ly o the r ri der to break into th e two- p o in t co lu m n was Rand y Da ugh ert y (H us) . Interest in g- ly, th e top th ree bi kes ove ra ll were Euro pea n . First B rid er in at sixth o vera ll was Da ve Bender (Yam) with a [ou r-poin t score . A fin e rid e by 15- year-o ld Steve J en sen (Suz) p ropell ed h im to th e B 200cc class hon or s, los- ing five points in th e p ro cess. Steve. the so n o f end uro ro llc ha rt wh iz Art J en sen o f J AR T Cam e, is o ne o f th e Distri ct's up a nd co mi ng young riders. This year 's enduro was tamed do wn from the very toug h T uff E' Nuff Enduro of years past in a concen- trated effort by the U EA to pu t the "fun " back into 0 -37 en duros. Fro m the comment of the 340 riders wh o tackl ed th e 80-m ile cou rse, th ey were very success fu l. T he fir st loo p was designed for th e C r ide rs yet too k a t least o ne point away from everyone. A very tr ick y chec k a t 15.6 caugh t 0-37 num ber o ne ri der Grant Pal en ske t h ree m in - ut es ear ly wh ich translat ed into a 12- p oint loss. So me very well pl aced checks by event referee Cha rlie Bro wn had th e riders o n th ei r toes tryin g to outguess th e clu b. T he second loop special test took a t lea st o ne po in t away a nd had a no ther check t ha t to o k a poi nt away fro m a lot o [ riders. Wh ile it was j ust 24 m p h , th e section was extreme ly tigh t and ca ug h t a lot of the riders as lee p a t the h el m so to spea k. R ight after the check (wh ich was th e last secre t check ), loop captai ns J eff Brak e a nd Kurt Bu tler schemed up a n inter- esting option for the rider s. At a split Close finish in UEA "Not So Tuff E'Nuff" Enduro Desert Hotline ~"!EiIII!!~ 26

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