Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

By Suanne light RO SEB URG , OR , MAY 8 Honda- sup p ort ed L arr y H o oper slos hed th rough th e slo p py co n d i tio ns a t th e final ro u n d o f Clarks Branch 's AMA Win ter Ser ie s o n his R o seburg Yama ha -H ond a! Am erica n H onda / O 'N eal P rod ucts-sponsored 480ccCR H onda . H o o pe r aced bo th muddy Ope n P ro s mot os, goi ng I- I in fin e sty le on o ne o f th e slo p p iest days of ra ci ng yet seen thi s season in so ut h- ern Oregon. Th e two largest classes a ll year ha ve been th e l 25cc Jun io r a nd th e M in i Interm edi at es. Today wa s no exce p tio n as a full field gated for th e first I25cc "s lopfest." J ohn Wh itm or e was to figure a s the dom in ant force o n this grueling day as th e for m er 100cc h i-po int rider p u lled his KX i nto co nte ntion in the ea r ly go ing o ver Mini h i-point r id er J oel Sitts, wh o a lso is new to I 25cc ranks, a nd Yamaha-m ounted Mike H a yes. Whit- m or e led i t a ll th e wa y to th e chec kers for th e fir st half o f a n upset. Mot a two had Sitts sl ithe r into th e lea d a n d put th e pa ck behind him- self, but o n ly m omentaril y, as Whit- m ore sh o t h is g ree n ma ch in e pa st a nd sailed a ll th e wa y to th e n ag for fir st in a ser ies o f double demolition races. Sitts went 2-2 a nd H a yes 3-3, not far a hea d o f Daryl Woulbrandt a n d th e Bracel in broth er wreck in g cre w (Ga ry a nd Chuck), both o n Yamahas. OPEN MOD PRO D: 1. Bri an Sutto n (SUl); 2. Ken M cK enz ie (Suz) ; 3 . Jo hn Doy le (Suz) . 750 PROD: I . Joel tttner (Kaw ): 2 . Larry Buck (H on); 3 . Kirk Correll (Ka w ), 450 M OD PROD: 1. Joe Rodgers (SUl); 2. Oan Wood (Yam ); 3. Tracy Poutv (Sul). SUPERBIKE: 1. Randy Skiver (SUl); 2. 0 0 0 Zlock (SUl); 3 . Dale ZJock(SUl). B60 MOO PROO' 1. Oan Zlock (SUl); 2. Lew IS Harruff (Due); 3. Robert Ham ilton (Suzl . FORM ULA l: I . Randy Skiver (SUl); 2. Joh n Doyle (SUl ); 3. Ray Baker (Kaw ). 600 MOO PROO: 1. Lee Cochra n (Vam)' 2 Ala e Ing us (Vam): 3. J oe Oevis (Kaw) . . Hooper slip-sli es to Clark Branch mud-o-cross win Sco tt Moon a nd Ch uc k Wil ev, bu t Moon 's H on d a ra n o ff the turn two sweeper o n la p seven, a nd he finis hed 10th . N ick Defago 's Suzuki exi ted with Moon , bu t h e rejoi ned th e fra y a nd had a good race with Kirk Correll o n a Kawa saki . Correll dogged him unt i l the la st turn o f th e l Oth lap wh en he n ip pe d third pl ace in a p hoto fini sh . Chuc k Wil ey. wh o won the Apri l 24 ra ce was rlos ing in o n second- p lace La rr y Buck s Int er cep- to r. wh en h is GS -750ES cras hed ha rd in a n o ily turn seven . Wil ey wa sn ' t th e o n ly r ide r to have p roblems as co ndit io ns were p retty m isera b le with rain ca usi ng cras hes a nd bri nging oi l up to rhe track 's sur- face whi ch led to marl' cras hes . Ran d y Skiver ma naged to rem ai n u pri g h t e-nough to win Fo rmula One. Ra v Bak er 's vene ra ble Kaw asaki held seco nd unt il mi d race , Th en John Do yle. o n a _ uzu ki 1200, zapped him . . a fter pa ssin g Mik e Ken yo n on hi s Ren to n Yam aha TZ-250. Rai n tires serv ed S kiver well as he ra n a wa y with th e Superbi ke mon ey rac e. Pau lso n 's Da n Zlock is a to ugh ve tera n who co u ld ch a lle ng e Sk iver , if g iven some more motor, bu t hi s 600cc Suzu ki was more than ade - q ua re for seco nd p lace. Bro th er Da le Zlock go t a ro u nd Du cari pilot Lewi s H arruff to earn third p lace o n hi s G ra ys H arbor Suzuki . Res ults (Han); 3. C. Fosler (Ro/l. FORMULA Ill : 1. O. Green (Vam): 2. B. Lugl ian i (A r m): 3. B. Tilse t h (Vam). FORMU LA IV : 1. J . Legg itt (Vam); 2 . T. Vagar (Vam); 3. G. Pendergrass (Yam). FORMU LA N : 1. J . Glover (Han ); 2. A . Scott (Han) : 3 . M . Kane (Han). FO RMU LA 5 : 1. A. Yarrow (Yam) ; 2 . C. Fo st er (Rot): 3 . S. Kane IC·A ). FORMULA T 10 -750) : 1. M . Riolo (SUl ); 2 . M . Glisson ISUl); 3 . S. W ickland tHan) . OPEN SUPER STREET: 1. O. Ooherty IKaw); 2. J Mor ena ISUl); 3 . D. Edwards (SU I) . 60 1-7 50 SUPER STREET: 1. B. Koegl er (Han): 2 . J . Robert son (Han); 3. J . W ill iam s (Kaw) . 230- 600 SUPER STREET: 1. J . Mon to ya IVam ); 2 . A . Yar ro w (Va m); 3 . J . Poet (Ya m) . OPEN MOO PROO: 1. M . Kaulla r;ch ISUl ) 60 1· 75 0 M OD PROO: 1. O. Gar o ute (Han): 2. M . Krollick (Kaw); 3 . J . Wi lliams (Kaw). 4 5 1· 600 MOO PROD: 1. K. Graves (Vam): 2. J . Montoya (Yam); 3 . F. M azur (Kaw l 251 -450 MOD PROO: 1. S. M oor e IYam): 2. M . Glis son (SUl); 3 . M . R;olo ISul l. 0 -2 50 MOO PROO: t . G. Over man (C-A ): 2 . M . Fenn er (C-A ): 3 . A .J . Park s IC· A). OPEN STK PROD: 1. M . Keuztench ISUl): 2. E RIddle (Ya m) . 60 1-750 STK PROO 1. M Kroll ick (Kaw) : 2 . 0 Ga rout e (Han); 3 . K. Evan (Suz) . 451 -600 STK PROO: I . T Chew (SUl): 2. K, Graves (Yam); 3 , F. Ma zur (Kaw ). 0 -4 50 STK PROO' 1. M . Gli sson (SUl ): 2. P. Cot· ton ISul): 3. S. Wi ckland (Han). Dill takes two at Spillway MX By Jim Plu har SAN TA MARIA . CA. MAY 8 Spi llw a y Park h ad its best turn - oUI o f riders and fan s o f th e yo u n g 1983 sea son Su nda y. Mor e th a n i Orid ers co m pe ted in th e C:l.IC- sanCli Olwd eve n t and Peter Dill showed man y rid ers rhe qui ck wa y aro u n d the trac k. ta ki ng wins in both the Ex p e-rt O ver Th e Hill class a nd the 250cc J un iors . T he O ver The H ill Gan g had t hei r first ra re of the seaso n inSa n ta Ma ria . In tilt' gro up (w h ich has a minimum age o f 30 ) Don Ma yn ard won the Nov ice class. " Da isv" Dave Ho ward ca p t u re d t he In t e r m ediate clas s, " P h i lt hv " Ph il Ko mu nch u k was th e Amateur cla ss wi nn er a nd " Putt- PUll " Dill o u td ista nced th e Experts. TIll' 250cc J unior class was also won by Di ll to go a long with h is ear- li er victory. Ant ho ny Amaro ca me in seco nd . T h e Open Juni o r d ivision sa w M ike W il son bes t Lee J ohnson a nd Denni s Stu bblefield . Th e 250/0pen Int erme d ia te class was won by Mik e Pr yor ; Da ve Mo or e fi n ished seco nd a nd T om Ma r Fa r- lan r ca me in third. Th e P ro seg m ent wa s won going a way by Tim Wo rth in both moros, Fast 125cc Juniors Troy P ryo r. Brad T o m s and Jeff Crowe battl ed the ir way to a 1-2-3- finish for th e da y. The I25cc Int ermed iat e win we nt to T ony Tos te w ith G ary R ickk i second a nd Ph il Bu tl er third . The I25cc P ro s were headed by T erry H ampto n and J im Keese. Todd Yo rk wo n th e Min i Int erm e- diate d ivis io n finishing first overa l l in bot h of th e two rnotos. Freddy P h ill ip s a nd Brad Bea m an wer e 1-2· in th e Mi n i Ju nior class . Ittner tops at rainy Seattle RR By Bruce Scholten Photo by Martha Scholten SEATTLE, WA, MAY 8 T acoma Kawa saki' s joel Ittn er sa i led to first p la ce in th e 750cc Produ ction cl as s toda y a t a very soggy Seattle International Racewa y. Ittner , the 1982 seaso n 750cc P rod cham p io n, hol esh ot hi s GP z / iruo a lead th a t was never serious ly cha llen g ed . . Ittn er 's closes t riva l, La rrv Buck o f , Ra inier _H o nda . was c ha ll en g ed _by _ . O PEN PRO : 1, Mike Lar son (Hen ]: 2 . Leo n Mac- D ona ld (Yam ); 3 . Tom Moen (Ho n); 4 . W ar r en Hick · m a n (Yam ); 5 . Br u ce Irwin (SuI). By Frank Nellis SO N O MA, CA, MAY I The Am eri can Federati on of Motorcyclists (AFM) North m el o n a co ld , wet Sunday a t Sears P o int In terna tio n al Racewa y. T he rain du ring th e p revio us week had left th e ra ce tra ck we t in severa l tu rn s a nd th e ra cing lin e in tu rn s o ne a nd five ha d sta ndi ng water in its cen ter. On e o f the best see saw ba tt les occ u rred in the Form ul a III race. Lou Va llerga took hi s Ma rsee P rodu ct s/ Pal o Alt o Yam a ha TZ250 in to th e lead o ff th e line. Lou wa s followed hv Bob Lugl iani , Br ia n T'i lseth , Wayn~ Monto ya a nd Do n Green . T'il serh took his 375cc Smith Mach in e a nd Qua n d ry /Tre n t T ex a c o z w h ee l Works RD 350-based mach in .. pas l bot h Luglia n i a nd Va ller ga in - the ca ro use l. L ug lia ni passed Va ll ergn o n th e brak es in tu rn seven . T ilseth opened a lead o n L ug lia ni . gainin g a bo u t a 10th o f a seco n d ea ch lap . Mea n wh ile, Wa vne Monr o va a nd Do n G reen were p la ying pa'" a nd re pa ss for fo urth pl a ce. Mon to ya . wearing his skeleton lea th ers a nd r id - ing a jet -b lack TI.250, resembl ed o ne o f th e hor semen o f th e Ap ocal yps e. In the second la p Wayn e a nd G reen ca ug h t a n d pa ssed Val lerga . T hen sud de n ly o n th e third lap Mont o ya . wh o was n ow in third , hi t th e pud d le in turn o ne a nd cras hed . wh ile tf\'i' lg to pa ss Lugliani. With Mo nt o va o u t o f his wa v Green seemed to turn o n th e a fter liurtwr s. H e pa ssed both Lugliani and T'i lse rh o n th e n ex t la p . Lugli an i foll ow ed in h is wak e to g et by T'il se th. b u t wa s unab le to sta y with G reen . Wi th a six-seco nd lead Green sta rte d cr u is- ing to th e fin ish lin e. G reen sa id lat er, " I h it soni c wat er a nd almost los t it. I kn ew I had a g ood lead o n Bo b (Luglia ni ), so I d ecid ed to ta ke it easy rather tha n th ro w it a way some - whe re." T ha t was a big mi stake. L ug lia n i found so me ex tra speed a nd sta rted ca tch in g u p . H e p assed Green a t start fin ish to tak e th e white flag fir st . This for ced Green to wick it u p . T he race e nd ed wit h Green j ust edg ing o ut Lugli ani at th e fin ish line, Ti l- seth too k third a n d Va llerg a was a close fo urth. Results FORMULA t: 1. O. Dohe rty (Kaw); 2. J . Hagan (Yem); 3. J . Morena (SUl). FORMULA 11:.1. B. Koegler IHonl 2. J . Robert son Green pulls out a squeaker in AFM Formula III Anderson, Larson, claim Yamaha Gold Cup Brian Barnes KENT . WA, MAY 8 T h e 1983 Yamah a P er p etu a l Go ld Cup got un derway thi s weekend a t Seattle International Racewa y w ith Jim Anderson (Ya ma ha Su p po rt / M X Fox / ATK / Dall as. Bak er/Kal -G ard ) a nd Mike Larson (Ho nda Su p port / H i-Poi nt ) takin g cla im to a h ealth y sha re o f rhr- 1800 purse. Th e fir st m oto o f I25cc class fo u nd An d erson. Cra ig St an aw a y, Kevin Logsdon a n d Brian Ell in gson lead - ing th e 26-rider pack as th e group com- p leted th e first of 13 tough laps. Robb Mannin g had th e ho leshot bu t su f- fered a fall . leav in g him a t th e rea r o f th e pack . By lap three both Gar y Kuest a nd Do u g Lan ge had m oved int o th e top five a lo n g with Jo n Bu yas to cha lle n ge Stanaw ay for th e seco nd -p lac e SP0 1. At the halfwa y sig n th e mud a nd a diffi cult uphill section had thinned out th e field co n - sidera bly with Anderso n wa y out in front . Mann in g h ad worked h is way u p to sixt h by th e n inth la p a nd by th e fina l la p was cha llen g ing S tana - wa y a nd Bu yas fo r the third a nd fo u rt h spo ts. H e got by bo th rid ers . following And erso n a n d La ng e a t th e finis h. Buyas was fou rth, Stanaway fift h, L onn In m an sixth a nd Bret t Tremblay seventh. The second ra ce fou nd Bell vue Suzuki's Stacey Thorn ton taking the ho leshot with La nge, And erson a nd Manning close behind . Man n in g roosted himself into th e lead o n lap four and put som e gr ound between th e tri o o f Thornton , And erson a nd Lange. Ka wasa ki Support's Derr ick Person cu e was running a strong fifth , but a seizure dropped h im from th e ra ce wi th o n ly three la p s remaining. Mannin g ; Anderson , Th ornt on . Lange, Vonn J ones, Tremblay a nd . Sta nawa y took th e top seven spo ts for th e moto. Larson was aw esome in both motos of th e Open class. H e to ok both ho le- sho ts a nd pull ed away bo th rounds. Leo n Maclf on ald go t th e seco nd over- a ll spot by virt ue of a seco nd a nd third. Tom Moen was th ird overa ll wi th two fifth s, a nd Yam aha- su p- ported War ren Hickm an too k fourt h ove ra ll. Ro n Su n, Er ic Eaton a nd Buffal oe eac h had a to p -fo u r pl acin g in o ne mot o but faced mechanical pro blems in th e o ther ro u nd. Results 125 PRO: 1. J im And erso n (Vam): 2 . Rob Man· ning (Vam): 3. Ooug Lange (Vam); 4 . Craig Stana - w ay (yam); 5. Br en Tremblay (Su z). 250 PRO: 1. J im Anderson (Vam); 2. Bob BuHaloe (Han); 3 . M ike Larson (Han); 4 . J ayme Nickle (Vam); 5 . J oe W r ig h t (H an) . .. ..' ~ • Ran dy Sk ive r led a 1 -2 -3 S uz u ki Supe rb ike showi ng at Sea ttle . C(j 00 O"l ...... ~ .\ U"') C'J >- ~ ~ 36 . -. , ..

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