Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

New Mexlco-Colorado-WyomIDg-MoDt_a-North Dakota-South Dakota-Nebralka~KaDlal-Oklahoma-Tell:as-New Mexico-Colorado-Wyoming (A bove) W inner Matt Lindsey (3 ) battles w ith Mark Fles ia i n t he 1 2 5 cc Expert class at Pueblo . (Below) Randy Kn upp (90) as the pursuer. ball le i n th e 60cc main . wh ic h S tuart won . Alan Po wers swi tched from his short tru cker to a motocross ma chine and ra me a wa v w ith the l 25cc win . Th e "Ga i n~sv i lle Flas h ," Charlie Ga lubens k i, took the 250cc T" T OW l' Brian Flo ck a nd Kevin Bro wn. In th e O pen class. J ohn G ladwell flat left evervo ne beh in d as h e roo k th e wi n over M ik e Spiva a nd Ve lvet Sc ham- bac her. By Peter Gunderson LAKE WHITN EY, TX, APR. 30-MAY I It was a cloud cover day for the opening event of the National Motosports Association Texas R eg i o n a l Q ualifier Series. There wa s pl ent y of competition wi th nam es like Billy Whitley , Kit Vick , Alley Semar, Kyle Landrum, Bryan Ab ernath y a n d Dann y Storbeck pres- ent. In the alway s exci t ing P ee Wee class it was Ro ss Dha yer who took top h onors i n both St ock a n d Modi- fi ed . In th e S toc k cl a ss Shan e McGee~ took sec o n d over all with Kenneth Polk takin g third. In the Modified cl a ss Mi chael Cook took seco n d and Ben Schooley got third. In th e 61cc Stock 6-8-years old it wa s Crispy Vreel and who pulled th e holeshot and went for th e win in both motos, Dha yer wa s abl e to h ang in there for seco nd both motos , for second ov er all. Shane McGee was abl e to go a four-three for a third place overall .s Crispy was a b le to go for a n o the r p erfect score in the Modified class with Terry Ri chards going for second ov erall , respectively . I n th e 83cc Modified class a crash on th e fir st lap put Dave Shade out fo r th e m oto , J .R . LaRose wa s a b le to get a g ood sta rt and win the gold. Shade won th e second moto, but with La Rose winning the overall. Derek Hanson put in two good rides to take second and little Dennis R ich ard s ca me in third overall. Around th e first turn ca m e th e 83cc Expert Stock cl a ss with St a cy Marek leadin g the wa y in front o f Billy Whitl e y. Whitl ey quickl y passed Marek a n d ran a way from every body. Eddi e Vreeland go t held up in th e ga te a n d wa s reall y ridin g fa st. In th e seco n d m ot o Wh itl ey pulled th e h ol esh ot a n d just ran a way with th at m o to too. H e won th e o vera ll with Ma rek ge tt ing seco n d a n d Vree - land co mi ng in th ird. In th e Modif ied class it wa s Ma rek pull in g th e h ol esh o t a n d lea d in g it Ior two la p s. Wh itl ey p a ssed Marek , a n d the n Vr eel an d go t aro un d Ma rek fo r seco n d. In m o to tw o Wh itl ey got th e qui ck jump to lead th e race to th e checke red fla g . T omm y Coll ier had a real go od r id e for seco n d place, Whitl ey won th e o vera ll with Vree la n d taking seco n d a n d Coll ier ge tt ing th ird. In th e I0 5cc O p en cl ass , Whitl ey o~ce aga in to ok th e h ol eshot to th e w m , T er ry Prin gl e hol esh ot the I 25cc N ovi ce Stock cl a ss. Ch ad Park er p a ssed Bill y Compton on the second lap and th en p ass ed Pringle for first. Th e seco n d m oto sa w Compton hang o n to w in th e o vera ll with Carl Chris- toph co m ing in second. Pringl e and P ark e r fin ish ed seco n d and third o vera l l. In th e 125cc Intermediate Stock 'St o r beck , Whitley dominate N MA qualifier Stoval hot on Ross Downs oval ByBob Bagwell COLL EYVILLE , TX, MAY 6 After six weeks of bad weather, things were clear for th e weekly R oss 'Do wns sh o rt tra cklTT races, and Pro rid er Shon Stoval mad e th e best of th e cha nge, In th e 750cc P ro short tra ck m a in. S tova l, Crai g Lew is, O d d Dav is, Dan Huffman a n d Du an e Du vall were th e rid ers wh o p ut o n the show . Da vis led th e ra ce for a w h ile before bein g o ver- ta ken bv S tova l, wh o in turn wa s passed b)' Da vis. Srova l soo n got ba ck in fro n t agai n . a nd stayed th ere . wh ile H u ffma n ch a rg ed u p to seco nd as D u va ll tri ed for th e p o sition a nd mi ssed . Bu t at the ch ec kered flag . h o wever . th e o rder .w as S to va l l. Lew is a nd Davi s. . S to vall co nt in ue d h is w inning wa ys in th e 250cc P ro shor t tra ck . leadin g G reg Duvall a nd L ew is across the fin ish line. In o the r shor t tra ck-a ct ion , th e 60cc ma in sa w a see-sa w bailie between Greg Teag ue a n d SCOll Willi am s, with T eagu e winning . Teague mad e it tw o win s o n th e ni ght -wh en th e 80cc mai n turn ed out to be a ca r bo n co py . In th e Amateur classes , Will y Mc-' Coy best ed Alan P owers for th e 125cc vic tory . a n d J ohn Gladw ell ca me o u t o n to p o f Tim Melton for th e 250cc laurel s. In th e TT p ortion o f th e eve n i ng, J eb Stuart a n d Ru ss C ha m p io n h ad a p o sition . On th e last h airpin . Lind- se y too k rh e o u tsid e lin e and sprint ed for th e flag . Eight in ch es separa ted th e rid ers at th e l in e with Matt win - ning th e m ot o . As a m a tter of fact . th ey were close en o ug h for L in ds ey 10 r ip o u t si x of Flesia 's spokes wit h th e shifti ng lever o f h is Ya m ah a . In the second m ot o , L in d sev took th e h ol esh ot a nd n ever loo ked back . F les ia a nd A l bert F irestine were ca ught in a first- turn pi le-up a n d were forced 10 work th rou gh traff ic. Fl esia to ok seco n d ove ra ll with h ard - ridin g Art DeH off in th e third spo t. M ik e Knup p co nti n ue d domina - tion in th e Open Experts with un con- test ed rid es i n both m o to s. Behind • Knupp, Randy " Rocke t" Warren kept him hon est. Boo Sti chter a n d S tacy Cook ra ced wh eel to wh eel in th e 250cc Expert cl a ss with S tic h ter co m in g o u t o n top for th e o vera ll . Bri an Bink ley, on a Denver Kawa- saki, swe p t the Mini Expert class with su per riding. Results OPEN EX: 1. M ike Knupp; 2. Randy Warren; 3 . Terry Kvle . 250 EX: 1. Boo Stichter; 2 . Stacy Cook; 3 . Terry KV le . 125 EX; 1. Man U ndsey; 2. Mark Flesia ; 3 . Art DeHoff. OPEN AM : 1. Steve Booth; 2. M ik e Derning; 3 . Howard Dunn. VET EX: 1. Dw ight Catalano; 2 . Richard Dostal; 3 . Mark Wilke. VeT AM : 1. J im Smith; 2 . V ic Zeimer; 3 . Dave We~therford . 250 AM : 1. Kurk Madena; 2. Eric Beilman; 3 . Russ Wonders. 125 AM : 1. M ike Schenk ; 2. Kevin Sw isher; 3 . Russ Schooley. 250 NOV; 1. David Streever; 2. Marvin Rose- crans; 3 . Joh n Savr ino. MINI EX: 1. Brian Binkley; 2. Kip Sandell ; 3 . Darren Deloach. OPEN NOV: 1. Don Kesterson; 2. John Agnes: 3 . Cun Lasvog . MINIAM: 1. Doug Ruby ; 2. SConTakacs; 3 .John Bunram. 125 NOV: 1. Tim Marchbanks; 2. George Weldon; 3 . Gary Ficken . PEe w ee A M : 1. A ndy Atkins; 2. Nick Jennings; 3 . Robbie McCoy. PEE WEE NOV; 1. Da n Gleeson; 2. Shawn Mor- gan; 3. Jeff Hopkins. VETNOV: 1. Graeme Perriton; 2 . Bobby Hancock; 3, Dave Ste wa rt. By Ernie Ferguson P UEBLO, CO, MAY 7-8 Pu ebl o Mot or spons In corpor- a ted h o sted a Grand Prix in Pu ebl o this week end , a n d even with a light turn out th e ra cing wa s g rea t. The Sports R id er s Assoc ia- tion o f Col orad o rid er s h a ve h ad three G rand Prix in th ree wee ks a n d th e tra vel is tak ing a to ll , bu t it h a sn't sto p pe d th e co mpe tit io n from m a in- ta in in g a h igh qu al it y th at is so typi- ca l o f Col or ad o . Matt Lindsey a n d Mark Fles ia had specta tors a n d ra cers a like sta n d in g as th ey went h ead to h ead in th e I 25cc Expert class. Through th e fir st m oto, th ey were n ever m ore th an 30-ya rds a p a rt a s th ey battled th e tou gh co u rse, T he lead wa s ch a nged four tim es between th e tw o , but th e fini sh wa s so me th ing to see. Lindsey wa s lead- ing in th e secon d -to- las t turn wh en Fl esia came inside to tak e th e front tions every o the r lap. Pi z stayed o n th e gas m ore a n d o n th e b rak es less , a n d Conti h ad to se tt le for fourth . Results BEG: 1. Ward (M -G); 2. Wilson; 3. Weller (Kaw ). 450 PROD: 1. Piz (yam); 2. Elledge (Yam ); 3 . Nichols (Yam). • 600 PROD: 1. Keith A. Turner (Kawl; 2 . Rodi- baugh (Kaw); 3. Amundson (Kaw ). B60 PROD : 1. Keith Kivo.a (Han); 2 . A . T urner (Suz); 3 . Jacobson (Han). OPEN PROD : 1. Kivota (Han !: 2. Peniford (Kaw ); 3 . A . Turner (Suz). 450 S- BIKE; 1. Amundson (Vam); 2. Elledge (Yam); 3. Clark . 600 S-BIKE: 1. M arq uardt (Han); 2. A . Turner (Kaw) ; 3. Tom Nickell (Yam). B60 S-BIKE: 1. Rick Orla ndo (Han); 2. Keith KiV- ota (Han); 3. M arq uardt (Han) . OPEN S ·BIKE : 1. Rick Orlando (Han); 2. Keith Kivota (Han); 3 . Kieffer (Kaw ). COLORADO CLASS : 1. Piz(Yam); 2. Cont i (Yam); 3 . Tom Nickell (Yam). . FO RM ULA II: 1. J im Sonnleitner (Ya m); 2 . Tom Nickell (Yam); 3. Ty Piz (Yam ). FORMULA I: 1. Rick Orla ndo (Han ); 2 . Dave Kieffer (Kaw) ; 3. Keith Kiyo t a (Hon) . BATTLE/TWINS: 1. Garnier (Due); 2. Brown (H- D): 3 . Ward (M- G). Lindsey, Flesia '" battle at Pueblo Central Pipeline Orlando Intercepts F-1 at CDR RR By Joe Day CASTLE ROCK, CO , MAY 8 The Mountain R o a d ra ci n g Association held its first full ra ce program of 1983 at Con- tinenta l Divid e Raceway. The . crowd , whi ch had co m e to see exce l- le nt road ra cing, was not di sap- pointed . The n ew p av ement o n th e 2 .75-m ile co u rse co nt ri b u ted to th e ver y qu ick p ace. The ac tio n in Formula One wa s as to u nd ing. Ri ck Orlando, aboard h is AM A Su perb ike Inter ceptor, pulled o u t a hu ge lead rig h t fro m the sta rt . The battl e for second pl a ce drew the m ost a ttentio n as Dave Keiffer (KZl OOO Kaw ), M ik e Pett iford (KZl OOO R Kaw ) a n d Keith Ki yota ( V45 H on ) a ll h ooked up to form a very tight , very fa st kn o t. Thi s kn ot tra ve led th e co urse as o ne , a nd o n ly the three- q ua rter-mi le straightaway cou ld p ut a ny real di st an ce be tw een th ese ra c- ers . Keiffer event ua lly p ull ed away. leav ing Pettifo rd a n d Kiv ot a to se u le up th ird pl ac e.jPeuilord led Kiyot a bri efl y, but Kiyoia co a xed hi s 750cc aro u n d th e IOOOcc. Pettiford th en locked up hi s front wh eel o ver bra k- ing o n th e infield , a n d to ssed h is g ree n bike into th e ro ugh. Ki yota sa i led o n to third unch all en ged . Formula Two h ad its o wn su r- p rises a nd twi st s o f fat e. Jim So n- nl eitner (T Z250 Yam ) took th e lead o n th e fir st lap. H e wa s pursu ed by T o m Ni ck ell (TT500 Yam ), T y Pi z (YZ465 Yam ), and Allan Conti (TT500 Yam ). Sonnleitner oversh ot turn o ne , takin g hi s TZ for a sh o rt dirt rid e. . T his wa s a ll N ick ell n eed ed to g ra b th e lead, but Sonnleimer regained h is co mpos u re a n d sli p p ed by Ni c kell o n th e in fie ld . Conti a n d Piz wrestled hard for third pla ce, cha nging posi- 40 • •

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