Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles
Issue link: https://magazine.cyclenews.com/i/126306
.. ; .._._._ __._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._--._._._._._._._._._._.- - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - -- - Western hotline ~ t. ao \ I: . !:' 0') ~ CN ~ Bill Olsen Ix931 and Jack Murchall lEI lead the DeAnza 125cc Intermediate class. W i.nner Danny Bum is buried somewhere in the pack. TImmy SlaYton leads M ichael Dunlap (65) in an AME M inicross. Nationa l rou nds of the AMA / NATC Observed Trials C hampionship on Saturday, Apr. 15 at Sadd leback , Hadley hauls at "DeAnza M X By Ron Lawson SUNNYMEA D, CA , MAR,26 It was a fine day for racing so all the regu lars and some newcomers as well came ou t to De Anza for the Easter -day motocross. Arden Hadley domi nated th e DeAnza 250cc Pros. /' 22 Bob Watson , winner last time out was third, hot ly pursu ed by Frank Travesio , Rick Peckham and Kurt Otto. The First Time Beginner class is, as the name implies , for th ose who hav e never ridden in . trials compe tition before and a llows rid ers to com pl't'· o n a tr ue first -time level, Robert Mennell (Kaw) kept his fee t up th e most to win . Second on a 250 Suzuki was Steve Heck. Walt Tabor plonked his 350 Bul into , third , follow ed c1ose ly by J . Yeomans . The Senior class saw salty Bob Soltys outst yle th e field o n his 350 Bul. Second was Jerry .Man ley on a 300 Yamaha . Waync Emge was third on his 250 Honda . , Saddleback Park still has a lot of casual wat er areas a nd a cou ple of spots where water is still running off th e mountains nearby , making som e rea lly first rat c mud sccrions. Mother Nature has re -work ed ever y gully and crea ted . a bogwheelers parad ise: No dust , primo tra ction o n t he gra ss covered hills id es, la ced with wild flow er. Beautiful.' Th e ITA wi ll host on" of t he In the 250cc Pro class . it was Arden H adl ey 'who took command on his Maico Magnum , He got the ho leshot and led the first moto from start to finish. I n second place was Bill Pelto (Yam) , who was dicing with D en nis Rose (Hon) and Rich Franklin (Yarn). Pelto held them off for about four la ps. then ran into problems that dropped him back to fifth . Franklin was now in second and having a ha rd time ho lding off Rose , As the race went into its final la ps, the pack spread out more. allowing Hadley to cross th e fini sh line with a healthy lead over Franklin and Rose , . In th e next round. it was Hadley out in front again, Rose was second in the first la p. but Pelto got arou nd him when he fell. For most of the race, the order was Hadley, Pelto. Franklin , Tony Pena (Mon) and Rose , who was catching up fast. On t he 10th lap Franklin managed to get past Pelto for second place , They finished in that order and the overall sta ndings went Hadley, Franklin a nd Pelto , Lance Burgess (Suz) ca me up on top of the 125cc Experts , It was close , but he took both rnotos ahead of Craig Gormley , who was racing his first Expert ra ce . Third in both rnotos was Da ve Rose followed by Chris Sa unders , both on Suzukis . The 125cc Intermediate class saw th e return of Danny Burtt (Suz) who has been away for a few weeks , In the first moto , he had a hard time with Ken Odra (Yam), who led for six lap s. Once Burtt got by, however, he just disappeared . In th e second ro und .. it took Burtt on ly two laps to get into the lead . The final . pos itions were Burtt, Odra, Bill Olsen (Suz) and Adrian Hernandez (Suz) , This was the last race of the q ua rter . and th e hig h point winners have bee n determined , In the regula r division, Open Novi ce Bill Koch is on top with 154 points followed by Scott Quick with 132 , The Mini Class has none ot her than Eddie "Tiger" Michetti in the lead with 85 points and - R . . E.· Harris takes the Ve t class with 24 , Resu lts in Resu lts Section . . Kansas' O'Keefe winsAME Minicross By Judy Greenberg VALENCIA , CA, MA R, 24 Mike O 'Keefe took the overall for the 12 and ove r 83cc Sto ck Juniors, on his Lenexa, KS Yamaha, with the American Minicycle Association Friday night motocross at Ind ian Du nes, Dwayne Lewis had command of the first moto, as O 'K eefe tried to find his way around , T he straights hel d an advantage, as he moved to Lewis' side ea ch la p , but Lewis had the co ntrol in the turns to keep in front. . The second time out~· O'Keefe stormed to a healthy lead , whic h he wasn't about to give up . A second p lace battle brewed as Ken Morton and Ca m Johnson moved in on Lewis. but Lewis soon broke loose to finish behind O'Keefe. The night seemed to belong to O' Keefe. as he also dominated the Modified class , bu t lost the overall to -Kris Gangadean with a bad break io the first moto. After leading for three la ps, O'Keefe sp un out in t he tower run . Morton was then in front , but only for a few seco nds before he went d o wn : The way was clear for Gangadean who soon found Rick J urado brea th ing down his neck . Pat Walsh moved his Encino Yama ha fro m eighth to finish third behi nd J urado , ;. O 'Keefe built a strong lead to wiri the seco nd moto. Ga ngadean finished second wit h Walsh looki ng over his shoulder. Jason Wagner worked ha rd for his victory in the first moto of the 83cl: g. 11 Modified J uniors. He sta rted to p ull a lea d , when Cro wn Cycle's Ti m Slayton stormed the pack un til he reached, Wagner 's side i n t h e corkscrew, For a few feet , Slayton led Wagner, but Wagner wound out his t hrottle and took it back as they reac hed th e hairpin, and then went on to take thec heckered , Michael Dunlap tried to top his previous t hird -place finish by taki ng the ho leshot in th e second rnoto . Pesky's David Smi th he ld the number two spot as Walter Armendariz fired into third as they reached the mini sweep. Wagner, who lost his footpeg during the Srock event , was struggling