Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. . .t Caillor.I.·ArI••••.soat N I Western hotline t r. Caillor.l. ArI t N t Calilora". ArI. . ~ E o 00 c:J') lAbove) Formation flying at Saguaro Raceway. IBelowl Mike Dales leads Saguaro's 125cc Juniors. Steve Jones 1490) and Chris Jobst follow. The Rocket Man. Rex Steten. won the 250cc Pro class at Corona. usual sight in Tucson, but it 20 froOl runners. With the riders beginning to get wanned up, Wanket and Shulu begaJ! to pressure Kirker for the lead and eventually both riders slipped by to give Wanket the lead with Shultz right behind. Batding for' the fourth spot were Bill Ouellette (Yam) and Johnson. Johnson, having trouble getting his suspension dialed in, slowed the pace and Pat Hubbs (Mai) moved into fifth but soon retired, giving fifth back to Johnson. The moto ended with Wanket barely holding on to the win over Shultz, and Kirker was third ahead of Ouellette and Johnson. Moto two was a different story, Wanket again was first off the gate with Ouellette, Brian Maloney (Hon) and Shulu hot on his tracks. It took no time for Shultz to move into second and again play the game to get past Wankel. Pete Wanket (Yam), who started in the middle of the pack, now had moved up to fifth and pursued Maloney. Shulu was really on the gas as he was picking up two seconds a lap on Wanket and on lap eight, Shultz took the lead when Wanket ran into mu"b slower lapped riders, causing him to use a rougher outside line. At this time Shultz was gone. Pete Wanket had moved into third and stabilized with Maloney in fourth at the flag. The overall went to Shultz (2I) with a discouraged Tony Wanket (1-2) second. Pete Wanket was third then Ouellette and Maloney. Dean Cates (Suz) grabbed the lead in the 125cc Pros and went all the way to the flag for the win. Following Cates was Franks·mounted Williams, J. Picazo, Kirker and Andy Northrup (Suz). Coming from the middle of the pack was new Luft Shocks rider Rick Malti (Yam). He was just benerkin' it and in no time was in fourth place and pushing third place Bruce McDougal (Hon). With Cates running away from the rest of the pack, Kirker bailed off in hot pursuit but restarted and lost no positions. The moto ended with Cates winning handily, Kirker second, then Maki who nipped McDougal on the last lap for third. Northrup was fifth. Moto two was all Maki. He finally got a good start and stayed right up fronl. Cates again was one of the froOl runners but a crash put him out of contention. McDougal turned in a second place ride and with his 4·2 score, Bruce took second overall. Eric Baker placed third and that ride gave him third overall. The overall went to the hard charging Rick Maki. His !I·I score gave him the honors and the second biggest payoff of the day. Results MINI JR: ,. D. Hommacll iSuz): 2. M. Pal""" (Kowl: 3. P. Gaticio CHanI. MINIINT: ,. T.l:ampbelIIKawI: 2. B. Bunch iHanI: 3. C. Tovtor. IllOcc JR: 1. D. Duffielo ISuzI: 2. M. Medlin CSull: 3. J. SIJOud IYoml. 125ccJR: 1. B. Jock""", IKawI: 2. G. Roden (Han): 3. J. SltMlflS ISuzI. 2SOcc Jfl: I R. Hannoh CSuzl: 2. R. Hayes IHanI: 3. B. KostnerlVoml. 500cc JR: 1. P. Landis (Hanl: 2. M. Moller iSUl): 3. J. Caughey CSuzl. 125cc INT: 1. R. Cercle ISuzl: 2. l. Thomes IYoml: 3. K. Homitton lSuzl. 250cc INT: 1. M. PauloelllHonl: 2. B. Pitzen IYam): 3. B. Bover IHanI. 500cc INT: ,. J. lleltmel< IMai!: 2. R. Guard IHusl: 3. T. Thomas IYom!. 125cc PRO: 1. R. Mal" IYam): 2. B. McDougaiIHonI: 3. E. Baker ISull. 2SOcc PRO: 1. D. Shultz ISull: 2. T. Wanke, iYaml: 3. P. Wankel IMafl. 500cc PRO: 1. D. Gerig IMpfl: 2. D. WiliiamsIRoo): 3. R. Utaaki IYam!. King rules SaguaroMX By Nancy Keyes TUCSON, AZ,JAN. 20 Cold hands were had by all in practice at Saguaro Raceway as the fog moved in. A most un- didn't last very long and allowed the race to continue as planned. Carlos Serrano, taking the jump on the 250cc Pros, went down behind Sunshine and gave David King the perfect opportunity to soar ahead in the first moto. The second moto was a repeat perfonnance of the first with King taking first. Serrano second, Mike Garratt third and Ron Watmore fourth. The third molO was clear running for ~rrano all the way. Scott Woods held off King for three laps when King made his play for second. Ron Watmore slid into third on the next to last lap, giving Woods a fourth. Mike Looper rode his Honda to an overall victory in the 125cc Pro class with Roger McClusky second. It was Gutterud, Wes Blair and James George at the beginning of the 250cc Junior class with Mike Rehm grabbing third away from George only to lose it as he fell on a benn. Blair made a play on Gutterud and they both went down, giving George the win, Gutterud second and Blair third. The second moto Blair snatched first and held it until the last lap with George pushing him all the way. George finally took first place as he passed Blair on the jump coming down off Sunshine. Making the same move on Blair in the third moto, George slid out giving Blair just enough room to stay ahead. The 125cc Juniors picked up the pace a bit with Buddy Thomison grab· bing the lead from the start of moto one. Mike Rehm passed Thomison through a benn and Mike Dales slid into third. Thomison regained first and Rehm fell giving Dales second. Pat Eggman came out second behind Thomison in the second moto with Dales third. Thomison fell and Eggman dropped out with a flat. Dales took fLrSt but Thomison quickly passed him back giving Dales second and Rehm third. The third molO gave Thomison first, Eggman second and Dales third. SCOll Guerin, riding a 100cc in the l25cc Beginner class, took a first in all three motos. Mike Lafferty took second overall and Frank Young third. Results MINI MINI: 1. Kevin Carpento< ISuzl: 2. David Looper ISud: 3. Jimmy Dyer ISull. MINI BEG: 1. Larry MOOte ISul): 2. Erik Moreno ISuzl MINI NOV: 1. Scon Dumm ISuzl. MINI EX: 1. Scon Keyes IYoml. 125 BEG: 1. Scon Guerin IYaml: 2. Mike Lafferty IYaml; J. Rank Young IYoml. 125 NOV: 1. Keith Rich iSuzl: 2. Too Day. 125 JR: ,. Buddy Thomison IYom!: 2. Mike Dales IV_): 3. Pat Eggman (Y_I. 250 NOV: I. Scon Br......eIYoml. IYoml. 250 JR: 1. J"""", George ISUl!: 2. Wee _ OPEN BEGlNOV: 1. Ken Tookasin IHusI. SR: 1. Mock Garrison IYam!. 125 PRO: 1. Mike looperlHonI: 2. Roger McC1uokev ISuzl. 250 PRO: 1. Devid King (Yaml: 2. Carlos Se

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