Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

thern Nevada-Southern California- Arizona-Southern Nevada-Soutbera California- Arlzona-5outhern Nevada-5outhern Call o 00 0) Marty Miller leads Jim Tarantino in Corona 250cc Pro action. Andy Northrup took the 125cc Pro win at Corona. tino gambled on a back section of the course by taking a short alternate route and it paid off with him moving from fifth to third. When the checkered flag came out it saw Roeseler and Griewe, still about 10 seconds apart but far ahead of Tarantino,' Hoyt, Miller and Orescanin. In the Open Pro class it was a runaway win for Rich Eierstedt and his big Franks Honda thumper. He was on top of every lap while Ron Utaski (Yam) held out for second over Jeff Eierstedt (Mai) and Bill Lustrick. Eierstedt pulled ahead to such a strong lead that it didn't bother him that much on the last lap when his footpeg came off and he was forced to ride on one foot. The 125cc Pro race was decided on the very last lap. Scott Manning, in his first ride on his new support Yamaha, was the leader through most of the race. But Roger Hensley (Suz) pulled off a last lap pass in a rough straight that put him on top of the class. Doug Dubach took third while the last paying position went to Scott's brother. Troy Manning (Hon). The Pro results are final. but official sportsmen results will be released within roughly one week. six and stayed in there to win first place. Marvin Olsen was the third place winner, and following Marvin was Ray Sanchez in fourth. Dick Mosley took the Expert lead and held on for six laps. Tom Widick plowed through the three foot deep sand and managed to find a good line and take the lead and the win. This then put Mosley in there with second place and Bob Milner came in with third. The Amateur division's Ron Clawson certainly knew how to handle the sand situation as he beautifully maneuvered his way into first place win. Asker Lamkjaer showed us some pretty smooth riding and he was the second place winner. Jerry Scott recovered from a bad start and moved up to take third. Following Scott was Ed Scheidler with fourth place. A good combination in the Novice division was Bob Anderson and his TT 500. Anderson just whizzed through everything to claim the big win. Second place win 'belonged to Larry CaJderon. Larry has been doing a lot of good riding lately. In third place was Bob Alloy and following was our president, Larry Escamilla, with fourth place win. Corona MX: Miller takes two twos to top Tarantino By Ron lawson CORONA, CA. MAR. 7 It was a hot 250cc Pro class at Corona Raceway, and it held a couple of surprises, Surprise number one was Rick Harris (Yam) who was putting in his very first Pro race. Harris edged Marty Miller of Redlands Suzuki out of the first turn and then went on to open up a slight lead. But Miller was being pressed from behind by DG's Jim Tarantino (Hon), so he didn't wast any time in getting on the ball and catching the rookie leader. On the third lap, both Miller and Tarantino pushed their way past Harris and started dicing between themselves for the lead. Don Griewe (Mai) was also working his way up from the rear, but by the time he got into fourth behind Harris he ran out of steam and had to ~ happy where he was. In the meantime, Tarantino was pushing Miller to the limits and it was on the very last lap that he found a way into the lead. In the next round it was strictly a three way race between Griewe. MiJler and Tarantino. Griewe jumped in t<;> the lead over Miller and Tarantino and then the three of them were soon separated from the rest of the pack. They remained only a couple of bikelengths apart throughout the race, but on the last lap, Tarantino made another last ditch effort at getting past Miller and slid out. They had developed enough of a lead that it didn't hurt his final moto finish, but he had to be satisfied with second ovcrall behind Miller and ahead of Griewe. Harris could only manage a sixth in the last round to nab fourth overall. Andy Northrup of Honda of Pomona took the 125cc Pros the hard way. First he ·took a runaway win in the first moto over Redlands Suzuki's Dave Rose and Stan Galvez (Suz), but in the second round, he crashed on the very first lap. In the lead was Bryan Jordan (Yam), who had run into a little bad luck of his own in the first moto bUl still finished fourth. Northrup moved past Rose on lap six and started pushing Jordan for the lead. but lhe checkered flag came out before he could make any serious challenges. In the high school competition il was Redlands that again took the honors with Tom Hodgin, Geoff Sanborn, Richard Hoffman and Cliff Walter all taking individual wins. Old Timers romp at sandy Dunes By Bob Alloy VALENCIA, CA, MAR. 2 Due to some exterior rearranging, Indian Dunes was somewhat different today. A lot of the lower section of the track by the river bottom is now in Ventura. Thanks to nature's ways. there remained only the river bottom itself which is that nice, deep, wet sand that even gets deeper and wetter as we tried to forge our lines. The day began with cloudy skies which later materialized irito liquid stuff. If more Old Timers had brought swimsuits, we could have just as well swam our second moto, However, we were cheated out of a second moto ~ause of more blasted rain and the need to make a fast exit. Anyways, brief as it was, 40 Old Timer greats got in a little action and excitement. Masters division ~gan with Blackie Lewis blasting away with the holeshot and Chuck Woody tight on his rear fender. Chuck shot past -Blackie on lap Results MASTERS: 1. Chuck Woody ISuzl; 2. Blackie Lewis (Yam); 3. Marvin Olsen (Mail. EXPERTS: 1. Tom Wodick IYaml; 2. Dick Moslev IMail; 3. Bob Milner IYam). AMATEURS: 1. Ron Clawson; 2. Asker Larnkjaer; 3. Jerry Scott IYaml. NOVICE: 1. Bob Anderson (Yaml; 2. Larry Calderon (Suzl; 3. Bob Allov (Yam). 8reker, Turner star In CRC's 8udwe/ser/ Yamaha opener By Lee Taylor Photo by Thundermountain Photography ORANGE, CA, MAR. 9 A rich vein of Yamaha gold ran through Saddleback Park, for the first race in the California Racing Club's Budweiser/Ya· maha Series. As promised, Yamaha provided gift certificates to the sportsmen as well as cash to the Pros. Electro Helmets, IRC Tires and NO Plugs were a large part of the action with Sportsmen certificates and cash for the Pros. By day's end, Yamahas had taken a clean sweep in several races and were the chosen mounts of the majority of winne"rS. By using the sponsoring products, victory came to ·riders through. out the day, regardless of how they trophied. Goat Breker fired up his Kawasaki for U.S. Norstar and burned up the track, on his way to a pair of wins in the Open Pros. If ever there was a rider to beat, it was Breker. Throughout the day in both the Open and 250cc races he seemed unbeatable. His green machine blended into the grassy hillside, He was almost invisible. He seemed invincible. At the start of the Open Pro race. Suzuki's Ron Turner led the charge. He found Breker nipping at his rear tire and Yamaha-mounted Robert Marino in third. Breker hassled and badgered Turner and fmally took com· mand. Marino stayed in close, main· taining third for the first moto. Peter Snorteland piloted his Yamaha across the line in fourth fighting off Bill Hagen. When the gate dropped the second time, Breker took a wide outside line for 'the lead. Hagen was right behind in second, his Syclops Maico in hot pursuit. Turner, in the middle of the pack, turned up the wick and in the fourth lap was closing fast on Marino in third. Slipping on by Marino and Hagen, Turner went after Breker. With five laps to go Breker fired off a green streak that propelled him across the finish line for the overall win. Turner followed closely for second place money, Hagen finished in third for fourth overall and Marino, finishing third overall, took home a $100 bonus from Yamaha as the top Yamaha in the race. Breker came back on the line for the 250cc Pros and brought the spectators trackside with one of the most brilliant rides of the day. He took the lead in the first moto with his old adversary, Turner, in second and Ro~rt Reisinger aboard a Kawasaki in third. Yamaha· mounted Bill Ouellette, in fourth, held off almost two dozen racers. Mike Shoemaker brought his Yamaha up behind Ouellette and fought tooth and nail to hold his position. When the machines fired up for their second round, it was Breker, Reisinger and Turner. Reisinger and Turner took over when Breker was forced back with a flat tire. It was a classic Kawasaki-Suzuki duel as these two took on the course neck and neck, until Turner took over. Heavy traffic from lapped riders slowed Turner considerably but ~ held off Reisinger for top dollar. Reisinger stayed close for third overall and Breker maintained third, flat and all, for second place money. Shoemaker, finishing in fourth 37 -

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