Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

hern Nevada-Southern California- Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern California- Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern Cali 250 NOV 1: ,. John Biffle IHonl; 2. Mike Wright IVaml; 3. Martin Klopman IC-AI. 250 BEG: 1. Shawn Kaul (Mail; 2. leslie Armbuster (Yam); 3. Marty Ruil (Yaml. 125 NOV 1: 1. Craig Cable IVaml; 2. Pat Dolan (Honl; 3. James Gusman (Yaml. 125 NOV 2: 1. Keith Nash (Hon); 2. David Figueroa lHan): 3. Jim Weeks (Suz). 1"25 BEG 1: 1. Vince Falvo (~uz); 2. Steve Cheoze (Hon); 3. eric Bruha (Sull. 125 BEG 2: 1. Chris Coats (Suz); 2. Michael Vichota 15uzl; 3. Rick Roark 15uzl. Rain reigns at DeAnza By Ron Lawson SUNNYMEAD. CA. MAR. 2 The rains came back to southern California last week, but DeAnza Cycle Park had partially solved its access problems as the first parts of last year's grant money starts trickling through the red tape. The dirt road leading down into the valley was redesigned and covered with a special water-proof coating. but it will still be several months before it sees a permanent asphalt blacktop. With the road in good condition there was no emergency evacuation -when rain started coming down in the second moto, as has happened in the past, and riders were able to finish all the races. Mark Barnes was the man to top the 250cc Pro class with his Barnes Yamaha-sponsored YZ. In front of the first moto almost the entire distance, however. was Yamaha of Redlands rider Danny Burtt. Burtt took the lead on the first lap and instantly stretched it out to about 10 seconds, but Barnes didn't let it grow much farther than that as he cruised into second place. Phil Thorstensen made a return to the MX scene after a long layoff to claim a third in the first round. In the second moto. Barnes jumped out to a strong lead while Burtt trailed Thortensen and Tim Bailie in fourth. BUTll tried charging up a little too quickly and found himself on the ground while Barnes and Thorstensen pulled away with the lead. Bum remounted and partially caught up but fell again, leaving him stuck with a distant third for the rest of the race. Meanwhile Barnes was holding off Thorstensen by just a hair. The two finally began to separate as fatigue began to take its toll on Thorstensen. They finished in that order and in the overall standings it was Barnes, Burtt and Thorstensen. In the 125cc Intermediate class it was Bart- Hitt (Kaw) topping the field. In both motos it took him a couple of laps. to get into the top spot, but when he did he took it a'll the way home. Coming in second in the first moto was Ken Campbell of Harry's Cycle but the next round saw Doug. Davison, who rides out of Indio Suzuki, take the runner·up spot. Campbell g-ot third and in both moto~ Michael Curry (Hon) was fourth. Results PEE weE: 1. Mike Michetti (Yam); 2. Allan Brehm . (Yam); 3. Jim Galatioto (Suz). MINI NOV: 1. Jimmy Palmer IYam); 2. Kevin Richey . (Suzl; 3. Phil Smith IHonl. MINI INT: 1. Donnie Sigrist (Yam); 2. Jeff Schaeffer (Kawl; 3. Leonard Robertson (5uzl. 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Monroe (Varni; 2. Jerry Dysert; 3. lynn Hawkins (Yaml. 125 NOV: 1. Terry Knight (5uzl; 2. Paul NagellKawl; 3. Darrel Batey (5uzl. t 251NT: 1..Bart Hin (Kawl; 2. Doug Davison 15uz); 3. Ken Campbell. 125 EX: 1. Varney Holbrook 15uzl; 2. Foster Edwards (Varni; 3. Brian Mayer 15uzl. 250 BEG: 1. Jim Dove (Vam); 2. Jim Brown IKaw); 3. Bren Weaver (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Eric Caymak IVaml; 2. Calvin Utterback IVaml; 3. Butch Baker (Varni. 250 INT: 1. Tony Camarena lHonl; 2. Mark Branch ISuzl; 3. Geoff Sanborn {Varni. 250 EX: 1. Marl< Barnes IVaml; 2. Danny Bum IVaml; 3. Phil Thcntenoen IVaml. OPEN'NOV: 1. Allan Popoff {Varni; 2. Dale McDanel (5uzl; 3. Ken Kaney IVaml. OPEN INT: 1. Ron lawson (Suzl; 2. Bill Lustricl< (Suz); 3. Steve Harris (Suz), OPEN EX: 1. Jim Lowe (Honl; 2. Lee Granlee IMail; 3. Jerry Hans!ey ISuz). o Keese, Kelly 00 0') conquer AME MX 1""""4 By Judy Greenberg Photo by Bob Greenberg VALENCIA, CA. MAR. 9 Indian Dunes management gave free fenders to each rider who participated in this American Motocross Enterprises MX on the International track and sandwash. In the 250cc Pro class, Bill Keese of San Luis Obispo put together a pair of wins on his Maico for Phil's Racing. Keese snatched the early I~ad from Richard Bunch to finish the first moto with a strong lead, despite problems with his brakes. Tibor Papp's "Racer Pit" Yamaha moved in for second, leaving Bunch to settle for third. The Granada Yamaha of "Demon" Don Draz led the second gate, until he bailed in the sand, giving Papp an opening to jump in fron.t of Keese. They proceeded to run from the field in one of the tightest races of the day, with Keese taking final command to sweep the class. Rob Martindale put his S. L. Cycle Honda in for third. Tom Kelly took home the largest purse in the 500cc Pros on his KTM for Malcolm Smith. Dirt Bike's Kent Zahrt led Mark Gambetta's Goleta Yamaha in wheel to wheel combat for the fITSt moto lead when they crashed in the sand, putting Zahrt out of the day's contention: Darren Oliver (Yam) took over until the final lap when Kelly slipped by for the win. Gambetta ran wire to wire the second time. International M/C's Kirk Sturgeon passed Oliver and soon found Kelly on his tail. They swapped second back and forth, but Sturgeon remained in control. He started to pull ground on Kelly and close on Gambetta, only to suffer engine trouble and lose a few laps. Kelly finished second with Oliver in third for second place money. Fred Price's 4-4 gave him third. The 125cc Pro win went to the Bakersfield Yamaha of Mark Bledsoe who finished 1-!l for the day. Steve Schmitz and John Whelchel put their International Yamahas into immedi· ate battle for the lead. Coming out of a sharp sand turn Schmitz went down, losing a. few places. A couple laps later, Whelchel fell to the fate of another sand turn, putting Bledsoe in control with Schmitz now in second and closing with each lap. Mike Van Acker, John Langhammer and David Lynch diced for third, with Lynch coming out on top. Bledsoe stayed in front of Schmitz for the win. grabbed his second Schmitz holeshot of the day, only to have mechanical trouble at the top of the hill. Whelchel made up for his DNF the first time by taking off to a strong lead which he rode the full 12 laps un· contested. Lynch held second through. out, while Bledsoe picked off riders one at a time for a third, followed by Van Acker. Jim Bauer's Maico won back to back in the 500cc Intermediates. Andy Richard led the ea'rly laps until he went down. Bauer shot in front of David Anderson (Hus) and they held the first two positions to the finish. Richards .worked his way back up for third. Richards.shadowed Bauer the entire In a frenzy of action. the 125cc Pros take off at AME's Indian Dunes MX. second moto, waiting to make his move. ·When it came down to the wire his bike quit and he pushed across the finish. This put Anderson in for another second, and the Maico of Dave Toogood from Big Rapids, MI, in for' third. Results soo PRO: 1. Tom Kelly IKTMI; 2. Darren Oliver IVam); 3. Fred Price IVam). 250 PRO: 1. Bill K..... IMail; 2. Tobar Papp IVaml; 3. Rob Martindale lHon). 125 PRO: 1. Mark Bledsoe (Yam); 2. David Lynch IHanl; 3. Mike VanAcker ISuz). ODE55EV5: 1. Todd Carmody IOdyI; 2. Craig Smith IOdyl; 3. Jack Kirk IDdy). SOO VET JR: 1. Daniel Shannon {Mail; 2. Bill Baxter (Yaml; 3. Louis Jaimes (Yaml. SOO INT: 1. Jim Bauer IMail; 2. David Artderson IHusl;3. Andy Richard IVaml. 500 JR: 1. Duane Green (Yam); 2. Danny Cherrier 15uzl; 3. Jim Douglasl5uzl. 250 INT; 1. Erin Buskirk (Suz); 2. Dan VanAcker (Varni; 3. Troy King IHonl. 250 JR: 1. Martin Klopman IC·Al; 2. Randy Johnson (Vaml; 3. Randy Tinlemier (5uzl. 750 BEG: 1. Jimmy Mayhue l5ozl; 2. Mark Sanders (Vaml; 3. Steve Banner IHus!. 125 INT: 1. Chris Morton {Varni; 2. Pat McConnell {Yaml; 3. Russ Wagman (Yaml. 125 JR: 1. Adam Ford IKawl; 2.. Sammy Avdian 15uzl; 3. Grant Moore 15uzl.I 125 BEG: 1. Andy Ward 15uzl; 2. Darin Moore IVaml; 3. Chirie PridgenlSuzl. 100 EX: 1. Jack Greenberg lSuz). 100 INT: 1. Zoli Meszaros {Varni; 2. 5con Graham (Varni; 3. Bobby Wright 15uzl. tOO JR: 1. Peter Csulak 15uzl; 2. Eric 5ilgero 15uz); 3. Charles Osterday 15uzl. WOMEN5 DIV: 1. Jan Murray IVaml; 2. Pat Holland 15uzl. 83cc EX: 1. Larry Brooks IHonl; 2. Ty Maddux (Varni. 83cc INT: 1. Alan Lippie (Yam); 2. Steve Van Ousen (Yam); 3. William Surratt (Yam•. ~c jR: 1. Chris Balades lSuzl; 2. Tony Puga (Suz); 3. GIlbert Valdez IYaml. 83cc BEG: 1, Marcus Sabado (Yamt; 2. Roberta Palacios (Suz). 6'cc INT: 1. Danny Lamb (5uzl. 61cc JA: 1. John Ethel! (Suzl; 2. Matt Blacklock (Suzl; 3. Steven Kotojarvi U~jl. Rhyan rips at CMC CarlsbadMX By Patti Firth-Trotter CARLSBAD, CA, FEB. 24 As we navigated our way ,through the ankle deep mud and over Rio Carlsbad, . the general feeling among the folks who showed up to do battle was to ha-ve some let's go get 'em motocross. A large section of the track had to be closed due to the rain damage; everyone's favorite "Horseshoe" section was off limits along with the mini dropaway and sand gully area. Perhaps Mother Nature is not into dirt riding sports. The call to the gate was heard first for the Open Pro riders, and it was a fairly small group since most of those who could were at Oakland. CMC Golden State Champion Steve Rhyan (Mai) sat calmly waiting to show the J others why he was the "Champ." When the gate went down, away went Steve. He was the only rider in the pack to finish the race without mud on his jersey. Following Steve around the first turn was another Maieo-mounted speedster, Val Tamietti, with Bob Marino (Yam) and Dale Lewis (Mai) In the next positions. As the riders passed by the scoring tower on the second lap, Marino was in second with Tamietti holding off Medford, OR, rider Larry HooJH:r (Yam), and a little further back in the pack was Alan Smith (Hus) who was beginning to put the moves on a few of the other competitors. By the sixth time around Smith had locked himself into third behind Marino. The dice that went on for the rest of the race between Bob and Alan saw them both spend some time in second. As the last lap came out Smith looked to be in total control of the second place points, but as he and Marino came down the very rutty downhill section of the track Bob moved to capture the points right afte.r with winner Rhyan. In third through sixth were Tamietti, Smith, Hooper and Steve Walker (Yam). The second moto was another Rhyan "smoke." Hooper was the second slot rider with Smith and Marino keeping up in the third and fourth places. The money for the day went to Rhyan. Marino and Hooper. As they picked their way through the mud and slime, the 250cc Pro riders' were looking fierce. Honda rider Bryan Maloney grabbed the holeshot and blasted around the first turn to begin the action. Pete Wanket (MX Fox) was right on his knobby with Clint Hardick (Suz), Scott Burnworth .(Suz) and current CMC number one plate holder Tony Wanket in pursuit. The line-up stayed preTty much the same until the ninth lap when the leader became Pete Wanket ... where was Maroney? Later in the day the story was told that he was sitting with an empty gas tank ... that's the gas crunch for you. At this point in the moto it was Wanket and Wanket with Hardick in third and Burnworth fourth. Pete was riding hard and fast to try and keep brother Tony from getting around him. As the brothers careened off the downhill there was a ne~ leader and moto winner, Tony. Pete got the second place points with Hardick, Burnworth and Tamietti and Fritz Schlegel scoring next. The second moto began with Hardick as the leader and Maloney, Brian Pitzen (Yam), Wanket and 39

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