Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.; Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada -Northern C~f.Q,<"ia-Northern Nevada-Oregon·Washington-ldaho-Utah-Alask =NORTHERN DATELINE ~ /:~- :..;{. r E Rick Burgett 1221 and Chuck Sun 1291 fought. got 1-2 in Washougal Open Pro. Alex and Kim Jorgensen. Jorgy's ST reign at Hills Ferry continues ByW. H. Spencer NEWMAN, CA , APR. 26 Hills Ferry Raceway continues to draw the cream of the crop of central and northern California short track racers, but no one 38 appears to be ready to loosen the stranglehold that Alex Jorgensen has on the 250cc Expert class with th e Jorgy CanAm and Teddy Davidson, likewise, with the Blu-Ar c Distributing TT500 in the Open Expert run. Som e changes in the Mini ranks were worth the price of admission just by itself as Winkie Freitas led all la ps and all comers in the 100cc Expert bash with Chris Carr taking second over Kurt Chandler and the mob. Carr came back for the big point 80cc Expert win over Chandler and Aaron Hill. The Jorgy RM 80 was faultless and very fast over Chandler's Salinas KX and a re worked Lectron-powered/ND-sparked motor for Hill who stilI has homework to do . J im Pet tit took the Junior end of 125cc competit ion while Doug Baber was the No vice winner. Mike Rosa made some fancy moves for the 250cc Novice win over Steve Jackson while former Min i ace Jerry Lanning won the 250cc Junior over Vance Sherfield and Chris Roehlk. Sherfield was on the move with his Yamaha Sports Center YZ, passing well from the back over Roehlk and John Deatherage. Three heats and a semi of 250cc Experts made for the usual National-type competition. Craig Scroggins won the first heat that was absolutely loaded with Black Plates. Doug Chandler, the four-time former Mini number one, started last and just to show the caliber of competition, the first rider he passed was Teddy Davidson , a former National Novice and Junior champ now ba ck on th e Grand National circuit. Doug took his ND ·spa rked Salinas Kawasaki to second with some of th e finest moves a 14-year -old can make and stay wit h it . Alex Jorgensen took one of the other heats with an easy win while little brother Kim , holder of the Num ber One Black Pla te couldn't get to a tra nsfer spo t starting from last . He had to win the semi to go to the main . And what a thri1Ier it was! Jorgensen , Alex that is, took the sta rt alongsid e of Rick Delacy on th e BOSS Yamaha , Doug Chandler and a group that was running very ' close. Chandler made one of his famous moves around Delacy and Joey Kn igh t to charge into second. On the third lap, the you ng Expert racer made a slight miscalcula tion and got just a bit wide exiting the number two comer, losing about two bike lengths. It was costly in that on th e very nex t lap , in the same spot, Jorgensen also made the same slight m istake and instead of Chandler being th ere to fill the appropriate hole, he was off just enough to m iss th e grand chance. The rest of the ra ce was follow the leader . Craig Scro ggins came up with a Can-Am ride and d id it justice by taking a great third pla ce in fro nt of two -tim e Nationa l sho rt track cham p Delacy with Knight improving his skills for fifth . Stan Mo rris felt good about leading the 360 -500cc Novice show with Liz Power a close second biding her tim e on the Da ve Bird XR 500 , bu t while she was waiting for a cha nce a t the pass and win, Randy Holycross ca me up with his BSA Vict or to ta ke away second a nd Liz's cha nce for the sta rring role. Hector Alcala had a good 500cc Junior rou nd winning over Tiny Pettit in an easy-does-it class. Ted Da vidson got chased a lot by fellow 500cc Experts Danny Moore and Ma rk Key, bu t th e veteran had it his own way for the checkered with Dwayne McCaslin in for fourth . Results 100 EX:1. Winki. Freitas !Ya m); 2. Chris Carr ISuz). llO NOV: 1. Roy WallS !Yam); 2. Jason Murphy !Yom). llO JR: 1. Scon Casey ISuzl; 2. Joson Paol i IYom). llO EX: 1. Chris Cerr (SuzI; 2. Kurt Chandl.. (KIwi ; 3. Aaron HiJllKowl. . 125 NOVIJR: 1. Jim Pettit IVom); 2. Ooug Baber !Yoml. 250 NOV: 1. Mike Rosa {Varni; 2. S' 8\Ie Jackson !Yoml. 250 JR : 1. Jerry Lanning IYaml; 2. Vance Sherf ield (Voml; 3. Chris R_lk (S uzl. 250 EX: 1. Alex Jorgensen (C-A); 2. Doug Chandler (KIw); 3. Craig Scroggins (C-Al. 360-500 NOV: 1. Stan Morris !Yom l; 2. Randy Holycross (BSAl. 500 JR : 1. Hector Alcala !Yom); 2. Tiny Pettit IVoml . 500 EX: 1. Ted Davidson !Yaml; 2. Oonny Moor e (Hon); 3. Mark Key !Yom). Ron Sun showed you don't have to have watercooling to win 125cc Pro . Sun, Sun and Burgett in Washougal MX By Action OZ WASHOUGAL, W A, APR. 20 On a track that they cut their teeth on , Rick Burgett and Chuck Sun made it seem like old times as they put on a battle in th e 250cc and Open class that left the fans babbling in their cocoa. Oh yea h, Ron Sun was there too and he d id a number for the folks in the 125cc Pro class . W hen the brand new stadium-type gate dropped for the first 125cc Pro m oto, Ron Sun was about fourth into the firs t right- ha nder off the start. Befor e the second tum , he had slipped through for the lead, one he'd not relinquish for th e 12 laps it took to the checkers. Local number one plate hold er, Joe Spangler (Yam) from Cheshire , O R , was able to hold his spot in second bu t was fa r back from Sun. Steve Cocoran (Yarn) worked his way through the pack afte r a dism al start and finished third th e firs t mo to . Mike Kin near, on a Yamaha for the first time, looked very good this opening day of the new season to pick up the fou rt h spot. Mark Su n de cid ed Honda's faith in him was justified 'ca use when th e re ar. falling g ate fell for the second moto, he was in the lead and gone. Because of the by now steadily fa lling ra in , th e second "go-rou n'" was shortened to seven laps. Sun took it going away on th e red Honda mach ine while Joe Spa ngler and his yellow Yamaha churned to a solid second in the squish. By the time the flag dropped, there were on ly four riders who were in good enough shape to see it - Sun , Spangler, Parrish and Corcoran. The 250cc Pro class had some talent in it also . At least the first moto did, in that it had numbers and talent. Chuck Sun, riding naturally for American Honda , was fresh off a stipe rcross win in the East. Rick Burgett, riding for Yamaha Motors, was the Open class champ of the nation a couple of yea rs ago . Ron Sun again , naturally, on a red machine , Clarence Gardner on a Yamaha , and so on and so on . Well, down drops th e ga te and off they go . It was like watching re- runs on T. V. (if you don't look too closely a t the bikes) - Sun and Burgett do ing battl e; "Mr. Motocross," Rob T ice, in the tower calling the battle over the P.A. and all's well with the world. Sun grabbed the lead and held it for two laps before Burgett got around him and held it for two . By lap five, it was Sun again and they started to dice. Before you knew it , they pulled such a lead over the pack that it became two r aces within a moto . Sun eventually pulled it off with a mo ve and a piece of luck as Rick dumped it . Burgett finished second and Ron Sun took third. Mark Sun got fourth and Mark Hambleton on a Husky pulled a fifth . _ The second moto started with Burgett getting th e scratch. He only held it one lap before his machine developed a sneeze a nd he had to put it to bed. W e can only pictu re what it could hav e been between the two national sta rs. Ch uck Sun went on to put a wide move on the .pack and take the flag first over second place and brother Ron. Mark Sun was third and Bruck Irwin on a Suzuki got fourth. Now for the first moto in the Open class . It's the race the old tim ers have all been waiting for and they're not d isappointed. Sun grabbed the lead at the start with Rick on that yellow mono right there. Sun didn't make a mistake until the ninth lap and Burgett got him . He held it until th e 12th and final lap when Sun found an opening and do ve by for the win. John Welch, riding a Yamaha for Salem Yamaha , got third. Mitch Kirkpatrick, on a Husky from Bend, OR, picked up fourth spot while Phil Randall on a Yamaha got fifth . In the second moto, Burgett got the good line off the start. Sun was right there for a tug of war. Sun, Burgett. Burgett, Sun. Meanwhile, Welch held his own in third with Kirkpatrick running fourth. Burgett lost it around the top of the uphill and Sun blasted by. Nobody can see that part of the track so Rob Tice yelled his beard off when he saw Sun fly down the giant downhill in first. By this time, Burgett was 15 seconds back and the chase was on. He made it up through the whoops and moved by Sun to resume the lead and at the flag,

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