Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

¥; I: ~ Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Calilornia-Arizon Western hotline t o 00 O"l ~ , . J im Tarantino roost ed away from the compet ition in CRC's 250cc Pro s. 83 MOD INT 12 +: 1. Rudy Dic:kinaon IS uzl; 2. Donnie Sigrist ISuzl; 3. Paul Deni.lVaml. 83 MOD INT 9-11: 1. Milt. Hooley ISull: 2. W illiam Surrm lV.m): 3. R_ IWinkle< IV.m). 83 STK EX 12 + ; 1. Troy Biok. ISuz): 2 . Georg. HoIlontlSuzl; 3. Sam St",orIKawI. 105: 1. George Holland ISuz) ; 2. Ron lochien IV.m~ 3. Sam Stotor iKawI. 100 STK NOV: 1. Poter Oswlok ISuzl; 2. Troy Donham IV.m); 3. Chert.. Os,..day lV.m). l 00 STK INT: 1. Mik.H.... IY.m). 100 STK EX: 1. D. vid McG hoo IV.m l; 2. Mik. Hoor. IVom): 3. Troy Den ham IV. m}. 100 MOD EX: 1. David McG hoo IV. ml. 125 STK NOV: 1. Ion Fitzgibbon IY.m); 2. Vine. McM. hon (V. m); 3. T..ry KnightISuz) . 125 STK {NT: 1. D.vid S.xto n IHonl; 2. Scott How.tt IHo nl; 3. Todd Brou ssard IVaml. 12 5 S TK EX: 1. David McG hoo IV. ml; 2 . Dr. y Dircks (Yaml; 3. Ron Graves IKawl. 125 MOD NOV: 1. Ia n Fitzgibbon IVa ml; 2. larry DanieIIYam); 3. Doug O'Oonnell lS uzl. 125 MOD INT: 1. David Saxton IHon); 2. Robbie Brown (Suz); 3. Scon Hewett tHonl. 125 MOD EX: 1. Curt Mc Cuisticn IKawl; 2. David McGhoo IVam); 3. Drey Dircks IVam}. 250 NOV & INT: 1. Mark lila IYa m l; 2. Mark Volen tino IKowl; 3 . Chr is Albus IHo n). 250 EX: 1. David McGhoo (Ya ml. CRC Saddleback falls to UBig Mac" attack By lee Taylor ' ORANGE. CA .jUNE 22 Carlsbad may have garnered the European and N ational motocross stars on J une 22 but Saddleback Park had the likes of Bru ce r 32 • McDougal. j im Tarantino and Eric MacCracken . Bruce McDougal , aboard a Honda out of Escondido Honda. put th e Yamahas and Suzukis to the test in t he 125cc Pro class. Throughout the fir st moto he fought tooth and nail with Rick jackson. j ackson (Yam) managed to hold McDouga l to second throughout most of th e rac e . leaving McD ou gal figh ting to hold off the ad vances of fellow Honda rid er Rodney H ug hes , riding for Bike Cit y. T he seco nd time out foun d a rematch between Jackson and McDouga l. Mer e inc hes se p a r a te d th ese ' two throughou t the race. Wh en lapped traf£1C slowed Jackson••McDougal took, over command and pulled out int o a respectable lead. Dave Eropkin, aboard a Suzuki. was locked into a wheel-to whee! due! with Hughes for third and held him off to the end. ' When the checkered flag brought them home. McDougal pic ked up top dollar for the day . second place loot went to Jackson and third overall to Hughes. Jim Tarantino, rid in g a Honda for DG , simply walked awa y with t he 250cc Pro win, scorin g a pair of home runs that cou ld not be sto pped , T hroughout the fir st moto he found heavy traffic on his tail with Honda mounted Bryan Maloney in second a nd An dy Orescanin aboa rd a Kawa saki in third . The second time off the line Mal on ey was there again . to hound a nd pursue T a ra ntino th rough every berm and over each jump. Orescanin , was hot on th e heels of Mall Devich and T a ra ntino had to fig ht for his lead. Orescanin broke down a nd left the feud to Devich in seco nd . Maloney in th ird and Chuck Lunde rou nd ing out the top four. When the fin ish line ca me into view , Ta rantino led the wa y for back -to-back wins , Maloney ended up in the second overall slot with th ird place money going to Devich . Eric MacCracken and his Yamaha put on a brilliant performance in the Open Pro ra ce . Throughout both rnotos, MacCracken was hounded by Steve Blazek. Blazek had everyone rrackside with a start that set him out in front of everyone. With Blazek on a Suzuki, the two racers encircled th e track with a blaze of go ld . The end of the first moto saw MacCrack en cross ove r in command with Bla zek holding second . The second time a round was Blazek 's d ownfall. An ailin g bik e sid elined th e racer , sendin g Blazek back to t he pits a nd leaving Ma cCracke n fre e and flying . If the P ros tasted vict or y, th e Sportsmen had more than t heir sha re . Mickey Dym ond burned u p the track on a Honda for Fast Lane Ra cing . He • ended up in th e winner's cicc~ fo 125cc Intermediates with a 1·2 score. Second moto winner Mike Nishita was second overall. Results JR CYCLE: 1. Mike Smith lVaml. 80 BEG: 1. Thomas Combs IKawI: 2 Eric Geesen IHonl ; 3. Jeff Orozco IKawl. 80 NOV: 1. J eff Barbacovi (Yam); 2. Ruben Papillo ISuzl . . 100 BEG: 1 . Robert JimenezISuz). 100 INT: 1. Kirk Williams (Yaml . 125 BEG: 1. St ev e Bainter (Ya ml; 2. Luis Rivera (Yam): 3. Vince Castaneder ISull. , 25 NOV: 1. Frank Pilato (Yam): 2. Mich ael Tarkingt on (Kaw l; 3. Todd Lindslev IS uzl. '25 INT: 1. Mick ey Dyond (Hon); 2. Mik e Nishita (Hont: 3. Mark Hort on (Suzl . 125 PRO: 1. Bruce McDougallHon); 2. Rick J ackson (Yam); 3. Rodn ey Hu ghes (Hon ). 250 BEG: 1. Kevin Brown (Mail; 2. Tom Smith (Hon); 3. Neil B. Mooring (Yarnl, 250 NOV: 1. Paul Ellis (Yaml ; 2. Chris Flem ing (Yaml; 3. J im Lund gren (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Art McClain (Hon); 2. Marc Joh nson (Suz): 3. Pete Ve tran o (SOP). 250cc PRO: 1. J im Tarantino (Hon); 2. aryan Maloney (Hen); 3. Man Devich (Kawl. • OPEN NOV; 1. John Lundgren (Vam); 2. Dan Martin (Mail. OPEN INT; 1. Frank Rowe IYaml ; 2. St eve Tafoya ISuz); 3. M ike KelllMail. OPEN PRO: 1. Ene M acCracken (Yam); 2. Steve Blazek ISuzl. CRC VETS JR : 1. Robert Dahlgr en IKTMI. CRC VETS INT: t . J ohn M cM anawa y IVam): 2. R.A. "B uzz" Moeller (Husl: 3. Ask er Larnkjaef (Soz). CRC VETS SR: t . Dan Moore lMai l; 2. Soni Mou nt IVam); 3. Dina Maglioccheni (Mai). Edwards takes Corona 1. 25s By Ron lawson CO RONA . CA , J U N E 20 It was J eff Edwards (Suz) who topped an exciting four-way duel at Corona Racwa y to rake in the cash in the 125cc Pro race. In recent weeks the small bore class has been getting bigger and bigger a t Corona , u nt il finally it to pped the 250cc class in both num bers and action . At the sta rt of mota on e , Tim Hines (Yam) jumped into th e lead . Right on his tail was Andy No rt hru p (Han) for abou t a ha lf la p . th en North rup took th e lead and Mike Edson ca me up fro m the rea r to push for seco nd . Ed wa rds . in th e meantim e . was ba ck in fourth looking for an opening. They " if Irr;! .l j _ IQ'It. {qr.i r\V.1.apf.lb~ Eds on moved into second and started looking for a way into th e lead , Un fort u na tely he went down before he beca me a seri ous threat , whil e at the sa me time Edwards moved past Hines into second . From t he re on in it was a two wa y way ra ce with Edwards hanging fr om Northrup's rear fender all the way to the finish. Hines went d own in the final laps and took Edson with him , but he managed 10 hang on 10 fourth behind Warren Bell (Suz ). Rounding out th e top five was Ryan Eid e (Suz). who had come up from a poor sta rt. In th e next moto , Eide was ready to make up for his last start and he pushed himself into the lead , Edwa rds was right behind him it} second with Northrup in tow . Eide managed to pull a slight lead by the halfway point while Northrup and Edwards rode wheel to wheel, with Edward holding on ly a slig ht edge , It was on the eight h la p that Eide got a little out of shape. which was all Edwards and Northrup needed to shoot by. As they came into the last la p , the three of them were still battling it out. Edwards was barely on top. but then Northrup went down and allowed Eide 10 repass him . That m ade it easier for Edwards to take the win by a few seconds over Eide, Northrup and Edson . who was the one to make up for a poor start this time. O vera ll, it read Edwards. Northrup . Eide , Hines and Bell. T he 250cc Pro class went to Rick Maki (Yam) . who won both 'motos. Don Griewe led the first round after . passing Mark Ba rn es (Yam) . bu r ran out of gas. giving it · to Maki . Keith , Williamson (Yam) was second over Ba rn es and Chris Tarvin (Hon) . Wil liamson led much of ro und two. bu t Maki made the pass at the halfway mark , .G riewe was in third . bu t he too managed to get by Williamson. O ver all. however. Williamson was sti ll runner-up over Ba rn es. Results W OM EN: l . Lynene Zuber (Yam); 2. Karen Leit ing er (Yaml ; 3. Jenn y Booth IKaw l. MINI BEG: 1. Dan Cantley IKawJ; 2. Greg Flanagan (SUl) ; 3. Ron Williams (Vam). 100 BEG: t . Brian Oidge (Yam); 2. Danny Garci a (Yam). . 100 NOV: 1. Frank Mihat ocic (SulI: 2. Greg Kopp (Yam). . 125 BEG: t . Richard Kerr ISull: 2. St eve W akefield (Hon); 3. James M cGee (Yam). 125 NOV : t . Brad Fay (Honl; 2. J eff Frye (Hon); 3. Bib Bolin ger ISuzl. 125 tNT: 1. M ickey Dymond (Hon); 2. Bob Berney (SUl ): 3. Mark lair ISuzl. 125 PRO: 1. Jeff Edw ards (SUl ); 2. Andy Northru p (Hon); 3. Ryan Eide (S Ul) . 250 BEG: 1. Tim To ms IKawl; 2. larry Shafer IKaw I;' 3. M ark Lite (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Chr is Farrow (Vam): 2. Dan Seagondollar (Yam); 3. Don Pett ingill (VarnI. 250 INT: r . J erry Eblin g (Kaw ): 2. M ike Knueven ICA); 3. Tany Sullivan IKaw l. 250 PRO: 1. Rick Maki IYam l; 2. Keith Williamson (Yam); 3. Mark Barnes (Vam). OPEN BEG: 1. Raymond Solomon IHus l; 2. Mike Up ton (Yam); 3. Steve MOfehouse (Kaw ). OPEN NOV: t . Ross Jank. IMail; 2. J ay Conaway (Yam); 3. Verlin Van Zee (Hust OPEN INT: 1. Ed Cavanugh (Yaml ; 2. J im Speight (Ya ml; 3. Glen S en ecal IYam). Chamberlin, Kotajary top AME night minicross By Matt lewis VALENC IA . CA ,jUNE20 American Mot ocross Enterprises' Friday night ra ce on the Mini , track was fille d wit h yellow. red and green , In the Pee Wee Stock class, Su n Va lley Radiator's Jim Chamberlin, who ha s tri ed many times to grab a win over Ronnie Dens ford onl y to wind up short, finally succeed ed with back to back wins. Steve Kotajary got underway first in the 61cc Stock juniors, followed by

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