Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.; Southern California-Arizona-Southern N«vada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-ArizOll =Western hotline ~ e 5 for second. For th e nex t four laps Cates reel ed in Fitzgerald and then had the lead dropped into his lap when Fitzgerald went d own . Cates went on to win the moto , but h is sixth p lace showing in round one pu t him in thi rd overall. Burtt, who aga in wor ked his way up from a poor sta rt, was third in round two and that gav e him ~ seco nd overall behind Dysert . The hottest spor tsm a n ra ce was in ..::-- th e 125cc Intermediate class. Mike :;j Word (Su z) led every lap of moto one, ~ but th e com petitio n was never far behind. Second place went to Michael Curry (Hon) wh ile Ti Swartz (Yam) fell on the last lap , handing th ird to A . Sira cu sa (Suz) and fourth to Doug Da vison (Suz). In th e seco nd rou nd, Cra ig Seeley (Suz) was th e winner , passing Word halfway th rough the ra ce. Seel ey had a sixth in th e first mot o , however , a nd tha t put him in th ird overa ll behind Word and Cu rry. .. Results . PEE WEE: 1. Ja son Colli er (Yam): 2. Mi ke Mi chetti (Yaml. MINI BEG: 1. Dann y Cantley IKaw l; 2. Darren Hoopin garner (Kaw); 3. Chris Do mingu ez (Yaml . M INI NOV: 1. Kevin Richev lHan ): 2. M ichael Peters (Y am ): 3. Han k M ered a (Yam l. 125 BEG: 1. Chuck Brin kley (Kaw); 2. Sam W heeler {Suz}; 3. Kelly Stroud (Suzl. 125 NOV: 1. J im Pearso n (Su l l; 2. Sc ott Amy (Yam l; 3. Chuck Whee ler {Suzl. '25 INT: 1. Mi ke Wor d ISuzl; 2. M ichael Curry (Hon); 3. Craig Seeley (Suz l. 125 PRO: 1. Scott M anning (Yam): 2. Stan Galvez (SUI); 3. Curt McCuist ion (Kaw l. 250 BEG: 1. Doug Noyes (Yaml; 2. Dan Townsend (Yam); 3. W illiam Karnes (Yaml . 250 NOV : 1. Dan Canno n (Mai); 2. Ted Overholt (Yaml; 3. Dave Emery (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Pat W eber (Sull; 2. Duane Map es (Mail. 250 PRO: 1. Keit h Dysert IKaw l: 2. Danny Burn IC-A); 3. Frank Fitzgerald IKaw l. • OPEN BEG: 1. Lance lves (Suz); 2 J ohn Anderson (Yam); 3. Larry l awen (Yaml. OPEN PRO: 1. Mark Ellis (Yam); 2. Ken Taylor IYam); 3. Eddie M ichett i IC-AI. VETS: 1. Ed M icheni (C·AI; 2. Ray Arn old (Yam). Lewis continues CRCnight minicross string By Nanette Marie VALENCIA, CA,JULY 11 Ever since the California Racing. Club started their Tri- Valley Suzuki Dealer's Summer Night Motocross Series on Friday 30 nights a t Ind ia n 'Dunes, there has been on e rider up on th e minicycle course who has entered every ser ies ra ce , and gone' undefeated in every race so far. He is Kyle Lewis, who rides for Kal Gard and Thousand Oaks Yamaha. Lewis j ust picked up his trophy for top points rid er for th e first half of th e seri es, an d went out a nd swep t another pair of mo tos in the Junior Cycle Stock Intermed ia tes Fr ida y, a nd expanded his alread y huge po ints lead in th e mini ranks, In other Junior Cycle action Bobby Headworth was th e rider to beat in the Stock Nov ices. He went for both moto wins a nd the overall, whil e Paul Matthews and Steven Kotajarvi gave pursuit. Both Matthews and Kotajarvi traded seconds and thirds , but it was Kotajarvi getting second overall with the better second moto fin ish . Stock 85cc Beginners found Jim Callier too tough to beat as well Fr iday. as he was another double-mote victor. Scott Sartori and Robert Clarke were both in th ere trading positions with Call ier a nd his Kawasaki in both rounds, but wh en t he checkers flew, Callier had th e advantage ea ch rnoto . Satton wound up second in th e overalls with a third in the first moto beh ind Clarke and a second in the ot her ra ce , as Clarke slipped to fift h in mOIO two and had to sett le for third overall. In the Pee Wee Novices . Tony O'Keefe picked up h is first overa ll victory after sweeping both m otos from Kevin Bakken, -while Bradley Geo rge and Ronnie Densford DNF both rounds with bik e problems. Results PEE WEE NOVICE: 1. Tony O'Keefe ISuz); 2. Kevin Bakken (Sull; 3. Bradley George (Sull. 83c c BEG: 1. J im Callier fKaw); 2. Scan Satt on (S Ul) ; 3. Robert Clarke (SUl ). 60 STK INT: 1. Kvle Lewis IYaml. 60cc STK NOV: 1. Bobb y Headworth IYaml ; 2. Steven Kot ajarvi (Yam); 3. Paul Matthew s (Suzl. Moscrop, Cereshkoff COp CRCnightMX By Nanette Marie VALENC IA , CA , J ULY I I After taking th e trophy fo r top points scorer in the 125cc ranks , Luft Racing's Mark Moscrop continued his dom ination of the California Racin g Clu b's Fri d ay nig ht T ri -Va lley Su zuk i Dealer s' Sum mer N ight Motocross Ser ies at In dian Dunes with a win in the one -two-fi ve Pr o cla ss, despite a fa ll in the seco nd rnot o . Br ian Chereshkoff was the to p 250cc Pr o of th e night, while Andy J a nnings made his ma rk in the Open Pros. In th~ first 125cc Pr o moto , Moscrop got ou t in front righ t away, . a nd never sto pped chargi ng . Chi p J ohnson , J im Sim on s and Rick Guilmette fought for positi on behind , a nd it was Guilmette headin g th e tri o as th ey com pleted th e first ci rc uit. Joh nso n began having problems and eventually dropped ou t of th e ru nni ng, whi ch m ade it eas ier running for th e to p trio of Moscr op , Guilmette and Sim on s. At th e checkers , tha t' s how they finished, . with Jeff Harriott a nd J ohn Drury rounding out the to p five. Round two saw Jimmy Simon s get the holeshot and be gin to pull away for a few laps . Moscr op kicked in his Luft Honda around th e fourth lap and began to gai n steadily on Simons, but right before the halfway point in th e moto , Moscrop went down in a slippery right hander , and had to get up quickly to keep his seco nd place pos ition. Moscrop wen t int o a n a lmost rage after th e crash , and began slicing Simons' lead into ri bb on s. Before Simons knew what ha ppen ed , Moscrop was right on his rear fender and pushing harder th an when th e moto first sta rt ed . W ith onl y a few laps lef t in th e ra ce , Moscrop went by o n th e ba ck strai ght , a nd immedi at ely pulled away from Simons. When th e checkers flew it was Moscro p with the win a nd th e overa ll, Sim on s seco nd a nd th e sa me over all , Drury third a nd fourth overa ll, Harriott fourth a nd fift h overall , wit h Rick Guilmette fifth in th e moto a nd second in the overa lls. Brian Chereshkoffs overa ll victory in -t he 250c c Pro cla ss was not a n easy on e , eithe r. In th e first rn oto Rob Tolleson got out in fro nt rig ht away with Tim Lunde and Ch er eshk off 2·3. Tolleson held steady the ent ire way , and despite moto-long adv an ces by Lunde , he never let up and took the first moto win . Lunde a nd Cher eshkoff ca me in 2·3 . Round two was Ch ereshk off' s turn to ge t int o the lead , a nd agai n Lunde mov ed -into second , with Tolleso n third. Chereshkoff pulled away during th e ea rly part of th e rac e, bu t could not incr ease th e margin as the moto wore on, The big race was for seco nd , as Lunde a nd T olleson fought head - to - head a ll moro lon g . If Tolleson cou ld get by. it meant the overall was his, and Lunde would get knocked to th ird. But if they finished the way they started, Lunde would ge t second overa ll beh ind Chereshkoff, and Tolleson would be the trailer, Lunde used everyt hi ng he could to blo ck and stay ahead of T olleson , and it worked, At th e finis h it was Chereshkoff firs t a nd th e overa ll winner , Lunde seco nd, and T olleson th ird . An dy Jannings took his Track N T ra vel Ma ico to a pair of moto wins in the O pen Pros , a nd went home with th e to p overa ll cash as well . J annings led th e firs t moto to wire on the big Ma ico, as Nick Athans a nd Joe Root tra iled . Root, now a boa rd a Can -Am and riding his first race since a n inj u ry, rod e well for th e first part of the moto , but fatigu e set in and he ' slowed towards the end . In th e seco nd moto , Root took th e Can -Am ou t front from the start and tried to hold off J annings. He was suc cessful for th e fir st few laps, but J annings stu ffed his Maico inside th e Can -Am behind th e drop -off, and when they ca me over the top of th e ju m p , J annings had a wheel out front. Fr om the re Jann ings pulled away and too k th e overa ll with ease, and Root held on for second ahe a dof Athans . Results 125 PRO: 1. M ark Mosc rop IHonl ; 2. J im Simons IHon); 3. Rick Guilme tte (Yaml. 250 PRO: 1. Brian Chereshkoff (Yam); 2. Ti m lund e (Yam); 3. Ro b Tolleson (Yam) . 500 PRO: 1. Andy Jannin gs (Mail; 2. J oe Root IC - AI; 3. Nlck Athans (Yaml MINt BEG: 1. Jim Spo tt s (SUl ); 2. Tony Alesse (Yam); 3. Jason Davenpor t (Yam l. MINI NOV; 1. Cam John son (Yam); 2. Jeff Barbacov i lYam); 3. Brett Cavanah (Yam). MINI INT: 1. William Surratt (Yam); 2. Gary Sl ilagy (Yam); 3. J ohn Gersjes IKaw l. 250 INT: 1. J ohn Biffl e (Han ); 2. Brian Wa ssell (Honl ;3. Kent Bartels (Ha n). 500 BEG: 1. Anthony Mert es (Yam);2. Brian Brown (SUl) ; 3. Jeff Kuppema n Is Ul) . VET J R: 1. George Thomas (Mail; 2. Dick Alexander (Yaml; 3. Jess Rut (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Bill Andr ew (Husl; 2. Mik e Gatlow (Yam); 3. Bob Dunham (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Craig Stanton (Yam};2. Bob Carpenter (Suz); 3. Kevin Taylor (Yam ). 250 BEG: 1. Dave Dullut ri IYam); 2. Corben lambert (Hon l; 3. Glenn Melquist (Yam). 125 INT : 1. Doug Gentry (Yaml; 2. J on Al exander (Honl ; 3. J ack Greenberg (Suz). 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Chris Sestieh lYaml; 2. Raiph Usher (Yam); 3. l yle M cPherson (Suzl. 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Frank Pilato IYaml; 2. M;k e W ashko IHon l; 3. Tate SanerfH>ld !Yam ). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Fred Hudgens IKaw); 2. T onv Pulliam {Yam}; 3. Ron King (Suzl. 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Tony Rodriguez ISuz); 2. Steve Bainter (Yaml ; 3. Sam Ma tranga (Suzl. 100 NOV; 1. Herman Loaiza (Suz); 2. Mark McDo nald (Sul l. 100 BEG: 1. George Haihams ISuz). 100 INT : 1. RK:k Houghtal;ng ISuzl; 2. .Jim Boyd (Yaml; 3. Mark Davnport (Yam). 100 EX: 1. Jack Greenberg (Suzl. Kehoe, Hansen, Snorteland soar at CRC Bottlerocket 5000 By Nanette Marie VALENCIA , CA ,JULY 6 Thanks to the good folks at Canoga Park Suzuki and the California Racing Club , riders who came out to Indian Dunes Sunday to compete in th e regular weekend motocross were treated to the Bottlerocket 5000 motocross race, which fea tured a $1000 Pro purse, along with $4000 in tickets to the Superbowl of Motocross a nd trips to Disneyland , In th e Professional ranks . the only rider to score double moto victories in a Pr o class was T eam Honda 's Donnie Hansen , who was aboard his stadium bik e that he would compet e on in the Superbowl. In t he other a ction , Yama ha 's Er ik Keh oe took th e l25c c laurels with a 2· 1 score , while in th e Opens DG 's Pete Snorteland's consistent sec onds earned him th e overall victory. Hansen sta rt ed h is domination of the 250c c class right away as he hol eshot th e first rnoto and began roosting awa y. Richard Bunch snuck in behind Hansen on the first lap , with Pete Snorteland , Mark Barnes, Kenny Zahrt , Kippy Pierce and Bobby Klin e ! trailing, Bunch got off on th e first lapl and that left Snorteland in second , but! the rider cha rging th e hardest was , LOP's Kippy Pierce . Pierce worked around Zahrt in a few laps, then fought for another circu it with Barnes, then set his sights on Snorteland. Pierce caugh t him quickl y, but Snorteland i proved to be an even match for Pierce > and held him a t bay for mo st of th e rem a ining laps. Pierce fin a lly motored , off with a bou t three laps remain ing, but was too far behind Hansen to reel h im in. Snorteland and Barnes rode in 3-4. Mot o two saw Hansen again take th e holeshot, and again he went untouched for the entir e ra ce. This time Pierce go t off in second. and stayed there the whole ra ce. Behind the two was the usually consiste nt Snorteland, and he was content with his third place slot a ll th e way, a nd didn't relinquish it once, not even to Suzuki 's "Radical Ron" T u rn er , who ta iled in fou rth the last half of th e moto , T u rner was suffering from a bee stin g sin ce his first 125c c Pro moto , a sting which he is a llergic to , and trying to rid e all three class es didn't help his physical situation much. With a sevent h in his first moto a fter crashing ea rly , Turner ended up fourth in the overa lls as well behind Hansen . Pierce and Snorteland. Turner came back in the Open Pros to do battl e, and he started things off in the first moto by getting out in front early, and pulling away for the win . Right behind him in second , however, was Snorteland again , ready to charge all the way, Time ran out and he had to finish behind T u rner, but ahead of Kline , Mike Shoemaker, and Kenny Zahrt. Moto two saw Zahrt grab the holeshot and roost off to an early lead. Behind him, Snorteland and Shoemaker battled . for secon d, while Turner was stuck in the middle of the pack. Shoemaker soon reeled in Zahrt, and the battle was on for the lead. Zahrt tried to hold him off but was unsuccess ful halfway through th e race when he appeared to tire , Shoemaker headed off in front . and Zahrt then found Snorteland knocking at his fender . It wasn 't long before Zahrt was placed back into third . Then Ron Turner was all over Zahrt, who by this time was hating life in general , and he fell back to fourth, By mote's end , Bill Hagen had also left his mark , and Zahrt was in fifth . In th e overalls, it read Snorteland first . Turner second , fol lowed by Shoemaker, Bill Hagen's 6-4 , and Zahrr's 5-5 . Turner was out t here again in the 125cc Pros, In round one. he took the lead on about the third lap after Erik Kehoe took the holeshot, but couldn't hold off the Suzuki pilot. But before Turner made his pass , he looked like a rod eo cowboy, swatting frantically at his back. A bee slipped up there and eventually stung him, but Turner kept on charging, despite his allergy to them. After passing Kehoe, he began to pull out until John Whelchel moved in and took over second when Kehoe bailed in the sa nd , From there Whelchel slowly worked up behind Turner, who was beginning to get dizz y from the sting , Halfway through the rnoto, T u rner had a strike of good luck when Whelchel's Yamaha

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