Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ithern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern Call seized , leav in g h im a ways a head of now-second Keh oe . From the re T urner went on ' to win , as Kehoe p icked up second ahead of Roger Hensley, Ma rk Moscrop, and Eddie Perry . T urner couldn't ma ke the second rnoto . a nd took a D NF tha t p ut him way out of overall co ntention. so it looked like the battle would have to be between Kehoe and Whelchel , Kehoe too k another holeshot while Moscrop pulled into second with W helc hel third. Whelchel slipped past Moscro p before the hal fway poi nt , and began to ch arge after Kehoe . W helchel's biggest problem now was to cut down the 15-se cond lea d Keh oe had . Whelchel kn ocked off a co uple of seconds a la p for three circuits , but then Keho e got sight of him and the two bega n a lte rna te ly closi ng a nd pulling away . T h is went on rig ht down to the wire, a nd Ke hoe too k the win and overa ll. Whelchel's seco nd on ly gave him 11th overa ll, right behi nd T urne r. Second m oney went to Hensley, who wen t 3-3 , followed by Ma rk Moscr op's p ai r of fourths . . 250 NOV: 1. Craig Stanton (Yam); 2. Art Oliver (Hon); • 3. Chuck M ontilerre tvaim. 250 BEG: 1. Ron W arpac k {Mail ; 2. Steve Mandi e (Kawl ; 3. Matt W ilson (M ail. 125 INT: 1. Todd Broussard (Yam); 2. Do ug Gentr y (Yam); 3. Gary Reichenbach (Yam). 125 NOV DIV t: 1. Ross Term in (Yaml; 2. Randy Lippi e (Yam); 3. Rick Kram er (Yaml . 125 NOV OIV II: 1. Nick Matthias (Yam l; 2. Ralph Usher (Yam l; 3. Tate Satt erfield (Yam). 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Jim Turn er (Yam); 2. Ross Hahn (Hus); 3. Doug Mithcell (Yam). 125 BEG Dl V II: 1. St eve Baint er (Yam); 2. Brian . Finmark (Hon); 3. Tony Pulliam (Yam). CRC VETS J R: 1. Georg e Thomas IMail; 2. Oscar Will (Yam); 3. Bob Newkirk (Suz). CRC VETS INT : 1. Bob Dun hey (Yam); 2. Lou Sorensen IC-A); 3. Tim Fitzpa tri ck (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. DAn Sulli nge r (Suz1 2. Al an Lips ky ; IKawl; 3. Mark Weddle ISuz!. CRC VETS SR: 1. Joe D. Price IYaml ; 2. Rick Hall (Yaml; 3. Dan Moore (Mail. . OPEN NOV: 1. John Padilla ISuzl; 2. Greg Th om as (Yaml; 3. Pryor Bonner (Kawl. Storer, L echien share honors at Barona Oaks By Rod Eschenburg SA N DIEGO , CA .jULY 4 W ith the Fourth of July fa lling on Friday this year and the traditional NMA Nationals go ing on Sa tu rday and Sunday a t Ba rona Results 500 PRO: 1. Pete Snorteland (Yam): 2. Ron Turn er (Suzl: 3. Mike Shoemaker (Yam ). . 250 PRO: 1. Don Hansen (Hon): 2. Kippy Pierce IYam); 3. Pete Snort eland (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Erik Kehoe (Yam); 2. Roger Hensley (Suzl: 3. Mark Moscrop tHon). 500 INT: 1. Steve Tafoya ISuz); 2. Gary W illison (Mai); 3. Brian George(Yaml. 250 INT: 1. Richard Ising (Yam); 2. Bill Harry (Yam); 3. Andy Mesz aros (Yaml. MIN I BEG: 1. J im Cardine (Yam); 2. Tony Al essi IYam): 3. A lan Okazaki (Suzl. eoee JR: 1. M ike Smith (Yaml . 100 NOV: , .Jo hn Zirb el (Yam); 2. Frank Darr ISuzl . 100 BEG: 1. Vin ny Ro sato (Suzl; 2. Glenn Delatorr e ISuz). Oaks Ra ceway this year, CMMC staged a make-up and practice race on Friday. . While not too m any visiti ng riders avail ed the mselves of the pra ctice, a ll of the Ba ro na regulars were on hand for a real fine regula r point race. As usu al , the Mini Experts feat ured the "T ita nic T ri o" of Lechien , Storer , and Dunla p with the "Raci n' Mac hine" Ronnie Lec hien ga rbbing a close one ove r "Storm in" Sam Storer in the Stocks, and Storer grabbing the Modifieds over Kenny Dunlap. The specia l 105cc Minis went to Lechien ove r Storer and Dunlap with some very close racing all the way. New Expert Mike Fish er ca me up with a third in th e Modifieds - a career high for him . Barona Oaks' 1980 Mini po int battle is now getting very tight as Lechien , Storer , and Du nlap a re wit h in about 70 points of each other. Interestingly , these top three riders are earnpaigning on three different m akes of machines ; Yamaha , Kawasaki and Su zuki, respectively. The 12-16 Intermediates Minis got a big transfusion in the form of Kurt Hendrickson and first timer R uss Winkler of Blythe, CA . Bot h were Yama ha- mounted, and they swapped firs ts and secon ds with Hendrickson goi ng two for two in the Modifieds, and Winkler taking a co me from be hind win in the Stocks . The 9-11 Intermed ia tes fea tured the usu al ba ttle be· tween Fra nkie Bru n dage a nd j oh n Conney with Brundage (Suz) grab b ing the Modifieds , a nd Conney (Ya m) tak ing a come from behind victory in the Stocks. T he Motorcycle classes p roduced the biggest upset of t he day wit h Steve H it t taking bot h 125cc Expert classes: the Stocks ove r Tim H ale and th e Modifieds over Scott Swift , as pe rennial winner David McGhee cou ld not ge t on track all day. The wildest win of the day was Larry Bu tler' s Intermediate I25cc Stock win as he parlayed a 4-2 effort to a win over Arni Le mon (2-5) a nd Guy Schmidt ( 1-6). Don Seay was a close fourth at 7-11 In the Novices. Al b a Honda ri der Roger Hayes too k a tie-breaker Stock 125cc win over Alex Leon a nd then Su zuki rider Leon came back strong for the Modified win over Indio Su zu ki rider j im Pearson. Results M INICYCLE CLAS SES STOCK EX: 1. Ronnie l echien (Yam); 2. Sam Storer (Kaw ); 3. Kenny Dunlao (Suz ). MODIFIED EX: 1. Sam Storer IKaw l; 2. Kenny Dunlap (Suzl; 3. Mike Fisher tKawl. SPECIAL 1050c OPEN: 1. Ron me Lachien IYam l; 2. Sam Storer (Kawl ; 3. Kenny Dun lap (Suzl. STOCK INT 112 ·16): 1. Kurt Hendricksen (Yam); 2. Russ Wink ler (Yam); 3. J ohn Phillips {Kalw. MOD INT 11 2-161: 1. Russ W inkler IYaml; 2. Kurt Hendri ck sen (Yam); 3. Danny Encinias (l- ionl . STOCK INT 19-111: 1. John Canney IYaml ; 2. Brad Johnson (Yam); 3. Frank Brundage (Suz). MOD INT 19 -111 1. Frank Brundage tSuz): 2. John : Conney (Yaml ; 3. John Flores (Suz). STOCK NOV 112 ·161 1. M itch Palmer ISuzl; 2. : Jimmy Palmer (Yam); 3. Mark Soon (Suz). M OD NOV 112 ·161: 1. Mi tch Palm er ISuz): 2. Mark Scott {Suz); 3. lance Barnen (Yaml . STOCK BEG 112 -161 1. Scott Shirley IYam); 2. Gil : Ward (Honl ; 3. Jos e Dominguez (Suzl . STOCK NOV (9-111 1. Shaw n Kalas ISuzl: 2. Steve : Hale (Suz); 3. Dann y Hembree (Suzl . : STOCK BEG 19-11 1 1. Michael Craig IYam) ; 2. Anthonv Gorin (Suz). MOTOR CYCLE CLA SSES STOCK 125cc EX: 1. Steve Hitt ISuzl; 2. TIm Hale ISuz); 3. David M cGhee (Yaml . . M OD 125cc EX: 1. Steve Hitt ISuz); 2. Scott Swift IYaml; 3. David M cGhee IYaml . STOCK 1250c INT : 1. Larry Butl er IYaml ; 2. Arn i Lemo n (Yam); 3. Guy Schm idt (Yam). MOD 1250c INT: 1. David Hopwood IMu g); 2. Gu y Schm idt (Yaml ; 3. Arni l emon (Yam). STOCK 12Scc NOV : .1. Rog er Haves IHonl: 2. Al ex l eon ISuzl; 3. Jim Pearson (Suzl . MOD 125cc NOV : 1. Alex Leon (Suz); 2. Jim Pearson (Suzl ; 3. Kevin laird • STOCK l00cc NOV : 1. Darin Rog ers ISuzl; 2. Don Hart (Yaml . J UNIOR CYCLE CLASSES ST OCK 1 9·111: 1. Brad Johnson (Yaml ; 2. Steve Hale (Suz); 3. Ronn ie Thomas (Suzl. MO D 19 -11): 1. Brad J ohnson (Yam); 2. Shawn Kalas (Suzl . MOD PEE W EE: 1. Jami e Cann ey ISuz): 2. Sean Thornton (Suzl. STOCK PEE WE E: 1. Sean Thornton (Suz); 2. Denni s Dahlin (Ita); 3. J osh Barney 'ISuzl. , J o cross- ,,~ . 0 U.S. Suzuki is offering ~ I " b J) ., t JI $14,700 in contingency' awards 10 winnin~ Suzuki riders in the AMA Amateur 'Motocross Champaonship Series. This is it gang! Your chance to show the world thatyou're hot stuff-and rake in the loot to boot Allyou have to do is ride . a Suzuki across the finish line tst, 2nd or 3rd in your class at the local or regional qualifying events and Suzuki will reward you with a $100. $50 or $25 Award Certificate. (Redeemable at participating Suzuki dealerships.) Then. if you reach the national final. the stakes get much bigger. The winners of the 10OCc. 125cc, 250Cc and open class will each go home with a brand new 1980 RM, compliments of Suzuki. So. get goin' guys. Suzuki is behind you allthe way! Local Qualifying EventS Jonestown, PA .Laurel, MD Delta, OH Lancaster. OH Sharpes, FL Charlotte, NC Buchanan, MI Carmel. IN Marion. IA Kellogg, MN Rockwall,TX July 27 August 17 July 27 August 10 July 27 August 10 July 27 August 10 July 27 August 10 July27 Pinckneyville. IL Port Orchard, WA Lakewood. CO Thcson,AZ Porterville, CA August 10 August 10 July 27 July 19 August 10 Regional Finals Eastern: Reidsville, NC sept 14 Central: Tipton, IA sept 14 sept 14 Western: Dixon, CA National Final Zumbro Falls, MN Oct. 4-5 " o 31

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