Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

; Southern Callfornla·Arlzona·Southern Nevada· Southern Callfornla·Arlzona·Southern Nevada. Southern Callfornla·Arlzo... ; Western hotline E o 00 O'l 1""""4 125cc INT: 1. R. Hu_IVa m); 2. L Babi IVam); 3. D. Hu~ (Y.m) . 250cc INT: 1. A. Baumgartner (Ksw ); 2. R. Hannah (Suzl; 3. R. Hayes lHo nl. 500cc INT: 1. R. Helzer IMaij; 2 J . Lusignan \Yam); 3. D. Porto (Maij. OVER 30: 1. J . Beltinck IMaij; 2. M. Bastionell (Ma;l; 3. R. Watson IVaml. 125cc PRO: 1. B. EUion ISuzl; 2. S . W iseman IHonl; 3. F. SchIegel ISuzl. 250cc PRO: 1. R. Reisinger IKawI; 2. J . T.antino 1 09); 3. P. Wank81 (Vaml . 500cc PRO: 1. A. Smith IHus); 2. D. i.Jlwis IMaij; 3. M. Molls \Yaml . L echien, Storer battle at CMMC Barona Oaks By Rod Esche nburg SAN DIEGO . CA .JULY 20 Yamaha Motor Corp. rid er Ronnie Lechien scored come from behind victories in both the Stock and Modified Expert minicyde Scott Johnson 161and Pete Wanket battle at CMC Saddleback. Reisinger roosts at CMC Saddleback By Mike Kinger ORANGE, CA , JU LY 20 Continental Mot o-sports Cl u b had a light turnout but this was primarily because of the CMC Four-Stroke National at Carlsbad 20 and most' of the National riders that are resting up for the few remaining races that will decide the outcome of the 125c c and Open classes . So . to start things off the 250 Pros and the Open Pros were combined to what turned out to be an outstanding contest. The 250s started first then the Opens about 20 second later. DG'sJim Tarantino (H on). Kawasaki's western region rider Robert Reisinger and Scott Johnson (Hon) were first off the gate. Caught in the middle of the pack were Mike Tripes (Yam) and Moto-X Fox rider Pete Wanket (Yam ). As the Open bikes were underway , Alan Smith (Hus) was the leader of the four rider field . For the entire first 10 laps . Reisinger tried everything to get past Tarantino. Tripes finally got past Johnson for third and hung in with th e leader but could not overtake Reisinger and Wan ket also moved his way ahead of Suzuki 's Robert Elliott and then Johnson . As the moto was winding down, An d y Northrup (Hon). who had crashed on the sta rt. had really been boogying and was now in eighth place. battling with the Open class leader Sm ith . Tarantino won by a slim margin with Reisinger in seco nd. Tripes handled third with Wanket fourth over Johnson , Elliott and Smith. first Open bike. Between the two 250cc motes, the pits found Reisinger and his pit crew completely disassembling the clutch and doing some last minute prepara tions ho pi ng that the Kawasaki would be in front of the Honda in moto two . Off the gate in rnoto two and Tarantino and Reisinger were on the move . Johnso n and Elliott were also bumping handlebars in the first tum. By lap five. Elliott and Wanket were really giving Johnson the business for th ird and finally both the riders moved ahead of Johnson . Midway through the moto , with the results look ing like they were going to Tarantino. the Honda rider went off a jump. m isshifted and that was all it took . Reisinger was now in the lead and he was not goi ng to look back. Tarantino chased Reisinger frantically to the checkered flag but Reisinger's 2·1 fin ish gave Robert the overall and the biggest payoff for the day. Tarantino went 1-2 for second overall and two very good rides by Pete Wanket enabled him to place third overall with a 4-3 score. Mike Tripes (3· 5) was fourth . then came Elliott (6 ·4) and Joh nson (5· 7). In the O pen class Smith again won his class placing sixth among the 250s with a 20 second delay at the gate. Dale Lewis (Mai) was second. The 125cc Pros were also very low on entrants. Robert Elliott (Suz) made short wor k of the rest of the field by win ni ng the class easily with Steve Wiseman (Hon) placing second and fritz Schlegal (Suz) third. Results MINI JR : 1. K. S"and IKaw l; 2. J . Keenan IKaw); 3. B. Kennan IH-DI. 100ccJR, 1. S . 2ampardo IS uzl: 2. C. Beltlnc k IVaml. 125cc JR : 1. M. Hanley IHonl; 2. S . Brov;ak ISuzl; 3. P. Em. (S uz). . 250cc JR : 1. K. Kopecky IS uzl; 2. D. Manley IMa ;); 3. D. Bar< (Husl . 500cc JR : 1. J . Corrigan (Hus ); 2. S . Johnson ISuzl; 3. P. J onsson (Hual. classes at Ba rona Oaks Raceway over Kawa saki Motor Corp . rid er Sam Sto rer . but it wasn 't easy as Storer had holeshots in all but one moto, In the Sp ecial !05cc Mini class. Storer on ce again dominated off the ga te and parla yed th e good starts to a tie -b reake r first overa ll. In bot h the regular Min icycle classes. Suzuki rider Kenny Dunlap was the ever present com pe tition for the two fa ctory hot shots. Expert 125cc sta r David McGhee is finally getting some strong competition at Ba rona! Alth ou gh th e Yamaha ace wen t fou r for fou r . new CMC Pro Dan W a tson got himself a 125cc Yamaha and a spo nsor in J &J Ra cin g a nd ra n a close second in t he Stock division . a nd new Barona Expert Steve H itt took his Su zuki to a second in the Mod ified as Watson squeaked out a tie -breaker thi rd over Scott Swift. T he 125cc Intermediates cont inue to be th e tough motorcycle class at Barona with lots of riders on top equipment . Larry Butler really got it to gether and th e Yamaha rider ripped th e Modifieds in a two for two blast a nd scored a come from behind 3-1 win over the 2-2 effort of Alb a Honda rider Ro ger Hayes in th e Stock Division . R ich Smith took th ird off a 1·4 effort . Moving back to th e minicycles, Ya maha riders Richie Dobbs and Kurt Hendricksen swapped 12· to lfi -yearol d Intermed iate wins with Dobbs going two for two in the Stocks over Kurt and Hendricksen reve rsin g th e order in the Modifieds . Lots of great raci ng in the 12·16 Novices as always; . Kawasaki rider Mark Scott zapped th e Modifieds over Mitch Palmer. and Jimmy Palmer parlayed a 2-2 go to the Stock win . CMMC President Bob Hale's advertising campaign is really showing great dividends with more new riders each race day . even here in the "dog days" of summ er . Results MINICVCLECLASSES STOCK EX: 1. Ron nie Lechien (Yam); 2. Sam StOfer IKawl: 3. Ken Dunlap ISuz l. MOO EX: 1. Ronnie Lechien IVaml; 2. Sam Storer IKaw l; 3 . Ken Dunlap (Su ll , SPECIAL 105cc MINIS: 1. Sa m Slorer IKaw): 2. Ronnie Lectnen (Yam); 3. Chri s Sw it1lYam l. STOC K INT (12 ·161: 1. R,ch' e Dobbs IVaml; 2. Kun Hendri cksen (Yam); 3. Mik e Gilmar tin (Suzl . MOD INT 11 2·16): 1. Kurt Hendricksen (Yaml; 2. Richie Dobbs (Yam ); 3. M ik e Gilmartin (Su z), STOCK INT 19 -11): 1. Frank Brundage lSuz); 2. John Conn ev (Yam); 3 . Scott Brown (Suzl. MOD INT 1 111 t . Frank Brund age (Suz); 2. Scott 9. : Brown (Suz); 3. J ohn Co nnev {Yaml . STOC K NOV 112·16 1 1. Jimmy Palm er (Yam) : 2. Ed : W ilhams (Yam ); 3. Lance Barnett (Yaml. MOD NOV 112·161: 1. M.. k Scon (K. w); 2. Mitch Palmer (SUl); 3. Jimmv Palmer (Yam l. STOCK NOV 1 9·11): 1. St eve Hale ISuzl; 2. M ike Craig (Yam); 3. Rick Flores (Suzi. MOD NOV 1 9·111: 1. S pace Sch ,,"er IVaml; 2. Da . Billings (Yam l BEG 112 ·16): 1. Darr ~ Surptenan f (Suz); 2. Gil Ward (Han); 3 . Ma riO Balcom ISuzl . BEG (9.11) 1. Anthony Gonn (Sull. 2. M att Browne (Hon t; 3. M ike Dickerson (Yam l. MOTORCVCLE CLASSE S ST OCK 125cc EX: 1. Dav,d McG hee IVami; 2. Dan Watson (Yaml ; 3. M ike M onsegur (SUlI. MOD 125 EX: 1. David McGhee (Yam); 2. Steve Hin (Suz); 3. Dan W atso n (Yaml . STOCK 125cc INT: 1. La".. Butler IVam); 2. Rog er Hayes (Han); 3. RIch SmIth (Suz) . MOD 125cc INT: 1. la,,\, Butler IVaml; 2. Guv Schm;dt (Vam); 3. Qav;d Hopwood (Mug l. STOCK 125cc NOV: 1. Jim Pearson (502); 2. RIcky Oiscartin (Hon) ; 3. Kevin laird (SOl ). MOO 125cc NOV : 1. Jim Pearson IS uz); 2. Rick y Discartin (Hanl : 3. John M itseheller (Sul t. STOCK l00cc NOV: 1. Ale. Leo n ISuzl; 2. Joey Cortez (Yam ); 3. Darin Rogec- (SUl I. s MO D l00cc NOV : 1. Alex Leon ISU1) ; 2. Kevin Tra vis {Yaml; 3. Scott R'cheson (Vam), JUN IOR CVCLE CLASSE S STO CK 19-111: 1. Scott Brow n IS uzl; 2. Brad Johnson (Vam); 3. Steve Hale (Suz l. MOD 19 -11): 1. Scott Brow n (S U1): 2. Brad Joh IYam) ; 3. Space Sch riner {Yaml . STOC K (Q.8I: 1. J ami e Ca nney (Yaml ; 2. Dennis Dahlin ISU11 J . Rcbtae Avila (SU1 ). ; STOCK PEE WeE: 1. Dennis Dahlin lha l; 2. Scan Thornton (S Ul) : 3. Josh Barney ISuzl . MO O PEE WEE: 1. JamIe Conney (Suz); 2. Sean Tho rnton (SU1 ). Old Timer Sanchez does it at the Dunes By Bob Alloy VALENCIA . CA . J ULY 20 Thirty-eight super Old Timers were out for another glorious day of competition. This event was very welcome after far too man y weeks of not being able to race beca use of th e Nationals and th en the cancelled on e the week before . Dan Sanch ez began th e action in th e Expert division , but lap two was when Bob Millner began 10 shine. takin g the lea d and keeping th e power on his Yamaha 10 win t he m oto. Sanchez followed Millner for second pl ace . Dic k Mosley was in th e winning ci rcle wit h a third : It was Sanchez taking the lea d in th e second moto and staying rig ht _ there for three laps. Tom W idick th en shot by Dan to ta ke over the lead, and on to the first place win . Sanchez agai n came in with a nice second. Taking third place was Dick Frampton. Amateur Hal Grady got the holeshot in moto one . but Bo Ingra m found a faster line on lap two and gassed it up to win the rnoto. Lowell Smith found a nic e lin e through all that sand to take second. Bob De Miranda passed severa l riders to ' win that third place. Aske r Larnkjaer was in there for fourth. The second moro started out with H a l Grady again leading all the Amateurs. and holding his lead until Buzz Moeller took command on lap three to win th e moto. Ed Scheidl er powered hi s Yamaha into second. Hal Grady held third . and Jim Cooke took fourth . The first Novice rnoto saw Larry Hughlett lead into th e first turn. Then it was Pet e Klas sen who took command on the third lap and gassed it to cross the finish with a nice lead over us all. Larry Calderon and his,125 Suzuki were good eno ug h to take second. Bob Allo y hung in to take third , and Bob Coffman came in fourth . The second moto saw Calderon tak e the holeshot and lead for one lap. Again Klassen shot by Larry to take the lead. When Pe te takes the lead he doesn't look back until he has that checkered flag . Expert Coffman . who hasn't raced for som e time. rode with the Novices 10 get it all back together again . He has got it to get her and he too k a we ll -ridd en second. Bob Alloy took a third . and Calderon was the fourth place winn er . Results MASTERS: 1. Btackre LeWIS (VarnI. ex: 1. Dan Sanchez: 2. Bob M illner (Yam); 3. D ick M osj ey (Mai l. AM : 1. Hal Grad y; 2 . Low~l Sm tih (Yam); 3 . Ed Scheodler IVaml . NOV: 1. Pet e Klassen IVaml; 2. Bob Alloy (Vaml; 3. Larry Caldero n ISuz).

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