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Cycle News 1980 08 13

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; cia- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alask • ~ t l1li o 00 (j") Craig Scroggins and Rocky Rob inson (51 in t ight quarters at Fremont. Chandler, Key split Fremont ST wins By W . H. Spencer FREM ONT, CA ,JU LY 9 Once again . it was the you ng set doing the most in th e winning ways of short track at th e regular Wednesday night quarte r-mile ra cing at fabulou s Fremont Raceway wit h Chris Carr co mi ng back t o num ber one form on the Suzuki 100 . Kurt Chandler winning the highly com petitive 80cc Expert wh ile big brother Doug Chandler won his second 250cc Expert main of th e yea r. Ma rk Key rod e the McGill Yamaha TT500 to th e big -bore Expert bucks. It has only taken five weeks to regain the composure of old at Fremont with a normal race crowd and very good spectator set u p , Ra ci ng is fast and very competitive so that the fan leaves with t he desire to come back next week . I Mini bike competit ion has never been closer or to ugher with Nationa l champs C hris Ca rr and Kurt Cha ndler dueling for the top spot and to night they split the wins . Ca rr took the 100cc class on his Jorgy's/TV Serv ice Ctr '! . ND RM over Cha ndler and P J Sanchez. wh ile Chandler won th e 80c c Experts on his KX from Sal in as Kaw asaki, Mike Mac ed o took a second while wait ing for his mo ther [0 have a litt le brother for him . Kelly Fischer took third on t he Yama ha of Sa linas special over Scott Casey and Eri c Ma yfield with Carr a d istant sixt h. Mike McD on nell is a bout do ne with the 80cc Novice class. winnin g once again ove r J oe Dia z. Bod ie Shepard remains undefea ted in the 80cc J unior class for the five-race series a nd is right u p nea r the top for the overall h igh point honors. Larry Staggs is just as happy to be a Sportsman racer after four yea rs in the Mini wa rs a nd won t he 10011 25cc com bined show over J im Pettit while R ick Ga rcia beca me the la test in 250cc Novice winners taking the checkered in front of Bri a n Sansing a nd St eve Fischer. Vance Sherfield is marching very well through th e 250cc Jun ior class winning one m ore , H e reverse d th e d ecision on Shawn Black ridin g his Yamaha Spo rts Center of Seasid e mach in e over the Jorgy Can-Am wh ile Ronnie Evans took third with Chris Fisch er mi ssin g the brass by on e. The highly com pe titve 250cc Expert class finally had a repeat winner in Dou g Cha ndle r. T he 14 -year-ol d speedste r won a no the r grea t ra ce over Da nny Moore and current number o ne Kim Jorgensen a nd shou ld ha ve re- gaine d th e ove ra ll District point lead with th at effo rt, Mark Key rode the McGi ll's YZ to fourth ove r Dave Rosa on th e Dan's Cycle/ Ha rry Li llie Yarn a ha d wit h Mike lnderbitzen beating out Roc ky Rob inson on the Cycle Eng. special. Rick Record too k the 360cc Novice for yet another win on t he SK Cycle Buhaco with J im Munja rz rid ing the old Scott Pearson Kawasak i to seco nd. Mike Ahm took the Red Ahm Cycles Honda to the J u nior class win over Ma rk Eslinger. Steve Ca r rillo , the coyote , won the 360 cc Expe rt over current top 20 lea der Dave Boyles and Errol Longboya on the Cycle Center Honda with Brian Pecore bringing the Ang Rossi Yamaha in for clea n up. Marvin Lew is is still not gett ing much in the way of co mpetition in the 500cc Novices beating out Ra ndy Holycross on his ancient BSA 500 out of the West Ba y Cycle shop where La rry Ra nd all used tomake a lot of heroes , Sha wn Black came back for a little re venge and won the 500cc J unior on his new Honda X R . Jeff Iwanaga is still riding b ig bro th er Paul's Gilroy Sports Center X R5 00 a nd took seco nd after a littl e boo boo a nd J oe Flowers cou ld n't ta ke advantage of that on his Kn ig h tframed TT500, The 500cc Expert ra ce was another great show with Mark Key leading the d istance but being closely tagged by Danny Moore and Chandler. Mike In derb it zen rode the Palm Ga rd en's special to fou rt h after Chandler ro de around h im on t he ND /Salinas Ka wa sa ki specia l. Moore kept the action rea l close tryi ng all sorts of passes on his Champ ion-framed X R500 but the McG ill Cycle Yamaha TT500 was kin g for the nig ht. Da na Perri and Stua rt Mc Da niels p ut on a good show in th e lightl y co ntested Ope n class on 40 -i nch Yamahas that rea lly sound good b ut should be reserved for half-mil es. • Results 100 EX: 1.Chris Carr IS uzl: 2. Kurt Cha nd lerlVaml: 3. P.J . Sanchez (Yaml. 80 NOV: , . Mike McDonn ell ISuz): 2. J oey Ciaz IKawl. 80 JR : 1. Bod ie Shepard IKlw): 2. Rickv Diaz (Yaml. 80 EX: 1. Kurt Chandler (Kaw); 2. M ike M acedo IS ud: 3. Kellv Fischer lVaml. 1001125 NOV/J R: 1. La"" S ta ggs IVam): 2. Jim Pen it (Ya m ). 250 NOV: 1. Ad Garcia IYam); 2. Brian Sa nsing IVam): 3. S Ieve FischerISuz). 250 JR : 1. Vance Sherfi eld IVaml: 2. S hawn Black ICA I; 3 . Ronnie Evan s (Yam l. -' 250 EX: 1. Dou g Chandler r' JW 2. Danny M oor e l: (Yam. ; 3. Kim Jorgensen (C·AI. 360 NOV : 1. Rick Record {Bull; 2. Jim M Ol'jarz IKaw l . 360 J R: 1. M ike Ahm (Ha nl; 2. M ark Eslinger (Yaml . 360 EX: 1. SIeve Carrillo (Varni: ' 2. Dave Boyles (Han); 3. Errol Long boya (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Marvin Lewis (YamI; 2. Randy Holycros s IBSAl. 500 JR : 1. Shawn Black lHan ); 2. JeH Iwanag a IHonl; 3. Joe Flowefs (Yaml. . 500 EX: 1. Mark Kev (Yam): 2. Dann v Moor e IHan): 3. Doug Chandler (Yaml. OPEN : 1. Dana Perri (Yam); 2. Stu McDaniels (Yaml. A"'~· COME ONE, COME ALL! .... ~~ ~ BEATINFLATION.~ SAVEZS% ~~., BELL & SIMPSON HELMETS On all 0.1.0. and Diamond Chain On all these TIres and Oils Dirt, Touring or Street Dunlop Goodyear Continental Michelin Cheng Shin. Nanking Golden Spectro Bel-Ray Castrol Klotz Torco Duralube I ./ Bill Walters MX Pants only $89.001 (limited to stock on hand) MXL Boots w/liner $105.00 13053 Rosecrans Norwalk. CA 90650 WCRadlig (213) 102·1'11 We ship anywhere in U,SA + 8%, CA res. + 6% too l Sale good thru Aug ust 30th. SIMI VALLEY HONDA AUCTI ON $20,000 + In Assorted Merchandise To Be Sold At Auction AU GUST 10 Everything put on the block will be sold to the highest bidder. No minimum bid. 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