Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

nada- Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-AI During the second lap, Bruns missed a gear and Magly zipped by into second place for keeps. Wood led the second moto off the line with Miller nex t in tow followed by Bruns, Magly and Clark , but by mote's end , the lineup was a repeat of the first - Wood , Magly and Bruns. The 125cc Expen included no superstar to run away' with it ; rather , six fas t riders with closel y ma tched skills who gave eac h other some exci ting com petition . In the first rnoto, Magly had the holeshot with Mark Hearn ( Ya m) hot behind . H earn got around Magl y and d eveloped a ni ce lead until he crashed back to last pl ace . Magly aga in found himself in front and this time he was challen ged by Brad Bru ns (Suz) . They d iced for th e lead and Magly went down agai nst the inside of Bruns' bike in a hairpin corner. As the white fla g prep ared to fly. Curtis Co ok (Su z) took the insid e line in the swee per and came out ahead of Bruns and carried on to claim the win . The second tim e out , Hearn had the holeshot and again stretched out a respectable lead before crashing to th e back . Magly too k over the front posi tio n and was there still for th e ch eck ers. Joe McCummer (Yam) ca me along in seco nd , Cook third . In what may turn out to be his last Amateur rid e , Kevin Bixb y gave a convincing d em onstration of ho w he has ea rned the poi nts he needs to m ove on up into the Expert ra nks. Except for one short stre tch , Bixb y's W r ight Motors Yamaha led bo th 250cc m ot os from first to last . T he first time ou t , Novice rider Eric Dutton (Ka w) stayed with Bixb y most of the wa y, but Bixb y ne ver ga ve hi m th e cha nce to get by. Scott Sex ton (Yam) ca me along n ex t. In the second moto, Bixby leaped away from the sta rti ng gate and had a 30·foo t lea d going in to the first tu m . Novice rider Br ian Peterson (Ya m) was next and put in a strong enough effort to get himself ahead of Bixby at the end of th e first lap. Bixby took back the lead around the sweeper and never shared it again. Peterson dropped back behind most of the Amateur riders, but stayed ahead of the Novices and earned first overall in the Novice part of the race. The impressive winner on the l25cc machines was Marty Cunningham (Hon) , another Amateur rider streaking his way into the Expert class . He led the first moto first to last. Amateur Berkeley White (Suz) moved up from a poor start to finish second with Novice_Tim Collins (Ya m) third . Col1ins took the holeshot in moto two with Cunningham back a ways , but before the lap was over , Cunningham was in firs t place. An ac cident over the big jump took out several bikes and riders and on his second time around , Cunningham pulled off to check on a friend . He remounted later in the sam e lap and proceeded to reclaim all his lost ground exce p t that held by Collins , the leader, who deserves con gratulations for his fine ride also . Sunday saw a som ewhat d ifferent and slightly larger turnout of riders . The track was ch a nged in spots, but the motos were even longer than the day before . Argyll Park is definitely the leader in northern California when it comes to offering riders tim e on the track . Thank you . Argyll! The first bike around turn on e in th e Open Expert race was a Yamaha ridden by Brad Em ery . Dean W iggins (Mai) was behind him on lap on e and just in front on lap two . Dean went on to win both motos with very comfortable leads. Emery did not reappear on an Open bike, bu t he did come out. with, \he 250s . Pete Langley (Yam ) holeshot both motes with Emery right on his fender for several laps. By mid-race , however , Langley pulled into the clear and go t to the checkered flag well ahead of anyone else . W iggins fa iled to make the start of the first rn oto , but was there for the second a nd followed Langley a rou nd the first turn. W iggins took over th e lead for th e second la p and kept it the whole way. but Langley guaranteed hims elf the ove ra ll victory by keepin g u p th e pace in second place. T ed Cabral (Suz) cla imed second ove ra ll wit h two excellent thi rd- place rid es. Mark Boggeri (Suz) is a man to watch in the 250 cc Amateur class . Greg Bonovich (Kaw) holesh ot and led the entire first rnoto whil e Boggeri rode in the middle of the pa ck . Bonovich took the checkered flag first , but on th e fina l lap . Boggeri ca me blitzing up and , remarkably enough . got there for second. Bogg eri did not wait so long to m ak e his move in t he second moto, He had a fift h -p lace start, but by m id -ra ce had mo ved into the lead and was m any seconds ahead a t the finish lin e. Mark Hearn (Yam) got his act together and stayed up to win fir st ove rall in the 125 cc Expert ra ce .iLeon Ellis (Suz) h ad the holeshot in mo to o ne, but crashed and DNF a fte r one lap . Hearn inheri ted the lea d , bu t earned his rig h t to keep it. Pete Langley (Suz) closely followed Hea rn during the entire nerve-wracking moto, needing onl y a momenta ry weak ness to get by, Hea rn never stumbled. It was Hearn's holeshot the sec ond tim e out with Spoof Perra (Ya m) following . H earn kept Pena behind until the final lap. Pena crossed the fini sh lin e first with Hearn second. Beau Magl y was third both times for second overall. WINNERS CHOOSEeti!JD o 00 0") ...... DALE SINGLETON and RICH SCHLACHTER, 1st and 2nd at the Pocono AMA Road Race National choose ARAI. So Should You! Lightweight, comfortable protection is important on the racetrack - and that's just where Arai helmets are proving themselves to be right out in front in top quality protection. Arai protection? Ask the racer who's put one to user Comfortable. qua lity protection should be no less important to every motorcyclist and a complete range of Arai helmets is ava ilable for every taste and need. Arai comfort? Ask the rider who wears onel FOUR mJiIIm1 MODELS Results SATURoAV MINI EX: 1. Tim ASton (Yam). MINI AM : 1. Mike Aivagedis. MINI NOV : t . Chris Stewart (Yaml ; 2. Sean Dunlan (Kaw l. VET AM : 1. Pat Doyl e (Mai l. VET NOT: 1. Ralph Halford II (Mai). EX 1. Jer ry Jackson (Mai). : oT NOV : t . Robert Wood (SUl) . 125 NOV : 1. Tim Collins (Varni: 2. Ron Picken (Sul l; 3. Richard Washburn (SUl) . 125 AM: 1. Marty Cunn ingham (Honl; 2. Berkeley WMeISuz). 125 EX: 1. Curt is Cook (SUl) ; 2. Joe McCummer (Vam). 250 NOV : , . Brian Paterson (Vam); 2. Gary Mahoney (Hon); 3. Eric Dutton IKawl. 250 AM: 1. Kevin Bixby (Varni; 2. Sco tt Sexton (Yam). 250 EX; 1. DaIle Wood (Yam): 2. Beau Mag ly (Yam). OPEN AM: 1. Mark Hilton (Yaml . OPEN NOV: 1. Howie Ross (Suz); 2. To m Bracamonte (Suz). PP: 1. Marcy Lewis ISUlI. SUNoAV M INI EX; t . rllTl Aston (Yaml . M INI AM: 1. Steve Nauman (Honl. M INI NOV : 1. Chris Stewart lVarn); 2. Jason Gregg (Kawl; 3. Scott Seaman s (SUl). VET EX: 1. Harry Bellicitt; (Vaml . VET AM: 1. Curt McMahon (KTM). VET NOV : 1. Gerald Freitas (Yam). a T EX: 1. J im Saitone (Mai). AM: 1. Bob Porter IM ai). NOV : 1. Dee Skik os (Yarn). PP:1. Debbie Jamerson (M ai). 125 NOV : 1. James Casey (Yam); 2. Jeff Cab

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