Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

EW;;;;;;;j;;tii;;;.... ~ E cates. sportsman trophies and Pro pay· back, but also to try and qualify for the San Diego Stadt'um A t rna eu r Supercross Championships. This race was another round in the qualifying • •• •. . SeTles, gwmg Tlders m every class. on· 00 c1uding Minis and Veterans a chance .d 0') lO TI e on the same type of indoor track as the btg name Pros. I h P r . I I n t rOlesslona c Mark 0 0 Moscropecame out on lap asses, 1-25cc of the s-. division, while the 250cc battle went to ~ Jimmy Holley. As for the Opens. Mark White came out on lOp at the end of the two mOlOS. All three of the rider u swept their classes. winning both motos. ~ut none of the runner-up overall.fin· tshers could manage two straight seconds in the night's action. In the 12!>s. Darrel Francis lOok his Van Nuys cycles water·cooled YZ into second the first round. bUI in his sec· and try could not finish the malO. and dropped lO eighth overall. Mark Bledsoe ran it in for second in the second mota. and tnat combined with his fim mota fourth gave him econd in the overall. well ahead of Perry Cenoro's 5-4 third and a second. Kenny Zahrt, riding with a broken wrist, managed to grab second in the first '2!>Occ malO. but a fifth in the second mota put him into third overall, behind Bobby Kline, who scored a third and a second. Open 'action saw Andy Jannings grab second the first time around. then DNF the. neXl ride. Kirk Sturgeon came up with Lhe second in the overalls with his second mota runnerup finish to put with a -first-mota fourth. Kevin Davis came back from a se~enl.h in the opening mota to grab a third m the other. and third overall 10 .boot. For lhe Mini division riders. Eric Gonzales grabbed the Beginner overall. winning the second mOlO ahead of Mike Hughes, David Couch and first malO .winner Jerry Loaiza. Jeff Barbacovl swept both of the Novice molOs lo lead Gary Miller and Brell Cavanah in the overalls, wilh the Intermediate porti,:)O going lo Mouse McCoy ahead of John Gersjes and Gary Szilagy. Andy Ellis showed up as the o~ly Expert, and defealed all of the other Mini riders each round to earn himself a qualifying spot for San Diego. Twelve Veterans were on hand to attempt to qualify for the stadium action. and in the Senior ranks, Joe Brown and Bob Dunham traded mota victories and econds. and at the overalls, it was Brown laking the winning trophy. Lou Sorensen scored a victory m the Intermediates, while in the Juniors, Ron Cole won both motos and the ')\'erall, as Chuck Sickler went 4·3 for second and Jess Ruf ran 3-4 for third. o ..c o .... o Results 250 PRO: 1. JImmy Honey (C-AI: 2. Bob Khne IVaml: 3. Ken Zahrt (SUII. OPEN PRO: 1. Mark White (Yaml; 2. Kirk Sturgeon (Yam); 3. KeVIn DavIs IMa.l. 125 PRO: 1. Mark Moserop (Honl; 2. Mark Bledsoe (Yam); 3. Perrv Cendro (Yaml. 100 NOV: 1. John Peters (SUll. 2. Herma" LoatZ3 ISuzl: 3. Frank Oa" ISull. 100 BEG: 1. JIm ~potts ISuzl; 2. James Buldl'az ISu,l; 3. George N;"naus ISull. VETS INT: 1. Lou Sorensen (C-Al. VETS SR: 1. Joe B,own (Vaml; 2. Bob Ounham IVaml. OPEN NOV: 1. Mike Stepak Ilion); 2. EdwIna FIsh'" (Sull; 3. B~I And,ews (Hus). OPEN BEG: 1. Ronnie LewiS (Yam); 2. Fred HUd9erS (Husl; 3. Rob Antles (Kawl. VETS JR: 1. Ron Cole ISull: 2. Chuck Sickl", IVaml: 3. Joss Auf (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Billy Handal (Mall; 2. Mark Durand (Yam); 3, Craig Stanton (Yam I. • 250 NOV: 1. Doug Russell (Yam); 2 DaVId Thayer (Yam); 3. Kennv Parry (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Tom Webb (Honl: 2. Steven Shettel (Han); 3. Jim Helman (Hon!. 125 INT: 1, Frank Pilato (Yaml; 2. Gary Bowman IHonl; 3. Bob Byrne IHonl. 125 NOV: 1. Chris SestlCh {Y3ml; 2. Karim Tazi (Vaml: 3. Can Kudrave IVaml_ 16 125 NOV OIV II; 1. Randy L,pp" IYaml: 2. BIll Sp.. (Vaml: 3. a.ett HowelIIKaw). . _ t b.... " .........A ....... . - b••• N ....... _ t b. . ..,.... . . . . ._ . 125 aEG OIV I: 1 Ron Stewa.. IHont 2 T,m Kephart (Honl: 3_ Bob Boyd (SUl). 125 BEG OIV II: 1 Randy Ballv: 2 Claud,o Telve"a (Suz); 3. Joel WIlson (SUl) 125 BEG DIV 3. I Ed Hall ISull. 2 Rav Osenkop IVaml: 3. Brad G .."sonIHonl 100 INT; 1. Doug Gentry lYaml; 2. Gary DG PIlla ISOlI: 3. J,m Boyd IYaml MINI BEG; 1. Ene Gon,ales (Sull: 2 M,ke Hughes (SulI; 3. DaVId Couch (Suz) MINIINT: 1. Mouse McCOY IVaml: 2 John G",sles (Kawl:3.G..y~ZIlagy(Vaml MINI EX: 1. AndyElhs. MINI NOV 1 Jeff Barbacovi {Yaml; 2 Garv MIller (Sul).. 3 Bren CavanalllVaml 6Occ: 1 T,oyWelty Benavidez blasts R.A.C.E OCIR MX By Tom Corley IRVINE, CA, SEPT. II The Pro series is now underway at OClR. Throughout the season R.A.C.E. has been getting excel-, lent response from the Beginner, Junior and Intermediate racers. However, the Pro participation ha' been a lillie less than desired. So Ihe promoters have gOllen ragelher with several of the more generous shops and for ranight and the next three weeks there will be a series for Ihe Pro racer. The man who comes Out of it best pointswise will pick up S!>OO! Tonight there were a few visiting Pros and soon the word will be out so even more should be on hand for next week. The 12!>, 2!>0 and 500cc Pros were still combined and in the first mora some real excitement was taking place. SCali Cavness got out ahead and led on his Suzuki 400. Todd Peterson was after him and so was Dave Beplings. Then Peterson dropped out. Cavness was so close to Todd's bike that hi footpeg went into Todd's wheel and pulled out Peterson's spokes. Soon Cavness dropped out because his frame cracked apart and his front wheel was raked out so much that it became a drag bike. Juan Benavidez got by Behlings and those two led it all ahead of new Pro Don Gibbons. Peterson and his dad didn't give it up but instead slapped on another wheel set-up that was taken off from their L25cc bike. It worked fine and Todd went on to win the final mota ahead of Benavidez and Don Gibbons. On the 2f>Occ Pro results it was Benavidez, Peterson, Gibbons and David Behlings. SCali Cavness gOt some tie downs and strapped his frame up so that he was able to take a lap in the final maLO and then pushed his bike over the line. He did this so that he would pick up points that would add up at the end of the series. In Lhe 125cc Pro action Micky Dymond aced out long time Pro Gary Denton_ Gary won the firSl mota but Dymond got the second. It should be mentioned thaI Denton hurt his wrist and was out of action for a long time. Results MINI 50: 1. Newton Acevedo (Suzl. 2. Jason CoUler IVaml. MINI BEG DIV 1: ,. Mike Mart,n lHon); 2. Newton Acevedo ISuz); 3. Kurt Ada" (Suz). MINI BEG DIV 2: 1 John Cameron IKawl' 2 Jetf Clifton (Suzl: 3. Jason CoHbaugh (Vaml. .' MINI NOV: ,. Kevin Fonger (Suzl: 2. Ken Clifton (SUl); 3. Ltghttngllnehan (Yam) MINI INT: 1. Sod SqUId IHonl. 2. Todd S,mmons Westergaard on formatCMC AscotMX By Tom Corley GARDENA, CA. SEPT. 10 Stu Peters announced that this season of mo.tocross racing at Ascot Park will continue to go through the end of October. After that Lhe rains will lake over and will put an end to all of the local night races. The Orange Show Fairgrounds '~ supposed to open in January and TIght now a new track is being made up. Newton Acevedo is a star in {he !>Dcc Mini Imermediate class and he took two firsts over Prax Cruz. In the 80cc Mini Junior race ewton took a sixth overall and has a way to go before he can beat these riders. John Davis was the fastest man in that class ahead of Dan Carpenter and Sherman Johnson. The 12!>cc Intermediate class was unpredictable. Mark Allen looked like he was going to take it overall as he won the fir t mOta ahead of Craig Westergaard and Paul Ellis. Allen placed poorly in the final mota. where Mark Harpwood was lhe winner and ~his 5econd mota score was certainly an Improvement over his seventh in the mota before. Mitch Davis was after him this time in second while Weslergaard took a fine third. When il was all tallied up the winners lurned out this way: Westergaard, Allen, Harpwood and Davis. Jim Thomson looked good on his Yamaha bUl even though I-Je got good starts Ted Hamner ended on lap. Hamner took two firsts over the c1osely-' following Th9mson. These two led the 250cc Junior division two class and on the official results it ended up Hamner. Thomson. Rodney Jaramillo and Allen Padilla. Results MINI 50 JR: 1. Jason Jones (Suzl; 2. JImmie Johnson (Sull; J, Rand, Kaster IHonL MINI 50 INT: 1. Newton Acevedo (SUl); 2 P,ax CrUl ISUll. ' MINI 80 JR. 1. John DaVIS (Yam); 2 Dan Carpenter (Suz). 3. Sherman Johnson (Sull MINIBO tNT: l..Galy Ybarra (Yam); 2. Richard Reese lSUl); 3 Eric Gonzales (Suzl. MINI 80 EX: 1 Sk,p Godlne, IKawl. 100 JR. 1. Bllt Jawltz (Sull: 2. Jerry Urczvk (SUl); 3. Oon Coulter (Vaml. 125 JR DIV 1: 1 Bill FullmCf (Yaml; 2 Ph,l Lemmons (Hon). 3. Dann Motoda tHon) 125 JR DIV 2' 1 Daniel Bush (SU7); 2 John McNulTv (Suz): 3 Chfls Sesllch 125 INT: 1 Craig West8fgaard (Varni. 2 Mark Allen (Yaml; 3 Mark Harpwood (Yam) 125 PRO: 1 TIm ShelTon (Yaml. 2 Glen Paqe (SUl); 3. Frank Pilato (Vaml 250 JR DIV 1 1 Dean Manly (Mall; 2. Etlch JOiner (Mall. 3 Jack Hone ~Sull 250 JR DIV 2 1 Ted Hamner (Yam); 2, Jim Thomson <"ami. 3 Rodnpv Jaramillo (Yaml 250 INT: 1 Randy Scl8fra (SUl); 2 Ron Olson tHon); 3 Todd $uTlmons (Sull 250 PRO: 1. Tim Lunde (Yaml. 2 Jeff Jenmngs tHonI: 3. Norman Nlclsson llioni. • 500 JR; 1. David Ell,son (Ma.). 2. Greg MICOZ (Yam)' 3. Dan Galltl (Yam) . 500 INT' 1 Glen Senecal (Yam); 2 Mike Slepak lHon); 3 ChriS Jackson (Vaml 500 PRO; 1. TIm Lunde IYaml. 2 Paul Sedler tHus); 3 Sieve Vanzant IMal1 OVER JO JR~ 1 Tom Truman ISu/l; 2 John West ISUll. 3 James Sheppard IMal1 OVER 30 INT: 1 Peler Cook (Varni OVER J() MASTER 1 John McManawdV lV<:tml 2 Marshall Jennings (Yam) . (Hon). 100: 1. Bob Graham (Suz); 2. Mike Medlin tSuzl; 3. Paul Escobar (Yaml. '25 BEG DIV 1: 1. Clemson (Yaml; 2. Darrell Wall (Sull; 3. Stet loudenback (Yaml. 125 BEG OIV 2: 1. K",ry Sorenstln IVaml: 2 Mark KnepPef (Suz); 3. DaVid Blehm (Yaml. Brand, Hodgson storm DeAnza D-37MX 125 NOV: ,. John Whllfleld IYam); 2. Jim Catstalts lYam); 3. Jim Kennedy (Vam! 125 INT' 1. Danny Bartholomew (Vaml; 2 John McCaughey lSUll; 3. Milch DaVIS (Vam!. 125 PRO 1 Micky Dymond (Han); 2. Gary Denton By Carol Campbell IHon) SUNNYMEAD, CA, SEPT. 7 250 BEG: 1 Ray DaSIlva (SUl); 2, George Coelho. 3 Dan EVinger IAmx). 250 NOV~ 1 Tom Erman (Hol1); 2 Larry Gross (Yam); 3 Ctms Fanow (Yaml 500 NOV: 1 John Anderson (Yaml; 2. Bruce Prall (Yam); 3. Steve Hitch (Husl. 500 PRO: 1 Scan Cavness (Suzl It was grey skies and drizzle that greeted almost 200 prospective AMA riders at DeAnza Cycle Park. - As the first mota of the 125cc Pros got underway, it was Rodney Brand atop an O'Neal Honda. but knocking at his back door were Suzuki mountedVarney Holbrook, Clark Coleman (Yam) and Dean Cates (Suz). Brand managed to put a little distance between himself and Holbrook, but it was Cates who was making good use of every lap. By the founh lap, Cates had made his move on Coleman and Holbrook and was now running in second. After eight and a half laps -Cates had worked his way around Brand to take the lead, leaving Brand and Holbrook to battle for the second and lhird place spots. The second mota found Holbrook out [rant, but Cates was a close second and mavin'! Brand was stuck way back in eighth and his chances for a win weren't looking too good, but by the fourth lap. Brand had moved his red machine into the third place spot behind Holbrook. It looked as though Cates had the win in the bag until a rear flat tire bumped him all the way back to fifth place. Wilh Cates out of the way, the race was on for first place money between Brand and Holbrook. Brand stayed right with' Holbrook into e~ery _lurn and over every jump and with only a lap to go, Holbrook was still holding. onto f1l'St by a slim margin. As they came into the final tum ~fore the checkered flag, Holbrook slid out in the comer giving Brand the win with a 2-1 score. Holbrook finished with a 3-2 for second overall and Cates took home third place money with a 1-5 finish. The 2!>Occ Intermediates found Aurelio Siracusa (Kaw) pulling the holeshot over Scott Hodgson (Yam) and Mark Branch (Suz) in the first mota. Branch settled for a solid third while Siracusa and Hodgson were busy dicing it out. Siracusa had managed to hold Hodgson behind him and with only. two laps to go, things were lookmg good for Siracusa, when sud.denly Hodgson made his move, takmg the lead and the first mota win. The second moto looked like an instant replay with Siracusa out in fronl and Hod~n in hot pursuit with Branch running in third. Siracusa had a slight lead over Hodgson until he lost ~ontrol coming off the scorekeeper's Jump and ended up taking soil samples. With Siracusa now running back in the fourth place spot, Hodgson was assured the overall victory with Branch finishing with a 3-2 for second place honors and Siracusa took third with a 2-4 score. Results PEE WEE DIV 1: 1. Jason ROlcon fSuzl: 2. Alben Sonchez IVam); 3. Bil _ (Vaml. PEE WEE DIV 2:. 1. JMOn Collier \Yaml: 2. we*y Klein IVaml: 3. Christopher l...-> IYam). MINI EK: 1. Rich GlIIoIiolo (SUll' 2. Donn;e c'-... · ISuzI. . ....... MINI INT: 1. Jason Rincon' IKewl; 2. Ken Rickey IHan). MINI I«YV: 1. JoIln ~ ISuzI: 2. Denny Can..... IKewI; 3. Richord MikulII

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