Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I ~;;h;ji;;;;""-""·,,",,·""·ArI.."""th"'N"'' ' _t'' ' CoI''_.ArI' • .. E ~ It') M .. , .... ..c e ~ o Z - " with Bobby Garabedian thud and Dorothy Rowe founh. Dorothy was on . k' h' d b h the move, piC mg up t u. y ~ e second lap and second by the thud lap She let her sights on Hames and ' . really staned putting the pressure on. On the white flag lap she pulled by . Hames on the straightaway but Hames came fighting back and at the check· . Ham ·th Do th d ered It was es WI TO Y secon and Hailey third. In the 250cc Money half. mile Terry h' Singleton got off first WIt Dar:ren Hulben second and Ron Bell thud. On the RCond lap Hulbert got by Singleton and took over the lead and held it until the eighth lap when Single· ton finally found the hole he was look· ing for, took the chance and came up with all the marbles. Greg Gaw had gotten around Bell on the fourth lap bu, like Singleton he made a power move on the white flag· lap and was also able to get through to collect third. Several speedway riders were on hand to get some half mile practice in before Ascot. In the heat' race it was David DeTemple who showed the boys the way home. proving he hadn't lost his touch on the track where he had put in a lot of racing time. The main was a different story as DeTemple and Jim Turner both ran out of fire before they got to turn two. Tom Hughes, also an alumni of Corona, showed the troops the way home with Jim Lawson repeating his second place finish and Dennis Bradford third. Dan McWhoner, who hasn't been on a flattrack in a few years, came out and found he hadri't lost his touch as he climbed aboard a stock Yamaha and proceeded to blow the doors off the Open Amateur/Experts on the IT course. Vince Landy locked into the second slot and Don Meiner, in his first race as an Amateur gave a very good account of himself, sewing up third. On the half mile it was another rider who hasn't been out for a while, Bill Matherson, who held class on how to ride a long oval in the Amateur/Expert. Bobby Garabedian was out in second with Ron Bell third. Bob Graves, sit· ting in the fourth place, got an easy pass when Bell went out with mechan· Ical problems. One lap later the same fate befell Garabedian and again Graves got a step up the ladder. Matherson didn't prove so easy and Graves had to be concerned abho.utdRobHSelvy, wb~o was knocking on 1S oor. e was a e to hold Selvy off and collected second . h herso fi d S I h' d Wit Mat n Irst an e vy t Ir . The "Not So Over The Hill Gang," picking up new riders every time out, saw Bill Mitchell grab the lead for one e Ia p on t he half 1 e bet: bml '1 Gore hp w~nt oukt k with bi e pro ems. ary etus too over from there on out with Pat . h McCann and Mike Mockbee ID t e place and show spots. Mitchell didn't go home empty han!ied as the IT was his with Pettis and Mockbee second d hi d an t r . Results TT MINI NOV: 1. . - , Bell IVaml; 2. Don Ambrose IVaml: NOV: 1. Jeff Runyon IVoml: 2. John Barricklow 125 3. Kristina Inman 1lUw1. IHon): 3. S._T,older (Vam). Th~~~1;1i.~;~ngC;:7~1.lvoml;2. Rog~ 250cc NOV: 1. Rick Monon IVaml: 2. Larry Earhart IVaml: 3. Der,ick Von ('Vaml. 250cc AMIEX: 1. Grog Nelson IVam); 2. Ron Bell IVaml;3. SkipC,ioty(Vaml. OPEN NOV DIV I: 1. Kei1h Gumery IVom): 2. Mike McCauley (Bull: 3. KeithDon Kane IVaml. 2. Ron Barrell OPEN NOV DlV II: 1. B'edford IVam): ... 22 (Vaml;3.JimS'eetlVaml. NOT SO OVER THE HILL GANG: 1. B~I Mitchell IVaml; 2. Gory Pettis IBull: 3. Mike Mockbee IH-DI. . OPEN AMIEX: 1. Don McWhorter IYaml: 2. Vonce UlndryIVom);3.DonMeinerIVaml. OPEN MONEV: 1. Pate _IVaml: 2. Re. HeiIey IVaml;3.MikeBakorlVaml. HALF MILE ~ MINI K,istina . - , IletI IVaml; 3.NOV: 1. Inman {Kawl.IVaml: 2. Don Ambfose Barricklowl~1:3"DanaOumondIHon). 125cc NOV' 1 Jeff Runyon IVoml: 2. John 125cc AM/EX: 1. Cunis Connon IVoml: 2. Roger Thompson (Voml: 3. Dan Engle IHon). 250cc NOV: 1. larry Earhor1 {Vaml: 2. Rick Monon IVoml:3.DerrickV""IVaml. 250cc AMIEX: 1.. Grog Gow IVaml: 2. Grog Nelson lVoml: 3. Barry O'B"en (Voml. OPEN NOV DIY. I: 1. Kei1h Guthery IVaml: 2. Tom G,.-lVoml: 3. Brian Bradford I V a m l . . OPEN NOV DIV II: 1. Dan Kane IVam): 2. Korth B'add"'d IVaml: 3. Mike McCauley IBull. NOT SO OVER THE Hill GANG: 1. Ga'y Pettis IBull: 2 Pat McCann lVam): 3. Mike Mockbee (H·DI. . OPEN AMIEX: 1. BiU _ _ (Vaml: 2. Bob Gr_(Vaml: 3. Rob Setvy IVaml. 250cc MONEY: 1. Terry Songleton IVaml: 2. Darren ~ (Vaml: 3. Ron BelIlVoml. OPEN MONEY: 1. Pate IVaml; 2. Ollfothy "S~~j,,~:~T:'~='U_I; Jim lawson 2. U-I: 3. Dennis lIredford U_I. True tops A el'4nza h'" ..,S D BV Ron Lawson SUNNYMEAD, CA, OCT. 5 For the sixth annual DeAnza . h'll r b championshIp I c 1m ,promot· er Doug Hall reopened the hill that was featured in the first two events. The hill starts off with a 20foot run then goes straight up. Unlike most hills that have the toughest part at the very top, the rider meets his first obstacle when he starts off with a motocross style jump oft,en shooting him several feet in the air. After land· ing he immediately has to prepare him· self for another. lesser. jump followed by a long, loose powdery section. The trick here is to make a sweeping right hand tum without losing what little traction there is. Most of the stock class riders ended their day there. but the ones that went farther discovered that the time clock was mounted on an extremely steep section before the sum· mit of the hill. This was to give the top riders a chance to slow down before launching themselves over the top and finding out there is no place to land. When the rider finally made it to the top. he had to make a sharp left, then head back down from one of the tallest peaks in the park. The morning started off with the stock classes. The first class to start topping the hill was the 366·530cc class where Kent Margan set the fast time on his Yamaha with a 11.79 second climb. That time remained the fastest throughout the morning. Second place was Husky·mounted Steve POUtous at 12: 15. The last person to try the hill on a stocker was Ron Standeven who had already won the 701.0pen class w,'th h,'s first run time of 12:28. He wanted to try to belter his time which he did. topping the hill in II :45. After that it was time for the fuel bum,'ng modified classes. Bob Day'put his under 500cc Yamaha on top of the hill in rewrd time at 10:31. He was the I . h 10 d on y one to get IDtO t e secon bracket until Kerry Peterson did it with a 10:95. Then Bob Baker edged Peterson out when he made a second run time of JO:69. In the 650cc Modified class it was Neal Macket who finally broke the 10 'second barrier when his Triumph scaled the hill in 9:84. That was the fastest time until Bob Day's second run put him on top of the 650cc class with a 9:74. The hard luck story of the day was Gary Hall. who put in a great run. but had to redo it when the time-clocks malfunctioned. His next run put him in third with a 10:15. When the big bores came out it was John Bjorkman who was .he favori.te .when he immediately ran up the hIli on his big Harley netting al 9:39. That stood until Ron Tu,,'s second run which came out to the fastest time of the day at 9:27 on his Triumph. Bjork· man' put in a 9:33 on his second run but still had to be satisfied with second place over Ron Standeven's 9:59. White, O'Mara t Op CRe'" "TT ft,es'.lent's CUp r l . 'UI GP By Terry Rezek VALENCIA. CA. OCT. 5 Everyone was up for this one: The promoters, the spectators, the riders, the sponsor. The spon· sor? Yes, folks, a real live sponsor. The California Racing Club had again managed to find a non·motorcycle ori· ented business - lIT Diversified Credit Corp. - to back the race and provide some trophies with class instead of flash. Since this was the qual· ifier for CRC's big San Diego Stadium event the riders were out in force. Steve Van Dusen always does well at the Dunes. He wins. Today was no ex· ception, as he led the Minis on a Wild Toad ride through the swamps and sand from stan to finish, despite riding with a broken hand and two broken fingers. The battle royale was for second. On the first few laps, it seemed that Scott Morrison was just going to follow the high·flying Van Dusen around for an easy win· in his class. Jeff Barbacovi had other ideas and since he is an Intermediate along with Morrison, he very much wanted by. Barbacovi began a push that had drama; staning in fifth, he moved rapidly to third, dropped to founh and then fIfth again, fighting all the while with Big Bob Harris. Finally he got by Harris for the last time and moved directly into second, Morrison having slipped under the pressure. Barbacovi made a valiant attempt to close on Van Dusen but, barring a crash, there was no way he could make up the gap. Van DURn took first over· all and first Expert and Barbacovi got a well· ridden second overall and first Intermediate. In the combined Vet/Smior/W~'s class, Lynn McGraw jumped to an early lead and held it for two laps when Bill Saltzman, tired of looking at McGraw's back, decided to return the favor and move in front of McGraw. The sight must have been unnerving. By lap five, McGraw had faded to third and John Tobin had taken over second. Tobin didn't lilte that view either but he went the other way to lead bridly on lap six. Saltzman pre· ferred an unobstructed view of the track, retook first and held it to the finish, with Tobin in secotld and McGraw th,·rd. Jan Murray led the Wo~ on lap one but Mercedes Gonzales charged right on by in lap two. Murray didn't appreciate that move and toolt back the lead for the next two laps. Gonzales, apparently elated at the e\im. ination of the river jump that had troubled her last year, came right back in lap five and took over first for ' . the duration. John Lundgren led the Open Intermediate/Novice/Beginner race for lap one but dropped back one spot .J:_ d' I each lap until he UIllappeare enure y on lap five. Robin Busse, who was back at founh for the first lap jumped way up into first on lap two and reo mained there to the end. Tom Bice had started in third but moved up along with Busse to take and hold second._~I • . ' " nd lJte I~ JumplD a screanun event was surely the all.clasRs Pro and Ex. pen race. All of the races today were qualifying riden for CRC's upcoming San Di...... Stadium race and this Pro - ..ddi . race was no exception. In a tlon, the three class winners were to receive a m~t handsome trophy to be present. ~ ed by the sponsor, the president of lIT Diversified Credit Corporation. To say that the riders were "up" for this one would be a microscc:£ic under. L~ L'_ statement. Dropping tu~ ag on tu." one was lilce pulling the triwr on a cannon full of grape shot. . Mark White was fim out of the muzzle. with Chris Howard and Dave Coupe right on his knobs and lohn O'Mara trying to fmd an eighth or ninth gear on his super tuned 125 Mugen. Coupe rode hard in third for most of t1ie race only to DNF at the very end. By lap two, Johnny 0' had found that extra gear and was running an incredible second, having wasted all the other 125s and passing aD the .2505 and Opens in the process. He be. gan closing on White without realiz. ing it. By this time they had already began to lap some 's1ower riden and O'Mara's detennination to put all other I25s far behind him put him only five RConds behind the leader. BecaUR he still saw bikes ahead of him he just Itept pushing. In his frenzy to get in front he did some fa~tastic riding, going higher and deeper m tbe turns and farther on the jumps than anyone else dared to. He used every available inch of the traclt and some parts that didn't even seem available. At one jump in paniC1,tlar, he came off the side of the jump and landed on a ledge right in front of some spectators in an attempt to pass a slower rider. It seemed so much fun he did it every lap, even when no one was in front of him. Several spectators stood with their mouths open so long they got chapped tongues. No doubt about it, Johnny 0 is as much a showman as he is a good rider! While all the dazzle was going on, White continued to ride hard and clean to remain in first while Howard quietly took command of third and reo mained there. The first three were all class winners. Results ATCClASS1:1. _ _. ATC ClASS 2: 1. Chris Kudolka: 2. John Andre: 3. 3: 1. Garfy 8IoggIe. ATe ClASS 4: 1.1Wldy_. ATCCLASS8: l.JimS_;2._Camp. ~ttJSs ~ ~ ~.. Todd Cormody; 2. Dennis ODYSSEY ClASS 2: 1; S _ Gleim: 2. W.,... SCott 2 Mike _._.:. Gilbert;3._~3:' 1. ODYSSEY ClASS ~ Dufour. T,=~INIS: 1. Chril <:de: 2. J8Il Reynoldo; 3. MINI BEG: l. T..... Robi_lSuzl: 2. MikeAnlleo: 3. TroyMcF.-. MINI NOV: 1. Chris W_lVoml: 2. Phil _lSuzl: 3. Jim CoIIior 1lUw1. MINI lNT: 1. Jeff Bar_HVom):2. Scon Morrioon. MINI EX: 1. S _ V., 0.... IV_I: 2. Bob Harris lSuz): 3. Bob PInc:Urd (Honl. 100 BEG: 1. Kelly V_lVoml: 2. Bruce Delgado 2. Joe lVoml:3. W.,...Kirtl(Suz!. 100 INT; 1. Doug Gentry lVom): 2. Mdy lVom): 3. _llownport lVoml. l00EX:l.ZoIi_.. lVoml. ~3~.~=- lVoml; s..- ~ 125 BEG: 1. S _ Layne; 2. ~'NOV: 1. _ _. n- SlJUyCk; 3. Pat Terry Harr1p1on: 2. Ilar1 Carrigon: 3. 125 INT/AM: 1. John ,,--lV_I: 2.BruceMeynor lHonI: 3.Jadl GteenberlllSuz!. 175 BEG: 1. Tyrone Neloon (V_I. ~~~:li~~~I; 2. Tom Webb (HonI:3.SomOropollolVom). 2!iO NOV: 1. Tony Mec_ (Honl: 2. Chris Farrow (V_I: 3. Louie 0eIM0fr. (Voml. 2!iO INT: 1. Grog Taylor lV_I: 2. Randy Joh"""" lV_I:3.1Wldy~(Voml. OPEN BEG: 1.Pike (Hull. lIiII-""'lVoml: 2. Hod Hodgens (Huol: 3. _ OPEN NOV:' 1. John Tobin IHusl; 2. Alan lipsy IKawI:3.MikeW_lVom). OPEN INT/AM: 1. Robin B..- lVaml: 2. Tom Bic:e IHuol: 3. Buddy BoetIVoml. . OPEN EX: 1. Gr"ll KarnmermanlVoml. WOMEN • "'--'(V-' BEG:1.COrol~..., .,•. (NT: 1. llaren Leitinger lV_I: 2. Maria GonDe IHonI:3. TandyJenlUnolVoml.

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