Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Soatb.r. Callf.ral.·Arl atbera N Soath.r. Callf.r.I.·Arl••a Western hotline 00 0') Golden SUite Series aportamen riders hed to deel with Carlabed mud. (Continuedfrom page H) Siracusas 1·2 at DeAnza By Carol Campbell SUNNYMEAD, CA, FEB. 8 Cold grey skies and drizzle were not enough to call off some excel· lent racing at DeAnza Cycle Park. As th~ gat~ Int~rm~diates, 16 dropped on th~ 250cc it was X~nny Trask (Yam) out in front of Aur~lio Siracusa (Kaw), Jim Kohara (Mai) and Tony Siracusa (Kaw), but not for long. By th~ third lap, it was Pomona Vall~ Kawasaki rid~r Au~lio Siracusa taking ov~r th~ I~ad. T~ battl~ for ~ond was hot and h~avy ~tween Trask. Kohara and Tony Siracusa and on th~ whit~ flag lap, it was Kohara holding onto th~ ~ond plac~ spot. With only on~ lap to go, it was Tony Siracusa who totally got his act togeth~r. mak· ing a mov~ on not only Trask but Kohara as w~1l to finish ~ond ~hind his broth~r. ~ second moto found ~ Siracusa broth~n out in front. but this tim~ it was Tony I~ading th~ way. No matt~r how hard h~ tri~d, Au~lio Siracusa could not g~t around youn~r broth~r Tony. Siracusa was so intmt on ~ting around his broth~r, that ~ forgot about ~ third plac~ rid~r, Kohara, who was quickly closing in. Kohara mad~ his mo~ on Siracusa on th~ whit~ flag lap and held onto ~ond to t~ finish. It was Tony Siracusa taking hom~ t~ gold with a 2·1 and brot~r Aur~lio took ~ond o~rall with a 1·5. Kohara finishM third with a scor~ of 5·2. It was th~ only 250cc Ex~rt rid~r, K~n Campbell (C·A), pulling th~ hol~· shot ov~r all of th~ 250cc Pros as th~ gat~ drop~d on th~ fint moto, but br~athing down his n~k w~r~ Mark R~ha (Yam), K~ith Dysert (Kaw) and Gr~g Zitt~rkopf (Yam). Zitt~rkopf, coming from mid·pack, mad~ it look ~asy as h~ bl~ by Dysert and R~ha, I~aving t~m to dic~ it out for third. On his Advanc~ Cyck Machin~, Zitt~rkopf ~t his sights on Camp~lI, who now rides for Su~ Seer and AIISW~r Produeta. By t~ third lap, Zitkrkopf was knocking at Camp~ll's back door. As tbey _ into the downhill tum, Zitkrkopf mad~ his mov~ on I~d. w~r~ M~anwhil~, th~ insid~, taking ov~r th~ Dysert and R~ha busy sampling ~Anza's soil, which I~ft th~ door wid~ o~n for Gr~ Nash (Mai) to mov~ into third. It was Nash's tum now to set his sights on Camp~lI and for four grueling laps th~ battiM handl~bar to handl~bar, but it was Nash pulling out ~ ~ond plac~ finish ov~r Camp~lI with Zitt~r· kopf holding on for th~ moto win. Th~ ~ond moto found Pomona Vall~ Kawasaki rid~r Dysert out ah~ad of Nash, Zitt~rkopf and Camp· b~ll. By th~ ~ond lap Zitt~rkopf had mov~d into th~ second plac~ spot and for sev~n laps, th~ rac~ ~vOlvM around Dysert and Zitt~rkopf. Th~ pressur~ was on and as th~ halfway sign cam~ out, it was Zitt~rkopf making th~ sam~ mov~ on Dysert as h~ had mad~ on Camp~1l in th~ fint moto. It was Zitt~rkopf taking back to back wins and th~ ov~rall win ov~r Nash, Camp· b~1l and K~ith Dysert (Kaw). Results PeE WEE DIV I: 1. IIobby Oovid ISuzl; 2. Jeff Kno. tSuzl; 3. s.n Hunt lV.m). PeE WEE DIV II: 1. IIobby Dovid morn); 2. W-" Killin lVom); 3. Kimberty _ tSuzl. PeE WEE DlV III: 1. Jorren Wiloon IYom); 2. Fred Brown lVom); 3. Tr_ Hohn tSuz). JR CYClE: 1. Jeff Dovid lVom); 2. Allen Brehm lVoml; 3. Buddy Antunez. MINI BEG: 1. Pwlo _ _ lVom); 2. R-v Amrry lVom); 3. Roy C-.lVom). MINI NOV: 1. Ilrell GuyoI< IYom); 2. Eric Fr_ IYom); 3. Polrick Beckley ISuz)' MINI INT: 1. Donny ConIIey 1!Cow); 2. Jim 0-. ISuzl. 100: 1. Todd _lSuzl. 125 BEG: 1. Jim 0-. (Suzl; 2. Todd _ ... lSuz); 3. Scott Dovio (Suzl. 125 NOV: 1. Rick _ _ IKowl; 2. Jeff ~... lVom); 3. Bob _ t!Cow). 1251NT: 1. Ti Swor1z lVom); 2. [)onn;e Sigrist (Suz); 3. Mork _ (Suzl. 250 BEG: 1. _ Borron IKowl; 2. Mike Corto lVom); 3. Tom E_ _ tMoil. 250 NOV: 1. Jim Nunez; 2. Tony _ lVom); 3. Rick Hohn IC-Al. 250 INT: 1. Tony s;r.,.. (!Cow); 2. Aurolio S i _ 1!Cow); 3. Jim K - . (,.;). 250 EX: 1. Ken CAmpbell tC-Al. 250 PRO: 1. Greg Zin8rtcopl lVom); 2. Greg - . IMoi); 3. Keith Dvoort t!Cowl. OPEN NOV: 1. Pot. Smith ISuz); 2. . l o r . - _ IYom); 3. Brei _ _ IYom). OPEN INT: 1. Roy Button ISuz). OPEN PRO: 1. Jon Ffieoon IC-A); 2. Bill Pelto (Hua); 3. Eddie Michetti (C-Al. SR VET: 1. Poul Wildo (Yom); 2. Chuct< Minen tBSA); 3. Ed Michelli tMoi). INT VET; 1. Williom Cline IHual; 2. George Anderlon (Suzl. JR VET: 1. JocI< Mc:Cofforty lVoml. Coon sweeps 250cc Pros at SSM By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA, FEB. 7 Honda teamster Richard Coon powered past the competition in a two-moto sweep that led to the atb.ra Ne••d.· Soatb.r. C.Uf.ral.·Arl: payoff window at this week's Saddkback Saturday MotoeroII5. Coon's controllM riding styl~ seemM d~~p· ti~ as ~ outdistancM many tough local rid~. S~ Banning pilotM his Wbeelsmith Maico into the runn~r·up slot in the fmt ra«, managing to hold off the challen~ from Yamaha ri~r G~ Zitt~.Tkopfwbo finishM third. Yamaha riden TM Hoyt and Australian Stqlhen Gall battlM for th~ numoo four fin· ishing position with tb~ nod going to Hoyt. Moto two f~aturM much int~~, c1~'quart~rs riding as Coon workM into an ~arly I~ad three seconds abud of th~ fi~ rid~r duel for t~ ru=r·up brass ring. Gall, Zitt~rkopf and Ban· ning w~~ back into th~ fray along with Hoyt and Yamaha's Rick Maki. At th~ ch~k~n Gall took ~ond ahead of Zitt~rkopf, Maki, Banning and Hoyt. Coon was c1~arly th~ ov~rall winn~r but Zitt~rkopf w~nt hom~ with tb~ ~ond plac~ sha~ of th~ pu~ ab~ad of Gall and Banning. Gary ~nton capturM tb~ 125cc Pro win aft~r trading paint and finisb· ing positions with Suzuki rid~r Craig Dal~ in a two moto batd~ for th~ I~ad. Dal~ pick~d up t~ num~r two purse money with Rick Jackson claiming third plac~ on his Yamaha. The O~ Pro c1aSIscs f~ll to Canadian Yamaha rid~r Zoli B~r~nyi,Jr. ~~nyi c1~anM house in both motos despit~ stiff com~tition from Yamaha riden Bob Schulz and Tibor Papp and Ammex rid~r Gary Jones. Scbulz and Jones swapped ~ond plac~ finishes with Schulz topping ra« two for ~ ~rall. Jones finishM third with Papp fOUTth. Results OPEN PRO: 1. ZOli Beronvi. Jr. lVom); 2. Bob Schulz lVom); 3. Gory Jor.-IAm.). 250 PRO: 1. Rich Coon tHonl; 2. Greg Zittorl

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