Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

I o;;;;tMH~tiin~-----'---_·"'.. E! Ii 00 0') ~ '- . ..c: u 1-0 ~ \ ~ .....- ........,tak. - Amateur. Amateur Vet honors went to Rod Wheeler. while first Trailbike laurels went to Pete Andelman. The flrst two Novices hadn't changed. jones still had t~ lead while Mann was close behind. jeff Reible was third Novice. First gal honors went to Lynette Zuber. who has picked up a nno sponsor. She was decked out in O'Neal Distributing gear, finishing 78th overall. The sponsoring club ran out of their 230 finisber pins as almost :'130 riders finished tbe race. Smith files at Dirt FlleraHaH By Jeff Robbins Photo by The Creosote Kid LUCERNE. CA, FEB. 8 Dan Smith flew his Husqvarna motorcycle around the Din Fliers hare 'n' hound course in rwo hours and 14 minutes. taking the Den Smith 12) ceptured the ov....11 win lit the Din Riers here 'n' hound. while Chuck MiD. (inHt) did likewlae lit the Moose Run, Miller beats full house at 4 Aces HaH By Joyce May JOHANNESBURG. CA. FEB. 13 It was Chuck Miller all the way as he piloted his Premier Yamaha· sponsored YZ465 to a nice. clean win against a full house that . 28 included Bruce Ogilvie. Larry Roneler, Mike Sixbery and other desert aces. The weekend began with numerous parties and "feeds" Satur· day night. The host club. the 4 Aces. held a chili feed with some of the best chili cooked north of the border. The 4 Aces also showed movies of the "good or days" when racing was a real gut· wrenching challengel The race scenes dated from 19:'17 to 1943 and included the Barney Oldfield hillclimb and hare and hounds where the bikes "pitted" at a local gas Kation. paying 14 ~ cents a gallon for gas. and where the rider had to sign in at each check. The starting line Sunday was a long and healthy one with c101e to 400 entries. jeff Kaplan. a former wt'lIknown desert "C" biker. came back to ride this race thinking there would be very little dust. Although it had rained in the vallt>y the previous week, there had been no rain on the high desert. II was dwty! The 4 Aces had laid out a fun and challenging course with some newly broken trails on the far side of Navy Rd" as well as lOme scary downhills that turned out to be fast but smooth, The only really exhausting part of the course was a five mile section of sand· wash with big whoopdees all the way. Off the first loop it was Miller with a big lead. For Miller it was a good day. He felt strong and seemed to be able to do all the right things. Cliff Thomas (230CC) was the next rider in for gas, followed by Cory Timms (Open), who hasn't been out racing desert for almost a year. Dan Smith (Open) came in running fourth overall. followed by 1:'136 (Open), Roeseler (230CC). Rich Schumaker (23OcC) and Dan Ashcraft (230CC). Bruce Ogilvie (Open) was next, still stiff and bruised from his crash at Parker the previous weekend. In the 10th overall slot was Mike Sixbery (230CC). who was riding with a cracked shoulckr blade and ribs. also from several crashes at Parker. Ken Upp (23OcC) was next. followed by the first C machine. piloted by Paul Palmer. who was also the flrst Amateur. First Novice in for gas was Randy jones (230CC), followed by Kurt Mann (230CC), a recent transfer to the Novice class. At the Beginner fmish line. off the first loop it was pie plater Roy Franich with the overall win. followed by Tim Catterall (Open). Robert Kraft (Open). Bill Dooley (Open). Tom Arnold (C). Tom Dohen (230CC), Lesley Walton (23OcC). Chris Stone (230CC). Veteran Robert Shelton (Open) and pie plater Randy Fay. Karl Smith was the first Novice Trail· bike to finish. Off the second loop it was Miller still in the lead. Roeseler had moved into second with Thomas holding third a nice sweep for Yamahal First Expert Vet was our man from Bakersfield. Rich jackson. First C machine was piloted by Pete Postel. Tony Megla had moved into the sixth overall slot. running first overall win with an average spttd of 40 miles per hour. Howard McCasland. sporting checkers from head to toe, led to the bomb wilh the group of Smith, Ken Upp, and Ed Pierce, jr. (23OcC Ex) not far behind. Five miles into the loop the course went up a rocky hill. McCasland stut· tered and Smith, having been nipping at McCasbnd's rear tire. seized the op· portunity and snuck by. The first 10 riders overall cleared the hill with relative ease. The riden from II th on back either ballied to get over or gave up and wem around. A lighl rain fell on Ihe start li~ as Ihe Novices waited their tum to start. The rain stopped as Randy jones led the Novices to the bomb. jones lengthened his lead as he got to the above mentioned hill. The Amateurs and Experts were no longer there but jones rode up and over looking a lot beller than his classification indicaled. Wh~n the regular type Novices got 10 Ihe hill, someone was directing traffic up or around depending on your preference. Most riders were a bil surprised to find only o~ field check on the first loop. but it was al the furthest point on the loop. Smith came into the pits first and Pierce was second followed by McCasland (Open Ex). Bruce jones (Open Ex) was fourth and Terry Davis (Open Ex) was fifth followed by fint 230cc Amateur Chris Crandall at sixth overall. Adversity must be good for 17xc riders. Pete Post~1 dislocated his ankle and tore some ligaments (jumping ropes?) two weeks ago. Amateur Tom Elias was riding with a broken collar· bo~ also from two weeks ago. Tht>y w~re in the seventh and ninth spots, respectively. james Vincent (Open Ex) was wedged in between Postel and Elias. while Morgan Malocco (Open Ex) rounded out the top 10. Morgan became a proud father this last week 10 a bouncing baby boy. Congratulations to Morgan and Kathy (nee Hopkins) Malocco. Paul Baxter was the second 230cC Amateur 10 pil al 11th overall. First Vet~ran was Russ jones at 16th overall. Murray Kapko held first Open Amaleur al 18th. Don Whitehorn had the firsl 230CC Senior at 20th overall. Art Knapp held down the first Open Senior spot at 281h overall. Duane Summers ~Id down firsl Trailbike spot at 39th overall. Duane has been racing a YZ80 up until now. but Mom· clair Yamaha loaned him a full size L _ V..ley - Red Mounbln- mount this weekend and Duane showed us he can ride it. Randy Jones hit Ihe pits firsl Novice at 74th overall. jolene Payne came 10 the pits in the first Women's SpOI at 85th overall. The Dirt Fliers ran over some inter· esting ground in Ihe second loop, like downhills with ledges in them. Smilh exclaimed at the finish thaI it was Ihe best ride he had ridden in years. Pierce mOlored in at second overall. firsl 23OcC. McCasland maintained his third overall spot even though he ra n OUI of gas shortly before the pils. Bruce jones finished at fourth overall followed by first Amaleur Chris Crandall. Crandall ran out of gas aboul four miles before the finish. Luckily his dad was right there 10 give him some. Terry Davis finished at sixth overall followed by Morgan Malocco al sevemh overall. Seven must be a good number seeing as how Morgan hasn't been on a bike in seven momhs. Pele Poslel and Tom Elias diced the lasl five miles. Postel could not believe Ihat Elias didn't fall down on one occasion. Elias showed Poslel his flat rear tire as they finished eighth and ninth overall. james Vincem fin· ished al 10th overall. Murray Kapko finished at firsl Open Amaleur at 12th overall. Monte Lee was first Veteran 10 finish at 15th overall. Don Whilehorn finished at 22nd for first Senior, one spot ahead of Ron Bebo. second 250cc S~nior. Art Knapp was firsl Open Senior at 281h ov~rall. Duane Summers held onlO the Trailbike lead and finished in Ihe 381h overall spot. Randy jones finished 48th overall, firsl Novice, afler having fallen off on the start of Ihe second loop. You don'l have to gel first overall or even firsl in your class 10 have a good race. Bobby Charters and Pete Andel· man raced IOgelher nearly the entire 90 miles wilh Charters getting second Trailbike Expert al 30th overall with Andelman only a second behind at the finish for Ihird Trailbike Expert. Danny Drew finished first Senior Open Amateur al 34th overall after falling twice and remarkably for him he didn't even bend his body. The second Novice in was Mike Logan at 70th overall. Second 230CC Novice was Steve Knapp at 71st overall. Mike jones finished firsl 175cc Novice al 73rd overall. Ed Dazzo fin· ished second Open Novice al 76th ov~rall. Robert Olchawa was second 173cc Novice at 85th and jolene Payne was the first girl 10 finish at 98th. Tim Callerall look the overall Beginner win. Results OPEN EX; Don Smith. OPEN !NT: M....., Kopko. OPEN r«:N: Mille Looun. OPEN BEG: rom Cotteroll. 250 EX: Ed Pierce. Jr. 250 M: Chris1ophor Crandoll. 250 r«:N: R8ndy Jones. 250 BEG: Mort< Solms. 115 EX: "-'- Postel. 115 INT: Tom Elias. 115 NfJV: Miko Jones.. 115 BEG: Tom Arnold. 100 EX: Duono Su"",*,. 100 BEG: Korl Smith. OPEN VET VET: Mon.o L... OPEN VET INT: ~go Jaggord. OPEN VET NOli: Ron Bu,ol". OPEN VET BEG: _ SheI.on. Jr. 250 VET EX: R_ Jones.. 250 VET NT: Bill Childer•. 250 VET NOli: Ray Short. 250 VET BEG: DonoId Jonkinson. OPEN SA EX: An Knopp. OPEN SR INT: Danny D,ow. OPEN SR NOli: Bob Mor,i•. OPEN SA BEG: Don T_i•. 250 SA EX: Don Whitehorn, 250 SA INT: Stan~ Herrion. 250 SA NfJV: Loons Krolik. 250 SR BEG: Ted Humic,,". 175 SA EX: J _ Herris. 175 SA INT: Pot Dempooy. 175 SA BEG: Mol Toney. WOMEN'S 250 EX: . J - . Poyno. WOMEN'S 175INT: Tricio F.mor. WOMEN'S 175 NfJV: Donna Gr_.

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