Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Western hotline T-SHIRTS Redwlwhite silk screen Rama,e, TrIpes sweepCMC CarisbadMX By Myron Hemley CARLSBAD. CA. MAY 10 The 125. 250 and 500cc Pros all raced in the same mota with 11 total riders. Lee Ramage took an early lead in the flTSt of two XL_ Send to: CYCLE NEWS Prod. . P.O. Box 498:Long Beach. CA!I0801 (213) 427-7433 METZELER DIRT TIRES ALL SIZES DEALERS WHOLESALE ONLY HI-POINT RACING PRODUCTS 3709 W. ['If! A ..... Lor';n. OH 44053 9604 OM•• Or.. S_ _o. CA 95827 motos. Milr.e Rose was second. Andy Nonhrup third. Gary Harris founh. and Milr.e Tripes fifth. Harris passed Nonhrup going over the top of Devil's Drop, moving. him into third. Two laps later Tripes passed Harris to move into third and then had it taken back half a lap later. Tripes fought back to go side by side with Harris into the last tum of the last lap to take third by a tire. and first in the 125cc class. Harris was first 500cc with Ramage. Rose and Nonhrup going 1·2·!1 in the 2505. In the second moto Ray Tethenon got the holeshot with Tripes and Kirk Grislom close behind. Tripes soon moved in to first. going by Tethenon and taking a good lead. Lee Ramage and Joagrus Picazo moved in from nowhere to pass Grislom for third and founh. Then with three laps to go Picazo ~ Ramage for third and moved m close to Tethenon. On the stan of the final lap. Picazo moved on by Tethenon for second. When the checkered flag came out Tripes was there first for the 125cc class win. Picazo was second, also on a 12Sec. Tethenon took third 125cc. and Ramage was founh in the moto but first in the 2505. Grislom was fifth and second 25Occ. Results 125 PRO: 1. - . Tripeo (VomI; 2. ~ PIcazo (VomI; 3. Rey T_ _. 2liO PlIO: 1. l80 " - ' - (Vern); 2. Mb _ fVomI; 3. Kirk Gr-..1Hanl. 600 PlIO: 1. AlIon 0r1iz ~; 2. Gory ...... fHuol. 125 INT: 1. Toylor _ l~); 2. Kim Doug'" lSuzl; 3. Don Turl< lSuzl. 2liO INT: 1. Gerry Sowors l5uzl; 2. J,," Luca (Vom); 3. Chud< -"'lSuzl. 600 INT: 1. Rick Meio,cted'l (Vern); 2. Gone ~(Huol;3. TimH."cl.-IOl,(Vern). s-.z: 125 JR: 1. " 2. R_ Hoyeo (Han); 3. KOIIin _ lSuzl. 2liO JR: 1. Rick 5 . . - lHuol; 2. Relph _ I~; 3. Rick Vellcin (C-Al. 600 JR: ,. IlriIn S ' - - (Han); 2. Den Wright (~; 3. e.t EIIor1 (Moil. 100 MINIS: 1. o.n Kuhn (Voml; 2. o.rin Hog... (Vern); 3. Eric DiclceroIf (Voml. Inland Empire Serlesopens Arroyo Cycle Park New 1979 YZ250F $1095.00 • .... Iic.doc&_ w. Ship Out Of 5 _ .... w. Bar•••k B.Yd. Barn.1t, CA ••, . . U~'08'738 20 By Terry Rezek SAN BERNARDINO, CA. MAY 10 Arroyo Cycle Park opened its gates this Mother's Day for the first race to be held here in years. The Inland Racing Association. formed with the spDlUOrship of Inland Empire motorcycle dealers. was there to present the first in its Inland Empire MX leries. This three race leries. to be held entirely at Arroyo. has a total purse of $5000 cash to the, Pros and $5000 in contingencies to the sports· man winners. This day's top money went to Ron Lechien in the 125 class. Rodney Brand in the 250's and Don Griewe in the 500. In moto one of the 125cc Pros. Craig Palm was fastest off the line but Brent Blount cut him off at the first tum and came around leading lap one. Right behind him were Rod Brand and Ron Lechien. By lap three, Scott Manning had moved to second and was harrassing Blount but milled a rum and dropped a couple of positions. Lechien took advantage of the confusion to slip by Brand and set his sights on first. Lechien seemed a bit more confident in the turns and soon got by Blount to take first. That was how that moto ended. Lechien was taking no chances in the second moto and jumped to the lead immediately and stayed there, leaving the battling to second place. Manning and Brand took turns at second, with Brand bring the more determined. He repassed Manning about halfway through the race and fought off funher challenges to fmish second. The final standing for both motos was Lechien first and Brand second. The first qualifying heat of the 250cc Pros saw Mark Howell jump to an early lead with Scott Manning challenging. Howell resisted Manning's pressure for six laps but it was Manning who got the white flag for the last lap and hung on for the win. In the second heat, Rod Brand took advantage of the warm-up he had in the 125cc race and easily took the win. Brand stuffed his Desen Barstow Suzuki into an immediate lead in the final and kept it there in spite of near disaster. David Taylor and Clint Hardick were doing their best to get Brand and stayed within striking distance. Taylor almost got his chance at the end of lap two when Brand went down in a tricky right·hand drop tum. He was up immediately, but his 10second pad was gone and he was now only inches ahead. This only made him ride harder and he began methodically stretching out his lead again and took the win with a comfonable margin. In the meantime. Hardick had gotten by Taylor and fmished second. The heavyweight race had some heavyweight competitors. with "Rocket Rex" Staten going up against some very fast local talent. Staten was riding his practice bilr.e to save his race bilr.e for the 500cc National MX race in Massachusetts the following week and lost the stan line drag race to Don Griewe's Cycle World Maico. Griewe managed to maintain the lead through the entire ~ace with Staten never more than inches behind. Thus the stage was set for a tough battle in moto two. Staten knew he needed the win and his· entire attention focused on the gate at his wheel. He played a game of borderline destruction for his engine. keeping th revs dangerously high and the clutch set like a hair trigger. When the gate tripped. he left the line like the rocket he's named for and was 20 feet ahead at the first rum. For the next four laps. Staten rode cool and comervatiw. adding just a few seconds to his lead each lap. But it was not to be; the ground gremlins appeared and Staten's chain disappeared. never to be seen again. As the ~ Staten rolled down tbe ~ hill. Griewe took over and jubilantly cruised in for the overall win. 80 MOD PlIO: 1. $om 5 _ OC-~ 2. Rudy Dic:kineon (Suzl; 3. PouI Donia (voml. . 80 MOO NOV: 1. ~ V _ IVomI; 2. Ron Rogors (vomi. 80 MOO BEG: 1..... 1Iec:Idy; 2. Terry Woody 1SuzI. 80 ALl.: 1. _Brown (voml. 125 INT: 1. Rondy ~ 1Hanl; 2. Ty MecIduy (Vern); 3. Doug 0'D0nn0lI1SuzI. 125 BEG: 1. Jim GImwI (VomI; 2. __ lSuzl; 3. _ _ PoIuzzIIHanl. 100 PRO: 1. John Kloh (VomI; 2. Ron a - (Vern). 600 PRO: 1. Don ~ .-I; 2. 0... _ 1Moil; 3. D8VicI Gong (HuoI. 2liO NOlI: 1. _ e.- (voml: 2. BiI _ (Vern); 3. Theel _(Voml. 2liO BEG: 1. Jim (voml: 2. Tom GImwI. 2liO INT: 1. Bil Horfy (Vern); 2. Ruoty .....- 1SuzI; 3. Chud< W...., (Vern). 500 INT: 1. _ K. . (Vern); 2. ICinnoy .u- 1Hanl; 3. IlutI:h "*It tKewI. 500 BEG: 1. Robort ~ (VomI; 2. JffIf _ (Moil. 500 NOV: 1. - . T _ (Vern); 2. JffIf Poipior ISuzl; V_ 3. Cort

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