Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ada- Northern California-Northern Nevada·Oregon-Washington-ldaho-Utah-AI the other at the slightest bobble. Kwik Keith (Hon) took second place, going 3-2. Too Tall Tim (KTM) was third with a score of2-3. The Intermediates and Novice classes filled the stan area with riders eager to race, the two classes having the largot turnout. The Intermediates. wbo were lined up in front of the stan gate, were warned by starter Ron Vandergriff (Magilla?) that "hedgers" would have to line up backwards. The result? No encroachers! In the first moto, Jumpin' Tack was into the first tum ahead of the pack. However, Buggs Bill (Yam). a much improved rider, snatched the lead away from Jack going into the second lap and held onto the lead until the finish. The second moto wasn't going to be any different for Buggsy either. The holeshot was his; the lead was his; the overall win was his. Junk-it-Jess (Yam), who got poor stans in bo.th motos, did a rome-fram-behind finish each time to take second place with a score of 2-3. Third place was garnered by Jaundice John (Yam) who arrived at the track late and had to race with no practice laps. In moto two, John had the track wired and ran second to the finish line scoring a total of 7·2 for third place. The Novice class shared the track with the Intermediates, having to eat smoke at the start gate. Bubbles Bruce (Yam) went to the head of his class immediately, snatching the lead from Reject Randy (Hus) on the first lap of moto one and then going wire to wire in moto two for frrst place overall without his thumperl Endo Eric (Yam) found himself in the middle of the pack in both motos but was able to catch up to the leaders at each finish to take second place with a 2-2 score. Reject Randy chalked up a 6·3 tally to steal third place brass from four class· mates with the same score. Nee-HiNorm (Mai), ~Laid Dale (Mai), and Boner Bob (Yam) were founh, fifth and sixth, respectively. Reamer Richard (Hus), who didn't do very well in the Novice class (finishing eighth), rode the AME Vets class also. On a borrowed Yamaha, Reamer did a spectacular, breathtaking get-off when he overshot a berm and literally flew at least 20 feet in the air, coming down hard. At this writing, Richard is recuperating and looking forward to his next ride. Results EXPERTS: 1. DlMd Ragon; 2. Stubby Steve; 3. Roll o-Rick. AMATEURS: 1. J _ JerTy; 2. Kwilt Koith; 3. Too T.. r .... I\ITERMEDIAlei: 1. B _ 1IiI; 2. Junk ~ . - ; 3. JanIic:a John. NOVICES: 1. _ _; 2. Endo ⁣ 3. Reject Rondy. Pappe, Rawson, Oliver top AMEI Bakersfield YamahaMX By Laura Richard BAKERSFIELD, CA, MAY 17 Round two of the American Motocross Enterprises/Bakersfield Yamaha four-race series was held today at Sprockets Park in Bakersfield. As the gate dropped for the first round of the Open Pro race, it was Foothill Yamaha-sponsored Joe Root pulling the holeshot followed closely in second by Kern Sport Cycle Husky-mounted Greg Torgerson and Petaluma Cycle Center Maico rider Kelly Barry. The hard-charging Torgerson was able to put the pass on Root to take i ~ over the lead while in the pack, Bakersfield Yamaha-mounted Darin Oliver was working his way up to take over the second place spot. Torgerson was able to take the first moto win while Oliver had to settle for second with third going to Spoor Sheetmetal Maico rider Jdf Spoor. Round two saw Oliver pulling the holeshot with Torgerson in second and third being filled by Spoor. As the checkered flag dropped for the end of the moto, it was Oliver taking the win with Torgerson in second and Barry holding onto third. The overall for the day went to Oliver with Torgerson in second and Barry in third. As the gate dropped for the 250cc Pro race, it was Taft Honda rider Darin Layton taking the lead followed by Yamaha-mounted Gene Hanhire in second and third going to Fresno Yamaha rider Damon Webb. Coming up strong to take over the lead was Kolbe Can-AM-sponsored Steve Rawson. With Rawson in the lead and Manhire in second, third place was open for BG Oil/Honda rider David Lynch. Round two again saw Layton taking the lead from the start followed by Manhire and Rawson. Again, Rawson was able to put the pass on the front two riders to take over the lead. Manhire and Layton went down leaving second and third open for O'Neal/Yamaha-mounted Doug Lawrence and Kern Sport Cycle Huskymounted Randy Lewis. The overall for the day went to Rawson with second going to Webb with 4-4 finishes, and third going to Lewis with a 5-3 for the day. The l25cc Pros had Suzuki-mounted Jim Pappe taking back-to-back wins with Crossroads Suzuki rider Jim Sendelbach in second, and third going to Suzuki rider Randy Harden. The 125cc Intermediate race saw Bakersfield Suzuki-mounted Chris McCauley taking back-to-back wins with second going to brother John, and third going to Yamaha rider Curtis Page. The 250cc Intermediates had Honda rider Brian Branson taking home the win with Suzuki of Ventura rider Jim Mayhue in second, and third being filled by Suzuki of Bakersfield rider Beaver Ellis. In the Open Intermediate race, it was Honda Center Honda rider Keith Sims with back· to-back wins while Yamaha rider Mike Lopez took second and third went to A&D Racing Husky rider Art Dart. • E ..... 00 0') ..... f' ..... QJ ~ = -, \ I .j I I I , I I Results 125 PRO: 1. Jim " - lSuzl: 2. Jim Se"d._:h lSuzl; 3. Rondy _lSuzl. 250 PRO: 1. S - " - CC"",; 2. Demon Webb lY": 3. Rondy ~ CHuIl. 500 PRO: 1. llemIn ~ lY": 2. Greg Torv-oon lHull; 3. Mike Y_lYoml. 125M: 1. cmo McCouIey lSuzl; 2. John McCauley lSuzl; 3. Curtis "-"'lYoml. 250 INT: 1. Brion Br..- lHon!; 2. Jirwny ~ lSuzl; 3. _ EIIio lSuzl. 500 INT: 1. Koith Simo IHon!; 2. Mike lopez lY"; 3. An o.n CHuol. 125 JR: 1. _ lleIgodo lSuzl; 2. ~ R;'" lSuzl; 3.llougI-. _ C~I. 250 JR: 1. Tony Rodrigl-. lY"; 2. Guo M.CHan): 3. _ oe-on CHon). 500 JR: 1. Rick Pruett lYoml; 2. rim Conner CYoml; 3. Don N_lHanI. 500 BEG: 1. John Goetz IYoml; 2. Jim 8

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