2SO PRo: 1. Gene M _ IY_I; 2. o.mon W«iO
lY_I; 3. Allen Si_IY_I.
OPEN PRO: 1. Mart< Gembenll IYoml; 2. Mik.
w...... . - (Moil; 3. Rob Mn'-'IMoiI.
OPEN JR: 1. Ston McC_ISuzI.
OPEN INT: 1. _
S""""-' (Moll.
VET JR: 1. LeeDr-vI~.
VET INT: 1. Gory _lSuzl.
Cloutier conquers
Janesville MX
By Marv Knox, Jr.
JANESVILLE, CA, MAY 17
In their first race of the year,
now also under AMA sanction,
Janesville got off to an excellent
start. Along with a good sized
Frank CioIkoaz leeds John- Mc:Ceuley In 125cc Intermediate at Huron.
support from the motorcycling com·
munity.
The Seattle Cossacks Motorcycle
Stunt Team punctuated the festivity
with three outstanding shows of preci:
sion and trick riding. The group uses
hardtail Harleys and Indians, vintage
1957·47, with hand shift and suicide
clutches. These big fat·tired V . twins
will ride hands·off and idle forever
with one to 15 riders on their backs,
building pyramids, hanging off in
dancers' arabesques, doing head and
handstands, what~r feels good.
These guys practice day in and day out
to take the field and make it look easy,
gri~ing, joking with each other and
havtngfun.
Bill Spencer, wearing that look of
contented exhaustion, summed up the
event, "We had a good turnout, good
enough to do it again. Next year,
though, we want to make a special ef·
fort to reach the young and inexperienced riders, the ones who really need
the expomre to training and safe·riding
tips. "
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Sllhanek smokes
HuronMX
By Jerry Parsons
HURON, CA, MAYl!4
Huron Cycle Park hosted its last
day race of the season with Chris
McCauley (125cc Intermediate)
and Allen Silhanek (125cc Pro)
both taking home gold.
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The 125« Intermediates got off the
line fut and furiously with McCauley
grabbing an early lead. Frank Ciolkosz
(Yam) and John McCauley (Suz) both
held tight running second and third.
Jeff Davia (Suz) held fourth with
George Galindo (Suz) knocking at his
back door. Chris McCauley was now
stretching out an untouchable lead
with his brother running third hehind
Ciolltosz. Kenny Bookout (from Book·
out DatlWl) was rapidly moving through
the pack and had now moved in be·
hind Galindo as they both moved by
Davia. Chris McCauley took his lead tl?
the checkered for the fint moto win.
Ciolltosz and John McCauley took second and third with Bookout moving by
Galindo to take fourth.
The aecond moto got underway with
Galindo taking command followed by
Ciolkosz and Chris McCauley. Chris,
unhappy in third, soon put Ciolltosz
behind to deal with John McCauley
who was running fourth. Chris wasted
no time as he shot by a downed
Galindo to steal the lead. Ciolkosz and
John McCauley now held second and
third as they too got by Galindo. Chris
McCauley continued to lead which
gave him the moto win and the overall
victory for the day. Ciolkosz finished
second with John McCauley taking
home third.
The Il!5cc Pros picked up the pace
as Bill Bogdanivich grabbed the holeshol. Chris Benincasa and David Manhire both held tight to Bogdanivich's
rear fender. Allen Silhanek was moving through the pack and was now in
fourth position ahead of Jim Keese
(Yam).
Eddie Perry (Yam) was also on a hot
streak and moved into the top five.
Perry soon moved by Keese and was
looking for Silhanek. The hunt was
short as Perry soon overtook Silhanek
and headed straight for Manhire and
Benincasa.
Bogdanivich continued to hold his
lead as he began to power away from
the pack. Perry was still hot a little
ways back as he soon overtook both
Manhire and Beninocosa to hold a
finn second. Silhanek took Perry's
advice and followed through to also
pass Manhire and Benincasa. Perry
soon went down leaving Silhanek to
take second, and Manhire passed Ben·
inocosa for third.
The second moto blasted off the line
with Keese jumping into an early lead.
Silhanek and Manhire hung in for second and third ahead of Perry who was
again charging hard. Perry soon went
down letting Benincosa move into
fourth. Keese held his lead for most of
the race, but Silhanek soon found a
way around and grabbed it. Benincasa,
running fourth, soon got by Manhire
to take third behind Silhanek and Keese.
Results
110 JR: 1. ChucI< M.... IKawI; 2. 0 - . McKenny
(Hen); 3. Craig KdlIrv I~.
110 INT: 1. Jim WlItey; 2. Gory Rickki (Y_I; 3. Eric
Henley lY_I.
l00JR: 1. GregVon_.
125 JR: 1. Greg Andoraon ISuzI; 2. Ron Cluitoriano
lY_I; 3. Mitt. R'- (SuzI,
125 INT: 1. Chris Mee.utev (Suzl; 2. Fronk CloIkoez
lY_); 3. John McCauley ISuzI.
125 PRO: 1. Allen _
lY_I; 2. Jim K _
lYoml; 3. Bllt lIogdaoowich lYoml.
2SO.IA: 1. _
Bryon (Honl; 2. Mart< Erenboon K _ CHonI.
2IiO INT: 1. Jolt _
CSuzj; 2. Pal Sperka lYoml; 3.
Dovid e-lYamI.
field of riders, with some coming from
as far away as Redding, they had one
of northern California's best natural
terrain motocross tracks to run on and
a prefect day for racing.
The third race out on the track was
125cc Novice Division One with Yama·
ha-mounted Kenny Thorenson taking
the lead. But close behind came Mark
Metcalf, Dex Hayhurst and Mike
Beaber. Kenny felt the pressure from
these guys, and by the end of lap one,
had stretched his lead to 10 seconds.
Lap two saw Dex Hayhurst move
past Metcalf for second, but not for
long as a loss in concentration by both
Dex and Mark cost them their positions
allowing Chris Hartes into second, moving Hayhurst to third and Jim
McCracken to fourth. Moving up fast
was Robert Chandler from fIfth to
challenge McCracken for three laps
before fInally gelling by. Hayhurst
found himself down again, dropping
three positions to sixth spot. This mistake allowed Chandler to take over
third, McCracken fourth, and Beaber
fifth. Despite a daring final tum pass
allempt by Mike to try and move to
fourth, that's how they finished.
Thorenson led the pack through tum
one in moto two, but a determined
Hartes pulled off a pass on lap three
that put him out front. Third place
Chandler had the job of holding off
hard·charging Beaber and John Harrah. Mike made his move on lap four
and took over third from Chandler. At
this time, the bailie for first was decided as Thorenson roosted past Hartes
to regain the lead and quickly tum it
into a IO-second cushion, making it a
I-I sweep. Lap five saw Beaber slip up
to fmd himself behind Hayhurst once
again, but another daring pass at·
tempt succeeded in moving him to
fourth position.
Moto one of the Open Experts saw
Dan Dossey come out of the first turn
with the lead followed by Jay Heying
and Toni Berluti. Things were to
change rapidly, though, as Berluti
allowed Jeff Cloutier by for third. Jeff
pressured Heying into pushing too
hard into a turn causing him to highside and letting Cloutier into second
place. By lap four, Cloutier had moved
into a wheel·to-wheel battle with
Dossey for the lead. In a do-or-die pass
move, Cloutier acquired the lead and
proceeded to put himself out front by
five seconds, pulling away with each
tum.
Meanwhile, the battle for third became the race as Heying and KTMmounted AI McElroy traded places as
many as two times a lap. McElroy
came out the victor and quickly made
short work of Dossey for second place.
BerLuti took his Yamaha past Heying
for fourth place and soon made Dossey
aware he was right behind pressuring
for that number three spot. Toni
finally got the break he needed and
took over third, moving Dossey down
to fourth. Cloutier finished with a
huge 20-second lead under flawless
riding.
In moto two, Cloutier got the break
he needed to clinch a 1-1 sweep as he
pulled the holeshot and rode what
equalled his first moto perfonnance.
Thus, the battle again was for second
and third positions. A slight mistake
caused McElroy to drop temporarily
from second to fourth behind Brian
Butler and Tim Dyer in third.
McElroy quiclr.ly regained his confidence
and passed Dyer for third. On lap five,
McElroy took his KTM back into
second ahead of Butler. Back in fifth
after a bad start, Berluti mounted a
charge that took him by both Butler
and Dyer to take hold of third place.
Results
MINI NOV: 1. Greg BlevinalSuzl; 2. Gene Key lYoml;
3. BNI P....,.,IY_).
MINI JR: 1. Tommy ~ lKawI; 2. Brlll1 Rery
IHen); 3. Devid l.ehr.-IYoml.
MINI EX: 1. Randy Key IKawI.
OT NOV: 1. Lee Shepperd IMoiI; 2. Jeclcie Prirmw
IMoiI.
OT AM: 1. Robert Boqu. IMail; 2. JOM Robinson
IY_I; 3. John Werth (Moil.
OT EX: 1. Pandman Short. IKTMI; 2. JecIc Har1men
IMail; 3. Gil Robena (KTM),
100 NOV: 1. Tr_ K_n lY_I; 2. Joel P _
IYoml,
l00JR: 1. Robb Fcnborg ISuzl.
125 NOV DIV I: 1, Kenny Thoren8on (Yoml; 2. Chris
_
(YomI; 3. Robert Chandler IYoml.
125 NOV DlV II: 1. Bobby _lSuzI;2. Robert
~ lY_I; 3. Paul Laine lSuzI.
2SO EX: 1. AJ McElroy lKTMI; 2. JaM>n I.amourocl<
lY_I; 3. TIm MullllIlh ISuzI.
2SO JR: 1. M.ny Kennecly IYoml; 2. Jerry Canonic
(Moil; 3. S_ Cane> lY_1.
125 EX: 1. Dan oc..., lY_l; 2. TV Enquiege (SuzI;
3. Mart< R_lSuzI.
125 JR: 1. B. _lYoml; 2. Shannon _
(YomI;
3. Ted Stee IYomI.
2SO NOV: 1. Ace Cart_lY_l; 2. John Moor.lYomI;
3. Mart< _IHenI.
OPEN NOV: 1. W. Martinnwa ISuzI; 2. AJIen KutIwI
ISuzI: 3. Rick Frock lYoml.
2SO JR: 1.
WOOl (Hen); 2. Jerry Canonic (Mail;
W_
3.o-ter~(HenI.
VET NOV: 1. Gory Sluder lSuzI; 2. Jon DuI'latt
IKTM)' 3. Glen DIIYia (Mail.
s..-
VET JR: 1. _
M-t-s (Mail; 2. Ray
(Moil;
3. Randy o-terlY_I.
VET EX: 1. ron Gr-.. (Moll; 2. Robert Ince lKTM1;
3. Redgie Mull (Moil.
OTHGtours
Sprockets Park
By Bang Bang Bobo Ingram
BAKERSFIELD, CA, MAY 17
A well prepared track with a few
revamped sections and no dust
is what AME promoter Jerry
Shore promised the Over The
Hill Gang. It proved to be all of that
and more. Each tum was banked with
more than enough room to pass any·
where on the track.
A new club member, David Ragen
(Hus), won it in the Expert dass with
back· to-back wins. He beat the pack
to the first tum and held that position
to the checkers. Stubby Steve (Mai)
and Roll Over Rick (Yam) brought up
second and third, respectively.
The second moto saw RoD Over Rick
grab the holeshot with Stubby Steve in
hot pursuit. They held the one·two
position until the fifth lap when Rogers
passed Stubby Steve in one of the rough
- sections of the track and moved into
second. Rogen wasn't about to let
these two "outsiders" beat him on his
home turf. By the end of the sixth lap,
Rogers pushed his big Husky to the
limit, flying by Roll Over Rick at the
"Ant Hill" to take first place brass.
Stubby Steve finished second with his
2·2 score. Roll Over Rick, who is com·
ing off a recent injury, rang up a 5-5
tally for third place.
The Amateur class left the starting
gate on the heels of the Experts, having
to share the track with them. Jester
Jerry (Yam), a recent moved-down Expert, took the holeshot in both motos
and, although challenged briefly by
Kwik Keith, went on to win with I-I
scores. Kwik Keith and Too Tall Tim
had their own race going, each passing
