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The mad dash for the first tum
claimed several victims in moto two,
including McCaughey and Combs, as
several bikes tangled up halfway down
the starting line straightaway.
Peterson emerged on top with his DG/
Premier Yamaha with Williams right
behind on his Whcclsmith Maico. It
set up as the two hottest night riders
battling it out for the win. But by lap
two Peterson was far enough ahead to
have full control. Andrew Graham,
who had been riding lilte a madman
before crashing in moto one, quiclt1y
worked his way from futh place to
challenge Williams for second. For
several laps the two Maicos battled it
out. Repcatedly Graham would pull
.alongside Williams but could never
complete the task. On the last lap
Graham made a very fme move from
outside to inside Williams, even
forcing Williams out of the fast line,
but Williams stayed in his spot and
when a left hand tum carhe up he had
the inside and put Graham back in
third. Peterson took the overall win,
Williams (4-2) was second and Mike
Kelly took third.
The 125cc Pros saw La Habra
Yamaha's Micky Dymond take the
holeshot in moto one and hold off the
attacks of Harley Hall for the win.
Peterson had trouble getting going in
the first moto and staned out in fifth.
He moved into founh on lap two. It
took until lap five before he was able
to pass a very tough Mike Ba1r.er for
third.
In moto two Peterson jumped into
tbe lead with a big holcshot and he
never had to look back. But the overall
win coUld still be Dymond's if he could
finish second. Dymond staned the
moto in second with Harley Hall third.
Dymond had two seconds or so on Hall
but that didn't prove to be much at
all. On the futh lap Hall made a full
throttle run over the big jump and
didn't let off until he was in the next
tum and had shot inside of Dymond.
Micky, a bit upset and surprised by
Hall's move, went up on the berm and
bit the dust. Dymond was able to keep
third once he picked it up but that
only left him in third overall with
Peterson on top and Hall second.
The most bizzare finish of the night
came in the finish of the first division
of 125cc Beginners. Dave Cole was the
first moto but could only back it up
with a seventh. Clay Stanford, who
finished eighth in the first moto, won
the second. The overall win went to
Brian Bates who finished second in
both motos but was dragged across the
line in the second. Rich Paul was
trying to pass Bates right at the finish
and put his handlebars into Bates'
spokes and the two crossed the line
while Bates was going over his
handlebars. But he and the bike did
cross the line and it was good enough
for a trophy and a few bruises.
Results
80 BEG: 1.1Iobby o.vIcIlYom).
80 NOV: 1. John _
(Vom); 2. Me _mimi;
3. Rich Thoo ....d."Ii lSuzl.
MINI BeG DtV 1: 1. .J Fiolnntz (Suzl; 2. GNg Fill
1Suzl; 3. Tod _
(Yom).
OPEN NOV: 1. ~ c;u.d 1..-1.
OPEN INT: 1. _
loV,.. lYom); 2. Scott
_lYom); 3. John _lYom).
OPEN PRO: 1. Dow WIIiorno (..-); 2. Don K. .
(M.;); 3. Gory ~ 1Moi.
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HardIck,
8urworth best
5peedwa,117
spring flna'e
By Rod Eschenburg
CHULA VISTA, CA, JUNE !I
Yamaha Motor Corp. rider Scott
Burnworth invaded Suzuki hotshot Clint Hardick's playground,
Speedway 117, on the final night
of the Coke/KPRI Spring Series, and
while Bumwonh was able to take two
straight holeshots in the 250cc PrOl, it
was always Hardick at the chccltered
flag.
In the first moto, Bumwonh
regained the lead midway through the
round only to once again get zapped
by Hardick. In the second go- 'round,
each time Burnworth would close it up
Clint would just gas it and pull away.
Bumwom
was
undaunted,
however, as he came back in the 125cc
Pros for a hard fought win over San
Diego Suzuki rider Scott Meyer.
The 250cc Junior clau once again
stole the sponsman rider spotlight as
Clint Burger nccdcd to finish one
position ahead of season long point
leader Glen Sorensen. Getting to the
bottom line, Yamaha-mounted Burger
just flsat zapped the field both motos
and took the Coke/KPRI Spring 250cc
Championship by two points as Juan
BeneVldcz's cousin, Fernando Wi1lis,
rip~d Sorensen for second.
The other sportsman class commanding attention for the Spring
Championship was the Mini Juniors,
where season long point leader Timmy
Schoos went into the fmal race with
only an eight point lead over a fast
clOling Jeff McCoy. Eric Dickerhoff
and new phenomcon Cory Falter were
only six and eight points back in third
and founh. Falter took his Yamaha to
another win, Dickerhoff picked up
second, Schoos hung on for a third,
and McCoy crashed for a DNF in the
second moto. So Schoos and his trusty
C&V Comp. Honda took the Spring
Championships, ~alter and Dickerhoff
wound up tied for second with Falter
getting the nod off more wins, and
McCoy went from second to founhJ
The ATCs were treated to a new
course designed by "L.A." (Legendary
Ace) Williams with lots of new jumps.
When it was all over "Titanic Tommy"
Gaian
took
his
.Dicltson
Design/Smitty's Honda to a two for
two win in the 115cc Modifieds over
the Danny's Machine Honda of Tim
Hoy, and then came back to run a
close second to Steve Wright and his !IB Lightning Yamaha in the 140cc
Modified!. Wright took the l40cc
Coke/KPRI Spring Series; his second
straight since he was also the 1980
overall champ in this class. Both the
'big bore classes, the Opcn Stock, and
Modified! went to the "gold dust
twins," Factory Honda riders "Dyno
Dean" Sundahl and Mark "Waxey"
Weixeldorfer with Waxey ta~ the
Stocp, and Dyno Dean the M . led!.
Results
121ic:c PRO: 1. Scott Ilumwonh lYom); 2. Scott
Me¥- (Suzl; 3. Tod Brody (Suzl.
2I5Oa: PRO: 1. ClInt Hordic:k tSuzl; 2.
s-t
_ l Y o m ) ; 3. WOOttv e.toon lYom).
5OOa: PRO: 1. .Jooo(Han).
JR CVC: 1. JomIo Comoy lYom); 2. EddIo Goumond
lYoml;3. Tommy~lYomI.
PEE WEE: 1. Ilord DohIIn 11m); 2. Normen
Gournond CSuzl; 3. Ooc:or _ _ (Suzl.
ATCCLASSES
121ic:c STK: 1. S_ _ (Hon).
WOMEN'S oPEN: 1. Undo UppInoott (Hanl.
OPEN STK: 1. K_ Col.... (Han); 2. Jolf _
(Hon); 3. Lowio - . l (Han).
I I 5cc MOD: 1. Tom Goion (Han); 2. Ton Hoy (Han);
3. Mike Pwtc. (Han). .
1«lc:c MOD: 1. S _ Wright (Voml; 2. Tom Goion
(Hanl; 3. Gory Englloh (Hon).
OPEN MOD: 1. Miko Coo tHanI; 2. S _ Wright
lYom); 3. Duce S _ (Han).
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Jones, Turner,
WIseman grab
55Mlaurels
By Terry Whytal
ORANGE, CA, MAY !l0
Standard Crank-sponsored Clark
Jones piloted his Hwky to the
Open Pro. class victory at this
week's SSM race. Jones' Swedish
machine easily handled .the new
Saddleback sand sections that have
been added in recent weeks despite the
track's increasingly tough conditions.
Jones' main competition came from
Anaheim Suzuki rider Scott Cavncsa,
who managed to hold off a charging
Scott Johnson and finished a close
second to Jones in the fint moto.
johnson's Maico crossed the line in
third and Husky rider Mike Monaghan
picked up founh.
Jonca again took the early lead in
round two with CavnCSll, Johnson and
Monaghan battling for second.
Johnson dropped from the race with
mechanical problems and Monaghan
slipped in for the runner-up slot at the
finish. Jones went home with the big
share of the cash, with Cavncsa
earning second place money and
Monaghan taking third.
Suzuki riders Ron Turner and Clint
Hardick
sandwiched
Yamahamounted Scott Gillman in the 250cc
Pro clash. Gillman was on the mark in
moto one action as he powered to the
win. Turner and Hardick followed
across the finish as Ammex rider Gary
Jones picked up founh.
Turner came to the line for the stan
of moto two determined to re-establish
his domination of Saddleback and he
quiclt1y proved his capabilities by
jamming his way into the lead.
Hardick and Gillman put on a show as
they dueled for the number two
position wiht Hardick getting the nod.
Overall Tumer took the win,
Gillman finished second, Hardick was
third and Jones took founh.
Steve Wiseman headed the field of
125cc Pro riders with a clean sweep of
the day's action. Wiseman put his
Suzuki water'pumpcr out front of the
second place duel between Yamaha
riders Mike Gossclaar and Dirk Stropp
and cruised to the checkers.
Gossclaar and Stropp split the
runner-up honors and Gosaclaar took
the second place purse money by
vinue of the second moto tie· breaker
rule. Stropp collected third place and
Suzuki rider Roben Ellis picked up
founh.
Results
e--
OPEN PRO: 1. CIort< JonII CHuII; 2. s-t
(Suzl; 3. Miko Moo"';', (Hull.
2I5Oa: PRO: 1. Ron T _ 1Suzl; 2. Scott GiInwI
lYom); 3. ClInt Hordic:k 1Suzl.
121ic:c PRO: 1. S - W _ 1SuzI; 2. ....
<'-lYomI; 3.llirk s.-lYomI.
OPEN M: 1. Scott IlooIc iHonl; 2. AIon 0I00n (M8iI;
3. _
Hoir lYomI.
2I5Oa: INT: 1.1III1Ioyor (YornI; 2. John _lYoml;
3. Gory s-alSuzl.
121ic:c INT: 1. W..., ~ 1Suzl; 2. Clwloo-.
IOn (Suzl; 3. Ron V_ISuzI.
VET EX: 1. AIon 0I00n 1Suzl; 2. MoMn 0I00n lYom);
3. Jim _1Moi.
VET NOV: 1. Jody W_ 1SuzI; 2. Bot> ~
lM8il; 3. Ron Sc:hooIIMoi.
OPEN NOV: 1. Eric _
CHuol; 2. _
lYom); 3.1lord W_ (Hull.
2I5Oa: NOV: 1. PhIip Sloldrlt lYornI; 2. o.nioI
lYom).
121ic:c NOV: 1. Jooo 1. . . _ISuzI; 2.
_lYoml; 3. _
McIWYy lSuzl.
2I5Oa: BEG: 1. Bot> Cummingo (Han); 2. 0.. lluIl8
(Han); 3. T - . QuInn (Hon).
125 BEG: 1. Scott _1Suzl; 2. IIrion _lYom);
3. E.J.looIIlYom).
MINI BEG: 1. W.... lito lYom); 2. Jolt MonnIng
~; 3. o.mveon.-(~.
~
~(Han);3.
c..
Cannon 'amll,
domInate. Corona
5T/HM
By Elaine JQnes
CORONA, CA, MAY 27
Brothers Curtis and Chris Cannon had a piece of.the dough in
all the Money races at Corona
Rac;eway, with little brother
Curtis coming up with the most
loot.
The 250cc Money shon track had
Ro. Klatt aboard his Santa Ana Kawasaki out OIl top with Iunmy Snow SCCODd
and Cunis Cannon third. Cunis got by
Snow in shan order but Klatt proved
to be a more difficult matter. Two
laps later Cannon was able to get a
wheel under Klatt, and then all he had
to do was worry about having Klatt
behind him. It didn't seem to phase
the Norco ace as he rode a stDooth,
mistake free line. With two laps to go
Klatt developed mechanical probletns
and Snow was more than happy to
take over the second spot.
The 250cc Money half mile looltcd
like an instant replay of the shon track
with Klatt out in front, Snow second
and Cannon third. This time Klatt
and Snow were ready for Cannon and
he was blocked at every tum fot nine
of the 10 laps. On the final lap when
Snow relaxed for an instant. Cannon
was there and got by to ta1r.e the second
behind Klatt.
The Open Money half mile was big
brother Chris' tum and a bad stan off
the line by Dorothy Rowe sewed it up
for Chris.
Robert Little lived by the saying,
"practice maltcs perfect." In pursuing
this line of thinking he would ride tbe
Open Novice class which was his sltill
level, and then the Open Amateurs for
the extra track time with the stipulation
that if he took a placement he would
automatically move up. Well, he
ended the evening with a double
whammy and a transfer to Amateur
two ways. Little had a double win in
the Novice, topping Mike Bouvy and
Mike Yarbrough on the shon track
and Mike Bouvy and Rob Hackman
on the half mile. This gave Little three
wins on three separate nights of racing
which means a transfer to a higher
rating. U that wasn't enough he came
back in the Amateur half mile and
chased Dan Kane for almost half the
r~ce before passing him and taking the
wm.
Results
SHORT TRACK
1"25: 1. . - . IIolllYom); 2. Don _lYom); 3.
su-
Roy
(Hon).
250 NOV: 1. J. _
McK. ~ ; 2. DorricIc Von
lYomI; 3. S _ Smith lYomI.
250 AM: 1.1Iobby -lYom); 2. Miko IWtIHonl; 3.
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