Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

OPEN MONEY: 1. Jolt _ _tH-DI:3. _ lI+a; 2. Donny ..... rr... SPEEDWAY: ,. Eel e-.. u-l: 2. S McCamoII u-l: 3. Ran _ Uooool. Baker, Sfephe••, Owe•• wallaf SNRR By Don Aken LAS VEGAS, NV, OCT. 11 Jack Baker, with an amazing four wins, and Slim Stephens and Lance Owens with two wins apiece dominated the SNRR road race at the Laa Vcps Spcedrome today. The day started out with the Open GP clua, aDd StepbeDa - on his TPII Kawasaki Wat·~ KZl000 led from wire to wire. A determined effort by Pete Davia aboard his punched out KZ6SO could only produce a second place showiug against the hard charging Stephens. Next on deck were the 450cc Box Stock riders. "Bodie" Kay (RDSSO) went into "reruns" by repeatiug his vielol)' of last month over Mike Van Natta's AustinITPI·spolllOJ'ed Honda. VanNatta is Itill a trifle scraped up from his get-off last month and says he's seriously tmnkin, of retiring. (Says old age is sJowing down the healing ~ too muchl). Griddi:ag up nat were the 600cc Box Stock bilta, and Slim StepbeDa riding Jack Balter'. SSO Seca - took this ODe, too. "Krazy" Ed Malkiewicz (GPzSSO) ... doiDg his beat to change that and led the pad at one time, but at the chedered flag it ... Stephena ftrat, MaIltiewic:z second and Jody Morgan (GPzSSO) third. IDCidently, JOOy ... ridiDg a completely stock street bike loaned to him by Muir. Claiborne as JOOy's Seca ham't healed up from last month'. crash yet. The combiDed 7SO/Open Box Stock race had DeWCOIDet" Lea Goehel on his Nevada Yamaha 7SO Seca coppiug the 7S0 win. In the Open cI. ., Jack Balter took home the gold on his Nevada Yamaha/TPI'sponaored Seca. The 450cc Production cI. . had a new face in the winner's circle when David Janeczko (RDSSO) took top honon with Mike VanNatta taltiug second. In the 600cc Production race, which ran concurrently with the 4501, Balter again took the ftrat slot with "Mr. Clean," Henry Tecza, a cloee second on his GPzSSO. "Krazy" Ed and JOOy Morgan rounded out the top four in this bunch. This put the combined 7S0/0pen Production c1uRa on the line. Lance Owens on the Back Street Leathers KZl000 ... a shoo-in for the Open win, but the 750cc CD ... in doubt till the ftnallaps. A recently recOfCied Bob Betke (Tom's Cycle KZ7SO) was determined to recover his winning ways. But when you ha~ rwo "spoilen" like Jack Balter and Henry Tecza riding in the same cla8, it could be anybody'. race. At the fiDish line, it was Balter ftrat, Betke second and Tecza third. Two 750 Secas, ridden by Lea Goebel and Matt Antonucci, completed the finish lineup. 8ecaux the wind was kicking up a lot .of dust and causing visibility problems, it was decided to run all the Super Street classes together and get the program fmiahed before the wea~ deteriorated any more. Baker took his fourth win of the day in the 600cc cla8 with Tecza again right on his tail. In the 750s, Betke made it to the fiDish line first, and Goebel was in the brid"'l'aid's slot. In the OpeDa, Rusa Wagemen smoked at CRe Indian Dunes with two Pro class wins. Mon., goes four wa,s af Corona By Elaine Jones .. !2 CORONA, CA, OCT. 21 The Pros were out in numbers tonight as the winter season starts at Corona Raceway and the training for next year begins. We also had some speedway raeen on hand to prepare for Ascot's long track raas in N~ber. Ed Castro took the main for the speedway action, not too far ahead of shawn McConnell who had handi· capped himself at the start and played an excellent game of ca.tchup. Ron Blanton was third. In the 2SOcc Money short track, the riden had their work cut out for them with a IS-lap main event. Off the line, it was Jimmy Snow with Jeff Springman and Curtis Cannon in the two/three slots and Pete Hames in fourth. By the second lap. Hames and Cannon had moved into the second and third spots. and one lap later had dropped Snow. to third as they set up the duel that was to go the distance. On the seventh lap, Springman got by Snow to m~ to third. and the top three had been set with the order of ftnish Hames, Cannon and Springman. The Open Money half mile saw Jimmy Rosa get the jump with Ron Bell second and Curtis Cannon third. Cannon moved to second one lap later and started his assault on Rosa. It paid of[ six laps later when Cannon found the hole he was Iooltiug for and took over the lead. He put a good piece of daylight be~ himself and Rosa, but to thOR standing traclr.side, Can· non's bike was malting some ~I)' funny noises and there was doubt as to its ability to go the distance. The amwer came on the last lap in tum four, and as Cannon coasted toward the ftnish, he had to watch Rosa roll by for the win. Bell was in for third. It was Springman who set the pace in the 2SOcc Money half mile with Tefl)' Singleton, Jimmy Snow, Bobby Beer and Curtis Cannon cloee behind. Beer got by Snow on the second lap, and Snow came right back and reclaimed it one lap later. It was four laps before Cannon could get moving as he got by hoth Beer and Snow and • I I • .... ••• one lap later disposed of Singleton. He Was on a roll now. and Spriugman was the next to fall as he took over the lead at the halfway point and held off all challrngers for the win. Springman was second with Siugleton third. The Open Money half mile had some heavy duty riden on hand as Tommy Walton, Robert Little, Danny Perkins, Curtis Cannon, Shawn Leipold, Jeff Johnson, Jimmy Rosa and Pete Hames roIJed to the line. It was Harley versus Yatnaha versus the lone Triumph of Hames. A drag race off the line found Harley.mounted John. son and Perkins leading the way, Hames in third and Harley·mounted Walton in fourth. The big Harleys were really hooking up, and Hames was !.laving to push hard to keep up with them and keep Walton at bay. Johnson had the traclr.·wired as he did everything right ~ with the tremendous Pi"CSIiUTe Perkins was putting on him. The order never changed, but it w&m't for laclr. of trying, and the racing was extremely close. Walton had it all together in the Open Expert half mile where he went wire to wire. Robert Little chased him half the distance before Mike Roach got by to take over second. One lap later, Roger Thompson, in his OOt ride on a big bike, moved to third. They ftnished in that order. Results SHORT TlIACX 125 NOlI: 1. . - . Ilol lYoml; 2. . . . Aur.,., lYom/;3. K..w_ae-t. 2IiO NOlI: ,. K.. _ lYom/; 2. Jony , ........ 1IluI. 2IiO AM: ,. JIIil Aur.,., lYom/; 2. llorrick Yon lYoml; 3. _ _ lYoml. 2IiO EX: 1. _ Kilby ae-t; 2. _ lYom/; 3. . - . _ lYoml. OPEN NOlI: ,. ICon _ lYom/; 2. ICon _ lYom/;3. _ _ lY . OPEN AM: 1. Gory a.D; 2. Don ..... lYomI. OPEN EX: 1. S - lIIpakI lYom/; 2. 0.. Syba lY...; 3. " ' - ' " - - lYomI. • 2IiO MOIiEY: 1. _ nc-t; 2. CurliI c.man lYoml; 3. Jolt lY.... OPEN MONEY: 1• .lin _ lYoml; 2. CurliI c.man lYoml; 3. Ran Ilol lYomI. Ileo,_ Spoi'""., HAlF MIlE 125 NOlI: 1.'-'Ilol lY...; 2. K..w _ _ oc-t; 3. IIrIon Runv-> lYomI. 2IiO NOlI: 1. .IlIil Canlr.- fIIuII; 2. Tom JIIoon lBuII; 3. Ran _ lYomI. 3. 2!iO AM: 1. llorrick V., lYomI; 2. Jf1Il Aur.,., lYomI; _ _ lYomI. 2!iO EX: 1. . - . _ lYoml; 2. Tmy SlngIeeon lYoml; 3. _ _ lYomI. OPEN NOlI: 1. ICon _ lY...; 2. .lin lang lYomI; 3. _ Syba lYomI. OPEN AM: 1. KAIilh _ lYomI; 2. Don ..... lYoml; 3. Gory _1IluI. OPEN EX: 1. Tammy WollIDn IIH>l; 2. _ -. lYoml; 3. " ' - ' " - - lYomI. 2IiO MOIiEY: 1. CurliI c.man lYom/; 2. Jolt ~ .... lYom/; 3. Tmy SingIoDl lY.... .. .. . .-.. . . ~ -.... . .. ~. Lance 0 - took home his second win of the day trai1ed by Cuey HermaDMJII (KZl000). Slim strphrna soldiered in for third after falliDg off the pace when his eupoe started makjug~~DOiIs. The nat SNRR race will be Nov. 2Z and aIMRalcI be a sood CIIIe beca1l8e it'D be the last c:haDc:e to pin points for the'SI-. Wageman wallops eRe DuaesltX By Lee Taylor VALENCIA, CA, OCT. IS Indian Dunes welcomed CaIifor· nia Racing Club memben with yet another new International Track. When the 12Scc Pros blasted out of the gate for their flJ'lt moto, RUII Wagmwt, piloting a Suzuki for Canoga Park Suzuki. simply stole the show, grabbing the lead and stayiug out in front throughout the ftrst moto. Leading into the fust lap, Wageman found a tight fteld on top of him, led by Rob Peeples for Suzuki of Van Nuys and followed in cloee order by Jim Simons, John DruI)' and Doug Gent!)'. DruI)' was smokiug, taltiug ower third then second and leaviug a tight dice behind him be~ Simona and Riclr.. Maki, wheel to wheel for fourth. Maki ... on the gas aDd by the end of the moto control1ed third with Wageman Itill the leader and DruI)' running second. When the machioes left the grid for their second eDCOUDter, it ... Wageman out in front as before and after the gold. He had Simona breathing down his jersey followed cloeely by Drury, Maki aDd Robbie Healy. Maki lost no time in taking 0I'er IeCODIl, cbiug fast on Waganan. Side by aide on the big downhill, Maki took Waganan by .torm and established command ower the stadium jumps. Maki plain blew the fteld away, zoomiug into a spectacular lead. Leadiug the pack aCrDllS the ftnish line, Maki left a super cloee duel for third bet.een Simons and Bruce Maynor with Simons hold· . ing down to the wire and Wageman fumIy established in second. Wageman came back to meet the 250cc Pros aboard a Yatnaha for Van Nuys Yatnaha- and out for another cI.. win. This time, he anagm the lead in hoth motos from start to finish for a grandslammer that would make a bueball player jealous, taltiug home top Pro money for the day. When the machines came to life for their first moto, Wageman led the way followed closely by Mark Moacrop and Greg Taylor, ridiDg for Van Nuys Cycle. Mike Shoemaker, ridiug a Honda and liatiug Donnie Han8en as his sponsor. was closing in fast and soon took ower the third·place slot. Waganan ... pulliDg a respectable lead and atuting to lap as '"The Shoe" found 1UmIe1f with Jeff Jones running OIl his rear feDder and SIUIIhine Yama· ha eDt!)' Erin Bualtirlt in fifth. The top .three broke away into their own private race, and by moto's end, Wageman led the way followed by Moacrop and "The Shoe." The second round of action found Wageman in control with his arch nemesis. Moacrop. right on his tail. Brian Cheresltofl', in third, was ftriug away, and a super hot duel between the top three was bumiug up the turf. Buskirk in fourth found himself in the unenviable ~tion of fighting off ''The Shoe" and a boat of race-huugry ~. '"The Shoe" felt right at home

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