Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

through the fint lap. Meyer and Tnpes pulled up to battle wheel to wheel with Nolin for the lesd. Tripes held on the preIIIIJ'e on lap four wben Nolin briefly 101t control dropping him back to third. Tripes rode on to win with a thrftIIeCOnd lead ower Meyer. five ower Nolin and Maki coming in a diltant CIO 0) founh. Meyer chaJpI to the lead in the RCOnd IDOto with Tripes in hot punuit. Meyer and Tripes diced for the lead till the end of the third lap when Meyer ovenhot a berm. Meyer quicldy returned to the race ahead of Nolin and Maki battling for third. Nolin opened a RDa1l lead on Maki after dicing for the tint four Iape. Tripes held hia lead to take the overall. Meyer finiIbed KCOIId but Iaat overall when he'cut about 10 feet of the track after overshooting the berm on lap three. Nolin took second overall with a 5-5. Malti founh overall with a 4-4. In the stan of the 250., it was Woody Car1aon leading with David Gerig aecond _ and Juan Benevidez third. ~ back to third wben he s1iel out m the Coca-Cola big berm on lap thrft. Carbon had opened a thrft·second lesd over Benevidezby the sixth lap. Car1aon 10it his lead on the Dellt lap, though. when he abo slid out in theCoca-Cola big berm dropping him to founh. Benevidez rode on to take the win with Gerig finishing second. Relucio third and Carlson foum. Carlson quickly took the lead in the second moto followed by Gerig, 8eDeYidez and Relucio. Gerig puled Car1aon for the lead going ower the new KPRI triple jump. Benevidez pulled up with Carbon on the fourth lap to make a thrft-way battle for first. However. Benevidez ataned having engine troubles on hiI Can-Am at the stan of the fifth lap and dropped off the pace. Car1aon regained the lead on the back side of lap six and held to take the win. Gerig fmished aecond, Benavidez held on to third. em. A peck of 12&cc cIaa rIden hitlI Sp•• dwIIy 11Ta ftr8t tum. chopped out four Iapelater giWIg the IeacI to Gormley. GonDley JDaDaFd to bold on for the five remaining Iape. Benmdez, after a ~t poor ltan. worked hiI way up thJOugh the pack to ebaDrn.,e Zitterkopf for KCOIId. But Zinerkopf had enough of a CUIhioa to fiDisb in front "of 8eDeYidez. Fourth place wmt to Man Tedder (Yam) after finishing in reventh in the flJ'lt moto. MaDDing rode coDliatently placing fifth in both motoa for fourth overall. At the ltan of the fint moto of the Open Pro cia. it was Eric MacCracken (Yam) who grabbed an early lead followed by Bill Keefe. Bob Elliot (Suz) and Phil Taboada (Suz). MacCracken extended his lead never to be challenged. for the win. Second wmt to Keefe. while third and founh wmt to Elliott and Taboada. Motu two saw MacCracken steal the lead again chued by Elliott, Keefe and Taboada. ThiI time around Keefe put the preIIIIJ'e on MacCracken early in the race. It wam't until the tenth lap when MacCracken finally gave in to Keefe. From here on in the poIitiona ltayed the same as Keefe took the win. Once again Elliott and Taboada finished third and fourth. The Itart of the 125c:c Pro action got underway wben Troy Blake (Yam) rocketed into the lead followed by Dean Cates (SOl), ~ike Tripes (Yam) and Gary Din:U (Yam). Cates slipped by the leader on the KCOIId 'but out thrft Iapelater, handing the back to Blake. The batt1r for the lead heated up wben Tripes. Blake and Dircb began trading poIitio... The race fmal1y ltabilized by the time the checkered flag appeared with Blake in front of Dircb and Tripes. At the stan of motu two it was again Blalte who grabbed the holeshot chased by Dircks, Beier, and Tripes. Blalte held on to the lead throughout the race concluding his ride with a perfect 1·1 tally. Second wmt to Dircb with a 2-2 combination, while Beier totaled a 4-5 score for third. Tripes took founh overall after placing a 5-4 combination. dzoe lap Resulta 54 PEEWEE: 1..... - , . . 2. DNd Qd,.tSud. PEE WEE: 1. T"" T _ l Y " 2. Mvoon WeIIlI lY"3. c:.,. ...... lY-. JR eve: ,. w-.y ICIIIn lY....: 2. _ MIcNlli lSud: 3.1Ic'-lI GorIIIhlY lHcri. _ NOV: 1. MIire ~ lYlII'll; 2. s_ Gamble lYlII'll; 3._1lIarablID lY..... _ INT: 1. o.my c.na., IKMI: 2. John ..." CSud: 3. John Gonjoo lK8wI. . _ EX: 1. llodnoot PhoIpa lYlII'll; 2. s-ty _ _ lY..... WOMEN NOV: 1. GIle WeIIlIlHcri: 2. T.., TI8CY lYlIIII: 3. .... Grw.n (HanI. WOMEN INT: 1. Tori a - (MugI; 2. e-n' ~lYlII'll;3. ~ ~ 3 .T"';HlnlHuol. _ ' 2 & PlIO: 1. Kim DaugIao CSud: 2. _ ~lSud:3._"""'(V"". _12& PlIO: 1. _ s--.CSud: 2. o.de e- CSud: 3. LauiIII . . . (V..... 12& lEG: 1. 1UclIIe Cole (Varni: 2. John _ : 3. ..... DomoIy lSuzI. 12& NOV: 1. JfIIf ffye CSud: 2. MIke _ (Varni: 3.~Mui""'i.'(SuzI. 12& INT: 1. Rudy IlIcIc--. (SuzI; 2. Toytor _ ... nc-I: 3. TI8CY _ ae-l. 12& PlIO: 1. T"" _ (Vom): 2. Gory DIrdca (Vom): 3 . _ 8eIr (Vom). 2IiO BEG: 1. MerIt MuIIgUilM, (~): 2. Roger KoIuIa IHanI: 3. KwIn W......IIKM. 2IiO NOV: 1. Bil1 EMler (Vom): 2. Lonca PhIII1po ISuzl: 3. SaMI Slogy (Suzl. 2IiO INT: 1. Jotvon ...... (Vom): 2. HeY ~ (V....; 3. SaMI Corriay (Vom). . 2IiO PlIO: 1. Cr8ig GclrnMt (Varni: 2. Greg ZlIWkapI (VIII'll; 3. J _ _ (C-Al. ..~ OPEN BEG: 1. Greg _ _ (varni; 2. ..... T_OC-I. OPEN INT: 1. Ruotv ItImII1 lSuzI; 2. AlIn c... tn-II; 3. Rod _lSuzI. OPEN PlIO: 1. BllKeft; 2. Eric ~ (Varni: 3.11ab EIIaIt 1Suzl. VET BEG: 1. _SIwtw (V..,~ 2. J.W. a(VomI;3. _ Tow (Varni. VET NOV: 1. _ _ lMoll: 2. Roger T...-lIt8wI:3. _ _ lK8wI. VET INT: 1. .-1Ict.dIcllllKTMl; 2. IHDnI: 3. Gory" (V""". VET EX: 1. AlIn c... 1Suzl; 2. Jim aN.! (Na,tI: 3. JcMI_ _12& NOV: 1. .......C". ~ lYomI; 3. -.v "-(varnl. (voml; 2. Eric _ T,.",.., Gerl. "."b .oId.CAlC .......yJJ7 "'."t AlX By Myron Hemley CHULA VISTA, CA. OCT. 14 Mike Tripes took the 125cc Pros with a 1-1 fmish, and David Gerig's 2-2 was good enough to take the 250cc Pros at Speedway 117'1 Continental Moto-apona Club DigbtMX. In the first moto of the 1251, Robbie Nolin took the holeshot with Scott Meyer KCOIId, Tripes third and Rick Maki fourth. Tripes quicldy IIIOftd into KCOIId, puIUII Meyer halfway Results MINI JR: 1. PhIl ~ (varni; 2. Roman llarT*1q... (Varni: 3. JolIn _1Suzl. MiNt INT: 1. MIU GIInwm (Hanl. ,2& JR: 1. ~ SaMllSuzI; 2. Fer!wIda CinIDnI ISuzl: 3.1labby MouPnTnp. (V....: 2. _ _ (Varni. 12& PlIO: 1. _ (Vom); 3. _ _ lSuzI. 2!iO PRO: 1. llIvicI GorIg (Hull: 2. WlIlIdy CorIoan (Varni; 3. J _ _ cC-A!. 2IiO JR: 1. AlIn s--.lIt8wI; 2. _ Ramia (varni; 3. Ronnie GerciI (Varni. 2IiO INT: 1. Doug Lea (voml: 2. BrIon er- (Vom): 3K_ Kapedty 1Suzl. 500 JR: 1. _ PIlIact (V....: 2. _ Luto (Varni. 500 INT: 1. _ ~ IHanI: 2. ~ LV(Hanl. 500 PlIO: 1. DNd GorIg lHuIl; 2. _ " ' - (Varni. Lewl.,. . . OT at DeAIIza AlX By Bob Alloy SUNNYMEAD. CA, OCT. 11 Rain might do a lot of good, but it just never helps make a successful rnotoe::nB, and the Old Tuners really had a lean turnout for our DeAnza motocn.a. The b1ealed stuff just kept coming down all during practice and the fint moto causing a lot of slipping and sliding. Old Timer Ed Michetti of the Malten cl.... and also operator of DeAnza, gave us 12 laP.' on a track that was well prepared with a double stadium jump thrown in for excitement. There were five races. and things were ower by 12:50 p.m. Malter B1ackie Len took the lead in moto one but 10It it to Dan SallChez on lap one. ThiI didn't clinch things. however, as Bladie made a comeback on the Iaat lap and took that tint place win. Dan Sanchez was right in there for second. Lou Sorenson took fint place in both Expert motoI. All didn't 10 perfectly _ooth for Sorenson, though. There was a restart of moco two becaue of Lou crashing right at the Itarting line. Despite injuries. Lou picked up and wmt back fOl' a fint. Hal Grady a1Io bad a problem - a leaky tTaDPDieioa - buz he. too, walt on and got two KCOIIda. Ed joJma took third in moto one and Gerald Hutchilon third in moto two. Ray Amold of the Amateur DiviIion took the hoJrIhot and was in the lead for four Iape until Bob klan puled by. Bob just kept that power on until he had fint aecured. The aecond moto Itaned out with Arnold once again in the lead, but this time there was no paaaing him. Ray took firat. and Bob came in with a fait second. Novice Howar.d Zimmerman led the action in both motOl one and two. Noc only did he lead things. but he a1Io ran away with both races. Dick Fettel did some good racing and came in with two Rconda. Results MASlSlS: 1. . . . . . lIwlI; 2. D I n - . EX: 1.1aI ~ 2.1tIIlftdt; 3.11ab De . . . . . AM: 1. ..." AmaId: 2. .... 1CIoa. NOY:'.~Dii".ii 2.Dic:kFtall Lewl. to". NIIA Fall Serle. ope_r atArroyo. By Tom Corley SAN BERNARDINO. CA, OCT. 11 TIle sixth annual National Motosports Association's FaD Nationals kicked off at Arroyo Cycle Park. U.S. Suzuki is once again the major donor. offering thrft new 1982 Suzuki motorcyclea. Co-lponson include Cycle-Am and Bel·Ray. In all there is $6000 in awarda and prizes. including a trip to Hawaii. lt rained the evening before the race .and lightly during the morning. The reaulting muddy cOnditiODl affected all cl_, but eapecially the smaller machinea. Kyle Lewis was the molt IUcceaaful racer of the day with thrft fint place wins. He won every moto tbat he entered in both of the Junior Cycle Stock and Modified 9-11 races, plus a )·2 win in the 80cc Modified 9-11 event. The Junior Cycle races were made even IDOI'e interelting becaue the 6-8 c:1aIa riden were on the track at the same time. In the Stock race LewilI ran all the way in the lead with Shane Hunt and Kevin Hei.er after him. Taylor Martin feU becaue of the mud and was I'lUDIIIed by another rider. Hunt was after Lewia oace again in the final moto but was unable to catch him. Hei.er was delayed as he ran into Buddy Antunez of the 6-8 cl... and then Anthony French ran into them to make matten worse. Two 'perfect scores gave Len the Stock win ower Hunt and Frank Buck. "King Richard" Suton and Dustin EVlUII won the trophies in the 6-8 race. Shaun KalOl was Lewis' main COID~titor in the Junior Cycle Modified 9-11 event. KalOl took hia R&D Suzuki right behind Lewis when the checkered ~ came out in the fint moto and tried desperately to puB Lewis in the final moto. He tried to cuz him off on a berm but the plan bad6red and lta10I hit the pound.

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