Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

second ahead of Mike Greenwood. T~ top three trophy winners were Sassen, Greenwood and Mercier. Another first went to Sassen in t~ 80cc Modified class. Mercier took the first moto win but Sassen won the 'more important final moto for a 2·1 win over Mercier. The uack was wet and slippery this evening, causing many riders to slide out. T~ Pee Wee riders found it hard to get uaction with the small tires on their litde bikes. Top competitor Jason Biggs slid out several times. Jesse James and his Yamaha had no problems and made up for last week's performance which was hindered due to a cracked frame. James challted up two wins a~ad of Bobby Garcia and Damon Huffman. ..... 00 ..... 0') Results PEE WEE STOCK: 1. ~ ~ lV_I: 2. Bobby Gon:io lVomI: 3. Demon HulfmIn 111ll1. 1IO NOV: 1. Tony Sulek lV_I: 2. Joel T..-v IV_): 3. Guy CampboIltSuzl. 1IO MOD: 1. AIon _ IV_I; 2. Aaron Andoroon tSuzl. 1IO STOCK BEG &-11: 1. MIke Gilmore lSuzl: 2. ~ Vondorod lVernl: 3. Philip e-lVoml. 1IO STOCK NOV &-11: 1. AIon _lVoml. 1IO STOCK BEG 12 + : 1. Rob - . lHanI: 2. Mike ~ lV_I: 3. Tony MorcIor IV_I. 1IO STOCK NOV 12 +: 1. C _ .... IVomI. 1IO MOD: 1. Rob - . lHanI; 2. Tony MorcIor lVomI: 3. _ d _CHon!. PullIam pulls away at CRC nl,ht MX AMon ~ n took second In the CRC 60cc Modified clue mlnicross. By Tom Corley VALENCIA. CA, OCT. 9 slightly hurting his freshly ~aled dislocated shoulder. Beier slipped to third in round two as Fritz Schlegel moved his Suzuki int.o second and picked up second overall behind Maki. Beier went home with the third place share oft~purse. Results OPEN PIlO: 1. GaM _ _ ~I: 2.,.,. ~ lVoml: 3. ICMt lMOuo lMoil. 2!iO PlIO: 1. W...., Reid lKawI: 2. Brion MY8IKOUQh lSuzl: 3. Greg ZillIrtalpllV_I. 125 PlIO: 1. _ _ 1Suzl: 2. Fritz Sc:hleIIollSuzl: 3. _ _ lVoml. OPEN INT: 1. Mlko Heir lV_I: 2. Tom WhIlelSuz); 3. _ _llMoiI. 2!iO tNT: 1. Andro Vondonbrookol lVom): 2. Rich Ioing lVoml: 3. BUI Etb CKowI. 125INT: 1. Ron V_lSuzl; 2. MerIt _IV_I: 3. Jim Cobhom 1Suzl. OPEN NOV: 1. DoYid _ _i lSuzl: 2. Roy lSuzl: 3. Trocy _1Honl. 2!iO NOV: 1. Tom W_ lVoml: 2. Bill Mclntyro lVoml: 3. V.. ~IKawI. 125 NOV: 1. Clay lMlghurollVoml: 2. Robin GoIwz lSuzI; 3. Jimmy ....... lV_l. 2!iO BEG: 1. Ctlud< ColIino lVomI; 2. Howord _ lSuzl; 3. ~ HolllV_l. 125 BEG: 1. Eric AJay lVoml: 2. Scon s.n.lolVomI: 3. TIm Howord lSuz!. MIN EX: ,. _ - . lKowt: 2. Brvon ..... lVomI: 3. PIuI Donio ~. BeltlllCk takes top honors at OTSSM By Bob Alloy ORANGE, CA, OCT. 10 A light rain was falling when practice got underway making visibility a bit difficult for those wearing goggles. However, this 38 slight rain had a redeeming quality in that t~ SaddJeback track stayed damp even through ~ second moto. There were 19 of us Old Timers battling away for top honors and lots of action. This is especially true ~re with those nice 15 lap motos. There were only five races today and tl1ings were fmished by one p.m. Jim Beltinck. manager of Saturday Saddleback and Old Timer Maste.r. did two sensational wins in motos one and two. If only we could all recover so nicely after knee surgery. Keep going that way, jim. Another sensation was Marvin olson who blasted into two second places. Our one and only female, Old Timer Lorie Watson of ~ Experts division, certainly showed us just how good a U5 can be. Lori got that winning gear and found that winning line and wrapped it up with a beautiful first in both motos. Bob Berdyck loves rough and long motos, and ~ took advantage of these qualities to come up with a good second in the first moto. Hal Grady zoomed in to take third. The second moto's second placer was George Spearing on his trusty Husky. Berdyck charged in there for third. Amateur Don Carey did some very fast riding and was rewarded with that prized first. Bob Alloy managed to come in second in both motos. Novice Tony Chipp did some powerfull stuff out there and took that prized first with him. Mel Shapiro found a good line that took him right into sec· ond place. The second moto reversed ~ order of winners. First place win was all Shapiro's and Tony took second which is really dividing things equally. Results MASTBlS: ,. Jim 1IoIlinck: 2. Morvin Olean. EXP.EIlTS;. ,. Lori W",",,": 2. Bob 1Iordyck: 3. <>-go s-;ng. AMATEURS: 1. Don Corey; 2. Bob Corey; 3. AI s.n.na. NO\I1CE; ,. Mol Shopiro: 2. Tony Chipp. Sassen smokes CRCal,ht mlnlcross By Tom Corley VALENCIA. CA, OCT. 9 Rob Sassen won two events to become the evening's most sue· cessful rider at the California Racing Club's night minicross. Sassen started off with a first moto win in the 80cc Stock Beginner 12 and over class. Richard Bates headed off t~ rest of the pack in the first moto for second place. In the final race Bates was run into and crashed, taking a DNF with a skinned back. Sassen was on top again and Tony Mercier placed The 250cc Intermediate class is one of the more competitive races in nighttime action at Indian Dunes. run this evening by tile California Racing Club. Two weeks ago Tony Pulliam pulled off the victory but last week Kenny Parry took two moto wins. Both riders were on the starting gate this week, and after two motos of some real knock·down, drag-out racing. Pulli3!D walked off with tile overall win. In the first moto Pulliam had the lead which lasted to t~ checkered flag. Kenny Parry caught the second wave of the flag ahead of Randy Pretzer. In the second moto Parry was after the leader Pulliam. They came to a rough comer past the fmish stretch and Parry tried to make a radical pass. It not only failed, but Parry went down as well and Pretzer and Henry Walker got by to take over second and third. A perfect I -I tally gave Pulliam the win over Pretzer and Parry. Rick Houghtaling won ~ frrst 125cc Intermediate moto over Randy Lippie and Jim Spotts. In the final moto Lippie was up front and really moving on his Suzuki, only to fall. Jim Boyd held t~ lead from that point on over Houghtaling and Lippie. Boyd had a fourth place finish in t~ first moto, so ~ fmal moto victory boosted him to second behind Houghtaling'S 12. Lippe and Spotts finished third and fourth overall. Results 1IO NOV: ,. SMrio Tr_ lVoml: 2. John Moron IV_I: 3. TorTY COl< lSuzl. 1IO INT: 1. Kyle ~ lKawI: 2. Mcx.o McCoy IV_I; 3. Kyle Aoming IV_I. 125 BEG DlV 1: 1. Milch c-. IV_I: 2. Bob S_IV_I; 3. Scon _ISuzl. 125 BEG DlV 2: 1. MIlch _ (Suzl; 2. Jolf Holt lSuzl; 3. Jon _lV_I. 125 NOV: 1. e;-go _ CSuzl; 2. Kenny Guyett IV_I; 3. S_ Pony lVom!. 125 INT: 1. Rick Houghtollng: 2. Jim Boyd lV_I; 3. Rondy Lippio ISuzl. 250 BEG: ,. Jerry ....dilln IV_I; 2. Polli Dicocco lHonl: 3. Leon ButlIor tHan). 2!iO NOV: 1. Rob Webb lHanI: 2. Btilln Lion IHont: 3. Tom Smith CHon!. 2!iO INT: 1. Tony Pulliorn lHonl: 2. Rondy _ lVomI: 3. Ken Pony lVoml. 2!iO PRO: 1. Jim . - . , lVomI: 2. laTv .... lHon); 3. Brion ClwoohI

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