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Brent Bowers leads Curtis Cannon in 12Scc Expert at 0-37's Ascot TT.
Gary Little (Yam) began the day's
events by beating Dennis Rosenberg's
Open Yamaha on his 25Occ. "Dirty
Harry" Thornburg took the lead on his
Open Yamaha but went down in th~
fim tum. Little took over and it was
his from that point on. Rosenberg
gave him a good run and finished flTSt
Open aad second overall. Little has
cbal~ f1m 250cc many times but
this waa bis first, and well earned,
overaJl win. ''Wierd'' Harold Soens
claimed fim 200cc and was the only
200cc bike not lapped by Little whose
fastest time was SIX minutes and 50
seconds.
The Mini race lead turned over
several times but was eventually won .
by Dale's Modem Cycle rider Shannon
Shamblin. John Ray (Yam) took the
holeshot with Bellflower Yamaha's
Dave Trager in hot pursuit. Trager
passed Ray as they hit the desert
section and picked up a tremendous
lead before taking a hard get off.
Shamblin had gone. down in the
motocross ·section, yet by the end of
the first lap he had the lead while
Trager was working his way back up.
Shamblin went on for the win which
earned him enough points f01 the
number one 'plate which he'll sport
next year. Trager, who took second.
held this coveted plate in 1980.
Rustan's Mark Heth took the overall
in the 200cc race, followed by East·
West's Kevin Case, but the real race
was between Dan Miller, Rob Hall and
Jake Roach for third place. R,oach and
Hall enjoyed the old game of switch·
aroo while wai~ing for Miller to make a
mistake. He didn't and at the finish
it was Heth. Case. Miller, Hall and
Roach.
as Mike "666" Sixbery. His 250lT
Yamaha took the lead on the first lap
and left the battle for second plac~
between Craig Adams (C·A) and Jeff
Harmon (Suz).
At the finish of the 250cc race it was
Sixbery, Adams, Harmon and then a
tremendous finish between Dave
Furbush, Greg IlIOn and William
Kelly.
Results
SR OPEN EX: 1. DenniI -..ug; 2. twry Thorn-
~ OPEN AM: 1. Chuck Woody; 2. MK Douala
SR OPEN BEG: 1. Eldon "-'-'; 2. e-.n flloyto.
SR 250 EX: 1. Gory linlo; 2. Yom _ ; 3. S _
~.25O AM: 1. Rac:I< RIun; 2. l.My o-w; 3. Jim
IIlnCuNIt.
SR 250 NOV: 1. Greg c.n..
SR250 BEG: 1. Cdig ~
SR 200 EX: 1. _
s-.; 2. Ken KondricIt.
SR 200 AM: 1. Gone Stuml>oullh; 2. 8Gb HoIIIIhIIn.
SO EX: 1. ShImon S _ ; 2. Dew T_; 3.
Koilh SInn.
SO AM: 1. Eric_.
SO NOV: 1. Gone _ ; 2. Ton"( Woody; 3. Shone
GordIe.
SO BEG: 1. S _ Wombolclt; 2. Todd fWyee; 3.
C_Meno.
2go; 3. Roy
-.
Cannons come
from behInd at
The motocross section was the
favorite spectator section and the big
bikes seemed to do everything in their
power to add to the excitement. Lee
Scheffers (Yam) had Craig Adams for
a sparring partner for the first four laps
then moved out alone, turning the
fastest time' of the day with a six
minute and SO second lap. Steve Glatts
and Mark Asbury (Kaw) were giving
each other a good run until the last lap
when Asbury, who was recuperating
from the flu, ran out of gas and ended
up pushing the last eighth of a mile
where he collapeed at the finish line.
going from fourth to eighth overall.
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Mike Kelley.
GARDENA, CA; NOV. I
One of the mOlt popular riders this
year is "Sizzlin' Six," or better known
ha.aIes.
LIghtweIghts'
D-37 Ascot TT
By Dan Mahony
Well over 100 riders turned out
for the seco~d half of the Lightweights' double-header Sunday
night. The track was a little
worse for wear after the Pro race on it
under the bot afternoon sun, but the
racers made the mOlt of it. Races ran
off smoochly aDd with a minimum of
Little Curtis Cannon emerged as the
night'S only double winner, with firsts
in the 125cc Combo and the 250cc
Expert. Mike Kirby has to get the
trophy for lasting the longest,
however. as he won the 80cc class, took
a third in the 250cc Expert (after
besting Curtis in .the heat race), and
then came back for a fifth in the 500cc
Expert go. Curtis' older brother (how
does it feel, Chris?) Chris Cannon. won
that 500cc class with a last·SO-feet pass
of race long leader Rocky Robinson.
Come from be~d must be what they
teach the kids in the Cannon household, as Curtis did it to Brent Bowers
in the 12Scc class, then again to Jay
Lewis in the 2SOC<= Expert final.
Bowers also had to settle for second
behind Kirby in the 80cc division.
The sidehacks, though few in
numbel, made an appearance. with the
low·slung machine of Loreto Masella/
Jim Hanneman powering around ·the
desert·type setups of Bob Hicks/Mike
Bums and the Jordan boys. Dale and
Kenneth. They were nuts, as usual,
with sprint car-type slides into tum
one, some two-wheeling, and even
some one-rideringl A desert class was
included for the puckerbush types,
which easily fell to Erwin Ritter, who
has a bit more track time in than most
of the others. Shamrocks' Thomas
Willis scored a second place over
Roger Zela. Those guys and the hacks
are both something else; knobby tires
pumped up to SO pounds, legs
swinging, Huskys everywhere. By
contrast, the Seniors were fairly
sedate: Jay Lewis, who isn't a Senior by
very much. held off Larry Bird's
Triumph for the trophy as Bill Bartels
rounded out the top three.
Results
so COMB: 1. Mike Kirby; 2. _
s-.; 3. .J.->
Bel.
125 COMB: 1. Cunio Connon; 2. _
s-.; 3.
Oan_
250 NOV: 1. J. Word MeIt_; 2. Jeff Runyon; 3.
Devid-.
250 JR: 1. Jim
s-;
2.
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~.
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Morris; 3. Greg
250 EX: 1. Curlio Connon; 2. Joy ~ 3. Mike
Kilby.
500 NOV: 1. Jim SlrOin; 2. Tim WeIlIln; 3. B. Fulton.
500 JR: 1. Clyde Denner; 2. Jeff ~ ; 3. John
HiM.
500 EX: 1. Chrio Connon; 2. Rac:l VenderpooIlYoml; 2.
.J.-> Ven_lYom); 3. au.dn Evene IY.",).
SO STK JR 9-11: 1. AIen PIerce lYoml; 2. Melt
. - n - lYom); 3. Chortle Jon.lYlImI.
SO MOO JR 9-11: 1. Melt .-n-lYeml; 2. Shewn
_IHonl; 3. Chortle JoneICYemI.
SO STK BEG 12+: 1. Mike Agu_; 2. lennie
Smith; 3. Mike Henline tHanI.
SO STK JR 12 +: 1. Brock Su18r IYlImI; 2. Richerd
eo
eo
eo
eo
_CHonl; 3. Rob - . (Honl.
SO STK tNT 12+: 1. Troy WtIky.lSuz); 2. DeII8
et-.(K8wl.
SO BEG 12 +: 1. Mike ~; 2. Mike Henline
(Honl.
SO JR 12 +: 1. Tornedo Tom lYoml; 2. Richerd_;
3. Joe SeNMore 1K8w).
SO tNT 12 +: 1. Troy WtIky lSuz); 2. Dew Chembera
lK8wl.
HeInrIch hauls at
CoronaMX
By Kit Palmer
CORONA, CA. OCT. SO
Suzuki-mounted Chris Heinrich
completely dominated Corona
Raceway's 125cc Intermediate
class after posting a perfect 1-1
.score. Heinrich led every lap of both
motos for. the convincing win. The
Suzuki pilot's closest competition came
from Yamaha mounted Mark Decker'
who finished behind Heinrich with two
consecutive seconds. Third place went
to Pat Bums (Yam). One of the more exciting races of
the night was produced by the 250cc
Intermediates. At the start of the first
mota Yamaha {:,f Pomona's Jack Scott
charged into the lead with fellow
Yamaha of Pomona rider Jim Vermil·
lion, Honda rider Pat sdireffler and
Yamaha·mounted Rusty Taffulger trail·
ing. Scott began to stretch his lead
within a few laps but Vermillion never
let up, keeping Scott within his sights.
But the battle for third was brewing
between Schreffler and Taflinger as
the two were side by side at times. The
duel ended early when Schreffler
dropped out, handinK the third spot to
Tat'iinger. Up front the two leaders remained the same, neither gaining any
advantage over the other. At the f1nish
it was Scott who crossed the finish line
first with Vermillion and Taflinger
following.
At the start of mota two it was
Vermillion who got out of the gate
first. pursued by Taflinger and Scott.
But by the second lap Taflinger had
muck around Vermillion for the lead.
Meanwhile, Scott began his come·
from-behind charge by passing
Vermillion and challenging Taflinger
for the lead. By the fifth lap Taflinger
surrendered his lead to Scott along
with the win. Second went to TafiinJler
with a S-2 score while VermillioiJ finished in third.
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