Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

" , h e r . Call1oral.ArI........th.r. N...... "'th.r. Western hotline A few of the 200 particiPants of the Nov. 15 British Road Ride gather at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, From left ~o right Triumph's Gene Cox, Honda's Dave Arnold, land speed record holder Bill Johnson, Triumph's Wayne Moulton and Trade-Tech's Pat Owens, Photo by Alan Paulsen. Chappy counts cash at DVCP MX By Bengt Shifter PHOENIX, AZ, NOV. 15 Yamaha-mounted Chappy Blose pulled out two Pro class wins at Deer ,valley Cycle Park's excellent new motocross facility, de- 16 spite some heavy pressure from local shoes Drey Dircks and Roger Jones and Coloradans Mike Knupp and Terry Kyle. When the 125cc Pros gated for moto one, a surprise in the line-up was Deer Valley's co·owner Roger Jones, a veteran of six years of AMA National points chasing. Despite a six-month racing layoff, Jones easily pulled the holeshot with a wide, sweeping, feet-up slide around the entire pack in the first turn. Drey Dircks bang shifted his YZ into second behind Jones' borrowed Suzuki and Blose was locked into a solid third. Jones put in two impressive laps and then let Dircks slip by into first. Blose, meanwhile, had made some grounp on the leaders and soon was battling Jones for second. The crowd gasped as Chappy made a hairy pass going up the Devil's Hill only to have Jones repass two 'hours later. Jones held on a little longer and then let Blose go. Dircks was long gone with the lead, however, and Blose had to settle for second. Todd Kessel slipped by Jones in the late going for third, then lost that position to John Deremo's RPM Yamaha. Kessel finished fourth' with Jones fifth. Moto two of the 125cc Pros saw Jones repeat his daring outside first turn blitz for the early lead. Jones pulled a good distance on second place Dircks and third place Blose in the initial laps, only to stop on the hill and let them by., Said Jones later of this move, "I knew I would tire out at the pace I was going and possibly crash. Right now I can ride faster than I can hang on'" As Jones re·entered the race in third, Blose was chasing down Dircks in his methodical style. He finally bamaied- past on the fastest part of the track for the moto win and the overall. Dir~ks was second overall andJones third. The 250cc Pros saw Blose taking the lead in the first moto and keeping it for the win. Sky King wowed the fans with his long leaps over the checkered flag jump, doing enough serious racing to bag second. Colorado's Terry Kyle took third in that moto with Jay Perkins looking strong for fourth. When the gate fell for moto two, the stage was set for the best race of the day. Blose grabbed the lead in the second moto. tearing around the track like the devil was chasing him. Terry Kyle emerged from the pack in second with Perkins on his Perkins' Diesel Service RM in third place. Mike Knupp, also down from Colorado, was moving through the pack in an impressive ride that carried him into fourth behind Perkins. The racing got more intense as Kyle was shaving one to two seconds a lap from B!ose's lead. The crowd watched in awe as Kyle's assault brought him closer and doser, finaQy right onto Blose's rear fender. The two racers circulated faster and faster, setting the fastest lap times of the day. A collective gasp, then applause went up as Kyle took Blose on the fast straight right by the finish line. Blose knew his 2·1 was still good for top money and let the speeding Vickery Yamaha· sponsored snowbird flyaway. Knupp had caught and passed Perkins in a drag-out battle for third. Those positions were held until the checkered, and the overall finish was Blose, Kyle, Knupp and Perkins. Results OPEN BEG: 1. Sonny Foreman. OPEN NOV: 1. Clayton Paulson. OPEN AM: 1. Louis Gutierrez. V·ZlNGER: 1. TImmy CI81one. MINI PEE WEE: 1. Wosl"" Adkins. PEE WEE: 1. Larry Moore; 2. Deen Clalone. 80 BEG: 1. J.J. TUnnell; 2. Deen Clatone; 3. Greg Taylor. 80 NOV: 1. Billy Cerloon. 80 AM: 1. Larry Moore. 80 EX: 1. Stelle Brooks. 106: 1. Stelle Brooks; 2. Scott Keyes. 125 BEG: 1. John Swanholm; 2. Jeff CO!1fadson; 3. Rick Bach. 125 NOV: 1. Mike Hueul; 2. Joy Dougherty; 3. Peter Newmark. 125 AM: 1. Paul Bowman; 2. Scott Keyes. 125 EX: 1. Choppy Blose; 2. Of"" Difcks; 3. Roger JOMS. 250 BEG: 1. Jim Wilkie; 2. Rick Hinchcliff; 3. Bill Carter. . 250 NOV: 1. Danny Hodges; 2. Greg Jones; 3. 0.\18 Oin'en. 250 AM: 1. Joe Lohnes; 2. Dele Cooley. 250 EX: 1. Choppy Blose: 2. Terry Kyle; 3. !'>'ike Knupp. Old Timers MX: All that's Said and done By Bob Alloy SUNNYMEAD, CA, NOV. 15 DeAma was the place where 30 Old Timers combined action, excitement and the pleasure of doing one of our favorite things. Thanks to Ed Michetti, Old Timer and DeAnza operator, the track was well· prepared , new jumps were added and we all had a very good time. Our president, Dick Mosley, began the action in the Masters class with.the lead and then the first moto win. Dan Sanchez blasted inm second place win. Sanchez began the action in moto two by grabbing the Jead and gassing his Can·Am on to ftrst place. Mosley took a second place which was no easy accomplishment when you do it with a flat. Expert Bob Berdyck did everything right in moto one for the win, and then just to prove he is almost pc;rfect, he took another first in the second moto. Ed Johns had lots of power behind him and he zeroed in with second in the first moto. Bob De Miranda pulled in with a swift third. Cal Browning took second in moto two and De Miranda in there once again with a third 'place win. John Said of the Amateur class really looked terrific coming out of the stadium jumps and he kept doing gre"lt things and took the first place. Bob Klatt had a bit of bad luck at the very beginning when he stalled at the first turn, but this cenainly didn't discourage ,him as he quickly recovered and went on to a great second place. Said started the action again in moto two and held the power for three laps. At this time, Gene Powell made his move and took over the lead. It ended with Powell in first and Said taking second. . Novice Richard Guthrie had a very good time out there in moto one as be whizzed around and grabbed up the ftrst place win. Larry Escamilla also had things going his way with a good second place spot. John Turdo was the man with the power and the action in moto two. John got out there with the lead and for 10 laps he was untouchable. Escamilla didn't do so badly either with a nice second place. Results MASTERS: 1. Dan Senchez; 2. Dick Mooley. EX; 1. Bob IIerdyck; 2. Bob De Mifande; 3. Ed Johns. AM: 1. John Said; 2. Gene Powell. NOV: 1. John Turdo; 2. Larry Escemilla. ZHterltopf, Anderson, Ward wallop Saturday Saddleback By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA, NOV. 14 Yamaha rider Greg Zittex:kopf Husky-mounted Jerome Heiberger traded moto victories in the Open Pro race at this ~nd week's Saturday Saddlebadr. MotocroIS. Zitterkopf came out tops in the second round and his 2·1 score bested Heiberger's I -2 placing. Neither rider was able to dominate the action and each worked hard to win their respective motos. Placing third was Yamaha rider Mark Mobs while founh went to Richard Franklin on a Suzuki and Maico-mountedJohn Rudder rounded out the top five. Jim Anderson swept both motos of the 250cc Pro class to grab the top purse money. Suzuki rider Matt Tedder followed Anderson's Yamaha to the checkers in each race to earn second overall honors ahead of Honda·mounted Larry Baker. Maico rider Mike Kell picked up fourth as Brad Ellis placed his Suzuki fifth. Saddleback regulan are gett.ing used to seeing Kawasaki teamster Jeff Ward sweep the 125cc Pro race and this week was no exception. Ward looked ready to begin the new National season, opening commanding leads in each round with apparently little effort. Yamaha riders Troy Blake and Johner Kight battled for the runner-up position with Blake taking the checkers ahead of Kight in each mota. Suzuki rider Gary Bowman placed fourth, Tibor Papp, piloted his Yamaha the Open Intermediate win. Pap dominated the spectator' appreciation as he powered to stron leads in each moto. Maico rider T Davis cruised in for number tw honors ahead of Vinu Friedl on Yamaha. Hottest action of the day came . the Vet Expen second moto. Maic rider Jim Beltinck pulled a monste holeshot and powered into the earl. lead. First moto winner, Jim O'Nea riding a Honda, worked into secon near the halfway point and began t pressure Beltinck. Lapped ride caused Beltinck to lose his rhythm an O'Neal slipped into the lead. O'Neal's lead was shon·lived as Maico rider Ken Ratzloff put on a lat moto drive that carried him past bot Beltinck and O'Neal. O'Neal repassed Ratzloff briefly but the Maico rider had the track wired and O'Ne seemed to be tiring from wrestling th big four-stroke single Honda. Ratzloffs second moto victory earned him the overall runner-up position with O'Neal taking the win, Beltinck finished the day third overall and Yamaha rider Dennis Rosenber nailed down founh. Premier Yamaha rider Jan Murray fma11y licked her Saddleback bad luck by winning both motos of the Women's Expert class. Murray had some tough competition from Yamaha-mounted Karen Leitinger and Honda rider Vicky Jackson from England. Leitinger and Jackson traded runner-up finishes with Jackson getting the second overall nod behind the consistent Murray. Leitinger placed third, Yamaha rider Charleen Higgins took the checkers fourth and Suzuki pilot Alice Tanner grabbed ftfth. Results !?"EN PRO: 1. GnIg Zlu.kilpf lV....); 2. Jerome _ger lHuoI; 3. ~ Moho lVom). 250 PRO: 1. Jim AnderIon lVom); 2. Met! Tedder (Suzl; 3. Larry _ (Honl. 125 PRO: 1. Jell Wild (Kew); 2. Troy _lVom); 3. J _ Kight lVom). OPEN INT: 1. Tobo< Papp lVom); 2. Terry DevIs (Mail; 3. Vince FeidlIV....). 250 INT: 1. S _ Gilbert lVlm}; 2. Art Olivier (Sun; 3. N.. I.ebor(Suz); ~ Mike BoellVom); 3. John Torteglia (Moil. VET EX: 1. Jim O'_IHo.ll; 2. Ken RetzIolf lMoil; 3. Jim BeIIinck (Mool. WOMEN BEG: 1. Ce

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