Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ou " _ C.Il • Ni chol s began to pressure Hoove ea rly i n the race a nd to ok over th e second sp o t by th e th ird lap. Ho wever , Hoover wasn 't about to settle fo r th ird so he re tu rned th e fa vor by breathing heav il y down N ichol s' ba ck . Lurking beh ind in fourth was Frank Hoover. By th e hal fwa y point both Ho over s managed to sneak by Ni ch ols. Rodgers went o n to ta ke a n eas y win foll ow ed by Don and Frank Ho o ver. Mota tw o'sa w Rodgers aga i n g rab th e holeshot pursued by N icho ls, F. H o ov er a n d G r eg Na ss h (Ma i) , Rod gers exten ded hi s lea d, leavi ng th e rest of th e pa ck to fig ht over seco nd. Ni ch ols m ana g ed 10 hold on to h i s seco n d pl a ce p o si ti o n th rough out much o f th e race bu t surrendered 10 bot h H oo vers. The du el o ver seco nd wa s fierce wit h o n lv a few laps rema in in g. . It wa s o n th e fina l lap whe n D. ' Hoover ma de h is move, ta ki ng o ver seco nd . Rodgers rook th e overa ll fo llow ed bv D. H oo ver, F. Ho o ver and Nicho ls: Ex- Min i ace Dann y Ca nt ley ca ptu red th e win in the 125cc Nov ice class, domi natin g the first moto a nd leadi ng every la p fro m start to fin ish . Seco nd to Ca n tley was S uzu kimou nted Jo h n Cush ingha m . who had 10 pa ss th ird-p lace finisher Ji m German (Ya m) o n ly I W O la p s fro m the end . For Ca n rlev th e seco nd mo ta wasn't easy as he hi,d to pass five riders to ta ke the win. German managed 10 ho ld o ff C ush ingh am for seco n d o vera ll whi le Cush had to seu le for S- " CalIl.t At t . Cal' ~ " ~ third . Robert Cad we ll (Kaw) took a co n vinc ing win in th e Min i Beginn er class, winn in g both m o tos. A 2-4 score ena bled Chad Smart (Ya m ) to take second wh ile a 5-2 tall y gave T ra vis Bellau ( Ka w ) third . C\l 00 O"l - Results PEe weE: 1. St ephen Hengeveld (Su z); 2. Dal e Sman (yam); 3. David Ochoa (Yam ). MINI BEG : 1. Roban Cadwell (Kawl; 2. Ch ad Smart (Yam); 3 . Trav is Bellatt (Kuwl. MINI NOV ; 1. Arthur Huffer (Kaw ); 2 . Roy Chambers (Yam); 3 . Terry Szucsko (Yam). MINI INT : 1. Tom Combs (Kaw ); 2. M ike Fitzg erald (y am). 125 BEG : 1. Larry Ben edict (yaml; 2. Lan ce Gorto n IK aw) ; 3. Ale x Lopez (Yam!. 125 NOV: 1. Danny Cantley (Kaw ); 2. J im Ger man (Yam ); 3 . John Cush ingham (S uz). 125 INT: 1. Con Bern er (Ya m); 2 . Mike Robert s (Yam); 3 . Mark W ied em an (S uzl. 125 PRO: 1. Rand y Yetto(Yam l; 2. Don n ie Sigrist (Su z); 3 . Randy W ickwa rd (Ka w ). 250 BEG ; 1. Dann y M or ale s (Ya m ); 2. J eff Caem ono (S uz); 3. Sha nn on Ma ssey (Han ) 250 NO V: 1 . M ar k Mont gom ery (Kaw); 2. J im Cog ley (Yam); 3. M ark Val en ti n o (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Kit Palmer (5 uzl: 2. Kinne y Jon es (Han ); 3. David Harma n (Kaw) . 25 0 PRO : 1. Ric k Rod gers (Ka w); 2. Don Hoover (Ka wl : 3. Frank Goover (Su z). OPEN BEG : 1. Greg Fresne (Yam) ; 2. Gre g Paga n (Yaml ; 3 . Errol Le Du c (Yam ). OPEN NO V: 1. Bill M cLa nson (Yam); 2. Scott Sewell (Ya m l OPEN INT : 1. Ron La ws on IS uz); 2. Bob Bo lot (Hus]. O PEN PRO : 1 Ronn ie Gib son (Mail; 2. Torn Ma yfield (M ai). VETS J RS: 1. Jay Hattabaugh (S uzl; 2 . Ke n McLeap IC-A ); 3 . M ike Kn ox (Hu s]. VETS I NT: 1 . Nei l Step leton tj-ion]: 2 . Tom Saw yer (Suz) ; 3 . Larry Low en (Su z). VETS SRS : 1. A I Gu zm an (S uz); 2. Ed M ic he tt i IS uz ). Benedict bests Beginners at DeAnza MX By Kit Palmer Larry Benedict (2) took home the gold in the 125cc Beginner class at DeAnza. T he action began wi th the sta n of th e first rnoto wh en Gonon gra bbed th e ea rl y adva ntage in front of Ben edi ct, R ay Arney (Ya m) a nd Darren Pal ey (Suz). Bu t p osit io n s q ui ckly changed wh en both Ben edict an d Pa ley sn uck by the leader. T he two top co n ten ders began to d uel fo r th e top spot as they stre tch ed S UNNY MEAD, CA, J AN. 31 At DeAnza Cycl e Pa rk Larry Benedict took h is Yamaha to a 2-1 co m bi n a tio n to ca p tu re th e win in the 125cc Begin ner cl ass j ust ah ead o f Lance Gor ton (Kaw) , wh o co m bi ne d a 3-2 ta lly. 1"11111"11111111111110111111111111111011111111111111"111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111110111111111111111011111111111111111111111611II1II111. .UIIIRU.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIUDlllntUIIII ;I • _ • LOCO lOTION R4CE TE41 _ _ _ - II I II • ., (2IS) IIS-2UI ".'~~ L " r ../ . . C kurt Lutt duM-hlilh • 0 . pulllllDul rum F II 1&U 11111 . - hUlU I"l lIt C1 lUI ZIl UDUSII IUD lIn Dr PlUSIA , Pi IItDl - ear e ow == ProfeSSional Racers.• - II . . . ;;;; _ Kurt and ' I met at Pocono and qu ickly determined that singly ne ither he nor I !5 could prepare the bikes and raise the dollars. So we formed th is team. He does the _ bikes and I do the dollars. While Kurt is iii getting greasy, I'm breaking bread with the • NO.1·s 'in 23 of the top 50 corporations i n 5E this country, 21 of wh ich represent 60% of iii your rac ing budget but are in no way con nected w ith motorcycles and had no reason _ ab le way to get involved with helping the professiona l racer until L&M happened . In • addition, 3 related compan ies want to get • involved w ith a more positive approach sim55 ilar to that of the top 23 giants. As the m idII die men, we have agreed to sell only to verified competition license holders. The • rub is, at this time, there is no way to verify your licenses unless, as agreed, you send us a pencil tracing of your license. The second rub is that without that verifying cooperation and mailings, Kurt and I must get your assistance for flyers and catalogs, computerization, additional correspondence and business i nconveni ence. = == pel~c~~~aV;i~gs:t":o~~ P~~f~~S~~~PIi~~~e~ sign an advertisin~ r~lease we w i.1I send and agree to put stickles on your bike and transporter, we can sell Castre products and KRW Helmets at dealer cost plus $1 .50, Ear l's Performance products at dealer cost and ~he rest as ~iven bel.:'w at dis~ounts ranging from 27 Yo to 76 Yo . We Will also refund your $3 .00 if at any t ime you wish notto be incl uded or we will deduct it offthe first $25.00 you spend . You have nothing to lose a!'1d you can cut 60% of your budget i n 5 :=II: IE == = i!iE == :: escluiu === Ii = a = '" haS0 , Iif you 'd .I'k e to get a first aid k'It Wit h If. . I rrst at oxygen and airway for $1 ~ .00 , Cas!~e RR gloves for $18 .75, 6 pair of LeVI s f or $50.00, a drill press for $109.00, a 40 piece tungsten steel tap & die set for $15 .00, lif e insurance at standard rates, an oil cooler for $27.50, 5 steel belted rad ia ls for your van at $200.00 or our very own RR boots for $35.00, you have to send the penci l tracing with $3 .00 re f un d ab le or cre diIta b Ie anytime. Check ou r Month ly Prod uct Status Report and do it NOW. • 55 - unl _unlimited lmtd - limited KEY flyr - flyer wkl - weekly dly _daily MO NTHL Y PRODUCT STATUS REPOR T FOR C AS TilE l. E:\ · I'S N T .... J OIi NMlN &0 JOH !':SON AM l=:M I C ...", S PO RT S .,,.-.r ............... National Tire Wholesale I . ..",," " l U · == 1~ H == · .. 1 LINE BOO T S.CLOvEs-COCCi..ES .... ,h rank 10 fll . ~01 F: I n .. ~T (";":<;1 10"" ("; ..... . " TF:RF.O fJIS ("; U, M ·~~~~;-tH~ ':'rl · : : ; HJMY , ... " ",:l.~ ~: . ho . .. . . lp....h .. ll A M A .. ppro.·.. 11 . . ~,.. . ",. . 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