Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

CONGRATULATIONS WIN WIN WIN Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern CaUfa RICKY GRAHAM Western hotline their lead over th e rest o f th e pa ck. Neari ng th e end of th e race Pal ey p ut the move o n Benedict, ta king o ver th e lead . At th e fi nis h i t was Pa lev wh o crossed th e finis h li ne fir st, foiI owed by Benedict , Gonon and SCOll Mapes rr Englund on top at Deer Valley By Be ngt Shifter HOUSTON wer e Drey Dricks (Yam), Chappy Blose (R F Suz ), Roger J on es (Ma i), John Im briale (H u s) and his younger brother Pat Im brial e (Ya m). When the gate dropped Arlo blasted his Vick er y Yamaha into the lead hotl y pursued by Dicks. Kyle, Blose. Pa t Im br ial e and Co o k. Up th e Devil 's Hill on e could see Arlo p u ll ing secon ds on th e pack. Engl u nd exploded the berm a t th e to p o f th e hi ll and charged bac k down wi th a four-second lead. Beh in d h im Dircks took co m ma nd o f second wit h Kyle and Blose bangin g bars for third . Blose st u ffed h is w heel u n der Kyl e m id wa y th rough lap o ne ca using th e Co lorado rider 10 lo w-sid e. Blose, now in th ird , took a spi ll two turns fro m co m p leti ng lap one and handed over third 10 Pat Im br ial e o n th e So u thwes t Yamaha . Kyle, mean while , res ta rte d a n d came aro un d in l Oih pl ace. j on es: o n a Co unty Cycle Maico , was doggi ng Irnbri al e for th ird as Englu nd pull ed away with o nly Dirc ks a nyw here close. Arlo rod e in th e smoothest styIe imaginable, event ua ll y p u lli ng to a ver v comfonabl e lead wi th Dirck s a solid second. jones ' fue l lin e came adri ft , leaving Irnbrial e to fend off the hard-charging Kyle. Finishing in fifth beh i nd Kyle was C happy Blose. Bv moro two th e fans wer e read v to see (f anyo ne co u ld sto p a n o the r Englund runaw a y. T his was not 10 be, however , as th e first turn found Englund roost in g th e rest , As th ey ca me around, it wa s Englu nd, Pa t Imbrilac, Dircks, Blose an d Harris. Imbrial e was passed o n lap three as first Dirck s, th en Blose found a wa y a rou n d. T hese tw o had a wa r going for seco nd as Arl o stretched out h is lead. Dircks pulled awa y mid-mote as Blose's R oost Factory bi ke went snap l crackle! pop! and left him with a lon g wa lk back to the p its . With Arlo stvli n ' it i n first a nd Drey Dircks locked i nto seco nd, 1m brial e led Co lorado H o nd a su p port rider Cook wi th fifth p lace T erry Kyle a hea d of H usky-m oun ted J ohn Im brial e. Ov erall , it was En glund. Dircks, Pat I mb rial e, Kyle a nd Stacey Coo k wi th Colorado ta king th ree out o f five in th e fea ture race! Drev Dir cks used hi s Sun Suzuki /Fox Distribut ing R M l 25Z to defeat Chappy Bl o se ' s R o o s t Factory machin e with two fir sts in 125cc Expen. Jon Derem o wa s goi ng fast with a third in moro on e on ly 10 D N F mor o two . Hi s brother, Rick Deremo, put hi s Yamah a into third o vera ll with 4-5 fini sh es. All in a ll i t wa s a day of ra cing a nyone co u ld a p p recia te with a spectacular a ir show at adjacent Deer Valley Air p on ta ki ng pl ace a t th e sa me time. Can 't wa il till n ext week...wh en Arl o returns...! Results ( Ka w) , NATIONAL At the stan o f rnoto two it was again Gonon wh o grabbed the hol esho t purs ued by Benedi ct , Mapes and Arney . During th e first lap Benedict went down, drop ping back eigh t positio ns . But by the next lap h e had a lready won fou r o f th em . Mea nwhile, th e ba ili e for the lead was fierce. Mapes stayed cl ose to th e leader but began to fade by th e halfwa y poin t. By th is time Benedict had made h is wa y th rough th e pack to pass Map es a nd cha llenge Gorton . Benedict managed to stu ff-i t arou nd Gorton fo r th e lead and th e event ua l win . . Gorton held o n 10 seco nd whil e Arney a nd Ma pes foll o wed. In the P ro actio n it was La rrv Lawren ce (Ya m) who co nvincingly won both rno tos, taki ng the overa ll victo ry. Lawren ce's closes t co m peti to r was Ma ico -mou rued Ron n ie Gibson . A 2-3 tal lv ena bled Gibson 10 ta ke second ove~al l. Bill Pelto jYarn )settled for third . In the 250cc Novi ce clas s Jim Elle nberger (Suz) ca me from behind 10 win th e firs t mo ro, whi le a secon d in rnot o two was enough to ca p t ure the o vera ll victo ry j us t a head of seco nd-p lace-fi n is he r Mark Montgo me r)' (Ka w). Montgom ery had to be co nte nt with a fir st mot o third , but made up for it by winnin g th e seco nd time o u t. Mark Val entin o (Kaw) rook third with a 4-3 co m bo . FEB. 7th, J982 SPECIAL OFFER THIS COUPON GOOD FOR 15% OFF REGULAR PRICE ON ANY ACCESSORY PURCHASE! 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Steve Chr istiansen (Han). 250 NOV : 1. Ji m Ell enb erg er (SUl) ; 2. Mark Montgomery (Kaw); 3. M ark Valentino (Kawl. 250 INT: 1. Tim Cau by (Yam ); 2. David W il son ISul l; 3. Kit Pelmer ISul l. 2 50 PRO: 1. Larry Law rence (Yaml ; 2. Ronnie Gibson (Ma i); 3 . Bill Pelto (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1. Rick Hughes (Ya m); 2. Greg Roberg (Varni; 3. Vic W ill iam s IMa i). OPEN INT: 1. Ron Lawson (Han); 2. Terry Altm an (S uz); 3 . J im LaTendressee (Han). VETSJRS: 1. Floyd Holl inger (Suz ); 2. J im Nelson ISu z); 3. Mike Knox (Hu s). VETS INT: 1. William Cline (Hu s); 2 . Gordon Ward (Yam ): 3. Asker Larnkiaer (Suz ). VETS SR: 1. Roben Berdyck (Me i); 2. Ed M ich ett i (S u zl: 3. Dav id W ilson. RIDE AWARE D U:-I LOP EUTE AT CYCLE CITY 130/S0V17·'69.99 .120180 V1S- '69.99 130/S0 V1 S·f75.OO. 100 190 V1 9 - '62 .00 11 0 190 V1 9-'6 S. OO Br ing us your wheel! Price incl ud es mo un ti ng and FET. Hi-speed spin bal ance availa ble . Large selection on all bran ds of ti res. 205 N. 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Also sharing the limelig ht was Arizo na 's own Drey Dir cks wh o wo n th e 125cc P ro class wi th two strong first s a n d ra n a good race beh ind Arl o in th e big bikes. In the250cc/Open Pro races. moto o ne found Arlo o n the lin e facin g a strong challenge from fellow Coloradans Terry Kyle (al so on a Yamaha), Stacey Cook (Ha n ), and Dann y Lee (KTM), while he ad ingAri zona 's team Y-ZING ER: 1 . Ch ucky Cook (Yam). BEGINNER PEE WEE; 1. Deen ColQuette (Sull.. PEE WEE: 1. Jerry Adk ins (Yem). SO BEG: 1. Jokey Ligge tt (Hen); 2. M arl< Tirman (Yem); 3. Jessy Mo rgen IYem). NOV: 1. J oe M arziano (Yam); 2. Tracy Reeves IKaw); 3. Bobby Arno ld (Yam). BOAM : 1. Robert Neug hton (Vern). BO EX; 1. Bill Delton (Han ). 125 BEG : 1. Derin Trotta (SulI; 2. Kevin Wood ISull; 3. John S_nholm (yem). 125 NOV : 1. Dell es Brown (Yem); 2. Ed Herr ing ton (Yam); 3 . Gem Hassan (S ur) . 125 A M : 1. David Wi nter (S uz); 2 . Tony l eon (Yeml ; 3. Scott Keyes (SUl). 105 : 1. Sill Delton (Han). 125 EX: 1. Drey Dir ck s (SUl); 2. Chappy Blose ISu l); 3. Rick Deramo IYem). 250 BEG: 1. J esse David (Yam); 2. Robert Dees (Hen). 250 NOV: 1. Dave Daniel s ISur); 2 . Ben Petrosui s IM ei); 3. Virgil Hernande.lYem). 250 A M : 1. Lar ry Noel; 2. Dele Cooley (Ye m~ 3. Marty Nisse n (Me i). 250 EX: 1. A rlo Englund (Vern); 2. Drey Dircks (Yem); 3. Pat lmbr iele lY em). OPEN NOV: 1. Br uce Berkley IKew) . OPEN AM : 1. Tim Kenney (yem). aT; 1. Rick Myers (Hen). eo

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