Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.Soiid ierii California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California -Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Californla-Arizl Western hotline OLD TIMERS : 1. Charles Ball (Vam) ; 2 . Ed Eilt s '(yam ); 3. Dav e Kri de r (Kawl . 125 JR: 1. Mik e Poma jevich (SU 1); 2. Richard Odger (SU1); 3 . Ron Yonckura 15uzl. C\l 00 O"l . .... ........ e<"') ..c: U M C\l '25 INT: 1. Roger Haye s (Sul); 2. M ich ael Fish er (Hon ); 3. Roger Saen z (S uz). . 250 JR : 1. Chr is Gaslorn (SUl); 2 . Je rr y Booth (Han); 3 . Mark Rutan. 250 INT: 1. Luc Oe Ley (Sul l; 2. Ferr in Keefer (Yam); 3 . Frank Leur es (Vam). 500JR: 1. Charl es Ball (Yaml ; 2 . M ark Tall (Vam) ; 3 . Roger Oufer (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Harry Backu (Mail: 2 . Chris Freeman IHon) ; 3 . Keith Lynas (Honl. 125 PRO: 1. Robert Noli n (Yam) ; 2. Terr y Murray (SUl) ; 3 . Rik Nielsen (Suzl. 25 0 PRO: 1. Tom Browne (Kaw); 2. Jeff Lucas (Suz); 3. Jo n Faure (Hon). 0 500 PRO : 1. Ki rk Gri ssom (Hon ); 2 . Tim Hall (Yam); 3. Stev e Bolger (Hon ). ~ Roll Over Rick dominates OTHG DeAnzaMX By Mike Wilcox SUNNYMEAD, CA. MAR . 7 !he Over The Hill Gang mvaded DeAnza to do batle in the best of motocross weather. The Experts were first out of 42 the ga te, and Roll Over Rick didn't wast e any time heading for th e front of th e pack. Stuby Steve put h is wat er-cooled YZI25 int o second with J elly J ohn cruising in third . Ri ck . w~ s never cha lle nged as he gassed 1l III for th e win . II \\IIS a n expens ive day for Jell y J ohn as he blew the tra nsm ission o u t o f hi s Maico tryin g to overta ke St ubbvSteve. Mot o two wa s a ca rbo n c;, p v of moto one . Ri ck bla sted hi s Yaniaha iru o th e lead and never loo ked back . T he Ama teur class wa s o ff a nd running right behind rlu- Expe rts . J ester Jerry took hi s new '\'72 50J to th e front o f th e pack , but j aws .John a nd Runover Ro n were righ: o n hi s rear fender. A three-way battle sha ped up that put some exciu ne n : into th e rar e. In th e end , it wa s Ron who fought past J err y ,~ n d John. jester John put m a good ride. H e's co m ing off of a n injury to hi s neck and back last vear. The sec~md malo saw .J esier jerry really gelling the feel of his new bike as he a nd Ru n over Ron di ced back and forth·. the ,,:h ol e wa y. j aws John pushed hIS Ma ico by j iv in ' J im, but a t th e c h ('c k~red flag jim slip ped .back by fC?r third pl,!ce. Ron took top h on ors with 1-2 fini sh es. J ester j errv put in two good rides for second . ' As th e Int ermedi at es bla sted to th e to p of th e hill , jumpin .lack put h is Yam aha o u t front. Junkit Jes s was det ermined to tak e th e lead as he wa s i!1ch es from Jac k's rear tir e. .less fmall y made h is m!?\'l'. He tri ed to go underneath J ack III th e big berm turn , bu t he used a littl e too much front brake an d hi tth e d irt. Silico n(·. Sa l put in a go od rid e for seco nd, with Ma iro Mik e ro u nd in g . o u t the top three. Junkit .J ess o ur -h o rs t-po wered everyo ne to th e first co rner on hi s YZ490 in th e seco nd moro. .I urn p in Jack was a clo se seco nd . Silico ne Sa l Iol lo wed in thi rd . j ac k was push ing J ~ss th e w hol e wa y. bUI Jess wo u ld n' t grve u p th at number o ne po sition . Ja ck rook the overa ll with co nsistent 1-2 moto finish es. Silico ne Sal wa s seco nd with a 2-3 day . In th e .No\.jcl' class. i~ang Bang Bobo a ga m took lOp honors but not without a good figh t from Drippv Dennis and Precic;u s 'Perr v. In Ih;' first mow, Dennis shot CHit o f the gat e with Bobo a n d Lewd Lou d o se behind. Dennis held on to tak e the moto followed by Bo IXI . Lou and Perrv . Bobo was not to be olltdont' in the second mota as he gassed it from start t() finis h . Perry ptl t in a good rid e for seco nd , and Denn is battled to third . Results EX: 1. Roi l Ov er Rick (Ya m); 2. St ubb y Steve (Yam l. AM : 1. Runover Ron (Yam l; 2 . Jest er Je rry (Yam); 3. J aws John (Mal). INT : L Jumpin ' Ja ck (Yam ); 2. Sili con e Sal (Yam l; 3. J u nk .t J ess (Yam) . NOV' 1. Ban.g 8ang Bobo (Yam ); 2 . Dripp y Denn is (Yam); 3 . Preciou s Perry (Yam ). Shoemaker, Holt tops',at OT Dunes MX By Bob Alloy VALENCIA, CA, FEB: 28 The Ol d Timers motocrossed on the Shadow G lenn track at Indian Dunes tod ay. Fifty- three of Ca lifornia's fines t Old Timers got togeth er 10 let th e action happen on a cha llenging tra ck and had a nothe r grea t time. Larry Shoemak er of th e Masters division. has bee.n wrapping up first pl ace wins cons isten tly. a nd he took fir sts in both rnoros tod av . In th e seco nd mot a , Bob Milln er ga ve Sh oem ak er some co m petitio n with h is bein g o ut th ere a hea d of everyo ne for seven laps. In th e end , how ever. it wa s Shoe ma ker 'w ho crosse d over the checkered in first. Milln er finished with a terrifi c 2-2 for seco nd overa ll. Marv in Ol son. a lways a heav y with th e fast stuff. ca me in third in both m in os. Expert T ed H olt , rid in g il new Y ~mah a 250. really pu t th e right thin gs togethe r a nd dom in at ed th e first pl ace ac tio n. BUZl Moell er mad e th e whol e thin g look easy with his seco n d pl ace fini sh . Bob Bea sl ev gassed it in with a go od third and following Beasley was Dan' Hutchens. The seco nd rnoto's Expert winner was Tom Widi ck wh o sta rte d o u t in mid-pack bu t with cu n n ing and ski llful riding found h im self in firs t p lace. Holt had th e hol esh ot a nd did some reall y fast co m in g on a nd claimed second. Bob De Miranda slip ped in for a ni ce third place, and Moe ller followed De Miranda in with fourth . T here were 2 1 Am at eurs on th e lin e wh ich meant alot of exc iteme n t. Jim Cooke bla sted hi s Honda in to th e lead, but on lap three h e went down . a n d Dick Burl ey went on to tak e first. Gabe Gutierrez, another one of those co nsistent winners ca me in wi th seco nd . Gen e Pow ell d idn 't let th ose tight, sa ndy turn s slo w him down, and he fin ished th ird . G ord on Ma thi ew foll ow ed Pow ell in with fourth. T h e seco nd mo to found Cooke o u t th ere o nce ag ai n in beauti ful form, hol esh ot a nd a ll. By lap (WO , al on g ca me Burl ey, a nd once aga in he took over a nd won . Cook e held o n with a clos e second. Mann y Dauber go t hi s beauti ~ul new H onda 125 rig h t into the third pl ace spot, a nd Al Sm ith took fourth pl ace. No vice Larry Ca lderon had a good da y with hi s first p lace in rnoto o ne. Dick Do yle d idn 't do too had with hi s s~co n d pl ace standi ng. H aving a go od tlm e a nd co mi ng in lhird was Larry . Escamill a. George McCaul y wrapp('d up th e number o ne spot in th e seco nd moto o f th e Novi ce class. Doyle wa s there on ce aga in for second, and Escamilla sm oothed o u t th at rough track 10 co me in third. Results MASTERS: 1. Larry Shoemaker (Vam); 2. Bob M ollner (Yam). EX: 1. Ted Holt tVam); 2. Buzz Moell er (Hus)' 3 . Bob Oe M iranda (Mai). • A~ ; 1. Dick Bu rley (Han) ; 2. "AI Sm ith (Yam ); 3 . Arnie Adkin son (Hen ). NOV; 1. Lar ry Cald eron (S U1); 2. Dick Doyle (Ma i); 3 , Geo rge McCauley fH us ). . Palmer puts it to 'em at DeAnza MX By Kit Palmer SlJ N N YMEAD, CA, MAR. 14 DeAnzaCycle Park didn 't have what one might call ideal racing co ndi tions -today beca use of the heavy rainfa ll the night before. For som e, it was still fun to spend the day slippin' a nd slidin ' in the mud. One rider who made th e best of th e riding in th e slop was Yamaha-mounted Jimmy Palmer. Pa lmer ~ut .in two fine rides to ca p ture the Will III th e 125cc Nov ice class. In th e first. moto, Pa lmer slithered into the lead fo llowed by Chris Burr ( Ya ~ ), Jonny Bonacci (Ka\v ) an d Cr aig Bua (SUl) . Within a few laps, Pal.mer managed a comfortablelead ~vhl l e th e.rest of the pack began fightmgover st:cond spot. Bonacci dropped o u t early III the race lett in g Burr and Bua decid e it between themselves. T he battle was tight , but it en ded when Burr slid o u t handi ng seco nd to Bua . Palmer kept his bike upward to tak e th e win follow ed bv Bua and Burr. . At the start o f mota two, Burr stoic th e h ol eshot whil e being pursu ed by Palmer , Bua an d Bon acci. All th e ac tio n roo k place during th e second lap wh~n Palmer slid by Burr. a nd Bonacci slip ped by Bua. Palmer extended his lead with each l ~p, but Bonacci couldn 't gain an y d istan ce o n Bua , In th e en d Palmer had th e. wi n in th e bag while Burr sett led for seco n d , an d third and fourth went to Bonacci and Bua. D~ane M.apes (SUl) ra n aw a y with the victory III th e 250cc Novice clas s. He ca p tured the win each time out T ':,lk!ng second to Mapes was Michaei GIllIes (SUl), after he held o n to two seco nd p lace finish es. Two consistent thirds gave th e third spot to Duane Qua le (Ya m) . In th e Mini Beginner class it wa s Mik e M!chetti (SUl ) who gl ad ly accep ted first overa ll after he ta ll ied a perfect I-I scor e. A 3-2 combination gave G ary Trachy (Yam) secon d overa ll while Kawasaki-moun ted Kirk Kendall (Ka w) compi led a 23 score for third . Results PEE WEE S: 1. J udd Scan la n. PEe W EES: 1. Dan is l Bolan IYam); 2. Ryan Daty (Suz). MINI B E ~ : 1 . M ike M ic h ett i (Suzl: 2. GAry Trac hy (Yam); 3 . Kirk Ke ndall (Ka w) , MINI NOV: 1. Din a Terracciano (Yam); 2. Greg Trac hy (Yam). MI NIINT: 1. Mike Fitzgerald (Hon), 12 5 BEG: 1. Ch r istoph er Domi nguez (Yam) - 2 M ike Daverss C m ); 3 . M ar lon Ara ma (Han) . . . Ye:125 NOV : 1. Jimmy Palm er (Yam) ; 2. Chris Bu rr (Yam ); 3 . Craig Bu a (Suzl . 125 PRO: 1. Rod Huges (Hon). . 2 50 NOV: 'l . Oua ne Mapes (Sull; 2 . M ich ael Gillie s (Suz); 3 . Duane Qual e (Yam) . OPEN BEG: 1. Tim Harlow (Varni . VET·SRS: 1. Ed M ichetti (Suli. VETS INT : 1. W illiam Cline (Hu s); 2. Larry Lowen (Vam). Jefferson, Ashcraft, L.eitinger win big in Sunrise Heart GP By Bert Valenzuela quantit y it more than mad e up in quality. Th e 150+ rid ers the re p rov ed th a t you don 't need a cas t of thousa nds to put on a spectacu la r even t. Ka ren Le iii nger rook th e Women 's di visi0J.l for the seco nd year in a row, a n d WIth it the Bet tv Ho lbroo k Memorial trophy. She had some rough co m p etitio n, in cl ud in g Lo ri " the Desert Queen" Farmer , Diane Holeman, jolen e Payn e and Tam T racy . Sh e had to survive and overcome a first lap . fall , a nd Lori and Jol ene. However, ca tch up she did, all lap th ree. She managed to stay a head of Farmer .and H oleman with Jo len e pushing Dian e h ard. " I sa w that sp ill coming," Karen sa id regard in g her crash, a nd "there wasn 't mu ch I cou ld do . It just got away from me ." Sh e sa id she' ll be back n ext year for that big perpetual ' trop h y. " T wo down and one to go ," , sh.e enth u sed. " I just hope th e th ird Will won 't be as hard to ge t as this one was l" Ot her gals who acq u itted them sel ves well were Natalie Allen a nd Lauri e Hammel, 1-2 in th e Interm edi at e cla ss. Patti Stuebner was magnificent stay in g with th e leaders and taking first Novi ce whi le bea ting Roxa n ne Ra y. After losing to Andy Jefferson in th e 250cc ra ce, Dan Ash craft ca me back on h is Huskv a nd took the w in in th e O pen Expert race. Dan shot to th e lead a nd n ever loo ked ba ck. Rid ing su per bly, h e kep t pulling away lap a fter lap a nd too k th e chec kered flag well in front o f Lee Schaffers a n d Ch ris Cr owdell. Andy Jefferson sped from wire 'to wire without th at much difficulty in th e 250cc Expert cl ass. Hi s knee must be rounding back into shape if this race is a ny indi cati on. H e sa id th at he wanted 10 stay close en oug h to Dan to mak e a mov e in the latter stages of the race and felt thi s would be -his best cha nce of winning. As it turned out, he leaped ou t in front and beat Da n 10' th e turn going ou t to th e desert , th en ch anged his mind about stayin g close to Ashcraft. In fact , h e kept putting more and more dis tance on Da n every lap. Both th ese young men have esta blish ed themselves as th e " on es to beat." Andy finish ed o n a fla t tire, but th a t didn't seem to both er him th a.t . much . Rid ing well , although trailing. were T ed Hunn icut a nd S ~ott Po.stmer , followed by Intermedi at e wrnn er Tom Webb. Behind Webb were Darren Kelsey (Ex.) an d Ray Conway (second Inr .), . Gary C~ arters started things o ff n ght ( 10 hIS wa y of thinking) in th e Sen ior' s ra ce by getting OU I in fro nt a n d stay ing th ere for three quarters of a n h our. I t was a smoo th , fast exhi bi~ion by G ar y, a nd it had to be to stay III fron t o f M. W. Freernv a n d Denn is Rosen berg. . Bill Sa ltzma n led th e Vets for a ll excep t th e fifth lap wh en Gar y Ch arters took over for o ne lap. Cha rters dropped back with sto mac h cra m ps hut managed 10 sta y close to Sa ltzman a nd a head o f Rosenberg . Don Watkin s an d J im O 'N ea l ran fo urth a n d fifth . L.echien, Kight, Meeks massacre in Arroyo muck AD ELANTO, CA, MA R. 7 By Tom Corley The H ave a Heart Gran Prix at Sunrise Valley Cycle Pa rk ma y no t have gotten the tu rn out it deserved, but wha t it lacked in SAN BER NAR DI NO , CA, MA R. 14 The third round of the NMA/ Kawasaki Western Winternationals got off to a wet start and

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