Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. . ~hern Nevada· Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada· 250 EX: 1. Rick W illiams: 2. Torn Bu rcham ' 3 Kevin Todd . • . OPEN NOV : 1. Brian O 'Neill: 2. STeve Trefry: 3 . Ronald Masterson. OPEN AM : 1. Ed M ores; 2. Ric Cran dell ; 3 . Butch Odorn . OPEN EX: 1. Bob Russell; 2. Marlow Parks: 3 .Jeff Da rla nd . Maki maneuvers to victory at Saturday Saddleback By Terry Whytal O RANGE . CA . MA R . 6 Blustery winds and h igh tem peratures were n o obs tacle to Ka wa saki tea ms ter Rick Ma ki as h e easi ly defeated the field of loca l 125cc P ro rid ers at th is week 's Sa dd le back Sa t urday Mot o rcr oss. Maki powe red hi s production KX to th e lead o f eac h mota despi te stro ng cha ll enge s from Suzu ki ri der Roger H ensley and Ya maha pilot Jeff Sta nford. Hensley fo llowed Ma ki to th e c hec kers in ro u nd o ne action wit h S ta n fo rd thi rd. Mota two had the sa me o u tcome for wi nner Mak i, bu t Stanford a nd Hens ley ba ttled for the ru n ner-u p slo t, a nd Sta nford wa s second ac ross th e fin ish line. Ma ki wa s overa ll wi n n er wit h Sta n ford p ick ing u p th e seco nd p la ce money. Hen sley third a nd Ya ma ha rider R ick y Pal mer fo u rth . H onda ri der Steve Banni ng to pped the Open P ro class wi th a 2-1 score. KT M ace J oh n Fi n keldey blasted to th e first mot o wi n as Bann ing cru ised in fo r seco nd . Bann in g a nd Fin keldey dueled in the ~on d m oto , with Bannin g fin a ll y p u lli ng away near th e rn o to 's end to ea rn th e o vera ll vic to ry. Finkeldey we nt home wit h seco nd pl ace cas h . while Mai co rider Gary J ones fin ished third a head of Yamaha-m ounted Bob Sch u lz. 250cc P ro action was d ominated by fo ur rid er s - H onda 's Jim Ta ra n tino. Yamaha teamsters J eff J enn in gs a nd Juan Beh a vid ez a n d Su zu ki rider R o bert R eis in ge r. P os iti o n s we re traded li be rall y th ro ug h o u t both rnoto s, bu t when th e dust sett led " Bu rr i to " Ben a videz wa s the top sco rer a nd avera II vic tor. T a ran tino pi cked up second ov era ll a hea d of J enn ing s' 2-3 mota fin ishes. Reisinger earned the fourt h p lace share o f the ca sh wit h Wh eel smith Ma ico ri de r Mick y Dym on d placi ng firth a nd Suzuki -mou nted R icha rd Sa nds ta king six th . Brett Dunca n headed th e 250cc Beg i n ner cla ss by pacing hi s H o nda 250CR to back- to-back mo to wi n s. S uzu ki rider L ee Ko be r a nd Bert Schult e rs batt led fo r ru n n e r -u p honors wit h Schu lter s easing a head to finish second . Ko ber fini shed thi rd ahea d o f Yamaha rid er Da ve Ed wards a nd H onda -m ounted Lu is Rivera . H usk y rider Dennis Cox domi nated the Open Novice race. Cox powered to big leads in eac h race a nd cru ised easi ly to th e che c kers . Scott Wiseman worked his Yamaha u p 10 second pl ace in mot o two to cl inc h the o vera ll run ner-up spot a head o f Mai co rider J ere Ma so n. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Steve Bann ing (Honl : 2. John Fin keldey (KTM): 3 . Gary J one s (M ai). 250 PRO: 1. Juan Ben avidez(Yam ); 2. J im Taran t ino (Hon): 3 . Je ff J enn ings (Yam). 12 5 PRO: 1. Rick Maki (Kaw) : 2. Jeff Stanford (Yam): 3 . Roger Hen sley (SUl). OUTLAW : 1. Ed Gauley (A M ); 2. Br uce Deacon (SUl); 3 . Terry Whytal (Suli. OPEN INT: 1. Greg Painter (SOl); 2. Mark Zoller (KTM ); 3 . Don Ambrose (M ai). 250 INT: 1. Gary Adams (Han); 2. Denn is Hu len (Yam); 3 . Rick Fiore (yam). 12 51NT: 1. Rud y Dickinson (SOli; 2. Ryan Robert s (Hon); 3 . Kevin Ric e (Yam ). VET EX: 1. Je rry Ben son (S u z); 2 . A lan Olson (SUl); 3 . Marv in Olson (SUl). VET INT: 1. Bob Barr (Mai l; 2. John Tart agl ia (M ai ); 3 . Jody We isel (M ai). VET NOV: 1. George M arshall (Yam); 2. Larry Dun n (SUl); 3 . Rocky W illiams (M ai ). OPEN NOV; 1. Dennis Cox (Husl; 2. Scot W iseman (Yam ); 3 . Jere M ason (Mai). 250 NOV: 1. Chr is Flem ing (SUl ); 2. Von Wa ll ace (Kaw t 3. Steve Pulenske (Suli. 125 NOV: 1. J i.m Spa ns (Suz); 2. Kirk Lit zenberg (Yam); 3 . John Nlshner ISuz ). OPEN BEG: 1. Karel Krame r (Han); 2. Greg St . Cla ir (Hus); 3 . Tony Sandr u (Yam ). 250 BEG: 1. Brell Duncan (Hon); 2. Bert Sch ul ters (SUl); 3 . Lee Kober (SUl). Arlington squeezes oufhighschoolftlX victory at Corona • .•':M " By Kit Palmer _~ CORO NA. CA. MAR . 5 After a n ight full of hi gh school MX raci ng at Corona Racewa y tonight a m ere 35 p o ints separa ted first pl ace Arl ingto n and ~ift h pl ace school, U pla nd . Fin ish in g be tween was second p lace Cerri tos. a sca nt fi ve points over Pol y. a nd Heme t. O ne rnoto co u ld have cha nged the .fina l o u tco me. but in th e end . Arli ngton ga thered 197 points to ca pture th e na rrow victo ry. For Arli ngto n , the 125cc Senior class w~s o ne of thei r biggest point produci ng clas ses. Mark Decke r a nd t ~mma te Bryan C urt is (K a w) took first a n d second to add 37 poi nts towa rds th ei r sch ool's vic tory. Po ly's J oe R in con (K a w) placed seco nd a nd thi rd 10 ensu re a third-place overa ll fin ish. C urt is a n d Decker a lso too k fir st a nd thi rd in the 175cc Se nior class. but R in con spoiled Arl ing to n 's cha nce fo r a nothe r sweep by pl a cing seco nd . Willi e Mu st y (Ya m) of Ce rritos to ok th e win in th e 500cc Nov ice class a fte r two mo to wins. T ak in g seco nd wa s Hemet 's Sha u n H ansen (Ha n ) whi le Craig Well s (Ya m) o f Cerri tos sett led fo r th ird. Malco lm Smith's-Vince McM a hon (Ya m) co n ti n ued hi s winning s wa ys by snagging th e win in th e 250cc P~o class. At th e sta n of mo ta o ne . Me Mahon gra bbed th e hol esh o t, but h e went do wn o n the second la p while bei ng hea vil y pu rs ued by Pom ona Va lley's Ri ck Rod gers ( Ka w), Me Mahon dropped back to last wh ile Rod ger s ex tended hi s lead . In seco nd was P ro Circui t's Troy L ee ( H u s). and in th ird was Pa u l Sed ler ( K aw) . By m o to 's end , McMaho n had worked h is wa y up to th ird . Rodgers went o n to ta ke th e win followed bv L ee McMa ho n a nd Sed ler. . ' Al th e stan of mot o two . th e batt le for t he lead wa s fi erce be t wee n Rod gers and i\kMah on . but it did n 't la st long . W h ile ja m m in g through Corona's su percross wh oops. Rodg~rs went do wn ha rd a nd wa s unab le 10 co nt in ue. i\Ic Ma hon th en had a co rn for table lead. A d uel ov er second had deve loped be twee n Le e a nd Sed ler. but once aga in th e stad i u m wh oo ps took th eir to ll by c ras h ing Lee. 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