Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

ting a sharp jump created by local spectators. The Pfeiffers have a history of being involved in close finishes, and this wras no excep tio n. Kaplan and Ogilvie won, 5:04:25.24 to 5:05:24.57. The Millers (no relation ) were third , five minutes back. Class 20 The one-e igh th liter class proved to be n o co ntest. The Pfeiff er/Canledge team had two minutes on Scott Anderson a n d Tim Cauby a t Mike's. the lat er team endoed o ff the sta rt and lost th eir front brak e lever, then ra n out o f gas a nd had to replace a fro nt wh eel on Diablo Dry La ke. In th e meantime, Pfeiffer a nd Ca rt ledge were inc reas ing thei r lead every step of th e wa y as they avoided flats a nd o ther troubles to fini sh a t a n ela psed time of 5:30:43.9 1. Anderson a nd Cauby tripped the clock s 38 minutes later. In third wa a Honda CRI 25 en tered by Mexi can national s Mario Acos ta a nd Sergio Vega Carballo. SANCTIONED - ..... .... 0.. ~ Class 30 Like th e Class 20 winners , Ri ck Shirey and Smokebomb Gaetz led all th e way to th e checkered flag. Mac Douglas and Lon Peterson, riding a Qualit y M/C Servi ce Yam aha, did get to within a minute a t Nuevo , but Shirey and Gaetz pulled o u t four minutes going over the Su mm it to put a lock on their lead . Bru ce Joseph and Rog er Miller piloted th eir Yamaha into th ird, despite J o seph 's h itting a rock a nd cras h ing into two trees. Class 38 The "old man 's" class featured a tight battle for th e lead between the Yamaha o f Ron Bish op and Dick Vick a n d the Husky of Parker 400 class winner David Miller. Miller had elected to go for a rear sta rt , so he left the sta n line five minutesa fter Bishop. By Mike 's he was two minutes behind Vick p hys ica lly a nd a lrea dy into the lead o n time. At Nuevo hecaughtthe Yamaha and th en th e two bikes ran nearly d ead even through the rest of th e race. Mill er was fir st into th e last check , but Vick caught a nd passed him to be first into th e finish . But with his rear start, Miller kn ew Vick had to put five minutes on his to wi n, and there just wasn 't time left to do it. Miller had his second win of th e sea son, co m me n tin g , 'It wa s a ver y un eventful ride. No flat tires , no . cra shes; nothing happened." Ch arlie Conwa y and Chuck Koistra wer e the first to sta rt, a nd the y sta yed with th e lead ers' pace a ll the wa y to fini sh a close thi rd , just seven minutes out. • Results CLASS 22 (OVER 25Occ): r . Bob Balent ine. 4:55:50 .03 (Han ); 2. Br ent Wallingslord / Scot Harden. 4:58:4B.44(Hus); 3. Bill Holmes. 5:33:24.92 (Hus); 4. Bill Tarl ing /Chuck Stearns (Han); 5. Allen Knoles / Brian Fry (Vam); 6. Robert Ewing (Ma i); 7. Dan iel Pfeiffer/Kav McLean (Hon); 8 . Paul Bennen (KTM); 9. Keith LynaslWard Ring (Han). CLASS 21 (25Occ): r . Jeff Kaplan / Bruce Ogilv ie. 5:04;25 .24 (Han); 2. Kent Pfeiff er/ Scon Pfeiffer. 5:05:24 .57 (Vam); 3. Kent Miller /Mark Miller. 5:10:40.52 (Hus); 4. Larry Stowe rs/Paul Williams (Hus); 5. Richard Stuetzel/Guy Kibbe (Husl; 6. Rob Kennedy/Rick Frock (Vam); 7. Bill Boyer (Han); 8. RANDY GOSS MIKE KIDD GARY SCOTT 2nd ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BRANDS • • • ___all• • _ ~~-_O-..".. * S UZUKI -"'SA .. __ ...sa~ ·•..4'" C4a. ~-MOTOCROSSER STEVE WISE vs WINSTON REGULARS 10th annual Half-Mile Gardena Gold Cup (Experts, Juniors , Novices) "W HERE THE HARBOR, SAN DIEGO AND 91 FREEWAYS MEET" FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 8 pm RESERVED SEATS AVAILABLE AT b .., ..." ......... IUlional TT $15,00 APRR. 3 _II Gardena Gold Cup AdlIU_ APR" 2 00Il (AI . - . . a ."" ........._ TICKETRON~~ ~~~"'",.. c""","""o,, C1IOd ..." G ...., . AdmIssion e... SI... '" Admission S7.50 S13.00 S6.50 -... Ad_ _ 00Il S7.50 S3.75 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ON SALE AT ASCOT ON RACE DAY ONLY 18300 VERMONT AVE. GARDENA, CALIF. (213) 323 -5055 (213) 32 1-5323 FREE VIP PARKING FOR STREET MOTORCYCLES 1m 10 9"ner••dmission only.) Scon Mathison/John Disano (Yam); 9. Kenny Greve/ Brian Burn s (Yam); 10. Kirby Weeks / Dean Ostofl (Suz). CLASS 20 (125cc): 1. Kurt Pfeiffer/Ch uck Cartledge . 5:30 :43.91 (Vam); 2. Scon An derso nlTim Cauby. 6:08:0 1.50 (Yam); 3. Mar io Acosta / Sergi o Vega Carballo. 6:41:14 .12 (Han); 4. Guy Goudy/ Paul Palm er (Yam); 5. Jim Mattox/ Oren Beck (Yam); 6. Keith Senn (Yam); 7. Edd Price/AI Holly ISuz); 8. Oscar Hale. Jr .lHector Salazar (Yam). CLASS 30 (RIOERS OVER 301; 1. Rick Shirey / Joh n " Smokebomb" Gaetz. 5:39:37.4 1 (Vam); 2. MacOouglas/Lon Peterson. 5:45 :19 .75 (Yam); 3. Bruce Joseph / Roger M ill er, 5:52:2 1.99 (Yam) ; 4 . George Erl /Charli e Snyder (Hus); 5 . Bob Pr ickett/ .Ron Treat {Yaml; 6 . Jim Dr aves/ Bob Dahlgren ' (Hus); 7. Mike Ester /Russ Cummings (Vam); B. Steve Bell /Oenby Daile y (Han); 9. Wayne Decklever/ Bil! Chunn (Hus}; 10 . Ron Nel sonlWayne Collins {Yaml; 11 . Max Switzer/Casey Folks (S uz); 12 . Jo n Anders/ Zane Prather {Yaml. CLASS 3B (RIOERS OVER 38) : 1. David Miller. 5:40:42 .31 (Hus); 2. Ron Bishop / Dick Vick . 5;45 .66 (Yam) ; 3 . Ch ar l i e Conway /Chuck Ko tst ra . 5:54 ;15 .19 (Hon); 4. Ron Gray/ Oave Spangler (Yam) ; 5 . Don Teeters/Marshall Jennings (Honl; 6 . Bi ll Fr ian t / Ken Newton (Hust: 7 . lou Peralta / lee H~mby (Yam); 8. P"!er Bormanis/Pat Rice (Yam). 13

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