Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

C\.l ..... 00 O"l " c-r ~ 0. . ~ in mot o two a nd seco nd overall with a 5-2 score. Third went to Griewe (3-4) ahea d o f j efferson (6-3) a nd Tedder (8-5). In the 125cc junior d ivision , Mik e Gi lma rti n (Suz ) bested a field o f 29 riders a nd came aw ay wi th the overa ll a nd perfect I-I scoring. Bill G lore (H us) got the glory in the 250cc In termedi at es by running away wi th a I-I score a lso. a nd Don G love r (Yam) co nt in ued hi s domination of the Open In termediat es wit h a nother perfect score and the overall win . STOCK NOV (12 -161: 1. M ike Allen (Suz); 2. Gil berta Lizarage (Yam); 3 . Pau l Cortez (Yam). MOD NOV (12 ·16): 1. Mike Allen (Suz); 2. Oanny Hembree (Yam); 3 . Phil Lawson (yam). STOCK NOV (9· 1 ' ): 1. Denny Hembree (Yaml; 2. Steve Furuya (Yam); 3. Sco tt Ha insworth (Yam). BEG (12 -16) : 1. Stev e Fox (Yam); 2. Oscar G'arc ia (Yam); 3. Danny Dillard (Yam). STOCK 125: 1. Ken Dun lap (Hon l; 2. M itch Palm er (Hon); 3. Keith Craig (Yam). MOD 125 EX: 1. Ken Dunlap (Hon); 2. Mi tch Palmer (Ha n); 3. Ke ith Cr a ig (Yam ). ' MOO 125 EX: 1. Ken Dunlap (Hon); 2. Mi tc h Palmer (Hd n ); 3 . Keith Cr aig (Yam ). STOCK 12 5 INT: 1. Chris Swift (Yam); 2. Mark SCOll (Yam); 3 . Merk King (S uz). MOD 12 5 1 NT; 1. Chri s Swift (Yam); 2. Mark Scott (Ya m); 3. Joh n Phill ips (Suz). STOCK 125 NOV: 1. Paul Ma sek (Yam ); 2. Bobby A shburner (Suz); 3 . Kevi n Nol in . MOD ' 25 NOV : 1. Scott McGregor (Yam); 2. Results Abraham Yve llez (S u ~l; 3. Kevin Nolin. 125 BEG: 1. Dan Southworth (Kaw ); 2. Bri a n intense: 3 . David Krock (Ha n). : 1. M . Foster (Ya m). MI NI JR : 1. J . Fitterer (Yam); 2. J . McCormick (Yam); 3 . T. Kosi (Kawl . JUN IOR CYCLE CLASSES STOCK (O-B): 1. Denn is Dahl in (Yam); 2. Sean MIN I INT; 1. D. Hamm ack (Kaw). 12 5 J R: 1. M . Gilma n in (Suz); 2. T. .Jovsev (Kaw ); Thorton (Ya m); 3 . Justin Rich (Ya m). 3 . J . Davi s (Su z). MOD (9-1 1): 1. Danny Hembr ee (Yam). . MOD (0-8): 1. Sean Thorton (Yam); 2. Denn is Dahlin (Ya m); 3. J ustin Rich (Ya m ). 125 1NT: 1. T. Marc ell (Yam); 2. J . An ker (Yam); 3. G. Renko (Suz). 250 J R: 1. J . Carstairs (Kaw ); 2. D. Jones (Yam l; 3. J. Me lton ISTR). 250 INT: 1. B. Glor e (Hu s); 2. G. Adams (Hon ); 3. PEEWEE MOD : 1. Justin Rich (Yam); 2. Eric Staf ford (Yam). M . Adamson (S uz). 500JR: 1. M . Hall (Yam ); 2. C. Dow ell (Yaml ; 3 . R. Mullins takes three at Canyon ST Falcon (Yam) . 500 tNT: 1. D. Glover (y am); 2. D. Ambrose IM ai); 3. T. Sh edden (WM ). VET JR : 1. K. Mcleod (Kaw ); 2. R. Sowma (Yaml. VET MASTER : 1. C. Gazafy (Hon ); 2. J . W ei sel (Suz ); 3. M . Bastionell (Ma i). OLD TIMER JR : 1. D. Stark IS Ul); 2. J. Marks (KTM ). OLD TIMER MASTER : 1. R. Watson (KTM I. 125 PRO: 1. M . Beier (OCCI; 2. D. Cates (Hon ); 3. R. Mak i (Kaw) . .' 250 PRO: 1.J. Tarantino (Hen ); 2. D.Taylor (Suz); 3. B. Lackey (5 uz). 500 PRO: 1. J . Tarantino (Hon); 2. G. Zillerkopl (Yam); 3. D. Griewe (Yam). By Jauna Balderston PHOENIX. AZ, MAR . 21 The fir st points-paying race of Can yon Raceway's 1982 sh ort tra ck and TT season came off with good action and was both ' enjoyabl e and exciting. Craig rips CMMC Minis, Dunlap dominates J25s at Sarona Jim Tarantino won two classes at CMC's Saddleback MX. Dan Mullins was th e big winner of th e day with wins in three cla sses. Mullins dealt defeat to Mik e Stewart a nd Donn ie Norman in th e 250cc Expert short track. Norman had a fierce battle for his third pl ace finish. H e had 10 fend off th e cha rges of T om Burch am. Bob Russell and Marlow Pa rks were the com pe titio n in the Open short tra ck, but Mullins aga in took the win. Mull in s put his name on th e 250cc Expert TT, a lso. He took the win ahead of Bur cham and Rick Williams. Parks took th e lead early in the Open Expert TT and never gave it up. Russell and Pat An to n ides fol lowed him home. Butch Odom, Ric Crandall , Virgil Zumstein, Bob H in chliff and Buck Burcham rode whee l to wh eel for the entire sh ort track main for Open Amat eurs. Hinchliff took th e overa ll ah ead of Od om a nd Bur cham. Gary Boyd and Randy jacobs ran it back and forth for the entire 250cc Novice sho rt track ma in with Boyd tak in g th e first spot, jacobs second a nd Aaron Eu stace ro u ndi ng out th e top three. Four-year- old Reid Beggs ran a lon ely race in th e Y-Zinger class, as did Danny Yogerst in th e Pee Wee class, but in th e Mini class, competi tion wa s 'toug h for Syd Ni chols and Todd Yogerst., Yogerst grabbed th e overa lls in both th e Mini short track a nd TT. Ni chols follow ed him home in the sh ort track. • By Rod Eschenburg SAN DIEGO, CA, MAR. 21 Tarantino terrorizes CMC/DG Saddleback MX By Mike Klinger ORANG E, CA, MAR . 21 Jim Tarantino p ut on quite a show as he manifest ed two very impressive wins a t th e Continental Mota-sport s Club's DC 38 Da y. T he one daya ffa ira ttracted over 200 partici pants a nd a dece nt crowd of spectators. The race was held 0!1 th e o ld Ol ympia d track due to th e was ho u t of the Internati onal track da ys before. The DG spo nso red event had prizes fo r a ll cla sses incl ud ing a rather large purse for the profession al .en tra n ts. As th e morning su n began to warm th e Saddleback ai r, the riders ga zed a t the even t line up showing it was going 10 be a long da y: 22 rnotos, including two six-lap q ualifi ers for th e 250cc P ros. Thirty-two of them would transfer to the main event, th e last mot os of the da y. The two qual ifyin g heats hit th e mo ist tra ck right o ff th e bat a nd the racing was hot off the start. Sco tt Manning (Yam ) led the field to th e "bank" but as the shor t rnoto progr essed , factor y Suzuki rid er Brad La ckey quickened the pace. But with one lap to go , Lac key bailed, leaving th e .w in 10 Ri chard Sa nd s (Su z). T arantino (Hon ) took the honors in th e second qual ifier a fter slip p ing past Don G riewe (Suz), As the tension mounted. the ga te dropped for.the beginn in g of the first o f two 14-la p events for th e 250cc Pros. Tara nt ino go t off to a bl isterin g sta rt with jua n Bena videz (Yam). Da vid Taylor (Suz). Andy Gu th (Suz) and Craig Gorm ley (Yam) hot on hi s tracks. Tara ntino began 10 pull away with a n enormous lead. By lap eigh t, T a ylor ha d taken o ver seco nd pl ace wi th Benavideza nd Robert Reisinger (Suz) pushing 10 ge t by. As Tarant ino a massed a n 18-second lead o ver Taylor , Reisin ger sli p ped by Bena videz with the hard cha rgi ng Mi ke Beier (Yam) gai ni ng. At the fla g Tara nti no won a lau gher with Reisinger second ahead o f Taylor, Benavidez. G ut h and Gorml ey. Lackey came from dead last pos itio n to fini sh eigh th. M or o two saw Tara nti no agai n deva stat e th e com pet ition to pu t 10ge the r a I-I sco re. After Lac key's misfort u ne in mot o o ne. he foll owed u p with a fin e second p lace rid e. Lackey's 8-2 sco re pl aced him in third overa ll. Seco nd overa ll went to Taylor . wh o talli ed a 3-4 sco re after follow in g Dav id McCl a in (Suz) in rnot o two. McCla in was fifth overa ll. Ta rantin o made it two for the day wh en he dominated 25 O pen Pros in th e same manner as th e 250s. Off th e start Micky Dym ond (Mai) ba tt led T arantino but the Honda flash put it in hi gh gear a nd was virt ua lly gone. Following Dymond were Griewe and Man Tedder (Hon). By lap 10Ta ra ntin o was sta rt ing 10 lap slower riders. j ohn Finkelda y (KT M) posted his 495cc right on th e 'fender o f Dymond for third and o n lap II . Fi n kelday got past Dym ond and Griewe for seco nd. Tarantino won hi s th ird moro on th e . da y with Finkeld a y seco nd. Criewe followed wi th Dymond; Greg Zitterkopf (Yam)and Andy j efferson (H us) making up the top six . In mot o two. bac ki ng o ff the gate cost Steve Banning (Hon) hi s second pl ace fini sh to Tara nt ino. T arantin o d id it aga in. Four rnot os en tered. four wo n a nd a lion 's sha re of the DG p urse. Zinerk opf wa s offi cially second Yamaha-mounted Mike Craig parlayed three firsts and a second to sweep both th e Stock and Modified Intermediate Mini classes a t Barona Oaks. T eam Green rider Frankie Brundage seemed to have th e upper hand on Cra ig in th e Stock s a fter a strong fir st moto win , but a DNF in the second go ' ro u nd puthimout of it. Yamaha rider T erry McClure had a bu sy day with a pair of tie-br eak er seconds, both o f them co m ing a t the ex pense o f Lu ck y Yamaha rider Lance Barnell. In th e 125s, Pacific Bea ch Honda rider Kenn y Dunlap o nce agai n domina ted with a sweep of th e Stock a nd Modified Experts, 1981 Champ Mit ch Palmer (Ha n) came up with two second p laces over new Ex pert Keith Craig (Ya m), but it wasall Dunlap at the checkers. Although it is still very early in th e season, it' s beg inningto look lik e Dunlap cou ld follow h is buddy Ron Lechien in scoring backto-h ack Mini and 125cc championships at Barona. . The Intermediate 125s featured another clean sweep by Burger King Yamaha rider Chris Swift, who ran a head of Mark Scott in both the Stocks and th e Mod ifieds. Ironicall y, the seco nds earn ed Scott a transfer 10 the Experts for the next race day; Swift will be along shortly, though! Going back to the Minis, 12-16 No vice sensa tio n Mik e Allen (Suz) co n tin ued his win binge a t Barona wi th another perfect two-for- two day . All en looks lik e he can move into the Intermediat es with no trouble right now, so watch out you Intermediates! Re sults STOCK INT (12·16): 1. Mike Craig (Yam); 2. Terry McClure (Yeml ; 3. Lance Bernett (Yaml . M OO INT (12 ·16): 1. Mike Craig (Yam); 2. Terry McClure (yaml; 3. Lance Barnett (Yam). 105 MINL: 1.•Frankie Brundage (Kaw); 2. TerfY. M cClu re {Y am ~ 3. .phil Lawson·(Y8ml. "; .... . . • Resu lt s SHORT TRACK Y-ZlNGER: 1. Reid Beggs. MINI : 1. Todd YogerS!; 2. Syd Nichols; 3. Danny Yogerst. 250 NOV: 1. Gary Boyd; 2. Rendy Jacobs ; 3. Aaron Eustace. 250 EX: 1. Den Mullins; 2. Mike Stewen; 3 . Don nie Norman. OPEN EX: 1. Allen Shugg; 2. Ron Masterson; 3 . Brian O:neill. OPEN AM : 1. Bob Hinchli"; 2. Butch Odom ; 3 . Buck Burcham. OPEN EX; 1. Den Mullins; 2. Bob Russell; 3 . Mar· low Parks. rr Y-ZINGER; 1. Reid Beggs . MINI : 1. Todd Yogersl; 2. Denny Yogerst . 250 NOV : 1. Mike Hell ; 2. Richard Rector; 3 . Gery Boyd. 250 EX: 1. Dan Mullins; 2 . Tom Burcham; 3 . Rick Williams. OPEN AM : 1. Buck Burcham; 2. Ric Crandell; 3. Bill Nichols . \ OP~N ~X : 1. Marl ow Parks; 2. Bob Russell; 3. P~t . . Anlonldes. _ I . ' ,,

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