Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

125 BEG; 1. Steve Thetford (suz); 2 . Paul Bru - . bacjar (Hon t 3 . Rick Lana (suz). Breker on top at SSMMX By Te rry Whytal ORANGE, CA, APR. 10 Over 350 riders poured into Saddleback Park today to race the second round of the Super Saturday three-race series. The ..... ..... l-o 0.. < (Above) Richard Sands leads Phil Larson in 250Cc Pro at CRC Saddleback. (Below) Johner Kight smoked the 125cc Pro class. - Fin'deday fast at SSM Series opener By Terry Whytal ORANG E, CA, AP R. 3 T h reat en in g skies didn 't stop a good turnout of riders from - competing in th e first round of th e SSM Super Saturday Series 30 held at Saddleback Park. Sponsored by Wh ite Bro s. and su p ported by ma ny o the r top co m panies s uch as Spectro O il, O akley Goggles. Si m pso n Hel mets, IRC Ti res, Pro- C ycl e, Wh eelsmit h Mot orcycl es and SCAR Sports Co ndi tion ing Clinic, th e series fea tures over $4000 in Ama teur prizes. Joh n Finkl edey powered hi s KTM 495 to the Open Pro class win in a hard fought battl e with Honda rider Steve Rh yan an d Wh eelsmith Mai co rider Cl ark J ones. Jon es had th e tra ck wired in moto on e, a n d Rh yan and Finkledey were unable 10 ca tch th e Wh eelsmith sta r. Jon es ran into so me problems in th e seco nd moto a nd dropped to third wh ile Rh yan an d Finkledey argued over th e lead. Fi nkl edey sett led th e dispute a t th e checkers, a n d th e KTM pil ot ea rned the lion's sha re of th e pruse. Rh yan lOok seco nd o vera ll wi th third goi ng to J ones. Cycle World Suzuki ride r ; Don G ri ewe powered to a credi ta ble fourth place ahea d of Honda -mounted Steve Pi auoni, Super Vet Alan Ol son dom in at ed th e Vet Expert race with back-t o-h ack rnot o wins a boa rd h is Wh eelsmith Ma ico . Ol son took the lead ea rly in each moto and cru ised to nearly un contested wins despite the efforts of Mai co rid ers Ken Ratzl off in th e first round an d J ohn Wh ile in moto two. Wh ile picked u p seco n d ove rall for the day wi th a 4-2 sco re wh ile Marino Bast ion el l pushed hi s Mai co to a consistent 3-3 score for th ird overal l. Results OPEN PRO: 1. John Finklede y (KTM); 2 . Stove Rhyon (Hon); 3. Clark Jones (Mai). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Tripes !yam); 2. John Fink leday (KTMt. 3 . Eric Baker (Vam). 125 PRO: 1. M ike Tr ipes (Vam); 2. Doug ooee ne ll (suz); 3. Lou ie Franko (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Kelly Ol iver (Mai); 2 . Mark Stroup (Suz); 3 . M ika Cru ll (Vam ). 250 INT; 1. Luc DeLey (s uz); 2. Gary Adams (Han); 3. Dan Sievertson (M aH. 125 INT; 1. M ike Fischer (Hon); 2. Rob Enge l !Yamt 3 . J im Cobham (suz). OPEN NOV; 1. Jell Sanchez (Hon); 2. Tad Over . hol t (Hon ); 3. Kar l Holmberg (Hon ). 250 NOV : 1. Von Wallace (Kaw); 2. Kin Gold ie (M ai); 3. Greg McElrov (Vam). 125 NOV : 1. Jim Bacon (Hus ); 2 . Roger Saenz (suz); 3 . Jim Hu izar (Vam ). VET EX: 1. Alan Olson (Ma i); 2. John While (Ma i); 3 . Marino Bastionell (Ma i). VET INT: 1. Jedy Weisel (suz) ; 2. John Tanaglia (Ma i); 3. Gary Harlow (Ma i). VET NOV : 1. Lar ry Dunn (Suz); 2 . OeWayn e Stark (suz); 3. 8 ill Zoller (KTM ). MINI EX: 1. Jeff Shaffer (Yam); 2. Paul Deni s (Kaw); 3 . Mike Healey (Hon) . MINI INT : 1. Kurt Hendrickson (Yam ); 2 . Mark Toyama (Yam); 3 . Dan Hammack (Ka w). M INI NOV ; 1. Mark Copeba (Yamt; 2. Wade Bon e (Ya m); 3. Gordon Keller (Yam ). MINI BEG: 1. Bryan Pruin (Vam); 2. Or landon Delfini (Yam ); 3. Mike Meier (Kaw) . 250 BEG : 1. Mark Kerr ( H o n~; 2. Kevi n Baker tS uz); 3. Tony Mathews (Yam ). While Bros.-sponsored event was held on the challenging AMA National course used the previous weekend for th e 125/250cc championship title chase. Mild weather, excellent traction and rider enthusiasm made for a fine da y of racing. Kawasaki factory star Goat Breker topped the overflowing 250cc Pro race despite strong cornpetirion from Honda suppon rider Jim Tarantino. Tarantino gated well in the first rnoto an d pulled 10 the earl y lead as Breker worked through the field after a mediocre start. Near the halfway point, Breker closed on Tarantino an d found an opening near rnoto's end 10 lake the checkers first. Montoyaspons ored Suzuki rider Robert Reisi nger crossed th e fin ish line n ext wh ile Cra ig Dal e kept h is Suzuki ahead of th e Honda of John Spaw to finis h fourth. Taran tin o was again the first rider to sai l off Banzai H ill as th e seco nd race gOI underwa y. . Breker quickl y moved into seco nd a n d pressured for two laps before moving into th e front position. T arantino hung right a n d wailed for Brek er 10 make a mi stak e. Breker kept h is cool, however, and T arant ino had to se u le for rh e runner-up SIOI. Reisinger bailed on lap lWO and h ad to charge from last place 10 finish sixth for th e moto a nd pick up fourth pl ace overall money behind Spaw . Dal e rounded o u t th e top five after an excell ent ride for th e usual 125cc clas s co m petitor. Richard Sands claimed six th pl ace on a Yamaha. T oug h am a teu r action was provid ed by th e Open Novi ce class. . Husqvarna-rnounted Dennis Cox p ush ed hi s way 10 th e front of th e pack in mor o o ne wit h Yamaha rider Mark H all in to w a n d Honda pilot Je ff Sanch ez pressurin g from th ird , Co x m anaged to hold off th e cha llen ges by Hall a nd Sa nchez 10 lak e the chec kers fir st, KTM rider J oe Zoller cr u ised in for fo urt h pl ace at th e checkers, an d Kayo Knight crossed th e lin e fifth on his Suzu ki. Co x ran into diffi culties in ro u n d two a nd dropped 10 six th pl ace. Sanche z look over th e . lead spot a nd reache d th e chec kers fir st. Zoller powered hi s wa y to the ru n ner-up positio n 10 earn second overall honors . bc:hind S.anchez. Co x ended the da y with a thud o vera ll ahead of Yamaha rider Alan Kent and Knight. Results OPEN PRO: 1. John Finkladey (KTM ); 2. ste.e Rhyan (Hon ~ 3 . Micky Dymond (Mai). 250 PRO: 1. Goat Brek er (Kaw); 2. Jim Tarantino (Hont 3. John Spew (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Ron Lechien (Vam); 2 . Ted Brady (Hon t 3. Gary Bowman (Suz). OPEN INT : 1. Greg Pai nt er (Suz) ; 2 . Mark Stroup (suzl; 3. Mike Crull (Vam). 25 0 INT: 1. Luc DeLey (suz); 2. Gary Adams (Hon); 3 . Tim Murphy (s uz). 125 INT: 1. Mike Fischer (Hon); 2 . Rob Engel (Yam); 3 . Taylor Marcell (Yam~. OPEN NOV : 1. Jell Sanchez (Hon) ; 2. Joe Zoller (KTM ): 3 . Denni s eox (Hus). 250 NOV : 1. Greg McElroy (Vam); 2. Bran Du ncan (Hon ); 3 . Jay Siddall (Hon) . 125 NOV: 1. Jason Prater (Kaw) ; 2. Darren M cCanhy !yam~ 3 . sCOtI Burns (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Rick Gol1s(Suzt. 2. Oon Cole (suz); 3 . Jell Leroy (5 uz). 125 BEG: 1. Steve Thetford (suz); 2. Glen Jonas (Vam); 3. Eric Alloy !Yam) . VET EX: 1. Tom Whita (suz); 2. Alan Olson (Mai); 3 . J im O·Neal (Ma i). VET INT: 1. JodyWeiseIIKaw); 2. Malcolm McCasoy (Hon t 3 . J im Draves (Hus ). VET NOV; 1. Lerry Dunn (Suz); 2. Jo hn AlabaSler tHon); 3. Kun Solka (s uz). MINI EX; 1. Bruce Bunch tsuz~ 2. Kyle Fleming (Suzt 3 . M iko Healay (Hon). MINIINT; 1. Mark Toyama !yom); 2. Frank Brundage (Kaw'; 3. LD_II Thompson !yom~ MINI NOV: 1. Da rren Nodding. !yamt 2. Mark LDpera !yam~ 3. Chr is Neal!yam ~ MINI BEG; 1. Bryan Pru ill !yam); 2. Brad Braddock (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Kenl (Ka w ). Adams, Norman lead SRA PerrIs GPassault By Jeannette Fisher PER RIS, CA, MAR. 28 The Southland Racing Association paid a visit to Perr is R a ceway for a grand prix. T hough it was an enjoyable day for most - especiall y the class winners - Kevin Case suffered a serious leg injury and will be out of action for quite a while. SRA workers wish rhe "Desert Ace" a speedy recovery. The first race of the day was the 80cc class. Amateur Gene Baldwin (Ya m) , sp o nsored by Dallas Baker Products, look home th e overall win. On th e first lap, Curtis Canner cam e around in the lead on th e founh lap and held it 10 th e end of the 13-lap race. G en e was followed by top Nov ices G ary Lac y (Ya m), Bill Crawford and Shawn Burrell. Top Beginners were Ron Jordon (Ya m) , Mik e Williams (Kaw) and Carl Gibson (Kaw). Br ian Manl ey (M D Exca va tin g Yam ) got th e ho leshot over Quinton Smith (Suz West ) in the 200cc race . As Brian widened h is lead, it was a game of sw itch-a-roo for sec o n d place. By the sixth lap , Rob Hall (Su z) had established his second place position, leaving a fight for third between Rob Miller and Wayn e Jewell (Suz), Across the finish it wa s 16-year-old Manley. Second p lace went 10 Hall and third overall (first Amateur) was Jewell. Shanon Shamblin made a very impressive ride on his Dale's Modern Cycle-sponsored 80cc Yamaha as he took seventh overall in the 200cc class. The Seniors/Vets class must have been th e most exci ti n g rac e of th e da y as it wa s a n eck-and-neck race 10 the end between Bill Saltzman (H us)and Lynn McG raw (H us). At th e finish, it was Saltzman fin ishing inches in front o f McGraw for first a n d second O p en Expert Vets. In the 250cc ra ce, il was Craig Adams (Ho n) wh o took th e holeshot, H e wa s followed by Mike Baker an d Randy Ha yes (Yam). By the founh lap, Baker had dropped OUI due to stopping 10 help a n injured rid er, leaving seco n d place 10 Hayes. Third spot was taken by Randy Norman. Randy was gaining quickly on the leaders throughout th e ra ce. Norman wa s followed closely by Chris Harrold (Yam) . By th e las I lap Norman had overtaken Adams for the checkered, and at the finish it wa s Norman, Adams ana Harrold. In the Open race, it was Danny Sanchez (Hon ) who made it to the first turn in the lead. Sanchez was followed by Lloyd Thomas (Hon) and Morgan Malocco(Hon).Throughout the race, th e leaders were close an d after Norman had laken lh e lead , m any riders swi lche d places behind h im . J .W. H ansen (Mo nt clai r Yam ), Thomas, Adams , Sanchez and Mik e Bak er were a ll lhrealening Norman for first.

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