Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Californla-Arlzol Western hotline Miles Strickland and passenger hit trouble at the CMC Ascot TT. Hugh Humble humbled three classes at ARRA's Riverside event. con to take th e win. Harerow worked his way into th ird wh ile Jay Lytell (Suz) had to be content with fourth . Rincon roosted his way to the front of the pack in the second moto narrowly ahead of Harero w, Dan Hovis (Yam) a nd Lytell. The battle up front bega n to hea t up. Ha rerow pressured the leader until R in con dropped out of th e race, hand in g Ha rerow a co mforta ble lead. West work ed his way into thi rd after slipping by Lytell on the last lap . In the end it was H arero w wh o too k the win followed by H ovis, West and Lytell . Results 24 HIGHSCHOOL MINI NOV: t . M icheel Dondel ; 2. Devid Ferr is (y em); 3. Andy Cestro (Kew) . MINI SR: t. Gery Dent (Yem); 2. Ched Bernes (Kew ). 100 NOV: 1. Dave Farr is (Yam); 2. Dina Terracc i eno (Yem): 3. Tony Heine (Kew l. '00 INT: t. Velter Flicker; 2. Tom Gorson . '25 NOV MAI N: t. M ike Di..; 2. Bred M iller; 3. Rick Lone. '25 NOV: I. Den Stre itt (Sull; 2. M ike Colemen; 3. Roben Licursi. '25 NOV: t . Steve Ceudill; 2. Ed Mendoza ; 3.Je ff Winders (Vern). '25 INT; t. Merk M ile m (Kew); 2. Weyne aee suek; 3. Scott Mepes (Kew) . '25 SR: t , Bryen Cunis (Kew ); 2. Joe Rincon (Kewl ; 3. JAmes Conti (Hon). '75 NOV: t . Phi l Pie (Kew); 2. Eric Anderson; 3. Ron Checon (Vern). '75 INT: t. Merk M ilem (Kew ); 2. Scott Mepes (Kew); 3. Merk Seutter (Vern). 250 NOV: t , Tom Weels (Veml; 2. Brendon Snid · erwine (Vern); 3. Mike Neft (Yem). 250 INT: 1. Todd Johnson (Vern); 2. Bill Scott; 3. Kurt Strand. 250 SR: r . Pet Weber (SUl) ; 2. Ken Cempbell (SUl); 3. Scott Sempson. 500 NOV: 1. Brendan Sniderwine (Vern); 2. Shewn Henson (Hon); 3. Peter s. 500 INT: t . Bill Scott; 2. W ill ie Musty (Vern); 3. Kun Strend. 500 SR: t . Pet Weber (SUl) ; 2. Ken Cempbell (SUl): 3. Brien Gr iewe (Kewl. UNATTACHED MINI BEG; t . Rodney Sempson (Sull; 2. Trevis Belleh (Kew); 3. Genh Terlow (Veml. MINI NOV: t. Alex Mensfield (Kew); 2. Brett Guyett (Yem); 3. Joey Mendoza (Kew). MINI INT: t , Thomes Combs (Kew); 2. Roger Ebling (Kewl : 3. Mike Fitzgere ld (Han). '25 BEG: t. Allen Moore (Hon); 2. Rick Tehow (SUl); 3. Rick Spooner (Yem). '25 BEG: t . Tim Unehem (Vern); 2. Devid Reinbolt (Han); 3. Steve Cdehnel (Yem). '25 NOV:' . Mike Gerc ie; 2. Dw ight Wilkinson; 3. Raben Edwerds. '25 INT: 1. Bruce Hererow (SUl); 2. Steve West (Kew); 3. Den Hovis (Yem). 250 BEG: t , Rick Drummond (Kew); 2. Phil Heris· field (Han); 3. Chris Kleczko (Yeml. 250 BEG: i . Cley Stanford; 2. Todd Cunninghem (Honl ; 3. Brien Geuns (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Tom Brown (Suzt; 2. Larry Dimm itt (Suz); 3. Ben Choller (Han). 2501NT: , . Rick Vende rhem (Yeml; 2. Kit Pelmer (Han); 3. Scott Venzer (HanI. 250 PRO: t . Vince McMehon (Vern); 2. Jeck Scott (Yem). 500 BEG: t. Greg Pengburn (Yem); 2. Steve Merold (Yemt 3. Armin Ofner (C·AI. 500 NOV: t . Deve Blosser (yem); 2. Horst Loitner (KTM); 3. AIda Bustillos (Suz). 500 INT: I. Deen Wilkinson (Han); 2. Ron Lowson (M8i). Rhyan tops 250s at R.A.C.E. OC'R nightMX By Steven Crosby IRVINE, CA, MAY 6 This particular Thursday nigh t saw several familiar faces make their first appearanc e of th e .sea son at the Orange Co u nty Intern at ion al Raceway. Steve Rh yan, Don Griewe a nd Rich Co llins joined the reg ulars in the 250cc Pro wars. Rhyan 's Honda took the overall win with a 1-2 tally. In th e 125cc Pro ra nks, Randy Skinner was the sur vivor for the victory. And in a large turno ut of Open bikes, Dave Eropkin took home th e largest ch un k of cash. When th e gat e dropped for th e first moto of 125cc Pro , the race was abo u t over excep t for th e win ner 's tim e. Kawasaki rider T racy Meeks took th e holeshot with Ch ris H einrich and Randy Skinner trai ling. T he or der never changed, and the lead er was never cha llenged. Between motos Hei nric h discovered h is bike was wasted a nd borrow ed a not her mach ine for the second mo to. Tha t didn 't last long either. T wo laps into the second moto, H einrich had to pull up for qu ick repa irs. In th e meantim e, Meeks was pulling awa y wh en his motor seized, and that put him out for th e nigh t. Skinner inherited the lead through no fault of h is own. H einrich, meanwhile, was back in the race but so far down that he had no chance to ca tch Skinner. Skinner rode very conserva tively a nd ended up with the first overall with a 3-1 score. In 250cc Pro, Ceet Honda rider Jim Brodie grabbed th e . holeshot with Steve Rh yan seco nd . Brodie held everyo ne off for fou r laps. Then Rh ya n mad e a sharp move to take the lead . That broke Brodi e's concen tration , and in stantl y he was in fifth. R ich Collins was in seco nd at th e halfwa y point with Griewe third and Andy Guth fourth . Don Griewe' s Suzuki was making the most noise on the track , having moved up from fifth aro und Guth a nd Brodie. With the wh ite flag out, Griewe set up Col lins in one corner , pulled up even in the next.and passed him in another. Rhyan took the win , wi th Griewe and Collins following. In the secon d mot o, Coll ins was the leader at the end of the first lap with G ut h a clos e seco nd on h is Honda. Collins crashed on the secon d lap, turni ng the lead over to Guth. . Grie we was now second but hurting from a cras h o n his Open bike. Bro die was thi rd with Rhyan pressu ring him agai n . Rh yan moved to th ird o n th e sixt h lap th en pa ssed Griewe a lap la ter. In the meantime, Gu th was holdin g off all challe nge rs. At th e chec kered flag , it was Guth by less tha n a second over Rhya n wit h Griewe in th ird . Results 60 BEG: t . I . Joe y Portillo (Vern); 2. Andre Crow e (Vern). 60 NOV: r . Bobby Dlugos (Yem). MINI BEG DIV I : t . Welter Armenderiz (Suzl; 2. Anthony Magallanes (Suzl; 3. Kevin Mass (Yam). M INI BEG DIV 2: I . Steve DeZwen (Vern); 2. Ken Woleck (Yem); 3. Eddie Webb (Yem). MINI BEG DIV 3: r . Jerry Cotter (Kew ); 2. Peul Mol ine (Yem); 3. Scott Nosewonhy (Yem). MIN I NOV: I. Creig Cenoy (Suzl; 2. Je ff Clifton (yem ); 3. Theyne Zito (Veml. MINI INT: I. Wede Bone (Vern); 2. Derek Nye (Vern); 3. Thomes Combs (Kew) . MINI EX: I. Tim Ritherford (Kew) . '25 BEG DIV' : 1. Mike Kesinge (Yem); 2.Jim Fry (Vern); 3. Joe Rosen (Vern). '25 BEG DIV 2: t . Mike Megellones (Veml; 2. Brian Dolan (Suzl; 3. Juan Barreno (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 3: I. Steve Potter (Kew); 2. Rob Edwerds (Han); 3. Tony Wright (Veml . 125 NOV DIV I : 1. Peul Colston (Kew ); 2. Doug Hewkins (Kew l; 3. Deve Jones (Yem). 125 NOV DIV 2: I. Rich ie Hovis (Vern); 2. Kirk Utzenberg (Yam); 3. Kerry Sorenson (Yam). '25 INT: 'l . Chris Teylor (Kew); 2. Bill Clemson (Veml; 3. Rick Pelledino (Yeml. '25 PRO: t , Rendy Skinne r (Suzl; 2. Chr is Heln· rich (Yem); 3. Trecy Meeks (Kew ). 250 BEG: I . Rey Bowmen (Yem); 2. Bob O'Neili (Han); 3. Allen Curry (Suzl. 250 NOV: I. Chris Shew (Suz); 2. Pet Killem (Suzl; 3. Corl Reed (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Gery Sheromen (Suzl; 2. Von Wellece (Kew); 3. Ken Cempbell (Suzl . 250 PRO: I. Steve Rhyen (Han); 2. Andy Guth (Han); 3. Don Griewe (Suz). OPEN BEG: i . Leo Seul (Vern); 2. Deve Grupenhegen (Vern); 3. Steve Snook (Meil. OPEN NOV: I. Jeff Senchel (Han); 2. Jeff Alter (Vern); 3. Kerl Holmberg (Yeml. OPEN INT: t . Lorry Wells (Suz); 2. Rendy Minter (Me il. OPEN PRO, I . Deve Eropkin (Suz); 2. Gery Gon zales (Me i); 3. Bill Keefe (Husl . VET: I . Rey Piser""i (Han); 2. Bob O'Neili (Han). Thompson triumphs at CMC AscotTT By Maureen Lee Photo by Dan Mahoney GARDENA, CA, MAY 5 Once agairi, the Continental Mo to-sport Club's Thursday night TT scrambles proved to be the place for top notch experience to be gained tonight at Ascot.

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