Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a 90-minute look at motocross, GP and desert racing in southern California, with close looks at desert racers Dan Ashcraft and Dan Smith. The film will be shown all day Saturday at the Cal City Sports Arena, and Saturday's class winners will receive free tickets. The first revi ew of the California Desert Conservation Area Plan has reached the decision point and now enters its final 30-day protest period that en ds Jul y 6. These are the 1981 ammendments, and a copy of the Record of Decision th at summarizes those ammendments can be obtained by writing the District Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 1695 Spruce se. Riverside, CA 92507 . The 1982 ammendment process is currently underway. Amateur MXers can have a field day at Saddleback's S8turday MX on June 6 and 12. After points of the two-race series, entitled the Oakley Double-Cross MX, ara totaled, winners in each Sportsman cia.. will receive an O'Neal gear bag. Oakley goggles and BelRay chain lube. Prizes will be awarded down to the fifth-place rider in each cle... Call 714/4964771 for more info. Former 350cc World Road Racing Champion and Daytona 200 winner Johnny Cecouo posted h is first Formula Two auto ra cing win on May 30. The Venezuelan drove a MarchBMW machine to victory in Pau, France. Earlier in the year, Cecouo had been listed as the second driver for the Fittipaldi Formula One team at the Long Beach Grand Prix, but neither the second car or Cecotto showed. The CBS television coverage of the June 12 American Speedway Final will air the day after the event on the June 13 season opener of CBS Sports Sunday. Ken Squier and World Speedway Champ Bruce Penhall will bring you the action from Long Beach Veterans Stadium as you sit back and relax. The aforementioned American Speedwa y Final shou ld be quite a show as th e ei gh t top European-based Am erica ns take on th e top eight wh o pl y th eir tra de on th e home shores. Dennis Sigalos, the Moran brothers, Bobby Schwartz' and Lance King will be going up against California regulars like seven-time National Champ Mike Bast, Alan Christian, Mike Curoso and Gene Woods. With the event running on the 440-yard track of Veterans Stadium, the odds would appear to favor the riders with British experience, but don't forget that Bast beat an impressive group of international riders on the 440-yard track at the L.A. Coliseum last summer, and Curoso has a good deal of British League experience under his belt. Only the top three will transfer to the July 4 Overseas Final (where Penhall is already seeded) in England, so the action should be intense. Tickets are available at Ticketron or by contactingWorld Class Speedway at 714/4929933. Trials Expert Dwaine Walters performed at the May 28-30 U.S. Motorcycle Jamboree in Ventura. CA. and bettered his own "bunnyhopping" record by jumping 11 people with his ltaljet trials bike, without the aid of any ramp what- soever. • TEN YEARS AGO Brad Lackey (Kaw) co nti n ued hi s wi n ni n g streak in the Open class of th e U.S. Cup Motocross Series, takin g th e Carlsbad round af ter a cl ose ba ule with teammat e John DeSoto. Gary Jones was the 250cc winner on a factory Yamaha, defeating Mike Runyard (Mo n) a nd Rich Thorwaldson (Mai), show, wh ile Rubin Benites wo n th e , H andicap over Danny Becker. Becker was riding a 1937 J .A.P . engine h oused in a H agon fra me . Lane Leavitt bea t Steve Darrow by th e marg in of a si ngle clean to wi n a P. I.T .S. observed trial a t Carnegie . Cycle Park in L iver more, CA. Rick Hocking won h is third straig ht Frem ont AMA P ro short tra ck race . Joe Henry led . m uch of th e main event, but eventua lly had to settle for seco nd. Do wn in Texas, a half m ile was ru n a t th e U.S. Army 's Fort H ood compl ex . Teddy Poovey wo n th e 101125cc class, and Terry Poovey did li kewise in th e 20 1-250cc ran ks. Papa Wealey reponed that former World Motocro ss Champ Jeff Smith was testing 125 a nd 175cc ma chines built by Bombard ier, th e Canadian manufactu r er o f S ki- Doo sno w mobiles. Russian CZ p ilot Vladimir Kavinov ber serked his way to win the Czechoslovakian round of th e 250cc World MX Championship Series. Kavinov h ad fin ished second to defending World Champion Joel Robert (Suz) in th e fir st rnoto, but was leading th e Belgian by a few seconds in th e fin al round. Robert was unable to mount a challenge when, on the last lap, hi s frame broke beneath the steeri n g head and he had to settle for second overall. Mert Lawwill (H -D) en ded th e Ascot half mile winning streak o f Nonon rider Dave Aldana, who had to sett le for secon d in this race. New faces al so wo n in the Junior a nd Novice classes, where Tom Horton a nd Randy Bai• ley were th e respective wi n ne rs. In a scra m bles race a t Visalia, CA, Rick Zimmerman rode up to th e Open Novice starti n g lin e o n a 61cubic inch 1946 H arley-D av idson co mplete with floorboards. Ignoring t h e s nic k e r i n g , Zimm erm an sm oked the class. Remember When? Bill Cody won th e Scratch main at th e weekly Costa Mesa speedway 'In an impressive show of force. Suzuki minicycle riders swept three classes at the NMA Grand Notional Series Qualifiers at Saddleback Pari< last week. The action was spearheaded by Bruce Bunch and Rick Hemme. who rode their "Full Floater" Suzukis to ~rst and secondplace (respectively) in the 83cc Stock Expert 12 & Over Class. the 83cc Modified Expert 12 & Over Class and the 105cc 12 & Over Open Class. In fact, the 105 class was a straight 1-2-3-4 sweep for Suzuki with Bruce and Rick up front, followed by Larry Brooks and Kyle Fleming in3rd and4th Place. With four top riders sweeping all three classes, its clear to see that Suzukis the one with the maximum minis. • S UZUKI. • THE WinninG AI • 3

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