Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

anada- Northern California-Northern Nevada·Oregon-Washington-ldaho-Utah-AI Junior) posted th e o n ly non-l ocal vic tories in the 10 main events. SC Oll and Don led from th e green £Jag after so me close fir st co mer action wh ile J ohn battled race-lo ng wit h Brian Sansin g. Raci ng will co nti n ue every Saturday n ight a t Lod i through June. Results PEE WEE: 1. M att Wa it (Sul i. 80 NOV: 1. Jo hnny McG ill (y am). 80 EX: 1. Mike Macedo (Yaml ; 2. Shad Johnson (Han). 125/200 NOV/JR : 1. Larry Tol an ell i (SUl): 2 . John We st (Su z). 250 NOV : 1. Scon Eich elbaugh (Yam); 2. Ph il Johnston {Su z). 2 50 JR : 1. John l amont (Kaw); 2. Br ian Sansing IKaw). 250 EX: 1. Mark Key (Yam); 2. J oe Kni ghtIVa m): 3. Aaron Hill (Hon~. 500 NOV : t , Gary Co it (Yam); 2. Ken Jerniga n (Vam). 500 JR: 1. Oon StommeIlIHon). 500 EX: 1. Oavid Boyles (Han); 2. Bill Scott IVam ); ~ . Dave Ryan (Yam). on th e ex-Ji m Fi lice Yamaha over Key a nd Aa ron H ill. Jim Col em an survived th e 500cc Novice fest for a win over Roger Ha m il l. SCOll Na il took th e SK Cycle Ma ico in a P ursang fra me to the Jun ior wi n over J a m ie Maso n in good style. Carr look ed the o bvio us big win ner o f the n ight wh en he led out th e O pen Expert o n his 400 Ca n -Am . bu t it was short lived wh en it ur ch ed to a sto p early on . lea vin g Da ve Boyles to wi n on the Spinelli H onda over Aaro n H ill and Mar k Key. Results NEWMAN , CA. MAY 15 100 EX: 1. W ink ie Freit as (Yaml ; 2. Steve Ma yfie ld (Vam); 3. Tom Carr iger (Yam). PEe WEE : t . J er emy Go nza le s (Su z); 2. Josh Ch isum (Sull. 80 NOV 1 JR : 1. Steve Rasmussen (Kaw); 2. Ricardo Gonzales (Kaw) . 80 EX: 1. W ink ie Freitas (Hon); 2. Ronn ie Hayes (Kaw); 3 . Mike Macedo (Yam). 100 J R: 1. Ricky Smith (Yam). 125 NOV/JR : 1. W oody Rogers IYaml . 25 0 NOV : 1. Bob Dam ron (Yam): 2. Cra ig Johnson (Vam). 250JR: 1. Kun Chand ler (Kaw); 2. Frank Sanchez (Han); 3. Ricky Cremona (Vam). 250 EX: 1. Chr is Carr (C-A); 2. Bruce Johnson (Yam I; 3 . Ooug Chandler (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Jim Coleman (Hon); 2. Roger Hamill (Yaml . 500 JR : 1. SCan Nai l (M ai ); 2. Jami e Mason (Vam). 500 EX: 1. Dave Boyles (Han); 2. Aaron Hill (Han); 3. M ark Key (Yam). Mini whiuer Winkie Freitas pulled off yet another doubleheader while Chris Carr and Dave Boyles split the other high- Smith super at BaYiands night MX Freitas doubles, Carr-Boyles split at Hills Ferry ST By Bill Spencer lighted ma in events ton igh t a t th is H ot Lin e Promotions short tra ck at fabulou s Hills Ferry Speedw a y. The Lionel Nunes-prepped quarter-mile dirt oval never look ed better and wa s g rea t for a good turnout of both ra cers and spe ctators. Freitas a nd th e Dave Bird Yamaha a re obviously no match for the rest o f the 100cc Experts as man y o f th e yo u ths hav e jumped on the big bikes. S teve Mayfield a nd Tommy Carriger gave chase for th e secon d a nd third spot over J eremy Chisum a nd Shad Johnson. Jerem y Gonza les got away from Josh Chisum in th e Pee Wee class for another big win. Newcomer Steve Rasumussen hit it big for his first time out in the winner's circle winn ing th e 80cc Novi ce/junior com bina tion over Rick Gon zales. Freitas got off to a not he r runaway win in 80cc Expert with Ronnie Hayes doing a gr eat job for second over Mik e Macedo. Carriger and Ch isum. Bob Damron was to ps in the 250cc Novice class followed ever so closel y by Craig J ohnson. fresh off the mini tour. Kurt Chandl er co ntin ued to dominat e th e 250cc Junior class o n h is J im Chisum Kawa saki. Frank Sanchez, Jr. kept him honest with a good ride o n hi s new wa ter-cooled CR250R Honda . Ri ck y C re mona came in for th ird over a very large p ack. The 250cc Expert main co u ld hav e been a National for a ll th e co m pe tition invol ved . but it was a comp lete ru n away for Chris Carr a n d th e NDsparked/Jorgy Ca n -Am . Chris and Bruce Johnson broke early wi th Carr ge ll ing off by himself to a bi g lead by the fourth lap . Johnson was co nte nd ing with th e large pa ck th at sta rte d off with Mark Key and Joe Kn ig h t as ch ief protagonists , but they wer e quickl y replaced by Doug Chandl er who had a terrible start a nd worked from th e rear to ch a lle n ge a ll and wind up gelling stuck behind Johnson who had th e right lines. Carr looked over hi s shou lde r a t the checkered to find no o ne close with Chandl er all over Johnson for th e last four laps. Knight following By Jerry R. Newray FR EMO NT. CA. MAY 12 Under a super bright moon it was Baylands Racewa y Park hosting another super motocross race tonight with over 300 riders enterin g and ea ting up th e ultra fast and beautiful co urse. Rodney Smith. a board hi s pot ent Suzuki. all but destroyed th e al ways fa st I25cc Pro field. Smith. wh o was a fir st tim e rid er at Baylands. came from another district and sh owed wh o was the number one rider in th e area on th is night. Into the fir st turn it was Smith followed by th e co ns istent Rick Ryan with past winner Mike Wh a len taking his bike to th e hi gh side of turn one. Smith set th e pace as th e rest of th e p ack started to fall back. R yan and Whal en battled itout o f tu rn nine with R yan ca tch in g a berm and losing hi s bike. Over half th e field went by Ryan before he finall y reco vered a nd go t ba ck u n der p ower. H e put o n a show o f rid ing skills th at eq ua led Sm ith 's super rid in g a bilities to tak e seco n d behind Sm ith a nd a hea d of Wh al en . The seco nd rn oto was a runa way for Sm ith. Shawn Ca dy an d Wh al en foll ow ed him to the fla g. • Results 125 PRO: 1. Rodney Smrt h (SUl ); 2. M ichael Whalen (Yam); 3 . Rid< Ryan (Sull. OPEN PRO: 1. Jerry Brandt (Yam); 2. Phil Douglas (M ai); 3. Paul Baustrom (Han). 250 INT: 1. Randy Kers lake (Yam): 2. Mark Howard (Han): 3 . Jeff Holder (Yam). 126 INT: r . Scon Cummings (Yam); 2. Danny Boles (Yam); 3 . Andy Tressor (Suli. 250 J R DIV 1: 1. M ike Hanson (Yam); 2. J im Heiberger (Hus); 3. Donald Step hens (Yam). 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Brent Patt erson (Han); 2. Greg Landah IISul); 3. Rick Jost (Vam). 125JR DIV 1: 1. Michael M injares(Sul); 2. Marty Cooper (SUl); 3. Linlred Kennedy (Han I. '25 JR DIV 2: 1. TaryIWe inricks( Suz); 2. Russell Edger (S Ul ): 3 . Todd M rtchell (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. M ike Lane (Yam); 2. Robert Day (Han); 3. J im Vunker (SUl). OPEN JR : 1. Sh awn Sm it h (Han) : 2. Bob Robert s (Honl; 3. Bud McElroy (Yam). VET INT: t , Hank Wessel (SUl); 2. Lar ry Baker (Kawl; 3. Mike Menesini (Mai) . VET JR : 1. Robert Tomsch in (S Ul) : 2. Jarry Caton (5ul); 3. Glen Radf ord (Suli. aT EX: 1. Rich Lokke (Han). INT: 1. Rod Brasel (Hus). OT JR : 1. 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