Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern CaUfornla·Arlzona·Southern Nevada· Southern Callfornla·Arlzona·Southern Nevada· Southern CaUfornla·Arlzona.S Western hotline Jim Terentino took the overell Pro win et Corone's Memoriel Dey GP. Steve Rhyen styles et CMC Seddlebeck. r 42 han (Yam) wer e working th eir way through th e field. Near the end of th e mota, both Arnet and McM ahon edged by a tiring Orescanin. U p front , Tarantino was unstoppable. He had extended hi s lead to a very comfortable margin wh il e Manning rode steadily in second. With only two laps rem aining, Arnet fell, dropping back to sixth, and P ro Circuit's Mike Tripes (Hus), after getting off to an II th place start, began to challenge McMahon for third. A few turns later, McMahon surrendered his third spot to Tripes. Tarantino took an im p ressive wi n while Ma nning took second, and th ird a nd fourth went to Tripe s and McMahon. Some of th e most exci tin g action took p lace in the 125cc Pro class. At the start, Honda's Dea n Cates roosted his way to the front of the pack while Do ug Du bach (Yam ), Gary Denton (Suz ), Ron Le chien (Yam ) and Hon da 's Brian Myerscough pursued. Denton, by the second lap, managed to tak e over the lead while Ca tes and Lechien were glued to his rear fender. The battle was Ieirce , but Lech ien found a way past Cates and Denton to tak e over th e lead . But, Myerscough wa s on th e warpath. He worked hi s way into second and set after Lech ien. By th e halfway point of the race , th e two leaders were neck and n eck. Wi th only two laps to go, Myerscough wicked it past Lechien, tak ing over the lead. In the end, the two 125cc riders had passed all but one rider in the 250cc division, taking second and third overall. Myerscough captured the win in the 125s while Lechien took second. Mike Beier (Yam) worked h is way into third while Cates sett led for fourth. In the O pe n Pro class, Eric MacCracken (Yam) of Malcolm Smi th Products set the field af ire wi th the blazing pace h e set on his way to victory. MacCracken led from start to fini sh while fendingoffWheelsmith's Micky Dymond (Mai ). Dymond was the only rider wh o ma naged to stay within siglf.. of MacCracken . Pete Snortelan d (Ya m) ma de up fora poor sta rt by holding th e throttle wid e o pe n to ca p tu re thi rd. Anoth er Wheelsmith rider, Randy Rodriguez (Ma i), settled for fourth . Turner takes two atCMC Saddleback By M ike Klinger O RANGE, CA, MAY 30 H onda Pro support rider " Radical Ron" Turner put together four motos and came u p with lW OPro class wins in this Continental Mota-sports Club MX. Kawasaki's J eff Ward bro ug ht o u t his O pen class machine and litera lly devastated the other Open competitors with two mo ta wins. Steve Rhyan just might hav e th e new H ondas d ialed in as he p la ced second in both th e 250cc and Open Pros. Suzuki support rid er G ar y Denton led th e small field of 125cc Pros for o ne lap in m ot a one until Turner a nd Ward go t it in gea r. Den ton led for five laps before Turner ca me out of n owh er e an d overtook Ward a nd Denton in one sweep . T h e three riders battled wh eel to w heel for seven more laps until th e rear shock o n th e Kawa sak i wen t south a n d Ward slo wed to a cra wl bu t managed to fin ish th ird . T urner won by a wide m argin af ter Denton ba iled on the last lap. Denton was seco nd wi th Dean Cat es (Ha n) fourth. In moto two , Turn er aga in pu t th e screws to the group. With Ward o u t o f co m pe ti tio n . Turner had to co ntend with Denton an d Cates. Turner made short work of the mot a a nd the overall was his. Denton was second overall with Cates third and Taylor Marcell (Ya m) founh. Turner again put another notch in the win column as 16 250cc Pro s hit the turf and the holeshot went to th e Honda-mounted Turner. In two la ps Turner mounted a 10-second lead over th e field. Micky Dym ond (Ma i) came o ff th e ga te hard to run seco nd. but Steve Rh ya n (H a n ) had so me oth er ideas an d on la p six. he loo k over a solid seco nd . Dym ond sett led into third wi th Ed Arnet (Ha n ) try - in g to move u p . At th e final lap, Turner had a 15-second lead over R h ya n but R hya n was gaining two seconds per lap as the mota ended. Dvmond was third with Arn et fourth . 'Fritz Schlegel (S uz) put the mov e o n Turner in rnoto two of th e 250cc Pros. Turn er led wire to wire but Sch legel a nd R h ya n pushed their little war right up onto Turner for th e lead . Rh yan 's 2-3 score put him secon d behind T u rne r's I-I score. Schlegel fini shed third with Arnet and Dymond following. J eff Ward (Kaw) had littl e troubl e takin g two mot a wins in th e Open class. Rhyan put his 480 Honda behind Ward but could not overco me th e fleeing Kawa saki . Ward wa s awa rded the overall with Rh yan seco nd. Arn et was third a nd Pro Circuit Products' Bill Keefe (H us) was fourth. Results 60 J R: 1. J . Mo ntev i rgen (Yam) . MI NI JR : 1. L. Smith ISuz); 2. S. Tuc ker (Vam); 3. F. Menges (Kaw). MINI INT: 1. S. Sk ibeIIKaw); 2. R. Moss II (Kaw); 3 . G. Tucker (Kaw). M INI EX: 1. M . Toyama (Vam) . 125 J R: t . E. Dr e xler (Vam l; 2. T. Delen (Vem) ; 3. B. Do lan ISu z). 125 INT: 1. S. Stor er IKawl; 2. K. Henricksen IVam) ; 3. R. Hayes ISu z). • 250 JR.: 1. B. Rho ade s (Hus); 2. J . A lmond (Suz) ; 3. K. Fryling (Su z). 250 INT: 1. T. Si m mo ns (Suzl; 2. M . Adam son (Su z); 3. L Ma so n ISuz) . 500 JR : 1. B. M elanson (Vam); 2. M . Smith (Vam) ; 3. C. Dowell (Vam ). 500 INT : 1. L. Bacon (Suz); 2. R. M inter(Mai); 3. T. Henderson (Hon) . VET J R: 1. O. Feat heringill (Kaw). VET INT : 1. N. Costello (Vem); 2 . J . Ta"aglia (M ai ); 3 . H. Bar nard (M ai l. VET MASTER: 1. J . Bel tinck (M ai ); 2. R. Pisarski (Han); 3 . J . We ise l (Suz) . 125 PRO: 1. R. Turner (Hon); 2. G . Denton (Suz); 3. D. Cates (Hon l. 250 PRO: 1. R. Tu rner (Hon r, 2. S. Rhyen (Hon); 3 . F.SchlegeI ISuz). 500 PRO: 1. J . Ward (Kaw) : 2. S. Rhyon (Hon); 3. E. Arnet (Hon). • DeAnza MX: Aloha Cogley, Rice, Dickinson By Kit Palmer SU N NYMEAD, CA, MAY 30 This was DeAnza Cycle Park's final round of the three race Hawaiian Gel-Away Series and, going into the fina l round, any o ne of a bo u t eight riders cou ld ha ve won. So , for many, racing was tense and exci ting. But , a fter a day 's wort h of racing, it was , in th e 125s, 250s a nd Open s. Rudy Dickinson (Suz), Jim Cogl ey (Yam) and Reynard Rice (Yam) a ll winning a trip to Hawaii. One of the most co mpetit ive classes throughou t th e series wa s th e 250cc Nov ice class. In the first mota, Larry Di m m itt (Suz) h ad co m ma nd of th e race by the en d of th e first la p. h i seco nd and third were Pa u l Bu rval (Suz) a nd Cogley. Wo rking his way up through the pack was R u ben Alvarado (Su z). On the fin al lap, Alvarado squeezed by Cogley to take over third. Dimmit took th e win fol lowed by Bu rval , Alvarado and Cogley. In mota two it was Cogley who roosted in to th e lead followed by Chuck Wh eeler (Suz). Alva rado and Dimmit. Three laps int o th e ra ce Alvarado found a way past Wheeler a nd then h e passed Cogley two laps later. Alvarado went o n to tak e the win followed by Cogl ey, Wheeler a nd Dimmit. Kevin Montgomery (Suz) wh eelied to the front o f the pack a t th e start of th e first moto in th e 125cc Novice class while Larry Benedict (Ya m) and Michael Palumbo ( H a n) trailed. However, Montgomer y's lead was shan-lived when Benedict snuck by by the second lap. The two leaders then engaged in a dog-fight for the lead . With three laps remaining Benedict found himself in second wi th Montgomery in the lead. Pressurin g in third was John Cushingham (Suz) Cushingham had worked his way up after a mediocre start. Montgomery h eld on for the win while Benedict and Cushingham took second and third. At th e start of 'the second mota it was Benedict who stol e the lead ahead of Cushingham an d Montgomery. The three ran a way from the pack while lock ed in a battle for the lead. But Benedi ct brush ed the pressure of Cushingham an d Montgomery asid e a nd held on for th e win. Results PEE W EES: t , Day id Oc ho a (Yam); 2. Dale Sma" 3. Chris Moore ISuz). PEE WEES: 1. Josh Barner (Vam); 2. Troy Cunningham (Hont JR CVCLES : t . A llan Brehm (Yam ); 2 . Wasley Kle in (Yam ). MINI BEG : r . Lou ie Pacino (Yam ); 2. Bill Auberlen (Yom) ; 3 . Chad Sma". MINI NOV; 1. Ronn ie West (Ka w); 2. Terry Szucsko (Yam) ; 3. Walter Armendariz ISuz). MINI INT: 1. Tom Combs (Kawl: 2. Guy G iffin (Su z); 3 . M ike Fitzgerald (Ho n). MINIINT: 1. Larry Brooks (Suz) ; 2. Mike Robe"s (Yam). 125 BEG : 1. Mike M agall ane s (Yam); 2. Marlon Arana (Han) ; 3. Gary Cha pman (Yam). 12 5 NOV : 1. Larry Bened ict (Vam) ; 2. J oh n Cus h ing ham IS uzl; 3 . Kevin Mon tgo mery (Suz). 12 5 INT: 1. Rud y Dickin son (Suz); 2. Pete Lepp (Suz); 3. J im Pearso n (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Br ian M yers co ugh (Hon) ; 2. Charles Osterde y ISuzl . 250 BEG : 1. Todd Cu nn ingham (Vam); 2 . Steyen Johnst one (Su z); 3. Don Ucker (Vaml . 250 NOV: 1. Ruben A ly erado (Suz); 2. Larry Di m m in (Suz); 3 . Jim Cog ley (Vam). 25 0 INT: 1. Colin Ryan (Vaml; 2. Rick Boiteau (Han); 3. Vin cent Gon zales (Suz) . 250 PRO : 1. Croig Gormley (Vam) ; 2. Pat W ebe r (Suz); 3 . Greg Nesh (Ma i). OPEN BEG : 1. Tim Harlow (Vaml ; 2. J eff Fahy (Suzl. OPEN NOV: t . Reynard Rice (Yam ); 2 . Greg Roberg (Vam); 3 . Kell y McGuireISuz). OPEN INT: 1. Ron Lawson (M ai) ; 2. Mike Said (Mail; 3. John Sa rra il (Yam ). (Va m~

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