Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

. C_ta Mesa - Sail &erll_dlllo - V.lltara - Aa.arll- Napa - Coata Mesa - Sail &ernardlllo - V.lltara - Aa! - SPEEDWAY VVEEK manding lead which left him and Ferris with a tied score. The th ird and fina l mat ch went to Ferr is as he wasted no time in taking the lead and ru nning with it. Ferr is too k the win and the King of the Hill victory. CRAIG VETTER HIGH MILEAGE CONTEST Prince, Robinson rul e at Auburn JULY 10, 1982 SAN LUIS OBISPO TO MONTEREY LAGUNA SECA RACE WEEKEN D By Jann Houston AU BUR N. CA: J UNE II Summe r see ms to b ypa ss Auburn on Friday even ings, but th e crowd forgets the 50 degree temperatures as the 2 CLASSES EACH FOR HO NDA. YAM AHA. SUZUKI. KIW\SAKI, HARLEY D AVID SON AND BMW (5D D-750ccj (751-UP) and a D-5ODcc CLASS PLUS THE " INDUSTRY" CLASS FOR EXOTIC ENTR ANTS $7.50 PER BIKE, NO ADVANCE REGISTRATION, BE A THE MADONNA INN, SAN T LUIS OB ISPO 6:30 AM SA TUR DAY MO RNING JULY 10, 1982 CAll OR WRITE FOR THE OFFICIAL RULES VETTER DESIGN WORKS 11 AlTA MIRA LANE ~ SAN LUIS OBISPO. C AUF. 934111 805/ 541 ·3330 _. &tnere1. ........ 's , tor htgh compres-- S'Otl ~ ~i,jnQ ~" hlgN-r octant ~nd .# has been prOvt'n to suppress dttonation & pre-ignition. NIIro Pow8t' _ ... Adell- used for 3 months or . . fflCl't"aseos poweor more . There is no rr ... CllMplA by as muctl as S% son to draIn tnt ta nk & produc'"9 ol fa~r lI atrM!' d itficu n rcm~z~.;,s tront. For street or u n- r hm trlat ed . san ct ro nec radng . don 0 -.... o.c:.F.... La '" ackIed to bonIaer IS a po Wfflul ga SOIi~ w ith low lead Cleaning agent for mu . con tent w ill prevent latl!'d' to remo ve carbon pr etNturr fallureo of vj.. c eposits & varnish from ta l engint' parts suCh as int t' rnal engIne" parts . pIston1,. cy'inder w alls. Send 53 for Fuel Facts val VC' guiCks. cote For Book . cecau and fu ll . o"-toad use only . ca.- Il1formaoon to oIlne SCCW. . . StIIbf.. P •• fcw....... Lae ...... prnervn 903SO- 183 E W ash Ington 5t. ......a.aa.. Ii~ for -«", (Top) Buddy Robinson showed Style at Visalia IA bo ve) IM S Handicap ma in winner Rick Miller leads Guy Ermolenko. Robinson dominates Visalia from detef'lOl'oltlOf'l Chagrrn Falls OH +4022 any engt~ not PhclrIe 116-147·6S46 By Jerry Parsons VISALIA , CA, JUNE 4 A dominant force seemed to be the on ly'- words to describe Buddy " Bud Man " Robinson tonight as he destroyed the com- SUBSCRIBE 1We deliver. LONG BEACH YAMAHA· KAWASAKI I • 20% U . __ U U I" I On All Parts & Acces sories in Stock June 23 - June 30 Come in & save with this ad At The Traffic Cir cle 4200 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. long Beach, CA 90804 (213) 597-3317 !!Zm"!!@!a Just enclose S1.00 to cover postage and handling for latest street and dIrt bike accessory catalog and mail to: MOTo- X 38 FOX , DEPT. C, 520 McGUNCY LANE. CAMPBELL. CA 95008 U.sA ' ,., '. , petition at the fifth race of the summer a t the Visali a Auto Plaza. Ro binso n 's hard hilling style and blistering lap times made him an easy winner in the heat races. The mains were stiff, but th e " Bud Man" co uld do no wrong. . Randy Blevins, starting at th e zeroyard lin e, gra bbed an ear ly lead in the H andicap main. Steve Miller and T om Farris fough t hard for th e runner-up spot. Rob in son closed th e ga p fast from the 40 as he held tig h t with Farris. The time came as Robinson mad e h is mo ve to second, lak in g Farris a nd Miller in on e move. Robinson's sights were set on Blevins as th e two began to dice. The baule was short as Blevins soon dropped to second leaving the Bud Man with a win. Duane Yarrow shot off the line in ' the Scratch main . hoping for an overall win. leading Chris Reichardt and P h il Gagnon. Robinson held down a tight fourth spot. Yarrow and Reichardt's battle became hot and heavy before both riders went down. leaving Gagnon and th e Bud Man to take home the gold. Robinson was soon jamming hard as he went under Gagnon to snatch the win. The Second Divisio n main looked a lmost like D-I action with Kenny Bencheck moving through the pa ck from th e 20 for the win. Jeff Brown hit the track hard as he blasted into an early lead. with Baron Bibee hot o n his tail, Bencheck was quick to move into third. Bibee soo n made his move o n Brown for th e lead followed by a hot , charging Bencheck. Bibee co n tin ued to lead to the final lap when he went down. leaving a battli ng Brown and Bencheck first. Bencheck's charge was hard er as he mo ved by for the win. In th e King of th e Hill race Grant Sal yers met up wi th Tom Ferris for a shot at the win. Ferris was quick to gra b the lead in the first of th e three races with Salyers knocking hard at his back door. Ferris he ld tight to take the win in the two-lap race. The second ro und saw Salyers turn the tables as he held on to a com- actio n grow s ho tter with each event o n th e Auburn Fairgrounds track. After two restarts in th e Handicap mai n tonight. one for a starting gale malfunction a nd one wh en Marc Prince and And y Gilbertson tangled in turn on e o ut o f th e gate. it was Robert Curry in th e lead with Prince giv ing him no margin for erro r. In turn two of the third lap Prince got past Curry on th e inside. and from that point to th e checkered £lag, he had it all the way. Curry. still a newco mer to Fir st Division. did a good job of holding o n to th e second Spot. fru strating a hard dr iving Pat Linn who was forced to settle for third. Going into th e Scratch main event , Buddy Ro binson . a solid number one in northern California point standings with his consistent riding each week, took the lead in a wild shot off the wall into turn one. What a start! And y Gilbertson was second, Mike Delacy third. and Joe Leduc met the track face to face on turn three of the first lap , ending his night at the races. Rob inson continued to gain in every turn. and as he headed for the checkered flag. he claimed at least a half lap lead. Gilbertson was second and Delacy third by inches. Jeff Brown , a high school teacher from Salinas who formerly raced speedway in New York a nd Indiana, won th e Second Division ma in in onl y his second night of northern Californ ia competition. Kevin French was forced to settle for second after two wins in a row , and Steve Crawford was third. The Third Division main was full of unusual and unexpected thrills. compliments of Dennis Phill ip s and J im Bren ner, a5 they de mo nstrated side-by -side, ba trle-to- the-fi n ish action at its finest. Unfortuna tely the " fin ish" came a bit before the checkered flag as they connected and went down on lap three in turn two. virtually giving the win to Jim's brother, Tom Brenner. Last week's winner. Rick Stephens, was second, Keith Kavanaugh took third. The Junior main looked more like a First Division event . as Bart Bast and John Houston. Jr. battled it out to turn four on th e last lap when Bast, 1981 northern California Junior Champion. got past Houston on the outside for the win. Good News: Dennis Robinson and Mother G oo se Racing Enterprises an no unce th e delayed opening of Napa Speed way, at th e Town and Country Fairgrounds. on Saturday. July 17. 1982. The new grandstands are nearing completion l Res u lts HANDICAP MA IN: 1. Marc Prince : 2. Roben Curry: 3. Pal Unn; 4 . Andy Gilbenson; 5. M ike Delacy: 6. John Volk. SCRATCH MAIN : 1. Buddy Robinson: 2. Andy Gilbertson ; 3. M ika DelllCY 4. Joe Leduc ; SECOND DIY: 1. Jeff Brown : 2. Kevin French: 3. Ste... Crawford. THIRD DIY: 1. Tom Brenner; 2. Rick Staphena: 3. Keith Kavanaugh. JR SPEEDWAY: 1. Ban Baot; 2. John Houston,

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