Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

SOuthern.Q.llfor......·Al'lz.....SOuthel'n ' e ..... So1Kher..Callfonal. ..A rizon.-S.1MIIern Nev.d•.,So u dae r n CaUfor.al•.A ....zoa N Western hotline 0(') 00 0') ...... Ronnie Densford (97) took home three wins at the Santa Claus GP. Densford dominates Dunes SCGP By Tom Corley VALE NC IA, CA, DEC. 12 ~ Scott Stallard took second in Deer Valley's 250cc Pro class. Dircks, Bryant sweep Deer Valley By Pam Hardin PHO ENIX, AZ, DEC. 19 In th e last motocro ss of the '82 seaso n a t Deer Vall ey the 250cc Expert race look ed like a who' s wh o of Arizona's to p rnotocrossers. A big shoot-o u t was expected between Drey Dirck s a nd Carlos Serra no, but Serrano met with some tough lu ck. Not on ly was his bik e a p ro blem for h im, but a du o of H onda riders, th at co ns isted of Scott Stallard a nd Rick Nagle, a lo ng with Yamie rider Bryan Hayes, gave him a su rp risin gl y to ug h battle. H e pulled every trick in the book agains t th em , but to no a vai l. Di rcks ma de a clean sweep with bo th mo to wins. LO P 's Ja cque Bryant went on to a I-I fin ish in the 125's with everyo ne in th at class .ho ld ing th e lead a t leas t once in each mot o, The first mo to scra m ble for the lead had Mark Leekman jetting in th e fro nt o n a 100cc Yami e ahead of Bryant and Todd J(essel. . After a lap, Rob Mason , in his second Expert race, put a way Eric Kirk, bu t Kessel 's downed bik e put h im at the back once aga in. Bryant had bo u nced by Leckm an , a nd Kirk fou nd a spot to esta bl ish h imself in second. Mason wasn 't far beh ind, and he qu ickl y took over behind Kirk , It took a cou p le of laps, but he pounced past with Ap ache Honda rider Kessel .QI"\.!;tis. ,¥~y up, Some 250ccExperts. wh o were started a head in the sp lit start, ma de a big barrier for him. Kessel p us hed Kirk o ut o f thi rd to wa tch Bryant and Mason go one a nd two . Kessel wasted little time getti ng the lead in the next mo to wit h Leckrn an , Brya nt and Mason follo wing. While Kessel motored to a co mfo rta ble lead, Maso n jum ped into third wit h Bryant and Kirk freig ht -tra ini ng for better positions. • With hal£ th e race to go, Bryant had slid by Mason a nd was ma king' u p tim e bet ween him sel£ a nd Kessel, Kessel was hav in g p rob lems with a tire slow ly goi ng fla t a nd Bryant brea thing down his neck; he p u lled over after Bryant had estab lished the lead as hi s. Mason cruised in for seco nd overall. Results PEEWEE BEG: 1. Tim Stuart (Vam). 80 BEG: 1. Chris DeVito (Han); 2. Scott Carey (Han); 3. Tim Reeves (Suz). BO NOV: 1. Mike Bailey (Suzl; 2. Tom Kilduff (Han). 80 AM : 1. Craig Nielsen (Kawl ; 2. Pat Loughra n (Vam); 3. John VanHook (Vam). 80 EX; 1. Dennis Parker (Yam); 2. Shawn Hilton (Kaw ); 3. Steve 8rooks (Vam). 105 : 1. Dennis Parker (Yam); 2. Craig Nielsen (Kaw l; 3. Steve Brooks (Varni. 125 BEG: 1. Kurt Koenne (HanI; 2. Frank Fasllo (Varni; 3. Shawn Thompson (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Jed Green (Yam); 2. Rob Dees (Han); 3. Scott Stapp (Han). 125 AM : 1. RobOlsen (Honl; 2. Mark Moen (Han); 3 . Jerry Tistle (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Jacque Brayant (Yam); 2. Rob Ma son (Vam); 3. Eric Kirk (HanI. 250 8EG: 1. John J aronik (HanI; 2. Troy Chase (Hus). 250 NOV : 1. Dave Reabe (Yam); 2. Hal Owen s (Han); 3. Albert Lapsansky (Han). 250 AM : 1. M ike Rehm (Yam); 2. Torey Davis (Yaml; 3. Tim Kennedy (Vam). . 250 EX: 1. Drey Dircks (Suz); 2. Scott Stallard (Han); 3. Bryan Hayes (Varni. OPEN NOV: 1. Robert Burek Jr. IMa i); 2. Corky Duvall (Han). • OPEN AM: 1. Tim Kennedy; 2. Larry Noel (Vam). OT: 1. Larry Noel; 2. Rick ' Myers (Han); 3. Bill ,Green (Yam). Decembe r was a month for Gran Prix races throughou t sou thern Cali forn ia . The National Mo tospo rts Associa tion h ad th eir fun event of th e year and hosted the eig h th a nn ua l Sa n ta Cla us Gra n P rix a t In d ian Dun es. T he a ll new co urse u tilized the Shadow Gl en track p lus th e open field to the left side o f the main gate. Besides the specia l co u rse, th e event ga ve a ll a cha nce to win something ot her th an a trophy, a super Sa nta Cla us p laq ue. T he re were 10 events pIus a special race for the tuners. Eac h race lasted for 30 minutes. Ta king home three p laq ues to hang up o n the wall was Ronnie Den slord. T he you ng Tea m H onda rider proved to be most successfu l w i th three wins, in th e Juni or Cycle Modifi ed Experts, the 80cc Stock No vice 9-11 race and the 80cc Modified Novice 9-1I race . Denslo rd sha red win s with Steven Kot ajarvi in Juni or Cycle co m pe tition . Ko taja rvi too k the stock contest over Tom my "Too Small" Clow ers and new Kaw asak i recru it Buddy Ant unez. Den sford was not entered in the stoc k race, but was rig h t o ut fro n t in the modified . This time Kotajarvi's Kawasak i had to tra il Den sfor d for second p lace with tea m mate Antu nez in thi rd. _ Sta rti ng o ut as a Pee Wee on an Italj et , Den sford is now big eno ug h to han dl e an 80cc a nd win. In th e third event of the da y, th e 80cc Stock Novice 9-11 race, Den sfor d battled Danny " Du nes" La mb a nd came ou t in fro nt with Lamb in second a nd Ma rk McDo na ld th ird. The most competiti ve event tha t Den sfo rd took a victor y in was th e 80cc Mod ified Novice 9-11 bou t. T here were II contes ta nts , pi us th e f2 a nd over riders were let loose a t the same tim e. The Kawasak is of T o ny Mercier a nd Kri s Ven sel were clearly in the lead of a ll a nd were entered in th e 12 a nd over class. Soon Den sford , of th e 9-11 class, moved up on h is fast red ma chine a nd zap pe d Vensel a nd Mer cier o n th e j u mps in the field section. Ronn ie eit he r passed th ese riders in mid-air o r held on the thrott le whe n th e jumps becam e vi sib le. Mercier won th e 12 and over race with Gary T rach y pa ssing Vensel for second a nd third pl aces. Densford lead the en tire field and claimed the 9-11win over Clow ers a nd McDonald. Results JR CVC STK: 1. Steven Kotajarvi (Kawl ; 2. Tom Clowers (Vam); 3. Buddy Antunez (Kawl . JR evcSTK: 1. Damon Watkins (Kaw); 2. Dennis Dahl in (Kawl ; 3. Greg Wine (Vam). JR CVC MOD: 1. Ronnie Densford (Honl; 2. Steven Kotajarvi (Kaw); 3 . BuddV Antunez (Kaw). JR CVC MOD: 1. Damon Watkins (Kaw); 2. Dennis Dahlin (Kaw); 3 . Dus tin Evans (Yam) . 80 STK NOV 9- 11: 1. Ron Densf ord (Han); 2. Danny Lamb (Suzl; 3. Mark McDonald (Vam). 80 MOD NOV 9-11 : 1. Ron Densford (Han): 2. Tommy Clowers (Yam ); 3 . Mark McDonald (Yam ). 80STK NOV 12+: 1. Tony Mercier (Kaw); 2. Steve Kendall (Suzl; 3. Joey Mendoza (Kaw ). 80 MOD NOV 12+: 1. Tony Mercier (Kaw); 2 . Gary Trachy ISuz); 3. Kris Vensel (Kaw). BOSTK INT 12+: 1. Shan e Tr ittl er (Han): 2. Nicky Pounds (Suz); 3. Greg Trachy (Kaw). 80 MOD INT 12+: 1. Shaun Kalas (Suzl; 2. Shan e Trittler (Ha n); 3 . M ike Dickerson (Ya m ). 80 STK EX 12+: 1. Bob Moore (Varni ; 2. Larr y Brooks (Suz); 3. Mouse McCoy (Honl. 80 MOD EX 12+: 1. Larry 8rooks (Suz); 2. Mouse McCoy (Honl; 3. Eddie Hicks (Varni. 105 : 1. 80b Moore (Vam); 2. Eddie Hicks (Vam); 3. Shaun Kalos (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Bill Wal tman (Suz); 2. Tony Alessi (Vam); 3. Paul Honescko (Kawl . 125 INT: 1. Kurt Henricksen (YamI; 2. Gary Sailors (Suzl; 3. Guy Arnone (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Todd Campbell (Kaw); 2. Lance Moorewood (Kaw.); 3.. Scott Aobenson (Yam ). 250: 1. Eric Silger o (Honl; 2. Ted Catalano (Honl; 3 . Chr is Burgeson (Yam). 500: 1. Jim Lundgren (Yam ); 2. Jim O 'Neal (M ai ); ' 3. Doug Collidge IHon). Davis dives to CMC MX honors By Tom Corley ORANG E, CA, DEC. 19 · The local racer s were singleminded as th ey headed out to Saddleback for th e Continental Motosports Club 's motocross . Du e to this frame o f mind, th e 125cc Juni or class was gigantic, with 34 pa rt ici pa n ts ma king it th e la rgest event. T h is ca used th e riders to stu m ble over one an other, but, when th e two mot os fini sh ed , WFO ace J ohn Davis had two fir sts for th e tallest tro p hy. Davi s fou nd th e extra large class to be difficult. Others found th eir wa y to th e start corne r first with Davis ta king poor sta rts in both mot os. Da vis a llowed o thers to make m ista kes a nd worked hi s way to the top . Mike Antcl iHe defeated Tim Whitl ock for seco nd pl a ce wh ile J eH Eary controlled fourth and led Dale Him_melreich , wh o is now riding a 125 in stead o f a 250. T rue to th e firs t mo to , Davis took off th e line in the fin al round o f rac ing in fifth. H owever, lea der J eH Ea ry dropped h is new Kaw asaki 125 on the tu rn before Webco, and all of th e top riders sla m med on the brakes. Davis spotted what wa s happening and took th e right g roove on the turn a nd first place was all his. Antcl iHe was again in second pl ace. Dav is and AntcliHe were th e only , t~~ riders .il,!

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