Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern Callfornia-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornia-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arlzon Wester Results JR CYCLES: 1. Dana W iggins (Han); 2. Jacob Swa in (Yam ), MIN I BEG: 1. Danny Canada (Yam); 2. John Scar. berry (Kow ); 3. Adam Fitzgerald (Han). MINI NOV: 1. Larry Sayeg (Yam); 2. DavidChurch (l(") 00 (Suzl ; 3. Dean Keeling (Yam) . 0") MINI EX: 1. Tommy Combs (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. John Braesch (Yaml; 2. Daryl Cundai (Yam); 3. Nick Ramirez (Yom). 125 NOV: 1. Mike Fitzgerald (Han); 2. Lance Gor ton (Kaw); 3 . Robert Clearters (Yam) . 125 INT: 1. Danny Cantley(Kaw); 2. Ja son Rincon (Kaw ); 3. Tony Rooney (Han). 250BEG: 1. Ricardo Rocco(Sull: 2. Eddie Mosley (Suli. Whitney and Whitney fly their Harley-powered chair at Saddleback. Whitney- Whitney - Harley take GSS • serIes opener By Sherry Hendersen Photo by Ken Prosser Results O RA NGE, CA , J AN . 9 Fo urteen side-cars showed up to do battle a t Saddleback' s Baja-Cross Track during th e Con tinental Motosports Club . Go lde n S ta te series. In th e first rnoto th e tea m o f Palfreyman and Palfreym an to ok th e le ad foll o wed by Wh itn ey/Whitney, Whitney/Melill o, Sc hnoor/ Langosh and th en Palfreym an/ Strickl and. T hen two laps lat er Palfreym an/Palfreym an ra n into a sta lled ma chine o n th e uph ill , doing a spectacu lar en do do wn th e downh ill. Luckily. neither got hurt seri o usly. T he Wh itney/ Wh itney H arley took the lead to th e fin ish a n d Pal freym an/ Stric k land got by Sch noor/ Langosh for thi rd . MOIO two saw Wh itney/Melillo take th e lead foll o w ed by Whitn ey/ Wh itney wi th Schnoo r/ Langosh in p ursu it. In fo urt h a nd fifth were th e two Wasp side-cars of Ma ler/ W illi a ms and H a rri son/Rud y. Wi th two la p s to go th e big H arl ey of Whi tn ey/ Wh itney got by th e Yamaha o f Wh i tney/Mel ill o to tak e the win and th e overa ll. Results OVERALL: 1. Wh itney /Whitney (H-D); 2. Wh it ney/Melillo (Yam); 3. Schnoor /Langosh (Mail . Dunham dominates DeAnza Beginners By Kit Palmer SUNNY MEAD , CA , JAN . 9 The largest and one of th e mos t exciting races of th e day was produced by the 125ccBeginner class today at DeAnza Cycle 12 Park. Wi th th e fin al wav e of th e checkered flag, it was Robbie Dunh am of Suzuki of Riverside who emerged w ith the number-one spo t. Mike Kessell (Suz) sho t h is way to th e front o f th e pack a t th e sta rt wh ile Gerald Reid (Ya m), Dunham and Mike Williams (Kaw) closely pursued . It took Dunham o ne lap to wo rk h is way aro u nd R eid and get a clear shot a t th e leader. Dunham snuck by Kessell during th e fourth lap and ga in ed _ a little bit of insurance, extendin g his lead with each lap. Williams m ad e his wa y past Reid for third. Dunham went on to take the win followed by Kessell . Will iams and Reid. Honda-mounted David Sharp grabbed th e second h olesh ot th en co lli ded with Kessell in the second turn. A huge pile-up occured lea ving o n ly three riders up o n two wh eels. The rac e wa s red-n agged and all riders sta! ted aga i n, less Kessell's bent . , Suzu kI. .. .. [ I 1;- ,,' r L I .l .: • T he seco nd m ot o restart got o ff much smoothe r, a nd Will iams led th e field. Dunham closed in a n d passed Willial sm haH-w ay thro ug h th e race 10 tak e th ew in . Will iams was follo wed by Mike Hogue (Yam) a nd Mark Flo wers (Hon). I • JR CYC: 1. Dana Wiggin s (Honl; 2. M ike Metzger (Yam); 3. Jacob Swa in (Yaml. MIN I BEG: 1. Billy Colemen (Yam); 2. Adam Fitzgerald (Hon); 3. Larry Ale.ander (Han). M INI NOV: 1. David Church (Suz); 2. Larry Sayeg (YamI; 3. Robert Cadwell (SUl). 125 BEG: 1. Robbie Dunham (Sul l; 2. M ike wuuoms (Kaw); 3. M ike Hogue (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Brad Fay (HanI: 2. Mike Fitzgerald (Honl; 3. Lance Gorton (Kaw l. • 125 INT: 1. Mike Roberts (Yam); 2. Kim Douglass (Kaw); 3. Miguel Aranjo (Kew). 250BEG : 1. Mike Lofton (Yaml; 2. Eddie Moseley (Suzl; 3. St. George Steer (Suzl. 250 NOV; 1. Tiberio Esparza (Yaml; 2. Chris Clark (Suz); 3. Brady Helm (Suli. 2501NT : 1. Todd Baldwin (SUl ); 2. Larry Dimm itt (Honl; 3. Kit Palmer (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Jon Friesen (SUl); 2. Eddie Michett i (Suz); 3. Harley Hall (Han). VET JR : 1. Harry Ste vens (Hon); 2. Al ice Moore (Suz). VET SR: 1. Larry Lowen (SUl); 2. Ed M ichett i (SUl ). Fitzgerald flies to DeAnza MX win By Kit Palmer SU N N YMEAD, CA, DEC. 26 It took no time a t all for ex- 80cc class rider Mik e Fitzgerald (Hon) to get used to hi s ne w 125cc H on da mount an d blitz the Novi ces today at DeAnza Cycle Park . In bo th mo tos, Fi tzgerald ran away with th e win , but h e had to, a t o ne time o r anothe r, p ut u p with some st iff com pe tit io n . At the sta rt o f rn oto o ne Fi tzgerald shot to th e fron t of th e pack wi th Rincon Kawasaki 's Lance G orton (Kaw) an d Brad Fa y (Hon) ho t o n his tail. By the end of th e third lap Fitzgerald had ga in ed a few seco nds o ver second whi le G orton and Fay battled handlebar to handl ebar. Quickly, Fay o vertook the seco n d spo t, but wa s still some distance behind Fitzgerald. A few laps later , Robert Clearters (Yam) mov ed in to th e third spot, th en he set af ter an d reeled-in Fa y, engaging in a tight duel over second. As the two wer e battl ing, they were also gaining steadily o n th e leader. By th e time th e nag had ap peared , Fitzgerald had o n ly a few seconds lead over Fay and Cl earters. The second moto start saw Fitzgerald agai n roost hi s wa y into th e lea d followed by Gorton and Clearter s. Fay was nowhere to be seen due 10 a rock-caused hole in the cases of hi s Honda from th e previous moto . As Fitzgerald beg an stretch ing hi s lead, most eyes where fix ed on th e fight over second. Throughout th e moto, Cleaners kept h eavy pressure on Gorton hoping for th e slightest mistake by the Kawasaki pilot. However, Gorton rode smooth ly, keeping Clearter s a t bay. Fitzgerald went o n to take an easy win followed by Gorton and Cl earters, . . . . 250 NOV : 1. Mark Valentino (Kaw ); 2. Garner Palenske (Mai); 3 . Joe Steffen (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Bob Kaiser (Yom); 2. Larr y Dimm itt (Han); 3. Fabian Buchel i (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. Nick Cline (Hus). OPEN PRO: 1. Eddie M ichetti (Suz); 2. Mark Ell is (Yaml : 3 . Ronn ie Gibson (M ai). OPEN INT: 1. Don Ambrose (Suz ); 2. Bob Carpen ter (Hon) ; 3 . Grant Palenske (Ma i). . VET JR : 1. Howard Keel ing (Su z); 2. Karl Scan lan (Yam); 3. Alic Moore (SUl). VET SR: 1. Bert Wehr (Suz); 2. Gory Will ison (Mo i); 3. Ed Michett i (Suzl. Air Force welcomes CRC MXers BO STK INT; 1. Chris Burgess (Kaw); 2. sreve Gamble (Yam); 3. Scott Murphy (Yam). BO STK EX: 1. M ike Young (Yom); 2. Jeff Barbe covi (Yam). BOMOD BEG: 1. Troy Moo re (Yam); 2. Sean Blan chard (Yam); 3. Mike Cagle (Yam ). 80 MOD NOV: 1. Robert Forest (Suz); 2. Jeff Mabery (Kaw); 3. Brock Suter (Yam). BO MOD INT; 1. Chris Burgess (Kaw); 2. Scott Murphy (Yam). BOMOD EX: 1. Mike Young (Yam). 100 EX: 1. Steve Van Dueen (Yam). ' 125 BEG DIV1 : 1. Richard Orrill (Yam); 2. Keith Johnson ISuz); 3. Randy GaIner II (Yaml. 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Gary Wright (SUZ); 2. Tod Scialgo (Yam); 3. Bambino Tapia (Kaw). 125 NOV; 1. Mark Stuen (Suz); 2. Jon Burr ick (Han); 3. Jeff Segale (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Jerry Anke r (Yam); 2. Lance Johnson (Suz); 3. Nick Young (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Steve Jennings : 2. Michael Spahn (Han); 3. Steve Wu (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Marty Desbrow (Han); 2. Eric Riepe (Suz); 3. Hank Weseman (Yam). 250 INT DIV 1: 1. Mark Clerk (Yam); 2. Mik e Raschke (Hon) ; J. Randy Owen (Suz). 250 INT DIV 2: 1. Dove Welty (Suz); 2. Jerry Hens ley (Suz); 3. John Condon (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. John Lunsford (Hon); 2. Scott Welcher (Yam ); 3. Bob nenwere (Honl. OPEN NOV; 1. Mad Matt Dunlop (Suz); 2. Kenny Hatcher (Yam); 3. Clyde Benson (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Ron Lew is (Yam); 2. John Lovett (Yam); 3. Ruben Falcon (Han). VET JR; 1. Jess Rup (Yam); 2. John Placenc ia Jr . (Han); 3. Bryan Dewald ('f am). VET INT: 1. Jim Draves (Han); 2. Robert Fontier (Suzl ; 3. Robert J imen(lz (Suz ). VET EX: 1. Randy Gal ., cr (Han); 2. Dean York (Mai); 3. Peter Dill (Ma il . By Terry Rezek ROSAMOND, CA , DE C. 12 The California Racing Club's 80cc classes belonged to Mike Young and Chris Burgess today at Ed wards Air Force Base;The yo ung rnot ocrosser s do m inaied th e Expert and Int ermed iat e classes respectively. Bet ween th em , they wo n a tota l o f eight m ot os a nd eac h took a pair o f class wi ns . T he 250cc Intermed ia tes ra n in two divisions. R andy O wen storme d o u t to the front o f the di vision o ne start with Mark Cl ark in hi s h ip pocket. J erry H ensley took a n immedi at e lead of th e division two wa ve. By la p two , Clark was in th e lea d a nd p u llin g awa y fro m Owen, who was no w cha llenged by Mike Raschke. Raschke moved up to seco n d o n the nex t lap, but C lar k wa s un car ch abl e and Ra schke took second j ust ahead o f th e thi rd running O wen . Wh en divisio n o ne ca me arou nd for la p two , ea rly leader H en sley slipped o ut in the big sta rt turn sweeper a n d d roppe d back to th ird . J ohn Condon and Dave Welty both jumped up o ne to run firs t and seco nd for two laps. H ensley began ridin g fran ti call y to get back hi s lost positions. In th e m eantime, Welty had passed Condon to ta ke fir st and hold it to th e end of the moto. By th e ti me H ensley was in position to p ass, he o n ly had time enough to get co n don and secon d pl ace. Moto two found Chuck Penny getting th e holesh ot o n division o ne, but Clark passed him alm ost im media tely. dragging Raschke a lo ng righ t behind him. The two of th em rapidly moved awa y from th e rest of th e pack for a repri se ' o f the fir st rnoto, Hensley aga in got the jump on division two an d Condon and Welty again closed in on him before the first lap wa s over . Hensley wa s not making any mistakes and held th e lead for four _ la p s (a ll second motos were cut by at least o ne lap ). In that fourth lap. Welty got by Condon and went after H ensley. It was a wheel-to-wheel battle throughout the last lap, with Welty nipping Hensle y just200 yards from th e checkered an d go in g in for th e w in and first overall. Results 60 NOV: I .JimmySpickler(Yam); 2. Joe l Tokarsky (Yam). 60 EX: 1. Bubbe Erickson (Yam); 2. Alv in Mat· thews (Kow l. BOSTKBEG: 1. Jeff Dun lop (Suz); 2. Bubba Erickson (Yam); 3. Kenneth Tate (Yam). BOSTK NOV: 1. Jeff Mabery (Kaw); 2. Mike Kiedrowsk i (Yam); 3. Robert .Fore~t(S"z) . • Ogilvie up to PRO Crys~al Challenge By Ivan Summers RI VERSIDE, CA , DE C. 19 Bruce Ogilvie flew off the line in th e professi on al pan o f. PRO 's Cr ystal Challenge and, after a one-lap joust with Lee Sc heffers, was never seen - a t lea st by o the r ra cers. T hey p robabl y co u ld n't see h is dust. " T hey" we re some of raci ng's h ea vy hitters: La rry R oeseler, Dan Smi th, Scot H ard in, C h uc k Miller , Mike Bak er , Kurt Pf eiff er , Ri ck Johnson and Craig Adams. First loop 's end saw Lee Sche ffers lea d i n g wi th R a ym o n d Ca tes in seco nd, then O g ilvie. T he beg inn in g of lap two h ad O g il vie ou t in fro nt of th e pack wi th Sche ff'ers. Kevin Davis, Stea rns a nd Cates in tha t order. After Ogi lvie unl imbered hi s big H onda , it became clea rly a rac e for seco nd . Scheffers hung o n to seco nd through la p si x - a bo ut 40 miles - no small accom p lish me nt in the face o f wh a t Ogil vie was doing. Ri ck J o hnson th en m ad e a move. H e'd been in 10th p ositi on a fter th e fir st loop, but had m oved to third . After three plus hours of p oundin g , th e ra ce co urse no longer resembl ed th e morning 's ride - th e long turn past pit row looked like the aftermath of so me war game. Randy Norman (Ya m) ca me thundering into this me ss a nd did a crash that should hav e been in th e get-orr Hall of Fame. It was in this sectio n that Rick Johnso n, d esperatel y trying to catch Ogilvie , h it a hard ridge . His machine went vertical , th e impact so hard that his sea t di slodged. flying out ahead of his bike. johnsorii " T h ose last co u ple of laps were tough, I'd never raced with no seat before!" Dan Smith had been as far down as ei g h th place, but kept his big Husky going, eventually to second overall. Back course spectators said that Smith and Johnson had quite a duel going for much o f th e long a fternoo n. Scot Hard in rode a stead y ra ce for fourth o verall. Toward rac e's end, it became app arent that unless something radical happened that Ogilvie would take no prisoners this da y. Near th e end of it . he turned a lap in eig h t minutes seven seconds - about 20 seconds faster th an one clocked an hour and a half ea rlier. One rac e buff walked off

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