Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

a back co urse 'j u m p o f Bru ce's at a clean 75 feet - u phill - a nd this lat e in the race! It was a n Ogilvie day. Results . NOV OVERA LL: 1. M ike Penn in gton (Vam ); 2. Chris Penn ington (Vam); 3 . Fred Edwards (Yaml . OPEN: 1. Bruce Beattv (Suz); 2. Ed Hickey (M ei); 3 . Greg Bottrell (Hus ). 250: 1. Mike Penn ington ( Y8 m ~; 2. Chr is Penn ing ton (Yam); 3. Donn ie McAdam (Hon). 125 : 1. M ike Neff (Vam); 2. John Tarram (Suz); 3. John Kare n. CLASS 30: 1. Fred Edwards (Vam); 2. Don Wal · ters (Vam); 3 . M ika Goodwin (Hon). CLASS 3 B; 1. Bill M isener (Vam); 2. Neil Fearing ( C ·A~ 3. Pat Dale (Suz). JR PRO OVERALL; 1. Jeff Conl in (Hus); 2. Robin Busse (Vam ); 3 . Dale Oondel (Vam). OPEN: 1. Jeff Conlin(H us); 2. Robin Busse (Yam); 3. David Biddlecome (Honl . 250: 1. Dale Oonde l (Vam); 2. Ja y St ranger (Yam); 3. Scon Stearns (Hon) . 125 : 1. Bruce Mortensen (Yam ); 2. Dennis Hazlett (Hon); 3 . Bill Devine . CLASS 3D: 1.John Perry (Vam); 2. Ron Christner; 3. Jon We lls . CLAS S 38 : 1. Ron Dugan (Hus l; 2. Phil lawrence ; 3. Harold Soens . PRO OVERA LL: 1. Bruce Ogilvie (Hon); 2. Dan Smith (Hus); 3 . Rick Johnson (Vam). OPEN: 1. Bruc e Ogilv ie (Hon); 2. Dan Sm it h (Husl; 3 . Scot Hardin (Hus). 250 : 1. Rick Johnson (Vam ); 2. Larrv Baker (Hon ); 3. Bria n Manlay (Vam). 125: 1. Duane Summers (Yam); 2. Pete Post el (Hon); 3 . Bill Maddox (Vam). CLASS 30: 1. Randy Rodriq uez (KTM ); 2. Richard Jackson IHus); 3 . Rick Burrus (KTM ). RocketRex returns to Corona Night MX (Suzl; 3. Tom Hodgin . UNATTA CHED 60 PEEWEE : 1. Brian Sanenoz (Yam); 2. Char les Vice (Vam); 3. Shane Good (Vam). 60 PEE WEE: 1. Wes Kle in (Kaw); 2. Brandon Sperl ing (Kaw); 3. Jacob Swa in (Yam). M INI BEG: 1. Dav id FollZ (Yam); 2. Danny Tafoya (Vam); 3. Andrew Ferrick (Yam). MIN I BEG: 1. John Holmes (Kaw); 2. Chris Loster (Kaw); 3. M ike Pierc e (Vam). M INI NOV : 1. M ike Burde tte (Yam); 2. Stev e Burdette (Yam ); 3 . David Farris (Kaw) . MINIINT: 1. Bryan Petr ie (Yam); 2 . Jeff Matiase vich; 3 . Joey Cox (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Tommy Combs (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Steve Andre (Vam ); 2. Gene Johnso n (Suz); 3. Marc Matson (Suzl. 125 BEG: r. Brandon Schoider (Suz); 2. Todd Shaffer (Hoo l; 3. Anthony Magallanes (Yaml . 125 NOV : 1. Gary Galway (Vam); 2. Sm ith (Vam); 3 . Rick Lane (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Jason Rin con (Kaw) ; 2. B. Redman (Vam); 3 . Mike Magallones (Vam). 125 PRO: 1. Jim Anderson (Han); 2. Denn is Ostriem (Suzl; 3 . Russ W icks (Han) . 250 BEG: 1. Brett Fulton (Hon); 2. Darrell Palm er (Vam l; 3. Tanna r Gull (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Paul Herman (Kaw); 2. Tom Me e {Suzl; 3. Eddie Lawson (Yaml . 250 INT: 1. Joe Rincon (Kawl; 2. Cal St ueb ner (Suz); 3. Carl Reed (Suzl. 250 PRO: 1. Rex State n (Vaml; 2. Danny Bart hol omen (Vam); 3. Tom Moen (Hon). 500 BEG: 1. Keith Schroe der (C-A); 2. Kar l Kirk land (Hon); 3. David Hacock (Vam). 500 NOV: 1. Ed Cava naugh (Hon); 2. Jim Anderson (Han). 500 INT: 1. Ficarlna (Hus); 2. Dean W ilk inson (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Pat Weber (Kaw); 2. Robert Tippit (Suz), VET: 1. Stave Ballmer (Hus). By Kit Palmer CORONA, CA, J AN . 7 By Pam Hardin Rocket Rex Stat en (Yam) , the King of Corona motocross, returned to Corona Raceway during a four-week vacation from PHOENIX, AZ, JA N . 2 Results HIGH SCHOOL MINI NOV: 1. Dino Tarracciano (Vam); 2. Chris Vano (yam); 3. Gary Gughes (Yaml . MINI SR: 1. Gary Dent (Kaw); 2. Buc kV Moola (Kaw); 3. Chris Hale (Kaw) . LADIES: 1. Dee Dee Ashly; 2. Robin M izokami (Suz). . 100 NOV: 1. Greg ory White (Vam ); 2. David Church (Suz); 3 . Tony Heine (Vam). 100 SR: 1. Gary Dent (Kaw); 2. Paul Chaaon (Vam). 125 NOV : 1. Ron Chaeon (Yam); 2. Sandy Willi ams (Suzl: 3. David Spear (Yaml . 125 SR; 1. Robbie Dunham (Suz); 2. But ch Falkner (Yam ). 175 NOV : 1. Marc Burns (Suz); 2. M ike Nett (Vam); 3. David Speer (Vam). 175 SR: 1. Cun Nordal (Yam); 2. Ric Vande rlinden (Vam); 3 . Mi ke Sanderg (Vam). 250 NOV : 1. M ike Oondel (Vam ); 2. Mike Mazza cane (Yam); 3. Saun Hansen (Yam). 250 SR: 1. Joe Rincon (Kawl; 2. Jam es Cont i (Hon); 3. Paul Herman (Kawl. 500 NOV: 1. Marsh Nutt (Yam); 2. M ike Mazza cane (Yaml ; 3. J oe Picehiohi no (Yam). 500 SR: 1. J oe Rincon (Kaw); 2. Brian Gr iewe Deer Valley's '83 season opener specta tors saw one of th e best ever 125ccAmateur match-ups with headl in ers Doug " Bu tch " But ch er a nd Ma rk Lucas p ulli ng ou t a ll th e sto ps. Th eir rid ing styles were as different as the bike they rode , bu t th e win was a ll Bu tch 's afte r h is coo l co nfident rid in g in th e last rnot o. T he newl y H onda-mounted rider p u lled a m id- pack sta n in the first mot o wi th J err y T istle holding off Lucas. W ith half th e race go ne, so was th e leader Lucas with Bu tch not far beh ind. DG 's J ed Green held on 10 his third pl ace while Lucas a nd Butch ra n away with it. With th e first mot a win und er h is kidney belt, Lucas watch ed thro ug h th e exha us t fu mes as But ch pulled away fro m Scan Booher a nd Keit h Watkins. But ch mot or ed to a sizeable lead wh ile Lucas had to lak e h is time gelli ng arou nd Sco tt Duvall in thi rd . When they bot h began to pressure Booher , a sl ip -up by the Yamie rid er left seco nd place to Lucas, Still a ll a lo ne in th e lea d , But ch took the nod for overa ll wi n in hi s fir st ride on a Honda. Results v ZINGERS; 1. Chuck y Cook (Vam); 2. Eddie Lucas (Vam). PEEWEE NOV ; t . Justin Jaurnad(Hoo); 2. Chuck Berry (Yam); 3. Kevin Kinman (Hon l. PEE WEE AM : 1. J immy Button (Hon ); 2. Damon Watkins (Kaw); 3. Aaron Stewart (Yam ). 80 BEG: t , Damon Watkins (Hon); 2. Marc DeBe radinis (Vam); 3 . John Brooks (Vaml . BO NOV: 1. Jimmy Button (Hon ); 2. M ike Bailey (Suz); 3. Grady Ingram (Vam ). BO AM : 1. Cra ig Nielsen (Kaw ); 2. Bill y Corlson (Vam). 80 EX: 1. Dennis Parker (Yaml ; 2 . Shawn Hilton {Kaw l; 3. Steve Brooks (Vam). . 105: 1. Cra ig Nielsen (Kaw); 2. Denn is Parker (Vam ); 3. John Moran (Vam). 125 BEG; 1. Curt Koennd (Hon); 2. Steve Davis (Vam); 3 . Randy Killman (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Tony Gaines (Han ); 2. Blue Robinette (Yam); 3 . Dann y Ca nt u (Suzl . 125 AM : 1. Doug Butcher (Hon ); 2. M ark lucas (Suz); 3. J ad Green (Yam). 125 EX: 1. Bill Dalton (Hon); 2. Todd Kessel (Hon); 3 . Bruce Peters (Suzl . 250 BEG: 1. Scott Sm ith (Hon); 2. Jo hn Jar om (Hon); 3 . Paul Ryan (Suz). 250 NOV : 1. Hal Owens (Hon); 2. Gary M ann (Vam); 3 . Bob Reed (Suz). 2 50 AM : 1. Dale Cooly (Hon); 2. Joh n ny Brown (Vam); 3 . Larr y Noel (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Troy Blake (Vam); 2. Bob Blose (Hon); 3. Scott Sta llard (Hon ). • . - • • OPEN BEG:"'; Gary Paris (Vam). (l(') 00 0") SNR R Number 1 J im Cox leads Lan ce Owens. Henry Tezc a and Mike William s at Phoenix In t ernational Racew ay. OPEN NOV : 1. Mark Kennedy (Vam ): 2. Greg Ryan (M ai); 3. Bob Bur ek (Ma i). OPEN AM : 1. Tim Kennedy (Vam); 2. Shannon Drepee (Hon); 3. Joe Reed (Vam). OT: 1. Larr y Noel (Vam); 2. Tim Kennedy (Vam ); 3 . Bill Green (Vam). Snorte/and tops CRCDunes benefit-cross By Lee Taylor Butch bulls to 125ccAmateurwin Africa, where he's been living a nd racing du ri ng the past two years. Slaten was in h is usu al to p form as he swept bo th rn oto s o f th e 250cc Pro class. In th e first mot o Staten shot 10 the front o f th e com bined Pro clas s a hea d of Danny Barth ol orn e (Yam), 500 Ka wasak i-m oun ted Pat Web er o f Pomona Valley Kawasaki and l25cc Honda rider J im Anderson o f Ski p Ford yce H onda. As the ra ce p rogressed , Staten stretch ed hi s lead 10 a n untouchable margin. Barthol ome held on 10 his second p lace po sit ion th roughou t the moto, wh ile Weber was bu sy runn in g away with th e Open Pro lead. Staten went on to tak e th e win foll owed by Bar th ol orn e a nd Tom Moen (H a n) . Anderson took' th e rnot o win in th e 125's wh ile Weber did th e same in the Open's. Weber gra bbed th e seco nd holesho t j us t in ch es ahead of Slaten . Weber managed 10 keep Slaten second, but o n ly for two exci ting laps. As soon as Slaten had th e lead th e moto could ha ve ended there. Weber cru ised to anothe r flawl ess win fo r fir st overall in hi s class. Meanwhile, Anderson took the 125cc overall a hea d of Dennis Ostriem (Suz) and Russ Wicks (Han). - VALENCIA, CA, DEC. 19 T he sp irit of Christmas ca me ea rly to Indian Dunes. Lou Sorenson, whodelighted in riding wi th th e O ver The Hill Ga ng, the Old T im ers a nd CRC Vets, was serious ly in j ure d in a race weeks before a nd is, a t th is writing, pa ralyzed fro m th e neck do wn . His bu d dies got togethe r a nd held a raffle for a 1983 RM 250, tires, Electro helm ets an d the list went on and o n. With a ll proceeds going to help pa y Lou 's hosp ital bill. H ope full y, a day o f new begi nni ngs for Lou. For o thers, also. Andy Nellinger , 125cc Pro (ou t a year with kn ee an d hand su rgery) was back o n the track, running six th in his firs t mo to a nd fig h ti ng hi s way back. Nell in ger was for ced to DNF, bu t he's ba ck in acti on , nevertheless. A new beg inning for O pen a nd 250cc Pro , Pete Sno n ela nd. Pete had been away recovering from su rge ry. H is 250cc ma ch ine ran into mech anica ls in practice and had to be scra tched , lea ving Snorrela nd h is Open Ya maha. Snortela nd was in top form, la king control of the pack a nd hol d in g La rry H oo pe r, Honda-mounted forO'N eal , to seco nd throughout both mot os, Both men were unhampered by Phil Larson wh o found himself beseigned wi th mech anical s and forced to DNF. Res ults 60 STK NOV ; 1. Joel Tokarsk y (Vam); 2. Brian Payne (Yam); 3. Damon Huffman (Kaw) . 60 STK EX: 1. Al vin Ma llhews (Kaw); 2. Steve n Kotajarvi IKaw) . 60 MOO NOV : 1. Brian Payne (Yam); 2. Joe l Tokarskv (Vam); 3. Damon Huffman (Kaw ). 60 MOD EX: 1. Ronn ie Denslord (Hon); 2. Alvin Ma tthews (Kaw ); 3. Steven Kotaja rv; (Kaw) . 80STK BEG: 1. " Dare Dev il " JeffOunlap (Suzl : 2. Ronn ie Rosales (Suz); 3. Curt carpenter (Yam ). 80 STK NOV : 1. Keith O'Neal (Hon); 2. Jeff Mabery (Kaw); 3. Abel Gayton (Suz). 80 STK INT: 1. Shane Trittler (Honl ; 2. Doug Fisher (KX); 3. Scon Murphy (Vaml . 80 STK EX: 1. Kyle Lewis (Kawl; 2. Mouse McCoy (Honl ; 3. Tony Toste (Kaw) . 80 MOD BEG; 1. Sean Blanchard (Vaml ; 2. Doug Huston (Yam). . 80 MOO NOV : 1. Jeff Mabery (Kaw ); 2. Robert Forster (Suz): 3. Brock Suter (Vam). . 80 MOD INT: 1. Shane Tritt ler (Hon); 2. TonyVork . (Suz); 3. SCOll M urphy (Vam). . 80 MO D EX: 1. Kyle Lewis (Kaw): 2. Jeff Barba cov i (Yam); 3 . Mouse M cCoy (Hon l. 100 EX: 1. Steve Van Duzen (Yam). 125 BEG: 1: M ike James (Suz); 2. Chri s Keck (Hon); 3 . Alex Teno (Suzl . 125 NOV : 1. Mark Stuen (Suz); 2. Curt Farrar (Yam); 3 . Warren Heath (Han). 125 INT; 1. David Antill ion (Vam); 2. Jerry " O.J : · Ank er (Yam); 3. J on Turner (Han). 12 5 PRO: 1. Gary Bowman (Suz); 2. A .J. Wh it ing (Yam); 3. Russ Wageman (Kawl . . 250 BEG: 1. Steve Jen n ing s (C, A I; 2. Tom Pet r us (Kaw); 3. Joe Galat i (Hon). 250 NOV : 1. Eric Riepe (Su z); 2 . Gen e Borgia (Suz); 3 . Bren Banne rman (Han). 250 INT; 1. Rodn ey Mo rr iso n - (Su z); 2. M ike Raschke (Hon); 3. Dave Wel ty (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Phil Larson (Hon ); 2. A.J . Whit ing (Yam); 3. Jim Tarant ino (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Dougla s Coolidge (Hon); 2. Bratt Henry (Vam); 3. David Donnelly (Vam). OPEN NOV: 1. Bob Bur leigh (Hon); 2. Paul Foster (Mai); 3 . Dan Stilwell (Vam). OPEN INT: 1. Rodger McCabe (Suz); 2. Jera Mason (Ma i); 3. Ruben Falcon (Hon ). OPEN PRO: 1. Pate Snorteland (Vam); 2. Lar ry Hooper (Hon ). VET JR: 1. Tom Spurg in (Hus ); 2. John Placencia (Hon); 3. Dan Ostrosky (Suz). VET INT: 1. Kent Shephard (Yam ); 2. Step hen Clark (M ai). • VET EX: 1. J im O'Nea l (M ai); 2. A lan Verc hick (Vam l; 3. Gary W illison (M ai). Cox SNRR number one plate winner By Don Akers Photo by Tony Hatrent LAS VEGAS , NV, DEC. 12 . Although a cra sh on a warm up lap made Jim Co x miss the last two races of the da y, he'd already amassed enough points to cli nc h th e 1983 num ber o ne pl at e for the Southern Nevada Road Racers. T he fir st race of the da y wa s a combin ed 450cc a nd Open Bo x Stoc k class, and Cox starte d th e day by winn in g th e 450's, a class that he's virtuall y domina ted all season long. Meanwhile, in th e Open class, Mik e Williams took a n early lead foll owed by Slim Stephens a nd H enry " Mr. Clean " T ecza . T he dogfi ght betw een Stephen s and T ecza for second pl ace went on until lap seven, wh en Steph en s mad e detour in to the dirt com in g o u t of turn th ree. Tha t mad e th e fin ish in g lineup Will iams, T ecza, a nd Stephens. Next o n th e grid was the 450cc Super Street class. Cox took th e holesho t and was ne ver seri o us ly cha llenged throughou t the race, a ltho ug h second a nd th ird p lace finishers Rick Elias and Mike VanNat la ga ve it the ir best shot. T he foll owing race was th e 600cc Box St ock go ro u nd a nd, a lt hough, Cox al so won thi s one, he had a lot of com pe ti tion from Mike William s. Co x took a n early lead with Williams gnawing a t hi s heels. Will ia ms continued 10 press Cox until lap seven, whe n he passed him . Cox seeme d to la ke o ffense a t this a nd passed Will ia ms back. T ha t set o ff a fI urry of passin g a nd rep assing betw een th e two riders tha t went on until the last lap. Co x fin ally got by Williams and ma de it stick! T he finis hi ng order was Cox , Williams, Tecza, Stephen s a nd O wen s. T ha t puts a cap o n th e 1982 SNRR rac ing season a nd J im Cox is th e new number one p lat e hold er. I lalked to J im whil e he was in the hosp ital recoveri ng from th e effects o f hi s cras h Suri day , a nd he as ked me to p lease make sure that I publicly relay his tha nk s to his tu ner Ed Malkiewicz of W il d l i fe P e rf o r m a n ce. W i th o u t " Krazy Eds " engine wizardry, Ji m says he cou ld have never made itl 13

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