Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southertl' CallfG'l'liI...ArlzH.·Southern' Nevad.-' So_them Callfdrala·AJlh:onll.Southern Nn·.da.Southern Cailfornla·A:rIz, Western hotline pushed McGa ffee ou t of the way to jet u p in th ird . Keyes a nd Moen mad e it another two-ma n race whe n they both got a hea d of Olsen , wh o is a newly adva nced Amat eur. Keyes went into th e lead alone, wh ile Moen had Ol sen and Hunt pushing him for his seco nd pl ace. With one lap to go, Hunt d ispl aced Ol sen for thir d and went tha t way to the checkered. Results . Drey Dircks (591 leads the Expert charge at Canyon Raceway. McMahon master ofCoronaMX By Kit Palmer CO RO NA, CA, DEC. 17 There seems to be no taming Malcolm Sm ith 's Vince MeMahon (Yam). H e contin ued his complete domination of th e 250cc P ro 'class ton ight at Corona Raceway. . At the start of the first moto of the 250cc Pro class it was McMahon who grabbed th e holeshot ah ead of H arl ey H all (Hon) , Suzuki Co untry's Duan e Ma pes (Suz) an d Riverside Suzu ki's Joh n Mazzacane (Suz), By th e end of the first lap McMa ho n had developed a sizable lead, while Ma pes ha d found a way past Hall, overtaking the second position. A lap later Mazzacane sn uck by Hall. Then Mazzacane found himself in second afte r Mapes went down. Mapes recovered quickly enough to reta in th ird, bu t.H all took advantag e of the stunned Suzuki pi lot a lap later by reca p turing th e third position. Out of nowh ere came Danny Barth olomen (Yam), who got off to a sixt h pl ace start, after p ickin g off one ri der after anothe r until he had positi oned him self in third m id wa y thro ug h the moto. With on ly three laps remai ni ng , Mazzacan e dropped out handing the second spot o ver to Bartholom en . Also making hi s wa y through th e field was J ack Scott (Yam), whoalso recovered from a fair start until he had overtaken fourth. McMahon took a swea tless win ah ead of Bartholomen , H all and Sco tt . Agai n, McMahon powered his Yamaha to the front of th e pack a t th e start of moto two while Scot t, Bartholomen and H all followed. Sco tt held on to his second position for two laps unt il Bartholomen snuck by. But u p fro nt - way up fro nt - was McMa hon . McMa hon's lead was untouchable, a nd he mo tored on to a nothe r £law less win . Second went to Bartholom en foll owed by Sco tt a nd Hal l. Results HIGH SCHOOL MINI NOV : 1. Dina Terracciano (Yam); 2. Dav id Farr is : 3 . Ron Jordo n (Yam). MINI SR: 1. Greg Trachy (lt aw) ; 2. Gary Dent (ltawt 3. Mike Wiese (Vam). WOMEN : 1. Dee Dee Ashley (Vam); 2. Robin Mizokam i (Suzl. 14 100 NOV : 1. Ron Jordon (Yam ); 2. Ton y Heine; 3. Kev in Lamm (Yam) . 125 NOV : 1. Ch r is Gables (Suz); 2 . Scott Bu ms (Kaw); 3. M ike Neff (Vam). 1251NT: 1. Steve Stewart (ltaw); 2. M ike Magall· nes (Yam ); 3 . Scon Mapes (Kaw) . 125 SR: 1. Bryan Curtis (Yam); 2. Chad Barnes 1 \ ~ " (Kaw); 3. J oe Rincon (ltaw) . 175 NOV: 1. Scon Burn s; 2. Ric k Lane (Kaw); 3. Ton y Strangis (Su z). 17 51NT: 1. Steve St ewart (Kaw) ; 2. Donny M yron (Suz); 3 . Valt er Elicker (Vam) . 175 SR: 1. Joe Rincon (lt awl; 2. Chad Barn es; 3 . Br ian Curtis (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Mark Muff (Yam) ; 2. Sha un Hansen (Yam); 3. Mike Mazzacane (Yam). 250 SR: 1. James Cont i; 2. Wi lli e Musty. 500 NOV : 1. Shaun Hansen (Yam) ; 2. M ike Ma zzacane (Yam ); 3. Jeff Digby (Yam ). 500 SR: 1. James Con t i (Han); 2. W illie Musty (Su z). UNATTACHED 50 PEE WEE : 1. Shane Good (Varni; 2 . J eremy Applegate (Vam); 3. Tyson Dan iel (Vam) . _ 50 PEEWEE: 1. BrandonSpeeling (ltaw l; 2. M ike Metzger (Varni; 3. Jacob Swain (Yam ). M IN I BEG : 1. Flon Port er (Han); 2. John Holm es (Kaw ); 3. Darek Parsons (Yaml . M IN I NOV : 1. Joey Mendoza (ltaw); 2 . M ike Burdette (Yam ); 3. David Chu rc h (Suz). MINI INT: 1. Ron West (ltaw) ; 2. Stav e Gamble (Yamt 3. Gary Lacy (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Paul Den nis (Kaw) ; 2. Scon Brown (ltaw) . 125 BEG: 1. A lax Ma ns f ield (Su z); 2. Charlia Gonzalez (Yam ); 3. M ike Kesse ll (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Da le Himmerric h (Suz); 2. Ron Nor lund (Yam); 3. Richard Fernandez (Han) . 1251NT: 1. Jason Nawma n (Vam); 2. Jason Rin con (Kaw); 3 . Trey Mcfarland (Vam ). 125 PRO: 1. Scott Wilkinson (Han); 2. Jerry Arse · nault (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Robert Moore (Vam); 2. R.V. Kepter (Suz ); 3 . Jerry Delafunes (Suz). 250 NOV : 1. Tom Gargen (Suz); 2. Geoff Pittser . (Han); 3. Mark Romeio (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Ron Lawson (Yam); 2 . Steve Lamy (Yam); 3 . Rusty Tallinger (Han) . 250 PRO: 1. Vince McMahon (Yam) ; 2 . Danny Bartholomen (Yam ); 3. Jack Scon (Yam ). 500 BEG: 1. Don Swartzbeugh (Kaw); 2. Jeff Roberts (Yam); 3. Shayne Sm ilh (Vam). 500 NOV: 1. M ika Senten (Varni; 2. Ed Cava naugh (Hon ); 3. Ron McGee (M ai) . 500 PRO: 1. Lao Sau l (Yam); 2. Marlt Frankli n (Han ). Dircks collects two Canyon MX wins By Pam Hardin PHOENIX, AZ., DEC. 12 Gary Dircks unpacked his new Hondas and packed up the 125 and 250cc Pro wins at Canyon Racewa y. Rincon Ra cing 's Scott Keyes dom ina ted th e 125cc Ama teurs, Stock a nd Mod ified, wi th I- I finis hes in both. La rry Noel, usu ally rid in g in th e Old Timers class, rode to two very co nsistent rides in the 250cc Ama teurs to take the overall. 125cc Amateur Albert Po tte took h is modified bike o ut to a first moto lead with Dave McGaffee a nd Mark Moen foll owin g beh ind. Moen took th e lead after on e lap while Keyes was on his way up after a bad start. Keyes slip ped by McGaffee and passed Moen with half the race to go. T heir two man show took them almost 15 seconds ahead of Tom Hunt in third, a nd the positions remained the same to the fin ish. In th eir second moto Rob Ol sen took his H onda to a su rprise holeshot whi le Keyes crept up io second; Moen : BD BEG: 1. SCan Car ey (Han); 2 . J eff Band es (Hon) ; 3. Randy Sh ipl ey (Kaw) . BD NOV STK: 1. Bob Ar no ld (Kaw) ; 2. W es Parker (Yam); 3. M ike Bail ay (Suz). BD NOV MOD: 1. Chr is Dixo n (ltaw) ; 2. M ika Bailey (Su z); 3. Brent White (Yam ). 50 AM STIt : 1. Cra ig Nie lsen (lt aw) ; 2 . Robert Na ugh ton (Hoo); 3. Pat Loughran (Yam). 80 AM MOO : 1. Cra ig Nielsen (Kawl: 2 . Robert Naug hton (Han); 3. Scon Aa rdema (Vam ). BD EX STIt : 1. Den nis Parker (Vam ); 2. Shawn Hil ton IKaw) ; 3. John Moran (Suz). • BD EX MOD: 1. Denn is Parker (Yam); 2. Shawn Hilton (Kaw) ; 3 . John Moran (Suzl . 125 BEG: 1. It .C. Porter (Suz); 2 . Steve Dav is (Han); 3. Shawn Thompson (Han). 125 NOV STK : 1. J erry Booher (Vam ); 2. Danny Cant u (Suz); 3. Robert Dees (HanI. 125 NOV MOD: 1. Jerr y Booher (Vam); 2 . Ch ris Anderson (Su z); 3. Robert Dees (Han) . 125 AM STK : 1. Scon Keves (lt aw) ; 2. SCan nu w au (Han) ; 3. Rob Olsen (Han). 125 AM MOD: 1. Scan Iteyes (ltaw) ; 2 . Ma rlt M oen (Han); 3. Tom Hunt (Su z). 12 5 EX: 1. Gary Dirck s (Hon ); 2. Bill Da lton (Han); 3. Robert Ma son (Yam) . 250 BEG: t . Chris Boschen (Han); 2 . Scott Sm ith (Han); 3. Stacay Rains (Su z). 250 NOV STIt: 1. Albe rt Lapsansky (Han); 2 . J im Varner (M ai); 3. Alan Wells (Vam). 250 AM : 1. Larry Noe l (Vam); 2 . Tor ey Dav is (Yam); 3 . Harry Espey Jr. (Han). 250 EX: 1. Gary D ircks (Han); 2 . Dre v Dircks (Su z); 3 . Ron Watmore (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1. Denn is Parks (Han ): 2. Larry Noe l (Yam); 3 . Robert Chadwick (Vam) . OPEN EX: 1. James George (Suz); 2. Tim Ricklites (Hus); 3. Court Guerin (Vam) . OT: 1. Rick Myers (Han) ; 2. Tim Kennedy; 3 . Rick Tabo r (Han). Valentino tops Novices at DeAnza MX By Kit Palmer SU NNY MEAD, CA, J AN . 2 It was a points tie after th e completion of two motos, but Mark Val entino (Kaw) went home with the gold in the 250cc Novi ce class a t DeAnza Cycle Park. Both Val entino a nd J on Ell enberger (Suz) earned the same amo unt of points after two mo tos, bu t Val entino won the all- important , decid in g second mo to to capture th e overall. At th e start of mot o o ne, Ellenberger took h is Suzuki to th e fro nt of the pack followed by Valent ino, Mark Wiedeman (Suz), J eff Frandsen (H on) a nd J oe Steffen (Yam). The two leaders began to pull aw ay from the rest of th e pack, as Steffen found a £law in Frandsen 's def en se a nd took o ver fourth. The win was still undecid ed . Ellenberger held on for th e win a nd Val entin o a nd Wied eman followed. In the second moto Valentino found himself in fourth after the sta rt, but he soon wor ked hi s way into second, hot on Ellenberger's rear fender. The two were at it agai n, but, with only two laps remaining, Valentino snuck by for th e lead, win a nd overall fol lowed by Ellen berger, Wiedeman a nd Steffen. . Results PEE WEE : 1. Br ian Sanchez (Yam ); 2. Tony Sanchez (Vam); 3. Jeremv Chaussel (Yam). JR CVC: 1. Dana Wiggins (Han); 2. Jacob Sm ith (Vam) . M INI BEG : 1. John Scarberry (Kaw) ; 2. Billy Oberg (Suz); 3 . Gath Tarlout (Yam) . MINI NOV : 1. Larry Soyeg (Vam); 2. Chris Winkler (ltawl; 3 . Dav id Church (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. John Branch (Yam ); 2. M ike Dessell (Su zl; 3. Lance Rieman (Vam). 125 NOV : 1. Tim Clark (Su z): 2. Bred Fat (Honl ; 3 . Lance Gorton (ltaw ). 125 1NT: 1. M ike Roberts (Yam ); 2. J immy Palmer (Suz); 3. Rodne y Phe lps (KTM) . 250 BEG: 1. Mike Banfield (Su z); 2. David Itnapik (Suz); 3 . Br ian McAdoo (Yam) . 250 NOV ; 1. Mark Va lentino (Kaw) ; 2. :Jon'Ell en- berger (Suz); 3. Ma rlt Wiedeman (Suz). 250 (NT: 1. Kit Palmer (Han); 2 . Larry Dimmin (Hon ); 3. Steve Lam y (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Cra ig Gormley (Va m); 2. Eddie Michen i (Suz ); 3. Rodney Hughes (Yaml . OPEN BEG: 1. Dave Hall (Vam); 2 . Dav id W ignall (Suzl. OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Ve trano (Han ); 2. Ron Gibson. VET JR : 1. Rex Reese (S uz); 2. Alice Moore (Suz). VET INT: 1. Dev in Putnam (Ma i); 2. Robert Broten (Suz). . VET SR: 1. Chu ck M inert (Han) : 2. W ill iam Cline (Su z); 3 . Lar ry Lowen (Suz). Srekerand Hannah win on Hondas By Terry Whytal O RANG E, CA, J AN. 2 Newl y signed Honda teamsters Goat Breker and Bob Hannah each won their resp ectiv e Pro races today at Saddleback Park, Breker the Open Pro class and Hannah the 250cc Pro class. Ne ithe r -victor y was a runa way win as tough co m peti tio n kept the o u tco me in do u bt a t th is first Saddlebac k motocross race of th e new year . Breker 's ma in co mpetition ca me fro m Yama ha ' rider Jim Ellis a nd Honda -mo unted Steve Rh yan . Ell is provided most of the first rnoto dicing between th e lead ers, bu t DNF th e seco nd round to fin ish o ut of th e money. Rh yan took th e early lead in round two and Breker played ca tch- up for mos t of th e race before finally easing pas t th e form er 500cc Golden State Series cha mp . Breker earn ed th e overall laurels with Rh yan p icking up second ahea d of Mai co p ilots Er ic Eaton and Val T arni eui, In 250cc ac tio n, the battle for th e lead was a th ree rid er du el between win ner H annah, Yama ha sta r Ri ck J ohnson an d Honda rider J im Tarantino. H annah controlled th e pace in the first round as Johnson a nd T arantin o a rgued over second and kept pressure on the Hurricane. Round two was more exci ting as Taran tin o powered to the early lead and held off the charges from Hannah and Johnson until the mid-point of th e moto. Hannah and John son finally slipped past Saddleback's top privateer rider and dueled for th e lead, wit h Han nah agai n taking the checkers first. Johnson picked up second overall with Tarantino third. Honda rider Phil Larson went home with th e fourth place share of th e purse ahead . of Yam aha p ilot Vin ce McMahon. • Results OPEN PRO: 1. Goat Breker (Hon t 2. Steve Rhyan (Han); 3 . Eric Eaton (Ma i). 250 PRO: 1. Bob Hannah (Han) ; 2. Rick Johnson (Yam); 3 . J im Tarlntino (Hon) . 125 PRO: 1. Todd Campbell (ltaw); 2. Gary Denton (Suz); 3 . Michael Preston (Suz). 50 INT: 1. Jeff Long (Han); 2. Dave Fernandez (Vam ); 3. Paul Huffman (Han) . 50 JR : 1. Mel Brown (Han ); 2. Bob Watson (Hont 3 . Chr is Dowell (Vam ). 250 INT DIV 1: 1. Alan Olson (ltaw ); 2. Dean We lsh (Han); 3 . Robbie Tamas (Yam). 250 INT DIV 2: 1. Jeff Clarlt (Su z); 2. Luc De Ley (Suz ); 3 . M itch Davis (Suz). 250 JR DIV 1: 1. M ike Johnson (Yam ); 2 . Ph il Siek irk (Yam ); 3. Pau l Herman (Kaw). 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Chris Pillow (Suz); 2. Tom Harper (Vam); 3. Clay Stanford (Suz~ 125 INT DIV 1: 1. Dean Welsh (Han); 2. Janson Rippen (Kaw); 3. Rick Atltins (Yam ). 1251NTDIV2: 1.lturtHendricksen(Vamt 2. Mike Brown (Suz); 3 . Jason Prater (Kaw). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. M ike Carvana (Suz); 2. Itevin Valenti (Han); 3. Rick Lane (ltaw). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Jeff Lacy (Kaw); 2. Tim Wh itlock (Sull; 3. Mike Gilmartin (Han) . OT MASTER: 1. Rick Watson (KTM); 2 . Jim Bel · tinck (Mai); 3 . Malcolm McCassey (Hon) . OT JR : 1. Howard Davis (Suz); 2. Iturt Solko (Vam); 3. Carl Ellert (Mai). VET MASTER: 1. Alan Olson (ltaw); 2. Ma r ino Bast ionell (Suzl; 3. Den Vork (Ma i). VET INT: 1. Scan W iner (Hus) ; 2 . Rodger Dufur (Vam); 3 . M ike Casey (Sull. M INI EX: 1. Lar ry Brooks (Suz); 2 . Pau l Den is (Kaw); 3. Will iam Surratt (Ka w) . M INI INT: 1. Steve Gamble (Vam); 2. Shane Tr ittler (Han); 3 . Chris Bu rgess (Kaw) . . M IN I JR : 1. Steve ltendall (Suz); 2. Colin Itarcher . (lt awl; 3 . Cha d Smart (Suz).

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