Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(A bove left) Mike Tripe. (662) won the Open Pro cl•••. (A bove right) Second in the Open Pro• • M ike Shoem.ker (6 61 ) topped t he 260• • Shoemaker, Hicks dish out licks at CRC Amateur Supercross By Lee Taylor ANAHEIM CA JAN. 30 " , . day. Ron Economue piloted his YaII!aha ~ut in front wit~ Canadian " D a v I d Lajewnesse knocking on the door. TtiberioEsparzafoundhimself locked in a wheel-clashing duel for Almost 700 riders Ignored the o th er Super" . S di bowl and showed up at Anaheim ta rum to participate in the California R acin g Club's Amateur Supercross • The racers , who came from as farawa y as South Africa and Canada rode on essentially the same c~urse that the Na. I'd d h . h nona n ers use t e rug t 12 before. For Yamaha's Eddie Hicks, it was a battle royale in the 80cc Stock Expert class , from starting gate to winner's circle. Hefought his way lip through the pack the first time around to try and catch Kawasaki's Paul Denis, Honda's Mike Healey and the everthreatening Mouse McCoy. Hicks ended his first round in fifth and came back in the second moto to a so~nd sec<;md behind Bader J'v.Ianneh. Wtth Denis and McCoy DNF1Og, and H~aler 12th in the second round, HI cks score was good enough for top ho~ors. Bryan Brunner of ;\rlZona claimed second place gold with a 3-4 tally and Manneh, eighth in moto one, rounded out the .top three. . When the Pros hit the stadium floor, T~am Tamm exploded out of the gate 10 all three classes and racked up triple gold. The Open Pros saw.Hon~-mounted Tamm racers MIke Tnpes and Mi~e S~oemaker set up a 1-2 com.binat~on 10 Ix;>t!t rou~ds that defied their compet~lOn. TnJ:!e5 took ~ome top ~?lIar wtth a 2-! ride and The Shoe went home wtth second place Ic;x>t. Matt Tedder, a Honda support rid er, rounded out the top three. Tamm Racing struck pay dirt again in the 250cc Pro contest with Shoemaker taking a clean sweep and team mate Dean Cates. close behind for second overall. Third place gold went to Scott Sargent, recently moved up to th e Pro ra n ks and sizzling aboard a Suzuki. Th e th ird ja ckpot cam e for T ea m Ta m m in th e l25cc Pro race wit h Chris Howard tak in g th e gold. T ea m Green en try Ch ris Taylor scored a ' 'd ' so II secon d wtt h a 32 n'd e, hid 10g 0 •off .Lc:anunate -Todd.Gampbdb ·. ·. ·•.•.• A wi ld and crazy gang of CR C Vets took on th e Del T a co Double jumps twoa n~ three abreast, takin g-ou t ~a y bales n gh t and left a nd d emolishing streams of banners a ll a ro und th e cou rse. Jim O 'Neal of Ma ico West pi cked upa pair of aces for th e Expert division, leaving second place honors to Randy Gafner and third pl ace gold to Bill Millar. Throughout both motos, Danny Ashcraft battled Chuck Dalton and Nick Beltran for the J unior division win. Richard Meyers edged out Alan Gerkey and Rich Tabor to take the Gold in th e Intermed iates. When the 125cc Beginners came back to the line for their final four divisions had fought all day ' over qualifying slots. The glory and the gold finally came for Suzuki-mounted Brandon Schneider who fought his way up through the pack for command and by the end ofthe night had a six second lead over the field. John Posca, riding for Posca Dental Lab, found himself within inches of losing his position. He had to stay on the gas and fight off Todd Schaeffer. Milan Chutil and Brian Felix. When they crested the finish line jump, Schneider led the way with Posca and Schaeffer holding fast for second and third, respectively. . The 25Oc.c Intermed~ate ru~-off got off to a radical start wlt~ a pile-up at the end of theIront straight. Ernerging out. of the chaos was Glen Wells, barely 10 control a.nd hounded co nst';lntly by P3:t Dell,tgatta and joseph Rincon. Delligatta s Honda.screamed at Wells through th e Bndgestone S~pe! Berm and over .the H onda Hlmllayas. Wells ten aclOusl ~ held co mma n d fo r vi ctory, Delhga tt a sco red a resounding seco nd and R!nco n (Ka w) easi ly took home thud pl ace ho no rs. T h e 250cc.NC?vlCes b ro ug h t utter ' • •• bcldbun.. ttlWuJ1Oal encou nter.of the thirdwithJim~eubauerthatcarried ~e~;~I~en high off the Coca Cola When the checkered flag brought an end to the madness , Economue emerged intact and victorious, Lajewnesse took second place gold home to Canada and fellow Canadi3:n Martin deGraff moved up for third place honors. When the 80cc Stock Beginners blasted down the straight in their run-off heat, a grudge match quickly shaped up between Kawasaki-mounted j im m y Lewis and Da le Welsh aboard a H onda. Both Minis had dueled hot and heavy with each other through both qualifiers, finishing second and first, respectively. With the mo ment of truth now before them it was go-for-broke time. Welshstaned the ball rollin~ by ~ocketing out into the lead and fighting to keep away ~rom~wisan~ArizonanWesParker 10 th!rd. LeWIS was on the gas and bu~1Og a .gr een .streak around the stadium. Bit by bit, he reeled Welsh i~. At the half:way mark, Lewis made hIS move, shpped a wheel under . Welsh for control.a~d held off every one ~own t? the finish. Welsh ended the night with a well-deserved second overall and Parker took third place ho~ors. . . Jtm Anderson , piloting a Honda for Skip Fordyce of Riverside, took home the h?nors ~e hard way for the O pen NoVICes.. Flrs~ round fo~nd Anderson running thtrdan? battling off a hot and heavy pack; doing everything he could to reel in second place Ken Symer (Mai). Symer, in tum, had his sights set on the front runner, Scot Wiseman, who by sheer guts held the field at bay for the moto win. When the big bore machines came to life for th eir final a ttack, Anderson took over and was flying l He left behind Symer and Paul Schreffler in second and third. They finish ed that way overall . e Results PEE WEE: 1. Denn is Dah lin II (Yam); 2. Ryan Sprugin (Yaml: 3. Kayle Leogrande (Yaml 4. Jeff Wllloh(Vam);5.JessaTewksbury(Yaml. 60 STK NOV: 1. Joel Tokarsk y (Vam); 2. Greg Guerin (Yam); 3. Denn is Dahl in II (Kawl; 4..Brandon Sperling (Kawt 5. RY"n Spurg in (Yam). 60STK EX: 1. Shawn Bates(Yam t 2. Matt Foster (Kawt 3. Eddie Gaumond (Yaml . 60 STK EX: 1. Junior Jackson (Kawt 2. Mike Pascarella(Kawl: 3. St..... Kotajarvi (Kaw t 4. Tommy CI~rs (y am): 5. Buddy Antunez (K_ ). 60 MOD NOV: 1. Greg Wine (Yaml: 2. Shane Good (Yam): 3. Roben Naber (Sul). 60 MOD INT: 1. Shawn Bates (Yaml : 2. J immy Clay (Yamt 3. Eddie Gaumond (Yaml . 60 MOD EX: 1. Sh_n Kalos (Suzt 2. St..... KOla· j arvi (Kawk 3. Mike Pascarella: 4 . Buddy Antunez (Kaw): 5. Tommy CI~rs (Yam). BO STK BEG: 1. Jimmy Law is (Kaw): 2. Dale Welsh (Honl :3. Was Parkar (Yam): 4 .Tommy McGill (Vam): 5. Sean Blanchlrd (yam). BOSTK NOV: 1. David Farris (Kaw); 2. David Foltz (Vaml: 3. Joey Mendoza (Kaw); 4 . Robert Forest (Suz); 5. Steve Kendell (Suzl. BD STK INT: 1. Chr il BurgelS (Kaw); 2. Brian Pryor (Suzt 3. Mike Pascarella (Kaw); 4. Gene Baldwin (Yam); 5. Derelt NY" (Yam). BD STK EX: 1. Eddie Hicks (Yamt 2. Bry an Br un ner (Kawl; 3 . Bader Manneh (Kawj; 4. Dennis Parker (Vamt 5. William Surrm (Kaw). BD M OD BEG: 1. Richard Bates (Yam); 2. Sean Blanchard (Vaml; 3. SteVl Wamboldt (Yaml; 4. Sloan Cooper (Kaw ): 5. Don Burte (Yam). BOM OD NOV: 1. Ronnie Den slord (Hon ); 2. Steve Kende ll (Suz); 3. Colin Karc he r (ylm); 4. Robert Forest (Kaw) ; 5. Steve Furuya (Yam). . BO MOD INT; 1. Steve Gamble (Yam l; 2. Br ia n Pryor (Suz); 3. Gene Baldwin (Yam): 4. Derek NY" (Vaml; 5. J un ior Jackaon (Kaw) . BO M OD EX: 1. William Surrm (Kaw); 2. Scott Brown (Kaw); 3. Bader Manneh (~I; 4. Brya n Br un ner (Kawt 5. Milte Healay (Hon). 100 BEG: I . Mike Cagla (Yaml . 100 NOV: 1. Neal Ametbury (Sul). loolNT: I . Tobyla_(yaml. 100 EX: I . Mark Lacl

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