Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ 'A Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornla-Arlzona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornla-Arlzon B Western hotline ~ c<") 00 0") ..... (Above ) Robbie No lan leads CMC /Carlsbad 's260cc Pros. (Below ) Bruce Hammer receives the proceeds from fund raisers from Pat Owens and friends. pany, Kal-Gard , Kawa saki Motor Corporation, Marina Suzuki, Maxi Products, Milne Distributing, Moto-X Fox , Rowe U.S.A. , Snap-On Tools, Triumph International Owners Club, T riumph Motorcycles American. U.S. Suzuki , Vance &: Hines, Yamaha Motor Corporation. and Yoshimura R &: D of Ameri ca. Two people also gave cash donations without a request for tickets. They were Mike Taylor of Santa Fe Springs, who gave $50 and Charles E. Ahrens of Dallas, TX who gave $100. These gifts were deeply appreciated. The fund raiser was held in two locations. The first one was run in conjunction with the Second Annual SIeve McQueen Hare Scrambles near California Ci ty on Jan. 2. The course used for the poker run was courtesy of the Southern California Dinosaur Association. The second location was at Los Angeles Trade-Technical Col lege on Jan. 23. Bruce was present at both events and was presented wit h the total $1408 at L.A. Trade-Tech on Jan. 23. The many people who helped run both fund raisers are too numerous to mention. but their support and help were invaluable. We were honored with three celebrities at the Jan. 23 event. They were Thomas Stevens Jr., President of L.A. Trade-Tech and two visiting engineers from Honda Motor Company, Ltd., Japan. They were Mr. lsamu Wakabayashi and Mr. Akira Tanaka. Although th e recession has been felt by the motorcycle industry, the tremendous response to help Bruce has been gratifying. We must acknowledge one group who helped, Chapter " A" of the California Gold Wing Riders Association bought tickets. Some also attended the event at L.A. Trade-Tech. World Champ wins at Sunrise ., 24 pellite(Hot Moves Wes) both scratched, leaving the field at two. The "Boogaloo Kid" let Ro mero take the gate and chased him into turn three where the fireworks began. Romero went down forcing Schwartz to go wide, where he hit the berm on the outside at full throttle. Schwartz summersalted 25 feet through the air and came to an abrupt halt when he crashed. back first . on the Ily, on the side of the hill. After a few tense minutes, Schwartz miraculously got up and wobbled away from one of the most terrifying Speedway crashes seen in southern California in many a moon. Needless to say, the American Superstar was through for the afternoon. Withoul Schwartz to contend with, Pfetzing again knocked off Mcumnell (Vans/Team Swolen Jawa) in his third race. McConnell got revenge against "Five Flavors" in their final two clashes, but came up one point short at days end. Fast improving Shane McDonald (Omni Welding Jawa) ended up third, Greg Ayers (Wes) won three of his five rides and edged "Radical" Bob Ott (Jawa) by one point to capture the semi-Pro class trophy. The highlight of the semi-Pro racing were the three classi c wheel-to-wheel duels between Ott and Andy Northrup (J &: M Trophies &: Silk Screen Jawa) who ended up third, two points behind Ayers. Ott defeated Ayers in two of their three meetings with Northrup edging Ott two limes in their three titanic struRRles: · • Tommy Walton (2 Kinchu Racing Jawa) notched a perfect fifteen points to easily win the Amateur class. Dave Wendlant (Super Seer/Tsubaki Jawa) came home second with 10 points while Dennis Hall (Jawa) scored nine points to finish third in his first day of Speedway competition. Results PRO: 1. Rob P1etzing (13); 2. Shown McConnell 4 . BobbySChwonzf5); 5. Denny Sccpellite f2t 5. Ruasell Romero (1 ~ SEMI· PRO: 1. GnogAYO... C13 ~ 2. BobOn(12~ 3. Anav Northrup (11); 4. Mony Spellmon (4); 5. Roy SlOlIord (3); 5. Kenny Honson (2); 7. Joe Krielberg (1t a. Jon Bollord (0). AM : 1. Tommy Wohon (1St 2. Dove wendlon! (lOt 3. Dennis Hell 19t 4 . Ridt Smith (1~ 5. (TlE) Joel WindhomlJimbo BIocIgel (5t 7. (TlE) Mike SOWuI/SI..... Johnoon (3t 9. Ed Morshall (2t 10. Louis Krielberg {OJ. C12~ 3. Sha no McDonoId (9t Hammer and Sponsors Triumph at fund raisers By Pat Owens LOS ANGELES, CA, JAN. 27 The Bru ce Hammer fund raiser was a hugh success, thanks to the tremendous support from the following sponsors: Alhambra Honda, American Honda, Barnell Tool &: Engineering, Bell Helmets, Buena Park Yamaha, Champion Moriwaki U.S.A., Champion Spark Plug. Chevron Oil. Cycle World Magazine, Derale Oil Cooler. Emgo International, Flanders &: Company, Garment Graphics, Ibco Gasket Com- By Clarisse Mayer ADELANTO. CA, J AN. 23 Close to_80 riders sh owed up today to battle at Sunrise Valley's weekly motocross. Ra in on Saturday helped with the track prep; the sun that followed today made for excellent conditions. The Pro class racing was dominated by World 250cc Motocross Champion Danny LaPorte, but the racing was good. Richard Sands holeshot rnoto one, but fell and was passed by LaPorte and Pro Circuit Huskymounted Andy "Bra-Show" Jefferson. Sands remounted and put his Suzuki past Jefferson before the nag. A couple of laps after his second holeshot, Sands was forced 10 retire when his shock reservoir came adrift, leaving the "Bra-Show" to lead the chase of the champ. LaPorte stretched out a 25-second lead while showing everyone the fast way around the track. LaPorte took the overall over Jefferson and Mark Clark (Yam) . The combined Intermediate class produced 21 riders, with Dale Ream of Barn es Yamaha leading the way fo! all and coming up the 250cc class winner. The 125cc Novice class had some real position changing amongst the riders with Scott Mapes top ping Tony Alessi for the win. Co nsistency was the order of the day in the Mini classes, with some good racing by the short but fast set. Greg Mayer topped both motos of the • 250cc Novice-da~s: •. Results MINI BEG: 1. Slove Flondo ... {Yom ~ 2. Ridt Kol. showsky (Kow ); 3. Joson Collior (Hon). MINI NOV: 1. Jell Copt 2. Slove Shung (Kow~ 3. Tod Hoyos ISuz). MINI INT: 1. Nicky Pounds ISuz); 2. Ty Dovis (Yom). MINI EX: 1. Grog Howell (Hon); 2. Miko Young Jr. {Yom~ 3. Tommy Combs (Kow). 60 INT: 1. Wosley Kloin (Kow). 125 BEG: 1. Ale. Tono (Suz); 2. Russ Clunor (Suzl; 3. Tony Meyers (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. SCott Mepos (Kow); 2. Tony Alessi (Yom~ 3. POI Vomolo (Suz). 1251NT: 1. DonnyConlloy(Kow); 2. Chod Bornes (Kow); 3. SCott Bums (Kow). 250 BEG: 1. Tim Locomlo{Yom); 2. Dean Edmonds {Yoml. 250 NOV: 1. Grog Moyor; 2. Bryon CUlnoy (Suz); 3. John Sullivon (Yom). 250 INT: 1. Dolo Room {Yom ~ 2. Miko Brown; 3. Kon Compbell (Kow). OPEN NOV: 1. Bob WOlSOn (Hon~ 2. Joe Conwoy (Suzl; 3. Errol leDuc (Yom). OPEN INT: 1. Kun Diotrich (Suz): 2. Torry Dovis (Moi); 3. Charlie Str ong (Suzl. 125 PRO: 1. Dovid Ponigrew ISuz). 250 PRO: 1. Donny LoPono (Yom); 2. Andy Jef. forson (Hus~ 3. Mork Clork (yom ). OPEN PRO: 1. Eric MocCrocken (Yom); 2. Don Hoover (Hon); 3. Ronnie Gibson (Moi) . Canyon Experts escape to solid ground By Pam Hard in PHOENIX, AZ, JAN. 23 What happens when the track you want to race on becomes a lake? Well if you're like most of Arizona's Experts, you'd pack it up and go race on home turf instead of sticking around for some water skiing on bikes . Many top Experts left the Golden State Series race held at Sand Hill for dryer Arizona dirt. Troy Blake landed the 125cc Expert class win with a I-I finish ahead of Drey Dircks. In the first outing, Blake made it somewhat easy on himself by pulling the holeshot. Apache Honda rider Todd Kessel and teammate Bill Dalton motored ahead of Dircks in fourth. Dalton's efforts were quickly squelched in the second turn when a bar-tobar confrontation sent him down and out. By the halfway point Kessel ha d dropped down to fifth with a blown transmission. Dirc ks had a comfortable spot behind Blake, who was churning up the track to keep the lead. Jonnie Deremo held off Bruce Peters to the finish , picking up third. In the second round, the start positions were filled the same as in the first rnoto. And as before, Dalton encountered some more bad luck when he munched on the second lap, losing his third to Dircks with Dererno following. 1 Blake and Kessel jumped on the opportunity that had slowed down the other riders and took off to a five second lead by the second lap. Six laps later, Dircks motored by Kessel to shave off a few seconds from Blake's lead. It was 100 little too late; Dircks went half-bore on the last lap, Deremo passed Kessel for third and took home a consistent third overall. Results Y ZINGERS: 1. Ed Lucos (Yom); 2. Som Hoys (Yom); 3. Brondon Hopkins (Yom). PEE W EE NOV: 1. JUS lin J uor igue (Ho n~ 3. Chuck Borry (Yom); 3. Brien Cool< (Yom). PEE WEE AM : 1. Jimmy Butto n (Hon); 2. Domo n WOl kins (Kow). BOBEG: 1. Domon WOlkin. (Hon); 2. Rondy Ship· ley (Kow); 3. Chris DeVito (Hon). 60 NOV STK: 1. Dovid Pederson (yom); 2. Kevin Sulli.on (Kow); 3. Jimmy Butt on (Hon). 60 NOV MOD: 1. Grody Ingro m (Yom); 2. Chris Rogers (Suz); 3. Brent Whi lo (Yom). 60 AM STK: 1. Brion Pryor (Suz); 2. Mike Boiley (Suz); 3. Bobby Ar nold (Kow). 80 AM M OD: 1. Brio n Pryor ( Suz~ 2. Robon Nought on lKow); 3. Mi ke Boiley (Suzl. 125 BEG: 1. Fronk Frudo {Yom~ 2. Soon Wom (Hon); 3. Donny Hinhurst (Suz). 125 NOV STK; 1. Croig Teol{Suz~ 2. Donny Contu ( Suz~ 3. Nick Pietrosik tHon) . 125 NOV MOD: 1. Croig Tool ISuzj; 2. Blue RoblnenolYomt 3. Soon Miceli (Suz). • • •. •

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