Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornia-Arizon Western hotline tory went to Waltman a head of Ingersoll . Ken n y, Hall a n d Della ripa . Results ' PEE WEE: 1. Don Chombers (Suzl: 2. Kor f Ann At kinson (Voml. 60 STK NOV; 1. Joel Tokorsky (Kow ): 2. Moose Wino (Yom): 3. Domon Huffmon (Kow~ 60 INT: 1. Shown Bat.. (Yom). 60 EX: 1. Bubbe Erickson (Yomt. 2. Joson Collior - (Ho n) . BD STK BEG DIV 1: 1. Poul V10ch (Yoml: 2. Joe Abb ino nti (Hoo t. 3. Bubbo Erickson (Yom). BD STK BEG DIV 2: t . Joson Colli or (Hon t. 2. Aoroo Lew is (Kowt. 3. Peter Sorino (Ylm ~ BD STK NOV; r. Richa rd Bi tes (Yomt. 2. Alvin Mltthews (Kowt. 3. Kenny Coll ier (Suz). BD STK INT; 1. Bryon Nelso n (Kl wt. 2. SCo tt Mu rphy (Ylmt. 3. Doug Fisher (Kow l. BD STK EX: 1. Jeff Bl rbocovi (Ylml. BD MOD BEG: i . Doug Huston (ylm): 2. Ty Bor glund (Ylm ~ ' . BD M OD NOV: 1. Richl rd Bl t os (ylm): 2. David Shier (Ylm t. 3. Ronn ie Den sford (Hon). BDMOD INT: 1. Scott Murphy (Ylm): 2. Jeff Reynolds (Kow ): 3. Troy Wolly (KiwI . BD MOD EX: 1. J efl Bl rbocov; (Ylm). 100 BEG; 1. M ike Cagle (Vim). 100 INT: 1. Toby Lewes (Ylm). 125 BEG; 1. M ilan Chyt il (Suz): 2. Curt is Doughertv (Yl ml ; 3. Ale. Tono (Suzl. 125 NOV ; 1. Bill Wl ltmln (Suz): 2. nave Kenny (Suz): 3. Kevin HI li (Vam). 12 5 INT: 1. Rich Truchin ski (Hon ); 2. Richie Ja mes (Suz): 3. Joson Coolblugh (Vim). t25 PRO: t . Robert Hensley (Yl m); 2. Jon Ort ner (Yam); 3. Pi t Hubbs (Ylml. 250 BEG: t . Joe Gi li t i (Hon); 2. Herbert Lil os (Hon); 3. Tim Lecomte (Yam). 25 0 NOV: 1. J ohn DownoV (Yl ml: 2. Rick Pilla· din o (Honl; 3. Curt .Jernes (Kow ). 250 INT: 1. Tony Putnam (Yamt. 2. Dean Kassel (Hont 3. Joe Marriott (Hon). 250 PRO: t . Roger Honsley (yl m); 2. Jo hn Drury (Hon); 3. Russ Wl geml n (Kow). 500 BEG: 1. J im Lichlyter (Hool ; 2. Brld Sioon (Mai): 3. Harry Sivell (Honl . 500 NOV: t . J im Ande rson (Hon); 2. Wide Wh ite (Suz). 500 INT; 1. Ruben Fllcon (Hon): 2. Tom Wh ite IMlil. 500 PRO; 1. Eric MlcCrlcken (Ylml ; 2. Tracy Oswe ll (KTM): 3. Di ve Eropkin (Hon). VETJR: 1. TIm F" -trick (Suzt. 2. M iko McMillen; 3. Kent Johnson (Ma i). VET INT; 1. Alln Gerkey (Hon): 2. Nid Joy: 3. - M iller (M ai) . VET EX: 1. Bob Dunh om (Vi m); 2. Too Till Tim (Hon). Larsson leads two to win SRA New YearGP By Jeanette Fisher CARLSBAD, CA. JAN. 30 Roger Hensley topped two Pro classes at CRC's Indian Dunes MX, Hensley double trouble in CRC Indian Dunes mud-o-cross By Tom Corley VALENCIA, CA. FEB. 6 Though it on ly drizzled during th e motos, the Indian Dunes ground was m uddy enough to sin k a bike up to th e spokes. 22 Pro ving to be th e top m ud rider o f th e day was Roger H ensley wh o took the to p wages in bo th the 125 a nd 250cc Pro classes d u ri ng California Ra cing C lu b Motocro ss a ct io n on the Int ernat ional track. Aboard hi s L an ca st er Yam ah a machine, Hen sley had a flawless perfor mance in the I25cc P ros. Hen sley took off in the first mot o with the lea d a nd never let it go . There was - some con fus io n going o n behi nd th e leader with Ed McCoy o n a Kaw asaki taking over seco nd a fter working by two rid ers on a difficult section. McCoy top ped J on O rt ner (Ya m) for seco nd pl ace. T he ac tion im p ro ved in th e fin a l rnot o , but Hen sley was o nce agai n th e man in th e clear. Ortner wa s a good di stance beh in d, with Dann y Kudra ve a nd D.). Hulen having the bes t di ce. T hese two cha rged into a co rne r and Hulen held on th e th rot tle lon ger to slide int o th ird. However, th e mud start ed 10 h inder Hulen 's visibility a nd he was ha ving troubl e with hi s tear- offs. O n a set of wh oops D.J . went for hi s tear off and this ga ve Pat Hubbs a moment 10 make th e pass and stea l third p lace . T wo wins ea rned H en sley th e top money over O rtner, Hubbs a nd McCoy. H en sley took the 250cc P ro class without wi n ni n g either rnot o , but taki ng a co ns is tent pa ir of seco nds. Joh n Dru ry took his Si mi H onda mount 10 the fir st moto victory with R uss Wagema n ta ki ng the fin al moto bou t. H en sley not on ly proved to be the top mud ruder with two P ro win s, but a lso a good inves tme nt 10 hi s spo nsors Maxima O il , H RP a nd Answer P rod ucts. On the officia l res u lts it di d n 't appear as if B.J . Lehn d id well in ei the r 125cc Novi ce mota as he finish ed 11th overa ll. Alt ho ug h he f in ished poorl y, d uri ng th e race he was righ t on top ti ll th e mud gave h im trou ble. In the first rn or o Lehn had the lead ove r th e big class until he h it o ne of the muddy, deep grooves a nd was pitch ed o ff hi s Suzuki. Rosamond Suzu ki's Bill Waltman took o ver th e lead a nd h eld itto the fini sh . Dave Kenn y was seco nd to Walt ma n with J ohn Del laripa placi ng th ird. Le h n managed eig h th p lace. Waltman secu red th e lead ea rly in th e fin a l mot a with Ja son In gersoll and Alex Krau se comi ng closes t. Leh n was ru n ni ng in third when his Suzu ki started to bog. ca usi ng h im to drop o ut o f content io n. T he overa ll vic- George Luther in th ird . As the race conti n ued O pen Expert William Saltzman, moved int o third and cha llenged McG raw for a cha nce at th e leader. The ch eckered flag dropped with Larsson in th e lead, Saltzman second and McGraw third. The 200cc race saw Ja y Stranger tak e th e early lead with Rob Hall a nd Mike Bell hot on his trail. O n the second lap Bell moved into the lead, H a ll dropped out a n d Norman Francis slid into third. O n the third lap Fra ncis gave wa y to Kar l Da vis. By the fifth la p Stranger had rega ined th e lead a nd Davis had moved into second. Third pl ace was taken by a . new co m p eti to r from th e Chainbrea kers, Rob Miller. As the race ended, th e top three held. Brian Manley took co m mand of th e 250cc class for th e o verall victory. On lap.one Man ley led the way wit h Crai g Ad am s, Ra n dy Hay es a nd Ran d y Norman a ll wanting a cha nce for the overa ll win . Halfway through rhe race. Manley still held the lead a nd Adams still in seco n d. Mike Bell .rnoved into third wit h H ayes and No rman close beh in d. At the finish it was Manl ey, Bell, Adams, a nd Norma n in th at order. As th e lea ders ca me arou nd o n the first lap of th e O pe n class it was Cra ig . Ada ms in the lead. Ra ymond Ca tes a nd Rand y Norman foll owed in ho t p ursuit. T hroug h th e first two lap s, Norman inched his way past Ca tes, th en Adams a n d into the lead. Bu t Adams wa sn 't going to give u p that eas ily a nd he took th e lead from Norman on th e fifth lap and hel d it until Norman regai ned it on the seventh la p and held the lead u nt il th e checkered. Adams claimed second a nd Wa yne Martin, o f Ea st/West, cre p t up to take th ird. Pa/enslle breaks out of Jailhouse The first bi kes lined up for the Senior race to stan as a new raci ng year sta rted wi th th e Southland Racing Association 's (enduro) New Year GP a t Carlsbad Ra cewa y. The end of th e fir st lap sh owed Open Expert Lars La rsson in the lead. L ynn McG raw, a 250cc Expe rt , ra n in a close seco nd a n d not far beh ind was 200cc Expert R uss Robinson . Nei th er Larsson, McGraw or Robinson cha ng ed positions throughou t the race but onl y pushed th eir bikes for that lill ie ex tra 10 be in th e lead. Open Amateurs Dan iel Kell y of R ustan and Rober t Berd yck held the first a nd seco nd place posi tions fro m sta rt 10 finish . At th e fin al la p the lead ers were as mentioned a bo ve with La rsson in th e lead and McGra w, Robinson, Kell y and Berd yck fo llowing beh ind. Keith Senn grabbed both the holeshot an d the win in the 80cc cla ss. Sen n (Bell flo wer Yam ) was th e o n ly Expe rt a nd had liule tro u ble ta king th e win. Am at eur Sean Delvenne, spons ored by Rinco n , and No vice Donn y McGlaugh lin, of Sunwest (Ya m ), ran a race of th eir own as eac h tri ed for th e seco nd overall posi tion. Delvenne proved better as he crossed th e last la p in fro n t of McG la ughl in , to cla im th e seco n d spot. First a nd seco nd Beg inners were Bill Warn ick a nd Jerry Dri scoll. La rsso n, agai n riding Open Expert, clai me d h is seco nd race of th e day a s the Vet race ca me to a n end. As 'the first lap ended it was Larsson in the lead a nd aga in McG raw, a 250cc Expert, in seco nd with O pen Expert W hee ls mit h Maico 's 490 mounted AArider G rant Palenske came a ll the way do wn from La H abra to outride all By Larry Woodruff IMPERIAL VALLEY, CA, J AN. 23 the loca ls for th e overall bras s a t th e fou rth a n n ua l D-38 Bush Eat ers M. C. Jailhouse Enduro with th e only one point score of the finish ers. G rant 's other sponsors are KRW, Spectre , Nippondenso, T errycables, O ' Neal, J ones a n d h is em p loyer, Swallow T ires. Kearney Mesa Yamaha/Husky support rider Chip Howell (XC500/ 0 pe n AA) h ad a lower score a t the tie brea kers th an Pa lenske (1.14 to 1.80), but m isjudged th e d istance a nd ra n out of ga s five miles from th e fini sh . Chip, still breaking in h is Husky, had not the tim e 10 ca lcu la te the fuel ra nge with th e stoc k tank. Second overall an d first C wa s soon-to-be-B rider J ohn Forrester on h is 250cc wi th a score o f 2:44. Stan Po tter (O pe n B) an d P h il Crabtree (O pe n A) tied for third overall with a eq ua l scor e o f 2.53. Two seconds back was 1981-82 200cc cla ss cham p ion Paul " Pablo" Edd y riding h is Kea rney Mesa Yam aha ITI75 for fifth overall. The rest o f th e top 10 read: probabl e 1982 number o ne Bo b Ni les (second O pen A), Paul Beck (200cc B Vet ) 4:87, Brad McKay (200cc B). R ich Gehrin g (25Occ B Sen ior). a nd Kris Moore (250cc C). Loop o ne sta rted out jus t so u th o f

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