Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern California-Ar izona-Southern Nevada- Southern Californ ia-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornla-Arlzl Western hotline VET SR: 1. Wi ll ia m Cline (SUl); 2. Larry Low en (SUl); 3. Ed M ichetti (SUl). Peterson debuts climbing Spider at DeAnza By Sandee Peterson SUNNYMEAD, CA, MAR. 6 Kerry Peterson made his 1983 Wh eelsmith MaicoSpiderdebut with a bang tod ay; h e took four classes in all as the monthly h ill- Kerry Peterson and his Harley. Seck slithers to DeAnza MX win By Kit Palmer S UNNYMEAD. CA. MAR. 6 Today was a soggy Sunday at DeAnza Cycle Park. and Brian Beck (Yam ) made the best of it by slippin' and slidin' his way to victory in th e Min i Beginner class with a I- I tally. Beck roos ted to th e front of the field a t th e start of moto o ne ahead of Adam Fi tzgera ld (H on ) and Kell y Pich el (Yam) . But early in the race. .both Fi tzgerald a n d P ich el dropped ou t hand in g th e seco n d 'a nd th ird spot over to Willis Drak e (Yam ) and Er ic Bisbee (Yam). Midway through th e m ot o , Beck enjoyed a co mforta ble lead. wh ich h e h eld for th e rest of th e race. Dr ake took second fo llow ed by Bisbee. Fitzgeral d grabbed the seco n d moto holeshot j ust in front of Beck. a nd Pichel. Fitzgera ld went down during the first la p . wh ich gave first a nd seco n d to Beck and Pichel. Fitzgerald recovered in th ird . Lap by lap, Beck en la rged a lead that took h im to th e checkered flag first. Seco nd went to Pich e! followed by Fitzgerald. Bisbee and Dra ke. In th e 250cc Beginner class. Robbie Dunham (Suz) went home with the gol d a fter jam mi ng to a flaw less I- I score. Dunha m 's nearest competi tio n was Brett Fu lton (H an). wh o took seco nd with a 2-2 co m bo . A 3-4 tally gave Greg Hel in (H a n) third while a 5-5 total eq ua lled a fourth for J eff Avery (H a n). Result s MINI BEG: 1. Brian Beck (Yam); 2. Eric Bisbee (Yam); 3. Willi s Draka (Yam). M INI NOV: 1. Larry Sayeg (Yam); 2. Bill y Ot>erg (SUl) ; 3. Mike Michett i (SUll. 125 BEG: 1. Tom Popoyich J r. (Han); 2. Dayid Chuck (Han); 3. Robert Cadwe l (Sul i. 250 BEG: 1. Robbie Dunham (SUl ); 2. Brett Ful ton (Han); 3. Craig Sosa (Hon l. 250 NOV: 1. Tom Thomsen (Yaml; 2. Jeff Bua (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Scott Manning (Yam); 2. Eddie M ichetti (Suz t; 3 . Duane Mapes (Suz). OPEN NOV; 1. Jac k Steyen . (Yam); 2. Rom McGee (Ma i). OPEN PRO; 1. Ted Metzger ( M ai~ 2. Pele Vetrano (Han ). _. cl im b at DeAn za Cycle Park ca me off under id eal cl im bi ng co nd itions. Th e coo l weather a n d ra in in some p a rts o f so u the rn California kept so me cl im bers h ome, a nd wh ile the co m pe tition wa s lig h t in number, it was hea vy in effo rt. The 350· foo t hi ll met riders wi th bush es, trees. ledges and a vert ica l face nea r th e top . Only a hand ful of riders cres ted the hill . na m ely. Pet ersen . Steve Stith, Dave Turner and Cyld e Peterso n . After eliminations, Stith a nd K. Peterson were the only two riders left wh o co nt in ued to crest th e hill from th e m oved-forward sta rt ing posit ion. Pet erson had perfect rides a nd no mi sses o n h is Mai co in th e 500cc Mod ified an d 500cc Exh ib it ion classes. He h ad th e so me in th e O p en classes on hi s H arley-Davidson. Stith was h anging to ug h with o n ly o ne m iss in th e 500cc Exh ibition class. wi th a nother Wh eelsm it h Ma ico , an d one m iss in th e O pen cl as s a board a Palmdale Harley-Da vid son. The start in g position wa s moved a th ird a nd fin al time. At that point, Peter son conti n ued to scal e th e hill a nd took win s in a ll four cl asses. Stith kept Wh eelsm ith in the top two spots wit h seco nd pl a ces in th e co m petiti on . Georg e Saver took th e win in th e 500cc Stock class with Don Orasco placing seco nd at h is first hillclimb. Today's cli mbers had a good chance to dia l in th eir machinery before th e ci rcui t begin s wi th th e ' Ca lifornia C ha llenge at Livermore, then o n to Widowma ker in April. Posca cruises to victory at Corona MX By Kit Palmer CO RONA, CA. MA R. 4 J o h n Posca (Ya m) didn't win a moto, but h e did win the overa ll in th e 125cc No vice class tonight at Corona Racewa y. Posca used two co nsisten t second place finishes to edge seco nd place fin ish er Mike Maga llanes (Ya m) . Wh en the gate dropped for th e start of the first rnoto, Su nwest Cvcles' Mar k Lopera (Yam) ja mmed inio the lead a head of Magall anes, Posca , Jeff O sborn (Ya m ) and Alex Mansfield (Kaw ), The first ride r to make a m ove was Mansfi eld ; h e sn uc k by O sborn for fo urth on the seco n d la p . A lap la ter Tony Wright (Yam) sn uc k up an d zap ped both O sborn and Ma ns field . Brandon Sch ne ide r (Suz) followed sui t a nd did o ne better by passi ng Wr ight by th e en d of lap three. taki ng over fourt h . On th e next go-arou nd Maga llanes dro p ped back to th e num ber fo ur p ositio n , hand in g seco nd and third to Po sca a n d Sc h nei der. Lop era , meanwhile, ran away with th e win followed by Po sca arid Scnrieider . Magallanes stole the hol esh o t at th e start of mota two wh ile Lopera, Osborn, Sch neider and Posca pursued. On the first lap Lopera went down, dropping back to fo urt h . Two laps la ter Schneider slipped by Mansfiel d for second. Bu t. a few turns lat er, Schneider sl id-out, losin g two positions . With one la p rem a in in g , Lopera took the seco n d spot a way fro m Mansfield. The moto win went to Magallanes follo wed by Posca, Ma nsfield a nd Schneider. Results HIGH SCHOOL MIN I NOV: 1. Ron Jordon (Yam); 2. Bill Warnick (Yam); 3. Tony Heine (Yam). MIN I SR: 1. Tom Combs (Kawl; 2. M ike Wie se (Yam). 100 NOV : 1. Ron Jordon (Yam); 2. Ton y He ine (Yam); 3. Robin Mizokam i (Suz). 12 5 NOV: 1. DaYid Roga l ic (Yam); 2. Ma rk Oamaske (Kaw l; 3. Greg Flanagan (Kl w). 125 INT: 1. Wylie Eng ; 2 . M ark Decker (Yam ). 175 NOV: 1. Mike Donde l(Yam); 2. Brad Miller (Yam); 3. Greg Flanagan (Kawl . 17 5 INT; 1. M ark Decker (Yam); 2. M,k e Neff (Yam); 3 . Bryan W illi son (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. M ark Neff (Yam); 2 . Jo e Picchianino (Kaw); 3. Jeff Digby (Yam). UNATTACHED 60 J R CYCLE: 1. W es Kle in (Kaw); 2. Brando n Sperl ing (Kawl; 3 . J acob Swa in . M IN I BEG: 1. Ronn ie M art in (Ka w) ; 2. Derek Parso ns (Kaw) ; 3 . Shawn Slayton (Kaw) . M INI NOV: 1. M itch Eber (Kaw) : 2. Jeff Capt (Kaw); 3. Bill ie Paugh (Kaw ).. MI NI INT: 1. Bryan Pet rie (Kaw) ; 2 . Ron West (Ka w ); 3 . Terry Szucs ko (Kaw) . M INI EX: 1. Tom Combs (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. R. Rob (SUl ); 2. Greg Hamilton (Yam); 3 . Dav id Church (Hon l. 125 NOV : 1. John Posea (Yam); 2. Mike Magal lanes (Yam ); 3. Brandon Sch neider (Suz ). 12 5 INT: 1. Bruce Harecrow (Kew); 2 . Wafer Schaeffer (Han .; 3 . Wade Perk (Yam ). 250 BEG: 1. Bryan O'Neill (Yam); 2. Charley Starr (Kaw); 3 . James Pern ita (M ai ). 250 NOV: 1. Tom Gergen (SUl); 2. PaulWalmsley (SUl); 3. Clay Stufa l (Sul). 250 PRO: 1. Pat Weber (Kawl; 2. Jack Scott (Yam); 3. Rusty Taf linger (Han). Corona night MX: Gergen jams By Kit Palmer CORONA, CA, FEB . 28 Suzuki-mounted Tom Gergen used a flawless I- I co m bination to capture th e win in to night' s 250cc Novice class a t Corona Raceway. When the p ack exited th e first turn for the start of moto o ne. Ge rge ns ha d a sligh t lead over Eric Flem in g (Yam ), J oe Steffen (Yam ). T . Kidd (Han) and P aul Schm id t (H a n ). By lap two Kidd took over the third spot after passing Steffen. Kidd th en stuffed-i t under Fleming to gai n co ntrol of second on the next lap . For the remai ni ng port ion of the mo to , Kidd tried to reel in the leader, Gergen, but th e Suzuki pi lot had developed enough of a cush io n to hold on for the win. Kidd took second followed by Fleming, Steffen and Schmidt. . Brian Alexander (Ya m) shot 10 the front of th e pack at th e start of the second moto while Flem in g, Kidd and Mi ke Allen (Yam) wa tched from behind. Way back in seventh. by the end of the first la p , was Gergen . However. Gergen h eld the th rottle wide-o pen and p icked off o ne r ider a t a time befo re captu ring th e lead on th e last lap. Alexa nder took a frustra tin g seco nd wh ile th ird a nd fou rth went to Kidd a nd Flemin g. In the 60cc jun ior Cycle cl ass it was th e 1:1 co mbina tion by H on da 's J a so n Collier that ca p tu red th e win . In moto o ne Co llier grab bed th e hol esh ot a head of Brandon Spe rli ng (Kaw) a nd Dana Wiggins (Han ). Wiggins had control of the second spot by the end of the seco nd lap. However. Collier's slight lead over Wiggi ns was enough to hold him th rough th e end of th e ra ce. Wiggi ns took second followed by Sperling. Jacob T . Swain (Kaw) and Robert Naber (Suz). Collier stole the hol es hot only inches a head of Wiggins and Sperli ng; he thenproceeded to run away wit h the second rnoto victory. Seco nd weru to Wiggins while third went to Sperl ing. Res ults MINI SR: 1. J im Darrow (Ka w); 2 . John Carson; 3. Gary Hughes (Yam). LADIES ; 1. Babbel Brichtel: 2. Dee Dee Ash ly (Yam); 3 . Tressie Hu ie (Yam). 125 NOV; 1. Dayid Mvnns (SUl); 2. Gerald Reid (Yam); 3. Dayid Speer (Yam). 125 SR: 1. Scott Mapes (Kaw); 2. Chad Barnes; 3. Scott Burns (Kaw). 250 NOV; 1. Scott Vanu ie (Yam); 2. Craig Well. (Han); 3. Rob Dunham (Suz). 250 SR; 1. Joe Rin con (Kaw); 2. Don Myron; 3. W ill ie Mu sty (Swz). 17 5 NOV : 1. Dav id Church (Han); 2. David Munn s (SUl); 3 . Dayid Speer (Yam). 175 SR: 1. Scott Mapes (Kaw ); 2. Chad Barnes (Kaw); 3 . Scott Burn s (Kaw). 500 SR: 1. Joe Rincon (Kaw) ; 2. Jeff W inders (Yam); 3. Craig We lls (Honl . UNATTACHED: 60 J R CYCLE: 1. Ja son Colli er (Han); 2. Dana Wigg ins (Hon l; 3. Brandon Sperli ng IKaw). MINI BEG: 1. Tony Heine (Yam); 2. Richard W at son (Yam); 3. Franki Fierr g (Hon ). MINI BEG: 1. Shawn Sla yto n (Kaw) ; 2. Charl es Gonzalez (Yam); 3 . Rich Div ito (Kawl. M INI NOV; 1. Jeff Capt (Kawl; 2. Lenny Guyett (Yam) ; 3 . Ste ve Owen s (Yam ). M INI INT: 1. Bryan Petr ie (Kaw) ; 2. John Al br ight {Yam); 3 . Steve Gamble (Yam). 100 EX: 1. Tomb Combs (Kaw); 2. Neal Am esbury (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. J ohn Posca {Y a m~; 2 . N ick Ramirez (Yam ); 3 . John MBtasiv ich (Ha n). 125 BEG: 1. Mike Smith (Han); 2. Jerry J enoy (Suli. 125 NOV : 1. Brandon Schneid er (Su z); 2 . Steve Andre (Yam); 3. Chris Pillow (Han). 125 INT: I . Mi ke Robert. (Yam); 2. Andy Kaplan (Su z); 3 . Bren Red man (Yam ). 125 PRO: 1. Scon W ilkin son (Han); 2. Chris Lance (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Joe Janikowski; 2. Joe Picchiohino (Kawl; 3 . Ingo Noltmann. 250 NOV: 1. Tom Gergen (SUl): 2. T. Kidd (Han); 3 . Eric Flemi ng {Yam l. 250 INT: 1. Tom Brown (Han); 2. Larry Dim min (Han); 3. Ma rk Neff (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Pat Weber ( K a w~ 2. Harley Hall (Hon ); 3 . Rick Vanderham {Yam ), 500 BEG: 1. Brian Davy (Yam ~ 2. Rick Thomas (Yam); 3. M ike Cuffel (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Keilh Peel (Han ); 2. Mike Claytor (Yam); 3. Larry Boyd (Han). Fowler flies in CMMC 125 s By Rod Esc he nb urg BARONA O AKS. CA, FEB . 20 Yamaha-mounted T erry Fowl er picked up two fir sts a nd two seconds today a t Barona Oak s Raceway's California Min i Moto rcycle Club motocross: bu t h e had the m in th e right order and took two class wins. Fowler took the 125cc Stoc k and Modified Expert classes over Mitch Palmer (Han ) a nd Chris Sw ift (Yam) , respectivel y. This ne w Expe rt continues to be the man to beat in 1983. He's very smooth and very fa st . Fowler looks like the guy to dethrone Mitch Palmer for the number one 125cc Expe rt p late. The Min i classes were once again a Kawasa ki benefit as Cory Falter swept the 105s and the Stock Experts. j oh n Conney grabbed th e Modifieds. In the Intermediates it wa s all j o h n Flores (Ka w) in a four for four blast in the Stocks and Modifieds. In th e 12-16 Novices. Kawasak ia ns Bryon Pow ell and j oey Men doza led th e way with Powell going two for two ove r Men doza in th e Stoc ks. Mendoza too k a close tie- brea ker in the Modi fieds . Because o f th e relatively sma ll 9-1 I Jun ior Cycle classes at Ba rona , J T I Ya ma ha rid er To m my C lo wers doesn' t ge t much ink , but if a yo u ng rider wants 10 kn ow what he has been in a race. th en send h im down to Ba rona 10 go against "Tiger Torn! " Speaki ng of th e 60s, Super Sean Thornton (SST) has plenty of competition in th e 0-8s, but nobody ca n beat h im . Any ta kers? Results M INICYCLE CLASS ES • • . 55

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