Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Western hotline n e a rl y puttin g both o u t. J ohn Palfreym an- Victor Palfreyman got around Lund-McDow ell for fou rt h . T he brand new EML Yamaha o f Sch noor-La n gos h gra bbed th e secon d m o to start a n d h eld th e lea d for all but one lap. On th e last lap , Whitn eyMellilo and Whitney-Wh itney go t by in th e process of th eir battle for seco nd. T ha t scrambled th e more's finis h orde r to Wh itn ey-M ellil o , Wh itney-Whitney, Sch noor-La ngosh and Palfreym an -P alfreym an . Whitn ey-Wh itn ey took th e overa ll o ver Wh itney -Mell ilo, PalfreymanPalfreym an , Sch noor-Langosh and Palfreym an-V. Palfreym an . Lawrence conjures Magic Mountain GP win By Terry Rezek . VALENCIA , CA, MAR . 20 California Racing pub and th e Southern California Yamaha Deal ers Association got together to sponsor today's Magic (Above) Tim Barker (5) leads Tony Osuch (22')and Steve Davis in Canyon 125cc Novice action. (Below) Thom Lund/Dwayne McDowell (1 B) lead John/Victor Palfreyman (1) and Bob Schnoor/Randy Langosh. (Bottom) Bob Schulz (99) ahead of Randy Morales. Whitney-Whitney whipCMC sidecar-cross By Bob Schnoor Photo by Ken Prosser O R ANGE. CA, MA R. 20 36 El even sidecar motocross rigs showed a t Saddleback Park to do so me earth-moving in th e next to last race of th e Contine nta l Mo tosport s C lub's Golde n Sta te Series . In th e first mot o , th e a ll -Ame rica n Ha rl ey cha ir o f Tom a nd SCOll Wh it ney gr abbed th e lead over th e team o f Phillip a nd Peter Palfreym an. Pete Whi tn ey and Perry Mell ilo and T ho rn Lu nd-Dwa yne McDowel l. On la p three, Whitney-Mell ilo an d P alfreym an -P alfreym an c? ! li ded. Mountain GP a nd did it with a flare . The lar ge turnout made scorin g very diffi cult, a n d th e fin ishing orders in thi s report are very unoff icial. T he large number of entries an d th e deep, damp san d in th e wash resulted in many p ile-ups th rough. o u t th e day, an d the Pros were not exempt. Juan " Bu rri to " Benavidez took th e Open Pro early lead for Yamaha International with Randy Moral es on a Burbank Yamaha in second and Bob Schulz at a very close th ird . ' Lap two saw some rap id chan ges as Moral es took th e lead when Benavidez lost it in the sand. Schulz wa s still right behind Moral es, an d Mark Lawren ce brought anothe r Yamaha u p into third place. There was a traffic jam in the su p er soft wh oo ps just before th e water jump. T he top four o r five rid er s go t through , bu t everyone else ta ngled. Jim Burt's bik e was the only cas ua lty , su fferi n g a badl y broken ex ha ust and DNF'ing Burt for th e day. T hose positions h eld for a few la ps, th en Law ren ce took the lead. Sch ulz rega ined it an d, with o n ly two laps to go , Sch u lz dropped wa y back, favoring h is right foot. La wre nce held onto th e lead for the win . Mai co rid er T erry H ob bs caugh t and passed . Moral es o n th e la st lap to fin ish seco nd . Brand J ohnson and Brad McL eod led th e 250s up to m id-race while Zoli Meszaros and AJ Whiting were working their Yamahas up from th e m id dl e of th e pack. At th e three-quarte rs mark, Meszaros and Wh iting were runn in g one an d two , positions th ey held a t th e checkered flag. J im Coffey joined th e ' Yamaha par ad e in th e last lap to ta ke th ird 250cc. Wat ch for results in results secti on . Twin 250cc .triumphs for TarantinQ Su nday . T aran tino had little trouble in th e first moto. H e sim p ly o ut powered Don T u rk (H on ) on th e back stra igh t , o n th e seco nd lap to tak e th e lead a nd spe nt the rest of the race building it up. Second pl ace went to Scott Sa rgent (Suz), with Kevin Davi s (KT M) taki ng third . David Hopwood (Hon ) took th e hol esh ot iii th e seco nd moto and q u ickly bu ilt u p a sm a ll . lead over second -placed Da vis . Tara nti no , mean while , had trouble out of th e gate, a nd was relegated to a ni n th p lace start. Da vis began clos ing on H opwood in the third lap , an d th e ' two battled it ou t handlebar to han d lebar for two laps. Davis even tua lly sq uee zed by on th e ou tside to take the lead . Whil e th is d icing was going on, Tarantino had been steadi ly picki ng o ff riders, ga in ing ground on th e leaders a t every turn. By th e tim e Da vis finall y took th e lead, Tara ntino had nestl ed in beh ind H opwood . Jim made hi s m ove o n H opwood on th e seventh lap, and o utrode Davi s for th e remai nder, ca tchi ng h im on th e 11th la p . Do ug Dubach's " new " '82 Suzuki took top . h onors in th e l2 5cc Pro class. T ed Brady (H o n) h ol esh ot th e first m o to an d built a 20-second lead in n o tim e. Dubach starte d m id-pack, but cleared o u t th e o ther riders within two laps. Brady 's lead , h ow ever , appeared ins urmou nta ble. It might have been, too , had hi s p iston not broken late in th e race. With no spare bike, Brady's racing was over for the day. Duba ch coa sted home for an easy victory over th e Yarn ahas of Pat Hubbs a nd Randy Yetto. The second m oto start ed with a cras h that took Dubach down in th e first corn er. H e pi cked himself up and took off in 10th place as Yett o, Hubbs. and T y Maddox (Suz) fought over the lead. Dubach di spat ch ed one rider after another until he held fourth place by th e six th lap. By th en ; Yett o had a sizeable lead over th e ot he rs. On th e eig h th lap , Dubach had taken Hubbs, and in th e ni nth , he sq ueezed by Madd ox for seco n d place, good enough for first pl ace. Du bach 's' new ride . a n ex-Suzu ki School of Mo tocross bike, wa s mad e a vai la ble by h is sponsor Anaheim Su zuki. Results MINI JR : 1, Eric Caldwell (Kaw); 2 , Dar in Slack ' IKaw ); 3, Rick Kolschowsky (Kaw) , MINIINT: 1. Jeff Capt (Kaw), OPEN PRO: 1. Andrew Jefferson (Husl ; 2. Greg Zinercopf (Yam); 3. Vince Poblano (Hen ). OPEN INT: 1. Kellv Scuue: 2. Don Martin s (Suz); 3 . Pete Vetrano (Hon). 125 JR: 1. Chuck Willets (Yam); 2.Ross Dettorre (Vam); 3. Greg Wall (Han). 250 JR: 1. David Klein (Yam l; 2. Mark Brucks (Han); 3, Richard Rourk e (Han). OPEN JR : 1. Bob W atson (Han I; 2. J im Young (Suzl; 3. Philip Gleason (Vam l. 250 VET MASTER: 1. Jody We isel (Honl . 250 PRO: 1. J im Tarant ino (Han); 2. Kevin Oavi s (KTM); 3. Scott Sargent (Suz), 250 INT; 1. Lanca M ason (Suz); 2. Raymond Anderson (Suz); 3. Dale Ream (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Doug Dubach (Suzl ; 2. Randy Vetto (Yam); 3. Pat Hubbs (Vam). 1251NT: 1. Ton y Bienert(Hon); 2.John Ray(Suz) ; 3. Ray ~ond Anderson (Suz). Conradson climbs comeback trai; By Pam Hardin By Kenneth Stein PHOENIX, AZ. MAR . 13 ADE LAN TO, CA, MAR . 20 In the second race, a Canyon Raceway round, of the Arizona State Championship Series. Greg Conradson took the over- Jim Tara ntino (H on) battled back from a poor start to win h is seco nd moto today in the Continental Motosports Club's 250cc- Pro class a t Sunrise C c1 e Park - - - -;.,;:;;.;;.~=~<.;:;;;;;..;.;;;.:.;; all in th e 125cc Am at eur m odi fied class ,with a 1-2 finish . n . • • _, " ~ .

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