Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

• Mike McGuire leads Jon Bratton in Hawaii night TT action. Tarantino renews , CRC Saddleback crown a nd made Denis work like crazy. Clifton slid into a sweepe r by th e start stre tch, go t sideways and Den is too k th e in side line and cap ture d th e lead . . Wh en th e trophi es were handed o u t th e or der was Denis, Cl ifton an d R ich ard Flem ing , a l1 fo rm er Min i racers. O n hi s su m mer vaca tion fro m the land down u nder , Rod ney H am ilt on of Austra lia rode the Saddleba ck tra ck as if h e was fami lia r with it. Rod ney raced in the 80cc Stock Novi ce class a nd gave a good bat tle to the winners Co lin Karcher and Steve Kendal1 with Rodney land in g th ird. By Tom Corley Results Haynas (Han ); 3. Ed Harr ington (Han). 250-0PEN AM MOO: 1. Char las Toto (Han); 2. J .D. Amen (SUl ); 3 . Brett Cassaro (Yaml . 250 EX; 1. Gary Dircks (Han); 2. Scott Stallard (Han); 3 . Troy Bloke (Yaml . OPEN NOV : 1. Ross Janke (Han ); 2. Robert Chadwick (Varni: 3 . Robart Dean (Han). OPEN AM : 1. Bill Lynch (Husl ; 2. Bill Miller (SUl); 3. Tim Kennedy (Yam). OPEN EX: 1: Gary Dircks (Han); 2. Rick Nagl e (Honl ; 3 . M ike Garratt (Han), • OT AM : 1. Tim Kennedy (Yam); 2. Rick Tabor (Han ): 3 . Mike Mclntvre (Han I. ORANG E, CA, MAR . 13 With the International track a t Saddlebac k bein g temporarily under water, th e Californ ia Racing Club's motocross was 38 si ted o n the back mot ocross track. The "Kin g ofSaddl eback," Jim Tarantin o , was o u t and · cha lked up yet another 250cc Pro class win. After his n u merous wins, T ar antino has th e rig ht to make thi s cla im . Tarantino , in royal style, advanced to th e lead in fir st mot o racing. Behind him were Scott Manning and Ron Turner. Manning is making a co me back a fter undergoing kn ee surgery, a nd Turner had a totally different look as he wa s aboa rd a KTM . T arantin o was shot down by Mann in g. wh o caugh t the leader on a turn before some double jumps. That was enough to infuriate th e " King," wh o ga in ed revenge by push ; ing Manning until swa p ped over a wh oop a nd lost th e lead . T ar antino was back o n top with Turner slid ing into seco nd a nd Mann in g tak in g th ird. Fina lmoto posit ionswere identical to the opening moto with T a rantino , T u rner a nd Manning in th e lead. T hey ended up in th at order , wh en the cash was awa rded , with Ma tt Tedder clai m ing the fourth pl ace money. The fas test rid er in T eam Green 's Min i depa rt me n t deci ded to move on , N MA World Ch ampion Paul Denis. Wi th j ust a few weeks in th e l25cc Interm edi ate class, it is obvio us th a t he is going to beco me a grea t l2 5cc P ro . Den is blasted over 20 riders to take a clea n victory today. In the first mot a Jim Turner was hi s co m petitio n , bu t T u rne r wa s o ut o f actio n in the fin al event. Ken ny Clifto n , on hi s T own and - Co u ntry Su zuki, was after th e fast newco mer in both mot os, with hi s best pe rforma nce tak in g pl ace in th e final race. H e p u l1ed th e hol esh ot 60 NOV : 1. Moos e W ine IVam ); 2. Pat Heal ey (Ha n); 3, Dom an Huffman (Kawl. 60 EX: 1. Steven Kotajarvi (Kaw); 2. Bubb a Erick· son (Vam) . 80 STK BEG: 1. Mark Gabnel (Kaw ); 2. A lbert Sanchez (Suz); 3. David Hubert (Kaw ). 80 STK NOV, l . Colin Karc her IKawl; 2. Steve Kendall (Sull; 3. Rodney Hamilton (SUl) . 80 STK INT: 1. Steve Skibel (Sull; 2 . Terry Szucsko (Kaw); 3. Sean Delvenne (Kaw) . 80 STK EX: 1. Larry Brooks ISul); 2. Craig Canoy (SUl); 3 . John Canney (Kawl. 80 MOO BEG: 1. Sean Blanchard (Varni; 2. Dugan Sanders (Yam). . 80 MOO NOV; 1. Steven Kendall (SUl); 2. Eddie Webb (Vam); 3. Colin Karcher (Kaw) . 80 MOO INT: 1. Steve Skibel (SUl); 2. Lance Sm ith (SUl); 3 . Steve Gamble IVam) , SOMOO EX: 1. Larry Brooks (Suz); 2. Mike Healey (Han); 3. John Canney (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. Brandon Schneider (Suz); 2. John Pasco (Vam); 3 . M ike Dodge (Han) , 125 INT: 1. Paul Den is (Kaw); 2 . Kenny Clifton . (Suz); 3. Richard Fleming (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Jim Brod ie (Han); 2. Jerry Anker (Yam); 3, Craig Cable (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Henry Corry (Suz r, 2. Chr is Keck (Han); 3 . Steve Christensen (Han) , 250 NOV ; 1. Mike Musson ISul); 2. Mark Daven port (Han); 3 . Don Calhoun (Vam). 2501NT : 1. Tim Cauby(Yoml; 2. Glen Wells (Han); 3. Ron Economi (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Jim Tarantino (Han ): 2 . Ron Turner (KTM) : 3 . Scott Manning (Vam), 500 BEG: 1. Tony Perry (Suz); 2. Richa rd Stu elke (Suz); 3 . John Villa (Husl . 500 NOV : 1. Jim Anderson (Han); 2. Ed Walters (Vam); 3, Paul Ikeda (Han). 500 INT: 1. Kelly Sau lie (VOC); 2 . Jim Harris (Yam); 3. Ruban Falcon (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Scott Johnson (Vam ); 2 . Bruc e McDougaI IHon) : 3. Micky Dymond IMai). VeT JR : 1. Danny Ashcraft (Han) ; 2. Walter Hard (Han); 3. Peter Terraccdio (Han ). VET INT: 1. Jody Weisel (Han) ; 2. Ken Kullison (Suz); 3. Mi lt Muller (Ma i). VET SR: 1. M ar ino 8ast ionell (Suzl; 2. Ch uck M in ert (Ha n); 3. Alan Olson (Yam) . Hames, Thompson . share Corona wealth By Elaine Jones CO RO NA, CA, MAR . 12 The. Pros were o u t in for ce tonight as th ey battled for th e dough on th e quarter a n d ha lf mile ovals. In wh at is becoming a habit. Pete Hames ente red th ree a nd won th ree with Rog er T ho m pson pi cking up the fourth class a nd mak in g some waves o f h is own in th e ---- --_. ot her three. The even in g sta rted off with the 250cc Money short track a nd it wa s Sha fter Yamaha 's Rod El y wh o got th e jump o n th e l l-rider field with H am es seco nd and Fontana Racing's J eff Joh nson third. On th e seco nd lap. Roger Thompson , on hi s Mike Mockb ee Kawa saki, moved by J ohnson to tak e over th ird. a nd o ne lap lat er Hames took over 'th e frontrunning slot and T hom pso n sta rted pressin g EIy. It took Thompsontwo laps before he found th e hole he wa s looking for a n d took over seco nd . Ros s Klatt had moved into fourth, bu t, three laps lat er, h e fell by the wa yside with mechanical p roblems. As th e laps wo u nd down and the checkered flag came out it was Hames. Thompson, Ely a n d J ohnson in the top four spots wi th Greg Nelson, Curtis Cannon, Randy Bird and Frank Wisham rounding out th e field . In th e Open Money short track, J eff J oh nso n was o ff fir st with T /R Sim pson -sponsored Tommy Walton secon d a nd H am es th ird. H am es took over first o n th e second lap , a nd Chris Ca n no n broke in to th e top th ree on th e third la p, ge tti ng by Wal ton. One la p later Ca n non disposed of J ohnson and was cha lle ng in g H ames. T he or der remai ned sta tus q uo until th e 12th lap when Rob Ely, wh o ha d been p ick ing h is way th rough traff ic, p u t the move on Johnson a nd, with two lap s to go, kept J ohnson a t bay to clai m thi rd behind Hames a nd Ca n no n . T he O pen Mo ney half mile saw 16 of Ca liforn ia 's best come to the line. Posi tions had been de termi ned bv their fin ish in th e heal. Wh en the flag fell it was C h ris Ca n no n o u t in fro n t wit h Pete H ames. bustin g th rough from th e seco nd ro w. seco nd a n d Rob Ely third. On th e seco n d lap , J ohnson had moved hi s H onda into third, and one lap later H ames had taken ove r th e lead. On th e fourth la p , Cannon went down in turn fou r ca usi n g th e red to come o u t. On th e restart it was H ames out in front with J ohnson seco nd and Don H oward on h is Ventura H arleyDavid son- sponsored Yam aha in third . H ow ard' s third was sh ort-lived as Roger Thompson moved by him o n th e fifth lap. T he red flag ca me ou t for th e secon d tim e on th e six th la p wh en Curtis Can non went dow n . On th e restart , H ames aga in got the nod with J ohnson secon d a nd Howard third. Again. How ard was for ced to take a back seat as Thompson moved arou nd him: On the eig h th lap , th e red flag agai n ca me o ut a nd the race was ca lle d with th e win going to Hames wi th J ohnson and Thompson in th e second a nd th ird spots. H ames a lso added th e Open Expert half mil e whe re h e was chased by a fired up Eddie Sa n Roman a nd Rex Ha iley. Th e 250cc Money half m ile had Rob Ely in th e dri vers seat with T hompso n second and Ross Kla tt thi rd . It took T hom pson th ree laps to set up Ely, bu t, wh en he went for it, he was rewarded with th e lead . Ely wasn 't a bo u t to ro ll ove r and pi a v dead, he came fig hti ng ba ck an d r ecla im ed th e lead two laps lat er. H e held on for two mor e laps befor e T hom pson agai n till ed the sca les in his favor and. for th e la st tim e, took over the lead . Ely had to be co nte nt to fo~l o w h im home. Kla tt p icked up th ird pl ace. . Double win s were pi cked u p by Bob Huntsm en, NSOTHG a nd J ohn . - _ ..... "r .... Sh ipley in the Open Novice class. Results SHORT TRACK MINI ; 1. Frankie Bundage (Kaw); 2. Matt Stou tenburg (Yam); 3. Steve Huff (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Alan Ronska (Vam); 2. Ron Wood (Vam); 3. Dennis Vall (Bul). 250 AM : 1. Brian Runyan (Yam); 2. Ken Barrow (C-A); 3. Keith Morabito (Vam). 250 EX: 1.John Barricklow (Vam); 2. Bruce Nerd strom (Hon); 3 . Vince Landry (Kaw). I NSOTHG : 1. Bob Huntsmen (Kaw) ; 2. Jack Sci ranka (Yam); 3. David New IBSAr OPEN NOV: 1. John Shipley (Vam); 2. Ross Thompson (Yam); 3. Richard Schroeder (CZ). OPEN AM : 1. James Steet (Vam); 2. Bob Graves (Yam); 3 . Don Meiner (Yam) . OPEN EX: 1. Eddie Son Roman (Yam); 2. Rex. Hailey (Vam); 3. John Barricklow (Vam). 250 MONEV; 1. Pete Hames IKaw); 2. Roger Thompson (Kaw); 3. Rob Ely (Vam), OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Hames (C-A); 2. Chris Cannon ) (Vam); 3. Rob Ely (Han). ( HALF MILE ' M INI : 1. Matt Stoutenburg (Vam) ; 2. Kev in ) J Ambrose (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Ron Wood (Varni; 2. Alan Ronska (Vam); 3. Tim Wallace (C-A). 250 AM ; 1. Ken Barrow (C-A); 2. John Stecklein (Vam); 3 . Kaith Morabito (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Greg Beloit (Vam); 2. John Barricklow JVam); 3. Vince Landry (Kaw) . NSOTHG : 1. Bob Huntsmen (Kaw) ; 2. Jack Sci ranka (Vam) . OPEN NOV : 1. John Sh ipley (Vam); 2 . Ross Thompson (Yam); 3. Richard Schroeder (Cl). OPEN AM ; 1. Bob Graves (Vam); 2. James Steet (Vam); 3. Pat McCann (Vam). OPEN EX: 1. Pete Hames (C-A); 2. Eddie San Roman (Yam); 3. Rex Ha iley (Yam). ' 250 PRO: 1. Roger Thompson (Kaw) ; 2. Rob Ely (Vani); 3 . Ross Klatt (Kaw) . OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Hames (H -DI; 2. Jeff Johnson (Han) ; 3 . Roger Thompson (Yam) . Movin' Marv wins Saddleback mud-in By Bob Alloy ,. ORAN G E, CA, MAR . 5 After h avin g had rained all week, yo u ca n be sure th at Saddl eback had some mud. The back practi ce tra ck was used, a n d. even th ough as much mud as possibl e was scra ped o ff th e track, th ere was eno u gh mud left to cover bik es a nd bodies. T he re were two half-hour mot os consis ti ng o f 15 laps. They really gave the Old Timers a therapeutic. muddy workout. Master Marv Ol son plowed through all tha t gushy stuff on his Yamaha 250 a n d managed to take two firsts. Horst Lei tner was pretty good at the sa me game, and he zeroed in a second pl ace in mo ta one . Dennis Rosenberg zoomed in for th e secon d place in mota two. Junior Master George Spear ing really did some fast moving. He was good enough for two mota wins. Buzz Moell er did a lr ig h t with his two . second places. Ed Scheidler. of th e Expert class, brought ou t his new Yamaha 250 (wha t else) and it went fast; Iast : en o u gh fo r a first pl ace in both mot os . Asker Larnkjaer ga ve battle to Sche idler a nd didn' t let him h ave first th a t ea sil y, so Larnkj aer fin ish ed second. Am at eur Bob Alloy took off wi th th e h ol esh ot in mot a o ne a nd had a taste o f leading th e pack for two laps. T he n Ri chard Guthrie went on past h im a nd on for the win. Th e secon d mot a aga in saw Alloy o u t ig th e lead. bu t this tim e he managed to hold on to it a nd took a longa wai ted first pl ace. Guthrie was right th ere for second place. In th e Novice class, David Blodgett took th e leads in both motos and won th at so u g h t-fo r fir st place. Larry Escamilla came in · with two ni ce ' second p lace finishes. Results MASTERS: 1. Mervin Olson (Yam); 2 . Dennis Rosenberg (Han) . . JR MASTERS. 1. George Spearing (Hus); 2. Buzz Moeller (Hus ). EX: 1. Ed Schiedler (Yam); 2. Asker Larnkja ier ISuz). AM : 1. Bob Alloy (Yam ); 2 . Richard Guthrie{Hon). ,

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