Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Jack Scott (49) leads Harley Hall at Corona's night MX. Jeff Martin leads the Arizona Championship 125cc Beginner class. battled through out th e race. Then , with on ly two la ps left, bad luck struc k when Woods ran in to a do wn ed rider . Owens cruised by wh ile Woods pul led o ff th e track. The wi n and overall went 10 Owen s foll owed by St. Clair and King. Honda of Redlands' David Church ran away with th e win in th e large 125cc Beginner class with a flawless I-I tally. Robert Cadwell (Suz) jumped into the lead at th e start of moto one while Church , Charlie Gonzalez (Yam ), Dean Keeling (Yam) and Jeff Longwith (Suz ) pursued. The two leaders began to pull away from the pack as they fought for the lead. It wasn 't until two laps from th e finish that Church made his move and in ch ed his way around Cadwell. Church held on for the win followed by Cadwell, Keeling, Gonzalez and David Spencer (Kaw). In moto two Cadwell again jammed to the front ahead of Church. However. it only too k Church only half the race before he had control of the lead. Church went on to take the win followed by Cadwell, Gonzalez, Mike Hogue (Ya m) and Spencer. before overta king th e lea d . T hird went to Sunwest Yamaha's Ri ck Vandcrham (Ya m ) wh ile fo urth went to J erry Black (KT M). Mark Brucks (H o n) used a 2-2 co m bina tion to wa lk away with th e gold in th e 250cc Beginner class. Seco n d went to Ph il Le wis (Yam), who took the first rnoto victory and a seco nd rnoto fourth. Second rn oto wi n ner Rona ld Swen son (Suz) took fifth in rnor o o ne. wh ich co m bined 10 give him thi rd <;> vera lI: Res ult s PEE WEE: 1. Chris Moore (Sull. PEE WEE: 1. Jerry Hildermen (Sull. PEE WEE: 1. Cher lie Vice (Yem): 2. Josh Berker (Yemt 3. Beni. Dixon (Yem~ JR CYC!.£: 1. Oene W iggins (Han). M INI BEG: 1. Bred Edginton(Kew); 2. Brien Beck (Yemt 3. Albert Senchel (Suzl. MINI EX: 1. Tom Combs (I(ew). 125 BEG: 1. Oevid Church (Hant 2. Roben Cod· well (Suit 3. Cherlie Ganzel.. (Yem). 125 NOV: 1. Keith Morebito (Yem): 2. Merk Lop. ere (Yem); 3. Ernie Kessell (SUI) . . 125 INT: 1. Steve Cordiko (Yem): 2. Larry Bene· diet (Yem); 3. Wede Perk (Yem). 125 PRO: 1. Micheel Preston (Kew); 2. Mike Robens (Vemt 3. Richerd Hoffme n (Han). 250 BEG: 1. S. Johnstone; 2. Gery Chepmen (Yem); 3. Steve Nelson (SUI). 250 NOV: 1. Tom Thomsen (Yem); 2. Merk Wisdemsn (SUI): 3. Creig Sosa (Han). 250 INT: 1. Larry Oimm in (Han); 2. Kit Pelmer (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Raben Reisinger (Kew): 2. Eddie Michetti (SuI); 3 , Don Griewe (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Ken Owens( Sul): 2. Greg St. Cleir (Hus): 3. lonnie King (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Jeck Stevens (Yam); 2. Paul Day. ton (Han); 3. Raben Lamben (Han). • OPEN INT: 1. Tim Batlle (SUI): 2. Frank Reduli· mer (Husl: 3. Bob Carpenter (lolai). VETSR :l .TomSpurgin(Hus). VETINT: 1.0anSanchez:2. BrucePrace (Yam):3. 48 Ro~ :~~~~~'iNhits (Mai): 2. Paul Escamilla .a'!' .!=!i~eJ ~~ll; _ _ _ (Hont 3.•Wi!li __• _• Andre nabs night- time Corona MX • wIn By Kit Palmer CORO NA, CA, MAR. 25 Steve Andre (Ya m) p u t in two . co rt srsterr t rides to cap tu re th e win in th e 125cc Novice class with a 3-2 score ton ight at Corona Ra ceway. Second went to th e 3-2 tall y by Jim German. Wh en th e ga te dropped for th e restart o f m ot o one, so did th e cl u tches of 13 Novices, but Mik e Magallanes (Yam) did it th e quickest. Magallanes sh o t to th e front o f th e pack a hea d of Suzuki Country's Dal e Himmelriech (Su z), German and Alex Man sfield (Kaw). The four leaders kept wi thin a bikel ength of eac h other for th e first few laps. By th e third lap, Himmelr iech dropped out. handing second over to German. On th e same lap Andre snuck up a nd passed Mansfield for th ird. At that point. th e top three leaders dueled down to the fin ish . Magallanes h eld on for th e win followed by German and Andre. • • Again, m th e second moto, Magallanes jammed to the front of th e cla ss wh ile H irnmelriech , Andre and Mike Fitzgerald (H on) pursued. Magallanes and Himmelriech pulled aw ay while enga ged in a hot battle for th e lead. But, with onl y two laps remaining, M II d aga anes ropped out and su rren dered the lead to Himmerlriech . HimI ' h . d . mer rrec conunue on to V ry ICto followed by Andre, Germ an a n d Fitzgerald. Sinisalo's Harley Hall (H on) had to put Up a tough battle agai ns t Honda-mounted J ack Scott (Hon) before Hall co u ld claim th e win in th e 250cc P ro c Iass. I n bo th motos, Scott powered hi s wa y into th e lead in ch es a hea d of Hall . In th e first moto it took Hall hal f th e race to snea k h is way a ro u nd SC Oll. In th e seco nd rnoto, Ha ll wa ited Jl!1.tiJ. only, ~WQ .Ia p~ JrQ1!J_~h_e. fin ish . Results 60 PEEWEE: 1. Jacob Swain (Kaw); 2. Charlie Vice (Vaml; 3. Shane Good (yam). 60 10+VRS: 1. Brandon Sperl ing (Kaw); 2. Randy Esparza (Kaw); 3. Jody Tapia (Kaw). SHORT TRACK: 1. Shana Good (Vam); 2. Dan Chambers (SUI). MIN I BEG: 1. Mark Bar lel (Kaw ): 2. Shawn Slay· ton (Kaw ); 3. Casey Mahoney (Kaw). MINI BEG: 1. Max Manox (Kaw): 2. J.D. Arm · strong (Yamt 3. Paul Cline (Yaml. MINI NOV: 1. Jeff Capt (Kaw ): 2. Chris W inkler (Kaw ): 3. Robby Gorden (Yaml. MI NI NOV: 1. Larry Sayeg (Kawl ; 2. Lanny Guren (Vamt 3. Donny McClaughn (Yaml. MINIINT: 1. Terry Slucsko (Kaw): 2. Gene Bald· w in (Kaw): 3. David Fohz (yam ). MINI EX: 1. Tom Combs (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Raben CedweIiISuz): 2. Don Utteral (Hant 3. John Abright (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Johnny M81iasevich (Hont 2. John Stroud (Sull: 3. Chris Lavick (Sull. 125 NOV: 1. Steve Andre (Yamt 2. Jim Germsn (Yamt 3. M ike FItZgerald (Han). 1251NT: 1. Bruce Harcrow(Kaw): 2. Oa.. Bender (Han); 3. John Begin (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Paul Mclain (Yam); 2. M ika Rabens (Yam); 3. Scott Wi lkinson (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Mark Brucks (Hon t 2. Phil Lewis (Yamt 3. Ranald Swenson (Sull. 250 NOV: 1. Kenny Guren (Yamt 2. Kenny Gar · nica (Kawt 3. eraig Sosa (Han). 250 INT: 1. Carl Reed (SUIt 2. Larry Dimmitt (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Harley Hall (Han): 2. Jack Scott (Han): 3. Rick Vanderham (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Rick Thoms (Yam); 2. Mark Trent (lolai): 3. Greg Benton (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Pat Schreffler (Han); 2. Ralph Men· dunhall (Hus): 3. Greg Johns (Ma i). 500 INT: 1. Ron Lawson (Han); 2. Jim Anderson (Han). • 500 PRO: 1. Dane W igington (Han). . Bandit steals the show By Pam H ard" n I MA YER , AZ, MAR. 20 I h . n t e most demanding sport h Id JffM . h In t e wor • e artm as o~ercome the obstacles thrown !t~ L~~ Y , __• . : . . __ . I • Martin, beuer known as the " Band it,"lost hi s arm a t th e shou lder a fter a n electrica l lin e fell on h im . On th e tra ck h is de termination mak es up for hi s physical handicap. In th e th ird race of the Arizona State Championsh ip Seri es at th e Mayer motocross tra ck , the " Ban dit " blast ed a class of 15. I 25cc Beginn ers with a I-I finish . In the first moto, Martin took the early lead and n ever looked back. After a few laps h e had put five seconds between himself and David . Santa Cruz, in second. Fred Howard held Shawn Thompson and ' Kelly Turner at bay until the finish. After h is tremendous showing in th e first rnoto, Martin said are-run would make him very happy. The re-run sta rt ed to ta ke place after one lap in the second rnoto, Sean Colby and Howard were ahead of Martin. with Darrin Maures not far behind. Colby bobbled in a berm and both Howard and Martin slipped by. Martin took over soon after. Maures started to pressure Howard. but Santa Cruz came from nowhere to pass both for second. By the last lap Colby slid by for th ird. A local hero from the hills of Mayer. who's been in the Army and away from racing for two years. had the crowd on its feet with his consistent starts and constant dicing. Jim Riggle admitted h is stamina hasn 't been up to par since his la yoff. but he overtook Bob Blose's holeshot for the lead after four laps. Troy Blake began to push up from a mediocre start with Ron Watmore. Tom Witt and Rick Nagle jockeying for better positions. Both Riggle and Blose started 10 drop back. Now in the lead. Blake was churning out an amazing pace, while the rest knocked bars 10seconds behind. Watmore jelled out o f the pack, while Nagle cruised, wa iting for a mistake. Blose held off the hungry Will. while Riggle finished sixth. Second round actio n saw Scott Stallard pulling a quick lead. Blake made it a short one. Watmore wasn 't far behin~! l:\k,i ~g ,qve,r ,s~c::o,! q aft f I.: four) ) > I

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