Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ W;;;;;rj;;.iii;;....·'.uth.rnCallf.rn'.·Arlz.u....uth..n v....·•. N. uth~ "a1lf~nl.·Ati ~ ..n.·. VINTA GE 2: 1. Tony Murphy INor); 2. Bill Burdell (Nor); 3 . J i m Sc hm idt (Nor ). FORMULA 4: 1. Oylon Code (Han); 2. Gary Pendergrass (Han) ; 3 . Fran k.Callinicos (Yam). 0 750 PROD; 1. Jeff Tuttobene (Kow); 2. Ma rk Thoma s (Hon); 3. Scon Har ma la (Hon). . OPEN PROD: 1. Eorl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Tony Guest rt (Due); 3 . Mark Shelt on IKow l. 450 SUPER 5T: 1. Jim Colli ns IVom); 2. Greg Ii Zepeda (Yam ); 3. Cli nt Whitehouse (Yam). 600 SUPER ST: 1. Woh Nillo (Kaw ); 2. Robe rt Holdswort h (Kow); 3 . Ted Toki (Kow). FORMULA I: 1. Je ff Hei no; 2. Curt is Maddox ISuz); 3 . Eddie Kocino (yom). FORMULA 2 ; 1. M ark Thom as (Han): 2. Chri s M enc her (Kaw); 3 . Greg Philippi (8 SA). Atkins aces OCIR opener By Steve C ros by sq q o EAST IRVINE , CA, MAR . 3 1 (Top) Clint W hitehouse (8) lead s Mark Capell (9) at ARRA Willow. lAbove) Dylan Code used a power to weight advantage and won F-4. Greg Nelson a nd J eff Spri ngman both won h ea ts last week, but th is week Randy Bird d id them both in , and the hard chargi n g p air fini shed half a bikelength apart at th e line. The third a n d fastest h eat broke down in to two g roups of racers . U p from it was Darren Hulbert, Chad Feli cio a n d Denn is Rodgriguez; a ga p a n d the seco nd gaggle of Shawn L ark in, Don D r iggs a n d R o ss Thompson. The seco n d group didn ' t change m uc h, but up from Fe licio took first away from Hulbert go ing do wn the from straig h t. Four transfer s were left from th e sem i a nd off they wen t, Jeff Springman first, the n Greg Grey a nd Dan Ka ne . T hey sh u ffled a rou nd a bit wi th Spring m an a nd Gray n ot losing th eir places, bu t G reg Beloit ca me u p to get fourth. Chad Felicio took off out front and n ever lost it in th e main , although Hulbert, Beer and Springman were within striking di stance. Hulbert really pulled out all stops, and he and Felicio had a great race. although they were bobbling around in certain places, and more than once racing side by side. Behind them Springman had third locked in while Randy Bird and Bob Beer swapped fourth around, with Beer eventuall y keeping it. Result s 50 _ TROPHV DASH : 1. Poto Homo.(H-Dt, 2. Rod Sul liven (H-D); 3. Mikolndorbitzon (H·DI; 4. Miko Gor · rison (H-D). TIME : 1:13.08 NOV MAIN: 1. Chod Folicio (Kaw t, 2. Do"on Hulbert (Kawt, 3 . Jeff Spr ingmon (Yomt, 4. Bob Boor (Yomt 5 . RondyBird(yoml; 6 . Grog Nolson (Yoml: 7. • Do~ ~f~!,~~I1.<':'~nl; p" F!OI~ ~l"!'~"l (Y~mt 9 . Grog Beloit (Suz); 10 . Greg Groy (Vam). TIME: 3 :1B.42 . JR MAIN: 1. BobLand(H -D); 2. Eddie Son Ramon (C-A); 3. Ross Klall (H-D ); 4. Bill McConnell (H-D); 5 . Bud Ca"oll (H-D); 6 . Don Robert s (H-DI: 7 . Kelly Lark in (H-O); 8. Meari Barnett (Yam ); 9 . Dan Mullins (Yam); 10 . Ryan Fishor (C-A). TIME : 4:04 .95 . EX MAIN : 1. Pete Hames (H-D); 2. M ike Gar ri son IH-D); 3 . Rod Sul ivan(H-D); 4. Sal Hoffman (H-D); 5. David Cabollero IC-A); 6 . Don Howard (H-D); 7. Ji m Taves (C· A); 8. SCali Podergo is (H-D); 9 . M ike Inderbitzen (H-D); 10 . Jeff Johnson (H· D). TIME: 4 :04 .e5 Whitehouse whips ARRA Willow 450cc class By Lori Tyson WILLO W SP RING S, CA , AP R . 3 Clint Whitehouse recover ed n icel y from a nasty p racti ce crash a nd put on one great show as he fought Mark Capell for th e 450cc Product ion title a nd won at the American Road Racing Association 's Willow Springs meet. Whitehouse was only o n e of many who fell during the da y because of reall y heav y winds that pl a yed havoc with the racers. But Cl int wa s in fin e form a s he took on Capell and h ad one of the tightest race s ever, winning by a half wheellength. In the Open Production race Tony Guest and Hi-Desert Kawasaki 's Mark Shelton duelled for second pla ce honors as Earl Rol off d id his u sual disappearing act to take the win. Ducati pilot Guest and Gpz-moumed Shelton reall y had i t out, a nd in th e end th e Duck was victorious. In the 750cc P ro duct io n class, J eff Tuuobene, fresh from sett in g a new track record a t th e Vegas track o n a 1980 Kz550, battled Open c1asser Bruce McFadden and 750cc clas ser Mark Thomas. McFarland's Suzuki ca me o u t a head to take 'th ird O pen class, a n d J eff to ok the che ckers to wi n the 750cc class. J eff H eino led the pack in the Formula One ra ce, fo llowed by a close mat ch between Curtis Maddox o n hi s new RG500 a n d H onda of G ardena / WLT Racing- sponsor ed J ohn Wells . After a really to ugh batt le, unfortu na tely, Well s was disq ualified for running th e wrong number o n h is bik e, a nd to make matter s even worse, h is $5000 motor blew o n the cool off lap. In the Formula Four race, Frank Call ini co , Gary Pender grass a n d Dylan Code put o n a dazzling ride as th ey diced for the lead . Afte r a very close race Code took the trop hy, follow ed by P endergrass. Speed ace Don Vesco showed up for the Vimage m atch with a Norton reputed to have been Mike H ail wood's, a nd went a t it with T ony Murphy, who wa s also o n a Norton. Vesco start ed almost last , but moved up ver y quickl y to tak e a cl ose second right beh ind Murphy. In Open Super Street , H arry Klinzm ann pushed Earl Rol off fo r m ost of th e race until gainin g the lead o n th e last lap to win it a nd give Ea rl h is first seco nd place in a long tim e. Rol off also fough t Jim Vree ke for th e 600cc Product ion h onors a nd finall y wa s a ble to put so me real esta te between them o n th e las t la p to win tha t o ne . Vreeke was in vo lved in a cen troversy later o n as h is 600cc Box Stoc k wi n was protes ted for a supposedly i ll ega l bike. But Vree ke stood by co n fide m ly as h is bike wa s to rn down a nd h e was found to be perfect ly legal a nd won the protest. A new fea ture wa s added to th e race p rogram - a p a rade lap fo r a ny a nd all spectators, with a motorcycle, who wanted to check o u t th e tr ack . It went o ver quit e we ll a n d will be a co n rin u in g feature. Resu lts 750 SUPER ST; 1. Walt Nillo (Kow) ; 2. Mark Shel· to n (Kow); 3. Mo rk Thomas (Han). OPEN SUPER ST: 1. Ho"y Klinzmann (Kow ): 2. Eorl Roloff (Kow); 3. Chr is Steword (Vom). 450 BOX STK: 1. Jeff Braucht (Vam); 2. Rick Sol owoy (Vom); 3 . Doug 800th Wom). 600 8 0X STK; 1. Jim Vreeko (Kow); 2. Jim Poet (Kow); 3 . Stevo Vogue (Kow) . FORMULA 3 ; 1. Chris Steword (Vom); 2. Walt Nitto (Kaw); 3. Jay Tanner (Yam). 750 BOX STK: 1. Eorl Roloff (Kow) ; 2. Konny Kopecky (Kow ): 3 . Scali Hormolo (Kow) . OPEN BOX STK: 1. Mork Sholton (Kow): 2. Bruce McForlond (Suz); 3 . Davo Langford (Kow) . 450 PROD: 1. Clint Whitehouse (Vom); 2. Mork Capell (Vom); 3 . Bob Cobb (Yom). VINTAGE I: 1. Tony Murphy (Nor): 2. Don Vesco (Nor); 3 . Mo re Johnson (Ariel). 600 PROD: 1. Eorl Roloff (Kaw); 2. J im Vrooke (Kow ); 3 . Jim Poet (Kow ). • • • Afte r a month-long battle to wr estle th e race track aw ay from the floodwaters a n d we eds , R .A.C.E. motocross opened its 1983 seaso n a t th e Oran ge County International Racew a y. Ea ch yea r the sea son o pe ne r has produced th e largest turnout in th e h istory o f t h e tightcornered night tr ack . This yea r, wi th a n as sist from th e weather and spring vaca ti o n from sc hoo l, 298 riders jam med into th e p it s. The track featu red th e sa me ba sic la yout as last season w ith reconstruct ed stu tterbumps, a n ew wh oo p -de -doe sectio n, a nd seve ra l whoops between the start a n d th e big jump. T he tr ack proved to be very unforgi ving. The best of the Pro ra ces turned o u t to be in th e 125cc class. In the first m o to a major pil e-up in the firs t corner produced a red flag. On the firs t a tte m p t at a restart three riders j umped th e gate. On the n ext restart th e holeshot went to Ken Dunlap, but h e had jumped th e ga te a secon d time a n d was put down a lap. Dunlap held a sli g h t lead ove r Kaw as aki 's Kyle Landrum a nd T eam Green 's Tracy Meeks. On th e fourth lap both Dunlap a nd Landrum went over the bars in sep a ra te in cidents in the whoop-de-docs. Meeks inherited the lead a n d held on. Steve Burdette, a Yamaha rider from th e east, moved into second wi th Dunl ap up aga in in third place. At th e fin ish it was Meeks, Burdette, Dunlap (do wn a lap), Rick Atkins a nd Doug Bower s. Atk ins to ok his R&D Suzuki to th e lead in th e secon d m oro over Meeks and Burdette. On th e seco nd lap Meek s cras he d a nd rem ounted a d istant eig h th. Chris H einrich took o ver third place with H onda- supported Aaron P ius in fo urth. At th e halfwa y point of th e m o to , Pitts slip ped by H einrich fo r th ird a n d Meek s mov ed u p to fifth , but was a good 10 seco n ds behind th e lead er s. What had been a _very tight race beca me even closer. At ki ns was h oldin g onto a sli m lea d with bo th Burdette a n d Pitts wi th in str iki ng di stance. With two laps left , the leader s pulled alon gside eac h o ther a n d wer e three a breas t going over th e big j u m p . Burdette had the lead for a seco nd as th e trio was flying through th e air. but o u t of the next turn Pius emerged with his Honda in the lead. Atkins managed to hold onto second a t th e finish with Burdette third. Atkins (3-2) wa s the big money winner. Burdette had a 2-3 for second, with Pitts third with a 5-1 score. The headline o n the sto ry should read, "Todd Peterson didn't win 250cc Pro at OCIR." That honor went to . Bry an Maloney with a 3-1 on his North County Honda. Peter son took second with a 2-2 and Mike Tripes, back on a Pro-Circuit Husky, took third i n the l7 -rider class. Vetera n Dave Ta ylor took the holeshot in the first ..m oto and h eld off Tripes . for

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