Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

f1 ~ ~ Sout her n-caifi or ni. :Ar izon li.So ui iier ii Nevacia.-Southern'C. iifornia.Arizona.Southern Nevada· Southern California·Arizona· .. _ ... _ .. . . . ... .. . ... -. " __ . .. 11 • • ' _ ••• " .. #t. Western hotline r ~....... The seco nd start of the lnr erm ed ia tes agai n went to j an n in gs. but R in con a nd Roach gra bbed the lead and went on with it whi le Tonv Bienert styled his way to first in th e '125cc division . Res u lts Da vid Hopwood in the 250 cc Pro class at DeAnza. Fowler, Manneh split CMMC Mini • wIns By Rod Esche nburg SAN DIEGO, CA, APR. 3 Kawasaki teammates Cory Falter and Bader Manneh split th e Expert Mini wins today at th e California Mini Motorcycl e Club's Barona Oaks motocross. Faller took th e Mod ifieds in a tie-break er a n d th en Manneh returned the favor wi th a tie-break in g win in th e Stock class. Faller ca me back for a nothe r tiebreak er in th e 105cc cla ss. H e ca m e o u t a s th e to p Min i Ex pert for th e day. In th e Intermed iat e classes Charlie Sampson took th ree firsts a nd a seco nd 10 win th e Stock and Modified classes. Suzu ki- mounted Dannv Hembree was righ t behind in a ll motos , but co u ld n ' t top Sa m pson's flyin g Kawasaki. Greg Rosa took a steady 2-1 effo rt to th e w in in th e Novice 12-16 class in th e Modifi ed side a nd a 4-4 third in th e S toc ks. The Stocks were ta ke n in a tw o moto sweep by G ary Pratt , wh o continues to look sha rp on hi s Kawasaki . In the 125cc Expert cla ss, T erry Fowler continued to look good a s he swep t the Stock class over defending cha m p Miotch Palmer. H e then tie brok e Oalmer for th e M odified honors. Fowler is now on top o f th e po in t heap for 1983, and Palmer will have to keep moving to repeat. Toda y sa w th e return o f Intermedi at e Mike G ilmartin , and wh at a return it was, The H onda rider decim at ed both th e St ock and Modifi ed I25cc Intermediat e cla sses. Kaw asak imount ed Dan Southworth furni sh ed most o f th e fu til e opposition. In th e Novices, Lance Reiman took th e Stock win a nd John Lewis took th e Modified with ea ch seco nd in the one th ey didn 't win . Kawa saki sta r Budd y Antun ez showed to give Tommy Clower some one to race with . Antunez took th e Modified class, but Clowers held th e Stock class. Res ults 28 . MINICYCLE STK EX: 1. Bader Menneh (Kewl: 2 , Cory Felter (Kew); 3, Mike Craig (Veml, MOD EX: 1. Cory Felter (Kew): 2, Bader Manneh (Kew). 105 MINI : 1. Cory Falter (Kew) : 2, Beder Manneh (Kew); 3, M ichael Dickerson (Vam), STK INT: 1, Cherlie Sempson (Kaw); 2. Danny Hembree (Suz); 3 . Anthony Gorin (Suz). MOD INT: 1. Cherlie Sempson (Kawl; 2 , Danny Hembree (Suz); 3. Anthony Gorin (Suz). STK NOV (12 -16) : 1. Gery Pratt (Kaw); 2. Steve Furuya (Yam); 3. Greg Rosa (Yam). MOD NOV(12-16) : 1. Greg Rosa (Vem); 2 , Gary Pran (Kaw) ; 3. Jason Frieze (Suz). STK NOV (O-S, 9-11) : 1, Kory Syers (Kew) : z.cu-r Reed (Yam); 3 . Dennis Dahl in (Kaw). MOD NOV (O-S, 9 · 11): 1. Clint Reed (Vem): 2. Kory Byers (Kaw ); 3 . J immie Johnson (Yam) . MINI BEG: 1. Todd Belotl (Yam ); 2. Jeff Herenever (Yam ); 3 . Darren Sanford (Yam ). 125 MOTORCVCLE STK EX: 1. Terry Fowler (Vam); 2, Mark Scon (Ha n); 3. M it ch Palmer (Hon) . MOD EX : 1. Terry Fowler (Yam); 2. M itch Palmer (Han); 3. ChriS Swift (Yam) . OPEN: 1, Larry Nichol s (Suz); 2. Ken Dun lap (Hon); 3, John Lewis (Vam). STK INT: 1. Mike Gilmartin (Honl : 2, Dan South worth (Kaw); 3 . Jimmy Palm er (Suzl, MOD INT: 1. Mike Gilmartin (Ha n); 2. Da n Sou th worth (Kaw); 3 . Anthony DeBeneden i (Yam ). STK NOV : 1. Lance Rieman (Yam); 2. John Lewis (Yam); 3 . Jo e Schweibolt (Yam). MOD NOV : 1. John Lewis (Vem); 2, Lance Rieman (Vem); 3 , Edd Siler (Kaw ), _ '25 SEG: 1, Mark Reed (Hon); 2, Merc Sm uh (Kaw); 3 . Jason Greer (Yam) . J UNIOR CVCLE STK (9 - 11): 1. Tomm y Clow ers (Vaml ; 2, Buddy Antunez (Kawl; 3. Kory Byer s (Kaw) . MOD (9·1 1): 1. Buddy An t un ez (Kaw); 2, Tommy Clow ers (Yam); 3 Scon Callen (Vam), STK (0· 8): 1. Sean Tho rn ton (Yam); 2 . Denn is Dah l in (Kaw) ; 3. Just in Rich (Yam) . MOD la- B): 1. Sean Thornton (Yam): 2, Dennis Dah l in (Kaw); J . J immy John son (Yam) , STK PEE WEE : 1. Enc Hawes (Vaml: 2, M arco Tho mpson (Yam); 3 . Justin Ur ata (Yam) MOD PEE WEE : 1, Dennis Dehlln (Vam ); 2, Enc Hewes (Yam); 3, DaYld Ochoa (Vam). 'King Hud', 'Bruce Baby'& the Sunrise 60 SEG: 1. Jell Ray, 60 INT: 1. Shaw n Bates, 80 NOV : 1. Jeff Capt ; 2. Steve Saling; 3. RIchard Bates. 80 INT: 1. Nicky Pounds. 80 BEG: 1. TraVIS Jefferson; 2. Ricky Lash ley ; 3 . Denn is Dr essler . 12 5 BEG: 1. Joev Tu ttobene; 2. Br ett Yaro ; 3 . Dean Kelli ng , 125 NOV ; 1. Mike Youmans; 2. Donn ie Harold; 3 . xns Collins. 1 25 1N T~ 1. Ton y Bienert: 2. Chad Bar nes; 3. John Ray. 125 PRO· 1. Rick Gu il mett e. 250 SEG: 1, Tony Barbato. 250 NOV : 1. Paul Herman; 2. Jean Blackw ell ; 3 . Rich Rou rke. 250 INT: 1. Jake Roach; 2 . Joe Rincon; 3. Charles Penn y. 250PRO: 1. Tony Gom ez: 2, John Rudder ; 3 , Dele Ream . . 500 NOV : 1. Bob Pet n z: 2. Stu art Dougl as; 3. Jim Brown. 500 INT: 1. Richard Ing ram ; 2. Andv Jann ing s; 3. Charl ie Strong . 500 PRO : t . Ron Gib son ; 2. Clarke Cole ma n; 3 . Charles Beck. VET NOV : 1. J im Learn ihan ; 2. M ike O'Lear y; 3. Fred Collins. VET EX: 1. Dan Ayers; 2. Sam Gr oce; 3. Kurt Dietr ich . WOMEN NOV : 1. Bon nie Collins; 2. Pau i Stu eb ne ro WOMEN EX; 1. Karen Le it inger; 2. Ch arl een Ho: 3 . Natalie Stu ebner. SIDEHAC KS: 1. Ph ill ,p Pelfreyman: 2, Randy , Lancos h; 3. Ralph W h itn ey. Surratt, Dalton, Dircks come out ahead in Kyle Fleming Memorial shuffle By Pam Hardin By Charleen Ho The Kyle Flem in g Mem orial held thi s Easter weekend was more than a race, it was a n extra vaganza . n lik e o the r races ADELANTO , CA, APR. 10 Riders with th e unlikel y handl esof "King Hud " a nd " Bruce Baby " were a mong th e per form ers as AMA Distri ct 37 m ot oc ro ssers bra ved a n ippy br eeze 10 race a t Sunrise Valley Cycle Park . J eff Ca p t dominat ed th e fir st rn or o of the Mini class , helped to so me extent by a first -turn crash tha t del ayed Ni ckv Pounds a nd Eri c Cardwell. In th e second m oto, Capt alpin gra bbed the hol esh ot with Poun ds in close pursuit. By th e end o f th e lap Po un .ds was lead in g the race en rout e 10 VI Cto ry. bu t n OI wi th o ut Capt's co n sta n t presen ce. The second race of the day featured th e Int ermed ia tes a nd P ro s in stagge red starts . The P ro s sa w C lar ke Colema n. a lias " Bruce Ba by" as the man to beat wit h J ohn Ru dder. Cha rl es Beck , R onni e G ib son . To ny Gomez. Dal e Ream an d R ick Gu ilmell e stic ki ng close by. It was a co ns ta nt bailie as Rudder took th e lead o n la p (WO, a nd the n Gomez took it from lap three to th e finish. Mot o two sa w G ib son g ra b th e lead, followed by Gomez. Colema n, Beck, Rudder and Guilrneue. G omez aga in took the lead o n th e th ird lap an d went o n for the m ot o and o vera ll vict ory. Fin ishing behind h im in th e dav's results were Gibson , Colema n, Rudder, G ui lme ue, Beck a nd Ream . In the Intermedi at e act io n that ra n a t the sa me time, Andy "King Hud " J annings got th e holt-sh ot in th e fir st mot o , foll owed by J oe Rin con. Pete Vetra no a nd Cha rli e Stro ng . With a lot o f lead cha ng ing going CHI. th e point po si tio n pa ssed 10 J ohn Ra y. th en ba ck to Kin g Hud , and the n to wil d man Ja ke Roach . Ri cha rd Ing ra m a nd Vetrano had a fierc e ba u le fo r second 500cc th at wa s event ua IIv . decid ed in Ingram 's favor. PH O ENIX, AZ. AP R. 2-3 wh ere th e co mpetitors blo w in a nd o u t of town as soon as th e raci ng is o ver. p eopl e weren 't in a ny hu rry to leav e. Th e ra ce was to rem ember th e " Awesorn e Three" wh o wer e lost in a tr ain-car co ll isio n a t Pon ca City last yea r. Th is truest o f dedi cati ons to Bru ce Bunch , Ri ck H emme a nd Kyle Fleming was independentl y orga nized by fri en d s. spo nsors a nd fan s a like. O ver 65 spo nso rs don a ted over 20,000 in pr izes with a 1.000 :\Iin i P ro p urse a nd 52.000 going to the 125cc. 250cca nd Ope n P ros. T he fir st day o f racin g had a lmos t 200 riders, w ith a tota l nea r 500 fo r bo th days. After th e raci ng was o ver. most stayed 10 ca mp o u t in eve rything from truck s to huge mot orhomes. Nobody wanted to mi ss th e next day. Th e Min i Expe rt line-up looked more like a World Mini list o f top 10. R&D 's L arry Brooks showed tot al dominance in th e fir st m ot os, but " Wi ld Willi e" Surratt won both th e Stock and Modifi ed seco nd mor os to ga rner th e o vera ll. The specia l meanin g to th e Mini cl ass co u Id not be o verlooked . The largest , p robabl y the fir st ever Mini purse o f S1.000 was a good in centive for th e rider s. But even a bi gger one was th e mem ori es of th e three that rode a long with th em . The fir st moto o f th e Mini Expert Stoc k had Tea m Green 's Kvle Lew is holding back Ro bert Naughton a nd S ha u n Ka los . While N aught on d ropped 10 th e back a fter a sp ill, Kal os a nd Lew is were exc ha ngi ng th e lead . After a few switches, Kalos, th e you nges t R&D rider, got th e lead a nd kept it. Larrv Broo ks a nd Yamaha 's Bo bby :\Ioore . carn e up fro m the back 10 app ly mo re press u re. :\Ioore got lost while Brooks pushed Ka la s for th e lead . A few laps later. Bro o ks mad e th e pass stick 10 wrenc h th e lead from Ka la s. Moor e mo tored bac k up to tak e fi fth behind Ya ma ha 's Eddi e H icks and Surratt. in third . Naughton enjoye d a sh ort-lived lead in the Mod ified 's fi rst moto . Brooks quick ly look over after th e fifth turn. Broo ks moved to a comforta ble lead, so comfortable that wh en he dropped it o ver the whoops, he was a ble to keep the lead . Sur ra tt was fig hti ng through th e ra n ks after a first tu rn wreck left h im las t. H e sta rted 10 pressu re :\Ioo re wh ile Dennis Park er closed in o n H onda -m ounted Mouse :\IcCo y. Parker reeled h im in o n th e down h ill a fter th e whoo ps . " We were side by side in th e turn . he went flyin g into th e booni es, a nd I didn 't see him th e rest of th e race," Park er sa id. Parker mo ved up o n Naughton in seco nd. Wi th p ress u re fro m beh in d , th ey bo th roo k up the slack o f Brooks' lead . Naught on slid o u t in a ber m . and left seco nd pl ace to Parker. Moore and Su rra tt ca ugh t u p to Parker, a nd a few laps lat er Surratt had gOllen by Moo re a nd sta rted to dog Parker. Moor e made the sens ible move as he hung back . " Da ngerous Denn is" a nd " Wild \\' ill i e ' ~ di dn 't ge t their nicknames for bei ng cautious . Parker a nd Surratt exc ha nged positions three ti mes on the last la p . S urrail made th e last pass stic k for seco nd . Before he could go a ny further, the moto was over. with Brooks showing to tal co n tro l. Park er held o ff Moo re with Eddi e H ick s rou nd ing o ut th e top Iive, T he sho wdo wn ca me in th e las t mot os. Mo th er Nature kick ed in to mak e it a l itt le tou gher for th e riders. Winds o f up to 50 mph d ri ed o u t th e track faster th an th e wat er truc k co u ld fin ish wat erin g o ne section . Adding mor e wa ter o n lv mad e th e surface rock -like. . On ce th e ga te d ropped for th e seco nd mor o o f th e stock class. Su rra It had th e lead . Bro ok s was hot o n h is rea r tin', After a few laps, they pull ed a ni ce lead o ver Bryan Bruner in thi rd . Bruner' s first mot o s were fill ed with bike problems, but he looked stro ng in a 10 seco nd lead o ver th e rest . Brooks co u ld n' t find any space to ' pass, a nd Surra tt too k the wi n . Bruner had third wi th Moore hold in g off H icks a nd Kalos . T he last mot o of th e da y was to decide th e o vera ll between Brooks a n d Surratt. Wh oe ver won got everything. The two changed positions three times in th e fir st tw o laps. T he n it was Brook s' lead . On th e fin al two laps Surratt go t ahead after Brooks slid o u t. Th at fin al win secu red th e o vera ll Mini troph y a nd a l most $300 in cas h for Surra tt. Larry Brooks' co m me n t wh en pi cking up hi s seco nd pla ce mon ies , su m med up hi s feelin gs, " I' ll see you next yea r, a nd I'll win it. " Results v ZINGER: 1, Chu cky Cook (Vam); 2, Eddie Lucas (Yam); 3 . Jonat han Stewart (Yam) . PEE WEE NOV : 1, J immy Geddi s (Vaml ; 2, Tim Stuart (Yam ); 3 . J usti n Jaurique (Han ). PEE WEE AM ; 1. J immy Bu tton (Ha n); 2. Denton Campbell (Kaw ); 3 . Chip Young (Hon) . PEEWEE EX: 1. Shaun Kalos(Suz): 2. Steve Kcta jarvi (Kaw); 3 . Ronnie Den sford (Hcrn . 80 BEG: 1. Jerr y O'Stuart (Yam ); 2. Chris DeV ito tHo n); 3. Todd Davis (Yam). 80 NOV STK : 1. David M cDer mott (Hon); 2. Grady Ingram (Yam); 3 . Chn s Roger s (Su z). 80 NOV MOD: t . Coli n Karc her (Kaw); 2. J i mmy 8utton (Han); 3 . Wes Parker (Yam) 80 AM STK : 1. Chri s Burcess (Kaw ); 2 . Craig

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