Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

(A bo v e) Mark Maxwell (40L) and Rich Truchinsky battle at the CRC Coors GP. (A b ov e right) Jim Holley won one Pro class and finished second in another at CRC 's $5000 MX. (Rig ht) The 250cc Expert start at the MX. (Bel ow ) Greg Torgerson (6 1 0 ) leads Randy Norman in the Open Experts. Schaeffer, Naughton nix 'competition at CRC $5,OOOMX By Lee Taylor Photos by Greg Taylor O RANG E. CA. AP R . 17 A blustery, high en ergy day of racin g marked the California Racing Cl ub 's Coors P roT rac $5,000 purse race. The 125cc Begin ners transformed the H ig h Sch ool tra ck into a n arena of · . . . f le~ce co m peu u o n . A case In p OInI wa s Honda -m ou nted Todd Schaeffer. H e look home' the go ld a fte r a duel with Burnell Larcook th a t ca rr ied them piggyback ov er th e jumps th rough m os t of th e fir st moto. Larcook bailed in th e to wer ' turn . giving Schaeffer cl ea r title 10 th e moto win . 18 Suzu ki-mou nt ed Gary Wr ig ht led th e field arou nd th e fallen Larcook . settli ng in to seco nd fo r the moto with De rreck Bernard (Yam) ro und ing o u t the lOp three. . . Second motoaclIon found Larcook back o n h is feet a nd fighti ng his wa y up to first. Sc haeffer was rid in g sho tgun a nd. as before. th ird pl ace Be rnard was kn ockin g o n t.he back door. Marc Ma! son <:mer~ed m fo urt!l . Emerg ing V IC ~orl O~l s by d!IYs end wa s Sc haeffer with h is 1'-2 r id e, Bern ~rd' s coo l 3-3 performance brou ~ lll h im second pla n ' go ld a nd ta king home th ird o vera ll was T err v R hodes. Despite a h eav y d raw o n ih e Minis by th e World Min i GP 'a co m bined class o f In rerm ed ia tes a nd EXJX·rt 80cc Stockers ran . First m o to ac tion found Expert R o bert Na ughton Jr. lead in g . follo wed by fell ow Ex pert G en e Ba ld win a nd In termed ia te Chris Col e. Wo rking hi s way up th rough the pack and into fou rt h fo r the Iru erme_ d iat es wa s J .J . Tay lor. The seco nd mo to stan wa s a roaring freig h t trai n o f seve n Ka wasak is, burning up th e turf. Taylo r. aboard a Ka wasaki for H i-P o int, ha d edged h is wav into second for th e Interm edi at es. All three Experts were pi loti ng Ka wasak is, a nd Naug hton. Ba ldw in a nd J ohn Flores. clea ned up o ne. two . three (ill that o rder) for both mo tos. Ala n P ierce. Kawasa ki-mo un ted for Answer P ro ducts. stayed in front o f Ta vlor for th e Int ermedi a te w i n. Taylor rook seco nd pl ace back up north . A $2 . 100 P ro purse. paid back by mo to as well as overal l, brought some of the so uth la nd 's hottest racers to th e lin e. A ro und- up of P ro anion fo und th e h ea viest d ice of the da y goi ng down fo r th e O pen P ros. It was bet ween Pe te Snor tela n d, ridin g fo r Yamaha a nd DG . Yamaha Su p port racers Jim H oll ey a nd teamma te Juan Ben a videz. Fir st m o ta act io n fo und Snorreland in co m ma nd a nd lead in g Benavidez a n d H o lley. secon d a n d third respect ivel y. across th e fini sh lin e. Wh en th e big bore mach in es sp ra ng in to anion fo r th eir seco nd round . a d ice shaped u p between Sn ortela nd a nd H ol h-v for th e lead th at sa w fou r lead cha ni l's in a single lap. Wh en th e checkered flag wa ved th em h o m e, H oll ey had o nce more ta ken ove r a n d found so me breathinc room . lead i ng Sn orteland a n d Benavidez home in second a nd th ird. Snortela nd ga rnered the lion 's sha re fo r th e day. H oll ey ci nched second pl ace with Ben a videz ga theri ng th ird p lace money. H o l lev ca me back to the 250cc P ro co ntest io snare a coo l pair o f w in s. m akin g hi m th e wi n n ingest racer o f the day . Br ian Manl ey to ok home second p lace a nd Cra ig Ca ble ga the red thi rd pl ace h ono rs. Results 60 STK NO V : 1, Daniel Bal on (Kaw) , 80 STK BEG: 1. Sloan Coop er I Kaw ); 2 , Mark Gabr iel (Kaw); 3 . Er ick Hi lt on (Yam) . 80 STK NOV: 1, Pau l V lai lt (Yam ); 2, Sean Blanchard (Yam); 3 . Bill ie Paugh , 80 STK INT: 1. A lan Pierce (Kaw l; 2. J .J . Taylor (Kaw) ; 3 , Ch ris Cole (S Ul) . 80 STK EX: 1. Robe n Naughton J r, (Kaw) ; 2, Gene Baldwin (Ka w) ; 3 . J ohn Flo res (Kaw) . 80 MOD BEG : 1, St eve Wa mbo ldt (Kaw l; 2, Erick Hilt on (y am). 80 M OO NOV: 1. Sean Blancha rd (Yam I. 80 MOO INT: 1. Shan e Tr ittler (Hon); 2 . Scott Murphy (Yam); 3. Chr is Cole (SUl), 80 M O D EX : 1. Raben Na ug h ton Jr. (Kaw t 2. Gene Baldwin (Kaw ). ~ 100 BEG : 1. Mike Pen ta (SUl): 2 , Mike Cagie (Yam). 125 BEG ; 1. Tod d Sc h aeff er (Han ); 2. Derreck Bern ard (Yam); 3, Terry Rhod es (Han) . 12 5 NO V : t , K , Ma c ive r (SUl); 2. Ma tt Zie gele r (SUl ); 3, Paul Donnelly (Su l); 4 . Chr is Pillow (Han ); 5. Brian Felix (Yam). 1251NT: 1. Kurt Hen r icksen (Yam ); 2 . Kenny Clifton (5 uz); 3 . Ti Swart z (Hon). 12 5 PRO: 1, Je rry A nker (Yam ); 2, Doug Dubach (Suz); 3 . M ike Bei er (VarnI. 250 BEG : 1. Todd Sch ae ff er (Yam ); 2. Greg Heli n (Han): 3 , St eve Coste r IS uzl , 250 NOV: 1. J on Nich ols (Yam ); 2 . Pau l W almsley (Su z); 3 . Kelly Vir chow (Yam ). 250 INT: 1, Steve W eisl or (Han); 2. TIm Cauby (Yam ); 3 . Gl en Wells (Han), 250 PRO: 1. J im Holley (Yam); 2. Br ia n Manley (Yam); 3 , Craig cabte (Han). OPEN BEG : 1, J im Li c hl yt er (Han),

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