Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

OPEN NOV: 1. Jim Anderson (Hon): 2. Chris OowelllYam): 3. Wade White (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. Ronn ie Lewis (Yam); 2. Greg Th orn to n (Mai); 3. Karl Holmberg (Yaml. OUR READERS SAY IT BETTER THAN WE CAN • • • OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Snorteland (Yam): 2. J im Holley (Yam); 3 . Juan Benavidez IYam). VETJR: 1. GaleWebb (Hon) 2. ChuckWayt IHus). : VETINT 1. Jody Weisel (Hon). : VET EX: t , Alan Olson (Kaw); 2. J im Belt i nck (Mai). Lichlyter, " Boy, what a magazine. Every month your staff outdoes itself! " Walter Cadman Fullerton, CA Schneider down Coors GP " Other magazines have not accomplished what Dirt Rider has done in only a few months. " Len Leball Patterson, NJ By Terry Rezek ORANGE, CA , APR. 17 The Saddleback track was in good shape for the California Racing Club's Coors G P after a ll the rain, bu t the water truck was st ill needed a s th e brisk breeze rapidlv dried th e track. Where the truck couldn 't rea ch, the wind did and blew away most of the dust. Dave Fernandez blew away the rest of th e O pe n Intermediates, Novice and Beg inners in a flag-to-flag romp. He ca me off the starti ng grid with a command ing lead a nd th e o n ly th in g 'tha t changed for th e next 45 minutes was th e di stance between him and second. Second for half of the rac e was Jere Mason , Jr. R igh t behing him were th e fir st two Novices, J im Li chlyter an d Bob Petrillo The fir st Beg in n er, Kent Du nca n , h ad already moved up to seventh overall and William Duley was right behind him. On lap six, Ma son 's throttle D N F an d he wa s out o f co ntent ion. A few laps later , Petri tz su ffered a smiliar fat e. L ichl yter wa s not unhappy since the two of th em had been figh ting for th e Novice lead for m ost of the ra ce. Very close behind th em, Charl ie La DuCa and Ken Corpe h ad a battle raging. Corpe went down a nd left La Duca in co ntro l of third overall and second Novice. From our vantage a t th e midd le of the track, it looked as if Jon Ba rrick got th e holeshot o n th e rest of the 0-200 competitors, but was passed o n th e rough u p h ill by D ua n e E lliott. Wh en th ey ca me around, Intermedi ate Elliott wa s leadi ng a nd Ba rr ick h ad bee n joined by fellow No vice Ma r k Maxwell. T immy Da le fi lled o u t th e top four in the firs t la p . Ma rk Bu rns and Bryan Crampton headed th e Beg in n ers followed by G eo rge Ferne and Rob R eidman . By la p three, Bra nd o n Schneider had wo r ked hi s wa y up fro m wa y back in th e pack to third . O n lap four , h e sli p ped past Maxwell to run in second a nd Barrick dropped to fourth . Schneider took the lead from Ell iott o n lap five, but Elliott didn 't ba ck off a nd th e tw o began a n elbow banging co ntes t. Maxwell was hanging onto third a nd it looked lik e Reid rnan 's superhi gh jumps had ca rried him to th e lead of th e Beg in ners. Schneider and Elliott co ntin ued th eir privat e race and had put about 30 seconds between th emselv es and Maxwell. Maxwell had hi s o wn worri es. Out o f th e du st thundered Truhin ski ! R ich T ruchi ns k i had what could best be descr ib ed as a n "inconsp icuous" sta r t. On ly th e sco rers and hi s crew knew wh ere he was for th e fir st half o f th e-race, but sudden ly he was haul in ' Honda. Maxwell h eld h im o ff for two la p s, but Truchi n ski truck ed by a n d tr ied to use what li llie time was left to move up on th e leaders. Bet ween th ose leaders th ere' was now a litt le a ir. While T ruc h inski wa s ca p turing a tten tio n, Sc h nei der p u t so me space between h imself and Ell io tt . As far as o ur notes go, th at would be th e finish ; Schneider , Elli o tt a nd Truchinski . Resu lts next wee k. • " It was nice to sit back and read a magazine that was written by adults for adults. Congratulations on a first class magazine." 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