Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

luthern Nevada- S outhern Californli&:Arlzona-Southern Nevad. : ·Souther .. Callfornla-~rizoila-SouthernNevada-Southern Call · ...... ...... W inner Dave Lan gfo rd pursues M ark S helt o n at A FM 's W illow road ra ces. Va l Tamietti (9 0) holeshots the Open Pro c lass at Sunris e Cycle Park. langford leaps to AFM RRwins By Lori Tyson WILLO W SP RIN GS , CA: AP R. 24 " We wanted to beat Shelton " was th e reason given by tuner Shelby Thompson for trading h is Lawson Replica for a new GPzIIOO. Piloted by T emp le City Kawasak i's Dave La ngford, it seemed to tu rn th e tr ick as Langford took a sq uea ker win in th e Open Stock Pro duct ion class at th e American Federation o f Mo torcycl ists' meet a t Will ow Springs. In Open Modified Producti on, as Earl Rol off took th e win , She lton a nd Langford foug ht agai n - this tim e for second - wi th Langford agai n th e victor. Roloff go t into it in th e Open Super Street mat ch wit h Bassani/ Mo tors Wes t/H annah ' s Ma ch in e Shop-sp onsored Denn y Dohert y. On the last lap Doh erty go t ca ugh t up in traffic a nd Rol o ff took advantage to snatch th ewin. Du cati-mounted Tony Guest an d Honda of Gardena 's Larry Theobald di ced for third with Guest sne aking by to take it. In the first Sid ecar race in months, th e gu ys showed how eager they wer e to ra ce and put o n a n exciting m at ch . Barnett Clutch -sp onsored Ramirez/ Breede rod e hard as th ey h eld back reigning cha m pions EssaflCrueger until th e very la st lap whe n th e ND/ Ca stro IlBarnett/Lindsey Enterprises-s ponsored rig go t by to stea l th e trophy. Ji m Poet a nd Wa lt Nitto fought h ard fo r th e 600cc Su pe r Stree t win th e entire race, until th e very last lap w hen Ni tto ra n out o f gas two turns from th e fi n ish. Poet d id n ot finish u nscath ed - h e d iscove red hi s tire wa s on ly h alf inflat ed by th e end of th e race. " I th ought it felt a little slo p py, a nd w he n we checked it, it was 15 pou nds lo w" rem ark ed Poet afterwards. Beh ind th e two fro nt runners a rea l -wa r wa s waged bet ween C lint Whiteh ou se, Doug To lan d and Hans Hellfrit sch for third place. With Nitto out it tu rned ou t to be a fight for seco nd. Whiteh ouse, Yamaha RD-mounted , took th e ch eckers just sl ig h tly a head o f Toland. Poet battl ed Jim Vreeke in 600cc Sto ck P roduct ion with Vreeke win n ing it , but lat er docked a lap for passing under a yello w flag, giving Poet th e trophy. . In th e 450cc Stock Producti on class, o ne rid er, wh o shall remain nameless, pulled an interesting stu n t - h e cra shed twice in th e same eigh t-lap race, o nce o n th e sta rt lin e a nd o nce on the las t la p o f th e ra ce. Another victi m of " flyin g m oto rcycle sny n drome " was Frank Mazu r, wh o did a ni ce job o f waddin g up h is G Pz in practi ce. Ex cept for so me bru ises, especially to h is ego , Fra n k wa s unhurt. A number o f n ew bikes were cras hed durin g pra cti ce, but no o ne was serio us ly injured. Results FORMULA 3 : 1. Chr is Stew ard (Vam); 2. Bryan Chono (Yam); 3 . Ste ve Bi gan ski (Yam). 600 SUPER ST: 1. J im Poet (Kaw); 2. Cl int W hita house (Yllmt; 3 . Doug Toland (Kaw) . 750 SUPER ST: 1. Bernd Koegler (Han); 2. Merk Shelton (Kaw) ; 3 . M ike W illiems (Han). OPEN SUPER ST: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw) ; 2 . Denny Doheny (Han); 3 . Tony Guest (Due). SIDECARS: 1. Essa ff /Crueger; 2 . Ram irez / Breede (Su z); 3. GarnenlTaylor (Kaw) . StNGLES: 1. Robe rt Wilson (Han); 2. Ma ny Lenu (Vam) . 750 TWINS ; 1. Man Riolo (Suz); 2. M ike Gl isson (Suz ); 3 . Brent Ross (Suz). OPEN TWINS ; 1. Ton y Guest (Due); 2. Chris Stewerd (Yam ); 3 . S. Steward (M G). 450 STK PROD : 1. Mike Gl isson (Su z); 2. Brent Ross (Su z); 3. Ray Straka (Han). 600 STK PROD : 1. J im Vreeke (Kaw) ; 2. W hitney 'Blakeslee (Kaw); 3. Edward Ragle (Kaw). 750 STK PROD - : 1. Ear l Roloff Jr (Kaw); 2 . Scon Harmala (Han ); 3 . M ike Krolick (Kaw). "This class is under protest. resutts unofficia l. OPEN STK PROD : 1. Dave Langford (Kew); 2. M ark Shetton (Kaw) ; 3 . Bob Reinen (Han ). FORMU LA 4A: 1. Dw ayne Lane (Honl; 2. All an Scott (Han); 3 . Flem Juliussen (Kawl. 250 M OD PROD: 1. A.J. Parks (C-A); 2. W . Nonagle (Vam); 3. L Bumbera (Yam). FOR MULA 4 : 1. Joe Paul (Yam ); 2 . n ave Cama ri ll o (C· A). 450 MOD PROD : 1. Clint Wh iteho us e (Yam); 2. M att Riol o (Suz); 3. M ike Gl is son IS uz ~. 600 MOD PROD : 1. J i m Vreeke (Ka w) ; 2. Jim Poet (Kaw) ; 3 . Doug Toland (Kaw). FOR M ULA 1: 1. Curt M addox (Suz); 2. Larry Th. obald (Han); 3. Oe nny Do heny (Han). FORM ULA 2: 1. Bern d Koegl er (Han); 2. Bryen Chona (Yam ~; 3 . Ha ns Hel lf ritsch (Kaw). 750 MOD PROD : 1. Scon Harmala (Han); 2 . M ike Will iam s tHan ); 3. Lee Flem ing (Han). OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Earl Roloff Jr. (Kaw); 2. Oave Langford (Kaw); 3 . Mark Shelton (Kaw) . Maloney, Andre, Gerig collect Carlsbad wins By lana Mattox CARLSBAD, CA, APR. 24 Three winners in three different classes at Carlsbad R aceway's Continental Motorsports Club motocross set their clocks so far a hea d for th e da ylight savi ngs weekend that da ylight was all tha t th eir co mpetitio n saw once th e riders go t goi ng, go ing, gon e. In the first ra ce o f th e da y, 250cc Pro rid er Bryan Mal oney (Hon ) led a ll th e wa y to th e checkered £la g o nce he overt ook leader Woody Carl son (Yam) on th e Ca rls bad freewa y. Bustin' th e dirt as hard as h e co u ld to move seco nd pl ace Carlson for third wa s Val Tamietti (Ma i). Maloney h ad to try just a little harder in th e secon d m oto. Sco tt Slayton (Yam) had th e holesh ot but was soon passed by David Hopwood (H on ) in seco nd, with Maloney in third. Next two go-aro u nds saw Mal oney a nd T amiett i battling for second, bu t by th e fourth lap , Mal on ey had said go od bye to Tam iett i. On th e fifth lap, Mal on ey slipped by Hopwood on th e downh ill side o f th e freeway. No o ne co u ld co me close to catch ing him as h e cro ssed th e finish for first aga in. T amietti and Hopwood were two turns beh ind fo r seco nd an d third respecti vely, and Carlson ro lled in fourth. The seco nd wid e-m argin win of th e day was by Fallbrook's Steve Andre o n a Yamaha in th e 125cc Jun ior class. In th e fir st moto , h e was seco nd for three-fourths of a lap beh ind Greg Boyce (Suz ) with Eric Di ck erh off (H on) in th ird. Once Andre powered by Bo yce, wh o fini shed th ird, h e di sappeared 10 a lonely first p lace. In th e second rnoto , Andre led th e w ho le wa y to first, £l ying fast and h igh over j u m ps. Every lap h e got " spacier," addin g lo ts of it between h im a n d an yo ne who had once seen him at the sta rt ing line. Com in g in for two seco n d pl ace spots was John Flehler (Kaw), whil e Eric Dickerhoff was third overall . It was no co ntesto ei ther in th e 500cc Pro event of the da y as David Gerig (H us ) eas ily w ~m hi s class . Gabe Gutierrez of th e Ju ni or Master s powered hi s Husk y into first pl a ce in both o f hi s motos. George Spearing was th e seco nd placer in m oto one, while Buzz Moell er shone in seco nd in m oto two . Expert Danny Dr ew took th e holeshot in moto one of hi s class a nd a n ext to th e last pl a ce start in moto two, but nev erth eless, he won eith er wa y. Cal Brownin g took second in moto one and Bob Crandall did it for moto two . In th e Am at eurs, Sam J ones took th e lead in mot o o ne for seven laps; "then H oward Da vis put h is Suz uki in fron t an d won th e rnoto . Moto two sa w Jones aga in get th e hol esh ot , and this time he held o n to it to tak e first pl ace. Da vis went down o n the start, but did some fast moving a nd catching up to en d up with seco nd p lace. . Novice Oren Spahn blasted into th e leadfor one lap. H e was p assed by Fred Maynard, who took over and won moto o ne. Spahn hung in th ere for second. In moto two Dick Doyle led all the other Novices to th e fir st turn , but Spa h n slipped by him, taki ng the lead and th e wi n. Maynard was th ere for seco nd p lace honors. Results MASTERS: 1. Denn is 'Rosenbe rg (Hon). J R MASTERS: 'l . Gabe Gutierrez (Hus) ; 2 . Bu zz Moeller (Hu s ~. EX: 1. Dan ny Drew (Yam ); 2. cal Browning (Mai). AM : 1. Howard Davis (Suz) ; 2. Sam Jones (Mai). NOV ; 1. Oren Spohn (Suz); 2. Fred Maynard (Han) . 250 PRO: 1. Bryan Maloney (Han); 2. Val Tam iett i (Mai ); 3 . Woody Carlson (Vam ). 500 INT: t . Kenny Donelson (Han); 2 . Kirk Chandler (Han ); 3 . Gary Sowers (Han). 250 INT: 1. Col in Ryan (Yam) : 2 . Hadad Melton (Su z); 3 . Buzz loppolo (Han) . 250 JR : t , Kevin Fr inger (Yam); 2. Dana Hughes (Hont 3 . Richard Sonnefeld (S uz). MINI JR : 1. Jason McCormick (Kaw); 2. Duga n Sanders (Yem ): 3. Shawn SlaYton (Kaw) . POWDER PUFF; 1. Therese MeCossy (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Doug Oubeeh (Suz); 2. M ike Fisher (Vam); 3 . Todd Hcever (Yam ). 1251NT: 1. Merk Toyama (Yam ); 2 . Je ff A lmond (Su z); 3 . Randy Rus h (Han). 125 J R; 1. Steve Andre (Yam); 2 . John Flehler (Kaw); 3 . Eric Dickerhoff (Han). 500 PRO: 1. David Gerig (Hus); 2. Val Tam ietti . (M ai); 3. Andrew Jefferson (H us). 500 JR : 1. Douglas cave (Hon ); 2. Lou i s Ball (S uzl; 3 . Joey Corter (Yam ). OT MASTER; 1. Malcolm McCassy (Kaw) ; 2. Chuck Rou se (Han). VET INT: 1. Steven Cirone (Han). VET JR : 1. DennisHolladar (Hon); 2. Den Feathering i ll (Kaw); 3 . Walter Hard (Hanl. Rosenberg, Gutierrez best at Carlsbad OT MX By Bob Alloy CARLSBAD , CA, AP R. 10 Carlsbad's whoop-de-does were something to experience; a true motocross ordeal. Some were at lea st six feet deep. T he Master 's cla ss o vera ll win ner was Denn is Rosenberg. H e wrapped up a first place wi th a win in bo th rnotos. Results Tamietti tops CMC Sunrise Valley MX By Ken Stein ADE LA NT O, CA, APR. 17 Val Tamietti was th e ho t man at Sunrise Valley Cycle Park 's Continental Motosports Club races, winning both motos of th e Open Pro even t, and finishing second o verall in th e 250s, o n a pair of T rac k 'n T ra vel Ma icos. Eric McCracken (Yam ) holeshot th e first rnot o , followed by Malt T edder (H a n) an d Tam ietti. McCracken an d T amietti set a fur ious pace, a nd by th e third lap were runn ing 1-2. McCr acken built a h ealthy lead u n ti l h is rear sh ock went south. Tam ietti shot p ast th e limpin g Yamaha on th e n inth lap to tak e a co mma ndi ng-lead home. McC racken nursed h is ai ling bike in for second, just ahead of th e ra pi d ly approach ing H onda o r Vin ce Poblano . McCr ack en 's cha nces o f winnin g th e seco n d mo to depended on how big a lead he co u ld build before his shoc k overheated again. McCracken again holeshot, and raced like a man 41

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