Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Pete Snorteland on his way to the SMX Open Pro w in. Snortland, Sands set sail at SMX By Lee Kober O RANGE. CA . AP R . 16 In th e Open P ro class today, Yamaha rider Pete Snortla nd roos ted his way to the wi n in both motos with the com petition quite a di sta nce behind. J oe Bond a nd Gordon Smith go t seco nd leader in h is sig h ts aft er recovering. A lap later Dimm itt went down in the . tricky stu tter 'bu m ps, handing th e lead back to Pal m er. Dim mitt rem ounted q uick ly a nd tri ed to ca tch th e Suzu ki pilot, bu t ti me ra n out as Pal mer took the ch ecke red flag first. Dimm itt took second followed by Reed a nd McCoy. Wh en th e ga te dropped C r th e sta rt o o f moto two , Dim m itt had the lea d ex iti n g the fir st turn C oliowed by Reed , Pal mer a nd McCoy. Entering tu rn two Pal mer stuf fed it under Reed Cor seco nd . A C yards ew later Pal mer had the lead a fter Dimmitt went down aga in in th e stu tte r . bumps. Dimmi tt had p roblem s restrarting h is Honda and dropped way back of the pa ck. Pal mer ex tended h is lead, however, Reed was close enough to tak e ad vantage o f a ny m istakes. Pa lm er held o n to h is lead Cor th e win . Reed too k seco nd a head o f MeCoy a nd Dimm itt. Seventeen rider s lin ed th e sta rt ing ga te in th e 250cc Beg inner cla ss a nd when a ll th e action had sett led dow n , Ro nald Swenso n (Suz) emerg ed o n to p . Results 60 9 YRS UNDER: 1. M ike Metzger (Kaw); 2. Charl ie Vice (Yam); 3. Robert Naber (Kaw). 60 9 YRS OVER; 1. Brandon Sperl ing (Kaw); 2. Jason Collier (Hon); 3. Dustin Evan s (Hon). MINI BEG: 1. Shawn SlaV'on (Kaw): 2. D.Escobedo 3. J erry Litteral (Yam) . MIN I BEG: 1. Randv Freeman (Yam); 2. Casey (Kaw~; Mahoney (Kaw); 3. Dan Mahoney (Yam). MINI NOV: 1. Larry Sayeg; 2. M ike Burdett e; 3. Gary Tracy (Kaw). MINIINT: 1. Terry Szucskc (Kaw). MINI EX: 1. Gene Baldwin (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Dan Hend ricks (SUl ); 2. J ohn .Jewo rowski (Suz); 3. John Matiasevich (Hon ). 125 BEG: 1. Rob Edwerds ; 2. Howa rdT resvill e; 3. Andy Sti. (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Steve Andre (Yam); 2. Chris Pillow (Hoot 3. Mark Newton (Han). 125 INT: 1. Greg Bender (Hon) ; 2 . Dave Bender a nd thi rd on their Honda C R480 Rs . Suzu ki p ilo t Rich ard Sands too k the hol esh ot in bo th 250cc P ro motos an d ro de smooth and fast to th e che c kers both tim es. Mik e Baker (Yam) was a lways a close seco nd , but never mad e a bid Cor the lea d . Ia n Fitzg ibbon got thi rd overa ll o n h is Ya ma ha . In th e 125cc P ro' class , Dou g O 'Donnell put hi s Suzu ki in th e h ol esh ot posit io n with Ya m aha rid er Mike Beier in seco n d . Beier h ad p rob lems in th e first few laps a nd d ro pped to last. Da vid H ussey (Suz) took over seco nd with H onda-mounted Chris H einrich in third. O 'Donnell took the win with ease wh ile Beier put on a cha rg e from la st to get seco n d by the end of th e race. In the seco nd rnoro O 'D onnell took th e hol eshot aga in with Beier right beh ind in seco nd. Beier m oved up close a nd pressured O 'Don nell Cor the lead . O 'Don nell held h im orr for about a lap, th en Beier roosted h is wa y into th e lead. Beier took th e seco nd mo to win a nd th e overa ll. O'Donnell go t seco n d overall a nd Chris Heinrich took th ird . Ma ico r ide r Dean York b la zed th rough th e Vet Exp ert class with a I - I C the overa ll win . Ala n O lson or p u t h is Kawa saki 125 in second bo th rno tos Co r seco nd o vera ll. Ala n's brother, Marvin Ol son, p ut in two . smoo th third pl ace rides for third . In th e Women's 125cc Pro race , Ka wa sak i-m ounted Kim Doug la ss won bot h mot o s with ea se. Kim flew farther o ff the jurn ps a nd wa s more in control th an h er co mpetitio n . Ka ren Leitinger (Suz) rode C st in bo th motos a C r seco nd, b u t was C o re the p ace o f o ar Doug lass. C harleen H o got th ird on a Honda . Results ' 125 BEG: 1. M ike Barker (Han); 2. Jeff Longwit h (Suz); 3 . Rick Harr is (Yam). 250 BEG : 1. Doug Schweizer (yam); 2. Al ex Kopich (Hon ); 3. St eve W u (Su z). OPEN BEG: 1. Joe l Blanke (Han); 2. M ike Sheldon (Mai); 3. Rick Sliger (Han). WOMEN PRO; 1. Kim Dougless (Kaw ); 2. Karen Leit ing eT(5 uz); 3. Cha r leen Ho (Honl . VET EX: 1. Dean York (Mai); 2. Alan Olson (Kaw); 3 . Ma rv in Ol son (Yam). VETINT: 1. Horst Laitner(Yam); 2. George Lazenby (Han); 3. Bob Fortier (Ma i). MINI NOV: 1. Chr is McCoy (SUl ); 2. Garr y Dell egalle (Han); 3. Chr is Broders (Kaw ). MINI BEG: 1. Steve Wam bolt (Kaw); 2. Uh .Johansson (Kaw ); 3. Er ic Bisbee (Yam). (Hoot 3. J ason Coolbeugh (Yam). 125 PRO: 1; Chr is Heinrich (Han); 2. Mik e Roberts (Yamt 3. Jo hn Mattacane (Han). 250 BEG; 1. Ronald Swenson (SUl); 2. Phil Lewis (Yamt 3. M ike Vellausco (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Paul Walmsley (SUl); 2. Scott Van Lue (Yamt 3. Clay Stanford (SUl). 250 INT: 1. Kit Palmer (SUl): 2. Carl Reed(Sul); 3. 125 PRO: 1. M ike Beier (Yam); 2. Doug O'Donn ell (SUl); 3. Chris Heinr ich (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Richard Sands (SUl); 2. Mike Baker (yam ); 3. Ian Fitzgibbon (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Snort land (yam); 2. Joe Bond (Han); 3. Gordon Smith (Han). 1251NT: 1. Ti Swarts (Han); 2. Jim Palner (SUl); 3. Larry Dimmitt (Hon) . 250 INT: 1. Steve Weid ler (Han); 2. Bill Scott (Yam); 3. Doug Russell (Yam). . OPENINT: 1. Rendv Kno. (Yam); 2. Karl Holmbe rg (Yam); 3. Kelly Saulie (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Mall Zieg ler (Sul); 2. Frank Graceffa (yam); 3. Bill Clemson (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Jim Huber (Han); 2. Craig Breihan (Han); 3. Greg Groom (SUl). OPEN NOV: 1. Bob Watson (Yam); 2. Alan Kent (Yam); 3. Dele Morse (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Vince McMahon (Yam); 2. J ack Scott (Hant 3. len FitzGibbon (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Stove Snoolt (Ma i). 500 NOV: 1. Larry Boyd (Han); 2. Ralph Mendhall (Hus). 40 500 INT: 1. Greg Thornton (Ma i); 2. Karl Holm berg (Yem). . 500 PRO: 1. Ron Rehnqu ist (Yam); 2. Scott Wilkinson (Han). Glenn Cave (Han ). Supposedly-retired Robert Reisinger leads DeAnz8's 250cc Pros. Zit zaps Pros at DeAnzaMX By Kit Palmer SUNNYMEAD, CA, AP R. 24 Malco lm Smith 's Greg .Zitterkopf (Yam) rode to a comma ndin g a n d imp ressi ve wi n in th e Open Pro class tod ay a t DeAn za Cycle Park . T he O pen Pro cla ss sta rte d in the seco nd wa ve a fter th e 250' s a nd, bv th e end of th e Fi rst mot o , Zit terkopf had ca ugh t up to , a nd pa ssed a ll o f th e 250 Pros. Seco nd went to Ra n dy Skinner (Hon) whi le th ird went to Pomona Va lley Ho nda's Pete Vetrano (Hon ). . For th e seco nd moto Zitt erkopf coo led orr a bit by on ly smoking th e Open 's. Zitt erkopCled from start to . fini sh , Vetr ano too k secon d Coil ow ed by Dan Paul son (Hon) a nd Skin ner. When th e gate d ropped C th e start or of m oto o ne o f th e Min i Novi ce class, Billy O 'Berg (Suz) held th e throttle ope n eno ugh to cap tu re the ho lesh ot . In h ot pursu it were Pomona Va lley Kawasak i's James Wiggins (Kaw ), G arth Tarlo w (Yam) a nd Suzu ki of Riverside's Mike Mich etti (Suz). By th e end o f th e F irst lap , O' Berg d ropped ba ck to fo urt h , h anding Wiggin s the lead. Mich etti took co ntro l of th e seco nd spot after snea king past bot h O ' Berg a nd T a rl ow . By th e mid-way po int . things began to settle down wh ile Wiggins stretched h is lead . After a p oor sta rt, Brad Edginton, a lso o f Pomona Vall ey Kawasa ki , wa s on th e warpath . Wi th on ly two laps rem aini n g , Edgin ton found himsel£ in th ird . Wiggi ns went o n to take th e win Co llo we d by Mich ett i, Edginton and T arlow . W igg ins sto le th e secon d m o to N o vice hol esh o t whi le chased by Mich ett i, Edginton and Ta rlow. On th e th ird lap, Edginton slip ped by Mich ett i, bu t Mich ett i repa ssed T arIow a lap la ter. Agai n , Wiggi ns cru ised to victory fo llowed by Edginton , Michetti and T arlow. Results JR CYC: 1. Weslev Klein (Kaw ); 2. M ike M etzger (Kaw); 3. Joshua Barker (Yam). M INI BEG: 1. Oana Wiggins (Han); 2. Derek Parsons (kaw); 3. Kelly Pichel (Yam). M INI NOV: 1. James Wigg ins (Han); 2. Brad Edginton (Kaw); 3. Mik e M ichelli (SUl). M INIINT: 1. Terry Seucskc (Kaw): 2. Larry Saveg (Kaw ). MINI EX: 1. Tommy Combs (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Brad Fay (Han); 2. M ike Jon es (Yam); 3. David Chuch (Han). • 125 INT: 1. Brandon Schn eider (Suz); 2. Wade Park (Yam); 3. Jim Hannah (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Mark Horton (Yam); 2. Richard Hoff man (Han); 3. Mike Roberts (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Robert Cadwell (SUl); 2. David Spencer (Kaw) ; 3 . Bryan Crampto n (Yam) . 250 BEG: 1. Robert Mads en (Han); 2. Scott Rissman (Yam ); 3 . J im Bauma nn (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Paul Burval (SUl); 2. Scott Clark (Yam); 3. Mike Gianshas io (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Tony Spear (Su zl; 2. Tom Tho m sen (Yam): 3. Kit Palmer (Suz). 25 0 PRO: 1. Robert Reising er (Kaw) ; 2 . Edd ie Mi ch ett i (Suz); 3. M arty M i ll er (Hon l. OPEN NOV: 1. Maurice Wood s (Han): 2. Tom Flynn (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Jack Stevens. If OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Zitt erkopf (.... m); 2. Pete Vetrano (Hon): 3. Randy Ski nner (Hon). VET JR: 1. Ed Black (Yam); 2. Bob M itchell (Suz). VET INT: 1. Bruc e Prall (Yam ); 2. M ike Coll in s (KTM): 3. Wa yne Cornelius (Hus). VET SR: 1. Jon Hall (Han): 2. W ill iam Clin e (SUl); 3. Ed M iche lli (Han). Bruce blasts .Arizona brackets By John Burrus Photo by Bill Enzweiler P HOENIX. AZ, AP R. 24 Fi ne- tu ned wheel ie ba rs and sm okin' burnouts made it look just like th e Pro s as 80 someodd bra cket draggers fro m all over Arizona ca me o u t to C y bot h r slic ks a nd street rubber o n th e tarmac a t Phoen ix Dra gway 's o nce-a-year , bik e-onl y quarter-mi ler. Norris Bruce Iro rn Phoen ix Kaw asaki ra n a turbo/nitrous oxide drag mach ine burnin g alcoho l to turn in the best q ualiC ying time of 9.75 seco nds . On ly two tenth s o f a seco nd off th e mark was Sam T erran ova 's 1000 Kaw spo nsored by Ka wasak i oCPh oeni x. He eventua lly pl aced in th e elim ina tio ns Cor Bracket number one, a nd Norris well - he didn 't. In all, four cla sses co m p eted for over $ 1,500 in prize money. An ything un der 11.75 seco n ds qualiCied in Bracket n u mber one, any th ing over th at was Bracket number two . H arl eyDavid son had its own ca tego ry, as did Begin ners. Vin ce T esta on an 1100 Suzuki wound up with top money in Bracket one, p lu s a trophy too big to stradd le o n a m otorcycle sea t. Second p lace in Bracket o ne went to Sa m T erra n ova , a n d third to Jo h n Berger, ru n ni ng a 1000 Kaw o ut o f Mounta in Cycl es. A little 350 Honda ridden by j eff Thompson (Fujimo Race Team ) took top honors in Bracket two , a nd teamma te Vin ce Ku bistek, on a 650 Ka wasaki, took seco nd . T h ird p lace Iin isher in Bracke t two was Bru ce Vickerma n , pi lot ing a 900 Kaw asak i. , Some people th ought the H arleys so u nded th e best, an d Tim H o rto n ra n th e best in h is bra cket with a 13.90. Fin all y, in th e Begin ner bra cket, Rock y Gray smo ked out a n u m ber o ne on a 450 Suzuki, an d Dan Piske wo n second with h is 550 Kawasak i. Results BRACKET 1: 1: Vi nce Testa (Suz ); 2. Sam Terranova (Kaw); 3. John Berger (Kaw). BRACKET 2: 1. Jeff Thompson (Han); 2. Vince Kubistek (Kaw); 3 . Bruce Vickerman (Kaw). HD: 1. Tim Horton (H-D); 2. Dave Giglio (H-D). BEG: 1. Rocky Gray (SUl); 2. Den Piske (Kew).

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