Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Arnet was keep ing Meszaros hon est a nd n ot lett in g h im ru n and hi d e, As Arn et ap p lied mor e pr essure, co mment a tor H al Sa ngu inetti let it be kn ow n that th is was Ar ner's first race on h is roa d to full .ecoverv. Arn et wa ited unti l Mesza ro s bobb led an d zap ...a good seco nd became a good first. At thi s poi nt Zo li still had first o vera ll, but a s qui ck as Arn et got by. a determ ined Co ffev snea ked into secon d. Meszaros h ung in with a fine ri de a nd took third in th e mot o a nd third overa ll beh in d Arn et a nd Co ffey. Th ese g u ys a re now the Dunes Wreckin g Crew . Results Junior Cycle rider Doug Huston 16A) is sandwiched at the CRC Mom-cross. seco nd. Kal os had some mo re problem s a co u p le o f laps later a n d slid way back. H e quickl y go t ba ck on th e throttle a nd pushed Amateur rider Brian Pryor while Parker jelled up behi nd Lewis , still in second. On th e last la p, in th e back section , Parker left Lewi s behind. He ma n aged to kick it over in tim e to keep th ird whi le Kal os slid by' Pryor for fourth. • Bruner go t th e jump on Lewis and Kal os on the next start. After a lap, Parker motored past Kalos and started to pressure Lewis for second. H e slid by on th e next lap but never ca ugh t Bruner. . A l25cc Amat eur wh o 'd like to be th ere is Mark Moen . H e wa s serio us ly injured in a race a t Canyon wh en hi s a xle broke. Mark was in a coma for a co u p le o f weeks and is now in physica l th erapy. From a ll th e racers , we'd lik e to say, " G ood Luck Mark ," and we hope to see yo u back o ut at the races soon . Results Y ZINGERS : 1. Edward Lucas (Yam): 2. Ch ucky Cook (Yam): 3. Jonathan St ewan (Yam). PEe WEE NOV : 1. Je sse J am es IKaw ); 2. Aa ron Stewart (Yam ); 3. Tim Stuan. wee 36 PEE AM : 1. J immy Bu tt on (Hen); 2 . J us t i n J aurigu e (Hen); 3. Damon Watkin s (Kaw ). 80 BEG : 1. La rr y Gutier rez (Su z); 2 . Just in Je u rig ue (Hen ); 3 . M asa (Kaw) . SO NOV STK: 1. J i mmy Sutt on (Han): 2. We s Par ker (Yam ); 3. Dav id M cDerm ott (Han ). SO NOV MOO: t , J immy Sunon (Han); 2. Grad y In gram (Yam ); 3. Ch ris Rogers (Yam ). eOAM STK: 1. Craig N ie lsen (Kaw) ; 2. Brian Pry or (S uz): 3. JeH Riggie (Kaw) . SO AM MOO: r . Srian Pryor (Suz): 2. Lance Bar nett (Kawl; 3. Craig Nielsen (Kaw ). SO EX STK : 1. Shau n Kalas (Ha n); 2. Brya n Bruner (Kaw l: 3. Denn is Parker (Yaml. 80 EX MOO: 1. Bryan Bru ner (Kaw ); 2. Den nis Parker (Yam ); 3. Shaun Kal as (Han). 125 BEG : 1. Amy Br ooks (Ya m); 2. Car l Ban sch (Kaw) ; 3 . Phil ip Klensch (Ha n). 125 NOV STK: 1. Greg Lamben (Ya m); 2 . Ste ve Davis (Yam l; 3. Stev e Caud le (Yam I. 125 NOV MOO: 1. Greg Lamben (Yam); 2. Bob Lem ke (SUl); 3 . J eff Ellis (Kaw ). 125 AM STK: 1. Rob Ol son (Han); 2. Sco tt Key es IKaw ); 3. Keith Watkins (Kaw) . 125 AM MOO: r . Scott Keyes (Kaw) ; 2. Doug Butcher (Han ); 3. Dennis Parker (Yam). 125 EX STK: t . Chappy Blose (Kaw ): 2. Robert Mason (Yam ); 3. Bill Calton (Hen). . 125 EX MOO: t , Robert Mason (Yam ); 2. Bobby White (Yam) ; 3 . Bill Dalton (Han) . . 250 BEG : t . Billy Boult (yam) ; 2. Steve Pier(Yam); . 3 ."Kelly Speer (SUl). 250 NOV STK: t , Gene Clark (Han ); 2 . M ark Aco sta (Hen ); 3. Rich Balthes (Hen) . 250 AM : 1. Stacey Courr ier (M ail; 2 . Torey Davis (Yam); 3. Ch uck Haynes (Han). . 250 EX: 1. Scott Stallard (Han ); 2. Rick Nog le (Han ); 3. Eric Kirk (Han ). OPEN NOV :' 1. Vi etor Hen sl ey (Ha n); 2. Dav id Tenn (Yam); 3. M ike Mota (M ai) . OPEN A M : 1. J i m McCauley (Han); 2. Chr is Leyva (Han); 3. Bill Lynch (Husl. OPEN EX: r . Scott Stallard (Han): 2. Rick Nagle (Han); 3. Dale Coo ley (Han). OT NOV: 1. M ike M ota (M ai ); 2. John Tu rn er (Hus); 3. J im Salkeld (Han). OT AM : 1. Tim Kennedy (Yam ); 2. Larr y Noel (Yam); 3. Rick Tabo r (Han). Merciers mas ter Mothers-cross By-Tom Griffith VALENCIA, CA, MAY 8 Racing sons suited up mom in mat ching gear for toda y 's Am erican Motorcross Enterprise Annual Mothers Day Race a t In di an Dunes' Interna tional Track. Fi ve teams o f son / m om battl ed a tricky do uble sand -loop layout in a fun-fill ed noon break race. Alterna tin g laps with mom starti ng a n d finishing with sons hotlapping in between saw th e team ' o f T on y and Weise Mercier besting the field . Wh at sta rted as a runawa y in th e ea rly goi ng as mom negotiat ed lap o ne with a p pa rent ease and Ton y stretched o ut on hi s Kawasaki Min i, became tigh t as -the sand ma n sta rted kn ocki n g moms int o a nd over berms in th e river section . Mercier/ Mercier _ d id tak e troph y one but were nearl y ca ug h t a t the wire by a ha rd-chargi ng team o f J oe Bro wn and mom S uzan Maj ia. It was a super ha lft im e. Ra ce eig ht o n tod a y's sche d u le ca lled 16 of so u thern Ca liforn ia's fines t 250cc P ros to the lin e. One slo t was vacant as a possib le bro ken an k le sidel ined American Honda 's J ohner Kig h t. An y of five rid ers cou ld win . Always a fro nt-runner, R uss Wa geman an d h is Ka wa sa ki nosed int o first fo llo wed by a closi ng grou p o f Zol i Meszaros, J im Co ffey, Ed Arn et a nd Bra n d J ohnson . Wh ile th e pace was brisk and these five d iced costa nt ly, they were sav ing the good pa rts for m oto two as th ey .finish ed mo to one in thi s order. Mot o two of the 250cc Pros was a rea l ha rn bu rner. On the sta rt yo u ng Meszaros went sh ift for sh ift with the reigning 250cc win ner Wageman . U p th e hill pegged wide ope n , Zoli hun g o n as th e dust clear ed a nd Wagema n stuffed th e. Kaw asak i in to the emban km en t. U p in last, Wageman a ttac ked th e co u rse but co u ld no t ma ke u p m uch grou nd o n the pack and parked th e bike. MOTHERS DAY MANIA : 1. M erc ier I Me rcie r; 2. Brown/Ma jia . JR evc JR : 1. Doug Huston (Yam). JR evc EX: 1. Shawn Bate s (Kaw) . PEE WEE : t , Pat Wade (Yam) . MINI BEG : 1. Bria n Payne (Han ); 2. Jim Ptcecn! (Kaw); 3. Mike Crosby (Yam) . MINI JR : 1. Richard Bates (Kaw); 2. Rebert Hop kins (Yam); 3 . Danny Lamb (Suz). MINIINT: 1. Jeff Reynolds (Kaw): 2. Alan Pierce (Kaw) . MINI PRO: t , Mouse McCoy (Kaw ): 2. Edd ie Hicks (Yam). 125 BEG; 1. Rick Valdez (Su z); 2. Ron Takeda (Su z); 3. Raben MakimOlo (Yam). 125JR: 1.JerryWen (Kaw); 2. A lan Pierce (Han); 3. Bob Ste inbach (Han ). 1251NT: 1. Joe Lozano (Hon ); 2. Steve Van Duzen (Kaw); 3. Gary M iller (Suz). 12 5 PRO: 1. Russ Wagemen (Suz ); 2 . Gary Bowman (Su z). 250 BEG; 1. Ben jamin MoHer (Han) : 2. Jo hn Kitc ko (Suz). 250 J R: 1. Bruce W indsor (SUl); 2. Tony Selben (Han); 3. M ichael Kennedy (Han). 250 IIiT: 1. Kev in A llman (Kaw) ; 2. Jeff Hanzo (KTM ); J . Brad W illiams (Su z). 250 PRO ; t . Ed Arnet (Han); 2 . J im Coffey (Yam); 3. Zol i Meszaros (Yam). 500 BEG: t . J im Rohen (Yam ). 500 JR ; 1. Tony Ma rgo tt (Han); 2. M ike W ilson (Ha n). 500 INT: 1. John Nol ind (Han). VET JR ; 1. Don Hobson (S uzl; 2. Gene Powell (Yam). VET INT; 1. Kent Shepard (Yam ). VET EX; 1. Ron M iller (Kaw). Johnson, Tarantino, Denis topplacers at SMX By Terry Whytal ' O RANG E, CA, MAY 7 Sinisalo/Honda rider Jim T arantino continued his winning way at Saddleback, hand-, ily defeating- a stro ng field of local p ro rid ers. Hon da-mounted J eff J ennings ga ve T ara n tino a fight for the lead in mot o two. but T ar antino was a ble to pull a way a t th e fin ish a fter some early close ac tion . J en n ings pi cked up the number two sha re o f th e cas h wi th a 3-2 scor e behi nd T arantino. Honda rid er Brvan Mal oney pow ered to the ru nner- up slo t in th e first rnot o th en fini shed beh ind Jen n in gs in ro und two to ea rn third o vera ll a hea d o f S uzu ki pil ot R ichard Sa nds . Sa nd s edged Ya ma ha rid er Andy Gu th for fo urth overa ll. T he O pe n Pro class featu red an exci ting battl e bet ween Yam ahamo unt ed David Gerig a nd Scott J ohnson, a nd Ma ico p ilot Micky Dymond. Dym on d pow ered h is Wheelsmi th tu ned Sp ider to a n im p ressive first mot o win , but succu m bed to mech anical p roblem s in round two. J ohn son and Ger ig conti n ued their first moto ba ttle in mot o two with J o h nso n com ing o u t on to p 10 ea rn the overa ll wi n with a 3-1 sco re over Ger ig 's 2-2 p lacing . Ga ry Jones picked up thi rd o vera ll on a H on da. Kaw a saki rider Paul Denis topped th e 125cc P ro class d espi te fierce com pe tition from H onda rid er J im Brod ie and Yam a ha- mo u nt ed Mike Beier. In mo to o ne , Beier suffered fro m a poor sta rt as Brod ie a nd Denis moved the fron t. Bro die ope ned a sma ll lead whi ch Denis wa s una ble to overco me whi le Beier mo ved qu ick ly th ro ugh the field 10 close in the fin a l la ps. Time ran o u t a nd Brod ie took the checkers ahea d of Den is a nd Beier. Den is j u m ped to the lead early in th e seco nd rnot o a n d qu ick ly esta b1ished a sa fe lead as Beier a nd Brod ie battled for second p lace with Beie ge ll ing th e n od . Den is wo n the overa ll wit h Brod ie pl aci ng second o vera ll wit h a t -3 sco re as Beier had to sett le for third o vera ll. 10 Results OPEN PRO; 1. Scott J ohn son (Yam ); 2. Dav id Gerig (Yam); 3. Gary J on es (Hon ). 250 PRO : 1. Ji m Tarantino (Ha n ); 2. J eH Jen n ings (Hon ); 3. Bryan Maloney (Hen ). 125 PRO: 1. Pau l Denis (Kaw) ; 2. Jim Brodie (Hen ); 3. Mike Beier (Yaml · OPEN INT : 1. Randy Knex (Yam ); 2 . An Ol iv ier (Han); 3. Rich Kastner (Yam ). 250 INT : 1. Steve PraH (Yam): 2 . Garyl'Ienko ' (SUl ); 3 . Bill Scott (Han) . 125 INT: 1. Kurt Hendricksen (Yam ); 2. J im Palmer (Suz); 3. J ohn Begin (Kaw). OPEN NOV : t . Randy Rei nhard (Mai); 2. Bob Pert ler: 3. Jeff Ckausen (Hen). 250 NOV : r . Jon Nichols (Yam) ; 2 . Tony Sieben (Han); 3 . Greg Mayer (Mai). 125 NOV; 1. Steve Jensen (Suz) ; 2. Bill Clemson (Yam): 3 . J im Perry (Suz ). VET EX: 1. Dean York (M ai); 2. Marino Bastionell (Suz); 3 . Dennis Cox (Han ). OPEN BEG : 1. John Wr ig ht (SUl); 2. Mike Sheldon (Ma i): 3 . Gary Dranow (Han ). 250 BEG : 1. Phil Lewis (Yam); 2. John Stavros (Yam ); 3. Br ian Dosn (Han). WOMEN EX: 1. Kim Oouglas (Kaw) ; 2. Karen Leit inger (Suz); 3 . Tam Tr acy (Han). MINI BEG : 1. J im Rande l (Yam); 2. Randy Dan ylo (Yam ); 3. Ulf Johansson (Kaw ). Huffer, 'chiho, Bush win Ascot 125cc Juniors By Tom Corle y GARDENA, CA, MAY 4 Since th e opening of Continental Motosports Club motocross a t Ascot there has been so many 125cc Junior riders that th e cl u b has o rga ni zed u p 10 three d ivisions o f thi s most pop u lar cla ss. First pl ace troph ies were a warded to Arthur Huffer, Steve Ichiho andJ ohn Bush. Last season the winning est Mini Intermedi at e wa s Arthu r Huffer, but this yea r he is o u t to be th e ch ief of th e l25 ccJun ior s. Huffer took hi s second mot o rcycle victory at Asco t in th e 125cc Jun ior divi sio n one class. . In the ope n ing mot o John Posca pl a yed th e leader th e ent ire time. After h is positi o n were T erry Rh od es, Ch ris Sestich, fro m the Roost Factor y, a nd th en H uffer. Sest ich kn ocked newcomer H uffer do wn one pos itio n by pa ssing h im on the back sectio n o f th e co urse. Hu ffer got th e feel of h is Suzuki in the fin a l moto a nd took o ff from the line a nd co ntro lled first p lace. H uffer pu lled it off a nd ma in tained the lead over th e very fast Roost Fa ctory bike o f Sestich , On th e resu lts it was H uffer, Sestich a nd R hod es. Ichi ho ha d a n a verage fifth p lace score in 125c( J unior di visio n two . Br ian Infel ise was the ma n wh o led th e first rnot o, Fo rmer Min i rider J o hn G o bert was run nin g in second a head o f Micha el Ta rver a nd Bill , Wood . Wood cleared pa st Tarver o n the barrel co rne r a n d Gobert sta lled h is H onda and Wood had secon d place. Inlelise ca me through with th e win o ver Wood a nd Go bert. Th e fina l mo to had Honda rider J im Co n nor at th e co ntro ls. Conn or too k sixth pl a ce in the first race. I Connor had Ich iho to wo rry abou t. T he two were goi ng for it a nd Ichih o worked pa st Connor for the lead. Ov era ll it was lch ih o. Wood, Co nnor, Tarver a nd Gobert .

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