Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ w;;;;;;rj;;iii;;;v.....Sau.b.r.c:..If.r.I.·Ar... ....u.b.r.Nev.....Sou'ber.c:an'.r.I.·Ar',.., ~ ~ STK PEE WEE : 1. Eric Ha w es (Yam); 2 . Eric Staf · ford (Yam); 3 . Marco Thompson (Yam). MOO PEE WeE : 1. Eric Haw es (Yam); 2. Dennis Dahlin (Yam ): 3 . Sammy Vella (yam). Sutton starts, finishes well at qualifier By Pam Hardin and Eric Kirk PH O EN IX . AZ. :\IA Y 21 The first n ig h t race at Ca nyon was a co m bined q ua lif ier for both the AM A race in Ten nes see a nd the NMA Nat iona ls, and AME 's 80cc Ju nior class gets off the line at the Dunes. Chuck Du ran . 500 EX: 1. Gor don Ward; 2. Cra ig Ad ams : 3. Troy M ann ing . 500 INT: 1. Mark Ha ll ; 2. Scott Yenzer; 3 . Bob Petr in . 500 NOV: 1. Joe Licci ardi; 2. J im Lich lYter ; 3 . Bill Groom. W OM EN EX: 1. Karen Leit inger; 2. Roxie Klatt; 3 . Bonnie Warch. WO MEN VET: . ' . Denise De Vines : 2. Caro l A tki nson. 4 .STROKE EX: 1. Keith Fear ing; 2. Greg Benbow . 4 ·S TROKE NOV: 1. Fred Paxton. 2. Gary W it eck; 3. Joe Bolton . VET EX: 1. Dan Ayers; 2. B,II Dobbs; 3 . Bob Lambert. VET INT: 1. Rick Sowma; 2. Tore Anderso n; 3. M ike Goodwin . VET NOV; 1. Fred Edwa rd s; 2. Erv in Rolfe; 3 . Tom Sawyer. SR EX: 1. Dave Atki ns on; 2. Rick Watson; 3 . Ne il Fearing . SR NOV : 1. AI Lyons; 2. Norm Neville; 3. Richa rd Montiel. 250 MOO WHEE LR: 1. Larry Linkin s; 2. Don nie t.uce: 3. Scott Gau ley. 250 STh WHEELR : 1. M ark Petcbeu. 2. Jeff cann: 3 . Bob Good . COY M OD: 1. Eric Pett it; 2. John Agui lar Jr. ODY STK: 1. St even S him on o; 2. Eddie Ag uilar; 3. Da na "rarv. Lewis brothers 1,2atAM£Dunes By Toni Griffith VAL ENCI A, CA, MA Y 22 The Lewi s bo ys from nearb y Somis took a n instant liking to toda y's revi sed Internatio na l Track layout as American MOlO- 36 cross Enterprises com p leted its second do uble-header weekend of the summer. Bo th chargers, a boa rd Kal-G ar d l Kawasa ki Centra l KX 80s, kep t their sponsors happy with Jimmy tak in g first a nd Aa ron taking seco nd in the Min i Junior class. Chargi ng up the start hill . Jimm y Lewis whipped the green mach in e arou nd th e blin d right-hander for th e h ol esh ot a nd was never threa tened . Aaron Lewis, recent ly up from th e Begin ner class, had 10 work ha rder. Ro bert Ho pkins managed some excel lent moves as he g uided h is Yamaha bet ween th e L ew is boys. R id in g ha rd bu t s ti ll fee l ing F r id a y' s th r eew hee le r -caused i nju ry, D an n y " Du nes" La mb began wo rking u p from a poor start. Dann y managed to find a sm oo th line a nd event ua lly nudged his I' J 11 Answer Products Suzuki into fourth in rnoto one behind Lewis, Hopkin s, a nd Lew is. Moto two of th e Mini Jun iors picked up wher e moto one fini sh ed with J immy Lew is again nailing turn o n e for a runawa y fir st for th e over all. In m id -field a couple of infrequent Dunes visitors found h ot lines and were im provi n g their fir st moto positions. Da vid Farris and Derek Wert hooked up to sn a ke by so m e ver y determ in ed co m pe ti tio n. Farris a ttem p ted time a nd a ga in 10 pass Wert for seco nd bu t sett led for th ird. Aa ron Lewis overcam e his ti mid sta rt a nd annou nced 10 ever yo ne that he is a force to reck on with as h e moved into a so lid fourth in th e moto a nd a well -deserv ed seco nd overa ll. Race four o n today's schedu le ca lled a class field of hung r y 250c c P ro s 10 th e l in e. R uss Wageman , o n his KalG ar d Ka wasa ki, jumped into the lead Ioll owed closely by Ed Arnet a nd Jim Co ffey. T his tri o began a n im med ia te bee-li ne for th e checkered. passing, a nd re-passi n g bu t even tua lly fini sh ing in or der. Th e ga te dropped o n rn oto two o f th e 250cc P ro s and Kell y Pugmire bo lt ed into turn o ne fir st a n d sta yed with th e bike. Pugmire was ridi ng th e ragged edge, still shaken Irorn a firs t moto sp ill, and bobb led in the ro ugh ba ck secti on a llow in g Arnet and Wageman 10 ski p past. Goi ng into lap five, Jim Coffey moved 10 cha ll en ge the aili ng Pugmire u n til Co ffey ou t-j um pe d Kell y j ust past th e front bleachers . Arnet was g lued to the sea t of his H onda S upport ride a nd ne ver a l lo wed \\'agem an to get within o ne to two seconds of him , and he stretch ed it o u t 10 more than five seco nds nea r th e end. Arnet is making a fin e recovery and looked co o l a n d co llec ted with a 2- 1 Cor fir st ov er a ll a head of Wageman in seco nd , Coffey th ird a nd P ug m ire fourth . Mannehzaps Sarona 125s By Rod Esche nburg SAN DI EG O . CA , MA Y 15 Kawasaki MOlOr Corporation rider " Bu llet Bader " Manneh didn 't rid e a n y o f th e Min i cl asses Sunda y at Barona ; in stea d h e unveil ed h is n ewest to y. a br and new 125cc Kawasak i mot or cyc1e! Well , 10 mak e a lo ng story short , the " Bu lle t Man " not on ly ripped all o f h is fell o w Intermediat es, but a lso a ll of the Experts 1001 Bad er said that h e will be moving on to th e C ll sized u 125s i m med iately after Ponca City , so he wanted to ge t in a little ea r ly practice. With P aul Denn is leading th e way C th e g ree n machines, it looks or like the " P ic kle Factory" has co me up w ith two top fir st round draft pi ck s! Wh il e th e Min is featured so me ver y C ine Interm ed iat e raci ng with Charli e Sampson ta kin g th e Stoc ks and An tho ny Ga rcia gra bbi ng th e Mod ifieds, the g uy th a t rea lly got o ur interes t was Ka wasak i-mo u nted No vice 12-16 rid er Brya n Po wel l. Po well o nce aga in just totally destr oyed tw o large fie lds o f ra cers. P ow ell still has o ne more winning da y to go a t Barona befor e h e moves to th e Int ermed ia tes - a n occas io n th at will be met with g rea t rej oi cing by th e rest o f th e Nov ices. . T wo strong seco nd places by David Germain (Hon da of Ocean sid e) mak es him seem to be th e nex t in li ne fo r the Kin g Nov ice titl e. Cha rl ie Sa m pso n's ( K aw) win in th e stoc ks gai ned him enoug h transfer po ints 10 m ove 10 Ex pert for th e next Ba ro na race me et. " Jam m in' j arn ic" Co n ney , form er Ba ro na Pee \ Vee Super star, return ed 10 act ion toda v o n one o f h er bro th er J ohn 's Ka wa ';a ki 80s a nd parlayed three firsts a nd a seco nd into a sweep of both the St ock an d Mo dified 9- l l No vice Mini s. Spea king of th e Pee W(> for th e es. fir st tim e this yea r, Eri c Hawes (Ya m) .sco red a double wit h h is us ua l stock wi n and a tie-brea ker over Denn is Dahl in (R D Ya m ) in the Modi fieds. Dahl in , ho wever, ca me back 10 ta ke bot h 0-8 J u n io r Cycl e classes a nd th e 0-8 Minicycl es . Res ults M INICYCLE CLASSE S MOO EX: 1. Cor y Falter (Kaw) ; 2. Jo hn Conney (Kaw ); 3 . John Flores (Kaw) . STK INT: 1. Charlie Sampson IKawl. 2. Steve Furu ya (Kawl; 3. Dann y Hemb ree ISuzl. MOO INT: 1. Anthony Gor in (Suz); 2. Danny Hem bree (S uz); 3 . Charlie Sampson (Kaw ). 105 M INIS: 1. Cory Falter (Kaw) ; 2. John Conney (Kaw ); 3. John Flores (Kaw) . STK NOV 12 -16 : 1. Bry an Powell (Kawl: 2. David Germain (Hon); 3. Greg Rosa (Yam ). MOD NOV 12 ·16: 1. Bryan Powe ll (Kawl ; 2. Dav id Germai n (Hon); 3 . Chr is Head (Kaw ). STK NOV 9 · 11: 1. Jamie Conney (Kaw ); 2. Kory Byers (Kawl; 3 . Clint Reed (Yam). MOD NOV 9 · 11: 1. Jammie Con ney IKa w); 2. Kev in Geye r (Kaw) ; 3 . Kory Byer s (Kaw) . STK NOV 0 -8 : 1. Denn is Dah li n (Kaw) ; 2. J immie Jo hn son (Yam); 3 . David Ochoa (Yam) . MIN I BEG: 1. Beebe Zertuche (Yaml; 2. Todd Belott (Yam l; 3. Ler oy Trau t . 125cc MOTOR CYCLES STK EX: 1. Kevin Trav is (Yam). MOD EX: 1. Todd Hoover (Yam l; 2. Kevin Trav is IYam l. STK INT: 1. Bad er Manneh (Kaw l; 2 . J ohn Yon ekura (Su z); 3 . Da n Southworth (Kaw) . MOD INT: 1. Bader Manneh (Kaw); 2. Dan South wort h (Kaw) ; 3 . John Yonekura (Suz ). STK NOV : 1. Dan Crouch (Yam ): 2. Lance Riema n IYaml; 3 . Edd Sil er (Kaw) . MOD NOV : 1. Bobby Ashburner IKa",,); 2. Mal! Schumsky (Kaw) ; 3. Danny Endres (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1. Mark Reed; 2. Rodney Howe (Hon); 3. Scott Fox (Hon). JU NIOR CYCLE CLASSES s TK 9 ·11 : 1. Tommy Clowers (Yam); 2. Kory Byer s (Kaw) . MOD 9·11 : 1. Kory Byer s (Kaw). STK 0-8: 1. Dennis Dahli n (Kaw); 2 . Jimmie Johnson (Yam ); 3 . Er ic Hawes (Yam) . MOO 0 -8 : 1. Den nis Da hlin (Kaw) ; 2. Ji m m ie Johnson (Yam ); 3. Judd Scan lan (Yam ). 80cc Novi ce Jimm y Button. a You ng Cycle spo nsored ride r. kept himself in good posi ti o ns for bo th of th e races by wi nning both th e Nov ice classes. In th e first Stock class m or o , he d ro ve th rough th e pack a nd mot ored to a quick lead whil e H onda H ouse tea mmat e David McD ermott had a hold o n seco nd over Yarni e r ide r Wes P arker. Park er lessen ed that hol d with co nsta nt pr essu re. He took o ver second a lt er three laps by hol ding o n strong over I he wh oo p s. J ust wh en it loo ked like th e to p three would rema in th ere to the fin ish , David Pedersen ca me from behind and threat ened McDer m o tt in third. H e got by on th e white flag lap and tried fo r second. Parker held him o ff with But to n landing th e win . But ton wasted little tim e doing th e sa me t h in g in th e n ext sta rt, Pat Loug h ran . ~ l cD e r m ott a n d th e fast fin ish er . Pedersen p ush ed behind. LOP 's Pedersen di splaced ~ Ic Derm o tt a nd p ress ured Loughran whil e But IOn chu rned o u t a lirt le qui cker pace for a co m fo rt a ble lead. Lan cer rider Grady Ing ra m went bar to ba r w ith McD ermott and was left in th e weeds . In gra m lost a few p ositi on s but made it up to finish fif th . U p a t the front, Pedersen had pa ssed Lo ughra n a nd sta rt ed to work o n Bu tto n . H e slipped by, lea vin g Butto n in seco nd . Bu tton nett ed th e ov era ll wit h h is f ir st moto win . McD er mo tt a nd Chris Ro ger s wer e th ird an d fo urt h , respecti vely . T h e 250cc No vices h ad a little su rprise a lo ng wit h the cha nged track design. Derek Ro bin ette, in his first ride o n a 250. scored a I -I finish o ver a class of 20 ot h ers . Res ults Y ZINGERS : 1. David Gr een (Yam ); 2. Bart Blake (Yam). PEE W EE NOV : 1. Jesse James (Kaw); 2. Greg Gu er i n (Yam t 3 . Bria n Cook (Yam) . PEE WEE AM : 1. Justin Jaurigue (Hon ). 80 BEG: 1. Larry Gutierrez (Su z); 2. John Brooks (Yam); 3 . Harold Bank s (Yam ). 80 NOV STK: 1. J immy Butt on (Hon); 2. David Pedersen (Kaw); 3. David Mc Dermon (Hon). 80 NOV MOO : 1. J immy Button (Hon); 2. Chri s Rogers (Suz ); 3. Dav id McDermott (Ho n). BOAM STK: 1. SCOl!Bawd en (Kaw); 2 . Jeff Riggle (Kaw) ; 3 . Bill y Carlson (Yam). 80 AM MOD: 1. Jeff Riggl e (Kawl; 2. SCOl! Bawden (Kawl ; 3. Billy Carlson (Yam). BO EX STK: 1. Robert Nau ghton (Kaw l; 2 . John Mo ran (Yam); 3. Bryan Bru ner (Kaw) . BO EX M OD: 1. Robert Naughton (Kaw); 2. John M or an (Yam); 3. Mario Zamudio (Yam ). 105: 1. John M oran (Yam); 2 . Scott Baw den (Kaw l; 3 . J immy Button (Hon) . . 125 BEG : 1. Rodg er Kr abvety (Suz); 2. Darrin Maurer (Yam); 3 . Carl Bart sch (Kaw ). 125 NOVSTK: 1. Rob Dees IHon ); 2. Adam Vesel y IKaw); 3 . Kell y Barr y IHon) . 125 NOV MOD: 1. Gre g Lamb ert IYam); 2. Rob Dees (Hon) ; 3. Kell y Barry (Hon). 125 AM STK: 1. Denn is Park er (Yam ); 2. Shawn Hil ton (Kaw); 3. M iguel Arau jo IKawl . 125 A M MOO : 1. Dave Townsend (Yam) ; 2. Dennis Parker (Yam); 3 . Shawn Hilton (Kaw ). 125 EX STK; 1. Chappy Blose (Kaw); 2. Bobby Wh ite (Yam); 3 . Robert M ason (Yam). 125 EX MOD: 1. Troy Blaka (Yaml : 2 . BobbyWhile (Yam); 3 . Chopp y BloseIKaw). 25 0 BEG: 1. Peter New mark (Hon) ; 2. Bill Boult (Yam); 3 . Dana M cAdamslYaml. 250 NOV : 1. Blue RobeinetteIHon); 2. A lan We lls (Yam); 3 . Jeff Aske r IHonl. 250 AM STK: 1. SIeve We idler (Ho n); 2. Craig Olson: 3. Cliff Lee (Hon). 250 AM MOD: 1. Steve Wedler (Hon): 2. Torey Davis (Yam ); 3. Steve Akers (Su z). 250 EX: 1. Bobb y White (Yam); 2. Chappy Blose IKawl; 3. Bryan Hayes (Hon). J

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