Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Bryan Maloney (32) topped SMX's tough Saddleback 250cc Pro class. ish lin e. Overall it was Bosanko takin g first with two firsts over Bob Post 's 2-2 tally an d Brett Smi th's 3-3 tally. Results eo JR : 1. Steve Wamboldt (Kaw) : 2. Jason M cCorm ick (Kaw); 3. Don Burke (Kaw) . eo INT: 1. Steve Sk ibel (Suzl: 2. Thay ne l ito (DM C). 12 5 JR : 1. Gilbert Vald ez (Suzl : 2. Tim Toms (Hon): 3. Ted Cordts (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Ji m Palmer (Suzl: 2. Randy Rush (Hon): 3. Soon Delameter (Hon) . 12 5 PRO: 1. Doug O'Donneli (S uz): 2. Tim Foster (Suz). 250 J R: 1. Kev in Fringer (Yam); 2. Ken Garn ica lKaw); 3 . Hen ry Corry (S uz). 250 INT: 1. Steve Adamson (Suz): 2. J eff Scon IHon); 3 . Steve WeKtler (Hon ). 250 PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Hon): 2. Richa rd Sands (Sud: 3. Bre nt Shermak (Hon). 5OOJR: 1. John Bosanko (Hon): 2. Bob Post (Hon): 3 . Bren Smith (Hus) . 500 (NT: 1. Mark Anderson (Suz): 2. David Cle ment (Suzl: 3. Gary Sowers (Hon ). 500 PRO: 1. Rusty Hannah (Suzl : 2. J immie Roy (Yam ). OT JR : 1. Howard Davis (Suz). OT MASTER: 1. Jim Beltinck (M ail: 2. Malcolm Meeassy (Kaw). VET JR : 1. Clyde W illiams (Suz). VET INT: 1. Mark Smith (Yam); 2. Ken Kulluson (Suz). POWDER PUFF: 1. Theresa Meeassy (Hon ). Griewe, Zitferkopf, Dubach master Memorial Day GP By Kit Palmer CO RONA, CA, MAY 3 1 Thi s year's Memor ial Da y Grand Prix a t Corona Raceway will be rem embered for its dust and th e addition of a mudhole. 34 Accordi ng 10 race promoter Ron Cra nda ll, a cons truction compa ny was h ired to wat er down the track th e n igh t befor e th e race. Wh en they a rrived and saw the hills, (after th ey said th ey wo uld wa ter down a nythi ng) they left . Crandall p rom ises th e next G.P. will be back to nor ma l. After p rac tice, if yo u weren 't ta lking dust, you were talking mudhol e. It is a new feature for Corona G ra nd P rix and it was very pop u lar a mong th e specta tors. Most rid ers enjoyed the new cha lle nge a lso. T h irt y-six 250cc Pros ca me o u t 10 do battle. and wh en it was a ll over Spectra's Don Griewe (Hon) em erged with th e win. Yamaha/Mote Fox's Mike Beier (Ya m) h ol esh o t th e straddl e-th efron t-wheel sta rt inch es a head o f Griewe. Halfwa y th rough th e first lap, G riewe snuck by Beier a nd began to ex tend h is lead with eac h turn . Making h is wa y up th rough the pack cha rged Malc olmSmith 's.Vince McMahon. After a sevent h p lace sta rt, Vin ce found himself in thi rd a t th e mi dw ay point. McMahon was beginning to reel-in Beier when h is Yamaha came to a sudden seize-ind uced hall. Also making h is way u p th rough the pack after a so -so start wa s H owa rd a nd Son's Eric MacCracken on a 200cc Cagiva. MacCracken too k over the thi rd spot after McMahon dropped out, After that point, th e top positions remai ned the same as Griewe too k the checkered flag first . Beier too k second followed bv MacCracken , Ti re Sir 's Ch ris Howa rd (Hon ), Don Goeuling (Suz), Foo th ill Ya maha 's Brad McLeod (Yam) a nd Su nwest Yamaha 's Rick Vanderha m (Ya m). Sin isal o 's Greg Ziuerk opf (Yam) took a co m ma ndi ng wi n in th e Open Pro cla ss. Seco nd went to Troy Manning follow ed by Pr ecision Perfor mance 's Dane Wigin gt on (Him), Bryan Breker (Hon) a nd KSl's Dan Paulson (H o n), An aheim Suzuki 's Doug Duba ch (Suz) led from start to fini sh in th e 125cc Pro class to ca pt ure th e win over An swer Product' s Ri ck Maki (Yam ) an d Yamaha 's Mik e Fisher. Maloney fops tough Pro battle By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA, J UNE 4 Bryan Maloney powered his Honda to the 250cc Pro class win at this week 's Saddleback motocross race , just edg in g Yam aha pilot Vin ce McMahon from th e top position a fter Mik e Beier, th e da y's fa stest r id er, devel oped mech anical problem s. Beier pushed hi s Yamaha to a com ma ndi n g lead in race o ne as Malon ey, McMahon, Honda-mounted Ed Arn et, Suzuki pilot Ri ch ard Sands a nd Yamaha rider Clark Jones bauled for th e top five positions under a sli ghtl y overcast sky th at kept tra ction excellent for th e first rnoto. At th e h alfway point Beier led by 12-seconds with Maloney running in th e number two slo t just ahead of McMahon. With three laps remaining, Beier 's front tir e began 10 lose a ir. The duel for second place closed qui ckl y on th e lead er as Bei er strugg led to stay o u t front . On th e last lap. Mal oney a n d McM ahon flashed past Beier with McMahon trying a last-minute mo ve for th e lead th a t fell just in ches sh ort. Beier held on to fin ish th ird beh ind Mal onev a nd McMahon as Sands rode hard to tak e th e chec kers fourth ahea d of J ones and Arn et, McMahon sho t 10 th e lead in round two action with Malon ey close beh ind. Beier had rep aired h is mount betw een rn oto s a n d h ad a good sta rt, but mor e mec ha nical p roblem s dropped h im 10 11th a t rnot o 's end. McMahon contin ued 10 lead th ro ugho ut most o f the rnoto wi th Maloney moving up to cha llenge nea r the end. The two lea din g riders traded the fro nt spot several times in the fin al few la ps u nt il bot h riders tangled and fell with two la ps left, Mal oney remo u nted qui ckl y an d rod e off with the wi n as Arn et flash ed past McMahon, wh o was str ug glin g to restart. Arnet pi cked up seco nd pl ace with McMahon cru ising across th e lin e in third ahead o f J on es. Mal on ey took th e overall win with th e runner-up shar e of th e purse going to McMahon. Arn et ended th e da y with third o vera ll as J ones pl aced a cred ita ble fourth in hi s first race since a back injury three months pr ior. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Darren Ol iver (Vam): 2. Mark Kerr (Hon); 3 . Joe Bond (Honl. 250 PRO: 1. Bryan Maloney (Hon) : 2 . Vince McMahon (Yam ): 3 . Ed Arnet (Hon) . 125 PRO: 1. Gary Bowman (Suz); 2. George Hoi land (Suz); 3 . Rudy Dick inson (Suz ). OPEN INT: 1. Scot W isaman (Vaml; 2 . Roger Gua rd (Hon); 3 . An Ger jes (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Steve We idler (Hon); 2. Richard Mannsc hrek (Hon); 3 . Thad Fr iday (y am). 1251NT: 1. Ton y Toste (Suz); 2 . Ji m Palme r (S uz); 3 . J ohn Bll1lin (Kaw) . VET EX: 1. Ken Ratzlo ff (Hon); 2. Dave A lda na (Hont 3 . James Berry (Hon). VET INT: 1. Gary Ric hter (Hon); 2. J oh n Tanaglia (M ai); 3. J im Draves (Hon). VET NOV ; 1. George Koh ler (y am); 2 . Scon Riss ma n (Yam); 3. Steve Dietrich (Hon). OPEN NOV : 1. Malcolm Goldsby (Suz); 2. Randy Rienhard (Ma i); 3 . Todd Wiseman (Yam ). 250 NOV : 1. Tony Siebert (Hon); 2. Marty Desbrow (Hon); 3 . Mike Giananasio (Yam). 125 NOV : 1. J im Perry (Suz); 2. John Gerjes (Kaw): 3 . Alex Paglia (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Richard Shane (Honl: 2 . Bengt Johansson (Honl; 3. Greg Wh itfield (Vaml. 250 BEG: 1. Chuck Coiner (Suz ); 2. Alex Kopitch (Honl: 3. Fred Cowles (M.i). 125 BEG: 1. Gary Braver (Kaw); 2 . Mike Hooker (HuI); 3. Chris Boice ISuz) . MINI PRO: 1. Scon Brown (Suz); 2. Tom Combl. MINI INT: 1. Dellen McKenney IKaw); 2. Stave KendaIiISuz); 3. Craig M ill er (Suz). M INI BEG: 1. Ulf J ohannson (Kaw); 2. Billy Tuman (Yam); 3. Oonnei Roe. Boyd cruises at Corona Night MX By Kit Palmer CO RO NA, CA, J UNE 3 Although Honda-mounted Larry Boyd didn't win a moto, he did go home with th e win in the Open No vice class tonight a t Coro na Ra cewa y. Boyd crUIsed to a 2-2 victo ry wh il e Pa ul Schreffl er (Hon) took secon d overa ll with a 4-1 ou ting . At th e sta rt o f rnoto one, Schre ffler took h is big-bore Honda to th e fro nt of th e pack a hea d of Ron Ri ch (Yam), Bo yd , Dean T ea gue (Ma i) a nd Peter Guy (Mai). At th e end o f la p o ne, Rich stuffed h is Yamaha bySchreffler. Ri ch ex tended hi s lead wh ile Boyd began to p ut heav y pressure o n Schreffler. For th e next three laps, th e battle over second became fierce. Boyd found a flaw in Schreffler 's defen se and took over second. By th at time th ere was no cha nce in ca tch in g th e leader since he had developed a co mforta ble lead. Ri ch took th e win foll owed by. Boyd , Teague, Schreffler and Guy. Th e second mota h ol esh ot went to Schreffler wh ile Guy, T ea gue a nd Boyd follow ed , Ri ch 's cha nce a t taking th e overa ll ended as he went down , dro pping to th e rear o f th e pack. By the half-way point Schreffler ' enjoyed a huge lead. At th e same ti me, Boyd ma naged to slip by both Teague a nd G uy. This mea nt that if Bo yd stayed in secon d till the end o f the mo to he would take the overa ll. And tha t is exactly wh a t he d id. Schre ffler's 4-1 tally gave h im seco nd whi le Teague's consista nt 3-3 score gave the Ma ico p ilo t th ird. Results PEE WEE : 1. Roben Naber IKaw) ; 2 . Ryan Doty (Kaw) : 3. J acob Swa in (Kew) . PEEWEE : 1. Brando n Spe rling (Kaw); 2 . Ephra im Benjamin (Yam): 3 . Randy Esparza (Kaw) . M INI BEG : 1. Max Ma tt ox (Kaw) : 2. Sea n Swenson (Kaw) ; 3 . Den ise Har oyd . MINI BEG : 1. Jerry liner s I (yam); 2. Frnak Fiero (Kaw) ; 3. Ron nie Ma n in (Kaw) . M INI NOV : 1. M urray Sh ack elfo rd (Kawl; 2. Gary Tracky (Kaw); 3 . Bill ie Paugh (Kewl. MIN I INT: 1. David Foltz (Kawl: 2. Tha yne Zito (Vam). MINI EX: 1. Gen e Baldwin (Kew) ; 2. Terry Szucsko IKaw). 125 BEG : 1. Jo hn Stroud ISuz); 2. Ken Dohanos (Vam); 3 . Kenny Colli er (Kaw ). 125 BEG : 1. Andy Stix(Vam); 2. Rob Moore (Honl : 3 . M ike Rambo (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Mark Newton (Hon ); 2 . Rob Edwards (Kawl; 3. Al ex Mansfield (Kawl. 125 INT: 1. Greg Bender (Hon); 2. Mark Lopera (Vam); 3 . Jason Nauman (Vam ). 125 EX: 1. Mike Roberts (Vaml; 2. Chad Barnes (Kaw ): 3. Paul Mclain (Vam). 250 BEG: 1. Todd Huegel (Hon); 2. J im Williams (Suz); 3. PEter Bruches (Yam ). 250 NOV : 1. Greg Carson (Yam ); 2. Ken Garnica (Kaw ); 3 . Ph il Lewis (yam). 250 INT: 1. Steve Cardillo(Yam l: 2. Lar ry Dimmin (Hon); 3 . Eddie Kennedy (Vam ). 250 EX: 1. Vince McMahon (Yam); 2. Jack Scott (Hon): 3 . Duane Mapes (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Kevin Rowland (Suz); 2. Tim Silk wood (Hon ). OPEN NOV : 1. Larry Boyd (Hon); 2. Paul Schreffler (Hon); 3. Dea n Teagua (M ai) . Shepard smokes Bud Summer Series round 3 By Tom Griffit h VAL ENCIA, CA, J UN E 3 Round Three of th e Budweiser Summer Seri es ticked off for Am erican Motorcross Enterpri ses tonight on a twisty , turn-filled Internati on al Track at Indian Dunes Cycle Park. Kent " Fifi" Sh epard a boa rd a big -bore Yam aha smoked the Vets field a fter nabbing both holeshot s. Moto one saw " Fifi" stru gg le with a hard-charging field a s Juniors, Intermediates and Experts all ran to geth er . T ak in g th e inside line downhill to th e tree turn , Fifi was sh oved almost into th e branch es and eme rged in second as Robert Fortier assu med first pl ace. Disappearing into "The Blackhole" behind th e tower , Fifi wa s caugh t by Charl ie Spellman a nd had 10 settle for a solid th ird in rnot o one. MOIO two for the Vets was ca lled to th e line a nd Shepard chose the far o u tside left sta rt ing grid posit ion. Th e big Yamaha bo lted up th e sta rt h ill wi th a mor e determ in ed pil ot , a nd th is go' rou nd took th e middle into th e downhill. S uccessfu l with th e hol esh ot aga in, She pa rd didn 't even look back as he ro m ped to a runaway firsl. Mot o o ne's winner swa p ped pl aces with Sh epard, end ing in a tie on points, but " Fifi" was awarded first place. In between th e two sets o f motos ton ight. severa l o f th e 200 plus riders were happy receipients of drawing prizes from the series sponsors including: D.I.D. Chains, Ri chter Industries, Jones Optical , Budweiser, KalGard, Van Nuys, International and Granda Yamaha, Works Performance, Simpson Sports, Cycle Am, Robert Bos ch Spark Plugs, a n d Mikuni Carburet ors. Results PEe WEE : 1. Pat Wade (Vam); 2. Jeff Wi lloh (Vam); 3 . Pablo Lara (Suz).

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