Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Western hotline class tonight at Corona Race~ 00 0') Kinney Jon.. took the Corona 260cc Intermediate cia.. win. (Continued/rom page 23) fourth to earn second overall behind Breker with Oliver taking third and Hobbs fourth. Larry Brooks changed from an SOcc to a 125cc machine, changed from Suzuki, yellow to Honda red, and promptly continued his winning ways by dispatching the 125cc Pro field. Suzuki riders Gary Bowman and Doug O'Donnell finished second and third in each moto with Mike Kell placing fourth overall on his Suzuki ahead of Kawasaki pilot Chappy Blose. Results OPEN .f'RO: 1, Bry.n Br....r (Hont 2. Joe Bond (HonI; 3, D."." 01_ (Y.ml. 250 PRo: 1, Vince Mc:MlIhon (Y.mt 2. Ed Arnel (Hont, 3, Rob Brown (Han), 125 PRo: 1, Larry Brooke (Hon); 2. G.ry Bowmen (Suz); 3. Doug O'Donnell (Suz). OPEN 'NT: 1, Tom W_ (Huet 2. Ryan Hel_; 3. Tom . ., (Hon" 250 'NT: 1. St_ W.idler (Hant 2. St_ Pfaff (Y.m); 3, Joe Merrihew (Suz), . 125 'NT: 1, M..... Toyama (Y.mt 2. Mllte Mooj. IKewt 3. GrtllIllender (Hon" 'VET EX: 1, R.ndy Rodriquez (M.'t 2. Jon Miller (Mai); 3, Keith Dysert (Han), VET INT: 1, John T.nagll. (M.it 2, Jim Hattenberg (Hon): 3. G-ve Luenby (Han~ \ItT NOV: 1. Chris Peraona (Suz); 2, Jim La.m;' han (KTMt 3, Ted Studley (Hus). OPEN NOV: 1, Bert Hitt (M.,t 2, Todd Wlaemen (Y.mt 3. St~ StumelZ (Suz). 250 NOV: 1, Richerd Guthridge (suzt 2, Brl.n Dillen (Suz); 3, J...... Hell (Suz~ 125 NOV: 1, MichHt Herrle (Hont 2. D.nny Ti_n (Yam); 3, Rich.rd 00_ (Yern). OPEN BEG: 1, Rod Ilec:hlning (Y.mt 2, M.'" Thomes (Hant 3, Cher1ea NlIr\y (Han). 250 BEG: " 'Doug~(Yamt 2. Joe Fin..r IHant 3. Ken Sh_ (Kew~ 125 BEG: 1, D.n Vergilio (Suzl; 2. Brm D.iley (Y.mt 3. Billy ObergISuz). VET NOV: 1, Andy King (Kewt 2. Eric Bi_ (I(ew); 3, Genh Tarlow (KewI, MINI BEG: 1, Keith O'NNI (Y.mt 2. Chrl. Flood (y.m); 3, Cr.ig Davia (Suz), CRC rIders do bIg eats at Sltakeys By Tom Corley VAN NUYS, CA, JUNE 21 The California Racing CLub brought all of their members together tonight at the Van Nuys Shakeys Pizza parlor. Th~ 26 CRC awarded the winners in their Spring Series, the Dunestown Series and Grand Prix. Budweiser was the major sponsor of Dunestown and the GPs. Van Nuys Cycle was the donating motor· cycle shop, IRC gave tires and CEET Racing Products had $20 gift certifi,· cates. Other sponsors were Extrude· hone, KaI·Gard, Motocross Race Logs and Nippondenso. Walking off with the first round of brass were the first place winners in the Amateur spring series. The 60cc winner was joel Tokarsky who won a trophy that was just his size. Scott "The Kid" Murphy, Toby "Sneaky Snake" Lawes, jon Barrick, Glen Wells, Bill Millar and Ruben Falcon were the class winners. Listed are the winners in the Dunes· town Series: Robert Naber 60cc; Dennis Dresslar SOcc; Mike Penta 10Occ; Gary Wright I25cc; Marty Desbrow 25Occ; john Lunsford 500cc; Bob. Dennard Veteran; A.J. Whiting I25cc Pro; jim Tarantino 250cc Pro; Tim Locey 500cc Pro. The Dunestown Gran Prix overall winners were: Robert Naber 60cc Novice; Tony Sulek 60cc Interme· diate; Bubba Erickson 60cc Expert; Dennis Dress SOcc Beginner; Keith O'Neal SOcC Novice; Curt Trimble SOcC Intermediate; Mouse McCoy SOcc Expert; Mike Cagle 1000c Beginner; jeff Longwith 125cc Beginner; Rich Truchinski 125cc Amateur; Tony Alessi 125cc Novice; Bryan Carvana 200cc Beginner; Steve POllS 200cc Novice; Mark Stuen 200cc Interme· diate; Greg Davis 250cc Beginner; Dean Kassel 250cc Amateur; Marty Desbrow 250cc Novice; john Nolind 500cc Amateur; Robert Almer 500cc Novice; john Lunsford 500cc Begin· ner; Bill Hagen Four-Stroke; A.J. Whiting l25cc Pro; Brad McLeod 250cc Pro; Tim Locey 500cc Pro. The highlig~t of the Gran Prix was the team race. The winners of. that racer were: Steve Saling/Eric Cardwell Mini; Russell Clutter/john Stewart 125cc Beg/Nov; Gene Eben· berger/Doug Kreinheder 125cc Pro/ Int; Scott Brown/Frand Schettini 250/50Occ Beg; Mike Hutton/Maria Gonzalez 250/500cc Nov; Mark Par· kerson/Derek Borg 250/500cc Int; A.j. ' Whiting/jim Coffey 250cc Pro; Bob Schultz/Robert Laughlin 500cc Pro; Brent Smith 1M Sportsman. Neumannals victory at Corona M" By Kit Palmer CORONA, CA, JULY S Yamaha-mounted Jason Neuman captured a very impressive win in the 125cc Intermediate, way after a nail·biting battle with Gre.g Bender (Hon) and Sunwest's Mark Decker. At the start of moto one, Neuman found himself in the lead pursued by Bender, Decker, Keith Morabito (Yam) and Kevin Montgomery (Hon). Mora· bito slipped past Decker, taking over the third position. Even though the top four riders were battling, posi· tions remained the same throughout the moto. Neuman took the win ahead of Bender, Morabito and Decker. Bender stole the holeshot and devel· oped about a three·second lead over Decker and Neuman. As the race progressed, Neuman tried every trick in the book to try to get around Decker, but Decker held his own. With three laps remaining, Neuman made a daring move by passing Decker through the supercross·whoops section. On the last lap, Bender's lead dwindled to only a second over Neuman. Whichever won the second moto would take the overall. Through the double-jump section, Bender stalled his Honda and Neuman actually jumped over Bender and took over the lead. Neuman took the win inches ahead oI Bender. Decker took third followed by Montgomery and Gary Lattimer (Hon). Results PEEWEE: " WealeyKleln(K_t2,BuuMcMlnn (Y.m]; 3, D.n Ilolan (Kewl. PEE WEE: " R~ Neber(Kewt 2. J.cobS_in (KewI; 3, Brilln P8leraan (Kewl, MINI BEG: 1. Fr.nkl. Fierro (Kew,; 2. Ephr.'m Benj.min (Yamt 3, B..ndon Sperling (l(ewl. MINI BEG: 1, Romie M.rtin (Kewj; 2. Mike Brooke (Y.mt 3, PI.... Lequerro (I(ew~ MINI BEG: 1, Brien Calhoun (K_t 2, S_ Boyel (Suz); 3, S _ P_ (Y.m), MINI NOV: 1, Murrey S_1Iord (Kew); 2. ee-y Mahoney (Kewt 3. Doable EKabedo (Kew). MINIINT: 1, David FoItlI(Kewt 2. J.tf Capt (KewI; 3. Mllte Burdett. (Y.m~ MINI EX: 1, Terry Sz_oCKew); 2. Mill. Roberta (K.wt 3, Ty Davia (KewI. 125 BEG: 1. ~ Graham (Kewt 2. Lonnie Robena (Suz); 3. co-Itaon (Y.m~ 125 BEG: 1. Toddhllora(Hont. 2, Kenny Collier (KTMt 3. Gene S8raclno (Y.ml. 125 NOV: 1. ~ S _ ; 2. Dan Lamy (Hant 3. Jery Birmingham (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Jeaan _ ...... (Y.mt 2. Greg Bencler lHant 3. _ Decker (Y.m). 125 PRO: 1, Chad Bernes (Kewt '2. Andy Stl• (Y.m~ , 250 BEG: ,. Don _mora CSuzt 2. Chris Cod· man (Suz); 3. K.n Bellm (Suz), 250 BEG: 1. Tony IIocovttaCHont 2. Don Wilburn (Y.mt 3. Mllte Senelnd (Y.ml. 250 NOV: 1, ..... Bruche.(Y.mt 2, Brant Rouhe (Suz); 3. GrtllI S - lHan~ 250 INT: 1. Kinney Jones (Han); 2. Tony S-r (Suz); 3. S _ Cardillo (Y.m'. 250 PRO: 1, J.tf Prieur (SUZ); 2. Duene M._ (Suzt 3. Todd Be_ (S~ , SOl) NOV: 1. Scott McKey (Y.mt. 2. Kelly Dishop (Hont 3. Bill Mahoney (Han~ SOl) INT: 1, Bob W _ (Y.mt. 2, Bob Plltritz (Y.mt 3, ..-., Elof (Hon~ Rose,oesat Ascot Pro-Am 5T By Maureen Ltte GARDENA, CA, JULY 7 The Ascot· 'U'ack surface was hard and very slick this eveningas the Pro-~ program continues on. The riders got valuable training on that surface, and the one who grabbed first into tum one was often still there at the finish. Scott Rose and Bob Beer ended first and second in a fint 250cc Pro heat that looked pretty wild as Rose led it stan to finish. Randy Bird got through the pack to get a third but just couldn't get by Beer. The second heat saw Dave Ehrhart ' get himself all over the north turn without falling down after arriving there first. Roger Thompson, who blew an engine last week, scooted away with the win. A nice ride was , ~ lUIJle$l.iA.by l\Jizo.na's Darin Balder· ston. He slid by several riders before taking second away from Ken Corpe. It was to be Balderston's bad luck to take a fall in the main and face a long ride home when he couldn't get r~· started. jim Harrell and Randy Bird were the two in front of the semi start to finish, and by then the track was really slick~Come the main, Roger Thompson zapped into the lead. On lap two Scott Rose slid out coming out of turn two. He couldn't rejoin the fray and On the next lap Balderston went down in 'the same place: On the slngle·fiIe restart, Harrell tried a Texas start into turn one but still it was Thompson there first, then Greg Nelson. The pair then pulled away from the rest of the group. , The 500cc Pros appeared only twice, and were noticeably cooling it in some cases. In their heat, Ross Klatt wasn't; he had' the gas on as Bob Land and Larry Ehrhart chased him. In the main the same trio were out in front after Mearl Barnett led the parade briefly. The procession quickly shook out into Land, Ehrhart and Klatt. Back a bit were the rest of the group led by Barnett, who final~ lost fourth-to Jim Rose. Results 250 COMBO: 1. Shawn Plltti.: 2. Ruay G.h.; 3, Cunis Cannan. SOl) COMBO: 1. John B."icldow; 2. Curti. Can· nan; 3, Sldp Criaty, VET: 1. Don Meiner: 2. K.n Berrow; 3. AI Megllot· to; 4. Bob ScIl_. 250 PRO: 1, flogerTho_(y.mt2. GregNel'san (Y.mt 3. Roben (Y.mt. 4. Vince Landry (Kewt. 5. Je..... Her..1I (Kewt II. R.ndyBird (Y.ml; 7, K.n Corpe (Kew); B, D... Ehrhen (Kewt 9. Scott R.... (C·A), SOl) PRO: 1. R~ Land (Yamt 2. R_ KIIItt (Hant 3. Larry Ehrhan (V.mt 4. Jim R.... (Y.mt 5. Cherie. C.rroIl (Y.mt II. Mearl Bernett CHant 7. EdcIIe S.n Romen «W·Rt B. B..nt Wlllillms (Hanl. a- Bartlett beats CRC Dunes Be"nners By Lee Taylor VALENCIA, CA. JULY 3 Division one of California RacingClub 125cc Beginnerracing found Suzuki-mounted Kevin Grijalva fighting to hold Richard Bartlett and his firecracker of a Honda to second and Pace Brothers' Rob carpenter to third. By moto's end, the three fore·rurtners emerged unscathed, leaving a duel· ing pack far behind. The second time around, Grijalva blitzed off the line only to find Bart· lett, Dean Ingram and Chuck Annan passing him by, pushing him back to fifth. Bartlell took home the gold, Grijalva clinched second and Arman took home third overall. Division two was, if possible, rowdier than the first gang of 125cc Beginners. Keith Montonago sent sparks flying as he piloted his Honda through two motos for a }-2 ride. good for top honors of the day. Richard Inaunzo's Suzuki spelled trouble for Montonago all day, tak· ing home second place. Tony Seck· man claimed third. One of the hOltest Pro races of the day belonged to the 125cc Pros. First moto action saw Russ Wageman fire his new Cagiva out in front. The moto erupted into a string of lead changes with Yamaha·support ace Roger Hensley taking command with Honda rider Bob Kline easing into second and Yamaha privateer jerry Anker in the third place slot holding back Wageman. When the moto drew to an end, Hensley led the way, followed by Kline, Anker and Wageman•.. ,

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