Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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AZ 86322 M/C The TIREWORKS Tire MotorcyCle end WhHI Speciellst, Sen Fernando Velley T_nc.South Be, 9025 S.pul.ed. 26023 S. W.st.rn Sepulveda, CA Lomite, CA 121318.3-78041 artist and in the final round; he was Results PEE WEE STK: 1. Eric H _ (Vom); 2. DlIVid on top of thinRs with the lead, James 0CIl08 lV.m~ 3. Jesse Jom" (ItoI. was out to get him and was crowding PEE WEE MOD: 1. Eric H _ (Yom); 2. Jesse J...... l""l; 3. Covid Ochoo (Yom I. him on the corne.rs. These two came JR CYCLE STK: 1. Buddy Antunor (Kow): 2. to a stadium-styIe jump which headed Bubbll Erickson lK.w); 3. Comon WOlkins (Kowl. JR CVCLE STK: 1. Jocob S_in (Kswl; 2. J _ towards the back when they collided. Jom" (Kow); 3. Domon Huffman (K_I. Hawes continued with the lead but JR CVCLE MOD: 1. Jimmv Bullon (Honl; 2. Bubbll E,idtoon (Surl: 3. Buddy Antunor(Kowl. James was not so fortunate. James 80 STK 9-11: 1. Stovo KotoJorvi lKsw); 2. Bubbo had a bloody nose yet continued to EricklOn (Kow); 3. Jimmy Bullon (Hon). ride, It was Hawes, Ochoa, James 80 STK NOV t2-: 1. Richsrd Boto.lKow); 2. Psul Vloch (Yom); 3. Jimmy Lowi.lKow). and Lara for this moto and the overall. 80 MOD NOV 12-: 1. C,oig Miller (Sur); 2. Richerd Boto. (Kow~ 3. Stoven KOUIjorvi (K_). Several riders became overall series 80 STK INT 12-: 1. Joff Mobery lKow); 2. Curt winners in two or even three classes. Trimble (Kow); 3. Chris Colo (Kow). 80 MOD INT 12-: 1. Chris Colo (K_); 2. Shene One of these riders was PJ -I lLancaster T,illier {Hon}; 3. $eon Delvenne (Kow). Kawasaki-rider Chris Cole. Cole won 80 STJ( EX 12-: 1. Cory folte, {Kowl; 2. MiIto both the 80cc Stock and Modified Kiodrowski (Kow); 3. Mlks Voung (YomI. 80 MOD EX 12-; 1. Miko Kiodrowski IKswl; 2. Intermediate 12+ class. Today Cole Jsff Rsynolds (Kswl: 3. Nidty Pounds (Suz). won the Modified class after sweep105: 1. Jsff Rsynolds lKowl; 2. John Moron (Vom); 3. Shene Trittler (Hon). ing both motos. He came close to 125 STK NOV: 1. Donny Crouch (Yom); 2. Joo winning the Stock class as he won the Topio (K_I; 3. Gory l8c:y (Yom). 125 MOO NOV: 1. Donny C,ouch (Yom); 2. Gory first moto but had a poor final race. l8c:y (V.m); 3. Comy Endr" (Yoml. Jeff Mabery took his Kawasaki to that 125 STK INT: 1. Shewn Hilton (Kswl; 2. Willie victory. Surrlll1lKow); 3. Dennis Psm, (Ysm). 125 MOD INT; 1. Willio Surroll (Honl; 2. Denni• Cole took to the lead with the start Pom, (Vom); 3. Shewn Hilton (Kow). of the first Modified moto. Behind him charged Jeff Mabery and Jeff Capt. The final moto was by far more eventful. Shane Trittler, on a Honda, upset the Kawasaki riders as he led for three laps. Then Cole caught the Honda rider on ajump and took over By Jeannette Fisher the lead. Trittler was demoted to second place. Colin Karcher was runCARLSBAD, CA, OCT. 30 ning in third place until he dropped Craig Adams ran off with the his bike on the turn before the finish overall wins in two classes at line with only one lap to go. This Southland Racing Association's mistake allowed Sean Delvenne to Black Cat Grand Prix at Carlsadvance to third place with Karcher losing only one position. Two firsts bad Raceway. Though, Adams did not come by his victories so easily. earned Cole the top trophy. Trittler Greg Fountain led lap one with chalked up a 4-1 tally for second place. Delvenne held a 6-3 for third. Leonard Johnson (Hon) taking over the lead during lap two. Lap five Fourth went to Karcher who had a showed Craig Adams (Hon) in the 5-4. The final trophy to be awarded number-one spot and Fountain in went to Capt for his 3-4 performance. second with Tim Crowder (Yam) in Trittler on the Honda took second third. Adams let no one past him place and ruined a close Kawasaki sweep lor-lhe>top.fille spots. .••••• """ •••.lbrn'lgh.QlIlwsnr.QfJbe rac;e. FolJllw. Adams totals two to SRA Black Cat "HOLESHOT" District Size. Plastic Number Pl8te. Inclu" Two Seta Dign. For R_ Dey Number Cheng. . . Marvin 'The White Tornado' Coolb8ugh thumped to a fourth-place f'miah in the Race of Desperation during OCIR's last event of the season. 121311131-4150 tain dropped back to fourth letting Crowder claim second and Rob Hall move up to third for the finish. Fifth overall showed Brett Duncan with top Amateur points with Rick Lee as top Novice. Jim Speigle took the first Beginner win. The over 40 class lined up for the start of the Seniors race and many familiar faces greeted each other with gestures of luck. The start showed Lynn McGraw out in front with a pack of experienced riders hot on his tracks. Gerald Lowell (Suz), Russ Robinson (Yam) and Lars Larsson were of the riders all challenging for the overall. McGraw's (25Occ) own experience paid off as he held all competitors 0(( for the checkered flag. Larsson (Open) moved up for second while Lowell dropped out. Robinson settled for third overall and top 200cc. As the Open bikes lined up Adams was back again (as if one win for the day isn't good enough). Only this time Adams did little fooling around as he put his Honda right out front in the first lap. Raymond Cates passed David Biddlecome for second in lap one. Biddlecome spent the rest of the race trying to get back past Cates, but Cates held him off. At the checkered, it was Adams with win number two for the day and Cates and Biddlecome in second and third. Richard Kastner took 0(( with the top Amateur honors while Ron Rich (Nov) and Brian Schmucker (Beg) also claimed firstsin the Open class for the day. Jay Stranger, the Lone Rider, took the early lead of the 200cc class race. Stranger led the victory-hungry pack which consisted of Randy Lowell, Rob Hall and Joe Padilla. As the race progressed, Duane Summers upgraded his position as he passed Padilla in lap two for fourth and then Hall in lap four for third. At this point. Stranger continued to lead the way and Lowell tried to hold onto second. During lap five Summers had placed himself right behind Stranger. Stranger continued to hold Summers 0(( in lap six, but as they rounded the last lap, Summers had aced Stranger for the checkered flag. Stranger fell back into second while Lowell followed in third, OCIRseason closes with Race of Desperation By Tom Corley IR VINE, CA, OCT. 27 The Orange County International Raceway lights were turned on for the last time this year for tonight was the final nighttime race of the season. Several daytime events are in the making but the dates have not been released. Along with the regularly scheduled races the employees took to the track to embarrass themselves in the Race of Desperation. And, for a change, those who usually play had to work as the racers hel ped to run this special race. Security attendant Mike Sexton took his Honda to the lead in the three-lap race to take the top award. Fortunately, he did get a pie in the face like Dan Jones received last year after his victory. Eleven workers lined up against the gate. Half of the field pulled their own bikes out of the garage while others borrowed machines from the racers. Two of the contestants were considered to be talented so they were handicapped. Both Dan Jones, last year's winner, and Andy'Ba'rtrr, 'a'f1ag' ,

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