Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Kalos (Ha n); 3 . Steve Brooks (Yam) . 12 5 AM MOD: 1. Den n is Par ker (Yam ); 2. Rob Olson (Han); 3 . St eve Brooks (Yam ). 125 EX: 1. J oh n n y O'M ara (Han ); 2 . Rober t Mason (Ya m); 3 . Drey Dircks (Suzl. 25 0 BEG : t . Jim Suttles (Suzl;2 . Mike Ma cDon ald (Ho n ); 3 . Lonny Bah l in g (Han). 250 NOV STK : t . John Kristgasen (Yaml; 2. Alan Wells (Yaml; 3 . Scott Guerin (Yaml. 250 AM ST K: 1. Jeff Bert ram (Han); 2. Bi ll A maral (Yam ); 3. Stacey Courier (Ma il . 250 & OPEN AM MOD : 1. Tonv Leon (Yam l; 2. Bla ir Boo k (Yam ); 3 . Larry Noe l (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Johnny O ' M ara (Hon) ; 2. Micky Dymond (Hu s); 3 . Troy Blake (Kaw) . OPEN NOV: 1. Jeff Salkeld IH on); 2. Neil Goodell (Han ): 3 . Ed Wallet I M ai l. OPEN AM : 1. Scott Larson (Yam ); 2. Larry Noel (Yam ): 3. Bill W hil e {S ul lo O PEN EX: 1. M ike Knupp (Yam ); 2. Gregory Zit terkopf (Ka w); 3. Ron W atmore (Yam ). OT NOV; 1. Jam es Tuck (Yam I; 2. John Turner (Hus t 3. Eric Sumons (Mai). Or AM : 1. Rick Myers (Hon) ; 2. Larr y Noel (Yam ); 3. Rick Tab or (Ha n). 125 BEG: t , A nt h onv Magallanes (Ha n): 2. M ike Laq ue re (Cag); 3. Jo e G utierre z (Yam). . 125 NOV: 1. Cloff Wa ll s IS uz]: 2. Rob ert Cadwell (Suz): 3. Dean Keelong (Yam ). 125 INT: 1. M ike M ag all a nes (Ha n): 2. Kev in M on tgom er y (Ho n). 250 BEG : 1. G reg Traver (Han); 2. Howard Cra ig (Yam); 3. Tim Dale (Cag). 25 0 NOV : 1. Den n y Da vid son (Yam) ; 2 . Da n iel Lamy (Han); 3. Jo n A . Hall (Ha n). 2501NT: 1. La rry Ben ed ict (Hon); 2 . Tom Th omsen (Yam ); 3. Mike Car lo (Han ). 25 0 PRO : 1. Gr eg Na sh (Han): 2 . Scot W i lki n so n (Ha n); 3 . Keith W i lliam so n (Yam) . OPEN BEG : 1. M ike M ic hetti (Han); 2 . Rob e rt Vandamme (Su z); 3 . Don Abdell a (Mai). O PEN NOV: 1. Pau l R. Dayt on (Hon l. O PEN PRO: 1. Tom Combs (Kaw ). VET J R: 1. Tom Sawyer; 2 . J oh n Donald so n (Hon ); 3 . Bill y Tr aver (Ho n). V ET SR: 1. J on A . Hall (Han): 2 . Bob Lambert (Ho!"); 3 . Bruce Prall (Yam ). O'Mara, Knupp dominate Cycle-Am Classic Spencer nabs. CRC Merry Christmas GP By Pam Hardin PHO E NIX , AZ, NOV . 26·27 (Above) Johnny O'Mara showed up at Canyon MX and practiced winn ing. (Below ) Ca rlos Serrano took top honors at the Deer Valley GP in Phoenix. Walls breaks through to DeAnza MXwin By Michael Gillies SU N N YM EAD, CA, DEC. II In accurate weather reports o f ra in deminished today's turnout a t DeAn za Cycle Park, but those wh o showed, were glad th ey did, Suzuk i-mounted Cl iff Walls was especia lly g lad. as h e ended up win n in g both 125cc Novice motos. Suzu ki o f R iverside's R a ben Cadwe ll smoked th e co mpetition to the first tu rn in th e fir st mo ta aboard his '84 RMI 25, Ro ost Factory's J a y Birm in gham (Suz) a nd Yamaha -m o un ted Dean Keeling were figh ting over second pl ace until th e seco nd la p wh en Don ald Feeley (Suz) iru erupr ed th ei r battle by tak ing o ver third for himself. On th e thi rd la p , Ca dwell went down but rem ounted in foun h behind Fee ley , Birmin gha m , a nd wall s , w ho h a d wor ked hi s way th roug h the pack a fter a poor first turn showing. Feeley co ntinued 10 lead through th e fifth lap when an unstoppa ble Walls took th e lead. Wh en ,the whi te fla g ca me o ut, Birmingharrr M1~ 't h ~ " n ly 'rider"rio t to o ....._- - - -_ --_ ...=_.: come around, which gave Cadwell thi rd , m aking the order Wa lls, Feeley, Cadwell. Mot o two saw Cadwell's Suzu ki blast into the lead agai n, fo llowed by Wa lls and Keeli ng. By th e third la p , Walls slipped by Cadwell for first wh i le Bi r m i n g h a m was p lay i ng catch -u p due to a poor sian. Cadwell bobbled o n la p five, wh ich allowed Birm in gham to take over second. Keelin g took fu ll ad va ntage o f Cadwell 's slip up by pressuring and eventually passing th e Suzuki pi lot on th e six th la p . Walls cruised to an easy win (co m pared to h is first moto ), Birm in gham was second , whi le Keel ing's lat e mor o charge put him in th ird. Wall s landed firs t wi th h is. I- I sco re, Cadwe ll's 3-4 tall v earned h im second a nd Keelin g 's 7~3 score gave him third. H onda -m ounted Brian Ro ver domi nated th e Mini Beg inner c'Iass by winn in g both m ot os. R icha rd Geraght y (Ya m) was second wi th a 3-2 co m bo , wh ile a 4-3 to tal gave Kawa sa ki-mounted Andy Rod rick thi rd . Results PEE WEE : 1. Ar on Rodr ick (Yaml; 2. Sl even Abbalh Jr. (Yam). MINI BEG: 1. Bri an Royer (Ha n); 2. Richard Geraghty (Yam ); 3. Andy Rodr ick (Kaw) . MINI NOV: 1. Jerr y LineraIIYam ); 2. Brad Edg in ton (Kaw): 3 . J ason Gollier.(Han) . - ' , • , MINI IN1 : l .U rry Saveg l Ka w). ". , MINlEl(;,": Torh ConibsiKawl..' By Terry Rezek T he first ever Cycle-A m Classic, fo rm erlv the Bosch Classic, hel d a t .Ca n;on Racewa v a ttrac ted lar ge cr~w ds , beautiful wea ther VAL EN CI A, CA, DEC. 4 CRC's last Grand Prix of th e year featured perfect riding con dit ions; clear, cool weather ; a tr ack th at stayed damp with a nd America n Ho nd a's joh nny O ' Mara . O 'Xl ara do m in a ted the 125cc a nd 250cc Expert classes wit h I-I scores in eac h . Co lora do's o wn M ike- Kn u p p LOok hom e th e to p pri ze money ill th e Open cla ss. Th e 250cc Experts ' first moto had ' '' j o h n n y A " leading G ary Dircks a nd Trov Blak e. bo th on new Ka wasakis. off the gale. Aft er two la ps, O ' Mara had amassed a comforta ble lead with Eastside Cycle's Ron \\'a tmore displaci ng B lak~ and pressuri ng Dircks. Blake hung back whi le Bo bby Wh ile held a comfortable fif th. Wa tmor e a nd Dircks ba nged bars a nd wen t dow n . Wa tm o re rcrno urued in tim e LO keep h is seco nd with Dircks taki ng more lim e bu t sla ying a head of Blak e in fourt h . Hu skvr ram-rider Micky Dym ond got o n th~' gas aro und th e halfwa y point a n d passed Blak e. Dym o n d press ur ed Dir ck s for seve ra l laps a nd mad e hi s mo ve o n t lu : bottom sect io n to ga rner third . Watm o re a nd O 'M ara wer e a hea d wit h room to sp are. Dircks held o n 10 fourth wit h Bla ke a nd Wh ite ro undi ng o u t the top six. T he seco nd h eal sa w Blak e cra n kin g it up a head of O ' Mara a nd Dirck s. Dircks, q uic k to lak e advan tage of any spa ce to pass , slid arou nd O 'Mara aft er two berms. Dircks enjoyed a short- li ved lead fo r a la p . By the seco nd la p , both O' Xlara a nd Bla ke got arou nd Dirck s. Ca me lback H ClIl' da 's joh n Im brial e a nd Wat mo re closed in o n Dircks. Wi th sewn la p s d own , a troubl e-p lagu ed Dirc ks cruised off th e track with Dymo nd coming ba ck again from a mediocr e start io finish another consisic n r rh ird behi nd Blak e and O ' Mara . Res ults Y ZIN GERS: 1. Stev e M att hi es (Yaml; 2. David Oc hoa; 3. J .T. Stewart . PEE W EE NOV : 1. Dan a Wiggins (Han); 2. Brian Cook (Kaw); 3 . Aar on Stewart (Ka w ). PEE W EE A M ; 1. J imm y Bu tt on (Hon ); 2 . Ch ip Young (Han) ; 3 . Dam o n Watki ns IKawl. BO BEG : 1. Todd Cro ss (Yaml; 2. Todd Wautord (Kaw); 3 . Mark Bran son (Kaw). BO NOV STK: 1. A ndv A I ki ns I Kawl: 2. Dam on Watkins (Kaw ); 3 . M airo Za mudio (Yam) . BO NOV MOD: 1. A ndy A tkin s (Kaw); 2. .Joe M Ol ers (Han) ; 3. M ar io Zamud io . 80 AM STK: 1. Wes Park er (Yam); 2 , Jimmy But to n (Han); 3 . J .J . Tunn ell (Kaw) . BO A M M OD : 1. W e. Par ker IYam]: 2. .Jim m v Button (Han ); 3. Bren t Wi ne la nd (Yam ). 80 EX STK : 1. Rober t Naughton (Han); 2 . Jo hn Moran (Yam); 3 . Bill y Carlson (Kaw) . BO EX M OD : 1. Sh aw n Ka las (Han ); 2, John Moran (Yaml ; 3. Rober t Nau ghton (Ha n). 12 5 BEG : 1. Don Tistl e IKaw); 2 . Fran k Rob er ts (Yam); 3. Ch ris DeV ito (Kawl . 125 NO V STK: 1. Sean Colby (Yam) ; 2. Dar ren Colby (Kaw); 3 . Ke n Poppe (Yam) . 12 5 NOV M OD : 1. Br ian Oai n (Han) ; 2. Tad Davis; 3 . Ch ns Dixon (Kaw). . 1. 125 AM STK : - Dennis Park er (Yaml;.2.. ShawA .. _ , ~ ~ , ,,. .. little mud , resulti ng in a g rea t turn out. Ma nv o f th e classes were close in p oints and a 101 o f riders n eeded a good fin ish for th e year's fin al position. It may hav e b een the Mer ry Ch ristmas Gra nd P rix , bu t nobody was giving any thi ng away on th e track . T he 125's gal off in a bu nch . T he start was very lo n g , a ll so ft s.a nd and flat o u t fast. As the fir st wave d isapp eared u p th e was h , Ma rk Stue n h ad a slig h t edge with h is 200 a nd was ba rel y in the lead, In a pack behind h im were Cun Fa rrar, Willi am Surratt and Jerr Spencer. Spencer passed Surra tt o n the next lap a nd took th e lead in la p two. Surratt stayed w ith him a nd had closed 10 w ith in inc hes by mid-race. T hey were th en in th e midst o f la p ped ri ders a nd Spe ncer made good use o f th e traffir to put some ai r between him a nd Surra tt. At th e end o f th e race, S pe ncer had a t least fif teen seco nds over Surra tt. Farrar had hu ng in th ere w ith the lead ers a nd fini sh ed third . With a lmos t fift y riders, keep in g track o f th e 250's was like co unting a nts at a pi cni c. T he lead ers were easy to spot, th ou gh. Intermedi at es Gl en Wells, M ichael Vrchota , Ron L ew is, a n d Don Coeu li ng were elbow to el bo w co m ing o u t o f th e wash a nd o nto the Intern ational track. Evere tt Nea l, Kr is W ilcox, a nd Bob Carney toppe d the Nov ices a nd Krabs Krull h ad a remarkable lea d over the res t o f th e Begi nn ers. T h e O pen P ro s th u ndered arou nd th e co urse wi th Gary Depill o a nd Fre d H u dgen s side by side in the lead. The first 250 , Ma rk Law ren ce wa s a lmos t on them a t th e end of th e first la p a nd h e was closely foll ow ed by Bruce Mayn or. H alf-way th rough th e Inr ernati onal co u rse, Lawren ce got off h a rd a nd was o ut o f th e race. . Ma yn or took th e 250 lead an d by th e end o f la p two had p assed DePill o for the o vera ll lead. Clarke Co lema n had mov ed u p to seco nd Open by th is time. In th e 12S's, Brand j ohnson took th e lead in th e Iirs t lap a nd just m otored awa y wi th th e win . DePillo a nd Co lema n held th eir posi tio ns and fini sh ed firs t and second in the Open class. M yn or co n rin u red to stretch out his 250 lead . Ken Zahrt wa s pickinz u p stea m and moved from th e back of th e pack 10 seco nd by m id -ra ce. R uss Wagem an had been back th ere too, a nd follow ed Zahrt, ' taking advarltitg~ ? f th e h9le~ !e~t ?y •.

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