Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

was Tom Kell y. Another fast Am a teur on a 250cc wa s Winters a s h e took seco nd in class at sevent h overa ll. Ch uck Mill er, ta ki ng it easy a fter co m ing back fro m injury. ca me in a t eig h th a hea d o f Pettigrew a nd Dave Lapraik. In th e 250cc Expe rt class Derrick Pa iemen t and T im Si nclai r took secon d and third. Sincla ir was go ing fo r th e win roda v because h e co u ld have gotten th e n'umber o ne pla te in th e 250cc class . but having a get-off o n th e th ird loop ended hi s h opes. H ow ard McCa sland wasn 't there to kn ow it. but h e took th e number one plat e in thi s very competitive clas s. In th e Open Vet class Richa rd J ackso n mov ed up p ast R uss Jones to tak e the overall vet wi n. Along withh is wi n J ackso n a lso ma de final h is nu mber one pl a te in the class . Jones took a first in the 250cc Vet class toda y. In th e Open Vet Ama teur class. hard -rid in g Marty Poll ard took the win. Bo b Torgerson took top honors in th e O pen Senior class. Ro n Surber was leading Torgerson. u nt il the bad uphill o n the last loop. Surber tried the hi ll a nd didn't ma ke it . decid ed to take th e a lternate route and Torgerson took the lead . In the 250cc Senior class Wayne Goodman wa s leading but a fter g etting off a nd then taking th e alternate in stead of th e hill he a lso lost fir st. AI Guzman made th e hill a nd with it a first in cla ss. Duane Summer s took th e first in th e C class with a n ice lead over Bill Postel. Diane Holem an took a first in th e women 's race toda y. First overa ll Novi ce was spe eds ter Dan Dalton on a 250cc. First Open Novi ce rider in wa s top-not ch rider Jim Brooks. First o vera ll Begin ner was Kevin Spies. Results OP EX: 1. D. Ashcr aft : 2. B. Ogilvie; 3. K. Hopkin s. OP AM : 1. J . Trotter; 2. B.2a hn ow; 3. M . Holmes. OP NOV: 1. J . Brooks; 2. J. Jonides; 3. J. Coll in s. OP BEG: 1. R. Han sen; 2. T. Perry; 3. J. Corr ell . 250 EX: 1. E. Hallga th; 2. D. Paiement; 3. T. S incla ir. 250 AM : 1. E. Ogden; 2. G. Wint ers; 3. A. M ath ews. Scott Jacobsen wrapped up the number one plate in the Mini division at CRC's Santa Claus enduro. D-37 finale to Ashcraft - By Shirley Upp RED MO UNTAIN. CA. DEC. II Dan Ashcraft (Hus) sh o wed great styIe and class toda y as he took th e overall win in District 37's final race of th e year, th e J ack rabbits hare and hound a t Red . Mountain. Seemed like evervo ne turned o u t for th e last cha nce ' to ea rn points. hopi ng to low er their riding number o ne m ore digit in th e fin al sta n di ngs. O ver 250 rid ers lined up for thi s threelap loop (ap p ro xima tely 35 mil es - eac h ) har e and hound. It was Ash craft past th e bomb with th e lead. Even th e best ca n have thei r ·" Ia ugh -in " get-offs a nd Dan is no exce p tio n . an d as h e ca me over a hill hi s front brak e locked up and it was a n o-harm-don e bai l for Dan. Bruce O gilvi e (Han) and Eri c H allgath were up with th e lea d with.Ashcra ft. After th e first loop Ash craft was first in a nd o u t of th e p its. As the rider s. left th e pits it was Hallgath , second with Ogilvie third. Go in g out a t fou rth was T im Sinclair. followed by Kevi n H op I(ins,'Cnuck Pettigrew. ,~ 'a nU Chu KMiller -seventh R u n n ing - ....cO' first 250cc Amat eu r was Eddie O gden at eig h th o vera ll. Derrick Pa iem ent h eaded o ut o f pits a t ninth overa ll with seco n d 250cc Am at eur. Greg Winters ro u nd ing o u t th e top 10. In the C bike class it was Duane Summers with a ni ce lead o ver Bill Postel. In th e Nov ice ra ce Dan Dalton had th e lead. got lost. but was a ble to ge t it back before th e end o f th e first loop. So. leadin g was Dalton with Kenn y Young seco n d a n d Vet Mark Romp th ird. At th e end of th e seco nd loo p Ashcra ft sti ll had th e lead with O g il vie secon d. Hallgath was th ird with H opkins fourth. After wh at was a grea t ride it was Ashcra ft ta king th e last chec kered o f th e year. He sai d he reall y enjoyed thi s race a nd it was just a fu n co u rse. All sm iles. Ash craft wa nted to than k Husqvarna, Husky Products, Bel-Ra y, H i-Po int. Scott USA a n d H ann ah Racing Products. O gilvi e took second overa ll o n hi s big fou r-stro ke. even th ough h e rode th e en tir e race wi th no rea r brake aft er breakin g hi s hub on the first loop. T h ird was H opkin s, a n o th er four-st rok e H ond a r id er. Fourth o vera ll and first 250cc Hallgath, another Honda rider. Ed Ogd en ' came in Iififi overall and firs t in th e •.• 250cr ' Amateur' cla ss. Sixth o vera ll 250 NOV: i . K. Kalton; 2. K. Young; 3. R. Hundtoft. 250 BEG: t . K. Spie s; 2. A. Smith; 3. A . Oueiros. C EX: 1. D. Summ ers; 2. B. Postel. CAM: 1. M . Day: 2. M. McGra th ; 3. A. Guzman. C NOV: 1. J . Par kin; 2. M . Guert in; 3. M . Bur rou ghs. C BEG: 1. 2140; 2. 1B9c; 3. B. Shell ey. VET OP EX: 1. R. Jac kson; 2. B. Salt zman. VET OP AM : 1. M . Polla rd; 2. J. Shutt lewort h; 3. D. Burson . VET OP NOV: M . Romp; 2. B. Ada ms: 3 . J. Farran d. VET 250 EX: 1. R. J one s; 2. R. Wa tdbaum ; 3. E. Shuler. VET 250 AM : 1. 1234><; 2. J. Jones; 3. M . Vill anuev a. VET 250 NOV: 1. J . Stevens; 2. J . Gil pin ; 3. D. Alexander. VET 250 BEG: t . M . W Ill iams. SR OP EX; 1. B. Torgerson; 2. R. Surber; 3. N. St ua rt. SR OPAM : 1. C. Willis; 2. G. Gibbons; 3. B. Bur ch . SR OP NOV; 1. K. Cha mber lin; 2. B. Scott; 3. B. Hanna . SR 250 EX: 1. A. Guzman; 2. D. Postma; 3. D. W itehorn. SR 250 AM ; 1. B. Tartter; 2. J. Braasch. SR C EX: 1. L. Gordon; 2. W. Eveland. SR C AM : 1. J. Logan; 2. J . Over holt. WOM EX: 1. D. Holeman; 2. L. Farmer; 3 . J . Payne. WOM A M : 1. V. Scott. WOM NOV: 1. C. Sain. Fullmer takes CRC Santa Claus enduro win By Mike Klinger L UCERNE VALLEY. CA. DE C. 4 Nineteen-year-old enduro ace Bill Fu llmer Jr. posted the best score a t th e California Raci ng Club' s Duralube -spon sored Santa Claus en d u ro . Fullmer ( 1.137) just d id beat o u t second-place finished Ri ck Daniel, wi th a differen ce of o n lv 10 secon ds. th e o n lv two scores in th e one-point range: Only three o ther riders pl aced in th e twos: Kurt Butler . Scott Sampson and Mark Cook . Needl ess to say, th e even t was a very fast co u rse. Damian Stevens (1.42) took th e overa ll for one -loopers, riding in th e IOOcc C under 16 class. H e bea t Bill y Huston ( 1.53) and Scott J a cobsen (1.59). The start of bo th loops began on th e north sect ion o r Anderson (Sem i) Dr y Lake with th e fir st loop blasting for a good 30 mil es. The speeds were rel atively easy. exce p t for th e special test. Staying o n time up to th e o bservation chec k wa s tri cky and then being dropped into a 30m p h section ca used th e lost p oints. The course led directly into a mass of moon rocks with very tight switchback turns ending at th e tie-breaker check. After leaving the check th e speed still rema in ed 30 for some fast cross country raci ng wi th a well-deserved reset to get the straglers bac k o n time. Win ding up th e loo p was th e best part of the course. The riders experience d a bit of "S upercross" berm s for about ha lf a mi le that were fantastic, ru n ning right into th e fin a l check for th e loo p . a tie-breaker. Stevens' score was one of seven riders in the one's. Stevens was fo llowed by Huston, J acobsen . Scott Bristol, Dunn Voyer . Rob Peters and Mike Chamberlain Jr. Sa nd y Bak kila was th e best woman finisher (3. 134). Loo p two headed directly east with a n o the r little tri ck. th e three-mile marker was a ch eck, th e check-in to the specia l test. The 36 mph sectio n dropped all th e riders points. Open AA rider Fullmer was the best rider through this secti on, dropping his o ne point. Daniel ( 1.147) probably wishes h e could have bought II seconds, it was that close. Third overall went to Kurt Butler. and he was followed by Scott Sampson. Mar k Cook. Kent Perkins, Tim Curtis and John E. J aco bsen . This was Jacobsen 's very first ride on a brand new 200 Kawasaki and bested th e A u nder 16 class . The overall class winners for 1983 went down to th e wire a t the 12th event for th e year. the Santa Claus. N umber o ne senior for 1984 will be Harry Keast. (Mai) with Scott Sampso n (KTM) tops in th e 250s. Ken ny Kem p (Kaw) in th e 2oos, J im Bollingmo (Yam )Jr. for the four-strokes. Shauna H op kins (Kaw ) the women and another J acobsen . Sco tt will be honored with th e number one in th e Minis. Results OVERALL: 1. Bill Fullmer Jr .; 2. Rick Daniel; 3. Kurt But ler. OPEN AA -SSR; 1. Harold Halsted . 200 AA-V: 1. Mark Cook. OPEN A: 1. Gregg Lusher. 250 A: 1. Tim Curt is. MINI A : 1. Billy Huston . 200 A -16: 1. J ohn E. J acobsen. OPEN A -4ST; 1. Jim Bollingmo Jr . OPENA -SR: r . Clifford Dysart; 2. Mervyn Mu rray. 250 A -S R: 1. Warren Sti rling . OPEN A -V: 1. Joh n Jaco bsen; 2. Jack Labr um. 250 A-V: 1. Kenny McClean . 200 A -W : 1. Debbie Newland. 200 ATV; 1. Mark White. OPEN B: 1. Don Dea n Cas e y; 2. Craig Gustafson . 250 B: 1. Gary Zweifel; 2. A lan Horuat h. 200 B: 1. Robert Bush. MINI B: 1. Ronald E. Platt . 200 B-16: 1. Troy Skaggs. 200 B-4 ST: 1. Tony Casaga. OPEN B-SR: 1. Darrol Helweg ; 2. Roger Alv es. 200 B-SR: 1. Fred Veatc r. OPEN B-SSR: Roy Hudson. OPEN B-V: 1. Jesse Skates : 2. Greg Wi nkel; 3. Nick W aite. 250 B-V: t . Chris Stapleton. 200 B-V: 1. John W . Barnett. 200 B-W : Sandy Bakkila. OPEN C: 1. Kevin Kubachka; 2. John Meurs; 3. M ark Ander son . 25 0 C: 1. By ron Barr; 2. Randy Busta monte; 3 . Ken Ledf ord. 200 C: 1. Mike Hanna; 2. Bill Dennis . 125 C: 1. Bob Dennis. MINI C; 1. Rob Peters. 100 C·16: 1. Damian Stevens. OPEN C-4ST: t . Jose ph Gerondale; 2. M ike O'Brien. OPEN C-SR; 1. Gary Tr ippensee. 200 C-SR; 1. Robert Goodrich.

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