Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Ithern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada-So~thernCall in third and Ross Maeda in fourth. Fleming, the newcomer LO the. class, soon faded back and allowed Maeda to control third. While hauling over the triple jumps, Turner clinched the lead and placed Atkins back in second, then "Radical Ron" increased his lead for the win. Atkins took second aboard his stock 1982 Suzuki, while Maeda landed third ahead of Kenny Clifton and Chris Heinrich. Turner eliminated the trouble of passing others as he took the holeshot in the final round. As Atkins was the runner-up in this case, while Heinrich trailed in tbird. Craig Cable took his Pacific Coast Honda to an improved fourth-place finish while Fleming was fifth. Two 'first-place wins earned Turner the top money. Turner destroyed the hopes of the competition in the 250 Pro class. Chris Swank took an excellent stan and held the lead in the first moLO over Russ Wageman and then Turner. As these three reached the corner following the crash wall, their positions altered greatly. Turner swooped around both Wageman and Swank LO swipe the lead, while Wageman worked past Swank to take second place. Mid-Cities Honda ace Rob Trone was fourth with Cycle Service's Pete Murray taking fifth. Turner had LO play "catch-up" in the final moLO and just barely managed the win, as Wageman proved to be the fastest at the start: Swank was in second, Mike Shoemaker in third while Turner followed. Amazingly, Turner succeeded to pass all but the leader Wageman. However, as the checkered flag came out, Turner swooped past Wageman stealing the win. It was Wageman, Shoemaker, Swank and Trone after Turner. • Results , 80 NOV: 1. Jeff Fleming (Vam); 2. Russall Somers (Kaw); 3. Charlie Brown IKaw); 4. Curtis Gaun (Han); 5. Chris Gibb (SUl)'. 80 JR: 1. Shiloh Tate (Kaw); 2. Kevin 8ussey (Vam); 3. Brock Suter (Yam); 4. Jon Berg (Sull; 5. Brandon Sperling (Vam). BO INT: 1. David Wodaszewski (Kaw); 2. Rod Kaiser (Kaw); 3. Bill Auberlin (Yam): 4. Tony Fuller (Vam). 80 EX: 1. Thayne Zito (Kaw). 125 NOV #1: 1. Gene Saraceno (Varni; 2. Jeff . Orosco (Kaw); 3. Howard Mannes (Hon): 4. Mark Burns (Yam): 5. Jim Connor (Hon). 125 NOV #2: 1. Scott Mendenhall (Han); 2. Dennis Burns (Yam); 3. Scon Steffy (Kaw); 4. Larry Kuebler (Han); 5. Rodney Griffin (Vam). 125 JR: 1. Dave Greff (HanI; 2. Biil Carson (Han); 3. Brian Werle (Kaw): 4. Patrick Ryan (Hon); 5. Murray Shackleford (Hon). 1251NT: 1. Mike Fedorow (Kaw); 2. Mike McCleneghan(Sull; 3. f',IIike Hughes (SUl); 4. Trey McFar· land (Vam); 5. Jeff Pittman (Varni. 125 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Cag); 2. Rick Atkins (Suz); 3. Chris Heinrich (Hon); 4. Ross Maeda'(Suz); 5. Craig Cable (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Marc Peters (Han); 2. David Bagwell (Hon); 3. Robert Johnson (Han); 4. James Williams (Suz); 5. Steve Wallace (Mai). 250JR #1: 1. Jerry Lemmon (Han); 2. Corey Gash (Varni; 3. Loren Pochirowski (Han); 4. Tom Cosley (SUl): 5. Dave Alexander (Han). 250 JR #2: 1. Duke Rennie (Han): 2. Jeff Montgomery (Han); 3. Karl Kramer (Han); 4. Anthony Garnica (Hon); 5. Marv Adams (Han). 250 INT: 1. Mark Kariya (Vam): 2. Juan Pasco (Varni; 3. Don Calhoun (Han): 4. Tom Watanabe (Han): 5. Karl Holmberg (Han). 250PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Cag); 2. RussWageman (Vam); 3. Chris Swank (SUl); 4. Mike Shoemaker (Vam); 5. Rob Trone (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Randy Rhinehart (Vam): 2. Robert Johnson (Han); 3. Bob Wagner (SUl); 4. Steven Fisher (Han); 5. Michael Cobb (Yam). 550 JR: 1. Brett Gailey (Han); 2. Karel Kramer (Vam): 3. Don Pastoll (Han): 4. Mark Kiel (Han); 5. Mark Storr (Han). 500 INT: 1. Michael Overby (Han); 2. Vandell Bishop (Han); 3. Kenneth Garnica (Hon); 4. Andrew Gillock (Mai). 500 PRO: 1. Russ Wageman (Vam); 2. Chris Swank (Sud; 3. Craig Cable (Han): 4. Dave Foltl (Han); 5. Dave Hamada (Han). VET SPORTSMAN: 1. Terry Pratt (Vam); 2. Corey Gash styled to the 250cc Junior division tWo second moto win at Wednesday night Ascot MX. Jim Benjamin captured the overall. Charles Morey (KTM); 3. Gabor Kopeclibocz (Han); OT SPORTSMAN: 1. Mike McMillen (Han); 2. 4. Steve Henderson (Han); 5. Steve Brooks (Suzl. Howard Davis (Suzl; 3. Bob Sullivan (Hon); 4. Bob VET MASTER: 1. John.Bush (Han); 2. Cart Galaly (Han); 3. Mike Casay (Han): 4. Paul Mahnke (Han). Vest (SUl); 5. Paul Burton (SUl). OT MASTER: 1. Ron Way (Han). Some ofour fastest Suzukis just sta viDg faster. During the Suzuki Knockout Savings Sale, it's amazing how fast our '81, '82 and '83 Suzuki street machines start moving. So hurry, GS1100GLZ because the only way to get the right price on one of our fast-moving road bikes is to get yourself moving just as fast to your Suzuki dealer. GS850GLZ $620 $850 Now Now $3,379 $2,749 ",,:,:-x GR':"OXD GS750TZ Ifr~~~~~~1 'I -

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