Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

,--------------------------------,z o Ul ~ Peirer (Yam); 3. Kim Kruglick (Yam). OVER 40: 1. Randy Redmond (Hon); 2. James Huffman (Yam). 600 MOD PROD: 1. Richard Scoular (Yam); 2. Earl Roloff (Kaw);"3. Dave Sadowski (Kaw). 450 MOD PROO: 1. Pete Carroll (Sud; 2. Willi Sar,i (Yaml; 3. Randy Bradesku (Yam). Gerig shines at Cycle Challenge" By Steve and Debbie Fuller EL CENTRO, CA, APR. 21 Despite rather heavy dusty condi tions during the Li berty Honda Cycle Challenge II at the Mid-Winter Fairgrounds, Su- Richard Scoular (187) leads Ed Ragle (911 land Todd Brubaker during the 600cc Stock Production class at Willow Springs. of Cordts, Jelsma and Cosley. Results 60 EX: 1. Dana Wiggins (Kaw); 2. Joel Toitarsky (Kaw). 80 STK BEG: 1. Joel Toitarsky (Kaw); 2. Freddia Balisteri (Kaw); 3. Justin Souza (Han). 80 STK NOV: 1. Dugan Sanders (Yam); 2. Jason Collier (Yam); 3. Dana Wiggins (Kawl. 80 STK INT: 1. Ron West (Suz); 2. Paul Matthews (Kaw). 80 MOD BEG: 1. Justin Souza (Hon). 80 MOD NOV: 1. Jon Levy (Kaw); 2. Jason Collier (Yam). 80 MOD INT: 1. Paul Matthews (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Orozco (Kaw); 2: Jody Tapia (Hon); 3. Rid< Wallaca (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Scon Murphy(Kaw); 2. Phillip Noble (Yam); 3. Murray Shackelford (Honl. 125 INT; 1. Danny Crouch (Yam); 2. Jason Neuman (Kaw); 3. Jim Owen (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Jeff Smith (Honl; 2. Jim Mery(Yam); 3. George Ferrie (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Bren Manley (Honl; 2. Ted Cordts (Suz); 3. Tom Cosley (Suzl. 250 INT: 1. Steve Pianoni (Hon); 2. Tim Whitlock (Honl; 3. Bob Zamaroni (Yaml. 250 PRO: 1. Yoshihito Baba (Honl: 2. Tim Winslow (Yam); 3. Chris Shaw (Honl. 500 BEG: 1. John Ritchie (Honl. 500 NOV: 1. Brad Bregoff (Honl; 2. Barry Logan (Honl. 500 INT: 1. Craig Hart (Yam I; 2. Kanny Garnica (Hon); 3. Ruban Falcon (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Hon); 2. Bruce McDougal (Honl. VET JR: 1. Robart Cooke (Hon). VET INT: 1. Dan Sanchez (Suzl. VET EX: 1. Nick Costello (Honl; 2. Marino Bastio· nell (Suzl; 3. Rod Tuzinsky (Yaml. Scoular scores three at Willow By Lori Tyson ROSAMOND, CA, APR. 29 Visiting ew Zealander Richard Scoular showed up at Willow Springs for the first time .and rode a borrowed motorcycle to 28 three victories, winning every class he entered and surprising the American Federation of Motorcyclists' best riders. In the 600cc Superstreet it was virtuallya two man race between Scoular and Todd Brubaker. Scoular, piloting a stock FJ600, appeared to have horsepower on Brubaker's tired GPz, but Brubaker made up for it in the corners and stayed gl ued to the Yamaha. Scoular was the winner by a small margin. Walt Nitto, plagued earlier by electrical problems was a lonely third. Scoular took an easy win in the 600cc Stock Production, pursued again by Brubaker. But when a backmarker caused Brubaker to crash in the sixth lap, Scoular took home another first-place trophy. Dave Sadowski, WaltNiuoand Ed Ragle got into a heated debate over second place with Sadowski crossing before Ragle and then Nitto. In the 600cc Modified Production, coular took on veteran racer Earl Rolofr. who ressurected his GPz550 "Time Bomb" from retirement for the race. The two were so clo e the entire race that the victory wa decided in the last turn of the last lap where a lappee got in Roloff's way and gave the win to oular by a wheel. . Champion Motorcycles' Dave adowski beat John Glover in the F3/250cc GP with low I :34 lap time. That was a surprise! Sadowski had just switched from riding produ tion machines to his new TZ250j, and in his firstouting, he beat 250 ace Glover, who has won more races on his Granada Yamaha/Barry Elliottsponsored Yamaha than you can count. In tbe last lap, after a very close race, G lover backed off in fast turn eight because of Lhestrong winds, and Sadowski took the prize. Team Honda dirt tracker Pete Hames showed up with Randy Mamola's '82 RG500 Suzuki. In his first time on a road race track he struggled to a third-place showing in the FI race after running off the track and scaring himself a few times. ''I'm not used to that wind, you sure don't have that at a dirt track," remarked Hames afterwards. Hames is riding the Aki Gototuned machine in bopes of gaining points to add to his dirt track total towards the Grand National Championship crown. Results F2; 1. Chris Mencher (Kaw); 2. Bob Reinan (Kawl; 3. Martt Ruffner (Yam). 750 MOD PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kawl; 2. Bob Reinen (Kawl; 3. Lee Fleming (Hanl. OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Kevin Dolan (Kaw); 2. Tom Fowler (Hon); 3. Paul LaFontain (Suz). F1: 1. Denny Doherty (Kaw); 2. Tom Fowler (Honl; 3. Pete Hames (Suz). F3: 1. Dave Sedowski (Yam); 2. John Glover (Yaml; 3. Kurt Bickel (Yam). 600 55: 1. Richard Seoular (Yam); 2. Todd Brubaker (Kaw); 3. Walt Nino (Kaw). 75055: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Bob Reinen (Kawl; 3. Burtte Steed (Hon). OPEN 55: 1. Denny Doherty (Kawl; 2. Kevin Dolan (Kawl; 3. Rye Hefley (Honl. SIDECARS: 1. Davidson/Dunn (Kaw); 2. Breede/Ramirez fSuz); 3. GarnenlTaylor (Kaw). 750 TWIN: 1. Steve Fleming. OPEN TWIN: 1. Fred Eiker (Nor); 2. Rick Weber (BMW); 3. Dave Fiorelli (H·DI. SINGLES: 1. Marty Lantz {Yaml; 2. Joseph Ross (Yam); 3. Vern Clayton (Hon). 600 STK PROD: 1. Richard Scoular (Yaml; 2. Dave Sadowski (Kaw); 3. Ed Ragle (Kaw). 450 STK PROD: 1. Willi Sa..i (Yam); 2. Steve Fleming (Hon); 3. Rick Thompson (Suz). 750 STK PROD: 1. Joe Ghadiri (Suz); 2. Mark Smith (Suz); 3. Burtte Steed (Hon). OPEN STK PROD: 1. Kevin Dolan (Kawl; 2. Kevin Ellion (Kaw); 3. Paul LaFon.ain (Suz). F4; 1. Steve Qver (H'In). , 250 MOD PROD: 1. A.J. Parks (C-A); 2. David zuki-mounted David Gerig captured the 125cc Pro win relatively easily today. While Gerig was enjoying the spoils of leading the pack, a knock down drag out battle took place over the second spot. In the first moto, Gerig had no problems taking the win leading from start to finish' while Curt Scanlon took second ahead of Poolie Serrano. The real action took place during the second round when at the start, Gerig again'jumped to an early lead followed by Serrano and Hardaway. As the race progressed, Hardaway made a few attempts at passing, only LO have Serrano push full throttle ahead. Hardaway made his final banzai attack in the la t lap and succeeded in slipping by. However. with only a few feet from the checkered flag, Hardaway laid his bike down and errano collided into him and stalled his bike. Serrano managed to get ~oing first and took the checkers for the econd place position. Before Serrano re-entered the race, Cun canlon slipped by for third. Results 80 DIV: 1. Trevor Cavanaugh {Yam); 2. Bryan Maynard (Yaml; 3. Colby Byrd (Yam). , 25 PRO; 1. David Gerig (Suz); 2. Curt Scanlan (Yam); 3. Poolie Serrano (Hon). . , 25:<1M DIV I: 1. Duane RamseyIKaw); 2.Jimmy Rivers (Hon); 3. Steve Rautenberg (Suz). '25 AM DIV II: 1. James Tucker (Han); 2. Lindel Eaton (Kaw); 3. Mike Mariani (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Don Turk (Honl; 2. Bobby Lakey (Kaw); 3. Steve Walker (Cagl. 250 AM: 1. Chuck Lange (Suz); 2. Mike Olaiz ISuzl; 3. Dean Dlouhy (Honl. 500 PRO: 1. Don Turk (Hon); 2. Roger Kramer (Yam); 3. Craig Corda (Honl. 500 AM: 1. Greg Sanden (Yaml; 2. Greg Bringle (Hon); 3. Ken Purdy (Hon). Parker, Perez pull AME Easter egg wins By Tom Griffith VALENCIA, CA, APR. 22 Ven t ura's Jack Parker was back after a month's layoH and displayed a drastic improvement as hefoughtand clawed toa I-I perfect score for the first place egg at today's AME event. Trading *conds and thirds in moto scores were Patrick. Mullis on his Pro Circuit Honda, who earned second overal'l, and third place Bakersfield Honda Center rider Lee Wilson. All three came across the finish line bunched in what could have been any man's race in Lhe250cc Beginner class. The largest field today belonged to the mighty 250cc Juniors. Riding a steady race, Darryl ChereschkoH (Yam) tied with Honda-mounted Rick Perez with four points each, The tiebrea ker went to Perez on a 3-1 score to Darryl's 2-2. Perez and Chereschkoff have been battling for weeks, and these two hotshoes con tinued today. Danny Angel stuck hi Honda into the fray by working from a mid-pack 'slart to the lead en moLO 'dne', 'dn'ly to' experience a bit of bad luck in heavy traffic in moto two to finish fourth for third overall. Rounding out the trophy positions came Weldon's ace Burt Ulmer in fourth and Bernard Tinus in fifth. The 250cc Pro class staged II of southern California's finest including the Zahrt brothers, Ken and Jon, Bob Kline, Van Nuys Cycle rider Donnie Best and returning Supercross rider Russ Wageman. Wageman worked into the lead early in both motos to peed away from the field for wire-towire wins. Honda-mountedZoli Meszaro followed closely in moto one for the second place spot but suffered a DNf in the second go. Dan Bolle/ Pasadena Honda-sponsored Ed Arnet LOok his usual solid riding style to a 3-2 score and second at the pay window. Bobby Kline recovered from heavy traffic and a fifth in moLO one to a good third in the second round for third overall, followed by Ken Zahn in the last paying position. Results PEE WEE; 1. Robby Hammond (Yam). JR CYCLE BEG: 1. Dontae Johnson (Kawl. JR CYCLE EXP: 1. Moose Wine (Kaw). MINI BEG; 1. Jason Yoshida (Yam). Paul Hazard (Kaw); 3. Moose Wine (Suz). MINI JR: 1. David Noel (Kaw); 2. Kevn Peoples (Kaw); 3. Mark Adair (Suzl. MINI EX: 1. Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw). 1Z5 BEG: 1. Aaron Lewis (Kaw); 2. Dave Peters (Hon); 3. Brian Bean (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Mike Dawson (Kawl; 2. Jimmy Lawis (Kaw); 3. Brian Peoples (Kaw). 125 INT: 1. Mouse McCoy (Kaw); 2. Guy Arnone (Hon); 3. Mike Hughes (Suz). 125 PRO; 1. Bruce Delgedo(Suzk 2. Robbie Healy (Honl· 250 BEG: 1. Jad< Parker (Hon); 2. Patrick Mullis (Hon); 3. Lee Wilson (Honl. 250 JR: 1. Rick Perez (Hon); 2. Darryl Cheresch· koff (Yam); 3. Danny Angle (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Eric Hallgath (Hon); 2. Bill Delgado (Suz); 3. Brad Toms (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Russ Wageman (Yaml; 2. Ed Arnet (Honl; 3. Bob Kline (Hon). 500JR: 1. Marc Cummins(Hon); 2. Murray Lantz (Yaml. 500 INT: 1. Joe Kehoe (Honl, VET JR: I, Danny Boile (Yaml; 2. B.B Morgan (Hon). VET INT: 1. Jim Dawson (Hon); 2. Dave Kribell (Hon). VET EX: 1. Jim Smith (Yam), Intermediate show down at Ascot MX By Tom Corley GARDENA, CA, APR. 18 A 12Scc Intermediate rivalry has developed during the opening events of the Continental Motosport Club motocross at Ascot. Kawasaki riders Mike Fedorow and Tim Rutherford are tied for series points with one win each. Fedorow took the first event of the season with Rutherford having the better hand in tonight's conte t. Federow recenlly switched from Yamaha to Kawasaki, and though he likes the power of the green machine, he fi nds it harder to handle on this trade In the first mOlO, Fedorow took the lead at the start and remained there LO the end. Rutherford, aboard his Century Motorcycles bike, placed second ahead of Bob Reinking, Mike Nishita and John Bush. The two-man show was most exciting in the final moLO. Rutherford took the early lead with Fedorow staying in striking distance. Going over the crash wall near the start, the lead changed hands as Fedorow flew past Rutherford. On the same lap Rutherford regained the lead as they headed over the back wall. Soon, Fedorow crashed, giving Rutherford a good lead that turned into the win and the overall. Fedorow, getting underway still in second, didn't let anybody get past him. Bush was third ahead Of Jdhrirly Whi1sett an(l'Nish'ita.

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