Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Valdez won both 125cc Novice Division I motos on his sleek KTM. In Division II, though, it was Gary Pash with both motos wins as he roosted his Mike's Cycle Kawasaki to tbe overall. OPEN NOV: 1. Paul DaYton (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Jeff Long (Han); 2. Ban Hilt; 3. Jim Casoio (Suzl. JR VETS: 1. Ervin RoWe (Vam); 2. Bran Ramsey (Vam); 3. Jim Chapman (Han). INT VETS: 1. Scott Rissman (Suz). SR VETS: 1. Jon A. Hall (Hon); 2. David H....II (Han); 3. Mike Norris (Suz). Results 125 PRO; 1. Rodney Smith (Yam); 2. Mike Torres (Kawl. 250 PRO: 1. Rodney Smith (Vam); 2. Joe Wright (Han); 3. Larry Dashiell (Han). 80 NOV #1: 1. Ricky Lutz; 2. Brian Roth (Hon); 3. Ricky Brazil (Kaw). 80 NOV # 2: 1. Ian Laff (yam); 2. Ricky Lutz (Han); 3. Ricky Brazil (Kaw). 80 EX; 1. Mike Pascarella (Suz); 2. Tony McGrath (Kawl; 3. Steve Lamson (Kaw). 125 NOV #1: 1. Tim Valdez (KTMI; 2. Ron Picken (HanI; 3. Frank Bogen (Suz). 125 NOV #2: 1. Gary Pash (Kaw); 2. Ron Picken (Honl; 3. Mart< Taylor (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Ray Dragoo (Hanl; 2. Gary Pash (Kawl; 3. Roger Lucero (HanI. OPEN NOV: 1. Dave Pile (Yaml; 2. Simon Pro· .panko (Han); 3. Adam Abergaurd (Han). 125 INT: 1. Woody Russell (Han); 2. Shawn Frei· ling (Kawl; 3. Darryl Hainey (Vam). OT NOV: 1. George Bunles (Kaw). QT INT: 1. Ralph Thomure (Kawl. OT EX: 1. Rich Bettingcoun (Han); 2. Mike Collins (Han). veT NOV: 1. Roy Crouch (Han); 2. Mike James (Kaw); 3. Rich Diegle (Han). VET INT: 1. Manta Miller (Suz); 2. AI Waters (Mai); 3. Dave Taylor (Hus). VET EX: 1. Larry Hartnett (Suzl; 2. Larry Mulock (KTM). 50: 1. Baau Judge (Han); 2. Erica Lutz (Suz). PP: 1. Caron Thompson (Han); 2. Ronda Wisher Tony Cristelli won his final BOcc Amateur race at Colorado Springs. advancing himself to the Expert ranks. Firestine flows to Colorado win By Larry Johnson COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, jU E IO Albert Firestine, six-time and defending 125cc Pro state champion, has been contesting the 250cc Pro class this season. However, today, there were no 250cc classes cheduled, so he returned to his old class and proved he is sti II Colorado's premier 125cc rider. He smoked the class in both motos. Stacey Cook had two seconds for the' runner-up lot, and Matt Lindsey, back after several weeks off with a broken collarbone, had a fine day, fini hing third overall. The 80cc Experts are always the highlight of the morning program, and today was no exception. In moto one, Barry Carson crashed in turn two, taking down several others with him. jay Martin, Brant McCoy and Darren DeLoach avoided the pile-up and went wheel-to-wheel for the next four laps. On lap five, McCoy outjumped Martin for the lead and Martin immediately crashed after landing, allowing DeLoach to take over second. McCoy and DeLoach finished one-two ahead of Robert Rose. Carson recovered and worked his way to fourth place. Carson gated second behind jay Ruterbories in moto two, and quickly took over the lead, only to have DeLoach pass him. DeLoach's led only lasted one lap before he crashed in the whoops. Carson and McCoy both went by before he could remount.· Two laps later, McCoy jammed by Carson, and on the next lap DeLoach pulled alongside Carson and new past him over the doubles. The three were fender-to-fender when McCoy wrecked coming off the plateau jump. DeLoach and Carson moved into first and second where they finished. McCoy remounted and finished fourth behind Rose. DeLoach earned the overall victory ahead of McCoy, Carson and Rose. Results 32 60 NOV: 1. Tommy Moats (Han): 2. Scott Apple· baum (Han); 3. Brian Diehl (Varni. 60 AM: 1. Steve Booth (Kaw). 80 NOV GROUP 1: 1. Troy Lessar (Vam); 2. Craig Vigil (Varni; 3. Kevin Murdock (Vam). 80 NOV GROUP 2: 1. Boyd Chambers (Yam); 2. Mark Howe (Kawl; 3. Jeff Hopkins (Kaw). 80 AM: 1. Tony Cristelli (Kawl; 2. Chad Wollaston (Kaw); 3. Scott Chisman (Varni. 80 EX: 1. Darren Deloach (Kawl; 2. Brant McCoy -_ ....... _------_ ... _......... _----- -- (YamI; 3. Barry Corson (Yaml. 125 NOV: 1. Steve Mize (Kawl: 2. Gene Lassar (Han); 3. Jerry Johnson (Kawl. 125 AM: 1. Rob Adcock (Han); 2. Danny Christy (Cog); 3. Mark Hancock (Yaml. 125 PRO: 1. Alben Firestine (Yam); 2. Stacey Cook (Kaw); 3. Man Lindsey (Vam). OPEN NOV: 1. Jason Rozman (Han); 2. Rob Kerven (Hon); 3. Richard Blei (Han). OPEN AM: 1. Don Kesterson (Honl; 2. John Laman (Hon); 3. Bruca McGrew (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Terry Kyle (Ysm); 2. Dave Newell (Han): 3. Chris Sundstrom (Hon). VET NOV: 1. Rob Bruce (KTM); 2. Doug Davis (KTMI; 3. Damy Hagins (Hon). VET AM: 1. Dave 5tewan (Mai); 2. Vic Ziemer (KTM); 3. Bobby Hancock (Vam). VET EX: 1. Monty Kyle (Vam); 2. Richard Dos181 (Hanl; 3. Dan Greenwood (Yam). SR NOV: 1. David Neil (Yam); 2. James Long (Cog); 3. David Rockwell (Han). SR EX: 1. Terry Frydendall (Varni; 2. Vic Barlish (Mai); 3. John Baavers (Hon). Smith tops Sacramento Raceway Night MX By "Nuclear" Neukam SACRAMEN'rO, CA, JUNE 8 Yamaha-support rider Rodney Smith bad a break in action in the Nationals and spent the time at Sacramento Raceway Park winning the 125 and 250cc Pro classes in Friday night stadium motocross competition. Hi-Point/Honda of Sacramentosponsored jo jo Wright battled with teammate Larry "Dash" Dashiell for most of the first 250cc Pro moto while Rodney Smith worked his YZ through the pack from a mid-pack start. "Da h" dunked his duckbill in the dirt while leading late in the moto, allowing Wright to motor to the win, unchallenged. Smith led Dashiell to the checkered while jimmy "Kamakazi" Robertson finished fourth aboard his RC Suzuki. Smith had the track dialed by moto two, and showed hi National-caJiber style by working from a third-place start to win by a wide margin and secure the overall. Dashiell and Wright continued their rivalry with some knobby-nicking, wheel-te-wheel dicing, wi th Dashiell taking second. Wright, however, scored second overall with a 1-2 tally. Smith had little trouble in the small I25cc Pro class as he roosted to both moto wins on what appeared to be a very tired YZ125. Reno Kawasaki-sponsored Mike Torres combined a pair of seconds for second overall. Proving once again that European tiddlers can give the Nippon contingent a run for their money, Tim ...... - ------------- (YamI. Hall passes . DeAnza MX foes By Michael Gillies UN YMEAD, CA, JUNE 10 Team Tamm'sJon Hall (Hon) smoked the Senior Vets class at DeAnza Cycle Park, pUlling a decisive I-I score on the board to clinch the overall ahead of Hondamounted David Hassell. Hassell shot h is open bike into the fir t turn ahead of Hall, uzuki Country's Mike orri and Ray Simmons (Suz). By the end ofIap one, Hall had taken the lead away from HasselJ while Norri wa feeling pressure from Ron Brehm (Yam), who dispatched Simmons to fifth. Hall was bu iIdi ng a comforta ble lead over Hassell, who had aboutthe same cushion over the Brehm/Norris dual. Brehm slipped by Norris at the halfway point, and the order remained through the checkers, making it HaJI, Hassell, Brehm, and Norris. Hassell beat everyone to the first turn again in the second moto, followed closely by Norris, Hoyt Statham (Yam) and Hall. Hall wasted no time by passing all three riders in one lap and building a small but comfortable lead. Norris was holding a strong third over Statham, and keeping Hassell in sight. Brehm was a distant eigbth off the start, and managed to work his way to fifth by the fifth lap, but was unable to catch Statham because of lapped riders. So, the checkered flag saw Hall first, Hassell second, Norris third, and Statham and Brehm fourth and fifth, re pectively. Hall's I-I score was first over Hassell's 2-2, while Norris' 4-3 edged out Brehm's 3-5 for third overall. Results PEE WEE: 1. Troy Haling (Yam); 2. Bret Freeman (Vam); 3. Michael Asplin (Vam). DIV II: 1. Jon Pauls (Vam); 2. Raben Allen Cola (Vam). OIV III: 1. Brian Peterson (Kawl; 2. Sandy Merrifield (Han); 3. Jason Lentz (Han). MINI NOV: 1. Allan Brehm (Vam); 2. Dennis Urban (Varni; 3. Willy Drake (Vam). MINI INT: 1. Brad Edginton (Kawl. 125 BEG: 1. Vince Dutton (Kaw); 2. Kevin Neal (Varni; 3. Jess Barmdna (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Scan Davis (Suzl; 2. Jim Kuntz (Kaw); 3. R. Shaw. 1251NT: 1. Mart< Lopera (Vam); 2. Jimmy Palmer (Kaw); 3. Brian Mayer (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Mark Decker (Vsm); 2. Todd Baldwin (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Johnny Socco (Han); 2. Jon McMa· nus (Suzl; 3. Mike Casey (Suzl. 250 NOV: 1. Eric Kansgor (Han); 2. Danny W. Critsar (Vam); 3. Raben Tron (HanI. 250 INT: 1. Tod Gibboney (Varni; 2. Steve Cordillo (Varni; 3. Ron Lawson (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Greg Nash (Han); 2. Many Miller (Han); 3. Garry Latimer (Kaw). OPEN BEG: 1. Ed Moseley (Han); 2. Greg Wilkins (Yam). Arnet wins at Saddleback By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA, jU E 9 Honda pilot Ed Arnet and Yamaha rider Pete Snorteland battled in a classic two-moto duel allhis week'sSMX event. norteland powered to the first Open Pro moto win as Arnet worked his way through traffic to finish second. The second moto got under way with Snorteland dancing to the early lead and Arnet chasing. The Honda rider pressured for many laps, then set-up Snorteland for a picture-perfect pass leading to the sand wash. Arnet wenton to take the checkers first with Snoneland settling for the runner-up slot and second overall. Kawasaki rider Robert Laughlin rounded out the top three. Thn;e of So Cal's top-ranked Vet Expert riders q uared off agai nst each other and when the dust settled Honda-mounted Ken Ratzloff had earned the first place honor . Ratzloff rode a blazing fir t moto to beat Yamaha rider Alan 01 on to the checkers while Maicoace jon Miller struggled through the pack after a last place start. Miller came back to top the second moto but Ratzloff followed Miller to the checkers and his 1-2 score gave him the overall win. MiJIer finished second for the day and Olson went home with the third place laurels. Results 250 PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Han); 2. Pete Snoneland (Yam); 3. Raben Laughlin (Kawl. 125 PRO: 1. Ti Swanz(Hon); 2. David Gerig (Han); 3. Craig Dale (Kaw). OPEN PRO: 1. Raben Green (ATKI; 2. Gregg Weaver (Yam); 3. Gary CePilio (Yam). OPEN INT: ,. Todd Wisaman (Yam); 2. Scot Wisaman (Vam); 3. An Gersjes (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Greg Fountain (Vam); 2.Todd Gibbo· ney (Yaml; 3. Tracy Hrach (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Jimmy Palmer (Kawl; 2. Jim Perry (Kawl; 3. Mike Young Jr. (Vam). VET EX: 1. Kan Ratzlaff (Han); 2. Jon Miller (Mai); 3. Alan Olson (Varni. VET INT: 1. Bengt Johansson (Honl; 2. Ron Way (Han); 3. AI Smith (Han). VET NOV: 1. Chuck Gilmore (Vam); 2. Mark Daniels (Han), MINI EX: 1. Scan Braun (Han); 2. Kyle Lewis (Kaw). MINI INT: 1. Sean Blanchard (Kaw); 2. Anthony French (Kaw); 3. Ken Arnold (Kawl. MINI NOV: 1. David Noel (Kaw); 2. Brandon Spero ling (Yam); 3. Damon Watkins (Kaw). MINI BEG: 1. Mark Higham (Kew); 2. Frank Seja (Vam); 3. Joshua Liscum (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Cenny Jones (Hon); 2. Willie AIIIar· dio (Yam); 3. Wayne Schriver (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Craig Davis (Suz); 2. 2ach Halopoff (Hon); 3. Nenad Bozin (Kawl. OPEN NOV: 1. Jim Louie (Mai); 2. Greg Keirn (Hon); 3. Scot Paul (Hon). 125 BEG; 1. Phil Alamangos(Suz); 2. Israel lopez (Yam); 3. Keith Shigeta (Yom). 250 BEG: 1. Charles Gilmore (Yam); 2. Scott Hyde (Han); 3. Cean Bradley (Han). OPEN BEG; 1. Douglas Cove (Hon); 2. Clart< Den· hey (Suz). Hansen, Campbell conquer Sunny Valley TT By Clay Light SUNNY VALL!:Y, OR, JUNE 8 Experts Dana Hansen and Jeff Campbell conquered the bigbore classes at the return of Sunny Valley Raceway, that ran a TT program after a twe-year absence in which the speedway went reJatively untouched. Campbell took the Pro money main event on his "play bike" after his "secret weapon" went belly up. Hansen hauled into the lead to win tbe Open A main, .never looking back to beat rival Campbell.

• Cover