Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

r----------------------------------,z o z '" :z: o .., III o III > III g o :z: CL Lance Johnson. of Ventura. dominated the Pro action with his Suzuki, winning both 250cc motos at LA County Raceway. Ward smokes, Naughty gets lucky at Hannegan MX By Paul Nielsen BELLINGHAM. WA, JUNE 21 Larry Ward, Kawasaki-mounted, likes to go fast and did just that at Hannegan MX today. The Minispeedster topped both the I05cc A and 80cc A classes in his usual fashion - winning handily_ In the 80cc A moto. Ward gave his com peti tion a IO-second handicap at the start. By the second lap. Ward had already steamed up through the pack into third and zeroed in on the leaders a few turns later. It wasn't too surprising when Ward shot into the lead by the end of lap three and let Rick Hammer-Jackson and Kevin Kelly decide between themselves for second and third. During the fourth goaround, Kelly made his move and zapped Hammer-Jackson for second. The duel didn't end there. either. For the next four laps. Hammer-Jackson hounded Kelly closely. HammerJackson reclaimed his second position when H-J passed Kelly over the doubles. Ward finished "light years" ahead of Hammer-Jackson and Kelly. In the 80cc C class. Scott Naughty stole the holeshot on his Honda, while Mike Parker and Brian Melton crashed in the first turn. Both recovered quickly to give Naughty a chase. After a fair start. Reed Stanley riding a Bellevue Kawasaki, was on the gas, and by lap three. was pushing the leader hard. During the 10th lap, Stanley made his move and passed Naughty; but, with one lap to go. Stanley slid out giving Naughty the lead and eventual win. Stanley rejoined the race just in time to salvage second. Parker finished just inches behind Stanley. Results -32 -, I06A: 1. LarryWerd (Kaw); 2. Kayin K.lly(Vam). 106 B: 1. JayCh.niai (Yam); 2. Corey Soderstrom (Vam); 3. Brott DeVri.. (Hon). BO A: 1. Larry Ward (Kaw); 2. Rick Hamm.rJackson (Kaw). Be B: 1. Br.tt D.Vri.s (Han): 2. Troy Daly (Han); 3. Jay Ch.ni.r (Vam). BO C: 1. Scott Naughty (Han): 2. Rood Stanl.y (Kaw); 3. Mik. Park.r (Kaw). Be 0: 1. J.ff Birch (Vam); 2. Rick Dent (Suz); 3. Frank Smith (Vem). 60 A: 1. Rod Stanl.y (Kaw); 2. Billy Zwick (Kaw). Be B: 1. lack Taylor (Kaw); 2. Kurt Hall (Kaw); 3. Danial Jensen «em). Be C: 1. Jason T.r.basi (Kaw); 2. Chris Taplin (Ylm); 3. Jam.. Falkner (Kaw). , -SPEED: 1. Stln Sloboda (Yam); 2. Michael Hunnicun (Yam): 3. James Hellam (Vaml. OPEN E' 1. 1)a'. Bark.r (Vam); 2. Ric~ hInkley • (Yam); 3. Danny Bullock (Han). OPEN B: ,. Dan Fitch (Han); 2. Randy Skillman (Hon). OPEN C: ,. Troy Groono (Vam). 250 A: 1. Mark Cunningham (Han); 2. Dlnny Bullock (Han); 3. K.lvin Zilkey (Han). 250 B: 1. Brad Littlefi.ld (Vam); 2. Mitch.1I Didcott; 3. Scott Wilband (Han). 250 C: ,. John Allen (Hon~ 2. JoIf Payne (Yam). ENDURO A: ,. Tom Moom (Yam). ENDURO B: 1. Gary WrighllOn (Han); 2. Stovaw McCauley (KTM). OVER 30: 1. Bob K.lly (Hon); 2. Raul T.noria (Vam); 3. Don Wanlin (Vam). 125 A: 1. Mark Cunningham (Han); 2. Robert Park.r (Hon); 3. Stov. Hunt (Vam). 125 B: 1. Scott Stolfy (Kaw); 2. Garrott Powers (ylm). 125 C: 1. Jason Dunton (KTM); 2. Archi. Park.r (Suz); 3. Rick Braeuer (Yam). Glover warms up with Carlsbad win By Ken Stein CARLSBAD, CA. JUNE 7 Yamaha's Brae Glover came down to Carlsbad to practice for the Grand Prix, and ended up walking off with a paycheck from Continental Motorspon Club after winning the Open Pro class. Glover had to face competition from teammate Ricky johnson, Hu ky's Micky Dymond. Scott Larson and others who came to sharpen their skills for the big one. Pete Snorteland's Yamaha jumped into the lead to open the melee, followed by Honda riders Don Turk and Dan Berg. Glover moved into second by the third lap, and surprised no one by taking over on the ixth round. Dymond climbed up from a lOth place start to take second from Snoneland on the II th lap. Dymond led the stan of the second heat. but Glover again grabbed the lead. finally powering by Dymond on the sixth lap_ Ricky Johnson. whose problem-plagued first moto left him in seventh place. took over second from Dymond on lap eight. but the anticipated duel between the leaders never materialized as Glover won handily. Suzuki rider Doug Dubach continued his winning ways in the I25cc Pro class. He led every inch of both his motos. finishing far ahead of second-placed David Gerig's Honda twice. George Holland pushed his Suzuki up from last to finish second behind Keith Bowen's Yamaha during the 250cc Pro race. Holland holeshotthe second moto and never looked back as he led Bowen around the circuit for all ps 'Cor the- 0 erall win. Hill doubles at LodiST By W. H. Spencer Lom. CA, JUNE 23 Aaron Hill took two wins as short track racing appear to be on an upswing with another Cycle Bowl Production's ProAm at the Lodi Cycle Bowl. There was a more-than-usual turnout with lots of new [ace . Add to that the return of racers like Al Yarrow, the number one scrambler a dozen years ago, now with son Cory racing in the Pee Wees; and john Hlebo with yet another son in the Mini. In the 250cc Pros Hill howed the way around the quarter mile dirt oval. Ken Netto and Bryan McDowell argued over second with Hill going bye-bye early and leading by a wide margin at the conclusion. The regular 250cc junior/Expert program saw Hal Hook the Expert winner and a spirited battle for second between Steve Mayfield and Bobby McDowell. In the regular 500cc Expert show it was once again Hill on a TT500 winning in fine fashion over McDowell and Randy Fisher. Mark Key picked up a new ride from Don Hollingsworth and BluArc Distributing in the form of a Rotax that he got used to real quick. Key and his Olympic Tune-Up sponorship will get a chance to ride one of the Blu-Arc Harleys later and might join the Camel Pro Series late in the year. In this race Key got the start and was never headed, although he was challenged. Hill came back for this round with a challenge and good passing line on hawn Black and Adam Sabedra. but couldn't hold on and slipped to fourth. Sabedra and Black beat on each other heavily throughout but Sabedra held on for second. Results VETS: 1. Scott Eich.lbaugh (Vam); 2. AI Varrow (Vim). PEE-WEE: 1. John Mitch.1I (Vam); 2. Nathan Wlit (Suz); 3. Mik. Cronk (Suz). Be NOV: 1. Erni. Martin (Vam). 80 NOV/JR: ,. Todd Damron (ylm); 2. Day. Masi.r (Vam); 3. Tony M.za (Suz). 250PRO:'. Aaron Hill (Han); 2. Bryan McDowell (C-A); 3. K.n N.tto (C-A). 250 JR/EX: 1. Hal Hook (C-A); 2. St.ph.n Mayfi.ld (C-A); 3. Bobby McDowell (C·A). '25 NOVI JR: 1. Billy McCl.ary (Suz); 2. JoIf Bingham (Suz). 500 EX: 1. Aaron Hill (Vim); 2. Bryln McDowell (Yam~ 3. Randy Fish.r (Yam). 250 NOV: ,. AI Biscaglio (Vam); 2. Joe Pineda (Kaw); 3. Robert Sousa (Ylm). 500JR:'. St.y. Raymond (C-A); 2. Roger Hamilton (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Rich Burton (Vam~ 2. Gary Cordeiro (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Mark Key (Rot); 2. Adam Sabedra (Han); 3. Shawn Black (Hon). Brandt claims SHR Friday night cash By Jim Bowman BRENTWOOD. CA, JUNE 29 Concord Yamaha/Malcolm Smith YZ490 pilot Jerry Brandt easily won both of the combined Pro-class motos at Sand Hill Ranch. to take home [irst-place cash over Randy Law on a Honda CR250. Behind the leaders. Sean Conley rode his 125 Kawasaki to third place each moto to finish well ahead of 125 KTM pilot Clayton Blood. In sportsman class racing tonight, Yamaha pilot joe Towbis had a very good night. Towbis won the combined Open junior/Novice class and also the combined 250ccJunior/Novice race. In the Open class. Towbis holeshot and ran away from the pack in the first round. but fell to last in the-second and came back all the way to take the checkers over Novice class winner Ken Spruit and second Novice Mark Hector. In the 250cc class. Towbis finished third in the first round to Donald Kuhn and Jesse Guyman, but joe's econd moto win put him on top o[ a three-way tie for first over Guyman (2-2) and Kuhn (1-3). Far less exciting was the combined 80cc displacement cla where all the action was behind the leaders. Intermediate class winner Danny Paladino did manage to holeshot the second moto and hold off Expert class victor Terry Bo tard for one lap. but Bostard took over for two moto wins over Paladino and the trailing Junior class. Leading the 80cc Junior clas in the first round was Richard Graham, who suffered trouble on the fourth lap and finished last. jeff Becker had moved up from near last and claimed the checkers for that moto over Dan Robert and Ray Dillion. Roberts came out in the lead in the second round. though. and held off Becker and Graham [rom start to finish to claim the same positions overall. The fourth 80cc displacement class was the 80cc Novice class. which saw Sam Higgins put out a little extra effort for his win. Higgins started the first round in third and began his effort by dueling with Tony Watt. Higgins passed Watt on lap three to trail leader Rhett Tol hergi II , but Watt passed Higgins on the next lap and then both riders passed Tol hergill before the checkers. Higgins made things a little easier on himself in the second round by taking the holeshot over Tolhergill and Watt and holding them to that order to the [inish_ Higgins claimed top honors over Watt and Tolhergill. Results OPEN PRo: 1. Jerry Brandt (Vam); 2. Randy Denton (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Randy Law (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Soan Conley (Kaw). OPEN INT: 1. Donald Bailby (Vam); 2. Mik. Nisaon (Hon); 3. John Georgott. (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Scott Bailey (Yam); 2. Day. Toopl.. (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Tyron. Elrl (Vam); 2. Bun Avery (Kaw); 3. Hoctor Alcala (Yam). OPEN JR: 1. Joe Towbis (Vam). 250 JR: 1. Joe Towbis (ylm); 2. J.... Guyman (Han); 3_ Donald Kuhn (Vam). , 25JR: 1. Kirk Hoeppn.r (Kaw); 2. Jos. Sanch.z (Suzl; 3. Bill Butl.r (Vim). OPEN NOV: 1. K.n Spruit (Han); 2. Mark Hoctor (Han); 3. K.n Sweat (Ylm). 250 NOV: 1. St.y. O'N.al (Han); 2. N.il Clifton (Han); 3. Jason Rawlinson (Han). '25 NOV: 1. Tom Gnulyman (Han); 2. Dennis J.rg. (Yam); 3. POI. Kirby (Hon). Be EX: ,. T.rry Bostard (Han). Be INT: 1. Danny Palandino (Hon). BeJR: 1. Dan Roberts (Kaw); 2. Jaff Back.r (Kaw); 3. Richard Graham (Yam). Be NOV: 1. Sam Higgins (Vam); 2. Tony Watt (Kaw); 3. Rh.tt Tolhergill (Kaw). VET: ,. James R. Mahon.y(Hon);·2. Dal. Busgull (KTM); 3. Dove Teeple (Hon). Flores flies in P.A.L. opener By w. H. Spencer SANTA CLARA. CA. JU E 22 Nearly 100 riders were on hand for the opening of the Santa Clara Police Athletic League motocross track, with Larry "Zap" Kleist putting together a deal with some investors to run summertime night MX and build up to allyear-long racing. Tony Flores and the Palo Alto Yamaha are still king of the 125cc Pros with Andy Tressor getting the better of Duane joice's San Bruno Honda in Open Pro. Mike Lane and Jerry Caton put on the most" spirited of rides in the Vet Master with Lane taking the holeshot. as usual, but falling and giving both motos away with ease. Caton rode effortlessly throughout [or wins with Mike Liberti besting Bill Burnett in the Sprotsman race. Mini whiz Jimmy lay won the

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