Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Cannon andHames flat track wins at Corona By Elaine Jones CO RONA. CA. DEG 22 There was a good tu rno u t o f riders to see th e last race of 1984 go on th e books at Corona Racewa y including some riders wh o have grown up on th e ovals. Curtis Cannon was on a roll o n the short tra ck and started things orr by winning the Open Expert short track . He chased jeff johnson for four laps before the Fontana Ra dia tor-sponsored rider ha d mec hanica l problems a nd relinq uished th e lead to Ca n non. From that point on it was a ll Canno n. Ron Sheets was right behind h im a ll th e wa y wa iting for the mistak e th at never ca me. wh ile Ken King worked hi s wa y th rough tra ffic to pick up third. Cannon was rig h t back on the line for th e O pen Money sho rt tra ck and was out on top when th e flag fell. H am es was seco nd and johnso n had third. Three laps into the race, Hames had mechan ica l problems th at sid elined him , and Cannon held o ff johnson for th e win . H opin g to mak e it th ree in a row, Cannon rolled to th e line for th e Open Money half m ile, a nd th is time Hames, Danny Perk ins a nd j ohnson were ready. O ff th e line it was H arleymounted H ames with Perkins - a lso Harley-m ounted - in seco nd and Sh ell -mo unted Ca n no n in the th ird sia l. On th e second lap, Cannon got 100 h igh in turn o ne a nd la id it down losing two lap s before he was a ble 10 sort th in gs o ut. Meanwh ile, H ames was clicki ng o ff th e lap s, a nd Perkins, wh o was having shi fting p roblems, was trying 10 close the ga p a nd hol d off Honda-mou n ted johnson. In the hea t it too k Hames until the wh ite flag 10 ge t arou nd Perkins. Wh en th e checkered ca me o u t it was Hames, Perkins, j ohnson and Cannon in th e top fou r Ron Shee ts flat ran a way with th e O pen Expert half m ile go ing wire to wire with Ken Kin g a nd Rust y Gai ta o n ly a ble to follow h im home. Bob Graves ca me away with a doub le win in th e Open Ama teur: the half m ile was n' t too ha rd. bUI the short track had to be wo rked fo r. O ff the sta rt it. was G raves in fro nt with Ma ll SIOUten burg second a nd Richard Schroeder thi rd. O n the second lap. there was a p ile-u p wit h the from runners in tu rn .o ne bringing out the red flag. O n the restart, it was jeff H a gge who was out in front wit h Graves righ t back up in fro nt challengi ng. Two laps later, Graves reclaimed the top spot with Alla n Moria rt y in second a nd Schroeder th ird. Schroeder got by Moriarty one la p la ter ; and SIOU-ten burg started putting o n th e pressu re, b u t Moria rty was ab le 10 hol d hi m off u ntil lap nine o f the 1O-lap mai n. At the fin ish it was G raves , Schroed er, Sto uten burg an d Mori arty. Tom mie Lynch made th e tr ip from Ba kersfield wort h wh ile - as he ca me a way wi th a double win in th e 250cc Am / Expert class. Both tim es he went wire to wire topping Don Ambrose a nd L yle Do ve o n th e quarter mile a nd half mil e. Results SHORT TRA CK PEE W EES: 1. David Ki n g (Yam); 2 . W illie Hink le (Yam). • M INI: 1. Brian Hagge (Yam ). 250 A M / EX: 1. Tommie Lvnch (Yam ); 2. Do n Ambrose (Vam ); 3 . Lyle Dove (Yam) . N.S.O.T.H .G.: 1. Garv Pett is (Hon ); 2 . Don M ei ner (Yam). OPEN NOV : 1. Dennis VolI (Hen ); 2 . Ron Cochard (Yam ); 3. Marti Moora (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. Bob Graves (Vam); 2 . Richard Sch roed er (Yam ); 3. Matt Sto utenburg (Yam ). OPEN EX: 1. Curtis Cannon (Ya m~ 2. Ron Sheets (RTX); 3 . Ken Ki ng (Yam ). OPEN M ONEY ; 1. Cu rt is Cannon (Yam ); 2. Jeff Johnson (Hont; 3 . Pete Hames (C-Al. HALF M ILE 250 AM /EX : 1. Tommie LVnch (Yam) : 2. Don A mbrose (Yaml ; 3 . LVle Dove (Ya m). N .S.O.T.H.G.: 1. Ken Ba rr ow (Yam ); 2. Gary Pett is (Hon) ; 3 . George Hi nkle (Yam) . OPEN A M ; 1. Bob Gr aves (Yam) ; 2. Matt Stoutenburg (Yam) ; 3. Bruce Beatty (Yam) . OPEN NOV: 1. Marti Moore (Varni; 2. M ark Ba ile v (RTX); 3 . Ron Cochard (Yaml. OPEN EX: 1. Ron Sheet s (RTX); 2. Ken King(Ya m ); J . Ru sty Gaits (Hen ). OPEN MONEY: 1. Pete Ha mes (H -D): 2. Dannv Perk ins (H·D ); 3 . Jeff Johnson (Hon). New From Ontario Honda ' Join the Motocross Team with supPo!1 • Purchase new 1985 CR Series a t re duc e d ra t es (c all fo r deta ils ) • Team membe rs re c e ive 15% z·~ J o ff pa rts & accesso ries ,. i • • Specia l prize s and ' bon us money award e d to members • Membership open to Beg inne r, Nov ice, In te r- _iOiiii;:::~~ med iate & Expert Classificatio ns" Keller, Pilcher slither to Albany SXw;n By Clay Light ALBAN Y, O R. DEC . 9 H onda-su p ported Rod ney Keller gave a co m bi ned Pro class th e 01' I- I p u nc h at Alb a n y's AMA Distri ct 28 supercross on PRO: 1. Rodn ey Kell er (Hon); 2. Denni s Sweeten (Yam ); 3 . Kennv Olson (Su z). OPEN INT: 1. J .D. Amen (Hus); 2. Sco tt Russell (Hon); 3 . Pat Jo rdan (Hon). 250 INT: 1. A lan Rogers (Hon ); 2. TonV Grave s (Hon); 3 . M ike Holbrook (Husl. 12 5 tNT : 1. Randv Kin g (Yam ); 2. Rob Annen (Hon); 3 . Steve Leedy (Kaw). BO INT: 1. Lence Rud ge (Ke w) ; 2 . Monty Spauld ing (Yam); 3. J aso n Hopson (Kaw) . 60 INT: 1. Ayan Huffma n (Kaw) ; 2. Dann y Ulven (Kaw ). WEE PEE W EE: 1. M ike Ulve n (Kaw) . OPEN JR : 1. Damon Sch aeff er IHon) ; 2. Deanna Hol brook (Hus); 3 . Les Bagwell (Hon) . 250JR: 1. Tom Pil cher (Kaw); 2. Aaron Boehmer (Hon ); 3. Bob M cDaniel (Yam). 125 JR ; 1. Je rry Aicher (Yam ); 2. Ti m McMull en (Hon) ; 3. Paul Reis (Yem l. OT: 1. Bob Leach (Hus ); 2. Rus tv Garriso n (Kawl. M INI J R: 1. John Feel ev (Kaw); 2. Joe Rush ing (Hon) ; 3. Dann v Ulven (Kaw) . MAKEYOUR RA CIN G M ORE AFFORD · ABL E WIT H TEAM .,ONTA RIO ~. \J .,,~ . • So me qU81iiic8tion i ONTARIO HONDA required. 931 West Holt Blvd. Ontario, CA 91761 m oto s. Results CR80 - CR125 CR250 - CR500 In St ock - Ready To RACE I ~, . .: o ne wet . slo ppy day of raci ng. He topped th e field for to p cas h payoff , wh ile Tom Too To ug h Pilcher co ntinued his a mazi ng win strea k in Oregon wi th hi s sixth mo ro win in a row , win ni ng both 250cc j u nior Ala n Rogers rode well a head o f h is co mrades in a com bi ned 250cc class a nd s tole the fir st Inter med iat e mota followed closely by Husky-m ounted Mike Hol brook a nd Tony G raves (Han). Pilch er pu lverized th e C portio n by running wi th th e Intermediates a nd finis hing wi th an im p ressive win. The secon d rnot o saw Rogers agai n roost the fiel d a nd sett le into a lead a ll 10 h im self , wh ile H olbrook, Pilch er , Graves an d Aa ron Boehmer (Han) du eled for po sitio ns. P ilch er got arou nd H ol brook o n the lastlap but cou ld n't ca tch Rogers, win ner o f bo th rna lOS in th e slop. T he O pen B class was a classic, as SCali Ru ssell (Hon) pu t his '85 H onda 500 into th e lead a t the drop o f the ga te follo wed by Pa t j ordan (Han) a nd a horde o f H uskys led by J.D. Ame n. Ame n rnanu vered hi s two-strok e pa st j o rdan where he would fin ish in th e rnoto w i t h J o rd a n ; four-s tro ke I.S.D. E. rider. Da le Dem aris a nd Bob Leach (H us) in lOW. Amen got the ju mp in rnoto two and took it a ll th e wav to home-base despite a rall y by j ohn n y O ' Clo ne Russell . Amen too k a 2-1 wi n over Russell (1-2)and j ordan 's 3-3 fin ishes. A combi ned Pro class was the fina le of the day 's event s and Rad ical Rod ney Kell er wasted no time OIl all p u u ing hi s Yam / I-Io n of Roseb u rg Honda 250 into th e lead Io llowed by 125 Suzuki-mounted Ken nv Olson . Dennis Sweeten (Yam . 495'>. David Fox (Yam. 250) and Chad Ingebeil (H o n . 250). Keller put th e pack to hi s mercy a nd rod e lik e a madman in route to topping th e 10 lap mudfest. 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