Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e e w u 6 CD !!l a: :I: u >CD (J) 0 t- o :I: c.. l!") 00 O'l ...... ~ c-r >.... ro ~ t:: ro .., Jesse Britain (6 5 P). Dennis Burns (9 2) and Danny Barnet (1 3 7 ) in the 12 5 cc Junior division two class. Barnet moved up to finish second overall . CMC/Skoal Bandit Golden State Sportsman Nationals: Round 1 Lake Madera hosts amateur Golden State opener By Chris Boice MADERA, CA , JAN . 5 A thick fog and hundreds of amateur racers invaded Lake Madera early on this Saturday morning, and the fog delayed practice until visibility improved enough for the riders to .find their wa y to the track. When th e fog lifted, California's best amateur riders began th eir quest for points in th e ••• 22 Marn och closelv fo r th e entire mot a. Wh en th e chec kered flag ca me o u t it was Marnoch wh o crossed the lin e fir st , takin g th e overa ll wi n. Seibert took seco nd overall , with Sco tt Yenzer finishing 3-3 10 tak e thi rd. eig h t-race series. Honda rider Eri c Marnoch took th e early lead in th e firs t 500cc InterTh e fir stJunior Division o ne m or o medi ate Division o ne mot a . H e was saw 30 machines scream o ff th e line. and H onda pi lo t Craig Mo n ty was follow ed closely by H onda-mounted Tony Seibert and SCOll Yenzer. Oth er number o ne a t th e first turn . Ed front runners wer e Ryan Beai r a nd Ca r ver (Han ) took th e lead fro m Monty with H o nda rider Ma x Spra tt L oen Pochiro wsk i. H alfway th rough close beh ind . By th e th ird lap Spra tt th e fir st lap Marnoch slip ped down led an d was being chased by Kawasaki a nd lost three or four. places, a llowmounted J im m y Lewis. Bu t a ba ilin g Sei bert 10 tak e th e lead ; most of off by Carver over th e j um ps p u t h im the di cing for p osition was back in o u t o f co ntent io n a nd lef t Sp ra tt a nd the pack. Marn och was pressu red by Le wis to duel it o ut. Rob H errna nek Beair a nd Pochiro wsk i an d was los(Kaw) came u p from a mid-pack start in g grou nd 10 Seibert eac h lap. It looked lik e an ea sy vict ory for Seibert to run in th ir d pos it ion, fo llowed by until Marnoch sta rte d a de ter mi ne d Cha rles Gonza les. By th e wh ite flag lap Lewis ha d overtaken Spratt for charge in th e last th ree laps. By th e time th e whi te flag ca me o u t Marth e lea d. H er m a nek fo llowed sui t a nd a lso passed Spratt , movi ng h im noch had ta ken th e lea d. With Seibert back 10 third . T hey crossed th e lin e in right o n his rear fender Marn och th at order: Lewis. H cr rnan ek , and neared th e fin ish lin e. O ver a set of doubl e jumps Seibert £l ew by MarSpratt. noch in th e air 10 repass a nd hol d h is SCali Sto ne (Kaw) found h im self lead to cross the fin ish lin e in first with th e hol esh ot in th e seco nd rno to , place. but before he had co mp lete d th e fir st The second moto belonged to Marlap he was passed by H ermanek an d left in th e dust. Sto ne was joine d by n och. He led th e race from start 10 finish , whi le Yenzer a n d Seibert Carver, L ew is, a nd Kaw asaki rid er battled for second . Ryan Beair, Fred George Vlach in the very heat ed ba ttie for seco n d. Vlach came o u t a head Heacock an d L or en Pochirowski were all in contention for third. Sei bert and was running seco nd by th e fourth __gained.corurol.of second a n d pursu ed · . • kip. oUtoWi5orno".,ti a heatl 0((;till 'll: fo r third, but lost hi s m o mentum bri efl y wh en h e ta ng led with Vlach in a co rner. Lewis fo ugh t to regain his position and did o ne bet ter by passin g Sto ne 10 tak e o ver seco nd. Sto ne fin ished thi rd, with Vlach right o n h is tai l fo r fo urt h . H errna nek won easily a n d took th e o verall, wi th Lewis fini shing seco nd an d Sto ne ta king the third spot. Suzuki rider Mickey O 'Sha ug h nessy left the gate first a t th e sta rt o f the second div ision o f 250c c Interm edia tes. Curtis Dias (Kaw) was rig ht behind him , wit h Terry Szucsko (Kaw) and Brad Toms (Ka w) in to w. O n th e seco nd la p Dias go t o ut of shape a nd let Szucs ko an d Toms by. O 'Shaughnessy had a su bsta nt ia l lead until th e fo urt h la p whe n Szu csko began to close in o n h im . During th e fifth la p Szucs ko made th e pass, but from somewh ere back in th e pack Kawa sak im ount ed J eff Matiasevi ch liter all y shot pas t all th e co m pe titio n 'to put h eav y pressu re o n Szucs ko. By th e last la p Mati asevi ch had decimat ed the entire field a nd took a n irnpressive wi n . Szucs ko held o n to seco nd an d O 'Shaughnessy fad ed 10 th ird. Fourth and fifth pl aces went 10 Danny Casson a nd C urtis Dias, w ho were both o n Kaw asakis. Si mi Valley 's T im SPOilS (Hon) charged into the lead of th e seco nd mot o , H e was fo llowed by Yamaha ride r D.]. Hulen a nd Jeff Matiasevich , who managed a better seco nd rno to sta rt. SPOilS hung o nto the lead until m idway th rough th e moto wh en h e we nt do wn an d took himself o u t of contentio n. Mati asevich gladly took o ver the lead. Matthew Vulk (Ho n), who got a fourth p lace start, worked h is way past D.J . Hulen to run i n second pl ace. On th e last la p Szucs ko came from nowh ere a nd powered hi s Kaw asaki ri ght by Hul en to tak e a third p lace fin ish . Mari asevich eas ily won the overa ll wit h h is I-I fin ish es. Terry Szucs ko fin ished seco n d overa ll wit h his 2-3 tally . Dan ny Casson ma naged a 4-5 10 tak e th ird ove ra ll. Th e seco nd division of 125cc Jun iors saw some o f th e best action o f the day . By la p th ree Todd Say lo rs (Kaw ), Dax Bill in gs (Yam) a nd Mik e Peters (H o n ) p ull ed away from th e res t of th e field a nd were di cin g h ea vil y for the wh ol e mot o . On th e las t lap Billings held o n 10 a slim lead whi le a furious battle raged fo r second pl ace j ust beh ind him . Peters got o u t of shape a nd let Saylors by Peters aga in pu t o n a charge and bumped hi s wa y p ast Say lo rs to recapture seco n d. T he race was n ot ove r, tho ugh , as Say lors once agai n got by Peters to finish in seco nd pl ace beh ind Billings, with • •• P~l ar. -lini.Lting ILt ird. •• • • •• • • The seco nd rnot o sa w a determined Dann y Barnett (Hon) get o u t o f the ga te first a nd protec t his lead from a ll challengers. La p after lap Barn ell led while a real bailie wa s taking p lace for seco n d p lace betw een Craig H amilton (Kaw) an d Dax Billings. On th e last la p T odd Sa ylors put o n a ch arge th rough the p ack , passing severa l rid ers. Say lo rs mad e a dash for th e lead, but Barnell was a ble 10 hold off to th e checkere d £l ag . Th e o vera ll fin ish ers wer e Todd Say lo rs in with a first, Dann y Barnell with a seco n d, Dax Billings wi th thi rd, Mike Pet ers wi th a fourth , and Todd Swea ney roundin g o u t th e to p five. • Results 125JR DIV 1: 1. Rob Hermanek (Kaw); 2 . J immv l ewis IKaw); 3 . Scon Stone (Kaw): 4. Lance Homer (Kaw); 5. Craig Mo ntv (Hon) . 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Todd Say lors (Kaw); 2. Danny Barnett (Han); 3. Oax Billings (Yam ): 4 . M ike Peters (Hon ); 5 . Todd Sw ean ey (SUl ). 125 JR DIV 3 : 1. Ch ris Ward (Kaw) ; 2 . Bill Gil bert (Vam); 3 . Jeff Clark (Hon) ; 4 . J immy Taylor (Hon) ; 5. Steve Wamboldt (Yam). 1251 NT DJV 1: 1. M ike Kiedrowski (Kaw); 2. Scon Myers (Yam I; 3. Terry Bastard (Kaw); 4 . Doug Belch er (Kaw ); 5. Fran kie Brundage IKaw).' 1251NT OIV 2 : 1. Jeff Matia sevic h IKaw); 2. Stev e Kendall (SUl!; 3. Jeff Capt (Kaw) . 125 INT DIV 3 : 1. Jeff Reynolds (Hon! ; 2. Bruce Jackman (Su z); 3 , Ty Davis (Hon ); 4 . Ward Bassen (Vam ); 5 . Jim Ow en (SUl) . 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Stacy Magor ian (Hon); 2. Greg Sm ith (Kaw) ; 3. Darrin Hoeft (Hon); 4 . Dar in Van derpooIIKaw); 5. Danny Barn ett (Yam) . 250 JR DIV 2 : 1. Mo rga n Murphy (Hon); 2. John M atalamak i IKaw); 3. Gerry Woodall (Hon); 4 . Chuck Gentry (Hon); 5. Jesse Gu yman (Hon). 250 INT DIV 1: 1. Scott My ers (Yam ); 2. Pat Sparks (Ho n); 3 . Cra ig White (Suzl ; 4 . Kevin Fringer (Yam); 5 . Alan Pierce (Kaw) . 250 INT D IV 2 : 1. J eff Matia sevich (Kaw ); 2 . Terry Szucsko (Kaw ); 3. Danny Casson (Kaw); 4 , D.J . Hulen (Vam); 5 . Matthew Vu lk (Hon). 250 INT DJV 3 : 1. Jeff M abery (Kaw): 2. Ken W olco tt (Ho n); 3. John Zender (Yam); 4 . Jeff Reynolds (Sul); 5. Tim Whitlock (Hon). 500 JR : 1. Brad Hoffman (Han ); 2. Pete Su lli van (Kaw); 3 . Jimmy Taylor (Hon); 4 . Steven Lawler (Yam); 5 . Terry Woody (Hon! . 500 INT DIV 1: 1. Eric Marnoch (Hon ): 2. Tony Seibert (Han); 3. Scan Yenzer (Han ); 4 . Ryan Beai r (Han) ; 5 . Lore n Poc h irowski (Hon ). SOD INT OIV 2 : 1. Paul Bickers (Hon); 2 . Aaron Pipes (Ha n); 3. Kevin M a as (Han); 4 . Jim Dall ars • (Hon): 5.-John. Maloh a.ki (Hon! .- •• " . -

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