Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

McCoy wins at Indian Dunes By Ch ris Boice VAL EN CI A. CA. JAN . 12 T eam H onda 's Mouse ;\IcCoy dominat ed both 250cc Pro motos today o n a well-prepared Shad ow Gl en track a t Indian Du nes Pa rk . In the first co m bi ned 125 a nd 250cc P ro a nd In termedi a ie mota. McCo y took th e lead a nd was not serious lv cha llenged for th e wh o le 13-la p race. On th e th ir d lap Pa u l McLa in (H a n) p u lled up 10 within str iking d istance. but got o u t o f sha pe in a co rner, losin g va lua ble seco nds and let ting ;\kCo y increase h is lea d . Kaw asaki-m oun ted Scali R obert son a nd Fl\I F-sponsored Yama ha r ider J ohn Po sca had a good . race goi ng for thi rd . By the seven th lap th ey were joi ned by Answer P ro ducts -sponsored ;\I ike Wat son . w arson stayed rig h t on Posca 's rear fender fo r th e en tire mot o , but wa s never a b lc to mak e th e pass. By the cig h th lap McCo y h ad a IS-secon d lead , with McCl a in sti ll in seco nd . With two la p s remai ning Ro bertso n began clos ing in o n Mr Lain . whil e l\IcCoy was just cruis ing out in front. Tim e ra n out for Ro bert so n and he had to seul« for third p lace.l\I cLain h eld on to second wi th Posca and Watson finish in g fourth and fifth . l\IcC..oy took the lea d ri ght o ff th e lin t' in the second mo to . Mr La in was again firm ly in seco nd a nd beg to an pressure McC o y by th e end o f th e first lap . Robert so n and Watson rounded o ut rh e lOp four. H a lfwa y through th e thi rd la p l\1cI..a in stipped inside McCov o n a co rn er and took th e lead away . \ " ith a n en th us iastic che ering section offeri ng support. :\IcLai n led for o ne lap u n ti l a hard bai l o n th e back set of dou bles took him out o f th e race. McCo y was agai n in cha rge with Wa tson mo vin g to seco nd a nd Robertson runn in g third . McCoy in creased h is lea d w hi le be hin d hi m a real ba u le wa s takin g p lace be twee n Wa tson a nd Robert son . After rid ing right o n Watson 's tail for seven la p s. Robert son wa s able to mak e th e pa ss and sta y ahead unt il th ey crossed th e fini sh line, McCo v to ok th e eas v overa ll win . Rober'tson 's 3-2 netted him a seco nd o vera ll a n d Watson's 5-3 got him a thi rd . Th e 125cc Interm ediat e rac e was th e most hotl y co m ested of th e day . In th e first m o ta Kawasa ki rider a nd Kal-C ard- spo n so red Eric Casas led un til J a son Dav enp o rt (H o n) ~o t h im o n the fifth lap . Casas th en had h is hands fu ll Iryin g 10 ma intain seco nd a nd ho ld off a hard ch arging Paul Blo mquest ( Ka w ), Blo m q uesr's cha rge la sted four laps. H e powe red by Ca sa s a nd set hi s sights o n Davenp ort. wh o was leading by severa l seco nds . Ti me ra n o u t for Blomquest a nd he had to seu le for seco nd. Davenport was first o ff the ga te in the seco nd moto . Blomquest was ri g h t beh in d h im unt il he si xt h lap wh en he slipped h is Kaw asak i by Davenport 's H onda . Wh at foll ow ed was seven laps of fender-to-fender co m bat. In th e end it was Blornquest wh o ca me OUt th e winner by inc hes. H is 2-1 fini sh gave him th e o veral l. Daven port finished second a nd Casas was thi rd . Th e 250cc Intermediat e class was led from start to fin ish in both mo tos by D&D Racing's Chris Boi ce. Results 80 BEG: 1. Dua ne DeA rm an (Yam); 2. Nick M airose (Yam); 3 . Kellev Black IKaw), BO tNT: 1. Den ton Campbell tSuz); 2 . Je ff Or t h (Kaw ). . 125 BEG: t . Brad Beaman (Hon); 2. Paul Hazard (Kaw l; 3 . M ich ael O 'Brian (S uzl. 125 INT: 1. Pau l Blomque st (Kaw); 2 . J ason Davenport (Han) ; 3. Eric Casas (Ka wl. 125 PRO: 1. Roger Hen sley (Su z); 2. Scott Under wood (Kaw) . 250 BEG : 1. James Alexander (Yam ); 2. Jim Hagen (Kaw) ; 3 . Ken Scov,II (Su z). 250 JR : 1. David J ennings (Han) ; 2 . Bob Friel (Suz). 2501NT: 1. Chr is Bo ice (Han ); 2. Mi ke Dawson (Kaw ). 250 PRO: 1. M ou se M cCoy (Hon l: 2 . Scott Robert · son (Kaw) ; 3 . M ike W atson (Han). 500 BEG: 1. Scott Graha m (Ho n); 2 . Fred Srmt h (Hon ). VET JR : 1. Greg Rogers (Ho n). VET INT: 1. J im Draves (Hon). V eT EX: 1. Sc ott Freem an (Hon); 2. Alan Olso n (Yam ); 3 . M arino Bast ionell lS uz) Mayer, Intermediate winner at DeAnza By Nate Ra uba SU NNY ME AD. CA. JAN . 13 Suzuki Country's Brian Mayer left the entire Intermediat e class in h is roos t today at DeAnza Racing Clu b's Su nday MX , winn ing both motos o n his new r R M125 . H is victory wasn 't exa ctly ea sy th o ug h . since he had to wo rk by th e big bores in eac h moto. Greg T raver (H o nda of In dio) a nd Sammy Ra mi rez (Ya ma ha of R ed lands ). bo th aboard 250s, lead th e sta n o f the firs t rnot o with Mawr (250cc) R u ben Alvarad o (S ill) , a'nd J ohnny Bo na cci (Fi\l F/ 125cc Suz ) trailing. Ra m irez took th e lead from T raver o n lap two. a nd Mayer d ropped h im to third o n th e next lap. Ma ver tra iled Ra m irez for IWO laps before slipping into the lead . a nd Alvarado d ro p pe d T rav er back to fo un h . At th e halfwa y po int, Ma yer began pulling a way . whil e Ra m irez fought o ff Alvarado for second. Alvarado kep t th e pressure up for several laps unt il Ra m irez fell in a tight turn . Ma yer kept up his fast pace and fi nished th e race with a huge lead a nd was the onlv Intermed ia te tha t th e P ros didn 't lap: Bo nacci was second. a nd Alvarado th ird an d fir st 250 a head o f Traver. Open Intermed iat e Vin cent Gonzales ( Ka w) g ra bbed th e hol esh ot in mot o two. wi th Alvarado, Bo nacci a nd Ma yer Io llowi ng. Fo r the firs t few laps. Bonacci h eld Ma yer- back u n til May er foo led h im in to gi vi ng' up third : Ma yer had been goin g 10 th e o u tsi de of th e fini sh lin e turn , but o n th e fourth lap Bonacci th ought 'he'd tak e hi s line when Ma yer sud de n ly dov e to the in side a nd passed h im . Alvarado a lso fell to Ma ver's cha rge o n the same lap , a nd 011 th e n ext go- tro un d, th e Suzuki pi lo t wa s close to Gonzales. After ea ti ng th e Open bike's roost for .a few laps. Ma yer fo un d a way by a nd immed iately began to lea ve the pack. T h e ra ce was Ma ver 's, b u t seco nd was vel 10 be de cided as G on zales, Alvarado a n d Ra m irez began 10 gel close in th e la st few laps. They a ll ba tt led down to th e ch eckered flag, but no body co u ld mak e a pass a nd th ey fini shed in th e sa me o rder. Alvarado wa s th e overa ll 250cc winner. and G on zales took fir st in th e O pen divis io n . Results PEe wee: 1. Chris Wheeler (Yam ); 2. Sco tt Ti nk ham (Yam); 3 . Vincent Gonzales (Yam ). MINI BEG : 1. Todd Sm it h (Kawl; 2. Jason Hut chinson (Ho n); 3 . Randy Hathaway 11 (Kawl. MINI NOV : 1. Scott Martin (Yam l. M INIINT: 1. Larry Sayeg (Kawl; 2. Wesley Klein (Kaw) . MINI EX: 1. M ike Fitzgerald (Vam). 125 BEG : 1. Jerry Jetton (S u z); 2. Roger Haupt, man (Ya m); 3 . Brady Sch midt (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Br ian Ma yer (5 uz); 2. Scon Dav is (Suz); 3 . J ohnny Bonacci (Suz). 125 PRO : 1. Todd Baldwin (Suz ]: 2. Alex Lop ez (Kaw l. 250 BEG : 1. David Spencer (Kaw) ; 2. Ron Mowry (Han) ; 3 . Andrew Trott er (Yam ). 250 NOV ; 1. J oh nny Sacco (Hon); 2. Rick M err ill (Hon). 2 50 INT: 1. Rube n A lva rado (Suz); 2. Sammy Ram nrez (Yam); 3 . Gre g Trav er (Ho n). 250 PRO: 1. EddIe Mi chetti; 2. Ru sty Hann ah (Suz); 3 . Colin Ryan (Yam ). OPEN BEG : 1. Ge orge Garcia (Vam l; 2 . Mark Baczkowski (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Vincent Go nzales (Kawl; 2. Robert Temp le (Yaml. OPEN PRO: 1. Scott W i lk in son (Honl. V eT JR: 1. Lee Bunstan (S ul); 2. Pau l SOlder (Yam I; 3 . Bob Ziegl er (YiIm ). Suz uki- mounted Jerry Jetton (3 4 0) won DeAnza 's 125cc Beg inner class over Roger Ha uptman (2 2 ), (Bel ow) Eddie Michetti won t he 250cc Pro s. VET INT: 1. Kitty Mayfield (Suz); 2 . Rich 8rd Beal er (Vam) . . VET SR: 1. Larry lowen (Su z); 2 . Pet er Di ll (Ho n). WOMEN : 1. Br end a Conn er (Han) . Green guns down Oregon Pro Indoor ST By Clay Light CORVALLIS . OR. JAN . 12 Ra ndy Green gunned down th e 250cc and Open Pro main events at the biggest indoor short tra ck race of the year in th e northwest a t Ben IOn Countv Fa ir grou nds in Corva ll is. Green' took home a healthy ch u n k o f th e purse with h is wins a t th e annual R ich ard Winningham M emorial All P ro 1/20-m ile short track. An added fea ture Old Timer ma in wa s topped by Ken Celorie. Green d om in ated th e seri es o f scra tch and preliminaries heats. earning direct transfer s 10 th e 250cc a n d Open m ain s as did runners up R on Ada ms ( Bu l ) and Mike Sullivan (Ya rn). Rooki e Expert R ya n Fish er (Ya m) a lso rode impressively, ta kin g th e seco nd sets o ver Frank Word III (Ya m). AMA Jun io r Pro Bob Klu m co ntrolled th e consolation to fina lize th e 10 rider 250cc P ro m ain even t. In th e th ree la p Dash fo r Cash races i t was Word a nd Green ba tt ling fo r to p 250cc h onors w ith G reen sli ppi ng inside to win over Word a nd AMA Juni o r Marty Zirbel (Yam). The 500cc p on ion wa s a lso led by Green. riding in a ma zing sty le. but G reen surprisingl y sta lled . wh ich put Zirbel into th e lead to th e Ilag o ver Rookie Ex pe rt Mike Oglesbee (Han ). Th e 250cc Pro m ain rese m bled a AMA P ro reg io na l, pittin g seven AMA Ex pert P ro s. tWO J unio rs a nd o ne N ovi ce for th e 20 lap fina l. Green sa t on the pole an d launched h is N -D/HiP oin t/ Simpsoni Am erican Hondasu p ported CR 250-ba sed short tra cker into th e lead o ver Zirbel and Adams. but th e red flags flew putting an end 10 th e race. On th e restart il was Word puttin g hi s outdated Pa ul s Sports Center Yamaha into the lead with Green in seco n d but agai n it was th e red flag syn d rome a nd a restart was in o rde r. On th e fin al tak e. Word pulled a n in cr edibl e h ol esh ot, while Fisher rode seco n d and Green " 'as stu ck mid-pa ck . Green worked through tr affic to m ove to secon d ear ly in the m ain a n d battled with Word for five laps. until grabbing th e lead and motoring awa y with th e race in fine st yle. H e took it a ll th e way to the checkers 10 beat Word. Sullivan and a h oarde o f Expert s co nsis ting of Del Sc h ni tzer ( Ha n). Trav is Babco ck (Han ), Adams a nd Fish er. O glesbee (H a n) led th e O pening lap p arade o f th e O pen P ro main. bu t aga in G ree n wa s in th e righ t p lace a nd shot into the lead . T his tim e th ere was no o ne 10 race wi th the na tional speeds ter who 's o n ly p roblem wa s maneuveri ng arou nd la p ped 27 .

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