Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

1= ~ 0 u en >- 0 a:: .... ~ >- al '" 0 .... 0 ~ :I: e, l!":l 00 O"l - ~ 0 eo >.... ~ ~ c ~ ~ Mark Easley used a 1 -2 score to win the 80cc Jr. 12-16 Mini class. (Above) Terry Bosta rd won the 125cc Intermediate class. (Below) Phil Palfreyman and Perry Mellilo almost won the f irst sidecar moto. CMC/Skoal Bandit Golden State Amateur series: Round 2 Myers, Maybery and Bostard take overall • wins By Troy Scott BR E:-':TW O O D. CA . J AN . 12-13 The second round of Continental Motosport Club's Skoal Bandit Golden State Nationals for the amateurs was held at Sand Hill R a n ch in Bren twood, California. Near zero visibility due to heavy fog co m p ou nded th e difficulty of th e event, leading to so me fierce racing and keen co m petition . 8 Ya m a ha-m oun ted Scott Mver s, a n d J eff Mabery w it h h is Ka wasa k i were able 10 ov ercome co n d it io ns a nd ne t overa ll wins in th 2!iQa:Ju Lt:l'mt:di.~· di visio ns one and tw o . Fo r th e fir st d ivisio n of th e 250cc Jmc r m ed ia re s. t he first m o ro saw Mvers la ke the holeshor . The fiel d rou nded o u t with Pa l parks (H o n ) a nd Eric Marnoch (H o n) in rhe second a n d third slots. :\I yers kep t IIW h ea t o n. and by the seco nd la p had widened h i . JIIr.ld j(j . 10 "Q..llutta bl<:. s~\;t'.n. ~uc.. • o nds . Racing wa s still going o n for th ird , a n d Kevin Fringer (Ya m) was a ble to slip by Marn och . Kawasakimounted Frankie Brundage was also putting th e he at o n for third, but Fring er was a ble 10 h o ld o ff both riders 10 th e fin ish. At th e en d o f th e m ota i t was Myers with a deci siv e fi rs t, S pa rks for secon d a n d Frin ger fin ishing third . The secon d rnoto o pened with ano ther Myers h ol esh ot, o n ly 10 hav e h im o vercook it , go wide. and fall back to fifth pl a ce. Sparks and Brund a ge to ok advantage a n d d iced ba ck a n d fo n h for the lead , with Myers in hot p u rsuit. Myers put in a remark able pe rforma nce. m aking up time everywhere o n th e tra ck , a n d by th e seco n d la p h ad m ov ed into secon d pl a ce, bu mpin g S parks into third . Myers wa s th en abl e to p a ss Brunda g e o n a rough stretc h for th e lead. When th e ch eckered fla g fell . it was Myers lakin g the w in a n d the overa ll. Secon d went 10 Spa rks, a nd third 10 Brundage. Fo r 250cc Intermedia te division tw o. the fir st rnoto got underwa y with J eff Matiasevi ch snagging a n ear ly lead, and ra p idl y puttin g grou n d between h im a n d seco n d p lace Dou g G ill ette. Bob M ilan i m oved u p th ro u g h th e pack a n d sli p pe d by Gillette for th e n u m ber IwO slo t. follo wed by Kawa sa ki-mo u nted J eff Mabery. Mabery co nt i n ued to p u t th e hea t o n to take second a t th e fini sh , w i th third go ing 10 T ony Stra ngle (Ka w ), a n d Bob M il an i ta k ing fo u rt h . Ma bery took th e h ol esh o t for the seco nd mo to , followed closel y by Mike Els berry (Ya m). Elsberr y tr ied a n un successfu l pass o n th e d o u b les . a nd was the n pa ssed h i m self b y a ch a rg in g Ma ria sevic h o n t he down hi ll stretch. Ma tiasevich then put th e move o n Ma be ry . a n d the tw o sw a p ped th e lead severa l ti m es . Ma be ry m a de th e fi na l a n d d ecisi ve pass, hold ing the lea d to ta ke th e checke red . At the fin is h line i t was Ma be ry . Mat iasevi ch in secon d, El sb erry in th ird, a n d H o n da- m ou n ted j o h n Ensign fini shing fo u rt h . Ma bery's victo ry in th e secon d m or o nett ed h im th e overa ll wi n . In th e 125cc In term ed ia te division. raci n g go t und erwa y w ith J eff Ca p t (Ka w) la k in g th e h ol esh o t, fo llowed c lo se ly by Bruce J a ckma n (Suz) a n d Gi lb ert Va ldez (SIll). Cap t th en su rren dered th e lead 10 J a ckman . w it h Va ld ez h oldin g tight o n rh ird , Som ething ha p p en ed to Jack man 's bike, d ropping him ba ck , a llow in g Valdez to ta ke th e lead. Mo vin g i nt o th e thi rd slo t w a s Ya m a h a -m o unt ed Tomm y Seidel . wh o then went o n to rapt ur e th e lead when Va ldez boggled on som e roug h tr a ck . Ka wa sa k i m ourned T erry Bo stard rh en charged through 10 ta ke first, closely fo llowed by Joh n W ill ard. Valdez wasn't a ble •' • JO :t'CO\:1:14 .;md. ;l l. .t.ru'. (j U ~h- it wa s Bo stard taking the checkered, with Willard in second a n d Seidel th ird, For the sec o n d rnoto , Bu s tard jumped into an early lea d , running away from Mabery and Steven Kendall (Suz). Mabery m oved up and p u t pressure on Bosta rd for the lead, but was unable to slip by. Mabery kept the pressure on for two full laps, and finall y slip ped through on the o utside to take th e lead. At the en d it was Mabery, Bostard and Kendall finishing third . Bo stard 's second place Iinish netted h im th e o vera ll win . The fir st moto o f the Vet Masters divi sion wa s ca p ped with a runaway win by G ary J on es (H us), followed b y Jon Miller (Ya m) and Steve Ferroni (Ya m ) Sunday. For th e seco n d rnoto , Phil G ribnau l (Ya m) to ok the holeshot followed by Ferroni and Bob Dunn (H o n), Ferroni started to pressure Gribn au to get by for the lead. J ones, recov ering from a bad start , was n ow in fourth pl a ce and made a spectac u lar m ove on the inside to pass both Dunn a n d Gri bnau. With th at , J on es went to work on Ferroni for the lead. Dunn was running hard for third. but lost ground and was o verta ken by Jon Mi ller. Miller kept o n ch a rg in g. a n d was able to slide by Ferroni for th e second place SP01. J ones wa s co m ple tely ou t o f rea ch, a n d went o n to take first and the overa ll win. Miller took a co m for table secon d a n d secon d ov erall . with Ferroni third a n d third overall. In th e sideh a cks , Phil Palfreyman and Perry Mellilo h oleshot moto one, with John a n d Victor P a lf reym a n in second a head o f Pet e and Scott Whitney. Th e Palfreyman/Mellilo team led a battl e for secon d. When P a lfre ym an a n d Mell il o got stuck in a rut , Whitney a n d Wh itney took the lead a n d th e wi n . Palfreyman and Mell il o recovered fo r secon d ahead of Palfreym an /Palfreym an . In rnoto tw o. Whitney/Whitney led , th en Palfreyman and Mellilo pa ssed for th e lead . They g ot stuck again , and th e Whimeys a ssu m ed co n tro l. On the white flag lap. Pa lfreym an a ndMelli lo bailed hard and DNF. a llowin g th e Wh itneys th e vic• to ry o ver the Palfreym an team. Results . 600-8:1.JeffWilioh (Kaw):2. PabloLara (Kaw); 3. Brad Sch ultz. 60 9 ~ 11 : 1. Jesse James (Hon); 3 . Pete Pia ntsnida (Kaw); 3 . Jacob Swain (Kawl. 80 BEG: 1. Shane Pesta na (Yam); 2 . Jeremy Albreecht (Kaw) ; 3 . Danny Grelle (Yam). 80 JR9-11 : 1. Mike Corry (Suz); 2. Robert N aber (Kaw); 3. TylerHummel (K aw). 80JR 12-16 DIV 1: 1. Pal Weide(V 2. Brian am): Gipson (Vam); 3. Larry M cGee (Kaw). BOJR 12-16DIV2: 1. Mark Easley (K aw);2.Mike Reilly (Yam); 3. Men Moffitt (K aw). 80 IN T9-11 : 1. 8uddy Antunez(K 2. Jimmy aw); Button (Honl: 3. Ronn ie Oensford (Kaw). 80 INT 12·16: 1. Chris Young (V am): 2. Jimmy Gaddis (Kl w ); 3. Terry Swanson (Kaw ). 1258EG DIV 1: 1. Alex Teno (Suz); 2. ChrisRod· zin sk i (Hon); 3. M ic hael Loftus (Kaw). 125BEG DIV 2; 1. 8rianVortan (Han); 2. Wayne 125 JR D 1: 1. Jimmy Lawis (K 2. Craig IV aw); Ham ilton (Ka w); 3 . Danny Barnen (Hon). 125JRDIV 2: 1. Todd Seylors (K 2. Lance aw): Homes (Kaw ); 3 . SCan Stone (Ka w ). 125JRDIV 3:1.Chris Ward (Kaw);2.D Billings a. (V 3. JeffWenger (Kaw). am); Simpson (Yam); 3 . Dar in Dr iscoll (Suz ). 125 INT OIV 1: 1. M ike Kiedrowski (Kaw ); 2. Jeff M at iasevich (Kaw ); 3 . Ward Bassett (Yam ). 125 tNT DIV 2: t . Terry Bas tard (Kaw ); 2 . John W illarp: 3 . Ty Davis (Hon). 250 BEG: r .Joe Madison (Hon ); 2. David O'Bleses (H 3. Chud< H an); agenss (H an). 250JRD 1: 1. Morgan Murphy (H 2. M IV an); ike Neff (Hon); 3 . Greg Hunter (Hon). 250 J R DIV 2: 1. Rit ch ie Haseldon (Su z); 2. Sta cy Magarian (Han); 3 . A lex Chellew (Yam). 250 IN D 1: T IV 1. Scan Myers (V am): 2. Pat Spar ks (Han); 3. Frank ie Bru nd age (Kaw ). 250lNTDIV 2:1.JeffMabery(Kaw):2.JeffMatiase vic b (Kaw) ; 3 . Mi ck Elsber ry (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Jeff8rogia(Vam); 2. David Gentry (H 3. Bill Coates (Han). an); OPEN JR: 1. Terry Woody(H 2. Jeff Healey an); (Han); 3. Stev e Law ler (Yam). OPENINT DIV 1: 1. Kenny worcon (Han): 2. Mick Elsberry (Suz); 3. JimD ana.a (H an). OPENINT DIV 2: 1. Eric Marnoch (H 2. Kevin an); Maas (Han); 3 . Aaaron Pipes . VET JR: 1. Karel Kra mer (Yam); 2. Mark Anhur ISu z); 3 . David Knap ik (Su z). VET INT: 1. Ti m Kennedy (Yam); 2. Larry Noe l (Yam); 3. Kenn et h Yar nall (Han ). VET MSTR: 1. Gary Jo nes (H us); 2. J on M iller (Yam); 3 . Steve Ferron i (Yam). OTJR: t . RobertFa.(H an);2.GaryM elu," (K TM); 3. Wa yne Howa rd (Han). aTINT: 1. Fred Cameron (KTM ); 2. Geoff rey Lare jKaw); 3.Ma., Goade (yo",).. . 'v • • •

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