Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

,---- -- - - - - -- --==========------ --, iii z ... en :r ... w PETTY PRODUCTS Z Z w "" > to o ... o :r C1. Presents Did You Know? Ron Turner has won more motocross races in California than anyone: 342 . His most awesome season came in 1982 when he virtually owned Ascot Park, the oldest night motocross track in America .That summer, he won 73 percent of the motos he entered , and 76 percent of the overalls! He entered th e 500 class 15 t imes. He lost t he first mot a and t he n went on t o w in t he next 29 in a row! In 18 ni ghts of rac ing (out of 25 he ld th at year), Turner wo n 39 of t he 5 1 classes ente red overa ll and he was second in nine more. That's 48 t imes in 51 tries eit he r f irst or seco nd ! In moto -by -moto co un t he won 74 of 102 and was second 18 ti mes. Tha t's 92 of 102! He won all th ree pro classes in one nig ht f ive ti mes, w inn ing every mota (all six ) in four of them. At one streak he won 16 consecut ive motos. All that wh ile rac ing head to head againstTodd Pete rso n w ho has more Ascot ove ra ll w ins (1 21) t han even Turner (99). It really wa s an ama zing sum me r for Ron Turn er. Now you know... **************************** Got an opinion? Write a letter to the Editor! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SO UTH CITY CY CLES TEAM Husqvarna OPEN HOUSE Meet Team HUSaVARNA and see the 1985 Husky's Friday, Feb. 15 • Race Info • All Dirt Accessories in Stock • Large Parts Inventory 26 UPS Da ily .. 51 1 Mayfair Ave . S .S .F. CA (4 151583- 3519 A pair of Yamaha riders trim the tree tops at the Shadow Glen track at Indian Dunes for AMRA's first Sunday race at the 'Dunes. Blagg, wh o rod e a rampant pace to win th e final over Pea rce an d Wesley H anson (Hem) . . T he 250cc fin al was th e lar gest class of th e weekend with 24 ride rs lining u p three rows deep in a baul e for the brass. Keller (Roseburg Honda ) head ed up th e field wh ile rides sh uffled behind h im for early positions. J oh n Woodl ey (Ho n ) ra n ru nner-up 10 Kell er th e previous night a nd seemed co n tent a head o f th e swapfest . between H onda -mou n ted Ron Mil lig- n and Ted Perrea rd (Suz). Kell er a too k anot her win with Woodley a nd Mill igan trai ling at th e flag. Mathieson gra bbed the holes hot in the O pe n Fin al o n his H onda CR500 wh ile a freight tra in o f riders baul ed for the tro phy spots. J eff Ca mpbell (Yam) ra n second througho u t the event wh ile Mik e H am ilton (Ya m) rode h is a lmost-suspension less p reh istoric T f500 in the ea rly thi rd pos ition a head of Devin Madi son (Hon ), Mad ison put o n a charge a nd go t thi rd a t th e flag . but co u ldn' t catch winner Mat hieson or Ca m pbe ll. Keller devasta ted th e Open P ro mon ey fin al a nd made a clea n swee p o f th e weekend in front of a ca paci ty 2000 spec ta tors. Ma th ieson was Keller 's closes t foe durin g th e race wh ile Woodl ey (Hon 250) picked h is wa y to the fron t. An on-the- move Ca m pbel l p u t hi s Tr500 Yamaha int o thi rd for keeps to hol d off Wood ley and J effrey Har sha (Hon ). Results OPEN PRO: 1. Rod ney Keller (Han); 2. Mark Mathieson (Hon ); 3. Jeffrey Campbell (Yaml 250: 1. Rodn ey Keller (Han) ; 2. John Woodley (Han); 3. Ron Mlllrgan (Han) . _ OPEN; 1. M ark Mathieson (Han); 2. Jeff campbell (Yam); 3 . Devi n Madison (Honl . 125: 1. Robbie Blagg (Yam); 2. Robby Pearce (Suz); 3. Wesley Hanson (Han). 80: 1, Krist in Cowan (Yam); 2 . Wayne Frampton (Yam ); 3 . Hank Peterson (Su z). 60: 1. 20ch Rund (Ho n ); 2.Jefl McMlllan (Vam ); 3 . Jason Matthews (Hon ). Greenberg tops AMRA's first Sunday'Dunes meet By Kenneth Stein VALE NCIA, CA. J AN . 13 Honda rider J ack Greenberg's second moto victory earne d h im the honor of Ameri can Motocross Racing Association's first S u nda y 250cc Pro winner a t Indian Dunes tod ay. The three-month o ld cl u b wa s pressed into double-duty on sho rt noti ce wh en a rrothe r club unexpectedly withdrew th e Dunes from its sched u le earlier in th e week . Most o f today's riders d iscover ed rh e switch upon ent ry W th e park , although th ose who a tten ded AMRA 's regularly-sch eduled Sa tur day act io n were given a day's n oti ce. AMRA wi ll continue sanction ing Sunday racin g until Mar ch , wh en NMA will tak e over for th e rem ainder o f th e season . T he Ka l-C a rd . W ilcox Racin gsponsored Greenberg jumped into th e lea d early in the first mow , o n ly to ha ve it wrested away on th e fourth lap by J ohn Drury's Kaw asa ki . Drury hel d Greenberg o ff a ll th e wa y W the checkers. wi th th e H onda o f Pa ul McLa in drifti ng in for a distant third . Dru rv ho lesh ot the second m or o a nd h eid o n for th ree laps, until he crashed . Green berg too k over the helm as Dru ry DNFed. J eff H anzo trail ed in for seco nd o n hi s Kaw asaki. Darr en H olt's Honda led th e ent ire first 250cc J unior moro , H e sta rted the seco nd mot o o n th e sa me not e, wit h David J ennings' H onda close beh ind. A slower rider stalled in front of H o ft o n the fourth lap. treatin g h im to a dirt san dw ich as J ennin gs snagged th e lead. It took J ennings one lap 10 regain th e lead , which he kep t for th e rest o f th e race. Cu rt Trimble's Honda led th e first l25cc Intermedi ate. heat flag to flag, whil e Troy Welt y's Su zu ki succes sfully battl ed Eric Gu y Casas' Kaw a saki for second . T ri m ble left the gat e dead last W sta rt th e seco nd rn or o , a llowi ng Welt y to breeze hom e with the overa ll. T ri mb le raced th rough the pack ta king seco nd from Casas halfway th ro ugh , but ra n o ut of laps before he got a shot a t Welty. Resu lts 250 PROS: 1. Jack Greenberg (Han); 2. Jeff Hanzo (Kaw); 3. David lynch (Han) . 125 PRO: 1. BryanNelson(Ka w) ; 2 . GuySchmidt (Yam ); 3. Kerry Grimsley (Yam). 250 INT; 1. Mercedez Gonzal ez (Kaw); 2. Dou g Hawkins; 3 . Ken Renaux (Hon ). 125 INT: 1. Troy Welty (Suz); 2 . Curt Trimble (Han); 3 . Eric Guy Casas (Kawl. 250 BEG: 1. Bob Dempsey (Yam ); 2. M icha el Klasna (Yam); 3 . Sha wn M acdonado (Suz) . 250 J R: 1. Dar ren Haft (Hon); 2. Char les Abbott (Yam ); 3 . David Jennings (Hon) . 125 BEG: I . Gary Welles (Suzl; 2. Shawn A yle s· worth (Ka w l; 3. M an hew Clancy (Han) . 12 5 J R: 1. Billy M cG laug hl in (Suz); 2. Den is Kin g (Suzl; 3 . Merle Hanm er (Suz) . VETS & 500s: 1. Frank Costanzo (Ha n); 2. Fran k laures (Ha n); 3 . M ike Hutton (Yam) . BO INT: 1. J immy Bullon (Han); 2 . Eric k Hilton (Yam); 3 . Brock Sut er (Vam). 80 JR: 1. Erich Br oesel (Kawl; 2. Bjorn Lofstrom (Yam); 3 . Duane Benner (Han ). 80 BEG : 1. Gar y Bri nkm eyer (Yam l; 2. Scon Jacobsen (Kaw); 3. Joe Brown (Kaw). Robertson cleans up at VOTE trials VALENCIA, CA, J AN . 13 John Robertson topped the Expert class a t th e third annual VOTE Ige Cup Trial he ld at In dian Du nes Cycle Park. David Webster was runner-up in the division , with Matt Pritch ard carding enough points to fin ish only third. Sixty riders were faced with 32-40 secti ons (depe n di n g on th eir class ). Four loops o f 10 secti ons each wer e on th e agenda. Rid ers took on sect io ns cons istin g of soft sand, rock y uphill cl imbs, mud a nd logs. All had light turns thrown in 10 keep th ings inte resting. Section two was th e o ne tha t gave riders th e most 10 think about before riding. Expert an d Amateur riders entered th e sec tion on a log laying lengthwise acr oss a three an d one-half foot drop. After ridin g up th e log, rid ers had 10 make a sha rp right turn then a left through narrow trees with ISO-degree turn that took them across a narrow ledge lo th e exit. Section seven caused everyone some con cern. It was a 30-ya rd trip through a water-filled mudhole. A pair of 45degree turns wer e thrown in for the Expert and Amateur classes just to keep them on their toes. The Begin ner a nd Novice classes took on jUS\ about everything in the .wa y o f obstacles that the Am at eurs - and Experts did, but on an easier scale. The only sections they did not ride were four and five, a double section that was a co nsta nt up hill climb in a ro ck- a nd tree-roos-Iil led gully that took it s share o f points away from th e riders. Begi n ners Mik e St. J ohn and Neil MacDonald battled to a 1-2 finish th at ga ve St. J ohn th e win by only one point. Am at eur rider Derr eck Bernard, a fter a two -year a bsence, rod e to a second-place fini sh , only three points behind class winner Bru ce Davis. The Sen ior Beginner cla ss a lso saw a close batt le. Ni ck Nichol son , a name tha t ha s not been seen in the results for quite som e time, took second pl ace behind Lawrenc e Alexander by on ly o ne point. Nicholson was riding a 1967 Greeves trials bike that received a lot o f a tten tio n from th e o the r riders an d specta tors. Results EX: 1. John Robertson; 2. David We bster; 3. Man Pritch ard . AM : 1. Bru ce Davis; 2, Derreck Bern ard; 3. Jody Richi son . NOV: 1. Gary Anderson; 2. Br ad M cCle nn en; 3. Tim Pilg . BEG; 1. M ike SI. John; 2. Neil M acDonald; 3 . Bill Haskell. SR NOV : 1. Ronald Stevens; 2. M ick Van am an ; 3. Bob M ill er. SR BEG: 1. Lawrence A lexander; 2. Nick Nich ol· son ; 3 . Bob Solty s. Perkins, Cannon split money at windy Corona DT By Elaine Jones CORON A, CA, J AN . 12 Curtis Cannon found the dry Cor on a Raceway track to hi s Shell Yamah a 's liking thi s week. RogerThompson, aboard Bill Ba rtel's H arley, go t the lead o ff the lin e an d held it for two laps before Ca nnon mad e a smooth pass and was a ble to pull a way in the Open Money 'TT ma in even t. It was a lmost th e first wind out in th e h istory of Corona but th e winds ease d up eno ug h for th e competitors to get through the program with a minimum of discom fort. The so rtin g out process was still much in evidence when they moved lo the ha lf m ile a nd Cannon and T hompson were joined by Danny P er kins, Ken King and Kevin Todd. D ur in g the heat, Ca nnon led the way off the line with Perkins in second a nd Thompson th ird. On the seco nd lap, going into turn three, Perkins went in too hot and lost it , leavi ng th e way clear for Thompson to move

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