Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Doug Briney (#56) slides by J im Brown in the 250cc Beg inner class at Corona. Darin Cook was the overall class w inner. Walls to the Walls at DeAnza By Nate Rauba SUNNYMEAD, CA, FEB. 17 T here was no stop ping Da ryn Walls (Kaw ) as he swept the 125cc Novice win today a t DeAnza Racin g Club's Sunday 26 MX. Walls won both motos a fter battl in g h is way into first in each race. Kawasak i mounted Charl es G on zales took th e lea d a t th e start of the first rnoto with Eddie Raab (Kaw ), W all s , a nd H o w ar d Tresvill e (SC R/S uz) tra iling. For th e first ha lf o f th e race th e pos itions remained th e sa me with T resvi lle fa ll in g of f the pace and dropp ing back a few seconds . At rnid-rnot o the leaders got bun ch ed u p as they enco un tered slo wer traffic, and wh en th ey carne a ro u nd o n the . follow ing la p Walls ha d the lea d. Wall s qui ckly bui lt a lea d that he wo u ld keep to the.Iini sh , whi le Gonzales, Raa b, a nd Tresvi lle fough t over seco nd. T hey were all close a s th ey took the whi te £l ag and a few turns la ter T resville a nd Raab banged bars over a jump. Ra ab went down and near ly took Gonzales with h im as Tresvi lle got awa y. T resville ha d seco nd -p lace in the bag, o n ly to fa ll nea r the end o f th e race, giving Gonzales secon d. T resvill e gr abbed the ho lesh ot in th e seco nd mota, wit h Wall s right beh in d h im . Wall s kep t the press ure o n T resvi lle u nt il he fou nd a way by o n the thi rd lap. T resville stayed clos e for a few laps onl y to d u m p it a ga in - giv ing Walls all th e di sta nce he needed to tak e a co m forta ble win. Tresvi lle fell aga in and ca me close to losing second to a ha rd charg ing J erry Jetton (S uz). J etton had spent much of th e race battling with ' Gonz a les a nd Raa b, a nd it wasn't until th e fina l la p that he had secu red th ird. T resville took second overa ll , wh ile Gon zales' 2-5 was good for thi rd overall. In the 250cc Int ermed ia te class G ilbert Valdez (Suz) was the overa ll win ne r wi th a 3- 1sco re. Va ldez fell in the firs t mot a whil e ba tt ling wit h La ur ie Fook s (Su z).cor .seco nd a nd never regained h is compos u re in th e race. Fook s went o n to win the mo to a fter battl in g with Yamaha of Covina 's Kenny Maddux, tak in g th e lead o n th e fin al la p wh en Maddux was slowed by traffic. Va ldez too k the lead from R on U rman (Yam) on th e thi rd lap in mot a two, a nd never loo ked back. Urma n was seco nd well a hea d of Maddux wh o was never able to ma ke up for a bad start. Results PEE WE E DIV A : 1. Dyla n Ja ckman (Vam) . PEE WEE DIV B: 1. David Cach in (Vam). JR CVC: 1. E.J . W r igh t (Kaw ). MI NI BEG: 1. Henr y W alls (Kaw) ; 2 . Todd Sm ith (Kaw); 3 . Kirk Condunach i (Yam). MI NI NOV; 1. Scott Strang io (Kawl; 2. Eric Browne (Kaw) . M INI INT: 1. W esley Klei n (Kaw ): 2. Ada m Fit zge· ra id (Vam) . M INI EX: 1. M ike Wi ase (Vam ). 125 BEG: 1. Kirk Page (Kaw ): 2 . Walter Kall y (Suz); 3 . Br uce Guertin (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Daryn Wa ll s (Kaw) : 2. Howard Tr es· vill e (Suz); 3 . Charle s Gonzales (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Jo hn ny Bona cci (Su z): 2. J ohn M ati· asevich (Hon); 3. David Chu rc h (Hon). 12 5 PRO: 1. Tom Comb s (Kaw) : 2 . M ark Fill er (Vam ): 3. John M cCaug hay (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. Jeff Thomas (Vam); 2. John Mc M a nus (Suz); 3 . Andrew Tretter (Yaml . 250 NOV : 1. Rob Car pent er (Vam ); 2. M ar k Ham belton (Vam); 3. Bob Nun ez (Kaw ). 25 0 INT: 1. Gilbert Vald az (S uz); 2 . Kenn y Madd ux (Yam); 3 . Ron Urm a n (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Sc ott M an ning (Yam); 2. Ti Swartz (Vam): 3. Coli n Rya n (Vam). OPEN BEG: George Garcia (Yam); 2. David Fajard o (Hon ): 3. Dennis Ptak (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Paul Doeb erein er (Hon) : 2 . Jeff Car lso n (Han); 3 . SCott Reel (Han) . OPEN INT: 1. Jo hn Begin IHon): 2. M ike Loga n (Vam): 3 . Je ff Fahy (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Tim Cauby (Yam); 2. Dan Paulson (Kaw ). VET J R: 1. Ed M ic hett i (Yam ); 2 . Pau l Snider (Vam); 3. Don Bridgas (Suz). VETl NT: 1. Kitty M ayf ield ISuz); 2 . Richard Bea ler (Vam): 3. M ike Gera ghty (Yam l. VET SR: 1', Larry Lowen ISuz); 2. Dav id Jacobus (Ho n): 3 . Paul Wilde IVam ). W OM EN: 1. Gale We bb( Honl: 2. Lam Emary {Suz). Criswell crushes Corona By Nate Rauba CORONA, CA. FE B. 15 Kawasaki -moun ted Bru ce Cri swell took to p honors in th e Open Nov ice class to ni ght a t Corona Racewa y, coming back from stalling and placing second in the first moto, Gordon Ward scored back -to-hack ru nawav wins in the 250cc P ro class . stre tching' h is seaso n- Scott Manning took his Yamaha to an overall win in the 250cc Pro class at DeAnza over Yamaha-mounted Ti Swartz. lo ng win n ing strea k. M-S ta r m oun ted Don A bde lla roosted to th e front o f th e pack a t th e start of mot a one, with J eff Bragin (Han ), Cri swell , and Stu Thomson (Kaw) tra ili ng . Both Brag in a nd C riswell got by Abd ella on th e first lap , a n d short ly a fter that Abd ella fell behind an d wa s o u t o f th e race. Criswell stayed right on Bra g in unti l he sta lled o n lap two, a llowi ng Bragin to move ahea d a ways. This mar gin was a ll Bragin needed to secure th e win since Criswell co u ld n 't ma ke up for the lost grou nd befor e the fin ish . T homson was th ird a lt ho ugh h e cros sed the Iine aft er begi nn er win ner Chris C hapma n . Abd ella stole the hol eshot once again in the seco n d moto, leading Chapma n an d C hriswell, through turn o ne. Bia g in ca me arou nd nea r th e back of the pack a nd dropped o u t befor e co m p leting th e firs t lap. Abdella led until he cra shed out of the race o n th e second la p , ha nd ing the lead over th e C hapman . For the nex t co u p le o f la ps C hapman held back Criswell. but at the halfway ma rk Criswell got by a nd immedi atel y ran a way with the lead. Criswell made no mistakes and cru ised to the win, whil e C hapma n took second a nd the overa ll in th e beg inn er class . T ho mson was the on ly o the r O pen Nov ice to fini sh the mo to, and took seco nd overa ll , whi le Bragin pl aced third than ks to hi s first mo ta victory. Gordon Ward (M.S. Racing / Ya m ) ha s been virt ua lly unbeatable in th e 250cc Pro cla ss here at Corona, and to n igh t he cont in ue d h is wi nni ng wa ys. Ward sho t to th e front of the 16 rider field rig ht a t the start o f the first mot o , a nd took o rr for a big win. Ch ris Flem in g( Hon ) put o n a cha rge tha t p ut him in seco nd ahe ad o f Co lin " Bones" Ryan (YO R). Alt ho ug h h e went into th e first tu rn near the bac k o f th e pack , Wa rd q uic kly eme rge d with the lead o n th e first la p o f th e second moto , a nd was orr 10 a no the r ru na way victory. Jeef Le isk (Han ) was seco nd a nd th e sa me o verall, and R van was th ird o vera ll with a 3-5 score. Results PEE WEE : 1. M ike M etzger (Ka w) : 2 . J eff Lewi s (Kaw) ; 3. Ji mmy W illiams IKaw) . M INI BEG 13+: s een Bag shaw (Vam): 2 . J oh n Peter son (Kaw); 3. W i lli am Tucke r (Han) . M INI NOV : 1. Guy Dac kert (Kaw) : 2. Jamie Mora bito (Vam); 3. Char les Vice (Suz). M INI INT: 1. Kev in Bussey (Kaw) ; 2. Donny McG laug hl in (Kaw) ; 3 . Ada m Fitzgeral d (Vam). M INI EX: 1. M ika Wi a.. (Vam). 12 5 BEG I: 1. Bria n Pet ersv ich (Suz); 2. J acan Run (Hon ): 3 . Ronnie Tull (Kaw) . 12 5 BEG II: 1. Guy Deckart (Ka w) ; 2. J ohn Garc ia (Hon); Greg Perkin s (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Jerry Litt eral (Hon): 2. Rick W eave r (Kaw) ; 3. Robe rt McCay (Kaw) . 12 5 INT: 1. John Floras (Kaw ); 2 . Chris Pillow (Hon); 3. Paul Pitzon ka (Ho n). 250 BEG I: 1. Dar in Cook (Hon ); 2 . Ron Lathrop (Hon): 3. Dave Pack (Vam) . 250 BEG II: 1. Tim Flores (Suz); 2. Shawn Hart (Vam ): 3. M elvin Tgna tz (Vam). 250 NOV: 1. M . Ke nned y (Vam); 2. Rob Carpe nt er (Vam); 3. David Ham mond (Vam ). 250 INT: 1. Lau r ie Fooks (Suz): 2 . Tom Brown (Ho n): 3. Ken ny Ma dd ux (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. Gor do n Ward (Vam ): 2. Jeff Laisk (Hon): 3 . Colin Ryan (Vam ). OPEN BEG: 1. Chris Chap man (Hon); 2. Leonard Wallenda (Kaw) : 3 . Greg Bu rian (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Brian Cris we ll (Kaw ): 2 . St u Tho mson (Kaw) ; 3 . Jeff Bragin (Hon ). OPEN INT: 1. Robert Tipp it (Kaw): 2 . Bob W atson (Kaw) . VETS : 1. Rosendo Flores (Kaw l; 2. Steven W ill is (Vam); 3. How ard Taylor (Suz). Adams, Kendig land Oregon STwins By Clay Light CO RVALLIS, OR, FE B. 16 AMA Expert R on Adams go t a win in the 250cc P ro main event after a co ntroversia l p rotest pen al ized Many Zir bel. AMA J u n ior P ro Steve Kend ig had a good n igh t. winn ing th e Open A a nd Open Pro ma in s. T he 250cc B ma in even t kicked-orr action and ga ve Steve Lo rai n e (Han ) a final tick et to the 250cc A main aft er kn ock in g-o rr R ick Stock (Han) and Expert Fran k Crane J r. (Ya m). Lorraine sat a lo ne in ro w two for th e e ig h t-rider 250cc A main a nd tra iled in th e di stan ce as 125cc A main winner Brian Ri ley (Bu l) led th e o pe n ing over Don Davidson (Yarn) a nd T ric ia Lyons (Yarn). Lo rai ne pushed thr o ugh traff ic to set tle into the lead a t th e halfway po int a nd rna kea sensat iona l come-from-be h ind ride for the win o ver R ilev, Pa t Munyon (Bu l), Davidso n a nd 'Lyons . Na tional n umber 78 Dona ld Wilso n sa t th e pole pos itio n o n th e Ottco

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