Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ l= 0 u '" > 0 a: ... > CD '" ... 0 0 J: 0.. ~ 00 Q') ....... C(") ....... ..c:: u l-. ~ ~ Jeff Matiasevich proved to be one of the fastest riders of t he series - he took top honors in both the 125cc and 250cc Intermediate cl asses. Robert Naherfinished third in the f irst BOcc Junior class but finished 10 t h in his second outing . His 3 -10 t all y netted hi m seventh overall . CMC/Skoal Ba ndits Golden State Amateur Nationals: Rou n d eight TItles wrapped up at Lake Mad e r a By Troy Scott Over 500 amateur motocrossers from all over the state were on hand today at Lake Madera, California, for the fi nal round of the Continental Motosport Club/S koal Bandit's G olden Stat e Am ateur Nation als. O n e o f th e top riders of th e series was Kawas aki rider J eff Mat iasevich, who cla imed class cha mpio ns hi ps in both th e 125 a nd 250cc Interm ed iate cl a sses , wh il e H onda rider Eric Marnoch clinch ed th e cha m p io ns h ip i n th e 500cc Int ermedia te class. In th e 125cc Intermedi ate class. Mari asevich took th e cha m p io nsh ip by on ly two points over another Kawa saki rider, Mike Kied rowsk i, 357-355. Toda y. Mari asevi ch cap tured the win in both mo ros , while Kiedrows ki fin is he d second overa ll with a 3-2 sco re. In th e 250s. Mat iasevi ch . again, won both motos. Marn och a lso end ed the series o n a win n ing note by using a 2-1 tally to win the 500cc Intermed iat e class . S teve Luceste, riding a Kawasaki. roos ted to th e front o f th e pack at th e sta rt of th e fir st l 25cc Int er med ia te mota, just a hea d of Matiasevich , Gen e Baldwin (Han) and Do ug Belcher (Kaw). Early in the race, Belch er moved into th e lead and developed a fo ur second lea d over Matiasevich , wh o had slid into seco n d, Bal d win and Luceste th en engaged in a to ug h duel for third , Luceste tri ed to p ass Bal d w in but go t o u t o f sha pe whe n h e hi t some rough terra in , then he crashed and dro p ped to six th. T his put Kiedro wski into fourth. H owever, Kied ro wski also crashed two tu r ns la ter whe n he we nt into a berm a lit tle too ho t a nd went down ; h e qu ickl y ref ered bu lo st ~ c~ uple of . , po sit ions . At thi s point , th e top three rid er s were Belch er, Ma tia sevich a nd Baldwin . In a ro ugh straigh t. Maria sevich pull ed up a long side of Belcher a nd mad e th e pa ss, netti ng him th e lead. Meanwh ile, Kied ro wski was o n th e m ov e and passed Ka wasa ki r ide r Fra n kie Brundage a nd Bald win o n th e last lap to tak e thi rd in the moto. The seco nd rnoro featured a duel betw een Matiasevich a nd Kied row ski . At th e sta rt, though, it was Mar ia sevich with th e hol esh ot, bu t Baldwin fo llow ed in second. H ow ever, a few turns la ter, Kiedrowski slip ped by Baldwin a nd set after th e leader. Kaw asa ki rider Terry Ba stard a lso found a wa y around Baldwin for th ird, the n th e top th ree Kaw asaki rider s started to pull a way from the rest of th e p ack . Ncar the end o f th e race, Kied ro wski started to pressure Mat ia sevi ch , bu t it wa sn 't close enough to try a nd mak e a pass. T h ird went to Ba sta rd , wh o fini sh ed a head of T y Davis an d Brundage. At th e start of th e fir st 250cc Intermediate m o ta , Marnoch and h is H onda shot into the lead that was o n ly short -lived . O ver a j u m p, Ma rnoch's H onda kicked radi cally to th e side; ca us ing h im to cras h p rett y hard. As h e cras hed. ano ther H onda rider Steve P ia tton i cent erpu nched Mam och , that p ut Piatton i o n the grou nd, also. Neither riders were hurt in th e p ile-u p and th ey both reentered the race. Taki ng over the lead was H onda [Ilou,nt~d P~!1 !1 i s , ~~dq i r g " ~,hp, ,-"jls OJ follo wed by Mati a sevi ch a n d Pat Spark s (Han). During th e firs t lap, Mati a sevi ch p as sed R edd i n g and started to extend hi s lead, while Sparks a lso found a wa y around Redd in g . Yamaha rid er Sco tt Myers soon moved int o third a nd set his sight o n the seco nd p lace rid er Sparks. R idin g like a w ildma n, Myers ca ught u p to Sparks and tri ed to mak e a pass. At o ne p oint, Myers slid out and a lmos t lost co ntrol o f th e third posi tion. H ow ever , h e man aged to pi ck u p h is pace agai n a nd reeled in Spa rks. T he two ba nged han d leb ars a few tim es as th e race progressed until Myers finall y found his openi ng a nd passed Sparks. But Myers wasn't done q uite yet - he then started to inc h closer to th e leader Mar ia sevich , bu t when the ch eckered flag appeared, Mar iasevich . managed to hol d o n to a five-seco nd lead over th e flyin g Myers. Sparks took thi rd. wh ile Brundage settled fo r fo urt h . Myer s jumped ou t to the ea rly lead in th e seco n d m oro with H onda ride r Tim Wh itl ock a nd Mat iasevi ch ho t o n his rear fender. Mar iasevich didn 't waste a ny tim e ge tt ing arou nd Wh i tlock an d sta rted ga in ing grou nd on Myers. Following Whitlock wa s Red din g , Ton y S t ran g io ( Ka w) a n d Brundage. Up front. th e battle betw een Myers an d Matiasevich started gett ing real close. Whi le Matiasevich hounded ;\l yers.Myers go t a bit sid eways a llowin g Matiasevich by. Ma tiasevich took th e moto w in a head o f Myers, Wh it lo c k , B r un d a g e , R e d d in g a nd Stran gi o , In th e 500cc Inter med iat e class, H onda ride r Aaron Pipes roosted to the fro nt o f th e pack foll ow ed by Marn och. However , Pipes' lead o n ly la sted u nt il the o ff-camber 'section wh ere Marnoch cru ised by. In third foll owed Ken Wolcott (H a n) , A few la p s later , Marnoch me llowed down hi s pa ce a little too m uch , en a bling P ipe s to get close, close eno ug h tha t P ipes m anaged to pass Marnoch and re ta ke th e lea d . Nea r th e end o f th e race, Marn och got a seco nd wind a nd tried to repass Pipes, but co u ld n' t. T h ird went to Wolcott, foll owed by J ack Azevedo (Han) an d Loren Pochro wski (Han ). The second mot a was a ll Marnoch 's - he stole the hol esh ot a nd never looked back. H is lead climbed to 14 seco nds by the end of th e race o ver Pipes a nd Wo lcott fini shed seco nd a nd third . • • J Results 60 0 -8 : 1. Jell Willoh (Kaw) ; 2. 8 rad Schu ltz (Kaw); 3. Pablo Lara (Kaw) . 60 9 -1 1: 1. Sean Thorton (Kaw); 2. Pet e Piantan ida (Kaw); 3 . Jesse James (Han). 80 BEG: 1. Jerem y Albrecht (Ka w) ; 2. Scott Con nel y (Kaw); 3 . Cris Rey es (Kaw) . _ 80 JR 9- 11: 1. Denni s Dah lin II (Kaw); 2. Mike Corry (Suzl; 3 . Philip pe Agost in i (Yam ). BOJ R 12- 16 : 1. Pat Weide (yaml; 2. Doug Huston (Vam); 3 . Joel M . Albrich t (Kawl. 80 INT 9 -1 1: 1. Ji mmy Butt on (Han ): 2 . 8u ddy Antun ez (Suzl; 3. Bu tch Sm ith (Suzl . 80 INT 12 -1 6 : 1. Chri s Voung (Vam); 2. J immy Gaddis tKawl; 3 . Ter ry Sw anson (Yam). 125 BEG: 'l . Brian Yono n (Hon); 2. Ron Mon tero ne (Yam); 3. M icha ellohus (Kaw) . 125 J R: 1. Greg Anderson (Kaw); 2. Ron Jorda n (Kawl; 3 . Steve Wamboldt (Vam ). 1251NT: 1. J eff Mat iase vich (Kaw); 2. M ike Kied rowski (Kaw) ; 3 . Terry Bastard (Kawl. 250 BEG: 1. Scott Hyde (Han); 2. David O'Bleves (Hon); 3 . f aryl W einrick (Hen). 250 JR : 1. Stacy M agar ian (Han); 2. Gr eg Smit h (Kaw) ; 3 . RItchi e Haselden (Suz ). 250 INT: 1. J eff Ma t iasevich (Kawl; 2. Scott M yer s (Yam); 3. Fra nk ie Brunda ge (Kaw) . 500 BEG : 1. J ess Oche (Han); 2. Jeff Bragia (Hon) ; 3 . M ichae l Feuln er (Mai). 500 JR 1. Kevin McN eal (Yam I: 2. Mike La ughlin (Han ); 3 . Je ll Healey (Han). 500 INT: 1. Eric Marnoch (Hon): 2. Aaron Pipes (Hon) : 3 . Kenny Wolcott (Hon) . VET J R: 1. Kar el Kr amer (Hu s); 2. David Kna pik (Suzl ; 3 . Pat Graham (Hon). VET INT: 1. Ti m Kennedy (Yam); 2. Den nis Davis (Vam l: 3 . Ken Varnall(Honl . aT J R: 1. Gary Tr ower (Hon ); 2. Gary M elvin (KTM ); 3 . Marsh Run yon (Vaml. OT INT: 1. M ax Good e (yam ); 2. Ken Felvner (Hon); 3 . Jim M cCrackern (Kawl . SUNDAV VET M ASTE R: 1. Jon Mi ller (Yam l; 2. Alan Olson (Yam); 3 . Tom Gardner (Hon ). OT MASTER: 1. J im Holmes (Vam ); 2. Richa rd Schilling (Hon); 3. Jim Lamk in (Hon ). SIDECA R: 1. Phill ipNiClor Palfreyman (Yam); 2 . Pete /Scott W hitney (Yam); 3. Ken Maler / Ramsey Harris (Yam ). FINAL POINT STANOING S 600-8 ; 1. Brad Schultz( 34 7); 2. Jell W ill oh (33 B); 3. Terry Kennedy (266) . 60 9 · 11: 1. Pete Pian tan id a (34 6); 2. J es se Ja me s (3 37); 3. J acob Swa in (31 B). BO BEG : 1. J er emy Albr ec ht (36 1); 2. Scott Con ne lly (3 101: 3 . Shan e Pesta na {30 1I. 80JR 12 -16 : 1. Pat W eide (3491; 2. Doug Husto n (33 6); 3. Brian Gipso n {3 121 . BO INT 9 -11: 1. Ji m my Butt on (3 57); 2. Budd y An t unez {3431; 3. But ch Smit h (3231. BO INT 1 1-16 : 1. J imm y Gaddis (338); 2 . Chri s Vou ng (335): 3. Terry Swa nso n (327 ). 125 BEG: 1. Br ian Yorton(359); 2. M ichael loft us (312); 3. Ron Monter one (30 1). 125 J R: 1. J immy Lew is (339 ); 2. Dex Bill ing s (31 2); 3 . Kevi n McCrory (2B6). 12 5 1NT: 1. J eff Matiasevich (357); 2. M ike Kied ro wski (355); 3 . Ooug Belcher (29 1). 250 8EG : 1. Scott Hyde (34 6); 2 . Charl es Hageman (321 ); 3 . Raben Chew (276). 250 JR : 1. Stacy Magar ian (35B); 2. Greg Smith (343) ; 3. Darr in Hoeft (3 12 ). 250 INT; 1. Jell M at isev ich (363); 2. Frankie Brundage (3 121 3. Pat Spar ks (2B2). ; 500 BEG: 1. David Gentry (3 2 1I; 2. Bill Coates (306); 3. M er lyn Fra nk (291) . 500 JR ; 1. J ell Heal ey (336); 2 . St even Lawler (290); 3 . Terry Woody (2871. 500 INT: 1. Er ic M arnoch (3631; 2 . Tony Seiben (3171; 3 . Aaron Pipes (308). VET JR : 1. David Knapik (327); 2. Karel Kr ame r (323); 3 . Pat Graham (30 2). VET INT: 1. Ken Yarnell (3 44); 2 . Den ni s Davi s (3 22 1 3. Tim Kennedy (28 1). ; ; OT JR ; 1. Gary Melvin (3301 2. Gar y Trower (3 14); 3 . M arsh Punyon (300). OTINT: 1. Ken Feul ner(34 31;2. Ma.Goode (2421; 3. Fra nk Trier (2891. VET MASTER: 1. Jon M ill er (350 ); 2. VICHuebert (258 ); 3 . Wes Braby (253 1 . . OT MASTER: 1. Richa rd Sch illing (3261; 2. Russ Fay (3 25); 3. J im Saitone (3 1,3 1 .

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