Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

In moto two Beier broke from th e ga te and never looked back. Storbeck sta rted th ird, got arou nd Wh itl ey on la p two a n d stayed th ere 10 th e flag. H awthorne was fourth o ff th e start, p icked off Wh itley, and moved to third p lace at rhe end. Kit Vick got a way in fifth a nd fell back to fini sh seventh. Pa rk er p laced sixth on la p o ne, but cha rged to fin ish ed fourth . Vreela nd was seven th a fter one, a nd wo rked 10 fifth a t the checkers. Whi tley, wh o sta rred second beh ind Beier , slip ped to sixt h between Vreela nd and Vick . Mini P ro big bu cks went to T eam G reen -pi lo t J ason La ng ford , wh o led every la p of a ll fou r motos to ta ke the 80cc and I05cc ch am pions hi ps. Results (Above) Greg Carson (818) and Crazy Canale dice at Corona n ight MX. (Below) Rick Maki nailed the 125cc Pro win at the Un-Leap Year GP . 80 PRO: 1. J a son Langford; 2. John Forames; 3 . Dale Storbec k. 10 5 MOD : 1. J ason Langford ; 2. Jeff Emi g; 3 . Jason Schul tz. l25 NOV : 1. An dy Embr y; 2 . M ike Ab bott; 3 . Darr ell Heine. 250 NOV: 1. Guy Den ison; 2. Scott Sears : 3 . Bill Regan . 12 5 INT: 1. Dave Skinner; 2. Scott Chesser; 3 . Tom my Collier. 250 INT: 1. Tomm y Coll ier; 2. Rodney W all ace; 3. Davi d Bask in . . 0 -30: 1. Terr y Burghart ; 2 . Troy Rapp; 3. Kevin River s. 500AM : 1. Todd Eschberger; 2. Bil l New kirk; 3 . Greg Dust. . 125 EX: 1. M ike Beier; 2. Denni s Hawthorn e; 3 . Da nny Stor beck. . 250 EX: 1. Al an King ; 2. Den nis Hawthorn e; 3 . Ch ad Parker . 50 0 EX: 1. Dou g Fel le rs; 2 . J eff Arnold; 3 . Pa ul St in e. Reynolds Outduels Hayman at OMC's indoor short track By Marty Gregory CAL DWE LL, 10, FEB. 16 Mak in g a toug h p ass stick on " Banzai" R ich H aym a n , Rod Reyn ol ds (Han ) cla im ed yet a noth er 250cc Expert ma in on King, Beier take Team Tamm Classic By G.W. Zuki T YLE R, T X, JAN . 13 Alan King squeaked by a di sappointed Danny Storbeck late in the second moto to take the overall in the 250cc Pro class at 38 - the Team Tam m first-annual For ce of th e Eighties Texas Cl assic, held a t th e Swan MX R a cew a y. T e am Tam m's Mik e Beier found th e 125cc Pros to be easy pick in s as he led a ll but three laps en route to a perfect score. In the first 250cc Pro Mot o Storbeck held the lead from the gate to the tape. Dennis H aw thorne ran seco n d, and held o ff King ten of th e twelve laps wh ile Sto rbeck sizzled o u t of sigh t. Kirk Spencer ran third a t the start with All ey Semar, Bo Stega ll , an d Kin g th e second tr io. Stegall cra shed a nd was go ne o n lap two , a llowing J eff Arnold to move into sixth place . Kin g was cl imbing a lo ng with Chad Parker a t the mot a 's midw ay point. Sto rbeck ra n wire to wire for the easy victory. Kin g was second ahea d o f H aw thorne, S penc er, Sema r, a n d Park er. Storbeck storme d to th e front o f th e second mota , with Eddie Vreela nd in second, H awthorne third, Doug Fel lars fourth , and King fifth. On lap I W O H a wt h orn e a n d Ki n g bot h a dva nced one not ch . The next la p saw Storbeck st ill sa iling in the lead, with Kin g second ah ead o f Hawth orn e, Fellars in fourth , Sema r fifth . So me th ing hap pen ed to Vreela nd, w ho was n ow run n ing seventeenth. On lap five Parker unsea ted Sernar for fifth , a nd Storbeck, work in g lap six with a secu re lead , wen t for th e double jump up on th e hill a nd ca me u p short . Kin g gal by; Storbeck managed onl y two mor e la ps , I W O shy of the flag. King crossed th e line first for th e o vera ll laurels. Haw thorn e held second in mo to a nd overa ll. Park er pa ssed Fell ars for th ird in mo to and on the day. After Fell ars (eleventh overa ll) Sernar sac ked fifth aga in 10 fini sh fourth . Steve P a te fin ish ed six th, an d h is n inth-pla ce fin ish in ro u nd one nett ed h im sixth overa ll. Spencer tail ed a 7-4 for fifth pla ce. In th e fir st l25cc Pro moto, Billy Wh itl ey took th e early lea d with Beier, Dennis Daf t, Storbeck, H awthorne, and Park er trail in g. Wh itley's lead wilt ed a fter la p thre e as Beier moved into th e lead on the ' fo urt h lap. Wh itl ey dropped to fou rt h, Storbeck was seventh. Pa rk er d idn 't come around; ge tting off in th e wh oops a fter th e secon d tabl e to p . At the halfway it was Beier, Daft , Hawthorne, Wh itley, T im Brill, a nd Storbeck. T he pos it io ns held for the rest o f the mota , exce p t fo r H awthorne overha u ling Daft to tak e second, a nd Storbeck bett ered Brill o ne not ch. Ca ldwell' s indoor short tra ck. Reynolds go t inside Hayman (Hon ) a fter they bot h got by early lead er T erry And erson (Hon) following a typi call y wild sta rt a nd restar t. And , with hi s wi n to nigh t, Rod ha s a com mand ing points lead in the six -ra ce series of indoor events p u t o n by th e Ow yh ee Mot orcycle C lu b. R icky H ens on (Yam) grabbed th e Open Expert main with H ayma n best ing Reyno lds for second and third respec tively in tha t even t. Rod Reynolds hold a slimmer points lead among the big bikes. Rod 's yo u nger brot her , Richi e Reyno lds (Kaw), had h imself a big ni gh t, too , wi th a popular win in th e Mini B ranks over Jason Brumpton (Hon). In th e 250cc Beginner's main event, desert sta r Steve H enry (KTM ) held o ff J eff Creek (Hon ) a t th e checkers . Creek , however, ma inta ins the point lead in tha t class a nd is having so much fun he's threatening to buy a trac k bik e. Am on g the reall y little guys, "Crazy Casey" Anderson Y-Zinged hi s wa y aro u nd faster than J.D. Howell (Yam ) a nd Chuck Slack (H on ) to sna tch yet ano ther Pe e Wee main . Kay H oyt took adva ntage of a minor crash on th e pa rt of the leader Denise Martinez to g ra b th e Powder Puff even t thi s week a nd Dick Rockrohr showed th e kids th at an Open class-size g uy can win o n a little bike as he took home th e gold in th e 125cc B rank s. Results PEE WEE: l . Casey Anderson; 2. J .D. Howell; 3. Ch uck Slack . MICRO: 1. Scott McPherson; 2 . Jason Rich ; 3 . Jason Gal e . MINI BEG : 1. Richie Reynolds; 2. Jason Srumpton ; 3 . Matt Patterson . MINI EX: 1. Jerr y Thompson; 2. Chad case. l25 BEG: 1. Dick Rockrohr; 2 . Morgan Taner; 3 . M ike Harris. 125 EX: 1. Jamie Ste elsmith; 2. Mike Ho; 3 . Todd Anderson. _ 250 BEG: 1. Steve Henry; 2. Je ff Creek ; 3. Darrell Frank. 250 EX: 1, RodQe ReynQlds; 2. Rick Hayman; 3• • .y Terry Ander son . OPEN BEG: 1. Rob Corson : 2. Bob Ballard; 3 . Jeff Walters. . OPEN EX: 1. Rick y Henson; 2 . Rick Hayman; 3 . Rodney Reynolds . PP: 1 . Kay Hoyt; 2. Denise Martinez; 3. Den i se Alter. SUPERCARTS: t . Clyd e Osler; 2. Earl Medeiro; 3 . Ga ry Solomon. 4 -WHEEL: 1. John Newhouse: 2. Phil M annlein ; 3 . Wade Mclntock. 3-WHEEL 200 MOD : l . David Jerome; 2. Tony Applegate;3. Terry Dennis. 3 -WHEEL 250 UTILITY: l . Breit Croy; 2 . J eff Slan e; 3. Julian Hard ian. 3 ·WHEEL OLD DUFFERS: 1. J oe Barnes; 2. Terr y Applega te; 3 . Dick Rockr ohr. Hoyt, Ward and Maki take last Corona GP By Nate Rauba CO RO NA, CA, FEB. 24 " It is w ith a h eav y h ea rt to say tha t th is is th e last grand prix h ere a t Co rona R aceway," said Raci n g Associa tio n o f Cycle En th usiasts ' director R on Cra n da ll whi le ad dr essing th e Pro classes at toda y's 10th a nd last an n ua l Un L eap Year Grand P rix . Competito rs at roda v's event got a close up view o f the rea so n fo r this. rac ing over some o f th e fla tly graded land that will be occupied by houses in th e near fut ure, across what will be a major stree t, a n d th roug h a maze of surveyor's sta kes. Ted H oyt, Gordon Ward , and R ick Ma ki wer e th e wi n ne rs of the pro classes, a nd a ll th ree moved o ut to big leads dur ing the 45-m in ute race. H oyt (H T Ra cing/Ho n ) sta rted a t th e fro nt of the Open P ro division and never left th e positio n. Ya mahamounted Tim Ca uby a nd Brent \Val lingsford (H us) ga ve chase, bu t by the en d of th e firs t lap Hoyt had a lready esta blished a bout a l O-sccond lead. Gary Jones (MXA/ H us) ca me u p to p ressure Wa ll ingsford on la p I W O a nd passed h im , then set hi s sig h ts o n Cauby. A littl e whi le later Jones had second, bu t H oyt was gone wi th the wi n. J o nes p laced seco n d a few clicks a head o f Ca uby , C hris Craft (SD/ Mid Ci ties Honda ) made a la st-l a p cha rge to try a nd ta ke fourt h fro m Wall in gsford , but came u p a few bikelengths sho rt. Brad McLeod (Mud Sha rks / Hon) holeshot th e 250cc lin e, with Sea n Corcoran (Suz Cou ntry) a nd Ward (MS Racin g/ Yam ) followi ng. Corcora n cra shed in the th ird turn , a nd it was n ' t long before Ward worked hi s way to th e lead. Su n west Yamaha 's Mark Decker moved to third o n th e first lap , an d th e race sett led into a pred ictable pattern. With two laps to go Ward pa ssed Open winner Hoyt and wa s th e fir st P ro a cro ss th e finish line. McL eod was seco nd, a nd Chris Fl eming (Mo m / Han ) go t by Decker o n th e last lap to cla im third. After hi s win, Ward rushed out to Riverside Raceway and won an o ther grand p rix event. Kaw asaki 's Todd Campbell was th e favorite 10 win th e 125cc cla ss, and he quickl y moved into th e lead a t the sta rt with Maki (Cycl World/ Hon) in h ot pursui t. Ca m p bell's Kawasa ki seized on th e first lap, g iving the lead to Maki .Ty Dav is (PJ IIHon) took over second ahead o fJ ay Stranger (Yam) . Maki quickly began to pull away from Davi s, and J oel Wheeler (Han) ca me up to chall enge Stra nger for th ird. " I tried to bu ild as big a lead as I co uld," sai d Maki, " beca use I kn ew that I was going to be sto p p in g on th e last lap for gas." Maki had learn ed th e hard way; he lost th e last gra n d p ri x, running out o f gas n ear th e fin ish and pushing hi s bike for second-p lace. Maki's stra tegy worked; he wa s a ble to mak e th e gas sto p and still win by a large marg in. Davis pl aced secon d , a nd Wh eeler got by . Stranger to clai m third.

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