Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

McCaycooks at Corona OPEN NOV : 1. Bruce Criswell (Kaw); 2 . Brent Pett er (Hon); 3 . Danny Cukar (Su z). OPEN INT: 1. Joh n Beg in IHon); 2. Robert Tipp it (Kaw); 3. M ike Loga n (Yam ). . VETS: 1. Walt Foster (Yam): 2 . Paul WI lde (Yam ). Robert McCay has made th e move up from the Minis to the I25ccclass a successfu l one here at Corona Racewa y: Tonight . he took th e win in the 125cc Novi ce class. David Wodaszewski (Mid Cities H o nda ). a nother rider fresh from th e Min i ranks. holes hot the start of the first moto ahead of P . Alamangos (Suz) and J erry J etto n (Suz). Alamangos squeezed by Wodaszews ki in a tight tu rn early on the first la p , and J etton passed h im on lap two, along wi th McCay (P VK). Jetton quickly closed in on Alamangos and took the lead, as McCay moved into seco nd on the same lap. It wasn 't lo ng before McCay was challenging Jetton for first , and , wi th two laps to go, h e sto le th e lea d amongst a p ack o f slower tra ffic. McCa y th en moved a way to tak e th e win, with J etton seco nd a head o f Char les Gonzales (Ka w) a nd A lama ngos. Wodaszewski agai n got th e lead at th e sta rt of moto two, bu t Brvan Petr ie (l\I/C Co un trv/ Kaw). McCay, a nd J etton dropped h im to fourt h on the first lap. Petrie had managed to open a sma ll lead , but McCay quickly closed the gap a nd began to cha llenge him for first place a nd th e two riders set o u t to do batt le, leaving J etton behind in third . McCa y worked on Petri e a nd wa s very close as th ey took th e white fla g . Com in g o u t o f th e fin al turn . Petrie encou ntered a fall en rider th at wa s just getti ng going aga in and th e two nearl y collidedover th e next jump. T h is a llo wed McCay to pull a lo ngs ide as th ey headed for th e fin ish lin e, but Petri e blocked McCa y's lin e a nd took th e win by a few in ch es. McCa y sec ured th e overall. th ough, a nd J etton 's thi rd in th e moto gave him secon d. Pet rie was third with a 5- 1 sco re. In high sch oo l co m pe tition . Col ton 's Gordon Ward co u ld have walked away with thewin inthe 25OccSenior class - instead; he held back in th e second moto and raced wi th his teammate Don Litteral. a llo wing Littera l to tak e th e win a n d overall. Don's brother. Jerry. al so was su ccessful he swept both motos in th e 125 and I75cc In term ed ia te class, Res ults HIGH SCHOOL MINI : 1. Louie Romo (Col); 2 . Eric Brow ne (D·L) . 100: 1. John Hol mes (Nor) . 125 INT: 1. Jerry Litteral (Col ); 2. Tony O'Campo (Upl); 3 . Brya n Warner (Col). 175 INT: r . Jerry Litteral (Col ); 2. Bryan Wa rner (Col); 3. Tony O'Campo IUpl). 250 NOV : 'l • John Wall (Vam) ; 2. Pa ul Tavenner (Nor ). 250 SR: 1. Don Litteral (Col); 2. Gor don Ward (Col). OPEN SR: 1. Gordon Ward (Col); 2. Don Litteral (Col). U NATTACHED PEE WEE : 1. Jeff LeWIS (Kaw); 2. Bria n Visca (Hon ); 3. Christophe Lemus (Kaw) . M INI BEG 12 - : 1. Jef Grafton (Yam); 2 . Nick cestle IKaw); 3 . Shane Good (Yam) . MINI BEG 13+: 1. Mike Cox (Kaw); 2. Jeff GriHin (Hen); 3 . Eric Nichols (Kaw). MINI NOV : 1. Chris Haught (Kaw); 2 . Joe Morales (Su z). . MINI INT: 1. Don ny M cGl a ugh lin (Kaw) ; 2. Willis Drak e (Yam); 3 . Ad am Fitzgerald (Yam) . 125 BEG I: 1. M ike A ll ison IS uz): 2. Ja ce n But t (Hon); 3 . Rat Suit (Yam). 125 BEG II: I . J ohn Gar cia (Hon) ; 2 .JulioMiranda (Hon); 3. Guy Deckert (Kaw ). 125 NOV : 1. Robert M cCay (Kaw) ; 2. J erry Jetton (Suz); 3 . Bryan Petrie (Kaw). 12 5 INT: 1. David Foltz (Kaw); 2. Chris W inkler (Kaw); 3 . Gary Lecy (Kaw). 125 PRO: I . Tom Combs (Kaw); 2 . Todd Baldw in (Suz); 3. Bob Ram sey. 2 50 BEG I: 1. Jeff Thomas (Yam) ; 2. Travis Stake (Hon); 3. Doug Briney (Hon) . 250 BEG II: 1. Brad Sn eid er (Kaw); 2. Tad McAn· ally (Hen~ 3 . Curtis Ol sen (Hon) . 250 NOV : 1. Ste ve Sequeira (KTM ); 2 . Dav id Hammond (Yam); 3 . Kevin Koeslag (Yam ). 250 INT : 1. Kennv Maddux (Yam ); 2 . Tom Brown (Hon ); 3. Laurie Fooks (Suzl. 250 PRO: 1. Gordon Ward (Yam); 2. Sean coreeran (Suz ); 3. lyndon Heffeman (Kaw) . OPEN BEG: 1. Greg Burian (Hon): 2. Robert John · son (Hon); 3. Stacy Cox ("'l"!)" • , . . ... .,. " iI: 9 By Nate Rauba CO RONA, CA. FE B. 22 z ,-- - - - - - - - - -;::-- - :;-- - - - - -- - - - - - ---, Vl ... ~ o Schwantz and Toland win at Willow Springs ~ >lD o lo J: l1. ~ 00 Q') ...... By Lo ri Tyson R O S A ~[ O N D . CA, FEB . 24 ~ eo ....... New Team Yos himura rider Ke vin Schwan tz and n ewlyrecr u ited Team Hammer mem ber Do ug Tola nd were th e stars of th e day at th e first Am eri can Fed eration of Motorcyclists' (AFM) wn. lo w Springs meet of th e 1985 seas o n , each claiming three victories api ece. Schwanrz, piloting th e Yoshimura Suzuki GS750 Superbike, won un contested in th e Open Superstreet. O pen G P a nd Formu la One mat ch es. putting in fast l -rnin u te, 29.9-second and lo w I:30 lap times. Tola nd. co-win ner of the 1983AFM Six -Hou r. took wi ns in a ll th ree 600cc classes o n h is box stock LaH;.bra Yama ha / Hermes D istri but ingsponsored J im LaB in e-tu ned FJ 600. In th e Open S upcrs treet Den ny Dohen y p ut h is l-l-year-old Kawasaki in to the lead for th e first three la ps until Schwa ntz came on strong - after starting 10 seconds behind th e p ack by offi cial decree because hi s bik e doesn 't have stock gen erating eq u ipment required for th e class - a nd took over to dominat e th e race. But. as Schwamz was not riding for poi nts in th at class. Doh eny wen t home with a nothe r tro ph y to add to hi s co llecti on. The best raci ng in th at mat ch . though , was bet ween Frank Mazur (o n h is new H on da 650 N ighthawk Su pe rbike), All en Sa tte rlee a nd Bren t Ro ss; Mazu r was a head. but j us t ba rel y. a t th e flag. Schwantz led Ilag-ro-Il ag in Form : mula I. taking a nother easy w in. o ver the battling Ea rl Rol off a nd Desperad o Racin g 's Steve Bigan sk i. TZ250mounted Biga nski took th e n od after Rol off's N in ja ove rhea ted , spewi ng wat er a ll over his bik e's rear tir e. In th e 600cc Stock Producti on it was T o land a ll the way. By th e halfwa y ma rk o f th e ra ce. T ol and a lrea dy held a 10-second lead over Ni gel Gale. wh o rode hard , but was unable to m ak e up any time on th e hardcha rging T oland. T o la nd unofficiall y broke th e class tra ck record with a 1,;35.9 lap time, th en cha llenged.a n yon e who thought h e wa s chea ting to tear his bike down, Wah Nitto qu ickl y lodged a protest , but withdrew it wh en a co m pressio n chec k o f th e bike showed it to be normal. Carv T a tsu m i rode al one in third . ahe-.id o f a fairing-banging contes t between Chris McNelli s. Pet e Ca rro ll a n d S COII J ohnson . a ll Yamaha mo unted , in which Carroll carne o u t o n to p . Ya maha s took eig h t of the top 10 po si tions. T oland blasted th e 600cc Modified Production class, taking win number two by a good di stance ov er Gale an d Ro lo ff. Toland was so con fidem o f h is abi lities th a t h e wheelied up th e h ill in to turn four wi th a pack of ri ders o n hi s tai l. "Got to p u t o n a show for th e spectators." exp lai ned T ol and. " I wasn 't worried a bo u t any o ne ca tchi ng me." G al e took a distant seco n d. In th e 600cc Supers tree t T ol and put in hi s fa stest time o f th e day I:35.5. besting th e o ld record, set by a " hot ro d" bik e with slicks, by a second an d a half. (T o la nd rode h is stocker on stree t-bike Michelins.) Rol off took seco nd over a fierce fig ht between Ed Ra gl e (with a nother wi ld pa int job) a nd Mark Ruffner. wh o ~' .c u ... C'j ~ Doug Toland wheelies his FJ 6 0 0 Y amaha between t urns t hree and f o ur at Willow Sp rings. leading Nigel Gale (2n). Ed Woo (2 21) an d Ed Rag le (5). fought to th e biller en d; R u ffner won. Scott G ray uno fficiall y broke th e Open Stock class record w ith 1:34.5 tim es on his way to a n u ncontested win on his FJ 1100. Ro loff cha lle nged for a short while. but his bik e's overhea ting problem again took hi m out o f the run ni ng. "This water bu ffalo is goi ng out to pasture." said a dejected Rol o ff. ''I' m gelling an FJI 100." Kevin Do la n and J oe Solis then di ced for second, until th e sixth lap wh en Solis a pparen tly bumped Do lan o ff the track in turn o ne, Dolan's Ninja ca n whee ling o ff into th e dirt. Dol an was lu ckil y unhurt . but ver y o bvio u sly angr y. The first round o f th e new Yamaha RZ350 series was won by Paul Van Zuyl e, after a tig h t baili e with Malco lm H ill. After th e race th e top five bikes were in spe cted by A F~ I o fficia ls to keep th e g uys o n th eir toes. All five were found to be legal , Results OPEN SS: 1. Denny Doh ert y (Kawl; 2 . Kevin Dolan (Kaw ); 3 . Bren t Ross (Kaw). 750 SS : 1. Lee Flem ing (Ho n); 2 . Bob Rein en IKaw) ; 3 . V in ce Costa (Kaw). OPEN TW INS : 1. Elm er Riddl e (Yam ); 2. Har ry Long (BMW) . 750 TWINS : 1. Fred Eiker (Nor ); 2. Dav id Hughes (Yam); 3 . Kun Kru eger (Hen) SINGLES : 1. Loyal Ream (Hon). VINTAGE : 1. Ken Borden (Hon ). 600 STK PROD : 1. Doug Toland (Yam); 2. NIgel Gal e (Yam); 3. Gar y Tat sumi (Yam). RZ350 SERIES: 1. Paul Van2uyl e (Yam); 2. Mal colm Hill (Yam ); 3 . Ray Straka (Yam). OPEN STK PROD: 1. Scott Gray (Yam): 2 . Joe Sol is (Kaw): 3 . M art y Sharpe (Yam ). , 750 STK PROD: t . Nigel Gal e (y am ); 2. Pete Car roll (Yam); 3 . Shawn Lei pold (Kaw) . F4: 1. Rye Hefley (Hon) ; 2. Pen Pendleton (Hon); 3 . James Sm ith (Hen]. 250 MOD PROD: 1. Ern ie Wa ssersleben (CI A ). OVER 40: 1. Nick Theroux (Hon); 2. James Huffma n (Yam): 3 . Ray Straka (Yam). 600 MOD PROD: 1. Doug Toland (Yam ); 2. Nigel Gal e (Yam) ; 3 . Earl RoioH (Yam). 450 MOD PROD: 1. Ray Straka (Yam ); 2. Steve Fleming (Yam ). F1: 1. Kev in Schwantz ISuz} ; 2 . Earl Roloff (Kaw) ; 3 . Walt Nitto (Kaw) . OPEN MOO PROD: 1. Ear l RoioH (Kaw ); 2 . Mike Boyd tYam ); 3. Marty Sharpe (Yam). 750 MOD PROD: 1. Chr i s Crowell (Suz); 2. Sh awn Leipold (Kaw); 3. Marsha ll Palmer (Ka w). OPEN GP; 1. Kevin Sc hwantz (Suz); 2. Den ny Doheny (Kaw ); 3 . Vince Cost a (Ka w) . F2: 1. Steve Bigansk i (Yam); 2 . Tracy DeMuro (Yam); 3. Cl in t Whit ehouse (Yam) . 600 55: 1. Doug Toland (Yam); 2. Ear l RoioH (Yam); 3. Ma rk. Ruffner (Yam ). 450 S5 : 1. Darren Pulc e (Yam); 2. Christopher Ma st (Yam ); 3 . Br ian Ben evedes (yam). Butler wins FRA Funduro By Mike Klinger RANDSBURG , CA, FE B. 17 Kurt Butler , aboard a n ew Yam aha YZ250. put th e red an d white m achine atop a com petitive 400-rider field to win this year's Fam ily Racing Assoc . Funduro End uro. T he G ranad a Ya maha/Scott USA-sponsored event was centered aroun d th e sma ll desert mi ni ng town o f Ra nd sburg an d fea tu red very cha llen g in g raci ng. Bre tt Ba in br id g e p u t h is min i Yam aha O U I in front of loo p o ne d omina ting force, Scott Jaco bse n (Kaw). Bainbridge, who is prese nt ly ta king mot ocro ss lesson s from supercross star Warren Reid , was th e o n ly rider at the event to zero the co u rse o nly aft er chec k two was thrown ou t o f w hich Ba in brid ge burnt. Loop O n e jett ed north out of th e pits on Goler Road to th e first check a1 3.2 miles , just a fter th e 2.9 mil eage m arker. Immedi atel y a fter th e 7.2 mile ch eckpoint th e riders were gree ted with a cof fee-a nd- ho t-chocola te br eak an d th ey screa med di rectl y for th e a lfa lfa fields a nd dry lak e wh ere check th ree wa s a surp rise . T he tra il led th rough a flat sa ndy section with limi ted visihilitv until the co urse lit era ll y d ro pped into a ditch wh ere check three wa s locat ed . For m any ca reless timekeepers. the chec kpo int meant di saster a n d two points. Three mil es o f wide-open desert and tall _su percro ss hills started th e specia l test a t 30 mph. Th rou gh num erous win dy ca nyo ns and cross-cou n try racin g , loop o ne ende d wi th th e fifth a nd fin al chec k. Bainbridge's sco re o f 0.20 led th e -l-l -rider field . SCO tl J acobsen a nd Greg Larson (Ya rn) wer e th e o n ly o ther riders to push Bainbridge fo r th e top hono rs. Fourth over all went to Mik e Cha m ber lai n (KT M). This was a fant as tic ride for Crawford , wh o lost 2. 106. Following Crawford wa s Dani e l Hapn er ( Ya m) . Mi chael Olson (Kaw), Diane Bainbridge (Hon), Lori Bortree (Yam) a nd 10th overa ll Ryan Stenberg (Yam ). Roc k ledges and jumps winding through Fiddler 's Gulch sta rte d loop two . The co urse th en clim bed a n old mining roa d to Government Peak a nd a t 4.9 mil es chec kpoint o ne wa s pr esent ed. The tra il slow ly led around a 1800 co rner and th ere th e snea kv checkpoint wa s lo cat ed . ca tc h ing many, many riders off g ua rd . T o top it o ff. exactly three mil es lat er was checkpoin t two, th e entra nce into th e specia l test. T his was th e special test to end all special tests , 36 mph from th e bottom of the desert floor to th e top of th e Ra n d Mo u nta in s into a down h ill canyon w ith a wa terfa ll drop-off a nd yo u g uess ed it , th e ti e-break er chec kpoint for th e special test. Kurt Butler ca me within 14 seco nds o f zeroing th e spe cia l test , and even event organ izer Larry Langl ey didn't th ink a nyo ne co u ld ge t th at cl ose to zero ing th e checkpoi nt. After a well-deser ved IO-m inute rese t, th e rid ers travell ed through th e o ld sla te m in es at 18 mph and fo und a no ther well-p laced checkpoint which started thei r loop, back to th e pits; 39 . ....

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