Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

fered some anx ious moments on lap three when his goggles came askew a nd momentarily fouled out his vision. Mc Kim 's stro n g second-place showing didn't do him too good as his first-mote miscue cost him a topthree sh owing. Briggs edged out Mitchell to place second o vera ll. with Mitchell third. Can yon Lake' s Sherwood brothers put in th eir usual strong p erformances, with J ohn winning the I 25cc Intermediates a n d Mik e sett ling into second positi on in th e 125cc Ex pert division behind winner Lee Du Bose and ahead of rapidly improving Brian Zenner , Kerrville's Dennis Munns had no problem s in th e 250cc Experts, finishin g well ahead of Jerry Farmer and Mark Co chran after J ack Beckham experi enced m echanical problem s a nd was unable to start the second ro und . Rand y Green hi ll domi na ted Min i Senior ac tion wit h ba ck-to-back wi ns i n that class. Scott Ren ick and Steve Vickers made i t a clean sweep fo r Ka wasak is as th ey foll o wed G ree n hill ho m e in second a nd third p lace respec tivel y. Tommy Vickers to pped th e 125cc Novi ce divisi on after a close e nc o u n te r wit h San Antonio 's An thony Branchizio . J immy Kollman regi stered an upset victory over Pa ul Zabor in the Open Novices when Zabor cra sh ed .m id wa y thro ugh th e second heal. Andy Thompson co nt i n ued to find new and unusu al wa ys to ne gotiate th e infamous double jump but nevertheless ca rve d h is wa y th ro ugh the pack in both o u ti ngs to ultimat el y trium ph in th e 250cc No vi ce cl ass in front of Mark Smi th a nd Bri an Ro ber son . Mike Farmer di d h is famous " bump a nd run " routine o n T om William s en route to vic to ry in th e cro wd ed Ov er 30 co ntest. ca us ing Williams to earn his third o vera ll th e ha rd wa y. Ro b Ta lbo tt wi sely a vo ided Farmer whenever pos sible a nd two smooth rides a llowed him to fill th e runnerup slot, Results M INI M INI: 1. Br ian Oestr ick (Yam) : 2. Bubba Koch (Kew) ; 3 . Toby Steele (Han). M INI JR : r . Cody A tk in s (Yam); 2. Ru ss Lynas (Vam); 3. Slick DePra to (Kaw). M INI SR: 1. Rardy Greenh ill (Kaw) ; 2. Scan Ren ick (Kaw); 3. Steve Vickers (Kaw). 12 5 BEG : 1. Tr oy Koch (S Ul) : 2. M ar k Kue m pe l (Vam ); 3. M att Harlan (Han). 2 50 BEG : 1. Ga ry M eyb erry (Vern); 2. Gary Hug gins (Han); 3 . Cert er Q . Hill (Cag!. 12 5 NOV : 1. Tom m y V icker s (Kaw ); 2. An tho ny Branchizio (KBW); 3. Rick Schuetz (Kaw l. 250 NOV: 1. Andy Tho m pson (Kaw!; 2. M ar k Sm it h (Yam); 3 . Bria n Rob er son (Yam ). OPEN NOV: 1. J imm y Koll ma n (Vam): 2. Pau l labor (Yem): 3. J oh n DePrato (Yam) . 125 1NT: 1. J ohn Sh erwood (Kaw); 2. Bert Rag lin (Vern); 3 . Roddy Lewis (Ke w) . 250 INT: t . Vi nce Rizzo (Hon); 2. Lewis Bell ard (Han) ; 3 . Paul Horton (Han). OPEN INT: 1. TInker M ayf ield (Kaw); 2. Bry a n Brigg s (Yam) ; 3. Mitch Mitchell (Han). OVE R 30: 1. Mike Fermer (yam); 2. Rob Talbon (Yam) ; 3. Tom W illiams (Yam) . VET: 1. Johnny Carter (Han ): 2. Smokey Joe (y am) ; 3 . Uoyd Longmire (Han). 12 5 EX: 1. Lee DuB ose (SUl); 2. M ike Sh er w ood (Kaw) ; 3. Brian Zettner (Yam) . 250 EX: 1. Dennis Munns (Yam); 2. Jerry Farmer (Hon); 3 . Mark Cochran (Yam ). L.eisk tops 250cc Pros at SMX Corona By Terry Whytal CO RONA . CA . MA R . 3 Au stralia n Nat iona l Champ J eff Leis k p owered to the 250cc IP ro class win at today's Saddleback Mot ocross event at Corona Racewa y. Le is k had to fen d o ff cha llen g es fro m H on da rider Wi llia m Musg ra ve in th e first m o to a nd Scott Cona wa y, ridin g a Yamaha. i n th e second round to sweep both motos a nd pick up the big purse of the day. Cona wa y p ut together a 3-2 score to place second a head o f Musgra ve. Th e I 25cc Intermed iat e battle wa s topped by H onda r ider J ohn Mariasevic h wh o used two runner-up finishes to o u t-point h is co m pe titors. Kawasaki pil ot Bri an Calh o u n rea ch ed th e ch eckers fir st in ro u nd o ne ac tion a nd DNF the seco nd as J eff Maria sevi ch roosted to th e second m ot o win afte r ha ving p ro blem s in th e fi rs t. Suzuki-mount ed Da rin M orod a pl aced second o verall beh ind J ohn Ma riasevi ch a nd a head of third pl ace ove ra ll Jeff Mar iasevich . H ond a rider Sco tt Fr eem a n proved Ia stest in the Vet Ex pert cl ass : He bested both m o to s despi te fierce co m petitio n from Kaw asaki -m oun ted George Kohler . wh o ea rned th e seco nd p lace ove ra ll honors. Third went to Yamaha pil ot Ra nd y Minter. Mike Nash clean ed both 25 0cc No vice motos on board hi s H onda . CR aft e r a tw o-rn ot o du el with Yam a ha rider D anny Critser a n d H o n d a -m o u nt ed U I£ J ohanss on . Critser a n d J o h a n sso n sp li t th e runner-up moto placings with Crit ser takin g second ov er all on th e tiebreaker . as Johansson ea rned a cr ed ible third p lace for th e day. Results 25 0 (Yam); 250 (Ka w) ; PRO: 1. Jeff Leisk (Hon); 2. Scott Conaway 3 . Will iam M u sgrave (Hon). INT : ,. Steve Piatton i (Hon); 2. Jim Perry 3 . Robert Sh eld on (Han) . 125 INT: r. John Matiasevich (Hon); 2. Darin M ot od a (Suz); 3 . Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw). VET EX: 1. Scott Freeman(Hon); 2. George Kohler (kaw); 3. Randy Minter (Vam). VET INT: 1. Ben gt Johansson (Han! , 2. M,ke Brooks (SUl). VET NOV: t , Tom Coleman (Kaw) ; 2. Tom Dr ew (Kaw). OPEN NOV : 1. Greg Whitfie ld (Vam); 2. Douglas Cave (Hon). _ 250 NOV: 1. M ike Nash IHon); 2. Dan n y Critse r (Vam); 3 . UI! Johansson (Han) . 125 NOV : 1. Dav id Noel (Ho n); 2. Mi ke Brook s (Su z); 3 . Eric Bisbee (Kaw). 250BEG : 1. Ron Li ngo (Yam); 2 . J eff Sm it h (Han) ; 3 . J efry Feldmier (Mai). '25 BEG: t . Jacen Run (Yam); 2. Ji m Gr iffi n (Kaw ); 3 . Shane Ram irez (Suz) . 80 tNT : 1. Robert Sh ipman (Kaw) ; 2. Jason Coll ier (Hon); 3. Brandon Sperling (Yam ). BO BEG : 1. J ell G riffi n (Han); 2. Dennis Ramos (Han!: 3. Chris Shipman (Han) . 1. J immy Will iams (Kaw); 2. Brent Bisb ee (Kaw ); 3. J oey Wallace (Suz) . Med iaOne 'NC SPEEDWA Y SUPE R MID GET S SATURDAY MARCH 30 DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 p.m.ITIME TRIALS AT 7:00 p.rn. RACES START AT 8 :00 p.m . KINGDOME For more inf ormatio n Call Tom Glithero (2 0 6) 483-0690 $12, 50 KI D S 12 & U N D E R HALF PRI CE ON SAlE NOW AT AU. ncKETUA$TER N.W. AND USUAl PUGET SOUND OUTLETS DISCOUNT COUPON eo: White takes Pro GOOD FOR $2.00 OFF ADVANCE TICKET FOR SHOWDOWN ' 8 5 win at Corona By Nate Rauba CO RONA, CA. MA R. I Wh ile most classes were fu ll due to the large turnou t tonigh t a t Coro na Racewa y, the l25cc a nd O pen Pro di visio n s drew o n ly five riders be tween th em . however Chuck H a rt and Chris White were th e winners in some of the closest racing of the night. Open rider Ro ger H urd grabbed th e holeshot on his four-stroke H onda at the sta rt of the Iirst rnoro, but l25cc rider H art (Suzu ki Country/ Spect ro ) quickly nabbed th e lead in th e fir st set o f sta d iu m whoops. White. o n a n O pen H onda. held third until h e got a ll o u t o f sh ape in th e second set o f whoops a llo w i n g Cliff Keve r vg a (H o n), o n a 125, to get by. H art d ro p ped to la st w hen h e fell in a t u rn o n th e fir st lap , g iv ing th e lead to Kever yga. Keveryga led Hurd. White and 125cc rider Al ex L opez (R in co n Kawa saki ) in a tight format ion for the next lap before H a rt caught up to the pack a n d Hurd dropped back to la st. L opez moved by Wh it e and began to cha llen ge Keveryg a fo r the lead and taking i t on the fourth la p . H a rt wo rked h is way into seco nd with j ust ov er a lap to go. b u t by th en Lo pez had a co m fortable lead and wen t on to take th e win. Second went to Hart well a head of Keveryg a a nd White was the first Open bike across the line. At the start o f the second moto, Hart grabbed the h ol esho t ahead of H u rd and Lopez . Lopez flew into second in the fir st set of w hoops, then FRAMES FORKS STEMS & CROWNS MAG WHEELS REINFORCING ATC's ODYSSEY's PICK·UP & DEUVERY " ' NO CHARGE IF UNREPAIRABLE' " · · · FR EE INSPEcnON · · · J IM POET R idr . wi th thr R . c r , '. Edg r D octo r John ' . 1524-A Industrial P ark St. Covina. CA 9172 2 (818) 332-1598 MICHELIN HI-SPORT NOW IN STOCK 12 0170 10 0 / 8 0 110 / 80 110 /80 16 0 / 60 1 3 0170 1 4 0170 160 / 60 UNBEATABLE V 16 TF 11 V 18 TF1 1 V 18 TF1 1 V 19 T F1 1 V V V V 17 TG22 18 TG22 18 TG22 18 TG22 D.G.T. 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