Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

,' ·.~ ~ l!") 00 O"l ...... ~ 0 C'J ..c u I , Kopeck y (Kaw) ; 3. Craig Huber IKaw). 450 MOD PROD : 1. Fran k Call in ico s (Yam); 2 . Alex White (Ya m); 3 . Bill OeSer e (Han). 600 M OD PROD: 1. Nigel Gale (Yam); 2. Gary Tat sumi (Yam); 3. Chris Mc Nellis (Yam ). F1: 1. J eff St ern IHon); 2. Walt Nitto IKaw); 3 . Bob Rein en (Kaw) . 450 55: 1. Fr ank Call inic os (Yam); 2. Darr en Fulce (Yam); 3. Willy Sarzi (Yam). 750 MOD PROD : 1. DWIght Full er ISuz): 2 . Scon Jo hnson (Yam); 3. Scot Reif (Han) . OPEN M OD PROD: 1. Ear l Roloff IKaw ); 2 . Ke nny Kopecky (Kaw ): 3. Gregory [Sett le (Kaw). 600 STK PROD: 1. Nigel Gale (Yam); 2. Gar y Tatsu mi (ya m); 3 . Chr is McNellis (Yam). F2: 1. Br ian Ben evedes (Yam); 2. Scott W aters (Yam); 3. Joe Salvo (Yam). 75 055: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw ); 2. Bob Rein en (Kaw) ; 3. Keit h W est IKaw) . OPEN 5 5 : 1. Jeff Stern (SUl); 2. Kenn y Kopecky (Kaw ); 3. Cra ig Huber (Kaw) . TWI NS: 1. M ick Of ield (Nor ); 2. Fred Eiker INor); 3 . Bill Fennessy (Yam). _ 600 5 5 : 1. Tony Mathews (Yam); 2. Ear l Roloff (Kaw) ; 3 . Cra ig Beecher (Yam ). $-I ro :E Harold flies at FernleyMX FER NLEY, NV. MAR . 3 Frank Callinicos (35) won the 450cc Mod. Prod. and Superstreet classes. (Below) Nigel Gale passes Chris McNellis (28) for the 600cc Stock w in . Nigel Gale wins three at Willow By Lori Tyson RO SAMO ND. CA. MAR. 3 Nigel Gale took charge of the 600cc Mod ified Production at th e America n R oad Racin g Associa tion 's W illow Spri ngs 46 .. meet aft er sweep ing past Ch ris MeNe ll is in the seco nd tu rn o f th e race. Gal e stretched h is lead unt il Ear l Rol off go t o n th e gas a nd sta lked h im fo r th e nex t two la ps. wait ing to make h is move. But Rol off wa ited per haps a bit too long - a lapped rider moved into h is path as he entered th e down hill left -ba nder turn five. " I had to lOSS it away 10 keep fro m Tboning the g uy," sai d Ro loff of h is cra sh . Gary Ta tsu m i th en inherited seco nd , McNellis took th ird. In th e 750cc Stock Production Gale took his FJ600 to victory over Ma rt y Vogel's new 600 Nin ja a nd newcomer Dwight Fuller who wo rked his way up to third af ter a poor sta rt . Ga le made a n easy S IOO in th e 600cc Stoc k Product ion . wi th Lon g Beach Ya ma ha pu tt in g u p the pr ize mo ney for first pl ace. G ar y Ta tsu rni was a d istant seco n d. The fir st Ka wa saki 600 Ni nja 10 be raced locall y was a lso th e first to be crashed hard as " Voge l. rid in g o n stock tires. lost th e front en d in th e fa st turn eig h t swee per. Vogel wa s lu ck y 10 be o n ly slig h tly banged-up as th e bike tumbled by h im at h igh spee d . Rol off fin all y solved hi s recu rr in g overhea ti ng p roblem wi th h is 900 Ninj a a nd too k it to th e O pen Stock Producti on win over Kenn y Kopecky, a lso Ni nja -mounted . Rol off discovered a b low n h ead gas ket had been caus ing h is bik e to hea t up , blowi ng wa ter a ll over hi s rea r tire. Bu t h e had no problems this time and rode to an easy wi n . Cra ig Hu ber a nd Greg Settle di ced fo r third with H uber fina lly able to p u t some dis tance on Settle by th e end o f th e race to tak e thi rd . Kop eck y led th e first three la ps of the Formu la I race. b ut it tu rn ed into a three-wa y ba ttl e wit h Walt Nitta tak ing th e lead on h is Cha mpion Mori waki Su perbike on th e fourth lap, J eff Sterns and Bo b Reinen slip pi ng by a lap lat er. By th e las t la p. the race intensifie d; at the chec kered flag, th e three were nearl y side-by-side. S tern s ca me ou t o n top by a co u p le of feet , Keith West. Dwight Fuller a nd Sco tt J oh nso n fought hard in th e 750cc Modifi ed Product ion in a race th at showed newcomers West a nd Fu ller rea lly goin g a t it for th e lead . Joh nson , (on hi s FJ600 ) un able to keep up with th e fast er 750s. lost so me grou nd a nd had to sett le for third. West and Fuller reall y went a t it. with the result being a toss-up fin ish. Bu t. a s West wa s not runn ing for poi nts. Fu ller was proclaimed th c victor. Bill DeBere won yet a no the r 450cc Stock Product ion tro p h y wi th a commanding lead o ver Keith McKibbon a nd a fierce battle for thi rd bet ween Don Vi'arren a nd J oe Yat es. DeBere took th e lead fro m Kevin Scsav n icki by th e seco nd lap and wasn 't seriously cha lle nged from th at p o int o n . MeKibbon ro de a lo ne in seco nd; beh in d h im Warren a nd Yat es fought o ne o f th e tightest races o f th e day for th ird . At th e end of th e eig h t-la p event . DeBere a nd McKibbon were secu re in first a n d second . Yat es ta ki ng a sq uea ker th ird . In Formula 3 (125cc G P) Rye Hefley took a n easy win , bu t seco nd p lace was a tough debat e betwee n Charles Fiscus a nd Ken Bruce. Usi ng traff ic 10 h is adva nt age o n the la st la p . Fiscu s ca me o u t a head a t th e flag . Frank Callinicos wo n th e 450cc Su perstree t o ne more time. na rrowl y edging ou t Will y Sarzi a nd Darren Fulce for the poi nts a fter a heat ed ba tt le for th e lead. T he T wins race turned out to be pretty exc iting wit h Norton pi lo ts Mick O field a nd Fred Eiker figh tin g for th e lead ove r Bill Fennessy, Er ic I' Anson a nd Mik e Wil son. By th e last few laps. Ofield used hi s extra h or sepower to pu ll o u t a hea d . Eiker still in seco nd. Fennessy th en held a stro ng thi rd , but I' An son and Wi lson fought to the en d o ver fou rth . I' An son fin ished ahea d by a wheel. Results 450 STK PROD: 1. Bill DeBere (Hon ); 2. Keith M cKibbon (Suz); 3. Jo e Yate s (Yam). F3 : 1. Rye Hefl ey (Hon); 2. Char les Fis cus tYam); 3 . Ken Bruce (Yam). 750 STK PROD: 1. Nigel Gale (Yam) ; 2. M any VogeltKaw); 3. Dw ight Fuller tSUl ). . OPEN STK PROD: 1. Ear l Roloff (Kaw ); 2. Kenny R a ce three o f th e fo u r- race Fernley Spring Sizzler Series drew a to tal of over 100 rid ers from bo th sides o f th e California-Nevada sta te lin e. filling 14 cla sses. Dan H arold wo n hi s first race of th e series in th e 250cc Nov ices. ove r series lea der Clint Finche r a nd J eff Fegert, G reg Sea rle wo n th e 2S0cc Juni or class, but had a rough da y do in g it. H e crashed in the firs t m ot o , th cn recovered 10 finish third ; in rnoto two. Searle was a ble 10 mak e a la st lap , last turn pass on lead er P ete Pecorilla 10 wi n th e moro a nd claim first overa ll, Th e com bined Expert class featured 20 la ps of bar -to-bar ra ci ng between Ro bbie H adl ock a nd jeff Cl outier in the first rno ro. wi th the win goi ng 10 C lou ti er. In th e secon d round, C loutier was closing fa st on H adl ock . bu t a n error by C louti er on the la st lap was all it took to give the m a la a n d overall 10 H adl ock . Results 60 : 1. Roger Don ah ue . BO NOV : 1. P.J . Yacu k; 2. Greg Evans; 3 . Ron Paho ulis. 60 J R: 1. Robe rt Cislin i. BO EX: 1. Gen e Kay. 125 NOV ; 1. Brian Elder ; 2. Russ J ohn son; 3 . Wa de Tien svold . 250 NOV : 1. Dan Har old; 2. Cli nt Finch er; 3. J eff Fegert . 2 50 J R: 1. Greg Searl e; 2 . Pete Pecorill a; 3 . Kevin M cRae. OPEN NOV ; 1. Joe l Ell is; 2. Kim Adam son , EX: 1. Robb ie Hadlock; 2 . Jeff Cloutier; 3 . Dan Dossey. VET NOV: 1. Harr y McMahan ; 2. Rex HIbdo n. OT NOV: 1. John Day. OT J R: 1. Jack Dossey . aT EX: 1. Russ Wyant; 2. Glenn Dav is. Witte, WIIock, W..g win at P.I.R. By John Burrus PHOENI X. AZ, MAR . 3 Competing for o n ly h is second time o n th e Bob Abbott-resurrected Kawasaki Ninj a , R ick Wiuestormed through Phoen ix Road Racing Organizat ion 's open ing P ro duct ion Stock event - a 15-la p sp ri nt ove r th e ro ugh a nd , toda y, wi n d blown tarmac o f Phoenix Internat ional Racewa y. T h irty minutes la ter Witte, who is sponsored by Bell Road Kaw asaki a n d Rock y Cycle. wa s back o n th e same bik e for a n even more decisive w in in Su pe rstreet. Kevin Ellio tt (Mo torcyclcand Marine, Nava H elm ets and Lancer Leathers) was close to Witte in th e Producti on S toc k even t o n a 750cc T u rbo Kawa sa ki but was temporari ly bumped o ff thc co u r se by a no the r rider. Ell io tt managed to hold on to seco nd, follow cd by P ro duct ion Stock C wi n ner Joe Shelton, p iloti ng an FJ600 from Kin gm an Cycle Works. T he n. righ t u p wi th th c big bi kes. was a littl e RZ3S0 Yam aha ridden by P rod uction Stock D wi nncr a nd new uno fficia l PRRO po int s lead er Scott Will ock from Performance Consuha llls. Norm Ben edum wa s close eno ug h to Willock (a nd a head o f everyo ne else) for the seco nd spot in P rodu cti on Stock D. r id ing a 4S0cc S uzu ki fro m Ri sin g Sun Cyclc a nd Q uadr ifogli o . In Superstrcet raci ng. Witte lead the first four laps u n ti l David Co ons took over o n an II OOcc Suzu ki for two laps o f g lo ry. Coons go t o ff th e tr ack o n la p seven bUI reco vered for a th ird overa ll behind the seco nd m an in Supe rstreet A. G reg Win g and h is N in ja from Mot orcycle & Marine, Nava and Win g Racin g. Leading th e next wav e was Chuck Crawford. who won Supcr strect C o n a Sera 500 from P e rf o r m an c e Co ns u lt a n ts . Benn is Racin g a nd Spectro Chemica ls. J oe Shelton carne next , th en Paul Deat on o n a H onda 750 th en Su perstree t D winn er Sco tt Willock. David Coons was back ridi ng a ggressiv ely o n hi s Suzu ki 1100 for th e Formula event but went down in th e . hairpin (DN F) trying his best to ca tch Greg Wing. What ever tweeking Wind did o n hi s Ninja betw een .ra ces must have work ed , because he was al most a half track a hea d o f th e next bike by th e end of the 15-lap sp ri nt. And th e n ext g uy wa s Cr aig Mart in o n J oe Sh elt on 's FJ 600 for th e F2 w in . Martin was foll ow ed by Ken Tweet on a Intercept or 500 for seco n d in F2. th en Rob er t Benn is on a 585cc Sera , Results STK PRO A: 1. Rick W in e (Kawl; 2. Kevin Ell ion (Kaw) ; 3. J eff Udell (Kaw) . STK PRO 8 : 1. luanne Ser rano (Su z). STK PRO C: i . Joe Shelton (yam); 2 . Ed W right (Kaw); 3. Ben Will iams (Hon). STK PRO 0 : 1. Sco tt Wi llock (Yam); 2. Norm Benedum (SUl); 3 . Tom Dah l (Yam ). SUPER STREET A : 1. Rick Witte tKa w ); 2 . Greg Win (Kaw t 3 . David Coons (Suz). SUPER STREET B: 1. Paul Deato n (Hon): 2. Bria n Enos (Hon); 3. M ichael Goodman (Suz). SUPER STREET C: 1. Ch uck Crawford (Yam ); 2. Joe Shelt on IYam); 3. Bob Eaton (Yam) . SUPER STREET 0 : 1. Scon Willock (Yam l; 2. Tom Dah l (Yam); 3. Frank DiRanna (Yam). FORM 1: 1. Greg Wing IKaw) : 2. Kevi n Ell ion (Kaw) ; 3. Bru ce W il son (Turbo BMW). FORM 2: 1. Craig Martin (Yam); 2. Ken Tweet (Hon ); 3 . Robert Benn is (Yam ). Mayfield's magic at Lakeside MX By Joe Milian BASTROP , T X, MAR. 3 C lear ski es a nd a light breeze off Lake Bastrop provided an ideal setting for motocross racing toda y a t Lakeside MOlOsport's revam ped la yout as ove r 200 riders assem bled to com pe te in 15 classes. With a ligh t Expe rt turno ut, th e most inten se ac tion was ge ne ra ted in th e Interm edi at e ranks. T in ker Ma yfield , a last-minu te additio n 10 th e big -bore class after hi s 250 expired during practi ce. took a come-fro m behind victory in th e O pen Intermedi at e clas h over Bryan Briggs. As Marvin McKin took hi s cus tomary ho lesh ot 10 open th e fir st m ot o , Ma yfield 's borrowed 500 Kawasaki point ed its front wh eel skywa rd as h e ca me over th e ga te. By th e time he got the green ma chine under co nt ro l. seven rid ers had tak en advantage of h is plight a nd were rapid ly pulling away - Ma yfield found himself m id -pack. At th e h alfwa y mark Ma yfield beca m e en ga ged in a th ree-way strugg le for th e lead with Mitch Mitch ell a nd Bryan Briggs. On th e fin al lap. Mayfield man aged to sq ueeze inside Briggs in th e turn before th e flag , p u tt in g th e Ka sson T ea m rider in to the fen ce; Mitch ell gra bbed th e runner-up spot. Briggs was a ble to restart a n d fin ish th ird ahead of Mikey Kollman . The seco nd heat belo nged 10 Mayfield fro m the start a lt hough he su f-

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