Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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FOR TOP QUAUTY RIDING APPAREL lIlIG W. 16thSt.l.lmg BeacIl (213) 4356551 48 for more details see Dealer-SeMce Directory under IlIdIng AppIqI in-the back of this issue. C'! . : -' .~ 8423 _ (213) 861-6217 (213) 861-5278 (213) 861-4139 ....d Bhd. I . D•.....,. CA !OlIO In the 1 2 5 c c Novice c lasses, Tim Howard (3 2 ), John Garcia (6 ) and Robert McCay mix it u p at Coron a . Garcia finished thi rd in division two. , blew it in th e second set and let Wh ite by. Hurd a lso had so me trou ble in the whoops a nd dropped back 10 last. It took Lopez a co uple o f la ps before he could get by th e big bo re, but once he did he qu ic kly moved in o n H an and the two left the ot hers behind as th ey ba ttl ed C th e lead. Lopez ga ined or first on the fo urth la p , but n ea rl y crashed when he flew too C ove r a ar ju mp. T h is a llowed Han 10 pull a lon gside, bu t Lopez bea t h im 10 th e ins ide o f th e nex t co rner. After d ropp in g back slig h tly, H an go t o n th e gas whe n th e white flag ca me o ut an d was cha lle nging Lopez C th e lead. or When th ey ca me o u t of th e h ill s Han was in front, having pa ssed Lopez in th e same turn in wh ich he fell in th e firs t mot a as th ey ran into 250 traffic, and went on to lak e the win . Keveryga was a di stant third, and after swapping p ositions several times White ca me o u t on top o f th e Open class bailie. Results HIGH SCHOOL WOM EN: 1. Ja ime Kirltpatrick (Arl). M INI SR: 1. Mike Wiese (Art ); 2. Steven Foster (Tus ); 3 . TIm Wells (Cer). 100: 1. Steven Foster (Tus). 12 51NT; t . Carl Benjamin (Arl ); 2. M ike Svendsen (Tus); 3 . Jeff Dean (Per). 175 NOV: 1. M ike Svendsen (Tus); 2. Billy cnempion (Hem); 3 . Mondo Duran (Hem) . 250 NOV: 1. Jeff HayesIPer); 2. Guy Cortner (Arl); 3 . John W illiams ICer) . OPEN INT: 1. M ike Rambo (Per). UNATIACHED PEE WEE: 1. Jason Len tz tKaw ~ 2. Jimmy Wi lliams(Kaw). MI NI BEG 12, : t. Jeff Grafton (Yam); 2. Jarrett Austin (Ho n); 3. Jason M an i n (Yam). MINI BEG 13 +; 1. M ike Cox (Kaw); 2. John Pet erson (Kaw); 3. Casey O'Neili (Yam). MINI NOV: 1. Charlie Brown (Kaw); 2. Guy Deck· ert (Kaw ); 3. Ronnie Martin (Kaw). MINIINT: 1. Donn y McGlau gh lin (Kaw); 2. Adam Fitzge rald (Yam); 3. Robert Sh ipm an (Kaw). 12 5 BEG I: 1. M edardo Ju arez (Suz); 2. Rat Suit (Yam); 3. Steven Char les (Kawl. 12 5 BEG II: t . Ron Sc haffer (Kaw); 2. Paul Qu inn (Suz); 3. Car los Graton (Kaw) . 12 5 NOV I: I .Jerry Litte~al(Hon); 2. Bill A uber len (Yam); 3. Charles Gonzal es (Kawl . 1 25 NOV II: 1. Bryan Petrie (Kaw); 2 . Rob ert M cCay (Kaw); 3. Jo hn Garc ia (Han). 1251NT: 1. Gen e Baldwin (Han ); 2. B.J . Millspaugh (Kaw); 3. Bill y Nie lson (Han ). 125 PRO: t. Chu ck Hart (Suzl; 2. Al ex Lopez (Kaw); 3. Cliff Keveryg a (Han ). 250 BEG I: 1. Micha el M ats on ISu z); 2 . Rau l Casillas (Yam): 3 . Travis Stake (Hon ). 2 50 BEG II; 1. TIm Forbes (Suz); 2. Ron Lathrop (Han); 3 . Shaw n Heit (Yam). 2 50 NOV: 1. David Emmerson (Kaw); 2. J ohn Carter (Hon ); 3 . Jo h n Wall (Yam). 25 0 1NT: 1. Kenny M addu x (Yam t 2. Steve Piat · ton i (Han); 3. Tom Brown (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Go rdo n Ward (Yam); 2. Darr en Shar · uga !Yam); 3 . Don Turk (Han). OPEN BEG: t. Chri s Chapman (Ha n); 2, Robert Johnson (Han); 3. Stacy Cox (Kaw ). OPEN NOV : 1. Br ent Pert er (Hon); 2. Dan Cukar (Su z); 3. Todd Schaffer (Han). OPEN INT: 1. J osh Dean (Yam); 2. John Peterson (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Chr is Wh it e (Han); 2. Roger Hurd (Han). VETS : 1. Steve Ballmer IK aw); 2. Wa lt Foster (ya m); 3. Lynn McGr aw (Honl . Hettinga, lange hook up at Albany Supercross By Clay light ALBANY , OR, MAR . 3 R e tu r n i n g warriors Da vi d Heuinga and Do ug Lange came home to stormy wea ther in O regon after racin g in Califor nia and won the Pro classes at Albany's District 28 AMA Supercross. Hettinga went 1-2 to win the 125s, while Lange took th e 250cc and O pen Pro classes with I-I tallies. Fourteenyear -old Pa u l Winn al so went I-I in th e 125cc Intermedi at es. H euin ga (Mt. Valley Cycle/Kaw) rode a rampant pace in the 125cc Pro 's first mota a nd cha rged into the lead followed by Kenny Ol son (Yam), Keith FoideI (H a n), Ri cky Gunderson (Yam) and KTM-supponed Grayson H an. H euinga was on the gas, riding like a madman leaving Olson with a lonely second ahead of an onth e-move Gunderson. Heuinga shot into th e lead in th e second contest wh ile Malcolm Smith's Tim Michlitsch (Yam ) hounded from behi nd . Mi chlirsch fis hed for an ope n in g for three laps and finally displa ced Heuinga for the lead and rode th e rem a ining 10 la ps in th e lead . H euinga co u ld n' t rind a wa y arou nd and settled for seco nd , which was good for the overall due 10 Mich litsch 's DNF in moto one . Han took third ahead or O lson a nd Gunderson. The 250cc Pro class was dominated by Lange, who pushed hi s Mo to-X Fox Yamaha into the lead, whi le J ohn Woodley (H a n) , David Fox (Ya m) a nd All en Pitts (Suz) made up a three way fren zy for third after Michlitsch (Ya m) moved into second.

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