Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

« '" -c :J a: w ~ Z >- '" o b J: c, class winner. Second was Zack R u nd , even th ough he got 10 the track late a n d raced without a ny practi ce. T ed Per rero cla imed th e winner 's troph y in th e 250s, after leadi ng Den n is Del biaggio a nd Steve Croucher, wh o fin ished seco nd and th i rd ove ra ll, respectively. Fourth was Old T imer Dan Nelson . Holass, Clayton clobber Clarks BranchMX By Clay Light ROSE BU RG, O R , MA R. 17 Darren C layto n a n d Terry Holass head li ned in l25ccJun ior action a t Clarks Branch Raceway in Roseburg . Oregon, Gary lacy (22C) leads Kenny Maddux in the 1 2 5 cc Intermediate c lass at Corona Raceway. Maddux eventually finished second; lacy t hi rd . Jordan, Strangio jam at Corona night MX By Nat e Rau ba CO R ONA, CA, MAR . 15 Upland High School teammat es R on Jordan and T ony Strangi o were th e big winners in to nigh t' s high school competition at Corona R acewa y; eac h rider took overall victories in two separa te classes. J o rdan took fir st in th e 125 a nd 175cc Senior cl a sses , whi le Strangio cleaned up th e 250cc an d Open Sen iors. Strangio led th e co m bi ned 250/ I25cc Sen ior class 10 th e Iirst turn a t th e sta rt o f moto o ne a nd was follo wed by Arling ton 's Greg Flan agan an d J ordan. J ordan worked around Fla naga n o n the fir st lap, a nd fo r th e next severa l ci rcui ts, th e tr io freighttr ained arou nd th e co urse. Flanagan passed J ordan for seco nd o n the fourth la p , and then took the lea d wh en Strangio cras h ed later on th e same lap. Stra ngio didn 't lose much time, though , a nd repas sed hi s teammate on th e fin al lap a n d took second 10 Fl anagan . Jordan crossed th e line third but was penalized a lap which gave th e class win 10 Arlington 's Carl Ben jamin. Strangio, Jordan and Flanagan were back in fro nt a race later in th e O pen/ 175cc Senior class an d did much th e sa me thi ng as th e race before. This time i t wa s Fl anagan 's turn to go d o wn as h e cli p pe d Jordan 's rear wheel o n a downhill turn. As he got go ing aga in, Fl anagan reached up to pu lLh is ro ll -o ff co rd. went 0 (( th e tr ack, do wn a hill and o ver a crash wall o nto th e in field . By th e time h e go t back on th e trac k, everyone was go ne. Strangi o a lso ran into so me trou bl e - he d rop pe d way beh ind J ordan , wh o th en went o n 10 win th e race. Second I 75cc rider wa s Corona l Norco's Mi ke Bro o ks, a nd in th e Open class Upland's Kon Ba ur was second 10 Stra ngio. Flanaga n ca me back and grabbed the hol esh ot a t th e start of the seco nd 250/ 125cc Senior mo to and was chased by Stra ngio and J ordan . Once agai n th ey a ll stayed glued to o ne ano the r's rea r fen de r, a nd it wasn' t unti l the sta rt of the fou rt h lap that things began 10 cha nge. Flanagan h eld the lead until h e lan ded off th e fin ish line jump a nd bro ke a bolt in h is Yamaha 's rear suspension , a nd wi th th e p ressure o ff o f Strangio , h e let J o rdan by o n th e sa me lap . J ordan went to take another win . and Benjamin was secon d ahead' of Strangio,-w ho -sri ll took the 250cc over Cerrito's Pau l Rell er. With Fl a naga n ou t for th e nigh t the final moto of th e Open/175cc class was a St rangio/ Tordan show. Bo th riders shot to the front and spent the entire rnoto dicing for the lead, b u t Stra ngio ma intained the upper ha nd fo r the dura tion of th e rac e. Resu lts HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN : 1. Tracy Cun ningham (C-NO. MINI NOV : 1. TIm Wells (Cer): 2. St even Fost er (lus); 3 . Dan La umbach (D· L). l 00cc: 1. Osvew Farris ICer); 2. St even Foster (lus): 3. Scon Strangio (Upl). 125 NOV : 1. M ike Brooks (C-N ): 2. M ike Svendsen (lus): 3 . Tony O'Campo (Upl). 125 SR: 1. Ron Jordan (Upl): 2. Car l Ben jam in (A rl). 175 SR: 1. Ron Jordan (Upl); 2. Mike Brooks (C· N); 3 . M ike Svendsen (1 us ). 250 SR: 1. Tony Strangio (Upl); 2. Paul Ren er (Cer ): 3 . Todd Everhart (Cer). OPEN SR: 1. Tony Strangio (Upl): 2. John Wall (Upl): 3. Kon Baur (Upl). UNATIACHED PEE WEE : 1. M ike Me tzg er (Kaw); 2. J im my W illi· ems (Kaw ); 3. Brian (Kaw ). M INI BEG 12 -: 1. Jason Martin (Yam ); 2. Jarren Austin (Han); 3. Brian Visca (Kaw). M INI BEG 13+: 1. M ike Cox (Kaw): 2 . J eff Griffin (Han); 3. Brad Bailey (Kaw). MI NI NOV: 1. l ouie Romo (Yam); 2. Ronn ie Martin (Kaw) ; 3. Robert Naber (Kaw). MINIINT: 1. Robert Sh ipman (Kew); 2. Dena Wig gins (Suz). 125 BEG I: 1. St an Hase (Kaw) ; 2. Rob Kn emey er (Han); 3. Man W icken s (Suz). 125 BEG II: 1. Jeb Brock (Suz); 2. Meda rdoJuarez (Suz); 3 . Troy Crai g (Han). 12 5 NOV: 1. Bry an Pet r ie (Kaw); 2 . John Garcia (Han): 3. Robert M cCay (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Gene Badl win (Han): 2. Kenny M addux (Kaw); 3. Gary Lacy (Kaw). 250 BEG I: 1. Ron Lathrop (Han) : 2. Sh eldon M es· sick (K8W); 3 . Jim Tamburo (Yam). 25 0 BEG II: 1. Scott Rippens (Yam): 2. Shawn Heit (Yam): 3 . Curt is Olsen (Han) . 250 NOV: 1. Don Litteral (Han); 2. Clay Stanford (Suz); 3 . Ken Faught (Yam ). _ 250 INT: 1. Tom Brown (Han ): 2. Todd Cu nni ngham tSuz}; 3. Marc Visser (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Gordon W ard (Yam); 2. Da"en Shar· uga (Yam): 3. J im Gibson (Yam). OPEN BEG : 1. St acy Cox (Kaw): 2 . Gary Oualls (Kaw ). OPEN NOV: 1. John Wa ll IHon ): 2. Larry Boyd (Han); 3 . Brent Pon er (Han). OPEN INT: 1. M ike Rambo (Su z): 2. Bruce Cris· well (Kaw); 3. Patrick M ichaels (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Scott Yenzer (Han). VeTS : 1. Steve Ball m er (Kaw); 2. Walt Foster (Yam): 3. Greg Preston ISuz). Keller in the money at S unny Valley By Jim M ill er GRANTS PASS, OR. l\IAR. 3 Rodney Kell er scored big wi ns a nd big bucks as th e top Pro winner in today's un n y Valley Mo neycross. O ver 700 specta to rs ca me ou t 10 ch eer on their fa vorite riders, a nd Keller had a n outstanding da y by winning both Pro motos to cla im $500. In th e 125cc money class, Kevin Knox and Jeff Dailey fought it ou t all the way. The lead cha nged co nsta n tly before Knox got 10 th e chec kere d flag firs t. J a son Matthews, from Crescent .- € i ty; -Galifornia , -w a s -the -PeeWee in th e O reg on AMA WinterSeries of mot ocross. C layton lo p ped the first di vision going 1-2 whi le H ol ass w en t 1-3 10 snag division two laurels . Rodney Kell er (Ya m-H a n of R oseburg Ho n ) mad e a kill in g in the Pro class. to p p ing bot h motos on the long gnarly h ill side track , ta king the to p ca sh payoff in both m ot os over Curt us Rough. Loca l hero Gary Bault had on lv h is shadow 10 race w ith a n d took a I ~ I in the O pen P ro portion on his H onda. Kawasaki rider J on Buyas, w in ner of the 125cc P ro class, a lso took a I- I tall y at th e checkere d flag. Small-w heel raci ng saw J eff Daily (T eam Green Ka w ) co me away with M in i Ex pe rt honors, dust ing th e field . o f co m bined Intermedi at es led by fly in' R yan Huffman (Ya rn-Hon o f Roseburg /Yam) and teammat e Monty Spa u ld ing (Ya m). Posi tions reversed in th e second o u ting with Spaulding taking first in the Intermediat es, again beh in d Da il y o n th e S inasal o-sponso red KX80. H onda rider C ha d Ber ry took th e Jun io r portion by storm , goi ng I- I and ho lding o ff J oey DePew in m o to one an d Dann y U lven (Kaw) in the second set. Scott Nored used co ns istency, sco ri ng 4-3 fo r th e runners up spo t o ver DePew 's 2-6. G ary " Ba d Bo y" Beyer (Kaw) netted the 125cc Intermedi ates honors with a 1-2 punch, topping th e first m ot o ov er Jeff Peck . Beyer ca m e back in moto two 10 trail Yamaha speedster Paul Winn , wh ose bad lu ck landed him a fourth place fini sh in m ot o o ne . Winn sped to the fla g 10 sweep th e seco nd m oto , but his 4-1 w as o n ly good for runners-up beh ind th e co n sis tency o f series co n tende r Beyer 's 12 tall y. Cl ayIOn (Hon) cru ised 10 th e chec kered flag in th e fir st moto of th e first d iv ision o f I 25cc Junior ac tion - so many riders w ere signed up it was necessary to sp lit th e riders into two classes. The second mor o sa w Mark H amak er tak e th e win , good for a 3-1 seco n d in th e overalls behind Cl ayto n's 1-2. H ol ass won th e second division 's firs t rn oto , foll owed by Salem 's J erry Aich er (Ya m) an d R ich ard Burtch. The second mot o sa w surp rising Kyle Brook s co me away a w inner in th e moto, bu t he was relegat ed to seco n d p lace when th e o vera lls were posted due 10 his disma l first mo to si x th C ora 6-1 C inish . T he second la rgest class was th e 250 Ju niors runoff, u lt imat el y ta ken by Casey Stuve. Stu ve smoked his way into the lead in th e first moro a nd foug h t o ff cha rges fro m Les Engel a nd R ick R o berts 10 ta ke the checkered. T he second time o ut had R ob ert s put h is m ach ine into the lead a nd never look ba ck . Behin d him wa s a horrendous ba ilie C seco nd between or S tuve, H onda rider R on H all , Engle, Bob Breaux a n d S u zu ki- mou n ted Dave Davi s. Stuve got th e handle on "di e-~COr'rd pIa e-tiartt am ~ ~ for the ov erall beating Ro berts (3- 1), Engel (2-4), Hall (5-3) and Davis (6-6) for th e top five finish es. Results 250 PRO: 1. Rodn ey Keller: 2. Curtis Rough . OPEN: 1. Gary Baul t. 125: 1. J on Bu yas. 250 INT: 1. Ted Perreard ; 2. Dennis Rotherman; 3 . Ma rty Ga ssner . PEE WEE JR : 1. Chr is Pan ers on ; 2. Travis Berry. PEE W EE INT: 1. Jason McCormick; 2 . Ryan Huffman. . MIN I JR : 1. Chad Ber ry; 2 . Scan Nored: 3 . Joey DePew; 4 . Danny Ulven. MIN I INT: 1. Monty Spa uld ing ; 2. Ryan Huffman. MIN I EX: 1. Jeff Dail y. OT: 1. Elmer Re imer; 2. Charles Sta nde ford. 304 0 : 1. Rick Sm ith ; 2 . Fra nk Hin es. 1251NT: 1. Gary Beyer: 2 . Pau l W inn; 3 . Je ff Peck. 12 5 JR DlV I: 1. Darr en Clayton: 2 . Ma rk Ha m aker; 3. Dana Anderson. 12 5 J R DIV II : 1. Terr y Hola ss: 2. Kyle Br ooks: 3 . Rich ard Burtch; 4 . J erry Ai cher. OPEN J R: 1. Jody Larned. OPEN INT: 1. Dean Jo hnson ; 2 . Elmer Reimer. 250 JR : 1. Casey Stu ve; 2. Rick Robert s: 3. Las Engel; 4 . Ron Hall; 5 . Dave Davis. Harsha, Blagg, Mattheison top Medford SX By C lay Light MEDFO RD , O R, MAR. 16 Local area riders J effrey H arsha. Robbie Blagg a nd Mark Ma ttheison ca me a wa y winners of th e fin al Arenacr~ss of th e: 1984-85 season a t J ack son County 's Expo Park Are na. H arsh a took th e , 250cc ma i n event, wh il e Matthiesen a nd Blagg were double winners. Matthieson wo n th e O pen A an d Open P ro m oney main even ts, and Blagg th e thrilling 125cc Pro money a nd 125cc A main events in front of a capaci ty cro wd . Shawn Highland (Kaw) put the 60cc A ma in event fin ali sts to his mer cy, lead ing start 10 finish a nd beating J oe Don Ireland (Hon) and fellow CR-piJ Ol Kevin O 'Connor. H ank Peterson pulveri zed th e 80100cc A m ain o n hi s KX80 to tak e top troph y spots with hi s win o ver brothers J ason a nd Kri stin Cowan, both on Yamahas. AMA Expert flat tr ack Pro H arsha put h is Simpso n/Paul's Sport Center Honda XL200 into the lead during th e opening moments of 125-200cc action , bu t Blagg was on the move a nd ca rved th rough traffi c o n his Specialty Cycles/Maxima/R V Doctor YZ. Blagg took th e lead from Harsha, and proceeded to sepa ra te himself from th e rema ining 13 co n testan ts, leaving H arsha a nd Peters on (Kaw) in the place and sho w positions. Harsha came back mounted o n his '84 Honda CR250R to lead lap o n e of 250cc A m ain co m p eti tio n wh ile Fr ank Word III (Pa u ls Sport Center/ Yam ) sl iced a way a t H arsh a 's lead on h is a ncie n t earl y model YZ. Word ch arged , but didn 't have the suspensio n th at H arsha utilized to soak up th e whoop-de-d oc s a nd th e gnarly triple jumps. Harsha took his only win of th e even ing over Word and Steve Croucher (Yam). Mattheison dominated th e O pen A main event eas ily a nd had o n ly Dave N ordin (Yam 125) to wo rr y a bo u t, an d he was so me di stance behind. ,N o rdin loo m ed in the di stance but wasn ' t a factor, which handed Matth eiso n a n easy wi n . No rdin did a marvelous job o n h is 125 10 hold off th ird -p lace Bob Klurn (Han 500) a t the flag. Mauh eiso n (Hon C R500) rocke ted away with th e Open Pro 's money race a nd was never serio us ly cha llen ged. Word (Ya m 250 ) an d Cav e Junct ion 's Don Peterson (Han 480 ) rode 10 seco n d a nd thi rd pl ace in the l O-rider 20-lap main even t. Nordin pushed hi s 125 Yamaha into fourth, but co u ld n ' t find a wa y around Peterson. Nordin rode 10 the checkered flag in front of a midpack war between

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