Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Yama ha pilot Brett Du nca n posted a 2-1 scor e to la ke th e overa ll win ahead of H o nd a -m ounted S te ve Cos ie r . whil e Yamaha public relations man Will ie Amaradio ea rned th ird pl ace honors. Results 250 PRO: 1. Lyn don Heff erman (Kaw); 2. Br ent Sh ermak (Hon); 3 . Bones Ryan (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Keith Bowen (Yam); 2. Danny Storbeck (Yaml; 3. Ed Gauley J r. (Kaw) . 250 INT : 1. Bren Dunca n (Yam); 2. St eve Coster . (Hon); 3 . Willie Amaradio (Yam). VEt EX: 1. Scen Freeman (Hon ); 2. Ge org e Kohl er 'Kaw); 3 . J i m Bel t in ck (Yam). OPEN NOV; 1. Dav id Fajardo (Hon ); 2. Gr eg WhItfield (Yam); 3. Do uglas Cave (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Max Spran (Han) ; 2. Cra ig M onty (Hon); 3 . Phi lli p Alama rgos (Kaw ~. 250 NOV: 1. J eff Run (Yam); 2. Glenn Gordy: 3. Ulf J ohan sson (Hon ). 250 BEG: 1. Cary Serkl e"; (Yam ); 2. Sheldon M essi ck (Kaw l; 3 , J im Deford (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1. Bill Comerford (Kaw ); 2. Brady Schmidt (Hon); 3. Jon Phinn ey (Suz ). 80 INT: 1. J aso n J pn es (Yam); 2. Steve Dr ew IKaw ). 80 BEG: 1. Ryan Add icson (Kaw ); 2. Damon Kem p (Kaw ); 3 . J eff Griffin (Hon l. ...... ..l-<. . 0. < Guy Deckert (gel and Scott Strang io (122) diced it out early in the first 80cc Stock Novice mota; Robbie Perez won the overall. . Dod ge. and co us in Ban Dod ge. On the nex t la p . .J oe took o ver th e lead . a nd Ri ck y Srecyk (also o f Pa pe Racing) moved by Ba n . One la p lat er .Joe mad e a mis ta ke a nd Rod riq uez was back on to p with Ban co ming back to ta ke over th e seco nd and Stecvk thi rd. O n th e fifth la p a not her Dod ge go t in to the ac t as Andv came from fou nh to move int o seco nd. " 'ith one lap to go Sn-cyk tu rn ed it o n and got by Andy to lake over second p lace. wit h Ba rt and Andy Dodge first and third respectively. T here were no Dod ges in th e shan tra ck, a nd Pa pe Racin g had it a ll wit h Stecyk first. Rod riq uez second a nd j o e Pa pe th ird. Debut win for. Suzuki GSXR750 in Australia By Mike Esdaile AD ELAIDE. AUSTRALIA. MAR.24 Au strali an rider R o b Ph ill is gave Suzuki 's new GSXR750 it s world racing debut in style . by win n ing the Western U nde rwr iter s three-h our produ ct ion race at . Adelaide Intern a tional Raceway. Ph ilIis showed the potentia l o f th e n ew S uzu ki by qual ifyin g seco nd-fastest for th e event with a lap tim e o f 1:01.2. T his was slig h tly slower th an the ~ ti m e set by T-eam Kaw asak i A ustra lia 's Len Will in g. w ho took th e pol e p osition wit h a I:OO .i lap ti me . BUI th e Suzu ki was th e eq ua l o f th e Ka wa sak is, and was just as fast as th e GPz900s o n the track 's long straigh tawav. R igh t from th e start Phillis was a fro nt -run ner . dici ng wi th Will in g for th e lea d in th e first ho ur o f th e race. But, in th e second hour. Phill is started losin g hi s co nce ntra tio n as h is bod y . bega n to dehydrat e in the 103 degr ee h eat . G o in g in to the event's fin a l h our, Ph ill is was 42 seconds beh ind ' Villin g. w ho was in the lead a fter tak in g over the ridin g chores from co- ride r lain Pero . H ow ever . when Phi lli s had a fresh Michelin rear tire install ed o n h is bike. hi s la p tim es sudden ly dropped un ti l h e was running below h is q ua lifyin g ti me. Phi lli s main ta in ed th is pace for almost all o f th e • . final hour; he Ihen ra ugh t and -passed \\'ill ing a nd wenl o n 10 win . Will ing was us ing lh e same rear i\li chelin ti re on his Ka wasa k i as . . P hillis. bUl tow ards' th e- end of ,tllc' • 42 ... race it began to slid e arou nd. forcing h im to slow down to avoid cras hi ng. T he P ircl li fro nt tire was badl y wo rn, a nd it bega n slidi ng as wel l. T hese tire trou bles eventua lly dropped Willin g back 10 third. But for P hill is. wh o had ridden the Suzu ki from Melbourne to Adelai de to help brea k it in . victory was sweet indeed. " I r's a terrific bike," Phillis said. " I t ha sn't missed a beat from the time we gal it . and I reckon it was ru nning better a t the finish than it was at th e stan. Bowen claims Pro .win at Corona By Terry Whytal CO RO NA. CA. MAR . 24 Yam ah a factory rider Kei th Bo wen topped the 125cc Pro class with a I-I win a t th is week's SMX even t a t Corona Racewa y. It was a hard -foug ht victory for Bowen . who had 10 ri de a n inten se co me -fro m- beh ind first mo to to beat T exas star Da rm v Storbeck (Yam). But th e seco nd ro u nd was easv , a n d Bo wen was a ble to cru ise to the ·overa l!. Storbeck powered his YZ to th e lead of th e first mota as Bowen q uic kly moved into th e num ber two slot. Bowen kept the pr essure on Sto rbeck until th e halfwa y poi nt when the two riders collided a nd Bow en hit the tur f. Bowen was u p and bac k racing with in a few seco n ds , but Stor beck loo ked set to la ke the win . But after a few lap s Bow en had closed to wit h in fou r seco nds o f th e leader, and the stage was set for a n exci ti ng finish. Storbeck's front wh eel washed ou t o n the seco nd -to-las t la p . and Bo wen too k th e checkers first. S to r bec k rem ounted to finish seco nd a head of Ka wasak i rid er Ed G au ley. .Jr. Mot o two was less dyn ami c as Bowen opened a safe lead and motored to th e fin ish . with Storbec k a nd Ga uley aga in ro u ndi ng o u t th e top three. Aust ral ian Lvn d on H efferman (Kaw) bested a tou gh loca l field o f 2501'1' Pro ri de rs, sweeping to th e from in both ro u nds a nd cru ising to the win . H on da p ilot Bren t Sherrna k rode a strong seco nd m a lo to ea rn the ru n ner-up share of the ca sh wit h Yamaha rider Bon es R yan claiming lhird overa l!. Th e ac tio n in Ih e 250cc In termediate class was fa st a nd fu rio us with the lelldd iangi ng often in both motos . Perez masters CRCminis at DeAnza By Nate Rauba SU NNYME AD. CA, MAR. 24 R i n co n Kawa saki 's R o bb ie P erez was a big w inner in to day's California Racin g C lub MX at DeAn za Cycle Park. Perez won both 80cc Stock Novice motos - th e firs t after overcomi ng a cras h - a nd took a pa ir o f wins in the Mod ified d ivisions . bearing both In termedi ates a nd Experts. Scott S tra ngio (Ka w) took the lead a t the begi nni ng of the first Stock moto , wi th G uy Deckert (Kaw) , Sco tt Mart in (Su n n ym ead MC/Kaw ) and Cl int Briska (Kaw ) following. Bo th Briska a nd Perez dropped Ma rti n ba ck o n th e first hip, while Stra ngio a nd Deckert pulled away as they ba ttl ed for th e lead. By th e fourth lap Perez had closed in on the Decker tStra ngio duel an d moved to seco nd wh en Deckert fell in a turruA lap lat er Perez was pr essuri ng Strangi o for th e lead wh en Strang io fell in a dow n h ill turn , taking Perez dow n, too . As th e two scra m bled to p ick up th eir m achines. Briska rode by an d too k the lead. Perez was up first, and o n th e n ext lap was back in th e hunt for first. As th ey.entered th e last lap , Briska held a slim lead over Perez, a n d Stra ngio wa sn ' t far behind in thi rd with Deckert cha lle nging from fourth . At th e fin ish a ll four were bunch ed togeth er , with Perez tak in g the wi n a head of Briska , wh il e Stra n gio h eld o ff Deckert to tak e third. Per ez gra bbed the hol esh ot a t th e stan of moto two a nd q uic kly bega n 10 pu ll away from Stra ngio. J oel To kars ky (Ka l-C a rd vO' Nea l/ Ka w). Da vid McLeod (Ka w) and Deckert . McLeod was passed by bo th Deckert a nd Briska on th e first lap . wh ile Perez stre tched hi s lead to over five seco nds on S tra ngio . Deckert moved in on Toka rsky a nd passed him o n th e fifth la p ; th at was th e last change in th e order fo r th e mo to, Perez co n tin ued . to stretch hi s lead a nd wo n eas ily, with S tra ngio tak in g seco n d a nd seco n d overa ll. Deckert was th ird overa ll wit h a 4-3 score. a head o f Brisk a, fou rth overa ll. an d T ok ar sky fifth. In the Mod ified divi sion . Perez spe nt most of the first moro in th e lead ho ldin g o ff th e charges o f Expert Ste ven Ko taj ar vi (P.Jl /0akley/Kaw ). It wasn 't unt il thc Iina l lap tha t Kot a jarvi go t by. but Perez still fin ish ed ah ead o f In term ediat e wi n ne r La rrv Lave (Maxima/ Yam). ' Perel hol esho t lh e fin al Modified mo to wi th Kotajarui a close second. BUIKota jarui fell on th e first lap, a nd • .Perez ra n awu y,wi th th e race. Results 60 O-B: 1. Jeff W ill oh IKaw). 60 NOV: 1. Br ian Peterson (Kaw) ; 2. Jeff Lewis (Kaw ); 3. David Cooke (Han). 60 INT: 1. Craig Decker (Kaw) ; 2 . Joey Curt is (Kaw ). BO STK BEG : 1. Gar y Brinkmeyer (Yam): 2. Levi Noble (Yam); 3. Guy Oecken (Kawl. 80 STK NOV : 1. Robbie Perez lK awl: 2. Scan Strang io (Kaw); 3 . Gu y Deckert (Kaw ). 80 STK INT: 1. Dana Wigg ins(Suz); 2. Erick Hilton (Yam); 3. Darin Green. 80 STK EX : 1. St eve Kot aja rvi (Ka w ); 2. Steve We itzeil (Yam l. 80 MOD BEG : 1. Ken Som mer (Kaw): 2. Jo sh Ma rt in (Yam); 3 . Norman Gaumond (Yam). 80 M OD NOV : 1. Robbie Perez (Kaw): 2. Guy Decken (Kaw) : 3 . J oet Tokarsky (Kaw )_ 80 M O D INT; 1. Larry Laye (Yam); 2. Jaso n McFar land (Yam). 80 M OD EX: 1. Steven Kotaj aru; lKaw). 125 BEG: 1. Eric Brow ne (Kaw ); 2. Sander s Sm it h (Kaw) ; 3 . A lben Sa nchez (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Todd Kobetsky (Kaw): 2. Kevin Nea l (Kaw): 3. Bria n Nail (Han). . 125 INT; 1. Dav id Church (Kaw): 2 . Gary Lacy ( Kaw ~ 3. Jime Kuntz (Suzl . 12 5 PRO: 1. Chris Heinrich (Kaw) ; 2. M ike Kell (Kaw): 3. John McC aug hey (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. J eff Dav is (Han): 2 . Mike Simons (Suz): 3. M ike Pal umbo (Han). 250 NOV : 1. Ji m Peters (Yam ): 2. David Bagwell (Hon );' 3. Darr en Paley (Su z). 250 INT: 1. Kenn y Maddux (Yam ); 2. Steve Piat toni (Hon ); 3. Ruben A lvar ado (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Ken lahn (Han); 2. Dann y Banholeme w (Yam); 3 . M icha el Edson (Hon). 500 BEG: 1. Dave Cr igle r (Han); 2. Joh n Ritched (Han ). 500 NOV : 1. Paul De uber e ine r (Han); 2 . Don Abd ella (M -S): 3. Dan StilweIlIHon) . 500 tNT: 1. Patr ick McBride (Yam I: 2. Vinc ent Gon zales (Kaw ); 3 . Tim Tom s (Yaml. 500 PRO: 1. Gerry Latt ime r (Kaw); 2. Ben Damon IHus ); 3 . Ruben Falcon (Honl . VET JR : 1. Kurt St uh t (Yam): 2. Greg Rogers: 3 . Kevin Sexton (Suzl . VET INT: 1. Bill Deni s (Han); 2. Sal Squ eo lYam); 3 . Raben Cooke IHonl. VET EX: 1. J ef Harr iott (Han): 2. M ark Helle r (Hon); 3. Ma rino Bast ionell (Suz). Preston powers to· Carlsbad win By John Bethea CAR LS BAD. CA. MA R. 24 Mi ch ael Preston (Kaw) took adva n tage of an up a n d down da y by Billy Frank to win th e com bined 250cc/ 500cc Int erm ed iat e/ Pro class a t this week 's 'CMC Carls bad motocross. Frank su ffered a flat rear tire whi le enjoy ing a huge lead in the first mal o an d h ad to sett le for seco n d . In m ot o two; Frank was th e winner, but P reston's second p lace fin ish ga ve him th e overall win . J eff Almond (Suz) was seco nd for the day, an d j oe Melton (Suz) was th ird. When th e ga te fell for th e Iirst moto, P resto n was in th e lead wit h Kawasaki-mou rned Frank holdi ng th e rest o f the pack bac k in second . Fran k soon got by Preston and proceeded 10 bu ild up a sizeable lead . wh ich he held until th e six th lap . T he n Frank 's rear tir e fla tten ed , an d hi s lead was gone . Preston go t the lead back, but lost it on th e next lap a fter fight in g it out with J eff Almon d (Suz). At the fini sh it was Almond , P reston and j oe Melton (Suz) th ird . Frank mad e a bri ef p it stop to re-infl at e hi s tire; it didn 't a nd he finis hed sevent h . Fran k too k th e lead in th e seco nd moto, with Melt on ru nn in g in seco nd p lace. P rest on th ird a n d Almon d fourth . Preston zap ped by Melt o n to secure seco n d, wh ich he held to th e chec kered flag. Almond cras hed on lap fou r, but managed 10 work his way back to fourth a t th e fini sh. P reston 's 2-2 rid e nett ed h im th e 250 Pro cla ss win ; Almo nd wa s seco nd overa ll with hi s 4-1 fini sh , an d Melton was thi rd fo r th e da y. Frank was fourth overa ll : Results M INI BEG: 1. J onatha n Kn ight (Han) ; 2. Todd Liscom be (Suz); 3 . Chr is Peters (Kawl. 125 BEG: 1. An Higg ins IHon) : 2. Bill Stul ts (Han); 3 . Rick Sp ikerman (Kaw). 125 J R: 1. Rodney How e IHon) : 2 . Fred Willert (Su z); 3 . M an Kuczkowsk i (Han). 12 5 1 NT: 1. Ch uck Wh itmor e (Su z); 2. Tom Han ley (He n); 3 . Bern ar d l inu s. 125 PRO: 1. Bill y Frank (Kaw): 2. Ron Yoneku ra (Kaw l: 3. Joh n Vone kura (Kawl . 250 BEG : 1. Don M oor e (Kaw): 2. J im Hassell (Hen); 3. M ike W ilki ns (Hon ), 250 JA : 1. Scott Hyde (Hen ); 2. Jo hn M cGi nn is IHon): 3. Keith Johnson tKaw). 250 INT; 1. Mike Hooker (Hus). 2 50 PRO: 1. Michael Preston IKaw); 2 . Jeff Almond ISuz): 3 . Joe Melton (Suz l.

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