Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ III Z w ~ ~ . a:: o > a:: a:: ~ :3 .~ 0 t- ~ O - J: 00 l>. ~ (Hon) led, followed by Maddux a n d H anley . H anley then moved into second place o n th e .seco nd .la p in pursui t of Potter a nd lap three th e lead wa s H anl ey's . Maddux th en p assed Potter , but co u ld n ' t stay with H anley. At th e checke rs the finish ing . o rde r was H anley, foll owed by Maddux and Paller. Results BOBEG : 1. Ryan Addison; 2. Derek Meyer; 3 . Cory Flint. BO JR : 1. Guy Deckert ; 2. Shery l Fedorow; 3. Rusty Somers. 80 INT: 1. Jon Berg; 2. Brandon Sperling; 3 . Kevin Bussey. 80 EX: 1. Steven Kotajarvi; 2. Newton Acevedo. 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Guy Deckert; 2. Jim Watkins; ~ -ec-r ...... -. 3. Tim Fonleyn. 125 BEG DIV2 : 1. Michael Buchanan; 2. Michae l l-< 0- O 'Brien; 3 . Julio Miranda. 125 BEG DIV 3: 1. Joseph Brock; 2. Ronnie Messner; 3. Paul Hazard. 125 BEG DIV 4 : 1. Cameron Robinson; 2. Clay Bush; 3. Clay Coll ins . 125 JR OIV 1: 1. Bill Anderlen; 2. Charlie Brown; 3. Bobby Williams. 125 JR DlV 2 : 1. Ron J ordan; 2. Jon Berg; 3 . Adam Gallegos. 1251NT: 1. Gene Baldwin; 2. John Matiasevic; 3 . Mike Mclain. 125 PRO: 1. Jeff Matiasevich ; 2 . Tim Rutherford; 3. Will iam Surratt. 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Ch ris Parks; 2. Matteo Cosen tino; 3. Douglas Brooks. 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. John Stodda rd; 2. Ed A lyarez; 3. Ron Bailey. 250 INT : 1. Tom Hanley; 2 . Kenny Maddux; 3. < David Potter. Ty Davis (1) and Jeff Mabery (5) battled it out both 250cc Intermediate motos at CRC's Sunrise MX. Davis won it with a 1-2 score. OPEN SUPERST : 1. Don Greene (Han); 2. Rich Oliyer (Kaw); 3. Denny Doherty (Kaw). 750 SUPERST : 1. Lee Fleming (Han); 2. Don Biava (Kaw) ; 3 . Vince Costa (Kawl. 600 SUPERST ; 1. Jeff Murrey (Yam); 2. Marty Cramer IKaw); 3. Tom Aquino (Kaw). 450 SUPERST : 1. Paul Van Zuel (Yam) ; 2 . Christopher Mast (Yam); 3. Brian Hewitt (Yam) . OPEN MOD. PROD; 1. Paul LaFontain (Kaw ); 2 . Jeff Short (Kaw) ; 3. Charles Below (Kaw). 750 MOD. PROD: 1. Lee Flem ing (Han ): 2. Greg • Beebe (Su:); 3. Pat Ryan (Tri). 600 MOD. PROD: 1. Nigel Gal e (Yam); 2. Walter Nitta (Yam); 3 . Marty Cramer (Kaw) . . 450 MOD. PROD: 1. Scott Moore (Yam); 2. Dale Alexander (Yam); 3. Eric Kondo (Yam). 250 MOD. PROD: 1. Greg Ove rman (C·A); 2 . A.J. Prks (C-A ); 3. Dayid Pare (Yam). OPEN STK PROD: 1. Jeff Short (Kaw); 2 . Charles Below (Kaw) ; 3 . Mi chael Johnson (Kaw). 750 STK PROD : 1. Tom Dahl (Su:); 2. Greg Beebe (Su:); 3. Shawn Leipolo (Kaw). 600 STK .PROD: 1. Nigel Ga le (Yam) ; 2. Walter Nitta (Yam); 3. Edd ie Kawaguchi (Yam). 450 STK PROD : 1. Mark Wi lson (Yam) ; 2. Robert Beretta (Yam); 3. J im Huffman. YAMAHA RZ SERIES : 1. Paul Van Zuyle (Yam) ; 2. Malcom Hill (Vam); 3. Steven Murray (Yam). OVER 40: 1. Dayid Weal (Nor); 2. Bud Riddle (Yam); 3. Ray Straka (Yam) . VINTAGE: 1. Michael Green (BSA) ; 2. Dayid Walden (Tri ); 3. Fredric Mark (Aer) . Peterson tops CMC Ascot night MX opener By larry Cravens GARDENA, CA, APR. 5 Todd Peterson displayed his talents at Ascot Park by topp ing the 250cc and Open Pro classes at the Continental Moto- 34 spon Club's o pe n ing round o f their 1985 night mot ocross season. Peterson scored his wins with ba ck-to-back victories o ver W ill iam Surra tt (H o n) in th e.250s an d Pete Murr a y (M-S ) i n th e Open class. In th e first 250cc P ro rn oto Peterson (Hon) got th e hol eshot, foll owed by Surratt a nd Mik e Fed o row (Kaw) . Peterson was untouchable as he rode arou nd th e stadi u m- type track ; Sur-: ra tt was o n th e gas, but co u ld no t ca tch u p. O n th e third lap David G raff charged past third pl ace Fedoro w in p u rs u i t o f Su rra tt . When th e ch eckered fla g ca me out, i t was T odd Peterson firs t, followed by . Surra tt a nd Graf f. In th e second mota Surra tt go t th e hol esho t followed by Peterson and Fedorow (Ka w ), Pe terson roosted by Surra tt on the first la p and bega n to pull a way . R o n Turner (C ag ) got a fourth-place start a nd passed Fedorow on the fourth lap to tak e o ver third pla ce. At th e fin ish lin e it wa s Pet er so n aga in with th e o vera ll win, fol lowed by Surratt an d T u rner. In th e Open Pro "class -first rnoto, Peterson got th e holeshot a nd quickly p ulled a sizea ble lead o ver Mu rray a n d Turner. Turner passed Murray o n th e seco nd lap a n d went after Peterson. but Peterson wa s on th e gas, and gave Turner no chance to ca tch him. Peterson go t th e checkers fir st , foll owed by Turner and Murray . . In the seco nd mota Peterson again pulled a way a n d took a n ea rly lead o ver Shawn T racy an d Gary Jones. Turner wa s out tem porarily on th e first lap when his rear sprocket got wr apped up with wire. On the second la p Jones an d Murray passed Tra cy to take o verseco nd a nd third, respectivel y. The order remained the same as Peterson once agai n took the checkers for th e Open Pro overall win , fol lo wed by Jones and Murray. In the fir st 125cc Pro moto, Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw) got th e holeshot ov er Tim Rutherford (Ka w) and Kenny Clifton (Suz ). As th e three front-runners began 10 pull away , th e real ra ce was back in mid-pack. Surratt and Turner were di cing their way up from a mid-pack sta rt to finish fourth a nd fifth respectively. Matiase vich was fir st . followed by Ruther. ford and Clifton. In th e second rnoto Surra tt got th e d rop o n th e pa ck , fo ll o wed by Matiasevich and Rutherford. On th e first lap Matiasevich p assed Surratt, but th e H onda rider d id n 't fall off th e pace. Surratt tried every tr ick in th e book 10 pass Matias evi ch, but was shut o u t in every turu . Matias evich was first across th e finish line. with Surra II secon d a n d Rutherford third. In the firs t 250cc Intermedi at e moto , Ken n y Maddux (Yam) sm o ked off th e line ahead o f Tom Watanabe (Yam ) a nd J im Huziar (Ka w ). Steve West (Ya m) got a fourth pl ace start, th en quickl y moved into third to chase after Watanabe. Tom H a nl ey got a sixth pl ace sta rt , an d by th e thi rd la p he had charged h is wa y u p to second . But a t theend of the rn oto Ha n ley had run o u t of time and had to settle for 'seco n d, When the checke red flag . ca me o u t, it was Kenn y Ma dd u x in fir st , foll o wed by T om Ha nley a nd West. In th e seco nd rn o to Dav id Po tter . 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson; 2. William Surr att: 3 . David Graff. 500 BEG : 1. Ron Baker; 2. John Fonteyn; 3. Dar ryl Sull ada. 500 JR DIV 1: 1. Mike Hutton ; 2 . Rod Hefington; 3. Dana Hale. 500 JR DIV 2: 1. J on Nichols; 2. Marc Peters; 3. Victor Triepke. 500 INT : 1. Rodger McCabe; 2. Jason Coolbaugh; 3. George Collins. 500 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson ;,2 . Pete Murray; 3 . Gary Jones. VET JR: 1. Dave Tanis ; 2. David Launius; 3. Franko Surridge. OT JR : 1. Michael Robbins; 2. Terry Pratt; 3. AI Lyons. VET MSTR: 1. Carl Ga:afy; 2. Jeff Bl ix; 3. Pete Dill. OT MSTR: 1. Robert Dahlgren; 2. Mike McMillen. VET.INT: 1. J im nrevee : 2. Barry Phillips. Team Green's Mike Kiedrowski swept both I25cc Intermediate motos 10 win his class . In the first moto , Jeff Capt (Kaw) got th e holeshot, followed by Sean Blanchard (Kaw) and _ Jeff Mabery (Kaw ). Kiedrowski got a fourth place stan, and by th e third lap had worked h is way into first place ahead of Capt, Steve MacSaling, and Mabery. The order stayed the sam e exce p t that Mabery passed MacSaling to tak e over third place. When th e ch eckered flag ca me out, Kiedrowski was first , followed by Capt a nd Mabery. In th e second rnoto, MacSaling wa s leading, followed by Kiedrowski (Ka w) and Capt, On the first lap Kiedrowski m oved into fir st p lace a nd began 10 pull a sizeable lead over ' MacS aling a nd Capt. On th e second lap, Ca p t charged past second place M a cS aling to c h a se Kiedrowski. Kiedrowski was untouchable the entire mota, and look thecherckers again ahead of Capt and Mabery. Results PEE WEE : 1. Pabl o Lara (yam); 2. Robby Hemmond (Yam); 3. Brad Muckelroy (Yam). 8 0 STK : 1. Erich Broesel (Kaw); 2 . Brian Gibson (Yam); 3. Guy Deckert (Kaw). 80 STK BEG: 1. Richard Lima (Han); 2 . Dane Broesal (Kaw); 3. Robbie Tate (Yam). 80 STK INT: 1. Anthony Gorin (Yam); 2. Br ock Sutar (Yam); 3. Lence Goodman (Kaw). 80 STK EXP: 1. Nicky Pounds (Sui); 2. Stevan Kotajarvi (Kaw); 3. Chris Lara (Kaw) . 60 BEG : 1. J oa Hicks (Kaw); 2 . Pabl o Lara (Kaw). 60 NOV: 1. Jason ,Carroll (Kaw); 2. Brent Bisbee (Kaw); 3. Day id Cooke (Han) . 60 EX: 1. Damon Huffman (Kaw). W OMEN : t. Laura Warncke (Yam); 2. Denice Thomas (Yam); 3. Tina Zahrt (Hon). VET J R: 1. Kev in Sexton (Sul); 2. Corey Rogers (Han). VET INT: 1. Errol Le Duc (Su:); 2. Robert Cooka (Han) ; 3. Bill Dennis. VET EXP: 1. Mark Heller (Han); 2. Dennis McAdam(Suz). . BO MOD INT : 1. Anthony Gorin (Yam); 2. Ronnie Densford (Kaw); 3. Butch Smith (Su:). 80 EX: 1. Steven Kotajaryi (Kawt, 2. Nicky Pounds (Suz). BEG: 1. Brian Gibson (Yam): 2 . Guy Deckert (Han); 3 . Mike McClain (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Ty Dayis (Cag); 2. Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw); 3 . Jeff Mabery (Kaw). 250 BEG : 1. Tony Qualls (Kaw); 2. Rich Townsend (Han) ; 3. Reggie Kenny (Yam) . 500 BEG: 1. Deyin Santangelo (Yam); 2 . Tom Madsen (Han); 3. Tom Smith (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Robert Wethern (Yam); 2. K.C. Keit· zel (Su:); 3. Jeff Run (Yam) . 500 NOV : 1. Craig Hitch (Yam) : 2 . Dan Stillwell (Han) ; 3 . Don A bd ell a (Mac). 125 PRO: 1. Mike Kell (Kaw); 2. J ohn Ray (Han); 3. Chris HeinriCh (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Ken Zahrt; 2. Mark Decker; 3 . Ron Lewis. 500 PRO: 1. Dave Folts (Han) ; 2. Tim Craby; 3. Don Cline (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. Eric W icker (Han) ; 2. Brian Nail (Han); 3 . Steve Wamboldt (Yam). 125 BEG : 1. Jasen Rutt (Han); 2 . Tony Qualls (Kaw); 3. Mika Kelsay. 125 INT : 1: Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw); 2. Jaff Capt (Kaw): 3 . Jeff Mabery (Kaw). 500 INT : 1. Loren Puchirowski (Han); 2. Patrick McBride (Yam); 3. Mark Mangold (Han) . ao Kell aces 125 Pros at CRC Sunrise Motocross By larry C ravens ADELANTO , CA , MAR. 31 Mike KeB (Kaw) beat out John Ray (Hon) and Chris Heinrich (Kaw) to win the l25cc Pro class at this week's California Racing Club (CRC) motocross at Sunrise Cycle Park. In the first rnoto Ray got the holesho t, and took the early lead over Robert Barnum (Suz) and Kell. On the first lap Kell worked his way past second-placer Barnum, who quickly faded o u t o f the top five. H einrich got a sixth place start, but quickly moved into fourth place behind third place Trey Mc Farland. Kell could not gain a n y ground on Ray , while Heinrich moved into third place after working his way past Mc Farland. Ray took th e win ah ea d of Kell and Heinrich. In th e second moto Ray again got the hol eshot, follow.ed b y Robert (Suz ) and Ri ck Truchinski (Hon ). Kell was in fourth, foll owed by Farland an d H einrich. By th e third lap Kell moved into seco nd place a nd H einrich had moved into third place behind Kell. On lap five there was a three-man rac e lea d by Ray, Kell a nd H einrich, th en Kell past john Rayon lap seven to tak e o ver th e lead. Hardchargin g H einrich go t p ast R ay on th e eigh th lap in pursuit of fir st place Kell as R ay started fallin g off th e pace. On th e last lap, Kell a nd H einrich th en diced side-by-side around th e whooped o u t track. H einrich tri ed every. tri ck in th e book to pass Kell, but Kell kept sh utti ng the do or in every tu rn. When Kell took the checkers, H einrich was no m or e than a bik e len gth behind . Not far beh ind was Ray in th ird . Huskey bags Bagdad.100 By Tom Kash MURPHY, m, MAR. 31 Daniel Huskey proved to everybody that he is in total control of the sandwashes and sagebrush by winning the 10th annual Bagdad 100, put on by the R aiders M.C. of Boise. Finishing second overall in the rugged cross-country event was brother Joel Huskey (Suz) . It wa s a su n n y d ay an d a little breezy, wh ich gave riders perfect conditi ons to a ttac k th e co urse. Daniel Huskey was clocked on th e flats at 75 mph o n his Suzuki RM250. PUlling out a rid e lik e this wa s good enough to give Huskey n ot only the overall honors, but top 250cc Expert as well. Joel Huskey 's second overall al so made him first Open Expert. ' Winner of the Women 's class was Melva L ees; first Min i was Brian Van ce. First i n th e 125cc Experts wa s Chane y Brewer, while Ross Boyd and Dick Rock rohr got fir st i n th e Open Ama te ur and Sen ior Ex pert classes, • respect ive! y.

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