Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w w w ~ ~ rJl a:: X w a:: >- ttl rJl o o ..... J: a. l.!') 00 O"l ...... c-r c-r ~ >- C\l ~ The sidecar duo of Palfreyman I Palfreyman went wheel-to-wheel with the Whitney brothers to claim top chair honors. Warren Reid outrode Mike Fisher to win the Open Pro class. (Below) White Brothers' Don Turk (1) beats Gary Jones (2) for the 500cc Pro win. CMClPro-Tec Four-Stroke Cham~ionshi~s Reid thumps to Carlsbad win By Rex Reese CARLSBAD. CA. MAY 12 Warren Reid, riding a White Brothers-equipped Yamaha TT600, claimed a I-I score for the Open Pro class win at the Continental Motosport Club's Yokohama Tire/Pro-Tee Four-Strok e Ch ampionships a t Carlsbad Raceway. Reid took 'd' h orne t h e go ld a f ter .n mg two . intens e motos agamst ATKm ounted Mik e Fis he r, who pl aced seco n d for th e day. Don Turk (Hon) wa s th e 500cc P ro w inner , beating out former National Motocross Champ ion G ar y J ones (H us ). Bill Wi ggins (KT M) was third. _, Yam aha 's Ri cky J ohnson was on h and 10 tak e on th e O pen P ros, but h is lu ck today was even less p roductive than h is di sapp o int in g perCorm ance a t last ni ght' s Su perbo w l o f ~ 1 t 9cro~s. i8M9 show'oUIJIJ IJ 12 th e track w ith a n ew Pro-T ee-equ ipped Yamaha TT600, bu t car~ problem s on th e untested mach m e pu t him out of ac tion a fter th e first rnoto. Open Pro Fi sher roosted int o th e first -turn a h ead o f Reid, J on Ortner (Hon ), Mark Filler (Ya m) a nd J ohnson at th e start o f th e first 12-lap m oto, But th e battl e for this ro u nd and th e rest o f th e day almos t immedi at el y shaped up to a o ne-on -o ne d uel betwee n Fisher a nd Reid . Fish er and Reid soon began p u tting distance between the mselves a nd Il ncUM ~ P".''' I i .l!ltAN'III passed Fi sh er. But two turns lat er, Reid missed a sh ift a nd was rammed by Fi sh er, wh o resumed th e lead. On th e next lap, h ow ever , Fish er began to slo w; in a tu rn Reid pointed 10 Fisher's rear brak e, indicati ng tha t the brak e ancho r rod had been brok en . Reid took the lead back a nd wa s never serious ly challe nged for th e rest of th e moto, Fis her relied o n engi ne co m p ressio n to m ake u p for the la ck o f rear brake and rolled in Cor seco nd. Ort ner was th ird. Mo ta two saw Fish er and Reid aga in dici ng it out for th e lead . Fish er o nce agai n took the lead a t th e first tu rn, but Reid soon passed h im. But th en Reid o nce more missed a sh ift goi ng into a turn . a n d Fish er passed hi m bac k. A lap lat er, Reid retal ia ted as th ey went u p a hill , ge tti ng enough o Ca drive 10 m ake a p ass for th e lead that fin all y stuck. Fo r th e next three or four laps, Reid turned o n the gas to build up h is lead. th en rel ax ed a n d wa ited for th e finis h. But th e drama wasn 't over. Fish er began 10 m ak e a charge and soon ca ugh t up with Reid. The next co upl e of laps saw Fi sh er and Reid riding nose- to -tail before Reid was able to str etch out his lead again. Reid 's seco nd moto win ga ve him th e overa ll ; Fi sh er wa s only a few seco nds back in seco nd; Ortner was a distant : third. . " I n th e firs t m oto, I mi ssed a shift a n d Fish er ra m med m e." sai d Reid afterwards . " O n th e n ex t lap I wa s passing h im and showed him th at hi s brak e arm was broken. so I built up qu ite a good lead. I sto p ped for a coup le of m inutes to tell Horst Leitner th at hi s daugh ter had fallen down. ' an d that was a bo u t it. When I pa ssed Mike in th e seco nd moto , I made th e mistak e of backing off too much , and he sta rted clos ing up , so I had 10 get back on th e gas." 500cc Pro Kei th O 'Neal rode smart 10 claim firs t 500cc Pro in the fir st round (the 500cc Pro class was co m bined with ) th e 0 pen P ro s), a h ea d 0 f Jones a nd Turk. The second mota was a tight duel between Turk and Jones. with k ldi h d h Turk h a mg t ea vantage over t e form er cham p. In the fin al laps, jones m ade repeated ch arges to p ass Turk, but without success. The last few turns up to th e fini sh line saw Jones onl y a few feet behind the lead er; co m in gofCDevil's Drop. Jones k rna d e one I ast c ha rge, but T urx beat h im 10 the fin ish. Turk 's 3- 1 ride wa s good enough C the overa I\, J ones or was seco nd, and Wiggins earned third with a 4-3 score. S idecars Ul ~. lfttf cl ass between th e teams o f Victor an d Phillip Palfreyman, an d Pete and Scott Whitney. Both were Yamaha / W a sp-mourned a n d were even ly ma tch ed. T he first ro u nd fell to th e P alfreyma ns , with th e Whit n eys seco nd, an d th e duo of Ken Mal er/ Ram sey Harris (Wsp) th ird. Round two sa w th e Whitnevs blast into th e lead . closely p urs ued by th e Palfreym ans. Wi th in a cou p le of laps, both teams were going for it wheelto -wheel, and th e Palfreym ans eventu all y emerged on top. Further back was a battle for third , betwee n Mal erl H arr is, Ralph Wh itney/Paul Stirn so n (EML) , an d Bob Sch noor/ Randy La ngosh (EML). Mal er/Harri s sta lled o ut o f th e ba tt le, levin g th e fight to Whitney/Stim son and Sch noor/ La ngosh . With in a few laps, Schnoor/ Langosh was a ble 10 get a dr ive goi ng, a nd p assed th eir rival team 10 n ail do wn third for th e day. Women Mercedes Gonzales (Kaw) domina ted th e Women 's Two-Strok e class co m p letely both times o u t. Moto one saw Karen Leitinger (Han ) briefly ta ke th e lead before Gonzales made her m ov e. The rnoto ended with Gonzales fini shing over 90 seconds a head of Leitinger. Third was Stephanie Jones (Yam) . Moto two was a replay, with Leitinger taking th e start. but Gonzales winning th e war. After passing Leitinger, Gonzales mainta ined a very fast. co ns istent pace in which sh e eventually lapped almost th e ent ire field . Only second -p lace Lei tingerrem ainedun-Iapped.Jones wa s aga in .th ird . • Results MINI : 1. Gary Martin i (Hon l: 2. Scot Clifton (Honl: 3 . Randy Okada (Suz). 150-200 JR: 1. Frank Schenini (Hon); 2. Steve Fernandez ( Hon~ 3 . Weldon Nomura (Honl. 250JR: 1. Tim Morton (Han): 2. Chuck Dempsey (Hon ': 3. Chartes Burnen (Hon l. 250 INT: 1. Darren Sanford (Hon). 350 JR: r . Steve Morales (Han); 2. Merl

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