Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

T hey did a mad scram hie ge tti ng hack o n the cou rse a nd across th e finish lin e. with Pa ul keeping h is second p lace spot. VET EX: 1. Richard Dostal (Hon l. SA NOV: 1. Robin l ewis (Kawl: 2. J im Robens (Hon); 3 . Georg e Ch apma n (Hon ). SR EX: 1. Dave Wollaston (Suz ). Results Decker doubles last Corona night · motocross 60 NOV : 1. T. Don ahu e (Kaw) ; 2. J . Evans (Hon); 3 . O. J en ki ns IKawl . 80 NOV : 1. C. Olsen (Kawl; 2. D. Gall egher (Suzl; 3 . D. Curtis (Kawl. 80 EX: 1. L: M oor e (Kaw) . 125 NOV: 1. C. Strong (Vam); 2. P. Dick (Kavil); 3 . B. Dick (Kaw) . 250 NOV: 1. K. Doyle (S uz); 2. D. Maga (Kaw) ; 3 . M . Sm ith (Suz) . . OP NOV : 1. J . Ell is IHon); 2. J . caner (Hon). VET NOV: 1. K. Doyl e (Suz); 2. C. Giordano (Kaw) ; 3 . J .Bor land (Kaw). OT EX: 1. R. Wyant (Hon); 2. K. Winsche ll (Hon) . EX: 1. R. Kay (Kawl; 2. C. Kay (Kaw); 3 . E. Sch ach t (Hon) . SERIES LEA DERS 60 NOV : Je re my Evan s. BO NOV : Craig Olsen. 80 EX: Larry Moore. 12 5 NOV: Ch ris St rong . 250 NOV : Dean Maga. VET: Ch uck Giordano DelTurco, Collins capture Mini wins By Larry Johnson LAKEWOOD. CO. APR. 28 Doug Dubach gets some air time on his way to the 125cc Pro class win at Corona Raceway's final night motocross. Kevin McKnight was second . 125 PRO: 1. Tony Flor es (Vam). 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. Sean Hummel (Kaw) ; 2. Richard Sm ilh (Hon); 3 . Roben Sa ndy (Hon) . 250 NOV OIV 2 : 1. Steve Fis her (Kaw); 2. M att Lorenzo IHan); 3 . Carlo Tresser (Yam). 2 50 JR DIV 1: 1. Ken Pelphrey (Hu st 2. Todd Black IHa n); 3 . Taryl W ein r ick (Hon) . 250 JR ON 2 : 1. Anthony J ames (Yam); 2. Jeff Wright (Hon); 3 . Randy Banard (Yam) . 250 INT; 1. Cory Perrault (Suzl; 2. A la n Car lso n (Va m). 250 PRO: 1. Shawn McConn (Yam); 2. Danny Boles (Yam); 3. Jon Nelson (Han) . OPEN NOV : 1. Charl es Soares (Honl; 2. Tony Owen (Ho n); 3 . Joe Kocher (Hon) . OPEN JR ; 1. Sk Ip Brossard (Yam);"2 . Lor en Bar ren (Hon ); 3 . Ken Johnson (Han ). OPEN INT: 1. Glenn Harrison (Yam ); 2. M icheel Romer (Han) . • OPEN PRO; 1. Jon Nelson (Ho n); 2 . Greg Raub (Vam ); 3 . Brett Cary (Vam). VET SPTSMN: 1. Gary Jaehne (Kawt 2. Bil Bur · nen tYam). VET INT: 1. Lont Cashner (Han); 2. Bubba Taylor (Vam ). VET MSTR : 1. M ike Lane tHont; 2. Phil Gr ib n au (Vam). OT SPRTSMN: 1. J am es Dingman (KTM ). OT MSTR : 1. Gary Estes (Hon ). 'Bradley, DelaRosa streak Baylands By Mike Vancil reeled h im in to again ta ke th e checkers in fro nt of everyone. Results 80 BEG: 1. Ste ve Bra dley (Kaw l; 2 . SCOItWilliams (Hont 3. Br uce Bleecker (Yam) . 80 BEG 9 ·11 : 1. Cla Yton Keal es (Yam) . 80 JR 9 -1 1: 1. Chris M cCalle IVam). 80 J R 12 ·1 6 : 1. Steve DelaRosa (Kaw) : 2. Rhett Fothergill (Kaw); 3. Shawn Robenson (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Stan Lu ndquist (Kawl. 12 5 BEG : 1. George Kosa vilka (Hon); 2 . M, ke Munshower (Yam) ; 3 . A lbe rt Ber ends (Hen). 125 JR : 1. Jim Haupt (Vam): 2. Grah am Miller ( H o n~ 3. Erich Stofsta ll (Hon). 12 5 INT: 1. Eric Karol (Ho n). 125 PRO: 1. Terry Bos ta rd (Kawl. 250 BEG: 1. Daniel Gurrero (Yaml; 2. David Glenn (Vam); 3. Bob Zolrevko (Vaml. 250 JR : 1. Merk Burkett (Hon); 2. Kenny La ne IHon); 3. Frank Wa lker (Va m). 250 INT: 1. Da n Cole (Yam ); 2 . A la n carl son (Vam): 3 . SIeve Machado (Vam) . 250 PRO: 1. John Dau th (Honl ; 2. Sam Neve (Hon); 3. Eric Mashbir (Hon) . OPEN BEG: 1. Mark Sar ic (Honl: 2. Steve S ilvestri (Hon ). OPEN JR : 1. James McManus (Hon l; 2 . Sk ip Brossard (Vam); 3. Merlyn Frank (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Jesse Ochoa (Hon) . OPEN PRO: 1. Brett Cary (Vaml: 2 . Devon Joos (Honl. VETSPRTSMN : 1. Frank Mouthan (Honl: 2 . Jerry Sil sdorf (Vem) . VET MSTR : 1. Phil Gr ibneu (Vam ). OT SPTSMN: 1. Bob Fox (Yam ). OT MSTR : 1. Geoffrey Fox (Vam ). FR EMO NT, CA, MAY .I Mini class riders Steve DelaRosa (Kaw) a n d St eve Bradley (Kaw) put o n a class act as DelaRosa won th e Junior 12-16, an d Brad- . 46 .. ley took the gold in th e Beg in n ers. In the 80cc Beg inner cla ss, Bradley got off th e line in moto one behi nd Scott Will iams (H a n) an d YZ-mounted Eric Cham bers . On th e seco nd circu it of th e track . Chambers dropped hi s Yamaha a nd Willi ams co u ldn ' t avoid th e sp ill; bu t Bradley di d . Brad ley th en hung on for th e rema in ing laps to win , but Williams co u ld not hold o n to second, an d surrende red it to Bru ce Bleecker. Mota two wa s even better for Brad ley as he got a gra nd sta rt a nd on ly h ad 10 occas io n a lly worry a bo u t Ch ambers. Williams held on for third, but it was good for secon d overall. The 80cc Jun ior class ·first mot a was led byShawn Robertson (Kaw ) and Rhett Fothergill (Kaw ), with DelaRo sa a wa ys back . DelaRosa system atically worked his wa y pa st th e ea rly leaders to concent ra te on just beating th e co urse. It became an all Kaw a saki sweep when th e fini sh in g order was Robertson, Fothergill and Scott Schnieder. In mota two Fothergill proved to be fastest off the line. but it wasn 't long before Del aRosa Kays okay at Winnemucca MX By Frank Molitor WIl\' NEM UC CA , NV, AP R. 28 Just moving up from th e Mini ranks, the Ka y brothers-Randy and Ch ad - blitzed the Pro class a t th e last race of th e Flyin W's Spring MX Ser ies. In both Ex pert mot os, the scena rio was th e sa me: Randy o n a KX250, had j us t a little motor on Chad's KX 125 for an adva ntage in th e starts a nd u phills. Tha t kep t Ran dy in the lead a ll the way, even though he was co ns ta nt ly p ressu red by Cha d . Non e o f th e o the r Ex perts serio us ly cha llenged th e Kays, so it was Rand y and Chad 1-2 both m ot as a nd ove ra ll. C hris Stro ng (Yam) co nt in ued h is domination of th e1 25cc No vice clas s to secu re h is seri es wi n . T h is class had a brother ac t, too , as Ka wasaki rid ers Paul a nd Brian Dick roosted eac h o the r for seco n d a n d th ir d p laces. On th e last lap o f the la st mota , both ca me neck-and-neck into th e la st downhill turn before th e c heck ere d fl a g - a n d both ran through th e fence and o ff th e co urse. The 80cc Novi ce class was sp lit into two divisions tod a y with Dino DelTurco a n d Steve Collins ea rn ing respective wins. Brendon J ohnson gra bbed both h o leshots in th e first d ivision , but DelTu rco wo n both moto s. J ohnson was seco nd . a nd Ju stin Hughes was th ird . Co llins led h is divisio n's first mot a from start- to -fin ish. He had a big lead headi ng for th e wh ite £l ag when h e got o u t of shap-e in a crevice. allowing Chance Smit h to close the gap. At the checkers, Co llins barely nipped Smith for th e win. Smith agai n finis hed second to Collins in round two. hut this time Co lli ns made no m istak es a nd wo n eas ily. Mike So lis fini sh ed thi rd o vera ll. Mich ael Lorenz ca p tu red th e l25cc Novice class overa ll with double mota win s. H e led Stacy Ditter for a ll o f ro un d o ne wi th Barr y Bo ylan runni ng thi rd early befor e crash ing a nd eventua lly fin ishin g fourth. In mo ta two , Bo yIan sto le th e h olesh ot a n d h eld off Sig Wahlin for four laps, th en Lor enz pa ssed both a nd led from th en o n with Bo ylan cl ose behind. Wahl in was a bit o ff th eir pa ce just ahead o f Ditter, wh o claimed thi rd for th e da y. Wh en th e 250cc No vices hit th e first turn in mot o o ne, Manuel Guzman was lead in g T homas H ed wall. Two circu its la ter, H edwall was o n top ahead of Ed Ro y, w hi le G uzma n was hack in 14th af ter a ge toff. H edwa ll kep t the lead to the checkers ahead o f Ro y wi th Guzma n threading h is way bac k to six th. G uzman agai n h ol esh ot mot a two . but this tim e h e stayed up a nd ran a way from everyone, winn in g easi ly over Hedwa ll. Roy pl aced fourth. which earned h im seco nd o vera ll behind H edwall. G uzm an 's fin ish salvaged him third . Res ults 60 NOV : 1. Jason W r ig ht (Kaw) ; 2 . Alex Neir (Kaw); 3 . J .P. Thibodeau (Kaw) . 80 NOV DIV 1: 1. Dino DelTurco (Yam); 2. Bre ndon Johnson (Yam); 3. Justin Hughes (Kaw). 80 NOV DIV 2: 1. Steve Coll ins (Kaw); 2 . Cha nce Smith (Kaw ); 3. M ike Solis (Kaw). 80 AM : 1. Jeff Hopk ins IKaw); 2. Jason Clark (Kaw ); 3. Troy Lassar (Hon ). 125 NOV : 1. Michael Lorenz (Suz) ; 2. Barry Boy lan (Hon ); 3. Stacy Diner (Suz). 125 AM : 1. Mike Surratt (SU2) ; 2. John Scott (Kaw); 3 . Wayne Balliett (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Tim Buchli (Yam); 2 . Kevin McKnight (Vam); 3 . Keith Campbell (Vam) . 250 NOV : 1. Thomas Hedwall (Hon); 2. Ed Roy (Han) ; 3 . Maneul Guzm an (Kaw). 25 0 AM : 1. Chuck Wright (Yam); 2. Doug Vickery (Vaml; 3. Scott Bredley (Vam) . . 250 PRO: 1. Jim Mllchell (Hon); 2. Kip Sendell (Hon l: 3. Chris Sundstrom (Hon) . OPEN NOV : 1. Marvin Romkee (Yam l: 2 . Thomas Drake (Hon); 3. Ron Kent (Hon ). OPEN AM : 1. Bill Tully (Hon); 2. Thomas Drake (Hon) ; 3. Ken Motherway (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. J im Thompson (Hus); 2. Brad Bolton (Yam); 3. Bob Hanrahan (Hon). VET NOV : 1. Randy Artman (Vam) ; 2 . Gill Benl (Yam); 3. Greg Masters (Kaw). VET AM : 1. Thomas M ita s (Hus); 2. Greg Webb (KTM); 3. Michael Kern (KTM). By Nate Rauba CO RO l\'A. CA. APR. 26 A large crowd o f o ver 250 riders a nd many spectators came o u t tonight for the last Frida y night m ot ocross 10 be held a t Corona Ra rewa v, Silence fel l over Corona j ust after midn ig ht whe n the la st race was completed, endi ng 15 yea rs of Frida y n ight raci ng a t th e facil ity. G ary J ones was th e w in ne r o f th e firs t Pro races a t Corona, th e sa me yea r h e to ok th e 25 0cc Nati onal Champi on ship. Ju an Ben a vid ez, Doug Dubach , a n d Mark Decker will go into th e hist ory boo ks as bein g th e last Pro winners. Dubach (Race Tech Kaw ) won both mot os to tak e th e I25cc win. beatin g Su n West Yamaha 's Keith Morabito a nd C h uc k Hart (SC RISpectroS uz). l n th e 250cc Pros Decker rode to bark -to -bark w ins, leading both mot os fro m start to fin ish. Will y Mu sg rav e (Answer H on ) was seco nd overa ll w ith a 2-4 score, and Mich ael Edso n look th ird . Ben avidez (Han ) a lso won bot h Open motos, w hi le Ala n Ski les (Han) took seco nd o ver Cern' Lattimer. O ne rid er who was domi na nt in the late ' iO's but never achieved rea l stardom was 250cc Pro Ma rt y Mill er. H e wa s on hand for the last race tonigh t; " I cou ld n't m iss the last one," said Miller wh o finished fourth. . " Its closure is goi ng to lea ve a big vo id ." But race d irecto r Ron Cra nda ll has p la ns for a new trac k in the n ear future. ' 'I' m no t ge n in g o u t of th e bu sin ess. " he sa id . Cra nda ll is cur rentl y eyei ng two o ther locati ons for a track, bu t decl in ed to name ei ther one for fea r th a t d isclosure would enda nger n egotiations. R .A.C.E star ter a nd officia l J ohn Gallagh er said he is looking forward to th e vaca tion , but expects to be back in a few months a t a new locati on. "I hope to see all the people ra cin g h ere tonight back at o u r n ew tra ck wh en we ge t it go in g ." Many rid ers who wen t o n to m otostardom got th eir start a t Corona . G oat Breker, Brad Lackey, a nd Rex S ta ten are j ust a few w ho came to Corona in th eir early years. Results HIGHSCHOOL WOMEN : 1. Ja ime Kirkpa tr ick (Per). MINI NOV : 1. Ste ven Foste r rru s t. 100: 1. Steven Fost er (Tus ). 125 NOV : 2. Hank Torres(Perl; 2 . Jell Oean (Per); 3. Andy Venegas (Col). 125 SR: 1. John Holmes (No r l; 2. MIke Rambo (Per); 3 . Kev in Montgomery (Col). 175 NOV : 1. HankTorres (Per): 2 . Jeff Oean (Per); 3 . Brya n Warner (Coil. 250 SR: 1. Gordon Ward (Col) ; 2. Scott Burns (Nor): 3. Dino Veik (Nor) . • OPEN SR : 1. Scott Burn s (Nor) : 2. Pa ul Tauaer ( N or~ 3 . Gordon Wa rd (Col) . UNATTACHED PEE WEE : t . Robby Hoc k (Kaw); 2. J immy W illi· ams (Kaw) ; 3. Jeremy Badger (Kaw) . MINI BEG 12 · : .1. Donnie Wilborn (Vam ); 2 . Ray Hensley (Su z); 3 . Ray Benjamin (Yam ). MINI BEG 13 +: 1. Bren Byard (Vam); 2. Bred Bailey (Kaw); 3 . Scott Shafer (Yam ). MINI NOV : 1. Clint 8riska (Kaw ); 2 . Lev i Noble IYamt; 3. Jamie Morabito (Yamt . MINI INT: 1. Dar in Gre en (Vam) . . 125 BEG I: 1. Jacen Run (Vam): 2. Tony Ocampo • (Suz); 3 . Rob Knemeyer IHon). 125 BEG II: 1. Mike Montano (Suz); 2 . Ricardo Henn ing (Kaw); 3. Andy Venegas (Yam) . 125 NOV: 1. Bryan Petrie (Kaw); 2. Dean Rogers • (Suzl; 3 . Jerry Jetton (S uz). 125 INT: 1. David Foltz (Kawl; 2. Jim Kuntz (Suz): 3. Ron Monterone (Yam) . 125 PRO: , . Dou g Dubach (Ka wl; 2. Ke ith Mora bito (Yam ); 3. Chuck Han (Su z). 250 BEG I: 1. Raul Casillas (Vam ); 2. Dene Wha · Iley (Yam); 3 . Doug Briney (Hon) . 250 BEG II: 1. Dav id Fox (Honl; 2. Jim Sleriing (Vam ); 3 . Roben Fonier (Kaw). 250 BEG III: 1. Antllony Sandoval (Yam ); 2. Nick Dom inQu ez (Hon); 3. Tim Tucker (Yam) . 250 BEG IV: 1. Cunis Olsen (Hon); 2. Michael Matson (Suz); 3. Clluck Collins (Hon) . 250 NOV I: 1. Sllawn Heit (Yam) ; 2 . Nate Raube

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