Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ ~ Ul Z 00 O"l Q. w > « a:: u >a:: a:: ~ >al 0 0 J: l- ll") ....... O"l C\I >~ :;E Dale Storbeck (61 stuffs it under Tommie Co llier in a 125cc Int erm ed iate moto at the Texas Series opener. Storbeck won the class. Surber, Pipes take Texas Series opener By Larry Hughes HO USTO N . T X. APR. 28 J erry Su rber Jr. (JT/ SC Otl/ Willowbrook Yam ) and Da vid McCl ain (House of Wheels/ O 'N eal Yam ) trad ed moto wins, • ., 48 with Surber top ping th e seco nd mot o , th us th e overa ll in th e 250cc Pro class d uring th e first ro u nd o f th e 13t h an n ual T exa s Series . Bo th Surber a nd McCl a in ga ve th e track a good work ou t as th ey bat tled over th e lead in bo th rnot os . McCl ain hol esh ot th e first gat e with S ur ber in hot pursu it. McC lai n th en opened up a mar g ine betwee n himself and Surber 10 a bo ut five seco nds in th e openi ng laps. an d co ntin ued to lead by th e sa me di st an ce a ll th e way to the fin ish . T h ird place rid er Rusty Pipes ca me up from a mid -pack sta rt to fin ish a well-deserved third . Fourth wa s n ew comer 10 th e P ro rank s. Mark Cochran (Ya m) . Second mot o action saw JeH Arn o ld (Kaw ) sprin t into th e lead with Surber. R onni e H ermann, McClain, Da vid G ood. P ipes and Co ch ran in close format ion . During th e first lap Surber rook th e lead from Arnold, with MeCl ain passin g H erm ann and Arnold p utting him abou t five seco nds behind Sur ber. McClain had hi s eyes on Surber, but Surber had his eves on th e victory. T he two leaders were running a t suc h a fast pace th at by th e fourth lap th ey had a 15-second cus hio n between th em selves a nd thirdp lace Arn old. McCla in was slow ly gaining o n Su r ber, a n d by th e seventh lap th e two riders were wheel 10 wheel. Several times McClain tr ied to ge t around . Surber, but 'each tim e ' Surber closed th e door on him. By th e fin al lap th ey were half-a-lap ahead o f th ird pl ace. which was now being held by Pipes. Then, on a tight righthander after a sma ll drop-off, McClai n tri ed stu ffi n g his Yamaha under th e Yamaha o f Surber a nd n icked a tr ee with hi s shoulder. let ring Surber motor away with the second moto victory a nd th e overall. McClain go t back on the tra ck 10 finish second not far behind. Pipes finished with two solid th irds to fin ish th ird overall . Fourth overa ll wa s Co chran. with a fin e ride, fin ish ing 4-6. Ron Dunfee had bad starts in eac h rnoto, but put in impressiv e drives eac h time with a 6-5 for fifth overa ll. The l25cc Pro class wa s a pi ece o f ca ke for Kaw asak i T eam Green rider Pipes. as he won both motos relativel y eas ily. Keith Simmons. wh o ca n usu ally be found o n a 250. turned in two good rides to fin ish seco nd both motos for seco nd o vera ll. T h ird overa ll went to H ermann . wh o borro wed a bik e moments before the o pe ni ng mot o . H erm ann event ua lly pl aced fourth in each m or o to clai m thi rd overa ll. Results TEENV M INI: 1. Wa yne Richardson tVam); 2 . Guil· ler mo Gonzales (Yam }; 3. Carl os Valle jo (Yam) 60: 1. Ross Ohaver IKaw l; 2 . Coker M ichael J r. (Kaw l; 3. Agg ie Lamber (Yam) . M INI JR : 1. Rodd Dhayer (Kaw) ; 2. Coker M ichael Jr.IKaw). M INI STK: 1. Chad Montero (Kaw) ; 2. Jerry Norwood (Kaw ); 3. Wa yne Gr iggs (Kaw) . M INI OPEN: 1. St eve Hester (Kaw) ; 2. Joey M oore (Kaw) . . M INI SR: 1. Chad Monter o (Kawl; 2 . Stev e Hester (Kaw) ; 3. Wa yne Gr iggs (Kaw) . 125 NOV : 1. Wa yn e Box (Vam); 2. Jo n Pau l Boyett (Kaw) ; 3 . Larr y Linn (Kaw) . 25 0 NOV : 1. Bubba Schu lt z (Vam ); 2. Chuck Bosone (Vam); 3 . Carl Hodg es (Vam) . 12 51NT: 1. Dale Stor beck (Kaw); 2 . Tom mi e cor Iier (Kaw) ; 3. Jeff Gibson (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Mike Bodenhamer (Han I: 2. HarJon Willoughby (Cag); 3 . Jeff Gibson (Kaw) . , OPEN : 1. Greg Henbree (y am ); 2. Jeff Hards (KTM); 3. Keith Burnight (Vam) . OVER 30 : 1. Guy Hu m phrey (Hon); 2 . Rand y Blackwell (Hon); 3 . Ji m Teag ue (Vam). OVER 30 EX: 1. Bill y Click (Vam); 2. Troy Rapp (Vam); 3. Tim M cCaskill (Vam ). , 2S PRO; 1. Rusty Pipes (Kaw) ; 2. Keith Simmon s (Han); 3 . Ronn ie Herma nn (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Jerry Surber J r. (Yarn): 2 . David McClai n (Vam); 3 . Rusty Pipes (Kaw) . OPEN PRO: 1. Mark Mestayer (Hon); 2 . Ronn ie Prado (Vam); 3 . W illi e Phee (Hon) . Rutherford roosts CMCAscotMX By Larry Cravens GARDENA, CA . APR. 26 Tim Rutherford made a clean swee p of both I25cc Pro motos to tak e the overall win at this week's Continental Motosport Club Ascot night motocross. Rutherford spe nt th e even ing holding o ff th e most dem anding advan ces o f Cagiva pilot Ron Turner an d Hondamounted Ro b Trone. In 250cc Pro actio n , Todd Peterso n put together a 1-2 ride to rack up hi s 125th ca reer Ascot night motocross victory. In the first mo to Rutherford (Kaw) holeshot orr the starting line. followed by Turner a n d Tron e. Rutherford bu ilt up a lea d ov er Turn er as Trone fell back to fifth p lace, leaving Chris H einrich (Kaw ) a nd Kenny Clifton (Suz) to dive for third p lace. Clifton charg ed aft er H einrich th e ent ire moto, but H einrich wou ldn 't give ·i n . Turn er co u ld not cat ch Rutherford. wh o rod e o n 10 tak e th e win Turner followed in for seco nd and H einrich was third. In th e seco nd ro u nd Rutherford MattTedder (2301 and Rob Trone (7 21thread t h roug h a corner in a 250cc Pro qualifier at Ascot. Top honors went to Todd Petersen. took the lead ahead o f H einrich an d Kenny Cl ifton (Suz ), Clifton was o n th e gas a nd cha rged pa st H einrich on th e th ird lap. th en T urner kn ock ed the Kawa saki-mounted rid er down a no the r not ch la ter th e sa me la p. On th e la st lap, just before the fini sh line. T urner st u ffed it u nder C lifto n 10 tak e second p lace. R Ul herford c1aimed o vera ll hon ors. with Turner seco nd a nd Clifton thi rd . In the firs t 250cc Pro m or o , J ohn Posca (Ya m ) burst into the lead . Io l- . lowed bv Todd Peter son (H on ) a nd R o b Tr~n e. POSGI soon fell ou t o f th e to p five , leavi ng Peterson in the lead . Trone seco n d a nd Mike Bak er (Ya m) thi rd. Peterson a nd Trone pu lled a sizea ble lead over Bak er as th ev d iced th eir wav arou nd the trac k. Wh en th e ch eckers' came o u t. it was Peterson wi th th e wi n followed bv Trone and Ba ker. . Moto two sa w Dave GraH (Hon ) p ul li ng away fro m Trone and Peterso n . T he n Peterson pa ssed Trone. and on th e seco nd lap h e cha rge d past G ra H 10 tak e th e lead . But o n th e fourth lap. Peterson went down. g ivin g the lead back 10 GraH with Tron e seco nd . Peterson quickl y go; up and reel ed in T ro ne to tak e over seco nd , but th ere was n o time to ca tch GraH who won th e m ot o, But th e o vera ll w in went 10 Peterson . with Graff seco nd and Tro ne third. In th e first l25cc Jun ior rn or o , Ch arli e Brown (Kaw) go t th e drop o n th e pack. follow ed by Bill y McLaughlin (Suz)an d SCOIl Mendenhall (Hon ). Fou rth-pl a ce ri d er Chris C onner (H on ) m ot ored by Mendenall to tak e thi rd . By th e third lap. Connor th en passed McLaughlin 10 slip into second pl ace. Randy Meni ghas (Hon) the n worked h is wa y by McLaughlin o n the last lap for th ird. The win went 10 Bro wn. followed by Connor a n d Menighas, Perrin Perez ( Kaw) took th e second rn oto lead. fo llowed by Brown and . N ick Ni ch ol s (Kaw). Mcnighas th en bl ast ed by Ni chols to goo a fte r Brown. Lap three then saw Menighas sco op Brown for second place. Perez gave Menighas no ch ance 10 ca tch him as Perez ch arg ed on 10 tak e th e chec kers fi rst . fo ll o we d by Men igh a s a n d Brown . Results so BEG DIV 1: 1. Derek Meyer; 2. M ike Cox; 3 . Tom Grell e. 80 BEG DIV 2 : 1. J ason Kri to rian; 2 . David MacFar lane ; 3 . Dan ny Fonteyn. BOJ R: 1. Gary Br inkmeyer; 2 . Dav id Dye; 3 . Rusty Semers. 80 INT: 1. Kevin Bu ssey; 2. Robert Shipma n. 12 5 BEG DIV 1: 1. J ul io Mirarda; 2. Michael Bucha na n; 3 . David Lullinas. 125 BEG DIV 2 : 1. Jim Watkins; 2 . Tony Fuller; 3 . Jim Livermore . 125 BEG OIV 3 : 1. Mile Lucas ; 2. Tim Fonteyn; 3. Joe Belt ing . 125 JR : 1. Charlie Brown; 2. Ra ndy Menighas; 3 . Chris Connor. ' . 125 INT: 1. Gary Sai lors; 2. David Dicorato; 3. Darin Motoda. 125 PRO: 1. Tim Ruth erford; 2. Ron Turner; 3. Kenny Clifton. 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Trav i sSta ke: 2. Chr is Parks: 3 : SconAden . 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Rick Mulder ; 2. Douglas Brooks; 3 . James Wh it eh ead. 250 BEG DIV 3 : 1. St ephanie .Jones; 2 . Joe Hauser ; 3. J im W ill iams. 250 JR : 1. M er le Hammer ; 2. Dav id Jenn ings : 3. Jam es Dominici. 2 50 INT: 1. Steve W est; 2. David Pon er; 3. Cra ig Westergaard. 250 PRO: 1. Todd Pete rson ; 2. Dave Graff ; 3. Rob Trone . 500 BEG: 1. Ron Baker; 2. Darr yl Sull ada; 3. M ike Fost er. 500 JR : 1. Chr is M cGee; 2. Scou Kinn ier; 3. Vietor Tri epke . . 500 INT: 1. Don Pastel!; 2. M ike M usso n; 3. Jon Nichols . . 500 PRO: 1. Todd Pet erson; 2. M ike Baker; 3. Ron Turner. VET JR : 1. Rich Ha nsen; 2. Roger Br en er; 3. J im Ma xw ell . VET INT; 1. Terry Ju dd. VET MSTR : 1. JeH Bli x; 2. DeW ayne Jones; 3 . St eve Van lant . OT J R: 1. Garry W aver; 2. Willia m Hopkins. OT MSTR : 1. Mi ke McM ill en . Fisher doubles CMC Saturday special By John Bethea CARLSBAD. CA . AP R . 27 Mik e Fi sh er took ad van tage of a special Californi a Motosport C lub Saturday race at Carlsbad Racewa y and polish ed off th e 250cc an d 500cc Pro classes for th e seco nd time in less th an a week. winnin g a ll four mot os . Fisher 's stif fest o p pos itio n ca me in th e first 250cc P ro m ot o when he o vercame a bad sta rt and spe nt th e first o f th e 12-lap race tra cking down a nd ca tchi ng Ti Swartz (Ya m) wh o wa s leading. Once dropped to second, Sw artz staye d th ere. a n d co ntin ued to h old th e sa me po sition behind Fisher throughout th e entire seocnd race. The 500cc Pros wer e run with the 125cc Pros, a nd in that outing Doug Dubach (Ka w) rode impressiv ely to th e I 25cc win an d bea t Fisher out for th e overall top placing in the second moto . However . since th ey were paid separately by class, Fisher had no in centive to ca tch Du bach , who h e had beat en easily in round one. Th e widest sp read o f points for victo ry came in th e 250cc Int ermedia te class wh en Loren Pochi rowski (H on) finish ed thi rd eac h moto and still pu lled down th e overalllIt was one of those rare times when fir st and second in eac h moto h ad terribl e tim es in th eir o the r o u tings. Daniel Dava los (Suz) wa s seco n d with a sco re o f 4-6! Eri ck Sec res t (Hon) wa s third for th e day.

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