Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

around Frisc~ , as did Marten s (Kaw). Cunningham m aintained a seven second lead o n S teffy a nd Martens , wh o were battl in g for seco n d pl ace. On th e last lap, Mart en s p u t a run o n Steffy and finis hed seco nd behin d C u n ni ngham. Steffy was th ird. The 250cc B class had some good raci ng goi ng when j ohn Allen (Han) m oved in o n th e leader, Scott Ra nk (Hon), ho wever, All en pressed Ron k lap a fter la p . but cou ld not co mp lete a p ass. jeff LaVille (Ya m) a nd G ary Chase (Ma i) wer e runn ing in th ird a n d fourth, and when Allen slipped O U I tryin g to gel a rou nd Ra nk, th ey both moved up a position. At the finish it was Ronk , La v'ille. Chase a nd Allen . . Results SPEED: 1. Er ic Schwab IVaml; 2. Deryl Cowden (Yam l; 3. Kyle Tenk ly (Yam). 60 A: 1. Billy Zw ick (Kaw l. 60 B: t . Zach Tav1or(Kaw); 2. Brandon Bradshaw (Kaw) . • . 60 C: 1. Stan Siabod a (Kawl; 2. Larry Stanley (Kaw). _ 80 A: 1. Danny Stanl ey (Kawl : 2. Brett DeVrie s (Kaw) . eo B: 1. Billy Zwick IKawl. eo C: 1. Zach Taylor (Kawl; 2. Rick Dent (Suz). eo 0 : 1. Dean Mellema (Han); 2. Reid Banon (Kaw ); 3. Joe Kalous (Kaw l. 105 A: 1. Canny Stanley (Kaw); 2. Brett DeVries (Kaw) . 105 B: 1. Bill y Zw ick (Kaw) . 125 EX: 1. Ma rk Cunn ingham (Han); 2. Darr yl Manens (Kawl; 3 . Scott Steffy (Kawl. 125 8 : t . l arry Wa rd (Kaw ); 2. Jason Dun to n (KTM ); 3. Darcy Lalonde (HanI. 250 EX: 1. Larry Visc o (Kaw); 2. Mark Cun ningham (Hon); 3 . Brent M elvi n {Yam }. 250 B: 1. Scott Rank (Han ); 2. Je ff Lavill e (Yam ); 3 . Gary Chase (M ai). OPEN EX: 1. Dale Bark er (Yam); 2. Dave Sullivan (Ho nl . • OPEN B: 1. Steve Hambergh (Han); 2. Randy McAll ister; 3. Steve M cCauley (KTM) . ENDURO A : 1. Rusty stescner (Han). _. ENDURO B: 1. Steve Power (Han); 2. J ell Brown (Ha n). ~ 125 C: 1. M att hew Duv all (KTM ); 2. Gary M yd la nd (Ka w); 3 . Steve Henson.(Hon ). 250 C: r . Joe M cKenzie I H on ~; 2. Tim Hu izenga (Han); 3. Ken Tellv ick (Suz). OPEN C: 1. Dave Grayso n (Ho n); 2. Brian Horst. OTH : 1. Greg Heitman (Yam); 2 . Gary cha se (M ai ); 3. Don Wanl in (Yam). Cummings conquers Vegas MX . By Dick Goodwin LAS VEG AS, NV , MAY 5 Dixi e Ka wa sak i- sponso red Craig Cummings traded wins with T eam T amm 's 80cc ace Ken Arnold (Kaw) in the 125cc Novi ce class a t La s Vega s Mot ocro ss P ark ca p turing th e overa ll win by vi rtue o f hi s bett er seco nd m ot o fin ish . Desert ra ci ng co n vert j ohn Hill rode co ns istent ly to finish thi rd ov era ll . whi le Ken n y Ba ucum closed fast 10 end u p fo urth. Lor en Ma ttson finis hed fiflh _ H ill started th e first mo to off by lead in g for the first lap; h owever , h e bobbled by the back spectator bleacher sec tio n . dipping to third. Cummings inherited the lead, followed by Arnold. T h e two rid er s flai led a way at eac h other for the rem a inder o f th e race, with Arn old event ua lly ea rni ng th e victory. Hill fin ished third. T ony Davis grabbed th e hol esh ot 10 start m ot o two , followed b y Cummings, Hill , a nd Steve G oodw in . During th e ens u in g few turns, C u mmings a nd G oodwin flew by for first a n d second p lace. G oodwin th en cras hed into Cummings and went down . Bau cum took ove r second, with H ill and Arnold pressi n g him hard , By th e fourth lap, Cumm ings had esrabl ish ed a big lead over Arnold , who had work ed h imself in to seco n d pl ace. Baucum rode in rh ird , with Hill fourth . Mat tson ca p tu red fifth. Results PEE W6E 50 NOV: 1. Jason Bau cum ; 2. Russell Pear son; 3 . Nich ol es Barron . PEE WEe 50 INT: 1. Ji m my Gr iego: 2. Greg za r8 ~ tiegui; 3. Brian Sa m so n. 60 NOV 6 -8 : 1. J as on Par tr idge ; 2. Nat hana l Pearson; 3 . Basil Thacker. 60 INT 6 ·8 : 1. J immy Griego; 2. Bria n Sarn son . 6ONOV9-11 : 1. Lev i Sackett; 2. Frank ie Villegas; 3 . Chad Anderson. 60 INT 9 -11 : 1. Mike Gilbert; 2. Carey Han. 60 MOD NOV 9 -11 : 1. Frank ie Villegas. 60 MOD INT 9 -11 : 1. Mike Gilbe n ; 2. Cary Han . eo STK BEG: 1. Jesse Newman. eo STK NOV 9 -11 : 1. M ike M,chel. . _ BO STK NOV 12 -16: 1. Lance Taylor; 2. Chr is Pocino ; 3 . Kevin Clark . BO STK INT 12 -16 : 1. Kerry M u ll igan; 2. Ken Arnold; 3 . Richard Saxton . eo STK EX 12- 16 : 1. Der ek Tit us . BO MOD NOV 12 -16; 1. Chr is Poein o; 2. Jeff Korhonen ; 3 . Raben Hinsl ey. BO MQO INT 12- 16 : 1. Ken Arnold; 2. Kerry M ul - ROAD A.MERICAS ~ ~ ( ligan; 3.'Richar d Saxton. 125 NOV: 1. Cra ig Cummi ngs; 2. Ken Arnold; 3 .Jo h n Hill . 125 INT: 1. Sonny Reisig ; 2. Bob Laver; 3 . J im W ischmeyer. 125 PRO: 1. Greg Vowell ; 2. Eric Sackett . 250 NOV: 1. Jeff Palme r; 2.M ike Gibson; 3. Ken Teete rs. 250 INT; 1. Sha ne J oh nson; 2. Ma rk Causey; 3 . David Thom sen . 250PRO: 1. BobbyWhite ; 2. Scott Unde rwood; 3 . Sc on Robertson. 500 NOV: 1. M ike Gibso'n; 2. Chri s Newm ill er; 3 . J eff Sch umac her. 500 INT: 1. Dan ie l Patter son ; 2. M ichael Phill ips; 3 . Doug Stad lander. 500 PRO: 1. Bil ly Hill ; 2. Glen n Wa rr en; 3 . Richard Sands. . VeT: 1. Lee Pearsco: 2. Lyn n Nicholson ; 3. Har ry Smedley. Brown beats 'em at Barona MX By Debbie Higgins ROMONA. CA, MAY 5 Am eri can Honda- spon sored Mike Brown and Mik e Crai g (Yam) squared-off aga ins t each o ther today in th e 105cc O pen class at Ba rona O a ks R aceway. Track co n d itio ns were o n the slick and muddy sid e, wh ich would prove to be a deciding factor in the o u tco me o f th e baule between th e lWOrid ers. And even thoug h Brown would cli nc h th e ove ra ll win a t th e en d o f the da y, it wouldn 't co me without a terrific fight from C ra ig. Bad luck rook Cr a ig o u t o f th e top finisher s, seco nd overa ll went 10 Ro bb ie P erez, with j ason l\lacDouga ld third. In th e first mor o th e two rival s rode wh eel- to-wheel u nt il Cr aig slid o u t in th e slick mud and Brown 10Sl his co m petition, win ning eas ily ah ead o f th e pa ck . In rnoto lWO, Bro wn and Craig a ~ai n went head -to -head , but Craig's front wheel began breaking u p on th e rough terra in and Bro wn went o n to ~v i n easi ly. Perez and MacDougald, fini sh ed seco nd and third o vera ll , respec tively. In the 125cc Open class first rnot o Fra n kie Brundage ( Ka w ) ru sh ed of f wi th the h ol esh ot over Kaw asak i Tea m Green rider Bad er Mann eh . . But Manneh wasted no tim e in getling arou nd Brundage a nd by th e che ckered flag Ma n ne h, found h im self crossi ng th e finis h line with no o ne arou nd. Moto lWO was a duplica te start, bu t Brundage's bik e broke on la p three, a nd j ohn Flores ( Ka w ) moved inio second behi nd Mann eh . Steve Furu ya, with a pair o f fourth . pl ace fini shes, took thi rd overall. Stealing th e hol esho t, Art Higgins (H o n ) left everybody else in th e I25cc Novi ce cla ss first mot o , But H iggins ran into troubl e a t th e double-jumps midway through th e first lap a nd lost h is lea d 10 T on y Peiran o . Back in the pa ck , Paul Cortez. Mike Berkl ey and Matt Brown [o u gh t for pos it io ns a nd a SHot a t th e leder , but P eirano held the lead to the che ckered flag . In ro u nd two Peiran o got the lead .o ff the line, but was the n overta ken by Cortez, Berk ley and Brow n . T he final standings showed Berkl ey first _ with hi s two second-place fin ish es, Cortez seco nd with a 4- 1 score, and Peirano thi rd overa ll wi th a 1-4. In the 80cc Beg inner class, j eff Land is fo u nd the lead o ff rh e lin e, wi th C urtis Russel quickly securing second spot; bo th riders h eld th eir posi t'i ons u nt il th e checkered flag . 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