Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Beginner class as Honda riders J eff Smith an d Tony Camar en a traded m ot o wi ns in a fierce battle th at ga ve th e overall nod to Smith w ith Ca m a rena tak in g seco nd . Steven Charles rod e h is Kaw a sak i 10 th ird overall, Husk y ride r Randy Minter ea rned th e overa ll Vet Ex pert win as Ka wasa ki rider a nd ea rly fa vori te J on H all fell whi le leading the first m o ta and fin ish ed fourth . H all ca me back to win round two for seco nd overa ll a hea d o f G eorge Kohler (Kaw ). Results O"l ....... Robby Hock (3) finished second in the 60cc Intermediate class. while Judd Scanlan (28) wound up third in the 0-8-year-olds at DeAnza . th ird. From the n on th e o rde r was set, . h Id I I . hi as H ire cou o n y c ose 10 Wll in a few bik elen gths o f H edland a t th e en d . Hi tch wa s first in h is class th ough, a nd picked up th e Novice overall . T emple was secon d overa ll w ith a 1-4 sco re a head o f S tilwell's 3-3. An other race th at featured a close battle between riders from different CIasses was t h e 60cc event . Expert Jacob Swain (Rincon Kawasaki/PJ I ) felt th e heat from Intermedi at e Crai g Decker (AXO /Kaw ) for most o f th e first rnoto, Decker stayed right on S wa in 's tail for a ll but two of th e eight-lap affair, Decker grabbed the lead a t th e start of the seco nd round a nd led for half of th e race before Swain passed him, and even then Decker sta yed close until th e end of th e race. In th e 250cc Pro class Mark Decker took th e win with a 2-2 tall y. Chris H einrich led the first half of m oto o ne until he fell and th en became involved in a fig h t w ith an o ther ride r th at a lso went down. Tom Combs took over but went o ut a co u p le o r' la ps lat er wh en hi s chai n derailed. Rob E ngel led the res t o f th e way, and Decker took seco n d after a long duel with La urie Fooks. Decker got an earlv lead in m oto two , but was pa ssed on th e fourth lap by H einrich . Decker pl a yed it cool an d let H ein ric h go on to th e w in, whi le a t th e sa me tim e maintain in g a safe d isranee o n Engel. «, (Vam); 3. Don Wilboon (Yam). 250 NOV; 1. John Sing leta ry (Vam); 2. Aaro n Wood (Varni; 3. Matthias Nikolakopa los (Vam). 2501NT; 1. Da.id Halve rsonIKaw); 2. Tra.is Roberson (Kaw); 3. Murray Shackelford (suzl. 250 PRO: 1. Mark Decker (Yam); 2. Rob Engel (Yam); 3. Colin Rvan (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Robert Hedland (Vam); 2. Steve Fer (Kaw); 3. Jeff Hale (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Craig Hiton (Vam); 2. Robert Temple (Vamt, 3. Daniel stilweIl IHon). 500 INT; 1. Ron Lawson (Han); 2. Loren Pochirow ski (Han); 3. Robert Wet lern (Hus). 500 PRO: 1. Keith W illiamson (Vam); 2. Scott Morgan (Han); 3. Ruben Falcon (Yam). VET JR; 1. Lee Dunston (suz) ; 2. Kurt stuht (Yam); 3. Franlt Andrena (Han). VET INT; 1. Alan Kant (Vam); 2. Bill Dennis (Han); 3. Robert Cooke (Han). VET EX: 1. Kinney Jones (Han); 2. Mark Heller (Han); 3. Peter Dill (Han). WOMEN ; 1. Barbara Parry (Vam); 2. Denise Thomas (Yam); 3. Leilani Emary(suz). WOMEN EX: 1. Brenda Conner (Han). Semics tops SMX Spring Classic 250 PRO: 1. Ga ry Sem ics (Kaw); 2 . Chris Hei nrich (Kaw); 3. Tony Spear (s uz). 125 PRO: 1. Chuck Hart (s uz); 2. Chris Heinr ich (Kaw); 3. Jo hn McCaughe y (Kaw) . OPEN INT; 1. Vincent Gonzalez (Kaw ); 2. Pete Andrews (Han). 250 INT; 1. Steve Piattoni (Han); 2.Ty Da.is (Cag); 3. Gilbert Valdez (s uzl. 125 1NT 1. Jimmy Palmer (Kaw l; 2. Chuc k Whit: more (s uzl; 3 . B.J. M ills paug h (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. 8ryan A llen (Kaw ); 2. M ike Najar i (Vam); 3. Tom Flynn (Vam). 250 NOV: 1. Tom Gil je (Vam); 2. Mike Simons (s uz); 3. Aaron Briggs (Han). 125 NOV: 1. Rob sassen (Cag); 2. Kevin Neal (Kaw ); 3. Phillip Gould (Kaw). OPEN BEG: 1. Lucky Hoffman (Han); 2. Jeff Hale (Han); 3. John Ritchie (Han). 250 BEG: 1. An thony Sandoval (Vam); 2. Jacen Run (Yam) ; 3. Andrew Trotter (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Jeff Smith (Han); 2. Tony Camarena (Han); 3. Steven Charles (Kawl. VET EX: 1. Randy Minter (Hus); 2. Jon Hall (Kaw); 3. George Kohler (Kaw). VET INT; 1. Alan Kent (Vam); 2. Rick Somma (Vam); 3. Denn is Dickens (suzl. VET NOV ; 1. Jac k Millerd (Han); 2. Bob O'Neill (Han); 3. Jeff Panerson (Honl. OT EX: 1. Jim Beltinck (Yam); 2. Denn is Rosenberg (Kaw ); 3. Earl Schu ler (Yam). OT NOV; 1. Chuck Gilmore (Varni; 2. Jim Salum (Yam); 3. John Downey (Vam). 80 sTK INT: 1. Phil Lawrence (Varni; 2. Sloa n Cooper (Vam); 3. Doug Huston (Vam). BOSTK NOV: 1. Robbie Perez(Kaw ); 2. Guy Deckert (Kaw); 3. John Edwards (Kaw). 80sTK BEG: 1. Kenny Sommer (Kaw); 2. Jason Kawall (Kawt, 3. Todd Smith (Yam). BO MOD INT; 1. Sloan Cooper (Vam); 2. Doug Huston (Yam); 3. Phil Lawrence (Yam). 60 ; 1. Greg Schne ll (Kaw). Team Obsolete dominates CVRG Sears By Michael Green SONOMA.CA, MAY 18 Team Obsolete's Dave Roper, £0 II OW ed by . teammate Je ££ Elghaman, dominated the California Vintage Racing Group's (CVRG ) third points race of th e year during th e AMA National at Sears Point. Both T eam Obsolete m embers were a board fully-restored GSOMatch'I " lesses, The 17 sta rters were lined up in By Terry Whytal four rows. Roper took th e lead by SUNNYMEAD, CA, MAY 19 turn on e of the l l -turn course and Kawasaki-mounted Gary Semnever looked back. His teammate wa s ics powered to the 250cc Pro o n ly ch a llen ged briefl y by Dave class win a t this week 's SMX De Troet schler, but Troetschler 's 450cc D ucati was n o m at ch for th e G50 a n d Anza race, bringing to an end had 10 sett le for third place. W ithin th e 1985 Ans wer/Si lko lene Spring on ly a few laps. the BSA 500 G old Star Cl assic wh ich awa rded a mateur rid o fTom Ri en eck er was sidel ined with ers with over $5000 in prizes. engine trouble. as wa s th e 250 YetSern ics topped bo th rnoros desp ite ma n Duca ri o f Mi chell e Bi sson. inten se pressure fro m Kawasak i rider Ducat i 250 of Mike G reen was stea dC h ris H einrich , wh o pic ked u p th e ily mov ing through th e field, takin g seco n d pl ace share o f the purse a head o n everyt hin g in its pa th , incl u di ng Results o f charging Suzuki pilot Tony Spears. 500 T riu m p h twins! By th e halfwa y 600,B : 1. TyK ing (Kaw ); 2. Shane Moral es (Kaw); Luther Fren ch placed h is Suzu ki in point. Scott Borern o n h is 500 Velo3. Judd Scanlon (Kaw). the n umber four spot as La nce Gorceue got into wha t was ca lled th e best 60 NOV; 1. Jimm y W ill iams (Kaw); 2. Greg don rode 10 fifth on a KX. race-w ith in -a- ra ce, a four-lap battl e Schnell (Kaw); 3. Bobby Mora les (Kaw ). ' H onda .rider S teve P iatr on i ca me wit h the 250cc Du cati o f Green , with 60 INT: 1. Craig Decker (Kaw); 2. Robby Hock (K':;O)EX: 1. Jacob Swa in (Kaw ). o u t on top of th e 250cc Intermedi at e Green fin all y w inn in g and Borem BO STK BEG: 1. Kenny Sommer (Kaw); 2. Chad class, posting a two-one score 10 ta ke h av in g o n ly to sett le for fo u rth . in Gustine (yam ); 3. Todd Smith (Vam). the overall w in after first mot a winner class an d fifth overa ll. Not 100 far T"::~r;k~~K~~r3\)~J;~nM~~~iK~v:r); 2. Joel Kenny Maddux. developed probl em s beh in d ano the r 250/ 500 baul e was BO sTK INT; 1. Bubba Erickson (Kaw); 2. Wes with hi s Yamaha . Ty Dav is pi ck ed rag in g between Dav e Walden (500 Klein (Kawl;3. Man Foster (Vam). up seco nd o n board hi s Cagiv a , while T'r iu mph ) a n d CVRG Chai rman BO MOD BEG: 1. Ben Phalen (Kaw). Suzuki rider Gilbert Valdez ro u nded Chris Quinn on hi s Wh eel Works 80 MOD NOV: 1. Ryan Hughes (Varni; 2. David McLeod (Kaw). D ucau, aga m Wll h t h e 2"0 co m ing . . . . BOMODINT:1.WesKlein(Kaw);2.JasonMcFar. a u I th e I op tlrree . :J land (Vam); 3. Bubba Erickson (Kaw). Br yan Allen swe p t both Open o u t o n top, leavin g Quinn seco n d in BOMOD EX: 1. Larry Moore (Han). Novice m oto s in co n vinci ng fas h ion class an d sixth overa ll! 125 BEG: 1. Brady Schmidt (Han); 2 . Fra nk Reed .. (Kaw); 3. Steven Charles (Kaw ). to ea rn to p h on ors in th at class . . By this time Roper was lapping the 125 NOV; 1. Kevin Neal (Kaw); 2. Howard Mannes H onda pilot Daniel Fogerty foll owed field, so me even tw ice wh ile turning (Kaw); 3. Chris Winkler (Kaw l. Allen ' s Kawasa kir to t h e ch eck . 1251NT:1. Larry Benedic t(Kawl;2. JohnnyC8lia x .ers m 1:56 a n d 1:58 I ' a p limes aro u n d t h e (s uz); 3. Jeff Black (Han). ro u nd two 10 cl inch seco nd o vera ll as 2.5-mile track ! 125 .PRO: 1. Mike Kell (Kaw); 2. Tim Rutherf~rd _ •. Tom Flynn rode h is Yam aha 10 third. T he 3; Occcla ss was sadly m ad e up !~k~c~h~;r.:........a~~~K~~)'· 2.__ . . ...Run'•- "_ _ .. . ~' _ • wild• •- • • • took Falace• in th e 125c~'.". •••••• :1- {I • • • ma ch in es, .a. .. " i Tlura_ri: ~. Jacen _ _ ., _ A, • • n •• . ~f. on!v 350 • ,......y ."'V" lo' • • . . . . "a _ . • • • A _. w . .. .. '"1: .. ~.-~,. 'Io: Z,-na'e ~ m'" e oL _ _ •• 1w o ~- . ' ~ ~'i: k'~ J,. a n d a 250 Bultaco; neither fin ished. (CVRG rules say 250cc two-strokes run with 350cc four-strokes). CVRG Treasurer Fred Mark was kind en ough 10 loan ou r th ree rnacines for th e event while on vaca tion in J apan, th e 350 Duca ti, 250 Yetman Ducat i a nd th e most interesti ng one, a CRTT 250 Ae rrn a cch i o n w hich Karen L yna ugh rode to fifth in th e 250cc class first tim e o u t. On la p nine o f th e IO-la p event, G ary Hu bbock 's BSA G old Star fell down on th e job, droppi ng him from fourth to 13th pos ition overa ll after restart in g wi th on ly a to rn hand gri p. T he CV RG 's firs t AMA Natio na l Vintage Race went q uite well , with Dick Mann hel p in g 10 an nounce th e race and lat er as ki ng if th e Vela of Borern was towing G reen 's Du cat i for four laps. Results OVERALL: 1. Dave Roper (Mat) ; 2. Jeff Eighaman (Matt; 3 . Dave Troe tschler (Due) . 500: 1. Roper : 2. Eighaman; 3 . Troetschler. 250: 1. Mike Green (Due); 2. Chris Quinn (Duel; 3. John SChmidt (Duel. Pipes takes CMC Huron night MX By Clark Emery H URON , CA, MAY 18 Aaron Pipes took home the glory with a win in the 500cc Intermedi at e cla ss at tonight's California Motosport Clubsa nc tioned mot ocross a t Huron Cycle Park . Pi pe s ac hieved hi s w in by defeatin g R yan Menke. who took th e first mota afte r Pipes bailed in a corner. Bu t Pi pes ca me back in round tow to ge t hi s revenge with a clean win over Menke. In th e first moro, it was Menke with th e holeshot, but Pipes had other plans in mind a n d by th e end of the first lap Pipes had passed Menke for the lead. Soon. both riders were way out in front. leaving the pack in their wake. Coming into th e second lap, P ipes suddenly fell while exit ing a slick co rn er, injuring his ankle in the process. Menke capitalized on Pipes' situation and turned on the gas on hi s Honda, establishing a lead that had him lapping some of the slower riders. Atthe ch eckered flag. it was Menke out in front. with Pipes some distance back in second. In th e second mota. P ipes - not one to let a so re ankle come between him,and first pl ace - wa s ba ck a t th e sta rt ing lin e. When the gate dropped, it was Menke again with th e holeshot and a h ard-charging Pipes glued to hi s rea r wheel. waiting for a mi stake. Nea r th e halfwa y mark . Pi pes made his move on a whoop sectio n an d put h is Honda CR500 into first place. P ipes n ever looked back and led to th e en d, nettin g him th e overall win in th e process. In 125cc Beg inner class ac tion, Fresn o rider Bill y Woods gra bbed the lead wi th Dav id Van Wart on hi s Kawasaki KXI25 second. and Yamaham ounted Dav id T homas in th ird. A few la ps into th e race, Woods mad e it clear 10 all th a t h e was th e man to beat, pull in g away from th e pa ck an d ra cing w ith so me o f 125cc Juniors th at were running in the first wave . But th e real raci ng was going on for seco nd an d third pl ace, with Van Wart and Thomas di cing it out. Van Wart rode fast er in the front section of the track , wh ile T homa s would catch up in th e back section, which made for so me tight racing, as both riders would take turns ca tch in g a nd th en pulling away from each other. When th e checkered flag fell , it was Roods first. Van Wart seco nd, and Thoma s th ird. .in'th f RQ c. No~ ke Cia's' , Fresn o f1";tt":)· ~t . . ,T o ~ · J 1 ' f l ~ J Id- I .: :' 1'

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