Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

..- Honda-mounted Bobby White cruises to a runaway win in the Open Expert class during the first round of the Summer Sizzler Series . 250cc Pros a ndon one Sunday he borrowed a bike and finished seco nd overa ll in the Opens. Today, with another borrowed machine, he entered his first 12Scc P ro race this season a nd won . When th e pack drifted right heading for the left- hand first turn in moto one, a massive cra sh resulted as th e ou tside of the charge slid to th e cen ter on th e we t, slippery sweeper. Stacey Cook (Kaw) sensed so met hing as he peered ba ck to see riders a nd mounts flying everywhe re. Over a third of the field was wiped o u t incl udi ng Ti m Bu ch li (Ya m ), Er ic Sterner (Yam ), Sha wn Smith (Kaw ) a nd Ma r k Fles ia (Kaw) . Cook immedi a tel y built a huge lead o ver survivors T erry David (Ka w) an d Mit ch ell. Mitchell overtook David by la p th ree, bu t had n o cha nce to ca tch Cook. Cook coasted ho me 34 seco nds a hea d 'x ·-' ;',," '1" "oFM i tchel t;·w110 -put-27'setohds on ~." .',David . Buchli, af ter p u ll ing his bike from the ta ngle , threaded h is way from 28th to sixth. Round two started m uch smoother with Cook gati ng second a nd Mi thcell fourth. Cook , however, ba iled quickl y, rem ou n tin g at th e back of the pack. H is bike eventually so u red a n d h e h ad to pull out. By lap th ree, Mit ch ell had th e lead wi th Buchli, a fte r a so -so start, up to six th fo llowed by David. Mitchell stre tched th e lead eac h lap, as Buchli worked hi s way up to seco nd . Mitch ell won easily ove r Buchl i, while Da vid fi n ished sixth to earn third overa ll behind Bu ch li . Mit chell a lmost made i t a doubl e for th e da y, In m oto o ne of the 2S0cc Proshe bl ew a way to a victory. H o wever, Terry Kyle (Ya m), wh o wa s seco nd in round o ne, ran down Mitche ll a n d pa ssed him in moto two to tak e th e o vera ll. Kip Sa nde ll (Han) ha s been improvin g rapidl y eac h wee k a nd ea rned third o vera ll beh in d Mit ch ell. . Kyle a lso bid for a double, bu t Dave Ne we ll (Kaw) gave him little cha nce. New ell des troyed the O pen Pro class in both rn oto s a llowi ng ru n nerup Kyle o n ly a br ief o pport u nity to chal- 38 lenge early in eac h mota . R obert Ro se (Kaw) co n tin ue s 't o dominate the 80cc Experts. H e h eld off J a y Martin (Kaw) in ro u nd o ne a nd th en sm oked second and th ird overall finishers Gil Murra y (ka w) a nd An d y Atkins (Yam ) in th e final s. Results 60 NOV: i . J .P. Th ibodeau (Kaw) . 60 MA : 1. Micah M oyes IKaw ). BO NOV: 1. Just in Hugh es IKaw) : 2. Doug Gregg (Kaw ); 3 . Brad Barlish (Yam ). 80 AM : 1. Boyd Cham bers (Yam); 2 . Craig V igil (Yaml; 3. J eff Hopkins (Kaw) . BOEX: 1. Raben Rose lKawl; 2. Gil M urr ay IKawj; 3. Andy Atkin s (Vam). 125 NOV: 1. Sig W ah hn (Vam); 2. Jeff Rusk (Kaw) ; 3. Kei th Cyr (SUl). 125 AM : 1. Scon Obench a in (Yam); 2. John Scott (Kawl; 3. Russell Cooper IKaw) . 125 PRO: 1. J im Mitchell (Han); 2. Tim Buchli (Vaml; 3. Terry David IKawl. 250 NOV: 1. Rodney Sadl er (Yam ]: 2. Ken Hahn (Han); 3. Mark Mastin (Kaw ). 250 AM : 1. Bryan Bird (Han); 2. Mik e Trejo (Vam): 3 . Brent Kraemer (Su zl. . 250 PRO: 1. Terry Kyle (Vam); 2. J im Mi tc hell (Han); 3. Kip SandeIl IHon). OPEN NOV: 1. Lee Hou chin (Hon); 2. Du an e lin- . kus (Kaw ); 3. Ralph Robert s (S.Ul). . ' . " , , : OPEN'AM: 1. M ichael Jones (Maij;'2; TorriWHson' (Vam); 3. Kend ell Con iff (Kaw) . OPEN PRO: 1. Dave Newe ll (Kaw ); 2. Terry Kyle (Ya m); 3 . Bob Ha nr ahan (Ya m). VET NOV: 1. Steve Erickson IKa w) ; 2 . Mark A nderson (Yam ). VET AM : 1. M icha e l Ke rn (KTM); 2. M icha el Strashe irn (Hon ). VET EX: 1. Monty Kyle (Ya m); 2 . M ar k Poindexter (Ya m); 3 . Charles Jensen (Ya m). SR NOV: 1. J im Vehl (KTM); 2. Robin Lewis (Kaw). SR EX: 1. Dave Wo laston (Suz ). Land, Howard dominate Porterville DT By Bill Spencer PORTERVILLE, CA, J U N E 22 Robert Land topped th e 500cc Expert class over Craig Howa rd who had already topped the 250cc Expert class over Ryan La nd in half mile racing a t Portervill e. The track has had some recent add i tions th at now make it one o f th e fi nes t facil it ies for d irt tra ck raci ng o n the west coa st, ba r none. Pee Wee racers di rt y Ernie Mart in and broth er Eri c h ad it th ei r o wn wa y whi le Lou ie Cruz showed h is expertise o ver Troy in Novice 60cc raci ng. Mod esto m onster Martin a lso ca p tu red th e 80cc Nov ice Juni or show over Jim Walker wh il e Evan a nd Sean Pl yma le wer e th e top 80cc Experts o ver Lui e Cruz a nd Mike Becerra in great minibike act io n . R obby McLau ghlin topped th e 12Scc class with R ich Comer fir st J unior an d Ro n Sh ipe th e Novi ce winner. Sean Pl ymal e ca me off th e Mini class in seco nd p lace an d topped th e 2S0cc Novi ce/Junior show with a real p rofessi ona l style for such a yo u n g m an . Bryan Berna hel d off th e ad vances o f SK Cycle's Ro bert Baco sa with Mike McR ee th ird o ver Ken Du yst a nd J im Baird who ra n out of ga s as he came to the ch eckered. The batt le ro ya l for 2S0cc top honors was sha ping u p bet wee n R yan La nd and Cra ig H o ward wi th H o ward the win ner in exce ll ent ac tio n . Tom my L yn cg held o ff Do nnie H ar rell for th ird a nd fourth. Steve Haym ond 's S K Cycle Mai co had it s troubles in th e hea t race but by th e ma in even t i t was gone . H a ym ond set th e pace and th en held off th e adva nces o f th e fo ur-st rokes o f Don Bruley a nd Jeff Gon zales for th e win . A ver itable ton of SOOccJuniors sa w Mark Butler ta ke to p h on ors o n a n o ld Steve Ek lu nd TTSOO. Butler , wh o hadn 't been ru n ni ng much of lat e, j ust could n' t sta y a wa y from a halfmi le re la ti ng th at the las t time h e rode o ne was a t Sa n Jose in 1978. L yle Dove and Paul Thornsberry p ressured heavily throug hout with much passing but Butler prevai led. Wood ie Rogers took fo u rth o ver Bill y Gon za les ridi ng his firs t time o n th e big trac k. The start of th e SOOcc Expert show was a th rill as you ng Steve Ra ym ond smo ked into th e m idd le o f th e pack a nd h igh sided h is Ca n-Am from th e middle o f the first turn off th e track on th e o u tside of tu rn two . " I don 't know wha t ha p pened but whe n I got up I cou ld n ' t find th e bi ke." A red flag brough t o u t enough help to find th e ma chi ne a nd determine tha t bo th were o kay to resta rt , th e bike so me what wo rse for wear. J eff Brindle, H o wa rd a nd C lass C Ex pe rt R obert La nd led th e pack with La n d holding it o n just a ta d longer go in g into turn three a n d tak in g th e lea d th at would h old for th e di stance. Young H o ward d id a n excellent job for seco n d over Bri ridl e with T odd Ada ms fourth o ver R aym ond , who amazed o ne a nd all by ridin g at a ll a fte r th e cras h . T h e Do dge brothers br ought o ut th eir recent acq ui siti ons and of co urse , ,, dom ina ted . th e O pen No vice class with three big time H arl eys o n th e gas. M idge Griffith topped th e O pen J unior o ver Scott Reed and Sta n Sea n ey w hi le Bobby Beer bea t o u t J eff Brindle for top Ex pe rt honors. Vets Ken T h ie ba ud a nd Dick y LeRo y beat o n each other as much as th e race track for th o se honors. Harriger doubles at Marysville MX By Madame Mabee MAR YSVILLE, CA , J UNE 23 Kawasaki-mounted Rodney H arriger took four out of four motos to win the overall in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes on Su nday . After ra cing at Mammoth Mountain on Thursday a nd Fr iday, H arr iger breez ed through th e IS minut e mo tos , co m pa red to Mammoth 's SO m in u te m ain. events. Harriger pulled th e holeshot in all four m otos a n d left th e pa ck to w in. Terry Bosta rd finished seco nd in th e 125 and 2SOcc P ro classes a nd Jed Green took third . Gary Smi th won th e Open cla ss with a 2-1 over R on L aPointe and Kurt J orgen son took th ird pl ace. Sco tt McEl roy a n d J.J. T ay lor put on a good sh ow in th e I2Scc Intermediate class. Tay lor o n a Yama ha pu lled th e hol eshot in th e first moto with McEl roy rid ing a Kaw asaki hot o n h is tail. T aylor managed to keep him in tow th e fir st rn oto, but T aylor got out agai n in th e second mota. McElroy, h ow ever, got around h im o n th e seco nd la p and we nt o n to win the o vera ll wi th a 2- 1. Taylor fi nished seco n d with Melvin Ba u man finish ing third o verall. Result s 60 BEG: 1. Gen e Logan (Vam); 2. John Stark (Kaw) ; 3 . Ken Steat hma n (Hon). 60 INT: 1. Ti m Keen ey (Hon ); 2. Je rry Harvey (Kaw ); 3. Beau Judge (Kaw). 80 BEG : 1. Brian Walters(Yam); 2. Bren Ham ilton (Kaw); 3. Jason Gibson IKaw). BOIN'T: 1. Bill y Wh it elKawl: 2. Ray Crumb (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Paul Park (Han); 2. Tony Branson (Yaml; 3. Eric Pridden (kaw ). 125 JR: 1. Tom Lamson (Kaw); 2. Joe Joerger (yam); 3. Mickey Cren shaw (Kaw). 1251NT: 1. Scan McEl rov; 2. J .J. Taylor (Yam); 3. Eric Sandstrom (k8W~. 125 PRO: 1. Rodney Harriger (Kaw); 2. Terry Bastard (Kaw); 3. Jed Gre en (SUl) . 250 BEG: 1. Howard Gordon (Han); 2. Jerrv BUlB (Han); 3. Rob(ln Kniesel (Han). 25 0JR: 1. Randy OkadaIHon): 2. Brando n Bal dw in ISuz); 3. Ryan Wann (Yaml . 250 INT: 1. Jon King (Han); 2. Gary Sheeban (SUl); 3. Mel Baumann (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Rodney Harriger (Kaw); 2. Terry Bastard (Kaw); 3. Howi e Ross (Suz) . OPEN BEG: 1. Donny Stomnell ISUl); 2. Doug Gridley (Han); 3. Keit h Geddie IMai) . OPEN JR: 1. Fred W ilder (Han); 2. Craig Thoma sian (Hon) ; 3. Loren Stewan (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Bern ie Franza (Yam); 2. Kurt Carbone (Han); 3. Andy Warnock (Han). OPEN PRO: 1. Gary Sm ith (Han); 2. Ron laPointe (Vam); 3. Kun Jorgenson (Han). OT JR : 1. J im Boyd (Yam ): 2. Bill Kugler (Han); 3. Norm Armstrong (Suz ). OTINT: 1. Haro ld Noell (Mai ); 2. Jeff Gallo; 3. Bob Rodgers (KTM) . aT EX : 1. Dunne Spence (Han I; 2. RickScheilling (Hon); 3. Pa ul Bostrom (Ha n). VET JR : 1. Ed Ell is (Yam): 2. Kim Downer (Han); 3. Jack Baker (Hus). VET IN'T: 1. Dan McCo nne ll (Kaw); 2. J im Galatioto (Hon); 3. Tom Vuil (KTM). VET EX: 1. Paul Bastrom (Han); 2. Chet Maninmas s (KTM ); 3. Ben Ramos (Hon). Key, Felicio steal Lodi STwins By Bill Spencer LOD! , CA, J UN E 2 1 Mark Key a nd th e Olympic Tune 500cc H arl ey took top honors in th e Pro-Am portion of Friday night racing at the L odi Cycle Bow lover Bryan McDowell a nd Chad Fel icia . Feli cia , however, reve rsed th e or de r in th e regu lar short tr ack SOOccEx pe rt portion o ver McDo well a nd Sa l H offman . It had been a number o f yea rs since th e Fr_i d~ . ll i ght races a t Lodiwere a regular PlIit o f th e Distri ct 36 culture; bu t good rider turn o ut a nd a tten dance show th at th e short trackers are still ho t. Veteran J oh n T aylor won th at class after Al Yarro w bailed -at th e end with Fr ancis Shine th e seco nd p lace finishe r. Pee Wee Johnny Stone h eld off th e la te charge by Ca sey Yarrow wit h Mike West third while Chad McBride to ok top 60cc Novice h onors. Chad McBride and Scott Bricker mixed up th e 80cc Novice main while J ohn McGill topped Rooney Freeman in th e200cc Novice show. Young J im Long topped th e 2S0cc Novice field out of 0 -36 while Marty Aglibot took seco n d . Kelley Fischer topped th e 2SOcc Junior ranks with a good second by Craig Johnson and it was Kenny Netto riding th e Warren H -D , Can-Am to a 2S0cc win over Tom Carriger's Sa li n as Valley Plumbing Suzuki. J ames H odgin surv ived the crash marred SOOcc N ovi ce with Stormin ' Norm Storr seco n d while John Looney th e SOOcc Junior o ver th e Rudy Ser vice Sta tion en try of Gordon Rudy. Felici o broke clean in th e SOOcc Ex pe rt main and was long gone in three laps wi th Bryan McDowell doing th e chasing o n th e Bruce' s Bod y Shop

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