Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- Open cla ss rider T om Moe n , sponsored by Im perial Vall ey Cycle a nd H allman Racin g , stepped dow n to a 250 to holesh ot th e fir st m ot o of th e 250cc Experts. La key rid in g for Kawasa ki o f Yu ma , who was th e loca l favorite, was tra ili ng a t mi d-pack. . La key m ade h is move in th e rockers a nd passed Moen for th e wi n. Moen held on to seco nd wh ile Bill Cook came in th ird . T he seco nd m oto sta rt was a ca rbon co p y of th e first rnoto wit h Moe n taking th e hol esh ot a nd lead in g th e first few laps. Lakey made his seco nd co meback o f th e n ight stu ffing Moen in a tig ht turn a nd goi ng o n to win the race with Moen ta ki ng seco nd again . This was the th ird ra ce of th e series th at Lake has dominat ed. In th e 250cc Sportsm an class th e battl e wa s be tween Parker MOlOr H onda spo nsored Ro bby St roud an d C I M Cycle KT M rid er Robbie P ippin . P ippin h ol esh ot th e first mot o sta rt, but S troud kept th e pressu re o n th roughou t the wh o le race waiting for a m ista ke. Stroud go t h is chance in a deep sa nd co rner an d passed. P ippin 10 go on for th e w in. With the sta rt o f th e seco n d rn oto Stro ud sho t o u t to the lead wi th Pi pp in a close seco nd . S tro ud rode £l awlessly wh ile Pippin waited for a mi sta ke th a t n ever ca m e. While Stro ud took th e checkered £lag R ick Matth ews was p utti ng press ure on Pi ppin for seco nd , bu t P ip p in ma naged 10 han g o n w ith Matthews ta king third. Res ults 125 SPRTSMAN: 1. We s Enz (Kaw !; 2. Colby Byrd (Vam!; 3 . Jeff Dav ies (Yam). 125 EX: 1. J immy Rivers (Kaw) . 250 SPRTSMAN: 1. Robby Stroud (Han); 2 . Robbie Pippin (KTM); 3 . Rick Manhews (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Bobby Lakey (Kaw) ; 2. Tom Mo en (Va m ~ 3 . Bill Cook (Kaw) . VET: 1. Rick Kryger (Kaw); 2. Tom Dero sier (Suz); 3 . John Aguilar (Han). Newell steals GreeleySX By Larry J ohns on GREELEY, CO, J UN E 14 Dave Newell (Kaw) won hi s second 250cc Pro supercross in as many events tonight. He and Albert Firestine (Yam) had . 42 won their respectiv e qualifiers, but wh en th ey hit th e fir st turn in th e m a in , Firestine wash ed out a n d took down a lm os t half th e field. Newell escaped the shambles, but I-t-yearo ld Derek Brown (Kaw), Da ve Wollaston (Suz)and Randy Warren (Yam) were a ll ahead. Before lap one was co m p le te, Wollaston and Warren got past Brown a nd th en Warren did a cla ssic flying W aver th e doubles and dropped wa y back. On th e next lap, Newell took secon d a nd p ressed Wol laston in every turn for the n ext five go- arounds, but \Vollaston was not gi vin g an in ch . Newell finally found a wa y a ro un d with just over .o ne lap to go a n d h ad to hold off Wollaston to th e checkers. Brown put in a solid performance, running a steady third th e whole mota. Bill Perri ton (Kaw ) al so kept his supercross record perfect with his secon d win in th e aocc Experts. In rnoto one, he took th e lead on lap one, afte r Andy Akins (Ya m) went down, a nd ran a way to a n eas y victory. Derek Mi ze (Kaw) put togeth er his best race o f th e seaso n to fini sh second a head of Troy Lessar (Han). Perri ton ga ted third in round two, but took the lead from J ared Ramso ur (Kaw) a t the doubles on th e first lap. H e then gave th e lead back when h e bobbl ed in th e wh oops, but on lap four, h e regained th e lead a t th e doubles onl y to lo se it in th e next turn. On the next circuit, he made hi s third . pass over the doubles and made it stick th is time until th e last lap. He once again lost control in th e whoops just before th e fin ish line a nd a charg ing Atkins stuck a wheel undernea th a t th e checkers. Tim Buchl i (Yam) won th e 125cc Pros with a perfec t I-I tall y. H e took th e lead from Keith Zeffel (Yam) at midpoint o f ro u nd one a nd was in co ntrol the rest o f th e wa y. In m ota two, he passed Stacey Cook (Kaw) at mid-m o to an d h eld o ff Cook and Ma rk Flesia (Kaw) for th e rest o f th e race. Res ults BO NOV ; 1. Dan Langston (Kaw); 2. Eric Rouch (Kaw); 3 . Shawn Gregory (Yem). BOAM; 1. Chr is McCrea (Vam ); 2 . Chuck Jensen (Kaw ); 3 . Boyd Chambers (Yam). BOEX: 1. Bill Perr iton (Ksw) ; 2 . Derek M ize (Kaw) ; 3 . Andy Ak ins (Yam). 12 5 NOV: 1. Tim Allen (Han ); 2. Mike Mina rik (Yam); 3. Jim Marostica (Kaw). 125 AM : 1. Jared Ramseur (Kaw) ; 2. Gene Lessar (Han); 3. Scan Ell ibee (Kaw). "'""125 PRO: 1. Tim Buchli (Yam); 2. Sta cey Cook (Kaw! ; 3 . Ma rk Flesia (Kaw) . 250 NOV : 1. Rodney Sadler (Vam); 2 . Mark Simm ons (Han) ; 3 . Graeme Perriton (Suz) . 25 0AM: 1. Pat Surprise (Kaw); 2. Bryan B urford (Han); 3 . Jeff Rate (Han) . 250 PRO: 1. Dave NeweIiIKa w); 2 . Oa.. Wo llaston ISuz); 3. Derek Brown (Kaw) . Arnet powers to Perris MX win By Terry W hyta l P ERRIS, CA. JUNE a Ed Arnet danced his YZ250 to a co nv inc ing 250cc Pro win a t th is week 's Saddleback Motocross at Perr is. Arnet moved to the lead early in each moto despi te heroic effo rts by H onda rider Greg Zitterkopf. At th e ha lfway point in each race Arnet h ad sett led into a co m forta ble lead as Zit terkopf s trugg led w ith h and lin g p roblems a nd lapped riders. Workin g into th e num ber three slo t a t th e chec ke rs in eac h m o to wa s Yamaha ride! Mike Ca rlo followed by Bill Scott (H o n ) a nd Matt Tedde r (H a n) who is trying to fight back from a wri st in jury. Kawasaki -mounted Jim Perry made short work of th e 250cc Intermediate class by winning both motos ah ead of Honda rider Loren Pochirowski and third p lace David Jennings (Han). Ulf Johansson wicked his Honda to the h ol eshot in both 250cc Novice class races a nd lengthen ed his lead throughout the motos. Suzuki ri der Greg Carson gave ch ase from the number two slo t but ca me up short as Martin Sanett m oved his Honda to the third overall position for the day. " Wro n g Way" Ron Way lived up to hi s Old Timer number one plate today as h e used a 2-1 tally to earn top Old Timer Expert honors with Yamaha-mounted KurtSofka taking second and John Tartaglia pl acing third on hi s three-year-old Maico. Dave Mill er dominated the Vet Expert race. Mill er pushed his Kawasa ki to new Vet limits a s he held off a determined Alan Olson (Hon) to win both mOlOS. Olson picked up seco nd place overall ahead of White Bro s' Tommy (Yam ) and Peter Dill (Hon). Results • OPEN PRO; 1. Richard Sands (Hus); 2 . Tom Combs (Kaw) . 25 0 PRO: 1. Ed Arnet (Yam) ; 2. Greg Zitt erkop f (Han); 3 . M ike Ceri a (Vam). _ 25 0 INT; 1. Jim Per ry (Kaw ); 2 . Loren Pochir owski (Hon); 3 . David Jenn ings (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Dennis Bur ns (Kaw) ; 2. Kit Palme r (Kaw). 25 0 NOV; 1. Ulf J ohansson (Hon) ; 2. Greg Car son (Suz); 3 . Martin Sanett (Han ). OT EX: 1. Ron W ay (Han ); 2. Kurt Sofka (Vam); 3. Jo hn Tart aglia (Ma i). VET EX: 1. Oave M ill er (Kaw); 2. Al an Olson (Han); 3 . Tom While (Vam). VET NOV : 1. Ken Feulner (Hon); 2. Frank A nd retta (Han); 3. Lee Dun star (Suz). 25 0 BEG; 1. Steve Estey (Suz); 2. Greg 51. Cla ir (KTM); 3. Michael Machuga (Han). 12 5 BEG: 1. Dale Ligon (Han); 2. Richard Work man (Suz); 3. Tam i Rice (Kaw) . MI NI NOV : 1. Mark Hignham (Kaw); 2 . Scott Mar· tin (Kaw). MINI BEG: 1. Raymond Hen sley ( Suz~ 2 . Rich St ephe ns (Yam); 3. Marcus Falcon ieri (Kaw).

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