Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Matt Mattos (65A) leads Reyan Wann (90H), Roger Epperson (36) and t he rest of the 125cc J unior pack into the first t urn at Baylands Park. 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Jason Bordelon (Yam); 2. Vince Car dam on (Suz); 3. l ee Nea l (Kaw) . 12 5 NOV DIV 2: 1. Larry Fraiser (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Bern hard (Yam); 3 . Eric Johnson (Yam) . 125 J R: 1. Reyen Wann (Kawl; 2. Pau l M id son (Hon); 3. Dave Rogers (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Russ Scott (Suz): 2. Mike Landgraf (Hon). 12 5 PRO: 1. Tony Flores (Suz). 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. Dave Matheson (Hon); 2. Larry Claussen (Hon); 3. Tom Richa rds (Hon). 250 NOV DIV 2: 1. Dale Fendorl (Yam); 2. Barry Kru dewicz (Yam); 3. Kevin Mc Murray (KTM) . 250 JR : 1. George Hear e (Hon); 2. Bryan Su tt erfiel d (Suz); 3. Sean Hummel (Kawl. 250 INT: 1. Lance M cPhee (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Eric M ashbir (Hon); 2. Tony Flores (Suz); 3. Howie Ross (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. Paul Flor es (Hon); 2. J ohnWhalen (Hon); 3. Larr y Fisher (Suz). OPEN J R; 1. Ma rk Saric (Hon). OPEN INT; 1. John Carage (Hon); 2. Skip Brossard (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Rodney Smit h (Yam); 2. Johnny Gardner (Hon ); 3. John Dauth (Hon). VET SPTSMN : 1. Jerry Silsdo rl (Yam ); 2. Joe W ylm an (Kaw) . VET INT; 1. Ken Jo hn son (Suz). VET MSTR; 1. Dua ne Huges (Hon). OT MSTR; 1. Russ Ray (Yam). Granite Trial to Webb By Tim Wa lker NORDEN, CA, JUNE 30 T he Granite VIII trial marked the beginning of th e Donner su mmer series at Donner Ski Ranch . The series wi ll end u p 38 with the two-da y Nationa l in August. Great scenery and excell ent traction ma ke Donner one of the best places to ride in th e U.S ., if not in the world . Kip Webb stole the show in the Masters. Webb usuall y rides a Beta, but on Saturday second g ear let go after o ne to many vertica l climbs. Fran We bb, Kip 's wife, came to the rescue by lett i ng h i m use her Fantic 200 . I n the lightweight machine, Webb, n ickna med the Animal for his size and strength , floated th roug h th e first loo p of 10 sections to score zero dabs. H o ward Ga lbreath was seco nd bes t wit h four points. T he second and th ird loop's each took one point from Webb for a two point total. Tony LeDuc (Yam) scored a 7-3-3 to place second while only two points separated th ird through fifth. Olive Belvoir (Yam) carded a 6-2-7 for third, o ne mark ahead of Galbreath with 16 points. Dan Dixon (Beta ) came alive on the third loop with four points to place fo urt h with 17. The Amateur's had the high est scoring class of th e day. New Zea la n der Warrick G ray (Yam ) led th e fir st loo p wi th Tim Walker (Mo n) one point back w ith 10 while Dan Turner (Bu l ) a n d Ken Dodge (Yam ) each had II . Walker surprised everybody o n the second loo p with a one with T urner dropping five whi le Dodge a n d Gray each took eight. Dodge adde d three more to hi s score which totaled 22 for the win . ExPro motocrosser T urner, on a 1974 Bultaco 250, pl a ced secodn with 24 a fter his third loo p of eight. Gray edged Wa lker by one for third with 26. Wa lker, wh o wa s o ne o f th e five th a t mad e th e trek from Los Angeles , had a di sappointing thi rd loop losing 16 marks . " After m y seco nd loop o f o ne, I tri ed to clean every th ing on th e third loop a nd took two dumb five's on sectio ns I easi ly cleaned before" Wa lker said a fterwards. Results MASTER: 1. Kip We bb (2); 2. Tony LeDuc( 13); 3. Clive Belvoir (15). EX: 1. Lane Leavitt (16); 2. Ted Gansberger (24); 3. Steve Galbreath (27). A M : 1. Ken Dodge (22); 2. Dan Turne r (24 ); 3. W arri ck Gray (26 ). NOV: 1. ScottAll en (2); 2. Greg Codde( 4); 3 . Scott Wel che r (B). BEG: 1. M . W ilson (4 ); 2. S. M eyer (12); 3. B. En loe (14). , SR A ; 1. Fred M usta (12); 2. Ken Marecek (15); 3. Ed Al ar; (22). SR B: 1. Bob Scrensen (6); 2. Larry Chubuck lB); 3. Cha rl ie Brown (10) . Hayhurst, Smith ignite Baylands By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA , J U L Y 3 Early Independence Holiday fireworks came in the form of the red hot, m eteoric performances of two infrequent visiting pro-rank rid ers at the Bayl ands motocross facility. A soon-to-be fully reco vered Rodney Smith (Ya m) will be returning to th e motocross wars in Brazi l wh ere h e rides for Shell Yamaha , but until he feels 100%he is going to continued to race in Bay area even ts. Spectacular Dexter Hayhurs t (Kaw) d idn't indicate he has a sponsorship package, bu t his ridi ng indicates he ei th er h as a good one or will be getting one soon. Dexter dominated the 250cc P ro ranks while Smith captured th e Open P ro contest and each put away the competition ' like they had been ra cing on th e ex tremely demanding Bayla nds course wee kly . In moto o ne for the 250cc Pros Eric Mashbi r got into th e first left hand corn er ahead of ever yone, but in th e russel for clear track h e and Danny Bol es ca me togeth er wi th Bol es going down . Oncomi ngriders missed Boles (M o to -X Fox/Team US /Pa lo Alto Yamaha ) and Pa u l Turner Ra ci ng sponsored YZ250. Mashbir kept the lead but the co ntract had sna p p ed off hi s clutch lever. It wa s a n ad m i tted tough ride, but victory wa s th e result for th e Tri Vall ey Honda/Diamond T ree/ Mac 's MOla rs-sponsored CR H onda rider fro m O akland . Second wa s event ua l winner H a yhurst o n h is KX Kawa saki from Redd in g. In the second mota Ma shbir was rea dy wi th a new clutch lever and Bo les had reshaped his bent brak e levers to do battl e again . Th e si x r id er fi eld cha rged into turn one, gal things sorted out without co lli sio n , a nd out came leader J ohn Papol a o n h is Kawasaki . On th e second lap, H ayhu rs t replaced Papo la in front a nd cha llenging from second was Bol es a nd Mashbir. John Da uth (Hon) and Alan Bunk (Ya m ) were not a ble to put t heir m ounts in to th e bat tle u p front , hu t wer e h a vin g a good time with each o th er o ver who wa s go ing 10 in he rit la st pl a ce. In m id-lap o n th e fifth ci rcui t, Boles got under Mashbir in the deep mud rig h t hand er but co u ld not close an y on H ayhurst. Wh en the checke rs ca me o u t, the order was Ha yhurst in h is first Ba yla nd s victory, Boles and th en Mas hbir . The Open Pro ra ce was co n tested between four Pros: Sean Loller(Kaw) Devon Joos (H o n ), Bin Aver- (Kaw) a nd Rod ney Smi th (Ya m ). In the beginning la p s it appeared that the two 125cc riders were going to take th e event, but thev either tired of made mistakes becd u ~e Smit h and Joos bo th found ways by them. There are no lo ng high speed straights a t Ba ylands, but burst of big bo re power ca n be an advantage o ver trying to keep a l2 5cc buzzing a t hi gh rpm . Try aft er rrv by J oos failed 10 ma leria lize in a pa ss o f Smith and fin a ll y, late in eac h ra ce, Joos would slack o ff the th rottle to fini sh a safe second. Sm ith 's left wr ist and fore arm are srill enc a sed in a support brace as h e is recov erin g from surger y. Th e co rrectiv e o pe ra ti on has o bvio us ly been r ig h t and Smith 's recovery is a head of sche d u le. Fa th er a nd son team . Bob an d G eorge Kosovi lka co nt in ue to p er form quit e well at th e weekly program. The senior Kosovilka was a recent parti cipant in th e Po lice Ol ympi c motocross a n d won the Sen ior division. He accomplished th e same feat at Bay lands this evening, riding in the Old Timer Sportsman class aboard his four-stroke H o n da . Son G eorge ran in th e m uch more' co m p etitive 125cc Ju nior class; in wh ich there were 14 entrants. The firs t moto sta rt for Ko sovilka was a disaster; a nd he was lod ged m id -pack and was a ble only to improve slight ly at the end, wh ere he too k fo urth beh ind a Ka wasaki a nd two oth er Hondas. Wi n ner in mota one was R icky Whi te o n his Pro Cycle of Concord sponsored KX , second wen t to hard luck rider o f th e even ing , A lb ert Berends (Han ) because he cra shed a nd DNF the second moto and third wa s grabbed by Pau l Midson (H a n) on his C R . In th e second moto the sta rt was m uc h di fferent and probably has so methi ng to do with what fa ther and son motocrossers talk abou t between motos. White m us t have wondered what super power had overcome Kosovil ka for no matter wha t White tried it didn't work. Koso vilka lead a ll the way to the ch eckers followed by W h i te and Midson. T he win in the second moto cr eated a second p lace overall for the , newly-inspired young H o nda rider Kosovilka. Results BO M INI NOV 9,11 : 1. Kenn y Spence (Yam). BOM INI NOV 12- 16: 1. Vinc e Caramella (Kaw); 2. Jo n Nicolau s IKaw). BO MI NI JR 9 -11: 1. Chr is McCall ie (Yam) . BOM INI JR 12 - 16 : 1. Dale Rayzor (Hon); 2. Ja son W ar ren (Kaw) ; 3. Ken nie M cGrath (Ho n). BO M INIINT: 1. Je rome T. Sm ith (Yam). BO MINI EX: 1. Chr is Neal lYam). 12 5 NOV: 1. Dav id Meek (Ho n); 2. Steve Miraglia (Hon); 3. Gary McC leland (Kaw) . 125 J R: 1. Ric ky White (Kaw); 2. George Koso, vilka (Hon ); 3. Paul M idson (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Dann y Pal adino (Kaw ); 2. Russ Scott (Suz). 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. Kevin M cMurray (KTM); 2. Joe Thoma s (Yam); 3 . Tim Dor azio (Hon). 250 NOV DIV 2: t . Bru ce Pr ingl e (Suz); 2. Lat ry Do mer (Suzl; 3 . Dave Adair (Honl. 250 J R: 1. Russell Baker (Suz); 2. Bryan Su tt er. f ield (Suz); 3. Jell Bublavi (Yam). 25 0 INT: 1. l a nce M cP hee (Suzl; 2. Tony Peixot o (Hon). 25 0 PRO: 1. De xter Hay hu rst (Kaw); 2 . Eric Mashbir (Hon). OPEN NOV : 1. Ton y Pauls on (Yam ); 2 . Steven Fried (M ai ); 3 . Edw am Ban n (Yam). OPEN J R: 1. A ric Brown (Ho n); 2. Steve Lav cnd (Han); 3. Andy M ilo slau ich (Yam ). OPEN INT: 1. Joh n Corege (Hon); 2. Lance Lolla r (Hon). . OPEN PRO: 1. Rodn ey Smit h lYam). VET SPTSM N: 1. J er ry Silsd orl (Yam); 2. Bruce Winfree (Ho n). VET INT : 1. Gary Jaehne (Kaw ). VET MSTR: 1, Larr y Baker (Hon). OT SPTSMN : 1. Bob Kosov ilka tHon ). Webster, Anderson take Wildomar Trial By Tim Walker LAKE ELSINORE, CA, J U N E 23 Da vid Webster topped th e Experts at today's American Trials Association trial organized by th e San Diego Trial R iders club. T he event proved to be to u g h on all th e riders due to the heat and high qual i ty sections. A slim Expert class still gave Webster a hard ti me . John Ro bertson (Yam ) had h igh scores o n h is first two loops but a 16/ 3 on the third lap secured seco nd p la ce one po int beh in d first. Nine points behind Ro bertso n was Matt P ri tchard (Answer / Kal-Gard/ Tsubaki /H yoer ) on a Yamaha 350. Two new winners eme rged from th e co m pe titio n. Consisten cy gave J ody Ri chison (Yam) th e Amateur win a nd Bill y Hun ter (Ya m) carded seven cleans to Ri chison 's one, but ca me up four points sho rt of first . Montesa rider Tim Walker third 30 marks off th e lead er. . All en And erson (I -J ) was the other fir st time wi nn er. Posting 17 cleans, Anderson ea si ly won by a five-point ' margin .w h i le T horn Englehard t ea rned a trophy his first time in the Novice class by placing second. Brad McC le lla n and Bill Has kell bot h Yamaha -mou nted tied for th ird with 46. McClellan 's 12 deans edged H a skell's 10 for th ird . Bernard Pock easi ly won the Begin ners while L es Peterso n nip ped Steve Hill by o ne fo r the Senio r B wi n. Craig H unter p laced first in Senior N over R o n Stevens . Results EX: 1. Dave Webster ; 2 . John Robertson; 3. Ma n Pritchard . AM: 1. Jody Richison; 2. Billy Hunter; 3. Tim Walker. NOV: 1. Allen Ande rson; 2. Thom Engelhardt; 3, Brad McClellan . BEG; 1. Berna rd Pock; 2. Phil W illiam s; 3. Guy We tzel. SR N: 1. Cra ig Hunter; 2 . Ron Stevens; 3 . Mart in Stab il e. SR B: 1. l es Pet ers on ; 2 . Steve Hill ; 3 . Jack Void er. Amateurs storm MammothMX By Troy Scott MAMMOTH, CA, J UNE 20~ 22 The 18th an n ual Mammoth Mountain Motocross yielded over 400 of California's best am ateur ri ders to participate in th e prestigious th ree-da y event. One of the top wi n ners of the first day (125s) was H onda-mo u nted Ty Davis winn in g each time out in a series of two q ualifiers and a fi nal. Day tw o (250s ) saw T &O Ya ma ha/Cir cle Ind u stries ri der , Meuhias Ni kola kopu los stomp all his o pposition to ta ke th e 250cc Ju nior class by storm . On the third day, Fran kie Bru nda ge in his first ride in the big- bo re class, took his Kawasaki to victory in the 500cc Intermedia tes. At th e sta rt of the 125cc In terrnedi are ra ce. Kawa sa ki rider Brundage' nabbed th e ho lesh o t and sta yed th ere until th e la st straight of the firs t lap when Davis capt ured the top position . Ka w a sa k i rider P er r y an d Mabery were also in ho t pursuit. As the second la p clicked o ff Da vis had a slight lead over Brundage but a race for third had develo ped between Perry and Mabery. Eventually Mabery was able to fin d away arou nd Per ry fo r third. Mea n wh ile Da vis had a comforta ble lead. Wi th more than half the

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