Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

MINI C: 1. Cra ig Goodell (Kaw) : 2. Bra dl ey Geo rge (Kaw ); 3. Br ett Ren ich (Kaw). 125 B: 1. Bren t Sharkey (Ho n); 2 . Gen e Mont gom ery (Kaw ); 3 . Crai g Davi s (Hon ), • 12 5 1. Pau l Christ en son (Hon ); 2. Everet Eng lebert (Yam); 3 . Dale Montg o mery (Hon). 2 50 B: 1. Danny Hanson (Kaw) ; 2. Rick Din ius (Hon ); 3. Gen e M ont gomery (Kaw). ENDURO : 1. M ar k Ben digo (Hon) . VET : 1. Don Vog eIIHon); 2. Phi l St ah ta (Kaw): 3 . Bi ll Benn en (Hus ). OLD IRON: 1, Eddie lucer o (Yam ); 2 . Dan Fer gu son (Suz). c: Walden's Triumph wins Vintage race at Sears Point By M ichael Green SONOMA, CA, J ULY 7 Newcomer Dave Walden led from flag to flag aboa rd his T IOO R T riumph to take his first ever 500cc victory during th e fifth ro und of th e California Vin tage Raci ng Group' s Championship Vintage Series at Sears Point Raceway. Wit h II pre-1965 class one an d two mach in es o f three different displaceme nts on th e grid, ho pes were high for gaini ng needed poi nts but as ra cing go es n o th in g is for sure. T h e Hap Jones West Coast Britis h 250 Ducat i of Mike Green again p ulled th e h o leshot, bu t by tu rn one Wa lden on hi s Tri umph and T om Ri enecker on th e Wheel Works 500 BSA Gold Star had passed . Righ t from the start Mich ael Moore's luck was bad as he sta lled hi s engi ne and wa s un ab le to resta rt. He became the first casua lty of th e day. During th e opening lap, Bud R idd le on the Avon Tires/Hap J o nes/ WCB 350 Du ca ti came from th e last row to take third overa ll aw ay fro m Green in tur n four. Bv turn seven h e'd ca u gh t th e lead ing 500s, bu t this too was short lived as he was sidelin ed a t th e end of la p one wi th gear chan ge p robl ems . Riddle la ter said, " I cou ld of won tha t one for Hap, th is 350 has a ll kinds of steam. I just need a set o f h andl eba rs, not clip-oris." T he first th ree p laces were set wi th Wa lde n leadin g , followed by Ri enecker and Green hol d ing down third a nd first 250. Not far beh in d was another newco mer to vintage rac ing, Dave Neal. H e was riding wh at o nce wa s a 450 Du ca ti Scra m bler in fo urth overa ll, but was bei ng attacked by Fred Ma rk o n the TT-Raci ng 250 HD. Within two laps, Mark p assed Nea l a nd mad e it stick . CV RG cha irman Chris Q u inn o n his Wh eel Works Du ca ri 250 was a lso closing o n Neal, bu t a bad m isfire la te in th e race slo wed th e Ducati. Not far behind Quinn was o ne of th e better battles of th e da y. J im Cooper on the now only survivi ng 350 (Bu ltaco) an d Mich ele Bisson o n a borrowed Du cati 250 had been goi ng a t it for a number .of la ps wit h Cooper co mi n g o ut ahead. Mike. Green now leads the points with 27, Quinn with 23 and Ma rk wit h 15 in th e overa ll a nd 250cc standin gs wh ile Da ve T ro et schler leading th e 500cc class wit h 10 an d Tom Rienecker seco nd with eig ht. Results OVERALL: 1. Dave Wa lden (Tr i); 2. Tom Rie · necker (BsA); 3 . Mi ke Green (H· D). 500: 1. Dave Walden; 2. Tom Rienecker; 3 . Dave Nea l. 350: 1. J im Cooper; 2. B. Riddle; 3. M. Moore. 250: 1. Mike Green; 2. Fred Mark; 3. Chr is Qu inn. Black on track at DeAnza By Terry Whytal SUNNYMEAD , CA , J U LY 7 Suzuki rider Jerry Black defea ted a strong field of 15 loca l 250cc ... _ • • • .. • • I , Pros at th is week's SMX DeAnza ra ce. CONGRATULATIONS TO Blacks toughest co m pe ti tion came from Suzuki ride r Lu th er Fren ch who chased Black to th e chec kers in round one . French de veloped problems in the seco nd ro und, h o we ver , a n d dropped 10 sixt h a t the finish to end th e day a dis ta nt fourt h . Yamaha -mou nted Keith Will iamso n charged u p to replace Fren ch in th e number two slot in second rou nd action, but h e a lso was unable 10 fin d a wa y p ast leader Black a nd had to sett le for second in the m ot o a nd seco n d overa ll. Su zuki rid er J oe Hopkins 's 3-4 sco re ea rned him third pl ace ahe ad o f Fre nc h and Ya m aha p ilot Ma rk Decker. Cagi va r ider Ron T u rner a n d Ka wa sa ki pilot J ohn McCau ghey staged the best race of th e day as th ey went handlebar-to -handlebar throughout both motos a n d even took eac h o the r out a t the finis h line turn in the closing la ps of moto one . Turner ca me out o n top in both mot os to tak e th e overa ll win as McCaughey placed second and Kawasaki rider Mike Carlo pl aced third. Ho nda -moun ted Steve Pia tt o n i swept both 250cc Inter m edia te motos en route 10 a decisive overall vic tory . Kenny Madd u x charged ho me for the runner-up trophy wit h Ro n U rman rou nding o u t the top three on hi s Yama h a. LAGUNA SECA .-----WI NNER S----. . Randy Mamola John Ashmead Formula One Superbike FROM ©W©~~ m[UID~m il~©Q Q\). Results 250 PRO: 1. Jerry Blac k (su z); 2. Keith William· sopn (Yam) ; 3. Joe Hopkin s (sul). 125 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Cag); 2. John McC aughey (Kaw ); 3. M ike Carlo (Kaw!. OPEN INT: 1. Jason Coolbaugh (Cag); 2. Robe rt Tipp it (Yam ); 3. St eve Piatton i (Han). OPEN NOV : 1. Lucky Hoffman (Hon !; 2. Jo hn Rit chi e (Hon) ; 3. Andy Orling (Hus ). 250 NOV: 1. Tom Gilje (Yam); 2. David Br iesiad a (Yam); 3. Todd Heugel (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Roger Hauptman (Kaw ); 2 . Denni s Urb an (Kaw ); 3 . Randy Danylo (Kaw). 250 BEG : 1. Je ff Sm ith (Han); 2. Dem et r ious Garza (Yam); 3. Jeff Lammers (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Chri s Barth (KTM ); 2. Matteo Cos en ti no (Cag); 3 . Kyle Dav is (Kaw ). 80 NOV: 1. Jamie Morabito (Yam); 2. John , Beshke (Kaw) . BDBEG; 1. Dan Balon (Yam); 2. Pelf De Jong (Yam ). SPECTRO PRE-MIX $2. 2 5 SPECTRO GOLD $3. 9 5 Dasheill, Horgensen provide spark at Sandhill By w. H. Spencer RK O-RING CHAIN BRENTWOOD, CA , J ULY 4 Larry Dash eill and his Petaluma Cycle Honda aced both - ends of the 250cc Pro show on a hot as a firecracker 'Fo u rth of July at Sa ndh ill Ranch while Kurt H orgen sen rode h is C R500 to victory in the upset minded Open Pro show. Du blin Ka wasaki wa s o n h and to promote th eir new shop an d ga ve a way lot s of goodies with a good tu rnou t despite th e heat and th e h oliday. Danny Nelson started ou t th e Kawasa ki winning ways in th e 80cc Beginn er despite a three way tie. Nelson p o inted a to tal of 4- 1 for the o vera ll with Tony Peterson seco nd in with a 2-3 over Jason J ohnson . Stan Lundquist topped th e Intermediate porti on with a 3-1 wh ile T ra vis Bro wn reversed it a nd Bob Belskey topped the Junior portion over Phil Pa ss and Ken McGrath. 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