Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Mini ac tion co nti n ues 10 develop eac h wee k as the BOcc J unio rs had their ow n race tonig h t. Lod i's Ma ll Wait padded his h ig h point lead by besting Ron Kn ight, The kid to Walch is Cha d :\1cBride from Lodi wh o took h is fifth co nsec u tive Novice win in cc th e BO d ivisio n a fter rousting the 60s for the sixth time. Results The 125cc Junior class gets underway at Bay lands Raceway in Fremont. Ca lifornia; Darren Gallagher beat out Charles Soares for the w in . 32 a bi kelength. In rnot o o ne. Sto rk roo k th e holeshot with Berr y, Da ve Zuhr, Clint O verman a nd Keen an G reserh righ t beh in d . On the open ing lap Berry went o u t o f co ntro l o n th e slick surface a n d drop ped 10 last pl ace, but wi th p lenty of time to remou nt a n d cha rge back to th e fron t. As Stork pu lled o u t to a co m forta ble m argin, Overman found Zu hr tough to ge t by, but was fin all y a ble to nudge h is wa y p ast th e H onda pi lo t for seco nd. As Greseth a nd Dann y H end rik son stre tched o u t th e to p five, Berry bega n to gai n o n the pack by p icki ng o ff ri de rs eac h la p . At th e en d Berry was p us hi ng Overm an aroun d th e raceco urse and mot ored into second with a few lap s 10 go. T ime ra n o u t befo re Berry co u ld get close enough to cha llen ge Sto rk for the lead an d Stork gra bbed th e checkers well a hea d o f Berry, Overman, Zuhr and G reseth . Ro und two saw O verm an take th e holeshot with Stork and Berry right o n his rea r fender. At the co m p letio n of lap o ne, Ov erm an had trouble u ndern ea th th e bridge, sta lled in th e one-lined part of th e tra ck and ca used a bo tt leneck behind. Stork tr ied 10 d uck undernea th , bu t Berry found th e faste r wa y out of th e tu n nel on th e high side and shot into th e lead . Stork soon fo llo wed , with O ver ma n gelling h is Yamaha ru nning back in th ird. Beh in d Zuhr, Hen d rickso n a n d G reseth were battling for posi tion , bu t the two leaders p ro vided th e ma in show o f th e race. Stork quickl y ca ught Berr y a nd a p p lied trem en do us pr essu re o n th e KX pi lot for th e following 15 laps, bu t Berry never faltered. With passing tough due to th e track conditio ns, Stork co u ld o n ly ho p e fo r some bobble by th e fro nt runner , but that m istak e never ca m e a nd a t th e wire Berry took th e chec kers by a whee l over Stork. O verman agai n mot ored in with a so lid th ird w hile Zu hr led Greseth a nd Hend rickso n across the lin e for fourth. An other fin e race went off in th e Min i A category betw een Sean MeGray an d J ames Fuller. In rnoto one , McG ray took the holeshot , wit h Fuller right beh in d. Bradl ey Wagner slipped into th ird ahead of Davey Ritter a nd those two ba ttled mo te- long for third, bu t out front Fuller tr ied every tri ck he co u ld thi n k o f 10 get by McG ra y. McG ray kep t a co nsis tent line into co rners, never giving up th e inside, a nd despi te Fu ller flyi ng p ast over a set o f ju mps bri efly halfwa y th rough th e m oto , McGray rem a in ed calm and bulled h is way into the nex t co rn er to rega in first p lace. As th e chec kered flag cam e o u t, it look ed as if McGra y would take the rnot o win , . but 30 feet from th e finish , in a ri gh t ha irpin turn , McGray lost tract ion and nearly slid OUI. Fu lle r went o ut sid e in th e turn a nd th e duo dragraced to th e fin ish side-by-side. It was Fuller by half a wh eel ta king the rnot o ahea d o f McGray a nd Ritter with Wagn er dropping out wit h bi ke problems. MOIO two was a carbon co py of th e first start wit h McG ra y a nd Fu ller 1-2 wh il e R in er rrai led in th ird . T he duo aga in set up a battle for th e lead a nd once agaifi, Fu ller tried despa rte ly 10 ge t th e lead . Luck was a ga inst Fuller th is ti me as lat e in th e mo to h e sli d o u t a nd dropped back to th ird behind R itter. Fu ller cha rged back up to th e front furious ly with o ne la p 10 go, bu t McG ra y had 100 good o f a lead 10 lo se a n d went across th e fin ish lin e two bik elen g th s a head o f Fu lle r for th e moro a nd o vera ll wi n. R itter ran in a close th ird , stayin g with the leaders a ll th e way thi s round. Results PROS: 1. Lee Vern Berr y (Kaw l; 2. Billy Stork (Hon); 3. Dave Zuhr (Honl . MINI A: 1. Sean M cGra y (Kaw ); 2. James Fuller (Kaw ); 3. Davey Ritt er (Yam). MINI B: 1. M ike Ladner (Yam); 2. Jo hn Nelson (Kaw l; 3. Chad Robe"s (Kaw). MINI C: 1. Des Piihl (Kaw); 2. Crai g Goodell (Kaw ); 3 . Aaron Wa gner (Yam ). 125 B: 1. Dean Schoenberner (Hon); 2. Todd Schoenberner (Hon); 3. J ay Mu rphy (Yam). 125 C: 1. Eve" Englebe" (Yam); 2. Scon Mann (Yam); 3. Ern ie canode (Yam). 25D B: 1. Chris Rader (Yam); 2. M ike Hinds (Suzl. OLD IRON: 1. Eddie Lucero (yam); 2. Cole Smit h (Yam). Felicio dominates Lodi Pro/Am ST By Ann Carr LO DI, CA , J ULY 13 Sa l i nas Ca me l P ro ro oki e Expert Chad Fel icio dia led th e start of th e 500cc Pro a n d 500cc di stri ct Expert ma in even ts a t Lodi Cycle Bowl ton ight and literally blitzed th e two clas ses by nearly a straigh taway . In th e process Feli cio not o nly took over th e seco nd spot in th e series poi nt sta ndi ngs bu t he a lso broke a ll existi ng tra ck records for th e seaso n. Seco nd p lace in both mains was Bru ce's Bod y Sh op/ Shoei Pro J un ior Bryan McDo well from Valley Springs. McDow ell chased Feli cio in th e d istr ict race bu t had to slip by Mark Key's Ol ympic T u ned H -D in th e Pro portion. Key still leads th e Pro series po ints by a sli m o n e point ove r Felicio a nd by fo ur over McDow ell. Tracy youngs ter Mike McDonn ell wo n h is firs t Expert m a in a t Lodi thi s sea so n by toppin g Tom Carr iger in th e 250cc m a in . Twenty racers co ntested th e 250cc Novi ce show and th e eigh th winner in II events emerged a s Campbell 's Dave Mosier out lasted J oe Leo na rd (no t dad bu t so n )a nd Orovi lle' s Mark Cameron. Cra ig J ohn son gr abbed th e 250cc Jun ior win over Robert Bacosa. If Kell ey Fisch er contin ues to sta y h ome, Bacosa ha s th e ins ide tra ck for season ho nors in th e 250cc ra n ks. Fo rme r Mi n i rider Kevin Bricker beca me th e ninth different 500cc J un ior win ne r in a ha rd fough t battle w ith G eorge Cooper a n d Woody Rogers. Bob Spear aced Norman Sto rr for th e 500cc Novice win whi le Kris Kiser to pped the 125-2oocc class for th e fifth tim e. VETS: t , Georg e Cooper (Hon t; 2 . Allen Yarrow (Yam). PEE WeE: t . Er ic Ma rt in (Yam ); 2. Casey Yarro w (Yam). 60 NOV: 1. Chad McB ride (Hon); 2. J ohn Mitche ll (Hon). BONOV: 1. Chad McBride (Hon l; 2. Scon Bricker (Yam). BOJR : 1. Man Wa it (Kaw ); 2. Ron Knight (Suz). 125 -200: 1. Kris Kiser (Hon); 2. Seen Chappel (Hon). 25 0 NOV : 1. Dave Mosier (Yaml ; 2. J oe Leonard (Hon l; 3. M arry Cam eron (Kaw ). 25 0JR: 1. Crai g Joh n son (Suz); 2 . Raben Baco sa (Honl. 25 0 EX: 1. M ike McOonnell (Hon); 2. Tom Carrige r (Suz). 500 NOV: 1. Bob Spear (Yam); 2. Norma n Storr (Yam). 5OOJ R: 1. Kev in Br icker (Yam); 2. George Cooper (Hon); 3. Woody Rogers (Yaml . 500 EX: 1. Chad Felicio twR ): 2. Bryan McDowell (Honl; 3. Sal Hoffma n (H-D). 500 PRO: 1. Chad Felic io (W RI; 2. Bryan McDo · well (Honl; 3. Mark Key (H-D). Torgerson blasts Baylands MX By Mike Vancil FREMONT , CA, J ULY 10 T h is was no rea l terrorist , j ust Greg Torgerson on a fairly d ecent lo oking Hu sq varn a wh o ca m e to blow a ll th e Ba yland regu lars a way. An d he did it all with out maki ng very ma n y people upset. H is four points for th e even ing wa s a th ree wav tie wi th two of th e o ther fou r riders entered in th e five rid er field. Onl y by virtue of his secon d moto wi n a n d th eir rather d isma l fin ish was he a ble 10 walk away with th e top money in th e Open P ro class. In th e first moto, Brett Ca ho rs put h is big bore Honda CR into an ea rly lead and n ever rel in quished it. Devon Joos wa s never a ble to come withi n two bikelengths o f Ca hors, bu t th ere was n o let up in h is tryin g ; J oo s has n ever r idden harder or bett er. It took more th an just th e few p ra cti ce laps a llotted for Torgerson to acq uai n t h imsel f- with the srad ium cross-in-a . fiel d Baylands. T orgerson 's th ird in th e first rnoto ga ve no indica tion of bett er thi ngs to co me , but a nyone who shared that view was wrong . At th e drop of the ga te in mot o two it was a p parent th at Torgerso n had def ini te u pset type pl ans. He was into the first co rner right o n th e rear wheel of Ca hors, who seems to ha ve Baylands' starts wired. With in two laps T o rgerson was in th e point position and d id not have a ny p roblem holdi ng it. J oos wo rried Cahors u nt il an opport uni ty came in th e form of Cahors getting too deep into a berm and boggi ng th e engin e slig h tly. Wh en th ey fi nished, Torgerson,Joos a nd Cahors had created th e three wa y tie, but d ue to finis h order in the fin a l rnot o th e overall went 10 T o rgerson, second pl ace was J oos an d thi rd went to Ca hors. The n ice touch came about wh en Torge rso n came 10 co ngra tu la te Ba ylands' ma n agement o n the promotio n, 10 p rom ise to co me back aga in an d 10 as k th e best way 10 get a freewav h eaded to Bak ersfield ! T h e 'o th er spectacu lar Pro a t Ba yla nds o n thi s eveni ng's motocross activity wa s Tony Flores a nd his pair o f Suzuki R Ms. Flores rides wi th a spo nsorsh ip package from Mot o-X Fox, T ea m US a nd Cycl e Im ports a nd wa s ab le 10 ga rn er th ree o f four rnot o wins o n th e even ing to gai n th e top pa you t in th e 125cc and 250cc Pro class races . Onl y Da nn y Bo les o n h is MOIO-X Fox ,Team US a nd Pa lo Alto Ya m a ha p ut a de n t in Flo res ' ot he rwise perfect en-ning. O ne o rher ou tstanding performance bears mentioni ng a nd that is o f a J u n ior class rid er wh o took home a firs t in th e 125cc cla ss whi le being cha sed by 15 o the r en tra n ts a nd a th ird in th e O pen class while being hounded by seven o th er com pe titors, This hard ch arg ing J u n ior is Darren Ga llagher from Da n vill e who rode hi s C Rl25 H on da to first in th e l25cc Junior class, th en finish ed third in the Opens o n a YZ490 Yamaha . Results PEE WEE 50 : 1. Brad Mast (Yam). PEE WEE 60: 1. Darin Rayror (Hon). BOMIN I NOV 9-11 : 1. Kenny Spence (yam) . BOM INI NOV 12 · 16 : 1. Bru ce Bleecker (Yam); 2. M ike Powell (Kaw); 3. Mike Haydel (Honl . BOMINI JR 9-11 : 1. Chris Mccalli e (Yam). BO M INI JR 12 -16: 1. Brian Walte rs (Yam); 2. J ason W arren (Kaw); 3 . Dwayne M onroe (Yam ). BOM INI INT: 1. Dale Rayzor (Hon). BOMIN I EX: 1. Chris Neal (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Vinc e ca rdamon (Suz); 2. Ken Wil son (Suz); 3. Maul Thompson (Hon). 125 JR : 1. Darren Gall agh er (Honl ; 2 . Cha rl es Soares (Suz); 3 . Dav id Rogers (Han) . 125 INT: 1. Dann y Paladino (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Tony Flores (Suz). 25 0 NOV DIV 1: 1. John Mah one y (Honl; 2. Fra nk Lucido (Hon); 3. M ark Stepauch [Suzl, 250 NOV DIV 2: 1. David Adair (Hon); 2. Ken J oh nson (Yaml ; 3 . Fri tz Lees ma nn (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Bryan Sutt erfi eld (Suz); 2. Frank Walk er (Yam); 3. Darr en Galla gher (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Lance McPhee (Sull. 250 PRO: 1. Tony Flores (Suz]: 2. How ie Ross (SUl). OPEN NOV: 1. Stev e M irag lia (Hon); 2 . J im Tovar (Honl; 3. Larry Fisher (Suz). OPEN JR ; 1. Steve 2annone (Hon); 2. Andy Mela · seav ich (Yam); 3 . M ike Knockcalon (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Tony Owens (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Torge rson IHu s); 2. Devon JoosIHon). VET SPTSMN: 1. Joe Wyl man (Kaw ). VET INT: 1. Ken Joh nson (SUl). VET MSTR: 1. M ike Lane (Honl. OT: 1. Bob Kosovilka (Kaw). Kearney, Fitzhugh fast at Hannegan FT By Clay tight BEL LI NG H AM, WA, J ULY 13 AMA J un io r M ik e Kearn ey kn ocked o u t h is 11 riva ls in th e Ope n Experts' m on ey m a in event a t H annegan Sp eedway in Bellingha m. Expert Brian McGon igal led unt il the last la p an d fell victim to Kearney's com e from behind win in th e m a in . Rook ie Expert Chris Fi tzhugh won th e 250cc Expert s' 12-lap m a in event o n a Honda C R25 0. Fitzh ug h storme d to wins in both 250cc a n d O pen dashes. The Open B and 250cc B mains had different riders, but bo th mains were similar as two riders in eac h event fough t to th e bloody end. Todd Derr in ger and fellow Yamaha rider Steve McCauley duel ed to th e finish in the 250s wh ile No vice J o hn Lira (Kaw) an d fellow KX pi lot Dan S ta nley were a close 1-2 in th e O pen B portion . In th e O ver 30 mai n event it was Mike Budsch ad t (T ri 750) winning over Squier Tomasi e (H on 600) an d thi rd p lace J o hn Eng el eck e (H on ). Stanley a nd Murr ay Newman (Yam 500) wer e a lso in th e hunt bu t . finis hed fourth and fifth . Fitzhugh (Sea ttle H o n ) led the first lap of th e 250cc Experts' money main - rid in g a borrowed 250 H onda which has wo n here a t Ha n nega n Speedwa y many times. Fi tzh ugh h ad Joe Chapma n in g u n ni ng dis ta nce and fell vict im to Chapma n , who ha s come up through th e ranks quickly a nd was ru mo red 10 be an AMA P ro Novice. C hapman rode in th e lead up unt il th e hal fway poi tn in the ma in , bu t a fter tha t fell victim 10 a pesky Fitzhugh wh o was right th ere 10 snag th e lead a nd ho ld orr Cha p ma n 's adva n ces 10 th e fin ish . Fi tzh ugh wa s riding fellow Expert Kirk Strong's H onda a nd ro de well for th e w in. C hapma n , Juni or Steve Prusczin sk i (Yam) and Ra nce Ba rcla y (Ya m) were in th e run ni ng bu t co u ld n ' t ge t free

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