Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

-- Dan Moore (1) holds the lead over Craig Johnson (2 6 P) and D avid Garcia (1 5) in the 250cc Expert class at Bo lado Park in Hollister. Ca lif o rn ia. Results OPEN X: 1. Kirk Strong (Hon); 2. Rand y Roos e IH- D); 3. Donald Wilson IC-AI. 250 EX: 1. Kirk Stro ng IHon); 2. Rand y Roose IHonl ; 3. Albert Eschwig IHon). 125 A : 1. Danny Stan ley IKaw); 2. Kathy Hubbl e ISuz); 3. Chris W illm arth IVam). OVER 30 : 1. Dan Stanl ey Sr. IVam l; 2. M ike Budschadt (Tri); 3 . Sq uire Toma sie (Hon). BO A : 1. Dan n y Stanley IK aw); 2. Sh a ne Budschard. 60A: t . Troy Oon ald (Hon); 2. Bra ndon Bradshaw (Kaw); 3. Ole Madson IKaw) . OPEN B: 1. Bill Fogg (Yam); 2. Re. Fisher (At.); 3 . Butc h Harwood (Tri ). @%) B: 1. Danny Stanley (Kaw ); 2. Todd Derr in ger (Yam); 3. Kathy Hubble (Suz). OPEN TO: 1. Kirk Str ong (Hon). 250 TO: 1. Kirk Strong (Hon). 125 TO: 1. Danny Stanley (Kaw ). OVER 30 : 1. Dan Stanley (Yam). Garcia wins big at Bolado Park By Brenda Trimble H O LLIST ER , CA. AU G _3 Frank Garcia rode hi s Honda to th e winner 's circle in th e Pro Am a teu r class after leading hi s h eat from start to fini sh. The 50 main sta rted wit h a fou r-bike pi le-u p in th e first cu rve a nd the third green ligh t saw Ca rr iger move into the fro nt with Ga rcia o n the ins ide a nd Paul Iwana ga a t rig h t flank. Midway th rou gh the race, Ga rcia overtook Ca rriger a nd p u lled away. The 500cc Ex pert heat started wi th 10 to 12 rider s on th e back starti ng lin e. O n th e green , T om Carriger easily took th e lead followed by Da nt e Dambruoso. Frank Garcia, ru nning in third, cu t 10 the inside and shot by Dam bruoso a n d Carriger 10 cap ture th e lead. Dan Moore copied Gar cia 's move to ta ke second. In the main, it was Carriger o ff th e lin e first , bu t a ga in Garcia o u t-ma neuvered him to take first. In th e 250cc Expert event , Cra ig J ohnson o f Salina s bla sted o ff th e lin e into the lead and ran 10 the flag followed by Garcia . Dan Moo re moved bv Garcia 10 finish seco nd. Not sat isfied with second, Moo re sho t into th e lead in th e main a nd ra n all th e way followed by Garcia and J ohnson. C hristy Mas terso n was firs t on th e ~as o n ly 10 be passed by Greg Miller m both races of th e Pee Wee class. In the heat , Mill er fin ished wi th a q uarter-la p lead o ver second-pl ace Curtis Peerl es, an d in th e ma in C urt is sta rted in fourth, but wea ved hi s way into second. Mast erson ran third in both ra ces. Th e large turno ut for the 500cc Novi ce class req u ired sp litti ng into two d ivisions, In di vision one, J on Ande rso n won by a stre tch in both event s. Tibor Trein er p rovid ed a n exci ting finish 10 th e heat race as he nosed o u t J ohn Randolph a t th e lin e fo r second pl ace. In division two o f • the 500 , ' 0 Ice c1as , WllIia m Ams tu tz sta ked out first fo llow ed by Edw in Ellis. James Lyki ns finished th ir d in th e hea t, but ran last in th e main. Tom J ohnson passed J eff J ackson 10 tak e th e th ird-pla ce trophy home. T he Agen da included a specia l class : the O ver The H ill Gang /Vets and O ld T ime rs which incl uded anyone over 30 years o ld. The high light of the day occurred whe n Steve Burfor d , who was runn ing seco n d, pushed h is bi ke across the finish lin e after sp illing in the straigh tawa y and barely retain ing second p lace . Resu lts PEE WEE; 1. Greg M Ille r; 2. Curtis Peerles; 3 . Christy Masterson. M INI 60: 1. W ill iam Luker . MINI 80: 1. Br ia n Gouveia. 125 NOV: 1. John Sudeberry; 2. An tone Mellow . 250 NOV: 1. Lee Robison ; 2. James Baird . 250 JR: 1. xrts Kiser; 2. Todd Bridges. 250 EX: r . Da n Moore; 2. Frank Garcia. 500 NOV DIV 1: 1. Jon And erson ; 2. Tibor Tre iner; 3. Danny Bawdon; 4 . Will iam Rogers. 500 NOV DIV 2: 1. W ill iam Am stutz; 2. Edwin Ell is; 3. Tom Joh nson. SOOJR: 1. Brad Spe nc er ; 2. Mart in Thon i; 3. Mark Butler. 500 EX: 1. Frank Gar cia; 2. Tom Carrige r; 3. Dav id Woodward; 4. Dante Oamb ruo so. PRO AM : 1. Frank Garc ia; 2. Tom Carr iger; 3. Dan Moore. • VET: 1. Edwin Ell is; 2. Nic k Ther ou x; 3 . Dwigh t Hayward. d ista nce . They ended swapping fin ish ing posit ions wi th Barrett having th e better even in g wi th a 3-2 o p posed 10 Peixo to a 2-3. The 125cc class was th e fastest gro up to circula te the to ug h and tigh t P.A.L. co u rse. T he quickest a n d th e rider d emon strating the highes t ex pert ise was regul a r wi n ner Wade Cobern (Hon) . The likea ble soon-to -be Expert is sponsored by The G oose Bros. Racin g T eam. Cobern had a devi l of a time gett ing by Rya n Wa n n (Kaw) an d th a t a lo ne is demons tra tio n enoug h that there is widespread talent among th e J u n ior s as o pposed to a co ncentra ted few . The last Intermed ia te class to do ba tt le was the Vetera ns, who by CMC ru le must be over 30 years o f age. T hese young veterans race m ore a nd more like they were half the requ ired minimu m age. Quickest sta rte r in both mot os was J oe Wytm an (Kaw), but he was overtaken in each moto o n a bo u t the th ird la p by Bu bba T aylor (H on). The two Los Gatos res ide nts ba tt led it ou t for th e ent ire mot o and even wo rked well into th e Veteran Mast er class tha t sta rted a ga te dro p in front of th em. T heir batt le was th e classi c ba tt le 10 top th e even ing a nd it belo nged to Tay lor. Results 50 PEE WEE: 1. M an Bir lem (Su z). 60 PEE WEE: 1. Elto n Styding (yam) ; 2. David Au gi stine (Yam). BO MIN I JR 9-11 : 1. J ustin Ownbey (Suz). M INI NOV 12· 16: 1. Tyro n Farley (Kaw ); 2. Chuck Carroll (Honl; 3. Rusty Rust (Yam). BOMINI J R 12· 16: 1. Ricky Pexic tc (Yam): 2. J im W illiams (Kaw ). BO M INI INT 12· 16: 1. Sta n Lundqu ist (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Er ic Ha nzelka (Yam ); 2 . J oe Marphi s (Vam); 3. Mark Jackson (Hon). 12 5 JR : 1. Scott Jordan IVaml; 2. Paul Midson (Hon); M,tch Cook (Hon). 12 5 INT: 1. Wa de Cobern (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Allen Blanco (Suz); 2. M ike Maynard (Vam); 3. Ron Andrussa (Hon). 250 JR : 1. M ike Toschi (y am); 2. Randy Okada (Hon); 3. Gary Jaehne (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Jon Kin g (Honl. 250 PRO: 1. Tony Flore s (S uz); 2. Shawn McConn (Yam). 500 NOV : 1. Rock y Sayers (Hon) ; 2. Ma rti n Din · ni ng (Hon); 3. Paul Hankerson (M ai). 500 JR : 1. Kev in Anderson (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Glenn Harr ison IVam). VET SPTSMN : 1. Bob Bower s (Husl; 2. Gary M ilewski (Yam) . VET INT: 1. Bubba Teyl or (Vam). VET MASTR : 1. Mike Lane IHon); 2. Phil Douglas (Hon). OT SPTSMN : 1. Rob BrasellHusl. O'FMS TR: 1. Duan e Spence (Vam). ao Lundquist, Taylor lead pack at P.A.L. Kuntz claims Ascot victory By M ike Vancil 125cc Inter m edi a te J im Kuntz turned in an outstandi ng perform an ce in bot h motos tonigh t a t CMC night mo tocross. In th e SANT A CLARA . CA, AUG . 2 From 80cc winner Stan "Too Tall " Lundq u ist to Veteran Bu bba " Ge t-it-R ig h t" T a ylor the Interm edia te provid ed th e maj or actio n at th e week ly Pol ice Athletic Leag ue hosted , Ca li fornia MoroSports p rom ot ed a nd C MC sanction ed mot ocross. First of th e Int erm ed ia tes to h it the track was th e 80cc Mini bik e class. Lundquist wa s into th e lead immed iat ely a fter the first corner a nd began to style si nce h is co m pe tito rs were no t close eno ugh to stop th e show. Chief a mo ng th e riders wai ting for Lun dq u ist to make a mi stak e was J eff Chalmers (Ho n ) wh ose cli m b into th e Intermed ia te ra nks ha s been spectacular. H ot on his heels the wh ol e dis ta nce was Ste ve Bon it a (Ho n ) who has sponsorship fro m Mana Racin g T eam and All Ame ri can Honda. Half liter ac tio n saw former hor seman To ny Peixot o ( Ho n) ge t the j um p o n the field, bu t the lead didn 't l a~t long. Soon to blast by was J on Kin g (Hon) sponsored by Walnut Creek Honda/Ma lcol m Smi th Pro duc ts / Ma x i ma /Circl e Indus tries. Loren Ba rrett (Ya m) wa s into th e fray a nd bat tl ed Ith Peixo ro' rht' ~ n(irc · By Chris Boice GA RDENA, CA, AUG. 2 first mot o Ku nt z (Ka w) go t th e hol esh ot, but immediatel y dropped to third wh en pa ssed by Keith McMillen (Ka w) a nd J ohn Gar cia (Hon) . For th ree laps th e first six riders were all bunched together and o n th e fourth lap Ku n tz mounted a fu rious charge . He passed Ga rcia in th e roc kers a nd th en poured it on to pa ss front runner McMillen in th e a ir over the TT j u m p . O nce he was o u t front there was n o ca tch ing hi m. For th e nex t two la ps he len gt hened h is lead a nd took the win with ease. McMillen and Garcia held o n 10 seco nd a nd th ir d wi th Kaw a sak i r id er J a son Neum an co m ing ac ross th e lin e fourth. Garcia was first o u t o f th e ga te in th e seco nd round, but Kuntz wa s right behind, biding hi s time. His op por tu n ity ca me through the tight turns before the TT jump. He shot by Garcia a nd immedi at el y opened up a very healthy lead. Garcia followed Kuntz until th e th ird lap wh en he slid down in a left sweepe r, put himself o u t o f co ntention, a nd let Neuman and Danny Barnett (Hon ) go by to fin ish second - nd th ird . Kunt zcrossed a the fin ish lin e with n o ot he r riders in sigh t a nd easi ly won th e overa ll, Neu man too k seco nd ove ra ll with a 4-2 a nd Ba rn ett was third wi th 5-3. Forty-one 125cc Beginners came to gi ve th e specta to rs so me exci teme nt a n d as usu al th e spectators were not disappoi nted . Ka wa sak i-m ourned Marc Laid ler was o u t in front for most of the first rno to u nti l a stalled ma ch in e let David Dye (Ho n) ge t by a nd ta ke the wi n. Th e rem a ining lap was a very close race for second among three riders tha t contin ued righ t down to th e fla g. Laidler won th e race for seco nd with T ony Parker (Kaw ) in third a nd Maj or Alford (Ka w) in fourt h . Parker hol esh ot th e secon d mot o a nd stayed o u t in th e lead with Alford a nd Dye defin arel y lett in g th eir presence be kn own. On th e thi rd lap Alford jumped into the lead over th e roc kers a nd left Parker fighting to hold o n to seco nd . On the last lap Dye passed Park er over th e TT jump, o nl y 10 be passe d ri gh t back aga in. Dye set Pa rk er up again and made a no ther pa ss a ttem p t o n th e sweeper j us t before the fini sh lin e, The tenacious Parker came rig h t back aga in a nd shot a head just befo re th e two rid ers took th e checkered flag. Even though Dye fin ish ed thi rd he too k th e overall wi n wit h a 1-3. Alford wa s seco nd wi th 4- 1 a nd Park er was th ird wi th 3-2. Cagiva facto ry rid er Ron Turner and Honda rider T odd Peterson were. a s usual, the focus o f a ttentio n in the 500cc Pro race. T urner ca me o u t of th e ga te in firs t with Peterson on hi s rea r fender. On lap two Peterson slipped by Turner on the right hander before th e roc kers , but he sta lled hi s mo to rcycle a lap later and ga ve th e lead ba ck to Turner. Peter son got bac k underwa y a nd took seco nd with Mike McMillen (Ho n) taking third . The sta rt o f the seco nd race looked lik e a repeat o f the fir st, with Peterson a nd Turner side-by-side around th e first turn . T hrott le problems took T urner o u t of the race o n th e first lap , leaving Peterson 10 ride o u t in fro nt all by himself . The real racing was going o n betwee n Dave Foltz (Hon) a nd Mik e McMillen for seco nd pla ce, On th e la st lap McMillen negotiated th e rockets a little fast er than Foltz an d moved int o second. Peterson took the overa ll. McMille n was seco nd, Foltz thi rd and Ga ry J ones rode hi s • new Ca n Am to a fourth overa ll. Resu lts 50: 1. CannyTurner (Kaw ); 2. Arm ando Overland (Suzl; 3. Bill y Corrod i (Hon). 80 BEG DIV 1: 1. Sean M cEntyre (Hon); 2. Dan ny Fonteyn (Yam l; 3. Chris Ridgw ay (Kaw) . 80 BEG DIV 2 : 1. Dam on Kemp (Kaw ); 2 . Travis Musse lman (Yaml ; 3. David Jensen (Kaw ). 80 JR : 1. Rusty Somers (Kaw); 2. Bria n Sancheze (Kaw ); 3. Lyle Thompson (Vam). 80 INT: 1. Kevin Bussey (Kawl; 2 . J ason Jo nes (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Paul Gart hw ait e (Kaw); 2. David Ben edetti (Hon); 3. Tony Rodriq uez (Yaml . 12 5 BEG DIV 2: 1. David Dye (Hon); 2. Major A lford IKaw); 3. Tony Parker (Kaw ). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Charlie Brow n (Kaw); 2. Billy Gilbert (Yam l; 3. M an eo Cosentino (Cag). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Chr is Radzinski (Hon): 2. Scon M endenha ll (Hon); 3. Larry Turner (Hon). 125 INT: 1. J im Kuntz (Kaw ); 2. Jason Ne uman (Ka w ); 3. Dan ny Barn ett (Hon) . 125 PRO: 1. Ron Tur ner (Cag); 2_ David Graff (Hon); 3. Gen e Baldwin (Hon). 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Tim Tuck er (y am) ; 2. Fabrizio Azzalin (Cag); 3. J immy Bartol i (Honl . 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Mark Baczkows ki (Hon); 2. Je ff The ise n (Yam); 3 . Ron Buccer i (Yam). 250 BEG DIV 3: 1. Je rry Forde (Suz); 2. David King (Hon); 3. Chr is Chepman (Hon). 250 INT : 1. John Garcia (Hon ); 2. David Stable in (Hon); 3. Larry Nan nenga (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Hon); 2. David Graff (Hon); 3. Ron Turner (Cagl. 500 BEG: 1. Jo hn Mullins IHon); 2. Ron Wood IHon ); 3. Chris W ilinski (Hon l. 5OOJR: 1. Eric Fleming (Hon); 2. Robert Johnson IHon); 3. Brad Sioen (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Don Paste ll (Hon); 2. Jason Neuman IMai). 500 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson IHon ); 2. M ike Me · M illen IHon); 3. Dave Foltz (Hon). WOMEN : 1. Stephan ieJones(Vam); 2. Apr il Hallmark (Su z)13 . Hope Brosewell (Hon ). VeT JR : 1. Robert Johnson (Hon ); 2 . Rich Hanson (Hon); 3. Steve Henderson (Hon). VET INT: 1. Karel Kramer (ATK). VET MSTR: 1. Gary Jones( C·A); 2. Chr is Jackson (Hon); 3. Jeff Bli. (Yam). - aT JR : 1. J im Per ima n (Han).

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