Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

250 A: 1. Bill Throckmorton (Kaw); 2. M ike Hast ings (KTM ). 200 A : 1. Davy J ones (Kaw); 2. Many Brown (Kaw). OPEN A 4·STRK; 1. Skip Cristy (KTM ); 2. Dave leMaster (Hon). 250 A VET; 1. Jac k Labrum (Vam); 2. M ike Ferro (yam). 200 A VET: 1. J ohn Bainbr idge (Yam). OPENB: 1. M arl< Glasmeir (Yam); 2. Chris Voelker (Hon). OPEN B-W : t . Dawn Pocha (Vam). M INI B: 1. Joey Toste (Vam). 200 C-1 6: 1. Ja mie Riker (Yam). 200 CoW: 1. Beny Lenn ox (Kaw). M INI C: r . Ryan Sten berg (Yam). Arnet wins twice at DeAnza By Cathy Barbacovi ~ ClJ ..c SUNNY MEAD, CA, AUG. 25 o .... u Alt ho ugh Ed Arnet has ta ken up a motoj ournal ism career, he has by no means foresak en his racing. Today he proved that o Dr. Jonathan Rosen took f ifth in the 200cc C c lass at t he Ca lifornia Racing Cl ub's Gullywhomper Enduro. John Ferro was t he overall w inner. 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At 34.9 m iles, in stead of 36.3, th e aforementioned loop break en ded up being a n act ua l 25 m inutes (no t 27). Loop one overa ll winner was J amie R iker, who also took hi s Yamaha to first 200 C-16 a t 2. 157 drop pe d . Betty Len nox (H o ld ridgc) took a KDX 200 to fir st C Woman a t 4.253 a nd seco n d overall, beating first B Woman Dawn Pacha by a full m inute. Rounding o u t the top fiv e were R yan St enberg, fir st C Min i, who also beat fir st B Mini J oey T oste, but o n ly by three seconds, at 5.3 16 dropped. H ard lu ck troph y of th e da y h ad to go to to p pl acer H eath Hibbard wh o was, understa ndably, not avai la ble for co m m ent . His race ended after th e first loop, another computer /break time victim. Loop two fed fresh riders th ro ugh a 36 mph Special Test right off th e down hi ll off -camber start. After riding through th e Sla te Mounta in area, th e checkout came at 3.6 m iles, followed by another IO-mi nute reset on Rand R idge. Despi te an excellent 18 mph speed average, a we ll-placed check on a drop-away slope to the rig ht caught th e largest number of riders of the day for a burn. The co u rse th en dropped of f the north side of th e ridge down the Frem ont Vall ey. At 14.4 miles, th e speed jumped to 24 mph in a long downhill sa n dwas h, the n sq ueezed down to 18 mph qui ckl y a t 15.6 mi les by th e wa ter ' tan ks and a mine. Head ing west over an old worn-ou t trai l, rid ers doubled back on Fremont Road a t 18.9 miles, where th e speed cha nged to 36 mph. More burns, a nd severa l ri ders called 'foul' because of no 15m ile marker. Bu t th e speed ch ange was noted , .6 miles later. If CRC did in fact ge t tri cky, it was in th is thi rd Special Test section, where riders could go fas ter th an the 36 mph speed. But the co urse got progressively rougher and tighter, before fina lly going upa hand-mined canyon to th e check-o u t at 24.3 miles, and an a fterglow cru ise mode o f 18 mph into a five-minu te rese t, Mos t o f the da ys flatten ed tires fo und th eir m a tes in thi s last Special. Finishi n g eas ily as many rid ers lik ed , th e co urse turned eas t tow ard Randsbu rg , fo llowing a telephone li n e up to Hadley Mi ne . With a speed cha nge to 21 mph a t 30.3 m iles, riders enjoyed a view of Government Peak before dropping to 18 mph so ut h through a very narrow ca nyo n and back up a no ther long ridge to th e mi crowave tower. After keeping riders wide a wa ke down an even more tricky ca nyo n sweep, an easy cru ise took ribbon -followers ba ck towards Ra n dsburg to th e finish at 41.5 miles. Overall wi n ner J ohn Ferro sta ted , " I was happy to see th ere we re three Specia l Tests. I wis h they wou ld either speed th em up a bit , though, or make them tighter. T h e thi rd Special was technical , an d excellent. The 7:00 a m sta rt was good." J eff Ti bbeus, B O pen Four-Stroke , co m me nted, " It was a grea t co urse. T he second loop co u ld h ave been a litt le toughe r, bu t I st ill had a lot o f fun ." Dana Bell, another "com p uter victim;' sai d,"A fu n, fun race. Despi te suc h a gorgeous da y, th e 7:00am sta rt is good insurance, I had a super rid e despite rid ing th e secon d loo p blind. " Results OVERAl l: 1. John Ferro (Han); 2. Don nie Simone (Kaw) ; 3 . M ark Ander son (Yam ); 4 . Sk ip Cristy (KTM ); 5. Rick Daniel (Hus). OPEN AA : t . John Ferro (Hon): 2. Rick Daniel (Hus). 250 AA : 1. Kurt Butler (Yam). 200 AA.: 1. Donnie Simone (Kaw ). 250 AA 4-STRK: 1. Pete Postel (Han). OPEN AA VET; 1. Jim Boll ingmo (Yam). OPEN A ; 1. M ark Anderson (Yam); 2. J ack Simmerman (Yam); 3. Lee Wolfe (Hon). as he took h orn e both th e 250 a nd 500cc Pro class vic tor ies in th e o pe nin g round of th e Ca lifo rn ia Racing Club's T ri- Race Series a t DeAnza. Arnet faced some tough co m pe tition in th e 250cc Pro race, th o ugh severa l o f th e ri d ers expcrienced mech anical trou ble. Mik e Kcll was o ne of the riders fa vored to wi n, but he h ad to pu ll of f th e tra ck whe n hi s sw inga rrn crac ked in the firs t mot o , A rnet rook th e moro win a hea d of Ma rk Decker a nd Ro b Engel. Kevin Alman was ma king it look ea sy in the fina l m oto unti l Arnet ca ug h t him a nd took over th e lead . In third ca me T on y Spear. For th e da y, it was Arnet with a perfect I-I, Decker taking seco nd w ith h is 2-5 sco re, and Spea r pl acing thi rd with a 5-3. Arnet a lso landed th e overa ll in th e 500cc Pro cla ss, a lt ho ugh he lost th e fir st m o ro to Ra nd y Rodriguez. Arnet wa s riding a n ATK a nd ca me co m pl etel y o ff h is bik e during th e first rn o to , yet managed to save it. Rodriguez took seco nd- p lace cas h wit h a 1-3. Todd Campbel l rode like a whi te tornado aboard hi s new KT M 125 that led him 10 the 125cc Pro ca sh w in . "Ch icken" Jeff Mu t iasevi ch held th e fir st moto ra ll y a nd took th e wi n over Campbel l a nd Ke11. In th e final m oto, it wa s Ca m p bell wh o p u lled o ff th e win a head o f T im Ruth erford a nd Kell , wh o took thi rd bu t still was n 't riding up to par. O vera ll, it was Ca mpbell , Rutherford and Ke ll, Th e 125cc Novi ce class was so huge th at two di vision s formed . Though th ere were rnan v riders. a two-man di spute was seen' fo r th e divi sion one title. Er ic Browne a nd Larry La ye fought it o u t in both mOlOS. At the sta n of th e fina l ro u nd. it was Lay e with the holesh ot and Browne moving u p from beh ind h im . The di ce ended wh en Brown a nd Laye co llided, with Brown taking the m ot o win a nd La ye dropping back to 12th . Overa ll , it wa s Browne first, and Tony Rodrig uez p laced seco nd ahead of Stan H a se, Results PEE WEE; 1. Chris Wheeler (Yam); 2. Robby Hamm ond ( Yam~ 3. J erry Aleman (Yam). 600-8 : I .Shane Morale s (Kaw); 2. Chris Wheeler (Kaw). 60 NOV: 1. Peter Perez (Kaw); 2. Jer an Gamby (Kaw ); 3. Mik e Prichard (Kaw). 60 INT: 1. Bobby Mor iles (Kaw); 2. Jett W illoh (Kaw). 60 EX: 1. J acob Swa in (Kaw). 80 STK BEG: 1. Jo hn Peterson (Kaw); 2. Cody Shipley (Kaw); 3. Aaro n And erson (Hon). 80 STK NOV: 1. M ike Chamberlain (yam); 2. Ja mie Morabito (Yam); 3.Lo ui e Ac mo (Yam ). 80STK INT: 1. Brian Gipson IKaw) ; 2. Erick Hilto n (Vam); 3. Robbie Perez (Kaw). 80 STK EX: 1. Mik e Wi ese (Vam); 2. 8uddy Antunez jSuz); 3. A nt hon y Gor in (Yam ). , 80 MOD BEG: 1. John Peterson (Kaw): 2. Ben Phalen (Kaw), 80 MOD NOV: 1. Danny And erson (Suz); 2. Joel A lbr echt ; 3 . Duane Benn er (Hon). BO MOD INT: 1. Robbie Perez (Kaw); 2. Dana Wigg ins (Suz); 3. Robert Shipma n (Suz). 80 M OO EX: 1. Buddy Antonez; 2. Bubba Erick son (Kaw). \25 BEG: 1. Charlie Flippen (Hon); 2. Man Wicbette ( Suz~ 3. Paul Hazard (Kaw). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Robert McCay (Kaw ); 2. Albert Sa nchez; 3 . Steve W am bol dt (Kaw ). 125 NOV DIV 2; 1. Eric Brow ne (Kaw); 2. Ton v

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