Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Peterson powders Pros at Ascot By Chris Boice GA R DENA, CA, OCT. 4 Ascot ace T odd Peterson (Hon) took h om e th e prize money a n d a feeling of sa tisfactio n to n ight after the Continen tal Motosport Club nig ht mot ocross a t Asco t. Peterson won th e 500cc Pro class with a 1-2 score a nd bl it zed the 250cc Pro class with two fla wlessl y ridden moto wins. Factory Cagiv a rider Ro n T urner led the first 250cc Pro moto for almo st four laps until a mech ani cal problem sen t h im back to the mi ddle o f th e pack. Peterson inherited th e lead with Rob Trone (H a n) in seco n d an d Yama ha -supported J im H o lley in third. On the last lap, H oll ey go t by T ro ne in the rig ht han der befo re th e roc kers a n d followed Peterson at a d ista nce across the fin ish li ne. Tronewas th ird wh il e T urner n ursed hi s Cagiva back to h eal th and got fo urth . Peterson got th e h olesh o t in th e seco nd ro und, with Turner an d H olley in pursuit. H alfway th ro ug h the first la p , H olley shot pa st T urner over th e double j umps a nd set o u t afte r Peter son. For five laps, Peterson kept a comfort able 10 bikelen gths bet ween himself a nd Holl ey. When the checkered flag came down , Peterson too k the wi n and the overa ll, with Ho lley not able to ga in a fo ot in his pu rsuit and ha ving 10 sett le for a second and seco nd overa ll. Ron T urner a nd Mi ke Fedorow (Kaw) were third a nd fourth in th e mo ta and overall. Yam aha -moun ted Mi ke Pa scarella too k the lead o u t of th e ga te in the firs t 80cc Expert mo to, but by the en d of th e firs t la p , Scott Brow n (Han) had jam med by Pascarell a on th e T'T jump to take over th e num ber-one spot. Bro wn took th e che ckers with a six-seco nd lea d. Pasca rella was second a nd Paul Cort ez (Yam) was third. Cortezgot the ho leshot in the second m o to , bu t Ka wasa k i rider Steven Kot ajarvi took over the lead on the seco n d la p . Both Pasca rella a n d Brow n had fat e go aga ins t th em in th e secon d round and fini sh ed third a nd fourt h , respectiv el y. All four 80cc Expert riders finis hed th e night wit h iive po ints, but the overa ll wi nner .w as Kotajarvi wi th a 4-1. Co rtez was seco nd with a 3-2, Pascarell a th ird with 2-3, and Bro wn fourth with a 4, I. Charlie Bro wn (Ka w) d idn ' t h ave anyone picki ng on h im ton ight in th e 125m Inter media te class . Bro wn led th e en tire first mo ta from the drop of the gate 10 the. d ro p o f th e flag. Kawasaki riders J ason Neu ma n and Bri an Belew came o ff th e lin e in second a nd thi rd' a nd fin ished the mot a in those same positions. Skip G od inez (Kaw) led the second mot a for two la ps a n d ma naged to sh u t th e doo r o n Bro wn 's pa ss a ttempts until halfway into th e third lap whe n Bro wn ba nza ied by o n th e ta bles. Godinez tried to retak e Bro wn , b u t a bai l o n the crash wall dou bles on the last la p da shed hi s hopes a nd let Neuma n a nd Belew move u p a positio n 10 finish seco nd and third. Bro wn took th e ea sy ove ra ll victor y, wit h Neu man a nd Belew comi ng in seco nd a nd th ird o vera ll. H o n da- mo u nt ed Ji m m y Bartoli stormed th e gate and stayed o u t in front o f the field o f 500cc J u nior rid ers . Eri c Flem in g (Han ) was h o t after him unt il a cras h p u t h im o u t of th e co ntes t a n d put J oh n Mull in s (Ha n) into seco nd p la ce. Bartol i Wall with a su bsta n tia l lead , Mulli ns was second, a nd Brad Sloan (Yam) overca me a first lap cras h to fin ish th ird. In the seco n d moto , Fl em in g ca me back with a ven gea nce , takin g th e fro nt sp ot a nd h o ld ing of f Bar tol i' s cha ll enge for the fo u r-l a p sprint. Sloa n was a very close th ir d. Bartol i took th e overa ll win with a 1-2, Mulli ns wa s second wi th 2-3. and Flem ing was third with a 5-1. Results 60 BEG : 1. J eff Willoh (Kaw) ; 2. Arm ando Overland (Suz l. 80 BEG DIV 1: t . KUr! Rood (Kawl: 2. J eff Griffin (Han); 3. And y Grider (Kaw). BO BEG DlV 2 : 1. Rich ie Sh erman (Han I; 2. Kevin Marin (Yaml : 3 . Keith Shores (Hon). BO J R: 1. M ike Cox (Kaw); 2 . Sheryl Fed orow . (Vam ); 3 . Anlho ny Payn e (Ka w). 80 INT: 1. Robert Shipman (Suz ); 2 . Tommy (Vam). 80 EX: 1. Stev en Kotaj arvi (Kaw) ; 2. Paul Canez (Yam ); 3. M ike Pascar ell a (Vam). 125 BEG DIV 1; , . Justin Sou za (Han ); 2 . Hect or Perez (Hon); 3. Pete Sch oen feld IKaw l. 125 BEG DIV 2 : 1. Pet Ver itch (Yam); 2. Kevin Sm ith (Kaw): 3. David Lockhart (Han ). 12 5 J R DtV 1: 1. Bill y Mc laugh lin (Suz); 2. Bill Auberlen (S uz); 3 . Matteo Cosenti no (eag ). 125 JR DIV 2 : 1. Bri an Sium skie (Han ); 2. Eric .Jaspe r (Han); 3 . Devid Dye (Han). 126 INT : 1. Charl ie Brown (Kaw) ; 2. Ja son Neu man (Kaw ); 3 . Brian Belew (Ka). 125 PRO: 1. Tim Ruth erfo rd (Kawl; 2 . Ray Som ma (Kaw) ; 3 . Ron Turner (Cag). 25 0 BEG DIV 1; t . Ron Buccier i (Yam ); 2. Joh n Thie sen (Vam); 3 . David Delgad o (Suz). 250 BEG DIV 2 : 1. Jeff The isen (y am); 2. A nthony Arthur (Kaw); 3. Br uce Jen sen (Yam) . 250 JR : 1. Kenny A ll en (Suzl; 2. Ken Faught (Vam ); 3. J erry Ford e (SUl ). 250 INT: t. Gary Gofo r!h (Han); 2. David Pott er (Han); 3. Larry Nanneng a (Vam). 250 PRO: t . Todd Pet erson (Han ); 2 . J im Holl ey (Yam); 3. Ron Tu rn er (Cag). 500 BEG: 1. Gary Schrech engost (Han); 2. Kelly Petsche (Vam); 3. Rich ard Rudsh agen (HanI. 500 JR ; 1. Ji mmy Bar! oli (Hon l; 2. Jo hn Mullins (Han); 3. Eric Flem ing (Ho nl . 500 INT; 1. Chr is Boic e (Han); 2. Or la ndo Terrazasz (Han); 3 . Larry Gross (Vam). 500 PRO: 1. Todd Pet erson (Han); 2. Ron Turner (Cag); 3 . M ike McM ill en (Han). VET JR : 1. Reid Frank e (Han); 2. Rich Han sen . (Hus); 3. John M eu rs (Han). VET INT; 1. Karel Kram er (Han ). VET MSTR : 1. Ross M aeda (Sull; 2. J eff Blix (Yam); 3 . Ro ben J oh nson (Han ). Goodfellow gets gold at Portland Mike Johnson kept his number one plate in OMRRA racing for another year with a win and two seconds at Portland . Here. he leads Mike Sievers. 750 PROD : 1. J oe Pitman (Suz); 2 . M ike Johnson (Han); 3 . Rober! Schu ff (Han). 600 PROD: r . Mike John son (Han); 2 . Arnold Andrews (Han) ; 3. J oe Davis (Su zl. 450 PROD: 1. San for d Brown (Yam): 2 . Larry ' Trow (Yam ); 3 . Bru ce Terrell (S ul l, SPBK : 1. Ga ry Goodfellow (S uz); 2 . Tom W alther (Suzl: 3. Steve Dick (S Ul ). 600 CAFE: 1. M ike Sievers (Kaw l; 2 . M ike Johnson (Han); 3 . Robe r! Schuff (Han ). 450 CAFE: 1. Eric Garland (Vam ): 2 . Gary c re n sha w (yam); 3 . Bruce Dejong (Vam) . F·l : 1. Gary Goodfellow (Suz); 2. Tom Walther (Suz); 3 . Steve Dick (Suz). F- 2; 1. M ike Sullivan (Yam): 2. Dale Franklin (Yam); 3 . Mi ke Keny on (Vam l. F-3 : 1. Cli ff Bake r (HVH); 2 . W err en Bu non (M onl ; 3. Scott DeSar! (Kaw) . OPEN SGL: 1. Howard PinkslOff (Vam ); 2. Ed Caswe ll (Han); 3 . Don Hanset (Yam l. BoTT; 1. W ard Rodgers (BMW); 2. Dick W in ni ngstad (Cag); 3 . Tony Howard (Yam). CAN -AM 800 CAFE: 1. Stephen Crevier (Vam); 2. Dale Fran kli n (Yam); 3 . Bruce Behal (Kaw). 750 PROD: 1. Steph en Crevier (Vam); 2. Steve Dick (S ul l; 3. Nick DeFago (S uz). SPBK : 1. Gary Goo dfe ll ow (Suz); 2 . Tom Walther (Suzl; 3. Nick DeFago (Suz). By Ru ss Cazier PORT LAN D, OR, SEP T. 29 Ga ry Coodfel low a nd a cast of Canadian cohort s he lped the O regon Motorcycle Road Racing Associa tion ush er out th e 1985 seaso n wi th speed and style. G o odfe ll ow d omin a t ed b oth OM R RA a n d Can -Am Su perb ik e classes, a nd repea ted o n the sa me rnach inerv 10 ta ke th e Formula One win . Only Steve Crevier , on a n FZ750 Yamaha , managed to break up the Suzuki GSX R parad e in th e Ca n-Am Pro d uction clas s. Crevier a lso won th e Ca n-Am 600cc Ca fe cla ss on a n RZ350, but on ly after a long d ice wi th Dale Franklin, a lso RZ350-m ou n ted. Tony H oward , with a n eye on seaso n points, finished third in th e Ba ttle o f th e T wins . " I had the points p retty well figu red o u t," sa id How a rd over a ch am pagne gl ass after th e race. " I had to fini sh third to win sea son points." Winn ing BaTT wa s Ward Rodgers o n a BMW . " I had a good race agains t Tony a nd Dick Winningstad," Rod gers said. " We (Wa rd an d brother J oe) got the bi ke fo r $ 125 a t a n a uc tio n . It 's go t so me stra nge parts o n it. like a GT -750 Su zuki front en d, but it works p rett y good." Kei th P in kstaff tangled with Da n n y P uckett on the first lap o f th e . first heat in th e Open Pro ducti on class. Both went dow n when Puckett slid out in fro nt of Pi nks ta ff. and Gary Berge inherited the win . Mike J o hn son had a good day, win ni ng600cc Prod uction and taking seco nd in 750cc Production a nd 600cc Ca fe. His wi n in 600cc Prod uction occurred a fter Mik e Sievers DNF in the seco nd heat. J ohnson scored enough points to repe a t as high point rider for OM R RA, a nd will wea r th e coveted n umber one pl ate for 1986. Results OPEN PROD: 1. Gary Berge (Kaw ); 2. A nt ho ny Th ompson (Hon) ; 3 . Keit h Hall (Honl . Cariva u cruises to DeAnza win ' By Cathy Barbacovi SUNNY MEAD , CA, SEPT . 22 Ga ry Carivau en ded u p in th e 125cc Novice d ivision one win ner 's circle toda y duri ng th e Californ ia Ra cing C lub's (CRC) motocross at DeAnza Cycle Par k. P u rsu in g th e leader wer e Ro g er H au ptman , Eri c Bro wn e, Larry Lay e an d J erry J ett on . All five ri ders ended up in the exact same order during both mOlOS a nd also overall. La ye was run ning in second behind Carivau durin g the first mota wh en . he was blocke d by a rider in th e o ther d ivision . La ye flip ped h is mach in e a nd dropped ba ck to fourth pl a ce. Carivau was a ble to avoid the lap ped riders a n d contin ued o n wi th the lead a n d mo ro win . H auptm an a n d Bro wne came th rough in seco nd a n d third a head of Laye a nd h is hard-I uck story. It was Hauptma n who blasted ahead of th e pa ck in th e fin al round. Rig h t beh ind him were a ch argin g La ye a nd Ca rivau, Lave 's fron t di sc brake was n't worki ng d ue to th e first-mota cras h a n d thi s res u lted in more trouble. Carivau dived into a corner 10 pass Laye an d succeeded. La ye was nu d ged too fa r and co u ld n ' t sto p h is machine a nd ended u p dro pping it. Cariva u p ursued Ha u p tm an and ca ugh t hi m for the lead. Similar to th e first mota , it was Carivau, Haup tma n, Brow ne a nd then Laye with more hard luck. T he seco nd d ivis ion riders experien ced their share o f cra shes a nd seized motors. Larry Lac y had it a ll tog eth er th ough a n d becam e the winner of the event. Mike Broo ks hel d the lead in the firs t ro u nd un til he seized hi s motor. It was th en Stan Hase's' turn to taste th e lead u ntil he crashed. Lacy became th e winner o ver Ron McKierna n a nd Howard T resville. In th e final round H ase was in th e lead u nt il a lapped rider fell rig ht in front of him. Tresville wa s advanced to th e lead a nd took th e win over La cy a n d H a se. For the day it was Lacywith a 1-2score, while a 3-1 tall y earned Tresville seco nd a nd third , went to Ha se, Results 600-B: 1. Chr is Wh eele r (Kaw ). 60 NOV: 1. Sha ne Morales (Kawl; 2. Scott Grey (Kaw ); 3 . Devid Cooke (Han). 60 INT: 1. Je ff Lewis (Kawt; 2. Bobb y Morales (Kaw ). 80 EX: 1. Craig Decker (Kaw). BO STK BEG: t . Der ek Natv ig (Kaw); 2 . W ill iam Gar ey (Kaw ); 3 . Kevin Baylon (Han) . BO STK NOV : 1. Kenny Sommer (Kaw) ; 2 . Ray· mond Hensley (Vam ); 3 . Todd Sm it h (Yam). BO STK INT; 1. Ph il Lawrence (Vam); 2. Guy Der ken (Kaw l; 3. Jason Colier (Kaw) . 80 MOD INT: 1. J eff Fine (Kew ); 2. Matt Foster (Vam). BO MOD EX: r . Bubbe Er ickson (Kaw) . 12 5 8EG : t. Matt Wi cket h s (Suz): 2. Richa rdTaylor (Han); 3 . Paul Hazard (Kaw). 1251NT; 1. Kev in Ne al (Kaw); 2. Gary Lacy (Kaw ); 3. J eff Capt (Cagl . 125 NOV 1: 1. Gary Car ivau (Kaw); 2. Roger Hauptman (Kaw); 3. Eric Browne (Kaw ). 125 NOV 2: , . Lar ry lacY (Kaw ); 2. Howard Tresvi lle (SUl); 3. Stan Hase (Kaw). 125 EX: 1. Todd Campbell (KTM) ; 2. Chr is Hei nr ich (Kaw). 250 BEG : i . Drew C8stro (Han); 2 . M icha el Roloff (Han ); 3. Andy Kyler (Han). 250 NOV: t , Doug Allen (Vam ); 2. John Gers jes (Kaw); 3 . David Ratt s (Han). 250 INT: 1. Ken ny Maddux (Yam); 2. Danny Barnett (Vam); 3. Scott Murphy (Kew l. 250 EX: t . Me tt Tedde r (Han); 2 . Ken Zahn (Han ); 3. M arc Johnson (Suz ). VET JR : 1. Russ ell Davis (Yam ); 2. Dennis .l.\ay (Han) . ... VET INT: 1. R.D. Cu shmen (Yam ); 2. Bill Dennis (Han ); 3. Rober! Johnson (Han). VET EX: 1. Ma rk Heller (Han ); 2 . J im Berry (Vam ). WOMEN : 1. Mindy Sm it h (Han ); 2. Den ice Tho mas (Vam ); 3 . Tina Zahr!(Hon). OPEN NOV : 1. Don Abd elle (M -S); 2. Dave Simon (Hus); 3. Bu rry Loyan (Han) . OPEN INT; 1. Jo n Hall (Kaw) ; 2. Rober! Temple (Yam ); 3. Brent Potter (Han) . OPEN EX; 1. Keit h W ill iamson (Yam); 2 . Greg Latt im er (Kaw); 3. Ruben Falcon (Yam). Arnold aces Amateurs at Firebird By Mike Ross CHAN DLER, AZ, SE PT. 27 Bo b b y Arn o ld , a boa rd h is Kawasak i of Phoen ix-sponsored KX 125, took overa ll honors in th e h o t l y co ntested 125cc Amateur class to n ig ht a t Firebird Mo tocross Pa rk wi th a 4-1 finish . MOIO o ne saw Arnold gra b the hole shot a nd lead the first lap as five rid ers wen t down behi nd him; Jerry Stewart. Jeff Smith a nd Mi ke MeMull en foll owed clos e behi nd. On lap two Stewart app lied some hea vy pressure to Arno ld a nd got by as Chris Rogers crashed while in fou rt h posi tio n. Arnold gassed it up to repass Stewart, bu t wen t down a nd fell back to th ird. McMullen too k advantage 23 t.I

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