Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

with the Manx o f McLean in his sigh ts. Not too far behind Mark was Mi chele Bisson . o n a Mark Racing 250 Yetman Du cat i , wh o closed in on her boss a nd got by him. Her pass was short- lived. th ough. as Mor k repassed her wit h in m o ments. bu t was ham pe red by a broken rea r bra ke spri ng which kept th e rea r brak e draggin g for th e last two la ps. J eff Hecox. o n th e Ca n epa 350 Aerm acch i, wa s hav ing a good ride u ntil Ca nep a 's la st Aerma cchi mot or let go. possibly lea vin g H ecox wi th o ut a m o unt fo r th e last race a t Willow Sp rings o n No vember 10. With Hecox ou t. th e rema in ing th ree. Heuser (500 T ri), Cooper (350 Bul ) an d Bill Oj al a o n th e Mark Racin g 350 Du ca ti - a ll moved u p o ne. bu t a ll o u t of reach o f a n y real p o int s. T he fini shing or der wa s n ow set as Eva ns cru ised o u t in front . bu t th e Green / McL ean batt le wa s just a bo u t to begin . G reen ho u n d ed Mc k ean' s Norton fo r j us t o ver a la p in every co rn er. unti l a big , hair- ra isin g frontend slide o ut a t turn si x o n th e last la p slo wed hi s cha rge . Green sett led for first in 250cc cla ss a n d third overa ll. Green has now pretty m uch tied up . the overa ll C VRG 'S5 cham p io nshi p a nd th e 250cc class with 62 poi nts to tal, whi le Ca nepa (43) leads Mork (41) by two po int s. Results OVERAll: 1. Ken Evans IDuc); 2. Cra;g Mc Lean (Nor); 3. M ike Green (Duc). 250: t . M ike Gre en (Ducl; 2. M ike Canepa (Duc ); 3. Fred Ma rk (Aerl . 350: 1. Crai g M cLean (Norl; 2. J im Cooper IBul); 3. B;II Ojala IDuc). 500: 1. Ken Eva ns (Due); 2. Ken Heus er (Tri) . Taylor tames Intermediates at Vegas By Dick Goodwin LAS VEGAS, NV , ocr. 6 T.L. Ta ylor . in h is very first I25cc Interm ed ia te race , go t off to a flying sta n by tak in g home the fir st-place trop hy toda y a t th e Las Vegas Mo tocro ss Pa rk. Tay lor, on e o f th e Ias rest local 125cc No vices before moving up, was facing 125cc Int erm ediat e kin g Son ny Reisig a s well as severa l other hal race rs, makin g this o ne o f th e to ug hest classes o f the day. Reisi g blast ed h is g reen mach in e to the h o lesh ot in mo to o ne. with Lon ni e Fau lkner and Ken Arnold. . a lso newco mers to th e Int ermedi a tes. n ippin g a t h is heels, Reisig set a sco rch ing pace o n h is wa y to a first ra ce win . wh ile Faulkner a nd Dix ie Ka wasa ki's Arnold made it a Ka wa sa ki p ar ad e p ast th e chec kers. Tay lo r. riding the on ly H o n da in the race. had to sett le fo r fourth . M oro two sta rted with another Reisig hol esho t. T his time Arno ld wa s g lued to h is rea r fender. leavin g Taylor a nd Faulkner to argue over th ird. Duri ng th e second la p, the back section o f th e tra ck swa llo wed u p Reisig. a nd Arn old emerged wi th a s lim lead o ver th e H o nda of La s Vega ssponsored Ta ylor. For th e nex t few laps, the two rid ers ba tt led back and fo rt h . with Tay lor "din ing a slig ht edge . T he chec kered flag ca ug h t them bo th in the air toget her o ver th e fin ish -line tableto p , wi th Tay lor taking th e win a n d o vera ll top p ing Arn o ld by the slim mest o f ma rgi ns . Faulkn er gai ned th ird pla ce in th is very to ugh cla ss a nd Reisig reco vered for fourt h. LOGtl hot sh oe Mik e Gi lb ert . raein g a ra re tr ipl e (six mo tos), ca p tu red two seco nd-place fini shes in th e J u nio r Cycle di visions a nd a victory in t he biggl'f SOc<: Novice class agai ns t a rch -riva l Car ey Hart. a nother " Iro n Man " wh o was racing the same three classes. Gi lbert a nd Hart. who trad ed mo to win s a ll day long . eas ily o utcla ssed the rest o f th ei r com pe tition. Ha rt had th e edge in th e J un ior Cycle clases , a lt hough just barely. and G ilbert tu rn ed th e ta bles in th e SOcc d ivision . winn ing th e overal l title via hi s seco nd -mote victory. Each had th ree firsts and three seco nds to hi s cred it. as they ba ttl ed back a nd forth furiousl y a ll da y long . In th e end . bo th racers served notice o n th e SOcc cla ss th at th ey were moving up a nd wo u ld be to ugh to bea t. Bill Bea ru p was victo rious in th e Vetera ns cla ss. wi th two first -pl ace fini sh es. Robert T elles sto le the ho leshot in mot a one. but Bearu p mo tored on by in the first la p and kept increasin g h is lead u nt il th e fin ish . Bea ru p p ull ed th e hol eshot in m o to two a nd wired th e race to fin ish p erfect for th e. day . T elles rod e stro ngly for seco nd pl ace overa ll. J ac L indell finish ed th ird . and J im Bradl ey was fou rt h. Results PEEWEE NOV: 1. John M eng; 2. Eric Gr lffith: 3. Randy Finc h. INT: 1. Ja son Pat ridge; 2. Greg Zarat ie- peewee gui; 3. Brian Sarnson . JR NOV 6-8 : 1. J ason Pa tr idge; 2. GregZaratiegui; 3. Matt Gamden . J R INT 6 · 8 : 1. Bria n Barn son . JR NOV 9- 11 : 1. Chad Ander son ; 2. Frankie Vill ega s. J R INT 9 -1 , : 1. carey Han; 2. M ike Gilben . JR MOD INT 9 -1 t : 1. Carey Han ; 2. Mike Gilbe n . BO NOV 9 -1 ' : 1. M ike Gilbe rt ; 2. Care y Han; 3. Frankie Vi llegas. BONOV 12 - ' 6: 1. J eH Hodge; 2. JeH Kerhonen; 3 . David Gr iffith . BO MOD NOV ' 2- 16 : 1. J eH Ker hon en; 2. J eH Hodge ; 3 . Eric Gri ff it h. BOINT 12 -16 : 1. Kerry Mu llig an; 2. Lance Taylor; 3. Chr is Tr ick le. BO MOD INT 12 -'6; 1. Lance Taylo r; 2. Chris Tr ick le. BOEX 12 -16; 1. King Richa rd Saxton. BOMOD EX , 2-16 : 1. King Richard Saxto n. 125 NOV: 1. Kerry Mull igan; 2. Ch ris Pocino; 3 . Cra ig Cu mm i ngs . . 125 INT: 1. T.L Tayl or; 2 . Ken Arnold; 3 . l on nie Faulkner. 125 PRO: 1. Grag Vowe ll; 2. Er ic Sackett . 25 0 NOV; t . Gena Ramsay; 2. Dan A nder son; 3. John Hil l. 250 INT: 1. Shane John son; 2. J eff Pal mer; 3 . Terry Thoma s. 250 PRO; t . Pat Shields; 2. Sean Steele. . SOO NOV : 1. l yl e Bin gham: 2. A lex Hill ; 3. Ch r is Slau ghter. 500 INT: 1. Ron Goodwin; 2. Dan W agne r; 3 . Mi ch ae l Phillips. 500 PRO: 1. Ron Purvines; 2. A nthony Pasqualott o; 3. Barr y Hil l. VeT : 1. Bill Bear up; 2 . Robert Telles; 3 . Jac Li ndell. POWDER PUFF; 1. M ary An n Gusakov. Netto master at MontereyST By Mike V ancil MO NT ER EY, CA. ocr. 5 Sa lin as sta r Ken n eth Net to demo nst rat ed h is superiori ty by wi nni ng the 500cc Expert a nd P ro Am classes, a t th e first of .six short track progra ms sponsored by R &D Ent erp rises a t th e I/S m ile short tra ck a t Monterey County Fa irgrou nds. Ne tto was fast starter in th e 500cc Expert co nt est. but had to fight off repea ted threa ts fro m the -IT fou rs tro ke o f Yam a h a -m o u nt ed Brad Spen cer. A hea t a nd fina l for th e Expert class riders co nsisted of 10 a nd 12 laps respect ivel y. so th ere was su fficie nt time for riders to work th rough traffi c. Two in d ividual 1O-lap hea ts were held a nd then a ll II ride rs lin ed u p in th e fin al. Nett o won a h ea t as d id Bryan McDow ell, anothe r of th e many Yamaha TT riders p resent. In ..-rhe fina l. McDow ell co u ldn ' t cat ch Nett o 0 1' Brad Spencer, anothe r TT proponent. McDowell a nd Netto were the o n ly two black-plat e (h ig h -po int Dist rict 37 AMA-awarded n umber pl at es) rid ers in th e p ro g ra m , Netto went o n 10 put hi s mount in fro n t o f th e l-l-rider field fo r the Alma T ra nsport-sponsored Pro-Am p ortion o f th e p rogram. T h is 12-l ap fin al ca p pe d two seven -rid er hea ts wh ich sa w riders vyin g for selected grid l.!) 00 O"l ...... Ricky White (65R) leads the pack of 125cc Juniors around the second turn at Sand Hill : White went on to take the overall victory. pos itions in th e fin al. Ne tto used hi s proven-performing Can-Am to ta ke th e victory from fellow Can-Am rider P.]. Sa nc hez. In a ll . Nett o too k h ome two tro p hi es a nd top mon ey in th e Pro -Am . H e wa s abl e to ge t a seco n d p lace in th e hot ly co n tested 250cc Expert fina l behind Crai g J ohnson a nd hi s Yamaha. Results 60 M INI; 1. Will ia m J. Luker IKaw ); 2. Roben Stevenson. 80 MINI : 1. Jake Lemke (Yam) ; 2. M ichell e OJ· Salvo (Han). ' 25 NOV; t . Ricky Baker (Yam). 250 NOV DIV 1; 1. Ron Dom inguez (Han); 2. J im Higueva (Hon). 250 NOV DIV 2; 1. Joe Leonard (Han); 2. Scott Chappell (Yam). 500 NOV DIV 1; 1. Gary Vincelet (Vam); 2. Ron Dominguez lca g). 500 NOV DIV 2; i . Gary Ritc h ie (Vaml; 2. J oseph Soto (Yam ). 500 NOV OW 3: 1. Tony M orga n (Han) : 2. Eric Jacobs (Yam) . 250 JR : 'l . Dean Vincelet (Suzl; 2. Todd Br;dges (Kawl; 3. Kris Kiser (Han). 5OOJ R; 1. Krank Nye (Yam); M ark But ler (Yam ); 3 . Dean Vin cel et (Yam) . VET: 1. Frank Nye (Vaml. 250 EX: 1. Craig J ohnson (Vam); 2. Ken neth Nett o (C-A); 3. J ohnny Pitt man (Vam). . 500 EX; , . Ken neth Nett o (C-A l; 2. Brad Spencer (Vam); 3. Bryan McD ow ell (Vaml. PRO-A M ; 1. Kenneth Nett o (C·A ): 2. P.J . Sanchez (C-A ); 3. Thomas Carriger (Su z). 2 : th e 90 0 first turn . Wi th Lane in tow . the second mot a became a cat a nd mouse game. When Lan e took th e pressu re off. Caton slo wed. too . When Ca ton slowed. Lan e wou ld ro ll o n th e gas ... and back a n d forth they went - Lane not wa n ting to mix it u p . Ca to n n ot wantin g to go too fast a nd m a ke a co stly m ista ke. T he m oto finished wi th Caton o n top. Results BOM INI NOV (12-16); r . John Peavler (Yam). BOMIN I JR (12-1 6): 1. J on Nicolaus (Kaw ). BOM INIINT (12· 16): 1. Scott Schroder (Kaw ). 125 NOV; 1. Br ian Hoskin (Kaw); 2. M;ke Wheeler (Hont 3. Chet DuBois (Yaml . 12 5 JR : 1. Jason Rawlin son (Hon !; 2.Sergio Fernandez (Han). 125 INT; t . Ma rk Laube (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Mike Week (Han); 2. Don Tolft (Kaw); 3. J im Stan ley (Han). 250 JR; 1. Jim Ah ren s (Yam). 250 PRO: i . Jon Nel son (Han). OPEN NOV; 1. A nt hony M unoz (Yaml. OPEN INT; t . Ray Harold (Han ). VET SPTSM N: t . Bill Scarlett (Han I. VET M STR; 1. Jer ry Caton (Han). Walts wins at Sand Hill By lee Denlinger Nelson dominates 'Say# ands By Mike Vancil FRE MO NT . CA . oc r . 9 Ton igh t' s motocro ss actio n sa w J on Nelson ta ke th e 250cc P ro class win a t Ba ylands Racewa y. In rno to o ne, th e charge into turn o ne was led by Sam Na va (Han). with Nelso n in thi rd behind new P ro Aliv e Ca rlos (Han ). After two la ps o f playin g follow -th e-lead er , Nelso n go t serious an d cha rged into th e lead . T odd Li k e (Suz) was able to fo llo w in Ne lso n 's wak e fro m fift h p lace to ta ke seco nd p lace. Mo to two was a replay o f m o to o ne . wit h Nel son in firs t for the overa ll ca sh . a nd Lilee in seco nd for seco nd ove ra ll. T he O pen Int erm ed ia te class sa w Ra y Ha rol d ba tt le with J erry Ca ton (Han) in m ot a one. Ha ro ld nearl y let the victo ry slip a way as he fell late in the mota . but wa s a ble to recover for th e wi n . In th e seco nd rn ot o, Ca ton was not a threat and Haro ld ea silv took th e wi n a nd o vera ll. . Caton ca me back with a ven gea nce in th e Vet Ma ster class, do m inati ng th e field of fo u r. Fo llow in g Caton a t the outset wa s Rick Souza (Han). bu t he was soon d ispl aced by Mike Lane (Han) . who ga ined th e adva ntage by passing in th e whoop-de-d oo sect ion . Lane was a ble to close so me o f th e dis tan ce o n Ca to n . bu t ti m e ra n o u t a nd h e settled for seco nd . In mo to two . it wa s agai n Ca to n getting off the line first, holding the lea d in to BREN TWOOD, CA. ocr. 6 Crai g Wa IL wo n a seesa w con S lest with Dan Nelson for the overa ll victory in the Vetera n Sportsma n class .today a t Sand Hi ll. Nelson , pressed hard by Walts in the first moto, p ow ered h is Suzu ki past th e chec kered n ag first for the win . I n the seco n d m o to , Walts got the holeshot , bu t wa s clo sely pursu ed by Nelson a nd KT M rider Steve Ca mro n. As the gap between the racers narrowed , Nelson was sh ov ed o ff th e track o n a slippery o ff-cam ber turn a nd was pa ssed by Ca meron . Nelson worked h is way back up to seco nd p lace, but was una ble to ove rta ke Wal ts. Al Posey (P ro Cycle) swept both mot os o f th e Vet Masters class . " I a lmos t d idn' t p u ll it off in the seco nd mot o ," co nf ided Posey. " I was being tracked prett y hard by Dati St u rgeo n ." Posey was a ble to o utma ne uve r Sturgeon on th e turns . but St urg eo n kept a steady bead o n Posey. T he n S turgeon got a flat tire o n the fourt h la p . a nd Posey too k a co m ma n d ing lead for th e o vera ll win . Sturgeo n ended up seco nd ove ra ll. Results 80 BEG: 1. TytDenlinger (Hon ); 2. Danny Nel son (Kaw ); 3. Tyler Patten IVam). SO J R: t , Robert SchaeHer (Vam). BO tNT; 1. Dale Rayzor IHon) . '25 BEG: 1. Rob Belskey (Han ); 2. Blain e Kiss in ger (Kaw). '25 JR : t . Ricky Wh ite (Kaw) . 125 INT; 1. Dan ny Paladin o IKaw ). '25 OPEN INT; 1. Ron Day (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Randy Tam (Han). 250 SEG; r. Todd Tho mas (Han); 2. Greg Bailey (Yam). 250 J R: 1. Graham M iller (Yam ); 2 . De nnis Tedder (Yam ). 250 INT: 1. Darren Gall agher (Hon) . 37

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