Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

in.h al f, wh ich gave Pal adino rhe easy wi n . Suzuk i rider Russ Scott jumped o u t 10 th e ea rlv lead a t th e sta rt o f mot o two , wh i'le first m or o winner Pal adino was back in founh pl ace. Pal ad in o go t o n the gas, pa ssed Ro n Da y (H o n) o n th e seco nd lap a nd N ick Ma rtin o n th e fou rth . Sco tt held a co m mand ing lead at this po int a nd loo ked to have the win in th e bag , but his Su zu ki seized o n th e sixt h lap, gi vi ng Pa ladin o a cle ar shot a t the checkered flag. Results .... Q) ..0 E Q) ~ o Z Scott Reiman takes a quick look at his watch as he completes a la p at the S ilver Beach GP in White Pass. Washington. a nd a big jump to negotia te. Nelson hu ng on to wi n, whi le Bol es crashed. By th e time Bol es rem ounted a nd got going three rid ers had gone by. Boles ' 1-5 score was still good enough for seco nd money overall. Ma tt Lo renz o (Ka w) proved tha t mot oc ro ss ca n still be a marriage between rider and machi ne as well as a blend of speed a nd endura nce. H e joc keyed his 125cc Kawa sak i to a first in th e Nov ice class by w in n ing both rnotos, a nd he was a ble to gai n a third in the 250cc Novi ce class aboard h is H onda. Chet DuBois (Ya m) a nd Lee DeAn da (Ka w) swa p ped fin ish in g pl aces in each o f the 250cc Novi ce m ot os with DuBoi s getting th e bette r fini sh (seco nd ) in th e fin al m o to to end up wi th seco nd pl ace. Results . 60 PEE WEE : 1. Bryan Noe (Han). eo MIN I NOV : 1. Jon Morgan (Kaw ).· eo M INI JR : 1. Steve DelaRosa (Kawl; 2 . Tyler Hummel (Kawl. eo M INIINT: 1. Joey Rodr iquez (Vam). 125 NOV; 1. Ma tt Lore nzo (Kaw ); 2. Chet DuBois (Vom): 3. Leo DeAndo (Kow l. . 125 JR : 1. Jason Raw linson (Hon); 2. Sergio Fer nandez (Han); 3 . J im Ricci Jr. (Suz). 1251NT: 1. Paul Midso n (Han). 250 NOV : 1. Roger Eppersen (Han): 2. Don Tofft (Kaw l; 3. M att Loren zo (Han ). 250JR: 1. Gr oham Miller (Vam ); 2. Doug Gil len e (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Al o n Car lson IVom) . 250 PRO: 1. Jon Nelson (Han): 2. Donny Boles (Vom) . OPEN NOV : 1. An t ho ny M unez (Yom); 2. Poul ROll (Han): 3 . Gord on J oel (Vom l. OPEN J R: 1. Steve Fish er (Vom) . OPEN INT: 1. Jim Owen s (Yam ). VET SPTSM N: 1. Ph ;(ip Ric e (Vam): 2 . Ch uck Batches (Yam) . VET MSTR : 1. Mike La ne (Ha n). Holt, L.oppnow, Taylor top small field at Spillway MX By J im Pluhar SANTA MARIA, CA , OCT. 20 With a large race down south drawing a heavy contingent of riders, Spillway park was left with a mere 20 riders , but three 38 o f th ose riders made th e trip worthwhil e. Tom Holt had little trouble def eating the rest of the I25cc class en route to the 125cc Pro win while Duke Loppnow an d Nea l T aylor wer e th e big 125cc Novice and Beginner winners. T he biggest di sappointment of th e day ca me to Cra ig Low e. After o utd ista nci ng th e field in th e co m bin ed 250cc Beginner, Intermed iat e, Vetera n and O pen Novi ce a nd Int erm ed iat e race for two o f th e three motos, Low e was winning th e th ird moto when th e bike qu it o n ly two laps from th e finish lin e. In th e 80cc Beginn er class, D:.II1 iel Fig ueri ed o took h is H on da to th ree co nv inc ing victo ries. Ma tt George was second on his Yam aha w ith J ason Weid ler fin ishin g third. 80 BEG: 1. Ton y Stokes (Hon); 2. Donn y Nelson (Kaw l; 3 . Ty Denl ing er (Han). 80 J R: 1. Ma n Forman (Kaw ). 125 BEG : 1. M ike Wheeler (Hon); 2. Blaine Kissinger (Kaw) ; 3. Larry Fraizer (Kaw) . 125 JR : 1. Dan iel Robert (Kaw ); 2. Ricky W h ite (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Danny Palad ino IKawl. 250 BEG: 1. Nevill e Rodd ie (Kaw l. 25 0 INT: 1. Ricky Feigel (Kow) . 250 PRO: 1. M icha el Preston (Ka w); 2. Garv in A nd rews (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Vic Linar es (Han ). 500 INT: 1. Dean Brock (Honl . 500 PRO: 1. Bill J ome rson (Han). VET SPTN/ INT: 1. Dan Nelson (Suz). VET MS TR: 1. Dani el Sturgeon (Vom). OT JR: 1. John Percival OT MSTR : 1. Jim M cClinton (Voml. Johnson wins Monterey Pro-Am ST By Mike Vancil Resu lts MONTE RE Y, CA. O CT. 19 80 BEG: 1. Daniel Figueriedo (Hon); 2. Man George (Yaml ; 3 . Jason Weidler (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Neal Toylor (Hon ): 2. JerryVonWorth (Kow ): 3 . M ark Lina ne J r. (Vaml. 125 NOV : 1. Duke Loppnow (Hon); 2. Bra d Beh man (Han); 3. Mark M aynard (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Tom Holt (Kow ). 125 JR VET: 1. John Dovis J r . (Vom ). 250 BEG: 1. Scali A. Swo nson (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Rondy Tittlemier (Suzl. 250VET: 1. Dave Howor d Jr. (Vom); 2. D.L May ' nard ( Ho n~ 3 . Peter Dill (Han). OPEN NOV : 1. Cra ig Lowe (Hon l. OPEN INT: 1. Joseph Gonz oles (M oi). Aggressive and fast riding was the key fo r Suzuki-m ounted C ra ig 'J o h n so n to win th e AMA-sanc tio ned, Pro-Am sh an PrestonprevaHsat Sand Hill MX By Lee Denlinger BR EN TWOOD, CA ., O CT. 20 Kawasak i rider Mike Preston u sed a 1-2 scorc to ca p ture th e win in the 250cc Pro class at Sand Hill Ranch. Preston spe n t m uch o f th e first moro dici ng wi th Rich Mychin befo re takin g th e win , but a poor start in th e seco n d ended th e cha nce o f a sweep, In the first mot o, P reston jammed into th e lead bu t Mych in a nd h is Suzu ki were g lu ed 10 th e leader 's rear fender. For the first fou r la ps, th e two riders ba ttled ha nd lebar-to-han d lebar, th en Mychin 's pu rsu it en ded wh en th e cha in on hi s RM broke. From th en on , Pr eston j ust cru ised way o u t in fro nt to tak e the win. After a poo r j ump o ff the ga te in th e seco nd mot o , Preston co m p leted th e first la p in fourth wi th Mych in way o u t in fro nt. Durin g th e seco nd lap, Yamaha rid er Alan Brunk was Preston 's first victi m , th en Preston went aft er Suzu ki-mou n ted Garvin Andrew s. Preston d ove in sid e o f Andrews in a berm , taking over th e seco nd posi tio n. By th is tim e,Mychin was a lready long go ne with no chance for Preston to reel th e Suzuki rid er in. H ow ever , Preston 's seco nd -p lace fin ish was more than eno ugh to ca p tu re th e overa ll, bea ting Mych in 's 5- 1com bin ation . In th e co m bined 125/ 250/ 500cc Intermediate class, 125cc KX rid er , Dann y Paladino , shot int o the lead at th e start o f th e first m o to a fter pa ssin g 500cc H onda -mounted Darren Lundquist a nd Chris Carr (Kaw ). T he n Ca rr reeled in Pal adino and th e two duked it o u t for the next th ree laps. The dogfight ca me to an en d when Carr 's rear shock strut sna p ped track at the Monterey Co u nty Fairgrounds. Bu t J ohnson 's win didn't co me eas ily - Yamaha rider Brad Spencer p ress u red Johnson every lap a ro u nd the !i-m ile ova l but never could mak e th e pass. A fal se sta n landed three rid ers in th e back pe na lt y lin e. incl ud ing heatrace winner La rr y S taggs a nd h is Woods Rot ax mach in e. J ohnson led o ff th e restart, but Spe nce r wa s in h ot pursuit. Th e two leaders battled intensely until th e sixth lap wh en Spe n cer's front wh eel slid o u t, ca us ing Spence r to momentaril y back o ff th e th rottle lett in g J ohnson ge t by a nd tak e th e win. Despite th e ba ck-row sta rt , Staggs worked up to thi rd a nd was th reat en in g J ohnson for seco n d as th ey crossed th e chec kered flag. J ohnson co n tin ued hi s win n ing strea k in the 250cc Ex pert event, a lso aboard a Suzu ki. Lon g-tim e friend a nd competitor o f J o hnson 's, T homa s Carriger - . al so rid ing a Suzu ki - was Joh nso n' s ma in co nce rn in th e even t. Carriger led from sta rt to fin ish in th e h eat race with J ohnson ta ki ng seco n d , but th e o rde r wa s reversed th e fin al making J ohnson th e overa ll win ne r. - One o f th e m ost pop u lar classes among th e specta to rs this eveni ng was the 250cc J u n io r race, which had Todd Bridges pa ssing G ary Milewski ea rly in th e heat ra ce 10 tak e th e win. Kerry Puccio (Hon) di splaced Mil ewski one more position by the en d o f th e ra ce. In th e fin al , Bridges took com mand of th e race right a t th e sta rt , wi th Milewski in close pursuit. Howeve r, Milew ski co u ld n ' t m at ch Bridges' quick pa ce and event ua lly dropped back to fourth after letting Dean Vincelet (Yam ) and Rick Smith (Yam) by. Results PEE WEE : 1. Erick Manin (Yam); 2 . J ust in Stilwell (Vom). PEE W EE 6-7 : 1. Brian Sgheizo (Yom). 60 : 1. Joke Zemke (Kaw) . 80: 1. Jake Zemk e (Vom); 2 . Michelle DiSolvo tHan) . 125 NOV: 1. Daven Marasco (Kaw); 2. Anthony Giammarco (yam). 250 NOV: 1. Potr ick Voccheri (Yam); 2. Jim A ig uere (Han); 3. John Costanza (Yam). 250JR: 1. Todd Bridges (Kow); 2. Dean Voncelet (yom); 3. Rick Sm it h (Yam). 250 EXP: 1. Cra ig J oh n son (Suzl; 2 . Thomas Car riger (Suzl . 500 NOV DIV 1: 1. J immy Son chez (Vom); 2. Gery Vin celet (Yam ); 3. Patr ick Vaccheri (Yam l. 500 NOV DIV 2: 1. Jim Tucker (Yam l; 2 . Steve Stewart (Yam); 3. Steve Sull enger (Yam). V 500 JR D1 1: Kevin Crowley (Vom); 2. Fronk Nye (Yam); 3. Eric Larson (Han ). 500 JR D1V 2: 1. M ort y Aglib ot (Vom); 2. Chr is Thoeni (Yam); 3. Bill y Gonzales (Han). 500 EXP: 1. P.J . Sonchez (Rot); 2. Br ad Spenc er (Yom ). VET l OT: 1. Frank Nye (Yam ); 2. Mark But ler (Yom ). 600 Pro-Am : 1. Cra ig Johnson (Suz); 2. Brad Spe ncer (yam). Nott nails win at EugeneMX By Clay Light CHES H IRE, OR, OCT. 13 Ka wasaki p ilot Mike NOll nailed down th e overall win in th e 250cc No vice class a t Em erald Racing Association 's (E.R .A.) mo to cross. NOli went I-I in th e 250s, and a lso won th e seco nd 125cc Novi ce m ot o. NOli's Iirst -m ot o seven th pla ce ga ve th e overa ll in th e 125cc Novi ce cla ss 10 J ohn G regson (Kaw ), who went 3-2 for first. Nott nabbed lh e h o lesh ot in the 250cc Novi ce class w h ill' being chased by Ra y Bruin gt on (Ka w ), wh o was to be Not r's closest co m petitio n o f th e day in bo th 125 a nd 250cc action. S teve T a ylo r (Yam) took a third beh in d th e duo in th e la rgest class o f the day by holding off Bob Breaux (Yam ) a nd H usk v ride r Steve Wilcox. T he seco nd tim e o ut had No u, Bru in g ton a nd Wilcox ru n ni ng firs t th rough third to the fini sh to nail down the top th ree positio ns overa ll. T h e 125cc No vice portion had Bru in g ton a n d Non duel ing aga in, bu t Non had some bad l uck a nd Bru in gt on took th e win ahea d o f Sh awn Parsons (Kaw) a n d Gregson, a lso on a Ka wa sak i. Nott nabbed th e second-moto hol esh ot a nd took it to th e ch eckers, bu t wa s sh u t o ut in th e overa lls by G regson, wh o p roved co nsis tency p ays, goi ng 3-2 for th e top bra ss. Par sons went 2-4 for ru n ner-u p honors with Mark No red nett in g th ird with a 4-3 sco re. J od y Jami eson (Kaw) ra n a way with the first 250cc Intermed iat e mot o o ver Mark Lu chini (Hon ) and Rob Annen (Kaw) , The second moto went to Kell y Wh elch el (Kaw ). Whel chel wall oped th e fiel d an d p u t it to J amieson, who sti ll squeak ed o u t th e overa ll with a 1-2. \ \' helchel' s 5-1 was good for thi rd brass whil e seco nd went to Lu chini via a 2-3 finish . In the 125cc In term ed iat es it was Ed Portz (S uz) gra bbing the overa ll w ith a 1-2 sco re, bea ti ng T ony G raves (H o n) . G rav es pos ted a 3-1 score for second overall wi th thi rd goi ng to Da ilv, a boa rd a KX 80 built to lOOcc. Moto o ne o f th e Mini Interm edia tes sa w T eam Green 's Jeff Daily (Ka w) dem ol ish the eight-la p race o ver Chucki e Standeford (Hon) a nd C ha d Berry ( Ka w) , Da il y a lso tOPJX'd mo ta two going away , wh ile d isaster struck Standeford, wh o DNF and handed seco nd in th e mo ta to J ason Pea rson (H o n) . Pea rson look second in the overa lls a hea d of Berry. Pro racin g was down in numbers, but n ot in tal ent. Rod Kell er (E.R .A./ Roseburg H on ) rode all by him self to grab top money a nd was th e lone 250cc Pro. Kell er beat 125cc rid ers Gary Beyer (Kaw), Ri ck Gunderson (Ya m) a n d Honda-mounted Scott Adair in moto o ne a n d carn e back to gun th em down again in the second contest. Beyer held off h is co m rades ' to ta ke top 125cc Pro laurels. Results COMB PRO: 1. Rod Keller (Ha n): 2. Gory Bever (Kowl; 3 . Rick Gunderson (Vam). OPEN INT: 1. Mike Burke (Han) ; 2 . Mike West (Honl; 3 . Steve Green (Han) . OPEN NOV : 1. LindsayWurn (Vom): 2 . Tim Phibbs (Kavv ); 3. Brian Lane (Vam) . 250 INT: 1. Jody Jomieson (Kaw) ; 2 . Mork Luch ini

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