Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

BO STK NOV: 1. Scon Conn ell y (Han); 2. Jam ie Morabito (Yam); 3. Derek Natv ig (Kawl. BO MOD BEG; 1. Carey Fuj it a (Kaw); 2. Ryan M cA lister (Kaw). M OD NOV; 1. Joel Tokarsky (Kaw). 80 STK INT: 1. Guy Deckert (Kaw); 2. Kevin Kinman (Kaw); 3. Jason Collier (Kaw). STK EXP; 1. Bubba Erickson (Kaw). 125 BEG : 1. J im Conner (Hon); 2. Craig Greer (Han); 3. Kirk Page (Kaw). 125 NOV : 1. Larry Laye IKaw); 2. Kally Piche l (Kaw); 3 . J eb Brock (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Kev in Neal (Kaw ); 2. David Church (Kaw); 3. Craig Dav is (Kaw). PRO: 1. Man Tedder (Ha n); 2. Mark Decker (VarnI; 3. J immy Palmer (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. Raben McKelory (Yam); 2. Mike Sosa (Yam ); 3. Mark Grabowsky (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Ron Mowry (Yam~ 2. Steve Polenske (Suz!: 3. John Gers jes (Kawl. 250 INT; 1. B.J. M illspaugh (Kaw); 2. Todd cun ningham (Suz!; 3 . Uif Johansson (Han) . 500 BEG: 1. John Temple (Yam). 500 NOV : 1. Ron Mowry (Yam); 2. Kev in McNeal (Vam ); 3. Dan St il we ll (Han). 500 INT: 1. Raben TIppit (Kawl; 2. Art Ol ivier (Han); 3 . Robert Temple (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Ruben Falco n (Yam I. VET JR: 1. Jeff Patt erso n; 2. Fred Kal mick (KTM); 3 . DIck Paren t (Han). VET INT: 1. Don W il born (Vam); 2. Bill Denn is (Han); 3 . Robert Cooke (Han). VET EXP: 1. Ma r i no Bast ionell (SU2); 2. Ken Ha rzloff (Hon) ; 3 . Bengt Johansson (Hon). eo eo Kenny Kopecky (1 1 I. Earl Roloff (1 31 and Scott Johnson mix it up during the Open Modified Production. Ro loff won four classes on t he day. in Formula One, Open Superstreet, - Open Modified Pro ductio n , Open Stock Production and 600cc Modified Production classes. In the Open Superstreet class J eff St ern (Suz) took th e ho lesh o t, only to be passed in tu rn two by Kenny Kopecky (Kaw). A t the end of the first lap it was Rol o ff lead in g , followed by Curtis Adams (Yam), Stern and Kopecky. Roloff buill an unassailabl e lead on th e wav to his third win of th e day. St ern a nd Adams waged a clos e bailie, with Stern laking second pl a ce for keeps on th e fourth lap. Th e 450cc Su pe rstree t cla ss p ro vid ed thrill s to mat ch th e a ir show a t nearbyEdwards Air Force Base. On th e first lap th e race was red-fl agged due to a downed rider. T he restart wa s red -flagged with two rid ers down in turn nine. In th e second res ta rt, Ken n y N achman (Ya m ) go t off road in turn four, wh ile run ning th ird . T he race was red -flagged aga in. Frank Callinicos (Ya m) sur vived to enjoy a great di ce in th e third restart with Chuck Morton (Yam) a nd Alex White (Yam) . Callini cos prevailed for th e win with Morton in tow. Callin icos took fir st pl ace in th e 450cc L iquid Cooled class as well. Peter Ca rroll, on hi s blu e-and-white RS2 50R Honda, had a fin e rid e in Formu la Two to tak e th e checkere d flag a hea d o f Clinton Whiteh ouse (Ya m) a nd Bob DeWill (Ya m ). Carroll al so to ok top honors in th e 750cc Modifi ed Produ ction cl a ss o n a Ch ampion-Moriwaki .Kawasaki . Steve Cardillo (Yam) won th e 750cc Stock Producti on ra ce, a fter holding o ff a stro ng cha lle nge. from SCU ll J ohnson o n hi s FZ750 Yamaha. J ohn H arte (Hon) rode a stra teg ic ra ce, fin ishi ng third. In 600 cc Mo dified P ro du c ti on actio n , Rol o ff regis tered hi s fifth win of th e day in a field o f 28 ride rs. As th e riders left the sta rt lin e, co ntender J oh nson pulled off in turn one w ith a broken drive chai n. Once agai n Cardillo ran well, h olding secon d place every la p , behi nd Rol off. There was a good race for th ird pl ace, with Andrew Leisn er (Kaw )dogging Ga ry T atsumi (Ya m ) until he passed for good o n lap fou r. Results 38 F- 1: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Je ff Stern (Su zl; 3 . Bob Reinen (Kaw) . OPEN SS : 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw) ; 2.Jeff Ster n (Suz); 3 . Curtis Adams (Yam ). OPEN MOD PROD: 1. Earl Rol off (Kawl; 2 . Kenny Kopecky (Kaw); 3. Bill Cain (Vam ). OPEN STK PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw ); 2. Bill Cain (Vam); 3. John Littau IKaw) . 750 SS : 1. Rob Reinen IKaw); 2. Ray Adams (Han ); 3 . Dwigh t Fuller (Suzl . 750 MOD PROD; 1. Peter Carroll (Kaw); 2. Ray Adam s (Han ); 3. SCOlt Johnson (Vam). 750 STK PROD: 1. Steve Car di llo (Vam); 2 . Scott Johnson (Vam); 3 . John Harte (Han). 600 5 5 : 1. A nd rew Leisner (Kaw) ; 2. Craig Beacher (Yam); 3. Blake J acob son (Yam ), 600 M OD PROD : 1. Earl Rol off (Kaw) ; 2 . Steve Cardillo (Vam); 3. Andrew Leisne r (Kaw) . 600 STK PROD; 1. Steve Cardillo (Varni; 2. Gary Tatsumi (Yam); 3 . Ron Sharp (Yam) . 450 SS : 1. Frank Callinicos (yam); 2. Chuck Mar· ton (Yam); 3 . A lex White (Yam). 450 MO D PROD: 1. Alex Whita (Vam); 2. Don Warren (Yam ); 3 . Andre Fuehr (Yam). 450 LC: 1. Frank Callin icos (Yam); 2. Ken Nach · man (Yam ): 3 . Alex Wh ite (Vam ). 450 STK PROD: 1. Don Warren (VarnI; 2. Kenneth Fu,lonll tvain); 3. Bil l DeBe;'; l Hon J.·· ' I I , F-2 : 1. Pe te r Carroll (Hon); 2. Clinton Whitehouse (Vam); 3. Bob DeW itt (Yam). F-3 : 1. Rye Hefl ey (Han ); 2. Lance Tilghma n (Yam); 3 . Stephen Brousse au (Yam). BaTT: 1. Bru ce Anderso n (Due); 2 . Bill Fennessy (Yam); 3 . Karl Reiser (Hon) . 500 SINGLE: 1. Tyler Turley (Han); 2 . Gary Patt on (Yam); 3 . M ichael Wilson (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. John Rosenberg (Suz); 2. Greg . Blin k (Kaw); 3. Aa ron Wi cka rd IKaw). 600 NOV : 1. A rt Kaw aguch i (Hon); 2 . Mi chae l Mc Corm ic k lYam); 3. M ark Koskinen (Kaw) . Neal, Church split wins at DeAnza MX By Cat hy Barbacov i SUNNYMEAD. CA. O CT. 27 Kawasaki riders Kevin Neal and David Church traded mota wins today in the 125cc Intermediate class during California Racing Club's (C R C) ga the ri ng a t DeAn za Cycl e Park . Neal led from sta rt to fini sh in th e first rn oto , whi le Ch u rch took a fir st-lap crash th at d ropped h im to th e rear of th e pack and wa s o n ly a b le to sa lvage a fourth in th e mo to . But Church ca me ba ck in th e seco nd round a nd smo ked everyo ne, while Neal fini sh ed second . H ow ever, Neal's 1-2 tall y was more th an enough to beat Church 's 4- 1 co m bination for th e o vera ll. In th e first mot a, co m bi n ing all th e Interm ed iat es on o ne lin e, 250cc Kawasaki-mounted Terry " Cisco Kid" Szu csk o jumped o u t to th e early lead , whil e Neal , Craig Davi s (125) a nd "T he Kid" SCOll Murphy (125)chased . In th e second turn, Church bai led a nd had to work hi s wa y u p through th e pack. Wh en th e checkered flag a p peared, it was Szucsk o sti ll leading th e wa y for th e 250cc wi n , while B.J. Millspaugh (Kaw) pl aced second. Neal won th e 125cc race a hea d o f Da vis a nd Murphy. . Ch urch co llec ted a fourth a head of Chr is Fish er. Stra n gely enough, the riders wh o p laced in th e top of th eir class in th e first rnoto were found nea r th e rea r of th e pack a t th e sta rt o f the seco nd rnoto . First-mot e 250cc wi n ne r Szucs ko had a terrible sta rt, whil e Neal wa s fourth 125. But th e rid er to wa tch was Church , running fourth o vera ll wi th Davis, Mill sp augh and Neal leading th e wa y. Church go t on th e ga s and passed a ll th ree riders , cha rgi ng into th e lead . Church we nt on to win th e m ot a , beating a ll th e 250s a nd 125s. Neal wo r ked up to seco nd ahead o f Davis. Mill spaugh fini shed top 250 a n d pi cked up th e overa ll. Todd Cunningham pl aced seco nd in th e mota and wrapped up second overa ll. The 500cc Intermed ia te win went to Kawasaki -mou nted Ro bert Tippit, wh ile Art Olivier (H a n) and Ro bert T emple rounded o ut th e top three. . Results 60 O-B: 1. Robby Hammond (Kaw). 60 NOV : 1. Sh ane M orale s (Kaw ); 2. Justin Vr ata (Kaw); 3. Scott Gr ay (Kaw) . 60 INT: 1. Bobby M orales (Kaw). 60 EXP; 1. J acob Sw ain (Kaw) . 80 STK BEG; 1. Rolando Quint er a (Kaw); 2. Jona· than Kn ight (Kawl; 3. Jell R,;IZhi>f'I (Hbnl.' ' " , , Records fall at CRRCseason finale By Scott Schaefer HENDERSON, TX, OCT. 27 John Kocinski and Do ug Polen were the heroes o f the day a t O ak Hill Racewa y for th e Central Road Racing Club (CR R C) sea so n fin al e. Both rid ers unoffici a ll y broke the track record en ro u te to thei r wins in Formula Two a n d Formula One, respe ct ivel y. Cycle- Tech-sponsored Kocinsk i took hi s TZ250K to an o verw he lmi ng win in Formula T wo, tu rning lap times in the I :30 ra nge over th e bumpy, tight 1.9-mile co urse. He a lso won th e C Production cl a ss o n h is Yamaha FJ600. P ol en , o n th e Dent on S uz u k i G SIIOO Su pe r bike, rode h is first ra ce o f th e day in A Superbike. H e m ad e a poo r ti re ch o ice as h e began to slide arou nd a lot, even in th e o pen ing la ps . Meril Moen, on h is G arvin Allen -tuned Ninja 900 Superbike, beat Pol en for th e fir st time this vear, H e rod e a co ns istent. sm ooth race, lead ing from th e s ta r t, and Polen co u ld never get within 3-5 seconds. In th e Formula One th ough, Polen pulled away eas ily and Moen had to pl a y th e rever se ro le a t th e fini sh . Pol en a lso turned laps in th e 1:30 ra nge du ring th is race, wi th a new compou nd tire m ounted. The da y was marred by the ea rly morni ng practice crash of popu lar racer J a m ie J ames. This fro nt lin er in severa l classes su ffered a badly broken leg a nd finger as a res u lt o f h is acci de nt . H e wa s sa id to be back on th e wa y hom e 10 Bat on R ouge, Louisi a na before the ra ces end ed Sunday. Wa yn e Even a nd Ronn ie Lunsford co n ti n ue d th eir fri endl y rival ry with a tight battl e in th e da y's Formula T wo Expert opene r. Even broke away a t th e sta r t o n hi s RLM-sponsored Kaw a sak i GPZ750 with Lunsford in close IOwan hi s Northwest H onda Interceptor. Lun sford kept Even within str iki ng d istance, but afte r th e halfwa y point , he seeme d 10 slow down so me w ha t, " No m ailer what I tri ed ," sa id Lunsford, " I just cou ld not make an y h eadway. so I decided to save it for nex t time," Next time, however, n ever ca me beca use in their race, B Superbike , Eve n re tired wi th ignition. problems o n the first lap . Lunsford wen t on to win that ra ce with Marvin West o n a Moto-Guzzi in second. Displaced rnotocrosser Mark Andrews su rp ris ed th e Formula Two Novice class, la king hi s co n verted C R500 R dirt racer to a n ea sy win, ca ut io usly p ritlirlg hIS Ioor'down 'in co rn ers. He returned in the Form u la One combined race at the end of the da y, and afte r sta r ting at th e back o f th e pack , began working hi s way to th e front. On th e last lap , he sq uee zed under Lunsford, o n a 750 Interceptor for thi rd pl ace overa ll, first Novice. Mall Maschmann cha lked up twohard-earned wins in th e A a nd B Producti on cla sses. With th e fir st four riders in both class FZ-750-mounted , it wa s qui te a n accom p lish me nt winn ing over B.B. Montemayor and R ick T etri ck . Montema yor ran in seven classes o n his FZ750 a nd 600 Ninja on Dennie Spear 's borrowed RZ350. H e took firsts in C Superbike a nd D Production, seconds in A Production and D Superbike, and th irds in Formula Two, B Productio n . B Superbi ke. and C Product ion . The mos t exciting race o f the day wa s th e C Production where Brian Floores got th e holesho t on his H urst Supply FJ600 and started to stre tch o ut a tentative lead. Beh in d him came a pack of 600 N injas led by Mon temayor, Andre Vandenberg an d Meri l Moen . Koc in ski lurked in fifth place after a n a verage start on h is FJ600. By the halfway point, Koci nski began his attack and pa ssed Moen and Vandenberg on th e next lap . O n th e white flag lap, he sco o ted under Montemayor, and th e spectators bega n to ris e to th eir feet. Then o n th e last lap, one turn from the finish , Kocinski dov e under a sta rtled Floores and took th e ch eckers by less th an a hundred feet , " I never kn ew he wa s back th ere, a nd it sca red me so bad when he passed, th at I a lmost. blew i t," sai d Floores. Results E EX SUPBK : 1. Harold Paters (Kaw); 2. Skip Brad· ley (Han): 3. Jeff Berglund (Hon). E NOV SUPBK; 1. Sander Avant (Han); 2. Seth A vant (Hon ); 3. Robert Moderow. F-F: 1. Roy Alsobrook (Yam). E PROD NOV: 1. Sand er A vant (Han) ; 2. Don May (Han); 3. Den nie Spears (Yam ). • F-4 EX; 1. Ralph Farmer (Han); 2. David Robi son (Han ). F-4 NOV : 1. San der Avant (Hon ); 2. Chris M usick (Han ); 3. Roy A lsobrook (Yam). B PROD EX; 1. Man Maschmann (Yam ); 2. Rick Tetrick (Yam); 3. A r m and o Montemayor (Yam). B PROD NOV : 1. Dew ayne Dav is (Kaw); 2. Er ic Lange (Han); 3 . Troy Christie (Han). o SUPBK EX: 1. Johnny Johnson (Vam); 2. Armando Montemayor (Yam); 3. David Sullivan (Vam) . o SUPBK NOV : 1. Sa nder Avant (Yam); 2. J eff Crawford (Vam); 3 . Kenneth Harv ey (Yam). F· 2 EX: 1. W ayn e Eve n IKaw); 2 . Ronnie Lunsford (Han ); 3. A nd re Vand enb erg (Kaw) . F-2 NOV : 1. M arkAndrews (Hon); 2. W esleyWin · ch este r (Hon ); 3 . Eric Lange (Hon) . A PROD EX; 1. M att M aschmann (Vam ); 2. Armando Mont em ayor (Yam) ; 3. Lloyd Ol son (Yam). A PROD NOV: 1. Br yce Logan (Vam); 2 . Robert Taylor (Kaw) ; 3. Eric Lange (Han ). C SU PBK EX: 1. Armando Montemayor (Kaw) ; 2. Andre Vandenberg IKaw); 3. Windin Doyle (Kaw ). C SUPBK NOV ; 1. M ichael Sigman (Han); 2. Jeff Crawford (Yam); 3. Dewayne Davis (Kaw ). A SUPBK EX: 1. Mer il Moen (Kaw) ; 2. Douglas Polen (Suz); 3 . Wa yne Even (Kaw) . A SU PBK NOV : 1. Bryc e Logan (Yam); 2. Raben Taylor (Kaw) ; 3. Kev in Usai (Hon). F·3 EX: 1. John Koc inski (Yam); 2. Jessie Daniel (Yam); 3 . Jeff Berglund (Han ). F·3 NOV: 1. Michael Sig man (Han ); 2 . Laroy Montgomery (Honl; 3. Bla ine Augustine (Hon ), • 0 PROD EX: 1. Armando Montamayor (Yam). PROD NOV: 1. J eff Crawford (Yam ); 2. Sander Avant (Yam); 3 . Michael Owens (Yam). B SUPBK EX: 1. Ronn ie Lunsford (Hon); 2. M arvin West (M ·G ); 3. Armando Montemayor (Yam I. B SUPBK NOV: 1. Wesley W inchester (Han); 2. Michael Sigman (Han); 3. Eric Lange (Han) . C PROD EX; 1. John Kocinski (Yaml; 2. Br ian Floores (Yam); 3. A rm and o Montemayor (Kaw ). C PROD NOV ; I .Jeff Crawford (Yam ); 2. Dewayne Davis (Kaw J 3. Bla ine Augustine (Han) . ; F-l EX: 1. Dou glas Polen (Suz!; 2. M ar il Moen (Kaw); 3 . Ronn ie Lunsford (Hon ). F-l NOV ; 1. Mark An drews (Han ); 2. Kev in Usai (Han); 3 . Bryce Logan (Yam ). o Combs, Mapes, Henricksen sail to DeAnza MX wins By Terry Whytal SUNNYMEAD, CA. O CT. 20 Ka w a s a k i ri ders Tom my Combs, SCO lt Mapes and Kurt H en ri cksen swep t al l three Pro classes to day at DeAnza Cycle Par k for the fina l round of the Malcolm Smith Fa ll Classic. ' I I I I ,

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