Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

r---~----------=----'--~-----------,,,, w N W a:: > a:: a:: w >- > lXl o >o :I: C1. ered flag. Third once again went to Thompson. The Ama teur race sa w man y lead cha nges in bo th m ot os. In the first o u tin g . j ack Hurley o n hi s Suzu ki jumped into th e ea rly lead but was passed by Wil ey Seitzler during th e th ird lap. H ow ever, three la ps lat er, H u rl ey retook th e lead a n d h eld on for th e W ill. Bill Misner fini sh ed th ird . Mot a two had Misn er a nd h is Yamaha blitz int o th e lead a t th e sta rt. Misner held o n to h is adva n ta ge fo r two laps befo re Bob Coffman mad e hi s move a nd shot into th e lead. Misner kep t close tabs o n Coffma n for the rest o f th e race but co u ldn' t make the pass. Yamaha rider Ed Scheid ler fin ished third . Resu lts MSTRS: 1. Bob Dahlgr en; 2. Ron Ryer . EX: 1. Blacki e Lew is; 2. Dan Sanchez; 3. Roland . Thompson. AM : 1. Bill Mi sen er; 2. Bob Coffman; 3 . W il ey Seit zler . NOV A: 1. Dean Ray; 2. Pete Klassen . NOV B: 1. Bob All oy: 2. Jo hn Turd a. Simons, Kiedrowski top Pros at CRC MX By Terry Rezek PA LM DALE , CA, NOV . 3 Wi ll y Simons and Mike Kied rowski dominated the Pro classes today in California Racing Club (CR C) motocross action Willy Simon s captured the 5 0 0cc Pro win after topping both motos in Palmdale. Dave Welty took seco nd . th e second la p . Dashiell won easil y. takin g th e ove ra ll with a 3-1 score. Ellis was seco nd overall with a 2-2 tall y, a nd Berluti th ird overall , tu rnin g in a 5-3 o n th e day. Result s 60: 1. Casey Johnson (Kaw); 2. Beow Judge IKaw); 3. Jason Harvey (Kaw ). BO BEG: 1. John Morgan (Kawl: 2. Anthony Peterson (Kaw); 3. Jason Gibson (Yam). 801NT : 1. Brian Ruth (Kaw l. 80 EX: 1. Greg Tirke im er (Kaw ). 125 BEG : 1. Kevin Papson (Kaw); 2. Eddie Reed (Kaw); 3. John Stark IKaw) . 125 JA : 1. Lanc e Hom er (Kaw); 2. W ayne Ma rl in; 3. J im Sullivan IKaw) . 125 INT: 1. J .J . Taylor IYam); 2. Ara n M art in (Han): 3. Adams Gall egas IKaw l. 125 PRO: 1. Rodney Harr iger (Kaw ); 2. Scott Meyers (Yam); 3. Steve Vlahos (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Mark Barts (Han); 2. Todd Clapham (Han); 3. Stephen Hoffm an (Han). 250 J R: 1. Robert Kniesel (Han); 2. Steve Pally (Kaw); 3. Randy Okada (Han). • 2 50 INT: 1. Tim Leat (Han); 2. Wayn e Rolls (Kaw) ; 3. Ron Ver lin (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Dave Coupe (Han); 2. Kell y Andr is (Han); 3. Allen Berlut i (M ,SI. VETS JR : 1. Ken Downer (Han); 2 . Jack Baker (Hus ); 3. Ed Chess (Suz). VETS INT: 1. Dave Jensen (Kaw ); 2. M ike Bungay (Yam); 3. Frank Sterk in (Han). VETS EX: 1. Steven Ferrone (Yam); 2 . RickSchel· ling (Han); 3. Bob Dunn (Han). OT JR: 1. Gary Ceo (KTM ); 2. Dave Raymond (Han); 3. Bruce Young IHan). OT INT: 1. Jim Boyd (Yam); 2. Bill Perkins (Han); 3. Dennis Ware (Han ). OT EX: 1. Jack Hampton (Yam ); 2. Duane Spence (Han); 3. Richard Schilling (Kaw ). - Dahlgren tops Old Timers at CRC's LA Raceway·MX By Bob Alloy PALMDALE, CA . NOV. 3 Bob Dahlgren was th e Old Timer sta r attracti on at Californi a R acing Club 's (CRC) gra n d o pen ing a t th e L os 26 An gel es Co u n ty Ra cewa y toda y. There were 17 mo tos o n th e age n da , wh ile the Old T im er MX Assoc iati o n dr ew over 40 entrants . Bu t it was Dah lgren stea li ng the spot lig h t a s he romped to victory in th e O ld T im er's Mast ers class . In th e firs t OT Masters rnoto , Dah lgren ro cketed in to th e lead , a nd for five laps, domi na ted th e race. It was th en tha t Dah lgren Iel l in a light tu rn , letting Ron R yer tak e co n tro l o f th e lead . Dah lgren reco vered q u ick ly en o ug h to reta in seco nd , wh ile R ver went o n to win the moto. Dahl gren took seco nd . The seco nd m o to wou ld decid e the o u tco me , so a t th e ver y importa n t sta n . it was Iirst -moto winner R yer leading the wa y, with Dahl gren in hot p urs u it. kn ow in g h e had to beat R yer to nai l the overall. For th e next th ree laps, Dahl gren sea rched for a n ope n ing. th en sa w h is ch anc e a nd blew by th e leader. Dahlgren beg- n a p u lli ng a way a nd rod e flawl essly to ta ke th e mo ro win a nd o vera ll. R ver . sett led for seco nd . T he Expert race featured a o ne-o n o ne dog fig h t bet ween Blackie Lewis a nd Da n Sa nchez. In the first mot o , Lew is took co m ma nd o f the lead of f th e sta rt but had Sanch ez to worry a bo u t for th e nex t six lap s. At th is tim e, Sanch ez found th e hot lin e aroun d Lewi s and too k co ntro l o f th e lead , but Lewi s wasn ' t th rough yet. Lewi s stayed clos e to Sa nchez, a nd a fte r receiving th e wh ite flag , Lewi s mad e a fin al attempt for th e lead a nd succeeded. The win went to Lewi s, followed bv Sa nchez a nd Rol and T hom pson: Sa nc hez capt ur ed th e h ol e-sh ot a t th e sta rt o f the seco nd moto, but crashed short ly af ter , han d in g th e lead ove r to Lewi s, who eas ilv went on to ta ke the win . Sa nch ez had to work hi s wa y u p th rou gh th e pack a fte r the fa ll a nd too k co n trol o f seco nd j ust befo re taking th e check- a t LA Count y Raceway. Simons ca me ou t ahead a fter dici ng with Kenny Zahrt in the 250cc Pro race, and was unchallen ged in the Open Pro class, leadin g a ll the wa y in both mote s. Kied rowski to pped th e 125cc Intermed iat e Pros, winnin g both motos in spi te o f a lat e-m ot e sp ill in m ot o o ne and a poor sta rt in rnot o two. The 250cc Pr o race was an ex p losive a ffa ir, with Zahrt (AXO H onda ) bl astin g o u t of the ga te to seize a n im med ia te lead.- Russ Wageman (AXO Yamaha ) was soo n in seco nd , wit h Simons (AXO Honda ) in th ird. Zahrt wa s spec tac u lar over a set of jum ps in the middle of th e course th e on Iy rid er taking them three at a time on every lap. One other rider tried it once and sca red h im self so bad yo u co u ld see hi s wh it e knuckles rig h t through hi s glo vesl Wageman went do wn briefly in th e m iddle of the race a nd Sim o ns slipp ed into seco nd , m oving up im med ia tely to pressure Zahrt. Simons finally go t by a few la ps fro m th e finis h , ta ki ng th e wi n w ith Zah rt in seco n d. Zahrt ca me o u t o f th e ga te again to lead mota two , with Sim ons on h is ta il right from th e start. Simons pressu red Zahrt co ns ta nt ly. an d as th e race wore on, Zahrt ap pea red to be tiring. With enou gh tim e, Sim ons wo ul d inevi ta bly pa ss. Shortly a fter th e midrace sign , that time ca me an d Simons took th e lead. Zahrt made a few a tte m p ts to get it back but ran o u t of stea m amd was forced to sett le for seco nd . Simons and Zahrt finished first an d second overall. The Open Pro race was a Willy Simons benefit as h e put his Honda into an immediate lead in both money motos and drove rig h t to th e cashier's window. Dave Welty celebrated his 21st birthday by taking his Honda to a solid secon d in the first moto after some brief ch allenges from Eric Marnoch (AXO ). Welty started moto two in second again. but john Oatner wanted to break the Honda domination a nd stuffed his O'Neal Yamaha in front of Welty in midrace to take secon d . It wasn 't good enough, as Welt y o u tpointed h im to get secon d money. In 125ct Pro ac tio n, Lance johnso n led off the line in m oto one, with Kiedrowski nipping at his sprocket. johnson's and Kiedrowski 's Kawasaki were in th e same groove for the next fo ur laps, ne ver more th an a bikelength a part. At th e first turn of lap five. Kied ro wsk i dropped to th e inside and scooted past j ohnson to ta ke th e lead. Kiedrowski bega n adding distance immediately, and to good use, because he fell in th e last lap not 50 yards from the fin ish. H e had enough marg in to juimp u p an d still win . johnso n kep t seco nd a fter fig h ting off a de termi ned challe nge from Pat H ax ton, on a no th er Kawa saki. Kiedrowski had a disastrous start in moto two. co m in g last off th e line. jim Simons co nti n ued th e Kawasaki d om ination by running in what seemed to be a comfortable first. Kiedrowski began steadily moving up until h e wa s in a very tight third by lap four. In lap five, Simons went down hard an d dropped back, leaving Haxton a nd in first and fighting for his life with Kiedrowski. Kiedrowski for ced his way into firstin the next lap and went on to make it two in a row. Haxton 's three and two were e no~g h for second overall. Res u lts 60 10·8): 1. Lanny Turner. 60 NOV: 1. Shane Morales (Kaw); 2. Joe Hicks Jr . (Kaw ); 3. Jeran Gamby (Kaw). 60 INT; 1. Bobby Morales (Kaw). 60 EX; 1. Damon Huffman (Kaw) . 60 STK BEG: 1. Dane Broesel IKawl; 2. Richie Sherman (Han); 3. Jeff Ratzlaff (Han). BO STK NOV: 1. Kenny Sommer (Kaw ); 2. Todd Smith (Kaw). 80 MOD BEG; 1. Corey Fujita (Kaw); 2. Ryan McAlister (Kaw ). 80 MOD NOV: 1. M ike Cox (Kaw) . 80 MOD EX: 1. Bubba Eridtson (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Rodger Doggrell (Yam); 2. Jason Yoshloa (Suz); 3 . Mike Renn ick (Kaw) . 12 5 NOV; 1. Larry Yar ner (Hon); 2. Eric Wicker (Han); 3. Larry Lava (Kaw) . 125 INT; 1. Sean Blanchard (Kawl; 2. Andrew Olivia (Suz); 3. Scott Murphy (Kaw ). 125 PRO: t . M ike Kiedrowski (Kaw ); 2. Pat Hax· ton (Kawl; 3. Lance Johnson (Kawl. 250 BEG; 1. Ron Bucc ier i (yam); 2. Russell Clut· ter IKaw~ 3. Clay Collins (Yam). 250 NOV; 1. Matthias Nikolakopulas (Yam); 2. Alben Sanchez (Suz~ 3. John Gersjes (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Sean Blanch ard (Kawl; 2. Jeff Mabery ( Ka w~ 3. Je ff Black (Han). 250 PRO; 1. Willy Simons (Han); 2. Ken lahrt (Han); 3. Keit h O'Nea l (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. John Connolly (Han); 2. Mi chael Harris (Kaw); 3. John Brickner (Hon). OPEN NOV; 1. Dan St ilwell (Han~ 2. Richie Taylor (Han); 3. Jay Lytell (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Art Oliver (Han); 2. Gregg Blechman; 3. Ru ssell Garcia (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Willy Simo ns (Han); 2. Dave Welty (Han); 3. John Oatner (Yam). W OM EN: 1. Mindy Smit h (Han I; 2. Tina lahrt (Han); 3. K.O. Halfhill IHan). VET J R: 1. Jo hn Hard (KTM ); 2. An dy Green (Yam); 3. Lawrence Ulingen (Mail. VET INT: 1.Jim Draves (Hon); 2. Phillip Cruz( Suz); 3. Robert Cooke (Han). VET EX; 1. Ken Zahrt (Han); 2.Jon M iller (Yam);3. Ronn ie Gibson (Cag). Hughes is "bad" at Baylands MX By M ike V ancil FREMOil.'T. CA. NOV . 3 Vet ' Mas te r Duane Hughes (Ho n) was th e big winner at th e Ba ylands Raceway Park m otocross today as he co llec ted wins in bo th th e Vet Master and O pen Interm edi at e classes. Hugh es won bo th motos in th e Vet Master class, but cons istent a nd fast riding in th e Interm ediat e class was th e key to success. Loren Barr ett was th e fa stest 500cc Intermediate rider today, but a crash in th e seco nd moto kept him from th e o vera ll. Barrett eas ily cap tured the w in in the fir st moto, with Hughes taking second . Barrett's second-moto cra sh left him in fourth position, a llowing Dean Brooks (Hon) 10 take th e win, with Hughes in second. Hughes' co n sistent 2-2 performance was good for th e overall. . In th e Vet Mast er cla ss, Hughes and Mik e Lane battled back and forth for th e lead in both mot os ; a t one poi nt in th e firs t ra ce, th e two lead ers swa p ped positi ons five times in on e la p . However , Lan e began to slo w by th e en d of the m oto with ba ck prob-

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