Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e· Young victorious at Ascot MX By Jan Boice ~ GARDENA. CA . NO V. 8 ~ Yamaha rider Ch ris Young wo n both action-packed l25ccInterme d iate motos to tak e the overall victory at the last reg ul a r Frank Schiroma (5 8 l ). Chris Ewing (69) and Christopher W harton 166W) lead the start of a CMC 125/250cc Beg inner moto at Carlsbad. enti re mot a . C la rk even tua lly pa ssed H ol rna so n , as did R udge. The fini sh of rn oto o ne read G eary. Rogers and Craig R udge. Rogers took th e lead in rn oto two foll owed by H o lmason , Gea ry. Jerem y Sko ka n, Clark a nd Lance Rudge. Geary dove inside LO La ke over seco nd. Skokan had troubl e and faded to th e rear while R udge pa ssed Cla rk to ta ke th e fourth p ositi on behind H olmason. On the next lap. while trading pl aces tw ice. Rudge and Clark passed H olmason. By now Rogers had a co m ma ndi ng lead . with G eary pursu in g him . MaIO two finished with Rogers. Geary. R udge and C lark leading the rest o f th e pack. Ma LO three sa w Rogers agai n get the h ol esh ot over Geary. Clark wa s close in third while Skokan , R udge a nd R udge ran three abreast. After s tri ngi ng ou t. Craig Ru dge a nd Skokan faded back 10 hav e th eir own ba ttle. Rogers had a good lead over Geary wh ile the two of them left th e rest of the pack. T h e ra ce ended w it h Rogers in fro nt . followed by Geary. C la rk a nd a very close R ud ge. In th e 250cc class. J eff Miles (Yam ) h ad a terrifi c day . Miles got the scra tch a nd led wire-to-wire in a ll three m ot os. Behind hi m were Da ve T homas (H on) . a nd Kawasa ki riders Mike H an so n a nd J eff McG a ughey. The 250cc overa ll went Mil es. Thomas. H a n so n a nd McG aughey. Results W EE PEE WEE: 1. Joshua Lynn (Vam): 2. Josh ua Curr ey (Yam); 3. Cory Dickinson (Yam). M INI: 1. Troy Hutson (Yam): 2. Riel< Sm it h (Ha n): 3. Ryan And erson (Kaw) . 125: 1. Darr en Rogers (Yam): 2. Todd Geary (KTM): 3. Chris Clark (KTM) . 250: 1. Jeff M iles; 2. Dave Thomas ; 3. M ike Hanson . OPEN: 1. Troy vee (Han): 2. JeH Haga: 3. Mike Niday . OPEN 4 ·STRK : 1. Dan Dickinson (yam): 2. Becky Schneider (Yam). Valdez supreme at Carlsbad MX By Kathy Nemecek CA RLSBAD. CA. NOV. 17 Seemi ng ly uninhibi ted by a we t, m uddy tr ack, Su zu ki m ounted Gi lbert Valdez dominated the 250cc In term edia te class a t Ca rls bad Raceway tod ay. At th e first sta rt o f th e co m bined Pro a nd Interm ediate rnoto, Va ldez lead th e 250cc Intermed ia tes o u t o f th e ga te, w it h Fred Willen a nd Lee Baco n . both o n Suz u kis, in pursu it. By th e seco nd lap . Va ldez had esta blished a huge lead a nd eas ily out- di stanced all cha lle n ge rs 10 wind up with th e first-mo ta win . Bacon a nd Will ert di ced th e entire rn oto an d fin ish ed seco nd and third . respectiv ely . . Th e seco nd moto was a repl a y o f th e fir st . with Valdez co n vincingly sco rin g a nother moto victory for first p lace o vera ll. Will en sta yed on Baco n 's tailpipe the entire seco n d m o to a nd was awa rded a n o ther third for third pl ace overall. Baco n ended th e day 2-2 for seco nd o vera ll. Yamaha-mounted Ti Schwartz. rid ing flawlessl y. wal ked away with both motos o f th e co m bined P ro classes. Schwartz ho leshot both rn otos a nd quickl y put a comfortable 30seco nd s between himself and th e rest o f the pack . O n both motos , Scott La rson h el d off fell ow Yamaha 500 rid er Chris Shaw for a 2-2 tally o n th e day. Shaw managed a 3-3 tally for third overa ll. In 125cc Junioract ion. H onda rid er Bob Wolleso n rode to a I-I da y for the o vera ll class victory. In th e first mota. Wolleson led th e 125s o ut of th e ga te and surged 10 a five-bikelen gth lead . Ka wa saki -m oun ted Brian Neyhard di ced wi th Rob Ralph for seco nd p lace. b ut cou ld no t hol d on a nd settled for a third. Ral ph led the pa ck out of th e ga te in th e second moto, but fad ed after a third-lap pass by Wo lleson. Neyhard overtook Ra lp h for a second-pl a ce moto fini sh. a nd seco n d o vera l l. Ra lp h 's 3-3 tally ea rn ed him third o vera ll . Honda rider Chuck Ewing cI in ch ed th e 250cc Beginner ti tle by virtue of hi s overwhelmi ng I-I moto victories. Frank Shiroma (2-2) and Chris H icks (3-3) ro unded o ut th e top three. Chris Kefla s o n h is Yamaha LOok th e day's wi n in th e Mini Begi n ner clas s. with Michael Nicholas a nd J esse Schmidt rounding o u t th e top th ree. Results OT:. 1. Bob Totten (Han). 500 J R: 1. Noel W oolard (Kaw): 2. Greg Boyce (Kaw); 3. Bill Sipes Jr. (Han). 250 J R: 1. Ron Buccieri (Yaml ; 2. Roger Caben (Kaw): 3. Kell y M yers J r . (Han). 125 J R: 1. Bob Wolleso n (Han); 2. Br ian Neyhart (Kaw): 3. Rob Ralph (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Chuck Ew ing (Han): 2. Frank Shiroma (Yam); 3. Chris Hicks (Yaml. 12 5 BEG: 1. J ohn Emerson (Han); 2. Ste ve larson (Hon); 3. Mark Richardson (Han). 500 BEG: 1. Erik Brown (Yam). ali 500 PRO: 1. SC Larson (Vam); 2. Chris Shaw (Yam): 3. Joe Stern (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Ti Schwartz (Vam ): 2. Dave Eropkin (Suz); 3. J im Rutherford (Kaw ). 500 INT: t • Timothy Regrut (Kaw) . 250 INT: 1. Gilben Valdez (Suz): 2. Lee Bacon (Suz); 3. Fred W ille rt (Suz). 1251NT: 1. Frank RuH (Han); 2. Bobby W ill iam s (Kaw) . M STR: 1. Robert Dykam s (Vam); 2. Mark M cAda ms (Vam): 3. Frank Thom ason (Kaw) . INT M INI: 1. Spenser Sharp (Kaw) . BEG M INI: 1. Chris Kela las (Vam); 2. M ichael Nichola. (Vam); 3. Jesse Schmidt (Yam). l.C",) 00 O"l ...... CMC Frid ay ni ght motoc ross of th e year a t Ascot Par k. So me track changes were left in pl ace af ter the Tr ns -Ca l a su pe rcross, and th e rid ers a lmost una n im ou sly vot ed it a m ore technica l a nd much-im p rov ed tra ck. Kaw asaki-p ilot Bria n Belew wa s th e sw iftest off the lin e a t the sta n o f th e first 125cc Int erm ed iat e moto . Neb raska rider Kevin Ma re t (Han ) was ru n n ing a very close seco nd until a hard bail over the infield do ubles dropped h im 10 th e back o f the p ack. Young moved up 10 second, with Skip Godinez (Ka w ) in third a n d Dann y Barn ett (Han ) in four th. O n th e second la p . Godinez ma de a determi ned charge a ro u n d Yo u ng over th e cra sh wa ll doubles. but Young recl aimed h is position over th e rockers and set h is sights o n Belew . Two laps later. Young had ca ugh t Belew and p~ ssed him 10 tak e th e [irst-moto • Will . Yo u ng got the seco nd-more h ol esho t. with Maret in seco nd. Barnett in third. a nd Godinez working his wa y 10 fourth. The rid ers took the chec kered flag in th at o rder. You ng bagged th e o vera ll, Maret took a seco nd wit h a 5-2. and Barnell 4-3 was third. Steve Cost er (H a n) sho t o u t o f th e gat e at th e sta n o f th e fir st 250cc Int erm edi at e m ot o , with Stev e Sequiera (Kaw ) an d R ialmir Bert ogna (Han) in LOW . First-l ap ac tio n saw Sequiera slide dow n while Chris Boi ce (Han ) worked hi s wa y by Ben og na and sta rted out afte r Co ster. Ar th e sta rt o f th e second lap. Coster flew o ver th e bars o n th e crash wa ll doubles and gave Boi ce a n ea sy four-lap cru ise 10 th e fini sh lin e. J eff H ea ley ( Han) mounted an impressive o nsla ug h tthrough th e field after a p oor sta n a nd fini sh ed seco nd. with Bertogna co m ing across th e line third. Coster repeated his h ol eshot in th e second mota . with Boice. C hris La Form (Yam ) a nd ] u n Okaza ki (H a n) in lin e righ t behind him. H ea ley agai n had LO fight through th e p ack a nd had worked hi s wa y up 10 third by th e en d o f th e seco n d lap. Coster a n d Bo ice rode a fou r-lap hare a nd hound. with Boi ce cha sing Coster right to th e fla g. Boice's 1-2 earned him th e overall win. making him th e o n lv doubl e winn er of th e night as h e also took th e o vera ll in th e 500cc Intermediate class. H eal ey's two slo w sta rts ended up as second overall . and Sequiera 's 5-4 ga ve him th ird overa ll. Kawasaki-mounted Guy Deckert led the 21-rider co nt ingent of 125cc J un iors off th e line. but. by th e second la p . H o nda rid er Da vid Woda szewski was right on Deckert's tail. On lap th ree, Bria n S iumskie (H a n ) joined th e two leaders a nd an intense threeman ra ce for first ens ued . T he th ree riders ba ttl ed righ t 10 th e lin e. with Deckert co m ing out on LOp . Wod aszewsk i seco nd . a nd Slumskie third by a wheel. Wodaszewski go t th e seco nd-mote sta n. foll ow ed by T im Inman (Suz), Siu ms kie a nd Deck ert. Wod a szewski had a co m forta ble lead u nti l Bill A u ber len ( Ka w ) came fl yin g u p th rough th e pack and sta rte d n ip ping a t Woda szewsk i 's rea r fender. Auberlen ra n o ut of ti me and had LO se ttle for a very close seco nd . wh ile Slumskie rode th e entire m o to in th ird. 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