Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Honda/PJ -IIScott) and ta ke the wi n. In mo to tw o Gaddis ran strong b u t required too much grou nd tim e to beat Bu tto n . Button took the o vera ll - -- - - - - -- - - - -- , en en o a: ...J w <{ :x: u W in . The 125cc Novice race feat u red ' Paul Reed 's H onda as he rode to an easy wi n over T ad Davis (Mo to rcycle a nd Mari ne ), Flo yd Vaughn (Kaw ) and Leo n Ca pps (Kelly 's Kawasaki , in the first m oto. U n fort u nately, Reed crashed o ut o f co nten tion whi le leadi ng th e second mo to , a nd Deana Cowan went on to take th e wi n . Vaughn remounted for eighth, with Capps in seco nd ahead o f Davis. T ad took th e o vera ll wiri for the da v. The Min i-Am at eur class fea tured so me o f th e best raci ng o f the day as J.J. Tunnell (Mo torcycle a nd Ma rine) sh owed h e h as th e " rig ht stuff" by h o ldin g off a determi n ed J u st i n J aurequid (BP Com p .lMaxima) and a n equa ll y determined Peter W ickersha m (Q uakersta te/ Deser t Corvette ). T u n ne ll wo n bo th m o tos. Sco tt Con ne ll y shone wh en he ran a way from th e field in the MiniNo vice clas s. Look for Con nell y to ' move u p to Amateur a fter the cha mpions hip. Don Tistle (KX) co n tin ued h is wi n n ing wa ys by taking th e first m ot o in the co m pe ti tive 250cc No vice class a head o f Biff Barner a nd Ro na ld Ga m bl e (Vern 's Body Shop ). Don had to work h ard fo r fourth during mo to two a fter havin g problems . Juan R ivera got first a nd C h ris J o rda n (Ca me lbac k Honda) took seco n d during mo to tw o. Tistl e's 1-4 fin ish ga ve h im th e overall win. Results PEE WEE: 1. St even Bitzilly (Kaw l; 2. Brian Cook (Kaw); 3. J immy Mokrey (Han). MINI BEG: 1. Doug Shadd (Kawl; 2. Danny Stew an (Hon); 3. W es Ad k ins (Yam ). M INI NOV STK: 1. Scan Connell y (Suz): 2. Scan Car neIi IKaw); 3. Brian Cook (Kawl. MINI INT STK: 1. J.J . Tunn eIiIKaw ); 2. Matt ta uerm an IKaw); 3. Pete Wickersham (Kaw l. MINI NOV MOD : 1. Scott Conn elly (Suz). MINI INT MOD : 1. J.J. Tunnell (Kaw ); 2. Justi n Jau riq ue (Kaw); 3 . Pete W icker sham (Kaw) . 125 BEG: 1. Kris Tow er (Kaw ); 2. Brian Eliason (Hon); 3. Shawn Melton (Kaw). 125 NOV STK: 1. Tad Davis (Kaw); 2. Deana Cowan IHon): 3. Leon C8pp. (Kaw ). 125 NOV M OD: 1. Deano Cowan (Han); 2. Leon . ' Capps (Kaw); 3. TIm Barlter (Han). 125 AM STK: 1. Billy Car lson (Han); 2. Wes Par ker (Yam ); 3 . Mike Bail ey (Kaw ). 125 AM MOD : 1. Bill y Carlson (HanI; 2. We. Parker (Yam ); 3. J erry St ua rt (Ka w ). 125 EX: 1. Dray Dirks (Hon); 2. Denn is Parker (Vam); 3. Kurt Shupe (Kew ). 250 NOV: 1. Don Tistle (Kew); 2. Ronald Gambl e (Vam); 3. Chris Jordan (HanI. 250 A M: 1. Neil Chri stman (Han); 2. J eff Smith (Kaw) ; 3 . St eve Dav is (Kaw) . 250 EX: 1. Robert Naug hto n IHon); 2. Bobby Wh it e (Han): 3. Cheppy Blose (Suz). OPEN NOV: t . John Schroede r (Han); 2. Tracy Mellory: 3. Ron ald Gamble (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. J eff Conr adson (Han): 2. Ken Wood (Han): 3. Kirk Wyan. OPEN EX: 1. Brian Hayes (Honl; 2 . Ja me s Georg e (Kaw); 3. Tom Win . OT: 1. Larry Noel (Vam); 2. Bill M eyer IKawl; 3. Willie Giroir (Kaw ). Naughton, Frank take Fleming MemorialMX By Joanne Pryor and Michael Ross BLYTHE, CA , N O V. 16-17 O ver 400 riders ga th ered a t Blyth e Racewa y to offe r over 1600 fans a chance to see perhaps th e ver y best motocross racers from Califor ni a , Arizo n a , Neva da , a nd New Mexi co , o n equipm ent 'ra n g ing from th e Pee Wees to th e Open bikes a t th e Kyle Flem in g Memo ria l MX thi s weeken d . R o bert Na u gh ton , Bobby Moore, a n d Bill y Frank domi nated Sunday's action to sp li t th e bu lk of th e 54000 purse. The first mo to of the 250cc P ro class began with Naughton o u t in front o f the 27-rid er pa ck a nd Sh aun Kal os o n h is bac k fender. The cha llen ge ended, th ough , in th e fourt h lap , wh enKa lo s .went do wn a nd Suz ukiis :E >- '" o ... o :x: a.. /alltl/eN Yol/r liftHere.1 ... Q,) ..0 S Q,) u Q,) Cf"' We don 't know which one Is yours. He left all sorts of gifts: spa rk plugs, sun glasses, desk clocks, chain lube, Robert Naughton (left) and Russ Wagem an dice at t he Ky le Flem ing Memorial MX. Moore went in to second. Moore let n o di sta nce increas e in h is p u rsui t o f N aug hton , but was unabl e to ga in . Ka los restarted hi s bike while Wi lli e S urra tt, A .J . Wh it in g , a n d Ru ss Wa gema n mo ved pas t, regained hi s co m posure a nd moved up to ta ke fo urth in th e m o to beh ind Wagema n. Wh en th e ga te d ropped in the seco nd mo to, Nau ghton was a ga in o u t in front , but not for lo n g , as Wageman took th e in side line by th e to wer. 10 lead o n th e th ird la p . Moore, fo llo wed by Wh iting and Frank ,was close be hi nd unt il W h i tin g push ed h is wa y thro ugh , lea ving Moore to contend with Fra nk. Whit ing con tin ued his cha llen ge, passing Naughton a n d ta king th e lead from Wagema n. Naughton 's cha rge rene wed, a nd in the fin a l laps, h e slip ped under Wa geman to tak e a seco nd a t th e checke red flag wit h Moore in fourth a n d Surratt takin g fi ft h. Naughton took th e o vera ll trophy with Wagema n seco nd a nd Moore thi rd . In th e l 25cc P ro ra ce , th e 20-ri der ga te sa w Fra n k tak e o ver Jeff Ma tias ev ich's fir st -p lace position a fter th ree laps. Fran k di d n ' t look ba ck aga i n as Matiasevich held hi s position, but the race behi nd him be twee n Drey Dircks , Mike Kied row ski , T y Davi s, Kirt H enricksen , Naug hton a nd S u rra tt wa s fierce . T he whi tefla g lap fo u nd Nau ght on and Surra tt pa ssin g Dircks fo r the fo urth and fift h spots whi le Mariasevi ch a nd Kied ro wski h eld seco nd and thi rd to th e checkered . T h e seco nd mo ta had a differe nt lead er in Ya m ah a 's Bria n Myer sco ug h , wh o led fro m sta rt to fini sh . . Fran k followed in seco nd . bu t from th ere back it was a ny o ne's guess a s Mo o re ca m e from a seventh-p lace sta rt to third . as Di rck s maintain ed his fo urth-place posit ion . Na ugh to n ga ve a n imp ressive ri de, co m ing fro m 11th pl ace at th e start, to fi n ish fift h . Fr ank too k home th e 125cc P ro o vera ll trophy, with Myerscough taking seco n d , M at ia se vi ch th ird a n d Naugh to n fourth . In Amat eur a ct io n, M ike Young an d Brian P ryo r tra ded first-place do mi nat io n in the l25cc class wi th Young ta king the Stock cl ass and P ryo r th e Mod ified . A Iir st-rn oro dog fig h t in th e Stock race between Brent Wi neland , T. L. T a ylor. a nd J eff Capt kept the cro wd a lert. And . Kawasakimou nted J eff Maber y's fou r-o u t-o ffour wins in th e 250cc cla ss in tig ht ba tt les wi th a no th er Ca li fo rnia rider, T er ry Szucs ko , proved to be a nother 011•.•.. Come i n today and pick up your gift from Santa. 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