Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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AIITOIA, CA ~ (2 131_ _ MIN I; 1. seen Snoop (Kaw) : 2. Ma rk Charene (Suz); 3. Chr is Wnuk (Han). SR: 1. W arr en Finch (Yam); 2. Richard Edwards (Suz); 3. Ed Unkel (Bull . UNSTD: t. Jeff Kvi nlaug (Han I; 2. Joseph Glasby (Suzl: 3. Char les Rickson (Suz). 125 NOV; 1. Kevin Hovanec (Honl: 2. AJ . Snoop (Kawl; 3. Thomas Hen nessey (Hon). 125 EX: 1. Bob We iss (Hon ); 2. Thomas Dan iele (Kawl: 3. William Newell (Han). 250 NOV: t . Doug Mo raski (Suzr, 2. Lester Stachura (Yam); 3. Chuck Pert er (Bull. 250 EX: 1. Thomas Dan iele (Kawl: 2. Jay Skid more (Han); 3. Steve Longo (SWM). OPEN NOV: 1. Albert Maiello (Kaw) : 2. Robert Durano Jr . (Yam ); 3. Warren Finch (Yaml . OPEN EX: 1. Jay Skidm ore (Han ); 2. Ch uck W ager J r. (Rtx); 3. Joe Cesterni no (Bull . LT wr SIDECA R: 1. Mar k Fiato/Robert Moak IAok ); 2. RaV Va n Guilder Jr.lPhi lli p Wonhingt on (Hon); 3. Rona ld Oaros/Mike Bu rnham (Hon). HVY WT SID ECA R: 1. W ill iam Newell /R ichard Baldwi n (Hon); 2 . Raym on d Van Gu ild er / Edw ard Rud inger (Nor); 3 . Stephen Ritzko/ Ja mes Perca ro (BSA). Jones jams at Michigan AX SAG INAW, MI, J AN. I I-12 P enns ylvan ian Mik e Jones dominated Pro action this weekend a t the first ro und of th e Suzu ki /Motoworld-sponsored AM A Nationa l Aren acro ss Ch am pionships in Sa ginaw , Mich igan , top p in g th e 125cc Expe rt class Saturday and th e 250/ 500cc Exp erts Sunday before nearly 7000 spec ta tors. T h e fa ns were provided with excellent raci ng action as Michi ga n's top rnorocrossers went a t it with so me of the best Pro-Am and Am a teur ride rs in th e Eastern U.S. a nd Canada. Illinoi s' Breck Powers a nd Michigan's T odd DeH oo p were a lso big money winners as eac h took turn s in the P ro class winner's circle. Jon es , J ohn Grewe a n d Fra n k Lamp eac h took their Kawa sa kis to wins in the l25cc P ro q uali fiers Sa turday, J ones again moved out front on the first lap of the fina l, with G rewe and Andy Michner dici ng for seco nd . G rewe came ou t ahead at th e chec kered , with Sa n ford Bu ch alter a nd Davey Coombs ro u nd ing out th e to p five. J on es was also a q ua lifier wi n ner in th e 250cc Pro class along with Powers a nd defending AMA Pro-Am cha m p Tim Coombs. Powers took adva ntage o f poor sta rts in th e final by Coom bs a nd J o nes an d ran a wa y from the p ack ea rly for a convincing win . Coombs became entangled with Canadian Pat Bastedo as he made a mo ve for seco nd. -DeHoop passed both for the runner-up spot as Coombs m oved ba ck into th ird with Sa n ford Buch a lter in fourth an d Ba stedo fift h. T he Ca nadian cont ingent fared we ll in the Ama teur ran ks as fellow countr yme n Bill H a m ilt o n a n d T erry Baker eac h took a fir st-p lace trophy home. Hamilton bested Ohio's Ed Snyder a nd Mi chigan's Eri c Klem en t in 125cc . C action on h is Ho nda. Bak er was a sta rt -to-fin ish winner in . the Open 250/Open i B .c1ass on h is Ka wasaki. He was followed by KT Mmou nted Kevin Gi bbs a n d Ya ma hamounted George Mekji an . T h e l25cc B fin al was th e knockdo wn drag-ou t fig ht of th e n ight as numerous crashes a nd m ish a ps ravaged th e field. Ca nadian Chris Le m mon led early before crashing h is wa y back to seventh. Steve Croew blew h is cha nce for th e win wh en he ran over th e a lready-do wn ed Lemmon, then tangled with a haybale over the finishline jum p. Hom eto wn boy David C urrv avoided the destruction o f the rest ~ f th e p ack a n d kept th e biggest troph y fo r Sagina w, much to th e delight o f the pa rt isa n cro wd . T he 85 cc l-l - ) 5 yea r- o ld s we re do m ina ted by West Virginia 's Stevie Chi ldress.T he fifth- ranked Min i rid er in th e co u n try ran awa y with the wi n, lapp ing a ll th e way to th ird place. T h e o n lv two ride rs h e did n ot di spl ace we're Kawasaki -mounted Steve Bul yovsk y a nd Shawn Huggin s. S u n day 's p rogram provided th e Expert a nd Super Mini motorcycles a nother cha nce to compete on th e course. DeH oop brought Mi ch igan its first Pro victory of th e ser ies with a wire-to-wire win in the l25cc class. He was cha lle nged ea rly by another Mi chiganer. Bu ch a lt er. Th e tw o touched together several times before DeHoop wheeled away. J o nes, Greg Bow en and Grewe rounded out th e . top five. Stev e C h ildress needed a last-lap pass to grab h is second 85cc wi n of th e weekend. Childress fought for nine laps to get around up -an d-co mer Br ia n Swi nk , fi na lly getting by through the whoops o n th e whi te flag lap. The 250cc Pro finals provided Mike J ones a nd T im Coombs a chance to fin ally go at it against each other. T he two had brought their ro ugha nd- tumble passing tac tics acqu ired o n th e National circu it to Sagin aw , eac h bu sting th rough the pack with do-or-die passing. In th is race, the two ga ted well with Coombs out fro nt a n d J ones in th ird beh ind DeH oo p . J ones soon m o ved into seco nd an d took up the ch ase, an d o n the 12th lap h e banzaied by through the whoops a n d n ea rl y slammed Coombs th ro ugh th e ba nner s. T he Suzu ki rider reco vered q uickly to hold o nto seco nd an d quickl y reeled J ones bac k in, but did not try one of hi s co m mando passes. Results SATURDAY 250/500 EX: 1. Breck Pow ers (Kawl; 2. Todd DeHoop (Yam ); 3. TIm Coombs (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Mike J ones (Kawl ; 2. Joh n Grewe (Kaw); 3. Andy Michner (Kaw l. 250 / 500 B: Terr y Baker (Kawl; 2. Kevi n Gibbs (KTMI; 3. George M ekjian (Yaml . 125 B: 1. DaV1d Cur ry (Yaml; 2. Jaso n Gray (Kaw); . 3. Steve Crowe (Kaw) . 25 0 / 500 c; 1. Fred Mcintyre (Suz); 2. Rich Rabi· deau (Yamr. 3. Brad Walker (Honl. 12 5 C; 1. Bill Ham ilton (Honl; 2. Ed Synder (Kaw); 3. Eric Klement (Suz). . SR MEN : 1. J indrich Gref (Yam); 2. Kevin Seelhoff (Kawl; 3. Daniel Sch neider (Han). B5 '14 -.1.5: /1. Stevie Childr ess (Kaw); 2. SlBve

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