Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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UPS Dai ly Suzuki of Van Nuys 161 4 1 Sherma n Way (818) 994-2800 .,----'-------- - - - - -- - - -- - - - -- - -- - - - - -, '" w an ai ling Yamaha sent third-place Ph ill ips to the sidelines. On the last a: lap, Coombs moved in tight beh ind >a: Petrick's Honda. As both riders crested a: w .... the back end of a double, Petrick 's C R zoomed wildly across the tra ck >after an errant la n din g . Coombs was ha nded second, ta ki ng th e ch eckers 10 seconds down on a cruising Bell ora. ::I: Cl. Bellora's daring air show ca me to an a bru p t halt in th e 250cc Expert class as he loop ed h is green machine on a set of do uble th a t only h e had been clea ring. The Pe n nsylvania ride r had been hou nding Suzuki -mounted Emery Anden for th ree laps befo re h is get-off . Phillips then took up th e chase and scoo ted by Anden at the halfway mark. Veteran Honda rider Mark Garrison was th e next to chase dow n Anden a nd moved into second for good on the 10th lap . Joe j aversak opened the 500cc Expert final out front on his Northgate Honda, bu t fell to third on the second loop as Jim Kevech an d Grega moved by. T he n ex t lap saw a nother lead ch ange as Grega zipped by J im Kevech and h eld it to the checkers. Ricky Clemence moved his Kawa saki into second la te in th e race and finis hed just in front of Kevech, Dan iel Blackha m and Steve Crowe eac h went in to th e 125cc B fi na l with a win under their belt. Blackham had scored a h ard-fo ug h t 85cc 14-15 win on h is Gibsoni a-sponsored Yamaha Tim Hanna (left) and second -place f inisher Steve Saling duel in 125cc over J ohn Bogovich and Rodger Mo lIntermediate action at the CRC MX in Palmdale. California. nar. Crowe's win was a wi re-to-wire 250cc B class victory in front of Lance BO EX: 1. Bubba Erickson (Kaw) . Gl enn Cav e sho t to an imm ediate Kerr a nd Fre d Bash or. T he 125cc BO M OD NOV: t . J acob Sw ain (Vam). 250cc lead right off th e line in moto showdown saw Crowe shoot his Suzu BO MOD E: 1. Bubba Er ickson (Kaw) . 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Robby Kels ay (Vam ); 2. Shad o ne. An other 250cc rider , J o hn G ar ki into th e early lead with Black h am Lara (Vam ); 3 . Charl as Ma rt in (Han). cia, was a distant seco nd and fighting pressing clos e behind. The two sta yed 125 BEG DIV II: 1. Sean Mor land o(Hon); 2. Charto ca tch up .'By lap four. Cave h ad a no more th an five bikelen gths apart lie W addell (Kaw); 3. Charles Vou ng (Kaw) . 125 NOV; 1. Erick Broesel (Kaw); 2. M ike Crosby seven -second lead an d began slo win g . for half the final, with Honda-mount(Kaw); 3. J eff Fine (Han). _ a bit, apparentl y feeling h e h ad th e ed Wa yne Arlet in third just five 125 INT: 1. John Garci a (Han); 2. Steve Sa ling (Kaw); 3 . Scan M urphy (Kaw ), race cold. Garcia closed in but couldn 't seconds off the pace. A late slip by 125 PRO: 1. J eff Reynol ds (Han); 2. Joe Degano get by before th e checkered: Open In Blackh am was a ll Crowe needed to (Han ). 25 0 BEG: 1. Chris Bullo ck (Han); 2. Bob Jones term ediate Greg Pi erce h ad th e Open put a few lappers between h imself (Vam); 3 . Rob Kne meyer (Han). lead a ll th e wa y: a nd th e Yamaha , as Arlet took up the 25 0 NOV : 1. Kevin Peoples (Kaw); 2. Bur t Ulmer Cave got a poor sta rt in mo to two chase for second. At th e end Ar let (Vam): 3. Ken Neitzel (Kaw) . 250 tNT: t , Jo hn Garcia (Han) ; 2. Gl en n Cave a nd fini sh ed la p one in third. One fad ed from co ntention a nd settled for (KTM ); 3 . Brian Swe azy. 'la p lat er . h e h ad th e lead a n d Garc ia third, wi th Crowe taking h is second 250 PRO: 1. Ken la hrt (Han): 2. Tom Enge l (Suz); 3. Jo n Ortner (Hon). was wav back in th e cro wd . David win of th e even ing in front of Black500 BEG: 1. Buck wheat Berger; 2. Dan Hall Sarian appear ed to be h oldin g Pi erce ham . [Hus]: 3 . Richard Townsend. 500 NOV: 1. Todd Brou ssard (Vam); 2. Daryl at a safe distance in the Op en class. J ohn McConn ell opened his first Haw kin s (Han); 3 . Bill Hilliard (KTM ). T h e midpoint cha nged a lot of fu tures . yea r in Senior class rac in g with an 500 INT : 1. Greg Pierce (Yam); 2 . Daid Sar isn Pi erce fo ugh t hi s way to lea d the im p ressive win on hi s YZI25 Yamah a (Kawl: 3. Russell Gar cia (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Tim Ha nn a (Kaw); 2. M ark Nat ion Open class a nd stayed th ere for anin a class dominat ed by O pen m a(M / S); 3 . Ruben Falcon (Vam). oth er win a n d the overa ll Open spot. chi nes. McConnell p ulled a sur pr ising WOMEN AM : 1. K.O. Halfhill (Kaw) ; 2. Jillian ~. Roth (Han); 3 . Tina Zahn (Han). Garcia ca ught fire and started passing top- th ree hol esh ot on hi s screame r WOMEN EX: 1. M indy Smith (Han). ri ders li ke th ey were o ut of gas . H e a n d p assed David Rocco an d J ames VET BEG : 1. Da ve Hoffer (Hon ); 2. Stev e Rongst ad (Suz). . litera lly flew int o seco nd , passi ng in . Leggett on the seco nd lap to post th e VET NOV: 1. Way ne Ell is (Han). m idair over th e tri pl e jumps a nd , win. McConnell 's win backed up an VET INT: t . Rick Hill (Vam); 2. Bob Alv is: 3 . Rola nd three turns lat er , cut Cave off in th e Thom pson (Suz). ear lier th ird p lace finish in th e Open VET EX: 1. Ken Zahrt (Han); 2. Ken M cAl ister last turn to tak e th e m oto a nd th e Expe rt class . Skip Stewart and Ron (KTM ); 3 . Ronn ie Gibson (M / S). overa ll by in ch es. Bail ey ro u n ded o u t th e Senior top Eri c Broesel fin ished first a nd secth ree. on d in th e l25cc Novices a nd got fir st Th e 85cc 7- 11 a n d 12-13 classes overall w he n th e o ther rid ers mi xed eac h provid ed th e crowd with startth eir sco res too much for a wi n n in g to -finish leads a ll the Way to th e to tal. John Garci a wa s back in th e che ckers. Yezek was paced by another . I25cc Interm edi a te race an d won both Kaw asak i pil ot , Rich ard Carpenter, By James Derek m otos wire-to-wi re. Chris Bull ock and Suzuki-mounted Jeff Decker. SMITHTON , PA, MAR . 28 was n ot in th e fron t five a t th e sta rt o f Ca rte wa s push ed th ro ugh out the Motordrome Speedway opened either m ot o of th e 250cc Begi n ner race race by T on y Bonace and Rob ert it s' 1986 ra cing sea son with bu t h e wa s in fron t a t th e end a n d Leone. th a t' s w ha t co u n ts. Burt Ulm er and Dicki e Bellora, Rodney 'PhilResults Kevin Peoples swa pped m otos in th e lips, a nd Bob Grega each scorOPEN A : t . Bob Grega (Kaw); 2, Richard Clem 250cc Novice class ; Peo pl es got th e ence (Han); 3 . Joh n M cCon ne ll (Yam). ing a n Expert class fin a l win. In all, overa ll due to a second m o to win . 2 50 A:. 1. Rodne v Phillips (Yam); 2 . Mark Garri son th e half- mi le-long. supercross-style (Han); 3 . Em ery An den (Suz). Th e I25cc Beginn ers ran two div isions t 25 A : 1. Richa rd Bellora (Kaw) : 2. Davey Coom bs n igh t trac k h osted over 250 competiwith Robby Kelsey getti ng both rno tos (Han); 3 . Bob Petr ick (Han). tors. OPEN B: 1. J ames Toth (Yam); 2. M ichael Sigof division o ne a nd Sean Morlando Bell ora 's l2 5cc A cla ss win was th e m und (Han); 3 . Doug Zucco (Han ). taking a decisi on over C harlie Wad 2 50 B: 1. Ste phen Crowe (Suz); 2. Lanea Kerr o n ly runaw ay of th e night in th e (Kaw ); 3 . Fred Basno r (Han). dell in divi sion two. Expert divisions. The Hi -Paint-spon125 B: t , Ste phe n Crow e (Suz); 2. Dan iel Black ham (Yam); 3 . W ayne Arl et Jr . (Han). sored Kawasaki rider ga ted cleanly a s Results OPEN C: 1. Dean Aven (Yam); 2. Danny Alb righ t several riders tangled in the second 50 PEE WEE A M : 1. J err y Aleman (Vam); 2. Chr is (Han); 3 . Greg Shirl ey (Han). Neitzel (Yam); 3. Fra nkie M andu ra. co rner. Bellora immediatel y opened 250 C: 1. Bryan W itch ey (Kaw) ; 2. Mark Nei der PEE WEE EX: 1. Pablo Lara (Yam); 2. Robby hisar (Han); 3. Tom O'Br ien (Han). a lead over Phillips. .Bobby Petrick, Hammond (Yam). 12 5 C: 1. Gr egg Sim man (Kaw) ; 2. John Blakely 60 (O·B VRS): 1. Robby Hammond. a nd Syd Loveday by clearing nearly (Kaw ); 3 . Bryan W itc hey IKaw). . 60 NOV : 1. Phi l Richm ond (Kaw) ; 2. J oe H icks J r. SR: 1. Jo hn McC onnell (Yaml ; 2. Skip Stewart every double and triple jump on the (Kaw) ; 3 . Shay M cA li star (Kaw). (Kaw); 3. Ronald Bail ey (Kaw) . track. Bellora was stylin g away from 60 INT: 1. Shane M orales IKaw); 2. Br ian Teet s B5 14·15 : 1. Danie l Blackham (Suz); 2. John (Kaw) . Bogovich IKaw); 3 . Rodg er Molnar (Kaw ). th e pa ck while Dav ey Coombs, a 60 EX: 1. Bobby Mor ales (Kaw ). B5 12· 13 : 1. Chr is Carte (Kaw); 2. Tony Bonace seco nd-corner cra sh er , was ma king BO STK BEG; 1. Kev in Shafer (Vam); 2. Brian (Han); 3 . Raben Leon e (Suz). Teets (Kaw) . hi s way th ro ugh after com ing around B5 7-11 : 1. David Vezek (Kaw); 2. Richa rd CarBO STK NOV: 1. Danny Lamb (Kaw) ; 2. Gary pent er (Kaw); 3. J eff Decker (Suz). . in 10th o n th e first lap. Coombs Br inkmeyer (Yam); 3. An dy Gr id er (Kawl. 60: 1. Jason Alworth (Kaw); 2 . Robe rt Sa nner BOSTK tNT; 1. Jac ob Swain (Vam). moved by Loveday for fou rt h , th en (Kaw ); 3 . M arty Si gmund (Kawl. ri:l '" ~ Bellora best at Motordrome o SPECTRO OILS WEST California Deal er s Call Toll Free 36 1 (BOO) D-I·A·L·O·I· L In NV. AZ. NM 1 (BOO) 3 31 -34BO INFO. (714) 9B9·7070

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