Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

1986 Huskys IN STOCK 1985250's at Blowout Prices Free D esert Con ve rsio n Kit w /Purchase of ' 8 5 CR250 Comple t e Stock of Husky Perts llo Products .... .... 0.. < 520 EK _ Ne. 7~751T~ AlutNnum Aley SPROCKETS W• .,. No. An £I( CluIIn De. r Aok_CIIo1nA5proclootPkpAS... Std. Of' Custom - Dealers Welc om e S&S Sprockets - 8031895-2895 Rt . 1. 80 _ 3688 - trllveters Rest. S C 2 9690 Sunshine Cycle Has MOVED Our FuUerton .tore h•• been relocated next door to ANGELO'S .t: SUNSHINE CYCLE 529 So. State College Ana heim, CA (714) 772-G800 ~RACING L>J! ra:J FUEL , u.s. 800/858-4327 TX 800/692-4045 GA 404/923-5232 A pack of 125cc riders round turn one at Timpton MX. Bryan Hunt and Robert Halstead were some of the day's big winners. 200: 1. A. M claren (Ha n); 2. J . Sampa ir IKaw). 250 ; 1. D. Tipto n (Hus); 2. R. Sebing (Yam); 3. 8 . Gra y (Yam). OPEN: 1. S. 8alla rd IHus); 2. R. BakkedahI ISuz ); 3 . M . An kers (Han) . Hunt, Halstead hammer Tipton MX By Merle Acord (c~) S!~R~~~~ T IPTO N, IA. MAR . 30 DISTIlI.UTOIl FOil V ~ Leathers. Sp id i Gloves & Alpinesta r Boot s Invited 0... Inquirie s Arcad ia. CA (818) S74-7625 ALHAMBRA YAMAHA Sale • • Sanlee • Parts Discounted Prices Year 'Round lB50 West Valley Blvd .• Alhambra. CA 91 803 (818) 289-5301 g.cry nixon • GoocfyMrDTIlDirt T... cJtn~1 ecom pl. te Knight Cha'" ~ . J.Y r · . Kla N A ir Fihen • Hand.be,. e U ik un i. lac1ron CIIrbs &. Parts 10824 Yorl< R CocIu!\'S~II •• MO21030 (301) &1;6.1090 d.. LONG BEACH YAMAHA California's Newest Yamaha Dealersh ip SALES' SERVICE' PARTS 4001 East Anaheim St . LONG BEACH. CA. 908 04 1714)527·9144 1213) 49B·6578 44 Brvan Hunt, aboard a Weber Cycle H onda CR l2 5, an d wi th OU I benefit of a hol esh ot , aced both motos of the Eas ter Day MX at Ced ar River Sport Pa rk. Du sty T hye powered a cri sp ru nn in g H on da o ff th e line fir st in both more s, but lost .t~, e a dva n tage to Hunt by lap th ree in each .mo to . With H unt o u t front , runni ng fast a nd co n tro lled , th e motos beca me th ree-way d ices for slots two thro ug h four betw een Mark Bolten, T hye and Sha wn Huggins. T hey finish ed in th e ab ove orde r. The 250cc A cla ss led a ll classes in th e exc iting racing departmen t with th eir races with in races . Tod d Tager j umped th e gate a nd ca used a restart in mot o o ne, but bei ng chastised a t th e ga te wouldn 't be a ll of Tager's p roblem . Hi s cl u tch went away so me wh ere in th e later la ps and Tager fin ished founh. Steve Down ey, aboa rd a Hi ckman Ra cing KTi\I, did n ' t have a ny clu tch p roblem s, but he did ha ve a pro blem wh en h e la p ped hi s sponsor. J im H ickman. Well - mannered H ickman , also KTl\I-mo unt ed . mo ved over wallow Down ey 10 pass th en good -na ruredly batted Downey on th e h el met wh en he pa ssed. Tager repaired hi s clutch by the seco nd mot a a nd a lso improved on his sta rting tech ni que by taking th e h o lesho t · in th e approved manner. Downey m oved in tight a nd on th e seco nd la p wen t low in a sweepe r 10 tak e over the lea d . A determined Tager exec u ted a mid -a ir pass off th e jump in front of th e scorin g bu s a nd regai ned the lead o n th e nex t lap . Downey kept th e pressure on but Tager never faltered and took th e seco nd rnor o win fo r seco nd o vera ll behind Downey's 1-2 fin ish es. The specta tors had mor e to wat ch than th e fran tic an tics of th e leading p air ; five seco nds back and locked in th ei r own race, Distric t 22's nu mber o ne p late ho lder in th e 250cc A class. Rick Mun son, a nd number four p late holder Dan a Hun t rode wh eel -towheel fo r both mot os. At th e fin ish H unt took the nod in both mot os. J a y Ballen ger timed th e sta rting ga te for holesh ot s in bo th mot os o f th e O pen A class, but it wa s Robert Ha lstead 's T uf Raci ng Kawa saki th a t bea t everyo ne , going a wa y, to th e ch eckered fla g . Wi th Hal stead wa y out fron t, Ball en ger a nd Husqvarna rid er J eff Huddleston d iced for second and third. Huddleston, with 3-2 fin ish es, picked u p th e seco nd p lace money. Detra cti ng fro m th e holida y raci ng spirit, park manager La rry H ill sai d, "Ceda r Riv ers Sports Park will p romote its fin al race April 13. We'r e a nother vi ctim o f the p oor farm economy a nd in su ran ce ra te h ikes." Results B5 SR; 1. Shawn Hugg ins (Kaw); 2. Chad Peder so n IKaw) ; 3. Oaemyon Olsen (Kaw). 125 A & INT: 1. Bryan Hun t (Han); 2. Mark Bolten IHon ); 3. Dusly Thye (Ilaw). 250 A; 1. Steve Downey IKTM ); 2. Todd Tager IHon ); 3 . Dana Hunt IYam). OPEN: 1. Raben Halstead (Kaw); 2. Jeff Huddleston (Hu s); 3 . Ja y Ballenger (Han). SR: 1. Dav id Harve y (Yam); 2. Phillip Kirkpatrick IHus); 3. Ron Nelso n (KTM I. 65 : 1. Jerem y Ginster; 2. Erik Purdy; 3. Ja son Van La ningha m . 85 : 1. Brian Caner. 125 B: 1. Dar in Blain e (Suz); 2. Adam Garv ey IKaw); 3 . Roger Doerho ff (Han). 250 B: 1. M itch M art in IKaw); 2. David She man ski (Hon l; 3. Raben Pa lmer (Kaw) . Iwanaga wins MontereyST By Mike Vancil MONTEREY, CA . MAR . 29 Paul Iwanaga took his immaculately prepared 500cc short tra ck Honda to a first in th e 500cc Expert fin al and a seco nd in th e prestigio us Pro- Am Expert fina l in Monterey Co unty Fa irgrounds short trac k ac tio n . T he p laci ngs were not unex pect ed, for Iwan a ga (p ro no u nced E-wo -nog-a ) leads in th e H i-P o in t Spri ng seri es o f th e R&D En ter prises-pro moted even ts. In th e 500cc fina l, Iwanaga wa s grid-positioned thi rd by virtue o f h is h eat-race success and knew h e had to better Dan iel Moo re and Brad Spencer wh o had bea ten him in th e heat rac e, At th e g reen flag it was Moore into th e lead followed by Kenneth Nett o a nd Iwanaga . Wilhin a few laps th e from - runners sepa ra ted by severa l bike leng ths from th e others, Iwana/?a was a ble to barely mi ss a pile-up in turn th ree someh ow involving Ken Net to a nd Michael Gresham. Moore bobbled and Iwanaga ca p ita lized o n the slig h t m istake to tak e over th e lead. Wh atever was Moo re's pro blem didn't go aw ay for Craig J o h nson and Ra ben Da m ron were bot h able to ge t by. At th e chec kers it was Iwanaga by severa l bik elen gths o ver J ohn- son. follo wed by Damron.who had to re-pass' Moore a t th e checkers in a near photo fini sh . In th e Pro -Am Exp ert final Iwan a ga wa s the favor ite even th ough he had lost in th e hea t race 10 long-timerival Dan iel M oo re a n d h is h ot H onda . At the stan it wa s aga in ' Moore in th e lead with Nett o right beh ind on th e Ca n -Am ; Iwanaga was running third. Back in th e p ack Cra ig J ohnson went down in turn three a nd Woodrow Ro gers collided with th e ma chine a nd so me rsa u lted over th e top o f J ohnson a n d his mach in e. Wh en Rogers got to hi s feet he sna tch ed h is machine upright and prepared 10 gel back 10 th e battle that was getting a wa y. U n fort u na tely, J ohnson's left leg wa s stuck between (he shock a bsorber and rear tire on Rogers' machin e. The ra ce had 10 be stopped a n d it was man y painful minutes before tool s co u ld be brought to extra ct Crai g Johnson from Rogers' Yamaha. H e wa s ab le to walk awa y, slo wlv. In the restart, single file, Rogers was not permitted to participate beca use of h is involvem ent in the spi ll. This capped a disappointing even in g for Rogers, who had ma chine problem s in the h eat races and \'I3S elim ina ted by sp ills in both the 500cc Expert fin al a nd th e Pro-Am Expert fin al. On th e restart it wa s again Mo ore in th e Iront with Nella clos e on his rear wh eel. Coming o u t Qf turn two on th e seco nd lap after tKe restart (seven laps into (he to tal d isla nce ) Iwanaga was a ble 10 get a good d riv e so as to get under Netto in turn three and pass comi ng o u t o f turn four. Iwanaga beg- n to clos e th e gap a between himself a nd leader Moore. La ps ran o u t before h e cou ld set up ( 0 pass Moore a nd h e h ad 10 set tle for seco nd . Nett o stayed hOI a nd steady to ta ke third a hea d o f Brad Spencer . Moore's vicwry m oves him a Iiule closer 10 Iwanaga 's series POiOl lead but he still ha s a lon g way to go. Results PEE WEE (6 · 7): 1. Br ian Sgheiza (Yam); 2. Jeff Gabhart (Yam); 3 . Cunis Peebles (Yam). PEE WEE (3·5); 1. J .J . Sherrill (Yam). 60 MI NI: 1. W illiam Luker (Kaw); 2. Donald Daly (Yam). 80 M INI: 1. Will iam Luker (Kaw) . 80 M INI EX: 1. Jak e Zemke (Yam). 25 0 NOV DIV 1: 1. Kendel W . Gr ove (Yam ); 2. Anthon y Giam manco (Yam); 3. Dale Jen sen (Suzl. 25 0 NOV DIV 2: 1. Patr ick Vaechieri (Yam l; 2. Joh n Costan za (Yam); 3 . Joe Kam m (Yam ). 250 JR : 1. Dean Vincelet (Yam); 2. James Hig uera (Hen) . 250 EX: 1. Daniel MooreIHon). 500 NOV DIV 1: 1. Steve Stewart (Yam); 2. Gary Vineelet (Yaml ; 3 . Mall Soldano (Yam). 500 NOV DIV 2: 1. Jim Tucker (Yam); 2. Raben Sousa (Han); 3 . Joe Kamm (C·A). 500 NOV DIV 3 : 1. Pete Ghiglione (Ma i); 2. Patrick Vacchieri (Yam); 3 . David Fatland (Yam). 500 JR ; 1. Mark Butler (Yam); 2. Many Agl ibot (yam); 3. Danny RitChie (Yam). 500 EX; t , Paul lwanaga (Han); 2. Craig Johnson (YamI; 3. Raben Damron (KTM). 600 PRO·AM EX: 1. Dan iel Moore (Han); 2. Paul Iwanaga (Han); 3. Kenn eth Nella (C· A). Ules, Turpin smoke Rome Ranch MX By Joe Williams RO:\I E. GA . MA R. 23 One h u ndred and eig h ty riders sho wed u p a t Rom e C ycl e Ranch 's MX warmup race , toda y, among th em were factory suppon ride rs Bill y Lil es a nd Keith Turpin. In th e first 250cc A rn oto , Liles a nd Turpin went h ead to head , with Turpin pull in g th e hol eshot. Li les soon m oved up to cha lle nge in th e whoop-de-d o sect ion arid, o n the seco nd la p , L iles moved o u t front a n d began to p u ll a wa y fo r a win , followed by T ur p in, T o m my Marrin a nd Allen Ha rri son . In th e seco nd moto , it wa s Liles leadi ng th e first lap. As Li les p u lled away, Turp in fou gh t to ge t bvTommv Martin . Fi nall y on th e th ird lap. Turpi n m o ved in to sec o n d a n d

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