Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

th e finish . " He doesn 't worry m e. I had a grea t race - it wa s good sailing th e wh ol e way - tro uble free. I just had fu n ." Dave Chase (H usq varn a) cro ssed th e lin e in 10th overa ll , ta king fourt h in th e 250cc cla ss. with Open class riders S teve Kirk J r. of th e Sled Riders, a nd T om Willis, close behind. " T he bike sta rte d run ning so rich I co u ld hard ly make it up most of th e h ill s," Will is sa id. " I was just paddlin g around o u t th ere!" Da rr en Pri tch ett , in h is firs t desert race in a bou t 10 m on ths, too k the che ckered flag in 13th overa ll. The "worst start o f th e day" award wen t to Charlie Barney o f th e View finders M.e., wh o overca me h is initial p roblem s to take 14th overall a nd seventh in th e Open class . " I was dead la st off th e start ," 'said Barn ey (MS Racing/D ura lu be/Perform ance Cycl e ). " T he bike jus t wou ldn't start . I kicked and kicked for ages. I wa s so last that the Novices were lin in g up by th e time I got going. Wh at a disaster !" . First Senior to take the che ckered fla g was Bill Saltzman (H usq varna) in 15th overall, with O p en clas s R ick Jones (KTM ) overalling th e Vet class in 20th o vera ll . So. Ca l. M.C.'s Tom H o lm es (KT M) took th e honors in the Vet 250cc co m pe ti tion ' in 21st overal l. " I lik ed th e co urs e, but m y rear br ak e kept fad in g o u t on me in the fir st loo p ," said Holmes at th e . fini sh . " I th ought it h ad a ir in it, but wh en I came into th e pi ts at th e end of th e loop we found th e ba ck brak e had 'm elted down . The pit crew (C harlie Morris Sr. ) said you don 't need brakes - I though t yes, yo u' re righ t - I don't need n o br ak es, so o ff I wen t. G reat race!" Jim Robinso n (Yama ha ), who fin- ished ri gh t behind Holmes to tak e seco nd in th e Vet O pen class , sai d h e enjoyed th e fast sections of th e co urse. " I li ke the fast st uff w hen yo u ca n get in top gea r and just cruise at freeway spee d ." h e said . " T h ere was a lot of tha t bu t some o f th e turns were very sh arp a nd so me g uys overshot the m - but a lter abou t four or five you wo rked o u t wha t was go in g on. " T he first Amat eu r across th e line was Kirk Hein tz in 18th overa ll, wi th fell ow O pen cl a ss Am a teu r ra cer Sh aun Devlin tu cked in behind . " I like goi ng fa st a nd th ere wa s a lot o f wide -o pen stu ff o u t ther e;" said H eintz. " I geared th e bike up for the ra ce an d I think th at 's what made th e di fferen ce. T his guy passed me o u t th ere a nd I go t him back in th e la st secti~ n, just because I had m ore to p end. "Th is guy" - Devl in - said h e didn 't realize Heintz an d h e were in th e same class. " It was dusty," sai d Devlin. "Tha t's a ll. Just dusty." The firs t Super Senior home, in 66th overall , was Curt Horst (Yama ha ). " It wa s nea t," he said . " I like w hoop-de-docs - th ey're good for you l T hey tell yo u wh o 's in sha pe too!" J oanna Bro wnell (H us ky o f Van Nu ysl AXO /Sport Track T ires/Ka lGard ) was the first wo ma n to cro ss th e li ne. " It was a good course," she said . " It had a littl e ofeveryth ing. You never did so me thi ng for long before cha nging terrai n agai n." T he fir st Novice to tak e th e ch eckere d fla g wa s Hunting ton Bea ch M.C.'s O pen class rid er Dirk Davidow (H usq va rn a) in 92nd overall. " It wa s grea t," h e said . "The first loop wa s rea lly dusty but th e seco nd loop was eas ier because everyo ne spread o u t a nd it was fa st a nd smoo th ." Th e seco n d Novice to fini sh wa s Da rren Schmid t, wh o ca me in two m inutes beh ind Da vidow to ta ke fir st in th e 250cc class, in 103rd over a ll. " I th o ught it wa s a lot o f fun , a n d 1wish th ere was a not her loop - th en I co u ld' ve ca ugh t th em all !" said a ju bilant Schm id t a t the fin ish . T he third Novice across th e lin e, a no ther two min u tes ba ck fro m Sch m id t, was 250cc rider Andy Nelso n, with th e seco nd O pen class Novice, Eric Andresen, right o n hi s tail. The fir st Novice C-bike to cross the lin e was a l 25cc Ka wasa ki pi lot ed by Dan Smith's litt le broth er , Frank. " T h e first loop was definitely a 500cc co u rse - too fa st Iorme, bu t I loved th e seco nd one." said Smi th . One o f the h appiest riders o f th e day wa s the first Super Senior hom e in the Novice cla ss. H onda rider Man fred Sch ne ide r o f th e 4 Aces sai d th e o n ly problem with winning hi s cla ss was that it cou nt ed a s a transfer ride. " I don' t wa nt to go two loo p s," he sa id a t the finish . "T h e co urse was reall y ro ugh wi th a lot of crossgrai n ed stu ff. I had a ba ll , bu t one loo p is reall y enough for m el" Amon g th e Beginners, th e ho nors went to Open rider Cha rles San ford IV (H usq va rn a) in h is seco nd desert race, wit h Jim Corning 's 250cc Husky co m ing in for seco nd o vera ll a n d first in cla ss. A spokesma n for th e Rovers, Kenn y Parry , sai d th e clu b was pl eased wi th the 534 rid ers who turned o u t for th e race. Parry sai d th e Rovers had offered a $ 100 part ici pa tio n prize to th e cl u b with th e most entries, a nd it looked a s th ough th e 100's M.e. wou ld be ta king th e money wit h 44 racers. Parry also a polo gized on beha lf o f the Rovers for lack o f rib bon in so me ~ect i o ns o f th e co urse. Parry sai d th at th e club had fini sh ed m ar kin g th e co ur se o n Thursdav, b ut tha t some of the markings had been blown do wn in ex trem ely hi gh winds o n Friday a nd Saturday. Pa rry sai d cl u b mem bers had not been a ble to co m p letel y restore th e lost m ar kin gs in time for th e race . In a n un usua l move designed to make pi tt ing safer for the riders and their pi t crews. the Ro vers im posed a 20-mph spe ed lim it on bik es in the p its. Most ri ders coopera ted wi th th e 20-mph rule a nd seem ed to su pport th e id ea of ma king th e p its a little safer. On ly one rider seemed to di sagree wi th the idea of a spee d limit for safety, a nd th e H unting ton Beach M.C. C-class entrant was d isq ual ified for bla tantl y racing thro ugh th e pit a rea. • Results OVERALL: 1. Dan Smith tHus); 2. Dale Knapp tH usl; 3 . Don Griewe (Kaw); 4 . Paul Kra use (Su. ); 5. Ted Hunnicu tt (Yam); 6. M ike M cDonald (Kaw); 7 . Kanj i Gauthier (Yam); 8 . Ken Ovian (KTM ); 9 . Brett Howell (Kow); 1D. Dave Chase (Hus); 11. Ste ve Kirk J r. (Vom); 12. Tom W illi s; 13 . Darr en Pritc hett; 14 . Charl ie Barn ev; 15. Bill Saltz man (Hus); 16. M ike Al exander ; 17 . Randy Morales (M · S); 18 . Kir k Hein tz; 19 . Shaun Devl in; 20 . Rick Jones (KTM) . OPEN EX: 1. Dan Sm it h (Hus); 2. Don Griew e (Kaw); 3. Ted Hunnicutt (Vom). 250 EX: 1. Dal e Knapp (Hus ); 2. Paul Kra use (Suz); 3. Kanj i Gau th ier (Yaml . VET OPEN EX: 1. Rick Jones (KTM ); 2. J im Robin · son (Yam); 3. J amie Davenpo rt (Hon). VET 250 EX: 1. Tom Holmes (KTM ). 81 -17 5 EX: 1. 8 rett Howell (Kaw); 2. Frank Chase. SR EX: 1. Bill Salt zma n (Hus). SS EX: 1. Cu rt Hor st (Yam). OPEN AM : 1. Kirk Heintz; 2. Shaun Devl in ; 3 . Chris Tonger son {Yam }. OPEN NOV: 1. Dirk Davidow (Hus); 2 . Eric Andresen (Han ); 3. Roger Clapp (KTM). 250 NOV: 1. Darr en Schm idt (Su.); 2. Andy Nel son (Han ); 3 . Jeff Gagnon (Suz). 80-175 NOV: 1. Frank Sm ith (Kaw). VET OPEN NOV: 1. M ike Allen. SS NOV: 1. Manfred Sch neider (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Char les Sanford IV (Hus); 2. Roy Florisn (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. J im Corn ing (Hus). 8 1-17 5 BEG: 1. Van Bogard u. (Vo m~ 2. 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