Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

VETS: 1. Scan Eichel bau gh: 2. Georg e Cooper. 125 NOV I J R: 1. Mervin Dun ham . 250 NOV: 1. Paul Polhemus: 2. Bert VOla. 250 J R: 1. Bryan Berger: 2. Todd Bridges. 250 EX; 1. Ken Nella: 2. Jon Eiche lba ugh. 500 NOV: 1. Robert Sousa : 2. Norman Storr. 500 J R: 1. Scan Eichelbaugh ; 2. M . Cameron ; 3. Mark Butler. 500 EX: 1. Mike M cDonnell ; 2. Ken Nett o; 3. Dan Mc Donnell . PRO-A M: 1. Mike Gresh am; 2. Dan McDonell ; 3. Bobby M cDowell. Furuya scores at Sarona Oaks MX By Debbie Higgins RAM ONA, CA, AP R. 6 As the mornin g 's threat of rain became a reality, th e usu al perfectly groomed Ba ro na Oaks track beca m e a bed of slippery substance. T he morning turned into a challenge to co m ba t th e slime on th e track as well as one 's co m pe ti tors. With th e poor weather , th e classes were smaller th an normal for th e California Min i Motorcycl e Clu b (C MMC) MX. The l 25cc Open class fou nd JT Racin g/ T on y Smi th Racing-sp unso red Steve Furuya wi th th e h olesh ot, but close ly followed by J im Cha mberla in. Fu ruya 's fine ly tu ned Yamaha was just too m uc h for Cha mber lai n and his \98\ Suzu ki and h e wa s never quite abl e to p u ll o ff th e p a ss. Through the th ick mud a nd ra in , Kawasak i West 's Ma tt Shu msky a nd Ar t H iggins, o n th e Team H onda/ Honda of Poway Honda , ba tt led for the th ird spot. H igg ins captu red the position a t th e checkered flag. Mot a two agai n saw Fu ruya pull th e h ol esh ot , wi th C ham be rlai n threateni ng. In the first lap, Cha mberla in went for th e pass, but didn't quite m ak e it a s he dro p ped the bike to th e ground in hi s attempt. H e regain ed h is composure quickly and retain ed seco nd. H ig gins again took the th ird posi tio n. The overa ll wi n went to Furuya , with C hamberlain second, and H igg in s third. There wa s p lenty of acti on in the 80cc Begin n er cla ss as th e mud gave these riders m any prob lems. Mo ta one's ho lesh ot went to R yan G usti ne wh o fro m th e fa ll of th e ga te to' rhe checkered flag found h im self O UI in front. Kris Kin zman , Jonas Dunn , T ro y Meyer a n d Ch ris T ownsen ba ttl ed th ro ug ho u t th e rnoto, At the wh it e flag , it a p peared th a t th e positions were set with Dun n in seco nd and Kinzma n in third . Bu t just in front of the sco ring tow er Kirtz man gave wa y to th e m ud hol e a nd gave away h is th ird spot to T ownsen. Mo to two 's competition saw G usti ne wi n again with Du n n seco nd and Meyer thi rd . G ustine , of course, took th e overa ll wi n, with seco n d going to Dunn and third to Meyer. THERE IS NO ROSEBOWL .--... . SUPERCROSS THIS SUMMER < 0.. THE ONLY L.A. SUPERCROSS ISJUNE 7, L.A. COLISEUM Don't Be Misled By Imitations ..The Factory Supercross Teams will be at the L.A Coliseum, June 7. Honda - Yamaha - Suzuki - Kawasaki team racing have NO OTHER So. CA races before the L.A Coliseum event. • No other event will feature Rick Johnson, Broc .Glover, O'Show, David Bailey, Wardy and 100 other Supercross Pros. • The Only 1986 L.A. AMA/lnsport Pro Supercross is June 7, L.A Coliseum. No Rosebowl or fall L.A. Supercross this year! • Coliseum tickets are the same price as last year and now on sale at TICKETRON. June 7 features A Danny "Magoo" Chandler Benefit- Special Intermission activity with a $25,000 benefit goal for Magoo. Results PEE WEE STK: 1. Dust in Nelson (Yam); 2. Ja rr rt Johnson (Yam); 3. J erem y Biery (Yam). PEEWEE MOD : 1. Jarrrt Jo hnson (Yam); 2. Chr is Whee ler (Yam); 3. Je remy M ichaud (Kaw) . J R STK (o-B): 1. Dust in Nelson (Kaw l; 2. Chr is Wheeler (Kaw) ; 3. Spencer Hite (Kaw). JR M OD (0- 8): 1. Spencer Hrte (Kaw l; 2. Chr is Wheeler (Kew). JR STK (9- 11): 1. Creig Decker (Kaw); 2. Carl Brown (Kaw); 3. Mark Birkenbach (Hon -Kawl. JR MO D (9·1 1): t . Car l Brown (Kaw) ; 2. Cra ig Decker (Kaw) . 80 NOV STK (9·11 ): 1. Stelle Sillle rt horn (Suz); 2. Tim Park er (Kaw) . 80 INT STK (9-11 I: 1. Jimmie Joh nson (Suz); 2. Denn is Dahlin (Kaw); 3. Craig Decker (Kaw) . 80 INT MOD (9· 11I: 1. Denn is Dahli n (Kawl; 2. Ji mm ie J ohn son tSuz). BOBEG (12+): 1. Ryan Gustin e (Vaml: 2. Josh ua Dunn (ya ml; 3. Troy M eyer (Yam). BO NOV STK (12+): 1. J immy We itzel (Vam); 2. Wyell 80yd ISuz): 3. Greg Taylor (Su z). BONOV MOD (12 +1: 1. J im my W eitzel (Vaml; 2. Kelly Weitzel (Yam). BOINT STK 112+): 1. David Barr en (KTMI : 2. M ike Bomenka (Yam ); 3. Cha d Gustin e (Yam) . BO INT MOD 112+): 1. Et han Dicki nson (Kaw); 2. Chad Gustin e (Yam); 3. Kory Byers IKaw ). 105 OPEN: 1. Ethan Dickinson (Kawl; 2. M ike Bomenka (Vam); 3. Todd M rtchell (Yaml . 125 BEG: 1. M ike Diff enbeugh (Yaml ; 2. Geoff Wa lters (Suz); 3. scan O·Neal. 125 NOV STK; 1. Zael Bell (Han); 2. M anuel Gar· cia (Kaw); 3. Jeff Taylor (Han). 125 NOV M OD: 1. 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