Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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M O 64015 • (8 16 ) 2 29-2222/(8 16) 229-0400 (714)631 -1770 " W E B -CAM 40 OVERAll: 1. Kelly Getl (C - A~ OVERAll B: 1. Scon Leverton (C-A) . OVERAll MIN I: t . Oavid Bergquist (Kaw). 200 A : 1. Mike Munther (e -A); 2. Tim Crimmins (Kaw); 3. Can Fargen (Kaw) . 250 A ; 1. Harvey Wh ipple (C-A ): 2. Cave Edsel (KTM); 3. Erik Shafer (Hus). OPEN A : 1. Ron Whipple (Vam); 2. Marl< McCtim · m ins (Kaw) ; 2. Mike Ellis (C· A ). . SR; 1. Ron Gormey (C-A I; 2 . Paul Fisher(Vam ~ 3. Ron George (Kaw) . 200 B: 1. Robert M itchell (Kaw) ; 2. Kent Bush (C-A); 2. Rusty Mills (C·A). OPEN B: 1. John Kabohn (Hon); 2 . Greg Guthrie (Hon); 3. Dave Shriver (Hus). MINI: 1. Chr is George (Kaw); 2. Tom Sharp (Vam); 3 . Tod Ouffy (Hon). PALMDAL E, CA, APR. 13 Info: 519/ 966-6035 . Ask For Bruce Ii ~ Results By Terry Rezek 5 minute. from Detroit D••le r Inq uiries Invited ii: zahrtwins CRC MX 3303 Walker Road Windsor, Ontario N8W 3R9 Z o 80, didn 't ex h ibit an y signs of fatigue a fter his -IS-m inute sriru on th e co urse. Bergquist gra bbed th e lead with a holeshot from th e dead -en gine start, a nd after a brief fir st-l ap bar-banging wi th Chris George and T om Sh~rp mo ved o u t fro m a nd a co m ma nd mg lead a t th e end of th e race. PERFORMANCE CAMSHAFTS Send $3 for complete catalog 1663 Superior Ave . Costa Mesa. CA 92627 effo rts J ones was nam ed the WD VE FM rider of th e wee k. J ohn McC onn ell conti nued 10 screa m h is 12Scc Yamaha 10 the Senior class win . T he part-l im e Pr o rider beat th e big bikes o f Bob H olderba u m a nd Ma rk H a m il to n for h is fifth win in a row. McConnell a lso showed up o n th e ga le for the Open A cla ss. but h e wa s no ma tch for Ri ck y Cl em en ce. Th e H onda of Irw in sponsored Cl emen ce is ra pidly beco m ing o ne o f the h ottest Expe rts arou nd . H e followed th e a lwavs-Ias t Dicki e Bel lora 10 th e check~rs in m oto one. but o verca me th e Kaw asaki rid er halfway through the seco nd heal for th e win . Jim Queen, J im Kevitch , a nd McC onnell pl aced 3-4-S in th e o vera ll results. J ohn Bogovich made hi s Suzu ki debut in th e Supe r Minis o n Su nday, racing hi s brand new RM 80 10 th e win in front o f Tim McDonald a nd Da vev Yezek . McD onald a nd Yezek participat ed in o ther Min i classes. McD onald fini sh ed beh ind Dani el Blackha m in Min i H - IS action wit h Dave l\IcD ea vill , Bill Bag well a nd Bria n O'Shel l rou ndi ng out the top five. Yezek stormed 10 yet another Min i 7-11 class win . Ben Fra lev and Zyz Bro wn ga the red top three tro p hies. Results OPEN A : 1. Richard Cle me nce IHanl; 2. Richa rd Bell or a (Kaw) : 3. Jam es Quee n (Han) . 250 A : 1. M ichae l Jon es (Kaw) : 2. Tom A IWOr1 h (Hon); 3. Richard Clemence (Hon) . 125 A: 1. M ichael Jones (Kaw); 2. Bob Petr ick (Hon); 3. Bren Salander (Kaw) . OPEN B: 1. James Toth (Vam): 2 . Ji m Stok es IKawl; 3. Steve Kahle (Hon). 250 B: 1. FredTurjan (Sul ): 2. Eric Ren ig (Vaml; 3 . Norman Bis h (Hon). ... 125 B: 1. Stephen Crowe ISul); 2 . John MeDea vitt (Kaw); 3. Thomas Mcilwain (Hon), OPEN C: 1. DannyAlbrig ht (Honl; 2. Tom Crayton (Vam); 3. Regis Kl inc hock (Hon). 250 C: 'l . Tim Price (Hen); 2. Kev in Stewart (Kaw) ; 3. William Allison (Yam ). 125 C DIV 1: 1. Edward McKee (Hon); 2. Mike Hardy (Kaw) ; 3. Mark Stout (Kew). . 125 C DIV 2 : t , Jay Malott (Hon) ; 2. Bryan Wit · chey (Kaw); 3. Larry Klei n (Vam). SR: 1. John McConnell (Yam);-2 . Robert Hold er baum (Hen) : 3 . Mark Hamilton (Hon ). SUP MINI: 1. John Bogovich (Suz); 2 . Timoth y McOonald ISull; 3. Davey Vezek IKaw). 85 14 ·15: 1. Oaniel Blackha m (Sull; 2. Timothy McOona&d (Su z); 3. Dav id M cD eavitt (Kawl. B5 12 ·13: 1. Eric Ar let (Hon) : 2. Tim Boca IKaw): 3 . Ron Cancilla (Kaw) . B5 7-11 : 1. David Velek IKaw) ; 2 . Ben Fraley ISUl); 3. Zyz Braun (Kaw) . 65 : 1. Jason Alworth (Kaw) ; 2. Steve Loveda y (Kaw) ; 3. Brandon Ross (Kaw). Getz bags Bike BarnHS By Merle A cord l\IORRISO N , IL, AP R. 13 Kell y C etz won hi s seco nd overa ll troph y in as many weeks a nd contin ued hi s dominance over District 17 hare scra m bles. Riding a Bike Barn 2S0cc Ca n -Am th rou gh 16 laps a t th e second o~ a • fou r race series sponsored by th e Bike Barn Cycle Shop, Kell y beat Mik e . Munther , mounted on a 200cc Bike Barn Can- Am, by two and half minut es and third overall T im Crimmons. 200 KDX , by three minutes, Cetz fir ed up qui ckl y from th e dea d engine sta n, a nd wh en th e A riders mad e th e sweep o f a ru tted co rn fiel d, C etz was leading th e pa ck with La rry Bergquist a nd J eff Steven son n ip ping a t hi s rea r fender. Getz ca me thro ug h the barrel s a t th e end o f th e first loop with a 30-secon d lead a nd the end resu lt was never in do u bt. " I prefer not to ride ou t front in th e ear ly la p s," sai d Ge tz, " I have to keep rell ing m yself 10 get goi ng. It 's hard 10 j udge speed; yo u think yo u 're wo rk ing hard a n d go ing Iast unt il someone pulls up beside yo u and then you rea li ze you were n' t ma ki ng a ma ximu m effort." l\Iu nther m ade a maxi m um effor t. H e was in the top 10after the firs t lap of the two a nd half-m ile track, spe nding rh e firs t hour o f th e tw o-h our eve n t d icin g with Kaw asaki riders Ti m C ri m mons, Bergqui st a nd Dan Fa rgen "T he co urse was all off-cam ber tighl tra il, d r y d itches wi thou t a ny long stra ig h t a ways, It wa s a good co u rse for a 200," sai d Munth er, " A 101 o f technical sluff. " Th e Whipple broth ers Ron and Harvey lik ed the lechnical stuff. Ron won th e O pen A class ah ead of Mark McC rimm on with 14 laps a nd Harvev turned in th e same num ber for hi s cl;;ss win in th e 2S0cc A. Sco t! Leven on iu rned in 13 laps for o vera ll B h ono rs. ;\Iini o vera ll wi n ne r Dav id Bergq u iSl. ridi ng a Tuf Racin g Kawasak i h e didn 't get hi s usu al spectacu lar sta rts, he wa s still abl e to co me back for th e wins. In m oto o ne, Open Pro T im H anna (Shoeil A X O I AM E/FMF) wa s first o ff the lin e; Zahrt last. But Z ahrt moved im med iat el y 10 seco nd a nd m oments la ter was back in a di stant fi fth . H anna was keeping hi s Kawasa ki in th e lead of th e O pen class and the races. It took Zahrt five laps 10 gel h is Ya maha up 10 seco nd and lWO more to pu ll even wi th H anna . J eff Reyn olds had h is O pen H onda in Zahrt's wak e and wa s right behi nd when Zahn lea p ed pa st H anna in th e do uble j umps . Zah r t went o n 10 win th e mala by five seco nds . Reyn olds gal by H anna for seco n d in th e moto a n d first in th e Open class. Tom H olt (AXO / Velll ura Kaw asa ki) gal th e hol esh ot in mot o o ne of th e 12Scc P ros. Mike Kell (O' Nea ll Scou/Cravdon ) wa s right o n him a nd took th e lead at th e beginning of lap tw o . On!' half lap later. Kell's Honda tri pped in so me deep sand and he went down . taking H olt with him . Kell's bike would not restart a nd was O U I for th e m o to , while Hall wa s up in la st place. J eff Stanford (BeI-Ray/ Fo x/ Oa kley) was right behind th em but avo ided th e pile-up a n d took th e lea d. Once th ere, he sho t hi s S uzu ki right to th e fini sh a nd th e moto o ne win with anothe r Suzuki rider , Shaw n Wynne seco n d. Za hrt cou ld n't goose h is Yamaha o ff th e lin e qui te as fast as h is o ld bike, bu t o nce movi ng. he swep t arou nd th e outside to tak e a n im me d ia te lead in mot o two. Reyn olds was behi nd him a t th e to p o f th e Open class. By th e second lap. Zahrt had a five-seco nd lead a nd was pull in g away fro seco nd run ni ng J oe H o pkins. Reyn olds had a good lead over Hanna i n th e O pen class a nd went o n for th e ov rea ll O pen Pro win w ith Hanna laking second. Abo ut mid-race, Zah rt let Reyn olds pa st , then p assed him back a n d repeal ed th e maneuver. Wh ile Za h rt was teasing Reyn olds, Hopkins sli pped past 10 lak e the 2S0cc P ro lead. It was n ' I clear wh ether Zahrt m iscounted th e laps or kn ew that H opkins. wh o fini shed third in m oto one. was not a problem. fn a ny evelll, he didn 't lr y 10 pass him a nd fin ish ed mota two as seco nd 250. He .still got th e o vera ll win and Hopkin s got seco nd. Wynne got lh e drop o n lh e 12Scc Pros when m ol Otwo Sla ted . H e maintained lhe lead fo r tw o laps, th en Sta n fo rd gra nd ly swooped to th e lead a ro und big turn . Kell wa s main -

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