Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

the overa ll, Bob And erson was second o ff th e sta rl ing line a nd fini sh ed tha t wa y 10 fast laps la ter ; Bob Su ll iva n jeu ed hi s H onda into th ird . T he seco nd mot o saw S u lli va n move up 10 tak e serond p lace wi th Anderson raci ng' in for third. Results MSTA : 1. Ron M ill er (Han ); 2. Dennis Rosenberg IKaw); 3. Ro n Way IVam). EX: 1. AI Sm it h (Han); 2. Fred Collins (Vam); 3. A sker Larnkjaer (Sull. AM : 1. David NeaI IHon ); 2. Ed MIchetti (Hon l; 3 . Don Bourdea u (Hon). _ NOV: 1. DIck Doyl e (ATK); 2. Bob Sullivan (Han); 3. Bob Anderson (Varni. Nessel on top at Moto-Masters MX By Joel Church l\IAPLEV IE \\,. NY . AP R. 13 Ro b Nessel led both the 125cc Amateur mo tos from holeshot to the checke red flag today at the Mo to- Masters MX . Nessel ha d no tro ub le wi t h the deep sa nd wh o op-d e-docs that li ned the Maplevie w tra ck. After pu lling away fro m the res t o f the pack. Andy Rush for d settled fo r a d ista lll second overa ll. In moto n um ber two R ush fo rd charged to seco nd place after d isp lacin g th ree riders. O nce agai n Rush ford pu lled away fro m th e pa ck, bUI Nesse l was lo ng gone. Senior Expert rider Ed Down ing stole th e hol esh ot in the .first rno to, bu t Iel l bac k a n umber of p laces before movin g up again. J erry H a rr is p icked up the lead and went on to . take the wi n foll ow ed by Super Senior Ra y Go u let. Down in g followed Leon Whaley across the finish line for fourth . T he second moto saw Down ing agai n gra bbi ng the hol esh o t with H a rr is righ t o n h is tai l. H arris passed fo r th e lead a nd a battle for second sta rted when' Bru ce Stra tton cha lle nged Down ing. Downing, however , wa s able 10 ho ld h is po sition 10 th e fini sh . T he O pen Novice cla ss was co mbined w ith th e Vintage class today a nd Open Novice ride r J oe Kystra p hy led the first co u p le o f laps but had troubl e a nd la ter dropped back to six th . Vi nt a ge rid er .I o h n Spe no mov e d i nt o t h e p osi ti o n wit h G regory C oss o n a vintage Yamaha fo llo wing . In the fina l stages of th e ra~e G oss got by Speno to ta ke th e Will . Inrnot o two . Kystra ph v fin ished first in th e O pen Novice class, but settled for second o vera ll. Jeff Smith took th e overa ll Open Nov ice class wit h a pa ir o f seco nds whi le Spe no wo n the Villlage class wit h Goss in second. C hris Co le man fo llo wed Doug Flem in g th rough the firs t turn of th e 2S0cc Ex pe rt class. bu t soo n got by to open a big lea d . T he pressure was soon p ut o n Flem ing by Mall Levy. R ich a rd Sirois a nd R ich Westfal l. Levy a nd Sirois mo ved past Flemi ng as Levy dropped back to fift h. Levy d iced with Flem ing and moved up to fourth at th e finish . The seco nd time o ut sa w Colema n . hol eshot to build a co mforta ble lead. Westfall . Sirois a nd Levy moved away from th e [ield in pu rsui t of Co lema n . Siroi s took second with Westfallthrid. Results JR M INI : 1. Shane U pe (Vam ); 2. Tomm y Lake IKaw ); 3. Joh n Blake (Kawl. SR M INI NOV : 1. Jam ey Nim ey (KTM ); 2 . Char li e Bielkiewicz (Kaw); 3. Ju lie Lemo n (Ka w). SR EX: 1. Jerry Harris (Hus ); 2. Ed Downing (Han); 3. Bruc e A. Str atton (Yam I. SR AM ; 1. l eon W ha ley (Vam ); 2. Don a ld Kendzi ora IKaw); 3 . J im Dr ies IKaw). SUP SR: 1. Ray Gou let (KTM); 2. Mik e Bon dy (Yam ); 3. Carme n Riccelli (Ma i). SCHBY: t . Bru ce St ratt on (Kawl; 2. Larry Ma x· weIlIKaw); 3 . M ike Dries IKawl. OPEN NOV: r. Jeff Smit h (Kawl; 2. J oe Kystra ph y ISuz); 3: Doug las Du mas (Suz). VI NT: 1. J ohn Speno (Suz); 2. Gregory Goss (Varni; 3 . Ale x Krivsky (Suz). 125 AM : 1. Rob Nes sel (Kaw); 2. And y Rushford (Han I; 3. Thomas Pardee (Ka w ). 25 0 EX: 1. Ch ris Coleman (Kaw); 2, Richard Siro is (Han); 3. Rich Westfali lHon l. 200 NOV: 1. Robert Lynch [Suz]; 2. Ty Botsford (Kaw); 3 . Robbie Rucker (Hon). OPEN AM : 1. SCOlt Palmer (Vam ); 2. Randy Nav lor IVam ); 3 . Mark Rose (Han) . SR M INI : t , Larry Maxw ell (Kaw); 2. M ike Dr ies IKaw); 3. Raben Robicha ud (Han). OPEN EX; 1. M ike Doug her t y (KTMI ; 2. Ken Rohn (Hon); 3. J erry Harris (Husl. 250 A M : 1. M att Drake (Kaw) ; 2. Pete Rosch (Kaw) ; 3. Phil Dil mo re (Han). 125 EX: 1. Chris Coleman (Kaw); 2 . Char lie Coleman (Kaw); 3 . Richard Sirois (Han ). Hundreds invade Perris Classic Experience the thrills and excitement of the World's Top Racing Events right in your own ho,"e • •. order MotoWorid Home Videos! opener Ilt/dill tho _ ins01 W V'rginia, tho IQCI is bilocl as tho noslinIill tho W .. arlcl. Grueling tfnt and action Inlm sIart Frish (45 millS.' ) 'a r--wt.ooI By Terry Whytal • •• PER RIS . CA , AP R. 13 A record P erris Racewa y crowd of over 500 ri ders and nearly 1800 spectators enjoyed the opening race of the Yam a ha California Class ic lO-race series this week end. Wi th $100.000 wo rth of p rizes and conti ngencies from Yama ha. Malco lm Smith Cycles, La H ab ra Yamaha. Orange County Cycl e, Sun wes t Cycles. Answer P rod u cts, Si lkolene, Malcolm Smith P roducts. P i relli , Tsuba ki , SCOll USA. White Power Acerbis, Bell , a nd many o thers u p fa ; grabs . the co mpetit io n was fierce. Top money ea rner was Ya maha p ilot R u ss Wagem an who bested both th e 250cc Pro a n d O pe n Pro classes despite the effo rts of Na tional ca liber rid ers like Ya maha riders Mik e Beier Doug Dubach , Mike Bak er a nd Scot; Mann ing, as well as KTM - mounted T odd Campbell a nd H o n da pilots Bri an Manley and J ohn Ra y. Wageman reac hed th e ch eckers first in both O pen Pro rnotos, while Ba ker a n d Ra y ba ttl ed for the number two slot. Ra y placed best in round two 10 earn th e number tw o sh are of th e cas h , as Ba ker had to settle for th ird . The 250cc Pro win was a bit tougher for Wageman, as Duba ch wo n th e second moto in a spectac u la r co me from behi nd di sp lay o f riding fearlessness. Wagem an 's 1-2 score was good for th e overa ll, h owever , as Du bach p laced sixth in round one a nd finished th e day third behind Bei er, who rode a co nsisten t yet conserva tive race com ing off a recent knee su rgery. Man ning pi cked up th e fourth-p lac e cas h . a s Manley ro u nded ou t th e top five. Aus tra lian supe rs tar J eff Leisk co n ti n ues to awe th e sta teside crowds with h is lightn in g fast riding style w hich h e used to good adva ntage th is week to p ick up th e 125cc Pro class wi n. Leisk pus hed his H onda to th e . front in both m ot os an d h eld · off de ter m ined charges by Dubach an d Ka w a sak i rider J eff Ma tia sevi ch . Dubach earned th e runner-up honors with Mat iasevich pl acing third a hea d o f Yamaha-m ounted Do ug O 'D onnell. FtoI tho glOUlld lNnI&It as two-w!IotIltICIfS dIaIongo tho InIacI1erous CtOSS-

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