Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ C'J C'J $-0 Q.) ..0 o .... u o louis Kossoth (center) dives inside of Jimmie O'Dell with Mike Mazzacane following in third at Orange County Fairgrounds Speedway. Steve Earnest grabbed the' early lead in 125cc Amateur action before Team Green's Steve Herman €aught and. passed him to take the win. Earnest took second with Michael Keating, Tim Chapin and Richard Cressman rounding out !.he lOp five. jeff Oberdorf (Suzuki) took th~ holeshQt in 250cc Amateur action with Tom Mowery, Frank·Spencer, Frank Levan and Keith Gonsalves hot on his tail. Gonsalves was on the gas and challenging for second when he misjudged a set of doubles putting . him o.ut of action for the rest of the molO. Oberdorf lOok the checkers but was docke<;l one position for not reentering the track where he had left it, giving the win to Spencer. Barry Keller came through the pack to take third, with Levan and Mowery rounding out the top five. Resuits 125 EX: 1. Terry Kuhn IKaw); 2. Barry McCarty (SUl); 3. John Ryan (Kaw). '25 AM: 1. Steve Herman (Kaw); 2. Steve Earnest (Yam); 3. Michael Keating (Yall}). 125 NOV: 1. Scott Barth (SUl);'f Charles Morris IKaw); 3. Travis Oberrender ICag). 250 EX: 1. Terry Kuhn (Kaw); 2. Bruce Gray IKaw); 3. Jeff Matlack (Yam). 250AM: 1. Frank Spencer (SUl); 2. Jeff Oberdorf ISul); 3. Barry Keller (Kaw). 250 NOV: 1. Mike Bond (Hon):·2. Dan Goroner IKew); 3. J04! Reisinger (Han). OPEN EX: 1. Bruce Gray (Kaw); 2. Gary Slra usser IKew). . • OPEN B: 1. Scott Nickerson IHon); 2. Chad Moora (Han); 3. Jeff Bond (Han). SR AM: 1. Bob Bauman (Kaw). SR EX: 1. Jeff Matlack (Yam); 2. Don Dymack (Yam). MINISR EX: 1.SteveHermanIKaw): 2. Man Bond (Han); 3. Eric' Boye, (Yam). MINI SR AM: 1. Charles Morris Jr. (Kew): 2. Gary Bower ISul); 3. Brian Bredbenner (Kaw). MINI JR; 1. Jason Prokopchak (Kaw); 2. Joey Harvey(Kew). 60: 1. Newt Swartl (Kaw). WOODSMAN: 1. Terry Mowery (Han): 2. Ch.arles Harrison (Yam): 3. Joe Deitz (KTM). Keens top Wolverine 100 HS By Kevin S. Mitchell ROSE CITY, MI, SEPT. 26 The Keen Family came out in full force for the Bent Wheels Competition Club's Wolverine 100 Hare and Hound in Rose 32 City, and when it was all over, the team of Eddie and Eldon Keen locked up the Heavyweight team racecompetition. The course, which was mostly run on the same special test course and' some of the trails used in the Michigan ISDE Qualifiers, was saturated with water from previous rain slOrms. But that didn't bother !.he Keen team as they prevailed. Alan Randt and Mike Keen teamed upon a 125ccCagiva 10 finish second overall. Other good rides were turned in by Corky Root, who topped the Super Senior class, and Brian Lohman, who won the Open class. Mike Cribb captured the 250cc class win. Old timers strut at OCSpdwy By Scott Daloisio COSTA MESA, CA, OCT. 3 It was a night filled with nos- talgia at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa Fri-· day night as the facility hosted the 3rd Annual Great Speedway Reunion. It brought back many of the greats of yestery.ear and a load of memories. In addition, Alan Christian brought back memories of last year's National Championship qiumph by winning the final Scratch main of the season. The fans got into the proceedings for the old tiJ1lers early ih' !.he program when "S\idin'" Sonny Nutter won the first Match race of the eveningover "WilcfBill Cody. The second Match race of the night matched three former lady riders - Margo King-Sandona, Pam Bennett and Bobbi Hunter. At the end of {he four lapper it was Bennett by a big margin over Hunter and King-Sandona. Dean York defeated Mark Cherry in a race that had them mounted on 40-year-old j .A.P. machines. The race that many of the fans had waited for came at intermission and it matched the two riders who captured !.he 1981 World Best Pairs Championship Bruce Penhall and Dennis Sigalos. Penhall won the first go in the special two-out-of-three event with "Siggy" coming back 10 win event two. The third race was a back and forth war that finally went to Penhall by inches at the jerry King checkered flag. . STP/CaI-Fab/VaJvoline/Bell/Advantage Boasts-sponsored Christian hasn't had his best season but he·was clearly 011 form Friday whell he swept the Scratch side of the program. Christian roared off the pole at the outstart of the main and he was chased into the first bend by Keith Chrisco, Steve Lucero and Mike Faria. Faria got by Lucero before the end of !.he first lap but that was as far as he could gel. Faria put the heat on Chrisco while the latter tried to sneak by on the inside of Christian. Faria, put heavy pressure on Chrisco and gave him a shot as they came off turn four on lap three. Both recovered with Faria waving 10 [he crowd as he rode on. When the checkered came down it was Christian the winner with Chrisco and' Faria breathing down his neck. Louis Kossuth and his N]KlLou's Service/Arai/Smith Goggles-backed Jawa swept the Handicap side of the show. Kossuth got around jimmie O'Dell and Mark Weaver in [he first bend and never looked back. O'Dell Sonny Nutter leads Bill Cody in the Old Timers match race in Costa Mesa. Nutter held off Cody for the victory. grabbed second with Scotty Brown third. . In the Old Timer main event it was the cousins N utter finishing first and second. Sonny Nutter led the event all the way over younger cousin Steve. Third spot was taken by Billy Gray, who was handicapped 30 yards, while Jan Ballard was fourth. Results SCRATCH: 1. Alan Christian (Wesf; 2. Keith Chrisco (Wes); 3. Mike Faria (Jaw). HANDICAP: 1. Louis Kossuth IJaw): 2. Jimmie O'Dell (Jaw): 3. Scotty Brown (Jaw). aT: 1. Sonny Nutter; 2. Steve Nutter; 3. Billy Gray. OT MATCH RACE 1: 1. Sonny Nuner: 2. Billy Cody. OT MATCH RACE 2: 1. Pam Bennen-Weaver; 2. Bobbi Hunter; 3. Margo King-Sandona. OT MATCH RACE 3: ,1. Dean York: 2. Mark Cherry. aT MATCH RACE 4: 1. Bruce Penhall; 2. Dennis Sigalas.. MATCH RACE: 1. Bobby Ott (Gdn): 2. Sam Ermolenka (Wes). Nelson top Pee Wee at Barona MX By John Griffin ROMONA, CA, OCT. 5 Dustin Nelson cruised to double moto wins, today, in 'the Pee Wee Stock class at Barona Oaks Motocross. Second wen't 10 jeremy Michaud followed by jeremy Biery. Nelson also claimed the win in the 60cc (0-8) class. In the first molO, Nelson fell on the first lap and had 10 work his way up fiom third. He first set after Michaud then reeled in and zapped Jarit johnson for the lead and first in the molO. Round two went much smoother for Nelson who easily led from start 10 finish ahead of johnson and Biery. In the 125cc Open payback class, Ken Gray (Honda) and Manuel Garcia (Kawasaki) battIe fiercely in bo!.h motos. In the first moto, Gray got the jump of the start with Garcia glued to his rear fender. Garcia pressured Gray in every turn but couldn't find an opening and had 10 wait for revenge in round two. But as it turned out, molO two was an exact replica of the first molO. Gray captured the holeshot and Garcia chased him down but couldn't' make the pass, Art Higgins and his Honda finished third. Results PEe weE: 1. Dustin Nelson (Yam); 2. Jeremy Michaud (Yam); 3. Jeremy Biery (Yam). 60 (O·B): 1. Dustin Nelson (Kew); 2. Andy Harring· ton IKaw). 60 (9-11): 1. Craig Decker (Kaw); 2. Justin Urata (Kakw): 3. Jeff Tilton IKaw). BO BEG: 1. Mike Jones (Yam); 2. John Ruof IKaw): 3. Clay Curo (Yam). BO NOV: 1. Ken Johnson (Yam): 2. Todd Liscombe ISul); 3. Lino Morales (SUl). ao INT: 1. Craig Decker (Yam); 2. Chris Finlay (Kaw); 3. Ethan Dickinson (Kaw). BO EX: 1. Tod Mitchell IYam). 125 BEG: 1. Leon Longaker (Han): 2. Mark Lukacs (Kaw); 3. Gary Norris (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. Lance Murray (Ho'o): 2. Chris Fonzo (Han): 3. Ken Gray (Han). . 1251NT: 1. John Griffin (Han): 2. Darren Sanford • (Kaw): 3. Tony Peirano (KTM).· 105 OPEN: 1. Doug Dugger (Han): 2. Todd Mitchall (Yam); 3. Larry Lamire (Yam). 125 OPEN: 1. Ken Gray (Han): 2. Manuel Garcia (Kaw): 3. Art Higgins (Han). Rabe dominates BaylandsMX By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, SEPT. 19 Gary Rabe rode his KTM to the overall win at tonight's BMA motocross at Baylands MX. Nearly taking top honors was Kawasaki-mounted Matt Arena, who's 3-\ performance wasn't quite good enough to unseat Rabe with a 1-2 score. In the first moLO, !.he long charge to the first corner was led by Rabe. Hot on his rear fender was Bruce Manzone (Honda) and it appeared that these two would battIe the whole six laps. Midway through the molO, Arena made it a three rider duel, and on several occasions, he nearly passed Mamone. Mamone pulled away whenever tney got to the long straightaway and Arena pulled up again in the tighter sections. Moto two found Arena asserting himself, Manzone tiring slightly and Rabe playing catEh up. The three from runners quickly pulled away from Brandon Baldwin and Alan Brunk. Try after try, Rabe couldn't get by Arena after putting Manzone into third. Both riders were on the throttle hard and made wild and wooly take-offs from all the jumps. The molO win went to Arena. The 250cc Beginner class featured some exciting races as Suzukimounted Bobby Moniz executed two come-from-behind moto wins. Action in the first moro involved Rick Alves, who grabbed [he holeshot, and Leon Frank in second. Though these two pulled away slightly hom the pack. they were not destined to finish the way !.hey were. Moniz was about fifth place but moving up rapidly. Moniz began to close on the leaders and picked them off. First he got by Fronk and then leader Alves. The second molO was another notso-perfect start for Moniz but a good one for Mike Terkelson and Frank.. Frank hung OIllO third place for the second time and ended up with a third-place overall. Moniz worked his magic 10 close and then finaJIy pass Terkelsen on [he last lap to take his second molO victory and the deci. sive overall. Results PEE WEE: 1. Terry Biel (Kaw). MINI BO BEG: 1. John Fox (Yam): 2. Gary Arm· strong (Kaw). MINI 60 JR: 1. Robert Schaeffer (Yam). MINI 801NT: 1. Jimmy Williams (SUl). MINI 80 EX: 1. Chris Neal (Yam).

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