Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Women's MX National Champion Mercedes Gonzalez topped the Women's Expert race during the CRC West Coast Nationals. . Ray Boruff rode cons istent ly goo d as he also put together two first pl ace rides for the overa ll in the 125cc C class. Results JR MINI : 1. Stacy Lane (Kaw); 2. Jimmy Crane (Yam); 3. John Voakum (Yam). SR MINI: 1. Mi ke Brown (Hon); 2. Shan e Jen kins IKaw ); 3. Loren Williams (Yam). 125 C; 1. Ray Boruff (Suz); 2. Steve Ratliff (Hon); 3. Mike Litz (Hon). 125 B: 1. Mike Brown (Hon); 2. Jeff Shuler (Kaw); 3 . Owa in M ille r (Kaw). 250 C: 1. Tim Jennings (Kaw); 2. Man Murray (Hon); 3. Steve Litz (Hon). 250 B: 1. M ike Brown (Hon); 2. Larry Harr ison (Hon); 3. Chris Shortridge (Kaw ). OPEN AM : 1. Jeff Eads (Yam); 2. J erff Lafleur (Hon); 3. Randy Farris (KTM). SR; 1. Larry Harr ison (Hon); 2. Gary Keith (Hon); 3. Gary Osborne (Hon). . ENDR: 1. Randy Farris (KTM); 2. Andy Locke (KTM ); 3. M itchell Roop (Hus). 125 PRO: 1. J im Chester (Kaw) ; 2. Aaron Bollinger (Hon); 3. Gera ld Greene (Vam). 250 PRO: 1. J im Chester IKaw ); 2. Eddie Branch (Suz); 3. Garald Greene (Vam). OPEN PRO: 1. Jim Chester (Kaw ); 2. Gerald Greene (Vam). Gonzalez tops West Coast Nat'l M X By David Procida 40 SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 20 Mercedes Gonzalez took th e Women 's Expert win at th e CRC West Coast Nati onals held a t Gl en H elen OH V P ark. T he West Coa st Nationals was a new event th is year a n d co m b i n ed th e Wo m en ' s Nat ion al s, CRC Veteran Nati onal a nd the Vint age Bike National. Danny Sanchez took th e Vet Pro class titl e, and T erry Pratt took th e hon or s in the Vintage 40 class. In moto o ne of th e Women 's Expert class, Saint Racing's Shery l Fedorow led th e pack in to the first turn , o nly to hand Gonzal ez the lead when she came into the chica ne too ho t a nd stalled. T eam Gr een 's Gonzalez too k her AXO/ Scot tiMaxima/ DMC KX 125 into th e lead ahea d of T in a Clary and T am i Rice. Gonzalez ope ned up a lar ge lead wit h L i sa Pe ter son moving u p th rough the pack. Peterson closed the ga p on Rice and Rice was doi ng everything she co uld to keep Peterson behi nd her. After three lap s Peterson got around R ice and wasted no tim e in goi ng after T ara H arrison, wh o had moved tosecond, and closed in o n the sixth lap. Gonzal ez too k the checkered flag with H arrison fending off all attacks by Peterson with Rice a short distance back. Rounding out the top five was Bonnie Warch , wh o did an excellent job of holding off th e charges of Judy Sen delback. In moto two Clary came out of turn one leading Harrison , Rice, and Fedorow, while Gonzalez was back in fifth and charging hard. Fedorow was firs t to fall victim to Gonzalez an d Rice was next in lin e. Gonzal ez went by Rice in a sweepe r, but Rice q uickly repassed Gonzalez. H alf a la p lat er Gonzalez made her pass stick and within a lap wen t in to second behind Clary. H arrison stuc k . wi th Gonzalez and repassed, th en Gonzalez went down and was passed by both Rice and Peterso n. Up fro nt H arriso n had taken over first. Gonzalez was on the move, passin g Rice and Peterson to move into second. CZs dominat ed the Vintage 40+ class actio n with T erry Pratt on a 1974 CZ smo kin g the class with a pair of aces for the overa ll. Don Mitchell 's CZ claimed second and Gilles Vaillancourt claimed third overa ll. W.D. Samstag took his Greeves to fourth overa ll honors, and Jim Keeton rounded out th e top five aboard a '74 Husky. Wh en th e gate fell in mo to one of th e Vet Pro class Sanchez sho t into th e lead wi th Barry Porter and Ri ck Gr ant close behind. The onl y cha nge in th e top three position s happened wh en Porter was pa ssed by Grant. Moto two found th e same results as in moto one with Sanchez taking h ome the cash a nd G rant wi th second. Porter claimed th ird. Results WMN NOV: 1. Donell Aure (Hon); 2. Tammy Huckabone (Kaw); 3. Kathy·Jo Ehrp (Hon). WMN INT; 1. K.O. Halfhill (Kaw); 2. J illian Roth (Hon); 3. Karen Jacobson (Vam). WMN EX: 1. Mercedes Gonzalez (Kaw); 2. Tara Harrison (Kaw ); 3 . Lisa Peterson (Hon ). WMN VET: 1. Gale " M X Mom " Webb (Hon); 2. Susan W ilday (KTM); 3. Barabera Perry (Vam). VINT·30 VRS: 1. Tom Sm it h (Hon); 2. Greg Robertson (Yam); 3. Matt Hilgenberg (Bul). VINT 30+ VRS; 1. Bob Alvis (Hon); 2. Ron Aldr ich (CZ); 3. Mark Raiche (Thran). , VINT +40 VRS: 1. Terry Pratt (CZ); 2. Don M itch ell (CZ); 3. Gilles Vaillancourt (CZ). VET BEG/ JR : 1. Ron Wad e (Kaw); 2. J esse Parker ( H o n~ 3. Robert Zimmon (Hon). VET NOV: 1. M ichae l Rochest er (Hon); 2. Brad Sloan (Hon); 3. Steve Gabrielson (Yam). VET INT; 1. Bobby Hudson (Hon); 2. J ohn Adams (Hon); 3. Frank M ierau (Yam). VET EX: 1. Art Olivier (Hon); 2. Terry Davis (Hon); 3.Mark Raiche (Suz). VET PRO: 1. Danny Sanchez (Hon); 2. Rick Grant (Hon); 3. Barry ~orter (Hon). Tripes scores win at Glen Helen MX By David Procida SAN BERNARDINO, CA, SEPT. 20 Mike Tripes scored the overall victory in th e 125cc Intermediate class via a 1-2· score at round four of th e Western USA Championship Series hosted by CRC at Glen H elen OHV Park. • As the 125cc Intermediate cla ss headed' for the first turn Palmdale ' Honda's Tony Qualls ed~ed ahead of Tripes on a Pro-Circuit Honda, Chris Trickle and Yamaha pilot Mike Ch amberlain. Qualls bobbled in a corne r, allo wing th e pack to close in o n h im . Tripes was on th e gas and passed Quall s wi th Sp ike Racing's J eff Barb acovi clos ing fast o n bo th riders. T ripes pulled away from Quall s as Barbacovi closed in th en dove under arid pas t Qualls. Chamb erlain closed in o n T ric kle and passed h im to take fourt h behind Q ualls. O ut front Tripes was holding off the charges of Barbacovi, wh o had his hands fu ll with Quall s. At the checkered flag it was T ri pes wirh the wi n follo wed by Barb aco vi , T ric kle and Ch amb erl ain . In moto two Tripes pi cked up where he left off and led Wisem an and T rickle. On lap three Chamberlai n closed in on Trickle and th e two diced heavil y for a cou p le o f laps before T ric kle cou ld open up a little breathi ng roo m o n Ch amberlain . T ri pes had o pened up a 14 second lead o n Wisem an o n ly to h a ve Wisem an close it up and go by for the lead o n lap six. Trickle and Ch amberl ain closed in o n the leaders a nd stuffed Tripes th en found a fast line o n th e in sid e to p ow er by Wiseman and into th e lead. T rickl e was the first rider pa st th e checkered but Tripes had go tten by Wisem an and secure d the overall with a 1-2 to tal. Trickle's 3-1 was good eno ug h for second overa ll and Barbaco vi fin ished fifth in th e mo to for th ird overall. Results WMN: 1 . Lori Hed strom (Hon); 2 . Jul ie Putman (Hon); 3. Olivia Sholund (Yam). VET BEG: 1. Lyle Sweeter (Hon); 2. Larry Miller (kaw); 3. Ron Wade (Kaw). VET NOV: 1. Carl Shockley (Kaw ); 2. Dale Hoffer (Hon); 3. Ken Feulner (Hon). VET INT; 1. Alan Kent (Yam~ 2. Bob Alv is (Hus); 3 . Lee Amaradio (Yam ). VET EX: 1. Mark Anderson (Hon). . BOSTK BEG: 1. Aaron Wenstrup (Yam); 2. JOhn Ramsey (Kaw~ 3. Owen Dickson (Hon). BO STK NOV: 1. David Russi (Suz); 2. Kevin Shafe r (Kaw ); 3. Billy Demustey (Hon). BOSTK INT: 1. Patrick McMullen (Vam). BO MOD BEG; 1. TIm Enoch; 2. Eddie Patterson; 3 . Travis Flem ing. BO MO D NOV: 1. Edward Jay (Suz); 2. Kavika Shibuya (Suz); 3. Billy DeMastry. 125 BEG 1: 1. Tony Sulek (Kaw); 2. Jon Hughlett (yam); 3. David Camom ite (Hon). 125 NOV 1: 1. Roger Saenz (Vam); 2. Seth Boldman (Vam); 3. TIger Garcia (Hon). t 25 NOV; 1. Kenny Safford (Vam); 2. Mike Otwell (SUI); 3. Bruce Kamis (Yam) . U 1 " 125 INT: 1. Mike Tripes (Hon); 2. Chris Trickle (Hon); 3. Jeff Barbacovi (Vam). 125 PRO: 1. Sean Steele (Hon); 2. Joel Mac · Donald (Kaw). 25 0 BEG: 1. Chris Jackson (Han); 2. Jason Chapman (Hon): 3. Scot Bennett (Kaw ). 25 0 NOV: 1. Charlie Flippen (Hon); 2. Ja son McCorm ick (Hon); 3. Jack Roberts (Hon). 250 INT; 1. Todd Broussard (Vam); 2. Jim Hawkins (Hon); 3. Peter Buggie (Vam). 25 0 EX: 1. Willy Musgrave (kaw); 2. Kenny Zahrt (Hon); 3. Murray Shackelford (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Jam ie Morton (Hon); 2. Stacy Skaggs (Hon); 3. Mike Clark (Hon). 500 NOV ; 1. Tom Smit h (Hon); 2 . Bryan Richardson (Yam); 3. George Andrews (Hon). 500 (NT: 1. Jeff Hares (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Curti s Cohrs (Vam). Bloliiarz wins Coal Valley Trials By Paul Hayes COAL VAL L EY, IL , SEPT. 20 Stan Bloniarz, riding in th e Junior class, clai med th e overall win at the Tri-Ci ty sponsored trial s. H is first loop score of 13 carried him to th e win. The event was ro und nine of th e -AMA/Di strict 17 sa nc tio ne d series. Bloniarz, spo nso red by Imperial Service System s and Honda of Des Pl aines, ro de th e three loop, 10 section ra ce and posted a 47. Second place went to J im Emmersson . He carded a 54 o n a Fantic, Emmersson 's first loop score of 23 hurt hi s chance for the overall since he tallied a low 16 and 15 during the last two loops. Durk Roper rounded out the top three with a score of 64 aboard a Yamaha. The Novice class went to Randall Jones with a final score of 61. Jones dropped 29 points in the first loop, then posted an 18 and 14. His winning machine was a Yamaha. Honda-mounted John Skwatch dabbed h is way into second place with a total of 70. J oel Ripper came in two points behind to finish the day wi th a 72. Ripper was on a n SWM. Bill McCull ou gh to pped th e Enduro class. H e had 15 clea ns and ca rded a 64. H onda r ider Ri ck J ohnson had th e lowest loop score of 17, but his o ther loops were 30 a n d 24. T he Di stri ct 17 T r ial s Director Paul Hayes fin ished th ird aboard a Yam aha wit h 86 poi nts . Only two Experts showed u p ' Ito do battle. In th e end it was the Imperial Service Systems/ Ho nda of Des Plain es, bike o f Zb ign ei w J ed ynak on top. Zigi is current ly leading the District 17 po int sta ndings in th e Expert class. H e o nly lost seven marks during th e event. He cleaned 25 of th e 30 traps. Zigi had loop sco res of 2-2-3. H e ro de a . H onda . T he Coal Vall ey tr ials master Tim Flenning lost 70 points. H e hadn 't pl anned to ride but did so to make an Expert class. H e was Yamaha mounted. Results 1 EX: 1. Zbign eiw Jedynak (Hon) ; 2 . Tim Fle nning (Vam). JR: 1. Stan Blcniarz (Hon); 2. Jim Emmerson (Fan); 3. Durk Roper (Vam); 4 . Jim Ripper (SWM); 5. Fred Bills (Mon ). NOV: 1. Randall Jones (Vam); 2. John Skwarch (Hon); 3. J oel Ripper (SWM) ; 4. Nick Ross IBet). ENDR: 1. Bill McCullough (Hon); 2. Rick Johnson (Hon); 3. Paul Hayes (Vam). Hummels pummel Baylands MX By Mike Vanc il FREMONT, CA, SEPT. 18 The older and younger versions of th e Hummel Racing T eam made a somewhat rare appearance at Baylands Raceway Park and walked away with a first and second overall for th eir efforts in tonight's MX competition. In thefirst I25cc Junior class moto it was th e yo unger of the pair, T yler Hummel, aboard a Suzuki, who nabbed th e holeshot, but he faded by mid-moto to th ird pl ace. In th e second moto Hummel rod e a more inspired race and brought th e RM in for second behind doub lemoto winner Chris Stille o n his CR Honda. Hummel was able to grab second ov erall du e to ' h is 3-2 performance. Older brother Sean Hummel was a bit more forceful. He parlayed first and second in h is two motos into an overall win in th e Junior Open cla ss. The first moto saw Hummel get into an immedi at e see-saw battle with H onda-mounted T ed Pippin, and Hummel came out on top. In th e seco nd rnoto, Hummel spent too much time co nce rn ed about wh ere Pippin was and all owed a double-m oto victory to escape him . H e kept just ahead of Pippin, no t concen tra ting on an ything else, and fini sh ed seco nd to Gar y Pl aatj e, a boa rd a Yam aha. Pl aatje, who fini sh ed th ird in the firs t moto, missed ta ki ng th e o ver all from Hummel by o ne po int . Results BOBEG MINI : 1. Norman Winter (Hon); 2. Shawn Yuill (SUI) ; 3 . Jesse Bentz (Hon) ; 4 . Jimmy Molica . (Yam); 5. Alb ert Iniquez (Kaw). 80 JR MIN I: 1. Jeff Gladieux (Hon); 2. Saul SanFlippo (HOn); 3. Val Schweizer (Hon). 80 INT M INI: 1. Kenny Nolan (Kaw). . 125 BEG: 1. Chris Sechiatano (Hon); 2. Steve Boncyk (Hon); 3. Shane Wright (Hon); 4. Chris Pedrini (Hon); 5. Dan Keniso n (Han) . 125 J R: 1. Chris Sti lle (Han); 2. Tyler Hummel (Suz); 3. Dan Gatto (Suz); 4. Willie Artau (Hon). 12 5 INT: 1. Eric Puceli k (Hon). 250 BEG; 1. Mark Stepovich (Suz); 2. Sam Weber (Kaw); 3. Marty Walker (Han); 4 . Curt Winter (Hon); 5. Keith Catt aneo (KawO. . . 25 0 JR: 1. Bob Zades (Hon); 2. Scott Averill (Suz); 3 . Troy Nunes (Hon); 4 . J oh Grinde r (H on). 250 INT; 1. Dave Rogers (Hon); 2. Eric Puceli k (Hon). OPEN 8 EG; 1. John Bagot (Hon); 2. James Riande (Hus); 3. Brandon Parrish (yam); 4. Ran Azevedo (Hon); 5. Robert Jank owski (Hon). OPEN JR: 1. Sean Hummel (Kaw); 2. Gary Plaatje (Yam); 3 . Ted Pippin (Hon); 4. Paul Funard (Han); 5. Jeffrey Powell (Hon).

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