Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

80 JR : 1. Casey Johnson (Kaw ); 2. Jason Harr ison (Kaw ); 3. Joel Swanson (Kaw). n 80 INT: 1. M ike Stanton (Kaw); 2. Danny Nelson (Kaw ). 80 BEG: 1. Keith Kroll (Han); 2. Tim Mana (Vam); 3. Gavin Haley (Han). 12 5 BEG: 1. Shawn Glidd en (Kaw ); 2. Ti m Compto n (Kaw); 3. J eff Brownley (Suzl. 125 JR : 1. Jason Jo hn son (Kaw); 2. Rick Brazil (Vamk 3 . Tim Riggs (Han). 250 BEG: 1. Rick Cox (Han); 2. Than e Gordon (Yam); 3. Jim Ramirez (Suz). 250 JR : 1. Kevin Cordua (Yam); 2. Memo Gidley (Kaw); 3. Tom Berry (Han). 500 BEG: 1. Bradley Baker (Han); 2. Ron Colombo (Han). 500 JR : 1. Mike Lapaglia (KTM ); 2. Jeff Chr istensen (Hon). VETNOV: 1. Larry Broberg (Han); 2. Drew Barney (Han); 3. Tim O'Hara (KTM). OT MSTR: 1. Don Swearing en (Han); 2. Richard Schilling (Han); 3 . Danny Davies (Suz). VET MSTR: 1. Jim Dallara (Honl ; 2. Duane Joice (Kawl; 3. Wes Broby (Han). or JR : 1. Bill Riggs (yam ). or INT: 1. B,II Arbog ast (Suz). Bassett, Rinkes claim wins at Goldbar Trials By Gary Lawver GOL DBAR , WA, OCT. 18 The seco nd half of th e Puget Sound T ria lers H all o ween Series was a suspense fi lle d , closel y fought con test. When it was over , C h uck Ba ssett a nd Duane R in kes both took home th e series top prizes in th e Advanced and Expert classes, respectively. I Rink es a g a i n dom i nated th e Expert class. LOpping hi s cl o sest co mpe tito r, rival Larry Drawhorn , by 25 poi n ts. Dra whorn a lso pl aced second in th e series. Shawn H o llen beck and Bill Th ompson tied for third with identica l score ca rds. Alan T odd didn't co m pe te intoda y's event du e to injuries. but still pl aced third in th e seri es based o n his performan ce in th e fir st round. Ba ssett o nce a g ai n won th e Advanced cla ss with a 50/ 9 sco re which .al so ga ve him th e series win. In seco nd po sition was Mike Ellin ger wi th a score o f 6217, follow ed by Steve O 'Rorke with a i i/8 score. In hi s second Int erm ed ia te cla ss ri de Do n Petrick punish ed th e field with a 39/ 9 score. Seco nd went to Casev Ramo nd whil e Bob Fries sco red third bu t too k first in th e class for th e seri es. Wi ll Flint again p laced first in th e Novice A class with a bri lliant 24/ 17 ride. H e also p laced first for the seri es. Dan Porter gave a strong showi ng for seco nd place with a 27/ I i sco re. T aking h is seco nd th ird p lace in the series was Mark Leib old wi th a score of 44/ I5. Novice B saw n ew comer S teve H al st ead o u tpo in t vet eran Gene Petrick 10 dab s to 14 dab s. J ohn T uppe r wa s th ird with a 15/ 23 score wh ic h put him third overall for th e ser ies . Mike Eri ck son a nd Ca rol Keezer h ad a tie sco re for th e da y o f 18/ 21 with Eri ckson edging Keezer o u t by o nes. The series wa s so clo se between th e two that total clea ns for both series events had to be talli ed with Eri ckson winning by a total o f tw o cleans. Results _ NOV A: 1. Will Flint; 2. Dan Porter ; 3. Mark Leibold; 4 . L Hallste d: 5. D. Halstead . NOV B: 1. Steve Halst ead; 2. Gene Petr ick; 3. John Tupper; 4. M ike Erickson ; 5. Carol Keezer. INT: 1. Don Petr iC 2. Casey Ramond ; 3. Bob k; Fri es; 4. R. Poner; 5. G. Hollenbeck. .. AOV: 1. Chuck Bassett ; 2. M ike Ellinger; 3. Steve O'Rorke; 4. B. Schwenke; 5. G. Lawve r. EX: 1. Duane Rinkes; 2. Larry Oraw hor n; 3. Shawn Holl enbeck; 4 . Bill Thomp son . AM SPTMN: 1. T. Wa dki ns. PM SPTMN : 1. E. Mea ns; 2. B. Robert son. Warton the winner at Mesa Motocross By Marcella Martin FR ITCH, TX. O CT. 25 Rick Warton , wi n ner of the 250cc B class in the last two races of the Mesa Raceway Fall Ser ies, took another victory in th e final ser ies race h ere on Sunday. Eldon Ba rker LOok the lead in the first moto. By the second lap Warton had the lead with Ba rker close behind u n til Barker's bike flipped o n a jump, and he flew over th e handlebars. Arthur Marti nez and Curt is H ayn es were close behind Warto n a nd edged 10 a new positio n as Barker was o u t fo r IhQrest o f th e ran '. Warton held th e lead th ro ughou t th e seco n d m oro with Ma r ti nez holdin g second a n d H ayn es thi rd . This victo ry ga ve Warton the ove ra ll h igh points to win th e Mesa Fall Seri es, H a ynes took second in th e series losing LO Warton by o n ly o ne point. In th e 60cc class, Billy G artm an go t the ho lesh ot with Ginn y Martin dose behind. Gartman went down halfway through lap o ne , and Martin sped ahead 10 hold th e lead throughout th e rema inder of th e mor n. Gartma n got the lead in th e second moto and Martin tried to pass at every co rner, but Gartman held on to the lead . Travis Parker ca me in third both motos. Ma rt in was h ig h point rider for th e series trophy . Results 250 A: 1. Clyde Bar ker (Yam); 2. J im Campbell (Han); 3. Bobby Paige [Suz]. 250 B: 1. Rick Wanon (Suz); 2. Arthur Ma rt inez (Kaw); 3. Curtis Haynes (Han). OPEN: 1. Jo e Medar is (Han); 2. James Metcalf (Vaml . 80 SR: 1. Dusti n M ill er (Kawl ; 2. Paul Dobbins (Vam); 3. Chri s Epps (Suz). 80 J R: 1. John Dobbin s (Vam). 60 : 1. Billy Gartman (Kaw l; 2. Ginny Manin (Kaw); 3. Travi s Parker (Hon). 50: 1. Clayton Manin (Vam). Moore sweeps Sand Springs Trials By Rich Allman SAND SPR INGS , O K. OCT. n-rs The racing wa s so close a t th e Sa nd Springs O ctober T est Trials th at no o ne rider co m p letely dominated hi s class with th e exce p tio n o f Rook ie cla ss rider Mall Moore wh o swe p t both da ys to win th e overa ll victory. Monte Bennett edged Mall Brown o u t for seco nd overa ll by a point. The Novice cia s saw Aaron Cox, Ra nd y Cox a n d Mik e Peter s lead - J ohn Patter son on Saturday . Pallerso n returned th e favor on Su nd ay with John Mizel l in close p ursuit. Aaron Cox wa s th e overa ll winner though with a first a nd a third. T he Amateur class was very co rnpetirive as Andre Laporte wheeled his Ya ma h a i n Sa turda y with a first p lace a hea d of Charles H an son a n d Tom Moore. Su nday was a different sto rv as Mark Smi th , T om Foreman , R idl Allman a nd Tom Moor e sli d in front o f Laporte. The points wer e close but Laporte wo n th e o vera ll. G abe Mizell wa s lit erall y m ugged o n Sa tu rday in the Interm edi a te class as Ronn ie Niccu m finish ed in fir st with T on y Wedgew orth, Dann y Aggurie a nd Da nn y Perry p lacing just in front o f Mizell. On Sunday Mizell pulled o u t a ll th e stops a nd sco red well enough to beat Perry a nd Ni ccum o u t for th e o vera ll. Th e Expert class saw Butch Cribber leading Mike Conover a nd Ron Lee on Saturda y. On Su n day David Black wa s fir st ahead o f Bob Du val, Conover, Ro n Leea nd a nd Cribbet, Cribber 's fir st and fifth clinched th e ove rall . The Master class was paced Saturday by Steve Fra cy who finished well a head of Chuck Sutton and Rob T oole. Fracy faded 011 Su nday j ust en o u gh to let Sutton, R ick Land a nd Kevin Du nham squea k by. Fracy sti ll clai med th e overall wi th hi s first a nd • fou rth pl ace finishes . Results RKI E: 1. Matt Moore; 2. Monte Benn ett: 3. Ma tt Brow n; 4. J im Brown . NOV: 1. Aaro n Cox; 2. John Patterson; 3. Randy Cox; 4 . M iek Peters; 5. Joh n Mizell. INT: 1. Gabe Miz ell ; 2. Ronnie Niccum ; 3. Dann y Perry; 4 . Tony Wedgewon h; 5. Dew ey Harper. EX: 1. But ch Cribbet; 2. M ike Conover; 3. Bob Duvall ; 4. Ron Lee; 5. David Black. AM : 1. An dre Lacerte. 2. Tom Moore; 3. Mark Smith; 4. Dave Seeley; 5. Rich A ll man. M STR: 1. Steve Fracy; 2. Chuck Sutt on; 3. Rob Toole; 4. Ric.k land; 5. Loy Burn ett . D r .... 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