Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

330 -40 B: 1. Rick Roben s (Yaml ; 2. Doug W iley (Honl; 3. Bill Eckstein (Hon). _ 330-40 C: 1. Steve Baze (Honl; 2. Rusty Garrison (Kaw); 3. Deanna Holbrook (KRM). Las Vegas MX Daily demolishes SaiemAX By D ick Goodwin By Clay Light SALEM, O R, J AN. 16 Team Green's Jeff Daily demolished the competition in th e 125cc Intermediate cl ass tonight with two flawless rides during arenacross action at Salem's Jackman- Long Expo Arena. Daily carved through early traffic in both motos, putting six seconds on the competition in each outing. In th e fi rst rnoto, Mike West grabbed the holeshot, but after moving through traffic at a ' rapid clip, Dail y overtook West to claim th e win. Honda mounted West a nd Kyle Brooks blurred to the head o r th e pack in the seco nd mo to, but Brooks yielded to both Wes t and Daily. Once past West , Dail y motored away in search .o r th e ch eckered £lag. or co urse , Daily ro und th e flag first, good for a I-I demoli tio n of th e class. West took seco nd after a pair or runner-up finishes wh ile Mast's 34 postings were enough to log .th ird overall -ahead or Brooks' 5-3 and J ason Ni ch ols' 3-4. Kevin Yeager took h is secon d overall wi n in a three-race span by topping the 250cc Junior class. Yeager posted an impressi ve win in the first contest, beating Ron Stevenson, aboard a Honda thumper, and th ir d p la ce finisher R ic k Roberts. The secon d co ntest went the way or Keith DiBrino, an ATV pro; Shane Do naca took second edging Yeager, who took the overall win in th e class via consistency. Yeager's 13 pos tings were good Ior top brass while DiBri n o (4-1), Donaca (5-2), Rob erts (3-4) a nd Yamaha-mounted Todd Sieg (7-5) ro unded out the to p five overall. T wenty-seven l25cc Beg in n ers were on hand, again forcing th e class to be split into th ree groups for preliminaries. Arter qualifyin g , the stage was set for th e evening's thriller - th e A ma in. KX jockey Ri ch ard Postma to ta lly de voured th e com pe ti tio n , which came from H onda mounted Rob ert Bro ss a n d Ya m a h a rider Marlin H ansen . T he duo co u ldn ' t put th e stops to P ostm a , who went on to ta ke th e wi n . Bro ss took second with Hansen , Rom a n ' Ross a nd Jamie Borman card in g th e top five rides. Eric Rogers took th e overall win in th e l25 cc Junior class via some luck on his side an d d isma l luck Ior th e com peti tio n. Rogers took firth in th e first moto behind Chris Clark, Troy Fuller, Da n Kinion and Jeff P ayne, but won th e seco nd o utin g a fter early leader Kinion's demise. Rogers took top brass with a bizarre 5-1 tally; second went to Fuller. Results Saxton, Fitch ' victorious at . OPEN INT: 1. Scott W illiams (Hon); 2. Mi ke West (Yam); 3. Doug Eckelm an (Yaml. OPEN J R: 1. J oe Nelson (Hon); 2. Mi ke Makham (yam); 3. Jam es Ma kus (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Steve Evenson (Hon); 2. Chr is Klei n (Yam); 3. Craig Haga (Yam). . 250 INT: 1. Rod Kell er (Hon); 2. M ike Wi lliams (Hon); 3. Doug McKu hn (Kaw). 250 JR: 1. Kevin Yeager (Yaml ; 2. Keith DiBrino (Hon); 3. Shane Donaca (Honl. 250 BEG: 1. M ike Dean (Yam); 2. Travis Joh nson (Kaw); 3. Rod Comstoc k (Kaw ). 125 INT: 1. J eff Daily (Kaw); 2. M ike West (Yam); 3. Kip Mast (Kaw ). 125 JR: 1. Eric Rogers (Hon); 2. Troy Fuller (Kaw); 3. Jeff Payne (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Richard Postma (Kaw); 2. Roben Bross (Han); 3 . Ma rlin Han sen (Yam). 50JR/INT: 1. Cory Full er (Kaw); 2. Doug McKu hn (Kaw); 3. Russell Postma (Kaw ). • PIW: 1. Ricky Haycock (Yam); 2. J ason Hanson (Yam); 3:Travis Roben s (Yam). UTH: 1. Wes Hanson (Kaw); 2. Mik e Markham (Yam). 30 -40 Al B: 1. M ark Dickey (Kaw); 2. Doug Wi ley (Hon); 3. Brad M ikkelson (Suz). 30-40 C: 1. Steve Baze (Hon); 2. Rusty Garr ison (Kaw); 3. Deanna Holbrook (KTM). LAS VEGAS, NV, JAN. 10 Kin g Richard Saxton used a seco n dmoto win to ca pture th e overall crown in 125cc Interm ed ia te action at Las Vegas Interna tion al Raceway. Troy Fitch di d the same in th e Super Vets class, amb ushi ng h is co mpetition in the seco nd race a nd walking away with the big trophy in th e division. hi th e first co mb ined 125cc Pro! In termedia te race Chri s Pocin o , an In termed iate rider blasted h is Cagi va into th e early lead with Pro rid ers , Sea n Steele a nd Ken Ar nold right 011 hi s tail. H a l£way th ro u gh the rac e, Steele sudderi ly was hed out and went down. Arnold moved up quickly to challe nge Pocino and stuck to him for th e rest of the ra ce. Pocino h eld o n for th e win over Arnold , with Saxto n th ird . Ede1wei ss-spo n so red Saxto n fou nd an extra gear in hi s Yam aha in th e seco nd go- 'rou nd a nd snatched the holeshot from the h ard-cha rgi ng Pocino a nd Arnold. Saxton apparently lik ed th e view up from a nd stead ily increased his lead o ver th e Pocino! Arnold du el for second. At the checkered flag was Saxton with a big win and the overall victory in the Intermed ia te class. Pocin o wa s a solid seco nd, with Clint J o nes nailing down third. Arnold captured th e overa ll victory in th e Pro class. O ne of th e newest classes in the Las Vegas Motocross Club is th e Super Vets djvision for racers 25years-o ld and older. T od d Ku tcher, Do ug Taft an d Fi tch emerged from th e start in g line madness in rac e one to lead for the first few laps. When Taft had p roblem s it was left to Ku tch er and Fi tch to battle for th e wi n. The two battled for the rest o r the race an d a t th e finish line Kutch er edged Fitch for th e wi n , with Barr y Hill a n d J ack Down ey in third a nd fourth. Kutcher s ta bbed the h ol esh o t agai n in moto two bu t was immediat ely passed by Taft. Fitch a lso moved in q u ick ly for a pi ece o r the first- p lace right. Fit ch sh ad owed the two leaders for a co u p le o r la ps, the n blasted past th em both a t once in a wild scram ble on the " Desert Freewa y" . Once in th e lead , Fitch kicked hi s Yam aha into overdrive. Kut ch er m ad e a rush a t him la te in th e ra ce, but h is effo rt fell short as Fitch took the win a n d th e o verall vict ory. Kut ch er fi nished seco nd, followed by Hill , brother Alex H ill , Downey a n d T aft. • Res ults PIW: 1. Ran dy Finch; 2. Monte Montague; 3 . Da niel Su llivan . . JR eve 6·B: 1. Brian Sullivan. JR CYC 9- 11: 1. Russ Ander son ; 2. Greg laratiegu i; 3. J ohn Me ng. J R CYC MOD: 1. Jason Panridge; 2. Butch Ga briel. .80 STK NOV 9- 11 : 1. Russ Anderson; 2. Greg Zsrat iegu i; 3. joh n Ma ng. BO STK NOV 12-16 : 1. J ason A llen; 2. Carey Han; 3. M ike Gil ben . BO STK INT 12- 16: 1. Marlo Pain ter; 2. Patrick Follmer. MAX 80 : 1. Ryan Taylor. BO M OD 9-11 : 1. 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