Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Flsller ties at ~ Clark Co. ST z ~ ~ ;1i > '" ~ :I: Q. 00 00 0') ....... Ken Ratzlaff scored wins in the Old TImers Master class at the Perris Raceway Grand Prix and at the Glen Helen MX. 30 ley -Davidson and n ev er lo o ked back. Speedy Kell became an instant hit with fans wi th th e righ t n ame a nd a sec o n d p lace fin ish, 'a n d Kirk Stro ng, w ho h ad been runn i n g stro ng in th e first portion of the fea tu re race, had to sett le for th ird ahead of Boody and Aa ro n Hill. Rob Damron, Distri ct 36's number o ne Pro rider, put in a n excelle nt co me- from -be h in d effo rt to take si xth. Mark Corsetti had m ore th an h is fa ir share of problem s just ge tting into th e feature race, but held o n for .seventh a t the flag aboard th e H og Wash/ Sh oei/Corsett i Racing WoodRo ta x, The largest group of riders came in the form of th e 251-6OOcc Amateur division. which offered a ll so rts of stra nge bikes, rider classif ications and age groups. . j eff Elgersma, Steve Eklund 's nephew , won the first of th e divisi on 's four sem is, hut took a n unceremonious dumping in the main event. jaime Aguilar topped the second sem i on Aaron Hill's Harley-Davidson , Dan Espinosa won th e third semi. a nd AI Alvernaz topped th e fourth sem i aft er a classic battle with h is brother, Elmiro. Espinosa, riding Randy Miller 's Honda, powered to victory in th e main event. H e was chased home by former California State TT Champ ion, Dav e Bostrom, who won th at ti tle back in 1968. The Alvernaz boys were all smi les after claimin g th ird a nd fourth spots, but this time it was Elmiro who fin ish ed in front, Aguilar took fifth on th e Ma cedo Construction special. Scott Creager took th e fin al trophy spot, finishing ahead o f Bill G onzales, Bob Cunnington and ATKm ounted jim O 'Conner. Former mini whiz kid Ant Mitche ll took the checkers in th e 250cc main event wi th so me fan cy da shing around a tenth-mile oval th at was gettin g pretty rough. Second went to Yamaha rider Albert Biscaglio and Honda-m ounted jimmy H iguera fini shed third. Bill Ripley rode th e vintage Hap jones/Shoei/Service Specialist Bultaco to fifth , finishing behind fourth place. Paul Polhemus, who had to produce some video foo tage to prove he made the main event. Another sh arp vintage bike in th e feature race wa s Rod Lake's Honda 250, which Frank Nye worked on all ni ght to get ready for the heat race. Lake won h is heat a nd made the main but finished a disappointing 10th after taking a soil sample. j ak e Zemk e came into tonight's a ction with two Nati onal rmrn ch ampionships under hi s belt, but th e soon -to-be 12-year-old di al ed himself o u t of th e main after a fin e heat race performance. " I sort of ch anged too many things arou n d fo r th e m ain a nd screwed the kid up, but he rode well ." said j ak e's dad. Pa u l. Results PRO·AM: 1. John Wincewicz. (H·D ): 2. Speedy Kell (H·D ): 3. Kirk Strong (Han): 4. Ted Boody (Han): 5. Aaron Hill (H ·D~ PIW: 1.JuniorAtvernaz (Y );2. Craig Gonza les am (Yam ); 3. Tony Souza (Yam). • 60 : 1. John Murphret (Kawt. 2. J eff Gabhart (Kaw ); 3. Helder Alvernaz (Kaw) . 80: 1. Ta

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