Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Joe Wadding.ton (58) won the 125cc Pro class while mixing it up with 250cc Pro wmner Grayson Hart at Perris Raceway. Chrls Trickle pulled off a triple win at Las Vegas Motocross Park by toppmg the 125, 250 and 500cc Intermediate classes. on to win the ' Heavyweight Supersport class over Rick Shaw and Mark Chin . Jacks also won th e Middleweight G P event and finished fourth in the SIOOO Shoot-Out. Paul Bray took top honors in the Unlimited Supersport class over Ri ck Shaw and . Gainesville rider Bill Beesch. Miami rider Mark Chin rod e hi s Yam aha FZ750 to first in th e H eavyweight Superbike race over Suzuki-mounted . J ohn Choate, and Danny Roberts of , Palm Beach Suzuki. In Unlimited GP action, Rick Sh aw crashed hard in turn five on th e first lap of th e feature but su ffered only minor damage to his body th e bike was not so lucky. Scott Cantrell went on 10 take the check ered flag followed by Suzuki pilots Ri ck H erndon, and Robert Caraway, Rick came back to win the $1000 ShootOut over Ca nt rell, Pa u l Dray and Do n a ld J a cks. Ru ssell suffered minor damage when he went off the trac k on th e first la p. Shaw went home wi th the trac k record and firs t p lace in th e shoot-out. Results 32 GTO 50 · M ILER: 1. Scon Russell (Suz); 2. Rick Shaw (Yam); 3. Scan Cantre ll (Suz), GTU 50 -MILER: 1. Don Jec ks (Han); 2, Scan Russell (Suz); 3, Newton HOS1on (Han), LW GP EX: 1. Greg Esser (Hon); 2 , Bill Kranen berg (Suz); 3. John France (Han), LW GP NOV: 1. Joe Cole (Han); 2. Ben Stowe rs (Yam); 3. Chuck Menone (Yam), HW S/SPRT EX; 1. Dona ld Jacks (Suz); 2 , Rick Shaw (Suz); 3. M ark Chin (Yam). HW S/SPRT NOV: 1. Nathan Donahew (Yem)' 2. J ohn Cox (Yam); 3. Jim Niebrzydows ki (Suz). • M W S/SPRT EX: 1. Scon Russell (Suz); 2. Glenn Carlson (Han); 3. John Choat e (Han), MW S/ SPRT NOV: 1. David Kamps(Hon); 2. Mike Barnes (Hont 3. Igor Del Haya (Han). U/L S/SPRT EX: 1. Paul Bray (Suz); 2. Rick Shaw (Suz); 3 . Bill Beesch (Suz). U /L S/ SPRT NOV: 1. Ted Dake (Suz); 2. Jim Nlebrzydowski (Suz); 3. Russ Collins (Suz), ' HW S/BK EX: 1. Mark Chin (Yamt 2. John Choate (Suz); 3 . Danny Robert s (SUz), HW S/BK NOV: 1. Dyle Sprad lin (Suz); 2 , carl Harms (Suz); 3 , Rob Bowerman (Suz), MW S/BK EX: 1. Don Jacks (Han); 2. Newton HOS1on (Han); 3 , Glenn Carls on (Han), MW S/ BK NOV: 1. David Kamps (Han); 2. M,ke Barn es (Han); 3 , Tod Ronan (Yam), LW S/ BK COM B EX: 1. Bill Kronenberg (Suz)' 2. Jeff Burck (Suz); 3 , Ji m Ronan (Yam), • LW S/BK COM B NOV: 1, Jack Akarja lian (Yam); 2. Chuck M ennon e (Yam); 3 , Marcus Day (Kaw) , U/L GP EX: 1. Scan Cantrell (Suz); 2 , Rick Herndon (Suz); 3. Raben Carraway (Suzl . U/L GP NOV: 1. John Costa (Suz); 2, Ted Dake (Suz); 3. Clark Harrms (Suz), LWVINT EX: 1, J im Reed (Yam); 2, Todd Henn ing (Yam), LW VI NT NOV: 1. Mike Moscoso (Yam): 2. Paul Souc ie (Pen). HW VINT NOV: 1. Jon Sta uffer (Han); 2. Allen Burn ey (BM W); 3 , J erry Story (Han), , SITW EX: 1. Randy Kirnec (H·D); 2, Dennis Lie brecht (Due); 3 . Pet er Nor ling (Due). SITW NOV: 1. Ma rcos Day (Kaw ); 2. Dana Phelps (Due); 3. M ike Belisl e (Due), MW GP EX: 1. Don J acks (Han); 2. Newton Heston (Han); 3 . Greg Esser (Han), MW GP NOV: 1, David Kamps (Han); 2, Mike Bar nes (Han); 3 . Igor Del Haya (Han), $1DOD SHOOT· OUT: 1. Rick Shaw ' 2. Scott Cantre ll; 3. Paul Bray. • Trickle triples las Vegas MX '.By Dick Goodwin LAS VEGAS , NV, MAR . 13 Chris Trickle competed in th e 125, 250 and ~OOcc Intermediat e divisions and won them all at the La s Vegas M.oto~oss Park. Trickle did it by wmnmg every moto he entered. Trickle did, however , have 10 survive a wild second 125cc Interrne- . diate moto dogfight with Derek Titus and T.L. Taylor. In the Open Intermediate cla ss Kevin Bartlett came closest and 250cc Intermediate King Richard Saxton let him know he was there in that class. Nevertheless, the Honda of Las Vegas hotshoe overcame all obstacles as he ran perfect for the day. The half-liter holocaust began with a Trickle triumph as he holeshot the entire field, including the. pros. Brad Simcox was close behind, followed by Pro rider Scott Underwood . Sax IOn suffered first lap proble ms and dro p ped from conte n tio n ear ly. Las Vegas Suzuki 's T it us ; Trickle 's tormen tor in I25cc action, was clos ing fast unt il h is bike seized durin g lap two, a nd Trickle breezed to the win. In r~ce two Trickle holesho t again, bu t Sim cox passed him in the first turn. Trickle quickly repassed, then Underwood blew by on the Desert Freeway during lap three. Trickle, racing.his .sixth tough moto of the day , might have been sucking a little wind by th is time as he let the streaking Underwood fly and concentrated on holding on to a solid second. .Sax ton was having none of this, however, and throughout th e rest of the race he crept closer and closer to the speeding Honda of Trickle's. By the end of the race, Saxton.was banging at th e back door, but Tnckle hung on for th e win, his Sixth of the da y. Results P/W; 1. Randy Finc h Jr. (Yam ); 2. Marcus Montague (Ya~); 3. Derek Br undage (Yam); 4 . Jesse James WIlliams (yam); 5 . Monte Montague (Yam), . J R CYC STK (6 ·8): 1, Randy Finch Jr , (Kaw ), J R CYC M OD OPEN: 1. J ohn Meng, BO STK NOV (12-1 6): 1. Mike Gilben (Yam); 2. San,tone DeCal (Han); 3 , Frankie Villegas (Han); 4, Eddie Holl and (Suz), 80 OPEN (9· 11): 1, Gr eg Yearsley (Kaw); 2. J ohn M eng (Yam); 3 . Jas on Panridge (Kaw) ; 4 , Steven Howe (Kaw ); 5. Mike Laskow itz (Kaw), .aD MOD OPEN: 1. Damon Huffman (Suz); 2, M ike GI lbert (Yam); 3 . Eddie Holland (Suz); 4 , Frankie VIll egas (Han ); 5, Ryan Taylor (Kaw) , 125 NOV B: 1, Ja son St ephen s (Han); 2. Jason A ll en (Han); 3 , Jo hn Berr est (Yam); 4, Richard Silva (Han); 5. Rick M cKee (Han), 125 NOV A : 1. Br ian Lane (Han); 2 , Jeff M or phy (Han); 3 . Ryan Taylor (Kaw); 4. Gr eg Hodge s (Han), 125 INT: 1. Ch ri S Trickle (Han); 2, Ko Richard ng Saxto n (Yam); 3, Der ek Tit us (Soz). 12 5 PRO: 1, T,L. Tayl or (Kaw), 2SO NOV: 1, Kevin Cherry (Han ); 2. Joe Wa rn ick (Yam); 3, Denny Dotson (Han); 4 . Bobby Hunt (Yam); 5 . Bnan Storment (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Chr is Trickl e (Han ); 2, King Richard Saxton (Yam); 3, Al ex Hill (Han); 4, Brad Simcox (Han); 5 , Kevin Bart lett (Kaw) , 2SO PRO: 1. Scan Underwood (Suz), 500 NOV : 1. David Dun (Han); 2, Manin A nsorg e (Han); 3, Lar ry W ill iam s (Han); 4, Rob Judd (Han); 5. Scon Bru ndage (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Chr is Tr ickle (Ha n); 2. Kevin Ba rtlett (Kaw); 3. Larry Tashiro (Han). S/VET: 1. A lex Hill (Han); 2, M anin A nsorg e (Han); 3. Barry Hill (Hont 4. Gene Ma son (Han) ' 5. Richard Hanna Jr . (Hon). • VET: 1. Barry Hill (Han); 2 , Jim Fikes (Han); 3. Gary Yearsley; 4 , Jim Keotin (Han); 5 , Billy Reid (Han). . VET PRO: 1. Randy Reese. WMN : 1, Krta Mohr (Kaw); 2 , Jolie Riddle (Kaw)' 3. Stacy Treat (Kawt 4. Mary Ann Gusakox (Han ): 5 . Carr ie Hite (Hon ). • Skidmore, York on top at Haspin MX By Mike Nichols LAU REL, IN , MAR. 13 Tim Skidmore and Cole York nailed down overall wins in the 125cc B and 250cc B classes at the opening race at H asp in Acres. Northwest Cycle-backed Skidmore took the holesho t and was chased throug hout the moto b y Steve Schoenberger in the 125cc B class. Schoenberger pressured Skidmore but cou ldn't p roduce any tri cks to take the lead. Yor k was ru nni ng second when t~e 250cc B class bu sted through th e Iirst berm fo ll owmg Kawa sakimount ed Bill y McGuire. York, also ridin g a Kawasa ki, took a high line o n a mu ddy curve as McG ui re went do wn low. After the m ud cleared it was York rocketing h is bike to the checkered flag. Results J R M INI : 1. Jeremy Sch un le (Kaw t 2. Chad Boyd (Su%), SR MINI: 1. Rick Denney (Kaw); 2. Jason Re'-ves (Hont 3. M ike Faulk (Han); 4, Chr is Crisate (Yam). 12 5 B: 1. Tim Skidmore (Kaw); 2. Steve Schoenberger (Han), 2SOB: 1. Cole York (Kaw); 2. Billy M cGoire(Kaw)' • 3. Kun Rand ell (Honl 4 , Jason Boyd (Soz); 5. Tini SkIdmore (Kaw). 12 5 C: 1. Bill Hast ings (Han); 2 , Rodger Williams (Kawt 3 . We ndall Hansel (Kaw); 4, John Irr gang (Soz); 5. Bry an Hubbard (Kaw) , OPEN: 1. Junior Crouch (Suz); 2. Geo rge ?faller (Suz); 3, M ike Cruthers (Han) , Waddington, Hart top pros at Perris MX By David Procida PE RRIS, CA, MAR. 13 J oe Waddington cleaned up in the 125cc P ro class toda y' a t Perri s Raceway in a war m-up race for th e Ca lifornia Classic Series . Waddi ngton p~t h is G lastonb ury Cycle/ Pro Circuit Yamaha out in front in moto on e and was soon pick- ' ing off the 250cc Pro s. The Connec- . ticut rider pulled up behind the 250cc Pro leader, Grayson Han, and on lap six went by a nd into th e overall lead. H art stayed close beh ind for a couple of laps and then dropped off the pace. Ulf J ohansson was on th e gas and started to close on H art la te in th e rno to, wit h Gary Semics in tow. Second 125cc H onda p ilot , Joey Tu t tob en e, was in pu rsu i t for runner-u p honors, as Waddington crossed the checkered flag first 125cc and overall Pro class winner. In moto !"wo Hart holeshot wit h Johan~son and Gary DiP ill o making II a tight threesome. Waddington gated fourth and had T u ttob ene almost attached to his rear fender. Hart and Johansson had a tight race going with DePillo losing a couple of bike lengths to the Duo, Two laps later Johansson retired from the race with mechanical problems, giving t":"o . 250c~ hono~s to a charging DrP illo WIth Sernics claiming th ir d place. Waddington was hot on th e th ro ttle , as he rode his way to his second 125cc P ro class win of the day. Hart held onto the lead in the 250cc class , taking the overall with a I- I outing. I?iPillo took second place honors With Semics recervm g third. In the 250cc Int ermediate class Steven Sibe ll put h is Pro Circui t! Maxim a/ Sun West Yam aha into 'the winners circle in both mot os for th e overall win with Doug Allen taking second pl ace honors. Brian Davy and Larry Nannenga dueled in the Open class with N annen gadogging Davy all -the way to th e check ered in both rnotos. Thi rd went to H ondamounted Bill Erb. In Vet class action Alan Olson took the Expert class overa ll win with a perfect I- I score . Dan Whi te stayed in close company wi th O lson in both motos, but never fou nd th e hot line to take the lead. AT K rider George Kohler and Mar ino Bastionell pu t on a duel tha t last ed the entire length of moto one, with Koh ler edgi ng out the SCR Suzuki of Bastio nell for third.place. Vet Intermediate action had Bengt J o h a n sso n putting his CR250 H o nd a out in front in bo th motos while beh ind him Keit h Petrangeld took second aboard a four -stro ke H usky in the first moto. In rnoto two Jody Weisel stayed in the number two slo t for seco nd overall after scoring third in 'mo to one. In Vet Novice racing Chris Tuttob ene put his 125cc Yamaha into the lead in moto on e, o nly to drop back into the pack as 125cc Honda rider Anthony Procida rocketed into the lead. P rocida held onto the lead fo r the next six laps, on ly to have Vic Parker go by with only two laps left in the moto. P rocida stayed close and wi th Norman Schiel in tow too k second pl ace behind Parker. In mo to two, Sch iel j umped o ut to an early

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