Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

0 ~ ~ iii 0 -' « 0 ~ 0 u VI >- '" 0 .... 0 J: a.. 00 00 0') ,.....; ~ ~ c-r >('lj ~ Bob by Ott. shown leadin g Ed Castro and Billy Hamill in heat act ion at Ascot. won the Handicap main for the second consecutive week . three-time winner Ra ndy Texter a n d proceeded to give 'T ex ter ' s H arley a ra re defea t in this class. While the fro n t two kept about 10 yards between them, several yar ds back Eric George, J oe Gately and Clarence Bu ll were battling over thi rd. Dave Duhaine took th e lead from Cerciello, Georgie Price and J ett Conrad as th e 250cc Expert event go t underway . Pri ce put his C&S Kawasaki-sponsored Kawasaki into the lead at th e end of the second lap. Mike Klopp moved into fourth by the thi rd lap a nd got into a battl e over seco n d wi th Duhaine a nd Cerciello that went to Cerciello. The normall y wild 600cc Expert clas s fin al was rather sedate as T exter jumped out to th e lead o n hi s Eastern Harley Davidson Deal ers Association/Lancaster H arl ey Davidson/ Pen n State Cycles/L. Robert Gro y Esq. -sponsored Harley in front of Rob Majeski , Jim Hollister, Paul Crumling a nd Price. Crumling and Pri ce's battle for fourth took them up to Hollister, and were soo n joined by T om Cerci ello in a battle th at lasted until th e flag , wi th P rice taking th ird. Results 55 : 1. Dan Halligan (Yam); 2. Paul Lynch (Yam); 3. John Winsen (Yam); 4. Josh Young (Yam); 5. Se an Stowan (Vam). B5 EX: 1. Randy Shank IKaw). B5 AM: 1. Robert Mi ller (Yam); 2. Ricky W in sen (Yam): 3. Todd W inson (Yaml; 4 . Jason Lheu reux (Suz); 5. Paul Lynch (Hon). 200 AM : 1. Kevin Varnes (Yam): 2. Paul Southard (Kaw); 3. Gary Clark (Hon); 4 . Jeff Isola (Kaw); 5. M ike Thomas (Suz). 250 EX: 1. Georgie Price (Kaw): 2. TomCercielio (Yam); 3. Dave Duhaine ( S uz~ 4. M ike Klopp (Suz): . 5. Mik e Varnes (SU%). 25 0 AM : 1. Ken Yoder (Suz): 2. Chuck Wrecsics (Yam); 3. Eddie Hidden (yam ); 4 . Rich Mellinge r (yam); 5. Jill Lautenbacher (Hon). 600 EX: 1. Randy Texter (H· D): 2. Rob Majesk i (H-D); 3. Georg ie Pr ice (ATK); 4 . Tom Cerciello (Yam): 5. Jim Holli ster (H-D). 600 AM : 1. Dallas Baer (Yam); 2. Jim Lynch (Rn ); 3. Jerry Hash (Yaml; 4 . Wayne Frankl in (W -R ~ 5. Paul Nettleton (Rn ). 750 EX: 1. Tom Cerciello (Tri); 2. Randy Texter (H ·D ~ 3. Er ic George (Tri~ 4 . Clar ence Bull (Yam); 5. Joe Gat ely (Tri). SR: 1. Joe Heberling (Ya m~ 2. Doug Gies (Hon); 3. George Kuhn (W-R). Ott jams at Ascot Speedway By Scott Daloisio GARDENA, CA. MAY 5 " Sh owtirne" Bo bb y Ott wo n the Handicap main for th e second consecu tive week at Ascot's Sou th Bay Stad ium after coming all the way from the 50-yard line. In the previ ous week's win. Ott go t a helping hand . from a la te race red flag bu t thi s week he did it all by hi mself on the wide outside line. Ott, wh o also won h is 'hea t and semi , was joined on th e 50 at the start by National Champion Brad O xley. When Oxley jumped the start, the proceedings were halted and he ended up being penalized to th e 70yard-line. Trinon Cirello got th e ea rly advantage as Greg Hancock too k second from Kevin Krugh befor e the end of th e second circuit, Ott was making quick work of .the' competition and took third from Kru gh just befor e the halfway point. One circuit later , he powered the STP/Cirello Ra cing/Balboa Imports Wesl ake into seco nd wh en he swep t aro und H an cock . All tha t was left wa s Cirell o, a nd Ott quickly drew a bead on him . Ott h a cked a way at Cirello's advan tage and raced around him as they came off tum two on th e sixth circuit, T hat was all she wrote and Ott had th e win for th e second week in a row. Cirello withstood a stiff cha lle nge from Louis Kossuth and Oxley at the line to claim second. When th e Scratch main rolled out Oxl ey gated th e field a nd set th e pace into the first bend. Steve Lucero was in second but as th e field came off turn two he slid wide and ~ve Northrup and Bill y Hamill a shot at the insi de lin e. It was a tough battle th e remainder of th e lap but Lucero eased back into second with three circui ts remaining. Lucero's nex t challenge was how to ca tch Oxl ey, but it soo n became apparen t that the win was Oxley's and he raced under the Ro y Ketting checkered with a cl enched fi st , Lu cero waltzed aw ay from Hamill for seco nd. Results SCRATCH: 1. Brad Oxley (Wes); 2. Steve Lucero (Gdnl; 3 . Billy Hamill (Wes). HDCP: 1. Bobby On (Was): 2. Trinon Cirello (Wes); 3. Louis Kossuth (G,M). 0 -2: 1. Jessee Finch (G· M): 2. Kelcey Gordon (Wes ); 3. Dan Fraley (Jaw). 0 -3 : 1. Bob Bechtol d (Wes); 2. Tom Mo rr is (Jaw); 3. Anthony Sanchez (Was). KX-KDX parts -=FAST u s, /- 800- 426-7928 IN ILLINOIS t : 800- 383-0354 By Paul Hayes COA L VALLEY, IL, APR. 24 Tom Demay rode to the J unior win duri ng the T ri-Cit y M/ C-sponsored trials event at Coal Vall ey, th e second race in th e D-17/ AMA-sanction ed series. Demay, riding an Italjet, dro pped 81 points enro ute to h is victory. H e fough t a rear ax le problem that kep t loosen in g u p h is chai n. Dem ay needed extra pi t stops , bu t it pa id : off in the end. Ji m Ripper, last year's Novice cha mp, ro de his new Beta to second pl ace, posting a 90. Fred Bill s had o ne of hi s better rides on his Montesa. H e put his feet down two more tim es th an Ripper for a 92. Roland T ho mas was still sorting ou t his riew ride and his new Yamaha carried him to fourth with a 106. In th e Expert class only two riders Roo . - . CIiIl Con .........- il. 0.......... dlr•• . / ~. LIlli.. . I -.- . --. --., '-ir,den .. ....... .ff" ....... . , _ V ·T...... .. 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