Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

th ro u gh the checkers be hi nd Spangler. . Dunfee o nce again was in th e lead as the gate dropped to start moto two. Sellards, Barn ell a n d Spangler chased th e leader on lap one wh en Spangler' ca u gh t and passed Barnett and di spensed o f Sellards a half-l ap later. By rnidmoto, Spangler began reeling in Dunfee and p assed him o ver th e wh oops. Spangler went on to take th e win as Du n fee, Sellards and Barn ett once again filed in behind the leader. Results 50: 1. An dy W ickens (Vam): 2. Mark Callahan (Yam); 3. Scon Ritchie (Yam); 4. Man Maca n (Yam); 5. Caleb Laws on (SUl). 60 : 1. Brock Sellards (Kaw); 2. Randy Salamon (Kaw); 3. Karl Scan (Kawt 4 . David Borr is (Kaw); 5. J.D. Collins (Kaw). 807-1 1: 1. M ike S a la mo n (Kaw~ 2. Mi ke Bocook (Kaw); 3. J oey Belmont (Kaw); 4 .J.D. Collins (Kawl; 6. Travis Carlisle (Kaw). 80 12·13: 1. Mi ke Baker (Kaw ); 2. Jeff Woo ledge (Han); 3. Trevor Trace (Kaw ); 4. Jay Hershey (SUl ); 5. Jaso n Hedges (Han). 80 14 ·15: 1. J ason Balas (Han); 2. Mike Howell (Hon); 3. Trevor Vines (Han); 4 . Gene Kelly (Han); 5. Dan Johnson (Han). 125 SB: I . Bill Koleno (Kaw); 2. TomBaker (Kaw); 3. John Gerdes (Vam); 4 . Joey Mezatasta (Han); 5. Jay Hershey (SUl) . . 125 A: 1. Marcus Sellards (Han); 2. Barney Barnen (Han); 3. Chuck Nicholson (Han); 4. Rob Yenulonis (Yam). 125 B: 1. Jeff Craddock (SUl); 2. Mike Cain (Vam); 3. Rick Boepple (Kaw); 4. Mike Shinsky (SUl); 5. Chris Bodo (Han). . 125 C: 1. Jim Slaughter (Han); 2. Bill Koleno ' (Kawt 3. Shane Peck (Han); 4 . Tom lutes (Han); 5. Dave Dolish (Kaw). 250/OPEN A: 1. Dale Spangler (Kaw); 2. Ron Dunfee (Han); 3 . Dale Taylor (Kaw); 4 . Ken Frankenbery (Han); 5. John Diezic (Yam). 250 B: 1. Bryan Jones (Kaw); 2. Chris Grasso (KTM); 3. Steve Wooledge (Han); 4. Bob Wershey (Yam); 5. Ron Street (SUl). 250 C: 1. Shane Sm ith (SOl); 2. Steve Sm ith (SUl); 3. Jeff ling (Han); 4. Derrick Smith (Kaw); 5. Dirk White (Han). . OPEN B: 1. Scon Piper (Hont 2. Dan Morgan (Cag~ 3. David Becker (Hon); 4. Rick We lton (Han). SR 1: 1. Ken Frankenbery (Han): 2. Rob McClain (KTMt 3. Dan Morgan (Cagt 4. Jay Wells (Han); 5. Eric loU9h (Kaw ). SR II: 1. Denny Salamon (Han); 2. Stan Courtad (Han); 3. Tom Rickbrodt (SUl). Benedetti buries 'em atAscotMX By Ken Faught GARD EN A, CA, MAY 20 A&:L suzuki-sponso red David Ben edet ti used two so lid starts to win th e 250cc Intermedia te class in ro u nd six o f th e C MC /Dodge T rucks Spring MX Cl assic at Ascot Park. First m o to action saw Ben edetti get a n ea rl y jump on th e gate to lead James Whiteh ead, Ken Mucciolo , Jim Dom ini ci a n d Kell y Myers. Ben edetti slo wly started to pull away as Whitehead slid o u t, a llowing Mu cciol o to ta ke over seco nd. Whitehead recovered in fifth . Bened etti soon built up almost a five-second lead while Domin ici stalked Mu cci 010. Mucciolo increased his pace only to have the H onda p ilo t do th e same. On the last lap Dominici dove underneath Mucci olo in th e back section an d moved into the runnerup slo t. Mucciol o tri ed to repass in th e fin al tum, but Dominici immediatel y slammed the door. Benedet ti cruised to a n easy win followed by Dom in ici , Mu cciolo , Myer s a nd Whiteh ea d. When th e ga te drop ped at th e start of the seco nd moto T ony Fuller shot out front to lead Whitehead, Ben edetti, Dominici and Mike Andreaha around th e firs t tu m. On th e first lap Benedett i dropped Whitehead to thud and set after Fuller . Within a short time Benedetti passed Fuller , but couldn 't seem to pull away. Fuller kept up the pressure an d pushed Benedet ti harder and h ard er. While Ben edetti tried to hold o ff Fuller, Mucciolo got by Andreaha and into th e top five . Benedetti managed to hold off Fuller for the win followed by Whitehead, Domini ci and Macciolo. Benedetti's p air of wins gave h im th e ov erall win a head of Dominici's 2-4, Whiteh ead 's 5-3 and Mucciolo 's 3-5. Fuller fi nished fifth with 8-2 scores. S~'sTM EXTEND-A-BED makes it fit. Travis Cory (74) finished seventh at Gardena, California's Ascot Park; here second place finisher Marc Laidler (1 M) sets Cory up for a pass. It In t he 500cc. Pro class Cl a rk Kawasaki/O'Nei llRoko Cablesaversp o nsored Dan Berg piloted h is Kawasaki to two co nsecu tive wins. In the firs t moto Berg led John Posca, T om Webb, Jim Rutherford, a nd Craig Hofmei ster wire-to-wire. When the gate- dropped for th e start o f the second moto P o sca h ol eshot Webb, Berg, Rutherford an d Jerry Jirkovsky o n ly to have a brok en footpeg knock h im ou t o f th e moto, Berg quickly reeled in Webb and proceeded to p u ll awa y. At the halfwa y point Webb dropped to fifth as H o fm eister moved to seco n d. Berg capt ured h is fin al win of the n igh t ahead of H o fmeister , Webb, R utherford, and Jirk ovsky. Results 50 : 1. Je rry Oleman (Yam); 2. Joey Gallag her (Vam); 3. Corey Hoeft (SUl ); 4 . Scott Al exander (Vam). 60 : 1. Je ff Willoh (Kaw); 2. Jason Shir ey (Kaw); 3. Paulita (Kaw); 4 . Gus Vouniulas (Kaw ); 5. Reggia Mitchell (Kaw) . 80 BEG D· 1: 1. Keno Deary (Kaw); 2. St eve Knox (Yam); 3. Marc Lippert (SUl); 4 . J ason Shirey (Vam); 5. John Ruil (Han). 80 BEG 0-2: 1. Eric Koesterer (Han); 2. Paul Doremu s (Suz); 3. J osh Butte (Yam); 4 . W atson Deonte (Han); 5. J ason Stoner (SUl). 80 JR: 1. Donald Upton (Kaw); 2. Brian Teet s (Kaw); 3. Ryan Daly (Kaw); 4 . J eff W illoh (Kaw); 5. David Rasmussen (Suz). 80 INT: 1. Eric Chavir a (Han); 2. M ike M etzger . (SUl). ADlT MNI : 1. Gary Ybarra (Han); 2. Ron Brown (SUl); 3. Ja ime Knox (Yam). 125 BEG 0 -1 : 1. Christian Holland (Han); 2. Keith Fairch ikd (Kaw); 3. Mark Vandewa lle (Han); 4. len Sailers (Han); 5. Darr in Cutrone (Kaw). 125 BEG 0 ·2 : I . Tony Barranti (Han); 2. Greg Lonergan (Kaw); 3. Chad Camping (Hon ~ 4 . Robert Graham (Han); 5. Doug Voun ie (Kaw ). 125 BEG 0 -3 : 1. M ike Buff (Yam); 2. Jeff Foti (Han); 3. Dave l ee (Ya m~ 4. Eddie Fiola (Kaw); 5. Jeff DelGaud io (Han). 125 BEG 0-4: 1. Eddie Patterson (Yamt 2. Bar ry Karakus (Yam); 3. Rodney Shan ( Ka w~ 4 . Daryl Kageyama ( H on~ 5. Larry Early (Han). 125 INT; 1. Scon Takacs ( S U l~ 2. Marc Laidler (Kaw); 3. Karl Fernandez (SUl ); 4. Tiger Garcia (Han); 5. Ja ime Knox (Vam). 125 INT: 1. Randy Moody (Han); 2. Steven Kotajarvy (Kaw ); 3. Jason Campbell (Yam); 4. Dan iel Bush (Hont 5. Dave Castillo (Han). 125 PRO; 1. Chr is Young (Yam); 2. Kyle lewis (Hon); 3. Wi ll ie Su rran (Cag); 4 . Bader M anne h (Cag). . 250 BEG 0 -1 : 1. Jim Langston (Vamt 2. Paul Kovalski (Vam); 3. Kenny York (Yam); 4 . Jo e Hammer (Kaw); 5. Marty Edgley (Yam). 250 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Tom Williams (Kaw); 2. Gary Williams (Han); 3. Craig Wilkinson (Han); 4 . Shaun Anderson (Kaw); 5: Don Vall ier (Yam). 250 BEG 0 -3 : 1. Ty Underwood (Han); 2. Bryan Tenberg e (Kaw); 3. Ricky Ziegler (Han); 4 . Bike Buff (Vam); 5. James Worsnup (SUl) . 250 JR: 1. Scan Takacs (SUl); 2. Chris Ridgway (Vam); 3. Danny Pacheco (Han); 4. Ron Bunn (SOl); Mike Washko (Han). 250 INT: 1. David Benedetti (SUl); 2. Jim Dominici (HOn)\' 3. James Whitehead (Han); 4. Ken Mucciolo (Vam ; 5. Tony Fuller (SUl) . 250 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Yaml; 2. Dan Burg (Kaw); 3. Bob Kline (Han); 4. Ken Zhart (Han); 5. Gary DePilio (Yam). 500 BEG: I . Scan Hoffman (Hont 2. DR McClain (Yam); 3. Phillip Rout (Han); 4. Keith Phelan (Han); 5. Chris Fair (Kaw ). 500 JR: 1. Russell Re lly (Han); 2. Ron Gilbert I (Han); 3 . Bred Sloan (Hon); 4. Ron Seaman (Han); 5. Tom lyman (Han). 500 INT: 1. D.Scon Bishop (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw); 2. Tom Webb (Han); 3. Craig Hofmeister (Han); 4. Jim Rutherford (Kaw); 5. John Posca (Kaw). VET JR: 1. Joe Norkin (Yam); 2. John Dicianca (SOl); 3. Tom Williams (Kaw~ 4 . Dan Swain (am); 5. J im Stentz (Yam~ VET INT: 1. Kelly Myers Jr. (Hont 2. Rex Wh ile (Kaw ); 3. Brad Sloan (Hon); 4 . Larry Forbis (SOl). VETMSTR: 1. Bob Bland (Han). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Vam); 2. Rick Johnson (Han); 3. Bob Toippit (Cag~ 4. Ed Wolleson (Yam). Uedbergrocks Happy Valley MX By Dale Bohm SPRINGVILLE, UT, MAY 14 Ne wgate H onda rider Steve Liedberg went fo u r-for-four in both th e 125 a n d 250cc Pro classes today a t H a p p y Valley Mo tocross Park. The race was o ne of four area qual ifiers for Ponca City, as riders battled for q ua lify ing posi tio n in all NMA classes. Pl aza Cycle riders Brad Boulton an d 'Ma tt Smith dominated th e Open Pro and Supe r Mini classes, respecti vel y, wit h perfect I -I moto wins. In 12!i,cc Pro ac tio n Liedber~ was q ui ck o ff th e ga te a n d immedi at ely began LO open up a lead over Matt J enkins, Monarch H onda 's Co rk y Maugha n a n d Pl aza Cycle's Brad Framp ton . J enkin s bail ed aft er h itting a n ex posed tire a n d Frampto n got by Maughan for seco nd. T he fi nis hi ng o rder rea d L iedb er g , Framp ton, Ma ugha n a nd J enkins. Th e seco n d moto h o leshot belonged to Maughan with J en ki ns , F ra m p to n a nd L ied b e rg close behind. Frampton sta lled in ' th e rockers and Liedberg im m ediately began reeli ng in Mau ghan. The two H onda riders put o n a spectacu lar show as th ey battled tooth-a nd-na il for th e lead. Frampton reco vered from hi s mi shap and was soon in th ird. Li edberg fi na lly g ot b y Maughan on th e white flag lap a n d took th e win; Frampton ca u g ht Maughan and the pair battled to the flag with Maughn holding him off for seco nd. The start of the 250cc Pro actio n saw Frampton with the lead over Maughan, Boulton, and Liedberg. Liedberg blasted by Boulton and Maughan and began. pressing Frampton. 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