Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

- - -- - -- --::-- - - - - ---, z o c z a:: w :I: ...J ...J CD >- CD o .... o :I: Q. J eff Willoh (2 1 6 ) passed Greg Yearsley (7) to take the 60cc win at Adelanto, California's Sunrise Cycle Park. Scott Crawford survived scorching temperatures to win the Tenderfoot Enduro in Lucerne Va Uey, California, topping Vet Tim Beal. never lo oked back. Frampton , Maugh an , and Boul ton rounded o ut ' th e top four. In I25cc Novi ce acti on Eddie Allen used 1-2 moto fin ish es to beat Kell y Betts a nd Wes Richins. David Pitt came back to win th e seco nd mot o and fin ish fourth overa ll. J ohn R iddl e u sed p erfec t I-I fin ish es to top th e to ugh 125cc Am ateu r ac tio n over Nick Ga roufali s and Paul Rainey. Kevin Bartlett also went 1-l in th e toug h 250cc Amateur class over T .]. T ho rn and Dan Kin g. Resu lts 60 : 1. Russ Anderson (Hon); 2. Kip Posey (Kaw); 3. Jeremy Diel (Kaw). 80 : 1. J ason Zimmerman (Kaw); 2. Chr is Rasmussen IKawl; 3 . Matt Smith (Yam). '25 NOV : 1. Ed A il ed (Kaw ); 2. Kelly Bens (Han); 3. W es Rich ins (Han). ' 25 AM : t . J ohn Riddle (Han); 2. Nick Garo uf alis ; 3. Paul Rainey. 125 EX: 1. Steve Liedberg (Han) ; 2. Cor ky M aughan (Honl; 3 . Brad Frampton (Yaml. 250 AM : 1. Kevin Barl ett ; 2. T.J. Thorn ; 3. Dan King , 250 EX: 1. St eve -Lledberq (Han); 2. Brad Frampton (Yam) ; 3 . Corky M aughan (Hon ). OPEN EX: 1. Brad Boult on (Yam ); 2. Mark Lu ndg ree n (Yam); 3 . Dave Donaldson (Yam). OVER 25 : 1. Troy Brown (Suz); 2. Bryon Jones (Kaw); 3 . Dave Donald son (Yam). Crawford hot at Tenderfoot Enduro By Bill Herndon 30 LUCERNE VALLEY, CA, MAY 15 Ya maha-mounted Sco tt Crawfor d survived th e near 100 degree tempe ra tures in the sou the rn Ca lifornia hi gh desert a nd dropped just 0.14 poi nts to capture th e overa ll victory a t th e Southern Ca lifornia Enduro Cl ub 's Tenderfoot En du ro . Craw ford, how ever, wasn 't th e o nly rider to zero th e two-loop co urse, in fact, 16 rid ers d id th e same, bu t it was Crawford's low tie-breaking points th a t did th e tr ick. H e edged ou t.Vet rider Tim Beal by just one second (0. 15) , wh il e R andy Ni sw and er dropped 0.27 for ih ird ove ra l l. Rounding out th e top five were Mike Fer ro (0.3 1) a nd J ason In gersol (0.33). " I just had a go od rid e today," said Crawford. " Beca use of the du st, ' it was bett er to actuall y get off th e trail a nd pass th ere. Except for some zigzagging in rlie virgin section, th e markin g was great and chec k pl acements just d ynamite." " I ca n' t bel ieve I go t seco n d overa ll," said Beal. " Alt ho ug h th e d istance was perfect [or th e heat today Ior o thers , it wasn't a facto r th at slowed me down . T he markin g was a lo t bett er a nd th e chec ks were well -p laced . I messed up a nd p ut my foot down in the sand whe n it go t sq ui rrely a t th e loop o ne specia l test chec kout. They nail ed me for 10 of my seconds th ere." T oday's event also paid San Diego Enduro Associa tio n po ints, a nd Bra d McKay too k the most advantage wi th sixth overall, tiein g Paul Eddy. The Family Loop One honors wen t to J oe Brophy a t 1.103, a newcomer riding th e Beginner class. Brian Da vis took second Beginner a t 2.56 on hi s Yam ah a. whi le re~ular Kevin Cleland grabbed first Mini A at 2.113. Ken Halpin sn uc k into fourth at 2.130 on h is Kaw asaki as th ird Beginner, whil e Dean Beaucham p rounded o u t the top rive a t 2.151, first Mini B on hi s H onda . Cha d Coo k won the Min i C class o n his Kaw asak i KX80. Vergie Humboldt naviga ted the sandy co urse, one second back a t 2.162 to ta ke first Wo ma n C for the second event in a row. Daw n Pach a logged a three-point score to win the A Women class. Results 0 1 A : t . Scott Crawford (Yam); 2. Tim Beall (Han); 3 . Randy Niswander (Han); 4. M ike Ferro (Han); 5 . J ason Ingersoll (Han); 6. [Tie) Brad McKay (Hon)1 W illy Kennedy (Han); B. ITie) Ma nin Blais (Hon)1 Paul Eddy (Hod); 10. Dave LeMaster (Han); , 1. Don McNamee (Yam ); 12 . Rich McDaniel (Ho n); 13 . M ark Glasmeier (Yam); 14 . Neil Eggensperger (Yam); 15. [Tie) Dan Worley (Hus)/Rob Bunis (yam); 17. Tim Moore (Vam ); 18. Steve Bebeck (Han); 19. Jo hn Mather (Hu s); 20 . Bob Seitz (KIM) . Takacs leaps to Sunrise MX win By Ken Faught ADELANTO. CA, MAY 22 Suzuk i- mo u nted Sco tt "Tacky" T ak acs overcame a seized engine sustained in practi ce to win the 250cc Juni or class in the fin al ro und o r the CMC/Dod ge Truck s Spri ng MX Classic a t Sunrise Vall ey Cycle Park. The win h elped Ta kacs cl inc h o ne of two series cha mp ions hips; th e o ther ti tie was earned in th e 125cc Junior class desp ite a first moto DNF. At th e start of the fir st 250cc Junior moto Robert Drew rocketed out of th e gate to lead th e pack by three bik e lengths in to th e fir st turn. Takacs, ab oard a borrowed bike, was in second with Kurt Metcalf! Mike Washko and Donny Maeda close behind. The top two immediately sta rted to pull away with Takacs challengi ng Drew for th e lead. As th e d uo ap proached a tabletop j um p Takacs chose a n ou tside lin e a nd £lew past Drew. Drew tried to stuff Takacs in th e next turn , but T a kacs q uickly po wered awa y. As Takacs pulled a way Danny Pach eco mo ved into fourth after passing Wash ko and Maeda . Wh en the checkered £I a~ came ou t Takcacs took th e wi n while Drew pu lled off the track early. " I th ought th at was th e fini sh ," said Drew. " I saw everybody pointing a t me and sudde nly realized wha t I had done." Drew q u ickl y re-entered the trac k to ta ke third behind Metcalf : Wh en the ga te dropped a t the start o r the second mo to Drew again go t a clea n holeshot a hea d of Metcalf, · Ta kacs, Maeda and Pach eco. Takacs was ted no time in disposing o f Metcalf a nd quickl y began na rro wing Drew 's lead. At the halfway po int Takacs ca ug h t Dr ew a nd began ho undi ng him, a nd wi th o nly a few laps remain ing Takacs edge d u p a longside Drew a nd launch ed hi s Suzuki past him off a stad iu m-s tyle jump. Once into th e lead Takacs pulled away a nd took th e win with Drew han gin g on to second ahead o r Metca lf. Pach eco finished fo urth with Washko ta kin g fifth. Resu lts 60: 1. Jeff W illo h (Kawl 2. Er ic Schn ell (Kaw); 3 . Greg Yearsley (Kaw); 4 . Je rry A laman (Kaw); 5 . Regina ld Mitchell (Kaw) . 80 BEG: Eric Sch ne ll (K aw); 2 . A r mando Overl and {Kaw); 3 . Paul Dor emus (Suz); 4 . Tr acy Asher (Suz); 5. J ason St on er (Suz), BOJR : 1. Jo e DePano (Hon ); 2. Brain Teets (Kaw); 3 . Don a ld Upt on (Kawl 4 . Gr eg Schnell (Kaw); 5. Ryan Doty (Kaw) . BO INT: r . Eric Chavira (Han). BO OPEN: 1. Gr eg Vear sley (Kaw); 2. J eff WHloh (Kawl. . 125 BEG: 1. Chr istian Holl and (Han); 2. Keith Fairchild (Kaw ); 3 . M ink Mount (Han); 4. And rew Vanrooy (Han); 5. Br ian Willcox (Kaw ). 125 JR : 1. Raben McGee (Han); 2. Tiger Garcia (Han); 3 . Man Polasky (Kaw); 4 . Trav is Cory (Han); 5 . Todd Smi th (Vam). ' 25 INT: t . Randy M oody (Han); 2. Cole Gress (Kaw) ; 3 . Brian Calhou n (Kaw); 4. Steven Kotojarvi (Kaw) . '25 PRO: 1. Mike Voung (Cag); 2. Eric Browne (Kaw) ; 3 : John Blood (Han); 4 . Willie Surran (Cag). 250 BEG: 1. Jim Lang ston (Yam); 2. Rich Mihalic (Yam); 3 . Rickey Zeig ler (Han); 4. Don Vall ier (Yam); 5. John Raynolds (Hon). 250 JR : 1. Scan Takacs (Suz); 2. Raben Dr ew (Yam); 3 . Ku n Metcalf (Yam); 4. Dan ny Pacheco (Han); 5. M ike Was hko (Han). 250 INT: 1. Jon Levev.(Suz); 2. Perrin Perez (Han); 3. David Bened etti (Su z); 4 . Ken Faught (Yam); 5 . Ron Mowry (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. Ron Turn er (Yam); 2. Dan Berg (Kaw); 3. M ic~y Pound s (Suz); 4 . Ken Sahn (Ha n); 5. J ohn Poses !Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Br ian Lagg (Han); 2. Don Gran t (Kaw) ; 3. Frank Honan (Han); 4. Dean Mullins IHon ). 500 J R: 1. Ron Gilben (Han); 2. Brad Sloa n (Han); 3. Tom Lyman (Han). 500 PRO: t , Dan Berg (Kaw) ; 2. J ohn Posca (Kaw); 3. Jerry Jirltovsky (Han); 4. Jim Rutherford (Kaw). VET JR; 1. Joe Nark in (Yam); 2. Dan Swa in (Yaml 3 . J ohn ·Huegel (Han ); 4 . Tommy Haner (Suz); 5. Gary Vearsley (Yam). VET PRO: 1. Bob Tippit (Kaw); 2. Pete Andrews (Han); 3 . Ron Turner (Yam). Bast best at Napa Speedway By R.C. Jones NAP A, CA, MAY 21 Bart Bast pow er ed hi s wa y ·into victory circle by winning the Scratch main and Mike Delacy took home the tro p hy in the H andicap main event as Na pa Speedway o pe ned th eir seaso n -of raci ng in th e wine country o r northern California. Bast , th e o nly northe rn Ca li forn ia racer that will compete in the Am erican fin al s th is year, ,go t hi s-Scratch raci ng in gear toni ght as he rode hi s Bast Welding /Team Trim/Sierra Products/Oakl ey/Brant En g/K&N Filters/ Ara i/Maier Mfg.-sp onsored Weslak e pa st Jim Sisemore, Mike Delacy a n d Eddie In gel s in his open in!?ni ght win. Bast . on the pole. ga ted hi s best of th e year as he took th e lead as they ca me off the first turn . Sisemore, in the ga te next to hi m , stayed close th rough the turn. Delacy, o ut o r gate th ree, was the q uickest to the turn but Sisemore would not let h im dive to th e inside line. Delacy was for ced to han g onto the o utside th rough th e rest o r th e turn a nd left no roo m for In gels, who backed off the pace a nd retired ear ly. After o ne la p it was Bast in to tal co n tro l with Sisemore o nly making a weak challenge o n lap two . Bast dominated the last la ps wi th Sisemore and Delacy following. Delacy took hi s Ara i/ Cal if Plumbi ng/ H&S Cycl es/Mi cro Mach God den-sponsored Godd en into the lead in th e H and icap main after three laps to pick u p his first win this year. Shawn Rep pert took the ear ly lead over Bobby H edden as the riders sorted th emselves o ut for the first coup le of laps. Delacy slipped past Rocky Robinson into third as Rob inson stayed o n the ou tside and went a fte r H edd en . Sisem ore s taye d behind Delacy as he raced past Steve Martin. Delacy p ut a wheel o n H edden and th en sl i p pe d p ast Repper to take th e lead. Sisemore followed through into second as Mart in ca ugh t h is second wind , mak in g a move down the stra igh t after Sisemore. Delacy was now in the lead with Sisemore pressing every

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