Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

125 -B: 1. Eric Horcher; 2. John W eiss; 3. Matt Frasch. 250-B: 1. Terry Hahn; 2. Jeff Recker; 3. M ike Moll. , OPEN-B: 1. Terry Hahn ; 2. Tony Shoup ; 3. Rich M iller. 125 -C1: 1. Bill Fleischm an; 2. Ji m Gallagh er; 3 . Chris Courto is, 125 -C2: 1. Ja mes Behr ens; 2. Roy Naf egler; 3. Robert Housel. 250-C: 1. Mik e Kline; 2. M ark Ma ncini; 3. Dave Wi ndey. Paladino, Zahrf take Baylands Motocross By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, JULY 6 Ken Zahrt, Danny Paladino and Sean Conley all took double moto wins in the 250" l25cc and Open P ro classes, ' respectively, a t Baylands Raceway Park. The Pro divisions were started in a double-wave start at the CMCsanctioned race. The 250s were off first and the combined 125 and 500cc class got the second ga te drop. The , plan worked well as the 500cc class riders were not competing with, nor were they bo thered by, the l25cc class riders. The firstman away from the gate ' was Ken Zahrt, but he was under pressure from Ru ss Scott. Scott hung on the entire mota for second behind Zahrt. In these two positions, the second mota was no different. Dennis H armel was only into his second week of come back action, after a year layoff from racing, and he p ut toge ther a 3-4 evening. Eric Sa ndstrom reversed that performance with a 4-3 and took third overall on his Kawasaki. Back in second-wave action, it was all Danny Pa ladino on a Honda CRl25, and at the end of the mota, he wasn 't far away from the tai l end 250cc rider. Expectations for a good confrontation from Todd Hicks did not ma terialize as his machine broke on the grid. The second-place l25cc P ro , even though he fell once in the first mota, was brand-new expert Mi chael Minjares, who has been ridi ng mos t of this season as, a successfu l intermediate-ranked rider. , The Open Pro s, were hot on the heel s of their leader, Sean Con ley and h is ' O ' Neal/Mar in Motor Sport/ J o rgen son ' R esearch -sp o n so r ed Kawasaki . Pi cking up two second p laces behind Conl ey was Glenn H arrison. Third, bo th tim es out, was vetera n Bruce Manzoni. . Results BO MINI BEG: 1. An thony Larez (Kaw); 2. Travis Oleson (Kaw); 3. Neil Goodman (Kaw); 4. Clayton Keat es (Vam); 5. Steve Marshall (Vam). 80 MINIINT: 1. Danny Nelson (Kaw). BOMINI EX: 1. Spud Walters (Hon). BIG WHL: 1. Ang elo Ja cobo (Kaw); 2. Bryan Rose (Kaw). 125 BEG o-r. 1. Steve Hum rich (Vam); 2. Brent Ferrera (Hon); 3. Danny Wi lli ams (Hon); 4. Chr is . Hops (Hon); 5. Albert Inigu el (Kaw) . 125 BEG 0 -2: 1. Jeffrey Brownlee (SU1); 2. Kurt Nelson (Hon); 3. Rick Christensen (Vam); 4. Mik e Sexton (Hon); 5. Rodney Dingm an (Hon). 125 JR: 1. Dan Reger (Hon); 2. Scott Wilson (Hon); 3. Rich Thomas (Hon); 4. Paul ES linge r l (Kaw); 5. Shawn Vuill (Kaw). 125 INT:1 . Joe Bruc e (Vam); 2. Kevin Boult ier (yam). 125 PRO: 1. Danny Paladin o (Hon); 2. M ichael M injares (SU1) 3. Todd Hicks (SU1). ; 250 BEG: 1. Keith Antes (Hon) ; 2. Robert Boardway (Hon); 3. Bob Deason (SU1);4 . Jim Reger (Hon); 5. Wad e Porter (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Todd Damron (Va m); 2. M att Hetherington (Hon); 3. David Damarco; 4 . Jimmy Ricci (Kaw); 5. Brad Hetherington (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Phil Dougl as (SU1) 2. Mark Laube ; (SU1); 3. Larry Baker (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Ken Zahrt (Hon); 2. Russ Scott (Hon); 3 . .Eric Sandstrom (Kaw) ; 4 . Denn is Hannel (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Pete r Hun t er (Hon) ; 2. Tim Sargiuson (Hon); 3. Troy Dull eck (Hon); 4. Jam es Shepherd (Hon); 5: Scott Wright (Yam). ' OPEN JR : 1. Doug Johnson (Kaw); 2. Bill Maloney (KTM): 3. Terry Ash (Hon); 4. Stephen Edmonson (Hon); 5. Chris McCor mick (Hon). OPEN INT: 1. Tim Fergon (Hon); 2. Jo n Nicolaus (Kaw); 3. Serg io Fernandel (SU1 ). OPEN PRO: 1. Sean Conley (Kaw); 2. Glenn Harri son (Kaw); 3. Bruce Manzoni (Hon). VET JR: 1. Ken Campbell (Hon); 2. Keith Palm ier i (Vam); 3. George Golling (Hon); 4 . Dave Kelly (Hon); 5. Rich Kroske (Yam). VET INT: 1. Er ic Hellg ren (Hon); 2. Gary Remmen (Yam); 3. Kevin Ande rson (ATK); 4. Jo e Wytman (Hon); 5. Terry Ash (Hon). . VET MSTR: 1. Duane Hughes (Hon ); 2. Phil Douglas (SU1) 3 . Larry Baker (Hon). ' ; (From left to right) Paul Orlandi . Jim Sisemore. Mike Delacy and Shawn Reppert mix it up at Napa Speedway. Hughes cleans up OCRMX By Jeff Sherry BIT H LO, FL , J U L Y 16 Jeff Hughes, took both mota wins to capture the overall victory in the Senior class at Orange County Raceway's Night MX Series. T he first mota saw Kenn y Bro wn grab the holeshot on his Yamaha, but he was soon passed by Hughes ' for the lead. Kent Kolheffer, riding a Kawasaki, put in two strong rides for second overall. He battled with Hughes for th e last two la ps, bu t Hughes would no t give up the first spot. Charles Gambmo put together . a 5-3 mota score for third overall. Yamaha rider Dean Dyess got the hol esho t in the first l25cc A mota th en ran a ' perfect race to win the mota. John Torregrosa and Tim Pa n g bu rn both gave chase, bu t couldn't get aroun d Dyess. T wo turns fro m the finish Pangbu rn dropped his bike in a turn, and T orregrosa moved around him to . take secon d in the first mota. Pangburn got bac k up to claim th ird. Dyess took his secon d holeshot of th e night in moto two followed again by Pangburn and Torregrosa, who had th eir own ba ttle go ing for the second spot. Pangb urn h it the dirt, giving Torregrosa second for second overa ll. Action in the Woods II class saw J ames R ussell turn a fifth-place start into a first mota win with som e very aggressive riding. Michael Schoen was th e early leader but couldn't hold off R ussell toward the end and took second. Danny Davis brought his Honda in for third. The second mo to was a wire-towire win for Yamaha-mounted Pete Jordan, who grabbed the holeshot and never loo ked back. Russell , again with a fifth place start, moved up to third at the end of the . moto for the overall honors. Davis put in a hard ride for second beh ind Jordan, givi ng h im third for the night. Steve Young took both starts in both 250cc B motos, but had goggle trouble in the first mota and dropped off the pace. Dominick D'Anna took a secon d in mota one and a wireto-wire win in mota two to takethe overall for th e night. Firs t-rnoto winner Dennis Williams went down in the first tum of the second mota, but still managed a th ird for second overal l. Results P/W: 1. Chris Adk ins (Vam); 2. Mic hael D'Amico (Vam). MINI BEG: 1. Shannon Brew er (Hon); 2. J effrey Gross (Kaw ). MI NI B: 1. Scott Davis (tion). 125 A: 1. Dean Dyess (Vam); 2. Joh n Torr egrosa (Kaw ); 3. Tim Pangbu rn (Kaw ). 125 C: 1. Tom Baylan d (Kaw ); 2. David Voun gb- 1000(Yam); 3. Kent Kolheffer (Kaw). 250 A : 1. John Collins (Hon). 250 B: 1. Domin ick D'Anna (Hon); 2. Denn is Williams (Hon); 3. Steve Voung (Kaw). .. 25 0 C: 1; David Goldst ick (Hon); 2. Lee Mart in III (Kaw); 3. Gary Vadimsky (Hon). OPEN B: 1. Ron Hancock (Hon). WDS 1: 1. J effrey Green (SU1); 2. Jason Chr ist ie (Hon); 3. Shawn Batch elor (Kaw). WDS 2: 1. J ames Russell (Vam); 2. Pete Jo rd an (Vam); 3. Danny Davis (Hon). SR: 1. J effrey Hugh es (Kaw); 2. Kent Kolh eff er (Kaw ); 3. Char les Gambin o (Hon). Sisemore, Kelly notch Napa Spdwy wins By R.C. Jones NAPA , CA, JULY 23 Wi th dramatic last lap and last turn finishes in each race, "jarnrnin " J im Sisemore p icked two victories in both the H andicap and Scratch main even ts. Sisemore, sponsored by Vikirig Computer/ Arai/Oilzall/Smi th / A&A/ H&S and Lowe Tires picked up his fourth Scratch main and second Handicap ma in in tonight's act ion . Joe . Kelly aboard h i s American-made Maely speedway bike won the Division Two main and Nick Collin notched h is first victory on the Napa Speedway track. As the Handicap main unfolded Steve Orlandi took the early lead over Scott Yarbrough and Mike Kain. Yarbrough started p ressing Orla ndi as Sisemore and Dave Faria J r. worked themselves up into contention. Yarbrough p assed Orlandi down the back straight as they started la p four. With Faria riding the outside next to Sisemore both riders passed Orlandi and went after Yarbrough. As the wh ite flag came ou t Sisemore was close enough to pressure Yarbrough . On the last turn Sisemore put a wh eel in on Yarbrough taking over the lead to dash to the checkered . When Yarbrough went wide o ut of turn four, Faria snuck past for the runner-up spo t leaving Yarbrough in th ird and Steve Orlandi fourth. Sise more pulled th e dreaded gate three whe n th ey lined up for the Scratch main and was in a poor ' posi tion as they hit turn'one. Delacy, ou t of two, came away firs t and moved in front of the pole sitter S~twn Reppert through tu rn one. Sisemore hu ng onto Delacy's rear wheel as they h eaded down the straight. Delacy had th e lead as Sisemore hooked up and p ulled into 'seco n d ahead o f R e p p ert. Paul Orlandi stuck on the far outside moved in to chase Reppert. After a lap Delacy had a bi ke length o n Sisemore, as Sisemore regrouped for the next lap. Del acy looked in co ntro l but Sisemroe did not back off gaining ground each lap. As the whitt; flag came o ut Sisem ore pulled to the in side of Delacy through turns one and two., Dela cy held fi rm coming out of tu rn two but off j ust a tou ch as bo th rid ers flew into th ree. Sisemore riding th e rail gained , another foot or so as the y slid out of turn four. Sisemore and Delacy were now dead even as they straightened Up for the dash to th e checkered. Delacy hooked up first but whe elied from . too mu ch tra ction, Sisemore leaned down and took the checkered by six inches over Delacy. Results SCRATCH: 1. Jim Sisemore (Wesz); 2. M ike Delacy (Gdn); 3. Shawn Reppert (Wesl); 4.' Paul Or landi (Wes). HOCP: 1. Jim Sisemore (Wes); 2. Dave Faria Jr. (Wes); 3. Scott Yarbrough ewes); 4. Steve Orlandi (Gdn). ' D-2 : 1. Jo e Kelly (M ae); 2. Gary Rossi (Jaw); 3. Van ce Felicio (Wes); 4 . Mark Squadr it o (Jaw) . D-3: 1. Nick Collin (Jaw); 2. Bob Collie r (Jaw); 3. Dean Newham (Jaw ); 4 . Joh n Pierce (Wes). Titus takes two at Las Vegas MX By Dick Goodwin LAS VEGAS , NV, J ULY 9 Derek Titus topped both th e 125 and 250cc Intermediate classes at Las Vegas Internatio nal -Raceway Saturday night, edg ing out a hard cha rging Chris Pocino each tim e. Chris Trick le shot into the lead in the combined Pro /Intermedia te 250cc battle just ahead of Pocino and Titus. Derek made a fast pass ' o n Pocino by the tower but th en tangled with leader Trickl e and dropped back to third. The three leaders flashed around the track until Titus emerged wit h the win following late race crashes by both Trickl e and Pocino. Chris Trickle grabbed the early lead in race two with Pacino ri ght on his tail. After some heavy dicing, Pocino blasted past Trickle over the do ubles on lap four and started to bu ild a lead. Titus came on to pressure T rickl e but cou ldn 't ca tch the streaking Po cino. His second-p lace finish earned him the overa ll crown in this class, ho wever, Pocino settled for second, ahead of Kevin Bartlett and Alex H ill. In 125cc P ro/ Interm edi ate actio n, it was T rickle agai n lead in g the way off the starting line. Pocino and Ti tus were close behind. Ken Arnold q uickly blasted his way into th ird, but as th e race progressed, Titus . battled his way into second place and was pressuri n g Trickle hard for the lea d at the fini sh line. T rickle popped his fourth holeshot of the n ig ht to 'start race two , ju st a head of Arnold an d T itus. Pocino, in fourth place, got on the gas and slashed his way into second, as T itu s went down hard by the tower. Pocino cont inued to pressure the leader T rick le, but couldn't get past as positio ns remained unchanged for the rest of the race. Ti tus earned .his second overall . 35

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