Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~. t:I: t:l :J ~ Z w ~ 00 00 O'l ....... ~ 0 ....... ..... "J ~ eo ~ < " > al 0 tO :I: c, H arg rove cl ose beh ind. Fincher opened a com forta ble lead and rode a smooth race for the wi n, with H argr ove ta ki ng second over Bill Ma thews. Moto two was a different story as Fincher had bi ke troubles and was a no show. Hargrove took advantage of this and cruised to a wire-to-wire win with Yamaha mounted Bill Mathews taking second. Results 50 : 1. Will Mann (Yam); 2. Man Mann (Yam); 3. Ladale Smit h (Yam) 60: 1. Scott Pinson (Kaw t, 2. Jasson Smith (yam); 3. Rob Richards (Kaw ). JR MIN I: 1. Bruce Pinson (Kawl; 2. Jason Nail (Suzk 3. Scon Pinson (Kaw). 125 C: 1. Scott Stephens (Kaw k 2. Jamas Golden IKaw ); 3. Roger Acker (Kaw ). 125 B: 1. Joey Hargrove (Hon): 2. Bill M athews (Yam); 3. Sam Gallog ly (Kaw). 250 C: 1. Jeff Shealy (Honk 2. Murry Fail (Yamt, 3. Jeff Knee (Kawl. 250 B: 1. Frank Kiser (Suz): 2. Clay Horn sby(Suzt, 3. Troy Smith (Hon). OPEN: 1. Anthony Pat e (Hon): 2. Grog Crabtree (Honl; 3. Todd Trammell (SUl). . NOV: 1. David W illiams (Hont, 2. Terr ell Man in (Hon); 3. Randy Adam s (Yam). ENOUR: 1. Jeff Roben son (Kawl; 2. Mark Christoph er (Hon); 3. Thom W ill iam (KTM). SR MEN: 1. Lyn n Hicks (Hon): 2. Gary Reabe (Yam); 3. David Hawki ns (Yam). Metcalf masters Sunrise MX By Ken Faught , 32 ADELANTO, CA, J U L Y 24 Yamaha -mou n ted Ku rt Me tcalf used a perfect I-I tally to wi n m e 250cc Juni or class in ro u nd four of the CMC S um mer Series a t . S unrise Valley Cycle Park. When me gate dropped at the start . of the first moto J im Langston holeshot Bill Sauro, Metcalf, Dan n y Pach eco an d Gary Wagner. On me Scott Takacs (8M) holds off Luke .Arcidaen in the 125cc Intermediate first lap Wagner shot past Pach eco class at Sunrise. Arcidaen was the runner-up to Justin Souza. and set after the leaders. 'Metca lf ch a ll en ged Sauro for second and within a few laps was in the runnerPeichcto (Yam): 3. John A. Costanza (Yam). got by Ra ymond on the outside and 500 OPEN NOV: 1. Roben Meiring (H-Dt, 2. up position. Once by Sauro, Metcalf foll owed Fisher and Gresham, going Richie Sanchez (Hon t, 3. Joe Koppi (Yamt, 4. M ike closed in on Langston and within Sprenger (Yamt, 5. A. Scan Bricker (Hon). under Burke. Gresham puta wh eel a couple laps was less man two bike 500 OPEN JR: 1. Sher man G. Gresham (W·R): on Fisher to take over first while 2. William G. Arbogast (SUl); 3. Will iam Rider lengths behind. (Hon); 4 . David Sanchez (Hon); 5. Lawrence Green McDowell stole second. Mark Key, While Metcalf was searching for (Hon). moving up through the pack, man500 OPENEX: 1. Bobby McDowell (Hon); 2. Steve a way around Langston, Wagner was aged to grab fifth, where he stayed Raymond (W- R); 3. J immy Sanchez (Hon); 4. Daniel \ tryin g slip past Sauro. At the halfway P. McDonnell (Hont, 5. Frank E. Nye (W-R). until th e ch eckered £lag. Gresham PRO·AM : 1. Mi chael Gresham (W-R): 2. Bobby point Wagner managed to sail by held o n to first , but McDowell wa s Mc Dowell (Hon): 3. Randy Fisher (H-D): 4 . Mark Sa ura over a huge tabletop jump to Key (H-D); 5. Jimmy Sanchez (Hon). able to get a wheel under Fisher in ta ke co m m a n d of third. Shortly turn four to take over second a t th e afterwards Wagner fell back to fifth , fini sh . Shealy soars close behi nd Bryan O ' Neill, b ut In th e Open Expert class , McDoWagner q uickly got back up to speed at Coleta MX well was first o ff th e lin e bu t the race and repassed O' Neil l. wa s red-£Iagged w hen Fis he r went . By Toni Anthoni At me ch eckers Metcalf managed down in tu rn one. Fisher suffered an TALLADE GA, AL, JULY 16 to squeeze under La ngston for the apparent broken foot. Honda mounted Jeff Shealy was the win followed by Sauro, Wa gner and On th e restart, David Ryan was the big winner at the grand reopening O'Neill. . first to fum one with Gresham and of Coleta Valley MX. This was the Pach eco ca me back in me seco nd McDowell close beh ind. Ra ym ond first race u nder the new management moto to lead Wa g n er , Metcalf, was fourth and J immy Sanchez was and track co nditions and orga n izaLangston and O ' Neill arou n d the fif th. tion were well received bv all. first turn. Pach eco soon dropped to McDowell got a wheel on G reShealy totally dominaied 250cc C fifth , giving Metcalf me lead over sham in turn four and then put the class action. In each moto Shealy Langston. Wagner was third with heat on R ya n , getting by on the front powered his H on da into th e early O 'Neill fourth. As the race prostraight. Gresham was pushing lead and motored to co n vi n ci n g gressed Metcalf pulled away with me R ya n hard for several laps and both wins. Yamaha-mounted Murry Fail pack spreading out evenly. Metcalf riders went down coming out of turn placed second each rnoto. cruised to an easy wi n over Langston, three. The largest and most exci tin g class Wagner, O ' Neill and Pach eco. The red £lag and th e checkered £lag of the evening was the Novice class. _ The pair of moto victories gave came out, ending "the race with In moto one David Williams led the Metcalf me overall. Langston was McDowell in first, Raym ond second, pack ihrough turn one with Brent . seco nd with a 2-2 and Wagner's 4and Sanchez third. Da n iel McDonSterling and Ra ndy Adams a t his rear 3 topped O ' Neill 's 5-4 for third with nell took the fourth spot. wheel. At midmoto Williams was Sauro's 3-6 earning fifth overall. Results still leading, but the man on me Results PIW c: 1. Mi chael l'an erson (Yaml: 2. Danny move was Terrell Martin. After a Vickers (Yam); 3. M ichael Ray Erl (Yam); 4 . Chr is 50: 1. Corey Hoeft (Yam). A. Loredo (Yaml; 5. David Gassin (Suz). 60 : 1. Jason Shire y (Kawt, 2. Paul Ito (Kaw); 3. midpack start Martin was in second 60 NOV JR : 1. Helder Alvernaz (Kaw ); 2. Aaron lsaih Swa in (Kaw); 4. TImmy Dodson (Kaw). and closing fast on th e leader. Two L Gayle (Kaw); 3. Sammy Sabedra (Kaw); 4. Eric 80 BEG: 1. Steven Knox (Yam); 2. Tracy Asher Ma n in (Kawl. (Suz); 3. Jason Shirey (Yam): 4. Scan Jo hnson turns before me white £lag Ma rtin 80 NOV; 1. Jesse Sanch ez (Yamt, 2. Eric Bostrom (Kaw); 5. Mar iono Wh itlock. made a good move to pass Williams (Hon ); 3 . Tim Alvemaz (Yam); 4 . Dave Snow (SUl); BIG WH L: 1. Randy Belter (Kaw ). and take the wi n. Williams held on 5 . Aaron Ar ceme nt (Yam). 80 J R: 1. Joe DePalto (Hon); 2 Ryan Doty (Kaw ); 80 JR/ EX: 1. Ben Bostrom (Hon); 2. Man W ill ard 3. Steve Hengeveld (Kaw); 4. Bob Edge (Hont, 5. for seco nd with Yamaha-mounted (Kaw); 3. Earnie Martin (Kaw); 4 . Raben Stevenso n Danny Seyler (SUl ). Adams ta ki ng third. (Yam); 5. J ohn M itchell (Hon). 80 INT: 1. Eric Chavira (Hon): 2. Jacob Sw ain VET NOV: 1. Roben Me iring (H· D); 2. Henry (Kaw); 3. Chr is Kefalas (5'uz): 4. Damon Huffman I n m o to two Williams agai n Sanchaz (Hon); 3. Richard Schroeder (Yam); 4. (Suz); 5. Todd McMaster (Hon). nailed the holeshot, but this time 80 EX: 1. Derek Natvig (Hon); 2. Dustin Evans Frank Sanchez (Hon); 5. Don Shipley (W·R). (Suz). VET JR: 1. Will iam Rider (Hon); 2. Gary Cordeiro there was n o lookin g back as he (Hon); 3. lawrence G reene (Hon ); 4 . Jack W ina ns 80 OPEN: 1. Jason DePan o (Hon). sailed to a runaway victory. Randy (yam): 5. An M ithcell (Hon). 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Donald Upton (SUl); 2. Daryl Adams fin ished second with Martin VET EX: 1. Dave Bostrom (W·R t, 2. Ma rk K. Butler Kageyama (Hon); 3. Bobby Graham (Hon): 4. J eff (W-R); 3. Roy Fisher (Hon); 4 .Tim W. Wall ace (Yam). Foti (Hon): 5. A dam Jones (Kaw). taking third. 125 NOV: 1. Anthony J . Freeman (Suz): 2. Rodger 125 BEG 0 ·2: 1. Pat Belland (Hont, 2. Mark Talladega's Wallace Fincher was Robin son (C-A). . Vandwa ll (Hon); 3 . M ar lo M ewes (Hon); 4 . V ietor 250 NOV: 1. Ant hony Freeman (Hon); 2. Mon ty Banwelas: 5. Keith Haug (Kawl. o n the gas at me start of moto one W . Ow nbey (C·A): 3. Herban Callen III (Hon): 4. 125 JR: 1. Derek M eyer (Hon); 2. Chr is Kefa las of the 125cc B class taking the first Manin Mon tes (Hont, 5. Joe Koppi (Yam~ (Hont, 3. Jam ie Knox (Yam); 4. Raben Laine (Hont, '250 J R: 1. Gary M ilewski (Hont, 2. Robby 5. Ken Gray (Hon). turn lead wi th H onda -m ounted Joey 1251NT: 1. Justin Souza (Yam); 2. Luke Arcidaen (Hon): 3. John Edwada (Hon); 4. Charlie Flippen (Kaw); 5. Cole Gre.. (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Kyle Lew is (Hon); 2. Mike Young (Cag); 3. Jeremy McGrath (Yamt, 4. Paul Con ez (Hont, 5. Paul Vlach (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Kenny Sommer (Kawt, 2. Roben Pocius (Yam); 3. Ma rk Beckw ith (Suz);4 . Joe Ac una (Honk 5. Luis Asher (Suz~ 250 JR : 1. Kun Metcalf (Yam); 2. Ji m Langston (Yamk 3. Gary Wagner (Yam): 4. Bryan O'Neill (Kawk 5. Bill Sauro (Hoo). 250 INT: 1. John Edwards (Honk 2. Raymond Anthony (Hont, 3. Jeff Fine (Hon); 4 . Jack Lawrence (Yam); 5. Ji m Hawkins (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Young (Cag); 2. Pete Murray (Cag); 3. Ron Turner (Yam): 4. Ken Zhan (Hont, 5. Lance Johnson (SUl) . 500 BEG: 1. Bill Gilben (Yamt, 2. Frank Honon (Hont, 3. Don Grant (Kaw ). 500 JR: 1. Chuck Bagwell (Hon): 2. Mark Str oup (Hont, 3. Brad Sloan (Hon); 4. Chris W ilinski (Hon): 5. Ron Wans (Hon~ 500 INT: 1. Tony Bienon (Hon); 2. Bill Erb (Hon): 3 . Brian M anger (Hon) . 500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw): 2. Rex Stat en (Kawl: 3. Mike Hooker (Hon): 4. Ji m Rutherfo rd (Kawt, 5. Craig Davis (Yam). . VETJR: 1. Brian Anderson (Yam): 2. Mark Stro up (Hon); 3. John DiCiaula (Suz): 4 . Ji m Stentz (yam); 5. Jim Madden (SUl). VET INT: 1. Brad Sloan (Hon). VET PRO: 1. ROll Stat en (Kaw); 2. Ron Turner (Yam): 3. Michael Kordyck (KTM). Lamson scores Fernley MX win By Kathi Davis FE RNLEY, NV, J ULY 17 Steve Lamson extended his wi n ning strea k at the Fernley MX ra ces by winning a ll four mot os in the 125 and 250cc Expert classes today. Lamson's wi n in m e 125cc Expert class was clearly domina ting, as he. took the lead in me first moto after two laps a nd p ulled away to a comfortable lead. The seco nd m ot o was a ll his as h e grabbed m e holeshot and never looked back winning with a large lead. While Lamson's 125cc winning streak was never serious ly th re atened, today ' h is 250cc dominance a lmost came to an end. In the first 250cc moto Dave McCombs borrowed a friend's 250 Suzuki and grabbed the holeshot with Lamson running in seco nd. The two of them set out on a pace that pulled them away from me pack. Bu t Lamson overshot a turn letting McCombs pull a big lead. Lamson was on the gas trying to catch McCombs, but McCombs' lead was very secure. It looked li ke the race was all McCombs as it drew to a close, but fate stepped in a nd McCombs' bik e refuse d to shift on th e las t la p. H e ended u p wavi n g Lamson and Brian El der by as h e lim p ed to the finish. The seco nd 250cc moto saw Lamson grab another of h is patented h ol esh o ts and pulled away for his clean sweep of the day . The first O pe n Expert race was a Mark Mason , Mi tch Gallagher a nd T im Dryer duel. Mason had the lead at the start followed by Gallagher and Dryer. The three of them ran tire to tire early in me race, bu t as time went by, Mason pulled out a lead. But G allagher was the one who got ca ugh t sleeping at the fin ish. As he slowed in the last co rner thinking Dryer was far behi nd, Dryer dove underneath and wo n th e sprint to the finish. The second moto was a Gallagh er show as he led after me early la ps a nd did not let a nyone get close near the end of the moto this ti m e. G allagher wo n the overa ll with his first and third finish es. Results 250 NOV B: 1. Todd Stromberg (Kaw): 2. Steve Hem ingOf'(Kawt, 3. Dan Alle n (Kaw ). 60: 1. Dave Raben s (Kaw): 2. Blaine Wi llis (Hoo)t, 3. Jody Clark (Kaw ). 80 JR: 1. Jeff lvas (Kaw); 2. Steve Cosrnen (Suz); 3. Jason Reynold. (Kaw). OT EX: 1. Richard Schillive: 2. Dave Branham (Ma i); 3. Bob Miller (Hon). OT JR: 1. Bob Bishop (Hon); 2. Bill J ones (Mai); 3. Bill Freiling (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Darin Channe l (Kaw ): 2. Darrell Chapman (Hon); 3. Joe Froch (Hon). 250 NOV A : 1. Eric SUsky (Yaml ; 2. Mike McMurry (Suzk 3. Travis Smit h (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. M ichael Murphy (Hon); 2. Mark Calley (KTMk 3. Phil Cochran (Kaw). • 125 JR: 1. Jame. Morningstar (Kaw); 2. Brian Roth (Kaw): 3. Steve Hawkins (Hon).

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