Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w '" Zahrt, lewis blister r:l a: Pearsonville MX w PEARSONVILLE. CA. J ULY 10 Kenny Zah rt a nd Ron Lewi s too k home th e 250 a nd 500cc Pro cla ss wins. respecti vely. at th e CM ClIMI seaso n final e at Pear sonvill e. Zahrt holeshot th e first 250cc Pro class moto with Eric Wicker and J eff Bla ck neck -and-neck fo r seco nd through the first few comers. Wicker finally pulled away and set hi s sights o n Zahrt, leaving Black to duel wit h J on Wilson until Wilson-bailed off the triples. Wicker worked up to within challe nging distance of Zahrt, only to lose it in a co rner to let Black by. Wicker recovered quickly and reeled in Black, fin all y diving under in a corner to rega in second. In the seco nd moto Zahrt again grabbed the lead and pulled away from Black a nd Wicker. wh o battled fo r second unt il Wicker forced h im self into the inside and made a pass stick. Wicker again started reeling in Zahrt, but couldn 't get any closer than 10 feet for the rest of the > a: a: I- > a:I ~ o :I: c, 00 00 0') Jeff Mabery (10) tried but couldn't hold off A.J. Whiting (23), the winner of the 250cc Pro class at Los Angeles County Raceway. crown (125cc Intermediate), edging out Pocino a nd J eff Murphy. Results PIW: 1. Randy Finch (Yam): 2. Monte Montague (Yam): 3. Marcus Montague (Yam). JR : 1. Jason Partridge (Kaw): 2. John Meng (Kawt, 3. Stoven Howe (Kawt, 4 . Randy Finch Jr . (Yamt, 5. Chad Norton (Kaw). 80 STI<(9· 11): 1. Jason Partr idge (Kaw t, 2. Joh n Men g (Yamt, 3. Man Camden (Yam): 4. Stoven Howe (Kawt, 5. M ichael Laskow itt (Kaw). 80 NOV (12-1 6): 1. Tim Keillor (Kawt, 2. Dan Lynch (Hont, 3. Damon Lowe (Han). 80 MOD: 1. Ja son Partridge (Kawt 2. John Meng (Yamt, 3. M ike Gilbert (Yamt, 4. Eddie Holland; 5. Frankie Villeg as (Han). 80 STI< INT (12· 16): 1. Mi ke Gilbert (Yam): 2. Eddie Holland (Suz). 125 NOV A:. 1. Johnny Camden (Yam): 2. Randy Dotson (Hont, 3. Jo hn Berr est (Yamt, 4 . Kirby Hansen (Suz): 5. Gary Conner (Han). 125 NOV B: 1. Dale Albi ston (Kaw t, 2. Frank Gou ld (Han): 3. Car l Fuller III (Han); 4 . John Hasowski (Hont, 5. Jo hn Stoher (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Derek Titus: 2. Chri s Poeino (Kaw): 3. Jeff Murphy (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Chris Trickle (Han): 2. Ken Arn old (Hont, 3. T.L Taylor (Kaw). . 250 NOV: 1. Bryan DeMille (Han): 2. Jay Cody (Yam): 3. Bobby Rudd (Yamt, 4 . Man Stoeker (Yam); 5. Just in Lowe (Han). 250 INT: 1. Deredk Titus (Sull: 2. Chri s Poeino (Han): 3. Kevin Bart len (Kaw): 4. Alex Hill (Han); 5. Kevin Cherry (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Chr is Trickl e (Hont, 2. Bar ry Frehn er (Kaw). 500 NOV: 1. Mart in An sorge (Hont, 2. David Dun (Han): 3. Brandon Trueb (Han): 4. Mic hael Erickson (Vam). 500 INT: 1. Kevin Bartlen (Kaw): 2. Kevin Cherry (Han): 3. Larry Tash iro (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Randy Roese (Han); 2. Frank Singer (Han): 3. John Slavens (Han). SIVETS (OVER 25) : 1. Glenn Warren (Han): 2. Alex Hill (Han): 3. Doug Taft (Kaw ): 4 . Tony Berluni (Yam): 5. Mart in Ansorg e(Hon). VET (OVER 30): I .' Barry Hill (Han): 2. J im Fikes (Han): 3. Tom Pinney (Han): 4 . Mark Huonderburg (Cog); 5. Rickey Fernandez (Yam). . WMN: 1. Kita Mohr (Kaw): 2. Julie Riddle (Kaw); 3. Carrie Hite (Han). Whiting shows way at LACR MX By Terry Rezek 36 PAL MDAL E, CA. J ULY 24 There was quite a show in the 125 and 250cc Pro classes at today's CR C Motocross at Los Angeles Coun ty Racewa y. J eff Mabery . a Yama ha rider also sponsored by }T. Silk olene, and Racetech , was up against A.J. Wh iting. a former factory rider no w riding as a privateer. Mabery took all four hol eshots and held th e lead for th e first half of every rnoto. Ex perience to ld the di fferen ce. however. as Whi ting took th e lead awa y in each moto with some flash y moves clearl y honed in Natio nal co mpetition. Mabery never ga ve up and chased Wh iting right to th e checkered but had to settl e for seco nd in both 125 and 250cc Pro clas ses. J eff Barbacovi could only watch as the two fou ght for the lead in th e 125c c cl asss a n d fin ished third overa ll. Adam Pontious, riding for KTM of Mojave. smoked the 250cc No vice clas s. The Honda-mounted Pontious dom inated bo th motos, ta ki n g- instant leads in both starts and simply motoring away from all the competitors. Rob Webb took both seconds and Todd Peterson rode to a tie for th ird in th e same class. taking th at spot wi th th e better second mo to finish. Albert Sanchez also parlayed two excelle n t starts into strong wins in the l25cc Novice event. Wh ile Sanchez had no problems. Tony Su lek got two di smal starts the n rode the seat cover off of his Kawasaki in both mo tos to finish th ird and seco nd fo r second overall. . In the l25cc Int erm ediate class Bubba Eri ckso n went fro m gate to flag in the lead to take the number one spot. R yan Carlisle started slow ly in both motos and fin ished th ird in mo to one. Ca rlisle was moving up ra pidly in mot o two when he stop ped severa l times. attem pting to clear something fro m his eye. H e was finall y forced to retire when he was unabl e to get his vision back. Scott Murphy led mo to o ne fro m start to finish in th e 250cc Intermediate class. H e was foll ow ed by J oel Tokarsky and T odd Broussard. Broussard grabbed the early lead in moto two. foll owed by Mu rp h y and Tokarsky. Murphy went for the lead on lap fo ur but went down ha rd. dro pp ing to and staying in fourt h . Broussard too k the mo to wi n a nd the ov era ll . w it h Tokarsky ge tti n g another secon d for second overa ll. Results 80 BEG: 1. Danny - Sky" King (Han): 2. An dy Gurzvich (Yam): 3. Paul Gilmart in (Kaw t, 4 . Aaron Wa snco (Kaw): 5. Joey Ciracco (Han). WMN NOV: 1. Candy Hart. , (Kaw): 2. Joy Am es (Hon): 3. Sue Sittman (Suz). WMN INT: 1. Sheila Marett (Han). VET BEG: 1. Kevin Lowe (Kaw t, 2. Richa rd Sw iha rt (Sull: 3. M ike McAlpin (Kawt 4 . Tim Hiltn er (Han): 5. Mart in A. Luna (Yam). VETNOV: 1. Russ Hoffman (Hon): 2. Dinky Denny (Yam). VET INT: 1. Charl ie Strong (Ha n); 2. Todd Peterson (Yam}: 3. Randy Anderson (Yamt 4. M ike Robinso n: 5. Curt James. SR BEG: 1. John Flanders (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Bill Crawford (Kaw): 2. Mark Valenzuela (Hont 3. Scan Pekarek (Suz): 4. Han. Veager (Hont 5. J usty Mendibles (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Albert Sanch ez (Han): 2. Tony Sulek (Kaw t 3. Clreneed Abbon (Han): 4 . Jon Hughlen (Vam); 5. Tony Barranti (Han). 125 INT: 1. Bubba Erickson (Cag): 2. Ronnie Densford (Han): 3. Andy Gr ider (Kaw): 4. Ryan Carlisle (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. A.J . Wh it ing (Han): 2. Jeff Mabe ry (Yam): 3. Jeff Barbacovi (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Greg Martinez (Han); 2. Man Wyckoff: 3. Todd Clark (Kaw): 4. Travis Mu llins (Suz): 5. Jim Tanone (Kaw ). 250 NOV: 1. Adam Pont ious (Han): 2. Rob Webb (Han): 3. Todd Peterson (Vam); 4 . Scon Boek (Han): 5. Chuck Gunter (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Todd Broussard (Vam): 2. Joel Tokarsky (Han); 3. Seon Murphy (Kaw): 4. Ray DeWayne (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. A.J. Whiting (Han): 2. Jeff Mabery (Yamt 3. Chris Radzinski (Yam): 4. Cliff Oake. (Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Andrew Amour (Han): 2. Robin Vaung(Hon ~ 500 NOV: 1. Keith Burnight; 2. Grogg Thompson. 500 INT: 1. George Andrews (Han). By Brian Dettling moto . In the 500cc Pro class Precision Plastering's Lweis led the pack out of the first tum with Black. Derrick Pai ement and Brian Vargus following. T wo duels immediately began as Vargus tried to ge t aro und Paiement and Black did his best to pass Lewis for th e. lead. Vargus worked hi s way past Paiem ent and Black o u tjumped a fading Lewis to ta ke first. Vargus slip ped under Lew is to take second. T he second rnoto started th e same as Lewi s 'gra bbed the holeshot and held it wide open wire-to- wire to take the overa ll win. Vargus came back from another slow start to cli nch second place for the da y. Results 250 PRO: 1. Kenny ZOhrt (Han): 2. Eric Wick er (Kaw t 3. Jeff Black (Vam); 4. Jon Wi lson (Suz). 500 PRO: 1. Ron Lewis (Han): 2. Brian Vargus (Kaw): 3. J eff Black (Yam); 4. Derr ick Paiement (Kaw )_ 80 EX: 1. Luke Me iser (Suz). 80 INT: 1. Terry Parson s (Vam). 80 BEG: 1. Jay Theys (Kaw ): 2. Bri an Kohl (Suz): 3. Jason Cornel ius (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Daniel Cossack (Cag). 125 J R: 1. Garet Anderson (Vam): 2. Man Winkel (Han). . 125 INT: 1. Jimmy Kight (Han): 2. Nick Voung (Vam): 3. John Condon (Vamt 4. Sean Bradley (Han): 5. David Alford (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Kelly Johnson (Vam): 2.·Jeff Panen (Han): 3. Kenny Vark (Yam). 250 JR : 1. David ZOhrt (Han): 2. Vince Baian i (Han): 3. Clint Compton (Han); 4 . Jim Fowle r (KTM ). 250 INT: 1. Greg W inters (Han): 2. David Alford (Han). 500 BEG: 1. Barry Parsons (Han): 2. Scan Hers ley (Han). 500 JR: 1. Dann y Reider (Kaw): 2. Kurt Seaman (Han): 3. Carl DeHaan (Han). VET BEG: 1. Rick Cornelius (Suz): 2. Chr is Perez (Han): 3. Tom Perl (Han): 4. Stove Sprag le (Yam). VET! NT: 1. Greg Winters (Han). Allen, Brennan top Wapella Scrambles By Bill Holt WAP EL LA. IL. J ULY 10 David Allen powered his Coppertop Lounge/Peir ce' s Yamaha to strong class wins in both th e 125 and 250cc divisions. as did Gary " The Mad Bom ber" Brennan in the 400cc and th e Senior classes on a rough and dusty Bloomington-N o rmal M/C scra mbles track. Allen warmed up to his task for th e da y by running up i n the powder to hold off Richard H art and Chad Barth for th e win in th e 125cc clas s. In th e 200cc class th e local hero. Greg Vogel. met his match - John Lambri ck. Lambrick followed Vogel into th e first turn and through most of th e first lap but once he got by he was able to fight off the challenges of Vogel for th e win. Steve Vigen had th e best seat in the house for the duration as he kept it close in third. Allen passed up a spot on the front row in th e final to take a spot on the groove in the second row . No one cou ld guess what his strategy was but the crowd was on its feet as the green light flashed for the 250cc final. Allen swept to the outside of turns one and two and by th e time he hit the downhill right-hand tum he had passed the field using the line that everyo ne had avoided a ll da y. The o utside of th e turns lay six inches deep in silt and Allen was th e o nly rider all da y to use it effectively. Those first two turns put him in fro nt of Dan Carter and hi s Suzuka/ Blendz oil H onda and Carter seemed able to outri de everyo ne but All en . Doni H oleman slip ped by Dana McN eil in the middle laps to grab the th ird spot with Peter Barnosky fifth. Brennan sho t into the lead of th e 400cc final and was never headed or seriously challenged. The racin g was for the second spot which was won by " Augie" Augenstien over Tom Sutton. Brennan came back to ~t another bullet holeshot in the Senior final. This time he was in front of Les Eslinger who would not let go easily and kept on the pressure until the checkers flew but settled for second. Results 50: 1. Shannan Wr ight (Yam): 2. Shane Garrison (Yamt, 3. Randy Smith (Yamt 4. J ustin Rison (Yamt, 5. Micheal Oehler (Yam). MINI : 1. Jess Robinson (Kawt 2. Ched Gray (Kaw): 3 . Paul Williamson (Vam) ; 4 . Shane Garrisson (Yam): 5. Chris McNun (Han). 125: 1. David Allen (Yamt, 2. Richard Hart (Hont, 3. Chad Barth (Han). 200: 1. John Lambr ick (Kaw t, 2. Greg Vogel (Han); 3. Steve Vigen (Sull. 250: 1. David Allen (Yam): 2. Dan Carter (Han): 3. Doni Holeman (Hont 4 . Dana McNeil (Hont 5. Poter Barnosky (H-D). 400: 1. Gary Brennan (Hont 2. Mark Augenstein (Bul): 3. Tom Sunon (Yam). SR: 1. Gary Brennan (Han): 2. Las Eslinger (KTM). 500: 1. Rick Knuth (RlXt 2. David Knowles (Kaw): 3. Terry Ada ms (Yamt 4. Dani Holeman (Yam). Taylor takes two at Hills Ferry ST By Mikki McBride NEWMAN, CA. J ULY 9 Teddy T aylor di d a great job of riding to night at H ill s Ferry Speedway, takin g win s in th e Pro-Am and Open Expert classes. . In th e three heats of P ro -Am riders. T aylor won his hands down o n h is Wood s-Rot ax. H onda rider Bobby McDow ell took first in hi s heat and Michael Gr esh am , riding a Rotax , passed H arley-Davidson rider Mark Key just before the checkered flag to take over first in the th ird heat. In th e Sem i J ose Agu ilar led the pack wire-to -wire with Kevin Bricker co mi ng in seco n d foll o wed by J immy Sanchez for tra nsfers to the main. In the mai n event . Taylor grabbed the holeshot with Gresham falli ng into seco nd j ust ahead of Mar k Key. McDowell slid into fourth then went wide when he tried to get by Key and ended up in th e lOth spo t. Wi th a narrow groove. Taylor. G resh am and Key held th eir respec tive p laces followed by Ro tax ri der. Rob ert Dam ron. in fifth . McDo well was on ly ab le to recover up to eight h whi le the first five riders rem ain ed th e same. wire to wire. In the Ope n Expert class heat races T aylor agai n wo n h is heat. McDowell also won his heat . and Ro tax rider Frank Nye won his. In the main event T aylor sho t into the lead with Paul Iwanaga gra bbing second o n a Honda. Damron was th ird with Mc- · Dowell fourth and Nye fifth. These positions were held for the first five of th e 15-lap main when Damron and McDowell were abl e to get by Iwanaga on th e inside as Iwanaga went a little wide coming out of turn two on the sixth lap. McDowell was abl e to throw a wheel on Damron and took over second. After th at . he rode hard to catch Taylor and tried to get ar o und. Taylor and McDowell

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