Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

continued to battle to the end and Taylor managed to hang on to first . Danny McDonnell got by Nye to ta ke over the fifth spot and th ey stayed the sam e at th e checkered £lag. Mark Butl er grabbed the lead in th e Expert Veteran class with Dave Bos trom close behind. G eorge Cooper took over third while J ohn Taylor fell into th e fourth spot. Cooper managed to get by Bostom then caught up with Butler. Cooper tried to get aro und Butler severa l times and alm ost made it a few times, but Butler managed to grab th e check ered £lag first with Cooper a half b ike length beh ind h im. Bostrom came in th ird with Taylor a di stant fourth. Results 60 NOV JR: 1. Held er Alvernaz(Kaw): 2. Kenn eth Cypriano. Jr . (Kaw ); 3. Eric Manin (Kaw) ; 4 . Aaron Gayle (Kaw) . . , 80 NOV : 1. Er ic Bostrom (Hon); 2. Jesse Sanchez (Vam): 3. Tim Alvernaz (Vam): 4. Ju stin Ownbey (Kaw). . SOJR EX: 1. Sen Sostrom (Hon); 2. Earn ie Manin (I(aw); 3. William Luker (Kaw) . VET NOV JR: 1. Roben Me ir ing (H· O); 2. Oon Shipley (W-R); 3. Henry Sanch ez (Hon); 4 . lynn George (Hon). VET EX: 1. Mark Butler (W-R); 2. George Cooper (W-R); 3. Oave Bostrom (W-R); 4. John Taylor (W R). 250 NOV: 1. Michelle DiSalvo (Vam); 2. Manin Montes (Hon); 3. Anthony Freeman (Hon); 4. Monty Ownbey (C-A); 5. John Navaree (C-A) . 250 JR: 1. Anthony Mitchell (Hon); 2. Bill Fagundes (Kaw) 3. Robby Peichoto (Yam): 4. Dion Clardy (Hon): 5. Johnny McGill (Yam). 500 OPEN NOV: 1. Robert Me iring (H-D ); 2. Scon Bricker (Hon); 3. Gerald Peston i (Hon); 4. Richard Sanchez (Hon); 5. Roben Atk ins (Yam). 500 OPEN JR: 1. Sam Lomanto (Hon); 2. Dan Ritchie (Yam); 3. Elm ira Alvernaz (Yam); 4. Bryan Dan iver (Yam); 5. Fred Sanchez (W-R). 500 OPEN EX: 1. Ted Taylor (W-R); 2. Bobby McDowell (Hon); 3. Roben Damron (W -R); 4. Paul Iwanaga (Hon); 5 . Dan ie l McDonnell (Hon). PRO-AM: 1. Ted Taylor (W -R); 2 _ M ichael Gresham (W·R); 3. Mark Key (H-Dt 4 . Steve Raymond (W-R); 5. Roben Damron (W-R). Olson on top at Perris MX By David Procida PERRIS CA, J ULY 10 T im Olson too k the overall win today in SMX's 125cc Begi nner class at Perr is Raceway. Moto one saw Chris Rapp hol esho t with J oh n Thorton and Darr yl Dobbin s behi nd the pack into turn o ne. On lap two Rapp fell 0[[ h is H onda in th e bowl corner and remounted in n inth, giving the lead to T ho rto n. T horton had Dobbins an d Kevin Weston on his tail, but held th em 0 [[ until lap six when he failed to appea r, handing the lead over to Dobbins. Dobbins pi cked up the pa ce, while beh ind him Weston ca me under a ttack fro m Olson. Ol son sli pped by on the last lap, bu t Dobbins was lon g go ne and took the chec kered foll owed by Ol son , Jim Humphrey, w h o a lso bl ew b y Weston , and th en Weston a nd Craig Fla nd ers. In mo to two Rap p agai n powered hi s H on da int o the lead with O lson andjim Humphrey tryi ng to overtak e hi m. Rapp stayed on two wheel s as th ey circled through th e bowl head in g for the tableto p j ump. Rapp held tig ht as Ol son was all over him in a n attem p t to get by. Running in third was JIm Humphrey, who had Dobb in s and Lori H edstrom pressuring. Back up at the front, Ol son was sticking hi s front wh eel al ongside of Rapp; letting him kn ow where he was. On lap six, O lson again stuc k his wheel outs ide of Rapp and as Rapp tried to bl ock his op ponent, Ol son touched his brak es and dove undern eath Rapp, taking the lead a,way. Humphrey was still ru nning in third, but had o pened up a gap on Dobbins. At th e checke red, it was Ol son , Rapp, a nd Humphrey in th e top three positions . When th e total s were pos ted, Ol son's 2-1 gave h im th e overa ll with Dobbins'l-4 eaming him second fl ace hon ors. Hump hrey's pair 0 th irds gave him the number three slot. In 250cc Beginner action, Rand y Van Dyke put hi s Rocket Rex Racing Yamaha into th e winner 's circle by runn ing a way with both motos. Myro n H em ley and Yamaha Sports Center 's Ron Mal on e follo wed Van Dyke to the checkered in bo th mOlOS. Dan Townsend did the same to the Open Begi nner class as he romped to the . overa ll win over the H on da of Pete G oeb el s a nd Ka wa sa ki mounted Peter J . Wright J r. Results I- :I: Cl ::J ~ Z w '" >'" o b :I: e, . MINI BEG: 1. Randy Benen (Kaw); 2. Br ian Hubert (Hon): 3. John Bujdoso (Yam). 12 5 BEG: 1. Tim Olson (Hon); 2. Darryl Dobbin s (Hon ); 3. J im Hump hrey (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Randy Van Dyke (Yam t 2. M'(1"on Hem ley (Hon); 3. Ron Malone (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Dan Townsend (Hon); 2. Pete Goebel s (Hon); 3. Peter J. Wright Jr . (Kaw). 125 NOV: 1. Denn is Briggs (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Jason Austin (Yam); 2. J erry Sherer (Vam); 3. Frank Villa (Hon). OPEN NOV: 1. Mark Brown (Hon); 2. Nor man Sch iel (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Randy Danylo (Kaw) ; 2. Br ett Dun can (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Scon Br istop (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Joey Tunobene (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Je ff Haase (Kaw ); 2. W illy Musgrave (Hon ). Rogers roosts at Fossil Bowl MX By Butch Pharness CLARKIA, 10, JULY 17 SMS-sponsored Scott Rogers and his Honda tallied up a 2-1 score for the overall in the Old Timers class at th e Fossil Bowl. At the drop of the gate, it was Mike LaMastus powering to the holeshot with Sco tt Rogers and Denny Blankenship a few yards back. Gary Daggett was fourth into th e comer and first in the O ver The Hill class' with Mik e Pentland ro u ndi ng out the top five overa ll and second in th e O ver The H ill class. LaMastus slowly pulled away from th e pack. Blankenship was keep ing Rogers in sight until halfway through the moto, when he started to tir e. Dogge tt had been trail in g Pentland since the second corner for th e firs t half of th e moto. Wh en th ey sta rted up " Devi l's Drop," Doggett powered around Pentland. At the finish it was still LaMastus o ut fro nt with Rogers and Blanken sh ip second and th ird for the Ol d Timers. Doggett held on for th e win over Pentland in the Over The Hill class . Mo ta two wa sn 't so easy fo r LaMastus as Roger s was in hot puruit from th e start. LaMastu s got th e hol eshot, but Rogers went u nder h im for th e lead . Blankenship was running third. Doggett and Pen tland had their won d uo for th e lead of th e O ver The Hill class. Up fro nt, LaMastus was looking for a way arou nd Rogers as the y entered .the whoop section. Rogers elected to take them o ne at a time - opening th e door for LaMastu s as he doubled four sets out of six , taking th e lead. On the white flag lap it looked as tho ug h LaM astus had won over R og ers, but trou b le struck. As La Mas tus was mak ing h is way th r o u g h th e w hoop section , he landed wro ng, causing h im to loose all the gro und he had ga in ed o n Rogers and a little more. Ro gers went on to win th e moto with LaMastus in seco nd and Blanken ship ta king third. The Doggett -and Pen tland du o went down to the wire with Doggett com ing o u t on top. Doggett 's perfect I-I gave him th e overall in th e Over The Hill class . Results AUTP STK: 1. Dustin Pharness (Hon); 2. Adam Sumpter (Vam); 3. Ian Mack (Yam); 4 . Trovis Howell (Yam); 5. Cosey Johnson (Yam). JR MINI : 1. J immy laMastus (Kaw); 2. Cory Bauder (Kawl; 3. Chris Johnson (Hon); 4 . Andy Hannum (Kaw); 5. Josh Easley (Kaw) . SO BEG: 1. J immy laMastus (Kaw); 2. Derek M inzel (Kaw); 3. Mike Miller (Hon); 4 . EZ Easley (Han ); 5. luke Payne (Kaw ). 80 NOV: 1. Wade Russell (Kaw); 2. Sean Cherry (Kaw); 3. Scon Jo hnson (Kaw). ' 125 BEG: 1. Ti m Taylor (Kawt 2. Cody Wilks (Yam); 3. Jason Allen (Hon); 4 . Jason Muscrolt (Sull; 5. Bla ine Allen (Kaw) . Jeff Neal (7) chases overall winner Jimmy Lewis in the Adult Mini class at Butterfield. Neal finished fourth overall. . 125 NOV: 1. Eric Christiansen (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Todd Schini (Hont 2. Chris Russell (Kaw); 3. Steve Wagner (Yam); 4. ' Roben Winker (Yam); 5. Rob Siroslty (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. John Stunevant (Yamt 2. Gary Doggett (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. .Phil Bridgers; 2. Ray Drake (Hoot. 3. Chr is Crowell (Hont 4. Brian Gafford (Hoo). 250 PRO: 1. Dale Wolff (Hont 2. LaVonn Gordon (Hoo). OPEN NOV: 1. John Wayne (Hoo). OPEN INT: 1. TroyJoiner(Kawt 2. DelbenGumm (Han). OT: 1. Scott Rogers (Hon ); 2. M ike laMastus (Kaw t 3. Denny Blankenship (Hon). OTH; 1. Gary Doggett (Kaw); 2. M ike Pent land (Han). Lewis hot at Butterfield MX By Ken Faught TEMECU LA, CA, J ULY 17 J immy Lewi s pro ved th at th e 106 degree temperature was n't th e o nly hot ite m in Temecula as he narrowly edged out Ron Wood in th e Fourstroke Mini class to win .round two of th e C MC Summer Series at Butterfield. . When the gate dropped at th e start of the first moto the ND Spark plugs/ Ro ko Sp orts/Kal-Gard/IRC·sp on· sored Le wis h oleshot J eff Neal , Wood, Sean Marlando and Roger Doggrel l. En teri ng the first tum Neal dove under Lewis to take over the lead , but it was short-lived as Lewis q u ickly repassed h im down the back straigh t. . While Lewis expanded his lead Wood began challenging Neal for second. As the two riders launched their XRs over a tabletop jump, Wood swapped and almost too k the pair out, but he quickly regained 'con trol and followed Neal into th e next turn. Wood soon found h is way around Neal and set after Lewis. Wit h on ly two laps rem ainin g Lewis encountered bike problem s which allowed Woo d to immediately close in. "There was a muddy turn in the back and I gu ess I go t wat er o n th e air filter, " said Lewis. "A t first I though t th at th e choke was on , bu t when I reached down to tum it 0 [[ there was nothing wrong. " A battle was crea ted as Wood challe nged Lewis for first. Wood chased Lewis to th e checkers where they fin ished ahead of Neal , Doggrell a nd Marlando. Second-mote action saw Wood come back to hol eshot Lewis, Doggre ll, Neal and Marlando . Aga in Wood and Lewis pulled away from the pack with Wood in control. Lewis soon changed all of th at as he snuck past Wood to take over the lead. As Wood co ntin ued to keep up his end of the pressure,Doggrell had moved in on th e two riders. On th e last lap Lewis and Wood tangled in the back section, causing Wood to lo se h is mom entum. As Wood struggled to get back up to speed Dog~ell too k co mmand of second. LeWIS took the checkers first and Wood overj u m ped th e fin ish li ne table top in hopes of bea ting Doggrell to th e last tu rn , but it was no good. Doggrell took the ru n ner-up p o sition over W ood, Nea l and Mar lando. A 2-1 score gave Lewi s th e overall win. Wood captured second wi th 13. Doggrell netted th ird with a 4·2, Neal finished fourth and MarIando ro u nded out the to p five. Results 6Occ: 1. Eric Schnell (Kaw); 2. Jeff Willoh (Kaw ); 3. Paul Ito (Kaw) ; 4 . Jason Shi rey (Kaw); 5. J err y Aleman (Kaw). SO BEG: 1. Steve Karo x (Vam); 2. J immy Buth (Suz); 3 . Eric haug (Kaw); 4 . M ariano Hack (Kaw ); 5. Jason Sh irey (Yam). SOOPEN: 1. Jeff W illoh (Kaw); 2. J ason OePallo (Hon ). SOJR: 1. Joey DePono (Hon ); 2. Ryan Doty (kaw); 3. Greg Schnell (Kaw); 4. David Clifford (Kaw); 5. Steve Hengeveld (Kaw). 80 INT: 1. Damon Huffman (Suz); 2. Chr is Kefa las (Hon); 3. Eric Chivara (Hon). 4-STRK MINI : 1. Jimmy lewis (Hon ); 2. Ron Wood (Hon); 3. Roger Doggr ell (Hon); 4. J eff Neal (Hon) ; 5. Sean Marlando (Hen) . . 125 BEG 0-1: 1. Tim Enoch (Suz); 2. Daryl Kageyama(Hon); 3. Larry early (Hon ); 4 . Robby Gill (Yam); 5. Adam Jones (Kaw ). 125 BEG 0-2: 1. Chuck Lippert (Suz); 2. Jo hn Specht (Hon); 3. Donald Upton (Suz); 4 . John Clifford (Kaw) ; 5. Bryan Hanson (Hon). 125 JR: 1. Chr is Kela las (Hon); 2. Tiger Garcia (Hon); 3. Ryan Johnson (Hont 4. Ken Gray (Hon); 5. M ike Bulley (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Randy Moody (Hon); 2. Todd M itchell (Yamt, 3. Ryan Corlsile (Kaw t 4. Charlie Flippen (Kaw t, 5. Scon Takecs (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Kyl e lewis (Hon); 2. J er emy McGrath (Yam); 3. Phil Lawrence (Yam); 4. Paul Conez (Hon); 5.Chris Heinrick (Kaw) . 250 BEG: 1. Don Vall ier (Vam); 2. Nick Santana (Hon); 3. Russell Anderson (Suz); 4. Richard Todd (Hon ); 5. Mark Beckwith (Suz). 250 JR; 1. J im Langston (Yam); 2. joe Armstrong (Yam); 3. Chuck Bagwell (Hon); 4 . Bryan O'n eill (Kaw ); 5. Chr is Murphy (Hon ). 260 INT: 1. Mike Chambe rla in (Yam); 2. Jo hn Hawkins (Yam); 3. Jeff Fine (Hon); 4. SCOU Takacs (Suz); 5. An Higgins (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw); 2. Ron Turner (Yam); 3. Bob Kline (Hon t, 4. Mike Voung (Cog); 5. Lance Johnson (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Rob Edwards (Hon); 2. Don Gaux (Ma i); 3. Jim Alexander (Hon ); 4. Doug Rapman (Hon); 5. Frank Horton (Hon). 500JR: 1. Chuck Bagwell (Hon); 2. Chr is W ilinski (Hon); 3. Br ian legg (Hon); 4 . Brad Sloan (Hon); 5. Tom lyman (Hon). 500 INT: 1. Bell Erb (Hon); 2. Brian Mangin (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw); 2. Mike Hooker (Hon); 3. Phil Lawrence (Vam); 4 . Gary Sailors (Kaw); 5. Robbie Lovas (Yam). VET JR: 1. John Ciaula (Suz); 2. Paul Ikeda (Hon); 3. Jo hn Hoegel (Hon); 4. jack Landers (Hon); 5. Kirk Chandler (Hon). VET INT: 1. Bob Post (Hon); 2. Brad Sloan (Hon). VET MSTR: 1. Bob Bland (Hon). VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Yam); 2. Vincent Deluca (Hon); 3. Michail Kardya k (KTM); 4. Bobby Tipp it (Kaw ); 5. Corl Gazaly (Hon). OT JR: 1. Ken Fuelner (Hon ). 37

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