Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

recovered in third. Up front Dogrell continued to chase Maeda aro und th e track with Maeda eventua lly taking a narrow win over Dogrell , Mart ini and Berry. Second moto action saw Maeda co me ba ck to hol esho t Martini , Berry and Dogrell. On the first la p Berr y dr opped to fo urth, gi ving Martini second. Dogre ll chased Martin i aro u nd for severa l laps unti l he found his way into second. Up fron t Maeda had opened up a ' sizable lead over the pack. The Suzuki-pilot cr uised to the checkers where he ca p tured th e win and th e overall ahead of Dogrell, Martini and Berry. Results 5Occ: 1. Brian' Aod erson (S uz); 2. Chris McN an (Yam); 3. Scott Alexan der (Yam); 4. Chr is Panek (Yam); 5. Shaw n Egercic (Yam). . 6Ooc: 1. J ason Shirey (Kaw ); 2. J ohn Menig (Kaw); 3. Paul ita (Kaw); 4 . Ja y They, (Kaw). BO BEG 0 -1: 1. Keno Deary (Kaw); 2. Marc Lippert (Suz); 3. Scooter Jones (Kaw ); 4 . Jason Shirey (Yam); 5. Paul Ito (Yam). BO BEG 0 -2 : 1. Robert Best (Kaw); 2. Kerr y ~ u o a:: c- o ~ >l%l 8 o :I: c, Women's Intermediate class winner Katy Senger (6 9 ) leads runner-up Lori Hedstrom (4 ) and the pack in a moto at Perris Raceway. Vant icnen (Kaw); 3. John Meng (Yam); 4 . Mariano Wh itlock (Kaw); 5. Josh Butte (Yam). 80 tNT: 1. Eric Chavira (Hon); 2. Chris Kefalas (Han). 4-STRK: 1. Ray Groom (KXR); 2. Sean M arlando (Han). . ADlT MNI : 1. Ross Ma eda (Suz); 2. Rodger Dogrell (K/H); 3. Gary Martin i (Han); 4 . Stephan Berry (Yam). 125 BEG 0-1 : 1. Jose Godin ez (Kaw); 2. Sean Wedgewood (Han); 3. Jo hn Thorton (Han); 4 . Jeff McMillan (Kaw); 5. Jim Rice (Yam). .125 BEG-2: 1. Rodney Osman (Kaw); 2. Bob Engel (Suz); 3. Glen Carrera (Han); 4 . Bob Kessler (Suz); 5. Skip Early (Kaw). 125 JR: 1. Danny Fonleyn (Kaw); 2. Kurt Rood (Kaw); 3. Chris Kefalas (Han); 4. Eric Jasper (Han); 5. Nick Mccaskell (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Daniel Bush (Han); 2. Scott McDo · nough (Yam); 3. Matteo Coestino (Cog); 4, Brian . Gipson (Han); 5. Steven Kotojarvi (Kaw) . 125 PRO: 1. Tim Lunde (Yam); 2. Jon levey(Hon); 3. Joe Tuttobene (Han). 250 BEG 0 ·1 : 1. M ike Hartman (Han); 2. Dale Covington (KTM); 3. Jim Foster (Han); 4 . Jason . Dannamay (Han); 5. Tim Williams (Kaw). 250 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Dean Mullins (Han); 2. Steve Pollack (Kaw); 3. Ken Jones (Yam); 4 . Steven Rasmussen (Han); 5. Jim Williams (Kaw). 250 JR: 1. Mike Buff (Yam); 2. Gary Wagner . (Yam); 3. Glenn Koski (Kaw); 4 . Denn is Chaf e (Yam); 5. Jim Carley (Kaw). 250 INT: 1. Jim Dom inici (Han); 2. Keven l opa (Han); 3. Matteo Coestino (Cag); 4. James Wh ite· head (Kaw); 5. Ric McCants (Kaw) . 250 PRO: 1. Pete Murray (Cag); 2. Bob Klin e (Han); 3. Dan Berg ·(Kaw ); 4. Ron Turn er (Yam); 5. Mike Dunlap (Kaw). 500 BEG: 1. Rich Hansen (RTX); 2. D.R. McCa in (Yam); 3. Franc is Ganance (MAl); 4 . Robert Meixner (Han); 5. Charl es Aulk (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Anthony Cabedi (Han); 2. Mark Stroup (Han). 500 PRO: 1. Pete Murray (Cag); 2. Dan Berg (Kaw); 3. Gary Sailo rs (Kaw); 4. Jon Ortn er (Han); 5. Sean Conley (Kaw). VET JR: 1. Jim Stentz (Yam); 2. John DiCiaula (Suz); 3. Jack Landers (Han); 4. Mark Stroup (Han); 5. Mark Hayakawa (Han). VET INT: 1. Mark Howard (Han); 2. Tony Glamberdino (Kaw). VET MSTR: 1. Mark White (Yam).' VET PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Yam); 2. Rick Johnson (Hon). Fowler, Jackson fly at Perris MX ' By David Procida PERRIS, CA, AUG . 7 T erry Fowl er a nd Vick y J ackson won both motos for overall victories in the 250cc Pro and Women 's Exper t classes, respectively, at round two of the IRC Tri Race/Women 's Championship Seri es h eld a t P er r is Raceway. In the first 250cc P ro mo to Fo wler ' grabbed 'an early lead wi th T odd Campbell and Paul Vlach glued to his rear fender. Will y Mu sg rave charged up through th e ra n ks and flew into second. Musgrave moved in on Fowler an d for the next seven laps, the two battled it' o u t. Fowler held Mu sgrave off for th e win. Vlach scored a di stant th ird with Willy Surratt coming fro m dead las t " t o fourth. Mike H ooker snapped u p the holeshot in mo to two , bu t fell to Fowler and Musgrave. Fowler and Musgrave battl ed fiercely. In th e Women 's Ex pe rt class, Jackson too k less th an a lap to get by Suzu ki Racing Count ry's Dan a Evanson . Li sa Peterson also go t by Evanson and reeled Jackson in , bu t was unable to pass. Jackso n took th e wi n with Peterson sti ll attached to her rear fender, wh ile Warch m oved into thi rd at th e finish . In mota two Jackso n too k the holeshot with Peterson once again a ttached to her rear fender. Peterson took the lead and was helped when Jackson was involved in a pileup in th e horseshoe turn. Two laps later Jackso n was back a n d r epass ed Peterson as sh e slowed for a la pper. J ackson held on for the rem aining two la ps in fro nt of Pe terso n . War ch fin ished in the number three slot once again. Results SR EX: 1. Bob M illner (Han). VET BEG:· 1. Viet or Parker (Kaw ); 2. David Gauth ier (Yam); 3. Robert Wyckoff (Kaw ). VET NOV: 1. M ike Martin (Yam); 2. David M innick (KTM); 3. Dan Gossett (Yam). VET INT: 1. Steve Clark (Han); 2. Char li e Stro ng; 3 . Mik e Rochester (Hon). VET EX: 1. Robert Tippit (Cog); 2. Rex St at en (Kaw) . 80 BEG: 1. Randy Bett en (Kaw); 2. Arman do Olivira (Suz); 3. Armando Overl and (Kaw ). 80 NOV: 1. Dona ld Upton (Kaw) . 80 INT: 1. Tony Sulek (Kaw). 125 BEG 0 -1: 1. Ju stin M andilike; 2. Al ex Baca; 3. Efron Rodrigu ez (Kaw ). 125 BEG 0 -2 : 1. Mark Adair e (Kaw); 2. Hans Yeager (Han); 3. Mark Edwards (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Matt Wyckoff (Han); 2. Greg Su lliv an (Kaw ); 3. Tom Anderson (Yam). 500 BEG: 1. Steve Schrobsdorf (Han); 2. Dan Gutierrez (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Chris Evaris (Kaw); 2. Tony Sul ek (Kaw); 3. L Camomilo . 250 NOV: 1. Rich Barton (Yam); 2. David Zahrt (Han); 3. Scott Putnam (Kaw) . 500 NOV: 1. Rusty (Han); 2. Greg Kaim (Han); 3. Mark Fitsimmons (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Bubba ErickSon (Cog); 2. Cole Gress (Kaw); 3. Jeff Finch (Han). 250 INT: 1. Raymond An thony (Han); 2. Merle Hamner (Yam); 3. Todd Broussard (Yam). 500 INT; 1. David Bagwell (Han); 2. George Andrews (Han); 3. Tom Smith (Han). 125 PRO: 1. Paul Vlach; 2. Eric Browne (Kaw ); 3. J eff Barbacov i (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Terry Fowler (Han) ; 2 . W illy Musgrave (Han); 3. W illi Surratt (Cog). • 500 PRO: 1. Willy Musgrave (ATK): 2. Gary Sailors (Kaw); 3. Mike Hooker. WMN EX: 1. Vicky Jackson (Han); 2. Lisa Peterson (Han); 3. Bonnie Warch (Suz). WMN INT: 1. Kaly Seng er (Han); 2. Lori Hedstrom (Han); 3. Sheila Moretz (Han). WMN NOV: 1. Dianne Spizzirr i (Han); 2. Kimberly Morgan (Han); 3. Valer ie Parmely (Suz). Johnson jams ' atBaronaMX By Ken Faught RAMONA, CA, AU G.7 Su per / Moto Cro ss magazine test ri der L ance J ohnson co mbined consis tency wi th hard ridi ng to win the 250cc Pro class in ro und five of th e CMC California Sum mer Series at Barona Oaks. First mo to action saw Gear RaceMi ke wear / O a kley-spo n sored Young pilo t his Ca giva to a clean hol esho t followed -by Fra nkie Brundage, Johnson, Ken Zahrt a nd G len T antum . Young slowly pulled away w ith J ohn so n working his wa y around Brundage for second. Shortly after taki ng com man d of seco nd J ohn son bobbl ed in a corner, allowing Bru nd age to retu rn to the runnerup po sition. " I don't know what happened," said Johnson, " I think I hit some- th ing which almost too k o ut my fro nt wheel. Brundage go t by a nd I went after him again. " As the race progressed J ohnson again negotiated his way into second and bega n ca tch ing You ng. On the seventh la p J ohnson ca ught the Ca giva p ilo t a nd with three laps to go J o hn son snuck around Young and moved in to first. As J oh nson chased You ng; Bru ndage fell back to eigh th all owing Zahrt th ird ahead of Pete Mu rray and Ro n Turner. Young followed J ohnson to the checkers wh ere they fin ished ahea d of -Za h r t , . Mu rray , Tu rn er a n d Tant um. Second moto action saw FMF/ KalGar d /Sco tt G oggl e- spon sored J o hnson holeshot You ng, T urner, Br undage and Zahrt. T antum drove around th e outside of the first turn and moved int o th ird , bu t T urner quickly changed all of that and rendered T ant un to fourth over Greg Sm ith. . On the third lap Young caine aro und wi th a rear flat tire, handing second to Turner. Zahrt ma de a hard charge through th e pack to take third with Brundage and Murray close beh ind. Up fro nt T urner bega n challe ngin g Johnson for the lead, and as the duo came aro und at the halfway point Turn er had worked his way in to first. Joh nson chased T u rner. to the checker s wh ere they finished a h ea d of Zah rt , Brunda ge a n d Mu rra y. ~ J ohnson's 1-2 score ga ve him the overall , wh ile Turner wra p ped u p seco nd with a 5-1. Zahrt p laced th ird wi th 3-3 finis hes, top pi ng Murray's 4-5. Young ro un ded ou t the top five with a 2-9 tally. Results 6Occ: 1. Dustin Nelson (Kaw); 2. Tim Tilton (Kaw); 3. Ja son Shir ey (Kaw); 4. Paul Ito (Kaw ); 5. John Meng(Kaw). BO BEG: 1. Joh n M eng (Yam); 2. Jimmy Butler (Suz); 3. Chr is Dickens; 4. Mar iano Wh itlock (Kaw); 5. Jason Shirey (Yam). . 80 JR: 1. Ryan Daly (Kaw); 2. David Clifford (Kaw); 3. J eff Tilton; 4 . Steve Anthony (Kaw ); 5. Aaron W enstrup (Vam ). . 80 INT: 1. Er ic Chavira (Han); 2. J acob Swa in (Kaw); 3. Chr is Kefalas (Han). BOOPEN: 1. Jason DePatto (Han); 2. B.J. Parrish (Han). BG-WH L: 1. Shawn Bocale (Kaw); 2. J im Wilson (Kaw); 3. Robert Best (Kaw). 125 BEG: 1. Ada m Jo nes (Kaw ); 2. John Specht (Han); 3. Tim Enoch (Suz); 4 . Vietor Banuelos (Yam); 5. Robby Gill (Yam). 125 JR 0 ·1 : 1. Kory Byers (Kaw); 2. Robert Laine (Hon); 3 . David De mangos (Hon); 4 . David Casada (Suz); 5. Tiger Garcia (Han). 125 JR 0 -2 : 1. Roger Saenz (Yam); 2. Jimm y Chamber lain (Han); 3. M att Polasky (Kaw): 4 . Coli n Couto (Hon); 5. Steve Stevenson (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Todd M itch ell (Yam); 2.luke Arciancona (Han); 3. Jo hn Edwards (Han); 4 . Char lie Flippen (Kaw); 5. J usti n Souza (Yam). . 125 PRO: 1. M ike Young (Cag); 2. Kyle l ewi s (Han); 3. J eremy McGrath (Yam); 4 . Paul Cort ez (Hon); 5. Deano Cowan (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Kenny Somm er (Kaw ); 2. Ron W illiams (Kaw); 3 . Don Vallier (Vam); 4 . Joe Acuna (Han); 5. M ark Beckw ith (Suz). 250 JR: 1. Kurt M etca ~ (Yam); 2. Jim Langsto n (Yam); 3. Gary W agner (Yam); 4 . Chr is M urp hy (Han); 5. Danny Pacheco (Han). Mario Nieves (E2 ) leads Bobby Peters at Barona Oaks . . 250 INT: 1. Jim Haw kins (Yam); 2. Richard Geraghty (Yam); 3. J eff Fine (Han); 4. Tim Ma y (Suz); 5. John Edward s (Han). . 250 PRO: 1. Lance Johnson (Suz); 2. Ron Turner (Yam); 3. Kenn y Zahrt (Han); 4 . Pete Murray (Cag); 5. Mike Young (Cag). 500 BEG: 1. Rob Edwards (Han); 2. Terr y Benn en (Han); 3. Don Grant (Kaw); 4. Scott Bennett (Han); 5. Frank Horton (Hon). 500 JR: 1. Ron Gilbert (Han); 2. Fred Homm el' (Han); 3. Brad Sloan (Han); 4 . Brian legg (Han); 5. Chris Wil inski (Hon). . 500 INT: 1. Brian Mang en (Honl; 2. Tony Ble nert (Han); 3. Keith Johnson (Kaw ); 4. Bill Erb (Han); 5. Bob Bland (Han). . 500 PRO: 1. Pete Murray (Cag); 2. Dan Berg (Kaw ); 3. Vin cent Deluca (Han); 4. Jerry J irkolsky (Han). VET JR : 1. Brian Anderson (Yam); 2. Stan KeUer (Hon); 3 . John OiCiaula (Suz); 4 . Tomm y Haner (Suz); 5. Kar l Scanl an (Yam). VET INT: 1. David Chunn (ODD); 2. Bob Post (Han); 3. carl Conley (KTM ); 4. Dave Simmons (Kaw ); 5. Brad Sloan (Han). . VET MSTR: 1. Bob Bland (Han); 2. Lars Larson (Han). VET PRO: 1. Ron T urner (Yaml; 2. Robot Rogers (Hon); 3. Vincent Deluca (Hon); 4. M ichael Kordyak (KTM); 5. Doug Boyd (Han). OT JR: 1. Ken Feulner (Han); 2. Jay Biery (Yam); 3. Denny M iddleton (Han). Titus tames Foothills Sport Park SX By T. K. Bailey KOD AK, TN, AUG. 6 Derek Titus trekked from Nevada to T ennessee and overcam e the slick, muddy co nditio ns to win th e 250cc C class at Foo thill Sports -Park. In th e openi ng mo to, Suzuki' moun ted T itus th undered o ut of the gate wi th a trem endo us holeshot. His enth usias m was q uickly destroyed wh en he stu ffed h is bi ke into an extremely slick first turn and wen t down hard, getting a face fu ll of mud and tire tracks across hi s back. T h is ga ve Kawasak i rider Tony McMahan j ust the chance tha t he needed, as he wen t on for the mo to win. To Titus' credit, he was able to p ick himself up and methodi call y work his way thro ugh the pack for second pl ace. Mot o two saw T itus attack the start in a more co nservative way, stuc k in midpack and once again having to conte nd with the roosting mud from the riders in fro nt. This time T itus dialed th e co ur se in and took the second moto win alo ng wit h the overall class honors . T he 125cc C class saw another Nevada hotshoe, Richard Saxton, take a page ou t· of his teamma te's race-boo k by seizing a first moto holeshot, only to cras h ou t badl y in turn o ne. Saxton easily worked h is way back through the field for th e win, p la yfully roosting mud in faces of riders who trie d to block th e trac k as he caugh t up with the m. T he second moto was all Sax to n wit h an easy wire-to-wire victory that sewed up overa ll honor s. In the 80cc Sen ior class David Dickerson, ridi ng a Yamaha, hooked up and blasted thro ugh the muck with no problem s. Dickerson man- 39

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