Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

w o < a:; w :r ~ w o r------HICKMAN-----" 515-285-4332 R acing c:i The Complete Shop For The Complete Off Road Rider >- UNBEUEVABLE PRICES ON 1988 lIT'" 250 "'X a Complete '89 KTM Model Une Now In Stock! to-' '" ~ :r c.. . . @ Sales. Service. Parts. Accessories 00 00 O"l ........ 6821 Fleur Dr., Des Moin es, IA 50 3 21 Winner Scott Berger dives inside of second-placed Keith Koss during M iddleweight Beginner Stock class action in Oxnard m ini road racing . as it was mi d-way th rou g h the rockers ~n lap o ne, In the secon d mo tu star t, Ha nnel demon stra ted hi s gu n-figh ter reflexes, Far go p ressu red more th is rnoio an d forced Harm el to attack the rock ers. slam th e ber ms and go for th e ai r o rr th e table to ps. At th e end th e results were th e sa me: Hannd first, Fa rgo second In 80cc clas s actio n. th e Big Wheel entrant. Angelo J acob o was inlorrned th at because he was th e o nly entran t in th e I05cc mot or size he would not trophy unless he bea t th e 80cc class o vera ll. H e acce p ted th e cha lle nge. bu t worked rea lly hard to do it. His Kawasaki did gel th e chec kers twice befo re Min i Juniors _ James Alezander a nd Donnie Betten court, and bro th er Danny Jacobo o n a Suzuki in th e 80cc Beginner class. All three classes sh ar ed the same sta rt ga te a nd for the longest time in th e Iirst moto it was the b rother act o f Angelo and Danny, bur later. th e other more qualified Jun io rs . Alexander and Betten court, go t arou nd. The • second rnoto was nearly the sa me bu t. thi s time the luck 01 Benencourt and hi s Suzuki went away as Alexander beat hi m to the line. The 2·1 finishes o f Alexander were bett er than Betten court's 1-2 and th e overa ll went to Alexander. Honor s lor An gelo and Danny acobo did not change; th ey both took th e irst in their class. Results l • 80 MINI BEG: 1. Danny Jacobo (Suz); 2. Mike Dennis CKaw); 3. Dan tel Bahogs (Kawl; 4 . Gil Gert (Yam); 5 . Br ian Dellosso (Yam). 80 MI NI JR: 1. James Al exander (Hon); 2. Donn ie Bett encou rt (Suzl. . BIGWHL JR: 1. Ange lo J acobo (K.aw l. 125 BEG: 1. J eff Ingra m (Han ); 2. Mark Klauser (Kaw); 3.Jason Shade 9Honl ; 4 . TIm Hamilton (Yam); 5 . Mark Gilbert (Han). 125 JR; 1. Tyter Humm el (Suz); 2. Tyr Denl inger (Han); 3. Shawn Vuill (!<.aw 4 . Larry Romer (Kaw); 5. Chris Pedrin i l; (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Mi ke Hodges (Han); 2. Tom Ma son (Hon); 3 . Trav i. Bert elsen (Han); 4 . M ike Morgan (Hon); S. Steve Kyram arios (Yam). 250 JR: 1. Br ian Dickey (Yam); 2. Don Mendenh all (SUz); 3. Jaso n W arren (Han); 4 . Ken Nolan (Kaw ); 5. Sean Hum mel (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Denn is Hannel(Hon); 2. Gary Fargo (Vam); 3. Brent Patt erson (Hon); 4 . Emmel Ramirez (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Rob Reed (Hon t; 2. All en Blanco l (Hanl ; 3 . Jim Bu rkhart (Hon); 4 . Doug Standish (Vam); 5 . Rich DeRose Sr . (Hon). OPEN JR; t . Tom Conkli n (Kaw); 2. Steve Nardahl (Han); 3. M ark Fitzsimmons (Hon); 4 . Curt Wi nter (Hon); 5. Slep hen Edmonson (Hon). VET JR: 1. Robert Fosler (Yam); 2. Scott Wri ght (yaml; 3 . Fred Si efani (Han); 4 . Siev e Cameron (Kaw); 5. Ken Campbell (Hon). VET MSTR; t . Duane Hugh es (Han); 2. Larry Baker (Han ). VJNT 1. Charles Regruto (BSA); 2. Ron DiNapOli (Hon ); : 3 . Herman Polyer (Han). Warrison hammers SRE Road Race By T.D . Deatherage OXNARD . CA. AU G. 28 Mau Harrison . raci ng lor Brooks Cycle & Jet Ski/Harri son Por ch e Service . too k ho me the Lightweight Beginner Stock class go ld today by winning both motos aboard his Yam ah a YSR50 for the overall at today 's Kal-G ard sponso red even t, Foll owin ~ across th e line for second was amey Hamson, who put togeth er a 3-2 tall y or seco nd pl ace o vera ll. Alex Burgess bauled it o u t with Harrison in the first m olO and Ellen T a ylor i n th e seco nd molO 10 co llect third overa ll. Honda NSR50 -mOllnted T aylor had to seu le lor rourth. , The 80cc Exotic cla ss was a source or wi ld action as th ree different cla sses were run together, but scored separately. David Trager crossed the li ne first . netti ng th e overall in the Middleweight Expert clas s. John Van Keeken rinished second overall , F ror the wi n in lh e popular H eavyweIght Expert com pe ti tio n. and Rick Wall traded molO wins with Mike Flint to la nd th e OVfi3l1 Heavy· wei ~hl N ovi ce victory. J 1m Cicero pulled out the stops in . the Middl eweight Expert Mod ilied class . edging o u t Ken Peters for the win. Steve Geo rge put in some good rides with a 3-2 score, but had to seu le for th ird o ver T homas Petrus and Rich Thorp. l One or the biggest classes or the day was th e Midd leweight Beginner Stock class which was split in to two div isio ns . In th e A d ivision , Skip Brow n 's 2-1 tall y aced o ut Sa n ta Paula 's Patrick Biggs 1-2 score. First-time co mpetitor David Geo rge lan ded th ird overa ll hon ors for the day. Rodger Harri son and Byron Acuna J r. rou nd ed o u t th e to p five riders. . . Rock Bottom Prices Resu lt s UW BEG STK: 1. Man Harr ison (Yaml; 2. J amey Harrison (VarnI; 3. Alex Burgess (Yam); 4 . Ellen Taylor (Han). · . UW NOV STlC: 1. John Park (Yam); 2. Carl Essl (Yam); 3. Bary Garne r (Yam); 4 . Robert Austin (Yam ). UW EX STK: , . Dan Grotz (Yam); 2. Steve Dyer (Yam); 3. Henry Rodart e (Yam). UW SEG MOO: t . Tony Guerrero (Yamt; 2. Kevin Senior (VarnI;: 3. E.T. Samson NamO: 4 . K. Lynch (Yaml. UW NOV MOO: 1. Gary Gar ner (Yam); 2 . Robert Duran (yam) . UW EX MOD : 1. Henry Rodarte (Yam). M/W BEG ST1C 0 -1: 1. Skip Srown (Yam);: 2.. Patrick. Biggs (Yam); 3. David George (Yam); 4. Rodger Harrison (Yam); 5. Byro n Acuna Jr . (Yam). MIW BEG STK 0 -2 : 1. Scon Ber ger (Yam); 2 . Keith Koss (Vam); 3. Travis King (Yam ); 4 . Kevin Lynch (Yam); 5. Seen 4 Wheeler Blow Out! BOEXOTI C MIW EX: 1. David Trager (Yam). HIW NOV: 1. Rick Wall (Yam); 2. Mike Flint (Vam). HIW EX: 1. Jo hn Van Keeken (Yaml. WMN: 1. Carla Lewis (Vam). Hughes moves at Carlsbad MX By X. S. Speed CARLSBAD. CA. AUG. 27 Yamaha rider Rya n H ugh es wo n the 250cc class in his seco nd attempt as a Pro a t Carlsbad. Alter a first tum cras h with Mike Black lelt him in last. Hughes relentlessly worked hi s way up to seco nd. H e passed a n inte nse battle bet ween John Po sca and Joe Tuuoben e that lasted bo th mo tos and never seemed mor e th an th ree bi kes away. .Meanwhile Vin ce Warren 's hard ridin g had opened up a sizeable lead. bu t o n lap seven . mech an ical failure fini sh ed an exce llent rid e. In th e seco nd mo to , Hugh es was untouchab le as he passed Posca and never loo ked back. H ughes. Posca. and Tuuobene were the overall finish in g order. . The 12!kc Junior class saw tight ra cing with Roger Sae nz ma ki ng an excellent third co rner pass lo r th e lead on Derek Meyers. He went o n to wi n th e overall followed by Meyers a nd Keith Shodoi. . In th e biggest class. the 125cc Begin ners. the first mot o saw Mike La ndegent and Mik e Edwards lire o ut . Bu t Darren ClirIord charged th e pack, ta ki ng the lead o n the fou rt h lap to fin ish fir st a head 01 Landegent a nd Edw ard s. In the seco nd moto, Darren Cliflo rd and John Cli fford jumped out. on ly to have La nde gent a nd Edw ards move up. On th e las t lap d ogf ight. Darren Cli Hord hung o n wi th La nd egent a tig ht seco nd. Edwards and J ohn Clirford rounded o ut th e molO. In the 250cc Begin ner 's class,. Mike Ul rich wo n the first moto but a fiat tire and last comer collision pushed hi m to th ird overa ll with Ken Winston win ni n g and Eric Smith second. Results 80 JR: 1. Arron W enst rua (Yam); 2. J oh n Rude (Hon). 80 INT: 1. Tony Amaradis (Yam). . • 125 BEG: 1. Darr en Clifford (Han); 2. Mike Landegent (Kaw); 3. M ike Edwards (Han); 4 . J ohn Clifford (Kaw); 5. Eric Christe nsen (Yam). 125 JR: 1. Roger Saenz (Yam); 2. Derek Mever (Hon); 3. Keith Shodof (Suzl. 1251NT: 1. Luke Arc id (Honl. 125 PRO: 1. Joe Tuttobene (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Ken Win ston (Hon); 2. Er ic Sm ith (Hoo); 3. M ilte Ulrich (Hon) 250 INT: 1. Warren W itt (Yam): 2. Bob Nunez (Han); 3. Ken SwelSISuz). New 1987 250 Enduro S3030 New 1987 430 Cro .. Country $3129 New 1987 430 Enduro $3163 New 1987 500 Cro.. Country $3229 19 8 81 at sim ilar ..vings $pec1a11988 510 c:.o.. Country.. ... Ca ll We Will Not Be Undersold " We c:a. Saye Yoa Mo_y Oa AU Yamaha Prodacta"\' BURBANK YAMARA Smith(Yam~. M/W BEG MOO: , . Jose Sanchez (Yam); 2. Skip Brown (Vam); 3. Jamie Riker (yam). MIW NOV STK: 1. Greg Rutland (Yam); 2. Rob RobertsOn (Yam); 3. Arden Friesen (Yaml. MIW NOV M OO: 1. Attila Kemaes(Yam); 2. Ben Williams (Vam); 3 . Keith Pennell (Yam); 4 . Jeff Medbeny lHon•. MIW EX STX.: 1. David Trager (Yam); 2. Steve George (Yam); 3. Rich Tho rp (Yam); 4 . Brian Catterson (Yaml; 5. Joel Randel (Yaml. M /W EX MOD : 1. Jim Cicero (Yam); 2. Ken Peters (Yam); 3 . Steve George (Yam); 4 . Thoma s Petrus (Yam); 5. Rich Tho

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