Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

his CR before crossing the first open field. ISDE Go ld Medalist Ron R ibo lzi com pleted the first loop but th en dropped out with mechanical woes . N a t io na l H a r e Scrambles double A rider Jim Newell also fell, seized a fter the first loop. Harvey Whippl e who finished fifth overall o n a R M250 said, " I put in th e biggest jet I had. The other rid ers were pulling me in th e open fields , but I finished. I had made up my mind that I wa s go ing to finish this yea r. Chuck Cannon, riding a CR250 , won th e drag race over the other 27 Expert rid ers to th e barrels 100 yards aw ay at th e far end of a n open bean field and led th e pack into a sweep ing co un tercloc kwise circle a nd sp ed before th e specta tors in th e first of the five wave starts. "I was th e first rid er acro ss th e fields ," said Cannon, " but I got a little out of shape on a sma ll hi ll and laid my machine down, and when I ~o ing again I was dead last . I had a good ride." Da vid Pucharich, on a North Shore CR250, had the spectators buzzing wh en he jumped off a 10 foot bank far out into a wide drainage di tch that co nt ained 12 to 18 inches of water. "T here was a jam-up in front of me," sa id Puch arich. " And where I was at th e bank, it was too steep to roll down into th e ditch, so I could either sit there a nd wait o r jump - I jumped. . "I had a good rid e going until I screwed up on a hill," said Puch ari ch , who finished fourth with a time of three hours, 14 minutes and 55 seconds, one second slower than 'the fifth place rider Steve Su lzberger. " I was a t that creek (drainage d itch ) in th e middle of the bottlen eck ~ O"l .... v ..0 a v > o Z The riders wait for t he start of the 66-mile race. which took wi nner Fredette just over three hours to complete.. waitin g my turn ," said Kawasaki rider Sulzbcrger. "And I sa w Pu ch coming and he slo wed down a little and then - boom - he sailed way out into the creek. I thought th at was really neat and I wished I'd done it. " Sulzberger was inches ahead of Puch arich a t the final barr el for th e third-place trophy. . Randal Burke, riding a CR 500, won the Open A class cham p ions h ip ja cket a nd trophy in a tim e of two hours and 38 minutes, six minutes faster than Husky rider Ron Maxcy. Ra ndy Burke edged out KTM rider Doug Nickolas for th e third spo t by five minutes. Ra y Krantz turned in a two hours and 30 minute effor t for the cha mpionship jacket in the 250cc A class besting Geoff Mellinger 's MCC · Cagiva by four minutes. Al Fitzw at er was third. Duane Eller ' a n d Rod Gormy 'locked up in a duel for th e winner 's slot in th e Senior class wi th Ell er taking th e wi n by seven minutes. But it was Honda rider and fourth-place trophy winner Quinten Davis who re ceived, th e biggest r ound of a pp la use a t th e trophy presentation .wh en he jokingly said, " If a ny of you find a leg out there it 's mine." Davi s had his right leg amputated many years ago but doesn't let it keep him ' from co mpe ting in cross co un try even ts. • Ki rten Sul zberger; 4 . Jesse Klimek; 5. Josh Kobbe rman . MI NI: 1. Eric Clapp (Suzl; 2. Kevin Gorzny (Kaw); 3 . Trea Purdy (Kaw); 4 . TJ Timm erman (Kaw) ; 5 . Tony Jones (Kaw) . UNDER 16: 1. Chuck Cun ni ng ham ; 2. Jamie Whipple ; 3 . J im Lyon ; 4 . Jeremy Bolte. SUNDAY EX; 1. Je ff Fredene (Kaw); 2. Kelly Gelz (Han); 3. Steve Sulzbe rger (Kaw); 4 . Dave Pucharich (Han); 5. Harvey Wh ipple (Suz); 6. Jay Hall (Hus); 7. Larry Sull ivan (ATKI; 8. Greg Surdyke (Yam); 9. Chuc k Cannon (Han); 1D. Gary Peterson (Cag). OPEN A ; 1. Randal Knox; 2. Ron M axey (Husl; 3. Randy Burke (Kaw); 4 . Doug Nicko las (KTM). 250 A : 1. Ray Kra ntz (Hus); 2 . Geoff M ell ing er (Cag); 3. AI Fitzwat er (ATK); 4. Vincent Henn eberr y (Kaw) ; 5 .'Tim VanB ecker . , SR: 1. Duane Eller (Han); 2. Rod Gorzny (Kaw); 3. Pat Allend er; 4. Quinten Davis (Hon); 5 . Glenn . Knox. S/SR : 1. De nn is Schenk (Su z); 2 . John Cyno r (Kawl; 3. D. Graham (Ha n); 4 . Richard Cram err (Suz); 5. J ohn Shafer (Husl . 200 B: 1. J eff Doughty; 2. M ike Carl son; 3. Ron DeM ay; 4. Steve Robert s; 5 . J ohn Downey. BIG B: 1. Steve Swatscheno; 2. Larry Ditzler; 3 . Steve Blasdell ; 4 . Ben Shafer; 5 . Tony Bink. R'esults SATURDAY P/ W : 1. Zack Sulzberger; 2. Brandon Ban z; 3 . Racing Enterp rises Presents r;:,.. r t Z$>\io-:O;R~~:CE ~ Sunday, November'6th at Carlsbad Raceway Open Practice, Saturday, November 5th PRO & SPORTSMAN RACING ~ (o~e PRO Class: all size bikes --- SPORTSMAN: All Classes) . ~ Witness Motocross Racing At It's Best With~ tIffilO@!K JJ@{}{]ft{J~@ft{J~ ~®ffil@@ ®~@W~ffil~ And Your Favorite Pros Competing For A $4 ,000 00 . 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