Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

>- a: o ::I: tn >w -' a: :::J ::I: >cc o o ::I: >c, • Ran dy Norm an 1s t O/A Rosarito Be ach G.P. 10 / 16 / 88 Rosarito Be a ch. Ba ja Ca liforn ia . Mex ico 1st Open Expert SRA G.P. 7 /88 Ca rlsbad. CA. co • M ike Sixbe ry 1st Class 30 / 4 th O/ A S CORE Off-Road World Champio ns h ip Rivers ide . CA. • Brad Schultz 3 rd 8Cc c-CRC Pe rris . CA. MX 10/ 2/88 4 th " A" Be g in ner·CMC Trans -Ca l MX 10/15 / 88 4 th "A" 8 eg inne r -CMC Trans -Cal MX 10/23 /88 0<") r- V .0 Don 't Fo rg e t to Stock Up w ith Grand S p ort Accessories E V 8-Ply Grand Sport GS-780 Vicki Reynolds (28) put the move on Rusty A llison (227) to win moto two and take the overall victory in the Senior class at Montrose SEMX. MI NI 80 JR : t . Aaron Cant relle (Kaw); 2. Reno Alexander (Hon) . BIG WH L: 1. Chad Green (Kaw): 2. M ichael Negr on (Kaw) ; 3 . Chr is Dickson (Kewl . 12S BEG: 1. Ma rt Gilbe rt (Hont; 2. Bren t Ferr era (Hon l; 3 . J ame s Maskins (Hon ); 4 . John Romanoff (Honl; 5 . Gary Paden (Yam) . 125 JR : 1. Dan Reger (Hon); 2 . Ca ve Kope ls (Hon): 3 . Don n ie Bettencourt (Kaw ); 4 . Jeff In~r.m (Hon) . 250 BEG: 1. J oe W agn er (Yam l: 2. Al ex W ilson (Kaw t 3. Chr is Bacce lli (Hon); 4 . M ike Fa ibisch (Hon); 5. Chr is Eyans (Yam) . 2 50 JR : 1. l.8 nce l ucero (Yam ); 2. Greg Bun ting (YamI; 3. Dave Kopels (Ke w); 4 . Bobby B ~ io. Jr . (Hon). OPEN BEG : 1. Jeff King (Hont 2.08" O'MarTo (Hon). n); OPEN JR : , . Paul oU~lIn (Hon): 2. Bill Lea CHo 3 . Greg B~1.~)~~D~~~ ~:;:~~:~). OPEN PRO: 1. Denn is Han nel lHon); 2 . Sieve Lawrence 3. J erry Cat on (Hon). (Ho n); Reynolds shows way at Montrose SEMX By Hurley & Dot Short RA EF ORD. NC. NOV . 6 Vicki Reynolds sho wed ho w it is do ne in th e Senior class at Montrose SE MX. Allho ug h she was seco nd off th e sta rting lin e in bo th mOlOS. she look 'sec o nd in the firs t mo w and first in th e sec o nd mot a (or th e overa ll w in . On the first mo ro, Robert CUrlin char ged o ut for th e ho leshot follo wed by Reynol ds, Rusty Allison and Ed Don a ldson. Cu rlin too k th e checkered flag first lo llowed by Reynolds, Chuck Parrish a nd All ison . In th e seco n d m o to All iso n lo o k th e ho lesho t fo llowed by Reynold. A.K. Ferrell . and Parrish . Parr ish qu ickly moved 10 th ird while Reyn olds put th e mo ve o n All ison a nd held 0 11 to first to th e fin ish . She was foll o wed by Cu rtin , Alli son and Parr ish. In the Schoo lbo y class . Ru sty Co leman stormed th ro ugh bot h rno tos, In th e firs t mo to it didn 't ta ke lon g for Co leman to ta ke th e lead and ho ld o n for the win foll ow ed by J err y LaSa lvia , j ason Mar gart and Dal e Hill. In the seco nd ro und Co leman shot o u t Iroru followed by LaS alvia. Mike Ch ia pel ta and Marga n . Colema n stre tched o u t hIS lead to the point th ere was no co n test, The co n test was back i n the pack as LaSal via managed to mo ve up fo r second p lace. foll o wed b y Marga n a nd Dale H ill. Co leman styled hi s wa y to an overa ll victory foll o wed by LaSa lvia, Margan a nd H il l. Patrick Slate a nd lac Bradsh aw battled th ei r wa y th rou gh both mo tos of the Super Min i class with Sla te la kin g the victory in the firs t mot o a nd Brad sh aw the wi n ner in the seco nd mot a . j ason Ba ldwin put o n a good sho w for the da y by sta rli ng from th ird place a nd finish in g thi rd in bot h moros. Sla te a nd Bradsha w con ti nued their co rnpe ti tio n in th e Sen io r Min i class. Sla te captured th e ho leshot j n the first mo te a nd Bradshaw hol eshot the seco nd rnoto . In th e . fir st mo te , Baldwi n foll owed Sla te o rr the starling li ne wi th Brad shaw close beh ind an d Sla te loo k the chec kered Iirst, • In the second moto , Bradshaw took th e hol eshot followed by Sla te and Ch ris Sellers. Sla te took the checkered First fo llow ed by Bradsh a w, and the overa ll o rder was Sla te, Keith Si mpson , and J ason Mino r. In the 250cc Ama teur cla ss Vin cen t Brown o n h is Yam a ha . o f L umb erto n -sponso red Yama ha took th e ho leshot in the Iirst mo te follo wed by Keith Riven bark. David Eller and Mark j ennin gs. T he top three ma na ged 10 ho ld th eir po siti on s, even tho ugh Rivenbar k tried to mak e a move o n Brown [or th e lead. Reven bar k had 10 settle for seco nd lollowed by Eller . In th e second mo to Rivenb ark grabbed th e ho leshot fo llo wed by Eller , Brown and j en ni n gs, Brow n wen t o rr th e trac k and lost some valua ble time, but remain ed in th ird p lace. Eller went do wn a llowing Ri venb ark to move back into th e first po siti on. Ri ven bark held o n lor th e win foll owed by Ell er . Brow n an md Jen ni ngs. TIlt: o vera ll win wen t to Riven ba rk foll owed by Bro wn . Ell er and J en nings. Rusty Co lema n LOok th e hol esho t in th e first moi o of th e 125cc Amat eur class follo wed by Keith Elli s and Matt Hendr ix. Co lema n took a comma nding lead and was follo wed across th e fin ish line by Craig Ell is, Keith Ellis a nd H en dr ix. In the seco nd m or o Jeff Musha k l ook th e hole.. hot fo llo wed by Kent Rod gerso n a nd j erry LaSal via. Rod gerso n look the lead o n the first lap a nd was fo llo wed by Co lema n a nd LaSalvia. Co lema n agai n ove rlook th e leader, d ro p p ing- Rod gerso n back to second spot. Co leman th en managed to move out. putting a good di sta nce o n the field. Rod ger. son a nd Ell is hung in th ere, but had to sett le for seco nd a nd third respect ivel y. The o vera ll for th e day went to Co leman. Cra ig Ell is. Kent Rod gerson and Keith Elli s. Result s PIW: 1. Gle nn Cary ( Ka w~ 2 . Kevi n Bean (Kaw) . JR M INI: 1. Jef f Hickman (Yam); 2 . Rhett W ilson (Yaml . SCHBY: 1. Rusty Colem an IKaw ); 2 . Jerry LaSal yia (Han); 3 . Dale Hill (Yam); 4 . M ike Chiappetta (Yam ). SR MIN I: 1. Pal rick Stet e (Yam) ; 2 . Keith Sim pson (Kaw); 3 . Jas on M inor(Yam l; 4 . Si ev e Dalt en (Suz ); 5 . Chri s Car lson (Suz). S/MINI:: 1. Zac Bradshaw(Yam); 2 . Kevin Simp son (Kaw); 3 . J ason Baldw in (Yam); 4 . Chris Carlson (Suz); 5. Chr is Selle rs (Kaw ). 125 NOV : 1. Jo hn Hain lin e; 2. Chu ck Green (Han); 3 . Dal e Hill (Yam); 4 . Davi d M cLawhorn (Yam); 5 . Ch ip Nif ong (Yam). 125 AM : 1. Rusty Colem an (Yam); 2. Crai g Elli s (Yam ); 3 . Ken l Rodger son (Yam ); 4 . Kei th Elli s (Yam); 5 . J eff Mushak (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Stacy Cummings (Han ); 2. Eugene Edw ards (Han); 3 . Beecher Sim mons (Han); 4 . Wes Cave (Han ): 5 . Paul Frank lin (Han) . 250 AM ; 1. Keit h Rivenbark (Suz); 2 . V inc ent Brown (Yaml; 3. David Eller (Yam); 4 . M ark Jenn ings (Han): 5 . Tim M antooth (Suzl OPEN AM; 1. Tom J uli an (Kaw); 2 . Robert Curt in (Han) . PRO : 1. M ike Pr ivette (Han); 2. Greg Casler (Han); 3 . Brad Proctor (Yam); 4 . Va n Gibson IKaw). SR: 1. V icki Revnotd s (Yarn l; 2 . Rusty Al li son (Yam); 3 . Ch uck Parri sh (Suz); 4 . A.K. Ferrell (Han); 5 . M ar c Mi nor ISuzl. ...... C'1 Get Ready For Barstow To Vegas! Most dirt bi kes come e q u ip p e d w it h general purpos e 4 -ply tires that a re " O K" for play rid ing unti l t hey w ear out. But . riding in the desert is di ffere nt . Our ride rs demand more than jus t " O K" . Winning in the desert m eans finish ing . The new GS780 is n o w ava ilable in 6 -ply and 8 ,ply ' th icknes s . provid ing real protection against flats c aused by roc ks. cactus and abuse. 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Killebrew was determ ined to keep h is f i r st p lace p osi tio n a nd manag ed to ho ld o f f Naugh to n 's 500cc Ho nda wi th his 125« Ya ma ha un til the sixt h la p when Naughton caug h t hi m o n th e backside of th e trac k a nd moved into first place for the rest of the race. Killebrew la ter weut do wn a nd Dea n Co wen loo k over th ird, By the tim e th e chec kered flag fell Kill ebr ew was passed o nce mo re. M o to two o nce again found Naug hto n cl imbin g the ladder to wards Killebrew's F irstpl ace posi tio n bUI he was to find th e climb a li ttle to ug he r th is time. By th e four th lap h e h ad wo r ked h is way into th i rd b UI Kill ebrew a nd second place Cowan would both hold hi m off unt il th e ninth la p whe n he finally man aged 10 ed ge around Co wa n . NOW IS THE TIME '88 P~~B9S $5,499.00 Plus ta x. license. s e t - u p Pro Italia Motors 3518 N . Verdugo Rd. Glendale, CA. 91208 818-249-5707 Stop By and See Us at th e A naheim Pow er Sport Expo . 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