Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

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January 8 January 15 ' Ne w 1/ 4 mile ova l , . .. . J·anuari 22 January 29 Call for ad ditional dates Inf o (315) 784-5466 - National Ha re Sc rambles Champion Greg S urdyke - I.S _D.E. Medal Wmner Tim Newell - Missouri Champion THE MORE YOU KNOW THE BETTER IT GETS '~~~ .ep ~I ~ ~ ~55 For AMotorcycle RiderCourse Near You, Call: UPS Daily WM!~7~~!:~!~,2 END OF YEAR SAW!! 52 ~~~~,~ AMERICAN JAWA 516-938-3210 L- ~_ Deeler Inquiries 1 1IVita. March 18-19 Sears Point AprlI2 Sears Point May 13-14 Sears Point 1134 Cri • • Sl #216 M••I. Pallt. CA 94025 (a18) 983-8878 (4151327-0908 ~~:h Marvano Whitlock (2) was chased down and passed in both 80cc Beginner motos by overall winner Ch ris Dickens (19) at Sunrise Cycle Park. 1 J Kiedrowski cooks at SunriseMX moved past Ousune. o n ly to have th e Yama ha d rid er repass. and hold on to take the win. n By Mike Koger 80 BEG: 1. Chris Oichens; 2. Ma rvano W hill oek; 3. Keno Deary; 4. Nathan Ellertson (Yam); 5. Bobby Van Surksun -1 (Han). ~ 80 J R: 1. Jeff Lew is (Suz); 2. Aaron Wenst up (Yam); 3. Tyson Kady (Kawl . 80 OPEN: 1. J ason Shi rey (Yam); 2. Timm y Dodson (Yam); J( 3. Paulita (Yam). 80 EX: 1. Damon Huf fm an (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Craig Smith (Suz); 2. J ason Mc Guire (Yam); 3. Kendall Stan ley (Han); 4 . Kane Williams (Kaw ); 5. J ohn Thornson (Han). 12 5 JR: 1. Chad Gusti ne (Yam): 2. Derek Meyer (Han); 3. Randy Lawe rence (Yam); 4. Jeffery Brown tee (Suz); 5. Travis Cory (Han). 125 INT: 1. Todd Nelson (Yam): 2. Spencer Sharp (Suz); 1 3.. Cole Gress (ya m); 4. David Germain (Yam); 5. Todd 0 M itc hell (Yam). 12 5 PRO: 1. Mike Kiedrowski (Han); 2. Je ff Pistane (Suz); u 3. Joe Tuttobene (Suz~ 4. Jon Levey (Hon ); 5. J ack Azenedo 1 (Suz). 60 OPEN: 1. Jason Shirey (Kaw ): 2. Tim Dodson (Kaw); 3. Paul it a (Kaw ). . .) . 250 BEG: 1. Dewayne Ray (Yam); 2. M ark Fields (Yaml ; '" 3. Marc Dislaurius (Yam); 4. Greg Sulli n (Kaw); 5. Shawn a b Anderson (Han). 250 JR: 1. Bill Foy (Han); 2. Bryan O' Neill (Yam); 3. Chad Daggett (Kaw); 4.Jim Carley (Kaw); 5. John Cameron IKaw) . 250 INT: 1. Steve Piatt oni (Suz); 2. Dar in Layton (Han): JoI 3. Mark Bledsoe (Yam); 4. Richard Geraghty (Yam); 5. Jeff 'i Nordsrom (Kaw). 250 PRO: 1. M ike Kiedrows ki (Hon); 2. Ron Turn er (Hon): 1 3. Rex Staten (Yam); 4 . John Posca (Kaw); 5. Ter ry Varner 1 ADELANTO, CA. NOV . 20 Honda pi lot Mike Kiedrow ski cruised to wh at seemed to be easy overa ll wins in bo th th e 125 an d 250cc Pro classes at the third round of th e CMC/ Dodge T ruc ks/ Gear Racewear Fall Fina le held at Sunr ise Cycle Park . As the gate dropped for th e first m oto of th e 250c( Pro race, Kiedrowski loo k hi s H onda /Dun lop l Ar ai /H ondaline/S coltl Troy Lee/Pro-Circuit-sponsor ed CR to 'he first tur n, seconds ahead o f th e hun gry pack of Rex Stat en, Ron T u ner and John Pos ca , As Kiedrowski began pulling awa y, Sta ten and T u rner were left behi nd to fend for seco nd. T he ir batt le remained fierce th rough ou t th e next few lap s. with Sta ten p ushing hard and T urne r following as his shad ow . As the two veterans con tin ued th eir game of Iollow-thelead er , Kiedrow ski had put a good 20 seconds between himself a nd the distant pa ir. . The Honda rider .soo n ca me upon ' slow er traffi c. but was able to slice his wa y in 'and o u t without an y trouble. As Staten and T urner approa ched the lap ped riders, T urne r was unabl e to work his way through as swiftly as Sta ten and dropped back. A, the checkered flag it was Kiedr owski cla iming the win with Staten holding onto seco nd followed by Turner and a dis tant Posca. The start of the second moto saw Kiedrow ski and T urn er race to the first turn sideby-side i n an all-o u t dr ag race for the lead . But , as in moto o ne , it was Kiedrowki o u t in from with Turner folJowing close for second a nd Staten and Po sca behind h im . Kiedrow ski immediately str etche d his lead 10 abo u t 10 bik e len gths , and th e order sa w no cha nges th rou ghout th e remainder of th e race with Kiedrow ski taking th e win a lo ng with the overa ll for the day , followed by Turner , Sta ten , Posca and Terry Varner who rounded o u t th e top five po siti ons.... . In th e first moto of th e 125cc Junior cla ss, Ch ad Gustine grabbed th e holeshot ah ead of Derek Meyer , Brian Ross, Ch ad Dag gett and Ch ris De Falco. By th e end of lap one , Daggett had fallen to th e back of the pack and Gusrine and Meyer began pulling away. As th e two remained close, Jeff Griffin and Travis Cory were o n the mov e and .wo rked their way u p to fourth and fifth positio ns. The order saw no cha nges throu ghout th e remainder o f th e mot a with Gustine taking the win ahe ad of Meyer, Randy, Lawerence, Griffin and Co ry rounding .o u t the top five. . In mot a two Gustin e was in fro n t agai n with Meyer , Law erence and Griffin ill pursu it . By lap two Griffin went down while tryin g to pass Law eren ce, a llo wing th e majority of th e rid ers to go by. Up in front, Meyer had Results ~ (Y~~ JR: 1. Stan Keller (Hon); 2. M ike Ronk (Honl; 3. Gary ') Yearsley (Yam): 4 . Dave Gr aham (Hon); 5. Joh n Huegel (Han). . VET INT: 1. J erry Boyd (Yam); 2. Brad Sloan (Han); 3. David Chunn (Yam). VET MSTR: 1. Phil ip Taboada (Hon). 500 PRO: 1. Rell Stat en (Yam); 2. Ron Turne r (Han); 3. Tim Lund e (Kaw); 4 . Je rry J irkovsky (Hon ): 5. Carl Gazaty (Han). , Upton dominates DeAnza MX ~ By Mike Koger G I SU N NYMEAD, CA, NOV. 13 ' , Donny U p ton easily motored his way to a 1- ,1 I o vera ll victory in the 125cc Begin ning class r at the second ro und of the SMXlN MA Series held at DeAnza Cycle Park. _ " Firs t moto action saw U p to n na il the " holesho t with Sean Rundle, Sean Saunders, Brian Staben and J eff Neubauer clos e behind. .E Upt on immed iately pulled away from the .e pa ck, leaving Rundle and Sa unders to battle .e for second. Saunder s so on charged past Rundle and set his si ~h LS on Upton. Mean - e whi le, Staben was gaining tim e on R u nd le and th e two began their bar-banging baule. They went whee l-to -wh eel for a few laps £ before Staben was able to makethe pass over a jump, At the checkered flag Upton took the E win with Sa unders a distant second and Staben, Rund le and Neubauer rounded out I th e top five positions. .3 In moto two Up to n was again able to pull the hol eshot with Staben, Rund le and Rob 6

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