Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

~ U o tr 0.. a ~ a > '" o b :x: 0.. Cory Austin (24) leads Dan King in the 80cc Beg inner class at Los Angeles County Raceway. Hess hauls at Oxnard MiniRR By T.D. Deathera ge . OXNARD . CA. NO~. J. R. Hess ridi ng a n Yam ah a YSR,';O. was Midd leweig ht Expert II EMIITScO-,ponsored the bill winner in th e Modified class today, against some stier com petitio n a t the SR E· pr o mot ed Kal-G ard-sponsored Min i Roa d Race at Oxnard. H ess' win was ha rd fought. with challe nges being mad e by Ventura Yamaha/ Kawasa ki's Ken Peters in th e firs t heat a nd J im Cicero in th e second race. Al th e end of th e da y, il wa s H ess wit h th e ove ra ll win by way of I- I fin ish es, follow ed by Cicero , wh o's 3-2 sco re aced ou t Peters' 2-3 tall y. Lightweight Novi ce Stock cl ass act io n saw Mall Harrison sh utting out th e field on hi s way to two heat victories wiLh a firm lead ah ead or the pa ck. Robert Duran rode hard 10 co llect second o vera ll via 3-2 fini shes. Jesse J ames put in his first mi ni road race in quite a few mon th s for third overall with 2-5 heat fini sh es. Some grea t ac tio n look place in th e 50cc Li ghtweigh t Begin ner Modified class . SCOll Ch arl es, riding a bik e that had been pa ssed around between riders all da y lo n g , put in a strong ride 10 land th e overall win by cro ssing th e fini sh line first in both heats . Scc u Sten berg pUI in a 3-2 rid e 10 collect seco nd overall a h c- d of m ird pl ace rid er Keven ~ Senior, who pUI in a 4-3 Ially. Result s EXPERT M IW STK: 1. M ark McDon ald .. MIW MOD : 1. J .R. Hess; 2. Ji m Cicero; 3. Ken Pelers; 4 . Richie Thor up; 5 . David Trager . HIW STK: 1. T.K. Karvasek. HIW MOD: 1. T.K Karvasek. EXOTIC UW MOD : 1. Don Canel . EXo nC M /W MOO: 1. David Trager; 2. Gary Drew. EXOTIC HIW MOO: 1 . Joh n Van Keeken. NOVICE L/W STK: 1. Man Harrison; 2. Raben Duran; 3. Jesse Jame s; 4 . Sool1 Harris. l/W MOD ; 1. Jesse Jam es; 2. Robert Duran; 3 . Tony Guerr 8f" o. MIW STK: 1. Mart. Nappi; 2. Scon Berger. MIW MOD : 1. Mark Napp I; 2. Scott Berger ; 3 . Joh n Chri stopher; 4 . Kevin Cunn ingham; 5. Rob Robertson . HIW STX: 1. Robert Gallo. HIW MOD : 1. M ike Flint. EXonc MOO: 1. Rdt W all; 2. M ike FlinL BEGINNER l/W STK: 1. Jamie Harr ison; 2. Yvett e Moobni; 3. Pat Maddock . LIW MOO: 1. SC01t Charle s; 2. Scott Stenberg; 3 . Kevin Senior ; 4 . Jo hn Rincon ; 5 . David Moore. M/W STK: 1. Ja mie Riker; 2 . Patrick Biggs; 3. Travis . King; 4 . M ike Green; 5 . Oa";d Clark . MIW MOD : 1. J amie Riker; 2 . Scon Johnson; 3. Man hew Branch; 4 . Darr en Hawker; 5 . Tony Tier no. HIW MOO: 1. Javi er N royo . EXOTIC LIW MOD : 1. Scott Slenberg; 2. Brandon BalseUs. EXOTIC M /W MOD : 1. Jeff Furtado . Personeffe pulls off Last Chance Scrambles win By M ike Thuleen PAY ETTE, 10, NOV . 20 AI Ru sM Y;lmaha's Derri ck Per sont:'ue mad e '1I up ror a dead -laS! start to co llecl the Pro cla ss win and money a t SiDRA's final ract' of Iht' 1988 seaso n . th e Desert Ra ls' Last Chance' Scrambles. Kal -Gard / Sm ilh /O 'Neal /Sudco/Ma ier/ Allspon Promotions/Boise Honda-backed Larry Jackson quickly wired h is l25cc Honda into Iirst place o n the mu ddy, high-speed co u rse in fro nt of Mike Harr is. Steve Moore and Mike Thuleen as Person ene salon th e staning lin e wi th a dead bik e. Alter abou t 20 seco nds hi. bik e Iin al lv lighled up and Personene set off in chase. At the halfwa y mark , Personette too k adv311l31;C of a slo w pi t by Jackson 10 grab the lead . pulling o ut a lead or almost 30 seco nds a t the end of the eight-lap, ho ur-long rac e ov er J ack son, O 'N eal /M a ier / Sm i th / Desert Mm . Cycle 's Harris. a nd Sco tt/ Dillo n's Ya ma ha / Alt s pcr t Promo ti o n s-su p p orted Thu leen, As T odd Peu gh looked o n with a broken a nkle, SIeve Moore collected the 1988 SID RA number o ne Pro pl at e with a .fifth place fini sh . Scon ' Jd r ~Ii ller look th e overall Expert class win o n h is l25c( Kawasak i, desp ite both Da nn y Fuhrmann a nd J a m ie Sree ls m irh lead in g a t -ti mes . . Tea m Green /Smith / Acerbi . /Bell /M ax P erform,/Pirell iiSidewinder im a /EP spo nsor ed Reed Bright co llected the 2,';o.c Expert class win and the cla ss cha mp ionsh ip . with Miller /Carl 's Cycles' SCOll Knodel! wrapping up second o vera II for th e season a head or Thuleen . Weidl er Dynamics/Hi-Point/Srn i, h/ Ail sport Promotions' Ro n Wehr Sil led to the Open Expe rt class win a hea d 0 Kawasak ip ilo t SIeve Po well a nd Trea sure Vall ey Maico 's Malt Spe ncer. Ran d y VanDyke staged an up .et in th e St-nior d a!'os o ver Sm ith / Hi · POlnt/ Di llon 's . Dan Lees. whi le Sta n ~,t ill t'r look th e Vet da ~ win by ddealing- a tenacious LeRo y Sm ith. Da na lllomas hammen·d the Senio r Ama teur d ass in a d rag-ou l fight . as Ro bert Leit ch lOppt'd CUTI Kama in tht' Vet Am ateur cla ss. Mike Bakt"T was a nother heu rider on Ih is cold day by .iuli ng in Ihe 2.';lkc A class . wi lh J ay Rob erts nab bing Ihe Open A class over Gary Belknap. Melva Lees loo k Ihe Women ', Expert ,',in. whi le Ikt h Elwood ran orr wil h r Ihe \\'o men 's A victory over Sta cy Crt't'k. Jimm y Lyn ~ar pr oved lO b(" no ma tch ag-ainsl his ag~res s i \' e fa ther o n th e o ld H usq\'arnas in th e Din osa ur class . " SiR: Guy" J im Lyn!:ar stu n ned ,h e off -road wo rld by s lammi n~ h is way to the wi n o\ler son J im m y and Stepht:'n GanlT~s. as Rob Bivens won the Antique class. Results PRO; 1. Derri ck Personette (Yam); 2. Larry J ackson (Hon); 3 . M ike Harr is (Kaw ); 4 . Mik e Thureen (Yaml. OPEN EX; 1. Ron Wehr ,Hon); 2. Steve Powe ll lKaw ); 3 M an Spencer (Mai). 250 EX: 1. Reed Bright (!Caw l: 2. Scon Knodell lHen); 3 MIk e Doug herty 'AT K). 200 EX: 1. Jeff M iller (Kaw); 2. Dann y Fuh rmann IHonl ; 3 Jami e Sleeismith lHon ). WMN EX: 1. Me tva lees (Yam) SR EX: 1. Randy VanDyk e (Yam); 2 . Oan Lees (Ya m~ 3 . RIchard Dooms (Hon). VET EX; 1. San M ilter; 2 . LeRoy Smi th (Kaw); 3 , Dick Rockrohr (ATKI. OPEN A: 1. Jay Roberts (Yam); 2. Gary Belknap (Cag); 3 . Rich Metier (Han). 250 A; 1. Mike Baker (Kawl; 2. RIck Bucknell ; 3. Rocky Full erton . . 200 A: 1. Cody Sanders; 2. Brian Ban on; 3. John S aOO. MINI A : 1. Brian Pelerson; . 2 . Robby Coales; 3. Jay Skinner. . . WMN .A : 1. Beth Elwood (KawO; 2. Sl acy Creek; 3. Nancf' Davis. SR A : 1. Dana Thomas; 2. Bill Walsh (Hon); 3 . Bruce Sima . VETA: 1. Raben Leil Ch; 2. Curt Kamo; 3. J im Pele raon . BEG: 1. Chad Fuller (Yaml; 2. Russell Pelerson; 3. Robby Leilch . • DINO: 1. Jim Lyngar (Hust 2. Jimmy Lvngar (Hust 3. Stephen Gantr.g. ANTQ: 1. Rob 8 Wens; 2. Phil White; 3. Rick. Bo~ . Alvernaz aces tinal BayiandsST By Mike Vancil FREMONT, CA, NOV. 27 Elmi ra Alvernaz, riding a four-stroke Yamaha IT, was the feature winner in th e 500cc Junior class at th e final shari trac k event held at Rayland> Racewa y Park . T o bo th co mmemora le hi s win a nd the d osing of Rayland> , alter 32 years of racing, Elmiro look th e chec kered nag on a parade lap after hi . victory, In th e heat ra ce th e first man to th e first co rne r was J ohn Gonzales o n his Yamaha and he held th e lead for several lap" until the persistent Elmira was able to power by coming o ut of tum four . In the final it was Elmiro this tim e as fast starter; Gonzales was a non-starter after repealed attempts 10 breath more life into hi. eng ine. Early in th e 12-lap fi na l Ra nd y Cechetro on another of the popular Yamaha Tfs was running second but late in th e event Kevin Gonza les found a (aster line and took away seco nd place from Cecheuo. OUI front and enjoying smooth sliding was the jubliant Alvernaz. Do u ble winner o r the day, aboard a n i mmacu la te CZ sho rt tracker, was' Ra y Alfafera . H e and his trail er buddies, David Tucker and Jeff Waddell, all bring their vintage machines o n o ne flat bed trailer so that th ey are insured of a cla ss. In th e heat race for th e vin tage machines it was hardrid in g Ed Newbau er a nd hi s Husqv arn a th at bea l th is threesom e. The Husky definilel y sho wed signs of not lik in g th e o ne·seventh mil e hard pa cked a nd slick ova l as he saved severa l near get-ofrs in the heat race. In Ihe final it was Alrafera into Ihe firsl lurn firsl followed by Newbauer , Tucker and Waddell. A sp ill a nd qui ck recovery by Newb a uer p UI him at th e back of th e pa ck bUI he worked u p 10 Ihird al Ihe fin i,h . Alfarera led Tucker over Ihe lin e. Alfafera 's olher win came in Ihe 500cc No vice final. and by win ning ,h e final he ended o n a pe rfea ride of four races and (our wins. Alfa fera's heat race victo ry was hard to earn, for a determ ined Dave Aco sta o n 3 Honda was Ihe leader for man y o r Ihe laps. Fi na lly, Acosla bobbled in lum th ree and Alra rera was by. The final saw a n even mor e determined Acos ta a nd by lap Iwo he had a clear lead. Coming up hard were Newbau er and Alrafera, bUI Newbauer elim ina led himselr wilh IWO fall , o n IW . uccessive laps. As Ihe final O progressed Alrafera gal clo ser a nd closer 10 Acosta a nd in lurn four th e lead er fell, uninjured, giving Ihe lead and th e win to Alrafe ra . Second al Ihe chec ker, was John Pierce. Results PIW 50 NOV: 1. M ike Erl (Yaml; 2. Brian Gonzalet (Yaml; 3.Je remy Dul ra (Yam); 4 . Kimberly Gonzale s (Yam); 6. Christina Al vernaz (Yam). PIW 50 EX: 1. Jake Keeney (Yam). MINI60 NOV: 1. Junior Alvernaz( Kawl ; 2. Craig Gon zales (Kaw l; 3. Tony Souza J r. fKawO; 4 . David Silva (Kaw ). MINI 80 JR: 1. Robert Slevenson (Yam); 2. Tim Atv ernaz (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Gary M ilewsk i (Hon); 2. Robert Stevenson (Yam); 3.0a ve Acosla (Hon). 500 NOV: 1. Ray AJfafer. ICZt 2. Joh n Pierce (Yam); 3. Mike s.unders (Hon !; 4 . Dave Acosta (Hont 6. Ed Newbauer (Hus). • 500 JR; 1. Elmira A tvem az (Yamt 2. Kevin Gonzales IHonI; 3. Randy Cecheno (Yo m). VET; 1. Marty W_ (Bull; 2. Rocky Molynn IBul t 3. Mi n saunders (Han!; 4 . Dan Gonzales (Yaml. VlNT: 1. Ft.v A" a..... (CZ); 2. David Tucker (Suzl; 3. Ed Newba uer (Hus); 4 . Jeff W eddell (Yaml. Chavira charges to LA CR win By David Procida PALMDALE, CA, NOV . 27 Eric Ch avira cha rged up through the pack to win mota o ne and went wire-to-wire virtuall y un ch all enged in th e second ro und 10 tak e the overa ll win in th e l 25cc Novice cla ss at Los Angeles Co unty Ra ceway. In mota on e Tony Barranti storm ed to the front to lead the lar ge Novi ce class into the sweepi ng rig ht -ha nd turn one. Behind him was T ravis Mu sselman, Colon Co uto and Ch avira , with the pac k a heartbeat behind. As th e rid ers sorted them selves o ut, Owen Par t and T ony Sulek moved in behind the lead riders. Up at th e front, Barranri. who was sufferi ng from a Flu bu g, was slowing down, allowing Mu sselman to d ose. Chavira had now closed on Couto a nd was attempting to im pro ve his po sit ion. Jonjames had moved up through th e pack an was behind the co mba ta n ts. Barranti showed sig ns of fatigue and with the pack closing, went down in the back section of the track. As the riders entered the front sectio n , Chavira wa s leading with Musselman and Couto close behind. Chavira began to o pe n up a ga p on Musselman, while behind th e pair Barranti worked his way up into fifth behind Couto and Sul ek. The rnoto came to a clos e wi th the top five intact 3 S Chavira soa red over the ta bletop 10 ta ke the chec kered nag Ii rst , Wh en the ga le fell for molo IWO Chavira pi cked up where he left off in mota o ne, a t the head or the class, Barranti gated righ t behind him and was a couple of bike lengths behind. Behind the pair, CoUIOwas defending third against Su lek and Owen Part, Although rid er position s beh ind th e lap rive cha nged throughout th e moto, th e top live remained co nsis tent with Cha vira taking th e rnoto wi n and the overall victory. Co UIO's pa ir of th irds were good for runner-up o vera ll while third overa ll went to Barrami with a 5-2 set of motes. Fourth o vera ll with a pa ir or fourths .was Sulek a nd roundin g o ut th e five was Mu sselman, wh o o nly managed a ninth after his first m oro second . Results WMN NOV: 1. JOy Ame s (Hon); 2 . Carie Martinez (Mon ); 3. Sue Sruman (Suz" . WMN INT: 1. Lori Hedstrom (Hon). 80 BEG: 1. Tracy Asher (Suz!; 2. Cory Austin (Yaml; 3. Dan King (Hon). 80 NOV: 1. Je" W iUoll l Kaw); 2. Jason CePatto (Hon); 3. Bob Sage (Hon). 80 INT: 1..JoeDePano (Hon). 12 5 BEG: 1. Bill Drake (Hon); 2. Mark VanDewahe(HonJ;; 3. Brad Dawso n (Yaml. 125 NOV: 1. Eric Chayira (KawO; 2. Co'on Couto ; 3. Tony Barrantl (Hon). 125 INT: 1 . Todd Nelson (Yam); 2. Jeff Finch (Hen" 250 BEG: 1. Cory Slephens (Yam); 2. Luis Asher (Suzt 3. Michaef Wismer (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Eric Casas (Honl ; 2. Robbie Dunham (Yam); 3. ChucJc. Oemsey. 250 INT: 1 . Ryan Carlisle (Kaw); 2. Todd Broussard (y8m ); 3.Scott Murphy 'Kaw). 2 50 PRO: 1. Paul Vl ach (Hon); 2. Jeff Reynotds (Hon); 3. Todd Lehmann (Han). 600 BEG: 1. Jack Powell (Yaml ; 2 . Lou Gonzales (Hon) . 600 NOV: 1. John Connall y; 2 . Kenn y Safford (Hon); 3 . M ich ael Nowkki (Hon). 600 INT: 1. David Thayer (Honl; 2 . Tom Smi th (Hon). VET BEG: 1. Tom Clutter lkaw ); 2. Mark Neal (HuI ); 3. Bob Breach (Yaml . VET NOV; 1. Michael Nowi ck i (Hon); 2. Bob Dunham IYam); 3. Russ HoHman (Hon l. ~ VET INT: 1. Scon Freeman; 2. Charlie Strong (Hon); 3. Frank M lerau (Honl . VET EX: 1. Jon Miller; 2. Jeff Harr iott (Yam). . SR BEG: 1. Terry Rezek (Suzl. SR NOV: 1. Gary Doggett (Kaw); 2. Jerry Purkett (Kawl. SR INT: 1. Robert Linville. Graves, Rogers romp at Salem AX By Clay Light SAL EM, OR, DEC. 2 T on y Graves co nt inued his domination of i ndoor mot ocross raci n g' insid e Salem ' s Jackman-Long Expo Arena al the Oregon Stale Fairgr ounds by winning th e 250cc Pro class with a I- I sweep . A DNF in lhe second 125cc Pro co n test wa s co stly to Graves, handing th e overall 10 Darren Roger s. riding a Honda . Graves look early co ntro l in the firsl 250cc Pro moLO riding a new Suzuki, and was chased by local ravorite Gary Beyer, riding a Kawasaki, a nd Ro gers. G raves ca pped off the thriller wilh a win aboa rd ,h e O 'Neal/Pro Circuil/Scr ew y Desi gns/Eugene Suzukisponsored RM , wh ile Beyer netted second ahead o r Ro gers. In Ihe Intermediale class rree-for -all which ran com bi ned with Ihe Pro class, Kawasa ki jockey T erry Hamness rode a flawless mo to 10 nab th e win while Honda riders Mike Hamness, T erry's brother, and Shane Donaca ballied for Ihe number Iwo spot to th e end of the mota, whi ch went Donaca's way. Mike Hamness, Willie Phe.e and Yama ha rider Kevin Yeag er rilled the lOp five al ma Io 's end . The second Pro co n tesl was mu ch the same as Graves worked to Ihe hea d of the pack an d was never seri ou sly challenged. This left R o~ers , who's been Graves' nemensis lh e maJorily of the season, and Beyer finally recovering from a nasty gel-o!f d uri ng th e summer, to swap it ou t for lh e number lwo Spol which wen l Beyer's way al the fini.h . H is ' 2-2 tally clinched second o verall ahead . of Rogers ' co n.istent 5·3 p laci ng>. ~.

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