Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

George Waller, Jr. won Mississippi's Turkey Creek Enduro. Tim Telford (671, Tim Winslow (444) and Todd Lehmann (19) battle at L.A. County Raceway MX. towards h im wit h ad ditiona l gas . H e refuel ed an d was back o n hi s way for th e second 50mile loo p , four mi nu tes before McCormick arriv~ Bozarth ended u p crossing the finis h line three ho urs a nd 45 minutes alter he had started . a full nine mi nutes a head of McCorm ick. \Vithout question the most exciting finis h of the day ca me in the Over 30 Expert class when, after 100 miles of raci ng, T erry Pearson put his Hon da in the finis h a is le o nly seconds ahead of Sta n Capps' KTM. In what had to be considered one of the most i mpressive rides of the day, 250CC Amat eur rider j eff Dahners man aged 10 finish seventh overall after accounti ng for the th ree minute starling intervals. Results SUNDAY O/ A: 1. Rick Bozanh (KTM); 2 . Joe McCormidl. IATK): 3 . Dale Demaris (KTM); 4 . Orad Tumidge (Han); S. W illi am Bishop (Hoo); 6. Wi ley Rasmu ssen (Hus); 7 . Jeff Oahn ers (Hon t 8 . Bob Johnson (KTM); 9 . Keith Cayton (Kaw!; 10 . Terry Pearson (Hon) . 2 LOOPS OPEN EX: t . RidtBozart h (1CTM1;2. Joe McCorm iek lATKI; 3 . Dal e Demarrs (KTM); 4 . Wi lli am Bishop (Honl. 250 EX: 1. Brad Turnid ge (Hon ); 2. Keith Cayton (lC awl; 3 . Dan Hart e (tC.aw l; 4 . Dav id M ort on (Hon). 30 EX: 1. Terry Peerson (Han); 2. Stan ca pps (KTM); 3 . Paul Thom pson (Y a m ~ 4 . Gary Schaff er (Hon). 40 EX: 1. Jos eph Barr ell (Yam). 250 AM : 1. J efff Dahn ers (Han); 2. M ichael Presler (Yam); 3 . Tab Young (Hon); 4. Ron Chart raw (ya m ). OPEN AM: 1. Kevi n Chamber s (Han); 2. Bill Elist (Honl . 30 AM : 1. Don Ma th enney (Husl ; 2. Robby Bell (Hus); 3. Ryan Payne (Husl. , LOOP CL 50: 1. J im M cClellam (Hon ); 2. Bob Krick (Hon l; 3. Jerry Reid (Kawl; 4 . Wa yne Young (Hon l. . SPTSMN : 1. Klaus Hoh man(Suz); 2. Este ll e ShankstCJIg); 3 . Derk Tho mpson fKTM ); 4 . Rick Wood (Kaw) . SATU RDAV TEAMS HIW EX: 1. Dan Harte/Keith Cayto n (Kaw l: 2. Stan Capps/Rick Bozarrth (KTMt 3. J oe McCormicklJ08 M errill IATK) . L/W EX: 1. Jason Dah ners {YamY Nat Wi lder (Hon); 2. Mike Perry /Mike 8 ell (Suz); 3 . M art Ruple (KTM V A I Fetterly (Kawl. L/W AM: 1. M ark Grimstead (Yam)/Jeff Dahners (Hon l; 2. Oan Nelson (Kli wVGreg Harmon (Hon); 3. Robert Egan (KawVLen Faltyn (KTM I. SR: 1. Wiley Rasmussen (Hus)/ Paul Thompson (Yamt 2. Scan Doubr avsky (Hus)/Cliff Hu mbard IKTM ); 3 . Cliff 8 entso n (K'TMV Mick Peppm eier (Hus). SPTSMN : 1. Tom Bowl es (Kawi/ Darlt Thompson (lt TM); 2. Tony Stuart (HonV Ron Char'lraw (Yam); 3 . Davtd Soliz (A TI()IBrad Standef ord (Hus). Ikeda and Springe r man aged 10 slip past Kopa sz on th e fourth lap . Ikeda gradua lly pulled away 10 a fo ur -second lead a t th e fin ish to ta ke th e well -deserved overa ll win, while Spri nger ha d 10 sett le for the seco nd-p lace brass. Kopasz, wilh a sixth in the firs t moto a nd 3 th ird in mota two, earned thi rd overall. Steve Niles (Kaw) decided after his first mot o win in the Begi n ner class tha t it was so mu ch fun he was go ing to do it again. Do u ble-mot e victories gave Ni les the overall win over Wiley Seitz ler, rid in g a brand new Hon da. Warren Bro wn (KTM ) worked up through the pack in both motos after dismal starts to gamer fourth a nd seco nd place rnoto finishes for third overall. Mitch Langjahr (Yam) really had to work in both mot e s to claim the overall win in the Novice class . La ngjah r worked his way up through the pac k an d passed leader G reg Ro bertso n (Yam ) wit h IWO laps remaini ng. Robertson tried a last -lap, last-tum pass, but La ngjahr had th e o ptimum lin e and sli pped across for th e first mot o win. Steven H en son (Hon ) PUI in a gr eat ride, chargi ng from a near-las t-pl ace stan to ta ke thi rd ahea d of a consis ten t Car los Marin (Han). MOlOtwo was mor e of th e same as La ngja h r had to move th ro ugh traffic to catch Robert son. Wilh the white nag OUI, La ngjah r tried to qualify for a pilot 's license off th e big jump head in g in to th e back section of the track , wh ich was enoug h 10 blow by Rob ert son. Langjahr took th e rnot o win and th e overall ahea d of Robertso n. Mari n h ung o n for third in the mot o an d third overall wh ile Hen so n took fifth whic h gave him a fourth-pl ace trophy. Results BEG: 1. Steve Niles (Kaw); 2. W iley $eitzler IHon t 3. Warr en Brown IKTM ); 4 . Tim McCue (Hon); 5 . Eric Fish (Yam). NOV; 1. M itch Langjahr (Yam); 2. Greg Robert son (Yam); 3. Carlos Ma rin (Hon l; 4. Steve Henson (Honl; 5 . lance Breleu leh. INT: 1. Paul tkeda (Hon); 2. louis Spr inger (Vam); 3 . Ernie Kopasz (Yam); 4 . M arty West erma n IKawJ; 5 . John Churilla (Honl . EX: 1. Ma rt And erson ISuzt 2. Scan Freeman (Hon). Adams aces Whitney MX By Joyce Ladd Ikeda ices Over The Hill Gang MX at DeAnza By Greg Robertson 36 SUNNYMEAD, CA. ocr. 29 H on da CR 250 pilot Paul Ikeda cap lured Ihe o \'era ll win in th e Int erm ed iat e class du rin g the L.A. chapler of the Over The H ill Gang Associ;llion's motocross at DeAn za Cycle P ark . Ikeda 's win did n 't come e;py Ihou gh , as Lo uis Springer (Ya m ), Carlo Powell (Kaw ) and j ohn Ch urilla (Hon) heal Ikeda 10 the first tu rn in mow o ne. Springer bu ilt a fiveseco nd lead by Ihe th ird lap , wh ile fkeda had hi s hands full with Powell and Churilla. fkeda pow ered pa st Pow ell a nd oUl-corne red Ch uri lla on th e fifth lap and sel o ut 10 ca tch Spri nge r. Fortunately for Springer , time ra n o ut as Ikeda was o n ly ab le to dose to wit hi n IW seco nds a l the chec kered n ag. Powell O man aged a close section o ver Churilla. Ikeda improved hi s srnn ing techniq ue in the second mOlD a nd tu cked in beh ind Ernie Kopa sz (Yam) o n the fim la p wh ile Sp rin ger kept a close eye in thi rd. The next few laps provided some of the best racin g of lhe day as the lead trio battled amongs l each ot her, slo wly pull in g away from th e pac k. Bolh WH ITNEY. TX. NOV . 5 j o h n ny Adams wo n bo lh mOlDs 10 take lOp ho nors in Ih. Over 30 Expert class today a . Lake Whitney Cycle Ranch. When the gate dropped in mOlDo ne, it was Da llas Hon da /Mal col m Smith/L. D. Nick / Zu lu 's Ska leboards / jo j o ' s Pan ts/ Cycl e Sports -sponsored Adams o ut front wit h the holes ho I. H e was fo llowed by Hondamo un ted Tom Holl ister, Hon da -mo unt ed Cha rlie Bro wn and Suzuki rider Steve Mack. Brown a nd Mack passed Hollister in Ihe bac k section of the trac k duri ng lap one. Duri ng lap two Hollister went down a nd th ~n ran in last p lace for IWO laps befor e po st ing a DN F. When th e chec kers came ou t it was Adams, Brow n and Mack. Mot a two again saw Adam s o ur fro m wit h th e ho lesho t, fo llowed by Brown and Suzu ki rid er j eff jones. Al the end o r lap o ne, Brown fell in lhe finish line ·lurn a llowtng j on es and Mack ( 0 get aro und him. Brown rem ounted and held o nto fo urth place for two lap s. On lap four , Ad ams. n d ing s moot hly a nd consiste nt ly, had a comforta ble lead. follo wed by J ones in secon d and Mack in thi rd. Then , Honda -mounted Tim Si lence passed Brow n to ta ke over the nu mber ·fo ur sial. On the lasl lap , Sile nce passed Mack to la ke posi tio n lh ree. Wh en th e chec kers came o ut it was Adams, jones and Silence. Ada ms took first overa ll with h is per fect I-I fin ishes; seco nd overall went 10 j on es with his 4-2 fin ishes and th ird p lace was Mack with 3-4 fin ishes. Results TEENY MINI STIt 4-8 : 1. A lea Sh inn(Yam); 2. Robby Shinn {YamJ: 3 . Cody Graham (Yam ): 4. Gabr iel Torr es (yam ); 5. Melissa Carmack (Yam). TEENY MINI M OD 4·8: 1. Alea Shin n (Yam ); 2 . Ju st in Bates (Yam); 3. Jacob Jones (Yam); 4.J .R. Patroro (Yam); 5. Kenn y Robinson (Yam). M INI MIN I 6 ·1 1: 1. Carter Sch neIder (Kawl; 2. AI. . Sh in (Kaw); 3. Dusty W eygandt (Kaw ); 4 . Shau n Vou ng (!(aw); 5 . Jacob Jones (Kaw) MIN I BEG: 1. Casey Cheathem (Kawt 2. Corey Stogner (Kaw); 3 . Greg DuvaU (Kaw ); 4 . Luke Gli nes (Kawl; S. Man DaYl Kaw l. MIN I SR 12 -13: 1. Brad Woo lsey (Hon); 2. BiUy Gan ma n l!(a wt 3 . Jeff Covington (Kawl; 4 . Jordan Jordan (Kaw). M INI SR 14 -16 : 1. J eff Long (Kaw); 2. M ichael Moses (Kawl. M INI STK 12- 16: 1. Billy Gartman (Kaw): 2. Scotty Rice (Suz ); 3 . Ca~ Cheatham (Kaw ); 4 . J eff Long (!(awl; 5. Morgan M artsn lKaw). 125 BEG: 1. Ronn ie Sebr en (Kaw); 2. Ma rk Rush (Suz): 3 . Scan Gou ld IHan}; 4. Bud Murphy ISuz); 5 . Tim Shaff er IKaw) . 125 NOV; 1. Doug 80 yd ISuzl; 2. Heat h Walli s (!(aw l: 3. P.J . Kerr (Suz); 4 . Kyle Paru (Hon); 5 . Chad Christia n IHonI 125 INT: 1. Ja son Kremp ln (Hon }; 2. M it e M erlo (Hon); 3 . Ja son Ma tus (Hon); 4 . Jody Nort h (Hon); 5 , Frankie Ladd (Honl. 125 EX: 1. M an Harl an (Yaml : 2. M an Chapa (Kaw ); 3. David Jo nes . 125 OPEN: 1. M ike M erl o (Han); 2. Jody Nort h (Hon); 3 . Franki e ladd (Hon); 4 . Str ip Smit h {Yam }; 5. Chad Clart (Kaw ), 2 50 / 0 PEN BEG: 1, Bob Hib ben s (Yam); 2. Randy Skinner (Han); 3. Todd Sm it h (Kaw t 4, Ja mes Hughes (ya m ); 5. Kevi n Edwar ds (Hon ). 250 NOV: , . Ron Parka (Hon); 2. M ark Eades (Honl; 3. Roger Starnes (Kawl; 4 . Darr en Brown (Kaw); 5. Tom Mc la ughl in (Kaw ). 250 INT: 1. Owain Carter (!

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