Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Bo~ Irvine (Kawl ; 2. Mar k Taylor (K8W ~ 3. INT OPEN: 1. Ken Bauer (Hon ); 2. Shaw n Mart in (Yaml ; 3 . Richard Bur gess (KTM j . .' INT 25 0 : 1. M ike We st (Hon); 2 . fr an k Tuttle (Kaw ); 3 Donny Onea l lSuzl ' INT 200: t , Rodney Bart sch (Kaw); 2. Herma n Goertz (Kaw ); 3 . Keit h Cru r es (Kawl. • INT 125: 1. Ja mes M itchell (Hon): 2 . Ron Rasb ury (Su d ; 3 . Randy You ng (Hon) OVER 30: 1. Terr y Bai nbridge (KTM I; 2 . Car los Gonzales (Ho n); 3 . M ont e Hall (Kaw) . • OVER 40: 1. M ike Bradshaw (ATK); 2. Ji m Little (Yam); . . 3 J ack J en ni ngs (Kawl · 4 ·STRK: 1. J ohn n y J oh nso n (Hon); 2. Sa nee Taba ssi (Ho n); 3. Bobby Lew alle n (Hon ). W MN : 1. Cindy Hutch in son (KTM I; 2 . Christi ne Hudspeth {Honl. JR BOYS 13 - 16 : 1. Gary W indh am (Kaw); 2 . Bobby Damr on IKawl; 3 . Er ic W iezel (Han). 80; 1. Chr is Cole (Yam); 2 . Pa ul Fell en cer (Yam) ; 3. • Mi chael Cole (Yam). , I- a:: W o '" a:: o w By Greg Robertson John M aldo ndo (Hon ). · o rJl Casper crunches Perris MX O/A: 1. John M eskey. PRO: 1. Ken t Howert on (Ho n); 2 . All ey Se ma r (Ho n); 3 . Steve Cardwell (Kaw ). EX OPEN: 1, z 60 : 1. Dr ew Dunb ar (Yam); 2. Lance Smith (Kaw); 3 . Spe nce r Hand IKa wl. 50: l . a,ent Klima (Yam ); 2. Casey M cNeill (Yam) BEG ; 1. Todd Chezen (Han): 2. Robert Damron (Yam); 3. Ryan Dunbar (KTM ) wel l. " I circled around in this field thinkin g I screwed up. hut I had a g iant lead. T hen lh t'y ca me." The first tim e throu gh th e sco ri ng area Ca rd well led Sema r and H o wert on, bur by lap two Cardwell slipped 10 th ird and How ert on had dr aw n a bead o n the lead er Sernar. . By th e halfway mark th e fini sh or der was set for wh at was to be a n I J -Ia p even t. H ow ert on fini shed fir st wi th Sem ar 90 seco nd s back in second and Cardwel l third. The Ov er 30 class pr o vided a race-lo ng bat tle with a last lap move tha t was o ne in a mi llion . Terry Bainbridge a nd his KTM led H onda-m ounted Ca r los Gonzal es and th e Kawasaki o f Monte H a ll and Ed die H ar ri son lo r th e F five laps. T here were two separate irst battles go ing o n at th e start o f lap six as H arrison a nd H all were figh tin g Ior third whi le Go nz les had moved to th e rear wh eel a o f Bai nbridge for th e lead. The wars co nti n ued as the wh ite flag ca me 0 0' ' 0 star t lap 10. Bain brid ge led by fo ur seco nds as Gc uza les ca me thro ugh the scorin g area trailin g abo u, 20 feel o f ro ll -o ff film after a branch rip ped it o ff h is gogg les. " I fol lowed Bainbridge a few la ps and o n the last la p I pa ssed him in o ne o r the field turns," said Go nza les." I had just go t a wheel by h im wh en [ though t so meo ne reached do wn an d jerked my head off . T he d ear fil m w ra p pe d III the KTM 's from wheel a nd wra pped my goggles do wn in to it. " T he incident was co nfirmed by Bainbridge as th e stra n!:?est th in 9 he had ever seen a nd it left h im with the wm. Go nza les seco nd a nd H al lth ird with Harriso n 20 seco nds back in fo urth. Results a:: o P ERRIS. CA. DEC. 2 Suzuki RM 250-m ounted Bob Casper d o rninated both motos in th e Over T he Hill Ga n g Expert class at G FI Racin g Su per. Satu rda y MX a t Perr is Raceway. T he O ld T ime rs MX Associ ati o n and L. A. cha p ter o f th e O ver T he Hi ll Ga ng joined the Perris regulars for a day or racing un der ideal co nd itio ns. Casper pulled th e Iirst-rnot o holesho t ahea d o f w alt O lso n . ScO I I Freem an a nd Dave Simon. By the seco nd lar. Freeman worked h is way arou nd O lson wh ile Ca sper stretche d h is lea d 10 five seco nds. Ca sper co n tin ued h is tor rid pace and won th e mota by a co m fortable ma rgi n o ver Freema n and Simon , w ho had worked pa st Ol so n. Ca spe r again bea t everyone [ 0 the First tu rn in mota two but wen t do wn a few corners la ter a nd d ro p ped to la st p lac e. Ol son inherited the lead but Freema n got by o n th e first lap a nd set o u t to widen h is lead. At th e sta rt o f th e seco nd la p O lson pulled into th e pi ts 10 adj ust hi s forks and returned a lap do wn from the lead ers. Within th ree la ps Casper reeled in Freeman and the next few laps pr ov ided exce llen t raci ng. Cas per was al l over the tra ck in a n a ttemp t to regain the lead. a nd lap six was th e end o r Freern ans ' reign as Gasper o u tbrak ed Freeman go ing in to a turn. O nce pa st Freeman , Casper mo tored o n for th e mot a wi n a nd the overa ll victo ry a head o r Freem an a nd Sim on. Lo u ie Springer go t the holesho r in the first mot o o f th e OTH G In termed iate class as Pau l Ikeda , Ernie Kopasz and Rick Bealer ch ased. By the seco nd lap Ikeda was o n Spri nger's rear wh eel wh ile ha vi ng th e same thi ng don e to him by Kopasz. At the ha lfway poi n t Ikeda used a n outside ber m to power aro und Sp ri nger for the lead. O n the next lap Ko pasz pushed Spring er ba ck o ne more p lace to th ird and set h is sigh ts o n Ikeda. Ikeda held o n for the fi rst rno to wi n und er pressure fro m Ko pasz. Sp ringer had ( 0 sett le for thi rd ah ead o f Bealer. Gary Williso n . Bealer , Ikeda and Joh n Ch uri lla a ll fo llo wed Sp ri nger by the end o f the first la p o f rno to two. With in o ne la p Ikeda put Beal er back to fo urt h p lace then tu rn ed >- '" o I- o :I: 0.. Louie Springe (20) charges ahead of Mike Ishida (6), Carl Powell (90) and Gary Willison (23) in the OTHG Intermediate class at Perris MX. 3. .Jeff Jones (Kaw ); 4 . David Barl ow (Kaw ); 5. Bryan O'Neil (yam). OPEN NOV : 1. M ike M amsca lhi (ATK); 2. Steve Reeves inside Will iso n in a tig ht co rner to ad va nce second. Ikeda then slip ped past Spri nger while Wi llison faded back . getting passed b y Chu rilla. Beal er a nd Ca rl Pow ell. Ikeda stayed ahea d fer th e mo to win and overa ll victory. Ch u rill a p u t th e mo ve on Sp ri nger o n th e last lap for seco nd pl ace. b u t Sp ring er' s co nsis ten t 3·3 fin ish es save him second o vera ll over Ch ur illa's 5-2 finishes. 10 (ATKI. 25· 29 NOV; 1. J i m Henn (Yam); 2. Chri s Ber gstr om (Yam ); 3 . Reid Nor din (Kaw); 4 . J oe Bond (Su z). VET NOV : 1. Brad Oxley (Ho n); 2. .Tom Loucks (Han); 3 . J ack Phinn (Yaml; 4 . Gary DOQgett (Suz); 5 . Oon Horv at iCh (HOnl. 125 1NT; 1. Tom my Clowe rs (Kaw ); 2. Derek Nal vig (Kaw ); 3 . M ike Bu lley (Yam); 4 . Craig M on ty IKa w l; 5 . Rick Gr an t (Ho n) 250 INT: 1. Ray Mcintosh (Kaw); 2. Tige r Garcia (Han ); 3 . Jeff Lambso n (Yam ); 4 . Tr av is Bro wn (Kaw l; 5 . J eff Benet (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. Bri an Davy (Ho n); 2. Kevi n ·Frin ger. 2 5·2 9 INT: 1. Brent Roche (Yam); 2 . Dal e Dund ell(Honl V ET INT; 1. Todd Pet er son (Han); 2. Br ad She rr ill (Honl; 3 . M ark Brook s (Suz ); 4 . W .J . Br adb ury (Honl; 5 . Tom Rutt en (Kaw) . 125 PRO : 1. Mike Chamberl ain (Yam); 2. Darr in Hoeft (Hon); 3 . J ohn Poses (Su zl; 4 . M ike Dunlap (Su zl 250 PRO: 1. Jeremy M cG rat h (Kawl; 2. Ph il lawrence (Yam l; 3 . Dean Ma tson (Suz); 4 . Chr is Hemrich (Yam); 5. Gary Sailors (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Cr aig DaYls( Honl ; 2. Wi ll y M usgr a\le (A TK); 3 . Jo e W adding ton (Ha n). VET PRO: 1. Va l Tamlen i (Han); 2 . Bob Rutt en (Hon) ; 3. J ohn M cCaughey (Sut); 4 . Tom W hi te (Hon); S. Alan Olson (Yaml . . Resu lts M INI BEG: t . Shaun Fort ier (Kaw ): 2. Jeff Bu rt is (Ya m); 3. Cr aig Bens (Sur ); 4 . Mike Davis (Kaw) ; 5 . Vi etor M ar as (Kaw ). 12 5 BEG: 1. Robbi e Patt erson (Ha n); 2 . Todd Gould (Kaw) ; 3 . St eve Cleme n t (Kaw); 4 . Ron Bro w n (Sur l; 5. Chr is De Cannan (Ha n ). 250 BEG: t . Bob Kessl er (Ka w) ; 2 . Eric Beingesser (Yam) ; 3 . Hitos hi Machi da {Hon l; 4 . Bob Ferre (Hon); 5 . Steve Pol en ske (Suz). OPEN BEG ; 1. Erik lark in (Han); 2 . Jim Sturg ill (Yam). 25 -29 BEG: 1. Scott Berger (Yaml; 2. Greg La rk ins (Yam); 3 . Henry Lusk (Han ); 4 . Chri s De Cannetl (Han). 12 5 NOV ; 1. Roger Hampm an (Su z); 2. J .J . Petch el (Yam ); 3 . Gra nt Gaspar (Yam ); 4 . Tony A l essi (Ha n); 5 . Sh awn Mcin to sh (Kaw) . 250 NOV ; 1. Eric GUY Casas (Han); 2 . Ron Mowry (Hon ); - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - -- - -- - - -- - - - - -- - - -- - - - - -- - • »:- :~~~;-:-:.:~~~::-::-.}..- . .. ••:.:.:~~:~~~:~ ~~:«-:.: ···;:;:;·······..•••••.. • ~.~.• =-=-=.-.. ••• •• ···•·•·•·•..rt..i.II:::::::::::··:·X:···..~··..•• ••-- ..~~ •• ••••• m~ ............ ,., . ~ ~ ,' b • ·rtf • • • • . X· :-:-:.:.:~~~:y:.:.:~~~;~ . 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