Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

eNoiliiiERNheOAT'EiiNEa.hlng,on.'daho-u,ah.Ala.kacanada.Northam Callfom;a·Northem Nevada·O,agon.Wa.h;ng,on·ldaho·Utah·Alask . '~ both Mini Expert and l 25cc Novice whi le Robb managed a th ird overall ri~i~g a Yama ha 60 against th e larger m in ts. The Open Experts really che wed u p the sand a n d busted th e berms with 20 minutes of handlebar-toha ndleba r action. Mark Ca rr had a perfect weekend, but threats came from ho lesh ot master Louie Mass, Roger Strickler, a mainstay on hi s 490 Maico, a nd Joh n Foote. Chandler swoops two at Baylands ST By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CA, JUNE 16 Summer has returned to northern California in earnest, as has Doug Chandler at Baylands Raceway's short track. Chandler An Alaskan motocrosser eyes the roost-producing knobby in front of him . PEEWEE B: 1. Jeff Daily (Yam); 2. Monty Spauldin g (Yam); 3. Joe Sitts (Suz). PEE WEE C: 1. Ji mmy Row (Yam). Knight night at LodiST By Bill Spencer i.onr. CA, JUNE 12 It was certainly the night for Joe Knight at Lodi's Cycle Bowl short track to night. Winning the 250cc Expert main is al wa ys 46 th e high hope ofany District 36 rider, and Joe has been everpresent in the past few months. Tonight's Stockton M.C.-run show was nothing less than great - super racing, run fast and over with at a decent hour; kudos to the club. Another generation of McGills has hit the dust with Johnny McGill winning the 80cc Novice/ Junior class. John West ret urned to the win scene in the 125-200cc No vice/ J u n ior combined show over Mark Sturgeon. Brian Sansing gated quite well and was the big 250cc J unior winner with .a very proud mommy witnessing. Randy Fisher worked hard to catch toward the en d bu t without much chance for a p ass while John Guy survived for third. Another good sized turnout of 250cc Experts guaranteed a great show with Knigh t taking the two-time start and never losing the big time lead. Mark Key wanted to keep the second spot but got off the groove and off tra ck in the last turn , letting Dave Boyles a nd Chris Carr by. Billy Arbogast an d Aaron Hill had a good mix-up, but it was only Carr who could get th e T V Service/ Jorgy Can-Am in any sort of passing mode. Carr took thi rd over Boy les with Key taking a hard fo ugh t fourt h over Arbogast, Hill and Jon Eichelbaugh. . Joe Martins won the Novice/J unior combined big boy class with G ary Co it in tow over Ken Jernigan. In big -bore Expert, it was Hill and . Kev.doing.the .big.bash thing. Hill held for th e win on the Del Calsentuned Honda with Key close in for sec on d o ver R o y F isher , Da n n y McDonnell, Joe Knight and Kelly Bennett. Results 80 NOV/J R: 1. Johnny McGill (Yam). 125- 200 NOV/JR: 1. John West (Suz); 2. Mark St urgeo n (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Tim Wallace (C·A); 2. Rick Lovitt (H-D). 250 JR : 1. Brian Sansing (Kaw); 2. Randy Fisher (Yam); 3. John Guy (Bull . 250 EX: 1. Joe Knight (Yam); 2. Chr is Carr (C-A ); 3. Dave Boyles (Han). 500 NOVI J R: 1. Joe Martins (Han); 2. Gary Coit (Yam); 3. Ken Jernigan (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Aaron Hill (Han); 2. Mark Key (Yam); 3. Roy Fisher (Yam). Davis takes Alaska MX win By Don Ronsene ANCHORAGE , AK, MAY 30-31 Memorial Day Weekend and Kincai d Park was the setting for the first two races of the 1982 Alas ka Sta te Motocross Championship series. The preceding races at Kincaid Park this season were merely warm-ups for this weekend, the p oints races. More than 100 riders from all over the state got together for some of th e hottest competition we've seen here in some time. Pre-race favorite and last year' s state champion in the 250cc Expert class , Scott Davis, didn't surprise anyone by fini shing in th e top spot in both th e 125 and 250cc Expert class es. H is clos est co m pe tition was to be Chris Patterson, last year 's Open class ch a mpion who has switch ed to the 250cc cla ss with hi s new KTM , and Jim Stewart who has ha d more outsid e-of-Al aska expe rie nce tha n a ny other Alaska n . As it was, Patterson wasn' t abl e to get time off hi s jo b as a firem a n , an d Stewart is sidelined for most of the season with recent kne e sur gery. Kelly Butler and younger brother Rob b both put on quite a show in th eir respective classes. Kell y won I had a mechanical malfunction about three weeks back but has no w won three stra igh t 250cc Expert mains for T ea m Honda. With the first King of the Ba y race, he has set hi mself u p for th e bounty days as h e rode his old ai r-cooled 250 against ma ny of th e fast bo ys' 500 to win yet a nother race. It was a war in th e 250cc Junior class with Larry Staggs taking his KX to th e for efront for the checkered over Ada m Sabedra, Steve Fischer and Randy Holycross. Holycross took the point from Mr. Ed's green flag but had trouble holding the line, and Sabedra led at the end of one. Staggs closed up and took over second on the next round and go t an outside shot down the bac k stra ight with Sab edra taking it back on the inside. All the while Steve Fischer closed and passed for third. Staggs took over two laps from the end and held a one bike margin for the win in great racing. Aaron Hill was the first o f the full sized 250cc Experts into turn one as they gathered speed with Chandler moving into second as th ey ca me off the first high bank. Delightful Doug set h is us ua l high line as th e pack descended on the finish lin e for the first lap wi th Hill holdin g on for onl y a second as Chandler too k the h ig h line once again and was gone off by h imself down th e back straight for a not her big win. Rocky Robinson gathered in Hill for second on the Maxima Oils/Cycle Engineering Yam aha with Hill on another aircooled Honda in for third over Jon Eichelbaugh and Da ve Cabbarillo. Chris P a u lson di dn't need any assistance in ta ki ng 360cc Ex pert. H e got a good start and kept up a feveris h pa ce for a big win over Brian Pecore and Lynn George. George and Errol Longboya were . cruising until the white flag flew , and Jim Mahoney parked it. As they came off th e number four corner, it was to the fire wall and a nip and a tuck for George. Aaron Hill led the distance in th e 500cc Expert run with Da ve Rosa ridin g into second on the Don 's Plumbin g TT over Dana Perri. Perri held seco nd for some time with Rosa dogging and th en passing. In a return to the day s of yesteryear, the ma nageme nt brought up th e old Kin g of the Hill last cha nce race, n ickn a ming th e ra ce and the track , Kin g o f the Bay, as in Ba ylands , a nd it was great. Rosa came off th e line better than the regular main a nd led Ca bbaero a nd Chris Paulson into the corner with Ch andler stuck in fourth. Rosa held th e point well for three laps wi th Paulson a nd Chandler cru ising up for second and third. Chandler would continue to run hi gh a nd square the corner on his 250 while a ll th e rest were riding slightly bigger eq u ip me n t. Nonetheless, it was Chandler working around Paulson and th en Rosa for the lead and a big win for T eam Honda, again. Results 250 NOV: 1. Ted Taylor (Han ); 2. Scott Eichelbaugh (yam); 3. Perri Turner (Yam). 250 JR : 1. Larry Staggs (Kaw); 2. Adam Sabedra (Yam); 3. Steve Fischer (C-A). 250 EX: 1. Doug Chandler (Han); 2. Rocky Robinson (Yam); 3. Aaron Hill (Han). 360 EX: 1. Chris Paulson (Yam); 2. Brian Pecore (Yam); 3. Lynn George (Han). 500 NOV: 1. Roland Hollis (Yam); 2. M att Dunstan (Yam); 3. Ken Jernigan (Yam). 500 JR : 1. Adam Sabedra (Yam); 2. M ark Day (Yam); 3. John Casey (Yam). 500 EX: 1. Aaron Hill (Han); 2. Dave Rosa (Yam); 3. Dana Perri (Yam). KING OF THE BAY: 1. Doug Chandler (Han). Franklin, Heying make day interesting at Wilson Canyon MX By M ot o- D epo YERINGTON, NV, J UNE 13 The Wilson Canyon MX track is located right next to the Walker R iver and exemp lifies the contrasts of northe rn Nevada. The river winds through barren mountains leaving a lOO-foot wide green belt lush with vegetation and wildlife. Over many thousands of years, rain water heading for the rive r h as etched o ut small canyons and hills, ta king with it most of the vege tation and soil, leaving only co ncrete-hard adobe hills, sa nd and roc ks. These hills o f course, is whe re th e race track is. This race was the third in a series of eight races run under the auspices of Nevada Sta te MX Championship ; points are awarded per moto , and because of this no one sandbags; the racing is more exciting. In the 250cc Expert class Jeff Cloutier on a Kawasaki had the best ride of the da y by leading both motos to the checkered flag by a large margin. Jeff'sonl y problem was almost "eat in g it " in a turn. Brian Parker, on a Suzuki, rode consistentl y to a 2-2 and second overall. Tony Berlu u i's second moto, last-lap cha rge, with a crash after the finish line, almost took second from Parker, but Berlutti had to settle for third place money and a livened up scoring crew and spectators. If Cloutier had the best ride of th e day, the best racing h ad to be in the Open Experts. Don Franklin (Mai) was victorious for the overall, bu t J ay Hey ing, also on a Maico, wo n the first moto, blocking the constant pressure of Franklin for mos t of the moto. AI McE lroy (Mai) was running with the leaders, but a crash retired h im for the day .. In the second moto, Heying too k the holeshot, but he couldn 't hold Franklin back as he had do ne in the first moto. Once by, Fran klin pulled away and won by a good margin. About the same distance back from Heying was third overall Brian Bu tler (Ya m) and Ricky Del Carlo (Mai ) who was fourth . The 125cc Expert class was dominated by Chuck Beck (Ya m) and he easily won bothmotos for the overall. Ricky Del Carlo (Suz), feeling the effects of riding back-to-back motos, finished second with Shanon H arles (Ya m) third. The Mini Experts were the first to a ttac k the track, a nd Randy Kay (Kaw) a nd David McCombs (Yam) provided Ill~S,t' .9f ,tl;1l; action w,it1.r }(a.yl o ll}ing

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