Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

oathern Ca1I'.ritla·~rl••n Dymond flawless afSSMMX By Terry W hytal ORANGE, CA, JUNE 19 Wheelsmith Maico pilot Micky Dymond rode an almost perfect race en route to sweeping both Open Pro motos at this Micky Dymond (above) cruised to a win in tlie Open SSM Pro class, Randy Rodriguez (below) was second. week's Saturday Saddleback MX. Dymond led early in each round and cont in ued to pull away from the pack throughout the motos. By mid-race, the red-haired youngster was able to cruise while showing his style to the many spectators lining th e course. Honda rider Mike Rose followed Dymond to the checkers in race one, but Randy Rodriguez was able to move his 490 Maico into seco nd -in round two to grab th e ru n ner- u p share of th e purse. Rose picked up third, and Su zuki rider Jim Ro y notched a fourth place finish. H onda support rider Brian Myerscough took con trol of I 25cc Pro action despi te tough competition from Kawasaki pilot Rick Maki. Myerscough topped the first race with Maki trailing to the finish. Round two saw Ma ki get a killer lead ear ly in th e race until sus pected mechanical problems slowed the locally famous one-handed cross- u p artist. Myerscough was abl e to reel Maki in and take the win. Yamaha rider Dan Bartholomew dan ced his mount in for third ahead of Suzuki rider Steve Wiseman and Kawasaki-mounted Tracy Meeks. LOP Honda rider Jim Tarantino picked up the win in the 250cc Pro class with two controlled wins. Gary Jones pushed his Kawasaki into the number two slot ahead of Husky rider Bill Glore and Kawasaki pilot Rick Rodgers. Results race found spectators and riders coming from throughout the state to see and enjoy one of 36 the few flat track races in Arizona. Guy Warner took home a doubleheader with wins in the 250cc Expert class on both the short track and TT courses. In the short tra ck main event , nine riders came to the line and were off with the flash of the start light. Mike Stewart grabbed the holeshot with Warner close behind. Warner grabbed the lead on the third lap and gained a healthy spread on second place Bruce Luft. First, second and third place remained widel y spaced, with Stewart in the third place spot. In Open Expert on the short track, Bart Beninati took the holeshot. On the third lap, Marlow Parks took the lead with Bob Russell and Pat Antonides battling for second. On th e halfway lap, the one and two spots were widely spread from the rest of the pack with the third and fourth spots running wheel to wheel. Parks came through 'with the win with Russell and Antonides corning across second and third. Warner grabbed the holeshot in the 250cc Expert class on the TT with Darin Balderston close behind. Warner pulled away from the rest of the pack while a battle en sued for second place between Balderston and Dennis Parks. At th e end of the third lap, Warner held a steady lead with 10bikelengths between him and Parks and Balderston. Warner came through with the win , Parks finished second, and Balderston came in third. Results ST Y-ZINGER: 1. Ma rk Maynard; 2. Mike Aguirre. PP: 1. Patricia Freimark; 2. Kathy Costello. 250 NOV: 1. Byron Hopkins ; 2. Randy Jacobs ; 3. M ichael Hill . OPEN NOV/AM: 1. Ric Crande ll; 2. Bob Hinchliff ; 3. Tom Moore . OPEN EX: 1. Marlow Parks; 2. Bob Russell ; 3. Pat Anlonides. TT Y-ZINGER: 1. M ike Agu irre; 2. Mark Maynard. PP: 1. Patricia Freimark. 250 NOV/AM: 1. M ichael Hill ; 2. Denn is LeUer; 3. Rick Rector. 250 EX: 1. GuyWarner; 2. Denn is Parks; 3. Darin Balderst on. OPEN NOV/ AM : 1. Ric Crandell ; 2. Butch Odom ; . 3 . Charlie Hahn . OPEN EX: 1. Marlow Parks; 2. Bob Russell ; 3. Mike Yogerst. OPEN PRO: 1. M icky Dymond (M ai); 2. Randy Rodriguez (Ma i); 3. M ike Rose (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Jim Tarantino (Hon); 2. Gary Jones (Kaw); 3. Bill Glore (Hus], 125 PRO: 1. Brian Myerscough (Hon); 2. Rick Mak i (Kaw); 3. Dan Bart holomew (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Steve Zumaras (Suz); 2. Bud Deacon (Suz); 3. Donny Ambrose (Mail. 2501NT : 1. David Behlings (Kaw); 2. Chr is Shaw · (Suz); 3. Jay Van Camp (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Sam St orer (Kaw); 2. Rudy Dick inson (Suz); 3. Chris Taylor (Kaw). OPEN NOV: 1. Danny Lyons (Yam); 2. Alan Kent (Yam); 3. Jeff Clausen (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Cal Stuebner (Suz); 2. Mark Kerr (Hon); 3. Greg Nash (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Erik Miller (Yam); 2. M ike Dodge (Kaw); 3. Greg Groom (Suz). VET EX: 1. Jody We isel (Suz); 2. Bill Hamm (Mai ); 3. Bert Wehr (Ma i). VET INT: 1. Larry Dunn (Suz); 2. H.S. Barnard (Suz); 3. Gary Drake (Suz). MINI BEG: 1. Pete Peter sen (Yam); 2. Eddie Webb (Yam);' 3. Dugan Sanders (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Kir k Litzenberg (Yam); 2. John Reidheed (Mai); 3. Steva Marolda (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Ar on Briggs (Hon); 2. Chuck Coiner (Suz); 3. Tim Long (Kaw ). 125 BEG: 1. Alex Paglia ISuz); 2. Steve Jensen (Suz); 3. Rob Grangrade (Kaw). Johnson, Alsobrook big & little of if af CMC AscofTT By Maureen Lee GARDENA, CA, JUNE 17 A rather dismal showing of riders tonight for the Continental Moto-sport Club's TT scrambles at Ascot made Stu Peters decid e he 'd made the correct decision . . ~ it's going to be short track from now on. In the lightweight division, the second race was the best. On assorted sizes of machinery from mini to 125s Brian and SCOll Alsobrook and Kur- tis Cushman swapped the lead spaces around. Brian, on a mini, had won the first round, and he started off with the lead for a while in the second, but Kurtis was wired up and took over , riding very hard to keep his first place. Those "kids" can sure get with the program. . All the 250s ran together. Theonly Pro, Mike Kirby , took home his share of the payback although in the overall standings he was hampered by a header pipe that kept coming adrift. The Veterans were in the same race , too (so you can see what kind of a night it was) , and George Huebner had the handle on second until Orlando Lamboy went all around the outside in turns one-two and took it away from -hirn in the overall race . Orlando also steamed off with the lead in the second race after Kirby 's pipe came loose, putting an end to a very interesting dice . Alwa ys in there was Veteran Jerry Peters on a BSA (yes, really), and he beat OUI two other riders in his clas s on much more recent machinery. The 500cc Juniors had the biggest class . It was close racing between Dale Hopkins, David Dungery and Mike Hixson. In the first race, they were coming through the turns looking at each other, along with Steve Honeycutt who had problems in th e second race. Tom Topping found himself up with the front-runners and came in third after a couple of th e others landed on the ground by overdoing it in the tight stuff, and it was Dale Hopkins with two straight wins overall. All th e Opens and the 500cc Intermediates ran together, and Jeff Johnson just tore them up, taking off with two straight wins. Bill Fulton and Orlando Lamboy argued over second place while John Sperry, Jimmy Rosa and Nigel Gale switched around over the j urn p. Noone was going to catch Johnson , though; he went along just as hard as if he were running a National .. . nice to see. Results MI NI J R: ·1. Brian Alsobrook (Hon); 2. James Josephson (Hon). 100 JR: 1. Jim Hanyman (Yam). 125 JR : 1. Kurtis Cushmam (Suz); 2. Scott Alsobrook (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Mike Kirby (Yam). 250 1 NT: 1. Orlando Lamboy (Hon). 250 JR: 1. Glenn Comer (Yam); 2. Jeff Runyan (yam) . VET MSTR: 1. George Huebner (Yam). VET INT: 1. Jerry Peters (BSA); 2. Bill Fulton (Yam); 3. M ike Boal (Yam). VET JR: 1. Bob Walker (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Dale Hopkins (Hon); 2. David Ozment . (Yam); 3. David Dungery (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Nigel Gale (Yam); 2. Dennis Pinheiro (Yam); 3 . Orlando Lamboy (Hon). OPEN SPORTSM AN : 1. Bill Fulton (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Jeff Johnson (Tri); 2. J im my Rosa (Tri); 3. J ohn Sperry (Hon). Meeks makes oUf afOC'RMX By Steve Crosby IRVINE, CA, JUNE 17 . Racin g conditions at O range County International Raceway tonight turned out to be just about the tou ghest ever encountered at the popular night track. While most of the track was well watered, a breakdown of the water truck in the late afternoon caused one section of the track to be left dry. Then halfway through the first rnoto, a light but steady mist began to fall, making some parts of the track slick as well as making goggles just about useless. But, crashing bikes were the exception, not the rule, as the riders adapted quickly to the changing conditions. T he turnout in the Pro ranks was off on this graduation evening so all

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