Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

uW;;;;;;;rj;;tii;;;vada- Southern Callfornia-Arlzona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornia-Arizona- eo 12 5 BEG: 1. Richard Ferna ndez (Suz); 2. James Thomas (Suz); 3. J im Will ia ms (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Ron Jacobs (Suz); 2. Fabin Buc heli (Suz); 3. Alex Lopez (Yam). 12 5 NOV: 1. Brett Jacobs (Yam: 2. Randy Rey· nolds (Yam); 3. M ike Daverss (Yam). 125 INT: 1. M ike Roberts (Yam); 2. Jason Rincon (Kaw); 3. Tony Rodriguez (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Steve Lamy (Yam); 2. Henry Corry (Suz); 3. Rick Gardne r (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Geoff Pittser (Hon); 2. Cliff Muhne (Hon); 3. Chr is Kleczko (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Rick Hoffman (M ai); 2. Todd Cun ni ngham (Yam); 3. Andrew Peters (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Dennis Wooldridge (Hon); 2. John Begin (Yam); 3. Kit Palmer (Hon). 250PRO : 1. Scott W ilkinson (Suz); 2. Tom Bridgerord (Hon). . 500 BEG: 1. Peter Guy (Suz); 2. Tim Cassidy (Mai) . 500 NOV: 1. Keith Beck (Yam ); 2. Scott Pangburn (Yam); 3. Roger Kokos (Hus). Thompson tough at CMC Ascot ST By Maureen Lee GARDENA, CA, JUNE 24 Several times to nigh t, those of us sitting together were all making noises like, "Ah, short track." If you like racing, you " Radical Ron Turner fl ies to another C MC Ascot w in. just h ow go od he is tonight at Can yon R aceway's MX with back- to-hack wi ns in the 125cc Amateur class; the Exper ts better get ready for th is gu y. In the first moto, Do bbs was left lO fight his way up from m id-pack while j im G u nderson led Mark Leckman and Steve Bell uzzi out of the first tu rn. Two fir st turn pile-ups left a co u p le of good riders behind, namely john~y Clark and Keith Nielsen. By the second lap Belluzzi took over second, then first from Honda teammate Gunderson. " T h e Rocket" moved up fast from his mediocre start to take over third, then second and the inevitable first place. He ate through the pack in an astonishing two laps and pulled away to a 10second lead, taking the checkered decisively. Belluzzi cruised in for a co n sis ten t second while Leckman se ttled for third. Gunderson was plagued with a well known disease, th e wreckies, and ended up in fifth . In the second mota, "The Rocket" roosted into first while jem Hassan and Clark closely followed. Half of the pack of 20 overshot the first turn, but none were left too far behind. Bell u zzi slipped into third with Gunderson not far behind. By midway Dobbs had an insurmountable eight-second lead over Clark, and the positions remained the same under the ch eckered. G u nderson pressured Bell uzzi and went down in the process, losing two position s and taking the checkered sixth with Steve Stu lt z taking fourth and George Bus tos right behind. Results ", Y·ZINGER: 1. Ti mmy Clatone (It a); 2. Bria n Cook (Yam); 3. Eddie Lucas (Yam). PEEWEE NOV: 1. Damon Wat kins (Yam); 2. Kevin Cook (Yam); 3. Mo rgan Adams (Yam). PEE WEE AM : 1. J oel Tokarsky (Yam); 2. Dean Clatone (Ita). . BO BEG: 1. Tom But che r (Yam); 2. Tod Cupp (Yam); 3. Nemrod Bracamo ntes (Yam). BO NOV: 1. Manuel Ley uat (Yam); 2. Dean Clatone (Yam); 3. Randy Killman (Hon). BO AM : 1. Shawn Hilton ~Ya m }; 2. Paul Kellogg . ' (Hon); 3. Ken Hilton (Yam). BOEX: 1. Bryan Brune r (Kaw); 2. Bill Dalton (Hon). 10 5: 1. Bryan Bru ner (Kaw) ; 2. Tom Hunt (Kaw); 3. Craig Nielsen (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. M ike Armstrong (Yam); 2. Steve Frey (Suz); 3 . Tom Domres (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Chris Martinaz (Hon ); 2. Dall as Brown (Yam); 3. Joe Marziano (Kaw) . 125 AM : 1. Richi e Dobbs (ya m); 2. Steve Bellu zzi (Hon); 3 . Steve Stu ltz (Suz). 125 EX: 1. Chappy Blose (Hon); 2. Todd Kessel (Hon); 3. Paul Bowma n (Kaw). 250 BEG: 1. Mike An gelone (Yam); 2. Tracy Mal· lory (Yam); 3. Jeff Adam s (Hon). 250 NOV: 1. Bria n Tyler (Suz); 2. Rich Balthes I (Suz);3 . Jeff Conradson (Hon) 250 AM : 1. Dann y Hodges (Suz); 2. Bob Larive (Mai); 3. Bren Cassaro (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Chappy Blose (Hon); 2. Bob Blose (Hon); 3. Bruce Peters (Kaw). . OPEN AM : 1. Larr y Noel (Yam); 2. Steve Akers . (Hus); 3. Bill Lynch (Hon). OPEN EX: 1. Tim Richardso!,!(Hon); 2. Ken Harper (Ma i); 3 . Larry Lawrence (Hon). OT AM : 1. Rick Tabor (Yam); 2. Mike Mci ntyr e (Hon); 3. Floyd Shalley (Hon). Hoffman captures Corona night MX victory By Kit Palmer CORONA, CA, JUNE 25 .Co n sisten t riding and a bit of good luck gave Wheelsmithsponsored Rick Hoffman (Mai) the win in Corona 's 250 Novice class after two ' hard fought battles with Red Carpet's Todd Cunningham (Yam) and Andrew Peters (Suz ) to night at Corona Raceway. The action began a s the gate dropped for the start of the first moto when Cunningham roosted his wa y to the fron t of the pack, in ch es a he ad of D.]. Electric's Clay Stanford (Suz), Hoffman and Peters. During th e first half of the race , the four leaders engaged in an all-out, go-for-it fight for the lead. Cunningham started to pull a slight lead while Hoffman pressured Stanford for second. It wasn.t until the final lap that Hoffman found a way past the Suzuki pilot. Cunningham went on to take the win followed by Hoffman, Stanford and Peters. It was Cunningham again who jammed ' into the lead at the start of the second moto while pursued by Hoffman, Suzuki Country's Steve Anderson (Suz) and Pet ers. During the next four laps positions remained the same. It wasn't until lap five, when Cunningham went down dropping back to fourth, that Hoffman inherited the lead and walked away with the win. Second and third went to Anderson and Peters while Cunningham settled for fourth , Results , 50 PEE W EE: 1. Mi cheal Peck (Suz); 2. David Sw ain (Yam). 60 PEE W EE: 1. Tuson Daniel (Yam); 2. Dan Wright (Yam); 3. Mike Metzer (Yam). MINI BEG: 1. Chad Smart (Suz); 2. David Salinas (Han); 3 . Chuck A ndrade (Suz). MI NI BEG: 1. David Church (Suz); 2. Sloan Cooper (Yam); 3. James Moore (Kaw). MINI NOV: 1. Arthur Hutter (Kaw ); 2. Scott Fraley (Kaw); 3. Tim Odehnal (Yam). 125 BEG: 1. Gene Johnson (Hon); 2. Mike Diss (Kaw)..3. Paul Chacon·IYam). love shorttrack, an d the weekly ones at Ascot by the Continental Motosport Club are good ones. There is also a terrific tu rnout from the race kart grou p, a nd their races have all the bi ke peop le up and watching. In the Pro races each week, th ey look like they're taking tu rns in who takes home the mon ey . . . of course not delibera tely,' bu t they all ge t a chance to win. Th is week it was Roger Thompson ' with the lion's share. In 500cc Intermed ia te/Pro , . Tommy Walton go t the first lead, bu t by the end of lap one it was Roger off and running. Chris Cannon slid on up in the pack and got firm ly on Thompson's rear wheel, app lying a lot of pressure to the youngster, but h e didn 't get fazed and continued on for the win . Back a bit, the best kind of 'skiddin ' was goi ng on between joel Windham and jeff johnson wh ile first Intermediate, Orlando Lam boy, held down seventh overall in the big field . Next race coming around the north turn in second spot on the stan, Roger unloaded. He tucked himself into a very small package, and somehow they all missed him ... spooky! On the restart he was out front again , Cannon second then Dan Kane, but all eyes were on the ambulance attendants helping Tommy Walton who'd just pulled off the track obviously in a lot of pain. Ever twea ked a leg when th ey've just taken the pins out of it? just three Open Pro s showed, and Pete Hames had bike problems a nd pulled off. Thompson had been leading anyway, and he j ust went on leading jeff Springman home. Next round it was Hames all the way , then Rog er and johnson, but with Pete a DN F first time. ou t, Roger didn 't have to win ' it to get firs t overall. He was happily making p lans after th e race on where he'd spend all his ea rnings to fix up his new 250 Knigh t Kawasaki he' s got for the 250cc wars . Results . 125 JR: 1. Kurtis Cushman (Suz). 125 INT: 1. Scoll Bullard (Hon); 2. Brent Bowe rs (Yam). ' VET MAST ER: 1. George Huebner (Yam). OT J R: 1. Bob Schneider (Yam). SPEEDWAY: 1. Greg Ayers (We s); 2. F. Young (Ja w); 3. A. McDonald (Jaw). 250 INT: 1. Orlando Lamboy ; 2. James Stu t: 3. Jame s Morri s. 250 J R: 1. Phill ip Swear inton (Suz); 2. Tedd Ki ssinger (Yam); 3. John St ecklein (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Jef f Springma n (Yam); 2. Pete Hames (Kaw); 3. Roger Thompson (Kaw). 500 JR: 1. David Dunger y (Yam); 2. Bob Graves (Yam); 3. Kim Brewe r (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Roger Thompson (Yam); 2. Chri s Cannon (Yam); 3. Jeff Johnson (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Orl ando Lamboy (Han); 2. Nige l Gale (Yam); 3. Jef Runyan (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Roger Thompson (Yam); 2. Jeff • Springman (Yam); 3. eete Hames (le i). _ Bakers best SRA Father/Child GP By Jeannette Fisher RIVERSIDE, CA , JUNE 20 The Southland Racing Associations Father's Da y Grand P rix at Riverside International Raceway showed some fun and excitement as ~ell as some serious racing for everyone. The Fat her/Ch ild team race showed a good turn out as SR A had a ' 100 entrie s. One of the rules of the team race was that the fat her had to ride the ch ild's bike so most of th e en tries were 80s and 200s with giant loo ki ng fathers a board. T h ey com p leted 6 laps on the same course as th e ATC and Odyssey race . Da llas Bak er and son Mike took the ove rall on Mi ke's O p en bike. First 250 wen t to Bill and Brian Ma nley. R uss and Rob Robinson claimed the 200cc win, and Al Rodriguezand Shanon Sham blin too k the 80cc honors. In th e O pen race, the big race wa s not for firs t bu t for second on do wn . Bruce O gilvie (Hon) took the h oleshot and h eld his lead to the fin ish . Throughout th e ra ce the secon d an d third -p la ce positions ch anged. Fi rst Mik e Bak er h eld second close on Ogil vie's tra il with Criag Ada m s (H on) in thi rd . On th e second lap Bak er dropped out, a nd Adams moved into second, with Randy Norman in th ird . By the las t lap it was Ogil vie still in th e lea d and Adams in second with Lee Sch effers (Hon) claimi ng third. Bruce Ogilvie ca me ou t in the 250cc race to claim another w in . It wasn't as easy for Bruce as the Open win . Bria n Manley diced with Ogilvie throughout th e race. O g il vie showed the better ri de as he too k the' overall with Manley close beh ind. Troy Sm ith claimed th ir d after running close throughout the race . Results BO: 1. Keit h Senn (Ex); 2. Gene Baldwin (Am); 3. Todd Hayes (Nov). 200: 1. Bria n Manley (Ex); 2. Gordon Wa rd, Jr. (Ex); 3. John Esposito (Am) . 250: 1. Bruce Ogilvie (Ex); 2. Brian Manley(Ex): 3. Doug Young (Am ). OPEN: 1. Bruce Ogilvie (Ex); 2. Criag Adams (Ex ); 3. Kerry Peterson (A m). SR: 1. Dallas Baker (250 Ex); 2. Roger Adsit (Open ' • Ex); 3. Russ Robinso n (200 Ex). . VET: 1. Bill Man ley (250 Ex); 2. Chris Schleif (Open Ex); 3. Vern Heth (200 Ex ). FATHER/CHILD TEAM: 1. Dallas Baker/M ike Baker (Open Ex); 2. Bill Manley/Brian Manley (250 Ex); 3. Russ Robinson /Rob Robinson (200 Ex). Kline, Holley, Zahrt star at ANIE. Dunes night MJ~ By Tom Corley VALEN CIA, CA, JU NE 18 For many of the racers who were gradua ting fro m school, ton ight wa s a party n ight. This ca u se d tonight' s America n Motocross Enterprises race at the Dunes to be somewhat smaller than usual. H o w ever , in the com ing mo nt hs the turnout is going to be huge for the 1982 AME Summer Series which will be sponsored by Maico West and Crossline. Even when there is a large turnout of 125cc Pros you can expect Bobby " BK" Kline to take the win. Tonight there were onl y three riders so it was an easy task for Kline to win . Perry Cendro has been racing at the Dunes for a few years, and he returned to the actio n on a new Kawasaki 125. Berry - -

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