Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

uth e r n Nevada- SoutHe r n Callforfti a-Arizona~ou ers co urtesy of DC Pro-Motion. In ot her words, thakns to the even ing's sponsors, everyone was a winner. Todd Peterson scored the 125cc P ro victory. Robert Reisinger, in his first a ppeara nce at OCIR, took the 250cc honors , an d Graydon sponsored Brian Fry won the money in the O pe n class. The cl osest racing of the evening seem ed to be for the Ama teur p ri zes. In th e fir st division of 250cc Novices, Da ve Jones stayed ahead o f every one in th e fir st moto. Mark Kerr was second, bu t Greg Eargle caugh t h im on his Ka wasaki. Greg Nash moved into th ird a couple of la ps la ter and that's th e way the top three sp o ts fin ish ed. In th e second moto, R ich Pa u l sh ot out into the lead wi th J ones on h is ta il. Nash was a close th ird and when Jones crashed near th e en d of the race, Nash inherited second . Ea rg le was charging after a so- so start , but co u ldn't get by Nash in the final la ps. Nash took th e overa ll with a 3-2. Eargle's 2-3 earned second place and Pa ul 's 5- 1 was third. In the second di vision of 250s , Da n Berg had everything under control. H e led from start to finish in both motos. Beh in d him , Mark Newton parlayed a 2-3 into seco nd overall wh ilea pair offours was Tom Brown's score for third. Results 60 : 1. A ndy Crowe (Suz]: 2. R.T. Padill a (Yam). M INI BEG DIV 1: 1. Don Bur ke (Yam ); 2. Steve Wamboldt (Yam); 3. Rusty Som ers (Kaw). MINI BEG DIV 2: 1. Chad Smart (Suz); 2. M ike Sandova l (Suz); 3. Tom Winslow (Kaw) . M INI BEG DIV 3 : 1. Scott Noseworthy (Yam); 2. Chris Bamsey (Yam); 3. M ike Fritz (Kaw ). M INI NOV : 1. Jeff M at iasevich (Kaw ); 2. Bunky Morton (Suz); 3. Wa lte r A rmendariz (Suzl. MIN I INT: 1. Cra ig Canoy (Su z); 2 . Derek Nye (Yam); 3. Joe Lozano (Yam). MIN I EX: 1. Billy Frank (Hon); 2. Tim Rut herf ord (Kaw) . MI NI PRO: 1. Dave Miller (Yam); 2. Kent Elliott (Yam); 3 . Pat Hawley (Yam). 100: 1. Ken Kalo (Suz). 12 5 BEG DIV 1: 1. Tim Willock (Suz); 2. Aaron Wo ody (Hon); 3. Todd Correll (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. J im Hewitt (Suz); 2. Bob Han ey (Kaw ); 3. John Berg (Suz). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Terry San derson (Hon); 2 . Robert M ath ews (Suz); 3. Larry Benedict (Suz). 12 5 NOV DIV 2: 1. Joseph Crouch (Suz); 2. Doug Hawkins (Kaw); 3. Greg Armstr ong (Kaw). 12 51NT: 1. Scot Clift on (Suz); 2. Pat Burn s (Yam); 3. J am es McG ee (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Yam); 2. Chri s Hein rich (Kaw) ; 3. Tim Lunde (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. A ro n Briggs (Hon); 2. J im Neubauer (Suz); 3. Dave Gaumer (Suz], 250 NOV DIV 1: 1. Greg Nash (Hon); 2. Greg Eargle (Kaw ); 3. Rich Paul (Hon). 25 0 NOV DIV 2: 1. Dan Berg (Suz); 2. Ma rk New ton (Suz); 3. Tom Brow n (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Pat Kill am (Suzl ; 2. Carl Reed (Su z); 3 . Mark A ll en (Yam) . 250 PRO: 1. Robert Reisinger (Suz); 2. Danny Barth olomew (Yam); 3. Tom Bro w ne (Kaw ). OPEN BEG : 1. Tim Kilgore (Yam); 2 . Bryan King (Suz); 3. Kevin Blaty (Kaw) . OPEN NOV : 1. Leo Saul (Yam ); 2. Karl Hol mberg (Yam); 3. Danny Lyons (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Ma rk Gleckl (M ai ); 2. Dem sey Stocker (Hon); 3. Craig Hofmeister (Hon). OPEN PRO: 1. Brian Fry (Hon); 2. Bob Tippet (Yam); 3. Gary Gonzales (Mai). VET: 1. Neil Stap leto n (Hon); 2. Ron Ryer (Yam); 3. Bob Barr (Hon). SR: 1. Dave Orozco (Suz). Dymond, Z ahrt take MaicoCrossline Summer Series opener By Laura Richard VALENCIA, CA, JU LY 2 T onigh t marked the opening of the.n inth annual American Motocro ss En terprises Sum mer Series held a t Indian Dun es o n Frid ay n ig h ts. The major sponsor of th is year's event is Maico a nd Crossli ne. Maico put up money for th e Pro s and contingency p rizes for the Sportsman classes. Along wit h Ma ico , over 40 other sponsors, in cluding H iPoin t Pro ducts, Shoei Helmets, KalGard Oils, Tri-Tech, G riffs Lea thers, Ancra, Kam -Tech and Gra ham 's Sheet Metal have dona ted p rod ucts. hern Nevad a- Southern Califo rnia-Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern Call . There was some exciting racing as the Sidehack Association showed up to do battle. Mo to one of the sidecar .even t saw Yam a h a -m o u nted Pete Whitney an d Dua ne McDowell take the lead with H a rl ey-Da vid so n mounted T om Whitney and Sco tt Whitney in second with third going to Norton-mounted P h ill ip Palfreyman an d Victor Palfreyman . Wh itney and McDowell were able to cap ture the first moto win. Rou nd two saw Whitney and Whi tney takin g the lead with P . Whitney and McDowell in second. The H-D was able to take the second moto win, giving the overall to the team of Whitney and Whitney. It was back-to- back wins for Maic omounted Micky Dymond in the Open Pro class. As the gate dropped for the first round, H onda-mou nted An dy Jannings too k the holeshot, but that was short-lived as Dymond put on the pressure and put his Maico into the lead. Maico USA rider Scott Joh nson was able to take over the seco nd place spot with another Maico rider, Randy Rodriguez in third. Round two was a carbon co py of the first round with Jannings jumping into the lead followed by Dymond. As the checkered flag dropped it wa s Dymond with the win and the overall for the night with Johnson taking home second and Rodrig uez in third . Re sults 61 JR: 1. Joel Tokars ky (Yam). 6 1 EX: 1. Kayle Jo hnson (Yaml . B3 BEG: 1. Erick Hilton (Yam ); 2. Ian Greenw ood (Yaml; 3. Bill Comerford (Yam). 83JR : 1. Tom Holt (Kaw); 2 . EricWierman (Kaw); 3. Greg Tomey (Kaw ). 83 INT: 1. Je ff Reynolds (Yam); 2. Jeff M abery (Kaw) . 83 EX: 1. William Surratt (Kaw) ; 2. Lance J ohn son (Su z). 100 JR : 1. Tony M erc ier (Yam); 2. Jeff Reynolds (Yam). 125 BEG DIV I: 1. A ndy Spix (Yam); 2. Kevin Berger (Suz); 3. Rick Logan (Yam). 125 BEG DIV II: 1. Jo e Kla uza (Kaw) ; 2. Bill Richardso n (Suz); 3. M ike Ste inhoff (Hon). 125 J R DIV I: 1. Mergie Hamm er (Yam); 2. Gary Sailors (Suz); 3. Ma rk Steve n (Yam). 125 JR DIV II: 1. Danny Casson (Yam); 2. Guy A rno ne (Hon); 3. Ju lian Guerre (Kaw) . 125 INT: 1. Andy Ellis (Yam); 2. Bruce Delgade (Suz); 3. Bill Degado (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Bob Kl ine (Honl ; 2. Russ Wageman (Yam); 3. Steve Schmitz (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Tom A rp (Yam); 2. Herbert Lil es (Hon); 3 . Scott Brow n (Hon). 250 J R: 1. Matt Nation (Mai); 2. Jim Neu bauer (Suz); 3. Cal St uebner (Su z). 250 INT: 1. Kell y Pugm ir e (Hon); 2. Steve Parry (Yam); 3. Bill Delgado (Su z). 250PRO: 1. KenZahrt (Kaw l; 2.Jim Holley(Yam); 3. Russ Wagem an (Suz). OPEN BEG: 1. Scott Welcher (Yam); 2. Ed Tashj ian (Suzl . OPEN JR: 1. M ike DiStefano (Mai); 2. Mark Hell er (Hon); 3. Rick Pratt (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Shaw n Lane (Mai); 2. Russ David son (Suzl . OPEN PRO: 1. M icky Dymond (Mai); 2. Scott J ohn son (M ai); 3. Randy Rodrig uez (Mai) . VETJR : 1. Robert Rort ier (Suz); 2. Richard Drolen (Hus). VET INT: 1. Kent Shepard [Suz] , VET EX: 1. Rick Hall (Yam); 2. Randy Rodri guez (Mai) ; 3. Mark Cook (Mai) . Michetti sizzles at OTDeAnza MX By Bob Alloy SUN N YMEAD , CA, J U N E 27 The wo rd today at DeAnza Cycle Park was hot! Ga torade and beer were co ns umed in great quantities. The track was well p repared by Ed Mich ett i, operator of DeAnza and Old Timer Master. The trac k was ru n counterclockwise for 10 la ps each moto. There were six races in all , a nd everyo ne wa s on the ir way ho me by I:30 p .m . T h ings started in the Masters division wit h Mich ett i wrapping up both mo tos with a big lead. Den n is Rosen ber g took seco nd for both motos. For J unior Mas ters, Bo b Berdyck came through desp ite a flat front tire with his I-I to win first overall. T om Widi ck took second overall. Expert BuzzMoeller displayed some aggressive ridi ng by blas ti ng into fir st place in moto one. G eo rg e Spearing took second p lace. Amateur Ga be Gutierrez, near ly always a winner, took firs t pl ace in moto one whil e Al Sm ith put h is Yamaha IT into seco nd. Dick Burl ey cla imed th e th ird place action. In moto two , Smith q u ickly recovered fro m a bad start by moving up and up to ta ke the first p lace wi n. Bu r ley blasted into secon d whi le Gordon Mathieu got th ird . No vice Vito Adragna put in a super first moto by blastin g into th e lead and holding it right to the finish far ahead of all others. Dic k Doyle gassed h is Maico into secon d, a n d Aren Spahn took third. Moto two sta rted with Do yle p utting his 1976 Maico into tha t winning gear and the right line to ta ke that ch eckered flag in first. Spahn moved up to second pl ace, and Larry Esca m ill a raced in wi th third. Resu lts MASTER: 1. Ed Michett i; 2. Dennis Rosenberg. JR MAST ER: I. Bob Berdyck; 2. Tom Wi dick. EXPERT: 1. George Spearing; 2. Buzz Moell er. AMATEURS : 1. A I Smit h; 2. Dick Bu rley; 3. Gabe Gut ierrez. NOVI CES: 1. Dick Doyle; 2. Aren Spahn ; 3. Larry Escamilla. Pacino pounces at DeAnzaMX By Kit Palmer SUNNYMEAD, CA, J U LY 4 Lo u ie Pacino (Yam ) used a p erfect I-I score to ca p tu re the win in today 's Min i Beginner class at DeAn za Cycle Park, but he had to conten d wit h pesky Franky Smith (Ya m) . In th e first o u ti ng, Pacino grabbed th e holeshot just a head of Smi th , James Wiggins (H on ) of Wiggi ns Bod y Shop a nd Winner Circle 's David Church (Suz). Pacin o di d all h e co u ld to shake Smith, bu t Smith kept Pacino in his sights. Pacino ma naged to defend h is lead a nd take the win. Smith settled for second wh ile third and fourth went to Wiggins a nd Church. In mo to two, it was agai n Pacin o who shot into the lead ahead of Smith, Church and Wiggi ns. By the seco n d lap Paci no h ad a slight advantage over Smith . By moto's end, Pacino had enough of a lead for a co mforta ble win. Sm ith again had to sett le for second ahead of Chu rch and Wiggi ns . In th e 250cc Pro class it was a o neo n -on e duel for th e lead after R iverside Suzuki 's Eddie Mich etti (Suz) and Kawasaki 's Curt McCuistion pulled away from th e p ack at the start of moto one. Michetti too k th e early advantage, but Michetti surr endered th e top spot to McCuistion at th e halfway point. What many hoped wou ld be an exciting seco nd moto battle. between Michetti a nd McCuistion turned into a breeze wi n for Michetti. McCuistio n miscalcu lated the ti m e and missed the seco nd moto entirely. Second went to Tom Brounce while th ird went to Greg Nash. Results PEE WEE: 1. Dale Smart (Yam ); 2 . Wesley Green (Yam); 3. David Ochoa (Yam). . PEEWE E: 1. Mark Zaragoza (Yam); 2. Chr is Wood (Yaml . PEEWEE: 1. M ike Metzger (Yaml; 2 . Steve Garc ia (Su z). J R CYCLE: 1. We sley Kle in (Yam); 2. Adam Fitzgerald (Yam). MIN I BEG: 1. Lou ie Pacin o (Yam ); 2. Frank Sm it h (Yam ); 3 . David Church (Suz). MIN I NOV: 1. Larry Benedict (Yam); 2. Gary Bened ict (Yam); 3. M ike W iese (Kaw) . MIN IINT: 1. Thomas Comb s (Kaw ); 2. M ike Fitzgera ld (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Tim Cla rk (Suz); 2. Jeff Bua (Suzj; 3 . Joe Provenghi (Yaml. 125 NOV : 1. Lance Gort on (Kawl; 2. Scott DeIameter (Yam); 3. M ike Daversa (Yam). 125 INT: 1. J im Pearso n (Suz); 2. Kevin Montgomery (Suzl; 3. M ike Roberts (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Mike Johnso n (Yam); 2. Bill Casilla (Hon); 3. Bruce Pearson (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Larry Dim mitt (Suz); 2. John R. Dimmitt (Su z); 3 . Dave Gomez (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Duane Ma pes (Suzl; 2. Colin Ryan (Yaml; 3. Kit Palmer (Honl. 250 PRO: 1. Eddie M iche tt i (Suzl; 2. Tom Braune (Kaw ); 3. Greg Nash (M ai). OPEN PRO: 1. Bruce W alker (Yaml; 2. Colin Reyno lds (Yam). VET INT: 1. Ton y Garcia (Yam); 2. D.J. Kakos (Hus); 3 . A lice Moore (Suz). Free racin' at Corona night MX By Kit Palmer CORONA, CA, J ULY 2 Even if yo u own a motorcycle and haven 't ridden it in years, tonight would have been a great evening to drag tha t scoo t out to Corona Racewa y and take advan tage of the Malcolm Smith -sponso red free entry night at the races. Three h u ndred plus ri ders did battle, p ro viding plenty of action throughout th e long n igh t. At the start of the fir st I25cc Interm edia te rnoto, Ka wasaki-mou n ted J aso n Rin co n of Rincon Kawasaki headed the pack of 18 riders o ut of the fir st turn ahead of Steve West, Malcolm Smi th 's Mike Roberts and Tony Rodrig u ez, also ri di n g for Rincon. T he fo ur leaders enga ged in a dogfight for th e top position. Rincon mane u vered h is mount through the newly revamped race cou rse as he held on to h is slim lead. In the end it was R incon who took the checkered flag fir st followed by West , Roberts a nd Rodriguez. It was again Rincon who ja m med to the front of the pa ck a t th e start of the second moto wh ile Roberts, Rodriguezan d Rincon 's Andy MaIetta pursued. Rinco n held th e throttle wide ope n, bu t Roberts sta yed glued to th e leader 's rear fen der. Near the en d of the moto. . Maletta sn uck by Rodrig uez, taking over third. Rincon went on to take the win inch es ahead o f Roberts while Mal etta and Rodrig uez settled for third a nd fourth. Results 50 PEE WEE: 1. David Ochoa II (Yam); 2. Kayle Leogr ande (y am); 3. M ichael Peck. 60 PEEWEE: 1. M ike Wise (Yam); 2. W esley Klein (Yaml; 3. Allan Brea m (Yam). MIN I BEG: 1. Bill ie Paugh (Kaw); 2. Craig Monty (Yam); 3. Ronn ie M art in (Kaw). M INI BEG: 1. Frank Smit h (Yam); 2. David Slack (Kaw) ; 3. Kent Snyder (Yam ). M INI BEG: 1. Bryan Petr ie (Yam); 2. Steve Wa mboldt (Yam); 3 . Ron Nor lund (Yam). MINI BEG: 1. Larry Bened icy (Yaml; 2. Travis Bella (Kaw) ; 3. Lou ie Pacino (Yam). MINI NOV: 1. M ike Magallanes (Yam); 2. Scott Fraley (Kaw ); 3. Brett Guyan (Yam). M INI INT: 1. Tomm y Combs (Kaw ); 2. Alex Mansf ield (Kawl; 3. Wa lter Elicker (Yam). 100 BEG: 1. Scott Bree ding (Suz); 2. Ti m TWAI6' (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Pete Wes t (Yam); 2. Gerry Lattimer (Yam); 3. Kevin Neged ly (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Richard Fernandes (Suz); 2. Mike Barker (Hon l; 3. Ron Ham mond. 125 BEG: 1. Steve Jensen (Suz); 2. Dele Bollin (Kaw ); 3 . Ray Galbeau (Suz). 125 NOV: 1. J im Germa n (Yam); 2. Travis Roberson (Kawl; 3. M ike Daversa (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Sean Cor loran (Suzl; 2. Wylie Eng (yam): 3. Randy Reynolds (Yem). 125 INT: 1. Jason Rincon (!Cawl; 2. M ike Roberts (Yam); 3 . Steve West (Kaw) . 175 BEG: 1. Joe Gu rlile (Kaw); 2. Howard Tres ville (Kaw). 175 NOV: 1. Kin ney Jones (Kaw); 2. Dave Terrell (Hon); 3. Ed Bickel (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Aaron Hentrup (Yam); 2. Tom Ger gen (Suz); 3. George Rosa (Su z). 250 BEG: 1. Rick Gardner (Yaml; 2. Bob Michael (Yam); 3 . Matt Lamy (Kaw ). 250 BEG: 1. Paul W al msl ey (Suzj; 2. Aaron Gr iggs (Hon ); 3. Simon A lvaredo (Han ). 250 NOV : 1. Rod Dru ry (M on); 2. Rick Hoffman (Ma i); 3. Geoff Pittser (Hon). 250 NOV : 1. Steve Card ill o; 2. Tom Brown (Suzl; 3 . Andrew Peters (Suz). 250 1NT 1. RUStyTaft linger (Yam); 2. J imMerm il : li on (YamI; 3. Tony Spear (Suz). 2501N T: 1. Kinney Jones (Hon); 2. Ron Rehnquist (Yam); 3 . Dennis Wooldridge (Hon). 500 BEG: 1. Chris Call in (Yam); 2. Monty S.; 3 . Paul Stewart (Yaml . 27

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