Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

f3'· ~ i w;;;;;;rh;iii;;va a· Ii - • • • . . ". 'Y • • • ern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arlzon R~u~ Brent Bowers (Yam). 125 INT: 1. 250 JR: 1. Jerry Higginbottom (Yam); 2. Todd Kissenger (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Pete Hames (Kaw); 2. M ike Kirby (Yam); 3. John Sperry (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Orlando Lamboy (Hon); 2. J im Stut (Yam); 3. Brent Bow ers (Yam). 500 JR: 1..Skip Crisly (Yal)'l); 2. David Dungery (Yam); 3. J im Kesler (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Dan Kane (Ya'm); 2. Dennis Pinhe iro (Yam); 3. Joe l Windham (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Orlando Lamboy (Han); 2. Jeff Runyan (Yam); 3. Nigel Gale (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Pete Hames (Tri). SPEEDWAY: 1. Ron Blanto n (Jaw); 2.Jeff Collard (J.A.P.); 3. Joe Kreisberg IJ A P.). Densford, Sates, Sassen star at Dunes Mini night By Tom Corley VALENCIA, CA, J U N E 18 Ronnie Densford is now riding a Suzuki in 80cc com pe tition a t the American Motocross Enterprises Dunes mini track. While Glen Wells was a CRC w in ner. 500 BEG: 1. John Berg (Kaw); 2. Dave Grupen hagen (Yam); 3. Peter Guy (Suz). 500 NOV: 1. Dan Berg (Kaw ); 2. Terry Ahman (Suz); 3. Kelly Hannagan (Han). 500 INT: 1. Dean Wilkinson (Han); 2. Robe" Tippit (Yam); 3. Rob Shafer (Han). VET: 1. Lee Chapin (Han); 2. J im Waken; 3. Brian Morrison. Hames CMC Ascot SThoncho By Maureen Lee G ARDENA, CA , J ULY I You can never tell just how big the weekl y turnout is go ing to be for the weekly Continental Moto-sports Club short track but yo u alway s know the ones who do come are going to be do ing so me serious flat tra ckin '. There were three speedway bik es, a class won by Ron Blanton wi th two straigh t wins. J eff Collard was second and Joe Kreisberg th ird: The 250cc Pros and Interm edia tes ra n together, Pete H ames lea di n g th e way both times. First race it was Mike Kirby in th e secon d spot, th en fir st Intermediate Orlando Lamboy. They kept on at a steady pace, but in pac k, John Sperry, Jim S tu t, Scott Bullard and Brent Bowers were h aving a grand old time passing eac h other back and forth . Next round, Bullard and Stu t wen t down and caused a restart. Again it was no co n tes t fo r Ha m es , th en Lamboy until Kirb y got h im , a nd aga in th e res t o f th e p ack were switching around. It was Pete Hames again in the 500cc Combin ed class. H e ju s t whis ked out front and tha t was that. Dan Kan e eventu ally ca ught onto second and Joel Windham spen t man y laps trying to tak e it a wa y fro m h im , but cou ld not. Next round, it was H ames .a nd Windham and in a nose-to-tail p rocession , Kan e, Lamboy, Denn is Pinheiro andJim Kesler. Up front, Windh am made a mistake and th e " train" pa ssed h im right at th e end .. . great raci ng. Sk ip Kris ty mad e it two in a row for the 500cc Junior tailed home by J im Kesler and Cha rlie Sa u nders. Kristy in particu lar was having a good time p ick in g u p th e fro nt wheel every time ' .' 28 • • i\,e;q fQQ\e.qql,fPJBSJ JP, lliMc!,s• • I Ro n n ie was th e onl y p articipant in the Stock Beginner class h e still ha d Shawn Ba tes to race aga inst. Sh awn diced with Ronnie as the only Stock Junior competitor. Both Densford an d Bat es were involved in another event - Junior Cycle Stock 9-11. Ron n ie took h is RD R aci n g P rod u c ts Yamaha to the Expert win whi le Shawn won both o f his J u ni or motos. On the track at the sa me time, the Beginners were led by Clarence Abbo tt who defea ted Ma tt T ru ch inski and Chad Stuen, Sh awn Bat es did en ough rac ing for th ree people ton ight. Both Rob Sassen and Shawn were engaged in a good battle in th e 80cc Modified race. Bates is th e yo u n ger of th e two and he h ad to follow Sassen wh o took the win. There was one other rider in volved -Greg Kondrato on a H onda. G reg led one moto till h e had bike troubles. Sassen became a double wi n ne r. Not only did h e wi n th e 80cc Modified race but he swep t th e 80cc Stock Junior 12 and over race. Coming closest to RoJ:> were T ro y Cline a nd Mik e Gilmore. T ra veling Ma tt H a rri son took third in th e fir st rnoto bu t DNF th e fina l event. John Sawitskas took the 80cc Stock Beginner 12 an d over title by staying in th e top th ree positi ons while th e ot h er leaders h ad poor finish es in one of th e mot os. Results PEEWEE STK BEG: 1. Jeff W illoh (Yam); 2. Sam Harr ison (Yam); 3. Pablo Lara (Suz). PEE WEE STK JR: 1. Damon Huffman (Yam); 2. John Chamberlin (Yam); 3. Jonny Biggs (Yam). PEEWEEK MOD EX: 1. Jesse James (Yam). 60 STK BEG 9-11 : 1. Clarence Abbott (Yam); 2. Matt Truch inski (Yam); 3. Chad Stuen (Yam). 60 STK J R 9-11 : 1. Shawn Bates (Yam); 2. Jim Chamberlin (Yam); 3. Brian Payne (Yam). 60 STK EX 9-11 : 1. Ronnie Densford (Suz). BOSTK BEG 9-11 : 1. Ronnie Densford (Suz). 80 STK JR 9-11 : 1. Shawn Bates (Yarn]. 80 STK BEG 12+: 1. John Saw itskas (Kaw ); 2. Jay Schaefer (Han); 3. M ichael Bass (Suz). BO STK BEG 12+: 1. Jody Tapia (Kaw); 2. Ma rk Adair (Suz); 3. M ike Davis (Yam). 80 STKJR 12+: 1. Rob Sassen (Han); 2. Troy Cline (Ya m~ 3. M ike Gilmore (Suz). July starts with bangatOCIR nightMX By Steve Crosby IRVINE, CA, J ULY 1 As if prearranged, the first da y of July saw th e persistent overcast give way to' clear, warm skies. Everyone seemed ready to celeb rate the good wea th er an d th e • 1 wJ\PilU'"mV~f ~~~~Pfw~ulflled the Orange Cou nty International Ra ceway pits. T h e raceing was good a nd close, and the spectators in the stands became involved with each race. The only problem was a broken elec trica l line that caused a section of light to take the evening off. But, with th e use of the ambulances and a couple of four-wheel drive trucks, offi cials were able to adequately light the area, and racing went on without a ny course changes. It was th e largest turnout of th e season for 250cc Pros. Rob ert Reisinger and Juan Benavidez sh owed up to tune up for the upcoming Superbow l. Rob Trone, aft er decimating the Interm ediates this year, moved up to co m pe te for the money. A host of other riders joined th e regulars. In the fir st go 'round Todd Peterson wres tled the holeshot from the pack. Ben avidez was second with Trone third . The order sta yed tigh t until th e fourth lap. Benevidez went down, feeling h e had been rammed by another rider, and dropped to fifth. J im Brodie, the Ceet-sponsor ed rider, pas sed a slowing Reisinger and Trone to emerge in second place. Trone held onto third. Peterson extended h is lead and took the win. Bro die was second followed by Trone and Eric Baker. In the second m o to , the early lead belonged to Brodie. Bu t that didn't last the opening lap as th ere wa s a tangle of bikes by the ta blet op turn. Bena videz emerged th e leader and Peterson, who had a poor sta rt, was in second . Baker wa s in third and Brodie fourth. Soon Peterson had cut Benavidez' lead down to nothing. Juan . was trying to show Peterson and the crowd everything he learned at th e Nationals this yea r an d was doing a n effective job of blocking Peterson. Peterson kept the ch allenge up, a nd in the sweeping 180 degree turn after the big jump h e sta yed to th e ins ide and held th e line while Benavidez, who was on the outside, could not prevent Peterson from taking the lead. Peterson went on for the win while Benavidez was second. Brodie made a last-lap charge to get by Baker and secure third by the finish. O verall, it was Peter son 's 1-1 for the big money. Brodie's 2-3 was worth second place cash, and Benavid ez's 6-2 wa s third. Results 60 BEG: 1. M ike Reilly (Yam). 60 NOV: 1. Bobby David (Yam): 2. Mark Gabr iel (Suz). 60 INT: 1. Matt Foster (Yam). MINI BEG DIV 1: 1. Craig M iller (Suz); 2. Dan Mahony (Kaw); 3. Don Burke (Yam). MINI BEG DIV 2: 1. Eddie Howell (Kaw); 2. David Bedford (Yam); 3. Ja iro Munoz (Suz). MIN I BEG DIV 3: 1. Kevin Aoki (Kaw ); 2. TIm Galceron (Kaw); 3. Chad Sma" (Suz). MIN I NOV: 1. Mike Magallanes (Yam); 2. Bunky Mo"on (Suz): 3. Ron West (Kaw ). . MINI INT: 1. Tom Combs (Kaw ); 2. Glenn Tucker (Kaw ); 3. Thayne Zito (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Mike Healey (Han); 2. W ille Surratt (Kaw); 3. Bobby Moore (Yam). M INI PRO: 1. Shawn McConne ll (Yam): 2. Kent Elliott (Yam). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. J im Hewitt (Suz); 2. Jim Fry (Yam): 3. An thony LEnarth (Han). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Bob Haney (Kaw); 2. Byron Danell ; 3. Joe C8mrin (Suz). 125 NOV ON 1: 1. Joe Crouch (Suz); 2. Kevin Valenti (Han); 3. Steve Potter (Kaw ). 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Jeff Eary (Suz); 2. Doug Haw kins (Kaw); 3. Ross Dettorre (Yam). 125 INT: 1. M ike RObe"s (Yam); 2. Ryan Robe"s (Han); 3. Chris Morey (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Taylor Marcell (Yam); 2. M ike Larson (Han): 3. Richard Sands (Suz). 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Dave Gaume r (Suz); 2. Tom Jar rell (Han): 3. Don Doull (Yam). 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Aron Briggs (Han); 2. Mark Costello (Kaw); 3. Scott Wallace (Han). 250 NOV ON 1: 1. Dave Jones (Yam); 2. Greg Eargle (Kaw); 3. Greg Nash (Han). 250 NOV DIV 2: 1. Bryan Paquette (Han);2. Brian Blende r (Suz); 3. Barry Kelperis (Suz). 250 INT DIV 1: 1. Carl Reed (Suz); 2. Dee Tyron [Suz]: 3. Larry Gross (Yam). 250 INT DIV 2: 1. Von Wallace (Kaw ); 2. Paul Fin Gibbon (Suz); 3. Jim Schuessler (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Yam); 2. J im Brodie (Han); 3. Juan Benavidez (Yam). OPEN BEG: 1. Bryan King (Suz); 2. Tim Kilgore 1 : ~p~~ ~. Ar:¥~v.,T ..orrez (Suz). • 1 ~ OPEN NOV: 1. Dan Berg (SUz); 2. Bill Melanson (Yam); 3. Jeff Bragia (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Don Glover (Yam); 2. Ma rk Gleckl (Mai); 3. Leo Saul (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Scott Caveness (Suz); 2. Gary Gonzales (Ma i); 3. Bob TIppit (Yam). VET: 1. Be" Wehr (Mai); 2. Owain Jar rett (Mai); 3. Ron Ryer (Yam). Thompson flies on Corona TT/HM By Elaine Jones CORONA, CA , JUNE 30 It was Roger T h om p son 's kind 'of track tonight at Corona Raceway's TT/ half mile - and he showed early on tha t h e was to be reckoned with. The Open Money TTwas th e first to fall into Roger 's win column as he went wire to wire. Dan Kane was off second with Jim R osa in the third slot. Kane h eld on for two laps before Rose got by , and one lap later Robert Land moved into third. On the sixth lap Rosa ran into mechanical problems, and Land and Kane were more than happy to fill in the gap. Land closed on Thompson, but it was a case of not enough time, a nd he settled for second with Kane th ird . The premier event was the O pe n Mo ney h alf mile, a nd Pete H ames a ttacked it with a vengeance, ta ki ng th e lead at the start and fla t runni ng aw ay with it. J im Rosa wa s off second with Roger Thompson in th ird. Rosa h eld th e seco nd for three laps before Thompson got by and went looking for Hames. Robert Land had been busy moving by Dan Kane on the fourth lap. When Rosa's machine dropped by th e wayside, Land was more than happy to take over third. Greg Nelson moved to fourth , and th ey finished in that order. Bob Graves turned in a beautiful ride to win the Open Amateur/Expert half mile as he got a super start that put him out of traffic and found a line that kept him there. Robert Chapek locked in behind him to nail down second while third was a battle between Don Meiner, John Barricklow and Ken Barrow with Barricklow getting the nod. Results TT . MINI EX: 1. Jason Bell (Yam); 2. TIm Gewecke (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Keith Peel (Yam); 2. Brian Runyan (Yam); 3. John Rubright (Yam). 250 AM /EX: 1. James Steet (Yam); 2. Orlando Lamboy (HanD; 3. John Barricklow (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Mark Bailey (Yam): 2. Roy Me iner (Yam). OPEN AM /EX: 1. John Barricklow (Yam); 2. Don Meiner (Yam); 3. Robe" Chapek (Yam). 250 MONEY: 1. Mike Kirby (Yam); 2. Roger Thompson (Kaw); 3. Greg Nelson (Yam). OPEN MONEY: 1. Roger Thompson (Yam); 2. Robe" Land (Yam); 3. Dan Kane (Yam). HALF MILE MINI EX: 1. Jason Bell (Yam); 2. Tim Gewecke (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Brian Runyan (Yam); 2.John Steck lein (Yam); 3. Alan Ronska (Yam). 250 AM /EX: 1. Darren Hulbert (Yam): 2. James Steet (Yam); 3. Orlando Lamboy (Han). OPEN NOV: 1. Mark Bailey (Yam); 2. Ken Brown (Yam). OPEN AM /EX: 1. Bob Graves (Yam); 2. Robe" Chapek (Yam); 3. John Barricklow (Yam). 250 MONEY; 1. Roger Thompson (Kaw); 2. Darren Hulbert (Suz); 3. Bill Barlow (Yam). OPEN MONEY: 1. Pete Hames (Tri); 2. Roger Thompson (Yam); 3. Robe" Land (yam ). Wells, tops CRC Saddleback MX By Lee Taylor ORANGE, CA , J UNE 27 On a superby prepared Saddleback International track, the California Racing Club Open Intermediates were turned loose for their first enc ounter and a crack at the las t Amateur stadium rac e in th e Col iseu m for years to come. r r e ,:Jfl'

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