Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

t h er n Nevada· S o u t hern Califor n l a·Arlz o na.Souther n Nevad a· Results ST Y-ZINGER: 1. Eddie Lucas: 2. Mark Ma ynard; 3. Mike A guirre. < 250 NOV: 1. Randy Jacobs; 2. Aaron Eustace ; 3 . Rick Rector. 250 EX: 1. Rick W ill iams; 2. Shaun Lark in ; 3. Bru ce Luft . OPEN AM : 1. Butch Odom : 2. Buck Burcham; 3. Virgil Zumste i n. OPEN EX: 1. Bob Russell ; 2. Tom Bur cham; 3. Pat An toni des. Ford, Segale, Laughlin take AME Dunes MX wins Springma n, Cannon, Hames share CMC Ascot By Laura Richard VALENCIA, CA, JUNE 27 The American Motocross Enterprises presented their weekly motocross event on the Shadow Glen course at Indian Dunes 'ST wins By Maureen Lee GARDENA, CA, J ULY 8 The Co n tinen tal Mo to-sport Club's short track season continues on, and this evening the Pro classes went to three di ffer- ... ' 1 ... . : ; I J I •• I . dog"" ~ blUes'! yelloW page 250 PRO: 1. Jeff Spr ingman (Yam); 2. Chr is Can non (Yam); 3. Pete Hames (Kaw). 500 VET: 1. Ronald Ferguson (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Jeff Runyan (Yam); 2. Orla ndo Lam boy (Han); 3. J . Ward McKee (Kaw). OT MSTR : 1. Bill Bart els (Han) . 250 JR : 1. Todd Kissinger (Yam). 500 JR : 1. David Dungey (Han); 2. Ji m Kesl er (Yam); 3 . Charlie Saunders (Yam), 500 INT: 1. Jeff Runyan (Yam); 2. Orlando lamboy (Han); 3. Skip Cristy (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Chris Cannon (Yam); 2. Pete Hames (Kaw) . 500 PRO: 1. Pete Ham es (Kaw); 2. Chris Cannon (Yam); 3. Joel Windham (Yam). Y-ZINGER: 1. Eddie Lucas; 2. Mark M aynard; 3 . Mi ke Aguirre . 250 NOV: 1. Randy J acobs; 2. Den nis Liel er ; 3. Gary Boyd. 250 EX: 1. Rick W ill ia ms; 2 . Denni s Parks; 3. Darin Baldersto n. OPEN AM: 1. Butch Odom ; 2. Bob Hinchliff; 3 . Ron Masterson. OPEN EX: 1. Bob Russell ; 2. Tom Burcham; 3. Pat A ndonides. ent riders instead of just one going home with all the loot. In the 250cc class Jeff Springman tore off with the lead first round, and riding an absolu tely perfect line la p after lap, kept Pete Hames beh ind hi m until two laps fro m the end wh en Pete finall y got by him in the south tum. It was neat l Second race, Hames did no t line up - his bike had seized as he rode back to the pi ts first time o ut. Again Sp ri ngm an took off with Chris Can non right after him. It looked like a runaway, but as Yogi Berra says, " It ain't over 'til it 's over," and there was Can non right up to Jeff's rear wheel. Springm an's rear bra ke had come adrift and was flying around, walloping hi m in the leg until th e caliper finally came off and just th e cable was left, but he hung on to his first spot. Chris Ca nno n was really on it first 500cc Pro race , taking the lead from H ames a t about the halfway point, after getting by Joel Windham wh o hung onto second for a while. Windham eme rged third overall with two th irds , and John Sperry was back from the Gra nd Na tional tra il to get fourth. O u t again after a year-and-ahalf la yo ff was Don "T-Bone " Grigsby who didn't appear to waste much time in getting some smoothness back in spite of th e layoff by ha ving one whale of a good dice with Sperry in the second rou nd , a nd Dennis P inheiro in the third . A good group and a good class, wi th H a mes leading the second round start to finish. _ Dave Dungey wo n 500cc J u n ior 2-1 with a fun nde wi th lots of passing over Jim Kesler with a 1-2. In combined Open Pro/ 500cc In termedia te we couldn't tell upstairs who got second in the first race; it wa s that close at th e line between Jeff Runyan and Orlando Lamboy as they came in beh ind leader Chris Can non. Lamboy, who is getting q uicker every week, grabbed the lead, lost it to Cannon, then he and Runyan just went elbow to elbow the rest of the ~ ~ . c J.' . . , ,' . . ~ ~ ; ot the tlpr d , G ~~te Results TT ned",. up. II la p s af ter Runyan ha d passed Skip Cristy. The scorers ga ve it to Jeff. Nex t round again went to Cannon wi th Orlando second. T his time Runyan fought it out with Cristy for a while before getting up to Lam boy. Lamboy held him off for a whi le but fina lly caug h t his toe, kickin g his leg bac k as far as th e rear of his seat, and he ended th ird. A reall y good show. ams pulled far ahead while a stiff ba ttle ensued for seco nd place. R un n ing rim to rim, Balderston and Parks continued to figh t for the seco nd place position. Williams took th e win, Parks finish ed second, and Balderston took third. today. As the gate dropped for the first round of the Open Pro race , Simi Honda-sponsored Andy R ichard jumped into the lead followed by Warren Wilson H on da -sp on so red Adam Ford. Ford put the pressure on Richard to take over the lead and the first moto win. Round two saw Ford jumping into the lead with Richard on his tail. Ford was able to take the second moto win and the overall for the da y wi th Richard taking second. In the 250cc Pro class , it was bac kto-back wins for Suzuki of Santa Barbara rider Andy Segale. As the ga te dropped for rnoto one it was Sega le jumping into the lead with Sunshine Yamaha-mounted Erin Buskirk taking over the second place spot a nd Kolbe Cycle H onda -mo un ted John Biffle in third. Segale came up with the win. Round two again saw Segale ta king the lead with Buskirk in second and Kawasaki Center rider Scott Curtis in third. Buskirk put up a strong fight, but it was Segale with the win and the overall for the da y with Buskirk finishing in second and Curtis taking home the third place honors. BG Oil Suzuki-mounted Ro bert Laughlin was able to hold off the Yamaha of San L uis Obispo-mounted Jim Keese to take back-to-back wi ns in the 125cc Pro class . • - That stack of Cycle News piled over in the corner could become an attractive addition to your living room or trophy shelf. All you need is our new, bright-red, top quality binder. Each one holds 2S issues of America's Weekly Motorcycle Newspaper. They also provide a handy filing system when you need to refer back a few iuues to an informative article, and t"ey're a positive statement about the sport you like best: Motorcycling. Results 12 5 PRO: 1. Robert Laughlin (Suz); 2. J im Keese Just fill out the order blank below, mail it to Cycle News, and we'll ship you tbe Cycle News Product tbat's bound to please. (Yam). ._._._._._._._._._._._._._..._._._. 250 PRO: 1. Andy Segale (Suz); 2. Erin Buski rk ~ (Yam); 3. Scott Curtis (Kaw). . 500 PRO: 1. Adam Ford (Han); 2. Andy Richard (Han). 125 INT: 1. Andy Ellis (Yam); 2. Rick Houghtali ng (Suz); 3. Paul Vilia (Han). VETINT: 1. Kent Shepa rd (Suz). VET JR: 1. Sam Ma ute (Mai); 2. Bob Walls (Yaml; 3 . Richard Or olen (Hus). 25 0 JR: t . Mark W ikl und (Hon); 2. Marc cummins (Han); 3. Brett Dawson (Hon). 125 JR : 1. Dan ny Casson (Yam); 2. Chris St. Marie (yaml; 3. Den ny Purcell (Han). 100 JR : 1. J eff Reynolds (Yaml ; 2. Alan Pierce (yam); 3. Tony M ercier (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. J an Karpi el (Yam); 2. Randy Cheatwood (Suz); 3. Scott Brown (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Ken Gaut hie r (Hanl; 2. Rick Jordan . (Yam); 3. Bamb ino Tapia (Kaw) . B3 EX: 1. Lance Johnson (Suzi. B3 INT: 1. Joe Lozano (Yaml ; 2. Jeff Reynolds (Yam). B3 J R: t , Tom Holt (Kaw); 2. Alan Pierce (Yam ); 3 . Tony Mercier (Suz). , B3 BEG : 1. Abel Gayton (Yam); 2. AbbaZabba Abbott (Kaw ); 3. 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