Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona Open Pro winner Mike Tripes leads Dave Gerig at CMC Maico's Scott Johnson took a moto win in CMC's Saddleback 500cc Pro. Griewe, Bollin battle to Corona ' night MX wins By Kit Palmer CORONA, CA, JULY 9 In tonight's 25'Occ Pro action at Corona Raceway's MX, Suzuki's Don Griewe took home top dollar after dicing with Honda of Pomona's Andy Northrup. . When the gate dropped.at the start of moto one, Griewe's quick clutch work enabled him to holeshot inches ahead of Northrup, John Mazzacane (Suz) and Tom Bridgeford (Hon). Griewe held the throttle wide open as he stretched his lead inch by inch. Northrup, a one-time ruler at Corona Raceway, recently has been giving speedway a try. He has returned to the motocross scene. However, Griewe's experience at Corona gave him a slight advantage as he roosted on to victory. Northrup settled for second while Mazzacane and Bridgeford had to be content with third and fourth. Griewe launched his Suzuki to the front of the second moto pack while Dallas Rebello (Hon), Northrup and Mazzacane watched from behind. It took Northrup three laps to get by : Rebello, but it was too late to catch the flying leader. Mazzacane also managed to find a way past Rebello, and the rest of the moto was a carbon copy of the first. Griewe crossed the finish line first ahead of Northrup and Mazzacane. In Division One of the I25cc Beginner class, Dale Bollin (Kaw) edged out' the victory ahead of Gus Kopp (Yam) after the two leaders traded rnoto wins. Bollin won the deciding second rnoto after he passed Kopp on the second lap and never looked back. Third went to Eric Kisner (Hon) while fourth was occupied by Greg Kopp (Yam) . . - Results 50 PEE WEE: 1. Dan Brechter (Yam); 2. Judd Scan'an (Yam); 3. Jay Wr ight (Yam). 60 PEE WEE: 1. Dale Smart (Yam); 2. Kayle Leogrande (Yam); 3. David Ochoa (Yam). MINI BEG: 1. David Slack (Kaw); 2. Billie Paugh (Kaw); 3. Louie Pacino (Yam). MINI BEG: 1. Bryan Petrie (Yam); 2. Sloan Cooper (Kaw); 3. Charles Andrade (Suz). MINI NOV: 1. Scott Fraley (Kaw); 2. Gary Trachy _ _ (~~zH._Jo':!.n_Abrigh! (Y!m). _ _ 32 _ MINI INT: 1. Steve Gamble (Yam); 2. Shawn Davidson (Kaw); 3. Terry Szuscko (Yam). , 125 BEG: 1. Dale Bollin (Kaw); 2. Gus Kopp (Yam); 3. Eric Kisner (Han). 125 BEG: 1. Gene Johnson (Suz); 2. J im Thomas (Suz); 3. J im W illiams (Yam). 125 NOV: 1. Brett Jacobs (Yam); 2. J im German (Yam); 3. Rick Tatlow (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Rod Brand (Suz); 2. Scott W ilkenson (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Matt Lamy (Kaw ); 2. Tom Gergen (Suz); 3. Jerry Mullins (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Aaron Hentrup (Yam); 2. Clifford Muhne (Han); 3. Ed Gurwell (Yam). , 250 NOV: 1. Steve Larny (Yam); 2. TIdd Cun ningham (Yam); 3. Ben Chollar (Han). 250 INT: 1. Rick Vanderham (Yam); 2. Denn is Wooldridge (Han); 3. Gabe Brown (Han). 250 PRO: 1. Don Griewe (Suz); 2. Andy Northrup ' (Han); 3. John Mazzacane (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Paul Stewart (Yam); 2. Tom Anderson (Han); 3. Mike Claytor (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Darrin Yenzer(Hon); 2. Steve Marolda (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Dean Wilkinson (Han); 2. Eric Haensly (Suz); 3. Bruce Deacon (Suz). Canoy captures M ini crown at OCIR night M X By Steven Crosby , IRVINE, CA, JULY 8 With the arrival of summer and finally some sun, the , crowds are really turning out for the RACE-sanctioned racing at Orange County International , Raceway. The spectators who stayed to watch the second Pro motos were treated to some very fierce racing action. In 125cc Pro Taylor Marcell captured another win on his Yamaha over Kawasaki-mounted Chris Heinrich. TOdd Peterson had to come from behind in the second moto to defeat Anaheim Suzuki-backed Rich Collins for the overall win. In the Open class, Gary Gonzales held off Frank Steiner in both motos. Through at least summer, the Pro pa yback will be increased to 133% of the entry fees beginning July 15. Mini Intermediate was a blend of three groups of riders - those who have been in the class for some time, those who moved up into the class at the start of the season, and those who moved up in their last couple of outings, The newer riders seemed to do k C . C k better this wee. raig anoy too the overall wi th a 1-1 but had to work his way around Derek Nye and Thayne lito in both motos. lito wou ld tak e th e holeshot on his Kawa ~~~ (his .th~rd diff«:.r~n ~o!ored bike ~ in as many weeks) but could not hold off the pack. Nye also had good starts and held the lead for a couple of laps, but attacks of bad luck dealt him a 4-4 score . Tommy Combs, who has been very serious about his racing this season, worked his way up from poor starts to finish second both motos. Zito was third overall. In 125ccIntermediate the win went to a familiar face who hasn't been seen much this year, Ti Swartz. He piloted his Yamaha to a 2-1 score to better Ceet-sponsored Ryan Roberts, who finished with a 3-2. Bill Clemson, who won the first moto, was, third overall after a fifth placefinish in moto two . The 250cc Intermediate class went to the consistent. In the first moto, Carl Reed and Pat Killam exchanged the lead several times with Reed taking the win . In the second rnoto, Larry Gross, after a seventh in the first moto, held off all challenges from Reed. Killam had a poor start and couldn't work his way up in the tough field. Paul Fit z-Gibbon, with a pair of threes, was second overall behind Reed 's 1-2 tally . Larry Gross was third. In the Open Intermediate class , Jeff Conlin overtook the group on his Husky. Second went to Leo Saul on a Yamaha and third went to our perennial late entry, Karl Holmberg. Results 60 BEG: 1. Mi ke Reiley (Yam); 2. Joey Winston (Yam). 60 NOV: 1. Eric Litzenberg (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Matt Foster (Yam). MINI BEG DIV 1: 1. Craig Miller (SUz); 2. Steve Wamboldt (Yam); 3. Bon Burke (Yam). MINI BEG DIV 2: 1. Paul Molina (Yam); 2. Billie Paugh (Kaw); 3. Dugan Sanders (Yam). MINI BEG DIV 3: 1. Paul Nagel (Kaw); 2. Todd Kobetsky (Yam); 3. Chad Smart (Suz). MINI NOV: 1. Jeff Matiasevich (Kaw); 2. Terry Szucsko (Yam); 3. Steve Tucker (Yam). , MINIINT: 1. Craig Canoy(Suz) ; 2. Thomas Combs (Kaw); 3. Thayne Zito (Kaw). MINI PRO: 1. Kent Elliott (Yam); 2. Shawn McCon nell (Han); 3. Mark Milazzo (Han). 125BEG DIV 1: I .JimFry(Yam); 2. Todd Osowski (Yam); 3. Todd Zoriki (Suz). 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Anthony Lenarth (Han); 2. Bruce Mortensen (Suz); 3. John Newbauer (Suz). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. TIm Whitlock (Suz); 2. Craig Garden (Han); 3. Jim Matiasevich (Han). 125 INT: 1. Ti Swartz (Yam); 2. Ryan Roberts (Han); 3. Bill Clemson (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Taylor Marcell (Yam); 2. Chris Hein rich (Kaw). 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Brian Wells (Han); 2. Marty Stephenson (Han); 3. Ken Penrose (Yam). 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Jim Newbauer (Suz); 2. Jerry Bardiau (Yam); 3. Mark Von Aldenbrock (Han). 250 NOV: 1. Kris Barker (Yam); 2. Greg Eargle (Kaw); 3. Bryan Paquette (Han). 250 INT: 1. Carl Reed (Suz); 2. Paul Fitz-Gibbon (Suz); 3. Larry Gross (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterscin (Yam); 2. Rich Collins (Suz); 3. Jim Brodie (Han). OPEN BEG: 1. Brian King (Suz); 2. Tim Kilgore (Yam); 3. Anthony Torrez (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. Dan Berg (Suz); 2. Danny Lyons (Han); 3. Tom Anderson (Han). OPEN INT: 1. Jeff Conlin (Hus); 2. Leo Saul (Yam); 3. Karl Holmberg (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Gary Gonzales (Mai); 2. Frank Steiner (Suz); 3. Bob TIppit (Yam). VET: 1. Richard Long (Yam); 2. Neil Stapleton (Han); 3. Jim Smith (KTM). ~ -. -- - . Saddle~ack. Tripes flies at CMC Saddleback MX By M ike Klinger ORANGE, CA, JULY 4 Pro Circuit Products' Mike Tripes (Hus) continued his winning ways for Mitch Payton by topping the Open Pro class at the Continental Moto-sport Club's points event at Saddleback Park and placing third in the 250cc class. Steve Rhyan (Hon) scored a2-1 in the 250cc class to outrun Robert Reisinger (Suz) and Tripes. In the 125cc Pros, Chappy Blose (Hon) made a sneak appearance and won the class with little problem. It was the only points race for July at Saddleback Park, and the Pro turnout was good. Twenty-five anxious 250cc entrants lined up, including current points leader, Yamahamounted Woody Carlson. Tripes nailed down the first turn with superhot Rhyan hot on his heels. By lap one, Rhyan took the lead with Tripes and Reisinger trailing. For 14 laps the front positions never changed. Tripes tried everythig he could to get by Rhyan, and on the very last lap, Tripes put a good inside drive on Rhyan and took the win. Reisinger was third, then Eric Baker (Hon) and David Gerig (Hus). Rhyan was flawless in moto two. He took the lead right off the start, and no one could come close. On lap four, Tripes and Reisinger were in a heated duel, and both riders hit the turf. Reisinger regained his third place position, but Tripes had starting problems and pulled back to eighth. By this time, Rhyan was off in the dust. Rhyan won easily and won the overall also. Reisinger went 3-2 for second overall with Baker third in moto two. Tripes slowed due to a flat rear tire. Tripes' finish in moto two still awarded him third overall. Just coming off the National circuit, Maico-rnounted Scott Johnson put his 490 in the winner's circle in moto one of the Open Pros. Greg litterkopf (Yam) and Tripes took the early lead over the 13-rider field and began to pull. PCP teammates Dave Gerig and Tripes really pushed and shoved for third with Tripes prevailingon the new 500 Husky. On lap 12, Zitterkopf ran out of luck. A flat rear tire pushed the ace to fourth at the flag. Johnson held on and won with Tripes second. Third went to Gerig, then Zitterkopf.

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