Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

1 • ol ,. ) I: ~ . .. -i · ! . , t. ", Ifornla-Ar zona-Southern Nevada- Southern Caillornia-Arizoa Pete Hames took off with the lead in the first race of the 250cc Pro class tonight as the Continental Moto-sport Club Douglas Toland leads a group at ARRA's Willow Springs tarmac fest. 8ruscella takes t.wo at ARRA ..' Willow Springs RR By Lori Tyson , ROSAMOND, CA, J ULY 25 Joe Bruscella, who took fourth overall in the previous week' s AFM Six-Hour, took th e 600cc points ·lead with tw o wins at the American Road Racing Association's meet in the blisteri ng heat of Willow Springs Raceway. His first victory was in the 600cc Prod uction race, in which he fought Do ug Tola nd for the trophy . By lap three J oe p ut a few seco nds between himself a nd T o land , a nd left Doug battling wi th Jim Vreeke. Bu t when Vree ke decided to try a' new line in turn nine, unfortunat el y an u n pa ved one, he lost enough ti me to give Tolan d seco n d and lea ve him four th at the lin e behind Kevin Clark . The 600cc Box Stock sho wed Bruscella a nd Vreeke goi ng al it thi s time and a three wa y figh t over third between T ol and, Cl ark a n d A.L. Aschenbren ner. Bruscella took .th e wi n, a lo ng with a $20 gift cert ific a te. T ol and took third. H o ward Monise was a ll smi les as . he put in 1:39 lap times in morn ing practice. H e eas ily wo n th e 450cc P r odu ction ra ce, a nd w hen hi s Yamaha seized in th e fourth la p of th e 450cc Su per Street , h e not o n ly finished th e eight-lap race, but took th e third pl ace trophy. Amazing. Results 18 600 FOUR STROKE GP: 1. Steve Reynosa (Hon]: 2. • Doug Toland (Kaw ); 3. Kevin Clark (Kaw). 900 FOUR STROKE GP: 1. Mick Of ield (Nor); 2. Robbie Radel (Kaw); 3. Steve Dyer (Han). OPEN FOUR STROKE GP: 1. John Wells (Han); 2. J im Collins (Kaw) ; 3. Myram Kitchen (Suz). 250 GP: 1. Jon Siobom (Yamt; 2. Tom Sera (Yam); 3. Leland Hancock (Yam) . • 600 PROD: 1. Joe .Br uscell a (Kaw); 2. Doug Toland (Kaw) ; 3. Jim Vreeke (Kaw) . 750 PROD: 1. Denny Fryer (Hont; 2. Steve Gardner (Kaw) ; 3. Carl Cascone (Kaw )': OPEN PROD: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw); 2. Terry Statum (Kaw); 3. Trevor Dunne (Due). 450 PROD: 1. Howard Monise (Yam); 2. Jeff Braucht (Yam); 3. Mark Capell (Yam). FIRST 125 GP: 1. Barry Smallwood (Yam); 2. Dwayne Lane (Han) ; 3. Tom DeWitt (Han ). SECOND 125 GP: 1. Tom DeW itt (Han); 2. Barry Smallwood (Yam). ' 500GP: 1. Bob Rodrick(Yam); 2. Leland Hancock (Yam); 3. Jim Collins (Yam). OPEN GP: 1. J im Collins (Kaw) ; 2. David Breetwor (BSA). 450 BOX STOCK : 1. Phillip Smith (Yam); 2. John Thornton (Yam); 3. Rick Soloway (Yam). . 600 BOX STOCK: 1. Joe Bruscella (Kaw) ; 2. Jim · Vreeke (Kaw) ; 3. Doug Toland (Kaw) . 750 SUPER STREET: 1. Denny Fryer. (Han); 2. Robbie Radel (Kaw) ; 3. Steve Dyer (Hon). • OPEN SUPER STREET: 1. Earl Roloff (Kaw) ; 2. John Wells (Han); 3. Terry Statum (Kaw) . 50 PROD: 1. Terry Maves (Kaw); 2. Terri We lls (Kaw) . 50 GP: 1. Luke Sayer (Ita) ; 2. Geoffrey McCarthy (Ita). _ 100 GP: 1. Dusty Behrman (Hont; 2. Dr . R. Trask (Han). FORM 4 : 1. Luke Sayer (Yam); 2. Don Hale (Yam) . 250 PROD: 1. Robert PritChard (Yam); 2. Jeff Kratka (Yam); 3 . John Thornton (Han) . VINTAGE I: 1. Marc Johnson (Ariel). VINTAGE II: 1. David Breetwor (BSA); 2. Bill Burdett (Nor); 3. Richard Sm ith (Tri). CLASSICI : 1. Michael Coggins (BSA); 2. John . McCarthy (Due). 450 SUPER STREET: 1. Ken Stack (Yam); 2. Jim Collins (Yam); 3, Howard Monise (Yam). 600 SUPER STREET: 1. Steve Reynosa (Han); 2. Jim Vreeke (Kaw); 3. Chris Crowell (Suz).· 750 BOX STOCK : 1. Ealr Roloff (Kaw); 2. Steve Gardner (Kawl; 3. Carl Cascone (K_). OPEN BOX STOCK: 1. Tarry Statum (Kaw); 2. Mark Infanti (Suz); 3. Kirk Ochwati (Suzl . 250SUPER STREET: 1. Tom DeWitt (Han) ; 2.Jeff Kratka (Yam). 200 GP: 1. Danny Farnsworth (C-A) . 8a'nning, Dymond, Kehoe tops SSM Pros By Terry Whytal ORANGE, CA, J ULY 17 Honda pilot St eve Banning best ed a tough field of Open Pro riders this week a t Saddleback Saturday's mo tocross. Bann ing ma naged to p lace fir st in each moto despite severa l trips to th e turf. "I fell a nd Jones got by," exp la ine d Ba nn in g la ter, " so I rode hard lO ca tch him a nd fell agai n. Fi na lly, I sett led do wn a nd charged bac k into the lead. " . Gar y' J ones followed Ban ni ng to th e chec kers i n each race to garn er the ru n ner-u p sha re of the p urse wh ile' . Cra ig Ada ms push ed h is Honda to th ird overa ll : Wheelsmith Ma ico rider Mi cky Dym ond domina ted the, firs t 250cc Pro race despite a hard chargin g Bo b Blose wh o worked his H o nda into seco nd. Race two was a bit different as Suzuki rider Gary Bo wma n fou nd a few ext ra p onies lurking in h is wa tercooled motor and held Dym ond off throughout the 'molO to reach th e ch eckers firs t. Bo wm an was ninth in round one, so Dym ond easi ly lOok the over.all wi n. H onda rider Gar v Adams pi cked up seco nd wi th a 3-3 score while Blose ea rned third. Yam ah a team st er E rik Keh o e powered away with th e l2 5cc Pro win d espit e pr es s u r e fro m H ond amounted Chappy Blo se. Blo se kept th e h eat on Kehoe in both m ot os but h ad to settle for seco nd a t th e flag. Suzuki rider Rob Brown ea rned third overall. Results OPEN PRO: 1. Steve Banning (Han); 2. Gary Jones (Han); 3. Craig Adams (Han). 250PRO : 1. M icky Dymond(Mait; 2. Gary Adams (Han) ; 3. Bob Blose (Han) . 125 PRO: 1. Erik Kehoe (Yam); 2. Chappy Blose (Han); 3. Rob Brown (Suz]. 2501NT: 1. Brian Manley (Yaml ; 2. Jay Van Camp (Suz); 3. Mitch Davis (Suz). . 1251NT: 1. Tim Foster (Suz); 2. Kim Douglass (Suz); 3. Tim Walker (Yam ). OPEN NOV : 1. Jim Jenkins (Han) ; 2 . Craig Adam · son (Suz); 3. K.C. Ehlers (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. Ron McCoy (Han); 2. Casey McCoy (Han); 3 . Allen Lucas (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Ron Connery (Yam); 2. Geoff San chez (Han); 3 . Bernard Ghahreri (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Tom Jarrell (Han); 2. TIm Zalie (Suz); 3. Gary Chr iell (Han) . 125 BEG: 1. Ricky McKinley (Suz); 2. Danny Novak (Yam); 3. Jeff Bua (Suz). VET EX: 1. Alan Olson (Ma i); 2. Marino Bast ione ll (Suz); 3. J im Beltinck (Ma i). c VET NOV: 1. Kurt Sofka (Suz); 2 . Charles Burnett (Han); 3. Jim Gianatsis (Hus) . MINIINT: 1. John Slavens (Yam); 2. Tom Combs (Kaw) ; 3. Todd Yock (Yam). MINI BEG: 1. Dugan Sanders (Yam); 2. Leason Pomeroy (Yam); 3. John Scarberry (Yam). Hames ha"gs two at CMC Ascot ST By ~aureen Lee GARDENA, CA. JULY 15 ' short track continues on weekly at Ascot Park. Running with the Pros -were the Intermediates . and they weren 't last, either. Chris Carr from Manteca ona fast Can-Am showed up to do battle with the local talen t and looked very, very good, emerging ' with two straight seconds behind Pete's two firsts , but it was back a bit wher e most of the ac tio n was going on. Orlando Lamboy was having a great deal of fun stuffing his front wh eel under John Sperry on several occasion s, giving the Class C Expert so me thi n g to think a bo u t. Lamboy is reall y hampered by th e fact h e's riding a full- out motocrosser: it's eerie wa tc hi n g his m achine " floating" arou nd th e tra ck going up a nd do wn while everyo ne else o ut th ere is riding flat trac k machines, bu t O rlando gives 'e m fits each week. Seco nd hea t, Je ff R un yan got a bad sta n but went fro m dead last to thi rd _ in one fell swoop o n the sho rt straight. H e couldn't get up to Ch ris Carr's rear wh eel, but he 's fast. Lamboy a nd Sp erry wer e having at it agai n with Orlando stayi ng ahead of John for quite a whi le u ntil on the last lap Sperry just zapped h im o n the back stra ig h t, but they were sure havin g fun between the pa ir of them. On ly three Open Pro s showed P ete Ha mes, Dann y P erk in s a nd Ji mmy Rosa. Hames and Perkins made it a bit interes ting firs ' tim e , out, bu t o n th e seco nd H a mes, with his eye on the p urse, didn 't p la y but just went o u t and won it. Results MINI : 1. Matt Stoutenburg (Yam). 100 JR : 1. J im Harryman (Yam ). 250 PRO: 1. Pete Hames (Kaw); 2. Chr is Carr (C· A); 3. John Sperry (Han ). 250 INT: 1. J eff Runyan (Yarn]: 2. Orla ndo Lam boy (Han). 250 JR : 1. Charles Saunders (Yam); 2. J erry Higginbottom (Bul); 3. Mike Fried rich (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Dan Kane (Yam); 2. John Sperry (Han); 3. Dennis Pinheiro (Yam) . 500 INT: 1. Jeff Runyan (Yam); 2. Or lando lamboy (Han); 3. Nigel Gale (Yam). 500 JR : 1. J im Kesler (Yam ); 2. Len Gambo (Han); 3. Kevin Claxton (Han). OT JR : 1. Bob Schneider (Yam) . OPEti PRO: 1. Pete Hames (Tr l ]: 2. Danny Perk ins (Yam); 3. J im Rosa [Tri]. Tate topples Dl!nes Mini regulars By Tom Corley VALE N CIA, CA, JULY 16 With the start of the Maico/ Crossline Summer Series at Indian Dunes, Mini track participation has been down a tad as so me riders race on th e International tra ck. Tonight there was a short but swe et Mini track program with a fine battle in the 80cc Stock Junior 12 and over contest. Kenneth Tate got away from his desert town of Mojave for th e even in g and took the top trophy. Tate has only raced at the Dunes once or twice before, but he was still abl e to upset the regular line-up of riders. Ken is a consistent rider at Sunrise Valley Cycle Park where .he has taken his fair share of wins. Tate took his Lancaster Yamaha to the lead in the first moto ahead of Troy Cline and " travelin g" Matt Harrison. All three riders were on Yamahas. On the track at the same time were Troy Welty, the only 80c~ Intermediate. and Charlie Jones, the 80cc Junior 9-11 rider. . A three-man race took place in the final rnoto with Tate leading the r group, Welty running in second with Cline chasing Welty/Welty's Suzuki was definitely having some. engine problems, and it started sputtering around the finish line area. H e dropped back to third and let Cline pass him. On the next lap, Welty regained the lead, and Cline pulled off th e track as if he were tired of the confrontation. Welty slid out 'o nce and later stated. " It locked up!" Nobody could touch Tate. who controlled th e lead position. When Cline pulled off the track.-Harrison inherited second place. Results PEE WEE BEG STK: 1. Jeff Willoh (Yam); 2. Joel Barber (Suz); 3. Pablo Lara (Suz). PEE WEE JR STK: 1. Damon Huffman (Yam); 2. John Chamberlin (Yam); 3. Johnny Biggs (Yam) . 60 STOCK BEG 9 -11 : 1. Babe Abbott (Yam); 2. Chad Stuen (Yam); 3 . Ryan Purg in (Yam). 60 STOCK JR 9 -1 1: 1. Br ian Payne (Yam); 2. J im Chamberlin (Yam ). 80 STOCK BEG 12 +: 1. Michalll Bass (Suz); 2. Jody Tapia (Kaw); 3 . M ichael Victorian (Han). 80STOCKJR 12 +: 1. Kenneth Tate (Yam); 2. Ma tt Harrison (Yam ). 80 STOCK JR 9 -1 1: 1: Charlie Jones (Yam). - 80 STOCK INT 12 +: 1. Troy We lty (Suz). Church masters Minis at .DeAnza MX By Kit Palmer SUN NYMEAD, CA, J U LY 25 One class which usually draws the most entran ts each week at DeAnza Cycle Park is the Mini Beginner class, whereone can be su re of so me h ea vy duty battles fo r th e lea d. T oda y/ th ere wer e no excep tio ns. I n th e e n d it w as " Da dsponsored" David C hurch (Suz) with th e gold after di cing wi th J a m es Wiggins (Hon) in both m ot os, At th e start o f the first m oto it was Wiggins who fo u nd h imself in fro nt of th e pack whi le Church, J ohn Scarberry, (Yam), Allan Brehm (Ya m ), Ron T h o mas (Yam) a nd Kenneth Carter (Hon) 'se t af ter th e leader. However, Wiggins a nd Church began p ull ing away fro m the pack . engaged in a d ue l for th e lea d . Anoth er struggl e, ove r fourth , develo ped between Brehm a nd Thomas. With o n ly a few laps rem a ining. Thomas snuck by Brehm but Breh m negated th e move a lap later. Up front, meanwhile, Wi ggins had ma inta ined a slig h t cushion o ver Church to tak e th e win . Scarberry took th ird a hea d of Brehm. At the start o f th e second moto it was Church in command of the lead by the end of the fir st lap. During th e first lap Wiggins went down 'a nd dropped back to last. But-three laps later Wiggins had managed to work his way into second. However, Church had stretched his lead enough for th e win. ~iggins took second followed by Scarberry, Brehm. Thomas and Carter. Results PEE WEE: 1. Dale Smart (Yam); 2. Josh Barker (ltj); 3. David Ochoa (Yam). PEE WEE: 1. Chr is Wood (Yaml; 2. Jerry Hilde, rnan (Suz). PEE WEE: 1. M ike Metzger (Yalli); 2. Judd Scan lan (Yam); 3 . Josh Barker (Yam) . . MINI BEG: 1_David Church (Suz); 2. James W ig gins (Hon); 3. John Scarberry (Yam). MINI NOV : 1. Mike Magallanes (Yam); 2. A. Magallanes; 3. Mike Michetti (Suz). MINI INT: 1. Tommy Combs (Kaw); 2. Mike Fitz gerald (Han) . "125 BEG: 1. Ray Amey(Yam); 2. Gus Kipp(Yam); 3. Marc Smith (Suz). 125 NOV : 1. Lance Gorton (Kaw); 2. Larry Benedict(Yam). 125 INT: 1. R. Barnum; 2. Doug Devison (Suzl; 3. Ron Lawson (Kawl. . 250 BEG: 1. Lou Linares (Mail; 2. Mickey Brannan (Honl; 3. Rick Blackburn (Suz). 250 NOV : 1. Dave Gomez (Suz); 2. Mark Valentino (Kawl; 3. J. Steffen. 250 INT: 1. Duane Mapes (Suzl; 2. Kit Palmer (Suzl; 3. Pete Vetrano (Han) .

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