Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.... CRC's 125cc Pros dice for position during the IRC tires-sponsored ~eries. - .... / ·Jablonski jams to Dunes 'Crossline • wIn .By Tom Corley VALENCIA, CA, AUG. 6 Hundreds of riders came to Indian Dunes on Friday night and most of them did not return to their homes till early Saturda y. What was the occasi on a nd why were they gone so long? The Ame rican Motocross Enterprises hos ted their third event of th e Maico/Cro sslin e Summer Series and the re were 19 races on th e li ne up. Everyon e wa n ts to win part of th e $40,000 worth of prizes and all that these riders ha ve to do is win wi th a Crossl in e jersey on their back a nd a sticker on th eir front fender. Week aft er week , Mark Jablonski races and wins at Ascot. He tri ed his luck tonight at the Dunes and came out of it with the 250cc Junior Division Two trophy . Running closest to Mark in the first moto was Richard Lloyd and Dean ·Lawe. In the final rnoto, Lloyd collided with Peter Sebring so Lloyd was shot down . Jablonski rode flawlessly again ahead of Krabs Krull. Two firsts earned Mark first place over David Couch of Answer Products and Eric Colbert. Kell y Pugmire topped the 250cc Intermediate class, but just by a few points ahead of th e rest . Dan Fitzgerald wo n th e first moto a head of Mark Amendola and Pugmire. In the final moto, Pugmire a nd Eric Silgero, who wo rks at th e Dunes, were side by side till Eric oversh ot a berm, on a corner before th e finish lin e, and Pugmire had the ·Iead. Silgero was . soon pa ssed in m id-air by Jon Zahrt while Fitzgerald pushed Silgero back to fourth place. Pugmire had a 3-1 tally which edged out Fitzg erald's 1-3 a nd Jon Zahrt's 4-2 tall y in the overall results. Silgero landed sixth p lace. There were only two 500cc Intermediate riders. Shawn Lane was riding a Honda and took the first rnoto over Ronnie Lewis, but, in the final moto, Lane bailed on the score-tower whoops. Lewis tOo~ the win o_v.erall. Results 60 JR: 1. Shawn Bates (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Joe Brown (Yam). 60 EX: 1. Kayle Joh nson (Yam). BO BEG: 1. Abe l Gayton (Yam); 2. Glenn Gordy ' (Kaw); 3. Bill Comerford (Yam). BO JR: 1. Eric Wierma n (Kaw ); 2. Tony Fleming (Yam); 3. Scott Sutton (Suz). BO INT: 1. Jeff Reynolds (Yam); 2. Chr is Burges s (Suz); 3. Chris Lara (Suz). 100 J R: 1. Jeff Reynolds (Yam); 2. Tony Me rcier (Yam). . 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Greg Lipp (Yam); 2. Tom Fry (Hon); 3. Ken Hall (Suz). ., 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Lee Jennings (Suz); 2. W ill iam Crawford (Suz); 3. Joe Cyclone (Kaw). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Merle Hammer (Yam); 2. Kevin Haile (Yam); 3. Eric Casas (Hon). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Danny Casson (Yam); 2. Gary Sailors (Suz); 3. Mark Stuen (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Andy Ellis (Yam); 2. Bill Delgado(Suz); 3. Chr is St. Marie (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Russ Wageman (Suz); 2. Bob Kline (Hon); 3. J im Simons (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Tom Petrns (Kaw); 2. Peter Terr acciano (Hon); 3. Hector Barba (Hon). 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Rob Webb (Hon); 2. M ike Ma rt in (Suz); 3. John Conno lly (Yam). . 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Mark 'Jablonski (Hon); 2. David Couch (Suz); 3. Eric Colbert (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Kelly Pugm ire (Hon); 2. Dan Fitzgerald (Suz); 3. Jon Zahrt (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Ji m Holley (Yam); 2. Zoli Mesza ros (Suz); 3. Andy Segale (Suz). 500 BEG: 1. Scott Welcher (Yam); 2. Vic Gamb le (Kaw ); 3. Ernie Diaz (Hus). 500 JR: 1. Jeff BOUChillon (Mai); 2. M ike DiSte · fano (Yam): 3. Doug Kribell (Ma i). 500 INT: 1. Ronnie Lew is (yam); 2. Shawn Lane (Mai ). 500 PRO: 1. Greg Torgerson (Yam); 2. Steve ' Rawson (Hon); 3. Fred Hudgens (Mai). VET JR: 1. Robert Fortier. (Suz); 2. Bill Shiver (Hus); 3. Dan Ostrosky (Suz). . .VET INT: 1. Kent Shepard (Suz). VET EX: 1. Randy Rodriguez (Mai); 2. David Rogers (Hus); 3, Mark Cook (mai). SIDECAR: 1. Sch inoor/ Pieper (Ma i); 2. Butterfield /Wilcox; 3. Wh itney/McDonell (Yam). . CRC IRC Series to L.OP's Tarantino By Lee Taylor ORANGE, CA, AUG. 8 Despite almost unbearable heat, a large gathering of racers launched the California Racing ' Club's Fourth Annual IRC Series, today a t Saddleback Park. T he rewards were ent icin g. A $1,500 purse pl us IRC Contingen cy monies to th e Pros usin g the ir tires, and for th e Sportsm en , $1,000 in gift certificat es . from MC Tire Works. Rac ers as well as specta tors- got more than th ey bargained for. Fo r starte rs, they saw LOP 's Jim Tarantino and his Honda tak e down back: to-back wins in both the Open and 250cc Pro contests, edging out Warren Reid, Mike Shoemaker and a host of the southland's leading Pros in the. - . process. T he 250cc Pro battle was furious from sta rt to fin ish with a field of 27 racers, all o ut for their share of the go ld. The first moto found U.S. Suzu ki's Warren Reid leading off the lin e with Jim Taranti no breat h ing down h is jersey. T ara nt in o, fin ally, sna ked into the lead , but ac tion was intense between both rid ers do wn to the wi re. Ed Arnet slipped into third, Super Sh op's Andy Guth h eld fo urth a nd Mik e Shoemaker rounded ou t the top five. Wh en the men gathered on th e grid for the ir fin al encounter , T arantino blasted out of the gate a nd held Honda 's Shoemaker to second and Reid to third. The race took its toll on man and machinery with seven men forced to DNF with broken bikes scattered from one end of the course to the other. T he duel of th e da y was between Reid a nd Shoemak er'for second with "T h e Shoe" slamming the door on Reid every cha nce he had. Re id was ten acious an d fin ally slip ped a wheel past Shoema ker for second. By the end of th e da y, T arantin o took home th e pot of gold, Reid claimed seco nd p lace, Arnet too k down third place wi th a 3-4 rid e, "The Sh oe" galloped home four th and Vince McMah a n rounded out the top five money makers. The 125cc Int ermediat es saw th eir sha re of the action in a heated dice throughout both motos betwee n Ch ris Taylor's mean-green machi ne and Yamaha-moun ted Jerry Anker. These two left a wa ke of action clear around th e trac k. Results 60 NOV: 1. J immy Clay (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Matt Foster (Yam). 60 EX: 1. Bubba Erickson (Yam). 80 BEG: 1. Alex Baca (Yam); 2. Brett Dailey (Kaw ); 3. Albe rt Sanchez (Suz). . 80 NOV: 1. Danny Barnett (Kaw); 2. Lance Sm ith (Suz); 3. Jason Davenport (Yam), 80 INT: 1. Joe Lozano (Yam); 2. Graig Canoy (Suz); 3 , Steve Gamble. . 80 EX: 1. Mark Toyama (Yam); 2. Tim Ruthe rford . (Kaw). . 100 BEG: 1. Brian Felix (Yam); 2. M ike Penta (Suz)/ 100 NOV: 1. Toby " Snake" Law es (Yam); 2. Chuck Whitmore (Suz). 125 BEG: 1. Craig Wh ite (Suz);2. Loren Bjorkman (Kaw); 3. Larry Henry (Suz). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Jon Barrick (Yam); 2. Kenny Clifton (Suz); 3. Ron Hunt (Yaml. 125 NOV DIV 2: 1. Gary Sailors (Suz); 2. Buzz loppolo (Yam); 3. Eddie Kennedy (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Chr is Taylor (Kaw); 2. Jerry Anker (Yam); 3 . Jim Cobham (Suz). 125 PRO: 1.-Ted Brady (Hon); 2. Doug Dubac h (Yam); 3. M ichael Fisher (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Paul Walmsley (Suz); 2. Thomas Petrus (Kaw ); 3. Matt Dunlap (Suz). 250 NOV: 1. Michael Martin (Yam); 2. Dean Kassel (Yam); 3, Kirt Gold ie (Hon). . 250 INT: 1. Todd Simmons (Suz); 2. Randy Skinner (Suz); 3. Glenn Wells (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Jim Tarantino (Hon); 2. War ren Reid (Suz); 3. Ed Arnet (Hon). OPEN BEG: 1. Mark Stubbs (Hon); 2. Paul Stewart (Yam); 3. Tom Phoenix (Yam). OPEN NOV: 1. Danny Lyons (Yam); 2. Karl Holmberg (Yam); 3: Howard Lobel (Ma i). OPEN INT: 1. Alan Olson (Ma i); 2. Glenn Wells (Hon); 3. Bruce Deacon . . OPEN PRO: 1. J im Taran tino (Hon); 2. Ed Arnet (Hon); 3. Matt Tedder (Hon). . VET JR: 1. Ron Way (Hus); 2. Fred Kalm ick (KTM); 3. Howard Davis (Suz). VET INT: 1. Larry Dunn (Suz); 2. Bob Barr (Hon); 3. Dan Sanchez (Suz). VET EX: 1. Alan Olson (Ma i); 2. Marino Bastionell (Suz); 3. Dan Moore (Hon). Carroll sings for two at CMC Ascot ST By. Maureen Lee GA R DENA, S A, AU.G. 5 The less said about track conditions at Ascot tonight as rid- . ers arrived for the weekly Continental Moto-sports Club short track the better. It was atrocious, but it did get better as practice progressed and the evening went down 'w ith the ' program woefully late in starting. Youn g Brent Bowers won overall in bot h races of the com bined 125cc, Mi ni an d Vet class. Ron Ferguson won h is Vet class firs t time out, but go t o ff in the second; th ey all ra n closer together firs t race than in the seco nd whe n the surface was sti ll very sli ck. Roger Thompson was back fro m getting experience on mid-west tracks and was again a welcome addition 'to t he Pro classes. In th e 250cc go , J eff Springman went shooting off with th e lead never to lose it. Bud Carroll fell in turn three and Thompson overhauled Mike Minnig to tak e second place. Behind, a remounted Carroll was having a marvelous time with Curtis Cannon and Jeff Runyan. The you n ger Cannon is very able to ride broth er Chris' eq u ip men t. Next race it was Thompson out front and hauling for many a lap, followed by Minnig and Springman, , Cannon and Carrol l. Springman ' nailed Minnig by going the outside line ro ute and really started riding Roger's rear whee l. Thompson went o n lik e h e di dn' t know h e wa s back th ere, wh ile at th e sa me time Canno n had go tten by Mi n n ig . On th e last la p, Sp ri ngman saw his chance and go t by on the outsi de, h ead ing into tu rn three, a nd took home fir st pl ace. Good racing! The combi ned 250cc Interm ediat e/ J u nior gang had more tha n their share of restarts when they fell down or tangled ha ndlebars and cras hed. Dave Miller was leading overa ll when h is chain came off. H e fixed it quickly an d finished fo urth in -class. Brent Bow ers wo n h is division a nd overall , swa p pi ng p laces aroun d with Devon Farley. T he 500cc P ro s were wild and wooly, and so me who ride under AMA rules got a little co n fused when the red flag came o u t after half the race was ru n and th ey didn 't get a sing le file start. In fac t, th ey ran the whole race ove r. Bub Carroll took off a nd h eld fir st p lace aga in followed by J im Rosa, wh o had done the crashing with Dan ' Kane th e first time out. Curtis Cannon was wo rk ing h a rd and tagged onto Rosa 's rear wheel, taking th e secon d spot away from h im by going deep inside as they ca me around for the checkered flag. Next race , Kane got off in turn three, but, although h e and his machine were down th ere for quite a spell , n o red flag appeared a nd h e finally h ad to get himself into the infield. Carroll again had the lead, then Rosa, Cannon an d J eff Runyan. Results VET JR: 1. Jim Wells (Yam); 2. Ronald Ferguson (Yam). MINI JR: 1. Matt Statenberg (Yam). 125 INT: 1. Brent Bowers (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Jeff Springman (Yam); 2. Roger Thompson (Kaw); 3. Curt is Cannon (Yam). 2501NT: 1. Brent Bowers (Yam); 2. Devon Farley (Yam). 250JR: 1. Char lie Saunders (Hon); 2. Dave M iller (Yam); 3. Mike Friedr ich (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Nigel Gale (Yam). 500 JR: 1. J im Kesler (Yam); 2. Kevin Clayto n (Hon); 3. David Dungey (Yam). 500 PRO: 1. Bud Carroll (Yam); 2. Jim Rosa (Yam); 3. Curt is Cannon (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Bud Carroll (Yam); 2. Roger Thompson (Kaw); 3. J im Rosa (Yam). OPEN SPTSMN: 1. Bubba Spann (Hon). SPEEDWAY: 1. Ma rty Spellman (Jaw). Red tops 2505 at OC'R By Steve Crosby IRVINE, CA, AUG. 5 The spectators who jammed the grandstands saw a night of action and close racing at Orange County International

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