Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

.. .. . " h'. r n N.vada. So';th.~n C~lIfornla.Arlzona.Southe n N.v ,;d•. South'-rn Callfornla.Arlzona-Soll.....rn Nevada.Southern Call ~ Raceway. With the increased payout for the Pro classes, the turnout of good Pro riders ~as gone up. C~ris Heinrich too k his Kawasaki to firs t place for th e second week in a row in the 125cc class. Bria n Fry, back on a H onda and now racing for the Tamm Team , took home the Open P ro cash wit h Suzuki rider Pete Ri ckertson second . In th e 250cc Pro class, Todd Pe terson was fin all y beaten. It too k fac tory Suzuki rider Warren Reid to do it in a very tigh t seco nd moto. In th e firs t m oto, Reid took the holesho t ove r Rob Trone and Jim Brodie. Peterson , who had a poor start, worked his wa y up to fifth by the end of the first la p . By the third lap he was in second, bu t a long wa ys behind with little hope of catch ing Reid . Pro-Circuit r ider Mike Tri p es followed Pe terson ' s cli mb from the back an d finished thi rd . In th e second rnoto, Pe ters o n wrestled th e lead on the firs t la p with Reid close behind. Danny Bartholomew was third with Tripes fourth. Reid q u ickly put the pressure on Peterson and tried several tricks to get by. Finally, in the newer section of the track, just before the Pro whoopde -doo section, Reid used two turns to gai n p osition and a third to finally pass Peterson. Reid took t~e ove~all with Peterson second and T ripes th ud. In 250cc Intermediate Ia n Fi tzGi b bo n worked his way up from fourth in th e first moto to ta ke second, cou p led with a wire-to-wire win in the second moto for the overall. J eff Sco tt us ed his Suzuki for a 3-2 fin ish for second . Third went to the fir st moto winner, Rick Rasm usson, who had a six th in the second moto . In 250cc Novice action, traffic was the key word. With 17 riders jammed irito OCIR's tricky.first tu rn, a good start was important. Co nsistency p ro ved to be the key, however, as Sco tt Lohr rode his ITT Suzuki to a 3-2 for first overall. Ra ndy Pau lin had a 2-3 on his Yamaha for second. The first moto winner, Larry Wood" house, DN F the second go around. The second moto winner, Mark H a m belto n , was third overall with a 6-1. Results 60 BEG: 1. Chad Ponegalek (Suz). 60 NOV: 1. Bobby David (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Ma tt Fost er (Yam). 60 EX: 1. Bubba Erickson (Yaml . M INI BEG DIV I: 1. Steve Wam boldt (Yam); 2. Steve J arr ett (Yam); 3. Rusty Somers (Kaw). MI NI BEG DIV II: 1. Paul Molina (Yam); 2. Dugan Sanders (Yam); 3. Murray Shackelford (Kawl. MIN I BEG DIV III: 1. Chris McCoy(Yam); 2. Donny Mc Glaug hl in (Yam); 3. Ken Wolack (Yam). M INI NOV: 1. Gary Benedict (Yam); 2. Bunky Mor. . ton (Suz); 3 . Jerry Cotter (Kaw) . M INI INT: 1. Mike Magallanes (Yam); 2. Cra,g Canoy (Suz); 3. John Fitterer (Kaw) . M INI EX: 1. Tim Rutherford (Kaw) . 100 BEG: 1. Kurt Niebryegge (Suz). 100 NOV: 1. Tom Jarrell (Suz); 2. Mike Brow n (Suz). 125 BEG DIV I: 1. Anthony Lenarth (Hon); 2. Kevin Rewland (Yam); 3. Jeff Sever e (Suz). 125 BEG DIV II: 1. Dirk Price (Suz); 2. Scott McG regor ISuz); 3. Richard Lizarra ga (Suz). 125 NOV DIV 1: 1. Steve Potter (Kaw); 2 . Jeff Eary (Suz); 3. J im M at iasevich (Hon). . . 125 NOV DIV II: 1. Kevin Valent' (Hon); 2. .Jirn Hewitt (Suz]: 3. Jim Matiasevich (Hon). 125 INT: 1. Paul Colston (Kaw); 2. Greg Arm sJrong IKaw); 3. Jim Carstairs (Kaw). 125 PRO: 1. Chris Heinrich (Kaw); 2. Bryan Jordan (Suz); 3. Darry ll Werner (Hon) . 250 BEG DIV I: 1. Marty Stephenson (H~n); 2. Chr is Pillow (Suz); 3. Glenn Daun ch (Hon). 250 BEG DIV II: 1. Don Calhoun (Yarn): 2. Dean Russe ll (Yam); 3. Ben Stevenson (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Scott Lohr (Suzl; 2. Randy Paulin (Yaml; 3. Ma rk Hambelton (Suz). 250 INT: 1. Ian Fitz-Gibbon (Suz); 2. Jeff Scott (Suz); 3. Rick Rasmussen (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. W arren Reid (Suz); 2. Todd Peterson (Yam); 3. M ike Tri pes (Husl . . OPEN BEG: 1. Brian King (Suzl; 2 . Tim Kilgore (Yam); 3. Cory Bonham (Hon) . OPEN NOV: 1. Dave Blosser (Yam); 2. A nt hony Torrez (Suz); 3. M ike McMillen IHus). VET: 1. Bert Wehr (Mai); 2. Dan Cleve land (Yaml; 3. Tom O'Donnell (Yaml. . OPEN INT: 1. Larry Wells (Su z); 2. J eff Conhn (Husl; 3. Dan Berg (Suzl. OPEN PRO: 1. Br ian Fry (Hon); 2. Pete Rickertson (Suz); 3. John Anderson (Suz). ~ .~ ;t' ... I OTs Olson, Frampton gas to firsts at Dunes By Bob Alloy VALENCIA, CA, AUG. I Since the Old Timers raced a t Indian Dunes last month, there have been a few changes on th e track, but one thing 's for su re - there's still p lenty of sand. There were 32 Old Timers o n the line a nd some in our new "sparkling" whi te jerseys. Master Black ie Lewis took the holeshot in both motos but" Mavin' Marv" Olson kept ta kin g away his leads. That resulted in two firsts for Olson and two seconds for Blackie. For junior Masters, Dick Frampton, our leader, was ready to turn that power on, and he did that. He won both motos with a first despite a midpack start in the second. Buzz Moeller found a good line through all that sand and gassed his Husky into second in mota one. Dan Sanchez held the lead for four laps in mota two and ended up with second. Expert Bob De Miranda must have added some powerful hot sauce to his gasoline because he was really hot when he took the checkered flag in first place in mota one and then again in mota two. Buzz Moeller started out in second place and that's just where he ended up in mota one. Taking second in mota two was none other than Asher Larnkjaer. Gabe Gutierrez has been winni ng most of the Amateur events and too k another first this time. In fact, h e wrapped up two firsts . Gutierrez was so good he was moved up to Expert at trophy presentation. Watch out. Da le Calhoon came across with some fast and aggressi ve ridi ng and took second in mota one. Da n Casson powered into the third spot. The second mota went like th is, B~b Klatt took a beautiful second by blasting away on his Maico 490 and Dan Casson took third. Novice Bob Perkins had a terrific first mota as he zoomed into the lead and six laps later was still out there in front for that first place win. .Bob Wells slipped his Yamaha into secon d and Dick Doyle followed Bob in with third. Bob Wells gassed it up a little more in the second mota and was the first to cross the checkered flag. Dick Doyle ·took second place, and Bob Perkins finished the mota in third. Results OT MASTER : 1. Marvin Olson (Mai); 2. Blackie Lewis (Yam). OT JR MASTER : 1. Dick Frampton (Mai); 2. Dan Sanchez (Suz). or EX: 1. Bob De Miranda (Mai); 2. Asker Larnkjaer (Suz). OT A M : 1. Gabe Gutierrez (Hus); 2. Bob Klatt (Mai) ; 3. Dan Casson (Yarn]. OT NOV; 1. Bob We ll s (Yam); 2. Bob Perkin s (Yam); 3. Dick Doyle (Mai). Myerscough, Turner, MacCracken top 82 Pro CMC day By Tom Corley ORANGE, CA, AUG. I The largest classes in most any event are usually. the amateu r races. However, today at Saddleback the Con tinental Mo tosports Clu b h ad t~e best of. t~e Pro crow d joi n them WIth 82 parucipan ts. Brian Myerscough do wned 27 othe rs ' to ta ke the profitable 125cc Pro class . P~blo lara leads Jamie Welty in Dunes (very) Mini action. wi n . Ron Turner defeated 30 other 250cc Pros for a good paycheck. and Eric MacCracken topped the 23 man 500cc Pro class for his fair share of the cash. Myerscough's Honda sta yed ahead of the 125cc Pro pack during first mota action with O range County Cycle's Doug Du bach ru nning second and Ro n Turner, not getting the best o f starts, in third. Du bac h had one of h is strongest per formances ever and shou ld be landing some wins here soon. Fina l mota ac tio n saw Myerscough lead again with Dubach in second 'a nd R ick Maki tak ing third. Maki is apparently racing a Suzuki again. Roost Factory rid er Rob Brown trailed Maki in fou rth. O verall it was Myerscough . Dubach an d Maki. All of the Mi n i races were combi n ed , a nd in the firs t moto, Thayne lito took the ho leshot on his Kawasaki as the top Int ermediate. Thayne's great start put him a he ad, but his chai n snap ped a nd h e took last. John Gersjes led the Intermed ia tes over G lenn Tucker. Roost Factory's Tim R u th erford wa s the on ly Expen rider a nd he was leading all till he lost a chain. In the final moto, lito gotit together with no chain problems.· Rutherford was in the lead till he wen t down, and lito led all of the Minis at that point. Gersjes was in second while Pat Beck ley was the third fastest In termediate till Glenn Tucker passed him o n the finish corner. As soon as Tucker passed Beckley, his bike started to bog and his throttle was stuck. Overall for the Mini Intermediates it wa s Gersjes with a 1-2 tally, lito taking second due to a poor first moto and Beckley taking third. . ..It was a disappointing day for Pa t Delligaua who was on h is way towards winning the 250cc Intermediate class. Pa t had a clean first moto win ahead o f jeff Almond and Sco tt ' Sla yton, Delliga u a was out to ta ke th e win in the final mota when his Honda 's swingarm broke and put him out of the race . Tim Crowder a nd Scott Slayton went on to wi n th e fina l round. Slayton's 3-2 tally ea rn ed him first place over Crowder a nd joe Melton. Results M INI J R: 1. Matt Ramley (Yam): 2. J ason J ones (A mx); 3. Scott Foster (Suzl. M INI INT: 1. J oh n Gersjes (Kaw); 2. Thayne zag (Kaw); 3 . Pat Beckley (Yam). M INI EX: 1. Tim Ruthe rford (Kaw). 125 JR : 1. Oren Beck (Yam ); 2. Kenny Clifton (Suz); 3. Jim Bacon (Husl. 125 INT: 1. Tim Foster (Suz); 2. Steve Cardillo (Yam); 3. Ryan Roberts (Hon). 125 PRO: 1. Brian Myerscough (Hon); 2. Doug Dubach (Yam); 3. Rick Maki (Suz). . 250 JR : 1. Ruben Alvarado (Suz); 2. Jim Dor.u (Suz); 3. Dino Provenghi (Hon). 250 !NT: 1_ Scott Slayton (Yam); 2. Tim Crowder (Yam t 3. Joe Melton (STR). 250 PRO: 1_ Ron Turner (Hon); 2. Mike Tr ipes (Hust 3. Ji Brodie (Hon). . 500 JR : 1. John Gannon (M ai); 2. Dale Sm ith IKawt: 3. Brian Nickel (Mai. 500 INT: 1. Mark Ada mson (M ai); 2. Marino BastionelI (SuzI; 3. Mike Brown (Suz). 5OOPRO : 1. Greg Zinerkopf (Yam); 2. ClarlcJones (Hont 3 . Ed Amet (Hon). VET JR: 1. Nick St Laurent (C-A); 2. Charles Burnett (Hont 3. Bill Olse n (Hon). VET INT: 1. H.S. Barnard (Suz). VET MASTER : 1. Ray Pisarski (Hon); 2. Marino BastionelJ (S uzI; 3. J im Beltinck (M ai). Wi"otf wipes up at Dunes Mini MX By Tom Corley v ALE . CIA. CA , J U L Y 30 With tonight's Mi ni track race at the Dunes there was a drastic increase of riders. Everyone is hearing abo u t th e Maico/ Crossline Sum mer Series and they want to get involved. The greatest increase of riders was in the Pee Wee Beginner class. There were nine of these future stars in the race with RD Racing Products sponsored jeff Willou taking th e to p honors. Willott had h is Ylin ger cranked up to the li mits and stayed. ahead ?f the rest in the first mota with DaVId Ochoa taking second 0!1 th e o~~y Italjet. Pablo Lara took h ISSUZUkI 10 third ahead of Lanny T u rner. With the start of the second moto, Lara had p ro blems 'a s his Suzuki had locked up the rear wheeJ. Willo tt had a great lead once again and wasn 't worried about being passed, but by the end of the race, Patrick Wad~ w~s' gaining momentum and came WI thin two bikelen gths of Willott. On th e trop hy li st it was Willott, Ochoa a n d Turner. A two-man race was seen in th e 60cc Stock 9-1 I classes. Matt Truchinski was the top Beginner and he foIJowed jim m y Chamberlin, the only Junior. around the w hol~ ti me. In the final rnoto , these two started lapp ing riders. j oey j o lley of t~e Be~n ner cIass got too sideways while gomg by th e finish line arid fell do wn, but was alright. Chamberlin took the Junior trophy while Truchinski and Patrick Rifley were the two tro p hy wi n ners in th e Beginner race. The fas test classes were seen in the 8OccModified I2-an d-over even t. Troy Welty took 'h is Suzuki to the Intermediate win while Rob Sassen and Jammin' Jody Tapia were th e Junior and Beginner wi n ners. . Probably the best race was seen 10 the final moto of the 80cc Stock 12and-over event. Traveling Matt Harrison of the Junior class had the hol.eshot with Intermediate Troy Welty 10 • • 41

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