Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

e W;;;;;;h;'~ii;:vada- SoutheruCailloruia-Arlzona-SouthernNevada-SouthernCaillornia-Arizan ~ 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Danny Casson (Yam); 2. Gary Sailors (Suzl; 3. Mark Steven (Yaml. 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Rob Webb (Honl; 2 . Mike Martin (Suz); 3. Chr is Colquhoun (Yam ). . 250 JR DIV 2: 1. Mark Jablonski (Honl; 2. David Couch (Suz); 3. Eric Colbert (Suzl. OPEN JR : 1. Jeff Bouchillom (Ma il; 2. Mike DiStefano (Yaml ; 3. Doug Kribell (M ai l. SIDE CARS : 1. Bob Schnoor/Scott Pieper (Mail; 2. Bruce Butterfield(TroyWilco x; 3 . Pete Whitney/ Duane McDowell (Yam). VET EX: 1. Randy Rodr iguez (Ma il; 2. Dav id Rogers (Hus); 3. Mark Cook (Ma il. VET INT: 1. Kent Shepard (Suz). VET JR : 1. Robert Rortier (Suzl; 2. Bill Sh iver (Hus l; 3 . Dan Ostrosky (Suzl. 83 INT: 1. Jeff Reynolds (Yam l; 2. Chr is Burgess (Suz); 3. Chr is Lara (Suzl . . 83 JR : 1. Eric W ierman (Kawl; 2. '! ony FlemmIng (Yaml; 3 . Scott Sutton (Suz]. 83 BEG: ·1. Abel Gayton (Yaml ; 2.. Glenn Gordy (Kawl; 3. Bill Comerford (Yaml. 61 JR : 1. Shawn Bates (Yaml . 61 INT: 1. Joe Brown (Suzl . 61 EX: 1. Kayle Johnson (Yaml . 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Greg lipp (yaml; 2. Tom Fry, Jr. (Honl; 3. Ken Hall (Suz]. 125 JR DIV 2 : 1. lee Jenning s (Suzl; 2. W illiams Crawford [Suz); 3. Joe Cyclone (Kawl. 100 JR : 1. Jeff Reynolds (Yaml; 2. Tony Mercier (Yaml . . 250 BEG : 1. Tom Petins (Kawl; 2. Peter Terracc iano (Han); 3. Hector Barba (Honl . OPEN BEG : 1. Scott Welche r (Yaml ; 2. Vic Gamble (Kawl; 3. Ern ie Diaz (Hus ). C\J 00 0') ...... ... ~ ... C\J ~ ~ eo ~ - < Rod Brand and Ronnie Gibson in action at Sunrise Valley . lin' Don na " return ed the favo r a nd ca me do wn hard on la p five. U n fortunatel y she couldn ' t finis h the race. Ni ck y P ounds, just ba ck fro m Ponca City (11th Nationa lly) and sti ll a little 'sha ken , took the Mini honors with Keith Morabi to second a nd Jim m y Moon fo urt h. J eff Mabery was fir st Novice and Steve Saling the Beg in ners ' winner. Victor vill e Suzuki's Mike Bro wn took th e O pe n Interm edi at e wi n as big Mik e wo n both moto s, Ed H o (Ch arlee n 's man ) was second as Mark Ehrenbo rg took third. Results , 250 PRO: 1. Rodney Bra nd (Suz); 2. Richard Sands (Suz); 3. Mike Kell (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Steve Rawson (Hon); 2. Ronnie Gibson (Hon); 3. Dave Barne tt (Hon). LADIES PRO: 1. Kim Doug lass (Su zl; 2. M ercedes Gonzales (Yam); 3. Karen leit inge r (Suz). LAD IES INT: 1. Natal ie Alle n (Yam). LAD IES BEG: 1. Julie Poxy (Suzl. LADIES VET: 1. Bonny Colli ns (Yaml; 2. Patt i Stuebner (Su z]. OPEN INT: 1. M ike Brown (Suz); 2. Ed Ho (Hus); 3. Mark Ehrenborg (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Charles Penny (Suz); 2. Greg Pior kowski (Kawl; 3. Thomas MacFarlane (Yam). . VET EX: 1. Kurt Dietrich (Suz]: 2. Mark Cook (ma'l; 3. Sam Groce (Suzl. VET INT: 1. David W ilson (Suz]: 2. A I Guzman (Suz); 3. James Richardson [Hon], VET NOV : 1. Fred Collins (Yam); 2. David Flemi ng (Yam). VET BEG : 1. Timot hy Joines (Yam). 250 NOV : 1. T.C. Mazze i (Yaml ; 2. Mark Vale nt ino (Kaw ); 3. Richard Garcia (Yaml. 250 BEG: 1. David Wigna ll (Suz); 2. Tim Henry (Hon~ . OPEN NOV : 1. Doug Kribill (M ail; 2. Bart Camgan (Hon); 3. Scot Paul (KTM) . 125 INT: 1. Jake Roach (Suz]: 2. Rob Barn um (Suz]: 3 . Tony Bienert (Yam). 125 NOV : 1. Bill Waltman (Suz); 2. Pat Vernola (Suz); 3. James Bacon (Hus ). 125 BEG: 1. Jerry Webb (Suz); 2. Pete Wester gard (Yam ); 3. Robert Carroll (Suz). MINI INT: 1. Nicky Pounds (Suz); 2. Keith Mora bito (Yam ); 3. Jimmy Moon (Kaw). MINI NOV : 1. Jeff Mabery (Kaw); 2. Jeff Capt (Yaml ; 3. Ty Davis (Yaml. MINI BEG: 1. Steve Sal ing (Yarn ]; 2. David A lford (Suz); 3. Austin Anderson (Yam). Holley blasts Maico-Crossline By Laura Richard VAL ENCIA, CA, AUG . 6 Tonigh t marked the fou rth round o f the Am erican Motocro ss Enterprises annua l Summer Seri es held at Indian Du nes 48 a nd sponsored by Ma ico-Crossline. O th er sponsors of this year's event are Daysta r, Sa m my Tan ner, Vantech, Bill Wa lters, Maier Mfg . and Hi Poi nt Racing. Some of the best racing of th e nigh t was in th e 250cc Pro class. As the ga te dropped for the first Comp prey for mauler's Wolf, Cox By Kit Palmer round, Kal-Gard/Suzuki of Van Nuyssponsored Russ Wageman jumped into the lead with PJ-I /O 'N eal Ka wasa ki-mo u n ted Ken Zahrt in second a~d Dirt Bike /Yam aha-sponsored . Jim Holley in third. It didn 't ' tak e Holley long to pass Zahrt, take over th e second p lace and set his sights on Wageman . Wageman wasn 't about to give up first place without a fight. In the end, Holley was abl e to take the first moto win. Ro und two, aga in it was Wageman ta king the lead with Holley pursu ing and Zahrt in th ird. H olley passed Wageman in o ne of the corners to ta ke the lead and the overall for the nigh t with Zahrt finishi ng in second. In the O pen Pro race, Kolbe/ Su per Seer H o nda-mo unted Steve Ra wso n too k the lead into the first corner with Yamaha Support rider Greg Torgerson hot on his h eels in seco nd. Ra wson was able to hold o ff Torgerso n to take the first moto win. Ro u nd two saw Barn ett Tool and En gineerin g /Honda-mo unted Andy R ich ard takin g the holeshot and the lead wit h Ra wso n in second and third bei ng filled by T o rgerso n . Rawson and Torgerson were a ble to put th e pass o n Ri ch a rd to ta ke the lea d. T o rgerso n aga in put pressure on Rawson . Torge rson was a ble to take the second moto win, and the overall for the n ight, with Ra wso n finishing second a nd th ird go ing to Maico rider Fred Hudgen s. In the 125cc Pro class it was a battle for the overa ll between Wagema n and BG O il H onda-m o u n ted Bo b Kline: Wagem an was able to ta ke the wi n with Klin e finishing seco nd and Simi Cycle sponsored J im Simons taking thi rd . The sidecars were out aga in tonight. The strong-riding Maico team of Bo b Sch in oor and Scott Pieper were able to p ut together the overall win for the n ig h t while second place went to Bru ce Butterfield and Troy Wilcox and third to Yamaha -mounted 'Pete Whitney and Duane McDowell. Results 125 PRO: 1. Russ Wa gema n (Suz]: 2. Bob Kli ne (Hon); 3. J im Si mons (Yarn) . 250 PRO: 1. Jim Holley (Ya rn]: 2. Ken Zahrt (Kaw); 3. A ndy Segale (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Greg Torgerson (Yam); 2. Ste ve Raw son (Han); 3. Fred Hudgens (Ma i). 1251NT : 1. A ndy Ell is(Y am); 2. Bill Delgado (Suz); 3 . Chri s SI. M ar ie (Yam). 2501 NT: 1. Kell y Pugm ire (Han ); 2. Dan Fitzgerald (Yam); 3. Jo n Zahrt (Suz). OPEN INT: 1. Ronn ie lewis(Yam); 2. Shawn lane (Ma i). . 125 J R DIV 1: 1. M erle Hammer (Yam); 2. Kevin Haile (Yam); 3 . Eric Casas (Hon). SUNNYMEAD, CA, AUG. I Joe Wolf (Kaw) stalked, took aim and fire d h is Kawasaki into the number one posi tion in the 125cc Beginner class today. at DeAnza Cycle Park while Kevin Cox (Yam) put it to the I25cc Novices. In the first rno to of the I25cc Beginnerclass, David Carlson (Hon) fought his way around Je ff Bua (Suz) in th e ea rly goi ngs to tak e the lead wh ile Wo lf ran a threaten ing third . For th e next few la p s, the two lead ers battled handlebar-to-handlebar, bu t, near th e end, Carlson took advantage o f a few Bua blow-its to ca pture the wi n. T hird went to Wo lf. In round two, Wolf's quick cl u tchwork enabled him to holeshot ahead of Bua and Carlso n. Whi le Wo lf was ru nning away from the p ack , Ca rl son was busy cras hing. Carl son dropped back to six th, which meant that a ll that Wolf had to do was ho ld back Bua to take th e overal l. H e did . The ~>verall went to Wolf whi le seco nd and third went to Bua and Carlso n. Chad Barn es (Yam) shot into th e lead at the start of the first moto of the I25cc Nov ice class o nly inches a head of Rinco n Ka wasaki's La nce Gorto n . Ba rn es and Rincon ba tt led throug ho ut the moto a nd th e win went to Barnes. Cox sett led for third . 'In the seco nd moto Cox roc kete d into the lea d fo llowed by Gorton. Co x stretche d h is lead wi th every lap. On the fin al lap Cox fo und himself ups ide-dow n in a tree. Co x quickl y p ulled his Yama ha out of the branches, resta rted a nd won the moto, a nd . overall, on ly seconds ahead of Gorto n . Results PEE WEE: 1. Dale Sma rt (Yam); 2. J osh Barker (tta): 3. Vi nc ent Gonza les (Yaml. . PEE W EE: 1. M ike Metzger (Yaml; 2. J udd Scan lan (Yam); 3. Daniel W r igh t (Yaml. M INI BEG: 1. Danny Canada (Yam); 2. Frank Sm it h (Yam); 3. David Sharp (Han I. M INI NOV: 1. Gary Bened ict (Ya rn]; 2. M ike Ma gall axier (Yaml ; 3. M ike M ic hett i (Su z]. MI NIINT: 1. Tom Combs (Kaw ); 2. Mike Fitzgerald (Hon) . 125 BEG: 1. Joe Wo lf (Kawl; 2. Je ff Bua (Suz); 3. David Carlson [Hon). 125 NOV : 1. K. Cox (Yam); 2. lance Gort on (Kaw l; 3. Chad Barnes (Yaml . 125 INT: 1. Dann y Cant ley (Kawl; 2. J im Pearso n (Suz]: 3. Tom Wes t (Suz). 250 BEG: 1. Steve Nelson (Suz); 2. Peter Bruc hes (Yaml; 3. Earl Frem in (Yam). 25 0 NOV : 1. Jo hn Dim m itt (Suzl ; 2. Dave Gomez [Suz); 3. Je rry M ull in s (Su z), 250 INT: 1. Duane Ma pes (Suz]: 2. Kit Palm er (Han); 3. Colin Ryan (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Rick Roark (Hon); 2. Eddie M ichett i (Suz); 3. Dave Pett igrew (Suz). . OPEN BEG: 1. Tony Mag in (Yaml; 2. H. Clin e; 3. Pau l Fore man (Yaml . .' OPEN NOV : 1. Rick Pr ice (Ya rn): 2. l ance Travis (Suzl . OPEN PRO: 1. Ronn ie Gibson (Hon); 2. Bob Wa lsh (Hon l. VET JR : 1. Bill Harris (KTM I; 2. Ken Warren (Hon); 3. Nick Beltran (Honl . VET INT: 1. W ill iam Kline (Suz); 2. J . Richardson (Han) . Dymond runs away with Sunrise MXwin By Burt Va lenzuela ADELANTO, GA, J ULY II . Micky Dymond found his way to Sunrise Valley today, but what started out to be an interesting race with Andy Jefferson never quite ca me off . Needl ess to say. it wa s a di sappointed cro wd th a t watch ed Mick y ta ke two firsts wi th out any rea l p ress ure. And y over took Mick y, who had grabbed th e hol eshot on lap one, a nd th e boys 'p u t on a hellu va show as An dy used everythi ng he had to hold o ff the charging Mic ky. T his, unfo rtunately, onl y lasted two la p s. Th e crowd was stunned as Andy started slowing to a cra w l, then pulled off the track. For all intents, the rac e ended there. Rodn ey Brand did a helluva job ch asing Dymo nd 's Open Maico on hi s 12Scc Suzuki, but he just didn't have enough power un?er him. Both bo ys put on outstanding performances as they outdistanced th e rest of th e field by a large margin . Andy tried to fix his Open Suzuki between motos, but all the work and p rayi ng accomplished nough t, as he dropped ou t on lap three again to let Mi ck a nd "Hot-Ro d" do th eir th i ng with th e sa me resu lts. Ro nn ie Gibson fin ish ed third a hea d of Dave Pettigrew a nd R ick Grant. A good group of minis were on ha nd a nd they also p u t o n a good sh o w as In t e r m e d i at e Ni ck y Pounds (Suz ) ra n away from Tony Fren ch (Kaw) and the rest of the field to win bo th motos. J eff Ca pt took two firsts to edge out Ty Da vis and Ma rk Ol iver in the Novice class. Eric Ca rdwell took two firsts also, as h e led the Beg in ner-class around the course. H e was fo llowed closel y by Austin Anderson, T ravis J efferson, J essie Lent and Ron T ho mas. A who le bunch o f other lads were in th e chase as well , pl us a pretty little lad y (Denice Thomas ). T hey a ll ac quitted th em selves ra ther well, putting on a good show for the fa ns. . J im O ' Neal bea t a good h eld of Vet s with two firsts . It took so me rea l rid ing to p u ll th is off aga i':lst .the likes of Sam Groce, Ku rt Diet rich , Denn is Rosen berg , J eff Matthews a nd R icha rd Seiman (in that or der) . T his " elder " g rou p p ut o n a g reat show as th ey proved tha t age doesn' t al ways slow o ne down. At the sa me ti me, Open -r id er Mike Brown (Suz ) won the first m o to overall and fin ish ed second to O'Nea l in rn oto two to pick up th e win in his Intermedia te class, bea ting Tom Dittman and Mark Ehrenborg. _ T he " Flyi ng Frau lein" return ed today in a grand fas hion . Ka ren Lei ti nger edged o ut Cha rleen H o and Int erm edia te Nata lie Allen in th e wo me n 's class. All th ree girls beat so me of the bo ys in the process. Results PRO: 1. M icky Dymond (M ai); 2. Rodn ey Brand (Su z); 3. Ronnie Gibson (Han): VET EX: 1. J im O'Neal; 2. Sam Groce; 3 . Kurt D ~~~ . • VET NOV : 1. Danny Drew; 2. Gene Dem psey; 3. Dave Hen ry . OPEN INT: 1. M ike Brown; 2. Tom Dittma n; 3. Mark Ehrenbo rg . OPEN NOV : 1. Rod low e. OPEN BEG: 1. Ralph Morano. 250 BEG : 1. Pete Ter racc iano ; 2. Bru ce Thir lkar; 3. Fabian Terr acciano.

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