Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern Callfornia-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornia-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern Western hotline (Above) Richie Collins styles in OCIR's 250cc Pro class. Collins pulled off a third for the night. (Below) Brian Logan took DeAnza's 125 Beginner class. (Above right) Thayne Zito leads Ascot's Mini Intermediates. In Mini Intermediate, Jeff Ma ti- asevich took the early lead in the first rnoro over Thayne lito and Mike Magallanes. Magallanes soon moved into second. O n the last lap Matiasevich crashed, surrendering the lead to Magallanes. In th e second moto, lito took the holeshot, but was passed by Matiasevich. Steve Tucker worked his way ' up quickly and diced it out with lito, finally taking second on the last lap in traffic. O verall it was lito's 2-3 for the win. Ma tiasev ich's 6-1 was seco nd and Rick Harris, who rode to a 4-5, was third. Mini Novice belonged to Bun ky Morton who took h is WF O bac ked Suzuki to a 1-1. Ga ry Benedict ra llied a 4-2 for second p lace honors and Jeff David was third wi th a 3-4. There were three divisions of Mini Beginners this week. In the 12 and under class Steve Wamboldt used a consistent 2-2 for the win. Sloan Cooper's 3-3 was second. Steve Jarrett was third with a 4-4. Neither of the moto winners, Craig Miller or Bobby Anderson , did well enough 10 trophy. In the teenage division of the 80cc Beginner group it was Chris McCoy in th e first division followed by Paul Molin and David Slack. In th e other division it was Bria n Werle with a 1-1. T hen came ·Steve Delwart's 2-2 and Colin Karcher's . Yamaha with a 4-3. Results second and junior rider Rob Sassen in third. Harrison and Welt y crowded one another out on the sweeper before the finish and this allowed Rob Sassen to swoop by both of them. Welty took the Intermedia te overall with Sassen ~ing the overall winner in .th e Juruors. Results 42 PEE WEE BEG: 1. J eff Willon (Yam) ; 2. David Oc hoa (It a); 3. lanny Turner (Yam). PEE W EE J R: 1. Damon Huffman (Yam); 2. John Cham berlin (Yam). .. PEE WEE MOD: 1. Dav id Oc hoa (Yaml. 60 STK BEG 9- 1 1: 1. Ma n Tr uc h ins ki (Yam); 2. Pat r ick Rif ley (Yam); 3. Dan Cha mbe rs (Suz). 60 STK J R 9- 11 : 1. J im my Cha mbe r lin (Yam) . 80 STK BEG 12+: 1. Abba Zaba Abbon (Kawl; 2. Ma rk Ada ir (Suz); 3. Ron O'By rne (Suz). . 80STK BEG 12+: 1. JodyTapia (Kaw ); 2. M aur ice Elias (Su zl; 3. M ike Bottoni (Han). 80 STK JR12+: 1. Rob Sassen (Han); 2. Ma tt Harriso n (Yam); 3. John Sawitskas (Kaw). 80 STK INT 12+: 1. Troy Welty (S uz). 80 MED BEG 12+: 1. Jody Tapi a; 2. Greg Kon · dra to (Han) . 80 MOD J R 12+: 1. Rob Sasse n (Honl. 80 MOD tNT 12 +: 1. Troy Welty (S uzl. Zito zaps OCIR Minis By Steve Crosby IRVINE, CA, JULY 29 It was another night of crowded p i ts an d tight racing at the R .A.C. E.-san ct ion ed O range Co unty International Raceway Motocross. In the battle of the Pro s, Todd Peterson exchanged the lead with Micky Dymon d several times in the second rno to to win overall. Dymond finished the night with a 2-2 and R ich Co llins used a 5-3 for third. Chris H einrich wheeled his So Cal Ka wasak i sponsored ri de to the 125cc vict ory. And Scott Cavness exchanged moto wi ns with Dym ond to ta ke th e O pen Pro class. 60 BEG; 1. Chris Lon g (Yam) . 60 NOV : 1. Bobby Dav id (Yam ); 2. J oel Tosar sky (Yam). 601NT: 1. Matt Foster (Yam) . . 60 EX: 1. Sha ne Hunt (Yam l. MI NI BEG DIV I: 1. Ch r is McCoy (Yam) ; 2. Paul Molina (Yam); 3 . Dave Slack (Kaw). MINI BEG DIV II: 1. Br ia n W er le (Yarn): 2. Ste ve DeZwart (Yam); 3. Coli n Karc he r (Yam) . MIN I BEG DIV III: 1. St eve Wamboldt (Yam); .2 . . Sloan Cooper (Kaw); 3. St eve Jarrett (Yam). MINI NO V: 1. Bunky Mort on (Suz); 2. Gary Bene· dict (Yarn]: 3. J eff David (Yam) . MINI INT: 1. Thayne Zit o (Kaw); 2. Jeff Matiase · vich (Kaw ); 3. Rick Harris (Yam). MINI EX: 1. Tim Rutherford (Kaw). MINI PRO: 1. Dave M i ll er (Yam) ; 2. Sh awn McConnell (Han) ; 3. Ke nt Ell iott (Yam). 100 BEG: 1. Kurt Niebruegle (Suz ], 125 BEG DIV I: 1. J im Fry (Yam l; 2. Charl ie Hobbs . (Yam); 3. M ike Webber (Kaw) . 125 BEG DIV II: 1. Roy Watkins (Kaw); 2. Perrin Perez (Suz); 3. Jeff .Severe [Su z], 125 BEG DIV III: 1. J i m Hewitt (Suz); 2. A nt hony Lenarth (Han) ; 3. A lex Posce (Yam ). 12 5 NOV DIV I: 1. Jim M ati asevich (Han); 2. J ohn Dellaripa (Suz); 3. Steve Potte r (Kaw). . 125 NOV DIV II: 1. Kevi n Vale nt i (Hon); 2. Er ic Clemson (Yam); 3. Greg A rmstrong (Kaw) . 12 5 INT: 1. Ryan Roberts (Han); 2. Rich ie Hovi s (Yam ); 3. Bill Clemson (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Ct' ri s Hei nri ch (Kaw); 2. M ike Ke ll (Suz); 3 . Bryan Jordan (Suz). 25 0 BEG DIV I: 1. Marty Step henson (Hon ); 2. Way ne Ogde n (Yam); 3. ~a ry Ack royd (Hon) . 250 BEG DIV II: 1. Mark Coste llo (Kawl; 2. Core y Gash (Yam ); 3. Kent Lukas (Yam) . 250 NOV : 1. Tom Duddey. Jr. (Yam I; 2. Ray Groom (Hon) ; 3. Shawn Tracy (Hon l. 250 1NT: 1. Ian Fitz-Gibbon (Suz); 2. Gabe Brown (Hon); 3. Car l Reed (Suz], 250 INT DIV II: 1. Paul Fitz ·G ibbon (Suz); 2. Randy Skinner (Suz); 3. Jeff Scott (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Yam ); 2. M icky Dymond (Mai); 3. Rich Collins (Suz ). OPEN BEG: 1. Sam Boden bend er (Han); 2. Brya n King (Su z]: 3. Den nis Bress (Hu sl . OPEN NOV: 1. Crai g Hammon (Suz). VET: 1. Dan Moore (Han); 2. Ga il W ebb (Han); 3. Dwain :.Jarrett (Ma i). OPEN INT : 1. J eff Con li n (Hu s); 2 . Dan Berg (Suz); 3. Bruce Deaco n (Suz) . OPEN PRO: 1. Scan Cavn ess ' (Su z); 2. M icky Dy mo nd (Ma i); 3. M ark Gl eckl (Ma i). Huffer hauls CMC Ascot brass . By Tom Corley G ARDENA, CA, JULY 28 Art h ur Huffer from Paramoun t is having a win n in g stre ak at the Continenta l Moto-sports Club's Ascot motocross that won't sto p! He is now u ndefeated in the CMC motocross program at Ascot. Tonight Arthur shot it out against Jeff " Ch icken " Matiasevich from La Habra and took yet another first place trophy. The Mini Intermedia te class had a case of the " greens" with nearly every competi tor mounted on a Kawasaki . At the en d of it all , the top fo ur riders were on the green machines . Thayn e l ito , who races up to three times a week, took h is Kawas aki to the lead in the first moto and was o u t to break H u ffer's win streak. In second p lace was Matiasevich who was hold ing back Huffer till these two came to the co rner before the TT j ump, and H u ffer made the pass. When asked how Huffer made the pass, Matiasevic h replied, " H e just holds it on and crashes into youl" So Chicken was moved back to third while Huffer went after the leader lito. These two came to a straightaway and Huffer accelera ted quicker and took over the lead from lito. In the final moto Huffer continued to maneuver by th e pack to keep up his winning streak. He had a third p lace start, but passed a rider on a straight and then caught up to Matiasevich and passed him on the corner before the TT jump once again. H u ffer had the lead over Matiasevich and lito. Two firsts earned H u ffer the to p brass over Matiasevich, l ito and Anthony French. . Former 500cc Pro Ken Ra tzloff is now racing as a Vetera n Master. H e h as been racing at Sadd leback for years but to n igh t was h is first race at Asco t. Ra tzloff took the win while Ed O tt won the O ld Timer Master class. Results 60 JR : 1. J oe l Tokarsky (Yam ); 2. Robert Nabe r (Suz). . 80 JR DIV 1: 1. M ike W iese (Kaw); 2. Canon Squ ires (Yam); 3. Jeff Moore (Yam) . . 80 JR DIV 2: 1. M ichael Bass (Suz ); 2. M ichael Victor ian (Hon ); 3. Prax Cruz (A m x).· 80 INT: 1. Arthur Huffer (Kaw); 2. Jeff Matiasevich (Kavy); 3. Thayne Zito (Kaw).

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