Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern Califo r n ia-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southe rn Califoritla-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Ariz. Western hotline Ron Wood's immaculate P-11 Norton at the Brit Bike ride. OVER 30 PRO: 1. M ike Goodwin (Yam); 2. Bruce Joseph (Yam). OVER 38 PRO: 1. Lynn McGraw (Hus); 2. David M iller (Hus); 3. Bob Ma ynard (Hus). Tarantino takes Canyon sweepstakes By Pam Hardin (Top) Jim Tara nt ino m ade his trip to Arizon a worthw hil e. PHOENIX, AZ, J U L Y 31 Miller rolls - t Pro a In the Expert sweepstakes at Canyon Ra ceway, a freak acci- . dent left four riders to pack up during the first race, leaving Pair-a-dice GP By Ivan Summers ROSARITO BCH, B.C., MEX ., JU LY II Kent Miller showed the P rofessional Racin g Organ ization riders h ow it's done at this back country Baja layout, riding a very in tel'l igent race on his 250 Husky to earn the checkers at this seaside Mexican resort . Miller must have sa ved the best for the las t of the fou r 25-mile loops, going from third to win by a minute and a h alf. Miller sat by hi mself for a minute until everyone real ized what he ha d don e - he had st u nned the crowd with a dazzling ride! O p ting for a live engine start, the Pros went roaring around th e first sweepe r and with Larry Roeseler (250 Ya m ) in firs t position. First loop's end saw Bill H olmes (500 Hus), wh o had won one h ere in May , blasting down pit row with th e lead with Ken t Pfeiffer righ t on h im, and Roeseler in third. Miller wa s fourt h . Bi ll Mattox had h is 125 Yamaha screa ming and wa s in fifth. T hi rd loop woes saw Mattox 's spokes some how u nra vel, forcing his pace to slow. At th e end of loop three, Roeseler was begin n in g to reel in H olmes and the big Husky. Holmes left h is gas p it only to return after 100 yards or so . H aste had made for n o gas ca p - gas covere d his lower body ! H o lmes suffered a co u ple of get offs on th e th ird loop a nd d iscovered as well tha t the top of th e exhaust p ipe wa s melting the plastic gas tank. He arrived at the finish wi th one of h is socks stuffed between p ipe and tan k. Roeseler, taking h is slim lead into the last loo p . was for ced to a halt on the backside when a tra n n y bearing went away. "I th ough t I had it going prett y well and it just qu it." "That's what I get for running with a thrashed machine," Roeseler said. Meanwhile Miller was simply flying. "I knew I had it going really well on that last loop ," said the happy Miller. Things ended for the Pros with Miller winning followed by Holmes and then a fast closing Kent Pfeiffer. Scotty Atchinson had a fine effort in topping the 125cc field as did Mike Goodwin in taking first in Class 30. The duel of the day , however , was between Class 38 riders Da vid Miller (Ken t's dad) and Lynn McGraw. They alternated leads coming out of the pits and must have had some ext re mely close racing while running in sixth and seventh overall. There was considerable interest in this contest, So much so that the race officials, a n ticipating a high speed wheel to wheel run at the checkers, dropped the banner at the turn after the finish to allow for a straightaway to get things under control, Su ch was not to be. It was the red-clad McGraw who came alone over the rise and down to the finish. H e n eeded h elp to dismoun t and was contorted wit h pain. " I hit a rock with the from wheel," McGraw said, ad ding, " I'm pretty sure I broke my collarbone." H is diagnosis proved correct. Miller arrived a few minutes later. " I was trying to catch Lynn an d the chain came off." Results OPEN NOV: 1. Robert Johnson (Hon ); 2. Dean Stockwell (C-A). 250 NOV: 1. Jim Me ng (Yam); 2. Jamey Ornelas (Kaw ); 3. Fern ando Valen zuela Berragan (Yam). 125 NOV; 1. Loran Quilno Villalobis (Yam); 2. Mark Scott (Yam); 3 . Bobby Volis (Suz). OVER 30 NOV: 1. Don Walters (Yam); 2. Don Anderson (Suz); 3. Harry Klaus (Hus). OVER 38 NOV: 1. Jim Vin Curek (Suz). OPEN J R PRO: 1. Andre But cher (Yam); 2. Leonard Wallenda (Yam): 3. Dave Kalfas (Hus). 250 J R PRO: 1. Scott Stearns (Hon); 2. Doug Ballard (Yam); 3 . Mike Bi erman (Kaw). 125 JR PRO: 1. Wayne Kosky (Yam). OVER 30 JR PRO: 1. John Peterson (Kaw). OVER 3B JR PRO: 1. Ray Bierman (Kaw); 2. AI Lyons (Yam); 3 . Harold Soens (Suz]. OPEN PRO: 1. Bill Holmes . 250 PRO: 1. Kent M iller (Hus); 2. Kent Pfeiffer (Yam); 3. John Sarra il (Suz). 125 PRO: 1. Scott Atchinson (Suz]: 2. Bill Mattox (Yam); 3. Kurt Pfeiffer (Yam). Jim T ara ntino and Bill " T h e Bullet " Dalton to ta ke the money home. In the first moto, 15Experts jammed do wn th e straigh t led by Scott Stalla rd and followed closely by Todd Kessel an d Chappy Blose. Blose quickl y took over seco nd wh ile new Expert Dalton took over th ird . Blose passed Stallard o n th e ber m before "Death Pit. " He was h a ving from brake problems, and as he started over the jump his fro m wh eel locked u p and threw his bike sidew ay s. Blose sa id , " T h e flagman just watched as I tried to pick my bike up." T h e trouble started whe n th e flagma n was doing his job. " T h ere was n o tro uble unti l the yell ow flag ca me o u t, the n the riders slowed down a nd co u ld n't jump Blose's down ed bik e," Todd Kessel said. Dalton took over the lead with Stallard in second. T arantino quickly passed Stallard and it was inevitable that he wo u ld ta ke over first from Dalton. . . Taran tino spared no time in grabbing th e holeshot in moto two. Kessel, Mik e Brown and Dalton followed. Kessel got sn u ffed o n the first lap and Bro wn q u ickl y took over second. The two LOP tea m mates cra n ked it ahead until Brown couldn 't keep up th e pa ce and was passed by eigh t riders as h e pi cked up hi s bike in a berm. That sli p- u p left Dlaton a comfortable second wi th Joe Lohnes in th ird. T h e first three positio ns spread out wh ile Kessel nailed th e throttle to ca tch fo urth p lace rider John Partin. T a ran tino increased h is lead to a n outsta nding 15 seconds whil e h e played his way through th e track , roosting spectators and Cycle News reporters alike. Results Y-ZlNGERS: 1. Kevin Kinman (Yam); 2. Steven Bitsill y (Yam); 3. Brian Cook (Yam). PEE WEE NOV: 1. Damon Watki ns (Yam); 2. Chip Young (Yam); 3. Kevin McGowan (Yam). BO BEG: 1. John Cooper (Hon); 2. Kevin Cook (Yam); 3. Chip Young (Yam). 80 STK NOV: 1. Nick Piet ras ik (Kaw ); 2. M ike Mariani (Kaw); 3. Deana Cowan (Yam). 80 MOO NOV: 1. David Pedersen (Yam); 2. Scott Aardema (Han); 3. Rodger Krabrete (Suz). 80 STK AM : 1. Billy Carlson (Yam); 2. Jam ie Sims (Hon); 3. Scott Bawden (Kaw). 80 MOO AM : 1. Tom Hunt (Kaw); 2. Jam ie Sims (Hon); 3. Robert Naughton (Hon). 125 BEG: 1. Randy Killma n (Suz); 2. George Cook (Hon); 3. Mark Adams (Suz). 125 STK NOV: 1. Bill Scott (Yam); 2. David McEl wa in (Hon); 3. Paul Kellogg (Hon). 125 MOO NOV: 1. David McElwain (Hon); 2. Scott Dehass (Suz); 3. Robert Dees (Suz). 125 STK AM: 1. Pat Wing (Yam); 2. M ike McGregor (Hon); 3. Mark Lucas (Suz). 125 MOO AM : 1. Dave Fouquette (Suz); 2. Mark Lucas (Suz); 3. Scott Duva ll (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Danny Cantu (Suz); 2. TIm Stenburg (Suz); 3. Ken Hathaway (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. Harry Espey Jr. (Hon); 2. Bryan Park (Suz); 3. Jeff Adams (Hon). 250 AM : 1. Brian Tyler (Suz); 2. Char les Tate (Hon); 3. Mike Hoffman (Suz). OPEN AM : 1. Glenn Dawson (Hon); 2. Bill Wh ite (Suz); 3. Dennis Parks (Hon). OT AM : 1. RickTabor (Yam); 2. Greg Smith (Yam); 3. Floyd Shalley (Hon). EX SWEEPSTAKES: 1. Jim Tar anti no (Hon); 2. Bill Dalton (Hon); 3. Todd Kessel (Hon): Brit bike ride a success By Paul Garson COSTA MESA, CA, AUG. I Each of the " surviving" 300odd diehard Bri tish bike enthusiasts who completed the 150 miles plus Seco nd Annual Summer British Bike R u n sponsored by J.R.C. Engineer ing received an " Award of Recognit ion" certifica te su ita ble for framing. It was decorated with Union Jacks an d the inscription: "For Outstandin g ach ievemen ts in following directions, managing not to get lost? , pushing, pumping, maintaining equipment under less than ideal conditions and generally make it back! " At about 9:30 a growling, burbling, sometimes just purring mass of British iron in the form of meticulously maintained Triu mph s, Nortons , Matchlesses, Ariels, Vincen ts, BSAs and Velocettes (wit h a few Harleys, BMWs and a Kawasaki or two ) took off in large packs, small fam ily groups a nd solo blitzs. The ri de promised to be " a ride through some scen ic a nd little known back roads" with a backup tru ck supplied by JRC. It was a sum mer ride , but really o ne for all seaso ns and reasons. Fro m freewa y pa vem en ts to canyon twisties to sun -dap p led country la nes, first fo ll owing the coast from Corona Del Mar past San Clem ente and th e first set of obstacles - hea vy four wheeler traffic. Then th e roads turned scenica lly tree-lined and "co untry" as the route wound .up .th ro ugh . Ba nsa l 27.

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