Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Duthern Califo r n ia-A rizo na-Southern Nevada-Souther n Ca li RINCON KAWASAKI night in this California Ra cing Club event. Througho ut th e first rnoto, a tri pl e battle for the lead was wa ged by Da n Fitzgera ld and Answe r Prod ucts Yamaha rid ers Mike Watson a nd Thomas MacFarla ne. Rob Petrin a nd Stev e Parry ra n 4-5. With in the to p five it wa s a nyone's race with wh eelclashing, ha ndleba r-banging duels, th e name of the game. Wh en th e moto drew to an end, Fitzgerald led the way , foll o wed by Watson and MacFarlane. When the machines blasted off th e line for their fin al enco u n ter, Pa rr y led th e charge, back in top form afte r a disa ppointing first ro und. Pa rr y h eld the warring p ack at ba y down to the end. Parry had Kelly Pugmire brea thing fire do wn his back in th e runner-u p slot, h olding Fitz gerald ba ck to thi rd. When the ra ce drew to an end Fitzgera ld grabbed the gold with a 1-3 tally, Parry cla imed seco nd overall honors wi th a 5-1 and th ird o verall ho n ors went home with Wat son. Results 100 BEG: 1. Tony Mercier (Yam). 100 INT: 1. J eff Reynolds (Yam). 12 5 BEG DIV 1: 1. Marty Stowell (Suz); 2. Danny Diaz; 3 . Greg U pp (Yam). . 125 BEG DIV 2: 1. Bob Ledesma (Yam); 2. Keit h Smart (Hon): 3. Bambi no Tapia (Kaw ). 125 NOV: 1. Gary Sail ors (Su z); 2. Guy A rn one (Hon); 3. Kevin Haile (Yam). 125 INT: 1. J im Turner (Yam); 2. Bruce Delgado (Suz); 3. Danny Kudrave (Suz). 250 BEG DIV 1: 1. Will W agner (Kaw ); 2. David Madrigal (Su z); 3 . Kenny Grobe (Hon). 250 BEG DIV 2: 1. Ern ie Barba (Suz); 2. Den ny Pur cels (PJ 1); 3. Dean Lang (Yam). 250 NOV: 1. M ike Krucki (Yam); 2. Tom Smit h (Hon); 3. Ma rc Cum mins (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Dan Fitzgerald (Suz); 2. Steve Parry (Yam); 3. M ike Wa ts on (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Russ W ageman (Suz); 2. Tony Pu tIiam (Yam); 3. A dam Ford (Hon]. OPEN BEG: 1. Kent Shepard (Suz); 2. Dave Don· nell (Yam); 3. Ed Tashj ian (Suz). OPEN NOV: 1. James Holman (Ma i); 2. Pete DeGrandis (Suz); 3. M ike Boline (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. John Nolind (M ai ); 2. Vi nce Friedl (Yam); 3. Ted Kalnas (Suz). OPEN PRO: 1. Bill Holmes (Hus); 2. Nick At hans (Suz). VET JR : 1. Robert Fort ier (Suz); 2. Steve Diet rich (Suz); 3. A rt hur Seilert (Yam). VOTE gutbust and beehive trial By Curt Fesler TOPA GACANYON,CA,JU LY 18 The Valley Observed T rials En thusiasts (VOTE) held a cl u b tri a l and annual fam ily picn ic in Topa nga Canyon today. VOTE me mber Reynold Hicklin set up th e trial on the fa m ily estate a nd surrounding priva te property al loca ted by some graci o us neighbors. Su rprisingl y, the two-acre a rea provided an excell ent variety of terrain enabling th e riders to test their ability on large rocks, logs, wa ter a nd steep hillclimbs. Reyno ld even threw in a couple of bon us hazards - a wild beehive and enough poison oak £0 exha ust the world 's Ca la m ine lotion supply. Three, loops of II secti ons filled out th e course. The Begin ner 's class was ca p tu red by Erick Dahl in , sti ll in fine for m after his Big Bea r T wo-Day second place on a Bu lta co Alpina. Th e Bultaco- rno un ted Mill er brothers, Jim a n d Bo b, brough t up second and thi rd respectivel y. Bultaco seems to be al ive and well in so uthern Cal iforn ia tr ials competition. By pure coincidence, first p lace Novice was tak en by Reyn o ld H ickli n on his aging Suzuki. Reynold made a fine showing at the recent Do n n ier Nationals and ha sn 't let up since. No w he plans to add ex tra flywheel weigh t to his antique to p u t even more da bs between h im a nd the com pe ti tio n . Reece Fesl er placed seco n d on a Montesa 200, a nd H oward Phelps was th ird o n an 80cc It aljet. There are no displacem ent classes in southe rn Ca lifornia trials, a nd rider abili ty often surpasses brute horsepo wer. Result s BEG: 1. Erick Dah li n (25 ); 2. Ji m M ill er (30 ); 3. Bob M ille r (35). NOV: 1. Reynold Hick lin (56); 2. Reece Fesler (76); 3. Howard Phelps (78). AM : 1. Greg Papazian (4 1); 2. Craig Smith (4 9); 3 . Sonny Baskin (55). Wageman collects Dunes Crossline poinfs By Laura Ri cha rd VALENCIA, CA, J UL Y 16 Tonight was the second ro u nd of the American Motocross Enterprises ' annual Summer Series Classic. This year the series is being sponsored by Maico/Crossli ne along with about 40 other co ntributing sponsors, including Bosch, Track ' N Travel, Duralube, Russ Darnell MX Schools, BG Oils, ATrak, Maxima and M IC Tire Works. Thanks to a ll o f them. In the 125cc P ro class, as the gate dropped for the first round, R uss Wa geman j u m ped int o the lead with Yamaha-mounted J im Simons in second and BG H onda -spo nsored Bob Kline holding do wn th e third- p lace spot. Kline was a ble to put the pass on Sim ons to ta ke over the seco nd place sp ot an d pu t p ressure on Wagem a n , bu t th ere was no stop p ing Wa geman as he took the checkers and the fir st rnoto win. Ro u nd two saw Kline jump to the early lead wi th Wageman righ t o n his rear tire. These two ba ttled it out the entire race, bu t just before the checkered fla g they crashed. With the lead they had on the rest of the p ack, Wageman was able to get back o n the bike to take the win and the ove ra ll for the night with Simons taking hom e second and third going to Honda support rider Steve Schmitz.• Results . 125 PRO: 1. Rus s W agem an (Suz); 2. J im Sim ons (Yam); 3. Steven Schmitz (Hon). 250 PRO: 1. Ji m Holl ey( Yam); 2. Russ Wag eman (Suz); 3. Micky Dymo nd (M ai). 500 PRO: 1. St eve Raws on (Hon); 2. Greg Torgerson (Yam); 3 . Randy Rodriguez (Ma i). 125 INT: 1. Br uce Delgado (Suz); 2. Ar:ldy Ellis (Yam); 3. Bill Delgado (Suz). 2501N T: 1. Dan Fit zgerald (Yam); 2. Eric Sil gero (Hon); 3. Steve Parr y (Yam). 500 INT: 1. Jo hn Noland (Mai); 2. Shawn Lane (M ai); 3. Ron Wade (Suz). VET EX: 1. Randy Rodriguez (Ma i); 2. Joe Brown (Suz); 3. Mark Cook (M ai ). VET INT: 1. Arthur Seibert (Yam); 2. Kent She pard (Suz); 3. Scott Thompson (Ma i). 125 JR DIV I: 1. Jim Collier (Kaw) ; 2. Kev in Haile (Yam); 3. Merle Hammer (Yam). ~ 125 JR DIV II: 1. Danny Casson (Yam); 2. Gary Sailors (Suz); 3. Richard Lloyd (Suz). 250JR DIVI: 1. Paul Wolfe (Hon ); 2. Tom Ma cFarlane (Yam); 3. Matt Nat ion (Mai). 250 JR DIV II: 1. Dean Kassel (Yam); 2. Ron McC oy (Hon); 3 . Pete DeGrandis (Suz). 500 JR : 1. Doug Kribell (Ma i); 2. Mike DiStefa no (Yam); 3. Ken Dayto n (M ai). VET JR : 1. Robert Fortier (Suz); 2. Richard Dr ol en (Hus). SIDE CARS: 1. Tom Whitney /Scott Wh it ney (Was); 2. Bob Sch noor/ Scott Pieper (M ai); 3. Pete Wh itney/Dwane M cDowe ll (Yam ). 125 BEG: 1. Keith Smart (Hon); 2. Andy St ix (Yam); 3. Brian Jon es (Hon). 100 JR: 1. Jeff Reyno lds (Yam); 2. Tony M erci er (Yam); 3 . Tommy Bat ie (Yam). 250 BEG: 1. Pete Torracci ano (Hon); 2. Ernie 8 arba (Suz); 3. Scott 8rown (Hon). 5OOBEG: 1. David Donnell y (Yam); 2. John Lunsfor d (Hon); 3 . Ernes t Diaz (Hus). 6 1 JR : 1. Shawn Bates (Yam); 2. Joel Tokarsky (Yam). 6 1 INT: 1. J oe 8 rown I (Yam). 6 1 EX: 1. Kay le J ohnson (Yam); 2. Steven Kat ajarvi (Yam); 3. Dann y Lamb (Yam). 83 M INI EX: 1. Lance J ohnson (Suz). 83 MINI INT: 1. Jeff Reynold s (Yam). 83 JR : 1. Ton y Me rci er (Yam); 2. Eric Wi erman (Kaw); 3 . Robert Forest (Suz). 83 MINI 8EG : 1. St eve Franco (Yam); 2. Shawn Bates (Yam); 3. Lenn y Sm ith (Yam). 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