Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Northern California-Northern Nevada-Oregon-Washington-Idaho-Utah-Alaska-Canada- Northern California-Northern Ne NORTHERN DATELINE Rod Smith swept tw o P ro classes at Baylands Raceway Park's regular Thursday night show tonight. T eam Honda 's Bob Weh ma n is preside-n •• nd e the l .ngineer of SprCfro Ods 01 Amer ic • • nd In' erc on hne n l. 1 l ubnants Corp Larry Wosick is getting ready for the Trans- USA circuit and walked off with the Open Pro show, and took a close second to Suzuki mounted Smith in the 250cc class in hot competition, THE LOGIC DEFEATS ME! Many otherwise rational people go out and buy a high performance motorcycle f or $3,000 to $8,000. The n they econom ize by buying c heap automotive oil to lu bri cat e it. Frank Nye 's recent emergence in the Veteran Expert column continues wi th two stunning wins on the Champi on YZ 490, while Bob Riven bark ha s taken to the Veteran Intermedia te class like the proverbial duck to water. Bob Tomshchin won both en ds of the Veteran Juniors on the Norcal Suzuki remembering how tough the old marathons were and how easy this is in comparison. Top-rated Tony Flores is still the high flying Mini kid and has little else to prove in this class, riding the YZ80 around very class ily. Jerry Roy won both Mini Intermediate shots wi th Ma tt Harvey the top Junior over Junior Richardson and Ed Victorio Wha t their new bikes requ ire fo r prolonged high performance is a STAY-IN-GRADE four-cycle motor oil designed to provide piston , cyl inder, valve, cam, clutch and t ransm ission lubrication. Even if you change the ch eap oil every 500 miles t he lu bri cation capabili ty of t ha t oil was m ar ginal when new and di min ished durin g use. There is on e su per pr em iu m 4-stroke motorcycle oil th at will preform all of those criti cal lubric ati on functions and protect t he perf ormance of your m otorcyc le fo r. 4.00 0 to 5.000 miles before ch ang e. Th at oil is Golden Spect r o 4. (Ka w) . When you use Gol den Spectro 4 you will im m edi ately notice: Mini Expert Tony Flo res tops • Im pr oved shiftin g and didn 't fall but the next lap around, the tap was a heavier one and Chris was out of the way; Boyles passed and gave chase to Hill. On the white flag . lap, Boyles got in one slight 'oops', but it wasn't enough and Hill took the flag first. • A qu ieter engine • Smoother cl ut ch op er at io n • And you will get r id of th e CLUNKS. Believe me when I tell you t hat you will en joy motorcycle rid ing more and yo u will r ide more if you u se Golde n Spec t ro 4. Because of its low wear ch ar acteristic s it sho u ld not be used fo r th e f irst 2,000 m iles of brea k in. Use Spect ro 4 pr emi um 4-stroke oil fo r t hi s. Make your cha nge to Golden Spect r o 4 now an d enj oy the benefits all thi s Summer and for ma ny years to come. s;~~ L Rob ert H. Wehman SPECTRO OILS OF AMERICA I'.o. .c>x _ RlOIlF'EUI. CT. ~ A Division Of Intercontinental Lubri cants Corp. RIDE AWARE ~ayla nds Results PEE WEE: 1. M att Wait (Suz). BO NOV: 1. Johnny M cGill (Hon). 125 NOV: 1. Jeff Bi ngham (Suz); 2. Shad J ohnson (Yam). 200 NOV: 1. Dave J ackson (Bul ). 250 NOV: 1. John West (Yam); 2. Rick Lovitt (H-D). 250 JR : 1. Adam Sabedra, Jr (Yam). 250 EX: 1. Mark Key (Yam); 2. Chr is Carr (C-A); 3 . Joe Knight (Yam). 500 NOV: 1. Ken Jernigan (Yam); 2. Rick Lovitt (Yam);. 500 JR : 1. Joe Martins (Hon). 500 EX: 1. Aaron Hill (yam); 2. Dave Boyles (Hon); 3 . Chris Carr (C-A). Benefit MX ablaze with Olympic fireman By Bob Webster FREMONT, CA, AUG. 6 A total of 112 firemen from across the sta te showed up at Ba yl ands Raceway P ark to kick-off the first Ca lifo rn ia Fi rem en ' s O l ymp ics Motocross, hosted by the City of Santa Clara Fi re Depart ment. This was a burn unit benefit race and $1350 was raised for the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Ralph and Cliff Whi tney from Los Angeles won the gold medal in the Sidehack Expert class as was expected, while John Jacobsen and Mark Saxelby, also from Los Angeles, took the Novice- Intermediate event. R a n d y Lewis of Kern County fought off hard-charging Rory Muscatell of Santa Clara and a very fast Ken Ratzloff (El Monte) to take th e Gold in th e 250cc/Open Expert class . Ken Ra tzloff avenged his loss in that cla ss by holding off Muscat ell and Lewi s in th e Vetera ns Expert clash, while Jack Co ulombe (Fairoaks) was victorious in th e Old-Timer Expert race. Rory Muscat el] cam e back to win the Four-Stroke Intermediate-Expert class honors with Greg-Ph ill ips (Red- M X action. . wood City) taking the silver medal and Paul Keirn (Orange Co .) claiming th e bronze. Jack Nabors (Sacramento), Dave Gaebel (Fresno) and Don Cascio (L.A.), took th e gold, silver and bronze, respectively, in the ba ttle, Veterans Intermediate battle, while Mel Brannon (Kern Co .), Dan Reill y (H a ywa rd ) and Wayne Stanfield (O ra nge Co.) did likewise in the Three-wheeler Novice division. . The Olympics will be held in southern California next year and over 200 riders are expected to compete. All the competi tor s left looking forw ard to next year' s second a n n ua l Ca liforn ia State Firemen's Motocross. Results SIDEHACK NOV/INT: 1. Jo hn Jacobsen/Mark Saxelby (LA FD); 2. Gary Perd ue/Bob Golledge (LA FD). SIDEHACK EX: 1. Ralph Wh itney/Cliff Whitney (LA FD): 2. Mike Burns/Paul Stimson (LAFD). 125-250 BEG: 1. Dale Karell (City of Orange); 2. Monte Edelste in (Woodside); 3 . AI Rapoza (City of Orange). OPEN BEG: 1. Kevin Schott (Santa Clara Co.); 2. M ike Shaw (La Verne): 3. Jerry McDaniel (Turlock) . 125 NOV : 1. Richard M cClintock (La Verne); 2. Richard Ventura (Orange Co.). 250 NOV : 1. Todd Siegfried (Santa Clara); 2 . Jim Westling (LAFD); 3. Ron Spiers (LAFD). OPEN NOV: 1. Bob M esecher (LAFD); 2. J ohn Karell (City of Orange ); 3 . Harr y Zwart (San J ose). OPEN INT: 1. Jerry DeKay (San Ramon); 2. Jack Nabors (Sacrament o), 3. Ben Francis (Hunt ington Beach). 250/ 0PEN EX: 1. Randy Lewis (Kern Co.); 2. Rory Muscatell (Santa Clara ); 3. Ken Ratzloff (EI Mo nte ). FOU R-STROKE BEG: 1. Tom Brady (Vacavi ll e); 2. Bob Bradley (City of Ora nge); 3 . Steve O' Neill (San Francisco). ' . FOUR-STROKE NOV: 1. Don Han lon (Ar den); 2. Al an Wra a (Oakland); 3.John Karell (City of Orange ). FOUR- STROKE INT/ EX: 1. Rory Mu scat ell (Santa Clara); 2. Greg Phill ips (Redwood City); 3. Paul Keim (Orange Co). OVER 30 BEG: 1. J ohn Pilkington (Wood si de); 2. Monte Edelstein (Woodside); 3 . Phil Fitt ing (San Francisco). VET NOV: 1. John Jacobsen (LAFD); 2. Ma rk Meiers (Oakland); 3. W ayn e Sta nfield (Orang e). VET INT: 1. J ack Nabors (Sacramento); 2. David Gaebel (Fresno); 3. Don Cascio (LAFD). VET EX: 1. Ken Ratzloff (EI Monte); 2. Rory Muscatell (Santa Clara); 3. Randy Lew is (Kern Co.). OT NOV: 1. Dan Reill y (Hayward); 2. Roger Corley (Palo Alto); 3. Bob M esecher (LAFD). OT EX: 1. Jack Coulombe (Fai roaks); 2. Russ Rob inson (Garden Grove); 3 . John Mittendorf (LAFD). Smit h doubles, Wosick wa lks at Baylands M X By Bill Spencer FREMONT, CA, AUG. 5 . Rod Smith , Larry Wosick and crew have been making the 250cc Pro event like watching a National. Both riders have been going at it tooth and nail, as if with a vengeance and the wi nners are the fans who get to see some trick riding on this small, stadium style track. Smith continues his dominance with another pair of wins over Wosick, but it was close . - Wosick appeared to have gated well in the second round, but it was Sm ith around the corner first and holding his own wi th Shawn Cady crashing and Shawn McConn going off the .track. Cady remounted, but eventually pulled off with McConn, who was having other troubles. Smith continued his hard but smooth style , as he always does, and led the entire distance. Wosick pressured early, but found no worth wh ile way around and settled in for second during th e last two laps. Doug McRae held on for a thi rd overa ll with a 4-5 count, still leading in the class point lead for CMC, by a bunch. Wosi ck 's CR 480R was up to th e task in th e Open Pro, despite a good chase on th e first two laps by Concord Yamaha 's J erry Brandt and East Bay Yamaha 's Troy DeHerrera. Wosick had the holeshot, but had both YZ riders on his tail for two laps, until the two stopped and talked over a mudholecrossing; Wosickjust walked off with the double win . DeHerrera rem ounted for the second overa ll (32), with Wayne Archer (4-3) holding third place money over Brand t and Matt Arena. Results OT: 1. Ric h Kokke (Hon); 2. Pat Doyle (M ai); 3 . Dan W elch (M ai). VET EXiINT: 1. Frank Nye (y am); 2. Bob Rivenbark (Hon). VET J R: 1. Bob Tomsch in (Suz); 2. Bill Burnett . (Yam); 3. Jeff Burn ett (Yam). MIN I EXlINT: 1. Tony Flores (Yam); 2. Jerry Roy (Kaw) . MI NI: 1. M att Harvey (Kaw); 2. Junior Ric hardson (Yam); 3. Ed Victorio (Yam). MIN I SO-60 : 1. Todd Hicks (Yam); 2. Boris Sprague (Yam). 12 5 PRO: 1. Rod Smith (Suz).; 2. Mike Whalen (Yam); 3. Shaw n Cady (Suz). 12 5 INT: 1. Bin Avery (Suz); 2. Dave Bojorquez (Suz); 3. Mike M inijares (Suz). 125 JR : 1. Phil Gribnau (Kaw) ; 2. Gerry Johnson (Yam); 3. Steve Gililbud (Yam). . ~50 PRO: 1. Rod Sm ith (Suz); 2. Larry Wosick (Hon); 3. Doug McRae (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Corey Parsons (Yam); 2. Craig Hall (Yam); 3. Claus Holm (Hon ). 250 J R DIV 1: .1. Brent Patterson (Hon); 2. Bill " A rn old (Yam); 3. Jim Heiberger (Hus). 250 JR DIV 2 : 1. Bruce Stearns (Hon); 2. Frank Eva ngello (Hon); 3. M ike Fruzen (Yam). OPEN PRO: 1. Larry W osic k (Hon); 2. Troy DeHer . rer a (Yam); 3. Wayne Archer (Yam). OPEN INT: 1. Dan Neil son (C-A); 2. Rick Sutton (M ai); 3. Ted Kalnas (Suz).

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