Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Southern Callfornla-Arlzona-Southern Nevada- Southern Callfornla-Arlzona-Southern Nevada- Southern Calilornia-Arizona Western hotline ~ (Clockwise from above) Jim Tarantino shows winning form at Dune's IRC Series. Russ Wageman (1 w) leads Ron Turner in Ascot Expert action. Gary Gonzales styles in OCIR 500cc Pro action. passed everyone to take th e win over Farley and Brown. Turner had a bad start, but mo ved up to fifth. Peterson bagged the top money with his 2-1 tally over Turner's 1-5 with Farley taking third. Results .38 60 JR: 1. Shawn Bates (Yam); 2. Robert Naber (Suz). MINI JR DIV 1: 1. Jerry Lemmons (Kaw ); 2. Rick Acosta (Hon); 3. John Gobert (Hon). MINIJR DIV2: 1. Matt Ramey(Yam ); 2. Joe Longo (Yam); 3. Glenn Gordy (Kaw). MINI INT: 1. Arthur Huffer (Kaw); 2. Thayne Zito (Kaw); 3. Danny Barnett (Kaw ). 125 JR DIV 1: 1. Kevin Valenti (Hon); 2. M ike Morrison (Suz); 3. Bob Wolleson (Suz). 125 JR DIV 2: 1. Alex Posca (Yam); 2. Brian Infel ise (Yam); 3. Matt Wa llace (Suz). 1251NT: 1. Skip Godinez (Yam); 2. Bruce Delgado (Suz); 3. Richard Flem ing (Yam). 125 PRO: 1. Todd Peterson (Yam); 2. Ron Turner (Hon); 3. Devon Farley (Kaw ). 250 JR DIV 1: 1. Steve Denn ison (Yam); 2. Dino Provenghi (Hon); 3. Gene Nort ham (M ai). 250 J R DIV 2: 1. Kai Norton (Kaw ); 2. J im Dorsett (Suz); 3. Duke Rennie (Hon). 250 INT: 1. Duane Mapes (Suz); 2. Tom W ata· nabe (Yam); 3. Scott Bell (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Craig Cable (Yam); 2. Ron Turner (Hon); 3. Todd Peterson (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Michael Ashman (Yam); 2. James Gammon (Hon); 3. Dickie McMillen (Hus). 500 INT: 1. Jeff Conlin (Hus); 2. Carl GazafytHon); 3. Ron Lawson (Hus). . 500 PRO: 1. Ron Turner (Hon); 2. Bob Casper (Hon) . VET JR: 1. John Cameron (Hon). VET MASTER: 1. Carl Gazafy (Hon). OT JR: 1. Ron Way (Hus); 2. M ike Salisbury (Hon). OT MASTER: 1. Ed Ott (Yam). Rosales roosts CRC mad Minis By Lee Taylor VALENCIA, CA, AUG. 13 Mini Madness ran rampant over the Dunes tonight. The second division of the 80cc Benginners were a p rim e exam pl e. Compared with what lay in store, the firs t rnoto was relatively sa n e . R a nd y Moseley, aboard a Yamaha for his dad , jumped off th e line and left a five-way duel for second far behin d . With changes at every turn from second on back, p ar ents a nd .frien ds were bou ncing off the wal l. When th e checkered fla g waved the m back to th e pits, Mo seley led th e wa y, Suzuki of Van Nuys entry Ronnie Rosales en ded up in second followed by Murp h y H unshn in third. The secon d round errup ted with Mo seley once more lea ding th e wa y. Peter Jerina was in th e runner-up slot an d Rick Reybank was tentati vely holding third. From fourth on back , racers were mere inches apart, catapu lt ing over the whoops. Rosales was wickin g it an d lost n o ti me in ta king ' cha rge of th e pack, holdin g Moseley off by one an d one-half m ini bikelengths. When the racers came home, Rosal es smelled the roses, Moseley cinch ed second place and jerina 's 4-3 tally brought third overall honors. Yamaha-mounted, Jeff Reyn olds took an im pressive pair of back-toback wins for the Mini Intermediates. Reynold 's first moto was spectacular. Sharing the track with the Experts, Reynolds took command and hel d the number one tra ck position , over the Experts a n d Intermedia tes, down to the wire. G ary R iekki, riding a Yamaha for Speed Marine, put in a n impressive performa nce in seco nd, holding Answer Products entry Doug Fisher to third. . Second time around wa s a carbon copy for th e top three with back to back wins going to Reynolds, second place to Riekki (2-2) and third place to Fisher (3-3). Results 60 NOV: 1. Moose Wine (Yam); 2. Keith Bowed (Yam); 3. Bobby Crogo (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Shawn Bates (Yam). 60 EX: .1. Bubba Erickson (Yam). 80 BEG DIV 1: 1. Alan Roth (Yam); 2. Ji mmy Ryder; 3. Danny Haskison (Yam). 80 BEG DIV 2: 1. Ronnie Rosales (Suz); 2. Randy Moseley (Yam); 3.Peter Jerinal (Yam). 80 NOV: 1. Chris Burgess (Suz); 2. Scott M ichaels (Suz); 3. Robert Mak imoto (Yam). 80 INT: 1. Jeff Reynolds (Yam); 2. Gary Riekk i (Yam); 3. Doug Fishe r (KX). 80 EX: 1. Jeff Barbacovi (Yam); 2. Tim Rutherford (Kaw) . Barr bags Vets atOC/RMX By Steve Crosby IRVINE, CA, AUG. 12 With most everyone back from their Ea stern tours a n d the others recovered from the Superbowl, the p its have"been very cro wded a t th e Orange County Intern ational Racewa y Motocross. This week all the Pro clas ses were of good _ size, m ak ing heft y p ayouts for all th e winn ers. Ya maha support rider Taylor Marcell took th e 125cc class ove r Chris H einrich and Dean Cates . Todd Peterson was once again in control of th e 250cc class with Jim Brodie and R ich Collins secon d a nd third each mot o . T he Open Pro wi n went to Bria n Fry aboard his Honda with Dan Berg finishi ng second overall. The size of the Vets class varies from week to week , depending on who has en oug h en ergy to loa d up their bike and haul it out to the races. This week th ere were seven stalwart competitors. In th e first moto, Bob Barr took th e lead on the first lap and hel d back the challenges of Bert Wehr and then R ichard Long. In the second moto, Barr started back in the pack and had to work h is way up to the lead slow ly. O n the th ird lap he moved into second, h aving caught Weh r. With two laps left, he ca u gh t Long a nd rode h is Honda to a pe rfect score for the night. Long had a pair o f seconds on his Yamaha and Wehr's Maico was third. In O pen Begin ner , th e overall win went to Covina Yamaha-backed Jeff Weideman. Weideman took the first moto easil y with Steve Snook's Maico second a nd Tim Kilgore's Yamaha third. In th e second moto, Snook took th e holeshot and h eld back Weideman for several laps. Finally, with two laps remaining, Weid eman took the lead. Snook made a charge to regain the lead on th e last lap, bu t went do wn a nd h ad to settle for third. Weid eman had th e ove ra ll with Kilg ore's 3-2 just n udging out Snook's 2-3. T h ere were two di visio ns of 250cc Begin n ers again this week. In the fir st division, T im Long rode his Kawasaki to a 2-1 for the overall. Richard Harding, who won the first moto, was second with a 1-4, and Alan Bash a m 's 4-3 took home the th ird p lace trophy. In divisio n two, Pat Mortimer ra n u p a p erfect I-I a board h is Kawasak i. Ben Stevenso n

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