Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

If .. " ". # II )1 . .. .........- t" , ~ .' po .. , • 11 _ • • • .. ~ .... . • ~ .. .. • • • .. .. . .. .. ~ #- I h e r n Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada- Southern California-Arizona-Southern Nevada-Southern Call t Results PEEWEE STK BEG: 1. Pablo Lara (Suz); 2. Jo Jo Hicks (Yam); 3. Shey Dejong (Suzl. PEE WEE STK BEG: 1. Jeff Willott (Yam); 2. Patri ck Wade (Suz); 3. Joel Barbee (Suzl. PEE WEE STK JR: 1..Damon Huffman (Yam); 2. Joh nny Chamberlin (Yam); 3. Johnny Biggs (Yam). PEEWEE MOD EX: 1. Jesse Jam es (Yam). 60 STK BEG; 1. Jesse James (Yam); 2. Babe Abbott (Yam); 3. Damon Huffman (Yam). 60 STK JR 9-11; 1. Eddie Gaum ond; 2. Brian Payne (Yam); 3. Jim Chamberlin (Yam). 60 MOD JR 9 -1 1; 1. Eddie Gaumond (Yam); 2. Brian Payne (Yam); 3. Jim Chamberli n (Yam). 80 STK BEG 9-11: 1. Doug Huston (Yaml; 2. Darin Smart (Hon); 3. Ma uro Moreno (Suzl. 80 STK JR 9· 11: 1. Charlie Jon es (Yam). 80 STK BEG 12+: 1. Mark Adair (Suz); 2. M ike Bottom ; 3. TIm Sassen (Hon). 80 STK JR 12+: 1. Rob Sassen (Hon); 2. Matt Harri son (Yam); 3. Troy Cline (Yaml. 80 MOD BEG: 1. Douglas Donovan (Yam). 80 MOD JR 9· 11: 1. Charlie Jo nes (Yam). 80 MOD JR 12+: 1. Rob Sassen (Hon); 2. Glenn Gordy (Kaw). Sidecars offer Cross'ine Series show By Tom Corley VAL ENCIA, CA , AUG. 20 T he 1982 American Motocross En terprises sanctioned MaicoCrossli ne Summer Series came to an en d early Saturday morning, a bout I:30 a.m. , after five tremendous Frida y night races. Participa n ts fro m 60 to 500cc riders were involved, plus three-wheelers and Odyssey riders. The real show stoppers were th e Sideca rs. Tonigh t the tea m of Tom and Scott Whitney took their Harl ey-powered creation to the win ner's circle. When these powerful fou r-strokers left the line, it shook the entire track surface. T h e Whitney/Whitney team took their H arley out fro nt, and th e hol eshot reall y helped because it is a lot of work for these riders to pass one another. Whitney/McDowell rounded the trac k in second abo a rd their Ya ma ha mach in e. The other Yama ha on the track was piloted by Strick- . land!Adcock, who were third a h ead of the awesome Maico machine of Sch noo r/ Pieper. O 'Neal-jerseyed Whitney/Whitney too k th e crucial holeshot in the final moto, but th is time they allowed th e others a figh ting chance. Rick Bleer's Yama ha roared in second place ahead of Pieper's Maico. Strickland/Adcock killed their en gine while coming o ff the final score tower whoop, bu t th ey were not the only team with troubles. Whitney/McDowell were wobbling all over th e track with a flat on th e drive tire. O vera ll , it wa s Whitney/ Whitney, Ri ck Bleer's Ya ma ha and Strickland/ Adcock. Micky Dymond came back to town af ter a tough Washouga l Na tional and he was ri ght on. Dym ond reeled in the 500cc P ro victory with a 2-1 tally that edged out Jim Holley's 1-2. Wheelsmith 's Ran dy Rodrigu ez too k a fall while ra cing the third series race and broke his left li tt le fin ger, which required an operation a nd a pin. With a cast on, he com peted so he could win the series ove rall and he did just thatl A 1-2 tally was the best that Holley could work out in the 250cc Pro contest. His buddy R uss Wageman shot Jim down in th e final moto in a battle that lasted till the checkered came out. Wageman took the to p cas h over Holley. . Bambino Tapia came thro ugh with the victory in th e I25cc Beginner Div ision One ra ce, but it was great to see Kevin Alverson win .th e fin al go on his older model Su zu ki RM 125. Tim Telford landed second overall with Alverson bei ng third on the trop hy list. While other events were won by riders who did not win both rnotos, Joe Klaza stood out as he dominated the 125cc Beginner division two contest. Keith Smart and Tom Fry were the runner-up riders. Jim Neubauer of J&H Auto was having an all-out battle with Mike Krucki in the 250cc Junior race. Krucki won the first race over Neubauer, but in the final bout the positions were reversed. The AME . will have a Summer Blow-Out and Fox H un t race on Friday, Sept. 17 at the Dunes. There will be a $1,000 purse for the Pros and other contingency prizes. All Ladies are to be admitted free. There will be two live bands, plus Kenny Zahrt will attempt to set a world record in a motorcycle jump! Results 60 JR : 1. Tony Silver (Yaml; 2. Moose Wine (Yam). 60 INT: 1. Shawn Bate s (Yam); 2. Joe Brown (Yaml; 3. Dustin Evans (Yam). 80 BEG DIV 1: 1. Abel Gayton (Suz); 2. Erick Hilton (Yam); 3. Al an Roth (Yam). 80 BEG DIV 2: 1. Steve Franc o (Yam); 2. Ronni e Rosales (Suz); 3. Sean Blanchard (Yam). 80 JR: 1. Eric Wi erm an (Kaw ); 2. Scott Sutton (Suz); 3. Tony Mercier (Suz). 80 INT: 1. Doug Fisher (Kaw). 125 BEG DIV 1: 1. Bambino Tapia (Kaw); 2. Tim Telford (Suz); 3. Kevin Alverson (Suz). 12 5 BEG DIV 2: 1. Joe KI8Za (Kaw); 2. Keith Smart (Hon); 3. Tom Fry (Hon). 100 JR: 1. Jeff Reynolds (YamI; 2. Tony Mercier (Yam). 12 5 J R: 1. Gary Sailors (Suz); 2. Merle Hammer (Yam); 3. Richard Uoyd (Suz). 1251NT: 1.Andy Elli s( Yam); 2. Bill Delgado(Suz); 3. Rick Hought ali ng (Suzl. 125 PRO: 1. Russ Wage man (Suz); 2. Jim Simons (Yam); 3. Bob Klin e (Hon). 250 BEG: 1. Hector Barba (Hon); 2. David Franco; 3. Randy Cheatwood (Suz). 250 JR: 1. M ike Kurck i (Yam); 2. Jim Neubau er (Suz); 3. Tony Rodriguez (Yam). 250 INT: 1. Kelly Pugmire (Hon); 2. Mark Am en· dola (yam); 3. Dan Fitgerald (Suz). 250 PRO: 1. Russ Wagema n (Suz); 2. Jim Holley (Yam); 3. Andy Segale (Suzl. 500 PRO: 1. Mickey Dymond (Mai); 2. Jim Holley (yam); 3. Greg Torgerson (Yam). VET J R: 1. Robert Fortier (Suz); 2. Steve Dietr ich (Suz); 3. Jerry Thayer (Yam). VETINT: 1. Ron Cole (Mai); 2. Kent Shepard (Suz); 3. Gary Richter (M ail . VET EX: 1. Randy Rodriguez (Mail; 2. Mark Cook (Mai); 3. Bob Dun ham (Yam). SIDECARS: 1. Tom Wh itney/ Scott Wh itney; 2. Rick Bleer; 3. Miles Strickland/ A lan Adcock . Thompson takes 10nelyCMC Ascot win By Maureen Lee The Schnoor/Pieper Maico-powered chair gets help keeping the wheel down at Dunes. (Below ) Ron Turner shows three-class style at Ascot. Da n ny Perkins took the seco nd heat lead , bu t lost it a few laps la ter to Ro sa . T h o m pson lurked aro u n d beh ind Perkins for a while, then mad e hi s move and passed him to go full chase after J im my. Rosa wasn 't asleep at the switch and his eyes were fasten ed on wi n ni n g this one inspite of T ho m pson's efforts behind him. On th e last lap, Roger saw a little opening o n th e insi de coming through turns th ree-four, went for it , and they ca me across th e li ne with Thompson no more than a wheel ahead of Rosa. Results 125 1NT 1. Brent Bowers (Yam); 2. David Ehrhart . : (Yam); 3. Rex Wessels (Yam). MINI JR: 1. Matt Stoutenburg (Yam). 2501NT: 1. Bruce Nordstrom (Hon); 2. Dave Mi ller (Yam). 250 PRO: 1. Roger Thompso n (Kaw). 500 PRO: 1. Roger Thompson (Yam); 2. Darren Hulbert (Bul); 3. Rusty Gaita (Suz). 500 INT: 1. J im Stentz (Yam). 500 JR: 1. Kevin Clayto n (Honl; 2. Len Gamba (Honl . OPEN PRO: 1. Roger Thompson (Kaw); 2. J im Rosa (Yam); 3. Darre n Hulbert (Bull; 4 . Danny Perkins (Yam). GARDENA, CA, AUG. 19 Roger Thom pson was the big winner this evening in the week1y Continen ta l Mo te -sp o r ts Club short track . T rue, he was the only 250cc Pro to show up, but there were others in th a t class who would dearly have loved to beat him. T hompson wo n bo th rounds, but second in the first one was Brent Bowers on a 125cc a nd beh ind hi m some 250s. Next heat, th e 250s got Brent. He fell in to third in li ne beh ind Bruce Nordstrom and kept Da ve Miller at bay for q u ite a while until Miller finally sli d past. The 500cc class went to Thompson too (a sh ortage of ri ders had only three bike races altogether ). First race it wa s Thompson. then Darr en Hulbert, Len Gam bo and Kevin Clayton. Next ro und had the same run down, except G ambo found h imself beh ind Cl ay to n th e whole race and just co u ldn' t get around h im . Da rren Hulbert and Jimmy Rosa had th e two front spots the first race of th e P ro class wi th Thompson third and Da n n y Perkins chasing him. Roger was p ushing Ro sa hard and fin ally go t him going in to turn one. T he n he proceeded to get H ul bert , in the same. spot, and started pulling away. .Thr ee more for Turner at Ascot By Tom Corley GARDENA, 'CA, AUG. 18 Tonight was the third Wednesdayof the month, and with it came another Continental Mote-sports Club Pro points race at Ascot Park. Both Mike Tripes and David Gerig traveled a ways to come to Gardena, and both of these top riders ended up in the same situation - they had to follow "radical" Ron Turner, the night's winner of all three Pro classes. Turner faced his two rivals in the 125cc Pro class, Todd Peterson and Russ Wageman. When the first moto got underway, Russ Wageman was out front and took another holeshot start aboard his Kal-Gard Suzuki. Todd Peterson was second with Turner in third and running into some flags on the palm tree comer. Turner caught Peterson on the comer right after the crash wall section and swooped by Todd and took over second place. Todd tr ied to regain his position when they reached the old concession stand com er, but he failed. Then Turner went after the leader Wageman. His strategy worked as Turner zapped Wageman on the corner before the palm tree, and Turner won the rnoto over Wageman and Peterson. Turner is capable o f passing, but it sure makes it easier for him to get a holeshot, like he did in thefinal rnoto of 125cc Pro racing. He secured the spot and let others like Peterson and Wageman spend their time passing the other riders. Scott Sargent was in second ahead of John Chwastyk early in the race, but, as the laps went by, both Wageman and Peterson moved into second and third. With two firsts , Turner clinched the 125cc Pro win and nearly a 100 bucks. Wageman's 2-2 earned him second over Peterson , Sargent and Shelton. While the 125cc class only had 14 riders, the 250cc class had 20 of the fastest Pros and it wa s necessary to have two qualifiers, a consolation and then a final event. This worked out best for several riders who struck bad luck during their qualifier and needed a chance to make it in the consy.David " Way Too Much" Gerig took his Pro-Circuit Husky to the lead in the 250cc Pro final. Turner was after him and found Gerig vulnerable on the barrel comer. Turner slid by Gerig to take over the lead. Russ Wageman was third till Peterson zapped him on the comer after the crash wall, and later, Todd passed Gerig to take second. Woody Carlson fell on a comer and Mike Tripes flipped his Husky right into him so ·31

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